Day 1 - Morning Session

:00:51. > :00:59.What a performance from Katarina Johnson-Thompson. She wins the gold

:01:00. > :01:06.medal. Bashir Hanson determined and fast, it is massive, New World

:01:07. > :01:13.indoor record. Linford Christie takes the gold. Helen Clitheroe gets

:01:14. > :01:19.the gold. On his way to gold. That is a new world indoor record.

:01:20. > :01:31.Shakes-Drayton should have the class for Britain. Sebastian Bayer has a

:01:32. > :01:39.remarkable record. Four European indoor titles. All for nothing,

:01:40. > :01:45.Bleasdale is the champion. Jackson wins it. The new European indoor

:01:46. > :01:50.champion. Sally Gunnell coming through for a brilliant victory.

:01:51. > :02:00.Already moving away, gold for Britain. Richard Strachan bringing

:02:01. > :02:08.it home. Great Britain get the gold. It is gold for Mo Farah of Great

:02:09. > :02:12.Britain. Good morning and welcome to the European Indoor Championships,

:02:13. > :02:15.the 14th addition of these championships and this year they

:02:16. > :02:19.come from the Serbian capital, Belgrade. Lots of British success

:02:20. > :02:24.over the years and we are looking forward to more this weekend.

:02:25. > :02:30.Belgrade translates as the White City but thank the notes no around

:02:31. > :02:34.even though it is still the back end of winter, in fact it is a beautiful

:02:35. > :02:40.day here. Although we are safely ensconced inside what promises to be

:02:41. > :02:45.as ever a very exciting and busy three days. You won't miss a single

:02:46. > :02:51.minute. We here this morning until midday with all of the early action.

:02:52. > :02:59.Then coverage continues on the website after midday. And we will be

:03:00. > :03:08.back later for the afternoon session at 3pm. As I said plenty for Great

:03:09. > :03:12.Britain to cheer about over the years and we're looking forward to

:03:13. > :03:15.more from what is a very good team here at these championships.

:03:16. > :03:23.Speaking of teams, good morning, folks. The knees and Paul are here.

:03:24. > :03:27.I had to say former coach of Jessica Ennis-Hill. Sadly time to move on.

:03:28. > :03:42.The knees, Denise, it is a difficult period

:03:43. > :03:46.here. It is difficult to see after the Olympics who will turn out. But

:03:47. > :03:55.I'm pleased to say Britain have got a good team as you said. And a lot

:03:56. > :03:59.of the other countries have chosen to field younger athletes alongside

:04:00. > :04:08.the more established stars. I do not know if we can save more

:04:09. > :04:13.established, Laura Muir is the name people are beginning to find out

:04:14. > :04:18.about. It is a huge weekend, she has proven time and again particularly

:04:19. > :04:23.in this indoor season she can run very fast and push herself very hard

:04:24. > :04:27.but watching needs to prove here is she can raise tactically and come

:04:28. > :04:35.away from here having come in as world leader in those events. To

:04:36. > :04:40.leave with those gold medals. It is a tough ask because she has the

:04:41. > :04:49.3,000-metre heats this morning, and then she has two comeback four hours

:04:50. > :04:53.later for the 1500 metre heats. A few of them had entered but she is

:04:54. > :05:00.there anyone who declared overnight she is definitely involved. She has

:05:01. > :05:05.big contenders up against and they've chosen just to focus on

:05:06. > :05:17.that. Laura will be in action later. As I said a busy morning. Then there

:05:18. > :05:27.is no KJT but you must be looking forward to watching the Olympic

:05:28. > :05:34.champion. There is also a couple of 19-year-olds who will be competing.

:05:35. > :05:39.We are looking forward to some of your expertise, Toni. These guys are

:05:40. > :05:46.pretty good as well. But I have to ask you, you have recently received

:05:47. > :05:53.a warning for your conduct from British athletics, ... Just

:05:54. > :05:59.reflections and maybe some thoughts on that? It is difficult for me to

:06:00. > :06:01.comment because it is in the hands of my solicitors and there is an

:06:02. > :06:08.ongoing discussion with British athletics behind the scenes. What I

:06:09. > :06:12.can say is that if you look at the coach - athlete relationship it is

:06:13. > :06:21.very tired, very close. If you look at Jets''s coach in Hoboken she said

:06:22. > :06:30.it was a love hate relationship. But it is that. A coaching role is 24/7,

:06:31. > :06:37.you are never not the coach. There is an amount of challenging and

:06:38. > :06:47.Natalie, but if you look at the funding, you get no training in how

:06:48. > :06:53.that is in terms of working with relationships. Very few coaches are

:06:54. > :07:01.funded. I think a lot of federations don't really understand it. That is

:07:02. > :07:08.a good point, we live in different times. And maybe for you guys... Not

:07:09. > :07:12.as old as me... It was more of a loose environment we lived in.

:07:13. > :07:19.Different times now. Different times, welfare and wellness of the

:07:20. > :07:24.athlete and you are right, coaching has to be taken into consideration

:07:25. > :07:32.or more support in particular but it is a very deep relationship that

:07:33. > :07:38.requires day-to-day and hour by hour intense relationships. The

:07:39. > :07:44.personalities vary. That comes down to the coaching ability to know how

:07:45. > :07:51.to stimulate, how to talk someone down, how to infuse. It is not

:07:52. > :08:00.always easy. I had a challenging coach... Remember! There is a fine

:08:01. > :08:03.line. It is about respect. It is about officials and everyone

:08:04. > :08:12.involved. You only have to look at football, they speak accordingly to

:08:13. > :08:19.the officials. Emotions run high in sport, often in the arena, everybody

:08:20. > :08:24.can possibly the member yourself and your husband on TV, without any

:08:25. > :08:31.embarrassment, emotions run high in training as well. People are

:08:32. > :08:35.stressed about what is going on. It is a high pressure environment. You

:08:36. > :08:41.have to have that respect and understanding. That relationship as

:08:42. > :08:47.to be so close, so special. Those emotions come closer to the surface.

:08:48. > :08:53.Then in the arena itself it is even closer. But he did knees is right

:08:54. > :08:58.the respect has to be there across the board. -- did

:08:59. > :09:05.it is understanding the importance of the coach and coaches really need

:09:06. > :09:20.to look after. We have to have good coaches to have that network to

:09:21. > :09:24.bring that full circle. Is there anything in particular you would

:09:25. > :09:29.like to see the governing body the do, Toni? Lots federations have an

:09:30. > :09:34.athletes commission but you look for a coaches Association, those don't

:09:35. > :09:40.exist in Britain. That is a real faux pas. When you look at how we

:09:41. > :09:44.are encouraging people and how much performance board, a huge difference

:09:45. > :09:49.from the top end to the club and with youngsters. Not that that is

:09:50. > :09:53.not valuable but it is very different. That representation in

:09:54. > :10:00.decision-making policies and people do go to if you get problems, you

:10:01. > :10:04.can ring the coaches commission up and have a discussion. Certainly a

:10:05. > :10:11.talking point, plenty of them over the weekend. As said we are hoping

:10:12. > :10:14.for plenty of British success this morning but here are some of the

:10:15. > :10:22.names you can look forward to seeing. Nafi Thiam is the one to

:10:23. > :10:27.watch and will be the one to beat in the five event pentathlon. There are

:10:28. > :10:34.no hurdles to jump for Eilidh Doyle. She takes on the regular 400 metres.

:10:35. > :10:38.One of her main rivals could well be her team-mate, the youngster Larry

:10:39. > :10:44.Nelson, who has been making her own headlines. And we have already

:10:45. > :10:48.mentioned her, the flying Scotsman, perhaps the Queen of the track here,

:10:49. > :10:54.could well be Laura Muir. Going for the distance double. And one man who

:10:55. > :11:00.does not have to come down this morning, the 60-metre hurdles heats

:11:01. > :11:04.not taking place for Andy Pozzi so he can now look forward to the

:11:05. > :11:08.semifinals later today. Let's have a look at the timetable for this

:11:09. > :11:16.morning. Nafi Thiam as we said going in the second of the hurdles in just

:11:17. > :11:17.a minute. Dan Bramble in long jump qualification very busy in the arena

:11:18. > :11:46.this morning. Watch out for Maslak. Then we have a 800s.

:11:47. > :11:56.Then the women's 3000 metres, and we will finish this morning with the

:11:57. > :12:02.60-metre hurdles. That visit for the time being, now I can hand over to

:12:03. > :12:05.the commentary box and a very good morning to Colin Jackson and Andrew

:12:06. > :12:12.Cotter. COMMENTATOR: Welcomes this fine arena which Steve has been

:12:13. > :12:17.talking about a little bit so far. Posted the Eurovision Song contest

:12:18. > :12:24.in 2008. Not a huge crowd this morning. The British flag on the

:12:25. > :12:27.British light, farm -- a British flag on the far side. Hard-core

:12:28. > :12:33.supporters. It is still very early here. We get ready for heats of the

:12:34. > :12:42.60-metre hurdles in the women's pentathlon. Nafi Thiam is the

:12:43. > :12:47.outstanding clear favourite to win this, she goes in the second of the

:12:48. > :12:54.heats. The slower hurdlers going in the first one. Some hurdlers lacking

:12:55. > :13:00.at the moment. I think we will chat a little bit with Steve Backley and

:13:01. > :13:05.Colin Jackson Bird that noise there, it was like Eurovision, the athlete

:13:06. > :13:16.is about to be introduced. These other ways to contact us. Facebook

:13:17. > :13:32.as well as Twitter. Quite excited about this razzmatazz.

:13:33. > :13:48.This might take some time. Was fourth at the world junior

:13:49. > :13:57.championships this year. The slower hurdlers going in the first aid,

:13:58. > :14:04.this is how the draw is done. The Frenchwoman was third at the French

:14:05. > :14:09.indoor Championships. As Denise was saying in the studio a lot of

:14:10. > :14:17.countries are choosing to field the youngsters in these championships.

:14:18. > :14:21.Haradskaya getting her introduction to the crowd. The gathering on the

:14:22. > :15:05.far side. Tanit this is the first of the contenders

:15:06. > :15:18.in this heat. Maksimava from Belarus. Season's best to slightly

:15:19. > :15:24.down on her personal best. And the Ukrainian just turned 18 a couple of

:15:25. > :15:44.weeks ago. Alina Shukh. Already showing plenty of promise.

:15:45. > :15:54.So, this is the first of the two heat of the women's pentathlon, just

:15:55. > :15:59.five events in doors. All about times, if you are new to

:16:00. > :16:02.multi-eventing, it is all about your times and distances, your heights,

:16:03. > :16:08.they are converted to points, add them up at the end. Again, rather

:16:09. > :16:11.sad there is no British involvement in this with Katarina

:16:12. > :16:16.Johnson-Thompson injured, Morgan Lake concentrating at the moment on

:16:17. > :16:23.the high jump, and Jess Ennis-Hill having retired. It is really clear

:16:24. > :16:37.for Nafi Thiem to dominate this in the next heat.

:16:38. > :16:44.There is a new order developing in the heptathlon. This, the first heat

:16:45. > :16:48.of the pentathlon, 60-metre hurdles. False start, another reminder that a

:16:49. > :16:53.false start in individual events would spell the end, but in

:16:54. > :17:02.multi-events you get a little bit of leeway. We will just have

:17:03. > :17:09.confirmation of who gave the false start, it won't be a qualification.

:17:10. > :17:15.I can see Shukh going back to lane eight, she is an exciting prospect.

:17:16. > :17:19.Certainly, there is not a lot known about her but she has broken the

:17:20. > :17:23.world record for pentathlon in doors so this is a first viewing of what

:17:24. > :17:28.is a very exciting talent. Going to take a couple of years to really

:17:29. > :17:35.mature, but she probably will be the challenger to Nafi Thiem in the

:17:36. > :17:43.future. Maksimava is in the lane alongside Shukh, false start is not

:17:44. > :17:46.a disqualification in multi-eventing. Verrier, false start

:17:47. > :17:52.to start the European indoor Championships here in Belgrade. Of

:17:53. > :18:01.course, a look at Shukh, born in 1999, goodness me. I only say that

:18:02. > :18:05.to show the promise she is showing at the age of 18, just turned 18, it

:18:06. > :18:12.really does or go very well for the future. Pretty good across all the

:18:13. > :18:14.events as well, quite consistent, that is what you are looking for,

:18:15. > :18:35.she does not have huge weaknesses. 11th, given the card, but not

:18:36. > :18:43.disqualification. Not disclose location instantly, one more, though

:18:44. > :18:44.would be a swift end to things. The official is looking rather

:18:45. > :19:04.perplexed. There is dissent amongst the

:19:05. > :19:17.officials at the moment. Mutiny! Just about ready to go again. A

:19:18. > :19:25.reminder of the line-up. Slanickova of Slovakia is in five, charisma of

:19:26. > :19:28.Portugal in six. Alina Shukh, the Ukrainian talent, in lane eight. --

:19:29. > :19:56.charisma of Portugal. 60 metres hurdles to start the

:19:57. > :20:09.pentathlon. Oh, and that is another false start, this time fairly clear

:20:10. > :20:12.that it was Belarus. The tension, Tony Minichiello, is always over the

:20:13. > :20:16.hurdles, you want to get off to a good clean start but the nerves

:20:17. > :20:22.around the first event, because it could all come to an end here.

:20:23. > :20:25.Agreed, and the young lady from Belarus, it is her first big

:20:26. > :20:29.Championships, you want to do well, you are nervous and it does build up

:20:30. > :20:36.but it will be interesting to the what the judges do because there was

:20:37. > :20:48.a bit of confusion. You are all allowed one false start. Shopping

:20:49. > :21:00.list being poured out. Find to go again. Come on now, we can do this.

:21:01. > :21:12.Well, the disqualification for -- notice note disqualification after

:21:13. > :21:17.the false start. We are one down. These are very tense moments for the

:21:18. > :21:26.athletes. To lose your chance at the very first event. Alina Shukh among

:21:27. > :21:48.those trying to compose themselves. Third time of asking, a decent

:21:49. > :21:50.start. Charisma takes the victory -- Quaresma takes the victory. I think

:21:51. > :21:58.they were just happy to get through that. Shukh struggling just a little

:21:59. > :22:01.bit. Colin Jackson is alongside me looking at the techniques, but there

:22:02. > :22:06.was so much tension after that. That some of these athletes are just

:22:07. > :22:11.happy to get through safely. Yes, it is really frustrating, when you have

:22:12. > :22:15.been warmed up, you are ready to go, you are charged, excited, ready to

:22:16. > :22:18.start the whole day, and there are continuous. Is. Let's look at

:22:19. > :22:25.Quaresma, she gets close to the first hurdle, she is big, strong,

:22:26. > :22:29.pushes hard of them, not bad technique. Remember, they don't have

:22:30. > :22:36.opportunity to specialise in any particular event, heptathlete, pen

:22:37. > :22:48.tablets, in this circumstance. That time of around 8.52. Very strong,

:22:49. > :22:52.isn't she? Working off every single one of these hurdles. What is also

:22:53. > :22:59.really interesting is that when it comes to preparation, just clobbered

:23:00. > :23:03.that barrier, everybody is at different stages in doors so we are

:23:04. > :23:09.not sure who will be sharper over particular events, they could be

:23:10. > :23:15.working on them but it is a solid start by Quaresma. There was that

:23:16. > :23:20.tension after the false start, effectively a false start against

:23:21. > :23:26.the field. This was a little bit disappointing from Shukh, she has a

:23:27. > :23:30.season's best of 8.85 but again perhaps still to gain that

:23:31. > :23:36.experience after those false start is, a little bit unsettled. What I

:23:37. > :23:40.like about this technique is that it has ridden, it may not be shot but

:23:41. > :23:45.it is very rhythmic and that is a good place to be. She is very young

:23:46. > :23:49.and she will mature, and she will get stronger and stronger and

:23:50. > :23:54.stronger. In comparison to Quaresma, already an adult, she is working,

:23:55. > :24:00.much stronger as a frame and can be really explosive out of all these

:24:01. > :24:03.blocks. So Shukh may be far off at this moment in time but give her 18

:24:04. > :24:10.months or so and we will see a big difference in her performance, I

:24:11. > :24:21.think. Well, Victory lane Mac for Quaresma, just 100th of a second

:24:22. > :24:24.ahead of Slanickova. Disqualification per Haradskaya as

:24:25. > :24:33.well. Nafi Thiem is up in the next heat.

:24:34. > :24:46.A bit of an untidy start there. Thiam was down the side here, I

:24:47. > :24:57.think they were watching with some nervous trepidation as to what was

:24:58. > :25:03.going on. Everyone wants a good start, it sets your mood, so very

:25:04. > :25:07.nervous, nervous officials! I was watching the officials, the lady who

:25:08. > :25:13.is the starter's assistant didn't seem to have the right time, they

:25:14. > :25:24.almost had a bit of a row, the athletes were washing, it doesn't

:25:25. > :25:27.help, does it? What happens, you see the headphones, if the blocks that

:25:28. > :25:31.are wired up, if somebody goes early, he hears a beep. The

:25:32. > :25:36.difference is, will he trust his eye and recall it or not recall it or

:25:37. > :25:45.will he just fire his recall gun based on the beep? Do you leave it

:25:46. > :25:49.to technology or to the human? Thiam being ushered to the back to get

:25:50. > :25:53.ready there. Let's remind ourselves of what a wonderful Olympic Games

:25:54. > :26:05.she had in Rio. Maybe not great memories, but she was good, you have

:26:06. > :26:13.to hand it to her. It was a bit wet to begin with! She built through the

:26:14. > :26:16.competition. This was probably the event, 1.98 high jump, phenomenal,

:26:17. > :26:22.which we always knew she was good at, and a great shot-putter. And

:26:23. > :26:29.then really what set it apart was day two, the way she responded on

:26:30. > :26:38.day two. What you have to remember, you look at her and think she is one

:26:39. > :26:42.of the tallest heptathlete, it was a personal best for her, and for me

:26:43. > :26:48.that is always a sign. Combine that with fantastic throwing ability, the

:26:49. > :26:54.javelin, that elbow, she was in agony, but to do what she did and

:26:55. > :26:58.run a personal best in the 800 was simply fantastic. It is a rare thing

:26:59. > :27:05.to happen in heptathlon but enough to win. She almost beat the beast,

:27:06. > :27:11.if you get seven PBs you beat the beast! She is getting used to seeing

:27:12. > :27:18.her name up in lights. And talking about, that is going on as well.

:27:19. > :27:24.COMMENTATOR: They come at a warm up, then go back into the wings to be

:27:25. > :27:25.introduced with all of the drama. This is all about Nafi Thiem,

:27:26. > :27:52.really. Dadic of Austria, she took bronze at

:27:53. > :27:58.the European Championships in Amsterdam last year. Europeans

:27:59. > :28:02.always a little bit down in terms of quality in a major championship

:28:03. > :28:07.year, and so it was in Amsterdam, but Dadic was there to take the

:28:08. > :28:22.bronze medal. Nadeem Broersen for the Netherlands, she was European

:28:23. > :28:29.champion last year. Dafne Schippers of course doing other things now.

:28:30. > :28:36.Nafi Thiam, still just 22. What an Olympics it was. When you go through

:28:37. > :28:38.an event and take five personal best, an astonishing performance and

:28:39. > :28:51.that high jump really was the pivotal moment. European under 23

:28:52. > :29:02.champion a couple of years ago, Krizsan of Hungary.

:29:03. > :29:27.Another youngster, just 22, again, Turpin of France.

:29:28. > :29:43.Preiner of Austria. A familiar name in multi-eventing, 32 now. Six in

:29:44. > :29:53.the World Championships a couple of years ago. Again, the two heats are

:29:54. > :29:57.done on season 's best time so these are the quicker hurdlers, some of

:29:58. > :30:02.them a little bit weaker in later events but again Nafi Thiam is

:30:03. > :30:03.obviously so strong throughout and has lowered her personal best in

:30:04. > :30:18.doors. We are just a little bit behind

:30:19. > :30:27.schedule after the three false start in that first heat. Again, if there

:30:28. > :30:32.is a., bad person, all those people as it was in the first event, are

:30:33. > :30:36.not instantly disqualified but it is against the field, so the next two.

:30:37. > :30:43.Will be done. Thiam in the middle, lane four. -- the next two false

:30:44. > :30:57.starts will be gone. Beginning her challenge in the pentathlon. here I

:30:58. > :31:07.thought that was cleanly away. The theme continues. This is

:31:08. > :31:15.interesting. I was looking very carefully and I didn't spot

:31:16. > :31:26.anything. Vereen Prine has been given the false start.

:31:27. > :31:31.Verena Preiner given a warning. She would have had a fly in days gone

:31:32. > :31:51.by. She stays for now but that is

:31:52. > :32:05.against the Field so the next. Will be the end of it. Green card

:32:06. > :32:19.technical. This has to be confusing. He is excited. Ready to go again.

:32:20. > :32:32.Nafi Thiam goes in Lane 4. She is the quickest in this field.

:32:33. > :32:46.Cleanly away this time and Thiam first to rise. Strong run from

:32:47. > :32:59.Turpin outside. New personal best. She is doing it again. Very

:33:00. > :33:02.impressive. She is proving the reason why she is Olympic champion

:33:03. > :33:08.and improving all the time. Tall and powerful, sometimes that counts

:33:09. > :33:12.against you in 60 metres but she is quickly into her stride. She is very

:33:13. > :33:20.comfortable now, she is aggressive into them. Using those long limbs,

:33:21. > :33:24.she may not have a lot of turnover but that is not necessary. That can

:33:25. > :33:28.force make speed when you are very tall, you do not have their general

:33:29. > :33:33.ability to generate Lake speed yourself. Because the hurdles become

:33:34. > :33:38.very close in, they can force you to generate lake speed and if you have

:33:39. > :33:39.good technical ability as Thiam is demonstrating then it is never going

:33:40. > :33:54.to be a problem. -- lake leg speed. Good focus. Works hard.

:33:55. > :33:58.She has a very good classy personal best out of that. The top three have

:33:59. > :34:02.come in with personal bests as well and a lot of this field experiencing

:34:03. > :34:08.this level of competition for the first time but Nafi Thiam in the

:34:09. > :34:17.centre began the technique looks pretty solid. Absolutely. She has

:34:18. > :34:20.two 1817 events outdoors, so to get every single technique can be a big

:34:21. > :34:26.ask but here, good and aggressive and she looks really competent. I am

:34:27. > :34:32.looking forward to seeing her outdoors, you can rewind yourself up

:34:33. > :34:36.when you are taller. She is off to a good season by the looks of things.

:34:37. > :34:40.Perhaps that will develop into a live already with Johnson-Thompson,

:34:41. > :34:50.who is not here with that hamstring injury. Close look at Nafi Thiam.

:34:51. > :34:54.Off the blocks, really well focused. Getting herself upright really

:34:55. > :35:08.quickly, that is important. Generate speed. Good focus. Smooth, silky,

:35:09. > :35:14.great performance. You can see how excited she was, so many things can

:35:15. > :35:24.go wrong in the hurdles but that was not just clean, it was quick, big

:35:25. > :35:29.personal best. She works hard into the tape, takes a little glance at

:35:30. > :35:39.the clock and sees it as a personal best, well done. It has been rounded

:35:40. > :35:48.down considerably, 8.23, big personal best. Very good start for

:35:49. > :35:56.the strong clip favourite in the pentathlon.

:35:57. > :36:03.STUDIO: Thiam out-of-the-box well but more than you can say for the

:36:04. > :36:11.championships. The ten minutes behind already. Thiam contended with

:36:12. > :36:14.that well. Very unsettling for the athletes, you lose momentum. You

:36:15. > :36:19.have to pick yourself back up again but fantastic by Thiam. For such a

:36:20. > :36:25.tall girl, getting her feet down in those first eight strides, fantastic

:36:26. > :36:28.hurdling. We move the 400 metres with women shortly, the sad news

:36:29. > :36:33.overnight is that Lina Nielsen has had to withdraw. We were so looking

:36:34. > :36:39.forward to seeing the twins. Real shame. Not quite sure at this point

:36:40. > :36:45.whether or not she is still in the relay but I guess we will find out.

:36:46. > :36:50.We will find out but first things first she has to protect herself.

:36:51. > :36:54.She still very young. It is best she sits out if she's not quite right.

:36:55. > :37:01.She has had such fantastic indoor season so far, she must be bitterly

:37:02. > :37:05.disappointed not to be but still to athletes in the mix. Paula we talked

:37:06. > :37:13.about young athletes coming here, she is a great example, two or three

:37:14. > :37:20.well-known people in this. But she could come here and win a medal. She

:37:21. > :37:26.definitely could come here and take that step forward. The big key to

:37:27. > :37:30.that was the boost to the confidence she got in Birmingham. She went away

:37:31. > :37:35.from their believing she could come here and perform. Looking straight

:37:36. > :37:43.at the final rather than just looking at the heats. Quick word on

:37:44. > :37:49.the track, Toni, first bit of technical chat, is this going to be

:37:50. > :37:54.a factor, the pens are not very banked. I'm interested to know, it

:37:55. > :37:57.is much squarer than Sheffield or Birmingham so it'll be interesting

:37:58. > :38:01.to know. Because they are quite tight you get centrifugal force, are

:38:02. > :38:06.you going to be able to stay on the track? The banking helps you stay

:38:07. > :38:11.on. It'll be interesting to see how they cope. It is so critical in the

:38:12. > :38:23.400 to get to the bell. One of the favourites, in the first heat, let's

:38:24. > :38:31.add you back to Switzerland. -- and you back to Andrew. COMMENTATOR: Lea

:38:32. > :38:58.Sprunger there. Should be a strong Polish quarter for the relay. Lina

:38:59. > :39:04.Nielsen out. Sinead rDenny goes in Lane 1. Officially it is a stress

:39:05. > :39:10.fracture for Lina Nielsen, not running in the individual here. This

:39:11. > :39:16.title was won exactly ten years ago to the day in Birmingham by Nicola

:39:17. > :39:30.Sanders with an astonishing time, 50.02, nobody has not played since.

:39:31. > :39:37.In European terms. The long jump going on in the infield as well.

:39:38. > :39:43.Some encouragement from the crowd for that. Just settling again, going

:39:44. > :39:55.to the blocks once more. Sinead Denny of Ireland.

:39:56. > :40:12.Lane five and six given to the quickest affiliates. The first of

:40:13. > :40:20.six hits. Quick start by Sinead Denny. Looking for the athletes on

:40:21. > :40:30.the outside. They are sprung and Iga Baumgart. They will break in a

:40:31. > :40:38.moment. Lea Sprunger a long way clear at the moment. Sinead Jenny in

:40:39. > :40:46.fourth place for the moment. Lea Sprunger, tall and elegant, long gap

:40:47. > :40:50.at the moment between her and Iga Baumgart. Two go through

:40:51. > :40:54.automatically and Sprunger can begin to take things easily now. As she

:40:55. > :41:06.comes round to take a comfortable victory. Sinead Denny taking fourth

:41:07. > :41:12.place in total control of that from the start. Baumgart is not able to

:41:13. > :41:17.get close, in fact she was chased down on the line by Putalova. Very

:41:18. > :41:23.close for the second automatic qualifying place with Sinead Denny

:41:24. > :41:28.in fourth place. Two go through automatically. Six fastest losers

:41:29. > :41:36.over the six hits. Lea Sprunger decent enough for an opener. Very

:41:37. > :41:40.controlled performance. It is important at this time of the day to

:41:41. > :41:46.have that control. If you are the class of the field don't risk being

:41:47. > :41:51.laboured in your performance, sit back and take control early. Get

:41:52. > :41:57.yourself out of trouble. That is exactly what that young lady did.

:41:58. > :42:00.She works hard. Out of the box to make sure she gets the good

:42:01. > :42:05.position. Drops down nice and comfortably. Just keeps control of

:42:06. > :42:11.this whole race. Nobody anywhere near her. She is not playing about.

:42:12. > :42:18.Making sure she's gets used to this track. Nice and comfortable.

:42:19. > :42:34.Qualifies with ease. That is exactly what you want. I am hoping somebody

:42:35. > :42:40.like Eilidh does the same. Baumgart is run out of that by the deliver.

:42:41. > :42:45.You are right, sometimes you get distracted with fatigue and that

:42:46. > :42:56.causes you problems. Now she has to wait and see what happens. Bit of a

:42:57. > :43:01.mistake although Bambacht might be OK as a fastest loser. Sometimes it

:43:02. > :43:07.is just important to get out and lead the race indoors, because they

:43:08. > :43:13.break. No worries for Lea Sprunger. Safely through with Putalova.

:43:14. > :43:29.STUDIO: Dan Bramble has taken to the runway.

:43:30. > :43:35.Here we go. First chance will stop that floats along on the board.

:43:36. > :43:39.Decent effort. It looked as though he encouraged on the plasticine. I

:43:40. > :43:47.do not think that will be measured. Well over the board. I was talking

:43:48. > :43:50.to athletes yesterday, this is a sprung floor and it is tough to

:43:51. > :44:00.measure how much that is going to come back at you. Dan Bramble are

:44:01. > :44:10.only competitor. In this long jump competition. Two more attempts to

:44:11. > :44:23.try to make the final tomorrow. Well. Michael Tonev of Sweden. Going

:44:24. > :44:28.to be one of the athletes wearing a gold braid. Defending indoor

:44:29. > :44:37.champion. Fast on the approach. That is how to do it. He has proved that

:44:38. > :44:45.in the past he is a great championship competitor. 20 athletes

:44:46. > :44:49.will be whittled down tomorrow to eight in the final. Slightly

:44:50. > :45:03.different process to the outdoor version of this event. The Swede

:45:04. > :45:14.with space to spare. Automatic verification.

:45:15. > :45:24.Athletes already out for the next heat. Lea Sprunger looking pretty

:45:25. > :45:25.impressive. And our first chance to look at the top-ranked athletes

:45:26. > :45:37.here. It is the top two, just to remind

:45:38. > :45:57.you. Cleanly away this time, not the

:45:58. > :46:04.quickest of starts from hay never but moving pretty well. Already run

:46:05. > :46:10.down dimwit on the outside. Inside, Hoffman, German champion, started

:46:11. > :46:14.pretty quickly. I would like to say the crowd is really getting going,

:46:15. > :46:22.it is a bit sparse in the arena this morning, but often is on the first

:46:23. > :46:29.morning. DeWitt have really got going, bit of a nudge there. -- de

:46:30. > :46:35.Witte. She is going to have to run wide. Hejnova controlling this from

:46:36. > :46:40.the front. Just the top two, of course. A good scrap here the second

:46:41. > :46:53.place, Hoffman just using her elbows to push de Witte out. Hoffman has to

:46:54. > :46:57.settle for third. It is a bit loving the cobwebs out a little bit,

:46:58. > :47:02.Hejnova, would not say that was completely smooth from her, it

:47:03. > :47:05.looked a bit like hard work. Nobody likes Heaps, especially when you

:47:06. > :47:10.want to just get them out of the way and move to the semis where the real

:47:11. > :47:16.racing starts but she is safely through, de Witte second.

:47:17. > :47:19.Pablo Matera is a favourite in the men's, he is known for getting out

:47:20. > :47:27.so quickly, Hejnova not quite at that. In doors it is a different

:47:28. > :47:32.beast to outdoors because you get the jostling. Hoffman trying to hold

:47:33. > :47:39.off de Witte, you see it here, de Witte just about had it. If you can

:47:40. > :47:48.hold your line you can perhaps hold off a stronger athlete but De

:47:49. > :47:59.Villota doing enough there. -- de Witte doing enough.

:48:00. > :48:06.We will tidy up the results as soon as we can but on the track they are

:48:07. > :48:09.trying to catch up, they are a few minutes behind, a legal already in

:48:10. > :48:11.the next heat, and we caught up with her yesterday at the team hotel --

:48:12. > :48:35.Haley Doyle. Eilidh Doyle, looking forward to

:48:36. > :48:37.seeing the debate at the indoor Championships, I heard at the press

:48:38. > :48:43.conference you refer to this as a stepping stone, tell us about that?

:48:44. > :48:47.Yes, the whole plan really is for the outdoors and World Championships

:48:48. > :48:53.in London, and also the 400-metre hurdles but it is always good to be

:48:54. > :48:57.able to compete and test my flats as well, I don't get much chance to do

:48:58. > :49:01.them so it is nice for me to get some early form and see how my speed

:49:02. > :49:06.work is and carry that into the outdoor season and over the hurdles.

:49:07. > :49:11.What will you be pleased with in Belgrade? I just want to compete and

:49:12. > :49:14.perform well, I am ranked third coming into it so I definitely want

:49:15. > :49:18.to get into the final and be amongst it. I did the European Championships

:49:19. > :49:29.in 2013 and came back with a silver medal which was an amazing time for

:49:30. > :49:32.me, probably the start of a really good few years for me, so I would

:49:33. > :49:35.love to know I have given everything and can be satisfied. It is quite a

:49:36. > :49:39.different event to outdoors, running in doors, the break, the Bell, the

:49:40. > :49:43.critical time, I guess? Yes, it takes me out of my comfort zone a

:49:44. > :49:48.bit. With the hurdles in particular it is all about the rhythm, you find

:49:49. > :49:51.the rhythm and go with it, whereas indoor is different, you need to get

:49:52. > :49:56.out quick, be aggressive and assertive. I'm not the most

:49:57. > :50:01.aggressive person said for me it is trying to get that out of me and get

:50:02. > :50:05.out nice and quick over the first lap and really work hard and in the

:50:06. > :50:10.end hang on for the second lap. How aggressive can you get? My coach

:50:11. > :50:14.keeps telling me to be more aggressive, I am too nice! Make sure

:50:15. > :50:26.I win the break. So, Aileen Doyle goes here on the

:50:27. > :50:32.outside -- Eilidh Doyle. Just turned 30 last week, quite often seen as

:50:33. > :50:37.the start of the decline but gets a lot of questions, you have turned

:50:38. > :50:42.30, what are you thinking? She is just going to carry on doing what

:50:43. > :50:50.she is doing. Leah Springer, the Swiss athlete, long way clear of

:50:51. > :51:01.Yvette Cooper Taliban. -- Yvette Eppleton over. The first heat wasn't

:51:02. > :51:13.too bad, I just thought the second was a bit... 54.65, this Slovenian

:51:14. > :51:16.has 152 seconds this year 's disappointing for them and an

:51:17. > :51:23.anxious wait in the rest of the heat, certainly for Hoffman at

:51:24. > :51:40.53.65. Horlock goes inside Eilidh Doyle --

:51:41. > :51:55.hole. Nine times Spanish champion in lane four. Bianca Russell of Romania

:51:56. > :51:59.in lane two. So, Eilidh Doyle, like Laura Muir, from Kinross high

:52:00. > :52:03.school, producing two such high-quality athletes, Eilidh Doyle

:52:04. > :52:16.in lane six, UK Champion begins her European challenge.

:52:17. > :52:32.It is a long hold. Not going entirely according to plan this

:52:33. > :52:35.morning. No, they need to improve things here. . Our part and parcel

:52:36. > :52:39.but they are a good ten minutes behind schedule at the minute and it

:52:40. > :52:46.is a very busy morning -- false starts. Another reminder of the

:52:47. > :53:00.line-up, Razor in two, but case in the four, Holub in five and Aileen

:53:01. > :53:10.Doyle outside in lane six. -- but Tessa in four. Pretty even at the

:53:11. > :53:19.moment between these athletes. Who gets the lead at the break is often

:53:20. > :53:29.so important. Raharolahy of France also going well. Bokesa coming

:53:30. > :53:34.through of Spain. Doyle out in front, pole position at the moment

:53:35. > :53:42.ahead of Holub, strong run from Bokesa. Aileen Doyle not able to

:53:43. > :53:48.break away at the moment but in control, knows where she is, no

:53:49. > :53:52.sweat Holub is and opens up just a couple of metres, and she will take

:53:53. > :53:56.the victory, go through, Holub second and just coming through was

:53:57. > :54:01.Raharolahy of France but two qualifiers are Aileen Doyle and

:54:02. > :54:08.Holub, and looked comfortable enough, Eilidh Doyle, in going

:54:09. > :54:13.through. Yes, it is interesting because that looked like a good

:54:14. > :54:18.control run from Eilidh Doyle when you see the clock stopped at 53.20

:54:19. > :54:24.eight. Maybe this track is a little bit slow and bouncy? Colin has some

:54:25. > :54:28.words to say. I think the inside lane is tied so a lot of the time

:54:29. > :54:31.they can't generate enough speed so they check back their stride more

:54:32. > :54:34.than they normally do and I think that is what is causing problems

:54:35. > :54:38.with the time because you can imagine when you are fatigued as

:54:39. > :54:44.well the stride length really shortens. I think that is why the

:54:45. > :54:49.times could be a little bit slow. Not every indoor track is the same

:54:50. > :54:54.not only in terms of surface but also how tight it is, and as Colin

:54:55. > :54:59.said the inside lane is particularly tight so the times are down. She

:55:00. > :55:03.looked good, though. Like you were saying, Andrew, it is controlled, no

:55:04. > :55:08.one really likes the heats, you still have to work hard but it

:55:09. > :55:13.looked comfortable to me. I'm sure she will be pretty pleased with

:55:14. > :55:22.that. Little bit down on the first heat in terms of the times. Springer

:55:23. > :55:25.also a bit quicker in the first heat but Eilidh Doyle through easily

:55:26. > :55:35.enough. Automatically through with Holub of Poland. Now chatting to

:55:36. > :55:39.fill. Well done, mission accomplished.

:55:40. > :55:44.What is the mindset in a day like today, two races to accomplish to

:55:45. > :55:48.get to the final? It is just about putting on a good, solid run. The

:55:49. > :55:52.performance indoors is quite tactical so I knew I had to try and

:55:53. > :55:57.win at the break and control that second lap so I could conserve

:55:58. > :56:00.energy for later on. When you wake up and have an early morning like

:56:01. > :56:04.this, do you know immediately whether you are in good body and

:56:05. > :56:09.spirit? You kind of know anyway, it is hard to races early in the

:56:10. > :56:13.morning but I got up early enough, early night last night and felt good

:56:14. > :56:19.this morning. What are the preparations between now and the

:56:20. > :56:22.semifinal later on? Just get back, recover, some food and a bit of a

:56:23. > :56:27.mass large, hopefully some sleep and come back later. Let me ask you

:56:28. > :56:31.about coming third on the European list, does it have any bearing when

:56:32. > :56:35.you come to an event like this, do you think about it? Not really,

:56:36. > :56:42.especially indoors because it is so tactical. Sometimes times don't

:56:43. > :56:46.matter, it is winning the right race of the right time. I have gone to

:56:47. > :56:55.the Europeans ranked number one and there was pressure so it feels a bit

:56:56. > :57:00.nicer coming ranked number three! The result of that, Eilidh Doyle

:57:01. > :57:04.through, 53.28, not quick but none of the athletes have been

:57:05. > :57:14.particularly fast. Holub the second automatic qualifier. The semifinal

:57:15. > :57:17.start at 5:45pm, 4:45pm UK time. From one experienced British athlete

:57:18. > :57:22.hoping for a good run it on the final to another one, Laviai

:57:23. > :57:25.Nielsen, what a run from her in Birmingham, second place, she went

:57:26. > :57:33.hard through the first 200 metres on that occasion. She has a good lane

:57:34. > :57:45.draw here right on the outside, against Sananes of France and

:57:46. > :57:49.Salaski of Serbia. To remind you, the top two qualify automatically,

:57:50. > :57:56.she is the quickest in this heat but still a little inexperienced.

:57:57. > :58:00.Nielsen will want to attack hard here, we have talked about the

:58:01. > :58:04.track, she will have two content with that but out in lane six gives

:58:05. > :58:10.her every opportunity and that is a fantastic start. Nielsen, round the

:58:11. > :58:14.top band, will need to big it up as she comes through on the inside.

:58:15. > :58:20.Nielsen has every chance of leading this. Sananes just coming for the

:58:21. > :58:25.inside but Nielsen comes across, good mature running. 25.45, much

:58:26. > :58:29.slower than we saw in Birmingham. Stretching down the back straight

:58:30. > :58:34.now, putting pressure on the others, Bueno of Spain trying to move into

:58:35. > :58:38.second place but it is Nielsen, the 20-year-old from Great Britain,

:58:39. > :58:42.stretching away from the field, the top two qualify, she is looking good

:58:43. > :58:45.and strong, good daylight between her and the rest. Salaski coming on

:58:46. > :59:01.the outside per second, but Sananes will get it.

:59:02. > :59:04.Nielsen, 53.77, good piece of mature running from the youngster there,

:59:05. > :59:06.got out nice and steady, didn't panic on the first lap, good lane,

:59:07. > :59:08.drawn lane six, could watch everybody else, moved across nicely

:59:09. > :59:12.and put the pressure on the back straight, got in front and was able

:59:13. > :59:17.to cruise in over the last 30 or 40 metres. 53.74 the winning time.

:59:18. > :59:26.Impressive that she was able to lead across the line. A shame that Lina

:59:27. > :59:29.Nielsen is not able to run today but she has always said her twin sister

:59:30. > :59:36.is better over the flat and she was able to show that really from 200

:59:37. > :59:41.metres on. I think there was a bit of tying up towards the end as well,

:59:42. > :59:44.Salaski had to move out so why to try to take the second automatic

:59:45. > :59:54.qualifying place and just about got back. Nielsen again was composed,

:59:55. > :59:58.still fairly inexperienced, but 20 years old it looked an experienced

:59:59. > :00:05.piece of 400 to indoor running. She has a bit of endurance as well,

:00:06. > :00:12.I think she can run a lot faster as well, I always say that about women

:00:13. > :00:16.400-metre runners, always angling for them to move up! Really good

:00:17. > :00:25.performance, though, looked really mature. We are both making the same

:00:26. > :00:30.point. Her reward is to chat with Phil.

:00:31. > :00:35.I know there will be a lot of nerves on a day like today but that was

:00:36. > :00:38.really accomplished, Steve Cram called it a mature performance. I

:00:39. > :00:42.was really nervous on the start line because it was my first time, you

:00:43. > :00:46.want to get it out of the way because you don't know how you feel.

:00:47. > :00:51.I have never raced so early, my legs had not woken up, so I was glad I

:00:52. > :00:58.was able to pull it out and I just want to get ready for the semis now.

:00:59. > :01:02.You know what you are capable of, if you run to potential you will get

:01:03. > :01:07.through. I never thought I would be in a position where I could control

:01:08. > :01:10.and ease down in the European Championships so I hope I am in this

:01:11. > :01:15.position, I'm feeling confident, especially after my run in

:01:16. > :01:18.Birmingham. The event tinged with disappointment because Lena, your

:01:19. > :01:23.twin sister, had to pull out. How is she and how has it affected you? We

:01:24. > :01:28.were both gutted, tears on Wednesday when she got here and realised she

:01:29. > :01:34.may have to pull out. We still had hope until last night and last night

:01:35. > :01:38.she decided to pull out because the rest of the year is important so we

:01:39. > :01:42.gutted but I am flying the flag for both of us, she will come back. You

:01:43. > :01:51.did extraordinarily well, we wish you well later. Lille real shame for

:01:52. > :01:59.Lina, her sister, but that was a wonderful performance. And that of

:02:00. > :02:07.course guarantees a good lane in the semifinals latest day. Quite a good

:02:08. > :02:18.line-up for the ultimate heat in the women's 400 metres. Interesting

:02:19. > :02:30.names in there. Getting stronger and stronger.

:02:31. > :02:43.Moving past Eilidh Doyle in the earnings, Floria Guei did not run in

:02:44. > :02:51.the Olympics but an outstanding relay runner. Help France to the

:02:52. > :03:01.European silver medal last year. Former winner of this title, Phil

:03:02. > :03:07.Healy one of the best-known affiliates in this race, amazing

:03:08. > :03:10.reeling in an opponents at the University Championships in our

:03:11. > :03:20.Glastir. 3 million views on you Tube. Two go through automatically.

:03:21. > :03:28.Tough one for Phil Healy, although she is very quick. 7.31 over 60

:03:29. > :03:36.metres this season but 400 metres in this heat might be a big task.

:03:37. > :03:50.Floria Guei rocking in Lane 5. Phil Healy has gone up very quickly on

:03:51. > :03:58.Rossouw and Hayley trying to get to the break first. Just beginning to

:03:59. > :04:07.settle into a little bit, these four altogether, and down goes Rosol

:04:08. > :04:15.over. Slott Petersen out in front but then maybe decisions to be made.

:04:16. > :04:20.Phil Healy in Fairplay is beginning to tire a little bit. Long wait

:04:21. > :04:26.clear, two going through automatically. Phil Healy trying to

:04:27. > :04:31.chase down one of the fastest losers positions but she is being hunted

:04:32. > :04:40.down. Two out in front, Slott Petersen and Floria Guei, and

:04:41. > :04:49.Rosolova was clattered as she came down to the track. Four athletes

:04:50. > :04:53.together. Healy, the three big names, and three into one doesn't

:04:54. > :04:57.go. Nobody was going to give up their space and somebody should have

:04:58. > :05:00.checked back. All three of them decided they would muscle through

:05:01. > :05:05.but none of them had the pace. Healy was trying to get involved. They

:05:06. > :05:10.come across from her outside. Rosolova closest to her. Healy does

:05:11. > :05:17.not like them coming across, it is not her fault at all. The two on the

:05:18. > :05:21.outside forcing Rosolova inside. I'm not sure if she was clipped probably

:05:22. > :05:26.from behind by Healy, that is why she wet down. She hit the ground of

:05:27. > :05:34.all those years ago, she seems to be. Watch Slott Petersen and Floria

:05:35. > :05:41.Guei, Gueye in particular could have checked back. They start cutting

:05:42. > :05:49.across and of course there is no room. Rosolova has two. Across

:05:50. > :05:55.Healy. She is clipped from behind by the Irish woman, not her fault. I do

:05:56. > :06:03.not know what they are going to do. She has grazed her hip. And who I am

:06:04. > :06:10.wondering what they can do. Healy tripped her, I'm not sure if she can

:06:11. > :06:20.really be advanced either. She looks winded as well. She went down,

:06:21. > :06:24.showing symptoms of being winded. Not Healy's fault in any way,

:06:25. > :06:31.actually she does check. She heats the curving, that is what happens

:06:32. > :06:39.and then she heats it really hard. Guei gives her a nudge. For me the

:06:40. > :06:49.French woman should be disco fire. -- disqualified. If Rosolova is OK

:06:50. > :06:54.they could still give her another run, in the semifinals this evening.

:06:55. > :07:08.That is the result as it stands at the moment. Rosolova still down on

:07:09. > :07:14.the track receiving treatment. Unsettling for those just about to

:07:15. > :07:21.go in the next heat. She is being attended to and it was a very heavy

:07:22. > :07:29.for. I think she is OK in terms of anything too serious but she was

:07:30. > :07:34.winded apart from anything else and she hit the ground hard. They have

:07:35. > :07:43.to move on, as Andrew was saying, a bit disconcerting for the other

:07:44. > :07:52.athletes. They have put her neck in a brace, we hope for the best for

:07:53. > :07:56.Denisa Rosolova. As I said I think there might be news on that in terms

:07:57. > :08:09.of disqualification. These are the athletes in this sixth heat.

:08:10. > :08:17.Polish indoor champion, really experienced, new personal best this

:08:18. > :08:27.year. In a good lane on the outside. Again a very competitive heat. Made

:08:28. > :08:32.the world indoor final last year and in 2014 when it was in her home

:08:33. > :08:36.country. Last year we were in Portland, the stage. Next year don't

:08:37. > :08:42.forget Birmingham, around about a year from now. I think you can

:08:43. > :08:57.register for tickets. Former European junior champion gaffe

:08:58. > :09:00.Madiea Ghafoor. Rosolova being carried away, the neck brace as we

:09:01. > :09:10.think a bit of a precaution. Sadly for her that was a very heavy fall.

:09:11. > :09:11.As I said we may well see the disqualification possibly of way but

:09:12. > :09:45.we will see. It is coming up on the computer,

:09:46. > :09:49.Guei has been disqualified. No surprise. As I said in some cases

:09:50. > :09:55.whatsoever might have been advanced but I'm not sure she will be in any

:09:56. > :10:05.state to take place in a semifinal but I think that is the right

:10:06. > :10:13.decision. The Polish athlete on the outside. That was a tough league,

:10:14. > :10:18.all athletes get the heats and think it is rotten but there is always one

:10:19. > :10:20.where you wonder about the seeding. I think that was it, but this one is

:10:21. > :11:05.pretty good as well. Atcho has gone out very slowly. It

:11:06. > :11:17.is Madiea Ghafoor who comes across, look at the scrap here, the tall

:11:18. > :11:21.arty matter holding her. The top two to go through, arty matter looking a

:11:22. > :11:35.bit heavy legged as Sarah Atcho comes round and on the outside, this

:11:36. > :11:39.could be anybody's race. It will be what is going on out there, the

:11:40. > :11:47.boxing matches tomorrow, isn't it? Should I she looked as though she

:11:48. > :11:57.was in control 50 metres out and all of a sudden and many before

:11:58. > :12:02.responded again. 20 timelines, and you. That was fascinating, as you

:12:03. > :12:09.said she went out so quickly, she was almost up alongside Swiety

:12:10. > :12:16.straightaway. She was wading through treacle but then she got a second

:12:17. > :12:22.wind as arty matter started to fade but Ghafoor could not quite get

:12:23. > :12:25.there. Fascinating race. Great indoor race come you get these

:12:26. > :12:32.scraps and we have seen what can happen. She did well because Ghafoor

:12:33. > :12:36.got a little clip, she just hops a little, loses momentum and then she

:12:37. > :12:41.gets a nudge which pushes her forward, recovers herself and no

:12:42. > :12:50.problems there. I do not think anybody is doing anything wrong.

:12:51. > :13:08.Ghafoor just missing out. Go Mehri you get -- 800 and 15 and a metre

:13:09. > :13:10.runners are used to barging and bumping but these 400-metre runners

:13:11. > :13:17.are not necessarily used to that. The race before Rosolova getting

:13:18. > :13:28.hurt and Floria Guei paying the price. Ghafoor will go through as

:13:29. > :13:35.the fastest loser, because partly of the Pacific Ocean in the previous

:13:36. > :13:46.heat. -- because of the disqualification in the Prevacid.

:13:47. > :13:58.Phil Healy just passed with five metres to go, so she just misses

:13:59. > :14:05.out. Rosolova took a heavy bump as she fell. Floria Guei paying the

:14:06. > :14:10.price for the elbows and leaning. That is a good old-fashioned

:14:11. > :14:15.shoulder charge. You cannot do that. It is a really heavy fall. You are

:14:16. > :14:21.right about the cut and thrust and you are right that indoors it can be

:14:22. > :14:25.like that. But at some point you have to accent you have not got the

:14:26. > :14:29.racing line and you have two axes to the other athletes either from the

:14:30. > :14:41.outside or the inside. Definite shoulder charge for me. Resulting in

:14:42. > :14:53.that disqualification. The long jump in the background. This is the

:14:54. > :14:59.Ukrainian, 23 years of age, I do not know much about this young man.

:15:00. > :15:09.Opened up with 7.65 and then is in the second round. Massive personal

:15:10. > :15:20.best. Lifetime best for the Ukrainian. That will take him into

:15:21. > :15:24.the final he timed it right, longest jump in Europe this year. So maybe

:15:25. > :15:39.Mickey Serhiy Nykyforov that his name in

:15:40. > :15:42.the hat for medals tomorrow. Also looking to make the final is Dan

:15:43. > :15:48.Bramble. Greg Rutherford still shaking off his dancing legs. Dan

:15:49. > :16:00.Bramble opened with a foul. This is his second effort. You can

:16:01. > :16:07.see the green line, eighth place so far. That was 7.70 two. Eight

:16:08. > :16:13.athletes made the final, Bramble has to make that to be able to compete

:16:14. > :16:21.tomorrow afternoon. He talked about medals, he is going to have two...

:16:22. > :16:28.Judging by that, the wrong side of the green line. He will have to rely

:16:29. > :16:38.on his third-round effort. I can tell you his second effort was 7.60

:16:39. > :16:42.four, 12th place so far. It is a busy arena, Tony is down

:16:43. > :16:46.there somewhere, a privileged position. In all your years as a

:16:47. > :16:50.coach, you would have loved the chance to go in the arena in the

:16:51. > :16:53.middle of the competition?! You are not wrong, I would love to be in

:16:54. > :16:58.this position, this is normally where I would coach from at the

:16:59. > :17:02.track but I can't help feeling I am out of place, I feel very nervous

:17:03. > :17:06.and in the wrong place! But it is a great position and thank you to the

:17:07. > :17:13.European athletics Association for allowing me out here. We are hoping

:17:14. > :17:16.to get a bit more of a technical view of some of the field events,

:17:17. > :17:20.but if the 60-metre hurdles get going, get out of the way because

:17:21. > :17:26.you will get run over there! We will be back with you shortly.

:17:27. > :17:28.Something extraordinary has happened in lane three in the 60-metre

:17:29. > :17:38.hurdles. We are ready for the 400 metres.

:17:39. > :17:51.Oscar Husillos, exciting Spanish talent, goes in lane six. There is

:17:52. > :17:56.Oscar Husillos, 23 years old, new Spanish indoor champion, says he

:17:57. > :17:59.likes the 200 more but going so well on the 400, he has to keep trying.

:18:00. > :18:19.Rattling through the races now. There will be a fierce contest at

:18:20. > :18:30.the break. As the loss with a bit of work to do. Tucked in behind Koch

:18:31. > :18:41.and Bony fussier at the moment. -- bolivar cheer. Bonevacia and Marc

:18:42. > :18:45.Koch, the German, in those automatic positions at the moment. Saunders

:18:46. > :18:51.trying to make his move. Bonevacia takes it, who's he lost takes second

:18:52. > :18:56.and down goes Koch, a little trip on tired legs as well, no more than

:18:57. > :19:00.that but Liemarvin Bonevacia did look strong, Dutch record-holder,

:19:01. > :19:04.bronze medal at the European Championships last year, a bit of a

:19:05. > :19:07.jig and he is safely through to the semifinals. The sea loss gives him a

:19:08. > :19:16.high five, he came through but had to work quite hard, Bonevacia

:19:17. > :19:22.controlled that race from the break. Yes, interesting for me watching

:19:23. > :19:27.Oscar Husillos, he is running very, very well, Spanish record-holder.

:19:28. > :19:32.Left it late, having to go round the big strong big of Marc Koch of

:19:33. > :19:38.Germany, those big legs of his just got filled with lactic right at the

:19:39. > :19:43.end and he fell down the track. Again, he is OK. Bonevacia looked

:19:44. > :19:49.good, just controlled it. Oscar was the loss will have to be on his game

:19:50. > :19:53.if he is going to get through. Four, five out of ten? Actually, no, he is

:19:54. > :19:58.better than me, I will give him eight out of ten for that. As I

:19:59. > :20:02.said, and little high five for Oscar Husillos but he is going to have to

:20:03. > :20:07.be more into the race earlier in the semifinal if he is to get through to

:20:08. > :20:11.the final. Second place behind Liemarvin

:20:12. > :20:15.Bonevacia, they are the two automatic qualifiers. Only the two

:20:16. > :20:23.fastest losers over the five heats in the men's 400 metres.

:20:24. > :20:29.OK, Tony, we can have a little bit more of the chat now. High jump

:20:30. > :20:32.about to get... It is already underway in the pentathlon. Any

:20:33. > :20:37.casual viewer of athletics couldn't fail to notice how good the multi

:20:38. > :20:43.eventers are in the women's high jump, why is that? I think it is

:20:44. > :20:48.just the nature of the event, to be honest. In order to be good at all

:20:49. > :20:54.seven events, you are going to be lean and quick and those things

:20:55. > :20:58.support you in terms of high jump. What about the arena? Sometimes

:20:59. > :21:04.endorse a high jump can be a bit squeezed. It has been difficult for

:21:05. > :21:07.the girls to warm up, they are starting 15 minutes late in terms of

:21:08. > :21:10.what they are doing so the warm up has gone on quite long, that has

:21:11. > :21:16.been confusion, problems with the uprights as well, the sticky tape is

:21:17. > :21:21.not sticking to the track, so we will see how that goes. It causes a

:21:22. > :21:33.bit of nervousness. Anything you can do to help out down there? No, I

:21:34. > :21:37.will stay well clear, to be honest! No British athlete in the men's 400

:21:38. > :21:41.metres at all, which is a bit of a shame, one or two were hoping they

:21:42. > :21:44.would get selected, and of course it means no men's 4x400 team for Great

:21:45. > :21:53.Britain either on the last afternoon. That Lavigne, the great

:21:54. > :21:58.UK indoor specialist over the last few years, continuing his long road

:21:59. > :22:02.to recovery, James Ellington out after his involvement in that

:22:03. > :22:06.accident in ten are we -- Nigel Levine, the UK in DOS batch of it.

:22:07. > :22:13.No British involvement in the men's 400 metres but this is the line-up

:22:14. > :22:18.for the second heat. It contains powerful Maslak, the

:22:19. > :22:21.favourite, the defending champion, such a good indoor runner and

:22:22. > :22:26.whether it is the Europeans all the worlds, he is undoubtedly a

:22:27. > :22:34.competitor. Recently ran a new indoor record in Czechoslovakia of

:22:35. > :22:46.20.50 two. Brian Gregan for Ireland. Van Diepen of the Netherlands.

:22:47. > :22:53.Trademark... I am running out of terms, what are they? Sleeves, of

:22:54. > :22:57.course they are, without tops! Because it is cold indoors. Anyway,

:22:58. > :23:07.Maslak will be the man they are chasing. Brian Gregan inside, decent

:23:08. > :23:11.Irish contingent here, actually, reasonable sized team. Quite a few

:23:12. > :23:18.of them on show this morning, we have seen one or two already. Healy

:23:19. > :23:25.didn't get through in the women's 400 metres, sadly, Gregan will try

:23:26. > :23:38.to do better. 46.59 his season's best. Van Diepen of the Netherlands,

:23:39. > :23:44.Mauritz Kashagen and also Lorentz E. It is the top two, many of these

:23:45. > :23:51.athletes come with times under 47. You get the feeling one or two of

:23:52. > :24:01.the British athletes could have done some damage in this men's 400.

:24:02. > :24:12.Cleanly away. No, it's not. I knew as soon as I said that... See

:24:13. > :24:27.anything, Andrew? I thought it was a very good start by Ruzic Mateo. I

:24:28. > :24:40.can tell you Mauritz Kashagen may be the man who has transgressed.

:24:41. > :24:45.Anything under 0.1 deemed an illegal start, 0.081. He could get a conduct

:24:46. > :24:50.warning. Just waiting for the athletes to walk back then the

:24:51. > :24:54.official will walk out. It will be disqualification, I have seen the

:24:55. > :25:01.colour of the card that the Marx man has. He has just been told, in fact,

:25:02. > :25:13.the shaken, having a little bit of a discussion -- Moritz to shaken. I

:25:14. > :25:25.don't know what he is arguing about. Sorry, mate. It is Kashagen. That is

:25:26. > :25:29.a sad face. Well, he has to resign himself to the fact that you can't

:25:30. > :25:34.really argue, they have shown him the printout as well, and if he had

:25:35. > :25:38.a chance to look at the replay, I mean, he knows, you know when you

:25:39. > :25:48.have made a false start as clearly as that. Maslak taking a few moments

:25:49. > :25:54.to relax while they sort this out. I have to say, disqualifications,

:25:55. > :25:58.fine, it happens, but they have not been super-quick at moving on from

:25:59. > :26:03.that and making the decision, telling the athlete, moving one.

:26:04. > :26:07.They have changed the length as well of the hold on the start, it is

:26:08. > :26:12.very, very quick now for the gun to go because there were long, long

:26:13. > :26:17.hold earlier. Kashagen still... Well, nothing he can do. It is a

:26:18. > :26:21.long way to come from Norway to Belgrade and then first morning, he

:26:22. > :26:25.has been nervous, looking forward to this will be, running the

:26:26. > :26:35.Championships, family might have travelled out. Not a good morning.

:26:36. > :26:45.So, Maslak on the outside, Brian Gregan, van Diepen. Maslak expected

:26:46. > :26:52.to control this. That long, rangy action of his, those arms, plain to

:26:53. > :26:56.see. Van Diepen trying to get involved but Maslak should be able

:26:57. > :27:02.to control this, Gregan trying to hold him off but he checks back, a

:27:03. > :27:05.smart thing to do, the Irish man now in second place. Lorenzi trying to

:27:06. > :27:09.make up some ground, the top three go through. Maslak looking

:27:10. > :27:15.comfortable at the front, Gregan will come under pressure from Ruzic

:27:16. > :27:19.and Lorenzi. Maslak has a look around, sees there is still trouble,

:27:20. > :27:24.has to extend and Gregan might make it through. Maslak is going to win

:27:25. > :27:30.it, Gregan gets second spot, takes a tumble as well. Well done to Brian

:27:31. > :27:34.Gregan, making it through. No doubt about the winner, he just did

:27:35. > :27:43.everything he needed to and nothing more. Semifinals are tonight, after

:27:44. > :27:49.the women's, indeed, so Maslak safely through. 47.50 seven. The

:27:50. > :27:54.times are not fantastic, not an issue for him, he is winning

:27:55. > :27:58.comfortably, but the others are fighting hard. What a contrast

:27:59. > :28:03.between Maslak and the rest. Conserving as much energy as he

:28:04. > :28:11.could, just held on, but that was an easy, controlled race. Ruzic and

:28:12. > :28:16.Gregan in a titanic battle, Ruzic is a hugely powerful figure, but Gregan

:28:17. > :28:21.holding on. Maslak looked very, very strong, he will be a hard man to

:28:22. > :28:25.beat. The effort on the face of Gregan to hold off Ruzic, which he

:28:26. > :28:29.did, but look at the ease on Maslak's face, the ease with which

:28:30. > :28:36.he crossed that line. There is the contrast and the favourite for the

:28:37. > :28:45.title. So, confirmed second place for Brian Gregan in a 47.62. Slow at

:28:46. > :28:50.times for others. 47.66 might be fast enough to go through... No,

:28:51. > :29:01.there are only two fastest losers to go through so it is not looking good

:29:02. > :29:05.for Matteo Ruzic. Bramble, last chance to qualify. It

:29:06. > :29:10.is good, will it be the white flag? I think he knows he has gone over

:29:11. > :29:15.the board. That is really disappointing for Dan Bramble, very

:29:16. > :29:21.optimistic about his chances here. He knows he has made a mess of that,

:29:22. > :29:29.foul on the first round, a big foul, you can see, in this third round,

:29:30. > :29:33.and that is it, he is out. 7.64, you can see the 12 against his name, his

:29:34. > :29:37.position so far. Only eight will qualify so Britain's only hope in

:29:38. > :29:46.the long jump competition, there he is, lying flat, I know Tony is down

:29:47. > :29:54.there, nearer than me. Reaction to that? He just lengthened on the end

:29:55. > :29:59.of the runway, big stride, straight to the plasticine. It is awkward

:30:00. > :30:05.here, there is a three-metre board, you normally find a two metre board,

:30:06. > :30:08.so it plays the game a bit, spatial awareness, he just lengthened I

:30:09. > :30:12.think on that last one and it is a great shame because he was capable

:30:13. > :30:19.of the qualifying jump. Would you have expected an athlete to fix that

:30:20. > :30:25.mid-competition? Yes, I'm not sure where his coach is and who is

:30:26. > :30:31.supporting him but that would be what you would put across, to make

:30:32. > :30:33.that last step a bit shorter. I am getting in the way of the

:30:34. > :30:39.heptathlete dooming their stride, sorry! But tighten up that last

:30:40. > :30:47.step. We saw exactly what you have explained in slow motion there, the

:30:48. > :30:54.big stride into the last step before take-off, exactly that. Competition

:30:55. > :31:02.over for Dan Bramble, he won't be taking

:31:03. > :31:21.No outstanding favourites in this heat. Again we have seen some very

:31:22. > :31:27.good racing so far. Maslak looked very controlled in the last race.

:31:28. > :31:51.Spain should have a good relay team here.

:31:52. > :31:59.Two to go through automatically, only two fastest losers. Again

:32:00. > :32:16.fairly even between these men so far this season. Strong start in laying

:32:17. > :32:24.five by Rafal Omelko. Lucas Bua leading them out. Bit of a gap now

:32:25. > :32:33.from Lucas Bua, who is looking composed. Now Rafal Omelko coming

:32:34. > :32:40.into second. Strong finish perhaps from the Frenchman as well. Clearer

:32:41. > :32:50.in the end than we thought. Your Andy Yoan Decimus coming through

:32:51. > :33:12.perhaps to take third. Lucas Bua was in charge from an

:33:13. > :33:16.early stage. This is working out really interesting. The men have

:33:17. > :33:20.only got two semifinals. All of the heat winners cannot get the outside

:33:21. > :33:27.lanes. So Lucas Bua winning with a quicker time. I thought the front

:33:28. > :33:31.two were pretty impressive. Rafal Omelko went off a bit too slowly, he

:33:32. > :33:38.is very experienced, but he didn't panic. The Spaniards looking pretty

:33:39. > :33:47.good. Lucas Bua in particular, that is a good performance which will set

:33:48. > :33:58.him up well for the semis. His team-mate who see us might get a

:33:59. > :34:02.difficult lane. -- Husillos. I see it is a good Spanish contingent in

:34:03. > :34:10.the men's 400 metres. And another one going in this one. You mention

:34:11. > :34:25.Samuel Garcia, and there are two British athletes on that top ten

:34:26. > :34:33.list. Again a fairly evenly matched this season. I think Roger was

:34:34. > :34:38.opening the might get a selection, George Caddick ran very fast in the

:34:39. > :34:43.states ten days ago, not sure he would have been up for selection any

:34:44. > :34:51.way. No British athletes in this so we are left clear. What is the

:34:52. > :34:57.selection criteria? For those not really familiar with athletics.

:34:58. > :35:11.Athletes who might make a final. The long jump continues. A look back

:35:12. > :35:20.another of the qualifiers. Home advantage of course being the local

:35:21. > :35:30.athlete. Looks a bit like Novak Djokovic, don't you think. Maybe a

:35:31. > :35:39.distant relative. So the Serbian very much buoyed by the relatively

:35:40. > :35:48.small crowd here. Pleased with that as he should be. Equals his outdoor

:35:49. > :35:53.best. More importantly takes on through to the final. So some local

:35:54. > :35:59.interest. Always interesting the home advantage and what that does to

:36:00. > :36:15.an athlete's blonde. Making the most of that. Qualifying. The Ukrainian

:36:16. > :36:21.with the European leading time. But no Dan Bramble. Said news for Dan

:36:22. > :36:41.Bramble, only one legal jump. Tough night last night. Expecting big

:36:42. > :36:49.crowds for the finals. Garcia on the outside. Two or three interesting

:36:50. > :37:01.athletes here. Alcinas in Lane 5. New fine for them.

:37:02. > :37:11.Martin Schlegel from Germany in Lane 3. Couple of promising youngsters up

:37:12. > :37:17.against Garcia on the outside. Altintas from Turkey to go with him

:37:18. > :37:24.and muscle pull from the Dutch athlete Terrence Agard. It is Garcia

:37:25. > :37:31.controlling us. Altintas ahead of Schlegel. Garcia are running it as

:37:32. > :37:39.he once. Altintas trying to get on terms. Schlegel having to work hard.

:37:40. > :37:46.Garcia keeping them at bay. Holding them back. We'll want to come off

:37:47. > :37:50.this end hard. As this one in the bag. It looks like Altintas the

:37:51. > :37:57.clear second. The job across the line. The Spaniards looked good.

:37:58. > :38:02.Never writing off the checks of course but it is turning out to be

:38:03. > :38:11.certainly three very good Spaniards into the semifinal. They look pretty

:38:12. > :38:14.good. Probably one of the easier it is but certainly dominated.

:38:15. > :38:21.Different field to the other Spaniards. Tall and powerful. That

:38:22. > :38:28.race became just a little bit clearer with what looked like the

:38:29. > :38:36.hamstring from Terrence Agard from the Netherlands and certainly it was

:38:37. > :38:43.four running for two places. Garcia controlling things and Altintas

:38:44. > :38:47.benefited as well from the injury to Agard and the youngster, Martin

:38:48. > :38:51.Schlegel, the German, 19-year-old, looked strong earlier but tied up a

:38:52. > :38:57.little bit. Garcia in control. Three Spaniards moving through pretty

:38:58. > :39:04.well. Two as heat winners into the semifinals. Just after 6pm 's

:39:05. > :39:15.Serbian time. This is Agard. Might have been the quad actually.

:39:16. > :39:23.Schlegel I can tell you that is not going to be quick enough actually to

:39:24. > :39:42.go through as fast as fastest loser. His team-mate Koch still hanging on.

:39:43. > :39:46.Getting ready for the women's shot put qualification, some British

:39:47. > :39:52.interest in Rachel Wallader. We can sue her for her first attempt. In

:39:53. > :39:57.good form this year. Looking for something over 17 metres would be a

:39:58. > :40:04.good start. Well, it is I believe closer to the 18-metre line. Smile

:40:05. > :40:08.from Rachel. She needs 1770 to be an automatic qualifier but in these

:40:09. > :40:20.early stages we won't know the exact distance. Rachel Wallader. In the

:40:21. > :40:25.first place. The early stages. Considering her consistent

:40:26. > :40:31.behaviour, performance I should say then getting beyond 73 metres once

:40:32. > :40:42.again. She has done that twice already this year. Great stuff from

:40:43. > :40:52.Rachel. Just about ready just in front of us for the final heat of

:40:53. > :40:58.the men's 400 metres. The Slovenian. Tall figure. That sort of hype often

:40:59. > :41:09.counts against you indoors but he will be a contender here. Just

:41:10. > :41:26.outside him Mario Lamprou the of Italy but inside Benjamin Malabo,

:41:27. > :41:46.European junior champion. Then the Serbian just 22, Raovic. He gets the

:41:47. > :41:55.excitement of the crowd. We mentioned the European under 25

:41:56. > :42:02.champion Jordier. Two go through automatically and just two fastest

:42:03. > :42:04.losers. Marc Koch in the last lucky loser position at the moment 147.3

:42:05. > :42:21.nine. That look like Lane 5, easy to spot

:42:22. > :42:28.in the bright green, Steve. He just twitched but it was very clear as it

:42:29. > :42:39.were. He has had a tough morning, the starter. He is 25. He was when

:42:40. > :42:49.he started. It was Lane 5. He definitely moved first. On the

:42:50. > :42:56.reaction time he did not believe the box that have two states still. None

:42:57. > :43:09.of them have. But he definitely moved, so it'll be interesting to

:43:10. > :43:14.see what he gets. They are it. That is a clear twitch. Again he has not

:43:15. > :43:19.released the pressure to give the illegal reaction time but here she

:43:20. > :43:24.comes... We might just get a, done on, she has been Jelle van der

:43:25. > :43:32.Heyden. Keeping us in suspense. It is the unknown... -- conduct

:43:33. > :43:42.warning. Maybe she has a yellow hidden. You are fine, Luca. He

:43:43. > :43:49.shrugs it off, ready to go again. To remind you two of those and it is a

:43:50. > :44:00.false start. If he get the conduct warning he gets disqualified. Raovic

:44:01. > :44:13.on the inside. Jordier in Lane 3. Lobo Vedel from Denmark in an four.

:44:14. > :44:20.Cleanly away this time, could start by Jordier in Lane 3 and remember

:44:21. > :44:25.they will break. Towards the end of this first lap. Who will take

:44:26. > :44:31.control? Pretty even at the moment although a good start as well by

:44:32. > :44:35.Luka Janezic in Lane 5 alongside Lambrughi but he is being left a

:44:36. > :44:45.little bit at the moment. Tucks in behind and Vedel is there, battling

:44:46. > :44:49.with Luka Janezic. Vedel loses a couple of metres but they are

:44:50. > :44:54.looking impressive at the moment. Vedel in control, the Danish

:44:55. > :44:57.athlete. Running a very strong race. Janezic beginning to labour just a

:44:58. > :45:03.little bit and it is close behind him. Yanez H finds enough pace but

:45:04. > :45:09.I'm very impressive run from Benjamin Lobo Vedel, European junior

:45:10. > :45:13.champion. 19-year-old. He looks like he is 19. Hasn't yet filled out that

:45:14. > :45:19.my goodness he has some pace. That was a very strong run. Looks like he

:45:20. > :45:26.should know. Very good, personal best. Big personal best. Getting

:45:27. > :45:38.close to his outdoor best now. Really controlled, not the quickest

:45:39. > :45:47.but a nice action, tall guy, not as tall as Janowicz behind, who held on

:45:48. > :45:51.well, but look at... He looks better there, the arms have gone a little

:45:52. > :45:57.bit dead, the arms were obviously tired but there has to be a bit more

:45:58. > :46:04.in the tank there and he is pretty impressive so Denmark suddenly have

:46:05. > :46:07.someone who may content. Mario Lambrughi di's time may be quick

:46:08. > :46:14.enough to see him through as fastest loser as well, only two going

:46:15. > :46:20.through automatically. I think the two fastest losers will come from

:46:21. > :46:26.that. Benjamin Lobo Vedel through automatically along with Janezic,

:46:27. > :46:31.Mario Lambrughi gay and Thomas Jordier doing enough to go through.

:46:32. > :46:41.We are moving quickly to catch up time. Let's listen to Oskan-Clarke's

:46:42. > :46:46.words from yesterday. I think this year I have stepped up

:46:47. > :46:49.my training, I train at quite a high level, I have trained hard through

:46:50. > :46:54.the other years but for some reason I never seem to get out until I need

:46:55. > :47:01.to when it is the bigger competitions, I seem to run better,

:47:02. > :47:08.hopefully! It is like I need a bit of pressure, or I like the pressure

:47:09. > :47:17.to dig deep. What would be a huge success this weekend, what could you

:47:18. > :47:21.do? I basically got to do whatever it is I need to do when I'm out

:47:22. > :47:24.there on the track, I need to make sure I'm in the right position,

:47:25. > :47:28.whatever someone is bringing to me, I need to react to that. I'm fit

:47:29. > :47:33.enough and strong enough to be able to go out there and fight for my

:47:34. > :47:44.place in the final, compete for a medal. What tactics will suit you?

:47:45. > :47:48.Fast, a nice rhythm, I'm not good with the slow... Well, I've got

:47:49. > :47:53.speed so if it is slow and at the front, fine. The first races I do, I

:47:54. > :48:01.don't like being at the back. But fast is good. In terms of the whole

:48:02. > :48:04.year, 2017, and amazingly important year because of the World

:48:05. > :48:09.Championships in London, where does this fit in terms of your yearly

:48:10. > :48:15.plan? It was always our plan to come and compete here, to be competitive.

:48:16. > :48:21.It is not something that I have tapered so much for, the bigger plan

:48:22. > :48:25.is to do well and qualify for the World Championships, so I couldn't

:48:26. > :48:31.really focus too much, I have focused on my endurance, I needed to

:48:32. > :48:38.get that worked in so I haven't focus too heavily with my training,

:48:39. > :48:46.but it will be a good confidence boost, so if I can get a medal and

:48:47. > :48:52.be competitive going forward. How much do you want a medal? I really

:48:53. > :48:57.want a medal, it will be good for my confidence because I know I train

:48:58. > :49:01.hard, probably better than some of the girls and it is time for me to

:49:02. > :49:08.actually get the medal to go with it.

:49:09. > :49:13.Well, I think she has got a good chance, if she can do what she has

:49:14. > :49:18.done in the past, race again in the Championships. She has taken a while

:49:19. > :49:24.to get her season going, first three or four raises, by her own

:49:25. > :49:27.admission, string was struggling to get out of rhythm, in Birmingham she

:49:28. > :49:33.dropped more to what was required and will certainly come into these

:49:34. > :49:38.championships full of hope. But there are plenty of women who will

:49:39. > :49:49.be thinking the same thing, including Lyakhova of Ukraine. Czech

:49:50. > :49:56.Republic in lane four. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke is in lane two. I saw

:49:57. > :49:59.her training in South Africa with the rest of the middle distance

:50:00. > :50:04.group and she looked very good there. I think she was surprised as

:50:05. > :50:11.to why that did not come through in racing immediately in the indoor

:50:12. > :50:18.season but she is set up nicely for these Championships. They are cover

:50:19. > :50:23.will be the big threat here, in lane five, the Ukrainian -- Lyakhova. Top

:50:24. > :50:28.two go through, so it is not that easy but she should be OK year,

:50:29. > :50:34.Paula. She talked about wanting a good with them. She talked about

:50:35. > :50:38.even if it was slow, she wanted to make sure she was at the front, out

:50:39. > :50:43.of trouble and able to respond as the dangers come round here, the

:50:44. > :50:48.danger probably sitting on her shoulder now with Lyakhova there. As

:50:49. > :50:51.we talked about earlier, that 2.01 in Birmingham put her confidence

:50:52. > :50:57.where it should have been and I think the frustration was starting

:50:58. > :51:05.to come in because Shelayna was not seeing that come through from the

:51:06. > :51:16.training. Nice steady pace, looks like it has settled down a little

:51:17. > :51:20.bit slower as they approach 400. She is where she wants to be, you can

:51:21. > :51:23.control it there, Lyakhova on her shoulder, the others have a chance

:51:24. > :51:28.and what she needs to do is start to stretch them a bit, not get

:51:29. > :51:31.surprised by anybody. Exactly, she needs to be ready because the danger

:51:32. > :51:35.will come and it will come fast and she needs to be able to respond to

:51:36. > :51:40.that. When the pace slows you can almost settle into the rhythm and

:51:41. > :51:43.find it very hard to raise the pace and react as the girls start to come

:51:44. > :51:50.past. She has left a gap on the inside. One or two of these 400 or

:51:51. > :51:57.400 hurdle specialists as well, she needs to careful here. Top two go

:51:58. > :52:03.through, Lyakhova cannot get past Velvere, Shelayna has to respond,

:52:04. > :52:06.she does it well. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke in the lead, Velvere

:52:07. > :52:10.are still trying to get round, Lyakhova not in the top two, she

:52:11. > :52:14.will leave it late, she trusts her kick butt Shelayna Oskan-Clarke as

:52:15. > :52:18.to keep working to the line, Lyakhova might get one out of this,

:52:19. > :52:25.one of the big favourites will not go through by rights. 2.06. Velvere,

:52:26. > :52:30.the Latvian, a bit of a surprise package there and she goes through

:52:31. > :52:32.with a very, very confident performance from Shelayna

:52:33. > :52:36.Oskan-Clarke, perfectly run tactically, controlled the race at

:52:37. > :52:42.the front, controlled the pace, responded to the pressure, had that

:52:43. > :52:46.bit of acceleration to hold off Velvere, but what about Lyakhova?

:52:47. > :52:50.Never really got moving, she has run two minutes this year. All through

:52:51. > :52:54.that race we kept thinking the danger would come from Lyakhova, she

:52:55. > :52:58.is leaving it late, very late, I think she didn't have it there at

:52:59. > :53:02.all and Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, when she crossed the line, you could see

:53:03. > :53:06.the relief and satisfaction she had won the race well, executed her race

:53:07. > :53:11.well, but also confused because she is thinking, why didn't Lyakhova

:53:12. > :53:16.come past me sooner? Expecting the danger do, the outside but Lyakhova

:53:17. > :53:29.did not have the change of pace to get back on terms. And it wasn't

:53:30. > :53:34.quick, to -- 2.06. This is what the early rounds are about, having to

:53:35. > :53:38.react to what is going on. She was so confident, the Ukrainian, that

:53:39. > :53:46.she would finish quickly, but couldn't do it. Velvere the one that

:53:47. > :53:50.goes through with Shelayna. Shelayna, well done. I know you

:53:51. > :53:53.talked to Steve Backley about how you don't like slow races so you

:53:54. > :53:59.went to control it from the front? It is better that way for my rhythm.

:54:00. > :54:04.I thought, if I can control it from the front, I thought someone would

:54:05. > :54:09.push me a bit quicker but I just went to my own rhythm and when

:54:10. > :54:14.someone attacked I just reacted but I feel better doing it that way. You

:54:15. > :54:20.got a bit of a shop in the back at one point, did that put you off? It

:54:21. > :54:24.is fine, normal in an 800. After that, there was a point where

:54:25. > :54:30.Velvere came when you're outside and you kicked in again? I had to kind

:54:31. > :54:34.of hold the pace when I knew she was going to go there. I needed to hold

:54:35. > :54:38.my pace and react and go for the line. You have spoken to us time and

:54:39. > :54:43.again about how much hard work you have put in, this is your time now,

:54:44. > :54:49.ready to deliver a medal for this weekend? This is just the start. I

:54:50. > :54:54.hope so, I'm sort of honour roll, I hope, I hope to get a medal. I want

:54:55. > :54:59.to leave knowing I have done my best. We wish you well for the semis

:55:00. > :55:08.tomorrow, well done today. Thank you.

:55:09. > :55:14.So, qualification comfortable in the end for Shelayna Oskan-Clarke. Times

:55:15. > :55:25.are not important, really, but have Lyakhova there are three fastest

:55:26. > :55:29.loser spots. They only need to run .32 and she is out. They are capable

:55:30. > :55:52.of that. Anita Hinriksdottir goes in this

:55:53. > :55:54.one, she is very experienced. Likes to get out in front as well, rather

:55:55. > :56:23.ungainly style but a great talent, Hinriksdottir second of the heats of

:56:24. > :56:26.the 400 metres. Hinriksdottir around the bend and into the position she

:56:27. > :56:36.feels most comfortable in. Just having a little book there. Suddenly

:56:37. > :56:44.Masna comes flying past her, Tkachuk as well, Hinriksdottir looking a bit

:56:45. > :56:47.less comfortable. Hinriksdottir mixing up her tactics here, her

:56:48. > :56:51.usual tactic is to go to the front and stretch out and hang on from

:56:52. > :56:54.there, sometimes she gets it wrong and goes out way too fast but it is

:56:55. > :56:58.rare to see her sitting in the back like this, you can see she is not

:56:59. > :57:02.comfortable down the back straight. She was looking up at the screen as

:57:03. > :57:10.they started so it is her plan to sit in, not that she wasn't able to

:57:11. > :57:13.get to the front. Masna, who is very experienced in indoor Championships

:57:14. > :57:16.as well, controlling this from the front at the moment. One of those

:57:17. > :57:22.who have had upgrading is following day disqualifications of a Russian

:57:23. > :57:29.athlete. She is out in front at the moment. Looking comfortable enough

:57:30. > :57:37.in third place, Hinriksdottir, but remember only two go through

:57:38. > :57:42.automatically. All five in this race still with a chance of earning one

:57:43. > :57:46.of the two automatic qualifying places. Hinriksdottir looking to

:57:47. > :57:54.make her move now, this is what she has planned for. Hit the bell, just

:57:55. > :58:06.that injection of pace. Great running by Henrik Studley, she and

:58:07. > :58:14.Lisa Lint are well placed. Henrik Studley comfortable indeed --

:58:15. > :58:22.Hinriksdottir very comfortable indeed. A very well-run race by the

:58:23. > :58:26.Icelandic athlete, a big victory ahead of Lovisa Lindh. We talked

:58:27. > :58:32.about her as a front runner in so many races earlier in her career,

:58:33. > :58:37.she is starting to mix up tact is a bit and that was a very well

:58:38. > :58:41.planned, well thought out race. She really loved in control and very

:58:42. > :58:47.mature in the way she was racing. Physically she looks a lot stronger

:58:48. > :58:51.than she has in the past, looks a lot more balanced, less like Bambi!

:58:52. > :58:55.A lot more control and power and she showed that with the way she surged

:58:56. > :59:00.to the front and basically controlled the race. She still had

:59:01. > :59:05.another couple of gears left at the end, she was looking up at the

:59:06. > :59:09.screen, around the stadium, whereas Lovisa Lindh was chasing hard, she

:59:10. > :59:11.knew she was in the second qualifying position but still

:59:12. > :59:16.working a lot harder than Hinriksdottir is at that point.

:59:17. > :59:24.Hinriksdottir will be a strong contender, that is a QuickTime, to

:59:25. > :59:30.have that injection of pace is pretty impressive from

:59:31. > :59:33.Hinriksdottir. She and Lovisa Lindh go through automatically. Alexandra

:59:34. > :59:43.struck the bar, personal best, she will hope she is one of the three

:59:44. > :59:50.fastest qualifiers. -- Alexandra Stukova.

:59:51. > :59:57.You can see be shot but Cage there. Served a ban in 2008, comes in here

:59:58. > :00:06.with a season's best of over 18 metres so is a contender for the

:00:07. > :00:14.title here. Decent throw there. European indoor silver-medallist two

:00:15. > :00:27.years ago. Bit of a statement that, in the first round. Over 18 metres,

:00:28. > :00:33.just under, 17.81 also qualifying. We saw Anita Marton throwing in

:00:34. > :00:39.Birmingham recently, very impressive indeed. The Hungarian defending

:00:40. > :00:46.champion two years ago. Bronze in Rio. Bang on that 18-metre line, in

:00:47. > :00:53.fact measured at 17.66, just behind that put off Leantsiuk. And Rachel

:00:54. > :00:58.Wallader, we saw her first round throw a few moments ago, she is in

:00:59. > :01:01.sixth place. Eight qualifying, it will be touch and go whether the

:01:02. > :01:14.Brit can make it through to denied's final. Anita Marton looks that she

:01:15. > :01:21.has booked a place. This is Rachel Wallader, God that throw in the

:01:22. > :01:29.first round. 17.20. She can find settle into and really stepped it up

:01:30. > :01:39.and attack this second effort. Settles at the back of the circle.

:01:40. > :01:53.You can see she collapsed so the left side went away. Just got ahead

:01:54. > :01:57.of that for me. Difficult to see at full speed but still in sixth place

:01:58. > :02:10.is 16.90 nine. We move on to the third heat in the

:02:11. > :02:21.women's 800 metres. We were not far away from not having a first round

:02:22. > :02:26.in this. 19 athletes in total. Top two and three fastest losers. They

:02:27. > :02:28.could all go through and still have room for another one. If they go

:02:29. > :02:49.fast enough. Three Scandinavian athletes against

:02:50. > :02:54.the French athlete here. You wonder whether she wants to give all four

:02:55. > :02:59.of them a chance. Absolutely, what they should have done is much how

:03:00. > :03:10.the heats beforehand have done and have an eye on the fastest loser. If

:03:11. > :03:15.the run quicker and can work together, they are giving themselves

:03:16. > :03:21.the best chance of thing to do that. They just need to take turns at the

:03:22. > :03:33.front. Four with personal bests still very much about the same Mike

:03:34. > :03:38.Selvey -- so they are well capable. Anna Silvander moving around a

:03:39. > :03:54.little bit. We did not give you the news

:03:55. > :04:07.that Olha Lyakhova is out. Stena Trow is trying to stretch out. All

:04:08. > :04:11.four of them staying in this position since the beginning. Might

:04:12. > :04:19.as well have not bothered running 800 metres. Now she is pulling away,

:04:20. > :04:28.Clarisse Moh finally moves out. She comes charging on the outside. She

:04:29. > :04:34.the win. Close. If they had all just helped a little bit more, all four

:04:35. > :04:38.of them could have got through. Clarisse Moh probably thinking she

:04:39. > :04:44.only has to kick. One or two of the others might realise that they lost

:04:45. > :04:48.an opportunity. Looking at the faces I am not sure they were able to.

:04:49. > :05:00.They were just not able to get to the front and help Troest. That is

:05:01. > :05:05.everything she has got to come through, whereas Troest is in

:05:06. > :05:06.control. She knows she has put working but she knows she is

:05:07. > :05:22.comfortable. I think Hedda Hynne will still go

:05:23. > :05:26.through is fastest loser. You could say maybe Clarisse Moh were slightly

:05:27. > :05:32.boxed in earlier but I do not think she had much more to give. Very

:05:33. > :05:36.tight in the end and the Norwegian will have to wait and see, she is in

:05:37. > :05:43.a fastest loser spot at the moment. But we have one more heat to come

:05:44. > :05:52.with five athletes in that one. STUDIO: The Olympic champion taking

:05:53. > :05:55.it easy. Heptathlon champion in Rio ahead of Jessica Ennis-Hill, the

:05:56. > :06:00.changing of the guard last year. Previous champion of indoor

:06:01. > :06:08.competition, decent hurdles, not quite her best. Start her hijab.

:06:09. > :06:17.Made light work of that. Maybe slight concern there. She gets off

:06:18. > :06:25.to a clean start. Second event of five all of them in one day. We

:06:26. > :06:30.mentioned Jessica Ennis-Hill and I know Tony is in the infield.

:06:31. > :06:38.Broersen clear. What do you make of it so far, Toni? It is an early

:06:39. > :06:44.start. Broersen took tense and her opening hide, they have been sat for

:06:45. > :06:50.40 minutes. If you have two warm up and then sit down it is difficult.

:06:51. > :06:56.You saw 1.72, much quicker on the runway and no problems at all. We

:06:57. > :07:01.have only lost so far one person, Esther Turpin about to go again on

:07:02. > :07:05.her third attempt. Taking off a bit far from the runway. The coaches on

:07:06. > :07:12.the far side have been given instructions. Again just too far

:07:13. > :07:15.away, very short steps at the beginning. If she had pressed a

:07:16. > :07:21.little more, that would have put her high point above the bar instead of

:07:22. > :07:26.in front of it where she is coming down on it. Little adjustments going

:07:27. > :07:32.on. Thiam will not come in until 1.80 one. That is where she has

:07:33. > :07:40.declared. -- 1.80 one. She will have been waiting an hour since her warm

:07:41. > :07:44.up. On the other side of the arena from the high jump in the pentathlon

:07:45. > :07:56.we have the last of the first-round heats of the women's 800 metres.

:07:57. > :08:09.Defending European indoor champion. She will be a strong favourite here.

:08:10. > :08:14.There is Selina Buchel. At the start of every she went close to two

:08:15. > :08:29.minutes. Guerrero of Spain on the inside. Spanish indoor champion. The

:08:30. > :08:47.time they are looking for as fastest Ludo is 2.05:63, Silvan Diller of

:08:48. > :08:54.sweetener. Guerrero and Selina Buchel the two quickest athletes on

:08:55. > :08:58.paper. The others know if they can get close to 2.05:63 they will be in

:08:59. > :09:08.the chance of going through ahead of Anna Silvander, who is currently

:09:09. > :09:13.fastest loser. Click else just biding her time at the back. Sitting

:09:14. > :09:18.and waiting and watching. You would say Buchel is a big favourite coming

:09:19. > :09:30.in and certainly she is letting this race unfold in front of her. One

:09:31. > :09:38.major could come from the stadium. She is in shape and she is dangerous

:09:39. > :09:43.if this goes to slow. -- Verstegen. They should know whether fastest

:09:44. > :09:49.losers are, it is four going through so it is a roundabout 2.05 they need

:09:50. > :09:56.to go quicker than. The previous races have backed off. Guerrero

:09:57. > :10:04.ahead of Al Zaman, Verstegen and Selina Buchel still waiting. Henrik

:10:05. > :10:10.Anita Henriksdottir making her move around the home straight of the

:10:11. > :10:14.third lap. Buchel beginning to cruise past Elvemo, she has that

:10:15. > :10:20.stamina, change in pace.. McHugh does look great so far although she

:10:21. > :10:25.is turning the burners on now. Ter Stegen out in front. Buchel going

:10:26. > :10:32.through automatically with Verstegen. Still out in front.

:10:33. > :10:37.Selina Buchel looking relatively comfortable, Guerrero getting back

:10:38. > :10:42.on their coat-tails. Ter Stegen might be the one to suffer. Guerrero

:10:43. > :10:50.trying to get back to the Dutch athlete. Guerrero has second place.

:10:51. > :11:05.Verstegen will go through anyway, the winning time 2.03:12. Guerrero

:11:06. > :11:11.was quick enough she looked good in the end, maybe nerves on her face.

:11:12. > :11:14.It is nerve-racking when you know you are so much quicker on paper and

:11:15. > :11:20.you should be able to control it all. But also save energy. Buchel in

:11:21. > :11:25.the end although she was slow to react in the closing stages one she

:11:26. > :11:30.moved onto the shoulder of Verstegen she is still looking very relaxed.

:11:31. > :11:35.Verstegen working very hard. Frantically looking at the screen to

:11:36. > :11:44.seek Marrero on her outside. She should know she has gone quick

:11:45. > :11:49.enough. -- Guerrero on her outside. The Steger went well in the 1000

:11:50. > :11:56.metres recently that Laura Muir set a European record.

:11:57. > :12:03.Verstegen going through as one of the fastest losers. Selina Buchel

:12:04. > :12:12.will be a strong contender for the title here in Belgrade. Actually

:12:13. > :12:25.Charlie Matthaus of Luxembourg goes through as well.

:12:26. > :12:34.-- Charline Mathias. Before we go on we will look back at previous

:12:35. > :12:47.British successes, you might just recognise this first one.

:12:48. > :12:56.This six athletes on the way for this men's 800 metres. Young

:12:57. > :13:02.Sebastian Coe leading at the moment. He is running away from this field

:13:03. > :13:11.at the moment with one lap to go. Really leaving a long trail behind

:13:12. > :13:18.them. Still they are not closing the gap. Coe going away again. He really

:13:19. > :13:24.is taking them on. He has done it from the front. Coe all the way, he

:13:25. > :13:27.could have a remarkable record. Just outside world record indoors for

:13:28. > :13:38.Coe. Very good memories there, said Coen

:13:39. > :13:45.is, Paula, of locally finished last the cut his hair he might have faced

:13:46. > :13:49.further up. -- if the bloke who finished last had cut his hair.

:13:50. > :13:52.Interesting to see how much things have changed and things haven't,

:13:53. > :13:59.still very competitive times. We would see him advancing easily from

:14:00. > :14:05.the heats. It is an event where we have had a lot of success. I am

:14:06. > :14:14.wondering why neither of you really fancied indoors. I was too tall.

:14:15. > :14:21.That was an excuse. Seb ideally suited, he did a lot through his

:14:22. > :14:24.career. Anyway, we will see more of past British successes throughout

:14:25. > :14:31.the weekend before now we need an update from the women's put with

:14:32. > :14:35.Steve. Bit of an update, Rachel Wallader you can see getting ready

:14:36. > :14:38.for her third attempt. She will need to improve because the news is at

:14:39. > :14:46.the end of the second round she was post down from sixth down to tenth

:14:47. > :14:50.place. Only eight athletes qualify for the final this evening. She is

:14:51. > :15:00.making preparations for her third throw as we watch Claudine Vita

:15:01. > :15:28.landing on the 18-metre line. Dubitskaya still leading qualifier.

:15:29. > :15:32.Of Belarus. No medals awarded, only a place in the final should you get

:15:33. > :15:36.into the top eight. Dubitskaya already has a place pretty much,

:15:37. > :15:43.leading thrower. Maybe just an insurance effort.

:15:44. > :15:49.Shot put is tend to do a lot of throws in training so maybe just

:15:50. > :15:58.orienting ourselves to the sector, the Cage on the far side of the

:15:59. > :16:14.stadium here. So, Dubitskaya, one to watch when it comes to the final.

:16:15. > :16:21.So, Anita Marton looking at her second attempt, rotating, as you

:16:22. > :16:27.will see, quick. Bang on that 18-metre line. Slightly behind the

:16:28. > :16:30.effort of Dubitskaya. Sheik of the head from Anita Marton. Olympic

:16:31. > :16:36.bronze-medallist. We know she can compete. It will be quite a final,

:16:37. > :16:44.that, a battle going to the 80 metres, Anita Marton sure to get a

:16:45. > :16:49.place. Well, Rachel Wallader of Great Britain knows exactly what is

:16:50. > :17:00.in front of her, 17.20 her best so far, she needs a throw in excess of

:17:01. > :17:07.17.25 in this third and final round. That is high, and long. Well, Rachel

:17:08. > :17:10.Wallader, pursed lips, she must did everything she has got there and I

:17:11. > :17:15.think she has improved. That's better, kept her left side, didn't

:17:16. > :17:23.open up, it is down the middle. Back up into eighth place, 17 would 35,

:17:24. > :17:31.might get her through to denied's final. -- 17.35. What an effort from

:17:32. > :17:38.Rachel Wallader, she has done all she can, she can rest. It is up to

:17:39. > :17:44.the other athletes, though, because if anyone goes beyond 17.30 Wanna do

:17:45. > :17:49.is out. It would be a great effort to make the final, the first Saint

:17:50. > :17:56.Judy Oakes in 2000 to compete in the European indoor Championships but

:17:57. > :18:05.she will have a nervous wait to see if anyone goes beyond her eighth

:18:06. > :18:18.place. Alina Shukh of the Ukraine in the high jump. She broke the world

:18:19. > :18:24.junior record. 18 just a few weeks ago. Well, I mention she no height

:18:25. > :18:33.it, there are clearly errors and technical challenges that she is

:18:34. > :18:43.looking to address. Maybe Tony can shed some light on that? She has

:18:44. > :18:48.been waiting an hour before she came into the competition but she seems

:18:49. > :18:53.quite assured. She lost her break mark but calmly went and picked up

:18:54. > :18:57.another roll of tape, waited for a second and put that back in. The

:18:58. > :19:01.other thing I'm seeing is she travels along way across the bar so

:19:02. > :19:05.she is not converting another of her runway to lift, it is more of a long

:19:06. > :19:14.jump than the high jump you would really want. Thanks, Tony. We moved

:19:15. > :19:21.back to the men's 800 metres. Just to pick up Andrew Cotter's question,

:19:22. > :19:27.some good youngsters, Kupers, former medallist in these championships,

:19:28. > :19:36.Brice Etes. Paula is looking at me to get the pronunciation right!

:19:37. > :19:41.Kramer from Sweden. The ditch of Hungary. I did run indoors once,

:19:42. > :19:47.5000 metres in Spain, I remember a velodrome with a track inside, cycle

:19:48. > :19:55.meet, 12,000 people all smoking. I remember that same thing, running

:19:56. > :19:58.through the haze. Different days! I remember thinking 5000 is a long way

:19:59. > :20:06.when you are breathing in that much smoke! Interesting young lad there,

:20:07. > :20:11.Robert Farken of Germany. New German indoor champion, just 19 years of

:20:12. > :20:14.age, very quick outdoors last year as well. Didn't qualify for the

:20:15. > :20:17.World Junior Championships, ran quick enough but missed the

:20:18. > :20:29.qualification window. Then the experience of Coopers.

:20:30. > :20:39.Kramer of Sweden as well in second. And the experience of Kupers. You

:20:40. > :20:55.can see Kramer has gone out with a plan to track Kupers.

:20:56. > :21:01.Top two qualify, four fastest losers. Ball of them pulling away

:21:02. > :21:07.well at the moment. Kupers leading, took it out pretty quick, 50.87,

:21:08. > :21:12.hasn't run that fast live this year, only one race but I am told he is in

:21:13. > :21:16.good shape. Kramer of Sweden, the 19-year-old, doing well and holding

:21:17. > :21:23.of the other 19-year-old in fourth at the moment. And the Spaniard, and

:21:24. > :21:32.the jar, is just in third spot now -- Andujar. Kupers is really falling

:21:33. > :21:36.back as quickly as Robert Farken is, expected him to react better than

:21:37. > :21:40.that. Maybe he will regroup and attack again but he looks under

:21:41. > :21:45.pressure. Kupers trying to come back, only the top two go through,

:21:46. > :21:51.still has a chance of getting past Andujar but it is the other

:21:52. > :21:57.19-year-old, Kramer, looking good. Driving bond, Kupers comes back and

:21:58. > :22:01.gets second place. Robert Farken finished pretty quickly but couldn't

:22:02. > :22:05.get up to the top three, so those two go through, that was pretty

:22:06. > :22:08.impressive from the Swede, a bit quicker than the German not outdoors

:22:09. > :22:15.but indoors this year, personal best for him, and he was the one who came

:22:16. > :22:20.out on top in the battle of the teenagers. Personal best, knocking

:22:21. > :22:25.almost a second off his best, very impressive. A big personal best, and

:22:26. > :22:29.to run it like that in the heats, he did try to run that as if it was a

:22:30. > :22:33.fine but he had no inhibitions about going past Kupers at all, no

:22:34. > :22:38.worries, breezed straight past and attacked hard and in the end Kupers

:22:39. > :22:41.had enough left to get past Andujar quite comfortably but I'm not sure

:22:42. > :22:49.he will have planned for the race to pan out that way. Yes, he got a bit

:22:50. > :22:53.leggy towards the end but he is tall and has a bit of pace, you saw the

:22:54. > :22:58.change of acceleration so a good win for him. Here he goes, getting a bit

:22:59. > :23:02.tired, using his arms to keep driving those legs forward, strong

:23:03. > :23:11.finish from Kupers, probably taken by surprise a little bit. Andujar in

:23:12. > :23:19.third spot, has a chance of going through, four fastest loser spots

:23:20. > :23:31.from these four races. Big personal best and a season's best Kupers,

:23:32. > :23:38.just his second race the year. -- his second race of the year.

:23:39. > :23:45.Another chance to see Alina Shukh of the Ukraine, second attempt at 1.75.

:23:46. > :23:54.Tony Minichiello told us what she has too changed to go clear. She has

:23:55. > :24:00.done it, and by some margin. She is a 1.90 plus high jump at her best.

:24:01. > :24:08.Let's have a look at this, much better from the Ukrainian youngster.

:24:09. > :24:19.1.75 her opening height, nerves settle for sure. Did you manage to

:24:20. > :24:28.get a word with her, Toby? Tony Minichiello, we are just having a

:24:29. > :24:33.look at that again. She made adjustments, was she within earshot?

:24:34. > :24:39.Did she listen to you?! Know, I am just an observer! Normally you are

:24:40. > :24:43.only focused on your own athlete, and it is interesting, Alina Shukh

:24:44. > :24:46.starts on the athletics track so it was touch and go between the start

:24:47. > :24:50.of the men's 800 heat and whether she would be able to run quickly,

:24:51. > :24:54.officials looking grand nervously as to whether to intervene or not. But

:24:55. > :24:59.if you look at the habitat beats, they are more on their feet, running

:25:00. > :25:04.and jumping around, that is nervous energy -- look at the heptathletes.

:25:05. > :25:10.We get into the business end of the competition. Just another look at

:25:11. > :25:16.this, jumping from the left side, she had the space, the vertical

:25:17. > :25:22.element that maybe was missing, Tony talked about travelling, she gets up

:25:23. > :25:29.off of the contact there. A significant clearance, that will be

:25:30. > :25:36.a confidence boost, the next height is 1.78. Second event of five in the

:25:37. > :25:42.pentathlon. Tony, is she the future of the event? Only time will tell,

:25:43. > :25:46.to be brutally honest. She is really young and very young looking so

:25:47. > :25:51.there is a long time for her to mature. I am looking at some of the

:25:52. > :25:55.other young girls, one of them is now 22, she has filled out, clearly

:25:56. > :25:59.spent the winter getting stronger, and that is what happens over time,

:26:00. > :26:05.the athletes get stronger and the physicality comes out but she is a

:26:06. > :26:08.very young looking 18-year-old, and some great skills, high jumping

:26:09. > :26:13.skills, the sprinting isn't quite there but hopefully that will come

:26:14. > :26:18.with time. A question on Nafi Thiam, the Olympic champion. We talk about

:26:19. > :26:23.having to wait around, she has not even got her spikes on yet, maybe

:26:24. > :26:29.just putting them on now in shop, you can see. How much of a challenge

:26:30. > :26:34.is the weight that she will have in the second event, the high jump? It

:26:35. > :26:39.is something she will be used to, we have been going now 70 minutes and

:26:40. > :26:43.she still hasn't had a jump. She got on her feet, ran about a bit, did

:26:44. > :26:47.some short sprints and as an official if she could be excused to

:26:48. > :26:55.go to the ladies room, so she is taking it in her stride, taking her

:26:56. > :27:03.time. 1.81 is a height she will come in at, I think it is early, she will

:27:04. > :27:09.probably use that as a fighter, then don't be too surprised, she might

:27:10. > :27:13.skip 84 and go straight to 87. Navidi under the watchful eye of our

:27:14. > :27:16.inside man Tony miniature as we move onto the second heat of the 800

:27:17. > :27:26.metres, the first round. Amel Tuka in this one. Zak Curran for Ireland.

:27:27. > :27:35.Borkowski, what a great pedigree we have in this event. Borkowski

:27:36. > :27:50.perhaps the future of the event for Polish men.

:27:51. > :27:58.Two going through automatically plus the four fastest losers. Also keep

:27:59. > :28:06.an eye out for the time. The first heat one quickly by Kramer of

:28:07. > :28:11.Sweden. Amel Tuka, already put a hand-out to steady himself from

:28:12. > :28:18.Borkowski, the young Polish athlete getting his first experience of a

:28:19. > :28:21.major championships. Amel Tuka often likes to sit at the back and timed

:28:22. > :28:25.his run but a different approach here. A different approach and a

:28:26. > :28:29.different look on his face, he is looking a bit more relaxed now but

:28:30. > :28:34.he looked a bit more in pain on the first lap, he does have his ankle

:28:35. > :28:39.heavily strapped. Amel Tuka should be able to control and come through

:28:40. > :28:42.this heat fairly easily. Behind him they are very balanced and it will

:28:43. > :28:48.be a tough race to get those qualifying positions. Amel Tuka,

:28:49. > :28:55.bronze-medallist in front at the moment. Mateusz Borkowski, the

:28:56. > :29:01.19-year-old Polish athlete, moving out wide. As he spent too much

:29:02. > :29:08.energy here? Amel Tuka response and keeps the youngster at bay. Jan

:29:09. > :29:15.Kubista of the Czech Republic, the two going through automatically. Zak

:29:16. > :29:24.Curran moving up now to put himself into contention. If he can run a

:29:25. > :29:29.personal Betty have a chance. -- a personal best. Kubista comes round

:29:30. > :29:34.the outside, motoring away from Amel Tuka and from Borkowski, and a Zak

:29:35. > :29:39.Curran have a lot of work to do now. Kubista moving away, Jan Kubista to

:29:40. > :29:46.take the victory. Mateusz Borkowski, the 19-year-old Polish athlete. By

:29:47. > :29:56.the Amel Tuka looking down at his leg as it beaten the big -- as if he

:29:57. > :30:00.took a bit of a spike. I think Amel Tuka might be carrying something

:30:01. > :30:04.because he is limping a bit as he walks around, and he certainly

:30:05. > :30:09.wasn't able to respond when Kubista came past, and it was not that

:30:10. > :30:14.quick, Tuka should be able to handle that easily, but as it was, when

:30:15. > :30:18.Kubista sped past him, there was no reaction whatsoever and Tuka was

:30:19. > :30:22.already looking around to make sure he had enough done to be able to

:30:23. > :30:23.hold off Borkowski down that straight, Borkowski giving it

:30:24. > :30:44.everything he can to get back on That is worrying, you can see the

:30:45. > :30:48.effort and grimace on his face. He goes through automatically but

:30:49. > :30:55.really he should have enough to respond here. He was just in the end

:30:56. > :31:00.holding off the young Polish athlete that a good win and he goes through

:31:01. > :31:17.to the semifinals that take place tomorrow.

:31:18. > :31:20.Final attempts in this women's shot put qualification at the start of

:31:21. > :31:39.the third round. No real concern here, although the

:31:40. > :32:14.slight improvement here. Also saving her best for last. Again

:32:15. > :32:24.an athlete who is ahead of Rachel Wallader. Smile breaks and last, she

:32:25. > :32:34.is in the final, sixth place. Anita Marton in second place. The

:32:35. > :32:39.Hungarian rotating. That is better. That is what we expected, she knows

:32:40. > :32:46.it. Anita Marton defending champion. Bit of the statements, she already

:32:47. > :32:53.had a place. Some technical stuff to work on ahead of this evening.

:32:54. > :33:07.Executed to good effect. That is the longest throw we have seen in

:33:08. > :33:22.qualification. You are a this is significant for Rachel Wallader.

:33:23. > :33:41.She has thrown a very well. 17.60 two. That is disappointment. Rachel

:33:42. > :33:52.Wallader with a solid effort that she is outside the top eight.

:33:53. > :34:04.Confirmation. Seven of the eight qualifiers for this evening.

:34:05. > :34:19.Rachel Wallader just shy of her season's best. But shy of

:34:20. > :34:27.qualification. Hoping to qualify in the men's 800 is Kyle Langford.

:34:28. > :34:34.21-year-old. New British record and then a good run in Birmingham. He is

:34:35. > :34:41.up against Kevin Lopez of Spain on the inside. Very experienced Spanish

:34:42. > :34:50.athlete. I think this is a good Heat 4 Kyle, the rest should not pose

:34:51. > :34:53.much problem while from Lopez. He has gone to the front that he will

:34:54. > :35:00.not mind keeping the pace not too quick. He has pace to burn that he

:35:01. > :35:07.needs to get out and raise hard as he would any final, he does not want

:35:08. > :35:15.to mess around too much thinking about conserving energy. He wants to

:35:16. > :35:28.react. Lopez is the one with the experience in this race.

:35:29. > :35:34.I saw him do this at the UK Championships. He did not respond

:35:35. > :35:39.very well. He just needs to be closer than that. I know he has

:35:40. > :35:48.faced Ivan Vujica not want to get yourself in trouble. Now he is in

:35:49. > :35:53.fourth. And he has traffic. He is still looking behind. He just needs

:35:54. > :35:57.to get himself back into contention. When he just races and doesn't think

:35:58. > :36:05.too much he is a much stronger athlete. He has plenty of pace bird

:36:06. > :36:13.lots of experience from Lopez. Some danger around, looks like van den

:36:14. > :36:29.Broeck is going to wait and wait and wait. Lopez is going to win it. Is

:36:30. > :36:39.he going to make it? This lad is such a talent. We know him well. It

:36:40. > :36:43.worked. But imagine if the gap had closed up on him then he would have

:36:44. > :36:49.been in real trouble. That is not smart running. He just needs to go

:36:50. > :36:54.away and think, do I need to get myself that sort of a risk? It is

:36:55. > :37:00.not a problem. He would have lost out as a fastest loser because it

:37:01. > :37:05.was a slow heat. Yes he has shown his ability but from here that could

:37:06. > :37:14.have been real danger. Not a good place to be. He was in danger before

:37:15. > :37:18.that. He tried to go inside but then he went back and managed to squeeze

:37:19. > :37:21.through the gap but if it hadn't opened up he would have been in big

:37:22. > :37:28.trouble. That was not one mistake it was four the stakes. But he still

:37:29. > :37:32.came through it. You have to say that tactically he has learned some

:37:33. > :37:37.lessons which is why it was key he came to these championships to get

:37:38. > :37:46.the experience of moving through the rounds. But it is a jammy waited

:37:47. > :37:53.alone. It is. He is a much better athlete, they are the two names who

:37:54. > :38:00.have gone through, Lopez and Langford that he gave us the fright.

:38:01. > :38:09.He gave up a bad position on the last lap and give himself what to do

:38:10. > :38:15.to find the gap. If he has got his breath back he can tell us about it.

:38:16. > :38:20.Thanks, Steve. Well done on getting through, tell me about your tactical

:38:21. > :38:27.approach, how you hoping it would unfold? I was hoping it would be

:38:28. > :38:34.spread out, and the field would be stretched. But it was slow and

:38:35. > :38:43.sloppy. Everybody was getting clipped. I felt good, I was just

:38:44. > :38:49.waiting for the last what is that, 25 metres? I don't even know. I

:38:50. > :38:56.trusted my speed and I felt good. Even with that last straight I was

:38:57. > :39:02.in fourth place but I knew if I found the space I would be able to

:39:03. > :39:05.slide straight through. Paula Radcliffe and Steve Cram saying they

:39:06. > :39:08.know what a great telling you want but it is a danger when you

:39:09. > :39:13.overthink a race as opposed to just doing what comes naturally? I have

:39:14. > :39:23.done that in the past, I did that last year. One bad race in Italy and

:39:24. > :39:30.I managed to bounce back. I enjoyed the race in Ireland and I didn't

:39:31. > :39:38.enjoy Italy. Now I am just enjoying my racing. That is when everything

:39:39. > :39:48.comes together. Just enjoying being back running. Great to see you back.

:39:49. > :39:54.We wish you well. He is running well. But that little line he said

:39:55. > :40:00.where if the space was going to come I knew I was going to get through,

:40:01. > :40:07.that was a big if. I do not think Guy Learmonth will be running this

:40:08. > :40:12.on in the same way. He has had a tough couple of years on and off the

:40:13. > :40:17.track, between the Commonwealth Games and Glasgow and hamstring

:40:18. > :40:21.industry in the Olympic trials. But running very well now. He has every

:40:22. > :40:25.chance of not just going through to the semifinals but perhaps

:40:26. > :40:44.contending for something here. As not easy this one. Bube running

:40:45. > :40:53.well. De Arriba part of a very strong Spanish team. He is UK indoor

:40:54. > :40:59.champion. As I mentioned it has not been a great time for him off the

:41:00. > :41:03.track. His grandfathers both died just after the con and a close

:41:04. > :41:07.friend involved in a serious car accident and then a series of

:41:08. > :41:10.injuries as well. Had to dig deep into his reserves to keep going. Fit

:41:11. > :41:32.and going well now. From Learmonth with a new personal

:41:33. > :41:37.best. Very interesting to see how he runs this one tactically. The

:41:38. > :41:43.contrast perhaps with Kyle Langford who goes through safely. But only

:41:44. > :42:14.two going through automatically. The final heat in the first round of

:42:15. > :42:20.the men's 800 metres. Guy Learmonth immediately taking a little glance

:42:21. > :42:29.on his inside. He knows Kszczot will be there. Guy Learmonth with a

:42:30. > :42:33.couple of metres from the rest. Keeping himself out of trouble.

:42:34. > :42:39.Kszczot should really be to run this race and qualify as he pleases that

:42:40. > :42:43.behind him very much of a muchness. They should have had a look at the

:42:44. > :42:51.fastest losers and seen that if they go around 1:49 they have a good

:42:52. > :42:54.chance. Guy has this moving and he is keeping this movie. He needs

:42:55. > :43:00.someone to help him out a little bit. Renaudie could come past and

:43:01. > :43:06.help out because he is starting to back off now. It is moving but not

:43:07. > :43:19.super quick. Adam Kszczot in fourth place will be having something to

:43:20. > :43:23.spare. Renaudie just behind the pacemaker, Guy Learmonth. The others

:43:24. > :43:29.are feeding off him and working off him. He could do with some help. The

:43:30. > :43:35.conceit Fichardt starting to make his move. He needs to maintain his

:43:36. > :43:42.four-man stay strong and run hard from here. Not worth trying to save

:43:43. > :43:48.energy. Kszczot making his move and Bube trying to go with him.

:43:49. > :43:53.Learmonth in danger now put the sea have enough to hold off Bube? De

:43:54. > :43:58.Arriba finishing strongly as well. Learmonth in trouble. The shot takes

:43:59. > :44:14.the win and Learmonth passed by Renaudie, de Arriba and Bube. You --

:44:15. > :44:20.Kszczot takes the win. I am not sure that is going to be quick enough. It

:44:21. > :44:24.is close and he has a chance and he will be have to do is look at that

:44:25. > :44:29.but you can see by the way he came through that he made a tactical

:44:30. > :44:32.error, he was looking at the screen and try to see the dangers come

:44:33. > :44:38.through when really at that point when really any heat you are not

:44:39. > :44:43.saving any energy, just run as hard as you can to the line. Do not try

:44:44. > :44:49.to qualify in second place. Just run hard from this point. He has run out

:44:50. > :44:57.there I think into third fastest loser from attitude and I do not

:44:58. > :45:07.think he will make it. Because I think Andujar we have gone through.

:45:08. > :45:11.Learmonth is going to miss out. He took it out, he did so much right in

:45:12. > :45:17.the first half of the race but the others were just using him. De

:45:18. > :45:19.Arriba I thought was gone but he had plenty to finish with. That says it

:45:20. > :45:33.all. I think he knows there. So, she shot

:45:34. > :45:40.and de Arriba through automatically -- Kszczot and de Arriba. Daniel

:45:41. > :45:44.Aggar, the Spanish athlete, and also Robert Farken, the 19-year-old

:45:45. > :45:47.German, going through -- Daniel Andujar. It will be deeply

:45:48. > :45:54.frustrating for by Lee a month, let's get his thoughts.

:45:55. > :45:57.Disappointing to find out the time will not get you through. You

:45:58. > :46:03.thought it might but it looked like you would get through by rights for

:46:04. > :46:07.a long time there. That was the plan, to take it out and just run

:46:08. > :46:13.hard. I don't know what I've done, a lapse in concentration in the last

:46:14. > :46:17.five metres, I think. Absolutely devastated, felt good coming into

:46:18. > :46:24.this, I've been running well, it is sad for it to end the way it did

:46:25. > :46:28.today. When Kszczot came speeding round, what was going through your

:46:29. > :46:33.mind? Trying to conserve energy, what was the thinking? I was waiting

:46:34. > :46:38.for him all race, but I felt good, I thought he would come at 400 with

:46:39. > :46:46.two laps to go but he came in the last 100. I felt good, I got caught

:46:47. > :46:49.off guard there. A big learning lesson, I'm absolutely devastated.

:46:50. > :46:53.I've only got myself to blame. Thank you for talking to us, we appreciate

:46:54. > :47:00.it. Doesn't go through, just to clear up

:47:01. > :47:06.his time, 1:48.73, misses out by one place in the fastest losers, hugely

:47:07. > :47:10.disappointing the guy Learmonth. 24, there will be rated to come, but

:47:11. > :47:26.that will be no compensation for him.

:47:27. > :47:33.Yana Maksimava goes clear, the Belarussian, 1.81, we gradually

:47:34. > :47:37.working through the Heights, it has taken some time, a lot of patience

:47:38. > :47:46.needed in that pentathlon second event, taking what seems like

:47:47. > :47:53.forever. Maxim Mara clear at 181 -- Yana Maksimava. Challenger for the

:47:54. > :48:00.title, for sure. Bianca Salming of Sweden, same height, goes clear. We

:48:01. > :48:06.are getting to the business end, smile from her, 18 years of age.

:48:07. > :48:18.Fourth in the World Junior Championships last year, good

:48:19. > :48:22.effect, clean sheet so far. Here is the other 18-year-old you mentioned

:48:23. > :48:27.earlier, Alina Shukh of the Ukraine, world junior record holder. Name

:48:28. > :48:31.three, by the looks of it, on the far side of the track, I think she

:48:32. > :48:41.has removed the curb, nothing in her way. Deep into that, good. Goes

:48:42. > :48:51.clear, 1.81. Still a lot of athletes, some time still to sort

:48:52. > :48:54.out what point will be allocated in that second event. Alina Shukh

:48:55. > :49:04.clears 1.81 on the second time of asking. Tony, still no sign of the

:49:05. > :49:10.champion, Navidi amp? Looks as if she will come in at 1.80 four,

:49:11. > :49:17.looking at how relaxed she is, and we are into third attempt at 1.80

:49:18. > :49:23.one. Might be close to two hours the young lady has been sat there since

:49:24. > :49:27.the competition started. The Ukrainian girl, I feel sorry for

:49:28. > :49:32.her, first attempt at 1.81, she was ready to go and the officials took

:49:33. > :49:37.her off because they had to wait for the 800 metres, then there were lots

:49:38. > :49:41.of introductions for the 800 metres, then they allowed her to go back to

:49:42. > :49:44.her mark so she made a mess of the first attempt probably because she

:49:45. > :49:52.was ready, then they asked her to stop, then she wasn't ready and they

:49:53. > :49:54.asked her to go back. It is difficult to balance that out in

:49:55. > :49:56.this environment but no problems on the second attempt, cleared it by a

:49:57. > :50:11.good margin. That is Thiam you can see in the

:50:12. > :50:17.long black tights, Olympic champion last year, waiting to go in the high

:50:18. > :50:30.jump. She cleared 1.98 in Rio, that is how good she is. Paula and Steve

:50:31. > :50:35.Cram ready to pick up. Action thick and fast here, Steve! Yes, you will

:50:36. > :50:40.not miss anything, Paula and I will just take a few minutes to have a

:50:41. > :50:44.chat about a few things people might have read in the last week or so,

:50:45. > :50:52.allegations from the leaked report by US anti-doping authorities facing

:50:53. > :50:54.Alberto Salazar, and Mo Farah. Neal Black was questioned yesterday at a

:50:55. > :50:57.press conference as to whether or not it was time to review again the

:50:58. > :51:05.relationship with British athletics and the Oregon project. They made a

:51:06. > :51:10.statement saying, what words did they use, that it would be

:51:11. > :51:18.unreasonable and potentially reckless to actually assume wrong,

:51:19. > :51:24.and their statement was that until an anti-doping process has been

:51:25. > :51:30.completed and the findings have been confirmed then we shouldn't make

:51:31. > :51:32.those assumptions. I think that is personally am -- perfectly

:51:33. > :51:39.reasonable stance and in effect that is our stance. Do you worry, perhaps

:51:40. > :51:43.not having acted when it does come out, given that you have seen parts

:51:44. > :51:47.of the report which are relatively damning? I think we are really

:51:48. > :51:57.confident in the process, we've worked closely with, we respectful

:51:58. > :52:02.of and so that is where we are at, really. Are you confident in your

:52:03. > :52:10.processes with things like when athletes don't get TUEs but are

:52:11. > :52:13.getting things like tramadol, are you concerned about any of the

:52:14. > :52:18.things that have happened in British Cycling could happen in British

:52:19. > :52:24.athletics? The best way I can answer the question is that we're really,

:52:25. > :52:35.really confident that everything that we do and the way we act

:52:36. > :52:43.follows really, really correctly the processes of clean athletics. And if

:52:44. > :52:51.it says you do X, Y and Z, then we do X, Y and Z.

:52:52. > :52:56.Well, some difficult questions, Neil Black doing his best to answer them.

:52:57. > :53:00.British Cycling, there is used, this has resurfaced again, the

:53:01. > :53:07.allegations from this leaked report -- their issues. Do you think it

:53:08. > :53:11.would have been a conversation with Mo Farah orders carry on as he was

:53:12. > :53:16.alluding to there? I think what he is alluding to there is they very

:53:17. > :53:20.much looked at the situation, monitored the situation as it has

:53:21. > :53:25.been evolving, they have been in contact as much as they can through

:53:26. > :53:30.this with UK Anti-Doping. The best people to know what is going on are

:53:31. > :53:33.Alberto and Mo, and if they are saying, we have done everything

:53:34. > :53:37.right, we are not concerned, then they need to trust that, and if they

:53:38. > :53:42.have not found anything to go against it then I don't see how they

:53:43. > :53:47.can go against Mo and said he has to leave his coach when there is no

:53:48. > :53:51.evidence being pointed out. That is a key point, both Mo Farah and

:53:52. > :53:56.Alberto Salazar refuting the allegations, and have said until

:53:57. > :54:01.this point US anti-doping authorities have not gone after

:54:02. > :54:05.either or both in the centre of any evidence, hard evidence, and a lot

:54:06. > :54:10.of it was about processes and some of those grey areas, but is that it

:54:11. > :54:13.self, those grey areas, is that something British athletics needs to

:54:14. > :54:18.be a bit more aware of? I think certainly that is what they are

:54:19. > :54:21.alluding to with the questions about British Cycling, were those grey

:54:22. > :54:27.areas pushed to such an extent that they did not cross a legal line but

:54:28. > :54:31.maybe an ethical line. I think whether frustration is coming from

:54:32. > :54:35.Mo Farah's side is this investigation is being done into

:54:36. > :54:38.whether people are pushing the grey areas, the ethical areas, not

:54:39. > :54:41.breaking the rules, what is happening to the people who are

:54:42. > :54:51.breaking the rules? Why aren't we getting their names, the EPO found

:54:52. > :54:55.in a hotel room, why aren't we looking at that? It is selective

:54:56. > :54:59.leaking of information, Alberto Salazar and Mo Farah are big names,

:55:00. > :55:03.that is probably why, because as far as I understand the leaked

:55:04. > :55:08.information has come from that scenario, and I get that, but I

:55:09. > :55:13.wonder at what point British athletics has to kind of say, hang

:55:14. > :55:17.on, grey area or no grey area, there comes a point at which we have to

:55:18. > :55:21.make a decision. And I think also questions have to be asked, why is

:55:22. > :55:28.this investigation by you Sada taking so long? How can it take so

:55:29. > :55:33.long when these allegations first serviced -- surfaced a couple of

:55:34. > :55:36.years ago and it is still not moving forward, why hasn't it moved

:55:37. > :55:43.forward? Are they being fair to the athlete if they don't have the

:55:44. > :55:45.evidence? That is a point Mo Farah and Alberto Salazar have made, they

:55:46. > :55:49.have had all of this time, a lot of investigation, they have complied

:55:50. > :55:53.with the investigation as much as they have said they have, so what

:55:54. > :55:59.else can they do? Until proven guilty, you are innocent. You are,

:56:00. > :56:03.and I think if you are in that situation and you know you are

:56:04. > :56:08.innocent, then all of this is noise that you've got to try and block out

:56:09. > :56:13.and not take energy away from your training, be able to prepare and

:56:14. > :56:16.know that, yes, I haven't broken any rules, I haven't done anything, but

:56:17. > :56:21.it is hard when you are getting dragged through it and questions are

:56:22. > :56:24.dragging on and no answers are being given by the agencies. What's next?

:56:25. > :56:29.Neal was pretty strong in terms of his words as far as saying they are

:56:30. > :56:33.not going to do anything, Mo is training at the moment, he is

:56:34. > :56:38.obviously not here, getting ready we hope, preparing well for London. Do

:56:39. > :56:43.you expect anything more to come of this? The press are not going to let

:56:44. > :56:47.this go. No, they're not, but I hope that at these championships that is

:56:48. > :56:50.that for the questions being asked, Mo Farah is not even here and the

:56:51. > :56:54.future of the British team is here and I would like to see it focused

:56:55. > :56:59.on their performances, how well they are doing, and leave the questions

:57:00. > :57:03.for Mo Tu when he comes out and races, ask him to his face and then

:57:04. > :57:08.get out with what is happening, the racing and performing here in the

:57:09. > :57:12.arena. Somebody who has been performing well, we will see her

:57:13. > :57:17.shortly, is Laura Muir in the next heat of the 3000 metres, but first,

:57:18. > :57:21.the Scots have been leading the way in distance running, you have to

:57:22. > :57:26.say, and somebody also having a cracking 2016 and into 2017 is a Liz

:57:27. > :57:35.McColgan, and we have another Scot in this as though -- as well, Steph

:57:36. > :57:42.Twell. This would disappoint Andrew. I am entirely neutral on such

:57:43. > :57:47.matters! Eilish McColgan was one of those who had the chance to double

:57:48. > :57:51.up on the 15 and 3000 but has not been on top form health-wise,

:57:52. > :57:55.feeling under the weather, so decided four races, if she was to go

:57:56. > :57:59.through in both the 15 and 3000, would be too much, so concentrating

:58:00. > :58:04.on the 3000, which would be her stronger event of the two in any

:58:05. > :58:12.case, deciding to avoid the doubling up and go in the 3000. She wasn't

:58:13. > :58:19.feeling too well in Birmingham but still ran 8.43, a personal best. She

:58:20. > :58:24.feels she is in 8.30 seven, position at the moment if she gets a clean

:58:25. > :58:29.run of help, she has been running very well. Two go through

:58:30. > :58:30.automatically, two veeps, McColgan should had enough but there is some

:58:31. > :58:44.competition. There is a full line-up for this

:58:45. > :59:01.one. The steeplechase was her race of

:59:02. > :59:06.choice but she was getting too many injuries, which can happen in the

:59:07. > :59:09.steeplechase, the impact of coming down of the barriers, and so decided

:59:10. > :59:13.to see what she had on the flat and it is paying dividends at the

:59:14. > :59:16.moment, running injury free. For a while when she was doing

:59:17. > :59:21.Steeplechase training she just wasn't able to run, she was on cross

:59:22. > :59:30.trainers all the time just because of the impact, but now that she can

:59:31. > :59:32.train, getting a good run at it, she is fulfilling her talent, her

:59:33. > :59:38.ability. Down to 8.43 indoors in Birmingham. All eyes and

:59:39. > :59:47.concentration, so much focus, has been on Laura Muir, but Eilish

:59:48. > :59:51.McColgan is in grand form. She should go through automatically

:59:52. > :59:54.here. If she is feeling well enough, and again she has mentioned she has

:59:55. > :00:03.not been particularly well recently, but she should have plenty to go

:00:04. > :00:09.through. Dundee Harrier, made famous by her mother. Others to look out

:00:10. > :00:18.for in this line-up, I mentioned Maureen Koster, McColgan should have

:00:19. > :00:22.enough to go through automatically. She should, it comes down to how

:00:23. > :00:26.much feeling under the weather has taken out of her. It was a sensible

:00:27. > :00:31.decision in my opinion not to double up here but to focus on the 3000

:00:32. > :00:35.metres. She needs to watch out for the dangers, we talked about Maureen

:00:36. > :00:42.Koster but also Fernandez of Spain can be a danger in the closing

:00:43. > :00:46.stages, Nehra barter, coming back from a drug suspension, is one to

:00:47. > :00:51.look out for as well. It is really a question of staying out of trouble,

:00:52. > :00:55.3000 metres indoors, not too many girls in that race but still she has

:00:56. > :00:59.long legs, she likes to be able to stride out so you will probably see

:01:00. > :01:00.her staying out of trouble in the early stages then moving through

:01:01. > :01:07.later on. She would love to be one of the

:01:08. > :01:16.automatic qualifiers but there are four fastest loser positions. Any of

:01:17. > :01:36.the early heats you have two trust you are going quick enough.

:01:37. > :01:44.Already a steadying hand outstretched by McColgan in the

:01:45. > :01:49.early stages. She will help it stretches out as Paula says. She has

:01:50. > :01:55.such a long stride she would not want to be involved in any close

:01:56. > :02:06.quarter exchanges. Not a quick pace at all. I wonder she might take it

:02:07. > :02:13.on. Eilish is deceptively quick. She showed that in Birmingham. She was

:02:14. > :02:17.almost last going into the last lap. She can respond and react quickly

:02:18. > :02:26.but she will be happy to see it has picked up a little bit. McColgan

:02:27. > :02:30.perhaps does not have a blistering change of pace but as you have said

:02:31. > :02:39.she does have a very good pace once she gets going. Deciding how is that

:02:40. > :02:45.the 3000 metres is a better chance. That is definitely right. She did

:02:46. > :02:49.not have that change of pace you need for indoors 1500 metres. She

:02:50. > :02:55.holds more cards over the 3000 metres. She understands more about

:02:56. > :02:59.how to race. She has made absolutely the right decision. Had it been a

:03:00. > :03:05.straight final maybe she could have gone for both but with qualifying

:03:06. > :03:18.there is no surprise really that mirror your is the one who has taken

:03:19. > :03:24.on that challenge. Viola taking it out at the moment. A bit of a gap

:03:25. > :03:31.between the two groups. McColgan not worried at the moment. A reminder

:03:32. > :03:35.four go through as fastest losers. Laura Muir going in the next heat

:03:36. > :03:43.and just beginning to stretch out a little bit. McColgan sitting in

:03:44. > :03:47.sixth place at the moment. This is turning out well for Eilish. She

:03:48. > :03:51.probably knows it is Costa just behind her and she knows she would

:03:52. > :03:57.be on to watch in this race so she is quite comfortable I would say

:03:58. > :04:04.with the pace. What needs to happen is somebody sooner or later will

:04:05. > :04:10.have to move up to help she will not be able to maintain this pace

:04:11. > :04:17.otherwise to give everybody a chance of advancing. McColgan just tucked

:04:18. > :04:23.in behind Maria Fernandez, the 40-year-old. Bianca Fernandez --

:04:24. > :04:34.Blanca Fernandez not related, and much younger. Former European

:04:35. > :04:46.cross-country champion tuner from Turkey. Comfortable enough position

:04:47. > :04:53.at the moment. Just moving up a couple of spaces, taking a bit

:04:54. > :05:00.closer order in this race. Viola out in front with Blanca Fernandez.

:05:01. > :05:01.McColgan beginning to put us off into a slightly more comfortable

:05:02. > :05:21.position. They will see Nafi Thiam taking to

:05:22. > :05:27.the runway nearly two hours after the start of competition. The

:05:28. > :05:33.Belgian very good at her opening height, 1.84. Maria

:05:34. > :05:40.what do we make of that? Really comfortable clearance for the

:05:41. > :05:54.Belgian youngster. Great start to the second event of the pentathlon.

:05:55. > :05:58.We have seen Alina Shukh of the Ukraine, a number of her attempts.

:05:59. > :06:04.Has had a lot of attempts, it has to be said. This is also her second

:06:05. > :06:17.attempt at one four. Yes, it stays put. And she is clear, joining

:06:18. > :06:32.Thiam. Really great effort from her. Competent high jumper. Her

:06:33. > :06:39.competition continues. It has closed up once again. The pace continuing

:06:40. > :06:47.to move around fairly briskly. McColgan just staying out of things

:06:48. > :06:52.at the moment. It had stretched out for a while. Viola did a good job

:06:53. > :06:57.through the first 1000 metres. The girls are now queueing up and

:06:58. > :07:00.getting closer but part of that is because they are getting close to

:07:01. > :07:11.the 2,000-metre mark and they need to be thinking about making the

:07:12. > :07:19.move. Viola able to react to that. Now Eilish moving forward. I would

:07:20. > :07:28.not be worried about running wide. Particularly endorse it is better to

:07:29. > :07:38.stay out of trouble. Adding a bid to her travels staying on the outside

:07:39. > :07:43.but Fernandez, Blanca Fernandez just ahead of her elder compatriot.

:07:44. > :07:50.Maureen Koster moving herself into a nice position as well. Little group

:07:51. > :07:57.of six separating itself from the stragglers. McColgan looking in a

:07:58. > :08:02.fairly decent position. Just having to stick out an arm couple of times.

:08:03. > :08:13.A bit of danger as they come together. She is very rangy as she

:08:14. > :08:19.runs, that possibly poses some questions for the other athletes,

:08:20. > :08:24.particularly the Fernandez runners. They are taking more of an inside

:08:25. > :08:38.line. Viola holding onto that at the moment. Maureen Koster out in front,

:08:39. > :08:47.Hannah Klein tucked in behind. The Dutch athlete able to have a look

:08:48. > :08:55.around and see where she is. McColgan sitting in third just at

:08:56. > :09:03.the moment. Blanca Fernandez, Nuria rather, Blanca Fernandez beginning

:09:04. > :09:08.to lose contact. I think Nuria Fernandez in her prime would have

:09:09. > :09:14.been the big danger in this race. I do not know whether she still has

:09:15. > :09:20.the same turn of speed. She was also notorious for causing trouble. I

:09:21. > :09:25.render her getting into trouble with Lee Zabriskie in 2009. There is

:09:26. > :09:34.danger for Eilish, she needs to be aware of where people are around

:09:35. > :09:40.her. Now she is slightly in danger of being boxed. A little gap back to

:09:41. > :09:48.the group. Here comes Eilish McColgan. Just stretching out again

:09:49. > :09:52.that long stride and trying to leave behind Nuria Fernandez. Hanna Klein

:09:53. > :09:57.still there but still five as Fernandez digs in again. Holding on

:09:58. > :10:04.for the hope of one of those four automatic qualifying phrases. It is,

:10:05. > :10:07.well, not quite dangerous yet but Nuria Fernandez still there. We do

:10:08. > :10:15.not know how quick the second heat might be. McColgan now leaving

:10:16. > :10:19.Klein, Maria Fernandez digging in. Eilish McColgan almost leaning

:10:20. > :10:22.forward, able to look around and see Klein and Maria Fernandez but

:10:23. > :10:27.McColgan should have enough. You can see the effort on her face. Maureen

:10:28. > :10:32.Koster comfortable enough. McColgan in second or third and Nuria

:10:33. > :10:36.Fernandez in fourth place, Hanna Klein just being run out of it. Four

:10:37. > :10:41.through automatically, that looked like an work and perhaps the Golden

:10:42. > :10:45.says she has not been well. Perhaps it took more out of her. That threw

:10:46. > :10:53.in the end and a chance to try and recover for Sunday. -- but through

:10:54. > :10:59.in the end. Does not look as though she has expended too much energy.

:11:00. > :11:03.The heats are stressful. Trying to maintain enough energy, keep enough

:11:04. > :11:06.energy in the bank to be able to use it in the final but also you have to

:11:07. > :11:12.run hard enough to make sure you are in the final. What we see is it

:11:13. > :11:19.takes time just to wind up for Eilish. Then once she started to

:11:20. > :11:23.wind up she is closing very fast and she actually looks the best of those

:11:24. > :11:29.five at this point but it just takes some time to get to that. You can

:11:30. > :11:36.see how higher her heels, behind her. She breaks the stride. Contrast

:11:37. > :11:39.that with Klein, who is much shorter. Fernandez using her

:11:40. > :11:46.experience to move through on the inside, confident that Hanna Klein

:11:47. > :11:48.will Wolfie as a fastest loser that good to see a list looked in

:11:49. > :11:54.control. Not quite as controlled as Maureen Koster did the sure she

:11:55. > :11:59.stayed out of trouble. But Eilish nothing has time to recover and come

:12:00. > :12:08.back stronger now. She judged it pretty well. Eilish recorded now

:12:09. > :12:13.chatting with Phil. Tremendous performance, tell me what it was

:12:14. > :12:21.like, I know you have had a cold, maybe not in top form exactly. I

:12:22. > :12:25.think today was about judging my legs. I have never done a

:12:26. > :12:31.championship indoors. It is a world apart from outdoors. Especially

:12:32. > :12:36.heats, not something I have done a lot of in the past. I am pleased.

:12:37. > :12:42.Through to the final which is what I came for today. I felt a bit more

:12:43. > :12:45.flatter than I would have liked but you always have that after

:12:46. > :12:51.travelling. I have got that out of my legs now, hopefully I can come

:12:52. > :12:55.back on Sunday and if I run close to a personal best I will be pleased.

:12:56. > :13:02.Paula was talking about how stressful the heats can be. People

:13:03. > :13:11.realising you have two negotiate that. It is difficult, always very

:13:12. > :13:14.slow, obviously I am quite a tall creature so it can be tough. The

:13:15. > :13:18.main thing is staying out of trouble. I think I did that. Maybe

:13:19. > :13:22.stayed a bit too far out the whole weight but you worried about getting

:13:23. > :13:28.fit. The last thing you wanted to go down. As I say, job done. Through to

:13:29. > :13:36.the final. I do not think it will be so slow in the final with Laura Muir

:13:37. > :13:43.and Jazmin Chan of Turkey. I'm excited about that. See you in the

:13:44. > :13:53.final. Quite a tall creature, her words.

:13:54. > :14:06.So from one successful Scot to another, and what the 12 months it

:14:07. > :14:11.has been for Laura Muir, not the result she wanted in Rio of course

:14:12. > :14:15.but everything else she has done has been so impressive. Steph 12 the

:14:16. > :14:25.other British competitor in this second heat. Eilish Menson 's

:14:26. > :14:28.Yasemin Can of Turkey, European cross-country champion. -- Eilish

:14:29. > :14:36.mentioned her. Interesting to see how she does it. The same as the

:14:37. > :14:43.first team, reasonably quick, one quick fastest loser, then a bit of a

:14:44. > :14:47.gap so Hanna Klein losing out in that top five race for then a bit of

:14:48. > :14:50.a gap after her. Something around nine minutes and you have a good

:14:51. > :15:06.chance of going through even if you are not in the top four. Familiar

:15:07. > :15:09.figure in this event Kudzelich. Laura Muir had one or two memories

:15:10. > :15:20.from her early career she would not want to conjure up indoors.

:15:21. > :15:31.Alina Reh, another good cross-country runner. Laura Muir and

:15:32. > :15:39.Steph Twell with some other big names there. A bunch of

:15:40. > :15:43.cross-country people in here. But this is track running and four Laura

:15:44. > :15:46.Muir, the first of 45 laps. If you were with us at the beginning this

:15:47. > :15:51.morning, we mentioned how busy she will be, the only athlete, a few had

:15:52. > :15:55.registered for two events, the only one actually taking it on, heats of

:15:56. > :15:59.the 3000 metres this morning then about five hours, less than five

:16:00. > :16:06.hours, she is in heat one of the 1500 metres quite early this

:16:07. > :16:10.evening, then the final of the 1500 metres tomorrow, then the final of

:16:11. > :16:17.this event, the 3000 metres, on Sunday. Anyway, here she goes, lots

:16:18. > :16:23.of laps to come. I bet there are not many laps where she is not in the

:16:24. > :16:27.front, Paula? Probably not too many, that is a safer place to be, a

:16:28. > :16:32.better place to be, maybe she can use it to control the field.

:16:33. > :16:36.Certainly I think a lot of the competitors, maybe not so much in

:16:37. > :16:39.heats, but once we get to the final, will have all eyes on Laura Muir and

:16:40. > :16:43.will be watching and planning their races around what they anticipate

:16:44. > :16:47.she can do, and it is whether she can go out and stick to her plan and

:16:48. > :16:57.adapt to what the others do when she gets to that point. She is so fast,

:16:58. > :17:02.and they are all saying, Laura Muir is at the front, and you are right,

:17:03. > :17:08.everybody looks to Laura but as I said at the beginning they all have

:17:09. > :17:11.a chance of going through here. Reh first came, certainly last year we

:17:12. > :17:17.thought she should win the European Juniors, this year she has had three

:17:18. > :17:23.top four finishes as a junior, a bit like Steph, great junior career,

:17:24. > :17:26.Steph came in quite late yesterday, she has work commitments these days

:17:27. > :17:30.she was telling me but she is enjoying that, the mix she has going

:17:31. > :17:34.at the moment. She is running well at the moment, we are all looking at

:17:35. > :17:39.Laura Muir but Steph will hope to join Eilish McColgan and Laura Muir

:17:40. > :17:46.in the final, no reason she cannot especially if they get the pace

:17:47. > :17:55.moving a bit. Yasemin Can on the outside of Reh. At the moment Reh

:17:56. > :18:03.and Can are the ones keeping the pace going. Still very experienced

:18:04. > :18:10.at only 19 years old. Only just taken the step out of the junior

:18:11. > :18:14.ranks, Can having an easy ride and staying out of trouble at the

:18:15. > :18:18.moment, Steph Twell got herself in a good position, it is in her

:18:19. > :18:21.interests that the pace moves along. We don't have to worry too much

:18:22. > :18:25.about Laura, she will get into qualifying position no matter what,

:18:26. > :18:28.but Steph will be better coming from this pace, slightly below nine

:18:29. > :18:34.minute pace, giving them all a chance of advancing through. You

:18:35. > :18:40.can't blame Laura Muir for a nice try. Can we just jog a few laps so

:18:41. > :18:45.that I have got some heats later on in the 1500? But they are running

:18:46. > :18:50.their own race, Reh doing a good job after that first 400 metres, which

:18:51. > :19:01.was pretty slow. Already a bit of a gap appearing here.

:19:02. > :19:08.Round about three minutes, that is fine. Seven or eight people could go

:19:09. > :19:11.through with a time of around nine minute so they just need to keep

:19:12. > :19:17.this pace going. That is all they need to do, and just as they came

:19:18. > :19:23.down that straight I was wondering why bother tell was at the back.

:19:24. > :19:27.Just realising that those slight gaps are starting to open up and not

:19:28. > :19:31.all of the girls in this race would be capable of going with a nine

:19:32. > :19:39.minute pace so the gaps. To open up pretty quickly now. Laura Muir just

:19:40. > :19:44.behind her as team-mate Steph Twell, the two of them in fourth and fifth

:19:45. > :19:56.at the moment. Ana Lozano has moved up. Little gaps appearing. Kudzelich

:19:57. > :20:02.does not look that comfortable, to be back, it looks like she is

:20:03. > :20:07.working hard. Silver-medallist, she was in good form a few years ago,

:20:08. > :20:13.running very well in that period. Doesn't look like she is finding the

:20:14. > :20:19.pace too comfortable at the minute. Eight there and the one fastest

:20:20. > :20:24.loser spot is Hanna Klein, 858, she finished fifth in the first race, so

:20:25. > :20:28.you would think seven definitely, you would not want to be eighth in

:20:29. > :20:31.this. No, that is why they keep glancing up at the screen, they

:20:32. > :20:34.should have all of this information, they had the opportunity to watch

:20:35. > :20:39.the previous heat over the barriers to take note of the times. With

:20:40. > :20:41.experience racing heats, they should all have done that, certainly

:20:42. > :20:46.someone like Steph Twell will know exactly what she needs to do and is

:20:47. > :20:50.thinking about that already, getting herself into a position where,

:20:51. > :20:59.should Reh and Can falter with the pace, she is in a position to do

:21:00. > :21:04.that. Laura's coach Andy Young won't be too far away, he never is. Great

:21:05. > :21:09.character, he has done a fantastic job with Laura Muir, building a nice

:21:10. > :21:11.little group in Scotland as well. Laura was down in South Africa with

:21:12. > :21:17.the rest of the British middle-distance group. Steph Twell

:21:18. > :21:22.still with Mick Woods, of course, that relationship has born so much

:21:23. > :21:26.brood over the years. Just watching now as Can picks up the pace, moving

:21:27. > :21:31.into proper qualifying positions. This is good for Steph Twell, we

:21:32. > :21:34.know Laura Muir can turn on the burners whenever she wants to, not

:21:35. > :21:39.quite so easy for Steph said this pace will suit her very much indeed.

:21:40. > :21:44.Yes, this definitely suiting Steph Twell more than Laura Muir. She does

:21:45. > :21:50.have that very short recovery before she comes back to quite a tough 1500

:21:51. > :21:54.heat this afternoon so she will have half an eye on treating this as they

:21:55. > :21:57.warm up if she can for the 1500 metres and save energy for the

:21:58. > :22:02.finals coming up, which is why you can see the gap opening a bit, Steph

:22:03. > :22:06.knows if she can go with Can and get a bit of daylight and a breakaway

:22:07. > :22:10.from the others, that helps her cause a lot. Laura doesn't

:22:11. > :22:13.necessarily need to do that, she knows should it come down to a

:22:14. > :22:22.finish she has the beating of the rest of the girls in the race get

:22:23. > :22:25.out of trouble if she leaves it to the last 400 metres but that fifth,

:22:26. > :22:28.sixth, seventh place if she keeps an eye on the clock. She is being

:22:29. > :22:31.sensible, she has a top heat, she is in brilliant shape but in the 1500

:22:32. > :22:37.metres she has Klosterhalfen, who was also at one point registered for

:22:38. > :22:43.the 3000. And we, the Polish athlete as well. She probably thinks, I will

:22:44. > :22:47.have to run hard in the 1500 heat is perhaps so why not make it

:22:48. > :22:51.comfortable here? She just has to finish fourth, in fifth place now,

:22:52. > :22:57.so Steph Twell is the one who will just have to be careful. They are

:22:58. > :23:00.all running quick enough, top six or seven I think definitely will go

:23:01. > :23:09.through, Steph Twell second place, bit of a gap behind Can. The gap

:23:10. > :23:14.getting bigger, more like ten, less than 600 metres to go. They gap

:23:15. > :23:17.getting bigger to Can, she doesn't really need to do this, she should

:23:18. > :23:22.be looking up at the screen and backing up a bit. Behind her is the

:23:23. > :23:26.group that needs to maintain the gap back to Bob tell and possibly all of

:23:27. > :23:44.that group there have a chance of advancing -- Bob. We have got Steph

:23:45. > :23:53.Twell, Alina Reh of Germany, then Fougberg, Lozano, a group of three,

:23:54. > :23:58.Laura Muir is certainly more than capable of out kicking them as they

:23:59. > :24:02.move into the last 300 metres, less than 300 metres now. Can will come

:24:03. > :24:09.round to take the bell this time and is lapping her team-mate. Turkey

:24:10. > :24:13.leading, Can in front, lapping her team-mate, then Steph Twell in

:24:14. > :24:17.second place, looking good for qualification, in fact they all are,

:24:18. > :24:23.Laura Muir just doing enough, Lozano, smart running from the

:24:24. > :24:29.British women. Fougberg there. Yes, exactly as you said, she is trying

:24:30. > :24:33.to close the gap on Reh because she knows Laura Muir can come past them

:24:34. > :24:39.easily to get into pole position. The danger here is the lapping which

:24:40. > :24:43.might cause confusion now. Those ball, only three of them will get an

:24:44. > :24:48.automatic spot, so let's see what happens in the end, a bit of a

:24:49. > :24:51.sprint, Twell has to hang on, Laura Muir has decided 50s OK so she

:24:52. > :24:57.doesn't bother finishing in the top four. It will make headlines back

:24:58. > :25:01.home, Laura Muir only goes through as fastest loser, but smart running

:25:02. > :25:05.from her, that was all she had to do. Steph Twell through, Eilish

:25:06. > :25:08.McColgan through, that will be a nice final to look forward to on

:25:09. > :25:16.Sunday but a lot more running the Laura Muir before then, she will be

:25:17. > :25:20.back in, what, 4.5 hours for the 1500 metres eats, but well done this

:25:21. > :25:26.morning for those too. It's chose a big step up in the majority of Laura

:25:27. > :25:30.Muir as well. Contrast that with the only possible guys I would pick her

:25:31. > :25:34.up in Rio, she entered into a bit of competition in the heats and in the

:25:35. > :25:38.round and maybe expended too much energy in the semi there. No danger

:25:39. > :25:43.of that, she was thinking on her feet down the home straight,

:25:44. > :25:46.calculating, knowing that Klein had run 8.58 and she would become to be

:25:47. > :25:51.under that, did not expend more energy than she needed to. Good for

:25:52. > :26:00.Steph Twell as well, she looked very strong. Really impressive, Reh

:26:01. > :26:03.coming through, Fougberg as well. Don't forget Can was out ahead of

:26:04. > :26:09.these. Maureen Koster looked pretty good. Hard to see anybody giving

:26:10. > :26:12.Laura Muir too much to think about. Come the 3000, just a question of

:26:13. > :26:17.how tired she is and what the athletes will be hoping it she has a

:26:18. > :26:21.hard heat, are hard final in the 1500 and somebody may be able to

:26:22. > :26:24.take it out hard from the final. That is exactly what the others will

:26:25. > :26:30.be thinking, the girls in the 1500 as well, they can finish very fast,

:26:31. > :26:34.they will be hoping Laura Muir takes a little bit too much out of herself

:26:35. > :26:42.here through all of these rounds and the finals and is too petite to run

:26:43. > :26:47.as strongly as she normally does. This is an official at the moment,

:26:48. > :26:51.but this is how it looked, you can see there's fastest losers, Laura

:26:52. > :26:54.Muir, Ana Lozano, and two to Bob Ezell all going through. Qualifying

:26:55. > :27:04.by rights was Steph Twell, and she is with Phil now.

:27:05. > :27:07.Laura has gone through the mix, she has a 1500 metres to come, but your

:27:08. > :27:12.job is done for the day and a job well done. Thank you, I wanted it to

:27:13. > :27:16.be an easy run, not too much of a change of pace so I was happy today.

:27:17. > :27:20.How much does it help going in a second he'd like that when you know

:27:21. > :27:24.the time that you have to aim for? I think it helps to move the legs a

:27:25. > :27:28.little bit, take away the first and is of training and getting into race

:27:29. > :27:34.mode, so that was special for me, to then go into the final and know what

:27:35. > :27:37.I'm ready for. In the final we're going to see three Scots

:27:38. > :27:41.representing Great Britain, which is fantastic. How much can you help

:27:42. > :27:46.each other as team-mate and out on the track? Definitely leading into

:27:47. > :27:50.the race we will be helping each other and there will be camaraderie

:27:51. > :27:54.to keep each other going. It will be a tough race, lots of Turkish

:27:55. > :27:58.athletes who look strong at the moment, so it is just about getting

:27:59. > :28:02.out there and trying to be as strong as possible and planned our flag on

:28:03. > :28:09.the track. We wish you well for the final on Sunday.

:28:10. > :28:17.The action has been happening in field, Nafi Thiam, 1.87, clean

:28:18. > :28:23.sheet, only her second jump in this second event of the pentathlon.

:28:24. > :28:28.Cleared 1.87 very comfortably in deed, PB over the hurdles first

:28:29. > :28:33.thing this morning. First of five events, moves on to the second,

:28:34. > :28:41.probably her best of the five, her assault on the title here in good

:28:42. > :28:53.shape. This is Yana Maksimava of Belarus. Third attempt at 1.87. 1.95

:28:54. > :28:58.her best indoor, as very proficient high-jumper. Quit long jump,

:28:59. > :29:05.surprisingly, but looking to squeeze out as much as she can, and does.

:29:06. > :29:17.Successful at the third and final attempt at one. -- at 1.87. Doesn't

:29:18. > :29:21.matter where the clearance comes, it is about the points accumulated

:29:22. > :29:30.across these five events. Maxim of in second place as we stand behind

:29:31. > :29:37.Nafi Thiam. Yvonne Abad itch of Austria has had two personal bests

:29:38. > :29:45.already, and another one -- Yvan Dadic. She came into this

:29:46. > :29:51.competition with a lifetime best of 1.80, clear at 1.84 at the second

:29:52. > :29:56.attempt, 1.87 at the third time of asking for the 23-year-old Austrian.

:29:57. > :30:02.European bronze-medallist from last year. Looks as though she has made

:30:03. > :30:10.some improvements in her work since the end of last summer's season.

:30:11. > :30:13.Alina Shukh of the Ukraine, we have followed her progress, she is

:30:14. > :30:28.waiting for the athletes to sweep past, sensibly. So, third attempt at

:30:29. > :30:41.1.87. What a shame, that was as close as you get. Three fouls.

:30:42. > :30:52.We are back live in the high jump, Nafi Thiam has gone clear of 1.90 in

:30:53. > :30:57.the second attempt. 1.93... Oh, yes! Well, we mentioned earlier she

:30:58. > :31:06.cleared 1.98, she may be in that sort of shape here today. Her stride

:31:07. > :31:10.on the approach there. PB over the hurdles, life in the legs, executed

:31:11. > :31:19.well in this second event. Dadic has gone up into second place behind the

:31:20. > :31:29.Belgian. The next height is 1.96 and Nafi Thiam is out in front.

:31:30. > :31:38.It has been busy all morning. 60-metre hurdles. Bit of surprise

:31:39. > :31:57.she's not there, the fourth ranked athlete in Europe. As I said the

:31:58. > :32:00.Croatian Ivancevic would have been a contender. She might have got some

:32:01. > :32:35.cheers from the Serbian crowd. They get away, and look at Isabelle

:32:36. > :32:42.Pedersen going very well indeed. Not the best start from Herbert when she

:32:43. > :32:46.got moving, very good indeed. Pressure taken off because

:32:47. > :32:50.qualification was three anyway. And with Ivancevic not being there all

:32:51. > :33:05.you can do is make the mistake and she didn't. Susanna Kallur more than

:33:06. > :33:13.capable of that. Four she did not have any effort that the Norwegian

:33:14. > :33:24.is flawless, beautiful and snappy. Complete contrast with the German,

:33:25. > :33:29.who will be very disappointed. Good rhythm from all of these women.

:33:30. > :33:34.Still time to unwind, technical event, you need to warm up well. She

:33:35. > :33:39.clattered that barrier, that threw her off. Still good and aggressive.

:33:40. > :33:47.You have always said that what you cannot do is take it easy. The one

:33:48. > :33:52.thing she does is make sure she does not. But after that it is business

:33:53. > :34:02.as usual. You have two crack on from the very beginning. You have to get

:34:03. > :34:13.used to the track. You want to experience it as much as you can.

:34:14. > :34:23.Talk about flat, eight seconds flat the winning time. Nafi Thiam you can

:34:24. > :34:36.see carries a failure at this new height. Good support from the small

:34:37. > :34:47.crowd. And this is her second attempt. Wow. Delight for her

:34:48. > :34:50.courage. What an effort that is. We talked about this earlier, the

:34:51. > :34:56.individual event at the Olympic Games was 1.97 for the gold medal.

:34:57. > :35:04.Just one centimetre higher, Thiam is a formidable high jumper and

:35:05. > :35:11.consistent. Toni, I know you are down there next to the high Janmaat,

:35:12. > :35:17.is it bouncy? It is bouncy but it is a great jumping surface. The only

:35:18. > :35:24.difficulty she is having is she's not getting any left. In great

:35:25. > :35:34.shape. An additional two centimetres on her indoor personal best. In and

:35:35. > :35:49.affluence and she is pushing an. Potentially on world record

:35:50. > :35:54.schedule. The second time she has failed and what went wrong there,

:35:55. > :36:04.Koleczek? Needs more lift. It is about timing. Just the time it was.

:36:05. > :36:08.The first round you get a look at 1.99, this is a personal best

:36:09. > :36:15.remember. What is going through her mind now she will know that and

:36:16. > :36:22.their four try too hard and snatch at it. What did she have to do in

:36:23. > :36:34.the last round, Toni? Clear the bar. Thanks, coach. Just wait a little

:36:35. > :36:38.bit longer and work the vertical. They are ready for the second heat

:36:39. > :36:56.will stop the semifinals later today. The German athletes goes

:36:57. > :37:04.here. With two to go through, I think she and perhaps Nadine Visser

:37:05. > :37:09.on the inside will be the three likeliest contenders. Good run in

:37:10. > :37:28.the first teeth by Isabelle Pedersen. This is the full line-up.

:37:29. > :37:44.Second of four hates in the first round. No British women involved in

:37:45. > :37:57.this race. So let's go back swiftly to the high jump. Thiam, third and

:37:58. > :38:04.final attempt at this height. She seemed to get stuck. That was really

:38:05. > :38:12.close. The coach knows how close that was. Nafi Thiam, great

:38:13. > :38:17.performance. 1.96, adding to her personal best in the sprint hurdles.

:38:18. > :38:24.Another look at this. Just spent a little longer on the floor but very

:38:25. > :38:30.close, 1.99, would have been a lifetime best but not meant to be

:38:31. > :38:47.today. 196 very, very good indeed. Toni, that was close. You can see

:38:48. > :38:53.three fouls. Significant points for the Belgian. Probably too early to

:38:54. > :38:59.talk about an assault on the world record. I mentioned just before we

:39:00. > :39:03.saw Thiam there are no British women taking part in this event, although

:39:04. > :39:07.actually with Toni Minichiello down there in the infield we should

:39:08. > :39:20.mention Eilish Barrett has been running well will stop broke the

:39:21. > :39:25.British junior indoor record. Again a reminder of three go through

:39:26. > :39:30.automatically. Nadine Visser perhaps better known as a heptathlete goes

:39:31. > :39:35.in Lleyton to and they would perhaps be the three you would fancy their

:39:36. > :39:52.chances as going through as automatic qualifiers.

:39:53. > :40:24.Still her PB, 12.91 in the 100-metre hurdles.

:40:25. > :40:35.The second of four heats in the first round of the women's 60-metre

:40:36. > :40:42.hurdles. And again I was about to say they were cleanly away but I

:40:43. > :40:49.held my tongue. They clatter through some barriers and fact they come.

:40:50. > :40:52.Colin Jackson keeping his Eagle Eye on proceedings., it was really

:40:53. > :40:57.difficult to call that. Most of them today have been difficult. That is a

:40:58. > :41:15.fraction. Four literally just hundreds,

:41:16. > :41:18.thousands. It will be interesting because he has the ability to

:41:19. > :41:27.disqualify both athletes and anybody who believes before the gun is fired

:41:28. > :41:33.are eligible to be disqualified. Not just the person who seems to give a

:41:34. > :41:37.false start. Anybody who goes. So let's see what they are going today.

:41:38. > :41:53.Again when the naked eye we won't see much. Perhaps Rita Haskell

:41:54. > :41:58.perhaps a fraction the first to rise. -- Reetta Hurske. It has been

:41:59. > :42:05.a long morning, started with this sort of fun and games. Ending with

:42:06. > :42:27.it as well. And again it was by the slightest of fractions. And while we

:42:28. > :42:37.wait. The results of that high jump. Nafi Thiam. Shot put, long jump and

:42:38. > :42:46.eight metres remaining today, some great action to look forward to. And

:42:47. > :42:54.there are other points allocated after the' lens. The Olympic

:42:55. > :42:55.champion, destined to become European indoor champion it would

:42:56. > :43:17.seem. STUDIO: We are coming to the end of

:43:18. > :43:22.coverage here, we will stay with those hurdle races on the website

:43:23. > :43:30.after midday. We just want to quickly reflect on what has been a

:43:31. > :43:35.very busy man, not is to me going backwards and forwards to my

:43:36. > :43:38.interval session. We will be back later today on BBC Two. Coverage

:43:39. > :43:45.will continue, more British action of course tonight. The semifinals of

:43:46. > :43:50.the 60-metre hurdles. And of course there are you will be back in the

:43:51. > :43:52.heats of the 1500 metres but for now I hope you have enjoyed our first

:43:53. > :44:13.coverage of the first morning here # You can shake an apple

:44:14. > :44:18.off an apple tree