:00:53. > :00:55.Welcome back to Zurich in Switzerland, where over the last few
:00:56. > :01:02.days we have watched our athletes right their names into the history
:01:03. > :01:16.books. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age, nobody has won a gold medal at that
:01:17. > :01:23.age. Gold medal at last for Tiffany Porter. Great Britain have a new
:01:24. > :01:32.sprint star. We are only just over the halfway mark. Tonight it is the
:01:33. > :01:33.stars of the Commonwealth Games looking to continue their glorious
:01:34. > :01:35.sporting summer. Incredible sprinting by the Englishwomen. A new
:01:36. > :01:49.generation of sprinting talent will be looking to take their talent to
:01:50. > :01:59.the next level will stop look how much that means to him. We can
:02:00. > :02:03.expect determination. And a star who already knows what it takes to
:02:04. > :02:07.become Olympic and world champion, will be hoping to light up the
:02:08. > :02:16.stadium. Another gold medal, Christina Hira go is the world
:02:17. > :02:21.champion again. Let's hope it is fantastic Friday. Williams is
:02:22. > :02:28.looking comfortable. I am so impressed with this young lady. Matt
:02:29. > :02:38.Hutchinson has got to be strong here. The youngster has done it
:02:39. > :02:44.again. It is a fabulous athletics arena here. We have seen some
:02:45. > :02:47.wonderful action this week in this historic and beautiful city. The
:02:48. > :02:54.weather is changeable, we have had all seasons today, it has been cold,
:02:55. > :03:03.windy and we are expect being more wind tonight. I have given up the
:03:04. > :03:11.ghost, I am wearing mine waterproofs and animals, and that man, the
:03:12. > :03:18.mascots, is always warm and cosy. Although last night, he did fall
:03:19. > :03:25.into the steeplechase water jump. He has dried himself of very well and
:03:26. > :03:33.entertaining the crowds tonight. I think we have a montage later. I
:03:34. > :03:40.know I have lost the competition for the hardest person in the studio by
:03:41. > :03:56.succumbing to a jacket. Paula Hart -- Paula Radcliffe is the winner. It
:03:57. > :04:10.is not cold when you are running. You are sat still! I was running
:04:11. > :04:21.before I came in so in an hour I will be cold. Promises to be a
:04:22. > :04:30.fabulous Friday? We have got a lot to look forward to land it has been
:04:31. > :04:35.a great championship. We have a lot of writ issued interest and night.
:04:36. > :04:39.Very exciting. Loads in store. These are some of the highlights coming
:04:40. > :04:44.up. Jodie Williams headlines the quest for glory along with Bianca
:04:45. > :04:54.Williams and Deena Asher Smith. Add in Jimmy is the fastest qualifier in
:04:55. > :05:03.the mend's 200. Canon Laura Weightman when a European medal? --
:05:04. > :05:08.can Laura Weightman. Matt Hudson Smith has been silky smooth so far.
:05:09. > :05:19.Martyn Rooney of Great Britain has been impressive in the final as
:05:20. > :05:30.well. Christina Hira go, this is an off year where she has not been at
:05:31. > :05:38.her most competitive. If she is in a final, expect fireworks. We also
:05:39. > :05:40.have an interesting high jump competition. Great Britain has not
:05:41. > :05:46.got a genuine contender for the gold medal, but we have seen in the
:05:47. > :05:54.Diamond league, fantastic attempts at the world record. There are a
:05:55. > :06:05.crop of athletes serious contenders. Two of them are here. Steve Backley
:06:06. > :06:09.put into context what they are trying to achieve.
:06:10. > :06:15.It is an event not to miss. The mend's high jump final. You have the
:06:16. > :06:27.Russian, Ivan Ukhov, the champion from 2012. He is unpredictable but
:06:28. > :06:34.very good when he gets it right. You have Bob Damm Bond Aramco, the world
:06:35. > :06:41.champion from last year. He is precise and meticulous. Just one
:06:42. > :06:43.centimetre separate them in terms of their lifetime best. A few
:06:44. > :06:50.centimetres short of the world record. I am the same height as both
:06:51. > :06:53.a high jumpers competing this evening at six. I am at full stretch
:06:54. > :07:00.just to be able to touch the bar. centimetre separate them in terms of
:07:01. > :07:03.A world record will be weather dependent but it will be one not to
:07:04. > :07:06.miss. What was I saying about the weather.
:07:07. > :08:03.That was an hour and a half ago. been so fantastic and we have two of
:08:04. > :08:07.them here. The weather perhaps not ideal for it, but you would think
:08:08. > :08:16.from this crop regularly clearing 2.40, it will go to one of them?
:08:17. > :08:25.Best of the high jump has taken place this season.
:08:26. > :08:30.2.40, it will go to one of them? Best of the high Now they are going
:08:31. > :08:40.very high, so it will be exciting. You saw the height of Steve, he
:08:41. > :08:47.still cannot reach the bar. It is mind blowing. As was the 50
:08:48. > :08:55.kilometre walk. We saw a new world record from the Frenchman. He
:08:56. > :09:01.smashed the record by two minutes. I said Frenchman, but he has a
:09:02. > :09:11.Portuguese flag because he was holding it in memory of his late
:09:12. > :09:18.grandmother. He said it was the best day of it is light. The Irishman,
:09:19. > :09:29.who won the world championships last year was waiting to get in and give
:09:30. > :09:32.him a cuddle. He managed to do it eventually, Colin. The first
:09:33. > :09:36.European record at a world championships since 1990? At the
:09:37. > :09:43.last one was done why someone from France as well, their relay team,
:09:44. > :09:48.they were the first team to go under 38 seconds. France seem to be
:09:49. > :09:51.enjoying themselves at the European Championships. He trains really
:09:52. > :10:02.hard. I see him training in the altitude race and he really puts in
:10:03. > :10:14.a lot of hours and hard work. 50 kilometres is a long way, I imagine
:10:15. > :10:27.he will be very tired tonight? This is what he helped do for France.
:10:28. > :10:36.France have had a good 24 hours and they are above Great Britain in the
:10:37. > :10:41.table. These are the 400 metre men getting ready for the first final on
:10:42. > :10:50.the track tonight. It is fantastic having a trio of them in there,
:10:51. > :11:08.Denise? It is. New have Hudson Smith. I love watching him. He looks
:11:09. > :11:14.quite. He is so relax, he is almost horizontal! For Conrad Williams, it
:11:15. > :11:15.is important quite. He is so relax, he is almost
:11:16. > :11:22.that, he has a whole host of relay medals that he now has an
:11:23. > :11:37.opportunity to take his own medals. Our first Eurostar of the evening is
:11:38. > :11:43.a legend over one lap. Off the bend is Roger Black. 20 years old. Roger
:11:44. > :11:55.Black is not giving up. Roger Black takes the gold medal for Britain.
:11:56. > :12:02.44.61 the time, I knew championship record. Roger Black starts streaking
:12:03. > :12:11.away. The gap is opening. Roger Black is going to win this one.
:12:12. > :12:24.45.11, the time and the victory is magnificent. Look at him shaking his
:12:25. > :12:29.head. It is a unique achievement. He was a very decorated athlete, Roger
:12:30. > :12:45.Black. And nice omen you pointed out? He was 20, going on 21 when he
:12:46. > :12:47.won that title and he won the Commonwealth Games title. Perhaps
:12:48. > :12:56.MAPI will be thinking, Roger Black did it at 19, this could be my
:12:57. > :13:05.opportunity? He is a raw talent. We saw it happen before our eyes when
:13:06. > :13:09.he had the shocking run in Glasgow, got his new personal best and he
:13:10. > :13:15.saw it happen before our eyes when he could not believe it. He has only
:13:16. > :13:29.run about six or seven, 400 metres. He is so raw. We have to be careful
:13:30. > :13:33.not to put too much pressure on him. He is still learning and very new.
:13:34. > :13:38.run about six or seven, 400 metres. He is so raw. We Because of his...
:13:39. > :13:44.Is ignorance, in the right way, he might go out and produce an
:13:45. > :13:53.impressive run and win it. He does not have any fear, which is lovely
:13:54. > :13:54.to witness. Let's learn a bit more about this enthusiastic 400 metre
:13:55. > :13:54.runner, Matthew Hudson-Smith. impressive run and win it. He does
:13:55. > :14:00.not have any fear, which is Like a roller-coaster, but a lot quicker.
:14:01. > :14:02.Just go with how you feel. I just go for it.
:14:03. > :14:06.roller-coaster, but a lot quicker. Just go with Matthew Hudson-Smith,
:14:07. > :14:19.goes again. He tries to find something extra. It is going to be
:14:20. > :14:28.crazy. When we all run a perfect race, it is going to be frightening.
:14:29. > :14:43.Hope to get to the final to see how much I have got. Make my own name in
:14:44. > :14:47.the sport. We saw him anchoring the leg in Glasgow in the absolute
:14:48. > :15:01.torrential rain. Have a little look at this. It is sunny on one side in
:15:02. > :15:04.the stadium but if you look through there, it is incredible. There is
:15:05. > :15:43.microclimates everywhere. gold at the end of the rainbow. We
:15:44. > :15:51.have heard that Jonathan Borlee is out, so his lane will be empty. Here
:15:52. > :16:00.they come, the remaining seven athletes, Matthew Hudson-Smith. He
:16:01. > :16:05.has got his shades on, he is expecting a sunny lane. That is his
:16:06. > :16:10.trademark! He will just want to block everyone out, that is what he
:16:11. > :16:13.has to do, he needs to run his own rate, but he has got Conrad
:16:14. > :16:20.Williams, that is his team-mate, he is an lane five and Conrad, what
:16:21. > :16:25.would he do? Would he try to spook Matthew? He has to show great surety
:16:26. > :16:33.and hopefully stick to his race plan. He has run so few of these 400
:16:34. > :16:39.metres especially in a competitive environment, how does he do this
:16:40. > :16:43.with tactics? You will have a plan. He has got a very bright coach with
:16:44. > :16:49.Tony Hadley, who has done it with many great runners. He will have
:16:50. > :16:53.gone through the entire process and is him in an disposition. Tony will
:16:54. > :16:58.explain the best way to run it and now it is up to him to do this. You
:16:59. > :17:03.need to have the confidence to stick at it, not panic, if he sees Martyn
:17:04. > :17:09.Rooney going off, because Martyn Rooney has the pedigree to do that
:17:10. > :17:14.and hold it, he has the ability to do that. Because he is so naive at
:17:15. > :17:18.this event, he will listen to his coach, you have to go with somebody
:17:19. > :17:25.that has the skills and who knows, so we will keep our fingers crossed.
:17:26. > :17:32.It would be fantastic if we could do the one two, three, but it will not
:17:33. > :17:36.be easy. Yes, just looking at Martyn Rooney, he has had some great form,
:17:37. > :17:45.he is looking really good, he believes that this is his time. It
:17:46. > :17:49.really is his time. He just missed out in the medals at the
:17:50. > :17:56.Commonwealth Games, so he is hungry, he really wants this, and his main
:17:57. > :18:00.threat, Jonathan Borlee, he is gone. I am sure that Sebastian Coe would
:18:01. > :18:04.love to see one two, three, he would be with us at 8pm in the studio to
:18:05. > :18:08.discuss this championship so far and what he has made of it and Great
:18:09. > :18:15.Britain 's success so far, and this is one of the event we have had a
:18:16. > :18:22.rich heritage and a rich success in 400 metre running, which is great to
:18:23. > :18:28.see. Yes, it is nice to have a good team, Team GB is really solid. Let
:18:29. > :18:31.us see if they can translate it into medals, Steve Cram is the
:18:32. > :18:37.commentator for the first event on the track tonight. What a way to
:18:38. > :18:42.start, the prospect of certainly, hopefully, a win, it could be two or
:18:43. > :18:48.three medals. The news on Jonathan Borlee, in the warm up, down at the
:18:49. > :18:52.warm up track, that is downtown, he pulled a hamstring in the warm up,
:18:53. > :18:57.which is about a ten minute bus ride from here. Not sure what the
:18:58. > :19:00.conditions were at that point, but these guys will have known about and
:19:01. > :19:03.would have continued the warm up knowing that one of their big threat
:19:04. > :19:13.was not going to be competing. For Martyn Rooney, and for the young
:19:14. > :19:18.Hudson-Smith, and Conrad Williams, can he get amongst it? Martyn
:19:19. > :19:23.Rooney, he began his career as an 800-metre runner a long time ago. He
:19:24. > :19:28.broke Roger Black's junior record. We thought he would have a career
:19:29. > :19:33.full of medals, but he has struggled to get onto the rostrum. Conrad
:19:34. > :19:39.Williams, similarly, at the age of 22, he has had a great, illustrious
:19:40. > :19:43.career, particularly in the relays. He has not managed to get on any
:19:44. > :19:52.major championship rostrum. And this man at 19, just starting out on his
:19:53. > :19:56.career, under 45 seconds in a brilliant run at the Glasgow Diamond
:19:57. > :20:05.League and he has been impressive, a grade 200-metre runner at the Junior
:20:06. > :20:11.Championships last year. Next, the German, he is fortunate to be in
:20:12. > :20:16.this, he did what he had to do. On the outside, Samuel Garcia of Spain.
:20:17. > :20:22.Two athletes that have not been mentioned is, that may well figure
:20:23. > :20:26.here, certainly one of them, the Polish athlete on the inside, he was
:20:27. > :20:42.very impressive in the first round. And Elaine two, Donald Sanford of
:20:43. > :20:47.Israel. -- and in Elaine two. Israel have never won a track medal at the
:20:48. > :20:54.European Championships, which they have contested since 1994. Donald
:20:55. > :21:00.Sanford in two, Martyn Rooney in three, Conrad Williams and five,
:21:01. > :21:10.Hudson-Smith in six. The men's 400-metre final.
:21:11. > :21:23.Matthew Hudson-Smith... Well, when you are 19 and you are full of
:21:24. > :21:27.excitement, expectation, maybe a few nerves, you have to control it.
:21:28. > :21:46.That's a little note will tell Alan Bell which lane it was. Let us have
:21:47. > :21:56.a look. What is the decision? Lane six, he has been given a green card.
:21:57. > :22:07.I have to say, to the naked eye, I did not see much. He is coming back
:22:08. > :22:11.over to find out what has happened. He is the chief starter, there is a
:22:12. > :22:16.team of starters at the championships, and Alan Bell is
:22:17. > :22:21.coming over to have another look at this. Essentially, if you are not
:22:22. > :22:27.aware of it, it has to be, you cannot theoretically, react quicker
:22:28. > :22:46.than zero point ten the second, so if you get away before that, it is
:22:47. > :22:54.deemed a false start. -- 0.10 of a second. Oh, he has been given a
:22:55. > :23:03.yellow card! He said he was not stable in the set position. That is
:23:04. > :23:13.a technical warning, which is based upon the fact that, if you just
:23:14. > :23:18.watch this... If he actually moves in the blocks, it could be a
:23:19. > :23:22.backward move, I spoke about this with Alan Bell, the rules have
:23:23. > :23:26.changed slightly, it means it is not deemed that you have started the
:23:27. > :23:29.race or you have attempted to make a start, so it is a technical
:23:30. > :23:33.infringement, so he gets a yellow card, if that happens again, you
:23:34. > :23:37.will be disqualified and he carries that yellow card throughout the rest
:23:38. > :23:41.of the competition, even in the relay, it is like a yellow card in a
:23:42. > :23:59.football match or a football tournament. Here we go again. Poland
:24:00. > :24:14.on the inside, Martyn Rooney is in three, he regaled. They are way
:24:15. > :24:20.safely this time. -- they are away. Conrad Williams has started moving
:24:21. > :24:23.up. Sanford has taken two, three metres from Martyn Rooney.
:24:24. > :24:31.Hudson-Smith with that stretching style. Lane one, he has started
:24:32. > :24:38.quickly, the Polish athlete is in this. Hudson-Smith will find Martyn
:24:39. > :24:44.Rooney and Conrad Williams ahead of him. Martyn Rooney... Martyn Rooney
:24:45. > :24:50.kicks away. Hudson-Smith is chasing him. Here comes Hudson-Smith! It
:24:51. > :24:55.will be closed on the Linux Mac Martyn Rooney gets the gold medal!
:24:56. > :25:00.Hudson-Smith gets the silver, Sanford wins Israel's first ever
:25:01. > :25:05.medal at these championships. For Martyn Rooney, it has been a long,
:25:06. > :25:13.long journey to win a gold medal for his country. The Commonwealth Games
:25:14. > :25:17.in 2006, we all thought this day would come much sooner than it has,
:25:18. > :25:23.we have had to wait eight years for him to realise the potential that he
:25:24. > :25:30.has always had. 44.71, that is the winning time, that is the sort of
:25:31. > :25:36.performance that would have won many a European title. We have not won
:25:37. > :25:43.this since you and Thomas in 1998. He was just a little bit quicker
:25:44. > :25:47.than that. You have got to hand it to Martyn Rooney, everybody was
:25:48. > :25:51.talking about this young man, about his potential, what he could do, and
:25:52. > :25:58.to look at this, look at what he has done. A silver medal for this young
:25:59. > :26:04.man, maybe Martyn Rooney deserves to have a gold-medal and this man can
:26:05. > :26:08.chase him down in the coming years. His time will come, but his time as
:26:09. > :26:11.now, Martyn Rooney, he judged it so well. We spoke about the
:26:12. > :26:15.Commonwealth Games when he went out very, very slowly and had too much
:26:16. > :26:20.to do. Here, he wasn't so quick, that is not the way that he runs, we
:26:21. > :26:31.knew that Donald Sanford would be quite quick. A long, long wait.
:26:32. > :26:35.Conrad Williams running well down the back straight, Hudson-Smith
:26:36. > :26:41.looking smooth. Donald Sanford and the Polish athlete also, just
:26:42. > :26:50.running alongside Martyn Rooney. This is put on put on a little bit.
:26:51. > :26:55.Coming around the bend. When Jonathan Borlee left, we thought it
:26:56. > :27:01.might be a Gooch answer a one, two, three, Martyn Rooney judged it
:27:02. > :27:09.beautifully. -- we thought it might be a good chance for a one, two,
:27:10. > :27:15.three. A bronze medal for Donald Sanford, should mention that also. A
:27:16. > :27:21.good run from him, a new national record. He has run quicker in his
:27:22. > :27:32.career, but representing Israel, that is his best performance. Martyn
:27:33. > :27:35.Rooney, a big Crystal Palace fan, lost his manager last week, but he
:27:36. > :27:37.has got a big medal title now. Martyn Rooney, at times, he gets
:27:38. > :27:40.criticised for not attacking enough, but that was really well
:27:41. > :27:46.done because of that empty lane outside him. I thought this might
:27:47. > :27:49.happen, I thought that Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams, if Jonathan
:27:50. > :27:52.Borlee had been there, I thought they might have gone past
:27:53. > :27:56.Hudson-Smith and he would come back in the home straight. It was
:27:57. > :28:03.difficult for Hudson-Smith in lane six with his lack of experience.
:28:04. > :28:07.This is where Martyn Rooney, when he is at his best, he has always been
:28:08. > :28:12.good. Great on the home straight. That move at the end, that wins it
:28:13. > :28:16.for him. He tied it up in the last ten metres, but he did not give it
:28:17. > :28:20.away and Hudson-Smith could not get there. We both speak to these two
:28:21. > :28:28.shortly, but the man who finished fifth, Conrad Williams, he is here.
:28:29. > :28:32.Conrad, as your team goes off celebrating, you were so close to
:28:33. > :28:36.making yet one, you were so close to making yet one, two, three. Yes,
:28:37. > :28:40.that was the plan, we let the side down in that sense not getting a
:28:41. > :28:44.one, two, three, but I am happy with my first European final, I gave it
:28:45. > :28:51.my best shot and it was a good race, I liked the race, all of the
:28:52. > :28:53.commotion with the false start, it is great to see the guide
:28:54. > :28:59.celebrating, I am happy for my team-mates. Yellow macro great for
:29:00. > :29:12.Martyn Rooney to get his first medal. His experienced nature as an
:29:13. > :29:21.athlete, it has shown that he could hold onto that second place. You
:29:22. > :29:24.will be going for gold on Sunday? We will be coming at you with the
:29:25. > :29:29.strong team, if we do not come away with a gold medal, something is
:29:30. > :29:37.wrong with us. Thank you for talking to us. Conrad Williams did as well
:29:38. > :29:44.as he could have done, disappointed not to have joined the party. That
:29:45. > :29:47.bronze medal first Sanford, that national record for Israel. Their
:29:48. > :29:57.first ever medal on the track at European Championships.
:29:58. > :30:02.Congratulations to Martyn Rooney, his first ever gold medal at a major
:30:03. > :30:07.championships. Anti-racist brilliantly well with nobody in that
:30:08. > :30:16.lane inside him, that is very, very tough. -- he raced Berlin today. --
:30:17. > :30:21.brilliantly. You have to stick to the plan, the race planned that he
:30:22. > :30:26.executed so well. I'm so delighted for him, but he has been through it
:30:27. > :30:32.to get to this stage. He showed great resilience, you heard about
:30:33. > :30:43.all of his injuries, and to get a, that is a fitting tribute to a great
:30:44. > :30:48.guy. You will know that something happens now every time that great
:30:49. > :30:56.Briton wins a medal, let me introduce you to the ballot! -- the
:30:57. > :31:16.belt. Two medals to put on this board. I will put Martyn Rooney and
:31:17. > :31:25.the silver for Matthew Hudson-Smith. You have to do some link better than
:31:26. > :31:36.that. Can you pick that up without getting into shot. Well done! He is
:31:37. > :31:45.quite late back, like you said. The man who rings the bell does not have
:31:46. > :31:51.an Equity card, so he could not come on shot. Let's go back to the
:31:52. > :31:58.stadium where Martyn Rooney is enjoying a lap of honour. There are
:31:59. > :32:06.so many people he will want to thank for the support. There have been so
:32:07. > :32:10.many occasions he has been disappointed, not least in the
:32:11. > :32:20.Olympic year? He has always teased with the talent he has, and the
:32:21. > :32:29.performances he puts in and I am pleased he gets to stand on top of
:32:30. > :32:31.the rostrum. He was disappointed in the Commonwealth Games at the
:32:32. > :32:45.looking so good going into the final. He did not run in the relay,
:32:46. > :32:50.to get ready to this and I think that has been vindicated. And a
:32:51. > :32:55.personal best for mapping has and Smith. -- Matthew Hudson-Smith.
:32:56. > :32:59.Christine is watching it on the big screen. Thrilled to see her
:33:00. > :33:03.team-mates. You can see those little legs with the British kits, they are
:33:04. > :33:08.all delighted. The atmosphere in the camp is so buoyant. Every medal
:33:09. > :33:13.affects everybody. It is super. It is the 99th gold medal in the
:33:14. > :33:15.European athletics Championships history. Let's look back at the
:33:16. > :33:24.race. False start, lack of experience? Little bit of nerves and
:33:25. > :33:33.anxiety. Your back foot can slip down the block. You can see how
:33:34. > :33:42.anxious everybody was. The key factor I think for us and for
:33:43. > :33:52.mapping, -- Matthew McConaughey went back into zone. It shows the kind of
:33:53. > :33:55.majority he is getting. Watching him at the Commonwealth Games in
:33:56. > :34:06.Melbourne, thinking this man has a huge future. Look how long it has
:34:07. > :34:12.taken him to get here. When you get the gold medal, all those troubles
:34:13. > :34:14.and tribulations you have been through, disappear. He will
:34:15. > :34:18.understand why working hard and reaping the rewards, which he has
:34:19. > :34:31.just done, makes it special. Then we'll kick him on, he has two years
:34:32. > :34:40.to Rio and he will take such spirit and belief from this? That is the
:34:41. > :34:43.difference. Look at Lynsey Sharp, the confidence she is demonstrating
:34:44. > :34:48.that the medal from the Commonwealth Games brought for her. It was
:34:49. > :34:59.important for him to get under the 45 second barrier. Let's have a look
:35:00. > :35:11.at the start. It is just so subtle. It is the slightest movement. He did
:35:12. > :35:18.not lift his feet up the blocks, it is just the anticipation of going,
:35:19. > :35:28.sometimes you just do it. It would have been devastating if he had to
:35:29. > :35:35.leave the competition, so I think it was the right decision. It will be
:35:36. > :35:49.through the relays, it does not disappear, he carries it to the end?
:35:50. > :35:59., yet he has to make sure he is perfect in the rest of the
:36:00. > :36:09.competition. He is getting a word in his ear there, make sure you keep it
:36:10. > :36:12.in the regulations. It would be ridiculous to punish somebody does
:36:13. > :36:18.something so subtle? Even the German outside him seemed to twitch, there
:36:19. > :36:25.wasn't much difference between them. There is a medal ceremony about to
:36:26. > :36:32.take place in the stadium. Andrew will be your commentator for this
:36:33. > :36:35.one. Will Sharman will be coming into the studio later. Your old
:36:36. > :36:40.protagonist, Carolyn Kluft. Is she pregnant? Yes she is. Most others
:36:41. > :36:46.have had those awkward moments where we have wandered and thought about
:36:47. > :37:15.it, I just said it on television. Yes, I am sure she is. He was the
:37:16. > :37:20.strongest man coming into the season. How will this fear for
:37:21. > :37:21.William Sharman. Silver medal in the European Championships presented by
:37:22. > :37:29.Carolyn Kluft with her impending child. The gold medal was there for
:37:30. > :37:36.him until he just clattered a hurdle. They were being hit by
:37:37. > :37:48.athletes all around the man, especially the one who has won the
:37:49. > :37:54.gold medal. He sailed as smooth passage over the barriers. He
:37:55. > :39:34.defended his title. Gold-medal Russia, silver for Will
:39:35. > :39:39.Sharman. Congratulations to Will Sharman, in the studio later on.
:39:40. > :39:49.With Phil Jones of the silver-medallist and the
:39:50. > :39:59.gold-medallist from the 400 metres. There is a rainbow behind the hedge,
:40:00. > :40:06.a pot of gold for you, and your reaction first of all? I am
:40:07. > :40:10.delighted, it has been a long time coming. I have never once the
:40:11. > :40:20.Championships in my life. I am pretty happy. There were a few
:40:21. > :40:36.problems at the start field, keeping your focus was key at that point,
:40:37. > :40:48.what happened? I slipped out of the block. It has happened before. I
:40:49. > :41:04.thought I might be out. They showed me the green card and I thought, I
:41:05. > :41:17.am safe. A silver medal so early in your career, it must be amazing? I
:41:18. > :41:28.don't know what to say, I am just going to keep going. It is the
:41:29. > :41:33.rebirth of your career, a sub 45 time, which you have been chasing,
:41:34. > :41:44.and you did it with such effortless ease, and the gold medal to boot?
:41:45. > :41:48.Not so sure it was effortless, but I have an incredible team around me
:41:49. > :41:51.put together by British athletics. Michael Johnston, he is an
:41:52. > :41:59.incredible guy. Shane Kelly and the doctor, all the guys who are
:42:00. > :42:10.supported, and they could not be here. I have been fortunate to be
:42:11. > :42:14.part of the system and it is starting to pay off. Tremendous,
:42:15. > :42:21.congratulations to you both. We move on to the final of the women's 400
:42:22. > :42:28.metres. They line up not too far away. Gold silver for Great Britain.
:42:29. > :42:39.One British athlete goes this one and she is waving to the crowd.
:42:40. > :42:49.It is at the blame draw for Christine, considering she wasn't
:42:50. > :43:05.too impressive in the semifinal. Look at the Italian. Outside her,
:43:06. > :43:13.Olha Zemlyak of the Ukraine. She is the favourite. We have Bianca
:43:14. > :43:31.Razor, Maire Gayot. Away they go. Christine straight to
:43:32. > :43:36.the outside of the lane. We know she goes off slowly. But here she is
:43:37. > :43:42.swiftly away. She is up goes off slowly. But here she
:43:43. > :43:53.alongside Indira Terrero. Maire Gayot out so powerfully. The
:43:54. > :43:57.Ukrainian athlete is just about alongside Christine now.
:43:58. > :43:58.Gayot out so powerfully. The Ukrainian athlete is Indira Terrero
:43:59. > :44:08.will finish strongly in lane six as well. But way out in front is Olha
:44:09. > :44:08.Zemlyak. will finish strongly in lane six as
:44:09. > :44:12.well. But way out in Christine involved in a great battle or the
:44:13. > :44:16.bronze medal. She might even come through for the silver.
:44:17. > :44:17.involved in a great battle or the bronze medal. She might even come It
:44:18. > :44:31.is a win for Libania Grenot, from start to finish. So close behind.
:44:32. > :44:41.She did not show that in the first round and the semifinal. She went
:44:42. > :44:46.out so fast and I thought she might fade. Christine might have been
:44:47. > :45:00.run-out that one. It does look as though Christine Ohuruogu is in
:45:01. > :45:08.fourth place. She is smiling because the plan this season wasn't to get
:45:09. > :45:17.herself into shape to contest this. I think she will be surprised given
:45:18. > :45:31.the way the 400 metre running is, she did not have a chance of winning
:45:32. > :45:52.it. She has been given a fourth place.
:45:53. > :46:01.for Christine Ohuruogu. She just dipped out. If she was a bit
:46:02. > :46:10.fitter, Christine would have won that race. Grenot, she had such a
:46:11. > :46:16.lead. She finished pretty strongly. I think she let them get away too
:46:17. > :46:23.much around the bend. She was running wide around the bend. She
:46:24. > :46:26.sat back and could not build on it. We know that she starts to charge
:46:27. > :46:35.around the bend and into the home straight, but there was too much for
:46:36. > :46:41.her given her level of fitness. She sets off on the outside, outside the
:46:42. > :46:51.lane, but not a bad first 100 metres. She is in the race. Zemlyak
:46:52. > :46:56.has let go. This is a decent start for Christine. She relaxes a little
:46:57. > :47:03.bit and then Grenot comes Pasteur, and the gap she created here, this
:47:04. > :47:14.is what wins the race. -- comes past her. She doesn't want to let Zemlyak
:47:15. > :47:18.and Terrero to run away from her. Now, the battle for Christine, the
:47:19. > :47:23.competitive bid comes in, she does not have the legs, the training or
:47:24. > :47:29.the fitness, but she wants to win a medal here, and fight all the way to
:47:30. > :47:35.the line, and for once, she just misses out will stop less training
:47:36. > :47:45.ever tells lies, it just wasn't there for her. -- never tells lies.
:47:46. > :47:49.There are some quicker women around the world at the moment, and for a
:47:50. > :47:54.fit Christine Ohuruogu, this would be well within her grasp, but she
:47:55. > :48:01.could not get here, to rarer finishing well, Zemlyak, finished
:48:02. > :48:11.well for her. -- Terrero finishing well. It was a matter of fractions,
:48:12. > :48:21.as we can confirm with the result of that. It was a season's best for
:48:22. > :48:28.Christine Ohuruogu, but it went down to fractions, the same time as
:48:29. > :48:36.Terrero, lettuce from Ohuruogu now. -- led us here. You were never going
:48:37. > :48:42.to be targeting this in the first place, give us some perspective? I
:48:43. > :48:47.was disappointed not to get a medal but I am not heartbroken. I was here
:48:48. > :48:54.for something to do to keep busy. I have been training at home, but it
:48:55. > :48:57.gets quite tedious, so I thought I would put in a challenge, the
:48:58. > :49:02.European Championships, keep myself going and come out and test myself.
:49:03. > :49:06.I think it was a bit foolish to have a complete year out, which is what I
:49:07. > :49:19.would really like, but no, it is fine, the girls did a good job, they
:49:20. > :49:22.have trained all year, I did not really know many of them, but it was
:49:23. > :49:25.nice to get to know them over the last few days. Will you be involved
:49:26. > :49:28.in the relay? That was always going to be the bigger aim here,
:49:29. > :49:32.strangely. I had planned to do the relay at the Commonwealth Games and
:49:33. > :49:34.the European Championships, and I thought I have never been here
:49:35. > :49:39.before, this might be my only chance to come and compete on the European
:49:40. > :50:20.circuit, so, I thought I would give it a go but
:50:21. > :50:24.be out of her comfort zone, so if you come and you are the fourth best
:50:25. > :50:29.in Europe and this is your finger, it puts things in perspective!
:50:30. > :50:34.Sometimes they have to take a kite related risk and if it is worth
:50:35. > :50:40.coming out. She was in shape, but not in the best shape, and she knew
:50:41. > :50:45.that. She is very smart, she would have analysed this and thought,
:50:46. > :50:49.should I or should I not do this? Her training has got to a certain
:50:50. > :50:54.level of fitness which warranted coming, so she had nothing to lose,
:50:55. > :50:59.really. Speaking to our colleagues in radio five live. Great
:51:00. > :51:04.camaraderie as they walk up there, the gold-medal winner Martyn Rooney
:51:05. > :51:08.and Christine Ohuruogu, it must be quite hard, even though she had
:51:09. > :51:12.explained it, as an athlete, to say, I will not go for it this year,
:51:13. > :51:16.because I know that I can beat allcomers, I have done it before,
:51:17. > :51:23.but this is a year when I want to take my foot off the gas to preserve
:51:24. > :51:27.myself for the next two year cycle. It makes sense, because she took the
:51:28. > :51:31.year off completely, it would be like having a year off from injury,
:51:32. > :51:36.she would be coming back from a low base for next year, but she said she
:51:37. > :51:39.was just ticking over, she will not train really hard like every year,
:51:40. > :51:50.just still enough, and she thought she was in good enough shape to come
:51:51. > :51:53.here and start a medal and she came very, very close. It might, if there
:51:54. > :51:55.were any doubts that her enthusiasm for competing and everything else
:51:56. > :51:59.that you go through to get to those major stages like blaster in Moscow,
:52:00. > :52:06.it is all alive and well, the fire is still burning in the belly. Yes,
:52:07. > :52:09.she has been in this team for such a long time and it would be nice to
:52:10. > :52:13.have somebody that is so mature and experienced in the team with no
:52:14. > :52:18.pressure, because the younger people can come and talk to her and get
:52:19. > :52:24.some experience from her success. She is brilliant at spreading that.
:52:25. > :52:32.Now, the 1500 metres, what kind of race well they want this to pan out
:52:33. > :52:36.to be, Paula? They would like it sets differently, I think. Laura
:52:37. > :52:41.would prefer a faster race so she could do some damage, stay in the
:52:42. > :52:45.right place. Hannah England would prefer it to be faster later in the
:52:46. > :52:52.race, it will probably be controlled by Hassan of the Netherlands and the
:52:53. > :52:57.Swedish athlete. The other girls may let them dictate the raise a little
:52:58. > :53:05.bit, we will see what Laura does. Steve Cram is our commentator.
:53:06. > :53:13.The two athletes, we have seen Hassan, she is maybe the favourite,
:53:14. > :53:22.and then we have the Swedish athlete, she has been beaten by
:53:23. > :53:30.Hassan in the last two occasions. And Laura Weightman took the silver
:53:31. > :53:39.medal at the Commonwealth Games. The women's 1500 metres has the best
:53:40. > :53:42.women in the world. Two Ethiopians representing Sweden. Let us not
:53:43. > :53:47.forget Hannah England, fought that the world Championships last year,
:53:48. > :54:00.always dangerous in a championship race. Two very good Russians in here
:54:01. > :54:08.also. Rush out of Serbia also. They are all in the red in the middle.
:54:09. > :54:15.Hassan, she doesn't worry about it. I am sure Dutch fans would worry
:54:16. > :54:22.about Hassan. She is always happy to go towards the back and you expect
:54:23. > :54:37.her to make a move after a couple of laps. Aragawi from Sweden, a
:54:38. > :54:40.powerful, strong athlete. This is one of the chilly world-class field
:54:41. > :54:45.in these European Championships. Winning a medal here, that is really
:54:46. > :54:49.difficult, extremely difficult and the two British athletes, and
:54:50. > :54:58.England and Laura Weightman, they have strong chances, but they need
:54:59. > :55:00.to have the race ran in a certain way. They expect to make the right
:55:01. > :55:11.decisions at the right time and they are both equipped to do that. This
:55:12. > :55:19.is a decent pace, not a bad pace at all, that will help to settle the
:55:20. > :55:22.nerves. Hassan is still happy at the back, the tall figure. The
:55:23. > :55:28.Norwegian, she's having a pretty good season, she did well at the
:55:29. > :55:39.Glasgow Diamond League. Serbia, she is having a good year. It is all
:55:40. > :55:47.slowing up. Aragawi almost getting a clip will stop two laps to go and
:55:48. > :55:52.they are starting to bunch up. Aragawi, not decided to do anything
:55:53. > :56:02.yet. Hassan is living it up to the others. Laura Weightman, poised in a
:56:03. > :56:06.good position. A push from behind. Laura Weightman, still in a good
:56:07. > :56:11.position, moving up on the outside, nobody else making a move, so Laura
:56:12. > :56:15.Weightman is deciding to make this a faster rate in the later stages, she
:56:16. > :56:21.does not mind being in the front. It is a brave way to go. This could be
:56:22. > :56:25.a medal winning effort here. When you go to the front, you have to be
:56:26. > :56:28.aware that people will be queueing up behind you, at Hassan are still
:56:29. > :56:34.at the back, I would have thought she would make a move before now.
:56:35. > :56:38.Aragawi on the shoulder of Laura Weightman, Hannah England is on the
:56:39. > :56:41.inside and Hassan will have to go really hard to get to the front
:56:42. > :56:49.which is what she likes to do, but she will have to work a really big
:56:50. > :57:01.last 500 metres. Coming down the outside. Just still a few yards as
:57:02. > :57:07.Hassan dashes to the front. Aragawi realises that the race is on. Laura
:57:08. > :57:16.Weightman is opening up a bit of a gap. She needs to concentrate on her
:57:17. > :57:22.own race, there is a big gap. Come on, Laura, keep working at it, it is
:57:23. > :57:26.therefore for the taking. Aragawi going hard with Hassan behind her,
:57:27. > :57:30.Laura Weightman chasing the two. Best in the world number one and
:57:31. > :57:39.timber two, can Laura Weightman get a medal for Great Britain? The top
:57:40. > :57:42.two are away. You get the gold-medal? Hassan was the
:57:43. > :57:47.favourite? Aragawi and Hassan battling for their country. Laura
:57:48. > :57:54.Weightman will have to be strong in the home straight. Hassan kicks
:57:55. > :57:58.away, wanted. Laura Weightman needs to be strong to hang on to the third
:57:59. > :58:04.place. Laura Weightman gets the bronze medal. Congratulations to
:58:05. > :58:10.Laura, that was a gutsy, gutsy way to do it. She was rewarded with a
:58:11. > :58:14.bronze medal. And that will be the least that she would have wanted
:58:15. > :58:19.from bat. The two women at the front, they are good, they are very,
:58:20. > :58:23.very good. They will beat anybody in the world at the moment, and as a
:58:24. > :58:41.coach, I was a bit nervous that Laura would not have the legs, and
:58:42. > :58:44.you have got to have a go, you cannot just accept that the best in
:58:45. > :58:48.the world will go. At least she had a go to stay with them as long as
:58:49. > :58:49.possible, and she got herself a silver medal. An excellent
:58:50. > :58:54.performance from Laura Weightman. They are probably the two best 1500
:58:55. > :59:02.metres runners in the world. She is expelling two Hassan that she got
:59:03. > :59:06.the medal. It was so, so impressive. -- she's explaining to Hassan that
:59:07. > :59:14.she got the medal. It was so impressive when she decided to move.
:59:15. > :59:18.When you get to the front, commit yourself. It was earlier than this
:59:19. > :59:25.were Laura Weightman really committed herself. Hassan chasing
:59:26. > :59:31.Aragawi. Laura has worked for that gap and she deserves to be that far
:59:32. > :59:36.ahead of the rest of the field. Chasing it out, Laura Weightman
:59:37. > :59:40.comes into the finishing straight, she is absolutely exhausted and she
:59:41. > :59:44.knows that it is 100 metres that she has got to run to finish and get
:59:45. > :59:49.that medal, but Hassan exploding in the finishing straight and third
:59:50. > :59:53.place, Laura Weightman, literally treading water, nervously glancing
:59:54. > :59:58.to the outside and the is coming, you are OK, no problem at all, it is
:59:59. > :00:06.arriving, but very late. Laura Weightman holding up the flag, a
:00:07. > :00:08.terrific piece of distance running, brave performance by Laura
:00:09. > :00:10.Weightman, brave, brave run from Laura and I have got to say,
:00:11. > :00:15.congratulations to Steve sitting next to me, you did a fantastic job
:00:16. > :00:20.with Laura, two medals in the first real opportunity at this level, it
:00:21. > :00:24.is fantastic and she has got a lot more to come, because she is getting
:00:25. > :00:28.stronger. She runs confidently and she did today and that was
:00:29. > :00:35.absolutely delightful to be sitting here next to a very nervous Steve
:00:36. > :00:38.Cram. This was her she won the medal. She had the front and she is
:00:39. > :00:44.deciding your buddy will get past me. They come racing past, look
:00:45. > :00:57.quickly Hassan moves, accelerating and the march. Laura Weightman is
:00:58. > :00:59.caught for a moment. Never mind what is behind, I am going to aim at the
:01:00. > :01:01.two