Different strategies here.

GB's Josh Kerr heads to the front early doors, while Jakub Ingebrigtsen holds back.

But not for long. The Norwegian overtakes everyone to take charge.

Over in the hammer throw, Canada's Ethan Katzberg is still the man to catch.

Katzberg's first throw of 84.12m is still unbeaten with all 12 competitors now having completed three attempts.

Hungary's Bence Halasz has moved into the silver medal position with his third throw reaching 79.97m.

Ukraine's Mykhaylo Kokhan is on course for bronze as it stands.

GB's George Mills also goes in this one.

He's lined up alongside fellow Brit Josh Kerr, who is sporting silver sunglasses as he waves to the crowd confidently.

The reigning Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen looks calm and composed.

They're off!

Richard Winton
BBC Scotland at Stade de France

So Josh Kerr’s showdown with Jacob Ingebrigtsen comes a couple of days sooner than anticipated. The two big dogs of the men’s 1500m meet in the first semi-final tonight and it will be fascinating to see how both play it ahead of Tuesday’s final.

Kerr has had his eyes on this Olympics since he was a wee boy in Edinburgh. He came here at Christmas, talked his way into the stadium, stood on the winning line and pictured what winning gold would be like. He wants this badly.

But how did he reach this point? Give this a few minutes of your time to find out…

Great Britain middle-distance runner Josh Kerr responds to quick-fire questions on food, nicknames and his gold medal-winning ambitions.

We're ramping up the distance.

And from one GB medal favourite to another. It's Josh Kerr time...

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC Radio 5 Live

The key thing for Keely Hodgkinson is to believe in herself and her capabilities. Don't think about anyone else. Have that real faith in what you have been doing, how your training has been going, how you have raced all year.

She needs to realise she has been doing the 800m for ever and ever and ever and she is ready to do it here on this big occasion. If she holds it all together with her time of 1.54 then I can't see anyone else taking that from her.

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Team GB's Keely Hodgkinson speaking to BBC TV after reaching the women's 800m final: "You can't take any chances and it gave me good practice for tomorrow as well but I just wanted to be safe in qualifying. Job done. We're in the final now, mission is on.

"I've said it all year, I really want to upgrade my silver. I think I am in the best shape physically, mentally and emotionally to do that that I have been ever.

"I just hope that I can really put that together tomorrow and let's see what we can do."

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh goes over 2m at the first time of asking... over to you Nicola Olyslagers.

The Australian gets it, albeit at the third attempt, but this fight will go on.

They will now attempt to clear 2.02m.

Keely Hodgkinson bossed that semi-final and had plenty of time to celebrate at the end.

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Allison Curbishley
Former GB 400m runner on BBC Radio 5 Live

Huge, huge disappointment there for Jemma Reekie. After what she did at the Diamond League in London, second quickest in the world this year smashing her personal best, I don't know what she did there.

She looked so comfortable but she was playing to the orchestration of Tsige Duguma who just grinded it out, dug deep and Jemma had nothing left. She tried so hard to pump the arms but she had nothing left.

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

Keely Hodgkinson had another gear there. This is still another gear to come for sure. Her composure is so impressive.

She has got the weight of a nation on her shoulders going into the final tomorrow night.

South Africa's Prudence Sekgodiso was second in that last semi-final, almost a full second behind GB's Keely Hodgkinson.

American Juliette Whittaker and Frenchwoman Renelle Lamote qualify as the fastest losers.

Here's your reminder that the women's 800m final, where Hodgkinson will be a hot favourite for gold, takes place tomorrow evening at 20:47 BST.

It's down to Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Australia's Nicola Olyslagers for the gold medal.

Mahuchikh came into the Games in fine form, setting a new world record of 2.10m at the Paris Diamond League meeting in July.

But Olyslagers is the only person to have beaten Mahuchikh so far in 2024, soaring over 1.99m with her final attempt to claim the world indoor title in March.

Ukrainian Iryna Gerashchenko and Eleanor Patterson of Australia will share bronze - they both cleared the first three heights at the first attempt before failing to get over 1.98m.

Allison Curbishley
Former GB 400m runner on BBC Radio 5 Live

At the end of the day Keely Hodgkinson wants to win the gold. She did not need to put the burners on there but she did it. She is feeling it and she is dying just to let rip and go for it.

She is so in control, she is loving her time here and that final cannot come soon enough.

Easy work for GB's Keely Hodgkinson, who gets the job done in first with a time of one minute 56.86 seconds.

That's the fastest time across these three semi-finals.

She looked like she had plenty left in the tank.

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

Keely Hodgkinson takes her time and just goes exactly where she wants to be.

Keely Hodgkinson is extending her lead. Can she keep it up?

Keely Hodgkinson takes charge at the front with Switzerland's Rachel Pellaud on her shoulder.

There goes the bell.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

Phoebe Gill and Jemma Reekie have fallen short in their bids for an Olympic 800m final place.

They will have very different emotions, with Gill, still just 17, enjoying her Olympic debut, while Reekie was hoping to improve on her fourth-place finish in Tokyo.

There is no doubt Gill has a seriously bright future ahead, and she can take inspiration from the next British athlete to take to the track.

Yes, here is Keely Hodgkinson, who three years after winning silver on her Olympic debut is in Paris with her sights locked on gold. Fingers crossed.