16/08/2014 Athletics: European Championships

athletes in the world. Absolutely brilliant. We'll really be strong

enough to hang on? It will be close. Adam Gemili has got to Mac metres on

the field. Adam Gemili, it is called for Great Britain. Below 20 seconds

to win the European Championships. It was fantastic Friday here at the

Letzigrund Stadium. Will it be a super Saturday as D5 delivers more

potential champions and the boys passed the back point to the girls?

When you watch your team-mate achieving your dreams it spurs you

on. Gold at last for Tiffany Porter. Mo Farah is back. It helps you

believe you can reach greater heights. Ashleigh for bronze.

Inspired by success, it is time for the British women to take centre

stage here in Zurich. Eilidh Child takes the silver. Hampden Park

cheered Eilidh Child to silver. She will now be going for gold. Lynsey

Sharp has eyes set on victory after an emotional Commonwealth Games.

Silver for Scotland. Well judged by Lynsey Sharp. A young star looks to

shine in her second championship finals. Jessica Judd takes on Lynsey

Sharp. Two women in the final. Jo Pavey will be hoping to take away a

second title in the 5000 metres. The way she goes, this is it. Entire

career has been about best moments, gold for Jo Pavey, she is the

explanation mark one thing is for sure, they will have to bring the

best if they want to bury -- the next success story at the European

Championships. Zurich has been a wonderful host over the last few

days for this Championships. The next few days promises so much. We

had a moment to light up the sky last night for Switzerland. We are

hoping for more gold for Great Britain as well this afternoon. The

weather has improved marginally. I have abandoned my jacket today.

What bodes well is that it is ladies afternoon. We genuinely have got a

gold medal chances. Lynsey Sharp, for me. I have got my fingers

crossed that she can come the silver medal into gold. She got the gold

medal by default and she wants to get it by right in the 800 metres.

Glasgow stars shining here in Zurich. Jo Pavey, she has captured

the imagination at home, she gets another shot in the 5000 metres.

That is a tough field. It could be in her favour. Jewel has been well

rested. -- Jo Pavey. She said that she was amazed how good her legs

felt and she was not sure whether it was to do with the track. She said

she was feeling very good. It all bodes well. Plenty of stars onshore.

-- onshore. Lynsey Sharp is on track after that silver in Glasgow. She is

looking to detain her European count. Also in the 800 metres,

teenage sensation Jessica Judd, she was fourth in Glasgow, can she push

their way onto the rostrum? Eilidh Child was the face of the

Commonwealth Games and she delivered there She wants another medal in the

400 metre hurdles. Jo Pavey is looking for a distance double in the

5000 metres. Steve Lewis took gold in Glasgow but he is up the very

best -- up against the very best in the world. Then it is really time.

Four x 100 men and women followed by the four x 400 men and women. This

is how the timetable looks. underway. The first contender was

our favourite mascot, underway. The first contender was

our favourite Cooly. That was a fantastic attempt? I have already

heard that he has been out on the track, not just in the field, but he

went over the hurdles. I understand that he had quite a competition that

you make see later against a certain Welsh man who doesn't sit very far

from me. It is taken for the four x 100 metres heats. Dafne Schippers

from Holland is there. She is just a huge star of sprinting. She is the

world leader for 200 metres. Great Britain in the second heat.

The never lands R.N. Laney. Dafne Schippers going in the second leg.

-- Holland are in lane eight. The top two teams progress

automatically with the two fastest losers.

It is a strong French quartet. Listen to this noise for a very

strong home quartet. Much is expected of them.

The Dutch quartet are incredibly strong. Three to go through

automatically. Two fastest losers over the two heats.

Look out for the changes. It is fairly clean at the moment. France

are going very strongly. The Netherlands are in a very strong

position. France still looking strong. Switzerland have got work to

do. France are putting on an exhibition. It is France, Holland

and Switzerland that go through. Italy will have to wait and see.

Very good form. That was a very quick time. I fought the Dutch would

have given them more of a run for their money.

quick time. I fought the Dutch would have given them Beware of the third

ranked team behind Jamaica and the United States in the world. -- they

were. The main thing is to get through the heats. Let us watch

this. The Dutch team right on the outside. Watch this. It looks like

she stretched. I am not sure she is flat-out during the -- going down

the back straight. France are really coming into it from the top bender.

-- from the top bender. -- bend. I think the Dutch are just stronger --

the French are just stronger as a quartet. France lay down a marker.

Confirmation of that, brands are quickest in Europe this year. The

Netherlands in second and Switzerland also go through

automatically. -- France of the quickest in Europe.

These are the athletes that will start the men's pole vault final.

Some British interest. Renaud Lavillenie recently broke the world

record. Steve Lewis, he won that Commonwealth title in the pole vault

equivalent of the penalty shoot out. Here he is in his opening attempt of

5.40 metres. He did not seem to have the speed. The plant look good.

Difficult to see from that angle what was not quite right. He may not

have had the operate were he wanted them. Not a good start. There is

Renaud Lavillenie. He brought -- broke the record in style. 6.16

metres and starts as a hot favourite to take the title.

He is looking very relaxed about the competition ahead, as do these

women, having a little jog out. The 4x400 metre race with the men, that

is coming up, and the great Britain women are coming up in the next

race. France setting a European lead in the opening heat. It is going

very quickly, Colin Bismarck yes, I am surprised with the time for

France, it was a strong, strong performance from them. A good

order, Denise? Yes, they have a good order, it is well planned. Steve

Cram has the commentary on this. Yes, the Ukraine will be good. We

have got the Bulgarians, they can rely on their athletes for the last

two macro legs. We have got a strong Great Britain team. Jodie Williams,

Bianca Williams, the riders that could come into this. Croatia, they

are outside. A pretty strong German team, not sure it is strong enough

to contest this British quartet. There is the German team. And Norway

and Russia are on the outside. By the look of the other teams, just to

mention, the England team, don't forget that we had the Commonwealth

Games, they have been switching and changing around all season, so it is

a different line-up, Asha Nelson, she ran on the anchor leg and is

running on the second leg, Anyika Onuora, she was in the second heat

and got dropped for the final. Dizzy Ray Henry has been given the job,

why not. Desiree Hendry, a strong British quartet, it could get better

Germany and Croatia, they have for the file if need be.

Germany and Croatia, they have started quickly. Ukraine, not as far

away as he would have expected. A good changeover, ashen else and down

the back straight. Germany still close. -- Asha Nelson down the back

straight. Germany have gone. It is Britain and Russia. One more

changeover. Hold your breath. That is fine. Desiree Henry on the

outside lane. Russia will be the other qualifiers. Let us watch the

clock. 42.6 four tenths down on what the French did. That team should

have easily qualified, to be honest. As ever, you have to get the baton

round, and Britain did it and did it pretty well. Just a bit difficult on

the changeover. Playing it safe, 42.62, and given that the team could

change, that is not a good start. One important thing to look at is,

it is a very strong squad, and you look at the options, France are

running very quick, 42.29, but that is them at full strength. They can

augment their squad into the final. Philip got out very quickly

alongside the Russian athlete. A decent handover. Asha Nelson taking

down the back straight. Some safe handover is, they will always bear

on that side of things. -- some safe handovers. Anyika Onuora need to

make sure that she held it properly. That was fine. Just a foot on the

line outside, but that is perfectly permissible. Meanwhile, the German

team were wandering back to have a fuel recriminations and

postmortems. That would have been a strong quartet for the Germans in

the final if they had gone through. Just to underline the strength of

this team, that is actually the third fastest ever by a British

team, 42.43 is the record. That was 13 years ago, so the third fastest

ever by that quartet. Right, Steve Lewis, we saw him knock

the bark, this is the second attempt. -- knock the bar. He had

the height. He definitely had the height. It looks as if the uprights

are not in the right position for him. He does have the option to move

them for his third attempt. His height is way in front of the

crossbar. He can move it towards himself, which means that he aligns

his high point, so he can move over the bar. Effectively coming down on

the bar and knocking it off. A second attempt failure, he is under

pressure here. We are with the British quartet that qualified so

easily and comfortably, Asha, getting your frustrations out in the

100, missing the final by 1000 of the second. We have such a great

team, we have practised so much over the year, the national lottery has

helped us out, the fact they have put us back on funding and they now

believe enough, and that is the best thing, because the girls always get

Bush to the back, but these girls here, I know that the national

record will come. -- pushed to the back. Not pushed back any more,

largely thanks to your bronze medal performance and you looked very

strong. It is all well and good being strong individually, but in

the relay, you need a team, all of these girls have done very well in

their events. It is all good that we are great individually, but that

makes this even stronger coming together as a relay team. What a

great team member you are, we saw you coming through to the final and

then with the anchor leg of the 4x400 metres, how will that develop?

I do not know, I need to make myself available, but this is the first

port of call, qualifying, helping these girls to reach the final and,

like Asha were saying, thanks to the national lottery for basically

helping us on the way. And, yes, bring on tomorrow! Desiree, you have

had a great event, and then reaching the final in this? Yes, I am so

delighted to be given the opportunity to get on the track once

again, we are part of such a strong team and to be able to anchor it,

and I just thought, they are doing such a great job, it is my chance to

do the same, so I am very excited for the final and it should be fun.

Enjoy it, good luck everyone. Just too tidy that up, a very good

performance from the British team. The best ever performance by a

British quartet. Russia going through. Some national records

behind them for Ireland and Norway, Germany were disqualified. Those

times for Ireland and Norway will not be good enough to get through as

fastest losers, they will go to Italy and Sweden. That is set up

really nicely. Three very strong teams, it could change for the

final, but that gold medal could be anybody's. Steve Lewis, he has

backed himself into a corner, he loves the pressure jump. Who began,

the third attempt, 5.40. Oh, yes, and breathe. Well done, Steve Lewis.

He is a pressure man. He loves that bit of extra spice for the third

attempt. He loves it. He is very effective at it. He made those

adjustments. That will settle his nerves. He can get on with the

business now. He has jumped 5.70 this season, he will need that, and

some, if he wants to get in with the medals. A shaky start, but his

competition will continue with a good clearance. A smile to relax

him. There he is, getting advice from his coach. Weldon, Steve, some

relief. Respecting the national anthems, there is Cooley the Cow, he

knows when to chill out! We can speak to add to merely, a real

golden hero, he has come to the studio. -- Adam Gemili. Whatever you

been doing for the last few hours? Trying to sleep! Trying to catch up

on sleep! Leading into the competition, you do not get much

sleep, so try to catch up and get ready for the relay. Had been looked

at the race yet? I have seen it. It was all right. That have a look at

it again. Yellow macro K! Adam Gemili, a huge opportunity to win

this title. Generally well-run better and better than the

Frenchman. He is enjoying the chase. Adam Gemili has gone through. Egan

to News to go away. Adam Gemili! It is the gold medal the Great Britain!

-- he continues to go away. Simply superb! European champion, that was

a target for me this year, and to achieve it, I am really happy. When

you cross the line and you were looking around, is it's just pure

shock? Were you looking for anything in particular? It was complete

shock. To have a gold medal and to achieve that goal, it was disbelief,

and it was really cold, wet and windy last night, so I did not

believe I had done it and I was waiting for it to be confirmed, and

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

below 20 in the heat, you looked like you had so much in new, and

with the conditions, you could take some off that also, some record

under threat. Yes, and John was biting his nails when you went onto

the track. When you are an athlete, when you prepare for the

competition, perhaps you were so in the zone, not paying any attention

to the wind, it was below 1.5. I did not find that out. It was quite a

headwind. We will see it again, talk us through it, what do you think? I

tried to get out well, accelerate from the bend, and literally, I just

remember thinking, step, step, because I could hear his footsteps

and I was thinking, I need to really push and fight and I dipped quite

early. I looked to my left and I saw he was not there, and I thought, oh,

my God. There is a lot of tension in his face. You can see that coming

into my face towards the end of the race. Just keep pushing. It was a

bit of a blur. You must have felt that a time like that was within

you, because I had been watching your face after all of these rounds,

and it looks like your thinking I am running faster than I wanted to.

Yes, and my coat said, take it easy, make sure that you qualify, qualify

well, but they won for the final. -- my coach. You want to have energy

getting into that. I wanted to see where I was and I finished quicker

than I expected, because I thought I was backing off a bit, because I

knew that the track was quick and the times would be quick, but

luckily, it was another performance below 20. You marvel many of the

Jamaican sprinters, in Moscow, one of them said to me, how does he do

this? And Ira mind them about Johann, because he runs his 200

metres with pure cadence. -- I remind them. How do you feel that

you run your twos? You got the injury switches came from football.

I do not have a massive stride length like Usain Bolt. You did not

double up in either the Commonwealth Games of the Europeans, you focus on

the 100 metres in the Commonwealth Games. You came here for the 200

metres. When the plan comes into effect and it works, it must be

satisfying to break up the Jamaicans and take on Christophe Lemaitre. It

would've been too much to do the double up. Is it something you would

do in the future? Yes, as I get older, fitter and stronger. I still

have got a lot of growing to do and a lot of work to put into my system.

Did you have a preference? They are both different. The 100 metres is

easier because you do not feel tired but if you make a mistake then it

could be your race over. The 200 metres, you have got more time to

analyse the race and use more tactics, but you feel shattered. You

are not involved in the relay, that is why you are sitting with us. Will

you be involved in the final? Potentially, I am confident that the

guys all, -- qualify with ease and if they want me in the team then I

will step up. It does not matter as we have got so many guys that can

fit in. There is hardly a considered LED. He is the proud owner of a

bronze medal. He was very happy with his achievements. -- Harry

Aikines-Aryeetey. After the 100 metres, James Dasaolu, my training

partner, he was not pleased with the time but he came away with the gold

medal. The women did so well. And especially yesterday in the 200

metres, the women were more impressive than the men. Bianca was

22.6 for fourth place? It gives us confidence going forward and we will

take to the relay. With us. -- stay with us.

Tell us off here if you are going to be involved. -- off air.

In the Commonwealth Games, Adam Gemili came in on the first leg for

James Ellington. Here let us James Ellington, Harry Kings ODT, and then

Danny Talbot on the final leg. -- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.

The men's hammer is underway. Krisztian Pars from Hungary with his

first full. He is the defending champion. That is better than

qualification. I say better, it is in the centre because he was pulling

them to the left. It opens his account with a clean effort. We

could see that he compensated by moving around the circle. He could

project the hammer out onto the centre of the sector. He is the

reigning Olympic and European champion. Season best over 80

metres. He is the favourite to win here. 78.11 is modest by his

standards. Here is Primoz Kozmus. He is from Slovenia. That looks pretty

healthy. Good balance and good speed. Good range of movement. He is

another man who has grown beyond 82 metres. That was five years ago.

Best of 77.44 this season. Seasons best buy Primoz Kozmus by two

centimetres to open his account. This is Pawel Fajdek. He had a foul

in the first round. That blue line is the lead of Krisztian Pars. We

are now in the second round. It looks like the head-to-head of

Krisztian Pars and Pawel Fajdek is unfolding as expected. The world

champion from last year. Wonderful Polish athlete winning yesterday in

the women's hammer. Got within one metre of the world record. Pawel

Fajdek goes into the lead with 78.4 lead.

James Ellington. He just missed out for a place in the final in the 200

metres. He had the same time and it went down to a draw. James Ellington

will want to take something from these championships. He makes stay

in for the final should Great Britain get through. James Dasaolu

could come in. He is the individual 100 metres winner. There is the

line-up. Great Britain and Northern Ireland goal in lane four. Three go

through automatically. Here is the Ukrainian quartet.

There is Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Danny Talbot anchored England to that medal and the Commonwealth

Games. This Swiss male quartet is not as strong as the women.

The Dutch quartet are the defending champions. They cannot afford to

rest the top man going in the second leg.

Great Britain dominated this event is not so long ago, when three

championships in a row. Then things went wrong. France and the

Netherlands have won the last two. Cleanly away. Ellington takes it out

for Great Britain. Ellington is running nicely. He hands it onto

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. He was bronze medal -- he won the bronze

medal in the 100 metres. The changeover is OK. The Netherlands

are going well on the outside. The changeover for Great Britain to

Danny Talbot is good. Switzerland are in second place as the noise

goes again in the Letzigrund Stadium. It is Great Britain,

Switzerland and then the Netherlands. That was swift for a

quartet that could get even stronger. Switzerland celebrate. I

did them a disservice. They were strong enough to come through. Great

Britain out in front. I think they did very well. That could be a Swiss

national record. Judging by Alex Nelson 's reaction, indeed it is.

They have just broken the national record. What are your four

Switzerland. The women and men have got better and better as the season

has gone on. They have had individual records in the 100 metres

and 200 metres. Congratulations to Switzerland, they will be joining

Great Britain in the final. That was a solid performance from Great

Britain. It was not superfast but it was good enough. We would like to

think we are better than the rest. Ellington on the first leg and they

are running for places as well. We could have a word with Adam Gemili

if he is still in the studio. It'll be interesting what the changes

could be. Surely you will put your best manning, James Dasaolu. Richard

Kilty, adjusting the Batten in his hand. Good performance for him round

the top bend. That was a good handoff. Safe and sound, not a

problem. The question is, if Adam Gemili comes in on the first leg

like a did in the Commonwealth Games, he could come in on the last

leg, only the boss knows. Great Britain is really teams used to be

mocked because they dropped the Batten. Not any longer because they

have worked hard at it. Great Britain go through safely with

Switzerland, national record, what a run that was. We will have to do

some mathematics to work out if Ukraine goes through

I have the successful quartet with me. I am interested to find out what

the nerves are like when you find out that it is a potential gold

medal on the horizon. We have to keep it controlled this afternoon. I

wanted a decent start. I did not properly react to the gun. As long

as I got out of the blocks then I would be fine. I give it to Harry

and he took care of the job. Confidence is at an all-time high

review? It is a team event. I have got more confidence with these guys.

We have been doing it for a while now. This quartet. It is all about

getting through the rounds and making sure they are in a position

to do well. It looks like in the final if you do what you did they

are, you will run a supremely fast time and take gold. As a team, we

are very confident that we are going to get the Batten round, they do it

every time. We should run a very fast time and get the gold. Danny,

you have had a busy time, it is great to get another run in your

legs and bring the team home in style? The 200 metres did not go

very well but I love doing the relay. They represent Great Britain

instead of ourselves. That is a great attitude. I just want to shout

out to the other athletes who are in the reserve team.

Sebastian Coe, an interested observer. Looking very smart in his

suit and tie. He must be on official duty today. Did he bet on that, he

looked very happy? Extraordinarily pleased to stop he is passionate

about distance running but he also likes to spend because he was a

quick man. Adam Gemili, they could be part of that quartet. He said he

genuinely doesn't know and his telephone has not been beeping with

any news. What would you prefer, first or last? First is probably be

easier leg. If I came in last I could do a good job. It'll be hard

to get myself into that team. When will they tell you? When everybody

gets back and has a meeting. If you are a decent 200-metre cup runner,

they tend to bring into the four x 400. Not for a while for me. Let us

look at the four that did the job today and got it ground safely. You

were nervous and excited? It was never in doubt.

It was never in doubt. Good change to Harry. Nice and easy.

Smith to Danny Talbot and bring the team home. Get consistent. How often

do you practice as 18? -- as a teen? We practice out in Florida, we know

how to exchange the baton now, we know not to lose the head, that was

the problem. The next heat, the French in this one. Steve Cram. A

weakened French team with Edwin of their main athletes, he would have

made them a real contender. -- with out one of their main athletes. I am

not sure this young man will have enjoyed his trip to Zurich so far,

he looked as though he could have been a contender in the 100 metres,

just did not perform well at all. He is the lead-off man for their team.

Watch out for Germany. The Italians, they will be good. They

have all run well. A good chance for them. And then a well drilled squad

from many of the others, look out for Portugal on the inside. And then

France, you will remember their sprinter, a great European sprinter,

9.99 he won the 100-metre final, and the French team, Vincent Slim

Maitre, the Portuguese team, that is not bad either.

The top three will go through. Away they go. Pretty even at the moment.

The Italians have started quickly, the French had a decent start. What

the changeover. Portugal are in it, they have got the baton OK. Italy

leading, France, Portugal, they are in it. Not a good change for the

Portuguese, lost about three metres. Germany have a good lead. France are

there. Portugal still have a chance for the top three, Poland also.

Germany are well clear. France and Italy coming into it, Germany,

France, Italy. Portugal, they will have to look at the clock. This

German squad, they will be pretty good in terms of being fairer, or

thereabouts, if Great Britain do falter. Germany, a lot of them

running well in these season best for the Germans, little bit quicker

than Great Britain. France, Italy, not quite up to their standard in a

photo finish for fourth and fifth place. The German talent comes

together in this sprinter. The Spanish were struggling in the

second changeover outside the Germans. They could have been

outside the box. Keeping an eye on the French and the Germans,

struggling to get it, struggling to get it! The Spanish,, the French and

the Germans running nicely, the Portuguese, they had this change. A

little bit too much to do. It would have been good to see France's other

crail air from Portugal in the final. -- Francis Obikwelu from

Portugal. The good news, Francis Obikwelu and Portugal will go

through. It would be a cracking final tomorrow. 38.15, the season

best for the German team, France also going through, Italy, the

outright qualifiers. Poland and Portugal, a new national record for

Portugal, they will go through to the final. Lead as tidy all of that

up. The lane draw some to be decided, but Germany and Great

Britain will be in the thick of it in the middle. Switzerland, great

from them, but it has got to be between the top two? I have done the

preparation, I just want to get out there and have another go. Jo Pavey,

40 years of age, nobody has won a medal at the European Championships

at that age! Here she goes! This is it! Her career has been about this

moment! Goldsboro Jo Pavey! She's the champion! -- gold for Jo Pavey!

She will love that. She has captured the imagination at home. It must

have been lovely in this squad to see her go out and win the first

track gold that was available? Yes, she set the standard, we were all

watching it around the TV, it gave everyone response because it was

amazing. She is such a great person, I do not know how she will be

feeling about that! She is enjoying this whole ride! You were still very

relaxed before the race, she was still very relaxed before the race,

just having a lovely time, and then to get into the zone and being

focused when you need to be, that is the way that you like to operate?

Yes, that is the way I am like around the team, I am quite fun, I

hope to think I am, a fun, happy person. I am not a footballer, the

football season has started today, we do not get to do this every week,

so when we come to a stadium full of people, then enjoy it, remember it,

so when you do the winter training, you think, I am aiming for this, to

be happy. And you spread the joy of athletics, as a convert from another

sport, it comes through that you are loving it. You could be like this!

Cooley the Cow! He is literally on fire! This creature, you never

ceases to amaze me! He is hilarious! There had been some great

ambassadors over the years, but Cooley the Cow will be one of the

most special, she says! Cooley the Cow, having some good times, and she

has been competing with Colin also, you will see the results of those in

the next few days! Thank you, Adam, for coming in and good luck in

getting in to the relay squad, and at 4:20pm, UK time, you will be

getting your medal. Thank you. Let's go back to Steve Backley. Steve

Lewis, we saw his third time successful, the next attempt is 5.6

Aero. -- 5.6 Aero. He's getting ready. Konstandinos Filipidis from

Greece. 5.60 cleared. That is good. Very tidy indeed. First time

clearances on all of his attempt this afternoon so far. The world

indoor champion at his very best. He has carried a drug ban in the past,

and is appointed to report. He carries that slur against his

neighbour evermore, unfortunately. -- against his name for ever more,

unfortunately. The cage on the right history, very close, you can see

both sides of the cage, making it very do the gold. The Hammer landed

in the middle of the centre, it clips the cage. Slotting it between

the trees is difficult. You can see it clipping the netting, but it

lands in the middle of the sector, so that suggests there is no room

for error for a right-handed thrower on the right, certainly. That is two

centimetres from the lead. Steve Lewis, live to the polevaulter. No.

Steve Lewis, 5.6 it has hit him hard. When the forces come to the

right hand, it was missed times. You do not get the compression. That is

his first time failure. This is his coach, you will be chatting to him

any second. It is all about getting the foot placement right, getting

into the position so that the plant is clean and the body is in the

right area. It is so often that the athletes look up to a easy bit of

hands waving. Steve Lewis has no problems in that regard. The advice

is always very good. We are looking for is to seeing Lynsey Sharp and

Jessica Judd coming up in the 800-metre final in six or seven

minutes time, but first, let us relive a great moments last night in

the 1500 metres when Laura Weightman took runs the Great Britain. The

women's 1500 metres have got the best athlete in the world. Laura

Weightman now decides that she wants this to be a faster race. It is a

medal winning average. Hassan wins the gold medal! Laura Weightman gets

the bronze medal. Absolutely brilliant by Laura Weightman. And

that bronze medal is hanging around the neck of none other than Laura

Weightman, and she is here, congratulations. Thank you. What is

it like the next day? It is incredible waking up, knowing what

you have achieved, it has been a busy few weeks, but I'm paying for

it this morning. My legs are sore and tired, but it is worth it. You

had to dig deep. Yes, I did that to myself, I wanted to make it a really

hard run race, I did not want to leave it for the last 300 and let

the last few good kickers get past me, so I am pleased that I made it a

harder race. We spoke about what the strategy was, is that what you

needed to do, you do not know how this race will be run? Yourself

seven is with the race and the way of getting to the big competition,

it is coming to the fore. -- your intelligence with the race. Yes, I

learned how to approach the race in the right way, I do feel that I'm

quite strong over the longer distances, so I can go a bit sooner

than everyone else, and for me, I do not have the out and outpace that

some of the other athletes do have, so if I go sooner, I can take the

sting out of their legs and make it a good race. We have got the last

600 metres, you can see the strategy here. Yes, what Steve was saying and

what Laura was saying, you go in with a race plan but you have to

adapt as the race happened around you, and that is what Laura is

really good at. She had to make the split decisions and race for the

bronze medal. She made it harder for herself. She made it an honest race.

I am paying for it today! I was in a lot of pain up to the finish line.

Put it into context, what does it feel I? It is pure pain, you want to

finish as soon as possible, your legs are tightening, the lactic acid

is building, you spend every bit of energy to try and get across the

line and that is it, you just want to stop. I was looking around

thinking, can I slow down and get to the finish line, I just wanted to

get there. You have to race to the line, there was no way to ease up.

We set last night, did you feel ill? I stared -- I said to Steve

afterwards, we do not remember doing that when you cross a line, I just

sat down and I was very tired. On the back of the Commonwealth Games

and coming here to do two really tough rounds, it does take it out of

you. I was able to sit down and think that I had done it. And you

had a huge pizza, which I saw on twitter. It is a great way to

celebrate. Pepperoni pizza. I had no chips. The 800 metres is the next

final on the track. Jessica Judd and Lynsey Sharp. She was the winner two

years ago. She came second on the day but the Russian was suspended

and Lynsey Sharp became a champion. David it again? She is defending

champion as we have explained and there has never been a women that

has defended this title. She is getting more and more confident with

every round. As is Jessica Judd. Steve Cram is commentator.

She will be hoping that success rubs off. I think Lynsey Sharp has been

in great success just when she needed to be. She has grown in

stature in terms of being an 800-metre championship at it. I

think the Commonwealth Games champion -- the Commonwealth Games,

tough as it was, as -- has set that your two the European junctures. It

is a very tough field. The relevant Mirela Lavric is a former junior

champion. I think this is a lady who would be

the biggest danger. Maryna Arzamasova. Hostels race was in the

heats. -- her slowest race. The two Russians, you will have to watch for

them. Vania Stambolova was the fastest loser coming into this

final. Mirela Lavric one two titles back-to-back in the juniors. She

beat Jessica Judd in the Junior Championships. Yekaterina Poistogova

is a 23-year-old Russian. She is not showing the form that we thought she

would do here but do not break off. Svetlana Rogozina, the other

Russian. She has moved up from 400 metres. She can run a 52 second 400

metres. There is Maryna Arzamasova. She will be tough. Lynsey Sharp.

Reading the gold as the defending champion after finishing second two

usable. The only other British winner of this race was in 1969.

Jessica Judd, still just 19 years of age, still a junior. Much better

from her in the semifinal. Joanna Jozwik, the Polish champion on the

outside. Not much to choose between these women in terms of times. It is

all about who gets it right on the day. Who has got the mindset, the

tactics, who can do what they have dreamt about. Make the right

decisions out there. No outright frontrunners in this

field. Nobody will take it out and run away. Remember what happened in

the men's 800 metres final, that make me in scared about doing that.

Watch and see what happens. I am not sure that Lynsey Sharp will want to

leaders like she did in the semifinal. She was reluctant to step

across into the lead. Lynsey Sharp is now finding herself at the front.

She seems to have resolved to have been there. She did not hesitate and

slow down. We know that she has a really fast finish. She is doing it

as she wants to do it. She will try to control this. She looks strong

and comfortable. She is the reigning champion. It is signified by the

yellow name on her best. -- on her breast. She has got company with

Maryna Arzamasova on her shoulder. She is using commitment. She has got

one athlete on her shoulder and thy are clear of the field.

She will either run out of legs or she will run something very fast.

Lynsey Sharp and Maryna Arzamasova are completely clear. She tries to

kick but she has not got rid of the athlete behind her. It is between

these two. Lynsey Sharp has to dig and fight as Maryna Arzamasova moves

out pastor shoulder. -- past or shoulder. Lynsey Sharp takes silver.

Joanna Jozwik takes bronze. Lynsey Sharp took it on and went hard. She

tried to have something in the home straight but she ran out of legs.

The European champion as Maryna Arzamasova, fastest time in Europe

this year. That was a huge performance from her. For Lynsey

Sharp, it was so close. It was a personal best but that -- that might

not be consolation. She did it the hard way. And if you set a Lynsey

Sharp she would go out from the war -- out from the front and 11.58, she

might think that would be enough. Jessica Judd is very tired and Hardy

will come. -- her day. Tired and disappointed. I do not think Lynsey

Sharp did anything wrong. 28 seconds for the opening 200 metres and that

was controlled running. Lynsey Sharp kicks at this point. She was trying

to break Maryna Arzamasova down the back straight. It was powerful

running from Lynsey Sharp. She was running with real conviction. She

was running physically as well as she possibly could. You cannot do

much better than that. The last 200 metres, she slowed down. She try to

kick again but it was never enough to get rid of the danger. 31.2 for

Lynsey Sharp for the last 200 metres as she begins to tire. She gives

everything and she is on her way to a Scottish record and her personal

best, and the silver medal. She will be disappointed but she has done

everything possible. There was not anything wrong with that

performance. She did not go too quickly and ran sensibly. She looks

desperately over her shoulder. That was a good performance, silver and

Commonwealth Games and silver in the European Championships. She is a

world class athlete and she deserved that medal, maybe deserved a little

bit more than that. She moves into eighth place in the UK all-time

list. Look how hard she is fighting. She probably does not realise that

Joanna Jozwik is inside her. She has to push despite how tired she is.

She has to fight for the silver. You have to hand it to Maryna

Arzamasova, she had a very good race, dragged round by Lynsey Sharp.

Another medal will stand her in very good stead indeed for the next two

years. She has shown she can run championship races. Gold medal for

Belarus. That was a personal best and European leader for Maryna

Arzamasova. Good performance from Joanna Jozwik, personal best for the

young Polish athlete. Jessica Judd was

We saw you got some attention from the medics, are you OK? I gave it

everything. I could not get anything more. To make two finals is a dream

come true. I wish I could have ended it better. I could not do anything

more. This is just part of the bigger richer for you, you are still

just a junior. -- bigger picture. You can be proud of your

achievements. I am proud. I felt I was capable of a medal today. Lynsey

Sharp ran a great race and I was on the back foot. I tried to kick off

the bend and it was nothing near. -- there was nothing there. I could not

do anything more. I have to thank everyone who have looked out for me

and got me here. Thank you for talking to us.

Jessica Judd has had a good year. She demands so much of herself. It

was a very brave run. You could not ask of anything more than to come to

a major championship final and run a personal best, and in the manner

that she did. She was in a lot of pain. She had an anxious look over

her shoulder as she was coming in. As soon as she realises she had run

that time, she would know there's nothing more she could do. The other

athlete was too good and just act on her shoulder. We did see that she

would be the danger one to watch. Lynsey Sharp could not have done

anything more and she should be proud of herself.

If you are new to athletics then you might not have seen this. We have

got a cowbell to celebrate medals. We have got the face of the athlete

who has just got a medal, Lynsey Sharp, so she goes on to the silver

board. Well done Lynsey Sharp. That was a good medal for Great Britain.

Let us pick it up just before the bell. You can see the frontrunning.

She took it on elderly. -- ticket on early.

Once you have done that you have committed yourself. She pushed on an

even harder through this 200 metres. She cannot open up the tiny bit of

daylight that she needed. You can see Jessica Judd in that dilemma,

does she push on? She made that decision to push on and the other

athletes were queueing up behind her. Joanna Jozwik swept pastor.

Lynsey Sharp has panicked well again. That tactical astuteness. --

past her. What she is concentrating on is maintaining her form. She is

desperately trying to hold onto that silver medal. You can see that she

was well clear although Joanna Jozwik was closing. How difficult is

it to run a race like that from the front? I think it is very tough. For

Lynsey Sharp, she would sit at the back and come forward and kick. It

was good to see her commit and Billy fight. She really wanted to get that

win. It was impressive to see her do so well. Saying Jessica Judd so

upset got to me. I did not like to see heart upset, we share rooms and

she is new to Championships. It was good to share with her and try to

keep relaxed. She has done very well since the stress fracture in her

back. She is so young, and she burst onto the scene to our attention as a

below two minute runner, and it is a lot of pressure and attention to

come to the fore over this short period of time. Yes, and people

forget that she is only 19 and what she achieved today is incredible and

she will go on to bigger things in the future, but this has been a year

to learn, she has experienced learning at a championship, the

stress and the pressure, I am always very nervous for these heaps and I

feel terrible, and it is about learning to deal with that and it

will only help her in the future. Adam Gemili, giving her a hug, he

hoped for another success for Great Britain, it is a success, a

fantastic silver medal for Lynsey Sharp. What about you, Laura? You

have come to major championships, two medals, a great summer, what is

your next aim? It is a lot coming up with the World Championships, and

this year was a big year for me to learn to come in with expectations

from myself, not necessarily from everyone else, to come away with a

medal, and I have become more tactically aware, and I want to push

myself onto the world level and try to become world-class and try to

push for those medals in big championships, because that is the

ultimate goal. Some more years of improvement, I think I can start

mixing with the best of the world. Let us go to Phil Jones, he has got

Lynsey Sharp there. Congratulations, to run like that

from the front, it was really great and stop yes, I have been

frontrunning which was totally different for me, I thought, I will

go for it, I knew I was in PB shape, and it is not the most control way

to race, I was running scared the whole way, but unfortunately it's

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

of the emotion after Glasgow and to do it here, and raise so supremely,

to get to this point, it is great. In April, I was in hospital for two

weeks, on and biotics, and at that point I did not know if I would have

a season to come out running, and to have the European two Scottish

record, a Commonwealth silver, European silver, and not doing this

before January, I am really looking forward to getting into full

training. You are in world-class now, imagine what you can do from

here? Yes, I am so happy, that record was in my mind, and to get

that without even trying, I was just racing today without even trying.

Congratulations. We're going to the women's four x

400 metres relay heats coming up next, first, just to say, thank you

to Laura, where will you be racing next? Stockholm, next week,

hopefully. Let us go to Steve Cram now, years commentating on this

event. It is easy doing this commentating job! Mind you, Laura is

a great person to code! Turkey, France, Belgium, Olivia Bourdy will

be on the third leg for Belgium. Her older brothers, they were knocked

out, one pulled out. -- Olivia Borlee.

Romania, not a bad team here. Portugal, outside Romania, the best

of their athletes on leg two. The Italian Quartet, a good team, a good

squad, they can afford to leave out Grenot. Great Britain coming up in

the next semifinal. Ukraine, the defending champions. A

good squad, they have got. They do not have Zemlyak. They do have Stal

in the last leg. And Italy. Watch out for them also. And France.

Well, a nice, long hold to get them settled in the blocks. This always

provides you with lots of drama towards the end of any

championships. Willie get any drama in these heaps? It should be

straightforward for three of these teams. -- will we get any drama in

these qualifying heats? Right on the outside, it is the Italians. There

team on a very good start. -- the Italian team on a very good start.

At the moment, Italy, running very strongly. Ukraine running well,

France on the inside. Italy have had a very strong first leg, Ukraine in

a good position also. I would not be surprised if they were the first

three in automatic wallet the case in. -- in automatic qualification.

France, Ukraine and Italy out in front. Yesterday, we had Francis

Obikwelu leading them home in that race, and now, we have got the three

teams pulling away from the rest. France, Ukraine, Italy, Ukraine just

about getting into the lead. Struggling to get the Aton ad for

France. -- struggling to get the baton out for France. Ukraine, had

in front of France at the moment. It is a little bit closer now for the

third place. Belgium, sitting, poised looking to get into the top

three. Ukraine are leading, the French in a good spot, these two

battling it out for a third and fourth, Italy and Belgium, as we get

to the final change. The top three only guaranteed a place in the

final. France are clear in second at the moment, then it is Italy holding

on to third place. Sony has the baton for them. Willie 's two teams

go quicker? -- will these are two teams go quicker? France, just

trying to run down. It is a battle for third position. Keeping a little

bit in reserve. This is the battle for third, Italy just pulling away

again. She will make sure her team gets to the final, so Ukraine,

France, Italy, then Belgium. Tasting by Romania, Portugal and Finland. --

chased in. A lot of these teams will change, that is the main thing to

say, the better teams will bring other athletes in for the final.

Ukraine will be tough. The defending champions. They have got Zemlyak to

come in. This is the battle for third and fourth position. It was a

battled out by the Italian. She was a target for the Belgian for

adjusting Greer. She is trying to hold out. The Ukrainians will be

tough in the final. Those others coming in. Look at the split there

for the Ukrainian team. You have got to be a patient athlete

as a pole-vault champion. Here is the world record-holder, starting

his campaign. Incredible. 5.65. He is just safer nominal athlete. 6.16,

he looks all of that. That is his opening jump. Look at how clear that

is. That is a wonderful trot. Very clear of that opening jump for him.

Steve Lewis has chosen to pass at this height, having gone clear at

5.40, his best. He is carrying a sale had by .6 are. Renaud

Lavillenie looking very good indeed. This man not so much, Krisztian

Pars, the Hungary. A struggle after two throws. Is this battery? --

better? Yes, it is. He has got his best so far. 78.45. That was three

centimetres short of the Polish thrower. It's looks like the big man

in the third round has finally taken charge. That is the 18-metre line,

it is way beyond that. I doubt it. I apologise. You gave us reason to

doubt before. That is a big throw. That Ukrainian win was very

impressive, they have got some other athletes that they can bring in.

France and Italy joining them in the final. Before the next heat, let us

take a look at what happened in the marathon this morning, I can tell

you that France broke away in the final stages to take the gold medal,

39 years old, one year younger than Jo Pavey. The biggest title of her

career to date, two errors, 25 minutes and 14 seconds. A silver

medal for Italy. -- two hours, 25 minutes. The next set of the relay

heats, Steve Cram with this one. This British quartet is raring to

go, none of these took part in the individual event, and they will be

wanting to make a mark. It is Victoria Ohuruogu, the younger

sister of Christine Ohuruogu. As we look at the German quartet, that is

pretty strong, Emily Diamond the Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

she was unlucky not to be selected here. She had a decent time in

Germany in July. There is the Slovak Republic in lane four. Croatia are

going in lane five and notable, because this athlete is 15 years

old, she is on the first leg. 54.5 seconds her best so far. The Russian

quartet, in days gone by, they would be to be feared. But not this year.

It is not quite that strong, still strong enough to challenge for a

medal, but not on par. Lithuania, they have got a semifinalist in the

hurdles. It is a decent Polish quartet as

well in lane one. Kelly Massey was a finalist in the

Commonwealth Games. On the third leg is Ohuruogu. And the world champion

will bring them home. This should not present too much of

a challenge for Great Britain. The second heat of the four x 400

metres. The Russian athlete was asking him

what he was talking about. I have seen that a couple of times. The

officials like the fingers to be right behind the line. We settle in

again. The Russians are certainly strong

enough but not incredibly powerful as it has been in the past with the

Russian quartet. Emily Diamond, coached by the same

person as Danny Talbot. She takes Great Britain out. The Russians

making some ground on Lithuania as you might imagine. Great Britain

moving on nicely. There is a long stagger in the four x 400 metres.

Russia are looking good. Emily Diamond was the lead off runner in

the England team in the heats and the Commonwealth Games but could not

make it into the final. She will want to run well and she would want

to make it into the final. Paul and had a very scrappy handover in lane

one. Poland could be contenders. It was not a good first leg for Poland.

Britain running well out in front ahead of the German. Three go

through automatically. It has been a good lead by the Polish athlete. She

is trying to get past the Russian. Britain out in front. And it is

Ohuruogu, the other one, Victoria. She will have to run smart. It is

likely that the fourth team will go through as a fastest loser. The

Russians forcing the issue. And Victoria Ohuruogu is trying to do

the right thing, go with her. Russia start to pull away. Germany coming

back into it. Tight for the third spot. It will be a good race for the

automatic qualifying. It is likely that the fourth team will go through

as a fastest loser. Germany and Poland involved a little

bit further back. Russia will clear at the moment. They should be strong

enough to had a good race with Ukraine in the final but Britain

could get stronger. And Ohuruogu is coming back strong, she is bearing

down on the Russian athlete. Portland moves into third place

ahead of Germany. -- Portland. Russia might just have been giving

it on the line. It was a good run by Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

I think Germany will go through anyway as a fastest loser. The

Russian was tiring. She was third in the Russian Championships. You can

see how much -- how much she is struggling. Britain getting closer

all the time. It is still a good run to go through.

I think it was pretty good to be honest. Emily Diamond, 32.7. Kelly

Massey, 51.6 on the second leg. Victoria Ohuruogu was strong on the

home straight and ran a 52.7 leg. And the final leg, she had a go at

the Russian, 51.3. Ukraine will abound about the same time in the

first heat but they have got two good athletes to comment. Will Jodie

Williams coming for Great Britain or will she go in the 100 metres? I am

presuming that Christian Ohuruogu will be brought into the squad. They

will have to analyse this and see who did well and work out who gets

the chance to run for glory. People talk about Jodie Williams and Bianca

Williams being 400 metres runners in the future. That is a good run from

Margaret on anchor leg. She nearly caught Russia on the line. Great

Britain and Northern Ireland go safely through.

The pole vault is making the most of good conditions. 5.704 Steve Lewis.

-- five .70 is the target for Steve Lewis. It was not a lot wrong

fraught with that. -- not a lot wrong with that. He has clear that

at some point of this year. It was good conditions. He is carrying the

failure at 5.60. We are with the four x 400 metres

women. Good performance. Emily, you started so well. You give the bat

into Kelly in the lead. The aim today was to get them into a good

start. -- baton. It is a lovely track, really fast to run on. I

really enjoyed myself. There is talk amongst the teams that Britain could

pick up a medal. You had to negotiate this first. The first

round, you have to qualify in a good position and hopefully get a good

clean tomorrow. I am not sure who is running yet. Is the competition with

any competition? We are all so close time wise, it is a bit unsure who

will be picked. Either way, people have a strong team. You all play

your part and Victoria, you played use today. You expect your sister to

come in tomorrow, what is it like to be part of this? Without my sister

being heard it was different. She is like the mother of the group.

Hopefully I did an all right job today. You did very well. Margaret,

you brought the team home, you did not take it easy? It is a

competition within the competition. I just tried to do a good job for

the team. Like Kelly said, we are very close. If I was to run badly I

would feel bad for the team. I did my best for them. You all did well.

Good luck tomorrow whoever runs. Enjoy it.

Safely through. Just behind Russia. Germany were run out of it

automatically but we're one of the fastest losers. Here are the

qualifiers for the final that takes place tomorrow. Ukraine will be

tough to beat. They will have a couple of additional athletes coming

in making them stronger. Great Britain and Northern Ireland could

change things as well. Britain's Steven Lewis, the bar is

at 5.70. It was a close attempt. It was not

meant to be. 5.70 proved too much this afternoon. That is a shame. Let

us have a look. He seemed to have the height but just came down on the

bar. He was not able to clear a height we know he is capable of. It

is being a good summer for them. -- it has been done.

The world record-holder, Renaud Lavillenie, congratulating Steven

Lewis on his performance. I have done my preparation and just want to

get out there. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age, nobody has ever won a medal at

the European Championships at that age. This is it, how entire career

is about this moment. Gold for Jo Pavey, she is champion. --

4.3 five p.m., Jo Pavey will go for her second gold. -- 430 five p.m..

There is Eilidh Child. She was the poster girl for Scotland at the

Commonwealth Games. She brought the house down at Hampden Park. She

wants to be in the medals here but it is different opposition.

Enjoying the athletics is the new silver-medallist, Matthew

Hudson-Smith. Have you seen your race yet? No. Would you like to?

Maybe. That was enthusiastic. For Martyn Rooney, this could be a

moment of destiny. We thought he would have a career full of medals

but he struggled to get onto the rostrum. Hudson-Smith with that

style of his down the back straight. The British athletes are

coming through. He will find Rooney and Conrad Williams ahead of him.

Hudson-Smith chasing Ren?e. Can any be strong enough? Here comes

Hudson-Smith. It will be close. -- chasing Ren?. For Martyn Rooney, it

has been a long journey to win gold for his country over 400 metres.

Well done to Martyn Rooney. There is the silver medal hanging around the

neck of Matthew Hudson-Smith. You revealed that you've got an

archive of your favourite runners. It is my Twitter background. It is

like you are racing against one of your heels and training instant, and

he is probably mentoring you? He is looking after me. I spoke to him on

the plane and he said he was very fond of you. It is expensive to

phone from here. He let you use your phone? -- use his phone. He must

really like you. Everybody wants to give you advice and put their arm

around you and show you the rope is. -- ropes. Yes, they were helping me

at dinner, making sure I was eating the right food. I was having a fish

finger sandwich. They were guiding you in the right direction

nutritionally! The food, it's all right, but it is not a fishing

sandwich! Your colleagues are out there at the moment getting ready

for the next event. You brought them home in Glasgow. Adam O'Brien going

in this event. You would like to be in this tomorrow if they get

through? That would be fantastic. That track is amazing, it is proper

quick. Let us go down and enjoy this, this is Steve Cram

commentating, I need to keep him here, he wants to be running in

this! He will be part of it tomorrow, I'm pretty sure, if he

behaves themselves! Eye injury he will do that as well! Martyn Rooney

will be on duty as well today. This should be fairly straightforward for

this British team, hopefully. On the inside, Italy, Germany, the Czech

Republic here. A good French team also. Lots of experience this team.

The Ukrainian team... You kind of look through some of these teams for

these" jewels that can make a change, make a difference maker

difference. -- for these athletes that can make a change.

So, Nigel Levine with the job of leading this team off. Martyn Rooney

on the last leg. Plenty of strength and depth in this British team.

No Conrad Williams, obviously. He is one of the young men sitting

upstairs. Hopefully, everything will be nice and safe and Nigel Levine

will get us off to a good start. In lane one, staggering to unwind. The

French have started well. Right in the middle, in lane five. The

Netherlands, going pretty well also. Nigel Levine, running a good leg,

made up a lot of ground. Michael Bingham gets to run the first Ben

Delaney one. Britain and France looking strong. -- Michael Bingham

gets to run the first bend in lane one. Britain are moving into the

lead at the moment. Germany settling into third place. France sneaking

into the lead. Germany trying to close the gap at the moment. This is

a good raise at the moment. Fourth, fifth and sixth, the Czech Republic

are there, the Ukraine, the Italians. Night running from Michael

Bingham, he will hand over to Yousef. The French... He shuts out

France, he gets the chance to control. Great Britain,

France, he gets the chance to control. Great from France, France

have got a good 400-metre runner, trying to hang on to Yousef. That is

hard for him for the first 200 metres. Coming under pressure from

France and Germany on the home straight, but these three are

pulling clear of the rest. Great Britain held in front. Use of has

run a strong leg, starting to feel the burn. -- Yousef has run a strong

leg. The final leg, Martyn Rooney has the baton, easing into the lead.

They are clear of the German. Germany, clear by a long way, of the

rest. These three clear for the last leg. Martyn Rooney going through the

motions. Back in the day, below 44, think, 43.7, 43.8 for a relay leg.

He is looking over his shoulder. Looking at the screen instead. No

problem at all. Great Britain, France, in clear. Not bad at all,

outside three minutes. Three minutes a good performance. Every

performance, every opportunity to improve on that. These men have done

very well indeed. Nigel Levine left them off well, Yousef did well in

the third leg, and Martyn Rooney brings it home. Martyn Rooney ran a

44, just outside that, it was like a stroll. Only France and Germany have

national records below three minutes of the other quartets here. Martyn

Rooney come he was looking around here quite a bit. I thought he would

sneak into the inside, but Martyn Rooney, incredibly comfortable. It

goes for a well indeed for the British quartet. -- very well. Great

Britain hit in front, Martyn Rooney controlling things in the final leg,

but pointing to the rest of the team and say, thank you very much, you

set me up very nicely indeed. Nigel has not joined us yet, we will hear

from him in a moment, but first, the newcomer, a spur performance, great

to be part of this team? It is an absolute honour to have this

opportunity, I had been waiting for a long time and I got my shirt, so I

am pleased. He did not disappoint. Michael, you are used to this time

and again, the key today, getting the baton around in one piece, but

outside three minutes, still pretty swift. We could not believe how fast

we were running, the heat, in two years time, we were talking to the

guys, we really want the record, so, 2.56, it is a long shot, but if we

keep running like this, if we run together as a team like I said in

the Commonwealth Games, running for each other, that record will go down

sometime soon. Great to aim for Nigel, this is like a competition

within a competition to push the team on. This is why I did not make

the individual, the team made a fantastic job, it is our turn to

bring home this gold medal. Hopefully, by tomorrow, we can put

on a show for everybody. Hopefully you can do this. Matt Hudson-Smith,

he said you were one of his heroes, great to hear, you do not get the

day off! No rest for the wicked, I thought I would have fired from my

place at the Commonwealths, if I had stayed in bed all day, I would

probably have more fatigue tomorrow, so it is good to get the run-out, so

the guys were very impressive today. I did not see the first leg because

I was underneath. I didn't not realise the race had started. You

had a great time. I was relaxed, I came off the bend, the French kid

was in my shadow, I could not see him, I was like, where has he gone?

Really happy, really impressed with these guys, they were amazing. Good

luck tomorrow. Good look to Sarah and Anthony on their new baby, even.

Good luck to my cousin Matt and Vanessa, they got married yesterday,

congratulations! Glad they got on well! You want them a good medal,

they would be pleased with that! A slight excuse for missing that

wedding, he was winning a gold-medal! They will let him off!

Germany, a season best, also, they go through to the fire. At the risk

of sounding like a local radio station, anybody want to sell it

to? ! Hello to my mum! And my dad! You have said hello to your mum, she

might want to see this picture from Twitter! This is from the team

meeting ahead of the meat here, and not enough keeping you interested.

It was your nap time! I try to keep calm. I try to keep it in. I am not

sure! I am a bit of an enigma. You need to stay focused at those

meetings! Let skilled to the next heat of this event. That's my girl

go. Belgium would historically be

strong. The Borlee brothers are out. Ireland are strong here as well.

This is Brian Greene, a finalist in the European Championships last

year. -- Brian Gregan. This is a decent four for Ireland, three go

through automatically. Switzerland are involved here. Carrying Hussein

might be involved, but a little bit tired after his efforts in winning

the hurdles. The Russians in lane four, Belgium do not have Jonathan

Borlee atrophy had to withdraw from the individual. Kevin Borlee has not

been running particularly well. the individual. Kevin Borlee has not

been running If Kevin Borlee can get back to his best, reasonably strong.

Croatia, Ireland, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, Spain. The

first three go through automatically. Taking things out for

a Belgium, Ireland in lane two with Brian Gregan on the first leg and a

lot of noise for the Swiss quartet. A lot of noise for the Swiss. The

Russians, still a strong quartet, they are the defending champions.

They will be very, very strong in the third and fourth legs. Trying to

get closer to the time set by Great Britain in the first heat and France

also, so impressive. The powerful figure of Brian Gregan bringing

Ireland around. Croatia has a 1500 metre runner on their legs. Doing

the job for his team and Ireland, very much in this.

Russia come across to take the lead. Belgium could've done with the other

brother who was not selected. Jonathan Borlee injured his

hamstring before the 400 metres final. It is Russia, Belgium and

Poland. Brian Markey of Ireland but he is doing a good job. -- Brian

Murphy. Ireland are settling into a decent

position in third place. Russia will not be caught now out in front.

Poland in second place. Ireland Ireland third place with Richard

Morrissey. --Ireland are in. The Spanish team are closing down on

the Belgians. Russia in the lead and Poland going for second spot. On the

last leg for Belgium, Kevin Borlee. He is giving chase to Thomas bar. --

Barr. Kevin Borlee was disappointing in the individual event but

disappointing for him is still good enough in the relay. The Irishman is

holding off Kevin Borlee. Ireland hold on for third. Belgium have to

settle for fourth place. Belgium have a great recent history here and

could still go through as a fastest loser. It was a cracking race by the

Irish quartet. It was a gutsy run on the last leg. He went out hard so

that Jonathan Borlee did not have an easy job to catch. -- Kevin Borlee.

The Irishman has a lot of strength from his 400-metre hurdling. We

think that is an Irish record. It is a new national record for Ireland.

It could be down to that man on the last leg. Quickly to his team-mates

to celebrate. That was a big achievement, reaching the final, and

who knows what can happen in the final. Ireland are safely through

with Russia and Poland with Belgium going through as a fastest loser.

This is Jan Kudlicka in the pole vault final. That was the end of his

competition. Kevin Menaldo also have three bad jumps. That leaves one man

only, Renaud Lavillenie. He needs this for gold. Yes! He makes that

look so easy indeed. Just his second jump of the competition. He came in

at 5.65. He cleared about by half a metre. Then at five point 80, he's

carried it. -- at 5.80, he skied it. A trio of European Championships. He

has defended it twice now. The Olympic champion. It is called for

Renaud Lavillenie. -- it is a gold medal. He might try to attempt the

world record, his own world record. That could be what he is talking

about. I have done the preparation and just

want to get out there. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age. Nobody has won a medal

at the European Championships at that age. How entire career has been

about this moment. Old for Jo Pavey, she is the champion. -- gold. Jo

Pavey will be back on the track in under half an hour. Going for gold

in about 15 minutes time, Eilidh Child, silver medal from Glasgow.

She is in the call up room. She is going through her strategy. Going

through those last-minute forts all on her own. And the unknown is

Lynsey Sharp, ready for hard medal said many for the 800 metres. -- out

there now. It has been a great summer for her. She was the

defending champion of this race. She ran a strong 800 metres. She ran

from the front. 1.58 bonfire -- 1.58.8. That is a new personal best.

You can see that the personal best for this young lady has improved.

She is the Polish champion. That is a massive jump forward for four. --

for her. She straight strong whilst others were faltering. -- stayed

strong. It was a brave run from Lynsey

Sharp. We said it was not the way she would normally go about running

a final. She took it on when nobody else wanted to. She made it very

hard. But for the last 40-15 metres, she would have been rewarded with a

gold medal. It was a silver medal but a really good personal best of

four Lynsey Sharp. And the winner was Maryna Arzamasova. She was

dragged around by Lynsey Sharp. If you can get a pacemaker like that! .

She had the fortitude. She has had a couple of decent runs against Lynsey

Sharp around the circuit. Gold for Belarus.

BELARUS NATIONAL ANTHEM BELARUS NATIONAL ANTHEM.

The two were pretty close last time. This time she takes the gold medal.

A coach won the silver medal for Belarus in 1994. Well done to

Belarus and well done to Lynsey Sharp. She has had two medals, the

Commonwealth Games and the European Championships. She is improving all

the time. The next medal ceremony will be the

men's 200 metres. We have been checking Matthew Hudson-Smith 's 200

metres history. Adam Gemili will be out there. You raised against them

as a junior. It was in Derby and he absolutely smashed me. What age

would you? I think it was under 20. It was not long ago. I want a

rematch against him. Your journey from 200 to 400 was necessitated by

your body. I had a growth spurt and I could not control my limbs. I was

very skinny, like a little twig. I would like to think I am bigger. Not

really, compared to other people. Because of that lack of control you

were picking up injuries? Every year my coat with asked me if I wanted to

do a 400 metres and I said, not yet. -- my coach. With the June proof?

You said you did not run the tactical Beachy wanted to so queer

where your mistakes? It is my speed. I want to get my speed up and

drop my time. -- so where I keep saying I want to raise my

friend against 600 metres. You could race David radicchio now. You do

have a very long stride. -- Rudisha. I am always trying to work on my

technique. In the window, I am shocking. These are still loads to

work on. It did not feel like it that day in Birmingham, it did not

feel like that to you because you were so surprised that you ran so

quickly. I like to think that there's a lot more in there People

are telling me that there is a lot more in there. You can always learn

more. You are a sponge right now, you are taking everything in. Let us

have a look at Eilidh Child. She is involved in the next race on the

track. It goes off in about six minutes time. She is taking on board

that all-important food. That big yellow finally came out in the sky

today and it is warmer in here. - big yellow thing. The next race

after that is the women's 5000 metres. Jo Pavey is inside. We will

change channels just before 4:30 p.m.. Jo Pavey just having a few

strides before she goes out. It is a Eilidh Child to see she can add to

the silver medal that she took in the Commonwealth Games. She must be

feeling very confident because she has been displaying consistency.

That is what is important in the 400 metres hurdles. She has to use the

same stripe pattern and be aggressive of the final barrier. -

stride pattern. It is compressed -- it is competitive with a lot of

talent out there. It will not be a one-horse race. She will have to be

close to her best to take this title. What about the technique

Eilidh Child? We had a good look at the men over 110 metres. Dealing

with conditions has been very difficult because it has been windy,

cold and raining. What has been very good about that is that she has

stuck to her timing and rhythm. She has 15 states for the first five.

That takes to the 200 metres mark. -- 15 strides.

She takes this on her left leg which is stronger legs. She has more

control into the barrier and then one very quickly if she wants to.

You want to be fuelling a strong and confident going into that final

barrier as you can. With this surface being so quick, will she

have to make adjustments to her technique? The adjustments will be

visual, because that is the way she does this, you can pick up the

cadence but not change the rhythm or the strike pattern. Eilidh Child was

the poster girl, in Glasgow, she was everywhere, she seemed to relish it,

she did not just cope with that, she enjoyed the experience. I got

introduced to her by Martin, we were sitting at a table with her and Dai

Greene and she was just great, she will deal with it all right. She

looks all right, she is focused I saw her in the food hall, she looked

ready. Hopefully, she will win and get a PB. Letters see how ready she

is, let us go for yes, the athletes to look out for, the Czech

Republic, Anna Titimets is a threat for Ukraine in lane six. Joanna

Linkiewicz, the Polish champion, she goes on the inside, never favoured

by the 400-metre hurdles. The conditions are very, very good

indeed. This track is so fast. Vera Rudakova for Russia, a former world

champion back in 2010. Looking for the first gold medal in this event

since Sally Gunnell back in 1994, she will have things to say about

that. This lady would have things to say about that. Had a silver medal

in Helsinki behind the women outside her. The Russian champion, defending

European champion, she should be intimidating, but she is away from

her best form of a couple of years ago. Anna Titimets, look out for

her, second in qualifying behind Eilidh Child. On the outside, from

Belgium, she completes the line-up. It is Eilidh Child, she has won all

of her meetings in the Manchester City games, the Rome Diamond

League, in Oslo, only Kelly Spencer could get the better of Eilidh Child

in the Commonwealth Games. Is it time for her... ?

Away they go, Eilidh Child on the way, the other big threat, Anna

Titimets in lane three, her big rivals in her side at the moment. A

strong start by the Czech Republic, already passed Irina Davydova of

Russia. Anna Titimets has some ground to make up, but Eilidh Child

is running strong way. Leading at the moment by just a little bit.

These two side-by-side, rising over the hurdle, neck and neck, Anna

Titimets try to make up some ground. Eilidh Child is leading from Ross

Oliver. The final barrier and the final run, she is holding on. Anna

Titimets is running strongly. It is a gold-medal for Eilidh Child. The

gold medal for Eilidh Child! She doesn't celebrate yet. Is it me? Is

it me? It is! The golden child in Europe! She doesn't know yet, but

Colin Jackson, we were looking down, we were right beside the line, we

can see, and she will see in a moment, she had seen it now, and her

smile is there for all to see, she is European champion. A great, solid

performance, accurate stride all the way around. Very comfortable,

confident going into that Thames Barrier, which is always crucial. If

she had made any mistake going into that Thames Barrier, the gold medal

would not have been hers. Beautifully well timed race. Worked

hard around the first 200, staying in contention, going into the bend,

when you have that opportunity, you need to back off because it is the

change of rhythm. It did not happen to Eilidh Child, she pressed,

pressed, pressed, came into the home straight and delivered that great

performance. She will be very pleased. I know her coat, Malcolm

Arnold, he will have been very barest before that competition and

now very relieved. When you have been winning all year, beating all

of your European rivals, you know that you are the target, and to

deliver under that pressure, she had stiffened pressure at the

Commonwealth Games, to have that union flag, that is a great

achievement because you know that the others are shooting for a year.

It is very rare that Eilidh Child has come to a European Championships

and been the clear favourite, so that is added pressure. She handled

it well, all the way through this round. You can see her in lane

three, you can see how she approached it, very dynamic, nice

and snappy, the energy source that you tap into, she will not be needed

at the back end of the race. Use it all up, just settle into this

wonderful rhythm. She is a professional athlete, she will not

count her stride, that comes naturally, because it is something

she has been honing over the winter. She knows her position and what she

has to do. She will not worry about her opponents, that is not

concerned, it is just solely the hurdles, keeping that timing and

rhythm. This is where she will be a bit nervous because she will have

city get her legs, that will be clear. Anna Titimets, she had a good

season, she did not know where she got across the line, in peripheral

vision, she is seeing Anna Titimets, the Ukrainian, the

Russian, the defending champion, but title has gone, it has gone to this

woman with a great run. When you look at this run, Michael Johnson

always says, by the time you reach 402 metres, you better be exhausted,

and I can assure you, Eilidh Child was absolutely exhausted crossing

the line. She did everything she needed to do and I'm pretty sure

that her coat, Malcolm Arnold, will be very pleased, so I can really say

from me, personally, Malcolm, very well done, because I know that you

worked hard with this young woman. Very well-deserved, she has often

been the bridesmaid, she was always behind Sherry Jakes Cayton -- Perri

Shakes-Drayton, the way that they run this race... The others, they

were finishing very, very strongly indeed, but they could not quite get

there. She did not know it there, but she soon found out. She found

that she had the title. Anna Titimets, a decent personal best for

the Ukrainian coming through, Irina Davydova, a great season is best for

her back on the podium, and still use aerosol of was run out of it. --

Rosolova was run heard of it. Eilidh Child, she has got the flag

on her shoulders, she will be getting the gold medal later on.

When an athlete crosses the line, they do not know the added tension

and anxiety, it makes it all the more enjoyable. Yes, it is a magical

experience, it explodes right through you and it is wonderful to

see Eilidh Child. It is that time! It is not that I'm! It is time to

ring the! Ring the bell! A great performance. We just need Jo Pavey

to go out and do the business, it will be tough. It will be very

tough, it is tough, the 400 metres hurdles, it is a brutal event, it is

the one lap, hurdles, it is a brutal event, it is

the and then to add the hurdles to complicated, you have to work on the

technical element, the speed, we see that with Perri Shakes-Drayton, but

to take the medal at Glasgow and to bring it on to here, and Colin

said, Marco Marland was so nervous today, it is the climax of so much

hard work and a long winter. -- Malcolm Arnold. She has worked so

hard. She is a grafter, she is, somebody like Perri Shakes-Drayton

was a natural speed athlete, she is how to work very hard. Therefore,

her technique was crucial. She had to get it right in this race. The

could be no mistakes and when she made the decision to put her foot

down, it was decisive and she had Rosolova on the inside, and she

knows that it is never she needs to strike. The confidence that she has

raised with all season is basically, because she had a great winter. And

I just love her face when she finished that race. The realisation

of winning. Her first time at the top of that rostrum. That will feel

great. The thing for Eilidh Child, she was leading the list, but she

did not see herself as a huge favourite because she was just a

little bit ahead, but she had to go out and execute and she has

dominated going through, and to cross that line, until you cross

that line, it is not over, and she still did not realise, she had to

wait for the confirmation, which was a lovely moment. Enjoying her lap of

honour. It is a great atmosphere today, it looks like it is a sell

out here today, it is pretty full, it is a dry, the weather great is

for these athletics finals, and another final coming up in a few

moments time. It is Jo Pavey, though she is, just walking behind, coming

through for the 5000 metres final. The gold-medallist from the 10,000

metres, hoping to add to her medal collection which has been burgeoning

this summer, Paula? Yes, and it has taken her eye as much surprise as

other people. She knows that she is in good shape and hopefully has

recovered well from their 10,000 metres and can have a good run here

tonight. We're changing channels and if you moments time and that race

will be on BBC Two when we switch across. We're leaving BBC1 for the

football, the first weekend of the Premier League football season, so

lost to catch up with all-star we have scored two -04 Great Britain on

the medal today, up on closest nation, France, they're having a

good day. Hopefully, more to come from Great Britain, join us on BBC

Two in a few moments time, see you then. I have done the preparation, I

just want to get out and have a go. Jo Pavey, nobody has won a gold

medal at 40 years of age! At European Championships! There she

goes! Her whole career has been at The stars of the summer

are back on UK soil Who will produce

their golden moment?