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The final of the women's 100m hurdles... Goal for Tiffany Porter.

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Mo Farah, who won in 2010. The men's 100m final. Great Britain,

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three chances for a medal. They come to the bell, Mo Farah is in control.

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Tiffany Porter going so smoothly. Mo Farah doing what he does best. James

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Dasaolu! Mo Farah will come away with the win but Andy Berman gets

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silver -- Andy Burnham. Great Britain have a new sprint star. Gold

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Cup lust for Tiffany Porter. So what a night we had here, we had

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storms, wind and rain but it didn't stop Great Britain winning three

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more golds to add to Jo Pavey's. Topping the table coming you can't

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ask for more than that. You can't, the Great Britain team is in great

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shape, morale is high and after a rousing speech from Goldie Sayers,

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who we will see in the javelin, I think everyone wants a bit up the

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action. And the younger athletes, for whom this is a first-time

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experience in this big competition environment, will be getting so much

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from that success and belief. Absolutely, this is a great stage

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and to come to your first stage like this, win a gold medal, it set you

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up Championships at the Olympics beyond that. It is dry, there is no

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wind and let's let's hope it stays that way because tonight, it is

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speed and hurdles and who better to put it into sharp focus or as an

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Colin Jackson? Maximum velocity under total

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precision. The two go hand-in-hand when striving to become a champion.

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Jackson is European champion for the third time. But combining them both

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is a fine art and tonight, the technicians up speed will endeavour

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to display their talent on the track. -- of speed. Packed full

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potential, the British sprint squad take on the 200m. Three English in

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the hunt for silver and bronze. 19.98. If they didn't know who he

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was, they do now. And the more experienced crew will aim to turn

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silver into gold over the hurdles. Eilidh Child takes the silver.

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William Sharman must be thinking, that was my chance. In both events,

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it comes down to performance and skill, starting with explosive power

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and working to find margins. Will Sharman stutters, it is going to be

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tight. A fraction of a second can cost you, it is all about complete

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focus. You can go off too fast, lose your rhythm or even burn out than

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the home straight. But this team has it all. The know-how and youthful

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enthusiasm. A coming of age for the 20-year-old. What a race from Jodie

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Williams, Bianca Williams. The future of British women's sprinting.

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Fresh from their success at the Commonwealth Games, let's hope they

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have the confidence they need to deliver tonight.

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GABBY LOGAN: So is Urich has experienced the calm after the

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storm, we have had no flying high jumps or delayed pole-vault thing.

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We had storming performances from great Britain's athletes -- so is

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Zurich. And we have a plethora of stars to come out tonight.

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Well, it is good to see they are back out, we thought at one point we

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would lose them to Austria and beyond, but it is more like it for

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some athletics and Paula, what will the atmosphere belike for the Great

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Britain squad, sitting top of the table with four golds?

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It will be a really positive atmosphere, good performances in the

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beginning start the ball rolling. Not only do they see that and

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think, I want a bit odd that and think, I want a bit upset, they and

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when we have performances like that of Jo Pavey and Andy Burnham, that

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maybe weren't expected, that sort inspires the other team a little bit

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more. And they will celebrated every bit as much, and we may see Andy

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later. Denise, a lot of those stars we saw our in heaps or in semis, and

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they are against Great Britain are not as strong at but we will enjoy

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them all the same. -- events. Yes, I am enjoying it and I'm looking

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forward to seeing the two-time Olympic champion from the Czech

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Republic, she is coming back from giving birth to her son last year,

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and she has been unbeaten in the event, so I am looking forward to

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seeing what she can do. The first event is the women's 400m hurdles,

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Eilidh Child with that fabulous silver medal winning performance in

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the Commonwealth Games goes in the second semifinal, but the first

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semifinal, there are some great athletes on show, not least Vera

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Barbosa Portugal, Anna Titimets of the Ukraine who can all but a

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challenge up. The mask that has been warming up the track for the

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athletes. -- the mascot. He has given up running and taken to the

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bike. I have to say, this mascot has been very dynamic, I am amazed by

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his technique and skill. Great suspension on that bike, I would

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imagine. On with the serious stuff, the women's 400m hurdles, the first

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semifinal, with Steve Cram. STEVE CRAM: Good evening, the mascot

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has left the stage and the athletes now have their chance to show what

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they can do and this is Barbosa of Portugal in lane for. Eilidh Child

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and her big rival have been drawn together in the second semifinal.

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There is lot of Swiss support for Petra Fontanive, who did impress in

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qualification, did win a heat, but you have to say that with one or two

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athletes not running particularly well, it has been left to perhaps

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Titimets to challenge Eilidh Child and Rosolova. This is Christiane

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Klopsch, German champion. Not too many in the stadium, and I have to

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say that Zurich and all of the talk about the atmosphere and everything

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else, it has been a little disappointing in terms of getting

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people into watch -- in to watch. Plenty of Swiss interest tonight.

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Davydova is the defending European champion and Ben Pedroza of Italy on

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the outside. Davydova, the defending champion, not in that sort of form,

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but nice pink socks. Various Titimets -- there is

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Titimets, she looked comfortable yesterday, 55.77, and it is always

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difficult, we have said before, in a 400m hurdles, you have to follow

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your stride pattern, it is not a case of being able to ease down too

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much. In the home straight Camille had to make sure you don't make any

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mistakes. Top three and the two fastest into Saturday's final.

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Stand up, please, stand up. Alan Bell, the starter, just asking them

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to stand up. I had a little chat with Alan earlier on, I wanted to

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see what it is like and it is quite hard. There is the starter list

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there, the only one I didn't mention was the youngster, Stina Troest.

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There is a real contrast when you walk on the outer bits of the track

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and the actual track and you can really feel it. All of the athletes

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themselves found it fascinating to run on the track so hard. The

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sprinters have all mentioned it. I think they enjoyed it. I am not sure

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distance runners would enjoy such a hard track. There haven't been so

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many bad reports, I chatted to the middle distance guys last night.

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Certainly haven't been many complaints. So Alan Bell asked them

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to come to their marks again. Titimets, the world Student Games

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champion last year. But she needs better consistency than she has had

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last year to challenge the gold medal here, but it might be good

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enough to put her in bronze medal contention.

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Inside her, watch Barbosa in the green and red. Just watching

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Christiane Klopsch going well in lane six. Not a particularly nice

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action. Titimets biding her time, sticking to her race plan. Almost

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shopping, really, in this early stage. Still a left leg lead.

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Christiane Klopsch going really hard and the Barbosa, who finished

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quickly yesterday, in green. Titimets is now leading, Christiane

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Klopsch starts to fade. David over still in contention. -- David

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Davydova. The others are struggling, it is all about Titimets. 54.91.

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That is more like it. I said she has only been under 55 seconds once this

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year, and that was a good run from Titimets. Really didn't panic around

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the first 200, just stuck to the way she normally likes to race. She had

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seen Christiane Klopsch go hard in the lane outside of her but you have

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to stick to your stride pattern and trust yourself in the second part of

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the race. It was a really strong performance, I was watching her

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stride pattern all the way around and the reason she didn't panic is

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the 15 strides she takes in between each hurdle are very controlled, she

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doesn't have to work very hard, and she takes it all the way to hurdle

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eight, which is crucial. Down the home straight coming you can afford

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to change your legs, especially when you are as skilful as she is. She

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takes the final barrier on her strongest leg, which allows her to

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run off in a balanced way and 59.0 is a strong performance. Yes, we are

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talking about Eilidh Child and Rosolova, they have come in good

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form, but Titimets has raised numerous times this year, Eilidh

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Child has come out on top but that will give her confidence. No doubt,

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and when you come to a Championships, all of the previous

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races, you have do ignore, because it is what you do on the day here

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that really matters. So the top three confirmed.

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We will have to wait and see how quick the second semifinal is.

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GABBY LOGAN: Over at the warm up track, about 15 minutes away, Will

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Sharman is getting himself ready for his 110 metres hurdles semifinal,

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coming up shortly. Coming up here, it is the women's

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400m semifinal in the hurdles, and Eilidh Child will be hoping to add

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gold to the silver she won in Glasgow. Whatever happens, she has

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cemented a place for herself in Celtic hearts. The roar of Hampden

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Park hoping to carry Eilidh Child. Eilidh Child is well clear in second

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place. Eilidh Child of Scotland takes the silver. As to Glasgow, it

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was quite busy, the 24 hours afterwards were quite busy and quite

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manic. It is quite good to refocus on the Europeans now. I don't think

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back-to-back championships would have been much of a problem. I was

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always going to do that. It has been nice to switch off and we can focus

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now. I am looking forward to that and starting the Europeans off. I

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have not done that much for the last couple of weeks apart from, Peter. I

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will be fresh but I will have that competitive edge. Physically, it

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shouldn't be a problem. The aim is to stay focused and hopefully I can

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do something. I think the good thing from Glasgow, in terms of pressure

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and expectation, it is never going to get that big for me again. Being

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a home athlete, the pressure was on me to win something, a muddle of

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some colour. I might be number one in Europe but I do not feel the

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expectation and pressure. The fact that I dealt with it in Glasgow

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means that I can do it again. There are so many others quite close

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together. Although I am number one, I cannot be complacent because it is

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very close. It is just a question of getting through the first couple of

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rounds and seeing where everyone is. It is different this year. We have

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had our championships, a lot of the other countries haven't. It is about

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who is still on form and is still on for man still looking good. Out

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there, getting ready for her semifinal. Denise, she talked about

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the emotional journey she had to go through. To come through that, must

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be a relief and it must be quite exhausting. The mental side for her

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must have been quite exhausting. She seems very relaxed. One she relaxes,

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anything can happen. She has got one of her main challenges Rosolova from

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the Czech Republic. She just has to keep going like she has been doing

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all season. Let's get down there. Andrew Cotter is your commentator

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for this semifinal. COMMENTATOR: A bit different here,

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she is the favourite. Her big rival Rosolova goes in Lane 6. After Anna

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Titimets run, she will have something to say. Arrieta made a lot

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of ground to make it through her heat. A lot of noise for her. There

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is Eilidh Child. Quickest of the qualifiers. Quickest on the

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continent this season. Can she continue that wonderful form? Axelle

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Dauwens was second to Child in her heat. Joanna Linkiewicz is the

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Polish champion, she has got below 56 seconds for the first time this

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season. The Czech Republic have a big hope for gold in this woman.

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Silver in Helsinki two years ago. She started out as a very good long

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jumper, then a heptathlete. Christine McMahon struggled in her

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heat. There is the Russian, Vera Rudakova. Not the strongest of the

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Russian athletes. Second of these two semifinals. Three to go through

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automatically to the final on Saturday. Away they go and Eilidh

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Child will be looking to move above Axelle Dauwens. Already, she has

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taken a yard or two out of the Belgian. Also going very strongly is

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Denisa Rosolova. Alongside Christine McMahon now. Yes child is easing

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onto the shoulder of Axelle Dauwens now. Rosolova in Lane 6 is going

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nicely. Eilidh Child is out front at the moment ahead of Rosolova and

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Accel Dow ends. Eilidh Child is looking good so far. Smooth, strong,

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a little bit left over the final barrier. Rosolova finishing with a

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bit of strength in her legs. 54.734 Eilidh Child, as smooth as you like,

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going into the final. She will keep carrying the mantle of favourite

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because that was a very nice run. That was a very strong performance

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from Eilidh Child. She is in Europe Pars number one. In her mind and in

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her coach's mind, they will have wanted to win this well. A winning

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time mean she will be in a favoured Lane on Saturday. Lane four or five

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would be ideal for her. Hopefully she will get an inside draw so she

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can watch her opponents. You never know what the computer will get.

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Just showing how important that is, she had Rosolova and down when is

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inside and she could watch them coming up. She wanted to settle into

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her rhythm. Not accelerating, timing the race. Citing the barrier earlier

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so you can adjust your stride. All of those minute moments that you do.

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Keeping the rhythm going. If you can keep the rhythm going, it saves your

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energy. In this event, known as the man killer, you want to save as much

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energy as you can. Over the final two barriers, she knew exactly what

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she had to do. You have to run the 400 metres hurdles, a brutal event,

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and then you have to climb the stairs to talk to fill. Andrew

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Cotter was saying it was as smooth as could be. Every race you are

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running now seems like perfection. My coach just said go out and do

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what you did yesterday. I executed the right stride pattern and I am

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happy with that. How happy are you on being on the inside lane to your

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likely rivals in that heat? It is nice to know where they are but

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ultimately I just have to concentrate on my own race. It is

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nice to know when you can switch off or whether you have two keep

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working. There is no greater pressure than the Commonwealth Games

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for you this year. I am just trying to enjoy every race. I am loving

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athletics at the moment. I am just loving coming out here and racing

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again. It shows. All the very best for the final on Saturday. Thank you

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very much. Looking good with every passing stage. Safely through. The

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two fastest losers will be coming from that semifinal as well. Eilidh

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Child is wearing the mantle of favourite well. She is not

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overburdened by it. She is running nicely. There is the confirmation.

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Linkiewicz the poll with a personal best. Sneaking in amongst the

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fastest losers. Interestingly, that second semifinal was much quicker

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than the first in terms of overall times. Titimets who looked a little

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better than she has done during the season. Rosolova, they got a good

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look at each other. The lane draw will be important. Eilidh Child

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getting the job done. This is what you we can expect to see. Up next,

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the women's 800 metres semifinal. Then the men's semifinals for the

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110 metres hurdles. Then an intriguing pole vault final coming

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up. The menstrual jump comes up at ten past seven. Then it is the men's

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200 metres semifinals. The captain Goldie Sayers is in the women's

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javelin final at 20 to eight. Then the men's 3000 metres she will chase

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final. Then the conclusion of the heptathlete 200 metres. One of the

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great moments last night, amongst many was the men's 10,000

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It was not all about Mo Farah. We are going to join it with about nine

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minutes to go. Brendan Foster and Steve Cram have the story.

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COMMENTATOR: There he is at the back of the field, eventually, he will

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let them know. Almost waiting for the lapse to tick away before he

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gets going. Let's hope that Andy Vernon can be competitive as well.

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The Somalian born athlete representing Belgium. Two laps to go

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Andy Vernon on the outside in a good position. They come to the bell. Mo

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Farah has been controlling the last couple of laps. He is kicking

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again. He just has to control it now. Andy Vernon is in with a chance

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of a medal here. Mo Farah has some work to do to make sure of the gold.

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Mo Farah has to kick hard. He should have got away from them by now. But

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there he goes. Mo Farah will come away with the win. But Andy Vernon

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is going to get the silver. Gold for Mo Farah but what a run by Andy

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Vernon to get the silver behind Mo Farah.

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I am delighted to say that Andy Vernon has joined as in the studio,

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complete with silver medal. Have you taken it off yet? I have, yes. I

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want to take you back to the last 200 metres. It looked like you might

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settle for bronze. Coming into the last 150, Mo Farah was not getting

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away from ours. I knew that he has had some troubles over the last

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couple of months. I thought, he could be beatable here. I just... My

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eyes were on him and as I came around the last bend, the Turkish

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athlete was wide and cut me off a little bit. I had to stick to my

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stride and go on the outside. I thought I had lost the silver medal

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but luckily I was just a bit stronger at the end and I was able

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to hold on. 20 metres more and you could have got no? Maybe. I don't

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know. -- got Mo Farah. You can have another crack at it in the five

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kilometres. The Commonwealth Games was a real change for me. I didn't

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know what shape I was going into that. I wasn't sure what to expect

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from there. I may have just given up a bit too early and didn't really

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fight for it. It turned out that I was indecent shape, it's gave me

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real confidence coming in here and I thought I am not to let this happen

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again. Anything that happens, I am going to go in and fight until fall

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over. We were discussing last night with Paula who is our expert on all

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things distance. With respect, you look a different frame to the other

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athletes. Clearly, sat there now, there is nothing of you. But you are

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bulkier and stronger. You have a more aspirational physique than some

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of the other athletes. I think you probably are and you work a bit more

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on your strength, coming from a cross-country background. In the

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future, do you see yourself moving up to the marathon potentially? From

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what I hear, the training is gruelling! I love running on the

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track. And the sprinting is great, I will have to see, when it comes to

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the marathon. But for now, you are sticking to the next two years, up

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until Rio, to the track. Yes, and I will do cross country during the

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winter as well. That was my starting point, cross-country, it will always

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be in my heart, but I love the track. Tell us about what is going

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on inside the squad, we have discussed it a little bit, but from

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the first night, Jo Pavey, and last night, you must be buzzing? We were

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all in the dining hall and choose day when Jo Pavey rang and everyone

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was up out of their seats and shouting at the TV and I thought at

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the time, I will be on this time tomorrow night and I hope they are

:31:06.:31:09.

this happy for me, and I came home and everyone said they were up in

:31:10.:31:13.

the dining room shouting at the TV for me and Mo, it was a great

:31:14.:31:17.

experience. The camaraderie between the team is great. I think a team

:31:18.:31:22.

like this, success breeds success and the more well people do, it

:31:23.:31:28.

spurs other people on to do well. What I like is we are getting names,

:31:29.:31:33.

medallists, but we don't normally see on the rostrum, which is also

:31:34.:31:37.

good for morale and I guess gives you that extra impetus for the rest

:31:38.:31:41.

of the season. Yes, I hope people can look at me and on the track, I

:31:42.:31:47.

have not really done anything before, so hopefully the rest of the

:31:48.:31:51.

team can think that even if they have been there and done it, they

:31:52.:31:55.

can come out and do it a game, new people are here doing it like myself

:31:56.:32:00.

-- do it again. They can do it again. They can do just as well.

:32:01.:32:05.

What was the feeling like then? It is great, it is such a good feeling.

:32:06.:32:12.

Obviously, you always want to be on the top spot, but I will take a

:32:13.:32:16.

silver any day of the week. Does it give you believe that you can build

:32:17.:32:20.

from here? The speed you showed on your last lap was very close to that

:32:21.:32:28.

that Mo ran and you had to go the Wight route first, so a 52nd lap

:32:29.:32:34.

must give you confidence to compete. -- 50-2nd. Yes, the fact that I did

:32:35.:32:41.

that with a stutter and having to go around wide, it gives me a lot of

:32:42.:32:48.

confidence going forwards. I hope I can repeat that on a regular basis

:32:49.:32:54.

and hopefully on Sunday as well, I get to do battle against Mo again.

:32:55.:32:59.

Do you think you can take Mo on Saturday? I don't know! Secretly, I

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do. They will be watching in the camp. That is OK, it is good to

:33:08.:33:12.

share the medals around and there were a lot of people there and when

:33:13.:33:15.

you got into that silver medal position, thinking, go on! The

:33:16.:33:21.

opportunities don't come around too often. You have to take these

:33:22.:33:24.

opportunities when you have got them, you never know when you will

:33:25.:33:30.

pick up an injury, fall over in a race, so you have to pounce on it,

:33:31.:33:34.

because you don't know when it is going to happen again. More

:33:35.:33:38.

importantly, you have to build on it as well. What about treating

:33:39.:33:43.

yourself to anything? Some people, when they win a medal, they like to

:33:44.:33:47.

anything? Some people, when they win a medal, they liked there is a joke

:33:48.:33:57.

about me buying a bag. Maybe an Xbox, I don't know. That is more my

:33:58.:34:03.

thing. It is a bit sedentary, you need to get out more. You need to

:34:04.:34:07.

recover between the training, though! Stick together! What happens

:34:08.:34:14.

between now and the 5,000, there is no heat, you can treat them as a one

:34:15.:34:20.

off, another final. Do you go out and do some more running? Today, I

:34:21.:34:26.

did a 30 minute slow jog, I got reckless, had amassed large, we got

:34:27.:34:36.

a new compression sleeve that go up your legs -- I got breakfast and

:34:37.:34:45.

amass large. In the team, we all have our own specialist

:34:46.:34:51.

physiotherapy and it is set out so there is always one physio per

:34:52.:34:54.

athlete that is competing, so you always have one physio before and

:34:55.:35:00.

after, and back at the hotel we have ice packs, we have everything. No

:35:01.:35:07.

excuses. That is exactly what I thought when I came in, they haven't

:35:08.:35:11.

left as any excuses whatsoever not to compete, they have done

:35:12.:35:16.

everything for us. Let's see if more ladies can do that, it is the 800m

:35:17.:35:21.

semifinal coming up. Alison Leonard is going in the first of the

:35:22.:35:26.

semifinals and Andrew Cotter is your commentator.

:35:27.:35:31.

I am, thank you. There is Alison Leonard. The way she ran in the

:35:32.:35:34.

heats, capable of going below two minutes. The last couple of

:35:35.:35:41.

months... That is the least acrobatic thing he has done. The

:35:42.:35:46.

media Centre here have issued a press release about this mascot,

:35:47.:35:52.

saying the costumes were made, which ruins the mystique... You will look

:35:53.:35:59.

forward to the steeplechase, the favourite tackled the mascot in

:36:00.:36:06.

Helsinki a couple of years ago and I know you are hoping against hope to

:36:07.:36:11.

see that. Alison Leonard goes here in the serious business, and she ran

:36:12.:36:17.

very well in her heat, but a lot of athletes will be very pleased to see

:36:18.:36:24.

Hinriksdottir, because you know how the race is going to go when she is

:36:25.:36:31.

there. There is Rogozina, recently won the Russian title. Bramley 800m

:36:32.:36:38.

for a bit of fun, her team is already -- her place is already

:36:39.:36:50.

assured. Arzamasova, Renelle Lamote, the French champion, close

:36:51.:36:55.

to going under two minutes and very fast in the Monaco Diamond League

:36:56.:37:07.

800m. Joanna Jozwik outside power and a Macfarlane, Stambolova -- and

:37:08.:37:15.

in the Park lane. There is Hinriksdottir, and she is a

:37:16.:37:27.

ready-made pacemaker, she went out so fast in the first heat, she

:37:28.:37:32.

really did crumble over the last 20, but she ensured that she and the

:37:33.:37:36.

rest came through in a quick time, through as one of the fastest

:37:37.:37:40.

losers. The Mirela Lavric, a strong 400m runner as well. Alison Leonard

:37:41.:37:48.

just outside her. The first of the semifinals and the women's 800m,

:37:49.:37:54.

three go through automatically. And watched that ungainly

:37:55.:37:56.

three go through automatically. And watched that style of the

:37:57.:37:58.

18-year-old Hinriksdottir, she will try to get to the front although

:37:59.:38:05.

Lavric has gone out quickly as well. Hinriksdottir, an amazing

:38:06.:38:09.

talent, burst onto the scene as a 17-year-old, close to below two

:38:10.:38:13.

minutes and then she has run some curious races this year. Went out in

:38:14.:38:20.

16.3 in a junior championships and then abandoned it in the second lap.

:38:21.:38:23.

Renelle Lamote is there as well. A pretty fast opening 100m Mac or

:38:24.:38:35.

delete 200m Darren Cave, they were -- opening 200m guaranteed, they

:38:36.:38:39.

were racing. Alison Leonard taking it steady, they are still competing

:38:40.:38:45.

to get to the Belfast and there is no prizes at the bell. 58.80, that

:38:46.:38:55.

is quick -- to get the bell first. Alison Leonard has to start making a

:38:56.:39:00.

move. She was impressive yesterday, I hope she can do the same today.

:39:01.:39:06.

That was a bad bump, Alison Leonard had to hold it up and that has put

:39:07.:39:11.

her in a bad place. She was getting ready to make her move. It is going

:39:12.:39:18.

to be a big, big Aske, she is sadly out of it and the pack move away

:39:19.:39:23.

from her. Three go through automatically and Alison Leonard,

:39:24.:39:27.

she might have got a spike, it is certainly an injury. Arzamasova of

:39:28.:39:37.

Belarus out in front. Three go through automatically and our is

:39:38.:39:48.

overlooking very strong, the first three go through very quickly --

:39:49.:39:51.

Hassan us that is very sad for Alison Leonard.

:39:52.:40:03.

She was lying in sixth or seventh at the time and then just got a bump

:40:04.:40:10.

and stepped off the track. She is jogging around now, just around the

:40:11.:40:16.

final bend. I think she is going to just complete the run, but this is

:40:17.:40:22.

when it happened. This is unfortunate, she was starting to

:40:23.:40:26.

make ground and suddenly, the athlete moved on ahead of her, and

:40:27.:40:31.

she seriously lost a lot of momentum. That was Stambolova, the

:40:32.:40:36.

Bulgarian athlete, that got in her way, but that was a really bad

:40:37.:40:40.

jolt. Stambolova moving to the outside. Alison Leonard slows and

:40:41.:40:47.

puts her hand against her back, moves back a little and takes all of

:40:48.:40:51.

the momentum out of her running and is no longer able to take part.

:40:52.:40:56.

There doesn't seem to be any injury, no spike marks on her leg.

:40:57.:41:01.

Maybe she has a muscle problem, but that was a very unfortunate

:41:02.:41:04.

circumstance for Alison Leonard, who was doing the right thing. Chatting

:41:05.:41:10.

to the medics, we will get confirmation. She was running so

:41:11.:41:14.

well, she ran well in the Glasgow Diamond League meeting to get the

:41:15.:41:18.

qualifying standard, taking a big chunk out of her personal best to

:41:19.:41:23.

get to Zurich. A rueful wave from Alison Leonard, but she will not go

:41:24.:41:29.

through to the final. We will perhaps have a chat with her in a

:41:30.:41:33.

moment. This is confirmation of the result. Joanna Jozwik go through

:41:34.:41:39.

with a personal best, just outside two minutes, it is a decent race.

:41:40.:41:49.

It is about this stage here, she knew after that little knock, it was

:41:50.:41:56.

Stambolova, the Bulgarian athlete, she caught the back of her, and this

:41:57.:42:01.

was the decision, there is nothing more there, something has happened.

:42:02.:42:08.

Again, even a little bump at that stage takes it out of your legs, she

:42:09.:42:12.

is talking to fill. Alison, commiserations, tell me what

:42:13.:42:18.

happened on the straight. It was choppy the whole way round and I got

:42:19.:42:24.

somebody ahead of me who chopped, and then someone behind me pushed me

:42:25.:42:28.

out of her way, and hit in the back and at that point, a gap at open. --

:42:29.:42:40.

had open. And my legs had just gone out. You had lost all momentum. I am

:42:41.:42:46.

disappointed that I didn't carry on, I should have pushed to the line. We

:42:47.:42:50.

thought maybe you were injured, but it is not the case?

:42:51.:42:58.

No, I lost momentum. I should have carried on, but I didn't. Thank you

:42:59.:43:05.

for explaining, commiserations. A very honest assessment, once it

:43:06.:43:09.

had happened, she mentally didn't have it and she is disappointed. I

:43:10.:43:14.

am glad she said that, because it did

:43:15.:43:15.

have it and she is disappointed. I am glad she look like from here that

:43:16.:43:19.

she just quit, and you don't know whether she was carrying something,

:43:20.:43:22.

whether she had a stomach bug, because she was carrying her stomach

:43:23.:43:26.

when she was walking off the track, but she has got to get tougher, this

:43:27.:43:30.

is what it is like on the circuit, this is what it is like at this

:43:31.:43:35.

level and if you get a knock, you have got to fight back, because the

:43:36.:43:39.

Polish athlete continued running, she was also involved in that

:43:40.:43:44.

collision, and she qualified, so you have to learn from this. So after a

:43:45.:43:50.

good talk to herself, Alison will know she can't let that happen

:43:51.:43:56.

again. The problem is she is not very experienced at this level, she

:43:57.:43:59.

has not been to a major championships before, there is a lot

:44:00.:44:03.

of bumping and barging, and Stambolova is causing it, coming

:44:04.:44:07.

from the 400m hurdles, not used to the bumping and all running in one

:44:08.:44:14.

lane, she chops out and steals Alison's momentum and gets a bit of

:44:15.:44:21.

a shove from the Polish girl, who kept her cool and managed to

:44:22.:44:25.

qualify. I think it is just experience, and she has recognised

:44:26.:44:30.

she has made a mistake. She will probably be beating herself up about

:44:31.:44:34.

it and won't be doing it again. It is a shame to see her go out that

:44:35.:44:40.

way. Andy, you were quite surprised about the etiquette in the ten K

:44:41.:44:43.

last night, there wasn't that much bumping around. Yes, it was a race

:44:44.:44:49.

of experienced athletes, we were running an airline, not getting in

:44:50.:44:52.

each other's way, no cutting up or shoulder barging -- running in a

:44:53.:45:01.

line. It is important in the 10,000m just to get to the start of the

:45:02.:45:04.

Sprint as efficiently as possible and have an economic or

:45:05.:45:08.

run-through, and that is what I was trying to do, which is why was at

:45:09.:45:12.

the back and I didn't have people behind me and trying to make the

:45:13.:45:15.

move when I needed to, getting on the back of the lead group whenever

:45:16.:45:19.

somebody made a move. I was very surprised. Let's hope it is a bit

:45:20.:45:25.

smoother for the British representation in the next

:45:26.:45:27.

semifinal, Jessica Judd and Lynsey Sharp going in this one. Steve Cram

:45:28.:45:31.

is your commentator, still no elastic band for Jess? I will leave

:45:32.:45:42.

the hair issues for you folks up there. Jess is happy to go up to the

:45:43.:45:57.

semifinals. This is probably the harder of the two semifinals. Having

:45:58.:46:00.

your team-mate in is never the best thing because you know each other so

:46:01.:46:06.

well. Lynsey Sharp is probably happier than Jessica Judd. She is

:46:07.:46:14.

having a very good season. They both have a chance. Lynsey Sharp is the

:46:15.:46:21.

defending champion after the disqualification of the person who

:46:22.:46:26.

beat her two years ago. Just the top three to go through. Poistagova is

:46:27.:46:33.

the quickest European at these championships. Selina Buchel will be

:46:34.:46:46.

a real threat in the home straight. Five could go through. If you run

:46:47.:46:53.

quicker than 1.24 and you are in the top five, you are through. There are

:46:54.:46:59.

two fastest losers spots available. Lenka Masna came through the last

:47:00.:47:05.

round in one of those. This young lady beat Jessica Judd in the

:47:06.:47:16.

Diamond league. I think she was a bit surprised by Justine Fedronic.

:47:17.:47:28.

Fight for the final, exactly. Selina Buchel. This is Lynsey Sharp's fifth

:47:29.:47:38.

800 metres meeting of the year. She has got better as the year has gone

:47:39.:47:44.

on. We expect to see her in the final. Can Jessica Judd join her?

:47:45.:47:50.

The question is, is anybody going to take this on. I do not see a natural

:47:51.:47:56.

front runner in this race. Jessica Judd in her younger years did not

:47:57.:48:05.

like to go out in front. Lynsey Sharp has left the inside open but

:48:06.:48:11.

nobody wants to take it on. Jessica Judd is a reluctantly do. Not where

:48:12.:48:16.

she would like to be. She has to move across. That is not a position

:48:17.:48:25.

where Lynsey Sharp is used to being. The first lap slowing down from the

:48:26.:48:29.

200 meter point. Lynsey Sharp is in a place where she does not like to

:48:30.:48:34.

be. She likes to be on the shoulder of the leader. She has got a very

:48:35.:48:40.

fierce finishing sprint. Jessica Judd is on her shoulder. The lap

:48:41.:48:45.

time is a bit slower. Just over 60 seconds. Jessica Judd is taking an

:48:46.:48:57.

Lynsey Sharp. Poistagova, the Russian on her shoulder. Lynsey

:48:58.:49:01.

Sharp asked to make up her mind. Does she let her come alongside and

:49:02.:49:09.

use her sprint finish or does she take it on herself. She is taking it

:49:10.:49:15.

on herself and going the long way. Lynsey Sharp is controlling it from

:49:16.:49:20.

the front. Jessica Judd is taking her on. Now they have a scrap for

:49:21.:49:25.

the top three places. They might not be quick enough. Lynsey Sharp is

:49:26.:49:30.

looking very good. She kicks away. Poistagova the Russian is coming

:49:31.:49:36.

through strongly. Lynsey Sharp is going to be good but is Jessica Judd

:49:37.:49:45.

going to make it through the? It was slower. They had to be in the top

:49:46.:49:50.

three. It wasn't the sort of race that Lynsey Sharp would have wanted

:49:51.:49:54.

beforehand but she was smart enough to do it herself when nobody took it

:49:55.:49:58.

on. She took control perfectly. What Jessica Judd did very well was to

:49:59.:50:09.

follow Lynsey Sharp. Because Jess started the home straight in such a

:50:10.:50:13.

good position she finished in a qualifying position for the

:50:14.:50:18.

semifinal. Well done to the both of them. Indeed. A new way for Lynsey

:50:19.:50:25.

Sharp to run the 800 metres. Controlling it from the front. She

:50:26.:50:30.

wasn't going to let anybody past. Looking up at the screen. Jessica

:50:31.:50:37.

Judd is there for company. She said to herself, I have led all the way

:50:38.:50:41.

so far, you are going to have to battle to come past me. With that

:50:42.:50:46.

acceleration that we know she has got. Really are going to have to

:50:47.:50:49.

battle to come past me. With that acceleration that we know she has

:50:50.:50:57.

got. Really playing Jessica Judd coming under pressure from

:50:58.:51:02.

Poistagova. Lynsey Sharp looking supreme. Really comfortable. It was

:51:03.:51:07.

a very impressive qualification. Jessica Judd has managed to get

:51:08.:51:12.

through in third place. So they both qualify as of right. Lynsey Sharp

:51:13.:51:19.

controlling it from the front, watching the screen. Absolute

:51:20.:51:22.

maturity. A very impressive performance. If she is as impressive

:51:23.:51:27.

in the final she is going to take an awful lot of beating. The other

:51:28.:51:32.

point I would make is that the Russian Poistagova did not have the

:51:33.:51:38.

same ammunition. Maybe she was holding it back but Lynsey Sharp was

:51:39.:51:45.

very impressive indeed. Another tremendous performance from the

:51:46.:51:50.

front. You have to be adaptable but that was impressive. It felt very

:51:51.:51:57.

good. Getting out strongly as normal. Nobody pushed it on so I had

:51:58.:52:03.

to get out and run my own race. You spoke about being in the shape of

:52:04.:52:08.

your life. Going into the final, you must be very high in confidence. I

:52:09.:52:14.

am a totally different athlete to two years ago. It is a great

:52:15.:52:18.

position to be in. I am just hoping to build on it. Tell me about being

:52:19.:52:24.

in a race with somebody from your own country? Does it pray on your

:52:25.:52:30.

mind? We have raced a few times this year and at the end of the day she

:52:31.:52:35.

is just another competitor. When I saw she was on my shoulder, I

:52:36.:52:39.

thought it would be nice for the British public to see two girls go

:52:40.:52:43.

into the final. Thank you very much for talking to us. Thank you.

:52:44.:52:50.

Cheers. She is right about that point, she is a different athlete to

:52:51.:52:56.

two years ago. As I said, they had to be in the top three because the

:52:57.:53:06.

heat was slower. Selina Buchel and Lenka Masna will not be joining them

:53:07.:53:14.

in the final. Very well done. To make two major finals this year is

:53:15.:53:18.

unbelievable. -much better than yesterday, which was good. I am just

:53:19.:53:26.

so happy. We shouldn't lose sight of how new you are to this. You are

:53:27.:53:30.

still relatively new to this. You are still so young. Yet you take the

:53:31.:53:37.

event in your stride. It became real last night when I was watching the

:53:38.:53:41.

videos to work out what might happen. I knew that I was really not

:53:42.:53:46.

there. It was very strange. They have all had experience of the

:53:47.:53:51.

Olympics and stuff like that. To be in the final is amazing. Enjoy the

:53:52.:53:59.

occasion above all else. Thank you. Thank you very much. And thank you

:54:00.:54:06.

to everybody at home. She was disappointed with herself with

:54:07.:54:09.

fourth place in Glasgow. It is good to see her smiling and realising

:54:10.:54:14.

that she is going to gain so much in these major championships going

:54:15.:54:17.

through the rounds. She got over it in a few days but she was beating

:54:18.:54:22.

herself up about the way she raced in Glasgow. She was. She needed to

:54:23.:54:26.

take a step backwards and realise that she is only 19. She finished

:54:27.:54:32.

fourth in a Commonwealth Games. If you told me I would do that when I

:54:33.:54:36.

was training in the pool with a back injury, finishing that close to a

:54:37.:54:41.

medal in the Commonwealth, she would have taken that. She just needed a

:54:42.:54:46.

bit of time to put it in perspective. Now she has reached the

:54:47.:54:51.

final of two major championships. There isn't many years way get the

:54:52.:54:55.

chance to do that back-to-back. She said that fourth is the worst

:54:56.:55:00.

place. I said, no it is not. Not making the final would be worse. She

:55:01.:55:06.

has come with a fresh chance of getting to the final here and giving

:55:07.:55:10.

it her best shot and I am sure that is what she will do. Lynsey Sharp in

:55:11.:55:15.

recent years has always been very consistent at getting their tactics

:55:16.:55:20.

right. She is so tactically aware. From what I have seen in recent

:55:21.:55:26.

times. See how she just moves to the edge of the lane making the other

:55:27.:55:30.

athlete if they want to challenge her or take the lead, they are going

:55:31.:55:35.

to have to work a little bit harder. She manages to keep her dominance in

:55:36.:55:40.

this race. She didn't want to lead but she knew that tactically nobody

:55:41.:55:45.

else was going to take it on. It was great to see how that medal has

:55:46.:55:48.

transformed her attitude and everything she is doing. She was a

:55:49.:55:55.

silver medallist on the day two years ago, eventually upgraded

:55:56.:56:01.

because of the winner's suspension. She has got huge confidence from the

:56:02.:56:04.

Commonwealth Games and she is the reigning champion. She will go into

:56:05.:56:08.

the final with the belief, thinking that gold is there for the taking.

:56:09.:56:13.

Everybody has got a chance of gold on the day. It is just about keeping

:56:14.:56:18.

your nerve. Hopefully, one of these girls can do it. Two of them in

:56:19.:56:25.

there and both of them feeling very confident. There is nobody had and

:56:26.:56:29.

shoulders above the rest in terms of times posted this season. They are

:56:30.:56:39.

close together. I think Arzamasova is looking very good. The winner of

:56:40.:56:44.

the other semifinal. But Lynsey Sharp is very tactically aware,

:56:45.:56:48.

running in the right place in her lane, forcing the others on the

:56:49.:56:53.

outside. I think there is an aura about her that wasn't there before.

:56:54.:56:57.

She believes that she belongs in the final. She is challenging for that

:56:58.:57:02.

gold medal, not just challenging for a medal. Andy, we are going to

:57:03.:57:08.

release you in a moment to concentrate on that final on Sunday.

:57:09.:57:12.

Tell the folks at home, the kind of miles you put in on an average week,

:57:13.:57:17.

in winter time, when you are doing your really hard work? It works

:57:18.:57:24.

about a miles per week. On a race week I would be doing 85-90 to keep

:57:25.:57:31.

my legs going. You have to pick and choose your races. Even when I am

:57:32.:57:35.

racing, five or six times throughout the winter, even January to March, I

:57:36.:57:43.

am still keeping a high mileage. It is a mixture of long runs, sessions,

:57:44.:57:52.

recovery runs... Obviously what you eat is very important, you have two

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fuel yourself but you have two stay very lean. You look at some of the

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guys that you are against. You are a lot bigger, you look a lot stronger

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than some of the guys that you are up against. Are you mindful of what

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you eat? I think you are always mindful of what you eat. I am

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partial to a biscuit every now and again. I think you earn it doing 100

:58:18.:58:23.

miles a week. That is it. I eat a lot of fruit and veg, decent pro --

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protein and lots of different things. I barely touch alcohol.

:58:35.:58:40.

Denise, a lot of people like run but they also like a bottle of wine. The

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difference between them and Andy is a bit discipline. Even now, I would

:58:45.:58:50.

like to celebrate on Sunday as much as I can but I have got another race

:58:51.:58:55.

next Saturday in Birmingham. You cannot afford to go to wild. No, eat

:58:56.:59:05.

your hob knob. Other biscuits are available, of course. We will

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hopefully see you win a few more medals and races before the end of

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the season. We have really enjoy job performances so far. Thank you for

:59:22.:59:29.

having me. Great to see you. Because of the delay in proceedings

:59:30.:59:32.

yesterday because of the wind, the races were coming thick and fast. We

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did not get a chance to see much of the men's discus. Steve Backley has

:59:39.:59:46.

that one wrapped up now. The discus goes like the wind, but

:59:47.:59:50.

be careful what you wish for. Robert Herber -- Urbanek beating his

:59:51.:00:15.

compatriot, this throw was 63.81m. Kanter, the Olympic champion from

:00:16.:00:27.

2008. 64.75 for the Estonian. Highly fancied, look very good in

:00:28.:00:35.

qualification, but the dominance of Robert Harting continues. It was

:00:36.:00:43.

this throw, one of the most exuberant and extravagant

:00:44.:00:52.

celebrators in the sport. 66.07, he absolutely dominated the event. Only

:00:53.:00:59.

had two throws, both would have won. And Robert Harting successfully

:01:00.:01:10.

defends the Germany, it what might could lead was a very late start,

:01:11.:01:13.

everything had finished on the track by the time the got underway -- it

:01:14.:01:19.

was a very late start. Yes, one of the favourites of

:01:20.:01:24.

London. He is mocking pulling his shirt open, because he ripped it

:01:25.:01:29.

open in London. He wasn't going to do it last night, not because they

:01:30.:01:35.

are suddenly more expensive, because his granny apparently objected and

:01:36.:01:43.

he does whatever granny says. He did do a kind of Neanderthal type of raw

:01:44.:01:56.

by the delete -- roaring, and it was a title he won two years ago, a and

:01:57.:02:01.

a half further than his rivals. There he is getting his gold. -- a

:02:02.:02:08.

metre and a half. There was also the long jump last night, the women's

:02:09.:02:22.

long jump, eventually won by LeSueur. Charlotte Proctor was sadly

:02:23.:02:31.

out in Glasgow with an injury, she didn't even get to compete and we

:02:32.:02:36.

didn't see her here. Tonight, the men's javelin is underway, the

:02:37.:02:41.

qualifying rounds and who better than Steve Backley to tell you how

:02:42.:02:42.

it is going? As you'd expect from a man who

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thrown 91 metres, a a whole 10m further. Tall, powerful and rangy

:03:10.:03:14.

athlete, and as you would expect, a successful qualifier. We are in the

:03:15.:03:22.

second pool here, the furthest throw in the first round, nobody went

:03:23.:03:37.

beyond the auto qualification. This is Thomas Rohler, it looked like he

:03:38.:03:44.

lined it up. Well judged. A gunman, 22 years of age, three times German

:03:45.:03:50.

champion already. Good point control. Look at that, straight

:03:51.:03:56.

through, very simple. It is always going to fly when you throw it like

:03:57.:04:03.

that. No wind tonight. It looks like automatic qualification.

:04:04.:04:14.

I am delighted to say we have been joined by Colin Jackson and his

:04:15.:04:21.

scarf. I have come straight from the studio. Denise has been lulled into

:04:22.:04:30.

a false sense of security by that thing in the sky. It is time for one

:04:31.:04:35.

of our Euro stars, we didn't have them last night, but we have pulled

:04:36.:04:37.

this one out of the bag for you. Colin Jackson, up to the first

:04:38.:04:51.

hurdle. Tony Jarrett is with him. But Colin Jackson is also going

:04:52.:04:56.

well. Jackson on this site, Tony Jarrett, and it is Jackson and Tony

:04:57.:05:02.

Jarrett. One and two and Great Britain have another gold. Colin

:05:03.:05:08.

Jackson leading, Schwartzkopf coming through. Jackson is the European

:05:09.:05:15.

champion. Jackson streaking away from the rest

:05:16.:05:20.

of this field. Jackson is the European champion for the third

:05:21.:05:26.

time. Jackson just slightly ahead of the

:05:27.:05:30.

Latvian. It is going to be very close. Jackson is the champion for

:05:31.:05:32.

the fourth time. Yes, he wasn't bad at winning

:05:33.:05:43.

European titles, we will give him that, and those were the days when

:05:44.:05:48.

they were four years apart, that GB group was holding you together. Yes,

:05:49.:05:52.

can you imagine what I would look like now with all of the colours

:05:53.:05:59.

over me. For young viewers, it is the tape back in the late -- it is

:06:00.:06:10.

the thing that preceded the tape. Now, they are all the same

:06:11.:06:14.

strength, just different colours. Yes, people just want to be

:06:15.:06:16.

fashionable with their tape. You are here for some serious

:06:17.:06:32.

analysis, the semifinals are coming first, and the man who comes into

:06:33.:06:37.

this, Martinot-Lagarde, as the favourite, and in outstanding form

:06:38.:06:41.

with his recent European record, you have had a look at his technique and

:06:42.:06:46.

the technique of Will Sharman. C Martinot-Lagarde first. You saw him

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run the Martinot-Lagarde first. You saw him

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run the magnificent time in Monaco. He takes seven strides, something he

:06:54.:06:59.

has worked on since the winter. As seven striders, you have to work

:07:00.:07:04.

very hard into the first hurdle and when you are long limbed like he is,

:07:05.:07:08.

it allows you to get into the first hurdle very well and aggressively,

:07:09.:07:13.

gives you a sense of confidence. He has a shovelling stride pattern, not

:07:14.:07:20.

like Will Sharman, you will see the difference. Those strong, bold

:07:21.:07:24.

strides, very strong athlete Lower limbed, it allows him to push into

:07:25.:07:29.

those hurdles. Look at his knees, he always shuffles them in between. Why

:07:30.:07:35.

would he changed to seven strides? Because he was so strong and long,

:07:36.:07:40.

with eight strides, he was too close to the barrier and you have to set

:07:41.:07:43.

yourself up accurately to the first hurdle, because if you get there

:07:44.:07:47.

quickly, it makes a difference. How hard is it to change that in the

:07:48.:07:52.

middle of your career? Easy, I will be honest, but you have to practice

:07:53.:07:58.

it, because it can go wrong. OK, let's see when it does go wrong.

:07:59.:08:03.

What happens? Because he wasn't a setup into the race, he was making

:08:04.:08:07.

adjustments, this was over the winter. He crashed into it and that

:08:08.:08:12.

mistake means you are covering the second, he clatters the third

:08:13.:08:16.

because it comes in close, recovers again, but Platt as this one down,

:08:17.:08:20.

because he didn't set himself up properly but the first hurdle. It is

:08:21.:08:25.

crucial that you are accurate when you do seven. But by the time we saw

:08:26.:08:31.

him in Monaco, it was working beautifully, so it took time, but it

:08:32.:08:35.

was worth the perseverance. Will Sharman, talk us through his

:08:36.:08:40.

technique. Seven strides as well, but because he is more mature as a

:08:41.:08:45.

sprint hurdler, he is far more settled. Highlighted their, seven

:08:46.:08:50.

strides again, but it doesn't look like he works has hard as Pascal.

:08:51.:08:55.

Still sharp and edgy but it allows him to go into an upright knee

:08:56.:09:00.

action, which means he can get his leg elevated and across the barrier

:09:01.:09:03.

quickly and get into a sprinting stride. He is not as fast as Pascal

:09:04.:09:10.

on the flat, so he has to lift his knees in between the barriers. He is

:09:11.:09:14.

much more upright, he looks more like a sprinter, he doesn't shuffle

:09:15.:09:19.

in between the barriers. This is the real difference, it is down to basic

:09:20.:09:25.

leg speed. We can see that when we put them side-by-side, you can see

:09:26.:09:28.

an example of that. It is tiny, but there is a difference. Those tiny

:09:29.:09:34.

bits make a difference. Out of the blocks, they explode. Will Sharman

:09:35.:09:38.

looks like he is sprinting but Pascal looks like he is striding

:09:39.:09:43.

into it. They come off very well but both focus in different ways. Pascal

:09:44.:09:49.

is allowed to lean into the barrier because he is shovelling, not

:09:50.:09:53.

sprinting, but Will Sharman's shoulder Zara bit higher because he

:09:54.:10:01.

has the high knee lift. -- shoulders ar bit higher. He has more space,

:10:02.:10:07.

because he has opened, but basically it is about technique and flat

:10:08.:10:12.

speed, and at the end of the day, Pascal has leg speed. Where did you

:10:13.:10:18.

put your emphasis in the technique? We all say it is a sprinting event

:10:19.:10:22.

primarily but lead leg versus Trail leg, what did you do? The crucial

:10:23.:10:28.

bit was running off the hurdles, so it was about the Trail Lake, pulling

:10:29.:10:33.

it from floor to floor as quickly as possible. That is the only time you

:10:34.:10:37.

can make up speed, driving across the floor, so it is important you

:10:38.:10:43.

get your Trail leg down fast. In the first of these semifinals, Lawrence

:10:44.:10:46.

Clarke will be there with Will Sharman, and Thomas

:10:47.:10:52.

Martinot-Lagarde, not to be confused with Pascal, the older brother. It

:10:53.:10:58.

is a competitive event. I see two other medallists, Shubenkov and Will

:10:59.:11:04.

Sharman. Shubenkov is a strong athlete, he has run under 31.0 in

:11:05.:11:10.

his time, he has that kind of confidence, and he has run 31.3,

:11:11.:11:15.

faster than Will Sharman this year. We expect a lot from him, even in

:11:16.:11:21.

bad conditions. He can literally pushed himself through everything.

:11:22.:11:28.

That is Shubenkov. Will Sharman has taken a lot of confidence from his

:11:29.:11:33.

season and his Commonwealth Games performance and you feel he is

:11:34.:11:38.

really building into this. The most important thing is to getting into

:11:39.:11:43.

big races and his consistency has allowed him to get into those big

:11:44.:11:47.

races and that is why we are seeing such a good performance from him

:11:48.:11:51.

now, he is feeling confident. Let's hope he can get himself safely

:11:52.:11:55.

through to the final, the last event on the track tonight. Andrew Cotter

:11:56.:12:00.

is a commentator for this one. A quick glimpse at the records, they

:12:01.:12:06.

still belong to Colin "the scarf" Jackson. Will Sharman and Shubenkov,

:12:07.:12:16.

if there is any kind of drop in the level of Pascal Martinot-Lagarde,

:12:17.:12:22.

they will be waiting to pounce. Everyone is encouraged him to have

:12:23.:12:26.

some fun, I want him to fall over backwards into the water. No, he is

:12:27.:12:32.

very entertaining, he is doing a great job. Shubenkov and Sharman go

:12:33.:12:40.

in three and five, Gregor Traber in lane four. Thomas Martinot-Lagarde,

:12:41.:12:48.

the elder brother, goes in lane six. Lawrence Clarke in lane seven.

:12:49.:12:55.

The defending champion, as you heard. Bronze-medallist at last

:12:56.:13:03.

year's World Championships one behind the Americans. Greg Traber,

:13:04.:13:07.

World Indoor finalist this year and outside him in lane five, he has had

:13:08.:13:17.

a couple of good races with Shubenkov this season. Shubenkov

:13:18.:13:28.

winning at the World Indoor, but Will Sharman with revenge at the

:13:29.:13:32.

Diamond League. Thomas performed the best of the brothers last year,

:13:33.:13:41.

Pascal was very disappointing. You kind of sense Lawrence Clarke's

:13:42.:13:44.

frustration that he has not been able to make below 13.40 this

:13:45.:13:50.

season. Ran well in the first heat. Erik Balnuweit makes up the runners.

:13:51.:14:00.

Yes, Lawrence had a good tussle with Bascou, who goes in the next

:14:01.:14:04.

semifinal, but he will have to be at his very best and perhaps beyond

:14:05.:14:10.

anything he has done previously, to get through. Three will go through

:14:11.:14:13.

automatically to the final tonight, two fastest losers over the two

:14:14.:14:21.

semifinals. Douvalidis of Greece into, then Shubenkov, then Greg

:14:22.:14:23.

Trevor, and Sharman. Away cleanly, Sharman comfortable.

:14:24.:14:45.

Shubenkov looking ever stronger. Shubenkov out in front, Sharman

:14:46.:14:51.

trying to get through with him. And Lawrence Clarke might have got there

:14:52.:14:54.

for third place. It was Shubenkov and Sharman well clear of the rest,

:14:55.:15:00.

but it was a good run from Lawrence Clarke. I wonder if he might have

:15:01.:15:05.

sneaked through for that. Sharman and Shubenkov, no doubt about their

:15:06.:15:10.

qualification. A good strong performance and at last, I am sure

:15:11.:15:13.

Will Sharman has gone under 13.20 and it will be a legal win, so he

:15:14.:15:19.

has managed a personal best. Get said well, but not the best start,

:15:20.:15:24.

which causes him to smack into the second hurdle. Shubenkov is getting

:15:25.:15:28.

very close to these barriers because they are moving very quickly. Trying

:15:29.:15:32.

to control it is the most important thing. Let's have a look what is

:15:33.:15:35.

happening behind, that little scrap as they go to the line. Those two

:15:36.:15:40.

have qualified, does Lawrence Clarke get there? I think so. I think so.

:15:41.:15:54.

We will see. Thomas Martinot-Lagard clips a couple of hurdles there.

:15:55.:16:04.

They know each other well. They compete on a regular basis and they

:16:05.:16:08.

will enjoy those little battles. But there is a lot of pressure on in the

:16:09.:16:14.

final. Let's have a look out over the blocks. Shubenkov, the defending

:16:15.:16:22.

champion. William Sharman is having a very consistent season.

:16:23.:16:28.

Disappointing after the Commonwealth Games but definitely pushed all that

:16:29.:16:32.

behind him and concentrating on his running here at the Europeans. He

:16:33.:16:38.

knows he can get on that rostrum. Shubenkov, the defending champion

:16:39.:16:43.

will always want to run well. The last two hurdles were very safe for

:16:44.:16:49.

him. He has got a couple of centimetres to come. A couple of

:16:50.:16:55.

performances as well. Lawrence, that it was perfection. It got you

:16:56.:17:00.

through to the final. I knew it was going to be tough to qualify. I was

:17:01.:17:08.

just fighting, fighting, fighting. Now you can make up for the

:17:09.:17:13.

Commonwealth. I know that was disappointing for you. Great guts,

:17:14.:17:19.

great determination. I made such a mistake in Glasgow. Hopefully, I

:17:20.:17:26.

will prove this one wrong. But Will has laid down the gauntlet. Well,

:17:27.:17:35.

enjoy it. Thank you very much. That is why he is there. Hurdler 's have

:17:36.:17:41.

dips like no others. Coming off that lacks hurdle, they often end up just

:17:42.:17:48.

about on their toes. That is why he is there. It gets him through ahead

:17:49.:18:00.

of Erik Balnuweit. Sharman is coming through to form at the right time.

:18:01.:18:08.

A final at his fourth attempt for will shaman. -- William Sharman. He

:18:09.:18:21.

has refused an interview. What do you make of him? Clearly he is in

:18:22.:18:27.

the right mindset. I am delighted for him getting the personal best.

:18:28.:18:33.

We talk about how important the first hurdle is. He makes it

:18:34.:18:37.

beautifully. He clatters one there but his strength is what he does in

:18:38.:18:41.

the middle part of the race. He doesn't panic. He can see Shubenkov

:18:42.:18:47.

to his left but he keeps working hard with that beautiful technique

:18:48.:18:52.

that he has. It was just perfect. I am really pleased for him. Well done

:18:53.:18:57.

to Lawrence Clarke for making it through, as well. In the next final,

:18:58.:19:02.

as well as Pascal Martinot-Lagarde we have Andy Turner. A very

:19:03.:19:09.

disappointing season for him. He crashed out of the Commonwealth

:19:10.:19:23.

Games and he has announced that he will be retiring this season. He has

:19:24.:19:25.

been a great servant of British athletics but he has announced he is

:19:26.:19:28.

calling time on his career so he is hoping to end on a high is Europe.

:19:29.:19:31.

European Championships have brought you great success in the past but

:19:32.:19:33.

this has added significance for you? I have had a lot of success. I had a

:19:34.:19:36.

bronze eight years ago, gold four years ago. I have decided that now

:19:37.:19:44.

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

:19:45.:19:51.

be my last year. I will see out this season. I never thought I would be

:19:52.:19:56.

ready to say I am ready to retire but I can honestly say I am. I have

:19:57.:20:06.

had some difficult places over the past year with my surgery and my mum

:20:07.:20:12.

passing away. For a while, I didn't want to do anything. I decided that

:20:13.:20:17.

she wouldn't want me to give up. I remember my first event back was the

:20:18.:20:21.

indoors in Birmingham. A lot of people knew that my mum had passed

:20:22.:20:28.

away and getting burgled during the funeral. Honestly, I welled up on

:20:29.:20:36.

the line and I was in no fit state to run a race. The fact that I got

:20:37.:20:41.

myself back up. In my mind, it is a big thing. I don't think I could

:20:42.:20:48.

have lived with myself if injury had determined the end of my career. The

:20:49.:20:55.

amount of interviews I have done. The fact is, since my last surgery,

:20:56.:21:00.

they have been absolutely fine. I can move walk first thing in the

:21:01.:21:05.

morning, I can tiptoe, I can do ballet if I want. That is not

:21:06.:21:12.

something I have been able to do. COMMENTATOR: Andy Turner is away,

:21:13.:21:16.

Andy Turner is the European Championship. I am just some kid

:21:17.:21:23.

from Birmingham. I never thought I could have done all this. Do you go

:21:24.:21:30.

in with any sense of relief, a more carefree attitude? Or do you feel

:21:31.:21:36.

that you want to go out with a hang? I am a competitor so I want to do

:21:37.:21:41.

well. Glasgow could not have gone any worse. Sometimes you try too

:21:42.:21:46.

hard. I am going to try and be more relaxed. I want another medal. It

:21:47.:21:52.

would be my third Europeans in a row to win a medal. That is what I am

:21:53.:21:57.

going to go for. You would have a pretty hard hearts if you didn't

:21:58.:22:01.

wish Andy Turner all the best over the last minute or so. -- next

:22:02.:22:06.

minute. It has not been his best year so far. You can see how much it

:22:07.:22:15.

means. It is etched in his face. He needs to get through to this final.

:22:16.:22:20.

I wish him well. Let's go down to Steve Cram.

:22:21.:22:27.

He needs to put those emotions aside to some extent and run as well as he

:22:28.:22:38.

can. He has run 13.47 this year, it might be enough. Bascou of France

:22:39.:22:48.

has been running very well in three. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. That's is

:22:49.:22:58.

Bascou. Fourth at the European Championships in Barcelona when Andy

:22:59.:23:05.

Turner one on that occasion. Balazs Baji with a bit of a return to

:23:06.:23:10.

form, just outside his personal best. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

:23:11.:23:20.

Really good analysis by Colin about the difference between him and

:23:21.:23:25.

William Sharman. He will want to get through as smoothly as he did. Artur

:23:26.:23:31.

Noga the Polish athlete has been around for some time. Buhler, only

:23:32.:23:43.

third in his heat. 13 point 40. On the outside, another familiar name

:23:44.:23:50.

to hurdling. Swoboda, has had all sorts of Achilles problems over the

:23:51.:23:56.

years but is returning to some sort of form. It has been an illustrious

:23:57.:24:03.

career for Andy Turner. European champion,, was champion and world

:24:04.:24:09.

bronze model list -- bronze medallist, four years ago. Let's not

:24:10.:24:20.

forget that. 33 years of age. He will just competing and hope that he

:24:21.:24:25.

gets the best race of the year in the semifinal. Pascal

:24:26.:24:31.

Martinot-Lagarde the gold-medal favourite. Andy Turner got left a

:24:32.:24:45.

little bit in the Bronx. Andy Turner has got to get into this. Baji is

:24:46.:24:52.

going well on the Faso aid. It is going to be Martinot-Lagard who is

:24:53.:24:58.

going to win this. Andy Turner, well, he was run out of that. 13.18

:24:59.:25:06.

was pretty good for Pascal. Sadly, for Andy Turner, that will be the

:25:07.:25:10.

last we see of him at a major championships. It is always sad when

:25:11.:25:16.

a major athlete has to call it a day. He has been a big enough and

:25:17.:25:19.

brave enough to know when the time is. It is never an easy decision for

:25:20.:25:26.

any athlete. I am sure we will hear from him chatting with Phil in a

:25:27.:25:33.

moment. Colin, while we reflect on Andy Turner, we will come back to

:25:34.:25:38.

the first, second and third. You know Andy well, did he ever get the

:25:39.:25:43.

best out of himself? With the injuries, you always feel he could

:25:44.:25:48.

have been a little bit better. I really wish that Andy could only

:25:49.:25:54.

string together to solid winters where he had no interruptions in his

:25:55.:25:59.

preparations. We would have seen him get down to that 13.1 mark on a

:26:00.:26:05.

regular basis. For him, that is the most frustrating thing. His body let

:26:06.:26:10.

him down at crucial moments. He was a fighter, he was a soldier. He

:26:11.:26:17.

ended up with two titles, the Commonwealth Games and the European

:26:18.:26:20.

Championships. He dragged the best out of him as an athlete. We'll all

:26:21.:26:26.

the trials and tribulations. I think, deep down, he will be proud

:26:27.:26:35.

of what he has achieved. I certainly am. I know difficult how it has been

:26:36.:26:41.

throughout his career to be in this position. Really pleased that he had

:26:42.:26:46.

the opportunity to come here to these European Championships and

:26:47.:26:50.

have a run out and just do his ultimate best. 13.57, he won't be in

:26:51.:26:57.

the final. What a career. He is now with Phil. Thanks a lot. Steve is

:26:58.:27:04.

saying what a career. Your last time in a major your emotions. I don't

:27:05.:27:11.

really know. I am a bit disappointed in my race, I could have done a

:27:12.:27:15.

little bit better. I just wanted to run. I made it to the semifinal and

:27:16.:27:20.

I gave it everything. That is all I asked for. If that was all I got

:27:21.:27:27.

from my career, I have had a good innings. I have been going to

:27:28.:27:32.

championship since 2004. I'm going to go out after as a European

:27:33.:27:38.

semifinalist. I have got to take something from that. A little bit of

:27:39.:27:43.

longevity in my career. I have something to be proud of. World

:27:44.:27:46.

Championship bronze, European champion. What have you been most

:27:47.:27:53.

proud about? I would say my European gold, I had my doubters. So to come

:27:54.:27:58.

back here it is made up for all the upset of people not believing in me.

:27:59.:28:04.

I came back and I did well then. To be honest, I have got so many

:28:05.:28:08.

positives I can take away from this. So many great memories. Just being

:28:09.:28:13.

in something like this is something that will stay with you forever. My

:28:14.:28:17.

kids are going to be watching at home. Sorry for not doing too well.

:28:18.:28:22.

But they can tell our friends in the playground that their dad did this

:28:23.:28:28.

and that makes me a winner. This is your last race for this season. The

:28:29.:28:32.

future is bright for you. You have got lots of plans. I do personal

:28:33.:28:40.

training. I do a business called Antics, that is doing very well. I

:28:41.:28:47.

would like to do more TV and radio, those sort of things. I am just

:28:48.:28:52.

going to go back and enjoy what is left of these championships. I would

:28:53.:28:55.

just like to say a massive thank you to everybody who has been there

:28:56.:29:00.

through my career. Lloyd Cowan, I came to him as a 14.5 athlete. My

:29:01.:29:08.

family and friends, my dad. My mum passed away last year and otherwise

:29:09.:29:13.

she would have been here, no doubt. My Mrs, my children, Carmen and

:29:14.:29:19.

Morgan. I couldn't have done it without the support of everybody at

:29:20.:29:24.

home. Everybody on social media, friends and family. Thank you to

:29:25.:29:29.

everyone. X-ray much, Andy. We wish you all the best going forward.

:29:30.:29:38.

STEVE CRAM: I think you can see why he has always been popular in the

:29:39.:29:44.

team and for British athletics, conducted himself so well, despite

:29:45.:29:48.

all those injuries, and he does finish his career with a 13.57 run

:29:49.:29:53.

but he is, after Colin Jackson, Tony Jarrett and William Sharman, our

:29:54.:30:03.

fourth best ever 110 metres hurdler. The final is coming up a

:30:04.:30:08.

little bit later on, right at the end of the evening, 8:50pm at home.

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That is not how they will line up, that will be drawn, with William

:30:14.:30:17.

Sharman winning with a new personal best, it has to be a huge confidence

:30:18.:30:22.

booster and he is joined by Lawrence Clarke in the final.

:30:23.:30:26.

Great work, Will Sharman and Lawrence Clarke, and great words

:30:27.:30:29.

from Andy Turner, whose international career started at the

:30:30.:30:34.

Olympics in 2004, so a great ten years representing Great Britain and

:30:35.:30:38.

many fond memories. We have plenty more for you to delight. Great

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Britain's 200m women are in action in the semifinals. The silver and

:30:44.:30:51.

bronze-medallists from the Commonwealth Games, Jodie and Bianca

:30:52.:30:54.

Williams, hoping to qualify for the final, as will add Gemma Lee, who

:30:55.:31:03.

took silver in Glasgow -- Adam Jamil E. And Goldie Sayers is in action in

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the javelin this evening. Her inspirational words seem to have

:31:11.:31:12.

done it for many of the athletes, can she do it herself tonight. And

:31:13.:31:18.

Will Sharman, as you know, is in that final along with Lawrence

:31:19.:31:22.

Clarke at 8:50pm this evening, the last event on the track and it

:31:23.:31:26.

should be a good one. So this is how it looks, in a few minutes' time, we

:31:27.:31:40.

have the women's 200m semifinals. Goldie Sayers is out at 7:40 p.m.,

:31:41.:31:44.

along with the rest of the women's field in the javelin.

:31:45.:31:56.

Many great moments last night and we waited a long time with the delayed

:31:57.:32:01.

programme for the final event on the track, and it was the men's 100m

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final. Let's have a look. STEVE CRAM: The men's 100 final.

:32:08.:32:13.

Away cleanly, James Dasaolu gets a pretty good start. Dwain Chambers

:32:14.:32:20.

going well. James Dasaolu out coming through. Gets the gold medal. 10.07,

:32:21.:32:32.

a European champion, Great Britain have a new sprint star. We knew

:32:33.:32:36.

about his talents and his abilities and could he convert? Yes, he can.

:32:37.:32:42.

James Dasaolu takes the win, Christophe Lemaitre the silver.

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Harry is jumping up and down, he gets the bronze.

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GABBY LOGAN: Great scenes afterwards, James Dasaolu taking the

:32:55.:33:00.

gold and his team-mate Harri Aikines Aryeetey, thrilled to take the

:33:01.:33:05.

bronze medal. Huge smiles from Harry, I have

:33:06.:33:13.

christened him Happy Harry, and he is with us in the studio, although

:33:14.:33:22.

without... Can you see yourself on Cooly? That is Serious Harry, which

:33:23.:33:28.

he weather just over ten seconds. Have you got your medal on? I

:33:29.:33:34.

haven't, the medal presentation isn't until tonight. Of course,

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silly me. Well done, congratulations. Thank you very

:33:39.:33:44.

much. I am kind of speechless for once. I am really happy, obviously.

:33:45.:33:49.

There were no Jamaicans there, no Caribbeans there, but it is a

:33:50.:33:55.

stepping stone. Is it a relief, the kind of reputation you took with you

:33:56.:34:00.

from juniors into the seniors, to get that medal and finally get it at

:34:01.:34:04.

senior level? Definitely, that is literally what I have been saying to

:34:05.:34:09.

everyone. My phone has been buzzing with people saying well done but it

:34:10.:34:12.

is a relief, to finally make that step. Obviously, as a junior, what I

:34:13.:34:21.

did have was, I was kind of an underdog and are used to get beaten

:34:22.:34:25.

a lot, and I was never the person to go and win and when I came out of

:34:26.:34:29.

juniors, everyone put that pressure on me to go out and perform and it

:34:30.:34:34.

took a while to adjust. It wasn't the most straightforward of races.

:34:35.:34:38.

We had the drama of the false start, and obviously, you would bear

:34:39.:34:42.

with big yellow card you were given. Did you know it was you? -- you were

:34:43.:34:49.

there. It was a good poker face. I felt myself twitch. I was fully

:34:50.:34:54.

aware of the ruled that is in place. The blocks were slightly... I felt

:34:55.:35:01.

my foot slightly slipped down and I try to catch myself. I knew about

:35:02.:35:05.

the rules, so I just said, get back to the line. You can't think about

:35:06.:35:09.

those sorts of things, you have to refocus and the aim of the game was

:35:10.:35:14.

to go out and try and perform. How difficult was it to refocus? Gaby

:35:15.:35:20.

mentioned all other things going on, people were not sure if they would

:35:21.:35:23.

get disqualified, the rain, the wind, how difficult was it get back

:35:24.:35:29.

with your mindset that was going to be needed? Colin, I can't tell you

:35:30.:35:34.

how difficult it was in the sense of, like you said, the time delays,

:35:35.:35:41.

obviously we have some sort of preparation to races, didn't know

:35:42.:35:44.

when to take them, see the physio, it was just that I have been in

:35:45.:35:53.

circumstances in championships before and tried to take all of the

:35:54.:35:56.

negatives that have happened to move forward. You have a lot of people

:35:57.:36:01.

backing you and I saw this as an opportunity and didn't want to let

:36:02.:36:05.

it go. He came off the back of success of relays the Commonwealth,

:36:06.:36:10.

great success of the back of a multi-event. How much did that help

:36:11.:36:16.

you or hinder you? Coming back of a huge championships? It is difficult,

:36:17.:36:23.

you are seeing athletes improve and some Decree 72 performance. It is

:36:24.:36:27.

hard to say. For myself, we try to freshen up firstly, and like you

:36:28.:36:32.

said, it is a multisport event than throughout the whole championship,

:36:33.:36:36.

it is something people do on day one, but coming down from the height

:36:37.:36:41.

of seeing someone like Adam do well and the Sprint girls do well, I just

:36:42.:36:46.

saw the Europeans as a way to put myself on that platform as well. And

:36:47.:36:50.

we were delighted coming you could feel the relief coming out of you. I

:36:51.:36:56.

am slightly more tame today, I apologise for my outburst yesterday.

:36:57.:37:01.

Just one of those things. Not at all, it is completely

:37:02.:37:04.

understandable. British sprinting is in a rich vein of form, the women

:37:05.:37:08.

are out on the track getting ready for the 200m semifinal, Ashley Smith

:37:09.:37:14.

going in that first one, and coming to the fore, proving it is something

:37:15.:37:28.

we are just imagining -- Asher-Smith. It is boding well. I

:37:29.:37:35.

think what we have found now is when you get really strong internal

:37:36.:37:39.

competition, it just drives the whole standard sky high, and this is

:37:40.:37:43.

what we are seeing now, all of these female sprinters they are under 25

:37:44.:37:48.

and will be around for two more cycles. They are doing incredibly

:37:49.:37:53.

well. I said to Ashley today, and she didn't thank me for it, I said I

:37:54.:37:57.

am so looking forward to the trials next year with you lot lining up and

:37:58.:38:03.

she said, there is a winter to do first! 18 years old, world junior

:38:04.:38:07.

champion, I think she gets her A-level results today. I don't think

:38:08.:38:15.

she has the grade yet, but I think she has found out she has got into

:38:16.:38:19.

Kings College, she is not even there to get her results, you rely on

:38:20.:38:25.

someone telling you. Remember, she was a fraction off Kathy Cook's

:38:26.:38:28.

junior medal and we know how well she did in the 200m. When we talk

:38:29.:38:35.

about the future, in this event, Asher-Smith has a choice. You must

:38:36.:38:38.

know what it is like inside the village. She is a formidable

:38:39.:38:45.

athlete. When you saw her last year in Moscow in the relay, you saw how

:38:46.:38:51.

well she embraced the opportunity, the stadium, just to be on that

:38:52.:38:56.

stage. She is such a bubbly character, you can't help but wonder

:38:57.:39:01.

to sister Hannah as such, but she takes care of herself, comes across

:39:02.:39:08.

as a positive person -- but want to sister her. This young lady has a

:39:09.:39:21.

final to qualified for the belated -- qualify for. Andrew Cotter will

:39:22.:39:26.

call this. Three semifinals in the women's

:39:27.:39:31.

200m, qualifying is a little bit snug, only to go through

:39:32.:39:34.

automatically. Kelly Proper goes through violent. Martina Amey

:39:35.:39:55.

Amidei. The Russians not overly powerful in this event. Dina

:39:56.:40:02.

Asher-Smith hasn't lost a race outdoors this season. She was beaten

:40:03.:40:17.

once in an indoor race. The champion in this event four years ago, Myriam

:40:18.:40:39.

Soumare. And a bit of noise for Leah sporange. -- Sprunger. Proper goes

:40:40.:40:56.

in lane eight. Looking at times as well, Dina Asher-Smith ran so

:40:57.:41:00.

quickly as an 18-year-old, 72.75 in her first heat. The track is quick,

:41:01.:41:07.

but temperatures have dropped over the last half an hour quite

:41:08.:41:12.

markedly. Sometimes, it is worth pointing out, as Steve was

:41:13.:41:16.

mentioning earlier, sometimes even though the earlier heats might be

:41:17.:41:20.

easier, the pressure is off, you are a bit more relaxed, it is not

:41:21.:41:24.

necessarily the case that the times get quicker as the rounds go on.

:41:25.:41:30.

Dina Asher-Smith goes in three, the time is irrelevant now,

:41:31.:41:31.

qualification is all-important. Held for a while, a little bit of

:41:32.:41:57.

noise in the stadium. Dina Asher-Smith exploding out of the

:41:58.:42:03.

blocks. Bounding around and up, and Myriam Soumare is level. Myriam

:42:04.:42:12.

Soumare coming through quickly, Dina Asher Smith a little bit down, but

:42:13.:42:14.

both of them come through comfortably, clear of the rest. A

:42:15.:42:20.

little bit of revenge for Myriam Soumare, smile and a handshake.

:42:21.:42:25.

Second-best of the 18-year-old in the first round, but Dina

:42:26.:42:32.

Asher-Smith second-best there. Myriam Soumare puts her hat in the

:42:33.:42:39.

ring as a strong contender. It was a great run from both of those girls

:42:40.:42:43.

and I am waiting to see what the time is. She has run a new personal

:42:44.:42:51.

best. 22 and that junior record of Kathy Cook has gone. Another one

:42:52.:43:00.

goes. Myriam Soumare was running very impressively and dragging Dina

:43:01.:43:04.

Asher-Smith with her. She did all of the work in the turn, so explosive

:43:05.:43:11.

out of the blocks and beautiful at this point.

:43:12.:43:13.

the work in the turn, so explosive out of the blocks and beautiful I am

:43:14.:43:15.

so impressed with this young lady. She is the real deal, I have to say.

:43:16.:43:20.

She is mentally tough, she knows what she has got to do and she has

:43:21.:43:25.

got such an amazing technique. I think it is brilliant that she has

:43:26.:43:29.

come into these championships fresh from the juniors and is able to

:43:30.:43:34.

deliver that kind of performance. It is another step and another

:43:35.:43:37.

achievement in her remarkable career. She has looked at the time,

:43:38.:43:41.

a personal best and a British junior record. Set in 1979 by Kathy Cook,

:43:42.:43:49.

when she was second in the world junior Games and Dina Asher-Smith

:43:50.:43:57.

has beaten that by some distance. Quite a day few and Andrew Cotter

:43:58.:44:00.

was just saying you have broken Kathy Cook's junior record that has

:44:01.:44:04.

stood since 1979, and by some distance. Yes, I am just really

:44:05.:44:11.

happy. I wanted to win the semi so I had a good lane, but 22.61, I will

:44:12.:44:17.

take that, I am really happy. Today has been a huge day, A-level

:44:18.:44:21.

results, getting into Kings College, London, and then here,

:44:22.:44:26.

doing this twice in one day. Yes, it has been one of those real days. I

:44:27.:44:30.

couldn't as good to be any better and now I can go home and let it

:44:31.:44:36.

sink in, text my friends and find out where they got into and then

:44:37.:44:40.

just relax tomorrow, I made the final! And is the fact that it is so

:44:41.:44:45.

new to you on a senior level and you achieve your goal at the Junior

:44:46.:44:48.

Championships, are you running with a sense of freedom? Definitely, I am

:44:49.:44:53.

not very nervous because I am a junior in a senior competition, I am

:44:54.:44:57.

going to do my best and if it isn't good enough, I tried. Your best was

:44:58.:45:01.

fantastic today in more ways than one, congratulations.

:45:02.:45:07.

A fantastic run and a fantastic personality and what an achievement

:45:08.:45:10.

for Dina Asher-Smith. A list of great achievements already, 18 years

:45:11.:45:13.

old. Personal best, UK junior record.

:45:14.:45:28.

Wasn't it wonderful, we had the excitement of Jo Pavey, a

:45:29.:45:35.

40-year-old mother of two, on the other hand we have Gina Asha Smith,

:45:36.:45:42.

a junior competing at senior level. You can appreciate the pressure she

:45:43.:45:51.

is under. To have such maturity. You just have too applaud her. She still

:45:52.:45:58.

has a final. She has come through to each round with a target, which I

:45:59.:46:08.

feel is important. She gets the new British junior record. To have stood

:46:09.:46:13.

for such a young time, it has taken a special athlete who has a big

:46:14.:46:23.

future aired of her. I loved her interview, she was so excited but

:46:24.:46:28.

she has also isolated what she can do in the final. I am hoping that

:46:29.:46:32.

she can go even quicker in the final. She was in the world Junior

:46:33.:46:37.

Championships but not in the Commonwealth Games. Bianca Williams

:46:38.:46:44.

was, she got onto the podium with a bronze medal. Give as an insight

:46:45.:46:49.

into her character. She is a lovely person.

:46:50.:46:50.

into her character. She is a lovely Nobody knows much about her, she

:46:51.:46:55.

goes about her business quietly but you can always chat with her. She is

:46:56.:47:00.

quite motivated, which I like. She has been in the shadows of Jodi and

:47:01.:47:05.

Ashley that she has said that she really wants to go out there and put

:47:06.:47:11.

her name out there. She always comes out with some pretty tape out on her

:47:12.:47:17.

but she always performs well. It is on the abdomen tonight, let's hope

:47:18.:47:21.

she can perform well. Over to Steve Cram.

:47:22.:47:27.

If you accept that Dafne Schippers is the gold medal favourites, she

:47:28.:47:35.

has to be running very well. Burning in Lane 5. She looked very good in

:47:36.:47:39.

qualification. Gold medallist in the 100 metres. A huge cheer for Mujinga

:47:40.:47:51.

Kambundji. She is getting lots of support. Natalya Pohrebnyak, the

:47:52.:48:06.

experienced Ukrainian outside her. Then Caravelli of Italy. Bianca

:48:07.:48:12.

Williams has had one or two niggling problems going into this. We can see

:48:13.:48:21.

blue tape on her tummy but a little bit of strapping around the top of

:48:22.:48:27.

her leg. Let's not write off the athletes inside her. Yvette Lalova,

:48:28.:48:36.

European Championships 2012. And Veit of Slovenia and Ograzeanu of

:48:37.:48:46.

Romania. Hopefully Bianca Williams will not have to worry about the

:48:47.:48:49.

time but she will have to go some here. Bianca got out pretty well.

:48:50.:49:00.

Inside her, if that Lalova got a very good side. Bianca Williams is

:49:01.:49:09.

being left here. Dafne Schippers is coming away with it. Kambundji being

:49:10.:49:17.

cheered on by this huge crowd. Williams just gets up to second

:49:18.:49:24.

after Dafne Schippers. 22.48, the winning time. No doubt about her

:49:25.:49:27.

credentials as a gold-medal favourite. We were worried about

:49:28.:49:33.

Bianca Williams. That is exactly what Kambundji did in the 200. But

:49:34.:49:38.

her best event but she gets out quickly and runs a good end. She

:49:39.:49:44.

always favours the last 50. Bianca Williams did not panic and she

:49:45.:49:51.

finished strongly. I was not at sure that she got out as well as we

:49:52.:49:57.

expected. Maybe she has a few problems. That is why it is so

:49:58.:50:01.

important for her to psych herself up for the race. She did not panic,

:50:02.:50:05.

she trusts her technique, that fluid action and she makes that second

:50:06.:50:12.

qualifying spot by right. Look at Dafne Schippers. What a wonderful

:50:13.:50:16.

athlete she is. She is a great heptathlete. Really showing her

:50:17.:50:22.

class in the sprinting. Already the champion of the 100 metres. On that

:50:23.:50:26.

form, she could really do damage in the 200. A tentative drive out of

:50:27.:50:40.

the blocks. She is a lovely looking runner and when she gets flowing,

:50:41.:50:45.

when she is going well, she has obviously got in Jones, talking her

:50:46.:50:50.

up for the 400 eventually. The time just inside 22 seconds. --

:50:51.:51:04.

endurance. Another tremendous performance. You have got a lot of

:51:05.:51:07.

running in your legs over the last few weeks and you came through so

:51:08.:51:13.

strong. I had to. I didn't get a good start. I didn't drive. I came

:51:14.:51:19.

off the bend and I thought, OK, time to push. My body is tired. The first

:51:20.:51:28.

time ever I have managed to do seven, I don't know how many times I

:51:29.:51:31.

ran at the Commonwealth Games, enough. To be in the final, I am

:51:32.:51:42.

happy. I am tired. But, yes, I know what I am expecting from the final

:51:43.:51:46.

but I want to do my best. Do better than I did today and anything can

:51:47.:51:52.

happen. Will you go back and go through the drive phase at the

:51:53.:51:58.

start? Yes. I think I was so relaxed. I need to be more

:51:59.:52:04.

aggressive. Have a go get it attitude. I know I can do that. I am

:52:05.:52:10.

a championship performer. This is new to me. Still being here,

:52:11.:52:21.

running, after so many back-to-back. My body is not used to it. Does that

:52:22.:52:26.

make sense? If it doesn't come tomorrow, it doesn't come. Like I

:52:27.:52:30.

said, I have enjoyed what I have done so far and I am proud. I and my

:52:31.:52:38.

season with a personal best. You never know what is going to happen

:52:39.:52:42.

tomorrow or the next day. Or next year. I have enjoyed it while I can.

:52:43.:52:49.

Two medals at the Commonwealth, another final and this is just the

:52:50.:52:53.

start for you. Keep it going. All the best for you for the final.

:52:54.:53:00.

Let's not forget that she is only 20. Trying to analyse her

:53:01.:53:04.

performance. She should be very happy that she has got through to

:53:05.:53:07.

the final when perhaps she is not feeling 100%. I am upset that she is

:53:08.:53:15.

being so hard on herself. She has had such a great season. She did

:53:16.:53:20.

brilliantly at the Commonwealth Games. Maybe she is trying to lower

:53:21.:53:25.

her expectations. Clearly, she is struggling with her physique.

:53:26.:53:33.

Another record at national level for Kambundji and at the moment she is

:53:34.:53:35.

one of the fastest losers. Michael Johnson would say that he is

:53:36.:53:50.

delighted that she is being hard on herself. It is all about learning to

:53:51.:53:57.

manage yourself. From the elation of a successful Commonwealth Games and

:53:58.:54:00.

then going to race again. We are looking at Jodie Williams who had a

:54:01.:54:04.

sensational Commonwealth Games, picking up that medal. She crossed

:54:05.:54:13.

the line, I am second, I have won a silver medal. Once again, she has

:54:14.:54:16.

the chance of doing something special. Andrew Cotter is your

:54:17.:54:19.

commentator. COMMENTATOR: Samuel goes outside

:54:20.:54:34.

Jodie Williams. They might be the two favoured for the automatic

:54:35.:54:38.

positions. Samuel was very disappointed in the 100 which is

:54:39.:54:43.

normally her stronger event. Eklund was the world youth champion last

:54:44.:54:49.

year. On the outside, Sirigu 's of Italy. -- Siragusa. Kambundji is

:54:50.:55:08.

still there as fastest loser. Latvala of Finland hanging in. You

:55:09.:55:13.

would not expect Jodie Williams to need that. You are looking to win

:55:14.:55:17.

your heat to get a good blame for the final. Then it goes down to the

:55:18.:55:24.

times. Papaioannou of Cyprus in line one. Jodie Williams goes on fire.

:55:25.:55:33.

Samuel of the Netherlands in six. Sirigu is of Italy in 98. The last

:55:34.:55:41.

of the semifinals of the women's 200 metres. The final taking place

:55:42.:55:54.

tomorrow. Inside Williams, Strohova the Ukrainian is going well.

:55:55.:56:03.

Williams looking comfortable. 22.90, easing down again and plenty to

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spare for Jodie Williams. Consummate ease. Samuel was in there as well.

:56:07.:56:15.

Eklund was finishing quickly. I think the faster times might come

:56:16.:56:20.

from the previous seat. First place, no trouble at all. Our new just

:56:21.:56:24.

loving watching our British no trouble at all. Our new just

:56:25.:56:25.

loving watching our winning run well.

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no trouble at all. Our new just loving watching our winning run --

:56:29.:56:36.

British women. Jodie is only 20 years of age but she is running like

:56:37.:56:41.

a champion. The work that she has done over the 400, she has done the

:56:42.:56:46.

four x four couple of times. Her coach has increased that speed and

:56:47.:56:57.

endurance for her and it has come to pay in these championships. It is so

:56:58.:57:05.

effortless. It is easy. 200 metre runners do not look like they are

:57:06.:57:08.

struggling towards the end but she is floating along. She has come into

:57:09.:57:15.

a whole different stratosphere with her sprinting. She was a great

:57:16.:57:19.

junior but I think she is better. She is stronger and more focused.

:57:20.:57:24.

She is confident and that is translating into her work. I am

:57:25.:57:29.

delighted that an athlete like this is showing what we all saw in her.

:57:30.:57:37.

It is brilliant to watch. Dafne Schippers, Myriam Soumare and the

:57:38.:57:41.

British athletes will be strong contenders but Jodie Williams though

:57:42.:57:43.

she is contending for a medal through to the final. You made it

:57:44.:57:52.

look effortless. I just did as much as I needed to do. It was about

:57:53.:57:59.

conserving as much energy. I felt comfortable. I really like the

:58:00.:58:04.

track. You looked like you were jogging for the last 50 metres. It

:58:05.:58:09.

bodes well for the final when you are up against somebody like Dafne

:58:10.:58:13.

Schippers who is already a gold medallist in the 100 metres. She is

:58:14.:58:19.

an amazing athlete. You cannot put anyone on a pedestal. I will be on

:58:20.:58:23.

the line wanting to win and I will give it my best shot. We have got

:58:24.:58:30.

three Britons in the final. It is amazing. Bianca gave me a fright but

:58:31.:58:33.

she pushed through and qualified easily in the end. Can't complain as

:58:34.:58:39.

well. You are keeping us going. Well done. Confirmation of those going

:58:40.:58:50.

through. It is going to be a cracking final.

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You have the three British athletes and you have Dafne Schippers,

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Soumare, and Swiss interest with Kambundji. We cannot wait for that.

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STUDIO: Indeed we cannot. We happy about that, but you are going to

:59:20.:59:32.

moan. I always have a little moan. Jodie, fantastic, as we know. If we

:59:33.:59:43.

can see her coming up the blocks, I would like to see her drive out of

:59:44.:59:48.

the blocks. She is gentle out of the blocks to get into a wonderful

:59:49.:59:52.

running pattern. If she is going to take on the top athletes, she needs

:59:53.:00:01.

to step on them earlier. Can you see, when you think you are doing

:00:02.:00:08.

OK, he is pushing for more. Being aggressive in the sense of setting

:00:09.:00:13.

up a 200 metres race, when you are looking at world-class athletes, you

:00:14.:00:18.

can see Jodie, she is not tentative, but she has a fluent

:00:19.:00:22.

rhythm when she runs and get straight into it. You would want to

:00:23.:00:27.

see her accelerate harder. We like to be more aggressive when it comes

:00:28.:00:34.

to driving. A little bit gentle. She is 20. When she gets more powerful

:00:35.:00:38.

and works on the turn in and around the event, she will study. I know

:00:39.:00:45.

she studies her rivals. She will look at Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and

:00:46.:00:49.

think, she works hard for the first 25 metres, I am going to put that in

:00:50.:00:55.

place. As she gets older, no doubt she will nail that. 19 years old,

:00:56.:01:00.

you think, she is great, she is at a good level, how will she gets

:01:01.:01:05.

through the Jamaican and American sprinters and Allyson Felix, who she

:01:06.:01:06.

admires. She will look at all the areas with

:01:07.:01:16.

her coach and take advice but she will also get stronger and develop

:01:17.:01:20.

as an athlete. The winter work, weight training, she will build up

:01:21.:01:28.

more power. That will come. There is definitely improvement to come. And

:01:29.:01:34.

Dean Asha Smith, 18 years old, you are dealing with raw talent. She is

:01:35.:01:44.

something else. She was the complete opposite to Jodie, powering around

:01:45.:01:49.

the bend. Putting herself in a good position. Chasing all the way to the

:01:50.:01:53.

line. Her attitude is positive. That will be key, Paula? She has a

:01:54.:02:01.

perfect attitude, she is not intimidated. She thinks, I am 18, I

:02:02.:02:05.

will get out there, there is no pressure and I will see what I can

:02:06.:02:10.

do and I will do my best. You cannot ask for a better attitude. They will

:02:11.:02:19.

be hunting a gold-medal tomorrow. Last night, Tiffany Porter, adding

:02:20.:02:25.

to her bronze and silver medals when she finished top of the not.

:02:26.:02:30.

-- the lot. The final of the women's 100 metres hurdles.

:02:31.:02:53.

Tiffany Porter for the gold medal, just ahead of Cindy Milord. It is

:02:54.:03:06.

gold -- Cindy Billaud. She is the European champion.

:03:07.:03:17.

She was delighted. Steve Cram is the commentator for this.

:03:18.:03:23.

Steve Cram: Lord Coe will be presenting the medals. A British

:03:24.:03:33.

gold medal, fantastic. Just as long as they do not ask technical

:03:34.:03:45.

questions. Andrew. I wonder if Lord Coe will spring up onto the podium,

:03:46.:03:52.

as we saw last night. No, just an elegant leg up. Thrilled to receive

:03:53.:04:00.

from one of the greatest athletes of all time.

:04:01.:04:09.

Cindy Billaud knew she would have to be at her best. She was pleased.

:04:10.:04:20.

There were tears afterwards, they were tears of joy, because she was

:04:21.:04:27.

delighted to have this medal. It is a great achievement in itself. She

:04:28.:04:31.

was always a little bit behind this woman.

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Tiffany Porter. Never has Britain won a medal in this event over the

:04:38.:04:46.

years in the European Championships. When they win the first, it is gold,

:04:47.:04:48.

from Tiffany Porter. There has been so much success from

:04:49.:05:04.

British athletes. And once again, the national anthem will be heard.

:05:05.:05:17.

Gold comes to Tiffany Porter at the European Championships.

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A delighted Tiffany Porter. An example, Colin, someone who has

:06:16.:06:23.

built up championship experience and to this moment, from the bronze and

:06:24.:06:29.

silver to the gold. It is sometimes difficult to take that big step and

:06:30.:06:36.

become a winner. She has never -- she was never going to be satisfied

:06:37.:06:40.

with bronze and silver. She knows she has the big performances in her.

:06:41.:06:45.

I think this is the starting point to carry on her career. I am looking

:06:46.:06:52.

for her to take back the British record. 2012, Jessica Ennis-Hill,

:06:53.:06:57.

she took her British record in the heptathlon. Get that back first and

:06:58.:07:03.

then we will see her again going back on the world fields. Amongst

:07:04.:07:09.

the very best next year in Beijing. We can get out back in the field.

:07:10.:07:14.

Now the men's javelin qualification. This is a look back at the best

:07:15.:07:27.

throw in the qualification. The bronze-medallist from 2012. His best

:07:28.:07:39.

launch, 83 metres, 76. Only three medals for Finland in 2012. The home

:07:40.:07:48.

of javelin throwing has two athletes in the final. Look at this. Popping

:07:49.:07:59.

down the right side, the right sector. And that is about 75 metres.

:08:00.:08:13.

It was a no throw. Three for the 84 metres man. Laurel and Hardy. They

:08:14.:08:26.

were the officials today! 800 grams of metal, it comes in with force. 70

:08:27.:08:38.

mph. It is a dangerous weapon. ANDREW COTTER: We need King Arthur

:08:39.:08:50.

to appear! Just four athletes, surprisingly, went over the auto

:08:51.:09:02.

qualification. 78 metres to make a javelin final. Anyone out there in

:09:03.:09:07.

Britain, come and have a go. We need more, nobody from Britain in the

:09:08.:09:11.

javelin final. Goldie Sayers later this evening.

:09:12.:09:17.

It is a great shame, such Heritage Britain had in the javelin and the

:09:18.:09:24.

men, certainly now, nobody coming through. 1984, Dave Otley won his

:09:25.:09:33.

medal. We need some of the heavy boys to come in. They are going into

:09:34.:09:41.

rugby. We need them back. We are building up to the men's 200 metres

:09:42.:09:48.

semifinal, coming up in a moment. Too far for you. Just slightly! I am

:09:49.:10:01.

asthmatic. I am asthmatic. As soon as you said that you knew you were

:10:02.:10:06.

in trouble. Some excuses I have heard. Paula, people have been

:10:07.:10:14.

sending their questions. Not all of them athletics related. Wanting to

:10:15.:10:17.

know why you are wearing a silk dress with their arms, and Colin is

:10:18.:10:25.

wearing a scarf. We could admit we have secret weapons. We have

:10:26.:10:29.

blankets underneath. But how cold is it? It is very cold. It looks like a

:10:30.:10:37.

pleasant evening, but it is really cold. It is nothing on last night.

:10:38.:10:46.

There is no wind at the moment. The first of the 200 metres semifinals.

:10:47.:10:50.

James Ellington of Great Britain is getting himself ready. And Lemaitre,

:10:51.:10:55.

the silver-medallist from last night. James is a great friend of

:10:56.:11:04.

mine. I trained with him. His work ethic is amazing. It comes from

:11:05.:11:08.

South London and has the background of wanting to run well and win every

:11:09.:11:13.

race he can. He has been so consistent in the event. It is

:11:14.:11:17.

taking that next step stop he is still learning the event and

:11:18.:11:21.

questions how to run it sometimes. You see him coming off the bend

:11:22.:11:26.

ahead of everyone and fading. It would be nice to see him take the

:11:27.:11:34.

step into the 20.03. He has never made a major final. This would be an

:11:35.:11:38.

important step. Steve Cram is your commentator.

:11:39.:11:45.

The difference from the women, in the sense there are only two

:11:46.:11:52.

semifinals because there were fewer entrants in the men's. The rules are

:11:53.:11:58.

with only 32 entrants we have two semifinals. In some respects, it

:11:59.:12:03.

could be viewed as easier. The top three go through and the two fastest

:12:04.:12:08.

losers. It means you might get a couple of good people in your

:12:09.:12:12.

semifinal and one of them is in this final, Lemaitre. This is good James

:12:13.:12:15.

Ellington to be in. Alex Wilson ran well in

:12:16.:12:40.

qualification this morning. The chairman ran 20.46 this year. One or

:12:41.:12:47.

two of the German sprinters came here with good times.

:12:48.:12:58.

Serhiy Smelyk won his heat in an impressive time. He has been in good

:12:59.:13:10.

form, a new Ukrainian record. Ramil Guliyev, some people look older than

:13:11.:13:18.

their age. He is 24. I give him ten years! This young man, he looks like

:13:19.:13:26.

a little boy, Christophe Lemaitre. He came to prominence in 2008,

:13:27.:13:32.

winning the World Junior Championship 's. The 200 metres has

:13:33.:13:37.

always been his best event, and a former European champion. James

:13:38.:13:42.

Ellington, with a chance to get himself into the final, a very good

:13:43.:13:50.

chance. The Italian made the final two years ago. Then, Alex Wilson,

:13:51.:13:56.

born in Jamaica, he has been here about ten years now.

:13:57.:14:06.

That says Alex. They have been very good at the coordination of the

:14:07.:14:21.

fans' corner. The top three. It is getting colder in the stadium, there

:14:22.:14:27.

is no wind to speak of. The 110 hurdles final is some way distant

:14:28.:14:33.

still, the temperature will continue to drop, I am sure. No blankets for

:14:34.:14:44.

the athlete! James Ellington aware of Christophe Lemaitre on his

:14:45.:14:47.

inside, in Lane 5. James Ellington gets out really

:14:48.:15:03.

well, and ten macro. A pretty even break.

:15:04.:15:11.

Ramil Guliyev going well. James Ellington starting to fade.

:15:12.:15:22.

Christophe Lemaitre, Serhiy Smelyk, and then type on the line for third

:15:23.:15:27.

and fourth and fifth place. Fit for James Ellington. I am not sure that

:15:28.:15:36.

was a good enough run for him. I am not sure, Denise, I thought he ran a

:15:37.:15:40.

decent bend and put himself into a good position, he was in the race,

:15:41.:15:46.

and in the home straight, the transition was not especially good,

:15:47.:15:50.

and he was behind. I thought he ran a superb end, we see him in the

:15:51.:15:56.

relay running the third leg, he dealt with it tremendously. We

:15:57.:16:02.

thought, just stay relaxed, you have got Christophe Lemaitre on your

:16:03.:16:05.

shoulder, stay with him. But he seemed to go backwards.

:16:06.:16:09.

Unfortunately, that is the weakest part of his race. We heard from

:16:10.:16:15.

Harry that he trains hard, he is working hard. I believe he can run

:16:16.:16:21.

20.2. But it is just not happening when he needs it. What might have

:16:22.:16:32.

fazed him, he gets out well, he runs his good bend, but there are men in

:16:33.:16:36.

this race who have upped their game. The four men ahead of him have run

:16:37.:16:43.

faster than he has ever run. Three of them have run personal best. That

:16:44.:16:48.

is what you expect at Championships, the times on paper do not mean a

:16:49.:16:56.

thing. He knows that he had to run, and you see his face, he is so

:16:57.:16:58.

annoyed, he knows he had a chance. What is the overriding emotion?

:16:59.:17:10.

Disappointed. It has been a weird season, I started really quick. I do

:17:11.:17:16.

not seem to have got into my flow, too many races at the beginning,

:17:17.:17:22.

maybe. This is only my second professional year, so it is

:17:23.:17:24.

something I will take into next year. In terms of the race, I put

:17:25.:17:29.

myself in a good position, but I lost it, because I dropped my hips

:17:30.:17:36.

and tightened up. If I had carried on, I could have been in a better

:17:37.:17:40.

position. We are used to seeing give Andy Bender so well. I do not have a

:17:41.:17:47.

problem with the bend, I was trying to hold back, because I know I can

:17:48.:17:53.

run fast. I wish I had pushed on a bit more. Give me a bend, I will

:17:54.:17:58.

murder it everyday. I have to kill the relay now.

:17:59.:18:02.

He is not out yet. The Italian had a big personal best. All three men

:18:03.:18:22.

producing something special. At the moment, James Ellington is still

:18:23.:18:26.

in, but the second semifinal to come.

:18:27.:18:31.

Danny Talbot and Adam Gemili in the next semifinal, a silver medal in

:18:32.:18:38.

the Commonwealth Games, beating two Jamaicans in the process. Harry,

:18:39.:18:42.

that has two du jour confidence the world of good, when you can mix it

:18:43.:18:47.

with the Jamaicans. 100%, when you think about where Jamaican sprinting

:18:48.:18:53.

is at the moment, he was sandwiched between two great sprinters, coming

:18:54.:18:59.

off the back of that, that is one box ticked. He got his first senior

:19:00.:19:03.

individual medal, and this is his better event. He has got to be full

:19:04.:19:08.

of confidence. He did not double up in either competition. Is that down

:19:09.:19:17.

to trying to get the experience? Part of it is because he loves both

:19:18.:19:23.

events. You want to give your all in each event and make sure that you

:19:24.:19:28.

execute each race well. The 200 takes a lot out of you, so he is

:19:29.:19:33.

thinking tactically. Danny Talbot was a bronze medallist in 2012 in

:19:34.:19:38.

the 200 metres. He will be looking to secure his convocation, Colin, to

:19:39.:19:46.

the final. -- his qualification. When you are already a bronze

:19:47.:19:50.

medallist, you want to keep the position, you want everybody to

:19:51.:19:54.

know, this is how good I am, and he wants to keep demonstrating it. But

:19:55.:19:58.

he is gaining experience all the time. To be in this competition is

:19:59.:20:04.

always good, getting the experience, and hopefully delivering medals.

:20:05.:20:06.

Andrew Cotter. Yes, look out for the man you just

:20:07.:20:15.

got a glint of, the Italian, who ran a personal best in the heats. Here

:20:16.:20:25.

is the grin again. It is what he does. You cannot force him into a

:20:26.:20:32.

personality. He smiles then he runs very quickly, that is what he does.

:20:33.:20:37.

It was the 100 at the Commonwealth Games, but this is the event where

:20:38.:20:40.

he impressed in Moscow, going below 20. This is the defending European

:20:41.:20:47.

champion, we talked about Danny Talbot's Montmelo, Churandy Martina

:20:48.:20:52.

won the gold medal, but he is not in form at the moment. We saw Adam

:20:53.:21:01.

Gemili in Lane 6, Danny Talbot in Lane 3. A higher quality field and

:21:02.:21:07.

it was two years ago in Helsinki, he knows that. He is confident in every

:21:08.:21:16.

race. Adam Gemili is still such a youthful talent, still just 20. We

:21:17.:21:24.

also have Karol Zalewski in Lane 1, he beat the Brits to win the under

:21:25.:21:29.

23 title last year. He faded a bit in his heat. Alex-Platini Menga in

:21:30.:21:37.

Lane 2. We are just waiting for the portal, which is taking place, a big

:21:38.:21:40.

groan, it did not go well. The top three go through

:21:41.:22:04.

automatically. James Allington still hanging in there. The two fastest

:22:05.:22:10.

losers go through to tomorrow's final. Away cleanly. A very good

:22:11.:22:21.

start from Danny Talbot. Adam Gemili sneaking past Churandy Martina. He

:22:22.:22:24.

is running well. He eases down. Churandy Martina was

:22:25.:22:39.

involved in a tussle with the Greek athlete for the second place. Adam

:22:40.:22:44.

Gemili knew he had the pace, he could look around. That was a very

:22:45.:22:53.

good run. Who are we to criticise an athlete who clearly is in supreme

:22:54.:22:58.

form? Did you see his face? The look that he showed in the hate, almost

:22:59.:23:01.

disbelief that he is running so quickly and able to shut it down. It

:23:02.:23:11.

is supreme running. If you look at him out of the box, he is up on

:23:12.:23:17.

Churandy Martina very quickly. Danny Talbot also running a fantastic

:23:18.:23:23.

bend. It is at this point, the transition, he is relaxed, he is

:23:24.:23:28.

into his running, he is aware of everybody around him, and he shut it

:23:29.:23:33.

down, a great piece of sprinting. The other athlete to watch, Karol

:23:34.:23:38.

Zalewski, he is threatening the time of James Ellington. Adam Gemili,

:23:39.:23:46.

left, right, he has a look at Churandy Martina and the Greek

:23:47.:23:52.

athlete. He was out so quickly, he did the damage over the first 100.

:23:53.:23:58.

He is still learning how to run 200. He has not competed much this

:23:59.:24:04.

season. But he seems to be displaying such confidence. And such

:24:05.:24:11.

conditions, he is looking great. The head-to-head between him and

:24:12.:24:13.

Christophe Lemaitre is going to be great. It was great from Adam

:24:14.:24:16.

Gemili, is appointing from Danny Talbot. -- disappointing.

:24:17.:24:23.

What did not work for you? It was not a great race. I do not like to

:24:24.:24:34.

make excuses. I came back from the Commonwealth Games, I have not been

:24:35.:24:37.

able to train, I have picked up an illness, and it has taken it out of

:24:38.:24:46.

me. I am clearly not in the shape I was in two weeks ago. Something like

:24:47.:24:52.

that happens, it is an occupational hazard, you are walking the fine

:24:53.:24:55.

line between fitness and health. Exactly. It is disappointing it has

:24:56.:25:03.

come at the main time of year. At the beginning of the season, it went

:25:04.:25:06.

well, winning the British Championships. The Commonwealth

:25:07.:25:13.

Games was solid. I was hoping to come here and push on, but it was

:25:14.:25:18.

not meant to be. I will have to go back to my coach and see what I can

:25:19.:25:20.

do. He is not going to be there, Adam

:25:21.:25:29.

Gemili is through. James Allington may be there. Karol Zalewski got the

:25:30.:25:39.

same time as James Allington, so it will go down two thousandths of a

:25:40.:25:45.

Senate -- it will go down to thousands of a second, as it did for

:25:46.:25:53.

Asha Philip. But Adam Gemili is safely through. And with the

:25:54.:25:57.

quickest time, head of Christophe Lemaitre.

:25:58.:26:00.

They will keep everything crossed for James Ellington, it has not gone

:26:01.:26:08.

our way when it comes to thousandths of a second. Have you been teaching

:26:09.:26:09.

him the our way when it comes to thousandths

:26:10.:26:12.

of a second. Have head shake? I do not know where he has picked that up

:26:13.:26:21.

from! That was an unbelievable start and bend. It was a wonderful bend.

:26:22.:26:26.

He wanted to be dominant from the beginning. If you run a really

:26:27.:26:31.

good, strong, accurate bend, you can relax on the home straight. He was

:26:32.:26:36.

powerful, strong, aggressive, he did not push. He lifted up his knees, he

:26:37.:26:42.

pulled himself away from the rest of the field, and then he relaxed

:26:43.:26:46.

beautifully. There is not an ounce of tension on his face, he enjoyed

:26:47.:26:57.

that. He is so relaxed. Not only signing autographs, but also

:26:58.:27:06.

pictures. Fantastic. They talk about the race between him and Christophe

:27:07.:27:12.

Lemaitre. It is in and's favour because Lemaitre is not running good

:27:13.:27:19.

bends. He has come off the back of going some 20 other World

:27:20.:27:21.

Championships and a silver medal at the, what games. He is talking to

:27:22.:27:23.

Phil Jones. Danny has gone out, you are in rude

:27:24.:27:36.

health, he was not well. Are you surprised how fast you were? It

:27:37.:27:42.

takes you by surprise how quickly you are running. It is a very good

:27:43.:27:49.

track. I said this morning, it is about saving energy. I slowed down a

:27:50.:27:54.

bit and hopefully I have more to show. I am in the final, so I am

:27:55.:28:00.

pleased. How accustomed are YouTube this occasion, bearing in mind

:28:01.:28:03.

recent experiences, and being a contender? It is a great feeling. I

:28:04.:28:12.

have this conversation with Chris Thomas and Andy Turner. Chris Thomas

:28:13.:28:24.

thought I was 23. The more I can do hopefully I can content for a medal.

:28:25.:28:35.

Everybody in the final will be a competitor and a contender, they can

:28:36.:28:39.

raise their game. With the quickest qualifying, but I am under no

:28:40.:28:45.

illusion it is Lemaitre. I will run my hardest and whatever position I

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get to, hopefully everybody will be entertained and happy. Adam Gemili.

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You were a junior, setting the world alight, he was trying to be a

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professional footballer at that stage and only recently applying

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himself to athletics. Athletics crosses borders in how many sports

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it dips into. Genetics plays a part. If you are athletic, you can trade

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in different ways. Footballers, the mileage they do in a match, that

:29:21.:29:28.

represents capacity. They can do 800, 1500 metres. Adam has had the

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speed and to see him put them together, you saw his qualities as a

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junior. He did a 200 metres race, running sub 21. You could see he had

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potential. It is great to see. He said it is harder being an athlete

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than playing football. If you have been inspired by Adam, or you want

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to respond to the call to arms get yourself the javelin, go to the BBC

:29:57.:30:00.

website. There are links to clubs all over the country. And other

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sports. You have a medal ceremony coming up and we will let you go.

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One quick question. Now you have this medal, is it going sub ten? To

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be competitive again, looking towards Rio, the world stage, you

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have to target those times. When I look at my race, it is not perfect.

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There are things I can work on. A lot of it is believing myself. I

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rush my drive phase and have a mad surge towards the end. When you talk

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about sub ten, would I love to win the Olympics running 10.01? Yes. Sub

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ten would be nice, but it will come at the right place. Thanks for

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giving us an insight into the 200 metres runners. We can get back out

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in the field. 24 Steve Backley to fill you in on.

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The German under pressure. Third and final attempt going clear. 4.55. The

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next height is that was a good clearance. OK, triple jump. Aleksey

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Fyodorov, he is the leader so far. That was big. That was very big for

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the French man in this opening rounds. 27 years of age in a

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lifetime best of 17 metres, 31 from 2011. Has jumped over 70 metres this

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year. That looks like it might have taken the lead ahead of Aleksey

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Fyodorov. Only four athletes in the competition have gone beyond 70

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metres. Triple jump is waiting for somebody to take a stranglehold of

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it. Benjamin Compaore, six at the London Olympics. That is big.

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A busy night. But we will take a moment to visit another Euro star. I

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think you will enjoy this. Do these powering her way through. This is

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not a bad start. It will be close at the finish. She is in fifth. It is a

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good run. Oh, yes. Equalling her best jump this year and it has come

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at the right time. Gets across the circle quickly. That is a fantastic

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start for Denise Lewis. The run-up was very close. Is it a red flag?

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The judges having a look, it is white. Fantastic. And here comes the

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new champion. Denise Lewis has done it. She has not smiled very much in

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the last two days. It has been tough. But look at this. Thank you

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very much, she says. Happy days. Those were the glorious

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days. She looks just about the same, as well, but for a different

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hairstyle. Did you enjoy those 200 metres? I did. I have my fingers

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crossed James Ellington has got through. I am looking to the board

:34:27.:34:32.

to see if anything pops up. We will let you know as soon as it does. It

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will come down two thousandths of a second. It is very cruel. Paula said

:34:37.:34:44.

they have nine lanes, they could use them. But they are insistent they

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are sticking to the eight. We will let you know as soon as we know. In

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ten minutes, the 3000 metres steeplechase. We are going to the

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field for a round-up. This is the Belgian. In the high

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jump. The second of two events in the heptathlon. Going way clear.

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1.97, equalling the best ever jumped in the heptathlon. Another Belgian

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who went on to become Olympic champion. At 19 years of age, with a

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respectable hurdles behind her. I think we can confirm the points.

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This is the next event. 13 metres and 69 centimetres. And that was a

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lifetime best. 13.69. The third event of the seven. Only the 200

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metres to come in day one of the heptathlon. Thiam, after that

:36:47.:36:55.

incredible performers in the high jump, 1.97. That is world-class. She

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is a decent shot-putter. Was not able to get out that far in this

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third event of the heptathlon. 40 metres, 29. -- 14 metres, 29.

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It was enough to put her in the lead. The same three, but a slight

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change in the order of the top two. STUDIO: Great Britain have

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world-class athletes not here, including Morgan Lake, who has

:37:50.:37:54.

chosen the Junior World Championships. How would they fit

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into this field? This is as good as you are going to get. Katarina is

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not here but she would have dealt with this brilliant leave. Thiam,

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from Belgium, she is very strong, and she was leading in that

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competition before the 200 metres. Nadine Broersen, very strong. Do not

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write off the French athlete. She has a huge javelin, and that can put

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her up the leaderboard. Colin had a technical question. It was about the

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process of the heptathlon. It is picking and choosing when you quit.

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In the high jump, 1.97, Thiam. Why would you try to go higher when you

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have so many events left? You try to play to your strengths in heptathlon

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and she is a brilliant high jumper, competing in the European indoors

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for that event alone. It scores points and you can do a lot of

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damage already in the first two events. And then everybody is

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chasing you. 1.97 is huge, but she has other good events. It is

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tactics. You never have to think about that getting over those

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hurdles. I never did. Goldie Sayers, the captain, she is getting ready

:39:35.:39:38.

for the javelin competition. That takes us to the next Euro star.

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That was a good throw. The javelin is sailing. Over 85 metres. The

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pressure was off, Steve Backley knew he had won, and he finishes the

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competition off in style. This looks good. My goodness, it is.

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Over 85 meetings. 85.20. Steve Backley is back in business. -- 85

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metres. It is a massive row! A whisker short of the 90 metres

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mark. A massive psychological blow to the rest. Steve Backley. We have

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called him a legend and he is in the world of javelin throwing and one of

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Great Britain's best ever athletes. Over 12 years he has rules javelin

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throwing in Europe. You did not think we would let you

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get away with it, did you, Steve? I enjoyed that, thank you. Four

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European titles, that is some going. It was the day before Colin Jackson

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got his. That made it even more special. Tonight, Captain Goldie

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Sayers, captain of the Great Britain team, has a chance to turn her

:41:22.:41:24.

inspirational words into actions. What is the strength in the women's

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competition? Barbora Spotakova, the champion. Linda Stahl, she throws

:41:36.:41:41.

after Goldie Sayers. They are 66 metres throwers. There are four of

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them. Oldie Sayers is at her best. Two years ago. She has been injured

:41:49.:41:53.

since then. She was disappointed with her Commonwealth Games

:41:54.:41:56.

performance. She has been inspiring the team all week with her speech

:41:57.:42:00.

and she has to focus tonight and hopefully get out towards her best.

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We will be coming out he regularly to keep us posted of Matt. Next on

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the track is the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Steve Cram and Brendan

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Foster have this. There are not too many hot

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favourites and this man, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. He would be the

:42:29.:42:32.

first man to win this title for a third time. We are in a new phase of

:42:33.:42:36.

the European Championships, every two years compared to every four

:42:37.:42:39.

years. the European Championships, every

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two years compared But nonetheless, it will still be an achievement. His

:42:43.:42:50.

team-mate, Yoann Kowal, might fancy his chances, and one or two others.

:42:51.:42:58.

Sebastian Martos has run well before this tournament, although he did not

:42:59.:43:05.

look good yesterday. Jukka Keskisalo is a former champion. Krystian

:43:06.:43:18.

Zalewski has had a good season. The Spaniard, 30 years of age now. The

:43:19.:43:28.

Russian is also very experienced. There are a good few tattoos around

:43:29.:43:33.

these days. Brendan, you were asked about wearing a nose clip, will you

:43:34.:43:42.

show me a tattoo, surely not? I knew you would fall for that one! You

:43:43.:43:46.

never know these days, very fashionable! The Spaniard has got a

:43:47.:43:58.

view. This young man, Mitko Tsenov, he looks good in qualification. Just

:43:59.:44:07.

20 years of age. We saw Martin growl in the European Team Championships.

:44:08.:44:10.

Christians are ski giving himself a wake-up call. Mahiedine

:44:11.:44:16.

Mekhissi-Benabbad has only run one steeplechase all year, it was good,

:44:17.:44:21.

he won by seven seconds. He has run a couple of 1500 metre races. He ran

:44:22.:44:30.

a good mile in Oslo. He has set himself up to win the gold medal

:44:31.:44:35.

here. It is a bit like Mo Farah yesterday, it is how does he want to

:44:36.:44:40.

win this? I will be surprised if he has to work as hard as Mo Farah did

:44:41.:44:45.

in the last lap. Just over seven and a half laps of the track. The two

:44:46.:44:50.

Spaniards straight to the front. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is a

:44:51.:44:56.

controversial figure, he has had spots with team-mates, he has tried

:44:57.:45:04.

to knock over mascots. The mascot has disappeared, Lady he has heard

:45:05.:45:13.

of his reputation! He is an outstanding athlete, let's take

:45:14.:45:16.

nothing away from him. His record over the years is phenomenal. He was

:45:17.:45:21.

a silver medallist in 2008 at the Olympics. In 2010 he was a European

:45:22.:45:29.

champion. In 2011, he was a World Championship runs medallist. In

:45:30.:45:33.

2012, and Olympics of the medallist and a European champion, and a World

:45:34.:45:38.

Championship runs medallist last year. He has taken on some of the

:45:39.:45:45.

great Kenyans. It would not be a steeplechase if there was no

:45:46.:45:48.

Kenyans. It is Tarik Langat Akdag, running for Turkey. Straight to the

:45:49.:45:56.

front. He finished second in the European Championships in 2012. He

:45:57.:46:00.

is a good athlete. A good competitor. He will run well

:46:01.:46:06.

tonight, I am sure. He's usually likes to be at the front. You can

:46:07.:46:13.

see the red vest of the young man from Bulgaria, Mitko Tsenov. When

:46:14.:46:20.

you run under eight: 20... He has been getting better all the year

:46:21.:46:31.

round. Once... He ran that time and the James Wilkinson in that race.

:46:32.:46:37.

Sebastian Martos was ahead of him in that race. James Wilkinson not

:46:38.:46:45.

qualifying for the final. I saw him after his race, he was really

:46:46.:46:50.

disappointed, it was a morning heat, he did not run as well as his fit

:46:51.:46:58.

this is, and did not do himself justice, he admitted that. I am not

:46:59.:47:03.

sure if he will be watching this, but he will be wishing he was here.

:47:04.:47:08.

There are plenty of people he has beaten in the past, but you have to

:47:09.:47:14.

come up through the hate, no matter when they are, you have to run hard

:47:15.:47:19.

to get through. Through the water jump safely, nobody pushing on yet.

:47:20.:47:36.

One of two capable Russians in this poll vault final. Just for athletes

:47:37.:47:51.

remain. She is clear. That is a first-time claimants, that is

:47:52.:47:57.

significant, it will affect the medals, with just for athletes

:47:58.:48:01.

remaining. She is well clear. We are used to seeing the Russians go

:48:02.:48:07.

clear. We may have a new Russian champion to enjoy this evening. The

:48:08.:48:19.

German looking to match her. She is carrying a failure, though, but

:48:20.:48:22.

clear on her second attempt. Although she has matched her, for

:48:23.:48:28.

those not familiar with how it works, she will not be alongside her

:48:29.:48:37.

in terms of the positions. Clear on her second attempt, she is in fourth

:48:38.:48:41.

place. The first 1000 metres was completed

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in two minutes 55. Eight minutes 45 is not very fast at all. Yoann Kowal

:48:59.:49:03.

has gone to the front. Tarik Langat Akdag dad does not leave him there

:49:04.:49:12.

for too long. They are starting to stretch out. He needs to move along.

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Tarik Langat Akdag stretching them. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is

:49:26.:49:28.

running strongly on the inside. I wonder what he will do, he is

:49:29.:49:31.

looking comfortable, the hot favourite. The thing about the

:49:32.:49:37.

steeplechase, you have also got to position yourself over the hurdles

:49:38.:49:40.

and barriers and the water jump, to make sure you get a clean site.

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Tarik Langat Akdag leading. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad,

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comfortable. Three laps to go. He has got to start to take it

:49:54.:49:57.

seriously now. They are stretched out, watch the big Polish athlete,

:49:58.:50:03.

you can see him in the white vest, Cristian Tello ski. He has run a

:50:04.:50:08.

personal best this year, eight minutes 16. On the shoulder of Mitko

:50:09.:50:17.

Tsenov, the young Bulgarian. Tarik Langat Akdag, doing what he often

:50:18.:50:22.

does, we often see him push on and then fade badly. He is having a look

:50:23.:50:28.

over his shoulder, he sees the imposing figure of Mahiedine

:50:29.:50:31.

Mekhissi-Benabbad, who looks very comfortable. He should look

:50:32.:50:36.

comfortable. He runs comfortable faster than this. He goes faster

:50:37.:50:43.

than this in training, too. The Frenchman takes over, the hot

:50:44.:50:47.

favourite, the man trying to win this title for a third time. Coming

:50:48.:50:54.

back tomorrow... I just saw the mascot, getting nervous! Two laps to

:50:55.:51:01.

go. He will not be concerned about the mascot at this point, he will be

:51:02.:51:06.

concerned about the race, and he is starting to make his presence felt,

:51:07.:51:10.

running well. Cristian Tello ski going smoothly. The two Spaniards

:51:11.:51:24.

are there. Yoann Kowal trying to get into the top three. France are

:51:25.:51:29.

leading. The defending champion, followed by the Polish athlete, the

:51:30.:51:37.

only man who has won two titles. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, will he

:51:38.:51:44.

make it three? Krystian Zalewski trying to hang onto the Frenchman.

:51:45.:51:52.

He is making them work really hard. In the finishing straight, with a

:51:53.:51:55.

lap to go. For athletes in contention. Mahiedine

:51:56.:51:59.

Mekhissi-Benabbad has been leading for a couple of laps, but he has not

:52:00.:52:03.

done too much damage yet. The bell sounds. Tarik Langat Akdag has

:52:04.:52:10.

dropped away. How powerfully can he run on the last lap? I wonder if he

:52:11.:52:14.

is conserving his energy for the 1500 metres. The champion has got to

:52:15.:52:21.

hurdle well and run strongly. He still has a bit more today. It looks

:52:22.:52:26.

like he could win it, but he has not won it so far. Krystian Zalewski

:52:27.:52:31.

chasing, but it looks forlorn. Look at the Yoann Kowal. Moving into

:52:32.:52:38.

third place. France may be looking for a 1-2. There is no doubt about

:52:39.:52:44.

the winner. He just has to negotiate the final barriers. Krystian

:52:45.:52:51.

Zalewski ahead of Yoann Kowal. He has got to be careful, that is a

:52:52.:52:56.

disqualification offence. Over the last barrier, that is a stupid thing

:52:57.:53:02.

to do. Yoann Kowal comes into second place. It will be a gold medal for

:53:03.:53:07.

France match and a silver medal for France, and a bronze medal for

:53:08.:53:12.

Poland. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is a controversial figure at the

:53:13.:53:16.

best of times, and he is having a laugh about it. I am not sure why he

:53:17.:53:22.

pulled his shirt off before the end. I do not know if they will say

:53:23.:53:28.

anything, you have to keep your number on. Had he thrown it away,

:53:29.:53:33.

that may have been a problem. He will probably be all right, but what

:53:34.:53:39.

a silly thing today. It is a yellow card in football, let's hope it was

:53:40.:53:43.

a yellow card here. He was being silly, but he is the three-time

:53:44.:53:47.

champion. Yoann Kowal strong in second place. We talked about him

:53:48.:53:53.

being controversial, he is controversial, but he is a great

:53:54.:53:57.

runner. The Polish athlete taking his shirt off, too. He tugged at his

:53:58.:54:06.

shorts, I was getting nervous! I wondered if we would see something

:54:07.:54:10.

more than we wanted to see! He is well known to British athletes, with

:54:11.:54:20.

his training base, at altitude. He is controversial, but he has won his

:54:21.:54:25.

third European title, and I hope the mascot has run off and found himself

:54:26.:54:27.

somewhere quiet, out of the way. Goldie Sayers, she knows what to do,

:54:28.:54:46.

can she do it? The left side maybe crumbled away. That is no good. It

:54:47.:54:54.

looked very good in terms of her run-up to the throw, but the

:54:55.:54:57.

execution at the end, I do not think we will see it from that angle. This

:54:58.:55:04.

is good, the upper body is good, the top, protecting the injury. You can

:55:05.:55:12.

see the scarring. She attacked the runway more than I have seen her do

:55:13.:55:21.

for a couple of years. It all comes through quickly, that is what

:55:22.:55:25.

happened. She warmed up with 59 metres, looking very comfortable.

:55:26.:55:37.

Linda Stahl. Chasing an early lead. Looked a bit close to the line. The

:55:38.:55:48.

javelin throwers, the quick service we have seen, being taken in close

:55:49.:55:58.

to the line. Linda Stahl had to almost bail out to avoid fouling. It

:55:59.:56:03.

looks as though that will take the lead away from Barbora Spotakova.

:56:04.:56:05.

Six throws, They were down on the medal table

:56:06.:57:46.

last night and now they have a track gold. It was good to see Yoann Kowal

:57:47.:57:52.

come through and grab the silver. We can go to Steve Cram.

:57:53.:58:07.

Not good news for James Ellington. They have been examining and

:58:08.:58:26.

examining. Salute -- Christian Zalewski has been given it. --

:58:27.:58:35.

Zalewski. James Ellington will not be in the final. James Dasaolu got

:58:36.:58:46.

gold last night in the 100 metres. Today, Phil Jones caught up with

:58:47.:58:47.

him. Just forging ahead. James Dasaolu!

:58:48.:59:05.

We spoke as you came off the track. Has it sunk in? European champion?

:59:06.:59:12.

It took time to sink in. I woke up and everybody said congratulations

:59:13.:59:22.

so it has sunken in. It is a European medal. A stepping stone. My

:59:23.:59:31.

first senior medal. I would have loved to have gone quicker, but it

:59:32.:59:36.

is not about running fast, it is about competing and executing your

:59:37.:59:38.

race and winning medals for your country.

:59:39.:59:45.

He wins by a distance but what damage has he does to himself? I had

:59:46.:59:55.

the injury indoors. The first serious thing I have had, having

:59:56.:00:01.

moved coach. I was kind of over my injuries. Indoors was a warning sign

:00:02.:00:05.

to me and my team and support staff. I did not want to rush anything. I

:00:06.:00:11.

did not want to take any risks. I wanted to give my hamstring time to

:00:12.:00:15.

recover, which meant I missed out on the Commonwealth Games. Suddenly,

:00:16.:00:20.

more than anything, I wanted to be healthy. I have to thank the

:00:21.:00:23.

selectors for selecting me and putting faith in me. It looks like

:00:24.:00:31.

it was a good selection. Where do you see your development from here?

:00:32.:00:37.

In the final I was able to execute my race, which was good enough on

:00:38.:00:42.

the day for a medal. I would like to take that on to the big races, like

:00:43.:00:50.

against the Americans and Jamaicans. I want to see how I am against the

:00:51.:00:57.

quickest in the world. The bronze medal and a special moment to Harry

:00:58.:01:00.

Aikines-Aryeetey. World junior champion and now he has

:01:01.:01:10.

finally got himself on the rostrum. It was a really good run. The big

:01:11.:01:15.

chest of his speaking ahead and getting the bronze. Christophe

:01:16.:01:28.

Lemaitre. He hoped he could win the 100. His team-mates did not contest

:01:29.:01:34.

the final after an injury. And a glorious gold medal. James Dasaolu.

:01:35.:01:48.

We heard in the interview how he has to contend with, I guess, a lot of

:01:49.:01:53.

expectation because of his ability, and the injuries. And this, a great

:01:54.:02:00.

moment for him. Gold the Great Britain and gold for James Dasaolu.

:02:01.:02:14.

APPLAUSE. Hopefully the beginning of an illustrious 100 metres career.

:02:15.:03:15.

The seventh time that Great Britain have won the gold medal in this

:03:16.:03:16.

event. STUDIO: Congratulations to James

:03:17.:03:32.

Dasaolu, the new European champion and two Christophe Lemaitre, the

:03:33.:03:37.

silver-medallist, and, of course, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, who was an

:03:38.:03:41.

excellent guest in the studio, giving an insight on our 200 metres

:03:42.:03:48.

runners this evening. Colin? We enjoyed his company. It was nice to

:03:49.:03:57.

find out what was happening back home at the hotel and about the

:03:58.:03:58.

runners. Four gold medals in total. This is an historical look at the

:03:59.:04:28.

medals. We are not far away from Helsinki in 2012. It bodes well for

:04:29.:04:35.

us to being close to a record medal haul. Paula. We have only had two

:04:36.:04:41.

and a half days. There is more time to go. People getting through to the

:04:42.:04:48.

finals and good shots in the finals coming up.

:04:49.:04:53.

Not least the women's 200 beaters. They looked amazing. The table, one

:04:54.:05:08.

quarter of those wheels? I was in a couple of them! The big final is the

:05:09.:05:17.

110 metres hurdles. William Sharman is doing well. The question is,

:05:18.:05:21.

which one of those cows will he be on? If you will excuse the

:05:22.:05:28.

expression! I bet you have not said that on television before. We can

:05:29.:05:34.

get back out to Steve Backley. Goldie Sayers is about to go.

:05:35.:05:41.

She could get among the medals. 62 metres. This is the second attempt,

:05:42.:05:53.

to improve and 55 metres. Collapsed on the left side again. No, Goldie.

:05:54.:06:02.

That is not what we wanted to see. We will have to have another look.

:06:03.:06:07.

It looked committed. Holding her neck, I do not know if something has

:06:08.:06:14.

happened. She said she is in great shape. A disappointing start. She is

:06:15.:06:21.

in 12th and last place at the moment. Linda Stahl, the event

:06:22.:06:28.

leader, 63 metres, 91. Nobody throwing the kinds of distances to

:06:29.:06:31.

run away from the field. Linda Stahl is capable. That is maybe better.

:06:32.:06:40.

No, it is down early. The javelin throwers are struggling tonight. 67

:06:41.:06:48.

metres this year, Linda Stahl. The 28-year-old German is in the lead.

:06:49.:06:55.

She shortened it. The arm came in short. That is a fundamental error

:06:56.:07:02.

in javelin throwing. It is good to throw a ball, but not the 600 grams

:07:03.:07:07.

of javelin. It becomes more of a hit. At the other end of the

:07:08.:07:14.

stadium, the pole vault final continues. The second attempt now.

:07:15.:07:25.

She is clear. That could really count. There are four athletes

:07:26.:07:36.

remaining. Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova has failed. The other four athletes

:07:37.:07:46.

to share the medals. She matched the national record this

:07:47.:07:57.

year. Maybe some bigger jumps to come.

:07:58.:08:06.

The third time. She has done it again. She has had ten jump 's, nine

:08:07.:08:20.

jobs this evening. She is having a busy night. Great technique. Holding

:08:21.:08:28.

herself vertical. Perfect form. That was a third time clearance. Not

:08:29.:08:34.

quite matching the Greek athlete, but she will be in second place for

:08:35.:08:36.

now. Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova. She is

:08:37.:08:50.

clear, also! What a competition. They cannot sort out the athletes.

:08:51.:08:58.

We have come down to four. All clear at 4.55 and all of them carrying

:08:59.:09:03.

failures. Three have gone clear at 4.60. 4.65 it will be to sort out

:09:04.:09:17.

the medals in this pole vault final. What a wonderful competition. Adam

:09:18.:09:30.

Zampa Russia chasing -- Adams of Russia. 17 point 09. He is in second

:09:31.:09:41.

place. I think he knew he had failed. Maybe he felt his hamstring

:09:42.:09:46.

on the left side. The second round of the javelin.

:09:47.:10:00.

That was long. We talked about the difference between a pull and a hit.

:10:01.:10:22.

Goldie Sayers is capable of these distances.

:10:23.:10:34.

The second attempt. No. Did not fancy it. If you miss your check

:10:35.:10:49.

marks, you are committed, it is too late to jump, you run through and

:10:50.:10:55.

keep safe. That is two fouls for the Russian. The medals might be sorted

:10:56.:11:08.

at this height, finally. Anzhelika Sidorova, we saw her last at four

:11:09.:11:12.

metres and 60. 4.70 is her best from this year.

:11:13.:11:31.

Second attempt at 4.65. You have the feeling if she goes clear, this

:11:32.:11:38.

could be gold. She had the height. It looked as if she came down on the

:11:39.:11:48.

bar. Did not quite get the high point. It seemed high enough to get

:11:49.:11:54.

over. She did not get through it enough. She came down on the bar.

:11:55.:12:01.

Four athletes remaining. They have knocked it off twice. We might see a

:12:02.:12:07.

jump off tonight in the women's. These are the triple jumpers, that

:12:08.:12:24.

is the view they will get. You can see the red flag there, Nelson Evora

:12:25.:12:35.

gets ready to take his attempt. Three great finals in the field

:12:36.:12:41.

here. Nelson Evora is not quite ready. Tatjana Jelaca chasing down

:12:42.:12:58.

the medals. It is over 60. Her best so far, 60.98, in the first round.

:12:59.:13:08.

Look how short that is in the arm, so much more potential there. She is

:13:09.:13:13.

a powerful athlete. She got through it. She hit that very hard indeed.

:13:14.:13:30.

It is not what you teach. We moved back to the triple jump final.

:13:31.:13:39.

Was that good on the board? I think so. The triple jump final, it is

:13:40.:13:49.

very good on the board, plenty of space for Nelson Evora. The man who

:13:50.:13:55.

deprived Phillips Idowu of the gold-medal in the Olympics 2008. He

:13:56.:13:59.

is only 30, you think of him as older. He has not jumped over 17

:14:00.:14:07.

metres this year. His best was in 2007. The early lead of Benjamin

:14:08.:14:15.

Compaore, way out in front. No improvement for Nelson Evora.

:14:16.:14:22.

We will have the 200 metres of the heptathlon shortly. Let's reflect on

:14:23.:14:30.

last night, and the 10,000 metre victory for Mo Farah. It has been a

:14:31.:14:35.

really difficult year for him, he was delighted to get back on top of

:14:36.:14:37.

the podium. Here goes Mo Farah, he won in 2010.

:14:38.:14:52.

When will he start to kick? He has got to control it now. Mo Farah is

:14:53.:14:55.

back. That was my first since Moscow, it

:14:56.:15:08.

felt weird at times, I did not know where I was, you lose touch a bit,

:15:09.:15:13.

but after a while, I got going and found my place. In the last few

:15:14.:15:19.

laps, do you ever doubt yourself? At times, it was, do I feel good, who

:15:20.:15:24.

is around? I knew that once the bell went, the last lap, I knew I was

:15:25.:15:30.

fast enough. I had to dig in and try and run a decent time.

:15:31.:15:34.

Andy Vernon is going to get the silver medal!

:15:35.:15:39.

There is Andy Vernon behind you, would you surprised? I thought the

:15:40.:15:48.

Turkish guy had come second, but he came third. I said, where did you

:15:49.:15:55.

finish? He said, second. I said, well done. Your reaction, delight

:15:56.:15:59.

and relief? Massive relief. Three weeks ago, I could not do anything,

:16:00.:16:06.

no Commonwealth Games, maybe no European Championships. To come out

:16:07.:16:11.

here and win meant so much to me. It has been up and down. Only my close

:16:12.:16:17.

family and people will know what that feels like. When things are

:16:18.:16:21.

going well, everybody is happy, but when things are not going well, it

:16:22.:16:23.

is hard times. A gold medal for Mo Farah, he has

:16:24.:16:32.

four European gold medals, he joins a list of people who have won this

:16:33.:16:35.

title on more than one occasion. It was hard, it was a massive

:16:36.:16:45.

relief. I was not there at the Commonwealth Games, I was not ready.

:16:46.:16:50.

For the fans and people who bought tickets, I say, if I was all right,

:16:51.:16:57.

I would have been there. I had to dig in deep last night. I knew these

:16:58.:17:03.

events would be a similar standard. Round the corner is the 5000

:17:04.:17:10.

metres, the double double in the European Championships, which has

:17:11.:17:12.

not been done before. Is history important for you? Yes, and in terms

:17:13.:17:18.

of my career, I would like to be known as somebody who did his

:17:19.:17:24.

country proud. I love getting on the podium and hearing the National

:17:25.:17:28.

Anthem, that is what drives me. This will give me a big confidence,

:17:29.:17:34.

hopefully I will be ready on Sunday for the 5000. It will not be easy,

:17:35.:17:41.

but I will give it 110%. Mentally, that race gave me good confidence.

:17:42.:17:49.

Mo Farah back to winning ways. Not the kind of field we have seen him

:17:50.:17:56.

desolate over recent years. What did you make of his form in that race?

:17:57.:18:03.

Or was it difficult to tell? He does not very often run from the front,

:18:04.:18:07.

he likes to get to the front and control it, and that is what he was

:18:08.:18:11.

able to do last night. There were points when it was the old Mo Farah,

:18:12.:18:18.

and at points, it was hard for him, and he was struggling a bit to find

:18:19.:18:22.

the groove, but that is normal, it was a tough race, he has had a rough

:18:23.:18:26.

year, and it will have done him the world of good to get out there, get

:18:27.:18:30.

back to what he does best, winning the race, and he will go into the

:18:31.:18:35.

5000 more confident, because of that. But I also believe that the

:18:36.:18:41.

other athletes will have seen a chink in his armour, he did not look

:18:42.:18:45.

as invincible as he has done in the past, and they will know that and be

:18:46.:18:50.

able to plan accordingly. The 5000 metres on Sunday, the confidence he

:18:51.:18:55.

has got, he will expect another gold medal. Yes, he is still head and

:18:56.:19:01.

shoulders above the field. I would expect him to win the race, and he

:19:02.:19:04.

would say that anything less than winning the race is a failure for

:19:05.:19:09.

him, because he has come here to do the double. He has still had a good

:19:10.:19:13.

batch of training, and he is in shape. I do not see him losing. The

:19:14.:19:19.

women are out for the second heat of the heptathlon 200 metres.

:19:20.:19:25.

Nafissatou Thiam is going in this one. Andrew Cotter is the

:19:26.:19:27.

commentator. You have the quickest athletes going

:19:28.:19:35.

last of all, they are in the next heat. In this one, the main medal

:19:36.:19:40.

contenders of the moment, Nafissatou Thiam, Nadine Broersen, Anastasiya

:19:41.:19:51.

Mokhnyuk. They are the top three. And Antoinette and energy move, in

:19:52.:20:04.

fourth place. Very good conditions for sprinting, it is fairly still.

:20:05.:20:10.

Grit Sadeiko is quickest in the line-up, that she had a dreadful

:20:11.:20:18.

shot put, 12.5 metres. The Belarus athlete is in 10th place at the

:20:19.:20:25.

moment. Nafissatou Thiam had a superb high jump. Not great in the

:20:26.:20:31.

hurdles before that, and a decent shot put, that is why she leads.

:20:32.:20:37.

Anastasiya Mokhnyuk, a personal best in every event. She is in third

:20:38.:20:46.

place. The Swede is in 15th place at the moment. Nadine Broersen goes in

:20:47.:20:52.

Lane 3, she is in second place. Antoinette Nana Djimou is in fourth

:20:53.:20:57.

place, in Lane 1. That is Lewis was highlighting that she has a

:20:58.:21:02.

wonderful javelin throw. That is still to come, she could make up

:21:03.:21:06.

some big ground. The leader, Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium, in Lane

:21:07.:21:13.

6. And Nadine Broersen, in second place, in Lane 3.

:21:14.:21:34.

Clearly a way, and it may be Grit Sadeiko in lane for who leads. She

:21:35.:21:45.

has very quick pace over 200 metres, but languishing way down the field.

:21:46.:21:50.

Look out for Nadine Broersen in Lane 3. Nafissatou Thiam is way down. A

:21:51.:22:03.

good run from Antoinette Nana Djimou in Lane 1, lying fourth in the

:22:04.:22:07.

moment. She has a wonderful javelin to come, so we will see how the

:22:08.:22:14.

times equate, and how many points she will accumulate. The French

:22:15.:22:19.

athlete taking it on the inside. Her personal best, 24.36. Just outside

:22:20.:22:26.

that. Her season's best, though. And a great javelin to come on the

:22:27.:22:31.

second day, along with the long jump and the 800 metres. Nafissatou Thiam

:22:32.:22:36.

was leading, but a disappointing run from her.

:22:37.:22:46.

This is the final stage of the pole-vault final. The Greek is in

:22:47.:22:53.

first place. Her final attempt at 4.65. She may have won anyway.

:22:54.:23:03.

Despite the failure. Looking down the sheet, because there is only one

:23:04.:23:09.

other athlete in, she skipped the previous height, so that means the

:23:10.:23:13.

Greek has one, unless her opponent goes clear on her third and final

:23:14.:23:20.

attempt on 4.65. Basically, the Greek has one, and the Russian has

:23:21.:23:25.

one chance to snatch the gold medal from her. That is the state of play.

:23:26.:23:32.

She will know that. This is what the training is about. She is clear!

:23:33.:23:47.

That is a fantastic job. The great must have thought she had one. The

:23:48.:23:52.

Russian knocked the bar off twice already at this height. The Russian

:23:53.:24:02.

with one attempt remaining, she goes clear at 4.65, to take the gold

:24:03.:24:07.

medal. Nobody else can reply, because they are all out of the

:24:08.:24:12.

competition. The Greek can choose to go on, but the Russian is guaranteed

:24:13.:24:15.

a gold medal, with a super clearance. 4.65, what a great

:24:16.:24:21.

competition between the Russian and the Greek. The Greek as herself to a

:24:22.:24:28.

silver medal, she was already writing her winning speech. Put it

:24:29.:24:36.

up to a world record, maybe? She is too tired. Goldie Sayers, back down

:24:37.:24:43.

to the far end of the stadium. This is crucial. The top eight get

:24:44.:24:49.

another free throws, she is in 12th place. It is better. She gave it a

:24:50.:24:56.

smash, for certain. It is a bit better. 58 metres is in eighth place

:24:57.:25:04.

at the moment. She has to go beyond that to stay in the competition.

:25:05.:25:14.

Only the top eight get six throws. Top eight required, then she

:25:15.:25:17.

consulted out and come and try to circle the wagons a bit and do

:25:18.:25:22.

something to find the sort of throw we know she is capable of. Anything

:25:23.:25:29.

over 58 will do. It is good. OK, you are in the top eight, you will get

:25:30.:25:35.

another three throws. And read! Linda Stahl has led from the first

:25:36.:25:37.

round. Probably no improvement for Linda

:25:38.:25:49.

Stahl, a powerful athlete. All of the athletes tonight seem to be

:25:50.:25:53.

struggling with blocking. Nobody seems to be jamming the feat in and

:25:54.:25:58.

blocking properly. Linda Stahl is incredibly powerful, she has

:25:59.:26:04.

snatched a huge weight, for the weightlifters out there, very

:26:05.:26:14.

powerful indeed. Way out in front. A super pole

:26:15.:26:15.

powerful indeed. Way out in front. A super vault competition. It was the

:26:16.:26:21.

final attempt from the Russian, to take the gold medal. No Holly

:26:22.:26:28.

Bleasdale. She is having another quiet year after a rest last year.

:26:29.:26:33.

She will have enjoyed that. She knows she is capable of those

:26:34.:26:37.

heights. We wish her the best in her recovery.

:26:38.:26:51.

Steve Cram: What a great climax to that competition and this is the end

:26:52.:26:57.

of the first day in the heptathlon. These are the quick 200 beaters

:26:58.:27:03.

runners. Lee one within sight of a medal, Carolin Schafer. .

:27:04.:27:20.

Before that, we can go to the long jump. The triple jump continues.

:27:21.:27:38.

This his final attempt. Can he get into the medals. He is in third

:27:39.:27:45.

place. I say get into the medals because they are snapping at his

:27:46.:27:51.

heels, in triple jump terms. Four athletes over 17 metres. Lyukman

:27:52.:28:06.

Adams, he is just ahead of him. No improvement in the final round. Over

:28:07.:28:18.

to Lyukman Adams. He is the only man who can deprive

:28:19.:28:34.

the French man of the gold medal. It will take something very large. Does

:28:35.:28:44.

he look up for it? He thinks he might have it in him. 17.29 this

:28:45.:28:53.

year. Personal best of 17.53 from 2012. Just do your best. That is

:28:54.:29:01.

what they tell you. If he does that, he has won. His best was probably 45

:29:02.:29:08.

minutes ago. This is his final attempt. He is chasing 17.46. That

:29:09.:29:21.

looks pretty good. He almost looks lazy going through the phases. Very

:29:22.:29:34.

relaxed between contacts. Benjamin Compaore will know he has won.

:29:35.:29:40.

Interesting to see if he will have his last attempt. He does not need

:29:41.:29:48.

it. No improvement for Lyukman Adams. It is a silver medal. And

:29:49.:29:51.

there is the celebration. Great celebrations. I think that

:29:52.:30:05.

means, thanks, but no thanks. The gold medal is what he came for and

:30:06.:30:15.

the gold medal is what he has. The man sat to the left of us would have

:30:16.:30:18.

enjoyed that, the French man, and very capable triple jumper, not

:30:19.:30:29.

competing here. Benjamin Compaore Mrs Higgs last attempt. It is gold

:30:30.:30:35.

and the European lead. A gold medal for France and Benjamin Compaore

:30:36.:30:37.

from the very first jump. Steve Cram: Great scenes. Franz's

:30:38.:30:57.

second gold medal of the night. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde to come in

:30:58.:31:04.

the 110 hurdles. That is after this final heat of the women's 200 metres

:31:05.:31:14.

in the heptathlon. Carolin Schafer, a former world junior champion, she

:31:15.:31:19.

has the chance to advance herself. She can run under 24 seconds. It

:31:20.:31:26.

would be a personal best. She was lying in sixth place after the first

:31:27.:31:43.

-- final event. These are the quickest sprinters. Valerie Reggel

:31:44.:31:50.

getting a big cheer from the Swiss crowd. And a bigger one when we have

:31:51.:31:59.

seen Claudia Rath in seven. Her personal best is pretty quick. Right

:32:00.:32:07.

on the outside, Al Ellen Sprunger. -- Ellen Sprunger. She is right on

:32:08.:32:18.

the outside, not a great draw for her. She will hope to do good here,

:32:19.:32:24.

in 70s position in this heptathlon, but this is her best event. Let's

:32:25.:32:35.

watch the Schafer in two. She was 39 points outside of the medal

:32:36.:32:49.

position. Thiam is just hanging on the lead, but is very tight.

:32:50.:32:57.

Antoinette Nana Djimou has moved into a medal position. Can Schafer

:32:58.:33:03.

get into the top three with a good 200? She started the day with a

:33:04.:33:10.

personal best in the hurdles. Ellen Sprunger should win this, right on

:33:11.:33:12.

the outside. Ellen Sprunger went away well.

:33:13.:33:36.

Schafer ran a great bend. Ellen Sprunger, of course, is Swiss and

:33:37.:33:44.

they are cheering her on. Schafer running brilliantly. The German

:33:45.:33:51.

world with this. 23.84. She punches the air. That is a huge performance

:33:52.:33:58.

from the 22-year-old. What will that do for her chances? It will move her

:33:59.:34:03.

up the table. That is a big performance. A personal best. 996

:34:04.:34:18.

points, that is a huge run. Ellen Sprunger, completely tying up.

:34:19.:34:35.

Schafer, after that performance, and we will break off because Steve

:34:36.:34:38.

Backley will watch Goldie Sayers in the javelin final. She is first up

:34:39.:34:45.

in the fifth round. We saw the improvement in the third round.

:34:46.:34:49.

Whatever you did, do it again, and faster. No. She is very close to the

:34:50.:34:55.

line and bailing out too quickly. That is not how you get the force up

:34:56.:35:02.

into the spear. Only one more thrown to get into the medals. 62.31 is the

:35:03.:35:08.

medals at the moment and Goldie Sayers will need to improve on that

:35:09.:35:14.

third-round throw. The problem is in the run-up. She has to move it back.

:35:15.:35:26.

STUDIO: Come on, Captain Goldie, you have inspired others this week.

:35:27.:35:34.

On the Golden Cooly, the lovely face of Tiffany Porter who got her gold

:35:35.:35:42.

medal. And I am delighted to say the medal has made its way to the

:35:43.:35:47.

studio. Congratulations, Tiffany. What kind of relief was it to get

:35:48.:35:52.

the set? The progress at the World Championships, the Silver at the

:35:53.:35:57.

Common of games and now does it feel like you have stepped up through the

:35:58.:36:03.

Championships? Absolutely. We go out there to win. But to get on top of

:36:04.:36:09.

the podium and get the elusive gold medal I have been dreaming about is

:36:10.:36:14.

special. I could not be happier. You were close at the Olympics to

:36:15.:36:20.

saying, enough, after your disappointment. And now two years

:36:21.:36:24.

later, the hours you put in, you must be delighted you made that

:36:25.:36:30.

decision? Last year was a redemption year and this year to get gold, it

:36:31.:36:37.

feels like more of a redemption. I hope to finish the season strongly

:36:38.:36:40.

and do better next year and in the years to come. Was it the perfect

:36:41.:36:48.

race? No. It was not the perfect race. I had a relatively good

:36:49.:36:55.

start. My middle was decent but I did not finish the way I should

:36:56.:37:00.

have. You learn and go back to the drawing board and do better next

:37:01.:37:07.

time. I am giggling because I can see what you are saying. It came off

:37:08.:37:12.

one hurdle and your hips got lower. It was an effort to get to the line.

:37:13.:37:18.

You have just done so much, you got out aggressive. You put Cindy under

:37:19.:37:27.

pressure. She was trying to chase you down. You were solid and

:37:28.:37:32.

focused. Look at your face, she would not go past you, you would not

:37:33.:37:38.

let that happen! She is a great competitor and I respect her. I was

:37:39.:37:42.

happy to put together a better performance and come away with my

:37:43.:37:48.

first gold medal. Was the plan to be straight out of the blocks ahead of

:37:49.:37:52.

Cindy so that you hit the hurdle ahead of her and you did not want

:37:53.:37:57.

her, at any stage to chase her down? I like to lead, if possible.

:37:58.:38:06.

Every race is different, but to go out there and get a good start and

:38:07.:38:10.

command the race from the beginning was encouraging. What next to view,

:38:11.:38:17.

now you have the bronze medal, the Commonwealth silver, what happens

:38:18.:38:26.

this winter? Even before the end of the season, before next year, I need

:38:27.:38:32.

to finish this season. Next year I need to work hard in the preseason

:38:33.:38:38.

and trust in the programme and in my coach and do everything better and

:38:39.:38:43.

try to better myself as an athlete. I am confident if I continue to

:38:44.:38:48.

progress, it will be good. One thing I said to Denise Lewis in Games,

:38:49.:38:53.

most probably Tiffani is the toughest competitor I know. If

:38:54.:39:03.

anyone can raise their game, it is you. I have seen you do it time and

:39:04.:39:08.

again. Yesterday you said some people did not believe you could

:39:09.:39:12.

raise your game. You manage to do that. Good on you. For me, it is

:39:13.:39:19.

wonderful to see you perform. I think it will go better and better

:39:20.:39:23.

up to Rio. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Thank you, I appreciate

:39:24.:39:34.

that. Just going to step outside. We have this news from Cooly, enjoying

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the water jump. The steeplechase is proving something different for him.

:39:42.:39:46.

I think he has been drinking too many sugary drinks. He has reached

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another level. Denise Lewis: He is not well! Spain have protested about

:39:51.:40:00.

Mekhissi-Benabbad taking off his shirt. While the protest is being

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looked at, the medal ceremony for the 3000 metres steeplechase has

:40:06.:40:10.

been postponed. This is him, taking off his shirt. In commentary, Steve

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Cram and Brendan said that was silly because you have to have your number

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and name visible at all times, it is part of the rules. He was handed a

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yellow card, which we thought was the warning. Apparently not. The

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Spanish Federation have put in a protest, because they would be in

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for a medal if he was disqualified. Now we can go out to the javelin.

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Steve Backley. We are in the fifth round. She got

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onto that. That is big. That may have taken the lead. Tatjiana

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Jelaca, with a lifetime best coming into the competition was close to

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that in the third round. She may have thrown a lifetime best and if

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she has, it is a new Serbian national record, also. We can hear

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the screaming. 64.21. She has taken the lead with the national record.

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Can the Olympic champion respond? That was good. Something has woken

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them up. Look at that. A few centimetres beyond the yellow line,

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which was the throw you have just seen from Tatjiana Jelaca. Barbora

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Spotakova is a great competitor. She is not giving much away. She had a

:42:01.:42:04.

year off to have her baby last year. Could this be a title for her? The

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first title as a mother. Linda Stahl, to conclude the fifth

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round. Can she respond? It dips down short of the leading

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marks. She found herself in the space of three throws coming from

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the gold medal position to the bronze medal position, with one

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throw remaining. It is all pressure on the last round, Barbora Spotakova

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in front, Tatjana Jelaca with a new national record, then dished style

:42:52.:42:55.

is in third place, and Goldie Sayers chasing that. That wonderful time

:42:56.:43:05.

for Carolin Schafer was a brilliant performance. It made a huge

:43:06.:43:10.

difference to where she stands in the conversation. It was not good

:43:11.:43:17.

from the Swiss athlete. Carolin Schafer started in sixth place, but

:43:18.:43:24.

because of that performance, this is how it stands. Nafissatou Thiam was

:43:25.:43:30.

leading, that it has now gone very close at the top.

:43:31.:43:33.

leading, that it has now gone very Carolin Schafer has pushed herself

:43:34.:43:40.

into the top three. Only ten points separating Nafissatou Thiam and

:43:41.:43:42.

Nadine Broersen. A very tight heptathlete. There is

:43:43.:43:55.

Will Sharman, he is out, the 110 meter hurdles final, the last event

:43:56.:43:59.

on the track, in five or six minutes. What do you make of him in

:44:00.:44:10.

Lane 3? Sergey Shubenkov is next to him. Where their lead legs are, they

:44:11.:44:20.

are opposite each other, so they should all have clean air, there

:44:21.:44:23.

should not be elbows and arms colliding. There will be a fair

:44:24.:44:30.

race. When the competition goes, Will Sharman has got to focus on his

:44:31.:44:36.

strengths, it does not matter if Sergey Shubenkov goes out like a

:44:37.:44:38.

bullet, or if he starts easing away, Will Sharman has got to rely

:44:39.:44:44.

on the fact that he will come back. If he does not chase them and

:44:45.:44:48.

relaxes and enjoys what is happening, he will be in with a good

:44:49.:44:55.

chance of a serious medal. That is his strength, we have seen him come

:44:56.:44:59.

through from hurdle five, six, and onwards. The mistake he made at the

:45:00.:45:06.

Commonwealth Games, he clipped the eighth hurdle, which set him back. I

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feel he will not make that mistake tonight, he is in scintillating

:45:11.:45:15.

form. The confidence is clear, apparent. The fact he did not stop

:45:16.:45:22.

with Phil earlier, it shows he is in the zone, he knows there is a medal

:45:23.:45:27.

here, and I believe it could be a gold medal. There are only six rows

:45:28.:45:32.

of hurdles out at the moment, I cannot see where the others are. If

:45:33.:45:38.

that late? They could be thinking about doing the medal ceremony

:45:39.:45:43.

still. That is enough for them to warm up. They can not be denying the

:45:44.:45:51.

start of the race, though? There we go! They must have heard is! Right

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on cue! Tiffany, what has Will Sharman been like in the village? He

:45:58.:46:03.

has been in good spirits, he is always in good spirits, very

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composed. He is a professional. I asked him how he felt, and whether

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he was excited, and he said he was ready to get on the bed. It was a

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testament to the type of athlete he is. Lawrence Clarke is also there

:46:19.:46:24.

for Great Britain, he has done well to get the final, he has not had a

:46:25.:46:30.

fluid system. He will be pleased to get amongst the top eight. Yes, but

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Lawrence Clarke is one of those athletes, it's someday makes a

:46:37.:46:41.

mistake, he will be right up there. He is in Lane 8, he has to

:46:42.:46:45.

concentrate on his lane, keep the technique type. You never know. But

:46:46.:46:52.

I am pleased he is starting to build on his potential, and if he can just

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have a good race, he can build on this for the rest of the season. You

:46:56.:47:00.

want to think, I can be ready, I have got a good performance under my

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belt. Let's get out to Steve, the final few throws in the javelin.

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Barbora Spotakova is in the lead, this is her final attempt, but it

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will be followed by Linda Stahl, to chase whatever she can put out.

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64.41 is her best so far. She cannot improve, but she will be in the gold

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medal position with one throw remaining. I can not help but

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thinking it is a similar situation to the pole vault early. You cannot

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do any more about it, Barbora Spotakova. You might be the European

:47:42.:47:46.

champion. You have done all you can. Six throws completed. She is coached

:47:47.:47:56.

by the triple Olympic champion from the Czech Republic. This throw

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stands between her and the confirmation of the gold medal.

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Linda Stahl, 63.91 her best so far. Just 50 centimetres further is all

:48:13.:48:18.

she needs. Just got away from the left side. It did not happen. It is

:48:19.:48:27.

a gold medal for Barbora Spotakova. What a wonderful performance! The

:48:28.:48:40.

Olympic champion. In 2008 and 2012. The world-record holder since 2006.

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She is the European champion. She is 33 now. There is her coach. He does

:48:49.:48:55.

not know what it feels like to win a European Championship!

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Fantastic scenes. I am sure that must mean a lot more to Barbora

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Spotakova, taking the gold medal with her baby in her arms.

:49:18.:49:23.

Fantastic scenes, reminiscent of Tuesday night and Jo Pavey. Barbora

:49:24.:49:33.

Spotakova with her little boy. He is less than a year old, Denise? I

:49:34.:49:38.

think he is just over. Wonderful scenes. More inspiration for those

:49:39.:49:44.

mothers out there to get out and do it and carry on competing, it is

:49:45.:49:50.

brilliant to see. We are building up to the 110 metres hurdles, Great

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Britain represented by Will Sharman and Lawrence Clarke. They are just

:49:55.:49:59.

getting out the hurdles, have they completed the task? Yes, all ten of

:50:00.:50:05.

them are out, they are just making sure they are in a straight line.

:50:06.:50:16.

Very precise. It is going to be a fantastic final, all of our hopes

:50:17.:50:19.

with Will Sharman, raking great progress through the season, and

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Lawrence Clarke as well. Here is Andrew Cotter.

:50:30.:50:39.

This is the favourite, not quite as outstanding a favourite as many

:50:40.:50:47.

might think, the times have been similar between Will Sharman, Sergey

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Shubenkov and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. The hon Debian

:50:51.:50:56.

champion is as quick as he has ever been. Do not rule out another French

:50:57.:51:04.

medal contender, Dimitri Bascou, very experienced, he came a just

:51:05.:51:08.

behind Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Balazs Baji in the semifinal.

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Lawrence Clarke has just been announced that he does not start. He

:51:17.:51:27.

is not going to start. We have Artur Noga in Lane 1. Pettus but over in

:51:28.:51:33.

-- Petr Svoboda in Lane 2. No Lawrence Clarke. He was warming

:51:34.:51:53.

up, not quite sure what happened to him. We had the eyes out in the

:51:54.:52:00.

javelin, suddenly he was not there. It is sad for him, he scrapped so

:52:01.:52:08.

hard to get there. It was a wonderful effort to get into the

:52:09.:52:16.

final. The strong favourites, Will Sharman, Sergey Shubenkov, and

:52:17.:52:19.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, the man to beat.

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Look at the times, 13.29 for all three of those athletes in Lane 3,

:52:31.:52:38.

Lane 4 And Lane 5 in the heat. Very similar times in the semifinal as

:52:39.:52:42.

well. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is the favourite. Clearly away. Will

:52:43.:52:58.

Sharman is out very quickly. Will Sharman clatters the hurdle. Sergey

:52:59.:53:05.

Shubenkov takes it. Will Sharman so close to the silver medal. That will

:53:06.:53:12.

be separated. The barrier, the mistake, the clattering of the

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hurdle, it has cost Will Sharman, and that was painful to take. The

:53:17.:53:21.

gold medal was calling, he has been denied. Sergey Shubenkov defends his

:53:22.:53:27.

European title, but what agony for Will Sharman. It was like nobody

:53:28.:53:34.

wanted to win, they were giving it away. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde

:53:35.:53:38.

hitting hurdles, it looked like Dimitri Bascou was going to win,

:53:39.:53:44.

then Will Sharman. Sergey Shubenkov was the only one who ran a clean

:53:45.:53:49.

enough race to get there. Will Sharman is looking at the screen,

:53:50.:53:52.

under in what position he finished in. Second place, he has got a

:53:53.:54:00.

silver medal. The Michu Basco, unbelievably, the bronze medal.

:54:01.:54:04.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, not even a medal. What a messy race. He did not

:54:05.:54:13.

start well. I wonder what Will Sharman is asking. Where did I

:54:14.:54:19.

come? He can see it on the screen. He can have a look. Andrew, to be

:54:20.:54:28.

honest, for Will Sharman and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, they must think, I

:54:29.:54:37.

could have one. Sometimes, a saw the lining is not enough, because it was

:54:38.:54:42.

the gold medal. I know he is celebrating the moment, it was a

:54:43.:54:46.

great achievement. I thought Dimitri Bascou had it, but it has been given

:54:47.:54:52.

to Will Sharman. He was clear and hurdling towards the title. Watch

:54:53.:55:01.

the start, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde did not get out quite as well as

:55:02.:55:05.

Sergey Shubenkov. Go on, Will Sharman. Then he hits that one, and

:55:06.:55:10.

he clatters into that one, and it is all over. Dimitri Bascou hit the

:55:11.:55:17.

ultimate hurdle, and it was the man in the middle who ran as clean a

:55:18.:55:22.

race as anybody to win this one. Colin is upstairs watching this, he

:55:23.:55:27.

must be feeling for Will Sharman, he must think, like the rest of us,

:55:28.:55:32.

that he could have one that phrase? It is frustrating. He had the race.

:55:33.:55:41.

It is one thing we were saying, he must not rush, he has got to believe

:55:42.:55:46.

in himself. We knew that Sergey Shubenkov would be strong, but Will

:55:47.:55:51.

Sharman had to believe that he did not have to race. Stay calm. One of

:55:52.:55:58.

his assets usually is that he keeps it perfectly under control at the

:55:59.:56:00.

back end of the race, where everybody else was falling apart.

:56:01.:56:04.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was out of the race after he clattered that.

:56:05.:56:13.

The others are in full flight. Look at the man, the winner, Sergey

:56:14.:56:17.

Shubenkov, he runs the cleanest race. Virtually no mystic. He takes

:56:18.:56:25.

the victory, because of that simple fact. Will Sharman is a silver

:56:26.:56:30.

medallist, but he will look back and think, I could be a champion twice.

:56:31.:56:35.

The Commonwealth Games and the European Championships. But two

:56:36.:56:41.

silver medals instead. It was carnage around him. You look at the

:56:42.:56:45.

latter stages, Balazs Baji and Dimitri Bascou, as well. But watch

:56:46.:56:51.

Sergey Shubenkov, a clean run. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was so

:56:52.:56:58.

untidy. Will Sharman, but around him as well, the man who ran the tidy

:56:59.:57:05.

race, Sergey Shubenkov, defends his title. Will Sharman, a silver medal

:57:06.:57:07.

game, could have been more. You have got to be happy with a

:57:08.:57:16.

silver medal, but I saw you with a shake of your head, you clattered a

:57:17.:57:19.

couple of hurdles. I kind of got away, but I did not really, because

:57:20.:57:27.

it exposed the next hurdle, which I hit with Mike lead leg. Mixed

:57:28.:57:36.

emotions. I knew I was in the lead. I knew where Sergey Shubenkov was

:57:37.:57:40.

good, I studied my opposition, I know where I am stronger, and I did

:57:41.:57:45.

not expect to be leading in the bill section, but I dominated from the

:57:46.:57:50.

start. That is why I was gutted. I could have done more. But going into

:57:51.:57:58.

this, I was hopeful of a bronze medal, with Pascal Martinot-Lagarde

:57:59.:58:01.

being the favourite, and Sergey Shubenkov in second. But the good

:58:02.:58:10.

thing is that my coach, we have been working on increasing my absolute

:58:11.:58:14.

time, so that if I make a mistake in the final, I can still come away

:58:15.:58:18.

with some medals. That is what has happened today. In the semifinal, we

:58:19.:58:24.

saw a new personal best, you are getting better each year. I am

:58:25.:58:29.

taking it down. There is still more to come, as we could see by the

:58:30.:58:36.

final. Going on the start line, I was quite tired, having run a

:58:37.:58:42.

personal best not wrong before. -- not long before. I kept saying, one

:58:43.:58:47.

last effort. When your body is drained and the chips and down and

:58:48.:58:53.

you have to produce, I almost did. They committed performance, and the

:58:54.:58:59.

silver medal, you have headaches and this year, congratulations. Thank

:59:00.:59:06.

you for all of the support, and I hand you to Lawrence Clarke. Not

:59:07.:59:11.

able to make the final, what was the problem? In the warm up, I strained

:59:12.:59:16.

my hamstring slightly. Not to the point where I felt like it was torn,

:59:17.:59:22.

but if I ran, it would tear. So I had to walk away. That was a very

:59:23.:59:28.

scrappy final. If I had not had the injuries from last year, maybe I

:59:29.:59:33.

could be there, but it is not to be, and I have to come back for the

:59:34.:59:36.

World Championships next year. All the best going forward.

:59:37.:59:40.

We have got to ring the bell, because we have had a medal. We have

:59:41.:59:52.

to put Will Sharman on the silver. But it feels like we should be

:59:53.:59:55.

putting him there, because that was a race he could have one. He

:59:56.:00:00.

clattered seven and eight. It was not his cleanest race, he was

:00:01.:00:04.

disappointed, that he should be proud, he did his best, and he

:00:05.:00:09.

should hang his head up high. He is always very good at taking and

:00:10.:00:12.

absorbing and being very sanguine about things. He reflects well, he

:00:13.:00:19.

does not go off on a massive reaction. He will say, we still have

:00:20.:00:25.

things to work on, a bit of hardware to show for his efforts. Thank you

:00:26.:00:31.

for ringing your blink to the studio, congratulations, Tiffany,

:00:32.:00:35.

and the knees, thank you. Tomorrow is huge, we have a lot of the stars

:00:36.:00:41.

of Glasgow on show, medals to be one in the 200 and 400 for the men and

:00:42.:00:47.

women. Our day starts at 9:30am. Good night.

:00:48.:00:51.

Strolling forward. Conrad Williams, brilliant. Matthew Hudson-Smith.

:00:52.:01:05.

This youngster has done it again. Christine Ohuruogu winding it up.

:01:06.:01:13.

England look good. Running well, Adam Gemili. He is in supreme form.

:01:14.:01:19.

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