European Championships: Day five schedule & BBC coverage

The 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 reigning 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith, local boy Matthew Hudson-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Amy Hunt, Georgia Hunter Bell and team captain Jake Wightman.

Global stars competing include Sweden's Armand Duplantis, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou, Italy's Marcell Jacobs, Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh and the Netherlands' Femke Broeders-Bol.

Athletes from 49 nations are competing 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.

Hunt seeks to become 'iconic'

Hunt is targeting a record four gold medals at these championships in a bid to become "iconic".

The confident 24-year-old won the 100m on Monday and the 200m on Thursday and is aiming to follow that up by winning the women's 4x100m relay on Saturday and the mixed 4x100m relay on Sunday.

"Yes, I am looking to be iconic," she told BBC Sport. "I want to do what nobody has ever done before.

"I think this is the perfect place to do it. I am an East Midlands girl, and I am from Newark.

"This is the closest I am ever going to get to a home crowd in my entire career."

Hudson-Smith makes history

Hudson-Smith, who has a stand at Alexander Stadium named after him, became the joint-most decorated European male athlete of all-time by claiming a dominant 400m gold on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old secured his eighth medal at the championships to equal French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre's record medal tally for men.

His fifth gold medal overall also brought him level with Roger Black and Sir Mo Farah as the British men to have won most European titles.

Hudson-Smith, who could have a chance of adding to his total in the men's 4x400m relay final on Sunday, also matched Asher-Smith's British record of eight European medals, although Asher-Smith has one more gold.

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the most successful European male athlete of all time with seven golds.

Asher-Smith eyes overall European record

Asher-Smith has won six European golds, two silvers and one bronze from five championships and could equal 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 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, and won bronze in the 200m. She is expected to compete for 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 female athletes, Dutch star Femke Broeders-Bol has five golds and a bronze from just two championships.

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 after 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 makes rapid strides in her new event.

Hodgkinson was the fastest of the three in the semi-finals, holding off Broeders-Bol in the closing stages, but Werro suffered a huge scare after falling in her semi-final.

The Swiss star finished eighth after clipping her own leg and landing heavily, but was put through to Friday's final on appeal.

The team behind Hodgkinson's golden rise and the hunt for a world record

Why is the women's 800m record so tough to break?

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.

Timetable, finals and BBC coverage

All times BST. Times are subject to late changes.

Friday, 14 August (6 golds)

Morning session

TV: 10:30-13:15 on BBC One

Olympic silver medallist Johnson-Thompson starts her bid to win a first European heptathlon title with the 100m hurdles from 10:35.

World record holder Duplantis begins his quest to win a fourth European pole vault title in a row from 10:50, while the men's and women's 4x400m relay heats take place at 11:05 and 1...

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