Day 2 - Morning Session Athletics: European Championships

That is an automatic qualification. A fairly decent start. Decent

start. Chambers does the necessary. A magnificent race. Jo Pavey, 40

years of age. A glorious, glorious run for Jo Pavey. Her whole career

has been about this moment. It is cold and wet and miserable but

nothing can deal the feeling we are feeling after seeing Jo Pavey win

last night. She is all over the front and back pages will stop quite

a stunning performance and we will talk about that later on. It is day

two of the European Championships. We are going to head straight out to

the track for the men's the capital on getting underway. -- the men's

decathlon. Andrew Cotter can give us the overnight scores. The first

thing you can see is that they have been cleaning out a little bit of

moisture to 20 blocks and the first hurdle. And the first hurdle.

Moment. -- nothing much to see at the moment. The mascot did a good

long jump yesterday. Three metres and the pole vault as well! You are

overlooking the fact that there could be more than one person in

there. More importantly, decathlon standings after the first day on it

was quite interesting. Kazmirek just out in front.

Krauchanka took a huge leap. Hugely impressive and a ten year personal

best for Kazmirek. The high jump has great prospects in the individual

advance and they will be excited about testing this service. Freimuth

has been disappointing, down on his best and most events. Kevin Mayer is

going well. You will have to go out little bit further down to find

Ashley brightens. -- Bryant. In Glasgow, he was fourth, so he is

down. We knew he might struggle a little bit after the Commonwealth

Games and his efforts there. The men to look out for in these heats is

Krauchanka oh. He is lighting -- Krauchanka. He is going in laid five

and is running, he was disappointing in the 400. He is not doing too

badly here. The time it is pretty good, a personal best. That would

give him a bit of a boost going into the second day. Krauchanka, should

he perform to his very best, Willow window decathlon. In -- will win

this the. He is getting away from the lower marks. The best athletes

in the decathlon are in the third heat, but Krauchanka, for the

moment, we'll go back into the lead, and that lead held overnight,

Kazmirek of Germany. That is encouraging for him. At the start of

the race he was in good position courtesy of a good shots but and

high jump. His running have not been good, but that was good for him. --

a good shot. Amy Child -- Child will start her campaign in the 400 metre

hurdles. More hurdles a bit higher. Andy Turner and Lawrence Clarke

representing Great Britain. And Lindsay Sharp is back on track as

the defending European champion after that Regulus silver and the

Commonwealth Games -- miraculous silver in the Commonwealth Games.

Watch out for Protsenko. The decathlon continues. Allyson

Leonard, Lindsay Sharp and Jessica Judd. Lots to look forward to. You

are looking forward to the hurdles. Yes. A cracking indoor season 41

athletes, he did not take the title but he should have, -- for one of

the athletes. We know you can perform but can he deliver under

pressure? What about Charmin? It would be the most frustrating thing

for him to know that he almost had it and it cost him by clipping a the

eighth hurdles. He has to come and see what he can do. This is a bit

tougher as a title to win. I think a goal is slightly out of

his reach. An amazing performance by Lindsay Sharp but you wonder if she

has anything else left in her legs. The euphoria of coming out and back

down again trying to get ready for another championships. I think she

is in very good shape. Jessica Judd is coming here a bit brash with a

bit more fire to go out and perform. -- fresh. There will be

some tough competition for the other runners. Ashley Bryant struggled a

little bit on day one. It is not easy to come and do a back-to-back

decathlon, so he is battling through. He has a lot of heart, but

he has got a second day to pick up his spirit. He is disappointed.

Strongest gifts, amazing javelin will stop what he has to do is --

javelin. He has to try and work on the technical elements and get

something in these two days. You can contact as through the BBC basic

page or through Twitter. These guests will answer any questions

that you have. Amy Child takes to the track. In the introduction, we

said she has a better chance of taking goal that she did in the

Commonwealth Games. You are right. She has been the most consistent of

the European hurdlers. When you come to the Championships, everything

goes out the window and you have to forget everything you did before

hand, because it is delivering here. It will not be easy, even though she

is the favourite. We can see how she has arrived. What about the hurling

of Ashley Bryant? We will be seeing that shortly. The first heat was

pretty decent. I was looking at the wind speed. It is difficult, he is

tired. To save these barriers when you are actually the -- absolutely

exhausted... Once you are mentally down, he is behind in his best

score, and he is trying to keep the morale high, so if you said mentally

tough plus heavy legs, it is challenging. He was in the mix at

the Commonwealth Games and that mindset changed. It is. Let's face

it. He has not really been in this environment much in this career, so

he is still getting rid -- used to it. He has to really test himself

amongst the world's elite, so it is a good experience for him. It will

stand him in good stead. The men's high jump qualification is getting

underway and it promises to be one of the events of the championship.

Absolutely. You have the Olympic champion, who is quite in shape, and

obviously, the world champion Bondarenko. We have not got the

weather to back it up over the next few days, but it still promises to

be a great competition. There is a Spanish athlete called Sotomayor to

hold the high jump record. Dave, it is all yours with Ashley Bryant.

Good morning everybody. Just wondering how Ashley Bryant is

feeling this morning. He said it his interview that it was

very tiring for him. He is in lane nine. We have Van der Plaetsen and

Pittomvils, as well as Lukas, Distelberger, to join Ashley Bryant.

The Russian isn't not tips to get the medals. He is only -- the

Russian is not tips to get the medals.

Van der Plaetsen decides to try and hurdle up the first one anyway. Just

in case you are not aware, in the decathlon, the fault start rule is

not the same as in normal events. Normally it would be an automatic

disqualification. A little wet this morning. How we got a German word

for it? It is not as wet as it was earlier. It was raining quite

heavily about an hour ago. The weather forecast for the rest of the

week is not dissimilar to what we have this morning, so it could be

difficult in some of the field events. These are not the sort of

conditions these athletes would enjoy. One positive is the fact that

it is pretty still. It is not that cold, to be honest. Ashley Bryant on

the far side. That was Krauchanka. This of murder is contesting this.

Ashley -- a big season best there. Depending on how that comes down, it

might be his personal best. Good performances from the Russian.

Ashley Bryant, getting his second a underway, and you could tell that he

was tired at the end of day one, and there was a a lot of fire there. He

was trying to talk -- talk himself up. When you are in reaching

distance, it you are thinking about the medal and you are filled with

energy. The event is very strong. We are

unclear as to what the scores would be. He looks OK, maybe he is

straining a little bit and forcing it. I struggle a bit with the

fatigue, he knew he was going to do back-to-back championships.

You are a tough man Steve! Thank you. Ashley Bryant really hitting

that eighth hurdle pretty hard. 14.87 is his time. Xhaka Enya of

with -- Chris Baker of Great Britain, going clear.

Just missed out on a medal in the Commonwealth Games. Looking to

settle into qualifying. A clutch of fantastic Russian high

jumpers. Dmitrik, a world silver-medallist in the past.

Jumping off his left leg. They were like the fact they saw a decathlete

jumping two metres 22 yesterday. STUDIO: The Germans have always been

good at the decathlon. COMMENTATOR: Thompson way out ahead

of the rest of the field. That was an aggressive and

constructive piece of pole vaulter in. -- vaulting. A very good

performance indeed. Can Thompson run a personal best here? He is charging

for the line. European champion, Daley Thompson for Great Britain. A

richly deserved greeting from the British crowd.

On a day like today and in this competition nobody will be getting

close to Daley Thompson's scores and performances.

The final heat in the 110-metre hurdles in the decathlon.

This has most of the main metal contenders. We have already seen

Krauchanka, the Belarussian. Here we have Kazmirek who leads.

Sintinicolaas, the Dutchman lying in fourth. There is Kazmirek. Season's

best just outside 14 seconds in the hurdles this year. Look out for him

and Mayer as well. hurdles this year. Look out for him

and Mayer In Lane 6. Sintinicolaas from the Netherlands in Lane 8.

What a time. What a run from Abele. A championship best and he certainly

is a big medal contender. He is having the decathlon of his life.

The German, third overnight on the tables and that may take him up

further into medal contention. Gold medal contention, I should say.

Personal bests in the long jump and shot put yesterday. He started made

to in superb form. -- he started the second day in superb form. Great

stuff. It was deceptive because Freimuth was close to him. Freimuth

was in the process of running a big personal best as well. He smashed

the old championship best as well. Freimuth will move himself up a good

bit from eighth place. He did not have a great first day. He might get

himself into the fringes of medal contention. Abele, depending on what

he does in the rest of the day, might be a gold medal contender.

Kazmirek was the German who led. He was back down there in fourth place.

He ran a personal best as well. Stunning running from the Germans.

But most of all from Abele. back to the hijab qualifier and

Britain's Chris Baker. Good work, Chris. First attempt, good to see.

The only British high jumper here at the European Championships.

A good start for Chris Baker. This is a good chance to look at a man

who is certainly contending here, Ukhov. Does not like jumping in the

rainbow, jumps in running spikes. -- does not like jumping in the rain

though. His decision to jump in running spikes means he does not

have spikes in the heels. Two Ukrainian Atlee to have jumped over

two metres and 40. And Protsenko, the fourth man in history... But

second rank in Ukraine. When you jump 2.4 2.15 should be a formality

and it is. There goes the hurdles after the

three heats of the 110 hurdles. What a run from Abele that was. Kazmirek

just hanging onto his lead at the moment. Krauchanka slipping to

third. Freimuth leaping up to fourth place. Mayer slipped down from six

to eight. Ashley Bryant still found in the nether reaches in 19th place.

After a belief smack -- Abele... It'll be interesting to see how they

go in the latter of the day. STUDIO: More recent history now and

no moustache! , Tait there goes the great Paul

arrived left on her way to a famous victory.

The crowd are on their feet. This is the greatest piece of distance

running we have seen. Watch the clock. Paula running all the way to

the line. She wins the European Championships, it is a European

record. What a performance from Paula Radcliffe. Absolutely

breathtaking. STUDIO: Brilliant Paula, and

absolutely no moustache! It was horrible when you ran in Munich. It

was horrible, and it was cold. Conditions were not ideal, they were

not bad for distance running I suppose, better than for sprinting.

Was it a disappointment that you did not break 30 minutes? Yes. I was

trying to get under that 30 minute barrier because it is a big barrier.

I could see the clock as I was running down the home straight and I

could see the seconds ticking away but I just could not get there. When

you stepped up to marathon, you improved all of your other distances

and it has almost been the opposite apps to what we have seen from Mo

Farah. He is the best in the world at five and ten. I was always

lacking that finish and the speed at the end. To really contend to win at

major championships over five and ten. When I stepped up to the

marathon, I found that extra endurance and speed endurance helped

my speed so I could run quicker from 3000 metres right up to 10,000

metres on the track and I have that extra strength and confidence as

well. Going to the marathon, and finding the distance that really

suited me. I had more cards in my hand which gave me confidence to set

down to the track and just have fun on the track. That was 2002. Let's

go to last night, 10,000 metres, the final three laps, Jo Pavey going for

gold and we know she got it. Two French women, two Portuguese,

two Brits. Moreira leading. Traby in the dark blue. Jo Pavey sensing that

now the race really starting to move as they approach 1000 metres to go.

Cal fan really starts to put her foot down and starts to stretch them

out. Jo Pavey in fifth place and the race really starting to go. Dulce

Felix realising cal van is for real. Moreira and then Jo Pavey in

magnificent fifth place and coming strongly. She has never been as

close to the front as this. As she calms down, two laps to go. A

magnificent position for Jo Pavey. Traby moves into fourth. Jo Pavey

now in third. Moreira and Calvin ahead of her. Calvin is forcing the

pace but she's not sprinting away from them. Moreira looking

comfortable but so is Jo Pavey. Trying to get away from Traby, four

of them well clear. Calvin just getting her head down and going

again. Jo Pavey trying to hang on. Jo Pavey strikes again as she did in

the Commonwealth Games. Jo Pavey getting ready to hit the front as

she calms down. She knows a fast last lap is watching these to try to

win this one. She prepared for this one, she got ready for this one.

Moreira of Portugal in third place and Jo Pavey is running a

magnificent race. Could it be another gold medal for Britain? She

has to keep with the pace now. She has to keep going. Moreira looks as

if she is losing it. What a magnificent run from Jo Pavey. 240

metres to go. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age, no-one has ever won a gold

medal at the European Championships at that age. Is it this time? The

arms are going. , on, Jo Pavey! This is it. Her whole career has been

about this moment. It is golden for Jo Pavey. She is the champion. Jo

Pavey has finally come of age at the age of 40. She brought our dreams

alive. That was absolutely fantastic. We are all thrilled for

you, it must be such a delight to win this medal. I am surprised in a

way, because I was thinking, is this the wrong event? It felt so long.

Thank you to everyone who supported me. Mum, dad, my children, my

brothers. They can believe it. I am speechless -- speechless, really.

How special was it for you to share that moment? The stadium has got

stuff around it and Emily gets really scared. My mother can take

her out but we thought we could gamble it and it is emotional

because this is the first time she has seen me in a major

championships, and the seeing my little boy again, obviously. You

were bunched together for a long time and you were on the outside for

a long time. Did you ever think it would be going the trucker gets

going? -- get going? I got in a bit of a rut. But it felt like a really

long way. But maybe I had chosen the wrong event. We went house was quite

a long way away as well. I a long way away as well. But I just

thrilled, I cannot believe it. The last lap was amazing. Did you sense

at any moment that you had it? I tried to do a controlled last lap

because I did not want to blow up on the home straight, and when they got

there, I did not know how close the other girls were, and you cannot

regret anything. I just tried to judge it because I did feel quite

tired because it is such a long way, so I just gave it everything at the

ends. After all of the medals that you have one and all of your great

performances, it was always that elusive old battle, and today you

have done it. It is quite -- gold medal, and today you have done it.

It is quite funny. Be a good 40, I should have learned a -- being 40, I

should have learned a few things a long time ago? Thank you everyone

for the support. Well done. Cheers. The cattle grid I had installed this

morning did not work. There is Jo Pavey with her gold medal. A few

tweets coming in. Superman says, Joe Avie has proved that age is just a

number and motherhood is just the beginning. Do you agree with that?

Very true. The trucker Jo Pavey. -- Jo Pavey. You come out stronger and

with more endurance. She is in and endurance event. Dinamo Smothers

after the school run look exhausted -- I know as some of mothers,

afterschool, they look exhausted. It is the attitude of mind and having

the support around you to make sure that you are able to train

properly. The childcare in place. You can do your job. You are

actually a very good at structuring the day, and as long as you have

that support, anything is possible. The Queen and recognised the

support. -- some other tweets with support for Jo Pavey. There are

called for her to become a dame! I have always loved her. I have seen

her training many times. It was fantastic to see her energy and the

excitement of what she was doing. She is one of these people who loves

the sport of Athletics and that is why she is still competing, because

she thoroughly enjoys the event. What a wonderful moment for her and

her family. This is what Athletics can give you, these special moments.

When she looks at this front pages in the years to come and seize

herself on the front of the newspapers, it is a realm as Alger

that she will appreciate. -- it is a memory that she will appreciate. You

cannot talk about her without talking about her team-mates. And

you have to mention her partner, who looks after the children and make

sure they behaves. Their whole life is structured around making sure

that the kids are the number one priority while Jo Pavey does what

she does. Another one from Ian Bradley, World Cup, Ryder Cup, what

ever, that is my highlight of the sporting year, Jo Pavey. She sat

back for a long time. She clearly had a plan and executed it

perfectly. The 10,000 metres is a long way and you have to be

patient. 25 laps to go, you do not want to look at that lap Marker

until he jobs below that. She stayed comfortably out of trouble. She said

she would be criticised for running whites but I think she was keeping

herself out of trouble. -- running wide. All of the athletes have been

told to ride in the sharp needle spikes and that is doing some damage

to some of the athletes. That is something that you need to watch out

for, and that is why Jo Pavey was running so wide, but she was always

moving out, covering the big moves very gradually. You saw the orgies

athletes pay a little -- the Portuguese athletes react a little

bit because of that, and Joe just moved up really gradually, and when

she made a mint, it was really decisive -- a move, it was really

decisive and she was not letting anyone past her. Do you think she

will run the 5,000 metres. I think she deserves the celebrations first.

She will make her mind up depending on how she recovers. She did another

12 and a half metres -- lapsed at the Commonwealth Games. She needs to

see how her legs feel before she makes that decision. 5,000 heats

have been cancelled so she can go straight to a final. Another tweet

says that Jo Pavey has proven that you should never give up on your

hubs and dreams. We are going to had back out to the field. Behave

yourself! Drizzle has defended over the

Letzigrund Stadium, and the mascot -- descended over the Letzigrund

Stadium and the mascot is enjoying himself. Chris Baker is still in

with a shout to qualify. Oh, my word! That is not what he wanted.

That is a terrible flip on his take off foot. The athletes are allowed

to wear longer spikes on the high jump. He was on the side of his

foot. He did not quite get his spike planted at all. He would have

slipped in any conditions. Just seemed to put the side of his foot

down there, and he is out. None of them would have wanted to see that.

Back to Chris Baker, though. That is how they do it! Lost his hat. Well

done, Chris, a clean sheet so far, and a very good start. Good

technique from him. He has increased his personal best from the winter of

2014 and finds himself in a position to possibly make the final.

That looked a little better. He has always said he doesn't like jumping

in the rain. He did not like watching his team-mates go out. I am

sure that he had an eye on that. These are normal running spikes. He

chose not to wear the longer ones and that compromised his contact

with the floor. On his left foot, the Frenchman. That was the last

chance saloon for him, either go clear or go home, and he chose to

clear. Let's have a look at this. Well clear there. Under pressure,

though. Three fails and you are out. Look at the rain coming down. 228 is

automatically qualifying. That might be enough to advance.

STUDIO: not the greatest conditions today for the jumpers.

You are trying to stay relaxed and warm. That's planned is crucial for

converting your horizontal speed into vertical lift will stop -- that

plant is crucial for converting your horizontal speed into vertical lift.

If it rains, this Russian will win it because he can jump in the wet.

It is a mental battle out there. We are not going to see the real high

heights that we would like to see for qualification, so it is going to

be tough. 10,000 gold for Britain last night. A very troubled built up

in the -- for Mo Farah. This year, I need to do something. If you are

going to turn up, you have to be 100%. There is a Commonwealth Games,

and there is the aftermath of that, were you able to get anything from

the TV coverage? We did not have much and ten at. -- internet. I

wanted to do it. I was not ready. There was no way. If you did not

know that the marathon was a hard event before he came here, he

certainly does now. You put a lot of effort into the London Marathon. I

put a lot of training into it. I gave it all. I ended up finishing

eighth, which is not great for me, and from there, I wanted to do

well, and then the Commonwealth Games came and went, and now the

Europeans him and I would like to see if I can come awake with a win.

-- away with a win. You won a silver in 2006 and you thought you should

have won a gold, and you said something like, never again. It is

not going to happen again! I had to wait for years for Barcelona. I am

analytic champion but the Europeans are always in my heart. You can

never forget where you started. It has been amazing, I want to continue

my career and look back later on in life and say that I made my country

proud and my people proud. It is something I work hard for but at the

same tank, you have to have a bit of luck as well. -- but at the same

time. It is a bit of a sporting cliche but you are only as good as

your last race they say. You almost sense he comes here feeling he has

something to prove. Also he said, going back to a Championships that

has happy memories for him. He very much wants to conjure that up and

get back to that feeling. Watching him in that video, he seems down. He

does not seem like the bubbly Mo Farah and he needs to get back to

just having fun and doing what he does best, winning the races and

running well and getting himself back up again. He knows from his

training that he is in shape but because he has had those knocks in

terms of the marathon not going as well as he wanted it to, that is

something that is really difficult to deal with. We spoke of how

difficult injuries are to deal with. But normally you have a timescale

knowing how long you take to heal. With injury, it -- with illness, it

is different. Is it just an unfortunate coincidence, the injury

and illness? I do. He needed to take the time to recover but the mental

factor of it not going to plan in London, that is something that is

harder to get over. If that had gone well, I think we would have seen him

coming into the track season firing on all cylinders. I still think we

will see him run well here today but I think it took him a little longer

mentally to get over that disappointment of the marathon. And

again to get over that illness episode. Was it... He ran a 3.28

1500 metres in 2013, and trying to extend that to running a very fast

marathon, maybe it was not the wisest thing to do? Mo Farah is a

very fast... He would probably say he is five, ten K, but with a very

fast 1500 metres, that he can translate... And to say that I can

be right up there on my first go in the marathon, maybe that was

expecting too much. That is not saying he cannot develop to being a

better marathon runner later in his career, I believe he can, but to run

a very fast 1500 metres and an outstanding marathon would have been

very surprising. One athlete hoping to get gold here is Eilidh Child.

She will be in the qualification very shortly. Let's hear from her.

After Glasgow, I was quite busy 24, 48 hours after it, but I tried to go

home and spend a little time with my family. Get back to normality and it

has been nice this last week, getting away from everything and

refocusing on the Europeans. I don't think back to Max championships

would have been too much of a problem. I only had a couple of

rounds in the Commonwealth Games. It has been nice to switch off and

refocus and I am looking forward to the Europeans. I have not really

done anything, competing, so I think I will be fresh. Physically, I don't

think it should be a problem. It is about keeping focused and hopefully

I can win something. I think the good thing from Glasgow, in terms of

pressure and expectation, it will probably never get that big for me

again. Being a home athlete, everybody expected me to win a medal

of some colour. Yes I am number one in Europe, but I don't fill the same

kind of pressure that I dealt with in Glasgow. There are so many offers

quite close together, so although I am number one, I cannot be

complacent. It will be about getting through the first couple of rounds

and seeing what form everybody is on.

It is just about who has done what in the last couple of weeks and who

is still on form and looking good. Ranked number one in Europe and she

talks about feeling less pressure than she did at the Commonwealth

Games, being a poster girl, but in reality, I think there is more

pressure on here here. I don't think so. The weight of expectation and

wanting to show her best. Although she did not win... She would never

have won unless Carly spends tripped up. Exactly, but she wanted that

experience of being home-grown athlete and doing well and she did,

she ran brilliantly. There is a different type of pressure here. She

knows she is the number one in Europe. She is in good shape. A lot

of names have run faster previously but they are not ingratiate the

season. Ross and over in Heat 3, she has won medals, but Child has shown

the most consistency. Becoming European Championship would be huge

for her. But coming second in the Commonwealth Games, that was the

real expectation, that was a different level, no? A lot of people

would say, it is a Olympics, world, Commonwealth. But it is that winning

is opposed to coming second. I think so and it is difficult, depending on

which events you look at, the Commonwealth Games can go hugely up

and down and the same for the Europeans. It is winning a title, it

will obviously always trump coming second or third. She has the heats

to negotiate first of all. Andrew Cotter is calling this one.

COMMENTATOR: There were a couple of bad days at Glasgow but this is

heavy. A very different crowd here this morning, rather subdued, not

packed to the rafters as it was at Hampden Park.

There is Sotomayor of Spain. Famous name in athletics. And Dauwens

having a good season. She is not quite to the calibre of

her team-mate, the defending champion in Heat 3. A quick scan

past the heart of Midlothian wristband. We did not see Barry

Etter of Switzerland, just inside Child. -- Arrieta.

Never has a silver felt more like a gold as it did in Hampden Park.

Child is leading, she is the quickest in Europe this year. Moving

comfortable you pass. Umea. Looking -- moving comfortably past

Sotomayor. Dauwens in laying six, the Belgian athlete. Eilidh Child

hurdling well out in front. Once the final barrier is negotiated, she can

ease down a little bit. Easy enough from Eilidh Child, she

is in good shape, it goes on for Child. It is really good to see. She

has bounced back from the Commonwealth Games. All of the

celebrations and emotions. She is mentally prepared for these

championships and she will be going for that gold medal. She has really

honed her technique and rhythm. It is a really balanced race that she

runs. It takes a lot of time. In this event especially, when

conditions are like they are today, heavy rain. The track can look very

different and so can you in your mind in your preparations. She has

taken this race very seriously and qualified very well. Dominant, that

is the most important thing. Child does look very strong at the

moment. It is good to see. She has really done it well. Their

preparations have been very meticulous this year. Not too many

interruptions when it comes to the preparations to this event. When you

have the emotions of the Commonwealth Games, home

championships, and she delivered a performance very well indeed under

immense pressure. But here, the first thing she is looking at is

getting hurt 15 strides for the first five or six hurdles before she

changes down for this final bend. It makes it easier to go around the

turn with the left leg first. That is her 16th stride and she goes back

onto her left leg. It means you can hug the corner. She takes her time,

no mistakes, no trailing. We have seen athletes being disqualified for

putting their lead leg to the side. I really, really great performance

and demonstrated the everybody that she is ready to become the champion.

Let's hear from her. Colin Jackson saying you look ready to become a

champion. Is that how you feel? I am not sure. I was quite nervous. I

just wanted to get it out of the way. The rounds are always the bit I

don't like. I am glad it was a solid performance and I can go away and

relax. It is pretty cool and the rain is falling but you are used to

this! I think the ring got heavier but we are all in the same boat,

everybody has to deal with it. The success from Glasgow, how tricky has

it been, the transition? It has been quite hard to get refocused. After

watching Joe last night and seeing how she could do it, none of us have

any excuses now, we all have to deliver. What an inspiration she

was. It was amazing. We are also proud of her. Great start, well

done. We will see how her competition

fares. Eilidh Child getting off to a good start. Safely through. This is

the result of the first heat. STUDIO: Colin Jackson keeping the

pressure on right from the start saying she is ready to become a

champion! She knows that in the back of her mind and she does not need to

be reminded. You take inspiration from the smallest things. Whether

she had any doubts about how she was feeling, worried about the weather,

just a little bit thinking, if Jo Pavey can do it, I can do it, and it

was a great performance. Sometimes you can sense if a team is doing

badly, you think it will not happen for me, but this was massive. It

sets the ball rolling. Inspired. You start to feel it could be a really

good championship. Maybe it was really good preparation. It is

important that you take it up and that the 400 metres start really

well to get the team rolling. It was important last night that Jo Pavey

went out and did that. In terms of the race, I don't think you could

have asked for any more. It seems to pan out very well indeed. We talked

about the improvements that she has made with her technique. It is

smooth, she is attacking hurdles, which is crucial. You have just got

to do that. It is the early morning start, the preparation on the

warm-up track and putting it together in the race, which gives

you the confidence to know that you can move through to the next around

comfortably. This was not a comfortable race for her. She did at

tack it but there is no stress on her face at all. It perhaps that

makes the transformation from Commonwealth Games and all of the

pressure of being the home athlete to be in the number one in Europe

and winning a gold medal here. It is very different. In Glasgow, there

was a huge poster of her everywhere, you could not miss the fact that she

was a home favourite, and she comes here, she knows she is ranked really

highly, but she is one of many athletes across all of the athletes

that are ranked high. She is not carrying the weight of expectation

of other people and she can go out and prove herself. You have to

understand that you can deal with pressure and she has proved that

with her performance. We are going to head back out now for some field.

with her performance. We are going to head back out now for some field.

A perfect start so far in less than perfect conditions for Chris Baker.

He rattled that just a fraction too hard. It was a good attempt. You can

see the rain coming down and making conditions very difficult will stop

the top 12 will go through. The bar is currently at 223. A clearance

here may see him through to the finals. Two more attempts. First

chance to see the main men of world high jumping, Bondarenko, the

champion from last year. He has been huddled under the shelter. He is

gracing us with a wonderful clearance there. Minimum energy

expended. That shows the class of a men who is the second best jumper of

all time, two metres and 42. This is the one European athlete who has

beaten Child this year. Ryzhykova, a season best of 55 flat. That was a

big win for her. She will be hoping to modify straightforward here.

Velvere on the outside. Look at the start list. Barbosa in lane two.

Fontanive in Paris. Petersen in for, McMahon in five, Ryzhykova in

six and though there on the outside. -- Velvere on the outside. Christine

McMahon, 22 years of age. 56.97, a new best. Ryzhykova is interesting,

because when she actually set her personal best, it was in these

championships two years ago, when she won the bronze medal, so she can

Rise to the occasion on the day. She beat Child earlier in the year. She

could be a danger for a medal. It looks like Petersen is coming up

on our computer. Let's see where he goes. The Danish record-holder,

semifinalist at the Olympics, and away she goes. To be fair, these

athletes are up very early and it is wet and horrible. They do some

drills and jog around, but she was just trying to stay out of the

rain. You cannot blame them. It is very chilly as well. The warm-up

track is downtown and Zurich and the athletes go there to do the first

part of their warm-up and then they come down to the track. It is not

ideal women not the best preparation that charter it is not ideal, not

the best preparation -- it is not ideal, not the best preparation.

Petersen does have enough experience. She should not have been

feeling the nerves too much. Barbosa on the inside, Fontanive in lane

three. Link for is now empty. Ryzhykova here in lane six. -- lane

four. Ryzhykova is going pretty well. Barbosa making a few inroads

into Fontanive outside her. Ryzhykova it looks like she is

struggling. Her last race was at the Monaco Diamond lead and she did not

do too badly there. Barbosa leading best. Ryzhykova now getting her act

together. Get it all wrong. Fontanive take second. As she was

approaching, she was coming strong, coming into the last hurdle, and we

are moving with that momentum, you want to try and attack it, and then

she decided that she could not heat it. Tried to put the brakes on a

little bit. Let's have a look at this. She has got the momentum

coming. Just watch what happens here. You make decisions, do I

stretch or push? She completely slips going into that barrier. It

looks like before she even took off and she was sliding. Let's have a

look at this again. She tries to reach forward and the trips into the

barrier and smashes it on the floor. I do not think I ever seen that

before. It looks like a last-minute decision. She put a short stride in

and then cannot get that lead leg up. She decided she was going to

reach for it. That is -- she could have been a possible contender

despite the form from earlier. Barbosa is gone. She is going to

qualify easily. The Ukrainian works hard into these barriers. A little

clash of arms. I think she tripped into the barrier. The messy. She

will be frustrated. These are what the Championships are all about. You

always have these little accidents. Slippery, wet, makes it

unpredictable. And this is a men who does not like to jump in the rain.

He has just managed to clear both heights. He goes clear again. He has

changed into the high jump spikes. He doesn't like jumping in them,

though, and that might explain why he keeps rattling over, just doing

enough. It is another clearance. Looking to go clear, and he does.

The Polish champion, a men who has jumped 232 this year. These are

testing the high jumpers. Two metres 23 might be enough to make the

finals. That is the question being asked of Chris Baker. The second

attempt, must go clear. No, no, no. He will have one more attempts, but

under pressure. We have seen a number of athletes go clear at the

height of 223. One more chance for Chris.

Protsenko has also cleared. Only six men ever to go past the 240 marks.

Strangled it a little bit. Way below what he is capable of, but surely it

indicative of the conditions. You can see the reign of. It puts

questions in your mind. -- you can see the rain. After that accident

for Ryzhykova, it has opened the way for Child. But as Colin Jackson

keeps saying, you have got to jump the hurdles. I remember an American

athlete coming to the Championships last year in the 400, but I thought

Barbosa looked good in the last heat, so she might be throwing

herself in as a threat to Child. We are just about ready for the next

heat, and we will be back with it shortly.

Chris Baker, what are you made of? This could get him to the final. Oh,

yes! Chris Baker has gone clear in difficult conditions. Just looking

down the sheet, I think only ten athletes have cleared this height.

12 will advance. It looks like the clearance of Chris Baker will

advance him and to the final on Friday. Wonderful stuff. Well done,

Chris. We move on to heat three of the winning's 400 metre hurdles.

Look out for Davydova of Russia. This is the women you has a great

title. Magi, one of the favourites. There is Russell ova -- Rosolova.

Kolesnychenko of Ukraine, when the juniors a couple of years ago. The

Lithuanian that goes in line eight. Linkiewicz might be in the running

for an automatic qualifying place. So too would be Davydova, if she is

in form. I mentioned the defending champion might be going for the

championships, she is in Lane 4. A good start by Rosolova. Elegant

looking runner and moving very well. In Lane 6. Rosolova looking very

strong at the moment, silver in the last championships. Davydova, the

defending European champion. Three to go through automatically.

Kolesnikov -- Linkiewicz is in second. Rosolova's time, not too

impressive but a decent enough run from her. Safely negotiating the

first round which as we have seen, is by no means guaranteed. 15th to

hurdle eight, from Rosolova. A balanced race from her. Don't be

disguised by her time, she can go a lot faster than that. A nice and

balanced run, she is switched on and focused. The only thing that could

really worry her as she comes down the home straight on the wrong leg.

And when the pressure is on, that could be a little bit of a challenge

for her. A long way high-end Rosolova, there was an interesting

battle for third place. Between Davydova and Staisiunaite. Rosolova

a long way clear and looking pretty impressive from start to finish.

Rosolova safely through. We are at the business end of this meant's

high jump. Fassinotti, trains in the UK. He has a failure and this is his

second attempt. He looked heavy may be on that take off but it is a good

clearance for the Italian champion. He just seemed to get stuck

slightly, maybe it is just his style of jumping. It looks as if it may be

a height that will advance him through to the final. Second attempt

for Fassinotti. Ivanov of Bulgaria has two fails at this height. Only

three fouls, if you do get three, you are out that this is his last

chance. Well done. That is a fantastic clearance. Just touching

the bar. With pretty much every part of his body. It is a good clearance.

He knows that will get him through. 20 years of age, Ivanov, a third

time clearance. Churyla. Of Belarus. 21 years of age. This is his third

attempt at 2.23. He is heavily strapped. He rattled it but it

stayed on. Another third time clearance for another youngster.

Churyla again just rattling the bar. Britain's Chris Baker, gutsy

performance in the rain, well done Chris. He makes the final.

We have a future weeds coming in and this one from Gary Burgess. -- we

have a few tweets. He asks, does Paula think she has what it takes to

do a Jo Pavey and go to Rio in eight few years? -- a few years. We all

want to keep running but I don't think my foot would allow me to race

at a high enough level. But I would love to. Thinking back to Atlanta in

1996, Steve Cram mentioned about the warm up track here being away from

the track. It was the same in Atlanta wasn't it? Yes and then you

have to modify your warm up. You don't do all of it on the one track

because you don't have to do another warm up in your 15-20 minute journey

to the other warm up area which we had. I find it very strange. It was

unsettling. You are on a bus with all of your competitors and trying

not to make eye contact and it was just uncomfortable! That was the

worst thing, being herded together with all of your competitors. People

don't understand that in the call room area, there is very much but

one-upmanship, people saying, I have warmed up so much better, and then

when you are put on a bus together, it makes it more focused as well. It

can play on people's mind and make a difference mentally. Chris Baker is

with Phil. Tremendous performance in the rain, what it is like when you

see the weather conditions like that? I like it, I am used to the

rain so it was perfect for me. We have seen you wear the cap and not

wear the cap, what is the thinking? It just keeps me relaxed. As an

experience compared to Glasgow and the crowd cheering you on there,

what has it be like you, a little more subdued? Yellow mark a little

bit, but the experience is great. Coming from Glasgow to this, it has

been amazing. It has been a great year for me. I have been chatting

about what I will do now between now and the final. Good luck for the

final. STUDIO: We had Sotomayor and in this fourth heat, we have a pedro

so -- Pedroso. , Tait and they are distantly related as Cooly the Cow

is to Jonathan Edwards! This is Klopsch having a pretty good

season. Pedroso has really stormed through

the first hundred metres. And Klopsch setting the pace here. There

is Titimets, just got her head down. She would be the one we would expect

to come through. Klopsch is really going hard. Surely she cannot keep

that going? She might be heading for a new personal best if she did.

Pedroso starting to look tired as well. Let's see how Klopsch

negotiates this one. Titimets can now start to come through. Titimets

is going to take the victory as expected. Klopsch would not be too

far away from a personal best. She really did attack it hard.

It is difficult with athletes like her, she is always there, but if

Child got beat by her, she would be pretty disappointed. I loved the

tone of that, she would be pretty disappointed. All of these runners

have the potential to run a lot quicker. The winners we have seen so

far, they are still running well within themselves. Which gives us a

little bit more excitement. But also some anxiety for Eilidh Child. She

handled the pressure of the Commonwealth Games well and she will

come here with a wise head, knowing what she can do.

Krauchanka of Belarus. That is a big throw. He has a lifetime best of 47

metres plus but no mark from this season. As he had from a number of

events. He is certainly a contender for medals, if not gold. You cannot

help thinking with the pole vaulter coming next, in the rain, after what

happened last week in Glasgow, that the decathletes will not be

relishing that. Krauchanka is certainly relishing what looks as

though it is a very long throw. And should he hit his marks, he is

capable of taking gold here. That is close to his lifetime best.

We have got Andy Turner, Lawrence Clarke, with some illustrious shoes

to fill. Colin Jackson up to the first

hurdle. Four in a row, what a stud! We

forget how amazingly good he was. Explosive out of the blocks. And

meticulous with his training. I always felt sorry for Tony Jarrett.

Colin Jackson, did you enjoy that? Yes, seeing me in my youthful days!

The European Championships are always really important for me,

because it was always setting me up for the big confrontations with the

USA and Cuba and the Canadians. Tony was always on my case. I always had

somebody chasing me down and pushing me and that helps me with my

performances. In that commentary box there is another athlete who got

four gold medals in a row. Yes Steve Batley did that in the javelin. He

is looking at me and giving me daggers! It as part more easy to do

it in the field that in the track. One of the most remarkable things,

every two years, are you a big fan of that change from four years to

two years? No. Every four years makes it more special. We have

annual championships. The opportunity to -- I would prefer it

to be four years again, but it gives the opportunity to the athletes to

get titles. If you are having a dodgy season and you miss out, you

can regain a title a little bit later down the line. Championship

record, 1998 in Budapest, triple jump record, the big favourite,

Pascal. By and thus far cry have no doubt that he will look at that and

think he can get close to that -- I have no doubt that he would look at

that and think he can take it. He is being pushed towards that time.

Sharman, Clark and Turner. Let's hear from Turner. The European

Championships have brought you success in the past, but this one

has an added significance for you. Yes will stop I have had a lot of

success. Bronze eight years ago, a gold four years ago, but I decided

that now is a good time for me to hang up my spikes and call it a day.

This is my last year competing. I never thought I would be ready to

say I am ready to retire, but I can honestly say that I am. I have had a

few dark places over the last year, with surgeries and my mother passing

away, I thought I would never run again. For a wild I did not want to

do anything and then I decided that she would want me to carry on. My

first race back was in Birmingham and people knew that my mother had

passed away, and each year that I got on the starting line blew me

away. I was in a fit state to do a race after that. -- no fit state. In

my mind, I don't think I could have lived with myself if injury

determined the end of my career. For the amount of times that my Achilles

was hurting me, since my last surgery, they have been absolutely

fine, I can moonwalk first thing in the morning, eye candy ballet, and

that is not something I have been able to do -- I can do ballet.

Turner is the European champion! I have one more than ever thought Ike

could win. It is unexpected. I am just some -- I could win. I am just

some kid from Birmingham. Is there a sense of relief? I am a competitor.

I want this. I wants to do well. Sometimes he want to witness an much

you try too hard. I am going into this a bit more relaxed. I want to

do well. I want to win a medal. That is what I am here for. Andy Turner

calling time on his career at the end of this year. He is an athlete

who wears his heart on his sleeve. Yes. It makes you sad hearing him

talk like that. He has had to contend with a lot. It is hard to be

injured and feel that you are not getting the best out of your self.

He has had some wonderful medals, surprise medals, but he is someone

that I just feel missed out a lot. He could have probably just got

better times over his career had he not had to battle so hard in injury,

and it is the life of an athlete, it happens, but it is that recognition

of that point where it is enough, you have had enough of the battles,

the challenges, and you want to leave the sport on your terms. He is

able to run, which is great. It is sad, but it is that time to face the

facts, time to go. He has also shown a real resilience. 2010-2011 were

his best events and since then he has been fighting against injury. He

said that there are only so many times that you can go through that,

keep battling, keep battling. He will look back on these memories to

keep him going through hours of physiotherapy, rehabilitation,

sitting out while things healed, and there are only so many times that

you can do that. When you are injured all the time you are not fun

to be around. He has got young children, his partner, and it is

just tough. You want to be partner -- happy and be the person that

people want to be around, and when you are battling injury, it is a

depressing time. We are going to the commentary box. You have watched

Andy Turner's career. What did you think of him in the hurdles? Many

years ago, at the back end of my career, he was just coming into the

competition and he has run against me in numerous occasions and by

always found that he was interesting -- interested in mastering the

event. When you really want to learn, that is a good place to be.

He progressed to being a champion. Even before that, he suffered from

lots of injuries, and he had that wonderful purple patch in his

career, winning those titles, and then he had to battle again with

injuries. You can imagine that it was frustrating for him because he

had ups and downs and had to pull his weight back again. It is awful

for an athlete, your body let you down at those critical times.

Perhaps you thought he did not get the times out in his career that he

might have for -- might have hoped for. He was always there or

thereabouts at 130, he was consistent with his performances, so

if he could run that all the time, back-to-back, he would've had the

opportunity to get perhaps into the 13.07 class. His final major

championships here. What is a realistic expectation? He needs to

get into the final and he is capable of that. He can't get down. He has

to put everything behind him and say, right, I need to beat the

spinal. -- this final. Pascal from France, 12.95 is his record. We

watched him with our mouths wide open because he went out there

aggressively and won the title. He beat everybody clear. He came up to

me after and say, I want your record next, with a big, beaming smile, and

I said, go for it, young men! He is fun to be around. I hope he can hold

it together. That is the question, when you are the favourite, it is

dealing with the pressure. How do you analyse him from a psychological

point of view? He is a young person. This is an occasion where he has an

opportunity to win a title. We saw him indoors when he was the leader.

He lost that title. I think it burned him and he worked hard to put

himself in the position of being one of the main contenders outdoors for

every single competition. Now he comes to the Championships with

everybody looking at him. He will have his own expectations, but will

he deliver? Only he can answer that question. French sprinting is doing

well at the moment. You have got quite a few. There might be one with

an injury. But there will be a sense of confidence in the French team

that will help Martinot-Lagarde. There is a real flurry of sprinting

that is coming back into France. For me, it is an exciting time. It is

Great Britain against France in the spring. And in the rain! We saw a

fall in the women's hurdles. What are conditions like? It is awful.

You throw up your lead leg and run into a mass of water continuously,

and that is off-putting. They have done it, they had a go at it, and

for them, they will just deal with the circumstances that they have

been thrown into. Thank you. Just to catch up with the results to see who

has qualified and who has not. Just before we have the high hurdles for

the men, the women's 400 hurdles, Child topping the qualifiers.

Titimets, Barbosa, the only one who looks like she could possibly

challenge Child. Fastest loser spot going to Troest.

An extra qualifier there. We move onto the high hurdles, the 110

hurdles, and martinet -- Martinot-Lagarde dominates. Some

other strong names in there as well. A class of heart. -- apart. Borini

celebrated the juniors -- Perini celebrated the juniors last year.

This athlete still has some pace. At a former European indoor champion

way back when, 2007, he goes in late eight. Martinot-Lagarde has left all

others. His brother included. He was in the fourth heat. He is the

younger brother and far better hurdler.

A couple of hurdles heat Martinot-Lagarde. Losing ground.

13.30, into the very slightest of wins. Ten barriers negotiated.

Shaking that hand. A little bit untidy in the middle. I think he

heat his hand on the barrier. That can sometimes happen. He crashed one

of those hurdles. I think it was her role six. -- hurdle six. He comes

off it strongly. He has to make room. There he goes. Cutters that

one. That holds him back a little bit. He works into these barriers

very well indeed. He literally jogged into line. He changed over

the winter from seven strides up to eight strides. It is trendy for

athletes now to do certain strides. Most Europeans in the early 80s that

a seven strides approach. You just have to get comfortable in that

first hurdle. That is why they change down so they can work a lot

harder into it. A very strong headwind. If you are not strong

enough you can run into problems. He certainly does not have that

problem. He is only just 22, so he is getting stronger and more

physically imposing. A very difficult men to beat. Safely

through, along with Noga. Just a slight wrap of the knuckles.

Martinot-Lagarde, the favourite, safely through the first round. That

is going to hurt in the cold, isn't it?

It have not seen it before. I have seen a lot of the van hurdle but I

have not seen that. It looks good! Look how it just went through.

Lovely, smooth. Apart from hitting it with his lead

leg, he was so relaxed. He is quite a tall guy so he has to

make adjustments in and off that hurdle but he has such frequency

between those hurdles, that pitter patter motion he has created, but he

has a lot of speed over those hurdles as well. Colin, let's chat

about those seven strides to the first hurdle. Somebody likened it to

the files be flop in high jumping. Not at all. Many athletes have taken

seven strides. It is not that unusual. It goes back a long way.

The athletes with long legs who wanted to drive harder into the

first hurdle. That they find more comfortable just doing seven

strides. You work an eight strider. Did you try some? I could have done

seven strides if I wanted to but the frequency was important for me. The

pitter patter strides of eight wheelie set me up for coming in and

off every barrier. I guess the star at the time set the trend. So now

everybody is thinking seven is the way to go. Aries picked it up

because when he was young he did seven strides. But they all want to

have a go now and some will be more successful than others. Lawrence

Clarke from Great Britain is in the next heat. The Commonwealth Games

was the initial target. It did not quite go to plan for me. I ran

pretty poorly and half a second off my best. In a way, coming back from

that gave me an extra boost into this training before the Europeans.

Because they are far more important and arguably, I know Pascal

Martinot-Lagarde has run a very good time this year. If I am to get

another chance this year, this is it and this is what I have been

targeting. I am in the best shape. I had the best training session ever

on Friday. The Commonwealth Games was a real kick in the wrong place,

that is for sure! Lawrence Clarke, fourth in the Olympics, that in

London, but perhaps not progressed in the way he might have hoped since

then. I think a lot of us expected more from him. We keep talking of

these injuries that creep up at the wrong time. He does not seem to have

moved on. Let's hope he moves in the right direction in these

championships. He needs another good winter binding to get down to the

times but I think he is capable. Colin Jackson, what did you make of

Lawrence Clarke? He is one of these guys who study again, the whole

event of athletics and he's silly enjoys hurdling. He used to come and

question me continuously when he was a young man, which was the best way

of running over them. I said to him always, hurdling is like your own

fingerprint, it is very personal to you. You have to develop your own

way of clearing the barrier that is successful. I think he is a quality

athlete. If you are fourth in the Lebid games, you have to be half

decent. Steve Cram, it is all yours. Lawrence Clarke really needs to be

on his game here. The first three just to qualify by rights. Almeida

of Portugal, Furer, his birthday today. That is Traber. Almeida,

Portuguese champion. And somebody has made Furer a nice banner!

Brorsson from Sweden. Next him, Trajkovic from Cyprus. This is Dal

Molin. Lawrence Clarke, by his own

admission, disappointing Commonwealth Games and wants to be

much better here. He has Bascou next to him. He missed a medal at these

championships four years ago in Barcelona. He has seen things that

certainly move forward in French high hurdling since then but he has

run a new personal best, 13.25, putting him right up there in the

rankings. Bascou and Clarke on this side and Traber on the far side for

Germany. Dal Molin will be amongst it as well. But only three to

definitely go through. Bascou and Clarke getting away well.

Almeida and Traber starting to come into this. Bascou pulling away. It

will be Bascou, Traber and Clarke. They are the top three. They are the

three you would have expected. Lawrence Clarke... He lost a good

yard or so in the first hurdle on Bascou. But he did get it back. I

was worried for him in his first couple of flights but he got into

the race eventually. I think when Bascou got in front of him, Lawrence

Clarke could not quite go past him because his arms were just holding

him back. That is really off-putting as they hurdler -- as a hurdler.

Your body tends to go where your lead leg is. If you are drawn next

to each other, the chances are you are going to clash and I think that

is what happened here. Perhaps if it did happen, Lawrence Clarke will

tell us. Bascou is a good-quality hurdler. When you are running

against somebody, the way the French are executing the race at this time,

you have to be at your best at all times. You can see how close their

arms are getting to each other. Lawrence Clarke will not be able to

get past him. You have to literally lean on him and pushed him out of

the way. You have got those barriers as well. 3.5 feet tall but you have

to contend with. But he is through and that is the most important

thing. Bascou is right on the edge of his lane isn't he?

We saw there was a bit of coming together, how did you see it? For

me, it was just about keeping it clean.

I made a complete hash of it in Glasgow and I am here to make

amends. I am through to the semi. What sort of transition has it been

from the games where you were disappointed to hear when you had to

pick yourself up? It has been really hard. Hard four or five days of

training, last Friday, it was the best training session I have ever

had. Hopefully they are more things to come. It will be good to get this

out of your system, the frustrations of Glasgow and get back racing

again? Glasgow with the biggest downer I have ever had in my career.

I was in tears by the end of it. This is the best competition there

is this year. It is the fastest track in the world. I could not be

in a better place to run well. Wish you well for the next round.

It is a new track surface. New personal best for the German,

Traber, getting between Lawrence Clarke and Bascou. Those three go

through. STUDIO: We get the sense of

disappointment Lawrence Clarke felt after the Commonwealth Games. But

this gives him a chance to bounce back. You have heard people

approaching it differently with their training. He probably felt he

needed to put some work in to push out that awful experience of the

games. If he has had a good training session, it would have changed his

mental approach to this competition. He is a bit is appointed with the

heats but he has got through safely and that is all that matters.

Hopefully he will build from this. I was surprised he said that he had

five hard days of training. You would have hoped light days would

help your body and mind recover. Maybe he felt he needed something.

Maybe he has missed some work and he felt he needed to blow the cobwebs

out. The danger is, that can make you a little heavy. I personally use

to prefer not to do too much and try to stay fresh and do a little bit of

speed work but athletes are all different. It is still very windy

out there. Colin, you talked about the lane drawn and the difficulty he

had with the French athlete. Was it something you looked at when you had

a lane drawn for a raise? That was one of the reasons I got out of the

blocks really well, because I wanted to be in front early! It is a

problem when arms are coming across you. You cannot go past your

opponent when you are in midair. That can cost you. What Lawrence

Clarke was aiming to do with this training would be a couple of hard

runs over ten with the hurdles brought in so we have to move very

quickly indeed. With some hard sprinting sessions. He would try to

marry those things to get the best performance out of them. A couple of

days rest after that is fine and I think he will execute a better race

come the semifinal as well. You talk to him about technique. He has an

interesting almost double arm over the hurdles. I said about having

your own fingerprint over the event, it has to be the most effective and

efficient way. As a good coach, you have to enhance what somebody does

naturally to produce the best performance you can out of them. His

technique is very unusual but it is his. His technique, unusual, but

somebody who is perhaps almost a perfect technician would be will

Shaman who comes up in the next heat. His technique is almost

flawless. What he can do certainly in the back end of the race, is

relying on his technique to see him through. He does not have to press

because he is unlikely to make a mistake. But he did clip one of the

barriers in the final in the Commonwealth Games which is unusual

for him. We have the Commonwealth Games final on-screen. He is just

running beautifully well and he makes that mistake there, a crucial

mistake and it drags him back. He loses the title by a couple of

hundreds. Of the two Championships, the Commonwealth was the easy one

given how well we saw Pascale run in his heats. They are both people who

can run under 30 seconds in both championships but the one here is

far more consistent. Colin is alongside Andrew for the commentary.

So close at the last three World Championships.

There is Baji of Hungary. Shabanov, the Russian champion.

We have Buhler, the German champion in Lane 1.

This heat is made a little more roomy with the withdrawals of Ristic

and Kanervo. A lot of them are finding it

frustrating putting their feet into the blocks, I think it is because it

is higher than normal. It has gone a little dark overhead again and a

little cooler. Again, Buhler from Germany in Lane

1. Sharman in lane four. Sharman a little bit slow out of the

blocks. Sharman looking comfortable at the moment. In the lead at the

moment. Sharman, the winner. The time for him, 13.29. Sharman moves

on. That was a really nice performance by him.

Sharman, as majestic as he is, has done a really good job. And handled

this round very well. Got out in front early.

It looked crisp and clean and sharp and just what you wanted. I am

pleased with that. We all come together on this Great Britain

occasion, it was England last time at the Commonwealth Games but there

is a great feeling of unity within the team and everybody is really

relaxed. I did what I needed to you and prepare for tomorrow because now

I am at the business end of the competition. Jo Pavey was amazing

last night. By the time she got back I was asleep, she was running quite

late. So inspirational. And the season you have had, performing time

after time, the consistency must delight you? It is good, this is the

first round. You have to be competitive during these kind of

competitions. It will be really exciting tomorrow night

competitions. It will be really exciting because I am not the only

guy running quick in Europe at the moment, we have the world leader

here, we have another bronze-medallist from Moscow. When

we all get together and scrap it out, I cannot wait. When you are

consistent you can prove that you can do that. It is just talk until

we actually do it, isn't it? So he moves through. With a forward

to seeing him competing in the semifinals tomorrow. There is

confirmation of that. Sharman is a great technician, isn't

he? Lovely to watch. I am enjoying the season with him. We have heard

him talk about consistency. You just knew there would be a big

run at some point in previous championships and I feel the same

way about Sharman. He is constantly around that 32 mark, making it look

really easy and really comfortable. He is so good on hurdle five onwards

that you feel that if he can get a great start he might get a new

personal best. There have been a few races where he have -- has won

consistently. We have looked at the clock and thought it would be 13.01

and it has not been. He is frustrated. You cannot chase it. He

knows it is going to come, he is in shape. It could be these

championships where he finally gets the PB. Watching him run between the

hurdles in contrast to Martinot-Lagarde, he is just a

little bit shorter. It is all about the leg length. Just a couple of

inches on the inside leg, and he can pick up his legs in between the

barriers. Sharman shuffles in between the barriers. I do believe

he has a 10th of a second to come in. I think realistically... Andy

Turner has announced he is going to retire at the end of this year.

Eight British hurdler who has been injured says that Andy Turner is a

legend and a top bloke. I have given everything. What a great sendoff it

would be. Back to Steve Cram. everything. What a great sendoff it

would be. Back to Steve Cram. There have been one or two easy

heats but this is not one of them. Let's hope he can perform well.

There are some fastest loser spots available. This is the men who

followed him and 2012. The older brother of Pascal, Kiss of Hungary,

Andy Turner. Andy has raised quite a few of these and leads in his

illustrious career and you will be hoping that he can get another

victory over them. Top three qualifies. Andy Turner has got to

get into the top three. Was Andy Turner third or fourth? We will have

to watch the clock. 13.30 was the winning time. And he needs to be

bigger than the 13.258 -- 13 .58. Martinot-Lagarde on the far side,

13.46, he is watching it, we are watching it. There you go. I am sure

Andy Turner will be OK as the fastest loser. He will be through.

Huge relief. He will be pleased that he got through that. This was the

toughest of all the qualifying rounds for him. It was a good, solid

run and he knew he would be up against it. You expect him to be

scorching out there. It was important that and ran. -- that Andy

Turner ran. Training is one thing. It is fantastic. But you need to be

competitive on a regular basis, and this is one of the bigger bandages

that will Sharman has had. He has been allowed to race in these big

races, big competitions, where you can hold your technique under

pressure, and Andy Turner has not have that -- had that. In the and,

he was pretty solid in what he was doing, made a couple of mistakes,

but he is big and big and strong and has one titles before. Well done.

That little queue against Andy Turner's name it means he goes

through as the fastest loser. For finer misses out on a place in the

semifinals. Safely through in the end, but you are not quite sure what

you needed to do, but you are through. This is a massive relief.

The demons in my head have been going on. Standing on the starting

line, you try and blanked it out. A freak incident plays on your mind.

Training has been going well. I am just thrilled to bits to get that

one out of the way. We ran your interview earlier. This is going to

be your last major championship and you are retiring. You do not want

this to be your last race Mr Mark -- last race? I just did not want to

come here and not make the semifinal. If this is my last

international championships, I want to go out running. My head held

high. I'm just relieved, that is the main word. You obvious they can go

much faster. You have got that kind of Gary first one out of the way. --

scary one. I am thinking in my mind, don't mess it up. At least now I am

going to the semifinal. If this is going to be my last race, I am going

to go out fighting. We will see what happens tomorrow. We wish you all

the best. Thank you. Hello, children!

Really good news therefore Andy Turner. Great to see him again. A

great performance from will Sharman, equaling that of Pascal. You can see

Andy Turner going through as a fastest loser. Clark makes it three

Britons into the semifinals. I have a tweet in that says, could Goldie

Sayers speech be more important than we thought? I think for Andy Turner

it was the demons, as he said, that is quite interesting, but we talked

yesterday about the role of the captain, and sometimes it is the

pearls of wisdom, the one line that someone says, that can really

resonate with an individual, and it varies from her sent to prison, but

if you make that connection, it can really inspire you. -- from person

to person. As a whole, the GB team know they are in a good position

right now. They have great sprinters. On the whole, it is in

good shape, and as someone like Andy Turner, he just has to feed off

that. He got through that hurdles race, which was a demon in his own

mind, and you can look forward to the rest of the championship.

Perhaps this is why he has called time, because he has some demons in

his head and he can't see the wood for the trees. If you are not able

to put into practice the things that you are training for all the time,

year in, year out, you don't get the opportunity and it isn't fun, it

really is not fun. I feel relieved that he is able to have his last

memory not be on the Visio bed. He is able to come onto the track and

race. The strap of the physiotherapy bed. You can leave the sport with

his head -- the physiotherapy bed. You can leave the sport with your

head held high. It is not hard to do something for the last time. No,

because you're mind is slightly detached from the actual

performance. People are always beating to you about your retirement

and you are going to drift away and slow things down. I think he has got

hold of his emotions. He did not want to go out on a bad note. He was

running very carefully and that qualifying round. He was smiling and

he was being cautious and clearing perhaps a centimetre higher than

normal. He said he was going to give it some in the semifinal, and why

not? The first event on the track earlier was the men's 100 hurdles.

But find out what has been happening.

This is the seventh event of ten, the discus. That is beyond 40

metres. The rain has stopped, much to the delight of the discus

throwers in this decathlon. A very large 47 metres plus throat, he has

set the mark and is in the lead overall in the decathlon. Ashley

Bryant, 41.49. Here is the men who led overnight, Kazmirek of Germany.

Very strong Germans, and that is a really big throat. Kazmirek. -- big

throw. He has a best of 44.77. He started the day over the hurdle

shots with a 14.05 am and that is just shy of 45 metres. It is going

to go down to the wire, no doubt about that. Three Germans in

contention. Ashley Bryant looks like he is out of the medal this time. 43

metres and 15 four Kazmirek. Good wit as he wound up. He used all of

the link in his arms. The displacement from his upper and

lower body. Was that close to 50 metres? If so, that -- it was good

to see that displacement in the vertical plane beyond the 45 metre

line, that far line. That is a big throw, and that might put him right

back into contention. It was all about Kazmirek of Germany. But

Freimuth is back with 14.81. Another men who is possibly just outside of

contention and needs a big throw is Kasyanov of the Ukraine.

I was talking to Daley Thompson the other week and he said don't talk

about medals in the decathlons until after the pole vaulter. -- vault.

He is about fourth or fifth place overall.

Ready for the first heat of the women's 800 metres.

Poistogova is very much the woman to BT. -- eat -- beat here.

Away they go, two laps, Hinriksdottir with a rather ungainly

start. Leonard settling in. Hinriksdottir,

a percussionist talent really. World youth champion, junior champion, she

has this theme of attacking the races from the start but really

judged it badly for the world junior championships and went through far

too fast on the first lap and was unable to finish. Alison Leonard

settling into a very good position. The fact Del Buono did not start in

this race... That affects the seedings of the heats. Hinriksdottir

still out in front and Leonard in a good position. Poistogova, sitting

on the outside. Three to go through from just six but they are all

bunched together. Six quality athletes. Hinriksdottir still out in

front, looking strong at the moment. Alison Leonard on her shoulder.

Poistogova sitting in third place. Lindh trying to get back and Hynne

hanging on the back. Poistogova cruising away. Lindh is

trying to creep in. Alison Leonard is going to win this. Lindh, the

Swede, comes through. From a British point of view, Alison Leonard

running very through to go through to tomorrow's semifinals. A very

good run from Allison, showing she belongs in this kind of setting.

Which probably at the beginning of this year, she would not have

thought. A very short run. She kept herself in the perfect position

throughout the race. Tracking Hinriksdottir who about this stage

of the race, is really starting to pay from having led so far. And does

not have the strength in her legs to be up to continue the run.

Hinriksdottir did not look that impressive to me out here. She

wanted to challenge Alison Leonard and show she was there. Lindh

pushing very strongly. Fedronic has been running well, she will have to

wait for a fastest loser spot. Disappointing run for Fedronic. But

Alison Leonard judging it very well. It was not likely to be a troubling

race in terms of class, just six athletes in there. Alison Leonard

coming through to take that and make sure of her place in the semifinals.

They take place tomorrow. A good run from Alison Leonard to move through.

There was a big smile on your face at the start, you have waited a long

time for this and you did not waste the opportunity. I wanted to get

through comfortably, no worries, just get through. You seemed

credibly relaxed. Yes. The way you were able to secure your

place, not only the trials, you had to chase the time and you got it

when you needed to. It all comes to this point. I have had if you bad

runs but it is all good. Well done today.

Jessica Judd goes in the next heat. Del Buono did not run in that heat.

The European Championship state that the provision of a medical

certificate endorsed by medical officer is the only reason you can

miss a road and come back and compete in subsequent rounds. Del

Buono would have had to have a medical reason, a genuine one.

Signed by a medical officer, for her to come back and compete in that

1500 metres final on Friday night. Jessica Judd out on the track, I

think the rain might have stopped. She will become the Commonwealth

champion, silver for Scotland. Jess Judd, the 19-year-old, will have

more medals to come, I know she will. It was soul destroying at the

moment. 80 metres to go and my legs just

died. When I came off I was really disappointed but I saw my family and

my mum and dad have been really supportive. My boyfriend and

everyone, they all ride behind me. I realised how good it was, to make a

final at 19, it was not easy and I am proud of that. Do come forth is

not as bad as I thought at the time. I would not have expected to have

done that well. I try my best at the commonwealths and I tried to do the

same here. Disappointment at the Commonwealth seems to be a bit of a

theme at the moment. Jessica Judd, just 19 years of age

and that fourth place was a very good performance given where she is

in her career. actually. Out on the outside, a

brilliant indoor performance from this athlete. Bigger indoors. Almost

one eight medal. -- quicker indoors. She could be a danger here as well.

First three to qualify. She is thinking she is just going to

run out like she used too. Carefree. She looks as if she is heading to

the front, which would not be a bad thing to do. If she is more relaxed,

it is a big thing. I think I would like to see her go back to her

running from her heart and trusting her instincts, because when she does

that, she has a good racing instinct when she lets that happen. She seems

to have more energy. Just enjoy it more. That is what she needs to be

doing. She does not have to overthink it as well. This is not a

bad thing. Get out in front, run a solid 400. Leading it through the

belt. 58.79. The rest of the field is just tracking Jessica here. She

wants to come here and make amends but she needs to just run the race

and react to the people coming around here now -- her now. Just

Judd is leading. -- Jessica Judd. Wide on the band. Digging it up a

little bit. Still a bit of danger here. Buchel is staying close to the

curb. Jessica just needs to push on. A bit of danger here! A think sheet

might just about be all right. Keep rights to the line. Jessica Judd

takes third spot. She goes through. Hard work, but the fact that she

only got through by a yard or two, the fact that she let it, she had a

good round, did not get messed up, has helped her qualify there. Hard

work for Jessica Judd. She is through to the semifinals. It looks

hard work for her and it looked easy for some of the other runners.

Jessica ran that raised well. She put herself in the right position

throughout and tried to react. Jessica at this point holds her

competitors off. What was worrying me was the work -- look on her face,

because she looks like she is starting to struggle a little bit.

She feels that with what she missed in the winter that she is a little

bit lacking on endurance and on finishing the race as well as she

did last year. She is getting the support of the crowd. She was buoyed

by the performance that she put in indoors as well. We can see from the

front that Jessica just needs to stay relaxed at this point. She is

focused, she does not look as though she is struggling. She finished with

almost a 64, so the whole field is wondering why it looks so easy. It

is because she was looking -- she wasn't looking across the screen

will stop she was really cruising to the line. -- screen. She was really

cruising to the line. Jessica is it through to the next round and she

needs to focus on that. She is going to talk to us now.

A really aggressive race. I am happy with that. I never feel good in the

heat. My legs are a bit heavy, but by qualified. He got out there and

took care of business. Lots of bumping and barging, you know -- you

got out there and took care of business. Lots of bumping and

barging, you never know what is going to happen. I went to the

friend, I did not expect it to be that great. With 100 to go, I

thought, have done this, and it was nice to get a run out and to be able

to come back tomorrow. It steps up a gear tomorrow. I know I am in good

shape. I just have to think everyone who picked me up after the

Commonwealth Games. My mother and father, everyone, grandparents. I am

just so happy to be here. We will just have to see what happens. We

will wish you well for tomorrow and well done today.

just have to see what happens. We will wish you well Thank you very

much. -- we wish you well. Thank you very much. The second lap is always

going to be a bit difficult. The winner made it look very easy

indeed. This decathlon is getting very interesting indeed. Kazmirek of

Germany is the event leader. Just inside, on the right-hand side, just

missed the cage. It is a rally throw. Just inside the sector.

Kazmirek led overnight. He is still in the lead, and he salvaged that

throw. Expect him to go further than that. If that is anything to go by.

3D all in contention for the medals. This men has been the most

aggressive, as he is again. It makes you believe in him, doesn't it? He

believes! Really imposing himself on this the capital on. It is going to

go down to the wire. With the -- on the decathlon. Anything could happen

as far as medal places. Many athletes are pushing through the

6000 mark. Just over 6000 points, I would say, at this mark. That is

world-class. A valid throw. Another men who will push through 6000

points is Kasyanov. A long throw needed from the tall men, and it is

a long throw. That will put him in contention. Three Germans. Kasyanov

of the Ukraine uses his long limbs, essential for discus. Kasyanov

certainly asking questions. Three events to come and he is right back

in there. He has pushed through the 6000 mark as well with that throw,

certainly. 47.96, a season best for the Ukrainian. And from there, we

drift right into the next heat in the first round of the women's 800

metres. Look out for the Russian in lane two. The Russians dominate in

terms of the times this season in Europe. The Russian champion had not

uttered before and then she broke in the final of the Russian

championship. Rogozina was pushing hard in previous championships. Look

out for a chase down of the first three finalists. The Ukrainian

junior champion Albert in lane eight. Macro coming to the front. A

little look across. Rogozina is only 21. A little bit of an experience in

the championship races. Write down the back straight. Macro is now

controlling the race from the front. Her best time, just outside

two minutes. The Spanish champion has come through as well. Rogozina

and Lamote looking fairly comfortable just now. Moving on the

outside there, and trying to make up a little bit of ground before they

reach the bend. Rogozina looks like she might be leading them into the

home straight. Lamote is hanging in there. The Romanian is still in

there as well. Lamote had to maintain that pace. Rogozina just

having a look around and making sure she is doing what she needs to do.

It is a window for the Russian. Not as quick as the first heat with

Alison Leonard. No, not as quick as the first two heats. The first three

from each of these races goes directly through to the next round

with the fourth fastest losers. The Romanian girl just came through

on the inside. A desperate search here and then she realised she might

have a little bit more left in her legs than she thought. She

comfortably was in the third qualifying position. Lamote also

looking smooth. Here is another look at the discus.

Oh, a good throw again! Shalt it all the way out. It is very close for

the medals as it is getting to the final stages, it would seem. It all

comes down to Javelin and 400 metres, and every centimetre counts

and is a discus. A second-round attempt. He is looking to improve on

that, just to sneak a few more points in the bag. Just to confirm

that distance, 43 points 25, a slight improvement. Confirmation of

the result of that and ultimate heat in the first-round of the 800

metres. One more heats to go in those 800

metres qualifications -- qualifications, with Lindsay Sharp.

Quite contrasting qualifications. Alison Leonard, for someone who

doesn't have championship experience, she did raise with an

excellent racing brain and she seemed like she belonged in this

environment. It is good to see her making the most of this opportunity.

No qualification time in the UK trials. You can almost imagine

like, I got there, but she has not managed to maintain that level. This

has enhanced her performance because she has acted herself to enjoy the

whole atmosphere. The 800 metre is very different to every event. It is

very controlled in what you have to do, because you have to make

decisions at quite a fast speed, which is quite unusual, so for me,

it has been a shining example to what you can do if you have good

preparation all the way through. The second judge, breathing very

heavily. That was tough. -- Jessica Judd. I worry about her because she

seems fragile out there sometimes and they think that is because of

the issues she has had, and she knows that when she puts her foot

sometimes down it might not be there. She made a decision early,

got out of trouble, saw of people trip up and get into trouble

yesterday, so she did the right thing there, and it was a difficult

-- difficult qualification but another quote occasion and

nonetheless. Let's hear from Lindsay Sharp.

It seems like ages ago but it was important to me to enjoy myself.

Experiencing the Commonwealth Games at home in Glasgow. The emotion

people saw in my interview probably summed up my year. Every single

hurdle I have had in the last year, right down to the moment I won that

medal in Glasgow. Probably why it was so emotional.

I found this year, I can only really think about what the next races. --

race is. I think it is difficult, people probably do not expect a

defending champion to still be in the picture for the next

championships. So I am really grateful I am here. And in a good

position and ranked really highly so I can push for a medal. Defending

champion but in controversial circumstances occurs the Russian who

beat her in Helsinki then got disqualified. I think she might feel

she has something to prove but it does help she has had an amazing

experience at the Commonwealth Games and that will elevate her. She will

look at the list and think she has a good chance. She has had a good

season. She has a lot of confidence and that is what you need. To raise

these rounds with these girls, you have got to be in for the fight.

Confidence, a medal, Steve Cram, a medal would be the best thing in

terms of recovery because that was a tough race. Both the semifinals and

the finals of the Commonwealth Games. South if nothing else, it

showed she has that strength of mind.

It is about every time you start on the starting man, start again, put

everything out of your head and do everything possible.

This is the last heat, a pretty good one as well.

Stambolova served a drug ban, I remember her coming out of nowhere

and winning. Stambolova has won a personal best

on three occasions already this year.

From Luxembourg, Matyas. A personal best of just outside two minutes and

two seconds. Last year, this young lady ran really well at the world

student games. I know that Masna will run really

well against Lynsey Sharp. Lynsey Sharp got a good start. She will not

want to lead, it is not her way. She will want to watch what others get

up to and trust her strength in the home straight. She will probably

just come across and leave that inside lane open and she does.

Reluctant leaders, nobody wanting to take it through. They will all trust

their kick. If there was a natural frontrunner... Massenet really fell

into the trap Lynsey Sharp set, leaving that inside lane open.

We see the remaining athletes come through and try to challenge Lynsey

Sharp. An unusual position, this, for Lynsey Sharp. She knows she is

good in the home straight. Massenet will cover. Three will go through. I

don't think there is too much cheer for Lynsey Sharp to worry about,