:00:09. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Windermere in the Lake District, home of the
:00:13. > :00:23.British Gas Great North Swim 2012. This is the biggest open water
:00:23. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:42.swimming event in the UK, so let's # Some day
:00:42. > :00:52.# You might find your hero # What a life
:00:52. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:14.This is the perfect setting for an open water swim. It is an epic
:01:14. > :01:18.setting. Most of the swimmers are going to be swimming one mile. You
:01:18. > :01:22.can join in with two mile or half- mile events. Good luck! She nearly
:01:22. > :01:27.tripped over. We are delighted to say we have two elite races this
:01:27. > :01:31.afternoon. With 46 days to go until the Olympic open water swimming
:01:31. > :01:41.events, we have the reigning World Champion and hot favourite for gold,
:01:41. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:54.best of all she is British! My name is Keri-Anne Payne. I'm 24 years
:01:54. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:00.old. I have been swimming competitively for 16 years. I'm
:02:00. > :02:10.Commonwealth bronze medallist, Olympic silver medallist and double
:02:10. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:17.As long as I'm stood on that pontoon before the race with no
:02:17. > :02:22.regrets of my training, no matter what the result, I will be a happy
:02:22. > :02:24.girl. Steve Parry and Cassie Patten, we have to pick up on what she said
:02:24. > :02:29.there. You must be able to understand why she is saying what
:02:29. > :02:33.she is saying? There is a couple of things. She is quite a humble
:02:33. > :02:38.person. Also, who would want to stick a big target on their back
:02:38. > :02:42.going into the Olympics? She won the World Championships in 2009 and
:02:42. > :02:48.2011. Everyone knows she is the hot favourite for the gold. I think she
:02:48. > :02:51.is quite clever in down playing those expectations. Maybe Cassie
:02:51. > :02:55.will know more. Is there a degree of her saying one thing and
:02:55. > :02:59.thinking another to keep that expectation to a minimum? You don't
:02:59. > :03:02.want to say, "I'm going to win." People will be angry at that and
:03:02. > :03:07.they will want to target you more and want to beat you more. With
:03:07. > :03:11.open water, it changes every single time. It is such an open event.
:03:11. > :03:16.Anything can happen, goggles can come off. If you say, "I'm going to
:03:16. > :03:20.win" you are jinxing yourself. From all athletes, you do play it down.
:03:20. > :03:24.You do your training and you prepare the way you want to do.
:03:24. > :03:28.Michael Phelps never said he was going to win a gold - he won eight!
:03:28. > :03:33.That is the mentality that athletes do have. How confident can she
:03:34. > :03:42.afford to be? You have known her for years. Can she afford to think,
:03:42. > :03:45."I can do this"? Goodness, you never think you are going to lose.
:03:45. > :03:49.Everybody thinks they go in there to win. She won the World
:03:49. > :03:56.Championships last year. Her home crowd. Things are in her favour.
:03:56. > :04:00.Then they are also against her. It is a home crowd. I know Keri-Anne
:04:00. > :04:04.really well. She trains so hard. She will be back in the pool every
:04:04. > :04:08.day doing nothing different to what she has done to win gold at the
:04:08. > :04:13.World Championships. For her, it is the way she is preparing. She was
:04:13. > :04:18.the first to qualify for the Olympics. She has had that year of
:04:18. > :04:23.people asking her about the Olympics. Are you sick of people
:04:23. > :04:29.saying, "Are you going to win?"? People have been thinking about
:04:29. > :04:34.these Games for the last seven years. We are seeing household
:04:34. > :04:40.names, they are being made through these Games. There is a lot of
:04:40. > :04:44.pressure on them. All the media ever want to know is, "Are you
:04:44. > :04:49.going to win?" They would not be involved with the sport unless they
:04:49. > :04:53.thought they were going to win. She is one of our best chances. We have
:04:53. > :04:57.some elite competitors today. This race doesn't affect the Olympics,
:04:57. > :05:01.does it? No, everybody who has qualified for the Olympics knows
:05:01. > :05:06.they are going. This event is great because people that are going to
:05:06. > :05:11.the Olympics get to race in England. And also it is nice to get in a
:05:11. > :05:16.race. There is not that many competitions so to have that - it
:05:16. > :05:19.is a lot shorter than the 10K, so it is nice to push your sprinting
:05:19. > :05:24.side a bit more. It is a rare opportunity for open water swimmers
:05:24. > :05:28.to get to swim outside, isn't it? Yeah, it is. In Britain, there's
:05:28. > :05:32.only a short window you can swim outside. So everybody wants to take
:05:32. > :05:35.as many opportunities as they can. It is not just about people like
:05:35. > :05:40.Keri-Anne Payne. We have thousands of swimmers, some of them have
:05:40. > :05:44.never done open water swimming before? This is one of the only
:05:44. > :05:51.occasions where elite athletes can get to swim with the public.
:05:51. > :05:56.There's 5,000 people down here today. When Cassie and Keri won
:05:56. > :06:00.their medals, I wasn't aware of a mass participation open water
:06:00. > :06:04.swimming event. 20,000 people will take part in the Great Swim series
:06:04. > :06:09.alone. We have the best Olympic swimming team that we have had in
:06:09. > :06:15.the past 30 years. The sport is doing great. It is fantastic as
:06:15. > :06:25.well that we have such a fantastic elite team. We know that loads of
:06:25. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:32.you are getting involved partly # If you ever find yourself
:06:32. > :06:42.# Stuck in the middle of the sea # I'll sail the world
:06:42. > :06:55.
:06:56. > :06:59.# To find out what we are made of # We are called to help our friends
:06:59. > :07:02.in need. # I wasn't very keen to swim when I
:07:02. > :07:07.was young. It was having swimming lessons that gave me a lot more
:07:07. > :07:11.confidence to do it. Projects like the Big Splash are important. It is
:07:11. > :07:16.a gentle nudge to remind people that swimming is good for you and
:07:16. > :07:20.it is good fun. You can do it on your own. You can do it with your
:07:20. > :07:24.family. # That's what friends are supposed
:07:24. > :07:29.to do. # I was sitting there, too scared. I
:07:29. > :07:39.can't stay away from it now. After that training session, you ready
:07:39. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:47.for the Big Splash Mile for Sport Relief? Yes! I'm frightened of the
:07:47. > :07:57.water. Everything else is a periphery concern. On your marks,
:07:57. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:11.# You can count on me You have always been a big
:08:11. > :08:15.supporter of Big Splash, Duncan? What they are trying to do is to
:08:15. > :08:21.get people swimming. It is the best sport for you. It is the way to
:08:21. > :08:26.keep fit. Why go abroad when you can have a nice swim down at your
:08:26. > :08:32.local pool? For 30 years, you have been the Mr Swimming. Have you seen
:08:32. > :08:37.so much exciting ever around the sport? The Olympics has built it to
:08:37. > :08:42.a different level. What's been great is we are starting to get
:08:42. > :08:46.real stars through. The younger ones, Keri-Anne Payne, and Rebecca
:08:47. > :08:50.Adlington won't be swimming here - she likes the pool! Could you ever
:08:51. > :08:53.imagine that five or ten years ago you would have 5,000 people
:08:53. > :08:58.swimming around Lake Windermere on a Sunday afternoon? If I had
:08:58. > :09:01.suggested that, I might have been committed! That shows you how much
:09:01. > :09:06.things have changed. People are really up for having a go at things,
:09:06. > :09:10.whether it is in the pool, or out of the pool. We are a nation of
:09:10. > :09:13.swimmers after all. About 12 million people regularly swim. I
:09:13. > :09:18.think the reason they do it is because they understand how good it
:09:18. > :09:23.is for them. Two questions: Are you swimming today? Is Keri-Anne Payne
:09:23. > :09:27.going to win the women's elite? have some tickets to see her this
:09:27. > :09:32.afternoon and at the Olympic Games. It is really exciting. As for my
:09:32. > :09:37.swimming, sadly I have a rusty shoulder at the moment. I have torn
:09:37. > :09:44.a reTaitor cuff so I can't swim at the -- rotator cuff so I can't swim
:09:44. > :09:49.at the moment. Good to see you. Brilliant. There are 5,000 swimmers
:09:49. > :09:55.taking to the water today. I am sure this group will feel very
:09:55. > :10:01.lucky to have been motivated and inspired by an Olympic gold
:10:01. > :10:09.medallist. We caught up with one of them yesterday. This is my first-
:10:09. > :10:15.ever Great North Swim and first- ever one-mile swim in open water. I
:10:15. > :10:20.have had a lifelong battle, really, with weight. It got to my 50th
:10:20. > :10:26.birthday, I was thinking, "I really have to address this once and for
:10:26. > :10:34.all." I decided I wanted to learn to swim properly. Last year, I lost
:10:34. > :10:38.three-and-a-half stone. Last March, I decided to join adult swimming
:10:38. > :10:45.classes and I was in the very beginners group - there was four
:10:45. > :10:49.groups - so I was in the beginners group, using the float, not
:10:49. > :10:53.venturing far away from the side, really worried about putting my
:10:53. > :10:59.face in the water. I chose swimming because I had read that it has no
:10:59. > :11:03.pressure on your joints, keeps you buoyant in the water and it's a
:11:03. > :11:09.really good overall exercise. It's only really been this year that I
:11:09. > :11:13.have been able to swim a mile. I have done one training session in
:11:13. > :11:16.Lake Windermere, I was the slowest! There have been times when I have
:11:17. > :11:23.been anxious about it. I have had nightmares about what I'm going to
:11:23. > :11:31.see in the water. I have had those anxieties. The fear of being
:11:31. > :11:41.humiliated if I can't finish. It is something I am excited about doing.
:11:41. > :11:46.
:11:46. > :11:51.I would say if I can do it, How are we doing? OK. You look like
:11:51. > :11:56.you are really enjoying it? I am, yeah. I'm so embarrassed about
:11:56. > :12:01.being the slowest swimmer on the planet. There is no need for
:12:01. > :12:05.embarrassment! I'm noticing the pace is more on the leisurely side
:12:05. > :12:15.than the elite side. Yes. Are you prepared to get round? Yes. Yeah,
:12:15. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:21.I've swam more than a mile in a pool so - well over. So, I feel as
:12:21. > :12:27.if I have done as much training as I can. Well done. Thank you very
:12:28. > :12:33.much. In total, 25,000 people have entered the five Great Swim events.
:12:33. > :12:37.They are held in Suffolk, Manchester, London, Glasgow and in
:12:37. > :12:41.Windermere. Steve has been chatting to a few more of them on the water.
:12:41. > :12:45.I tell you what, you are in the middle of Windermere and you are
:12:45. > :12:50.laughing your heads off. What is going on? We are here for a great
:12:50. > :13:00.day. We are three sisters, all swimming. Come on, sister! Raising
:13:00. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:05.money for Marie Curie and McMillan. We are having a great day. I'm from
:13:05. > :13:10.Manchester so I swim in Salford Quays. You are a professional!
:13:10. > :13:12.wouldn't say that. What do you like about swimming and open water?
:13:12. > :13:18.freedom. You can swim wherever you want. There is nothing there to
:13:18. > :13:21.hold you back. Are you enjoying the environment? I am, actually. It is
:13:21. > :13:26.really good. What was your motivation for doing the Great
:13:26. > :13:31.North Swim? I came on holiday last year, saw it happening and thought,
:13:31. > :13:37."That would be cool to have a go." So me and four friends said we
:13:37. > :13:41.would do it. Only I'm here now. They all bottled out? They did,
:13:41. > :13:48.yeah. They do wetsuits that cover your arms and your legs, you know?
:13:48. > :13:54.I got this from a car-boot! You got your wetsuit from a car-boot?
:13:54. > :14:00.I love it! Will you be having a Sunday roast after this? No. I have
:14:00. > :14:04.to go back and start digging again! No way! What is going on here?
:14:04. > :14:09.There's 60 metres to the end. Shouldn't you be racing each other
:14:09. > :14:14.by now? We are in a race. We are going as fast as we can. Are you
:14:14. > :14:20.mates? We are mates. School mates. Decided to do it together? Yes,
:14:20. > :14:30.second year we have done it. won last year? He did! They are
:14:30. > :14:31.
:14:31. > :14:36.Let's not forget the crowds who have turned out to support them,
:14:36. > :14:40.too. My ears are ringing, mainly because of you, guys. You were
:14:40. > :14:45.screaming. Who were you cheering on? Ricky Miller, who is a member
:14:45. > :14:50.of our triathlon club. He swims with us. We were giving him a big
:14:50. > :14:54.cheer to get him in! What about you, you are going in a minute? Really
:14:54. > :14:57.looking forward to it. Did it last year. What is it about this event
:14:58. > :15:01.that's made you come back for another go? The atmosphere, the
:15:01. > :15:09.crowd. It is fantastic. We do a lot of events, but we love this one.
:15:09. > :15:14.Are you swimming? I'm not. I've chief cheerer-on. You have nailed
:15:14. > :15:18.the cheering on! I'm very pleased to see you have had your sports
:15:18. > :15:22.drinks there. You, guys, your dads were swimming. You came here to
:15:22. > :15:32.cheer them on. They missed him swimming over the finish line. You
:15:32. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:43.better tell us how you think your Really good, because I was worried
:15:43. > :15:49.it because he looked like he was going to pass out. But he will be
:15:49. > :15:54.all right. Be careful, he is behind you. How did your dad do? Really
:15:54. > :16:02.well. He is probably just a bit cold and tired. You missed him
:16:02. > :16:06.coming over the finish line, so why don't you give him a big cheer.
:16:06. > :16:14.And congratulations to Gill. Barely able to swim a year ago, she has
:16:15. > :16:19.just finished her first ever one mile open-water swim. You have done
:16:19. > :16:23.fantastically! There are still loads of people out there. I know,
:16:23. > :16:28.but they started two hours after me. It is a fantastic achievement. A
:16:28. > :16:34.year ago, you could barely swim. How was it? Really great. I could
:16:34. > :16:38.not have done it, had there not been a tie at go there. They are
:16:38. > :16:44.fantastic, 18 you on. I know you were nervous going into the water.
:16:44. > :16:49.How did it feel? A kind of warm up until about half a mile in. Not
:16:49. > :16:58.that you would notice I have a warm-up by the speed, but it does
:16:58. > :17:03.take me a while. It is a fantastic experience. Beautiful surroundings.
:17:03. > :17:11.It is a phenomenal achievement. What is next to a? The world is
:17:11. > :17:15.your oyster! Maybe getting home and getting dry and so on. I would like
:17:16. > :17:20.to do more, but I would want to try and improve the time, because I am
:17:20. > :17:29.very embarrassed about how slow I am. Stop it. You have done
:17:29. > :17:35.fantastically. Well done. As you can see, the great swim
:17:35. > :17:39.really is open to everyone, whatever their age or ability, even
:17:39. > :17:44.these two. Earlier, BBC swimming commentators and D Jamieson and
:17:44. > :17:48.Adrian Moorhouse dusted down their wet suits to have a go.
:17:49. > :17:54.Congratulations. How was it? was great. We thought we should do
:17:54. > :17:57.it, given that we were going to be talking about it. Obviously very
:17:57. > :18:03.different from our careers in the swimming pool, but I enjoyed it.
:18:03. > :18:08.How different is it to swimming in a pool? Que plead a different. It
:18:08. > :18:14.is pretty cold, but not too bad. I was expecting it to be really
:18:14. > :18:19.chilly, but it was very fresh. I swam next to this guy and enjoyed
:18:19. > :18:24.it. Who won? We know you are competitive. We are competitive,
:18:24. > :18:28.but over a mile, it took us a long time to realise we were next to
:18:28. > :18:33.each other. We held hands at the end. We thought we would come
:18:33. > :18:38.together. We have not not got the energy at our age. Did you just
:18:38. > :18:42.want a nice finish, or did you have nothing left in the tank? Are had
:18:42. > :18:48.nothing left! I kept doing the backstroke because I was so tired.
:18:48. > :18:52.Every time I want to get my breath, he sprinted away. That is an
:18:52. > :18:57.impressive backstroke. Is it a swimming move or a dance moves?
:18:57. > :19:01.Let's move on to the men's elite race. Who are you looking out for?
:19:01. > :19:11.There are quite a few out there. One of our favourites is the German
:19:11. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:19.swimmer. And the French guy. Yet, Sebastien Rouault was world
:19:19. > :19:24.champion in 2010. I would like to see him sit on the other guy's feet
:19:24. > :19:29.if he is going to win, and then blast past at the end. Let's check
:19:29. > :19:33.out the rest of the races in the elite field.
:19:33. > :19:39.Do you feel under pressure because you are the defending champion?
:19:39. > :19:46.am not feeling pressure. Pressure is something you put on yourself.
:19:46. > :19:49.Where will your main competition come from? Everyone. The promising
:19:49. > :19:56.youngster Tom Allen missed out on Olympic qualification for London
:19:56. > :20:06.2012. Surprisingly, so did the Olympic silver medallist from
:20:06. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:12.I had the opportunity in Shanghai to qualify, but I missed that. But
:20:12. > :20:17.I have not got any regrets about that. I did everything I could.
:20:17. > :20:22.Ages on my side. You finished second here last year. Tom Allen
:20:22. > :20:27.won the race. You are both in the race tomorrow. How confident do you
:20:27. > :20:32.feel? I will just go in the race like every race. I don't have a
:20:32. > :20:40.plan other than to have enough energy in the tank for the last 500
:20:40. > :20:47.or 600. Your best finish so far is second. Can you go one better?
:20:47. > :20:53.hope so. I know there are a couple of very good swimmers here. I will
:20:53. > :20:58.try my best to. I will try to finish strongly in the last part.
:20:58. > :21:04.It is my first great swim. I am not used swimming in a wetsuit.
:21:04. > :21:10.Anything is possible. Training has been going well. Hopefully, I will
:21:10. > :21:14.come out on top. It is almost time for the start of the British Gas
:21:14. > :21:18.Great North Swim men's elite race. Steve Parry and Cassie Patten are
:21:18. > :21:28.on a boat in the middle of the action. From a commentary box,
:21:28. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:40.Adrian Moorhouse and Andy Gemma guys here. This is Sebastien
:21:40. > :21:47.Rouault of France, world champion in the 1500 metres freestyle in
:21:47. > :21:52.Shanghai last year. Tom Allen has won three great swims over the last
:21:52. > :22:01.three years. Chad Ho just flew in yesterday
:22:01. > :22:11.morning, from South Africa. He will be Keri-Anne Payne's training
:22:11. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:26.partner. Look at the beautiful will be the colours of their
:22:26. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :23:02.on the pontoon. The height of this late really is very high. Normally,
:23:02. > :23:10.
:23:10. > :23:15.you could walk along that wouldn't So, they are under way. The elite
:23:15. > :23:23.men in the British Gas Great North Swim. The first 25 metres, they are
:23:23. > :23:31.really going for it. White water at the start. It is good to see.
:23:31. > :23:37.Sebastien Rouault has gone out very quickly, top left. Quite high
:23:37. > :23:47.elbows, very fast pace. This is his tactic. We know he is very good in
:23:47. > :23:53.the pool. He is looking to use that sprint at the beginning of the race.
:23:53. > :23:58.This is a different kettle of fish from being in the pool. We know
:23:58. > :24:03.that, because we were there earlier today. We were not quite going that
:24:03. > :24:13.quickly. They are scrapping at the bottom with the white caps. They
:24:13. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:23.are a bit too close to each other. That is the difficult thing here,
:24:23. > :24:27.to get the line of sight to the boys. They went very quickly.
:24:27. > :24:37.Surely this must be too fast for Sebastien Rouault for the first 100
:24:37. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:47.metres. Well, these guys are experienced. The 1500 metres is the
:24:47. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:59.main distance they are used to. You don't want to swim any extra than
:24:59. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:06.you have to. Blue cap, Sebastien Rouault. Doesn't look like he knows
:25:06. > :25:11.where he is going. They have a picture of the course before the
:25:11. > :25:17.start. Chad Ho in the Yellow Hat is starting to look very good. I am
:25:17. > :25:27.not sure Sebastien Rouault knows where he is going. You have to hope
:25:27. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :26:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds
:26:07. > :26:15.are they doing? They are offered by Sebastien Rouault. Sebastien
:26:15. > :26:22.Rouault has eased back, and Chad Ho is taking up the pace. Chad Ho flew
:26:22. > :26:32.in yesterday morning from South Africa. Same time zone, but a long
:26:32. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:48.flight. Maybe Sebastien Rouault missed his flight from Paris. He is
:26:48. > :26:55.all over the place. It's this is the issue with some of the pool
:26:55. > :27:02.swimmers who are very good distance swimmers. The Olympics will of
:27:02. > :27:08.course be a 10 k race of about two hours, very different from this.
:27:09. > :27:16.This is the one that is attractive to the pool swimmers. Looks like
:27:16. > :27:26.they are in groups of three, going in a crocodile like kids going to
:27:26. > :27:38.
:27:38. > :27:45.and difficult to see. On the left- hand side in the Yellow Hat, Chad
:27:45. > :27:50.Ho of South Africa is just about leading. Coming through it at the
:27:50. > :27:55.top is of the swimmer from the Czech Republic. Sebastien Rouault
:27:55. > :28:00.is still looking all over the shop. What is he doing? It would help if
:28:00. > :28:05.somebody at the front did know where they were going. When you are
:28:05. > :28:09.in there, you are cashing elbows and hands and getting people's feet
:28:09. > :28:13.in your face. You have to keep your head up and say, as long as you
:28:13. > :28:21.know where you are going... Because they are following the back. I am
:28:21. > :28:25.surprised, because this morning when I was swimming, it is dead
:28:25. > :28:33.straight out of the first 800 metres. Sebastien Rouault has used
:28:33. > :28:43.an awful lot of energy looking up. Two swimmers are doing very well.
:28:43. > :28:44.
:28:44. > :28:48.Jan Posmourny got the second place last week. There is a lot of
:28:49. > :28:53.looking around. Steve and Cassie, can you see much? We have the best
:28:53. > :28:58.view in the house. The story here is that Sebastien Rouault does not
:28:58. > :29:02.seem to know where he is going. His navigation is completely off.
:29:02. > :29:05.from a pool background, so when he comes here and looks up and there
:29:05. > :29:09.are waves, the wind has picked up in the last ten minutes, so it is
:29:09. > :29:15.harder for him than for someone like Chad Ho, who was so
:29:15. > :29:19.experienced with open water. you feel the wind out here? With
:29:19. > :29:23.the likes of Tom Allen, he is not the biggest of guys, so will the
:29:23. > :29:28.waves get him away? You can't feel the wind much when you are swimming,
:29:28. > :29:32.but you definitely feel the waves. You have to change your stroke. It
:29:32. > :29:37.is easy for someone who does a lot of open water, but if you come from
:29:37. > :29:47.a poor background where it is flat or of the time, it takes a while
:29:47. > :29:52.
:29:52. > :29:56.before you actually start changing is. Tell me, what is he doing?
:29:56. > :30:00.is hard to be critical sat in a nice warm box now. He does look
:30:00. > :30:05.like he is an amateur at this, which is a shame. He probably has
:30:05. > :30:09.got the best technique and he probably is good, he is the best at
:30:09. > :30:17.this 1,600 metre course. He is wasting so much energy. The three
:30:17. > :30:21.there in the front, Alex Studzinski picking up there with Posmourny.
:30:21. > :30:28.The orange buoy is the half-way mark. It looks like they have
:30:29. > :30:33.another 150 metres or something. Yeah, you have Alex Studzinski,
:30:33. > :30:40.then Posmourny, then Chad Ho in the yellow. They are leading this to
:30:40. > :30:45.the half-way mark. So if we are looking for a 17-minute race,
:30:45. > :30:49.roughly, we are looking at eight- and-a-half minutes down there.
:30:49. > :30:56.field is very bunched up. They are all over each other. Normally,
:30:56. > :31:01.particularly in Britain, some of the British swimmers' tactics, they
:31:01. > :31:07.tend to get out there, but this is a tight group? Absolutely. It seems
:31:07. > :31:12.like there was no pacesetter. Chad Ho's tactic was to sit with Rouault
:31:12. > :31:22.and let him set some pace. Then Ho must have thought, "I'm not going
:31:22. > :31:32.to stay with that." At the top, you have somebody in the blue, I think
:31:32. > :31:40.
:31:40. > :31:48.that might be Matthias Schweiner of Austria. He's decided to choose a
:31:48. > :31:54.different line from the rest. He has, he has the best line. If you
:31:54. > :32:01.have got your own mind, you have to go, "Rather than follow the
:32:01. > :32:09.sheep..." He is cutting in a bit now. That has probably saved him
:32:09. > :32:12.five seconds. At the half-way mark of this elite men's race, the
:32:12. > :32:19.British Gas Great North Swim - a little bit of bashing on that buoy
:32:19. > :32:23.- now they are going in towards the shore and along the shore. There's
:32:23. > :32:30.- you can see that buoy and then they will go to the top right, back
:32:30. > :32:33.to the Low Wood Hotel. Very interesting, indeed, this. Nice
:32:33. > :32:40.clear water. Interesting to see whether the guys on the boat think
:32:40. > :32:44.this will favour the pool swimmers or the open water swimmers more?
:32:44. > :32:49.is extremely choppy down there. There are a lot of arms and legs
:32:49. > :32:53.involved. These guys are caught in the middle of it. They have gone
:32:53. > :32:57.past half-way. You either really go for it and work on the second half
:32:57. > :33:02.to the finish, or see how much you have got left. Alex has pulled away.
:33:02. > :33:07.He is a very good open water swimmer. This will play in his
:33:07. > :33:11.favour. How much easier is it for you when you are caught in the
:33:11. > :33:15.pack? I hated being in the pack. You get squashed. People either
:33:15. > :33:19.side hit you. It depends what you want. I was never a pack swimmer.
:33:19. > :33:24.Tom Allen looks like he is having a tough time? He has had a rough
:33:24. > :33:30.couple of months. He hasn't been very well. His training has
:33:30. > :33:34.suffered. Tom is so tough. He is a fighter. He is a racer. Incredibly,
:33:34. > :33:39.they have already done 1,000 metres. What do they need to focus on now
:33:39. > :33:44.to get in and get those medals? This is where you work it in. You
:33:44. > :33:51.are starting to burn. Your legs and lungs burn. It is about that finish.
:33:51. > :33:56.This bit, this last section, it seems like it goes on forever.
:33:56. > :34:01.Getting smoother coming down the home straight, Andy? Going past the
:34:01. > :34:05.boat house and it does look like Alex Studzinski is looking pretty
:34:05. > :34:11.good. He is not the fastest sprinter in the field and still
:34:11. > :34:19.Rouault is in the middle of the pack. He is the fastest 1,500 metre
:34:19. > :34:25.swimmer. He's had the worst swim, the most disastrous pacing, from my
:34:25. > :34:30.point of view, disastrous sighting and he is equal at the front again.
:34:30. > :34:35.He must have used twice as much energy and he might be challenging
:34:35. > :34:40.for a gold medal. I noticed at the turn they turned in nine minutes.
:34:40. > :34:45.Over a 1,600 metre race, it does mean it was a slow first half. What
:34:45. > :34:53.Cassie was saying then was people making a move in this second half,
:34:53. > :34:56.really establishing a bit more of a lead.Ed that -- that had to happen.
:34:57. > :35:03.It looks like Alex Studzinski has had a go at that. Rouault has gone
:35:03. > :35:09.with them and Chad Ho is back on the case. There was some messing
:35:09. > :35:12.around around that middle bit. Where is Rouault going?! LAUGHTER
:35:12. > :35:19.He's cut across everybody. On a motorway, you would get stopped for
:35:19. > :35:24.that! He's always over the place, Rouault. If he wins this, it will
:35:24. > :35:31.be quite an extraordinary swim. Very close indeed there, Ho in the
:35:31. > :35:35.yellow hat and Alex Studzinski of Germany. Rouault has made a massive
:35:35. > :35:39.move. Very cat-and-mouse at half- way. Now, once Alex Studzinski made
:35:39. > :35:43.the move in the orange hat, Rouault has taken it on. It looks like he
:35:43. > :35:48.is trying to kick for the end? is kicking left. I just think the
:35:48. > :35:53.other guys need to sight their own finish and not follow him. David
:35:53. > :35:56.Davis did this in the Beijing Olympics and he had to come back
:35:56. > :36:02.again and missed the gold medal with that. I wouldn't bank on
:36:02. > :36:08.Rouault being the guy for the finish. I would find my own finish.
:36:08. > :36:13.It has spread out. The field has spread out now. This V formation,
:36:13. > :36:16.perfect, that is the distance they have got left. They could do with
:36:16. > :36:20.staying right a little bit. They are still swimming left of the line
:36:20. > :36:26.they need. A great crowd in front of the hotel. It's not been the
:36:26. > :36:29.best weather, but some great family support for this race today. Well,
:36:29. > :36:34.after that half-way move of Alex Studzinski, I wonder whether
:36:34. > :36:38.Rouault has got it here. This will be interesting. Steve and Cassie?
:36:38. > :36:42.Well, I tell you what, you can really see the pain on the guys'
:36:42. > :36:46.faces. This is where they are kicking for home. They have to make
:36:47. > :36:52.it count. They have gone past 400 metres to go. He is the European
:36:52. > :36:56.Champion on the 800 and 1,500, so he has the speed in this pack.
:36:56. > :37:04.are really hurting down here. This is where they have to make it count,
:37:04. > :37:14.Andy. He is certainly having a go. He's gone very early. If he is the
:37:14. > :37:14.
:37:14. > :37:18.800 and 1,500 metre European Champion, so he is a very high-
:37:18. > :37:24.class swimming pool swimmer. I think he needs a sat-nav on his
:37:25. > :37:29.head! I think he does. As we said before, this is the - where is he
:37:29. > :37:32.going now? I get distracted by his line of swimming. He is zig-zagging
:37:32. > :37:40.down the whole course. If you plotted him on a sat-nav, it is
:37:40. > :37:45.amazing. This is more suited to him. We will be seeing Keri-Anne and
:37:45. > :37:52.some of the great distance swimmers doing 10,000 metres at the Olympic
:37:52. > :37:57.Games. A bit of a sharpener for the two women, the two fantastic women,
:37:57. > :38:05.Keri-Anne, World Champion on the 10K. She will be in the serpntien
:38:05. > :38:09.fairly shortly. She goes -- Serpentine fairly shortly. She goes
:38:09. > :38:14.in about six weeks from now. A couple of waves here on Windermere.
:38:14. > :38:18.The wind picking up a little bit. This is not over yet, Ade?
:38:18. > :38:25.Absolutely not over. I remember these waves. Not bragging about the
:38:25. > :38:28.fact we did this this morning and it was wavey when we did it. The
:38:28. > :38:33.wind seems to come in when you come into this part of the bay. It isn't
:38:33. > :38:38.over. I would not be following Rouault's line. Chad Ho needs to
:38:38. > :38:44.use all his experience here to get out of the back from behind Rouault,
:38:44. > :38:48.if he can. Rouault has a big kick. He is going at a good pace. Ho
:38:48. > :38:53.needs to, if he can manoeuvre himself out to the right. It is
:38:53. > :38:57.much easier to sit on their feet as well. Absolutely. The whole concept
:38:57. > :39:02.of drafting, whether it be in bike or open water swimming, it is there.
:39:02. > :39:06.Look at the waves. They are keeping a straight line and the waves are
:39:06. > :39:15.moving upwards of your screen. They are being pushed from their right.
:39:15. > :39:21.They are being pushed away into the shore. So very close now. That's
:39:21. > :39:27.100 metres the orange markers, 100 metres to go. Rouault is still
:39:27. > :39:33.doing his water polo stroke. Now he has hid head down. I can't see now
:39:34. > :39:38.Chad Ho catching him up. 100 metres to go. The sprint goes to his leg.
:39:38. > :39:42.He went to his legs at half-way. has great fitness. This is the
:39:42. > :39:46.fitness of somebody who has done the yards in the swimming pool.
:39:46. > :39:53.Chad Ho staying with him. He will have to come in second place, I
:39:53. > :39:57.think, Ho. It looks like Sebastien Rouault of France had a dodgy
:39:57. > :40:03.directional swim, but there is the finish. It looks like it will be
:40:03. > :40:10.Rouault of France and the 2012 elite men here in Windermere, it is
:40:10. > :40:14.indeed gold for Sebastien Rouault. The silver goes to Chad Ho.
:40:14. > :40:21.bronze was to Alex Studzinski. Jan Posmourny was in fourth place.
:40:21. > :40:27.Rouault, well, well done on winning that 2,000 metre race(!) LAUGHTER
:40:27. > :40:35.want to hear what he has to say about that. That man needs to get
:40:35. > :40:45.some sighting. What a great swim. He's won it. A great victory. He is
:40:45. > :40:47.
:40:47. > :40:56.exhausted as well. There he is. Well, he must be utterly exhausted.
:40:56. > :41:02.There's the finish. There it is! LAUGHTER There's Ho finishing in
:41:02. > :41:06.second. There's the orange hat - ooh! The orange hat was Alex
:41:06. > :41:11.Studzinski of Germany. In the end, Adrian, it was comfortable. The
:41:11. > :41:18.effort that he has put in for that... Absolutely. I think he was,
:41:18. > :41:23.at that point he was thinking, "Is that it? Thank you!" LAUGHTER
:41:23. > :41:33.didn't have enough, did he? A great swimmer, Chad Ho, but just not
:41:33. > :41:34.
:41:34. > :41:39.quite enough fitness and speed at the end. APPLAUSE
:41:39. > :41:44.So Sebastien Rouault of France finally winning that Great North
:41:44. > :41:53.Swim in 17 minutes. Chad Ho getting the silver. Alex Studzinski the
:41:53. > :41:58.bronze and Tom Allen was seventh. Congratulations. Your first win at
:41:58. > :42:03.a Great Swim event. How are you feeling? It is my first win in an
:42:03. > :42:10.open water race. Really happy. It was tough. I made a move too early
:42:10. > :42:18.and the last 200 of the race were really hard for me. I didn't really
:42:18. > :42:22.know where we were swimming until Chad touched my feet 20 metres from
:42:22. > :42:27.the buoy and I am glad I got the win. You did go off like a rocket,
:42:28. > :42:32.then you fell behind and caught up again. When you felt Chad on your
:42:32. > :42:38.heels, is that what spurred you on? A little bit. I wanted to get out
:42:38. > :42:45.fast. I'm not a pure open water swimmer. I need my own space to
:42:45. > :42:50.swim. Usually, the beginning of the race is shaky. We hit each other a
:42:50. > :42:55.little bit. I tried to stay calm in the middle of the race to push at
:42:55. > :43:01.the end. Congratulations. A great swim. Great mental strength. Well
:43:01. > :43:08.done. The first place to start with the men is how good would Sebastien
:43:08. > :43:13.Rouault be if he knew where he was more experienced caught him back up.
:43:13. > :43:15.Chad really was pushing him on. He was all over the place. Yeah, it
:43:15. > :43:21.was unbelievable. Chad Ho is an exciting prospect, just flown in
:43:21. > :43:24.from South Africa. He put a great turn in for the silver? Chad Ho has
:43:24. > :43:27.won a medal at the World Championships. He is very
:43:27. > :43:32.experienced at open water. He really did push it. Sebastien
:43:32. > :43:36.Rouault is that bit quicker. Obviously, he has great pool
:43:36. > :43:40.pedigree, Sebastien Rouault. What's he got to do to convert that now to
:43:40. > :43:44.more open water experience? Practice swimming in a straight
:43:44. > :43:49.line! Practice sighting and pushing on the distance. It is all well and
:43:49. > :43:55.good winning a mile, but when you go to Olympics, it is a 10K, which
:43:56. > :43:58.is six miles. So not being scared to do more distance events.
:43:58. > :44:04.Allen, not in the medals this time. He was the defending champion. He
:44:04. > :44:10.is not looking his best? He was really looking like he was hurting,
:44:10. > :44:13.especially in that last 600 metres. His stroke started to limp a bit.
:44:13. > :44:20.It is hard to come out here and race and try and perform at your
:44:20. > :44:26.best when you haven't put the training in due to illness. There
:44:26. > :44:32.are still thousands of swimmers keen to get in the water. Leslie
:44:32. > :44:36.and Paul, you are one of our eldest, perhaps our eldest competitors?
:44:36. > :44:43.83. You have done this before? have done it twice before. What
:44:43. > :44:50.makes you come back to this event? It is my son! He keeps me going. He
:44:50. > :44:55.wants to preserve me. Is that right, Paul? I gave him some gentle
:44:55. > :45:00.encouragement. He swims every day. It is a good thing for him to do.
:45:00. > :45:07.Fantastic at 83. You must be very proud. I know you are very proud of
:45:07. > :45:11.your son? I certainly am. He is an ex-Olympian. He keepss fit. He does
:45:11. > :45:15.triathlons. It is part of his life as well. When you are out there in
:45:15. > :45:21.the water, how does it work? Are you racing against each other or
:45:21. > :45:27.supporting each other? I'm being supported by Paul. I just follow
:45:27. > :45:32.him. Is that right? I think I am there to keep him in a straight
:45:32. > :45:38.line. Yeah, in his prime he would have shot past me. These days, I am
:45:38. > :45:43.his - he has to follow me. Will you be doing this in your 80s? I hope
:45:43. > :45:49.so. It would be great. Yeah, it is a long way off! It is easy to say
:45:49. > :45:53.an 80-year-old is an old person, but you seem fit? Exercise is the
:45:53. > :45:57.essence of - inactivity is the worst thing for our present
:45:57. > :46:00.civilisation. That is the big problem. Not enough people keep fit.
:46:00. > :46:04.That is related to obesity and heart disease and all sorts of
:46:04. > :46:14.things like that. You two are doing your bit today. I will let you go
:46:14. > :46:18.
:46:18. > :46:21.and take to the start line. Good the Olympic silver medallist and
:46:21. > :46:25.world champion Keri-Anne Payne in action. As you can hear, the guys
:46:25. > :46:31.are getting ready to set off. Lesley is edging his way to the
:46:31. > :46:35.front of the start line. He might be 83, but he has sharp elbows. Now
:46:35. > :46:39.to one of our youngest swimmers. The team-year-olds can take part,
:46:39. > :46:44.and for Kaye Tiote, this is not just about the challenge of open-
:46:44. > :46:49.water swimming, she is dealing with a serious health condition. We went
:46:49. > :46:53.to meet Katie and her parents. But her story does not inspire you,
:46:53. > :46:59.nothing will. Katie, tell me about yourself. How
:46:59. > :47:05.old are you? A 13. And have used one this before? No. You first
:47:05. > :47:13.time? How excited are you? Very excited. Can you tell me about
:47:13. > :47:18.Katie's genetic disorder? She and her older brother were both born,
:47:18. > :47:23.Tom had a diagnosis of Barbara beagle syndrome, which won him
:47:23. > :47:28.100,000 babies are born with. It affects their eyesight. So they are
:47:28. > :47:31.both registered blind. They can still see during the day, but at
:47:32. > :47:36.night they are lost without their canes, and they have no peripheral
:47:36. > :47:42.vision. They just have tunnel vision. But nothing stops her. She
:47:42. > :47:46.is up for anything, aren't you? Yeah. I hear you have a friend,
:47:46. > :47:50.India, who you have been doing a lot of swimming with, but
:47:50. > :47:54.unfortunately, she can't be here this weekend. She is a very good
:47:54. > :48:00.friend, yeah. We are quite close. She got diagnosed two weeks ago
:48:01. > :48:05.with lymphoma. It meant she was too poorly to swim, but Katie was
:48:05. > :48:13.determined. I said, do you want to shelve it this year? But she said
:48:13. > :48:17.no, I will do it for India's charity. So who are you guys are
:48:17. > :48:23.swimming with? We are swimming with my friend Lucy and her daughter
:48:23. > :48:31.Emily, who is a bit older than Katie. India can't come, so it is
:48:31. > :48:41.for her. When the whistle goes, we will count to 10 and the four of us
:48:41. > :48:53.
:48:53. > :49:03.probably finish at the back. But smiles all the way round. Cheers To
:49:03. > :49:03.
:49:03. > :49:09.India. Katie, how are you doing? You are over halfway and looking
:49:09. > :49:15.fantastic. Are you enjoying it? Yeah. That is an impressive
:49:15. > :49:20.breaststroke technique. Mum, how are things going? Katie has only
:49:20. > :49:27.ever swum 500 metres in the pool. In the lake. With have a lake near
:49:27. > :49:34.us, where we swim in all weathers. She has done 500 before a couple of
:49:34. > :49:44.times. Well, we know you are raising money for charity, so we
:49:44. > :49:45.
:49:45. > :49:55.will stop interrupting. She has done it! How proud are you?
:49:55. > :49:55.
:49:55. > :50:05.Really. Well done, Katie. How are you feeling? Getting there and give
:50:05. > :50:07.
:50:07. > :50:10.her a hug, Tom. There he goes, very proud big brother. Crying away. Tom
:50:10. > :50:19.once they had, Katie wants to enjoy the moment. How are you feeling?
:50:19. > :50:28.Very proud of myself. We are proud of you. Was it fun? Yeah. You feel
:50:28. > :50:33.quite warm. How was the water? What about you, mum? We enjoyed it.
:50:33. > :50:38.My feet are a bit cold. Katie, you heard everybody clapping and
:50:38. > :50:47.cheering and in tears. Congratulations. Will you do it
:50:48. > :50:56.next year? Yeah. Congratulations. Steve, you are grinning from ear to
:50:56. > :51:00.ear. We have lost Tom. That was fantastic. Really proud of her.
:51:00. > :51:06.Massive bay for the family. I will let you join the celebrations. Tom
:51:06. > :51:10.is lapping it up. Congratulations to everybody who managed to
:51:10. > :51:14.complete the half mile swim. Katie is not the only young swimmer who
:51:14. > :51:18.has taken part. You can be in the event if you are 13 years old. It
:51:18. > :51:23.is one of the things the great swim team are doing to encourage people
:51:23. > :51:26.to get involved in swimming. There are also run a class is up and down
:51:26. > :51:36.the country in five occasions. Yesterday, German elite swimmers
:51:36. > :51:43.
:51:43. > :51:50.went along to meet swimmers in chance to teach six children from
:51:50. > :51:57.local schools to swim better and work on their strokes. We showed
:51:57. > :52:04.them how to race on an indoor open- water course. The kids were so
:52:04. > :52:13.happy. It was a good thing here. It was a pleasure for me to be here
:52:13. > :52:19.and coach the kids. It is good for the kids to see how it works, and
:52:19. > :52:28.maybe they will do something like what I said. Not like that, like
:52:28. > :52:36.this. You try it. Go round once and back to the other side. Excellent.
:52:36. > :52:46.There were two or three that stood out. In my group, there was a girl
:52:46. > :53:16.
:53:16. > :53:22.faster. I did well in the race. winner is... The red team! Well
:53:22. > :53:26.done. What is most important is that the
:53:26. > :53:31.kids get introduced to swimming in general, and go from there and find
:53:31. > :53:39.out if they like short or longer distances. If they like long
:53:39. > :53:43.distances, they can start competing in open water. It was really fun.
:53:43. > :53:49.They did not tell me I am a great coach or anything, but we saw a lot
:53:49. > :53:57.of smiles and enjoyment while they were racing. I think we can assume
:53:57. > :54:01.they had it in good time and we didn't OK job. Isabelle Haerle is
:54:01. > :54:05.the reigning champion, and it is almost time to see if she can
:54:05. > :54:07.defend her title against the open water world champion, Keri-Anne
:54:08. > :54:12.Payne. Keri-Anne is hot favourite to win gold at the Olympics later
:54:12. > :54:16.this summer. Steve Parry has been chatting to her to see how she has
:54:16. > :54:20.coped with the attention. Everywhere I look, there are
:54:20. > :54:23.billboards and TV adverts for Keri- Anne Payne. You are now a household
:54:23. > :54:28.name in the run-up to the Games. Is there pressure that comes with
:54:28. > :54:32.that? There is, but it is my job and my psychologist's Dr Mitchell
:54:32. > :54:39.the pressure does not get to me. I can only concentrate on my own
:54:39. > :54:43.performance, not on what the rest of the world do. Silver medallists,
:54:43. > :54:48.Great Britain, Keri-Anne Payne! have inspired a lot of people to
:54:48. > :54:52.get involved in open-water swimming. How exciting is that for you?
:54:52. > :54:57.athlete, one of my aims is to try and get people involved in the
:54:57. > :55:02.sport and make sure you leave some sort of legacy. As important as it
:55:02. > :55:06.is to teach children to swim, it is about getting the families involved
:55:06. > :55:11.and getting the mums and dads to swim so that they can go with their
:55:11. > :55:17.kids. It is great family time. Having something like the great
:55:17. > :55:21.swim series gives adults a chance to have a go. 10,000 people doing
:55:21. > :55:26.one swim over a weekend was amazing. Where will your main competition
:55:26. > :55:31.come from? There are a couple of people who have come over. Jana
:55:31. > :55:35.Pechanova has qualified for the Olympics as well. And Isabelle
:55:35. > :55:40.Haerle won three grades wins last year. She is defending champion for
:55:40. > :55:45.this one, so she will be the one to watch for. Are you going to win?
:55:45. > :55:48.have no idea. We will have to wait and see. Hopefully, I will be in
:55:48. > :55:53.the right spot and make the right decisions. You have a lot on this
:55:53. > :55:59.year. You are getting married after the Olympics. How excited were you
:55:59. > :56:02.that your fiancee has qualified for the Olympics? To us blessed to have
:56:02. > :56:10.had the year I have had. And so fortunate to do something I love
:56:10. > :56:14.doing. To do the great swim and the Olympics and getting married, I am
:56:14. > :56:18.really excited at the start of a new life. We are engaged and have
:56:18. > :56:22.lived together for what seems like forever, but it will be exciting to
:56:22. > :56:27.know that we will be married and we can start the rest of our lives
:56:27. > :56:30.after that. Would you prefer a fabulous, Perfect Day in the
:56:30. > :56:35.Serpentine, doing the 10 K open water at the Olympics, or a perfect
:56:35. > :56:41.wedding? A perfect wedding. have to say that, because he might
:56:41. > :56:45.be watching. No. It would be nice for them both to be good. But if I
:56:45. > :56:50.was to be more excited about something, it is my wedding. Time
:56:50. > :56:54.for the event we have been waiting for, the women's elite race. Can
:56:55. > :57:00.Keri-Anne Payne take her first gold of the summer? Cassie and Steve are
:57:00. > :57:07.back on their boat. Adrian and Andy are in the commentary box. The
:57:07. > :57:16.theory is one of the favourites for the race, 8th in the Olympic Games
:57:16. > :57:24.on the open water in Beijing. Isabelle Haerle is the defending
:57:24. > :57:32.champion here in Windermere. And here she is, Britain's golden woman.
:57:32. > :57:38.World champion in 2009 and 2011. Olympic silver medallist in Beijing.
:57:38. > :57:48.Can she win in the Serpentine? Some of the most beautiful scenery
:57:48. > :58:12.
:58:13. > :58:22.The water level here has risen many feet over the last couple of days.
:58:23. > :58:23.
:58:23. > :58:28.A fast start. It looks like it is Keri-Anne Payne in the Yellow Hat
:58:28. > :58:34.who is ahead. As expected, she goes off like a shot. We were talking to
:58:34. > :58:39.her last night about her pace, and she said, you know what I do. And
:58:39. > :58:41.that is what she is doing. If you are used to being in a pool, you
:58:41. > :58:51.are used to your own space, and there's nothing worse than being
:58:51. > :58:53.
:58:53. > :59:03.stuck around other people. So Keri- Anne Payne is striking out. Looks
:59:03. > :59:13.
:59:13. > :59:18.like Isabelle Haerle was up there at the moment. Pens to go
:59:18. > :59:22.comfortably until the halfway mark, and then really picks it up. It's
:59:22. > :59:29.Cassie was saying she goes so quickly in the second half. Very
:59:29. > :59:33.difficult to stick with. Interesting tactics, as the swifts
:59:33. > :59:41.and house martins race across this beautiful Lake Windermere. We are
:59:41. > :59:45.over a minute into this race now, and getting settled. The pink hat
:59:45. > :59:52.belongs to Jana Pechanova of the Czech Republic. And in third, a
:59:52. > :59:58.Isabelle Haerle of Germany. We have Charlotte Wooliscroft for the Brits
:59:58. > :00:08.in the second group that are following. Also Lucy Charles. Keri-
:00:08. > :00:08.
:00:08. > :00:18.Anne is looking up. Looks like she's taking her time to spot where
:00:18. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:36.18:31. Keri-Anne is a capable of being quicker than that. Beautiful
:00:36. > :00:43.shots. Great to be here in the Lake District. These swimmers swimming
:00:43. > :00:51.in this lake. In five years now... It has been for five years. A lot
:00:51. > :00:57.of the elite swimmers come for the whole event. Massive amounts of
:00:57. > :01:04.money has been raised for charity. Gone out, as expected, Steve and
:01:04. > :01:10.Cassie? Well, amazing to see. Keri- Anne Payne was going off on her own
:01:10. > :01:13.course. But the girls followed her. There are lots of buoys for the
:01:13. > :01:18.half-mile course. Keri-Anne saw yellow, thought that's the buoy.
:01:18. > :01:23.She was a bit confused. She spotted the course. The two girls behind
:01:23. > :01:28.her, they are used to following, so she went off course and they went
:01:28. > :01:33.with her. Keri doesn't like being in the pack, does she? She likes to
:01:33. > :01:39.get out in her own water space. But in this weather, that will take a
:01:39. > :01:42.lot out of her? You saw her get a quick start then. It did throw her,
:01:42. > :01:48.the sighting. She has lost a bit. The girls have caught her back up.
:01:48. > :01:53.She is more in the mix. Yeah, they will have to be careful. Pechanova
:01:53. > :01:59.and Haerle are well-known nor the back-end? Haerle especially. I
:01:59. > :02:04.think if she's around Keri-Anne, Keri-Anne will have to watch
:02:04. > :02:08.herself. It is turning into a proper race here, Andy.
:02:08. > :02:13.It certainly is turning into a proper race. With not an awful lot
:02:13. > :02:17.of time to go to the Olympics, interesting tactics here. Keri-Anne
:02:17. > :02:22.going off pretty quickly. Pechanova covering her, though. Isabelle
:02:23. > :02:29.Haerle also in there. Adrian, not that long from the Olympics now?
:02:29. > :02:37.have 30-odd days. Longer for Keri- Anne, 40-odd days before Keri-
:02:38. > :02:43.Anne's open water swim. This is 1.6 kilometres. The race at the
:02:43. > :02:48.Olympics is the 10K. So this is a one-off. It is good to swim against
:02:48. > :02:54.some of her rivals, although the main rivals are not here. Pechanova
:02:55. > :03:04.is a good rival. Just getting back to that, Keri-Anne, we heard the
:03:04. > :03:12.interview with Chad Ho, he is going to be her training partner. Cassie
:03:12. > :03:22.- she misses Cassie a bit, training at Stockport. She's known Chad
:03:22. > :03:28.since a child. Somebody who can help push her for the next three
:03:28. > :03:35.weeks at altitude. At altitude, training with one of the elite men,
:03:35. > :03:39.she does look good. Look at her feet, dragging her feet. A two-beat
:03:39. > :03:46.leg kick, keeping her stroke balanced. She has gone off pretty
:03:46. > :03:51.fast. Maybe used more energy than she otherwise could have done when
:03:51. > :03:54.she went off course. Keri-Anne, the last couple of World Championships,
:03:54. > :04:03.she's been the best in the world. And the rest of the world are
:04:03. > :04:07.chasing her. It is hers in London to lose. You never know, though. I
:04:07. > :04:12.think her preparation has been pretty good. Let's see how this
:04:12. > :04:16.altitude goes, though. She normally makes this a family event.
:04:16. > :04:20.Unfortunately, driving up the rest of her family yesterday, they hit a
:04:20. > :04:28.deer on the motorway. The car is not in great shape. The family is
:04:28. > :04:35.fine. I don't think the deer is in particularly good shape. Say hello
:04:35. > :04:42.from the settee! She is doing quite well. I don't think it was a
:04:42. > :04:46.Rouault type of swim. Keri-Anne is very good at sighting. Shaken by
:04:46. > :04:50.that 500 metre series of buoys. She is good. Nice swimming. Really good.
:04:50. > :04:58.She looks like she has got good power. Someone has got stuck going
:04:58. > :05:02.around the buoy. Somebody's right hand got stuck. It looked like it
:05:02. > :05:08.might have been Isabelle Haerle of Germany. Haerle just missed out on
:05:08. > :05:15.the Olympic Games. Her boyfriend - oh! That was Lucy Charles. Look how
:05:15. > :05:22.tight that is. Pechanova is getting squashed. It is Maaike Waaijer,
:05:22. > :05:29.sorry. Look at these three. Look at that. Lucy Charles closer to us.
:05:29. > :05:34.Lucy - is that Lucy? No, it is Maaike Waaijer of Holland.
:05:34. > :05:39.Pechanova in the centre. Haerle at the top. Cassie, this is something
:05:39. > :05:43.that you really enjoy? Steve, you must enjoy a bit of this as well?
:05:43. > :05:49.tell you, there is a best of wrestling going on down here! Poor
:05:49. > :05:54.Pechanova, she is getting it from all angles. Keri-Anne has the right
:05:54. > :06:00.tactics, let them get on with the squabbling, get out in front!
:06:00. > :06:08.Anne was very tactical coming past that buoy. She did come close.
:06:08. > :06:12.There's three girls behind her. me, Isabelle Haerle looks like
:06:12. > :06:16.she's got a really slow, smooth and comfortable stroke there. Would you
:06:16. > :06:21.say she is looking the most relaxed? Keri-Anne has a high
:06:21. > :06:25.stroke rate which means her arms go round quicker. Haerle is looking
:06:25. > :06:31.very relaxed. She is saving energy. She is making Keri-Anne do the work
:06:31. > :06:35.and she is drafting, so using water that is already moving to pull her
:06:35. > :06:39.along. You have retired now. Would you have liked to have been in
:06:39. > :06:45.there battling it out? I love a good swim. I like a good battle so
:06:45. > :06:49.I would have loved to have been in there today. Can Keri-Anne hold on?
:06:49. > :06:53.They are pushing her. They are pushing and drawing back on her.
:06:53. > :07:00.They are nearly half-way. This is where Isabelle Haerle will come
:07:01. > :07:08.into her strength. We will have to see if Keri-Anne can hold on.
:07:08. > :07:15.are looking forward to this next turn. I should remind everyone that
:07:15. > :07:21.Cassie won this Great North Swim in 2008. There is the half-way marker.
:07:21. > :07:25.The 800 metres turn. The elite women just coming up to it now.
:07:25. > :07:31.They must be 75 metres away. Then they turn sharply to their right,
:07:31. > :07:37.to our left, go along the side of the lake and then the sprint back
:07:37. > :07:44.to that hotel in the background, Low Wood. The half-way mark, I
:07:44. > :07:48.think Keri-Anne has done a lot of the work for these women. In terms
:07:49. > :07:52.of pacing, it has been easy. Look at this now. I tell you what, if I
:07:52. > :07:58.was Pechanova, I would feel intimidated by this. They are
:07:58. > :08:02.trying to squeeze her. Keri-Anne in the best place. She is away from
:08:02. > :08:08.it! Pechanova in the pink hat has moved to her left. She is having a
:08:08. > :08:17.real scrap there, a big scrap with Maaike Waaijer of Holland in the
:08:17. > :08:22.green hat. Nice, clean turn. Keri- Anne, sometimes does that corkscrew
:08:22. > :08:28.stroke to get round nice and quick. It looks like she got half a metre
:08:28. > :08:32.ahead of the rest of the field. She is excellent. It was a good turn
:08:32. > :08:37.from Keri-Anne. Doesn't look like they are moving very far here. The
:08:37. > :08:45.tide is moving against them. Pechanova is up there, Waaijer and
:08:45. > :08:49.Haerle. Waaijer and Haerle in good form, second and third last week.
:08:49. > :08:55.They are in the second and third position last week. Keri-Anne
:08:56. > :09:04.wasn't there last week. Last week at the Great East Swim. Absolutely.
:09:04. > :09:10.So Keri-Anne making the turn. Frankly, if she can hold this pace,
:09:10. > :09:16.she is in good shape. I think Cassie mentioned it, particularly
:09:16. > :09:20.Haerle, a good 800, 400 and 1,500 metre swimmer in the pool, she has
:09:20. > :09:25.some good pace on her. This is like Rouault. If she chooses, she could
:09:25. > :09:29.make a big kick. It looks like she is coming on Keri-Anne's shoulder.
:09:29. > :09:34.So maybe she has started to decide, "I'm going to change the pace of
:09:34. > :09:42.this race." She is upping the pace. You can see that. Haerle is going
:09:42. > :09:45.to move and make that effort. Swimming past the boat house. The
:09:45. > :09:50.speed of acceleration there of Isabelle Haerle - in the water you
:09:50. > :09:55.can't tell that much. She has caught up a full body length. That
:09:55. > :10:01.is an amazing move. Steve and Cassie, that must have looked
:10:01. > :10:07.special? Amazing move watching down here. She turned on the pace.
:10:07. > :10:11.Within 15 minutes, she came up to Keri-Anne and has gone past her.
:10:11. > :10:15.Keri-Anne is in the middle. This is the place where Keri-Anne doesn't
:10:15. > :10:19.like being. She doesn't like being squashed. She is a fighter. She
:10:19. > :10:23.will fight for this. Isabelle Haerle, her strength is the back
:10:23. > :10:26.end. She won't like this, Keri- Anne? She always likes to be up
:10:27. > :10:31.front, having those guys either side of her, will that be playing
:10:31. > :10:35.on her mind? I don't think she will mind too much. She will be very
:10:35. > :10:43.much - she can see the finish from here. You can see the orange buoys.
:10:43. > :10:50.That is all she will be focused on. For her, you don't want to get
:10:50. > :10:55.trapped behind. Once you are behind, it is so hard to get round people.
:10:55. > :11:02.She is in hard training, she's swam 80 kilometres this week. How much
:11:02. > :11:07.will she be hurting in there? She won't have tapered. At the
:11:07. > :11:12.moment, she is in the peak of heavy training. Ultimately, London is her
:11:12. > :11:18.main goal. So here is a training race, she wants to race hard, race
:11:18. > :11:21.tough, which she is doing. Andy, it is a hard-fought battle It looks it.
:11:22. > :11:27.Having a quick chat with Adrian, Adrian, it looks like Pechanova at
:11:27. > :11:30.the top there was trying to squeeze Keri-Anne. Maybe she's moved over a
:11:30. > :11:34.little bit? Pechanova has been a bit more pleasant about this. When
:11:34. > :11:37.you are all tight together, you don't get enough of your own water.
:11:38. > :11:41.What you need, when you are underneath the water, you need to
:11:41. > :11:48.be able to pull yourself beyond. If somebody has taken your water,
:11:48. > :11:54.there is nothing there for you to pull. It is more bubbles and more
:11:54. > :12:00.air - it sounds bizarre. When you are squashed in, that is part of
:12:00. > :12:03.the issue. There's the green hat of Maaike Waaijer of Holland. She is
:12:03. > :12:10.not out of it. She is on the feet of the leading pack. She is
:12:10. > :12:13.starting to swim up and maybe pass Pechanova here. So a lovely, long,
:12:13. > :12:18.rangey stroke of Isabelle Haerle of Germany leading at the moment.
:12:18. > :12:23.Keri-Anne's not given up. With 200 metres to go, this could be
:12:23. > :12:27.interesting. The white hat there of the German, Haerle, hasn't broken
:12:27. > :12:30.Keri-Anne. Absolutely. It looks like they have broken Pechanova and
:12:30. > :12:35.probably Waaijer has decided to make her own move. Pechanova moving
:12:35. > :12:41.over to the right now. She is going to go the other side of Haerle. It
:12:42. > :12:45.will be one heck of a sprint. The buoy they passed was 1,200 metres,
:12:45. > :12:50.so there's 400 metres to go. We will see where they are come the
:12:50. > :12:54.orange buoy. That is when the sprint will start. It looks like
:12:54. > :12:59.Keri-Anne and Haerle have a similar pace here. It will be down to that
:12:59. > :13:05.sprint and it will start around the orange buoys. You are right, it was
:13:05. > :13:09.400 metres to go. Isabelle Haerle of Germany. She is the German
:13:09. > :13:16.National Champion and the defending champion here in Lake Windermere.
:13:16. > :13:21.Look at that, right, head-to-head. That is head-to-head. The yellow
:13:21. > :13:26.cap of Keri-Anne Payne and the favourite for gold medal in the
:13:26. > :13:29.Serpentine. Look at Waaijer in the green hat. Waaijer going on the top
:13:29. > :13:35.side there. Also Pechanova coming. I thought Pechanova was out of it.
:13:35. > :13:39.She is now leading. Same here. It looks like it is a battle between
:13:39. > :13:44.these four. Keri-Anne getting squeezed a little bit. A great shot
:13:44. > :13:49.there. Pechanova and Haerle... LAUGHTER There is no love lost here
:13:49. > :13:56.in this race. They are pleasant to each other outside the race. Right
:13:56. > :14:01.now, if they can bash each other, they will. It will be down to the
:14:01. > :14:07.sprint. As Cassie said, is there a taper here? Keri-Anne has not
:14:07. > :14:12.tapered. She will not be resting for that sprint. Maaike Waaijer at
:14:12. > :14:17.the top. Guys on the boat, this is tight? This is one of the most
:14:17. > :14:23.exciting races these have ever seen on a Great North Swim. They are all
:14:23. > :14:28.head-to-head. Lucy has caught them up. It is amazing. It could be
:14:29. > :14:34.anyone's, Andy. Lucy Charles in fifth position. Maybe she could
:14:34. > :14:39.come through as well. There is a bit of a gap at the bottom here. So
:14:39. > :14:43.Jana Pechanova closest to us, then it is Isabelle Haerle, then it is
:14:43. > :14:47.Keri-Anne Payne and at the top there, in the green hat, it is
:14:47. > :14:50.Maaike Waaijer of Holland. This is too close to call, Adrian. Lucy
:14:50. > :14:56.Charles is looking for the gap. Pechanova has closed it. She is
:14:56. > :15:04.going over to the right. I expect her to come alongside - you might
:15:05. > :15:08.have a five-horse race! That would be unfair! A five-horse women race!
:15:08. > :15:18.It is not over. There is still quite a bit left, maybe a minute.
:15:18. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:30.Lucy Charles, look at that, right Pechanova in the light green hat.
:15:30. > :15:36.Pechanova looks good. Also coming through, Charlotte Wooliscroft of
:15:36. > :15:41.Great Britain. She trains with Keri-Anne at Stockport. Look at
:15:42. > :15:47.this. Lucy Charles is coming through, and looking good. She is
:15:47. > :15:52.not out of it either. They have to go through these two orange markers,
:15:52. > :16:00.and then there are 100 metres to go. Where is it going to go? You are
:16:00. > :16:05.asking the hardest question! This could be good for Charles. She and
:16:05. > :16:09.Terry Paine are squeezing Haerle out. Pechanova is a really
:16:09. > :16:15.consistent performer. Looks like she has made the break. This could
:16:15. > :16:21.be decisive. You can catch up on that type of gap. It is going to be
:16:21. > :16:26.a battle for second, as long as Pechanova has got her line right.
:16:26. > :16:31.It Pechanova made a huge move inside that last 20 metres. Amazing.
:16:32. > :16:37.She is leading. RUSI Charles may be in second place. It will be awfully
:16:37. > :16:42.tight for the silver, bronze and forth. Looks like Jana Pechanova
:16:42. > :16:46.for the Czech Republic takes the gold. The silver... I can't tell
:16:46. > :16:51.you. I am going to take a wild guess that it was Isabelle Haerle
:16:51. > :16:58.of Germany. But I have no idea, actually. I think Keri-Anne Payne
:16:58. > :17:06.missed it. Even though she might have gone underneath in second or
:17:06. > :17:16.third, she might have hit it 5th. Very difficult. But during the last
:17:16. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:22.50, Pechanova... Look at that! What a massive effort that was. One
:17:23. > :17:28.month now till the Olympic Games. That is Jana Pechanova. She worked
:17:28. > :17:37.very hard, but she is pretty sharp. Keri-Anne Payne will get a lot more
:17:37. > :17:47.sharpness from her training camps. What an effort that was. Pechanova
:17:47. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:52.goes in first. Then second-placed... So close. Keri-Anne's hand went
:17:52. > :18:02.over. But I think it was Lucy Charles in second place. Light
:18:02. > :18:07.green cap. Moussi Charles, then probably Haerle. And then Keri-Anne
:18:07. > :18:13.comes in fifth. Congratulations. Your first Great North Swim, and
:18:13. > :18:21.you won. How was it? In it was a really hard race. I was surprised
:18:21. > :18:29.at the water temperature. In the first 800 metres, I was really
:18:29. > :18:38.unhappy with my swimming, because every stroke was too hard. But in
:18:38. > :18:42.the last 200 metres, I felt strong and I picked up speed. For the
:18:42. > :18:46.finish, I felt so strong that I beat the other girls. I am
:18:46. > :18:50.surprised at that. It was a very tight race towards the end. Keri-
:18:50. > :18:54.Anne Payne was in front for ages. It sounded like you were getting
:18:54. > :19:04.battered in the middle. Before the start, I thought Keri-Anne Payne
:19:04. > :19:10.would beat me. I am surprised. I don't know how to say how the race
:19:10. > :19:14.feels for the other girls. But I am surprised and happy with my results.
:19:14. > :19:19.It is a good position for the Olympics. Congratulations and good
:19:19. > :19:24.luck. Keri-Anne, what a race. You were
:19:24. > :19:30.out in front, then Haerle caught up, and was the end, it was anybody's
:19:30. > :19:34.race. I know, the first half was really rough. It got really windy
:19:34. > :19:39.all of a sudden. I must have swallowed half of the lake. But I
:19:39. > :19:47.just went through my usual tactics. I took the first bit quite steady,
:19:47. > :19:50.nice and easy. As we came back, I just got the bad luck of the draw
:19:50. > :19:55.and I was with someone who was really rough next to me. I was
:19:55. > :19:59.boxed in and had no option other than to go forward. And then when I
:19:59. > :20:03.pushed, everyone else was pushing as well. Is sound like you got to
:20:03. > :20:07.the front of the packed very early on. How important is it for you to
:20:07. > :20:11.be in the front? De at is where I am most comfortable. People let me
:20:12. > :20:15.do that for the first half of the race, because they know that, apart
:20:15. > :20:19.from one slight mistake I made after the first turning buoy, when
:20:19. > :20:25.I went the wrong way. Apart from that, I usually have a good sense
:20:25. > :20:30.of direction. As soon as we turned that buoy, it was a different race.
:20:30. > :20:38.Everybody followed you, so I would not worry about the direction. They
:20:38. > :20:42.gained nothing. You said you did not expect to win yesterday.
:20:42. > :20:46.Absolutely. I would have been happy but concerned if I had won today,
:20:47. > :20:51.because I still have another six weeks of training to do. I am in
:20:51. > :20:56.the middle of a nine-week block of training. It would have been nice
:20:56. > :21:00.to win, but it is one of those things. Great to see another Brit
:21:00. > :21:05.doing so well. Lucy seemed surprised to be second. I didn't
:21:05. > :21:11.even see her, because I was boxed in by two other girls. I could not
:21:11. > :21:15.see what was going on. It is incredible that she did so well.
:21:15. > :21:21.Congratulations. Now you are going off to be even more training. See
:21:21. > :21:26.you in August. Lucy, congratulations. Second place
:21:26. > :21:32.from nowhere! Yeah, it was really rough out there. I started out at
:21:32. > :21:35.the back, just cruising along. Then towards the halfway mark, I thought
:21:35. > :21:40.I would stay put up a bit and see what I could do. So I went towards
:21:40. > :21:44.the leading pack and ended up at the finish. The it sounded like the
:21:44. > :21:50.swimmers were giving each other a hard time. It was a bit of a battle
:21:50. > :21:54.out there. It was quite rough. But it was fun. You must be the only
:21:55. > :21:59.one who came out smiling. Your first time at the Great North Swim.
:21:59. > :22:09.You seem surprised, but happy. did not think I would come second.
:22:09. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:16.I was aiming for anywhere in the The women's race was not to be the
:22:16. > :22:21.fairy-tale story, a win for Keri- Anne Payne. That is the great thing
:22:21. > :22:27.about open water. You can't say the favourite will win. The weather
:22:27. > :22:31.conditions changed. The girls affect the race. She got boxed in.
:22:31. > :22:36.You have to be perfect up to the finish. Keri-Anne came second, but
:22:36. > :22:40.missing the board put her into 5th. It is technical, isn't it, because
:22:40. > :22:45.we saw Keri-Anne veer off on the wrong course early on in the race.
:22:45. > :22:49.If a competitor had taken advantage, they would have been miles ahead.
:22:49. > :22:53.Luckily for her, they followed her, so everybody went off course. You
:22:53. > :23:00.have to be really vigilant, not just looking at who is around you,
:23:00. > :23:06.by way you are going. If you go Osh course -- of course, you then have
:23:06. > :23:09.to make up that distance. Your injury has can be due out this year
:23:09. > :23:14.for the Olympics, but it was your sort of race and there was a lot of
:23:14. > :23:19.argy-bargy, hands and feet all over the place. I was itching to be in
:23:19. > :23:23.there. I miss races like that, where it is really tight and you
:23:23. > :23:26.are so close together. People have a misconception that it is a
:23:26. > :23:31.physical sport, but it is just because everybody is so close
:23:31. > :23:36.together and going for that slapper board to finish. Great to see Lucy
:23:36. > :23:40.Charles coming through at the end. I think she surprised herself. She
:23:40. > :23:45.swam really well. At halfway, she was not in the mix at all, and then
:23:45. > :23:55.she got the bit between her teeth and pushed on. It has been one of
:23:55. > :24:13.
:24:14. > :24:19.the best wins we have seen in the Steve, Cassie, I don't think
:24:19. > :24:23.anybody expected that result, Keri- Anne in fifth. It was unbelievable
:24:23. > :24:27.at the end. The sheer aggression we were seeing from the girls was
:24:27. > :24:31.unbelievable. Keri-Anne always leads from the front. She is in
:24:31. > :24:35.hard training. The biggest thing she got wrong was the finish. If
:24:35. > :24:39.she had touched the wall at the right time, she would have been
:24:39. > :24:44.second. I don't think she realised that. We did not realise until we
:24:44. > :24:49.watched it back. She was gutted. She came out of the water and went,
:24:49. > :24:53.oh, dear. We saw from the boat. I said to Steve, I don't think Keri-
:24:53. > :24:57.Anne touched it. If you are so close together and somebody is
:24:57. > :25:01.ahead of you and you are preaching to touch it and you miss it by a
:25:01. > :25:06.few centimetres, you have still missed it. So you have to touch it
:25:07. > :25:12.again. That was what happened. It was really close. Hopefully, it was
:25:12. > :25:16.a mistake she will not make later this summer. We have also seen
:25:16. > :25:20.thousands of swimmers today and emotional stories. That is the most
:25:20. > :25:25.amazing thing about this event. The elite racers are fantastic. We have
:25:25. > :25:29.nothing to worry about with Keri- Anne Payne and a possible gold
:25:29. > :25:32.medal. But the stories came out today of people getting in the
:25:32. > :25:37.water for the first time and having a go at open-water swimming. You
:25:37. > :25:43.could not have a better backdrop. I saw people taking their goggles off,
:25:43. > :25:48.looking around and enjoying the scenery. People tend to think -
:25:48. > :25:52.open-water swimming? Why would you do that? We saw people come here
:25:52. > :25:56.today, never having done it, and it worked out. That is the most
:25:56. > :26:01.exciting thing about this event. I love open-water swimming for that
:26:01. > :26:05.exact reason, that we are in the most beautiful countryside, with
:26:06. > :26:11.hundreds of people doing the same thing. It is a challenge. A mile is
:26:11. > :26:14.a long way to swim when you have not done it before. So I have loved
:26:14. > :26:19.watching people come out with huge smiles on their faces. It makes me
:26:19. > :26:23.happy. Has it been a difficult day for you? You have been in every
:26:23. > :26:28.other Great North Swim. You retired last year and have come back as
:26:28. > :26:33.part of the podcasting team. How has it been? I am so glad to be
:26:33. > :26:38.here, because otherwise, I would have been watching at home on telly.
:26:38. > :26:43.It is hard. Steve was holding me back, because I wanted to dive in!
:26:43. > :26:50.But that is life. I did not want to retire, but I had to and I accept
:26:50. > :26:54.that. Who knows? I might get in the pool one day and race again, but
:26:54. > :26:57.life is good. It is a great time to be in the area. The crowds have
:26:57. > :27:01.turned out and the weather has come good for us on the final day. And
:27:01. > :27:06.the Olympic torch came through here earlier in the week. A great time
:27:06. > :27:10.to be in this area. The Olympic torch made an amazing difference. I
:27:10. > :27:13.was in Liverpool when it came through, and we saw it in
:27:13. > :27:18.Windermere earlier in the week. It is really getting the country
:27:18. > :27:24.turned on her to this feast of sport. Keri-Anne Payne will be
:27:24. > :27:28.going for gold, but we will also see 23 other sports. All the
:27:28. > :27:33.pessimism has gone. Those people who said it would be a waste of
:27:33. > :27:37.money, that is going. This morning, it was pouring down with rain.
:27:37. > :27:41.the streets around Salford were packed to see that Olympic flame.
:27:41. > :27:45.It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. From the Great North
:27:45. > :27:55.Swim, thank you very much. There is still a feast of sport to come on
:27:55. > :28:19.
:28:19. > :28:22.That is it from the Great North Swim 2012. There was quite a bit of
:28:22. > :28:26.drama in the elite men's and women's races. I am sure that has
:28:26. > :28:30.whetted your appetite for the Olympics, which get under wage in