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our coverage of the 2013 world swimming Championships.

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So far, Great Britain are yet to get amongst the medals but that could

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change tonight. It is Robert rhetoric looking to make it onto the

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Barcelona. The third night of finals at the Palau Sant Jordi, in the

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world swimming Championships. Kit Adlington and Mark Foster are

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alongside me, as excited as everybody else, expecting four world

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records could go. That is a real possibility. Katie looked amazing

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earlier in the week. The fastest woman in a textile suit. I think the

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record will go tonight and I'm looking forward to that race.

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Gemma Spofforth 's world record could go to Franklin. , yes, icy

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Franklin got a medal the other night. Everything needs to go right

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for a record to go. When someone is in form, we love watching people

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break records. If you were going to put any money on it, Rueter admitted

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type T. Last night she looked like she was easing up, and then she took

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the world record. Yes, a lot of us are expecting it to go. And the

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first race of the evening, Robbie Renwick, fourth fastest in

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qualifying. How realistic are we in expecting him to go one better?

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be honest, I do not think he will end up in the medals. Ryan Lochte is

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in there, she gone it is in there. They probably have too much for him.

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Let's see if he can do it. Huge sport for him from the British

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contingent and does as well. Let's join our inimitable pairing of Andy

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Jamieson and Adrian Moorhouse to Renwick is in six, next to Ryan

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Lochte in five. A clean start. Robbie when make -- Renwick has got

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a good start. As expected, right at the top in lane two there, the

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Olympic champion is going for it. Interesting tactics. Yes, Agnelli is

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trying to assert himself at the beginning of the race. A heck of a

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lead right now but Ryan Lochte has probably seen him on the turn. Still

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in a dominating position, though. This is fascinating. Poor old

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Britain's Robin Rigg wake, in lane six, next to Ryan Lochte. -- Robert

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Renwick. Now Robert Renwick has got to move if he's going to have the

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chance of a medal. The Australian on the outside, on the bottom there,

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also going well. Can Yannick Agnel hold this lead? We know Renwick can

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come back on the third part, though, so I would not write him off

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just yet. On the left hand side is Yannick Agnel, the Olympic champion.

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Also coming back is done Neil is at in the centre. Can they catch

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Yannick Agnel? I do not think they can. Yannick Agnel gets the gold.

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This silver goes to Conor Dwyer of the USA and done Neil Izotov gets

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the bronze. That is a huge surprise. -- Danila Izotov. That was the

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nominal swimming. He did that in the Olympics and he shocked everyone

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with his start. He never let the race go. Ryan Lochte came in fourth

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in the end. What a wonderful performance. Huge support here. We

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saw it in the relay when the guys one the four x 100 relay in the

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first evening here. I am not sure if he can walk! He will be hurting.

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Ryan Lochte was fourth by five hundredths of a second. That has

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hurt him. What a great way to attack a World Championship final. He is

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going to have had better strength and training than the media reports

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have had. They have said he has had a troubled year, splitting from his

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French coach, just starting with Michael Phelps' coach. We should not

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write off anyone training with him even if it has only been a few

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weeks. That is ridiculous, the clear water, on a 200m freestyle. It is

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not bad. If you get rid of Michael Phelps it must be a massive hole and

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then you add these two. I have to admire the bravery. So Olympic

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champion becomes world champion on this men's 200m freestyle. One:

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did not take its normal pattern of an arrow head. Was it hard to

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understand what was going on. usually stick to my own race plan.

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It does not matter what the other people do. It is something I can

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look into for next season and maybe work on that and the homecoming

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world championships next year so I have to be excited about that.

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consistent swims, though. That is pleasing in itself. Yes. Obviously,

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I would have loved to have gone a bit faster. There is another chance

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on Friday. How are the relay guys feeling? That is the only British

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relay we have actually brought? Everyone is doing pretty good. The

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last 48 hours have been amply wrapped up in my own head. I am just

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taking it one event at a time and now my focus is going to be the

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relay on Friday. How about next year? It will be a very special year

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for you and I have fond memories of a few years ago. Great to have it in

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Glasgow, the Commonwealth Games. Yes, it will be a great event. There

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are a couple of things I know I need to work on for next season as well.

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I am looking forward to trying to get my Commonwealth title back.

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Robbie, understandably there, you can send his disappointment. It did

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not go as he had imagined that I imagine in his head he was on the

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rostrum in the last two days. definitely, but he came back strong

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and stuck to his own race plan, which you have got to do. But he did

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swim faster. It is really good to improve from semifinals to finals.

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We have got a good relay. Hopefully they can swim a good one later on in

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the week. It was an extraordinary race. It was all over the place and

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Rennick Agnelli, who we said yesterday what is going to happen

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with him with his change of coach... -- Yannick Agnel. Some

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people have said he's out of sorts. He's not a 100m swimmer but suddenly

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went it is called upon and he needs to do it he can do it. He knew he

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had an awful lot more, as did the others. I do not think Robbie should

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be to disappointed. I would like to watch him work more on his

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underwater phase. If he can improved that... He is number one in the

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Commonwealth and we have a lot of Commonwealth races coming up next

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year. If you think about Yannick Agnel's decision to move to America,

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as Olympic champion, it says a lot about a guy. Having an Olympic medal

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is not enough, he wants more. always risky, moving coach. You

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trust your coach so much and it takes time to build up that

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relationship but he is obviously so talented and works so hard. But he

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just raised it. He just went and straightaway. No one was really

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going to touch him there. -- raced it. The women's one is backed next.

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The Brit holds the record for this. But there is Missy Franklin also.

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Missy Franklin, she's only 18 years of age. Look how hard she is working

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in that rat cap. -- in that black swimming cap. The medal goes to the

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USA! Said the final of the women's Franklin. A decent start, not the

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best. She has probably come up seventh or so but in a line. It was

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quite a ropey start. It must be pace. This is definitely on. Gemma

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Sopwith came back but Missy Franklin is going well. Also the Australian

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in lane five and also Pelton in lane .42. Gold to Franklin, these silver

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has gone to Emily Seebohm of Australia. The is appointing thing

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is some of the... The way she swam that, I was surprised she did not go

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out a little bit harder. The start was a bit ropey. The first 10m. I

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would like to have a look at that again. She maybe does not have the

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confidence of the start. She starts with two feet separated so she does

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not have them together. One down. And it was that what like that

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slipped last night and she looked a bit shaky. She popped up seventh. We

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will have a look at the replay. You have to be happy with a gold medal.

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I weep be surprised if she did not have the world record. That is not

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helpful, is it? She was right in the middle of that lot. Emily Seebohm

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has had a good race. I thought she was coming back towards the end,

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just before the five metres. Closer than I thought. Much closer. That

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surprises me. Beautiful. Lovely, still head will stop -- lovely,

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still head. She burst on the scene last year with four Olympic gold

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medals. We all wanted to see another superstar, I guess. So it Missy

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Franklin has the World Championship title and adds it to the title she

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but she did take the gold. Gemma Spofforth still holds that world

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record. It looks like it will come in time. Yes, someone of her

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calibre, you think she would start coming up ahead of everyone else. If

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she gets it underwater, the dolphin phase, we call it, if she gets that

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right and goes to 50m like you see Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte do,

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there is a lot more to come. There was only going to be one winner from

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the start, really. You do not have someone pushing you the whole way,

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do you feel a bit comfortable? not think she would go out that

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world record will go. But it was an amazing race. I am really looking

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forward to her 200. From the British perspective they are not a

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million miles away from making the We have three semi-finals for you

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Murphy has got away pretty good, but he has got some work to do. The

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big guys are in the centre. Look how powerful they are. This is

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really impressive stuff. Damir Dugonjic is going well. He is going

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to get it. Barry Murphy finished in Cameron van der Burgh. I think he

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might do it. The crowd were not quiet, but he got off to a great

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start. Cameron van der Burgh is often an absolute blinder. It is

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his own world record. Look at the speed of those legs going through a.

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Also going really well is the Swede. Just outside again. He is going to

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qualify in one of the centre lanes That was probably the least likely

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of the four potential world records, she says, covering herself. Cameron

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van der Burgh is looking good and could go even quicker in the final.

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The world record is 26.6. 26.7 this morning and 26.8 tonight. The

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timing is so much more important. The boys were saying in the

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commentary if it is slightly out, it does not work. His timing is

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spot on and he is trying to break his world record because he knows

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he is in a league of his own. the women's 1,500m freestyle. And

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Jazmin Carlin did not qualify for this. After her disappointment in

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the 400 we were hoping she would get back into the water and give

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herself a chance. I know you have a spoken to her directly, but how is

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she? I spoke to build and it was a big race for her. She is

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disappointed, she has come 4th and 9th. I think she is looking at the

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positive. She has got the 800 to come. It might work in her favour.

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She might get a bit more rest than the other girls and hopefully get a

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medal in the eight hundreds. Katie Ledecky is the one to watch and

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there is the world record again. What are you feeling about the

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1500? I think the world record will go. She swam amazingly in the 400.

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She looked in control and did not look that tired at the end of it.

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She is more suited to the distance. It will be interesting to see how

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she goes out and how she paces it. I know you enjoyed your time in the

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commentary box, so I am going to let you go and have a good time

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with the boys. Let's state in the be. This is a battle royal. Katie

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Ledecky of the USA is closest to us and she is starting to make a move

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on Lotte Friis. She made that move at 300 metres. She is starting to

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go again. This is real cat and mouse, Adrian. Yes, it is. Lotte

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Friis has dropped the pace. She has dropped half a second. Katie

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Ledecky is consistent. What do you think? Becky? It seems like she has

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got into a group. Completely. I think it will stay this way and

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sell the very last minute. Katie Ledecky is going to go for it with

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about 200 to go. Whether Lotte Friis sticks with her or not, we do

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not know yet. And who has the best sprint? I would say Katie. Lotte

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Friis pulled out of the 400m early in the week because she was more

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focused on the distance events. But Katie Ledecky has got that next

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step, but it is just whether she has got it after 1,500m. They are

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still five seconds ahead of the world record. And less anything

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significant happens, the world record will go. Also in lane seven

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is Lauren boil. Mireia Belmonte Garcia has got some way to go it

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she wants to get a medal. She always comes back strong, so it

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will be interesting to see what happens. It will be difficult for

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her to catch Lauren boil. 1,000m in the file of the 1,500m and it has

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been like this all the way through. Lotte Friis of Denmark, in the

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white cap, and Katie Ledecky closest to us, of the USA, in the

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black cap. Only the second woman in history to go under four minutes in

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that 400m freestyle. That gap is so tight. It seems like Katie Ledecky

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caught up with Lotte Friis and matched the pace. She is not taking

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it on to the next level. It must be hard when you catch somebody up to

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keep driving ahead. I think it is a little too soon to make the break

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to try and go. They have still got 400m to go, so maybe in about 200m

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we will see one of them try and break. It is Lotte Friis and Katie

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Ledecky, as they have from the gun, absolutely gone neck-and-neck. I

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think the gap between the gold and the silver and the bronze, Lauren

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Boyle, is getting slightly smaller. I do not think she will catch the

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two leaders, but it is definitely getting shorter. Definitely. Lauren

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Boyle is closing the gap. But I think she has got to fight to catch

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up. There will be a fantastic sprint at the end. It is going to

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come down to the last 50. excited can we get here? Very.

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a little! There are 300 metres to go. First over his Lotte Friis.

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Hardly one hundredth of a second has changed between these two when

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all the way through this race. It is really quite extraordinary. The

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fastest qualifier was Lotte Friis. Behind there was Katie Ledecky, 81

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hundredths of a second. I worry a little bit for Lotte Friis because

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I think this print of Katie Ledecky is a bit better. Lauren Boyle is in

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the bronze-medal position. What do you think Becky? When she breeds

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the opposite way to Lotte Friis, she drops off a bit and Lotte Friis

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tries to go for it a bit more. are both breathing away from each

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other. Katie Ledecky has finally taken over. I wonder if this is

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where she makes her move? Lotte Friis has led for the past 1200

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metres. Lotte Friis of Denmark is in the white hat. It looks like

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Katie Ledecky is making a move. be honest it is the right time. She

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deals she has got enough left. have to save something for the end.

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In distance events you do not see a lot of kicking. But Lotte Friis is

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hanging on. They have got equal terms. Nobody is gaining over the

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turns. It is going to be interesting. With 100m to go, the

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final turn of the final of the 1,500m freestyle. It looks like

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Katie Ledecky has made her big move. Can she hold on? The world record

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is going to be shattered. Katie Ledecky of the USA is starting to

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us were aware from Denmark's Lotte Friis. What an amazing swimmer she

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has been. She has made the move and I am not sure Lotte Friis can

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respond to this. I think Katie is a clear winner here. She is more

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focused on the distance. Look at her. What an unbelievable race this

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has been. She looks so powerful. This is really impressive stuff.

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The 16 year-old, the Olympic champion, she is going to destroy

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the world record on this 1500. The world champion and the new world

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record holder is Katie Ledecky of the USA. Lotte Friis of Denmark

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gets up the silver, also under the world record pace. The bronze medal

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goes to Lauren boyo of New Zealand. What a superb race it was. She led

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with 200m to go. Sheet at two seconds out of Lotte Friis. Lotte

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Friis is just above her. A new world record. She destroyed the old

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world record. A good bronze from That is two for your collection, a

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few more to come. Definitely, I am taking each race at a time, but so

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far I am very happy. Did that one go to plan? Lotte Friis put in some

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speed early on. She was very impressive yesterday in the

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preliminaries and I knew she was going to be very tough. We pushed

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each other all the way and it was a matter of toughness at the end.

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you enjoy swimming at 1500? Is there any fun in that hard work?

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Yes, it is fun swimming in an international race with the world's

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best. It is good to know your swimming is the best in the world.

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They are such good people and you meet them afterwards at the medal

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ceremony. The world record means something special. I have been

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pretty close in a number of events, so to finally get one means the

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perfect. She let Lotte Friis do all the hard work and then pick it up at

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the perfect opportunity. She knew she had enough. A bit more sprint

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than Lotte Friis, so she picked it up with 200m to go. It was the right

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decision as well. She just smashed that world record. And it had stood

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for some time as well. She is an absolute star of the sport. Yes, she

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is going to take distance soaring to another level again. It is

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interesting to see what she does at the end of the freestyle. We had

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all, in inverted commas, written off Lotte Friis a little bit, well, we

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thought she would come second. When he watched Katie

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Ledeckypossess-mac/, it is almost like a -- when you watch her

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movements it is like Michael Phelps. Watch out Jazmin Carlin, they knew

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world record could be coming. towards the end of the week, I do

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not know how Boyle will cope with doing the 400m eccentric. She did

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not make the final here at it may be a bit of a positive in that she may

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have a bit more left in her tank than the other girls. But I think

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Katie Ledecky will smash my world record! And you have a smiling face

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saying that because it is about the progress of the sport. Yes, five

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years is a long time. It is the men's 100m that stroke. --

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three from the Frenchman. He has got about three or four tenths right

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from the start. Absolutely. Stravius is on form. A great turn from

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Grevers. He burst out. Fantastic. to the USA as well. The bronze medal

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has gone to the Frenchman, Jeremy Stravius. That is the first USA 1-2

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and it is a big one. We were not sure whether Grevers was going to

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come here in the first place or whether he would be on form to break

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the world record, but he's world champion. The Lowe yes. Not the

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fastest race. A second of the world record but Matt Grevers dug in deep

:33:53.:34:01.

there. Stravius had a good turn as well, I thought. He just did not

:34:01.:34:06.

quite have it in the last five metres. He will be relieved to get

:34:06.:34:12.

the gold medal. World champion, Olympic champion in two consecutive

:34:12.:34:21.

years. It is a good place to be. When he was tying up inside these

:34:21.:34:31.
:34:31.:34:40.

turn, and Stravius, too. His turn was great when he burst up to the

:34:40.:34:47.

surface and have the next two strokes all in one. Just a little

:34:47.:34:57.
:34:57.:35:10.

following Olympic title but he won last year in London, Matt Grevers of

:35:10.:35:20.
:35:20.:35:26.

the USA, David Plummer with silver, is how I swim. The harder I train,

:35:26.:35:30.

the slower I go. So when I rest a tonne, that means I can usually show

:35:31.:35:40.

up. Are you aware of how much you swim up on everybody else. I have to

:35:40.:35:42.

see the video. I have been struggling the last couple of months

:35:42.:35:48.

so it is good to know I have my old stuff back.

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So Matt Grevers, the Olympic champion, is now the world champion.

:35:51.:35:59.

Just as a little bonus as well, it is USA 3-1 France and the night. --

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on the night. Michael Phelps gave up and he is the linchpin. All of a

:36:08.:36:14.

sudden you have got other people that step into his boots. They have

:36:14.:36:17.

had great performances. That was all about the race. It was not a fast

:36:17.:36:27.
:36:27.:36:27.

time. Even Lacourt, who was European champion in 2009... He is a big lie.

:36:27.:36:32.

How much does it help having your compatriots swimming alongside you.

:36:32.:36:37.

It was interesting, the line-up there. You have the two Frenchman,

:36:37.:36:43.

the two Japanese, the two Americans there. I just think it gives you

:36:43.:36:48.

that lift. You are comfortable resting them. I used to love racing

:36:48.:36:51.

Joe Jackson. We knew each other, we knew our styles and we pushed each

:36:51.:36:55.

other on and inspired each other. They would have given each other

:36:55.:36:59.

that beast and lift am especially if they do work together a lot in

:36:59.:37:04.

training. They will definitely be competitive with each other, not

:37:04.:37:09.

just anyone else. Let's move on. It is the women's 200m freestyle

:37:09.:37:19.
:37:19.:37:37.

semifinals. The one that you say is these ladies, I probably should have

:37:37.:37:42.

said it before they started, be very careful because in the second

:37:42.:37:46.

semifinal, the top five grams women this year of all in the second

:37:46.:37:53.

semifinal. Yes, it is a completely different semifinal. But we have a

:37:53.:37:59.

lot of people here who got their best times to modify, but the best

:37:59.:38:08.

swimmers in the world are in the next final. It is based on time. The

:38:08.:38:15.

15-year-old Chinese swimmer is going for it, head of record pace.

:38:15.:38:22.

Federica Pellegrini set the world record. She goes unbelievably slow

:38:22.:38:29.

for the first 100 and ridiculously fast for the second. The halfway

:38:29.:38:39.
:38:39.:38:42.

turn in the first semifinal. And Katina Hosszu looks good. -- Katinka

:38:42.:38:52.
:38:52.:38:53.

Hosszu. And Costa-Schmid is starting to take the lead. She has moved over

:38:53.:38:56.

to the other side of the lane as well to get away from Katinka

:38:56.:39:05.

Hosszu. She is leaning away from Katinka Hosszu now, which will not

:39:05.:39:15.
:39:15.:39:17.

help. We need 1.57 to make final. There are five very fast women in

:39:17.:39:23.

the second semi. This will be really tight and extremely important that

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they get may be one of the first two positions. Schmidt wins it. Second,

:39:31.:39:41.

Palmer, Bonnet third. I tell you what, this is going to be really

:39:41.:39:47.

tough to make the final because that was a very good semifinal.

:39:47.:39:49.

Costa-Schmid winning the first semifinal, pretty quick. Kylie

:39:49.:39:56.

Palmer second. Katinka Hosszu is in a dangerous position in four. Here

:39:56.:40:01.

is the league second semifinal. The fastest five women in the world are

:40:01.:40:11.

in two, three, four, five and six. The fastest qualifier is the Olympic

:40:11.:40:21.
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champion in lane four. With the blackout of Italy, -- with the black

:40:22.:40:32.
:40:32.:40:36.

swimming hat of Italy, Federica Pellegrini. She comes back quickly.

:40:36.:40:43.

Franklin in second place. Interesting to see how much energy

:40:43.:40:52.

she has after that final. So there is the white hat of France and the

:40:52.:40:59.

black hat of the USA. Federica Pellegrini is not as far behind as

:40:59.:41:05.

she normally is at the 100m. She has been super quiet this year. She is

:41:05.:41:10.

in a good position. She would normally be a little further down

:41:10.:41:16.

the map. She will have to make a move on this 50m though. Missy

:41:16.:41:23.

Franklin making a bit of a move there. The field is closing up. It

:41:23.:41:33.
:41:33.:41:34.

looks like the race to the top of the picture... The Swedish swimmer

:41:34.:41:44.
:41:44.:41:44.

looks good. It looks like Camille Muffat of France in the centre with

:41:44.:41:52.

the black hat is starting to come back. We saw a really quick first

:41:52.:41:59.

semifinal. These women have got to get in. Pellegrini coming in in the

:41:59.:42:04.

black hat in the centre. This is good. She will go in the final,

:42:04.:42:14.
:42:14.:42:16.

fastest. Franklin second, Muffat heard. A fast semifinal.

:42:16.:42:19.

Confirmation of the result of that second semifinal. The world record

:42:19.:42:27.

holder, Pellegrini, winning it. Shannon Vreeland of the USA has made

:42:27.:42:37.
:42:37.:42:41.

from the second, led by the world record-holder. Missy Franklin is in

:42:41.:42:51.
:42:51.:42:52.

it so far here in Barcelona. But next it is the semifinals of the

:42:52.:43:00.

men's 200m fly and Roberto Pavoni of Great Britain is looking for a fast

:43:00.:43:07.

time to get him through to the final. Do you remember Chad Le

:43:07.:43:17.
:43:17.:43:29.

Clos? If you do not, you will men's 200m fly. -- first semifinal

:43:29.:43:39.
:43:39.:43:45.

far to the side to breathe on butterfly. A lot of the guys this

:43:45.:43:51.

morning while holding back, not least Chad Le Clos. We watched him

:43:51.:43:56.

right through to the last two metres of the race just checking on

:43:56.:44:00.

everybody else, on their whereabouts. You have to play it a

:44:00.:44:07.

bit more seriously here. Very easy. Chad Le Clos is not trying very

:44:07.:44:17.
:44:17.:44:18.

hard. He's going to go 1.55 or something. He is taking it steady.

:44:18.:44:23.

Lane four, third position, way off world record. They are not going

:44:23.:44:31.

quickly. Always dangerous. There is a huge world record by Michael

:44:31.:44:40.

Phelps. He is looking around again. What do you think of this? He is

:44:40.:44:48.

going, OK, I am going to turn it on at this turn. He is turning in

:44:48.:44:58.
:44:58.:45:28.

second position but it is just it? He put his head down for three

:45:28.:45:35.

strokes. That was the laziest semi- final I have ever seen. He has got

:45:35.:45:45.
:45:45.:45:46.

another few seconds on that. looked comfortable. The second

:45:46.:45:56.
:45:56.:46:00.

semi-final. The two big Americans are right in the centre. Tyler

:46:00.:46:10.
:46:10.:46:17.

Clary is the fastest qualifier. The world champion from 2005. The

:46:17.:46:27.
:46:27.:46:28.

Chinese men in the first semi-final took it out very hard. Yin Chen's

:46:28.:46:35.

best time is 54.438. I think this will be a faster semi-final. In the

:46:35.:46:41.

first one they were messing around a little bit. Well, maybe the rest

:46:41.:46:51.
:46:51.:46:55.

weren't, but Chad Le Clos was. A very interesting line-up at this

:46:55.:47:03.

100m. They are a bit quicker. They are all in a line and they will

:47:03.:47:12.

have to work pretty hard to make a break. It looks like Tom looks

:47:12.:47:22.
:47:22.:47:32.

saner is going well. His first ever Korzeniowski had a bit look around

:47:32.:47:42.

as well. -- a big look. It was very noticeable. He is looking to see

:47:42.:47:49.

where they are. He is going to have to keep ongoing. That is

:47:49.:47:59.
:47:59.:48:01.

fascinating. Not particularly fast. Chad Le Clos is going to go into

:48:01.:48:11.
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the final fastest and Korzeniowski You looked as if you were out for a

:48:30.:48:36.

bit of a stroll to date. No, that is the way I race. I always get a

:48:36.:48:41.

bit nervous and I wanted to make sure I was in the right position.

:48:41.:48:46.

Sometimes I have to look over to see where I am, but I am happy with

:48:46.:48:52.

the time. I am excited. What has your year been like a Stimac it

:48:52.:48:58.

must be very depressed with a change of life from last year.

:48:58.:49:02.

After the Olympics last year I came back to South Africa and had a huge

:49:02.:49:06.

welcome and having the support of everybody back home and new fans

:49:06.:49:12.

around the world helped me get better. We bump into you back at

:49:12.:49:17.

the stadium and with Mark Foster and we had a good chat with him.

:49:17.:49:27.
:49:27.:49:28.

has an arm problem and he tore his bicep. Did you beat him?Not yet.

:49:28.:49:34.

Tell us about the sharks. Yes, next month we are going to dive with

:49:34.:49:41.

Michael Phelps in the shark cage diving. Good luck with that one.

:49:41.:49:46.

The men's 200m fly, the man who made it look very easy in

:49:46.:49:51.

qualifying for the final. The Olympic champion, this layer of

:49:51.:49:57.

Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos. saw him in the last length looking

:49:58.:50:02.

around, almost played with the others. When it comes to the final

:50:02.:50:06.

it will be a different story. He was relaxed and confident and

:50:06.:50:11.

nobody ever saw him beating Michael Phelps at the Olympics and suddenly

:50:11.:50:16.

now he is the main man to beat. He is immensely talented. He looked

:50:16.:50:22.

very easy and very comfortable. How regular is it that you look around

:50:22.:50:28.

like that? The it is very rare. He is a few seconds off what he did

:50:28.:50:33.

last year and I think he has got more to come. It looked so easy. I

:50:33.:50:37.

am excited to see what more there is and if he can beat what he did

:50:37.:50:43.

last year. We have a very exciting finale. Last night we saw something

:50:43.:50:48.

very special indeed from the Lithuanian Plymouth-based swimmer

:50:48.:50:55.

Ruta Meilutyte. Ruta Meilutyte of Plymouth and Lithuania, the 16

:50:55.:51:01.

year-old a champion. That was extraordinarily fast. Look at that.

:51:01.:51:08.

This is fascinating. She has got it. She can go even faster. What a

:51:08.:51:12.

great swim that was. The Olympic champion is now the world record

:51:12.:51:22.
:51:22.:51:34.

with a green hat, from Lithuania. A wonderful start from the new world

:51:34.:51:44.
:51:44.:51:44.

record holder. 29.97. Going West her his Jessica Hardy in the black

:51:44.:51:50.

hat. She has the best reactions. I have never seen anyone react so

:51:50.:51:57.

well to the gun. Actually that was quite slow. She has to come back

:51:57.:52:03.

quite strongly, I do not think the field can challenge her. Jessica

:52:03.:52:12.

Hardy is to the right of her, and Yulia Efrimova. Jessica Hardy is

:52:12.:52:15.

trying to come back, but it looks like it is going to be Ruta

:52:16.:52:25.

Meilutyte. Is she going to become the world champion as well? Just

:52:25.:52:33.

outside again. Seven-tenths of a second outside the world record,

:52:33.:52:39.

but she is the world champion, and I think she is delighted. Good

:52:39.:52:45.

heavens. She went out much more measured. But goodness me, she can

:52:45.:52:51.

bring it back. It was a very strong race. It is very difficult to say,

:52:51.:52:57.

can you break another world record, please? The point of a world record

:52:57.:53:06.

is that nobody has ever swam quicker than the record. She has

:53:06.:53:10.

got the world championship gold medal and the world record in the

:53:11.:53:15.

same meet. That is fine. She won the Olympic Games one seconds

:53:16.:53:21.

slower than that. Gold medallist at the Olympics, won four seconds

:53:21.:53:29.

slower. She has improved one second. Where is she going? At that age

:53:29.:53:33.

improvement is consistent. You would assume sea has got more time

:53:33.:53:38.

in her. John her coach in Plymouth has been talking about how she can

:53:38.:53:42.

improve. She herself has been saying she can improve as she is

:53:42.:53:47.

hungry to understand where she can improve. I do not know how her

:53:47.:53:54.

pacing went today. She is may be slower than she or John would have

:53:54.:54:04.
:54:04.:54:13.

hoped her to be. 0.13 at the 50 and 0.07. Such fine margins. It is

:54:13.:54:18.

pretty much right on the best time she set last night. When she

:54:18.:54:21.

reflects back on this tomorrow she will be pretty happy with her

:54:21.:54:27.

performance in the three races. will be utterly delighted. She has

:54:27.:54:31.

come to the world championships in Barcelona one year after winning

:54:31.:54:41.
:54:41.:54:45.

the Olympics. Ruta Meilutyte of Weld's Champion to add to your list

:54:45.:54:51.

of world record holder and Olympic champion. You get used to this?

:54:51.:54:57.

really, because there is always a big surprise. We were talking about

:54:57.:55:01.

the fact that grandma got in last year, but that did not. Is he here

:55:02.:55:06.

today? Yes, my dad and my grandmother and my brother.

:55:06.:55:12.

what about you coach Christie might he is here with the team, so he is

:55:12.:55:20.

always here all the time with me. Why were his instructions to you?

:55:20.:55:24.

know the strategy, just go out there, do my own race and not think

:55:24.:55:29.

about anyone else and not let anyone go past me. And you have got

:55:29.:55:33.

all your mates at home in Plymouth. Say hello to them. They are

:55:33.:55:39.

cheering you on. Fantastic and well done to you and we are very proud

:55:39.:55:44.

of you as well. What comes through from that interview is just how

:55:44.:55:49.

young she is. She is a prodigious talent with the world at her feet.

:55:49.:55:55.

She definitely is, she is really shy and it is nice to see that. But

:55:55.:55:58.

she is an unbelievable athlete and we feel she is a little bit British

:55:58.:56:03.

and I am sure people at home will be watching her and cheering her on.

:56:03.:56:07.

A school friends and people she lives with art in Plymouth. She has

:56:07.:56:11.

got a British coach and she is based in Britain and where are the

:56:11.:56:16.

Brits coming through in that area? We have not seen many Brits getting

:56:16.:56:20.

into finals. It has been a bit disappointing across the board.

:56:20.:56:24.

There are another five days to go and some big names to go like

:56:24.:56:31.

Hannah Miley and Fran Halsall, but historically we have been put at

:56:31.:56:35.

the Junior European Championships. We win races and do a lot better

:56:35.:56:41.

than other European countries like France. But they turn their junior

:56:41.:56:45.

athletes into world beaters and that is what we have to do. We have

:56:45.:56:50.

the talent. What is missing?If they go to the right coaches,

:56:50.:56:54.

whether they are getting the right training. How do you keep them in

:56:55.:57:01.

the sport when they are 15 or 16? The normal things like distractions

:57:01.:57:06.

in life? In if we did it, other people can do it. There is some

:57:06.:57:11.

ingredient missing, I do not know what it is. I do not know quite

:57:11.:57:16.

what. I'd guess having had you at the forefront of British swimming

:57:16.:57:21.

in recent years and there as a role model, they know it can be done,

:57:21.:57:26.

Britain can be a winner on a world stage. These championships were

:57:26.:57:33.

always going to be weird because the head coaches have only been in

:57:33.:57:40.

since April. They have not a hand or had the time to introduce the

:57:40.:57:46.

things they want to put into place, but I think they can. We have got

:57:46.:57:50.

good junior people coming up, but it will take a bit of time to do

:57:50.:57:55.

that. There will be a gradual build-up to rear. We have got lots

:57:55.:58:05.
:58:05.:58:11.

If you are looking at the semi- finals I would go with Federica

:58:12.:58:16.

Pellegrini and Missy Franklin, but in a final people find a bit of an

:58:16.:58:24.

extra bit. Cameron van der Burgh chasing his own record. Coverage on

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