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:00:58. > :01:03.athletes in the world. Absolutely brilliant. We'll really be strong

:01:04. > :01:24.enough to hang on? It will be close. Adam Gemili has got to Mac metres on

:01:25. > :01:33.the field. Adam Gemili, it is called for Great Britain. Below 20 seconds

:01:34. > :01:40.to win the European Championships. It was fantastic Friday here at the

:01:41. > :01:45.Letzigrund Stadium. Will it be a super Saturday as D5 delivers more

:01:46. > :01:54.potential champions and the boys passed the back point to the girls?

:01:55. > :02:04.When you watch your team-mate achieving your dreams it spurs you

:02:05. > :02:07.on. Gold at last for Tiffany Porter. Mo Farah is back. It helps you

:02:08. > :02:20.believe you can reach greater heights. Ashleigh for bronze.

:02:21. > :02:25.Inspired by success, it is time for the British women to take centre

:02:26. > :02:33.stage here in Zurich. Eilidh Child takes the silver. Hampden Park

:02:34. > :02:41.cheered Eilidh Child to silver. She will now be going for gold. Lynsey

:02:42. > :02:49.Sharp has eyes set on victory after an emotional Commonwealth Games.

:02:50. > :02:53.Silver for Scotland. Well judged by Lynsey Sharp. A young star looks to

:02:54. > :03:03.shine in her second championship finals. Jessica Judd takes on Lynsey

:03:04. > :03:09.Sharp. Two women in the final. Jo Pavey will be hoping to take away a

:03:10. > :03:14.second title in the 5000 metres. The way she goes, this is it. Entire

:03:15. > :03:19.career has been about best moments, gold for Jo Pavey, she is the

:03:20. > :03:25.explanation mark one thing is for sure, they will have to bring the

:03:26. > :03:31.best if they want to bury -- the next success story at the European

:03:32. > :03:35.Championships. Zurich has been a wonderful host over the last few

:03:36. > :03:42.days for this Championships. The next few days promises so much. We

:03:43. > :03:49.had a moment to light up the sky last night for Switzerland. We are

:03:50. > :03:51.hoping for more gold for Great Britain as well this afternoon. The

:03:52. > :04:08.weather has improved marginally. I have abandoned my jacket today.

:04:09. > :04:15.What bodes well is that it is ladies afternoon. We genuinely have got a

:04:16. > :04:21.gold medal chances. Lynsey Sharp, for me. I have got my fingers

:04:22. > :04:25.crossed that she can come the silver medal into gold. She got the gold

:04:26. > :04:31.medal by default and she wants to get it by right in the 800 metres.

:04:32. > :04:38.Glasgow stars shining here in Zurich. Jo Pavey, she has captured

:04:39. > :04:43.the imagination at home, she gets another shot in the 5000 metres.

:04:44. > :04:54.That is a tough field. It could be in her favour. Jewel has been well

:04:55. > :04:57.rested. -- Jo Pavey. She said that she was amazed how good her legs

:04:58. > :05:03.felt and she was not sure whether it was to do with the track. She said

:05:04. > :05:14.she was feeling very good. It all bodes well. Plenty of stars onshore.

:05:15. > :05:17.-- onshore. Lynsey Sharp is on track after that silver in Glasgow. She is

:05:18. > :05:26.looking to detain her European count. Also in the 800 metres,

:05:27. > :05:31.teenage sensation Jessica Judd, she was fourth in Glasgow, can she push

:05:32. > :05:35.their way onto the rostrum? Eilidh Child was the face of the

:05:36. > :05:43.Commonwealth Games and she delivered there She wants another medal in the

:05:44. > :05:50.400 metre hurdles. Jo Pavey is looking for a distance double in the

:05:51. > :05:53.5000 metres. Steve Lewis took gold in Glasgow but he is up the very

:05:54. > :06:05.best -- up against the very best in the world. Then it is really time.

:06:06. > :06:10.Four x 100 men and women followed by the four x 400 men and women. This

:06:11. > :07:06.is how the timetable looks. underway. The first contender was

:07:07. > :07:08.our favourite mascot, underway. The first contender was

:07:09. > :07:16.our favourite Cooly. That was a fantastic attempt? I have already

:07:17. > :07:22.heard that he has been out on the track, not just in the field, but he

:07:23. > :07:26.went over the hurdles. I understand that he had quite a competition that

:07:27. > :07:31.you make see later against a certain Welsh man who doesn't sit very far

:07:32. > :07:42.from me. It is taken for the four x 100 metres heats. Dafne Schippers

:07:43. > :07:48.from Holland is there. She is just a huge star of sprinting. She is the

:07:49. > :07:55.world leader for 200 metres. Great Britain in the second heat.

:07:56. > :08:05.The never lands R.N. Laney. Dafne Schippers going in the second leg.

:08:06. > :08:22.-- Holland are in lane eight. The top two teams progress

:08:23. > :08:33.automatically with the two fastest losers.

:08:34. > :09:03.It is a strong French quartet. Listen to this noise for a very

:09:04. > :09:22.strong home quartet. Much is expected of them.

:09:23. > :10:24.The Dutch quartet are incredibly strong. Three to go through

:10:25. > :10:58.automatically. Two fastest losers over the two heats.

:10:59. > :11:17.Look out for the changes. It is fairly clean at the moment. France

:11:18. > :11:21.are going very strongly. The Netherlands are in a very strong

:11:22. > :11:28.position. France still looking strong. Switzerland have got work to

:11:29. > :11:37.do. France are putting on an exhibition. It is France, Holland

:11:38. > :11:46.and Switzerland that go through. Italy will have to wait and see.

:11:47. > :11:50.Very good form. That was a very quick time. I fought the Dutch would

:11:51. > :11:51.have given them more of a run for their money.

:11:52. > :11:57.quick time. I fought the Dutch would have given them Beware of the third

:11:58. > :12:09.ranked team behind Jamaica and the United States in the world. -- they

:12:10. > :12:15.were. The main thing is to get through the heats. Let us watch

:12:16. > :12:26.this. The Dutch team right on the outside. Watch this. It looks like

:12:27. > :12:37.she stretched. I am not sure she is flat-out during the -- going down

:12:38. > :13:07.the back straight. France are really coming into it from the top bender.

:13:08. > :13:11.-- from the top bender. -- bend. I think the Dutch are just stronger --

:13:12. > :13:31.the French are just stronger as a quartet. France lay down a marker.

:13:32. > :13:36.Confirmation of that, brands are quickest in Europe this year. The

:13:37. > :13:42.Netherlands in second and Switzerland also go through

:13:43. > :13:48.automatically. -- France of the quickest in Europe.

:13:49. > :14:05.These are the athletes that will start the men's pole vault final.

:14:06. > :14:14.Some British interest. Renaud Lavillenie recently broke the world

:14:15. > :14:20.record. Steve Lewis, he won that Commonwealth title in the pole vault

:14:21. > :14:27.equivalent of the penalty shoot out. Here he is in his opening attempt of

:14:28. > :14:38.5.40 metres. He did not seem to have the speed. The plant look good.

:14:39. > :14:45.Difficult to see from that angle what was not quite right. He may not

:14:46. > :14:59.have had the operate were he wanted them. Not a good start. There is

:15:00. > :15:07.Renaud Lavillenie. He brought -- broke the record in style. 6.16

:15:08. > :15:18.metres and starts as a hot favourite to take the title.

:15:19. > :15:30.He is looking very relaxed about the competition ahead, as do these

:15:31. > :15:39.women, having a little jog out. The 4x400 metre race with the men, that

:15:40. > :15:47.is coming up, and the great Britain women are coming up in the next

:15:48. > :15:52.race. France setting a European lead in the opening heat. It is going

:15:53. > :15:57.very quickly, Colin Bismarck yes, I am surprised with the time for

:15:58. > :16:14.France, it was a strong, strong performance from them. A good

:16:15. > :16:18.order, Denise? Yes, they have a good order, it is well planned. Steve

:16:19. > :16:38.Cram has the commentary on this. Yes, the Ukraine will be good. We

:16:39. > :16:43.have got the Bulgarians, they can rely on their athletes for the last

:16:44. > :16:49.two macro legs. We have got a strong Great Britain team. Jodie Williams,

:16:50. > :16:56.Bianca Williams, the riders that could come into this. Croatia, they

:16:57. > :17:01.are outside. A pretty strong German team, not sure it is strong enough

:17:02. > :17:09.to contest this British quartet. There is the German team. And Norway

:17:10. > :17:17.and Russia are on the outside. By the look of the other teams, just to

:17:18. > :17:21.mention, the England team, don't forget that we had the Commonwealth

:17:22. > :17:26.Games, they have been switching and changing around all season, so it is

:17:27. > :17:30.a different line-up, Asha Nelson, she ran on the anchor leg and is

:17:31. > :17:34.running on the second leg, Anyika Onuora, she was in the second heat

:17:35. > :17:51.and got dropped for the final. Dizzy Ray Henry has been given the job,

:17:52. > :17:54.why not. Desiree Hendry, a strong British quartet, it could get better

:17:55. > :18:18.Germany and Croatia, they have for the file if need be.

:18:19. > :18:23.Germany and Croatia, they have started quickly. Ukraine, not as far

:18:24. > :18:28.away as he would have expected. A good changeover, ashen else and down

:18:29. > :18:36.the back straight. Germany still close. -- Asha Nelson down the back

:18:37. > :18:39.straight. Germany have gone. It is Britain and Russia. One more

:18:40. > :18:48.changeover. Hold your breath. That is fine. Desiree Henry on the

:18:49. > :18:56.outside lane. Russia will be the other qualifiers. Let us watch the

:18:57. > :19:05.clock. 42.6 four tenths down on what the French did. That team should

:19:06. > :19:10.have easily qualified, to be honest. As ever, you have to get the baton

:19:11. > :19:18.round, and Britain did it and did it pretty well. Just a bit difficult on

:19:19. > :19:24.the changeover. Playing it safe, 42.62, and given that the team could

:19:25. > :19:28.change, that is not a good start. One important thing to look at is,

:19:29. > :19:34.it is a very strong squad, and you look at the options, France are

:19:35. > :19:39.running very quick, 42.29, but that is them at full strength. They can

:19:40. > :19:45.augment their squad into the final. Philip got out very quickly

:19:46. > :19:50.alongside the Russian athlete. A decent handover. Asha Nelson taking

:19:51. > :19:57.down the back straight. Some safe handover is, they will always bear

:19:58. > :20:07.on that side of things. -- some safe handovers. Anyika Onuora need to

:20:08. > :20:14.make sure that she held it properly. That was fine. Just a foot on the

:20:15. > :20:20.line outside, but that is perfectly permissible. Meanwhile, the German

:20:21. > :20:25.team were wandering back to have a fuel recriminations and

:20:26. > :20:31.postmortems. That would have been a strong quartet for the Germans in

:20:32. > :20:35.the final if they had gone through. Just to underline the strength of

:20:36. > :20:42.this team, that is actually the third fastest ever by a British

:20:43. > :20:45.team, 42.43 is the record. That was 13 years ago, so the third fastest

:20:46. > :21:01.ever by that quartet. Right, Steve Lewis, we saw him knock

:21:02. > :21:09.the bark, this is the second attempt. -- knock the bar. He had

:21:10. > :21:15.the height. He definitely had the height. It looks as if the uprights

:21:16. > :21:20.are not in the right position for him. He does have the option to move

:21:21. > :21:25.them for his third attempt. His height is way in front of the

:21:26. > :21:30.crossbar. He can move it towards himself, which means that he aligns

:21:31. > :21:36.his high point, so he can move over the bar. Effectively coming down on

:21:37. > :21:42.the bar and knocking it off. A second attempt failure, he is under

:21:43. > :21:46.pressure here. We are with the British quartet that qualified so

:21:47. > :21:53.easily and comfortably, Asha, getting your frustrations out in the

:21:54. > :21:58.100, missing the final by 1000 of the second. We have such a great

:21:59. > :22:01.team, we have practised so much over the year, the national lottery has

:22:02. > :22:06.helped us out, the fact they have put us back on funding and they now

:22:07. > :22:10.believe enough, and that is the best thing, because the girls always get

:22:11. > :22:16.Bush to the back, but these girls here, I know that the national

:22:17. > :22:20.record will come. -- pushed to the back. Not pushed back any more,

:22:21. > :22:25.largely thanks to your bronze medal performance and you looked very

:22:26. > :22:29.strong. It is all well and good being strong individually, but in

:22:30. > :22:38.the relay, you need a team, all of these girls have done very well in

:22:39. > :22:41.their events. It is all good that we are great individually, but that

:22:42. > :22:47.makes this even stronger coming together as a relay team. What a

:22:48. > :22:55.great team member you are, we saw you coming through to the final and

:22:56. > :23:00.then with the anchor leg of the 4x400 metres, how will that develop?

:23:01. > :23:04.I do not know, I need to make myself available, but this is the first

:23:05. > :23:10.port of call, qualifying, helping these girls to reach the final and,

:23:11. > :23:14.like Asha were saying, thanks to the national lottery for basically

:23:15. > :23:24.helping us on the way. And, yes, bring on tomorrow! Desiree, you have

:23:25. > :23:28.had a great event, and then reaching the final in this? Yes, I am so

:23:29. > :23:32.delighted to be given the opportunity to get on the track once

:23:33. > :23:38.again, we are part of such a strong team and to be able to anchor it,

:23:39. > :23:42.and I just thought, they are doing such a great job, it is my chance to

:23:43. > :23:49.do the same, so I am very excited for the final and it should be fun.

:23:50. > :23:57.Enjoy it, good luck everyone. Just too tidy that up, a very good

:23:58. > :24:01.performance from the British team. The best ever performance by a

:24:02. > :24:05.British quartet. Russia going through. Some national records

:24:06. > :24:08.behind them for Ireland and Norway, Germany were disqualified. Those

:24:09. > :24:14.times for Ireland and Norway will not be good enough to get through as

:24:15. > :24:18.fastest losers, they will go to Italy and Sweden. That is set up

:24:19. > :24:21.really nicely. Three very strong teams, it could change for the

:24:22. > :24:30.final, but that gold medal could be anybody's. Steve Lewis, he has

:24:31. > :24:38.backed himself into a corner, he loves the pressure jump. Who began,

:24:39. > :24:44.the third attempt, 5.40. Oh, yes, and breathe. Well done, Steve Lewis.

:24:45. > :24:50.He is a pressure man. He loves that bit of extra spice for the third

:24:51. > :24:55.attempt. He loves it. He is very effective at it. He made those

:24:56. > :25:01.adjustments. That will settle his nerves. He can get on with the

:25:02. > :25:07.business now. He has jumped 5.70 this season, he will need that, and

:25:08. > :25:13.some, if he wants to get in with the medals. A shaky start, but his

:25:14. > :25:23.competition will continue with a good clearance. A smile to relax

:25:24. > :25:35.him. There he is, getting advice from his coach. Weldon, Steve, some

:25:36. > :25:42.relief. Respecting the national anthems, there is Cooley the Cow, he

:25:43. > :25:47.knows when to chill out! We can speak to add to merely, a real

:25:48. > :25:57.golden hero, he has come to the studio. -- Adam Gemili. Whatever you

:25:58. > :26:01.been doing for the last few hours? Trying to sleep! Trying to catch up

:26:02. > :26:05.on sleep! Leading into the competition, you do not get much

:26:06. > :26:11.sleep, so try to catch up and get ready for the relay. Had been looked

:26:12. > :26:19.at the race yet? I have seen it. It was all right. That have a look at

:26:20. > :26:28.it again. Yellow macro K! Adam Gemili, a huge opportunity to win

:26:29. > :26:35.this title. Generally well-run better and better than the

:26:36. > :26:39.Frenchman. He is enjoying the chase. Adam Gemili has gone through. Egan

:26:40. > :26:47.to News to go away. Adam Gemili! It is the gold medal the Great Britain!

:26:48. > :26:54.-- he continues to go away. Simply superb! European champion, that was

:26:55. > :27:00.a target for me this year, and to achieve it, I am really happy. When

:27:01. > :27:05.you cross the line and you were looking around, is it's just pure

:27:06. > :27:11.shock? Were you looking for anything in particular? It was complete

:27:12. > :27:15.shock. To have a gold medal and to achieve that goal, it was disbelief,

:27:16. > :27:19.and it was really cold, wet and windy last night, so I did not

:27:20. > :27:23.believe I had done it and I was waiting for it to be confirmed, and

:27:24. > :27:27.then I saw it and it was such a relief. You looks like you would go

:27:28. > :27:33.below 20 in the heat, you looked like you had so much in new, and

:27:34. > :27:39.with the conditions, you could take some off that also, some record

:27:40. > :27:44.under threat. Yes, and John was biting his nails when you went onto

:27:45. > :27:48.the track. When you are an athlete, when you prepare for the

:27:49. > :27:55.competition, perhaps you were so in the zone, not paying any attention

:27:56. > :28:00.to the wind, it was below 1.5. I did not find that out. It was quite a

:28:01. > :28:08.headwind. We will see it again, talk us through it, what do you think? I

:28:09. > :28:14.tried to get out well, accelerate from the bend, and literally, I just

:28:15. > :28:19.remember thinking, step, step, because I could hear his footsteps

:28:20. > :28:24.and I was thinking, I need to really push and fight and I dipped quite

:28:25. > :28:29.early. I looked to my left and I saw he was not there, and I thought, oh,

:28:30. > :28:33.my God. There is a lot of tension in his face. You can see that coming

:28:34. > :28:40.into my face towards the end of the race. Just keep pushing. It was a

:28:41. > :28:43.bit of a blur. You must have felt that a time like that was within

:28:44. > :28:48.you, because I had been watching your face after all of these rounds,

:28:49. > :28:54.and it looks like your thinking I am running faster than I wanted to.

:28:55. > :29:00.Yes, and my coat said, take it easy, make sure that you qualify, qualify

:29:01. > :29:05.well, but they won for the final. -- my coach. You want to have energy

:29:06. > :29:09.getting into that. I wanted to see where I was and I finished quicker

:29:10. > :29:13.than I expected, because I thought I was backing off a bit, because I

:29:14. > :29:18.knew that the track was quick and the times would be quick, but

:29:19. > :29:23.luckily, it was another performance below 20. You marvel many of the

:29:24. > :29:27.Jamaican sprinters, in Moscow, one of them said to me, how does he do

:29:28. > :29:33.this? And Ira mind them about Johann, because he runs his 200

:29:34. > :29:45.metres with pure cadence. -- I remind them. How do you feel that

:29:46. > :29:50.you run your twos? You got the injury switches came from football.

:29:51. > :29:58.I do not have a massive stride length like Usain Bolt. You did not

:29:59. > :30:02.double up in either the Commonwealth Games of the Europeans, you focus on

:30:03. > :30:07.the 100 metres in the Commonwealth Games. You came here for the 200

:30:08. > :30:12.metres. When the plan comes into effect and it works, it must be

:30:13. > :30:19.satisfying to break up the Jamaicans and take on Christophe Lemaitre. It

:30:20. > :30:27.would've been too much to do the double up. Is it something you would

:30:28. > :30:31.do in the future? Yes, as I get older, fitter and stronger. I still

:30:32. > :30:41.have got a lot of growing to do and a lot of work to put into my system.

:30:42. > :30:46.Did you have a preference? They are both different. The 100 metres is

:30:47. > :30:50.easier because you do not feel tired but if you make a mistake then it

:30:51. > :30:55.could be your race over. The 200 metres, you have got more time to

:30:56. > :31:00.analyse the race and use more tactics, but you feel shattered. You

:31:01. > :31:07.are not involved in the relay, that is why you are sitting with us. Will

:31:08. > :31:13.you be involved in the final? Potentially, I am confident that the

:31:14. > :31:18.guys all, -- qualify with ease and if they want me in the team then I

:31:19. > :31:22.will step up. It does not matter as we have got so many guys that can

:31:23. > :31:30.fit in. There is hardly a considered LED. He is the proud owner of a

:31:31. > :31:41.bronze medal. He was very happy with his achievements. -- Harry

:31:42. > :31:48.Aikines-Aryeetey. After the 100 metres, James Dasaolu, my training

:31:49. > :31:55.partner, he was not pleased with the time but he came away with the gold

:31:56. > :31:59.medal. The women did so well. And especially yesterday in the 200

:32:00. > :32:10.metres, the women were more impressive than the men. Bianca was

:32:11. > :32:20.22.6 for fourth place? It gives us confidence going forward and we will

:32:21. > :32:26.take to the relay. With us. -- stay with us.

:32:27. > :32:40.Tell us off here if you are going to be involved. -- off air.

:32:41. > :32:52.In the Commonwealth Games, Adam Gemili came in on the first leg for

:32:53. > :33:02.James Ellington. Here let us James Ellington, Harry Kings ODT, and then

:33:03. > :33:13.Danny Talbot on the final leg. -- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.

:33:14. > :33:17.The men's hammer is underway. Krisztian Pars from Hungary with his

:33:18. > :33:23.first full. He is the defending champion. That is better than

:33:24. > :33:27.qualification. I say better, it is in the centre because he was pulling

:33:28. > :33:32.them to the left. It opens his account with a clean effort. We

:33:33. > :33:38.could see that he compensated by moving around the circle. He could

:33:39. > :33:44.project the hammer out onto the centre of the sector. He is the

:33:45. > :33:50.reigning Olympic and European champion. Season best over 80

:33:51. > :34:04.metres. He is the favourite to win here. 78.11 is modest by his

:34:05. > :34:13.standards. Here is Primoz Kozmus. He is from Slovenia. That looks pretty

:34:14. > :34:21.healthy. Good balance and good speed. Good range of movement. He is

:34:22. > :34:40.another man who has grown beyond 82 metres. That was five years ago.

:34:41. > :34:45.Best of 77.44 this season. Seasons best buy Primoz Kozmus by two

:34:46. > :34:54.centimetres to open his account. This is Pawel Fajdek. He had a foul

:34:55. > :35:06.in the first round. That blue line is the lead of Krisztian Pars. We

:35:07. > :35:12.are now in the second round. It looks like the head-to-head of

:35:13. > :35:15.Krisztian Pars and Pawel Fajdek is unfolding as expected. The world

:35:16. > :35:21.champion from last year. Wonderful Polish athlete winning yesterday in

:35:22. > :35:25.the women's hammer. Got within one metre of the world record. Pawel

:35:26. > :35:38.Fajdek goes into the lead with 78.4 lead.

:35:39. > :35:43.James Ellington. He just missed out for a place in the final in the 200

:35:44. > :35:48.metres. He had the same time and it went down to a draw. James Ellington

:35:49. > :35:51.will want to take something from these championships. He makes stay

:35:52. > :36:01.in for the final should Great Britain get through. James Dasaolu

:36:02. > :36:06.could come in. He is the individual 100 metres winner. There is the

:36:07. > :36:12.line-up. Great Britain and Northern Ireland goal in lane four. Three go

:36:13. > :36:31.through automatically. Here is the Ukrainian quartet.

:36:32. > :36:40.There is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

:36:41. > :36:51.Danny Talbot anchored England to that medal and the Commonwealth

:36:52. > :37:21.Games. This Swiss male quartet is not as strong as the women.

:37:22. > :37:32.The Dutch quartet are the defending champions. They cannot afford to

:37:33. > :37:40.rest the top man going in the second leg.

:37:41. > :37:49.Great Britain dominated this event is not so long ago, when three

:37:50. > :37:52.championships in a row. Then things went wrong. France and the

:37:53. > :38:24.Netherlands have won the last two. Cleanly away. Ellington takes it out

:38:25. > :38:31.for Great Britain. Ellington is running nicely. He hands it onto

:38:32. > :38:39.Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. He was bronze medal -- he won the bronze

:38:40. > :38:48.medal in the 100 metres. The changeover is OK. The Netherlands

:38:49. > :38:52.are going well on the outside. The changeover for Great Britain to

:38:53. > :38:55.Danny Talbot is good. Switzerland are in second place as the noise

:38:56. > :39:00.goes again in the Letzigrund Stadium. It is Great Britain,

:39:01. > :39:07.Switzerland and then the Netherlands. That was swift for a

:39:08. > :39:11.quartet that could get even stronger. Switzerland celebrate. I

:39:12. > :39:25.did them a disservice. They were strong enough to come through. Great

:39:26. > :39:34.Britain out in front. I think they did very well. That could be a Swiss

:39:35. > :39:38.national record. Judging by Alex Nelson 's reaction, indeed it is.

:39:39. > :39:43.They have just broken the national record. What are your four

:39:44. > :39:53.Switzerland. The women and men have got better and better as the season

:39:54. > :39:59.has gone on. They have had individual records in the 100 metres

:40:00. > :40:03.and 200 metres. Congratulations to Switzerland, they will be joining

:40:04. > :40:07.Great Britain in the final. That was a solid performance from Great

:40:08. > :40:16.Britain. It was not superfast but it was good enough. We would like to

:40:17. > :40:22.think we are better than the rest. Ellington on the first leg and they

:40:23. > :40:26.are running for places as well. We could have a word with Adam Gemili

:40:27. > :40:31.if he is still in the studio. It'll be interesting what the changes

:40:32. > :40:41.could be. Surely you will put your best manning, James Dasaolu. Richard

:40:42. > :40:45.Kilty, adjusting the Batten in his hand. Good performance for him round

:40:46. > :40:53.the top bend. That was a good handoff. Safe and sound, not a

:40:54. > :40:57.problem. The question is, if Adam Gemili comes in on the first leg

:40:58. > :41:08.like a did in the Commonwealth Games, he could come in on the last

:41:09. > :41:12.leg, only the boss knows. Great Britain is really teams used to be

:41:13. > :41:19.mocked because they dropped the Batten. Not any longer because they

:41:20. > :41:23.have worked hard at it. Great Britain go through safely with

:41:24. > :41:29.Switzerland, national record, what a run that was. We will have to do

:41:30. > :41:34.some mathematics to work out if Ukraine goes through

:41:35. > :41:40.I have the successful quartet with me. I am interested to find out what

:41:41. > :41:45.the nerves are like when you find out that it is a potential gold

:41:46. > :41:51.medal on the horizon. We have to keep it controlled this afternoon. I

:41:52. > :41:56.wanted a decent start. I did not properly react to the gun. As long

:41:57. > :42:02.as I got out of the blocks then I would be fine. I give it to Harry

:42:03. > :42:07.and he took care of the job. Confidence is at an all-time high

:42:08. > :42:13.review? It is a team event. I have got more confidence with these guys.

:42:14. > :42:19.We have been doing it for a while now. This quartet. It is all about

:42:20. > :42:23.getting through the rounds and making sure they are in a position

:42:24. > :42:29.to do well. It looks like in the final if you do what you did they

:42:30. > :42:36.are, you will run a supremely fast time and take gold. As a team, we

:42:37. > :42:42.are very confident that we are going to get the Batten round, they do it

:42:43. > :42:49.every time. We should run a very fast time and get the gold. Danny,

:42:50. > :42:52.you have had a busy time, it is great to get another run in your

:42:53. > :42:57.legs and bring the team home in style? The 200 metres did not go

:42:58. > :43:00.very well but I love doing the relay. They represent Great Britain

:43:01. > :43:12.instead of ourselves. That is a great attitude. I just want to shout

:43:13. > :43:20.out to the other athletes who are in the reserve team.

:43:21. > :43:28.Sebastian Coe, an interested observer. Looking very smart in his

:43:29. > :43:34.suit and tie. He must be on official duty today. Did he bet on that, he

:43:35. > :43:40.looked very happy? Extraordinarily pleased to stop he is passionate

:43:41. > :43:47.about distance running but he also likes to spend because he was a

:43:48. > :43:52.quick man. Adam Gemili, they could be part of that quartet. He said he

:43:53. > :43:58.genuinely doesn't know and his telephone has not been beeping with

:43:59. > :44:05.any news. What would you prefer, first or last? First is probably be

:44:06. > :44:10.easier leg. If I came in last I could do a good job. It'll be hard

:44:11. > :44:19.to get myself into that team. When will they tell you? When everybody

:44:20. > :44:22.gets back and has a meeting. If you are a decent 200-metre cup runner,

:44:23. > :44:31.they tend to bring into the four x 400. Not for a while for me. Let us

:44:32. > :44:35.look at the four that did the job today and got it ground safely. You

:44:36. > :44:43.were nervous and excited? It was never in doubt.

:44:44. > :44:59.It was never in doubt. Good change to Harry. Nice and easy.

:45:00. > :45:21.Smith to Danny Talbot and bring the team home. Get consistent. How often

:45:22. > :45:26.do you practice as 18? -- as a teen? We practice out in Florida, we know

:45:27. > :45:32.how to exchange the baton now, we know not to lose the head, that was

:45:33. > :45:43.the problem. The next heat, the French in this one. Steve Cram. A

:45:44. > :45:50.weakened French team with Edwin of their main athletes, he would have

:45:51. > :45:56.made them a real contender. -- with out one of their main athletes. I am

:45:57. > :46:02.not sure this young man will have enjoyed his trip to Zurich so far,

:46:03. > :46:07.he looked as though he could have been a contender in the 100 metres,

:46:08. > :46:15.just did not perform well at all. He is the lead-off man for their team.

:46:16. > :46:22.Watch out for Germany. The Italians, they will be good. They

:46:23. > :46:31.have all run well. A good chance for them. And then a well drilled squad

:46:32. > :46:44.from many of the others, look out for Portugal on the inside. And then

:46:45. > :46:50.France, you will remember their sprinter, a great European sprinter,

:46:51. > :46:58.9.99 he won the 100-metre final, and the French team, Vincent Slim

:46:59. > :47:17.Maitre, the Portuguese team, that is not bad either.

:47:18. > :47:28.The top three will go through. Away they go. Pretty even at the moment.

:47:29. > :47:34.The Italians have started quickly, the French had a decent start. What

:47:35. > :47:41.the changeover. Portugal are in it, they have got the baton OK. Italy

:47:42. > :47:46.leading, France, Portugal, they are in it. Not a good change for the

:47:47. > :48:00.Portuguese, lost about three metres. Germany have a good lead. France are

:48:01. > :48:04.there. Portugal still have a chance for the top three, Poland also.

:48:05. > :48:06.Germany are well clear. France and Italy coming into it, Germany,

:48:07. > :48:09.France, Italy. Portugal, they will have to look at the clock. This

:48:10. > :48:13.German squad, they will be pretty good in terms of being fairer, or

:48:14. > :48:23.thereabouts, if Great Britain do falter. Germany, a lot of them

:48:24. > :48:28.running well in these season best for the Germans, little bit quicker

:48:29. > :48:32.than Great Britain. France, Italy, not quite up to their standard in a

:48:33. > :48:41.photo finish for fourth and fifth place. The German talent comes

:48:42. > :48:45.together in this sprinter. The Spanish were struggling in the

:48:46. > :48:52.second changeover outside the Germans. They could have been

:48:53. > :48:56.outside the box. Keeping an eye on the French and the Germans,

:48:57. > :49:01.struggling to get it, struggling to get it! The Spanish,, the French and

:49:02. > :49:12.the Germans running nicely, the Portuguese, they had this change. A

:49:13. > :49:15.little bit too much to do. It would have been good to see France's other

:49:16. > :49:42.crail air from Portugal in the final. -- Francis Obikwelu from

:49:43. > :49:46.Portugal. The good news, Francis Obikwelu and Portugal will go

:49:47. > :49:55.through. It would be a cracking final tomorrow. 38.15, the season

:49:56. > :50:00.best for the German team, France also going through, Italy, the

:50:01. > :50:03.outright qualifiers. Poland and Portugal, a new national record for

:50:04. > :50:12.Portugal, they will go through to the final. Lead as tidy all of that

:50:13. > :50:15.up. The lane draw some to be decided, but Germany and Great

:50:16. > :50:20.Britain will be in the thick of it in the middle. Switzerland, great

:50:21. > :50:29.from them, but it has got to be between the top two? I have done the

:50:30. > :50:35.preparation, I just want to get out there and have another go. Jo Pavey,

:50:36. > :50:40.40 years of age, nobody has won a medal at the European Championships

:50:41. > :50:46.at that age! Here she goes! This is it! Her career has been about this

:50:47. > :50:57.moment! Goldsboro Jo Pavey! She's the champion! -- gold for Jo Pavey!

:50:58. > :51:01.She will love that. She has captured the imagination at home. It must

:51:02. > :51:06.have been lovely in this squad to see her go out and win the first

:51:07. > :51:12.track gold that was available? Yes, she set the standard, we were all

:51:13. > :51:16.watching it around the TV, it gave everyone response because it was

:51:17. > :51:23.amazing. She is such a great person, I do not know how she will be

:51:24. > :51:32.feeling about that! She is enjoying this whole ride! You were still very

:51:33. > :51:36.relaxed before the race, she was still very relaxed before the race,

:51:37. > :51:39.just having a lovely time, and then to get into the zone and being

:51:40. > :51:45.focused when you need to be, that is the way that you like to operate?

:51:46. > :51:50.Yes, that is the way I am like around the team, I am quite fun, I

:51:51. > :51:54.hope to think I am, a fun, happy person. I am not a footballer, the

:51:55. > :52:23.football season has started today, we do not get to do this every week,

:52:24. > :52:25.so when we come to a stadium full of people, then enjoy it, remember it,

:52:26. > :52:29.so when you do the winter training, you think, I am aiming for this, to

:52:30. > :52:31.be happy. And you spread the joy of athletics, as a convert from another

:52:32. > :52:34.sport, it comes through that you are loving it. You could be like this!

:52:35. > :52:47.Cooley the Cow! He is literally on fire! This creature, you never

:52:48. > :52:49.ceases to amaze me! He is hilarious! There had been some great

:52:50. > :52:56.ambassadors over the years, but Cooley the Cow will be one of the

:52:57. > :53:02.most special, she says! Cooley the Cow, having some good times, and she

:53:03. > :53:06.has been competing with Colin also, you will see the results of those in

:53:07. > :53:11.the next few days! Thank you, Adam, for coming in and good luck in

:53:12. > :53:21.getting in to the relay squad, and at 4:20pm, UK time, you will be

:53:22. > :53:29.getting your medal. Thank you. Let's go back to Steve Backley. Steve

:53:30. > :53:37.Lewis, we saw his third time successful, the next attempt is 5.6

:53:38. > :53:53.Aero. -- 5.6 Aero. He's getting ready. Konstandinos Filipidis from

:53:54. > :53:58.Greece. 5.60 cleared. That is good. Very tidy indeed. First time

:53:59. > :54:10.clearances on all of his attempt this afternoon so far. The world

:54:11. > :54:17.indoor champion at his very best. He has carried a drug ban in the past,

:54:18. > :54:26.and is appointed to report. He carries that slur against his

:54:27. > :54:33.neighbour evermore, unfortunately. -- against his name for ever more,

:54:34. > :54:37.unfortunately. The cage on the right history, very close, you can see

:54:38. > :54:46.both sides of the cage, making it very do the gold. The Hammer landed

:54:47. > :54:52.in the middle of the centre, it clips the cage. Slotting it between

:54:53. > :54:56.the trees is difficult. You can see it clipping the netting, but it

:54:57. > :55:02.lands in the middle of the sector, so that suggests there is no room

:55:03. > :55:07.for error for a right-handed thrower on the right, certainly. That is two

:55:08. > :55:20.centimetres from the lead. Steve Lewis, live to the polevaulter. No.

:55:21. > :55:30.Steve Lewis, 5.6 it has hit him hard. When the forces come to the

:55:31. > :55:43.right hand, it was missed times. You do not get the compression. That is

:55:44. > :55:50.his first time failure. This is his coach, you will be chatting to him

:55:51. > :55:55.any second. It is all about getting the foot placement right, getting

:55:56. > :56:04.into the position so that the plant is clean and the body is in the

:56:05. > :56:13.right area. It is so often that the athletes look up to a easy bit of

:56:14. > :56:20.hands waving. Steve Lewis has no problems in that regard. The advice

:56:21. > :56:23.is always very good. We are looking for is to seeing Lynsey Sharp and

:56:24. > :56:27.Jessica Judd coming up in the 800-metre final in six or seven

:56:28. > :56:34.minutes time, but first, let us relive a great moments last night in

:56:35. > :56:37.the 1500 metres when Laura Weightman took runs the Great Britain. The

:56:38. > :56:43.women's 1500 metres have got the best athlete in the world. Laura

:56:44. > :56:58.Weightman now decides that she wants this to be a faster race. It is a

:56:59. > :57:01.medal winning average. Hassan wins the gold medal! Laura Weightman gets

:57:02. > :57:10.the bronze medal. Absolutely brilliant by Laura Weightman. And

:57:11. > :57:15.that bronze medal is hanging around the neck of none other than Laura

:57:16. > :57:22.Weightman, and she is here, congratulations. Thank you. What is

:57:23. > :57:27.it like the next day? It is incredible waking up, knowing what

:57:28. > :57:32.you have achieved, it has been a busy few weeks, but I'm paying for

:57:33. > :57:40.it this morning. My legs are sore and tired, but it is worth it. You

:57:41. > :57:49.had to dig deep. Yes, I did that to myself, I wanted to make it a really

:57:50. > :57:52.hard run race, I did not want to leave it for the last 300 and let

:57:53. > :57:57.the last few good kickers get past me, so I am pleased that I made it a

:57:58. > :58:00.harder race. We spoke about what the strategy was, is that what you

:58:01. > :58:06.needed to do, you do not know how this race will be run? Yourself

:58:07. > :58:12.seven is with the race and the way of getting to the big competition,

:58:13. > :58:19.it is coming to the fore. -- your intelligence with the race. Yes, I

:58:20. > :58:25.learned how to approach the race in the right way, I do feel that I'm

:58:26. > :58:30.quite strong over the longer distances, so I can go a bit sooner

:58:31. > :58:34.than everyone else, and for me, I do not have the out and outpace that

:58:35. > :58:38.some of the other athletes do have, so if I go sooner, I can take the

:58:39. > :58:45.sting out of their legs and make it a good race. We have got the last

:58:46. > :59:06.600 metres, you can see the strategy here. Yes, what Steve was saying and

:59:07. > :59:09.what Laura was saying, you go in with a race plan but you have to

:59:10. > :59:12.adapt as the race happened around you, and that is what Laura is

:59:13. > :59:15.really good at. She had to make the split decisions and race for the

:59:16. > :59:19.bronze medal. She made it harder for herself. She made it an honest race.

:59:20. > :59:25.I am paying for it today! I was in a lot of pain up to the finish line.

:59:26. > :59:30.Put it into context, what does it feel I? It is pure pain, you want to

:59:31. > :59:35.finish as soon as possible, your legs are tightening, the lactic acid

:59:36. > :59:40.is building, you spend every bit of energy to try and get across the

:59:41. > :59:44.line and that is it, you just want to stop. I was looking around

:59:45. > :59:49.thinking, can I slow down and get to the finish line, I just wanted to

:59:50. > :00:07.get there. You have to race to the line, there was no way to ease up.

:00:08. > :00:13.We set last night, did you feel ill? I stared -- I said to Steve

:00:14. > :00:19.afterwards, we do not remember doing that when you cross a line, I just

:00:20. > :00:23.sat down and I was very tired. On the back of the Commonwealth Games

:00:24. > :00:27.and coming here to do two really tough rounds, it does take it out of

:00:28. > :00:32.you. I was able to sit down and think that I had done it. And you

:00:33. > :00:40.had a huge pizza, which I saw on twitter. It is a great way to

:00:41. > :00:46.celebrate. Pepperoni pizza. I had no chips. The 800 metres is the next

:00:47. > :00:56.final on the track. Jessica Judd and Lynsey Sharp. She was the winner two

:00:57. > :01:01.years ago. She came second on the day but the Russian was suspended

:01:02. > :01:09.and Lynsey Sharp became a champion. David it again? She is defending

:01:10. > :01:14.champion as we have explained and there has never been a women that

:01:15. > :01:19.has defended this title. She is getting more and more confident with

:01:20. > :01:28.every round. As is Jessica Judd. Steve Cram is commentator.

:01:29. > :01:34.She will be hoping that success rubs off. I think Lynsey Sharp has been

:01:35. > :01:37.in great success just when she needed to be. She has grown in

:01:38. > :01:44.stature in terms of being an 800-metre championship at it. I

:01:45. > :01:50.think the Commonwealth Games champion -- the Commonwealth Games,

:01:51. > :02:05.tough as it was, as -- has set that your two the European junctures. It

:02:06. > :02:06.is a very tough field. The relevant Mirela Lavric is a former junior

:02:07. > :02:28.champion. I think this is a lady who would be

:02:29. > :02:40.the biggest danger. Maryna Arzamasova. Hostels race was in the

:02:41. > :02:47.heats. -- her slowest race. The two Russians, you will have to watch for

:02:48. > :02:55.them. Vania Stambolova was the fastest loser coming into this

:02:56. > :03:00.final. Mirela Lavric one two titles back-to-back in the juniors. She

:03:01. > :03:08.beat Jessica Judd in the Junior Championships. Yekaterina Poistogova

:03:09. > :03:17.is a 23-year-old Russian. She is not showing the form that we thought she

:03:18. > :03:22.would do here but do not break off. Svetlana Rogozina, the other

:03:23. > :03:33.Russian. She has moved up from 400 metres. She can run a 52 second 400

:03:34. > :03:43.metres. There is Maryna Arzamasova. She will be tough. Lynsey Sharp.

:03:44. > :03:50.Reading the gold as the defending champion after finishing second two

:03:51. > :03:56.usable. The only other British winner of this race was in 1969.

:03:57. > :04:06.Jessica Judd, still just 19 years of age, still a junior. Much better

:04:07. > :04:12.from her in the semifinal. Joanna Jozwik, the Polish champion on the

:04:13. > :04:16.outside. Not much to choose between these women in terms of times. It is

:04:17. > :04:22.all about who gets it right on the day. Who has got the mindset, the

:04:23. > :04:25.tactics, who can do what they have dreamt about. Make the right

:04:26. > :04:48.decisions out there. No outright frontrunners in this

:04:49. > :04:55.field. Nobody will take it out and run away. Remember what happened in

:04:56. > :05:03.the men's 800 metres final, that make me in scared about doing that.

:05:04. > :05:07.Watch and see what happens. I am not sure that Lynsey Sharp will want to

:05:08. > :05:13.leaders like she did in the semifinal. She was reluctant to step

:05:14. > :05:18.across into the lead. Lynsey Sharp is now finding herself at the front.

:05:19. > :05:24.She seems to have resolved to have been there. She did not hesitate and

:05:25. > :05:28.slow down. We know that she has a really fast finish. She is doing it

:05:29. > :05:32.as she wants to do it. She will try to control this. She looks strong

:05:33. > :05:42.and comfortable. She is the reigning champion. It is signified by the

:05:43. > :05:48.yellow name on her best. -- on her breast. She has got company with

:05:49. > :05:55.Maryna Arzamasova on her shoulder. She is using commitment. She has got

:05:56. > :06:03.one athlete on her shoulder and thy are clear of the field.

:06:04. > :06:11.She will either run out of legs or she will run something very fast.

:06:12. > :06:16.Lynsey Sharp and Maryna Arzamasova are completely clear. She tries to

:06:17. > :06:26.kick but she has not got rid of the athlete behind her. It is between

:06:27. > :06:36.these two. Lynsey Sharp has to dig and fight as Maryna Arzamasova moves

:06:37. > :06:51.out pastor shoulder. -- past or shoulder. Lynsey Sharp takes silver.

:06:52. > :06:55.Joanna Jozwik takes bronze. Lynsey Sharp took it on and went hard. She

:06:56. > :07:03.tried to have something in the home straight but she ran out of legs.

:07:04. > :07:07.The European champion as Maryna Arzamasova, fastest time in Europe

:07:08. > :07:13.this year. That was a huge performance from her. For Lynsey

:07:14. > :07:21.Sharp, it was so close. It was a personal best but that -- that might

:07:22. > :07:31.not be consolation. She did it the hard way. And if you set a Lynsey

:07:32. > :07:37.Sharp she would go out from the war -- out from the front and 11.58, she

:07:38. > :07:45.might think that would be enough. Jessica Judd is very tired and Hardy

:07:46. > :07:53.will come. -- her day. Tired and disappointed. I do not think Lynsey

:07:54. > :07:59.Sharp did anything wrong. 28 seconds for the opening 200 metres and that

:08:00. > :08:15.was controlled running. Lynsey Sharp kicks at this point. She was trying

:08:16. > :08:20.to break Maryna Arzamasova down the back straight. It was powerful

:08:21. > :08:24.running from Lynsey Sharp. She was running with real conviction. She

:08:25. > :08:29.was running physically as well as she possibly could. You cannot do

:08:30. > :08:34.much better than that. The last 200 metres, she slowed down. She try to

:08:35. > :08:40.kick again but it was never enough to get rid of the danger. 31.2 for

:08:41. > :08:45.Lynsey Sharp for the last 200 metres as she begins to tire. She gives

:08:46. > :08:51.everything and she is on her way to a Scottish record and her personal

:08:52. > :08:55.best, and the silver medal. She will be disappointed but she has done

:08:56. > :09:00.everything possible. There was not anything wrong with that

:09:01. > :09:05.performance. She did not go too quickly and ran sensibly. She looks

:09:06. > :09:10.desperately over her shoulder. That was a good performance, silver and

:09:11. > :09:15.Commonwealth Games and silver in the European Championships. She is a

:09:16. > :09:20.world class athlete and she deserved that medal, maybe deserved a little

:09:21. > :09:30.bit more than that. She moves into eighth place in the UK all-time

:09:31. > :09:36.list. Look how hard she is fighting. She probably does not realise that

:09:37. > :09:41.Joanna Jozwik is inside her. She has to push despite how tired she is.

:09:42. > :09:46.She has to fight for the silver. You have to hand it to Maryna

:09:47. > :09:57.Arzamasova, she had a very good race, dragged round by Lynsey Sharp.

:09:58. > :10:03.Another medal will stand her in very good stead indeed for the next two

:10:04. > :10:09.years. She has shown she can run championship races. Gold medal for

:10:10. > :10:16.Belarus. That was a personal best and European leader for Maryna

:10:17. > :10:20.Arzamasova. Good performance from Joanna Jozwik, personal best for the

:10:21. > :10:25.young Polish athlete. Jessica Judd was

:10:26. > :10:31.We saw you got some attention from the medics, are you OK? I gave it

:10:32. > :10:39.everything. I could not get anything more. To make two finals is a dream

:10:40. > :10:45.come true. I wish I could have ended it better. I could not do anything

:10:46. > :10:51.more. This is just part of the bigger richer for you, you are still

:10:52. > :10:56.just a junior. -- bigger picture. You can be proud of your

:10:57. > :11:02.achievements. I am proud. I felt I was capable of a medal today. Lynsey

:11:03. > :11:10.Sharp ran a great race and I was on the back foot. I tried to kick off

:11:11. > :11:18.the bend and it was nothing near. -- there was nothing there. I could not

:11:19. > :11:24.do anything more. I have to thank everyone who have looked out for me

:11:25. > :11:30.and got me here. Thank you for talking to us.

:11:31. > :11:42.Jessica Judd has had a good year. She demands so much of herself. It

:11:43. > :11:46.was a very brave run. You could not ask of anything more than to come to

:11:47. > :11:55.a major championship final and run a personal best, and in the manner

:11:56. > :12:04.that she did. She was in a lot of pain. She had an anxious look over

:12:05. > :12:09.her shoulder as she was coming in. As soon as she realises she had run

:12:10. > :12:13.that time, she would know there's nothing more she could do. The other

:12:14. > :12:20.athlete was too good and just act on her shoulder. We did see that she

:12:21. > :12:23.would be the danger one to watch. Lynsey Sharp could not have done

:12:24. > :12:30.anything more and she should be proud of herself.

:12:31. > :12:39.If you are new to athletics then you might not have seen this. We have

:12:40. > :12:44.got a cowbell to celebrate medals. We have got the face of the athlete

:12:45. > :12:49.who has just got a medal, Lynsey Sharp, so she goes on to the silver

:12:50. > :12:55.board. Well done Lynsey Sharp. That was a good medal for Great Britain.

:12:56. > :13:02.Let us pick it up just before the bell. You can see the frontrunning.

:13:03. > :13:07.She took it on elderly. -- ticket on early.

:13:08. > :13:12.Once you have done that you have committed yourself. She pushed on an

:13:13. > :13:26.even harder through this 200 metres. She cannot open up the tiny bit of

:13:27. > :13:33.daylight that she needed. You can see Jessica Judd in that dilemma,

:13:34. > :13:36.does she push on? She made that decision to push on and the other

:13:37. > :13:50.athletes were queueing up behind her. Joanna Jozwik swept pastor.

:13:51. > :14:09.Lynsey Sharp has panicked well again. That tactical astuteness. --

:14:10. > :14:14.past her. What she is concentrating on is maintaining her form. She is

:14:15. > :14:21.desperately trying to hold onto that silver medal. You can see that she

:14:22. > :14:25.was well clear although Joanna Jozwik was closing. How difficult is

:14:26. > :14:31.it to run a race like that from the front? I think it is very tough. For

:14:32. > :14:37.Lynsey Sharp, she would sit at the back and come forward and kick. It

:14:38. > :14:41.was good to see her commit and Billy fight. She really wanted to get that

:14:42. > :14:47.win. It was impressive to see her do so well. Saying Jessica Judd so

:14:48. > :14:53.upset got to me. I did not like to see heart upset, we share rooms and

:14:54. > :14:58.she is new to Championships. It was good to share with her and try to

:14:59. > :15:06.keep relaxed. She has done very well since the stress fracture in her

:15:07. > :15:16.back. She is so young, and she burst onto the scene to our attention as a

:15:17. > :15:22.below two minute runner, and it is a lot of pressure and attention to

:15:23. > :15:27.come to the fore over this short period of time. Yes, and people

:15:28. > :15:31.forget that she is only 19 and what she achieved today is incredible and

:15:32. > :15:37.she will go on to bigger things in the future, but this has been a year

:15:38. > :15:41.to learn, she has experienced learning at a championship, the

:15:42. > :15:45.stress and the pressure, I am always very nervous for these heaps and I

:15:46. > :15:51.feel terrible, and it is about learning to deal with that and it

:15:52. > :15:55.will only help her in the future. Adam Gemili, giving her a hug, he

:15:56. > :15:59.hoped for another success for Great Britain, it is a success, a

:16:00. > :16:10.fantastic silver medal for Lynsey Sharp. What about you, Laura? You

:16:11. > :16:14.have come to major championships, two medals, a great summer, what is

:16:15. > :16:18.your next aim? It is a lot coming up with the World Championships, and

:16:19. > :16:22.this year was a big year for me to learn to come in with expectations

:16:23. > :16:26.from myself, not necessarily from everyone else, to come away with a

:16:27. > :16:31.medal, and I have become more tactically aware, and I want to push

:16:32. > :16:35.myself onto the world level and try to become world-class and try to

:16:36. > :16:39.push for those medals in big championships, because that is the

:16:40. > :16:43.ultimate goal. Some more years of improvement, I think I can start

:16:44. > :16:53.mixing with the best of the world. Let us go to Phil Jones, he has got

:16:54. > :16:58.Lynsey Sharp there. Congratulations, to run like that

:16:59. > :17:02.from the front, it was really great and stop yes, I have been

:17:03. > :17:07.frontrunning which was totally different for me, I thought, I will

:17:08. > :17:12.go for it, I knew I was in PB shape, and it is not the most control way

:17:13. > :17:16.to race, I was running scared the whole way, but unfortunately it's

:17:17. > :17:21.tied up a bit, but that is what happens. You had quite a summer, all

:17:22. > :17:31.of the emotion after Glasgow and to do it here, and raise so supremely,

:17:32. > :17:35.to get to this point, it is great. In April, I was in hospital for two

:17:36. > :17:39.weeks, on and biotics, and at that point I did not know if I would have

:17:40. > :17:45.a season to come out running, and to have the European two Scottish

:17:46. > :17:49.record, a Commonwealth silver, European silver, and not doing this

:17:50. > :17:53.before January, I am really looking forward to getting into full

:17:54. > :17:59.training. You are in world-class now, imagine what you can do from

:18:00. > :18:03.here? Yes, I am so happy, that record was in my mind, and to get

:18:04. > :18:11.that without even trying, I was just racing today without even trying.

:18:12. > :18:16.Congratulations. We're going to the women's four x

:18:17. > :18:22.400 metres relay heats coming up next, first, just to say, thank you

:18:23. > :18:27.to Laura, where will you be racing next? Stockholm, next week,

:18:28. > :18:34.hopefully. Let us go to Steve Cram now, years commentating on this

:18:35. > :18:40.event. It is easy doing this commentating job! Mind you, Laura is

:18:41. > :18:49.a great person to code! Turkey, France, Belgium, Olivia Bourdy will

:18:50. > :19:08.be on the third leg for Belgium. Her older brothers, they were knocked

:19:09. > :19:19.out, one pulled out. -- Olivia Borlee.

:19:20. > :19:42.Romania, not a bad team here. Portugal, outside Romania, the best

:19:43. > :20:03.of their athletes on leg two. The Italian Quartet, a good team, a good

:20:04. > :20:05.squad, they can afford to leave out Grenot. Great Britain coming up in

:20:06. > :20:37.the next semifinal. Ukraine, the defending champions. A

:20:38. > :20:46.good squad, they have got. They do not have Zemlyak. They do have Stal

:20:47. > :21:08.in the last leg. And Italy. Watch out for them also. And France.

:21:09. > :21:15.Well, a nice, long hold to get them settled in the blocks. This always

:21:16. > :21:19.provides you with lots of drama towards the end of any

:21:20. > :21:25.championships. Willie get any drama in these heaps? It should be

:21:26. > :21:31.straightforward for three of these teams. -- will we get any drama in

:21:32. > :21:40.these qualifying heats? Right on the outside, it is the Italians. There

:21:41. > :21:48.team on a very good start. -- the Italian team on a very good start.

:21:49. > :22:01.At the moment, Italy, running very strongly. Ukraine running well,

:22:02. > :22:05.France on the inside. Italy have had a very strong first leg, Ukraine in

:22:06. > :22:12.a good position also. I would not be surprised if they were the first

:22:13. > :22:27.three in automatic wallet the case in. -- in automatic qualification.

:22:28. > :22:38.France, Ukraine and Italy out in front. Yesterday, we had Francis

:22:39. > :22:44.Obikwelu leading them home in that race, and now, we have got the three

:22:45. > :22:51.teams pulling away from the rest. France, Ukraine, Italy, Ukraine just

:22:52. > :22:59.about getting into the lead. Struggling to get the Aton ad for

:23:00. > :23:15.France. -- struggling to get the baton out for France. Ukraine, had

:23:16. > :23:25.in front of France at the moment. It is a little bit closer now for the

:23:26. > :23:29.third place. Belgium, sitting, poised looking to get into the top

:23:30. > :23:33.three. Ukraine are leading, the French in a good spot, these two

:23:34. > :23:44.battling it out for a third and fourth, Italy and Belgium, as we get

:23:45. > :23:50.to the final change. The top three only guaranteed a place in the

:23:51. > :23:56.final. France are clear in second at the moment, then it is Italy holding

:23:57. > :24:11.on to third place. Sony has the baton for them. Willie 's two teams

:24:12. > :24:20.go quicker? -- will these are two teams go quicker? France, just

:24:21. > :24:26.trying to run down. It is a battle for third position. Keeping a little

:24:27. > :24:32.bit in reserve. This is the battle for third, Italy just pulling away

:24:33. > :24:41.again. She will make sure her team gets to the final, so Ukraine,

:24:42. > :24:48.France, Italy, then Belgium. Tasting by Romania, Portugal and Finland. --

:24:49. > :24:52.chased in. A lot of these teams will change, that is the main thing to

:24:53. > :25:00.say, the better teams will bring other athletes in for the final.

:25:01. > :25:05.Ukraine will be tough. The defending champions. They have got Zemlyak to

:25:06. > :25:13.come in. This is the battle for third and fourth position. It was a

:25:14. > :25:20.battled out by the Italian. She was a target for the Belgian for

:25:21. > :25:26.adjusting Greer. She is trying to hold out. The Ukrainians will be

:25:27. > :25:29.tough in the final. Those others coming in. Look at the split there

:25:30. > :25:46.for the Ukrainian team. You have got to be a patient athlete

:25:47. > :25:57.as a pole-vault champion. Here is the world record-holder, starting

:25:58. > :26:10.his campaign. Incredible. 5.65. He is just safer nominal athlete. 6.16,

:26:11. > :26:16.he looks all of that. That is his opening jump. Look at how clear that

:26:17. > :26:24.is. That is a wonderful trot. Very clear of that opening jump for him.

:26:25. > :26:34.Steve Lewis has chosen to pass at this height, having gone clear at

:26:35. > :26:39.5.40, his best. He is carrying a sale had by .6 are. Renaud

:26:40. > :26:48.Lavillenie looking very good indeed. This man not so much, Krisztian

:26:49. > :26:57.Pars, the Hungary. A struggle after two throws. Is this battery? --

:26:58. > :27:07.better? Yes, it is. He has got his best so far. 78.45. That was three

:27:08. > :27:12.centimetres short of the Polish thrower. It's looks like the big man

:27:13. > :27:19.in the third round has finally taken charge. That is the 18-metre line,

:27:20. > :27:22.it is way beyond that. I doubt it. I apologise. You gave us reason to

:27:23. > :27:44.doubt before. That is a big throw. That Ukrainian win was very

:27:45. > :27:48.impressive, they have got some other athletes that they can bring in.

:27:49. > :27:57.France and Italy joining them in the final. Before the next heat, let us

:27:58. > :28:03.take a look at what happened in the marathon this morning, I can tell

:28:04. > :28:07.you that France broke away in the final stages to take the gold medal,

:28:08. > :28:20.39 years old, one year younger than Jo Pavey. The biggest title of her

:28:21. > :28:26.career to date, two errors, 25 minutes and 14 seconds. A silver

:28:27. > :28:39.medal for Italy. -- two hours, 25 minutes. The next set of the relay

:28:40. > :28:43.heats, Steve Cram with this one. This British quartet is raring to

:28:44. > :28:56.go, none of these took part in the individual event, and they will be

:28:57. > :29:01.wanting to make a mark. It is Victoria Ohuruogu, the younger

:29:02. > :29:07.sister of Christine Ohuruogu. As we look at the German quartet, that is

:29:08. > :29:10.pretty strong, Emily Diamond the Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

:29:11. > :29:17.she was unlucky not to be selected here. She had a decent time in

:29:18. > :29:24.Germany in July. There is the Slovak Republic in lane four. Croatia are

:29:25. > :29:32.going in lane five and notable, because this athlete is 15 years

:29:33. > :29:36.old, she is on the first leg. 54.5 seconds her best so far. The Russian

:29:37. > :29:42.quartet, in days gone by, they would be to be feared. But not this year.

:29:43. > :29:50.It is not quite that strong, still strong enough to challenge for a

:29:51. > :29:51.medal, but not on par. Lithuania, they have got a semifinalist in the

:29:52. > :30:05.hurdles. It is a decent Polish quartet as

:30:06. > :30:25.well in lane one. Kelly Massey was a finalist in the

:30:26. > :30:32.Commonwealth Games. On the third leg is Ohuruogu. And the world champion

:30:33. > :30:37.will bring them home. This should not present too much of

:30:38. > :30:48.a challenge for Great Britain. The second heat of the four x 400

:30:49. > :31:25.metres. The Russian athlete was asking him

:31:26. > :31:29.what he was talking about. I have seen that a couple of times. The

:31:30. > :31:35.officials like the fingers to be right behind the line. We settle in

:31:36. > :32:01.again. The Russians are certainly strong

:32:02. > :32:04.enough but not incredibly powerful as it has been in the past with the

:32:05. > :32:23.Russian quartet. Emily Diamond, coached by the same

:32:24. > :32:28.person as Danny Talbot. She takes Great Britain out. The Russians

:32:29. > :32:44.making some ground on Lithuania as you might imagine. Great Britain

:32:45. > :32:58.moving on nicely. There is a long stagger in the four x 400 metres.

:32:59. > :33:02.Russia are looking good. Emily Diamond was the lead off runner in

:33:03. > :33:06.the England team in the heats and the Commonwealth Games but could not

:33:07. > :33:12.make it into the final. She will want to run well and she would want

:33:13. > :33:17.to make it into the final. Paul and had a very scrappy handover in lane

:33:18. > :33:37.one. Poland could be contenders. It was not a good first leg for Poland.

:33:38. > :33:50.Britain running well out in front ahead of the German. Three go

:33:51. > :33:57.through automatically. It has been a good lead by the Polish athlete. She

:33:58. > :34:07.is trying to get past the Russian. Britain out in front. And it is

:34:08. > :34:17.Ohuruogu, the other one, Victoria. She will have to run smart. It is

:34:18. > :34:31.likely that the fourth team will go through as a fastest loser. The

:34:32. > :34:42.Russians forcing the issue. And Victoria Ohuruogu is trying to do

:34:43. > :34:45.the right thing, go with her. Russia start to pull away. Germany coming

:34:46. > :34:53.back into it. Tight for the third spot. It will be a good race for the

:34:54. > :34:54.automatic qualifying. It is likely that the fourth team will go through

:34:55. > :35:17.as a fastest loser. Germany and Poland involved a little

:35:18. > :35:25.bit further back. Russia will clear at the moment. They should be strong

:35:26. > :35:32.enough to had a good race with Ukraine in the final but Britain

:35:33. > :35:37.could get stronger. And Ohuruogu is coming back strong, she is bearing

:35:38. > :35:38.down on the Russian athlete. Portland moves into third place

:35:39. > :36:02.ahead of Germany. -- Portland. Russia might just have been giving

:36:03. > :36:09.it on the line. It was a good run by Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

:36:10. > :36:13.I think Germany will go through anyway as a fastest loser. The

:36:14. > :36:21.Russian was tiring. She was third in the Russian Championships. You can

:36:22. > :36:28.see how much -- how much she is struggling. Britain getting closer

:36:29. > :36:38.all the time. It is still a good run to go through.

:36:39. > :36:52.I think it was pretty good to be honest. Emily Diamond, 32.7. Kelly

:36:53. > :37:04.Massey, 51.6 on the second leg. Victoria Ohuruogu was strong on the

:37:05. > :37:15.home straight and ran a 52.7 leg. And the final leg, she had a go at

:37:16. > :37:19.the Russian, 51.3. Ukraine will abound about the same time in the

:37:20. > :37:25.first heat but they have got two good athletes to comment. Will Jodie

:37:26. > :37:32.Williams coming for Great Britain or will she go in the 100 metres? I am

:37:33. > :37:37.presuming that Christian Ohuruogu will be brought into the squad. They

:37:38. > :37:42.will have to analyse this and see who did well and work out who gets

:37:43. > :37:47.the chance to run for glory. People talk about Jodie Williams and Bianca

:37:48. > :37:54.Williams being 400 metres runners in the future. That is a good run from

:37:55. > :37:59.Margaret on anchor leg. She nearly caught Russia on the line. Great

:38:00. > :38:05.Britain and Northern Ireland go safely through.

:38:06. > :38:19.The pole vault is making the most of good conditions. 5.704 Steve Lewis.

:38:20. > :38:29.-- five .70 is the target for Steve Lewis. It was not a lot wrong

:38:30. > :38:32.fraught with that. -- not a lot wrong with that. He has clear that

:38:33. > :38:46.at some point of this year. It was good conditions. He is carrying the

:38:47. > :38:52.failure at 5.60. We are with the four x 400 metres

:38:53. > :38:56.women. Good performance. Emily, you started so well. You give the bat

:38:57. > :39:09.into Kelly in the lead. The aim today was to get them into a good

:39:10. > :39:16.start. -- baton. It is a lovely track, really fast to run on. I

:39:17. > :39:19.really enjoyed myself. There is talk amongst the teams that Britain could

:39:20. > :39:25.pick up a medal. You had to negotiate this first. The first

:39:26. > :39:29.round, you have to qualify in a good position and hopefully get a good

:39:30. > :39:36.clean tomorrow. I am not sure who is running yet. Is the competition with

:39:37. > :39:42.any competition? We are all so close time wise, it is a bit unsure who

:39:43. > :39:49.will be picked. Either way, people have a strong team. You all play

:39:50. > :39:52.your part and Victoria, you played use today. You expect your sister to

:39:53. > :40:01.come in tomorrow, what is it like to be part of this? Without my sister

:40:02. > :40:12.being heard it was different. She is like the mother of the group.

:40:13. > :40:16.Hopefully I did an all right job today. You did very well. Margaret,

:40:17. > :40:24.you brought the team home, you did not take it easy? It is a

:40:25. > :40:30.competition within the competition. I just tried to do a good job for

:40:31. > :40:33.the team. Like Kelly said, we are very close. If I was to run badly I

:40:34. > :40:39.would feel bad for the team. I did my best for them. You all did well.

:40:40. > :40:43.Good luck tomorrow whoever runs. Enjoy it.

:40:44. > :40:56.Safely through. Just behind Russia. Germany were run out of it

:40:57. > :40:59.automatically but we're one of the fastest losers. Here are the

:41:00. > :41:05.qualifiers for the final that takes place tomorrow. Ukraine will be

:41:06. > :41:12.tough to beat. They will have a couple of additional athletes coming

:41:13. > :41:13.in making them stronger. Great Britain and Northern Ireland could

:41:14. > :41:19.change things as well. Britain's Steven Lewis, the bar is

:41:20. > :41:38.at 5.70. It was a close attempt. It was not

:41:39. > :41:43.meant to be. 5.70 proved too much this afternoon. That is a shame. Let

:41:44. > :41:48.us have a look. He seemed to have the height but just came down on the

:41:49. > :41:55.bar. He was not able to clear a height we know he is capable of. It

:41:56. > :42:07.is being a good summer for them. -- it has been done.

:42:08. > :42:14.The world record-holder, Renaud Lavillenie, congratulating Steven

:42:15. > :42:20.Lewis on his performance. I have done my preparation and just want to

:42:21. > :42:23.get out there. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age, nobody has ever won a medal at

:42:24. > :42:31.the European Championships at that age. This is it, how entire career

:42:32. > :42:38.is about this moment. Gold for Jo Pavey, she is champion. --

:42:39. > :42:53.4.3 five p.m., Jo Pavey will go for her second gold. -- 430 five p.m..

:42:54. > :43:02.There is Eilidh Child. She was the poster girl for Scotland at the

:43:03. > :43:07.Commonwealth Games. She brought the house down at Hampden Park. She

:43:08. > :43:12.wants to be in the medals here but it is different opposition.

:43:13. > :43:19.Enjoying the athletics is the new silver-medallist, Matthew

:43:20. > :43:23.Hudson-Smith. Have you seen your race yet? No. Would you like to?

:43:24. > :43:38.Maybe. That was enthusiastic. For Martyn Rooney, this could be a

:43:39. > :43:41.moment of destiny. We thought he would have a career full of medals

:43:42. > :43:50.but he struggled to get onto the rostrum. Hudson-Smith with that

:43:51. > :43:55.style of his down the back straight. The British athletes are

:43:56. > :44:03.coming through. He will find Rooney and Conrad Williams ahead of him.

:44:04. > :44:09.Hudson-Smith chasing Ren?e. Can any be strong enough? Here comes

:44:10. > :44:16.Hudson-Smith. It will be close. -- chasing Ren?. For Martyn Rooney, it

:44:17. > :44:26.has been a long journey to win gold for his country over 400 metres.

:44:27. > :44:28.Well done to Martyn Rooney. There is the silver medal hanging around the

:44:29. > :44:39.neck of Matthew Hudson-Smith. You revealed that you've got an

:44:40. > :44:43.archive of your favourite runners. It is my Twitter background. It is

:44:44. > :44:48.like you are racing against one of your heels and training instant, and

:44:49. > :44:52.he is probably mentoring you? He is looking after me. I spoke to him on

:44:53. > :45:04.the plane and he said he was very fond of you. It is expensive to

:45:05. > :45:14.phone from here. He let you use your phone? -- use his phone. He must

:45:15. > :45:20.really like you. Everybody wants to give you advice and put their arm

:45:21. > :45:30.around you and show you the rope is. -- ropes. Yes, they were helping me

:45:31. > :45:39.at dinner, making sure I was eating the right food. I was having a fish

:45:40. > :45:49.finger sandwich. They were guiding you in the right direction

:45:50. > :45:56.nutritionally! The food, it's all right, but it is not a fishing

:45:57. > :46:01.sandwich! Your colleagues are out there at the moment getting ready

:46:02. > :46:07.for the next event. You brought them home in Glasgow. Adam O'Brien going

:46:08. > :46:21.in this event. You would like to be in this tomorrow if they get

:46:22. > :46:27.through? That would be fantastic. That track is amazing, it is proper

:46:28. > :46:30.quick. Let us go down and enjoy this, this is Steve Cram

:46:31. > :46:35.commentating, I need to keep him here, he wants to be running in

:46:36. > :46:39.this! He will be part of it tomorrow, I'm pretty sure, if he

:46:40. > :46:52.behaves themselves! Eye injury he will do that as well! Martyn Rooney

:46:53. > :46:57.will be on duty as well today. This should be fairly straightforward for

:46:58. > :47:02.this British team, hopefully. On the inside, Italy, Germany, the Czech

:47:03. > :47:18.Republic here. A good French team also. Lots of experience this team.

:47:19. > :47:22.The Ukrainian team... You kind of look through some of these teams for

:47:23. > :47:36.these" jewels that can make a change, make a difference maker

:47:37. > :47:50.difference. -- for these athletes that can make a change.

:47:51. > :48:04.So, Nigel Levine with the job of leading this team off. Martyn Rooney

:48:05. > :48:23.on the last leg. Plenty of strength and depth in this British team.

:48:24. > :48:31.No Conrad Williams, obviously. He is one of the young men sitting

:48:32. > :48:37.upstairs. Hopefully, everything will be nice and safe and Nigel Levine

:48:38. > :48:44.will get us off to a good start. In lane one, staggering to unwind. The

:48:45. > :48:50.French have started well. Right in the middle, in lane five. The

:48:51. > :48:57.Netherlands, going pretty well also. Nigel Levine, running a good leg,

:48:58. > :49:03.made up a lot of ground. Michael Bingham gets to run the first Ben

:49:04. > :49:16.Delaney one. Britain and France looking strong. -- Michael Bingham

:49:17. > :49:22.gets to run the first bend in lane one. Britain are moving into the

:49:23. > :49:30.lead at the moment. Germany settling into third place. France sneaking

:49:31. > :49:37.into the lead. Germany trying to close the gap at the moment. This is

:49:38. > :49:41.a good raise at the moment. Fourth, fifth and sixth, the Czech Republic

:49:42. > :49:50.are there, the Ukraine, the Italians. Night running from Michael

:49:51. > :49:58.Bingham, he will hand over to Yousef. The French... He shuts out

:49:59. > :50:04.France, he gets the chance to control. Great Britain,

:50:05. > :50:10.France, he gets the chance to control. Great from France, France

:50:11. > :50:16.have got a good 400-metre runner, trying to hang on to Yousef. That is

:50:17. > :50:19.hard for him for the first 200 metres. Coming under pressure from

:50:20. > :50:24.France and Germany on the home straight, but these three are

:50:25. > :50:31.pulling clear of the rest. Great Britain held in front. Use of has

:50:32. > :50:37.run a strong leg, starting to feel the burn. -- Yousef has run a strong

:50:38. > :50:47.leg. The final leg, Martyn Rooney has the baton, easing into the lead.

:50:48. > :50:58.They are clear of the German. Germany, clear by a long way, of the

:50:59. > :51:06.rest. These three clear for the last leg. Martyn Rooney going through the

:51:07. > :51:14.motions. Back in the day, below 44, think, 43.7, 43.8 for a relay leg.

:51:15. > :51:20.He is looking over his shoulder. Looking at the screen instead. No

:51:21. > :51:26.problem at all. Great Britain, France, in clear. Not bad at all,

:51:27. > :51:34.outside three minutes. Three minutes a good performance. Every

:51:35. > :51:41.performance, every opportunity to improve on that. These men have done

:51:42. > :51:44.very well indeed. Nigel Levine left them off well, Yousef did well in

:51:45. > :52:02.the third leg, and Martyn Rooney brings it home. Martyn Rooney ran a

:52:03. > :52:11.44, just outside that, it was like a stroll. Only France and Germany have

:52:12. > :52:15.national records below three minutes of the other quartets here. Martyn

:52:16. > :52:23.Rooney come he was looking around here quite a bit. I thought he would

:52:24. > :52:25.sneak into the inside, but Martyn Rooney, incredibly comfortable. It

:52:26. > :52:33.goes for a well indeed for the British quartet. -- very well. Great

:52:34. > :52:37.Britain hit in front, Martyn Rooney controlling things in the final leg,

:52:38. > :52:46.but pointing to the rest of the team and say, thank you very much, you

:52:47. > :52:51.set me up very nicely indeed. Nigel has not joined us yet, we will hear

:52:52. > :53:01.from him in a moment, but first, the newcomer, a spur performance, great

:53:02. > :53:04.to be part of this team? It is an absolute honour to have this

:53:05. > :53:08.opportunity, I had been waiting for a long time and I got my shirt, so I

:53:09. > :53:12.am pleased. He did not disappoint. Michael, you are used to this time

:53:13. > :53:19.and again, the key today, getting the baton around in one piece, but

:53:20. > :53:23.outside three minutes, still pretty swift. We could not believe how fast

:53:24. > :53:28.we were running, the heat, in two years time, we were talking to the

:53:29. > :53:33.guys, we really want the record, so, 2.56, it is a long shot, but if we

:53:34. > :53:37.keep running like this, if we run together as a team like I said in

:53:38. > :53:46.the Commonwealth Games, running for each other, that record will go down

:53:47. > :53:49.sometime soon. Great to aim for Nigel, this is like a competition

:53:50. > :53:59.within a competition to push the team on. This is why I did not make

:54:00. > :54:03.the individual, the team made a fantastic job, it is our turn to

:54:04. > :54:09.bring home this gold medal. Hopefully, by tomorrow, we can put

:54:10. > :54:13.on a show for everybody. Hopefully you can do this. Matt Hudson-Smith,

:54:14. > :54:19.he said you were one of his heroes, great to hear, you do not get the

:54:20. > :54:23.day off! No rest for the wicked, I thought I would have fired from my

:54:24. > :54:26.place at the Commonwealths, if I had stayed in bed all day, I would

:54:27. > :54:32.probably have more fatigue tomorrow, so it is good to get the run-out, so

:54:33. > :54:36.the guys were very impressive today. I did not see the first leg because

:54:37. > :54:45.I was underneath. I didn't not realise the race had started. You

:54:46. > :54:49.had a great time. I was relaxed, I came off the bend, the French kid

:54:50. > :54:54.was in my shadow, I could not see him, I was like, where has he gone?

:54:55. > :55:05.Really happy, really impressed with these guys, they were amazing. Good

:55:06. > :55:12.luck tomorrow. Good look to Sarah and Anthony on their new baby, even.

:55:13. > :55:18.Good luck to my cousin Matt and Vanessa, they got married yesterday,

:55:19. > :55:28.congratulations! Glad they got on well! You want them a good medal,

:55:29. > :55:38.they would be pleased with that! A slight excuse for missing that

:55:39. > :55:42.wedding, he was winning a gold-medal! They will let him off!

:55:43. > :55:48.Germany, a season best, also, they go through to the fire. At the risk

:55:49. > :56:06.of sounding like a local radio station, anybody want to sell it

:56:07. > :56:12.to? ! Hello to my mum! And my dad! You have said hello to your mum, she

:56:13. > :56:21.might want to see this picture from Twitter! This is from the team

:56:22. > :56:47.meeting ahead of the meat here, and not enough keeping you interested.

:56:48. > :56:57.It was your nap time! I try to keep calm. I try to keep it in. I am not

:56:58. > :57:06.sure! I am a bit of an enigma. You need to stay focused at those

:57:07. > :57:09.meetings! Let skilled to the next heat of this event. That's my girl

:57:10. > :57:28.go. Belgium would historically be

:57:29. > :57:36.strong. The Borlee brothers are out. Ireland are strong here as well.

:57:37. > :57:44.This is Brian Greene, a finalist in the European Championships last

:57:45. > :57:49.year. -- Brian Gregan. This is a decent four for Ireland, three go

:57:50. > :57:55.through automatically. Switzerland are involved here. Carrying Hussein

:57:56. > :58:00.might be involved, but a little bit tired after his efforts in winning

:58:01. > :58:05.the hurdles. The Russians in lane four, Belgium do not have Jonathan

:58:06. > :58:06.Borlee atrophy had to withdraw from the individual. Kevin Borlee has not

:58:07. > :58:14.been running particularly well. the individual. Kevin Borlee has not

:58:15. > :58:19.been running If Kevin Borlee can get back to his best, reasonably strong.

:58:20. > :58:28.Croatia, Ireland, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, Spain. The

:58:29. > :58:37.first three go through automatically. Taking things out for

:58:38. > :58:44.a Belgium, Ireland in lane two with Brian Gregan on the first leg and a

:58:45. > :58:52.lot of noise for the Swiss quartet. A lot of noise for the Swiss. The

:58:53. > :58:57.Russians, still a strong quartet, they are the defending champions.

:58:58. > :59:03.They will be very, very strong in the third and fourth legs. Trying to

:59:04. > :59:08.get closer to the time set by Great Britain in the first heat and France

:59:09. > :59:18.also, so impressive. The powerful figure of Brian Gregan bringing

:59:19. > :59:22.Ireland around. Croatia has a 1500 metre runner on their legs. Doing

:59:23. > :59:34.the job for his team and Ireland, very much in this.

:59:35. > :59:44.Russia come across to take the lead. Belgium could've done with the other

:59:45. > :59:46.brother who was not selected. Jonathan Borlee injured his

:59:47. > :59:57.hamstring before the 400 metres final. It is Russia, Belgium and

:59:58. > :00:02.Poland. Brian Markey of Ireland but he is doing a good job. -- Brian

:00:03. > :00:16.Murphy. Ireland are settling into a decent

:00:17. > :00:26.position in third place. Russia will not be caught now out in front.

:00:27. > :00:27.Poland in second place. Ireland Ireland third place with Richard

:00:28. > :00:52.Morrissey. --Ireland are in. The Spanish team are closing down on

:00:53. > :01:01.the Belgians. Russia in the lead and Poland going for second spot. On the

:01:02. > :01:17.last leg for Belgium, Kevin Borlee. He is giving chase to Thomas bar. --

:01:18. > :01:19.Barr. Kevin Borlee was disappointing in the individual event but

:01:20. > :01:36.disappointing for him is still good enough in the relay. The Irishman is

:01:37. > :01:46.holding off Kevin Borlee. Ireland hold on for third. Belgium have to

:01:47. > :01:50.settle for fourth place. Belgium have a great recent history here and

:01:51. > :01:58.could still go through as a fastest loser. It was a cracking race by the

:01:59. > :02:03.Irish quartet. It was a gutsy run on the last leg. He went out hard so

:02:04. > :02:14.that Jonathan Borlee did not have an easy job to catch. -- Kevin Borlee.

:02:15. > :02:23.The Irishman has a lot of strength from his 400-metre hurdling. We

:02:24. > :02:27.think that is an Irish record. It is a new national record for Ireland.

:02:28. > :02:34.It could be down to that man on the last leg. Quickly to his team-mates

:02:35. > :02:38.to celebrate. That was a big achievement, reaching the final, and

:02:39. > :02:44.who knows what can happen in the final. Ireland are safely through

:02:45. > :02:59.with Russia and Poland with Belgium going through as a fastest loser.

:03:00. > :03:14.This is Jan Kudlicka in the pole vault final. That was the end of his

:03:15. > :03:26.competition. Kevin Menaldo also have three bad jumps. That leaves one man

:03:27. > :03:42.only, Renaud Lavillenie. He needs this for gold. Yes! He makes that

:03:43. > :03:47.look so easy indeed. Just his second jump of the competition. He came in

:03:48. > :04:14.at 5.65. He cleared about by half a metre. Then at five point 80, he's

:04:15. > :04:21.carried it. -- at 5.80, he skied it. A trio of European Championships. He

:04:22. > :04:30.has defended it twice now. The Olympic champion. It is called for

:04:31. > :04:39.Renaud Lavillenie. -- it is a gold medal. He might try to attempt the

:04:40. > :04:40.world record, his own world record. That could be what he is talking

:04:41. > :04:53.about. I have done the preparation and just

:04:54. > :04:57.want to get out there. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age. Nobody has won a medal

:04:58. > :05:05.at the European Championships at that age. How entire career has been

:05:06. > :05:18.about this moment. Old for Jo Pavey, she is the champion. -- gold. Jo

:05:19. > :05:27.Pavey will be back on the track in under half an hour. Going for gold

:05:28. > :05:33.in about 15 minutes time, Eilidh Child, silver medal from Glasgow.

:05:34. > :05:39.She is in the call up room. She is going through her strategy. Going

:05:40. > :05:43.through those last-minute forts all on her own. And the unknown is

:05:44. > :05:57.Lynsey Sharp, ready for hard medal said many for the 800 metres. -- out

:05:58. > :06:02.there now. It has been a great summer for her. She was the

:06:03. > :06:09.defending champion of this race. She ran a strong 800 metres. She ran

:06:10. > :06:17.from the front. 1.58 bonfire -- 1.58.8. That is a new personal best.

:06:18. > :06:27.You can see that the personal best for this young lady has improved.

:06:28. > :06:39.She is the Polish champion. That is a massive jump forward for four. --

:06:40. > :06:42.for her. She straight strong whilst others were faltering. -- stayed

:06:43. > :06:53.strong. It was a brave run from Lynsey

:06:54. > :06:58.Sharp. We said it was not the way she would normally go about running

:06:59. > :07:07.a final. She took it on when nobody else wanted to. She made it very

:07:08. > :07:12.hard. But for the last 40-15 metres, she would have been rewarded with a

:07:13. > :07:24.gold medal. It was a silver medal but a really good personal best of

:07:25. > :07:27.four Lynsey Sharp. And the winner was Maryna Arzamasova. She was

:07:28. > :07:38.dragged around by Lynsey Sharp. If you can get a pacemaker like that! .

:07:39. > :07:47.She had the fortitude. She has had a couple of decent runs against Lynsey

:07:48. > :08:00.Sharp around the circuit. Gold for Belarus.

:08:01. > :08:41.BELARUS NATIONAL ANTHEM BELARUS NATIONAL ANTHEM.

:08:42. > :08:54.The two were pretty close last time. This time she takes the gold medal.

:08:55. > :08:59.A coach won the silver medal for Belarus in 1994. Well done to

:09:00. > :09:05.Belarus and well done to Lynsey Sharp. She has had two medals, the

:09:06. > :09:06.Commonwealth Games and the European Championships. She is improving all

:09:07. > :09:20.the time. The next medal ceremony will be the

:09:21. > :09:24.men's 200 metres. We have been checking Matthew Hudson-Smith 's 200

:09:25. > :09:33.metres history. Adam Gemili will be out there. You raised against them

:09:34. > :09:40.as a junior. It was in Derby and he absolutely smashed me. What age

:09:41. > :09:47.would you? I think it was under 20. It was not long ago. I want a

:09:48. > :09:54.rematch against him. Your journey from 200 to 400 was necessitated by

:09:55. > :10:01.your body. I had a growth spurt and I could not control my limbs. I was

:10:02. > :10:09.very skinny, like a little twig. I would like to think I am bigger. Not

:10:10. > :10:18.really, compared to other people. Because of that lack of control you

:10:19. > :10:28.were picking up injuries? Every year my coat with asked me if I wanted to

:10:29. > :10:36.do a 400 metres and I said, not yet. -- my coach. With the June proof?

:10:37. > :10:42.You said you did not run the tactical Beachy wanted to so queer

:10:43. > :10:44.where your mistakes? It is my speed. I want to get my speed up and

:10:45. > :11:09.drop my time. -- so where I keep saying I want to raise my

:11:10. > :11:28.friend against 600 metres. You could race David radicchio now. You do

:11:29. > :11:34.have a very long stride. -- Rudisha. I am always trying to work on my

:11:35. > :11:38.technique. In the window, I am shocking. These are still loads to

:11:39. > :11:41.work on. It did not feel like it that day in Birmingham, it did not

:11:42. > :11:49.feel like that to you because you were so surprised that you ran so

:11:50. > :11:53.quickly. I like to think that there's a lot more in there People

:11:54. > :12:06.are telling me that there is a lot more in there. You can always learn

:12:07. > :12:11.more. You are a sponge right now, you are taking everything in. Let us

:12:12. > :12:19.have a look at Eilidh Child. She is involved in the next race on the

:12:20. > :12:25.track. It goes off in about six minutes time. She is taking on board

:12:26. > :12:34.that all-important food. That big yellow finally came out in the sky

:12:35. > :12:42.today and it is warmer in here. - big yellow thing. The next race

:12:43. > :12:47.after that is the women's 5000 metres. Jo Pavey is inside. We will

:12:48. > :12:57.change channels just before 4:30 p.m.. Jo Pavey just having a few

:12:58. > :13:00.strides before she goes out. It is a Eilidh Child to see she can add to

:13:01. > :13:06.the silver medal that she took in the Commonwealth Games. She must be

:13:07. > :13:09.feeling very confident because she has been displaying consistency.

:13:10. > :13:17.That is what is important in the 400 metres hurdles. She has to use the

:13:18. > :13:34.same stripe pattern and be aggressive of the final barrier. -

:13:35. > :13:38.stride pattern. It is compressed -- it is competitive with a lot of

:13:39. > :13:43.talent out there. It will not be a one-horse race. She will have to be

:13:44. > :13:48.close to her best to take this title. What about the technique

:13:49. > :13:54.Eilidh Child? We had a good look at the men over 110 metres. Dealing

:13:55. > :13:59.with conditions has been very difficult because it has been windy,

:14:00. > :14:07.cold and raining. What has been very good about that is that she has

:14:08. > :14:22.stuck to her timing and rhythm. She has 15 states for the first five.

:14:23. > :14:28.That takes to the 200 metres mark. -- 15 strides.

:14:29. > :14:35.She takes this on her left leg which is stronger legs. She has more

:14:36. > :14:41.control into the barrier and then one very quickly if she wants to.

:14:42. > :14:48.You want to be fuelling a strong and confident going into that final

:14:49. > :14:51.barrier as you can. With this surface being so quick, will she

:14:52. > :15:00.have to make adjustments to her technique? The adjustments will be

:15:01. > :15:06.visual, because that is the way she does this, you can pick up the

:15:07. > :15:13.cadence but not change the rhythm or the strike pattern. Eilidh Child was

:15:14. > :15:19.the poster girl, in Glasgow, she was everywhere, she seemed to relish it,

:15:20. > :15:25.she did not just cope with that, she enjoyed the experience. I got

:15:26. > :15:30.introduced to her by Martin, we were sitting at a table with her and Dai

:15:31. > :15:35.Greene and she was just great, she will deal with it all right. She

:15:36. > :15:40.looks all right, she is focused I saw her in the food hall, she looked

:15:41. > :16:00.ready. Hopefully, she will win and get a PB. Letters see how ready she

:16:01. > :16:14.is, let us go for yes, the athletes to look out for, the Czech

:16:15. > :16:21.Republic, Anna Titimets is a threat for Ukraine in lane six. Joanna

:16:22. > :16:28.Linkiewicz, the Polish champion, she goes on the inside, never favoured

:16:29. > :16:34.by the 400-metre hurdles. The conditions are very, very good

:16:35. > :16:46.indeed. This track is so fast. Vera Rudakova for Russia, a former world

:16:47. > :16:52.champion back in 2010. Looking for the first gold medal in this event

:16:53. > :16:58.since Sally Gunnell back in 1994, she will have things to say about

:16:59. > :17:04.that. This lady would have things to say about that. Had a silver medal

:17:05. > :17:11.in Helsinki behind the women outside her. The Russian champion, defending

:17:12. > :17:18.European champion, she should be intimidating, but she is away from

:17:19. > :17:27.her best form of a couple of years ago. Anna Titimets, look out for

:17:28. > :17:46.her, second in qualifying behind Eilidh Child. On the outside, from

:17:47. > :17:57.Belgium, she completes the line-up. It is Eilidh Child, she has won all

:17:58. > :18:08.of her meetings in the Manchester City games, the Rome Diamond

:18:09. > :18:13.League, in Oslo, only Kelly Spencer could get the better of Eilidh Child

:18:14. > :18:27.in the Commonwealth Games. Is it time for her... ?

:18:28. > :18:38.Away they go, Eilidh Child on the way, the other big threat, Anna

:18:39. > :18:45.Titimets in lane three, her big rivals in her side at the moment. A

:18:46. > :18:52.strong start by the Czech Republic, already passed Irina Davydova of

:18:53. > :18:58.Russia. Anna Titimets has some ground to make up, but Eilidh Child

:18:59. > :19:02.is running strong way. Leading at the moment by just a little bit.

:19:03. > :19:10.These two side-by-side, rising over the hurdle, neck and neck, Anna

:19:11. > :19:17.Titimets try to make up some ground. Eilidh Child is leading from Ross

:19:18. > :19:24.Oliver. The final barrier and the final run, she is holding on. Anna

:19:25. > :19:28.Titimets is running strongly. It is a gold-medal for Eilidh Child. The

:19:29. > :19:34.gold medal for Eilidh Child! She doesn't celebrate yet. Is it me? Is

:19:35. > :19:39.it me? It is! The golden child in Europe! She doesn't know yet, but

:19:40. > :19:44.Colin Jackson, we were looking down, we were right beside the line, we

:19:45. > :19:51.can see, and she will see in a moment, she had seen it now, and her

:19:52. > :20:03.smile is there for all to see, she is European champion. A great, solid

:20:04. > :20:05.performance, accurate stride all the way around. Very comfortable,

:20:06. > :20:08.confident going into that Thames Barrier, which is always crucial. If

:20:09. > :20:12.she had made any mistake going into that Thames Barrier, the gold medal

:20:13. > :20:17.would not have been hers. Beautifully well timed race. Worked

:20:18. > :20:21.hard around the first 200, staying in contention, going into the bend,

:20:22. > :20:26.when you have that opportunity, you need to back off because it is the

:20:27. > :20:31.change of rhythm. It did not happen to Eilidh Child, she pressed,

:20:32. > :20:34.pressed, pressed, came into the home straight and delivered that great

:20:35. > :20:39.performance. She will be very pleased. I know her coat, Malcolm

:20:40. > :20:44.Arnold, he will have been very barest before that competition and

:20:45. > :20:51.now very relieved. When you have been winning all year, beating all

:20:52. > :20:55.of your European rivals, you know that you are the target, and to

:20:56. > :20:58.deliver under that pressure, she had stiffened pressure at the

:20:59. > :21:02.Commonwealth Games, to have that union flag, that is a great

:21:03. > :21:12.achievement because you know that the others are shooting for a year.

:21:13. > :21:15.It is very rare that Eilidh Child has come to a European Championships

:21:16. > :21:17.and been the clear favourite, so that is added pressure. She handled

:21:18. > :21:20.it well, all the way through this round. You can see her in lane

:21:21. > :21:26.three, you can see how she approached it, very dynamic, nice

:21:27. > :21:30.and snappy, the energy source that you tap into, she will not be needed

:21:31. > :21:36.at the back end of the race. Use it all up, just settle into this

:21:37. > :21:39.wonderful rhythm. She is a professional athlete, she will not

:21:40. > :21:43.count her stride, that comes naturally, because it is something

:21:44. > :21:48.she has been honing over the winter. She knows her position and what she

:21:49. > :21:53.has to do. She will not worry about her opponents, that is not

:21:54. > :21:57.concerned, it is just solely the hurdles, keeping that timing and

:21:58. > :22:03.rhythm. This is where she will be a bit nervous because she will have

:22:04. > :22:11.city get her legs, that will be clear. Anna Titimets, she had a good

:22:12. > :22:15.season, she did not know where she got across the line, in peripheral

:22:16. > :22:20.vision, she is seeing Anna Titimets, the Ukrainian, the

:22:21. > :22:25.Russian, the defending champion, but title has gone, it has gone to this

:22:26. > :22:30.woman with a great run. When you look at this run, Michael Johnson

:22:31. > :22:36.always says, by the time you reach 402 metres, you better be exhausted,

:22:37. > :22:38.and I can assure you, Eilidh Child was absolutely exhausted crossing

:22:39. > :23:00.the line. She did everything she needed to do and I'm pretty sure

:23:01. > :23:03.that her coat, Malcolm Arnold, will be very pleased, so I can really say

:23:04. > :23:05.from me, personally, Malcolm, very well done, because I know that you

:23:06. > :23:08.worked hard with this young woman. Very well-deserved, she has often

:23:09. > :23:10.been the bridesmaid, she was always behind Sherry Jakes Cayton -- Perri

:23:11. > :23:17.Shakes-Drayton, the way that they run this race... The others, they

:23:18. > :23:23.were finishing very, very strongly indeed, but they could not quite get

:23:24. > :23:29.there. She did not know it there, but she soon found out. She found

:23:30. > :23:34.that she had the title. Anna Titimets, a decent personal best for

:23:35. > :23:39.the Ukrainian coming through, Irina Davydova, a great season is best for

:23:40. > :23:52.her back on the podium, and still use aerosol of was run out of it. --

:23:53. > :24:04.Rosolova was run heard of it. Eilidh Child, she has got the flag

:24:05. > :24:08.on her shoulders, she will be getting the gold medal later on.

:24:09. > :24:12.When an athlete crosses the line, they do not know the added tension

:24:13. > :24:20.and anxiety, it makes it all the more enjoyable. Yes, it is a magical

:24:21. > :24:27.experience, it explodes right through you and it is wonderful to

:24:28. > :24:47.see Eilidh Child. It is that time! It is not that I'm! It is time to

:24:48. > :24:53.ring the! Ring the bell! A great performance. We just need Jo Pavey

:24:54. > :24:58.to go out and do the business, it will be tough. It will be very

:24:59. > :25:02.tough, it is tough, the 400 metres hurdles, it is a brutal event, it is

:25:03. > :25:06.the one lap, hurdles, it is a brutal event, it is

:25:07. > :25:09.the and then to add the hurdles to complicated, you have to work on the

:25:10. > :25:20.technical element, the speed, we see that with Perri Shakes-Drayton, but

:25:21. > :25:27.to take the medal at Glasgow and to bring it on to here, and Colin

:25:28. > :25:32.said, Marco Marland was so nervous today, it is the climax of so much

:25:33. > :25:43.hard work and a long winter. -- Malcolm Arnold. She has worked so

:25:44. > :25:45.hard. She is a grafter, she is, somebody like Perri Shakes-Drayton

:25:46. > :25:49.was a natural speed athlete, she is how to work very hard. Therefore,

:25:50. > :25:53.her technique was crucial. She had to get it right in this race. The

:25:54. > :26:00.could be no mistakes and when she made the decision to put her foot

:26:01. > :26:04.down, it was decisive and she had Rosolova on the inside, and she

:26:05. > :26:08.knows that it is never she needs to strike. The confidence that she has

:26:09. > :26:14.raised with all season is basically, because she had a great winter. And

:26:15. > :26:21.I just love her face when she finished that race. The realisation

:26:22. > :26:26.of winning. Her first time at the top of that rostrum. That will feel

:26:27. > :26:30.great. The thing for Eilidh Child, she was leading the list, but she

:26:31. > :26:33.did not see herself as a huge favourite because she was just a

:26:34. > :26:37.little bit ahead, but she had to go out and execute and she has

:26:38. > :26:42.dominated going through, and to cross that line, until you cross

:26:43. > :26:56.that line, it is not over, and she still did not realise, she had to

:26:57. > :26:59.wait for the confirmation, which was a lovely moment. Enjoying her lap of

:27:00. > :27:05.honour. It is a great atmosphere today, it looks like it is a sell

:27:06. > :27:10.out here today, it is pretty full, it is a dry, the weather great is

:27:11. > :27:15.for these athletics finals, and another final coming up in a few

:27:16. > :27:21.moments time. It is Jo Pavey, though she is, just walking behind, coming

:27:22. > :27:25.through for the 5000 metres final. The gold-medallist from the 10,000

:27:26. > :27:31.metres, hoping to add to her medal collection which has been burgeoning

:27:32. > :27:35.this summer, Paula? Yes, and it has taken her eye as much surprise as

:27:36. > :27:38.other people. She knows that she is in good shape and hopefully has

:27:39. > :27:44.recovered well from their 10,000 metres and can have a good run here

:27:45. > :27:49.tonight. We're changing channels and if you moments time and that race

:27:50. > :27:55.will be on BBC Two when we switch across. We're leaving BBC1 for the

:27:56. > :27:57.football, the first weekend of the Premier League football season, so

:27:58. > :28:05.lost to catch up with all-star we have scored two -04 Great Britain on

:28:06. > :28:10.the medal today, up on closest nation, France, they're having a

:28:11. > :28:16.good day. Hopefully, more to come from Great Britain, join us on BBC

:28:17. > :28:23.Two in a few moments time, see you then. I have done the preparation, I

:28:24. > :28:29.just want to get out and have a go. Jo Pavey, nobody has won a gold

:28:30. > :28:30.medal at 40 years of age! At European Championships! There she

:28:31. > :28:43.goes! Her whole career has been at The stars of the summer

:28:44. > :28:55.are back on UK soil Who will produce

:28:56. > :28:59.their golden moment?