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MUSIC: Don't You Know by Kungs ft Jamie N Commons | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
Hello, and welcome to marvellous Rio de Janeiro, | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
host of the Games of the 31st Olympiad, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
and what an Olympics it's been for Team GB | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
and, in particular, for the Scottish athletes. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Yes, these last two weeks have been our most successful on foreign soil, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
equalling a best ever performance at the Olympics | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
for Scottish athletes. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
We've won gold medals in rowing, cycling and tennis. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
In the next 30 minutes, we'll relive the best of the action | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
and we'll hear from many of the medallists. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
51 Scottish athletes arrived in Rio as part of Team GB, | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
the largest ever Scottish contingent for an away Olympics, | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
and hopes were high of a medal tally reaching double figures. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
Well, that target was reached comfortably and more. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
Here at the velodrome, there was great success, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
with Callum Skinner and Katie Archibald | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
part of a dominant cycling squad. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
Team GB won the men's team sprint in Beijing and London | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
with the now retired Sir Chris Hoy at the heart of the team. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
So there were some big pedals to fill for 22-year-old Callum Skinner, | 0:01:34 | 0:01:39 | |
selected to race alongside London gold medallists | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
Although defending champions, they were 14-1 outsiders | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
to retain their title. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:50 | |
They faced reigning world champions | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
and fastest qualifiers New Zealand in the final. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
And Callum Skinner managed to get on. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
He's just beautifully placed to take over. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
As Jason Kenny hands it over | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
and Great Britain are in the lead, but only just. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
It's so, so close here. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
It's all going to come down to this last half-lap. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
It's Callum Skinner against Dawkins. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
Who's going to claim the gold medal here in Rio? | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
Up towards the line and the gold medal goes to Great Britain. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
The Olympic champions again. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
Callum Skinner brings it home for Britain. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
We were definitely outsiders. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
In previous World Championships, | 0:02:23 | 0:02:24 | |
we struggled to put the ride together sometimes. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
But, as I say, our squad's just | 0:02:27 | 0:02:28 | |
aimed towards getting Olympic results, | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
and we came away with it, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:31 | |
and couldn't have done it any better way. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
Olympic record, beating the world champions, | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
and a gold medal at the end of it - couldn't be happier. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
Team-mates and roommates became rivals in the individual sprint, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
where Skinner and Kenny battled for gold and silver in the final. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
Jason Kenny at the front. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:49 | |
Callum Skinner digging deep, trying to claw his way back. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
Into the finishing straight. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
Jason Kenny has got this and Jason Kenny wins the gold medal. | 0:02:54 | 0:03:00 | |
And a spectacular silver | 0:03:00 | 0:03:01 | |
after a series of excellent performances from Callum Skinner. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
In his first Olympic Games, he has a gold and now a silver. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:10 | |
It's far beyond exceeded my expectations. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
I think, you know, coming into these competitions, | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
if you'd said, "We'll give you a few more months," I would have taken it | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
because we were definitely on the back foot. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
We had our fair share of really disappointing World Championships, | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
but we always knew that if the team managed to stay together | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
that we'd probably be world-beaters, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:27 | |
and, luckily, it came together this time. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
After only taking up cycling seriously in 2011, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
Katie Archibald became part of the hugely successful team pursuit squad | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
two years later. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:38 | |
However, her participation in Rio was jeopardised | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
by a motorbike crash late last year. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
She recovered just in time and lined up alongside Laura Trott, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
They showed they were the team to beat in qualification. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
Here they come up towards the line. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
Are they laying down a big, big marker? | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
They certainly are. It's a world record marker from Great Britain. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
What a stunning start here in the velodrome. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
In the final, they lined up against big rivals and world champions, | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
the USA. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
At the 1km mark, advantage, slightly, to the United States. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
And now Great Britain are starting to turn the screw here. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
Now the pressure is being put on the Americans in this final. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
The final lap of the Olympic final | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
and it is going to be a ride to glory here for Great Britain. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
Up towards the line. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:44 | |
Gold for Great Britain. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
They've smashed the world record. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
Yeah, I had a sneaky look at the end to see that we were there, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
and once you get that sort of, like, | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
yeah, chomping on the bit kind of sensation, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
yeah, we felt like superheroes, I suppose. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
Katie Archibald! | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
Got home really late last night and Jo's light was on in her room, | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
and I got in, and she's lying with the lights on, | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
just her medal next to her in bed! | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
And, um... Yeah, I thought, "That's how I feel. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
"I'm going to go do that in private." | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
Yeah, it's... Yeah, it's still surreal. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
The Lagoa rowing venue could scarcely be more scenic, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
but would it be the perfect backdrop | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
for two Scottish gold medallists from London 2012, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
Heather Stanning and Katherine Grainger. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
Grainger took two years away from the sport | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
and struggled in the build-up to these Olympics. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
But would there be a fairy-tale ending? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
Everything that's gone before is now irrelevant | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
for the British double scull. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:00 | |
Both Vicky and I said the day before, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
"We do believe there is something very special we can do. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
"We just need to make sure it comes on the Olympic final day." | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
Earlier in the season, who would have said | 0:06:08 | 0:06:09 | |
that the British double scull of Thornley and Grainger | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
would position themselves in a fight for the gold medal here? | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
There's nothing more we could have done. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
We had this incredible race. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
It was the best race we could have ever put together. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
Here come Poland. Poland getting Olympic gold. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
Great Britain's Thornley and Grainger | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
getting the silver medal today. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
They have come from nowhere this season | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
and they are going away Olympic silver medallists. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:35 | |
It wasn't quite enough to win, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:36 | |
but it was the way we wanted to go out. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
You bring everything to that moment | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
and we took it on and we led the field, we did everything we could, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
and then we got the silver for it. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:45 | |
What a team through this regatta. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
It's a nice feeling of contentedness | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
underneath everything else that goes on, | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
and then I've been lucky enough that, every single Games, | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
I've come back with some sort of chunk of metal. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
It's something I'm immensely proud of, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
but I think it takes you going home | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
and sitting on your sofa at home with a cup of tea | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
and just think, "That's that. That's what I did." | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
Defending Olympic champions, Glover and Stanning. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:11 | |
By the 1,000m mark, we realised we had a really decent lead | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
and probably were surprised by how much of a lead we had. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
But their position is well and truly dominating here. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
Great Britain, Glover and Stanning, | 0:07:20 | 0:07:21 | |
they look back at the Olympic final... | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
We had a fantastic third 500, which meant that we, you know, | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
we just stayed in that dominating position, | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
so when it came to the last 500, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
it was all about just not messing up. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
Great Britain's Glover and Stanning defend their Olympic title, | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
and they have done it in such style. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
It's carnival time here. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
Just really pleased to have something to go home | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
and show everyone who's helped us, | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
and have something for Robin, who's coached us. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
I mean, he gets nothing. The coach doesn't get any recognition. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
They don't get a medal. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:52 | |
Four years of the most amazing performances. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
To come away with one is amazing, but to actually have two, | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
it just shows that it's not chance, what you've done. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
It's... yeah, all the training's worth it. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
And I know not everyone gets to come away with anything, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
but I think just competing... | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
It is phenomenal to be an Olympian and to race, | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
but it's so special to actually come away with a medal. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
Great Britain are going to go into the record books here with a medal | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
and it's looking like it's going to be a silver. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
Hang on there, girls! | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
They have absolutely done it. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
And there were two more Scots | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
who picked up rowing medals for Team GB - | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
Karen Bennett and Polly Swann | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
winning silver in the women's eight. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
A first ever medal in the big boat for the British women. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
It was incredible | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
and just... | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Yeah, these girls are strong, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
they're sassy, they're inspirational, | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
and I'm so happy to be here with them. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
The Olympic tennis tournament four years ago | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
is where Andy Murray's career really took off. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
Gold in London was followed by his maiden Grand Slam at the US Open | 0:08:55 | 0:09:00 | |
and he came into this tournament here as Wimbledon champion. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
He also led the team proudly into these Olympics as flag bearer | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
and there was also the small matter | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
of a doubles competition with big brother Jamie. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
The opening ceremony allowed Andy Murray | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
to tick another one off his career bucket list | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
and he conserved some strength for the challenge ahead | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
by carrying that flag with his left hand. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
On the court, he began where he left off at Wimbledon, | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
easing past Viktor Troicki and Juan Monaco in straight sets. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
But there was a shock defeat for the Murray brothers | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
in the opening round of the doubles, | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
losing to home pair Sa and Bellucci after an epic third set tie-break. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:45 | |
There was also a first-round doubles defeat for Colin Fleming | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
alongside Dom Inglot. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
Andy Murray faced Fabio Fognini in the singles third round | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
and looked to be cruising after taking the first set 6-1. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
But the Italian fought back, winning eight games in a row, | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
to take the second set and lead 3-0 in the third. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
But Murray's resilience told in the end, | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
turning the match around with a six-game winning streak of his own | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
to reach the quarterfinals. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
That match followed a similar pattern, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
as Murray breezed through the first set against Steve Johnson 6-0. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
But the big American hit back to take the second | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
and go a break up, before Murray rallied to force a tie-break. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
Again, Murray's class told as he took the tie-break 7-2. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:32 | |
Finally. What a match. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
It's like two different tournaments this has been for Andy Murray. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
After the rollercoaster of the previous two rounds, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
Murray had a much easier ride against Kei Nishikori | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
in the semifinals. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
In the final, he faced the conqueror of both Nadal and Djokovic, | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
in what was to be a classic Olympic final | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
in front of a passionate crowd. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
And Andy Murray does get the break in this Olympic tennis final. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:06 | |
Into the net comes del Potro. Andy Murray passes him! | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
First set, Andy Murray, 7-5. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
Del Potro goes down the line for the winner | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
and del Potro is not giving up on his hope of a gold medal here, | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
not for one second. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
Goes for the big forehand and this time he nails it. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
Juan Martin del Potro levels things up. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
Great serve from del Potro. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
Andy Murray gets the ball back, makes del Potro play. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
Chance for Andy Murray to pass. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:35 | |
And a big cry of, "Yes!" from Andy Murray. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
It's an outright winner on the forehand side from Andy Murray. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
Two hours and 50 minutes. He has the third set. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
To the del Potro backhand. He goes for the drop shot. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
It looks good. It's brilliant from Andy Murray. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
He has retrieved the break with a wonderful piece of tennis skill. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:56 | |
What a rally this is. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:57 | |
Huge forehand from del Potro. Murray is there. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
In he comes towards the net. Del Potro's at the net. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
Andy Murray...wins the point. What a point! | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
It was the point worthy of an Olympic champion | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
and I wonder if Juan Martin del Potro knows it. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
Andy Murray makes del Potro work. He's coming into the net. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
It won't get there. Game, set, match, Andy Murray. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:19 | |
Once again Olympic champion. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
In London 2012, Olympic champion. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
Rio 2016, absolutely amazing. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
I'm very proud to have done it. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
It was... yeah, a brutal match, obviously. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
You know, four...four hours or so, | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
and a lot of ups and downs as well. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
It's been a great few months for me. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
I'm very happy with how my tennis is going, obviously. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
I'm glad to have won another gold medal. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
Obviously, a lot of the Argentinians were here supporting, | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
and then there was, you know, a bunch of Brits in the crowd, | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
and the Brazilians were, you know, supporting me, | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
so it was very...very split and... | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
Yeah, I think... I mean, I don't know what it was like to watch, | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
but it felt like at the end... | 0:13:06 | 0:13:07 | |
I mean, some of the points and the games | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
were really, really good, high quality, | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
and it was fitting, I think, for an Olympics final. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
After great success at the World Championships, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
the Team GB swimming squad travelled to Rio with plenty of confidence. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:24 | |
At the heart of that squad, | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
a quartet of Stirling University-based swimmers, | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
all hoping to emulate Michael Jamieson's success at London 2012. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
Amid all the glory of London, | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
the swimming was seen as a rare disappointment for Team GB, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
with Jamieson and Becky Adlington the only medallists. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
This time out, the relays brought a number of realistic medal chances. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
There was an all-Scottish line-up in the men's 4x200m freestyle heat. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
Robbie Renwick was replaced by James Guy in the final, | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
in which they faced a strong USA team | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
featuring Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
But a great turn from James Guy and we can get the silver medal here. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
Come on, James Guy. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:08 | |
It's gold to the USA at the moment, but Great Britain's James Guy | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
bringing Team Great Britain into the silver medal position just about. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
A wonderful battle going on there with the Japanese up in 2. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:19 | |
It's USA going to win it. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:20 | |
I think Great Britain are going to get the silver. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
But coming back are the Japanese, right inside this last ten metres, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
Can we get silver? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:27 | |
Gold to USA, | 0:14:27 | 0:14:28 | |
silver to Great Britain | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
and bronze to Japan, | 0:14:30 | 0:14:31 | |
and what a fabulous team effort that was. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
It was like a dream come true | 0:14:34 | 0:14:35 | |
to come here to my first Olympics and get a medal, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
and it's great to be with these guys as well, to smash it up. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
To win an Olympic medal is, you know, a dream of mine, | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
and now that I've got one, I kind of want more, | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
so I think get back in the pool and train for the next four years. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
Duncan Scott! | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
What a Games for 19-year-old Duncan Scott. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
He broke the British record on the way to a fifth place finish | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
in the blue riband 100m freestyle final | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
and then won his second silver of the Games in the medley relay, | 0:15:02 | 0:15:07 | |
anchoring the team home behind that man Phelps. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
Went better than I could have planned, really. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
I mean, it's just gone to the perfect... | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
I was sitting down with Steve Tigg a couple weeks ago, | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
going, "So if this happens, you'll be in the final of the 100 free, | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
"you'll have a morning off." | 0:15:20 | 0:15:21 | |
I'm, like, "Yeah, that's probably not going to happen." | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
But, yeah, it's all just gone to plan, it's all just been perfect, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
so, yeah, the stars have been aligned. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
It only happens a couple of times in your career. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
So, yeah, just got to take it as it is. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
Competing in her third Olympics, | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
Hannah Miley went into the 400m individual medley | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
as Commonwealth champion | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
and with a genuine chance of a first Olympic medal. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
She qualified fourth fastest for the final, | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
where Hungarian superstar Katinka Hosszu was the hot favourite. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
But look at the battle for bronze. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
It's gold, it's world record, for Hosszu. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
It's silver in lane 3 to Dirado. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
Oh, and the bronze has just gone to Belmonte on the touch. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
Oh, my goodness me, that was so close for Hannah Miley. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
Miley's got fourth. Very, very brave swim indeed. 4.32 from her. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
I had my head down, I could see her, | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
and I knew she was coming back at me, and I had nothing left. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
I gave that everything I had. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
It's just such a mixture of emotions | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
cos I'm so happy with the fact | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
that I've actually gone faster than what I did in the heats, | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
so much better than what I did in London, | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
but it's just hard because it was just so close. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
I was so close to getting it | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
and, yeah, it's just kind of... | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
happy and kind of disappointment all coming together, | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
and this is what I... this is what you're getting, so... | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
You have to go back to 1988 | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
for the last time a Scottish track and field athlete | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
won an individual Olympic medal. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
This time around in Rio, | 0:16:48 | 0:16:49 | |
there was an amazing 15 Scots' names in the GB athletics team. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
The likes of Laura Muir, the new British record holder over 1,500m, | 0:16:53 | 0:16:58 | |
and Eilidh Doyle, the 400m hurdler, were among our main medal hopes. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:03 | |
After a strong season, including a new personal best set during | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
a Diamond League win in June, | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Eilidh Doyle entered her second Olympic Games with realistic medal | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
hopes in both the 400 metres hurdles and the 4x400 metre relay. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:20 | |
She made the final of the hurdles but finished in eighth place, | 0:17:20 | 0:17:24 | |
behind winner Dalilah Muhammad. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:25 | |
As part of a relay squad with Anyika Anoura, Emily Diamond | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
and Christine Ohuruogu, they progressed to the final to battle | 0:17:30 | 0:17:34 | |
for a medal behind the dominant American and Jamaican teams. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
STARTING PISTOL | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
So Eilidh Doyle takes Great Britain away. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
Eilidh Doyle doing a great job here. USA, Jamaica, very tight for third. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
And Emily Diamond is waiting, but it will be Canada in front and | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
Poland, and then Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
Emily Diamond now has a bit to do. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
This is a brilliant run from Emily Diamond. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
USA lead, Jamaica second, Great Britain in third. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
Christine Ohuruogu has got the baton. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
The United States coming home. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
It's Allyson Felix, the wonderful, brilliant Allyson Felix. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
Going for gold, going to win gold. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
Jamaica with the silver and, behind them, | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
Ohuruogu is holding on, holding on, holding on to take the bronze | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
That is the best they could have expected, | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
the best they could have hoped for. They have achieved it in some style. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:30 | |
I think it is a mixture of relief and absolute joy. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
We knew we were capable of doing it, but you never know what is | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
going to happen, so it is the relief of it happening. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
But then the actual joy that you can then just go and enjoy the | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
moment, do your lap of honour, have your presentation. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
You can really take it all in. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
I have been lucky enough to have World medals and | 0:18:45 | 0:18:47 | |
Commonwealth and Europeans and, you know, | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
I wanted to get the final one to go in the set. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
I am absolutely delighted. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
Like I said, that is the one you dream of when you're younger and | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
you start taking part in sport, especially an athletics. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
The Olympics is the absolute pinnacle of our sport. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
Us Scots are very patriotic, so it's nice to be in that | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
group that have done so well. It is just great. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
There is a lot of morale in the team and everybody is just | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
supporting each other, and it's great to be part of it. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
I think that's why we have had so much success - | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
because everybody is driving up everybody else's performances. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
Laura Muir arrived in Rio in the form of her life, | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
after breaking the British record over the 1,500 metres last month - | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
a record set by Kelly Holmes while winning gold in Athens. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:31 | |
So with the second fastest time in the world this year, | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
Muir was looking for a medal. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
She ran bravely in the final, | 0:19:36 | 0:19:37 | |
taking on the Africans at the front in pursuit of gold, | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
but faded down the home straight to finish seventh. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
I went for it. It's not every day you find yourself | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
in an Olympic final, so I know I was in great shape to do everything. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
The last 150 wasn't quite in me, but the girls had a better race | 0:19:51 | 0:19:56 | |
on the day, but I gave my absolute everything. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
I am really proud of how I have run. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
There were a number of other Scottish finalists on the track. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
Lynsey Sharp set a new national record in finishing sixth in | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
the 800m, | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
behind Caster Semenya. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:10 | |
And just 30 minutes later, | 0:20:14 | 0:20:15 | |
Andrew Butchart also established a new national best | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
over 5,000m, finishing sixth as Mo Farah made history. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
Chelimo is trying but he is not going to get him. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
Mo Farah has gone. He's away. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
Mo Farah is going to get gold for Great Britain again. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
The double double. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:34 | |
Four Olympic titles, as Butchart runs a great race. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
Eilish McColgan also made her first Olympic final, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
coming home 13th in the women's 5,000m. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
And, in his first Olympic Games, Callum Hawkins finished a hugely | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
impressive ninth in the men's marathon. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
Several Scots here have plenty of Olympic experience, | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
in particular Aberdeen's David Florence. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
The canoeist got silver in Beijing in 2008, | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
another silver at London 2012. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
Could he use these Olympic rings as inspiration as | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
he tried to upgrade to gold here in Rio? | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
Florence entered the Games as world champion | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
in the individual C1 category. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
Having travelled regularly to the Whitewater Stadium in the | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
build-up, he progressed smoothly to the final, | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
not even requiring his second qualification run. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
However, things did not go to plan in the final. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
Florence making a number of mistakes on his run, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
seeing him finish a hugely disappointing last. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
A devastating result for the 33-year-old, | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
but he had little time to dwell on it. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
Just two days later, he was back on the water | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
with team-mate Richard Hounslow in the C2 class, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
looking to go one better than the silver medal they won in London. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
This is the moment of truth for Great Britain. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
Are they going to add to the gold taken by Joe Clarke yesterday? | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
Not quite. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
They go 0.43 outside, but it was a wonderful effort from | 0:22:01 | 0:22:06 | |
David Florence, Richard Hounslow. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
They are into the silver medal position, | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
which is exactly where they were in London in 2012. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
In our sport, to have gone to three consecutive Olympics and got | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
a medal every time is something that is very hard to do. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
I am very proud of that. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
To have come here and won gold would have been absolutely unbelievable. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
But to have come here and not won any medal, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
I would really have felt I should have done better than that, | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
so I'm really pleased to be on the podium today. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
Rugby sevens made its debut as an Olympic sport in Rio and two | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
Scots, Mark Bennett and Mark Robertson, featured in the squad. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
It was three wins out of three in the group stages for Team GB, | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
including an impressive 21-19 victory over New Zealand. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
The Scotsman with the kick ahead. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
The bounce needs to be good. He pauses. He dances. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
Great Britain take the lead through Mark Bennett. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
They then faced Argentina in a very tight quarterfinal that | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
went to extra time. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
On the outside. Norton outside him... | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
CHEERING | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
The try that puts Great Britain into the semifinals. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:18 | |
It was second seeds South Africa in the semis for the chance | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
to play for gold. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:23 | |
One-on-one. Norton eases past Dylan Sage. Great Britain's first try. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:29 | |
In the final, they met pretournament favourites Fiji. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
Kolinisau, the captain of Fiji, scores the first try. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
The sevens specialists proved too strong for Team GB, running | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
in five unanswered first-half tries on the way to a 43-7 victory. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
The gold a first ever Olympic medal for Fiji, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
a huge moment for the Pacific Islanders. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
Silver, though, a fine reward for Bennett and Robertson and the GB | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
team only put together in late May. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
There was also a medal in judo for 29-year-old Sally Conway, | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
who battled her way to bronze in the under-70kg category. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
An ippon awarded for Sally Conway. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
An Olympic semifinal awaits Britain's Sally Conway. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
A third ippon in a row. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
All of the girls I fought on 10th August, I'd either never | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
beaten before or they've beaten me more times than I've beaten them. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:37 | |
So I had my work cut out for me that day and I knew, if I was going | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
to beat these girls, I would have to put in my best performance. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
I'm so happy I was able to do that. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
To eventually reach my dream of becoming an Olympic medallist is | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
just like a dream come true. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
Starting to sink in a bit more now and I just have to sometimes | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
keep reminding myself, "You've got an Olympic medal." | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
The other day I hadn't seen it for the whole day and I was like, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
"Oh, I'll just have a little peeky look!" | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
If it wasn't for everybody in Judo Scotland, British Judo | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
that helped me prepare for this medal and kind of always | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
believed and supported me, | 0:25:08 | 0:25:09 | |
then I wouldn't be sat here today with this round my neck. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
Sally's medal one of 13 won by Scots at Rio 2016 - | 0:25:13 | 0:25:18 | |
four gold, seven silver and two bronze - a truly fantastic return. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
And the man tasked with looking after the elite of Scottish sport | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
firmly believes there is more to come. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
They are now using the line, I believe, | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
that we are a superpower of sport. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
And, from our perspective, this is Scotland punching above its weight. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
Our contribution towards this has been massive. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
We've achieved, I think, the best ever number of medals, | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
not only at away Games, we've equalled London, with 13. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:48 | |
16 medallists, the widest number of sports that we've ever won from, | 0:25:48 | 0:25:53 | |
which is fantastic. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
If you calculate it, seven of those 13 medals were from female | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
athletes and that's another first as well. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Although, you know, medals are important, | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
I think there is some other really important stories. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
Look at someone like Andrew Butchart, a lovely story here. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
Who would have thought he would have made the team? | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
Who would have thought he would have got to the final? | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
And who would have thought he would end up in top six as well? | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
It just shows, those youngsters training back in Stirling or | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
wherever, Glasgow or Edinburgh, can aspire to this level | 0:26:20 | 0:26:25 | |
and can deliver. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:26 | |
Already people are talking about, what are we going to do in Tokyo? | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
Maybe we need a period of consolidation. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
Certainly, in Scotland, I think what we'd like to do is look at the | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
reviews, look at the performance behind the performances and | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
not ignore other important sports that are going on as well. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
Andy Murray leads out Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
Of those 51 Scots that made Team GB, almost 50% are based in | 0:26:49 | 0:26:54 | |
Scotland, training in Scotland with our support and our investment, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
and some of those medals were home-grown. Look at our swimmers. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
These are guys that are based in Scotland, | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
train in Scotland at our world-class facilities. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
I think that is a strong message to prove that we have a system, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
we don't have to send athletes down south, we can look after them. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:14 | |
But all credit to the athletes and well done, Scottish Swimming. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
As the Rio Olympics come to an end, | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
the sport largely became the main focus. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
Many of the pre-Games issues and potential problems | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
faded into the background. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
Team GB topped the tally from London four years ago to celebrate | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
its best overseas Games. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
13 of the 67 medals won came from Scots, | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
equalling their best ever performance at the Olympics. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
Yes, it's fair to say that Scottish athletes making the GB team | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
in four years' time for the next Summer Olympics in Tokyo have | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
a lot to live up to. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
Thank you very much for watching, we hope you enjoyed the programme. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
Bye-bye for now. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
# Stand on up and take a bow | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
# There's something there and it's showing | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
# There's no need to look around | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
# You're the best we got going | 0:28:06 | 0:28:09 | |
# Shout out to the dreams you'll chase | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
# Shout out to the hearts you'll break | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
# Nothing's gonna stop you now | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
# I guess you better be going | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
# You'll never be far I'm keeping you near | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
# Inside of my heart, you're here | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
# Go on, it's gotta be time | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
# You're starting to shine | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
# Cos what you got is gold... # | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
Andy Murray, once again Olympic champion! | 0:28:33 | 0:28:37 | |
Sally Conway gets the medal. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
Callum Skinner brings it home for Britain! | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
They've absolutely done it! | 0:28:54 | 0:28:56 |