Into the blocks.

Matthew Hudson-Smith, the home town boy, goes for gold.

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Matthew Hudson-Smith's personal best is 43.44 seconds - the next fastest in the field is Muhammad Abdallah Kounta's 44.38.

The French athlete runs in lane eight, next to Hudson-Smith in lane nine.

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC Two

That brings a lot of pressure. Winning all those medals at this level brings that expectation.

He will want to deliver in front of a home crowd and his own personal stand.

As an athlete, whatever level you're at, you're always going to feel that anxiety and adrenaline.

He is the favourite, but that brings so much pressure.

Here we go then, it's men's 400m final time with Matt Hudson-Smith racing for another Great Britain gold on the track.

The Wolverhampton-born athlete, the man with a stand named after him at Alexander Stadium, is by far the quickest in this field but he’s drawn the outside lane after fading in his semi-final and finishing second to Dutch mixed relay bronze medallist Jonas Phijffers.

“I misjudged it a little bit – I thought I was clear,” said Hudson-Smith, who insisted before the championships there would be no repeat of the Commonwealth Games four years ago when the adrenaline of competing on his home track caused him to set off too fast and get pipped to gold.

A medal of any colour for the two-time 400m champion would be his eighth, equalling the men’s European record held by French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre.

Europe’s second fastest man this year, Samuel Vessat, failed to reach the final but fellow Frenchman Muhammad Abdallah Kounta won his semi-final in a PB of 44.38 seconds, while Hungary’s Attila Molnar is the European indoor champion.

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC One

Amy Hunt was phenomenal again. She is backing it up again and again and again. Just very comfortable.

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Great Britain's Success Eduan, speaking to BBC Sport: "I felt really good going into it. This heat was going to be fast.

"I wanted to execute a bit better. I am still happy to have made the final.

"I am still juggling my degree at the same time. An opportunity I don't want to take for granted."

On Great Britain's sprinters: "We know that us Brits have so much experience and knowledge, but definitely so much talent as well."

Greg Rutherford
Former world and Olympic long jump champion on BBC One

Charlotte Payne looked fast in the circle from her first round attempt. She is definitely pulling it together. Thankfully, she stayed in the sector.

Steve Backley
Two-time world and Olympic javelin silver medallist on BBC One

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Charlotte Payne is within reach of a medal here in fifth place.

She looks happy with that.

Charlotte Payne is now back in sixth place at the end of the third round. She threw 70.01 with her third attempt, a little behind her mark of 70.12 in the second.

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC One

It's exactly what Amy Hunt needed to do.

Actually, she probably did a bit more than what she needed to do.

She knows the event very well. She got to run the Diamond League with the best of the best, and she got to learn the art of 200m running.

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Great Britain's Amy Hunt, speaking to BBC Sport: "I would give that a good eight. A solid eight. I knew I had to run it like my heat at the world last year.

"The plan today was to put down a hard turn. Come to 150m and nobody was ever going to hang with me. I was trying to check the screen - save a bit of energy for tomorrow. I think that was my second-quickest time this year, chilling at the end. So it is exciting."

On her preparation: "To be relaxed and to be happy. It is staying social and not getting too serious as you can kill yourself doing that."

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Success Eduan has to settle for third in her semi-final - but her time is quick enough to secure her place in the final!

Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke blasts out of the blocks and posts the second-fastest time of the round after Amy Hunt in 22.43.

The 21-year-old Eduan, the European under-23 champion, beat Amy Hunt to the British 200m title in June.

That could be a fantastic final for the hosts tomorrow night. Definitely a must-watch!

Can Success Eduan make it three British athletes in the women's 200m final?

Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt have already produced statement performances.

Eduan is the third-fastest in Europe this season, behind her British team-mates, and a clean-sweep for the hosts is not out of the question tomorrow night if she can execute here.

Steve Cram
BBC athletics commentator at Alexander Stadium

Amy Hunt is making this look very straightforward. There was a big distance between herself and the others.

For me, the question wasn't whether Amy was going to do something like that - it was could anybody else be better than she's been. Well, the answer to that was no.

Very, very impressive from Amy Hunt.

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Comfortable for Amy Hunt!

She comes through in first in 22.38 seconds, starting strongly and storming round the curve before easing off a fair way from the line.

Jael Bestue of Spain progresses in second in 22.69, while third-placed Boglarka Takacs of Hungary moves into one of the non-automatic qualifier chairs with a season-best 22.77.

Now it's Amy Hunt's turn.

The world silver medallist waves to the crowd before returning to looking pretty locked in.

As we go through the other athletes in this semi, a word for Mujinga Kambundji who finished seventh in the first race in 23.81 seconds - she only returned to action a month ago after giving birth last November.

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Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC One

Of course, Dina Asher-Smith has beaten Amy Hunt over this distance.

We have always got to remember Asher-Smith has won a world title at this distance.

From 20m she coasts, looked very comfortable. Never write off someone who has won so many medals.

Greg Rutherford
Former world and Olympic long jump champion on BBC Two

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It's exactly how Charlotte Payne is going to want to start in this final - just get a mark out there, then it'll really give her an opportunity to grow through the competition.

As we know, the top eight will get those extra three throws, so for her, it's a great start.

After two rounds Great Britain's Charlotte Payne is sixth in the 12-woman field. Silja Kosonen of Finland tops the standings and has just extended her lead to 76.28 early in the third round.

Andrew Cotter
Commentator on BBC One

22.49 and Dina Asher-Smith made it look pretty easy.

She absolutely can!

Dina Asher-Smith dominates the first semi-final and has enough of a gap over the rest of the field to ease up slightly over the closing metres.

Very nicely done.

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