Key events14m agoPreambleWhat happened this morning? The early session saw the fight for women’s 800m glory crank into gear. The three standout names – Keely Hodgkinson, Audrey Weero and Femke Broeders-Bol – all won their separate heats to progress to the semi-finals on Thursday.Read more in Sean Ingle’s report from Alexander Stadium …There were also impressive performances from Great Britain’s Joshua Faulds and Turkey’s Berke Akcam in the men’s 400m hurdles heats, plus Ayomide Folorunso and Paulien Coukuyt in the women’s semi-finals. Britain’s Samuel Bennett is through to the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles after winning his heat while Joel Clarke-Khan and Kimani Jack made it two Britons through to the men’s high jump final.PreambleHello and welcome to the evening session on day two of the European athletics championships in Birmingham. After a coming-of-age victory for Amy Hunt and a comeback win for Jakob Ingebrigtsen last night, let’s hope for more drama on the track – and in the field – over the coming hours at Alexander Stadium.The main event this evening is the business end of the men’s 100m. After the lower-ranked athletes went in the heats this morning, the big names enter the fray in the semi-finals and the final. Italy’s Marcell Jacobs is here to defend his titles from 2022 and 2024 and he’s on fine form, having clocked a ridiculous 9.67sec in Austria last month thanks to a lot of wind assistance. Hosts Great Britain have representation in Jeremiah Azu, Louis Hinchliffe and a real medal chance in Romell Glave.Sticking with Britain, Matt Hudson-Smith has a stand named after him at Alexander Stadium. He goes in the men’s 400m semi-finals this evening – he is the fastest in the world this year with a time of 44.09sec but missed the last European championships after winning in 2022. Other stars to look out for are Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji in the women’s 100m hurdles semi-finals and final, Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou in the men’s long jump final and Hungary’s Bence Halasz in the men’s hammer final.The first track event of the evening is the women’s 5,000m final, where Italy’s Nadia Battocletti is aiming to defend her crown against a field that includes Ireland’s Sarah Healy and the emerging British talent of Innes FitzGerald.You can get in touch with me via email throughout the evening with your thoughts on the action.