Day 3 - Morning Session Athletics: European Championships

Mo Farah in a controlling position, running really well. Coming away for

the win. Gets the silver -- Andy Vernon gets the silver. Here comes

Daphne skippers. -- Dafne Schippers. Running so well, hurtling so

smoothly. Three British athletes in this final.

it was cold, wet and windy but nothing could stop the British last

night. Three gold medals. What a night of celebration. It was

brilliant. A gold rush for Britain. It was fantastic to watch the

athletes perform and raise their game when it really mattered.

Tiffany Porter was amazing, coming into these championships she had a

heat and miss season, but she has peaked at just the right time. She

really showed her class last night. She won that title from the first

step off of those blocks. Mo Farah had a very tricky season. You saw

the release on his face when he crossed the line. It meant a lot to

him. It was really good that he was able to get out there and get back

to doing what he does best, winning the race. They don't think he looked

brilliant but that is understandable given everything he has been

through. -- I don't think. He was under a little bit more pressure.

Andy Vernon had a phenomenal run, coming in and grabbing that silver,

running wide into the last lap, a really strong last lap. Great to see

the two boys out there taking the first two medals. And the final race

of the evening was the men's 100. James Dasalou had a little bit of a

tricky time getting to these championships. It might prove to her

athletes that they don't need to concern themselves when they have

injuries early on in the season. If they have that work background

behind them and they are confident they can still deliver good

performances. And for Aikines-Aryeetey, that was like the

gold medal, that bronze medal, because he knew he wanted to get a

major medal in the Championships. He has been adjusted as a youth and a

junior and it is about time he delivered. He had a big smile and a

deserved one. Here is what is coming up live this morning. Thankfully the

weather is a little bit better for the pole vault on vacation. Steve

Lewis, the Commonwealth champion. We have also got a feast of 200 metres

running coming up. Jodie Williams, fresh from her silver medal in the

Commonwealth Games, gets underway. Dina Asher-Smith as well. And Gemili

is on track. Ten out of ten for the headline writers on that one. Let's

take a look at the timetable this morning. Polo qualification. Hats

have one -- it is more a case of who is here that you is not here. We are

looking forward to seeing that. Get in touch either through the BBC

Facebook page or our Twitter. Ashleigh Nelson camming in a little

bit later. Do get in touch. -- coming in. Lots of medals to

celebrate. The conditions were incredibly windy and the schedule

was put back by about 45 minutes. All sorts of issues for the athletes

and the organisers. I think safety was an issue. All those flags ended

up being taken down. It was not ideal running conditions, but our

ways like that kind of weather. Just wants to be careful. Checking

where everybody is. A big screen there. I don't know what he is

looking for or what he is worried about. There is only one person that

everybody else is worried about and that is him. He has not become

accustomed to it, but he was looking at the screen earlier. He is going

down the back straight, 1000 metres remaining. He hasn't had to do

anything special. He is going to have to work hard for this one. 25

.36. Andy Vernon is running strongly. One of the dangers just

going missing. They come down the home straight. Two laps to go. Mo

Farah in the controlling position. These six are going to sort out the

three medals. I did not think he was in the best of shape this year. Andy

Vernon, it is starting to look better and better for him. He cannot

sprint, Andy Vernon, and it looks as though he is reading heavily. The

two Kenyans will fancy their chances of a medal. It is just a question of

Mo Farah. Still six men there. When it be great if Andy Vernon --

wouldn't it be great if Andy Vernon got a medal here? He is just getting

as close as he can. He knows when the site goes down, what do the

others do? We are down to a four. It comes to the Bell and Mo Farah has

controlled the last couple of laps. Andy Vernon, coming a long way on

the outside. He is now doing what we know he's does best -- he does best.

He is stretching. And the Vernon running really well in fourth place.

These two Turkish athletes between Andy Vernon and Mo Farah and Mo

Farah is in control now. A couple of accelerations to make. Andy Vernon

still in with a chance of a medal. Mo Farah has a summer work to do.

The 20-year-old is on his shoulder. Kicking hard here. He should have

gotten away. He looks behind him. Mo Farah comes away for the win, but in

the Vernon is going to get the silver! -- Andy Vernon is going to

get the silver! Brilliant work from him to get the silver medal. Mo

Farah worked pretty hard for that in the and. What a run for Andy Vernon

to get the silver behind Mo Farah. Congratulations on a tremendous gold

medal. We saw how much this meant to you in your reaction. It means a lot

to be. Two weeks ago by was not going to compete. The last two

weeks, training has gone well. It meant a lot to me. It wasn't easy. I

wanted to run in the Commonwealth Games and they could not and so to

come and went the European means a lot to me. The -- will win at the

European. There are people who were doubting you. You do not like that

aspect of it. I don't want to let the people who buy tickets down. By

centre was going to be at the Commonwealth Games in a could not be

there because I wasn't anywhere near 100% in terms of my shape. Sometimes

it is hard because all of the people, not in terms of supporting

and buying tickets and they want to come and see you, and that is what I

felt. Well, you have a gold medal now. After the kind of you that you

have had, you have been in hospital and the whole marathon experience,

collapsing in New York, and you now have this bright moment to shine in

a troubled year for you. Definitely. This means a lot to me. It has not

been easy. It means a lot. It is where the journey began for you,

that European double in 2010 in Barcelona. It sent you on a journey

to Olympic gold in world superstar status. I the double in Barcelona

and also one in Helsinki. It is about having the confidence to win

the world and go from there to the Olympics. You cannot forget where

you start from. The job is done, you have to come back. I am excited. I

am looking forward to the next race and no-one to thank all the people

who supported me. Or are a lot of people, particularly mild wife and

my family, they are the ones that have been there and have been to all

of the different emotions, so it is great to have people behind me. It

is great to have people behind me, my coach, the Oregon Project group,

my team-mates and the rest of the guys, they have all been very

supportive. You sense he is still quite bruised and battered by the

all experience of this year. It has heat him hard. It is hard to see

what else he could have done last night other than win like that they

get back on track. You can imagine the relief that would brought.

Anything less than winning last night would have been a disaster for

him. He was dominating, he controlled the field and he ran very

well, but you get the sense that he was still carrying the weight of a

lot of expectation from himself and people around him into that race and

it weighed heavily on him. It is such a strange thing, double world

champion, one of Britain's greatest ever athletes coming to a European

Championships, which he should win anyway, and feels he has something

to prove will stop he has had a tough year. When you set your

goals. You want to run a really good time in the marathon, you want to

compete in the Commonwealth Games, and those things have not

materialised, and it knocks confidence. He has been scrambling

around trying to find himself. You get lost. When you are victorious

and there is an air of invincibility about you as a person, it takes a

wild to get back down and say, I am still me, I might lose sometimes,

but I am always going to win, but striking that balance between here

he is, what he is about, understanding his responsibility as

a Globalstar, he is a family men, on all of those things take its toll,

and that when has put his mind at ease. He was starting to doubt

himself and he was in quite a lonely place. Everything had come very

easily over the last couple of years. He had not had any real big

setbacks and then suddenly he was expecting to run better than he did

in the marathon, it and it a disaster, but other people might

have expected more. -- and it wasn't really a disaster. I think he

thought that he might, and the marathon and run very quickly in the

way that we saw Aikines-Aryeetey do. You can start believing the hype

yourself. The important thing for Mo Farah, he was on a rail Rise

yourself. The important thing for Mo Farah, he was on a up to greatness,

it is the next cycle which will be the tricky one, which he is now just

starting. If you think about when he won in 2010 and just missed the

double World Championships, next time, double, and this cycle is the

tricky one, because you have established yourself as a big

superstar and you have to deliver on a continuous basis, and that is

where he comes up here, and that is deadly important, and whether your

body can take it, because as you Rise to the top of the ranks, you

are still quite fresh, and now you have to keep your level and work

hard, and this is where it becomes Dodge Jeep -- dodgy. Did he not go

for fast times over five and ten? You judge an athlete's career by

medals they win and by the absolute performance, your personal best. It

is brilliant but why not attack the five and 10,000 metre records? It is

difficult because you cannot do everything. Especially when you put

the word in through the winter and summer to end to win the

championships, it is a slightly different type of training and going

completely after fast times. Mo Farah has not made any secret of the

fact that titles matter to him and he has concentrated on preparing so

he can finish and dominate the field and finish with the finish that he

has. It might not be the same type of training. He might not actually

be able to attack the world title. Does he think he can run that fast?

15 seconds of the five and nearly 30 seconds off the ten. I absolutely

think he can run faster. It is only just over a second a lap. Only a

second a lap! It is not a huge amount, he can definitely run

faster. It is a different type of preparation and you have to make

certain sacrifices to get the work in. As we saw with the relief, he

has missed that, and I don't know if you want to take that step back from

not racing to be able to prepare and do if you want to take that step

back from not racing to be able to prepare and do a for a fast time

over the five and ten. Endlessly fascinating discussion about Mo

Farah. This was his gold medal last night. And silver medal, we must not

forget, for Andy Vernon. We expected Mo Farah to win but we did not

expect Andy Vernon to get the silver. He was probably thinking, if

I can just hang in there, there. Andy managed to stay in contention

and coming into the last lap, I think you suffered a little bit from

having to go wide around those runners. I think you will be

surprised himself when he looks back at it. He wondered if he could have

closed on Mo Farah more, but you never know. Andy did run super. We

talk about the aura of Mo Farah and maybe Andy did not quite believe. I

think he will look back and think, Mo Farah was there for the taking

last night. If maybe he did not idolise him as much, he might have

attacked it differently? I know he has a lot of respect for Mo Farah.

But I think that the prize was, just how fast he was finishing and what

he had left in his legs. Because he has had a rough time as well. He has

had some injuries and then has to do some injuries work late in the

season. He really came through well. He will look back at that and

there's two incidents, going wide and going into the last lap and

having to track back out again to come around to get after that silver

and he will think, if I could put those two together, maybe I could

have done that. I still think Mo Farah had more, he was looking

around so much in that last 100 metres. Maybe fear? Part of it was

to make sure he was clear so he could wind up celebration up in

time. Mo Farah has a whole stack of gold medals. Tiffany Porta is

looking for her first one. Tiffany Porter just ahead and it is

gold at last fought Tiffany Porter. She is the European Championship. --

champion. This has to be special? This is very

special. I have not won a gold medal yet so I am happy to finally get it.

You were one of the big favourites coming in and it was billed as a

head-to-head between you and Cindy, you lived with those expectations

are well. It was important to perform when it mattered the most

and I am pleased to come away with a gold medal, finally! Cindy has been

having a great season and I am very happy. I track there is a bit of a

gold rush with Britain at the moment. Is it an infectious thing,

one inspirational performance can lead to another? Absolutely. When

you see your team-mates doing so well and giving their all, it's

beers you on and makes you want to continue on and do your best. -- it

spurs you on. STUDIO: That was a Colin Jackson start. She exploded

out of the blocks. It was great to see Tiffany take it on the way she

did. Her strength in race is between hurdle three and eight. If she could

get ahead, she knew at that particular stage, she only needed to

hold the final barriers and she could take victory. She came off the

final hurdle terribly and it did not allow her to sprint in properly.

Which is why you saw her really close in on her going into the line.

But the key thing was victory for Tiffany. She really needed it

personally. You wonder whether she will really take an hour without

confidence that comes from winning a major championships. The people she

has been up against in major championships has been Rhianna

Rollins and our friend from Australia. To have people like Sally

Pearson... Quite a turnaround from the com of games and James of

former, she really ran herself -- quite a turnaround from the

Commonwealth Games. That was super hurdling. The girls she is aiming to

beat, if she can, she still needs to find another two or three tenths of

a second, which feels like a lot but she has improved a lot. The key for

Tiffany has been the change in attitude. That is appointment -- the

disappointment in 2012 and now getting this gold medal in

particular, that will give confidence or training is going in

the right direction. She has settled into the British group. That change

is quite difficult for an athlete to get under their belt. She has done

really well but now she has to kick on. Conditions were awful last

night. In the semifinal, she ran 12.6. You thought she was going to

break Jessica Ennis-Hill's British record. She will not be far off that

when she comes to the end of the season. Because she will believe in

herself. She will look at that time she ran in her heat and think, I can

find that 10th. Here is a couple more medals from last night. The

men's discus, he was the hot favourite, Robert Harting. This was

66.7 metres. Bit of a disappointing evening for

France. She got 6.85 metres. The men's pole

vaulter qualification is underway. We are looking forward to seeing the

Commonwealth champion, Steve Lewis. , Tait he is clear. England's Steve

Lewis! He took silver four years ago and

now he has the full set. We were all getting into the vibe in

the studio with that little number! Steve in the commentary box, are you

feeling it? It has not been the best of conditions for the pole vaulters

so far. Slightly better this morning. Blue skies overhead today

and no wind more importantly. The decathletes really struggled with

that yesterday. The pole vaulters are warming up. Steve Lewis and Luke

Cutts in that jump off. They will have their work cut out in European

level. A much higher standard. Lavillenie of France, the best ever.

The contenders will do well to make the final. 5.65 is the automatic

qualification. Steve Lewis, hugely talented. But also slightly

frustrated, we have watched him over the years. You always feel there is

just that little bit more to come, that breakthrough that perhaps has

not quite happened yet? I have always believed in Steve Lewis. He

is physically very capable. He is the model pole vaulter, physically,

he has everything going for him. Fifth in the Olympic Games and now

the Commonwealth champion. Hopefully he is beginning to believe in

himself. He is the opposite of Luke Cutts, who is raw and unpredictable,

a bit of a maverick. Use talked about Steve Luiz being the ideal

pole vaulter, the main man, the greatest pole vaulter, Renaud

Lavillenie, he is tiny, you would not pick him out as the best pole

vaulter ever! But he is so quick. He is your kind of speed on the runway.

Carrying a pole. He has got everything. He is Atletico Madrid,

strong. He is the outright favourite. World record from the

indoor season. -- he is athletic, gymnastic and strong. Natty

sunglasses therefore run over Lavillenie as well!

At the start of the competition I think Nadine Broersen. She has had a

really good season. Setting a new personal best in the competition. On

paper, she is the best one but I wonder how her legs will feel. It is

time to say hello to our commentators, Steve Cram, Andrew

Cotter and also Steve Backley who we have already talked to.

a slow start typically but she has had a fantastic two events. She is

off to a clean start, a contender for the medals, the 31-year-old.

also for the Slovakian athletes who is a very good runner.

The hammer qualification is underway. Automatic qualification is

75 metres. This is Lomnicky of the Czech Republic. The yellow line is

the automatic qualification. A world student games silver medallist. That

is his most notable performance to date. Looks like it might just be

beyond the qualification line. I think of the yellow line is a little

bit out of place. Not quite the automatic. You will have to throw

again. A familiar name in hammer throwing. His father was and 80

metre men himself. Can he qualify? Nice technique. Good acceleration. A

very good first round throw. 28 years of age. Over 80 metres, his

father through. The best here is 78 metres. This competition is being

billed as a head to head between the athletes from Paul wins and Hungary.

-- Poland. 76.12. It is automatic qualification. And here is one of

those men I mentioned earlier. Pars, the defending champion of

Europe from two years ago. Making sure that the hammer is released

down the sector cleanly. He started compensating by rotating to the

right and just hold onto that. Pars just shy of the 75 metre line. He is

the reigning Olympic champion also. 74.44, so he will have to go again.

Cosmos, a former world and Olympic champion. That takes some doing. 75

metres. The 34-year-old, just beyond it, I believe. An early start for

the hammer throws this morning. Good conditions. We have seen some

shocking weather so far. The hammer throwers are pleased that it is

dry. We will find out that a second was his time was. He can take his

shoes off, go away, had a bite to eat and get ready for the final on

Saturday. This is Lisek looking to get into that final. We mentioned to

Ritz involved, Steve Lewis and Luca Cutts, with that great jump off at

the Commonwealth Games. Early stages here. The pole vault, just checking

that you run ups and getting themselves in shape. Right then,

back to the hammer. It is all go for automatic qualification. Lomnicky

has attacked this. Wow, that looked like a much more aggressive effort.

Quicker. Making for certain that he will advance to the final. His first

throw would have done the job. He is probably frustrated that he had to

have another one. It looks like it might be the longest throw we've

seen this morning. 76.12. So far that is the longest. That is beyond

qualifying. A beautiful morning in Zurich. Just about ready for the

second heat of the 100 metre hurdles will stop -- 100 metre hurdles. A

decent enough start gold medallist -- silver medallist.

14 seconds. One or two athletes in this event

will be thinking of medals. A great new find for Belgium, just 19, she

will be 20 years old on Monday. There are also other medal

opportunities. One of the two sisters who are competing today in

the 200 metres this morning, then that the athlete from Belarus and

the defending champion of France. One or two athletes, the likes of

the French women who is probably not at her best. The Swiss concentrating

here. The two of these sisters are sprinters and they have been doing

very well. It was interesting last night, we were talking about Mo

Farah wearing a gold number, and he should technically not do that. The

athlete and lay no-one is going to be really interesting. She was

leading Katrina Johnson-Thompson at the start of the year. That was

until the 800 metres. A real talents. Her 20th birthday is on

Tuesday. The European junior champion from last year is now the

Belgian record-holder in this event. This is not one of her best events.

She is not super with hurdles. But she did have a new personal best, so

she sets off well in this event, just watch out for her in this

competition. There are more experienced athletes but she must be

one to watch. First attempt and he knocked it off, not in ideal start.

Cutts caught us by surprise there. Two more tries to go clear.

Elizabeth of a delay to that pole-vault. I am not sure what the

problem is this morning because the weather is much better. It is a

particularly cold. It is not the weather. The penetration did not go

through. He was out of position. He saw that in

Just watch how well the campaigns get underway here. A very good start

in lane four. It is wanted by a mile. . No wonder she punches the

air. That is more like it. She might not give this title up without a

battle. That was a really good start. A mention at the very

beginning, this is a good strong event for her, and she is on the

around 13.06, and that will give her a lot of confidence. What a start.

The other athletes know that she comes very strong and the closing

stages. She has got the biggest javelin, 857 metre throw. A

brilliant start out of the box. A good sprinter but the hurdling

technique let her down. This is much better. A brilliant start. Good

conditions this morning, and a host of season's best and personal best.

25 years of age, this Polish athlete. He made it look very easy

indeed. The surprise world Champion of 2011. Making a clean start to

this qualification process. A lengthy process for the vertical

jumpers. They are almost jumping simultaneously there, as you can see

in the background. A total of 18 jumpers will make the final on

Saturday. Denise Lewis is excited about that performance. Some moments

to celebrate down through the years. Really powering away. Not a bad

start. Very close in the finish. She is in fifth place. Good run. Oh,

yes, oh, yes, equaling her best jump this year, and that just the right

time. Gets across the circle quickly and it is long. A fantastic start

for pity these Lewis. The run-up was very close. Is it a red flag? It is

a white flag. Fantastic. Oh! And here comes the new champion, Denise

Lewis has done it. She has not smiled very much during the last two

days. It has been tough. But look at this. Thank you very much, she says.

She hasn't smiled very much but she is smiling now. IMP is free. Good

memories? Good memories. -- I am stress free. When you have the

European games and the Commonwealth Games, you try to target both I did

not have the greatest start, so it was a real relief to get that title

under my belt. I remember her spending a lot of

time in the physio room. I always had a huge amount of respect. When

you are a decathlete, you are trying to polish your performance, because

it is tough out there. I have to congratulate you my dear. We saw

Nana Djimou runaway in the hurdles. You were in the bunch when we saw

those clips. But that focus, when you are not winning the race but you

know you are going for points. Yes, you just have to keep focused on

your performances and your personal best. You know there will be some

events that do not go but typically well but you need to nail the ones

that are. For me at that time, when you have missed one, you have to

just keep it in the mix and keep your mind relaxed but focus on the

things you need to do and don't give up. You just never know what you can

poll out of the bag. It might be quite gratifying to know of your

legacy, Jessica Ennis-Hill following and now Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

It is brilliant to watch. We all have different coaches and different

strengths. Jess has shown that it does not matter what shape, height

you are, if you are quick and you have got no injuries, you can really

take a stranglehold on this event and she has for the last few years.

Johnson-Thompson as well, I think she will take it on another level.

She started the year brilliantly. We know what you can do in the high

jump, and the long jump, that she needs the world rankings this year.

It is a shame that again, the injuries creep in, because the event

is tough and I think the training around it is also difficult. It is

good to see that as a healthy situation. We will head out to the

commentary team for more action on the track.

Disappointment for Thiam and Klucinova. Not a great start for

them. No epitaph cleats competing here.

Zublin getting a warm reception. -- no heptathletes competing here.

Schafer, very talented young German. Probably the quickest hurdler here

as well. Claudia Rath of Germany goes in Lane

5 as well. She is another one that might get close to the medals. These

are the quickest hurdlers. Broersen a little slow out of the

blocks. The Ukrainian athlete flying at the moment. Mokhnyuk comes

through. Ahead of Schafer. That was a very quick time, a big

personal best, 13.08. I have been looking at Mokhnyuk's performances,

that is a big lifetime best, but she is carrying too many weak events to

be a real contender. Broersen to her right to was maybe a little

disappointed. We expected the contender from the Netherlands to be

a real contender. Luke Cutts, can he make the most of

these perfect conditions for pole vaulter? He made a mess of the first

attempt. He just needs to settle himself here. It is well within his

capabilities. He has had injuries since the last indoor competition

but his outdoor season was quite disrupted.

He is out of sorts isn't he? His timing was off. The rock back. The

plant looks good, the rock back maybe does not quite get him back

into position. His legs do not get to the vertical which means he is

almost too horizontal as he gets to the bar and he does not get the

height and the the top of the pole. Luke Cutts, putting himself under

pressure now. He will have one more attempt and he has to go clear.

Back down the other end of the stadium, Kristzian Pars, also under

a bit of pressure. He was very much expected to qualify easily. Wow,

what is he doing? He started further and further round to the right,

clearly compensating for his throwing down the left-hand side. A

bit like a golfer, the more you try to correct it, the more it goes

right. Did he hit the left cage? It is out of the sector. The champion,

Kristzian Pars of Hungary, the defending European champion from two

years ago and the Olympic champion, may go out. He is in fifth place at

the moment. 74.44 metres only. He will have to wait for that second

call and find out if it is enough to qualify for the final on Saturday.

Wow. That is a potential shock. Steve Lewis, Lewis. Jumping in his

sunglasses this morning. That is how to do it. That was impressive. Very

precise and meticulous and very considered. He is a great athlete.

Is he beginning to believe in himself?

Seven other athletes have jumped higher than 5.7 metres. He will have

to jump all of his lifetime bests if he wants to get in amongst it. There

is Cooly. Is he celebrating that jump of Steven Lewis's? Not sure.

We considered the Dean aureus and might have looked worse than it was.

-- Nadine Broersen. Next up on track it will be the

women's 200-metre heats. I am delighted to welcome our first

medallist into the studio, Ashleigh Nelson. Many congratulations. Still

buzzing? 100%! Last night was amazing, my first senior final and I

was able to come away with a medal. You have your medal. It is a lovely

medal. It is amazing, it has a nice weight to it. It even has my time on

the back. That is very cool and I love your nails as well! You have

not seen the race have you? Enjoy it.

Dafne Schippers does not know yet but she has gold for the

Netherlands. Well? LAUGHTER

We are all looking at you! I knew that as soon as I crossed the line,

I automatically felt where I was, I knew I had managed to pick up a

medal. It meant so much to me, you can see that. It still does now.

Your semifinal, when you ran so close, to one of the favourites, you

must have then gone into the cool room to warm up, and think, I can

win a medal. We were held at yesterday with the weather so it was

quite hard to stay in that frame of mind. I thought I was going to come

out and run really fast and I managed to keep my cool. I felt I

had even more. I spoke to my coach and we went over the process of what

we were going to go for. He said that all I need to do is start and

surprise myself. I feel like I was able to do that. I will have to

watch it back a few more times to be sure. To go over things. What I

remarked about you this season, you have managed to get yourself into

what I call the best physical shape that I have seen you in for a long

time. Is that something you really worked on? I know sometimes girls do

not want to look at their shape and no one have that conversation, but

it looks as if you worked so hard on your shape. Definitely. We came in

with a mindset this year that I would have to be technically better,

lighter, and mentally better than I ever have been to make sure that I

put myself in a good position this year to hopefully go on to the World

Championships next year. I have worked so hard with my nutritionist

and psychologist to get all of these points down. As well as being held

together with an amazing medical team privately, the UK athletics

guys. This medal is for the whole team around me. Just before you ran,

was it not Jo Pavey's medal ceremony? Yell it was and just

before that, Mo Farah had ran as well. It was so amazing to come out

knowing the crowd were roaring to go, so much support here, not just

for the Swiss athlete but for the British ones as well. We are heading

back to the field, Luke Cutts in the pole vaulter. Steve Backley standing

by. Luke Cutts strolling anxiously

because he has knocked the bar off twice at his opening height of 5.3

metres. The bar has been reset and his name will shortly reappear on

the board and all eyes will turn and he knows it. This is your moment to

survive. Athlete find out a lot about themselves in situations like

this. He was not selected for London Olympics or Moscow. He proved the

selectors wrong and qualified. Yes! I said you find out a lot about

yourself and Luke Cutts is made of tough stuff. A third time clearance.

What must have been going on in his mind. It is always tough. Third

attempt. Questions are asked and he answered all of them. Well done Luke

Cutts, he stays in the competition. I think he will settle himself now.

This is a height we expected him to be comfortable in clearing.

Hopefully he can now go on to much better things.

Ashleigh Nelson, great to see British athletes do well. There is a

sense the team has a British athletes do well. There is a

sense the team has really good feeling? There is an amazing

atmosphere at the hotel. All the girls and guys supporting each

other. Goldie Sayers gave an amazing team 's speech the other day and she

said, compete like it was your last competition and I think the athletes

that have come out so far have proven that. What were your

emotions, Senior, championships? Last year, even though we got the

bronze, we could not get to the podium. Looking back, you can see

how much it meant to me. I believed I could do it but when it happens it

is a different story altogether. It was just amazing. You can't let your

emotions get away with you. It is a chapter that a lot of athletes get

into. You have got the sharp wrote it is a trap that. -- it is a trap

that a lot of athletes get into. You have just got to put everything into

it and you cannot think about the outcome. You have to be processed or

event. A couple of questions coming in from Twitter. Who is your biggest

inspiration? I have two big inspirations, one is my big

brother, we both went to the Beijing Olympics together and him quitting

almost inspired me to carry on and continue, because injuries are part

of the game, but he inspired me just to keep going even when times were

rough, just keep going. Jeanette Quan Chi is also one of my big

inspirations. As spoke to her on the way here and she told me she was

proud of me. -- I spoke to her. After finishing sixth in the Beijing

Olympics, just fantastic. What aged you realise you could make it as an

athlete? -- did you realise. I think I was 14 or 15, that is when I kind

of thought, hey, I am all right at this? By Mike Carey on! Are brother

and I -- I might carry on! My brother and I, he was always there

for me and I wanted to be there for him. I just remember the two

siblings, being so dominant as a young athletes coming through. Your

brother retired and you lost your way little bit, with injuries, and

to build yourself back up and make the changes that you have, it is

really remarkable. I think injury played a big part in one eye was

going through. To be so great as eight Junior and have a few years

where it doesn't come as easily anymore and you have to work really

hard, I am not scared of hard work but it was just getting knocked back

down and not having anything to show for all the work that I had put in.

I cut great friends and family who support me and they are a big credit

to what I have been able to do. I have begins a witness for the next

event. Jodie Williams, a sprinting superstar, coming up. Such young

talent. My first Commonwealth multisports event. I knew I was

going to take a PB. I cannot have asked for more from the race. Jodie

Williams, well placed at the moment. Trying to get there. The best race

of my life. By the people could tell from my reaction to much it meant to

me. -- I think. It is a massive relief to come away with a meadow,

and to do it in front of a home crowd is amazing. I was overjoyed.

Any athlete can tell you that when you have setbacks it makes it so

much special when you have these special moments.

Jodie Williams crashes out of the race. That is not good news. One of

Britain's brightest young athletic stars. I had never had a low in my

career, so to be out for almost two years, it was devastating. It still

hurts to this day. The Commonwealth makes up for that it would've it.

Away they go, and England had it with Jodie Williams. England takes

the bronze medal. So happy, so nice to do it with a team, it was such a

special night. We are still looking to beat the national record.

Definitely within our grasp. It is about getting the right time and the

right conditions. I we can take that out this year. There is so much to

come from our team. I would love to get a medal again but it is a whole

different kettle of fish. I still think there is more to give. I think

of the time can come down a little bit more. I am really looking

forward to exert no. You could say that Rajesh women's sprinting has

never been better. At the moment, all of the girls are on fire. --

British women. We have a great, three, especially coming together

for a relay. Jodie Williams, an amazing youth Junior, 100 or more

winning streak. Jodie Williams and I get on quite well, we are quite

similar, and she is an amazing character. What you see on the track

is a very steely gutsy performer, and she is quite like that in real

life, she has very strong character and she is great. There is also the

younger Williams. Talk a little bit about her. She is another --

Priyanka will stop she is another talent coming through. She works

really really hard. It is amazing to see so many talented females. It is

phenomenal, the resurgence of sprinting for women. It is really

good to see. You all to strive to improve every single day to be the

main one in each event, and it can only bring our sport to strength to

strength. You will get that record, you know. Better do. Do. Denise

Lewis has repositioned to the commentary box. -- better to! She is

bringing glamour to the commentary box. Us three tramps sitting here.

The sun has disappeared temporarily but it is still a pleasant morning.

The younger Williams. A young trio that sets out for Britain in the 200

metres this morning. The 20-year-old who took silver and bronze, Jodie

Williams, and the women in lane two, the young, -- Bianca Williams. It

should be very comfortable for her. Like Jodie Williams, hoisted herself

up the UK list with a personal best. There is that new personal best ride

in Glasgow. That was a couple of weeks ago. A generous qualifying

here. Five heats, this is the first of them. Four will go through

automatically. Younger Williams, the Swiss in lane three, the Slovak

Republic and in lane five, the second quickest Ukrainian. The

Hungarian in lane six. The sun comes back out as they get

underway. Whoa, easy there, stand down, Cooly the Cow, stand down.

Just a bit of a twitch there, but the reaction time... This happen

last night as well. Scrambling around for the rule on the yellow

card again. There we are. Reaction times are fine. Only a twitch. You

can get away with a little twitch in the blocks, but a clear movement

there. You have to do be deemed not to have actually started. You can be

disqualified or you can get a technical warning. As Harry did

yesterday will stop let's see if the technical warning is a yellow card.

Some moments -- yesterday. Let's see if it is a technical warning.

Sometimes moments there. She and Bianca Williams, the two athletes

below 23 in this. The inside lane, lane two.

First four to know through. Just as she did with the aborted race,

Williams moving up. In is not wasting too much energy at the

moment. Williams, aware of where she is. -- Golay is not wasting too much

energy. The younger Williams did what was required to make her way

through there. A really good run from her. Early morning starts,

these athletes, these sprinters, they don't particularly like the

warm-up, but she looks good to me, effortless, looking like she is

breathing pretty heavily. I just wonder, she looks as though she has

been working quite hard. The jubilation of the Commonwealth

Games, an impressive run there, you just don't know how mentally ready

she was for this, even with her coach at the home, you would think

that he would get his athlete ready and focused, but she did not look as

smooth as she did in the Commonwealth Games. The start was a

blistering. She looks comfortable at this stage, but she does not seem to

be at full birders. Watch around here, normally you will see that

light, quick step, these rapid actions from her, but it was not

quite there. Let's just stay -- say it is early, she has qualified, job

done. And Child said that she felt nervous coming in from the

Commonwealth Games. A little bit of a grimace but she is safely through

in this first heat. Two parallel runways in this pole vault

qualification. 39 athletes in total. Steve Lewis, first attempt at 5.50.

That is good. That is very good indeed, Steve Lewis, first-time

clearances. That is what we want to see. Very precise here. Good

technique. Some to spare. Automatic qualification 5.65, but a couple of

athletes having a few problems, so it might not even need all of that

5.65. Good clearance. You can see it is way over that.

Well done, safely through, you feel a bit tired? A bit tired. I was

ready on the first go. I had to reset and I did my best. I know I

did not get out on the second time and I expected that. I just wanted

to win it. How are you feeling, the transition from the Commonwealth

Games to hear? You have to forget about it. You cannot bring it into

here. It is two different things. The Commonwealth Games are gone

now, it is not in my head. I have to concentrate on doing well here. What

about Ashleigh Nelson's performance in the 100 metres last night? I was

so pleased for her, if she can get a medal, anyone can. She was amazing.

I want to do well. I just want to run and run well. You did it in the

Commonwealth Games, and I am sure you can do it here.

No, it is one of the challenges for any field event, you have to be

edited fix what is not right. -- you have to be able to fix what is not

right. Luke cuts is out of sorts and he has two fix it quickly. Young

nothing needs fixing for Bianca Williams.

When Bianca said, if Ashleigh Nelson can win a medal, anyone can, don't

take it like that. I think if Jodie Williams had looked at the start

list, maybe at the beginning of the season, she might have gone a bit

nervous. But she has moved on. Pohrebnyak made it to the

semifinal. Kambundji, what a great performer.

Ashleigh Nelson just got ahead of her.

That Swiss corner, they are very good, they are putting up Swiss

flags, most of the names make a pattern in the seats. Jodie Williams

is in Lane 7. Ekelund is in Lane 3, 17 years old, just won a medal at

the world junior championships. She is a pretty good athlete and

improving this year. She ran 22.92 last year.

We need to watch some of the young juniors coming through as well.

Jodie Williams turns it on a little bit and shows the class she has got

in this field. Kambundji took second place. Pohrebnyak and Ekelund other

two qualifiers. It was not the best start and a fairly easy bend and

into the home straight. She ran hard. She puts on a little bit of

acceleration here and she moves away from the others and then she can

relax. We saw Jodie Williams right at her best. Effortless style of

running she has. Such immaturity from her, she seems to have taken it

up another level this season. Isa such mature T from her -- such

maturity from her. Easy qualifying. This athlete has a personal best of

5.73. No, oh my word, his right hand

slipped, so crucial. As he's still got his skin on it, I am sure he is

asking. Fortunately landed on the mat, the momentum took him through.

That will give him something to think about for his second attempt.

Luke Cutts getting a bit of a work-out here this morning, this is

his second attempt. It looked better but something is not right with Luke

cuts. -- Luke Cutts. A good rock back but then he bailed out there,

he is leaving his leg behind. The body swings like a pendulum and he

is missing it and that is two body swings like a pendulum and he

is missing it and that is fouls for Luke Cutts.

The track feels very quick. It is very hard, the surface. But it was a

good race, I cannot complain. You looked in complete control as you

have through the Commonwealth into here. It is good to get another job

20 under my belt. The more consistent I can get at that level

means I will be ready for another big drop next year. You are back

tonight for the semifinals. It is a nicer timetable than the common of

games. I prefer that, I can go home and eat and nap and come back and do

it all again. End you are, means another under 23

record. -- NUR. Ashleigh Nelson is still alongside

me and Colin. You were talking about the track and how quick it was an

Jodie Williams mentioned it as well. It is unlike any surface I have run

on before. It is quite hard and almost as soon as you put your foot

on the floor, it comes back up. It is amazing. The reaction you get off

the track is great. 10% better return of energy, Steve Backley was

saying the other day. Very pleased with how the track has turned out.

It has not been laid very long. Only a few weeks. It needed a bit of time

to settle down. What also help is that it has been a little chilly

which tightens up the track. The sprinters are really seeing the

benefit. Jodie Williams looked fantastic. She looks completely in

control of that race. Keeping her for. She technically does not break

down. She could feel she was in front of the girls and she brought

it home comfortably. You get the feeling there is a lot more to come

from Jodie Williams. Dafne Schippers won the hundred metres last night

and she goes for this one. Dafne Schippers is a long way clear

of the rest in this heat. Both these women in Lane 2 And Lane

3 will be challenging for the title. Eftimova only started competing

again in may. What confidence Dafne Schippers must have at the moment.

Untouchable in the 100 metres and 200 metres, but I think the rest

could get closer to her than they could in Glasgow. On the outside

Ograzeanu. She is getting better and better all

the time of the Olympic rings hang around her neck.

Off goes the alarm and we look for reaction times, I think Galais from

France is in trouble here in Lane 3. She is a very decent sprinter

indeed. Early-morning adrenaline. It was a very obvious twitch. Her

reaction time has come up as a negative reaction time. Unlike the

Russian athlete previously, she may not get a yellow card, she may get

the full exit strategy. It all looked clean their -- there. Galais

is disqualified. The one. When you are out, it is

harsh but it had to be done, there were so many false starts. You

prepare all year for this championships and suggest that

fraction of a second you go to early, whether it is a laps in

concentration or whatever, but she is clearly devastated. 22 years old,

plenty of talent. Dafne Schippers will settle down to her routine

again, this will be a stroll for her.

Four to go through automatically. Four from just six now and Galais is

gone. Schippers is gone, it is a breeze for her to see how she feels

after a fairly late night last night, celebrations because she was

winning the 100 metres very late in the evening. She is so far clear.

That was such an easy race. It was a remarkable exhibition of sprinting.

Villa this young lady does not stop impressing.

She makes it look so effortless. I am battling here, kept at least,

sprinter, heptathlon or sprinter, she makes it look so easy. Unlike a

lot of the athlete, she has do cope with these early mornings, she is a

heptathlete by heart. She is up on the Norwegian athlete very quickly.

Now it is just a demonstration run. Simple, easy, she has time to look

around. She is just full of confidence at the moment. She has

potential in the 200 metres, to be up there with the very best in the

world. Not just the Europeans but the Americans as well. She can be

one of the very best. Absolutely. That was a remarkable result for

Schippers. The last attempt for Cutts. You have

done it already ones this morning. -- one time this morning. That is

not good enough. Breaks the bar down. That will mean and ask it for

him. Clearly out of sorts -- that will mean an exit for him. Clearly

out of sorts this morning. He worked hard to get in shape after an

injury. Something was awry. We saw the big flip of the right hand of

Scherbarth. Can he go clear? No, he can't. That surely is the impact of

that slip, it just puts doubt in your mind. He was not able to remove

it. That is quite a big surprise. Dafne Schippers is with me. How did

it feel this morning? Early for me. I had six hours of this night and I

am really tired now. I'll wait to sleep and then go for the

semifinals. You are growing in stature in this event. Yes. A sprint

double has been your goal all of the way. Yes. We will see. We wish you

luck for tonight. Thank you. She was not giving him too much there!

Tell me, Ashley, a multi-event athlete looking like that, how do

you feel? I think she is an amazing athlete, whether it is the sprint or

the heptathlon. The times that she is running or not just mediocre

times, she is moving that she can be a world-class sprinter and is up for

the challenge. Think it is great. She certainly looked very good this

morning. She said it was off the back of a very little sleep but you

would not have guessed. She looks so relaxed. She eased down with about

30 or 40 metres to go. Going up against Jodie Williams will be

really interesting. Semifinals tonight. You said last night that

she was not smiling. They didn't seem very happy. Maybe it was the

first time that she was in a big senior fight I got a medal, but

maybe they were just holding it in and getting ready. -- big senior

final. I think everybody was impressed with Daphne Schippers. You

just get the feeling, what is the world 's fastest, 22.18, on this

track? Decent weather. The weather forecast for tomorrow is not that

great. This is a bit of a find, from Russia, just 19 years old. She ran

the 4x400. Maybe she can use her capabilities here. Here is Tavares

from Portugal. A big cheer for her. Here is the Armenian athlete in lane

eight. Really interested in this young lady, in the world youth

championship in 2011, on the reached the semifinal, and was the European

Championships at this event, but has really really come on this year,

Championships at this event, but has really and she might be a writer to

watch over the next couple of years. 51 point -- a runner to watch. She

has got Samuel inside, very disappointing in the 100. The former

European champion in lane two. She started quickly, as you would

expect. Sprunger started well in lane seven. Here goes Jegede. She

might just be out of it. We will wait to see how she performed on the

big stage, but it was a very well. Semiauto, much better than she

performed in the 100 metres. -- Samuel. Times mean nothing for

Renzhina. Here she is, really struggling. Sprunger has done very

well. Renzhina. Here she is, really

struggling. Sprunger She threw those times out the window. You have got

to. You got to qualify, look at your athletes and no that you are in the

mix. Confidence is everything at this stage. You might have had an

early start, but I was pleased with Samuel, she looked good in the 100.

I had great expectations for her to get in the medals but she just did

not look the part. This is a much better run for her. She needs to

tighten up those arms are little bit, she is not really driving the

arms like you should do in the home stretch. Good qualification from

her. The Russian, she is only 19, she may well have a career ahead of

her, but that was not good and she does not go through. She may well be

the fastest loser, it has been concerned, -- confirmed, she will go

through. Sprunger joins her. A lot of teenagers around the

country will be waiting to hear back from their A-level results. You can

hear from another one of them. To be in Zurich, had a great experience

last year as part of the relay team, and I was able to learn and get

experience from the trip and I'm hoping I can apply at this time. The

unfortunate thing is that your event starts on the same day as another

momentous occasion. It is A-level. Yes, it is a bit stressful, I am

probably more nervous about that than I am my race, because it could

determine the next three or four years of my life. Hopefully it will

be OK. If not, then... You are not tempted to avoid the results before

the race? I would like to know my results before the race, because

even if I don't get what I want, I don't think it will affect my

racing, because I think academics and Athletics should be kept

separate, and I do that in my head, and I am not sure, but I am hopeful

that everything will be OK and I am sure it will not have too much of a

negative effect in the morning. We don't know the results, but you do

not know them either, do you? I have no idea. Would you want to know them

before the race? I would not. I studied photography. Either she is

quite an academic. I am sure -- I know she is quite an academic and I

am sure she will get good results. She is an amazing lady. You gave her

a bit of a pep talk, didn't you? I am not sure if you could talk --

call it a pep talk, but I told her to make sure she did one better than

me. I got a silver medal, so she got the gold, so she was able to come

back, and I am happy to see her here racing today. She won the world

juniors 100 and the 200 here. I think that is what she is going to

end up finding out over the next few years, she is an amazing junior, and

I think she is going to learn along the way and hopefully she doesn't

get any injuries, but I think she will find out which is the stronger

event just through sheer racing. Mark Butler, 22.07. That has got to

be in the back of your mind when you are as talented as that. She would

have seen how the other sprinters had done, she would have been

inspired by your performance, no doubt, and she probably thought she

would need that sort of performance to qualify through the rounds, and I

think, yes, poor Kathy Cook, that could be another one of her records

that she has lost to this great, great set of women, talented

sprinters, and I think Kathy is pretty proud, because these girls

are all talented. Dina Asher-Smith looks very comfortable in this

environment. are all talented. Dina Asher-Smith

looks very Yes. I was lucky enough to be in the final last year with

her, and I was asking her if she was all right, and she said, yes, I am

fine, and I was like, what? She is a lot like Jodi, always has a big

smile on her face. The main thing about her is, because of her age,

there is no pressure, she just enjoys herself, and when you are

happy and relaxed, you run well. When you get older you start to

think too much! You process everything, break it down, I can do

this, I can do this, but just run free. When you have it down, I can

do this, I can do this, but just run free. When you, use it to your

advantage. Another question from Twitter. I just thought I would

check. Fantastic to see you do so well, what is your target for next

year? I think next year I would love to go to the World Championships in

Beijing and make the final there. I think being able to compete with the

B -- European girls, you have to look for the next step, and the next

step is the world will stop Dina Asher-Smith is coming up very

shortly in the next heat -- in the world. Dina Asher-Smith is coming up

very shortly and he asked heat. What a beautiful day in Zurich. -- in the

last heat. What a before date in Zurich.

Men's pole-vault on vacation continues. Flippidis. His first

attempt. That is a good clearance. A men who served a drug ban, it has to

be said, some six years ago, a 19th month than and his career was

tarnished, but that is a clearance. Good conditions. Athletes are having

problems, though. We have seen some decent jumpers go out already. One

of them was bath the German. Here is another German, Dilla. 25 years old.

Second time clearance of 5.40. He has been struggling away. He

continues here at 5.50. He makes that look very easy indeed. European

under 20, three silver medals. Decent technique as well. Very good

clearance. The very tidy. 29 athletes at 5.50. 5.65. Getting

ready for Saturday's final. His Wojciechowski -- here is why the

Child ski. He had knocked it off. -- here is Wojciechowski. He had

knocked it off. He won the Championships back in 2011. He is

putting himself under a bit of pressure. Just trying to sort that

out. It is all to do with the foot placement. Checking with his coach.

All right, then. Lissette. 21 years of age. Almost like a sausage

factory, they just churn them out year after year, new names coming

onto the scene of an list back -- coming onto the scene. 5.50. That is

very tidy indeed. Impressed with this young men, one to look out

for. A bit of hunger and a point to prove. 21 years of age. Looking

confident and very proficient. Wonderful pole-vault technique.

Looking good to proceed through this qualification.

Second attempt, it is Kryvitski from Belarus.

All of these hammer throwers in Paul B, they might have the opportunity

to knock out the Olympic champion. We wait for that marked to be

measured. -- that mark. A slow wind up and slow build-up and

good acceleration. That is how to do it. Maybe impressive technique, but

just beyond 70 metres. Maybe a little bit too controlled, that.

Nicely balanced. He just fell off that very slightly. But that is the

nature of field events, you go away and sorted out and have a little

rerun in your mind and come back and try to improve.

Villa it is nicer today. I was just getting a bit hungry, when you

started talking about your Polish sausage factory. Ice cream

definitely order of the day. You were talking about the weather and

tomorrow, this 200-metre semifinal tonight and then tomorrow, when they

faced such difficult conditions, the skippers have the benefit of being

what -- Dafne Schippers had the benefit of being not in very nice

conditions last night. Only being put to sunny use right

now. -- umbrellas only being put to sunny use right now. There is the

start line for the 200 metres. Of all of the talented youth in British

sprinting, back-ups Asher-Smith is the brightest. -- perhaps Dina

Asher-Smith is the brightest. Cathy crooks still stands proud at

the top, the UK record-holder. -- Cathy Cook.

Renzhina has already got a fastest loser place.

The new world junior champion. The list of her achievements goes on and

on and lays down the credentials of this woman. There has been a big

delay between the fourth and fifth heat will stop let's go quickly to

the pole vaulter. It is the world champion of 2011, Wojciechowski.

He has to go clear to remain in the competition and that is very much

better. 25 years old, named Sportsman of the year in Poland in

2011. And that was a very good clearance indeed. He sorted out

whatever his problems were. Wow, well beyond that. Very good. He can

continue to the next height. Amidei of Italy goes in Lane 5 just

inside another big threat from Soumare. She won this title four

years ago. It was a surprise when she won four years ago, she really

improved her titles in many. Latvala is next. Papaioannou is next. She

ran here in the 100 and not get the first round. Karakus in Lane 2 just

inside Dina Asher-Smith. Four go through automatically two

tonight's semifinals which is when things. Getting serious. -- which is

when things will start getting serious.

Safely away from the shade into the sunlight and Dina Asher-Smith is

roaring up and storming round the bend. Soumare is being left a little

bit at the moment. Asher-Smith well out in clear and you might just ease

it down a bit to start with. 22.75, just a hundredth of a second outside

her personal best. That was very impressive from Asher-Smith. Wasn't

it just? A fantastic run from her. It looked like she just wanted to

get out on this track. It has been a long time waiting for this run.

Seeing all of the success from the British athletes last night and they

just want to get out there and sample it. The track that is proving

to be very quick indeed. And she is a lovely looking runner. Effortless

again, different type of style to what we have seen from Bianca

Williams and Jodie Williams. But making the job look very easy

indeed. Soumare just not expending too much energy. I hope we can get

some good weather for the semifinals and the final. She decided perhaps,

I will get out here very quickly and then look around and see what I have

got. But the job was done at this stage. She is 18 years of age. She

knows that these girls are good. The important thing is to establish

yourself and make sure you run a good turn and do the job. And she is

downstairs with Phil Jones now. What a fantastic race. I got into

kings which is my first choice. I absolutely over the moon. I wanted

to go there so much so I am so happy. I was more scared of that

than I was of the race! Was it straight A s? I don't know yet! You

are through to the next round here. It was fast, I did not think I was

running at that pace. I am really happy. We wish you well for later

on. Isn't that wonderful? 18, first and

she sailed through her A-levels. Isn't that wonderful? 18, first and

she sailed Tremendous running. That junior record of 22.7, I am sure

will go. Proper coming through in fourth place.

We mentioned the qualifiers, great to see Asher-Smith, Jodie Williams,

Bianca Williams as well. Who was maybe slightly sleepy this morning.

That is all of the qualifiers, semifinals tonight and it may even

get quicker. An interesting line from Dina

Asher-Smith, "I did not realise I was running that quickly". It might

be what is affecting these pole vaulters.

Look at that. He has made the necessary adjustments. And I say

that the service will affect these athletes, you run quicker and you

can miss your check marks and then you end up closer to the box where

you plan to the poll and you are out of position. You make the positions

and you move the checkmark back to accommodate to the slightly higher

speeds and then this happens, a huge clearance. First athlete over the

height of 5.6. The rest have passed this site survey of saying,

whatever, we're not competing against you today. We will go up a

height of 5.65 and then we will see. I can remember competing in big

championships, the track can make a massive difference. It certainly

worked well for our sprinters. Dina Asher-Smith did not know what her

A-level results with but it was three capital as -- As for the three

British athletes. You step on the track and you just do not know what

to expect. That looked so easy from Asher-Smith. She carried it home and

she obviously felt where she was in the field and she did not need to do

any more. What Denise said in commentary, you forget she just 18.

An incredibly mature run there. Coming from the success of the world

juniors. But that is different, junior to senior, that step up. She

is a talented sprinter and she can run fast. She ran very quickly

indeed and she has been alongside these experienced women at the relay

in Moscow where she felt very much at home and at ease. She was pretty

cool you said. Yes, she was very relaxed. She knows her ability and

she will put that performance like that out. The three women are

through, what about our three men? Let's hear from the Commonwealth

silver-medallist, Adam Gemili. the 100 metres, to make the finals,

I was pleased, but I was ranked about seventh or eight going into

it. I knew that if I executed it, I could get myself in the mix. I have

never got out as well in my life and I was literally hanging on for

never got out as well in my life and I was dear life. It dipped and it

said second place and the realisation I had done it, the

relief was an real. -- unreal. All of the hard work, trading with

my coach and my team, it was worth it for that moment, and they cannot

but smile. I was just overcome with emotions.

We did well in the relay. We were pushing for the gold. Usain bolt was

on the last leg. Even if you have a lead, he will mean you down, because

he is something special. -- run it you down. Bolt takes the title! We

did our best. We beat the Canadiens and the rest of the teams, so as a

team atmosphere, it was a nice way to finish the Championships. I think

times are stepped up in Europe and you have to run the hundred metres

in nine seconds, and for the 200 metres, maybe a 19 or 20, and it

shows you how far tradition and European Athletics have come along,

that you have to run these times to win at the Europeans. I would like

to make the 200 metre final and get a medal, obviously a gold medal is

what I am aiming for, but get yourself in the final first and

anything had happened. Gemili goes in heat four. He always has a

lovely, big smile on his face, not joking around, but he loves his

Athletics, it seems. Adam is a core rate character. I was lucky to train

with him last year. -- great character. He worked really hard and

they can genuinely say that he works hard and is now getting the results

that he deserves. Interesting decision in terms of splitting his

efforts between Commonwealth Games and the Europeans. What do you think

that thinking behind that is? Coming from football, he has not done it

from a really young age like most of the sprinters that you see, so he is

just using different races for both of its. He was not so long ago a

footballer, I forget about that! As Ashley says, you have to learn,

especially in the 200, it is so tech nickel. It is made to look

effortless but it is not easy. I really think there is just so much

potential, and I would not like to call which event is his best event

because there is so much room for improvement. It was 10.06 to win his

junior title in Barcelona. Then in Moscow last year, he got 20. He was

training with my coach. He gets you into that mindset, he is process

driven, and I think he and Adam put a plan together, much like we did

this week, and Adam is very good at following instruction, so he as he

listens to his coach and they worked very hard together and it will be

interesting to see how he does under his new coach. When Michael Johnson

was in the studio at the Commonwealth Games, he was

marginally critical, for Michael, about the technique, saying that it

looks not as tidy, not as neat as he has been normally, so I don't know

about the transition. It takes time to get used to working with Steve.

It is a new partnership. Adam goes in heat four. Colin Jackson is down

there now. I wonder if he will look as miserable as Denise dead when she

was in the commentary box! -- Denyse did.

was in the commentary box! -- Denyse did.

Not the highest qualifier -- quality heat.

It is going to go quickly. There will be three semifinals for the

women in the 200 metres and only two for the men. 35 for the women, 45 --

42 for the men. Three will go through automatically. There will be

four heats and four fastest losers. The Bulgarian it goes in lane one.

The Macedonian goes in lane two. We have the German in lane and

three. Just slightly concerned. It looks as though Cooly the Cow is

losing his mind! No women can show off to this extent. Well, it is his

thing. Bless him, the little scab. -- scamper. This is not going on

right now. He is not the reason that they had to settle in again, though

I would not put it past him, to be honest! A green card. A technical

fault with the start. Doctor they go, settling in again.

Guliyev in lane six. Three to go through automatically.

Having a look around. Erewa came through. A good race. They say it

will be tighter for the man's wallet occasion. Just three go through

automatically. Let's see. Good to finish from Guliyev. That was a

close one. It was tight. The race was controlled. He picks up his

knees. He starts to look around. There is nobody around him. He was

wondering, where have they all gone? A season best. We will confirm the

results in a moment. Back to the hammer qualifications. Second pool

of 11 athletes. A first round foul for Fajdek. The world champion from

last year, made a mess of the first round. But very good in the second.

That is the longest throw we have seen this morning. Got it together

in the second round anyway. Huge force owing down the arms. 7.25

kilo. Some of the strongest athletes here, pulling strength is needed in

the hammer. Fajdek, world champion last year, going through to the

final Saturday evening. Here is Kryvitski. He is chasing the

automatic qualification, 75 metres. He will need to improve. He needs to

proceed. It is down the left side. Inside the sector, it will be

measured. He exited the circle from the back. That force going down, you

can't see it, but it is hundreds and hundreds of kilos, heads the hammer

throwers spent hours and hours in the gym pulling and lifting. An

automatic qualification and a good throw. Well, the pole did conclude.

5.50 was enough. Steve Lewis there, but no Luke Cutts. Disappointing

that he will not be going through to the final on Saturday evening. In

the next event, we have James Addington. No British sprinter male

or female is doubling up in these championships. Coming off the back

of the Commonwealth Games, everyone is coming down a little bit or they

are reaching therefore. I think it is quite hard to do, reaching your

peak twice within the space of two weeks, so everyone has chosen to do

an individual and give it everything they've got on and sprinters have an

option of the relay, so that will be one to take on at the end. Is that

something that the team management has suggested? Think it is more of

an individual thing. As you get into the senior rankings, you are old

enough to make your own decisions, and you have to go in the situation

and take which one you can do, and you know your body, your coach makes

your body -- measure body, and it has to be a decision. A good silver

medal in the end last night. A good silver medal for him because this is

not his best event. He takes so long to get going, and even here, I

expected him to be closer to James Tsao Lou -- James Dasalou. What we

need to see from him is a bit of that form from 2010-2011, when he

set his personal best, and he has almost not produced or delivered

since then, the promise that we expected. I think James should come

out and make it through to the next round. I know he wasn't very happy

with his results from the Commonwealth Games, so he has to

just go for it. He has been running consistently well. I am rooting for

him. James Ellington, probably unlucky. He has done so well in the

heats of the 4x100 and then was taken out of the team and they not

too happy about that. The lane inside him is empty. Rise is not

here. Safer alongside Allinson. Talking about Junior talent, Thomas

Summers is the third ranked athletes, on the Christian Malcolm

can be -- isn't faster as a junior. Summers, a Yorkshire men. I am sure

we will see him at the Championships one day as well. James Ellington,

Danny Talbot. Alex Wilson getting the crowd going here. A very

experienced men from Sweden. He moved up to the 400 with some

success, though he is not running particularly well at the moment.

This is my morning joke. There is a coach called Mr Yeager, and if he

cannot run, does that make him the gator meister? Other alcoholic

drinks are available, and nonalcoholic tricks. One to watch in

lane four. 20.44, best this year, just outside his personal best.

Alleyne can it get away pretty well, as well as Lemaitre. Moving away

from the rest. He might just have half a metre, Ellington. Lemaitre

getting going. The Swiss delighted with the progress of Wilson on this

side. But she quickly. It will be Lemaitre, Ellington and Wilson. It

will be interesting to see the thoughts of Ellington. You have got

to get out there, you cannot be sluggish around the bend. It was

good that Lemaitre was there with him. So far, so good for Ellington.

He ran his turn well and put himself in contention which means he could

relax more down this home straight. It was a well executed first round

from him. Let's watch from here, he drives out of the blocks well. He

keeps focused all the way round the bend. You can see LeMay trapped

outside him. He tries to get into LeMay trip's with them. He starts to

extend his stride. -- Lemaitre. Good performance.

He has been going to major championships since 2003 but has

never qualified for a final. 75 metres to chase, this is the

second round. I say he has never made a final, this might be the

first. If that is measured beyond 75 metres for the Finn, this could be

his moment. 35 years of age. He comes of age.

There you go. Over 75 metres. He has a lifetime best of 77 metres. Well

done, you are in. . Bilate pretty solid from Lemaitre.

You notoriously do not like the mornings. I cannot complain. You

know what I am like in the mornings! I could not sleep last

night. I was a bit nervous coming in. But I will take that for now.

What kind of a bars are you getting from the rest of the camp? The

youngsters are doing so well at the moment. The youngsters especially, I

think they are inspiring the older guys. Jo Pavey has inspired the

whole team as well. I am glad to be here. It is another year. Hopefully

I can pull summing out in the next round on the final. What is your

routine now? Go back and eat and rest.

Lane to personal best, have you got one? -- lane two. I don't think so.

LeMay to has almost a bounding stride. -- Lemaitre. Not like a

sprinter. He is doing pretty well over the shorter sprints and he

looks so relaxed. What it does take him a while to get going. That is a

really good call. 400 metres for Christophe Lemaitre? I feel there is

such a unfinished business here with the 200. I feel he should be

consistently under that 22nd mark. All of his warm-ups -- he has all of

being a great 200-metre runner. Next up is Danny Talbot. He is really

keen to be here. He has had his disappointments. Another great guy.

Always happy to be there. He works really hard. It was unfortunate what

happened to him at the Olympics. I think that knocked his confidence

but coming back this year, at trials, he was phenomenal. I hope he

can bring that into today and run a solid run to get through to the next

round. Andrew, over to you. It is a slightly stronger line-up

than the Olympics. Danny Talbot anchored that silver

for England at the Commonwealth Games. He was always going to be

fighting a little bit of a battle with Usain Bolt alongside him. Niit

ran well in the 400 is in Lane 1. It has been consistently a fairly

pleasant morning, just into the afternoon now. Three to go through

automatically. To the semifinals. Cleanly away and Danny Talbot very

briskly up alongside Zumer of Slovenia.

Danny Talbot just about sharing the finish with Tsakonas. It is a brisk

time. There are some good athlete in there, it was never going to be

comfortable for Danny Talbot. But he goes through safely. Qualifying is

always difficult. Danny Talbot is experienced now. He picked up the

bronze two years ago. He ran very well in the trials. He had to work a

little bit here to haul himself past Niit. He looked a little bit steady

as he crossed the line. He is a nice runner, Danny. He is fluid, he can

run a little bit more relaxed around the turn. Always seems like he is

working hard but he enjoys the sport. It is one of the good things

about him. He has a lot of energy about him and he is certainly suited

to this 200-metre event. He safely through to the next round which is

most important thing. What is he doing? They are children

watching. The technique is good, he showed good technique in everything,

all of the events he has tried. The hurdles and the long jump. He did

three metres in the pole vaulter and somebody pointed out that would have

got him a decent finish in the blighted women's pole vaulter in the

Commonwealth Games, in those terrible conditions. Danny Talbot

safely through. It was a good run. Now he is talking to Phil Jones.

I felt good, watching of the screen, the technique was not that good. But

I think I ran all right. The drive phase was good which is what I

wanted to work on this morning. You have double duty today, how do you

get your head around that at the start of the day? I do not really

think about it that much. We are here to do a job and we all knew

what the timetable would be when we qualified in July. It is not really

anything to worry about. I will go back and recover this afternoon and

come back out this evening. I think I have said in every interview, I

want to win every race, and it is no different who I am running with.

Hopefully I will get to the final. Hammock qualification coming towards

the end, third round for Marghiev of Moldova. That makes it go further!

Clearly! And that looks beyond the auto qualification. Both his older

sisters are also international hammer throwers. It would be a

lovely family story if they were not serving two yurt drug bans! -- two

year. He looks like he has achieved the automatic qualification. The

longest throw, Fages, so far. Lomnicka as well, it looks as though

Pars may have made it. It looks as though he has joined them.

There is confirmation of the 12 athletes who will proceed to the

hammer final on Saturday. Fajdek, the most impressive. Nick Miller

Britain was not there. Many thought he should be here. He is certainly

capable of those distances that would make the final. He will be

frustrated watching at home. A very focused Danny Talbot, aiming

to win every race, there is a steeliness about him. I like this

Danny Talbot. At the start of every race, he is firing himself up. He

knows he has a quick one in him and he is able to demonstrate that. He

has come here with an intention and it is clear, he knows what he wants

and he is a man on a mission. He talked about his drive, just explain

some of the technicalities of the 200 metres and how you approach the

race. Let me get this right! I think for the 200 metres, what I would do

is, you have to come out hard and work the first 30 metres, that is

the drive phase, when you get halfway round the bend, maybe

decelerate a little bit, not decelerate, but keep the momentum

moving and then work as you come to around 120, worked into the bend,

because it works as a slingshot. Everything you put into the bend

goes out the other side. And then give it everything. Michael Johnston

always talks about the transition, the slingshot coming in. How do you

think Adam will run this heat? With a smile on his face. I am not sure

if Michael would agree if that is the right thing to do! Adam is a

great character and he always smiles. He always comes out and

wants to do the best. He needs to get through this round steadily and

get back to the hotel, rest up and come back to the semifinal. Steve

Cram, it is all yours. I hope Ashleigh Nelson has enjoyed

being in the studio this morning, we have certainly enjoyed having her.

There is the smile and why not? What a year he is having so far. He has

two very experienced athletes outside him. Martina, the defending

champion. That is Saidy NDure. This was the man who won in

Helsinki, Churandy Martina. He did not make the final of the 100

metres. Neither did Saidy NDure. But they are pretty good 200-metre

runners. So I would suspect. If something were to go wrong, the

three men should be OK. Menga of Germany inside them. Burgunder of

Switzerland and the Sarr of Germany inside them. Burgunder of

Mikel De Sa. Away safely, Gemili gets away pretty

well and the two men outside him, likewise. Martina has not run a

particularly good bend but Adam Gemili doing very well. Look at

this, Adam Gemili running very well and Martina will just make it

through. A very good run from death loop of Italy. -- Desalu. That could

be a personal best for the Italian. loop of Italy. -- Desalu. That could

be a personal Now running for Italy. Thankfully, not enough to surprise.

A good performance. He realised he stepped on the other athletes very

quickly. Memories of that very confident season last year when he

went under the 22nd mark. For me, this was a good bit of qualification

for him. You have got to be able to relax. He has a little look to his

left, look to his right, just at the right time, and he is doing what I

would ride as a strides. Does not need to pick up his knees, just does

exactly what it takes. We have criticised other athletes were doing

a head turn. We will see it in the home straight. Look that way, look

that way, does he have to do that? He is far more relaxed and he is not

pushing himself, so I He is far more relaxed and he is not

pushing himself, so like the fact that it was a controlled look, not

out of desperation, and I think he will be very pleased with that. We

will see just how pleased she is about time and performance. What

about it? It was OK. It is early in the morning and I wanted to get my

body moving. Championships are different to running an individual

race, you have got to concern -- conserve energy. I and fit enough to

do it. -- I am. The track is pretty fast. One of the 200 metre women

said that. It is a very hard track. You seem to put your foot down and

go. It is a nice track. We will see what the rest of the body is saying

and ringing to this evening. I am really excited. Your body is feeling

good after your success at the Commonwealth Games? Yes. I do not

think I was pushing that hard there. All of the bricks made it through so

I am really happy. We will see you later. Thank you. No problems at

all. Some pretty impressive, EE zero running, if you like. Having a

little bit to spare in the tank, not flat out, and they all have to come

back this evening and do it again in the semifinals. Iran the B-2

semifinals. There'll be two Britons and one of them -- there will be two

Britons in the final. A big shock. Lemaitre really

struggling to see anyone else contending for medals. A British

perspective. The fastest loser through. What is really interesting

is to watch those interviews after the race, and you listen to what

they say, but I think it is more the body language. Because he has come

to these championships, and you are not sure how you are going to run

and you get an indication of the shape that you are in. You keep it

to yourself. You are standing there but you don't want to show all your

emotions or sometimes it is taken the wrong way. Reading into the body

language is sometimes all you can do as a spectator. I think all of the

guys have done really well and it will be exciting to see how they

rest up and come back and like I have mentioned, the first time you

step on the track, it is a different experience, and the second time, you

are aware of what to expect. The challenge is heightened again

because there is another round. There will only be two semifinals so

it will be a tough one. The white language of Denise, very comfortable

shock of the body language, Denise, very comfortable, very relaxed the

body language -- the body language, very relaxed, very comfortable. He

said he did not think he was going to be able to run that fast that

early in the morning. He is clearly in shape. He just needed to make

sure he did what he needed to do this morning. So important to come

through these rounds. Running a little bit wide in that turn, but

there was no danger or pressure coming from anywhere, so he could

just relax and switch off and enjoy, as much as you can enjoy 200

metres at this time, but a great piece of running from Adam and I am

keen to see how he gets on. Speaking of body language, a bit of time

action there. He was very expressive. Perhaps shaping up for

him as opposed to Lemaitre. You never know what to expect,

especially coming into the Championships. Lemaitre might be

feeling it a little bit. I know the girls said they were feeling it a

little bit. What ever happens, it is going to be extremely exciting. I M

obviously rooting for the Ritz. I am going to say GB on this -- I am

obviously rooting for the bricks. I am going to say GB on this one.

Really exciting. Last night, Lemaitre was in the men's 100

metres, but he did not win, did he? A pretty good start. Dwayne

Chambers. It is Dasalou he gets the gold -- who gets the gold medal. A

European champion. Great Britain has a new Sprint star. Could he

convert? Yes! He takes the win, let me silver, maybe Dwayne Chambers for

the bronze, we will wait and see about that. Gold medallist, how does

that sound? It is a lovely feeling to be a European champion. I am

still trying to take it all in. I did not think I got a good start. I

did not know what I was going to do. I had to battle through. I am

happy just to win. In the semifinals you looked like the men to beat, and

you came through with the goods. You have had the best of times -- you

have not had the best of times. I had a hamstring injury after

starting in the indoors. Fast-forward to the European

Championships in Birmingham, and now European Championships here, and is

a lovely feeling, it is my first senior medal outdoors, so onwards

and upwards. European champion. It is an amazing feeling and I am still

trying to take it in. I am just trying to enjoy it. Congratulations

again, tremendous performance. Thank you. A slightly does believing James

does aloof. He has been through the trauma of it missing out on the

world indoors. -- disbelieving James Dasalou. I think sometimes when you

are quite injury prone, when you actually compete and you do well and

you do something that, deep down, you know you are capable wall of, it

is almost like, oh, nothing happens, you are almost checking her body to

make sure you are in one piece, and when it actually happens, you are

like, wow, you have just done it and there is nothing else. You almost

don't believe it is going to happen because it has gone wrong so many

times. You have to deal with each competition and not think about the

outcome. It is the process you have to go through. You have to execute

your transition, and if you can repeat that enough times and really

believe it, believe that it is within you, anything is for me,

relief was the first thing I noticed about James, and then the gravity

dawned on him. Putting it into context, he has been injured and out

February, which is quite a critical time of the year, and he obviously

had that build up, things did not go particularly well, and he had to

miss the trials, so there was uncertainty about whether he would

even have a season at all, so to come away with such a great result,

and the conditions were awful, I believe he has got another one in

him this season. And Aikines-Aryeetey was over, with the

bronze medal as well. I think it is really good for him. I know he gets

a bit of stick sometimes for being quite vague. It helps him there! I

am sticking up for Harry. He is a great guy but a little bit

misunderstood at times. He has been through injuries himself. You have

to overcome these things to achieve greatness, and I think a lot of the

team have all experienced these things, and as you get older, you do

overcome challenges that you might not have necessarily thought you

would have as a junior, and it shows great determination. You are talking

about the sticker that Harry gets. Ice it appear, we want athletes to

be better, and I we look at him sometimes, Harry, and if he were a

little bit smaller, it would enhance his performance, but I'm no that he

does not lift weights, he is just naturally... I have seen pictures of

him when he was a baby and I think he was born with those sorts of

muscles. That is a baby I am not sure I want to see! He has got that

physique. It is genetic. And his appointment for Dwayne Chambers,

just missing out. It would have been great for him and to win after all

he has been through. Obviously, CJ missing out on getting a place, but

it is all experienced, and we all learned in every championships that

you come through, you learn a lot more, and unfortunately for Dwayne

Chambers him of this year, he was unable to switch it on when it

mattered. That is quite upsetting for Dwayne because he always wants

to do well. There is a lot to look forward to. The women's javelin and

the Captain Goldie Sayers. Exactly. I am excited. She gave an amazing

speech to the others, telling them to compete as if it was the last

petition. She has told us about some of the injuries that she has been

going through, so I just wish her all the best coming out tonight, and

I hope she absolutely smashes it, which I am sure she will. And that

is 5:00pm this evening. The last time we are going to see Andy Turner

in a major championships. That is sad, but I am glad that he can think

about ending his career on his terms will stop it will be lovely for him

to just make it through to that final. He has been through so much,

it has been catalogued, but I think if he can just put the demons to the

back of his mind, and he is in reasonable shape, he can get through

to those finals. Thank you, Ashley, you have been a star on and off the

track and we will have you back again this evening. 5:00pm.

Goodbye!