:00:09. > :00:19.Usain Bolt makes history, the first man to successfully defend the
:00:19. > :00:22.olympic 100m and now the 200m. COMMENTATOR: Bolt's going to do it
:00:22. > :00:30.again. He dispels any doubts that he would win, so comfortable he
:00:30. > :00:33.even slows down before crossing the finishing line. It's a Jamaican
:00:33. > :00:37.clean sweep with his fellow team- mates taking the silver and bronze.
:00:37. > :00:41.It was hard. I'm really dedicated to my work. I know what London
:00:41. > :00:46.meant to me. I came in. I gave it my all. My best. I'm proud of
:00:46. > :00:52.myself. More gold for Team GB as Nicola
:00:52. > :00:58.Adams becomes the first woman boxing champion in Olympic history.
:00:58. > :01:02.I just wanted this all my life to. Think I've finally done it and I'm
:01:02. > :01:05.finally here. All the support, it's really made my day. British
:01:05. > :01:11.equestrian Charlotte Dujardin wins her second gold medal of the games,
:01:11. > :01:15.this time for Individual Dressage. And the 800m brings the first world
:01:15. > :01:18.record to be broken on the track in the stadium behind me. Also
:01:18. > :01:21.tonight: In China a politician's wife awaits sentencing for
:01:21. > :01:26.poisoning a British businessman, in a case that's threatened the
:01:26. > :01:29.highest levels of the Communist Party. The MoD apologises after
:01:29. > :01:37.body parts from 30 servicemen are stored without their families'
:01:37. > :01:46.knowledge. And in London 2012, the two medal superpowers battling it
:01:46. > :01:49.out for the top of the table, China On BBC London: A vision for the
:01:49. > :01:51.East End long after the Games have finished. The Mayor outlines his
:01:51. > :02:01.legacy plans. And praise from international olympic officials, as
:02:01. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:19.Good evening. In the last hour Usain Bolt has secured his place in
:02:19. > :02:21.sporting history by winning the Olympic 200m. It means he has
:02:21. > :02:27.successfully won the 100m and 200m in back-to-back Olympics, an
:02:27. > :02:30.unprecedented feat. His fellow Jamaican team-mates made it a clean
:02:30. > :02:33.sweep tonight taking the silver and bronze. The race was one of the
:02:33. > :02:36.most anticipated events of the games and Bolt did not disappoint,
:02:36. > :02:40.seemingly so relaxed in his victory, he even slowed down before he
:02:40. > :02:50.crossed the finishing line. James Pearce was watching and has just
:02:50. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:55.sent this report. It's the pose that's recognised
:02:55. > :02:59.around the world. Usain Bolt is more than just a Sportsman. He is a
:02:59. > :03:04.brand, a global icon. They'd all come to the Olympic stadium to
:03:04. > :03:10.proclaim him The Greatest. There have been many pretenders to his
:03:10. > :03:14.Crown but there's only one Bolt. COMMENTATOR: Just listen to this.
:03:14. > :03:20.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE This was his moment, the chance to
:03:20. > :03:22.prove all the doubters wrong. His main rival, Yohan Blake had beaten
:03:22. > :03:27.him in the Jamaican trials, but that was the race that mattered.
:03:27. > :03:32.The race that could make him the first man in history to win both
:03:32. > :03:35.the 1 m and 200 m at consecutive Olympics.
:03:35. > :03:42.-- 100. COMMENTATOR: A clean start. Bolt is
:03:42. > :03:45.out of the blocks well. Blake has a lot to do. Look at Bolt go. It's a
:03:45. > :03:49.three-metre lead. They are coming to the home straight. Here comes
:03:49. > :03:58.Blake running him down but he is not going to catch him. Bolt is
:03:58. > :04:01.going to do it again. 19.32. Gold all the way. Blake takes the silver.
:04:01. > :04:06.Dominant, totally dominant. He had made his point and there was a
:04:06. > :04:10.message in this, too. It was all so easy. He said that he wouldn't
:04:10. > :04:15.claim to be the Greatest until he had won this race. Now he has and
:04:15. > :04:19.the London Olympics can be remembered as the Games where Usain
:04:19. > :04:22.Bolt proved beyond doubt, he is the best sprinter the world has ever
:04:22. > :04:27.seen. I'm really dedicated to my work. I know what London meant to
:04:27. > :04:31.me. I came in and gave it my all. My best. I'm proud of myself. I
:04:31. > :04:36.really wanted to try to get the world record in the 200m. It was
:04:36. > :04:40.harder than I thought but I'm happy. It was in Beijing four years ago
:04:40. > :04:46.that Usain Bolt became a household name beyond his native jam aica. We
:04:46. > :04:50.had never seen a race quite like that 100m final. How could anybody
:04:50. > :04:53.possibly break the most sought- after world record in international
:04:53. > :04:59.sport without even looking straight ahead at the finish. Days later he
:05:00. > :05:08.was at it again, the 200m record, Will, held by Michael Johnson hbeen
:05:08. > :05:13.described as unbreakable. It only lasted the 19. 23 seconds it took
:05:13. > :05:18.Bolt to become Olympic champion. is one of those athletes that comes
:05:18. > :05:23.around every 20 years or so, and has such natural ability and causes
:05:23. > :05:27.us to rethink what we believe was impossible. The records he has set
:05:27. > :05:33.is incredible. He is phenomenal. The spectators inside the stadium
:05:33. > :05:37.could salute him in person, this is now hallowed ground. The track on
:05:37. > :05:41.which ue Usain Bolt has indelibly written his name into Olympics
:05:41. > :05:46.history. Our Sports Editor David Bond is
:05:46. > :05:49.inside the Olympic stadium. What an extraordinary night for Usain Bolt
:05:49. > :05:55.and Jamaica? That's right. Absolutely incredible. The one, two,
:05:55. > :06:00.three in the 200m and how is it that this tiny Caribbean island has
:06:00. > :06:04.come to dominate sprinting in the way it has. It has won nine of the
:06:04. > :06:09.15 medals on offer and still has relays to come. Tonight was really
:06:09. > :06:13.about one man, Usain bo. Perhaps there was a sense of anti--- Usain
:06:13. > :06:18.Bolt. Perhaps there was a sense of anticlimax because he didn't break
:06:18. > :06:22.his own world record in the 200m as he did in the 100m on Sunday night.
:06:22. > :06:26.But there should be no sense of anticlimax. What people have
:06:26. > :06:30.witnessed here is perhaps one of the defining moments of the London
:06:30. > :06:33.Olympics. Yes we had Super Saturday and Team GB's great success but
:06:33. > :06:39.this is the moment that will resonate most around the world.
:06:39. > :06:43.Why? Well, quite simply, because winning back-to-back 100m and 200m
:06:43. > :06:47.titles, he has become arguably the greatest sprinter we have ever seen.
:06:47. > :06:54.And these are the moments that will Bolivia long in the memory, that
:06:54. > :06:58.will be replayed -- that will live, long in the memory, that will
:06:58. > :07:02.replayed over and over again, along with the likes of Jesse Owens. The
:07:02. > :07:06.big question here is what would this Mohammad Ali of the track do
:07:06. > :07:11.coming away from London. Has he achieved that legendary status that
:07:11. > :07:16.he talked about so much, coming into to London, or will he want to
:07:16. > :07:22.go to Rea. I tell you that's a question that lettics doesn't want
:07:22. > :07:25.to think about tonight. -- into Rio. It's been another good day for Team
:07:25. > :07:28.GB with a gold medal for equestrian Charlotte Dujardin in the
:07:28. > :07:31.Individual Dressage. We'll have more on that a little later in the
:07:31. > :07:37.programme. But earlier today Nicola Adams from Leeds became the first
:07:37. > :07:41.woman boxing champion in Olympic history. Andy Swiss was watching.
:07:41. > :07:46.The stakes were as high as the decibel count.
:07:46. > :07:50.A deafening roar and a place in history awaited Nicola Adams. Could
:07:50. > :07:56.she become the first-ever female Olympic boxing champion? Well she'd
:07:56. > :08:00.have to do it the wrong way against the woman she calls her arch-
:08:00. > :08:08.nemesis, China's Ren Cancan, the world number one.
:08:08. > :08:12.But Adams came out fighting. A blazing first round and come the
:08:12. > :08:17.second it got better. COMMENTATOR: A beautiful shot. The World
:08:17. > :08:22.Champion on the canvass. She was reeling, Adams was cruising. It was
:08:22. > :08:27.a quite breath-taking display. So here we are, the final round and
:08:27. > :08:34.Nicola Adams has a commanding lead. Just two minutes to go. Can she
:08:34. > :08:40.hold on for Olympic glory? Well, it was simply no contest.
:08:40. > :08:44.At the final bell, the crowd erupted and Adams danced with
:08:44. > :08:51.delight. COMMENTATOR: Now the celebrations begin. She knew she'd
:08:51. > :08:58.won and moments later it was joyously confirmed. The winner, by
:08:58. > :09:03.a skover16-7, and Olympic champion, in the blue corner.... -- score.
:09:03. > :09:07.the age of 29, after years of fighting just to compete at the
:09:07. > :09:11.games, she was Olympic champion. is a dream come true. I wanted this
:09:11. > :09:18.all my life. To think I have finally done it and I'm finally
:09:18. > :09:22.here with all the support, you know, it has really, really made my day.
:09:22. > :09:32.Katie Taylor: But if that was good, for thousands of Irish fans, this
:09:32. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:40.was even better. Katie Taylor, a national heroin e, could she
:09:40. > :09:45.deliver Ireland's first gold of the games? It was a golden day for her,
:09:45. > :09:54.for Nicola Adams and for women's boxing. This new Olympic sport has
:09:54. > :09:55.given Britain a new superstar. The first track and field World
:09:55. > :09:58.Record was broken in the stadium tonight.
:09:58. > :10:01.Kenya's David Rudisha smashed his own World Record in the 800m.
:10:01. > :10:03.Sebastian Coe, Head of the 2012 Committee and former Olympic middle
:10:03. > :10:12.distance champion himself, described it as the greatest 800m
:10:12. > :10:16.race in history. Dan Roan watched the action. One of the few things
:10:16. > :10:22.these Games has been missing is a world record here in the Olympic
:10:22. > :10:26.stadium. That was until the final of the men's 800m tonight, that was
:10:26. > :10:32.until David Rudisha. The favourite had promised he would run faster
:10:32. > :10:36.than ever before and he was true to his word. COMMENTATOR: The 800m
:10:36. > :10:41.final. With his languid style, Rudisha led from the front and with
:10:41. > :10:45.one lap to go, it was obvious that something very special was about to
:10:45. > :10:49.happen. COMMENTATOR: It is a phenomenal opening. As Rudisha
:10:49. > :10:53.steadily extended his lead, it became apparent it wasn't whether
:10:53. > :10:57.he would win, but by how much and in what time. The World Champion
:10:57. > :11:02.was about to surpass himself. COMMENTATOR: How quick will it be?
:11:02. > :11:06.Watch the clock. That's the world record. This is the moment I have
:11:06. > :11:09.been waiting for, for a very long time and to come here and to break
:11:09. > :11:14.the world record is something unbelievable.
:11:14. > :11:19.The race was so fast, Britain's Andrew Osagie finished last in a
:11:19. > :11:24.time that remarkably would have won gold at the last three Olympics.
:11:24. > :11:29.But tonight was all about David Rudisha. The tall Kenyan confirming
:11:30. > :11:39.his status as the greatest two-lap athlete in history.
:11:40. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:53.Let's look at the medals' table on And later in the programme we'll be
:11:53. > :11:56.taking a closer look at the fierce rivalry between the two countries
:11:56. > :11:59.for top place. Some of the day's other news now.
:11:59. > :12:01.The high-profile trial of the wife of a prominent Chinese politician,
:12:01. > :12:04.accused of killing a British businessman, has ended after just
:12:04. > :12:07.one day. The international media were barred from the court, but the
:12:07. > :12:10.Chinese authorities say Gu Kailai did not contest the charge that she
:12:10. > :12:13.murdered Neil Heywood, a family friend and associate. Her husband,
:12:13. > :12:16.Bo Xilai, was once tipped as a future senior Communist Party
:12:16. > :12:21.leader and the scandal has risked tainting the highest levels of the
:12:21. > :12:28.party. Our correspondent, John Sudworth, reports from the eastern
:12:28. > :12:35.city of Hefei, where the case was heard.
:12:35. > :12:38.At the heart of this case, one 53- year-old woman faces a serious
:12:38. > :12:44.accusation, but there's much more at stake than her innocence or
:12:44. > :12:49.guilt. Appropriately, perhaps, given the storm of scandals
:12:49. > :12:51.surrounding the trial, a typhoon blew in for its opening. These two
:12:52. > :12:58.British diplomats were the only outside observers to be given
:12:58. > :13:02.access. On the face of it, the case is simple: Gu stkpwue charged with
:13:02. > :13:06.murdering her British business partner Neil Heywood in a dispute
:13:06. > :13:13.over money. But what makes this trial such politically significant
:13:13. > :13:16.is her husband, Bo Xilai, who was one of China's most senior
:13:16. > :13:21.politicians. Neil Heywood's relationship with the family ran
:13:21. > :13:25.dee. He is said to have helped get their son into Harrow, his old
:13:25. > :13:28.school, and move large sums of money out of the country on their
:13:28. > :13:34.behalf. When his body was found at this hotel, the death was recorded
:13:34. > :13:38.as a heart attack but then four months later a former senior police
:13:38. > :13:44.chief, Bo Xilai's right-hand man, fled to the US consulate, alleging
:13:44. > :13:48.murder and a cover-up. This is US- based forensic scientists received
:13:48. > :13:57.a call from the Chinese police that confirmed someone suspected foul
:13:57. > :14:04.play from the start. He was asked Somebody die in the hotel. He have
:14:04. > :14:12.some sample that we are about to analyse. How many people drink in a
:14:12. > :14:17.hotel? Not every day. So that's why obviously that's Neil Heywood.
:14:17. > :14:20.The case raises questions about abuse of power at the highest level
:14:20. > :14:25.of Chinese politics. As always in China, what goes on in
:14:25. > :14:29.this court is as much about the politics as it is the facts of the
:14:29. > :14:33.case. Gu Kailai may well be guilty of course, but her appearance here
:14:33. > :14:40.is a clear indication of two things - that the Communist Party now
:14:40. > :14:45.wants the case quickly resolved and her conviction suits its interests.
:14:45. > :14:49.With the trial over in just seven hours, it was followed by a press
:14:49. > :14:53.conference where Gu Kailai's guilt was all but confirmed by this
:14:53. > :14:58.official, but questions remain, has justice been done here for the
:14:58. > :15:05.victim? What will happen to Bo Xilai and has the world's most
:15:05. > :15:08.powerful political party now contained the damage?
:15:08. > :15:12.Coming Upton programme: The drought that's hitting America
:15:12. > :15:17.and the effect it's having on our food prices and those around the
:15:17. > :15:20.world. -- coming up tonight.
:15:20. > :15:25.The Ministry of Defence has apologised to service families
:15:25. > :15:27.after the discovery of body parts and forensic samples from 30
:15:27. > :15:31.servicemen killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
:15:31. > :15:34.They were stored by mistake after inquests into the deaths of the
:15:34. > :15:39.troops. But relatives were not told. An investigation is under way and
:15:39. > :15:42.the Army's contacting all the families involved. Our Security
:15:42. > :15:46.Correspondent, Frank Gardner, has the details.
:15:46. > :15:53.The daily dangerous task of patrolling in Afghanistan where
:15:53. > :15:58.many fall victim to roadside bombs. When the worst happens to British
:15:58. > :16:01.servicemen and women, the coroner's investigation will often involve
:16:01. > :16:06.forensic testing on human samples stored, with the family's consent,
:16:06. > :16:10.in hospitals. Now it's emerged some have been kept on without the
:16:10. > :16:15.family's consent. These were just tissue samples we
:16:15. > :16:19.failed to recover post-inquest and deal with in line with the family's
:16:19. > :16:23.wishes, so it'sst it's a failure of process, nothing more than that. We
:16:23. > :16:30.absolutely recognise it will cause distress and we are deeply sorry.
:16:30. > :16:34.Most of the samples were taken to identify soldiers killed by IEDs.
:16:34. > :16:38.These were gather ford forensic tests, to check for chemicals and
:16:38. > :16:42.traces of explosives. All information required for the
:16:42. > :16:46.coroner's inquest. At the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, not
:16:46. > :16:50.just tissue samples but actual human body parts had been kept. The
:16:50. > :16:54.hospital points out, these were never lost or discovered, always
:16:54. > :16:59.handled with respect. It will have come as an unpleasant surprise to a
:16:59. > :17:02.lot of people that human body samples from servicemen killed in
:17:02. > :17:07.combat overseas had been kept at hospitals like this one without
:17:07. > :17:10.their family's consent. The John Radcliffe Hospital is not at fault,
:17:10. > :17:15.it's obliged to store the samples as part of the coroner's
:17:15. > :17:17.investigation. The fault lies with the MoD and specifically with the
:17:17. > :17:22.Royal Military Police and special investigation branch for failing to
:17:22. > :17:26.inform up to 30 families. Heather Woods' husband Charlie was
:17:26. > :17:31.killed in Afghanistan two years ago. News of retained body samples is a
:17:31. > :17:37.shock to her. It just brings everything back. I've spent the
:17:37. > :17:40.last 18 months of my life piecing together, moving on to suddenly
:17:40. > :17:44.have this bombshell where potentially pars of Charlie could
:17:44. > :17:47.literally be a few miles down the road. It's at these par racks in
:17:47. > :17:51.Wiltshire that hard questions need to be asked of how the remains of
:17:51. > :17:56.loved ones killed in action could have been so mishandled in a
:17:56. > :18:00.bureaucratic blunder that will have caused distress to so many --
:18:00. > :18:04.barracks. Official figures show that the UK's
:18:04. > :18:10.trade deficit widened to a record level in June. The gap between
:18:10. > :18:14.imports and exports rose to 4.3 billion pounds from 2.7 billion in
:18:14. > :18:18.May, the highest level since comparable records began in 1997.
:18:18. > :18:23.We can talk to our Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders at the Treasury
:18:23. > :18:27.now. How bleak are the figures? They are pretty disappointing. If
:18:27. > :18:32.you take the big picture and think about when we were coming out of
:18:32. > :18:36.the crisis, we were really hoping exports would help drive - we are
:18:36. > :18:39.just foreseeing the end of the beach volley ball tonight, which is
:18:39. > :18:43.a lot happier than the exports - but the Chancellor was hoping
:18:43. > :18:46.exports would be a key driver of the recovery, that exporters would
:18:46. > :18:49.go into the world market with the big advantage, the pound fell
:18:49. > :18:55.sharply so our goods were cheaper in foreign markets. We have seen a
:18:55. > :18:58.bit of that, we have seen some of our exporters doing well but not
:18:58. > :19:01.enough to offset the stagnation at home. What's depressing about the
:19:01. > :19:06.figures is that although we know that the June figures were probably
:19:06. > :19:09.distorted a bit by the extra Bank Holiday, ports were closed when
:19:09. > :19:13.they would otherwise have been open, they continue a trend of fall
:19:13. > :19:16.exports and it's actually foreign demand that's helped pull us back
:19:16. > :19:19.into recession. I think the Chancellor will be particularly
:19:19. > :19:24.disappointed to see that it's not just European countries buying
:19:24. > :19:27.fewer UK goods, it's also countries like America, emerging market
:19:27. > :19:32.economys that we were hoping to sell more to. We are selling more
:19:32. > :19:36.services, things like insurance and tourism. That success in those
:19:36. > :19:39.areas is helping offset some of the weakness but it's not enough and
:19:39. > :19:44.it's very disappointing. Thank you.
:19:44. > :19:49.The United Nations has reported that food prices around the globe
:19:49. > :19:52.rose sharply last month due in part to the drought afflicting America,
:19:52. > :19:57.the country's worst in over half a century. Record temperatures and a
:19:57. > :20:01.lack of rain have devastated corn and soya beans, both crops the rest
:20:01. > :20:06.of the world relies on. Mark Mardell's been to one of the
:20:06. > :20:11.hardest hit areas near St Lewis in southern Illinois to investigate.
:20:11. > :20:21.July was the hottest month in American history with no rain from
:20:21. > :20:26.above these crops have risen more bad news for the economy.
:20:26. > :20:31.They should be taller than me. Stkpwh this man's found the 2,000 -
:20:31. > :20:41.- farmed these 2,000 acres for half a century. He's seen severe drought
:20:41. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:47.before, but never this bad. Look at that. Just one kernel.
:20:47. > :20:53.This crop is done. It won't get no greener, no better, it's Swiftly
:20:53. > :20:59.Done, for the simple reason, this did not pollinate. I mean, it could
:20:59. > :21:03.rain, water could be running here now and it's not going to make a
:21:03. > :21:06.difference. The lack of corn is hurting, pushing up cost of food
:21:06. > :21:10.for the animals, many being slaughtered early. If the rains
:21:10. > :21:14.don't come within days, the soya beans will be finish toad and
:21:14. > :21:20.there's not a cloud in the sky. The crops withering in this parched
:21:20. > :21:23.ground are vital for the world food industry. It's its very foundation.
:21:23. > :21:27.Not only because they provide animal feed and oil, but they go
:21:27. > :21:32.into products you wouldn't imagine, from snacks to fast food and even
:21:32. > :21:37.soft drinks. The man in the cow coat has tron be animated, he's a
:21:37. > :21:40.train in corn futures 300 miles away in Chicago. There's frenetic
:21:40. > :21:43.activity because they are expecting prices to rocket if future prices
:21:43. > :21:48.show how little corn is reaching the market. The impact won't stop
:21:49. > :21:54.here. Everything that happens from soya meal, oil, all the products
:21:55. > :21:58.that you use at home that come from corn, soya beans and wheat, bread,
:21:58. > :22:02.everything, you will see the prices two up minimum of 20% at the
:22:02. > :22:05.grocery store. That's reason enough to worry President Obama who order
:22:05. > :22:08.add $30 million relief programme this week. His agriculture
:22:08. > :22:13.secretary doesn't believe food price also rise dramatically but
:22:13. > :22:18.told me the President is taking action. Well, he's concerned about
:22:18. > :22:22.not only the impact on farmers and ranchers, but also on those who
:22:22. > :22:26.livelihoods depend on farmers and rangers doing well. That gets back
:22:26. > :22:31.into the small businesses on main streets and towns which is why he's
:22:31. > :22:36.enkrgeed the entire Cabinet to get engaged in looking for ways to
:22:36. > :22:41.provide help and assistance. Vast swathes of rural America have seen
:22:41. > :22:47.their livelihood devastated by drought. The fear is that next year
:22:47. > :22:53.will be even harsher. Back to the Olympics now. While Team GB is
:22:53. > :22:56.doing well, China and the USA are the two undisputed powers of the
:22:56. > :23:00.games. So far, neither nation's been able to pull clear, but
:23:00. > :23:04.tonight the USA's edged in front as the competition approaches its
:23:04. > :23:10.climax. Our Sports Editor David Bond has been looking at the battle
:23:10. > :23:15.to be crowned the golden team of 2012.
:23:15. > :23:20.This used to feel like the Olympic theme tune, the Star-Spangled
:23:20. > :23:23.Banner, a statement of sporting supremacy. America's basketball
:23:23. > :23:29.players remain the most potent symbol of that, but the rise of
:23:29. > :23:32.China has even got the Dream Team worried. We do well at every
:23:32. > :23:35.Olympics and we are just trying to do the best we can to get to the
:23:35. > :23:39.top spot. How important is it for everyone back home to see America
:23:40. > :23:43.top of the table? You talk a sense of pride in it, you know. It's
:23:43. > :23:47.always feeling good, feels like your country is well represented
:23:47. > :23:52.when you have the top spot, but all in all, it feels good to be part of
:23:52. > :23:58.the Olympics. Americans aren't used to just taking part.
:23:58. > :24:04.This team of super rich superstars from the MBA still dominate Olympic
:24:04. > :24:08.basketball. But as with the Soviet Union of the Cold War, China uses
:24:08. > :24:13.the expression of Games as a global power. America's number one status
:24:13. > :24:17.in the medal table can no longer be taken for granted. The most
:24:17. > :24:21.decorated Olympian is still an American. Michael Phelps won his
:24:21. > :24:27.22nd medal in London. But the other big story in the pool was this
:24:27. > :24:31.teenager, Ye Shiwen, whose two golds were questioned by an
:24:31. > :24:35.American coach exposing the simmering rivalry between China and
:24:35. > :24:38.the US. Something surges... In fact, America is increasingly obsessed
:24:38. > :24:46.with the race for the top. Unlike the rest of the world, they measure
:24:46. > :24:51.success, not by the number of golds but but the overall number of
:24:51. > :24:55.medals. The problem is, China's targeting that too. The battle
:24:55. > :24:59.didn't start until 1984 because of a dispute between China and the
:24:59. > :25:03.Olympic movement. In the LA Games, the gap with the US was marked with
:25:03. > :25:08.the Americans winning 68 more golds. That gap closed steadly over the
:25:09. > :25:13.years until a big step change in Sydney in 2000. Now China had
:25:13. > :25:18.nearly caught the Americans up. By the time the Olympics came to China,
:25:19. > :25:23.they roared ahead, topping the mdal table in Beijing with 15 more golds
:25:23. > :25:27.-- medal table. COMMENTATOR: inevitable is about to happen. Four
:25:27. > :25:31.match points... Table-tennis has always been a rich
:25:31. > :25:36.hunting ground for China. Last night, the men's team completed a
:25:36. > :25:41.clean sweep of golds. The aim now is to extend their dominance to all
:25:41. > :25:45.sports and worryingly for America, they still think they're some way
:25:45. > :25:50.off. TRANSLATION: We can't say that China has become a sporting power.
:25:50. > :25:54.We can only say that we are big sporting nation at present. We are
:25:54. > :26:00.trying to build up these basic events and hope to join the ranks
:26:00. > :26:07.of international sports powers soon. Therefore, it would be good to top
:26:07. > :26:11.the gold medal table. Perhaps this is just the new world
:26:12. > :26:21.order. Beijing's Olympics announced China's arrival. Four years on,
:26:21. > :26:26.London's Games have shown the Chinese are very much here to stay.
:26:26. > :26:31.Great Britain's Jade Jones has guaranteed herself at least an
:26:31. > :26:35.Olympic tae kwon do silver, beating her Chinese opponent. Jones trailed
:26:35. > :26:42.after the first two rounds but fought back to win 6-3. She's in
:26:42. > :26:44.action now in the gold medal match. London 2012 has been the most
:26:44. > :26:48.successful Olympics for Great Britain's equestrians. Two days
:26:48. > :26:52.after playing her part in winning gold many the team event, Charlotte
:26:52. > :26:59.Dujardin won the individual dressage competition and, as Joe
:26:59. > :27:03.Wilson reports, Team GB took the bronze as well. The final day of
:27:04. > :27:12.equestrian at the Olympics and the one they'd been waiting for, 23,000
:27:12. > :27:16.people gripped by the spectacle of dressage Freestyle. Riders are
:27:16. > :27:20.judged on control and activity. Laura Bechtolsheimer was the first
:27:20. > :27:24.British rider to go. In time with the medley from the Lion King.
:27:24. > :27:34.Judges said 84.3%, first place for a while.
:27:34. > :27:37.
:27:37. > :27:42.The Netherlands are strong in this sport. Now there was just one
:27:42. > :27:47.competitor left, Charlotte Dujardin for Britain on Valegro and the
:27:47. > :27:51.Great Escape. This routine had broke tn British record in a
:27:51. > :28:00.competition just before the Olympics, seemed to go well. Then
:28:00. > :28:03.the wait for the score. Look, listen. Over 90% for the North
:28:03. > :28:09.Londoner with the French name who'd only been competing internationally
:28:09. > :28:13.for a year. She'd won. Unmefable. I'm even emotional about it which I
:28:13. > :28:20.didn't think I would be, but Valegro was just, you know, he gave
:28:20. > :28:24.it everything today. Five British equestrian medals at the Games, a
:28:24. > :28:27.record. With the last equestrian event complete, the broad
:28:27. > :28:31.reflection on London 2012 is very encouraging for Great Britain. For