Day 4 - Evening Session Athletics: European Championships

Welcome back to Zurich in Switzerland, where over the last few

days we have watched our athletes right their names into the history

books. Jo Pavey, 40 years of age, nobody has won a gold medal at that

age. Gold medal at last for Tiffany Porter. Great Britain have a new

sprint star. We are only just over the halfway mark. Tonight it is the

stars of the Commonwealth Games looking to continue their glorious

sporting summer. Incredible sprinting by the Englishwomen. A new

generation of sprinting talent will be looking to take their talent to

the next level will stop look how much that means to him. We can

expect determination. And a star who already knows what it takes to

become Olympic and world champion, will be hoping to light up the

stadium. Another gold medal, Christina Hira go is the world

champion again. Let's hope it is fantastic Friday. Williams is

looking comfortable. I am so impressed with this young lady. Matt

Hutchinson has got to be strong here. The youngster has done it

again. It is a fabulous athletics arena here. We have seen some

wonderful action this week in this historic and beautiful city. The

weather is changeable, we have had all seasons today, it has been cold,

windy and we are expect being more wind tonight. I have given up the

ghost, I am wearing mine waterproofs and animals, and that man, the

mascots, is always warm and cosy. Although last night, he did fall

into the steeplechase water jump. He has dried himself of very well and

entertaining the crowds tonight. I think we have a montage later. I

know I have lost the competition for the hardest person in the studio by

succumbing to a jacket. Paula Hart -- Paula Radcliffe is the winner. It

is not cold when you are running. You are sat still! I was running

before I came in so in an hour I will be cold. Promises to be a

fabulous Friday? We have got a lot to look forward to land it has been

a great championship. We have a lot of writ issued interest and night.

Very exciting. Loads in store. These are some of the highlights coming

up. Jodie Williams headlines the quest for glory along with Bianca

Williams and Deena Asher Smith. Add in Jimmy is the fastest qualifier in

the mend's 200. Canon Laura Weightman when a European medal? --

can Laura Weightman. Matt Hudson Smith has been silky smooth so far.

Martyn Rooney of Great Britain has been impressive in the final as

well. Christina Hira go, this is an off year where she has not been at

her most competitive. If she is in a final, expect fireworks. We also

have an interesting high jump competition. Great Britain has not

got a genuine contender for the gold medal, but we have seen in the

Diamond league, fantastic attempts at the world record. There are a

crop of athletes serious contenders. Two of them are here. Steve Backley

put into context what they are trying to achieve.

It is an event not to miss. The mend's high jump final. You have the

Russian, Ivan Ukhov, the champion from 2012. He is unpredictable but

very good when he gets it right. You have Bob Damm Bond Aramco, the world

champion from last year. He is precise and meticulous. Just one

centimetre separate them in terms of their lifetime best. A few

centimetres short of the world record. I am the same height as both

a high jumpers competing this evening at six. I am at full stretch

just to be able to touch the bar. centimetre separate them in terms of

A world record will be weather dependent but it will be one not to

miss. What was I saying about the weather.

That was an hour and a half ago. been so fantastic and we have two of

them here. The weather perhaps not ideal for it, but you would think

from this crop regularly clearing 2.40, it will go to one of them?

Best of the high jump has taken place this season.

2.40, it will go to one of them? Best of the high Now they are going

very high, so it will be exciting. You saw the height of Steve, he

still cannot reach the bar. It is mind blowing. As was the 50

kilometre walk. We saw a new world record from the Frenchman. He

smashed the record by two minutes. I said Frenchman, but he has a

Portuguese flag because he was holding it in memory of his late

grandmother. He said it was the best day of it is light. The Irishman,

who won the world championships last year was waiting to get in and give

him a cuddle. He managed to do it eventually, Colin. The first

European record at a world championships since 1990? At the

last one was done why someone from France as well, their relay team,

they were the first team to go under 38 seconds. France seem to be

enjoying themselves at the European Championships. He trains really

hard. I see him training in the altitude race and he really puts in

a lot of hours and hard work. 50 kilometres is a long way, I imagine

he will be very tired tonight? This is what he helped do for France.

France have had a good 24 hours and they are above Great Britain in the

table. These are the 400 metre men getting ready for the first final on

the track tonight. It is fantastic having a trio of them in there,

Denise? It is. New have Hudson Smith. I love watching him. He looks

quite. He is so relax, he is almost horizontal! For Conrad Williams, it

is important quite. He is so relax, he is almost

that, he has a whole host of relay medals that he now has an

opportunity to take his own medals. Our first Eurostar of the evening is

a legend over one lap. Off the bend is Roger Black. 20 years old. Roger

Black is not giving up. Roger Black takes the gold medal for Britain.

44.61 the time, I knew championship record. Roger Black starts streaking

away. The gap is opening. Roger Black is going to win this one.

45.11, the time and the victory is magnificent. Look at him shaking his

head. It is a unique achievement. He was a very decorated athlete, Roger

Black. And nice omen you pointed out? He was 20, going on 21 when he

won that title and he won the Commonwealth Games title. Perhaps

MAPI will be thinking, Roger Black did it at 19, this could be my

opportunity? He is a raw talent. We saw it happen before our eyes when

he had the shocking run in Glasgow, got his new personal best and he

saw it happen before our eyes when he could not believe it. He has only

run about six or seven, 400 metres. He is so raw. We have to be careful

not to put too much pressure on him. He is still learning and very new.

run about six or seven, 400 metres. He is so raw. We Because of his...

Is ignorance, in the right way, he might go out and produce an

impressive run and win it. He does not have any fear, which is lovely

to witness. Let's learn a bit more about this enthusiastic 400 metre

runner, Matthew Hudson-Smith. impressive run and win it. He does

not have any fear, which is Like a roller-coaster, but a lot quicker.

Just go with how you feel. I just go for it.

roller-coaster, but a lot quicker. Just go with Matthew Hudson-Smith,

goes again. He tries to find something extra. It is going to be

crazy. When we all run a perfect race, it is going to be frightening.

Hope to get to the final to see how much I have got. Make my own name in

the sport. We saw him anchoring the leg in Glasgow in the absolute

torrential rain. Have a little look at this. It is sunny on one side in

the stadium but if you look through there, it is incredible. There is

microclimates everywhere. gold at the end of the rainbow. We

have heard that Jonathan Borlee is out, so his lane will be empty. Here

they come, the remaining seven athletes, Matthew Hudson-Smith. He

has got his shades on, he is expecting a sunny lane. That is his

trademark! He will just want to block everyone out, that is what he

has to do, he needs to run his own rate, but he has got Conrad

Williams, that is his team-mate, he is an lane five and Conrad, what

would he do? Would he try to spook Matthew? He has to show great surety

and hopefully stick to his race plan. He has run so few of these 400

metres especially in a competitive environment, how does he do this

with tactics? You will have a plan. He has got a very bright coach with

Tony Hadley, who has done it with many great runners. He will have

gone through the entire process and is him in an disposition. Tony will

explain the best way to run it and now it is up to him to do this. You

need to have the confidence to stick at it, not panic, if he sees Martyn

Rooney going off, because Martyn Rooney has the pedigree to do that

and hold it, he has the ability to do that. Because he is so naive at

this event, he will listen to his coach, you have to go with somebody

that has the skills and who knows, so we will keep our fingers crossed.

It would be fantastic if we could do the one two, three, but it will not

be easy. Yes, just looking at Martyn Rooney, he has had some great form,

he is looking really good, he believes that this is his time. It

really is his time. He just missed out in the medals at the

Commonwealth Games, so he is hungry, he really wants this, and his main

threat, Jonathan Borlee, he is gone. I am sure that Sebastian Coe would

love to see one two, three, he would be with us at 8pm in the studio to

discuss this championship so far and what he has made of it and Great

Britain 's success so far, and this is one of the event we have had a

rich heritage and a rich success in 400 metre running, which is great to

see. Yes, it is nice to have a good team, Team GB is really solid. Let

us see if they can translate it into medals, Steve Cram is the

commentator for the first event on the track tonight. What a way to

start, the prospect of certainly, hopefully, a win, it could be two or

three medals. The news on Jonathan Borlee, in the warm up, down at the

warm up track, that is downtown, he pulled a hamstring in the warm up,

which is about a ten minute bus ride from here. Not sure what the

conditions were at that point, but these guys will have known about and

would have continued the warm up knowing that one of their big threat

was not going to be competing. For Martyn Rooney, and for the young

Hudson-Smith, and Conrad Williams, can he get amongst it? Martyn

Rooney, he began his career as an 800-metre runner a long time ago. He

broke Roger Black's junior record. We thought he would have a career

full of medals, but he has struggled to get onto the rostrum. Conrad

Williams, similarly, at the age of 22, he has had a great, illustrious

career, particularly in the relays. He has not managed to get on any

major championship rostrum. And this man at 19, just starting out on his

career, under 45 seconds in a brilliant run at the Glasgow Diamond

League and he has been impressive, a grade 200-metre runner at the Junior

Championships last year. Next, the German, he is fortunate to be in

this, he did what he had to do. On the outside, Samuel Garcia of Spain.

Two athletes that have not been mentioned is, that may well figure

here, certainly one of them, the Polish athlete on the inside, he was

very impressive in the first round. And Elaine two, Donald Sanford of

Israel. -- and in Elaine two. Israel have never won a track medal at the

European Championships, which they have contested since 1994. Donald

Sanford in two, Martyn Rooney in three, Conrad Williams and five,

Hudson-Smith in six. The men's 400-metre final.

Matthew Hudson-Smith... Well, when you are 19 and you are full of

excitement, expectation, maybe a few nerves, you have to control it.

That's a little note will tell Alan Bell which lane it was. Let us have

a look. What is the decision? Lane six, he has been given a green card.

I have to say, to the naked eye, I did not see much. He is coming back

over to find out what has happened. He is the chief starter, there is a

team of starters at the championships, and Alan Bell is

coming over to have another look at this. Essentially, if you are not

aware of it, it has to be, you cannot theoretically, react quicker

than zero point ten the second, so if you get away before that, it is

deemed a false start. -- 0.10 of a second. Oh, he has been given a

yellow card! He said he was not stable in the set position. That is

a technical warning, which is based upon the fact that, if you just

watch this... If he actually moves in the blocks, it could be a

backward move, I spoke about this with Alan Bell, the rules have

changed slightly, it means it is not deemed that you have started the

race or you have attempted to make a start, so it is a technical

infringement, so he gets a yellow card, if that happens again, you

will be disqualified and he carries that yellow card throughout the rest

of the competition, even in the relay, it is like a yellow card in a

football match or a football tournament. Here we go again. Poland

on the inside, Martyn Rooney is in three, he regaled. They are way

safely this time. -- they are away. Conrad Williams has started moving

up. Sanford has taken two, three metres from Martyn Rooney.

Hudson-Smith with that stretching style. Lane one, he has started

quickly, the Polish athlete is in this. Hudson-Smith will find Martyn

Rooney and Conrad Williams ahead of him. Martyn Rooney... Martyn Rooney

kicks away. Hudson-Smith is chasing him. Here comes Hudson-Smith! It

will be closed on the Linux Mac Martyn Rooney gets the gold medal!

Hudson-Smith gets the silver, Sanford wins Israel's first ever

medal at these championships. For Martyn Rooney, it has been a long,

long journey to win a gold medal for his country. The Commonwealth Games

in 2006, we all thought this day would come much sooner than it has,

we have had to wait eight years for him to realise the potential that he

has always had. 44.71, that is the winning time, that is the sort of

performance that would have won many a European title. We have not won

this since you and Thomas in 1998. He was just a little bit quicker

than that. You have got to hand it to Martyn Rooney, everybody was

talking about this young man, about his potential, what he could do, and

to look at this, look at what he has done. A silver medal for this young

man, maybe Martyn Rooney deserves to have a gold-medal and this man can

chase him down in the coming years. His time will come, but his time as

now, Martyn Rooney, he judged it so well. We spoke about the

Commonwealth Games when he went out very, very slowly and had too much

to do. Here, he wasn't so quick, that is not the way that he runs, we

knew that Donald Sanford would be quite quick. A long, long wait.

Conrad Williams running well down the back straight, Hudson-Smith

looking smooth. Donald Sanford and the Polish athlete also, just

running alongside Martyn Rooney. This is put on put on a little bit.

Coming around the bend. When Jonathan Borlee left, we thought it

might be a Gooch answer a one, two, three, Martyn Rooney judged it

beautifully. -- we thought it might be a good chance for a one, two,

three. A bronze medal for Donald Sanford, should mention that also. A

good run from him, a new national record. He has run quicker in his

career, but representing Israel, that is his best performance. Martyn

Rooney, a big Crystal Palace fan, lost his manager last week, but he

has got a big medal title now. Martyn Rooney, at times, he gets

criticised for not attacking enough, but that was really well

done because of that empty lane outside him. I thought this might

happen, I thought that Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams, if Jonathan

Borlee had been there, I thought they might have gone past

Hudson-Smith and he would come back in the home straight. It was

difficult for Hudson-Smith in lane six with his lack of experience.

This is where Martyn Rooney, when he is at his best, he has always been

good. Great on the home straight. That move at the end, that wins it

for him. He tied it up in the last ten metres, but he did not give it

away and Hudson-Smith could not get there. We both speak to these two

shortly, but the man who finished fifth, Conrad Williams, he is here.

Conrad, as your team goes off celebrating, you were so close to

making yet one, you were so close to making yet one, two, three. Yes,

that was the plan, we let the side down in that sense not getting a

one, two, three, but I am happy with my first European final, I gave it

my best shot and it was a good race, I liked the race, all of the

commotion with the false start, it is great to see the guide

celebrating, I am happy for my team-mates. Yellow macro great for

Martyn Rooney to get his first medal. His experienced nature as an

athlete, it has shown that he could hold onto that second place. You

will be going for gold on Sunday? We will be coming at you with the

strong team, if we do not come away with a gold medal, something is

wrong with us. Thank you for talking to us. Conrad Williams did as well

as he could have done, disappointed not to have joined the party. That

bronze medal first Sanford, that national record for Israel. Their

first ever medal on the track at European Championships.

Congratulations to Martyn Rooney, his first ever gold medal at a major

championships. Anti-racist brilliantly well with nobody in that

lane inside him, that is very, very tough. -- he raced Berlin today. --

brilliantly. You have to stick to the plan, the race planned that he

executed so well. I'm so delighted for him, but he has been through it

to get to this stage. He showed great resilience, you heard about

all of his injuries, and to get a, that is a fitting tribute to a great

guy. You will know that something happens now every time that great

Briton wins a medal, let me introduce you to the ballot! -- the

belt. Two medals to put on this board. I will put Martyn Rooney and

the silver for Matthew Hudson-Smith. You have to do some link better than

that. Can you pick that up without getting into shot. Well done! He is

quite late back, like you said. The man who rings the bell does not have

an Equity card, so he could not come on shot. Let's go back to the

stadium where Martyn Rooney is enjoying a lap of honour. There are

so many people he will want to thank for the support. There have been so

many occasions he has been disappointed, not least in the

Olympic year? He has always teased with the talent he has, and the

performances he puts in and I am pleased he gets to stand on top of

the rostrum. He was disappointed in the Commonwealth Games at the

looking so good going into the final. He did not run in the relay,

to get ready to this and I think that has been vindicated. And a

personal best for mapping has and Smith. -- Matthew Hudson-Smith.

Christine is watching it on the big screen. Thrilled to see her

team-mates. You can see those little legs with the British kits, they are

all delighted. The atmosphere in the camp is so buoyant. Every medal

affects everybody. It is super. It is the 99th gold medal in the

European athletics Championships history. Let's look back at the

race. False start, lack of experience? Little bit of nerves and

anxiety. Your back foot can slip down the block. You can see how

anxious everybody was. The key factor I think for us and for

mapping, -- Matthew McConaughey went back into zone. It shows the kind of

majority he is getting. Watching him at the Commonwealth Games in

Melbourne, thinking this man has a huge future. Look how long it has

taken him to get here. When you get the gold medal, all those troubles

and tribulations you have been through, disappear. He will

understand why working hard and reaping the rewards, which he has

just done, makes it special. Then we'll kick him on, he has two years

to Rio and he will take such spirit and belief from this? That is the

difference. Look at Lynsey Sharp, the confidence she is demonstrating

that the medal from the Commonwealth Games brought for her. It was

important for him to get under the 45 second barrier. Let's have a look

at the start. It is just so subtle. It is the slightest movement. He did

not lift his feet up the blocks, it is just the anticipation of going,

sometimes you just do it. It would have been devastating if he had to

leave the competition, so I think it was the right decision. It will be

through the relays, it does not disappear, he carries it to the end?

, yet he has to make sure he is perfect in the rest of the

competition. He is getting a word in his ear there, make sure you keep it

in the regulations. It would be ridiculous to punish somebody does

something so subtle? Even the German outside him seemed to twitch, there

wasn't much difference between them. There is a medal ceremony about to

take place in the stadium. Andrew will be your commentator for this

one. Will Sharman will be coming into the studio later. Your old

protagonist, Carolyn Kluft. Is she pregnant? Yes she is. Most others

have had those awkward moments where we have wandered and thought about

it, I just said it on television. Yes, I am sure she is. He was the

strongest man coming into the season. How will this fear for

William Sharman. Silver medal in the European Championships presented by

Carolyn Kluft with her impending child. The gold medal was there for

him until he just clattered a hurdle. They were being hit by

athletes all around the man, especially the one who has won the

gold medal. He sailed as smooth passage over the barriers. He

defended his title. Gold-medal Russia, silver for Will

Sharman. Congratulations to Will Sharman, in the studio later on.

With Phil Jones of the silver-medallist and the

gold-medallist from the 400 metres. There is a rainbow behind the hedge,

a pot of gold for you, and your reaction first of all? I am

delighted, it has been a long time coming. I have never once the

Championships in my life. I am pretty happy. There were a few

problems at the start field, keeping your focus was key at that point,

what happened? I slipped out of the block. It has happened before. I

thought I might be out. They showed me the green card and I thought, I

am safe. A silver medal so early in your career, it must be amazing? I

don't know what to say, I am just going to keep going. It is the

rebirth of your career, a sub 45 time, which you have been chasing,

and you did it with such effortless ease, and the gold medal to boot?

Not so sure it was effortless, but I have an incredible team around me

put together by British athletics. Michael Johnston, he is an

incredible guy. Shane Kelly and the doctor, all the guys who are

supported, and they could not be here. I have been fortunate to be

part of the system and it is starting to pay off. Tremendous,

congratulations to you both. We move on to the final of the women's 400

metres. They line up not too far away. Gold silver for Great Britain.

One British athlete goes this one and she is waving to the crowd.

It is at the blame draw for Christine, considering she wasn't

too impressive in the semifinal. Look at the Italian. Outside her,

Olha Zemlyak of the Ukraine. She is the favourite. We have Bianca

Razor, Maire Gayot. Away they go. Christine straight to

the outside of the lane. We know she goes off slowly. But here she is

swiftly away. She is up goes off slowly. But here she

alongside Indira Terrero. Maire Gayot out so powerfully. The

Ukrainian athlete is just about alongside Christine now.

Gayot out so powerfully. The Ukrainian athlete is Indira Terrero

will finish strongly in lane six as well. But way out in front is Olha

Zemlyak. will finish strongly in lane six as

well. But way out in Christine involved in a great battle or the

bronze medal. She might even come through for the silver.

involved in a great battle or the bronze medal. She might even come It

is a win for Libania Grenot, from start to finish. So close behind.

She did not show that in the first round and the semifinal. She went

out so fast and I thought she might fade. Christine might have been

run-out that one. It does look as though Christine Ohuruogu is in

fourth place. She is smiling because the plan this season wasn't to get

herself into shape to contest this. I think she will be surprised given

the way the 400 metre running is, she did not have a chance of winning

it. She has been given a fourth place.

for Christine Ohuruogu. She just dipped out. If she was a bit

fitter, Christine would have won that race. Grenot, she had such a

lead. She finished pretty strongly. I think she let them get away too

much around the bend. She was running wide around the bend. She

sat back and could not build on it. We know that she starts to charge

around the bend and into the home straight, but there was too much for

her given her level of fitness. She sets off on the outside, outside the

lane, but not a bad first 100 metres. She is in the race. Zemlyak

has let go. This is a decent start for Christine. She relaxes a little

bit and then Grenot comes Pasteur, and the gap she created here, this

is what wins the race. -- comes past her. She doesn't want to let Zemlyak

and Terrero to run away from her. Now, the battle for Christine, the

competitive bid comes in, she does not have the legs, the training or

the fitness, but she wants to win a medal here, and fight all the way to

the line, and for once, she just misses out will stop less training

ever tells lies, it just wasn't there for her. -- never tells lies.

There are some quicker women around the world at the moment, and for a

fit Christine Ohuruogu, this would be well within her grasp, but she

could not get here, to rarer finishing well, Zemlyak, finished

well for her. -- Terrero finishing well. It was a matter of fractions,

as we can confirm with the result of that. It was a season's best for

Christine Ohuruogu, but it went down to fractions, the same time as

Terrero, lettuce from Ohuruogu now. -- led us here. You were never going

to be targeting this in the first place, give us some perspective? I

was disappointed not to get a medal but I am not heartbroken. I was here

for something to do to keep busy. I have been training at home, but it

gets quite tedious, so I thought I would put in a challenge, the

European Championships, keep myself going and come out and test myself.

I think it was a bit foolish to have a complete year out, which is what I

would really like, but no, it is fine, the girls did a good job, they

have trained all year, I did not really know many of them, but it was

nice to get to know them over the last few days. Will you be involved

in the relay? That was always going to be the bigger aim here,

strangely. I had planned to do the relay at the Commonwealth Games and

the European Championships, and I thought I have never been here

before, this might be my only chance to come and compete on the European

circuit, so, I thought I would give it a go but

be out of her comfort zone, so if you come and you are the fourth best

in Europe and this is your finger, it puts things in perspective!

Sometimes they have to take a kite related risk and if it is worth

coming out. She was in shape, but not in the best shape, and she knew

that. She is very smart, she would have analysed this and thought,

should I or should I not do this? Her training has got to a certain

level of fitness which warranted coming, so she had nothing to lose,

really. Speaking to our colleagues in radio five live. Great

camaraderie as they walk up there, the gold-medal winner Martyn Rooney

and Christine Ohuruogu, it must be quite hard, even though she had

explained it, as an athlete, to say, I will not go for it this year,

because I know that I can beat allcomers, I have done it before,

but this is a year when I want to take my foot off the gas to preserve

myself for the next two year cycle. It makes sense, because she took the

year off completely, it would be like having a year off from injury,

she would be coming back from a low base for next year, but she said she

was just ticking over, she will not train really hard like every year,

just still enough, and she thought she was in good enough shape to come

here and start a medal and she came very, very close. It might, if there

were any doubts that her enthusiasm for competing and everything else

that you go through to get to those major stages like blaster in Moscow,

it is all alive and well, the fire is still burning in the belly. Yes,

she has been in this team for such a long time and it would be nice to

have somebody that is so mature and experienced in the team with no

pressure, because the younger people can come and talk to her and get

some experience from her success. She is brilliant at spreading that.

Now, the 1500 metres, what kind of race well they want this to pan out

to be, Paula? They would like it sets differently, I think. Laura

would prefer a faster race so she could do some damage, stay in the

right place. Hannah England would prefer it to be faster later in the

race, it will probably be controlled by Hassan of the Netherlands and the

Swedish athlete. The other girls may let them dictate the raise a little

bit, we will see what Laura does. Steve Cram is our commentator.

The two athletes, we have seen Hassan, she is maybe the favourite,

and then we have the Swedish athlete, she has been beaten by

Hassan in the last two occasions. And Laura Weightman took the silver

medal at the Commonwealth Games. The women's 1500 metres has the best

women in the world. Two Ethiopians representing Sweden. Let us not

forget Hannah England, fought that the world Championships last year,

always dangerous in a championship race. Two very good Russians in here

also. Rush out of Serbia also. They are all in the red in the middle.

Hassan, she doesn't worry about it. I am sure Dutch fans would worry

about Hassan. She is always happy to go towards the back and you expect

her to make a move after a couple of laps. Aragawi from Sweden, a

powerful, strong athlete. This is one of the chilly world-class field

in these European Championships. Winning a medal here, that is really

difficult, extremely difficult and the two British athletes, and

England and Laura Weightman, they have strong chances, but they need

to have the race ran in a certain way. They expect to make the right

decisions at the right time and they are both equipped to do that. This

is a decent pace, not a bad pace at all, that will help to settle the

nerves. Hassan is still happy at the back, the tall figure. The

Norwegian, she's having a pretty good season, she did well at the

Glasgow Diamond League. Serbia, she is having a good year. It is all

slowing up. Aragawi almost getting a clip will stop two laps to go and

they are starting to bunch up. Aragawi, not decided to do anything

yet. Hassan is living it up to the others. Laura Weightman, poised in a

good position. A push from behind. Laura Weightman, still in a good

position, moving up on the outside, nobody else making a move, so Laura

Weightman is deciding to make this a faster rate in the later stages, she

does not mind being in the front. It is a brave way to go. This could be

a medal winning effort here. When you go to the front, you have to be

aware that people will be queueing up behind you, at Hassan are still

at the back, I would have thought she would make a move before now.

Aragawi on the shoulder of Laura Weightman, Hannah England is on the

inside and Hassan will have to go really hard to get to the front

which is what she likes to do, but she will have to work a really big

last 500 metres. Coming down the outside. Just still a few yards as

Hassan dashes to the front. Aragawi realises that the race is on. Laura

Weightman is opening up a bit of a gap. She needs to concentrate on her

own race, there is a big gap. Come on, Laura, keep working at it, it is

therefore for the taking. Aragawi going hard with Hassan behind her,

Laura Weightman chasing the two. Best in the world number one and

timber two, can Laura Weightman get a medal for Great Britain? The top

two are away. You get the gold-medal? Hassan was the

favourite? Aragawi and Hassan battling for their country. Laura

Weightman will have to be strong in the home straight. Hassan kicks

away, wanted. Laura Weightman needs to be strong to hang on to the third

place. Laura Weightman gets the bronze medal. Congratulations to

Laura, that was a gutsy, gutsy way to do it. She was rewarded with a

bronze medal. And that will be the least that she would have wanted

from bat. The two women at the front, they are good, they are very,

very good. They will beat anybody in the world at the moment, and as a

coach, I was a bit nervous that Laura would not have the legs, and

you have got to have a go, you cannot just accept that the best in

the world will go. At least she had a go to stay with them as long as

possible, and she got herself a silver medal. An excellent

performance from Laura Weightman. They are probably the two best 1500

metres runners in the world. She is expelling two Hassan that she got

the medal. It was so, so impressive. -- she's explaining to Hassan that

she got the medal. It was so impressive when she decided to move.

When you get to the front, commit yourself. It was earlier than this

were Laura Weightman really committed herself. Hassan chasing

Aragawi. Laura has worked for that gap and she deserves to be that far

ahead of the rest of the field. Chasing it out, Laura Weightman

comes into the finishing straight, she is absolutely exhausted and she

knows that it is 100 metres that she has got to run to finish and get

that medal, but Hassan exploding in the finishing straight and third

place, Laura Weightman, literally treading water, nervously glancing

to the outside and the is coming, you are OK, no problem at all, it is

arriving, but very late. Laura Weightman holding up the flag, a

terrific piece of distance running, brave performance by Laura

Weightman, brave, brave run from Laura and I have got to say,

congratulations to Steve sitting next to me, you did a fantastic job

with Laura, two medals in the first real opportunity at this level, it

is fantastic and she has got a lot more to come, because she is getting

stronger. She runs confidently and she did today and that was

absolutely delightful to be sitting here next to a very nervous Steve

Cram. This was her she won the medal. She had the front and she is

deciding your buddy will get past me. They come racing past, look

quickly Hassan moves, accelerating and the march. Laura Weightman is

caught for a moment. Never mind what is behind, I am going to aim at the

two