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setback for Sweden. 57, and at the moment that puts New Zealand ahead | :00:01. | :00:11. | |
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of Sweden, with two more riders to come for them. Great Britain have | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
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three more riders, and here is the first of them. She will know what | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
that is all about. She rode in Montreal for Great Britain, and I | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
bet she has butterflies as any mother would have. On this lovely | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :00:49. | :02:20. | |
horse, High Kingdom. 46.1, it is a a time fault. Just staying ahead of | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
the New Zealanders, and of course Sweden. There is the discussion, | :02:30. | :02:38. | |
but it is game on. Of course it gives the leaders Germany a little | :02:38. | :02:47. | |
more breathing space. She kept her cool because that one ferns was | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
very early, Ian. She was undecided on whether to go between the six or | :02:54. | :03:03. | |
the seven, and really no decision was made. 53.1. She was in 10th | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
place individually. She drops down the individuals, and so now it is | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
Germany. The 25 year-old was a show jumper before she turned her | :03:15. | :03:25. | |
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attentions to eventing. Sandra Auffarth, certainly one of the | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
young riders that people are talking about in very good terms | :03:30. | :03:40. | |
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for the future. Yesterday she had four time penalties, lying in | :03:42. | :03:49. | |
eighth place individually. For Germany, this is a round which will | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
count. Great Britain have given them a little bit of breathing | :03:53. | :04:03. | |
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done a lot of show jumping in the past. Went very high, didn't quite | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
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go forward over that. Germany, the reigning Olympic champions. They | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
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to make sure she was ahead of the time. They have got to achieve the | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
speed of 375 metres per minute to cover this ground in the time I'll, | :04:49. | :04:59. | |
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83 seconds. -- in the time allowed. Germany's advantage has increased, | :05:06. | :05:14. | |
and they will have their fingers on the gold medal now. What a good | :05:14. | :05:24. | |
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round, another inside the time. that was a very classy round, it | :05:29. | :05:37. | |
was very easy for the horse and Sandra. Never a moment of panic or | :05:37. | :05:47. | |
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hurrying. Celebrations to come. Cool as a cucumber. The big crowd | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
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What a gripping time at Greenwich Park. Great Britain's team work in | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
silver medal position going into this, but we have seen three | :06:10. | :06:18. | |
British riders going out and only one of them had a clear round in | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
the jumping. Everyone in turn will go out and it is a question of the | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
scores at the end of that. A good moment for you to join me in the | :06:28. | :06:35. | |
studio, Matt Baker. A sharp intake of breath every time Zara Phillips | :06:35. | :06:41. | |
went over one of the jumps. I do a little bit of showjumping myself, | :06:41. | :06:49. | |
and the key is to get the stride patterns. A man of hidden talents. | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
A little bit of show jumping, and gymnastics on the your belt. It has | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
been exciting at the gymnastics. Last night I could not sleep. At 3 | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
o'clock this morning, I was looking at the clock thinking we have such | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
a busy day today because the women go today. It was unprecedented as | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
far as British gymnastics goes. The atmosphere in that place, and just | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
to see them getting their medals. Max would lock there, and Kristian | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
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Thomas - his composure! -- Max Whitlock. | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
Zara Phillips is just arriving here. You came into the arena with a big | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
smile on your face but you knocked the poll down. How did you feel | :07:46. | :07:56. | |
I had to get on with it. I think Nicola had the same fence down, I | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
wish they hadn't told me. Unfortunately that happens. After | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
that he jumped fantastic, he had such an awesome round yesterday. He | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
lost both front shoes, he is not completely feeling himself this | :08:09. | :08:17. | |
morning. I am just disappointed for the team. I'm really chuffed to | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
bits with him. For I know it is disappointing when you not quondam, | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
you put yourself back a little bit, but overall, the team are in quite | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
a good position for a medal. Yet, but you want to make your team in | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
the best position. Hopefully Mary and Tina can have good grounds and | :08:39. | :08:48. | |
we will see what happens. -- What is it like that -- walking | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
into this arena on a horse you spend so much time preparing, in | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
front of some very important members of your family. The whole | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
week has been an amazing experience. He is an inexperienced horse and he | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
has coped with it really well. The crowd have been unreal. I am glad, | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
after losing two shoes yesterday, he has come out and jumped. He | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
would have been all right if his mother wasn't on him! You shouldn't | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
say that! You have kept very cool. There is a lot of pressure on you | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
in particular, everyone knows the situation. It always looks as | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
though you have got things under control, what is going on... After | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
the second fence! When you build up a partnership with your horse, and | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
you know that everything you have trained for, this is what you have | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
trained for, it is always much better when you are on board. | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
not all over yet. Still four riders to come, keep your fingers crossed. | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
I will keep them crossed. Hopefully Mary and team that will be all | :09:56. | :10:06. | |
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seen, there are large penalty deductions. Who knows? We are so | :10:19. | :10:28. | |
Great Britain are lying in second going into the final day of this | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
eventing. We're all hoping that this could be the first gold medal | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
of the Games for the team in just 40 years. Is it a step too far? | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
Time will tell. We will be back at Greenwich in a moment. We will show | :10:43. | :10:53. | |
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This is the final day of them the David Florence wanted to be an | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
astronaut, he will be launching shortly. | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
And as we saw from the men, this is a golden era for British gymnastics, | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
it is the women's turn. I don't think I can have another | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
competition like last night. And swimming's original fly boy, | :11:24. | :11:33. | |
Michael Phelps goes in his signature event. The 200m five. | :11:33. | :11:41. | |
What is in store over the next few moments down at Greenwich? What we | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
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can now join our commentators for getting warmer, the clouds are | :11:56. | :12:04. | |
higher and you can see on this Tuesday lunchtime, the crowd in a | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
festive spirit, hoping upon hope that Britain can take a medal away. | :12:09. | :12:17. | |
Having said that, it is a real international crowd. The | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
restaurants and dare I say parts -- Baa-Baas have been absolutely full | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
all the way around. -- the restaurants and bars. He how do you | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
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know about the bars? I walk past camera team here. A large number of | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
cameras. We are seeing so many angles. The history there, behind | :12:49. | :12:58. | |
us, of the Naval College, and what a backdrop. Beyond that, the City, | :12:58. | :13:08. | |
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full. They are. I think the designer will be pretty happy with | :13:19. | :13:28. | |
his course, to have that number of double clears, four in all, proved | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
it is capable of being jumped. Let's look around the course again, | :13:33. | :13:39. | |
just give us the background. start over and oxer, a long six | :13:39. | :13:45. | |
strides to the planks, the post box has caused a lot of bottoms, turn | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
back to oxer, the gate, another oxer and a complete 360 degrees | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
over the vertical, and seven strides to a one stride double, and | :13:57. | :14:04. | |
then around, or a very wide oxer, and a big circle around to a bright | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
blank and back to this final line of a triple bar -- and upright | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
planks. Back to the combination of the Stonehenge fences and another | :14:15. | :14:22. | |
ending line to the final fence. It is incredibly twisty but that does | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
help to the horses, especially after the cross country, it lets | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
the riders keep them together, long, flat open stretches are more | :14:31. | :14:37. | |
difficult than the twists and turns for the horses at this stage. | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
design of the fences, absolutely beautiful. Irresponsibility of Bob | :14:42. | :14:49. | |
Ellis. He has quite a big team around him -- the responsibility of. | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
They are all course designers on the British show jumping circuit. | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
Kelvin Bywater has been as much involved as anybody. There has been | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
a team who have built defences, some in this country, have done a | :15:05. | :15:14. | |
great Jock -- who have built the fences. They have done a great job. | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
It is the first of two representatives from the team that | :15:18. | :15:28. | |
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started out for Japan. It is Tanaka, Japan were in 6th place after the | :15:28. | :15:32. | |
dressage. People were thrilled with what they saw from the Japanese | :15:32. | :15:42. | |
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only jumping for individual honours. Marquee that Laker comes on in a | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
score of 115 and is currently lying in 15th place. Japan, to all | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
intents and purposes, out of the team competition, although they | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
have a score, 1,000 for each of those riders that fell, on top of | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
their other penalties. It doesn't sound great that they have only got | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
two rider still in, but they have equipped themselves incredibly well | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
over this competition and they have looked very professional. The | :16:33. | :16:40. | |
hugely unlucky to have had lost the riders they have. I think they have | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
an incredible team for the future, not just of riders but of lovely | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
horses. I agree. I think everybody has got to try to persuade the | :16:51. | :16:53. | |
Japanese Federation and the team officials what a great job they | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
have done. They go on improving and they will be serious contenders | :16:58. | :17:08. | |
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with what they have shown here. in stature. Went down to Portugal | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
early to in the season to get those early qualifications. And has just | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
got better and better. Got a lovely feel. This has been a tremendous | :17:25. | :17:34. | |
performance, inside the time. And just the one fence down. Again | :17:34. | :17:43. | |
showing... Sato went so well in the dressage but he sadly had a tumble | :17:43. | :17:53. | |
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yesterday. This young man, Tanaka, probably one of the sharpest | :17:54. | :18:04. | |
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coming down the most, second, and also the planks after the gates, | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
they are both of related distances. So often these are the ones that | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
cause the problems, because the horses tend to jump the lines in | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
the stride pattern they have been given. They can often get flat on | :18:36. | :18:46. | |
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this final day after the cross country. We are with Tim Lips he a | :18:49. | :18:59. | |
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the second fence. It is a short, bouncy horse. One a way there, I | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
wasn't expecting that. He did come around the corner and not on a | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
great stride and had to do some fiddling to get it right. The horse | :19:38. | :19:48. | |
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Tim at the end. That is a little bit unexpected. It is a total of 13, | :20:09. | :20:19. | |
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into the picture. They have not really supported eventing that | :20:34. | :20:41. | |
strongly, despite having a really good event in the Netherlands. | :20:41. | :20:51. | |
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Belgium, now. Virginie Caulier, she was held this morning. There were | :20:52. | :21:00. | |
no horses that were held, and then reinspect it, that were eventually | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
turned down, they all got through. This was one of them. Currently | :21:04. | :21:12. | |
33rd, 69.5. She was held for quite a long time. The horse, to be fair, | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
didn't look as though there was a problem. He certainly looks quite | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
happy jumping today. The vet and the ground jury have to be very | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
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overnight. Two riders did not show the final horse inspection, said | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :21:58. | :23:23. | |
sure she's going to get a time their team. They are currently | :23:23. | :23:33. | |
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Another one to add a stride in there but he hit it fairly hard and | :23:45. | :23:55. | |
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there. He is obviously not trusting the horse to keep coming to the | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
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the sharpest with his front legs. Quite often the course's body goes | :24:16. | :24:26. | |
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up higher but the legs are rather let's his legs hang, then jumps | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :24:41. | :25:29. | |
He will get some time faults. completed the Olympics, I think. -- | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
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Marcelo Tosi just happy to have round but had 20 time faults | :25:49. | :25:59. | |
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yesterday. At the moment in 35th two pieces. Shop in the front and | :26:31. | :26:41. | |
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the back end shop, but no real flow. -- sharp. He tucks his legs away | :26:42. | :26:52. | |
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Just inside the time, too. Another double clear round. We have had | :27:29. | :27:39. | |
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five of them now. Lionel Guyon it stays on a 70.9. A little bit of | :27:40. | :27:45. | |
salvation for France in what has been a disappointing Olympics for | :27:45. | :27:51. | |
their manager. He got very defensive on that last fence. He | :27:51. | :28:01. | |
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way he tucked them up. Congratulations from Lauren. I hate | :28:16. | :28:26. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :28:26. | :29:13. | |
dump the fences on his own if he got the chance. -- jump the fences. | :29:13. | :29:23. | |
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He is putting every effort into round of his life! Another clear | :29:47. | :29:55. | |
round, this time for Ireland. The Irish have been out of the top | :29:55. | :29:58. | |
flight of world are venting in recent years, but they are coming | :29:58. | :30:08. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :30:08. | :30:59. | |
right back at the very top. He has won gold medals for Hong Kong and | :30:59. | :31:04. | |
Beijing, for Germany four years ago, and the gold medal in the world's | :31:04. | :31:14. | |
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in 2006. She went well yesterday, cross country but he looked very | :31:29. | :31:39. | |
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impressive, if strong. I have not seen this horse as fit as this ever. | :31:40. | :31:42. | |
Karen O'Connor said this morning that she could not believe how | :31:42. | :31:52. | |
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then it is difficult for him to put it down and make the proper shape | :32:04. | :32:08. | |
over the fence. When he jumps with his head up, he flicks his front | :32:08. | :32:18. | |
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done it again! She won silver with her husband in Sydney and that was | :32:41. | :32:47. | |
a very professional round again. A little bit too late for America to | :32:47. | :32:53. | |
win a medal here, but staying on 53.8. I don't think she got team | :32:53. | :33:03. | |
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silver in Sydney, that was us. it bronze? I think so. Right, I C. | :33:09. | :33:19. | |
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America were in the 6th place at the start of the showjumping. Now | :33:29. | :33:38. | |
coming in, Andrew Hoy, a man who has won three team gold medals and | :33:38. | :33:47. | |
one individual silver. That was behind David O'Connor in Sydney. In | :33:47. | :33:57. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :33:57. | :34:47. | |
Clayton Fredericks after the cross- improved but I think another year | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
would do him no harm for his physical strength. He has all the | :34:52. | :34:56. | |
talent in the world, but he just sometimes looks a little bit | :34:56. | :35:03. | |
immature and lacking in strength. No time at penalties but fate for | :35:03. | :35:13. | |
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jumping. -- no time penalties but eight points for jumping. Andrew | :35:13. | :35:23. | |
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last rider, Phillip Dutton. Very difficult to win medals when you | :35:33. | :35:41. | |
have only got three riders left. is, but it is all you need if they | :35:41. | :35:49. | |
have gone well enough. We are getting nearer the climax of this | :35:49. | :35:57. | |
final jumping phase. Andrew Nicholson, two away from Mary King. | :35:57. | :36:02. | |
The man that won the individual bronze in the World Championships | :36:02. | :36:08. | |
two years ago. So frustrated by that rainstorm that delayed his | :36:08. | :36:17. | |
entry in the dressage. He got 45. In 9th place. He was inside that | :36:17. | :36:24. | |
time beautifully yesterday. A clear round would put him in the hunt for | :36:25. | :36:28. | |
an individual medal and puts New Zealand in the hunt for a team | :36:28. | :36:38. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :36:38. | :37:48. | |
him in the medals? He was unlucky at the dressage. That is the man | :37:48. | :37:52. | |
behind the scenes, pulling the strings in the warm-up area. He has | :37:52. | :37:56. | |
donned the New Zealand team no harm whatsoever. He is a true | :37:57. | :38:06. | |
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professional. Clear round for New Zealand. That means that bronze | :38:07. | :38:12. | |
medal for certain is looking much more rosy for them. The last one to | :38:12. | :38:22. | |
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come for New Zealand will of course there, and now it is a young 21- | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
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year-old from Sweden, led a spade and tart with Shamwari, 44.1. -- | :38:46. | :38:49. | |
Ludvig Svennerstal. He had a nasty moment in the horse inspection this | :38:50. | :38:59. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :39:00. | :40:15. | |
least one top rider to go. Now, the crowd welcoming Mary King, Mary | :40:15. | :40:23. | |
King! Mary Kane, Imperial cavalier, and with that pressure from New | :40:23. | :40:28. | |
Zealand, Mary King needs a clear to keep Great Britain in that silver- | :40:28. | :40:37. | |
medal position. Fresher! 51 years old, her 15th consecutive | :40:37. | :40:43. | |
championship. There has been no more important round in her career, | :40:43. | :40:53. | |
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She is doing a very good job, she rode the first two fences so | :41:16. | :41:26. | |
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just the last! She needs to clear this to keep silver in touch, yes! | :42:04. | :42:14. | |
Yes! She is within a fence of the lead for the individual gold. Now | :42:14. | :42:20. | |
the temperature suddenly rises, and the royal party enjoyed that moment, | :42:20. | :42:30. | |
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as 20,000 people do here in guests here watching this, but what | :42:43. | :42:53. | |
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it needs is Michael Jung, if he goes clear... Or if he has just one | :42:53. | :43:03. | |
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time fault, Germany when the gold. situation as we watched Mary | :43:10. | :43:18. | |
celebrate, and that, let me remind you, situation over Martin Young, | :43:18. | :43:28. | |
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that is if he has fences down. That is why Michael Jung is now in a key | :43:29. | :43:33. | |
position. He will know that, that is why you have managers and | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
officials. Michael Jung, the reigning world and European | :43:39. | :43:45. | |
champion. A clear round not only will win it for Germany, with one | :43:45. | :43:51. | |
rider still to come, but it will also put him in touching distance | :43:51. | :43:56. | |
of all three titles, world, European and Olympic. That has | :43:56. | :44:03. | |
never ever been done before. 4th individually, 40.6, clear to win | :44:03. | :44:13. | |
:44:13. | :44:17. | ||
its war with one time fault for 150 around the big shows in Germany | :44:17. | :44:23. | |
very regularly. Brilliant line around that fence. The kindest we | :44:23. | :44:26. | |
have seen all day. He is just a little bit loose in front, the | :44:26. | :44:36. | |
:44:36. | :44:46. | ||
horse. He has tapped one or two suddenly leaps into the air, giving | :44:46. | :44:51. | |
the next one a lot more air! just needs to touch one a little | :44:51. | :45:00. | |
harder for the Brits! Sorry, did I say that?! What a pace! He is | :45:00. | :45:10. | |
:45:10. | :45:21. | ||
certainly very well aware of the just the last! And it could be | :45:21. | :45:27. | |
Germany's gold, it is Germany's gold! They have retained their | :45:27. | :45:37. | |
:45:37. | :45:51. | ||
touch of the travel -- treble. we have to give him credit for that, | :45:51. | :45:55. | |
he jumped a brilliant round, and the Germans have done a brilliant | :45:55. | :46:00. | |
round. There is his father. He has been so much part of Michael's | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
development. Confirmation that Germany have got gold, but it is | :46:05. | :46:13. | |
the silver and bronze now that is the battle. Yes, the Germans have | :46:13. | :46:18. | |
really gone incredibly well. I am slightly gutted for the Brits, you | :46:18. | :46:22. | |
know, they haven't got a chance of the gold now, but they have got to | :46:22. | :46:27. | |
hang on to that silver-medal position, and then we have got the | :46:27. | :46:32. | |
excitement of the individual competition later today. Well, we | :46:32. | :46:36. | |
have got one individual rider very much in touch of an individual | :46:36. | :46:41. | |
medal. Could we have two with Tina Cook still to come, the last | :46:41. | :46:50. | |
British rider? Now it is Jessica -- Jessica Phoenix for Canada. Canada, | :46:50. | :46:58. | |
who have had a disappointing games. They have only two riders left. | :46:58. | :47:01. | |
Sadly, Hollie Bannatyne word, Peter Barry and Rebecca Howard all went | :47:01. | :47:11. | |
:47:11. | :47:12. | ||
out yesterday. Now it is Jessica Phoenix, Exponential. Jessica rode | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
a brilliant round yesterday. She came up with an incredible time. | :47:17. | :47:21. | |
She has at the gates down already, the horse is just fighting her a | :47:21. | :47:31. | |
:47:31. | :47:45. | ||
bit. He is a very good jumper, we Another one away, that is an | :47:45. | :47:50. | |
expensive round for Jessica, three down so far, the final fence to go. | :47:50. | :48:00. | |
:48:00. | :48:31. | ||
And there is a time fault or two. last line riders, the gold is | :48:31. | :48:41. | |
:48:41. | :48:44. | ||
decided, but the silver and bronze is not. Now, for Japan, Atsushi | :48:44. | :48:47. | |
Negishi, pretty Darling, who jumped a lovely cross-country round | :48:47. | :48:57. | |
:48:57. | :49:03. | ||
original five, but three of them did not get around yesterday, and | :49:03. | :49:13. | |
:49:13. | :49:17. | ||
they are down to just two riders. Their first rider went for one | :49:17. | :49:27. | |
:49:27. | :49:27. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :49:27. | :50:27. | |
recovery. Now you have just got to this round. It started off a little | :50:27. | :50:37. | |
:50:37. | :50:37. | ||
bit Iffy, but the off is looking more open now in his jump. He rode | :50:37. | :50:42. | |
in the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. You do not get many | :50:42. | :50:45. | |
opportunities, but he certainly produced a good performance to | :50:45. | :50:55. | |
:50:55. | :50:58. | ||
recover from that. The team there, Yoshiaki Oiwa. So Atsushi Negishi | :50:58. | :51:08. | |
:51:08. | :51:09. | ||
has 12 jumping. Fantastic, you and Imperial Cavalier seemed to be in | :51:09. | :51:14. | |
synch today. Yes, he did feel quite tense, he did not feel like the | :51:15. | :51:18. | |
Archie I am used to, he was jumping a little bit flatter, but he was a | :51:18. | :51:23. | |
good boy, he jumped high enough to clear them, thank goodness. | :51:23. | :51:27. | |
recovered well from the cross country yesterday. Obviously we are | :51:27. | :51:30. | |
not going to win gold now, Michael Jung has gone clear, but still a | :51:30. | :51:35. | |
superb performance. Yes, we were asked hoping there was a chance of | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
us overtaking the Germans, but they have put in a great performance and | :51:39. | :51:42. | |
they have deserved it, they have done better than we have. Fingers | :51:42. | :51:46. | |
crossed we can hang on to the silver medal position. Was that the | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
most important round of jumping you have had in your career? 6 the | :51:50. | :51:55. | |
Olympics? Ba, gosh, I suppose it must have been. I do not know, you | :51:55. | :52:00. | |
just sort of do what you have to do on the day. I have been fortunate | :52:00. | :52:04. | |
enough to do a few over the years, at championships, but this is | :52:04. | :52:07. | |
special in front of the home crowd, and they are so supportive, it has | :52:07. | :52:11. | |
been awesome how great the crowd has been. You can enjoy them out to | :52:11. | :52:21. | |
:52:21. | :52:30. | ||
use, Britain at the moment up 0.2 ahead of New Zealand's score, and | :52:30. | :52:35. | |
New Zealand are 11 ahead of Sweden with one rider to come for each. | :52:35. | :52:38. | |
Make a cup of tea and relax for a minute, because the last three | :52:38. | :52:44. | |
rounds are going to be nerve- racking. You might need a little | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
nip of whisky in there as well! wouldn't go against that! This is | :52:49. | :52:56. | |
the individual rider from Cheshire, Andrew Heffernan, going very well, | :52:56. | :53:06. | |
:53:06. | :53:25. | ||
my 30th, Riding for the Netherlands He has gone well in his very first | :53:25. | :53:30. | |
Olympics. Andrew Heffernan is a good guy and he has ridden well. He | :53:30. | :53:40. | |
:53:40. | :53:53. | ||
will be disappointed about having a atmosphere, no doubt about that. As | :53:53. | :54:03. | |
:54:03. | :54:17. | ||
we move into the final riders from have not really produced the time. | :54:17. | :54:22. | |
They have promised so much but not quite been able to deliver when it | :54:22. | :54:28. | |
comes to speed across the country. She has never really found doing | :54:28. | :54:36. | |
the time terribly easy on this now. The fabulous horse throughout her | :54:36. | :54:46. | |
:54:46. | :54:57. | ||
be to get in the top 25 to come back this afternoon for the | :54:57. | :55:07. | |
:55:07. | :55:43. | ||
her next year still. She remains focused and ends on 59.6. Karin | :55:43. | :55:47. | |
Donckers has done Belgium proud over the years with some lovely | :55:47. | :55:54. | |
young horses. In fact there were two that were reserves to this | :55:55. | :56:04. | |
:56:05. | :56:20. | ||
the British circuit for a number of years. He has gone to Holland to be | :56:20. | :56:24. | |
with his partner, who rides for Brazil in the dressage World and | :56:24. | :56:34. | |
:56:34. | :56:34. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :56:34. | :57:15. | |
Such a good horse and good jumper. That was the first time the Cutty | :57:15. | :57:25. | |
:57:25. | :57:57. | ||
Sark came down, if you know what I Only 12, maybe four years to go. | :57:57. | :58:04. | |
The time is just all right. Another one that got better one of the | :58:04. | :58:14. | |
round it went on. Some of them are weary and stiff after yesterday. -- | :58:14. | :58:24. | |
:58:24. | :58:57. | ||
Nicolas Touzaint. In 2004 he came into the final showjumping phase | :58:57. | :59:04. | |
with a great chance of gold. They got gold in the team, but he had a | :59:04. | :59:08. | |
chance in the individual and had a disastrous round that put him out | :59:08. | :59:14. | |
of all medals. He is 25th at the moment, so no hope of medals for | :59:14. | :59:24. | |
:59:24. | :59:41. | ||
late. He had a brilliant time for quite some years. It takes a few | :59:41. | :59:51. | |
:59:51. | :00:09. | ||
years to build up a string of good, the horse out, and the horse | :00:09. | :00:12. | |
injured himself in the thunderstorms in the stable. He has | :00:12. | :00:22. | |
:00:22. | :00:27. | ||
cleanest jumper in the world but he has done a brilliant job. A couple | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
:00:37. | :00:44. | ||
of time faults but clear over the crowd, the big French contingent. | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
Let me tell you now, we are getting down towards Tina Cook. She comes | :00:50. | :01:00. | |
:01:00. | :01:00. | ||
in five rounds's time. I have just had a text message from a Canadian | :01:00. | :01:09. | |
rider based in California, listening to the commentary. Holly, | :01:09. | :01:19. | |
:01:19. | :01:24. | ||
we miss you, get well soon. Yesterday she fell on the course at | :01:24. | :01:34. | |
:01:34. | :01:41. | ||
fence No. 3. That is the ups and 20th. If she could finish with a | :01:41. | :01:51. | |
:01:51. | :02:30. | ||
clear round, she would be back this sister-in-law, Polly Stockton, one | :02:30. | :02:40. | |
:02:40. | :02:40. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :02:40. | :03:54. | |
Ireland are pushing New Zealand and of this horse. As not quite | :03:54. | :04:02. | |
delivered. 47.1 was good in the dressage, but probably not as good | :04:02. | :04:09. | |
as we all expected. One of the world's best cross-country riders. | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
:04:19. | :04:54. | ||
riding will have to be powerful to keep the horse focused on his job. | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
It now means that Ireland have definitely gone ahead of the USA. | :05:00. | :05:09. | |
They will finish at least six. Ireland will be thrilled. | :05:09. | :05:17. | |
Extraordinary tale carriage, this horse. It has been damaged in the | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
:05:27. | :05:40. | ||
Australia, too, they will the 5th. That round improved as it went on, | :05:40. | :05:50. | |
:05:50. | :05:52. | ||
but of that unfortunate stop and lots of time LT's. -- penalties. | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
:06:02. | :06:11. | ||
USA finish on a low point. Very disappointing. That was a pity. The | :06:11. | :06:17. | |
horse ploughed into the middle of the fence. He said he was not keen | :06:17. | :06:25. | |
on it. He looked a little bit jarred when he started. He warmed | :06:25. | :06:33. | |
up when the round went on. Captain Mark Phillips bows out after this | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
Olympic Games. He was very hopeful of pushing the best. It has not | :06:36. | :06:46. | |
:06:46. | :07:03. | ||
like a bright light in this jumper. They threw it away last | :07:03. | :07:13. | |
:07:13. | :07:34. | ||
ahead of Ireland. He was a class act yesterday. They went out so | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
early and were so convincing and they made it look like child's play. | :07:37. | :07:47. | |
:07:47. | :07:48. | ||
And without carrying, which was so impressive. -- hurrying. Trying to | :07:48. | :07:58. | |
:07:58. | :08:11. | ||
because he has had a lot of lives. Ireland sneak 5th ahead of the | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
Australians and the Americans. I do not think that would have been a | :08:17. | :08:27. | |
position that the Irish could have dreamt of. Australia have not | :08:27. | :08:34. | |
really produced their best. But now we are into the real battle. Gold | :08:34. | :08:44. | |
:08:44. | :08:50. | ||
Zealand, Britain and Sweden. Mark Todd, two individual Olympic golds | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
back in 1984 and 1988, the great Charisma, and now he is riding | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
Campino to try to win a silver for New Zealand. Remember, Britain are | :09:02. | :09:10. | |
just 0.2 of a penalty ahead, not even a time fault in it. And then | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
there is 11 between New Zealand and Sweden, Sweden at the moment lying | :09:14. | :09:24. | |
:09:24. | :09:46. | ||
individually on 39.5. He could win, if he goes clear, a third | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
:09:56. | :10:06. | ||
year. So we know he is... That is one away! Not almost the most | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
reliable in this phase. It gives teenage bit more breathing space | :10:10. | :10:18. | |
for Great Britain, the last rider to come. Maybe that individual gold | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
which will be decided this afternoon has gone out of the | :10:21. | :10:31. | |
:10:31. | :10:51. | ||
window with that fence down for get a time fault. He has got four | :10:51. | :11:01. | |
:11:01. | :11:02. | ||
jumping, three-day time. -- 3 time. That seven means that Britain has | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
got a little bit more breathing space for Tina Cook. 7 To Add, four | :11:07. | :11:17. | |
:11:17. | :11:21. | ||
still Britain at one to come, and that is the one that could put | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
Britain back in silver position ahead of New Zealand. Andrew | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
Nicholson just having a word with them. So close, they have been at | :11:30. | :11:37. | |
the top of the world, and at the top of New Zealand sport now since | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
1980, 32 years! It is along time, and it is still good to see them | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
there. Now the young lady from Sweden, her sister has already | :11:47. | :11:54. | |
jumped, of course, on the mare that bred this smashing grey horse, Wega, | :11:54. | :12:01. | |
11 years old. She is married to Frank Ostholt, won gold four years | :12:01. | :12:08. | |
ago. Individually, she is on the same score as Ingrid Klimke for the | :12:08. | :12:18. | |
:12:18. | :12:24. | ||
warp jumping, Britain will definitely win bronze. So that is | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
the situation. This is a young horse. When the pressure was on | :12:28. | :12:33. | |
last year, she did have a stop and went quickly down to 11th place, | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
having been right in the thick of it, but she is a very good jockey, | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
and I bet she has learnt from that nightmare. And it is a very good | :12:42. | :12:52. | |
:12:52. | :12:58. | ||
jumper! It has given the first saying it would never do the time, | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
and he just cruised around the cross-country, so I take it all | :13:01. | :13:11. | |
:13:11. | :13:23. | ||
all-round performance if she could stay on that. You have to say, if | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
she could, she would go into the final individual round probably as | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
:13:37. | :13:43. | ||
an Olympic individual gold medal in eventing? -- girl. That is also a | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
possibility of stock hole, inside the time, she looks up at their | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
clock, and it is that OK! Magus Goes clear, Sweden still in with a | :13:54. | :14:01. | |
chance of bronze. -- Wega Goes clear. Britain have got to work. | :14:01. | :14:07. | |
The individual title is also there. Could she be the first lady to win | :14:07. | :14:15. | |
a gold medal individually in this sport? Still so much action to | :14:15. | :14:25. | |
:14:25. | :14:30. | ||
Cook, then, still to come, and that is the situation. Tina Cook, Miners | :14:30. | :14:40. | |
:14:40. | :14:56. | ||
the bronze, less than seven will It is in your hands, Tina! That is | :14:56. | :15:06. | |
:15:06. | :15:06. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :15:06. | :16:06. | |
lost the European title through time. Mo von, Tina, move on! Move | :16:06. | :16:16. | |
:16:16. | :16:20. | ||
still there for Great Britain! Tina Cook is still in mare for an | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
individual medal as well, finishing on 43, and Tina Cook shows why she | :16:26. | :16:35. | |
is one of the best in the world. Miners Frolic, after that | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
disastrous problem last year, has really performed out of his skin! | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
Everybody loves that! Well done, Tina Cook! Disappointing not to win | :16:46. | :16:52. | |
gold but they have given it their best. Look at that, less than two | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
behind Germany, so close. Peter Murphy, the man who has been | :16:57. | :17:05. | |
outside worming them up. -- warming. So Tina herself is in with a chance | :17:05. | :17:12. | |
of another individual medal, what a performance! She is within one | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
fence of the leader. We are going to have another nail-biting finish | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
to that individual set of medals, too. One left to jump. They have | :17:23. | :17:31. | |
already got Team gold, but this now is a round very much involved in | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
the individual, because it is Ingrid Klimke, Butts Abraxxas. She | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
was in touch of a European individual title last year and | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
sadly threw it away at the jump in. She is on that same score as Sara | :17:44. | :17:52. | |
Ostholt with Wega, 39.3, so she has got to jump clear to stay in touch. | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
One fence down would make it a real uphill struggle for her. She is a | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
lady who comes from a wonderful family. Her father was one of their | :18:04. | :18:10. | |
outstanding dressage riders of the century, won a number of gold | :18:10. | :18:20. | |
:18:20. | :18:27. | ||
medals for Germany. Can his he has not been the most reliable | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
in the showjumping. Yeah. Well, all one can say is that it moves Tina | :18:35. | :18:45. | |
:18:45. | :19:00. | ||
Cook nearer to a medal, as indeed horse is, sadly, not as talented in | :19:00. | :19:10. | |
:19:10. | :19:13. | ||
his face as he is the other two. -- individual next is the world and | :19:13. | :19:23. | |
:19:23. | :19:35. | ||
just starts to come down in this final round of the 18 combination, | :19:35. | :19:42. | |
she will get a gold medal, as she did four years ago, when they're as | :19:42. | :19:51. | |
Olympic gold. -- won there and then take gold. It has been such a close | :19:51. | :20:01. | |
:20:01. | :20:10. | ||
Waving to the huge crowd. Hardly a seat in house. And there is her | :20:10. | :20:18. | |
husband saying, we have got a team gold medal, well done. Hugely | :20:18. | :20:28. | |
:20:28. | :20:37. | ||
supportive, what a job he has done Great Britain and bronze for Sweden. | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
There it is, Ireland, a tremendous performance. In fact, New Zealand | :20:43. | :20:51. | |
get the bronze. Get it right! Sweden, so close. People thought | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
that they were a good team to watch, but it has been a classic, as we | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
thought, right down to the wire. Yes, very exciting competition, and | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
we have got more to come with the individuals later, but the teams | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
will also close at the end, and we said right from the word go that | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
any of the top seven teams could have won gold, and it has been | :21:17. | :21:25. | |
really close, and you can see that by the results. Ingrid and 13, very | :21:25. | :21:33. | |
happy and celebrating. -- 13th. They certainly are, and that is a | :21:33. | :21:41. | |
good chef, isn't it? She really was on the brink of being a potential | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
winner of the gold medal. But it is not to be. Two Olympic team gold | :21:48. | :21:55. | |
medals, teenagers congratulating her. -- T there just. And of course | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
at the moment she is lying in fourth place, all within a fence. | :22:00. | :22:10. | |
:22:10. | :22:13. | ||
Thank you! Well, popping in from behind was William Fox-Pitt's wife. | :22:13. | :22:21. | |
She just Aviana a big kiss on the cheek! How, not the cheek! And I | :22:21. | :22:27. | |
must say, it has been a competition worthy of the 2012 Olympics here in | :22:27. | :22:37. | |
:22:37. | :22:48. | ||
A well deserved drink of water, Tina, knowing the pressure he were | :22:48. | :22:58. | |
:22:58. | :23:02. | ||
under, that you had to go clear, It is one of the things that you | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
think about and you think it will not happen to you. I just focused | :23:05. | :23:11. | |
on jumping a clear round. The team have done so well and it was so | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
close. We could have got silver or nothing and that would have been | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
awful. Gold would have been brilliant and so will those | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
fantastic. There is another round to come and you have got to keep | :23:22. | :23:28. | |
your cool. The way that your horse responded, a year ago you horse | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
looked like he was going to die and here he is being a star for you. | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
know! It is like a fairy tale. Champions. The vets kept him alive, | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
and the team at home, they got him here. It has been stressful. Lots | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
of grey hairs and wrinkles. When it comes to the crowd, it is | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
unbelievable, but we have to go in again. Going into the arena for the | :23:52. | :23:58. | |
last round of show jumping, it did you chat to the rest of the team? | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
Were they telling you what to do? Did you take the advice on board? | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
You have got to listen to your trainers! They keep you focused, | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
they tell you what to do, when to come in, how many strides, and the | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
speed. I got one time fault and that is frustrating because it has | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
dropped we one individual place. But we have jumped clear and we | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
have to do better next time and jump clear again. Bronze medals in | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
Beijing, Hong Kong, and now silver. This is a special moment. It is | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
brilliant for equestrian and it is brilliant for our sport. It shows | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
how many people are watching. We are going back in to get an | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
individual medal, which is what I really want. Will it be difficult | :24:44. | :24:50. | |
to refocus? No. We will go away. It will be a different course. We are | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
on the button and we will see what they build for us. Imagination. Get | :24:55. | :25:05. | |
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us another one, will you? I will be 25 that go through to the | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 91 seconds | :25:17. | :26:16. | |
silver for Great Britain. I hope you have enjoyed it. | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
Yes, we certainly did. Everybody has been glued to their screens, | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
including a certain Clare Balding, at the Aquatics Centre. She could | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
not leave. What did you make of that? We almost thought it was | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
going to be bronze at the end. know, it was so close. Everybody | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
has deserted me, the camera crew have gone, only the divers | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
practising for later behind me. I was sitting here watching the | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
television. I thought Mary King was fantastic. Everybody is talking | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
about her age, 51, the BT at a 6th Olympic Games. This is a woman who | :26:51. | :26:59. | |
broke her neck in 2001. -- competing at her 6th Olympic Games. | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
We heard the story about the horse and how he nearly died. He had to | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
have three blood transfusions and that was any one year ago. The | :27:08. | :27:16. | |
spring of last year, she made reference to the film that was made | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
about Bob Champion. Her father trained that horse and he died in | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
February this year, so it has been an emotional time 14. She has a | :27:25. | :27:30. | |
brilliant ability to focus. -- and emotional time for her. I would | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
love to see her and Mary King winning individual medals as well. | :27:35. | :27:39. | |
Team silver is great. It was a lovely piece that you did with the | :27:40. | :27:43. | |
team yesterday, sitting down and asking them if the team is good | :27:43. | :27:49. | |
enough to get gold. It is awful that we keep saying, is this cold? | :27:49. | :27:56. | |
Is this cold? But they got a bronze in Beijing and silver the time | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
before that. Will they be thrilled with silver? They will be. The | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
Germans were hot favourite but that is because they are good at | :28:04. | :28:08. | |
dressage. You have to build a cross-country course that will not | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
course problems but create distinctions. If the cross-country | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
course was as big as Burlington, Great Britain would be favourites | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
because they are generally a better cross-country nation. Germany have | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
improved in that department. Showjumping is important for the | :28:23. | :28:26. | |
individual medals because you have to do it twice. I think they will | :28:26. | :28:30. | |
be really proud of themselves for that. She said that Germany | :28:30. | :28:39. | |
deserved it because they were better than them. They get to go in | :28:39. | :28:42. | |
for one more ring, but then the dressage is added to the cross- | :28:42. | :28:45. | |
country, then that is added to two different rounds within the | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
showjumping. Yes, for people that what pure showjumping, they go over | :28:50. | :28:58. | |
very tiny fences. The three days of competition, the dressage and | :28:58. | :29:02. | |
cross-country, takes a lot out of them, so being accurate on the show | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
jumping is very difficult. Being accurate twice is even harder with | :29:06. | :29:09. | |
the crowd and the intensity. The gold medallist will have deserved | :29:09. | :29:15. | |
it. You going to go for a swim? They yes, I will jump of that ten- | :29:15. | :29:21. | |
metre platform! Thank you for joining us. Have some downtime. We | :29:21. | :29:26. | |
apologise for the technical problems then. She had no sound man. | :29:26. | :29:30. | |
Hopes are high that Euan Burton could be the first judo medal since | :29:30. | :29:35. | |
Kate Howey in Sydney in 2000. After a disappointing Beijing Olympics, | :29:35. | :29:39. | |
the 33 year-old from Ascot got bronze at the European and World | :29:39. | :29:49. | |
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Championships in 2010. Let's see was expecting to fight. It is the | :30:08. | :30:18. | |
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see off the bloke from Montreal. You cannot estimate anyone in the | :30:26. | :30:31. | |
Olympic Games. This man has beaten the No. 3 seed, meaning he has come | :30:31. | :30:41. | |
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Euan Burton told us that he knew he would be nervous at the spot macro | :30:41. | :30:49. | |
and he was looking forward to them. -- at this point. He said that | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
nerves are good because it shows that it matters. All that hard work. | :30:53. | :31:03. | |
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Second Olympics for Euan Burton. Expectations were sky high in | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
Beijing. He made it to the quarter- finals and lost to some fighters | :31:19. | :31:23. | |
who took bronze medals that day. That offered him some consolation. | :31:23. | :31:27. | |
He has been waiting four years for this moment to show us what he is | :31:27. | :31:37. | |
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capable of. He is 33. The Canadian is making his Olympic debut. And | :31:37. | :31:47. | |
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Euan Burton really pushing into his opponent, tried to provoke a | :32:21. | :32:31. | |
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He has been thrown. The Canadian dropped under his strong arm. | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
is it. That is the beauty of judo and the horrifying nature of it. In | :32:42. | :32:45. | |
a split-second, Euan Burton has been thrown for an ippon. All the | :32:45. | :32:52. | |
hard work, the four years of waiting, and he has been dumped out | :32:52. | :32:58. | |
in less than a couple of minutes. How on earth do you digest that | :32:58. | :33:08. | |
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The Canadian quick to see his opportunity dropped under the arm. | :33:11. | :33:15. | |
Euan Burton tried to stay in a bridge, but if you land in a bridge, | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
that is ippon. Judo can be a very cruel sport, no more so than what | :33:22. | :33:32. | |
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I really do not know what to say. Clearly a very emotional moment | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
right now. You talked about experiencing nerves before coming | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
into today. Do you feel that had anything to do with what we just | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
saw happen? I don't think so. I did not feel particularly nervous in | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
the warm-up room. It is the best I have felt before fighting in the | :33:53. | :33:57. | |
warm-up area for a long time. I did my weights really well. Sometimes | :33:57. | :34:01. | |
if that is not great you can feel a bit sick and I did not feel any of | :34:01. | :34:07. | |
that. I felt sharp and fresh. I did not feel nervous when I walked out. | :34:07. | :34:17. | |
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The crowd were fantastic. I felt like I could dominate the fight. It | :34:17. | :34:20. | |
is a technique that I know that he has got and that is the | :34:21. | :34:24. | |
disappointing thing. They said to me in the warm-up room to be | :34:24. | :34:27. | |
careful that I did not get my shoulder court because sometimes | :34:27. | :34:31. | |
when he is being pressed and dominated, he manages to have your | :34:31. | :34:38. | |
shoulder and catch you that way. Pretty difficult to process at the | :34:38. | :34:44. | |
moment. Was it just a mistake? was a beautiful bit of judo, that | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
is what it was. If I say it is a mistake, that is a disservice to my | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
opponent. He caught me with a beautiful bit of judo. He has | :34:54. | :34:57. | |
disposed of the current Olympic champion. He pretty much disposed | :34:57. | :35:03. | |
of me. He is having a great day, which is what you need to do on the | :35:03. | :35:07. | |
Olympic Games Day. I all that hard work and graft ended like that. Can | :35:07. | :35:13. | |
you take any positive from that? None whatsoever. I feel like I have | :35:13. | :35:17. | |
let myself down. I feel like I have let my coaches down. I feel like I | :35:17. | :35:22. | |
have let anybody I've ever trained with down. I let my mum and dad and | :35:22. | :35:31. | |
my brother down. I have been working for this for over a quarter | :35:31. | :35:36. | |
of a century. I am pretty sure you will not see me in the Rio Games. | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
No positive to be taken from it. am sure the people you mentioned do | :35:40. | :35:45. | |
not feel that way. Is this the end for you? I don't know if it is the | :35:45. | :35:48. | |
end of my judo competitive career but it is probably the end of my | :35:48. | :35:51. | |
Olympic Games career and certainly the end of my Olympic Games this | :35:51. | :35:57. | |
time around. I wish I could have done a bit more for the people that | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
have come down to watch. I know I could have done. Like I say, I felt | :36:01. | :36:06. | |
great in the warm-up area. I felt like the tournament was mine for | :36:06. | :36:10. | |
the taking. There are some great guys out there and I am short the | :36:10. | :36:16. | |
people that have come down got to experience some great judo. -- I am | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
sure. I also know they wanted to see me on top of the rostrum and I | :36:20. | :36:23. | |
am sorry about that. Thank you for speaking to us. | :36:23. | :36:28. | |
Thank you indeed for sharing those thoughts, Euan Burton. Of course we | :36:28. | :36:30. | |
are screaming at the television that you did not let yourself down. | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
You went out and did everything that you possibly could. But that | :36:34. | :36:38. |