European Championships: Day six schedule & BBC coverage

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European Championships: Day six schedule & BBC coverage

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Great Britain remain in contention for top spot in the medal table with just two days to go in the first European Athletics Championships to be held in this country.

Among their strongest medal hopes still to come at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium are 1500m runners Georgia Hunter Bell and Jake Wightman, Commonwealth Games long jump champion Jazmin Sawyers and five relay teams.

Athletes from 49 nations are competing for a total of 50 gold medals – including a mixed 4x100m relay for the first time – and there are 10 world champions and seven Olympic champions taking part.

One of those, the Swedish pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis, will look to win gold on the final day of action on Sunday.

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’

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Sprinter Amy 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.”

Asher-Smith eyes overall European records

Dina 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 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, and won bronze in the 200m. She is expected to compete in the 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 two bronze medals.

Hudson-Smith makes history

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Matthew 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 add 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.

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.

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Timetable, finals and BBC coverage

All times BST. Times are subject to late changes.

Saturday, 15 August (13 golds)

Evening session

TV: 19:15-22:00 on BBC One

Radio: 21:00-22:00 on 5 Live & Sounds

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, Andrew Butchart, 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

Sunday, 16 August (10 golds)

Morning session

TV: 07:25-10:35 on BBC One

The women’s and men’s marathons take place on the streets of the city from 07:30 and 08:10 respectively.

Evening session

TV: 19:00-21:00 on BBC One

Radio: 2030-2200 on 5 Live & Sounds

Schedule (all finals):

19:30: Men’s pole vault – world record holder Armand Duplantis is favourite for gold, while GB’s Owen Heard also competes

19:55: Women’s javelin

20:05: Women’s long jump – Commonwealth Games champion Jazmin Sawyers and Molly go for GB

20:35: Mixed 4x100m relay

20:50: Men’s 3,000m steeplechase – GB’s Williams Battershill, Kristian Imroth and Zak Seddon compete

21:13: Women’s 1500m – Georgia Hunter Bell among the favourites for gold

21:33: Women’s 4x400m relay – GB qualified fastest

21:48 Men’s 4x400m relay – GB qualified sixth fastest

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