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See the full story · 1 sourcesThe first European Athletics Championships to be held in Great Britain are under way at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
The Championships take place from 10-16 August, with Britain's team of 94 athletes chasing top spot in the medals table.
Among the British stars on show are defending champions Keely Hodgkinson and Dina Asher-Smith, local boy Matthew Hudson-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Amy Hunt, Georgia Hunter Bell and team captain Jake Wightman.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou are all seeking to win their fourth successive European titles, while Hodgkinson, Italy's Marcell Jacobs and Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh are all targeting three in a row.
Athletes from 49 nations will compete for 50 gold medals - including a mixed 4x100m relay for the first time - and there are 10 world champions and seven Olympic champions taking part.
The BBC will bring you comprehensive coverage of the championships on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, Radio 5 Live, the BBC Sport website, the BBC Sport app and the BBC Sport social media channels including YouTube.
Can GB return to top of medal table?
Asher-Smith (100m), Hodgkinson (800m), the women's half marathon team and the women's 4x100m relay squad all won gold as Great Britain came third in the medal table at Rome 2024.
Hosts Italy won 11 golds, and a total of 24 medals, to top the medal table followed by that year's Olympic hosts France with four golds and 16 medals overall.
GB topped the medal table in Brussels in 1950 and Budapest in 1998 before finishing first at Zurich 2014, Berlin 2018 and Munich 2022, with the championships being held every two years since 2010.
With home advantage for the first time in the championships' 92-year history, the British team will be hoping to get back on top of the podium.
European Athletics Championships medal table
Italy finished top of the medal table in 2024 as Great Britain came third behind France [BBC]
Hodgkinson & Asher-Smith in GB squad for Europeans
Asher-Smith eyes European record
Sprinter Asher-Smith has won six European golds and two silvers from four championships and could overtake the record of seven golds to become the most successful athlete in the history of the competition.
Two athletes jointly hold that record - Croatian discus thrower Sandra Elkasevic (formerly Perkovic) and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who picked up his seventh title with men's 5,000m victory on the opening night in Birmingham.
Asher-Smith finished sixth in her opening event, the women's 100m, but is expected to compete for two further medals - the women's 200m and either the mixed or women's 4x100m relay.
The 30-year-old could also draw level with fellow sprinter Irena Szewinska of Poland as the most-decorated European athlete of all time. Szewinska won a total of 10 medals from 1966-1978.
Of other current athletes, Dutch star Femke Broeders-Bol has five golds and a bronze from just two championships.
Meanwhile, Hudson-Smith, who has a stand at Alexander Stadium named after him, has four golds and seven medals in total.
One more medal and he will equal France's Christophe Lamaitre as the championships' most-decorated male athlete of all-time.
A gold medal would also bring him level with Roger Black and Sir Mo Farah as the British men to have won most European titles.
When is Keely Hodgkinson racing?
Arguably the most-anticipated event for British fans is Hodgkinson's 800m battle with Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol.
Hodgkinson, 24, sat out the Commonwealth Games and comes into the championships fresh from winning the London Diamond League meeting in July.
However, she faces two tough opponents in her quest for another title.
Swiss star Werro, 22, beat Hodgkinson in June and has twice run faster than the reigning Olympic champion this season, edging closer and closer to the 43-year-old world record of one minute 53.28 seconds.
Broeders-Bol, the 26-year-old world 400m hurdles champion, has moved up to 800m and finished just behind Hodgkinson at London Stadium as she gets up to speed in her new event.
The women's 800m heats take place on Tuesday morning, the semi-finals on Thursday morning and the final at 21:45 on Friday, 14 August.
The team behind Hodgkinson's golden rise and the hunt for a world record
How to follow live on the BBC
You can watch live coverage of every session on either BBC One or BBC Two as well as iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.
Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds will be in Birmingham to bring you daily live commentary, while the BBC Sport website and app will feature live text, reports, analysis, video clips and a medal table.
There will also be coverage on BBC Sport's social media platforms, including YouTube.
Gabby Logan and Jeanette Kwakye will present the BBC TV coverage with Steve Cram, Andrew Cotter, Steve Backley, Colin Jackson and Paula Radcliffe commentating on the action.
London 2012 Olympic champions Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford plus Hodgkinson's coach Jenny Meadows will also provide analysis.
Key events, timetable and BBC coverage
All times BST. Times are subject to late changes.
Tuesday, 11 August (5 golds)
Morning session
TV: 10:30-13:15 on BBC One
Hodgkinson begins the defence of her title as the women's 800m gets under way with the qualifying rounds from 12:05.
Qualifying for the men's 100m semi-finals also takes place from 11:15.
Evening session
TV: 19:00-20:00 on BBC Two and 20:00-22:00 on BBC One
Radio: 20:25-22:00 on 5 Live & Sounds
Finals:
21:45: Men's 100m (semi-finals from 20:32)
21:30: Women's 110m hurdles (semi-finals from 19:55)
20:16: Men's long jump
19:25: Women's 5,000m
19:10: Men's hammer
Other events:
19:05 Women's pole vault qualification
19:55 Women's 100m hurdles semi-final
20:32 Men's 100m semi-finals
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