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Welcome Park, and the aquatic centre is

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poised for action. We are in the middle of the European

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Championships. Plenty to talk you through this evening.

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Championships. Plenty to talk you Team GB so far. Two Gold, two Silva

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and two bronze and more podium opportunities tonight. It has been a

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and two bronze and more podium topsy-turvy week for James Guy. Can

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Dan Wallace Addie European title to topsy-turvy week for James Guy. Can

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Craig Benson go in the 200, let's wish them the very best.

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Mark Foster and Becky Adlington with us this evening to talk us

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through the action, and they are with us all week. First we have the

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semifinals of the women's 200 metre individual

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semifinals of the women's 200 metre week Hannah Miley got a silver in

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the 400 and week Hannah Miley got a silver in

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semifinal. In the second we have the world champion and the Commonwealth

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champion. world champion and the Commonwealth

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international swimming. Look at this. She is miles ahead. What a

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week she has had. Finally she has won Commonwealth gold. Siobhan

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Mario, holds on for the bronze. Look what it means. Wonderful. I think we

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need a call room before we come on air. I thought it was a private

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joke, I thought, what's going on? You love talking about Sherborne

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Marie O Connor, what is it like having someone like suing there? I

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have not seen her in the pool room, but she is clearly on form and very

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fast. I don't think she will upset her opponents but I don't know she

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does her own thing. What Sherborne would do in there, people learn from

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each other, but ultimately you do your own thing and don't get

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intimidated. Hannah Miley has won silver. O Connor is going in the

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second. Let's handover to Karen and Andy.

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Camming sky of Portugal in second. Fantastic 400 medley here to get the

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silver medal. You think of her more as a 400 swimmer but she has swum in

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the 200. She seems more built for a 400, quite slight and doesn't seem

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to have the power of other swimmers but she is talented. Here she is,

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Hannah Miley of Great Britain. With a fast second semifinal

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waiting, these eight women really have to do push it down this first

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semifinal of the women's 200 in it individual medley. The Whitecaps in

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the centre there is Hannah Miley of Great Britain. Great start. She is a

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good butterfly swimmer so is making the most of that in this event.

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Laying to their strengths. You cannot afford to have a weak stroke

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in this level at individual medley any more. Particularly thinking

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about the way your strengths and weaknesses lie. Interesting term

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there. She was very close. This is the part of the medley where Hannah

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begins to start to drive through, and you can see that white hat in

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the centre. She is starting to make a move. The Dutch swimmer leading,

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Miley second, and between them, the Italian coming in quite fast. She

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has paid the price for that speed in the early stages, played to their

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strength but paid the price. Hannah Miley's breaststroke, she is such a

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tough competitor, great determination in the closing stages

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of 400 and 200 medley. Hannah Miley looking good. She needs 2.10, should

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be good enough. A little slower. 2.12. Importantly she has won the

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semifinal so highly unlikely all eight from the second semifinal will

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beat her. She should comfortably get through to tomorrow night's final,

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but to slightly slower than I expected. A tiny bit quicker than

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the heats. We see the race gets under way. Hannah got to the wall

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first. Good, long reach. First semifinals of the women's 200 medley

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won by Hannah Miley, Italy second and third.

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The Olympic champion and world record-holder in force, Hosszu.

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Siobhan-Marie O Connor focusing on the medley. Very talented, good on

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freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly, individually. Great to

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see her focus on that event. So the two Hungarians in three and

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four, Herath Stowe and Hosszu. -- Evelyn Verraszto. Siobhan-Marie was

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the only one of the four has swum the heats as well, doing the

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butterfly leg, excellent in the morning and the evening.

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Slovenia in lane eight, the slowest qualifier, but there is the world

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champion, no Olympic medals yet, though, and next to her

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Siobhan-Marie O Connor, Commonwealth champion in this 200 medley. It was

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gold and bronze at the world champions, Hosszu and O Connor.

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The second semifinal of the women's 200 metre individual medley,

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probably the slowest reaction to the gun. A superb start for

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Siobhan-Marie O Connor. That's what gun. A superb start for

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you need to do, will be a tough lady to beat. The

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will be a tough lady to beat. The word we use most associated with her

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is just tough, calls herself the iron Lady, so many events, but she

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never uses back, she puts 100% effort in all the time, always

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working hard, with her plan to get to the big games, it should seem so

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easy for her. I am fascinated by Hosszu's stroke, it is like

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clockwork mouse, really fast turnover, quite a high fast

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clockwork mouse, really fast turnover, much different, much

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longer, more powerful, slower, turnover, much different, much

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very effective. Siobhan-Marie O Connor second, Verrazsto third.

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very effective. Siobhan-Marie O is not answer --

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very effective. Siobhan-Marie O as other backed brokers but very

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effective. She is Olympic champion at the 200 backstroke but O Connor

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is a superb breaststroke, if she could swim that hundred breaststroke

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internationally, she is chasing down Hosszu. She is an excellent

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freestyler, she could focus on the 200 freestyle and do well. That is

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why she is good at the medley, she is excellent at the individual

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strokes. But Hosszu digging deep now. Hosszu never

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seems to go slow. Very fast in final of course. Here is this

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freestyle, longer and more rangy than the backstroke that goes round

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and round, but goodness, it was effective. The winner, Hosszu of

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Hungary, second, Siobhan-Marie O Connor of Britain, good swim from

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her, and Evelyn Verraszto of hungry comes third, and they will certainly

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make it through to the final tomorrow evening. It will be a good

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final. Why does she go so fast every time? She is world champion

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world record-holder, though she need to? That is what she is practising,

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it is about making it easy come the Olympic Games, she works hard all

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the time, never gives up, never slows down and pulling away from

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Siobhan-Marie in the early stages. The result of the 200 metres medley

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semifinal. I believe Sharron Davies is now talking to Hannah Miley. For

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someone who it is not their favourite event, pretty good swim.

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It was all right, good speed for me. Really hard to try and get on with

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it so it is nice to be hitting those times and I

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hope it is good enough with the final -- for the final. The tempo

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always changes, do you have a stroke you rely on to pull back on? Depends

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what kind of day I am having. At the moment I'm not too bad, breaststroke

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is slow so it is good to have that, but it changes depending on my

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fatigue levels and where I am at the stage of the year. It's all right.

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See you tomorrow. We heard Hannah saying she has different days but in

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the final, Siobhan-Marie, Hannah and Hosszu will line up, what effect

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will that have on the British girls? I think it is really good for want

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Mac because this is her major event, good experience for Rio.

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Siobhan-Marie is with Sharron fantastic swim, looking strong, can

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you catch her? I am just trying to work on the process. We have been

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training really hard into this meet. The home crowd support, it helps to

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get through that pain. I was really happy with that. I thought I would

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maybe go a bit quicker tomorrow night and see if I can push her

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more, but it is great to swim out here. Trying to work on everything

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here. The final preparation for the big one in the summer. Basically you

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have do touch it on the breaststroke pretty much level, haven't you? Yes,

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basically. I know there are a few things I can change. I just tried to

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stick with the first three legs. She powers

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through so I have to backend my race and stay with her as much as I can.

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It is a great finish and it is good to race with the best in Europe and

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home support is amazing. Good luck, and we will be cheering for you

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tomorrow. Sharron Davies, you won this event when you were 16, you won

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a Commonwealth gold medal, talk us through, now that Siobhan-Marie and

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Hannah are out of earshot, where do you think this race will be won and

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lost? She would not tell us what two

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races, and I think it will be the IMs because she is a multitalented

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athlete. I think that Siobhan and Hannah will both have to take on in

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the 200 and 400. They are capable of it and in past actually, Hosszu has

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got it wrong. She will have to be a good on breast Rojava chance of

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beating her. It is very noisy year. It is fantastic. This crowd is

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behind everybody. Bias-mac noisy here. You have to do your own race

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and that is the thing about an individual medley. You change tempo

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and you have to realise you're going to move up and down -- it is very

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noisy look beta-mac. You cannot be too reflective on what

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everyone else is doing. You have to swim your own race but at the same

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time it is still a race. About beating that next person. Thank you

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very much for that, Sharron. Earlier on it was that men's freestyle,

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rejoining, and Gregorio is way out in front. He is inside world record

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pace, but there is extraordinary pace here. Can Paltrinieri find

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something like that in the closing stages?

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COMMENTATOR: He is hammering down this last 15. He will be right on

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the world record. He has smashed his own European record. He is the world

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champion, the European champion, the European record-holder and the crowd

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are going nuts in the background. The world record stands at 14.31.02

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and he is just outside of that. He has broken his own European record

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by a fill five seconds and that was about ten weeks' to go until the

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Olympic Games is absolutely incredible. -- throw-mac five

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seconds. A new record for Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy to win the men's

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1500 metres freestyle, just off the world record.

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HELEN SKELTON: From 30 lengths of this pool down to four. He has not

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had a mostly forward of weeks but if we cast remains back to last year,

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2015 was a belter... COMMENTATOR: He has got it, he has

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got it! The gold medal goes to James Guy. An utterly brilliant swim.

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World champion, 200 metres freestyle, well done, sir! Do not

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see myself as James Guy, the champion. I go to training every

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day, work my backside off and that is it. It has not sunk in yet, no. I

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remember winning but it did not get into my head yet. I am sure it will

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one day. Now world champion, 200m freestyle. You are the world

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champion, James, well done. Since you demand of the scene there has

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been this wave of success. What is that like? Been part of the British

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team, Siobhan as well, the young guns coming through. The mood and

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the theme is different than London. A lot of young guys coming through

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whereas before there were a lot of veterans are tired now. The attitude

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was different. Hopefully we can deliver in Rio de Janeiro. World

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champion is one thing but an Olympic champion is another and I am sure

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that is motivating you know? Of course. Obviously I want to do the

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team proud as well but as long as I go there, enjoy the experience and

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raise it as high as I can, I will be happy. We were expecting James Guy

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to be in the freestyle final tonight. Here's what happened this

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morning... James Guy is in the white cap in lane four, nowhere near

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qualifying. It was hard. I knew it would be. When you said try

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something new, what was that? Skivvies for the heat. Usually

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people don't wear that but I thought I would try to wear skimpies to

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think, if I felt bad in Rio de Janeiro on the first day, it would

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feel bad then. Normally you would at least want to progress to the final

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if you're going to take that risk of not wearing a suit and it did not

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pay off. That was his best chance and he wants to swim at as many

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times as possible before Rio de Janeiro and that is one chance

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missed. Don't think I will wear them ever again!

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COMMENTATOR: This is much better from James Guy, you really is

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fighting down this last ten. The Guy is back!

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HELEN SKELTON: Let's catch up with our commentators. Karen, James has

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already qualified for the Olympics where will his head be coming into

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this competition? An interesting one because coming into an event like

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this not arrested, we know it takes a physical toll but the

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psychological toll can be pretty hard as well. You need pretty clear

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goals and know exactly what you're aiming for so if you do not quite

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achieve the positions and the times you can sit down with you court and

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take the positives out of that otherwise with just ten weeks to go

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until a major championship, it could have a bit of a knock-on effect --

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sit down with your coach. I have never heard so many people speaking

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about what a swimmer is wearing but it is particularly relevant here.

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Why? He just wore a little skimpy suit, and very brave move, I have to

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say. It kind of says, I am good enough not to need to wear a racing

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suit. It did not quite work for him. I think one of the interesting

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things is when you are in really heavy training, the first thing to

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go is your speed and the field disappears. For a big race fully

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rested he will quite nice and comfortable and do his stuff but not

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rested, that really does hurt and you have to work it really hard. I

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think he just slightly mis-dubstep and with those little skimpies on as

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well, he has probably learned a very big lesson, I would suggest -- I

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think he just slightly misjudged it. The men's 200 meter freestyle final,

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coming up. COMMENTATOR: There is the fastest

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qualifier, and for me the big big danger for the gold medal in this

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men's 200m freestyle. Fifth in the World Championships, which James Guy

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so wonderfully won last year. Here is James Guy in the blue hat. You

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can clearly see he is unshaved. Goodness, heavens!

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LAUGHTER A serious speed bump on his face and

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in ten weeks time that will be absolutely as smooth as a baby's arm

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and he will be very fast indeed. So right in the centre, of Holland,

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Verschuren, Stjepanovic of Serbia, and in number three, James Guy of

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Great Britain. Three, four and five are the big guys. James Guy,

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Sebastiaan Verschuren and Velimir Stjepanovic of Serbia. It will be

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very interesting indeed. In the heats, James Guy work this really

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hard. He really worked it out I think it paid off. Totally dead.

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That was the key for me, that he learned a lesson, it didn't go to

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plan, the part it and got on with the next job and did not make a

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mistake again. That was superb for him. It will be great if you can get

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on the podium. That really would boost confidence and everything

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going into the games, but a tough field. The swimmers are taking this

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race on. You can see in the shop there with that blue hat on and he

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is in a good position at the moment. Sort of, as expected, Stjepanovic is

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leading. Stjepanovic is no first. Slightly surprising, Koski in second

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place at the moment, but right in there is James Guy,... Yes, right in

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the next, and Stjepanovic was not able to keep his race going in the

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400, dropping off in the closing stages, so perhaps we will see the

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same -- see the same because Verschuren, the one really committed

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in the semifinals, the 27-year-old, experienced, with the finish. James

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Guy now has an absolute chance to this last 50 metres. The white hat

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of Stjepanovic and then one lane also device-mac is Verschuren of

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Holland, and then James Guy. Stjepanovic is holding an very well

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indeed -- one lane closer device-mac. It looks like Verschuren

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may get in their... Verschuren get the touch, the gold to Verschuren,

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the European champion, the silver to Stjepanovic, and I have to say that

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is a very impressive bronze medal for James Guy. He has come back.

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Very tired, very un-rested and he has grabbed a bronze medal. That was

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superb from James Guy. Really proud of him. He really tough that out and

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you could say it was hiding in the closing stages. He was looking at

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the other swimmers and he dug deep. It was Stjepanovic who got away

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best. Lately most likely did in that 400, but again he could not hold on,

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and Verschuren, so experienced, he claimed it to perfection. James Guy

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in there for bronze. He is happy with that gold, isn't he? Goodness

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me. Sebastiaan Verschuren beats Great Britain's world champion into

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third place. Verschuren gets the gold but he was very tight indeed.

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Stjepanovic gets the silver and James Guy gets the brand. -- the

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bronze. What a scrap at the end there. I bet he didn't enjoy that,

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James Guy? Definitely. Hard training for a these races and it is not as

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smooth as you to be. From his semifinal the matter is final, you

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got quicker each round and that is what he will have to do in the

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Olympic games. He raced a tough race there and, as he said there, they

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will be smooth as a baby's arm for Rio. He is still on rested so that

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should give him a good confidence boost ahead of the Olympics. We

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spoke a lot about the physicality and the rest of it but I do not

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believe someone like James Guy, he has not had a huge profile for a lot

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of years and this week will have been mentally tiring for him. Sure,

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but great experience. The 400 was not what he wanted but he came back,

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he bounced back, you know, only a second off his best. That in hard

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training of that distance, it is unbelievable. He won the World

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Championship last year on a second faster. one thing james guy gives

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you every race, he works hard to that while. And it really hurt him

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but that is what he did at World Championship, working hard for that

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last 15, it is the difference between winning and losing races. he

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will be pleased with that. keeping an eye on his dead, -- his dad, and

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he was not enjoying that! laughter

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was thinking, come on, come on. said on another day guy family to be

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road. Let's turn to the women's breaststroke. Meilutyte has owned

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this race in previous times but she has just come back from injuries

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were taking into consideration what to -- consideration. And watch out

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for the British girls, Chloe Tutton and Molly Renshaw.

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COMMENTATOR: The finalists of the 100m women's freestyle. The world

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and Olympic champion, Rita Meilutyte, in Lane four. There she

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is, the champion, she won the Olympic Games aged 15. We were

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speaking to her coach John Wright just yesterday. At 19 years of age

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she is coming back to defend the 100m Olympic title. Quite

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extraordinary. Bet she loves coming back to swim here. What amazing

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memories. Just a 15-year-old kid and since then, last year, she broke her

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elbow after following off her bike, on her way to morning training. If

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anything, so tough to come back from that. The

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anything, so tough to come back from well to qualify for this final.

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Chloe Tutton in lane two. One lane from the bottom. Molly Renshaw right

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Chloe Tutton in lane two. One lane at the bottom. At the top, Fiona

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Doyle of Ireland. Take your marks... The final of the women's 100m press

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talk at these European Championship and the women who swam in this lane

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to win the title, route amelia deedes, what a great start she has

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had. every time i see this girl start i wonder how she can be so

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quick -- meilutyte. you rarely see any of the male sprinters off blocks

:29:54.:30:00.

as quick as that. And the power she has, extraordinary, and

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as quick as that. And the power she seem to be showing any effects of

:30:03.:30:04.

the two seem to be showing any effects of

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ago. Meilutyte, and seem to be showing any effects of

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a super time there as well -- master starter. Molly Renshaw is also going

:30:17.:30:22.

well, as is Fiona Doyle, but it is really all about Route Amelia eight,

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coming back a little bit -- Meilutyte. Goodness me, very

:30:28.:30:31.

impressive stuff. She has about five metres to go no. -- now. The

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European champion, the one she has never won before, Ruta Meilutyte,

:30:40.:30:47.

about the time she did in the semifinals, she went down so

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about the time she did in the quickly, finally she has won the 100

:30:53.:30:58.

metres at the European Championships. I wonder if she will

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be back on the Olympic podium in ten weeks' time to claim that gold

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medal? There we see that exceptional start Meilutyte has, take note of

:31:08.:31:15.

that. That power under water, no problem with the elbow there. My

:31:16.:31:20.

goodness, I was feeling that in the closing stages! So Ruta Meilutyte a

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finally wins her first 100 metres European title, a silver to

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Luthersdottir, and look what happened in the bronze, what a

:31:37.:31:39.

brilliant swim from Chloe Tutton to win the bronze. STUDIO: You know

:31:40.:31:50.

Andy is impressed when he goes high-pitched! Hats off to Ruta, that

:31:51.:31:52.

injury is significant, she couldn't bend it not long ago but that race

:31:53.:31:57.

for us was about Chloe Tutton. Her best races the 200 metres. We saw at

:31:58.:32:06.

the Olympic trials a month ago the time she posted there was fourth in

:32:07.:32:09.

the world this year, she will have got a silver at the world champions

:32:10.:32:17.

as last year for the 200 so everyone thinks she is 200, but we saw

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Meilutyte out in front, a close race, only .5 between third and

:32:21.:32:22.

eighth, so anyone for the taking, so the endurance of the 200 helps. It

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was two races. Meilutyte didn't have it all her way towards the end. She

:32:37.:32:39.

was as Bede merchant going out and the heat times had only .5 of the

:32:40.:32:42.

second separating second to eighth, so it would be tight at the end. As

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Becky said, if you watch Chloe and Molly towards the end, stroke for

:32:53.:32:54.

stroke coming back, which is great for Chloe and the girls in general

:32:55.:32:57.

because Molly had the best time in the semifinal. They are progressing

:32:58.:32:59.

which is good going into Rio. Earlier this week we look for the

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names heading to Rio and Chloe is not a surprise inclusion but not

:33:06.:33:08.

many people know. Let's hear from her. Would you have said six months

:33:09.:33:20.

ago you would be a European bronze medallist? I wouldn't have believed

:33:21.:33:22.

you! That race was amazing. I didn't expect to do best time so was over

:33:23.:33:26.

the moon. It was about conviction, you knew you had the 200 metres

:33:27.:33:33.

strength and did an amazing swing race -- swim recently. I knew I

:33:34.:33:36.

would come back stronger than most would,

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and I knew I would be patient and stick it through. You have made such

:33:53.:33:56.

"Mince recently, is there more space for improvement ten weeks before

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Rio? Fingers crossed, I only ever try my best. Very well done. Bronze

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for Chloe Tutton, congratulations, and more for her later in the week,

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but another bronze courtesy of James Guy who caught up with Sharron a

:34:11.:34:12.

moment ago. You must be pleased with that swim, had there been another 20

:34:13.:34:20.

metres you would have had them both. I am pleased with that one. Your dad

:34:21.:34:23.

said if you break 47 you will be pleased. Yes, getting close to Rio I

:34:24.:34:29.

hope I can progress onto the summer. Being not rested and not shaved, is

:34:30.:34:36.

that way you see the difference, you don't have the initial speed the

:34:37.:34:39.

endurance? When you rest you have more twitch and more speed. If I can

:34:40.:34:47.

rest I can take it on. What will it take at the Olympics because you

:34:48.:34:52.

might have Michael Phelps? To race him would be an honour but I think

:34:53.:34:56.

it will be a for the finish line and it will be tough. Well done for

:34:57.:35:02.

digging so deep and we will see later in the week for the relay. The

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crowd here have been amazing so thank you very much for supporting

:35:08.:35:12.

us and you sport for bringing it to us. Thank you to the guys here.

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Congratulations to James Guy, bronze medal. We are in the middle of the

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men's 200 beta fly semifinals. COMMENTATOR: Liess of Switzerland

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looking comfortable at the moment, starting to come through as the

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fastest qualifier in the centre, Kenderesi of Hungary. Pretty close

:35:43.:35:50.

at the halfway point, all about pacing on the 200 butterfly,

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just don't want to gone out to hard. Very painful in the closing stages

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if you get that wrong. All these distance freestylers claim their

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raises the toughest but if you have ever done a 200 butterfly, the

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challenge is to get your whole body out and get your breath. If you

:36:17.:36:23.

can't get your body out you don't get any air, then it starts getting

:36:24.:36:25.

difficult very quickly indeed. These guys looking tough down this last

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50. Just 17, Carinil, not experienced, and the Hungarian

:36:37.:36:38.

Kenderesi starting to challenge. Look at him coming through in the

:36:39.:36:42.

closing stages. So Kenderesi wins the first semifinal of the men's 200

:36:43.:36:53.

metres butterfly. Worked the third 50 metres and came back on the last

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50. Kenderesi will see his compatriot go in the second

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semifinal. He is a supreme 200 butterfly swimmer. European

:37:11.:37:11.

record-holder. Look how tight that streamline is. They have to make the

:37:12.:37:17.

most of it, the power coming off the wall, you have to make the most of

:37:18.:37:24.

every centimetre. The first semifinal of the men's 200 fly.

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Under 158 will get in. Cseh the fastest qualifier. He is in

:37:31.:37:57.

four. We have seen interesting tactics from Cseh in these

:37:58.:38:02.

championships. He blasted the heats of the 200 medley. He concentrated

:38:03.:38:10.

on the 50 butterfly instead. I can understand why you would do that,

:38:11.:38:13.

the 50 butterfly is not an Olympic event, so maybe he just wanted a

:38:14.:38:23.

bash at about one. What a wimp! LAUGHTER. We can say that when we

:38:24.:38:27.

are a long way away! Here he is, Laszlo Cseh, the European

:38:28.:38:30.

record-holder, the world champion in 200 metres butterfly. Supreme, a

:38:31.:38:36.

brilliant medley swimmer. I think he would be known as one of the

:38:37.:38:40.

greatest swimmers were it not for Michael Phelps. I think it is one of

:38:41.:38:45.

the worst days of his life when that news came out that Michael Phelps

:38:46.:38:56.

was making a comeback. It can't be easy, can it, Phelps, 22 Olympic

:38:57.:38:59.

medals, 18 of them gold, two silvers and two bronzes, and many of those,

:39:00.:39:03.

Cseh was on the podium behind him, but just could not be the greatest

:39:04.:39:13.

of all time, the Goat that is Michael Phelps. There is Cseh.

:39:14.:39:25.

Pretty streamlined, I wonder if his goggles strap slips

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butterfly, the second semifinal of the men's 200 fly. Laszlo Cseh, the

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European champion goes in four. No surprise to see him leading. He

:39:48.:39:50.

seems to have been committed to all his races, not sitting back, good

:39:51.:39:52.

preparation for the Olympics. He is out like a shot here. Great to see

:39:53.:39:56.

so many swimmers doing it, it's what they have to do. Inside the split by

:39:57.:40:05.

nearly four 10th so taking this race on, can he keep it going? As you

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said earlier, you don't want to get the pace wrong. Not but I have sworn

:40:10.:40:13.

it very often but I have seen it go wrong for others. I still have

:40:14.:40:31.

nightmares years later. Normally on a 200 fly... Terrible turban... You

:40:32.:40:33.

really pays the first 50, make sure it is comfortable then pick it up

:40:34.:40:36.

from there but he was working very hard indeed. That is not a bad time.

:40:37.:40:41.

Great to see, such hard work, the training that goes into the 200 fly,

:40:42.:40:54.

and he is still motivated to do it. He thought maybe he should change

:40:55.:40:56.

events. Fair play to him that he can still be motivated. He dropped off

:40:57.:41:04.

the pace a little, but great swimming from Cseh. It looked like

:41:05.:41:15.

Bronner of Denmark was catching up with him but I think that turn took

:41:16.:41:21.

something out of him. Cseh, head down in the last five minutes,

:41:22.:41:28.

goodness me, amazing discipline. Cseh wins, Bromer second, Switkowski

:41:29.:41:42.

bird. He did it the hard way, took the race on. Great at the start.

:41:43.:41:52.

Making the most of the term. Look at that, take so much out of you, doing

:41:53.:42:00.

that butterfly kick! Perfection at the finish. White so a new

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championship record for Laszlo Cseh in the second semifinal of the men's

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200 fly. Cseh will be fastest into the final comfortably. So here are

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the finalists for tomorrow night, Cseh will be in four. That will be

:42:23.:42:29.

an interesting final, tactically fascinating.

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STUDIO: Let's talk about Laszlo Cseh because of you look at his career

:42:43.:42:46.

and his titles, he's had five medals at Olympic Games but no golds, 12 at

:42:47.:42:49.

World Championships, he's had 12 gold medals,

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so he is winning big competitions, but on that world stage, there are

:43:06.:43:09.

really impressive dudes who keep getting there before him, do we

:43:10.:43:11.

reckon he is the only one disappointed about Michael Phelps's

:43:12.:43:13.

comeback? The whole of the swimming world were happy and he is at home

:43:14.:43:16.

crying because he thought when Phelps retired, Rio was his chance

:43:17.:43:18.

to get that medal, and now he has made a comeback, years, like,

:43:19.:43:25.

dammit, especially as he has switched to butterfly. I feel really

:43:26.:43:27.

sorry for him! And other big names in the medley. It is probably a bit

:43:28.:43:30.

like tennis when you have Nadal, Murray and Federer. He has got all

:43:31.:43:36.

of them. When can I have my moment? It would have been, those three

:43:37.:43:41.

silvers were to Phelps. Let's acknowledge the length of his

:43:42.:43:53.

career, there were ten years between two of his world titles, won last

:43:54.:43:56.

year and in 2005, I know in different events. But to win a world

:43:57.:43:59.

title twice with a 10-year gap, that is impressive for any sport, an

:44:00.:44:10.

acknowledgement of his athleticism. Unbelievable, not many athletes can

:44:11.:44:12.

do that in any sport especially swimming, and he hasn't aged, he

:44:13.:44:14.

looks great! He obviously works hard and badly wants the success, that is

:44:15.:44:18.

why he has carried on probably, probably not wanting to hang his

:44:19.:44:26.

goggles up until he has that Olympic success. The secret might have been

:44:27.:44:27.

a bald-headed! It is a look I am not willing to try! I used to race him a

:44:28.:44:45.

lot. He used to come down to the 50 and I could see him off but now...

:44:46.:44:48.

He had to drop that in there! It is time now to talk about the

:44:49.:44:50.

achievements of another member of the team. However many podium

:44:51.:44:55.

finishes Britain gets. The next generation of stars are being

:44:56.:45:05.

inspired always, schools and swimming clubs have been coming here

:45:06.:45:07.

being very loud and proud. You are never too young to compete at the

:45:08.:45:10.

highest level. This is Sharron Davies.

:45:11.:45:13.

water, my dad talks about this memory he has of me, I don't

:45:14.:45:30.

remember it, I was so young, but he said that three years old I threw

:45:31.:45:33.

myself in and he had to sprint from the other end to get me out. She

:45:34.:45:36.

always loved the water, we're lucky in Plymouth because there were a lot

:45:37.:45:37.

of beaches and Paul's. My original teacher was Bill

:45:38.:45:47.

Clements. Then the coach got ill and there was nobody else to take over.

:45:48.:45:52.

Dad did not take over coaching me until I was about ten. The only way

:45:53.:45:57.

we could get early morning swimming was basically in the open pool. The

:45:58.:46:03.

local authority said, OK, you can comment, the open the pool, turned

:46:04.:46:07.

the lights on, we did that. -- you can come in. I remember us have to

:46:08.:46:13.

swim up and down the pool when people were swimming withs so we had

:46:14.:46:16.

to dodge them all the time. We trained on Christmas Day if we had

:46:17.:46:23.

to. Swimming is a very disciplined sport, you know. You cannot do it

:46:24.:46:26.

just when you feel in the mood. You have to get on and get up there

:46:27.:46:31.

every morning and do it. And that is a thing that a lot of children do

:46:32.:46:36.

not want to be doing. There were times when I wish my mum had been

:46:37.:46:42.

able to step in and calm my dad down and, you know, just make him pull

:46:43.:46:47.

back a little bit because he was so hard. I do not think as a family we

:46:48.:46:53.

had our holiday, you know, every single penny of family money, spare

:46:54.:46:57.

money, it was bent on my swimming. By the time I was champion, sort of

:46:58.:47:07.

15, think that is when the pressure came, particularly before is a

:47:08.:47:09.

political Olympic Games like in Moscow. We cheered her on, were

:47:10.:47:14.

pushing for all the way in that race and then of course the phone went

:47:15.:47:18.

from everywhere, this feeling, and you feel that all the effort and all

:47:19.:47:21.

the money and all the time, that it was worth it. Part of the feeling I

:47:22.:47:26.

had when I touched the wall, it was really, you know, achievement and

:47:27.:47:31.

excitement, but there was also relief that I had actually delivered

:47:32.:47:34.

on all of this hard work and sacrifice. I think swimming and the

:47:35.:47:39.

Olympics in particular just kind of shape to I am. I felt like I

:47:40.:47:43.

belonged there. It was my space and if anything goes wrong in my life,

:47:44.:47:47.

if I walk back into a swimming pool, I still belong there. Sharron, you

:47:48.:47:58.

went to her first Olympics age 13. What was that like? It was amazing.

:47:59.:48:01.

A lot of it, if I am honest, went What was that like? It was amazing.

:48:02.:48:08.

awe of what was going on, but it was an invaluable experience four years

:48:09.:48:10.

awe of what was going on, but it was later because it is the biggest

:48:11.:48:13.

awe of what was going on, but it was competition in the world, this

:48:14.:48:15.

immense pressure, the immense Guha and the press and all the people,

:48:16.:48:21.

much more people than I was used to then watching the world coming in

:48:22.:48:27.

and eating breakfast, every shape and size, lovely memories. --

:48:28.:48:37.

hoo-ha. How much does it take to get to the top in this type of sport?

:48:38.:48:42.

All take training but I think a skating, those kinds were you need

:48:43.:48:46.

to be up at the crack of dawn, six days a week, knocking out those kind

:48:47.:48:54.

of metres in a week and that would be all year round. You may get a

:48:55.:48:58.

couple of weeks off if you have been a good girl come September but it

:48:59.:49:01.

does not get at tremendous amount of the limelight. The lottery has made

:49:02.:49:05.

a big difference because it means athletes are properly supported and

:49:06.:49:10.

we can see that. Think back to Atlanta in 1996, one gold medal,

:49:11.:49:15.

then looking at London, 65 medals, hopefully even better in Rio. This

:49:16.:49:22.

time of day, Sharron, there will be a lot of parents juggling with

:49:23.:49:26.

school running, getting their children to clubs, what advice would

:49:27.:49:30.

you give parents? You are the parent of an athlete yourself. Yes, my

:49:31.:49:36.

daughter is here. Sunday rugby, track and field, we are a big

:49:37.:49:39.

sporting family. You don't have to be on board as well. They were

:49:40.:49:45.

incredibly hard. I bumped into James Guy's parents and jazz's parent of a

:49:46.:49:48.

coffee shop. They were nervous wrecks waiting for their kids to

:49:49.:49:52.

swim. They give up all their holidays, their time, the money,

:49:53.:49:55.

then they are still there at five o'clock in the morning to take them

:49:56.:49:58.

until they are able to drive. It is a big commitment but it is a

:49:59.:50:03.

fantastic sport. I have friends from way back in 1976 when I made that

:50:04.:50:07.

team and I still love it. A real privilege. 20 very much. Next up,

:50:08.:50:13.

the women's 100m freestyle final. Let's speak to Karen Pickering,

:50:14.:50:17.

because you won this in 1984 at the Commonwealth Games. Top us through

:50:18.:50:24.

this field. Very competitive. Yes, the reigning European champion,

:50:25.:50:29.

sailor Sjostrom, the reigning Olympic champion from the

:50:30.:50:34.

Netherlands, part of the relay team as well, so it will be a tight race.

:50:35.:50:41.

Would you like to race against them? You must be joking. These girls are

:50:42.:50:45.

so fast, so strong. They can get out in this race so quickly and they can

:50:46.:50:51.

still bring it back. They are strong from weights training as well as

:50:52.:50:55.

being in the pool. Sarah Sjostrom is six foot one. These girls are

:50:56.:50:58.

intimidating and I would not want to be anywhere near them!

:50:59.:51:01.

LAUGHTER Take us through this one.

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COMMENTATOR: It certainly is final time, and this, Kromowidjojo in

:51:12.:51:22.

three, Sarah Sjostrom, world record holder, up there in six. Well,

:51:23.:51:34.

Andrea Murez of Israel interesting. She used to swim for the USA and his

:51:35.:51:40.

nose running for Israel. She goes in lane two. Sarah Sjostrom has already

:51:41.:51:45.

won gold on the to fly and she is in very heavy training. It will be

:51:46.:51:48.

really fascinating to see how these big three, and three, four and six,

:51:49.:51:54.

dude. Olympic champion, she goes and three. Only third fastest qualifier

:51:55.:51:59.

for the final, though. Yes, only third fastest! But these girls know

:52:00.:52:04.

what they are doing. They are experienced. It is good to see run

:52:05.:52:14.

only, we do back and well. -- it is good to see Ranomi backhand well.

:52:15.:52:24.

And her coach is no coaching the biggest rivals, those sisters out

:52:25.:52:28.

there. It seems like -- now coaching. It seems like Kromowidjojo

:52:29.:52:33.

is getting back to peak form at just the right time. She looked very

:52:34.:52:37.

relaxed earlier. We were watching pictures of them and Sarah Sjostrom,

:52:38.:52:43.

she looked nervous and really hyped up. She still is. Interesting. Very

:52:44.:52:52.

different preparation methodologies. Sjostrom, world record holder,

:52:53.:52:54.

brilliant freestyler armour and there is the Olympic champion,

:52:55.:53:01.

Kromowidjojo, in three, and her compatriot in four, Heemskerk, the

:53:02.:53:12.

fastest qualifier. The women's 100m freestyle. A really good start from

:53:13.:53:19.

Kromowidjojo in lane three. She has come up, well, maybe about half a

:53:20.:53:23.

metre ahead of the field. Sjostrom insects got a very good start.

:53:24.:53:29.

Kromowidjojo, the real sprinter of the screw. Sarah Sjostrom, probably

:53:30.:53:34.

the best at the 200m out of all the girls in this final and she will be

:53:35.:53:38.

in danger in the closing stages. Kromowidjojo get far enough in front

:53:39.:53:41.

and no one will capture. Look at that. Coming back very fast indeed,

:53:42.:53:54.

a really good time as well. It is run only crumby Bigelow. It will be

:53:55.:53:59.

a tight last 25 -- Ranomi Kromowidjojo. Sjostrom just streaked

:54:00.:54:09.

past in that last 25 metres. Sjostrom gets the gold, 52.8.

:54:10.:54:17.

Impressive. She will comfortably make the final issue does that at

:54:18.:54:21.

the Olympic games. Massively impressive. The gold goes to

:54:22.:54:26.

Sjostrom, the silver to Kromowidjojo and the bronze to Heemskerk of

:54:27.:54:32.

Holland. She had a superb start. That every thing she needed to. Nor

:54:33.:54:36.

is she needs to be out in front, that is her strength. Just superb

:54:37.:54:42.

speed but Sjostrom, so strong in the closing stages. What a swim. The

:54:43.:54:51.

last 25 was lightning from Sjostrom. The new European champion of the

:54:52.:54:58.

women's freestyle, and the silver and a bronze to Kromowidjojo and

:54:59.:55:11.

Heemskerk. Very impressive, 52.8. HELEN SKELTON: Impressive, but there

:55:12.:55:16.

were two big names missing for Rio. Bag yes, but mightily impressive.

:55:17.:55:21.

Thinking about how much she has rested, as it were -- I think so,

:55:22.:55:33.

yes. If she can get that sorted, I do not know what time she will go,

:55:34.:55:37.

but the opener to the strengths. Great on the backend. Next up the

:55:38.:55:40.

men's 200m medley. We do have Dan Great on the backend. Next up the

:55:41.:55:58.

fired up for this and wonderful silver medal. Commonwealth champion!

:55:59.:56:10.

Dan Wallace of Scotland. I will never get bored of seeing him smack

:56:11.:56:13.

the water at the Commonwealth Games. A brilliant scene, bullied moment.

:56:14.:56:15.

Let's speak about his A brilliant scene, bullied moment.

:56:16.:56:19.

year. What you make of it? It has not been very good, to be honest, to

:56:20.:56:24.

be quite frank. He went to the Olympic trials, did not swim great

:56:25.:56:27.

but still made the team, wild card. He said to Sharron last night, after

:56:28.:56:33.

that event, I want to prove I am not just a wild card, so he does have

:56:34.:56:36.

something to prove and I do not really

:56:37.:56:37.

something to prove and I do not Looking at it, he came forth at the

:56:38.:56:42.

Worlds last year at this event and going in pretty much seventh, and on

:56:43.:56:47.

European stage that is not great. It would be nice to see his personal

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best is 1.57 so it would be nice to see and get down to similar

:56:53.:56:55.

best is 1.57 so it would be nice to times. Just to give him some

:56:56.:56:58.

confidence more than anything else. It is interesting to see, he said he

:56:59.:56:59.

knows he can It is interesting to see, he said he

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and he is somebody, looking at results over the last years, when it

:57:04.:57:07.

matters he does do it, apart from in the Olympic files. If he doesn't

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write I am not saying you can win the Olympics, he cannot, but he does

:57:13.:57:15.

have the potential to do something -- if he gets it right. He has the

:57:16.:57:24.

potential. Completely. Let's see what he does in this final, over two

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Andy and Karen. COMMENTATOR: Probably the most open

:57:27.:57:42.

final. Dan Wallace in one and Max Litchfield in eight. But, to be

:57:43.:57:47.

frank, the gold medal could come from absolutely anywhere use the

:57:48.:58:03.

fastest qualifier. Vazaios of Greece, swum a really good time at

:58:04.:58:12.

1.58.4, and Dan Wallace's Beth doing best time is nine tenths of a second

:58:13.:58:18.

faster. Is not best time is nine tenths of a second

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to those in 14 series. There he is, looking so calm. Can he redeem

:58:24.:58:27.

himself in this final? There is

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fastest qualifier. European junior champion. We would certainly like to

:58:48.:58:51.

go out fast. Two Portuguese, two Brits, one from Luxembourg, Israel,

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Greece, Italy. The final of the men's 200m individual medley.

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50 metres, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and then front crawl.

:59:14.:59:20.

Andreas Vazaios of Greece, in the centre. He did reasonably well, not

:59:21.:59:26.

great. I would expect him really to take Raison. A strong fly swimmer, I

:59:27.:59:34.

would respect him to use that. -- really to take this on. He was more

:59:35.:59:38.

committed in the semifinal. I am surprised he is sitting back really

:59:39.:59:43.

is. Dan Wallace at the bottom shot, fifth position. This is his weakest

:59:44.:59:48.

of the four strokes. The backstroke not really great first organ

:59:49.:59:52.

freestyle. The race starting to set in the centre in three, four and

:59:53.:00:03.

five. At the halfway turn it will be Vazaios, Vazaios over a first and

:00:04.:00:07.

the two Portuguese second and third. Wallace has gone from fifth to

:00:08.:00:11.

eighth but this is as fastest stroke, the breast rope. It is tough

:00:12.:00:18.

when the second is your strength -- the breaststroke. He is great at the

:00:19.:00:24.

freestyle part of that 200m Globe winning team at the World

:00:25.:00:27.

Championship body needs to be in position to use it. He is too far

:00:28.:00:35.

back so it will be no use. Laszlo Cseh pulled out of the semis to

:00:36.:00:46.

concentrate on other events. He has won the last five gold medals in

:00:47.:00:49.

this event. Now it is really open, Vazaios leading. Look at this last

:00:50.:00:55.

stroke from the BIOS. He knows what he is doing, clearly. Look how much

:00:56.:01:03.

he has taken out of the field in the last 15 meters. Andreas was BIOS is

:01:04.:01:16.

champion. -- Andreas Vazaios. The sink. -- the silver to Nevo of

:01:17.:01:28.

Israel. An impressive swim, fascinating,

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up 1.58.18, 158.00 was Cseh in the heats. 100th of a second. That would

:01:41.:01:52.

have been a great race. Vazaios ended up having to some that on his

:01:53.:01:54.

own, well clear in the closing stages. Wallace was coming back

:01:55.:02:01.

strong. The new European champion, Andreas

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Vazaios of Greece, Gal Nevo, the Silva, Santos the bronze. STUDIO: I

:02:13.:02:16.

know you feel harsh saying Dan is not having his best season but that

:02:17.:02:19.

is a fact. Can he turn it around? Yes, he's just frustrated because we

:02:20.:02:23.

want him to achieve his potential. He does step up at a major reason,

:02:24.:02:29.

if he is not swimming great I wanted to be now and great at Rio but it

:02:30.:02:37.

would be great for him and everyone to get confidence from that. To be

:02:38.:02:39.

three seconds off your personal best, the worrying thing is the

:02:40.:02:51.

4/200 relay. What is not clicking? I don't

:02:52.:03:02.

know what he has done, whether he has had injuries leading to the

:03:03.:03:05.

trials or whether they tried different training in the States,

:03:06.:03:07.

but what have really is doing, change it, there is time, ten weeks

:03:08.:03:11.

is a long time to get things right. I know Max came second but

:03:12.:03:31.

he was on form, so take positives from that, but Daniel needs to do

:03:32.:03:35.

what he does best which is swimming well at major meetings. Let's talk

:03:36.:03:37.

about potential, let's talk about breaststroke is. In a sense we are

:03:38.:03:40.

victims of our success because we did expect Andrew Willis in the

:03:41.:03:42.

semifinals of the 200 meter breaststroke. He is not because

:03:43.:03:44.

there are only two slots per country so we have Murdoch and Benson who

:03:45.:03:47.

trained together. We said yesterday we feel sorry for Murdoch because he

:03:48.:03:54.

is usually in Adam Peaty's shadow. He is not in anybody's shadow

:03:55.:03:56.

tonight. Murdoch will take the gold for Scotland, brilliant swim.

:03:57.:04:02.

Commonwealth champion. Going well at the bottom. Goodness me, he came

:04:03.:04:10.

back so well. I wonder if he can get the silver. Ross Murdoch, the

:04:11.:04:15.

Scottish champion, has just stolen the silver medal in that last 25.

:04:16.:04:21.

Ross and Craig trained together, is their psychological benefit coming

:04:22.:04:29.

to a big meet with pressure and expectation in having your buddy

:04:30.:04:31.

alongside you? It is nice because you can push each other. Craig has

:04:32.:04:43.

now qualified for the 200 metres. Ross is going to Rio for the

:04:44.:04:46.

hundred, and it gets confusing but they are obviously pulling each

:04:47.:04:48.

other and I think Ross will feel at home tonight doing the 200 metres.

:04:49.:04:51.

They will feel relaxed, having their team-mate will make them relaxed. We

:04:52.:04:58.

will see who comes out on top. 200 metres breaststroke is not fun,

:04:59.:05:08.

though. Let's see how fun it is, it is time for the semifinals of the

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men's 200 meter breaststroke. COMMENTATOR: Matson of Sweden the

:05:14.:05:26.

fastest. These guys need to be fast because the second semifinal is

:05:27.:05:33.

loaded. The second semifinal had the advantage of seeing what their

:05:34.:05:36.

swimmers need to do to make it through.

:05:37.:05:50.

Some people specialise in the hundreds and move up to the 200. It

:05:51.:05:53.

is important that they don't take it hundreds and move up to the 200. It

:05:54.:05:56.

on too quickly but they need to play to their strengths. You see the lid

:05:57.:05:59.

off and change significantly in the closing stages of breaststroke as

:06:00.:06:06.

off and change significantly in the stroke and technique, they get tight

:06:07.:06:10.

and start polishing the water, not making the

:06:11.:06:18.

long glide, almost effortless. Certainly does, and write down at

:06:19.:06:22.

the bottom, on paper he has no right to be there but he is looking good,

:06:23.:06:34.

second fastest at the halfway mark. Mattsson looks like he is hunched up

:06:35.:06:36.

and tenths, but he kept Mattsson looks like he is hunched up

:06:37.:06:46.

morning, impressive. And unusual stroke, much lower in the water.

:06:47.:06:55.

morning, impressive. And unusual Compare him to Doran off, you can

:06:56.:06:56.

really see Compare him to Doran off, you can

:06:57.:06:58.

himself out of the water. Mattsson so much flatter. Almost like the old

:06:59.:07:04.

style of breaststroke in the 60s when there were very flat. You

:07:05.:07:16.

amazing, look at the distance he gets with every kick, the rest

:07:17.:07:19.

amazing, look at the distance he the field starting to get in. If he

:07:20.:07:25.

can keep this going, he has a great chance of making the final,

:07:26.:07:30.

Samilidis. Mattsson WinZip very close. Mattsson second, Samilidis

:07:31.:07:49.

bird. -- bird. My goodness, that will be tight. You said it is a big

:07:50.:07:57.

advantage to go in the second semifinal and seeing those times

:07:58.:08:01.

now, under 2.11.2 and you are in. They have to look at those times

:08:02.:08:13.

feeling confident, certainly the two British swimmers. So the result of

:08:14.:08:15.

the first semifinal, as expected, Mattsson of Finland wins it. The

:08:16.:08:24.

second semifinal, Britain's Ross Murdoch and Craig Benson and five

:08:25.:08:30.

and six but the world number one in four, Marco Koch. The second

:08:31.:08:46.

semifinal of the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the European

:08:47.:08:48.

Championships 2016 and two Brits in it in five and six, Murdoch and

:08:49.:08:51.

Benson, Murdoch already got a silver medal on the 100 breaststroke last

:08:52.:08:53.

night. Tactics here will be interesting. Absolutely, you have

:08:54.:09:01.

the 200 specialists, if you like, Murdoch, so strong in the closing

:09:02.:09:05.

stages. Over the last couple of years it has been the hundred he has

:09:06.:09:15.

been performing on the world stage and he hasn't managed to get on the

:09:16.:09:18.

team for the 200. You won't see him swim it in Rio. Those places go to

:09:19.:09:21.

Benson and Willis, so we will have to watch, but the European

:09:22.:09:26.

Championships with four swimmers allowed to swimming heat, although

:09:27.:09:28.

disappointing that the likes of Willis cannot progress, it gives

:09:29.:09:32.

more swimmers an opportunity to race on the big stage and makes the heat

:09:33.:09:38.

is faster. They have to go for it. So halfway in the second semifinal

:09:39.:09:48.

of the men's 200 meter breaststroke. World Koch second -- world champion

:09:49.:09:55.

Koch second. Murdoch is well placed. A little bit of work still to go for

:09:56.:10:00.

Benson if he wants to make this final. He is three from the top and

:10:01.:10:13.

has work to do but came back very well in the heap this morning. He

:10:14.:10:15.

did. It looks like he is working very hard at the moment, the

:10:16.:10:18.

difference between three swimmers in the pool. Looks so much more

:10:19.:10:19.

comfortable. Murdoch nicely placed. Finishes strong, Koch still looks

:10:20.:10:26.

smooth through the water, but Murdoch needs to just pick up the

:10:27.:10:32.

pace, I think he will be safely through to the final, but he will

:10:33.:10:35.

want to get a win from the semi-. Murdoch at the top of those three

:10:36.:10:48.

guys, just going into the lead, not one up from him is Benson with work

:10:49.:10:52.

to do to make the final but it looks like it may be, Murdoch gets the

:10:53.:10:54.

touch and 209.7 is very quick indeed. Good for Benson because that

:10:55.:11:03.

was a very quick second semi. I will have to check to see if he has made

:11:04.:11:07.

that final but it's going to be very tight indeed. Seventh, eighth and

:11:08.:11:17.

ninth or very close indeed. The finished there, big glide from Ross,

:11:18.:11:19.

but not a great friend -ish from Marco Koch. There is confirmation of

:11:20.:11:29.

the qualifiers. Looks like Benson will end up nine. Great swim, kind

:11:30.:11:40.

of bittersweet in an odd way, isn't it? Yes, a little. Came in with a

:11:41.:11:44.

few Demons my back from a few weeks ago. I had a really good time out

:11:45.:11:48.

there today. Is this about you proving a point for tomorrow, would

:11:49.:12:00.

you want to swim this in Rio? I would love to but at the end of the

:12:01.:12:04.

day it is all about who swims it at the benchmark meet. I am in no shape

:12:05.:12:06.

or form to say who should or shouldn't, but

:12:07.:12:20.

certainly I believe I am in the best shape possible to swim it. The final

:12:21.:12:22.

of that one is tomorrow night. Now it is time for the 100 metre women's

:12:23.:12:25.

backstroke semifinal. COMMENTATOR: Look who is there, the defending

:12:26.:12:33.

champion, Hosszu. Georgia Davies next to her in three.

:12:34.:12:58.

Slovakia in five. Hosszu in four, big favourite for this semi. Great

:12:59.:13:02.

Britain's, Lord champion of 50 metres backstroke Georgia Davies,

:13:03.:13:06.

expected to go out quickly, good start. It was a good start, three

:13:07.:13:18.

from the bottom. Superb for her, she needs to make the most of her speed

:13:19.:13:21.

because Hosszu is so strong in the closing stages. George, who swam in

:13:22.:13:30.

the heats of the mixed medley relay, good opening leg then. Needs a good

:13:31.:13:32.

turn here, Davis over first, what a great turn, using 13 and a half of

:13:33.:13:44.

the 15 underwater. Executing the skills so well, and look at the

:13:45.:13:47.

difference in the stroke, she is so smooth in the water, Georgia Davies,

:13:48.:13:48.

whereas Hosszu, that power, bouncing up and down. Hosszu is like

:13:49.:14:03.

clockwork and starting to make maybe half a metre inside this last 15,

:14:04.:14:05.

Hosszu takes it, Davis second, and look at the top, in lane eight, the

:14:06.:14:08.

Czech swimmer coming third. That is good from Georgia Davies, the first

:14:09.:14:13.

semifinal. She needs a good place in third, I can't see her beaten out of

:14:14.:14:16.

the final places, can there really be six people from the second semi

:14:17.:14:25.

beating her? Very unlikely, you don't

:14:26.:14:27.

beating her? Very unlikely, you beautiful underwater work, Hosszu to

:14:28.:14:30.

beating her? Very unlikely, you strong in the closing stages. The

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first semifinal won by the defending champion Hosszu of Hungary.

:14:34.:14:45.

The second semi is a quick one. The champion six wrap broad holder

:14:46.:14:52.

Nielsen of Denmark goes in fourth. Zevina pushed Hosszu all the way.

:14:53.:15:19.

Abramovich is in Ealing. Nielsen with a famous father. We both know

:15:20.:15:27.

her dad, he used swim for Denmark himself. Looking at Kathleen Dawson

:15:28.:15:32.

there, good to see the teenager doing well in the semifinal.

:15:33.:15:47.

A super chap, her father, feisty, I think is the word. I used to race

:15:48.:15:59.

against him. And Jallow, won at age 18. And she did not qualify for Rio

:16:00.:16:08.

but is playing as part of the junior squad. Good to get

:16:09.:16:14.

but is playing as part of the junior experience. To be in a semifinal,

:16:15.:16:16.

swimming next to experience. To be in a semifinal,

:16:17.:16:20.

Nielsen, a superb experience for the future.

:16:21.:16:33.

stop their feet slipping. You can see how high up they

:16:34.:16:36.

stop their feet slipping. You can wall, much less chance of slipping

:16:37.:16:41.

no. Good start and very close indeed there. She is only allowed 15

:16:42.:16:48.

no. Good start and very close indeed 98. A good start for Kathleen Dawson

:16:49.:16:56.

but Nielsen, she is off, tied for the gold medal with Hosszu and she

:16:57.:17:07.

will want it for yourself this time. A beautiful technician. When you see

:17:08.:17:10.

the backstroke done well it is lovely to watch. Head and shoulders

:17:11.:17:16.

the backstroke done well it is perfectly still. The European record

:17:17.:17:23.

is the world record and it is 58.12, I would be astonished if she got

:17:24.:17:27.

near that. But the great swim from Nielsen and also from Dawson one

:17:28.:17:34.

lane it. Great news for Great Britain. Look at how time, Dawson.

:17:35.:17:41.

-- her time. That is a tremendous swim from the young 18-year-old from

:17:42.:17:46.

Warrington, coached by Darren Ashley, and he has done a super job

:17:47.:17:50.

with her. She will be in the final. Amazing there. You can see the

:17:51.:17:56.

underwater work the backstroke as do. So hard. -- the backstrokers do.

:17:57.:18:14.

There are is the results, Nielsen Wynette, Dossena brilliant swim for

:18:15.:18:27.

her, 59.83 -- Kathleen Dawson. Look at that, Mie Nielsen fastest,

:18:28.:18:36.

Kathleen Dawson second fastest, and George Davies is in there as well.

:18:37.:18:41.

She is in that final and she is speaking to Sharron Davies. Jar jar,

:18:42.:18:47.

you seem to have come into your own as 100m swimmer over the last year?

:18:48.:18:57.

I have had to -- Georgia, you seem to have. My problem in the past was

:18:58.:19:02.

going out to hard then dying but, yes, I am pleased with that in the

:19:03.:19:07.

middle training, that kind of swim. I am happy. It looked strong. It

:19:08.:19:13.

looked like your legs were not super tired at the end. No, am hoping

:19:14.:19:18.

there is more for tomorrow night. The next medley yesterday, I would

:19:19.:19:22.

like to go that quickly or if not, slightly faster. I am sure you well

:19:23.:19:28.

and that you will qualify. How difficult is that, though? When you

:19:29.:19:31.

finish to keep your eyes on everyone else to see how they are doing but

:19:32.:19:35.

surely no one was good to beat her time there. She was going to make

:19:36.:19:41.

the final. She is in seventh, so it's probably relieved. It is great

:19:42.:19:44.

for Kathleen Dawson and the thing is that she is not in the Olympic team

:19:45.:19:48.

which is really sad. She is here as one of the younger people not going

:19:49.:19:52.

to Rio which is a shame when she is such a great winner. She is with

:19:53.:19:57.

Sharron Davies now. And she is giggling away here because it was an

:19:58.:20:00.

amazing swim. Well done. Second-fastest into the European

:20:01.:20:05.

final. I can't believe it! And have no words. A great experience to be

:20:06.:20:11.

here, perhaps a little sad about Rio but I get your concentrating on

:20:12.:20:16.

tomorrow now? Definitely. I just glad to have broken the minute, to

:20:17.:20:20.

be honest. That was my incoming and so I am really happy. Consistent

:20:21.:20:27.

improvement. -- that was my aim coming in. What have you done to get

:20:28.:20:31.

that? Training hard, every session I am in trying to make is better all

:20:32.:20:35.

the time. You have to be in the race to win it and you're in there, so

:20:36.:20:40.

good luck tomorrow. Regular match. We will have that final featuring

:20:41.:20:44.

George Davies and Kathleen Dawson tomorrow night for you. Now it is

:20:45.:20:47.

the turn of the 1500 metres backstroke. The semifinals.

:20:48.:20:56.

COMMENTATOR: He will be closest to us in lane one, Chris

:20:57.:21:13.

Walker-Hebborn. Closer to us, of course, and it is looking as though

:21:14.:21:17.

Walker-Hebborn may well be at the top of the picture. No, in the

:21:18.:21:24.

bottom, there we go, good. First semifinal of the men's backstroke.

:21:25.:21:31.

Very good indeed is the defending European champion on this. The white

:21:32.:21:37.

hat in the very centre starting to make a move and he looks pretty good

:21:38.:21:43.

in the centre. It looks like he is coming on the court. Lacourt with

:21:44.:21:56.

his hugely long arms get the touch and I think it was Glinta.

:21:57.:22:02.

Walker-Hebborn, I can tell you, finishes in sixth place. It will be

:22:03.:22:05.

tough from there to make the final, but the distance part. -- but a

:22:06.:22:13.

decent start. Yes, just a bit jaded, not exactly where he needs to be in

:22:14.:22:30.

the water. But Lacourt beautiful. Camille Lacourt of France in first,

:22:31.:22:45.

Robert Glinta in second and Walker-Hebborn inferred. Ireland's

:22:46.:22:53.

new sixs -- new sensation in the next one. -- Walker-Hebborn in third

:22:54.:23:07.

place. There is Bohus, and there is Shane Ryan, the new Irish record

:23:08.:23:10.

holder who just qualified to swim for Ireland after having represented

:23:11.:23:18.

the United States four days ago. Left it a bit late, didn't he! Great

:23:19.:23:23.

for Ireland. That he is in their squad. Well, the world record is an

:23:24.:23:37.

amazing 24.04, and it is held by the Tank, of Great Britain. A pretty

:23:38.:23:50.

good time. We have seen Camille win that first semifinal. What can these

:23:51.:23:53.

guys do? The Russian was the fastest

:23:54.:24:05.

qualifier. The second semifinal of the men's 50

:24:06.:24:25.

metre backstroke. Right on that 50 metre mark is the Polish swimmer.

:24:26.:24:33.

Three from the bottom, Shane Ryan of Ireland. At the moment

:24:34.:24:40.

Three from the bottom, Shane Ryan of Red Hat is sticking out and he is

:24:41.:24:41.

just ahead. It will be Red Hat is sticking out and he is

:24:42.:24:45.

finish. I think he has got it, yes, he has. Polewka wins for Poland.

:24:46.:24:56.

Tarasevich for Russia, second, and third was Bohus of Hungary. Shane

:24:57.:25:04.

Ryan finishing just outside of that Irish record he set.

:25:05.:25:07.

Ryan finishing just outside of that chasing him down after that 50

:25:08.:25:10.

metres and he just couldn't catch him. Polewka winning the second

:25:11.:25:19.

semifinal and he will be in the final tomorrow night. Shane Ryan in

:25:20.:25:33.

sixth, 25.3, not bad. The qualifiers for the final tomorrow night, the

:25:34.:25:41.

European record-holder goes on fastest, Camille Lacourt. Chris

:25:42.:25:53.

Walker-Hebborn missing out on his place but there is plenty to talk

:25:54.:25:58.

about in the pub. Get your telephone off the table!

:25:59.:26:00.

LAUGHTER James Guy got himself a bronze medal

:26:01.:26:03.

and here he is getting that from earlier because he did that in the

:26:04.:26:09.

200m free cell. Lots to talk about with him. He can breathe a sigh of

:26:10.:26:12.

relief now? Yes, he with him. He can breathe a sigh of

:26:13.:26:18.

man -- freestyle. And let's celebrate Chloe Tutton, very

:26:19.:26:21.

impressive in the British trials. Her time is put

:26:22.:26:28.

best in the world. She has a bronze medal in the 100m

:26:29.:26:30.

best in the world. She has a bronze even her favourite event this week.

:26:31.:26:34.

Exactly. She is getting a bronze there and we see are back on the

:26:35.:26:37.

podium for the 200m later in the week. That is coming up later on the

:26:38.:26:42.

week -- see her back on the podium. Let's reflect where we are in terms

:26:43.:26:47.

of medals. British swimmers have eight, two called, two silver and

:26:48.:26:56.

four bronze. Pretty good because it is only day three. Tomorrow night we

:26:57.:27:00.

have Jazz curling and we will see Siobhan back on that final so

:27:01.:27:04.

hopefully, and Hannah Miley, so hopefully see them back in the

:27:05.:27:11.

podium -- Carling. Ross Murdoch in the 200m tomorrow night and I would

:27:12.:27:17.

love to see Kathleen Dawson, but also loads to come later in the

:27:18.:27:23.

week. Let's remind everybody of the full schedule tomorrow night. These

:27:24.:27:26.

guys have alluded to some of the big names. Jazz Carlin is an from six

:27:27.:27:36.

o'clock. Hannah Miley, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and Ross Murdoch there as

:27:37.:27:43.

well. If you want to join us you can do. From 6:30pm we will be on BBC

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Two and from 6pm we will be on the red button. If you want to see the

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full medal ceremonies from the rest of the night's competition you can

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do so on the red button. I feel bad I have told you both off nobody will

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come back tomorrow, yes? I will. I don't know...

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LAUGHTER Very successful all round. I know we

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keep alluding to it but for James Guy, great to put that behind him.

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He can sign off tonight with a smile on his face. An interim number?

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Definitely. He still has the other races coming up and he will probably

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be in the medley relay is welding the butterfly. We will see him back

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in action this week and hopefully he will do well again. He is one of our

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big hopes going into Rio and this is always a stepping stone going at

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Rio. I know it is a major meet but great to see the smile on his face.

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