Day 6 - Evening Session Athletics: European Championships

what a week it has been. Away she goes, her whole career has been

about this moment, it is gold for Jo Pavey. Mo Farah is back. Gold at

last for Tiffany Porter. Adam Gemili gets called for Great Britain. Seven

gold medals for Team GB are based at the European Championships since

1998 and it is not over yet. -- there best. They could make reach

the magical number ten for the first time in their history. Look at that.

That is a good performance from that quartet. Gold for Mo Farah. One

down, one more to go. Their son has come out, this European

Championships is glowing out in a blaze of glory and Z?rich has never

looked fine. It has been and are fantastic athletics meet and the Sun

adds that little bit extra to that city. A very knowledgeable crowd

have enjoyed someone before performances so far and we are

hoping there are many more to come. Not least from this man. Yes, he has

really hit the spot with some of you and when you have an athletics meet

without Usain Bolt there is only one person who can come in and create

that kind of showbiz razzmatazz. It is only what the crowd have the

mandate. -- have demanded. You might see something special later when he

takes on our very own Colin Jackson in the hurdles. We have a great day

ahead, the possibility of seven medals for Team GB and it is the

magic ten golds which has never been achieved before which I am guessing

would be the target? Probably I guess, but they have had an amazing

championship so far, everyone has gone out and perform to their best

and that is all we can ask. But we have got some very good hopes out

there in the relay, and Mo Farah and outside chance in the men's 1500

metres. The weather is great, the sprinters must be thinking thank

you. Yes, because any time it is wet and windy the chance of dropping the

button is bigger and bigger. I am excited, we saw what Adam Gemili was

like yesterday, excited about getting down there and making sure

the team qualified. And Matthew Hudson-Smith and we understand they

are both in the relays. Yes, listening to the athletes it is

about the energy they have managed to create between themselves. They

want to go out on a Big Bang, they know there are medals up for grabs

and they want a piece of the action. Thank you, here are some of those

hoping to take a medal on this final day of the Championships. Charlie

Grice and Chris O'Hare are in the men's 1500 metres looking to win

Britain's first medal in the event since 1986. Can Mo Farah complete

his second European Championship double? He took the 10,000 metre

gold earlier in the week. The British women's sprinters have

helped light up this championship, will they end it with really glory?

Both of the men's squads will be going for gold.

Olympic and Commonwealth champion Greg Rutherford has never won

European crown, is today the day that all changes? And so you can

plan your afternoon this is how it looks.

They do not come any more expert than that man there. He was really

trying to say due out there, I cannot wait to see what happens --

site you out. Silence is golden. We are all very excited by that. Things

got underway early this morning and what a difference at the makes

because the marathon course looked so different today. Daniele Meucci

Won the men's marathon. Yared Shegumo Was 52 seconds behind him in

second. This is what it does to the medals table. The magic number ten

has never been achieved by Great Britain before, it would really be

the best ever if they managed that. They are on course for it, seven

medals up for grabs today, it will be interesting to see the head to

head between Great Britain and France, especially in the relay.

Germany down in eighth, normally one of the powerhouses at this event,

have not won a gold medal since Wednesday. Let's have a look outside

where are getting ready for this 1500 metre final, the first event on

the track, Chris O'Hare and Charlie Grice going for Great Britain, it

would be a first medal since 1986. So often we see the Kenyans working

together to try and control the pace, do you think this will happen

with these two? I don't think so, they can both finish first and they

will want to do it in different ways. I don't think this race will

go out very hard, I think it gets down to the final lap I think Henrik

Ingebrigtsen will be in there. I think if Charlie or Chris get it

right they have got a very good chance of a medal. They will be

nervous but I hope they can judge it. It is a wide open race on

paper, let's remind ourselves how they qualified. COMMENTATOR: Charlie

Grice has got to be on his toes here, it is not going to be easy. He

looks behind and see some danger, has got to be strong. Well done,

excellent running. I cheated that as my final, I am glad I came through.

Nobody wears the effort on his face as clearly as Chris O'Hare. He

positions himself on the outside, moving through nicely. He likes to

hit the front with some distance to go, getting away from any trouble.

Gritting his teeth, the familiar face, he has opened up a bit of a

gap. He really did blast down the final 100 metres. You will be

sitting watching on Sunday, so we have got a heck of a shot to get a

couple of medals. We have decided that he means at least, not that he

is not going for gold but he means at least a silver or bronze. He will

be disappointed if he does not come away with a medal, it will be

difficult for him but it is a great attitude to go in with because it is

possible for him. The Frenchman had to qualify the morning after he was

stripped of his gold because he took is short off as he went down the

home straight. Stupidly, it is a rule, he was yellow carded and Spain

appealed and it meant he got his gold medal taken away for the

steeplechase. He fully deserved to get the yellow card, I think he

should have been fined but I don't think he should have been

disqualified. I have mixed feelings about Spain pro testing on the

grounds of getting a medal. It was silly, he should not have done that,

everyone knows you have to cross the line with your best on and the

number displayed and I think it is disrespectful to those behind him.

He said he was not doing that but I think he was saying he was so good

he had time to take his shirt off and still finish. Stopping to take a

flag to dedicate to your grandmother who has passed away is not the same

as taking your shirt off whilst you are running. It is not within the

rules, I don't think it is nice to the other competitors. I wonder how

much it is fuelling him today and how angry it will make him on the

track? One thing is for sure, I expect him to stay fully clothed.

COMMENTATOR: That might not be at bad idea. Chris O'Hare having a last

few thoughts to himself. Recently got engaged to his American

girlfriend after the Commonwealth Games. Saw nice pictures of that

happy occasion in Edinburgh. Can he make it a huge celebration? I think

in that interview he talked about silver and bronze, that is a

stretch, this is a hugely competitive field. I should mention

that Jakub Holusa is not running. This is who will be lining up. Three

Germans in this, Timo Benitz, dangerous 800 metres specialist.

Henrik Ingebrigtsen is the offending championship -- defending champion.

It is going to be difficult. It is going to be a hard race, it will be

a good race I think, wide open and competitive with a lot of edge.

Great support in the stadium. Henrik Ingebrigtsen the reigning champion

and the British athletes they are, Chris O'Hare who may have flourished

on the American indoor circuit when he went to university in tools up

but he grew up on the cross-country circuit all around Scotland as a

young man. There is the champion, can he defend his title? He has ran

to personal bests in the last week, he is not in bad shape. He has been

running very well and has always been very good tactically and has

added those times to his armoury. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, will he

get it right? He can finish fast but will he be allowed to? He came from

so far back in qualification but I don't think he will be able to do

that here. 13 will line up. Charlie Grice, I

young athlete who is really pushing himself to the fore with Chris

O'Hare. Great Britain have not won a medal in this event since 1986. We

were first and second then. Thankfully. The right way round.

and Chris O'Hear. We expect a slow least because there are no real

frontrunners. As expected, David Bustos goes to the front. Chris

O'Hear has settled to the back. The defending champion Henrik

Ingebrigtsen with his trademark sunglasses. On the inside, Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad trying to push his way through for no obvious reason.

You can sense the race evolving. It is turning into a tactical affair so

it is about positioning. It will not be about physical effort until the

closing stages. It is about committing yourself to when you make

the decision. They are bunching and he is not doing a bad job at the

back. Keirin or Lenard is close with Paul Robinson in there as well.

Chris Haughey are preparing to settle at the back. This is when

athletes get nervous. Two laps to go. The next lark is about getting

yourself into position. Timo Benitz is in a good position. Chris or

heard starting to make a move. -- Chris O'Hare. Chris Haughey has

taken the first couple of laps very easy. 2.10, that is just jogging.

Ciaran O'Lionaird takes a front. And now a stumble. There's all sorts of

problems. Chris Haughey is in the lead. As soon as a move is made

there is panic. And Charlie Grice has gone down. Charlie Grice has

gone down. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is on the front.

He is attacking hard. That is a big surprise by Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad. He has made a big effort. He is trying to atone for

the ever in the steeplechase. He has gone exceptionally hard. He has got

200 metres left but they are chasing him down. Chris O'Hear has still got

the chance of a medal. They are chasing hard. Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad is waving to the crowd, asking for their support.

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad is going to take the gold. Henrik

Ingebrigtsen the silver. Chris O'Hear the bronze medal. No

redemption for the man from France. I do not like the way that he treats

his competitors. I like people to run to the line hard. Bad luck for

Charlie Grice. The first move was made Chris O'Hare by and that

treated all of the panic. I know you were defending this man, Brendan. He

is controversial when he does not need to be controversial. Just run,

you are great athlete that can win gold medals. Why do you always have

to caught this controversy? It is the other athletes that think it is

disrespectful to them. You are good and when you beat people by a long

way, that is great, but celebrate the right way. We saw all types of

things going on today. Keirin or Lenard on the back straight runs

into problems. He is stripped from behind and stumbles. The entire

field has to go round him. -- tripped. They come to the bill.

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad controversially had the gold medal

from him. Charlie Grice goes down and that is unfortunate. Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad looking over his shoulder. Charlie Grice falls over

the German. All types of controversial things going on in the

three is. I wonder whether Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad coming hard causes

that. You can see the German with the sunglasses. As he comes across,

I think that might be Florian Orth. I would not want to stick everything

on Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. He is not that by the bloke. He is

looking over his shoulder and watching people fall. On the inside

is Chris O'Hare. Charlie Grice does a forward roll, and another one. At

least he got up. We are looking at the champion, Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad. Henrik Ingebrigtsen the former champion. At

this point Chris O'Hare has given himself a lot to do. Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad is waving to the crowd and celebrating. Again it is

controversial. But he was delighted to win the gold medal. Henrik

Ingebrigtsen is second and a good performance by Chris O'Hare to get

the bronze medal. I think this athlete has run well and to come out

of these championships without a gold medal would be very hard for

him. He has came here to prove a point. He is very extravagant. I do

not think there is anything there that is casting aspersions on the

other athletes, he is encouraging the trade. I am not doubting his

ability but half of the crowd where jeering him. He is not enjoying a

particularly the lap of honour. Let us talk about Chris O'Hare he looked

like he had lost the medal but he came back well down the home

straight. All of the trouble on the last lap happened behind him so he

was fortunate about where he was position. Soufiane El Kabbouri is

embracing his competitors, RBA embracing him? I know it is

controversial and people are not sure about him. He had a gold medal

taken away from home and that is controversial. Today, whatever you

say about that, it was a very impressive performance by a very

controversial man. Something happens to him, Steve. At the end of a race

we see all kinds of things going on. Thank you, Brendan. One of the

unlucky men out of the dash out there, C. You cannot legislate for

that. -- you were one of the unlucky men, Charlie. I am very angry. You

always try to keep yourself out of trouble but you are cut, you are

bruised. I thought I could do very well today because I felt good on

Friday. I am confident I would been in the medals and I am very angry. I

thought I could keep yourself out of trouble and I was not in a bad

position. The man in front of me fell and I got pushed from behind. I

am in one piece so hopefully I can finish off the rest of the season.

Thank you very much. Charlie was very upset and apologies

if his language upset or offended you. He was aggrieved about how the

race ended. I know how you sit in the about Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad, Pol. Let us focus on the positive. He handled himself

-- handled himself very well, Chris O'Hare. He gathered himself and came

back into the fight. He got to the third place. His little shake of the

head afterwards could have been because he felt he could have got

silver. He really deserved that third place. I have to feel for

Charlie because he got up ones that got pushed back down again. It was

very unlucky for him. That she got up ones but got pushed back down. It

is the first medal in this event for a British athlete since Steve Cram

in 1986. It is an event that Britain has had a rich heritage in. Let us

hear from Chris O'Hare. You came storming down the home

straight. I did not want to be at the front that early. I wanted to be

at the front with 250 to go, not 500. There was a bigger fall, it was

Charlie that went down. They had to pick my heels up so I did not get

caught up in it. I had to take it out and I got trapped when Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad took the front. He pushed hard and I don't think

anybody was catching him at that point. I try to get on the inside of

the Spaniard and he closed the door on me. He was tying up pretty

quickly and I had to jump back outside. I think I may could have

challenged Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad in the last 100

metres if I was closer. He is running on a lot of emotion at the

moment and it showed, he ran a very good race. What you think of

somebody celebrating the way that he did down the home straight. I think

jeering him was silly. Regardless of what he did, he made a mistake, he

broke the rules and should have been disqualified. I do not have an

opinion on that, I know better than that. He came out today and ran a

superb race. It was a heck of a field to date so for him to run away

like that, he does not deserve to be brewed. -- field out there. This

year has been a bit of a mess so I am happy to come out of it with

something. I am looking forward to next year. I am done with the season

now. I only took about three days off after Moscow last year. It is

basically been a two-year season. That is not much fun. I am glad it

is over. It is a fantastic team that has helped me get here in the first

place. My family and my support team. I just got engaged to the most

beautiful woman in the world. Congratulations on that and

congratulations for your bronze medal today.

We have to ring the bell. The first of the day and hopefully one of many

more. It is a bronze medal for Chris O'Hare, the first medal since 1986.

It is a wonderful achievement in the midst of that chaotic race. It

sounds like he needs time to recharge his batteries. It has been

a really long year for him. He struggled with an injury which meant

he could not come out and race when he wanted to. He was battling to get

ready in time for Glasgow. He held it well today and coped well in the

middle of that messy race as he called it. He managed to keep

fighting right to the line and grabbed the medal which she really

deserved out of that race. We will have more time to talk about

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. We need to go down to the track for the four

x 400 m relay final. Child is leading Britain off.

She is one of two changes for the British team. Look out for Russia in

lean three and France in a lean six. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

not with the same hopes with the men, strong hopes in the men's race,

but Eilidh Child coming in. Emily Diamond misses out, she ran the

opening leg yesterday. Victoria Ohuruogu is dropped as well. And

Christine Ohuruogu is too tired after her individual efforts. What

do you think about this line-up? I think it is a good idea to bring in

Eilidh Child. Christine not available. Jodie Williams was an

option that she will be running in the four x 100 metres. It is not a

very strong quartet for Germany, they struggled. The Russian quartet.

The won the heat, just ahead of Great Britain.

Eilidh Child, the 400 metre hurdles champion leads them off. Kelly

Massey, she was disappointed not to be in the individual, in lean to,

Margaret Hadaway bringing them home. That Ayew Margaret

Libania Grenot comes in for Italy and will run the anchor leg. But she

might have a little bit too much to do. Great Britain and Northern

Ireland have won this once. After go back to 1969 for that, I good auld

tussle with France. -- the good old tussle.

A medal is certainly well within their grasp.

Eilidh Child will be flying in terms of confidence and spirits after her

victory in the hurdles. She has gone off at a steady pace. Already the

Ukrainian athlete has taken a big chunk out of her, and moving past

the French athlete on the outside, a strong run so far from the

Ukrainians. They really are the favourites but Child coming back.

The Russians starting to make themselves felt as well. Eilidh

Child might have placed this very well. That is why she is on this

first leg, to get Britain in amongst it. I think there are at least four

teams with a chance of medals. Great running from Eilidh Child. Put them

right in the mix, Kelly Massey has got to be strong here. The Russians

could be a real danger because I think we have got the best two on

the last two legs. Kelly Massey right in the mix.

She has run very strongly here, this race so close at the moment. What a

run from Kelly Massey now, putting Great Britain in a wonderful

position, into the lead now, handing off to Sheena Cox. France still in

there as well. What opposition Great Britain have. She has to be careful

here, judge this right, she wants to go out pretty hard so that they

chase her, but not too hard that she comes into the home straight and it

all closes up. She has to keep something back for the last 100

metres if she can. She has gone very hard through the first 200 metres.

They are going to run Sheena Cox down a little bit here, she has been

really strong. Margaret it is going to be so close, Margaret

at a Great Britain hanging on at the

moment. Olha Zemlyak has gone out very strong. The Russian has not

given up yet. The Ukraine looking for gold, trying to get gold. Here

comes the French. Right on the line, so close. It may have been the

French coming through on the outside. What a race, what a run.

Margaret Adeoye, what a run. Marvellous finish, all to be

decided. What a performance from the French, she was so far back, she ran

really poor early in the individual event, did not even make the

semifinal. Down the back straight I was a chance for Margaret to still

win this. At the top of the home straight France were nowhere,

Margaret was chasing her down and we thought she could get their, a great

run on the last leg. That has got to be well under 50 seconds for the

Frenchwoman. As you said, she did not make the finals of the

individuals, the relays can do funny things to people. Olha Zemlyak, she

paid the price later on, she got herself into a good position but

went out too hard. Olha Zemlyak wants to go past the Russian, she

has to put her foot down, using extra energy and now she has

committed, she has got to go now, Margaret at this point does not

panicked. They are going away but she knows she will stay strong in

the home straight. But look at the Frenchwoman, miles behind, chasing,

chasing, chasing, the Russians starts to tie up, she is a 200-metre

runner, and the French thinks I can get second, I can get third on, I

might win this. And as Olha Zemlyak ties up, Margaret on the inside,

French on the outside. Marvellous race. Floria Guei, look at that.

Looking at the line, it is not getting any closer, all has a lack

-- Olha Zemlyak. Floria Guei, look at this. Very good time for Great

Britain, so almost a gold. It is a bronze medal and that is worth

celebrating. There they are, they will have their celebrations. They

are setting up for the men's four x 400 to come. Confirmation of that.

Well done Floria Guei. What an interesting couple of

moments we have had on the track. This is what it does to the medal

table, good times for France. We need to turn some bronze and silver

into gold if we are to eclipse the best ever, which is nine golds at a

championship. We have two ring the bell, we got a bronze. We will

choose Kelly Massey to put the bronze on because we cannot put all

of the faces on. Kelly Massey represents the quartet, antarctic

second leg to set them up. I would like to introduce women who have

already got their medals around their neck, Jo Pavey and Lynsey

Sharp. Congratulations to both of you, we have not had a chance to see

you up here Lynsey Sharp, how are you feeling? Pretty tired, but happy

with yesterday. Let's relive those magnificent final moments for you Jo

Pavey. The women's 10,000 metres final, is

it a night of destiny for Jo Pavey? She is running herself into a

medal. She has got to keep going. Jo Pavey has never won gold medal at a

major championship. Taking away. Here she goes. It is called for Jo

Pavey. She is the champion. Jo Pavey has finally come of age at the age

of 40. The overnight sensation! I know it

has been a long time coming, I must first ask about the 5000 metres and

how you felt during and after? I think I struggled to recover, but I

am glad I gave it a go. I had been given the honour of being selected

so I had to do it, I went out and tried to do it, but there was

nothing there. Overall I am so thrilled. You set the ball rolling.

You were the first gold medal and the rush has come and a great

performances have come. We have had such a great teams Bennett, having

the young and the old all working together, trying to run well as a

team, it has been awesome. I think I need to improve the face I pool as I

crossed the line, it is a bit embarrassing. -- I pull. How much

did that performance permeates through the squad? It has been

amazing to see everyone competing earlier in the week, to want to be

part of this group of people with medals, you want to walk away from

the championship having done your country proud. Absolutely, the

atmosphere today is really special and out there right now the girls

are enjoying their moment. Kelly Massey who ran a fantastic second

leg to move Britain into the lead, they got bronze just a few moments

ago. After the Commonwealth Games, you were really suffering and had

your illness, very emotional, one of the most emotional post race

interviews I have seen in a long time, was there ever I doubt in your

mind you would get your fitness back? It was hard to turn around so

quickly, I lost a bit of weight after being so pale in Glasgow. I

wanted to enjoy it for a few days then get my head back down, come out

here and be part of the team. But this is what of funding is about, I

wanted to come here and do Britain proud. What about the attention you

have had Jo Pavey, I was speaking to my sister in America, she has not

lived in the UK for 20 years and she was asking who this amazing woman

was. There is a beautiful piece in the Sunday Times today about you as

well, people have been captured by your story. I have been so

fortunate, I cannot believe how interested everyone has been. It has

taken me until the age of 40 to get a gold medal, it is quite amusing, I

never thought I would eventually get one. People really relate to, I

think it is those of us who are a bit older and perhaps think that we

do not have that any more. I think it is because Jo is so normal, she

is the same person I knew back in 1998. So many people can relate to

her, the family, even children can relate and be inspired by what she

is still achieving. It makes it seem attainable. Not attainable to

everybody, obviously. The juniors coming through really look up to

Jo. She shows them what they can achieve. You are still relatively

young as well, you have got time to come through and have a really good

winter. You are looking forward to being fit through the winter. Being

injured is the worst time for an athlete. It is easy to take for

granted and last year when I was not able to compete, it is what made me

so hungry, it was a blessing in disguise, I had to go work -- go

back and work in the gymnasium and I am in better shape now than I was in

2012. It has been difficult but everybody goes through difficult

times. You really took that have raised by the scruff of the neck and

decided early on that you would go to the front. -- that race. It is

not the sort of thing that I usually do but I felt very confident against

Glasgow and I talked it through with my coach. He said that if I find

myself at the front I not to be scared because I am so strong now. I

did not realise that the art was such a large gap behind me. I do not

know what would've happened if I had sat in. I do not think she would

have taken it on so it would've been a fight between eight us. Hopefully

you will stay with us for the few moments. We are getting ready for

the men's four x 400 metres. It is traditionally a good race for

Britain. That is a good leg by Sanders. Chris

Akabusi going for Great Britain. Akabusi has run a tremendous leg. It

is now John Regis. John Regis being chased by West Germany and the

soviet union. John Regis is now 15 metres clear. It is Roger Black with

regards to spear. -- spare. Great Britain take the championship. They

have broken the British record. They have broken the European record as

well. It really was an event that Great

Britain have excelled at, especially at the European Championships. You

have to go back to 1978 for the last time that Great Britain have not

taken a medal. It is a very strong quartet out here today. They will

have high expectations of a medal, Lynsey Sharp? I train with Martyn

Rooney. It is good to see him do so well, get the gold medal eventually.

We will definitely being -- be going for gold. There is Conrad Williams

who is leading them off. It is an event that is exciting and less

risky with the changeover is vanny 100 metres. It can still get messy.

It is a little bit easier because they are not running as fast. There

are still cant be that change in the last 100 metres and it can be messy.

He was watching the heats yesterday and was desperate to get down. He

led England home brilliantly at the Commonwealth Games for that

magnificent gold medal in the rain. It was a very atmospheric evening.

The ladies are with Phil Jones. Another medal for Great Britain and

Northern Ireland and another medal for you. I am grateful to be part of

the team. There were some very good skills that ran well yesterday. --

girls. You put the team in a good position. I was very worried because

I yawned a few times before I went onto the track. What is the key on

the third leg? Holding on and getting around the track. Staying

clear of traffic. I wanted to give Margaret a little bit of the lead so

she had some room to take off and go. What an eventful last leg. You

had the green charging away, fans were coming at the review. What were

you sensing? When I was going around a first time, I kept having to chop

my studies. I could not get into my running. -- strides. The the inside

but they did not know if I could do that because I was worried about

getting disqualified. Even if it means your legs dropping off at the

finish line, I just went for it. It was such a close finish. Mixed

emotions to be honest. I can sense that. Is it a key support might have

been? We always like to get onto the podium. We always wanted to get the

gold, that is what we plan for. It is a blessing to be on the podium

but we have got very high standards for ourselves. It has been a long

weekend, especially coming off of the Commonwealth Games were beef had

some awesome performances. It was good to see what the ladies have put

together in just one week. Celebrate the medal, it is well deserved.

Congratulations. COMMENTATOR: the man have got a

better than evens chance if you are a betting person for winning the

gold medal. They are so much better than

everybody else. That is a team with the addition of Matthew Hudson-Smith

from yesterday. Michael Bingham moves into the third leg and Martyn

Rooney on the last leg. The Russian team is pretty solid. The Polish

team is always strong in the four x 400 metres. Conrad Williams, ran

very well in his semifinal. He was on the outside lane and got himself

into the final. Plans have got a mix of youth and experience. -- France.

It is not the strongest German team that I have seen. Out in lane eight,

it was a glorious run by the Irish team to make it through. The broker

the national record and Thomas Barker ran a storming leg. -- they

broke. Great Britain with the stellar

team. The question is how fast do the guys want to go? This quartet

are capable of getting under three minutes.

The British and European record is 2.56. I think that could be out of

reach. The championship best performance that was definitely

within their reach. Conrad Williams wants to get them off to a good

start. Brian Gregan has started well for Ireland on the outside. The

stager will unfold after the third event. -- third bend. The German was

a labouring in the last few metres. Matthew Hudson-Smith with his

bounding stride. Matthew Hudson-Smith settles behind the

Russian with the French athlete just behind. Holland and Belgium are also

in there. Matthew Hudson-Smith makes his move. He looks like he was

cruising down the back straight. Matthew Hudson-Smith looks tired. He

will hand over with Britain and a good position. Michael Bingham

immediately storms to the front. Martyn Rooney on the last leg is

still to come. It is interesting to see the split for Matthew

Hudson-Smith. He did look tired towards the handover. Michael

Bingham flew off. The Rocher -- the Russian easy is just behind. The

French athlete is bearing down on them. Michael Bingham is looking for

a second kick to maintain that lead and together to the individual

champion Matthew Rooney. Where has that one came from from the Russian?

Britain with a red-hot favourites to win. They now need to be a red-hot

favourites to win. They now need their top man to race against an old

rival of his. The two men nor each other well. Martyn Rooney is in the

shape of his life. France are in the third spot. Martyn Rooney attacks

around the top bend. The Russian trying to hold him off. Martyn

Rooney, the individual gold-medallist will bring Great

Britain home to win the four x 400 metres relay. Gold for Britain.

Russia take the silver and Poland just perhaps getting nearer for the

bronze. It was under three minutes. That was a storming leg by Martyn

Rooney. Hats off to the Russians for putting in a good performance in

second place. Martyn Rooney had to be good and strong. He has got gold

in his site now. Poland just coming through for the bronze medal. Had

run from them. Matthew Hudson-Smith, 44.5. He was not that

slow it was just that the Russians were stronger than expected. Martyn

Rooney judged it so well and no signs of fatigue from his individual

efforts. It was a QuickTime but not quite championship record. Ireland

have managed to get a national record. They took a big of their

national record. That was the six fastest performance by a British

team. -- sixth. Martyn Rooney biding his time down the back straight. He

knows that this is not the time to go. The Frenchman probably loses the

bronze medal by going so hard down the back straight. Look at Martyn

Rooney now, he comes on the soldier -- shoulder of the Russian. He

cannot hold off Martyn Rooney with the sheep that he is in. His long

legs to come to the gold medal in the individual event and he's

already looking at the clock as he crosses the line. Poland grabbing

the bronze. Martyn Rooney, in days gone by, the Russian has had good

individual races with Martyn Rooney, but here he did not quite

have it. He is in the form of his life, he is now the individual

champion and a gold medal in the relay as well. It was made more

interesting in particular by that leg of Michael Bingham. A wonderful

run from the Russian quartet, the British quartet came in as strong

favourites, did not win kept by the distance we thought they might but

it was a strong race and Martyn Rooney brought them home to gold.

We will hear from the men once they have completed their lap of honour.

As we have done for all our medal winners we have two ring the bell.

You never see that man, he is just an arm. We have chosen Conrad

Williams to take the gold for the quartet, we can see what it does to

the medal table. It was an important one to land a of France because it

ages us closer in terms of golds. -- edges. Chris O'Hare managed to get

himself bronze in what was a really messy race with a few people

falling, but he came through and Steve Cram is there to commentate.

COMMENTATOR: Great Britain 's silver-medallist from 1986 will be

presenting the medals, Lord Coe. That is the last time we won a medal

in this event. Chris O'Hare, a really good performance, did not

give up when it looked like his chance may have gone, believed in

himself and he has got great speed and used it to great effect. Great

reward for a season that at one point looked like it might go a bit

wrong for him. The defending champion put up a stout defence, he

has had a great season, he is only 23 and continues to improve.

Norwegian records in the mile and 1500 metres and the silver medal

here. I wonder what sort of reception the gold-medallist is

going to get? Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of

France. A few people booing around the

stadium, plight applause -- poor light. He did destroy them on the

last lap. We could hear Sebastian Coe seeing interesting race. -- C

I am not sure about his popularity at home, but they were singing along

to the French national anthem. I thought it was fantastic. I think

you are being a little bit harsh. I know you have some views on him, but

he had to cross the line twice to win one gold medal so fair play to

him. I would like to be known as someone who has made the country

proud and collected as many medals as I can. It is a question of when

Mo Farah starts to kick. Gold for Mo Farah, that is one down, one more to

go. At the moment it looks like a very

relaxed time. He will be going for his second gold of these

championships. It was a second gold for Martyn Rooney as part of the

four x 400-metre quartet. They are very happy with their performance,

they are a well drilled, world-class quartet. Yes, the sixth fastest by

we have ever seen by a British quartet. They will be looking to

push America at the World Championships, they will mature, get

stronger and quicker. They all did wonderfully well as a team, for me

the important thing is that they believe in one another, as a team

they run for one another. When you have that kind of camaraderie it

puts you in a good place before going out and performing. When you

have got the European champion on the final leg, he is beautiful,

fluids, confident. When he came to this stage, this was the point in

his individual race where he really puts his foot down but I think he is

thinking he is in control and doesn't want to do anything to

sensational to early. Knows says other team members have worked hard

to put him in this position and he takes this really well indeed. Great

performance, big smile and rewarded with another gold medal. You can see

how much it means to Martyn Rooney because the nights before he had won

his individual gold medal, he came out and ran the heats. It must be a

fantastic feeling for those guys, knowing they are getting it around

well, feeling good and producing times individually, to come together

as a quartet, it is a rare opportunity to be in a team in your

sport. Yes, I am kind of jealous, I wish I was fast enough. I think the

women's team is a newer quartet that has been put together so perhaps in

the next couple of years we might see them going on with gold medals.

What has your season got on now Jo? I don't know, I am taking it one day

at the time. I want to do more track races, I will be representing Europe

at an event in Marrakesh and I will do some road races in the autumn. I

am enjoying it and will take each day at a time. And the small matter

of getting your little boy off to school? Yes, that will be a shock,

we have been used to doing what we want but now it will be a legal

requirement that he goes to school. That will be a shock. Yes and hours

he will have to keep will dictate your training as well. Good luck.

Lynsey racing in Birmingham next week? Yes I am. We will see you

there, good luck. Greg Rutherford is in Birmingham next week as well, but

this week the very important task of trying to add a European title to

his Olympic and Commonwealth gold. How is he getting on? On a memorable

night in London Greg Rutherford became the Olympic champion. But the

fairy tale did not last, the following year brought a change of

course coach and a loss of funding. But he has shown the ability to turn

things around and earlier this summer brought the British record

with a jump of eight metres 51 in San Diego and just a few weeks ago

brought home gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Look

at that. Well done Greg. I am over the moon, I think people had written

me off, thought I was a one-hit wonder, but I am here to prove I can

still do it and we'll do it many times. His main competition comes

from Germany's Christian Reif. The victories may not have come from

record-breaking jumps but the bottom line is that he is a fierce

competitor and he can triumph over his rivals when it matters. With a

fast track and the right conditions let's hope we can see him at a

European title to his collection tonight. -- at

That is the season so far for Greg Rutherford, Steve is out there with

his eyes closely on the competition. As he jumped yet? Not yet, we are

still waiting for his first attempt. In fact, there he is. We will take

this first round, the Commonwealth champion as we saw, he has been in

such great form all summer. The first round is always a chance. It

is always a chance, I was going to say, to set a mark and put the rest

of the field under pressure. We will wait and see what that first attempt

was for Greg. 7.95, into a significant wind. It is the longest

jump so far, he is the third to jump in the men's final. Tents, -- tents,

but he likes to settle into a competition. You get six goals in a

long jump final if you make the top eight. He will need more than that,

and he knows it. That competition has got a long way to go, we will

keep you posted. Let's head down to Phil Jones who I believe has caught

up with the relay quartet. Yes, the golden boys altogether, Conrad you

have waited so many years for a gold medal, no Commonwealth and European.

INAUDIBLE We were going for the European

record. It is good to be out there. We showed how strong the team is. I

am pro of the guys, proud of myself, I am happy with the gold medal. I

want to thank everyone at home, the national lottery and all of you. Can

you quite believe what has been happening to you these last few

weeks? No, no. It has been a hell of a journey and I am enjoying it. It

is just the start for you, that is the thing about this guy, he is just

starting out and already this great success. Adding quality to this team

and this experience. I think when he first came on we all came around

him, we wanted him to be part of the team and it was a good experience,

he really showed the whole environment a lot. We kept

camaraderie between the team. It has been a hard year for me especially,

I am getting back into form. Two golds I will take that. But still

looking from that 2.56. I am sure it is just a matter of time. INAUDIBLE

2013 was uneventful year for more than one reason. This year it has

been really positive and things have gone very well, I cannot complain.

medal. They all ran so well. It was a great race, so nearly there on the

line. It was nearly gold. The bronze medal was last achieved by Britain

four years ago. This event has been dominated by Russia and Ukraine over

the last recent championships. Ukraine could not defend their title

but they still have smiles for silver. France came from so far

back. It was a real team effort. This was one of the hard earned

victory is in this championships for France in the four x 400 metres. We

will hear the French national anthem once again.

The stirrings of a man from that has been held many times at these

championships. It was here once again. Bronze Great Britain, silver

for the Ukraine but champions are France.

Chris Tomlinson in this long jump final. He has seen Greg

Rutherfordpos-mac 7.95. He did not like that. He was good on

the board. I do not quite know what happened there. His left leg seem to

get loose. He looks like he has got a strapping around his head. It was

a bit sloppy. -- his hip. He was also jumping into the wind. It was

not the start that he wanted but it is still very early stages.

Not the best start for Chris Tomlinson. There is Mo Farah,

wandering in, looking very relaxed ahead of his 5000 metres. He is

going for his second gold medal in these championships and it will be

his second European double. He will have settled his nerves in the

10,000 metres. By all accounts he is feeling good but before that, it is

the women's 3000 metres steeplechase.

COMMENTATOR: I am just looking at the size of Chris Tomlinson compared

to the steeplechase athletes. We do not have any British athletes

involved. The qualifying standard was very tough. Sander Eriksson is

one of the favourites for this race. -- Sandra. We will head back to the

field as we wait for the start of the race. As the Spaniard waits for

his jumper to be measured, it is time for JJ Jegede. He is the third

of the British athletes. He finished seventh in the Commonwealth Games.

8.03 is the lead. 8.05 is the season is best for JJ Jegede.

That looks reasonable and it is a first round. The athletes looked

tense. The athletes look at each other wondering who will take this

competition by the scruff of the neck. His personal best came two

years ago. We wait for that jump to be measured. 8.03 is what he is

chasing. It is the lead for the Dutch athlete. 12 athletes start and

all get free Mac jumps. The next best eight get a father free Mac

jumps. The noise from the crowd as for the

Swiss athlete in this race. Charlotta Fougberg has suddenly

found her stature as an international athlete. She had

serious health problems in 2010 and has the chance of a medal today. The

climate could sell each just on the outside. The champion from Belarus.

-- Sviatlana Kudzelich. Sander Eriksson coming to the start

line has got a very good chance of a gold medal for Sweden. Some people

felt that the qualifying standard was set to fail -- set too high and

evolution Colburn was just outside of that. -- a leash McColgan.

We have got a big team and a successful team. We have got an

interesting race ahead of us. Philip have won one gold medal in these

championships. -- Finland. It was a personal best a few weeks ago for

Sandra Eriksson. She came to Glasgow and had a good performance. I think

we have got a slow measuring team on the long jump today. Let us go back

to the field. This is a look back at the second

round of the women's shot put final. This was the longest throw. It was

unexpected victory for Christina Schwanitz. It was one of the ten

best films of 2000 14. She was a huge favourite. -- ten best throws

of 2014. Christina Schwanitz takes the gold medal at the European

Championships. Big celebration. He can see it is quite windy. The

javelin competition is about to start.

It is the favourites out in front in the steeplechase at the moment. He

can get things wrong in the water jump. If you are watching the

steeplechase for the first time, you can lose a lot of ground. I was

watching the Latvian athlete, Polina Jelizarova, she got it wrong and she

had to pull out. She got her landing wrong. The water gets shallow one of

the father that you jump. -- the water gets more shallow the fervour

that you jump. This could be a fast race, they are

working together and setting the pace. The athlete from Belarus,

Sviatlana Kudzelich is leading the race. The only two women who have

went below 30 is Sandra Eriksson and Charlotta Fougberg. They are very

evenly matches. You are looking at the two Germans been very strong.

And also the woman that is leading at the moment, the athlete from

Belarus. In terms of the world, they are just behind the Ethiopians. In

GDP in terms, it is really Sandra Eriksson and Charlotta Fougberg who

have been setting the pace. She is taking it on strongly. Diana Martin.

And the prerace favourite, Sandra Eriksson, has been overtaken.

Factory fitted landing at the water jump is not doing her any favours.

She is about in seventh place on the back straight. Diana Martin is

leading. They all hurdle with one foot on the barrier and once again a

double fitted landing. And look at Sandra Eriksson she has lost five

yards. That technique is not impossible.

Greg Rutherford, round two of the long jump final. Greg Rutherford is

a great response. He is the Olympic champion from 2012 and the

Commonwealth champion from a couple of weeks ago. That is very much

better, it was clean on the board, he has been very well drilled and

has set a high benchmark now. That is what we were hoping to see, I was

hoping for that in the first round, but here he is, Greg Rutherford, he

likes it. 8.27, he has taken the lead, but drastic stuff -- fantastic

stuff. He was quick on the runway and he takes the lead.

The atmosphere growing for the Long Jump taking place and also the

steeplechase. Anti-mould Schmidt to overcame cancer out in front at the

moment. -- Antje Moldner-Schmidt. The Russians it about fourth place

at the moment. Sandra Eriksson just hanging on to the lead group. I

think she is really struggling now. I am sure it is the technique, she

is losing five yards out every water jump. Now the field pulling away,

gaps opening. The Swedish athletes, Charlotta Fougberg, and antemortem

Schmidt -- antemortem nurse met. There is the athlete we thought was

the favourite, Sandra Eriksson, watch her into the water jump, the

technique lets her down again. There she goes, another two footed landing

and more yards lost. That is the way she has lost the race. Her stride is

shortening and she is losing touch with that group of six athletes. As

the bell rings it is down to four athletes now surely for the battle

for the medals. It is Charlotta Fougberg making a long run for home.

Does she have anything left? She has run faster, she has got to run

faster today, Diana Martin is coming with a run. Here comes the Spanish

athletes now. Four into three for the medals, Charlotta Fougberg still

out in front, Diana Martin still pushing well. All through the jump

fairly safely. Charlotta Fougberg out in front. Who can hard all best?

Charlotta Fougberg stumbles and the gold will belong, a very popular

gold will belong to Anja Mulder Smith. -- Anja Mulder 's Schmidt. We

talked about this woman and what she has been through in her career, four

years ago she missed the whole season battling cancer of the lymph

glands. Here she is now, the European champion. This will be a

popular one. What a story, recovering from a cancer and coming

back a couple of years later. That was impressive, the way that she

ran. She waited, she has got the experience, was seventh in the

Olympic Games in London, knows her way around here. On the back

straight she is in fourth place. Charlotta Fougberg leading into the

water jump, she hardball is well, it was a very impressive water jump

from the German. -- she hardball she takes the last hurdle like

400-metre hurdle athlete. A great story and a gold medal for Germany.

This final barriers year, she is a tall figure, the German, was running

very quickly in 2009 before her health problems.

It was a wonderful race to watch, four athletes battling it out from

Germany, Sweden, Spain and Belarus. That is a very popular, hard earned

victory for the German. Has not been a hugely successful

championships for Germany, missing a few opportunities, but victorious

this time. Mo Farah, moments away from coming

out onto the track for the final of the 5000 metres, going for his

second gold, what do you think the 10,000 metres run out would have

done for him? It would have given him a lot of confidence and he will

feel more relaxed. I was worried about how will he was coming into

these championships, did not seem his normal self, the boat with

illness seemed to have really knocked his confidence. He did not

look vintage, he did not look perfect, but he still controlled the

race and he should go into this race more confidence. A bit more arrested

as well cause he probably trained quite hard for the 10,000 metres, he

has had time to recover and should make quite an easy race of it. We

are looking forward to that, Andy Vernon and Tom Farrell in that race

as well. But as we can see another medal ceremony, Britain on top spot.

COMMENTATOR: The bronze medal went to Poland.

It was a brave run by the Russian quartet, might catch better than we

might have expected for them. -- much better than. The man on the

last leg against Martyn Rooney put in a really big performance, almost

giving Martyn Rooney a bit of a shock but he had plenty to spare at

the end. This British quartet, you have to

think still chances for them to get better and improve although it was

one of the best runs ever by a British team in this event, sixth on

the all-time list. Matthew Hudson-Smith must have either a

grown since the race, because that is not his jacket, surely? Or he has

put it in the wash and it has shrunk. Conrad Williams leading off,

Matthew Hudson-Smith second, Michael Bingham on the third and it meant

Martyn Rooney had to do a big job on the last leg. A really good

performance from all four men. That is a team, and with others in the

squad of course that has every chance of going to waddle

championships and Olympic games over the next couple of years and really

contending this event. Well done to all four men and well

done to Matthew Hudson-Smith, apparently he did forget his top,

that one belongs to Eilidh Child, well done to her for helping him

out, almost a good fit but not quite. But they are a good fit as a

team, whether he forgets his jacket or not in future, he is a good

addition to the team. Well done lads. Mo Farah going next in the

5000 metres, I want to talk about Andy Vernon, the silver-medallist in

the 10,000 metres, what confidence will that have given him going into

this? It will have given him a lot of belief, yes, it is Mo Farah's

race to lose that Andy Vernon has seen a chink in the armour, and it

is the first time he is going into a race thinking how can I beat Mo?

This should be fascinating, Steve Cram and Brendan Foster.

COMMENTATOR: Andy Vernon and Tom Farrell also going for Great

Britain. Mo Farah had to work so hard for the gold medal the other

night. I think, again, it would be a surprise if he did not get another

here. Some familiar names for him to run against but nobody he should be

too scared of. But he still has to go out there and do it. Bashir Abdi

returns. Jesus Espana, at the beginning of the international

career of Mo Farah, Jesus Espana just beat him at the European

Championships in 2006. The Dell Atari -- or buy Dell at Harry here

to compete as well. -- Bouabdellah Tahri tarry. I know you were talking

about Andy Vernon and the belief they would have got from the race

the other night, but what about Mo Farah, what does he have to do here?

I would rather see that at the finish than the ends. I think this

race he has to be very careful. Hayle Ibrahimov is a good athlete,

has raced Mo Farah on many occasions. I am looking forward to

seeing this man, Tom Farrell, I am sure he will want to be part of the

action. Bouabdellah Tahri, we thought he might give Mo Farah bit

of a race in the 10,000 metres but he struggled. There is Tom Farrell.

He will get better in the future, no doubt about that. Now the men's 5000

metres under way. 12 and a half laps of the track, as usual. Will it be a

case of Mo Farah winning as usual? One up to others we have not

mentioned, Ali Kaya, the man from Turkey who gave Mo Farah a bit of a

scare on the last lap but succumbed to Andy Vernon in the last few

strides. And let's say happy birthday to Brenton Rowe in the

yellow spikes with the white vest of Austria, his 27th birthday today.

him happy birthday. Mo Farah is not at his very best because he has only

ran two races this season and he has had an illness. Through distance

runners would try to test him. They know that he is lethal in the last

400 minutes -- 400 metres. He tends to run at the back early on to get

rid of tension but he is today, a little closer to the front, moving

gently towards the lead, letting them know that he is the euro. --

that he is there He mesmerises them. Mo Farah comfortable. Long Way to go

in this 5000 metres final. As that race continues, the long

jump continues. Greg Rutherford is in the front. Christian Reif is

chasing him down. He was quick on the runway but looks tight in his

shoulders. Christian Reif, European champion from four years ago. He has

a lifetime best just two centimetres less than Greg Rutherford. He looks

like he is forcing it and his face is still raining. That is what you

want to see from a British perspective. -- face is straining.

It is a good women's high jump final developing. Maria Cucina is looking

to extend her potential dominance in this event. The world champion from

2011 is not here. It is good conditions for high jump and we wish

we could have seen that in the men's event. She has got a clean sheet so

far. We talked about Greg Rutherford responding well and he did that at

the Commonwealth Games. When asked a question he managed 8.20. He has

taken an early lead of 8.27 and is the man to chase. He can let loose

here, they can take the handbrake off. He can charge at this and put

everything he can into this in the third round. If he can get beyond

8.30 which she has done, he might be able to put it beyond anyone else

gasp. That looks bigger game. He has been sensationally precise in his

run ups during the season. Once again hits the board and his -- the

blue line is his leading mark. Great hang time. His eyes were going

forward and his chest was out. It is no improvement but a good jump.

While Greg Rutherford leads in the long jump, Mo Farah briefly went to

the front in the 5000 metres and slowed things down a little bit. He

jostled them around. Hayle Ibrahimov came to the front and then went back

again. Arne Gabius has been on a few training runs with Mo Farah in the

past. The pace is slow. Very slow and pedestrian. It is going the way

of Mo Farah. They are helping him. A physical test and a fast run is not

what Mo Farah is looking for today. Andy Vernon in the group. He fancies

his chances now. He is thinking about Mo Farah which is a real step

up in confidence. Thomas Farrell from Great Britain on the inside, he

is running smoothly but so they should at this pace. They are all

waiting for Mo Farah to do something. He will not do anything

yet. He was nearly tripped up. He looked around and decided to run

away. He has been stung into action but it did not last very long. I am

-- I do not think he has got any intention of going hard from this

fight. He will try to use his normal taxis, control that at the front.

The field will allow him to do that because he is Mo Farah. -- normal

tactics. He is not really pushing the pace on, he just prefers to be

running freely. Thomas Farrell running into a punch. Andy Vernon

watching things, nothing has really started yet. Mo Farah has not been

filed away from the front. -- far away. Thomas Farrell has had to be

patient and wait for this chance. He is not as quick as Mo Farah or Andy

Vernon. He's managed a personal best this year and that is not bad coming

into a championship. No personal bests during this race. Thomas

Farrell just inside Andy Vernon. Silver-medallist in the 10,000

metres. An athlete who really enjoyed that race. He ran extremely

well and had a long way to go on the last lap. He did what he was

required to do. Healy Ibrahim Orff is now leading. -- Hayle Ibrahimov.

It is a pedestrian pace. If they gather together like they did in the

1500 metres, it gets dangerous. You have to be careful. Once an athlete

most of the front they just sit there and do nothing. I thought that

the birthday boy would do something. Brenton Rowe or just moved up in the

Austrian shirt. They are almost jogging at this pace. It is not even

fast 10,000 metres pace. I tell you what, Mo Farah controls these races

well. He knows what to do. He is almost pulling the strings like an

orchestra conductor. He is brilliant when he is doing it. They are not

having it their way. If you asked more of what he would want, he would

say that he would want an easy opening and then bring it home heart

in the closing stages. He has mesmerised this group of athletes.

-- fhome hard. I felt that he had signed he was not at his best any

time -- in the 10,000 metres but nobody is tackling him on it. Arne

Gabius moves forward. This is the familiar face of Jesus Banna. --

Jesus Espana. The German, Richard Ringer, who ran any Championships

over 3000 metres has got a big finish. Do any of them have enough

to test Mo Farah. It has been nothing to speak of. It is a slow

wind-up. They come round with three laps to go and you wonder if anybody

wants to put forward a test. Mark Butler has shown me that it was

exactly ten minutes with one minute ago. The time will be over 40

minutes. -- ten minutes with one minute to go.

We all remember him winning two fabulous gold medals in London in

the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres. He came back last year and

was world champion at 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. You can see that

Mo Farah does not want anybody past them. Jesus Espana wants to get past

him and he will not let anybody past them. He will have to pick it up. He

could get caught from behind and tripped up. He does not want that.

You can bet your bottom dollar that he does not want anybody between now

and the finish line getting beyond him. They are tuning up on his

shoulder. Andy Vernon is trying to protect his possession. He knows

that Mo Farah likes to run hard for the last two laps. He knows that the

closer he gets to Mo Farah be more chance he has got other medal. Hayle

Ibrahimov on the inside. He might cut across. Mo Farah does not

normally let that happen. Andy Vernon is right there. Thomas

Farrell is farther back. Coming hard on the outside is Antonio Abadia

from Spain. Mo Farah getting back to the front. Hayle Ibrahimov trying to

hold him. Beer is the bell. Mo Farah goes for this. We have seen him do

this on many occasion. He has one big championships in this manner. He

has taken it so that he has taken it easy so far. He has got some company

on the back straight with some running to do. He has to stretch

again at the 200 metres point and then click around the bend. He has

never been out raised by Hayle Ibrahimov. He has beaten him so many

times indoors and outdoors. Mo Farah just checks behind him. Mo Farah is

gritting his teeth and still looking behind. Andy Vernon is running into

a bronze medal position. No doubt about the winner, Mo Farah is

sticking away as expected to take his second gold medal of the

European Championships. Hayle Ibrahimov with the silver and a

great bronze medal for Andy Vernon. Bringing the medals home again. It

was slow, slow, slow, quick and quicker. Mo Farah extended them from

400 metres out. Nobody in this field can live with the sort of pace that

he has with a slow running a race like that. He has got too much

speed. Well done to Andy Vernon. Another medal for him. Silver and

bronze. It is double gold again for Mo Farah. They really did hand this

to Mo Farah. Andy Vernon ran a very good race. It was a good

performance. Silver and bronze at the European Championships for Andy

Vernon is a huge success. He has done well with the cross-country and

also racing on the road. Mo Farah mesmerise them at the start. They

were frightened to go past them. He only conceded the leader once. He

was not happy. He wanted to stay in control. That was vintage Mo Farah.

He is clearly not at his very best. We have seen him run quicker. He is

getting better. He had a race on the last lap, he really was. He was

tested in the back straight. Into the home straight with less than 500

metres remaining. Andy Vernon is in the right place. Mo Farah at the

bell. The bell triggers the acceleration. He has got to

accelerate, has two run faster tonight than he did in the 10,000

metres and he is doing that. Running himself into athletics yesterday,

the most successful individual athlete in the history of the

European Championships. No father winning his first gold medal. There

are some great athletes that have one four but nobody has won five.

Colin Jackson and Steve Backley won four gold medals. Mo Farah crosses

the line with his fifth European Championship gold medal, a fantastic

performance, fantastic last lap. He is not that is very, very best but

great athletes can show up and be great competitors. He is a great

competitor, a great athlete, the most successful individual in the

history of these championships. And up fantastic performance by Andy

Vernon in third place. We know he has not been well, struggling a

little bit, but apart from being a great physical athlete he is a great

competitor, deep down he wanted that one and he controlled that race like

I have never seen anybody control a race for many years. Traffic

performance -- terrific performance. Five European

Championship golds. Just a little look behind to see Andy Vernon

crossed the line for bronze. Hayle Ibrahimov gave him a chase but that

is literally was, a chase. Tom Farrell not able to match the speed

at the end, finished in 12. Congratulations to Mo Farah, he

really is a great champion, a global star, he has done it again on the

European stage and you can see him again next weekend, he will be in

Birmingham for the diamond league meeting.

And the great North run which Mo Farah will also be running. If you

are training for that at the moment I am sure you have had great

inspiration from what you have seen this week and somebody will be the

1,000,000th finisher, the first time and mass participation half marathon

event has had 1 million runners. We have equalled our very best, one

more gold medal would take Great Britain into uncharted territory.

Never got into double figures at a European athletics Championships. It

is the best ever, it has gone past our greatest ever total. As we

always do when Great Britain win medal we will ring the bell couple

of times. Mo Farah adjoining himself on the board. -- joining. And Andy

Vernon on the bronze, he has already been on the solver. It was not a

quick race, you were so frustrated throughout that nobody was mixing it

up and taking it on and doing what they must know they have got to do

if they want to give a challenge to Mo Farah? It frustrated me a little

bit as a race and a natural front runner but that is the way that

suits Mo Farah and he controlled it perfectly. It is likely intimidates

them also much that not everyone in that field believes they can compete

on the last lap. They don't dare go past him and just take it to him and

try and challenge him a little bit. It is really weird how much he puts

others in his shadow and says I will control the race. He is a master of

doing it, every time somebody tries to move outside the surge is a

little bit, it is like nobody players. They are all queueing up to

get on his shoulder and follow him, . It was only at this stage that

Hayle Ibrahimov managed to get past him, but he cannot run as fast as

him, as soon as he hears the bell he launches his finish and takes off.

Andy Vernon done exactly what he needed to do, got himself into the

position for a five times into the race because it was so slow and

bunching up they get losing it. The I don't think at this stage she has

the background or insurance that Mo has. The pace that they ran at for

the first four kilometres at least of this race was a very easy job for

Mo, and in that situation he will always be the quickest. He looked

behind and saw Hayle Ibrahimov was his only competition and he just

went further and further. I don't know if he is the fastest I have

ever seen, I am sure the statisticians will be able to tell

us that, but it is the ability to almost click his fingers and launch

the finish and the others cannot go with it. But what he is the best I

have ever seen is controlling the field. Two run of 1500 metre British

record last summer, then the double at the World Championships, and this

year another double gold, his range, it is pretty impressive. It

is phenomenal. The interesting thing for me with his competitors is that

if you look at all his races he does pretty much the same thing

throughout, why not make that change, take it on and take it out

harder than they have done with the bell to go? It is insanity, that is

what he does best, it is fantastic to see him looking confident,

smiling again, you already saw the difference between the 10,000 metres

and this race now where he just seemed to be a bit more elevated.

The demons are gone, he is back. He has the aura of a championship

completely now. That intimidates his opponents. It does not last for

long, that period where you can do that and boss everyone who tries to

challenge you but when you are in that position you make the most of

it. He is the man who has won five times here now. Double trouble they

are. I know what that is like. He stood on the start line and he just

looks more confident this time, you could see the little bit of doubt.

They have got name bands on the arrests because they cannot even

tell the difference. -- on their wrists. Mo Farah enjoying a moment

with his family, and Andy Vernon getting his second medal of the

Championships. I think that is a record for Britain in the European

Championships, it is a dream come true your performance here? About

eight weeks ago I was not even sure if I would make the start line so to

get two medals is brilliant. I wish one of them could have been called

that when you are racing against the world 's best sometimes you have to

accept silver and bronze are still good. Brendan Foster was talking

about how sometimes he can mesmerise the field, how did you look at it? I

feel like I missed out on Wednesday so I came in here thinking I would

not let it happen again. I had a game plan to try and win gold, I

thought I would rather get gold or nothing, that was my kind of game

plan. It got to the last 800 metres and the wheels slowly started to

come off. I was not able to put it into place. But a 10,000 metres

takes it out of your legs so I am surprised I held on for bronze. A

lot to be proud of, well done. Thank you very much.

The lead in the javelin is with Tero Pitkamaki. But his team-mates did

this, it is Finland, the home of javelin at the halfway stage who set

in gold and silver. They have an medal count of zero so far. Antti

Ruuskanen, bronze at the Olympic Games in 2012 is out in front ahead

of Tero Pitkamaki, the world champion of two years ago. And cast

it seems, 32 years of age. Ruth Beitia, the bar is two metres and

one centimetre, this would be illegal. -- be a lead. No female

athlete has ever defended successfully High Jump title for 52

years and Ruth Beitia looks on her way to doing just that. Our first

time clearance. I am delighted to see we have been

joined by more medallists, Eilidh Child and Martyn Rooney,

congratulations on your individual medals and also today.

Let's talk about your individual performances, you came here off the

back of success, silver in Glasgow, having to live up to all of the

expectation, being the poster girl, did it feel like a relief here? It

did a little bit, but once you have got the blue number and are the

number one in Europe you don't forget about that. The whole season

I have been trying to execute the rate race plan. That became my

thought, if I execute the right plan I will be happy. It paid off and I

held onto gold. The really today has been confirmed as 43.93. That is all

right. I am pretty happy, today was about winning the gold medal as a

team. We put a strong squad together, two very strong people

sitting on the bench so we knew we had to go out and win, there was no

choice. We will talk to you more about your individual performance

but as you can see you guys are out for their four x 100 metres. Great

Britain looking for one more gold medal to go into double figures for

the first time ever in a European Championships, could it come for

this one? COMMENTATOR: Danny Tolbert drops away from the anchor leg and

is replaced by Adam Gemili in one change for the British team. It has

been settled squad throughout the season, the train together. Adam

Gemili, you cannot leave him out. Britain does not do silver or bronze

at this event in the European Championships, it is all or nothing

in recent events. Look out for the German quartet, and the Swiss who

were second behind Britain in the heats in a new national record time.

Everyone will roar them on. Alex Wilson on the anchor leg, the 200

metre man. the fastest. France are the fastest.

Fran?ois without Jimmy Vicaut. -- France and Switzerland.

The Netherlands are the defending champions. The defending champions.

They won from lenient. -- lane eight. James Ellington just missed

out by a draw on the final of the 200 metres. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

and Richard Kilty. Onto Adam Gemili. Doing what he does, I love the FAQ

is that he is enjoying himself. It is a strong quartet.

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey waiting on the second leg. It is a good

handover. Germany are going well. Switzer land are running strongly.

Christophe Lemaitre getting France and a good position. Switzerland are

still going well. Germany running well. It'll come down to Great

Britain versus Germany. Adam Gemili should bring it home. It is a race

against the clock for Adam Gemili. It is gold and it is quick. It is

another gold medal for Great Britain. Adam Gemili has another

title. A board by 100 relay gold medal to go with his title from the

200 metres. France coming through for bronze just ahead of

Switzerland. It was a very good performance. Slick batting changing.

-- baton. You always felt he was going to come through, and so it

proved. His team set up nicely. Good time, just under 58 seconds. The

Germans not too far off their national record. Good performance

for Germany. I've thought that the lead-off man for Germany had a good

leg. Christophe Lemaitre was storming in lean six for France.

Richard Kilty is running very well around the top bend. Germany were

very close. They have to meet a advantage were turned into two

metres. Adam Gemili wins it with style with some to spear. -- to

spare. Long jump final is in the fourth

round. Greg Rutherford is in front with 8.27 in the second round. Can

he extend it? That looked very good on the board. That looks big. Greg

Rutherford looking to add another major title to his impressive list

of achievements. 8.27 is his lead and he is looking to extend it. We

expected Christian beef Day challenge but he is in eighth place.

It does not look like anybody is asking questions of Greg Rutherford.

-- Christian Reif. 8.29, he does extend his lead and he is an gold

medal position. These athletes these athletes are also in gold medal

position. Once again, another look at this. There are fractions that be

saved. The cultures talked about challenging Jamaica in major

championships. I think that is possible. There were some things

that could be improved. The changeover from Harry

Aikines-Aryeetey and Richard Kilty, they got very close to each other.

The final change to Adam Gemili looked very good as his arm was at

full stretch. The German has ran 10.07 in the 100 metres. He

disappointed in the individual final. Look at his reaction looking

at the time. They felt they could get close to the British record of

57.73. The time was 37.93 but the main thing was a gold medal. That

was a lovely throw into the headwind. Finland are ready to have

a party at the positions stay as they are. Look at the flight of that

javelin, it is going forward the entire way. It is beyond 85 metres.

That has a long throw. The championship record is 89.72 by

yours truly. 88.01. It is the European best role this season. --

throw. Germany managed to get it together

in the relay. Gold medal for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Fabulous afternoon session in the Letzigrund Stadium. I can tell you

that it is officially Great Britain 's best ever performance since these

championships began in 1934. Let us bring the bill. Martyn Rooney and a

Lee Child looking on suspiciously. We did it for you. -- Eilidh Child.

It is a mark of how far the quartet have came and the fact that they

look up and are disappointed not to get the British record. On the warm

up track, I believe that is where the gain momentum. They will be

telling each other that they can get the national record and it is within

their capabilities. James did not disappoint on the first leg. He was

dropped from the team previously and had a point to prove. That has

helped Great Britain to top the table. We sit here with a view more

medals to be distributed. Equal total on 21 with France but

eclipsing them with gold medals. It must be fantastic to be part of the

team performing like that. Greg Rutherford is now 14 senators clear

his opposition. -- 14 centimetres. Jo Pavey set it up for us on the

first night. It was incredible. It seemed to be medal after medal. I

was on a little bit late and I wanted to be part of that. It was

the spectre rounded team. Everybody wanted to play their part and get on

the podium. -- it was the feeling around the team. It is not the

conversation any more. They believe they can do this and they

demonstrated it tonight. It was a fantastic lead by Harry

Aikines-Aryeetey. You want somebody who can chase people down and keep

did that brilliantly. Richard Kilty always holds his own on the brain.

And once the baton is in Adams hands, you can sit back and relax.

Now that this guy will do the business. Fantastic run from the

quartet. It was a very beautiful thing to watch. As I really expect,

that feeling to cross over the line with the union Jack around your

neck, there cannot be a better feeling. I train with the Mac of

them and to see them coming out with a medal is amazing. They probably

know that they can go faster. -- I train with three of them. British

and European champions, it is an incredible feeling and something you

can build on. There are a lot of questions about who will get the

medals, it is the four athletes who race today but if you have been part

of the qualification process you will also get a medal but you do not

collect it on top of the podium. Let us hear from another gold medal

winner, Mo Farah. Congratulations, to shoot it with your family, the

twins in your arms, it must be magical. -- to share. It is the

first time that they have seen daddy race, they were too young

previously. They are two years old now. You have done the double

double, the most successful European athlete at the championships. It is

important for me. It is great to make my country proud and all of the

people supporting me over the years. It is great to win medals for my

country. With the trouble in the build-up, and now the two medals, if

he were told that beforehand after going to hospital, you would've

thought otherwise. Training has been going well for a couple of weeks. It

is given me confidence and next year I will get ready to race the guys. I

mention this to Andy Vernon, Brendan said that you mesmerised the field,

they look up to you. Do you get a sense of that? It is what it -- it

is because of what I have achieved. They start to think that it is hard

to beat Mo Farah and it is good to be in that position. You dictated

the race as you wanted? I wanted to stay at the top -- at the front and

stay out of trouble. I nearly got tripped a couple of times. How do

you sum up this European experience? It is fantastic for the country. For

all of the people supporting us. I want to thank them. It is a great

championship for all of the people. We have got a young team,

particularly with the relay, Adam Gemili is very impressive, we have

done very well. Contract -- congratulations and well done to all

of the team. It is great for Arsenal at the weekend destination Mark he

had to get that in. There is Asha Philip is. She's not thinking about

Arsenal or anything other than getting the battle ground for the

100 metres. -- getting the baton around.

It is coming to a head. There are only two men who can stop Greg

Rutherford winning. One athlete from France and one from Greece. You have

to expect them to jump far in this situation. Otherwise you will go

flat. He will watch on but will be focusing heavily as they prepare for

the final attempts. The long job is taking a moment to

acknowledge the national anthem that is taking place. -- long jump. I

think it is for the marathon. Greg Rutherford is in the lead by 14

seconds and will have to wait a few more moments to take another job.

That will be Great Britain 's 11th gold. Already in the lead by 14

seconds and will have to wait a few more moments to take another job.

That will be Great Britain 's 11th gold. Already into for 80 years.

Asha Philip is out there. Win five. Inspired by their counterparts? They

will have been, they know that all eyes will be on them, they know they

have to improve, some changes have been made, but they have trained,

they are drilled, confident. Let the legs do the talking from this point.

It is a good quartet, I am looking forward to seeing it. There is Dafne

Schippers who did the double in the 100 metres under 200 metres, but

they do not the same strength in depth as the British. That is

correct, the Dutch team have done well this year however. Back to

Steve Backley. COMMENTATOR: 8.29 of Greg Rutherford to beat. That is

big. That is a very good jump. He has a lifetime best of 8.24, he is a

silver-medallist from four years ago. That is very close indeed.

Jumping out of shot there. That is a very decent jump indeed for a man

with the seasons best of of 8.19. 8.14, it is an improvement or a --

for him but it will not change the medal standings. Read Rutherford is

ready but there is one man to jump first, Louis Tsatoumas. He is

capable. That was flat off the board, quick off the runway, that

means that Greg Rutherford is now the European champion, a golden

summer. Commonwealth gold. And now European gold for the man who won

the Olympics two years ago. There is his biggest jump of the afternoon in

celebration of another gold medal on a fantastic day for British

athletics. There is the bronze and silver-medallists. Congratulations

all around. It certainly went to form with Greg Rutherford taking

gold. Christian Reif nowhere to be seen. JJ Jegede in ninth. Chris

Tomlinson 11th. Anyone who doubted, anyone who questioned and said was

2012 flash in the pan he has answered all of them this summer.

The only man to have won a medal for Great Britain in the field at these

championships. Well done Greg Rutherford. Four x 100 metres relay

for women is the final track event of the Championships.

Can we finish on a wheel hide? It is going to be tough, Sweden on the

inside, they should not be a factor. Italy have a decent side. The French

are a big danger. Great Britain would have two run a British record

to equal their time. It is the same quartet that ran in the heats.

Ukraine in between France and Great Britain. Asha Philip will be the

lead-off. It almost reads like a list of boys names, Philip, Nelson,

Henry and Williams. I wondered about the Netherlands, if they were

completely flat out or if they have more to give. Dafne Schippers on the

back straight, the 100 metre and 200 metres gold-medallist. Russia always

there to be reckoned with. The outsiders, literally, will get a

huge reception, the Swiss team have had a great championship. They have

been setting records all season. Dafne Schippers waiting down the

back straight. Bronze-medallist in the 100 metres

individual. Jodie Williams, Roy and performance from higher in the 200.

Desiree Henry will be there to bring it home. Can they beat France? The

British record is one of the oldest on the books, the Moscow Olympics in

1980. This team went close in qualification, hosted the third best

time ever by a British quartet, can they go quicker? They might have to

do. Asha Philip needs to get off to a

good start here. It is a good handoff for Great Britain. The Dutch

have gone. Great Britain against France at the moment. This is going

to be close. Great Britain have got a great read. -- lead. Henry has got

it. France running them down, but Desiree Henry has got it. Great

Britain get the gold. A new British record. At last. 1980. Asha Philip,

Ashleigh Nelson, Jody Williams and Desiree Henry. Simply superb again

from the British quartet. Great bat and changing. -- bat on changing.

What a performance. The French were good, maybe not quite as good as

they where in the heats, but that was quicker from the British women.

And national record for them. The guys out celebrating as well. 42.2

for the official time. What a way to round off what has been a

scintillating European Championships for the British team. One of its

major features has been this new crop of young female sprinters that

Britain has got. Gina Asher-Smith who sadly limped out the other day.

So much talent. Four of them producing a new British record. You

talk about the names that they are running against, names from 30 years

ago that times were set, it was good, as you say still room for

improvement. You had the Dutch athlete outside Asha Philip year.

Watch this. I don't think they were going to content, but Dafne

Schippers was the individual star at these championships, but I don't

think they were going to challenge France or Great Britain. That was

OK, I could change, nervous for a minute because there was a half

fumble. But Myriam Soumare ran so well. Henry with enough of a lead.

Did not stretch it. There was more to come, that is the exciting thing.

Yes they will be running against Jamaica and America come the Wattle

Championships and the Olympics but there is so much they can do as a

group and individually -- the World Championships. We will speak to the

women in a short while but let's reflect on a great performance from

the men team. First of all, James, tremendous performance having missed

out by a draw in the 200, got your frustrations out and got the gold

medal? Before I talk about our victory I want to bank the rest of

the team, the support staff, the medical team and the national

lottery, if it was not for the general public buying the tickets we

would not be in this position now. We smashed it. We wanted a British

record but it didn't come but we will get it in future. Could not be

happier, the girls smashing the British record. Huge shout out to

our relay coach. We are finally showing our potential. Our fantastic

effort, and to share it with the women, it must be fantastic, the

whole team, yours was director to 10th gold medal in the European

Championships and we have added that with Greg Rutherford and the women.

This is a new generation. The female sprints have got their act together,

you might see different teams come and go, but we know what those girls

have been through, they are young, I don't think one of them is over 25.

Me and James are the old ones here. We have to thank so many people, you

are seeing a whole group of sprinters coming together and

ultimately performing. We have done it individually, now it is about

enjoying our success and moving forward, knowing what we are capable

of doing. It has been a golden year, lots of medals all round. Called

upon gold since then for you? It has been amazing, I have to thank these

guys, we have to thank the coach, we have had no problems with the

relays. British record, two gold medals, so much enthusiasm and

confidence in the team. It is amazing. Dominating the really every

time go out there. Blowing away the past. I was speaking to guys from

French TV who were talking about a dropped bat and in the past and I

think that was wishful thinking. These guys did all the work, I had

nothing to do, I just brought it home. I thank these guys, what can I

say, another gold medal at European Championships, hopefully we can use

this as a platform for the world is to compete with Jamaica and America.

Let's hope so, congratulations. Thank you everyone at home so much,

keep supporting us. They did good. But a British records for the women.

1980, they were great athletes. You wonder how much longer, this was for

a good teamwork. Ashleigh Nelson ran so well in the hundred metre final,

decent change, you can see in the background, Dafne Schippers just

missing it, the Dutch were going for a stretch and they probably had to

do that. I am not sure what happened to the Swiss team either, they are

doing a lap of consolation at the moment. I think the race was won

here, because at this changeover we had a slight advantage. That is a

good change, Jodie Williams, ran a very good bend. Jodie Williams

needed to stay strong and give Desiree Henry, the 18-year-old, had

to give her as much of a lead as possible because she was going to

come under pressure, we knew how good France where, gets the Batten

in her hand and looked at her goal. France trying to chase down, doing

her best, a great last leg, a record-breaking performance. Look at

the determination here, she knows they have handed it to her, they

have given her the responsibility and even though she is still a

teenager she brings it home in style.

the squad. It is not about one or two stars, it is about being strong

to about six or seven. The athletes push each other towards better

things. Adam Gemili talked about trying to take on the Americans and

Jamaicans, the ladies could as well but they may have to find a bit

more. What a way to finish, J. Great Britain and Northern Ireland with

another gold medal. The British record and a European leading time.

France had to settle for silver and Russia got a bronze just ahead of

Italy. The Netherlands and Switzerland did not finish.

What an incredible 15 minutes. Coming into the prime, this crop of

British female sprinters. We have talked about all some of this rich

crop coming through and it is fabulous to see. They are reaping

the rewards. Mo Farah came here and we did not see that bouncing,

buoyant athlete ahead of his 10,000 metres. He looked worried. Nothing

like to gold medals to settle yourself. Mo Farah is back and he --

it is great to see. He is such an icon and such a force to be reckoned

with in distance running. That is where he belongs. Top of the podium

for the first time on the European Championships. Andy Vernon on the

podium for the second time. Steve Cram will take you through the medal

ceremony. Medals everywhere, medals galore. Rich pickings for Mo Farah

and anti-fat -- for Mo Farah. Looking back into the record books

to see when they won two medals in the same event, it was in 1986 when

we got gold and bronze. The javelin is catching the eye of Andy Vernon,

he is checking it is going past him. That was Antti Ruuskanen that took

the gold medal in the javelin. That is good as you can get for