Day 1 Swimming: European Championships

It's a hive of activity here at the aquatic centre. Alongside me for the

rest of the week, I love the way Becky looks at me to say, I went

there. Becky Adlington, double gold medallist at the Olympics. How

excited are you about the national anthem? We got the national anthem

of Italy. It is exciting being at the European Championships. This is

an opportunity for these guys to test themselves and see how they

are. There is going to be nowhere to hide in three months' time. An

exciting we can store. Here's what's coming next. In a couple of minutes

time, Hannah Miley goes. Adam Peaty comes up later. We had a bit of a

giggle because there is so much going on behind us. This really is a

significant competition. It is a stepping stone, the biggest meeting

before the Olympics. It is always a challenge. It is going to be a quick

week. Maybe a world record, hopefully there will be. I great

opportunity for these guys did she wear their act. What should people

look out for? It's about stepping up and performing. We had our trials

three weeks ago. I don't think our guys will be on top of their game.

Some of the swimmers, this is their trials. The bottom line is,

compared. Step up and compete against some of the best of

swimmers. Some of our guys aren't at the top of their game. Big story

about James Guy. We'll talk about that later. Right now, one of

Scotland's finest. The lady we like to call Hannah Smiley Miley.

COMMENTATOR: She could get a medal here. It is going to be really

tired. Miley is streaking away now. She's got the gold. The crowd are on

the effete, saluting a double champion. Well done, Hannah Miley.

Let's talk about Hannah Miley. She's been competing for a long time. A

brilliant servant to swimming. She is such a great role model. She

works hard. One of the hardest trainers I have seen in my entire

life. I used to hate Cheney against her. Back off, Hannah! -- training

against her. She has a great relationship with her coach. Aimee

Willmott in this as well. How much confidence should she have going

into this final? This morning she went very hard at world record pace.

The bottom line is, go in there and use your page -- pace. She's gaining

experience than she is a couple of years younger than Hannah. Hannah

has always nearly been there when it comes to Olympic Games. It's

important for these two to get used to swimming next to her. One of two

to watch over the next few minutes. Andy Jamieson and Karen Pickering

will take you through the 400 metres women's IM. COMMENTATOR: There is

Hannah Miley waiting in the waiting room. Nervous place when you are

that close to your eyeballs. Always nice to have a team-mate there. A

friendly face. These girls know each other well. Aimee Willmott will go

in Lane 5. In her home pool. And between them Katinka Hosszu. The

iron Lady. She will race them both tonight as well. She is a tough

lady. Trombetti of Italy was the slowest

qualifier. Anya Klinar. Carlotta Toni from Italy. She had an amazing

brushstroke this morning. She was miles behind and by the end of the

brushstroke she was in the hand. One of the threats here. She has been on

the podium for this event. She has got form. Here comes Hannah Miley.

What a favourite she is. She was European champion back in 2010. She

has had some battles with Hosszu and Jakabos over the years. Aimee

Willmott in her home pool. Coached here at the aquatic centre. She

could get a medal. Wouldn't that be great. Hard to see past Katinka

Hosszu of Hungary. The world champion, world record holder at the

200 medley. Defending European champion of 2012 and 2014. Katinka

Hosszu, the fastest qualifier. She is surrounded by Miley in three and

Wilmot in five. Tactics here are going to be interesting. How do you

swim against Katinka Hosszu? She was in a completely different race this

morning. Seven seconds clear of the field. If they can get near, they

must know they are swimming well. Very high quality field. Three of

these four World Championship finalists from last year. There is

the gold medallist, the Olympic champion, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary.

While! Possibly the worst start I've ever seen in a major final from

Katinka Hosszu. She completely got left of the block. Absolutely caught

napping there. But up into the lead already. Not sure what happened to

her. Maybe she thought she'd let the girls have a head start. Hosszu

bleeding in the centre. One lane close to as is Hannah Miley. --

leading. Goodness me. She has for such strong strokes. Freestyle may

be the weakest. Jakabos, a good 200 by the fly swimmer. Strange gait she

has there. A really slow turnover. But effective. She will come to the

wall just ahead of Hannah Miley who has really improved her butterfly

leg over the last few years. Going back to the Commonwealth Games,

sheep changed her pacing in the race. -- she changed. Changed it,

gave herself more of a chance. Close between Jakabos and Miley. But

Katinka Hosszu. She is leading. Into the backstroke turn. 1.5 seconds

behind is Jakabos in Lane 6. Hannah Miley is third. Jakabos does not

have a great brushstroke at all. Doesn't have the prettiest strokes

but she is so strong, Hosszu. She is not very broad but she is very

ripped. Katinka Hosszu, the world champion is on the world-record pace

by 1.1 seconds. Quite extraordinary. Hannah Miley starting to make a big

move on the brushstroke in third. Coming back for Great Britain is

Aimee Willmott. She could catch Jakabos on this breast stroke. Very

good on the brushstroke and the front crawl. A lot of work to do.

Look at the distance between her and Jakabos. She will be eyeing her up

on every single stroke. She will be chasing down. Katinka Hosszu is just

power. She wants to get the world-record, she needs to be well

up after the brushstroke leg. The Chinese girl who held it had an

extraordinary last 100 metres. 58.6 she finished to take Olympic gold in

London. Some finish needed from Hosszu. She looks like she is tying

up. Hannah Miley is coming back very strong at her. Great swim for Miley.

100 metres to go. In first, Katinka Hosszu. In second, Hannah Miley from

Great Britain. Jakabos is in third. Aimee Willmott is chasing her and

she has a better freestyle. Katinka Hosszu, the world champion on the

400 metre medley is swimming away. She was under world-record pace but

it is a tough split. Hannah Miley still having a fantastic swim. Aimee

Willmott is chasing down Jakabos. No, Jakabos is very experienced and

will be desperate to hold are of. It's all about the world-record

holder. She can't quite get in on this 400 metres medley. The first

medal in this Championships absolutely clear. It goes to Hosszu

of Hungary. Almost exactly the same time as she did to qualify for this

final. Silver medal for Hannah Miley. The bronze to Jakabos of

Hungary. Just outside the medals, in fourth position, Amy Willmott.

Goodness me. What an amazing flyback breast. The start was just

extraordinary. She stood and watched the rest of the girls dive in. Left

on the block. There is sometimes she can make up. Hannah Miley really

working the breaststroke leg. Strong in the closing stages to take that

title. Katinka Hosszu yet again European champion. A new

championship record for her. Great silver medal for Hannah Miley.

Jakabos, the bronze. Aimee Willmott just outside the medals in fourth.

STUDIO: Very impressive from Hannah Miley particularly the brushstroke.

Aimee Willmott will be disappointed to miss out on a medal. She swam

three seconds faster in the heats. She didn't leave enough in the bag

for her. She needs to work on the backstroke for the games. How

impressive was Hannah? 4.35 is a good swim. She has done it many

times now but it will be around the medals in Rio. Breaststroke was

unbelievably strong. She looked so good. I keep looking over your

shoulder to see whether Hannah Miley is approaching Sharron Davies. We

will see her get her medal a little bit later on. It is hot in here!

Frustrating for Aimee Willmott but good times for Hannah. Difficult

early on because it has been up and down for the swimmers so far. Any

sign of Hannay yet? No sign. Let's turn to the 100 metres men's best

rope. Hannah is here! A fantastic collection of silver medals for you.

A really strong butterfly. My butterfly comes and goes,

depending on the training, it is something I have always worked on. I

looked at my logbook from and I was younger, and I started off as a

butterfly swimmer, so it has always been in there, but it does affect my

other strokes, so I am always playing around with it. It was

always about the race, I did not go as well as in the trials, but it was

a good race, just get stuck in and race against Hosszu, who always

pulls it out of the bag macro. Trying so hard to hang on with the

breaststroke, she had me on the last 100. It is something I can work on.

Many congratulations. Thank you. Take as through the men's 100 metres

breast rogue semifinals. -- breaststroke. That is Kaeser on

Switzerland, but right in the centre, Ross Murdoch, the Scottish

record-holder, the World Championship bronze medallist, he

goes in four, and a very quick Dugonjic of Slovenia in lane five.

It will be interesting, Ross Murdoch, the 200 specialist. The

others are 50 specialists. Look at the power in the shoulders. He is a

big boy! Semifinal number one of the men's

100 metres breaststroke. Ross Murdoch right in the centre in the

white hat, a very quick start from the Italian insects. At 27 years of

age, I thought he may be over the hill in the dark at in-line six, but

starting to come through is Ross Murdoch in number four. Murdoch has

performed well over the 100 metres event even though he is a distant

specialist. Ross Murdoch turning first, expect him to be strong,

Dugonjic just behind him. He needs to hold onto his stroke and power

down this last 25 metres, and he is looking good, Ross Murdoch, the

Scottish record-holder, that stands at 59.1. If he can get and 60, that

will be very good. It looks like he will win this first semifinal, very

good indeed, impressive stuff. 59.9 in the heats, 59.6 in the semifinal

will stick him in the centre lane in the final, really impressive, he is

happy. The nodding his head, he will take that, great to get and the

minute again, consistent performance from Ross, I like what he does.

Into the turn, it was pretty close, I thought maybe the sprinters would

take the race on a little bit more. The Italian did not really feature,

it went the way of Ross Murdoch. Impressive that he held onto a

stroke down the last 25. He was not fazed at all, he swam his race. The

first semifinal goes to Ross Murdoch of Great Britain, he will get the

centre lane, very good swim, under 60, 50 9.6.

Well, Karen Pickering, he needed to go quick in the first semifinal,

because in the second semifinal we do have Adam Peaty, but I believe

Sharron Davies has got Ross Murdoch. It must be a nice feeling when you

touch the wall first after 50 metres known what is in your tank. Snow, I

had a disappointing start, but it just goes to show, all the work that

I put in is not all gone, really strong back-end just there, so I am

delighted. I will let you we have got the next semi coming, we will

chat to you tomorrow. Good luck. Thank you very much. I hope we're

straight into the swim down pool, get rid of the lactic acid in his

legs. They need to get straight down there. In lane two, Peter Stevens of

Slovenia, then the Italian, Toniato, then next to him will be Great

Britain's Adam Peaty, the world record holder at 50 and 100. Yeah,

what a talent, and talking about the big swimmers, they have to make

T-shirts extra big for Adam Peaty, he has been hitting the weights.

Titenis has been around for a long time, he will be the one to

challenge Adam Peaty in the semifinal. He is huge as well,

absolutely enormous! I am six foot four, lots of them are six-six, but

they are built like brick houses, some of them. A huge amount of

weight training they do to complement the work in the pool now,

not just about swimming the metres, they pounded out in the gem. So Adam

Peaty goes in fastest for the second semifinal, he in four. It should be

between him and Titenis. Look at his chest, he slaps his

chest to give him self heightened senses. Titenis is in five, Peaty in

four. Well, Peaty swam a really good heat, we have not seen many go under

59 seconds, and that was great, but still able to work on the start. He

gets away so quickly, great reaction, but he is not able to do

anything with it on the underwater work, that is an area he can improve

through practice. Not bad down his first 50, goodness me, 27.3! Just

0.28 outside of the record split for Adam Peaty, powerful swimming. Four

metres clear of the field in his heat this morning, and look what

doing to the rest of the swimmers down this second 50. Well, I wasn't

expecting to say this, but let's keep an eye on the world record, it

is his own, 57.9. Maybe he is tying up a little bit down the last 25, a

body length clear over 100, quite extraordinary, 58.7. Two good times

on the same day, and Peaty will go into the final tomorrow evening

comfortably the fastest, and Great Britain are going to be 1-2 into

that final, very exciting, what an amazing second 25! Do you know what,

if I was a breast stroke up watching that swim, I would think danger!

This guy does not start that well, but the swimming part of his race,

just beautiful technician, look at the power he is using, tiny leg

kicks, all upper body. A bit of a glide into the wall, he is not fully

rested, he is looking towards Rio, and he can still post times like

this. So Adam Peaty wins the second semifinal of the men's 100 metres

breaststroke by 1.2 seconds. Gregory Titenis of Lithuania, he came

second. A body length behind. So the finalists of the men's 100

metres tomorrow night, Adam Peaty fastest, Ross Murdoch is second,

Titenis was third. Only three men under 60. Goodness me, 58.7.

I love that Adam Peaty's coach was ushered away from the back of the

shot, I should have tried to lift her over, she is going like this,

how happy will they be with that? Great swim, not arrested at all for

this meeting, really hard training, three months out from the Olympics,

racing exactly how he needs to in Rio, what an athlete. The front end

split was there, only 0.2 off his world record pace which was set here

last year. The backend stuff comes with rest. Getting and 59 seconds in

the morning and evening, that is enough to win a medal. We can hear

from him with Sharron Davies right now. Two fantastic 100 breast

strokes today, the crowd 100% behind you. It is great to come out one of

the greatest pools on earth and have your home crowd behind you. It is

looking good. You are still an incredibly young man, twice

nominated for spurts personality of the year, a lot of expectation on

your shoulders. -- Sports Personality of the Year. These

prestigious nominations and stuff like that, at the end of the day I

just do what I do, I swim up and down, simple as that, really. I do

not feel pressure as such, just having fun, hopefully giving the

crowd good entertainment. Is it a race tomorrow, or is it a time? It

is always about the race, but hopefully I will get a time I am

happy with. If you said I was going to get 58s this week, I wouldn't

have said yes, but I have been training so hard, looking good.

From one young man in the spotlight to another, we were expecting James

Guy to be in the freestyle 400 final tonight, he got silver in the World

Championships last year, the fastest in this event by far in Europe, but

to get to the final you have to get through the heats, this is what

happened this morning. He is in the white cap in lane four. Nowhere near

qualifying, he actually qualified in ninth, so a big surprise, a few

questions asked, Sharron caught up with him. I thought we would try

something new, I have been in a tough place, and people do not

understand that I am not rested, I am training straight through, so

after the final, I will race in the morning as well, and people forget

that it is a lot harder. We thought we would try something new in the

heats, and it was hard. I knew it would be. What was the something

new? Wearing a skimpy is for the heats, I do not think it has been

done for quite a few years. I thought I would try to simulate, if

I felt bad in Rio on the first day, that is what it would be like, it

was hard, I know what it feels like now. Up a lot of pressure on you,

with the British crowd, you and Adam, there is a spotlight on you,

did you feel that? Not really, I block that out, it is a good thing,

how I can do that. Obviously, the media, Twitter and Facebook, people

are saying things, but I focus on myself, I do best. At the end of the

day, it is about Rio. 200 metres coming up, slightly smaller trunks?

Definitely not, no more skimpies for me ever again!

So why where the skimpies? I used to do and sometimes when you know you

are in hard training, you are in a posh gym, give it a shot. But some

miscommunication happened, because normally you can at least progress

to the final if you are going to take that risk of not wearing a

suit. It obviously did not pay off. It is incredible that it makes such

a difference. It is mindset stuff, he is up there thinking he wants to

make it a tad swim. In hard training, it is tough enough, making

the European final. -- a tough swim. We know he is good, World

Championship silver medallist, but he does not need to make it harder.

In that interview, he said back off, Twitter, social media, media types

like us, stop talking about this, leave me alone. He responded on

Twitter by saying, I will do my thing, you do yours, if you don't

know me, don't judge me. However, James, you are in the public eye,

you have to take the praise with the criticism, we are all aware of that!

Definitely aware of that, and Twitter can be your worst nightmare,

and I know all about that, but at the end of the day everyone is going

to judge and say, what is going on with his performance? Everyone

wanted to see him swim fast this week, everyone wanted to see him on

the podium. No-one is criticising him because he disappointed them,

but they want to see him getting a medal, it is not a bad thing, they

just want him to do well. You must be pretty confident thinking, I will

try to make the final wearing that. He was obviously confident, he and

his coach, but at the Ludwig aims the 400 is his best shout, and he

wants to swim as often as possible, and that is a transmitter. -- at the

Olympic Games. Get off Twitter, it is no place for a sportsman! Stephen

Milne did make it into the final, let's see how we got on, we join him

with 200 metres to go. The halfway mark of the first final

of the men's four metres freestyle, and first to turn is Detti, but only

by .05 of a second from the defending champion. He has been

third for the first 200 metres, but got to the halfway turn, the black

cat, really starting to dry and drive it away, interesting tactics.

Interesting tactics. Detti might not have the speed in the early stages

but he is going to be tough towards the end.

It is Detti who still looks good. 100 metres to go. Two lengths of the

pool. What a last 100 metres that was from Gabriele Detti. He has gone

sub 3.4 four. He has put a massive length in. The others trying to hang

on. Stephen Mill is out of it. This is going to be a very interesting

last 50. Extraordinary penultimate length from Detti. He has really

found another gear. To his right he can see all the swimmers. He is just

out on his own. No doubt about the first gold medal of this 2016

Championships. And a emphatic swim. The third fastest in the world this

year. A new championship record. Very quick indeed. The gold goes to

Gabriele Detti. The silver out in Lane 7, Henrik Christiansen. The

bronze to Peter Bernek of Hungary. The defending champion way down in

sixth. A great start from Stjepanovic. It was Detti out on his

own in the closing stages. Only one kick? Typical distance freestyle.

Breathing every stroke. To his right down the final length. He's happy

with that. Result of the first final. And emphatic this victory for

Gabriele Detti. Silver to Henrik Kristoffersen. Bronze to Peter

Bernek. Over to Stephen Milne. What is your priority here? I'm happy

with that race. I have a mixture of races in my programme. It is a tough

start and a tough race. Now I have the 1500 and the four times two to

come. Everybody wants to do well with a home crowd. We are going to

do our best. Nobody is denying that they are just trying to do their

best. James Guy is going to be annoyed when he sees the winning

times. We had our Olympic trials a month ago when he did 3.4 three. We

know he is capable of it. It's a shame that just a month later he

can't qualify for the final and get the medal I believe he could have

qualified for. He's learned something from that. Even this week

in the 200 metres freestyle he will come back fighting and hopefully

learn from that. He is still young and he was projected right onto the

world stage. We were shocked when he got that medal. 2013, he was a

bronze medallist at the British Championships. Becky knows what it's

like to be catapulted into the spotlight. It's all about

experience. The wrong experience that he wanted but still an

experience. We've both been through Championships with heats, semis, and

finals. You do try and save a little bit. Not a great day for him but it

doesn't take away from what he has done. If he gets a medal in Rio,

nobody is going to say, you more trunks in the heats! What you make

of chances in the next race? I think sprinters have it a little easier.

Every race you should be in decent shape. I did some work with him the

other day. He looks in for nominal condition. I think he will get close

to winning it. Let's see how he gets on. He is in the first semifinal.

COMMENTATOR: Ben Proud in the first semifinal. He is the fastest

qualifier. 22.9 is his record. What has he got to do? The same as this

morning. He executed his race really well. Everything just a little bit

better. I thought this morning he looked superb. I've got to agree

with you. There is Cheruti of Israel in the outside lane. 50 metres

butterfly. Ben Proud from Great Britain at the fastest qualifier. I

don't expect too many people to be too close. Maybe the man in Lane 6,

possibly. Todd a road Todd of first semifinal of the men's 50

flight. Then Proud right in the centre. The British record-holder.

Just a flat stroke. He doesn't go up and down very much at all. Uses all

his energy to go forward. The blue hats, still hasn't breathed. Looking

like he's going to take the semi. Must hit the ball on the end of the

stroke and he takes it. Faster than his heat. Starting to warm up now.

Then Proud wins the first semifinal of the men's 50 fly. He looked

pretty good. He did not take a breath. Frederick Bush -- Bousquet

looked good as well. Not taking a breath made the difference.

Interesting pictures from six, seven and eight. Then Proud winning the

first semifinal. He won by nearly a quarter a second from Bousquet and

Cheruti. If you have got a lane, you've got a chance. Lane eight and

Lane one were third and second in the semifinal. Don't worry about

your own swim. Concentrate on everybody else, you've got a

cracking chance. That's interesting. Govorov in Lane 4. Can he beat that?

Will he be rattled? I don't think so. They know they've got to do

their own thing. We see Laszlo Cseh. He has some medals to his name. A

400 medley in the past. There is Govorov, 24 years old. 23.00 to

qualify this morning. They know people are coming to them in every

lane. They have to stick to their game plan. The voice of Karen

Pickering, 38 national titles. Not sure I ever saw her do a 50 metre

butterfly. They didn't do 50 metres in those days, did they? Govorov is

the fastest qualifier in the second semifinal. Picture. Concentration.

Calm, focus. Second semifinal, men's 50 fly. Govorov of the Ukraine was

the fastest qualifier out of this series of semifinalists by 0.6

seconds in the heats. He's going again. Look at the speed of the

turnover. He sticks his head down and goes for the turn so fast. Just

took a breath there. Is he going to spot the wall? Not bad. 22.7. That

is an amazing swim. A new championship record for Govorov of

the Ukraine. Not far from the world record of 22.5. I wonder if we'll

see something like that in the swim. That was power. He took more breaths

than the Ben Proud. Good start. Quickly away. Much more undulating

through the water. Look at the gritted teeth. Love it! He just one

that heat by about point eight. A new championship record, 22.7.

Second, 23.5. Fascinated to hear what Mark Foster says about that.

Ex-world record in this event. Govorov will be a clear favourite in

that final tomorrow night. STUDIO: Mark Foster, you are very happy with

that is it because you know him and like him because you predicted the

time? It was an black and white TV when I did that. I think what I was

saying, when I went down a week ago and did some work with him. We did a

chat. Seeing what he does in the gym specifically for his event. Watching

what he does and how focused he is on it. It's wonderful to see. I was

saying to Becky, look at his back. He is just solid. The 50 fly is not

in the Olympics, the 50 free is but it shows what shape using. It is a

lot of Jim for sprinters. The hours that you spend in the pool. 25 hours

a week plus the gym on top of that plus physio and rehab. I went to the

gym with Siobhan-Marie O'Connor once, most embarrassing day of my

life. Let's see how Fran Halsall will get on now. COMMENTATOR: She

has certainly got a medal. At last, a bronze medal for Great Britain.

What a double. The 50 freestyle and now the 50 fly. They touch. Fran

Halsall is European champion. What a tremendous week. COMMENTATOR: The

first semifinal of the women's 50 metres butterfly. Fran Halsall in

Lane 5. Nice clean start. This one length butterfly. Of very quick. It

is to some and hustle. Fran Halsall is looking very flat and very good.

She is the British record-holder. Very good second 25. That is only

just outside her Commonwealth and British record. Really impressive

indeed. Fran Halsall wins it. There is a good 0.35 between first and

second. Surprising how much she took out of her there. We see her pop up

pretty well. We see the blue hat from Fran. Ironing out the

undulations. All about being flat and through the wall and spotting

the wall. Took the first semifinal. The results.

The second semifinal, the world record holder goes in four.

And not the greatest start, interestingly, right in the centre

from Sjoestroem of Sweden, and not the greatest of all, but

Kromowidjojo right in the centre, a better start, but coming back now,

Sjoestroem, working hard in this 50. Interesting to see, sometimes she

does not breathe, she did not when she set the world record, but that

looked very hard indeed. 25.42, she has won the second semi, Fran

Halsall won in 25.35, Fran Halsall goes into the final fastest ahead of

the world record-holder. She will love that. You can see we start, she

got away well, but Kromowidjojo underwater much, much stronger, then

we see the power of Sjoestroem, so strong. She made hard work of it,

having to really fight back against the Dutch girl one lane up, but so

flat in the water, she does not breathe in the 50 butterfly. So the

results of the second semifinal of the women's 50 metres butterfly.

The top three are as expected, but not quite in that order, though. So

the qualifiers for the final of the women's 50 metres butterfly, Fran

Halsall goes in fastest, Sarah see a strong, the world record-holder, is

second. What a final that is going to be. -- Sjoestroem.

That was a second best ever time for me, so I do not know where that came

from, but I think the fact that we have got this event, UK Bought

putting it on, it has put us in good spirits for the rest of the tour,

the home crowd is a great advantage. As a sprinter, it is fantastic to

have this event as the lead up to Rio. Definitely, you have the top

five right here, so to have that going into the Olympics, you cannot

ask for anything better. We will see you tomorrow! Yes, you will, thank

you, Sharron! Understandably buzzing from that performance, how

impressive was that given the competition? She looked an

absolutely great shape, I am so pleased for Fran, this will be her

third Olympics, she works hard, she has been a great role model, and she

is a world-class sprinter, her skills are second to none, and for

her to do that, the second fastest time ever, home crowd, should be

absolutely buzzing. You have got to take that in hard training, give

yourself a pat on the back for that one! The crowd love her, because she

is crackers in the best possible way, a great character, a good

advert for the sport. A wonderful advert, eight character, and she can

be a little bit erratic. I mean, she can be, but on form she is

unbelievable. For a lot of people, we have seen it with a lot of

swimmers over the years, when you get people who believe in

themselves, we all have doubts, but you have to believe in yourself when

you step up. When she believes in a cell, she has performances like

that, and the only thing missing is the Olympic Games. -- when she

believes in herself. She has got the right attitude going into the

Olympics. So when is the right time to taper? The Olympics are not far

away, we have just had the British trials, how would you get that

right, where does the balance come? It is different for every single

athlete, and a lot of these guys that are just got back into their

hard work after coming back from our Olympic trials, they will just now

be peaking upwards into the hard training, and then two or three

weeks before the Olympic Games, they start wresting back again. It is a

solid block of work they have to do, and especially for the sprinters, it

is easy speed, they get natural speed a lot when they rest. The

thing is, Fran is not rested, so she should have a massive amount of

confidence. She is at best when she is happy and smooth and she does not

overthink everything. She doesn't snatch. She holds the water, that is

a big thing, you have just got to relax for the first couple of

strokes, your adrenaline is pumping, slow things down. The fact that

every day, every session, you can do quite a lot of sprinting at your

pace and your distance, so Becky can do 800 as a pace all the time, it

would kill her! We talk about Hannah Miley, we have one medal in the pool

already, a silver medal for Scotland's Hannah Miley, they she is

receiving it for the 400 metres individual medley. We love Hannah

Miley. She is my age! Why did she look so young and I look so old?!

Budgie is just a little rocket, she is one of that people that has been

so throughout her whole career. She really deserves it, she is such a

great role model. That was won by Katinka Hosszu, the world champion,

no surprise, so what does that mean in turn of the Olympics and the

world stage, can she be on the podium? Definitely, she has proved

it, she has been unfortunate not to be added best and other people

peaking at the right time. At the Olympic Games, she has had fifth and

sixth, but on the right day, 4.35 is not 1 million miles away from where

she needs to be, so she is there, she just needs to keep doing that.

She looks so much stronger than before, but she looks much stronger.

We will turn our attention to the women's 4x100m relay, no British

interest, but it is a final, here it is.

And in lane four, the fastest qualifiers, unfortunately Great

Britain just missed out, they were ninth after the heats this morning.

But the Dutch team really are very powerful indeed, but fascinating,

right on the outside, up in lane eight, the Swedish team are going to

be starting with Sjoestroem, world number three, the European

individual champion, she will be right at the top of the shot.

Finland are in lane one, then Spain, Denmark, the favourites of the

Netherlands in three. Sweden at the top. Well, we fully expect

Sjoestroem, the number three, the European champion, the World

Championships other medallists to guard very fast indeed. She has had

a decent start at the top. Of course, she swam the 50 butterfly

already in this session, so we would expect her to be feeling it a little

bit, but the tactics are to put their fastest swimmer off first, get

out in front, and they are doing that, 25.78 at the 50 metres mark. A

very fast first 50, and she is really working this second 50, not

leading the rest of the field as much as I thought she might. Going

well in the centre, in lane three, is Team Denmark. Right at the top,

Sjoestroem was first, yes, Sweden first, Denmark were second, third is

Holland. 54.6, 53.4 from Sjoestroem, not bad at all. Pretty good for your

second swim of the night, she was feeling it in the last five or six

metres there, but no surprise that she is tough in the freestyle

events. So she was leading, the Swedish swimmer, but the fantastic

Duchess printer, at the World Championships last year she was

fifth, and she really has had a fantastic first 75 metres. --

fantastic Dutch sprinter. She is leading by a metre or so on the rest

of the field. At the halfway mark, it is Holland leading in first

place, Sweden in second, maybe just in lane five, that is Team Italy,

and they come through very well. Pellegrini on the last leg, that

will be very interesting for the Italians. Opposite tactics for the

Italians, putting their fastest swimmer last, Sweden starting with

theirs. The Netherlands have got talent the whole way through, they

really have a great history of freestyle swimming and relay

results. Kromowidjojo will be anchoring the team for the

Netherlands, the Olympic champion, 1500 freestyle, part of the World

Championship winning team at the World Championships a few years ago

now, the Dutch team has really picked up a number of medals over

the years. The great Olympic champion on the 50 and the 100,

surely they cannot be beaten now, Kromowidjojo goes in for Holland,

they are leading. Second, maybe still Sweden, that is a surprise.

Now, in the centre, can Federica Pellegrini of Italy catch up? This

is really tight. It is about the minor medals, isn't it? Kromowidjojo

absolutely out on her own, Sweden still in the race, in second place,

France in third. Sweden have come back strong, but can Charlotte

Bonnet fourth France get in the mix? This is a battle, Italy are still

fighting, it is for the minor medals, the Dutch girls are way out

in front. Gold for Holland in the relay, but silver and bronze are so

tight, Pellegrini coming back, will she steal silver? Gold goes to

Holland, silver goes to Italy, and amazing final leg from the Italian,

they have got gold and bronze in this session already, what a great

swim for them. No doubt about the winner, the Olympic champion on the

50, Jelavic champion over the 100, Kromowidjojo brought it back for

Holland in emphatic style. -- the Olympic champion. A massive, massive

robbery, I would suggest, for the bronze medal, Sweden, eighth

fastest, getting bronze. It was all about their lead-off swimmer,

Sjoestroem did her stuff, leading by example, but a great finish by

Hanson as well to bring them home. But Pellegrini, wow, first time we

have seen a swim at these championships, she loves a relay.

The start, of course, Sjoestroem right at the top, great start for

Sweden. Holland way out in front, Kromowidjojo with her first gold

medal of these championships, I doubt it will be the last.

So she brings back team Holland, gold for them, Italy take silver,

Sweden the bronze. We turn our attention to the men's

4x100m final, Mark was busy making notes! In the room, Mark! Not the

best swim from our boys this morning, what did you make of it? It

was not the best swim! We have not got the four good guys in the 100

metres freestyle, we have got two guys, they will just get in and see

what they can do. The important thing is racing, getting the

experience, the 200 guys, it is speed work for them. Benjamin Proud

and Duncan Scott, they will be vying for the 100 metres freestyle spot in

the medley relay in Rio. How will Proud be doing? He has already been

in the pool. You has only done one length! Being a sprinter, it is not

likely that they will get a medal in this, but it is a great opportunity

for the 200 boys to get in the relay, doing the takeovers, good

practice for the four by 200, where they are really strong, and they are

racing against the best in the world. Right, OK, now that we have

really big them up, let's see how they get on!

Thank you, Helen, Mark, Team Greece just being paraded, they are in lane

number two. Great Britain will be in lane eight, right at the top of the

shot. Here is the Romanians in lane six, fourth fastest qualifiers for

the final. They are right next to Italy, then Belgium coming out next.

Interestingly, the tactics from the Italians. They have got a strong

team, the world number two leading it off, but a fantastic swimmer to

anchor the team. They have got that talent. He has been swimming so many

years for the Italians, he keeps producing results. When you have got

someone with that experience to go on the end of your team, you can

start with a faster swimmer as well. France, well, what a class team they

have been over the years. They have had their moments, haven't they,

when they have been favourite, and you just think, and amazing team but

they have not delivered? So Great Britain sneaked into the final in

eighth place in lane eight, France fastest qualifier in four. I wonder

which team we will see for them here. They have the quality, and

they have had that over the years, but they don't always deliver the

results. A little bit crazy, the French, or not they?

Great Britain at the top. Robbie Rennick leading off. The final of

the men's four by 100 metres freestyle relay. A very good start

by the Italians. It is, as expected, Dotto. Really high in the water.

Like a powerboat using that leg kick to skirt over the top of the water.

Can Dotto hold this pace? He's looking strong in the closing stages

of his leg. Very tight takeover. Italy first, Belgium second, third

room mania. Great Britain look like they are six or seven at the moment.

-- third room mania. You don't want to be diving into that kind of wave

that really rocks you around. The tactics on the men's freestyle relay

are so important. Again, straight arm stroke you see of these

sprinters. It's not pretty but it is strong and effective. Fascinating

from the French in the centre, starting to come back. It's going to

be Italy. Another tight takeover. The halfway mark. Italy first, front

second and starting to turn it on now. They've caught up the Italians

so fast. Great swim from Gilot, a great part of their

relay over the years. Again, not pretty. On the water. That power

pushing through. Making the most of every leg pull. The race is all

about efficiency. About half a metre between the two of them as they

touched. Look at the start from the Italian. That is Magnini in Lane 5

in the dark hat. Greece doing well in Lane 2. A fascinating last 50.

Where did they come from? Will it be the French pulling away? Did Magnini

go too fast in the first 50. Paying the price now. Mignon may have paced

it a bit better. France win gold, silver is so second. It was Italy, I

think. In Lane 5. Really close. 100th of a second ahead of Belgium.

In fourth, so close, what a shame it was for Greece. Great Britain

finished seventh. Well, what a swim from Greece. Surprised that they

were in the mix in the closing stages. Dotto got the Italians off

to a fantastic start. Manaudou got the French back in it. Flo Mo! Have

to give him a nickname. Magnini wasn't moving in the last metres.

Not surprising because he went off like a shot. Italy beat Belgium by

one 100th into the silver medal. Great Britain coming seventh.

STUDIO: Not great but let's not forget British team is the gold

medallist in the 200 meter relay. Now let's turn to the 100 metre

men's but strokes. Including this man. COMMENTATOR: Vili powering

ahead. He looks like he means business. Brilliant gold.

Interesting starts in the backstroke allowed down.

Looking good is Christou of Greece. Executed well, it is beautiful to

watch. The power they have in their shoulders. Great underwater work

from Christou. Walker-Hebburn a bit off the pace at the moment. Christou

is going well at the moment but the rest of the field, it is tight. It

looks like Christou is going to take it. Very fast indeed. Second the

Italian. Walker-Hebburn was fourth. A dangerous place to finish in the

first semifinal. Conor Ferguson, 54.9 nine. Just outside the time he

needed to qualify. If it was me, I'd take him anyway, at 16 years of age.

One to watch for the future. As we watch a replay of that finish.

Walker-Hebborn was fourth. Second semifinal of the men's 100 metres

backstroke. I'm not sure if you sure the bar on

the wall. You can put your feet on a little bar which really does help.

Used to slip a lot down the wall. Now they have a bar to keep it

steady. Pretty steady in this second semifinal. As expected, a good start

coming from Lacourt. Should be strong in the closing stages. Has a

lovely strong stroke. Actually, very close across this. It could go

anywhere. Also dangerous to Walker-Hebborn who finished in

fourth in that first semifinal. Coming through in Lane 3, the

Russian wins it. That is very close indeed. Lacourt was second. Goodness

me. It is tight. Beautiful work from the backstroke underwater. It was so

close, reaching for the wall. The results of the second semifinal. The

final places very tight indeed. The qualifiers for the final. Look at

that, Shane Ryan has made it into the final. A great swim from the new

final record holder. No place in the final four Walker-Hebborn. A lot of

pressure when it's a home crowd. Definitely. I want to give these

guys what they pay for. Obviously, our focus is the Olympics. I gave

that my all. 54.7 is pretty good considering where I am in training.

At the same time I'm not disappointed. New technology getting

the time. Is it something you have to adapt to. It's great that the

backstroke wedge is used everywhere. It is standard now. I love it. It

takes out the element of slipping. You don't have to worry about it.

I'm glad it's here. Back to more hard work now. That's all right.

Walker-Hebborn failing to make the final there. It feels like that

people are either smashing it or the opposite of smashing it. I saw Chris

earlier and he looked shattered. He said he was going back for a nap.

These guys are seriously hard training. You said he hadn't

arrested at all. Really struggling, just giving it his best shot.

Unfortunately, when you are not on form in hard training, it's not

easy, speed. It's a lot of hard work. It's difficult to talk about

Olympians having a four-year cycle and expecting them to big a couple

of months before a massive competition. Explain what shaved

down means. I let Mark explain that. When coming to a major competition,

at the beginning of the season, when you come to be, you do less and less

but more quality work. The last thing you do properly before you

race is people shave, they get a shave and shave all the hair off

their legs. The sensation in the water is just of flying and sliding

through the water. That is when you are at your peak and the icing on

the cake. Especially for the guys who can only wear jammers. You have

to consciously make an effort to do it. It's a mental thing, not just

physical. You feel better once you have shaved down and you feel

smoother in the water. Adam Peaty is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest

of the world. He is absolutely flying. Some coaches will give them

a bit of a rest. If they have a peek, why come here? It is pointless

to try and use it as a training week. Have a competition. Get on the

block and get confidence. Come away with some decent times. Cyclists

talk about marginal gains. It makes the world of difference. The tiniest

bit of leg hair. Let's talk about the women's 200 meter backstroke. In

the first semifinal Kathleen Dawson and Charlotte Evans. They finished

sixth and eight in this one. So, this was the first of two

semifinals. It meant that... Is the second semifinal. The Hungarian once

again one mess. Hosszu, the world champion, the iron Lady. An

incredible athlete. This is the qualifying. The British girls just

outside the qualification. It is still only day one. We will see how

the rest of the week pans out. We keep talking of the Olympics. The

ladies and gentleman who will be on the plane representing British

women. About a month ago, the British trials happened which means

all of the British team were selected. 26 will be on the plane

heading to South America. COMMENTATOR: Absolutely world-class.

Fabulous swim. Punches the air. Superb therefrom Chloe Tottenham.

Tutton. Adam Peaty, what are swim! Can't complain. The main job was to

qualify. Really happy. Absolutely superb swim from Shuttleworth. He's

taken 20 seconds off his personal best. A girl who missed out on going

to the Olympics in London. It means so much to me. I'm moody, emotional,

all sorts. To come away with the time on my last swim is an amazing

relief. Max Litchfield can touch down his passport. He's going to

Rio. More than good enough to get on the plane. Hannah Miley is going to

touch here. Inside the qualification time for the big games. Then Proud

is going to be British champion. Excellent swim.

Those were the faces, these are the names, what you make of the team,

some star names that people will recognise, who is likely to be on

the podium? You have got names like Fran Halsall, Adam Peaty, Jazz

Carlin, but what was great from the trials is that we were introduced to

new swimmers, Chloe Tutton, guys who swam their hearts out to make the

team, they fully deserved their spot-on the team as well. Yeah, she

has said the names, but what is really exciting is, I went to five

Olympics, then I saw Becky in 2012, now we are sitting up here, but I

have never gone into the Olympics in, I would kind of give them a gold

medal already. But having Adam Peaty at there as your leader, and what I

have found, being in the team, it spreads believe that somebody can do

it, you can do it. They are not all going to do it, but we have got such

good depth, James Guy has a couple of good races coming, depth across

the board. They are not going to come back with bags full of gold

medals, but we have got strength in depth, which is very exciting. What

about notable absentees? There are names you might have expected to

see, who is not on the list? Obviously, Michael Jamieson, silver

medal in London, he just missed out. Liam Tancock, Lizzie Simmonds are

not there, they just missed out on the team, it was a very strict

selection policy, you had to hit a certain time, it was guys within 2%

of that time who were able to go. Then a few wild cards, Dan Wallace

did not have a great trials, but he got a wild card because of his

performances last year out of the World Championships. You know what?

They decided they wanted on the team as an option the relay. It is a

shame they did not have a few more wild cards to give younger guys the

opportunity to go to the Olympics. You have also got to remember, the

four year cycle, Michael Jamieson had a silver medal, we thought he

would move onto other things, but staying at that high injuries come

in, it is hard on the body and hard on the mind. Some people fall off.

Tancock has been around for a long time, we knew his body was giving

in, but it is a surprise not to see him. The body starts speaking to him

three months to early, I would say. You talk about wild cards, but apart

from that, it is tough to make the team, there is only one chance to

qualify. Other countries are not that harsh, is it harsh? It is, it

is kind of how they look at it, you get one shot at the Olympic Games,

one opportunity to win the Mall at the Olympics. So we should do that

at trials, have that high pressure situation with one chance to

qualify. That is why they do it, it is a smaller team than London, but

we have not got a home Olympics. It is all focused on medals, the times

were difficult to qualify, but it is about focusing. In the past, we have

had swimmers who have said, it is my dream to make the team! It should be

your dream to get on the podium. It is, it is true! It does, it happens,

and I think we need to change the mentality in Britain, and we're not

going to do that unless we make it tough for these guys to qualify.

Even this week, we are going to see some top racing, that is what they

were allowed to do in three months' time. Looking deeper, only about 30

people go, if they don't go now, they have to wait another four years

to go. The swimmers have been selected, but

the divers have not, they really needed to pull it out of the bag,

and they certainly did that. I caught up with Tom Daley at the end

of the championships, we will hear from him in a few minutes, but let's

celebrate their success. At the end of the week, they topped the medal

table, three gold, five silver, three bronze, and they were actually

crowned diving team of Europe, let's celebrate their success.

A hop, skip and jump, oh, what a dive! Yeah! Incredible finish, Tom

Daley and Reid! Phenomenal, that will be good enough for the silver.

Yes, yes! Exceptional! The British team are on their feet,

the coaches are smiling. Supreme diving from Tom Daley. China,

beware! Yes! Spectacular finish! Fair to say a very successful

European Championships, two gold, one silver, how happy are you? I am

over the moon with the way the week has gone, it is amazing being able

to dive in front of the home crowd, and the pool has so many memories. I

train here everyday, it is where I won Olympic bronze, it is so nice to

train in front of your friends and family. It is the most fun ever.

Your mum is over there, she must be the most nervous woman in Britain.

She has got nerves of steel, she just says there and claps along. The

head of British swimming came over, he said, Tom did well? Yeah, he did

all right. It was very nearly three gold medals. It was very close in

the synchro, 0.94 away from gold, a bit frustrating, it could have been

a hat-trick, but I am over the moon. In terms of the individual event,

how nerve wracking is it for you? You were in the competition, you are

at there, are you aware of what he has done in his diet? I am

completely aware of every diver, because I love to know exactly what

I needed you, watch their scores, and then when I go to the end of the

board, it is about making sure I do better. If I see that they get 9.9,

then I need ten. It gives me a bit more adrenaline. Your second dive,

you are the only person who does that, your face when you set off was

a picture. That makes breaks become petition

for me, it is my newest dive, it is risky to do, but I had to do it,

because my old twister was just horrendous. I had to change it and

do something slightly different. For me, it is about making sure I get

the start right. If I do, everything else flows, but it was terrifying on

the top of the board, I knew Victor had done a terrific dive, and I had

to do it better. This is a sport that favours the brave, last time

around you to two medals, this time ten, how is the mood? The last

Europeans were the most successful, two medals, and now we have won ten,

and it just shows that British diving is in really strong condition

leading into the 2016 Olympics games, and it is really exciting.

Are you thinking about Rio now, or just celebrating a brilliant week?

There is not a second of the day goes by when you are not thinking

about Rio. How much you sleep, how much you eat, the training you do,

it is all geared to one moment in Rio in the competition, making all

those dives count. It has put us in a good position, like, you know, it

is a subjective sport, so for the judges to be able to see us doing so

well overall as a team, fingers got for this competition, but we have

won overall European diving team title, so really exciting. I will

keep my fingers crossed, it is looking good. Congratulations this

week, good luck for the next few months. Thank you very much. Do not

adjust your telly, the colours are not broken, that was yesterday, this

is today! Plenty more action in the pool tomorrow, if you want to join

us tomorrow, then crowd goes in the 50 metres butterfly final... -- Ben

Proud. It is all about a lad from Derby

with massive guns! Adam Peaty is a very rare athlete,

one of our greatest ever, he is a privilege to watch, just to be able

to say that I know him. The months before the world record in April, I

knew he was capable of doing something. Goodness me, he wins the

gold! Just so pleased for the little bad that I had coached from the age

of 14 with a bad haircut. Very special moment for me. The pressure

was on him when he went to the World Championships. He was the number

one, he had broken the world record, and he was now the guy to watch. The

50 metres breaststroke, just insane. Ears very well placed at this

stage... He swam his perfect race. That was certainly a crowd pleaser.

What a superstar! From a coaching point of view, the 100 metres was

not easy to watch. This is a very big lead... I was cheering and

screaming, thinking, he is not going to do it! Then he does it. He has

got it on the very last stroke. For him to cope with the pressure in his

first World Championships, at the age of just 20, that is when he

became a man for me. What an athlete, and what a year he

had lasted, look at your faces! I love them two, they are amazing,

such a perfect team together, and I am so pleased for Adam, he deserves

everything, he works so hard, him and his coach are such a

combination, honestly, they are hilarious to watch, they need their

own reality show, they are so funny together. I really hope he does it

at the Olympic Games, that is the only one missing from his

collection, then he would have the whole set. Before that, the

Europeans tomorrow night, you know what he is capable of, how excited

should we be? Up their area excited. You don't seem it! I am very

excited. I think he will win it, win it by a bit. He has got all the

experience, then it is all about Rio, bottom line, we all know that,

but at the moment he is on fire, and I think, as Mel says, you are not

melt anymore, you are Becky! He is a very special person, you get the

combination of a special person, the athlete and the coach, it is

beautiful. If you want to tune in tomorrow to see how he gets on, you

can, we are on BBC Two from 6:30, and you can tune in via the red

button from six o'clock. Thank you for your company this afternoon! We

are all going to sit in a freezer, it is so hot here, that explains why

we are slightly crazy. See you tomorrow, bye-bye!

This could be the game of the season.

There's going to be fireworks. A repeat of the 1990 final.

What do you mean, Wigan aren't playing, cocker?!

Connor Wickham! It's got penalties written all over it.

Brilliant save! I reckon England will win the FA Cup.

I think they'll take it this year. Yeah...