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A very good morning to all of you from all of us. This summer of sport

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just keeps on giving. Now it is time for the European Atletico to take

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centre stage. This place in zero is best known for the Weltklasse. It is

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time for this place to show champions and create champions.

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European champions of which Britain has had quite a few through the

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years. Well done Fatima Whitbread. Waite it

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is fast, long and high, a massive throw. Jonathan Edwards becomes

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European champion. Roger black takes gold for Britain.

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Daley Thompson, European champion. Jessica Ennis-Hill confirm in his

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status as the very best. -- confirming her status. Magnificent.

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Denise Lewis, the new champion. Mo Farah does it again. STUDIO: Some

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great memories. After dropping out of the Commonwealth Games, Mo Farah

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is here in 08. -- Zurich. You all featured in those memories of

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European Championships. I liked your hair Denise! Great memories. It was

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a great Championships. We were always strong and competitive and I

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always had to be at my best. The challenge for the athletes, two

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Championships so close together. Ten and 11 days between the end of one

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and the start of the next one. It is hard because you have to manage the

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two peaks and get ready for one and if you did really well, get over

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that high and get ready to come back and treat this as a fresh one. If

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you did not go well in Glasgow, come into this on the rebound with some

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way to make amends. It did not go too well for you in Manchester,

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Colin? You are spot on Paula, I had to change my approach after running

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disappointingly in Manchester 2002. I had to bounce back, only ten days

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to try to defend my European title. It is never easy doing Championships

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back to back. It is day one and it is a busy morning and this is what

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is coming up. Hannah England, Laura Muir and Laura

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Weightman will be in this. Not quite such a good experience for Goldie

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Sayers. She is the captain and says she is in great shape.

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This is Matthew Hudson-Smith. He goes in the individual event after a

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great relay leg in Glasgow. Breakfast with Tiffany just about

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lunch time with the heats of the women's 100-metre hurdles. And this

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is the timetable. Lots to look forward to. Paul,

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particularly, the women's 1500 metres, after what was a very tough

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event in the Commonwealth. This is a really tough event. There is not an

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easier option, they were up against the Kenyan girls in Glasgow and they

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are up against the Ethiopians today. It will be a tough event. It will be

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tough even to qualify today but the girls are in great shape, Laura Muir

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and Hannah Weightman. They have been really buoyed, Hannah Weightman,

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particularly by the silver medal in Glasgow. Hopefully, Laura Muir has

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managed to put itself back together mentally because she is in great

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shape. We will focus on the mend's decathlon, let's hear from our

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British competitor. My name is Ashley Bryant and I am doing the

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mend's decathlon. I was very happy, I did not go there to score big but

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I am in great shape so I want the points to reflect the shape I am in.

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Hopefully I can now relax and put the score down. How does your body

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feel post Commonwealth Games? What is the shortest gap you have had in

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between the Catalans before? Three weeks is the shortest. That one week

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does make a difference. I had worked for that. Long and physically it was

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hard. You will be tired at the end of the day, it is a decathlon. When

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it comes to British heritage in a decathlon, we looked at Dean Macey

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and Daley Thompson. Are you inspired by the history? I do not go back and

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look at the statistics. But you see the videos and you see what they

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achieved. I want to get up to those schools. -- scores. It will take a

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few years for me to even think about being where they were. But it is a

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maturing event. I definitely think it is possible to get up to the

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mid-8 thousands. It is not easy to be here at all? Jemma there have not

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been many people scoring 8000 in Britain. Standards have gone up. To

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be the only decathlete here is good. Let's go and put down the big

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scores. The places will take care of themselves. Ashley Bryant getting

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ready for this first event. Denise, we talked about the challenge of

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back-to-back championships, the hardest fought decathletes.

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Absolutely, they are on the track. Many athletes. -- they are on the

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track for so many hours. But Ashley Bryant is ready and he knows this

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championship is wide in decathlon. They are a handful of athletes out

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there who are very much capable of scoring well. He needs to be at his

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best and make sure he gets his championship to a great start.

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Realistically, he is looking at a score rather than a medal which is a

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different mindset to what he had in the Commonwealth Games. He has not

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been over 8000 point many times in his career and you need to really

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establish yourself as a true performer and get it up to those

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high marks to give you a fighting chance at this level. He knows that.

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It is time to make that step. Make that transferrin is into those

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finals. -- transference into those finals. Steve Cram, Steve Backley

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and festival Andrew Cotter in the commentary box. COMMENTATOR: Welcome

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to a very sunny stadium. It is a little colder than it has been the

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last few days. Heavy rain yesterday. Very happy the weather is nice today

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and conditions just about perfect. The ground slowly filling up. We

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have become used, certainly in the Commonwealth Games and Olympic

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Games, to see sessions fall. -- full.

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To put things in perspective, he had such success in the Commonwealth

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Games. European decathlon is stronger than Commonwealth the

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catalogue? It is. This is an opportunity for Ashley Bryant. It

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was not a great performance for him in terms of the hijab and the long

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jump and hurdles, he hit every hurdle. -- terms of the high jump.

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Should he go below 11 seconds, and get off to a better start than he

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did in the Commonwealth Games, who knows? The Hungarian in this is 37

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now. Former world bronze-medallist. Good conditions for sprinting.

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Pretty much flat calm. For all of these athletes, it is about getting

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off to a good start and challenging your personal best. Two more heats

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to come after this. We shall see how Ashley Bryant fares.

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The Estonian comes through on the far side. Not quite as Ashley Bryant

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would have been hoping for. A little bit disappointed perhaps. Not the

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start we would have hoped for. He ran 11.1 in Glasgow two weeks ago.

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He looked like he might be over striding here. Towards the end.

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Almost bounding along. Outside of 11.3, 11.4, not quite enough for the

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start he would have hoped. He will have to do a lifetime best to get

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amongst the medals here. No doubt about that. He needs performances

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beyond his lifetime best and that is not one of them.

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A busy start to the field of events. Very busy, somewhat 50 athletes

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involved. Combination of pol falters.

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Look out for Tomasz Majewski and David Storl, the defending champion.

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He has just gone beyond the yellow line, I don't think he fouled,

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that'll advance him into this afternoon's final. Looked quick

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across the final. Always tough coming into the morning

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qualification for every athlete. It is the start of the championship and

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you have to get off with a bang. Which is what the bog area and has

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done. Automatic qualification. -- that is what the old dairy and --

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Bulgarian has done. events, unfortunately, but some of

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the best in the world will contest for medals later this afternoon.

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This is your favourite, defending champion. 6000 calories a day and

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has thrown just below 22 metres this year. That is shot technique. Very

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comfortably, 20 metres point -- 20.20. That is

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comfortably, 20 metres point -- 20.20. That clinical. Very

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comfortable for the German champion. He will go through to deny the's

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final also. -- to tonight's final. 20.76 metres, confirmation. Ashley

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Bryant is down there. After that is slightly disappointing

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first event for Ashley Bryant, he will be watching what happens in the

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rest of these 100 metre races. Van der Plaetsen in lane two.

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25 years of age. Two Frenchmen in this. One of the quickest men in

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this second race here, Haslett. Just get used to some of the colour of

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the strips. Ashley Bryant was in the British strip, predominantly blue

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will stop a lot of blue out there, but it is micro-blue. A lot of blue

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out there, but it is helpful that the French are in the dark blue.

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There is Meyer in lane three. A good first event for

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Sintnicolaas. We will get the first official time for that shortly. A

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good first event for him. There is a lot of talk about this track, that

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it was going to be very fast. Into the breeze that does not help. The

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headwind is possibly canceling that out. It is all to do with the

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coefficient of restitution. Kevin Meyer of France in second place,

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looking very good. He is Nancy's -- fancied as one of the contenders for

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goal here. This is Majewski of Poland, his first attempt to get

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through to tonight's final. The old men of the competition. Looking like

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a youngster. Watch out for this men, he has a handy knack of getting it

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right at the major championship. He will be the dark horse for many

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people. He might need the stimulus of a European title, it will just

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flow through his veins. The course of the final later. He will be in

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the mix, without a doubt. Bucki of France, 23 years of age. He has not

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managed over 20 metres this year, his lifetime best. It does go beyond

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the 20 metres. The yellow line is the automatic qualification. They

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will all go through to the final if they go over 12. A maximum of 12. A

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season best in qualification for the Frenchmen.

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Shy of the automatic. We will have to wait and see. Sintnicolaas with a

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season best. That is his best so far this year. Kevin Meyer, just outside

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his personal best. The top three in heats to. -- heat two. How did you

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find it? You are only as good as it your performance. A little bit down

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in the 100. I and not too disappointed, it is a decent start.

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You had just done a decathlon in Glasgow. I have never turned around

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that quick, three weeks. Everyone can appreciate how you feel after a

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decathlon. I would not turn up if eye was not ready to go and perform

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well. We have talked about the contrast between a full stadium in

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Glasgow, it shows how great the British fans have been at home. You

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would not want any more than Glasgow. The stadium was perfect.

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The stadium was perfect. They. -- the fans were perfect. Qualification

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continues. A personal best of 21.40 metres for the Russian champion and

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this season. That was all over the place. The shot seemed to slip away

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from the neck and that is connect, that is -- disconnect, that is not

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the start he would have wanted. Maybe he is feeling at the nerves

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and what it means it to be in a European Championship. He will have

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two more attempt to advance and improve on that performance. To the

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third heat of the 100 metres. The German is in lane three.

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It is the season best times which get these men into the quickest

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heats. All of these men have gone below 11 seconds this season. Strong

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competition from Kazmirek. He is a good bit quicker than anybody else

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in this race. Not the strongest of the German

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contingent there. Distelberger of Austria in lane eight. And Rietveld

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making of the line-up, from the Netherlands. Over 8200 point this

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season. A very strong line-up, but in terms of times, the German, whose

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father was a very good athlete, he would have competed against Daley

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Thompson, but for the East German, it is left up to the West German. He

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is an upstanding athlete. The third heat of the 100 metres in

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the decathlon. Give them one chance to make that

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false start. It is difficult to tell who was at fault there. It might

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have been Freimuth. His reaction time is 0.021. Anything below

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0.1... There is a twitch from him, first of all. The two Germans have

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been drawn side-by-side. I think that is helping in terms of getting

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a decent time in year at the start of this decathlon. The European

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leader, Kazmirek, possibly being dragged along by the favourite for

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this final heat. It is a perfect situation for the European leader.

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We saw in the Commonwealth Games, the Australian athletes

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double-faulted, two false starts. You can carry on competing but you

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will not be competing in the overall reckoning, so Freimuth just has to

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be careful here. Ready to go again. Freimuth doing the very least that

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he would have expected there. Eventually picking up and coming

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through to win it. Anywhere near his season 's best, I do not think it

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is. Kazmirek looking very strong to his best. It has been given as a

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personal best, Kazmirek. Freimuth was not up to the caliber

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of Daley Thompson, but running very well next to his patronage. --

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compatriot. Off and running, at least, into a very strong wind as

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well. Kazmirek with a personal best, which is what you are looking for in

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a decathlon. Target your personal best and move on.

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Ashley, you said you thought he looked a little bit tired, but he

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seems to be reasonably happy. You have to tell yourself you feel

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great, because it is a mental battle through these days, and I thought he

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looked a bit heavy legged, and nobody could really criticise him,

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because it is such a tough turnaround to do this event. He just

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looked not as fresh as he did in Glasgow, as you would expect. A bit

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of Chad about the track. -- a bit of talk about the track. It is quite

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soft and they wanted to get maximum rebound and not get stuck in the

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track before they take off. You want to get as much energy transference

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back to the athlete. Laura Muir has something to prove after a very

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disappointing games. I just wanted to finally put to rest exec at what

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happened in the 1,500 metres. It was the tiny is the eclipse from someone

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behind me. I lost my footing. I watched it back and was thinking

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that I was in the right place at the right time. I did what I wanted to

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do and they cannot control what happens behind me. It could happen

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again but I hope it does not. It was pretty heartbreaking. I work for it

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for years and it meant everything to me. It was difficult. My coach told

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me I could have a day off the next day but I went back to training.

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These things happened and I hope this time around I can get clear of

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it. Paula, she will obviously be very focused here but her main thing

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was to do well in the Commonwealth Games in front of a home crowd.

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Exactly and as she said, she did nothing wrong in that race. She

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cannot control what happened behind her. She needed to come away and

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mentally pick herself up because physically, she is in a very good

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shape. She has a chance to come back and redeem herself but it is how

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well mentally she has picked herself up from that. What happened to Laura

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Weightman could easily have happened to Laura Muir because they were in

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very similar shape. Exactly. You are spot on, the most important thing is

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that she realised she worked really hard in the winter to come through

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and be in the position she is in today. She has to not get down on

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herself after the Commonwealth Games, she has to keep a positive

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mindset because she can perform very well. The opposite problem, if you

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like, for Laura Weightman, although it is not a problem, she is coming

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off a massive high. It is how you manage that elation. Getting

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yourself fresh and ready to do this again and repeat. It is a great

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opportunity for both of these girls to mix it up and get into the

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medals. Laura Muir, I think she has to prove to herself she can do it in

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finals because she has been unfortunate to have these incidents

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when it really matters. It has happened in doors and in the

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Commonwealth Games. The real test is on this young lady, Laura Muir.

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Behind the favourite of Sweden. I think Hassan comes in with a little

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more edge. They are the two they are aiming at staying with. Laura Muir

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can look at Laura Weightman's run and say, I am right with her and as

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good as she is. They will have the feeling they belong in this company

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and that they can come here and negotiate the heats safely and think

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about getting medals. Steve Cram will be commentating in this. We can

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talk to him now. Steve, a very big moment for Laura Muir. It is when

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you find out what you are made of. She was hugely unfortunate. She is a

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great acting and having a great season. I saw her come into the

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stadium with her coach Andy after that night she had fallen and it was

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good of her to come back. It was good what Andy did with her and get

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immersed back into it. I had a chat. I think you have to put things

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like that behind you. She is in great shape. Like Laura Weightman

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and Hannah as well, coming into these champions, knowing it will be

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tough. But they are in a position where they might be looking at a

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medal. She knows how the hard work she has put in. She is running well

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and she has every chance of running well. They have to negotiate these

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tough heats first and then they can look forward to the final on Friday.

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Laura Weightman, you coached here, when you sat down with her, how did

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you prioritise these two championships? Was Commonwealth more

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important? I don't think we prioritised one over the other.

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There was too short a gap between them. We said that she should try to

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qualify first of all. Getting into the team was not going to be

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straightforward. We decided not to put all of our eggs into an early

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basket. You get yourself in shape when championships are so close

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together and it is great to win a silver medal in the first one

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because you come to this one full of confidence. It would not have been

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as easy a job if that had not happened. Let's talk about the way

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the energy is returned, Steve Cram mentioned it. Can it make a

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difference? I would like to think so. This track surface has quick

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times and jumping, you get that rebound off the track and you always

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feel like you are floating, you do not expend energy going down into

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the floor. This track, they have made modifications. People seem to

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like it. Interesting to see how the hurdlers handle it. These 1500 metre

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runners will not have the same problem. Let's get back to Steve

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Cram. Laura Muir in this first heat, essentially a semifinal.

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The first heat has Laura Muir against one of the gold medal

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favourites. To be fair, if Laura conducts

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herself as she has done for most of her season, she should be fine. It

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is always difficult on a morning. It was Mr Buckley who went for that

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phrase. The warmer track is downtown and they have had to get up early

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and go from there hotels and go to the warm up track downtown and do

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that and then come on a bus to the track here and doing little more

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warm up downstairs. This first morning, everybody getting use to

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those conditions, preparing for your race.

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This is not always the best time of the day to run at your best so you

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have to be mentally on top of things. I am sure Laura Muir and her

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coach will be putting Glasgow behind them. She will be hungrier than most

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to do well here. Good conditions. We think there is absolutely no wind

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here today. A good morning. Good morning to Brendan foster. We have

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two contrasting thoughts about the English and British athletes.

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Laura Muir is right in the middle of the pack running sensibly. The pace

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looks pretty easy and comfortable. But she is coming out of the Common

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of games with a bit of a burden. She did not finish well. -- the

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Commonwealth Games. They are all looking and watching

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for the favourite. A pretty dominant start to the year. You just do not

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panic. Laura needs to settle when things like that happen.

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The Russians have been quiet so far in 2014.

:39:49.:40:22.

Laura Muir giving herself a chance on the outside.

:40:23.:40:35.

Laura Muir breaking that long-standing Scottish record of Eva

:40:36.:40:52.

Marie's. You can see Aregawi, but I think Laura Muir is running a

:40:53.:40:55.

sensible race but she has to hold it. The whole field is beginning to

:40:56.:41:03.

gather. The Russian looking pretty good. Laura Muir is getting boxed a

:41:04.:41:11.

little bit. She is finding some room. They have to be careful here.

:41:12.:41:21.

Aregawi looking comfortable. Laura Muir has worked herself from a good

:41:22.:41:25.

position, coming down the home straight. Once again, she is finding

:41:26.:41:30.

the long way round. Now she has to go for it. Laura Muir will have to

:41:31.:41:35.

really be strong over the last 200 metres.

:41:36.:41:43.

The Ukrainian can finish quickly. Top four only will be guaranteed

:41:44.:41:52.

through to the final. Laura Muir has to find something in the home

:41:53.:42:00.

straight. Aregawi looks comfortable. These will be the first four to

:42:01.:42:06.

qualify easily. Laura Muir will finish in six place. Poor Laura

:42:07.:42:18.

Muir. She is not out yet but just look at her. She was all over the

:42:19.:42:23.

place. It is difficult in slow races, it is difficult to know where

:42:24.:42:28.

to put yourself. You just have to not panic and I think she did panic

:42:29.:42:36.

a little bit once or twice. It is pointless looking at times, you have

:42:37.:42:40.

to be in a good position and give yourself a chance in the last lap.

:42:41.:42:44.

She went from a good position to a bad position and had a lot to do and

:42:45.:42:47.

could not find enough in the last 200 metres. There is the

:42:48.:42:54.

disappointment for the moment. Aregawi controlling this race. Laura

:42:55.:43:02.

Muir is 10th there, having been much closer. Much easier and much more in

:43:03.:43:07.

the race. Now she is running long on the outside, weigh on the outside,

:43:08.:43:13.

the race happening in front of her. At this point, Laura Muir is coming

:43:14.:43:17.

down the back straight but look at Aregawi, just strolling. You would

:43:18.:43:24.

rather be where Aregawi is. Band where Laura Muir is. -- van where

:43:25.:43:33.

Laura Muir is. First four to qualify. And then the four fastest

:43:34.:43:41.

losers. She will be a very nervous bystander when it comes to watching

:43:42.:43:48.

the second heat. Aregawi looking in control and comfortable. She wins

:43:49.:43:53.

her first heat of the women's 1500. Laura Muir at that point giving

:43:54.:44:07.

herself... There is a little bit of a stumble, which is what happens in

:44:08.:44:13.

1500 metres. She looked as if she was accelerating there but she

:44:14.:44:28.

fades. Terzic alongside Aregawi. She was one of the favourites for the

:44:29.:44:32.

Commonwealth Games, Laura Muir, and she was so disappointed in that race

:44:33.:44:36.

and it is difficult to shake off disappointment in a race like that,

:44:37.:44:38.

especially in your hometown. You gave it your all but it was not

:44:39.:44:55.

the result you wanted? No. I was close a couple of times to falling.

:44:56.:44:57.

the result you wanted? No. I was close a I will have to wait until

:44:58.:45:02.

after the second race. What is it like when you are in that kind of a

:45:03.:45:08.

race, still gaining experience all the time, is it something you think

:45:09.:45:13.

you need to progress with, not to panic in certain situations? I

:45:14.:45:18.

thought I kept pretty cool but it was quite slow and it was bunched

:45:19.:45:31.

up. I am here to learn. This is Mike second year of competition -- my

:45:32.:45:44.

second year of competition. It is completely different when you are by

:45:45.:45:53.

yourself in single file. To have eight or nine people bunched up

:45:54.:45:58.

together, it is very different. I just have done enough to get

:45:59.:46:04.

through. We wish you well. Thank you. I think she knows the pace of

:46:05.:46:12.

that race makes it a long shot but she will still be in there for the

:46:13.:46:17.

final. We will look forward to the second heat.

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Laura Weightman, one of the top of four, quickest in Europe this year.

:46:26.:46:43.

Going quickly to the line. Hannah England goes here, along with Laura

:46:44.:46:51.

Weightman. Just an example of what can happen.

:46:52.:46:56.

The athletes become stretched out through the diamond league season,

:46:57.:47:05.

and championship racing is very different, very tactical at times.

:47:06.:47:10.

They know what time they have to look for here. Hannah England in

:47:11.:47:17.

second place. Laura Weightman back in about seventh or eighth place.

:47:18.:47:21.

The first four will go through automatically. They are already

:47:22.:47:39.

running as if they were they the -- they are already running. In much

:47:40.:47:43.

better race this time than the first round. There is Laura moving

:47:44.:47:49.

through. She had just seen Laura Muir. This is almost like a final.

:47:50.:47:58.

The final is on Friday. The fastest lap, 68 seconds. Hannah England is

:47:59.:48:03.

running well. Laura Weightman decides she wants to be a bit closer

:48:04.:48:08.

and that is good movement. The way they are moving, it looks as if the

:48:09.:48:14.

first four could easily, from this heat. The Polish champion does a bit

:48:15.:48:22.

of pace making on the circuit herself. She is helping the rest of

:48:23.:48:28.

them along. They are all in good positions at the moment. We talked

:48:29.:48:36.

about Hassan and Aregawi, the two standouts athletes this year.

:48:37.:48:41.

Assigned in the bright orange vest -- Hassan in the bright orange vest.

:48:42.:48:49.

The Albanian, we mentioned before, " or the with -- she is in close

:48:50.:48:57.

quarters. All in good positions at the moment. Hangeland likes running

:48:58.:49:05.

the shortest way around which the -- Hannah England likes running the

:49:06.:49:09.

shortest way around. Laura Weightman moving closely down the back

:49:10.:49:11.

straight. shortest way around. Laura Weightman

:49:12.:49:19.

moving closely down The EPO and the -- the Ethiopian athlete who is now

:49:20.:49:25.

running for Holland, she is moving. They all moved quickly, England

:49:26.:49:29.

moves quickly. Around the top bend, coming into the Straits. You have

:49:30.:49:34.

got to be careful now and make sure you do not lose a good position. The

:49:35.:49:39.

targets champion making a move on the outside will stop -- Turkish

:49:40.:49:45.

champion is making a move on the outside.

:49:46.:49:51.

They heat the bell. The sun looks good. This is the point in the race

:49:52.:50:06.

-- Hassan looks good. Hannah England is in a good position. A few

:50:07.:50:13.

athletes ahead of her, but she had to dig heat. England looks good and

:50:14.:50:24.

Laura Weightman still has a bit to do. Hannah England has been in a

:50:25.:50:37.

good position throughout the race. The Italian champion is in second

:50:38.:50:43.

place. Hassan out in front, controlling this. Look at the

:50:44.:50:55.

strength of the Dutch athlete there. Hannah England is going to have to

:50:56.:50:59.

wait and see. Weightman goes through automatically. Hannah England,

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despite being in fifth place, will go through as one of the fastest

:51:07.:51:11.

losers, I am sure. Both of the English athletes safely through. The

:51:12.:51:18.

pace of that one spells trouble. No further competition for Laura Muir.

:51:19.:51:29.

She used her head. That was a very impressive performance. The

:51:30.:51:34.

acceleration has already started. Look at Laura Weightman. She is

:51:35.:51:39.

running strongly now. The race has gathered and that suits her style.

:51:40.:51:49.

She looks to be more powerful, more strong in every sense, and doing

:51:50.:51:55.

enough. She knows the time is good enough but she wants to be in the

:51:56.:51:59.

first four. Hannah England goes through as the fastest loser. The

:52:00.:52:07.

difference between them, that is what the games gives you, she is

:52:08.:52:13.

running with confidence. That was a very good performance. Her coach did

:52:14.:52:26.

a great job. It is a good race. Laura Weightman goes through as an

:52:27.:52:31.

automatic qualifier. Not good news for Laura Muir. Laura and Hannah are

:52:32.:52:46.

with me. Well done. You came through with ease. It was a bit messy out

:52:47.:52:51.

there because it is so slow and everyone is pushing for positions. I

:52:52.:52:57.

stayed relaxed and came through that last 200 metres to get in the

:52:58.:53:03.

automatic spot. Knowing the first race was not so quick, what was your

:53:04.:53:12.

mindset? It was a decent pace. She did not make it a decent pace.

:53:13.:53:18.

Hassan made that the big move. It was an opportunity. I just try to

:53:19.:53:28.

feel good in the last 100. Did you feel good overall? I did. I have had

:53:29.:53:33.

time to recoup since the Commonwealth Games. I just try to

:53:34.:53:40.

stay in position. I went home after the Commonwealth Games and got out

:53:41.:53:44.

of that environment. I just wanted to go back to Leeds and chill out

:53:45.:53:49.

and regroup. I feel ready to go again and I am looking forward to

:53:50.:53:53.

the challenge. A couple of days until the final. Very best of luck

:53:54.:54:04.

with that. Very impressive they are. It might be a battle for the minor

:54:05.:54:14.

medals. All of the fastest losers are coming through from that second

:54:15.:54:22.

heat. All of the qualifiers knowing through to the final, which is on

:54:23.:54:35.

Friday. Hassan out in front. Aregawi and Hassan are the standout

:54:36.:54:40.

athletes. Laura Weightman will be challenging them, I am sure. Sadly,

:54:41.:54:49.

Laura Muir was in sixth place and will not go through to the final.

:54:50.:54:58.

Colin Jackson has disappeared to the commentary box. I am left with Paula

:54:59.:55:00.

and Denyse, which is lovely. To watch Laura Muir, it was really

:55:01.:55:14.

heartbreaking, wasn't it? It was. It was really hard because she was so

:55:15.:55:19.

mentally shook up by what happened in the Commonwealth Games. Then to

:55:20.:55:24.

nearly stumble a couple of times just resurrected those memories. She

:55:25.:55:30.

was tense. She had also run a lot of the race wide in lane two, almost in

:55:31.:55:38.

lane three, but it was this stumble here as they went through the ballot

:55:39.:55:41.

that really not her, and then she panicked. -- through the bell. If

:55:42.:55:48.

she had stayed relaxed she could have maybe come back, but it is

:55:49.:55:57.

understandable why she panicked. She is seeing another final run away

:55:58.:56:00.

from her and she was tensing up and was not able to make up that ground.

:56:01.:56:06.

She did not have the advantage that she had in the second semifinal,

:56:07.:56:09.

when you know what she had in the second semifinal,

:56:10.:56:11.

when you know time you are aiming for and what time you need to act.

:56:12.:56:19.

-- need to get. All of the fastest losers came from the second

:56:20.:56:25.

semifinal. To hide out there. Most era will be back after pulling out

:56:26.:56:32.

of the -- Mo Farah will be back after pulling out of the

:56:33.:56:36.

Commonwealth Games. Here are some experts from a recent interview. I

:56:37.:56:47.

had a chipped tooth and it got infected and I had some pain and I

:56:48.:56:51.

went for a run and I came back and I collapsed in the bathroom. I was

:56:52.:56:58.

knocked out. I was in so much pain in my stomach and they had to be

:56:59.:57:04.

airlifted to the main hospital. They thought something was wrong with my

:57:05.:57:10.

heart. It was crazy. I was in hospital for four days. It must have

:57:11.:57:16.

been scary. It was scary, but things happen. I'm just quite a lot of

:57:17.:57:24.

running. I would love -- I lost quite a lot of running, but I would

:57:25.:57:29.

have loved to continue and go to the Commonwealth Games. I did not want

:57:30.:57:32.

to disappoint my fans but I was nowhere near ready. I did one track

:57:33.:57:40.

session. Paula was there and she said, she was watching the track and

:57:41.:57:45.

she asked if I was all right and if should stop, and for someone like

:57:46.:57:51.

her to say that, she has seen it, and she said it was not right. It

:57:52.:57:58.

took a lot out of me, and later on, I chose the easy option, which was

:57:59.:58:04.

not fair, but she saw me struggle. It was disappointing. But if I am

:58:05.:58:14.

going to turn up I have to be 100%. There must have been some sort of

:58:15.:58:20.

misunderstanding. You and Mo Farah are very close. And we continue to

:58:21.:58:26.

be so. I was disappointing when I saw that headline. He might have

:58:27.:58:30.

seen the headline and not seen what I actually said, because he twisted

:58:31.:58:35.

it a little bit. I never said he was choosing the easy option, I just

:58:36.:58:38.

said it was an easier race here, certainly. He had longer to get over

:58:39.:58:45.

the problems, and when he was doing that session, he needed to decide,

:58:46.:58:49.

was he coming into here, and he was running tired, it was from the

:58:50.:58:55.

stress of the illness, and he was trying to recover the few days that

:58:56.:59:00.

he had lost, and he had time to do that. I was just surprised, and he

:59:01.:59:05.

was disappointed because he had not managed to get back into good

:59:06.:59:10.

shape, but he had already pulled out. I am sure that little

:59:11.:59:15.

misunderstanding will be cleared up. I suppose the bigger issue is that

:59:16.:59:20.

he doesn't seem quite fragile. The struggle he does -- he seems quite

:59:21.:59:29.

fragile. He is the double European champions. It happens a lot, they

:59:30.:59:40.

get into some injuries, all being unwell, and the defences do come up.

:59:41.:59:49.

It is scary. Yes, to get suddenly airlifted out. To have all of those

:59:50.:59:53.

concerns about your health. Then it becomes not even about getting wed

:59:54.:59:57.

either championships, it is making sure you are OK and healthy as a

:59:58.:00:01.

person. Then you can focus on whether you can come and compete.

:00:02.:00:07.

That is the men's 400-metre hurdles heats. COMMENTATOR: No British

:00:08.:00:18.

competitors in this one. The first four go through

:00:19.:00:30.

automatically and then the four fastest losers.

:00:31.:00:46.

Broz of the Czech Republic is in the outside lane.

:00:47.:01:04.

This is a fairly open a fairly open affair this year. They are moving

:01:05.:01:07.

along strongly at the moment. Puemi taking most of the cheers from

:01:08.:01:18.

the crowd. Kanervo still going strongly. It

:01:19.:01:45.

might be a fierce battle for the minor places. The tall German coming

:01:46.:01:51.

through. It will be Broz from the Czech Republic... Colin Jackson, we

:01:52.:02:18.

thought Kudryavstev... Because it is so open, these guys are literally

:02:19.:02:23.

competing from the tape. -- until the tape. The Russian showing he is

:02:24.:02:32.

in good shape. We will continue to chat a little

:02:33.:02:45.

bit about Mo Farah. The marathon training, it would seem, not

:02:46.:02:49.

understanding it well, but it has had a real impact on him? I think it

:02:50.:02:55.

has had an impact but I think a good impact. He was in phenomenal shape

:02:56.:02:59.

over the winter and that strength carried onto the summer. We will see

:03:00.:03:04.

that when he comes out and races that he is in good shape. But he

:03:05.:03:07.

took a knock mentally and physically, from the illness. From

:03:08.:03:15.

not being able to go to the Commonwealth Games as well. He would

:03:16.:03:19.

have been sitting at home worrying about his health and watching the

:03:20.:03:23.

race and wanting to be dead but that the same time, not wanting to put

:03:24.:03:29.

himself on the line unless he is 100%. -- watching the race and

:03:30.:03:36.

wanting to be there. The evidence does not seem to be that he was in

:03:37.:03:41.

amazing shape. If you saw the training he was doing in Kenya, he

:03:42.:03:50.

was in good shape. And he ran in marathons, there are few people who

:03:51.:03:58.

can do what he does. He did hit some problems coming into the race but

:03:59.:04:02.

the block of training he did over the winter was probably the best

:04:03.:04:06.

volume and intensity of training he has ever done. So he would have come

:04:07.:04:10.

out stronger, but he did struggle with a calf injury coming into

:04:11.:04:15.

London. He did not run as well as he wanted to do. But he still ran well

:04:16.:04:19.

I think. But that was another mental blow. He came in expecting him to be

:04:20.:04:27.

right up there. But that did not happen. So that was already

:04:28.:04:32.

something mentally to get over. Then he gets back into training and he

:04:33.:04:37.

collapses. I think he is a little bit lost mentally now, he does not

:04:38.:04:41.

have that aura of confidence that we have seen him having previous years.

:04:42.:04:48.

He is not the same Mo Farah, joking and laughing around and being

:04:49.:04:52.

himself. He is looking for himself a little bit. Hopefully he will find

:04:53.:04:57.

it here. Because he has been so successful, people expect him to

:04:58.:05:01.

just walk onto the track and just be victorious. Like you say, you have

:05:02.:05:07.

to learn how to run a marathon and that takes a little while. I think

:05:08.:05:13.

maybe, the guard is up a little bit. The criticism from the press

:05:14.:05:18.

perhaps, twisting things, like Paula said, it makes an athlete feel

:05:19.:05:27.

tense, that they are battling. I have experienced it. You close off a

:05:28.:05:30.

little bit because they always has to be that self-preservation to make

:05:31.:05:34.

you do what you do best and that is function in the heat of the moment,

:05:35.:05:39.

on the track, and make decisions that are the best decisions for your

:05:40.:05:44.

sport. It was tough for him because the week before he ran his

:05:45.:05:54.

marathon, there was a comparison with him and another athlete who was

:05:55.:05:58.

running well. I hardly got knocked off kilter? I think that if he had

:05:59.:06:04.

not been ill and he had been able to race this track season as he

:06:05.:06:06.

normally would have progressed, he would have been fine. It has taken

:06:07.:06:12.

it out of him. And then feeling as if you are a little bit criticised

:06:13.:06:17.

and you close yourself off and you feel attacked and that takes more

:06:18.:06:22.

energy. What he needs to do is get out there and do what he does best.

:06:23.:06:27.

Quick question, can you run a really fast marathon and run a fast 100

:06:28.:06:34.

metres? Aberdeen not within a couple of weeks. But -- probably would not

:06:35.:06:40.

within a couple of weeks. I believe he will go faster and

:06:41.:06:51.

build towards that but he will probably lose some of that 1500

:06:52.:06:55.

metres speed but right now, he is still the best in the world. Let's

:06:56.:07:01.

get back out on the track. Steve Cram.

:07:02.:07:10.

COMMENTATOR: This is the result of the first heat.

:07:11.:07:17.

Andrew? Broz goes through automatically. We will come back to

:07:18.:07:30.

some of that, more going tomorrow night. Women's 10,000 metre final

:07:31.:07:38.

tonight. This very open 400-metre hurdles event. Felix Franz.

:07:39.:08:12.

Thomas Barr showing great form. But watch out for Felix Franz. He really

:08:13.:08:29.

has a chance of taking this title. Thomas Barr started well. Franz a

:08:30.:08:39.

little bit slower. There is Franz. Thomas Barr started very well

:08:40.:08:45.

through this first 200 metres. Colin will tell us after, you really

:08:46.:08:50.

cannot take it easy in the 400-metre hurdles. You have to go out there

:08:51.:08:55.

and run hard. The young German has a lot of work to do. Thomas Barr going

:08:56.:09:00.

well. Here comes Franz coming through. Thomas Barr going well. The

:09:01.:09:16.

Russian might have just got fourth. That was a contrasting race. Thomas

:09:17.:09:22.

Barr, a little bit more experience, went out really hard. We know the

:09:23.:09:27.

sort of athlete Franz is. He came storming down the home straight to

:09:28.:09:33.

finish second. Well done Thomas Barr. The German run very

:09:34.:09:37.

cautiously. He did the right thing to qualify.

:09:38.:09:47.

He will have studied the form and he knows his opponents. He knew what he

:09:48.:09:54.

could produce. Thomas Barr, the young Irish lad, I was watching his

:09:55.:10:02.

stride patterns, very comfortable 13 strides around hurdle six. I think

:10:03.:10:06.

he has lots of potential and he is pretty decent on the flat four as

:10:07.:10:11.

well. If he can blend that hurdling technique with maturity and speed on

:10:12.:10:15.

the flat that he is demonstrating, the young lad has a future.

:10:16.:10:25.

These are the athletes that made it successfully through to the final

:10:26.:10:33.

later on this afternoon. David Storl leading the qualification. He is the

:10:34.:10:37.

favourite defending from two years ago. Watch out for Majewski, double

:10:38.:10:45.

Olympic champion. Lesnoy, at the bottom, one of the highly fancied

:10:46.:10:46.

athletes. A lifetime best of 61 metres plus.

:10:47.:11:13.

That looks good, good space on the line. Beyond qualification I think.

:11:14.:11:22.

Just shy of 60 metres. She qualified for the Olympic final in 2008. Now

:11:23.:11:27.

26 years of age. Often said to be the pride for javelin throwers. No

:11:28.:11:37.

real wind to speak of. The javelin should fly. That is auto qualifying.

:11:38.:11:43.

She can take her spikes off. And go and rest ready for the final. She is

:11:44.:11:48.

up Thursday so two days rest. Slightly unusual.

:11:49.:11:59.

Thomas Barr joining me here. I have not had a race in a couple of weeks.

:12:00.:12:11.

It shows, I came out to get to the round in the final. Into the semis

:12:12.:12:14.

tomorrow. Qualification was not too bad. There are five heats and four

:12:15.:12:20.

fastest from each one so I knew God vocation today would not be too

:12:21.:12:27.

bad. -- so I knew qualification today would not be too bad. You

:12:28.:12:33.

cannot slow down too much, you have to attack each hurdle. If you get

:12:34.:12:40.

your stride pattern wrong, it could be the difference between places if

:12:41.:12:44.

you really mess it up. The only time you can use up in the last 40

:12:45.:12:48.

metres. We look forward to seeing you next round.

:12:49.:12:56.

It is Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova from the Ukraine. That is too close to the

:12:57.:13:09.

line. She had to bail out on that. 67 metres plus, a huge lifetime best

:13:10.:13:13.

and goes in as one of the contenders, but she will have to

:13:14.:13:16.

sort her run-up out and give herself some space. Cut that short. She is

:13:17.:13:37.

certainly capable of a lot more. Barbora Spotakova, what can she do

:13:38.:13:42.

first attempt? That looked very controlled and very comfortable.

:13:43.:13:49.

Drops in very precisely. That is impressive. She had a year out last

:13:50.:13:55.

year to give birth to her first child. Yannick. She says she feels a

:13:56.:14:03.

sense of responsibility as a mother and she is through to the final. We

:14:04.:14:12.

move on to the third of five heats in the men's 400-metre hurdle. There

:14:13.:14:22.

is Rojer for Great Britain. -- Sebastian Rodger. Steve was talking

:14:23.:14:32.

a moment ago about the youngsters, Thomas Barr and the Frenchman,

:14:33.:14:38.

Franz, a lot of 22 and 23-year-old 's who are looking to make an

:14:39.:14:41.

impact. They may well be the favourites. I think the favourite

:14:42.:14:45.

might be the Estonian at the top. He is in Lane 1, not a great lane

:14:46.:14:54.

for the favourite. champion. There is Rodger. A lot of

:14:55.:15:37.

the finalists are going to be contenders for medals. The Hungarian

:15:38.:15:53.

finished second in the Hungarian championships this year, behind his

:15:54.:16:09.

rather. There is Magi. Lane two on the inside, not quite as tight as

:16:10.:16:15.

lane one. Four will go through automatically to the semifinals. You

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cannot take it too easily in the hurdles.

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The first four will go through automatically to the semifinals.

:16:32.:16:44.

This will be a fiercely contested hurdles because there is not one

:16:45.:16:55.

standout. Magi has been running so well this season. Rodger is leaving

:16:56.:17:07.

himself a bit too do here. He is beginning to make a bit of a move

:17:08.:17:13.

here around the bend. Magi looking comfortable but going very strong.

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Rodger is stepping up a bit. He is moving into a good position. It will

:17:22.:17:28.

be a battle for fourth place. Rodger in there to take third place. He

:17:29.:17:36.

eventually came through. The Polish athlete looked very strong. Magi

:17:37.:17:41.

looked very comfortable, but Rodger has done what was necessary to get

:17:42.:17:46.

through. The key thing is to qualify and he did that very well indeed. I

:17:47.:17:52.

am pretty sure he will be pleased with third place. It is important to

:17:53.:17:57.

feel what the conditions are like. You are battling against the

:17:58.:18:01.

barriers and your opponents, but also the conditions. A strong wind

:18:02.:18:06.

can affect your stride pattern and that is crucial to your performance.

:18:07.:18:12.

A cracking season last year. Got very close to that 49 second

:18:13.:18:18.

barrier. Not so sharp this year, but I think he enjoys this type of

:18:19.:18:22.

competition, because there is no clear favourite and this is an

:18:23.:18:28.

opportunity to raise his game. He looks his lead leg over the barriers

:18:29.:18:31.

and that could cause a bit of a Rob, . If you click one -- a bit of a

:18:32.:18:39.

problem if you clip one. You could end up falling. It will get really

:18:40.:18:45.

serious tomorrow in the semifinals, but Rodger will be there. Have --

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Magi managed to just sneak through. Rodger safely through. COMMENTATOR:

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how was that? I work hard this week. I tried to rectify problems

:19:20.:19:23.

and it seems to have clicked. I am looking forward to tomorrow. You

:19:24.:19:30.

will have to up your game. It will be a bit more cut-throat. I am just

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happy. I can really concentrate on tomorrow. The Commonwealth Games, I

:19:41.:19:50.

did not want to let people down, so why am happy to have the opportunity

:19:51.:19:54.

here. We wish you all the best for tomorrow. Thank you. COMMENTATOR:

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well done to Rodger. You are just joining us, there was disappointment

:20:04.:20:10.

for Laura Moore or, who did not make it through, but Hannah England and

:20:11.:20:14.

Laura make -- Laura Muir did not make it through, but Laura Weightman

:20:15.:20:19.

and Hannah England did. There is a bit of work for Rodger to do. You

:20:20.:20:30.

can see that his hurdle technique, he just seems to roll his leg a

:20:31.:20:34.

little bit, and it throws him off balance on landing. He is losing a

:20:35.:20:40.

lot of time over the hurdles. We know he is good on the flats, but

:20:41.:20:44.

that he gets to rip with his technique, -- grip with his

:20:45.:20:49.

technique, his time could really calmed down. He is making that

:20:50.:20:55.

transition into the senior ranks. There is a lot to be and proved

:20:56.:21:00.

here. One men who has come through massively this year is Neil

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Flanery. This is a real opportunity for him. Absolutely. He has already

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taken one big step up this year and he will be coming in, riding high,

:21:16.:21:20.

and hopefully negotiating the rounds safely and producing big results. It

:21:21.:21:28.

is a mindset change for an athlete to go into the Championships. A year

:21:29.:21:32.

ago he thought perhaps this was a dream and now we have a chance of

:21:33.:21:36.

getting on the podium. He missed out on a medal in the Commonwealth Games

:21:37.:21:46.

will stop his --: Commonwealth Games. He will have looked at the

:21:47.:21:52.

rankings, he is confident. He is ranked second in Europe and he knows

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there is an opportunity. I love his attitude and the way he competes.

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Fingers crossed for him this morning. We have talked about the

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issue of stride pattern. You cannot take it too easy. There is the

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mascot. I am not sure what he is called. We might see some towels in

:22:14.:22:23.

the studio later on. This has all gone horribly wrong. I am not

:22:24.:22:35.

digging you out of that whole! If you have been in Z?rich the last

:22:36.:22:40.

couple of years, the mascot has been a big fixture, and he has driven

:22:41.:22:46.

everybody bananas. As mascots go, he is good, one of the best, and he

:22:47.:22:51.

never stops working. I don't know how he keeps his weight on. He is

:22:52.:22:59.

somebody that the people in Z?rich will know very well indeed. Back to

:23:00.:23:14.

business. Flanery, there he is will stop a great start or Hammett this

:23:15.:23:20.

season and then he lost his way into the beds and iPods he -- dare he is.

:23:21.:23:25.

A great start for him this season and then he lost his way. His

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training partner Tom Burton goes in the final heat will stop should be

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-- heat. It should be fairly straightforward for him. There is

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the new champion, 20 years of age, not a junior anymore. We have the

:23:46.:23:52.

Championships recently in Eugene and a few people have come over from

:23:53.:23:59.

them. He is 20 now, Al-Qaeda the Junior ranks. -- he is now out of

:24:00.:24:04.

the Junior ranks. The big tall Serbian had such a

:24:05.:24:13.

great year last year. Just looking for Flanery to

:24:14.:24:36.

negotiate here. Flanery could be woken up a little

:24:37.:25:00.

bit. He is judging in the race well. He just manages to pick himself up

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again. Striding into the last hurdle. Flannery finishing much

:25:17.:25:33.

better. 49.78, very good indeed. Bekric went off so hard and we saw

:25:34.:25:37.

what he can do. He was brilliant last year. I wonder if he will be a

:25:38.:25:43.

danger. I think he was a little bit excited. Well done, Flannery. At the

:25:44.:25:49.

Commonwealth Games, Flannery really struggled in that first round. He

:25:50.:25:56.

performed very well in the final. He ran a far more controlled race here,

:25:57.:26:00.

no panic whatsoever when people came up on him from the outside or

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inside, and he won that race perfectly well. He judged it well.

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Really pleased he has gone in at 49 seconds, because that is a mental

:26:15.:26:18.

breakthrough for a lot of these athletes. Coming into these

:26:19.:26:23.

championships with 48.8, and the defence of his performance in the

:26:24.:26:28.

Commonwealth Games, I think that sets him up nicely. Semifinal, and

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hopefully, the final. This is the first attempt of Jelaca

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to go beyond qualification. Way beyond it. Beyond the 60 metres.

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There is no-one that we have seen so far go beyond that line. It looks as

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though the 24-year-old Serbian has put a place in the final. She has

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booked her place successfully there, it would seem. That is a league

:27:13.:27:15.

qualifier. -- league qualifier. One more heat to come. I am sure Tom

:27:16.:27:35.

Burton got a good view of that one. The Russian just about got rounds. A

:27:36.:27:39.

personal best for the finish it seems like this has worked

:27:40.:27:55.

perfectly today. I just had to run a race that IT was good to get into

:27:56.:28:01.

the top two, to get a cut that short I just knew that I had to run a race

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that was good to get into the top two. I was happy with that. It is

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supposed to be horrible tomorrow but nothing I have not run in before. I

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was just chilling out and then putting the burners on. I am happy

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with it. A nice, controlled race. We wish you well. COMMENTATOR: there is

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the mascot again. With reference to my previous comments about towels in

:28:42.:28:50.

the studio, this is what I meant. He makes a noise! Let's forget about

:28:51.:29:07.

that. A great performance from Flannery. He did not panic, he ran

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smoothly, then a bit of a burst on that last hurdle just to make his

:29:14.:29:18.

presence felt. I am sure he has taken a great deal of confidence

:29:19.:29:22.

from his performance at the Commonwealth Games. You see that

:29:23.:29:28.

little bit of acceleration. Just knowing that you are going to come

:29:29.:29:31.

through and qualify, just put a little bit in there to show the

:29:32.:29:36.

others that you mean business. Just a quick word on dye green. Get well

:29:37.:29:48.

soon. Torrid times. It is back to back injuries, illnesses, being

:29:49.:29:54.

unwell, and not able to show the caliber of athlete that he really

:29:55.:29:58.

is. You do not put down the times that he has run with that sort of

:29:59.:30:05.

pedigree, and the job now is to find his confidence. Have a run of being

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free of injury and get some training under the belt and get back on the

:30:12.:30:15.

track and let people know that he is not finished by any stretch of the

:30:16.:30:19.

imagination. He has had so many years now where he has not had to do

:30:20.:30:28.

that work. He is going to come back from so many knocks. He has got

:30:29.:30:33.

himself out, he went to the Olympics, and he went there and

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David absolutely everything, and the amount of Chaco and he gave it

:30:39.:30:44.

absolutely everything -- and he gave it absolutely everything. You have

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got to feel for what he has been through.

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There is Tom Burton going in the final heat and the men's 400 metres.

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All of the mascots now feel they have to raise their game! That is

:31:08.:31:19.

some serious overacting going on! He is going to injure himself, or

:31:20.:31:24.

herself, I do not know who is in their! -- there.

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Tom Burton has one of the quickest times this season in this line-up.

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Right, Tom Burton, second in the UK Championships, but find Flannery. --

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behind Flannery. Lane 8, not a dreadful lane for the hurdles.

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Fernandez of Spain in three. The Belgian champion in Lane 5. Good

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hope for the home nation in Lane 6, Hussain. Four to go through

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automatically and the fastest loser, at the moment, is from Russia.

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Tom Burton running a patient race at the moment.

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Burton has Hussain inside and alongside him at the moment. He must

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not panic, Burton. He must run his own race but Hussain running very

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strongly at the moment. Tom Burton in a good position, third at the

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moment. Just hitting that hurdle and looking around and seeing that he

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can do it, Hussain ambling across the line. Tom Burton again, safely

:33:46.:33:55.

through. Good performance, nice to see all of our boys through to the

:33:56.:34:00.

next round. But everybody will have to step up, that semifinal. Good

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victory from the Swiss. The home advantage, we saw that help athletes

:34:09.:34:17.

in London. This is a very open competition, Hussain will certainly

:34:18.:34:20.

be one we need to watch. He has been pretty good all season. Great stuff

:34:21.:34:31.

by the Swiss athlete. Tom was in Lane 8, a difficult one to run in

:34:32.:34:35.

hurdles, because you do not train very much in those very far outside

:34:36.:34:39.

lanes. So it can affect your stride pattern. It is very crucial. He just

:34:40.:34:47.

clipped that barrier, it did not affect in too much, he kept focused

:34:48.:34:50.

and did not throw his shoulders back. A little bit more of a grimace

:34:51.:34:59.

and he lent back, off his guard, but he still had the opportunity to

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check his position. We will see you next round pond. -- Tom. Pole vault

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qualification. This may be the height that sorts

:35:12.:35:36.

out the finalists. Just 12 athletes. To go through to the final on

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Thursday. A very good clearance for the defending champion, four metres

:35:40.:35:47.

and 60 at her best this season but has jumped four metres and 76 from

:35:48.:35:52.

last year. Looking very comfortable indeed. First-time clearance.

:35:53.:35:59.

This athlete from Greece looking to match that clearance. Two

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consecutive Paul's of athletes. That is another good clearance.

:36:11.:36:27.

Let's just confirmed the qualifiers from the first heat of the 400-metre

:36:28.:36:30.

hurdles. Let's just confirmed the qualifiers

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from the first heat of the Hussein looked very good, a decent time, he

:36:35.:36:36.

just rolled across the line. Burton went through in third place.

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These are the qualifiers that moved through to the semifinals tomorrow.

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Flannery safely through, as was Sebastian Rodger. Tom Burton also

:37:02.:37:10.

safely through as an automatic qualifier.

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Like if you British guys before you, you took that with ease and it

:37:18.:37:20.

looked like a comfortable performance. It felt comfortable, I

:37:21.:37:26.

was a little bit on top of the hurdles down the back straight. How

:37:27.:37:37.

were your nerves? I felt really up for it weirdly. I expected to be

:37:38.:37:43.

more nervous. Talking of tomorrow and what you will need to do, it

:37:44.:37:50.

goes up another notch. It does, they are good guys out there. I will

:37:51.:37:55.

speak to the coach and watch it back and analyse. Watch where I went

:37:56.:38:00.

wrong. The time was not too bad. There is definitely a bit more in

:38:01.:38:01.

there. Well done Tom Flannery, and

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Sebastian Rodger and Tom Burton. see our boys doing well. Let's hear

:38:11.:38:36.

from the British number one, Asha Phillip. I told myself I was going

:38:37.:38:45.

to do two championships so I prepared myself to do both. My body

:38:46.:38:50.

has held up well luckily because I told myself I can do it. I did get a

:38:51.:38:58.

personal best. I was happy I was able to compete with those girls in

:38:59.:39:05.

the final. I always stick to a plan but I noticed this Commonwealth, a

:39:06.:39:10.

lot of things changed through the week of my training and through the

:39:11.:39:18.

competition. Me and my coach will take that through to this

:39:19.:39:21.

competition and it seems to be working so far. What happens with me

:39:22.:39:26.

is that I learn on the go. Every year something

:39:27.:39:27.

is that I learn on the go. Every year new and I say, I will take this

:39:28.:39:32.

on to next year. What went right here was my start, my MPs to be

:39:33.:39:37.

better, what do I need to do next and better in the next race? I am

:39:38.:39:43.

hoping this week will show all of the hard work. STUDIO: Asha Phillip

:39:44.:39:51.

goes into the Heat 3. It has been good to see Asha get into the form

:39:52.:39:59.

we know she can have. Yes and her coach has done a great job with that

:40:00.:40:04.

young lady, Christine Bal maker -- Christine Bowmaker. She has got her

:40:05.:40:11.

confidence to get where she needs to be to compete at this level. As she

:40:12.:40:18.

said, she is able to improve round by round. She makes those little

:40:19.:40:22.

mistakes, maybe she has not come out of the blocks very well, but she

:40:23.:40:25.

seems to correct herself as she goes. We normally see the best of

:40:26.:40:37.

her in those finals. In terms of world terms, perhaps, but those

:40:38.:40:45.

girls will not have it easy. Two very good Dutch women.

:40:46.:40:47.

world terms, perhaps, but those girls will not have it Dafne

:40:48.:40:51.

Schippers also in very good shape and probably one of the favourites.

:40:52.:40:59.

A heptathlete. Remarkable how quick she is running. She is. Her coach

:41:00.:41:10.

advised her to just go with it and advise it and to have an opportunity

:41:11.:41:15.

to win D1 amateur 100 metres in these championships so good luck to

:41:16.:41:20.

her. We will go to Heat 1 with Andrew Cotter.

:41:21.:41:26.

COMMENTATOR: We will see a few athletes, greater favourites than

:41:27.:41:45.

the British athletes. Samuel and Pinto in Lane 7 as well.

:41:46.:41:54.

Busy morning here in the Letzigrund Stadium. Women's pole vault.

:41:55.:42:08.

We have seen two athletes go clear. That looks solid. Tidy. Simple

:42:09.:42:23.

technique. And a good clearance. Just looking at the plant, the

:42:24.:42:29.

athlete rocks back and drives the feet up skywards and then pushes

:42:30.:42:33.

hands and goes over the bar. Athletic power, agility, speed. A

:42:34.:42:36.

wonderful display. She is one of two very capable Greek

:42:37.:42:56.

pole vaulters. Her team-mate also a huge contender here for the title.

:42:57.:43:02.

Well clear, look at the height achieved there. Way over that

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marker. Automatic qualification is four metres 50. But speculation is

:43:11.:43:13.

that there are not many athletes going clear on the first attempt. So

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maybe this title sort out the top 12. -- so maybe this height will

:43:19.:43:27.

sort out the top 12. That was a good first-time clearance.

:43:28.:43:35.

Just about ready for this first round heat in the women's 100

:43:36.:43:41.

metres. Dafne Schippers taking all of the headlines for the

:43:42.:43:42.

Netherlands. Four to go through automatically

:43:43.:44:13.

plus the four fastest losers. Switzerland have a winner to

:44:14.:44:49.

celebrate. The time of that, 11.32. All right, calm down! We will see a

:44:50.:44:54.

lot of that row in these championships. -- that cow. Pinto

:44:55.:45:15.

did not look that impressive. A national record for Switzerland.

:45:16.:45:28.

What happens to Samuel? A great talent, but she just squeezed

:45:29.:45:35.

through. Never quite got into it. You would expect someone like that

:45:36.:45:40.

with that pedigree, what of the fastest, you would expect of them to

:45:41.:45:59.

be better. Mayer, looking very good. The Frenchman with a lifetime best

:46:00.:46:10.

in the long run. A season's best of 33. Fourth in Moscow last year, and

:46:11.:46:20.

a very good start. Close to his PB. He looks pleased. A new lifetime

:46:21.:46:27.

best, and he puts his marked out and says, come and catch me. Ashley

:46:28.:46:36.

Bryant a little bit later on. A slightly disappointing start, not as

:46:37.:46:43.

quick as they would have hoped he would run. He did not run

:46:44.:46:49.

particularly well. A lot of these athletes have mentally prepared and

:46:50.:46:56.

this is their big championships. Mayer is definitely one of them. We

:46:57.:47:01.

know that the French are very good at their pole-vault. He made some

:47:02.:47:13.

strides in that area. Dafne Schippers, unusual to see a

:47:14.:47:21.

multi-event athlete running such world-class speeds. She has been

:47:22.:47:28.

displaying an electric speed this year. It is incredible. She trains

:47:29.:47:36.

really hard. I know her training group. She has grown in such

:47:37.:47:41.

confidence in the last couple of seasons. I think it bodes well. She

:47:42.:47:49.

is enjoying printing at the moment. -- sprinting. The Dutch are really

:47:50.:47:52.

celebrating the form of this young women. What should we expect for

:47:53.:47:59.

Henry and these championships? I don't know. She was fourth in the

:48:00.:48:06.

world Junior championships. A lot of optimism around her. She was one of

:48:07.:48:12.

the torch bearers at the Olympics. A lot to look forward to in terms of

:48:13.:48:17.

prospects, but we have not seen her recently, and I would like to gauge

:48:18.:48:22.

how she moves and how she is feeling for these championships. Another

:48:23.:48:29.

athlete we will see who is a double world champion, Morgan Lake, and

:48:30.:48:33.

they have the Avalon, and also in the high jump will stop -- in the

:48:34.:48:44.

Avalon and also in high jump. I think, she is only 17, and she still

:48:45.:48:50.

has enough time to double up at the Championships, and they are never

:48:51.:48:54.

easy, and I think she has made a sensible decision to come here and

:48:55.:48:58.

feel this environment and see how she gets on. A great crop of young

:48:59.:49:13.

sprinters here. Henry is just 18. Look down at the ranking list. Dafne

:49:14.:49:22.

Schippers, a great performance this year in Glasgow.

:49:23.:49:35.

She cannot run for events on the she can on the run three. Henry needs to

:49:36.:49:44.

be on the case here. She should be fine. Emily one of the slightly more

:49:45.:49:51.

difficult heats -- probably one of the slightly more difficult heats.

:49:52.:49:58.

The French women might be one to watch. The Swiss just watched her

:49:59.:50:15.

team-mate run very well. They are hoping their sprinters can do well

:50:16.:50:21.

here. It might be difficult against Schippers and Henry. Top four go

:50:22.:50:24.

through. A terrible start for French.

:50:25.:50:48.

Schippers looks excellent. 11 point 11 -- 11.11. Not phased by being

:50:49.:51:03.

right beside one of the growing stars. Qualification was the most

:51:04.:51:07.

important thing and she did it very well. That went pretty good to me.

:51:08.:51:12.

It looked good from about 30 metres. She did not have the best

:51:13.:51:23.

start. For Henry, good running, I am watching what she is doing, slightly

:51:24.:51:30.

chasing at the end. That comes with experience. She will just go with

:51:31.:51:34.

the flow. A good performance, excellent time. I think this young

:51:35.:51:42.

lady may get closer to that 11 second mark. She is close enough as

:51:43.:51:50.

it is. The way she is running, and that performance in Glasgow, the

:51:51.:51:55.

track is quick, a slight breeze, and we will not be sure about conditions

:51:56.:52:00.

until later on, but I am sure she will be close to 11. This is the

:52:01.:52:06.

first time she has come into the Championships as a favourite, and

:52:07.:52:09.

that will affect her mentally, because people will be expecting

:52:10.:52:12.

things. How she deals with the pressure, only time will tell. This

:52:13.:52:25.

is the European leader in terms of height to clear this season.

:52:26.:52:32.

She starts her fourth bed at the European jam in chips. A good

:52:33.:52:45.

clearance there. She was eighth in the World Championships last year.

:52:46.:52:52.

That is a very comfortable clearance indeed. A tremendous start to your

:52:53.:53:10.

senior career. This is a whole different level. I have come into

:53:11.:53:14.

the championship with no expectations whatsoever. I am so

:53:15.:53:20.

thankful to have been selected for an individual. I am relaxing and

:53:21.:53:30.

having fun with it. A couple of days I was doing starts with Dafne

:53:31.:53:34.

Schippers and we told each other good luck, and she said I had an

:53:35.:53:38.

amazing start, so that is a compliment. I am looking forward to

:53:39.:53:44.

the next round. I am definitely happy. We are looking forward to

:53:45.:53:51.

that. COMMENTATOR: how nice and polite! When you are 18, it is

:53:52.:53:57.

great, every time you come out, your personal best is always in the air,

:53:58.:54:04.

and she has got one there. Schippers looked very good indeed. Amy

:54:05.:54:18.

Foster, just out of it. A great performance from Henry. The

:54:19.:54:23.

first major championships as a senior. She looked good. She has got

:54:24.:54:32.

great physique and she uses her legs really well. A new personal best is

:54:33.:54:36.

ink rideable. I was not sure what she would do here, -- is incredible.

:54:37.:54:42.

I was not sure what she would do here, with her nerves. She has

:54:43.:54:47.

watched Bianco Williams and Jodie Williams run brilliantly for the

:54:48.:54:52.

Commonwealth Games. It was all on her to see whether she belonged in

:54:53.:54:58.

this new caliber of British female sprinting, but she lived up to what

:54:59.:55:02.

we know she is capable of, and she ran really well. An interesting

:55:03.:55:09.

point, this fact of the feeling at home in a major championship, it

:55:10.:55:13.

does not always happen automatically. No, it does not, but

:55:14.:55:21.

when you come as a youngster, there is not the huge pressure of

:55:22.:55:23.

expectation, it is about coming in and having fun, and that is what she

:55:24.:55:34.

did out there. Asha Philip on the line for heat number three. Fourth

:55:35.:55:42.

at the world indoors, bronze in the relay. She is just beside the

:55:43.:55:49.

European Champion four years ago. There is to drag each other a long

:55:50.:55:52.

and it should be there he comfortable for them to qualify. The

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Bulgarian in lane one, just fresh back from a doping band. Four to go

:56:04.:56:18.

through automatically. The Ukrainian is looking nice. The

:56:19.:56:29.

Bulgarian it takes the fourth place. Sale or just taking it ahead of Asha

:56:30.:57:01.

Philip. A good performance by them both. We expect them both to qualify

:57:02.:57:05.

comfortably. They had a nice little battle down the home straight. They

:57:06.:57:14.

know they will be in serious contention later on. That winning

:57:15.:57:29.

time was given to us. Dafne Schippers will be very hard to

:57:30.:57:34.

beat. Asha Philip safely through. Those two on the outside. It has

:57:35.:57:44.

been given to the Bulgarian in lane one. First and second place go to

:57:45.:57:59.

Verena Sailer and Asha Philip. You had to walk up quite a few steps to

:58:00.:58:05.

join me. I am so tired! Thank you for doing that. I'm sure people will

:58:06.:58:12.

not criticise me for speaking to people when they are out of breath.

:58:13.:58:16.

What does this do to your mentality at the start? I want to attack every

:58:17.:58:26.

round. It was really good. Not too bad. I am happy with it. I don't

:58:27.:58:32.

know what time my God, but I just hope I get a good lane in the

:58:33.:58:38.

semifinals -- what time I got, but I just hope I get a good lane in the

:58:39.:58:44.

semifinals. You came into your own. I am hoping it will all go well for

:58:45.:58:50.

me. I run my own race and stay focused, and I can come out of here

:58:51.:58:54.

with a medal or a personal best. All of the best for tomorrow.

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COMMENTATOR:. Safely through. That is a long way behind Dafne

:59:06.:59:09.

Schippers, though. Safely through, and perhaps more to come. The long

:59:10.:59:28.

jump a very impressive. He has got a lifetime best of 7.58.

:59:29.:59:43.

He has just run a personal best in the 100 metres. Readers may be more

:59:44.:59:49.

to come from him. If you have ran a personal best in the 100, you'd

:59:50.:59:56.

expect to do that in the long jump. There may be more to come from him.

:59:57.:00:01.

7.25. Ashley Bryant, what do they get him

:00:02.:00:15.

out of the 100 metres? Seven out of ten?

:00:16.:00:26.

He looks good on the board. Silver medal last week at the com of

:00:27.:00:33.

games. He puts on the British vest here. Looking to get amongst the

:00:34.:00:43.

medals. -- the Commonwealth Games. Tiredness can not be a factor. It

:00:44.:00:55.

doesn't -- does not look like it is what is needed. 7.21. Back to the

:00:56.:01:03.

pole vault. Second attempt for the Russian. She jumped a personal best

:01:04.:01:10.

to win the Russian Championships this summer.

:01:11.:01:17.

Under pressure, coping with it well, good plan. I do not know why the

:01:18.:01:26.

first attempt was a foul. There's a lot to think about and the pole

:01:27.:01:30.

vault, possession of the bar, speed on the runway. -- position of the

:01:31.:01:38.

bar. She is clear on our second attempt at 4.35 metres.

:01:39.:01:48.

It is pretty busy at the top end, the pole vault was on and also the

:01:49.:01:56.

shot put. The women's 100 metres is out for heat four.

:01:57.:02:38.

four that go through. Not the strongest of the heats. Most of the

:02:39.:02:51.

heats have two or three contenders. This morning, with the sun shining,

:02:52.:02:58.

the first time on this track, it is nothing more than a breeze. Pretty

:02:59.:03:04.

good conditions. These might be the best conditions we get all week. The

:03:05.:03:09.

weather forecast is not brilliant to be honest. The women's final is

:03:10.:03:13.

tomorrow night. They have the semifinals and then the final. It

:03:14.:03:17.

will probably be cooler than it is today.

:03:18.:03:47.

11.03! . That could come down, Colin. What a run. That was flat

:03:48.:04:01.

out. To me, that was flat out. That equals the best in Europe this year.

:04:02.:04:06.

If we did not know already that she was a contender, she has underlined

:04:07.:04:20.

it there. She got a decent start. When you are really a 200 metres

:04:21.:04:27.

specialist that has stepped down, she has really surprised everybody

:04:28.:04:29.

by banging out that performance. That could be part of our plan. She

:04:30.:04:35.

wants to see what she could do at this time in the morning in a one

:04:36.:04:42.

off race. She could go a little bit quicker in the final. She could be

:04:43.:04:47.

testing herself out. What a way to test yourself out, 11.03, equalling

:04:48.:04:54.

the European leader. She has been running very well in the last few

:04:55.:04:57.

weeks and it proves she's a big contender for the gold medal here.

:04:58.:05:12.

very strong German contenders for a medal. He ran below 11 seconds in

:05:13.:05:17.

the 100 metres. This is his first attempt at the long jump. That was

:05:18.:05:21.

good on the board. You could hear that. It looks very good indeed. He

:05:22.:05:33.

is looking very impressive. 10.90 in that 100 metres. He transferred his

:05:34.:05:37.

speed well. It could be a lifetime best. That was decent technique. He

:05:38.:05:48.

looked pleased. 7.55 metres and a personal best for the German. The

:05:49.:05:53.

three Germans are having a ball. Here is another one of them. Rico

:05:54.:06:01.

Freimuth. He was the fastest of all of all the athletes and that 100

:06:02.:06:05.

metres. His first attempt in the long jump. He looks steady on the

:06:06.:06:12.

approach, controlled. He did not unleash the speed that we saw taken

:06:13.:06:18.

out to that very quick time in the first of the ten events. The Germans

:06:19.:06:24.

are very strong in all of the technical events as you would

:06:25.:06:32.

expect. Rico Freimuth with a lifetime best of 7.55. 7.34, a

:06:33.:06:42.

slight improvement on his first round and it equals his season 's

:06:43.:06:50.

best. Steve Backley, what about the design of those nice spotlights as

:06:51.:07:07.

we frame nicely the results. With that 11.03, that was very quick but

:07:08.:07:10.

we will mention the spotlights later.

:07:11.:07:18.

We have seen some heats of the women's 100 metres. Myriam Soumare

:07:19.:07:27.

arry ran very heart and was the pick of the bunch. She looked great. I do

:07:28.:07:32.

not know why she felt she needed to run so hard. It was a brilliant run

:07:33.:07:37.

from half. That was in contrast to Dafne Schippers who was very

:07:38.:07:41.

relaxed. She was within herself and she had more to Dafne Schippers who

:07:42.:07:45.

was very relaxed. She was within herself and she had more together.

:07:46.:07:49.

Dafne Schippers does not have an electric start, she does her running

:07:50.:07:53.

towards the end of the race. We have seen that from our time and time

:07:54.:07:58.

again. Because she is such a good 200 metres runner we do not worry.

:07:59.:08:05.

At this point we would have expected her to shut down and he's off, maybe

:08:06.:08:10.

in the back of her mind that she wants to show that heptathlete that

:08:11.:08:13.

she is not going to come here and run away with this. I am here for

:08:14.:08:19.

business. What more athlete will like is somebody coming from another

:08:20.:08:23.

event and starting to shake things up? You will feel the challenge and

:08:24.:08:28.

feel that you want to put the markdown, Mark your territory. Heat

:08:29.:08:48.

five? I am really loving Ashleigh she is, quick and confident. It is

:08:49.:08:57.

Ashleigh Nelson being introduced. Ivet Lalova is the other contender

:08:58.:09:44.

for the medals here. 11.49 is the fastest time for Phil Healy. The

:09:45.:09:50.

fastest of the losers is 11.52. That should not be a concern for Ashleigh

:09:51.:09:53.

Nelson. Four go through automatically.

:09:54.:10:50.

Ivet Lalova not as quick as the other seats. Ashleigh Nelson safely

:10:51.:10:57.

through. Ivet Lalova not as quick as the

:10:58.:11:01.

other seats. Ashleigh Nelson She normally explodes out of the blocks

:11:02.:11:05.

but she took time, she ambled out of the blocks. She literally just

:11:06.:11:11.

floated through this 100 metres. Ashleigh Nelson ran very well

:11:12.:11:15.

indeed. It would not surprise me if she ran a personal best. 11 point

:11:16.:11:25.

19. Very good on this track. -- 11 .19. Celine Distel-Bonnet goes

:11:26.:11:40.

through automatically as well. What a run for Ashleigh Nelson. That is a

:11:41.:11:46.

second personal best for a British athlete this morning. Fantastic, I

:11:47.:11:52.

am delighted for her. You heard time and again in athletics, great

:11:53.:11:56.

Junior, full of promise, lost Highway. 11.19, fantastic. It did

:11:57.:12:04.

not look quick. She came through nicely towards the end. It is a new

:12:05.:12:09.

personal best. What is great to see, all the three of the athletes

:12:10.:12:13.

were comfortable in this environment. You need to feel at

:12:14.:12:17.

home and show you belong here. Negotiate the rounds with getting an

:12:18.:12:20.

eye to the best performance in the final.

:12:21.:12:25.

Well done. A new personal best to start off. 11.19. Wicked. I wanted

:12:26.:12:38.

to run the first 40 and Sievert was, make it through to the next round.

:12:39.:12:43.

This could be a fast-track, it is proving to be so, what did it feel

:12:44.:12:47.

like? I raced on this track last year and they have changed it.

:12:48.:12:52.

Faster people make a fast tracks, so I will stick with that. Good

:12:53.:12:58.

psychology. Tomorrow, you need to step it up but there's more to come.

:12:59.:13:04.

I feel really good. Coming off the back of the Commonwealth Games,

:13:05.:13:09.

winning a bronze medal in the relay, that is a boost. I want to see if I

:13:10.:13:12.

can do something on my own individually.

:13:13.:13:20.

The result of that final heat in the women's 100 metres. Eve yet --

:13:21.:13:28.

Yvette Lalova safely through, the defending champion. Ashleigh Nelson

:13:29.:13:34.

goes through automatically. These are the qualifiers for the

:13:35.:13:35.

semifinals tomorrow night. Phil Healy sadly missed out. Goldie

:13:36.:14:15.

Sayers has an eye on that, she is getting ready to qualify in the

:14:16.:14:18.

javelin. Let us hear from her. You have the honour of being the

:14:19.:14:31.

team captain when the British team has got a great buzz around it, it

:14:32.:14:36.

doesn't make your job easier? Yes, it is a huge honour. That is what

:14:37.:14:38.

everybody says. It is a privilege to be back in the

:14:39.:14:49.

team to see -- so to see it as an added bonus is understating it. It

:14:50.:14:58.

has been quite nerve wracking. I am pretty nervous about it. It is

:14:59.:15:04.

mainly because you know it is an honour to do it, to make the speech.

:15:05.:15:09.

I think I will go the speech. I think I will have learned in the

:15:10.:15:16.

last two years. For me, it is giving me more perspective on my career and

:15:17.:15:20.

my life in general than any other time that I have been competing. I

:15:21.:15:25.

have been competing for Great Britain since I was 15. I have

:15:26.:15:28.

learned a tremendous amount but never as much as in the last two

:15:29.:15:33.

years. Athletes talk about injury all the time and it gets boring but

:15:34.:15:38.

I have torn my catheter twice. All of a sudden I feel fully fit. I

:15:39.:15:44.

thought it was all over. -- Tom the muscle in my lower leg. Having said

:15:45.:15:52.

that, I think it was the best thing now, I know my speed of release is

:15:53.:15:58.

two metres per second quicker than that it has in my career, I am very

:15:59.:16:04.

fast and just need to hit the right angles at the right time. It is all

:16:05.:16:15.

about timing. It certainly is all about timing. Goldie Sayers going in

:16:16.:16:22.

the qualification competition. 5750 is the level she has to reach. She

:16:23.:16:28.

will probably do that. Steve Backley has joined us. Interesting to hear

:16:29.:16:33.

Goldie Sayers talking there. She didn't quite get it right at the

:16:34.:16:39.

Commonwealth Games. As she said, it is all about timing and she didn't

:16:40.:16:44.

get it quite right in Glasgow. She said she was either going to throw

:16:45.:16:51.

57 metres or 67 metres and unfortunately it was the former. In

:16:52.:16:56.

qualifying, that 57 would get them through but she needs to tie her

:16:57.:17:02.

arms and legs together. Her technique was out of sorts in

:17:03.:17:06.

Glasgow but she needs to pull together her timing and get her legs

:17:07.:17:12.

involved. She is very comfortable in this environment, a world-class

:17:13.:17:18.

thrower. Given what happened at London 2012, perhaps she wants it

:17:19.:17:22.

too badly and that might be the timing issue, she wants it too badly

:17:23.:17:25.

and that might be the timing issue, she wanted to badly? In London 2012

:17:26.:17:29.

she was in fantastic shape, she threw a British record just before

:17:30.:17:35.

the games and she snapped a ligament in her elbow. She had no chance. She

:17:36.:17:41.

went bravely, many thought that she shouldn't. Many thought it was a

:17:42.:17:44.

career ending decision in the Olympics. Maybe she had doubt in her

:17:45.:17:51.

mind, she was rusty going into Glasgow. Coming into championships,

:17:52.:17:56.

your blood feels different. Adrenaline flowing through your

:17:57.:18:01.

veins. She will have come to terms with what that feels like. She will

:18:02.:18:06.

have unfinished business and needs to get into the final first of all

:18:07.:18:13.

but at her very best is a contender. She needs that sense of calm and

:18:14.:18:20.

mass. Not getting ahead of herself. You have got to stay calm but stay

:18:21.:18:28.

aggressive. -- of calmness. It contradicts everything you have been

:18:29.:18:32.

thinking about, rushing and going quick. You need to stay relaxed. It

:18:33.:18:37.

is a real mixture of emotions and keeping an eye on your technique.

:18:38.:18:47.

Here she goes. 57.50 is what she needs. That didn't look quite

:18:48.:19:00.

together. 57.50 is the yellow line. Her legs strike, her arms are on the

:19:01.:19:05.

move. There is no delay. Javelin throwing is almost like cracking a

:19:06.:19:13.

whip. Her legs and arms are working together. She needs to find her

:19:14.:19:19.

separation. She has an automatic qualification. She can take her

:19:20.:19:24.

boots and walk away. That is an automatic codification and that is

:19:25.:19:33.

OK to start. I wonder whether she might have another couple of throws.

:19:34.:19:39.

Would she want to have a couple more throws? Maybe out the back but not

:19:40.:19:48.

with anyone watching. These athletes have been on the bus this morning.

:19:49.:19:54.

James Wilkinson at the team training track, I saw him doing some barrier

:19:55.:20:01.

work. He said he enjoyed the Commonwealth Games experience. It

:20:02.:20:04.

was a brave runner when he went with the pace and really attacked it. It

:20:05.:20:09.

was a really big learning experience for him. He is in good shape. He has

:20:10.:20:17.

thoughts of doing well. It is going to be a very open race. This man

:20:18.:20:25.

surprised everybody back in 2006. A former champion. This is a man to

:20:26.:20:47.

look for. Christians are left ski. -- Zalewski. Garcia has been around

:20:48.:21:03.

a little longer. Tsenov of Bulgaria, just 21 years of age. He is the new

:21:04.:21:12.

Bulgarian record-holder. That stood for 45 years. So it is Tsenov next

:21:13.:21:19.

to James Wilkinson, of Leeds City. Based down in Loughborough. When

:21:20.:21:24.

Foster is next to me in the commentary box. It was good to see

:21:25.:21:31.

him attack it. He was on a record pace for the first three laps. He

:21:32.:21:36.

didn't have an option, the Kenyans were running, what do you do? He has

:21:37.:21:42.

taken a bit of confidence from that. I'm sure he has. He has been

:21:43.:21:49.

impressive this year. To run 8.2 to four the steeplechase. The fastest

:21:50.:21:53.

time by a British athlete for 20 years. He is really establishing

:21:54.:21:59.

himself. The steeplechase has been the poor relation of middle and long

:22:00.:22:03.

distance running in British athletics for a long time. He is

:22:04.:22:07.

showing that with application and hard work and regular commitment you

:22:08.:22:13.

can make progress. Obviously, the Kenyans put everybody else off

:22:14.:22:16.

because they are so good but there is usually only three of them.

:22:17.:22:22.

Sometimes they have for because they have a wild card. But James

:22:23.:22:25.

Wilkinson is running well and I think he will do well today. Just to

:22:26.:22:33.

clarify, it is the first five through. Watch for all those names I

:22:34.:22:45.

mentioned. One man I didn't mention, the German, he is still their best

:22:46.:22:50.

runner. He is towards the back. Happy just to hang back for these

:22:51.:23:02.

first few laps and just click off. The decathlon on long jump just

:23:03.:23:04.

continues. Chi Better on the board but there is

:23:05.:23:27.

still more to come. He is highly fancied to take gold. The under 23

:23:28.:23:37.

European champion. His first attempt was 7.25. Wonderful shots of what is

:23:38.:23:46.

a very good leg shoot. Looking to pull himself into the mark that his

:23:47.:23:50.

feet make. He is waiting for his mark. It is very good. Seven metres

:23:51.:24:14.

and 68. Martina Ratej, the Slovenia representative is way beyond

:24:15.:24:22.

qualifying. She has booked her place in the final. Way beyond 60 metres

:24:23.:24:35.

there. Joining Britain's Goldie Sayers. Well done. I am not going to

:24:36.:24:46.

ask any more stupid questions about the javelin. I will stick to what I

:24:47.:24:56.

know. In the dark blue at the back, is somebody who is going to be a

:24:57.:25:01.

danger, he has got good 1500 metres pace. Happy to let this early pace

:25:02.:25:10.

go. I am just wondering what shape he is in. Just keep an eye on him

:25:11.:25:31.

finishing quickly. Kowal.. The pace is not slow but it is not super

:25:32.:25:35.

quick. We will come back to Brendan in a second. Back to the javelin.

:25:36.:25:45.

One of the favourites, Linda Stahl from Germany. Ranking amongst the

:25:46.:25:54.

season's best. She should be very comfortable. Oh no, it is a foul.

:25:55.:26:05.

The right foot on the line. Minimum energy expenditure. That is what she

:26:06.:26:08.

would have been after but she will have to go again. 2.55 opening 1000

:26:09.:26:21.

metres. The whole field including James Wilkinson together. Coming

:26:22.:26:24.

down the barrier in the home straight. They will see the lap

:26:25.:26:30.

scorer. Now it is time to get serious. There are too many

:26:31.:26:34.

therefore James Wilkinson to be comfortable. He has competed well

:26:35.:26:39.

this year. He is beginning to put himself in a good place. Hurdling

:26:40.:26:46.

well. He needs to be a little bit further up. He had a strenuous race

:26:47.:26:54.

at the Commonwealth Games. Sometimes athletes can respond to a

:26:55.:26:57.

championship like the Commonwealth Games, like James did, but sometimes

:26:58.:27:08.

they suffer for it. Kowal coming up on the far side. Nasti in front, I

:27:09.:27:26.

am sure he isn't. Lundgren of Sweden on the inside. Wilkinson has put

:27:27.:27:35.

himself in a good position all the way. He gives himself a site of the

:27:36.:27:39.

barriers and he knows with two laps to go when the kick-start starts to

:27:40.:27:46.

go, he has every opportunity to follow with the kick. But there are

:27:47.:27:52.

too many therefore comfort. Because these athletes don't get the chance

:27:53.:27:58.

to race on the circuit with fellow athletes, they are not going to know

:27:59.:28:03.

about the sprint finish. They will see them occasionally on the Diamond

:28:04.:28:09.

league circuit. But often they cannot get on the Diamond league

:28:10.:28:14.

circuit. It is one of the weaknesses of European athletics. James

:28:15.:28:17.

Wilkinson needs to be careful. He is moving into a good place and will

:28:18.:28:21.

have to battle hard to keep that place. When you get in that

:28:22.:28:31.

position. Nasti is going back through the field. The Russian has

:28:32.:28:41.

made a big move. Zalewski the big poll is in the front. Wilkinson is

:28:42.:28:50.

fifth at them well. The German is one to watch. James Wilkinson has

:28:51.:29:02.

got to be careful. He counted the athletes in front of him. He

:29:03.:29:06.

realised, there is too many. There are four ahead of him. He will have

:29:07.:29:11.

to work hard down the back straight. Kowal is looking good. Zalewski also

:29:12.:29:21.

looking good. Just had a bit of a coming together with the German.

:29:22.:29:32.

Head down for Zalewski at the front. James Wilkinson is struggling. He

:29:33.:29:35.

needs to keep going because there are fastest losers spots. He does

:29:36.:29:42.

not have the pace of these guys. Garcia has done that before!

:29:43.:29:49.

Flattened out. He took the last barrier, not concentrating. He

:29:50.:29:54.

hasn't got up. I hope he hasn't done himself a real injury. His race has

:29:55.:30:05.

gone. Goodness me, in the European Championships he fell in 2012 at the

:30:06.:30:11.

last hurdle and then got up and finished. I hope he is OK there. He

:30:12.:30:18.

hit the ground flat. That was a terrible fall. He seems to be OK.

:30:19.:30:22.

What a shame he was in a qualifying position. There they go across the

:30:23.:30:39.

finishing line. Six of them through. Look at Garcia

:30:40.:30:47.

Garcia was in a good place. He looks as though he is hot but he does not

:30:48.:30:54.

look too bad to be honest. He must have winded himself. He went flat on

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his front. Let us see if we can have another look at this. There are.

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Coming round the bend towards the last water jump. James Wilkinson

:31:12.:31:19.

coming under pressure. Garcia is six at this point. Readers Garcia moving

:31:20.:31:38.

onto the outside. It was his trailing leg, just as he came into

:31:39.:31:48.

contention with the German. I wonder if he was distracted, I wonder if

:31:49.:31:53.

you looked across when you look to cross when they should have been

:31:54.:32:00.

keeping his eyes firmly ahead? We could see a different angle. That is

:32:01.:32:04.

James Wilkinson finishing. He hit his left knee and what a bang he

:32:05.:32:12.

came down with. The RUC James Wilkinson looking to the side, he

:32:13.:32:16.

sees the following athlete to does not help qualify. -- he sees the

:32:17.:32:26.

athlete who has fallen. What a fall that was, it was horrendous. He

:32:27.:32:29.

looks like he does not have too bad an injury. James Wilkinson, a very

:32:30.:32:38.

good performance in the Commonwealth Games in fifth place. You need to

:32:39.:32:41.

watch the next race as he James, hard work out there, you've

:32:42.:32:56.

not been 100%. I have had a cold since the Commonwealth Games. I

:32:57.:33:01.

thought I could be good for the heat. In the final I will be

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perfect. It is just a matter of getting there. I felt wrath on my

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chest was tight. I mean a lot of the right moves. -- I made a lot of the

:33:27.:33:38.

right abuse. I think I was seventh because the Spanish guy fell. I have

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got There are some decent athletes in

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this heat. There are no British athletes going here.

:34:10.:34:20.

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad has been the man who has disrupted Kenyan

:34:21.:34:48.

dominance. He is the winner of the last two European Championships. If

:34:49.:34:52.

the controls the race like you should then I cannot see anybody

:34:53.:34:54.

beating him. We are looking should then I cannot see anybody

:34:55.:34:58.

beating him. We are at the clock because of James Wilkinson spine.

:34:59.:35:05.

8.39.78. It will be interesting to see how the set. You are very

:35:06.:35:16.

correct when you said disrupted the Kenyan domination. He gets in

:35:17.:35:20.

amongst them and tries to disrupt the tactics. He is a terrific

:35:21.:35:29.

athlete. He will try to win a European title at 1500 metres and

:35:30.:35:36.

also at the steeplechase. You cannot have a steeplechase without a Kenyan

:35:37.:35:41.

and the former Kenyan athlete is now representing Tuckey in the lead.

:35:42.:36:17.

Ashley Bryant looking for some support here. Can they improve on

:36:18.:36:24.

his opening attempt, 7.21? He may have done. He could be left wanting

:36:25.:36:36.

for more. He is watching a group of athletes jumping lifetime bests,

:36:37.:36:41.

personal bests, season 's breasts and extending the lead away from

:36:42.:36:49.

him. Unless he can get into his own personal bests he will be in the

:36:50.:36:56.

middle of the field. The Germans are flying. 7.39, it is an improvement.

:36:57.:37:03.

We saw the German fowl on the first floor. Has she given herself some

:37:04.:37:13.

space? It is enough to qualify. The yellow line is the automatic

:37:14.:37:25.

qualification. It looks as if she is beyond the automatic qualification.

:37:26.:37:35.

Last chance saloon for a Rico Freimuth. He is looking to improve

:37:36.:37:52.

on his best. He was the fastest in the 100 metres. 7.34 in the second

:37:53.:38:04.

round. Lead the way. Good technique, great possession, great

:38:05.:38:11.

hang time. It is an improvement of two centimetres. 7.36. There are a

:38:12.:38:32.

couple of strong Polish athletes in this round. You can see the tall

:38:33.:38:54.

figure in the blue vest. He is very much at ease. Sitting comfortably in

:38:55.:38:59.

the position he wants to be. He has got pregnant -- plenty of running in

:39:00.:39:04.

him. This race is quicker than the first one which is not good news for

:39:05.:39:08.

James Wilkinson. There are ten athletes in that group. They are

:39:09.:39:27.

strong out a little. They are being led by Tarik Langat Akdag. The

:39:28.:39:43.

Turkish athlete continuing to lead. Looking good and looking strong. The

:39:44.:39:52.

groups are splitting out. 8.39.9 is the qualifying time. There's a group

:39:53.:39:59.

of seven began beginning to separates itself. Mahiedine

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Mekhissi-Benabbad is at the back of accurate. -- is at the back of that

:40:07.:40:17.

group. Victor Garcia is a bit of a loss, he was the third quickest in

:40:18.:40:27.

Europe this season. There is a tall figure, just striding along.

:40:28.:40:38.

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is in about six police. He will begin to

:40:39.:40:42.

put the squeeze on, make a move with a couple of laps to go. He now moves

:40:43.:40:46.

into the automatic qualification places. He just moves through the

:40:47.:40:53.

field, kicks off one after the other. There are a four athletes

:40:54.:41:01.

ahead of him. He is in an automatic qualifying position. He is hurtling

:41:02.:41:07.

well and running well. He is saving himself. I am excited to see what he

:41:08.:41:48.

does in the 1500 metres. We were doing the arithmetic. We're looking

:41:49.:41:58.

at that athlete and thinking about James Wilkinson. It will because.

:41:59.:42:03.

They are stretching out a little bit as they kept bell. Down the back

:42:04.:42:09.

straight, positions are settling and are being sorted. It is now just a

:42:10.:42:15.

case of getting around. Do not compete to severely if you are in

:42:16.:42:19.

the first five. You do not want to happen what happened in the last

:42:20.:42:24.

round when Garcia was injured. This looks to be considerably quicker.

:42:25.:42:29.

The ninth position is the key one for James Wilkinson. Up at the

:42:30.:42:39.

front, looking for the first five qualifiers. The German and the

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Polish athletes have done their work. It is now a race against the

:42:48.:42:58.

clock. James Wilkinson sitting and watching. The two behind will be

:42:59.:43:05.

automatically through. The Finnish athlete finished strongly and I

:43:06.:43:08.

think he will knock out James Wilkinson. James Wilkinson will not

:43:09.:43:18.

move through to the final. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad did what he had to

:43:19.:43:23.

do and he looks fresh. The group probably carry on and run the final

:43:24.:43:24.

now. -- he could probably carry on. Bitter disappointment that James

:43:25.:43:48.

Wilkinson did not make it through to the final of the steeplechase. There

:43:49.:43:54.

was better news when they saw Goldie Sayers in the first round of

:43:55.:44:01.

qualification for the javelin. It was not a throw that she was pleased

:44:02.:44:05.

about but its lead over the automatic qualification line. -- it

:44:06.:44:10.

sneak over. These printers will love that

:44:11.:44:16.

suffers. It is very quick. These printers will -- the sprinters

:44:17.:44:31.

will of that suffers. That'll was terrible but it is through. Job

:44:32.:44:35.

done. The final to come. They have to ask you about last night because

:44:36.:44:40.

you had to get the team captain speech. How was it? I think it went

:44:41.:44:47.

pretty well. I was pleased with it. I have some people say nice things

:44:48.:44:54.

afterwards. I had to switch off and go straight to bed. Switch off and

:44:55.:45:11.

get up for this morning. However tricky it is out there, you just

:45:12.:45:19.

have to go out there and deliver. It is extra energy and I have two

:45:20.:45:24.

conserve it is today. If you give an excellent speech and perform

:45:25.:45:27.

rubbish, it doesn't have the power. We wish you all the very best for

:45:28.:45:34.

the final. All the very best to Goldie Sayers,. What do you make of

:45:35.:45:42.

the Captain's role within athletics. Somebody like her would really

:45:43.:45:47.

relished the opportunity. To get into the mix and have her say. She

:45:48.:45:53.

has had a rocky road over the last couple of years. She has had her

:45:54.:45:57.

injuries. She will have given a rousing speech, full of passion and

:45:58.:46:05.

very matter of fact. She doesn't mince her words. She is honest. For

:46:06.:46:11.

me, it is just one of those things. They seem to be revolving it and

:46:12.:46:15.

changing it a lot. Which I don't get. It takes a lot of energy.

:46:16.:46:23.

Public speaking is one of the most stressful things. Your team-mates,

:46:24.:46:28.

marking you out of ten. It takes a bit of doing. To psych yourself

:46:29.:46:34.

before that takes adrenaline and energy and giving a speech in front

:46:35.:46:39.

of your team-mates. A lot of people will say that she is an

:46:40.:46:42.

inspirational figure but she will look back at the room and take

:46:43.:46:47.

inspiration from them as well. What she said is true, the best way to

:46:48.:46:51.

lead the team is by example out on the field. Qualification is never

:46:52.:46:58.

easy. It is difficult first thing in a morning. You struggled yourself.

:46:59.:47:05.

It was wonderful to see that she smiled. It is wonderful to see her

:47:06.:47:10.

smiling, I hope she can relax because she can launch one. Men's

:47:11.:47:19.

400 metres qualification coming up. Matthew Smith is involved but he

:47:20.:47:33.

does not go in this one. First we have the next heat of the 3000

:47:34.:47:41.

metres steeplechase men. Alloh of the qualifiers for Thursday.

:47:42.:47:54.

The overwhelming favourite goes through very easily. Zalewski, the

:47:55.:48:03.

Polish athlete looked very strong. All of these athletes going through.

:48:04.:48:12.

The Finnish athlete going through as fastest loser so James Wilkinson not

:48:13.:48:16.

making it. A pity for James Wilkinson. Early morning, latest

:48:17.:48:24.

morning, not suiting him today. Let's hope the 400 metres men are

:48:25.:48:34.

wider weight and ready to go. -- wide awake. The three British

:48:35.:48:48.

athletes. We look at Kevin Borlee, one of the twins. Five heats, the

:48:49.:48:56.

first four to go through and the four fastest losers to the

:48:57.:49:03.

semifinals tomorrow. Kevin Borlee is the best-known athlete here. Fifth

:49:04.:49:09.

at the Olympic Games. The champion of Europe back in 2010. Storming

:49:10.:49:15.

through to win ahead of his brother. 26 years of age now. The twins have

:49:16.:49:24.

been very dominant. If you are a big follower of athletics. The man who

:49:25.:49:30.

would have been the favourite, from the Czech Republic, he is not here

:49:31.:49:35.

so it leaves the way open for the British athletes and probably the

:49:36.:49:47.

brothers thinking of medals here. Qualifying first. The French athlete

:49:48.:49:56.

in Lane 2, I would expect him to go well here. He ran well in the

:49:57.:50:01.

European team championship, in the B race. He has started fast. Mame-Ibra

:50:02.:50:26.

Anne following Kevin Borlee down the home straight. Daniel lemma check,

:50:27.:50:38.

from Russia the other qualifier. -- Daniel Nemecek. He had picked up an

:50:39.:50:51.

elbow injury falling over. I wouldn't write him off. He is going

:50:52.:50:57.

to get better and quicker. No real surprises in that heat. Mame-Ibra

:50:58.:51:06.

Anne and Kevin Borlee the only top ten runners in that heat. Going

:51:07.:51:14.

through easily. A look at one of the best throws in qualifications. A

:51:15.:51:27.

young thrower. The German 21-year-old. She joins Linda Stahl.

:51:28.:51:39.

The Germans with very strong representatives across all throwing

:51:40.:51:40.

events in the European Championships. She has booked her

:51:41.:51:57.

place in the final. This is confirmation of the qualifiers. The

:51:58.:52:04.

big throwers have all got through. The Olympic champion in fifth place.

:52:05.:52:13.

Storl wrote also favoured to take the championship. -- Linda Stahl.

:52:14.:52:26.

Two events, pleaded of the ten in the decathlon. Kai Kaczmarek is in

:52:27.:52:40.

the lead. Bryant of Great Britain in 15th place.

:52:41.:52:50.

We have been reminiscing about women's javelin qualification. 1986.

:52:51.:53:01.

Fatima Whitbread broke the world record in qualification. I remember

:53:02.:53:07.

her coming into the warm up area. We were very nervous because there was

:53:08.:53:22.

a certain Petra Felk who could also launch it very far. We were worried

:53:23.:53:30.

that she might achieve the world record and not win the European

:53:31.:53:35.

Championship. But she did it with the second throw over. Can anyone

:53:36.:53:40.

ever remember another world record in qualifying? I remember Wilson

:53:41.:53:51.

doing it in doors after doing strides with me, so I am claiming

:53:52.:53:59.

responsibility. We are all excited about Matthew Hudson-Smith. He has

:54:00.:54:06.

had a meteoric rise to fame. He was brilliant at the trials but had that

:54:07.:54:12.

cool disqualification. Just amazing Championships at the Cuomo Wealth

:54:13.:54:15.

games. He was brilliant in the four x four. -- Commonwealth Games. He

:54:16.:54:25.

had the legs of all legs. He is so fresh. He has two coming to these

:54:26.:54:30.

championships and show what he is capable of. He is very innocent. It

:54:31.:54:38.

is all very new to him. He is very nervous but when he steps on the

:54:39.:54:43.

track, he was amazing. Such a mature runner for a young athlete. The

:54:44.:54:51.

exact words that came to my mind. A very mature performance. He didn't

:54:52.:54:56.

panic, he didn't accelerate. He just ran the race as a young man full of

:54:57.:55:01.

confidence. He knows exactly who is behind him. At that point, when he

:55:02.:55:09.

went through beyond the athlete from Trinidad, we were all saying, you

:55:10.:55:18.

have gone too soon. He handled this very well indeed. He knew that Chris

:55:19.:55:24.

Brown was going to come at him so he timed his lead very well. Thank you

:55:25.:55:32.

very much. He is a quality athlete and we are going to enjoy watching

:55:33.:55:36.

him for many years. He is not in this next heat. Back to the

:55:37.:55:39.

commentary team. Before we get to that, let's round

:55:40.:55:55.

up the result of the first heat. Kevin Borlee looking very good.

:55:56.:56:02.

Pavel Trenikhin just nodding through for that final spot. Now to the

:56:03.:56:11.

second heat. Jonathan Borlee goes in this one. No British involvement.

:56:12.:56:22.

Richard Morrissey goes for Ireland. There has been a bit of disharmony

:56:23.:56:29.

in the Belgian camp. Lee-Marvin Bonevacia goes for the Netherlands.

:56:30.:56:37.

That is Richard Morrissey, a finalist at the European under 23

:56:38.:56:43.

championships last year. That is Jonathan Borlee. He has a slightly

:56:44.:56:51.

slower time this year than Kevin. Their younger brother Dylan has not

:56:52.:57:00.

made the four x 400 squad. It has not gone down well with the family.

:57:01.:57:09.

He has often stepped in in the past to augment the squad. Jonathan and

:57:10.:57:16.

Kevin are a cut above their sibling. We will see what Jonathan Borlee can

:57:17.:57:27.

do here. Maksim Dyldin of Russia goes in Lane 4. Jonathan Borlee in

:57:28.:57:35.

Lane 8. The first four go through automatically. Jonathan Borlee of

:57:36.:57:45.

the twins running blind out in Lane 8 but he will run his own race and

:57:46.:57:51.

should be too strong for many of the athletes here. He looks perfectly at

:57:52.:58:00.

ease. Marek Niit of Estonia is going well. Four go through automatically

:58:01.:58:08.

to the semifinal tomorrow. It is even around the bend. Jonathan

:58:09.:58:14.

Borlee has a little bit of work to do. This is a bit of a race for the

:58:15.:58:19.

automatic places. Jonathan Borlee is struggling a little bit. He will

:58:20.:58:24.

only get there in fourth place. It was won by Maxime building, --

:58:25.:58:44.

Maksim Dyldin, the Russian. I think he went out to easily. Marek Niit

:58:45.:58:50.

went out so hard. It has been a good year for the Russian. Hasn't been

:58:51.:58:56.

running very much at this year, but very strong coming through here.

:58:57.:59:03.

Marek Niit pulling of trees in the last 200 metres. Jonathan Borlee

:59:04.:59:08.

does not want to have to work that hard to finish in fourth. It wasn't

:59:09.:59:13.

good. He had to run right to the line. Just looking at the time by

:59:14.:59:21.

Maksim Dyldin. He looked fairly comfortable. Jonathan Borlee in

:59:22.:59:29.

fourth place behind Marek Niit, a national record for Estonia running

:59:30.:59:52.

well behind Lee-Marvin Bonevacia. This is a. -- this is her second

:59:53.:59:58.

attempt. final comfortably. Good clayton's at

:59:59.:00:34.

4.45 metres. -- good reasons. It was not necessary that the bar went to

:00:35.:00:47.

the automatic qualification at 4.50. 4.45 was in. No Brits present.

:00:48.:00:59.

The next three seats in the 400 metres all feature British people.

:01:00.:01:07.

In the next one is Conrad Williams. He is a quality athlete.

:01:08.:01:14.

He has got eight relay medals under his belt with the last one being in

:01:15.:01:21.

Glasgow. It is time that he launched himself and got into the major

:01:22.:01:26.

finals. He is a quality runner. He is like Phil Brown many years ago.

:01:27.:01:33.

He would do well in the relays but does not deliver the magical

:01:34.:01:35.

performances in the individual events. I am hoping that this could

:01:36.:01:41.

be his Championships. I think that this 400 metres competition is wide

:01:42.:01:46.

open. I could not state who will win this title. It will be a free for

:01:47.:01:55.

all. It must be frustrating for an athlete to know that they have got

:01:56.:01:59.

the time in their legs but when the gun goes, you cannot quite bring it

:02:00.:02:04.

out. I do not know how that translates to 400 metres. The more

:02:05.:02:08.

worried about it you are and the more you go over it in your mind, it

:02:09.:02:14.

becomes a bigger banner -- barrier and your body tenses up. It is sport

:02:15.:02:21.

psychology. I think so. It is down to the athlete and to the coach to

:02:22.:02:25.

look at what type of training they are doing. If you are doing the same

:02:26.:02:31.

things over and over, it is going to translate into the performances on

:02:32.:02:36.

the track. He is 32 now. He has got a big heart and a good attitude. Let

:02:37.:02:38.

us hope for the best. It is interesting to see how he will

:02:39.:02:50.

go. There are some known names in here. Ricardo Dos Santos is just 19.

:02:51.:02:57.

The Turkish athlete is just 18. When you have got young, developing

:02:58.:03:14.

athletes, you are never sure what will he will get. Julien Watrin has

:03:15.:03:28.

got a new personal best first year. The Italian is 21 years of age.

:03:29.:03:35.

People will come here, first time in a big Championships. At the other

:03:36.:03:47.

end of the spectrum, Conrad Williams, 32 now. When you see his

:03:48.:04:03.

times, he should be OK. The same with Yannick Fonsat. 45.11 for the

:04:04.:04:14.

Polish athlete. 24 years of age. He has made a big jump forward. You

:04:15.:04:20.

would not want to argue with him, would you?

:04:21.:04:26.

Watch out for Dos Santos. The young Portuguese athlete in lane two. The

:04:27.:04:36.

first four. Conrad Williams in lane seven. He will be pleased that

:04:37.:04:41.

Yannick Fonsat is outside him. It will give him something to run at.

:04:42.:04:49.

Yannick Fonsat and Conrad Williams in lane eight and seven. Started

:04:50.:04:57.

quickly. Conrad Williams has ran a good 200 metres. He needs to stay

:04:58.:05:05.

strong. The Polish athlete will be good in the home straight. Dos

:05:06.:05:10.

Santos of Portugal is also going well in lane two. Yannick Fonsat of

:05:11.:05:20.

France's got a lot of work to do. Conrad Williams in amongst the needs

:05:21.:05:26.

to stay strong in the home straight. The Polish athlete looking around.

:05:27.:05:31.

Yannick Fonsat finishes just well enough to get through. Well done

:05:32.:05:37.

Conrad Williams. Got a strong, got into a good position. The Polish

:05:38.:05:42.

athlete will be a threat. The Conrad Williams it was all about getting

:05:43.:05:47.

free without problems. He was able to relax over the last 50 metres. It

:05:48.:05:53.

is a very strong Polish team. Polish athletics is really coming on. Look

:05:54.:06:00.

at Conrad Williams, he judged it very well. Yannick Fonsat left it

:06:01.:06:08.

late. Ricardo Dos Santos in second place. You will see the effort being

:06:09.:06:14.

put in by Yannick Fonsat outside him. You want to lead a little bit

:06:15.:06:20.

in the tank but you are thinking about your time for the lanes for

:06:21.:06:25.

the semifinal. You do not want to take it too easy and being ran out

:06:26.:06:33.

of the top four. Decent run from Conrad Williams to make his way

:06:34.:06:38.

through in the automatic qualifying places. Also very impressive from

:06:39.:06:43.

the Polish athlete. Ricardo Dos Santos going through and Yannick

:06:44.:06:44.

Fonsat as well. Breaking world records in heat and

:06:45.:06:55.

qualification, there was a world record in the heats of the 400

:06:56.:07:09.

metres. This was in Jamaica in 1948. We talked about Matthew

:07:10.:07:10.

Hudson-Smith, let us hear from him. First year of 400 metres made me do

:07:11.:07:37.

the last leg. I asked them if I was sure -- if they were sure. I am only

:07:38.:07:43.

19. It kind of worked. I was happy that I was able to get a gold for

:07:44.:07:50.

everybody in the team, not just me. They all looked after me in the

:07:51.:07:59.

village. They were all around me trying to encourage me. It will not

:08:00.:08:08.

be like this in the individual event because it is all for one. I think I

:08:09.:08:12.

can look after myself. We think he can look after himself too. It was

:08:13.:08:23.

right to riches. From 48 seconds to 44.97. He stuck up upon everybody on

:08:24.:08:30.

outside lane. He glided past everybody in the field. He shot

:08:31.:08:39.

himself. -- he surprised himself. He backed it up and surprise himself

:08:40.:08:43.

again. We can look at him being a quality athlete full stop --. Would

:08:44.:08:52.

you call him a favourite given his lack of experience? You always have

:08:53.:08:58.

to wait and see. That is why we come to the stadium to watch the events.

:08:59.:09:03.

You have to see what happens in the final. He is one of the favourites

:09:04.:09:08.

and he is in form. This is the first season he has attacked the 400

:09:09.:09:14.

metres. He has been on a slow path focusing on 100 metres and 200

:09:15.:09:18.

metres with a plan to move up. I know Tony Hadley very well. He is a

:09:19.:09:28.

long-standing coach. When Matthew walked through the door, I am sure

:09:29.:09:32.

he said that he had a gem and he would have to protect them. His

:09:33.:09:44.

innocence might pay off. -- have to protect him. It could be somebody

:09:45.:09:49.

like Rooney who has been there and done it that challenges him the

:09:50.:09:56.

most. COMMENTATOR: fascinating to see how he gets on. Is that

:09:57.:10:04.

expectation of success. It is the slightly baffling disbelief that he

:10:05.:10:08.

is doing what he is doing. He is smiling and excited but he does not

:10:09.:10:10.

know how or why he is I do not know if you can cover in

:10:11.:10:19.

the favourites because of his inexperience. But he could be.

:10:20.:10:25.

Donald Sanford, the American now runs for Israel. Baker's Brian

:10:26.:10:36.

Gregan, the Irish Champion. Sixth in the last European Championships. And

:10:37.:10:42.

there is Can of turkey. They will handle Carol bold Uche

:10:43.:11:02.

Nwofor were inside. We did not see them. -- Carol bold Uche Nwofor.

:11:03.:11:15.

It is very interesting to see how this 19-year-old runs the very

:11:16.:11:28.

experienced Swede. How we -- how will the pace it and judge it? What

:11:29.:11:29.

can you do? Away they go. Donald Sanford a

:11:30.:11:50.

decent athlete outside him. He is moving away from Hudson-Smith. The

:11:51.:11:57.

Swede is making a move. Hudson-Smith will be expecting to be something in

:11:58.:12:01.

a tank and come through strongly in the second half of the race. He has

:12:02.:12:06.

left the bit to do. Also going strongly is Brian Gregan.

:12:07.:12:10.

Hudson-Smith is making a bit of a move. Hudson-Smith is looking

:12:11.:12:19.

comfortable and four go through automatically. It is a good race.

:12:20.:12:24.

Hudson-Smith putting the squeeze on to take the win. Brian Gregan coming

:12:25.:12:31.

through and taking third place. And here comes the athlete from

:12:32.:12:41.

Gibraltar. Matthew Hudson-Smith, I think he judged that well, Steve? He

:12:42.:12:48.

did not panic. He saw Donald Sanford going away from him. He had the

:12:49.:12:52.

Swedish man inside him that is not running as well. He could have

:12:53.:12:59.

panicked. You can fuel the man on the inside catching you and the man

:13:00.:13:03.

outside you is going away. -- you can feel. He has got that peacock

:13:04.:13:13.

style, his chest is out. When he comes into the home straight, he is

:13:14.:13:18.

strong. When he came round a top end, he knew he had to get moving.

:13:19.:13:24.

He ran this part of the race well. You come in to the home straight and

:13:25.:13:28.

can assess where you are. There are a couple of people around and pushes

:13:29.:13:34.

on. He gets his chest out in front. He decides he might as well when

:13:35.:13:38.

this now. I think it was a very good performance. He is still young and

:13:39.:13:44.

still developing. Still finding his feet. He got disqualified at the

:13:45.:13:49.

British Championships. He is probably nervous and are believed to

:13:50.:13:54.

get that out of the way. He wins that slower than the three previous

:13:55.:14:05.

kids. He probably needs a little bit more injection of pace. They leaned

:14:06.:14:15.

across take place tomorrow. Hudson-Smith with the victory.

:14:16.:14:18.

Confirmation of that time. Just north of 46 seconds. The time

:14:19.:14:56.

irrelevant. For him to control the race so well, that was the most

:14:57.:15:02.

important thing. When he accelerated, I don't think that

:15:03.:15:07.

people realised that he put his foot down. If you can glide past people

:15:08.:15:16.

like that, it is a perfect thing to have in your tool bag. He is with

:15:17.:15:21.

Phil now. Considering you are new to the event, you took that in your

:15:22.:15:25.

stride and qualified with ease. It was a bit easy but it was not the

:15:26.:15:31.

way I wanted to run it. I left it a bit late. There is a lot more in

:15:32.:15:38.

there but getting through the round is the main thing. What was the

:15:39.:15:44.

plan? I didn't really have one. I just what of a little bit too slow.

:15:45.:15:53.

I am not happy with that. 46.0, bit easy. You were strong in the final

:15:54.:16:03.

finish. Savage winters. But I am happy. Thank you very much. A little

:16:04.:16:12.

bit overwhelmed by the experience but he still won his heat. You know

:16:13.:16:19.

what I really love about him. I just want to cuddle him. Maternal

:16:20.:16:28.

instinct. Maybe. At 19, you do not want athletes to have all the

:16:29.:16:34.

answers. He is new to the spot, new to the event. He said that he made

:16:35.:16:41.

mistakes. We have heard Michael Johnson say that you have to go out

:16:42.:16:48.

hard for the first 200, assess it and then leave some in the tank. He

:16:49.:16:56.

did it all the wrong way round. But he can rectify that and he is still

:16:57.:17:00.

learning. Final heat, Martyn Rooney in this one. At the Commonwealth

:17:01.:17:05.

Games, we spoke about some people who didn't quite manage to perform.

:17:06.:17:10.

It was a bit of a shock for him to be out of the medals. We will see

:17:11.:17:18.

how he can respond. Over to Steve Cram.

:17:19.:17:25.

He watched the guys win the medal in the four x 400 metres after deciding

:17:26.:17:32.

not to be in it, so he could not joining the celebrations. He needs

:17:33.:17:36.

to find something to celebrate himself. He has not got the easiest

:17:37.:17:43.

of heats. Of guys he will know very well. Garcia is one of them. Nick

:17:44.:18:11.

Ekelund-Arenander of Denmark is another. Whenever Rooney is in Lane

:18:12.:18:15.

8, you worry that he will go off a bit easy but the sort of form he is

:18:16.:18:25.

in, he will be all right. Kamghe Gaba of Germany. Milos Raovic has

:18:26.:18:44.

run well this year. We have the former junior champion and junior

:18:45.:18:51.

competitor in the decathlon running the individual here. He is in Lane

:18:52.:18:58.

4. The top four to go through, this is the final heat. Rooney just needs

:18:59.:19:08.

to get out through the first 200 metres comfortably and assess where

:19:09.:19:14.

he is at. Lorenzo Valentini of Italy is one of the slowest in the field.

:19:15.:19:21.

Garcia of Spain moving nicely. Milos Raovic of Serbia has started hard.

:19:22.:19:31.

Kamghe Gaba on the inside. We will watch the stagger on wind into the

:19:32.:19:36.

home straight and he still has work to do. He has a three metre lead on

:19:37.:19:43.

the field. Garcia in second. Kamghe Gaba coming through on the far

:19:44.:19:48.

side. That is a really good run. Even looking across at the camera.

:19:49.:19:55.

That was as impressive as anyone. He could not afford to take too many

:19:56.:19:59.

chances, had to take it out but it meant that he could kill a little

:20:00.:20:04.

over the last 50 metres. Mr Rooney is pretty good at doing that. 49.48

:20:05.:20:28.

his official time. -- 40 5.48. 45.48 a combination of being in Lane 8 and

:20:29.:20:38.

his last results meant he could not leave it too slow in the first 200.

:20:39.:20:43.

Now without a beard, perhaps that is a superstition from the Commonwealth

:20:44.:20:52.

Games. He knew he was with some decent athletes and couldn't go out

:20:53.:20:57.

gently. Giving a little look to the camera. He knew that he had done it

:20:58.:21:04.

and it is a quick time. Able to have a little glance outside and in. When

:21:05.:21:12.

he gets out quickly, as he didn't in the final of the 400 in Glasgow, he

:21:13.:21:20.

looks a very impressive run. He has a point to prove to himself after

:21:21.:21:26.

his relative failure at the Commonwealth Games, not returning

:21:27.:21:30.

with a medal and watching his team-mates winning the gold medal in

:21:31.:21:34.

the four x 400. But in this round, very impressive indeed. Is that

:21:35.:21:44.

fingers crossed? Whatever it was, he did very well indeed. Milos Raovic

:21:45.:22:12.

goes through as the fastest loser. I found my rhythm. Anyway, how are

:22:13.:22:21.

you? I am loving it here. And I am loving seeing performances like

:22:22.:22:28.

this. What you did in the Commonwealth Games coming through.

:22:29.:22:38.

The Commonwealth Games took something out of my legs, but I am

:22:39.:22:44.

fit and I am good. I am in good shape and hopefully I will do

:22:45.:22:48.

something decent. You must be excited about what is to come. I

:22:49.:22:54.

have no idea what the time was. I ran in my rhythm, 45.5 should be

:22:55.:23:06.

easy. I love that buzz. My rhythm. I was concerned about the guys coming

:23:07.:23:11.

back, they finished quite well. It was great to start my championship

:23:12.:23:17.

with a win. All the best. Thanks, Phil. Cheers. If he didn't know what

:23:18.:23:27.

time he ran, he might be pleased to know that he is the second fastest

:23:28.:23:33.

qualifier. Maksim Dyldin ran pretty hard and will be a threat. The young

:23:34.:23:46.

19-year-old from Portugal, I am not sure what more there is from him.

:23:47.:23:52.

Conrad Williams going through. Then those going through as fastest

:23:53.:23:56.

losers, including Richard Morrissey with a new personal best making it

:23:57.:23:58.

through to the semifinal. All our boys coming through but

:23:59.:24:12.

Martyn Rooney was the most impressive. Definitely. He sounded a

:24:13.:24:19.

little bit more comfortable with his own performance. He is keeping a

:24:20.:24:24.

wise head. Only looking forward to the semifinal. I think he has got a

:24:25.:24:28.

cracking chance. I think he fancies it. Absolutely. Listen to the things

:24:29.:24:36.

he isn't saying. He is very confident and very positive. I sat

:24:37.:24:41.

next to him on the plane coming out here and his training has gone well,

:24:42.:24:46.

he has prepared well. Didn't get caught up in the whole Commonwealth

:24:47.:24:51.

thing. Just trained, prepared and is ready. Next up on track is the

:24:52.:24:58.

women's 100 metres hurdles qualification. A chance for Tiffany

:24:59.:25:02.

Porter. I thrive on competition. One special

:25:03.:25:19.

thing with the hurdles is that everybody is so good. It really

:25:20.:25:24.

makes you step up your game as an athlete and makes you not slack off

:25:25.:25:30.

in practice. If some of the other hurdlers are so good right now. I

:25:31.:25:36.

feed off that energy and it helps propel me in competition. Last year

:25:37.:25:46.

was very special for many reasons. Number one, a little bit of

:25:47.:25:50.

redemption from the disappointment I had at the Olympics in 2012. Then

:25:51.:25:55.

the fact that everybody has been running so well. They counted me out

:25:56.:26:03.

at the World Championships. The fact that I was able to come away with my

:26:04.:26:09.

first global outdoor medal, it was very special. I will never forget

:26:10.:26:14.

that moment. It filled with me a bit of confidence that I can compete

:26:15.:26:20.

with the rest in the world. Tiffany Porter of Great Britain with a first

:26:21.:26:27.

medal. I couldn't really dwell too much on how I did in door because I

:26:28.:26:31.

knew the Commonwealth was the next big one. To be honest, even though I

:26:32.:26:40.

got a silver medal and I was super thrilled by that I did not execute

:26:41.:26:44.

the best race I could have so I am looking to learn from that and put

:26:45.:26:49.

together a better race. I was really happy with my silver medal but I

:26:50.:26:53.

have more work to do here at the European Championship. Tiffany going

:26:54.:27:03.

in Heat 4. She has not run quite as well this year as she did last year

:27:04.:27:10.

when she got the bronze medal. She has had problems through the season

:27:11.:27:16.

but she keeps at it. She is always in contention. These championships

:27:17.:27:21.

are very important for her. She has an opportunity to win a title. She

:27:22.:27:26.

has always been the bridesmaid, there have been so many talented

:27:27.:27:30.

women around her but she is one of the women in the mix. She has a bit

:27:31.:27:36.

of a problem from Cindy from France who has been a bit more consistent

:27:37.:27:43.

than the Tiffany but she is a good race and she could pull this one

:27:44.:27:53.

off. A real opportunity, she just needs to up that level a little bit.

:27:54.:27:59.

It is the consistency we are looking for from her. She is a good

:28:00.:28:04.

competitor and she is going to need that. She has opposition. She is not

:28:05.:28:10.

coming in thinking she can coast it. She cannot. She has to work really

:28:11.:28:15.

well. She has made a difference to her training. She has hurdled a lot

:28:16.:28:21.

better in the latter part of her races. That will hold her in good

:28:22.:28:22.

stead because Billeaux is fantastic. First of a well-qualified and the

:28:23.:28:59.

four fastest losers. She has to put the paper fingers

:29:00.:29:24.

because she is allergic to the track. -- put the tape on her

:29:25.:29:30.

fingers. The big danger to Tiffany Porter is

:29:31.:29:56.

this lady. She ran the world indoor Championships and missed out on a

:29:57.:30:01.

medal. She is a good starter. Like Tiffany Porter, in that range were

:30:02.:30:08.

away from the European Championships, going towards the

:30:09.:30:13.

World Championships and Olympics, she can do very well. In the

:30:14.:30:18.

100-metre hurdles, anything can happen. She will want to negotiate

:30:19.:30:24.

her way through this comfortably. 12.76. There is a headwind. When you

:30:25.:31:13.

are watching Colin, there's no question that Tiffany Porter and the

:31:14.:31:19.

other athlete of the class acts. You want to get through without

:31:20.:31:23.

problems. She did that very nicely. She is the quality act in this race.

:31:24.:31:30.

Which she has demonstrated. Technically, she is very good. She

:31:31.:31:35.

runs off the barrier as well. She gets into that lovely sprinting

:31:36.:31:44.

pattern. If you can adjust your sprinting to take on the barriers

:31:45.:31:47.

then you are nearly heading towards perfection. Huddling from France's

:31:48.:31:57.

very strong at the moment. -- hurdling. We know all about the men,

:31:58.:32:07.

they are doing very well, they have got the world junior champion,

:32:08.:32:13.

France. At the moment the powerhouse of sprint hurdles.

:32:14.:32:44.

16.55 needed to get into the final. That looked very balanced. Good

:32:45.:32:56.

rhythm. He has a season 's best of 16.61. He might be challenging that.

:32:57.:33:06.

This is a good shot from the front. Very good indeed in terms of

:33:07.:33:11.

balance. Such a key component of triple jump. 16.52. Just short of

:33:12.:33:20.

automatic. Now the UK champion. Julian Reid. Looking to book a place

:33:21.:33:24.

in the triple jump final. 16.55 is needed. That did not look too bad at

:33:25.:33:42.

all. He looks as though he might have gone beyond automatic

:33:43.:33:47.

qualification. His personal best is five years old, 16.89. He cooks that

:33:48.:33:53.

helped his possession a little bit longer. Just waiting for that mark

:33:54.:34:08.

to be measured. -- he could have held his position. He is just a

:34:09.:34:11.

couple of centimetres shy. This is now the shot put for the

:34:12.:34:34.

decathlon. Kevin Mayer is a very competent shot putter. He is having

:34:35.:34:43.

a good morning. His lifetime best is below 50 metres. That might have

:34:44.:34:48.

been beyond that. He just managed to save it. You cannot touch that block

:34:49.:34:56.

at the end of the circle. He knows it is big. Kevin Mayer of France. It

:34:57.:35:21.

is big, lifetime best, 15.14. The German is in it is in fourth place

:35:22.:35:31.

overall. It looks like France versus Germany. Three Germans in

:35:32.:35:36.

contention. That is also big. It looked like it landed in the same

:35:37.:35:41.

hall as a French one. Just beyond 15 metres. It could be threatening his

:35:42.:35:46.

lifetime best. It looks as if it could go down to the wire. Europe

:35:47.:35:53.

has been traditionally strong in the past. These are some new talent

:35:54.:36:03.

coming through. It is our for a belly with a lifetime best. --

:36:04.:36:10.

aBELE. Coming up for the next heat for the

:36:11.:36:22.

women's 100 metres Hoddle. -- 100 metres hurdles. What do you make of

:36:23.:36:35.

that technique, Colin? It is probably somewhere in the Albert

:36:36.:36:38.

went to drama school this is currently getting a telling off. --

:36:39.:36:51.

probably someone in that costume. Not running in the second of four

:36:52.:37:03.

eats. Is it Denise Lewis that is inside that? We are talking about

:37:04.:37:13.

people that make fitting Tiffany Porter. The athletes and win one and

:37:14.:37:20.

in lane seven of the quickest in Europe so far. -- in lane one. It is

:37:21.:37:26.

the Belgian record-holder. The Russian champion goes in lane

:37:27.:37:46.

two but she has not raced outside of Russia the season so she is an

:37:47.:37:47.

unknown quantity. Three go through automatically. The

:37:48.:38:56.

Belgian showing higher class. You do not see her too much on the circuit

:38:57.:39:01.

but she is very competent. Let us look at her from the beginning. She

:39:02.:39:05.

goes gingerly into the first barrier. She is very tall and I

:39:06.:39:13.

think she prepares herself for the first barrier instead of going at

:39:14.:39:19.

it, being aggressive. When she gets into that beautiful, flowing action.

:39:20.:39:23.

The technique is nice and solid. It sees her through for the victory.

:39:24.:39:38.

Nelson Evora from Portugal, Olympic champion from 2008. Now 30 years of

:39:39.:39:49.

age. His first attempt. Wonderful technique as you would expect from

:39:50.:39:58.

the Olympic champion. 16.65 is actually automatic qualification so

:39:59.:40:05.

I correct myself from earlier. That is what is needed to advance to the

:40:06.:40:17.

final for the Portuguese champion. He is not happy with the with the

:40:18.:40:22.

forward rotation, either that or he needs to be quicker. He is one

:40:23.:40:27.

centimetre shy of qualification. It is the biggest distance we have seen

:40:28.:40:34.

this morning. Here is the oldest man any contradiction, but that sealed

:40:35.:40:39.

the natural, the defending champion. -- the oldest man in the

:40:40.:40:44.

competition, for Brits yield a natural.

:40:45.:40:49.

The veterans, with a bit of adrenaline, they know what they are

:40:50.:40:55.

doing, hairy experience. The natural is 16 times Italian champion. --

:40:56.:41:05.

Donato. Look at that, he is exactly on the

:41:06.:41:19.

same mark as Nelson Evora. Rumen Dimitrov of pokey area. -- of

:41:20.:41:34.

Bulgaria. That was a huge step. His hop loop control. He extended into

:41:35.:41:39.

the step and got out of it. If you go big in the first two sectors, you

:41:40.:41:45.

have to go big out of it. Very good on the board. He really extends

:41:46.:41:53.

through the step sector, the middle sector and he gets out into the jump

:41:54.:42:00.

sector. He is very aggressive. 16.62. It is the third best jump we

:42:01.:42:09.

have seen in qualifying. 17 centimetres ahead of Julian Reid.

:42:10.:42:27.

This is his second attempt. The look on his face tells the story. He was

:42:28.:42:31.

quite far behind the board and he knew it. He slightly aborted it. He

:42:32.:42:37.

did not look as committed as he might have done. He needs to get

:42:38.:42:43.

that right. We talk about the fast track, it affects the jumpers. They

:42:44.:42:49.

have to get the step marks correct. It has to be meticulously placed. No

:42:50.:43:03.

improvement for. -- no improvement for him. Rico Freimuth in the

:43:04.:43:17.

decathlon. You have to have quickly to have that checkmate. -- to have

:43:18.:43:27.

that technique. She is a 15-metre floor at his best. His feat not as

:43:28.:43:29.

good as it could've been. He likes that and it is big. He was

:43:30.:44:14.

wobbling around on his support lead. He steadied it. He was very open on

:44:15.:44:19.

the right side for a left-handed shot putter. He is up for it, isn't

:44:20.:44:30.

he? 16 metres. Another huge lifetime best. 15.39. Just to round up the

:44:31.:44:46.

second heat in the women's 100 metres hurdles. Quite a quick heat.

:44:47.:44:59.

We think Rosina Hodde might be OK. For spots available. Kondakova in

:45:00.:45:28.

Lane 1. Lisa your Hildebrand is having a very good season. We can

:45:29.:45:40.

see the Lithuanian on the outside. We mentioned Lisa your wreck on the

:45:41.:46:00.

outside. -- Urech, she was in a world-class league. But now coming

:46:01.:46:05.

back from injury. She was one of the best Swiss athletes in world terms.

:46:06.:46:17.

Hildebrand, Bakker, Urech, some pretty good athletes in here.

:46:18.:46:27.

Kondakova got a reasonable start in Lane 1. Urech, as well. Hildebrand

:46:28.:46:35.

coming away at the moment. She is going to go and win this one. She

:46:36.:46:45.

gets it ahead of Kondakova. We lost Koudelova. That wasn't bad at all.

:46:46.:46:56.

12.78. Her season has been very good so far. Pretty consistent. If any of

:46:57.:47:02.

the top to falter, the likes of Hildebrand will not be too far-away.

:47:03.:47:11.

The wind was zero so for hurdlers that was pretty perfect. Good solid

:47:12.:47:16.

tech week. She has been doing that all season and she has been rewarded

:47:17.:47:23.

with another swift time of 12.78. The athletes who are the most

:47:24.:47:28.

consistent and make the tiniest of mistakes tend to suffer big time.

:47:29.:47:35.

They are all quite fragile, these women and the hurdles are pretty

:47:36.:47:41.

heavy. They rely on good smooth technique and sprinting speed. If

:47:42.:47:46.

you marry that, then you get the ultimate performance. This is a good

:47:47.:47:51.

competitive field. Good, swift times. I am looking forward to

:47:52.:47:56.

seeing how they raise their game for the semifinal. Also, we have Tiffany

:47:57.:47:59.

Porter, let's see what she can produce. Tiffany coming up very

:48:00.:48:13.

shortly. Let's have a look back at heat number one. Billaud is still

:48:14.:48:27.

the favourite. She is the danger woman. Her hurdling technique is

:48:28.:48:33.

good and compact than she gets into her running action very quickly and

:48:34.:48:37.

from there she just holds. That is where Tiffany is going to really

:48:38.:48:44.

have to focus and rely on her technique Tiffany can get tight

:48:45.:48:50.

sometimes. This woman, for me, is pretty majestic. Pretty easy.

:48:51.:48:57.

Hearing Tiffany's interview, saying how excited she was to win the

:48:58.:49:01.

silver medal in Glasgow. Hopefully, that can be a bit of a springboard.

:49:02.:49:08.

She said she was happy with that but she also has a lot of unfinished

:49:09.:49:14.

business. Her first proper shot at a major European title. She wants to

:49:15.:49:17.

focus on that and she seems to be doing that. I actually don't know

:49:18.:49:24.

whether Tiffany was happy with that silver. She thought there was a

:49:25.:49:29.

chink of vulnerability in the Sally Pearson who had not had the best

:49:30.:49:33.

year up to them. I think she really could go on and win it. She could

:49:34.:49:38.

win this title if everything goes well. She has two hold well, which

:49:39.:49:47.

is where she has problems. Sally Pearson did raise her game in the

:49:48.:50:04.

final of the Commonwealth. Zagre finished very well. A young Belgian

:50:05.:50:12.

athlete. They have a young collection of athletes coming

:50:13.:50:16.

through, just as the Dutch have. And she looked really good. Another

:50:17.:50:21.

thing the athletes have an issue with is the speed of the track. We

:50:22.:50:27.

have seen a couple of personal bests in the 200 metres. Ashleigh Nelson

:50:28.:50:35.

and Desiree Henry. The women's hurdles have been running into a

:50:36.:50:42.

headwind. 1.54 Billaud's race. I think she was surprised at the time

:50:43.:50:48.

because it was pretty effortless. I expect the times to come down in the

:50:49.:50:54.

next race. A little bit of a disappointment in the menstrual jump

:50:55.:50:59.

so far. I don't know what has happened to that event. We have some

:51:00.:51:04.

very exciting events globally at the moment but she pulled jump does not

:51:05.:51:08.

seem to be one of them. We are looking at the shot put in the

:51:09.:51:15.

decathlon. Ashley Bryant going for this.

:51:16.:51:26.

Silver medal in Glasgow just over a week ago. He needs to get beyond the

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40 metre mark. No. That is below 14 metres. You can see clearly. On

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balance, just leaning a little. You see his eyes go down on release. He

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needs a big improvement. Talking about tired earlier. We are seeing

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it. So to the final track event of the first session. The final heat of

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the women's 100 metres hurdles. It is the event in which we see Tiffany

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Porter. Silver at the Commonwealth Games. Will gold follow in the

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European Championships? We have a couple of rounds to go. Three to go

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through automatically. Isabelle Pedersen of Norway is a former world

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youth champion. Schrott made the final in the Olympics are couple of

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years ago. Is a bearing is a talented heptathlete with her fan

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base. -- Zbaren. Pesiridou has a rather modest personal best. This is

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a very strong heptathlete as well. Bearings is a former European indoor

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champion. Neziri. And there is Tiffany Porter. The gauntlet has

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been set down by Billaud. Let's see what Tiffany Porter can do. It is

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not just about the time, it is about getting through safely because this

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event can hold a couple of dangers if you get it slightly wrong. Three

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to go through automatically plus the fourth fastest losers through the

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heats. Tiffany Porter a little bit slow out

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of the blocks. Here she comes now talking about a celebration there.

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12.69. Into a strong wind, as well. Two metres per second headwind. So

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that is a very quick time. She has laid down a marker. A good win for

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Tiffany Porter. I was looking where Tiffany could make-up a bit of

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ground. It is between hurdles number two and eight. That is where Cindy

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Billaud is very strong. She pushed into the next hurdle, driving into

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every single one of these barriers. If you are a young hurdler, that is

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exactly what you need to do. Come off your trailing leg and work hard

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into the next one. Then you end up with good performances like that.

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The start was a bit misleading because of bearings being a very

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quick starter. Never back off. Hard into it and keep the flow going.

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Into a -2 wind that is a very strong performance. I have to say, we

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cannot feel a breath of it but that is what they say. A good time by

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Tiffany Porter setting the quickest paste ahead of Billaud and

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Hildebrand. She will go through into the semifinals. That is tonight.

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Another chance to seep Tiffany Porter today. That is confirmation.

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A long way ahead. Let's hear from Tiffany Porter now. Tiffany is just

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discovering there was a two metre headwind. What a performance. It is

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pretty encouraging because it did feel pretty easy and hopefully I

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will get better every round. You have to do it again tonight. What do

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you do between then and now. Just relaxing and decompressing and

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forgetting about this round. Focusing on the task in hand which

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is the semifinal. Hopefully, it will go well. Do you know what kind of

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mindset you were in at the start today? I was rather relaxed. I am

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always most nervous before the first round so I am glad that is out of

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the way now. Well done. Thank you. Thanks, guys. So there we are. The

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trees are not moving at all but two metres a second headwind. It doesn't

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really matter. A good run from Tiffany Porter. Qualifies quickest.

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These are the qualifiers overall to go through to tonight's semifinal.

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Porter heading the way ahead of Billaud. A good run from Hildebrand

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as well. Bakker with a personal best. Lisa who qualifies as fastest

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runner up. Some brilliant hurdling from Tiffany Porter. She has Opto

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game. She is obviously peaking at just the right time. Her trailing

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leg, coming through was just devastating. Her speed is up to her

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best. Some terrific performances from British athletes today but one

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disappointment was Laura Muir not qualifying in the 1500 metres. Your

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heart went out to her. She did not do well in the Commonwealth Games.

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It is sad to see Laura looking a little bit lost right now. She needs

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to find herself mentally more than physically because she is in good

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shape. A quick look ahead to what we are going to see this evening. Jo

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Pavey in the final of the 10,000 metres. I am really looking forward

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to that race. She ran really well in the common wealth games. The way

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that she battled in the Commonwealth Games it was one of the best races

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for me. The way she was fighting to the last four that Bedell and she

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will be doing the same tonight. Thank you very much indeed. We are

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back at 4.45 this afternoon. Jo Pavey going for a medal in the

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10,000 metres. We will see you then.

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