Day 4 - Morning Session

:00:54. > :01:05.Eilidh Child looking good so far. As smooth as you like. Jessica Judd

:01:06. > :01:12.takes on Lynsey Sharp. There will be two Britons in the final. I am so

:01:13. > :01:20.pressed with this young lady, she is the real deal. It will be tight for

:01:21. > :01:31.second place, Williams just gets into second. Jodie Williams is

:01:32. > :01:35.clear. This is the grin again, Adam Gemili running well. It is a great

:01:36. > :01:57.feeling. Will Sharman clatters a hurdle. Will

:01:58. > :02:06.Sharman, silver medal. I just told myself, just one last effort.

:02:07. > :02:15.STUDIO: I really hope the weather is nice way you are because here it is

:02:16. > :02:18.raining. We started Glasgow and the Commonwealth Games in beautiful

:02:19. > :02:28.sunshine and it has not been quite like that in Zurich. Cooly, he has

:02:29. > :02:34.got a cagoule on. That tells me he is not a proper cow! That is my

:02:35. > :02:44.conclusion! Lada would you agree with that Denise? He is a crazy

:02:45. > :02:50.cow! But I don't think he is real! But he has got some skills. We saw

:02:51. > :02:58.some brilliant skills in the hurdles and the 200 metres last night.

:02:59. > :03:05.Those 200 metres, both the men and women, very good. Adam Gemili looked

:03:06. > :03:16.particularly impressive last night. He seemed to just post. He made it

:03:17. > :03:26.look easy. -- he seemed to coast. It really is between him and limit true

:03:27. > :03:46.-- Lemaitre. That French -British fight. And the women. Really super.

:03:47. > :03:51.And the hurdles, Colin? Will Sharman has got two silver medals. He has

:03:52. > :03:57.also got a lifetime best out of here in Z?rich. But he may reflect in the

:03:58. > :04:04.future, think, there was a chance for me to become a champion twice.

:04:05. > :04:10.We would love for you to get in touch. Andy Turner is coming in

:04:11. > :04:17.later. He announced his retirement for these championships. We have the

:04:18. > :04:25.steeplechase as well. The stripping Frenchman has been disqualified,

:04:26. > :04:29.what did you think of that? We also have the 1500 metres for women. What

:04:30. > :04:37.about this morning, this is what is coming up.

:04:38. > :04:49.Morgan Lake is just doing the high jump, she is the world junior

:04:50. > :04:53.champion. Men's 1500 metres. It is just two heats. Chris O'Hare and

:04:54. > :05:36.Charlie Grice running for Britain. Let's take a look at Morgan Lake out

:05:37. > :05:41.there, I am sure she is not enjoying these conditions but the rain has

:05:42. > :05:50.stopped. It really is not ideal conditions at all.

:05:51. > :06:11.Final of the men's 110-metre hurdles.

:06:12. > :06:20.Will Sharman, so close to the silver medal. With Martinot-Lagarde. The

:06:21. > :06:24.barrier, the mistake, the clattering of the hurdles. It has cost Will

:06:25. > :06:28.Sharman and that is painful to take, he was out in front and the

:06:29. > :06:34.gold medal was calling and he has been denied. It is instead the

:06:35. > :06:47.defending champion. You clattered a couple of hurdles? I

:06:48. > :06:57.kind of got away when I slapped it with the league leg -- lead leg but

:06:58. > :07:06.I didn't really. Mixed emotions. Because I knew I was in the lead. I

:07:07. > :07:13.knew where it Shubenkov is good and I did not expect to be in the lead

:07:14. > :07:20.but I dominated from the start, which is why I was gutted because I

:07:21. > :07:26.could have done more. But going into this, I was bronze medal hopeful

:07:27. > :07:29.with Pascal being the favourite. Shubenkov being the second

:07:30. > :07:41.favourite. At the good thing is that my coach, we have been working on

:07:42. > :07:44.increasing my absolute time so if I do make a mistake in the final, I

:07:45. > :07:50.can still come away with the medals and that has happened today. A new

:07:51. > :07:56.personal best, you are getting better year by year. I think there

:07:57. > :08:02.is still more to come. As we can see by that final. Going on the start

:08:03. > :08:07.line, I was quite tired having run a personal best not long before. I

:08:08. > :08:12.just kept saying to myself, just one last effort, one last effort. When

:08:13. > :08:15.your body is quite drained, the chips are down, when you have to

:08:16. > :08:22.produce your best result, and I almost did. Silver medal for Will

:08:23. > :08:25.Sharman but was it a missed opportunity? We talked about body

:08:26. > :08:32.language of athletes when they come off. He talked about a missed

:08:33. > :08:36.opportunity but I am not sure he was massively disappointed in the way he

:08:37. > :08:39.was in the Commonwealth Games. Perhaps because he felt they were

:08:40. > :08:44.better men out there. With proven championship records. I think he

:08:45. > :08:55.should be disappointed because maybe in his analysis just after, he said

:08:56. > :09:00.he was aware that... He looked at the guys and at their form and he

:09:01. > :09:06.knew that he had to do his thing. I think he should have focused on his

:09:07. > :09:10.own lane and his own race and I think he could have won that. The

:09:11. > :09:16.harsh reality is that two finals in a row, he has made mistakes which

:09:17. > :09:22.have cost him. They have cost him the title, not just places. That

:09:23. > :09:29.will be the most frustrating thing. He went to brand-new territory here.

:09:30. > :09:33.He went to 13.2 for the first time. The hurdles will be coming at him

:09:34. > :09:37.much quicker than he has been used to in the past. I can understand why

:09:38. > :09:42.you make those critical mistakes when it matters. But then you have

:09:43. > :09:47.to say, am I here to run quickly or am I here to win titles and win

:09:48. > :09:57.medals? You have to take your foot off the gas a little bit to play it

:09:58. > :10:03.safe and get those medals. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde did not do that. He

:10:04. > :10:06.has made those mistakes before. Will Sharman knows where he is strong and

:10:07. > :10:10.he made a mistake at the Commonwealth Games and he would be

:10:11. > :10:14.did it here at the European Championships. In your own mind, you

:10:15. > :10:18.have to think yourself, what am I doing and what do I need to do?

:10:19. > :10:24.Sometimes you have to play it safe to get hardware. Because

:10:25. > :10:29.Martinot-Lagarde was such a clear favourite, Will Sharman is thinking,

:10:30. > :10:34.I have not got the luxury of playing it safe. But he still did not run

:10:35. > :10:43.his own race and you have to do that. It is a technical event. You

:10:44. > :10:48.have to weigh it up when you come to a Championships and make a decision,

:10:49. > :10:52.how will you take on this race. Plenty of times in the season to run

:10:53. > :10:56.quickly, I am just saying that Will Sharman will be quite frustrated

:10:57. > :11:01.with this because he can win those medals and he can win the title. But

:11:02. > :11:11.you cannot alter your speed in the race. There is a fine line between

:11:12. > :11:15.racing, being competitive, there are eight people, but you almost have to

:11:16. > :11:20.have tunnel vision in that lane. The moment your attention starts to

:11:21. > :11:24.drift to your periphery and the people on the outside or inside of

:11:25. > :11:28.you, that is when you make mistakes. I don't think you have time to make

:11:29. > :12:04.those adjustments, I am going to quickly,

:12:05. > :12:06.had to do was get with him. If Will Sharman had kept his calm I am sure

:12:07. > :12:09.he could have glided past him because he is a far better

:12:10. > :12:15.technician at the back end of the race. You are a world record-holder

:12:16. > :12:20.and multiple world champion, you must have had the confidence of

:12:21. > :12:25.knowing what you needed to do. You sense that Will is still trying to

:12:26. > :12:32.find his way and become a champion. I think you are right. He is clearly

:12:33. > :12:37.in the best shape of his life. And I just think maybe he gave

:12:38. > :12:43.Martinot-Lagarde a bit too much respect. But you need a clean race

:12:44. > :12:47.and you have to give yourself a chance to run quick in the final and

:12:48. > :12:52.Shubenkov was the only one who did that. He hardly hit a barrier. If

:12:53. > :12:57.you have that kind of clean race, that is when you will win medals.

:12:58. > :13:04.Wright take a look at the head and shot and see what happened. Not

:13:05. > :13:10.least, Bascou in Lane 7 who ended up getting disqualified. Nobody was

:13:11. > :13:19.even putting him in the mix for the medals. Crashed into that barrier

:13:20. > :13:27.and he ended up throwing himself over to the other side of the lane

:13:28. > :13:30.towards the runner next them. I think it is a little bit harsh he

:13:31. > :13:38.has got disqualified because it happens on many occasions.

:13:39. > :13:46.I think there was a little bit of a harsh disqualification. What about

:13:47. > :13:52.Pascal Martinot-Lagarde? He looked so good in the semifinals, may be

:13:53. > :13:56.cocky and a little complacent, what do you make of it, a lack of bottle?

:13:57. > :14:05.Yellow muck Colin could be right, searching for that quick time. When

:14:06. > :14:11.you have not got a medal, just get a medal. Rely on your technique and

:14:12. > :14:15.trust in it and he did not do that. He started pushing. He hit hurdles.

:14:16. > :14:25.It was his messiest grace of the season. You are right.

:14:26. > :14:31.This highly hurdles field is one of the best in the world. There are

:14:32. > :14:36.only perhaps two athletes that are missing who can run consistently

:14:37. > :14:39.fast as this field. Now you have to put Will in the real world as well

:14:40. > :14:43.and he is one of the best high hurdle is in the world and he

:14:44. > :14:47.demonstrated that yesterday. Even though he made a couple of mistakes,

:14:48. > :14:52.he still picked up the hardware. We are not being too critical, people

:14:53. > :14:55.may be thinking we are being too critical, but he will definitely

:14:56. > :15:00.improve and we hope next year he will learn from this. This clearly

:15:01. > :15:06.highlights what pressure does to an athlete. You can be in great shape

:15:07. > :15:10.like Martinot-Lagarde, and he has run quick, but adding expectations,

:15:11. > :15:13.the French are just the same as we are and we expect our athletes to do

:15:14. > :15:18.well, especially when they are demonstrating good times, we expect

:15:19. > :15:21.them to win medals. We have mentioned Morgan Lake, let's hear a

:15:22. > :15:34.little bit more from this young superstar. Congratulations on your

:15:35. > :15:39.achievement. You could have gone to the Commonwealth, but you targeted

:15:40. > :15:45.that instead. I think I made the right decision. I wanted that

:15:46. > :15:52.experience of being against people more my level and fighting against

:15:53. > :15:53.people my age. This bit in Zurich is the next stepping

:15:54. > :16:00.people my age. This bit in Zurich is the stone for you. Is that how you

:16:01. > :16:01.perceive it? Yes, my first senior competition, a big stepping stone in

:16:02. > :16:09.my career. perceive it? Yes, my first senior

:16:10. > :16:14.competition, a big stepping This is an individual event, an event that

:16:15. > :16:21.you excel at, the high jump. What is your thought on that? There will be

:16:22. > :16:24.shorter sessions of preparation in the build-up to the event but it

:16:25. > :16:33.will be quite exciting to focus on that. The rain has stopped, Morgan

:16:34. > :16:40.Lake has got her foot off, and she will be looking for qualification in

:16:41. > :16:44.the high jump. The world junior champion in two events, it has been

:16:45. > :16:48.quite a season for her. Quite a season already, and I am sure she

:16:49. > :16:53.has been enjoying it. She was delighted with both of those gold

:16:54. > :16:56.medals. It gives you the confidence that things are going in the right

:16:57. > :17:01.direction, that your training is good. And she has wonderful support

:17:02. > :17:13.from her family. Her father used to be a Choupo jumper so he -- Pro used

:17:14. > :17:18.to be a jumper so... All of the girls are older than she is, but

:17:19. > :17:22.this is one of her stronger event, and she needs that 194 to

:17:23. > :17:29.automatically qualify this morning, and I hope she goes out and enjoys

:17:30. > :17:37.it and learns from this experience. It was her decision to focus on this

:17:38. > :17:43.event and you endorsed the decision? Yes. I think athletes of a certain

:17:44. > :17:48.age should do these championships. It is right to compete against

:17:49. > :17:53.similar athletes, but if you can step up into this arena, take that

:17:54. > :18:00.opportunity. It will stand you in good stead as you progress. Looking

:18:01. > :18:04.across all of her event, the high jump is a strength, but where else

:18:05. > :18:10.would you analyse her strengths and weaknesses? There is her growth and

:18:11. > :18:15.strength which it needs to be in proof. She is only 17 associate has

:18:16. > :18:21.a long way to go and develop. Her general speed concerns me. We have

:18:22. > :18:28.seen athletes attack in a complete different way. We have seen just as

:18:29. > :18:33.has great speed -- Jessica, who has great speed, and Martin will have to

:18:34. > :18:38.work more on her long jump -- and Morgan Lake will have to work on her

:18:39. > :18:44.long jump, because I don't think she gets the same kind of speed that

:18:45. > :18:49.Jessica does. One of the things that hurdles can do, it can't force your

:18:50. > :19:03.speed, so she can get some kind of improvement there. -- it can enforce

:19:04. > :19:06.your speed. She did not do too badly. So we will see. Let's go out

:19:07. > :19:17.and see how she is getting on. A gloomy day here in Zurich, but

:19:18. > :19:23.possibly the brightest ray of sunshine on the British team, Morgan

:19:24. > :19:31.Lake. She goes clear. Soaking wet. It was Proper rain during the

:19:32. > :19:35.warm-up. The stuff that gets you really wet. The athletes cowered

:19:36. > :19:46.under the shelters, and Morgan Lake, a good start. That was her

:19:47. > :19:58.pass, 170 -- 1.70. The other end of the Stadium, should when it's of

:19:59. > :20:07.Germany. One of only 16 athletes and disqualification. 12 from 16, on the

:20:08. > :20:20.illuminating four. Quite unusual -- only eliminating four. Always throws

:20:21. > :20:26.down the right-hand side. I think that is a nod of approval. Way

:20:27. > :20:37.beyond qualifying for the finals on Sunday. Another qualification and

:20:38. > :20:43.process of the moment is the discus. 57.50. That is way beyond

:20:44. > :20:47.qualifying. Quite a little qualification and given the standard

:20:48. > :20:55.of all the athletes here. 22 athletes in the women's discus.

:20:56. > :21:01.Silver medallist from last year, making qualifying looking -- look

:21:02. > :21:09.very easy. She has matters of right in contention for sure. She can go

:21:10. > :21:24.away and prepare for that final. A bit of a confidence boost. A junior

:21:25. > :21:29.champion of two years ago, 21 years of age. You can see the rain. It

:21:30. > :21:37.makes it difficult. She kept her grip. All about the grip. It makes

:21:38. > :21:46.the surface potentially very slippery and the fiddly to qualify.

:21:47. > :21:55.Try and keep things dry as you can. Sometimes you just lose the will and

:21:56. > :22:00.give in. It is cold as well. Just 14 degrees. Morgan Lake, champion of

:22:01. > :22:06.the world in the junior ranks earlier this summer will sub it has

:22:07. > :22:11.been a golden summer so far. Here for the experience and started with

:22:12. > :22:20.a good clearance, 1.75, as we saw earlier. Well, I think Morgan Lake

:22:21. > :22:29.is about to go back and jumped so we will keep an eye out on that. The

:22:30. > :22:34.high jump, that can happen. Yes. What happens in the rain, you have

:22:35. > :22:41.to be able to trust your plants, and that is important. It is the set up.

:22:42. > :22:49.It makes the jump so much easier, so she has to plant well. And the know,

:22:50. > :22:54.it is all about that plant foot. -- Denyse would know. Right foot plant

:22:55. > :23:00.coming in from that left-hand side, and of course, you can't look down

:23:01. > :23:10.or question it. Unequivocal faith that it will stick. Morgan Lake

:23:11. > :23:16.looking very comfortable at 1.80. The perfect start so far. Remind

:23:17. > :23:28.yourself she is only 17 years of age. She is handling the pressure

:23:29. > :23:34.very well indeed. A reasonable chance of making the final, hasn't

:23:35. > :23:38.she? I think so. She is a competent young women and she is jumping

:23:39. > :23:43.really well, so there is no reason why she cannot make that final. From

:23:44. > :23:48.there, anything can happen. I am not expecting her to take a medal, but

:23:49. > :23:53.when the conditions are not really good, people make mistakes. It only

:23:54. > :23:58.takes one person to slip, which we saw in the men's qualification, and

:23:59. > :24:07.that sent ripples around the whole field that conditions are really

:24:08. > :24:14.bad. Get to know the team. That will be important and serve her well

:24:15. > :24:18.later in the year. Yes, just sneak in and blend in with the team. She

:24:19. > :24:23.is going to come into the background. When you have Catarina

:24:24. > :24:27.Johnson-Thompson there, she can just sneak in behind and develop, and it

:24:28. > :24:33.gives her time to develop without the pressure. Doing an event like

:24:34. > :24:38.this, it is good grounding. You make a very good point, both of you,

:24:39. > :24:42.about being introduced into the team. It is quite a nerve-racking

:24:43. > :24:49.experience. You don't really know everybody. Who do you go sit with

:24:50. > :24:54.when you go to eat? Yes. It takes some time to get that sense of

:24:55. > :25:00.belonging and to feel like part of that team. You see the little groups

:25:01. > :25:12.coming down to breakfast, and it is horrible, can I sit with them? This

:25:13. > :25:20.angel? Come on! A can guarantee you the men are enjoying the

:25:21. > :25:26.conditions. We are looking out for Robert Hafford and, he was the world

:25:27. > :25:30.champion -- Hathorne in, and he was the world champion and he is hoping

:25:31. > :25:38.to become the European champion as well. We have Steve Cram in the

:25:39. > :25:44.commentary box, and along him the -- alongside him, Tom Bosworth. The

:25:45. > :25:47.best performance by a British athlete in a walk since the 1980s. A

:25:48. > :26:03.very good morning to both of you. the atmosphere. You are going to go

:26:04. > :26:07.out and take part in an event like this, you do not want it to be warm

:26:08. > :26:14.and humid, but it is obviously very wet and potentially a bit slippery.

:26:15. > :26:17.Tom, you are very welcome. It was a bit wet when you are out there the

:26:18. > :26:24.other day. It was perfect conditions, really, and it was a

:26:25. > :26:27.great race. At the right time to dwell and to aid the people back

:26:28. > :26:32.that went up a bit too quickly. I was watching him, we were following

:26:33. > :26:36.it on the computer, we were taking people off, moving up to the field,

:26:37. > :26:42.and then just watching this race, this is the defending champion, who

:26:43. > :26:58.is having a great event again this morning, but Hafford and --

:26:59. > :27:06.Heffernan, does he time -- have time to get up to the leader? They are

:27:07. > :27:11.still pushing it at the front. He is a stretching his lead now. We will

:27:12. > :27:19.see what happens in the latter half. It has been a fast first half. If

:27:20. > :27:24.you are not aware, the 50 K walk taking place downtown in Zurich, it

:27:25. > :27:32.is a two km loop, and the tramlines are a major feature. Paula Radcliffe

:27:33. > :27:37.will be with us tomorrow for this event. The tramlines have been

:27:38. > :27:46.filled with a rope which is made of banana leaves, eye and told, and I

:27:47. > :27:56.am just going to bring you in, Paula. You actually know it did as,

:27:57. > :28:00.don't you? His light is a teacher and she is looking for a job and

:28:01. > :28:05.possibly looking to relocate -- his wife is a teacher and she is looking

:28:06. > :28:19.for a job and possibly to relocate. We will have Paula a Child watch

:28:20. > :28:25.will stop you -- we will have Paula on Child watch. To be fair, you have

:28:26. > :28:30.got to grade your own race and go on how you are feeling. There is still

:28:31. > :28:36.over 20 K left to go. Robert looks comfortable in this group. He is

:28:37. > :28:41.going to be wanting to pull the leader to the back. The world

:28:42. > :28:51.champion currently in that group, vying for third spot, Diniz, the

:28:52. > :28:55.defending champion, is leading, and he has the Russian athlete not too

:28:56. > :29:01.far behind him at this moment. Still fairly early. There is the Russian

:29:02. > :29:12.just about two or three seconds behind the leader. A short Paula

:29:13. > :29:17.Radcliffe run alongside tram line number two, and you find yourself in

:29:18. > :29:22.the Letzigrund Stadium at the start of this morning's track action. This

:29:23. > :29:26.is the first heat. The women are going to get wet anyway so the rate

:29:27. > :29:34.and will not make much difference to them. -- the rain will not make much

:29:35. > :29:42.difference to them. 15 athletes will progress to the finals, the top five

:29:43. > :29:48.and the top fastest losers. No British athlete in this, which is a

:29:49. > :30:01.real shame. Rachel Bamford ran so well. All of them very close to the

:30:02. > :30:14.qualification mark that had been set by British Athletics, 9.43, and Iraq

:30:15. > :30:19.and that nine point -- and I think that two or three seconds near that

:30:20. > :30:28.Mark, we will see them through to the final, honestly. There was a

:30:29. > :30:36.case to argue under the potential of the juniors to come to these

:30:37. > :30:47.competitions -- championships. I am sure they are currently running

:30:48. > :30:50.today and they will be qualified. Eriksson of Finland is an

:30:51. > :31:01.outstanding runner as she has already had a great year.

:31:02. > :31:06.This young lady leading the charge as far as Europe is concerned,

:31:07. > :31:13.Eriksson. She has had a great season. She is trying to make

:31:14. > :31:17.herself a better all-round athlete. If you are going to do well in

:31:18. > :31:21.Championships against Ethiopians and Kenyans, you need that speed as well

:31:22. > :31:56.as the strength to run this tough event. Absolutely.

:31:57. > :31:59.should look out for. It is not and event where there are any real

:32:00. > :32:14.outstanding favourites although think I we should keep an eye on

:32:15. > :32:19.Eriksson. These races... For some of these athletes, when they do get to

:32:20. > :32:20.the final, it'll be interesting to see whether those personal bests any

:32:21. > :32:33.relevance whatsoever. Unless we have somebody who has

:32:34. > :32:46.really been inspired by the frontrunning...

:32:47. > :32:54.Eriksson setting the early pace, nothing too difficult. She wants to

:32:55. > :33:02.improve and she is leading them at a decent pace.

:33:03. > :33:37.We have seen Schwanitz already booked herself in the final.

:33:38. > :34:01.This athlete is a European indoor bronze champion.

:34:02. > :34:07.It is always a nice feeling when you get over qualifying early on.

:34:08. > :34:13.Especially today when it is raining. You can get out of the rain, get

:34:14. > :34:16.dry, eat and get your mind on the final. And prepare. Prepare to

:34:17. > :34:34.challenge the medals. The sparse crowd in here this

:34:35. > :34:46.morning, delighted to see Schlumpf. What a fantastic name that is. It

:34:47. > :34:53.means Smurf in French, I am pretty sure. But it is not French is it?

:34:54. > :34:59.Jemma they speak French in parts of Switzerland. I will have to get the

:35:00. > :35:12.linguists on that, I do not accept that! I am not having it! We can

:35:13. > :35:21.find this out if we have got nothing better to do! It is Schlumpf who is

:35:22. > :35:26.leading. And Mismas coming through as well. Eriksson just on their

:35:27. > :35:45.shoulder. They are almost jogging at the

:35:46. > :35:55.moment. Only five set to go through. This is Morgan Lake. That is her

:35:56. > :36:01.first failure of the morning. It did not look quite as committed. The

:36:02. > :36:08.first one looked very good indeed. That looks may be a little just

:36:09. > :36:13.within herself. She probably will need that one metre 85 to qualify.

:36:14. > :36:23.1.94 is automatic. In wet conditions, it is made more

:36:24. > :36:30.difficult. Smurf gate continues! We have looked it up. Apologies, I got

:36:31. > :36:52.it wrong. A couple of slow laps and they are

:36:53. > :37:07.just starting to gather. That technique of Ericsson's. --

:37:08. > :37:15.Eriksson's. She had a great run in the Glasgow diamond league. Eriksson

:37:16. > :37:21.just having a little look around. She can sense four or five are

:37:22. > :37:28.starting to move clear. She will be happy Vlasova is starting to stretch

:37:29. > :37:35.them a little. Six girls starting to break away. Mismas of Slovenia just

:37:36. > :37:41.struggling to hold onto the back of those first five although she star

:37:42. > :37:51.have a chance. -- she will still have a chance. Vlasova stretching

:37:52. > :37:59.them out and with those four pulling away, there is a battle for fifth

:38:00. > :38:04.place. Mismas will be aware of that. And Schlumpf. They can now work

:38:05. > :38:09.together little bit to try to close that gap. They can pull each other

:38:10. > :38:25.to a faster time as well. This time round, it will be the

:38:26. > :38:31.bell. Cleanly over. I like the way Eriksson is looking around and

:38:32. > :38:45.checking things way things are. -- checking where things are.

:38:46. > :38:53.Eriksson can also look up at the screen. She has run an intelligent

:38:54. > :38:59.race, nothing more than she needed to do and kept herself in the right

:39:00. > :39:08.place. She will have picked up some experience and good advice from her

:39:09. > :39:15.coach. Mismas starting to make a bit of an effort here. Schlumpf will try

:39:16. > :39:20.to hold her. Top five don't forget. Four well clear. Eriksson keep s

:39:21. > :39:31.looking around. You would suspect six of them would

:39:32. > :39:36.go through anyway because there is a big gap between Osman Caer and

:39:37. > :39:46.Schlumpf. It is not over yet. The Swiss

:39:47. > :39:52.athlete is being cheered by the crowd and she picks it up again.

:39:53. > :39:59.Eriksson, Schlumpf also guarantees her spot in the final.

:40:00. > :40:12.The others will have to wait and see, including Casandra.

:40:13. > :40:18.Now then, Morgan Lake. This is his second attempt. She is choosing to

:40:19. > :40:21.keep her tights and to stay warm. It is wet and the problem with that is

:40:22. > :40:28.that you do not carry those wet tights and that... She's the only at

:40:29. > :40:38.the jumping in the long Lycra. Second attempt anyway. 1.85. It is a

:40:39. > :40:43.better attempt, very good. Showing some tenacity at a young age. Always

:40:44. > :40:48.a good sign. We know she is talented and we know she can win gold medals.

:40:49. > :40:51.She won a gold medal at the world junior championships earlier in the

:40:52. > :40:58.summer. That is a good attempt from Morgan Lake. 1.89 as the next

:40:59. > :41:07.height. It looks as if we're going to go there.

:41:08. > :41:13.STUDIO: Well done to Morgan Lake and looking good hopefully for the

:41:14. > :41:19.women's high jump final. We are going to look back to the men's

:41:20. > :41:33.steeple chase last night which was somewhat controversial.

:41:34. > :41:40.He was given a yellow card for unsportsmanlike behaviour. But then

:41:41. > :41:55.the Spanish complain that their athlete finished in fourth place.

:41:56. > :41:57.And then the first athlete was disqualified and the French appeal

:41:58. > :42:22.that. So making --... In football for example, I don't

:42:23. > :42:26.really mind seeing somebody celebrating, enjoying the goal they

:42:27. > :42:31.have scored and he was clearly enjoying the final home stretch. I

:42:32. > :42:33.don't think the athletes he is competing against, that they were

:42:34. > :42:47.bothered either. It says here that bids may be worn

:42:48. > :42:56.and should not be obscure word in any way. I was disqualified at a

:42:57. > :43:05.northern league meeting in Carlisle, on a very sunny day. I was

:43:06. > :43:11.sunbathing in between rounds. On the third round, I forgot to put my vest

:43:12. > :43:19.back on and I jumped topless! And I did not count. I would have

:43:20. > :43:33.disqualified you! I was disqualified for not displaying a bib properly.

:43:34. > :43:40.I don't think this runner brought the sport into disrepute. I don't

:43:41. > :43:46.think you did anything that was aggressive or offensive. The rules

:43:47. > :43:52.do say you are supposed to display your number. With electric timing,

:43:53. > :43:57.they have to record the times in order and maybe that is the biggest

:43:58. > :44:02.issue. Somebody in European athletics has sat down and thought,

:44:03. > :44:09.we do not like this. Maybe they thought, we do not like him. He has

:44:10. > :44:13.got himself into a bit of hot water in previous championships, fighting

:44:14. > :44:19.with his fellow athletes and pushing over mascots. He is the bad boy of

:44:20. > :44:23.athletics. It all stems from the fact that Spain complained. They put

:44:24. > :44:29.in the protest at the beginning and they threw it out to make a

:44:30. > :44:33.decision. Spain has not been doing that well for medals and they need

:44:34. > :44:37.medals and they have a circumstance where the boxes they need to take

:44:38. > :44:42.along the way. Unfortunately for him, he has suffered from that

:44:43. > :44:46.absolute circumstance. It is a tough one to call. Let's think about other

:44:47. > :44:47.people you could possibly disqualified for doing something

:44:48. > :44:53.very similar. In Beijing, disqualified for doing something

:44:54. > :45:14.very similar. In the 100 metres, a runner was disqualified, because he

:45:15. > :45:16.was not trying at the end. He did exactly the same thing in the

:45:17. > :45:26.semifinal as he was crossing the line. All of these things are

:45:27. > :45:33.circumstances. Talking about Robert Harting, he was throwing a discus at

:45:34. > :45:35.the time, but he was still at the field of competition. So this is

:45:36. > :45:45.where it becomes a little bit controversial. The athletes have got

:45:46. > :45:50.to stand up there... But we don't know what was through his mind. He

:45:51. > :45:56.had no idea that the official didn't like that. He kept it in his mouth

:45:57. > :46:06.to Kevin he knows he has to cross the line with his best, but the

:46:07. > :46:10.question is, would he do anything like that again? I threw my vest off

:46:11. > :46:17.into the crowd, should I have been disqualified? I am interested to

:46:18. > :46:22.know what Steve Cram thinks. Do you think he should have been

:46:23. > :46:28.disqualified? That is why I am a commentator and not an official! It

:46:29. > :46:32.can be seen as a bit disrespectful. I think he caught controversy, and

:46:33. > :46:37.that does not help, but it is a little bit harsh in the end. The

:46:38. > :46:41.officials did not disqualify him in the first place. It was the Spanish

:46:42. > :46:51.team requesting it, which is annoying. Diniz is a struggling in

:46:52. > :46:56.terms of his position. He has dropped back. I am not sure he is

:46:57. > :47:03.struggling but I think the group is split up a little bit, and he will

:47:04. > :47:07.want to get back up there as soon as possible and move it on. The fronts

:47:08. > :47:19.to are still pushing it. This is an incredibly fast pace. -- the front

:47:20. > :47:25.two. This is a world champion here knows how to race. 20 K is your

:47:26. > :47:29.speciality and a 50 K is a bit like a marathon, it is a different

:47:30. > :47:36.event, getting the pace right, when you make your move, and you can get

:47:37. > :47:43.it worldly wrong. Definitely. They are completely different events. In

:47:44. > :47:48.my -- you can get it really wrong. Definitely. They are completely

:47:49. > :47:51.different events. Tactics are key. If you get it wrong in the beginning

:47:52. > :48:03.you might not finish. These guys have set up a very fast pace. These

:48:04. > :48:07.guys are of an older age, and I will come back to that in a moment, but

:48:08. > :48:15.we are going to pop back to the stadium, because the second heat of

:48:16. > :48:24.the steeplechase is about to start. We have come back for that. And I

:48:25. > :48:34.need, apart from Cooly the Cow, I need to clear up Smurf gate. I am

:48:35. > :48:40.being told by one of my former BBC colleagues that Schlumpf is the

:48:41. > :48:47.German word for a Smurf. Well done, Paula, but it was just the wrong

:48:48. > :49:02.language! There are the five wildfires. Mismas with a record for

:49:03. > :49:08.Slovenia. -- top-5 qualifiers. As Steve was mentioning, it is a gentle

:49:09. > :49:15.qualifying, because 22 runners overall, 15 and going through.

:49:16. > :49:19.Fougberg might be the favourite, not just for this heat, but for the

:49:20. > :49:26.final it self. Low cloud over the hills surrounding Zurich. The crowds

:49:27. > :49:33.have been a little bit disappointing at this European Championships. Even

:49:34. > :49:41.in the evening sessions, there have been huge numbers of empty seats.

:49:42. > :49:56.Plenty of noise, but apart from that, lots of noise for Schlumpf in

:49:57. > :50:10.the previous heat, and here they have... Five out of the two heats. I

:50:11. > :50:13.think it was around the 9.54 time that could still qualify you as a

:50:14. > :50:29.running as the fastest loser. Do you think the standard was set a

:50:30. > :50:32.little bit too high? Yes. The European Championships should be

:50:33. > :50:36.used as a stepping stone, and I don't think we will see this event

:50:37. > :50:46.and the final much quicker than that time, so it would have perhaps in a

:50:47. > :50:50.reward, but it would have been a good experience for Rachel Bamford

:50:51. > :51:11.to come and compete here. Let's had to the field. -- had to the field.

:51:12. > :51:20.Morgan Lake has removed her tights. The spikes go back on, and 1.89 is

:51:21. > :51:23.the next height. We have seen the defending champion already go clear

:51:24. > :51:29.at this height, but looking at a lot of sales at this height down the

:51:30. > :51:36.board, and this might be the height that is enough to make you through

:51:37. > :51:43.to the final. Morgan Lake here, 17 years of age. She can handle it.

:51:44. > :51:47.There is no getting away from the fact that she loves a championship

:51:48. > :51:55.environment. She has proved that at junior level. It is something that

:51:56. > :52:02.is a question about whether you can teach it or learn it or whether you

:52:03. > :52:06.are born with it. It seems to be the latter for Morgan Lake. Not only is

:52:07. > :52:09.she talented across all seven of the disciplines, but most of all, the

:52:10. > :52:19.one where she is most comfortable and talented is the high jump, which

:52:20. > :52:26.is where she goes in her first attempt at 1.89, five cm short of

:52:27. > :52:36.her lifetime asked. First attempt. Oh, no. Leaned into that. Went early

:52:37. > :52:48.at it. Failed on the first attempt. She has also knocked the bar off.

:52:49. > :52:56.Morgan Lake, a learning curve at this level. She will be taking it

:52:57. > :53:03.all on board, gathering her thoughts, getting ready for her

:53:04. > :53:10.second attempt. Meanwhile, the last of the heats to move through to the

:53:11. > :53:15.final in the 3000 metre steeplechase taking place. Five laps remaining.

:53:16. > :53:28.The German champion is still out in front. Just behind her, a silver

:53:29. > :53:33.medallist from last year, one of the height quality Russian athletes.

:53:34. > :53:34.When you look at the steeplechase in major championships, these are

:53:35. > :53:34.fairly When you look at the steeplechase in

:53:35. > :53:55.major championships, these recent happenings.

:53:56. > :54:01.running these steeplechase? It would have been a little bit hard for you

:54:02. > :54:04.with your dodgy foot. With my dodgy style of trying to jump anything, it

:54:05. > :54:13.would have been very hard for me. The short answer is no. As you saw

:54:14. > :54:18.there with Sussman, these girls are still learning a lot about the water

:54:19. > :54:22.jump, and it is dangerous when there are so many people in front of you,

:54:23. > :54:28.and accidents like that can easily happen. I prefer to run without any

:54:29. > :54:33.barriers. It is a different type of running than steeplechase because

:54:34. > :54:38.they have to keep something in their legs for the last 500-600 metres,

:54:39. > :54:47.because you cannot jump barriers when you are tired. People around me

:54:48. > :54:54.are laughing so I am laughing at those people that are laughing, but

:54:55. > :55:02.that was a belly flop. It was like watching the television series

:55:03. > :55:17.splash. High-caliber athletes, 9.43, so she has got back in there.

:55:18. > :55:25.Moldner-Schmidt has been leading so far. She is a very good athlete,

:55:26. > :55:31.with a personal best of 9.18, but had to miss the entire 2010 season,

:55:32. > :55:39.so she has battled back really well, had the all clear and is now

:55:40. > :55:46.running very well here. Fougberg is probably the one to watch in this

:55:47. > :55:50.field, although she has moved very steadily through this field. She is

:55:51. > :55:56.now just making sure that she stays in the top-5 and does no more than

:55:57. > :56:03.absolutely to qualify for that final. Sussman is still fairly

:56:04. > :56:06.comfortable. Five fastest losers get through as well, so as long as she

:56:07. > :56:19.does not panic, even with that fall into the water, and you have Lovness

:56:20. > :56:25.as loud, so -- as well, so they must not panic, they must hang onto the

:56:26. > :56:34.back and maintain contact. They could still go through. Just

:56:35. > :56:44.checking the pace of this one compared to the previous heat. The

:56:45. > :57:00.Swiss corner has been dividing plenty of noise here. It is

:57:01. > :57:07.Jelizarova, and just ahead of Moldner-Schmidt, a heart-warming

:57:08. > :57:13.story that she is competing again after that battle with cancer, and

:57:14. > :57:20.she is settling in in second place. I don't know whether she was caught

:57:21. > :57:24.a little bit mapping by Jelizarova, making a push ahead and pushing the

:57:25. > :57:31.pace on, but she was caught in about seventh or eighth place, and she has

:57:32. > :57:35.moved quickly to put herself back in that group of six, Danekova, and

:57:36. > :57:48.they think she knows what she needs to do to get in the top five. -- I

:57:49. > :57:53.think she knows. There has got to be a bit of a tussle for the top five

:57:54. > :58:01.places. They are starting to wind it up a little bit now. Moldner-Schmidt

:58:02. > :58:05.in second place behind Jelizarova, and Fougberg, who I think is the

:58:06. > :58:13.favourite over the two heats, looking for third place at the

:58:14. > :58:21.moment. Lewis hurts is in there as well. They just have a lap to go. If

:58:22. > :58:26.you watch the technique of Duke Burger, you can see why she probably

:58:27. > :58:32.is the favourite -- Fougberg, you can see why she is probably the

:58:33. > :58:38.favourite coming in. She is 29 years old. She was only running 10.10 a

:58:39. > :58:49.couple of years ago, and she has improved. She sits in second place

:58:50. > :58:59.just on the shoulder of Jelizarova. Moldner-Schmidt is there in third

:59:00. > :59:13.place. Enclosed six. Martin is there. Just losing contact with the

:59:14. > :59:18.top five. Losing a bit of pace, Theresa Rabbi hanging on there in

:59:19. > :59:24.third place, and Martin -- Jelizarova is hanging on there in

:59:25. > :59:30.third place, and Martin is there. She tried to clear a bit of herself

:59:31. > :59:33.to come through. I am not sure why she feels the need to win this

:59:34. > :59:44.steeplechase in such a dominant fashion. Only five from this six

:59:45. > :59:52.here. Martin might just get it on the line. I think she has, in fact.

:59:53. > :00:02.Kowalska. We're going to check the times. Kowalska will go through

:00:03. > :00:13.anyway. One of the five automatic qualifiers, Martin. Danekova winning

:00:14. > :00:18.it ahead of Moldner-Schmidt. There is just behind her will go through

:00:19. > :00:30.as fastest losers. -- those just behind her will go through as

:00:31. > :00:32.fastest losers. She is one of three athletes that have gone clear so

:00:33. > :00:55.far, Kuchina. The door may be opened for Kuchina.

:00:56. > :00:59.It looks as though she is starting her campaign well to take the

:01:00. > :01:08.European title. Across to Morgan Lake. We saw her first time fail at

:01:09. > :01:20.1.89. She will have half an eye on the heptathlon, the leader, Thiam,

:01:21. > :01:24.of Belgium, cleared 1.97 yesterday. No. Again, dropping that left

:01:25. > :01:32.shoulder at take-off and that, for me, is the upper body getting a

:01:33. > :01:39.little bit keen. The coach, behind, with her father. They will be

:01:40. > :01:43.analysing and trying to communicate. But it is always difficult. You look

:01:44. > :01:47.up to a sea of people waving their arms and you cannot really hear

:01:48. > :01:54.them. This is where a young athlete is questions of terms of, what do

:01:55. > :01:59.you do to coach this, she has had to Max fails and one more and she is

:02:00. > :02:05.out. 1.89 will be needed to advance to the final on Sunday. Morgan Lake

:02:06. > :02:08.and a little bit of pressure. She will have a few minutes to gather

:02:09. > :02:19.herself before her final attempt at this height.

:02:20. > :02:33.In downtown Zurich, two men are leading this walk. Diniz, the

:02:34. > :02:39.defending champion, he has had that lead taken away from him a couple of

:02:40. > :02:46.times. We have already had some disqualifications. Why do you get

:02:47. > :02:50.disqualified, what is the process? The rules are in place to ensure the

:02:51. > :02:58.athletes are classed as walking and not running. You see that you can

:02:59. > :03:01.get three red cards and then you get disqualified. You get a red card for

:03:02. > :03:07.lifting which is breaking contact so as soon as that back foot leaves the

:03:08. > :03:14.ground, the front one has to land. And your leg has to land straight

:03:15. > :03:20.might just the front legs. -- just the front leg. There was a bit of a

:03:21. > :03:30.bent knee from Toth going around the corner. Quite a tight corner. You

:03:31. > :03:33.can get... There is a red paddle which is a straight

:03:34. > :03:42.disqualification? The chief judge will disqualify you, the only way so

:03:43. > :03:48.that is in the final 100 metres, is if they deemed be running. That

:03:49. > :03:52.corner is really quite tight which is why they seem to be breaking the

:03:53. > :03:55.rules, but the judge will look kindly on that. But if they keep

:03:56. > :04:06.doing it, there will be eight red card. -- a red card. We talked about

:04:07. > :04:14.experience and keeping going. Diniz is 36 now. Still competing at a very

:04:15. > :04:19.high standard. It is like the marathon, the longer the event, they

:04:20. > :04:26.take years and years of training. It takes years to get this good. Garcia

:04:27. > :04:30.is in his six European Championships which is just incredible. World

:04:31. > :04:37.champion in 1993I think. It shows that age is a good thing. -- will

:04:38. > :04:58.champion in 1993, I think. Travelling at that kind of speed

:04:59. > :05:03.over ten K and 20 K really helps you push in this part of the race. It

:05:04. > :05:15.will get faster, even now, with about 14 kilometres to go. Diniz is

:05:16. > :05:18.an all-rounder. Just talk about the long endurance event like this in

:05:19. > :05:24.terms of taking on liquids, whatever else, in terms of gels and things we

:05:25. > :05:30.see in the marathon and long cycling races. Digne it is less important is

:05:31. > :05:39.the 20 kilometres, you just have to try to stay hydrated. This takes

:05:40. > :05:43.practice, they will do 30, 40 kilometre walks in training and they

:05:44. > :05:47.will practice what they can take, what they enjoy the taste of what

:05:48. > :05:51.their stomach can take. If your stomach goes midway through at this

:05:52. > :06:05.point, it will be trouble. Interestingly, Diniz opting to keep

:06:06. > :06:17.out of the way of the spray mist, a bit of a surge from him. This race

:06:18. > :06:22.has a card against his name as well. This is the point, 30 odd kilometres

:06:23. > :06:30.in, Diniz will at it and see if you can get away from him and go for the

:06:31. > :06:31.gold. Diniz opening up a slight lead in the 50 kilometre walk. Still a

:06:32. > :06:46.way to go there. There is Morgan Lake, a lone figure,

:06:47. > :06:51.walking in Lane 1. She has just had a sprint around in the opposite

:06:52. > :06:54.direction to wake the legs up. She knows the indications of her next

:06:55. > :07:02.attempt in this high jump qualification. She has knocked the

:07:03. > :07:11.bar off twice. 1.89. Her dad in the cap. To his right, Richard Aspen,

:07:12. > :07:20.her high jump specific coach. Always a team behind a multi-event here,

:07:21. > :07:25.focusing on the high jump. Her most successful event of the summer so

:07:26. > :07:32.far, as world junior champion. She is looking to get some support and

:07:33. > :07:36.you just dig deep. Trust yourself. Works on everything in training, it

:07:37. > :07:44.is a time to clear the mind. Trust the body and let loose. Come on

:07:45. > :07:47.Morgan Lake. That was her best attempt but it was not quite good

:07:48. > :07:53.enough. It was way better than the first two. At this particular

:07:54. > :07:57.height. It looked as though she was over but she just knocked it off.

:07:58. > :08:03.That is a shame and she will have to wait and see whether her previous

:08:04. > :08:09.clearance at 1.85 may be enough. I doubt whether it is. I am looking

:08:10. > :08:14.down the field of athletes who have gone clear at 1.89. We will come

:08:15. > :08:23.back to you and maybe clarify her overall position.

:08:24. > :08:36.It looks as though Morgan Lake may have gone out in the qualification.

:08:37. > :08:48.In this women's high jump. There is dad looking on, he can barely watch.

:08:49. > :08:57.That is a real shame for Morgan Lake. As a youngster, these sorts of

:08:58. > :09:00.things, at the time, they seem so important, for her and her career,

:09:01. > :09:04.this will be a minor thing which she will get over and she will be a

:09:05. > :09:09.great athlete in the coming years. Without a shadow of a doubt. You

:09:10. > :09:12.come here for the experience but if it is a bad experience, it is not a

:09:13. > :09:17.great one to carry with you. But it is a learning curve and athletics is

:09:18. > :09:25.about going with the good and the bad days. Morgan Lake will have to

:09:26. > :09:29.go away back to the drawing board in terms of senior debut at a major

:09:30. > :09:30.championships. But still a successful summer for the

:09:31. > :09:42.17-year-old. Tears from Morgan Lake and I don't

:09:43. > :09:46.think we would have expected that. You just never know how an athlete

:09:47. > :09:49.feels, it is a lonely place out there. She's coming off a lonely

:09:50. > :09:54.place and she wants to do well in this competition. She knows this

:09:55. > :09:58.height is well within her capabilities. It is just getting

:09:59. > :10:03.that feeling that you are not letting people down. You make

:10:04. > :10:08.mistakes, it happens. Her dad is there. He will be feeling it for his

:10:09. > :10:15.daughter. It is just a sad situation and I did not expect her to cry.

:10:16. > :10:20.Maybe the cold got to her little bit. You saw her shaking herself off

:10:21. > :10:23.when she landed in that puddle. That last attempt she gave was probably

:10:24. > :10:28.what she should have started with because she looked just out of sorts

:10:29. > :10:33.for the first two attempts. You can see the reaction. We were all doing

:10:34. > :10:37.the same thing in the studio because it looked like she was well over.

:10:38. > :10:43.But she will learn and she will move on from this. She knows there are

:10:44. > :10:47.bigger and better things to come. She is 17. Steve Cram said it will

:10:48. > :10:53.be a minor disappointment for her. In some ways, it is a good sign. I

:10:54. > :10:57.was just about to say that. The fact she is so emotional, it shows how

:10:58. > :11:02.much it really means to her. She wanted to do well here, she wanted

:11:03. > :11:05.to do the best you could possibly do and she feels she has underperformed

:11:06. > :11:11.but don't worry Morgan, you'll have more successes become. To win the

:11:12. > :11:16.World Junior Championships at the age of 17, it is a phenomenal

:11:17. > :11:24.performance. That is what she should be celebrating. Not a minor, a

:11:25. > :11:28.really minor hiccup here. When I went out at the qualifying round in

:11:29. > :11:34.my first championships, I didn't care, I was just happy to be there.

:11:35. > :11:39.She has seen that Jo Pavey and the other athlete have got medals and

:11:40. > :11:42.she thinks, OK, I want to be part of that success. She just was to have a

:11:43. > :11:51.good go at it. Laura Weightman got silver in the

:11:52. > :11:57.Commonwealth Games and hopefully another medal here. She is up

:11:58. > :12:00.against two Ethiopians who are running for Sweden and Turkey. The

:12:01. > :12:03.British record-holder is Kelly homes and we caught up with her. She was

:12:04. > :12:26.reflecting on her early years. When I was 14 years old, my dreams

:12:27. > :12:31.came to fruition. One was to be the Olympic champion. I watched

:12:32. > :12:35.Sebastian Coe win the 1500 metres. The fact it was a British athlete

:12:36. > :12:39.who had won an Olympic gold medal in an event I was running in as a young

:12:40. > :12:43.girl. I got goose bumps and I knew at that moment I wanted to become an

:12:44. > :12:48.Olympic champion. I remember going back to school from the summer

:12:49. > :12:51.holidays and telling people I was going to be Olympic champion and

:12:52. > :12:58.they said, we know you are. It was really weird. My second was to be in

:12:59. > :13:03.the British army as a physical training instructor. I joined the

:13:04. > :13:06.army when I was nearly 18 years old but I did not become a physical

:13:07. > :13:13.training instructor, I became a heavy goods driver, because I could

:13:14. > :13:19.not get in. I still hold the license, I am just young enough! I

:13:20. > :13:24.actually ended my junior international career to join the

:13:25. > :13:33.British army, that year, when I was 17. I made the decision I was going

:13:34. > :13:39.to go into the army. You had given up on your dream? Not really but I

:13:40. > :13:44.think that was the moment in time, I was 17, nearly 18 and it was a job,

:13:45. > :13:48.something I could do. I had given up for that first year, and then

:13:49. > :13:54.because I was the fastest on our basic fitness test, everyone was

:13:55. > :13:57.going, you are quite a good runner. I then got selected for the army

:13:58. > :14:07.championships and I was quite happy to do them. If I compare it to what

:14:08. > :14:17.I now know about university, that is all I used to do, have fun.

:14:18. > :14:25.1992, watching the Olympic Games, I remember watching Lisa York. She was

:14:26. > :14:30.in the 3000 metres. Somebody I used to compete against when I was young

:14:31. > :14:35.and occasionally I beat her. And there she was. That was the moment

:14:36. > :14:39.when I reconnected with the dream I had when I was 14. I got the goose

:14:40. > :14:41.bumps again and I could not believe she was there and I thought, that is

:14:42. > :15:01.what I want to do. In those early days, as a senior, I

:15:02. > :15:04.was not afraid because I did not really know anyone. I did not know

:15:05. > :15:26.anyone on that circuit. I had heard of people and I saw them win. The

:15:27. > :15:33.naivete was good at that stage. That was my first gold medal and there

:15:34. > :15:37.remember it very well. It was surreal to be in these big stadiums

:15:38. > :15:43.winning medals but I was just going back to normality. It was very

:15:44. > :15:49.strange but also really good grounding to keep my feet on the

:15:50. > :15:53.ground. I used my leave from the Armed Forces to go away and compete

:15:54. > :15:57.and then come back, and if I had guard duties I would change them

:15:58. > :16:02.around. That was my real strength in the first two or three years of my

:16:03. > :16:12.career, the fact that most of my training was as a soldier. A double

:16:13. > :16:20.Olympic champion. Paula Radcliffe has joined us. Quite an amazing

:16:21. > :16:26.career, and you see that right through the early years, what she

:16:27. > :16:32.achieved, something that might not so easily have happened. Exactly. I

:16:33. > :16:35.did not see all of the video, I did not see whether or not she mentioned

:16:36. > :16:45.it, but she was a championship after -- she was in championships after

:16:46. > :16:51.seeing a lease. That got her back into running, and to see what she

:16:52. > :16:53.could do, and in the same way that Jo Pavey and in the same way that Jo

:16:54. > :17:06.Pavey embodies perseverance, she stepped in there through so many

:17:07. > :17:11.injuries. She has been putting in the miles again. She has been

:17:12. > :17:16.adapting to life on the bike. It was a bit tricky to start off with, but

:17:17. > :17:20.she is loving it. We all know what she is like, she loves the

:17:21. > :17:24.competition, and all of the great stuff she does, inspiring young

:17:25. > :17:29.people, and there is still that burning desire to compete, and she

:17:30. > :17:40.is doing quite well. Men's 1,500 metres coming up. The bad boy of

:17:41. > :17:47.European Athletics. What is your view on him being banned? I think he

:17:48. > :17:50.needed to be sanctioned in some way. When you see it happen because

:17:51. > :17:55.another team has protested just because they want a medal, does not

:17:56. > :18:02.sit right or feel right, but just to give him a yellow card, he might

:18:03. > :18:09.think he will do it again, but he won't do it again now. Maybe he

:18:10. > :18:12.should have just been fined. It did not affect the result of the race

:18:13. > :18:19.but it was very disrespectful for the other athletes. Is he a

:18:20. > :18:24.contender in this event? I think so. We will see how it goes today, how

:18:25. > :18:27.much it has taken out of him. Charlie Grice in this one. It is all

:18:28. > :18:35.yours, Steve. Way too many men in there. 16 in two

:18:36. > :18:47.heats, and they could have done with three heats. Police that will be a

:18:48. > :18:54.danger here. -- Holusa. There is the men that many people think will be

:18:55. > :19:12.the favourite. Two very good Belgian athletes. O Lionaird, John Travers

:19:13. > :19:19.as well. He is next to the bad boy, Mekhissi-Benabbad. Maybe welling up

:19:20. > :19:24.a little bit there. He probably has huge regrets about but he did. I am

:19:25. > :19:31.not sure it was spontaneous. He said it was. He seems to make spontaneous

:19:32. > :19:36.decisions in his career that often and him and a bit of trouble. Just

:19:37. > :19:41.as we look at Charlie, people don't know that there was an incident as

:19:42. > :19:43.well where Mekhissi-Benabbad had a fight with one of his team-mates,

:19:44. > :19:49.well where Mekhissi-Benabbad had a fight with one a real fight. The

:19:50. > :19:59.striker had a fight with one of his team-mates, a real fight. -- he had

:20:00. > :20:02.a fight with one of his team-mates, a real fight. Charlie Grice is going

:20:03. > :20:11.to have to be on his toes. It is not going to be easy. 16 men in the

:20:12. > :20:18.heat. In a race which potentially could be quite slow, this is too

:20:19. > :20:24.many, isn't it? There could have easily been three heats, it could

:20:25. > :20:31.have easily been organised in that manner. 16 of these men, I predict

:20:32. > :20:36.they will finish with their running strips on, there will not be any

:20:37. > :20:42.disrobing today. I thought Mekhissi-Benabbad was foolish last

:20:43. > :20:46.night. But he was an easy run for him. He did react foolishly. When I

:20:47. > :20:53.saw the yellow card, I thought that was fair enough, and it was a

:20:54. > :20:57.warning, but to take away a hard earned European title, a title he

:20:58. > :21:02.has worked for, there must have been better ways of doing it. He broke

:21:03. > :21:07.several rules last night, but other people have broken worse rules than

:21:08. > :21:14.that before and gone unsanctioned. It was silly what he did. I am not

:21:15. > :21:18.sure anyone distinguish themselves by taking has medal away. Many of

:21:19. > :21:24.the athletes here will be watching him but also they will be pleased to

:21:25. > :21:34.see stretch strict Spain to stretch out after that decent lap. -- also

:21:35. > :21:46.they will be pleased to see Spain stretch out after that decent lap.

:21:47. > :21:49.Ingebrigsten, boxed in the inside. It is OK, two laps to go, start to

:21:50. > :21:54.think about moving out a little bit. It is OK, two laps to go, start to

:21:55. > :21:58.think about moving Decent pace. It is easier when they are moving

:21:59. > :22:06.quicker. The nerves have gone. Charlie Grice has got a lot around,

:22:07. > :22:13.he is trapped on the inside. He is a promising young athlete. You can see

:22:14. > :22:18.the acceleration is beginning to happen as they go down the back

:22:19. > :22:25.straight, with 600 metres to go. Charlie Grice has got a lot to do.

:22:26. > :22:29.He just does not need to panic. This is still good pace and there is

:22:30. > :22:36.plenty of space for Charlie. Ingebrigsten wants to control this.

:22:37. > :22:47.The other Belgian athlete is charging Grice. They are coming down

:22:48. > :22:53.the home stretch. Charlie Grice does not need to lose his position. The

:22:54. > :22:59.first four to go through and then the first four fastest losers. You

:23:00. > :23:07.cannot rely on it. Charlie Grice moves into fourth place. Overall, it

:23:08. > :23:16.is going well. Holusa will finish quickly. Ingebrigsten looks for a

:23:17. > :23:21.bit of room. Charlie has not got to panic, just keep his elbows sharp.

:23:22. > :23:29.He is in a good spot here. Charlie Grice running brilliantly. Holusa in

:23:30. > :23:33.the fourth spot. Charlie looks behind and see their little bit of

:23:34. > :23:45.danger. Has got to be strong here. He moves away. Mekhissi-Benabbad --

:23:46. > :23:53.Mekhissi-Benabbad is one of the qualifiers. He came from nowhere.

:23:54. > :24:00.But Charlie, well done, excellent, did not panic when people were

:24:01. > :24:05.around him with 600 to go. It is going to open up. Yes, they are all

:24:06. > :24:11.charging, no more than this men here. He is probably trying to

:24:12. > :24:15.forget about yesterday. Mekhissi-Benabbad, their emotional.

:24:16. > :24:19.He has made it to the final. It must have been difficult for him last

:24:20. > :24:23.night, and indeed this morning, whether or not to come and run, but

:24:24. > :24:33.he has made it through in third place. Not such an easy time, not

:24:34. > :24:40.superfast. Well done, Charlie Grice, he did great. He ran

:24:41. > :24:43.extremely well, and I think Mekhissi-Benabbad was there to prove

:24:44. > :24:54.something. He was running in a very high emotional place. Ingebrigsten,

:24:55. > :24:58.the champion, running powerfully, and just going past him, but then he

:24:59. > :25:03.is suddenly appears on the outside, the men who won the steeplechase and

:25:04. > :25:11.had his medal taken away, but he looks comparable in third place,

:25:12. > :25:16.just behind Charlie Grice, Moukrime, powerful and strong, looking good.

:25:17. > :25:22.The champion, Ingebrigsten, coming on the outside there, Grice, really

:25:23. > :25:26.holding on, and at the moment, you cannot see the disqualified

:25:27. > :25:31.steeplechase champion, he has, on the wide outside on a strange sort

:25:32. > :25:36.of race, just like last night, we still cannot see him, he is on the

:25:37. > :25:43.outside, I am sure, and Charlie Grice, comfortable, strong,

:25:44. > :25:46.finishing well, and for the first time, there goes Mekhissi-Benabbad,

:25:47. > :25:53.and Charlie Grice is down there to explain a good run to children's.

:25:54. > :26:03.Thanks a lot. It was a strong run and an accomplished when from you.

:26:04. > :26:11.The -- to fill Jones. I treated it as a final, and they came through. A

:26:12. > :26:15.bit of a bump. He managed to keep your composure. I knew it was going

:26:16. > :26:20.to be a scrap so why try to stay on my feet. I'm just glad I pulled

:26:21. > :26:30.through. How did you feel coming into this morning? I felt good. I am

:26:31. > :26:35.feeling in really good strength -- shape after my training. What do you

:26:36. > :26:41.hope to get out of it now that you have put yourself in there? I just

:26:42. > :26:45.want to run my best. It is all about tactics and there are a lot of us

:26:46. > :26:51.around a similar level, so I got eight day to recover now to be ready

:26:52. > :26:59.for the final. All the best. Cheers. Well done. His coach will be

:27:00. > :27:04.delighted with that. It is all about getting your tactics right, and he

:27:05. > :27:15.did that perfectly. Ingebrigsten, Mekhissi-Benabbad and Moukrime. That

:27:16. > :27:25.was the first heat and the second one is to come. A little further

:27:26. > :27:29.down, this is the point, if you cannot sprint, even if you run the

:27:30. > :27:37.fastest times, you can be in trouble. Let's just tidy up the

:27:38. > :27:43.women's steeplechase qualifiers. We saw events earlier on. Schlumpf is

:27:44. > :27:53.the German word for Smurf. She is through. Fougberg looked good.

:27:54. > :28:01.Kowalska and Cassondra also making it good -- through as fast as

:28:02. > :28:13.losers. And here is confirmation of the athletes who have qualified for

:28:14. > :28:23.the high jump final. And the Green, a final attempt of a 1.89. -- Emma

:28:24. > :28:32.Green. No Morgan, unfortunately. The 1.85 was not enough. She cleared on

:28:33. > :28:39.her second attempt. In retrospect, Mekhissi-Benabbad has been the

:28:40. > :28:51.qualified -- disqualified. They say that on clothing a big -- they say

:28:52. > :28:59.something thereabouts disrobing. He qualified, bizarrely. He almost

:29:00. > :29:07.disrespected that field as well, but probably was recovering from last

:29:08. > :29:10.night. He has not had that long to recover and you have had to deal

:29:11. > :29:13.with all of the turmoil of the disqualification. He warmed up

:29:14. > :29:20.somewhere separately this morning and came very late to declare for

:29:21. > :29:24.this heat and just sat at the back of the field and left his running

:29:25. > :29:28.very late. Charlie Grice was running very impressively and looking good

:29:29. > :29:34.going into that final, but Mekhissi-Benabbad, he came through

:29:35. > :29:38.very fast and was in doubt until about the last five metres. Some

:29:39. > :29:45.interesting shots at the end there with Mekhissi-Benabbad, he was there

:29:46. > :29:48.with the men that he fought. He looked distressed. He almost looked

:29:49. > :29:55.like he was about to cry even on the starting line. On reflection, he

:29:56. > :29:59.clearly is regretting his action last night. He feels it was very

:30:00. > :30:04.harsh. We all have different opinions on it, but he is clearly

:30:05. > :30:08.very emotional. We saw his reaction at the end of the race as well. Now

:30:09. > :30:15.we are going to go back to Steve Cram for an update on the men's 50 K

:30:16. > :30:19.walk. Sad news for the world champion of Ireland's, you have had

:30:20. > :30:27.to withdrawal. He has not been disqualified. Tom Bosworth, that is

:30:28. > :30:40.really sad for Robert. He has obviously been struggling. I am not

:30:41. > :30:46.sure what it was, I heard he had to stop quickly to stretch.

:30:47. > :30:56.It might have been something up with his hip or his hamstring.

:30:57. > :31:03.That is a shame for him, Diniz is still leading. Attempting to defend

:31:04. > :31:09.his title. He looked really good the last time we saw him. This is Toth

:31:10. > :31:21.who is in third place. He is walking really well.

:31:22. > :31:27.Diniz is certainly going some speed. It will be an incredible time if he

:31:28. > :31:34.keeps this up. This is how he races and he looks as though he will

:31:35. > :31:39.cruise to victory. Good crowds downtown. It has dried out a lot. It

:31:40. > :31:42.is bringing people out to watch and there is the leader. Heading in the

:31:43. > :31:49.opposite direction and it is a good lead he has.

:31:50. > :31:59.We all got a bit seasick with the way that camera went across and back

:32:00. > :32:04.again! Second heat of the men's 1500 metres coming up. Chris O'Hare in

:32:05. > :32:07.this one. It would have taken great encouragement from what Charlie

:32:08. > :32:20.Grice did. With 16 athletes in each of these

:32:21. > :32:23.heats, it will be tough. He needs to go out and use the advantage of it

:32:24. > :32:28.being the second heat to try to make sure he goes a little bit faster. To

:32:29. > :32:33.go under the 3.39 times they are sitting on. Watch out for Tesfaye,

:32:34. > :32:40.the young German athlete, in here as well. Chris is moving on with each

:32:41. > :32:46.race this season and I think you will be encouraged from the

:32:47. > :32:48.Commonwealth Games. He did everything right and he will be

:32:49. > :32:56.looking to take another step forward. Going back to what Brendan

:32:57. > :33:01.mentioning commentary about there being too many athletes. We are not

:33:02. > :33:03.exactly pushed for time this morning, why not have three races

:33:04. > :33:18.instead of two? I do not know. I think, when it is

:33:19. > :33:22.around 15 or 16 athletes, sometimes they ask the athletes what they want

:33:23. > :33:26.and sometimes it is just a decision made by the organisers. Andrew, some

:33:27. > :33:42.good names in this one to follow on from your Smurf conversation.

:33:43. > :33:52.There is Hochstrasser about to get introduced to the crowd.

:33:53. > :34:02.All of these athletes know what they have to do. Tesfaye of Germany, he

:34:03. > :34:32.was the quickest in the last lap in the last race.

:34:33. > :34:49.Ozbilen, formerly of Kenya. Chris O'Hare, we will certainly see from

:34:50. > :34:54.him, nobody wears the effort in his face as clearly as he does. He gives

:34:55. > :34:57.absolutely everything and this is tight qualifying. Only format to go

:34:58. > :35:02.through automatically and at first he was quick. -- only four to go

:35:03. > :35:11.through automatically. The first heat was quick.

:35:12. > :35:20.They have set off at a decent pace. They know the pace of the first heat

:35:21. > :35:25.and they know it has to be reasonably quick.

:35:26. > :35:33.Filip Ingebrigsten is in there, younger brother of Henrik

:35:34. > :35:40.Ingebrigtsen. He is a man on a mission, with a point to prove.

:35:41. > :35:52.Ozbilen, a class at it, and in front at the moment. The first 300 metres

:35:53. > :35:58.rand really quickly by Ozbilen. We have seen him do that before. We

:35:59. > :36:08.have seen him lead quickly. I wonder if he will do that today. Ten of

:36:09. > :36:12.these men have already run 3.39 or better this year so they have the

:36:13. > :36:18.chances. There is Chris O'Hare running sensibly. The pace is fast

:36:19. > :36:24.so he can just relax there. As I say that, they all start bumbling into

:36:25. > :36:33.one in each other. Germany caused a bit of a problem but Chris O'Hare

:36:34. > :36:37.was very aware of that. Chris O'Hare sitting alongside the Latvian

:36:38. > :36:45.runner. Just ahead of Benitz, the promising young German. Ozbilen out

:36:46. > :36:54.in front. Carvalho and Tesfaye in there. Robinson as well. Chris

:36:55. > :37:00.O'Hare sitting at the back. Look out for the 800-metre time. Just inside

:37:01. > :37:05.that at the moment, they are moving along with Italy's pace. -- moving

:37:06. > :37:17.along with a decent pace. There is now a new leader and this

:37:18. > :37:23.is a strong drive and it will have to stay like this. His pace looks

:37:24. > :37:28.good. It could be well under 3.39 at this pace at the moment. A couple of

:37:29. > :37:35.runners lagging behind the field. There will be no chance of them

:37:36. > :37:39.catching this. Chris O'Hare now on the outside of Robinson from

:37:40. > :37:53.Ireland. Coming up to the bell, he is the fourth or fifth place. He is

:37:54. > :38:01.in a good position. Bustos is gone and El Kabbouri of Italy fell as

:38:02. > :38:05.well. They have been moving at a good pace. Chris O'Hare likes to hit

:38:06. > :38:11.the front with some distance to go. Getting himself away from any

:38:12. > :38:20.trouble. The other Spaniard, Olmedo making a move as well. The front for

:38:21. > :38:27.looking strong at the moment. -- the front four. Chris O'Hare, still some

:38:28. > :38:30.work to be done. Here he is gritting his teeth. He has opened up a bit of

:38:31. > :38:35.a gap, you need to calm down a little bit. This is when you need to

:38:36. > :38:43.look around and see that you have a bit of room to spare. Don't waste

:38:44. > :38:50.too much energy. Robinson comes through for Ireland. Ozbilen not

:38:51. > :38:57.automatically through but again, it was quick. So I think you might go

:38:58. > :38:59.through but Chris O'Hare, touch and go for Ozbilen, but Chris O'Hare, a

:39:00. > :39:12.good, strong run. Brendan, that was a strong run and

:39:13. > :39:19.he reread did blast it down the final 100. I think Chris thought

:39:20. > :39:29.that was the final! But he ran really well.

:39:30. > :39:35.There goes Chris O'Hare getting ready to run this one like a final

:39:36. > :39:41.and he is attacking it now. Running powerfully on the back straight.

:39:42. > :39:46.Olmedo making his way through, into second place. Chris O'Hare realises

:39:47. > :39:50.there is a bunch of them on his shoulder and he wants to be in the

:39:51. > :39:54.first four. He glances over his shoulder and sees there are a feud

:39:55. > :39:58.to many for comfort and the accelerator brilliantly into the

:39:59. > :40:01.finishing straight. He has got it won but he decides he is going to

:40:02. > :40:09.keep going. Robinson of Ireland running strongly and splitting the

:40:10. > :40:15.two Germans. They really good run by Chris O'Hare and Robinson qualified

:40:16. > :40:20.as well. Determination, the man, as you said, with his determination on

:40:21. > :40:26.his face and look at him, toughing it out and working hard. Olmedo

:40:27. > :40:33.comes to be second. That was an impressive run overall. He worked so

:40:34. > :40:36.hard. He ran in Moscow last year, he ran out of legs in the final and it

:40:37. > :40:41.was a great effort to make the final. Just a final look around

:40:42. > :40:45.their, knowing he can ease down a little bit but look, you did not

:40:46. > :40:51.ease very much. I don't think Ozbilen will qualify with that time.

:40:52. > :40:54.Robinson, the Irish athlete, finishing strongly and he knows he

:40:55. > :40:58.has made it as well with Benitz and Tesfaye. A very good run from Chris

:40:59. > :41:09.O'Hare. That makes good viewing. I was happy

:41:10. > :41:14.with that. I try to stay out of too much trouble in the first couple of

:41:15. > :41:18.laps. But it kept finding me. If you trips and falls. -- a few trips and

:41:19. > :41:34.falls. I am happy with it. 300 to go and I

:41:35. > :41:39.thought, should I sit or press and get to the front? My inpatients

:41:40. > :41:46.meant that I pressed to get to the front. Not sure my coach will be

:41:47. > :41:49.happy without! I put my foot to the floor with 150 to go and I expected

:41:50. > :41:58.them to be coming right on my shoulder at that point. 50 to go, I

:41:59. > :42:03.thought, I don't want to say he's the than I thought, it sounds a bit

:42:04. > :42:08.egotistical! But now I have a day in between and I can get some easy

:42:09. > :42:14.running done and make sure I am ready. Charlie said you run that

:42:15. > :42:21.round like a final. Now you are in the final, you believe anything is

:42:22. > :42:28.possible? Sure. If you go into a heat at this level, so many guys run

:42:29. > :42:32.34, 35, 36. If you go into a race like that, just to run it as easy as

:42:33. > :42:43.possible, you will be sitting and watching it on Sunday. I got an

:42:44. > :42:48.extra little boost. I think Charlie and myself have got a great shot. At

:42:49. > :42:55.least a bronze and silver. Exciting times ahead.

:42:56. > :43:13.He is still based over in the states after his college days.

:43:14. > :43:20.These are the standings of the heptathlon we saw yesterday. The

:43:21. > :43:24.overnight leader, Thiam, 19-year-old Belgium with a huge high jump. Not

:43:25. > :43:34.having a great second day. He will be entering day two in the lead.

:43:35. > :43:55.This is the long jump, round two. Schafer of Germany.

:43:56. > :44:02.She looks as though she is right up there in terms of what she is

:44:03. > :44:08.capable of. Accumulating points. We just the javelin throw and the 800

:44:09. > :44:17.metres to come. Schafer in second place overnight, behind Thiam. The

:44:18. > :44:30.German has improved immensely over 2014. In every event, including this

:44:31. > :44:34.one by the looks of things. This is a new personal best of 6.3. As we

:44:35. > :44:39.move across to an athlete who does have a very strong second day,

:44:40. > :44:45.Nadine Broersen. In third place overnight. If the stats are anything

:44:46. > :44:54.to go by, that was a big jump, saw the red flag... Way over the board.

:44:55. > :45:02.Her first attempt of 6.16 centimetres will be her best so far.

:45:03. > :45:07.On paper at least, she is the athlete that should take gold.

:45:08. > :45:13.Another athlete with a strong second day, Schwarzkopf of Germany. She

:45:14. > :45:27.went from seventh to silver, behind Jessica Ennis-Hill at the Olympics.

:45:28. > :45:38.May be struggling a little bit. Just shows, you cannot just do it on

:45:39. > :45:48.paper, it is how you feel, with slightly tired legs. Schwarzkopf,

:45:49. > :45:54.her best is 6.34, and it looks as though she is just shy of that. She

:45:55. > :46:02.could take a medal here. A slight improvement for the German. The

:46:03. > :46:09.overall leader coming into this event of the seven, Thiam of

:46:10. > :46:19.Belgium. Can she long jump? Goodspeed. Legs came down early and

:46:20. > :46:26.the red flag was raised. That was an encouragement on the plasticine for

:46:27. > :46:38.the 19-year-old, 6.23 at her very best, 6.18 in the first round. So,

:46:39. > :46:41.then, field event rib acro qualification, and this is an

:46:42. > :46:58.athlete who should do it with ease. -- the discus. The discus flew. On

:46:59. > :47:03.May four athletes over 65 metres. She is four metres ahead of the best

:47:04. > :47:09.in Europe and is probably now the favourite to take the gold in the

:47:10. > :47:23.final tomorrow evening. She goes through to that final. She looks a

:47:24. > :47:35.favourite here at the European Championships.

:47:36. > :47:44.My goodness me. Andy Turner is the European champion! He will not be

:47:45. > :47:53.able to take that smile off his quite long time. He is a fighter, he

:47:54. > :47:59.is a soldier. He should be proud of what he has achieved. I certainly

:48:00. > :48:06.am. Andy Turner is in the house, and a welcome indeed. The Memphis

:48:07. > :48:12.championships for you, having announced your retirement. --

:48:13. > :48:19.momentous championships. Yes. It has been an absolute Rohler coaster of a

:48:20. > :48:26.career. I wanted to go out on my own terms. I am finally in one piece. It

:48:27. > :48:30.is a decision I have not taken lightly. It has been playing on my

:48:31. > :48:40.mind for a wild now. I wanted to go out on my own terms and I have done.

:48:41. > :48:47.It sits well with me to be finishing at the end of this year. In terms of

:48:48. > :48:53.going through the qualifications, semifinals, knowing it was your last

:48:54. > :48:58.time, what were your emotions like, because you have always worn your

:48:59. > :49:00.heart on your sleeve. It felt like it was another championships. I had

:49:01. > :49:06.the same and nerves on the starting line, albeit slightly different

:49:07. > :49:11.nerves, it was more of a case of, I want to do this for myself and I

:49:12. > :49:15.want to go out on a high for myself as opposed to representing my

:49:16. > :49:19.country and giving somebody -- everyone else something to cheer

:49:20. > :49:25.about. I just wanted to run the best race I could. I don't think I did.

:49:26. > :49:32.Watching this race back, it is time to call it a day! You should say

:49:33. > :49:38.that before: Does. It is a top school in here. You were so

:49:39. > :49:43.emotional. I found personally a sense of relief went you had told

:49:44. > :49:49.everybody that Schrage once you had told everybody you were retiring. --

:49:50. > :49:54.once you had told everybody that you are retiring. There is a belief that

:49:55. > :49:59.washes over you. I am with you on that one. I did feel nervous but I

:50:00. > :50:03.knew it was my last one. You kind of relax, it is a relaxed nervous

:50:04. > :50:07.tension that you have. The kind of contradicts itself but it is true.

:50:08. > :50:12.Although I was nervous, I wasn't ready for it, and in you are ready

:50:13. > :50:16.for it and you know it is coming, you appreciate it that much more,

:50:17. > :50:24.and that is what I had to do, just cross that line, at least make the

:50:25. > :50:31.line, and just as soon as I crossed the line, I was slightly

:50:32. > :50:35.disappointed, but at the same time I was relieved, it was over and a big

:50:36. > :50:38.weight off my shoulders. The important thing for you is the fact

:50:39. > :50:42.that you finished your raised that way, because all of the athletes,

:50:43. > :50:46.you always so you could do that much better if you could just perform a

:50:47. > :50:51.little better, but it is on your terms, and you are saying, OK, and

:50:52. > :50:54.none of us are judging you on that performance, we will revamp or the

:50:55. > :50:58.Commonwealth Games and all the other things that you have achieved --

:50:59. > :51:01.remember the Commonwealth Games and all of the things that you have

:51:02. > :51:07.achieved. You will always think you could do better, but you will always

:51:08. > :51:16.have all this great victories. 2010 in particular. -- those great

:51:17. > :51:23.victories. The men on the left is to everybody expected to take the

:51:24. > :51:27.medal. You capitalized. He took that victory. I was jumping up and down

:51:28. > :51:36.thinking, hold it down! It was brilliant to see you do that. The

:51:37. > :51:41.finalist, the different the -- the final was completely different. In

:51:42. > :51:45.the final, I thought, please don't do that again, and every member

:51:46. > :51:50.getting to the seven turtle and thinking, you know that thing, you

:51:51. > :51:53.the -- seventh hurdle and thinking, you know that thing, you smell

:51:54. > :51:58.blood, and they went for it with everything I had a mad I remember to

:51:59. > :52:04.this day thinking, don't make a mess of this, keep it clean, and I turned

:52:05. > :52:08.clean their ears and there is no better feeling than knowing you are

:52:09. > :52:14.in the lead. -- cleared the barriers. You crossed the line with

:52:15. > :52:19.your arms in the air, there is no better emotion than that. Regardless

:52:20. > :52:25.of what ideal in my life, I can take that memory of crossing the line of

:52:26. > :52:31.the gold medallist and I can cherish it. We had a debate earlier on about

:52:32. > :52:36.what point in the hurdle rate do you push it, or do you focus on

:52:37. > :52:40.technique when you know that you can smell the lines there, and the

:52:41. > :52:44.danger is getting into the racing mode, and that is where mistakes

:52:45. > :52:48.happen. It is controlled aggression and that is what you have to focus

:52:49. > :52:53.on. The first half of the race with a complete blur, but as soon as I

:52:54. > :52:59.knew was a -- as soon as they the head, I need to stop pushing. I did

:53:00. > :53:03.not to lose my lead and it is controlled aggression. I finished

:53:04. > :53:08.this last hurdles cleanly, and it was a great feeling to cross the

:53:09. > :53:21.line with my arms aloft. We're talking about the last night. When

:53:22. > :53:27.you went into a championship final, you said you made sure you did not

:53:28. > :53:33.have a hurdle. The final in Delhi was an example of that. I knew going

:53:34. > :53:37.into. I was the favourite, and I did not get the best start, but by

:53:38. > :53:43.around here, I'm UI was winning the race, so it is a case of just

:53:44. > :53:48.maintenance -- I knew I was winning the race, so it is a case of just

:53:49. > :53:54.maintenance and clearing the barriers. I, have run faster but I

:53:55. > :53:59.did not need to push it. I -- I did not have to run faster, I did not

:54:00. > :54:06.need to push it. Ten clean derri?res, taking the gold -- ten

:54:07. > :54:09.clean derri?res, taking the gold, it was a relief.

:54:10. > :54:26.Have you got any races left after the sun? Should you rent -- Heidi

:54:27. > :54:29.that any races left after this one? I feel ready for it. I never thought

:54:30. > :54:35.in a million years I would feel ready for it. I can honestly say

:54:36. > :54:40.that I am ready to do new things. I have had such a good career, I have

:54:41. > :54:45.got so many memories, ideas want to go out running like a did last night

:54:46. > :54:49.again. I don't want that to continuously happen. I don't want it

:54:50. > :54:52.to be a slippery slope and being that the guy that everyone thinks

:54:53. > :54:56.should have called it a day earlier on. I am happy with where I am

:54:57. > :55:05.finishing in my career. If Iran's fast, it is a bonus. -- if I run

:55:06. > :55:15.fast, it is a bonus. Chris Tomlinson is going to hate me for saying

:55:16. > :55:22.this. I agree with him. When I was 16, I jumped 7.23 and I beat him,

:55:23. > :55:28.and he did not shake my hand. He did not and he knows he did not! Well,

:55:29. > :55:31.Greg knows what it is like when you do something that Chris doesn't

:55:32. > :55:38.like, doesn't he? Let's not go there! I'm not saying I'm going to

:55:39. > :55:42.be good at long jump, I might not even job as well as they did then,

:55:43. > :55:49.but I love the event and I want to have another go at it. Andy, you are

:55:50. > :55:54.fit and healthy, you spent the last three years with your Achilles

:55:55. > :56:00.giving your best, and the long jump is not going -- with your Achilles

:56:01. > :56:04.giving you problems, and a long jump is not going to be good for you. The

:56:05. > :56:10.doctors will be pulling their hair out! At least they have by doctors

:56:11. > :56:16.on tap! That is what happens when you retire. It is a shock to the

:56:17. > :56:22.system. You have not got all that back up. It is expensive as well!

:56:23. > :56:27.When you are funded, you get the luxuries of the financial side of

:56:28. > :56:31.it, the medical side of it. The medical side for me has always been

:56:32. > :56:35.the most important part. This year, obviously, I am being cut from

:56:36. > :56:41.funding, but I'm UI would not get funding and it is fine. -- I knew I

:56:42. > :56:45.would not get funding and it is fine. It is not a case of all day

:56:46. > :56:49.every day, it is just every so often, and not having that, having

:56:50. > :56:56.my wife get her elbow in and to get in my back, that is what I have been

:56:57. > :57:04.doing, and it has been difficult. I cannot expect to be funded. It is

:57:05. > :57:09.understandable. You have to do what you have to do. 2010, two gold

:57:10. > :57:19.medals. Was 2011 perhaps your best race, your best performance? No, I

:57:20. > :57:25.do not think so. The 2011 race, mixture of emotions. I crossed the

:57:26. > :57:30.line in fourth place. You are never happy with the race you run. You

:57:31. > :57:35.always think you can do better. I crossed the line in fourth. I looked

:57:36. > :57:40.at that and felt, I came forth in the world and they have to be happy

:57:41. > :57:47.with that. These things happen in races every day. It is very

:57:48. > :57:54.unfortunate. I gained from that. It was a mixer of emotions. -- mixture

:57:55. > :57:59.of emotions that I am chuffed to bits that my children have a big

:58:00. > :58:07.medal to show at the school show and tell. 2010, the gold medal in

:58:08. > :58:12.Barcelona, that was my favourite race. And more from EUL is a bit

:58:13. > :58:17.later, but we will catch up with Steve Cram. -- and more from you a

:58:18. > :58:21.little bit later. History being made here, because this men here is

:58:22. > :58:28.performing brilliantly well. He is the defending champion and he is

:58:29. > :58:36.well inside world record pace. He is looking at his watch and everybody

:58:37. > :58:41.knows. Tombaugh thread is getting excited. He is going to smash it at

:58:42. > :58:47.this rate. This is incredible. This is what he does. Nobody can catch up

:58:48. > :58:54.with him. It is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. This is going

:58:55. > :59:07.to be big time. -- big-time. The two Russians here try to get up to him

:59:08. > :59:17.earlier on. They are all walking well, walking fast. They're going

:59:18. > :59:20.quickly. Three or four minutes behind but they are all heading for

:59:21. > :59:31.personal bests in the middle positions. This is just brilliant

:59:32. > :59:36.for the event. It is great to see the two European leaders really

:59:37. > :59:42.ahead of the Russians, who often dominates over world races and

:59:43. > :59:54.European races. It is brilliant. The world record is three hours, 34

:59:55. > :59:58.minutes and 14 seconds, and he has already got the flag and is already

:59:59. > :00:03.celebrating. He is got to be careful. He does not have any

:00:04. > :00:07.warnings against him. The conditions have been really good. It is a bit

:00:08. > :00:11.breezy. You were down there the other day. It must be reasonably

:00:12. > :00:18.protected. I did not feel much win-win I was racing. He does not

:00:19. > :00:23.care -- I do not feel that much wind when I was racing. He doesn't care,

:00:24. > :00:31.he is loving it and enjoying it, and what a career he has had. He won the

:00:32. > :00:41.European Championships first in 2006 on again in Barcelona in 2010. At

:00:42. > :00:47.the age of 36, he is on fine form. Just look at the way he is storming

:00:48. > :01:11.to the title. I love the fact he is celebrating early, but let's hope he

:01:12. > :01:21.does not take his shirt off like Mekhissi.

:01:22. > :01:30.Look how much he is enjoying this. I don't know how he can be enjoying it

:01:31. > :01:35.at 49 K but he must be! He has been training all year for this. This is

:01:36. > :01:40.obviously the target. Perfect conditions, a good course and a

:01:41. > :01:58.great athlete. Technique looks solid. He is just passing the

:01:59. > :02:01.arthouse area. The cathedral. It dominates the skyline in downtown

:02:02. > :02:11.Zurich. He is heading towards the lake. Go for the world record,

:02:12. > :02:20.surely! He wants a Moroccan flag as well. He is that far under it, he

:02:21. > :02:30.can do it, incredible! Surely he will want to go as fast as he could,

:02:31. > :02:38.look at this! What a performance. Fantastic, just short of two minutes

:02:39. > :02:44.under the time. This is brilliant. He needs to find the finish line. He

:02:45. > :02:49.is the gold-medallist, the European champion and now the world record

:02:50. > :02:54.holder in the 50 kilometres walk. Look how much that means the him.

:02:55. > :02:58.William performance from Diniz, completely destroyed the field,

:02:59. > :02:59.going quicker and quicker as the race went on. -- brilliant

:03:00. > :03:28.performance from Diniz. There are shortage distances and

:03:29. > :03:34.local race and Diniz is a legend in this event. He is a father of two

:03:35. > :03:37.and a bit of a wine expert as well. I expect there will be a couple of

:03:38. > :03:45.glasses quaffed tonight in celebration. He is congratulated by

:03:46. > :03:51.the world champion. It was not his day-to-day but he must be saying,

:03:52. > :03:58.what a performance. He has absolutely torn apart the world

:03:59. > :04:06.record. The walking fraternity, it is a tight-knit group. As you know

:04:07. > :04:13.only too well, Tom. The man in second place, having a great race,

:04:14. > :04:19.Toth from the Czech Republic. Everyone is re-friendly and

:04:20. > :04:26.supportive. -- everyone is really friendly and supportive. This man

:04:27. > :04:34.has just got better and better. He is one to watch in Beijing next year

:04:35. > :04:37.as well as Rio. This is the man in silver medal position and he is

:04:38. > :04:44.clear so no worries for him, he just needs to concentrate over these last

:04:45. > :04:52.few hundred metres. He himself, if he keeps going, will go to the world

:04:53. > :04:55.top ten list in 50, to walks. Conditions are good, the course was

:04:56. > :05:03.good you said. Tramlines to negotiate. They are quite easy to

:05:04. > :05:07.miss. The turn looks slightly easier, slightly wider in the 20

:05:08. > :05:10.kilometres which made it quite tough. Clearly that was necessary

:05:11. > :05:19.because of the distance these guys are doing. They could not be turning

:05:20. > :05:23.on such a tight turn. He is already starting to begin his celebrations,

:05:24. > :05:27.being cheered on by supporters at the side and a little luck and a

:05:28. > :05:32.kiss to the camera. He knows, he has had a great race and he must know he

:05:33. > :05:38.is on for a fast time as well. And a national record it would be. His

:05:39. > :05:44.technique looks great as well. Completely solid all the way. He is

:05:45. > :05:50.a quality Walker and these guys, they aim for this race, they don't

:05:51. > :05:58.get to do many 50 kilometres fun. It goes on and it hurts but these guys

:05:59. > :06:01.are past it today. He has not stopped to find a national flag, he

:06:02. > :06:10.is just concentrating on the last few hundred metres. Toth of the

:06:11. > :06:16.Slovak Republic will be taking the silver medal. Now he can start to

:06:17. > :06:20.celebrate. Just watch the clock. He may well end up with a time that

:06:21. > :06:29.will in fact put him in the world's top ten.

:06:30. > :06:42.The silver medal goes to Toth of the Slovak Republic in three hours, 36

:06:43. > :06:45.and 33, they all thereabouts. The gold-medallist is Diniz, a new world

:06:46. > :06:49.record in the 50 kilometres walk. Silver goes to Toth and the minor

:06:50. > :07:00.places we will tidy up later. Schafer, six metres 30 in the long

:07:01. > :07:15.jump. Watch out for Nana Djimou of France,

:07:16. > :07:16.in fourth place at the moment but very strong in the javelin and can

:07:17. > :07:30.run a fairly decent 800 metres. STUDIO: What a race. Those French

:07:31. > :07:36.have to be careful, was that a bona fides effort Colin? He picked up the

:07:37. > :07:41.flag and continued his journey, what is the difference? He set a new

:07:42. > :07:48.world record. There is only one way to celebrate. It is fantastic. It is

:07:49. > :07:55.a long wait, 50 kilometres. You get an idea of how quickly they are

:07:56. > :07:58.going. It is amazing. Disappointment for Robert Heffernan. But I think he

:07:59. > :08:04.will struggle to live with that pace.

:08:05. > :08:10.I remember speaking to him last year when he won the world title and he

:08:11. > :08:14.was so excited about coming in and doing that and perhaps adding this

:08:15. > :08:19.title to his world title. He will have watched this and thinking, that

:08:20. > :08:25.was pretty respectful a performance. As an athlete, he is very

:08:26. > :08:32.respectful. But finally, Sir gold medal for France. Trivia question

:08:33. > :08:36.for you, when was the last time a world record was set in a European

:08:37. > :08:47.Championships? 1986. Fatima Whitbread. That is a good one

:08:48. > :08:56.but it wasn't. It was in the relay by the French. The four x 100 metres

:08:57. > :09:02.in 1990. A quick word on the heptathlon. It is looking good. I am

:09:03. > :09:10.still expecting Russell love to come through. And Nana Djimou is capable

:09:11. > :09:15.of throwing 67 metres in the javelin. That event is crucial. That

:09:16. > :09:21.will set you up for the 800. They will all know what they have to do

:09:22. > :09:24.by then. Thiam, I get so frustrated, because she could end up out of

:09:25. > :09:30.those medals does because she has such a poor 800 metres. Although she

:09:31. > :09:36.is very talented, she needs to work on that event. Let's have a look

:09:37. > :10:31.forward to what is coming up in terms of Olympic sport.

:10:32. > :10:37.Andy Turner is still with us and you talked about being comfortable with

:10:38. > :10:42.retiring and part of a package is knowing what you are going to do

:10:43. > :10:46.next. For the last two years, I have been personal training as well and

:10:47. > :10:50.that has been going really well. I run a business called antics which

:10:51. > :10:57.is an intense circuit training class but it is fun and it is dancing and

:10:58. > :11:03.different. We do two classes a week and it is massive. We are already in

:11:04. > :11:08.talks with a large chain of gymnasiums to get it out to more

:11:09. > :11:12.sport gyms. I am going to focus on that, I would love to do more TV

:11:13. > :11:17.stuff and radio star. For the time being, I am going to go and spend

:11:18. > :11:24.some time with my family and see what happens. We have a tweet,

:11:25. > :11:32.asking what was your favourite race or experience? It was not in the

:11:33. > :11:35.hurdles for a start! LAUGHTER We cannot wait to hear! Villa my

:11:36. > :11:47.favourite event is the 200-metre hurdles. I would drop the 110 races

:11:48. > :11:54.in a heartbeat. You ran it Colin in about 22.6. It is on a straight in

:11:55. > :12:01.Manchester and it is ten hurdles and I love it. It encompasses everything

:12:02. > :12:04.I like, I like 200 metres and the hurdles. Put those two things

:12:05. > :12:18.together and you would never see me running the 110 again. Could you

:12:19. > :12:23.have gone to more hurdles? I have ran it in the relay. It is something

:12:24. > :12:26.I wanted to do but I did it when I was 16 and I fell over at the last

:12:27. > :12:31.hurdle because I was so tired! LAUGHTER

:12:32. > :12:37.It is something I maybe should have tried. I love the 110 s, I always

:12:38. > :12:45.feel like I have unfinished business in them. I did not want to leave

:12:46. > :12:49.that event without having accomplished something that I felt I

:12:50. > :12:54.could do. I probably should have given it a try. Do you feel you have

:12:55. > :13:05.got the most out of yourself over the 110s? I am not going to say I

:13:06. > :13:10.was going to run 12.9, 13 seconds. I don't think I am the most talented

:13:11. > :13:14.athlete, I am a guy who just chipped away as much as possible and got the

:13:15. > :13:18.most out of myself when I could. I think my best years will have been

:13:19. > :13:22.the years when my Achilles was really bugging me. I would wake up

:13:23. > :13:26.and not be able to walk. I would not know if I could even train. It was

:13:27. > :13:30.really hard and disappointing because I know I was in good shape.

:13:31. > :13:39.The Achilles was always holding me back. I think I was robbed of

:13:40. > :13:47.running a personal best. I am going to take my gold medals over running

:13:48. > :13:52.faster any day of the week. I don't have any regrets. Andy, thank you

:13:53. > :13:57.for joining us. Your family will be very proud of you. You will be

:13:58. > :14:00.looking forward to this evening. We mentioned the 200 and 400 without

:14:01. > :14:07.the hurdles and really a chance for Britain to get medals. The men and

:14:08. > :14:17.the women's, they are looking so good and strong. Christine. You

:14:18. > :14:22.cannot write Chris Dean off at the championships and she looked good

:14:23. > :14:35.enough to win. -- Christine. Thank you very much. Five -- we have the

:14:36. > :14:40.men's 200-metre final. Adam Gemili. The women's 5,000-metre final. And

:14:41. > :14:52.maybe a clean sweep in the 400 metres.

:14:53. > :15:03.If they did not know who he was, goodness me, they do now. Look how

:15:04. > :15:10.much that means to him. He comes of age, the 20-year-old.

:15:11. > :15:13.MUSIC: "Black Skinhead" by Kanye West