The first event of the European Athletics Championships is the men's 20km walk which heads off around the streets of Barcelona at 0705 BST
The gold eventually goes to Russia's Stanislav Emelyanov who breaks clear to win in a time of 1:20.10 some 28 seconds ahead of Italy's Alex Schwazer
Hungary's Krisztian Pars tops the first qualifying group in the men's hammer with a throw of 76.80m, while Poland's Szymon Ziolkowski also makes it through
Great Britain's Perri Shakes-Drayton finishes just behind Romania's Angela Morosanu to claim a place in the next round of the women's 400m hurdles
She is joined by compatriot Eilidh Child who also claims second place in her heat, clocking a time of 55.82 seconds behind Bulgaria's Vania Stambolova
The men's 400m is the next event to get under way where Great Britain's Martyn Rooney posts a time of 45.72 seconds to finish second in the first heat
A third-place finish in heat four also proves to be enough for Kent-based runner Conrad Williams to make progress into the semi-finals
In the final heat, Michael Bingham leaves everyone else behind as he cruises home ahead of the field in 45.49 seconds to join Rooney and Williams
Back in the men's hammer, a throw of 77.70m sees Slovakia's Libor Charfreitag come out on top in the second qualifying group
Also in the field events, Russia's Lyudmila Kolchanova impresses with a leap of 6.87m to win the first qualifier in the women's long jump
The men's 100m competition gets under way early in the evening session and Great Britain's Dwain Chambers wins the first heat with a time of 10.21 seconds
He is joined in the next round by 22-year-old James Dasaolu whose performance of 10.40 seconds sees him claim third in heat four, and the experienced Mark-Lewis Francis
Despite posting a season's best of 2:01.33 Marilyn Okoro finishes outside the top three in the women's 800m but fellow British runner Jenny Meadows fares better to take second in her race
There is also a place in the final for Jemma Simpson who does even better in the last qualifying race, posting 1:59.18 in process of winning
British triple jumper Phillips Idowu looks anxious as he waits to compete in the men's triple jump qualifying - but he went through with ease after a first-round leap of 17.10m
Eastern Europe dominates the women's shot put as Nadzeya Ostapchuk (centre) of Belarus receives gold, compatriot Natallia Mikhnevich takes silver and Anna Avdeyeva (right) of Russia claims the bronze
Great Britain's Martyn Bernard reacts with joy after clearing the bar during the men's high jump and qualifying for the final with a best height of 2.26m
An elated Mo Farah crosses the 10,000m finishing line to take Britain's first ever European Championships gold medal in the event, with team-mate Chris Thompson (far left) coming in second to seal an historic one-two
Farah coolly takes to the Barcelona track's surface on his knees to pay his own personal tributes while the exhausted Spanish athletes he has defeated get their breath back on their backs
Farah and Thompson then take in the applause of the crowd as they proudly do a lap of honour with the British flag draped around their shoulders
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