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In just over an hour, meanwhile, the women’s hammer throw final will begin.
Leo Neugebauer of Germany leads the men’s decathlon after the shot put that took place earlier today. He has 2819pts. Jeff Tesselaar (Netherlands) is currently in silver-medal position (2690pts). Sander Skotheim (Germany) is in bronze with 2638pts.
The men’s high jump is due to start in five minutes or so.
For good measure here are Sean’s reports from Monday:
And Tuesday:
Sean Ingle
On Marcell Jacobs’ right arm there is a tattoo of the Roman colosseum and a gladiator: a reminder of his fighting spirit and what Italy’s capital means to him. But in the swirling bearpit of a European championships 100m final, the former Olympic champion’s body dramatically broke down.
That was the first shock. The second was the sight of two Britons, Romell Glave and Jeremiah Azu, blasting through to take gold and silver.
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Preamble
What is occurring at the European Athletics Championships on Wednesday evening, otherwise known as day four, session six?
This is clearly a job for the official timetable (all times BST):
18.40 Decathlon high jump A+B (men)
19.45 Hammer throw final (women)
19.55 110m hurdles semi-final (men)
20.20 200m semi-final (women)
20.40 Triple jump Q A+B (men)
20.50 400m final (men)
21.08 400m hurdles final (women)
21.22 400m decathlon heats (men)
21.47 110m hurdles final (men)
People will be running fast, jumping high, throwing hammers and doing assorted other stuff famously associated with this great sport. Let’s get it on.
Evening session starts at 18.40 BST/19.40 CET.
