26th June 2012

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW

26 June 2012

The 21st European Athletics Championships get underway on Wednesday in Helsinki, Finland.

The Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland team are present for the five day track and field extravaganza.

The squad flew out to Scandinavia on Monday and you can follow the action in various ways:

Live on the European Athletics website

BBC Red Button & Online – Wednesday 27 June (15:50-18:45 BST), Thursday 28 (15:15-18:00), Friday 29 (16:00-20:35) and Saturday 30 (17:00-20:35); BBC Two & Online: Sunday 1 July (14:00-18:00)

Daily reports will be available here on the UKA website along with Twitter updates @UKA_athletics

Ones to Watch

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Mark Lewis-Francis – 100m
Mo Farah – 5000m
Robbie Grabarz – High Jump
Jeanette Kwakye – 100m
Lawrence Okoye – Discus
Abi Oyepitan – 200m
Jenny Meadows – 800m
Rhys Williams, Nathan Woodward – 400m hurdles
Aikines-Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers, Tyrone Edgar, James Ellington, Christian Malcolm, Danny Talbot – 4x100m 

Aviva GB & NI squad