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A welcome back to Gothenburg, date two. The moment of truth for some | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
of Britain's brightest stars. In the women's pole vault, Holly | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
Bleasdale has been on brilliant form this season. She will have her | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
eyes on gold. Shara Proctor goes in the women's long jump. After a | :00:28. | :00:36. | |
brilliant performance in Birmingham, she will have high hopes. Robbie | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
Grabarz will be looking to do the business in the men's high jump. | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
While on the track it's the turn of the speed merchants, the men's 60m | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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- an event in which Britain has Christie gets the gold. Hears the | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
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European number one. Jackson under Chambers winning it, he's got what | :01:13. | :01:22. | |
Welcome back to the Scandinavium Arena, a venue which has seen its | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
fair share of British success through the years. Not just | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
athletics but ice-skating as well with John Curry and Robin Cousins | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
both winning gold here. One athlete who won't be winning goal this | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
afternoon is Dwain Chambers, he failed to progress through the | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
rounds of the 60m. British glory hopes are still very much on the | :01:40. | :01:50. | |
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Shara Proctor. Holly Bleasdale, she sails over this time. It is bronze | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
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for Britain. Perri Shakes-Drayton has taken this field apart. Eilidh | :02:04. | :02:13. | |
Child of Scotland looking Supreme. Chana Cox is still leading. -- | :02:13. | :02:21. | |
Shala Cox. Mukhtar Mohamed of Great Britain in the perfect place. Jenny | :02:21. | :02:31. | |
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Meadows is going to win this one. hours ahead of us. Those three big | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
field events coming up first. Shara Proctor, Hala -- Holly Bleasdale | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
and Robbie Grabarz. Then we have the women's 400m semi-final. Perri | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
Shakes-Drayton, Shana Cox and Eilidh Child. And then the men's | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
800m semi-finals. No Michael Rimmer, but Joe Thomas and Mukhtar Mohamed | :03:04. | :03:12. | |
are there. No Dwain Chambers. A kind so Beattie will be going in | :03:12. | :03:22. | |
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be captain Jenny Meadows in the I couldn't come to Gothenburg | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
without catching up with my friend and erstwhile rival, Christian | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
Olsson, the Olympic triple-jump champion back in 2004. We caught up | :03:55. | :04:05. | |
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on old times. It's a very familiar Good afternoon to Denise Lewis, | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
Colin Jackson and Paula Radcliffe. Lobster look forward to and also to | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
look back from this morning's session. But first we are going to | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
reflect on the closing of the Don Valley Stadium. Sheffield City | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
Council have made the decision to demolish it. Denise, very emotive, | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
Olympic legacy and Jess Ennis trains there. Yes, she trains there. | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
But Post Olympics, it's not the legacy, the athletics legacy we'd | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
like to see. It's a very sad day, very disappointing. The local | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
authorities have issues with funding and having to maintain a | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
facility of that scale. But when I think about when I was a young kid, | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
walking into the first big stadium that I've ever walked into, I was | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
inspired. It was the first taste of athletics and that sat for me. | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
difficult for us to be objective about it because we do have | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
personal memories. Absolutely. I ran my fastest ever 110 metres | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
hurdles in the UK at that very stadium. 13.02. It has a certain | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
place and my heart but you are always disappointed when a major | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
athletics stadium banishes off the map because there is nothing to | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
replace it of that scale and in that area in the UK. What about you, | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
what you're feeling about it? It's a very difficult decision for | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
Sheffield council because they are aware of the broader PR and how it | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
affects how people see them. It's symbolic of the state of track and | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
field and athletics in Britain as well. It's the end of an era. Big | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
city stadiums that we could fill an kids could go down to an train. We | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
talk about the legacy of the Olympics and how people were | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
inspired but the actual numbers aren't going up in athletics. The | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
number of kids going down to local tracks is an increasing and we need | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
to do something about that. �700,000 a year was the figure that | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
Sheffield City Council talked about subsidising this venue. In the | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
light of Kat, Denise, it's obviously been a very difficult | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
decision for them, they've got a decaying stadium - what do you do? | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
Absolutely. We are passionate and talking about athletics, but that | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
only serves a small part of the community. It's not an easy | :06:23. | :06:29. | |
decision but, you know, they've had to make it and it's sad. It's also | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
worth saying that there is another facility they are putting money | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
into. Sheffield will still have a track. Yes, it will be on a much | :06:37. | :06:44. | |
smaller scale. The running cost of that is about �60,000 a year. For | :06:44. | :06:46. | |
them to use and to run, it's far more feasible for them. We | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
understand that but we all feel it a little bit. We do. I had my | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
furthest triple-jump there as well, 18.08, wind-assisted. We are | :06:58. | :07:08. | |
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this season has seen her climb to third in the women's 400. A supreme | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
confidence was evident in round one. She looks really good, great form | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
this winter. Set her store out to do well individually on the Flat. | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
Not just wanting to be part of the relay squad. This is a really | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
strong performance from Perri in the first round. 51.70. That's not | :07:31. | :07:41. | |
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a bad start at all. Eilidh Child has tucked herself in behind Perri | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
on that UK list this season, and she took continued to shine. It | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
wasn't a victorious outcome for Shana Cox, but he did enough in | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
coming third in her heat to progress as a fastest loser. A | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
strong British contingent in the men's 400, where Richard Strachan | :08:01. | :08:10. | |
was strong and aggressive as he soared to a semi-final place. | :08:10. | :08:19. | |
surge from the Ukrainian. Strachan, look at Jordier. He pushes Juarez | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
in the back and he goes off into lane six. The first two will go | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
through. Good, strong, solid performance, did what he needed to | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
do. Nigel Levine was the winning star of the show at the recent | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
Birmingham Grand Prix. He admitted his confidence was put in check by | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
Maslak, beating him in their heat. While Michael Bingham was back in a | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
British vest and managed to avoid some early bumping and barging to | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
take his place in the semi-finals as well. Shara Proctor was a world | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
indoor medallist last year and has designs on another podium finish | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
after leaping into the final with a very first jump of 6.61. Robbie | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
Grabarz confessed he was surprised to find a clearance of 2.23 was | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
enough to earn him a final place. But the Olympic bronze medallist | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
promised there are greater heights to come. Holly Bleasdale is in a | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
similar position to Proctor. Medallist at the world's last year, | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
a favourite to follow suit this year at the Europeans. She was | :09:24. | :09:31. | |
impressively clear up of 4.56 and has Golden hopes now. Laura Muir | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
won her first G B Senior best in her native Scotland in January. But | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
this 3000 metre heats was a big step up in class. Moram you're | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
doing her best here. That's the world indoor record holder she's | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
trying to get past. Laura Muir of Scotland, just 19. Wright appeared | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
with two world class athletes. Look at Boroughmuir. She's got to get in | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
the top to mark up. If she does that she will be through. What a | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
great run by the youngster. Rodriguez wins it and Laura Muir, | :10:03. | :10:12. | |
the race of her life. Bouncing back from shoulder and knee injuries, | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
world indoor champion Yamile Aldama is improving with every competition | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
and make the final with her first round jump of 13.92. Jo Thomas has | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
shaken off a cold and looks hot to trot in the men's 800m. His main | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
passion is rock music but he's on a roll with his athletics as well. | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
These championships on a new experience for Mukhtar Mohamed. | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
After showing his naivety at first, he regained control and ran through | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
to the semi-finals. Michael Rimmer won the Birmingham Grand Prix 800m | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
in a European leading time. At times can count for little in | :10:46. | :10:53. | |
Championships, as he found to his cost. It's the Belorussian out in | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
front. Cameramen get there? I don't think he's going to be able to. | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
He's going to have to rely on a fastest loser. Michael Rimmer not | :11:03. | :11:10. | |
getting that one light at -- that one right at all. After an injury | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
wrecked 2012, Jenny Meadows was back to defend her 800m title, and | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
the team captain hoped to lead by example. This is where the lack of | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
training might come into play here, because you can't really switch | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
through the gears in the same way. That determination which she's | :11:28. | :11:37. | |
always had is still there. Jenny is safely through in third. A few more | :11:37. | :11:47. | |
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Nevin Yannick won the race for Turkey in a European leading time | :12:01. | :12:10. | |
of 7.89 - also a national record. O'Rourke was fourth, just one | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
hundredth outside a medal. James Dasaolu was impressive in the first | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
round of the men's 60m. Qualifying comfortably in his European Indoor | :12:21. | :12:31. | |
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before, though. But he now has a new coach and new ambitions to | :12:32. | :12:42. | |
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resurrect a career that somewhat stalled in 2012. -- Harry a kind so | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
we did. As Goodwin Chambers, he had endured in injury hit build-up to | :12:47. | :12:57. | |
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position. He may well get through as one of the fastest losers, but | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
Dwain Chambers still clearly not approaching his best form. This | :13:06. | :13:13. | |
isn't going to be his championship unless something dramatic happens. | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
His frustration and anger were on full show at the finish. A wounded | :13:17. | :13:25. | |
He walked past Phil Jones without offering a comment yesterday but he | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
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did come back today and this is $:/STARTFEED. Can you put into | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
words how you feel a day on? Unfortunately I ran out of time. It | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
was a gamble between getting myself ready for the Championships and | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
trying to get myself pain-free. I had to be smart enough to get | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
myself pain-free and hopefully my ability would have been sufficient | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
enough to get me through these Championships. It didn't happen. | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
Hindsight is always 2020, do you regret doing it the way you did? | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
wish I had - in hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have come here. I have | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
never been injured in my whole career. This is the first time for | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
me. If I ever get myself in this situation again, I will pull out | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
and give somebody else an opportunity. On the start line, are | :14:17. | :14:24. | |
you the person that wouldn't put yourself there if you didn't think | :14:24. | :14:33. | |
you could do it? That's it. I was in a good position for these | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
Championships. I didn't know how to deal with that. It is frustrating | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
to know so many people put time and effort in to get me ready for this | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
Championships. Peter Eriksson believed I was good enough to | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
perform. Sorry I let them down. that what came boiling over at the | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
end? Yeah, I care about what I do. It is important to show those | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
emotions in a certain way. It shows you care. I wear my heart on my | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
sleeves. It is something I work really hard for. At this level of | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
sport, success and failure go hand in hand, so you have to treat them | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
the same. Underperforming at this stage is unacceptable. I don't | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
accept running 6.78. That is not me. That is why I had an outburst like | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
that. I didn't want to do that. It showed that I was mad at my | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
performances. We know you care. I know you have said that you have | :15:27. | :15:30. | |
always wanted to set a good example. I wonder whether you regret | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
throwing your shirt down and any kids watching, your own included. | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
Maybe that was not the best thing to do? Maybe not. It shows somebody | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
who is passionate about what they do and it shows a desire as a | :15:47. | :15:53. | |
sportsman. No athlete should accept running like that. If they don't | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
show that emotion, whether it is on the track, or in their room, it is | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
a natural reaction of a sportsman. I purely think it is a natural | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
reaction of any human being who cares about what they do. You have | :16:05. | :16:12. | |
to look at it in the situation it is. I was frustrated. It shows you | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
have fire in your belly still going forward. You have had this | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
experience. You have had injuries which you have not had to deal with | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
before. So you have the fight going forward? I expect better of myself. | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
I have had a lot of time and effort put in to me to get here. It is not | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
just about me, it is about representing my country and | :16:34. | :16:36. | |
improving our opportunities to compete against the best. I failed | :16:36. | :16:44. | |
to do that. We appreciate you talking to us. Thank you. Thank you. | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
Disappointed Dwain Chambers. Colin, it's because of his past that he is | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
under the microscope more than most athletes. And the bigger news here | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
was his reaction rather than his run, wasn't it? Yes. He said | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
himself the reason - he gave a clear reason as to why he reacted | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
that way. He has drive, determination and he underperformed. | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
He wanted to express that. That is the way he felt. It was fair enough | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
for him to express that. Different strokes for different folks. Some | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
would have given an interview to Phil and explained the reasons why. | :17:18. | :17:27. | |
He said he came here knowing he was 50/50. He struggled to raise his | :17:27. | :17:32. | |
game. To give someone a day to reflect on what happened, I think | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
it was a good idea. He would have said a different story if we had | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
spoken to him yesterday. It is quite interesting that he felt a | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
freedom to be himself. He is aware that people love to hate him and | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
people are watching his every action? He is very aware of that. | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
It comes across in his interview. He is aware of the fact that he | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
wasn't a good role model to young sprinters coming through with what | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
happened and he's gone some ways to try and do something about that. | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
It's hard because he's always put up as the poster child for doping | :18:11. | :18:18. | |
bans and spending time out. In many ways he has paid a lot higher price | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
than many others. At the same time, he did do something wrong and he | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
had to pay. We are not forgiving him for that. You can understand | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
why he does feel this pressure to maybe have been not acting, but | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
being the extra nice guy and not losing his temper. Now he seems to | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
have relaxed. It was a big frustration, too. You question the | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
guidance of coaches who know he has not been able to train. He says it | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
is the first time he's been injured so it's been difficult for him. You | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
know coming in whether you are in shape or not in shape. When there | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
are others waiting who could have had their chance, should the | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
coaches have thought about that? Sometimes as an athlete, I think | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
sometimes you think I'm going to tap into something from experience | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
that I have that can bring me through. Absolutely. It didn't work | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
this time. That is where the coach should have seen that from the | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
outside. What is interesting is that they did have that confidence | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
in him and he has delivered in the past. They looked at him and | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
thought he was the best of the bunch and was more likely, Colin, | :19:32. | :19:36. | |
to deliver than anybody else? the top of his game, he is the | :19:36. | :19:44. | |
third fastest 60m runner of all time. If you work out on | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
percentages, you still think he is going to go under 6.60. It hugely | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
backfired this time. It is a very difficult choice selectors have to | :19:52. | :19:58. | |
make. They look at realistic targets and they think of what | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
people's potentials are and they just try and weigh it up. Do you | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
give somebody of youth the chance and they underperform and it | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
shatters their career for another six years, or do you allow someone | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
like Dwain Chambers to perform the way he performed? We all know that | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
won't be the Dwain Chambers we will be talking about when he is healthy. | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
That was the men's 60m heats yesterday. This morning, we saw the | :20:28. | :20:37. | |
women's 60m heats. That meant an women's 60m heats. That meant an | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
appearance for Asha Philip. Steve Cram can describe the action for us. | :20:41. | :20:51. | |
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She needs to come in the top four A good performance - 7.13. That's | :21:14. | :21:22. | |
setting the benchmark. Cechova is pleased to come in the top three. A | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
good performance from Asha Philip. Let's clarify all of that. A new | :21:27. | :21:37. | |
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is good to get the nerves out of is good to get the nerves out of | :21:50. | :21:58. | |
the way? Definitely. I was in lane eight. To come out with my fastest, | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
I'm elated. I'm really happy. been a long road back. Six years | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
since you won that global title the first female woman to do that. What | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
does it mean to be here? It is amazing. Like, you forget how it | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
was like and how the team is. Now I'm back in it, I don't want to | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
ever leave. I will keep it and stay here. With performances like that, | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
it must be good for you. You feel like you belong again? I definitely | :22:25. | :22:35. | |
do. A busy day for you tomorrow. We wish you well. Thank you. | :22:35. | :22:42. | |
Hello, home team! We can take the isolated shot of Asha. A bit of | :22:42. | :22:47. | |
pressure on her after that performance in Berlin, Denise? | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
ran well. She has been consistent. I think it's so nice to see her | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
coming back. She realises she's got to step up, she's got to perform | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
here. There are some very quick girls out in the 60m. We saw a lot | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
of personal bests being set. She held her form. She had a great | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
start. She will need that. other two heats were won in 7.12. | :23:09. | :23:18. | |
You have the athletes there and Asha Philip so she is in the mix, | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
Colin? She goes - even with that time of 7.19, she is ranked eighth | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
in the semifinal. It is a tight race all the way through. It will | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
be exciting. From the shortest event to the longest event, Paula | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
was watching and commentating on the red button, it was the women's | :23:38. | :23:45. | |
3,000m with Lauren Howarth. What did you make of her performance? | :23:45. | :23:49. | |
thought he was impressive. The way she ran the race, she attacked it | :23:49. | :23:56. | |
with confidence, she wasn't afraid to follow and she qualified very | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
easily. She showed that she's able to react to the Championship-type | :24:02. | :24:12. | |
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race. The athlete we see going past Lauren Howarth, Britton, she will | :24:16. | :24:25. | |
be doing the World Cross-Country. How do you fancy her making that | :24:25. | :24:30. | |
change? She's raced very well already over the cross-country. She | :24:30. | :24:38. | |
is twice European Cross-Country Champion. She's in very good shape. | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
She wants to come and run quicker. She hasn't had that success in the | :24:43. | :24:47. | |
summer on the track and it is a different type of running. She is | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
not - she doesn't have that change of pace that she might need indoors. | :24:51. | :25:00. | |
She wasn't particularly comfortable. She was OK out there today. We will | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
see Shara Proctor in the long jump shortly. Chris Tomlinson, who was | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
sixth in the Olympic Games, this sixth in the Olympic Games, this | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
was his third and final attempt. It was 7.98m. Watch out for the | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
flailing right arm. He hasn't changed. It is great to see him | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
back. I am sure his confidence would have taken a big knock seeing | :25:25. | :25:31. | |
his compatriot do so well, Greg winning the Olympics. It is great | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
to see him back through. He will need to tidy his technique, but the | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
long jump is wide-open. He spoke to Phil afterwards. He said, "I know | :25:42. | :25:47. | |
I'm going to jump big, but it just might not be tomorrow!" LAUGHTER | :25:47. | :25:53. | |
Cover all your bets(!) Steve Lewis also went in the pole vault. We | :25:53. | :25:59. | |
have watched Steve Lewis for a number of years. Today was a | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
wonderful day for him. Qualification was going to be tough. | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
When I was listening to anybody talk about how high they would need | :26:07. | :26:15. | |
to jump, he produced it, 5.70m. I was surprised. In some of the other | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
jumps, especially the women's pole vault, it didn't need that much to | :26:20. | :26:26. | |
get through. 5.70m is huge. He has a big smile. The Olympic Champion | :26:26. | :26:35. | |
is out there and jumping well. Absolutely. That wraps up this | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
morning and yesterday's action. We will focus on today's now. We have | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
three of our big field event chances out there now. There is | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
Shara Proctor. She qualified well yesterday, Denise. Nobody jumped | :26:50. | :26:58. | |
particularly well. Nobody got the automatic qualification. She was | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
just short of automatic qualification? She has something to | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
prove. She's jumped so well in the Olympics and wanted to come here | :27:07. | :27:13. | |
and finish on the podium. She ran well there. Qualified comfortably | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
with 6.61m. Only took one jump in the competition. It bodes well for | :27:17. | :27:27. | |
:27:27. | :27:34. | ||
the final. Yeah. She wasn't looking very good in qualification. I | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
wonder with the Russian women, there is a little cloud over their | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
performances thus far. Shara getting ready there. She's been | :27:43. | :27:52. | |
introduced to the crowd. Nervous moments for the athletes. There's | :27:52. | :27:59. | |
Holly Bleasdale, perhaps outside the relays, our best chance of a | :27:59. | :28:04. | |
gold medal this weekend, Colin? would say that. She had a worry | :28:04. | :28:12. | |
when she was jumping at 4.36m. When she switched to a harder pole. She | :28:12. | :28:17. | |
made some very nice clearances, indeed. This is her qualification | :28:17. | :28:21. | |
of 4.56m. A strong performance. I think a lot of the ladies will | :28:21. | :28:26. | |
watch this and think, "She is in good shape." She can raise her game | :28:26. | :28:36. | |
:28:36. | :28:45. | ||
and take the gold today. What was She's made it very public that he | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
wants to come and get a gold medal. I hope that doesn't hamper her. I'm | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
hoping she doesn't mess up in the early heights, she keeps focused, | :28:54. | :29:00. | |
strong and really delivers. Robbie Grabarz in the high jump will be | :29:00. | :29:06. | |
hoping, I don't know about gold, but certainly for a medal. There is | :29:07. | :29:10. | |
to meet trick, the Russian. But Robbie Grabarz likes the occasion. | :29:10. | :29:14. | |
He does for Stam may be that showed a little bit yesterday. He didn't | :29:14. | :29:20. | |
look that great in qualification, the arena wasn't very four, the | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
atmosphere was and rocking. Hopefully it will be better today | :29:22. | :29:32. | |
and he's going to be able to raise shape but not having the time. | :29:32. | :29:39. | |
He's stronger, he's quicker, and that can affect jumpers. He's had | :29:39. | :29:45. | |
to make a few adjustments. He is a big performer. He knows that it's | :29:45. | :29:48. | |
there for the taking. Let's see how he deals with this very tricky | :29:48. | :29:54. | |
surface. Often new services are laid for Championships and there's | :29:54. | :29:58. | |
a bit of a different feel to what you have in training. Always. You | :29:58. | :30:02. | |
mention about the timing and rhythm. Every single athlete prepares for | :30:02. | :30:06. | |
their ultimate. Robbie has got faster but he's not a sprinter. | :30:06. | :30:14. | |
He's got more bounce. He's got to balance these new things to really | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
deliver the ultimate performance. I said at the beginning of the indoor | :30:18. | :30:24. | |
season, I'm looking for him getting close to 2.40. I'm looking for him | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
to come in, perhaps get a bit of a victory. You have to put the season | :30:29. | :30:32. | |
into context and think, yes, outdoors is very important to him | :30:32. | :30:37. | |
so he has to make the changes now. He might pay the price early, like | :30:37. | :30:40. | |
now what these championships, but it bodes well for Moscow and the | :30:40. | :30:50. | |
:30:50. | :30:51. | ||
The first track event is the women's 400m. As I mentioned, the | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
men's triple jump. It would have been rude of me whilst I was in | :30:55. | :31:05. | |
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Gothenburg not to catch up with my Good to see you. Are you well? | :31:12. | :31:22. | |
:31:22. | :31:27. | ||
We cold but good. I'm looking Nice picture. Welcome back to | :31:27. | :31:30. | |
Gothenburg and the World Athletics Championships. Jonathan Edwards | :31:30. | :31:39. | |
will shortly begin his campaign for It doesn't look any different, it | :31:39. | :31:45. | |
hasn't even been repainted. I don't think they've changed a thing. | :31:45. | :31:52. | |
was a long time ago. 18 years. Jonathan Edwards in the triple jump | :31:52. | :31:58. | |
final. We could be on the verge of something special. You were selling | :31:58. | :32:03. | |
programmes, weren't you? You us, I was up there. Very close. We were | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
able to move freely around the arena. They said pretty much to us | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
that nobody sitting in the seat, you can sit down but if they come, | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
just move. And they didn't come, so we were very lucky watching the | :32:16. | :32:20. | |
triple jump. They were boosting the triple jumper. They were saying it | :32:21. | :32:25. | |
was going to be something special. Jonathan Edwards with his first | :32:25. | :32:29. | |
round jump, live in the triple jump. A did you think I was going to | :32:29. | :32:39. | |
:32:39. | :32:44. | ||
break the world record? I think we breaking the world record was the | :32:44. | :32:54. | |
:32:54. | :32:55. | ||
first round. 18... 18.18. I thought you'd know it. 18.16. Not that I've | :32:55. | :33:01. | |
watched it a million times or anything! In that first round, all | :33:01. | :33:07. | |
I wanted to do was just get a half decent jumping, calm my nerves. I | :33:07. | :33:17. | |
:33:17. | :33:26. | ||
It's a world record for Great was that you could go out again and | :33:26. | :33:30. | |
do another job. The crowd anticipating something special once | :33:30. | :33:40. | |
:33:40. | :33:46. | ||
done it again. I don't believe it! Many people break world records but | :33:46. | :33:50. | |
very few do it twice in the same competition. I thought that was | :33:50. | :33:57. | |
pretty much one of the biggest achievements in sport. I don't | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
know... But there's one bit, just at the top of the runway, I smiled | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
to myself on that point my finger. It was a good first jump but I felt | :34:08. | :34:18. | |
like I could do better. It is exactly 60 ft and one quarter of an | :34:18. | :34:24. | |
inch. Jonathan Edwards has made history again. There was never a | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
delight it again. -- there was never a year like it again. He's | :34:33. | :34:37. | |
just jumped the greatest jump in athletics history and has said his | :34:37. | :34:42. | |
second world record in less than 20 minutes. Is this still the same | :34:42. | :34:49. | |
pit? And I'm not sure. We had won for qualification and one for final. | :34:49. | :34:57. | |
We also had that in the European Championships. No jumping today! I | :34:57. | :35:01. | |
love the fact that you were sat there watching the triple jump. | :35:01. | :35:07. | |
Then we became best of rivals. much longer can the great men keep | :35:07. | :35:13. | |
going? Gold and silver in Edmonton in 2001, but 2002 was like the | :35:13. | :35:20. | |
Battle of equals. Yes, at that time I had time to train with you and | :35:20. | :35:24. | |
focus on the wall of the time. I came up to a high level sooner. It | :35:25. | :35:28. | |
was the motivation to come and compete against you because you | :35:28. | :35:35. | |
have such a high-level. I actually hated you a little bit! I came to | :35:35. | :35:40. | |
Paris and they jumped 17.60. I thought, OK, that will give you | :35:40. | :35:45. | |
something to think about. It was like you just put the clutch down, | :35:45. | :35:52. | |
gear up, 17.76. I remember you, OK, I'm going to go and write | :35:52. | :36:02. | |
:36:02. | :36:02. | ||
autographs now. I don't remember it quite like that. When you finish to | :36:02. | :36:09. | |
said, enough is enough, at 2003 in the world championships. I think | :36:09. | :36:14. | |
our rivalry skyrocketed my career to a higher level much, much faster. | :36:14. | :36:18. | |
If you haven't had been there, it might have been a while before I | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
started to win. When you retire you left a ball we'd. Don't get me | :36:23. | :36:29. | |
wrong, I enjoyed winning the Olympics and world championships, | :36:30. | :36:37. | |
but I missed the competitiveness of being close to someone all the time. | :36:37. | :36:41. | |
It was the best time in my career, even though I won a lot of things | :36:41. | :36:49. | |
afterwards. We need to get inside because it's a lot colder than it | :36:49. | :36:59. | |
:36:59. | :37:02. | ||
Forgive the self-indulgence. That was fantastic. I was 29 when I | :37:02. | :37:07. | |
broke the world record, not 12. Interestingly enough, we do have | :37:07. | :37:10. | |
the three British track and field world record holders with us. Paula | :37:10. | :37:16. | |
Radcliffe but the marathon, you with your hurdles... You didn't run | :37:16. | :37:20. | |
in 95, did you? I was slightly annoyed with the circumstances that | :37:20. | :37:26. | |
were put in front of me so I missed the 1995 World Championships. But I | :37:26. | :37:31. | |
was actually there in the stadium when you were jumping. It was | :37:31. | :37:35. | |
magnificent to see. It was one of those really inspirational moments | :37:35. | :37:38. | |
because there were lots of big stars in track and field still in | :37:38. | :37:45. | |
that era. You were just coming in on the scene. It was wonderful, all | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
the attention could go on a field eventer, a triple jumper. That, for | :37:49. | :37:55. | |
me, was a magical moment. It's a weird thing watching it back. I | :37:55. | :38:00. | |
don't know what you feel like when you watch your world record Batt | :38:00. | :38:06. | |
it's strange. It is strange. I had goosebumps watching that. At the | :38:06. | :38:10. | |
time, I don't know if you appreciate it. It almost takes a | :38:10. | :38:14. | |
long time on to when you can look at it back like that, to be able to | :38:14. | :38:18. | |
appreciate what someone like Christian and me so that day, | :38:18. | :38:24. | |
because it was a huge inspiration to him. He was such an idle, and | :38:24. | :38:27. | |
then to be able to progress and have a rivalry with you was a big | :38:27. | :38:32. | |
thing for him. That is what makes athletics magical. It's the head- | :38:32. | :38:35. | |
to-heads as much as going for your personal best. Absolutely, because | :38:35. | :38:40. | |
you are drawing inspiration from all sorts of places. Those rivals | :38:41. | :38:44. | |
that you want to beat that also inspire you at the same time to | :38:44. | :38:47. | |
look at your training, to look at what you were doing to get the best | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
out of your performances. You need them. Enough of the past, on with | :38:52. | :39:02. | |
:39:02. | :39:31. | ||
the present. Shara Proctor in the indoors three times. 6.62 her best | :39:31. | :39:41. | |
:39:41. | :40:12. | ||
Solid start. She qualified with won the championships last season. | :40:12. | :40:16. | |
Thought she was going to do some real damage in the Olympic final. | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
She did make the final budget only finished in eighth place for Stam | :40:19. | :40:24. | |
nevertheless, still a very fine performance indeed. 6.60 yesterday | :40:24. | :40:34. | |
:40:34. | :40:47. | ||
quite recently with 6.81. That looks close. A little bit wild | :40:47. | :40:51. | |
through the air. If she can tidy that of, she would surely gain | :40:51. | :41:01. | |
:41:01. | :41:11. | ||
French national record in the first the world's best, and one of the | :41:11. | :41:20. | |
favourites for this title. That is massive! Way over Lesueur's mark. | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
She could even have beaten the seven metre barrier. The longest | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
jump in the world this year is seven metres exactly by Kucherenko. | :41:31. | :41:37. | |
What a start for this elegant Russian. She won the title two | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
years ago. 7.01. The best jump in the world in 2013. She takes the | :41:42. | :41:50. | |
lead. Shara Proctor has just seen Klishina go out to seven metres | :41:50. | :41:56. | |
plus. Can she respond? It's not bad, she's in the top three, that's for | :41:56. | :42:00. | |
sure. But first and second place at the moment are miles away from | :42:00. | :42:10. | |
:42:10. | :42:26. | ||
here? 6168. She is in third place That was an explosive start. We | :42:27. | :42:30. | |
mentioned that in qualification they didn't look too good. A | :42:30. | :42:34. | |
different story to date. It took my breath away, a new French national | :42:34. | :42:40. | |
record, that was massive, really setting a target. And the Russian, | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
she just pulls it out of the bag with 7.01. A world-leading mark. | :42:45. | :42:50. | |
Unbelievable. It's very difficult for someone like Shara Cox to come | :42:50. | :42:53. | |
in and follow that as a performance. Sometimes you can get carried away. | :42:53. | :42:56. | |
She watched them yesterday in qualification and jumped further | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
than most of them. In her mind she is thinking, OK, I can get myself | :43:01. | :43:05. | |
out there. She needs to rain herself back in, take a deep breath | :43:05. | :43:09. | |
and then really focus and deliver. At 6.68 is still a great | :43:09. | :43:19. | |
:43:19. | :43:27. | ||
the second round? 6.68m in the first round. Looking good for Great | :43:27. | :43:31. | |
Britain at the moment. Accelerates into the board. Maybe just a little | :43:31. | :43:41. | |
:43:41. | :43:42. | ||
bit short. The guys have been saying, Denise, it is an explosive | :43:42. | :43:47. | |
start to this final and Shara Proctor is in there, isn't she? | :43:47. | :43:55. | |
is. She has to keep her run-up consistent. Her first jump, she was | :43:55. | :44:05. | |
a bit tight having to respond to Klishina. She can do it. Shara | :44:05. | :44:10. | |
Proctor nipping over to have a quick word with the team coach | :44:10. | :44:20. | |
:44:20. | :44:23. | ||
there. Proctor's second round jump is 6.64m. The men's high jump is | :44:23. | :44:30. | |
another of our highlights here today. It features Robbie Grabarz. | :44:30. | :44:40. | |
:44:40. | :44:51. | ||
He is going to be jumping first. There is Robbie. Looked superb at | :44:51. | :44:58. | |
2.23m in qualification. He only just made the final. Glad to see | :44:58. | :45:08. | |
:45:08. | :45:37. | ||
Russian. Twice an indoor champion. Sergey Mudrov. Mastoras of Greece. | :45:37. | :45:47. | |
:45:47. | :45:52. | ||
Very useful performer. 2.26m this season his best. There is Aleksei | :45:52. | :46:02. | |
:46:02. | :46:02. | ||
Dmitrik, he's beaten Robbie Grabarz twice this year. Tamberi is quite | :46:02. | :46:09. | |
an explosive character. This guy will be the danger to everybody, | :46:09. | :46:12. | |
Mickael Hanany of France. Only just made it through qualification | :46:12. | :46:22. | |
:46:22. | :46:25. | ||
yesterday. I it will -- I tell you what, the action comes thick and | :46:26. | :46:34. | |
fast here this afternoon. Everybody in this final has got a chance to | :46:34. | :46:44. | |
:46:44. | :46:55. | ||
medal, that's for sure. Holly Bleasdale's first attempt in | :46:55. | :46:59. | |
this pole vault competition. A moderate opening height. After the | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
way she qualified, Colin, it was important that she got her first | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
height in and got a bit of confidence? Looking at Holly here - | :47:13. | :47:18. | |
I think she is using a harder pole from the off. She's getting used to | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
that timing of the tougher pole to propel her to those higher heights | :47:23. | :47:30. | |
later on. For me, it is a good start, a solid start, it is 4.37m | :47:30. | :47:40. | |
the opening height. Certainly a lot going on in the infield. Big medal | :47:40. | :47:44. | |
hopes in the long jump, pole vault and the men's high jump. For Holly, | :47:44. | :47:48. | |
a lot of pressure on her. She's come in here as the European lead | :47:48. | :47:53. | |
and there is an expectation that she will win? Yeah. There is an | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
expectation that she has the capabilities of winning. I like the | :47:58. | :48:08. | |
:48:08. | :48:09. | ||
fact she is talking about winning this. It is the right attitude. Why | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
not? When you have jumped well and big, why not be proud and believe | :48:13. | :48:18. | |
that you can achieve these great things? It is a different mindset | :48:18. | :48:22. | |
that you need. She will come to competitions in the past and she | :48:22. | :48:29. | |
will look at other athletes and she will think, "I'm not the number | :48:29. | :48:35. | |
one." She will look around her and think, "Nobody can beat me." | :48:35. | :48:39. | |
Absolutely. For her, to settle herself into it and just do these | :48:39. | :48:42. | |
heights. Forget it is a Championships and jump high. That | :48:42. | :48:46. | |
will take the victory for her today. She doesn't know it because she | :48:46. | :48:52. | |
hasn't done it. She knows she is capable of. Until she delivers | :48:52. | :48:59. | |
those higher heights in performance, she... She hasn't had the real | :48:59. | :49:02. | |
opportunity beforehand. At the Olympics, there was a lot of fuss | :49:02. | :49:07. | |
going on. I have never heard her say previously that she is going to | :49:07. | :49:11. | |
win a medal. Here she is saying, "I am good enough to win. I can jump | :49:11. | :49:15. | |
high. I'm going to do it." Yesterday was a bit shaky. We all | :49:16. | :49:19. | |
felt - we were anxious about the beginning. Let's see. She comes in, | :49:19. | :49:25. | |
she does that 4.56m, so let's see. A good chance for Holly Bleasdale | :49:25. | :49:29. | |
in the pole vault. It was a good start. We will hope for similar | :49:29. | :49:34. | |
from Robbie Grabarz. He will hope to follow in the footsteps of one | :49:34. | :49:41. | |
Dalton Grant. COMMENTARY: Dalton Grant, 2.37m, this jump for the | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
gold medal. He's got it! What a superb jump by Dalton Grant. | :49:46. | :49:49. | |
Sometimes considered to be the nearly man of high jumping. He's | :49:49. | :49:53. | |
been in fourth place in many Major Championships before, twice in the | :49:53. | :50:02. | |
World Indoors, the Europeans and the World Outdoor Championships. | :50:02. | :50:06. | |
This jump could have won gold for Great Britain once again on this | :50:06. | :50:16. | |
final day of the European Indoor Championships. 2.37m, Dalton Grant. | :50:16. | :50:21. | |
That was a bit special? Again, with Dalton, we always used to have our | :50:21. | :50:24. | |
heart in our mouth. You never knew what he would do. These high | :50:24. | :50:29. | |
jumpers are like that. They love the pressure. This is what we hope | :50:29. | :50:39. | |
:50:39. | :50:51. | ||
Robbie will respond to today. of his big rivals is Dmitrik of | :50:51. | :50:55. | |
Russia. He has beaten Robbie on two occasions this season. We all know | :50:55. | :51:01. | |
what is happening in Russia. There is a strong high jump tradition. | :51:01. | :51:06. | |
They have the Olympic Champion, the World Champion. Robbie is coming in | :51:06. | :51:15. | |
live. Deep breath from everybody, including us here in the studio! | :51:15. | :51:23. | |
There goes Robbie and that is looking good. Relatively modest | :51:23. | :51:29. | |
height. A nice opener for Robbie in this final. European Outdoor | :51:29. | :51:33. | |
Champion last year. Jointly with two other people, he won the | :51:33. | :51:40. | |
Olympic bronze medal in the Olympic final. 2.19m, that is his start. | :51:40. | :51:50. | |
:51:50. | :51:53. | ||
Looked very comfortable. Baniotis next. The European Indoor | :51:53. | :51:58. | |
Championships - he was fourth in 2011. A very tall athlete. Just | :51:58. | :52:06. | |
gave it a bit of a rattle. I think we have already seen Dmitrik and he | :52:06. | :52:13. | |
will be everybody's main rival. He has been so, so good this year. | :52:13. | :52:20. | |
Shara Proctor once again in the long jump. And that looked close to | :52:20. | :52:30. | |
being a foul for Shara. Indeed, it is. So Proctor, 6.68m in the first | :52:30. | :52:37. | |
round, 6.54m she followed it up with and that was her first foul of | :52:37. | :52:42. | |
the competition. Reaching the half- way stage of that final. Shara is | :52:42. | :52:50. | |
still in third place. She really competed well last year. | :52:50. | :53:00. | |
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Set five British records in 2012. That is no mean feat, I promise you. | :53:05. | :53:11. | |
Kucherenko is up next. Until a few moments ago, she was the only | :53:11. | :53:21. | |
:53:21. | :53:30. | ||
athlete in this field to jump 7.00m major indoor Championship. Can | :53:30. | :53:34. | |
Kucherenko respond? She is lying in fifth place at the moment. Her best | :53:34. | :53:44. | |
jump is 6.59m, that came in the last round. She's made big | :53:44. | :53:47. | |
improvements as well over the last couple of years. Won a silver medal | :53:47. | :53:56. | |
in the World Championships in 2011. Only finished fourth last season in | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
the Russian Championships. That meant she missed the Olympics. | :54:00. | :54:06. | |
Powerful runner. Good take-off. Really chasing those top three | :54:06. | :54:14. | |
places. So remember, Shara Proctor in third place, her best jump 6.68m. | :54:14. | :54:18. | |
Anything going past that means Shara Proctor moves back into | :54:18. | :54:28. | |
:54:28. | :54:33. | ||
fourth place. There's still three rounds to go, of course. Could | :54:33. | :54:38. | |
Kucherenko - 6.62m. She is in fourth place. Proctor is ahead of | :54:38. | :54:41. | |
her in a medal position, at the moment. | :54:41. | :54:48. | |
Good news from the long jump. To get a silver or a gold is going to | :54:48. | :54:54. | |
take a massive jump? 6.85m. Denise you know those distances. When | :54:54. | :54:58. | |
someone puts those distances in front of you, how difficult is it | :54:58. | :55:03. | |
to respond? It is tough. You are thinking, "What do I have to do to | :55:03. | :55:08. | |
respond to that?" She will - her head was a bit scrambled for that | :55:08. | :55:11. | |
first attempt. She has to relax. She has great speed. She needs to | :55:11. | :55:16. | |
move her run-up back. She was half a foot over on the second attempt, | :55:16. | :55:21. | |
the third attempt, sorry. There's still three jumps to go. She had a | :55:22. | :55:27. | |
great World Indoors, she broke the national record outdoors as well. | :55:27. | :55:29. | |
Then disappointing in the Olympic Games. It has been a rebuilding | :55:29. | :55:35. | |
process for her? It has. What she has to do is get back into the gym, | :55:35. | :55:41. | |
think about how she does respond off the board. The distances can be | :55:41. | :55:45. | |
won or lost in a short space, in six metres into the board. That is | :55:45. | :55:49. | |
the crucial point of the long jump. She needs to work on that if she is | :55:49. | :55:53. | |
going to increase by another 20 centimetres, that is all we are | :55:54. | :55:58. | |
talking about. Yes. We will keep across those field events. We will | :55:58. | :56:08. | |
:56:08. | :56:20. | ||
delve back into the archive once first bend. Sally Gunnell has gone | :56:20. | :56:28. | |
off well. Pretty determined, Sally Gunnell. The Essex girl. Angela | :56:28. | :56:33. | |
Pickford learning all the time. Look at this by Sally Gunnell. | :56:33. | :56:38. | |
Pickford has gone for it. Very fast at 24.12. That is a tremendous | :56:38. | :56:42. | |
piece of running by Sally Gunnell. Some of the world's greats behind | :56:42. | :56:47. | |
her have to do an awful lot to pick her off. Sally Gunnell romping away | :56:47. | :56:55. | |
here, the Essex girl having a tremendous run. Pickford is still | :56:55. | :56:59. | |
in the hunt and Sally Gunnell is coming through for a brilliant | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
victory. A big smile on her face. Sally Gunnell just took the race by | :57:03. | :57:08. | |
the scruff of the neck and dominated it from start to finish! | :57:08. | :57:12. | |
There's four or five metres between them. Is this going to be Britain's | :57:12. | :57:20. | |
first gold medal on the track at these European Championships? She's | :57:20. | :57:25. | |
going further clear. This is the run of her life for Nicola Sanders | :57:25. | :57:31. | |
of Great Britain. She's winning unchallenged up towards the line, | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
it is gold for Nicola Sanders of Great Britain in an outstanding | :57:36. | :57:44. | |
time - 50.03. It's good enough for gold in the 400m. | :57:44. | :57:54. | |
:57:54. | :57:55. | ||
Out on track now, Shana Cox and Eilidh Child going in the first | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
:58:05. | :58:05. | ||
semifinals. She gets the worst lane, number one, Denise? It is not easy. | :58:05. | :58:09. | |
She will be feeling pretty good. As you saw, watching those old | :58:09. | :58:12. | |
pictures of Sally Gunnell, the tactics don't change. It is about | :58:12. | :58:16. | |
getting out in front. I am sure these are nervous moments for her. | :58:16. | :58:26. | |
:58:26. | :58:43. | ||
I wonder if Sally is watching at indoors. 50.02. If anyone comes | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
near that this weekend, you can guarantee them the gold medal. It | :58:48. | :58:53. | |
was a phenomenal moment in Nicola's life, she was untouchable indoors. | :58:53. | :58:58. | |
Sometimes athletes, you never believe those real, euphoric | :58:58. | :59:02. | |
moments happening where everything goes beautifully. Her career from | :59:02. | :59:05. | |
thereon in got the gold with injury. It must have been so hard for her | :59:05. | :59:09. | |
to see those pictures now and think, man, if I could just get myself in | :59:09. | :59:13. | |
that kind of shape where I could train and train and train and | :59:13. | :59:17. | |
produce performances like that again. Now let's go to Paul | :59:17. | :59:27. | |
:59:27. | :59:50. | ||
He won in Birmingham. He beat Robbie Grabarz on both occasions. | :59:50. | :59:54. | |
He has consistently been one of the best jumpers in the world during | :59:54. | :00:04. | |
:00:04. | :00:11. | ||
this first semi-final for the women's 400m. Shana Cox in lane one, | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
Eilidh Child out in lane five. She's got one of the fastest times | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
in Europe this year. We are looking to her to dominate this race. | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
she was really good in her heats. She's worked hard this winter. She | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
knows what he has to do. She has been running very confidently, | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
having had that run under her belt, having controlled the race. It's | :00:33. | :00:39. | |
all about recovery now, how she has recovered. Tactically, speaking to | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
her coach, Malcolm Arnold, to make sure that she doesn't disappoint | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
herself, because you know she's in good shape. One interesting is how | :00:48. | :00:55. | |
well the 400m hurdlers are doing on the Flat. Hejnova got a bronze in | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
London. We were watching Sally Gunnell take her victory, third | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
behind that was the Swiss competitor, also a 400m hurdler. | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Lots of hurdlers run this event. I have a quick chat with Malcolm | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
Arnold before, about Eilidh Child and her reasons for running. He | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
said he wanted to make her a bit tougher over the hurdles for the | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
summer, and he felt one in 400m indoors, where it's a bit | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
aggressive, would make her think a bit more positively about attacking | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
those barriers. So far it's been magnificent, because now she has a | :01:30. | :01:40. | |
:01:40. | :01:42. | ||
real chance and a shot at a medal reason she's got lane one is | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
because she wasn't quite at the front of the field. No, and she | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
conceded when she approached that 200m mark, most of the girls who | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
have won have attacked and been determined. She needs to pick up a | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
little bit of speed, but she qualified. She just has to run her | :01:59. | :02:09. | |
:02:09. | :02:15. | ||
now. -- Holly Bleasdale. Two successes for Holly Bleasdale. | :02:15. | :02:25. | |
:02:25. | :02:38. | ||
warm-up, she's continued that good Bleasdale and what we hope will be | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
a good afternoon for Great Britain. We are looking to continue that on | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
:02:51. | :03:09. | ||
because, well, you want to try and win your heat, but she's in one. | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
That will be tough. Duffer of the Netherlands outside her. Hjelmer | :03:15. | :03:23. | |
could be someone you need to watch. She was behind Sherry -- Perri | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
:03:33. | :03:39. | ||
championships. Didn't look so good to me, not for the number one | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
ranked athletes. Eilidh Child, by contrast, qualified comfortably. | :03:46. | :03:55. | |
Maybe a bit of a surprise, Morosanu, another hurdler. There's the | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
European number one coming into these championships. Cox with a | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
really tough lane draw. But Eilidh Child hoping to get a nice, clean | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
:04:13. | :04:36. | ||
run through here. Top-three into so quickly out of the blocks. | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
Ustalova has gone quickly into this first 100m. Delmas has really | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
attacked this first 200m. Look at Joe Hulm arising to the occasion. | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
Morosanu cuts across Ustalova, trips her up. That was the Romanian | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
athlete's fault. The number one athlete is out. Eilidh Child has to | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
concentrate. Delmas starting to fade. Morosanu attacking. Eilidh | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
Child getting close up. Look at Morosanu, all over the place. Child | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
coming around the outside. Hjelmer, Morosanu and Child. Look at | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
Morosanu. If she doesn't get disqualified I will be surprised. | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
Cox was Forth. Jammu really did attack it well, she wasn't to blame | :05:30. | :05:40. | |
:05:40. | :05:41. | ||
at all. When you see Morosanu, she dives across the back of Ustalova. | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
Ustalova is the number-one ranked athlete. The Russians will protest | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
but, unfortunately, we tend to talk about the athletes getting up and | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
computing, which as far as I can see Ustalova didn't do, but when | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
you hit the track that hard you can't blame her. So they can't | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
really push Ustalova through. They certainly can disqualify Morosanu, | :06:01. | :06:11. | |
:06:11. | :06:15. | ||
which would be good news for Shana front of you like that, Eilidh | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
Child could have come a cropper there as well. That is just diving | :06:21. | :06:31. | |
:06:31. | :06:37. | ||
across unnecessarily. But Eilidh on, I guess. Here is Shara Proctor | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
now in the fourth round. Still in the medal position, still in third | :06:42. | :06:51. | |
place. And could be a little better. The man with the flag waiting | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
patiently until Shara left the pit. She's certainly got the height. | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
:07:06. | :07:08. | ||
Maybe she slowed into the take-off indoor championships last year. | :07:08. | :07:18. | |
:07:18. | :07:21. | ||
6.69, a slight improvement. But she now for Robbie. This height | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
yesterday in qualification increased his speed all the way | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
into the take-off and then soared over the bar. And he's done it | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
again. I must admit he's not looking as smooth as he was | :07:35. | :07:45. | |
:07:45. | :07:50. | ||
like for him when it goes up to the next height, which will be 2.25 | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
:08:00. | :08:06. | ||
then 2.27 and then to 0.29. So far the moment. Morosanu women -- | :08:06. | :08:12. | |
winning. Shana Cox with a season's best. I'll be really surprised if | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
there isn't some sort of complaint lodged by the Russians. I don't | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
think Ustalova can be advanced into the final, but they will certainly | :08:20. | :08:28. | |
be looking for a disqualification Steve Cram was talking up have been | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
resold and saying he would be very surprised if the Russians don't | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
complain about that. As they have we didn't finish, they can't have | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
advantage to the final. Morosanu seems to be causing a great deal of | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
problems. The 400 indoor is a really different race out there, | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
there's a lot going on. It's a very physical grace. I'm not surprised, | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
but it just comes with it. Season's best for you and you could yet may | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
the final, you've got to see what happens now with the shenanigans | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
that are going on. What about your own performance? It was a season's | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
best, so I've got to be happy with it. It's getting better as time | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
goes on. We can see the incident right here. You can see how | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
Morosanu cut across the Russian. The key for you is to keep out of | :09:17. | :09:24. | |
trouble. I just thought I wanted to get to the break point, I just | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
thought, stay back, stay out of trouble, run wide, but obviously | :09:28. | :09:34. | |
that happened. I thought that this point, stay wide and I will get | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
them towards the end. But she went down and I had to move out of her | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
weight and I lost my momentum. I had to fight back the whole way. It | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
would have been nice to have won it. I know I'm stronger after doing | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
that so I hope I can get in the final. You did well, you kept calm, | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
that is the key in that situation. Very much. They're so much going on | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
that you just have to react and go. That's what we all kind of tried to | :09:59. | :10:08. | |
:10:09. | :10:15. | ||
do. All very best. Hope you make it Ustalova is out. No doubt about the | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
good prospects of Perri Shakes- Drayton, but no doubt either be | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
progression to the final is far from a foregone conclusion because | :10:24. | :10:32. | |
a woman like this, Hejnova... You might expect it to be the women in | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
four and five who are through to the final, Perri Shakes-Drayton was | :10:35. | :10:45. | |
:10:45. | :10:58. | ||
in five. Perri Shakes-Drayton is in sixth. They might be the favourite | :10:58. | :11:08. | |
:11:08. | :11:34. | ||
blistering pace in the heats and has done so again. She looks to | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
lead at the break and stay out of trouble, especially with what we've | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
seen in the first heat. Perri Shakes-Drayton is out in front. | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
Behind her, it might be tight as they come across. Hejnova nipping | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
through into second place, followed by Gayot of France. But Shakes- | :11:52. | :12:02. | |
:12:02. | :12:08. | ||
by Rosolova. Shakes-Drayton doing very well indeed. Coming through | :12:08. | :12:18. | |
:12:18. | :12:22. | ||
and holding on strong. She takes it. 51.03. A very good win for the | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
British athlete. No trouble in that heat. It was a much simpler affair. | :12:26. | :12:36. | |
:12:36. | :12:59. | ||
Hejnova coming through to take of her yet. Totally in control from | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
lane six. Nice and balanced, doesn't lose anything. Look how | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
she's running, there's no stress. Very relaxed. Yes, it's tiring now | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
and the lactic acid is building, but look how she holds her form | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
really well. Perri Shakes-Drayton is in the shape of her life. | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
Whether Ustalova is in this or not, it doesn't matter. I think this is | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
the big gold medal prospect. That was almost three-tenths of a second | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
:13:35. | :13:52. | ||
For Steve Cram said it in commentary, a fantastic performance | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
by you. You're getting better with every season. | :13:58. | :14:06. | |
But is the aim for us, when it comes to championships. I just need | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
to rest now, and be up bright and early tomorrow morning. I feel good. | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
You had an eye what was going on in the first race. And how keep it is | :14:22. | :14:30. | |
to stay out of danger. I didn't want to get up -- get caught up in | :14:30. | :14:38. | |
any trouble. Just run my own race and stay away from trouble. Eilidh | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
Child has made it through to the final, Shana Cox maybe there. At | :14:44. | :14:54. | |
:14:54. | :14:56. | ||
least two you going for him medal. If it is good, considering the all | :14:56. | :15:04. | |
the excitement! We saw Sally Gunnell do it recently. You may | :15:04. | :15:12. | |
emulate her. I will try to do my best, I want to achieve as many | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
titles as I can, I will keep on trying. Can I say happy birthday to | :15:19. | :15:29. | |
:15:29. | :15:38. | ||
round. Adding one centimetre to her record distance. Still in second | :15:38. | :15:46. | |
place. That is pretty much the same sort of distance which she jumped | :15:46. | :15:52. | |
last time. We have seen a world leading jump, a new national record | :15:52. | :15:59. | |
from this athlete. Shara Proctor added to her best jump in the | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
competition. She is still in third place. No doubt about the | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
credentials of the European outdoor champion last season. The French | :16:11. | :16:18. | |
champion. She really is a fine athlete. It is an improvement again, | :16:18. | :16:28. | |
:16:28. | :16:37. | ||
it would be exciting if she could produce something special here. | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
National indoor record holder at 6.89. She gave it everything. It | :16:43. | :16:53. | |
:16:53. | :17:01. | ||
all, doesn't it? A cracking take- off in terms of position on the | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
:17:11. | :17:18. | ||
board. Good speed on the runway, as coaches. Good consistency. She is | :17:18. | :17:28. | |
:17:28. | :17:45. | ||
Totally commanding. You can only do this level of running if you are | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
fit, healthy and strong. She is displaying all of those qualities. | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
It is wonderful when an athlete can come to these championships in the | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
shape of their life, because it breeds confidence, she knows what | :17:59. | :18:05. | |
to expect from her body, there are no questions. Been a question is | :18:05. | :18:15. | |
:18:15. | :18:17. | ||
can she turn it into a gold medal. The final is to tomorrow morning. | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
We are used to finals been in the afternoon. | :18:22. | :18:32. | |
Paula Radcliffe is up in commentary. How do fancy Joe Thomas's chances | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
in this? He is in a tough heat. Against at | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
standing favourite. He needs to control the race. He is good in a | :18:44. | :18:53. | |
slow race. If someone takes it up fast, it will be tough for him. The | :18:53. | :19:02. | |
second heat is slightly easier. Muktar Mohammed had to race | :19:02. | :19:12. | |
relatively faster yesterday. Joe Thomas had based lower heat. -- had | :19:12. | :19:22. | |
:19:22. | :19:22. | ||
Joe Thomas looked very good yesterday, he is from the same club | :19:22. | :19:29. | |
as you, Cardiff. He was strong, he ran a competent | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
race yesterday. He controlled it, he ran the race the way he wanted | :19:35. | :19:45. | |
:19:45. | :19:50. | ||
Grabarz, he decided to pass on to 0.25 metres. This is 2.27 metres. | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
This would be a real advance on what we have seen from here in | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
Gothenburg. Oh, my goodness, a thought it was going to stay on. | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
That was much, much better. He didn't look as if he was going to | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
get anywhere close to this sort of height yesterday. It was bouncing | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
:20:22. | :20:29. | ||
around all over the place. The vault final now. All three of them | :20:29. | :20:37. | |
have cleared 4.62. Nowhere near it. So, she, in fact, will have to go | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
:20:47. | :20:50. | ||
again straight away. They were all first-time clearances by a Sudarava. | :20:50. | :20:57. | |
Anna Rogowska, and the Czech Republic athlete. Disappointment | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
for Holly Bleasdale. She will have to go higher, preferably at the | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
:21:11. | :21:24. | ||
first attempt, if she wants to be success, but this men's 800 metres | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
:21:34. | :21:42. | ||
semi-finals. Joe Thomas has the defending champion, and Lopez. | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
Paula Radcliffe was bright, Joe Thomas, when it is slow, can beat | :21:48. | :21:55. | |
anybody, he has so much pace in the last 200 metres. There are not too | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
many front runners here. The tall Swede may well tried to leave it | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
out again. This man is not that well known but he is the one who | :22:04. | :22:10. | |
put paid to Michael Rimmer. A slow race, he had a lot of pace down the | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
back straight, he went past Michael Rimmer like he was standing still. | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
Watch out. Johan Rogestedt, world youth champion, 20 years of age, he | :22:22. | :22:30. | |
has grown a lot, to be fair! A big lad. Not frightened to get out | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
there in front. Ivan Nesterov, the Russian indoor champion this year, | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
:22:45. | :22:46. | ||
a new personal best of 1.47 0.6. That is where Joe Thomas might | :22:46. | :22:56. | |
start to struggle a little. Lopez. Spanish indoor champion, as ever, | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
anyone who wins a Spanish 10 bishops indoors is a danger. Adam | :23:03. | :23:09. | |
Kszczot, defending European indoor champion. A new coach now. Very | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
happy with the way things are going, he says he is really pleased, | :23:15. | :23:23. | |
running new personal bests. He doesn't mind if it is fast or slow. | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
He may well be part of their relay squad. So, Joe Thomas, if he could | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
slowed things from the front, that would be a really good tactic but I | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
have a feeling this week made want to do something rather different. - | :23:40. | :23:50. | |
:23:50. | :24:00. | ||
has started quickly. Joe Thomas finds himself at the back. Joe | :24:00. | :24:10. | |
:24:10. | :24:24. | ||
Paula Radcliffe's microphone. Joe Thomas is at the back. A good | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
place if he has the legs to strut from, but he needs to get a bit | :24:29. | :24:38. | |
:24:39. | :25:06. | ||
place. Joe Thomas is still in touch and has an outside chance still. He | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
needs to be strong down the back straight, give himself a couple of | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
yards and attack. These three are good. Joe Thomas is in 4th place. | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
:25:28. | :25:33. | ||
Lopez still in front. Joe Thomas is as much as he could do. The first | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
two we knew about. Anis Ananenka impressed me yesterday. This | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
Belarus man has put paid to two British athletes. Lopez was smart, | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
he controlled it really well, right from the gun. He went fast, slow, | :25:51. | :25:58. | |
speeded it up again. Adam Kszczot was not stretched at all. The | :25:58. | :26:05. | |
Belarus man, Anis Ananenka, the surprise package. Joe Thomas is | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
good, in the latter stages, but not close enough to really strike and | :26:11. | :26:21. | |
:26:21. | :26:26. | ||
attack from the last bend, and he Mohammad will go in the next semi- | :26:26. | :26:36. | |
:26:36. | :26:42. | ||
final, let us hope he can get into of this long jump competition. | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
Another French record for Eloyse Lesueur in the last round. She | :26:46. | :26:56. | |
:26:56. | :27:08. | ||
performance of her life here. European champion last year. She | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
will have it in the back of her mind she is looking at a seven- | :27:12. | :27:19. | |
metre jump now. That is what it would take to beat Darya Klishina | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
who has held onto the lead. Her third French national record in | :27:23. | :27:33. | |
:27:33. | :27:47. | ||
this final. Still in second place, foul. We have just seen Jarder of | :27:47. | :27:55. | |
Sweden go out. In the last round, she has lost that valuable third | :27:55. | :28:05. | |
:28:05. | :28:21. | ||
place, so no medals for Great You can't say you didn't give it | :28:21. | :28:31. | |
:28:31. | :28:37. | ||
I didn't get that clear track, there was never that opportunity to | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
make my move up. I felt coming on the home straight I have an awful | :28:41. | :28:47. | |
lot left but I just didn't time it right. If you were in contention, | :28:47. | :28:54. | |
your place will bring you home every time. The s, -- yes, if the | :28:54. | :29:00. | |
gap had opened up I would have continued on. I just got caught out | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
about 250, 300. As I went to go someone had they pushed and pushed | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
right in front of me. I didn't want to waste my energy and top back-in, | :29:09. | :29:19. | |
:29:19. | :29:23. | ||
but the opportunity never came trouble here. 2.27. Third and final | :29:23. | :29:33. | |
:29:33. | :29:45. | ||
Olympic bronze medallist will leave here without a medal on this | :29:45. | :29:52. | |
occasion. It has all gone wrong. I must admit, he didn't look is | :29:52. | :30:02. | |
:30:02. | :30:09. | ||
British athletes over the last few minutes, but this man is still | :30:09. | :30:17. | |
standing in the 800m. Mukhtar Mohamed in lane six. He was | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
impressive in terms of the way he finished his heat, but he admitted | :30:21. | :30:25. | |
he didn't run tactically well. He allowed himself to be dictated to | :30:25. | :30:29. | |
by the tall Swede in his first- round heat. But he goes he innate | :30:29. | :30:34. | |
good lane because he did qualify by winning his heat. Inside him Mark | :30:34. | :30:39. | |
two Spaniards who might help each other out a little bit. There is | :30:39. | :30:49. | |
:30:49. | :31:23. | ||
Cooper's, the Dutch indoor champion the European indoors four years ago. | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
And then Mo Junior, a similar route to Mo Farah. Came over from Somalia | :31:28. | :31:32. | |
as a youngster. Few have the very special talent that Mo Farah has | :31:32. | :31:36. | |
for running, but Mukhtar Mohamed is a very bright prospect indeed. | :31:36. | :31:41. | |
He'll be looking to get his tactics right this time. The first three | :31:41. | :31:51. | |
:31:51. | :32:04. | ||
Marco. The two Spaniards coming through to take up the pace, but | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
Mohamed gets in between them. Mark Lowe of Spain who takes the | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
lead. We've got to be careful talking of people's medal chances, | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
but Mukhtar Mohamed comes into this on a learning curve but with a lot | :32:18. | :32:21. | |
to take away from here today. He made the mistake of not running his | :32:21. | :32:25. | |
own race yesterday. Today, he's already attacked more confidently | :32:25. | :32:28. | |
and seems to be sticking to the race plan he will have agreed with | :32:28. | :32:33. | |
his coach. At the moment he is sandwiched in their between the two | :32:33. | :32:37. | |
Spaniards. Now Kupers has come through to nip in there, as they go | :32:37. | :32:47. | |
:32:47. | :33:01. | ||
place at the moment. Decent pace, this. Now Mohamed decides he needs | :33:01. | :33:05. | |
to take a bit closer order and be ready to cover any move and 2p of | :33:05. | :33:10. | |
out of trouble. Just three to go through. Repcik beginning to make a | :33:10. | :33:20. | |
:33:20. | :33:36. | ||
going to be a close finish for three places. Mohamed in a very | :33:36. | :33:42. | |
good position. Able to look around. He comes through to win well. 1.49. | :33:42. | :33:47. | |
But he never looked troubled. He was always aware of where he was. A | :33:47. | :33:53. | |
very good victory. He moves through comfortably. Beautifully controlled | :33:53. | :33:58. | |
race by Mukhtar Mohamed there. He's looking around, just making sure. | :33:58. | :34:02. | |
Repcik was on his shoulder coming into the final bend. Making sure | :34:02. | :34:06. | |
that nobody was going to kick his heels from behind. I think he will | :34:06. | :34:11. | |
have gained a lot of confidence from that. Bybyk sneaking in there | :34:11. | :34:21. | |
:34:21. | :34:37. | ||
not tightening up at all. A little bit too much looking around at that | :34:37. | :34:44. | |
stage. Potential, potential. It might be realised here with, I'll | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
whisper it quietly, a gold medal in the men's 800m. He does look very | :34:48. | :34:58. | |
:34:58. | :35:08. | ||
good at the moment. He is safely bar up now. Holly Bleasdale passed | :35:08. | :35:18. | |
:35:18. | :35:33. | ||
and she gets it. That has taken a bronze medallist way back in 2004. | :35:33. | :35:43. | |
:35:43. | :36:14. | ||
Could she have nailed on another Holly Bleasdale. That, surely, is a | :36:14. | :36:24. | |
:36:24. | :36:47. | ||
potential. He's answering a few questions before he gets to Phil | :36:47. | :36:52. | |
Jones. Again, we saw in the heats that he wasn't quite as impressive | :36:52. | :36:58. | |
in his tactics but there he got it spot on. I haven't spoken to him | :36:58. | :37:01. | |
today so I don't know the plan from his coach coming into this, but he | :37:01. | :37:05. | |
certainly ran with a lot more confidence. Indoors is a lot more | :37:05. | :37:14. | |
What a tremendous performance. You learned so much from yesterday. | :37:15. | :37:24. | |
:37:25. | :37:26. | ||
Definitely. I got a lot of advice from yesterday from all of the | :37:26. | :37:31. | |
staff. I learnt from what I did yesterday and today I felt so | :37:31. | :37:36. | |
comfortable. One thing you also said yesterday, you came in to win | :37:36. | :37:45. | |
a medal. Yes. I smell the medal now! Hopefully tomorrow I will get | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
the gold, that's the target for me. Tell me about that performance | :37:49. | :37:55. | |
today and how you felt out there. Well, I'm confident to get in the | :37:55. | :38:01. | |
front. If I go in the back, like yesterday, I did a horrible race. | :38:01. | :38:07. | |
Today, doing this plan, if I do the same tomorrow then it will be good. | :38:07. | :38:11. | |
We can see your autograph hunters are growing enforced day by day. | :38:11. | :38:16. | |
Yes, it feels great when the kids come up to you, trying to get a | :38:16. | :38:26. | |
:38:26. | :38:27. | ||
photograph. All the very best for at the top of the leaderboard in | :38:27. | :38:37. | |
:38:37. | :38:45. | ||
No. She's in equal first place because of the fact that at the | :38:45. | :38:54. | |
last type, for 0.67, both athletes It's looking like a medal for Holly | :38:54. | :38:59. | |
Bleasdale. But there was no medal for Shara Proctor. Right at the | :38:59. | :39:09. | |
:39:09. | :39:15. | ||
death, the medal was taken away so far, but then she produced this | :39:15. | :39:21. | |
in the final round. This Swedish crowd have been waiting to be | :39:21. | :39:24. | |
inspired and waiting for the medals to come. It came in the shape of | :39:24. | :39:31. | |
this young lady. A great approach, her run-up was strong. She got her | :39:31. | :39:34. | |
just rewards. The Shara had been sitting in that bronze-medal | :39:34. | :39:43. | |
position from the first round. She was never completely safe with 6.69. | :39:43. | :39:47. | |
Great reactions. We heard the screams from here. It was really | :39:47. | :39:53. | |
exciting to see Jarder do so well. But very disappointing for our girl. | :39:53. | :39:57. | |
What we should say is a Shara did have a chance to respond. She did. | :39:57. | :40:02. | |
She did one really well. I'm not sure whether you are going to see | :40:02. | :40:12. | |
:40:12. | :40:23. | ||
it. She definitely attacked the run did brilliantly. This is her third | :40:23. | :40:27. | |
round jump? Yes. She didn't run well but on that last jump, when | :40:27. | :40:32. | |
she needed to give it everything, she did, but she just got fouled | :40:32. | :40:42. | |
:40:42. | :40:46. | ||
national records and Klishina with 7.01. That is a world leader. It | :40:47. | :40:50. | |
just goes to prove what these championships are all about. People | :40:50. | :40:56. | |
are trying to perform at the highest level. Klishina's jump of | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
7.01 is a lifetime best for her. When she jumped back in the very | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
first round, you can see she responded with a little jump and | :41:04. | :41:07. | |
then tried to calm herself to say, OK, this is only round one, things | :41:07. | :41:17. | |
can happen. 7.01 was enough. Disappointment in the high jump for | :41:17. | :41:24. | |
Robbie Grabarz. He came here with very high hopes, jumped 2.31 | :41:24. | :41:29. | |
indoors. We fancied him to rise to the occasion but this was 2.27, a | :41:29. | :41:39. | |
:41:39. | :41:42. | ||
over with his mum, who said he was feeling good, he was optimistic. To | :41:42. | :41:47. | |
me, he looked a little heavy lead. I don't know whether he's still | :41:47. | :41:51. | |
been lifting really heavily coming into the competition, but it just | :41:51. | :41:56. | |
wasn't right there. Disappointment for Robbie Grabarz. It's going much | :41:56. | :42:06. | |
:42:06. | :42:09. | ||
better in the pole vault for Holly is equal first place for those two | :42:09. | :42:14. | |
athletes at the moment. If they both fail it, it's going to go to a | :42:14. | :42:18. | |
jump off. The drama has not finished by any stretch of the | :42:18. | :42:24. | |
imagination. Each of them as one more attempt. For 0.72 is the | :42:24. | :42:34. | |
:42:34. | :43:02. | ||
The athletes need to try to respond to this. Particularly the likes of | :43:02. | :43:12. | |
Aitken's Aryeetey. -- Aikines- Aryeetey. Harry has probably got | :43:12. | :43:22. | |
:43:22. | :43:32. | ||
the most difficult of the two races bronze medal outdoors. Looking to | :43:32. | :43:36. | |
do better than that indoors here. It's not his forte but he looked | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
pretty good in qualification. This is the man has been a big surprise | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
package of the indoor season in Europe. 6.51 he ran in the Italian | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
championships. He looked good in qualification. A big improvement | :43:48. | :43:55. | |
this year. Harry ran much better in qualification than I think he did | :43:55. | :44:02. | |
in Birmingham. He's been hovering around the mid- 6.60. He's going to | :44:02. | :44:06. | |
have to be a bit better than that. This man has been a bit of a | :44:06. | :44:10. | |
surprise. He ran the Romanian Championships where he equalled the | :44:10. | :44:20. | |
:44:20. | :44:37. | ||
record. He looks sharp. Biron, not you have got to try to maintain | :44:37. | :44:42. | |
through. This man has really improved. Not the best action you | :44:42. | :44:52. | |
:44:52. | :44:52. | ||
will see when he runs. Heat is a pocket Rocket, the Italian, Michael | :44:52. | :45:02. | |
:45:02. | :45:32. | ||
this event every championships a chance for 4th place. A blanket | :45:32. | :45:37. | |
finish. That guy it is really impressive. He is winning his races. | :45:37. | :45:43. | |
Not the best start from Michael Tumi. Harry just didn't get away, | :45:43. | :45:53. | |
:45:53. | :45:58. | ||
finish. Michael Tumi looking comfortable. Difficult to beat. | :45:58. | :46:06. | |
Emmanuel Biron third. In fact, they are giving Harry third. He has a | :46:06. | :46:16. | |
:46:16. | :46:20. | ||
big chest. Putting it to good really fight. Those last five it | :46:20. | :46:30. | |
:46:30. | :46:48. | ||
the good news, it may be Catalin champion. The next few moments will | :46:48. | :46:58. | |
:46:58. | :47:00. | ||
tell us if Britain has its first time in a row. So, the only athlete | :47:00. | :47:04. | |
left in action is Holly Bleasdale from Great Britain. This could be | :47:04. | :47:12. | |
the greatest moment of her life. She has already won a bronze medal | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
at the World Indoor Championships. England Under 23 champion as well. | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
:47:26. | :47:50. | ||
But, going for the senior champion Bleasdale. She won the World | :47:50. | :47:53. | |
Championships bronze-medal indoors last year. 12 months on, | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
competitively, added she is a much better athlete. She did jump high | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
last year. This is all about Championship call medal | :48:05. | :48:15. | |
:48:15. | :48:17. | ||
performances. -- gold medal. Her best attempt so far. I can 10 | :48:17. | :48:23. | |
you, the battle goes on. We haven't decided who has gold and silver yet. | :48:23. | :48:29. | |
The organisers have two separate them. Anna Rogowska against Holly | :48:29. | :48:39. | |
:48:39. | :48:49. | ||
Harry has been waiting patiently. You have done neurone bit to get | :48:49. | :48:59. | |
:48:59. | :49:00. | ||
yourself into medal contention. -- your own bit. The support I have | :49:00. | :49:07. | |
got, staff, socially, it has helped a lot. I got left in the blocks a | :49:07. | :49:13. | |
little bit. I came through very well. I am in the final. You came | :49:13. | :49:19. | |
through amazingly well. We switched up in training. The idea it is to | :49:19. | :49:25. | |
make the final. I wasn't right in the top 10. I am in the top eight | :49:25. | :49:35. | |
:49:35. | :49:36. | ||
decided. Both athletes at the previous successful height have | :49:36. | :49:42. | |
exactly the same record. One failure, one success. So, they | :49:42. | :49:47. | |
should at least be given another attempt at the height they have | :49:47. | :49:53. | |
both failed at three times, for. Scented two. If that is successful | :49:53. | :49:57. | |
from both points of view, the bar will be dropped down, until the | :49:57. | :50:02. | |
first athlete to Click it successfully gets it. If the second | :50:02. | :50:10. | |
athlete gets it as well, we carried on until we get a distinct winner. | :50:10. | :50:20. | |
:50:20. | :50:30. | ||
60m. Recur macro it is the star man. -- Vicaux. It promises to be a very | :50:30. | :50:40. | |
:50:40. | :51:03. | ||
season. Rose, the youngest in the line-up, 20 years old, Jamaican- | :51:03. | :51:13. | |
:51:13. | :51:13. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :51:13. | :52:11. | |
born. Running for Sweden. Simone hunted down by the French ban. | :52:11. | :52:21. | |
:52:21. | :52:21. | ||
James Sasaolu storming through to take it. A stunning run. From the | :52:21. | :52:28. | |
British and -- athlete, he takes it impressively. He wasn't away too | :52:28. | :52:34. | |
well but, my goodness, he picked up well, the Frenchman looked as if, | :52:34. | :52:44. | |
:52:44. | :52:46. | ||
perhaps, he was coasting a little bit. The speed was there. Lasley, | :52:46. | :52:56. | |
:52:56. | :53:14. | ||
all-time list, well done, James. Rose also coming through. I thought | :53:14. | :53:24. | |
:53:24. | :53:33. | ||
the French athlete was the best caption with the same height being | :53:33. | :53:39. | |
tried twice. We are involved in a Championship jump off for the gold | :53:39. | :53:44. | |
medal. Anna Rogowska of Poland against Holly Bleasdale of Great | :53:44. | :53:51. | |
Britain. Anna Rogowska it is such an experienced competitor. At 31 | :53:51. | :53:58. | |
years of age. She has been around the major arenas for almost a | :53:58. | :54:03. | |
decade now. Anna Rogowska, going for a potential gold medal winning | :54:03. | :54:09. | |
jump, that was her best attempt on that height so far. Holly Bleasdale, | :54:09. | :54:19. | |
:54:19. | :54:27. | ||
Arena. James going through to the semi-final of the 60m. Holly | :54:27. | :54:31. | |
Bleasdale in the jump off for gold. A strong performance for Holly | :54:31. | :54:37. | |
Bleasdale to be here. Her 4th attempt at this. A good third | :54:37. | :54:47. | |
:54:47. | :54:49. | ||
season, Holly Bleasdale has the advantage. She is coming to display | :54:49. | :54:57. | |
that character and consistency she needs. It has been a mixed set of | :54:57. | :55:01. | |
fortunes, Shara Proctor just missing the medals, Robbie Grabarz. | :55:02. | :55:10. |