In a career that has spanned more than two decades, Britain’s Jo Pavey has won silver and bronze medals – but until tonight, never a gold.

Barely out of the junior ranks, David Storl was a fresh-faced 20-year-old when he competed at his first European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. He finished fourth.

Jo Pavey produced the performance of her life to win gold in a thrilling 10,000m final on the opening night of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.

European Athletics is pleased to announce that the Netherlands’s Dafne Schippers and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France have been voted by the fans and media as European Athletes of the Month for July.

David Storl will defend his shot put title later today after qualifying for the final with consumate ease in the Letzigrund Stadium this morning where the much-heralded super-thick track yielded super-fast times for sprint rivals Myriam Soumaré ...

Mo Farah is one of the sport’s biggest stars. In Zurich, he would like to take gold in the 5000m and the 10000m – just like he did at the European championships in 2010, the Olympic Games in 2012, and the world championships in 2013.