Summary

  • Watch live BBC One coverage from 19:15 BST as nine gold medals are won on day six at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham

  • 19:45: Ireland's Kate O'Connor leads the heptathlon with just 800m to go but Katarina Johnson-Thompson struggling in 19th after injury-hit build-up

  • 20:07: GB's Morgan Lake in women's high jump final

  • 20:10: GB's Amber Anning and Yemi Mary John in women's 400m final

  • 21:07: GB duo Jake Wightman and Jake Heyward go for gold in men's 1500m final

  • 21:33: GB qualified fastest for the men's 4x100m final

  • 21:48: Amy Hunt seeks her third gold in Birmingham and Dina Asher-Smith a record-equalling seventh European title as GB women go for 4x100m relay glory

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  1. Italy extend their lead at top of medal tablepublished at 19:13 BST

    Italy won two race walk golds on Saturday morning to extend their lead over Great Britain in the medal table.

    Spain also moved up the standings after winning the other two gold medals on offer in the morning session.

    Great Britain failed to win a gold medal on Friday while Italy won two through Nadia Battocletti in the women's 10,000m and the irrepressible Gianmarco Tamberi in the men's high jiump.

    Top of the medal table
  2. What happened this morning?published at 19:10 BST

    • Ireland's Kate O'Connor leads the heptathlon by 51 points with just 800m to go at 19:45 BST on Saturday night
    • Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson is down in 19th as she continues to struggle after an injury-hit build-up. Team-mate Jade O'Dowda is 13th.
    • Double sprint champion Amy Hunt and Friday evening's 200m silver medallist Zharnel Hughes both run as GB's women and men make the 4x100m relay finals later on Saturday with convincing qualifying heats
    • Georgia Hunter Bell is the only Briton to make Sunday's 1500m final as Laura Muir reveals problems with a recent ankle injury
    • Jazmin Sawyers and Molly Palmer qualify for Sunday's long jump final but Lucy Hadaway misses out
    • Spain's Paul McGrath and Maria Perez claim half-marathon race walk gold, with Perez finishing with a world record time of 1:30:06.
    • Italy's Sofia Fiorini takes gold in the full-marathon race walk with a world record time of 3:15:11, while team-mate Massimo Stano wins the men's event in a European record time of 2:56:49, while Britain's Cameron Corbishley finished 19th
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  4. Coming up tonightpublished at 19:02 BST

    Schedule (all finals)

    19:45: Heptathlon 800m - final event featuring Ireland's Kate O'Connor going for gold

    20:01: Men's javelin final

    20:07: Women's high jump final - GB's Morgan Lake

    20:10: Women's 400m final - GB's Amber Anning and Yemi Mary John

    20:17: Men's triple jump final

    20:25: Men's 10,000m final - GB's Scott Beattie, David Mullarkey & Joe Wigfield

    21:07: Men's 1500m final - former world champion Jake Wightman, Jake Heyward and Arlo Ludewick all go for GB

    21:33: Men's 4x100m relay final - GB qualified fastest

    21:48: Women's 4x100m relay final - GB second in their heat behind Italy

  5. Hello!published at 18:59 BST

    Welcome to the penultimate evening session of the 2026 European Athletics Championships, taking place at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

    We will bring you all the action as it happens, as we hope for another golden evening for British athletics.

    Agate de Sousa of Portugal competes in the Women's Long JumpImage source, EPA
  6. Morning session summarypublished at 14:27 BST

    • Ireland's Kate O'Connor leads the heptathlon by 51 points with just the 800m to go at 19:45 BST on Saturday
    • Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson is down in 19th as she continues to struggle after an injury-hit build-up. Team-mate Jade O'Dowda is 13th.
    • Double sprint champion Amy Hunt and Friday evening's 200m silver medallist Zharnel Hughes both run as GB's women and men make the 4x100m relay finals later on Saturday with convincing qualifying heat runs
    • Georgia Hunter Bell is the only Briton to make Sunday's 1500m final, winning her heat in style, but two-time champion Laura Muir reveals problems with a recent ankle injury and Katie Snowden a virus as they both miss out
    • Jazmin Sawyers and Molly Palmer qualify for Sunday's long jump final with jumps of 6.90m and 6.72m respectively, but Lucy Hadaway misses out
    • Spain's Paul McGrath and Maria Perez claim half-marathon race walk gold, with Perez finishing with a world record time of 1:30:06.
    • Italy's Sofia Fiorini takes gold in the full-marathon race walk with a world record time of 3:15:11, while team-mate Massimo Stano wins the men's event in a European record time of 2:56:49, while Britain's Cameron Corbishley finished 19th
  7. Italy extend their lead at top of medal tablepublished at 14:15 BST

    Italy won two race walk golds on Saturday morning to extend their lead over Great Britain in the medal table.

    Spain also moved up the standings after winning the other two gold medals on offer in the morning session.

    Great Britain failed to win a gold medal on Friday while Italy won two through Nadia Battocletti in the women's 10,000m and the irrepressible Gianmarco Tamberi in the men's high jiump.

    Top of the medal table
  8. GB men and women into 4x100m relay finals with convincing qualifying heatspublished at 14:13 BST

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    Individual women's 100m champion Amy Hunt and Friday night's 200m silver medallist Zharnel Hughes both run as GB's women and men make the 4x100m relay finals later on Saturday with convincing qualifying heats

  9. Fiorini and Perez get race walking world recordspublished at 14:09 BST

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    In the women's race walking, Sofia Fiorini of Italy smashes the marathon world record by more than nine minutes, with Maria Perez of Spain also setting a world record in the half-marathon.

  10. Hunter Bell glides through to 1500m finalpublished at 14:06 BST

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    Hunter Bell in to 1500m final

  11. O'Connor leads and Johnson-Thompson struggles continuepublished at 13:30 BST

    Women's heptathlon

    Katarina Johnson-ThompsonImage source, Getty Images

    Ireland's Kate O'Connor has taken the lead in the women's heptathlon, jumping from third to first after a strong performance in javelin.

    She is followed closely by the Dutch duo Emma Oosterwegel, 51 points behind, and Sofie Dokter who trails O'Connor by 20 points.

    Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson registered a 5.77m jump - more than a metre below her personal best - on her first attempt before withdrawing from the long jump.

    The result left her 20th in the standings following a disappointing first day of the heptathlon amid a season disrupted by injury.

    But in Birmingham, at her final opportunity to compete a major championship on home soil, Johnson-Thompson continued to compete in the javelin.

    "I thought she might retire after [the long jump withdrawal] but she is enjoying the experience," Olympic gold heptathlon medallist Jess Ennis-Hill said.

    "She wants to come out and perform for the crowd that have come to watch and if she feels that she is not putting that injury at risk, that she's come into the competition with, then she's happy to continue."

    The 33-year-old former world champion best throw of 36.92m took her up to 19th in the standings.

    The heptathlon concludes with the 800m which begins at 19:45 BST.

  12. Silvers for Hodgkinson and Hughes on Friday nightpublished at 10:24 BST

    Media caption,

    Werro beats Hodgkinson to win 800m gold

    Media caption,

    Hughes takes silver as Ansah wins 200m gold

  13. Fresh rivals & forced to settle for silver - but Hodgkinson up for fightpublished at 10:18 BST

    Keely Hodgkinson says she is proud of her ability to "continue to fight" after taking silver behind Audrey Werro at the European Athletics Championships.

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  14. 'Happy to be here' - Johnson-Thompson struggles on heptathlon return published at 10:18 BST

    Katarina Johnson-Thompson says injuries have held her back as she struggles on day one of the heptathlon at the European Championships.

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  15. Morning schedulepublished at 16:54 BST 14 August

    Times are in BST and subject to change

    • Men's Half-Marathon Race Walk - Final (07:30)
    • Women's Half-Marathon Race Walk - Final (07:30)
    • Men's Marathon Race Walk - Final (07:30)
    • Women's Marathon Race Walk - Final (07:30)
    • Women's Long Jump Heptathlon - A & B (10:25)
    • Women's Long Jump - A & B Qualifiers (11:50)
    • Women's Javelin Throw Heptathlon - A & B (11:55)
    • Women's 1500m - Round One (12:15)
    • Women's 4x100m Relay - Round One (12:40)
    • Men's 4x100m Relay - Round One (13:00)