Live - European Championships day three

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By Mark Ashenden

1752: Alistair Cragg of Ireland leads the 5,000m runners. Thommo in third looking confident. He's wearing spikes the colour of satsumas. Bright ones at that. Local favourite Alemayehu Bezabeh, who bagged the third fastest European of all-time in Oslo last month, is in this heat.

1749: High jump newsflash. Sliding through all the wet, Tom Parsons fails on his third attempt at 2.19m and he's out of the high jump final. Martyn Bernard coming up.

1745: Chris 'Thommo' Thompson is lining up in the 5,000m. It's chucking it down cats and dogs. This will sort the boys from the men dancing through the puddles. Perhaps Thommo will be all over these conditions. He said after his 10,000m silver medal (46 hours ago) that the race was the best 30 minutes of his life. Wonder what his girlfriend Jemma Simpson (800m runner) made of that? Perhaps the best quarter of an hour of his life coming up? The track looks like a swimming pool. And they're off.....Mo Farah running in 20 minutes.

1743: Big shout out for a massive page REFRESH please. That's if you want your video anyway. Those bearded beauties have sorted the video quicker than you can say "Oh my lordy, Chris Thompson is about to run his 5,000 semi-final...."

1738: Techie warning. We're having a few problems with the live video. When I say a few problems - it aint working. Fact. I can assure you that some very lively people with beards and long white coats are working on it with urgency. I'll keep you posted.

Gazzelle in Crewe, via text: "Come on Phillips! He can and will do it. In the big comps he pulls off a big jump right at the end. I love the triple jump and the fact no Brit woman has been included is disgraceful!"

1734: BBC Two coverage a go-go. Headline of the evening so far is it's bucketing down. Michael Johnson and John Inverdale et al is hiding under a brollie in the studio. Where's that rain graphic gone? Some interesting Mark Lewis-Francis quotes coming up....

BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce in Barcelona on Twitter:
"Apres le 100m, France v GB part deux tonight - Phillips v Teddy Tamgho in triple jump final. Thoughts/predictions/visions?"

1728: It's the return of the dynamic duo at 1745. It's the Farah and Thommo show. Fresh from their 10,000m exploits on day one, Mo and Chris crank up their aching limbs for the 5,000m semis. Welsh wizard (is there any other kind of Welshman?) Dai Greene is red-hot favourite for the 400m hurdles and goes in the semis from 1830 BST along with Rhys Williams and Nathan Woodward. Phillips Idowu hits the sand of the triple jump from 1840 BST. Can the world champion see off the flying Frenchman Teddy Tamgho? Later on is the men's 200m semis, women's 100m semis/final and the men's 800m semis. That bubbling fizzing feast working for you?

1722: So what's the first athletics dish my live commentary oven gloves will be serving up tonight? Here's a clue. It involves a bar, mattress and long socks. Nope not my old man's 60th birthday fancy dress party....it's the high jump final. Russian Ivan Uhkov is sniffing gold but two Brits have a good shout for some metal. Tom Parsons scraped through qualifying and Martyn Bernard looks in good nick. Want to know the inspiration behind Bernard's qualification? If he didn't make the final, Phillips Idowu threatened to "embarrass" him "on live TV". The mind boggles. The boys will be introduced to the Barcelona crowd very shortly.

1715: More importantly, it's all about the audience. That's you folks. The watchers, viewers, pundits, aliens, customers. Call yourselves what you want. I want to hear from you. I want your words, opinions, lookalikes, predictions. Throw in a rant if you have to. I'm the only person working at the BBC tonight (slight exaggeration) and I'm lonely. I need you. Tweet me @bbcsport_mark, text me on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with ATHLETICS before your message, or join the banter on 606. Anybody in Barcelona? Tell me EVERYTHING.

1708: Let's not mess around here. There are necklaces to be won. The high jump final is up in 20 minutes. Coverage details. C'mon. What am I waiting for? Watch live on BBC HD/ BBC Two and the BBC Sport website (UK users only) from 1730 BST. There's live coverage on BBC Radio 5 live from around 1800 BST and watch out for highlights of the big events on demand online (UK only). Read about full coverage details.

wal1000 on 606: "Phillips won't win gold - I'd put my mortage on it. He has not been in good form for a while now - and will have to do a SB to win the title, which on his form is unlikely"

1701: Shocks (Dwain Chambers), scripts ripped up and spat out (several), resurrected sprinting careers (Mark Lewis-Francis), snapping pole vaults , a mascot crossed between a bear and a white blob, spindly Frenchmen winning the 100m and a British one-two in a long-distance race. Am I dreaming? What else could we possibly witness inside the Montjuic Stadium this week?

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