In the blocks.

Emily Newnham in lane nine, Lina Nielsen in lane eight.

Sally Gunnell
Former 400m hurdles Olympic champion on BBC Two

It is incredible to watch Emily Newnham, and she is still 22.

You can see how raw she is with her stride pattern. I really do believe she has everything to get a medal tonight.

She has got to run her own race and that's what you have got to do. You cannot watch others.

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

Lina Nielsen has done two rounds already, but they have worked in her favour. She has improved round on round.

She looks fantastic. Her hurdling is brilliant, she has got the speed and she has got the endurance.

She ran a 400m personal best this season, so she's coming into great form.

For me, I am excited to see what she can do in the final. Once you're in there, anything can happen.

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

Emily Newnham is one of the girls coming into this with a sub-54 second time, and she knows that she is in good shape.

In the end, anything can happen. It doesn't matter who the favourite is. It is just about getting it right and getting out there.

Time for more one lap action - it's the women's 400m hurdles final.

Can Great Britain's Emily Newnham, the European under-23 champion, continue a breakthrough season with another medal?

This summer, she has won her first national title, a Commonwealth Games silver and broken 54 seconds. “I never really panic,” she said after finishing second in her semi-final with a blistering last 100m.

Team-mate Lina Nielsen, who came seventh two years ago in Rome, set a 54.04 sec personal best in the semi-finals on Tuesday, the third-fastest time in that round.

The quickest semi-final time was a 53.87 PB for Paulien Couckuyt of Belgium but the clear favourite is Slovakia’s world bronze medallist Emma Zapletalova.

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That winning feeling.

Three days. Three golds for Great Britain.

Jenny Meadows
Former 800m world championship medallist on BBC One

What a brave race. I think we have all enjoyed that growth of Matthew Hudson-Smith over the years...

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Great Britain have now won the European men's 400m gold medal 14 times.

And Hudson-Smith has three of them - one more than the great Roger Black and Martyn Rooney.

• Matthew Hudson-Smith 2018, 2022 & 2026
• Martyn Rooney 2014 & 2016
• Iwan Thomas 1998
• Du'aine Ladejo 1994
• Roger Black 1986 & 1990
• David Jenkins 1971
• Robbie Brightwell 1962
• John Wrighton 1958
• Derek Pugh 1950
• Godfrey Brown 1938

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

What a moment. This will stay with Matthew Hudson-Smith forever.

It means so much and the pressure was piled on him. Anything but a gold medal here for him would have been a disappointment.

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

More than anything else, it is relief. Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith has won Olympic medals and there is a lot of focus on.

They have named a stand after you, and you have to come and compete here. Gold medals are not easy to come by.

They're always pushing to take that from you. Hudson-Smith has come here in good form and delivered.

Matthew Hudson-Smith jumps into the stand to tap the sign on the temporary stand that bears his name.

It takes a fair while for him to emerge from the throng of fans and media before he finally returns to the track with a flag.

He is now level with France's Christophe Lemaitre for men's medals won at European Championships - a fantastic achievement.

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Steve Cram
BBC athletics commentator at Alexander Stadium

He's done it!

Three golds at the European Championships for Matt Hudson-Smith, where he grew up learning the sport, learning the event.

Perfectly judged race this time.

When he came into the home straight he knew they'd be charging, he knew they'd be coming. But 44:17 is just too good - way to good.

That's the Matt Hudson-Smith we hoped to see. And that's the Matt Hudson-Smith who deserves all of the credit he's going to get.

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

It was so exciting to see.

Matthew Hudson-Smith blasted out the blocks and went around that first bend beautifully well. It looks easy to him.

What I loved is when he came into the home straight. He took that deep breath and thought; 'Right, let's give it'. What a great turnout for Matt.

People are cheering for him and he is celebrating well. For me, it was really bold.

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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.