Day 15 BBC Two: 17.30-17.50 Olympics

Hello again, there has already been a gold for GB on this penultimate

day of the Rio Olympics, Liam Heath taking it in sprint canoeing in

Lagoa, and also there has been a bronze, Vicky Holland, in the

triathlon, the women's triathlon, to go with the gold and silver won by

the Brownlee brothers in the men's event. That takes the GB medal tally

to 62 and counting. There were hopes that Tom Daley may add to that

total, and indeed his own tally, with a second medal of the Games the

bronze in synchro diving earlier, but as you may have seen on the

other side just a few moments ago, he has failed to get through to the

finals. He was one of the main contenders in the medals, but it was

a particularly bad day at the office. We can get his reaction with

Helen Skelton. OK. Commiserations, we can see what it means to you,

great day yesterday, not today, what happened? I mean, I have worked so

hard these past four years to get to this point today, and yesterday I

got an Olympic record, the highest score in an Olympic Games, and today

it was not meant to be, and that is what diving does sometimes. I truly

am heartbroken, because I really do feel like I am in peak physical

condition and I could really go out and could have won tonight, and it

is really hard to accept, like, Howard was today. Some would argue

this is the most stressful sport, the most high pressure, add do that

your profile and the expectation, what is going through your mind on

the board? When I am up on the board, I am enjoying each moment as

I get to do it, but today things were not clicking, I was giving it

my all, so up for it. Training was good, in the competition it just

fell apart, those other guys today did absolutely amazing, and I am so

happy with the way that Team GB have done in these Olympic Games, it

makes me so proud to be part of Team GB, however the one else has done so

amazingly well, and I just wanted to be able to stand on the podium and

replicate last night. But it was not meant to be. Another four years of

hard work to try again next time! Anything different today? It didn't

feel any different, I felt good in myself, I guess my mind and body

were not connecting. Like I knew that I had a shot on the last time I

really went at it, I needed 102, I was working out, which was basically

9.5 and 10.0, and I gave it my all. It just didn't happen today. But it

did happen last week, you already have one medal, so not a write by

any stretch of the imagination! Pretty successful. You know what? I

am really happy, after 2012I came away with a bronze medal, and I got

the bronze medal in synchro with Dan, and I really wanted to get that

Olympic gold medal this time around. Always another four years. Tokyo is

definitely in your sights. Oh, yeah, even more than ever now. You have

done so much for the profile of the sport, I can see why you are upset,

but there is no reason to be too heartbroken. Thank you, it is just

heartbreaking, because it is the Olympic Games, those five rings mean

so much to me. Just to not be in the final to get the shot to go for the

medal is heartbreaking. It is a good story for Tokyo, yeah?! You know

films! Exactly, I am going to give it my best shot, work even harder

than ever before. He is amazing, isn't he? You forget

that he was only 14 years of age when he was the youngest member of

Team GB in Beijing's Games in 2008, he will be 26 in Tokyo, great to

hear him vowing that he will go on, he has been one of the most supreme

athletes in the team for many years, and we wish him well. It did not

work out for him today, it worked out for Gwen Jorgenson of America in

the women's triathlon, and this is her moment, and indeed the moment of

the others on the podium, Nicola Spirig, and Vicky Holland, this is

their moment in the medal ceremony. Vicky Holland!

Vicky Holland, Olympic bronze medal, the British team have won half the

triathlon medals this week in Rio de Janeiro, gold and silver in the

men's, bronze in the women's. The sprint finish between Vicky Holland

and her best friend, Non Stanford, it went Holland's weighed today.

Silver medallist, representing Switzerland... Nicola Spirig! Nicola

Spirig steps up to collect her silver medal to add to the gold she

won in London four years ago. Switzerland's fourth Olympic

triathlon medals since the sport was introduced to the programme in

Sydney 2000, a fabulous record. Gold and silver for Nicola Spirig in

successive years. Gold medallist and Olympic champion, representing the

United States of America... Gwen Jorgensen! Gwen Jorgensen is

the Olympic triathlon champion, and it is richly deserved, she has been

the dominant force in the sport for the last four years. Since a

disappointing attempt in Hyde Park 2012, she has been the one to beat,

and so it proved again today. She had the necessary running ability to

get away from Nicola Spirig. She has won the United States their 39th

gold medal of the games. The Olympic champion, Gwen, what is

the overriding emotion? I wish it was my coach on the podium, I cannot

thank him enough. You have had this big target on your back? You said

you didn't, but you know you have. It is better to have that than

trying to scramble at the last moment, I knew that if I could keep

doing what I had been doing, hopefully it would all work out, and

it did. Was it the perfect race? It was a fun race for sure, Nicola was

playing a few games, hopefully it was exciting for the fans as well.

She said to you, I have got a medal but you haven't, is that right?! She

did, and that is totally valid! Now you have as well. She has two, she

is still beating the! You were at the front on the bike, all of the

talk was trying to break you on the bike and the swim, but you were

right there all the way through. You know, I knew that people were going

to try to break away from me, so I knew I had to be upfront in case

there was a move that went, I needed to be there, because I knew that

they would get time and I did not want to be in that situation. You

were too good today, congratulations. Thank you. Gwen

Jorgensen, the Olympic champion. Annie, a simply stunning

performance. It was absolutely perfect, the interesting bit was on

the run, to know what she did or did not have, but at the end of the Gwen

Jorgensen just proved what an incredible athlete she is, how she

is dominating the sport right now. You note Nicola well, you were

coached by her coach, is it a surprise, that ball is a kind of,

hey, I have got a medal, you haven't? That is exactly her, hard

as nails, very bright, good at playing games, she is saying, if my

engine is not as big as yours, I will see if I can take you out

mentally. She was not able to do that, but fair play to Nicola, her

fourth Olympics, 34 years of age and a mother, that is pretty incredible,

isn't it? Would she have been frustrated that somebody did not go

with her on the bike, maybe Flora Duffy, Non or Vicky? I think it

would have been very frustrating, in any other race they would have been

able to work together, but Debbie did not have the legs today, and

that sometimes happens, it is so tough. Let's talk about our mixed

emotions as a final thought, we are celebrating for Vicky Holland, that

hearts are heavy fall Non Stanford. They are, but she is 28, she has got

another Olympics in her. Thanks very much, gold, silver and bronze in the

triathlon, and it was heartbreaking that Non could not... That they

could not both get a medal? It is such a shame, and they were running

Spirig down as well, but they ran out of road, only one medal for

them. As she said, they can share it on their mantelpiece. Gwen Jorgensen

was stunning, none were one in the world, bronze medal for Vicky

Holland. Back to you, Hazel. We are building up to the boxing

finals at six o'clock, Nicola Adams going out to defend her flyweight

title at six o'clock, and she is trying to win back-to-back gold, she

made history in London as the first woman to win a boxing title. She did

her own version of the Ali shuffle, but the greatest of all, Muhammad

Ali, was the owner of that particular move, sad to think these

are the first game since the passing of the great Muhammad Ali in June.

He was the greatest boxer, but he was so much more than that.

An 18-year-old light heavyweight at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. MUSIC:

The Star-Spangled Banner Afraid of flying, with the same name

as his father, who in turn was named after a Kentucky plantation owner

who fought for the abolition of slavery at the time of the American

civil war. Casillas -- Cassius Clay, he came

home ready to turn pro, changes slave name, and as Muhammad Ali

ready to change the world or at least go to to to with white

America. I am the real champion, there will never be one like me! The

nation of Islam, radical Islam, feared then as now, but his simple

boasts, then as now, inspired through defiance. I am the greatest!

But because he boxed like no other, a feather light heavyweight, the

world who fought against love Tim too. -- loved him too. He refused to

go to war in Vietnam, but when he fought, he was a beautiful man,

exposed to extreme danger, adored every step, every Ali shuffle. The

greatest heavyweight on two feet today... The teenager of 1960 turned

all too fast into the Muhammad Ali that fought on to far. But when the

feet danced and when the header saw through the fog of the fight game

with absolute clarity, he soared. When the teenager returned from Rome

you try to dine in a segregated restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky.

He was turned away. We don't serve black people. I don't eat them

either! The gold medal, it was lost, and he cared not, at least not for

36 years until the day before drink champ was given a new chance...

The greatest ever, and we are joined by grid and's greatest paddler ever,

Liam Heath, gold won 200 in the kayak sprint this morning, many

congratulations, how does it sound, Great Britain's finest paddler? It

sounds very strange, I have looked up to the guys in our sport from a

very young age, training with them as a kid, I am honoured to be

counted amongst them. It is extraordinary. Even sitting there in

2004 with a bronze medal, I interviewed him back then, and all

these years later it you have seen guys like Dr Tim, yourself, Ed

McKeever coming through. Who was it for you, looking back, that really

did it for you? Who was the man he wanted to be like? Thinking back, it

was probably watching Tim's gold down the 1000 metres, a bit further

than I paddle, I would have to say that. This afternoon, in this race,

this morning it was, the afternoon at home, how confident were you? The

fastest qualifier, but this single event is not something you have

competed in a huge amount in the build-up. No, me and Johnny came

into this Games in the form of our life, every time we got into the

boat, it just felt perfect, so kind of an inkling of how you are going

to be able to do in the race. My K1 sees this year has been pretty good,

so I was quietly confident, but you have to put your best race at there.

-- season. How confident were you on the start line? I would say quietly

confident. I like your style! In the commentary, they were saying that it

was a modest start by your standards. Yeah, the conditions were

quite challenging, quite a brisk headwind that we had to power into,

I was looking for a clean start out of the gates just to set up the rest

of the race, doing about 86-90 strokes down the entire race, you

know it is going to be longer because of the wind in your face.

But you have just got to power through to the line. Just in front

of you, you take it on the line, and it is the strength in the final part

of this, because it is a short race, 200 metres, but is that your

strength? Yeah, this year definitely, both in K2 and K1, it is

the end of the race that has been one of our strongest parts, that is

something we have been looking at from previous performances, but

really strong. You have just had a look at this, how do you assess your

form, then?! It wasn't too bad. I don't really look back on my races,

the footage just makes me nervous. I kind of take away the feeling, the

way I was paddling, more than the visual itself. Did you know that you

had it on the line? I had an inkling, but it is such a fast race,

so tightly packed on a line that you are never too sure. I had an

inkling. One last question, you were pulling pints and mixing cocktails.

If you could make everybody a celebratory drink, what would it be?

I like my he mojitos, but we are in Brazil! Will we see you in Tokyo? I

will think about it! It has been wonderful to watch you, thank you

for coming in. This is my last shift in the studio, thank you very much

for allowing me and our little team who have been up at the crack of

dawn at Copacabana to see the sun come up, it has been the most

amazing privilege to share the successes of the men and women like

Liam and the rest of the British very much for your company over the

last two weeks, I will see you at the closing ceremony. From the under

team, it is goodbye. -- me and the team.

The rugby league giants from Hull FC and Warrington

go head-to-head at Wembley in the Challenge Cup final.