Day 1 Swimming: World Championships

For hello and welcome to coverage of the World Aquatics Championships

in Shanghai. Gold medals, what records come up all up for grabs.

We have the elegance of diving, the intensity of the swimming pool, or

part of the biggest gathering this COMMENTATOR: Rebecca Adlington,

absolutely brilliant! Tom Daley, world champion!

What a dive! Brilliant are soaring. What is

going to happen here? That is superb. Unbelievable.

A new world record, Michael Phelps. The only person missing is Ian

Thorpe and he will be watching closely as his training builds up

to his comeback in the Olympics. This is who you will see this

evening. It has been a tough year for Tom

Daley. He is in the final of the 10 metre platform final.

Rebecca Adlington, Olympic champion, but against the world champion in

the 400 metres freestyle. To Michael Phelps is going for six

gold medals, for the USA. With me is the man who still holds

the British record for the 50 metres butterfly, Mark Foster. A

huge gap between us! How big is it for the sport that Ian Thorpe is

coming back? In it is massive. Ian Thorpe was

the name of something before Michael Phelps. If those two meet,

that will be the talking point of the Olympics. This is a big space

to fill, he is sorely missed. big is this week for Britain?

British team in particular, one year out, it is their last

opportunity to test themselves against the rest of the world. A

last chance everyone will have to get together. You can get a

psychological edge over your competitors. And your last

opportunity to test yourself, your training programme, it is really

important. For anyone watching, important to become familiar with

these stars of the Olympics. One of the hot ticket is for the diving,

such an elegant sport, so beautiful and exciting that one of the major

contenders is British. In 2000 and night at the age of 15, Tom Daley

became the youngest British diving COMMENTATOR: Tom Daley, his opening

dive. Much better. Much, much better.

First place after the first round. Well done!

Very much in the next. -- in the mix.

An excellent guide, just when he needed it. -- excellent dive.

Yes! Here here is that the age of 17

defending his World Championship title. This has been a horrible

year for him, his first international competition since his

father died in May. He and Pete Waterfield have made it through to

the final. They get six attempts. They are scored out of 10 by seven

judges. They drop the top two and the bottom two. The other scores

are added together and multiplied Watch out for the Chinese who had

an off day yesterday. That is why one of the two Americans. It is

wide open. You have to say on the basis of what we saw yesterday, the

number one Chinese is the number go wrong. Especially in an outdoor

in fact. This is such a technically difficult dive. Losing his legs a

little bit in the twist. An difficulty. Ranked number one for

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be a little bit weak. In the slow- can see the illustration in the top

campaign under way in fine fashion. Changing the order of his dives.

The first time he has started with have seen where it is drilled into

the water which will wake the Let us look at the replay. So high

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Not the cleanest entry. Definitely tough time out here in China. Five

days in bed. He still cannot hear from his right ear, with injections

into his arm because it is hurting so much. He has been diving for 20

years. It is so good to see him so Daley, the defending champion from

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Rome two years ago and he wants to out of sorts in the preliminaries

but has saved the big one for the final. That is the benchmark.

has moved right to the top of the commentator said he had been doing

this front 4.54 number of years now, is that an advantage to him? I said,

yes it is and I am correct. He has pulled it out of that bag when it

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That will earn 10 from all of the judges. It did in the semi-final

and that was even better. In his home pool, in front of his home

crowd, you have to be a brave judge not to give that a turn. What are

the judges saying? Just two dissenting voices of 9.5. It will

take a lot to wrestle the gold Pete Waterfield, it needs to be in

this died. -- dive. You can tell by the reaction of the crowd, that

sums it up. Not his day. Let's have a look at the replay. Not enough

rotation. Running out of room. Needed to be tighter into shape. He

let go a little bit early. A little bit ambitious on the entry. Not

good for him, that is him out. Daley, round three dive for the

defending champion. He has had a little bit of trouble with this in

the preliminaries and the semi- into the medal contention. What a

dive! I held my breath because I thought he was a little bit week in

his take-off. But in true Tom Daley fashion he manages to find his

finish. That is why he is defending his title today. Big degree of

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difficulty. Dish showing it's not tricky. A lot of divers are

electing to do this now because it carries a high degree of difficulty.

first two dives with accuracy. This could potentially go wrong. After

the way he pulled off the forward 4.5 just now, it is looking pretty

good. He is. Supported by his team- mates who has already won a bronze

medal in the one metre. He dives in springboard as well as platform.

Been diving all week. Sometimes that particular died can go wrong

for him, but not today. Move so up to No 1 for the time being. The

crowd happy to see their No 1 diver need to be an expert to know that

is perfect. He jumps up away from the diving board, spinning away and

kicks out with his toes pointed. This appears into the water. A

perfect 10, nothing will do. This is his Torvill and Dean moment.

with his big one. 3.7. Has performed well so far, this needs

to be good to push him up the standings. Yes it is! My arms are

in the her! It is not the entry he needed. He needed to have less

splash. But he has been struggling with this in training. I'm hoping

that judges will give him 7.5 at least. I was hoping for Splash

would stay down. Just running out needs to get him some big marks.

his inward. Sensational finish into the water. That will help his

campaign. He will put pressure on the others. That battle for the

silver and bronze is very much on? It puts him 11. Clear at this stage

goes in for stampeded all the hard work, the aerial work. Just letting

it go over. It opens the door for the others and Tom Daley can close

Synchro and an individual. pressure getting to Sascha Klein as

well. This is where it needs to count. The take-off was a little

bit weak. Trying to get to the water before he runs out of room.

May be tired, a little bit of nerves, may be feeling the

pressure? It is not as much as he would have wanted to keep him in

the silver medal position. He goes today. So much better than

everybody else so far. Now it is not the perfect 10 I thought it was

going to be! I don't think he will go over 600. It just shows he is

human. He ended at short of vertical and that will only give

him eight. It is still an incredible score for this

more rounds to come. I think the gold medal has very much on. Tom

Daley, these are all big dives now he wants a medal this has to work.

It is short of vertical. He was just running out of room. It is

neat and tidy but not good enough to put pressure on the rest of the

that far away from getting a medal for the USA. But some tough dives

to achieve first. This is 3.6 and all guns blazing, and absolutely

drilled his back 3.5. 3.6 degree of difficulty. That is him right up

there. Just when he needed it, his penultimate died and that will put

him into a good place going into the final round. -- dive.

pressure is on the likes of Victor not perfect but it will leave him

in a striking position going into the final round. Look at the facial

expression, that just about sums it him proud but not as well as the

American. Sascha Klein will find it hard to hold on to second place as

well. A reverse 3.5 somersaults. 94 he has got to get on this to hold

He has responded, but it is not good enough to take him above David

Boudia. Which means that game of tactics has worked very well. This

is only 3.3, so Sascha Klein needed perfect tens and that is not. So

there is a cat fight for the bronze effect into bronze-medal position.

the crowd likes it. Not his best performers of this particular dive

but it is good enough to hold on to his sizable lead. Just to be over.

-- tipping over. So, unless he dropped say dive, the gold medal is

his. However, the silver and bronze to get into the top three. The

Just showing you a glimpse of what he is capable of. Still very much

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in the business end of the field. over vertical as he went in. But

the aerial work was phenomenal, it Sascha Klein coming up next. What

an exciting young diver, only 20 is good enough to do Victor

Minibaev, but not good enough to take on David Boudia. What a great

programme today. It will be close to David Boudia but not close

enough, a bronze medal. Here he is, Bo Qiu. Since the first

dive he performed in the preliminaries, he has hardly put a

foot wrong. Which is why he will Shanghai. Not as good as his semi-

final performance. But he has trounced the rest of the field. It

was a one-horse race from the get go. You don't normally see that

kind of emotion. Shaking his fist, Pete Waterfield finishing at Number

Pete Waterfield finishing at Number Pete Waterfield finishing at Number

The World Championships, and never had a great individual World

Championships will stop 40 guys in their -- 40 NICE in there.

Anita work on the consistency -- I Is that as good as we could have

expected given what he has gone through?

A lot of pressure on a 14-year-old. World champion at 15. An injury at

the age of 16. The death of his father this year. And he had to

learn four new dives. I thought it was a good result. So we should

feel hopeful looking forward to the Olympics? Adding so. We know he has

the talent. He is growing an awful lot which goes against him. He is

stronger and can do more difficult NICE. But his eyes means he can

cause more splash. The other thing is having the Olympics in London.

Can he be as familiar in the swimming pool as Bo Qiu was in

Shanghai? He trains in that swimming pool day-in, day-out.

Which is what Tom will get to do with the Olympic British team. He

will get used to the surroundings. Outdoors, especially, the sky and

the swimming pool are the same colour. Indoors, he will have the

advantage. On Wednesday, Tom Daley will become the first person to

dive into the sewing Paul at the aquatic centre.

We will focus on swimming now. Four finals tonight. Including Rebecca

Adlington and Michael Phelps. First, the semi finals of the women's 100

metres butterfly. Francesca Halsall unfortunately couldn't make it into

final. This is the line-up for the second

women's 100 metres butterfly in this World Championships. After a

relatively comfortable first semi- final, I would say that six of

Caps of Great Britain. Jemma Lowe got a fantastic reaction to the gun

this turns. Jemma Lowe has to come world record. She could break it in

Ellen Gandy. It will be very close indeed. For that final spot in that

final. Interestingly, the American went out very quickly. And she held

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swimmers in the final. Jemma Lowe A fantastic race and you are both

in the final. Thank you. I was quite nervous this morning. The

first race for me. I wasn't sure how it would go. To get into the

final, I'm really happy. This morning, may be a little bit

worried? I am still finding my feet in this competition. I'm so glad to

make it into the final. She was very quick. She was a whole body

length ahead. But it didn't matter. Do you always see this as a bonus?

I prefer the 100, it is a shorter event and I enjoy it. It is nice to

have another event. And your targets? Medals, Times? Get in and

raced definitely. See what happens. The same? You can't control how

people are soaring. Who would know that the American would go a 56.

You can see how they both get on in their final live on a red button

from 11am tomorrow. We will be back on BBC Two from 1pm. One of the

headlines firms from the last World Championship in Rome was the 400

metres freestyle for the men. Paul Biedermann had beat the world

record. He is back to defend his Yannick Angel leading at the

What a fantastic race. And under bald record split. -- an under

Hwan Park still holding that lead. Yannick Angel looks good in seven.

There is a race at the bottom of the swimming pool. They are having

to work hard. I wonder whether Paul Biedermann up in three, and Tae

Hwan Park has gone. He has 100 Commonwealth champion, he is going

well. Still Tae Hwan Park, he is streaking away. The world record-

holder Paul Beedham and is making a comeback. Park at the top, he is

the world champion. The time does not matter that much. The way he

did it from the front on the first 50 and led every single lens.

was fantastic swimming. The Korean supporters are right in the gods.

When you see somebody on a 400 metres get off so quickly, you do

wonder if they have enough energy. But being in the outside lane and

looking across and seeing empty water must have given him a boost.

I wonder whether lanes 3 and 4 got metres freestyle. Was Olympic

champion it into 1008, now a champion again. Paul Biedermann,

the world champion of two years ago, Interesting, the rumours have been

strong coming out of Australia work say one Park training, was going

very well? He is in the outside line and he can do his own thing.

He is not just a flash in the pan. His form has been brilliant. When

he is ahead and he can dictate the race. Sun Yang came in, and he is

an unknown quantity. That used to be one of Ian Thorpe's events.

Would he think of swimming 400 as well in London? I would say no.

When you look at the time that won it, 3.42 0.0. In the back of his

mind, knowing what he can do, it is easier said than done. Although he

is talented, he will look at the 100 and a 200. Would you say Sun

Yang and Park will compete? Park has the experience. A lot of people

would have said Paul Biedermann going in there was the world record

holder. It could be one of three or four people, which is great.

move on to the combination of all four strokes. This includes the

European record-holder, at the Commonwealth record holder, Hannah

Miley. The first semi-final was won Miley. The first semi-final was won

by Stephanie Rice. She is up in come in later in the week. Siobhan

Marie To, won the gold in the Junior Championships in this event.

lane number three. Expect her to finish fast. Alicia Coutts, as

expected taking the lead. She obviously knows she gets to go back

to sleep after this one. Siobhan- Marie O'Connor, you cannot see her

properly, she is at the bottom of the pool. Great turn from Hannah

Miley. She has given about 1.2 seconds away on the first 50 fly.

But this breaststroke, she will Hogg thistly get into maybe third

place and put her in contention. Alicia Coutts holding on to the

good swim. She is. Turning in six. She is going well. Alicia Coutts,

the Commonwealth champion of Australia. Does not look like she

is pushing it at all? Hannah Miley, you can see her hands, a very good

finish for her. Making sure of her finish in the final. Should born

Maria, became 7th in the end. But improved her qualification time by

over a second. Alicia Coutts, she just turned it off in the last 50.

Interesting, this is her second race and won't halfway through

tonight's events. Could fly, good back, a very solid swimming. It is

interesting way you don't have to work too hard in one of the

sections, like Hannah Miley does. She gives so much away on the

flight. She has to work so hard in the breaststroke. Baxter was very

Your breaststroke is so good, and I know you have a year way you worked

on it well. We work on the backstroke for next year? I ex-

leader were gone all four strokes. If I did push it more on the flight,

would I be given to hold the time on the breaststroke? You do have to

squeeze it a little bit more each time. I have a bit of a

disadvantage because I am small. I do give it my best shot and I can

catch up on the breaststroke. My fly it is something I need to work

on. Sometimes it's nice to chase rather than be chased. We have been

talking about the fact that it you have been pinching all my West

Country records another personal best for you? I was not expected to

qualify for this, so I am over the moon.

Interesting experience for her. And a good influence to have around her

in Hannah Miley, who sets a good example? Always smiling. Siobhan

Marie To, has just want two gold medals in the junior section. When

the person you're chasing, Hannah Miley, is world class, and then you

beat them and you are one of the best of the world. But if you are

top 50, you have to chase other people who are not there naturally

for you to chase, if that makes sense? Total sense. Hannah Miley's

stronger event is coming up later in the week but it does not like

she has an outside chance tomorrow? This is her second event and it is

too short for her. If you look at the flight, she practises every

stroke. She works on her weakest link as well, if she can get

stronger, whether it comes in the gym, the butterfly might get better.

It would be a good confidence boost if she gets a good place in the

final tomorrow? All of the training is geared around the 400 medley.

Get in, swim and raised. Hanna is the type of person who gets faster

with every swim. Let's move on to the women's 400-metre freestyle. We

have the Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington and Federica Pellegrini.

She qualified fastest and looked very good in the morning heat.

Rebecca struggled and unqualified seven fastest. In terms of British

swimming, it is so strong that the likes of Hannah Miley or Fran

Halsall have all been inspired by the achievements of Rebecca

Adlington, because she became, in Beijing the most successful British

female swimmer ever. COMMONTATOR: Rebecca Adlington, you

are absolutely brilliant. It is going to be Rebecca Adlington.

What an amazing swim. She is European champion, how much does

that mean to her? We are wondering if the Rebecca

Adlington has anything left at all. Every year see the Americans, you

see everybody else, and last year we did not get to race the rest of

the world. It is exciting going into these championships, seeing

the Americans and everyone else and how they are looking. How do you

choose what events you're going to do? Is this the practice for next

year? Next year old in the two London, 400 and 800 at the trials

and see what I qualify for. People just assume I am going, but when I

tell them I don't find out if I qualify until next year. They just

assume I automatically go. Next year the Olympic trials will be

even tougher, probably more than the Olympics because it will be so

emotional four people. A lot of people don't realise how strong for

team spirit is do they? swimmers have a stronger bond and

on more supportive than some of the other team events. We're up at 5 am

and it is a lonely spot. We want each other to do well. You talk

about it being a lonely sport, how do you stay focused? I love it. I

have one of the most amazing coaches. Everybody says, you hardly

talk, but we just know each other so well. I don't need to tell him I

am tired, he knows straight away. Does it make it tough because the

world is at the end and you have to try and maintain that endurance?

You have to keep the volume up and get in a good enough recovery. It

would be started -- it would be better if it started at eight and

the distance has got smaller. doing jigsaws? I love doing them.

This is something we don't know about, what do you do to just be

normal, sitting in the camp or the Olympic village just to fill the

days. There is lot of resting before competition? You don't want

to go out and about because it is walking around, you want to save

your energy. I love doing jigsaws, they relax make so much. Last year,

we also do jigsaw of the team. They made it with our picture and we

were trying to find people's faces. It was such a nice relaxing thing

to do. And cooking, when I logged into twitter, you are always

cooking? I love making banana bread. I cannot Cook, but baking and

banana bread is my speciality. will be reaching for the Banana and

the strength it gives her towards the end of this race. Rebecca

the end of this race. Rebecca Adlington, not a great

Great Britain, she will have to go out faster than she did in the

heats and work for this first 200 was quite pleased with that spot.

Lotte Friis going out very strongly. We saw that in the heats. She is in

six. Camille Muffat in five, a very long stroke. Almost I would say,

that close. It is good for Rebecca Addlington. She is starting to work

at Rebecca Addlington. I would like to see this in the 800 metres

freestyle later in the week. Going with her his Kylie Palmer from

Australia in lane a two. -- lane will be moving, taking the lead

from Rebecca Addlington. Going away from the field. This is quite

worrying if you are a British band. Federica Pellegrini is doing what

she was doing in the morning, at starting to kick. Rebecca

Addlington can now see beyond Kylie Palmer. I think that Federica

Pellegrini has made a masterful, tactical move. There is no catching

this woman. My goodness, how fit his shade, she has taken two metres

out of the field in that 50 metres swim. One length and a half to go.

Sting go well is Rebecca Addlington, Olympic champion. World record

holder on 800 metres freestyle. It looks like maybe she is starting to

get caught in the centre. Federica Pellegrini first. Rebecca

Addlington is just in their position. They're coming back at

her. The Federica Pellegrini is Pellegrini of Italy. A great swim.

Silver has gone to Rebecca Addlington, what a swim. A gutsy

swim, right on the upside. The silver to Great Britain's Rebecca

Addlington, a really good swim. fantastic swimmer by Rebecca

Addlington. She reworked it as hard as she could. Paced it their best

she could have. Federica Pellegrini did exactly what she has trained

for. In the end, finishing with a 29. Becky also had a negative split

coming back very strongly, they know the race will be at the end.

Federica Pellegrini effectively A silver medal, that is not bad,

you like the outside lane. I am so pleased with that after this

morning. I was really down after this morning, it reminded me of

2009 where I was in lane one. This morning was really tough. I knew I

was asking for a miracle. I want to try this out now, I don't want to

be making mistakes next year. Unfortunately my time wasn't there.

I tried to get into that race as much as I could. This in my best

event so to come away with a silver medal. Federica Pellegrini is

amazing and to get a chance to raise her. Fantastic pacing. Are

you able to see everybody? Does your line of vision making a

difference? I stuck with Kylie Palmer. I saw Federica Pellegrini,

I saw her feet! I knew I couldn't catch her but I tried to work as

hard as I could. I saw that no one was with us. So I knew I was in

with their medal. I wanted to use my distance training to make it pay

off. Are you ready for the 800? have the 201st, and the 4x200. It

is so nice to get an event and have fun with it and enjoy it without

any pressure. To see what speed I have.

A very, very different Rebecca Addlington from the World

Championships in Rome in 2009, where she was below par and very

upset with her performance. Here, thrilled to be standing up there

with the silver medal for the 400 metres freestyle. Beaten by a

superstar in Federica Pellegrini. She taught herself down a lot,

Mark? After going from nowhere to double Olympic gold medallist. At

the Olympics, they said it hundreds was her event. She was so surprised

to win the 400 freestyle. She had all this pressure on her. From

being the Hunter to the hunted. There was pressure which was hard

to deal with. She is slowly getting there. That is a world silver medal.

And if not her main event. With Becky, she said Federica Pellegrini

is amazing. She is amazing, a double gold Olympic medallist.

really hope she is enjoying this week. It sounds as if she is. She

seems to have that focus, really strongly, on anything that will

happen between now and this time next year. She was talking about

cycles, with her coach, leading into the championships. The World

Championships, the rest of the world is there, try different

things. If they don't go right, you can go back. She was looking at the

200 as a fun event. Like Paula Radcliffe, marathon runner, you

won't get heard doing the 100 metres. The 200 for her is a real

sprinter. So, it is fun. You were raised Venter. How different is

that from open-water swimming? -- you were a sprinter. It is

completely different. 60 people in a pack. Water temperatures. I would

last 21 seconds. Open water is 20 hours. They pull each other under

water, it is brutal. Distances up to 25 kilometres. 10 kilometres is

what it is all about for the Olympics. In Keri-Anne Payne, we

have someone who is an Olympic silver medallist and world champion.

They have to take food on board as they swim. Two hours in the

swimming pool. The policy for Keri- Anne Payne is to just keep on going.

It has been an amazing year. I'm pleased with how it has gone so

far. By figures of crossed I can keep progressing up that ladder. My

goal is to be in the top 10 and make that Olympic team. I think

this is almost going to be a more important and difficult race than

I have had so many different trials, to get to where I am now. This is

the final hurdle to make the Olympic team. I have definitely

learned to love bit more, and swimming. When I first started, I

wasn't the biggest fan. 30, swimming through dead animals, not

very cameras. COMMENTATOR: Keri-Anne Payne is

still leading. She has led this phrase from the

start. Here comes Keri-Anne Payne, she touches first, she is the world

champion. He qualified for the Olympic Games.

Yes. It is amazing. I really couldn't be any happier now. The

perfect race today. Annie to make sure I get home and straight back

into the water and concentrate on next year. I have made the team and

I'm really happy. I need to make sure I carry on going for next year.

Alternate his Keri-Anne Payne world champion in open-water swimming but

she became the first British athlete in any discipline to

officially qualify for next year's Olympic Games. A tremendously brave

swim, it looks so tough. What she does always is take it on.

In swearing terms, especially with open water. In the swimming pool,

you have euro in lane. In open water, the person who sits behind

her, they move the water. Soaring behind is a lot easier. She knew

she had to finish in the top 10 to qualify. Cassandra Patten one a

bronze medal, she finished 21st. She now can't qualify. She had to

finish top 10. There are only 24 places. That is the qualification

system. Two Brits could have qualified. But she did not come top

10. We have one Brit going. Britain gets a person in every event anyway.

Cassandra Patten can't now go to the qualifying event as we already

have one person. This is because they are trying to get as many

countries involved. 10 people have qualified already. They want 15

people from different countries. It is good to promote the sport but

you do want the best people. For the men, and remembered David

Davis tried to do what Keri-Anne Payne did, to lead all the way.

What is his situation? He did not finish top 10. He did not go to the

World Championships. The two boys who represented thus did not

qualify. So, we have one place available as host nation. David can

now go to the second qualification to qualify their or as the fastest

Briton. They had real problems with the temperature of water in the

longest event, the 25 kilometres. 10 kilometres it takes two powers,

the marathon in street running terms. 25 kilometres takes five

hours. One American died from heat or exhaustion. They are swimming in

32 degrees. Paul something -- swimming pool is 22 degrees. Heat

exhaustion does come into play. A lot of people, nine, pulled out of

the event. It is dangerous. Absolutely.

The evening session rounds off with USA, but Holland it would scare the

Germany just from China in four. is these two nations, the Chinese

-- lane assignment. And they are one up from the Americans and they

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will be getting waves. The gap is Holland get the gold. Silver to the

USA. The bronze medal goes to Germany. Germany are delighted.

What a great last leg. Tactically, the Dutch got it absolutely perfect.

She took it on the first 25 metres in the last leg. Great off the

block. I was wondering if she would get so excited. Team tactics worked

against the Americans. The Dutch have been confirmed because I was

just looking at the German takeover. But it looks like they have got

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away with it. Holland did it's a than Michael Phelps from the USA.

Adam Brown, nearest your camera. Then the turn from Michael Phelps

will be impressive I would imagine. Underwater for quite a while. James

Magnussen having a fantastic 25 metres. Now going away from the

field, this is a fantastic start for the Australians. Right on

record pace for the relay. That is under the world record pace at for

the relay. Australia out to an absolute flyer. Adam Brown in Great

Britain did 49.05. The Australians have given themselves the best

chance in beating the Americans. It is that battle of the South

Africans. Townshend, a very experienced competitor. And that

little ways on the side will be helping the Australians. That was a

work. In its is interesting, the South Africans have a pretty much

unknown 20-year-old on the back end. What pressure! The Australians have

Eamon Sullivan. What a fantastic take over from the Americans.

USA in the centre. They have got a lot of work to do. Australia

leading. Eamon Sullivan is the second man in history at the 100

metres freestyle. It is getting closer. Australia First, fan second

and the USA have too much to do to catch up? France are usually in the

France again get a silver. What a great swim in that was. Relatively

slow time, but Australia have stolen it from Elaine two. Rashmee

the end. You could tell his tank was empty. But they owe that to

their leads swimmer, James Magnussen. What a fantastic first

100 metres. The rest of the teams could not come back. Eamon Sullivan,

didn't he tied up in that last few metres. Ian Thorpe, where are you

Nice to see you doing freestyle? Nice to mix it up. I like racing as

a team with Team GB today. We did a great job, make the final. To be

honest, the main thing was to come here and to qualify the team for

next year for the London 2012 Olympics. We have done that and we

should be proud of the achievements so far. Funding is very important?

It is, it is a big help to everyone on the team and it is great to get

into the final and raise these big boys. It was a cool raised? It was,

very cool. The Australians, the French and Americans were fantastic.

We did a great job. We qualified for London. Up until a couple of

months ago you did not know you are going to be here? This year has

been funny for everyone, after a late Commonwealth Games and early

trials. I did not win very well there. I had to go to second trials,

and having that up and down, not swimming as fast as I would like to

hear, but like the boys said, in another final, people are starting

to take us seriously. Simon Burnett being honest in his assessment.

When I said the men were first up, I meant it was the women. What

would be a highlight of the Day? Watching the Australian men, it was

going to be about France and America, we did not muck about

Australia. Also we talked about it earlier, Ian Thorpe is going to try

and get back in the team. Would you read anything into Michael Phelps

not being terribly sharp in the first leg? First rate, he was not

sluggish, is just James Magnussen had an absolute blinder. Don't read

too much into it, the fly is his thing. They all seemed very happy

with the pool, unlike Delhi? They have been no complaints. When you

go into a major championships, the hotel they are staying is a great

hotel. They have a dietician looking after them, it is all

prepared and managed around them. And do things tomorrow, Ellen Gandy

and Jemma Lowe have their first final? On the fly, yes. We have two

goals in the final. Before it was, can we get one in there? Now we

have two. We have Rebecca Adlington in the freestyle. It is exciting.

Because the international competition is so strong, one of

the interesting things developing will be has Michael Phelps still

got it or is Ryan locker t the major star? If he took Michael

Phelps out of the Olympic Games, Ryan would have won about five gold

medals himself. These two going head-to-head tomorrow in the 200

freestyler, Ryan was in the heat of the three-star but did not get put

into the team for the relay in the final. One of the things to look

out for tomorrow will be Hannah Miley in the 200 individual medley

Miley in the 200 individual medley tomorrow. You can watch the finals

live on the red button and that starts at 11 am. We will be back on