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have had. The World Cup, Wimbledon, the open. And Scotland hosted a

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magnificent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It is a coming of age for

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the 20-year-old. Early Child of Scotland takes a silver. Look at

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that. Well done, Greg. Here comes Lynsey Sharp of Scotland, silver for

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Scotland. Look at Jo Pavey. With the Hampden Park for still in the mind,

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the sport goes on. -- roar. The city of student lies on the shores of a

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beautiful lake. Rich in tradition with culture and renowned for its

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world-class athletics. -- city of Z?rich. The world record has gone

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once again. Can this records have been broken and it welcomes Europe's

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best hoping to write their names into championship history. --

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countless records have been broken. Absolutely brilliant. A new

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generation of talent searches for success on the track. Global stars

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will be back in action. He is running for greatness. The stage is

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set for an action packed six days here in Z?rich. It is the largest

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city in Switzerland with a population of around 400,000. It is

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the gateway to some fabulous Alpine resorts. It may be synonymous with

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finance and learning, 60,000 students here, and it has diverse

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architecture. The crowds come here in August and are very knowledgeable

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when it comes to athletics. It is a beautiful stadium. Inside it are

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three very interested observers in Colin Jackson, Paula Radcliffe and

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Denise Lewis. Ten days after a major championship, for the Brits, the

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rest of the field have not had a Commonwealth Games and it is unique.

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It is a very unique situation. The team members understand what is

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needed from them. They carry on into the Europeans from the com of games.

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Sometimes it is the other way around. They will embrace it. -- the

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Commonwealth Games. The different events need different preparation

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and that will be crucial. For sprinters, and the jumps, ideas, it

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is easier to come off a 10-day competition. Take a break and have a

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size. For the events it is very different. Paula Radcliffe has done.

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How do you manage those days in between? It is about recovery. I run

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the 5000 metres in one and then the 10,000 metres in the European

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Championships, it is similar to trying to do the double in one

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championships. It was quite manageable. Between the two it is

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recovery and easy runs to keep the leg turnover going. Katarina

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Johnson-Thompson is not yet in any shape or form. Ashley Bryant is back

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here in the decathlon. It has already started. He did a decathlon

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ten days ago and it is huge. It is very tough. Physically, mentally, it

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is exhausting. He has probably done next to nothing after his exploits

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in Glasgow. It is probably rest and some speed work. Recuperation and

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getting those massages that Pollock intimated. -- Paula. We have got

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some friends in the studio. This is the mascot. The official mascot of

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the championships. He came out for a player this morning and to introduce

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himself to the crowd. He is energetic and not shy. He did some

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peddling earlier. -- hurdling. Every time we have a British medal winner

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we will put their face on the mascot with the corresponding colour. We

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have got a giant cowbell. An assistant will bring it on. I might

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ring it or I might ask you, and to ring my bell. Any time. We have to

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be careful not to do just about race is about to start or it will be a

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false start. That would be a disaster. There are plenty of stars

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to come this week. Christine Ohuruogu is the world champion

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again. Adam Gemili has got the silver medal

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and look how much that means to him. Early child of Scotland takes the

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silver. -- early child. Old stars and new stars. They didn't

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come much bigger than Mo Farah. It has not been plain sailing for him

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so far this year. I had a tooth taken out. The tooth was chipped. It

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became infected and I went for a run. I felt some pain. Came back

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from my run and I collapsed in the bathroom. I was completely knocked

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out. I was in so much pain. I had to be airlifted to the actual main

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hospital. They fought it was something going on with my heart. It

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was crazy. I was in hospital for four days. It was scary. I missed

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quite a lot of running. I would love to have come back and continued the

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road to the Commonwealth Games. I did not want to disappoint my

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supporters. I was not ready. I was nowhere near ready. I did one track

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session. Paula Radcliffe was there at the time. She asked if I was all

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right. For someone like Paula Radcliffe to see something like

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that. She saw that I was not right. It took a lot out of me. If I'm

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going to come up I have to be 100%. He has obviously been struggling.

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You want to see the best from them. You can see from that that he has

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mentally been struggling. When I saw the headline on the article, I

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thought that if he does not read the article then he would be hot by

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that. -- would be hurt by that. I have always been a big supporter of

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home and always will be. To think like I would say something like

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that, essentially what I said, I felt that he had some difficult

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times. He was coming right and he had time to do that. Maybe he could

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have got to the 10,000 metres. Yes, it is an easier race but I did not

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say he should have taken the easier option. He had more time to prepare

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and to get ready. Let us bring in Steve Cram. The field is not as

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strong in the Commonwealth Games for his discipline. People are wondering

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because he has not been himself, just how much physically the impact

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of that marathon was? His coaches would be best to answer that

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question. It affected how he was planning all of this year and next

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year going towards 2016. It was an attempt to look towards if you

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should run the marathon in Rio de Janeiro. Inevitably, that changes as

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Paula Radcliffe will know. If you move to the marathon, it does change

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things slightly. It doesn't mean that you can come down and compete

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in the Commonwealth Games at 5000 metres or 10,000 metres. It can

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enhance your preparations and make you stronger. Give you more

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endurance. It did not work out for him. There was the chance to step

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back and assess where he wants to go before Rio de Janeiro. The

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Commonwealth Games and Europeans were in front of them. Everything

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being well he would have done both. It was not 100% certain. He had to

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make choices, he is a brand now. He is being asked to go all over the

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world to run and events. He has a commercial life as well as an

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athletics life. He has been managed that. He needs to make good

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decisions for his future. Thank you very much. We will talk to the rest

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of the team later on initial. We will also hear more of that

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interview. You will see Mo Farah tomorrow night for the 10,000 metres

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final. A first athletics this evening is the women's 400 metres.

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There will be a lot of chat when he comes to the Stadium tomorrow night.

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Lots before that. The first three Andy four fastest

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losers will go through to the semifinals tomorrow. We were

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expecting big crowds here and the organisers have said that the ticket

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sales have gone well. Let us hope they are on their way. We are about

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at best 40% full. Tatyana Veshkurova will be an interesting athlete to

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watch. She is still switching between the hurdles and the flat

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event. She did run 49.19 back in 2006. Watch out for Milliyet deal

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from France. It has been a difficult year for women's 400 metres running.

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-- Maria Gayot. Christine Ohuruogu is here to

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contest this event individually. Terrero of Spain should go well. She

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has started pretty quickly in the outside. I have two say that Gayot

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and Bazzoni have a little bit of work to do. Looking as though this

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is a bit of a struggle. Now she is starting to fight. The first three,

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remember. Terrero starts to come through. The Russian veg, starting

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to come through. If you find yourself out in Lane 8 and not run a

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good race, as she didn't, all of a sudden she is going to have to see

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what happens in the heats to see if she is the fastest loser.

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Interesting to see what the Russians do because often they only run in

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the local championships. You can see how difficult it was for her. She is

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not going to be contending. That was far from her very best.

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Disappointing for her. That is the first heat. This is how

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the rest of the evening pans out. We will see Christine Ohuruogu later.

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It is the men's 800 metres heats as well. Andrew Osagie hoping to avenge

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his defeat in Glasgow. We have the men's to capital on 400 metres

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event. Ashley Bryant trying to recreate his Glasgow form. Jo Pavey

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and Beth Potter running in the women's 10,000 metres final. Tiffany

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Porter run very well in the heats this morning and goes in the

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semifinal later on. There is Christine Ohuruogu. It has been

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something of an off year for her. This is her first big championship

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of the season. She did not perform in the individual event in the

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Commonwealth Games. My plan coming into the season was to make sure

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that I have some relatively good performances for overseas, the

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Europeans will give me a chance to step of my performance. Otherwise,

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it will not help me in my progression for the 400. It is me

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being committed to my plan from the outset. She is just as usual, timing

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things to perfection. She knew what the plan for the season was. Is it

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too much to a skirt to get onto the rostrum after a quiet season? -- to

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ask her. Knowing Christine, she would not be here unless she thought

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she had a realistic shot. Trying to control her training the way she

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wanted to prepare. No expectation early doors. Keeping the body

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ticking over nicely, preparing for the next two years. The World

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Championships and the Olympics in Rio. I think she will come out and

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run well and she will not be disheartened whether the performance

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is really bad, she will get information about whether she can

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prepare like this for a season. She is a competitor, a champion. When

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she gets on the line, everything else will go into the background and

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we will see her competing very well. This list of athletes, they haven't

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done anything particularly special. It would be something if she did

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produce. To come to a European Championships in your off year and

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get a medal is the mark of a true champion. As we know she is. Andrew

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Cotter is your commentator. We are just about ready for this

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one. Just to tidy up the heat that has just finished. The Russian is

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going to have two cross her fingers for a fastest loser spot. That is

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whiskey which, the European Julian champion last year. First sign of

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Christine Ohuruogu in a European Championships. To tell over of the

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Slovakian Republic in Lane eight. Three go through plus the four

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fastest losers over four heats. Perfect conditions. It is very

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still. Everybody who follows athletics

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knows how Christine Ohuruogu likes to run. She likes to save something

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for the final 100. Grenot is already leaving her. But not losing too much

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distance. Zadorina, the Russia athlete is next to whiskey.

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At the moment, Christine Ohuruogu looking very comfortable at the

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moment. This is impressive from Christine Ohuruogu. A seasoned's

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best for her. She is perhaps finding her running at the right time,

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coming into the championships. Grenot had something left, I'm sure

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but that was impressive. Here is one thing, if she comes to run an

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individual event, watch out. She wouldn't do it if she didn't think

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she couldn't win. She doesn't like not winning in these sort of

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scenarios. That proves to me that she is ready for this. Grenot goes

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out reasonably quickly but Christine is in the race early. That is the

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French woman down the back straight giving something for Christine to

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work. The Russian is the one who could have been a big danger. The

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second athlete in. Zadorina doesn't move on after the first 300.

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Christine gets herself into a position at the top of the home

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straight. Grenot has a look across and sees it is the former Olympic

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champion and world champion and there is only one thing going to

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happen after that. Christine takes control of the race. She has half an

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eye on the clock and that will give her a huge amount of confidence. One

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thing we know, she will get better. Suddenly the list of quickest times

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in Europe this season mean nothing. With that time, she moves up to

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fourth in the list and suddenly she is a real threat for a medal. We

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talked about her getting on the podium while having a fallow year

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looking to the Olympics next year. She is still a big threat. There is

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confirmation of that time. We said that we would not know until

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we see her on the track and out of the blacks whether she is ready for

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this and we now know that she is more than ready. She always goes out

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for the first 200 metres steady and in control and she knows exactly

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where she is and what she has to do. It is something that she works on

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week in, week out. Her coach understands her character so well.

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She is a chaser who likes to hunt people down. Grenot is also very

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relaxed. We thought she would be a threat but from what I can see here,

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not at all. Christine is in control, working relatively within

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herself and she looks good. The perfect race for her to ease into

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the championship. It is a lovely race from Christine. She takes

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control of it and there is nothing that her rivals can do. They cannot

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get on her shoulder. You do put out a marker. If somebody comes up to

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your shoulder, you ease and feel what there is in the tank. The

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Italian didn't demonstrate that. That is the reason I think Christine

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is looking very strong and will be very comfortable. A lot of the field

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will not have seen very much of her. She had disappointing races but she

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said, don't worry, don't be stressed, I'm not. She never seems

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to be stressed. What do we think? She thought she was ready to

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perform. They know what a championship performer Christine is.

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When they see her in the individual event, as Steve said, she is not

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going to come unless she believes she has a chance. Let's see what the

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opposition have got. We are ready for the third heat of this women's

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400 metres. Let's just tidy up the result of Christine's heat first.

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Let's not. Let's do the start of the next heat. I think the Lithuanian

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has a good chance here. This young lady is based in

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Switzerland. On a new personal best this year and is improving all the

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time. She has got good 100 metres speed and is just the sort of

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athletes who would not threaten Christine O Taradrewe. We are always

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looking for new names to establish themselves at these championships.

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Obvious on the inside, Floria Guei, the same time this year as the

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Lithuanian. She was fourth in the race that Terrero was in in Madrid.

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This is no outstanding favourite in this event overall. Christine

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Ohuruogupos-mac stature is something that will always cast a shadow over

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the field. The first three and anything around

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the low 52 as will give you a chance of being fastest loser. Agne

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Serksniene is looking very relaxed. Adding the elite -- Adelina Pastor

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is making up the ground. Floria Guei is coming into it. It is the top

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three. Do not forget. It'll be close. The Lithuanian may just have

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got it. It is hard in lane one. Floria Guei did not get into it in

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the first 200. Look at the distance there. She held on so well and

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Floria Guei left herself with too much to do. The Lithuanian athlete

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was just able to hold on. Floria Guei was finishing strongly and it

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was very close on the finish. No doubt about the winner. It means

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that 52.424 Floria Guei means she is out. She was one of the fastest

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athletes coming into this. Men's discus qualification under way.

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Robert Harting, the undisputed master of this discipline. Three

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times world champion. Looking to defend. He will need a floor above

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64 metres. That is how you do it. The yellow line is automatic

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qualification. He made that look very easy. He moves around the

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length -- left side. Perfect balance. Drops his help. Doesn't

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that look comfortable? -- his hip. Some of the best athletes in the

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world are here, such as Europe dominates this event. Here is

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another man who has been world leader. Gerd Kanter, 35 years of

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age. He was much more aggressive. That is comfortably over

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qualification. The Estonian was Olympic champion in 2008. He looked

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slightly more anxious. Didn't Robert Harting look impressive? He is third

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in the all-time list. The Estonian is in the final. Confirmation,

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65.79. I was just getting ahead of myself, apologies to Floria Guei,

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she still has a chance of going through. She is third fastest at the

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moment. Nothing too much to worry Christine

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Ohuruogu in that heat. We have got some interesting shots of James

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Dasaolu warming up. The reason that they are interesting, the next event

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on track is the men's 100 metres, this warm up track is 15 minutes

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away by public transport. You have to get a bus over here. And if you

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are running two back-to-back, you have to get over here, go back and

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warm up, then come over here again. Decisions will have to be made by

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athletes if they do go back ? the around the stadium to help them with

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energy factors. You are talking about the quality.

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Quite -- quite a lot of people who came in ahead of Christine Ohuruogu

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have been disappointing. Diamond could've been selected and on the

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basis of this she could've made the final. She did not get selected.

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This is the woman to look at in this event. Olha Zemlyak from Ukraine.

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She has the second quickest time in Europe.

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She had a troubled start to her career. She failed a drugs test at

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19 at the 2009 European Junior Championships. Two year ban. Back to

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running and back running well. Esther Cremer goes in lane two. The

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German champion. Three go through automatically from

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the spinal heat of the women's 400 metres. -- the final heat. Very

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interesting to see how Olha Zemlyak in lane five goes on. She has gone

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out very strongly. Esther Cremer in lane two has started strongly as

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well. The Spanish athlete in lane six hopes she has something left.

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Three go through automatically. Maria Enrica Spacca of Italy looks

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like she is out of it. The winner of that one is Olha Zemlyak at a time

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of 51.16. She is the first person to have impressed other than Christine

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Ohuruogu. She looks like she is worth her billing as one of the

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favourites. I would certainly agree with that. Esther Cremer is a good

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200 metres runner and she went out hard. Then she faded. The Spanish

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athlete could go -- could not get anywhere near Olha Zemlyak. She is

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the only athlete who has impressed. This is the official result and the

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Ukrainian is a long way ahead of everybody else. She looks a threat

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to the hopes of Christine Ohuruogu. I have not seen that before where

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she beat yourself up. I have not seen female athletes to that. I have

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seen the male swimmers do that before. Has that ever worked for

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you, Colin? Now I would not take to beating myself up. You would not

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want to hit that beautiful face. It is all about individual preparation.

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Some of the athletes on the Eastern bloc would try to invigorate

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themselves by hitting themselves. Horses for courses, everybody has a

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different way of motivating themselves but you do not recommend

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it for a morning run? Note to the men's 100 metres. We saw Jason

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Dasaolu warming up. He is one of three British people going in those

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seats. -- heats. Dwain Chambers is making his fifth appearance in

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European Championships. He is elder statesman. This is what I am born to

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do. Every time you step on that line you are running for your life. I

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want to start with the fantastic performance at the trials. The is

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the isolated shot of you running down a lane and it was incredible.

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The determination, drive and passion. I still have not seen the

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race. That head-on view that you are talking about is not something I

:39:21.:39:24.

have had a chance to reflect on. I had to put everything on the line.

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We had some youngsters coming up and I did not want to lose it. It is a

:39:29.:39:32.

blessing and the costs with the younger person apples. -- with the

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younger athletes. You cannot rest on your laurels. Not at all. The

:39:41.:39:46.

fantastic aspect is that the sport is flourishing with talent. There

:39:47.:39:51.

are so many athletes who can run fast and the sport has been missing

:39:52.:39:56.

that. I looked down the list and realise they will pass me one day.

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But not right now. It keeps me motivated. I know that I'm not going

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to be able to do this forever. I have learned to take things with

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open arms and embrace it. I did not do that when I younger. Now, I am

:40:12.:40:20.

nearing the end and matters more. I like hearing the announcement on the

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start line. I like to hear the crowd. That feeling that you get,

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you cannot buy that. I want to hold onto that as long as possible.

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Britain has got a treat -- great tradition in the sprints in this

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championship. It was where you came to prominence 16 years ago with a

:40:42.:40:46.

medal. It is a premier event for us as British sprinters. It is a title

:40:47.:40:52.

that they carry with a great amount of pride. It is a lot of secret

:40:53.:40:57.

rivalry between us and the French. As much as we have the depth of

:40:58.:41:05.

talent in Britain we still have to go against Jimmy Vicaut and

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Christophe Lemaitre. If I get a victory in if I get sub ten seconds

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then it is Christmas and the lottery all coming and one. He comes up in

:41:18.:41:23.

heat two. He mention that man, Christophe Lemaitre, he is the

:41:24.:41:29.

defending champion. He is going nowhere in lane three. -- she is

:41:30.:41:34.

going at the moment. The German Gillian Rice is the

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German Gillian Rice is beside German record. This man, all the German

:41:53.:42:03.

nation think they have found an athlete to go under ten seconds.

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This track is fast. We saw some good times this morning. Christophe

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Lemaitre has been producing at the right time. 200 metres is

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undoubtedly his best event but he said he wants to win the 100 metres

:42:21.:42:27.

again like he did in 2010. Qualifying is easy. It is the first

:42:28.:42:28.

four. Dwain Chambers goes in heat two.

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James Dasaolu in the three and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey in heat five.

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Julian Reus. I have just spoken about him. Mikhail Idrisov of

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Russia. And Eetu Rantala of Finland. in the heats. As the guys were

:43:16.:43:47.

saying, you do not have to go back to the warm up track. There are

:43:48.:43:52.

facilities here. But the main warm up is downtown. Julian Reus and

:43:53.:44:07.

Christophe Lemaitre. 100th of a second separates them this year.

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What am I saying? 10.054 Julian Reus. That is about 15 yards. Not

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much to choose. They don't need it here. Just the top four go through.

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Julian Reus gets a cracking start with Christophe Lemaitre alongside

:44:39.:44:42.

him. Look at Lemaitre coming through, great running from him. You

:44:43.:44:48.

have to see that Julian Reus was is appointing in third place behind the

:44:49.:44:53.

Russian. If that was the appetiser, he just wolfed it down and Julian

:44:54.:44:59.

Reus was left with the titbits. That was not very good from the German,

:45:00.:45:04.

given the form that he brought to these championships. Can he get

:45:05.:45:09.

amongst it? On that evidence, not really. He reacted well to the

:45:10.:45:15.

blocks but he was just a little flat. At no stage was he nice and

:45:16.:45:24.

high. In comparison, Lemaitre striding out, looking strong and

:45:25.:45:29.

confident. What a nice way for him to finish. Looking very easy indeed.

:45:30.:45:38.

Does he stumble out of the blocks? He did a slight twitch before the

:45:39.:45:42.

gun went. Then he went again. In his mind, it could have put him off. He

:45:43.:45:50.

is still running a little bit flat. At the German championships he

:45:51.:45:55.

looked a lot more bouncy. Let's just get the first round out of the way.

:45:56.:45:59.

Let's see what happens in the next round which will be far more

:46:00.:46:09.

crucial. Out of the blocks, you can see every one of these athletes is

:46:10.:46:14.

looking at Lemaitre. He is the marked man here. He is taking it out

:46:15.:46:20.

there and showing everybody that he has arrived in good shape and

:46:21.:46:29.

looking forward to the race. The four names at the top know that they

:46:30.:46:37.

are definitely through. Just wondering what happened to Idrisov.

:46:38.:46:44.

Why is he not on there? We will tidy that up later. These are the

:46:45.:46:49.

qualifiers for the women's 400 metres. Christine Ohuruogu out there

:46:50.:46:58.

in front. Some favoured lanes have disappointed, Grenot may be one of

:46:59.:47:09.

those. A few names were missing. Waiting for the next race.

:47:10.:47:17.

James Dasaolu they're getting ready for his heat number three. He has

:47:18.:47:31.

only run 10.03 this year and he is a 9.91 runner. Dwain Chambers features

:47:32.:47:39.

in the next heat. You just get the feeling that he is savouring every

:47:40.:47:45.

race because the end is coming. That is the reality. One thing I can say

:47:46.:47:51.

about him, he has had his problems in the past. Since he has come

:47:52.:47:56.

back, he has tried to do everything that he can to save his athletics

:47:57.:48:03.

and rise to the occasion. In the trials, he was fantastic, the way he

:48:04.:48:08.

stamped his authority on that. He knows that this could be the last

:48:09.:48:16.

Europeans for him. The talent coming through should be pushing him out of

:48:17.:48:22.

the places. He will know that. He knows that the young men are going

:48:23.:48:29.

to turn into men and his time will become in to an end soon. Right now,

:48:30.:48:34.

he is getting ready to line up in the next heat. Andrew Cotter will

:48:35.:48:37.

call this one. COMMENTATOR: We saw that for

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whatever reason Julian Reus could not produce it in the last heat.

:48:55.:48:59.

Dwain Chambers is here because he produced his fastest time of the

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season. His big rival is not here because he could not reproduce his

:49:06.:49:13.

best form. Tromp of the Netherlands in Lane 2. Then Dwain Chambers. That

:49:14.:49:23.

is simply an oak of Romania in Lane 5. --

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another big German talent. The fourth quickest in Europe this year.

:49:36.:49:44.

Rose is going for Sweden in Lane 8. Jamaican born but moved to Sweden at

:49:45.:49:51.

a very young age. Dwain Chambers once again dragging his old bones to

:49:52.:49:56.

the start line of a 100 metres in a major championship. He does not tend

:49:57.:49:59.

to tighten up to much. For to go through automatically to

:50:00.:50:19.

tomorrow's semifinal. The good start and Chambers quickly

:50:20.:50:35.

into his running. Already coming away from the rest of the field. A

:50:36.:50:43.

good run from Chambers. 10.18 into a slight puff of wind. Chambers does

:50:44.:50:49.

the necessary. Ran impressively, safely through, move on. Of all the

:50:50.:50:58.

athletes lining up, he has the most experience and knows how to get

:50:59.:51:02.

through the rounds saving his best for when it really matters. A very

:51:03.:51:09.

nice time. A very competent performance by Dwain Chambers. Out

:51:10.:51:13.

of the blocks very well in the centre of the picture. Hecht down,

:51:14.:51:18.

driving hard. When he gets into the upright run, he stays as relaxed as

:51:19.:51:26.

possible, right now he wants to maintain his speed. Just hold it. At

:51:27.:51:33.

this stage, he can afford to relax. Very nice sprinting by Dwain

:51:34.:51:41.

Chambers. Head down for the first 30 metres. Now bouncing down the

:51:42.:51:46.

track. All about maintaining form. He is relaxed already knowing he has

:51:47.:51:52.

the victory. A very familiar sight. A very powerful figure, 36 years of

:51:53.:51:59.

age. Head down and driving. By this stage, he is already bossing the

:52:00.:52:05.

race. The key thing is to get in front and let everybody be tight

:52:06.:52:09.

behind him. Then he can afford to relax. He might tighten up a little

:52:10.:52:13.

bit but he controlled it here. Dwain Chambers is through to the

:52:14.:52:33.

semifinals. That will be tomorrow night, the final couple of hours

:52:34.:52:37.

after that. Just confirming the result for you.

:52:38.:52:58.

We saw in the British Championships that his experience comes through

:52:59.:53:07.

time and again. It comes through in major championships. It is an art to

:53:08.:53:11.

come through the rounds. He is there, he has done it. He looked

:53:12.:53:17.

good. What you are looking for in the sprint is the effortless

:53:18.:53:21.

transition from drive out to extension that you see here. He

:53:22.:53:26.

makes it look very easy. He is strong, we know he is powerful and

:53:27.:53:32.

he is always consistent. That is what we love about him. He can

:53:33.:53:38.

navigate the rounds. He is able to go back and get back into his own

:53:39.:53:43.

mind about what he wants to get out of the championship. What the next

:53:44.:53:48.

round looks like, what his competitors are, what are their

:53:49.:53:54.

strengths and weaknesses. The old guard of British sprinting. In the

:53:55.:54:03.

next heat, we see some of the new ones. James Dasaolu is not the

:54:04.:54:08.

youngest but because of injury he has not run as much. It feels like

:54:09.:54:16.

he is just getting started. It is his first European Championship and

:54:17.:54:21.

he wants to come in and make a mark, navigating the rounds but making it

:54:22.:54:26.

count in the final as well. He is desperate to prove that he can get

:54:27.:54:31.

through the rounds. He was devastated not to recreate his form

:54:32.:54:36.

last year at the World Championships. The accusation that

:54:37.:54:42.

has dogged him is that he needs to build up his performances rather

:54:43.:54:49.

than just have one of brilliance. The hamstring that dogged him in the

:54:50.:54:53.

indoors and prevented him from having the season we expected, it

:54:54.:55:01.

could pay in his favour. He has not done Commonwealth Games. He has

:55:02.:55:05.

focused on these championships and I really think that he will get it

:55:06.:55:08.

together here. He needs medals around his neck, consistency. It all

:55:09.:55:16.

starts here. We will hear from Dwain Chambers soon. He has been doing

:55:17.:55:22.

German media first. I didn't know that he was bilingual. Over to the

:55:23.:55:26.

next heat with the Steve Cram calling it.

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COMMENTATOR: One or two rivals for James Dasaolu of Croydon Harriers

:55:33.:55:53.

here. Just picking up the point about health and getting ready and

:55:54.:55:59.

preparing. Dasaolu went to the Dutch Championships recently. He ran two

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races and came through it very well. Kling-Baptiste of Sweden. Martina

:56:11.:56:15.

was the person that Dasaolu beat by 100 of a second in Amsterdam. We

:56:16.:56:21.

will be there for the next Championships in 2016. Dimitrov of

:56:22.:56:28.

Bulger area, the youngster, 20 years of age. He took the silver in the

:56:29.:56:39.

Junior Championships last year. -- of Bulgaria. We already seen Dwain

:56:40.:56:50.

Chambers and Christophe Lemaitre performing impressively. What will

:56:51.:56:54.

James Dasaolu do? You won't see him very well in Lane 7. These should do

:56:55.:57:00.

better than the rest. A first four are guaranteed through to

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tomorrow's semifinals. Dasaolu with a decent start. Martina left a

:57:14.:57:19.

little bit. Here comes Martina now. Look at Dasaolu. Easing off. 10.22.

:57:20.:57:29.

A very good 80 metres, turned it off a little bit. Didn't need to do

:57:30.:57:34.

anything else. Ni fouls, all of them, nowhere near him. He is never

:57:35.:57:50.

blistering out of the blocks but did what he needed to do. He did what

:57:51.:57:55.

was necessary for him to qualify. He came out of the blocks pretty

:57:56.:57:59.

average. A sensational start was not needed. What you can see, you may

:58:00.:58:09.

see it on the track. The gap he pulled on these runners without

:58:10.:58:12.

noticing. You can have a look on it here. Look at that, blink, he is two

:58:13.:58:20.

metres in front. Steady Eddie from then on in. He can just cruise. They

:58:21.:58:30.

all better watch out. Out of the blocks, as I said, nice and steady.

:58:31.:58:36.

Gets into the upright running. It looks as though he is glancing

:58:37.:58:41.

across already, thinking is anybody going to come? James, take the

:58:42.:58:48.

stroll, it will be tougher in the next round. 10.2 to in that way, a

:58:49.:58:57.

wonderful performance. Nice and comfortable as you said. He was

:58:58.:59:03.

looking for Martina but he was nowhere near him. Ni fouls and

:59:04.:59:25.

Dimitrov the other qualifiers there. This is a decent game. What was a

:59:26.:59:29.

track like? It is always nerve wracking. I thought to myself, just

:59:30.:59:36.

set yourself up and come away please. I have done that so I am

:59:37.:59:40.

pleased. You were in complete control. It is good to be in

:59:41.:59:45.

control. You do not want to leave each round with negative thoughts.

:59:46.:59:51.

The team captain, Goldie Sayers, said yesterday, how would you

:59:52.:59:54.

compete if you think this is your last race? That resonated with me. I

:59:55.:00:00.

will do it the way I want to do it, with a smile.

:00:01.:00:14.

James Dasaolu, well done. It was an accomplished performance from Dwain

:00:15.:00:24.

Chambers and the same from you. I try to get food using as little

:00:25.:00:30.

energy as possible with a semifinal and final tomorrow. It was easy

:00:31.:00:33.

enough and I am just happy to get through. As you get more experienced

:00:34.:00:42.

you get any less nervous? You always have that level of nervousness but

:00:43.:00:45.

not as high at the World Championships when you have got

:00:46.:00:52.

Jamaica and the USA. You have got double duty tomorrow hopefully. What

:00:53.:00:56.

are your thoughts on that? Anything can happen. I have to get through

:00:57.:01:01.

the semifinal into the final and push for a medal. Performing like

:01:02.:01:04.

that, I am sure he will do just that.

:01:05.:01:09.

James is in the same training group as Adam Gemili. He must have seen

:01:10.:01:18.

his training partner go out there, get the silver medal at the

:01:19.:01:21.

Commonwealth Games, and convert what he has been doing in training. That

:01:22.:01:27.

will really make him feel he has realised some of that potential. He

:01:28.:01:32.

had the slowest reaction time but what looked like the best start.

:01:33.:01:39.

That euphoria does ripple through the training groups. Success breeds

:01:40.:01:47.

success. They all want a bit of that. James has got every chance to

:01:48.:01:52.

do it at these championships. Christophe Lemaitre looks good.

:01:53.:01:59.

Jimmy Vicaut looks good. He has got a real opportunity. One of the few

:02:00.:02:02.

men that have gone under ten seconds.

:02:03.:02:11.

The man who should be favourite coming into these championships...

:02:12.:02:22.

It is interesting to hear the welcome from Pascal Mancini because

:02:23.:02:26.

he has came back from a drug ban. It cost Switzerland the national

:02:27.:02:32.

record. There is Jimmy Vicaut, is he fit? He has not raced -- since June

:02:33.:02:40.

21. He would be the man to beat. He has ran 9.95 this season. He has

:02:41.:02:47.

felt a twinge in his hamstring so he has shut down since then. That is

:02:48.:02:58.

Giovanni Codrington getting excited. The athlete from Torquay sprung out

:02:59.:03:26.

of his blocks. -- from Torquay. That was fairly emphatic. C what the

:03:27.:03:55.

decision is. UMPIRE: we have disqualified the athlete in lane

:03:56.:04:00.

six. You can wait to be all you want but you are out. -- you can wait

:04:01.:04:07.

their all you want. We have got time to go through the

:04:08.:04:23.

line-up. Jimmy Vicaut in lane two. Patrik Andersson in lane three.

:04:24.:04:37.

Davide Re Rodriguez from Spain. Pascal Mancini from Switzerland and

:04:38.:04:40.

Giovanni Codrington from the nether lands. -- from Holland.

:04:41.:04:57.

Jimmy Vicaut into his running. He looks powerful. He is well clear. He

:04:58.:05:09.

is easing down. 10.06. If his body is fit then he looks fit. He is

:05:10.:05:15.

running well. Christophe Lemaitre and Jimmy Vicaut looking very good

:05:16.:05:21.

indeed. Very sprightly. As soon as the gun was fired we could see that

:05:22.:05:26.

Jimmy Vicaut was in trip top shape. No hesitation. Compare to everybody

:05:27.:05:33.

else, he runs a very upright out of the blocks and he uses his leg

:05:34.:05:38.

cadence, more speed than power over the top -- first 20 metres. He has a

:05:39.:05:49.

really nice fluid movement. Sometimes he comes under pressure

:05:50.:05:53.

and he goes take in his shoulders. When he gets it right as he has

:05:54.:05:58.

demonstrated, he looks majestic. Easy, fluid, relaxed sprinting.

:05:59.:06:05.

France are certainly showing us that their athletes have arrived here and

:06:06.:06:14.

they mean business. Jimmy Vicaut is relaxed and flu -- full of running.

:06:15.:06:20.

He had a great battle at the indoor championship with James Dasaolu.

:06:21.:06:26.

Dwain Chambers is in there It is a close tussle behind for the minor

:06:27.:06:35.

places. We think we can tidy it up for you now. Jimmy Vicaut well clear

:06:36.:06:43.

and impressive. An impressive win and run by Jimmy

:06:44.:06:56.

Vicaut. Everything was working well. Any problems are cast to one side.

:06:57.:07:01.

There was no evidence of it. He looked very good. You talk about

:07:02.:07:07.

rivalries amongst training partners and team-mates etc. The rivalry

:07:08.:07:14.

between him and Christophe Lemaitre is very big. Who is the number-1 in

:07:15.:07:18.

your country. That is clearly evident. He has all the hallmarks of

:07:19.:07:27.

taking this 100-metre title. Effortless piece of sprinting. From

:07:28.:07:34.

what we have seen so far, clearly the quickest and the one to beat. It

:07:35.:07:40.

James Dasaolu have what it takes to push hard? We have seen them

:07:41.:07:44.

battling indoors. They have been head-to-head and both have went

:07:45.:07:51.

under 6.5 seconds, making it look simple. If James is ready it will be

:07:52.:07:59.

an interesting battle. Do not discount Christophe Lemaitre. We

:08:00.:08:04.

have got one more seat left ago. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is busy

:08:05.:08:10.

taking his leggings. -- one more race left to go. He was disappointed

:08:11.:08:22.

with his individual performance. You can never really tell where the

:08:23.:08:27.

Marxism progress in his own development. He was disappointed in

:08:28.:08:32.

Glasgow. It is really good to have another championships coming up very

:08:33.:08:35.

soon when you are still in shape and you can go out to make amends. You

:08:36.:08:39.

can use some of that frustration to fuel it. He certainly enjoyed being

:08:40.:08:47.

part of that quartet in the forefront -- four x 100 metres

:08:48.:08:49.

relay. The most annoyed and frustrated I

:08:50.:09:02.

have seen them was when he ran 10.08. He felt that was his big

:09:03.:09:10.

chance that day. He missed his chance to go below ten seconds. He

:09:11.:09:18.

was frustrated. He felt he would get better and quicker this season but

:09:19.:09:23.

he has not done that. He has got a fairly easy ratio to contender. --

:09:24.:09:27.

fairly easy race. The one upper class athlete in this

:09:28.:09:51.

event is Jaysuma Saidy Ndure. Not many people match Harry for body

:09:52.:10:12.

beautiful. I think the athlete in lane six does. Reto Schenkel. That

:10:13.:10:21.

may be as good as I have ever seen Jimmy Vicaut, that was very good

:10:22.:10:23.

indeed. Safely away. Decent start from

:10:24.:11:01.

Harry. Harry needs to concentrate. He does it with a smile on his face.

:11:02.:11:07.

Sometimes he does want to look like he is enjoying it but he looked

:11:08.:11:13.

across in the middle of the race. I guess he knew he had plenty to

:11:14.:11:20.

spare. 10.19. He has got that consistency now, Colin. You do not

:11:21.:11:28.

get many bad runs from him. He has got the consistency around the 10.1

:11:29.:11:34.

mark and it is jumping out of that. That is what is frustrating for

:11:35.:11:39.

Harry. He is looking at everyone of his performances and wondering when

:11:40.:11:43.

that magic moment comes when he has that big drop, all of the sprinters

:11:44.:11:50.

seems to get it. He drove hard out of the blocks and took control of

:11:51.:11:54.

the race. He started to move away from the field. I did not like the

:11:55.:11:59.

fact that he turned his head to take a clients. I do not mind a slight

:12:00.:12:04.

move but when you told your entire head it can cause torsion at full

:12:05.:12:10.

speed and it can cause injury. He did what he did. I just wanted to

:12:11.:12:17.

say that it is a bigger body to create some torsion by just moving.

:12:18.:12:25.

These the glands. I am not very comfortable with that. -- the

:12:26.:12:34.

glance. Harry, well done. Safely through.

:12:35.:12:43.

You had a cheeky look to see where you were. Jason Mark seeking a daily

:12:44.:12:53.

is an off some athlete and I wanted to see really was. -- Jaysuma Saidy

:12:54.:13:00.

Ndure. I am feeling more like myself. I'm here today, faxed to the

:13:01.:13:08.

team that have got behind me. I'm able to come into these

:13:09.:13:13.

championships. Thank you to the national lottery. Everybody behind

:13:14.:13:19.

me has helped me get to the stage in one piece. I am looking to dash

:13:20.:13:25.

forward to tomorrow. It looks like a battle between France and Great

:13:26.:13:31.

Britain. You would think that. Hopefully we will stay on top but C

:13:32.:13:46.

what happens. Just going to tidy up the result of the last heat. This is

:13:47.:13:53.

the final list of qualifiers going through. We didn't have assembly act

:13:54.:13:59.

at the top even though she ran very strongly. These are all of the

:14:00.:14:05.

qualifiers who go through to the semifinals. Grenot not so

:14:06.:14:10.

impressive. qualifiers who go through to the

:14:11.:14:17.

semifinals. Grenot not so Floria Guei got through as one of the

:14:18.:14:24.

fastest losers. She did survive. The fourth heat was under a judges check

:14:25.:14:29.

for about ten minutes. It finally got the green light.

:14:30.:14:31.

for about ten minutes. It finally These are the men's qualifiers for

:14:32.:14:40.

the 100 metres. Jimmy vie coat was definitely the most impressive. ,

:14:41.:14:52.

most of the main contenders are through. The rest of them hoping

:14:53.:15:00.

they can have a brilliant semifinal. Semifinal and final tomorrow night.

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It looks like a great British -French battle, those semifinals and

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hopefully the finals. Interesting plants we saw from Harry. I don't

:15:23.:15:27.

think that was coached. Not sure what he thought he was going to

:15:28.:15:32.

achieve. He is not going to change his pace at that point. You do not

:15:33.:15:42.

coach that. Look down the track, concentrate on your lane. Peripheral

:15:43.:15:47.

vision usually gives you an idea where you are. Maybe he cannot see

:15:48.:15:54.

over his traps. I am glad he is through. The consistency he has

:15:55.:16:00.

shown this season, he deserved to get through. Who knows, if he

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doesn't turn his head he may dip under the magic ten. He couldn't see

:16:08.:16:14.

the athlete in Lane 8, so he just had a look. At least he didn't the

:16:15.:16:22.

out of his lane. Paula, always defending the athlete. Now we are

:16:23.:16:28.

switching our attention to the 800 metres heats. We are going to

:16:29.:16:36.

introduce you to one of our Euro stars, delivered in the style of

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Eurovision. We are going back to 1986 when Great Britain was dominant

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800 metres. COMMENTATOR: There goes Steve Cram on the outside. And

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Sebastian Kehl follows. -- Sebastian hole that

:17:18.:17:27.

Coe. That is the first time Britain have finished first, second and

:17:28.:17:44.

third in a European Championship. I was reminded briefly of Tom

:17:45.:17:54.

McKean's hairstyle. Did you have happy memories? I saw Tom last

:17:55.:18:02.

week, he was escorting the bat on all around in Glasgow last week.

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There is so Fiona Selmouni of France.

:18:15.:18:27.

Lewandowski. Real calibre this season. Rickard Gunnarsson of Sweden

:18:28.:18:39.

in Lane 7. A couple of athletes in Lane 8. We didn't see Thijmen Kupers

:18:40.:18:58.

of the Netherlands. He goes on the inside in Lane 1. There he is. The

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first of the first-round heats in the 800 metres. A couple of laps of

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the track. This one might be quite open. Yes, you have got to

:19:23.:19:30.

Lewandowski. The others are fairly evenly spread. A little bit of

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jostling already between Thijmen Kupers and the Belgian Van Den

:19:37.:19:44.

Broeck. That was interesting. Down the back straight, they were boxing

:19:45.:19:48.

for position. These athletes don't run against them very often

:19:49.:20:03.

competitive you. Artur Kuciapski of Poland in the white vest on the

:20:04.:20:08.

shoulder of the leader. Lewandowski looks to be in control. Behind him,

:20:09.:20:17.

Lopez is running well. Just sticking in there. This is going to be an

:20:18.:20:21.

interesting battle because they will go faster down the back straight.

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The first four confirmed but only into the semifinal. Selmouni of

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France has got into a good position. Lewandowski is in total control at

:20:44.:20:52.

the moment. He is staying clear. Selmouni with a look around on his

:20:53.:20:56.

shoulder should take third place automatically. Lopez, Lewandowski

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and Selmouni come through automatically. That is a classic

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example of what can happen in the 800 metres. Lots of jostling and

:21:10.:21:14.

bumping. Lewandowski was staying away from all that nonsense. If

:21:15.:21:21.

something goes wrong, you have very little chance of reacting. Look at

:21:22.:21:32.

them, always reacting on the track. That is dangerous, that is trouble.

:21:33.:21:36.

But the Frenchman decided it was his best route. Lopez coming quickly on

:21:37.:21:44.

the outside. Lewandowski competently in control. Looking good, actually.

:21:45.:21:50.

Glancing over the shoulder. Nothing for Lewandowski to do. Lopez has

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promised a lot. He is accelerating in the finishing straight. Selmouni

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just hanging on, battling through. But Lewandowski is the man to be

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beaten in this race. He is going to be difficult. He is looking good.

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Have a look at that on the back straight. I'd like to see where

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Selmouni is going. I don't know if there is somebody getting caught. It

:22:26.:22:32.

looks like he stepped off the track onto the inside, that sometimes

:22:33.:22:38.

happens. There could be an enquiry. He is going where there is no gap.

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For Lewandowski it wasn't a problem. Lopez was comfortable. Selmouni was

:22:50.:22:52.

the man hanging on and he caused the problem. We have got another camera

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on that incident. It was Lopez on the outside. Just watch defeat of

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Selmouni. Just caught the inside. I think he's going to be OK. It is

:23:11.:23:17.

just the timing of Lopez on the outside and Selmouni on the inside.

:23:18.:23:22.

The other man was the filling in the sandwich. Piotr Malachowski of

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Poland, one of the greatest thrillers of all time. We have seen

:23:39.:23:45.

to athletes already in qualifying. That is below qualifying, very

:23:46.:23:50.

surprisingly. The great man is looking a little lacklustre. Always

:23:51.:23:56.

very animated. Not today. That looked very high. He showed all the

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discus. It was never going to fly. It is going to put him inside the

:24:05.:24:11.

top 12. He had the benefit of seeing the previous pool. These athletes

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throwing in the second of two pools this afternoon. Jasinski is the

:24:21.:24:31.

third ranked German and that is big. Very strong in the throes, as ever.

:24:32.:24:45.

The third ranked German. 25-year-old looks like he has booked a place in

:24:46.:24:52.

the final. He has controlled that well. It is a good effort. First

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round, that is what you want to see. Confirmation of auto qualification.

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Andrew Osagie made the final in the Olympic Games. His disappointment in

:25:12.:25:22.

the Commonwealth Games must be fuelling his desire here. He had the

:25:23.:25:32.

unfortunate situation that he should not have been in. He was not in the

:25:33.:25:41.

shade that he wanted to go to the championships in. He needs a smooth

:25:42.:25:45.

run here to see him through to the next round. Andrew Osagie will be a

:25:46.:25:57.

bit nervous but he is ready to go. I spoke to his coach and he said that

:25:58.:26:01.

things had gone better since the Commonwealth Games and he was

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looking forward to racing here. Just to tidy up the result. Lewandowski

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going safely through. Lopez and Selmouni. Roald Hagbart Froskeland

:26:16.:26:30.

waiting to see if he goes through. Mark English the 21 new role

:26:31.:26:33.

Irishman is having a fantastic season. -- the 21-year-old. There he

:26:34.:26:49.

is. A medical student from the University College in Dublin. He had

:26:50.:26:58.

a fantastic run in New York behind David Rudy show. -- Rudisha.

:26:59.:27:16.

Andrew Osagie knows only too well after what happened to him in

:27:17.:27:24.

Glasgow, getting disqualified, he needs to concentrate and keep out of

:27:25.:27:30.

trouble. This looks a little bit steadier. Andrew Osagie is

:27:31.:27:36.

positioning himself well on the outside. I thought he was a bit

:27:37.:27:41.

unfortunate to be disqualified in the Commonwealth Games. Mark English

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is running extremely the Commonwealth Games. Mark English

:27:43.:27:47.

well winning a lot of races. He is very quick over the last couple of

:27:48.:27:54.

hundred meters. The bell sounds at 300 metres. Mark English is doing

:27:55.:28:03.

well, keeping where he wants to be. The Irish are very excited about his

:28:04.:28:08.

prospects. Andrew Osagie is running well. English moving well on the

:28:09.:28:16.

inside. He doesn't need to panic. It will open up, I am sure. He has a

:28:17.:28:21.

little bit of room to move out now. He follows the man from Great

:28:22.:28:29.

Britain. Paul Renaudie the tall Frenchman is hovering. Mark English

:28:30.:28:40.

glides past. Kazi is right there. Andrew Osagie is going to struggle.

:28:41.:28:47.

That is a fifth place for him. What on earth went wrong there? Has he

:28:48.:28:55.

pulled something? He was certainly in a good position at the top of the

:28:56.:29:00.

home straight. He was leading, where he wanted to be. Then he almost

:29:01.:29:07.

stops running coming down the home straight. He looks in a lot of pain

:29:08.:29:11.

with his back. Let's have a look at what happened. He put himself in the

:29:12.:29:16.

right position and then what happens? Watch English. But how

:29:17.:29:28.

quickly he accelerates and closes the gap. You fought at this point he

:29:29.:29:34.

could've waited. There goes English and he has been winning races. That

:29:35.:29:44.

is a great habit. Here is Andrew Osagie coming under pressure. He is

:29:45.:29:52.

suddenly run out of it in fifth place. He is clearly in trouble. Not

:29:53.:29:58.

impressive performance. He looked good. English looked comfortable.

:29:59.:30:05.

There is a lot of people who think this man will do well. Andrew Osagie

:30:06.:30:14.

at this point looks comfortable, he looks across. As he progresses

:30:15.:30:19.

towards the finishing line, we saw him lying on the track and grasp at

:30:20.:30:26.

his back. He does not look like he isn't much trouble. There is a

:30:27.:30:36.

grimace. I do not know if that is a grimace from his back what it is

:30:37.:30:45.

just disappointment. -- or if it is just disappointment. I think that is

:30:46.:30:48.

an injury. We cannot locate were the injury is.

:30:49.:31:00.

It is not to give you an indication when he is in the final moments. He

:31:01.:31:05.

is struggling to get up the stairs. Hopefully we can get a word with him

:31:06.:31:12.

from Phil Jones. He has struggled with hamstring injuries through the

:31:13.:31:15.

beginning of this summer. It could have been coming from his back. He

:31:16.:31:20.

looked to have been leaning back in the home straight. He did not have

:31:21.:31:25.

that extra gear. It could be linked to his hamstring. In the last 13

:31:26.:31:32.

metres when he needed to respond to the attack of the rest of the field,

:31:33.:31:34.

the cramped up. Explain to us what the problem is? I

:31:35.:31:48.

am not quite sure. I had problems with my sky attic nerve all year. --

:31:49.:32:03.

sciatic nerve. My time and position was not good. You were in a great

:32:04.:32:06.

deal of pain. Literally in the last 20 metres. I will see how it is

:32:07.:32:15.

after this ever get through. The frustrating thing from your

:32:16.:32:18.

perspective was that you were in control of the race. It was a good

:32:19.:32:26.

position. It is decent because it is the Europeans and it is practical.

:32:27.:32:32.

We will find out. -- it is practical.

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Very honest when he said he did not think he was good enough to get

:32:38.:32:41.

through despite having a painful nerve wench. -- sciatic nerve

:32:42.:32:55.

twinge. He will have it drummed into him, if you get into an automatic,

:32:56.:33:00.

fine spot, you run as hard as you can. The problem that he has can

:33:01.:33:08.

take time to settle down. Hopefully they can do something to calmness

:33:09.:33:12.

down but it is something that has been bothering him all season.

:33:13.:33:16.

Hopefully it will not continue to do so through the winter. People out

:33:17.:33:21.

there who have got back injuries and live with it every day, you can

:33:22.:33:27.

imagine how excruciating it is to an athlete who is trying to respond and

:33:28.:33:33.

push through when they are injured. It is horrible. You are in pain

:33:34.:33:45.

every time you try to extend. That was a very good one by English of

:33:46.:33:52.

Ireland, he is one to watch. -- very good race. We will be relying on

:33:53.:33:58.

Michael Rimmer in heat four. Heat the Mac has no British interest. --

:33:59.:34:05.

heat three. This is the second of Poland 's

:34:06.:34:12.

great hopes. Just a reminder that it is the top

:34:13.:34:41.

three could go through automatically and the four fastest losers. Andrew

:34:42.:34:47.

Osagie could still go through. Declan Murray, what a great one that

:34:48.:34:51.

was by Mark English, could they have another Irishman through # E is

:34:52.:34:57.

based in the United States at University in Chicago.

:34:58.:35:24.

Thomas Roth from Norway getting a final yawn out of the way. The

:35:25.:35:36.

penultimate heat in a first-round of the men's 800 metres the semifinals

:35:37.:35:41.

take place tomorrow and three go through automatically. The later of

:35:42.:35:47.

your seat is the advantage you have of how quick you have to go. --

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heat. David Keegan is the first athlete

:35:53.:36:09.

from Luxembourg to make an European final. -- Fiegan. They need to run

:36:10.:36:24.

about 1.48 to qualify. They are all capable of doing that. 53 seconds

:36:25.:36:37.

for the opening 400 metres. He is controlling the race from the middle

:36:38.:36:55.

of the pack, Kszczot. . Here comes Kszczot in the wake shot of pollen.

:36:56.:37:01.

The Swedish 19-year-old is still looking good. Declan Murray still in

:37:02.:37:09.

third position. Declan Murray is starting to tie up badly. He

:37:10.:37:17.

disappears. Amel Tuka look strong from Bosnia. Declan Murray got into

:37:18.:37:30.

the right position but faded badly coming down the stretch. Adam

:37:31.:37:42.

Kszczot looked very strong. He looked to be in complete control

:37:43.:37:45.

having accelerated down the back straight. That is Kszczot from

:37:46.:37:53.

Poland. Amel Tuka from Bosnia is looking strong. I felt that Kszczot

:37:54.:38:02.

run well there. Two men from Poland into the semifinals. Adam Kszczot

:38:03.:38:12.

got himself into a good position. The 19-year-old still had the

:38:13.:38:18.

positional sense to look up at the scoreboard to see really was. We

:38:19.:38:26.

will confirm the times later to find out where Andrew Osagie stands.

:38:27.:38:42.

He is also qualifying. This is his last attempt. It is beyond 65

:38:43.:38:52.

metres. It took all of the three attempts that he was allowed to

:38:53.:38:55.

confirm a definite place in the final. He was probably in any way

:38:56.:39:10.

with the second round attempt. It was over to the Polish champion to

:39:11.:39:14.

join them in the final. 65 metres on the nose. Just under automatic

:39:15.:39:26.

qualification for Piotr Malachowski. Martin Dede can seem two offers

:39:27.:39:46.

German compatriots qualify. -- Wierig has seen two of his. He looks

:39:47.:39:51.

like he has gone beyond that automatic qualifying. I make that

:39:52.:40:02.

five in total, two Germans. Gerd Kanter of dystonia. -- of dystonia.

:40:03.:40:21.

Amel Tuka finish very strongly. Andreas Almgren also goes through.

:40:22.:40:28.

Giordano Benedetti might just be ahead of Andrew Osagie. We can

:40:29.:40:34.

confirm that for you. This is the result. Andrew Osagie is the third

:40:35.:40:45.

fastest loser. Mark English looked very good going through.

:40:46.:40:54.

Michael Rimmer of great Britain. Andrew Osagie is one of the fastest

:40:55.:41:05.

losers. We hope that Michael Rimmer comes through and that it is a slow

:41:06.:41:11.

race. We want to see Michael have a good race. He has struggled with

:41:12.:41:24.

back problems as well. Silver-medallist from 2010. He goes

:41:25.:41:25.

in this fourth heat. For Michael Rimmer, qualification

:41:26.:41:35.

will be tough. It is not one of the best years for him. He is racing

:41:36.:41:50.

against people who can 11.46. -- who can run 1.46.

:41:51.:42:02.

Essentially if the first five run faster than 1.48.19 Andrew Osagie is

:42:03.:42:14.

out. They have all run faster than that this year.

:42:15.:42:29.

If anyone is brave enough to make the pace is decent on the first lap

:42:30.:42:33.

then they could all go through. There's a next man in this heat so

:42:34.:42:45.

we did not have to have an extra heat. -- there is an extra man. The

:42:46.:43:03.

only thing about Pierre-Ambroise Bosse is he does not run tactically

:43:04.:43:13.

well in big races. It'll be interesting to see how he does. He

:43:14.:43:20.

just needs to get food here and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse has went to

:43:21.:43:25.

the front to do what his name says. He is making this a little bit slow.

:43:26.:43:35.

That is the right thing to do. At the end of the day they can all run

:43:36.:43:42.

faster than 1.48. The opening lap looks to be a little bit quicker.

:43:43.:43:49.

52.8. They can run 1.48 quite comfortably. Michael Rimmer is

:43:50.:43:55.

coming round the outside. He was in a bad position on the topping and is

:43:56.:43:59.

working his way round. He is giving himself a bad position on the

:44:00.:44:02.

topping and is working his way round. He is giving himself daylight

:44:03.:44:18.

so he Andreas Bube eight is always a quick finish and always gets through

:44:19.:44:24.

the rounds. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse had a little look around. He has to

:44:25.:44:35.

run for a time you. Michael Rimmer is going to come under pressure. He

:44:36.:44:46.

is in six. Has Andrew Osagie made it through? We will have to wait to

:44:47.:44:52.

see. Michael Rimmer hasn't and shakes his head. He has had an even

:44:53.:44:55.

more difficult season with back problems. I would thought it was

:44:56.:45:02.

starting to come together in the last few weeks for him. Not good,

:45:03.:45:07.

not good at all and he knows it. I just wonder if we have got anybody

:45:08.:45:18.

going through to the semifinal? That is what was going through my mind.

:45:19.:45:25.

Weeknight not have one guy in the semifinal. Michael Rimmer not

:45:26.:45:34.

running comfortably. Almost a stumble. Bosse in control, as we

:45:35.:45:39.

expect him to be. Michael Rimmer tries to look for the and Sprint.

:45:40.:45:47.

Five athletes ahead of him. Bosse is having no problems at all. Andrew

:45:48.:45:56.

Lasorda is out. Michael Rimmer is out so we don't have anybody in the

:45:57.:46:04.

next round. -- Andrew Suji. Bosse locks comfortable. Back to drawing

:46:05.:46:15.

board for the British 800 metres athletes. It was a disappointing

:46:16.:46:23.

performance from Michael Rimmer and also Osagie, who might have a very

:46:24.:46:30.

good excuse for his performance. Disappointment for Michael Rimmer?

:46:31.:46:37.

Yes, and for Andrew Osagie because he won't qualify as a fastest loser.

:46:38.:46:43.

Both of them back to getting strong and recovering from the injury

:46:44.:46:48.

problems they have had and from the mental turmoil of going through the

:46:49.:46:51.

Championships. Less sober Michael, but more for Andrew. Has not had any

:46:52.:47:01.

luck all year. He needs to go away to get healthy, get his head right

:47:02.:47:07.

to go into the winter season. It is the key thing in getting your mind

:47:08.:47:12.

back into the groove. We know they are capable runners. It is so

:47:13.:47:16.

frustrating when you have worked so hard and your body lets you down.

:47:17.:47:21.

They have both felt the energy of being in big finals and performing

:47:22.:47:25.

well. They will be desperately disappointed. We wish them the best

:47:26.:47:30.

of luck in their recovery because they have the world Championships in

:47:31.:47:35.

Beijing next year. Let's hope they can get back to the highs and

:47:36.:47:38.

successes. Andrew, with the progress he made making the global finals

:47:39.:47:44.

back-to-back, he would want that on his list, European final and

:47:45.:47:53.

potentially getting on the podium? Exactly, working towards something

:47:54.:47:56.

to show for their career. Andrew had a fast time. He worked so hard in

:47:57.:48:04.

2012 and was rewarded. But not able to deliver. A healthy body is what

:48:05.:48:09.

you require in athletics. We see it with Dai Greene as well. The dilemma

:48:10.:48:17.

for a lot of athletes, do I stay away until I am right. It is so sad

:48:18.:48:23.

to see them not getting through. Getting confirmation that Osagie is

:48:24.:48:28.

out. Let's get confirmation of the qualifiers from Steve Cram.

:48:29.:48:42.

Neither of the two British ex-beery instant 800 metres runners are

:48:43.:49:02.

through. Bad luck for the Brits, we are

:49:03.:49:11.

hoping for more success in the longer distances later. Jo Pavey is

:49:12.:49:16.

going in the 10,000 metres. Which brings me nicely on to another star,

:49:17.:49:22.

from 2002. Who could it be rushed in there goes the great Paula Radcliffe

:49:23.:49:45.

on her way to a famous victory. She has led all the way in Munich. The

:49:46.:49:51.

crowd on their feet. This is the greatest gift of distance running we

:49:52.:49:57.

have seen. Can she break the 30 minute mark? She wins the European

:49:58.:50:05.

Championship. It is a European record. What a performance from

:50:06.:50:15.

Paula Radcliffe. Breathtaking. It was a good year, 2002. You manage

:50:16.:50:22.

the two big championships. Was there a priority as he went into that

:50:23.:50:27.

year, one medal that meant more? They both meant a lot because I had

:50:28.:50:34.

gone into 94 injured and I could not go to the Commonwealth Games for the

:50:35.:50:40.

Europeans. I just wanted to make both the Championships. Also show I

:50:41.:50:44.

was in good shape because I knew which the winter I put in from my

:50:45.:50:50.

first The London Marathon, I was strong. I wanted to get the medals

:50:51.:50:59.

and the championship title but I was attacking the European record. That

:51:00.:51:06.

was when the European Championships came every four years. Who knows how

:51:07.:51:17.

many more you could have had around your neck. Jo Pavey was one of the

:51:18.:51:19.

phases of the Commonwealth Games with the performance to split the

:51:20.:51:21.

canyons to get on the rostrum. She became an overnight sensation. She

:51:22.:51:24.

had only given birth to her second child ten months before. What can

:51:25.:51:29.

she deliver here? She has been speaking to Phil Jones. Look at Jo

:51:30.:51:44.

Pavey. Bronze medal for Jo Pavey. Brilliant, brilliant performance. It

:51:45.:51:50.

seems only two minutes ago you were collecting a medal at the

:51:51.:51:52.

Commonwealth Games and now the European Championships. How have you

:51:53.:52:00.

taken stock of the workload? It is a difficult balance. I have had to

:52:01.:52:10.

recover but also put in some last-minute training. Difficult

:52:11.:52:14.

challenge, but I am ready for it. Spurred on by those amazing scenes

:52:15.:52:16.

in Glasgow? Every time I tried to make move, the crowd was deafening

:52:17.:52:21.

and it helped. I did have a race plan in mind but bearing in mind

:52:22.:52:25.

there were three canyons. I was surprised when I crossed the line I

:52:26.:52:31.

got a medal. At my age with two kids, I found it amusing. When I was

:52:32.:52:37.

younger I would put everything into it, eat, sleep and trained. Now I am

:52:38.:52:44.

busy and I don't get stressed about training. It seemed funny but quite

:52:45.:52:49.

pleasing. Being so busy in the day has given me more endurance. When I

:52:50.:52:57.

got into the athlete Village, it was all right and I felt rested. You are

:52:58.:53:02.

doing both five and ten here? Because I recovered after the

:53:03.:53:09.

10,000, because I just about managed to put the double together, he gave

:53:10.:53:17.

me hope I could do that again. You look at the European field, you must

:53:18.:53:25.

feel medals are up for grabs? There is a lot of strong athlete but I

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will be trying my best. It was pleasing for me that I could beat

:53:29.:53:35.

competitive with the canyons. -- be. I was pleased with the lap

:53:36.:53:41.

times. It sounds a bit boring, but I was pleasantly surprised I could

:53:42.:53:46.

still be competitive. What has it done in terms of your lip on the

:53:47.:53:52.

future? I have thoughts of carrying on for a while. I am still enjoying

:53:53.:53:58.

it. I think I will Peter out gradually and get slower and slower.

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It don't think anybody wants to see you going anywhere Jo Pavey. We

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loved that performance. So many people are talking about her. She

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genuinely was that kind of inspiration to people, we all know

:54:15.:54:19.

as mums, when you are away from them you have so much more energy.

:54:20.:54:23.

as mums, when you are away from them you have so much She relished the

:54:24.:54:28.

time she could chill out in the Athletes' Village and recharge their

:54:29.:54:32.

batteries. But she said something you were nodding to. When you have

:54:33.:54:36.

children if put things into perspective. And the stresses and

:54:37.:54:41.

strains you agonised over seemed inconsequential? Yes, she used to

:54:42.:54:47.

worry about the little things, what she was going to eat and now she has

:54:48.:54:58.

not got as much time to do that. She can focus on going out and

:54:59.:54:59.

performing. The best thing is the way she attacks every race. She

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wants to come out and said she has no regrets. She left it all out

:55:03.:55:09.

there on the track. That is why people find her so inspirational.

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You and her were racing together as kids in the Cross Country? I wasn't

:55:18.:55:22.

back close, she was far ahead. She was battling with the English school

:55:23.:55:29.

titles in Yeovil, which would have been 1988. Denise, it must fill you

:55:30.:55:44.

both with joy. 40 is not old, but in athletics terms, if she wins here

:55:45.:55:45.

she will be the oldest gold-medallist in history? Yes, we

:55:46.:55:52.

have watched each other complete over the years and in the senior

:55:53.:55:58.

international ranks. Her performance at the Commonwealth Games has

:55:59.:56:00.

endeared her to many people, particularly in Europe. I was at a

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relative's house a few days ago and came across this wonderful article.

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She is the one to watch. They have put Jo Pavey as one of the six to

:56:19.:56:24.

watch. It is testament to what she can achieve. Mo Farah is there.

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Colin, she is not just an unearthed talent. The quick mother. I bumped

:56:32.:56:39.

into her as we talent. The quick mother. I bumped

:56:40.:56:42.

into came back down from the Commonwealth Games at the airport.

:56:43.:56:51.

She was still so gentle and putting her stuff through the x-ray machine.

:56:52.:56:53.

She was very buoyant and enjoying the attention given to her. I was

:56:54.:57:03.

in, I wonder what what are you two thinking, why can't we there

:57:04.:57:13.

competing? It is too late. Jo Pavey has turned back the hands of time.

:57:14.:57:19.

She has done an amazing job of keeping herself in shape. She said

:57:20.:57:24.

when she looks back at the 10,000 metres at the Commonwealth Games,

:57:25.:57:28.

what is satisfying is she ran a very good lap. Like she said, she is

:57:29.:57:32.

worried she will get slower, but it is still there at the moment. The

:57:33.:57:40.

rest others cannot do that. If any of these performances have inspired

:57:41.:57:43.

you, you can find out where a club or activity near you might be

:57:44.:57:49.

happening. It might not be athletics, but go to the BBC Sport

:57:50.:57:53.

website. It was a busy morning session to pick you up this morning.

:57:54.:58:01.

It was the 1500 metre heats, the women. Let's look at Laura Muir,

:58:02.:58:06.

which did not go well for her. What did you make of her racing? She got

:58:07.:58:14.

bumped and barged quite a lot during the race. She had run a wide for a

:58:15.:58:21.

long time in the race up to that point. She did say towards it was

:58:22.:58:28.

messy. She did not run confidently. You can see she is tensing up and

:58:29.:58:34.

struggling. She has seen the qualifying places running away from

:58:35.:58:42.

her. But at the same time she is disappointed. She has tried to come

:58:43.:58:50.

back from the pushing in the Commonwealth Games. She has

:58:51.:59:01.

struggled to get back on top of that and came away disappointed. It is

:59:02.:59:05.

something she was aiming for in Scotland. Wanted to make amends

:59:06.:59:14.

here, but the race did not go to plan. After the personal best in

:59:15.:59:25.

Paris, it looks like she was one of the Brits you would have to beat.

:59:26.:59:28.

She was the girl with the power, if you like. The season has not backed

:59:29.:59:32.

up? . Laura Weightman, who is right with her. What can happen now

:59:33.:59:36.

mentally for an athlete, they go under for a little while. She will

:59:37.:59:42.

need a lot of support to tell herself these things happen. You

:59:43.:59:52.

have to get over them. In the ten days she has had, I don't think she

:59:53.:59:56.

has. She has not grown from that experience. Not mature enough, it is

:59:57.:59:58.

too close. It is a shame to see somebody with that ability not

:59:59.:59:59.

getting the best out of the championships. She can deliver. As

:00:00.:00:01.

Denise said, you have to deal with the disappointment, take what you

:00:02.:00:03.

can and learn from it. Laura is very intelligent and probably spend too

:00:04.:00:06.

much time looking over and sometimes there aren't any reasons, these

:00:07.:00:10.

things happen and you cannot do anything about it. The next heat,

:00:11.:00:17.

Laura Weightman and Hannah England who had the fabulous run in the

:00:18.:00:22.

Commonwealth Games. They were in this one and they raced well?

:00:23.:00:31.

They ensured that they qualified. They would have known that they were

:00:32.:00:38.

ahead. They knew that they were going to get fastest losers, and

:00:39.:00:44.

that is why Hannah is not stressing. Laura Weightman ran really well, she

:00:45.:00:51.

showed the confidence that she has gained from getting the silver medal

:00:52.:00:54.

in the Commonwealth Games, and she ran with maturity, she did not do

:00:55.:00:58.

any more than she needed today. Hannah England will hope to just

:00:59.:01:05.

improve on the Commonwealth Games performance. Yes, she seems to be

:01:06.:01:10.

getting herself in the right position at the right time, she ran

:01:11.:01:15.

a brilliant race. She can get boxed in, but she gave herself every

:01:16.:01:21.

opportunity to be in the race. A bit more speed that we need to find. A

:01:22.:01:26.

bit more speed in during. She came into the season a bit behind, but

:01:27.:01:31.

she has not panicked, she has moved on. She suffered in the Commonwealth

:01:32.:01:36.

Games, but she will have recovery time here. She will come back fresh.

:01:37.:01:44.

There was also the men's 400 metres heats this morning, and all of the

:01:45.:01:48.

British men did well, they qualified. It is Matthew

:01:49.:01:52.

Hudson-Smith that we will look at first, he has burst onto the scene,

:01:53.:01:57.

he went under 45 in Glasgow, he anchored the gold medal in the

:01:58.:02:04.

relay, and he is becoming a star, and a compelling athlete to watch.

:02:05.:02:09.

We love his innocence. When he finishes a competition, he is

:02:10.:02:14.

radiant, and he is appreciative of the situation. I love that, it is

:02:15.:02:20.

refreshing to see that he is improving and enjoying it without

:02:21.:02:25.

getting arrogant, because sometimes athletes can have an aura about

:02:26.:02:31.

them. He is learning his trade. Very laid back. He managed to sleep in

:02:32.:02:35.

the team meeting last night when the speeches were going on, according to

:02:36.:02:40.

our colleagues. He has got a lovely way about him, and his performance

:02:41.:02:47.

on the rostrum of -- was worthy, he was not sure where to stand, but he

:02:48.:02:52.

might have to do it again this week. And Martyn Rooney was really

:02:53.:02:59.

impressive this morning, 45.48. In an outside lane. He dominated so

:03:00.:03:03.

well, he controlled it the whole way round. I love the fact that he

:03:04.:03:09.

thinks this could be his Championships. He could do something

:03:10.:03:15.

special. If he can go under 45 seconds a game, he may be the only

:03:16.:03:19.

one capable of doing it. Let's keep our fingers crossed, and see how it

:03:20.:03:26.

goes. The semifinals tomorrow, the finals on Friday. Let's catch up

:03:27.:03:30.

with Steve Cram on the women's's 1500 metre heats, Hannah England and

:03:31.:03:38.

Laura Weightman. It was a sense of knowing what you had the fastest

:03:39.:03:59.

losers were going but the British athletes went intelligently. Yes, it

:04:00.:04:09.

is difficult, Championships, it is hard to get through the rounds at

:04:10.:04:15.

times. Laura Muir, after the world indoor Championships and the

:04:16.:04:18.

Commonwealth Games and here, she will have to have a look at that

:04:19.:04:21.

with her coach, but for Lora and Hannah, all good, and looking

:04:22.:04:26.

forward to Friday. I will let you focus on the next races on the

:04:27.:04:30.

track. Goldie Sayers qualified this morning, she is the captain of Great

:04:31.:04:36.

Britain, so she has the added responsibility. She will love that,

:04:37.:04:41.

she is the mother figure, she has championship experience, and she

:04:42.:04:46.

threw well this morning. She qualified on her only throw. A

:04:47.:04:50.

brilliant result. She almost looked surprised. Actually, things were not

:04:51.:04:57.

right, but I still got the qualifying distance! It bodes well

:04:58.:05:03.

for the final. Maybe she is liking the destruction of the

:05:04.:05:05.

responsibility. It seems to be working. I thought I would jump in!

:05:06.:05:13.

Dwain Chambers is a Mitchell athlete, he picked up something that

:05:14.:05:20.

Goldie Sayers said, imagine this was your last race, how will you run? It

:05:21.:05:29.

was magical and mature. I thought Phil had said that to him. It was

:05:30.:05:36.

Goldie Sayers, the captain! I wondered why still was hanging out

:05:37.:05:40.

with Dwain Chambers! Tiffany Porter has not got Sally Pearson to race,

:05:41.:05:44.

because she has been in front of her. No Europeans have been in front

:05:45.:05:49.

of her, so she must feel that this is for her, this championship is for

:05:50.:05:54.

her to win. You are absolutely right, but she has a difficult

:05:55.:06:00.

challenge, which is Cindy Billaud from France. She has run 12.56 this

:06:01.:06:08.

year, she is looking dominant. Tiffany is looking pretty strong.

:06:09.:06:14.

She surprised everybody with that performance, into a very strong

:06:15.:06:20.

headwind, -2. We could see her getting close to her personal best

:06:21.:06:26.

and the British record. Let's get back out in the field, Steve Backley

:06:27.:06:27.

has the shot put. David Storl is the outright

:06:28.:06:44.

favourite. Tomasz Majewski is a previous

:06:45.:06:53.

champion. The Croatian qualified with just shy

:06:54.:07:07.

of 20 metres, able need more than that. That looks around 20 metres. A

:07:08.:07:19.

red double up of the shot put and the javelin, he is a 77 meter man,

:07:20.:07:24.

impressive. The 23-year-old, a lifetime best of 20.60. He might not

:07:25.:07:30.

threaten that, but he will take the lead in the early stages. We

:07:31.:07:38.

mentioned the big favourite, and here he is, the defending champion,

:07:39.:07:44.

he can drop a bomb here. That is superb week.

:07:45.:07:54.

The man who became the youngest ever shot put world champion in 2011

:07:55.:08:01.

looking on his way to defending his European title. 24 years old. He

:08:02.:08:09.

said he wants 22 metres, he may have put the competition to bed in the

:08:10.:08:13.

first round. The rest have to follow that. Borja Vivas has thrown over 21

:08:14.:08:28.

metres in the past. A low elbow. He might lose centimetres from that.

:08:29.:08:32.

You saw his elbow drop as he rotated. Did not like that. But it

:08:33.:08:46.

is the Spanish champion, the man who took over from Martinez as the

:08:47.:08:50.

Spanish number one, looking to make his mark in the shot put final. The

:08:51.:08:56.

first round is always a chance to capitalise on the adrenaline.

:08:57.:09:05.

If the door open for Tomasz Majewski? David Storl, 21.41.

:09:06.:09:17.

He settled his big frame at the back of the circle and exploded out

:09:18.:09:24.

towards 21 metres. He went a bit early, for me. He is a tall man.

:09:25.:09:33.

140 kilos. He takes some unwrapping, but he unwrapped early,

:09:34.:09:42.

which make the shot come through. We know he is capable of more than

:09:43.:09:43.

that. The temperature drops slightly, not

:09:44.:09:53.

necessarily for them, but it is a bit cool and cloudier than early.

:09:54.:09:57.

The weather forecast is mixed for the week, so we might see showers,

:09:58.:10:02.

as you would expect in a country with rain and lakes. It is pleasant

:10:03.:10:08.

at the moment, though. Next, a man who was one of the greatest.

:10:09.:10:23.

Thompson is way out at the front of the rest of the field. A personal

:10:24.:10:36.

best in any decathlon. That was an aggressive and constructive piece of

:10:37.:10:44.

pole vaulting. That is just short of 16. The British support recognise a

:10:45.:10:49.

very good performance indeed. Can he run a personal best here? He is

:10:50.:10:51.

charging for the line. The European champion 1986, Daley

:10:52.:11:00.

Thomson. At last, the reception he deserves.

:11:01.:11:12.

European champion, greeted by the British in this crowd.

:11:13.:11:20.

The next event on the track if the men's 400 metres in the decathlon,

:11:21.:11:27.

which started this morning, so let's bring you up to speed with Steve

:11:28.:11:29.

Backley. He will have to do a lifetime best

:11:30.:11:53.

to get amongst the medals. A good first event for Eelco Sintnicolaas.

:11:54.:12:04.

Kai Kazmirek running well alongside after a deli.

:12:05.:12:13.

Kai Kazmirek is fancied to take the gold medal here. It is a new

:12:14.:12:20.

personal best. Can he improve on his opening attempt? That was 7.21. It

:12:21.:12:28.

is an improvement, 7.39. Kai Kazmirek is number one. They have

:12:29.:12:33.

had a sprint and long dreamt, they are now doing the shot put. This is

:12:34.:12:40.

Kevin Mayer. I think he likes that. Ashley Bryant needs to get beyond

:12:41.:12:45.

the 14 metre mark. No. He needs a big improvement. Arthur Abele looks

:12:46.:12:51.

wobbly at the back. He likes that, it is big, 15.39. He is up for it.

:12:52.:12:59.

Here are the standings after three events. Germany has a rich history

:13:00.:13:05.

in the decathlon. Ashley Bryant of Great Britain is

:13:06.:13:20.

down in 14th place, he has not had the greatest start. We discussed how

:13:21.:13:24.

difficult it would be for him to build on his success in Glasgow.

:13:25.:13:29.

The fourth event, the high jump, has taken place, Steve Backley can fill

:13:30.:13:33.

you in. The event leader. This is his second

:13:34.:13:49.

attempt at 2.01. That was no good. His best was 1.98. That was

:13:50.:13:55.

disappointing, coming into this event in the lead, and he has opened

:13:56.:13:59.

the door for his team-mate, Kai Kazmirek. He could maybe jump into

:14:00.:14:08.

the first place position after four events. Just before hundreds meters

:14:09.:14:09.

to come. Kai Kazmirek had a fantastic

:14:10.:14:28.

clearance. He went on to clear 2.13. After the disappointment of four

:14:29.:14:35.

Arthur Abele. Another German, the European leader, who may have to get

:14:36.:14:41.

beyond his own mark. Nobody expected this, it was Andre Kravchenko, 2.22.

:14:42.:14:51.

That matches the best ever performance in a decathlon high

:14:52.:14:58.

jump. That is world-class high jumping. That leapfrogged everybody,

:14:59.:15:05.

he had been in seventh place, and then he found himself in the lead,

:15:06.:15:11.

matching personal bests in the shot put also, he went beyond 15 metres.

:15:12.:15:19.

The Belarus athlete, the Olympics or the medallist, the World Junior

:15:20.:15:22.

Championship in the past, an unknown quantity this year, he looks as

:15:23.:15:29.

though he is in contention. Along with Kai Kazmirek of Germany. The

:15:30.:15:35.

first day has been eventful, and it looks as though it will be very

:15:36.:15:46.

close indeed. There is the confirmation. 22 points in front of

:15:47.:15:55.

the German. Just the 400 metres to come.

:15:56.:16:07.

All of these athletes are in contention is that the medals. Six

:16:08.:16:14.

athletes. Six events to come, I should say. Ashley Bryant,

:16:15.:16:20.

disappointment at being in 20th, after his silver medal in Glasgow.

:16:21.:16:26.

He will be disappointing with his standing, Ashley Bryant but it is

:16:27.:16:33.

understandable, it is so difficult. Multi-eventers don't usually choose

:16:34.:16:40.

to compete ten days apart? Not by choice. It is hard to be critical.

:16:41.:16:44.

It is tough, probably nothing in his legs. As much as he thinks mentally

:16:45.:16:49.

he wants to be aggressive and attack, it is a shame. Time for the

:16:50.:16:56.

fifth event. They will be desperate to get this 400 metres done. There

:16:57.:17:03.

is a bit of a delay, which means women's 10,000 metres will go off a

:17:04.:17:09.

little bit later. The first of these heaps and Ashley Bryant is in heat

:17:10.:17:12.

number four. Andrew Potter has this. Arthur Abele has run so well so far

:17:13.:17:29.

this season. Arthur Abele, with this strong

:17:30.:17:53.

German challenge in the decathlon is running well. Oleksiy Kasyanov is in

:17:54.:18:00.

lame five, he is running well. -- lane. The Ukrainian trying to finish

:18:01.:18:09.

strongly. It is a good run from Arbor Abele. He is inside his

:18:10.:18:19.

season's best. 48.59, his good day continues. It is a very good run for

:18:20.:18:27.

Arthur Abele. It was well timed by Oleksiy Kasyanov, lying in seventh

:18:28.:18:32.

coming into this final event of the first day. Arbor Abele had a decent

:18:33.:18:45.

amount of running in him. Get close to your personal best and get better

:18:46.:18:49.

than your season's best and that is what he has done. Third place coming

:18:50.:18:55.

into this event and his position will be good at the first day.

:18:56.:19:01.

They have redrawn these heaps so Ashley Bryant will be going in the

:19:02.:19:05.

next heat. This is a chance for him to get some points if he can get it

:19:06.:19:11.

out of the bag? Last event of the day, has to show a lot of heart.

:19:12.:19:17.

Attack it and bring it home. The next day he will try to salvage

:19:18.:19:22.

something. You heard Andrew saying it is about as getting as close to

:19:23.:19:26.

your personal best to your season's best. Get something technical to

:19:27.:19:33.

work on and take it into the winter competitions he might have going

:19:34.:19:38.

forward. It is a building block, laying your best and your training

:19:39.:19:44.

to get something out of your season. Whatever happens he has the silver

:19:45.:19:47.

medal from Glasgow, he will hopefully build on. He will want to

:19:48.:19:55.

take more than this than a top 20 place. Steve Cram will be calling

:19:56.:20:02.

his heat. The high jump went on a bit longer. It has given them time

:20:03.:20:08.

to get ready for these 400-metre races, the last event on the first

:20:09.:20:27.

day. The German who is in second place, we must of had another

:20:28.:20:36.

redraw. I am just going to look. We were handed, ten minutes ago

:20:37.:20:47.

redraw, which included the Germany will be in the fourth heat now.

:20:48.:21:10.

Sintnicolaas, he has done well. This tell burger. He is on the outside.

:21:11.:21:17.

-- Dominick this tell burger. Ashley Bryant Iran 49 in Glasgow. Great

:21:18.:21:29.

silver medal behind Canada's Damian Warner. Has not been a great day but

:21:30.:21:38.

understandable. The time between these two events.

:21:39.:22:04.

Quite a long cold in the set position. It is Distelberger of

:22:05.:22:17.

Austria who started the best. Ashley Bryant making decent progress. Rico

:22:18.:22:27.

Freimuth, would wanted to have been in a better position than he finds

:22:28.:22:35.

himself. Sintnicolaas coming through. Ashley Bryant are moving

:22:36.:22:43.

with him. Gael Querin of France. Ashley Bryant going backwards in the

:22:44.:22:48.

home straight. Sintnicolaas doing exactly what he wanted to do.

:22:49.:22:52.

Sintnicolaas it is who wins it. It is a pretty good performance. Will

:22:53.:23:01.

be a season's best for the Dutchman. He has some good events in day two.

:23:02.:23:10.

If he had an excellent pole vaults, if he keeps himself in contention,

:23:11.:23:15.

that has set himself up nicely. Rico Freimuth, after a disappointing day,

:23:16.:23:21.

that was better for him. Ashley Bryant faded in the home straight.

:23:22.:23:30.

It has been a tough day and the delays do not help, but they do need

:23:31.:23:36.

the extra time. Ashley Bryant was in a decent position but it is a tiring

:23:37.:23:43.

event. When you have done a decathlon less than two weeks ago.

:23:44.:23:47.

Sintnicolaas did himself an awful lot of good.

:23:48.:23:57.

Round two of the shot put. David Storl of Germany. Can he extend his

:23:58.:24:08.

lead? He stepped out. Stepped out of the front of the circle. If you get

:24:09.:24:16.

it right, the force comes back and it almost keeps you from making the

:24:17.:24:22.

file. You can see his left foot came down on top of the board at the

:24:23.:24:28.

front of the circle. That would have put him off balance. Second round a

:24:29.:24:35.

bit of a mess for David Storl. It is up to the rest to change that. Borja

:24:36.:24:44.

Vivas of Spain. Elbow stayed a little bit higher this time. I think

:24:45.:24:52.

he likes that, all he is in pain! It was a big throw. Getting all the

:24:53.:24:58.

falls into the shot, almost pushed him back. Saved it and did not step

:24:59.:25:12.

out. It looks like an improvement on his opening round throw.

:25:13.:25:18.

Appreciation from his coach. It is an improvement. He is closing in on

:25:19.:25:26.

David Storl. Tomas Mejias skeet is capable of 21 metres plus. On the

:25:27.:25:35.

21-metre line or the big man. Does not give much away. Just saw him

:25:36.:25:41.

lose the left side in the first round. Maybe stayed with it a bit

:25:42.:25:48.

better there but leaned on it rather than trusting his legs to force the

:25:49.:25:57.

power up through the body. Sloppy from the double Olympic champion.

:25:58.:26:11.

Just shy of 21 metres by the looks of it. His first round was just over

:26:12.:26:20.

20 metres. Real battle for the minor medal. Can anyone get up to David

:26:21.:26:30.

Storl. These athletes are looking right on their game to get around 21

:26:31.:26:33.

metres. David Storl looks comfortable beyond that. The

:26:34.:26:40.

Croatian has thrown a lifetime best. Stipe Zunic. Heat number three of

:26:41.:26:46.

the 400 metres in the decathlon. Ready to lay siege to the 400 metres

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now. Little bit of noise inside the stadium. Ready now. The alarm goes

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and the false start signal. It might be the athlete in lame number four.

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Lars Vikan Rise. Yes it was. You can see the tat is on the legs of

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Kravchenko. They depict the ten disciplines in the decathlon. All he

:28:07.:28:17.

has to do is beat the person you can change it. He has had a very good

:28:18.:28:21.

first day, Kravchenko. Took a huge leap into the lead in seventh place.

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Personal best in the shot put. He hasn't got a season's best this year

:28:33.:28:38.

in the 400 metres. But he is capable of going below 47.17. Kravchenko in

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lame number two. We are looking at the two on the

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inside, Kravchenko and a less key coercion of -- Ilya Shkurenyov. It

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is a strong looking run from Ilya Shkurenyov, the Russians. Little bit

:29:26.:29:29.

and find the pace at the moment, Kravchenko. The man in the lead in

:29:30.:29:36.

the decathlon at the moment. An impressive run so far from Ilya

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Shkurenyov. Long way clear here and not showing any signs of slowing

:29:42.:29:53.

down. Big season's best for Ilya Shkurenyov. A decent time.

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Kravchenko was a long way behind. He is going to lose his lead after this

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event. It was an impressive run for the Russian. Got off to a reasonable

:30:07.:30:12.

start in the 100 metres. We knew his running ability was right up there.

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He had great endurance in the 400. Held onto his speed well down the

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home straight. It has been a tough day for you,

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Ashley, but coming off the back of the Commonwealth Games, you have

:30:37.:30:40.

shown great determination. It has not quite gone according to plan,

:30:41.:30:45.

but you have to admire your courage. One of the things I am happy with, I

:30:46.:30:51.

made a few mistakes in Glasgow, and I have corrected that he. The high

:30:52.:30:58.

jump, I cleared everything, and then my legs reminded me I did Glasgow a

:30:59.:31:02.

couple of weeks back. Wanted to score well, but I have to realise I

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did do a decathlon a couple of weeks back. Steve Cram said that everybody

:31:08.:31:14.

else in the 400 race with you has been gearing up with this, but you

:31:15.:31:18.

have not had that opportunity, occurs your goal was the

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Commonwealth Games. I thought I run the 400 well until 250. But it was

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not there. It was a bit disappointing. But I know why. You

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will come back fighting tomorrow, five more events. Hopefully, I can

:31:37.:31:42.

get back on track with a view good performances tomorrow. All the best.

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Borja Vivas is chasing down David Storl in the shot put. Just opened

:31:54.:32:06.

up the left shoulder, maybe. Went around the left side a bit too

:32:07.:32:12.

quickly. Cleared it out of the way. Possibly suffered as a result of

:32:13.:32:17.

that. I do not think that is an improvement. What do you do, you

:32:18.:32:22.

three centimetres ahead of Tomasz Majewski, but chasing 21.41.

:32:23.:32:35.

Can Tomasz Majewski close in on the lead? That looked better

:32:36.:32:42.

technically. Just crouched away from that. He does not quite use his full

:32:43.:32:49.

height, 2.04 metres. He looked low on that. He knows it. 21.41. He

:32:50.:33:01.

wants to win here, he has won twice before. No improvement. We wait for

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the final heat in the decathlon 400 metres.

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Andre Kravchenko, a long way off his personal best, but he has not won

:33:23.:33:31.

400 metres this season. In the next heat, we have Kai Kazmirek, who is

:33:32.:33:40.

in second place at the moment. He was moved into this heat because of

:33:41.:33:46.

the delay. The women's 10,000 metres is coming up at 7:20pm, 7:25pm, Jo

:33:47.:33:56.

Pavey and Beth Potter involved. To look out for here, Kai Kazmirek of

:33:57.:34:04.

Germany. The Germans have such a proud record, going back a long

:34:05.:34:17.

time. Rico Freimuth's father was an East German athlete. He has been a

:34:18.:34:23.

disappointment today, others have come forward, Kai Kazmirek and Kevin

:34:24.:34:26.

Meyer. Kai Kazmirek on the far right side

:34:27.:34:42.

is capable of going below 47 seconds. He is a very fine 400 metre

:34:43.:34:49.

runner. He has gone off on a grand pace. He led the long jump with

:34:50.:35:01.

7.68, a personal best. He is going to lead this. He went off very

:35:02.:35:07.

quickly indeed. Also looking strong, Kevin Meyer in Lane 2. This is a

:35:08.:35:15.

very impressive run from Kai Kazmirek. Just outside his season's

:35:16.:35:26.

best, but that is a good run. That is what it takes out of you. Getting

:35:27.:35:31.

close to your season's best, that is all you can ask for. He will move

:35:32.:35:37.

into the lead with that. Did he ask for that? He has been flawless on

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the first day, fantastic. He may find himself not in the lead after

:35:44.:35:54.

the final event of the first day. It was Andrei Krauchanka in the high

:35:55.:36:00.

jump that extended and pushed him out in front after four events. But

:36:01.:36:07.

Kai Kazmirek has scored more than any other European athlete this

:36:08.:36:08.

year. Absolutely exhausted after a great

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day's work. A big datacom. They will enjoy their sleep tonight.

:36:17.:36:27.

The sun is setting beautifully this evening, as we approach our first

:36:28.:36:31.

final on the track. One of the athletes we have been looking at

:36:32.:36:37.

might appear to be enjoying an Indian summer in her career, but she

:36:38.:36:41.

has been one of the most consistent performers for Great Britain over

:36:42.:36:46.

many years, and most recently her performance in an England vest was

:36:47.:36:48.

one of the moment of the Commonwealth Games.

:36:49.:36:55.

It is raining, it is a bit cold, perfect running weather. Jo Pavey, a

:36:56.:37:05.

very familiar sight. Back into action after the birth of her second

:37:06.:37:09.

child. She will be happy to be in amongst it. Jo Pavey at the front

:37:10.:37:17.

again. What an inspirational run. She desperately wants a medal, there

:37:18.:37:20.

is a medal available, just keep driving. The crowd of boring her

:37:21.:37:31.

arm, can she hang gone? Come on, one more! She will be OK, a bronze

:37:32.:37:32.

medal. A brilliant performance. Three top places across four

:37:33.:37:46.

Olympics, a European silver medal, countless other medals, she knows

:37:47.:37:50.

how to do it on this stage, and she was leading the athlete out. She was

:37:51.:37:56.

straight out there. We need to get on with this! She has got the

:37:57.:38:02.

experience, at this stage, she just wants to get on with the race. It

:38:03.:38:07.

has been tough to come back and recover from the Commonwealth Games

:38:08.:38:11.

and to get the training in. Hopefully, she is ready to go again

:38:12.:38:17.

tonight, as is Beth Potter. Indeed, she was fifth in the Commonwealth

:38:18.:38:22.

Games. Let's go to Steve Cram and Brendan Foster.

:38:23.:38:26.

Is this the time for Jo Pavey? Can she finally win a major championship

:38:27.:38:34.

gold medal? She came close to choose a go. The lady running behind her,

:38:35.:38:44.

Ana Dulce Felix, ran away from her in the last few laps in Helsinki.

:38:45.:38:50.

Then, they went to London, Jo Pavey ran so well. A big field, some

:38:51.:38:59.

familiar names from cross-country, Sophie Duarte, Anna dolce Felix.

:39:00.:39:13.

Fiona while Britain. Clemence Calvin will be the big threat. Sara Moreira

:39:14.:39:22.

has raised Jo Pavey on many occasions over the years. And Beth

:39:23.:39:26.

Potter, after the great fifth place. Fionnuala Britton had a great couple

:39:27.:39:45.

of years. Perhaps starting her marathon career as well. Contesting

:39:46.:39:54.

the 10,000 metres first, the first track final here in Z?rich. The

:39:55.:40:00.

first year that Jo Pavey started running 10,000 metres in earnest,

:40:01.:40:05.

she almost picked up a medal, you can remember back to Japan,

:40:06.:40:08.

different conditions from tonight. She just missed out. She finished in

:40:09.:40:19.

fourth place. That was seven years ago, and here we are, still going

:40:20.:40:25.

strong. Hopefully, fingers crossed, a big performance tonight. The

:40:26.:40:34.

conditions are just about perfect. It is around 18 or 19 degrees.

:40:35.:40:39.

Brendan and I in our shirtsleeves. We are looking forward to what I

:40:40.:40:46.

think will be a fascinating race. Jo Pavey always looks like a reluctant

:40:47.:40:52.

hero. With that bit of pace that she showed, the tenacity, we know she

:40:53.:40:58.

always has it, but the pace at the end of the 10,000 metre race might

:40:59.:41:08.

be enough here. Gavin is here, her husband, both of her children are

:41:09.:41:12.

fear, grandparents in the stand as well. We might get a glint of them.

:41:13.:41:17.

I think that young lady will be a big threat, Clemence Calvin. She won

:41:18.:41:23.

the European 10,000 metres in very hot conditions in her first 10,000

:41:24.:41:32.

metres of her career. She is just embarking on her championship

:41:33.:41:34.

career, so it will be difficult in terms of experience. Jo Pavey has

:41:35.:41:42.

the experience in her favour. Beth Potter represented Scotland so well

:41:43.:41:46.

in Glasgow. She looks a little nervous, Jo Pavey.

:41:47.:41:54.

She has been a superb competitor, when she has been fit, not having

:41:55.:42:01.

injury problems, she has always done very well in the big races. The

:42:02.:42:10.

women's 10,000 metre final. Is it a night of destiny for Jo Pavey? Is

:42:11.:42:17.

this the night she can get on top of the Rostron? Brendan, I am trying to

:42:18.:42:29.

get it set up, but we would take great pleasure in it. It would be

:42:30.:42:35.

great. Listening to your introduction, I would have an each

:42:36.:42:39.

way bet on Jo Pavey and on Clemence Calvin, because that is the

:42:40.:42:44.

information you gave us! A couple of them have good chances. You said

:42:45.:42:47.

that Jo Pavey looked nervous, when you are running a 10,000 metres just

:42:48.:42:53.

after the Commonwealth Games 5000 metres, you see a sign that says 25

:42:54.:42:57.

laps to go, and that makes you nervous. We are going to have a

:42:58.:43:02.

competitive race, it will not be one of the greater distance races of all

:43:03.:43:06.

time, it will not be like the race that Paula Radcliffe run in Munich.

:43:07.:43:12.

Here, you can hardly pick a favourite. Lots of athletes have a

:43:13.:43:22.

good chance. Lots of the European stars establishing their credentials

:43:23.:43:29.

here. But because they do not run a big 2000 -- 10,000 metre race apart

:43:30.:43:33.

from here, you cannot judge. It is difficult to do so. I hope Beth

:43:34.:43:41.

Potter can equip herself well. She ran well for Scotland in the

:43:42.:43:45.

Commonwealth Games. But it will be tough, she ran the 10000 and 5000 in

:43:46.:43:51.

the Commonwealth Games. On an emotional high from the Commonwealth

:43:52.:43:55.

Games, Jo Pavey, and tonight, it would be great to see her as

:43:56.:44:04.

competitive as she was then. If you look at her record at 10,000 metre

:44:05.:44:10.

races against some of the big names, she has raised Fionnuala

:44:11.:44:14.

Britton three times and has one on each occasion, she has raised Sara

:44:15.:44:20.

Moreira twice, she has won once, she has only raced against Anna dolce

:44:21.:44:28.

Felix once, she lost that. But she comes here in as good a shape as she

:44:29.:44:38.

could possibly hope for at 40. You sound like the Cheltenham races, you

:44:39.:44:43.

back your horse, then you look at the form book. It is picking got on

:44:44.:44:50.

your valid point, they do not race each other often. A few of them

:44:51.:44:54.

raced against each other in the European 10,000 metres earlier in

:44:55.:45:01.

the season. But Jo Pavey and a lot of the British athletes, there was

:45:02.:45:08.

an English 10,000 metres in May, and Jo Pavey went there and perform very

:45:09.:45:12.

well, she won that race. The European race was won by Leonard

:45:13.:45:18.

Calvin. The other good Portuguese athlete will contest the marathon

:45:19.:45:23.

here. That gives a line through the others. Clemence Calvin came out on

:45:24.:45:29.

top, but very different conditions. Some people go well in the heat and

:45:30.:45:34.

humidity, others do not. For Jo Pavey and most of these, they will

:45:35.:45:53.

be very happy with the conditions. Just as the athletes come round the

:45:54.:45:57.

bend back, they go past the shot put circle. A lot of weight behind the

:45:58.:46:14.

shot. He likes it. His best so far is 20 metres and 86. I don't think

:46:15.:46:21.

he is closing in on the first throw of David Storl. This man has thrown

:46:22.:46:37.

further than anyone this season. Very simple technique. Balanced,

:46:38.:46:45.

powerful. Good drive from the legs. Finishes it off from the top half.

:46:46.:46:51.

That is the face of a man who thinks he has one, I think. Has gone a bit

:46:52.:46:59.

flat and is waiting for someone to give him a spark. No improvement.

:47:00.:47:08.

His only other valid score. Let's show you how the 400 metres affected

:47:09.:47:11.

the decathlon. Just coming through the finish line

:47:12.:47:41.

with 21 laps left. 3.23, the first lap. If they kept that pace the

:47:42.:47:49.

whole way, they wouldn't be far off 34 minutes. They have picked up the

:47:50.:47:57.

pace since then. Everybody fairly comfortable in these early stages,

:47:58.:48:09.

as you would expect. Just going back to racing 10,000 metres, it is so

:48:10.:48:14.

different. Most athletes, because they get so few chances to race,

:48:15.:48:20.

they get in races with pacemakers, so it is either running as fast as

:48:21.:48:27.

they can to qualify, and then they qualify and the next time they run,

:48:28.:48:31.

they are running a tactical race like this? If you look at them, they

:48:32.:48:38.

have different motives. Fionnuala Britton from Ireland, she is always

:48:39.:48:45.

near the front. When she runs with athletes of this calibre, she is

:48:46.:48:51.

always close to the front in Cross Country and close to the front in a

:48:52.:48:57.

road race. And in the track, they are counting the laps. Literally

:48:58.:49:03.

right next to Fionnuala Britton is the reigning European cross country

:49:04.:49:19.

champion, Duarte. If this was a cross-country race, they would be at

:49:20.:49:23.

the front. You always attack a cross-country race a bit more, you

:49:24.:49:29.

would not get them waiting for the rest of the field. They would not

:49:30.:49:39.

set of thinking about keeping all of the runners together. But on the

:49:40.:49:44.

track, it is a different mentality and you have to be patient, you have

:49:45.:49:50.

to wait until other people make a move and you cover it if you want

:49:51.:49:57.

to. It is interesting to watch the kind of machinations they go through

:49:58.:50:12.

in their minds. Look at Prokopcuka. She is very comfortable leading when

:50:13.:50:17.

she runs on the roads. These athletes run very few 10,000 metres

:50:18.:50:26.

track races, they run 10,000 metres road racers and occasionally

:50:27.:50:33.

marathons and cross-country. But there is Felix of Portugal, settling

:50:34.:50:42.

down nicely. Jo has been up and down. Jo Pavey of Great Britain

:50:43.:50:47.

moving on the outside. Every time I look, she is slipping on the

:50:48.:50:55.

outside, overtaking, she has not settled into this race yet. Not sure

:50:56.:51:07.

she is enjoying running behind GIB fast and Berg of the Netherlands. --

:51:08.:51:26.

Vastenburg. The Belgian, has been running for a few years now. If you

:51:27.:51:41.

analyse this, you have the reigning champion on the inside, in the green

:51:42.:51:45.

of their star Portugal. Jo Pavey, runner-up in the European last time.

:51:46.:51:52.

You have the reigning European cross-country champion, Duarte in

:51:53.:51:57.

the middle. Then you have the newly Britton next to her. You have Sarah

:51:58.:52:02.

Marrero of Portugal upside her team-mate. Then you have a powerful

:52:03.:52:11.

Russian athlete, two Russian athletes, both have run well

:52:12.:52:16.

recently in the Russian Championships. It is moving on a

:52:17.:52:25.

little bit. Little gaps appearing. Jo Pavey is on the outside running

:52:26.:52:31.

along way round. But when it gets faster, she needs to be on the

:52:32.:52:36.

inside. She has not settled. Get yourself a position, and settle into

:52:37.:52:47.

it. Pace is not changing that much. 3.16 for the second kilometre. So it

:52:48.:53:02.

is staying about the same. Jo Pavey enjoying this at the moment. Nobody

:53:03.:53:09.

attempting to break this field up. Just been watching Calvin. She is a

:53:10.:53:27.

good friend of Duarte. She is a danger. She finished second in the

:53:28.:53:39.

French 1500 metre Championships. She is embarking on a new 10,000 metre

:53:40.:53:52.

career. She is an athlete not frightened of the distance yet.

:53:53.:54:00.

Doesn't have the experience yet. But just the one race where she beat

:54:01.:54:09.

many of the women in this field. She must be a danger. 16 laps to go in

:54:10.:54:14.

this 10,000 metre final. Moving up quickly on the outside for the first

:54:15.:54:39.

time, into the lead, is Belete. There is Sarah Marrero. Of Portugal.

:54:40.:54:49.

I think the pace is picking up a little. Just that little move has

:54:50.:55:08.

shaken everything up. It is just all starting to bunch a bit. There was a

:55:09.:55:15.

little bit of pace, now they have slowed a bit. Jo Pavey allows Duarte

:55:16.:55:27.

and Calvin. Stipe Zunic, can he get into the medals? Looks as though

:55:28.:55:35.

that will be his best of the evening and it is fourth place. Agonising.

:55:36.:55:39.

Happy to have thrown his best ever. Skips across. 23 years of age. Just

:55:40.:55:51.

saved that. What will it take to get into the medals? Always a horrible

:55:52.:55:58.

position but fourth place is confirmed. Lifetime best. The medals

:55:59.:56:17.

have been decided. Tomas Mejias ski, can he use the impetus to get past

:56:18.:56:26.

21 metres? Did he say that? Shy of the 21 metre line. It looks like a

:56:27.:56:30.

big man will have to resign himself to a bronze medal. The medal

:56:31.:56:33.

positions have not changed since the second round. 20.83, 32 years of

:56:34.:56:45.

age. Looks like no improvement. Shake of the head. Decent series but

:56:46.:56:57.

third place it is. What do you do? What can this man do? The tall

:56:58.:57:08.

Spaniard is the only man left to stop David Storl taking the gold

:57:09.:57:13.

medal. You know it is the last throw, you gather every bit of

:57:14.:57:21.

energy you possibly can. 6'7" tall. Was not to be. David Storl has taken

:57:22.:57:32.

the gold medal. It is gold for the Spaniard. There is David Storl. He

:57:33.:57:38.

just squashed the competition. Looks like he will have his last throw

:57:39.:57:42.

anyway. But it is a gold medal for Germany. The first medal to be

:57:43.:57:49.

decided in the European Championships, goes to David Storl

:57:50.:57:56.

of Germany. That was no surprise. David Storl dominant in the shot

:57:57.:58:01.

put, winning Germany's first goal medal, the first of these European

:58:02.:58:08.

Championships. The first one on the track is a long way from being

:58:09.:58:16.

decided. They ran 3.23 for the first kilometre, then they ran 3.16, 3.16,

:58:17.:58:31.

3.16. 12 dropping off, but not too many. Most of them comfortable. --

:58:32.:58:43.

one or two. Now the race plans can evolve. Get to the halfway point,

:58:44.:58:54.

see how you are going. They are all connected together. Only a few of

:58:55.:59:05.

them have dropped off. Jarzynska leading. Jo Pavey making her move

:59:06.:59:14.

behind Duarte, the cross-country champion. 12 laps to go and they are

:59:15.:59:20.

all joined together. Nobody is brave enough just yet. 12 laps to go is a

:59:21.:59:28.

long way. You wait until it gets down to seven or eight. Six or five

:59:29.:59:38.

is better, but seven or eight is OK. Just starting to shake it up a

:59:39.:59:42.

little bit. The newly Britton and Jo Pavey watching what is going on at

:59:43.:59:48.

the front. Two Spaniards at the back of the group. The Russian looking a

:59:49.:59:53.

little bit uncomfortable at the back of the group. Everybody else is

:59:54.:00:05.

clicking off, 78, 77, 79, nothing to tax the better athletes so far.

:00:06.:00:11.

Fatigue will be building slowly now. When you do get a fast lap, it will

:00:12.:00:15.

be interesting to see who will go with it. As you said, when fatigue

:00:16.:00:23.

is building, the mental preparations and the mental rehearsals and the

:00:24.:00:29.

race plans go out of the window. Some of them stay with the resolve.

:00:30.:00:35.

Some of them come with a plan, and when they feel tired with 11 laps to

:00:36.:00:42.

go, the plan goes out of the window. We will look in the next few laps to

:00:43.:00:50.

see if anybody has a strong race plan. One by one, the group just

:00:51.:00:55.

breaking up. Even though the pace is not significant. There is a move by

:00:56.:01:02.

pitch champion. Dulce Felix. Every time we look at

:01:03.:01:17.

the front, we see something happening, and when I look back at

:01:18.:01:22.

Jo Pavey, she is always passing somebody. I would like to see her

:01:23.:01:27.

move up half a dozen places, because the big names are at the front.

:01:28.:01:33.

Almensch Belete is there. Ana Dulce Felix. She realises the danger, and

:01:34.:01:41.

Jo Pavey says, I can sense somebody is getting itchy. Clemence Calvin

:01:42.:01:48.

and Sophie Duarte and Sara Moreira are there, with Ana Dulce Felix.

:01:49.:01:56.

Fionnuala Britton following the British athletes through. Jip

:01:57.:02:07.

Vastenburg looking around. Ana Dulce Felix said, OK, I will go back

:02:08.:02:12.

inside. But that was the first nibble at trying to push things on.

:02:13.:02:14.

But now, as you well. I do not know why she looked at the

:02:15.:02:29.

school board their! Almensch Belete hits the front, but it is far too

:02:30.:02:35.

easy in a race like this to make a long run for home. Every move is

:02:36.:02:40.

being covered, but nobody is responding, nobody is leading on

:02:41.:02:49.

from it. There is Sophie Duarte. She went the cross-country in December.

:02:50.:02:55.

On the inside again, Ana Dulce Felix of Portugal. The champion moving

:02:56.:03:02.

closer to the front. Jo Pavey has found a place on the inside, I am

:03:03.:03:09.

pleased to see that. Yes, normally. I would like her to keep an eye.

:03:10.:03:14.

Plenty of laps, if somebody makes a move, you do not have to panic. Once

:03:15.:03:21.

more, Jip Vastenburg wanting to see her name on the screen. Almensch

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Belete has lost the lead for now, Clemence Calvin wants to be near the

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front. She is having a great season. Sophie Duarte on the outside. The

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other Portuguese athlete on the curb. Beth Potter moving up a bit.

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Jo Pavey is towards the back of the lead group. While it is slow, that

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is OK, but if somebody makes a dart, she will have some ground to make

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up. She is fine at the moment. You have to admire their consistency,

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another free: 16 for the last kilometre. It has been a metronomic

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pace. Not wearing them down too much at this point. Beth Potter is going

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well, and Jo Pavey passing athlete. She has been up and down the field,

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but it does not really matter. We are now getting to the serious end

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of the race, somebody will make a long run for home. You have got to

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be close, you do not want to give them a start. Fionnuala Britton is

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right at the back of the group. The champion trying to stretch it out,

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she looks as though she has got something in her legs, when she hits

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the front, she is opening up a few yards. Beth Potter just ahead of Jo

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Pavey, they have been through the Commonwealth Games. Beth Potter did

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the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Jo Pavey ran an essentially in the 5000

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metres. For the rest of them, they have been preparing for these

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championships. The British athletes have been in the Commonwealth Games.

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It is sometimes a handicap, it is easier to run just one championship.

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It is harder to run twice. The experienced marathon runner, twice

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winner of the New York Marathon, hit the front for the first time. She

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seized the comfortable signs, seven laps to go, a mile and three

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quarters, she knows what that feels like. It was at this point, 3000

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metres to go, two years ago, Ana Dulce Felix forced it on and managed

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to drop Jo Pavey. Maybe Jo Pavey remembers that, because she moves

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close. It was a different race, there was not this the group and all

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of these athletes in contention. Beth Potter and Jo Pavey are there.

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Just keeping an eye on things. Fionnuala Britton at the back of the

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leading group. We have not seen too much of her. She has to take a

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couple of steps inside, that is OK, she does not get an advantage. You

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can feel the anxiety building. You can feel the tension growing, that

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something has got to give pretty quickly. Somebody has got to push on

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and try to break up the group. The British athletes have run well, Beth

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Potter has equipped -- acquitted herself extremely well after the

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Commonwealth Games. There she is, closing up on Sophie Duarte and the

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leaders. Behind her, Jo Pavey. Six laps to go. It is time to get

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serious. Starting to think about a race plan. These athletes in this

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group, one or two of them are going to stay and stick with the resolve

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coaches and they have agreed, make the one for home at the time they

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decide. Clemence Calvin is dangerous in second place, she ran the 3000

:07:21.:07:24.

metres at the European Team Championships, and it is less than

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that distance to go now. She acquitted herself reasonably well.

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She has got a bit of pace, but it might not be enough to hold off the

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others. She looks as though she is ready to go. It looks as though she

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feels as though she wants to force it, but she does not have the

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courage yet. Ana Dulce Felix, lots of experience on the inside. Jo

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Pavey slots in towards the back of the group. At this point, I would

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like to see her being a bit closer to the front, because once we get to

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five laps to go, for laps to go, you have got to work hard to get 50

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metres back. Sophie Duarte is pulling out. She has a problem, it

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looks like a hamstring. That is her race over. She takes no further

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part. The group that we are looking at, there are too many. The

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Portuguese athlete look strong. Jo Pavey and Beth Potter looking good.

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Fionnuala Britton is still in contention. We see them running so

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often on the roads, and on the country, and in marathons, and

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shorter distances. I would not know who is the fastest sprinter, occurs

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you do not often see them in a position where they are sprinting

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for the finish. When they looked around at the 200 meter point, there

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are too many for comfort, it is time to start making decisions. Blood

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streaming down the legs of the German, she has been spiked already.

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Look at the pushing and shoving. They have to be careful. Something

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has got to give. Clemence Calvin is slowing it up. She wants to control

:09:25.:09:31.

it. For laps to go. Jo Pavey moving up on the inside, sensing the

:09:32.:09:33.

danger. Almensch Belete at the back of the

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group, a bit of pace. Fionnuala Britton still has a chance, and Beth

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Potter. There is Jo Pavey, sitting, waiting.

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Jip Vastenburg, the tall Dutch figure, you are going to have to run

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wide to get around her. Three and a half laps to go. This is the closest

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Jo Pavey has been to the leader. A lot of British fans in the stadium,

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a lot of us watching Jo Pavey run so magnificently at the Commonwealth

:10:31.:10:34.

Games in the 5000 metres. When she comes into the straight, she will

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look up and see three laps to go. She was second last time. The

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champion is ahead of her, she looks to be ready to go. She hits the

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front. Ana Dulce Felix of Portugal. And her team-mate, Sara Moreira.

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Three laps to go. They are making a move. The two French women, the two

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Portuguese, the two Britons, although Beth Potter is struggling

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now. It is left to Jo Pavey to contest this. Clemence Calvin still

:11:09.:11:12.

looks like she wants to push it on. Jo Pavey sensing that the race is

:11:13.:11:26.

starting to move. 1000 metres to go, Clemence Calvin really starts to put

:11:27.:11:31.

her foot down and starts to stretch them out from the front. Fionnuala

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Britton is in trouble now. She is losing momentum. Jo Pavey in fifth

:11:36.:11:43.

place. The race really starts to go. Ana Dulce Felix realises that limits

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Calvin means it, she is chasing after her. Clemence Calvin lead. Ana

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Dulce Felix working hard in second place. Then, Sara Moreira and Jo

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Pavey. She has never been as close to the front as this, she realises

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the race is on. 800 metres to go. Jo Pavey moves into third place, a

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magnificent move. The champion looks to be beaten in fourth place. Jo

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Pavey now in third place, with Sara Moreira and Clemence Calvin ahead of

:12:21.:12:27.

her. Can she go any quicker? She is forcing the pace, but she is not

:12:28.:12:32.

sprinting. Sara Moreira and Jo Pavey look comfortable. These three are

:12:33.:12:39.

trying to get away. Only these four look in contention for the medals.

:12:40.:12:45.

Clemence Calvin just gets her head down and goes again. Jo Pavey trying

:12:46.:12:53.

to hang on. For athletes together, three medals. Jo Pavey strikes

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again, as she did in become a lot games. She is getting ready to hit

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the front. She knows she needs a fast last lap, but Clemence Calvin

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has prepared for this one. Jo Pavey is tracking her. Jo Pavey is running

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a magnificent race, she is running herself into a medal. A move from Jo

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Pavey. She has got to keep going. It looks like Sara Moreira is losing

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it. Has Jo Pavey got another gear? Has she got anything to dig into?

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What a negativism run from Jo Pavey. Can she win it from here? Clemence

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Calvin, Jo Pavey. Jo Pavey kicks again. Has Clemence Calvin got

:13:50.:13:55.

anything left? She is still hanging on. Clemence Calvin is the big

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danger. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age, nobody has won a gold medal here at

:14:03.:14:07.

that age, and Jo Pavey has never won a gold medal in a major

:14:08.:14:13.

championships. Is it this time? The arms are going. Come on, Jo Pavey! A

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glorious, glorious run for Jo Pavey. Her whole career has been about this

:14:24.:14:28.

moment. It is a gold medal for Jo Pavey. She is the champion.

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Absolutely fantastic. She battled on in the last lap. Finola Britain

:14:49.:14:57.

asking where did you finish? Tell her, told how you want it. All of

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those years, you have done as well as she has done in major

:15:06.:15:12.

Championships. At 5000 and 10,000, flirted with moving up to the

:15:13.:15:15.

marathon. Kept herself in shape over the years and came back in 2014.

:15:16.:15:26.

Winning medals again. Bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. But the

:15:27.:15:33.

gold medal at last for Jo Pavey. Absolutely brilliant. You will not

:15:34.:15:39.

find a more popular gold medal, not just the British brands and the

:15:40.:15:44.

British athletes, but Jo Pavey is a very popular athlete on the track

:15:45.:15:50.

and the roads. Gold medal for Jo Pavey. What a way to win it. She won

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its magnificently. She won it in such style. If we can look at that

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again, I want to enjoy those moments. Here she comes, tracking

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Calvin. You are right to say who had a great chance. Sara Moreira,

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outstanding Portuguese athlete. Then comes Jo Pavey, sprinting like she

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used to sprint. You know she is going to give it everything. You

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know she will keep going. You know she can dig in again a couple of

:16:37.:16:40.

times. She has hit the front, senses there is a gold medal. She has a

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French woman the company. The French woman used to be quick at 1500

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metres. Down the back straight. Calvin is on her shoulder. Once

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again, Jo Pavey digs deeper. Knowing Jo Pavey, she is saving herself.

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There could be another attack and if it comes, she is going to be ready.

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Come on, you have trained for this over many years. She had a baby less

:17:14.:17:18.

than a year ago. Into the finishing straight, the power, the speed and

:17:19.:17:25.

the determination. She will get her first gold medal. She knows nobody

:17:26.:17:35.

is going to stop her from doing that. Jo Pavey, you have made is all

:17:36.:17:41.

very happy tonight. Go around the stadium, shake hands with everybody.

:17:42.:17:43.

Tell them you have won it. She deserved to win it. The decision in

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Jo Pavey to only run the 1500 metres in the commonwealth games, paid for

:17:51.:17:58.

her. She knew what she was doing. Paula Radcliffe is in the studio. I

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bet you're back in your seat now, but you must have been so happy to

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see another British woman to win the 10,000 metres, not quite in the

:18:10.:18:13.

style you did but a fantastic race? It was great style. I am happy it is

:18:14.:18:21.

Jo Pavey. She has recovered from the Commonwealth Games and has done the

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perfect amount of training. She was a struggling but once she pushed for

:18:28.:18:32.

home, the determination on her face and the years of strength, and the

:18:33.:18:38.

years I've just missing out. She has got silver medal in the European

:18:39.:18:42.

Championships, she is the oldest woman to win a European Championship

:18:43.:18:49.

title. She just deserved it. She kept herself out of trouble, staying

:18:50.:18:52.

wide and covered the moves and gradually moved

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