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And she made that look frankly pretty straightforward. | :00:55. | :01:23. | |
Yes, it is the final Diamond League meeting of this season, | :01:24. | :01:35. | |
with world-leading athletes going head to head as they bid | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
to claim the overall prize in the individual disciplines, | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
with 16 Diamond Race trophies to be handed out. | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
The 40th staging of this Brussels meeting is sure to be | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
First up on track is the women's 400 metre hurdles with | :01:49. | :02:00. | |
Her first season under her married name has seen her triumph. | :02:01. | :02:09. | |
In Doha and Monaco. She set a new personal best. 54.09. That's one | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
heck of a confidence boost. Her Olympic bronze medal | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
in the 4x400 metre relay in Rio saw her book on the joint most | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
decorated female Scottish athletes of all time and if she can finish | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
ahead of her main rival, Cassandra Tate, in Brussels, | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
she can capture a memorable year Calling the action for us | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
are Tim Hutchings and Stuart Storey. All nine lanes are being | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
used in this stadium. The twice world champion, | :02:40. | :02:55. | |
Zuzana Hejnova, who was troubled Fourth in Roy but couldn't get | :02:56. | :02:57. | |
amongst the medals. And Sarah Petersen is in five, | :02:58. | :03:09. | |
the silver-medallist from Rio, the European champion prior | :03:10. | :03:18. | |
to that, in Amsterdam. Casandra Tate is second | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
in that Diamond Race, just a few points behind | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
Eilidh Doyle, who is Although Cassandra Tate has | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
gone off very quickly, She is closing off, | :03:27. | :03:43. | |
and remember, Doyle just easing onto her shoulder, | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
a strong finisher. And not closing on Doyle | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
at the moment, really committing. Strong running from peter seven on | :03:52. | :04:09. | |
this bend. Doyle hasn't really made any | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
impression on the Dane. Still going well in lane seven | :04:15. | :04:16. | |
is Cassandra Tate. Doyle is beginning to go backwards, | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
it is all unwinding for the Briton It is tight for third. Spencer takes | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
third place. Well, that throws it all among | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
the pigeons, doesn't it? Because Doyle was going backwards | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
and really didn't judge Such a shame, because she has | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
had a fabulous season, Held her form so well since Rio, | :04:39. | :04:49. | |
with second in Lausanne and third in Zurich. | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
I think that Eilidh Doyle did exactly the right thing. | :04:53. | :05:01. | |
She really had to try out how she could run, | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
if anything perhaps a bit quick to 300 between 200 and 300, | :05:07. | :05:08. | |
but I tell you what, she gave it everything. | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
Tate was always in competition, and Petersen, | :05:12. | :05:13. | |
From the European championships in Amsterdam. Beyond that, to get the | :05:14. | :05:25. | |
silver medal, absolutely superb. So Tate came in with | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
30 points and she is Takes it away from el it Doyle. Alid | :05:30. | :05:41. | |
Doyle. For the first time in the 40-year | :05:42. | :05:50. | |
history of the Brussels meeting, one of the events has been held | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
south side of the stadium. All three of the shot put | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
medallists were in action. In the famous City Hall | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
with an impressive backdrop. It was the reigning Olympic | :06:03. | :06:04. | |
champion, Michelle Carter of the USA, who came out | :06:05. | :06:06. | |
on top Thursday evening, finishing ahead of her | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
archrival, Valerie Adams. There was some consolation | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
for the New Zealander, having already clinched | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
a fifth Diamond trophy. Well, in the women's javelin | :06:17. | :06:29. | |
in third place is Kara Winger. A fourth round throw of 61 metres 86 | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
was in fact her season's best. And the world record holder | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
here was second. Her best came in round | :06:40. | :06:50. | |
five, at 63.78 metres. Great athlete to be | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
a double Olympic champion. The winner today, from | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
Latvia, Palameika. The European champion was fifth in | :07:00. | :07:17. | |
the Rio Olympic Games. Her first throw was a national record for | :07:18. | :07:19. | |
Latvia. Four throws beyond 60 metres | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
and also confirmation that she is the Diamond | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
Race winner for 2016. The next event on the track | :07:29. | :07:30. | |
is the women's 100 metres. What about Elaine Thompson, | :07:31. | :07:45. | |
double Olympic champion. She won the 100 metres in Lausanne | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
against Schippers, who was disappointing in | :07:52. | :08:09. | |
the 100 metres race. And Williams, silver-medallist | :08:10. | :08:11. | |
in the 4 x 100 metres in Rio, Desiree Henry is having a cracking | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
game, at the 200 metres Schippers has gone well, | :08:15. | :08:24. | |
and so to Elaine Thompson, Wow, the meeting record | :08:25. | :08:32. | |
that she definitely wanted to beat, which has been set by | :08:33. | :08:51. | |
Shelley Ann Fraser Pryce in 2013, but that was | :08:52. | :08:54. | |
an absolute demonstration. So, Schippers is better at the 200, | :08:55. | :08:56. | |
but at the moment being totally dominated by the Jamaican, | :08:57. | :09:13. | |
Elaine Thompson. Williams got away well, | :09:14. | :09:15. | |
the diminutive figure on the left, but here is where | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
Thompson took over. She tore them apart, | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
yet that was a 2.5 metre victory against Schippers | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
who herself was well clear. That is quite astonishing, | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
only four other athletes in history She continued to accelerate | :09:33. | :09:34. | |
right the way through, hitting speeds that Schippers | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
could not get to. The time, equalling the stadium | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
record and with a meeting with a heritage of this one, | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
it says a great deal. There is the result, | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
of the 100 metres. Had Schippers won, they would have | :09:55. | :10:02. | |
both had 42 points, but it It in the men's discus, | :10:03. | :10:11. | |
third place, the man Second in Rio and then for five | :10:12. | :10:23. | |
rounds. He closes series with three no | :10:24. | :10:49. | |
photos, fatigue is allowed, and the Diamond League | :10:50. | :10:51. | |
trophy is consolation. Stahl was fifth in Amsterdam this | :10:52. | :11:02. | |
season, sent a personal best after Rio and easy and five | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
for them, producing a great effort. Stahl surprising the big | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
names with that victory. And Malachowski came | :11:10. | :11:21. | |
into the competition with 42 points The athletes are waiting patiently, | :11:22. | :11:23. | |
for the women's 400 metres again. Jackson the bronze-medallist | :11:24. | :11:37. | |
at the Olympics is in lane three and fascinatingly | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
and there is Caster Semenya, quite a surprise, for the Olympic | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
800 metres champion, how will she go here? | :11:50. | :11:55. | |
Stephanie and mix first and goes in number five. | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
There is Natasha Hastings, the world number five, | :12:03. | :12:10. | |
Well, Semenya has got into her run very quickly, fourth from right. | :12:11. | :12:36. | |
A gap developing between herself and MacPherson in lane five. | :12:37. | :12:39. | |
Also as evidence, Hastings in lane six has gone off very quickly indeed | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
through the first 200 metres, also going well and probably leading | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
Semenya is still in a battle in lane four, and MacPherson leads in five, | :12:48. | :13:02. | |
Here comes Semenya, gradually easing them up. | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
In her first really significant 400 metres | :13:09. | :13:22. | |
in the international athletics scene, and that is a new personal | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
And it is a superb but rare ability, at 400 and 800 metres | :13:26. | :13:33. | |
That was a wonderful piece of 400 metre running. | :13:34. | :13:42. | |
The pace and the power of that strength endurance just taking over | :13:43. | :13:50. | |
Extraordinary, the American who won in Zagreb earlier this week finished | :13:51. | :14:07. | |
very strongly indeed, right on the outside. | :14:08. | :14:10. | |
Look at that, that is about as close as it gets. | :14:11. | :14:13. | |
She didn't win the race, but she did win the Diamond Race. | :14:14. | :14:26. | |
Caster Semenya was the winner on the night with that personal best. | :14:27. | :14:45. | |
Fabulous form from the Colombian capped off a fabulous series with no | :14:46. | :15:01. | |
less than four efforts beyond 14.50 metres. | :15:02. | :15:03. | |
Didn't look too far shy and eventually 14.66, | :15:04. | :15:11. | |
tonnes of power and great height in the final phase. | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
She was one of those athletes knowing she was the Diamond winner. | :15:20. | :15:22. | |
And pretty much has won everything there is this season. | :15:23. | :15:25. | |
Still to come, she set a new world record at 5,000 metres, | :15:26. | :15:43. | |
Still to come, she set a new world record at 10,000 metres, | :15:44. | :15:46. | |
can she repeat this feat in the women's 5,000 metres? | :15:47. | :15:49. | |
Robbie Grabarz is one of four men battling in the high jump finale. | :15:50. | :15:58. | |
Good three-time world champion Kiprop clinch victory | :15:59. | :16:00. | |
Adam Gemili and Talbot in the men's 200 metres. | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
With the world record in the men's steeplechase. | :16:08. | :16:12. | |
And it is a straight fight between Cheruiyot | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse for the 800 metres Diamond trophy. | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
The next event is the men's high hurdles. | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
Omoregie of Great Britain 13.24 in Berlin recently to set | :16:28. | :16:47. | |
Bascou, the Olympic bronze-medallist, the Olympic | :16:48. | :16:56. | |
champion at this year has been going very well, Bascou. | :16:57. | :17:26. | |
I think Bascou is in third, but the time 13.08. | :17:27. | :17:44. | |
The former Cuban is making a big impact. | :17:45. | :17:58. | |
Not a lot in it at the start, but certainly Ortega looks | :17:59. | :18:15. | |
Comes off the hurdle very quickly, look at that. | :18:16. | :18:31. | |
Gets down to the deck quick, leans in and is in total control | :18:32. | :18:36. | |
A very powerful last 30 or 40 metres. | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
I thought Martinot-Lagarde had that put to bed, but Ortega is indeed | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
There is the confirmation of the high hurdles. | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
Martinot-Lagarde, that is his season best. | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
The men's high jump has the potential to be the most | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
Only six points separate the leader from Ukraine to Robbie Grabarz | :19:08. | :19:15. | |
The scene is set for a four-way tussle in Brussels. | :19:16. | :19:41. | |
Doesn't seem that the head is together tonight in this | :19:42. | :19:54. | |
One failure at 226 and another at 229. | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
He only has one life left and I can tell you a couple of | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
Kynard and Protsenko have gone clear. | :20:04. | :20:15. | |
Barshim at the high jump now getting into the arena of respectability. | :20:16. | :20:29. | |
Barshim had a dreadful season last season and an indifferent | :20:30. | :20:31. | |
he got himself a silver medal and was 2.36. | :20:32. | :20:43. | |
Had such difficulty after jumping 2.43 the season before. | :20:44. | :20:45. | |
So much was expected, with so much pressure to attempt | :20:46. | :20:47. | |
The next event of the track is the women's 5,000 metres | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
Here she is fresh and ready to go we understand. | :20:54. | :21:19. | |
Ayana on her day is capable of breaking the world record figures. | :21:20. | :21:36. | |
The athletes passing the band about now. | :21:37. | :21:44. | |
The important thing is to get these splits right early on, | :21:45. | :21:52. | |
if it genuinely is to be a world record attempt by Ayana. | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
it is important they get the first couple of kilometres hit | :21:57. | :21:58. | |
Ten seconds under one kilometre under three minutes puts you 50 | :21:59. | :22:12. | |
seconds under 15 minutes and the world record is 14.11. | :22:13. | :22:14. | |
The tempo we are hoping for is 14.10. | :22:15. | :22:24. | |
We'll keep on top of that, but there may be events unfolding. | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
Look at this year's failure at 226 and has another attempt at 2.29 | :22:28. | :22:30. | |
Bondarenko in trouble now big trouble. | :22:31. | :22:38. | |
He is now at two failures at this height, and looking at the computer, | :22:39. | :22:41. | |
He had one attempt at 2.26, the passed and had two failures here. | :22:42. | :22:55. | |
The laps have gone 68 and Ayana in third place. | :22:56. | :23:18. | |
The 22-year-old Kenyan who is a 15.16 athletes has | :23:19. | :23:21. | |
the burden to take them round at a steady tempo. | :23:22. | :23:35. | |
She was fourth in the 10,000 in Rio, Nawowuna. | :23:36. | :23:37. | |
Really strong running from her in Rio. | :23:38. | :23:39. | |
She was a relatively unheralded, it has to be said, she won | :23:40. | :23:41. | |
the Kenyan nationals in Nairobi in 31.40, | :23:42. | :23:43. | |
and those of you who know the thin air of Nairobi, | :23:44. | :23:46. | |
because of the altitude, that's a great score. | :23:47. | :23:48. | |
We saw her in Shanghai, Rabat and Rome. | :23:49. | :24:11. | |
When you look at the pedigree, especially over the 10,000, | :24:12. | :24:14. | |
and the 5,000 perhaps she went a bit off track | :24:15. | :24:16. | |
in qualification, took a lot out of her legs. | :24:17. | :24:19. | |
In the end she suffered dramatically for it. | :24:20. | :24:32. | |
Nawowuna did very well in that 10,000 metres | :24:33. | :24:33. | |
Shannon Rowbury back in the second quartet in 8th place at the moment. | :24:34. | :24:43. | |
Interesting hit out for the American who won over 1,500 | :24:44. | :24:45. | |
That was on Thursday last week, so eight days ago. | :24:46. | :25:00. | |
Laura Muir and Jenny Simpson and a strong field. | :25:01. | :25:02. | |
255 for the second kilometre. | :25:03. | :25:03. | |
We can forget about the world record. | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
They are almost ten seconds outside the required tempo before halfway. | :25:09. | :25:16. | |
The Olympic Games silver-medallist in London. | :25:17. | :25:27. | |
He was 6th in Rio de Janeiro, 233 and drifted badly. | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
She has the gap created of about 28 metres now. | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
I don't think the world record is under threat any more, | :25:40. | :25:52. | |
but she covered a 1,200 metres segment into 12 and has just put | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
She covered 1,200 metres in under 320. | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
Heads down the back straight now with over a lap and a bit to run. | :26:04. | :26:07. | |
You're left wondering yet again what may have been as she goes | :26:08. | :26:10. | |
Both of them tried to go with the initial surge but if you do | :26:11. | :26:23. | |
that and you really are not up to it when you pay for it | :26:24. | :26:27. | |
for the remaining laps and they are looking tired. | :26:28. | :26:29. | |
Rowbury has had a far more balanced race. | :26:30. | :26:30. | |
She goes through with one lap to run. | :26:31. | :26:47. | |
It is going to be mighty quick, some distance inside 14.20 I think, | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
the world record though is surely safe as Ayana continues with that | :26:52. | :26:53. | |
The gap is probably 35 metres, maybe 40 to Obiri the 26-year-old | :26:54. | :27:06. | |
Kenyan who worked so hard for that silver medal in Rio. | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
Ayana enters the final bend, it has been a fantastic effort from her. | :27:11. | :27:30. | |
If only those middle laps had been a little bit quicker, | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
She comes into the straight now and it yet again will be a near miss | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
She did this in Rome and she's doing it again here in Brussels. | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
The crowd rise to their feet on the home straight. | :27:45. | :27:46. | |
Watch the clock, it is massively quick care. | :27:47. | :27:56. | |
14.18.91 from Ayana, if only it had been a more even pace | :27:57. | :27:58. | |
You can imagine what might have been. | :27:59. | :28:04. | |
Obiri in second-place, Teferi in third. | :28:05. | :28:06. | |
Shannon Rowbury sprinting home for fifth place in 14 | :28:07. | :28:08. | |
And the rest of the field while they are coming down the home | :28:09. | :28:33. | |
straight now as we can see celebrations from other | :28:34. | :28:35. | |
The Australians Wellings having a fantastic season. | :28:36. | :28:52. | |
Steph Twell has had a super season but Ayana, leaves you with | :28:53. | :28:54. | |
a mouthwatering feeling of what she might achieve in 2017 | :28:55. | :28:58. | |
at a packed stadium at the London World Championships. | :28:59. | :29:08. | |
Ayana seven seconds shy of the world record. | :29:09. | :29:10. | |
Obiri a personal best and a North American record | :29:11. | :29:12. | |
They each had two failures that there is the card. | :29:13. | :29:55. | |
Jumping with new-found confidence this year it has to be said. | :29:56. | :30:04. | |
Second placed, back in business at 232. | :30:05. | :30:15. | |
The men's 1500 next and it is a big field in. | :30:16. | :30:17. | |
A big personal best at 800 for Grice. | :30:18. | :30:34. | |
There is the cream of the field though. | :30:35. | :30:40. | |
The three-time world champion with a 6th place in Rio behind | :30:41. | :30:43. | |
I actually thought he might take the gold but Kiprop | :30:44. | :30:59. | |
Managoi a fast finisher, he was disappointing | :31:00. | :31:14. | |
in Rio and he went out in his heat for Kenny. | :31:15. | :31:16. | |
And that tall loping style, with the blue vest, sees him slot | :31:17. | :31:35. | |
in behind the pacemakers, he looks ambitious. | :31:36. | :31:48. | |
Makhloufi holding his hand out as if to say, I'm turning left, OK? | :31:49. | :31:55. | |
Just a bit of traffic in fourth place. | :31:56. | :31:58. | |
Slotting into fifth place and it is quick, no doubt about that | :31:59. | :32:01. | |
It should go through in about 41 of 42 seconds. | :32:02. | :32:05. | |
Yes and we must not forget the Moroccan. | :32:06. | :32:07. | |
And certainly Kiprop is doing what he should have done | :32:08. | :32:09. | |
in the Olympic Games, of course there was an opportunity | :32:10. | :32:24. | |
after what happened in 2012, but here he is, | :32:25. | :32:28. | |
the man who is capable of a sub 330. | :32:29. | :32:30. | |
And he's better when he leads in this sort of way. | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
And also, Makhloufi is there as well. | :32:36. | :32:40. | |
Maybe a bit on the quick side, we were looking them to go | :32:41. | :32:43. | |
It'll be interesting to see what this is going at. | :32:44. | :32:55. | |
I know that I don't think it this is great pace making, | :32:56. | :33:01. | |
some people think it should be fast but that was extravagant. | :33:02. | :33:04. | |
Makhloufi in third, and Kiprop is in sixth place at the moment. | :33:05. | :33:07. | |
And look at that, almost 57 seconds that second lap. | :33:08. | :33:17. | |
It is not good pace making I'm afraid. | :33:18. | :33:26. | |
Almost a three and a half second difference. | :33:27. | :33:31. | |
And Makhloufi is strong, we know he is powerful. | :33:32. | :33:34. | |
He looks comfortable there, I think they have slowed, | :33:35. | :33:39. | |
but frankly the pacemakers should have done that a couple | :33:40. | :33:42. | |
His third lap will have been the slowest of the race so far. | :33:43. | :33:55. | |
It is interesting to see that they have got another one | :33:56. | :33:58. | |
Looking in very good form, there is a bit of a gap opening up. | :33:59. | :34:11. | |
And Kiprop needs to start to make an attack if he's | :34:12. | :34:14. | |
59 seconds, that lap, it was dreadfully slow. | :34:15. | :34:26. | |
A fabulous run at the moment, it could be a personal best | :34:27. | :34:30. | |
for the Norwegian here, they queue up on the shoulder, | :34:31. | :34:45. | |
And Cheruiyot who kicks away on the home straight. | :34:46. | :34:49. | |
And, Iguider, in second, and Kiprop eases off | :34:50. | :34:51. | |
That 53.7 opener which misled the field, the major protagonist | :34:52. | :35:10. | |
would have gone through in the low 54s and that is just too quick | :35:11. | :35:12. | |
You cannot afford to go out there and expect to come back | :35:13. | :35:16. | |
and run a measured race with a strong lap. | :35:17. | :35:18. | |
Cheruiyot, what a busy last 100 metres. | :35:19. | :35:24. | |
Glancing around all the time down the home strait. | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
Kiprop tailed off when he knew he was going to be third. | :35:29. | :35:33. | |
Barshim, a real opportunity, for this high jumper | :35:34. | :35:51. | |
to stay in the competition, and look at that. | :35:52. | :36:01. | |
His third and final attempt, and was a good appearance. | :36:02. | :36:10. | |
Here we have got the Olympic champion, in the whole | :36:11. | :36:29. | |
Here we have got the Olympic champion, in the pole | :36:30. | :36:31. | |
vault, Stefanidi has passed several heights. | :36:32. | :36:33. | |
That was a good clearance, great technician, wonderfully consistent. | :36:34. | :36:35. | |
The next race on the track is the 200 metres, it is going to be | :36:36. | :36:39. | |
This should be a very good race indeed, so the Diamond League winner | :36:40. | :37:01. | |
But, what about that result in Lausanne just recently. | :37:02. | :37:19. | |
Multiple European champion in the fast. | :37:20. | :37:34. | |
He got to form in the past, and Gemeli was so disappointed, | :37:35. | :37:40. | |
And Forte of Jamaica, then Danny Talbot, twice | :37:41. | :37:41. | |
European Championship in the 200 metres. | :37:42. | :37:48. | |
Well, not much in it as they go into the bend, | :37:49. | :37:58. | |
and Martina of the Netherlands going pretty quickly. | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
Forte going well, Martina really powering down, | :38:05. | :38:08. | |
Forte, Gemeli, Martina, all in the mix. | :38:09. | :38:23. | |
Gemeli ran really well into the final part of the race, | :38:24. | :38:25. | |
Have a look at this as they come in to the bend. | :38:26. | :38:36. | |
This time the Frenchman not functioning well. | :38:37. | :38:39. | |
Look at Martina, going off the bend, into the home straight | :38:40. | :38:43. | |
and he is leading, look at this, and Gemeli comes in strongly. | :38:44. | :38:50. | |
Who gets it? They've given it to Julian Forte. | :38:51. | :39:00. | |
Gemeli, it has come down to thousands because they have | :39:01. | :39:02. | |
I thought he was heading backwards about 40 metres out. | :39:03. | :39:17. | |
He finished so strongly, he dug really deep and that | :39:18. | :39:25. | |
margin of victory for Forte has got to be almost literally, | :39:26. | :39:28. | |
I would have thought that Gemeli took it. | :39:29. | :39:50. | |
It was a personal best, and Forte ran a personal best as well. | :39:51. | :40:07. | |
And Adam Gemili, 1997, his personal best. | :40:08. | :40:09. | |
What a race, you don't get much closer than that. | :40:10. | :40:16. | |
Barshim looks to me to have the opportunity of winning this, | :40:17. | :41:26. | |
He needs it very, very badly indeed and he knows it. | :41:27. | :41:34. | |
The last time he made the attempt he was so determined, | :41:35. | :41:37. | |
he has been over this height many times before. | :41:38. | :41:39. | |
It could be the last jump off the competition. | :41:40. | :41:45. | |
And Kynard knows that could well have taken him to the Diamond race. | :41:46. | :42:00. | |
I think that Barshim, will end up with 36 points | :42:01. | :42:03. | |
and Kynard is the Diamond League champion for 2016. | :42:04. | :42:17. | |
Yes, Morris, who has had a season of seasons, | :42:18. | :42:31. | |
the world indoor silver-medallist, the Olympic Games silver-medallist | :42:32. | :42:33. | |
She has a personal best from the end of July. | :42:34. | :42:47. | |
She is a wonderfully consistent pole vaulter, relatively | :42:48. | :42:49. | |
new on the global scene in 2016, one wonders what she can do. | :42:50. | :42:55. | |
I think this is a young lady who might beat the world | :42:56. | :42:58. | |
We had over the back straight, towards the end of the back straight | :42:59. | :43:12. | |
and the athletes lining up for the men's steeplechase. | :43:13. | :43:14. | |
We were threatened with a world record win. | :43:15. | :43:16. | |
There is the steeplechase, perhaps a more credible world | :43:17. | :43:19. | |
record, much talked about over the last couple of weeks. | :43:20. | :43:25. | |
The Olympic champion has not raced since Rio, unbeaten, | :43:26. | :43:33. | |
but he has already sealed up the Diamond race. | :43:34. | :43:38. | |
Without any threat to his status as the Diamond League champion. | :43:39. | :43:41. | |
Seven of the top ten in the world this year on the rankings. | :43:42. | :43:44. | |
It includes the Olympic champion and the last | :43:45. | :43:46. | |
It is a field of the very highest order. | :43:47. | :43:50. | |
Kipruto has never broken the world record but he has been very quick. | :43:51. | :44:06. | |
And we flipped rather quickly passed Jager, | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
who could be the first non-African to break that speed level. | :44:13. | :44:22. | |
One of them was injured last year with an Achilles problem. | :44:23. | :44:32. | |
The drums ring out around the stadium once again, | :44:33. | :44:35. | |
But we are looking for the first kilometre here of around 237. | :44:36. | :44:57. | |
So Sandy Morris, attempting it. | :44:58. | :44:58. | |
She has a personal best of four metres 93 but this | :44:59. | :45:12. | |
The Olympic silver-medallist going very well. | :45:13. | :45:18. | |
A click inside 2.40, Kipruto has hit the front | :45:19. | :45:59. | |
now, Jager in his wake with four laps to run. | :46:00. | :46:03. | |
It may not be what Kipruto wants because Jager can almost | :46:04. | :46:13. | |
I tell you what Tim, the confidence that must have given | :46:14. | :46:22. | |
Jager from that Olympic performance and we have seen him close | :46:23. | :46:25. | |
He really is an athlete with lots of confidence. | :46:26. | :46:29. | |
His hurdling technique is very good so he does not use as much energy | :46:30. | :46:32. | |
That is a big gap now between the leading two and Kipruto | :46:33. | :46:41. | |
is only 21 as Tim said, former world junior champion | :46:42. | :46:53. | |
and my goodness me he has moved so quickly and matured beyond those | :46:54. | :46:56. | |
4.94, I think that is the vault that is a personal best for her. | :46:57. | :47:03. | |
A certain record here, a meeting record by | :47:04. | :47:05. | |
It is an American record as well and she's really flying in every | :47:06. | :47:21. | |
She had a few failures early on but 4.88 and then 4.94, | :47:22. | :47:29. | |
the last three heights, first-time clearances. | :47:30. | :47:38. | |
US record, world lead, meeting record. | :47:39. | :47:40. | |
She is under some pressure now Stephanie knew. | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
No, it was actually closer than the bounds | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
No, it was actually closer than the bounce | :47:51. | :47:52. | |
It was her second attempt of course, she had one failure earlier. | :47:53. | :48:01. | |
Having seen Morris go clear, she would have stayed | :48:02. | :48:03. | |
Just under two laps to go in the steeplechase and the gap | :48:04. | :48:16. | |
The leading pair, Jager dogging the heels of Kipruto in the top | :48:17. | :48:26. | |
Two kilometres was reached which effectively kills off any | :48:27. | :48:38. | |
It was headlined as a world record attempt and his agent has been happy | :48:39. | :48:48. | |
to discuss that with the media over the last few days. | :48:49. | :48:52. | |
Jager pulling up alongside Kipruto there. | :48:53. | :48:56. | |
Might yet break eight minutes if they hack it | :48:57. | :49:00. | |
This has been perfect pacemaking for Jager. | :49:01. | :49:26. | |
Absolutely and we have seen Jager finish. | :49:27. | :49:28. | |
He showed his fatigue in the final stages on barriers before but this | :49:29. | :49:31. | |
time there's a new confidence in the man. | :49:32. | :49:34. | |
Jager has been working on his finishing speed, | :49:35. | :49:37. | |
we know that throughout the year and it was one quality | :49:38. | :49:43. | |
He is on the shoulder of Kipruto, 200 metres to run. | :49:44. | :49:47. | |
The Olympic champion, the undisputed world number one, | :49:48. | :49:49. | |
Over the barriers Kipruto, approaching the water | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
jump for the final time, they both go clear, Jager a little | :49:56. | :49:58. | |
stumble, again appears to be a bit vulnerable | :49:59. | :50:00. | |
The crowd rise to their feet roaring these two home. | :50:01. | :50:11. | |
It is going to be a charge of the final barrier but Kipruto | :50:12. | :50:14. | |
He has the legs to beat the American as he crosses the line in 803.77, | :50:15. | :50:21. | |
Jager another quick time, just fails to take the win. | :50:22. | :50:23. | |
Mekhissi Benabbad finishing strongly for third place. | :50:24. | :50:33. | |
Andrew Bayer comes home, good solid run from him around 820. | :50:34. | :50:41. | |
I'll tell you what, we talk again and again as commentators | :50:42. | :50:44. | |
and falling into the trap of highlighting world record attempt | :50:45. | :50:48. | |
and it just doesn't happen again and again. | :50:49. | :50:51. | |
They are world records for a reason, the quickest times in history. | :50:52. | :50:59. | |
The winning time in the steeplechase, 8.03.74 | :51:00. | :51:02. | |
and it is over ten seconds outside the world record of the former | :51:03. | :51:08. | |
Kenyan who did it on this very track 12 years ago. | :51:09. | :51:11. | |
Mekhissi Benabbad sees his best in third. | :51:12. | :51:28. | |
In the long jump, Lawson got himself into third place | :51:29. | :51:31. | |
He had eight metres and no jump in the second and then 8.04 | :51:32. | :51:35. | |
in the third and then 8.04 in the sixth round. | :51:36. | :51:44. | |
That was his third round one, he did that again. | :51:45. | :52:08. | |
He was a world champ silver medallist in 2015. But Manyonga... | :52:09. | :52:22. | |
We had a few eight 20s, no jump and then 8.48, | :52:23. | :52:25. | |
No jump in the last round but that doesn't matter, that was perfection | :52:26. | :52:29. | |
Lapierre in second place and then Manyonga in first place | :52:30. | :52:44. | |
We have a real pole vault demonstration going | :52:45. | :52:54. | |
Morris attempting five metres and she has got it. | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
First-time clearance, that is a second time clearance | :53:00. | :53:01. | |
The bar I think for not coming off but that is five metres | :53:02. | :53:11. | |
and that is a new meeting record, a new Diamond League record, | :53:12. | :53:17. | |
a new American record, a new personal best and all | :53:18. | :53:20. | |
I'll tell you what puts it in perspective for Morris, | :53:21. | :53:24. | |
she's the only second athlete in history to clear | :53:25. | :53:26. | |
The world record is 5.06, Morris was already second | :53:27. | :53:34. | |
on the world outdoors but she has just improved several classes. | :53:35. | :53:38. | |
There is the line-up for the men's 800 metres. | :53:39. | :54:05. | |
There is Kipketer, great speed in the world youth Championships | :54:06. | :54:07. | |
This is Ambroise-Bosse the Frenchman. | :54:08. | :54:32. | |
This will be a race which will be very competitive | :54:33. | :54:34. | |
Certainly Murphy has gone off quickly so has Tuka on the far side. | :54:35. | :54:45. | |
Certainly this is proving to be a good opener but they are not | :54:46. | :55:00. | |
I will be intrigued to see how Murphy gets on, ran a 3.52 mile | :55:01. | :55:22. | |
at the Fifth Ave in New York and he is going strongly on here, | :55:23. | :55:26. | |
The Americans have a real diamond in this young man. | :55:27. | :55:50. | |
Challengers Murphy as they come into the straight, it is going | :55:51. | :55:56. | |
This is going to be one of those very tight finishes. | :55:57. | :56:10. | |
Right on the line and that's looked like Kipketer Kszczot. | :56:11. | :56:15. | |
He battled in the final line and surprise them. | :56:16. | :56:23. | |
All of a sudden Kszczot who has been such a good competitor in the past | :56:24. | :56:34. | |
Six people he passes in the last 50, a brilliant race and | :56:35. | :56:41. | |
on the inside there, Betis so busy celebrating | :56:42. | :56:43. | |
that he doesn't realise Kszczot has gone past them. | :56:44. | :56:46. | |
Watch this, spreads the arms and thinks he's got the victory, | :56:47. | :56:49. | |
celebrates and that is a coaching error of the very first class. | :56:50. | :57:03. | |
Look at the rest, how close was that one? | :57:04. | :57:09. | |
In a way it is deserved, he has run very strongly | :57:10. | :57:13. | |
We have a world attempt now at five metres | :57:14. | :57:23. | |
But this night will be remembered by a young woman | :57:24. | :57:38. | |
Morris, the second woman only in the history of the event | :57:39. | :57:45. | |
Plenty to come, but that's it for this year's coverage of the Diamond | :57:46. | :58:31. | |
League. And what season it's been. Goodbye. | :58:32. | :58:37. | |
Welcome to the first Diamond League meeting of this Olympic year. The | :58:38. | :58:46. | |
diamond are to be fought for here... Look at Kenya... It is a new world | :58:47. | :58:54. | |
record. That's a monster. Celebrations continue for the | :58:55. | :58:59. | |
Frenchman. Oh my word! Laura Muir has smashed the British record. He | :59:00. | :59:06. | |
has got this race won. Of course he is the hero of this crowd. It is a | :59:07. | :59:12. | |
new era of women's speechle racing. This is going to be tight. He's a | :59:13. | :59:20. | |
bit of a showman. He is back in business. Fire all around the track, | :59:21. | :59:24. | |
because we had fire on | :59:25. | :59:26. |