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This year three extraordinary weightlifting girls have one | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
big dream. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:06 | |
To muscle their way into the biggest competition on earth - | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
the London Olympics. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
God, I so want to be part of the 2012 squad. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
-That would mean everything to me. -It's really exciting. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
But to get there they face 12 hard months of heavy training... | 0:00:16 | 0:00:21 | |
My body's just hurting. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
..and two massive international tests. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
SHOUTING | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
INDISTINCT | 0:00:29 | 0:00:30 | |
This weight is nothing. Just snatch it. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
The girls are attempting to lift up to twice their own body weight. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:40 | |
Can they handle the pressure? | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
I don't believe it. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:44 | |
Take the pain? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
And succeed in the battle with their own weight going up and down? | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
-Breakfast! -I really want bacon. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
Just asking you not to bring McDonalds into the house | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
for one daughter while the other one sits there literally starving. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
There's only two places on the Olympic team for womens' | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
weightlifting. Who will claim the once in a lifetime prize | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
of standing strong for Britain? | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Right, clothes. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
Steal some from in here. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
17-year-old Zoe Smith is leaving her home in London to train full | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
time as a weightlifter in Leeds. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
Oh God. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:35 | |
It's going to be quite fun. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
Obviously the training is going to be tough but you would be silly | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
if you didn't think it was going to be tough basically. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
Bloody hell. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:45 | |
She's given up her school now so it just seems the right thing. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
She's got one year to go to the Olympics, so if you can't make | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
a real go of it now and being given this opportunity to really | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
focus on training for a year - I think it's a sacrifice worth making. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
I am slightly nervous. It's just helpful to | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
have your parents around I suppose. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
Come on, get organised. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
-I'll miss you. -Oh, thanks. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
I started weightlifting when I was 12. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
I was a gymnast like a normal girl once. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
I was always explosive but not particularly graceful. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
-Bye. -Have a good trip up, won't you? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
The line they used to get me into weightlifting from gymnastics | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
was, "You're very powerful but you're never going to be | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
"an Olympic gymnast, but you just might be good at weightlifting." | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
You don't really need a lot of grace in weightlifting do you? | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
So this is the perfect sport for me. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
After winning bronze at the Commonwealth Games | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
when she was just 16, Zoe was tipped as having Olympic potential. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
But then her funding was axed when the sport's governors thought | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
she wasn't showing enough commitment, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:08 | |
or working hard enough to keep her body weight down. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
But now she's decided to give up her A levels | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
and put all her efforts into making the team. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
Eventually it got sorted out | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
and I decided I was going to come full time | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
and show them my commitment. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
God, I so want to be part of the 2012 squad. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
But it's going to be so massive | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
because it's going to be like an exclusive team of athletes | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
and you're either part of that or you're not. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
To be part of that would be absolutely fantastic. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Zoe has a hard year ahead at the Olympic Training Centre in Leeds. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:40 | |
But worrying about how much she can lift isn't her only battle. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
My biggest issue is probably the body weight category problem. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
Like boxers, weightlifters are divided into categories | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
according to their body weight | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
and only compete against athletes of a similar size. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
So being in the right body weight class can make all the difference. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
SHRIEKS | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
Zoe is in the category for athletes weighing up to 63 kilograms, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Or 9 stone 12. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
She's a healthy weight but to have the best chance of Olympic | 0:04:10 | 0:04:12 | |
qualification she's hoping to come down a weight category | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
which will mean losing at least 5 kilos. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
I'm in the 63s at the moment | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
and I'll b competing at the Worlds at 63, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
but I want to come down to 58, cos that will make me more competitive. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
It's going to be hard to stay strong | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
and come down a body weight category. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
It's just so hard to stick to boring food all the time. I like chocolate. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
But I think it's worth the torture basically. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
In Leeds Zoe is moving in with one of her rivals for the Olympic team. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
But 18-year-old Hannah Powell is also her best friend. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
Thank you so much. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
'It's still sinking in that the Olympics is next year.' | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
I try not to get too excited about it | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
and just try and focus on what I've got to do to get there, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
but at the same time it is really exciting. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
Hannah has been lifting weights since she was 11, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
inspired by her dad and uncle who were both power lifters. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
SHE GRUNTS | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
She's quite scary-looking, isn't she? | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
Yeah. A bit manly. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
Everyone thinks everyone in weightlifting's like that. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
'People associate weightlifting with screaming.' | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
Big men in sweaty, horrible, tight leotards | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
and hairy people and that kind of thing. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
'People are quite shocked | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
'when I tell them I do weightlifting.' | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
I have had to prove myself a few times, cos some people just refuse | 0:05:42 | 0:05:47 | |
to believe it. I'm only four foot eight and a half. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
'I think weightlifting has given me a better physique, | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
'cos if I didn't lift, I think I'd just be dead skinny.' | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
Like, weirdly skinny! | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
So I think it's given me a bit of definition and shape. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
'I've worked really, really hard for the last seven years. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
'It's never been easy.' | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
I've had to kind of build my life around weightlifting. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
Not just fit weightlifting in. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
Most teenagers my age are going out and partying | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
and doing what they want and trying new things. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
But now it's nice to be a potential Olympian. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
Pitched against Hannah and Zoe, 22-year-old Helen Jewell | 0:06:28 | 0:06:33 | |
is also hoping for a place on the Olympic team. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
She's already established as a strong contender. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
'I've been competing for ten years now.' | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
This is the duvet from the Commonwealth Games | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
that we brought back. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:50 | |
That really ignited the flame and has made me | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
even more hungry for the Olympics. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
I think I'm quite naturally strong. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
I grew up on a farm in Devon, | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
out lifting bales and doing manual work. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
Helen started weightlifting while she was at school, | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
and stuck with it all the way through university. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
Weightlifting kind of fits my mindset. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
I'm able to push my body and, you know, it is an internal drive. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
You've got to really want it. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
In all, I think I've counted about 42. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
I can't believe you've kept all of them. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
HELEN LAUGHS | 0:07:25 | 0:07:26 | |
Oh, God! | 0:07:26 | 0:07:27 | |
They're all ancient! | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
There's not much use you bringing them all out. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
They all look the same. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
-Dad, stop! Don't be stupid. -That's enough now. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
He's getting more, isn't he? | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
HELEN LAUGHS | 0:07:42 | 0:07:43 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
She's determined that she's going to do it. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
Helen's one that if she can, she will. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
MUSIC: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
To improve their chances of selection, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
the girls are following a strict training regime. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Twice a day, six days a week | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
at The British Weightlifting Centre in Leeds. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
All under the watchful eye of head coach Tamas Feher. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
The strength is absolutely important, and the speed. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
The other part is here, up there. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
It's not just going to the gym. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
It's a quite complex plan. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
Every day, every training counts. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
There are only two spots on the women's Olympic weightlifting team, | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
and there are six girls in the running. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
To qualify, the girls have to lift a target weight | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
in one of two upcoming competitions. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
We're all competing against each other for the places at London. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
It could literally be anyone at the moment. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
Now things are getting more serious. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
I'm one of the people who wants one of those places. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
You know, the pressure's building. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
I think secretly we're all kind of watching each other. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
Helen, she's doing really well at the moment. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
Zoe's got a really good chance of going. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
At such a young age, to be lifting the weight she is, it's phenomenal. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
Hannah's looking really strong. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
I'd be happy for any of us to go, but obviously I'd be more happy | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
if I got to go, cos I want to go to the Olympics. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
More punch, come on. Quick! Yep. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Before their Olympic qualifying competitions, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
the girls have their first big test - the World Championships in Paris. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:53 | |
Come on, Hannah. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
I've thought a little bit about what it would be like to compete | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
at the Olympics, but I've got nothing at the moment I could compare it to. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
Aggressive! | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
Don't rush. Hold on. Come on! | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
I'm being sent to the Worlds | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
because I need to have an understanding of what it's like | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
to compete on a platform at that level. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
A bit rushed, but it's fine. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
With nine months to the Olympics, Helen has suffered a serious setback | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
and will miss the chance to prove herself at the World Championships. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
-Have you been here before? -No, just to see Dr Potter last week. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
-Just the initial consultation? -Yeah. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
Helen suffered an injury in training and needs surgery on her shoulder. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:49 | |
I've torn one of the muscles in my shoulder. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
It's not actually attached, apparently. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
Everything just happened so quickly. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
I had the scans and then the doctor told me the report. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
I was just like, "No!" | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
It's not ideal, to say the least. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
I'm trying to keep smiling. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
After the operation, Helen will have to embark on an intensive course | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
of physical rehab before she can even think about | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
lifting weights again. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
'I suppose with me having the injury, it might make the other girls | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
'feel like, "Wow, I've got a really good chance here. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:27 | |
'"My chances have just improved." | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
'But I'm not going to give up easily.' | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
But Helen's doctor isn't so optimistic. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
What she's doing even with a healthy shoulder is difficult enough, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
but to do the same after major shoulder surgery | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
is going to be a tall order for Helen. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
BEEPING | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
With Helen out of the picture, | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
Zoe and Hannah have a better chance to shine | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
at the World Championships in Paris. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
It'll be the biggest competition I'll have ever done in my life. | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
-It will be for any of us, I think. -Yeah. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
I'm quite excited. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:04 | |
We usually cook separate stuff now, cos we're on diets, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
but we're being lazy tonight. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:09 | |
Just cooking one thing. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
Zoe is still battling to lose weight, | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
so she'll be competing in the 63kg category. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
That's enough for me. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
While Zoe's attempting to shed pounds, | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
Hannah's desperate to do the opposite. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
The biggest challenge I face for me personally is putting on body weight. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
I think I've put enough butter on it. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
At just six stone and 12 pounds, | 0:12:32 | 0:12:33 | |
she is one of the smallest girls in the lightest weight class. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
'I know if I was five kilos heavier, I'd be so much stronger.' | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
I really, desperately need to go up to 48. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
'If I didn't lift, my body would happily sit around 40 kilos.' | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
So to force my body to weigh 48 kilos is very difficult. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
Eight kilos is over a stone. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
I'll eat another. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
Probably just the same sized meal before I go to bed later. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
Imagine if you hit 48 kilos and didn't stop. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
-Yeah. -Just kept going. -You just ballooned! | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
We're in Paris! | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
The World Championships is the closest the girls will get | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
to Olympic-style competition before 2012. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
For Zoe and Hannah, it's their first time competing | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
at such a high level alongside the best lifters in the world. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
If they're going to make the Olympic team, | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
they need to show they can perform under pressure. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
It's huge. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:51 | |
I mean, there's over 700 athletes and there's lifters here | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
I've watched on YouTube for the last few years and stuff | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
that are really good. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
It's kind of like seeing celebrities for me, walking around. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
I'm starting to get a little bit nervous. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
Every now and then, I start to get butterflies | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
and stuff thinking about competing. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
But good butterflies. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
I'm quite confident ahead of it. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
I just thought about it and it's just another competition, really. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
I shouldn't get too worried about it, even though it's a World Champs. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
TANNOY: Smith, Zoe. Great Britain. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Zoe's chance to prove she's capable | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
of handling Olympic-style competition is about to begin. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
Her mum has come to Paris to give her a boost. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
Come on, Zoe. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
Team coach Tamas is in charge of Zoe's tactics, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
getting her psyched up and ready to compete. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:55 | |
OK. 45, please. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
The warm-up for the competition is quite tense. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
You've got people staring you down. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
You know when you see animals | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
puffing their chests out and stuff? | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
It's kind of a human version of that, really. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
You need to be really psyched up. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
You just feel nervous, especially for your first attempt. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
You've got butterflies like mad, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
It's just a mad feeling in your stomach. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:30 | |
You're the next one. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
Be angry, mad and calm at the same time. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
Mad and calm. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:42 | |
Very focused. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
Come on, Zoe. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
It's yours. Come on! | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Zoe's first attempt is a lift of 85 kilos. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
That's over 13 stone. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
Very well. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
From here on, the weights get heavier and heavier. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
Maximum focus. Second go, OK? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:24 | 0:16:25 | |
This is the key. It's yours, come on. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:30 | |
CHEERING | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
On her final lift, | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
Zoe's trying to lift more than she's ever achieved in competition. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
CHEERING | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
-Good work. -Thank you so much. -Congratulations. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
And it's over! | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
It's a personal best for Zoe - a lift of 112kg. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
That's well over 17 and a half stone. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
I've been worrying about this for weeks really. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
To have it out of the way and done well, it's like... | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
I couldn't have asked for more of myself. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
-Darling! -Mumski! -So, so proud of you. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
-Do you want your treat? -I do. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
Before the competition, you just feel so sick and like, "Why have I come? | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
"Do I really want to be here?" | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
But once you have a great result like that, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
you realise it's all worthwhile. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
Yeah, she knows me too well. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
Not all of the three hopefuls are experiencing | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
the bright lights of international competition. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
I'm back home in Devon, | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
at my parent's house. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
Everyone else is in Paris, which is where I should have been. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
I'm gutted that I can't be there. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
'I've been watching the weightlifting on TV, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
'the others competing out there and keeping up with their results. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
'I'm just really jealous.' | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
I'm meant to be a weightlifter, lifting weights. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
At the moment, I can't even lift an empty bar | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
and I'm struggling with the weakest coloured theraband. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:17 | |
Struggling to even get my arms | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
over my head with it. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
It's a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
playing with your mind. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:26 | |
'Is my shoulder ever going to be right? | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
'Will I ever be able to lift again?' | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
It is going to be a big ask to qualify for London. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:35 | |
'It's devastating, but I am very dedicated | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
'and I'm not going to give up that easily.' | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
Nothing's impossible. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
There's always some hope. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
It's Hannah's turn to find out | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
if she can take the pressure at the World Championships. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
One more. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
It's just a fine line between getting a lift and failing it. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
'All that training and hard work, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
'in literally a few seconds at a time.' | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
There are two kinds of lift in competition. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
The first is called the snatch, | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
where the weight is lifted in one movement. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
Yeah. Very good.. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
Hannah has three attempts at the snatch to lift as much as she can. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:24 | |
Be like a beast on the stage. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
Hah! | 0:19:35 | 0:19:36 | |
Lift up. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
Go! | 0:19:42 | 0:19:43 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
OK, six is fine. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
Hannah's equalled her personal best in the snatch. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
Now she's got three attempts at a different of lift - | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
the clean and jerk. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
It has two movements, and heavier weights. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
Explosive, Hannah. Rise high. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
Come on! | 0:20:06 | 0:20:07 | |
Hannah's attempting 79 kilos. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
That's 12 stone and six pounds. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
Come on. Heels. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
Ohhh! | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
Unlucky. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
-It was lazy. Be very aggressive. -Agh! | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
Come on. Come on, Hannah. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
Hannah must get her final lift to avoid being disqualified. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
Calm down. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:39 | |
She's got just two minutes to compose herself. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:43 | |
Take some deep breaths. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
Calm down. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:46 | |
This weight is a piece of cake. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
No. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Calm down. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT/APPLAUSE | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
Don't rush! | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
Heels. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
Oh, I don't believe this. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
SHE SOBS | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
Come on. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
It happens. Learn from it, OK? | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
Come on. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
Hannah's got six months to turn things around | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
if she's to qualify for the Olympics. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
I'm sad butt this is the way to learn. It's a hard way. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
SHE SOBS | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
It's better to do it here instead of London. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:10 | |
It's the World Championships and I bombed out, so.... | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
It's just, just, like, utter disappointment, | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
like I've let myself down. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
SHE SIGHS | 0:22:22 | 0:22:23 | |
I've lifted that weight hundreds and hundreds of times, | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
in training and in competition. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
It's not that I don't think my body's capable of it, | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
I think it's my head, like, my confidence. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
If anything's going to let me down, it'll be that. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
After her result at the World Championships, | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
Zoe's back in London, visiting her old school. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
SHE WHISPERS | 0:22:48 | 0:22:49 | |
That's my old locker. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
That was my locker. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
She's been invited to speak to students about | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
her new life as a full-time athlete. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
It's hard to think what I'd be doing now if I hadn't become a weightlifter. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
In fact, I'd probably still be here in uniform, actually. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
I'm glad I found it. It's changed my life for the better, I think. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
It's been nine months since Zoe decided to give up her A-levels | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
and concentrate on training. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
It's a bit strange, really. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
I used to walk down this corridor every day. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
I do have some good memories of here. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:20 | |
Also bad memories of here, like spending my lunch in there. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
Because of the time I had off for competitions and stuff, | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
I was always quite behind with work. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
It's pretty miserable. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
I think I've made a good decision, dropping out while I was ahead. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
I think I miss the people more than I miss the actual school. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:38 | |
Soph. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:39 | |
SOPH GASPS/ZOE LAUGHS | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
Hello. How are you, my dear? | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:23:44 | 0:23:45 | |
-Have you had any offers from unis yet? -I've not sent it off. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
-Have you not? -Well, no. It's getting sent off today. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
That's my personal statement and it's so shit, | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
but it's apparently good. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
-But I think it's shit. -It looks good. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
You haven't changed! | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
No, I haven't! | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
It's weird how much my life has changed, compared to theirs, | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
cos they were all busy with UCAS and personal statements and stuff. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:10 | |
And... | 0:24:10 | 0:24:11 | |
the kind of problems in my life are completely different to theirs now. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:16 | |
It surprised me how hard it is to live away from home at this age. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
I didn't even think about it that much when I decided I was going to do it. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
I was like, "Yeah, yeah. It'll be fine. I'll just go home every now and then, | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
"and I'll get to live with Hannah and it'll all be great," | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
but, erm, yeah, the reality of it | 0:24:30 | 0:24:31 | |
isn't the same as what I thought it would be, basically. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
It's a lot harder. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:36 | |
-Do you need a tissue or anything? -No. -No? OK. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:41 | |
A lot of people think that now Zoe's in Leeds, | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
at her sort of special training camp, | 0:24:45 | 0:24:47 | |
they have this idea that she has people who prepare her meals, | 0:24:47 | 0:24:51 | |
you know, and take all those kind of problems away from her. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
But they've not actually put anything in place to physically help her. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:59 | |
I mean, I'm hoping that she's going to be able to stick with it | 0:24:59 | 0:25:03 | |
and they're going to support her to stick with it. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
So if she's staying in Leeds, I'm really hoping that you're | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
going to be knuckling down to the really hard training. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
You say that like I'm the worst person in the world. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
No, I don't mean that but, I mean, you say yourself you're not lazy-lazy | 0:25:15 | 0:25:19 | |
but training - I think you've always found training an effort. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
She was only saying this morning about another athlete, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
"Oh, you know, they're just so driven," | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
and I said, "Wouldn't you like to be like that?" | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
I mean, so far, Zoe's managed to achieve what she's achieves | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
just taking it quite casually, in her own way. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:38 | |
Just chuck it in. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
So I would like to think that she could step up to another level but obviously without... | 0:25:40 | 0:25:45 | |
Leave it darling, I'll do it. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:46 | |
..without hurting herself. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
But then I suppose that's just me being her mum, | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
whereas the coaches would think, "Oh, a bit of pain - no pain, no gain." | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
THEY CHUCKLE | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
Back in Leeds, Helen isn't giving up on her hopes of competing at the Olympics. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:06 | |
My shoulder's really good. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
I'm not really getting any pain or discomfort with it when I'm lifting, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
so I'm just building back up. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:14 | |
She's returned to full-time training after three months' intensive rehab. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
# My system's in mint condition | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
# The power's up on my transistors | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
# Working fine, no glitches | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
# Plug me in and flip some switches | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
# Pull up in dragging position Pop the hatch and hit ignition | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
# B-B-Burn up, baby | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
# Ready for demolition. # | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
Maybe the operation was just a blessing in disguise, you know. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
It's given my body a chance to rest and now I can come back stronger. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
Helen is usually the first in the door | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
and is probably the last out fairly consistently. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:51 | |
She's incredibly disciplined, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:52 | |
she's enthusiastic about her training, well motivated. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
Her week's planned out in detail, big lists of to-do's. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Several times, we've said, "Hel, just take a backward step. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
"Go home, go to bed, sleep." | 0:27:03 | 0:27:04 | |
I'm just building back up and hopeful that, you know, | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
things will just keep improving and I can get back on the platform. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:11 | |
After the disappointment of the World Championships, | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
Hannah is also throwing herself into training. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
Don't rush it. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:21 | |
But the intense schedule is proving physically punishing. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
This week has been really difficult. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
I've struggled quite a lot. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
This ripped first, doing pulls, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
and that was quite deep and was just hanging off. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
And then this one went about five minutes after. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
On Monday morning, I was struggling, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
so by the time I got to Wednesday afternoon, six sessions later, | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
I was absolutely knackered. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
My body just couldn't take it any more. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:00 | |
My shoulder and my neck had all flared up | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
and it was starting to hurt down my arm again. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
I'm pushing my body more now than it's ever been pushed before, | 0:28:05 | 0:28:09 | |
so the pain and the tiredness and everything's just a consequence of that. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:14 | |
And it's just something that's part of the training now, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:18 | |
so I'll just have to man up and deal with it. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
But Hannah's found support in a fellow athlete. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
Hannah Powell, how are you feeling? | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
Well, let me just tell you. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
It is 28 minutes past three on a Saturday night and I was asleep, | 0:28:31 | 0:28:36 | |
until drunken Gaz... | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
-Showamma! -..burst through the door. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
Little bit of food. Just clean them. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
I do have a boyfriend at the moment, and that's Gaz, | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
and he is another weightlifter. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:28:51 | 0:28:53 | |
'Gaz is, like, a happy-go-lucky kind of person.' | 0:28:55 | 0:28:59 | |
It's nice to be with someone that's kind of in the same situation as me, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:04 | |
cos I think most normal people would find it difficult to understand | 0:29:04 | 0:29:09 | |
the kind of life that I live at the moment as a full-time athlete. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
Guys are like, "Are you joking?" | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
They can normally tell that you do some kind of sport | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
by your appearance and your physical attributes. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:21 | |
And then they ask you what you do and it's like, "Oh, God! | 0:29:21 | 0:29:25 | |
"Do I tell them? Do I not?" | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
They usually say, like, "You look too feminine to be a weightlifter," | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
obviously cos their idea of a weightlifter is not feminine. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
Guys that aren't really confident in themselves | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
could be intimidated by the fact that I'm a weightlifter and stuff, | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
but...anyone that I'd want to associate myself with wouldn't really care. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:47 | |
I feel a bit like a film star. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
Wish I looked like one! | 0:29:58 | 0:29:59 | |
-I'm counting on you. -No pressure! | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Zoe's in London, juggling an increasingly busy schedule | 0:30:06 | 0:30:09 | |
of media engagements, alongside her training. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:12 | |
Standby. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
Action, Zoe. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:19 | |
She's got an agent and has been spending less and less time | 0:30:19 | 0:30:23 | |
at the weightlifting centre in Leeds. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
Just eyeballing, OK. Just before competition. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
Nice Zoe's gone. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
Bad Zoe's arriving. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
I couldn't stop giggling cos you know, like... | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
Have you seen the video for LMFAO's I'm Sexy And I Know It? | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
There's this bit where he's, like, working out | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
using this tiny little dumbbell thing and I felt like that guy. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
It's coming in big chunks now of media stuff. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
It's quite nice to have another side of it, though, cos I suppose | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
just training all the time could get a bit boring, | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
but this kind of mixes it up a bit. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
Tamas and people are just concerned that | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
if I do all this kind of media stuff, | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
my training's going to go out the window, which I do understand but, | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
at the same time, I think doing the press is important because, | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
(1) I enjoy it, and it's nice to have a bit of attention, isn't it? | 0:31:19 | 0:31:22 | |
And (2) Say, by some miracle, I was to win gold medals all round, | 0:31:22 | 0:31:27 | |
you could end up getting sponsorship deals left, right and centre, | 0:31:27 | 0:31:31 | |
and you could just be made for life, really. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
You've kind of got to focus on all aspects. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
I'm getting smile lines now as well, I think. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
With her training back on track, | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
Helen is dedicated to the pursuit of an Olympic place. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:56 | |
Like Zoe, she's decided to come down a weight category. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
40 grams of muesli. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:02 | |
Perfection. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:03 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:32:03 | 0:32:05 | |
So, yeah, it's just about being very pernickety. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
I'm pretty good at guessing nuts right. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
I reckon this is about 20 grams. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
-Oh, exactly! How good is that? -SHE LAUGHS | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
As well as a strict diet, she's burning extra calories by taking power walks each morning, | 0:32:23 | 0:32:28 | |
before hitting the gym for up to six hours. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
It's hard work. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:32 | |
I mean, because, obviously, I don't carry that much | 0:32:32 | 0:32:36 | |
body fat as well, to drop a couple of kilos... | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
It's just one of those things. It's part and parcel of the sport. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
Good job that I can be self-disciplined and stop myself, | 0:32:42 | 0:32:45 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
do whatever it takes to make it. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
-Could I have a latte, please, and is that a coffee muffin? -Yep. | 0:32:54 | 0:33:00 | |
-Could I have one of those as well, please? -Yeah, sure. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
Thank you. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:03 | |
Hannah's still desperately trying to put on weight | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
to make herself stronger, but she's got a new strategy. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:10 | |
Seeing as my nutritionist said, | 0:33:10 | 0:33:12 | |
"Basically, if you need to get extra calories in a day, | 0:33:12 | 0:33:16 | |
"I don't mind you having a chocolate bar or a cake to do so. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:20 | |
"So help yourself, really." | 0:33:20 | 0:33:22 | |
I was like, "Yes!" | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
Cos before, I was still trying to be kind of healthy. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
It seems to be working. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:28 | |
Zoe and Helen are both trying to keep their weight down. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
It's amazing, like, how easily I lose weight, | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
but how hard it is to put it on, | 0:33:35 | 0:33:36 | |
and everyone else seems to have the opposite problem. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:40 | |
Things have changed for Zoe. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:44 | |
Living away from home at such a young age, | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
and trying to balance her media commitments with training, has become difficult. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:51 | |
So the sport's governing body have found a solution. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:55 | |
She's moved back to London for good | 0:33:55 | 0:33:57 | |
and is training at her old gym with local coach Andy Callard. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
If I'm honest, I kind of like the atmosphere down here a bit more. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:05 | |
Yeah, training's actually going really well. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
After the intense regime in Leeds, | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
Andy has a new approach to training Zoe. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
Well, she was training twice a day, I think, | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
six days a week at Leeds, plus the commitments with the dieticians, | 0:34:15 | 0:34:20 | |
the physios and the other sort of sports science which goes along with it. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
Here, we've tried to sort of cut most of that stuff out, basically. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:29 | |
What we're doing here is keeping the time in the gym to a minimum. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
She's in the gym for maybe an hour and a half, two hours maximum, | 0:34:32 | 0:34:36 | |
five, six days a week. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:37 | |
I thought it was a bad decision for her to give up her A-levels | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
and to train full-time. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:42 | |
You know, I think that was, is madness. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
Big effort now, Zoe. It's a bit heavier now. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
Come on, you've got to put some effort into it. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
'I think she needs to go to the gym, lift weights, train hard, | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
'go home, go shopping, go to the cinema, do normal things, relax,' | 0:34:52 | 0:34:57 | |
so we're going for the quality rather than the quantity-type attitude towards training. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:02 | |
Dip and punch. Push! Ah, that's much better. That was good. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
ZOE CHUCKLES | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
I'm so tired now. My legs feel like death. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
I'm feeling quite strong, though, which is good. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
I'm hoping that this formula will work. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
We'll see soon. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
The girls are about to get their first shot at Olympic qualification. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:28 | |
The European Championships is one of two competitions | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
where they have a chance of achieving the Olympic standard. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:40 | |
I need to do 150 total at the Europeans, nothing less. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:46 | |
I'm more determined than I've ever been. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
There's no room for mistakes now. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
There's no room for wasted lifts, no wasted attempts, | 0:35:52 | 0:35:55 | |
no, "Oh, I've missed that. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:56 | |
"Never mind, I'll get it next time or next competition." | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
I don't want to look back in a year's time or in six months' time | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
and think, "Oh, I could have done more to get there." | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
It's the day before Zoe | 0:36:08 | 0:36:09 | |
flies to Turkey for the European Championships. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
I really want bacon. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:13 | |
Have we got any bacon? | 0:36:15 | 0:36:16 | |
Can I eat tonight? | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
I would advise you not to. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:21 | |
Zoe's still nearly three kilos over the limit | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
for the new weight class she is now committed to. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
With Olympic qualification at stake, | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
the team nutritionist has sent Zoe strict instructions. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
Mmm(!) | 0:36:34 | 0:36:35 | |
"Today and tomorrow, I want you to drink five litres of water. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
"You'll be going to the toilet a lot, | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
"but then the day before you compete, | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
"the hormones that hold onto the water are so low | 0:36:42 | 0:36:44 | |
"that when you stop drinking at 1pm, | 0:36:44 | 0:36:46 | |
"you'll keep going to the toilet and wake up the next morning | 0:36:46 | 0:36:50 | |
"a couple of kilos lighter than you were at 1pm the day before." | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
This is the stressful part. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
She's just so frightened, you know, especially this time round, | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
that she's not actually going to get the chance to compete, | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
if the weight's not right. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:04 | |
And it sounds sort of dramatic but, really and truly, | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
not making the weight would be the most serious, almost, offence that she could do. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:13 | |
It's the one thing that's supposed to be under her control. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:17 | |
So if she were to fail, | 0:37:17 | 0:37:18 | |
I mean, you could say it might be the end of the Olympics for her. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:22 | |
So it is, really, as much pressure as that. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
300mls to go. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
Zoe's been turning the cupboards inside out looking. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:30 | |
"You must have something that I can't eat," you know. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
But I've been trying to keep it to the bare minimum, | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
but when there's the rest of the family... | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
You know, we don't all want to eat the same sorts of things as Zoe. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
Like today, I don't want to be drinking gallons of water. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
I'm not asking you to. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:44 | |
I'm not asking you to drink gallons of water. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:46 | |
I'm just asking you not to bring McDonald's into the house | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
for one daughter, while the other one sits there, literally starving. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
'I feel bad sometimes.' | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
Like, if I come home with something and then she'll just be like, | 0:37:54 | 0:37:58 | |
"Oh! Eat them in front of me, why don't you?" | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
I cook all the best foods, your steak, your asparagus, | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
all the best stuff, and she hates it. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
She'd rather have... | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
What normal person wouldn't hate it? | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
Oh, dear! | 0:38:11 | 0:38:12 | |
It's not even got any nice sort of dressing on it. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
It's literally just salmon and asparagus. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
How is that a meal? | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
Where are the carbs? | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
Woah! | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
She held that better than all you guys! | 0:38:33 | 0:38:36 | |
The European Championships are taking place | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
at the Turkish holiday resort of Antalya. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
All the weightlifters and team members are staying at a luxury spa hotel. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:48 | |
The first of two Olympic qualifying competitions, | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
all of the girls hard work in training has been leading up to this. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
But Zoe's still overweight for her category. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:03 | |
I've not got any boobs left any more. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
-Do you remember when mine completely disappeared? -Mm. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:12 | |
If I'm going to be over, like overweight, | 0:39:12 | 0:39:14 | |
you would think I would at least get a pair of boobs with that | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
but...apparently not. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
Well, that's what I'm hoping, that I'll put on weight | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
and it'll just go there and everyone else will be all right. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
It must be nice to be under, Hannah. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
LAUGHTER It is, actually. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
You will never understand what we go through! Never! | 0:39:31 | 0:39:35 | |
The things we sacrifice for our sport. And there's you, eating. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:39 | |
I have to. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:41 | |
Have you seen these little creations? | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
I love looking at things I can't eat. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
Zoe has only 72 hours left to lose two kilos. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
If she doesn't, she won't be able to compete | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
and will lose this chance to qualify for the Olympics. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
But she's not alone. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
It's a major part of the sport. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:04 | |
If you walk round the hotel at the moment, | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
you'll see a lot of people in and out of saunas, jumping on and off scales. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
Almost, probably, 50% of the athletes here are on some sort of weight-loss strategy. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:15 | |
If you don't make weight, you don't compete. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
The team nutritionist has given Zoe instructions for her diet plan, | 0:40:18 | 0:40:22 | |
but Zoe's having trouble working out what's acceptable. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
Do you want some of them, Zo? | 0:40:25 | 0:40:27 | |
SHE GROANS | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
I can't be bothered with this. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:31 | |
HE CACKLES | 0:40:31 | 0:40:33 | |
Boiled chicken? | 0:40:33 | 0:40:35 | |
Great(!) | 0:40:35 | 0:40:36 | |
Oh, God, it's still in the water. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
Oh, God, I'm going to vomit. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
Who would boil chicken? | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
Why would anyone ever think boiling chicken was a good idea? | 0:40:48 | 0:40:52 | |
It tastes... | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
It doesn't actually taste of anything. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
Hannah is in the lowest body weight category of 48 kilos, | 0:40:58 | 0:41:01 | |
which means she'll be the first one to compete. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:05 | |
But she's injured her ankle in training. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
I've just been icing it and taking ibuprofen. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:10 | |
It'll be all right. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:12 | |
I'm still lifting. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:14 | |
I'm excited to see what I'll lift tomorrow. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
Apart from my ankle, | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
my training's gone brilliantly up to this competition. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:25 | |
I feel like it's going to go well. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
The team doctor has decided to give Hannah an injection | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
to block the pain in her ankle. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
This will be her first major international | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
since the disaster in Paris. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:44 | |
It was, like, my biggest fear | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
to ever bomb out because there's nothing worse. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
Big pull, then punch. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
Come on! | 0:42:04 | 0:42:05 | |
Good. Hold it! | 0:42:07 | 0:42:08 | |
I don't believe this! It was done. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
Come on. Big finish. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
Hold it. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:28 | |
What is this? This weight is nothing. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:36 | |
Don't rush it. Come on! | 0:42:39 | 0:42:41 | |
-Big finish! -Come on. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
Hold it, hold it! | 0:42:55 | 0:42:57 | |
Hold it, hold it. | 0:42:57 | 0:42:59 | |
It looks like Hannah has come good with her final clean and jerk. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:05 | |
Well done, Hannah. That's a relief. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
But then the judges disqualify the lift. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
-No way! -Don't do that. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:10 | |
-There was nothing wrong with her elbows at all. -That was fine. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:14 | |
As a result, she's missed this chance to qualify. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
I'm frustrated and I'm annoyed. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
And just upset. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:30 | |
I don't want it to, like, carry on and be known as someone | 0:43:32 | 0:43:35 | |
that bombs and, in the end, people forget who you are. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:38 | |
Then all the training you do, | 0:43:38 | 0:43:40 | |
it doesn't matter how strong you are, if you bomb every time, It doesn't count. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:43 | |
My ankle was hurting my cleans. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:46 | |
My elbow was hurting in the jerks. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:48 | |
My body's just hurting so much. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:54 | |
It's really just starting to give up. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:57 | |
See you in a couple of days. | 0:43:57 | 0:44:00 | |
Hannah is heading home. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:02 | |
She's only got one chance left to qualify, | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
if she can make the grade at the next big competition. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:07 | |
I can't do this without you! Help me. | 0:44:07 | 0:44:09 | |
Helen and Zoe are about to have their chance. | 0:44:09 | 0:44:13 | |
And the nerves are starting to kick in. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:15 | |
I've been watching this on TV for, like, | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
the past six years or something and now I'm here, | 0:44:18 | 0:44:21 | |
but I feel like I should be at home with, like, I don't know, | 0:44:21 | 0:44:26 | |
some carbs maybe, and a coffee and my mum. | 0:44:26 | 0:44:29 | |
It's weird. I just feel like a little British kid. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
It was going so well, the diet and stuff. | 0:44:32 | 0:44:35 | |
Then I've just put on some sort of phantom kilo. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:38 | |
I've not eaten anything really out of turn. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:41 | |
Literally, you have, like... | 0:44:41 | 0:44:43 | |
I think, at some point about a week ago, maybe more than that, | 0:44:43 | 0:44:48 | |
I had a roll from Subway. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:50 | |
How is a roll from Subway still here a week later. | 0:44:52 | 0:44:56 | |
No! That's not possible. I... | 0:44:56 | 0:44:58 | |
SHE SIGHS WITH FRUSTRATION | 0:44:58 | 0:44:59 | |
I really want to have a good competition. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
Yeah, I don't know, there's just something in there that's like, | 0:45:05 | 0:45:08 | |
"Arrrgh!" | 0:45:08 | 0:45:10 | |
It just wants to come out. | 0:45:10 | 0:45:12 | |
I'm ready to go now. | 0:45:12 | 0:45:13 | |
I just want to get it out of the way, over and done with. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:17 | |
Helen and Zoe are supposed to be lifting in the same weight category. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
But they both need to weigh under 58 kilos to be allowed to compete. | 0:45:20 | 0:45:25 | |
-Light breakfast! -What are you? | 0:45:25 | 0:45:28 | |
57, zero, something. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:30 | |
Helen is on track. | 0:45:30 | 0:45:32 | |
But with six hours to go, Zoe is still over by a third of a kilogram. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:38 | |
Have an egg, little sip of water, | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
then away again at... | 0:45:41 | 0:45:43 | |
-11 o'clock. -11-ish. | 0:45:43 | 0:45:45 | |
-Yeah? -Mm-hmm. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:47 | |
See what you are and then decide whether | 0:45:47 | 0:45:50 | |
you need to do a sauna or not. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:52 | |
Helen is up first. | 0:45:54 | 0:45:56 | |
To reach the Olympic standard, | 0:45:56 | 0:45:57 | |
her two best lifts must add up to a combined total of 185 kilos. | 0:45:57 | 0:46:02 | |
That's just over 29 stone. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:05 | |
Perfect. Good. | 0:46:06 | 0:46:08 | |
Come on. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:10 | |
Easy, safe, big snatch. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
Just snatch it. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
Come on! | 0:46:18 | 0:46:20 | |
You look great! Come on. | 0:46:20 | 0:46:22 | |
You have to drive it. You have to drive it. | 0:46:25 | 0:46:27 | |
There was no pull, no height to your position. | 0:46:31 | 0:46:33 | |
Come on! | 0:46:33 | 0:46:35 | |
Helen's struggling with a weight she'd normally lift with ease. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
I don't believe it. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:44 | |
Having failed all of her snatches, | 0:46:46 | 0:46:48 | |
it's impossible for Helen to qualify this time. | 0:46:48 | 0:46:51 | |
So, like Hannah, | 0:46:51 | 0:46:52 | |
she's going to be relying on the next competition to make it. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:55 | |
Absolutely gutted, really. | 0:46:56 | 0:46:58 | |
I'm just letting everyone down, myself as well. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:00 | |
It's just, like, I know I'm capable of so much more. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:04 | |
If I'm lifting like this, then I don't deserve to go to the Games. | 0:47:04 | 0:47:07 | |
I don't want to go there and make a fool of myself. | 0:47:07 | 0:47:10 | |
You know, I want to put in a good performance and... | 0:47:10 | 0:47:12 | |
-VOICE BREAKS -..do everyone proud. | 0:47:12 | 0:47:15 | |
It's Zoe's turn to weigh in. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
Unless she's below 58 kilos, | 0:47:18 | 0:47:20 | |
her competition and this chance at qualification will end here. | 0:47:20 | 0:47:24 | |
Zoe is 60 grams under. She's just made it. | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
All good, all good. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:31 | |
It's over! The nightmare has ended. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
Now I just have to lift some weights. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:36 | |
Zoe can take her place with the other competitors. | 0:47:37 | 0:47:40 | |
But has the last-minute weight loss taken the strength out of her? | 0:47:40 | 0:47:44 | |
Oh, come on, Zoe. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:47 | |
Hips in. Come on. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:49 | |
Liven yourself up! Don't be lazy, Zoe. | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
You make me paranoid, Zoe. | 0:47:56 | 0:47:58 | |
Come on. It's important. | 0:47:58 | 0:47:59 | |
You've never done a more important competition. | 0:47:59 | 0:48:03 | |
Be confident, Zoe. | 0:48:03 | 0:48:04 | |
Be confident. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:05 | |
COMMENTATOR: European A medal final for Britain's Zoe Smith, | 0:48:05 | 0:48:11 | |
17 years of age, | 0:48:11 | 0:48:12 | |
has come down from 63 kilos where she performed at the World Championships. | 0:48:12 | 0:48:16 | |
Steady from the floor, Zoe. | 0:48:16 | 0:48:17 | |
Hips in. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:20 | |
She's opening up at 85. | 0:48:20 | 0:48:22 | |
Hips in! | 0:48:22 | 0:48:23 | |
Couple of steps forward. You sense a little nervousness there. | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
That was a little bit forward, wasn't it, yeah? | 0:48:31 | 0:48:34 | |
Steady from the floor, Zoe. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
Hips in. Come on. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:37 | |
You've got to remember she's only 17. She's the youngest of the class. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:41 | |
That's good, that's a much better lift. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
Well done, Zoe. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:46 | |
Zoe's on track. | 0:48:46 | 0:48:48 | |
If she gets her third snatch, it'll be a personal best of 92 kilos. | 0:48:50 | 0:48:53 | |
That's 14 and a half stone. | 0:48:53 | 0:48:55 | |
It's a big lift for you, Zoe. It's the biggest lift I've ever been involved with, that's for sure. | 0:48:55 | 0:49:00 | |
Yeah. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:01 | |
Hold it, hold it! | 0:49:04 | 0:49:06 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:49:09 | 0:49:11 | |
-You can compete against these now, yeah? -YES! -Well done. | 0:49:11 | 0:49:14 | |
Halfway there. | 0:49:14 | 0:49:15 | |
With a good result in the snatch, she now has to do well in the clean and jerk. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:18 | |
Dip and punch. On your heels, on your heels. Push. | 0:49:18 | 0:49:21 | |
She's one lift away from the Olympic qualification target. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:25 | |
Big one now, Zoe. Come on. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:27 | |
Don't rush. Don't rush. Take your time. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:30 | |
Big effort. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:32 | |
Opening up here on 110. | 0:49:33 | 0:49:36 | |
If she aspires to get a place in the London Olympic Games... | 0:49:36 | 0:49:39 | |
Hips down, Zoe. Come on. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
Steady. | 0:49:45 | 0:49:46 | |
Elbows, elbows! | 0:49:50 | 0:49:51 | |
Keep pushing. Push. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:55 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:49:57 | 0:49:59 | |
AMERICAN COMMENTATOR: She owns this thing. Look at that! | 0:49:59 | 0:50:02 | |
There it is. | 0:50:02 | 0:50:04 | |
Zoe's reached the Olympic qualifying standard, but won't automatically be picked for the team. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:08 | |
That's out of the way. You've done your qualifying. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:11 | |
It's all about trying to keep up with these other girls. | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
You've only got to stay focused for another, what, 20 minutes? | 0:50:14 | 0:50:17 | |
Now, to give herself the best chance of selection, | 0:50:17 | 0:50:19 | |
she will attempt a new personal best - 116 kilos. | 0:50:19 | 0:50:22 | |
Don't rush it. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
Twice her own body weight. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:25 | |
Show me how good you are, Zoe. Show me how good you are, yeah? | 0:50:25 | 0:50:28 | |
Come on, Zoe. Come on, Zoe. Come on! | 0:50:28 | 0:50:31 | |
This is a serious question. | 0:50:34 | 0:50:36 | |
SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT | 0:50:36 | 0:50:38 | |
Steady, come on. Steady. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:40 | |
Elbows, elbows, elbows! | 0:50:42 | 0:50:44 | |
Push! | 0:50:47 | 0:50:49 | |
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING | 0:50:52 | 0:50:53 | |
MUSIC: "Titanium" by David Guetta | 0:50:53 | 0:50:56 | |
She's the champ! | 0:50:59 | 0:51:00 | |
Well done, darling. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:03 | |
Superb. | 0:51:05 | 0:51:06 | |
It's all about qualification but she got more than that, didn't she? | 0:51:06 | 0:51:10 | |
-I like how you were. -Thank you. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:14 | |
I've blown the 'A' standard away! | 0:51:18 | 0:51:20 | |
My mum's really pleased. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:26 | |
I got hold of her a minute ago and the first thing she said, | 0:51:26 | 0:51:29 | |
"We're so proud of you, darling," | 0:51:29 | 0:51:31 | |
so I'm really glad that everyone's so proud. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:33 | |
With London 2012 just a few months away, | 0:51:36 | 0:51:39 | |
there's a serious mood in the weightlifting camp, | 0:51:39 | 0:51:41 | |
as some tough decisions are about to be made. | 0:51:41 | 0:51:43 | |
That's the inside of the Olympic village. | 0:51:43 | 0:51:46 | |
It's really small, it's not far to go to the dining room, | 0:51:46 | 0:51:49 | |
not far to get to the transport and all those sort of things. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:52 | |
All the kit will be given out at the preparation camp. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
But since returning from Turkey, Hannah's been plagued by injury. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:58 | |
She has come to terms with the reality of her situation. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
Even if, miraculously, I could train perfect tomorrow, | 0:52:01 | 0:52:06 | |
I'm not going to make up for the last six weeks. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:09 | |
It was quite difficult to sit through the meetings today | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
about the Olympic village and the preparation and team selection stuff | 0:52:13 | 0:52:16 | |
cos I was just sitting there thinking, | 0:52:16 | 0:52:19 | |
"This doesn't involve me any more." | 0:52:19 | 0:52:21 | |
I've got no chance any more so... Yeah, it's frustrating. | 0:52:21 | 0:52:26 | |
I can't wait for this camp to be over, to be honest, | 0:52:26 | 0:52:28 | |
so I don't have to hear any more about it. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
With Hannah ruling herself out, | 0:52:30 | 0:52:32 | |
there are now five girls left in the running for the two Olympic spots. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:36 | |
Following her performance in Turkey, Zoe's in a strong position, | 0:52:36 | 0:52:40 | |
but Helen is counting on one last chance at | 0:52:40 | 0:52:43 | |
the final qualifying event, the British Championships. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:46 | |
One spot and it's anyone's at the moment. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
I've just got to work my butt off now | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
and really show them what I can do at the British. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
If everything happens and clicks on that one day, that's all it takes. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:59 | |
The British Weightlifting Championships | 0:53:03 | 0:53:06 | |
are taking place in Derbyshire. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:08 | |
If Helen does well, | 0:53:08 | 0:53:09 | |
she can still achieve the Olympic qualification standard and get selected for the team. | 0:53:09 | 0:53:14 | |
I feel a lot more relaxed and happy in myself, | 0:53:14 | 0:53:16 | |
so hopefully that'll pay off and show in my lifting today. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:21 | |
I just hope that she does it all right | 0:53:21 | 0:53:23 | |
cos I don't like to see her upset. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:25 | |
There's a lot of pressure on her. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:28 | |
Nail it! Are you going to do it? Believe in yourself. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
MOTHER: Come on, Helly! | 0:53:31 | 0:53:33 | |
SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
Come on, Helly! | 0:53:39 | 0:53:40 | |
Helen's competition starts well, | 0:53:42 | 0:53:44 | |
putting her on track for Olympic qualification with her final lift. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:50 | |
-It's not far away. -No. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:51 | |
Same as the snatch, get it on your third, get it done. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:55 | |
Helen's come back from major shoulder surgery to be a contender. | 0:53:56 | 0:54:00 | |
Deep breaths. Suck it in. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:02 | |
She's trained six days a week for two years. | 0:54:02 | 0:54:05 | |
Right, you've had a feel. | 0:54:05 | 0:54:07 | |
This is the one you've got to get. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
Get 'em going. Let's see it! | 0:54:10 | 0:54:12 | |
This is her last chance. | 0:54:12 | 0:54:14 | |
BUZZER GOES | 0:54:21 | 0:54:23 | |
Aggressive! | 0:54:27 | 0:54:28 | |
Rotate! | 0:54:29 | 0:54:31 | |
Push! Up, up, up! | 0:54:33 | 0:54:34 | |
This time. | 0:54:34 | 0:54:35 | |
-NO! -Oh, unlucky. | 0:54:39 | 0:54:41 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:54:42 | 0:54:44 | |
In first place, with a total of 170 kilograms, Helen Jewell. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:49 | |
Although Helen's come first in her weight class, | 0:54:51 | 0:54:54 | |
she's failed to reach the qualifying standard, | 0:54:54 | 0:54:56 | |
so she cannot be put forward for Olympic selection. | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
-INAUDIBLE -Well, not quite but... | 0:54:59 | 0:55:02 | |
It's... | 0:55:04 | 0:55:06 | |
SHE SOBS | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
Gave everything to...to the sport. | 0:55:21 | 0:55:25 | |
SHE SNIFFS | 0:55:31 | 0:55:33 | |
I mean, obviously I'm gutted that I won't to be able to | 0:55:33 | 0:55:36 | |
go to the Games, and it's never going to come round again. | 0:55:36 | 0:55:39 | |
And I don't think, realistically, that I'll make the next one. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:42 | |
I don't think I'll still be lifting then. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:46 | |
But I'm... It's happened. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:47 | |
There's nothing I can do about it now. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:50 | |
Out of the three girls, Zoe's now the only one | 0:55:51 | 0:55:54 | |
who is eligible for Olympic selection. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:56 | |
Go to the Olympics! | 0:55:56 | 0:55:57 | |
Hips through it, hips through it. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:01 | |
For her, it's a waiting game to see if she's invited to join the team. | 0:56:01 | 0:56:05 | |
They've got to choose me, really. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:06 | |
I know that sounds a bit, like, big headed but no-one else has, | 0:56:06 | 0:56:10 | |
so I think that I can kind of say that I'm feeling pretty confident. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:15 | |
This May, Zoe got the news she'd been waiting for. | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
She became the youngest female weightlifter ever | 0:56:20 | 0:56:22 | |
to be selected for the Olympic team, and will now compete at London 2012. | 0:56:22 | 0:56:27 | |
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