Day 10 Highlights Olympics

Hello, and welcome to Rio Replay. Highlights of last night 's action

on day ten of the real Olympic Games. Athletics topping the bill

once again, but we start with a reminder of yesterday's action.

Charlotte Dujardin and the Allegro put in a sublime display to retain

their individual dressage title, a third Olympic title, and she becomes

the first British woman to successfully defend their individual

Olympic title -- Valegro. Mark Cavendish finally claimed his

first Olympic medal with silver in the men's omnium, despite an

illustrious career, including 30 Tour de France stage wins and a

World Championship title on the road.

He arrived in Rio without an Olympic medal to his name. No longer, the

Manchester man claimed silver behind Elia Viviani of Italy.

Laura Trott one in the women's omnium, she has an 8-point lead at

the halfway stage after a dominant display from the three-time Olympic

champion. Simone Biles this drive came to an end today, the all

conquering American began the day with three gold medals in the bag

already, but before that eluded her in the beam competition, she was

forced to settle for bronze, her first defeat on the beam since 2013.

The Netherlands gymnast Sanne Wevers took the lead. -- took the gold. And

the men's badminton team have reached the semifinals. A medal is

now well within their grasp. Now, we had to athletics, and other

very special Olympic team, this lot can certainly go faster, higher and

stronger -- our very special Olympic team.

Where did that come from? That is absolutely fantastic! Brilliant. The

A Team, apologies to you, Andrew Cotter!

Sophie Hitchens is here! Well done. We are so thrilled for you, that was

the most fantastic competition. We are delighted you are here with us

to show your brilliant bronze, you were thrilled, with where that has

taken the field events? Nobody has ever done what you did

today, thoroughly enjoyed start to finish, congratulations, it was

incredible. It captured everyone's... You know, the dreams.

Loads of questions for you... I don't want to steal your thunder,

but the last throw, going into the last round, in fifth place... Talk

us through what was going through your mind? My coach was just like,

keep it simple! I've done it in training so many times. To bring it

into competition, as we know, it's very difficult. Like I said, I've

done it in training and stayed in great shape, I knew if I put my

technique together, it would go far. And it did! It always amazes me, you

girls and women, you know as soon as you release, I say to Denise, how do

they know before you look? You just know, you deal the tension on the

hammer, it does not drop at any point. It feels good as soon as you

let go -- you feel the tension. I saw them screaming, I knew it was

good! Tell us about your relationship with him coming here is

winning the best reaction for a coach in the Olympic Games, he was

fantastic. And what you said to Phil afterwards, you have a brilliant

dynamic between you. How did he help you move from fourth in the world to

the rostrum? He's been with me for the last four years, after 2012. You

know, it's been a difficult time since then. But... After my rough

year in 2014, he always believed in me. I always appreciate that, there

have been times when I haven't and I've wanted to give up, it's been

too much but he's been there. And pushing me as far as I can go.

Hopefully we can go even further. He gives so much, he just got married

this year, then he left straightaway... To come to Europe

and follow me around! To come to competitions, he has three daughters

at home he leaves for the summer, he gives up a lot to coach me. I

appreciate it. This is a huge moment for field, we have to go back to

Fatima and Tessa days, 1988 for the last field throwing gold for a

woman, and last year we had Ms Proctor, but girls might think they

want to give it a go. Throwing events look fun, how did

you find the hammer? Everyone goes on about your ballet and netball,

when did you pick up the hammer and think, this is for me? My parents

were involved in athletics, they took me to the local club, and was

doing different events, like short and Sprint, my grandad was a fielder

and he said he thought I would be good at it -- shot. We haven't

looked back, really. Why is it that girls gravitate to the long johns,

the sprints, and I guess the ones that get more airtime, -- long

jumps. What is it about hammer? It is very unique. It's only here that

you keep one foot at the same time on the ground. Like walking.

Throwing events are amazing, you have to try yet to believe it. How

do you train? You can't just throw it all day long. Give us a

breakdown. We pretty much do throw all day long! Basically, over the

winter we have double sessions in the morning and evening, we throw in

every single session. The hammer is unique in that aspect, it is not a

high impact event. So, like javelin, it is stressful on the body where

you can't do it all the time, but the hammer you can. You can and work

on your technique. We throw a lot, and obviously play a metric kind of

things, we are throwing for less than five seconds, it is explosive

things that we do. -- plyometric. We know about last year, what gave you

do believe, you clearly wanted it more than anything in the world. You

really believe that you could, we saw it in your eyes. We've come in

this year, training has gone better than ever this last winter, I've

moved up a bit of the step, and you know, that, to produce it on the

day, is very difficult. But like you say, I've come up a bit of a level.

What I love about you is that you look like you love competing, you

can't wait to be in the cage, and you seem to thrive in the arena

environment. Did you relish that moment today? Was there any time

when you thought, my God, the pressure is on! After qualification,

I knew I could perform better than I did in qualification, I was quite

disappointed but it was about getting through, anything can

happen. I went in the cage and it felt good, technically it felt good.

I knew if I could hone it and put it together, it would go far. Where do

you go now? You are 25, and there are women today ahead of you in

their 30s, it is a sport where you have a bit of time to reach your

prime, you moved from fourth to third in the year, where do you take

this? I hope a long way, we have worked really hard and hopefully we

will work even harder and hopefully I will have two more Olympics left,

and quite a few more World Championships. It is about putting

in the work, not getting ahead of myself really, we have a few steps

to take. What would you say to any girls watching, if they are, they

are quite late, but it is on tomorrow morning! This has inspired

them, the whole Olympics has inspired them, how would you sell

your sport? It is a unique event, it's amazing when you have that

feeling, you let go and you know it has gone far. I think you've just

got to try it, to see how amazing it feels. Is it an adrenaline surge?

Definitely, you are out for over an hour, and you get three, maybe six

attempts, every time you step in, you want to produce your best. To 30

5am is the medal ceremony? Sorry, UK time! You looked and it! -- 2:35am.

How will you be on the rostrum? When I'm up there, I think it will sink

and more. I don't have my medal yet, it's like, have I really done it?

But once I step up there, yes, I will be pleased. One more question,

Steve? Yes, I want to hear everything! I had to mention the

world record, 82 metres, how will where were you of the other athletes

and where they were, Betty Hyndland behind you in the last round, how

much were you looking around or staying in your bubble? I tried to

stay in the bubble as much as possible, my coach tells me off

otherwise! You try to stay blinkered. Even though I don't watch

them throw, I know what place I'm in. You kind of know. When she threw

the world record it was amazing but you have two stay focused on your.

Sophie, huge congratulations, we loved it. We know that you will

enjoy tonight, 10:35pm local time, to 30 5am -- to 30

-- 02:35am UK time. This is what's coming up...

The men's 800 metre final is at 2:25am, David Rudisha, the world

record holder from London, is running with his work cut out if he

retains this Olympic title. In between is the men's -- in

between the men's race and the women's race, Sophie will get her

medal in the Olympic Stadium! Omar MacLeod, the world indoor

champion, 2016, the lead time in the world this year of 12.98, Andrew

Cotter, key will be one of the men to beat if you are going to be the

Olympic champion in this unpredictable of track events!

COMMENTATOR: Yes, unpredictable, he's the fastest in the world this

year, his last two races before Rio, he fell, in Monaco in the diamond

league and in Hungary, not a confidence booster, things can go

wrong in the hurdles but 12.98 this season.

He became the world indoor champion. He was going so well.

Not a big man at all but has wonderful hurdling technique.

Conditions? It's not raining heavily but it is a steady damp cloth.

Lowered on the stadium. Fairly still with a hint of a bruise, picking up

occasionally. -- breeze. A smile through the rain will stop Jeff

Porter, his wife Tiffany Porter, she goes in the women's 100 metre

hurdles for Britain. As we look at the full start list,

like for Yeison Rivas Antwon Hicks, who runs for Nigeria,

goes in lane eight. Omar McLeod, Ali Kame,

Yeison Rivas, Alexander John, Wataru Yazawa, Jeff Porter,

Antwon Hicks and Jeffrey Julmis The first of five heats in the men's

110m hurdles, four leanly away. Omar McLe, d and Rivas about to hit

a couple of Porter coming It was safe and, again,

that's what you're looking Getting through quickly is a bonus

but get through safely because we've been talking about how things

can go wrong. Alexander John, we talked

about him beforehand Basically, Andrew, every time he's

stayed on his feet this year, If he's clean, he's smooth,

he's the fastest man on the track. In every single one of the hurdles

events, we have new sprint hurdle kings because all the defending

champions are not running. Omar has a big chance of becoming

a new Olympic Champion. He's very nippy over these bars

and he has the sub-10-second 100m Colin Jackson himself

was not particularly tall. But if you've got that bounce

and that technique, If you've got that real ballistic

strength, where you've got the elastic strength that you need

for these high hurdles, then high is not really

a big issue for you. You can see the way he approaches,

the way he runs, he's full of that bounce,

a natural runner, brilliant to see. I'm happy that he's returned,

really, to good form this year because he suffered a couple

of injuries along the way so it's To me he's one of the favourites and

he's with Phil downstairs. What's it like out there conditions

wise with the rain falling down? Um, I've been through this

and I know how to work through, um. I know how to work through climates

like this because I train in So, um, I just wanted

to go out here and get Obviously, it goes up a level

tomorrow, semis and final. But you're coming in

as the world-leader. It's good to have confidence,

especially in a hurdle race like this, regardless

of what happens. In terms of the overall

Olympics experience, First time at the Olympics,

I'm trying to seize every moment and embrace every opportunity

and just have fun. You know, that's

what I've been doing. Um, you know, competing

was long overdue. I was ready to go out

there and start competing. But, the time is now,

so let's just go out and have fun. Omar McLeod safely through, four go

automatically, with Jeff Porter, It is tipping it down which,

of course, I think for the pole vault is far more significant

than it is for some Yeah, look, it's absolutely

the worst possible conditions The athletes huddled under

the shelter there. You can see Renaud Lavillenie,

who won't come in at this height. We have had the bar set at 5.15

metres. We have had two fouls already. -- 5.50.

If it worsens, I won't be surprised if this is suspended

because there comes a point where it's dangerous, quite simply.

This is Xue, the first jump of the competition.

This is before the rain really started to come down.

You can just see it starting to come down there, but it's much stronger

now and it seems as though the event has been halted.

We got World Champion from last year, Shawnacy Barber.

It's a great pole vault final in the making but,

of course, we want to see it

The grip is where the athletes are challenged.

There's two ends, on the floor with the spikes,

but more importantly the grip on the pole.

If you question there or doubt it in the slightest,

you're in a bad place and that's probably what was going on in

the athlete's mind there, who has jumped 5.82m at his best.

As we see German Chiaraviglio of Argentina, and he bailed

In fact, the track is beginning to flood.

Yeah, you can see one of the athletes, he's picked up...

That's in lane three, he's picked up his lane marker,

Baji of Hungary, and put it over his head.

While it's coming down as heavy as this, next to the pole vault,

this might be the worst event to take part in under this deluge

we're experiencing just at the moment, and there's

Orlando Ortega, certainly a medal contender.

Recently, very recently given clearance to compete

I'm just wondering whether the starter might just

No, he's climbing up on to his rostrum, I can

So, top four to go through if they can negotiate

Cabral Baji Anousone, Trajkovic, Buhler, Carter,

Ortega has run close to 13 seconds this year.

These tracks are slick at the best of times anyway, and look at that,

They're shaking their heads, and why not?

You come to the Olympics games and in Rio it's not what you expect

Just as they go to the blocks, Colin, tough conditions but they've

Yeah, these are awful conditions for the hurdlers.

Under the circumstance, the track looks like a mirror

to you because the light is coming from all angles and it's difficult

So Deuce Carter in lane seven next to Orlando Ortega,

He won silver at the European Championships recently in Amsterdam.

He's in lane three in the green of Hungary.

Cabral comes through for third, and right in the middle,

Trajkovic, the Cypriot, top four to go through.

You got the feeling that somebody was going to mess up then

and this is who it was, Deuce Carter, 13.2,

best this year 13.20, second in the Jamaican Championships

and, well, these conditions might have put paid to - well, they have -

there are some fastest loser spots available and it's fairly

generous qualification, but he clattered, I think,

about the seventh hurdle, Colin and that was it for him.

Ortega out of the blocks really well.

Obviously a former Cuban, now running for Spain.

What is impressive about him is that he keeps a cool head.

You could see on the start line that even with the rain pouring

around him, he was not going to get distracted.

He had to qualify well and get through the race.

Baji has been running very well all season.

Shame that the weather is not matching his skills at this moment.

He's out of the blocks well, as I said.

He is an easy stridor. He kind of popped over that hurdle.

He pushed it so hard that he got a little bit close to it

so when that happens, you throw yourself up in the air

to take a little bit of speed off your performance, and every time

you see somebody go over a little bit high, they're recovering

In these conditions, we will forgive him.

He'll be much tighter come the next two rounds, so watch

I've just seen Deuce Carter being consoled by Omar McLeod.

Cabral hit a couple of hurdles but hung on for fourth place.

But, um, the officials have walked off now, I can tell you.

So the officials have picked up their chairs and walked off.

We've got no action currently going on.

These are very treacherous conditions for hurdler and, indeed,

for the pole vault, and it's not fair to athletes who've had to come

all this way to compete in these conditions.

So a little bit of a delay here, guys.

And there couldn't be a worse mix, could there -

it's kind of like the perfect storm of events that's come together

The hurdles, makes it almost impossible to see your hurdles

and obviously dangerous again as well.

And, of course, the discus slipping out of the hand.

So suspension of those events at the moment.

Carter was shaking his head before the race, Colin.

He clearly felt that these weren't conditions to be Hurdling in.

They're not comfortable conditions whatsoever.

And, you know, for the hurdlers themselves, when you're trying

to qualify for an Olympic Games semifinal and you know

it's a competitive race, you want everything to be as good

as you possibly can so you don't make any mistakes.

You're just relying on your ability to do that.

And when the climate goes against you, you have to add another

dimension to how you're going to approach the race.

This becomes very complicated then for hurdlers.

I mentioned before about the mirror effect from the track.

Because lights are coming in from every single angle

and when you have half an inch of water on the track,

it's very difficult to see, so that could have been one

of the things that caused a little bit of a problem for Carter.

Deuce Carter, if they decided now, would there be a situation

where they say they cannot go on with the hurdles competition,

how is that far for Deuce Carter, because everybody from that heat

We were all saying up here that we need a decision quickly

so the hurdlers get off the track or they state out there and run.

They made the decision to go out there and run

so unfortunately for him, the result will stand.

Well, here's Carter's race beforehand.

Yeah, completely, and in contrast to Ortega, who was focused.

You have to stay in the moment and, unfortunately, Carter had already

almost given up already mentally that it was just not fair.

Omar McLeod had a different attitude to the weather.

I don't think it was raining quite as heavy for his race.

He's approached it and says, "Hey, it's raining but it's raining

in everyone's lane and I know what I've got to do."

And like Colin said, he went high above the hurdles,

being careful, popping up and making sure he's got good clearance and,

you know, you have to, you have to get out there and just

I was saying earlier today when we were on our way out

here that I hated warming up in the rain but it was always, OK,

it's raining, it's raining for everyone and get on with it.

It would take me a few minutes to sort of get around the fact that

it's raining and I don't like it, but once I got into it, it was,

you know, you ignored it and did what you have to do.

One of the key things for all the world-class

athletes that take you up and beyond everything else

is your approach in these kinds of circumstances.

It's to remain focused in the job in hand.

You summed it up nicely and said it's even for everybody.

Nobody has an advantage in the circumstances.

It's only about your mentality here that will put you.

It is even in that race but obviously the variables go

And if you're unlucky enough to be in a heat

that is in the absolute deluge we have now, your times might be

slower and if you look at slowest losers, that's a problem.

That is the issue but it's one of the things that is

I've been in situations where I was in a semifinal heat

where the wind was blowing against us and the heat

when the wind was not blowing against the other

of the pool and ended up out in lane eight.

The officials have come back out, they mean business.

What are they doing, Colin? They are protecting the discus. I have to

say, I've never thrown discus. It is all about the grip and making sure

that you have a hand on release. We didn't know when this was going to

cook off. We saw him at the anniversary games, he has had a

blighted career with injury. His shape is very good at this moment.

Luckily he sent me his last training session, so I've seen it. He is very

swift at this moment in time, which is great to see. He hears at the

anniversary games. He ran a good, strong heat, where he set personal

best. He is now starting to run off every single barrier well. Strongly.

He is pushing into it, that comes from confidence. He absolutely

destroyed the field there. You see what I mean, lousy pushes. And you

see every single heat he is just taking millimetre is off, every

single one of the other athletes. They are a little bit softer, that

includes Merritt, the Olympic champion. That is what is great to

see about him this year. It wouldn't surprise me if he runs a whole metre

faster than that. Not here to defend his title,

his opponent, and it is not raining right now but it is wet

on the track. You will need to bear that in mind

as he is setting himself I have trained in Bath on many

occasions and we do get wet weather. His coach will insist

he goes outside. He doesn't like the softness

of staying indoors. So for me I would tell him to go out

there and do exactly what he knows Do not change anything,

there is no need to change anything. You know the height

of the barriers, just do it. And in the blocks, presumably

you can get rid of surface water, does it affect

the pressure from the blocks? The only thing which is

uncomfortable as you don't People tend to wipe their legs,

their clothes, just so they can get We talk about the weather,

and it is fine at the moment. When there are distractions around

you, you rely on that inner It is so important, and Andrew

was robbed, basically, And so now, this is

his big opportunity. Now that his body is healthy,

to experience this experience. You really hope that he gets

a little bit of luck when it comes to the injuries

that he has been blighted by. And obviously that cramp

at the anniversary games But he is here, he is fit and strong

and it is dry at the moment. So unfortunately for his opponent

who didn't have the right frame That is in the lap of the gods,

that is the worst of it. Let's see if our

commentary team are back. They are giving me

really dirty looks. Andrew Cotter, our

Scottish correspondent. Andrew Pozzi, it was London four

years ago that he was injured just before the Olympics in London,

and tried to compete, had a hamstring problem,

had to pull up in his heat, and then followed so many foot

injuries and operations, So this is his latest chance,

he is chance at an Olympic Games. Stiff competition in this heat

for going through automatically, Dimitri Bascou is there,

Andrew Riley, the South African as well, and Andrew Riley,

the Jamaican, he should be quick. Joao De Oliviera is there,

the Brazilian, popular There is the French

champion, the European Eddie Lovett, who runs

for the US Virgin Islands, Andrew Riley Jamaica,

Thomas of Trinidad Tobago, Andrew Pozzi

in lane number nine. First of five hits in

the 110-metre hurdles. Away cleanly, and Pozzi is cleanly

over the first barrier. Pozzi going nicely, Bascou

and Pozzi, leading them out. And Riley in a bit of trouble

now, but comes through. Survivors are scarce,

no more than that, that is the knife There was a gasp from the British

fans, and I am sure from Pozzi as well, but he kept his composure

and his shape, and kept going for the line and one

of the automatic qualifying places. Everything was in the right place,

out of the blocks well. he decides to get into a race

with Bascou, and he caught that hurdle, he smashed it,

but managed to haul himself Head on, this will

tell us the story. Out hard, driving seven strides

into this first hurdle, Just the hurdles in front of him,

as he starts to move away, you start to see a couple of leading legs,

and he would be wondering to himself, "Am I in

the right position?" He stands on that one,

that is what causes him to be pulled all the way back,

and he manages to just keep himself upright to get into the automatic

qualifying position. Something wanted to have a look at,

he used to stoop low to try and get across the line,

but when I watch the finish here from the Brazilian,

you can see Bascou is out in front, but four go through automatically,

and you see him in the shot here, Superman-style, this

is the way to make it. This gets in fourth place,

because his upper body is somewhere If he was half a metre back,

he would not have made it. Andrew Pozzi made it,

safely through. I made a stupid mistake,

and you cannot afford I just gave everything

I could to make sure I qualified. How was it with the rain

and the delay you had? The conditions were awful

just a few minutes ago. We were waiting to come up

onto the track, we were told we would be delayed,

but it is no bother, it is only 15 minutes,

so we just keep warm in just but you are looking in fantastic

form compared to four years ago, This must be a great opportunity

to be in the shape. I have come into the Olympics

in the best shape in my life, it is just I cannot afford to make

those mistake tomorrow. it is just I cannot afford to make

those mistakes tomorrow. Great relief for us here,

because he was running so well. He just hit that hurdle

which caused him to crash through the next few barriers,

but he is so much in shape and he was running really quickly,

so he managed to recover We see Bascou looking so smooth,

and one of the favourites here, hopefully, hopefully you will see

those cricket times, hopefully, hopefully you will see

those quicker times, but you see that Superman, Bascou,

literally, both feet off He did not seem to hit

the hurdle there, or did he? I don't think he hit the hurdle,

but he can say that he was actually just leaning for the tape,

that is what he could say. I mean, it is objective in the end,

they would have to make a decision. I don't know if there is any rule

that says that you cannot leave, your feet cannot leave the track

as you cross the line. It has to be quicker to keep

running, it can't be Sometimes if you do not

time your lean right, You are better off for

sure staying upright. He is a star of hurdling,

he is not in the NFL yet, but he is a star of American

football, University of Oregon, Devon Allen, he comes here as one

of the medal favourites, And he is so inexperienced at this

level, and indeed in terms of international competition,

he will not know too much about any of these athletes, I'm not

sure he has even raced It is not the easiest of heats,

although the top four Belocian in lane three

from France, there he is. He had a big knee injury playing

American football last year. He was actually playing

in the Rose Bowl, the big college game, he blew his knee out

when returning the kick-off, and no track season last year

to speak of, really. Managing somehow to play both sports

to a very high level. He says he would like to do that

for the rest of his career. I wonder if he won a gold medal

whether that would change that. His cousin won a silver

medal in boxing in 1988, Belocian of France right over

far side in lane three. He won a bronze medal in the recent

European Championships. Traber from Germany in lane five,

he is in good form as well. Belocian very clearly,

he held his hands as well, He can jump up and down,

Colin, you are a great start, there are nerves out there,

but this is top four, it is not a difficult

qualification, you understand it In big races we have

seen him do well. He is a potential finalist,

and he does that. He will be absolutely

furious with himself. He is now just going to have to wait

because I think there will be no We know he would be distraught,

and he is upset, but he just needs to move away and deal

with his emotions away from the rest of the guys,

and he is doing that now. A lot of French supporters,

we saw earlier on in the crowd, he has gone from being distraught

to being furious with I don't think he is really

listening, honestly. He just needs to keep

away from the start, All right, we have got Traber,

the rest of the field, and Devon Allen,

the American sensation. Allen gets a good start,

so does Traber. Allen is just about

leading this one. It is the Greek athlete just taking

it from the American, Douvalidis, has an awful lot of experience,

and despite the empty lane either Not somebody we know that well,

a lot of things being said about him, he is a very

confident young man, and the new American champion,

but we have not really seen Certainly my first proper look

at him, apart from what I have seen, The first I have seen

him live as well. Just to get into the rhythm,

you need to get your cadence going, you can see how he takes the hurdle

there, his hips completely dropped. He is not as tall as some

of the other athletes, his body composition

and his legs seem very short Let's have a look at it again.

Head-on, break it down a little bit more.

Out of the blocks, he is a bit taller then Andrew Pozzi,

you can see when he hits that barrier, his whole hip struck,

and that caused him to hit the next hurdle, now he has to pop up

a little bit and give himself someone to recover.

Otherwise you will keep hitting the barriers

This is just the learning curve, it is getting those cobwebs out,

All of the hurdlers who make mistakes...

I think they will polish that up by the next round.

We are in the second round of the women's

The Croatian, a foul in the first round, water

-- auto qualification. She needs to get a throw to settle things. Only

three throws to qualify. It is going sideways.

It has nearly hit one of the officials

She is under real pressure then, she has only one more chance,

huge odds-on favourite to take the title

It was a long throw, but two crosses, two fouls.

It is out the sector, it won't be measured.

Here is the world champion from last year, also on a foul.

The discus throwers disrupted by the rain.

As have all the Olympians this evening.

The warmup was disrupted by a good 20 minutes.

Caballero winds herself up, a big shout.

She has hit the cage and it is also a red flag

To resounding favourites, Caballero and Perkovic,

-- both an two fouls. Two groups of throws. 12 athletes only to go

through to the final. Another final that has been

disrupted about to get underway I spoke to Steve Hooker,

from the Australian commentary team next to us, and he said this will go

down to whoever is best at waiting. And Lavillenie is well used to

doing that. You have to be patient

on a night like this. False start again, keeping his

concentration. Devon Allen, the American sensation going through.

The result of heat three. A bit of a starter over the final barriers, but

Andrew Riley went through. -- a bit of a stutter.

Lawrence Clarke goes in the final heat in this round.

He finished fourth in London but that

To make the final here would be a huge achievement.

It's a tough heat he's got to make it through the first round.

I'm looking at the fastest losers times. 13:58 would get you through.

Lawrence Clarke is certainly capable of the speed that

As I mentioned, it's a tough heat, because there are five men in this

line-up who have run quicker times this season than Lawrence Clarke and

Czykier has done so, Martinot-Lagarde has done so,

There is Ash, second in the US trials behind Devon Allen,

Just inside you see Sousa, the Brazilian athlete.

The French look as if they're all carrying rucksacks.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde doesn't like the start, he says.

He is not a great starter, he has admitted himself.

He prefers the middle of the race when he's in autopilot,

Can Lawrence Clarke get into the semifinals here?

The final heat in the first round of the men's 110m hurdles.

You can see Martinot-Lagarde bounds and strides to the first barrier

and Lawrence Clarke is going nicely at the moment.

And also going well is Ronnie Ash on the inside here.

And Martinot-Lagarde and Ronnie Ash and Lawrence Clarke

Some way behind Martinot-Lagarde and Ronnie Ash.

I think Czykier was finishing quickly for Poland in fourth.

But Ash and Martinot-Lagarde take the first two, Lawrence Clarke

A round of applause for fans and for himself.

Very competent bit of Hurdling from Lawrence.

He's one of these athletes who is good technically and he gets

So he gets a great rhythm that he just establishes very early

That is one of his big strengths, why he made the final in 2012. He

has good speed coupled with confidence knowing that he is not

going to make any mistakes whatsoever.

So for me it was a good run by Lawrence and I'm

Actually, I'm noticing that the Brazilian, Souza got

Brazilians are performing above their level.

They both made it through to the semifinal.

We've always talked about home crowd advantage, and what can happen

when you've get everybody in a stadium cheering

You can see Martinot-Lagarde to the right of our screen,

Pascal always looks tense over the barriers, doesn't he?

Lawrence just relies on a little bit more finesse.

Someone got a false start in the race before me and it reminds

In the semifinal, anything can happen.

Obviously last time I made it through as the fastest loser

to the Olympic final so tomorrow night I'm coming back with my game

On paper, there are some guys who go faster than you there.

It shows the competitive instinct you have got, you can step it up a

level. I was outside the semifinal

slot and came four. When people get out

on a semifinal startline, I've been waiting for my years for

this. -- I've been waiting for years.

No other race matters apart from this.

The Olympic semifinal, my whole family is hereafter.

There's an appreciation from Lawrence Clarke himself that

he's not the quickest but if he's in the semifinals

and perhaps makes the final, if he's there and he's a clean,

tidy hurdler so other things can happen and he's got to be

He's certainly through to the semifinal.

Ronnie Ash, Martinot-Lagarde, Souza going through and fastest

loser from that heat in Czykier and Ristic.

These are all the qualifiers for the semifinals,

which are tomorrow, with the final just a few hours later.

Omar McLeod was the quickest qualifier.

He was the quickest in the world this year.

Two Frenchmen through, and two Britons through as well.

A couple of Brazilians made it as well.

So, a good-looking event from an international point of view

and from a home point of view from the Brazilian crowd, it will be

a good evening for the semifinals and the final tomorrow.

Well, we got there in the end, didn't we?

We had a delay of 25 minutes or so with the rain and the weather.

The rain is definitely gone and the heats carried on and well

done to the British boys, Andrew Pozzi is through,

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was best in the world in 2014, and we're just

It looks a bit awkward because of his height.

I was saying to you that it looks like between the hurdles he doesn't

Because he's so tall, he has to make allowances for the hurdles.

He doesn't stride out in the same way as the other guys.

He has to get his feet down really quickly in order to make room

You know, he's a world-class hurdler but what was more

concerning was those, um, things on his arcs.

Yeah, it's not because he's cycling home in the dark.!

You were explaining the science behind them, Michael and perhaps

we'll come back to them in a moment because Usain Bolt is in the house

and you can see that look there is because the crowd have

started booing again because Justin Gatlin is also

in the house ready for his medal presentation, his silver medal

Usain Bolt said post-race yesterday he had never heard it before

Usain Bolt said, you know, this is something he's never heard

before, and he kind of chuckled, it was weird and bizarre,

and then you saw Seb Coe there as well just kind of looking

It's an interesting situation when you've got a crowd booing

the athletes that have tested positive, and we've heard

about the swimming athletes pointing fingers at athletes who have tested

It's disappointing that athletes feel that they have to do this

and the fans feel that they have to start, you know, highlighting

these situations, and maybe that's because they feel like the governing

bodies are not doing it, and they have to take matters

It's disappointing, because I think that it's not what the competition

and competitive environment is supposed to be about.

They seem to be selective in who they're booing.

But let's go down to Steve Cram, because this is a moment to enjoy,

the legend that is Usain Bolt, Steve.

A couple of legends presenting the medals, Seb Coe and the 1972

Andre De Grasse has shared a bronze medal and he gets one himself.

He shared one of the World Championships.

Now let's listen to the crowd reaction to Justin Gatlin.

Well, a little more mixed, I would say, this time.

Well, Gatlin - you heard Michael Johnson saying there -

It didn't look as though he believed he could beat Bolt.

After the semifinal, we thought, "That's it."

For about 30 or 40 metres when Gatlin had gone out hard,

as he always does, and Bolt was 1.5m behind and then...

ANNOUNCER: The Olympic Champion, representing Jamaica...

Well, it's almost as though he's waiting for the cheer!

Usain Bolt steps up to take his seventh Olympic gold medal,

his third, an unprecedented third gold medal in the 100m.

And just to add another statistic, it was the 50th time he's

And he stayed an awful long time afterwards, did all of the things

he normally does with the world's media, signing autographs

And this, a very familiar sight and a very familiar tune.

Well, he could stop now, if he wanted to,

and his place in history has been cemented, of course it has.

He probably could have stopped after 2008 to be honest

or 2009 or 2012 or 2015 but we're all delighted he's

still going in 2016 and more to come from him here in Rio.

For now, he can enjoy his seventh Olympic gold medal.

Not an overall tactile rostrum, that one, is it?

But well done, huge congratulations, of course, to Usain Bolt.

An incredible achievement, incredible getting through that

That was one of the strangest things I've witnessed for a while.

It was and, you know, we saw Usain Bolt sitting

there looking around going, "What's going on?"

And he shook his head like "I'm not going to try and figure

There was a booing and then a cheer in a most inappropriate place.

Whatever you feel about someone, don't clap.

It was delayed, but the women's discus is well and truly underway,

and Sandra Perkovic has not had a very good expedition so far,

The reigning Olympic Champion will be tested in this very

department with this throw because she needs to

This is the first of two pulls, so it's difficult to know exactly

The pressure was on, and she delivered.

Probably the longest throw we've seen in this first of two pulls.

The British thrower is going in the second pool.

We're looking forward to seeing how she gets on.

The gold line is the autoqualifying of 62m.

Any athlete who goes beyond that will advance

That was modest by her own standards.

The longest throw, saved it to the last round, and

But another athlete of note, Denia Caballero, also on two fouls,

beat Perkovic last year at the World Championships

and is highly expected to qualify for the final, but in exactly

the same position as Perkovic was before that throw.

How does Caballero deal with that pressure?

Both athletes in that round, where it could have gone oh

It has dried off, mind, and it was very wet indeed.

I'm sure that was part of the problem.

I think Caballero will be one to watch, possibly,

It was Perkovic four years ago, though, looking to defend.

It's enough to advance to tomorrow's final.

Well, I would say the stadium is a little over half full tonight.

We slightly worried that the Monday evening session, you know,

after the weekend's incredible nights, might not be as busy,

but I think the rain also hasn't helped, has it?

But they're out there and they've got an interest, of course,

in the pole vault to come as well, with Brasilia.

So hopefully the crowds will stay for the rest of the evening.

They've seen Usain Bolt take his gold medal in that

But let's relive another incredible moment from last night.

We all thought we were here building up to Usain Bolt's third Olympic

We knew there was going to be a fantastic 400m final.

We weren't quite sure just how electric it would be.

Kirani James will hunt them down too, and Wayde van Niekerk

No-one outside him except for the roar of the crowd

and LaShawn Merritt, LaShawn Merritt so close

Matthew Hudson-Smith a long way back with the rest.

Wayde van Niekerk has gone out very quickly.

Three men and the gold medal is waiting for one but van Niekerk

Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt tied up.

Van Niekerk takes it, and it is a new world record,

43.03, extraordinary, inside the Olympic Stadium!

And Michael Johnson's record has gone!

An incredible race, an incredible new world record for Wayde

van Niekerk, who, um, who really blew this event epart,

anyway, last year, running in the first 400m final in a major

championship with three runners under 44 seconds,

he went one better, and that was him getting his medal a little bit

And has the phone stopped ringing now, Michael?

Still a little bit of ringing and texting and all of that

sort of thing but, um, you know, more and more people

are wanting to hear more and more about how did he do it,

which is what I'm more interested in talking about.

Because it was such an impressive race.

He did it by running through the first 200m in 20.5,

I mean, just unbelievable pace and what was most important,

as someone said, he broke the world record by running so fast

He ran the world record by running faster in the first 200m and then

Because what you do on the front end takes its pace on the back end.

We're going to get back down to the track because it's

the women's 400m hurdles heat, which will be underway

for you, and Andrew Cotter and Colin Jackson are calling

The real medal contenders will probably come in later heats,

but I'm interesting to see how this prodigy goes.

This was the first woman to retain a world title in this event,

But Sydney McLaughlin, as I say, an extraordinary talent.

Youngest US Olympic athlete since Munich in 1972.

And if she's nervous at this stage, she's not showing it.

Another youngster inside her in the Italian, 19, finished

fourth in the recent World Championships,

And we have Tracey from Jamaica in seven.

We have Fontanive of Switzerland in three.

Hejnova of the can Czech Republic in four.

Troest from Denmark in six, Tracy from Jamaica in seven

Three will go through automatically to the semifinals.

Hejnova has been hampered by Achilles injuries

Sydney McLaughlin, a steady start, looking towards Petra Fontanive

We look now at Sydney McLaughlin, the 17-year-old, just turned 17,

and now she's trying to trace down Hejnova,

who has picked up pace and is looking strong.

Folorunso is trying to get on terms with McLaughlin and

Folorunso passes her, the 19-year-old and 17-year-old.

A good finish too, but it's the Jamaican, Ristananna Tracey,

Hejnova over the line, Folorunso third and McLaughlin

She promised so much after her efforts at the US trials,

Sometimes that does happen for the American athletes on a world

stage who have delivered so much domestically,

and a quizzical look on her face.

It just wasn't happening for her in the final 100m.

Remember just getting here was a huge challenge

Once she's arrived, lots of things will change around you,

of course, from the conditions to the circumstances you live

in, so you've got to get used to it and that comes with maturity.

As a 17-year-old, she's done very well to be part of this US team,

and no doubt she'll gain so much experience from it.

She ran a fast 300m hurdles recently, and now she's got

to reassess her fitness levels and what she's

And of course, the Jamaican taking the victory there in quite

You look at McLaughlin on the outside.

She was outstanding in the trials, but it's a different thing coming

You've really got to learn how things work in the Olympic Games,

Queueing up for basic stuff like your food,

etc, etc, going to the warm-up track.

All these things can upset your rhythm, especially

We already clearly know she's talented.

I'm impressed by Zuzana Hejnova, she has some experience

and coming back to form with injuries behind her, perhaps.

Ristananna Tracey took the win, and Folorunso came through to take

The pole vault was a restart in the end, dry conditions now.

Oh, came down on that, didn't he?

Oh, they didn't really keep the mat very dry, I think, during...

The athletes were allowed to go indoors, but the mat was left out

in the elements, as the Chinese athlete has just found out.

Yeah, but, unfortunately he came down on that.

But his troubles are only just beginning as he landed in, um,

a bit of a slap in the face when you've just knocked the bar

off, when you're just thinking it can't get any worse...

Shawn Barber is expecting to make light work of this, but no.

The athletes are just finding their feet again

I spoke to Steve Hooker earlier and he said the athlete

who is best at waiting around - and there's only one guy who does

that week in, week out, and that's Renaud Lavillenie,

because he comes in so high - he's opted to pass at this height -

Barber goes back ready to take a second attempt in a while.

Well, we said that one of the events which is going to be hampered most

by the weather is the pole vault and, um, Xue there had

It wasn't that the pole slipped at either end,

You said you know what this feels like.

I took part in a heptathlon in the high jump, and this pool

of water just gathered on the high jump bed, and I landed in it,

He'll find it funny in about a week, but right now he's definitely livid.

It's also, you know, keeping warm after that is a real problem,

you know, getting your clothes dry - that's not going to dry.

He'll have to put on a tracksuit, and that's really the issue here.

If he'd stayed on the bar, he might have found it funnier.

Shawnacy Barbar looked like a gymnast when he came over

the bar, and we thought it was impressive,

We don't get marks for execution in the pole vault.

They're coming thick and fast on the track tonight because we're

trying to catch up with events that were delayed because of the weather.

Steve Cram, it's heat two of the women's 400m hurdles.

This young lady here, Jackie Baumann of Germany,

daughter of Dieter Baumann, Olympic 5,000m champion in 1992.

His daughter says she's proud of her dad, but she's

He did end his career with a drug suspension,

I think, towards the end of his career anyway.

And question marks about this young lady here.

Would have probably been - or should be one of the contenders

for this title here, but real question marks

as to whether she was actually going to compete.

Her coach said after she missed the trials with a foot injury,

She had to go through a fitness test with the Jamaican team.

She had a medical exemption from the trials.

And we weren't sure if she was going to be,

but she's lining up, the 22-year-old, who has run sub-54

this year but has not raced for a while.

We've got Chanice Chase, Sparkle McKnight,

Janieve Russell, Jackie Baumann, Drita Islami, Grace Claxton, Joanna,

Another youngster, 20 years of age. 320-year-olds in this race. -- three

20-year-olds in this race. Chanice Chase, 22 herself,

Canadian who can also - Just to reiterate, it's first three

and the six fastest losers through to the semifinals and,

of course, Child will be eagerly The winner of the silver medal at

the Europeans just recently. So what sort of shape

is Russell in here? I almost thought Russell had got a

false start, I think it was just McKnight got away incredibly slowly

out of the box. Bell in lane eight started well. Chase of Canada doing

that, chasing down Russell, so far so good for Rosol.

Now having gone past, Bowman has got a little bit

of daylight between her and Claxton there.

Chased awful over that particular hurdle, and she's

And indeed, Chase is gone down there.

That wasn't very good, was it? Really poor race for Chase there.

Never really looked like she was in it, was a long way coming down the

home straight. Never really looked

like it was there. I'm not sure what to

make of Russell. It looked like it was

OK for the first 200. It's really interesting to see that

out of all of the women here. Let's see what happened

to the Canadian. Chase is way too close

to the barrier, and because you have that sense of fatigue again,

of course, when you clip the hurdle like that because you're already

exhausted, it is just... But as you said, Steve, there

was a lot going on in this race. And I think that all of the women

were trying to find their rhythm and get into the groove of the race,

and I don't think that any of them On some stages they would come

through, and other places -- at some stages they were

comfortable. I was looking at how she was going

to do her change style. From right leg to left leg,

and even then it was inconsistent You can see that she's

still in the lead here, but I'm pretty sure that once they get these

early rounds out of the way. Remember I said this

about the high hurdles. The guys need to have the clear blow

out of the system so they can settle Colin, statestician Mark Butler

saying that Chase didn't Games, hitting the hurdle

and falling badly on that occasion, so that's something that she's

good to eradicate. she's not even getting

over the hurdles. Anyway, Russell looking

at the clock and looks 56.13 in second place,

as Linkovitch took the win. It was Claxton who got

ahead of Belle there. Those three qualified by rights, so

she will have to wait. This is Sam Kendricks

in the pole vault. She was the most impressive in

qualification. Oh, that's very competent indeed,

and just as he did in qualification he's looked the best

so far at least. The nation have dominated this

in the past, and won it Not quite as impressive as the

American. European indoor bronze medal

last year, and outdoor at the World Championships

last year. A consistent

championships performer. Still wet that mat, though, and it's

going to be tough to stay dry. Steve Hooper was also saying -

look at Xue of China who saw Hooker was saying about

the logistics in the pole Almost like a caddie would keep

the bag and the umbrella at this, this is nearly

horribly wrong. He's got to try to get

feet first and turn. Sean Barber, World

Champion here from 2015. That was a much better

effort from the Canadian. Maybe not looking quite

as sharp there as last year, and in many ways, forget what's gone

on before the champs. It's about who deals

with the pressure. It's going to run late, but over the

next hour or so a new champion will be crowned. Second time of asking

for Shawn Barber. We're just getting ready

of the third of the heats in the women's 400 metres hurdles,

but interesting news that we've been told that going back to the men's

110 metres hurdles, and the second heat was run in dreadful conditions

and the other one was late. But we are told that those

who didn't make it automatically through from the first two heats,

they're going to give them another run at 11:15 to make it

through as fastest losers. Yeah, I've heard of athletes

being given the chance to come back, And I remember, I can't remember

the name of the Irish runner in Munich, and the camera got

in the way, I think. But the interesting one, you'll do

the 400 metres hurdles now. We'll come back to it,

because Deuce Carter was disqualified, and I don't know

if he'll be allowed to run again. So that is supposed to go

at 11:15 our time, so they're Look out here for Ashley Spencer

and Lea Sprunger there There is Ashley Spencer,

took silver at the world indoors Ran both the 400 metres and 400

metres hurdles there. Sprunger on the inside for

Switzerland. Not perhaps the strongest of the

heats. But we will look out

for Ashley Spencer. Made the final of the 400 flat

at the US trials but couldn't But certainly good prospects over

the hurdles, although the US athletes, perhaps not

looking that strong so far. And Sprunger from the inside has

a little bit to do at the moment Springer on the inside. Spencer and

Nugent. The Ukrainian athlete is involved as well. Springer tiring on

the inside. The American, Ashley Spencer, clear with Leo Nugent. They

are the first two in the battle for the automatic place. But the

Ukrainian athlete is going to get it.

Perhaps wasn't the strongest of the heats.

I think that that is fair enough to say but it was a fairly straight

forward win for Ashley Spencer and Lea Nugent going

Ashley Spencer, you can tell that she's a lady who has a lot of speed,

Sneaks over the barriers and if I'm honest, Andrew, when she goes

to each and every one of the hurdles I I slightly shut my eyes

because if she clips one, it will be messy.

Look how she just literally gets over this hurdle now.

And one tiny mistake at this level when you have the fatigue factor in,

and unfortunately for her, she will hit the deck.

Let's keep out fingers crossed that she sites the barriers

well, because we don't want to see any more mess on the track.

Salvaged the second and he's gone clear.

Oh, we're rooting for this young man.

He's had a bit of a rough time already in this early stage

Three fouls and you're out, just to remind you.

He was chuffed with that, as he should be.

No real major championships honours, but he will continue

I can't tell you the collective applause and delight from the studio

Let's just clarify what's happened with the earlier heats

The first two were run in torrential rain, so the four slowest runners

in either race who haven't qualified automatically will go into a race

together, and it will be up to them to get the times to become one

However, each of the races had somebody who first

And Carter was disqualified because he touched the hurdle.

Let's have a little look at Carter and see why he was DQed earlier on.

He was one of the athletes disgusted with the weather and he didn't seem

Completely, and have to say, it does seem quite fair.

But let's have a look at where he actually got this DQ

because I didn't notice it when we were watching

I think that it was the previous hurdle to that.

But the thing is, I don't see where he can be DQed.

He hit the hurdle, just a genuine technical error on his behalf.

I'm assuming that that is the reason why they're

They're rerunning it because of the error

This is the very reason that they're rerunning it because the rain

affected his ability to clear the hurdle the way

And therefore he should be reinstated.

There's no reason to disqualify him and not allow him to come

Absolutely, but you just saw there on the piece of footage there.

He seemed to go into the other lane and whether they've deemed that

But it's because of the weather, again.

So I just don't see how they cannot allow him back in given that

anything that happened here, presumably, happened

because of the weather and that is why it is the very

reason that they're having the rerun and to not allow him

If you think about it, they saw the rain.

They could have easily delayed the start of the competition by 30

minutes to give everyone a fair opportunity.

Instead, we're going on half an hour extra at the end to accommodate

At the moment, there will be six of them who are looking

for the time to get them through as fastest losers.

I've never experienced it at a major championships before,

but they have another role of the dice.

You don't get that very often in an Olympic Games in heats?

And I would wonder, what will the other athletes think?

The other athletes who have qualified on time, because do these

athletes have the ability to sur plant some of those athletes

Right, but those athletes are going to say - wait a minute,

But you had a chance to run in the drier weather,

In a normal race, with eight athletes in there and at the time

And now the athletes are coming back in the second race

And they also know what they have to do.

The slightly worrying thing is the precedent that it sets

and the weather changes and you'll get that again

Hopefully it gets the competition committee for the IAAF saying

that we need a hard and fast rule for when it is raining and this

is what we do and you actually make a decision saying that they're

probably doing this because they sat there on it for so long

when we were all saying - make a decision, go or don't go.

Do you think that this is perhaps, you know, the best way that they can

make out of what was really a mess, that they feel that they should have

perhaps suspended the competition a little bit earlier and they've

obviously had protestations from athletes and the kind

of fudging it up a little bit now because they're

You know, right at the beginning, I tried to look at the winning times

and we realised that the women's times were virtually identical

and we all discussed this and it was more about a state

of mind more than conditions in that sense.

So I think you know, that it was fair as it has.

And perhaps should stay the same because it will cause problems,

some of the athletes who have gone through.

They'll be waiting to see if they've gone through as fastest losers

or not so it makes it a really messy situation for everybody involved.

It's the fourth heat of the women's 400 metres hurdles.

And news of a disqualification from the previous heat.

We'll bring you up to date with that because it does affect qualifiers

and here we've got a pretty good heat here.

The European champion coming in in good form here.

Sub-54 seconds and starting to rediscover some

There she is and the Dane has definitely built up a big lead here.

Belilliele of Trinidad Tobago there.

She's got this all to herself at the moment and needs

to negotiate the last two places fairly safely herself.

No doubt at all about this young lady here.

That was fairly easy and straight forward for her.

Got into a good rhythm and was able to back off a little bit in the ol

straight over the last flight.

She really is rounding in form in the right time?

Yeah, I've watched her at the European Championships take

What she's demonstrating is to be confident in what your abilities

Look how she strides out so comfortably.

She's not even concerned where the hurdle it will be.

She knows she'll be able to take it on whatever leg and she works

hard into every single one of the barriers.

Even when she's tired, she doesn't back off.

She's confident wherever the hurdle lands, she'll take it.

Whatever stride is there before, she'll take it cleanly and that

always sets us up beautifully to run into the barrier.

Don't be shocked by the time of 55.2.

She is absolutely walking this as she crosses this line.

And I'm thinking already, we're looking at somebody

who is most like going to go under 54 seconds in the later rounds.

She nipped under 53 last year.

Just missed out on a medal at the World Championships

but looking very, very good here at the moment.

Actually, if you were with us this morn, the men's 400 metres hurdles,

Roger went through at the sixth fastest loser because there

was a disqualification in the very last heat of the men's

The athlete, forgive me, his name escapes me but Seb Roger

did go through to the semifinal of the men's 400 metres hurdles

and will be hoping that Amy Child can do the same in another

Annekewicz did get on the line there.

But Pedroso's time looking good for fastest loser spot.

And before that, heat three and the interesting news

from there was that Nugent seemed to be an automatic qualifier.

A trail leg violation around the barrier rather than over so

Sydney McLaughlin, the talented young American is still in one

of the fastest loser positions at the moment.

Which just shows you actually that the heats have been.

That Sydney McLaughlin is in a fastest loser position

because she was about three and a half seconds outside her

Not been the highest quality so far, have they?

Well, we've been all debating what's been going on down there.

Is it because of the delay and the women have spent a lot

of time warming up and completely cooled down and a little

Because this is a technical event and when you hold your technical

there, you want to get out there and get it done.

And I think that a that has perhaps irritated and set a little bit

Again it is all about mind set in the circumstances and situations.

Mohammed there, one of the fastest in the competition, 52.88.

But I want to talk to you about the heat after that because Doyle

of, Eilidh Doyle of Great Britain has won some of the fastest times

She seems to be in the shape of her life?

She is in the shape of her life, no doubt about it.

And even her foot speed and how quick she can run has changed

What we're looking at now is the Diamond League victory

in Monaco and she was aggressive in the early part of the stages

and what she wanted to do was leak at the stride pattern now.

Counting the strides as we go into the barrier and it

The 18 strike pattern, which we don't want to see.

We wanted to see her come home on 70s.

I know she's been working hard with her coach on getting this

They've changed it a little bit for the competitions now so that

she'll keep her cadence going all the way.

She'll drop down to there a little bit earlier than before

but here again in London, this will demonstrate it before.

In Monaco when she was in full flight there, she was fine

Here, when she can be really aggressive and go hard at it,

look at that, crashes out and saps all of the energy out of her legs

in both the take-off and the landing phase and it causes her to go

And this genuinely could be the difference between her

and if she goes through successfully with the rounds.

I was speaking to Sally Gunnell about Eilidh Doyle saying,

She has faith that she can go about 53.7 if she nails that final

I mean, Michael, you know yourself exactly what it is like and how

tired your legs are in the final 20 metres.

Stay with us, one more heat before her heat and there Muhammad

She is by far and away the quickest this here.

Perhaps starting to see the best of her because she is

She missed most of 2014 with a virus and hampered last

Lauren Wells of Australia going in there.

The three strongest go through automatically.

So if you can run close to your best, if you're a decent

athlete, you might have a chance of going through as one

The penultimate heat in the first round.

And Muhammad here cruising past Barbosa of Portugal and Muhammad

really with an astounding hurdler and she's shown that this year.

Muhammad looking strong at the moment.

Going well is Lauren Wells of Australia.

And Muhammad, easy and comfortable, out in front at the moment but it's

And a little stumble and stutter there.

And a little stumble and stutter there.

It will be Muhammad to get the victory.

And Moncar and Wells into there with a very close one

Again, that is very, very easy for Muhammad.

She's run 52.88 this season and the times have been pretty

slow there but Muhammad, a class apart on this one.

Yes, absolutely and you know when you've looked at someone under

53, you scrutinise how they do that but you can see that she's

So relaxed in the final barrier and knows the event very well indeed

and is very confident in every angle of this event.

Comfortable in the change there when she goes around

the corner and coming home here in a lovely,

She is looking at the screen there and just thinking -

well, I've got another round to do soon enough but let me

And she certainly managed to do that.

So Muhammad through with Moncalm and Titimets there given the place

ahead of Lauren Wells but I think that Wells might go through.

So I can well imagine that this is causing debate at home

about the unprecedented decision to run another race post

all of the events scheduled for this evening to see if there can be any

more fastest losers in the 110 metres hurdles because of the rain

and Di Green on Twitter said, "The track looks like it would drain

on the outside and that would favour the athletes on the outer lanes".

I guess he's saying it is not literally a level playing field.

Even though it was raining for everybody, it was raining harder

I don't know, Deuce Carter, who expressed some...

Visual distress at the beginning of the race, he actually

And all of the problems for him were...

But I don't really see how the lanes could be an issue...

have a problem there in lane eight and nine.

Ronnie Ash, he had a few problems out there.

The problems were on the outside of the track, rather

We're looking at about 13.64, 13.62 and 13.63 for the athletes there.

That's the kind of time they'd have to get to get themselves up there.

And it wouldn't surprise me if everybody in that field ran under

those times because they've got another race under their belt

and that makes a huge difference again in high hurdles.

You get used to the track and the circumstances

of the situation and your warm-up better.

You won't have the interruptions and you talk about it trying

to be a fair playing field and fortunately,

it's definitely not going to be a fair playing field.

Let's get back on to the 400 metres hurdles because Child

They've not been the most scintillating of heats so far

And that is probably a reflection of perhaps where the world

Is this an opportunity for Eilidh Doyle in this event?

I think she's ranked fifth in the world.

She's progressed so nicely in the last few years.

I think that she came of age, you know those nights

that we witnessed her in Zurich, the European Championships,

the Commonwealth Games where she finished second but she's

She's done really well and made all of the changes.

She's a better athlete this year, I would say.

And she knows what she's got to a she just needs to execute

and get those small, the tiniest, tiniest errors that

have been creeping into those last few races out of her system.

She has a genuine opportunity to sneak a medal there.

Is this one of the most difficult events to pick a clear winner?

Is it one of the most open events? No.

I think in the USA, with the sub-53 block there.

Sydney McLaughlin hasn't made it through necessarily yet.

Also further to the point about Eilidh Doyle being ranked

number five, two of the people ranked ahead of her are not here.

That's the point that I was going to make to you earlier

about Sydney McLaughlin, who comes through the brutal American trials

and leaves behind two American athletes who were above her

in the world rankings, and her experience

has shown here, hasn't it, in that heat?

But you could also make the argument as well that the US championships

is a high-pressure event, and if you can't get it done

there, what's to say that you could get it done here?

Well, we shall see if Sydney McLaughlin makes it

through, because at the moment she's one of the fastest losers,

and we don't want Child to be in that position.

Top three in each heat, and the next six fastest to the semifinals.

If it goes wrong at this stage, then something pretty horrendous

has happened, so, yeah, this should be straightforward

There will always be nerves, but she's hugely

The last two World Championships in the final, fifth and six and that

You know first of all, getting through the rounds.

You negotiate that as smoothly as you possibly can.

And let's hope that she does that here.

Just quick confirmation of the result from the previous heat.

Muhammad winning it comfortably, and Titimets going through

and Montcalm, and that will be quick enough for Lauren Wells

56.5 for a fastest loser spot at the moment.

If you're not in the top three here...

She has one or two interesting athletes against her here.

Certainly one or two I haven't seen too much of.

Right on the inside on lane one, Sage Watson for Canada,

Kubokura of Japan, Doyle in six, Scott in seven and Caravelli

She's run against some of those on many occasion,

Sage Watson, 22, second in the Canadian championships.

But, as I said, big progression this year.

She's run a new personal best this season, Watson.

Eilidh Doyle has decent flat speed as well at 400m.

Just need to get the technique and the stride pattern sorted out.

We'll get Colin to analyse it afterwards.

So many times we've said this in the hurdles.

We can ease down as we saw Peterson do once you're over

You've got to keep your rhythm right before that.

Last heat of the first round of the women's 400m hurdles.

So Eilidh Doyle in sixth looking for a good safe, solid run here.

Sage Watson started quickly and rises first but Eilidh Doyle

also starleted pretty quickly and solidly.

Caravelli going well for Italy on the outside.

Top three will qualify and they're the three who are

Watson on the inside, Canada going well.

Still leading at the moment just from the Canadian.

Watson and Caravelli in the two other qualifying spots at the moment

but Eilidh Doyle is coming into the home straight here well

And she can start to just concentrate on these

Sage Watson almost high jumped that flight there and Eilidh just

checking into the last one and gets the strike pattern right

and now she can ease back a tad, but that's a good,

solid run, one of the quicker races there.

Watson ran well, also right on the inside.

No problems at all, a sigh of relief for everybody.

You just want to get this out of the way, move into the semifinal.

She's one of the winners so that will stand her in good stead and,

um, as I said, Sage Watson there, lane one, negotiated pretty well.

And we'll get Colin to cast his eye over her.

What about Eilidh first, Colin?

I know the stride pattern she was trying to work on today

We need to get her to focus on that and push herself when it really

matters. She stuttered into that one

because she's making adjustments all the way round and in this stride

pattern, she's working on 17s. We want her to come home in 17

but she throws in an extra, makes it an 18 and she has

to work it in. In her mind, I think she'll go,

"I need to break up that," and when this pressure is on,

she may do that. You can never, ever,

ever dispute Eilidh's commitment over the beginning parts

of the race. She's really good and competent over

this section and she's got to try 15 She'll be psyched in the hurdle

and deciding she needs to change She is coming round this bend,

taking it with her right leg. Now she's doing 16 strides

and alternating. This one, again, should be a 16,

but she threw in a 17 there early which is not what she really wanted

to do, but she decides now to settle into the race and just bring it home

in a 17-stride pattern, taking it on the right leg

all the way, but then the adjustment happens again,

little shake, trots over to an 18. There could be lots of

reasons for that, Steve. One could be that she's switching

down and cruising and she's happy with the result and that

will be absolutely fine. But next race on, we

need her to push on. Can you describe it from your

perspective? Yeah, I mean, it was comfortable

but not a great race. A couple of, like, stutters

into the hurdles but it's You want to try and conserve as much

energy as possible, but you can't take the foot off the gas

because you've got to get your I'm comfortably through

to the next round. Steve Cram said it was like

a sigh of relief to get You're sitting in the village

watching everybody compete and you want to get it out

of the way. You can step it up for

the semis and the final. What stride pattern

are you working to? I'm going back to my normal

which is 15s to five, 16s to seven and then 17s home

and that's a good solid pattern. You talk about that PB,

and it's been such a stellar season for you to this point,

you must be coming in with confidence high and dare

we say medal hopes high? I want to go out there and give

a good performance and just come off the track having

given it everything. If I finish 12th or the podium,

I just want to make sure Well done on negotiating

the first round. A happy Eilidh Doyle

is through to the semifinal, winning her heat with

something to spare. Sage Watson may be

a talent going forward. And it was Kolesnychenko who came

third with a good finish there. Jade Lally, here at the Olympic

Games, first throw of Group B. Commonwealth bronze-medallist in the

qualifying round. Oh, she just leaned on that

and it's come down short. Just over 50 metres. She is a

65-metre thrower from earlier this year at her best.

Possibly, just seemed to lean through that,

You can see the rain is starting to come down again.

A one kilogram discus, 18cm in diameter, you've got

We had the drama with the rain for the pole vaulters, and no-one has

jumped for the last 10 or 15 minutes because there seems to be a problem

with the mechanism - two uprights, you can see there,

supposed to be raised and these officials have been working hard

This is the last thing the vaulters need.

This is turning into less of a pole vaulting competition and more

You can see there, down to the far side of the track.

But, um, the competition is only just beginning two hours

You work your socks off all winter, you do your training,

you compete, you qualify, you get here and then a mechanical

fault after a massive rain delay means your competition is held up.

It's not ideal for these pole vaulters.

It is moving, I think, at the moment.

It's gone back up to the height it should be, so hopefully they'll get

If you're doing anything tomorrow, cancel it.

The next event on the track is the men's 800m and if this final

is anything like the final we saw in London in 2012,

The record world-holder and World Champion is attempting

to Olympic Champion, David Rudisha.

The others have been sucked into this.

That might help Andrew, and we'll find out later in the last 100m.

It is following the script that everybody thought would happen.

It's Rudisha in the front as we expected.

Coming down the home straight he's looking for a decent,

The medals may be decided by the people who don't follow him.

49.2 is a phenomenal opening and he knows about performances.

There have been world records set in the Olympic Games at the 800m.

David Rudisha, great athlete that he is.

And they're sucked into going with him down the back straight.

That's really, really quick through 600m.

David Rudisha, already the world record-holder,

already the World Champion, striding away to become

the Olympic Champion, how quick will it be?

An incredible moment, wasn't it, Paula?

And matched, I guess, by last night's 400m world record.

It had the same feel, didn't it, inside the stadium because,

while he was exemplary and leading the world, not many people predicted

No, to come out and attack and get a world record in an Olympic

It's extremely rare, especially in events

In the 10,000m, it's a different situation the other night

because we had somebody to take it on really hard in the opening laps.

In the 800m, Rudisha went out and he did it all on his own.

He doesn't have the same aura of invincibility about him

But I think he's rounding into form and I still think he'll be the one

that most of those guys there will think in is the main

We'll talk about the rest of the field and who the threats

might be, but as we went into that race, an enormous cheer rang out

inside the athletics stadium, and Steve Backley will tell you why.

Huge cheer, Gabi, because it was this man, Da Silva of Brazil.