Day 6 - Men's Marathon

:00:44. > :00:53.Good morning you on the final day of the European Athletics Championship

:00:54. > :00:58.and the news is the sup is shining. -- sun is shining. Some things are

:00:59. > :01:07.familiar, the British Athletics team is still on fire. It is Britain and

:01:08. > :01:17.Russia, just one more change. Hold your breath. That is not a bad

:01:18. > :01:22.start. Britain and their changeover is good to Talbot. That is pretty

:01:23. > :01:36.swift. It will be about who gets it right on the day. Lindsey Sharpe

:01:37. > :01:43.kicks again. Sharpe the silver. We are across the line. That is a good

:01:44. > :01:54.performance from that quartet. Jo Pavey struggling. Her race is run in

:01:55. > :02:00.terms of a medal. Eilidh Child running strongly. Child leads on the

:02:01. > :02:07.final barrier and the final run. Eilidh Child's gold. Another great

:02:08. > :02:13.night here. More medals for Britain and Scotland. Brendan and Paula are

:02:14. > :02:19.here. A great performance from Eilidh? Yes, she went to the

:02:20. > :02:25.Commonwealth Games and she had an outstanding Jamaican athlete and she

:02:26. > :02:30.knew she couldn't beat her. She gathered herself, came here,

:02:31. > :02:36.executed her race brilliantly. She did everything she was expected to

:02:37. > :02:42.go and Colin Jackson who coaches her, was telling me she did what her

:02:43. > :02:49.coach said she would do. And you can't do any more and European

:02:50. > :02:53.champion is brilliant. Some people said she had more pressure at the

:02:54. > :02:58.Commonwealth Games, but coming here with the expectation to win was a

:02:59. > :03:03.greater pressure? Yes, she has shown she can cope with both pressures,

:03:04. > :03:09.the external pressure of being the poster girl she was in Glasgow, with

:03:10. > :03:14.all the weight of Scotland on her shoulders. But to come here leading

:03:15. > :03:18.the rankings by a small margin and the favourite and she had that

:03:19. > :03:27.pressure from herself. She knew she should win and she wanted to win.

:03:28. > :03:35.She executed it to perfection. It was to perfection. It is a 400

:03:36. > :03:42.metres race and she won at 4 hundred metres, they were coming fast down

:03:43. > :03:46.the home straight. Yes they had misjudged the race slightly. When

:03:47. > :03:50.she crossed the line, it was obvious she had won, I don't know what she

:03:51. > :03:55.was looking for. You have clearly won. But she was like, I don't know

:03:56. > :04:01.if I have won. She was quite restrained in her celebration. Thab

:04:02. > :04:06.Maybe, I am sure she did sense how fast they were closing her down and

:04:07. > :04:11.she wanted that confirmation. It is embarrassing if you celebrate and

:04:12. > :04:19.then you haven't won. So she wanted that confirmation. A gutsy run in

:04:20. > :04:27.the 800 metres. I was with coin Jackson when -- Colin Jackson went

:04:28. > :04:33.through, and when Lindsey went through we thought Ste had gone too

:04:34. > :04:47.quickly. She has been displaying a different way of racing. She has a

:04:48. > :04:52.fast kick over the last 150. She was really hurting at the end. A quick

:04:53. > :05:00.look over her shoulder to make sure she was safe in silver. She is just

:05:01. > :05:06.trying to hang on to silver. And after she realised that she has run

:05:07. > :05:12.a big personal best. You can't ask any more than to come and run a

:05:13. > :05:19.personal best. A quick word on Jo Pavey and that 5,000. The 10,000 was

:05:20. > :05:24.fantastic. Physically and emotionally and she was clearly

:05:25. > :05:30.tired from the 10,000 still. She was lucky there were not heats, she

:05:31. > :05:37.would have found it hard. But I am sure it must have gone through her

:05:38. > :05:42.mind, maybe I don't need to run the 5,000. What she has done this week,

:05:43. > :05:47.let's forget the 5,000, she has restored some real faith in long

:05:48. > :05:50.distance running and she has inspired thousands of people,

:05:51. > :05:55.thousands of women in particular, to run over the edge of 40 to run

:05:56. > :06:04.10,000 metres. The reason we are here is for the men's maratho. First

:06:05. > :06:10.let's look at the women's marathon yesterday. Setting off in cool

:06:11. > :06:18.conditions. This is a tough course. That lead group is being closed

:06:19. > :06:26.down. This hill is brutal. They're working hard. Look how steep it is,

:06:27. > :06:34.Steve. I think this is a push. She may well be heading for a personal

:06:35. > :06:44.best. The French record holder. She can see the finish line. Dornay

:06:45. > :06:51.wins. A great performance by the French athlete and one of the

:06:52. > :07:01.talking points was the course and Paula risked life and limb to bring

:07:02. > :07:05.us this guide to the course. Here we are at the start and finish area. Of

:07:06. > :07:09.course the most important thing for the athletes is they come in well

:07:10. > :07:13.prepared physically, but also mentally. So they have have taken

:07:14. > :07:18.the chance to look at the course profile, which shows the inclines

:07:19. > :07:25.and declines and the general layout. This is a loop course. So they will

:07:26. > :07:30.run a two kilometre loop and then four laps of 10 kilometres each.

:07:31. > :07:35.Generally we talk about marathon runners following the blue line.

:07:36. > :07:39.Here it is a purple line. But it is the same thing. It just follows the

:07:40. > :07:45.shortest line of the course and takes the best tan Ghentest gents.

:07:46. > :07:50.-- tangents. But I don't think we will see many runners running this

:07:51. > :07:53.close to the gutter. This section will be testing, because of the

:07:54. > :07:57.cobbles. As we have seen the weather can change suddenly and if it does

:07:58. > :08:04.rain, then this area will become more testing and a bit more

:08:05. > :08:10.slippery. As well as the cobbles, another hazard are the tram lines

:08:11. > :08:16.they we have to run along. We have been told they may fill the tram

:08:17. > :08:22.lines with a banana leaf substance just to fill the holes and lessen

:08:23. > :08:29.the danger of slipping. This is the toughest climb of the course and the

:08:30. > :08:33.runners will need to not guilty this four times. Climbing up the hill to

:08:34. > :08:38.the highest point by the university. The hilly nature of the course will

:08:39. > :08:44.suit the tougher athletes. We have been given information that the

:08:45. > :08:51.Swiss may have designed the course to suit their champion. The hills

:08:52. > :08:58.and climbs only make it tougher for the athletes as they go up the hill,

:08:59. > :09:04.but they have to come down and that means a lot of pressure on the thigh

:09:05. > :09:09.muscles. By the third or fout time up the hill it will be starting to

:09:10. > :09:15.hurt. So we could see an attack being made up this hill. This is

:09:16. > :09:20.where the runners enter the area by the lake and through the Chinese

:09:21. > :09:24.gardens. Before they make the turn, they have have taken a drink

:09:25. > :09:30.station. That will be the 10kph teshgs #20shgs kilometre and 30 and

:09:31. > :09:36.40 kilometre drink station. So they will have to take a drink and then

:09:37. > :09:42.turn into this narrow area. It is a small field and by the time they get

:09:43. > :09:46.to 10 kilometres, the field will have finned out. But we could see

:09:47. > :09:51.some elbowing and jostling for position here. This is the Chinese

:09:52. > :09:55.Garden area. There are a couple of points just here and further on

:09:56. > :09:59.where they have to cut across the grass. As long as it is not wet,

:10:00. > :10:04.that shouldn't be a problem. This is a tough course, but I think it is a

:10:05. > :10:11.beautiful course. The fact there are different area with the hills and

:10:12. > :10:16.climbs and this garden means it breaks it up for the runners and

:10:17. > :10:21.make it an enjoyable course too. If I can't get the chance to go around

:10:22. > :10:27.the whole course, one thing is to be able to jog over the last 600 metres

:10:28. > :10:33.to make sure I know it well. Should it come down to a close finish, I

:10:34. > :10:38.want to be able to time my effort to perfection and know every last bump

:10:39. > :10:43.in the last couple of hundred metres. This course could be

:10:44. > :10:47.interesting, because they will drop down the hill and see the finish

:10:48. > :10:51.late on. They will know it, but it makes sense to know they will be

:10:52. > :10:55.coming down the hill, over the brow of the bridge and it will be a short

:10:56. > :11:01.run into the finish and make sure they time that perfectly. A course

:11:02. > :11:09.with a bit of everything, Brendan. Did you run all the way round? No,

:11:10. > :11:18.we had to keep stopping and filming. That is the wonder of TV. It was too

:11:19. > :11:23.busy. You got that bus. Are you a fan of that course? I think it is

:11:24. > :11:29.fantastic. The I have never seen a course where from the lowest point

:11:30. > :11:34.rung along the river to the highest point you can alterm live get there

:11:35. > :11:40.by going up in a railway. Never been seen bmplt it is brilliant. Are

:11:41. > :11:45.there rules about the amount of climbing and that terrain you go

:11:46. > :11:51.over. It didn't climb that much. As demonstrated by the fact they did

:11:52. > :11:57.run fast and they ran a Championship record. The climb per lap was 44

:11:58. > :12:03.metres so they climbed 176 metres over the course of the marathon

:12:04. > :12:08.distance. New York climbs 224. It is not as hilly as New York. But it is

:12:09. > :12:14.shorter and steeper climbs, which take a toll. The bigger factor was

:12:15. > :12:20.the down hill. As we saw with the Turkish runner she hammered too hard

:12:21. > :12:29.down the hill and paid the price. A course set for a Swiss victory? Set

:12:30. > :12:35.by him for his own victory. He designed the course. He is a

:12:36. > :12:39.fantastic mountain runner the Zurich marathon is a flat course around the

:12:40. > :12:44.lake. He has decided he wants it a bit around the lake and four

:12:45. > :12:51.mountainous climbing, oom Paula thinks they're not much of a climb.

:12:52. > :12:57.Steve Cram is in the commentary box. Are you a fan of this course? Yes, I

:12:58. > :13:02.because I don't have to run it! I think obviously Championship racing

:13:03. > :13:07.is difficult to the big city mar Thors, where they - marathons where

:13:08. > :13:13.they want the fast times. Yes, I don't know. I think if you put a

:13:14. > :13:18.course out there - excuse me, Sunday morning. It has got to be fair for

:13:19. > :13:24.everybody. And it shouldn't always be a course that is designed just to

:13:25. > :13:27.produce a fairly boring race. Having features in there I think

:13:28. > :13:34.Championship races are about showing off the city, showing off where we

:13:35. > :13:38.are, we are in Zurich, but I just thought yesterday, Paula made a good

:13:39. > :13:41.point, the good athletes f you look at the result of the race yesterday,

:13:42. > :13:45.even without the hill, I think we would have had a similar result. I

:13:46. > :13:50.am not sure it had an effect on the overall result. But that could be

:13:51. > :13:58.different. It is a very open race. I'm going to send Brendan and paw

:13:59. > :14:08.law down to -- Paula down to see you and not a bad start for Sunderland.

:14:09. > :14:20.Yes 2-2 away from home. Not bad. OK Steve it's all yours. STEVE CRAM: If

:14:21. > :14:27.you won't here yesterday I will explain how the course is set out.

:14:28. > :14:33.They're at the entrance of the lake and big crowds ended up watching the

:14:34. > :14:37.race yesterday after one or two spots of rain early on. But it dried

:14:38. > :14:42.up and the crowds came out this morning. There are more people there

:14:43. > :14:48.from the start. That is great to see. So Switzerland, fingers crossed

:14:49. > :15:04.are hoping they have some good chances. As I was saying, it is such

:15:05. > :15:06.an open race. But Hill might suit some, may be for others, it will be

:15:07. > :15:21.a race breaker -- backheel. So away they go, with a reasonable

:15:22. > :15:26.field, a pretty big field, to be honest. And they set off on what is

:15:27. > :15:33.a short lap, a two kilometre loop, and then they will have four big

:15:34. > :15:37.laps of ten kilometres to negotiate. And the temperature is going to rise

:15:38. > :15:41.today, that may be as much of a packed as the hill we have been

:15:42. > :15:47.talking about, because it will get warmer, it is already 17 degrees and

:15:48. > :15:52.once it gets up to 20 degrees, which I'm sure it will do by the end this

:15:53. > :15:57.race, humidity sitting at about 65%, which is reasonably high as

:15:58. > :16:01.well and if you have ever heard Brendan and I talking about

:16:02. > :16:04.marathons, big-city marathons or championship marathons, when she get

:16:05. > :16:10.a combination of warm weather and a bit of humidity, that is not to the

:16:11. > :16:17.liking of the marathon runners -- once you get. There is a team

:16:18. > :16:23.competition as well, and the medals do appear on the medal table, so

:16:24. > :16:30.Switzerland have got a pretty good team and the likes of Poland, Russia

:16:31. > :16:36.and one or two others might just fancy their chances of getting on

:16:37. > :16:40.the rostrum. A couple of the Polish athletes to the four already, there

:16:41. > :16:50.is Viktor Rothlin with the gold number. The Swiss have a couple of

:16:51. > :16:56.different sets of strips. Messner is a familiar figure on the road

:16:57. > :17:16.surfaces -- Meftah. They will come back down to the

:17:17. > :17:21.start/finish line and that is the two kilometre lap finished. We will

:17:22. > :17:27.let them settle down before we mentioned too many contenders.

:17:28. > :17:33.Switzerland also have Tadesse Abraham. There is a big marathon

:17:34. > :17:38.held in Zurich every year, one of the better in Europe, and Tadesse

:17:39. > :17:48.Abraham broke the course record, set by Viktor Rothlin, last year. Not on

:17:49. > :17:52.this course, of course, it is a mass participation event and this course

:17:53. > :17:57.would not be suitable. The Swiss have high hopes and already the

:17:58. > :18:07.cowbells are ringing. It is Sunday morning and many European cities

:18:08. > :18:13.have heard the church bells ringing as the guys were talking, through

:18:14. > :18:15.nine o'clock. I am pleased to say that Brendan and Paula have safely

:18:16. > :18:16.nine o'clock. I am pleased to say that Brendan and Paula managed to

:18:17. > :18:27.abseil their way down to the commentary box. I can go and find a

:18:28. > :18:36.lozenge. That visual cue, guys, one of you talk! -- that is your cue.

:18:37. > :18:42.PAULA RADCLIFFE: Surrey! We have come down here on a much

:18:43. > :18:49.better date for running in a marathon. Yesterday, it was cool but

:18:50. > :18:54.humid. Today, it is a beautiful, sunny day, but it is not hot, so

:18:55. > :18:58.they won't be complaining about temperatures, so it will show off

:18:59. > :19:03.this course and besides of zero to perfection.

:19:04. > :19:06.BRENDAN FOSTER: And you can see the national hero that Viktor Rothlin

:19:07. > :19:12.is, he was sports personality of the year when he won the marathon

:19:13. > :19:17.championship, and the crowds have come out to support him today.

:19:18. > :19:23.A beautiful day. Taking and not too bad for running. Maybe it'll get and

:19:24. > :19:27.eventually, the course and the hill will take its toll on this event and

:19:28. > :19:40.significantly affected the overall performance. But there they go, down

:19:41. > :19:43.towards the river. As we look overhead, that is where all the

:19:44. > :19:49.major Swiss banks have their headquarters. This is a very

:19:50. > :19:50.expensive part of town, a very expensive part of a very expensive

:19:51. > :20:04.town. You saw in Paula's film, this is a

:20:05. > :20:08.little cobbled area, a little rise, and this time, for the only time,

:20:09. > :20:13.when they get over the bridge, they will take a right-hand turn. We will

:20:14. > :20:21.bring you all the sights and sounds of over the next couple of hours --

:20:22. > :20:26.of Zurich. It may entice you to come and visit one of Europe's wealthiest

:20:27. > :20:30.cities. You take a right turn there and then you come back to the start

:20:31. > :20:36.area. Next time, they will take a left turn and continue on a bigger

:20:37. > :20:40.lap, to take in the hill the guys were talking about. We are so

:20:41. > :20:47.disappointed that the rope is not being used on the tramlines, we did

:20:48. > :20:50.a lot of homework on that. I am glad they are not displaying favouritism

:20:51. > :20:53.and putting it down to the men when they did not for the girls

:20:54. > :20:58.yesterday. It is fairly easy to run in between them and they are

:20:59. > :21:02.probably used to negotiating things like that. The World Championship

:21:03. > :21:12.course in Helsinki in 2005, we had to cross a number of tramlines. That

:21:13. > :21:24.is Grossmunster. Yesterday, I started to tell the story of Felix

:21:25. > :21:29.and Regulah, they are the patron saint of Zurich and religious

:21:30. > :21:36.persecution is back in whichever century it was, along, long time

:21:37. > :21:41.ago, created the legend of the three saints who were beheaded and walked

:21:42. > :21:47.up the hill with their heads tucked under their arms, as the legend

:21:48. > :21:52.goes, and that became a site, Grossmunster, and there has been a

:21:53. > :21:59.church there, a cathedral, since a roundabout 1100. You didn't believe

:22:00. > :22:03.me yesterday. We didn't, but then we thought, the hill can't be that bad

:22:04. > :22:11.if they can walk a bit with their heads under their arms. I think this

:22:12. > :22:18.a legend. -- it is. Paula and I have a bit of a disagreement. The hill,

:22:19. > :22:23.which she thinks is easy and I think is brutal, has a funicular railway

:22:24. > :22:28.that runs up to the top of it. That is the definition of a hard hill,

:22:29. > :22:34.with a railway. I didn't say it was easy, I just said we don't always

:22:35. > :22:48.want to run-on pancake flat courses and it puts a bit of interest in and

:22:49. > :22:54.it may suit other people, which are flat course may not. So you are

:22:55. > :23:01.saying you do not like flat courses? I actually do like hills,

:23:02. > :23:06.yes. Well, it wouldn't be Switzerland, would it, if we didn't

:23:07. > :23:10.have a hill in it? We were talking last night about living in Zurich,

:23:11. > :23:25.Tina Turner lives in Zurich and I said, " Of course she does, she sang

:23:26. > :23:31.River Deep, Mountain High. " you are in good form as well last night,

:23:32. > :23:41.then, will you? Do you think she is watching? I don't know, she might

:23:42. > :23:45.be. She might be on the entertainment stand, it is either up

:23:46. > :23:56.by the University or in the park, in the Chinese gardens. We went to be

:23:57. > :24:00.invited, will we? -- and we won't be invited. As I said, we will try and

:24:01. > :24:06.give you some local interests, if you stick with us through this

:24:07. > :24:10.Sunday morning. There are a lot more people on the streets this morning,

:24:11. > :24:18.we can hear the cowbells ringing. Yesterday, it was a bit like being

:24:19. > :24:23.on the piste, all of the noise when the athletes came by. There is

:24:24. > :24:33.Abraham, wearing sunglasses, to the right of Pertile. A lot of white

:24:34. > :24:39.vests, and why not, in the sunshine? Abraham was going to defend his

:24:40. > :24:42.title in Zurich this year. He has won the Zurich marathon on two

:24:43. > :24:46.occasions, he has lived in Switzerland for ten years but has

:24:47. > :24:52.only recently been cleared to run full Switzerland. He actually trains

:24:53. > :24:57.with Viktor Rothlin, so they know each other, and he may well have

:24:58. > :25:00.been involved in, well, not the design of the cause but he would

:25:01. > :25:07.have been aware of the decisions being made. The Swiss could win a

:25:08. > :25:10.medal here. They have two good runners and others to back them up.

:25:11. > :25:18.They had targeted, if not an individual medal, the team medal.

:25:19. > :25:21.Just to remind you, the first three for your country that crossed the

:25:22. > :25:28.line at their times, it is the cumulative time of the three people

:25:29. > :25:32.but decides the medals. I think the other thing we should mention is not

:25:33. > :25:38.only has Rothlin had a hand in designing this course, because he is

:25:39. > :25:42.the defending champion from Barcelona in 2010, but he has also

:25:43. > :25:50.declared this is his farewell race, so he is maybe trying to go out on a

:25:51. > :25:56.high in his home city. So that little turn they made their... An

:25:57. > :26:02.early withdrawal, Sokolov, who is not a bad run at all, but obviously

:26:03. > :26:07.injured. He had strapping there anyway, so probably just decided to

:26:08. > :26:14.give it ago it didn't work. Looks like a hamstring injury, not the

:26:15. > :26:19.type of injury marathon murders usually suffer from. One or two --

:26:20. > :26:27.marathon runners. One too Familia runners, Meucci and Mostafa

:26:28. > :26:35.Mohammad, you may remember him from his steeplechase exploits. Meucci

:26:36. > :26:41.ran the European 10,000m, he was six behind Mo Farah and Andy Vernon the

:26:42. > :26:44.other night and he has chosen to run the marathon for the second event of

:26:45. > :26:49.his championships, the two British men will be running the 5,000m this

:26:50. > :26:56.afternoon in the stadium. A big group together as they head back

:26:57. > :27:05.towards the city. The early miles, the early kilometres just getting

:27:06. > :27:11.them down, getting them behind you what a glorious view, looking over

:27:12. > :27:15.the city of Zurich, on a day like today. You can see why it is often

:27:16. > :27:20.voted as the best place, one of the best places in the world to live.

:27:21. > :27:25.The quality of life here, winter and summer, is envied by a lot of people

:27:26. > :27:30.around the world. And they have turned out in great numbers to watch

:27:31. > :27:36.this one, supporting their national figure, Viktor Rothlin, because they

:27:37. > :27:40.don't have too many international sports stars. Obviously, Roger

:27:41. > :27:47.Federer is the biggest runner of them all. The other swish athlete,

:27:48. > :27:52.Adrian Lehmann, settling down behind the group -- Swiss athlete. Getting

:27:53. > :27:57.the early miles away. It is a big group at the front, that is how you

:27:58. > :28:01.would expect it. There is no clear favourite, lots of athletes who have

:28:02. > :28:17.claims to be competitive in this race, as they process along the quai

:28:18. > :28:20.named after famous general, responsible for the defensive

:28:21. > :28:27.strategy in the war, when he put plans together to prevent Nazi

:28:28. > :28:35.invasion of Switzerland. This part of the core swings away from the

:28:36. > :28:42.lake, and we go up Steve's favourite Street, or the expensive

:28:43. > :29:07.restaurants, coffee shops, where you can spend your money. -- Orlov.

:29:08. > :29:17.Well, I could. The bellhop they do cater for my tastes. I did tell the

:29:18. > :29:22.story yesterday about the Oprah Winfrey incident, which is

:29:23. > :29:25.apparently very famous, that she was turned down and after we had been

:29:26. > :29:35.chatting about that, apparently she is not the only famous person who

:29:36. > :29:40.apparently has been refused - not refuse, but politely told you can't

:29:41. > :29:53.afford this. Brendan, would they not serve you? I didn't need a handbag,

:29:54. > :30:07.not like Steve. They will take a right turn here. This course, which

:30:08. > :30:12.we keep talking about, I think yesterday it was funnily enough that

:30:13. > :30:18.hill is a factor and this time when they cross the bridge, we will see

:30:19. > :30:24.the bridge and Brendan's funny peculiar. It is also the fwisy,

:30:25. > :30:38.Turney nape of the -- fwisy Turney nature of the course. There is an

:30:39. > :30:43.art to how you run this. Some people run down hills better than others

:30:44. > :30:55.and some run uphills better. I was speaking to some of the French

:30:56. > :31:01.commentary teams and asked if Christine Dornau, the was using a

:31:02. > :31:05.tactic. They said yes. She was pushing up and creating a gap and

:31:06. > :31:13.she did run well and showed the climb is very tough, but it doesn't

:31:14. > :31:19.necessarily mean a slower time. The men through the first kilometres in

:31:20. > :31:26.15. 46. Differently different to that of the women. That is a big

:31:27. > :31:35.group still together. You won't see any British athletes in there, sadly

:31:36. > :31:40.no one competing for Britain. Paul Pollock and his Irish team mates are

:31:41. > :31:45.there. With the Commonwealth Games being such a focus, then nobody

:31:46. > :31:49.running for Great Britain here. Brendan is pointing out the crane

:31:50. > :31:52.which I mentioned yesterday. That is the dockyard crane. We thought it

:31:53. > :31:58.has been left from some shipping heritage, but it is a work of art

:31:59. > :32:03.believe it or not and it is very controversial here. It is an art

:32:04. > :32:08.installation and it is not that popular. I think it has been there

:32:09. > :32:14.for about five years. It came from a German dockyard and brought in here

:32:15. > :32:22.and I'm not sure, I think it is a good addition to the waterfront. As

:32:23. > :32:27.they run along the waterfront, great crowds out today, which is wonderful

:32:28. > :32:31.to see, the encouragement they will gain, the strong presence at the

:32:32. > :32:38.front of the Polish athletes, the Swiss team running in their white

:32:39. > :32:46.vests and the Italians similarly. Lalli and Rothlin with the gold part

:32:47. > :32:50.of his number, telling us that he is the reigning champion. They turn

:32:51. > :32:54.here and this is where they start to climb, where you can come and watch

:32:55. > :32:58.the course. There is the railway, which Steve didn't believe me

:32:59. > :33:03.existed. You can see it in the background coming down the hill.

:33:04. > :33:09.Which tells me and I'm going to make this point again, this is a hilly

:33:10. > :33:23.course. I'm glad I'm sitting in the middle of you two. How do you spell

:33:24. > :33:31.it? Funicular. In the background you can see the track which is much

:33:32. > :33:39.steeper than the hill that Brendan's funicular takes. The athletes wind

:33:40. > :33:43.their way up it. It is a initial climb and then it flattens out and

:33:44. > :33:50.they have a very steep section around the gradient you saw. Oops a

:33:51. > :33:55.dazy! That was a very considerate throw, making sure she didn't clip

:33:56. > :34:00.any of the runner. It is a hazard when they take water bottles. Not so

:34:01. > :34:06.much in a smaller field, but in a big field if you drop the water

:34:07. > :34:18.bottle then that is a hazard for athletes behind you and can be a

:34:19. > :34:29.risk of twisting ankles. There is Abraham. There is plenty of guys

:34:30. > :34:34.have run times which could put them in with a chance here. I was making

:34:35. > :34:38.the point that the night before when you come to Championships and you're

:34:39. > :34:42.lying in your bed and wondering what is going to happen, and you're

:34:43. > :34:46.having a sleepless night and you're thinking, I wonder if I have a

:34:47. > :34:50.chance tomorrow. I reckon there was a lot of men in this marathon was

:34:51. > :34:56.thinking that. I think that is right and that is what makes it a race

:34:57. > :35:04.that will be fascinating. The tick tacks about how fast you go up the

:35:05. > :35:13.bill. How much you control the down hill run as well. And the rest of

:35:14. > :35:19.field just staying together. Chabowski just steals a couple of

:35:20. > :35:37.yards. They will know at the end of this stretch there is a very severe

:35:38. > :35:40.incline. They move back along the upper section, the same street and

:35:41. > :35:47.then they will take this right hand turn and you will get an idea of the

:35:48. > :35:53.gradient. It is slightly uphill and Chabowski just opening up a bit of a

:35:54. > :36:00.gap. There is Lalli, the former cross country champion from Italy.

:36:01. > :36:07.And Mohammed, who is already struggling. I wondered how he would

:36:08. > :36:13.go today. He may have spent last night and this is the real steep

:36:14. > :36:19.section. This of course first time round won't be so bad. There are one

:36:20. > :36:23.or two mountain runners, people who have done well over the years and

:36:24. > :36:42.switched between mountain running and marathon running. As you look at

:36:43. > :36:48.that. So many white vests, I reckon many of the nations, you can have an

:36:49. > :36:54.alternative vest. In the stadium, the Swiss have been wearing red, the

:36:55. > :37:01.French dark blue. And you wouldn't want dark blue on a warm day. So the

:37:02. > :37:05.French in white today. A lot of team kit suppliers do supply an

:37:06. > :37:10.alternative marathon vest, which will be a lighter colour, so it

:37:11. > :37:16.doesn't absorb the heat and a different cut so it is not as long

:37:17. > :37:24.and it stops kind around where the waistband of your shorts would be,

:37:25. > :37:28.to allow air to circulate and keep your body cool. They come to this

:37:29. > :37:33.point, the highest point of the course, the impressive viewpoint

:37:34. > :37:38.over looking the whole of this wonderful city of Zurich and there

:37:39. > :37:47.they're going along the level part. This is the highest point of the

:37:48. > :37:52.course. The crowds gathering. Rothlin giving the Swiss supporters

:37:53. > :37:57.something to shout about. If you go up here and look across, you can see

:37:58. > :38:03.the whole of the city of Zurich and the lake, which looks absolutely

:38:04. > :38:08.wonderful on a day like today. There is Mohammed coming through. He is

:38:09. > :38:13.off the pace fairly quickly. And there is the Institute of

:38:14. > :38:18.Technology, a famous technology university here in the middle of

:38:19. > :38:25.Zurich. Very accomplished students they have had here in the past.

:38:26. > :38:30.Every where you look here you see industry, commerce, universities.

:38:31. > :38:35.The whole feel of the city feels very modern. And very impressive in

:38:36. > :38:40.every sense. The Swiss team getting a cheer as they come through in a

:38:41. > :38:50.group, as well as the Austrian members in the white vests. The

:38:51. > :38:54.crowds lining the initial point there. That is the highest point on

:38:55. > :39:00.the course and now they will start to enter the down hill sections.

:39:01. > :39:04.Which I think we will see play a big role in the way the race is run

:39:05. > :39:09.today. You need to really control your effort down hill and relax into

:39:10. > :39:14.it and just let your body almost flow down the hill, rather than

:39:15. > :39:21.trying to break with each stride. Because that puts loading on the

:39:22. > :39:26.quad muscle and can just mean that that fatigues more. Especially in

:39:27. > :39:37.the latter parts of course. They're running through the grounds of the

:39:38. > :39:42.University of Zurich. And this down hill bit, you can see how they're

:39:43. > :39:47.free-wheeling, running comfortably down the the hill. Eventually again

:39:48. > :39:56.as Paula was saying, you have got to be careful you don't impact your

:39:57. > :40:03.quad muscles too much by going too quickly. Viktor Rothlin, you sense

:40:04. > :40:17.he is here for a competition and ready to do battle. In the inside

:40:18. > :40:22.with the gold on his number, that is Viktor rovt Lynne. That is --

:40:23. > :40:29.Rothlin. That is good for him and good for the crowd. The European

:40:30. > :40:36.lists are led by Mo Farah's run in London. Second is the Polish runner

:40:37. > :40:47.in that lead group with Rothlin. I would expect he is thinking he could

:40:48. > :40:53.figure highly as well. I did mention Paul Pollok of Ireland. I'm not sure

:40:54. > :40:57.he has started. We were expecting him to start, but I can't see him

:40:58. > :41:02.having gone through the start, or through the first five kilometres.

:41:03. > :41:07.He hasn't come down as a withdrawal on the course. Maybe he didn't

:41:08. > :41:17.start. One or two others we were expecting were initially on the

:41:18. > :41:22.list. The Spanish runner has had an injury problem. It is a course where

:41:23. > :41:30.if you have a nickel, it is going to find that out. But I suspect running

:41:31. > :41:46.26 miles any way would do that. Chabowski maybing his way down the

:41:47. > :41:52.hill. Really good crowds. Szost, the tall figure from Poland. He was

:41:53. > :42:01.third in the Warsaw marathon, behind one of the ooeftians. -- Ethiopians.

:42:02. > :42:05.It was a very good run from Szost and gives him probably one of the

:42:06. > :42:12.best performances coming into this out of all the people who are here.

:42:13. > :42:26.Not everyone has won a marathon this year. But the Polish team is very

:42:27. > :42:31.strong. And they have Shegumo as well. That is where you were on

:42:32. > :42:35.about, the intertaint area. No, it said on the course the entertainment

:42:36. > :42:40.area was supposed to be on the highest point. But that is the

:42:41. > :42:44.Swiss, what do they call it, the Swiss hospitality house they

:42:45. > :42:49.transferred from the Winter lichs in Sochi. Being very green, they took

:42:50. > :42:58.it down and rebuilt it here. Cress, it was a big feature in Sochi at the

:42:59. > :43:02.Olympic Park. We had a touch of deja vu when I passed it the other day.

:43:03. > :43:07.This part of the lap they head out away from the city centre, down the

:43:08. > :43:15.side of the lake. And they will run down here for around a mile or so.

:43:16. > :43:23.Maybe not that far. Maybe 1,200 metres and then turn right into the

:43:24. > :43:26.park, through the Chinese Garden. Come back and in the direction they

:43:27. > :43:39.have just gone in through park and rejoin the road and back to

:43:40. > :43:44.Bellevue. So the very early stages. When they get too the end of this

:43:45. > :43:52.they had they will go through ten kilometres and start to settle down.

:43:53. > :43:57.A reasonable pace, but a big group. As we saw in the women's race, as

:43:58. > :44:03.they went up the hill, that group did string out. Once they come back

:44:04. > :44:07.on to the flat it closes back up again. Certainly in the early stages

:44:08. > :44:13.of race. Noif idea what that is on the front of his socks! When I was

:44:14. > :44:20.little and I sent away for my first football strip, in the 70s when

:44:21. > :44:25.Leeds wore numbers around your calves, it lasted for one or two

:44:26. > :44:31.year, but we all had them. We had them in the wolf cubs, in the

:44:32. > :44:36.scouts, they were like green tassel on your Sox. But that is going back

:44:37. > :44:40.a year or two. I think it is just tape, or maybe a sponsor that is

:44:41. > :44:47.different to their team kit and the officials have probably taped it so

:44:48. > :44:56.it will show. But that will not stay on. It won't be a fashion item

:44:57. > :45:03.either, it won't catch on - bits of tape on your Sox. It is really

:45:04. > :45:08.weird. I ud couldn't work out -- I couldn't work out what it was. We

:45:09. > :45:13.need Colin Jackson here, the fashion consult apt. Maybe icht is --

:45:14. > :45:22.consultant, maybe it is a new thing in Zurich. This group just off the

:45:23. > :45:27.lead group. The Russians have a strong team. They sneaked through

:45:28. > :45:42.for a medal in the women's competition. That German athlete at

:45:43. > :45:47.the back he would have thought he had a chance. Mohammed of Sweden has

:45:48. > :45:53.made the move from steeplechase up to the marathon. But if you see

:45:54. > :45:58.that, he is not quite comfortable over the marathon distance, he has a

:45:59. > :46:08.long stride and he seemed to struggle as they climbed that hill.

:46:09. > :46:13.A great view of the park and the Chinese Garden there. There is an

:46:14. > :46:18.open air cinema there. We had a walk along there. Tonight if you have

:46:19. > :46:35.nothing else to do it is showing Pulp Fiction. Just thought I'd let

:46:36. > :46:43.you know! There is also a Chinese Garden Chinese takeaway. There you

:46:44. > :46:53.go, that is your night sorted. So the ten kilometre mark, but time is

:46:54. > :46:57.going through there. -- the times. Still a big group, as you would

:46:58. > :47:02.expect for that kind of pace, but I have seen plenty of races in

:47:03. > :47:08.Championships that have gone slower than that. But it is not that quick

:47:09. > :47:12.either. You were right earlier when you were talking about big-city

:47:13. > :47:17.marathons and how they all compete for the fastest time, therefore who

:47:18. > :47:21.has got the fastest course. When you come to a championship, it is a

:47:22. > :47:26.different entity. These athletes are here to race for a position, they

:47:27. > :47:31.are here to race for medals, the gold medal. And consequently, the

:47:32. > :47:36.early part of the marathon, the early pace, there are no prizes for

:47:37. > :47:40.running a fast time, even though yesterday, Christelle Daunay ran a

:47:41. > :47:45.personal best time on this difficult course to win the gold medal, but

:47:46. > :47:50.that was as a result of having a very competitive race. As we look

:47:51. > :47:56.ahead, we now see Chabowski taking a bit of a longer lead, looking for

:47:57. > :48:00.his particular drink, handed to him from the team managers at the side.

:48:01. > :48:05.It looks as though it is working pretty efficiently, as the athletes

:48:06. > :48:10.queue up, get to the right position, get the drinks on-board. The labels

:48:11. > :48:13.and the flags are a useful addition. Someone has dropped one before they

:48:14. > :48:19.had a chance to drink it. I thought it was working well. We were making

:48:20. > :48:24.the point yesterday that they have their own drinks, Chabowski has his,

:48:25. > :48:28.but there will be a lot more water taken on board than yesterday. The

:48:29. > :48:33.temperature is rising all the time. A lovely day in Zurich. Goodness me,

:48:34. > :48:38.we've waited for it. This was another source of argument, trying

:48:39. > :48:44.to work out whether this camera shot was from a boat or a helicopter. It

:48:45. > :48:56.is a really quick boat with a tall massed! A ?5 note says it is a

:48:57. > :48:59.helicopter. In the hills in the background, you can see the

:49:00. > :49:04.attraction of this city, it does look very pretty on a day like

:49:05. > :49:09.today. The leading group, just a few dropping off, getting smaller. The

:49:10. > :49:15.actual athletes that we were looking at and thinking may have a chance

:49:16. > :49:24.today... It is starting to look even more like a helicopter to me, or the

:49:25. > :49:30.boat is rising of the water! -- off the water. Yes, we did have a

:49:31. > :49:36.chuckle about that yesterday. But some great shots, showing Zurich off

:49:37. > :49:40.in all of its glory this morning. A couple of little twisty Turney

:49:41. > :49:46.sections through this park area, and one or two grass areas, which they

:49:47. > :49:56.have put matting over, and then they make their way back onto the paved

:49:57. > :50:02.area. So this is an early kind of attempt to break away. Running just

:50:03. > :50:11.a little quicker than the others. He has a seven second lead at the

:50:12. > :50:21.moment. Such early stages. And one or two others are just dropping off

:50:22. > :50:35.already. 15 point to five for the leader for the second 5K, that is

:50:36. > :50:40.why he has built up a bit of a lead -- 15.25. A lot more people out on

:50:41. > :50:44.the streets, as we have been remarking. It has been a slightly

:50:45. > :50:49.disappointing feature of these championships, I think only Friday

:50:50. > :51:02.night, the stadium was pretty much completely full. Hopefully and back

:51:03. > :51:06.-- it will be today, a nice sunny day. The prospects for Britain

:51:07. > :51:16.today, the 5,000m with Mo Farah and Andy Vernon. The men's 1,500m final,

:51:17. > :51:27.Chris O'Hare and Charlie Grice going. The relays, the 4 x 100, 4 x

:51:28. > :51:34.400. Greg Rutherford in the long jump. Lots to look forward to. I was

:51:35. > :51:52.talking to Mehdi Bala yesterday, won the 800m here in 2002, but he feels

:51:53. > :51:58.that Mekise will come through and win. We know he was foolish, taking

:51:59. > :52:02.his vest off on the finishing straight, but he did win the race

:52:03. > :52:06.comfortably, but at the end of the day, it was silly what he did but

:52:07. > :52:09.the punishment seem a little harsh. A lot of people have done worse

:52:10. > :52:14.things in the sport and collected gold medals. He was very emotional

:52:15. > :52:18.when he ran the semifinals and it would be a popular victory, people

:52:19. > :52:24.would feel as though he has had his punishment and now he is trying to

:52:25. > :52:30.run and get a medal, because he wanted a medal. It has been an odd

:52:31. > :52:34.championships for the French, they are doing well, they are rubbed

:52:35. > :52:41.their ahead of Great Britain, but when you consider the favourite fell

:52:42. > :52:48.apart in the 800, Martinot-Lagarde was the favourite to win the

:52:49. > :52:52.hurdles, and Jimmy Vicaut got injured. While a lot of athletes for

:52:53. > :52:55.us have come and performed, and we haven't had too many

:52:56. > :53:04.disappointments, for the French, it has been up and down. On the other

:53:05. > :53:10.hand, they have had a world-record and a marathon victory, that may be

:53:11. > :53:14.Daunay was not expecting -- was expecting, but the team may not have

:53:15. > :53:21.been. They are well represented in that lead group. In fact, I think

:53:22. > :53:25.three or four of the French team are in that group. Starting to break up

:53:26. > :53:28.a little bit as they give chase, because they have decided that

:53:29. > :53:36.Chabowski is somebody they don't want to let out there for too long,

:53:37. > :53:41.although it is still early stages. Seven or eight seconds, it has got a

:53:42. > :53:58.little bit bigger. They have decided enough is enough. They are allowing

:53:59. > :54:03.him to take them back. Chabowski is a two-time marathon runner and he is

:54:04. > :54:12.probably running not far off that pace. So it is not something that is

:54:13. > :54:18.suicidal by him and something he would not be able to maintain, so I

:54:19. > :54:26.wouldn't let someone of his calibre moved too far away. That is a pretty

:54:27. > :54:35.nasty pronation on the left foot. Do you want to explain pronation? It is

:54:36. > :54:40.when the foot rolls in. 20 people in plenty of running shoe shops have

:54:41. > :54:45.heard that term -- plenty of. I think I first heard that term in the

:54:46. > :54:51.1980s and suddenly, everybody was a pro-NATO, because everybody's foot

:54:52. > :55:13.does turn in when you are running -- everybody was prone ating.

:55:14. > :55:34.The famous European champion, Viktor Rothlin. Just in a good position,

:55:35. > :55:37.doing the right thing. El Hachimi, running the Belgium. This group

:55:38. > :55:41.looks comfortable, that is what you want to be, in the middle of this

:55:42. > :55:46.and if you have intentions to win medals, you have to be in amongst

:55:47. > :55:57.it. On the inside, Rothlin, Pertile, the Italian, El Hachimi on the near

:55:58. > :56:00.side. In the white vests, representing a variety of countries,

:56:01. > :56:07.Switzerland, Italy, France, all running sensibly. I think we are

:56:08. > :56:12.going to spend a lot of time concentrating on this man, he has

:56:13. > :56:17.definitely brought the crowd said. It is the most supported event on

:56:18. > :56:23.the whole Championships today and as a group, they are settling down

:56:24. > :56:27.here. About, what, seven or eight seconds behind the leader, who has

:56:28. > :56:33.just turned and is on his way back to the city centre, and this group

:56:34. > :56:37.following him, maybe getting a bit concerned, because he is a good

:56:38. > :56:43.marathon runner, Chabowski. He is down the road there and they may be

:56:44. > :56:46.want to keep an eye on him. Yes, you could just see as they came to the

:56:47. > :56:51.turnaround point, Abraham signalling, I don't know if he was

:56:52. > :56:56.signalling to Rothlin, because he has an idea of how big that gap is

:56:57. > :57:01.ahead to Chabowski and whether he was questioning should they push on

:57:02. > :57:11.to do a bit more in this group to close that gap down a little bit.

:57:12. > :57:15.The other race within this race is the team competition, Poland, Italy,

:57:16. > :57:25.France, they all have three in that big group. Russia involved as well.

:57:26. > :57:31.This is the guy who I think could have a good run today, Henryk

:57:32. > :57:41.Szost, ninth in the Olympic Games in London. There is a bit of a

:57:42. > :57:46.resurgence in Polish running these days. It is good to see, because

:57:47. > :57:49.over the years, there used to be really strong athletes representing

:57:50. > :57:54.Poland and they are doing well here in these championships, and I hope

:57:55. > :57:57.it is the start of a real resurgence. Chabowski, former

:57:58. > :58:02.European Juniors steeplechase champion, he has only run a couple

:58:03. > :58:06.of marathons. He has done a good time, two hours and 11 minutes this

:58:07. > :58:14.year and two hours ten minutes last year. So he has some credentials. He

:58:15. > :58:18.is out on his own and you wonder, is that him trying to make an effort to

:58:19. > :58:25.win the race and run away from the field or is he just happy running at

:58:26. > :58:31.the pace he has chosen to run out? I think sometimes, when you are worth

:58:32. > :58:35.a certain time in the marathon, to run around slower and then

:58:36. > :58:40.accelerate, it can be difficult, your legs can settle into the slower

:58:41. > :58:44.pace and when it picks up, it can be difficult, so sometimes it is more

:58:45. > :58:48.comfortable to run at the pace you are prepared to run out, that you

:58:49. > :58:53.had trained at, and on a day like today, when there is not much wind

:58:54. > :58:56.out there, there is nothing he would need to specifically stay in a group

:58:57. > :58:58.four, for protection in that form, so I think he is comfortable running

:58:59. > :59:24.his own race. So a left turn for the leader. These

:59:25. > :59:27.athletes, for European athletes, sometimes it is difficult to get

:59:28. > :59:32.into the big-city marathons these days, with so many Kenyans and

:59:33. > :59:39.Ethiopians contesting the race at the front, you keep reading they are

:59:40. > :59:43.ten, 12, 18th, but they are running quite well in a lot of these

:59:44. > :59:47.marathons, so a lot of the European men are targeting the marathons

:59:48. > :59:52.around Europe, the likes of the Zurich marathon, or the Warsaw

:59:53. > :59:56.Marathon. They can get into races where they can actually have a

:59:57. > :00:01.chance of winning and it is difficult to them correlate one

:00:02. > :00:07.against another. So for instance, Chabowski was fifth in the marathon

:00:08. > :00:14.in his home country and his team-mate, Shegumo, won it, he is

:00:15. > :00:18.back in the pack. So you wouldn't expect him to be forging away

:00:19. > :00:21.against people he has competed against and have finished ahead of

:00:22. > :00:26.him. It is interesting they are letting him go, it might be that

:00:27. > :00:29.even his team-mates don't think he can maintain this. Because you do

:00:30. > :00:32.know your own team-mates better than anyone else and maybe they are

:00:33. > :00:40.thinking they have seen him do this before. Zoes is make nothing effort

:00:41. > :00:46.to share any of the work in moving back towards him. There is probably

:00:47. > :00:50.more experience in this group, certainly in the form of Rothlin and

:00:51. > :00:54.Szost. They realise the testing nature of the course means the most

:00:55. > :00:59.significant portion will be the third and the fourth lap and how

:01:00. > :01:07.people handle the incline and the decline. The leader crossing the

:01:08. > :01:13.bridge. The following group coming through under the Minster. Two

:01:14. > :01:20.beautiful churches dominate this part of Zurich and the crowds here

:01:21. > :01:28.are very impressive and the athletes will get a great experience. They're

:01:29. > :01:34.seeing a Polish athlete leading by a fair distance as the second group

:01:35. > :01:41.comes on to the bridge. He is already 12 or 13 seconds ahead. The

:01:42. > :01:49.second group is a distance behind him that they need to start thinking

:01:50. > :01:59.about. You don't want to be building up gaps. Viktor Rothlin looking at

:02:00. > :02:06.his watch. The crowd are roaring them on and Rothlin was paying

:02:07. > :02:12.attention to his split times. The reason that gap has got bigger is

:02:13. > :02:18.that was the biggest five kilometre section so far. They're really

:02:19. > :02:23.pushing it on. So the leader, Chabowski, put his foot down and

:02:24. > :02:30.they have let him go. It remains to be seen whether he has got it right,

:02:31. > :02:40.or they have got it right. Running alongside the river, I mentioned

:02:41. > :02:45.yesterday about the mass event, and everybody gets an inflatable and

:02:46. > :02:50.they coast, cruise down w the current. You all put your kit on the

:02:51. > :02:57.bus. They take your kit and everyone has a nice day on the river. Last

:02:58. > :03:11.year the inflatables were crock tiles. -- crocodiles. That sound

:03:12. > :03:22.like a good thing to do. Not all 400 thousand people did it Brendan. You

:03:23. > :03:26.need an inflatable to swim. I might come back to see you in the water.

:03:27. > :03:42.If ewere made to be in the water we would have webbed fingers and feet!

:03:43. > :03:47.#12k3w4r6r7b8g9s Groips starting to stripping out a bit more. Each time

:03:48. > :03:50.as they come round, people have different strategies to attacking

:03:51. > :03:56.this hill and where they want to be, but they have now started to wake up

:03:57. > :04:02.to the fact that Chabowski had such a big lead and they're trying to

:04:03. > :04:13.close that up this section. They can see what we can look forward to this

:04:14. > :04:18.afternoon. Those relays will be the climax of a successful European

:04:19. > :04:24.Championships so far. Come on guys, what are those things on his socks?

:04:25. > :04:28.I think they have taped up the logo on the back of his sock. That is

:04:29. > :04:35.pathetic. Not from his point of view. Trying to tape it up. Get some

:04:36. > :04:44.decent tape, if you really want to cover up. Oh, here we go. Here we

:04:45. > :04:52.have Mr Foster. You see I told you it is called a Polybahn. That is the

:04:53. > :04:58.name of it - it's a funicular railway! You can go on it, it is

:04:59. > :05:09.free. It is not free, you get on it free, because you have an

:05:10. > :05:13.accreditation. I didn't know. I did enjoy the ride and it takes you up

:05:14. > :05:18.to the highest part of the course and it is a beautiful view from the

:05:19. > :05:25.top. This group now work hard to try and close that gap. They will know

:05:26. > :05:33.about Chabowski, his team mates will know he is an experienced marathon

:05:34. > :05:39.runner of some quality. He is the man on the inside with the sun

:05:40. > :05:44.glasses on getting great support and this crowd are really enjoying this

:05:45. > :05:48.marathon and he is enjoying the fact he has delivered such a fantastic

:05:49. > :05:54.number. It would be interesting to know how many people are on this

:05:55. > :05:59.course. It is a great place to watch the marathon. You can see them four

:06:00. > :06:04.times the. This is the place to position yourself. And then up to

:06:05. > :06:10.the top of the hill and take the funicular back down and get back to

:06:11. > :06:21.the centre. Our wonderful back room staff here, they love me calling

:06:22. > :06:26.that. They found out that funicular Isola is Latin for rope or chain. So

:06:27. > :06:33.that links into the banana rope. This a guy at the top pulling the

:06:34. > :06:40.rope? Yes, look at him having to work hard. It is about, we talked of

:06:41. > :06:45.the different styles of running up a hill. He rocks from side to side.

:06:46. > :06:50.The high knee lift not required running up the hill. There is the

:06:51. > :06:56.angle of the funicular. It is steep, yes, it is. This section issing not

:06:57. > :07:00.that long, it is just much steeper than you would find on a course like

:07:01. > :07:08.this. I know you were on about the rise in New York, that is a gradual

:07:09. > :07:13.rise, this happens at once. Yes the New York ones are gradual. But it is

:07:14. > :07:21.like the Tour de France with the Swiss flags and how close they are

:07:22. > :07:28.to the runners and those advertising hoardings. It is like the Tour de

:07:29. > :07:36.France when it visited the narrow streets in Yorkshire. And there is

:07:37. > :07:47.Viktor rovt Lynne, he ep -- - Rothlin, who helped to design the

:07:48. > :07:51.course. In the lead is Abraham. They're working together and that

:07:52. > :07:59.group is opening up. This is the second of four of this long incline.

:08:00. > :08:06.The crowds have gather on this incline, like the Tour de France

:08:07. > :08:10.crowds. Not a very wide space as we watch Chabowski leading, 52 minutes

:08:11. > :08:14.of running behind him. And he has made his intent. That is to try and

:08:15. > :08:18.win it from a long way out. He has been leading for the last ten

:08:19. > :08:22.kilometres. As the rest of the field, the two Swiss athletes

:08:23. > :08:28.together in second and third, giving the crowd more to support and more

:08:29. > :08:32.to cheer. Are they going to have a glorious day in this glorious city

:08:33. > :08:40.on such a beautiful day? Well time will tell. But that is significant

:08:41. > :08:46.happenings in the group. Rothlin working hard in what is probably his

:08:47. > :08:56.farewell distance race. Certainly his farewell marathon race. He looks

:08:57. > :09:03.as though he is struggling. It is difficult to come back from running

:09:04. > :09:13.a spring marathon to running a competition marathon in the summer.

:09:14. > :09:26.There is not the turn around time to prepare. Maybe he hasn't recovered

:09:27. > :09:36.from his exerts in the spring. The eagle-eyed may have spotted Coolly

:09:37. > :09:42.in the crowd. The mascot who has scored -- caused differing opinions.

:09:43. > :09:46.I think he has been a great addition to the Championships. We are still

:09:47. > :09:54.trying to work out, the big question is who is Coolly, is there one, two

:09:55. > :09:59.Coollies. Well, there is only one Coolly. I think there is one Coolly

:10:00. > :10:08.suit. But each internal Coolly is not allowed to do more than half an

:10:09. > :10:15.hour, because he gets tired. Oh! Well Chabowski down the hill now,

:10:16. > :10:21.letting himself relax. Just you have to try and flow down the hill. It

:10:22. > :10:27.won't be taxing him too much. But maybe next time. That lead is quite

:10:28. > :10:33.a substantial one at this stage. Does he have the pedigree to hold on

:10:34. > :10:43.and keep this sort of case going? -- pace going? He looks strong and

:10:44. > :10:47.powerful. He has been a European junior champion at the steeplechase

:10:48. > :10:53.and worked his way through over the years. As we look at the museum of

:10:54. > :10:58.fine art. I did go there the other day, Steve s despite what you said.

:10:59. > :11:08.I only asked, I didn't say you didn't go. I saw the famous Picasso

:11:09. > :11:14.painting and I look the Andy Warhol painting of Campbell's soup tin.

:11:15. > :11:19.Didn't he do a few. I think he did one and then printed thousands.

:11:20. > :11:27.They're all over the place. Smart idea. This man has given chase in

:11:28. > :11:34.the Poland one/two, Szost just breaking out of the group and

:11:35. > :11:44.realising that is a big gap and he doesn't want it to go grow any more.

:11:45. > :11:51.24.2 kilometres an hour there on the bike behind him. That is very quick.

:11:52. > :12:01.Do you think they get in the car. The women hit a top speed of 21.5.

:12:02. > :12:06.He turns there towards the Opera House and along the banks of the

:12:07. > :12:10.lake, the flat part of the course. This part, another part where the

:12:11. > :12:16.crowds are out in great numbers. It is wonderful to see. The support

:12:17. > :12:37.they're getting, I'm sure they will say they did appreciate the crowd

:12:38. > :12:41.support. Abraham of Switzerland, Hachimi is there. Hopefully this

:12:42. > :12:46.group will be encouraged by one another to start closing that gap.

:12:47. > :12:53.They have been running for almost an hour and this flat part is a respite

:12:54. > :12:59.from the uphill and down hill. And we see the leader, Chabowski,

:13:00. > :13:04.receiving terrific support. It is interesting, they have let Chabowski

:13:05. > :13:09.go, but when Szost started to go after him, the group decided to let

:13:10. > :13:15.him go as well. You would have thought if Szost was starting to

:13:16. > :13:22.make a move, I am trying to work out, I'm sure Szost is between these

:13:23. > :13:27.guys. Is he not at the back of this group. Over the top of the hill, he

:13:28. > :13:35.was dropping off the hill, behind Mohammed. I am not sure wra that

:13:36. > :13:41.camera -- where that camera angle picked that up. They will be

:13:42. > :13:44.approaching the 20 kilometre mark, through a mist machine which tries

:13:45. > :13:51.to give them some respite from the building heat here and the sun is

:13:52. > :13:55.definitely out in force this morning. You can see there just

:13:56. > :14:01.they're getting a bit of shadow. There is a lot of course that is

:14:02. > :14:07.quite open and that temperature will continue to rise. The Swiss flags, I

:14:08. > :14:11.think you're right, I think... He is one of the French or Italian

:14:12. > :14:18.athletes going through there. I don't know whether now we might see.

:14:19. > :14:24.It is hard to see. There is Szost. He is struggling a bit. He looks as

:14:25. > :14:30.if he is as well. He came with high hopes and one of the more fancied

:14:31. > :14:37.athletes, but he is struggling and Chabowski off the front for Poland

:14:38. > :14:43.and Szost off the back of the chasing group. That is going to be a

:14:44. > :14:47.long, hard slog for him. We mentioned the team competition rgs

:14:48. > :14:52.one of the things when you're on your own you can decide to call it a

:14:53. > :14:57.day. But with this team competition, where if you're having a bad run and

:14:58. > :15:11.you have to keep going it can't be easy. C Though, it is very hard, and

:15:12. > :15:19.for the team competition, ideally, he needs to keep those gaps as small

:15:20. > :15:26.as possible. Benjamin Malaty, of France. And

:15:27. > :15:32.there is Mustafa Mohamed, of Sweden, trying to get back to that group. He

:15:33. > :15:36.has obviously gone through a little patch, didn't cope with the hill

:15:37. > :15:41.very well, but he is close enough, just hanging on, just about, to this

:15:42. > :15:46.large group that is watching Chabowski disappeared down the road

:15:47. > :15:49.ahead of them. That lead is quite a substantial lead. They have had a

:15:50. > :15:54.couple of bites of trying to close it down. El Hachimi of Belgium has

:15:55. > :16:00.tried to take others with him and they have not been that keen, so

:16:01. > :16:05.that lead continues to grow. Once that gets beyond a minute, if they

:16:06. > :16:10.are allowed to do that, and it gets into the second half of the race, of

:16:11. > :16:12.course, you can lose it in the latter stages but that lead can

:16:13. > :16:19.build and build and before you know where you are, the gold medal has

:16:20. > :16:22.gone. Exactly, similar to the way Augusto ran yesterday when she left

:16:23. > :16:26.the leading group get a small gap on her in the first lap, for no real

:16:27. > :16:32.reason other than she didn't want to get going in the race too early, and

:16:33. > :16:35.then she was running the same pace as the others through the second,

:16:36. > :16:42.third and fourth laps but was unable to close that initial gap and paid

:16:43. > :16:53.the price with just a bronze medal. So he has gone through 20

:16:54. > :17:00.kilometres. 15.12 through that final five kilometres section, the one

:17:01. > :17:05.before that was 15.02, but compared to the first ten Cate, it was almost

:17:06. > :17:10.a minute quicker. That is why he has got that gap -- the first ten

:17:11. > :17:14.kilometres. And once he turns into the park and comes back through

:17:15. > :17:20.along Lakeside, he will be approaching the halfway point. It is

:17:21. > :17:23.an early stage of the marathon to be going so hard and building a lead,

:17:24. > :17:28.and they are all looking at each other, there are a few conversations

:17:29. > :17:32.going on in that group. Viktor Rothlin in there with his gold

:17:33. > :17:44.number, the defending champion, in the glasses. And as we saw a few

:17:45. > :17:52.minutes ago, Szost of Poland really struggling.

:17:53. > :17:58.And once they go into the Chinese gardens, they will go to the drinks

:17:59. > :18:04.station and they will get the chance to get a drink from a team official,

:18:05. > :18:08.and they can give information and I am sure many of the officials will

:18:09. > :18:12.be giving information on how big the gap is to Chabowski. Once he

:18:13. > :18:16.disappears up the road, it is hard to gauge how far it is and whether

:18:17. > :18:24.you are closing or if he is still going away.

:18:25. > :18:31.STEVE CRAM: Well, his marathon career started just about three

:18:32. > :18:39.years ago, and when he ran in the big-city marathon in Warsaw, 2:14

:18:40. > :18:42.was his first attempt. He has improved that and he is attempting

:18:43. > :18:49.to try and win this European title here, and it is a brave effort from

:18:50. > :18:58.Chabowski... El Hachimi getting a little clip from Viktor Rothlin as

:18:59. > :19:03.he takes his water on board. Lalli is a familiar figure to

:19:04. > :19:11.cross-country fans over the years. Abraham is still there, Rothlin and

:19:12. > :19:16.Abraham. Abraham cleared to run for Switzerland recently, he has lived

:19:17. > :19:21.here, he lives in Geneva, for ten years. A familiar figure on the road

:19:22. > :19:29.race scene, the marathon scene, here in Switzerland. Just watching Viktor

:19:30. > :19:33.Rothlin as he came through there at the feed station, he was doing the

:19:34. > :19:40.same as one persuades athletes yesterday that at one of the Swiss

:19:41. > :19:51.athletes yesterday, they have that squeezy pack on the outside of the

:19:52. > :19:56.drink, so he is squeezing that at the same time as putting the water

:19:57. > :19:59.over him, so you have the Khyber harder to swallow and the water over

:20:00. > :20:09.you. It is the first time I have seen anything like that. But the

:20:10. > :20:13.leading group are starting to close down that gap. You can see Viktor

:20:14. > :20:19.Rothlin is starting to encourage the pace to move along. He has clearly

:20:20. > :20:26.repaired himself well, as we watch Chabowski, who must be very close to

:20:27. > :20:30.the halfway point now. We might get some information about the halfway

:20:31. > :20:40.point. Yes, there is a clock, there it is. 64:45, so he has picked it

:20:41. > :20:46.up, bringing them under the two hour pace, which is very brave indeed,

:20:47. > :20:53.given the hill, given the course. He is now operating inside his personal

:20:54. > :20:58.best. 2:10, under 2:10, on this course, would be a remarkable

:20:59. > :21:10.performance. The women ran extremely well yesterday, running two, --

:21:11. > :21:14.2:25, Daunay ran a personal best. I think Chabowski has taken some hard

:21:15. > :21:18.from the fact that there are so many people out cheering him. This

:21:19. > :21:23.chasing group are suddenly going to have to think about getting serious.

:21:24. > :21:28.But, remember, there are two more vicious inclines to negotiate

:21:29. > :21:34.between now and at the finish. They make take their toll on Chabowski

:21:35. > :21:41.and I think Rothlin, the defending champion, is running a very sensible

:21:42. > :21:46.race, with his team-mate, Abraham. El Hachimi are Belgium, he has

:21:47. > :21:50.always been keen to move the pace along as they move along the flat

:21:51. > :21:56.part of the course alongside the late. Here is the leader, you can

:21:57. > :22:00.see the motorbike leading the chasing group. It always looks a

:22:01. > :22:05.little bit closer than it really is, when you look ahead on on the

:22:06. > :22:12.motorbike, to the motorbike. But this man, Chabowski, getting more

:22:13. > :22:16.experienced. A solid marathon runner at the moment. He could change that

:22:17. > :22:20.by winning this one. You could say he is good, strong, solid, a good

:22:21. > :22:22.performer, and can he translate a good performance into a championship

:22:23. > :22:37.winning performance. STEVE CRAM: Huge crowds at the

:22:38. > :22:44.intersection where they turn, and on the last lap, this will be where he

:22:45. > :22:49.sees the finishing line. Has he judged this right, Chabowski? It is

:22:50. > :22:58.a brave pace he has said that, not so much the first 5K, but after

:22:59. > :23:03.that, 15-25, that second ten kilometres, it has given him this

:23:04. > :23:08.league, about 48 seconds at the halfway point and now, perhaps,

:23:09. > :23:12.finally, they are starting to think about getting going. You have to be

:23:13. > :23:17.careful, if you are starting your Chase, you have to judge that right.

:23:18. > :23:23.The main thing at the moment is to stop that lead growing. And I think

:23:24. > :23:27.it is still growing, I think he is going away from the field. They are

:23:28. > :23:32.biding their time, looking at each other. Every half a mile that goes

:23:33. > :23:40.by, he gets another five seconds or so. Yes, he gained another four

:23:41. > :23:45.seconds in the garden section of the race between the 20km and half

:23:46. > :23:50.marathon point. Mustafa Mohamed just checking his split times and trying

:23:51. > :23:56.to hang onto the back of that group. I think they are having difficulty

:23:57. > :24:00.organising themselves. Nobody is particularly keen to take the lead.

:24:01. > :24:06.El Hachimi has taken a turn, Abraham has taken a turn, then they have

:24:07. > :24:09.looked to everyone else and no one is particularly keen and the pace

:24:10. > :24:14.settles back then. I still think I would rather be in this chasing

:24:15. > :24:18.group that out there on my own. I know your style of running, Paula,

:24:19. > :24:23.was to be out on your own, running as hard as you could and as fast as

:24:24. > :24:26.you could, but in a competitive race like this, with athletes of a

:24:27. > :24:31.similar ability, I just feel that this chasing group is the area to

:24:32. > :24:40.be. I may be wrong, because Chabowski looks strong. He is

:24:41. > :24:45.experienced at winning races, but I suppose you have to learn somewhere,

:24:46. > :24:49.and this is the place to learn. The person who knows Best is him

:24:50. > :24:54.himself. If you are going to run your own race and go hard at the

:24:55. > :24:59.front, you have to be very confident about the shape you are in. If he

:25:00. > :25:04.has done that right, he has made a good move. If I was sat in this

:25:05. > :25:10.pack, I would be worried, but then I never liked to let people get too

:25:11. > :25:14.far ahead, particularly if I was operating at a slower pace. There

:25:15. > :25:19.are a few in here who are well capable of having gone with him.

:25:20. > :25:24.That is the point, he has made the decision and he is now trying to win

:25:25. > :25:30.this race. In his mind is keeping going, keeping in this position.

:25:31. > :25:37.Behind him, the group have to do two things. They have to lift the pace,

:25:38. > :25:43.54 seconds... It is growing even faster, he is pushing on. It is

:25:44. > :25:48.getting close to a minute, it is a big lead, but in a competitive

:25:49. > :25:51.marathon, in a difficult marathon concerning the course, things can

:25:52. > :25:56.change drastically in the late stages, and often do. Today, are we

:25:57. > :26:02.going to see the drama of the marathon unfold, will we see the

:26:03. > :26:07.chasing group being able to do something about the leader's

:26:08. > :26:11.position? Nearly a minute ahead, almost an hour left of running. That

:26:12. > :26:18.power is what makes the marathon such a dramatic event. -- at that

:26:19. > :26:21.hour. Over the years, we have seen them run biathletes trying to win

:26:22. > :26:25.races. When you are trying to win one for the first time in a

:26:26. > :26:29.championship, it is great to see Chabowski trying to win it for the

:26:30. > :26:35.first time, but is he strong enough, is he experienced enough? We are

:26:36. > :26:42.looking at Meftah, another athlete I thought would have a chance of

:26:43. > :26:45.winning this, a personal best of two hours and nine minutes. He is

:26:46. > :26:48.running a decent race and he is starting to move through, as they

:26:49. > :26:55.come back towards the city centre again. He is running very close to

:26:56. > :27:07.that purple line. Sometimes it can be a bit mesmeric. This is the

:27:08. > :27:12.headquarters of Zurich Insurance and Swiss Life. Did you see the look he

:27:13. > :27:17.got from some of those guys in that group? They should have got the

:27:18. > :27:21.information but I don't think they realised how big that gap was and he

:27:22. > :27:25.got a few surprised glances as they were trying to work out how he had

:27:26. > :27:30.got such a big lead. Some of them have gone to sleep a little bit.

:27:31. > :27:36.Watching Meftah, he has worked his way back onto that group. He was not

:27:37. > :27:39.far ahead of Szost going into the garden section but he seems to have

:27:40. > :27:44.come to be joined at the back of that group. He looked at one point

:27:45. > :27:48.as if you may continue moving past and take up the work at the front of

:27:49. > :27:54.the group but he has settled into the back. You say they were looking

:27:55. > :28:01.across a prize, a few of them will be surprised to see who it was. They

:28:02. > :28:06.won't have noticed him drifting away. Powerful athlete from Poland,

:28:07. > :28:11.Chabowski, at the age of 28, having served his apprenticeship at the

:28:12. > :28:16.shorter distances, starting off as a European junior champion in the

:28:17. > :28:19.steeplechase in 2005. He has got ten years good running behind him, maybe

:28:20. > :28:25.that will give him enough strength and ability to win this one. Can he

:28:26. > :28:36.win it? Can the Polish athlete win the European marathon championship?

:28:37. > :28:44.So it looks as though Viktor Rothlin has deciding they need to get a move

:28:45. > :28:48.on here, because that lead is significant. -- has decided. I am

:28:49. > :28:52.still a little concern for Chabowski. Only his fourth marathon,

:28:53. > :28:58.operating at a personal best pace after a slow first ten kilometres.

:28:59. > :29:03.He doesn't have the experience of some of these other guys. It is a

:29:04. > :29:07.brave effort from him and if it were to pay off, it would be a

:29:08. > :29:15.well-deserved victory, but you just send. Read the two questions are, is

:29:16. > :29:19.there enough in this chasing pack? Abraham has had a difficult year. He

:29:20. > :29:25.was really targeting these championships, but he had two things

:29:26. > :29:29.to worry about. One was actually getting his citizenship agreed and,

:29:30. > :29:33.unlike a lot of countries, Switzerland is a country where you

:29:34. > :29:37.have to live here a long time to be put forward. He did get it agreed

:29:38. > :29:42.and was passed to pay for Switzerland -- run for Switzerland.

:29:43. > :29:47.He is there with Rothlin, he did target this race but he had a couple

:29:48. > :29:51.of races he had to drop out of through injury, perhaps as much

:29:52. > :29:57.precautionary as anything else as he prepared for these championships,

:29:58. > :30:01.but Abraham and Rothlin will be just wondering whether or not they have

:30:02. > :30:05.got it in their legs. It is one thing that this guy is getting away,

:30:06. > :30:13.you have actually then got to be able to chase him down. It looks

:30:14. > :30:21.like they are making an attempt. He saw that gap combroe and now -- grow

:30:22. > :30:27.and now it is the first time he has gone to the front of that pack to

:30:28. > :30:32.get them moving back towards Chabowski. Chabowski did take that

:30:33. > :30:38.detour to go through the mist machine. That may be a sign that the

:30:39. > :30:43.fatigue is starting to take its toll. He has a worried look on his

:30:44. > :30:53.face all the time, but I think that is the natural way he looks when he

:30:54. > :30:59.is running. Yeah that, sort of surprised, worried look. Just

:31:00. > :31:15.negotiating the tram lines. Just starting to fall off the group a bit

:31:16. > :31:21.is Buta of Norway. Our leader crosses the river againment still

:31:22. > :31:35.moving -- crosses the river again. Still moving well. We will get an

:31:36. > :31:45.idea Hoff of how his basis holding up. -- how his pace is holding up.

:31:46. > :31:50.He looks relaxed. Just clicks his watch. That is a 15.10, so he is

:31:51. > :31:58.holding his pace. He is still rung well and you have to say he looks

:31:59. > :32:04.relaxed and still early stages a lot of running still to go, but so far

:32:05. > :32:08.so good for Chabowski. The next few minutes will tell us more as he

:32:09. > :32:15.approaches the incline. He is running along the river, along the

:32:16. > :32:19.flat part of the course, running sensibly between the tram lines. The

:32:20. > :32:26.chasing group are still to cross the bridge. There is Chabowski. There is

:32:27. > :32:33.the chasing group led by Viktor Rothlin as he runs in the shadow of

:32:34. > :32:37.the two towers. Now the scenery is going by the side. It is now about

:32:38. > :32:42.competitive marathon race running and we have a good group of good

:32:43. > :32:48.strong athletes approaching the third time up the hill. We have

:32:49. > :32:56.crowds like the Tour de France when it toured through Yorkshire earlier

:32:57. > :33:01.this year. Now we will see the split time. Now it is getting serious and

:33:02. > :33:06.now it is coming for real and the chasing group, including the

:33:07. > :33:09.champion and the favourite of the locals in Zurich has got to get on

:33:10. > :33:14.with the business of climbing that hill and getting closer to the

:33:15. > :33:22.leader. Can he hold the pace, the lead sner can the chasing -- can he

:33:23. > :33:32.hold the pace, the leader? Can the chasing group do anything about it?

:33:33. > :33:37.The individual race led by Poland at the minute. And the team race, we

:33:38. > :33:43.should keep an eye on that, that is a medal, Italy have a narrow lead

:33:44. > :33:48.over France. But it about getting three people through. Poland

:33:49. > :33:53.starting to struggle. This is Szost, he is off the back of the group of

:33:54. > :33:59.Chabowski, in front, building that lead. That helps his team in terms

:34:00. > :34:08.of time. But Szost has been dropping off and Poland may well have the

:34:09. > :34:13.leader individually, but they have to work hard to hold on to the lead

:34:14. > :34:23.in the team competition. Poland, Italy and France vie fogger that --

:34:24. > :34:29.vying for that team spot. That is a very close team race. I think it is

:34:30. > :34:37.a good addition. It makes the guys who are dropping off, they still

:34:38. > :34:41.have to keep going, there is a medal to b won. It gives the teams the

:34:42. > :34:46.opportunity, although Britain doesn't have a team after the

:34:47. > :34:50.Commonwealth Games which was a huge distraction of being able to target

:34:51. > :34:56.the championships. It would have meant in a normal year, if we can't

:34:57. > :35:09.attack individual medals, you can put people in the events to try and

:35:10. > :35:27.get you to win a team medal. Italy will be helping they can still stay

:35:28. > :35:32.strong. They're well represented. Patile is leading them up the hill.

:35:33. > :35:38.Chabowski still seems to be running strong up the hill. Mohammed on the

:35:39. > :35:44.back of that group trying to hang on. He doesn't like the hills, does

:35:45. > :35:50.he? Every time up the hill he looks as though he is going to lose

:35:51. > :35:56.ground. But he doesn't panic and he tries to make it up over the next

:35:57. > :36:01.five kilometres or so. But he does lose ground up the hill. Chabowski

:36:02. > :36:06.still looks strong up that hill. There is no difference in his style

:36:07. > :36:08.from the first time up the hill and each time he is growing in

:36:09. > :36:14.confidence as he gets the information that that gap has grown.

:36:15. > :36:25.Only he knows how much he has left in his legs. Viktor Rothlin likes

:36:26. > :36:32.this particular point. Just Just brushing the sweat off husband his

:36:33. > :36:37.forehead. He knows he will have to do something special to win this. I

:36:38. > :36:43.will be looking for clues for the leader Chabowski when he climbs that

:36:44. > :36:49.very severe incline and a big effort by Viktor Rothlin and his style of

:36:50. > :36:54.running is he always runs strongly in the late stages. He has always

:36:55. > :36:59.been an athlete who has been able to finish strongly. He was second in

:37:00. > :37:02.the European Championships and then he won the European Championships.

:37:03. > :37:08.So now we are seeing a bit of distress on the face of Chabowski as

:37:09. > :37:17.he climbs this tough incline. That is the first sign, a bit of weakness

:37:18. > :37:30.here. His coach, the Russian athlete, is a very good athlete. He

:37:31. > :37:36.has been well guided and well structured through his training and

:37:37. > :37:42.ready for this one as he comes out and levels. He is hoping one more

:37:43. > :37:47.incline. Do we see any more clues. We will see and get a real clue

:37:48. > :37:59.about the destination of the gold medal. There is the chasing group.

:38:00. > :38:06.Patile of Italy coming close. Lalli, who won the cross country

:38:07. > :38:11.Championships and Mohammed Mustafa getting closer. And you can see what

:38:12. > :38:15.is ahead of them. That is another tough climb. I would like to see the

:38:16. > :38:26.leader to see how he coped with that last incline. Lalli starting to

:38:27. > :38:29.stretch them up the hill. El Hachimi is going backwards. One minute he is

:38:30. > :38:36.struggling and then he is back at the front, trying to push that pace.

:38:37. > :38:47.I think he is struggling to find a pace that suits him. Chabowski

:38:48. > :38:51.crests that highest point again and there is his time through that

:38:52. > :38:57.section. We will get an idea of how big that gap is. I think Chabowski

:38:58. > :39:01.is starting to show more distress. Although up that hill it is natural

:39:02. > :39:18.that your mouth will open more to get more oxygen in. That frown has

:39:19. > :39:23.been on his face since he started. Hard, hard work up that hill. The

:39:24. > :39:29.sun beating down, the temperature rising. It is only going to get

:39:30. > :39:39.tougher as Rothlin, Lalli Abraham, they have got to give chase if they

:39:40. > :39:49.want to win the medal. She Guus mow -- she Shegumo is also in that

:39:50. > :39:56.group. The Italians well represented in that group. The Swiss crossing

:39:57. > :40:04.their fingers, hoping that Rothlin or Abraham can push on. One gold

:40:05. > :40:09.medal for swits Llan in the 400 -- for Switzerland in the 400 metres

:40:10. > :40:17.hurdles. There are more people on the streets. More Swiss flags

:40:18. > :40:24.watching this marathon. It would be marvellous for them if one of theirs

:40:25. > :40:29.could run down the leader. They're just coming across for some drinks

:40:30. > :40:34.there. There is a water station. Not their own feed station. He is

:40:35. > :40:40.starting to look tired to me, that relaxed face is now looking

:40:41. > :40:55.strained. The head is going back a bit. He is still working hard. It is

:40:56. > :41:00.a brave thing to try and do. He is still inexperienced, his fourth

:41:01. > :41:05.marathon. He finished well in Germany in a high quality race,

:41:06. > :41:12.finished fourth. But he wasn't any where near the leader. To actually

:41:13. > :41:17.go out with the lack of experience he has and try and attack this from

:41:18. > :41:21.such an early point on a course like this, you have got to have immense

:41:22. > :41:27.confidence in the shape that you're N He clearly has the confidence.

:41:28. > :41:31.Because he struck out about the 10 kilometre point and he has been

:41:32. > :41:35.running strongly. We are seeing signs, which isn't surprising from

:41:36. > :41:41.the leader. This chasing group when you look at the time. The leader is

:41:42. > :41:46.about a minute and 10 seconds ahead. Now, if he can hold it together and

:41:47. > :41:51.run this last 10 kilometre at the Saturday of pace he what -- sort of

:41:52. > :41:57.pace he has ran the previous 10 kilometres, then he can win. But can

:41:58. > :42:01.he hold it together. One more run along the lake and one more climb up

:42:02. > :42:05.the hill and starting to show the tiredness we would expect of this

:42:06. > :42:09.young man trying to win the Championship marathon. And there is

:42:10. > :42:15.the chasing group. This is the point an hour and a half's rung behind

:42:16. > :42:22.them, things change in marathons. We are looking at him running down to

:42:23. > :42:31.the lake again. He looks comfortable and relaxed there. 22.8 kilometres

:42:32. > :42:37.per hour. He is getting a rare level of support. Wonderful scenes here.

:42:38. > :42:42.This is where you have got to watch this marathon, this is the area you

:42:43. > :42:46.want to be, you can see them several times the crossing and coming back

:42:47. > :42:51.and crossing the bridge. I wonder next time there will be only two

:42:52. > :42:55.kilometres to go, I wonder whether he is still going to have the lead

:42:56. > :42:58.and whether if he does have a lead it is a significant one. If it is

:42:59. > :43:11.still at that point, he has probably got the race won. Reunkov is

:43:12. > :43:16.dropping off that group. Can the group use this hill to eat into the

:43:17. > :43:20.lead and the worrying thing for Chabowski, he will see them catching

:43:21. > :43:25.him, because of the turn arounds. It has been good for him so far,

:43:26. > :43:34.because he has seen his lead building. But will he see his lead

:43:35. > :43:39.start to diminish on this final lap. Meftah pushing on. He has a gap down

:43:40. > :43:48.that hill. He has moved away, better than, he has come down the hill

:43:49. > :44:01.better than those in the yup. Shegumo is still there and. He needs

:44:02. > :44:05.to go off on his own and try and do that. He is a bit in no-man's land

:44:06. > :44:20.as he works back to Chabowski. H he looks as if he is moving

:44:21. > :44:24.nicely. Somebody before we thought would have had a decent chance. He

:44:25. > :44:30.hasn't shown a lot of form this year. And he doesn't have anything

:44:31. > :44:35.which necessarily says he would have stood out as a favourite here. He

:44:36. > :44:43.didn't finish the Olympic marathon, but he is rung strongly here. Now

:44:44. > :44:47.moving away from the chasing group. Meftah after Chabowski. Chabowski

:44:48. > :44:55.starting to look tired. Starting to look a bit strained. Maybe in his

:44:56. > :45:01.mind he starts to doubt whether or not I have made the right decision.

:45:02. > :45:15.But he has to just go for it. He has no other choice. So that is the

:45:16. > :45:20.second placed athlete. Here is the battle for third at the moment, that

:45:21. > :45:29.is now just by men in that group, and by watching, as Meftah start to

:45:30. > :45:36.pull away. -- they are watching. But still a good 40 minutes or so left

:45:37. > :45:44.in this race. Mark Butler said he was reminded of Munich, 2002, when

:45:45. > :45:48.someone ran away from the field, they let him break away and he run

:45:49. > :45:53.it. That is what has happened here, Chabowski has broken away, the more

:45:54. > :45:58.fancied athletes have stayed in a group and for the first time,

:45:59. > :46:04.Meftah, has broken from the group to try and close the gap. We will see

:46:05. > :46:08.some revealing signs, is the gap closing all is Chabowski just going

:46:09. > :46:11.to keep it together, hold it together and continue that gap,

:46:12. > :46:17.which is about one minute and ten seconds. If it stays around a

:46:18. > :46:24.minute, you would be betting on him. If it gets less than that, you would

:46:25. > :46:28.have to think that this man, former European junior steeplechase

:46:29. > :46:33.champion, well guided by his coach over the distances, can he keep

:46:34. > :46:39.going and he looks a bit stronger than he did on the top of the hill.

:46:40. > :46:48.The latest indication was he had lost three or four seconds, one

:46:49. > :46:52.minute and seven seconds. That camera angle makes those chasers

:46:53. > :46:59.that a lot closer than they actually are, but he will get a view,

:47:00. > :47:03.although when he turns right, running along the leg side, he will

:47:04. > :47:10.not becoming directly back against them, so he went see them entirely

:47:11. > :47:13.-- lakeside. But he looks a bit tired to make a bit more

:47:14. > :47:21.flat-footed, and a bit of rolling action in his style now. But he will

:47:22. > :47:24.try and hang onto this lead. Yes, he looks a little bit fatigued, he

:47:25. > :47:30.doesn't have the same bounce as he had in the beginning. Meftah, I

:47:31. > :47:33.thought he did look smooth and comfortable, although it looks that

:47:34. > :47:38.gap is closing a little bit too Rothlin under the group behind him.

:47:39. > :47:44.When he originally pushed ahead, Meftah, I thought it was significant

:47:45. > :47:48.that Rothlin was not able to go with him, because if he could do anymore

:47:49. > :47:55.to close this gap then, he would have taken the opportunity. Bear is

:47:56. > :48:00.the 30 kilometre time, he was over one minute and ten seconds ahead of

:48:01. > :48:06.the chasing group just a moment ago. Let's see where it is when the

:48:07. > :48:16.closing group them in now. Meftah has a bit of a gap on the rest of

:48:17. > :48:24.the group. Just behind him, still Viktor Rothlin in that chasing

:48:25. > :48:30.group. I don't think it is just about how far behind they are, the

:48:31. > :48:35.significant thing was that Chabowski's 5K split was 15:44, the

:48:36. > :48:38.slowest of the whole race, which means he is slowing significantly.

:48:39. > :48:46.But the group aren't moving that much quicker than him. He has slowed

:48:47. > :48:50.a lot, but they have not sped up, so the gap has not diminished that

:48:51. > :48:57.much. It is diminishing, but the question is how slow he gets, and if

:48:58. > :49:01.anyone in the group can push on. He will see when he turns what the gap

:49:02. > :49:06.is and they will also get the chance to see how well he is coping, which

:49:07. > :49:10.can sometimes produce renewed energy. But we have a real race on

:49:11. > :49:15.our hands, the classic drama of the marathon. The chasing group waited

:49:16. > :49:23.and waited and now there are gaps in merging in that chasing group. I

:49:24. > :49:27.think Chabowski is getting really tired, he dropped his drink, pouring

:49:28. > :49:34.water on his head. Are these the signs of a man who has run too

:49:35. > :49:39.fast? If he keeps going at the pace he went earlier, he will win this

:49:40. > :49:47.race. And Steve saying the five kilometres split was the slowest of

:49:48. > :49:52.the race, there is a group here, including Rothlin, but can pick up

:49:53. > :50:04.the pieces. There is one big more big climb for Chabowski to come.

:50:05. > :50:09.Polish never one marathon European Championships medal. Rothlin just

:50:10. > :50:15.falling off that group. However, he can be very strong in the last ten

:50:16. > :50:18.kilometres of marathon race, he has demonstrated that on several

:50:19. > :50:21.occasions in the past. He has been a champion, been as silver-medallist

:50:22. > :50:26.and does not want to finish his career without a medal, but this is

:50:27. > :50:31.an interesting time for the Swiss favourite. Yes, not interesting in

:50:32. > :50:42.the sense that anything good is happening for him. He just looks a

:50:43. > :50:47.bit tired now. But as we all know, ten kilometres of hard running,

:50:48. > :50:57.there or thereabouts, and all sorts of things will happen. Rothlin will

:50:58. > :51:01.be strong but you wonder at the age of 39 if he has the chance of a

:51:02. > :51:06.medal. The leader being encouraged by big crowds as he heads back onto

:51:07. > :51:11.the road. Next time around, if he still has a lead, he will not be far

:51:12. > :51:20.from the finish, just a few hundred metres. Viktor Rothlin watching the

:51:21. > :51:37.medals may be moving away from him. The chasing group, Meftah is in

:51:38. > :51:44.there, Shegumo, and this is a difficult time for Rothlin, not able

:51:45. > :51:47.to go with the group. He has had a great career and there is nothing he

:51:48. > :51:54.would like better than to finish off his career in his last race with at

:51:55. > :51:57.least a medal here. He has been a medallist in the last two runnings

:51:58. > :52:01.of the European Championships Marathon and desperately wants one

:52:02. > :52:11.on his home turf, but is it slipping away from him? Here is the leader, I

:52:12. > :52:16.think he is tiring badly now. Trying to renew himself, but the strain of

:52:17. > :52:19.leading the marathon, if you look at the cadence, his legs are slowing,

:52:20. > :52:25.he is looking distressed, going through a bad patch. When you do go

:52:26. > :52:30.through bad patches are times in the marathon, you have to handle it

:52:31. > :52:33.mentally, don't you. You do, you have to accept, really, when you

:52:34. > :52:36.move to marathon racing that you will always have a bad patch, no

:52:37. > :52:43.matter how good the races, you will have at least one bad patch and the

:52:44. > :52:46.thing is to find anything, something, to focus on and believe

:52:47. > :52:53.you will come out at the other side and feel better and regain momentum.

:52:54. > :53:00.Any a little technique you can think of to help stay in that moment. The

:53:01. > :53:09.track specialist, the 10,000 metre man, is the one giving chase here.

:53:10. > :53:17.That has confused me a bit, that is Meucci. He has managed to find a

:53:18. > :53:26.little bit extra. Meftah had been leading the chase, but Meucci thinks

:53:27. > :53:32.he has enough here. After finishing in sixth in the 10,000m on Wednesday

:53:33. > :53:35.night, he looks good, doesn't he? My question really was that it

:53:36. > :53:42.Chabowski has slowed, the group haven't picked it up that much, and

:53:43. > :53:50.somebody needs to pick it up. If he could run last ten kilometres of

:53:51. > :53:56.anything under 31 minutes, maybe 35 or 40 for the last ten K, it is a

:53:57. > :54:06.big as, but he could close the gap. It Chabowski keeps slowing, it will

:54:07. > :54:10.make his life even easier. Chabowski making the turn, the next time it

:54:11. > :54:15.will be the finishing line. One lap to go, but it is a big lap. It is

:54:16. > :54:21.ten kilometres of hard running with a big hill in it and at least one

:54:22. > :54:25.chasing him down. But the crowds will support him, the crowds will

:54:26. > :54:30.give him some encouragement, but he is hurting, he is really hurting

:54:31. > :54:35.now. I think the crowds will support him, but he is spoiling the Swiss

:54:36. > :54:44.party a little bit. Not getting a huge amount of support. Meucci, when

:54:45. > :54:49.he ran the 10,000m, he didn't really commit or take it on at any point,

:54:50. > :55:01.so I wonder if this has been his main target all along. We saw women

:55:02. > :55:06.do the same, but I don't think the marathon was that same focus, but

:55:07. > :55:13.Meucci didn't take on Mo Farah at any point in that race but he seems

:55:14. > :55:16.to be committing to this. Former medallist at 10,000m in the last

:55:17. > :55:20.championship, running himself into a medal position here in the marathon.

:55:21. > :55:24.championship, running himself into a medal position Paula said he didn't

:55:25. > :55:31.commit too much to the 10,000m and that is absolutely true. As we look

:55:32. > :55:35.at Guerra, Shegumo of Poland, Meftah of France and then a gap to Viktor

:55:36. > :55:41.Rothlin, who is really going through a bad patch at this point. And once

:55:42. > :55:47.again, upfront, a Polish athlete. A Polish athlete in that chasing

:55:48. > :55:51.group. Meucci, the Italian. This crowd really responding and giving

:55:52. > :55:56.him a great farewell run for Viktor Rothlin, who has been a of Swiss

:55:57. > :56:02.athletics. We watch Meucci, the former medallist at the 10,000m, can

:56:03. > :56:08.he stepped up to the marathon. A gap of 41 seconds. I would like to see

:56:09. > :56:16.how the leader is coping with this late stage, because he lived to be

:56:17. > :56:22.struggling. That is about 20 seconds that Meucci has picked off in the

:56:23. > :56:26.last mile or so. Certainly the last couple of kilometres. This is where

:56:27. > :56:34.Jablonski will get a very good view -- Chabowski. They run alongside the

:56:35. > :56:37.lake, they do a sharp turnaround, and he will see that Meucci is

:56:38. > :56:42.closing the gap and he is struggling now, dropping his arms, maybe

:56:43. > :56:49.getting cramp. The fatigue is really starting to build. I didn't

:56:50. > :56:54.understand why he was going so hard when he did go so hard. A bit of a

:56:55. > :57:00.lack of experience and maybe when he got away, he thought, I am going to

:57:01. > :57:02.go over it, and he is paying for it, and he is paying for it. Real

:57:03. > :57:07.tiredness setting in now for Chabowski Poland. A brave effort to

:57:08. > :57:15.try and win this race. He still has a 44 second gap, working hard to try

:57:16. > :57:24.to take a medal, but there is a chaser in the form of Daniele Meucci

:57:25. > :57:29.of Italy. We can see Chabowski really working hard here, the strain

:57:30. > :57:34.on his face shows everything. It is a hard one. The distance is catching

:57:35. > :57:42.him. And the athlete behind is catching him to. And remember, he

:57:43. > :57:47.knows, he has been up it three times, it is not long before he has

:57:48. > :57:55.to have that incline, can he cope with it this time and therefore the

:57:56. > :58:00.first time, in the shop, Daniele Meucci of Italy, running so well.

:58:01. > :58:06.And there you begin to wonder whether the long-time leader, will

:58:07. > :58:12.he surrendered the lead fairly soon mad I wonder if he will get a

:58:13. > :58:17.medal? He is looking in a bad way and there is a strong group coming,

:58:18. > :58:25.and his team-mate, Shegumo, is in there, and Meftah. That is getting

:58:26. > :58:29.interesting, this is what makes the drama of the marathon. This is going

:58:30. > :58:35.to be a hard knock, mentally, when he sees how much the gap has closed,

:58:36. > :58:39.just in that short section of three or four kilometres. He can see they

:58:40. > :58:45.are moving clearly much better than him and it will be hard to take. I

:58:46. > :58:50.am sorry to say, I don't think it is going to be too long before he loses

:58:51. > :58:54.that lead. I was making the point earlier, Shegumo beat Chabowski in

:58:55. > :59:00.the marathon in Poland earlier in the season. He is now in third

:59:01. > :59:07.place. Guerra are Spain tried to hang onto as much as he possibly

:59:08. > :59:13.can. And Meftah of France, with Rothlin really struggling now. These

:59:14. > :59:19.are the ones you think are contesting the medals and it may be

:59:20. > :59:22.that these three catch Chabowski. I wouldn't be surprised, Chabowski

:59:23. > :59:28.looks like he is really struggling. Meucci has timed this well. Rothlin

:59:29. > :59:31.is still keeping strong, he will stay strong, he probably just

:59:32. > :59:37.doesn't have it in the legs anymore. 39 years of age and he so

:59:38. > :59:41.hoped he could go out with a medal here. Seven. He may find himself

:59:42. > :59:49.just one or two places shy of that, but still some running to be done

:59:50. > :59:55.here. But there is some experienced ahead of him. Meucci looks as though

:59:56. > :00:00.he has timed his effort well. They know what they are doing. And in

:00:01. > :00:03.their bid to try and win a medal, you never know, one of them might

:00:04. > :00:16.fall apart a little bit, so Rothlin will keep going and try and stay

:00:17. > :00:21.strong. That is a big gap now and all of them avoiding the mist on

:00:22. > :00:24.this lap. I'm not sure if Chabowski went through there. But these guys

:00:25. > :00:29.have got real intent and know they have a chance of a medal. They're

:00:30. > :00:34.watching Meucci give chase for the gold. But they must have seen

:00:35. > :00:41.Chabowski, this three must think I can catch him and we still have a

:00:42. > :00:44.chance of a medal. Yes and I'm sure they will be getting information

:00:45. > :00:49.from team officials on the course who will be helping just to relay

:00:50. > :00:54.about the size of the gap and about how tired Chabowski is looking. Now

:00:55. > :01:01.you can see Meucci has him in his sights. I think your right, it won't

:01:02. > :01:08.be long at all. I fear as to whether Chabowski is going to complete this

:01:09. > :01:14.last lap. That is a man who is falling apart. Too much too soon,

:01:15. > :01:19.too fast, too hard. A misjudgment from the Polish athlete and it is a

:01:20. > :01:23.shame when it happens, but it is a feature of marathon running. You

:01:24. > :01:29.have to be patient and know your limitations. Meucci, this is only

:01:30. > :01:33.his third marathon, but he has got huge experience and he knows, or he

:01:34. > :01:38.knew that pace that Chabowski was setting was something that he

:01:39. > :01:44.couldn't go in that early stage. He looks good and strong. They have got

:01:45. > :01:49.a great background of marathon running the Italians, they know how

:01:50. > :01:57.to prepare and they have some good coaches. As he now runs along the

:01:58. > :02:01.street into the centre again and towards that incline, you can sense

:02:02. > :02:09.that we are going to have a new leader. Guerra and Shegumo and I

:02:10. > :02:13.would bet there is medals for tleez 3-2. Two of those three will get a

:02:14. > :02:19.medal. We are looking at a very tired and strained leader. I hope we

:02:20. > :02:24.are going to be there to see what will be the drama as they turn off

:02:25. > :02:29.and there is the leader. Really straining, really struggling. He has

:02:30. > :02:33.made a brave effort. But it wasn't as considered an effort as it's

:02:34. > :02:40.turned out. He is digging into his shorts. He probably has that drink

:02:41. > :02:55.in his, the gel in his pocket. But now here comes Danielle Meucci as

:02:56. > :03:06.they come off the Munster Platz. And we will see some drama. Daniele

:03:07. > :03:11.Meucci powers past him and Dan ye Meucci for the first time hits the

:03:12. > :03:15.front. Comes across the river Limmat and look at how quickly that gap has

:03:16. > :03:22.opened. He will start thinking quickly about the hill. You have got

:03:23. > :03:27.to tackle it now, Dan ye, iele, you have got to work at it and the gold

:03:28. > :03:35.could be won in the next few minutes. Because he is still running

:03:36. > :03:39.strongly in the shadow of Gross Munster, the Italian hits the front

:03:40. > :03:47.and the crowds are responding. This is a great piece of drama. This what

:03:48. > :03:53.is marathon running is about. Gauging your effort, taking your

:03:54. > :03:57.time. Look how quickly that gap is opening and he will struggle to get

:03:58. > :04:03.a medal at all. He is very tired. You could see he was struggling also

:04:04. > :04:06.with a stitch and his legs have gone. I do feel for how he is going

:04:07. > :04:19.to get up this hill this time and get down it as well. Maybe Shegumo

:04:20. > :04:23.will give him some encouragement, because they have a chance in the

:04:24. > :04:35.team event. Rothlin is struggling, because he has been passed by a

:04:36. > :04:39.Russian as well. Reunkov has timed his effort well. You always look for

:04:40. > :04:52.somebody coming from a long way back. Meucci is still a burgeoning

:04:53. > :04:56.marathon career. He went to New York and ran the half marathon and he

:04:57. > :05:06.went back last year to New York. He was the first European to finish in

:05:07. > :05:10.last year's New York marathon. That maybe gave an indication and here

:05:11. > :05:15.looking very strong and confident and you can't see anybody catching

:05:16. > :05:31.him. The only question is the hill. Will he cope with the hill OK? Just

:05:32. > :05:35.grim grimacing a bit. He looked relaxed. Maybe it was a bit of sweat

:05:36. > :05:41.in his eyes and maybe it was the sun in his eyes. Or maybe he got a sugar

:05:42. > :05:46.rush as he had taken his drink there. But he is very accomplished

:05:47. > :05:51.over the tougher courses like in New York and I think that will stand him

:05:52. > :05:56.in good stead now as he attacks this hill. He seems to be moving away

:05:57. > :06:02.from the field and the biggest danger is from Reunkov who is coming

:06:03. > :06:12.through. Shegumo there just moving much better. He will pass his team

:06:13. > :06:20.mate quickly. The former Ethiopian. Now competing for Poland. He won the

:06:21. > :06:28.Lodge marathon in April. His last marathon before this. He has timed

:06:29. > :06:35.his effort well here. On that day, he beat Chabowski, Chabowski

:06:36. > :06:40.finished fifth. But he has got it horribly wrong. If he does finish in

:06:41. > :06:46.the top five, if he finishes at all. He is almost coming to a stop. I

:06:47. > :06:50.can't see him finishing this race. There he stops. As I said that, the

:06:51. > :06:57.hill finally too much for him. He has run his race and that is what

:06:58. > :07:06.happens. I know we were saying, Brendan, your old coach's saying,

:07:07. > :07:09.when you run out of energy, it just goes completely and there is nothing

:07:10. > :07:14.you can do. He has just stepped to one side. It won't help his team.

:07:15. > :07:20.That is what I was about to say. He steps aside as the other Polish

:07:21. > :07:29.runner comes past and so no interest in battling on now he is no longer

:07:30. > :07:35.the first Polish runner. But he is in a bad way. The most significant

:07:36. > :07:41.thing would be trying to absorb the impact coming down the hill. I'm not

:07:42. > :07:46.sure his leg would have taken that. A seriously brave effort to try and

:07:47. > :07:54.win the race by Chabowski of Poe last night and -- Poland. Now Meucci

:07:55. > :07:59.has to conserve his energy. He looked a bit tired before, now he is

:08:00. > :08:03.relaxing into the position. He has counted ate couple of times. --

:08:04. > :08:12.counted it a couple of times. He knows in his mind he knows in his

:08:13. > :08:17.approach, as the Shegumo, the former Ethiopian athlete, who went to

:08:18. > :08:21.Poland for the world youth Championships and represented

:08:22. > :08:27.Ethiopia in the 400 metres. He decided to stay there. He has stayed

:08:28. > :08:32.there since and worked through to marathon. He won two marathons in

:08:33. > :08:36.Poland last year and he has decided that Chabowski wasn't going to have

:08:37. > :08:40.the beating of himment he allowed him to go and he is in second place

:08:41. > :08:45.now. So Poland, while having an effort to tray and win the gold look

:08:46. > :08:56.as though the Polish team will be rewarded with a medal and Shegumo is

:08:57. > :09:00.running himself into a medal position and followed give Guerra.

:09:01. > :09:08.There they are. The charging Russian issing closing the gap. Reunkov is,

:09:09. > :09:11.a while ago he was 40 seconds behind the leader. I'm not sure he is 40

:09:12. > :09:16.seconds behind now. It will be the leader. I'm not sure he is 40

:09:17. > :09:22.interesting. Reunkov is a man who we need to keep an eye on. He is in

:09:23. > :09:29.fourth and he can see Guerra, the local director is looking at

:09:30. > :09:36.Rothlin. But Rune koifs passing people all the time. I wonder if he

:09:37. > :09:39.can put in a good hill and close the gap. Shegumo working hard up the

:09:40. > :09:50.hill. It is tough and hard to maintain rift m. -- rhythm. Here is

:09:51. > :09:53.the Russian eating up the ground. Guerra attacking the hill. I think

:09:54. > :10:03.he is taking yards out of the men Guerra attacking the hill. I think

:10:04. > :10:09.front of him. Just look how much he has taken out of him in that climb.

:10:10. > :10:14.Rothlin is closing down. He has, as we talked about, the experience of

:10:15. > :10:18.the hill. He has put this hill to suit him. But Reunkov is looking

:10:19. > :10:25.that much stronger up the hill. There is the second placed Shegumo

:10:26. > :10:31.of Poland. Another climb to face before you can, and he is struggling

:10:32. > :10:34.as well. He has got lots of tapes on his legs. Maybe he has been

:10:35. > :10:40.suffering from some kind of injury. But he is finding this bit tough

:10:41. > :10:46.too. Steve, you picked out the Russian. As we watch the leader at

:10:47. > :10:51.the highest point. Relief for Daniele Meucci, because now it is

:10:52. > :10:56.steady and he can relax. Then it is level along the lakeside. Shegumo is

:10:57. > :11:00.now in that area where the energy is running out. He is paying for his

:11:01. > :11:08.effort too. The Meucci has got a lead now and it is at least 25

:11:09. > :11:13.seconds or more. Shegumo, well, a few minutes ago we were giving him

:11:14. > :11:19.the silver medal. Now, he is going through to a point will he get a

:11:20. > :11:25.medal at all, as he reaches the highest point. He is 39 seconds

:11:26. > :11:30.behind the leader. And there he is being chased by Guerra, the first

:11:31. > :11:35.European to finish in the World Championships last year and then the

:11:36. > :11:39.Russian, Reunkov, moving well. Moving better than anyone at this

:11:40. > :11:45.point. Closing those gaps. A couple of seconds from a medal. A couple of

:11:46. > :11:52.seconds from a silver medal. 38 seconds and more from a gold medal

:11:53. > :11:58.as the gold medal favourite, who helped design this course, Viktor

:11:59. > :12:05.Rothlin comes across the highest part of the course, being chased by

:12:06. > :12:09.Meftah of France. Still things to happen in the late stages of this

:12:10. > :12:16.marathon. Meucci, that is a good lead and it looks as though it is

:12:17. > :12:21.one he is consolidating. If he can negotiate himself down the hill,

:12:22. > :12:25.without doing too much damage to the quads. He looks OK to me. Working

:12:26. > :12:33.hard, but you should be at this stage. He will just have two or

:12:34. > :12:37.three kilometres to go. When he gets to the bottom of the hill, he will

:12:38. > :12:44.see the finish line and turn away and go left along the lake. But this

:12:45. > :12:52.is still a race for the minor medals here. Shegumo will be enjoying this

:12:53. > :13:01.down hill section. He certainly didn't enjoy the uphill section. And

:13:02. > :13:08.Guerra and Reunkov not far away. Italy first, Poland second, Spain

:13:09. > :13:13.third and Russia very close behind in fourth. Just trying to stay

:13:14. > :13:21.relaxed as much as he can. It hurts the leg when you're this tired and

:13:22. > :13:26.running down hill. I think he needs to do, he needs to relax as much as

:13:27. > :13:32.possible. But it is very hard to do when your legs are fatigued,

:13:33. > :13:37.different areas of your muscles are cramping up and sliding in your

:13:38. > :13:45.shoes so, the feet are sliding down and people get bruised toe nails and

:13:46. > :13:54.finish with bleeding toe nails sometimes. That is a significant gap

:13:55. > :13:59.with not too far to go. Shegumo of Poland has been running for Poland

:14:00. > :14:04.for eleven years now, a former Ethiopian as Brendan was saying. And

:14:05. > :14:12.now looks as though he is running strong again. But is he going to

:14:13. > :14:16.come under pressure with Guerra and Reunkov trying to give chase. There

:14:17. > :14:19.is the leader. Almost at the bottom of the hill. He will take a left

:14:20. > :14:23.hand turn. If he looks ahead he will be able to see the finish line and

:14:24. > :14:31.that will await him in about ten minutes or so. 23.3 kilometres an

:14:32. > :14:36.hour. That is a good speed. We wouldn't normally talk about hi

:14:37. > :14:41.speed. You contrast it with the previous laps. Chabowski did the

:14:42. > :14:46.first lap at 24.5 and slowed down to 22 and so he has picked it up again.

:14:47. > :14:49.At this stage he is running comfortable and he is probably

:14:50. > :14:57.relieved that is the last time he has to come down that section. : The

:14:58. > :15:00.crowd are close on the side of the road and they're cheering him. He

:15:01. > :15:06.has runned a measured and considered race and he is now, see how close

:15:07. > :15:22.they are to the runners. It is a great boost after two hours of

:15:23. > :15:27.running. Not budge further for Shegumo to win: 's first ever medal

:15:28. > :15:31.in the marathon in the European Championships -- not much further.

:15:32. > :15:35.He went through a bad patch, he is now beginning to hold it together,

:15:36. > :15:40.but I wonder, are the medals settled in one, are the medals settled in

:15:41. > :15:52.one, two, three? Meucci an Shegumo looks settled, but this may change.

:15:53. > :16:00.The biggest cheer, and well-deserved biggest cheer, is for Viktor Rothlin

:16:01. > :16:02.of Switzerland, bronze, silver-medallist and then

:16:03. > :16:06.gold-medallist in the European Championships. Enjoying the last

:16:07. > :16:11.moment of a great career. He says after today, that is it, he is going

:16:12. > :16:16.to go climbing in the hills, but not running marathons in the hills

:16:17. > :16:22.anymore. And very, very tough character, though, and he is hanging

:16:23. > :16:27.in strongly. It is interesting that he has had a hand in designing it

:16:28. > :16:31.yet he does not seem comfortable in the downhill section. Meftah is a

:16:32. > :16:40.much more comfortable downhill runner, he came down the hill with a

:16:41. > :16:49.significant lead over Meftah and he ended up going past him. The leader,

:16:50. > :16:54.enjoying, if you can enjoy, these last couple of kilometres, because I

:16:55. > :16:59.think he must now be realising that he has got it together, he is not

:17:00. > :17:04.going to fall apart, he has got a big enough lead. Shegumo is doing

:17:05. > :17:09.his best to chase, but although the camera makes it look as though he is

:17:10. > :17:18.not too far in the distance, he is well away, and I think Meucci, looks

:17:19. > :17:22.strong, moving nicely, undoubtedly tired and undoubtedly hurting, and

:17:23. > :17:26.the pace has dropped quite significantly in terms of this race.

:17:27. > :17:36.I thought we might have been heading close to the championship record of

:17:37. > :17:41.2:10 .31, but the heat, the fast-paced set in the middle of the

:17:42. > :17:48.race by Chabowski, it has taken its toll. Meucci is the one who has

:17:49. > :17:52.judged it well and is heading for gold. He has judged it brilliantly

:17:53. > :17:56.and I am really pleased for this event. The championships themselves,

:17:57. > :18:01.we have had sometimes sparse attendances, but we have had record

:18:02. > :18:04.crowds here, massive crowds, supporting the men's marathon on a

:18:05. > :18:07.beautiful day. And Steve said supporting the men's marathon on a

:18:08. > :18:11.beautiful day. earlier, he could be enjoying this part of the race.

:18:12. > :18:18.Paula, you are the only one here who knows about that. Can you enjoy the

:18:19. > :18:22.last couple of miles of marathon if you are winning? When you are

:18:23. > :18:28.winning, you can enjoy it, but you cannot allow your mind to think you

:18:29. > :18:33.have already won it. So, yes, probably when he gets information at

:18:34. > :18:36.the next drinks station, the team officials will give him information

:18:37. > :18:40.on the gap, but it is still going to hurt. It'll just help him take the

:18:41. > :18:48.hurt a little better and keep working hard to the finish. I am

:18:49. > :18:51.sure he will still take a few moments to say, remember this,

:18:52. > :18:56.because when it gets tough in training and erases in the future,

:18:57. > :19:01.you had to summon up again the feeling you have here. So it is not

:19:02. > :19:07.enjoying it, it is feeling the experience, rather than enjoying it.

:19:08. > :19:11.Take the memories, you can enjoy them afterwards, but right now, he

:19:12. > :19:16.will not be enjoying the feeling too much. But it will give him extra

:19:17. > :19:20.energy, I think. As you saw with Christelle Daunay yesterday, as she

:19:21. > :19:29.got that gap and moved away, she got or other spring in her step. Changes

:19:30. > :19:39.further down. Reunkov has gone into third place. The Russian may well

:19:40. > :19:50.now have silver in his sights. He will try and chase Shegumo.

:19:51. > :20:01.It is not going to be a course record, probably closer to 2:12, to

:20:02. > :20:06.be honest, but that is irrelevant. He could still get a personal best,

:20:07. > :20:12.but what about the silver medal? Shegumo looks like he is really

:20:13. > :20:28.hurting. Guerra watching as sha bunk of a -- Shegumo moves away. The

:20:29. > :20:32.Russian has come on strongly, Shegumo looks as though he is

:20:33. > :20:39.struggling as well and Reunkov, who has been as strong as anyone in the

:20:40. > :20:45.last section, he has got a bronze, could he get silver? Guerra, having

:20:46. > :20:49.run so well, now in fourth place, one minute behind the leader and

:20:50. > :20:55.losing yards all the way to Reunkov. As they turn into the park,

:20:56. > :20:59.the sheltered area alongside the lake. On normal days, very, very

:21:00. > :21:10.pleasant area and on days like today, we just had Paula explaining

:21:11. > :21:16.how Daniel Meucci -- Daniele Meucci will not be enjoying this, but will

:21:17. > :21:20.be savouring the experience. He ran well in New York, he won well in

:21:21. > :21:26.Rome and he is on his way to a glorious victory in the European

:21:27. > :21:32.Championship. A resurgence by Viktor Rothlin, running so strong, as he

:21:33. > :21:39.always does, in the later stages. And there, as the helicopter shows

:21:40. > :21:47.us, at least running alongside the lake -- athletes running alongside

:21:48. > :21:52.the lake. He is starting to look to the side now, I am not sure if he is

:21:53. > :22:00.looking for friends or anything else. There is no danger for him,

:22:01. > :22:07.but has Reunkov the Russian got enough time to catch Shegumo of

:22:08. > :22:13.Poland ahead of him? He may not take anything on board. Looking for his

:22:14. > :22:20.table. I think he has grabbed one last little bit of sustenance for

:22:21. > :22:23.this last few minutes of running, Shegumo looks tired, but does he

:22:24. > :22:33.have enough room to hang on? He looks very tired but -- to me, and

:22:34. > :22:42.Reunkov must be about ten seconds behind him. He has a chance here.

:22:43. > :22:47.You saw Christel do -- Christelle Daunay come through here, she ran

:22:48. > :22:53.the corners very well, it is about conserving energy and it is hard to

:22:54. > :22:57.do it on tired legs. The purple line doesn't actually show the best route

:22:58. > :23:03.to take, she was very good at doing it and we will see if Reunkov can do

:23:04. > :23:08.that and if he can see that Shegumo is tiring. Moving well, bouncing

:23:09. > :23:14.along, heading towards the gold medal, Daniele Meucci. It is only

:23:15. > :23:17.his third marathon. That clock is ticking away but he has a good

:23:18. > :23:24.chance of running a new personal best here. He is a very, very good

:23:25. > :23:29.track athlete and he has made a good move up to the roads. A medallist in

:23:30. > :23:34.these European Championships over 10,000m in the previous two

:23:35. > :23:41.championships, he was in six on Wednesday night against Mo Farah and

:23:42. > :23:44.Andy Vernon, but doesn't he look good now? I am sure as he went

:23:45. > :23:49.through the one kilometre to go mark, he calculated where his

:23:50. > :23:58.personal best was and roughly how long he had to get there. If nothing

:23:59. > :24:01.else, it keeps his had focused -- had focused on something. I was

:24:02. > :24:05.wrong when I said yesterday that Daunay would not pick up a flag, but

:24:06. > :24:16.if he is going for a personal flat at a delete best, I doubt he will --

:24:17. > :24:19.a personal best, I doubt he will. We have seen athletes coming back and

:24:20. > :24:27.trying to close the gap, we are seeing Reunkov of Russia running

:24:28. > :24:32.through. There is second placed, Shegumo, representing Poland. And

:24:33. > :24:37.the leader, when he comes around this corner, will have the finish,

:24:38. > :24:44.as he looks across the lake, in his sights. Two hours and nine minutes

:24:45. > :24:49.on the clock so far. We go back to the leader, running along the lake

:24:50. > :24:54.side. Fantastic crowd supporting him, including those on the right

:24:55. > :24:58.hand side looking at the big screen. Daniele Meucci of Italy,

:24:59. > :25:08.bronze-medallist in 2010 in the European 10,000m. Silver-medallist

:25:09. > :25:11.in 2012. And now, a third effort in the European Championships and on

:25:12. > :25:19.his way to a gold medal in the marathon for Italy. In second place,

:25:20. > :25:24.at the moment, should go mile of Poland -- Shegumo of Poland. And as

:25:25. > :25:31.we see Daniele Meucci come towards the finishing line, he will be the

:25:32. > :25:42.third Italian athlete to win a gold medal in the marathon. Maldini and

:25:43. > :25:47.Bordin both went on to become Olympic champions. He says he wants

:25:48. > :25:54.the cheers and he deserves it. The Italian flag, let's see if he grabs

:25:55. > :26:00.it. Yes, he does. He has a chance of a personal best as well. He puts the

:26:01. > :26:05.flag in one hand, waves with the other. Accepting the adulation of

:26:06. > :26:09.the huge crowds here at the end of a marathon. Daniele Meucci of Italy is

:26:10. > :26:14.going to be the European champion in only his third marathon. A well

:26:15. > :26:19.judged race, got his tactics perfectly right on the day. It is

:26:20. > :26:25.gold for Italy, a new personal best, just outside two hours and 11

:26:26. > :26:33.minutes. What a great run from Meucci. Second place, Shegumo of

:26:34. > :26:38.Poland, looking tired, still just got enough in the legs to hang onto

:26:39. > :26:44.the silver medal. Reunkov of Russia charging behind, but he couldn't

:26:45. > :26:51.quite catch him, didn't have enough time. There was a long-time leader

:26:52. > :26:56.from Poland, Schabowski, looked like he might win a medal for a long time

:26:57. > :27:01.and then he fell apart in the last ten kilometres and it was left to

:27:02. > :27:06.his team-mate, who finds a sprint at the end, and Shegumo with a great,

:27:07. > :27:15.strong finish, representing Poland. He will take the silver medal. His

:27:16. > :27:20.arms go up, well done to him. And there was a late charge from Reunkov

:27:21. > :27:25.of Russia, which has rewarded him with a bronze medal. So strong on

:27:26. > :27:30.the hills, and look how much that means to him, congratulations to

:27:31. > :27:34.Reunkov, as he crosses the line in just outside two hours and 12

:27:35. > :27:41.minutes. Some tired athletes now, a tough day, tough course. Lovely

:27:42. > :27:45.weather to watch, not great weather, necessarily, for running

:27:46. > :27:51.the marathon. Guerra comes in in fourth place, perhaps the worst

:27:52. > :27:56.place to finish in a marathon. And just behind him, I think we are

:27:57. > :28:05.going to hear a great cheer, the man who started this race, -- as one of

:28:06. > :28:10.the great hopes for Switzerland. It wasn't to be for Viktor Rothlin.

:28:11. > :28:16.There he is. He is a great hero and he is getting a great reception. He

:28:17. > :28:20.has been a great champion, he has run a terrific race and that is the

:28:21. > :28:25.end of a great career. He now says he will take to the hills on foot

:28:26. > :28:34.and climbing as well. And Meftah of France finishing in a good place to.

:28:35. > :28:38.And that is it for one of Switzerland's real sporting heroes.

:28:39. > :28:45.Well done to Viktor Rothlin, that was a very good performance. 2:13,

:28:46. > :28:50.he is not going to be unhappy with his effort. Pitt Place, he probably

:28:51. > :28:53.expected more, but there is a very emotional man, who has held his

:28:54. > :28:59.country together in distance running for many years, and enjoyed many

:29:00. > :29:05.moments in his career, as the Polish athlete becomes the first poll to

:29:06. > :29:11.get a medal in the marathon at the European Championships. And a tired

:29:12. > :29:13.man there, but champion. This is a great performance from Daniele

:29:14. > :29:17.Meucci and watch for him in the future, he has got the credentials.

:29:18. > :29:27.The Italians know how to do it, I will be looking at him in a couple

:29:28. > :29:39.of years' time in Rio. JONATHAN EDWARDS: The second gold of

:29:40. > :29:43.these championships, but also Shegumo performing Brenchley.

:29:44. > :29:46.A great performance by the Swiss athlete and it was great to see the

:29:47. > :29:55.celebration, even though he was only fifth. He announced it would be his

:29:56. > :29:59.farewell race, he is 39, and he did help plan the cause and hung in

:30:00. > :30:03.there. He is a very tough runner and always makes late surges at the end

:30:04. > :30:06.of the race and he did that and he went through a rough patch, but

:30:07. > :30:13.managed to hold on and I'm sure the crowd helped him. People must wonder

:30:14. > :30:18.if it is appropriate for somebody who is running in course to design

:30:19. > :30:24.the course. They would look to a marathon runner to give some input.

:30:25. > :30:29.We have input into design of the kit and shoes. I think if you're hosting

:30:30. > :30:33.a marathon, I think fair enough you're allowed to design the course

:30:34. > :30:38.and have certain things in it that help your home athlete and the

:30:39. > :30:44.things they like to run on. He was savouring that moment with the flag.

:30:45. > :30:50.But Daniele Meucci judged that race perfectly and ran very well to run a

:30:51. > :30:58.perfect best on that course. So the hills weren't too bad, Brendan. It

:30:59. > :31:02.was a classic marathon race, the guy broke away, Chabowski, he looked

:31:03. > :31:09.like he was running well and the group gathered and the class athlete

:31:10. > :31:15.in terms of 10,000 metre running, Meucci, came out. H ehas been

:31:16. > :31:22.prepare ing for the marathon. They have done that the in past, used the

:31:23. > :31:28.10,000 metres to build up for it. The success is I have persuaded

:31:29. > :31:32.Paula it with auz hilly course! Chabowski went out from 10

:31:33. > :31:38.kilometres, in cycling, you will roll your eyes here, they have

:31:39. > :31:45.awards for the rider who animates a race. Was that a glorious failure,

:31:46. > :31:56.or was he stupid? He wasn't stupid. I don't know what glorious an mace

:31:57. > :32:01.means. It doesn't stupid, but it was a bit silly. He didn't know his own

:32:02. > :32:07.body well enough and he gt carried away. And then by that stage as he

:32:08. > :32:11.went to negotiate the hill for the last time he knew his legs had gone

:32:12. > :32:16.and he was probably thinking ahead to how was he going to get down the

:32:17. > :32:22.hill. On tired legs that is the more significant thing is absorbing the

:32:23. > :32:31.impact. In terms of judging effort, I'm going to go back to cycling.

:32:32. > :32:37.They have the power meters and heart rates, in term of judging a race,

:32:38. > :32:41.how do you do that in a marathon. The best way is to run even pace.

:32:42. > :32:45.But you have a course which has a difficult point in it. You're also

:32:46. > :32:50.in the Championship and sometimes the athletes do what we saw, break

:32:51. > :32:54.away and stay away. Other time they break away and come back. That is

:32:55. > :33:00.the drama of the marathon. You can't script it, it is live sport, we have

:33:01. > :33:08.seen many times athletes break away and minute and -- win and many times

:33:09. > :33:18.they have been caught. I thought the crowds were phenomenal. We talked of

:33:19. > :33:24.Jonathan's analogy with cycling. It was similar in some parts with the

:33:25. > :33:29.streets being narrow and the crowd being there. It was similar to the

:33:30. > :33:33.climbs in the Tour de France. But I think they do, you knee from your

:33:34. > :33:38.training -- you know from your training thousand judge your effort

:33:39. > :33:43.and how you would feel from the long runs and I think just maybe he

:33:44. > :33:48.misjudged quite how much he had in his legs at the start of race when

:33:49. > :34:00.he was committing to those fast sections. We will see the man who

:34:01. > :34:14.heads the rankings and that is Mo Farah. There goes Mo Farah. It is

:34:15. > :34:22.Farah now. When he starts to kick. He is kicking again. There will be a

:34:23. > :34:29.big surge from Farah. He is back. That was only my first 10K since

:34:30. > :34:33.Moscow. It felt weird at times. At times I didn't know where I was. You

:34:34. > :34:39.lose touch a bit. But after a while I got going. When you come to those

:34:40. > :34:43.last few laps, do you doubt yourself, because you haven't done

:34:44. > :34:47.it for a while? At types it was -- times it was how am I looking, who

:34:48. > :34:52.is around and then at the last bell I know I'm fast enough to win. I had

:34:53. > :34:59.to dig in and try and run a decent time. Your reaction was kind of a

:35:00. > :35:02.mixture of delight and relief. Only three weeks ago I couldn't do

:35:03. > :35:07.anything. I was no Commonwealth Games and maybe no Europeans, I was

:35:08. > :35:11.in my head, the season is done to. Turn around and come out here and

:35:12. > :35:16.win meant so much to me. It has been up and down and only my family and

:35:17. > :35:19.close people will know what that feels like. Sometimes when things

:35:20. > :35:26.are going well and it is all good, but when things are not going so

:35:27. > :35:32.well, that is hard times. Gold again for Farah. He joins a list of people

:35:33. > :35:39.who have won this title on more than one occasion. Now it is 5K duty and

:35:40. > :35:42.the double in the European Championship, which hasn't been done

:35:43. > :35:48.before. Is history important to you? Yes, in terms of my career I would

:35:49. > :35:53.like to be known as somebody who has made the country proud and collected

:35:54. > :35:59.as many medals. I love getting on the podium and hearing the national

:36:00. > :36:03.anthem. Winning the 10K will give me big confidence and hopefully I will

:36:04. > :36:09.be ready for the 5K. It won't be easy, but I will go out and give

:36:10. > :36:17.110%. Mentally that race gave me a good confidence. That was Mo taking

:36:18. > :36:26.the 10,000, can he do the double as he did in Barcelona? Brendan, it

:36:27. > :36:31.wasn't vintage Mo, is he vulnerable. Yes, but we know why, he has had an

:36:32. > :36:36.illness. That was only his second race of the year and he wasn't as

:36:37. > :36:40.impressive in the last lap as he has been in the last few years. But he

:36:41. > :36:46.did collect another gold. Here today he has got every chance of

:36:47. > :36:51.collecting another gold and one of his conternds -- contenders could be

:36:52. > :36:54.Andy Vernon and that would be tremendous. But I think Mo, he said

:36:55. > :36:57.there, he has gained confidence from that, and he was lacking in

:36:58. > :37:05.confidence. You know that, Paula, you have been talking to him. Andy

:37:06. > :37:09.Vernon ran well, but an indication of the shape Mo was in that he

:37:10. > :37:13.couldn't get rid of Andy the way he would have done a couple of years.

:37:14. > :37:18.Mo has been struggling for confidence this year and he was low

:37:19. > :37:23.coming into the Championships and I know he had a big scare with the

:37:24. > :37:27.illness. But I was surprised how much that knocked him back, because

:37:28. > :37:31.his training has been good. So he needed to get out and race well.

:37:32. > :37:37.That 10,000 will have brought him on. But it gave Andy Vernon

:37:38. > :37:44.confidence. He was almost closing that last lap as fast as Mo did. He

:37:45. > :37:49.gone sboo the 5K, thinking, hey, I'm running better than I think and I

:37:50. > :37:55.have a better chance than I thought. And stung by perceived criticism,

:37:56. > :38:00.almost comes here feeling he has a bit to prove. Anything that

:38:01. > :38:03.generates that sort of desire in you, you take it. If he has

:38:04. > :38:07.criticism, he says I will show them. That has fired up many athletes over

:38:08. > :38:11.history. They have used what they can to fire themselves up to get

:38:12. > :38:18.ready to do what they have had to do. I was talking to Andy and we

:38:19. > :38:23.were talking about the 10,000 he said, for the first time, I'm

:38:24. > :38:29.thinking about how who beat Mo Farah. That is what confidence does.

:38:30. > :38:36.He is running in the race and in the last he has been an on receiverer of

:38:37. > :38:41.Mo Farah. -- observer of Mo Farah. Now it is a super Saturday get

:38:42. > :38:54.together. Greg Rutherford goes in the men's long jump. Here is a story

:38:55. > :38:58.on him. Two years ago in London, Greg Rutherford became the Olympic

:38:59. > :39:04.champion. But the fairy tale didn't last. The following year brought

:39:05. > :39:09.about a change of coach a loss of sponsorship and injury in the build

:39:10. > :39:13.up to the Moscow World Championships. But Greg has shown

:39:14. > :39:18.the ability to turn things around and this sum irbroke the British

:39:19. > :39:22.record -- summer broke the British record in America and then brought

:39:23. > :39:30.home gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Oh, look at that! Well

:39:31. > :39:35.done, Greg. Over the moon, a lot of people had written me off and

:39:36. > :39:42.thought I was a one hit wonder. But I can prove I can still do it. He

:39:43. > :39:50.will be looking to take another title here and the main competition

:39:51. > :39:57.will come from Reif from Germany. Greg's victories may not have come

:39:58. > :40:01.from record-breaking jumps, but he is a fierce competitor W a fast

:40:02. > :40:06.track and the right conditions, let's hope we can add another title

:40:07. > :40:15.to his collection here in the stadium tonight. Greg going for gold

:40:16. > :40:20.tonight. And in 2006 he got a silver in the Europeans. A turn around year

:40:21. > :40:24.this year for Greg, I think it has been. With the British record and

:40:25. > :40:27.the Commonwealth Games title and a big opportunity tonight. Yes, he

:40:28. > :40:31.felt this year he was coming out with something to prove and I think

:40:32. > :40:35.that jump in the early spring, although there was the controversy

:40:36. > :40:39.around it, that did give him a boost to his confidence. He suffered that

:40:40. > :40:44.niggle coming into the Commonwealth Games and did say he had had a

:40:45. > :40:47.similar thing leading into his British record jump. So he wasn't

:40:48. > :40:51.particularly worried. But I still think it was a relief to come out

:40:52. > :40:55.and perform as he did in the Commonwealth Games and he will come

:40:56. > :40:57.here, he viewed it as a tougher competition here than the

:40:58. > :41:03.Commonwealth Games and he has come in prepared for that and probably

:41:04. > :41:09.significant that Menkov went out. One of the things Steve talked about

:41:10. > :41:16.was the loss of sponsorship. That must be difficult to deal with for

:41:17. > :41:20.somebody with an Olympic gold. Yes he didn't take kindly to that. But

:41:21. > :41:24.you know for him to be Olympic champion and then he had a bad year

:41:25. > :41:29.and he got criticism and he came back with a British record and a

:41:30. > :41:32.Commonwealth Games title, so he is now Olympic champion, Commonwealth

:41:33. > :41:35.Games champion and tonight he could be European champion. That is a

:41:36. > :41:43.small club and it is a good club for him to be a member of. That will

:41:44. > :41:48.fire him up. We have the men's 1,500 metres. Chris O'Hare and Charlie

:41:49. > :41:53.Grice, who qualified well. Yes, they ran with maturity and confidence and

:41:54. > :41:58.I think for both, they're young athletes, but they showed good

:41:59. > :42:05.tactical awareness to qualify for the final and they will be looking

:42:06. > :42:10.for a good run. Watch out for Makisse. Do you think if he leading

:42:11. > :42:17.he will behave? I think he will. I was sad for him that he got disical

:42:18. > :42:24.if Ied -- disqualified. I he deserved to be reprimanded, but he

:42:25. > :42:30.was winning a third title. He had that deprived because of his

:42:31. > :42:35.stupidity. I know he broke the rules, but I love him, the rebel in

:42:36. > :42:41.me says come on win it. It would be a great story and a great champion.

:42:42. > :42:49.Yes let's look at the medal table. Because history in the making.

:42:50. > :42:58.Britain has won nine golds twice in 1990 and 1998 and the potential for

:42:59. > :43:04.more tonight. Huge potential in the 5,000 metres and in the long jump

:43:05. > :43:10.and an outside chance in the 1,500 metres. I would rather see a British

:43:11. > :43:15.winner. And we have the relays. Look where jaermdy are and where Russia

:43:16. > :43:21.are. It is a great performance by the British faem. -- Germany are.

:43:22. > :43:30.And they have come here, Neil Black has put in a good performance system

:43:31. > :43:38.and well done. We are back at 10 to 2 for the final session. Don't miss

:43:39. > :43:50.it. All the Rae lays and -- relays and Mo and grug. It could be --

:43:51. > :43:58.Greg. It could be an historic evening. Mo Farah doing what we know

:43:59. > :44:09.he does best. Gold for Farah. That is one down, one more to go.

:44:10. > :44:13.MUSIC: "Black Skinhead" by Kanye West