Day 14 BBC One: 13.45-18.00 Olympics

HAZEL IRVINE: Good afternoon, day 14 here and we are heading straight for

tae kwon do. If you shared Jade Jones altar macro

second gold medal last night, you will be intrigued by the fortunes of

this man, Lutalo Mohammad, from Walthamstow. Bronze medal in London,

his first fight in the competition against Hayder Shkara of Australia

in the 80 kg class. We will hand you straight over.

The power in Lutalo Mohammad's kicks. He has gauged the distance

perfectly straightaway. Thought he had another one. Think he missed the

head. The defensive punch through of the Australian to move it to four.

What about the confidence, he looks to the crowd, to his fans, as his

cause. We haven't seen a lot of that, he is bringing something very

different to the mat. It seems that Mohammad has worked out his distance

straightaway. There we are, shot to the body, doesn't count this time.

Just waiting for the attack, waiting to counter. Going further ahead.

-- going for the head. Hayden Shuker Renaud has had a minute to get a

feel for the force that is coming for him -- Hayder Shkara. He

continues to yell out, his coach and his man continues to struggle. Goes

down, but no score there, there will be a warning.

Caught off balance with a leg in the air. You are likely to go to ground.

Attempt at a double-click to the head from Mohammad, didn't come off.

He is going to get point, though. -- another point. Second warning for

the Australian for the same thing, so that equates to appoint, to the

opposition. -- a point. There is the point for the head kick

again. Losing his balance but he scored off it. 8-0, he is being

outclassed, the 26-year-old Australian. He is a flying force

from Manchester, Mohammad. Again, looks up to the crowd, pumps up the

fist. He is loving it out there. He looks by far the superior fighter.

He is playing a really good game here, picking off his opponent when

he needs to. Shkara struggling to block and defend the attacks that

are coming in. Mohammad looks like he is going for the body shot and

that the last second, changes it to a body shot. Just blocked that time

by the shoulder of Shkara. He just went at him and did not stop. The

buzzer couldn't come quick enough. Hayder Shkara was born in Australia

to a Japanese mother and an Iraqi father, so has always been a little

bit different to everyone else, he says, always struggling to fit in.

One of the intentions of making the Olympic Games is to show the

community, the Islamic community and Koranic immunity that all migrants,

no matter what their position, their background, can achieve through hard

work -- Arabic community. Certainly hard work for him at the moment, he

can't get on the scoreboard. It is three two minute rounds but at the

margin is 12 or more after two completed rounds, the bout will be

stopped and there is a chance of that occurring here.

Shkara is going to need to step up now if he is going to try and catch

the lead that Mohammad has. An 8-point deficit. So feisty from

Mohammad, really attacking all the time, keeping Shkara on the back

foot. Timing is impeccable. Mohammad do well to stay on the mat.

The Australian taking the middle of the mat and coming at his opponent.

Hayder Shkara continues to work. He is not giving it up, that is visual.

Mohammad thought he had a kick to the head, it didn't register.

Massive build, 91 centimetres, six foot three, all muscle. Power punch

to the body but again, it doesn't quite get through from Shkara.

Hayder Shkara of Australia really struggling to get anything to count

right now. To the body from Great Britain, thought it was a score. It

is hard, you really have to go with some force and it has to be so clean

to register on the electronic sensors. Spinning kick towards the

head, well defended but this time gets through, so within one movement

now of this bout ending. An 11 point lead. Mohammad really going forward.

He is well aware, he thinks he has got there with the body shot. Not

quite. Shkara trying to defend to take this into the third round and

he won't. Another three points therefore Great Britain and in two

seconds, this will be all over. He has gone a little bit early, it has

to be the end of the second round and the headgear goes back on. He

has done it, he has won it easily. Hayder Shkara is a lawyer and he

might want to see his opponent in court, that was almost criminal.

14-0. Greater respect for one another. Hayder Shkara, he went from

just being a sparring partner in London, now he is knocked out in the

first round here in Rio. Let's hope he can come back in four years and

go a step further but for Great Britain, Muhammad, what a fight.

Outclassed his opponent and he moves forward to the quarterfinals. There

were some injury concerns coming in, he missed last year's World

Championships with a knee injury and earned qualification by winning

silver and gold in successive events but he still was struggling with it

and only made one outing this year. He beat Cook in that one outing, at

the European Championships. He is fit and certainly firing. He

certainly is and he has nicely progressed through the round of 16,

14-0. Stopped at the second round. He will have conserved energy, blown

the cobwebs away and let's see what he can do in the quarters.

HAZEL IRVINE: That was emphatic, wonderful performance and the very

confidence building performance from Lutalo Mohammad as he comes back in

bidding for gold, having won bronze in London. His next fight in the

quarterfinal will be later on, 3pm our time, seven o'clock depending on

how things go at the venue for the next fight in the quarterfinals.

Now, it was last Tuesday, the 9th of August, that marked 80 years to the

day since the legendary Jesse Owens won the last of his four gold medals

in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. We have seen an awful lot of great

Olympians since then, the greatest, we have seen Michael Phelps and

Usain Bolt, who have won many, many more medals than Jesse Owens ever

did but the American's legacy is not really just about the medals.

MICHAEL JOHNSON: the grandson of a slave, the son of a sharecropper,

James Cleveland Owens was born into poverty. A childhood stricken by

ill-health, he spent his early years working the cotton fields of

Alabama. His family moved north to Ohio in the great migration, fleeing

the prejudice of the South. And his father started work at the local

steel mill, which gave Jesse the chance of a good education. It was a

junior high that his athletic talents were first discovered by

track coach Charles Reilly. His speed gain him a place at Ohio

State University, but there were no scholarships for black students, no

matter how fast you were. Owens was made captain of the track and field

team but had to live off campus, shower separately and eaten away

from his white team-mates. -- eat away. But in 1935, the world took

notice, in the Big ten championship at the University of Michigan where

he set three world records and equal fourth, all in the space of 45

minutes. The following summer, he was representing his nation.

SPEAKING GERMAN. Berlin, 1936, the stage was set for

Hitler's Nancy Games. The stage was also set for Jesse Owens, who was in

the form of his life -- Nazi Games. Owens is ahead. Metcalfe comes up.

But Owens wins. I am very glad to have won the 100m

in the Olympic Games here in Berlin. The competition was grand, I was

very glad to come out on top. Thank you. The next day, he struggled in

the long jump. It was only when German competitor

Luz Long suggested he moved his star position that Owens improved. --

start position. A new world record, 8.06 metres. Luz

Long was the first to congratulate him and the two remained friends

until Luz Long was killed in World War II. Owens went on to win the

200m and 4 x 100 m relay, all in the space of just six days. I haven't

seen my wife for three months and I am very glad to be back home to see

her. On his return to the States, there was a ticker tape parade

through the streets of New York and reception at the Waldorf Astoria in

his honour. But when Jesse and his wife tried to enter the hotel, they

were told not to use the front door because of the colour of their skin.

There was no telegram from the president, no invitation to the

White House. Franklin D Roosevelt failed to acknowledge Jesse Owens'

achievement. In 1976, Owens was awarded the presidential medal of

Freedom by President Gerald Ford. He died four years later of cancer.

Owens was a man who carried himself with dignity and grace. When I look

back on his difficult childhood, what he overcame, what he

overachieved -- achieved and stood for, I feel a sense of pride. Jesse

Owens is a hero and an inspiration. He years. 80 years last Tuesday when

he achieved the last of those four gold medals. Absolutely amazing.

Now, back to Rio and what is happening here. Last night, there

was a huge chance for the host nation to celebrate success. They

had missed out on beach volleyball in the women's final the night

before. Could Bruno and Allison put things right against the Italians?

Everyone in this nation hoped they could.

Brazil against Italy is the gold medal match and will the home fans

be able to cheer the gold medal bows so crave?

-- they so crave? We will have some of this.

About is the power. That first big, Lupe, was outrageous. And Allison

gets his first block of the match and the crowd enjoyed that one. He

rolls it into the corner and Brazil have come from 1-5 down to 9-8 up.

It has been hit and it stays hit. Big point, this. First set point,

Brazil. Brazil are halfway to the gold medal. So Brazil get the second

set under way. Down quickly. What a point!

There's some energy about the Italian pair right now. Finds the

mark and they are in front. They are in front for the first time in the

second set. Alison seems to have the bit between his teeth. It is

electric on Copacabana beach. Three match points to Brazil. We are one

point away from bedlam. This is what they wanted! This is what they came

for! Alison and Bruno have delivered gold for Brazil on Copacabana beach

in the men's beach volleyball. They're so happy about this, here in

our host nation. The first men's beach volleyball gold for Brazil in

12 years. Athens was the last time. It was chucking it down here,

ironically speaking, for that celebration. It didn't matter a jot

for everybody. As I was showing you earlier on, the only payer that got,

it because it was so late in the day was the O Dia. They say double gold

for Alison and Bruno and the girls earlier on in the day. Brazil very

happy about things so far on day 14. We're very happy about things in

terms of the progress of Lutalo Muhammad. Let's get his reaction

from that. He came out into the arena with a

huge smile on your face. A perfect start. Yeah, exactly what I wanted.

Rio is a beautiful city. I just want to keep doing. This one down, three

to go. The bronze medal four years ago in London, you want better than

that. I'm only here for gold. I have three matches to accomplish my goal.

It's gold medal or bust. Yeah, yeah. Let's hope it's Gold Medal then and

not bust. He has a lot of work to do. He has a quarter final bout at

7pm. This is the sprint canoeing. We've been enjoying a good morning

there. Liam Heath the fastest through to the semifinals. We're

going to the K4 now. We saw Britain's women struggling a bit.

They're going in their semifinal shortly. It's Liam Heath that we're

concentrating on first. A great deal of encouragement from that

performance earlier on? Yeah, just what we were hoping for. We heard

the interview with John yesterday, his partner, in the K2 and John was

saying how well Liam was going in training and how expectations were

high and how he's absolutely been blitzing it in training. He looked

in fine form this morning. He got off to a good start. So important in

the shortest distance in which they compete here at the Olympic Games.

He managed to win with some ease. He saved a bit at the end. He is in the

first of the semifinals. That's due off at 2. 07, UK time. The first

four in that semifinal will make it through to the medal final, the

other remaining boats head to the B final. But there are a couple of

good competitors alongside him, the German won his heat and he's there

as well. The Spanish as well. Tough competition for Liam. The first four

go through to the semifinal and he's in great form. We talked about that

fact earlier, he hasn't been doing this event for long but he's looked

good so far. It's amazing the work load these paddlers go through to

achieve this standard at the Olympic Games. I was reading an article

saying that Liam weighs 75 kilos and he's doing pull-ups with 90 kilos

worth of weight. That's what he's having to do to achieve the kind of

lateral muscle definition to power the boat. It's astonishing when you

hear the amount of weight that these guys are able to shift. The power

they produce is quite incredible. I have to be honest, from a Lehman's

point of view, when I see a normal human being, that I think I am! When

I see these guys walk past I feel so intimidated. The muscle definition,

as you point out, on their arms, shoulders, down their backs, if you

got a close up of what the muscle definition is like, especially down

from the neck to the lower waist, it is incredible, what they have there.

They're like thoroughbreds really, like race horses. They look amazing.

The physical definition is quite outstanding. The power they produce

over the shortest distance is amazing. But the speed that they

have to show out of the traps early on from the start is so important.

If they get behind, they struggle to make that ground up. They can

sustain it. That's the beauty of it. They can sustain it for a

significant period. Liam Heath has looked fantastic so far. We're

keeping our fingers crossed that he goes through this semifinal. The

first four go through. One of two heats. Liam in lane five. Let's

rejoin Patrick and Helen. Looking forward to this next one. The first

heat of the, or the first semifinal of the K 1 200 metres. Liam Heath

who raced in the third heat has a draw in the first semifinals. He's

had less rest than most of the athletes out there. I don't think

there's any need to worry. He looked very confident. Liam Heath will be

on the nearside as far as the camera is concerned. There is Liam. Every

single paddling event is about the start, middle section and the

finish. You have to be in contention at the start. This, in particular is

maintaining the speed. Yeah, all about the last ten, 15 metres and

who can maintain and keep the momentum on the boat very high.

They're keeping their stroke rate extremely high. We have Rauhe in

lane four of Germany. Heath in five. Craviotto in six. Mark De Jonge, the

current world champion. Will he make it through to the finals. One to

four make it through to the A final. Not a good start from Liam Heath.

He's left behind certainly by Rauhe of Germany and Craviotto of Spain a

better start as well. Now we start to see Liam Heath wind it up, gets

into that forward position. The baseball cap in reverse. I don't

know whether that adds anything to his performance. He is now heading

Rauhe by a couple of inches. It's about the first four going through.

A good lane for the winner certainly. Liam Heath just easing

up, a lunge from Rauhe to get a top spot. Liam would have had a little

scare off the start. He must have been in eighth position out of

eight. He showed what he can do between 50 and 100. Absolutely. He

didn't have the greatest start, but he really picked it up there. Not a

bad time. He certainly will be looking to sort out that start. That

was a quicker time than he did in the eats earlier on. He had to work

very hard for it. He did 34. 327 in the first in the heats this morning.

A good time there from him, certainly without getting that good

start. He had to work extremely hard. Then you saw a push from Rauhe

trying to get up against him again. Then he kicked in and accelerated

again in the last 20 metres out. You don't win Olympic finals with a bad

start. Is that going to just disrupt his confidence a little before

tomorrow? No, I don't think so. What it really showed is actually how

dominant he was. Alongside him Ronald Rauhe and Craviotto.

Craviotto was the one who got gold ahead of him in the K 2 yesterday.

He showed just how dominating he is. Yes, he will be looking for a better

start, of course, he won't want to be under that pressure. But what it

shows is that strength mentally as well as physically that it didn't

bother him. He just got involved in the race and took it all the way to

the finish line. That slow mo showing what strength he has. So

much of the power comes unseen as far as we're concerned. But it's

coming from the abs and the legs that are doing just as much work.

It's the connection between the lower body and the upper body that

Liam Heath has marched through many paddle for year after year. They

never get the feel that these top athletes have got. So the job is

half done. He's got a Silver Medal from the K2 yesterday. And he's now

into the A final of the K1 200 metres, a title Britain took four

years ago. You have to feel sorry for Ed that he didn't even qualify

for the Olympics this time round. We've seen why. Liam heath is the

number one. He certainly is. He's extremely dominant. I remember being

told, coming back from the European Championships, how dominating he

was. That demonstration of 200 metres there shows the dominance

because of the fact he didn't get the good start. I'm not sure what

happened. But he just kept in his game. He just took it out and yeah,

he came under a bit of threat for the first place, then he upped the

rate again. I think the excitement is going to

build over the next 24 hours, as we wait to see whether he can add

another medal and I believe, Liam is now with Rishi.

We watched you through the first heat in the semifinal. The first

heat looked comfortable. How much tougher was the semi? Yeah, the

first heat was very comfortable, controlled. Semi was still

comfortable and controlled. Got a whipping tail wind at the moment,

which is great. But it picks the water up. It makes it choppy. Got to

keep it in control, keep calm and just try to grip the water the best

you can. Get to the finish line basically. We talk about it quite

often, we look at how important the start is on this shortest of

distances, are you guys - is the start so critical for you? If you

miss it a beat, how hard is it to claw that back? You know, races are

won in thousandths of a second. You have to be on the buzzer when the

gate drops. It's more important to have a solid, consistent start to

set the race up. It's not just the start and finish, it's the bit in

the middle where you gain ground and get the fast times. We hope you

recover and you're 100% ready to go tomorrow. We wish you the very best

of luck. Thank you very much. Back to the commentary and to Helen and

Patrick. We're waiting for the second heat of

the K 1 200. This might give us an indication of what Liam will be up

against tomorrow. The winning time from the first semi just over 34

seconds. But with a poor start, you start to think that Liam Heath could

go sub-34 if the conditions stay like this. If he nails the start,

there's a bit of time in it. -- better time in it. There's time for

him in that. If the conditions are the same he could go sub-34.

Beaumont is one man to watch. Australia in six with Stephen Bird.

Rumjancevs in seven from Latvia. There's the Australian. Australia

will be desperate for success here. Australia got the bronze medal in

the K2 1,000 m. Argentina in lane eight. Favourites to watch, Molnar

of Hungary, Rizza in lane four and Beaumont of Francis in five.

-- France in five. Just over 30 seconds of madness. 100% power. But

the precision has got to be there as well.

One missed stroke and that could be the chance of the A final out the

window. Liam Heath safely through. A good

start from Stephen Bird of Australia. A bit too much bouncing

on the boat from ham. Beaumont -- from him. Beaumont looking smooth.

Italy going well with Rizza. He's widening the power now. Beaumont

looking good. The Hungarian is coming through. Sorry no, it's Rizza

from Italy. Now Beaumont from France. He's really coming through.

Ten metres to go and Maxime Beaumont not a totally convincing

performance. Look at the time. We got 33 on the clock. If they've

beaten 34, it's considerably quicker than the first heat. We're waiting

for confirmation of that. The times aren't up, going through the photo

finish procedure, which took an age in the men's K 2 200 yesterday

before we were sure that Britain not only got a medal, but it was the

Silver Medal. 34. 398 the initial time.

chips and Liam Heath winning his semifinal in 34.076. It is a big,

big margin. It is time to get excited and if Liam Heath takes the

gold, he will have a collection of gold, silver and bronze from Olympic

Games. No one has bettered that. I wonder whether he is aware of that,

probably very much so and if he isn't, I am sure his partner John

Schofield will be honoured. That performance in the first semifinal

from Liam Heath, I didn't see any troubles with anyone's starts in the

second semifinal, so you have to say he has got the time in him and it

will be a surprise if he isn't up there and making sure everyone else

is working really hard to beat him. Well, it is so exciting and of

course, with two medals from the canoe slalom and we already had one

medal from the canoe sprint, if they can add another one tomorrow in this

K1 200m, then that equal is the tally from London, but the gold

medal would be that little bit special. And how good is that, that

Great Britain took the 200 title in 2012? They are not there yet, but

looking very good for medal if not the gold. Absolutely, it is

fantastic. They have been a really tight knit group, the three of them,

Schofield, Heath and Ed Mckeever, they work so hard from the outset --

worked so hard from the outset when it was introduced into the programme

and how they have managed to do that, the three of them, with their

coach, is amazing. The first of four going through to the a final and

Australia, with Stephen Bird, confirmed in second position. Italy

in three, Latvia in four, Lithuania in five. Sun Navas Kazakis misses

out, quite a big margin -- Navakauskas misses out. Maxime

Beaumont, three tenths of a second slower than Liam Heath. Conditions

could have been marginally different, that could have been the

factor but it looks encouraging, especially when you consider Liam

Heath was off the start line like a snail, he had a dreadful start and

went into overdrive from 50m onwards. These are the men that have

qualified for the capital letter a -- letter a final.

HAZEL IRVINE: That final will be a roundabout 1:05pm, so more or less

as me come on air on Saturday, we will head straight there. I am

looking at the times, Liam Heath is clearly the man to beat, that 34.06

is the best time in a semifinal, as Patrick and Helen were saying and

when you compare it to the winning time of Ed Mckeever in the final

last time in London, that was 36.2, so they have already smashed the

Olympic record so far, and it shows you, because this is a new event,

only brought in four years ago, it shows you the development and

progress that has been made in this shorter sprint in the last four

years. Liam Heath clearly is the man in form. It is time to go to the

Equestrian Centre, I have been promising you the individual

show-jumping and we have got a two rider and horse commendations, Ben

Maher on Tic Tac and Nick Skelton on Big Star. Big Star was the Big Star

of the London Games and to mark your card, the top 35 got through to the

first round of jumping, the top 20 will go through to the final round

of jumping tonight, so very important moments for Nick Skelton.

The moment of truth for the 58-year-old, who was absolutely key

in Britain's team gold medal four years ago, with the lovely horse Big

Star. Now 13 years old, the owners have been huge supporters to Nick

and the sport show-jumping. Gary used to jump on the county circuit.

Now, is this next 80 or 90 seconds going to bring?

So Nick here just starting off, a huge leap over the water.

Lovely seven strides. Just this last line.

Just the last fence to go, sets him up. He has jumped it, he is inside

the time, what a round from Nick Skelton. Nick Skelton and the

owners, they have given us the first clear round and British hopes may

rise this final day to a medal. That was a brilliant round. And

absolutely masqueraders -- masterly display of riding. He has brought

Big Star here totally fit, totally sound, everything perfect today. And

it is all about management. Nick has waited four years for this round and

he has nailed it. But it is only part of the story, a long way to go.

HAZEL Nick, you kept saying that the horse

had it in him and what a round. Amazing, and finally, at that time,

isn't it? I looked at it last night and thought it was very big and then

I walked in and didn't think it was that big but riding it, it rides

much bigger than it looks. But he has done great, amazing. A lot of

riders still to come, it gives you a leg up to get to the next round. I

think there will be a few clears, to be honest and it depends on what he

builds on the next round but at least I am a third of the way there.

And the water tray is a little bit different on this one. I wasn't

messing with that today. I was a bit close the other day and a bit week

off the ground but I was still steady through it today, but more

positive off the ground. We will speak to you after the next one,

thanks. HAZEL IRVINE: And the good news we

are receiving is that Nick has definitely qualify for the final and

so he and Big Star are through and Ben Maher on Tic Tac, that is very

shortly, so we will see that rather quickly as well, because they are

about to get into the arena. We have a date back at the canoe slalom, we

have seen our Brazilian friends in the sea to go through to the final,

so they can sit back and assess the competition in the semifinals. -- in

the C2. Ukraine and Hungary are the two

Kroos you would expect to take it out. Doesn't make any difference. If

you win already, hungry have decided they can just have an easy stroll

and beat the team from Mozambique. Ukraine pushing a little bit harder

in the initial stages, maybe just want to practice that start, so

important to get that timing, it is the second most critical phase of

the race. It is all about whether you want to take it as practice as a

crew. This section of the race, certainly in the canoe doubles

semifinals, it is very much a trial out, it is not really too much

competition as to who is going to go through. The crew from Mozambique

are significantly behind inability. For the rest of them, it is a bit of

a reseeding process and that depends on how important that to them. They

don't know what they are going to be the conditions, so it is a difficult

one, difficult one to decide. Ukraine have their noses ahead, they

took bronze at the World Championships and are European

champions from 2015, so certainly a crew we will be looking out for

tomorrow. They are big men, so they tend to have a slightly lower stroke

rate than the Brazilians, two smaller men, that is where there is

going to be a great battle tomorrow. And then the Czechs, prospects for

medals? They could be, they are a good boat. Fifth in London and a fat

the World Championships, I think it will depend on how everybody comes

out tomorrow -- fifth at. We will see very different racing, it is

quite hard to compare when you are out here. We saw the two cruise

going through from the heat and they took it out quite hard but still had

the advantage of being able to slow down. You can see them almost sort

of easing up, making sure they feel good together. That is the most

important thing, that they are feeling good, their rhythm and flow

on the water is comfortable and that is a feeling they wanted to take

through with them to the finals. The feeling has to be there. Again, the

man at the back of the boat tending to take the weight, planting his

blade fraction at Leigh before the man in front, who is essentially

setting their rhythm. It is not so bad in the K2 and C2, but in the

cave for, it is a problem because of the man in front gets carried away

with the tempo, the men behind can't keep up with it. -- K for. They are

six feet seven, they cannot turn the blade over like someone who is five

foot 11. That is why it is key to have a plan. They will have a bit of

room to adapt but equally, they do know what they are doing, they can

only adapt so far, they have to have a plan and be able to react but at

the same time, they have to stay in their game plan. You often hear

coaches, Natalie is talking about the length of the stroke. Another

aspect that is crucial is the amount of time the blade is out of the

water because when it is out of the water, you are decelerating, that is

why a high stroke rate is significant. Easy win for Ukraine.

The Czech Republic go through in second place. Hungary are going to

take third and they have been on a Sunday stroll all the way from the

start, because they knew they had the better of Mozambique. So Hungary

get through to the final with the least effort of everyone in that

semifinal and we have one more to come.

So here we see the line-up for the second semifinal of the C2 1000m and

we are looking for times around 3:20. The first semifinal was a bit

of a nonevent because he merit back at the rate of three of the top four

teams go through to the final and with Mozambique involved, Hungary,

Ukraine and Czech Republic knew they had an easy ride. We have five boats

in second century. Poland and Russia, with stock a laugh and --

with Shtokalov and Pervukhin. Marinov at the back, the oldest at

48. And in lane seven, Uzbekistan. Kochnev and mur back -- Mirbekov.

The first three going into the semifinal. From the heat, the two

best crews went through so Brazil are safely in the final, they will

both be in the centre lanes providing the stable conditions, as

they do today. It was Germany qualifying straight through and

Hungary went through in the semifinal. Brazil and Germany are

already safely watching from their... Well, from the stands,

perhaps. Now it is all about who can be the top three boats in this

semifinal. Well, the first strokes are proving

effective for Cuba. Australia losing two metres in the first 30, that is

not a good start for them and they will have to keep that work rake up

to get back on level terms with the leading boat. Good start from

Uzbekistan. The camera angle makes it look like they are screaming

ahead of the rest of the cruise but it is not a bad run. Uzbekistan of

Cuba. On the far side, keep an eye on the black hole of Poland -- the

black hull. Settling into their race on the outside, Uzbekistan, looking

quite fast and working hard to stay in the race. The Australian pairing

not quite able to find the pace they need. This is a tight race. The

first three to go through. Poland at the moment sitting in third. Poland

have Kaminski, he is a bronze-medallist in 2013, and behind

him, Mikel Cutler, built like the proverbial block -- Kudla. Only 18,

has he got enough of experienced race at this level? It is about

using the experience you have got and putting it into play. You can

speak to coaches and get experience but there is a limit, anyone who has

been on the stage before will have more in the bag. Russia trying to

pull back on Cuba. From the aerial shots, you see how the double canoes

weave across the lanes because they are trying to keep the boats as

straight as possible. Through the halfway stage. We're

looking for a time around 3. 5 minutes, maybe a little longer. The

wind has picked up. No lucky losers. That takes some of the luck out.

It's all about finishing in the first three. It is still Poland in

the danger position at the moment, on the near side, we've got

Uzbekistan. The Australians have been left way behind. Finally the

years have caught up with them. Cuba, Russia, one and two. They're

safe at the moment. We may see Poland come back into this one in

lane three. There's a shot of the Poles on the far side. I think it's

between them and Uzbekistan. Up to the 750 mark. 250 to go. Uzbekistan

starting to make a move. Starting to look very good indeed. Poland want

to make it into this A final, they'll have to start making a move

now. They're leaving it quite late, almost a boat length behind. I think

they will have left themselves too much to do. Uzbekistan looking

slower. Their stroke rate going down slightly. We see the Poles, in lane

three, coming back, trying to get in that race. They have a boat length

to go. They have just 100 metres to make up that time. There's no way

that we're going to see Cuba lose this one. They're looking

comfortable. Russia, perhaps, in danger. Poland is gaining on the

Russians. Poland will have to do something very special in the

closing stages. A sprint coming in from Cuba to secure the win here.

It's Uzbekistan on the near side who've looked very good over the

closing 250. They secure second. Russia in third and Poland are out.

They go through to the B final. The leading three go through to the

Olympic A final tomorrow morning. A well paced race from cubament they

didn't -- Cuba. They didn't want to take any risks. They worked hard

over the first 250. They settled nicely then they had something extra

to give in the closing stages. Here come Australia. They will also go

through to the B final. Martin Marinov, once upon a time Mr

Bulgaria. Switched to Australian. Not often you have Mr Universe

coming into the paddling arena. Interesting to see his comment for

being here was he didn't feel that if Australian crews weren't good

enough. We saw the start there. A good shot of the buckets. It looked

as though the Australians tried to get away earlier. They're held up by

the bucket and that's why they lost two metres in the first 20. Yeah, I

mean, it's not going to help. But they were so far back, that you

know, they didn't get the time right that. Shows that they've only been

in a boat, first time they got in a boat together was to qualify to come

here. It takes experience. Experience together. They both have

to be very experienced paddlers, but they have to work together. It's all

about the timing, understanding how you're going to move and having the

calmness in the boats. I wasn't thinking in terms of Australia

qualifying, but I was thinking in terms of what can go wrong and what

might go wrong for some of the British badlers tomorrow -- paddlers

tomorrow. Brazil, Germany the two teams that qualified from the heats

earlier on today, they will be the favourites for the gold and silver

tomorrow. STUDIO: We will bring that to you,

what could be a bumper morning of finals in the canoe sprint. We've

covered more miles than the road cyclists today going back and

forward from Lagoa, to Diya corpso and we're going there again --

Diadoro. It's #40 kilometres from where we are here. The equestrian

centre is the focus of the individual jumping today. We've seen

Nick Skelton go through clear. The clear round is really important,

because the scores from this first round in the individual carry

through to the final round. So not only is it important to get you

through there, but it will count in the medals shake up later on. We've

seen Nick go through. How the medals shake up later on. We've

seen Nick go through. how did Ben Maher fare?

COMMENTATOR: Gold last time for Ben, that was for the team. Now riding

Jayne Clark's 13-year-old Tic Tac. Jayne Clark a tremendous owner for

Ben. He of course, was at the top of the world rankings for a number of

months. He's always got a top, top horse in his stable. Jayne very much

responsible for that. Could Ben Maher equal that clear

round of Nick Skelton's? Brilliantly ridden there by Ben.

This stallion, 13 years old. Quite a new horse. They're looking at the

water. Oh, I thought for a second they were going to flag him in. The

flag stays down. Back rail going into the

combination. Really can't afford another fence.

Well ridden. Could be good enough to get him through into round B.

Nothing to add the time table. Hasn't been riding this horse that

long, but has formed a classy partnership no doubt about that. He

was really unlucky, just clipped the back rail in the combination. Here

we go. Didn't quite get up in the air over that fence. Super cool, Ben

Maher. He's a proper championship rider. He kept it together. We'll

see if that's good enough later on. There's a few competitors to go in

the first round of the jumping. Breaking all known speed limits,

we're back to Lagoa again and it's the semifinals of the women's K4.

The British quartet go in the second of these. There's a final at stake

here. COMMENTATOR: Six crews, 50% of them

heading to the A final tomorrow. Ukraine should be safe. Kazakhstan,

New Zealand will hope they are. Denmark certainly have a chance.

Watch out for the Chinese. If they can stay strong through the finish,

they have a chance. Just 500 metres. Half the distance that the men race

in the K4. Good start from the Chinese. We've seen that time and

time again. Denmark got off to a good start. Next to them in lane

five, New Zealand looking good. Dedicated K4 crew, been training

very hard, all together for this race. The crews on the near side

going better. New Zealand are starting to establish a decent lead.

They're looking very good. Slow stroke rate but it's long, and

effective too. Denmark in the white hull and then Argentina, who have a

chance of going through. Ukraine are starting to get strong on rt far

side of -- on the far side of New Zealand. New Zealand leading.

Denmark second, Ukraine in third. Very tight at the moment between

Denmark and Ukraine. New Zealand crew at the front. Now we can see

Ukraine coming through, just taking the lead from Denmark. Still New

Zealand holding onto the lead here. They're looking comfortable. China

starting to make a move. Kazakhstan getting left behind. Argentina are

now being raced out of it. It's a question of whether China can get

into the top three. They're gaining with every stroke they take. Denmark

are the crew in dangerer. They need to be aware of what's going on on

the far side. New Zealand are safe. You've crane in second at the

moment. Denmark suddenly raise their game, up goes the stroke receipt

from Denmark. I think that has -- stroke rate from Denmark that. Has

done the damage from Chinese who started their charge a bit too

early. New Zealand in one, Ukraine, two and Denmark hang on. But that

will have had the Danish fans sweating, because China looked

fantastic with 100 to go. Yeah, all about being aware do they know China

were coming from the outside. They made the final push. Great

performance from New Zealand. They dominated, took it out very hard,

got the early lead and led it most of the way. Any reason Carrington

doesn't race in the four? This is a dedicated team. They train together.

I mean they've done very well out of Carrington's success because extra

funding has come into the women's group. They've had more training and

more coaching as a dedicated group of K4. It really shows they've spent

a lot of time together. We've discussed, this K4 is all about the

connection. You can have four great paddlers, if they don't connect

together, they won't get the power output they need. From a distance,

Jamie Lovatt looks a bit like Lisa Carrington. I know she's been

misidentified on a number of occasions. So important that they

actually benefit massively from Carrington's fame and her success

over the years. But they look good as a crew. Really I guess the point

you're making is you can throw four superstars in a K4 and it doesn't

necessarily work. Once you have the connection, you have the feel, you

know how you all paddle, you know the stroke rates you can achieve

throughout the race, then you have a team. Yeah, certainly that is the

case. Also, you know, from Carrington's perspective, it might

be something she doesn't want to do. She may want to work and dedicate

her time very much on her single boat. Lock how dominant she is.

Unlike Cosack who seems to be do everything. Sometimes it takes the

dedication to get the boats up and running that fast.

So, just a few moments before the moment of truth for the women's K4

Germany are in this semifinal, as are Poland and Serbia and can da.

It's an incredibly tough semifinal. Great Britain goes in lane six.

Walker at the front, Cawthorn in three, Simon in through Gurski the

power at the back of the boat. They have to get a better start than in

the heat if they want to qualify in the top three. They benefit from

being in the second semi because they have more rest. I suspect

looking at the line-up they would have wanted to be in semifinal

number one. It's a far tougher semifinal here in number two. They

will have to get out. They've got to stay on their game plan. They will

know what the drawing is. They have to be in the top three. It's going

to be tight, extremely tight. You talked about the New Zealand K4

benefitting from Carrington's success. Will the British female

paddlers benefit from the success that the men have had? The whole

squad will. They need to have their own success within their group. This

is their last chance. A semifinal of the Olympic K4 500 m. They have to

get it right off the start. They're in lane six, second from this side,

in the black hulled boat. Rachel Cawthorn, who's already raced in the

K1. Top three essential if they want a place in the A final tomorrow.

Watch the start. That looks better from the British four than they got

in the heats. Still Germany edge ahead after the first ten metres.

The pink boat of Germany once again streaming away down the course.

Germany looking very good. Serbia on the inside of Great Britain in lane

number seven, also looking not too bad. There we have it. The Poles

looking strong. As well as Canada. It's going to be very tight. Great

Britain up there at the moment. Germany leading the way in the

middle of your picture. Serbia have gone well. Great Britain sandwiched

between two teams that are performing well. Poland in lane

four, just on the far side of Germany. Certainly they would expect

to go through in the top three. France and Canada are the two teams

at top. The French are already out of this. Canada certainly aren't.

They're moving into second position now, ahead of Poland. It's still

Germany who lead. Great Britain down in fourth. Remember, only the top

three go through. Serbia starting to drop away after a good start. It's

going to be between Great Britain and Poland for that final qualifying

place. No doubt about it, Germany are going to go through. Now Britain

start to raise their game. This is the first sign of what they can do.

Looking good as they come into the last 100m, it's between Great

Britain and Poland. Germany are secure. A last gasp from the

Canadian team on the far side. They look strong. Nothing between third

and fourth at the moment. Great Britain an advantage of six inches

over the Poles. It's Germany who take the win. And Great Britain are

through. They have an A final position! That was goal number one

today. Now they can start to focus on the A final. That will give them

a massive boost. They may not be in for the Gold Medal, but if they can

do that and if they can race against Poland and race again Canada, who

knows, a bronze medal might be a possibility.

Steyn that is certainly where they would expect to be, a completely

different crew to the ones we saw in the heats. Fantastic performance

from the four of them, it will give them greater strength going into

tomorrow's final. The winners of the second heat, Germany will go through

to the final as favourites. New Zealand might argue, having won the

first semifinal. Great Britain, with Jess Walker and Rachel Cawthorn, who

struggled in the 200 and 500, didn't look good in the heat, we have now

seen something from them and I think they will be excited.

HAZEL IRVINE: And they should become a very strong performance,

especially in the last 100m or so from the women and they are safely

through. They got through to the London final and they were fifth and

with Liam Heath, the fastest qualifier in his event the 200m, and

with Brazilian superstars through to their final as well, straight

through, there is going to be an awful lot to look forward to when we

go back there to Lagoa tomorrow afternoon for the last of the

finals. We have been concentrating on events in the equestrian

programme, the last event in the inquest equestrian programme, the

individual show-jumping. Nick Skelton has gone straight through to

the medal jump of later today, the last 20 going through. Ben Maher,

four penalties for him after one fence down and we will check on some

of the other key competitors. Back we go to Ian and Mike.

The second of the Australians, Topps Alexander. Lindsay a tequila. --

Tops-Alexander. Ranked 14 in the world. There won't be so many who

have ridden so many big jumping horses. She has made some very big

partnerships. She has made fourth in a World Championships, in Aachen.

She had a lovely horse Allsop and this is another class animal. You

are quite correct. Edwina has so many top-class horses to ride. They

are all found by her husband, Jan Tops. He finds some of the best you

will see and a lot of them go to the Qatari riders. This does suit

Edwina's style of riding, a fantastic athlete. Nice active

buzzing way of going that really suits Edwina's riding.

Total athletic ability down the combination.

Just adds up an extra stride, but you can see a little horse with a

massive amount of scope. The horses get a bit stronger at this point of

the course. She is going to have to fight to get some balance.

Third Olympic Games, is it going to be her best. She gives us clear run

number two. 14 Great Britain, big -- Big Star and Nick Skelton and the

next, Australia's Tops-Alexander with Lintea Tequila. Fantastic

round, look at this horse, total athlete, things up into the air,

tries over every single fence, and so neat. So a second clear round for

Australia. The Netherlands, the man who won

Olympic gold individually in Sydney Dubbeldam. But he will have another

thing on his mind, probably before he went to bed last night. There

aren't many people who have held at one time world, European and Olympic

title. He has got two of them, he has got the and the European and he

did this on the very good horse produced in Britain, Zenith, a

12-year-old. Here is another great horse master, this horse has not

looked spectacular this summer until this last week. Hasn't jumped a

clear round every time, but he has certainly shown they are pretty well

on song. Of one thing for sure about Zenith, he is totally brave. He has

got all the scope in the world. He's quite a sharp horse. Sometimes he

can have the odd fence he shouldn't really have, but we have talked

about this man so many times over the years. He is the ultimate

championship, cool, professional rider. He seems to love the pressure

of these occasions more than any other rider out there.

Safely round the course so far and he has got massive scope, you see

there. He has done it. The elite are gathering up, no doubt about it. The

world and European champion puts himself in line for the second round

in the individual. Well, it is no surprise to see Jeroen Dubbledam

coming good. He hasn't jumped that many tears. He has had the odd fence

but when it really mattered there, he produced the goods -- jumped that

many clears. He is always perfect in his striding and balance and rhythm.

Absolutely copybook all the way round.

24-year-old Martin Fuchs with this Valinski grey Clooney. Only 24 years

old, an outstanding young rider, won the Young European title, landed in

the senior ranks and landed in full cry. Got some great results. Looked

like a real potential winner of this year's Aachen Grand Prix but he does

every now and again look for outs, looks for options to down tools and

he did that in the Aachen Grand Prix. Threatened to do it here but

he has got through to this final day. Clooney, Martin Fuchs. To land.

If you watch Clooney go around, sometimes he gets a bit of lockjaw

and decides he might disappear into the opposite direction of where he

might go. He is a phenomenally talented horse. Talking about the

Swiss team, really hard luck. Springer was qualified to jump and

the Swiss had to make a tough decision as to which rider to leave

out. That was a hard call to make. Possibly could say with Romain

Duguet having 12 faults, it was a bad decision, but it has been made.

Just looking as though we weren't going to get too many clears but

they are starting to come now. Is this another one? Takes the forward

stride, needs to balance. Three clear rounds out of the last four.

Clooney, part of the Fuchs dynasty. They have been at the top of Swiss

show-jumping for some time and that makes it three clear rounds.

Fantastic round from Martin Fuchs and the interesting thing, probably

getting one or two more clears at this stage that he wanted, the

course builder. What will he built for the next one? One thing is for

certain, it will be big. It will have to be tough again otherwise we

will have a lot of horses jumping off. Could be excited. The third and

final rider for the Swiss coming up and it is the Olympic gold-medallist

of London Steve Guerra that and the fabulous, quite small, Nino

Dubuisson it. -- Nino des Dubuissonets. He has won a lot of

competitions. Nino has been saved for this. Now 15 years old, one of

the very best in the world and he has a team of horses which has meant

this horse has been saved for this occasion.

Show-jumping evolving now onto an amazing level where you build a

course that looks so difficult and we are getting one or two clear

rounds, more than we might have expected already. You just wonder

whether sport is going already, with the level of difficulty that we have

already got. Brilliantly well bred, horses now are just operating on a

completely different level. This man's father, team manager for the

French. They one team gold. On the end of that team jumping, there must

have been some thoughts within the team family.

So the reigning champion from London. Just want to go. He has

nailed it. They very nearly didn't get through the first inspection.

Nino was held and brought back. Didn't look at their best, one has

to say, but they are in here still and they are looking to retain their

title, clear round number 52 Switzerland. Nino des Dubuissonets

tries his heart out over every fence. A moment of hesitation --

Momen's hesitation coming out of the box, but he knows what to do with

his legs to make sure he doesn't have a fence. So the reigning

champion is through. Canada's Tiffany Foster. Yes, this is Tripple

X, ridden brilliantly to team gold in London but then of course was

sold to Canada and Tiffany has a really good partnership with this

horse. She has been very consistent right through the Olympic Games

rounds. These two really do get on. Tiffany Wright is Tripple X with a

lot of pace, a lot of confidence, allows him to run and jump. In the

jump off for the bronze medal, she was absolutely flying around --

Tiffani rides. The riders and the horses that jumped off for that

bronze medal had had a bit more taken out of them than some of the

other competitors. This is the last before the first

morning break on this individual day.

Getting a lot of height, Tripple X, down the combination.

Really firing it. That was a horrible moment, I thought Tripple X

was going to paddle that oxer. No problems there.

Just that last fence. That was hard luck. Rides for the Erik Lamela is

stadium -- Eric Lamaze. And Eric Lamaze will be the very last of the

35 to come in this last round. I think she will be back but has that

last fence down. We had that horrible moment at friends nine,

Tripple X looked like it was going to bank the oxer and then just

nailed the next oxer perfectly and a horrible last fence. That rustic

rail doesn't really set itself up against the background.

35 started this individual showjumping and we have 17 to go.

We've caught them up. We're about to go live there now to see who can go

through. We've seen that Nick Skelton definitely through on Big

Star. Ben Maher, four penalties, looking good. Back we go to Ian and

Mike for 17 more to go, guys? 23-year-old Lucy Davis, in the

bronze medal team in the worlds when the Americans were right in the mix

that produced that exciting finish. The Dutch won. They really missed

out here. Barron, the horse. A big winner on the Grand Prix circuit in

the United States. A 12-year-old. We've been talking about Cornet

Obolensky as being an outstanding stallion. For Pleasure was another.

Ridden to gold in Sydney. The United States of America then, Lucy Davis.

We've got five clear, one on one time fault and five on four. We're

looking for 20 to the second round of the individual.

That's a strange one. Nice, left five strides up to the third fence.

Just flicked it off with the front legs on the back rail. Oh, and miss

to the water. We haven't seen too many problems at the water that. Was

a dreadful miss there. She got her striding all wrong. Barron didn't

know whether to pick up or what to do, jumped straight in the middle of

it. It's a great shame. He's been jumping brilliantly this week.

Whether she'll continue with the whole course, she's already on the

12 faults as you can see. We're expecting that it's going to be

clears and possibly four faults that will make it to the top 20. America

won that team silver behind the French. They're in high spirits. But

that's a bit a disappointing round for their first of three in this

final for showjumping. Total of 12. They were inside the time allowed of

80 seconds. The time hasn't been a problem.

There's those front legs on that back rail at fence three. Then

coming to the water, on the wrong stride. Nothing that Barron could do

about. It that's a great shame for Lucy. She's had a good week

competing here. It's all gone wrong today.

Spain's Sergio Alvarez Moya. Karl yo, a horse that Nick Skelton won a

team bronze, that was in the European Championship of 2011, down

in Madrid. This man jumped right up the world

rankings, particularly with the form of this horse. This is his star

performer. If you think back, Karlo was a horse that was being

considered by Nick Skelton as one of his two possible Olympic rides. Had

echose Big Star. That was the right decision. -- he chose Big Star. Most

of the horses here between the age of ten and 16. This one is 15.

Getting towards the end of his top international career. One of those

horses with a lot of energy. He really does try. Great combination

these two. Not the biggest horse. He's got a very big heart.

That water jump, though we saw Lucy Davis going in it, it has jumped

quite well today. They've put a different type of filler at the

front of the jump just to get the horses into the air a bit more.

Combination, been jumping pretty well so far.

Look out for the short distance, the four strides to the last fence.

Beautifully ridden. Make it six now for those clear rounds. They'll

carry ound to round B and if you're just joining us, those equal of

round B would go into a jump-off for medals.

Just great to watch Carlo jump. Never stops trying. Always got his

ears pricked. Stretches out over that big oxer there. Look at him

tuck his front legs up. Hot out there. Yes, ice creams and lollies

certainly on today. Sheikh Ali Al Thani, an 11-year-old

horse. Already done two World Championships sheikh Ali. He's 33

years old. Family steeped in the great tradition in the horse world,

great racing family. This, a man that's been predicted to do very

well for Qatar. This horse really caught the eye

during every round so far. What I love about this horse is so

rideable, such a great temperament. At this level, any of the horses

that are a bit unruly, the course is so technical, it does make a

difference. Snvm Short coming out of the combination.

Another one through. Yes, joy in the Qatari camp. We're going to get

quite a lot of clear rounds here. We're already up to seven. The way

this is looking, you might have to go clear just to get in the next

round. I doubt we'll get 20 clears, but you never know. Fantastic clear

round from First Devision. Sheikh Ali Al Thani giving the horse a

lovely ride all the way. Great shots of the horse, getting up in the air,

staying there, finishing the jump off. Everything you want a horse to

do. An absolute feast of jumping we're witnessing here. Very happy

jockey there. Now France. France have had a great

Games, team Gold Medallists and showjumping team Gold Medallists.

They came here with high hopes. They immediately lost Brian, the world

number one, rides for France. This man came in as a substitute. And

what a substitute he's been on this great horse Rahotep de Toscane. His

father rode for France in two Olympic Games. This man has put his

name up in lights. He's a key part of the French Gold Medal. Can he now

push for an individual? Possibly not, just landed short on the water.

That was a shame. Seemed to have the stride absolutely spot on.

He came in as reserve rider, but he's performed really well this

week. Yes, the French rider who's missed out is reportedly not been

100% all week. In the end of the day, it may not have been that

difficult a choice for the team manager.

What a shame, just the water tape. Not sure whether we'll see it again,

but it was very, very close. Just an odd millimetre or two that they

touched that tape. Here's the replay. Just look and yeah, clearly

in, one leg dropping back. Well, the Germans got bronze and

this lady was part of. It Hot favourites to get the gold. It

hasn't happened. Meredith, American born, married Marcus and has been

part of their top sport for many years. This is a horse with such a

big jump. Jump the moon this horse, if any horse

comfort This, the first of the German riders that we've seen. There

are three to come. Can you believe it? Well some drama

here. Whether it's pressure or what's going on. But Meredith

completely got her stride wrong at the first fence.

These riders are under incredible pressure. And Meredith says that's

enough for me. She's retired. When a shame. We were so looking forward to

watching Fibonacci jump. Absolutely heartbroken there. That's an

extraordinary mistake to see at this level of riding. It can happen to

anyone. We all do it. She knows. Interesting because if she could

have buckled down and gone on, she might have got in on a four. That's

a shocking thing to happen. It's a horrible moment. I think for

Meredith there, she felt it was all over in terms of her concentration,

her balance and rhythm. It shows you in showjumping, everything and

anything can happen. It's such a horrible moment. She did really well

to stay on board. Definitely. Crying, crying shame, Fibonacci, so

many fans worldwide. One of the most extraordinary horses to watch

jumping, out of the competition. Hark at the crowd, look at the flags

and you'll know who's coming next. They've had great receptions here.

Pedro Veniss, a man very well known in Europe, riding Quabri de L' isle.

You're tending to think that eight may not get in, particularly if

we've got more clear rounds with the big names still to come with this

reverse Order of Merit. Seven clears. Five on four and there's one

on one time fault as well. That is up to 13 of the 20 that can qualify.

Pedro Veniss for Brazil. Quabri de L'isle, this horse

impressed us with his technique, athletic ability, so far Pedro very

stylish. He's had a tricky stride. Lost his rhythm into the water. Just

a few nervy mistakes creeping in with the riders. They're under

intense pressure. This competition, it's just as much about the rider's

temperament as it is about the horse's jumping ability. Gasps from

the crowd. They love their showjumping this week. Still got one

more Brazilian rider to come. They still have one Brazilian

show-jumper to come. The very experienced de Mirando. It

is another one. That makes seven. I still think the fours will get in.

George Morris, he has been there inspiration this week. The American

trainer at London. The problem is getting into the next round with a

number of clears that we have got and the quality of competitors,

whether four faults will be competitive to get a medal is

another thing. Very fair comment. It is not just about getting into the

next round because they are going to add those two rounds together.

A lot of young people in this stadium today. So good to see. I

wonder how many they will inspire for the future of the support. For

Qatar, with Gunder, it is Al Rumaih Ali.

The has a good individual record, he won silver in the pan Arabic Games

in 2007. Number 24 to go of 35 in this first round of two individual

rounds. Amazing to watch Gunder go around,

he is an enormous horse, ten-year-old gilding. The

interesting thing is Al Rumaihi Ali doesn't really worry about getting

inside the time, but this time is a bit more generous. So it will be

interesting to see whether he can do that today. You can see the power of

this horse over the water. Enormous leap there.

Although it is looking like clear rounds are the only thing that are

going to get you a medal, we have enough clears, you have got to get

inside the time. Every four seconds over the time, you get one time

fault. We have spoken much about the time, but it is 80 seconds and he is

going to be very close to it. We have got the one on one time fault,

that is Alba rucking. -- Alba . It is easy to forget the Saudi

Arabians won the bronze medal in the team in London. It just shows you

how the Arab team have come to the fore in show-jumping. That was a

desperately unlucky fence. Last big vertical. Just caught it in front.

You can see what it means to all of the supporters and the team members.

That was a really hard luck fence to have. But the Qataris have one clear

round so far. Here is one to be reckoned with, Germany's Christian

Ahlmann. He has been the world's no-one and this is his fourth

Olympic Games. Just got one bronze medal to his credit, out in Athens,

but at their best, this partnership could easily be in contention for

one of those three individual medals.

All these riders have very distinctive styles. Christian

Ahlmann with the long rains, very tall man, sits very upright in the

saddle. Taloubet, 16 now and in this heat, is he going to have the jump

that we have always come to expect from him? He is a fantastically

efficient, effective jumping horse. Interesting in the team competition,

the Germans were way out in front and then nonobvious, Christian

Ahlmann included, could jump, but he is looking good here. Christian

Ahlmann cruises through on a horse his late father-in-law was

responsible for breeding. Married to a world-class show-jumper. This is

the round we expect from Taloubet. Big horse, but very, very neat.

Knows whether polls are, tucks his legs up. -- he knows where the Poles

are. Immaculate technique. Totally understand Andy's thoughts

about those four going forward. Eight now are clear and eight on

four and one with one time fault. I think the chances of the eight

jumping again are unlikely. Now France's superstar, with now and

Olympic gold to his credit. Former Olympic champion, it is Kevin Staut

with Reveur de Hurtebise. France did jump quite brilliantly in that final

jump team day to win gold. And this, a man who has huge class and a horse

here that has taken him to the world's no-one on several different

occasions. -- number one. It is all about contrast things styles, after

the upright seat of Ahlmann, very light in his seat. Using a bit too

much pace. That one has gone. We haven't had too many problems with

the style. I think anyone looking to win the gold medal has got to jump

clear in this round, we have got too many of them.

Good round, but one is going to be expected if medals are required.

Total four for the Frenchman Kevin Staut. Down to the last nine now and

one more to come for France and that is Roger Yves Bost. Just another

hard luck story there. Just a bit forward, that big vertical after the

water. United States of America, the first

of the double gold-medallists' effort to make it three, McLain Ward

with Azur. They have looked in good enough form to go all the way. They

played a big part in that team medal, the silver medal, and this is

a man who had the wonderful horse Sapphire, who took into those two

Olympic golds. Plassey rider, very good on the big occasion. One of

those that grows taller when it really matters -- Plassey rider.

McLain Ward, then, and the talented Azur. Definitely before these

championships started here at the Olympics, everyone was tipping this

combination for the gold medal. I want to see horse jump with

extravagant style and incredible and power -- if you want to, keep your

eyes on this one. McLain Ward is a total

perfectionist, the way he sits on his horse. And he has had at fence.

There is another bit of drama for you, one of the big favourites going

out. This is a horse with incredible power, just didn't back up and stay

careful coming out of the combination. It won't matter now,

but was so good against the clock. Show-jumping, famously difficult to

predict and yet again, one of the favourites faltering.

CHEERING . The Americans would want to come

and that is Kent Farrington. He is another one who could well keep the

American flag flying. Just having a few more looks at Azur

jumping. That is a great shame for the American team. They really

thought Azur could come here and win the individual gold medal.

Well, the cheers weren't for McLain Ward, they are for the next in, the

great Albar Doda De Miranda. My man with two bronze medals, in Atlanta

and in Sydney. A big part of the Brazilian team in those days.

Roderigo disappointed to be a reserve rider here, but this man,

could he give the clear round the crowd would love to keep Brazil in

with a chance of an individual medal?

This is a brilliant horse to watch, ten years old, not the typical grey

that we associate with Cornet Obolensky. Immaculate technique,

immaculate style. That has gone. The Brazilians not having the day they

wanted. Just nerves and pressure creeping in here. Some of the big

names having the odd silly fence. The foot faults -- the full suck at

all different fences. But no problems there. -- the faults have

all come at different fences. Pedro Veniss had four and now Doda De

Miranda has had new merit for. Speak -- had four. For any British fans

watching, Nick Skelton got his clear round. Any time one of these

combinations hits a poll, that helps his cause. But we still have a good

number of clears. We have, eight of them. One time fault for the

Argentine mal virus. -- for the Argentine. It is not going to be

more than four. And in comes the last challenge for the Germans in

this first round. Any equality after the first two rounds and we go to

jump off. I think the odds on that happening are very low. A total of

20 riders going through to that second individual round. 35-year-old

Daniel Deusser, riding First Class. This is a man who has already had

some great victories, eighth in the worlds. He has won the cup finals,

he writes for the all conquering stables from Belgium -- he rides. It

is his Olympic debut. Incredibly powerful horse. You can

see there, Daniel Deusser had to sit up. A great technician. Not the

easiest horse to ride, because he is so long. Towards the end of the

course, you'll see a lot of upper body strength from Daniel to try and

hold him together. Throes his back legs up behind him

-- throws. Brilliantly ridden by Daniel Deusser to keep him together.

Germ any already with one clear round from Christian Ahlmann. Is it

going to be two? Yerm any really looking to amend for not getting

gold. They did get the bronze. But they expected gold. Is it going to

be today for the Germans? What an incredible piece of riding from this

top, top professional, Daniel Deusser. A horse with incredible

ability, had a little bit of a tricky moment there, at the double.

Holding his horse together, between hands and legs. Using his upper

body. Germans now with two clear rounds.

We've got six left to jump in round A of the individual. The next jumped

in Germany for many years, Rene Tebbel, here representing Ukraine,

three times national champion in Germany. Couldn't get the

recognition he expected internationally. So he chose to

accept the invitation to ride for the Ukraine. Just the one rider

through for them. This is a horse that really impressed. He's a man

would won the King George trophy at hoik stead.

-- at Hickstead. Certainly plenty of experience. There's

Rene Tebbel knocking up the clear rounds this week with this big,

powerful jumper. He can get quite strong. Tebbel does a great job of

holding him in balance all the way round.

Certainly this course is proving to be perhaps a little bit easier, one

or two more clear rounds than we might have expected. So we're going

to have to ramp it up in the next round to sort out these final

riders, whether we're going to have a jump-off or not remains to be

seen. We've got another clear. Oh, he's over the time, just. The second

one with a time fault. The other one was the Argentinian. The interesting

thing about that one time fault, it could be very, very influential in

final placings. Definitely. With so many clear rounds, that time fault

is so expensive. Really round this track, you'd say unnecessary. That's

a great shame. For Rene Tebbel. He's jumped so well all the way through

this week. I would think he'd be very happy that he'd changed his

country to Ukraine. A man here who made his debut 20

years ago in an Olympic Games. It is the great Bosty, Roger Yves Bost,

European champion in 2013. He's had a lot of changes of horse power,

horses retired and some no longer available for him to ride. But he

still maintains his form. It is Sydney Une Prince that Bosty rides.

Again Roger pulled out all the stops. I think his round was

probably the most crucial round of all for that Gold Medal for France.

It wasn't only the most crucial, it was the most entertaining to watch,

because those of you who have been watching this week and in the past

will know that Bosty as we call him, is a totally unique horseman.

Sometimes he looks untidy, but what he does, he gets his horses to try

so hard for him. He's such a big winner all over the world. The

flying Frenchman, Bosty. Watch him picking his horse up, throws his

body about, but he's clear again through the combination.

Just gets a bit erratic, untidy. He's hanging in.

Come on, Bosty. The last fence. He's done it. France have got another

through. The great Roger Yves Bost. He keeps his chances of an Olympic

individual medal alive. Bosty there, such a lovely guy. The horses jump

for him, try their heart out. He's ridden so many different horses over

the years. They all win for him and jump brilliantly. Look at that shot

over the water tray! Quite extraordinary. A style all of his

own. The task to win medals gets stronger and stronger. There is

Rozzier, a man who started as the reserve rider. But he's been in

this. He had one down. Kevin Stout, he had one down. That is good news

for France with Roger Yves Bost staying clear. Another American

rider who many think could be an Olympic medal winner, could even be

gold. They got through to a jump-off against the clock, there would be a

lot of people's money going on this man, Kent Farrington, 35 years old,

on this horse, Voyeur. They were part of the Silver Medal team for

the worlds. Now what can Kent Farrington do?

I think this day's competition now is all down to the course builder.

He's going to have to do something extraordinary to separate all these

clear rounds in the next round, otherwise we really are going to be

in for some kind a jump-off. Maybe that's what the crowd want to see.

Quite often it is just purely jumping. The way this is looking, we

could be seeing these world class riders galloping flat out over

massive Over massive jumps later today. In

this man gets in a jump-off, he's a flying machine. The horse loves the

big arenas. Those of you who saw the Grand Prix at the royal Windsor

horse show in May will have seen this man win the big Bahrain trophy

for that Grand Prix. It's OK. Easy peesy. Kent Farrington

cruises through to the next round on a clear. We've got 11 clear rounds,

two on the one time fault and it looks as if the four faults, all of

them will go through. That would give us more than 20. Really

effective round there. Just one touch, second to last fence. There

he is, neat as a pin over the last. Three to come. Peder Fredricson for

Sweden, Maikel Van der Vleuten for the Dutch and Eric Lamaze the last

for Canada. They could -- they could all go clear.

Peder first. Sweden got through to the final, eight teams in that final

leg. That on Wednesday. Now can he give Sweden a glimmer of hope of a

medal? Sweden, at the moment, Von Echermann had two down for Sweden.

Peder Fredricson the only other representative for Sweden.

So far, in every round, All In hasn't put a foot wrong. He's

incredibly consistent in his jump. That's the way to jump the water.

All looking good for All In. We'd like to see him in the next round.

So impressive. They are jumping this course for fun. They have a task on

their hands to sort out what are now 12 clear rounds, two on one and four

faults makes 25 in all now that would be four or better. No surprise

to see Peder Fredricson going through. All In has jumped

immaculately every round so far. These clear rounds racking up, it's

quite extraordinary. I think the next round is going to have to be

really, really difficult to try and separate them. Big job for the

course builder. Certainly is. But he has done a massive job here. I've no

doubt that his skills will do the job again. Now the Dutchman. Maikel

Van der Vleuten. They've already got the world an European individual

champion clear with Zenith. Now what can this man, who was jumping off

for the team gold for the Dutch in London, Britain, of course, beat

them. He has an Olympic team silver to his credit and a world gold in

that team in France, in Normandy and the Europeans last year. Very

talented with his super stallion, Verdi.

Verdi has been such a strong, solid member of the Dutch team now for,

well, four or five years. He's one of those horses that goes round the

course, always seems to make it look quite easy. Not the most expansive

jumper. Normally very efficient. Living dangerously. Runs in the yard

with his father, himself an international rider of tremendous

repute. They make a great partnership in producing horses. The

Germans have got as well? -- have got two clear, are

the Dutch going to as well? Doctor B. Not the first time it has

happened -- not to be. Verdi gets his head down and that is a

difficult offence to jump on this particular horse because he got

stronger, ran down that last line. That is why it has built at the end

of the course, when the horse gets a little bit forward and a little bit

strong. And you can see there, very tough for van der Vleuten. His

balance had gone completely. Disappointed for the Dutch because

he didn't look like touching a fence up until that point. It is a little

bit how the Dutch Olympics have gone here. But the man who knows what it

is to win individual Olympic gold, did it with the great horse

Hickstead in Hong Kong Beijing in 2008. He is back again. Erik Lamela

is has been in tremendous form the hit -- Eric Lamaze has been in

tremendous form here and when he has the bit between his teeth, anything

is possible. That is typical Eric Lamaze, riding

with so much pace, a lot of dash. One of those riders that can ride

with pace, you can see the stride from such a long, long way away but

it actually seems to make the horse jump in the a even more. -- in the

air. Terrific skill. You can hear him talking to his horse.

Needs to fight for a bit of balance here. Has he got it? He has. Canada

more than happy enough with that. Eric Lamaze joins the list of

clears. 13 of them. Is it going to be unlucky. One? -- for someone.

Tremendous round, 13 have gone clear in round A, including this man, Eric

Lamaze. So a fascinating position. 13 clear,

two with one time fault. Surely the Olympic individual medals are going

to come from somewhere within those 14 competitors. Make sure you are

with us for the second round. HAZEL IRVINE: 5:30pm roughly for

that second round. Nick Skelton clear and as you heard from Mike,

one of 13 horse and rider is combinations that are clear. Ben

Maher will start on four penalties and it is significant, because it is

the penalties from this first round that are carried forward into the

second, so everything counts from here on in. Great Britain have not

won an individual show-jumping medal since 1972, so hopefully Nick or Ben

can buck the trend in that respect. I bring you news of a diplomatic

incident, there has been rumbling here in Brazil for a few days. You

are probably well aware of the story featuring six time Olympic

gold-medallist Ryan Lochte and his three mates, who allege they were

held up and robbed at gunpoint in a taxi on the way home to the Olympic

Village the other night. CCTV footage has emerged of them at a

petrol station and it appears there has been a little bit bad behaviour,

criminal damage has been alleged and it turns out there has been a of

mendacity perhaps going on and Ryan Lochte has just issued an apology.

It says, "I want to apologise for my behaviour last weekend, but not

being more careful and candid in how I described the events of that early

morning and in my role of taking away the focus from any athletes

fulfilling their dreams of participating in the Olympic Games."

Jimmy Fagan has agreed to pay around ?8,000 to a sporting charity and

having done so, he will now be given his passport back by the authorities

and are allowed to return home to America. The other three are already

there. The American Olympic Association has apologised

unreservedly for their behaviour. It is a long-running saga and the end

is inside. Another long-running saga has been men's 50 K walk. Around 31

miles in old money, as it were, the longest athletics event of the lot

in the Olympics and it has been one bite Slovakia. He overtook Jared tal

of Australia in the closing few moments of that race and all of

Australia had been hoping that Jared would come across the line first.

This is the man who officially won his gold medal four years ago in

London, but he was only given it in a ceremony last month after Russia's

Kiryakin was found with a positive test. Upgraded to gold. And it was

Hirai coming in third. Eamon Dunphy collapsed on the line but we hope he

is OK. We are going to Olympic head kicking and body kicking, otherwise

known as tae kwon do. What a fantastic sport this has proved to

be and I know you are really enjoying it. Jade Jones has

significantly achieved a wonderful ambition of coming -- becoming a

two-time Olympic champion, last night and we have seen Lutalo

Mohammad go through to the quarterfinals but the intriguing

part about this men's 80 kilograms category is that it also contains

Aaron Cook. The Dorchester born fighter was the world 11 going into

the 2012 Games four years ago but was overlooked it by Lutalo Mohammad

and said he felt cheated and robbed and soon after those Olympics, he

accepted an invitation to become a Moldovan athlete and he is here

representing them. A lot of frustration boiling up, you sense,

for his first round today and he was fighting Wel-Ting Liu Chinese

Taipei. -- of Chinese Taipei. Aaron Cook with something to prove

here. He said he wants to progress through this round. Very quick on

his feet. Footwork is fantastic, moving forwards and backwards. Goes

for the power punch, doesn't land it.

Kicks to the head are what the fighters are looking for. They are

going to score three points. To the body, just a single point.

Using that push kick just to gauge distance.

Both counteract each other there. He is rangy, and that can prove

damaging, Wel-Ting Liu. No mug, quarterfinals of the World

Championships issue. Asian championships silver and

bronze-medallists as well. One of the coaches getting involved. Some

movements that quite often can be a score doesn't happen on this

occasion. It is a match judge that has pushed the button. They will

talk to the mat judges and if two of them have seen something, it will be

awarded. Did you see anything? The power punch to the body was

significant, but didn't register. Aaron Cook came in, close range,

power punch to the body. Yes, there is your one point. Aaron Cook is on

the scoreboard. That must have been some powerful punch because it has

been very difficult to score with punches to the body throughout this

Olympic tournament. Into day three of Olympic tae kwon do action in Rio

2016, he has watched all of that, but Aaron Cook is able to get

through, that is the sort of quality athlete we are talking about. There

is no athlete may be in Rio that carries the same motivation that

Aaron Cook does to succeed. He took his training away from the National

setup. Another body shot. Wel-Ting Liu gets inside Cook and we are all

square heading towards the end of the first round. Knocks him to the

ground and there will be a warning against Cook and Moldova, which

won't lead to anything before the bell. They sit down all tied up and

he didn't necessarily see that coming, a great body shot from

Wel-Ting Liu and we have a game on our hands here. That is right, Cook

has just conceded going into this break. Another one of those and he

will concede a point. You can see here from the overhead shot the

distance between the two fighters. Gets his head round quick. Aaron

Cook looking for the spinning kick to the body, doesn't quite come off.

There is the first to the chest. You are saying about his training. He

does his training with a guy called Nick Clegg, the father of Mark and

Sean, two format International weightlifters and I believe that

other brother played for Manchester United for a period of time. They

are giving quality strength and conditioning advice for Aaron Cook

who does look very strong against a competitor five inches taller.

Nothing in this. Aaron Cook, number two in the world for Moldova, not

his native Great Britain, against Wel-Ting Liu of Chinese Taipei,

number 15 in the world coming in. Almost got the last spot, the very

last spot available. He earned it and he is holding its own.

Footwork from Aaron Cook really good. Just moving far enough away so

he could make contact and then coming straight back in. The scores

remain at one apiece. Cracking head shot, nearly took the

head guard off Aaron Cook. Three points. That shook Aaron Cook up big

time, the headset nearly did disappear and it really shook him

up. This is not 40 plan. He didn't want to be in this position. He

would have backed himself to be aggressive and get score in early,

but it is the opposite. Far too far from the finish for Liu to consider

defending this but why would he. He has landed more blows than his

opponent, using his extra reach and his rangy style. Cook goes with the

spinning work to the body to try and get more points. The atmosphere is

amazing inside the arena. Everybody is well aware of the back story to

Aaron Cook and how long he has waited to do this. He will have a

minute to wait in a moment before the third round begins. Goodness

knows what is going through his mind. So how about that? Chinese

Taipei with the lead 4-1 at the second sit down. Liu going into the

third round not with a nice advantage, not put too much of a

cushion. Definitely in striking distance for Aaron Cook but Aaron is

now under pressure. He is going to need to come out and show us what he

is made of in this third and final round. He has got to show us what he

is made up, pick up some points. The attempt at the chop kick the bear.

-- there. Can't quite hear the words from the

coach but the look on the face on Aaron Cook says this is desperation

stakes. This is an interesting -- as interesting moment we have had on

the mat since the rounds and later stages of qualification. Aaron Cook

of Moldova with some work to do against Wel-Ting Liu of Chinese

Taipei. Both fighters very dynamic in their

movements. Coming in with intent. Power punch from Aaron Cook, doesn't

score again. That one score on the board is from

a punch not a kick. He hasn't made any contact. Tries up high, happy

with the body. Collects nothing. Goes to ground. With that a penalty

goes again Cook. The lead becomes four now to Liu. High drama here.

Again, goes with the fist. This time does score. But he's going to need a

lot of those in a minute-and-a-half. Back kick attempt to the body,

doesn't come off. Nice covering from Liu. Multiple kicks coming in now.

Those turning kicks not quite making contact. Giving away 13 centimetres

and having a great effect here. He can't get near his man, who's

standing in the middle of the mat and defending well. Happy to give

away the penalty to score. The penalty is there, but the score is

not. 6-2 inside the last minute. Chinese Taipei against Moldova here.

Aaron Cook formerly of Great Britain, a man who was number one in

the world at 19 years of age. He's been waiting for his opportunity.

He's in all sorts of trouble here. Liu again upstairs. Wonderful

manoeuvre that. Takes Cook to the head. Now 11-2. We get a review. The

Moldovan coach has come in perhaps on Aaron's say so to review what,

I'm not sure. He's claiming it wasn't a kick to the face. You've

got to challenge it I guess. We're running out of time. Not only did he

get three points for the kick to the head, but one point as well. Aaron

Cook in real trouble right now. No time at all for the review to be

knocked back. 11-2. He's only made scoring contact with his opponent

with the power punches to the body. Spinning and trying to claim points

now. The card's gone. He can't use it as he put the hand up. Thought he

made contact, didn't. Cook spinning, spinning, has to go high quality. He

has to get high scores. He hasn't been able to get near his man.

Cook's helmet has come off. It's got to be all over. Inside the third

round. The 12-point margin is enough. You're looking at it. 14-2.

A massive upset on the taekwondo mat, congratulations to Wei-Ting Liu

of Chinese Taipei, the it 1-year-old has -- 21-year-old has beaten the

number two in the world, Aaron Cook, the former world number one, the man

who had so much motivation here. He changed nations to get on the mat

and he wanted gold and nothing less. Well, unless Liu continues through,

Aaron Cook's Olympic Games are over right.

There -- right there. You don't need me to say, that

wasn't the result you wanted today. What went wrong? It's heart

breaking, absolutely heart breaking. Obviously, I'm really happy that I'm

here and I got the opportunity to fight. But oh, my God. I just went

down too early with the head shot. I knew he was bigger that. Was the

game plan to move away and keep it tight and steal underneath. A couple

of shots didn't go my way in the first little bit. He got ahead. I

had to chase. I just got caught every time I was trying to spin.

Gutted. We know from what you went through in the build up to London

2012 how difficult that was time as the emotions you've been through.

How much of that was on your mind coming out here today, eight years

since your last Olympics? Not too much. I was really excited when I

was in the back, I was relaxed. I was warming up good. I felt really

good this morning. Oh, why did I have a day like that at the

Olympics? Yeah, just soul destroying. Got to pick myself up

and I'll keep trying. Yeah, keep trying. Obviously, you've switched

over and competing for Moldova at these Games, for those that don't

know the story, how has that come about and what has it been like

since switching from GB. Obviously the disappointment from London, I

was number one in the world an I didn't get the opportunity to fight

in London. Didn't see a pathway with GB and Moldova gave me this amazing