Day 2 Athletics: European Team Championships

Good afternoon. Welcome to a very wet Stockholm four day two of the

European Championships. Headlines yesterday were dominated by that

rarest of birds, the tweeting triple jumper. When the action got

under way there was plenty to celebrate including a captain's

performance from Dai Greene in the hurdles and a championship record

from the men's sprint relay team. Player of the day went to a fleet

footage Frenchman. Greene is going to take it! It's going to be 12

points for Great Britain! France Jenny Meadows, in second. He could

Eight. Well. Absolutely cracking. - much today. There were great

individual performances, but don't forget is is all about the team.

Germany are clearing second. Great Britain and Northern Ireland out up

to third. The women's relay team have been disqualified, but they've

been reinstated. That going to be the story of day two. Great Britain

and Northern Ireland against the Ukraine for a third place. There

are plenty of British stars to look forward to. In the men's sprint

hurdles, it's the European and Commonwealth champion Andy Turnell

going for three in a row at the European indoor silver-medallist

Tiffany Ofili-Porter. She's already broken the European record this

summer. Is the 5000 metres for Helen Clitheroe today as she

continues to show all of the qualities of a vintage red wine.

She just keeps getting better and A massive change in the weather

from yesterday, Denise has her coat on because it is very cold, as has

Colin. A bit of irony, Jess 10 x has just made a brilliant long jump

It was a genuinely strong performance yesterday, the most

significant thing for Christophe Lemaitre is his actual start. He's

far more consistent out of the blocks, which puts itself and the

right position, at 30 and 40 metres, to move away. He demonstrated

easily, he pulled away from Dwain with majestic ease. Of course, a

new French record, a perfect start for him. It's getting to the sort

of times now when he might start putting a doubt in the mind of some

of the top Jamaicans and Americans? Consistency is key. If he's run

that type of performance now, when he gets in stronger, I think he

really believes he's better than Du'aine. Nine out of 10 times he

will be 10. You wouldn't be that up for it. But when you get to the

world class athletes like Usain Bolt, when he's a bit more edgy,

perhaps we should see what he can do. Maybe he could get to was that

European record, that magical 9.90, instead of 10.0. One performers

that caught your eye was Goldie Sayers in the javelin? She did

remarkably well. She had a serious back injury, almost career-

threatening. She's done so well to recover. Knee surgery, four weeks

before, sorry, 10 weeks before this championships. She's come out here

and thrown a fantastic throw in the javelin. She beat the Olympic

champion and the world record holder. It bodes well for her this

season. Steve Cram is in the commentary box. Good afternoon. One

of the duties of the European team championships is that we focus on

performances that perhaps we wouldn't do ordinarily. Andy

Burnham and Stevie Stockton were great examples of that. We had four

distance runners that came in for their senior debuts. If you at

Ellis McColgan, she did very well in the steeplechase. In the 400

metres, we got third. It's tough to come into this environment if you

never been in the senior team before. The team meeting we heard a

lot about, Charles van Commenee, he's been facing the more and

saying, how many points are you going to get for the team? That's

not usually what athletes have to face. I think they all equipped

themselves very well. That's what a shabby jet out about. Some strange

names will maybe not familiar with, coming in and doing a good job.

name win a lot about his Jenny Meadows. A good run yesterday. You

were rather critical of her tactics, you thought she might have gone a

little bit earlier. With the benefit of sleeping on it, what did

you make of the performance? wasn't critical, Jonathan! When you

are running against people like that, people that have beaten every

time, the one-time she got ahead of her was in the world championships.

In a race like this, Jenny is always trying to learn and develop.

That's what I love about her. She tries to get herself as many

options as possible. I think she said in the interview that she

thought about doing it. When the Buderus girl was slowing down, the

field will gather on York shoulder. Maybe she should have passed on a

little bit Ilya. Maybe ask some Dai Greene is developing into a

world-class athlete. Absolutely, he believes in himself now. That

paramount if you are going to have real success in the sport. I asked

how he was feeling this morning and if the race went to plan, he said,

yes, he was very solid and consistent and delivered the

performance he expected. The splits he ran the race in said he was a

little bit hold himself back, just a little bit, which is absolutely

what is necessary in these circumstances. Remember, it's about

points. When you look in world terms, hurdles are normally

dominated by the Americans, nobody is really setting the world alight

yet in that event. There is an opportunity? The South African has

gone under 14 seconds on numerous occasions. He's done that in South

Africa. When you come to Europe, it's where the real athletics begin.

There is a real opportunity, I believe, for him to come through

this year. You know, for him, it could be in Daegu. That would set

him up wonderfully for a big event next year. He got the team of to a

fantastic start yesterday. We are hoping for the same from Andy

Turner. His first up in the 100- metre hurdles. He spoke to Steve

Cram on Friday. This is familiar territory for you,

the European Championships, an event that some athletes decide not

to take part in. It's one that you seem to enjoy? It is what I started

my career. 2003 is my first-ever senior international. It was the

European Cup at them. I got hooked on the Biden of it. Is the one time

that it is a really big event. Every event counts. The pressure is

on. I kind of like that pressure. Season so far? It started quite

well, I know you had some injury problems. How did you assess that?

I'm relatively happy with it. For the time being, I'm trying to be

the best with the best in the world. Them are three boys out there about

ahead of everybody. It's racing the likes of those guys that is going

to bring me on as an athlete. I'm happy with where I am at the moment.

Hopefully, come Daegu, it will fall into place. If we bring the focus

back to Europe, which is why we are here, it's a different situation,

top dog in Europe. That is something you want to maintain?

Yeah, nobody has called me the top dog in Europe before. I kinda like

that! I'm going into this race the favourite. I've got high

expectations of myself. Other people are expecting me to win on

Sunday. You know, that is my target. I'm looking to go there and I am

looking to... Not only when, I want As you can see, horrible weather

conditions in Stockholm. I welcomed that Steve Lewis is not looking

forward to the pole vaulting conditions. They have decided to

move the event indoors. We will not see any coverage. Sorry for that.

We will bring you the result. I think that a wise decision. It's a

dangerous event at the best of times. No such luck for the

hurdlers. They come and run whatever the weather. Andy Turner,

as he said, a lot of pressure on him. Steve Cram, I've spoken to him

in the commentary box, also good a cracking start on the track

yesterday. The former British team captain, European champion,

Commonwealth champion as well. Let's hope he can do the same.

There has been a previous heat. This is the accumulation of two

heats. We were looking a particular for the Ukrainian, third from the

left hand side of the screen, they are our closest rivals in the team

chase. It was Jackson Quinonez he came away for Spain, with a

season's best. And Serhiy Kopanayko finished last, the Ukrainian. He is

dead last as we head towards heat number two. Andy Turner, second

from the left hand side, he is the fastest man on paper. He is looking

deadly serious. That is a stare right down all of the 10 barriers.

He is determined to produce maximum points for Great Britain. He's in

very good form. He has come within a whisker of equalling his lifetime

best, which she set back in 2007 this year. He's had some good races.

His last outing finished 4th in the Oslo league. That was in bad

conditions as well. That is the 36 this year. Eric Balnuweit is the

German Under 23 champion. Constance in Sheldon of, some good youngsters

here. -- Konstantin Shabanov. European champions, well-known to

Andy Turner. On paper, his closest rival, Garfield Darien. Artur Noga.

Beijing finalist. That was in his first year as a senior athlete.

Andy Turner, well on top of the European rankings this year.

Garfield Darien of France is third place in the European rankings. It

is wet, it is windy. But Andy is used to these conditions. As you

can imagine, coming down and landing at speed of those hurdles

when the track is damp is a very tricky skill to master. Andy Turner,

going for his third consecutive victory in his European team

was being chased by Garfield Darien of France. But at a great start for

Great Britain. Look at a headwind, minus two 0.4 metres per second.

Time was not the issue. The victory was important. He made absolutely

no mistakes. He almost needed windscreen wipers to see his way

I think he knew he was ahead and thought, I just got to get across

safely. The only thing that was going to beat him was himself

hitting one of the hurdles. Difficult conditions for of the

hurdlers. He got out well. Artur Noga was alongside him, they have

got opposite lead legs, said that could have been a issue. That is a

lot further ahead of him and he would have been three years ago. A

13.64, although the stadium clock it differently. We will confirm all

that later on, but, given the conditions, that was good by Andy

Turner. Yes, these are very difficult conditions. When you

throw your lead leg, there is a lot of water that comes up towards your

face and it is difficult to see and control what is going on around do

but he handled this very well indeed. He looks smooth, he looks

confident in his hurdling right now and it is good to see. We have

always known he is the best in Europe, there is no doubt about

that. Good luck to him. Next on track, it is at the women's 200m.

If ever an athlete has been hindered by injury it is Abi

Shara Proctor getting her first outdoor best for Great Britain. And

it could be good enough to threaten Proctor coming into this season

with a personal best of six metres 81. Clearly, in these conditions,

not going to be in that type of region. But it is good enough for

the lead. A strong tailwind, she goes into first place. They were a

few gremlins with our pictures earlier, but this is Abi Oyepitan,

she goes in the women's 200m and that his next stop on track. -- is

next on track. Andy with me now. You delivered perfectly. Yes, my

coach said nothing less than 12. I came into this race confidently

with my season's bests so I felt good. Obviously the conditions were

tough today so I am just glad to keep Charles happy. A everyone

wants to do that, except Phillips Idowu that is! It was miserable in

Oslo as well. Yes, the conditions were really tough today. A lot of

rain, and the head wind as well. I just want to get a good condition

where I can do a race like that, and I am confident my personal best

is going to go. It is annoying me now to be honest, I just want to

get rid of it so I can concentrate on getting out there. A quick one

on the injury. In Oslo you said you had an injection. Yes, I had a

cortisone injection in my ankle. That seems to have knocked it out,

and I am feeling good now. I am literally pain-free, the first time

in a long time, and I think it is showing in my results. If I hadn't

had that injection, this would have been the same as previously because

it never loosens off in this weather. Without that injection I

would have been in trouble. Well done. Happy Father's Day, Dad.

certainly was well done. The time has been cleared up now. His time

is actually faster than we gave it in the first place, 13.42, very

good news for us from a points jump, Carolina Kluft. And that

looks as though it will be a new third place. She likes it. As she

explained to Jonathan Edwards yesterday, her reasons for no

longer competing as a heptathlete where she was imperious. Three-

times world champion, Olympic champion in Athens, Supreme malty

inventor now concentrating solely on the long jump and her effort

looks to be good enough to take the lead for her country. Indeed it is,

while celebrations and a season's best for her. For a little bit

earlier we had the men's hammer and Ronald McIntosh can tell us what

happened in that. It was Gray's choirs and squally

showers that provided the backdrop, in stark contrast to yesterday, but

that didn't dampen what was a cracking competition. 79 metres 28,

he knew it was good as soon as it left his hand and that was maximum

points for Germany. Three personal bests for this athlete, who came in

second place. 11 points for Poland. It was the Ukrainian who took third

place with this second round effort of 76 metres 96, a personal best

for him as well. The hammer throw is making good use of the fast

circle. Representing Great Britain was Andy Frost, he came into this

competition with a season's best of close to 73 metres, but after a

foul in the first round opted for safety making sure he got a throw

in. That was way down on his season's best, 61.53. Two points,

as he was predicted. The Portuguese Thrower had reached no throws.

There was no rhythm, no acceleration and ultimately no

distance for Andy Frost. Only 61 metres, one of his worst

performances ever wearing a British vest. There are the result of the

struck down another couple of places in the women's long jump.

Gomes, representing Portugal with a season's best of six metres 74.

Again, well beyond the six metres mark. These are treacherous

conditions for all the long jumpers. The world indoor pentathlon

champion in 2004. Perfect off the board in this instance. Will this

demote Shara Proctor further? Indeed it does, she moves into

second place, 6.58 for the Portuguese athlete.

There is an update of the team standings. Russia obviously still

in the lead. We are still in third place though, just ahead of the

Ukraine. 200m on track next, and in 2004 when Abi Oyepitan made the

final of the Olympics, she seemed like she had the world at her feet.

Since then it has been a catalogue of injuries so it is good to see

her running well again in a British vest.

The -- it is great to see you back on the team and you must be

delighted. Yes, it is starting to be a good year. It is since 2006 I

have been away so it is good. After Athens I had so many plans and

nothing came to fruition so it just teaches you that you have to take

it as it comes and enjoy the moment because you don't know what will

happen, and I didn't enjoy at the first part of my career as much. I

regret that so now I really think about what I am doing and I enjoy

the moment because you don't know what will happen. I feel like I

have got a good run in me, and it has been going well in training. I

am trying to stay positive and confident. I think it should go

well, so here's hoping. You get a feeling of not just how wet it is,

but how cold it tears from her a big hat. Obviously awful conditions

from -- for sprinters. How frustrating must the last few years

have been frustrating for Abi Oyepitan? It was non-stop injuries,

identifying the problem, but as she said she has had a torrid time and

she appreciates being back on the track and running. It is great to

see her back. She have the world at her feet, like you said. If she can

just get a good run under her belt, because that is a problem - when

you are injured you like that feeling - and she needs

competitiveness back in her bones. It is hard even when you do get fit

to find the confidence to push it. But that is what she does in

training now which is different to how she used to train. When you are

young, you throw yourself at everything but she has learnt to

train smartly with her coach Tony Lester. They have found a way of

training with someone who is fragile. It is great to see her

back because she was so close to quitting. And she got a silver

medal in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi last year as well it was

important for her. Yes, she has worked so hard to keep returning

after injury. That is the hardest thing to do. When you return it is

very frustrating because you know you could be so much better if life

was smoother. For me, it is great to see her back running. Let's get

on with the race now. It is the women's 200m, Steve Cram

commentating on this one. There is the line-up. She wouldn't have

enjoyed that draw, Abi Oyepitan on European champions a -- of

different sorts. The first race which was run a few minutes ago was

run in 23.425. She will be having to run for a place, and a time as

well. You can see her season's best is 23.21, she will have to be

certainly running as fast as that. There will be into a wind, which

will not be as easy. There is the Russian, second in this race last

year. I thought in the relay yesterday the Ukrainian run the top

bend looking very good. She has set a personal best this year, will

there, the champion from Barcelona but she has not been running as

well as that this year. She has got the draw on the outside, Abi

Oyepitan for Great Britain on the inside. It is still raining. It is

getting colder by the minute. A stiff breeze if not a strong wind

Ukrainian who has got the better start right in the middle. As

expected, Abi Oyepitan trying to get alongside. It is the Ukrainian

pulling away. She is going to win this one. Abi Oyepitan has to

settle for 5th place, 23. Turn the winning time. She is undoubtedly

the winner, looked so good in the relay yesterday I thought and has

come back in the 200m and shown the sort of form she has been showing

this year, well she has carried it into these European team

championships. Not a super-fast to see if she sticks with that

place. It might be 6th place when added together. Why are, certainly

the German shirt, 23.45 in the first heat, it's going to be tough

for her. But it's good to see her running for Great Britain once

again. And injury free? That's very true indeed. This kind of race, it

really is the kind of competition she would like to be in. This is

the only way she is going to improve. She knows these women are

tough, experienced competitors. They have arrived while she has

been injured, so she needs to get in and mix with these types more

regularly. For me, I'm pleased to see her back running, looking

confident, looking strong and in great physical shape. I'm just

looking forward to the season and folding and a healthy Abi Oyepitan

and going out there and showing us what she is capable of doing. I

think there's a lot more to come long jump. Shara Proctor is down in

5th place after that effort. The lead is held by Carolina Kluft,

good. There is confirmation. A white flag for Shara Proctor in the

second round. The world championship finalist, hoping that

she can transfer that type of form and ability, while wearing a

British vest. She's currently in 5th. Appeared to be a similar type

of distance. Slight improvement. No improvement in the position, but a

slight improvement in distance, A little bit of a shake-up ahead,

perhaps not the race you were looking for? No, I think I executed

my race and reasonably well. The first 100, I just didn't have the

legs for it at the end. I'm not particularly happy with that time.

But I've got points for the team, so I suppose that's the most

important thing. Not just wet, cold, running until a strong headwind,

which doesn't suit you, you are quite a slight athlete? I didn't

realise, what was there headwind? 2.5. I am quite small, I thought I

was an average woman but I keep being told by quite small. That

doesn't bode well for me, especially as strong as that. Not

what I was looking for. Chatting to Denise and Colin, it's amazing to

think that 2004 when you made that Olympic final, it's been a long

time struggling with injuries? was a lifetime ago. I was just a

kid. It's been a long time. But I'm a different athlete, cider and try

to thinks so much about 2004. Genuinely great to see you back.

closer for third place. Great Britain still hanging on, just by

one point. Russia are still well ahead. Really, that's the only

thing, the bottom three look like they are going to be relegated, so

the main interest is whether Britain can hang on to the third

put, for Germany, Nadine Kleinert. Well, that is way beyond the lead.

I was going to say 17.33, from Russia's Ana ADS bet is in the lead.

Confirmation, she takes the lead. 17.81. Rebecca Peake, competing for

champion and world record holder in the javelin. Really putting one out

Taking part in an event that's not her speciality, just for the

pouring rain is Warburton in the men's 800 metres. 12 athletes are

going here, so it will be a real rough-and-tumble, I'm sure. There

season, he will revise his lifetime best of 1:46.7. Will certainly go

to end up over the first hundred metres higher than that. The

Spaniard is leading at the moment. Antonio Manuel Reina, he will

certainly be a danger man. Woolverton is sitting in 6th place

at the moment. Yes, Gareth, beasts successful transition out to 800

metres. -- the successful transition. He is looking to do

even better this year. The big danger is Adam Kszczot, I think

he's going to be a big threat to some names in the World

Championships. A really good athlete, European indoor champion.

Gareth Warburton, just on the inside, he needs to be a little bit

careful. There are good runners, the likes of Reina, but he's got

himself near the front. Just needs a little bit of room to get out

there. The man you mentioned, Kszczot, moving smoothly down the

field and going past Reina. Almost heading towards the Russian now,

Ivan Tukhtachev. The Russian still needs. Set up beautifully for

Kszczot for that first 400-metre time. It was around 52 seconds.

Kszczot was in the lead. He is a big kicker, coming down the home

straight. Gareth Warburton is trying to make a move. Is coming

through to second place but being challenged by Jeff Lastennet. Three

places ahead of Warburton's anticipated finish of 5th. I didn't

say where the Ukrainian finished. A typical European team championship

finishing time. But Kszczot is certainly the class act. He proved

it here. 1:46.03 is what we've unofficially got Gareth Warburton

at. That could be a lifetime best. Kszczot is good, watch him this

year. He might not be a threat to the big names winning the world

championships, but he will be good. Warburton ran very well. The good

news for Great Britain, the Ukrainian athlete, who was 4th, got

passed on the line. Good performance from Gareth Warburton

in what was a pretty good quality field. He didn't panic when he

wasn't in a good position with 200 metres to go. He worked his

position, kicked away in the home straight. Look at them, they are

out in lanes 3 and four, trying to produce their kick. But he got

ahead of them. Third place, I think, a good performance from him. The

Ukraine is a couple places further back. We should give ourselves a

long jump competition. Representing Russia, the European indoor

champion, Dieter she met. What kind of form will she be bringing into

A good second-round effort. She gets the right flank. She may have

seen the clock in the background, running into a considerable

headwind. So, she could threaten Carolina Kluft's lead. 6.724, with

a slight tailwind. She goes into Britain in the hurdles next. She's

very much part of the team now and competing for Great Britain in the

Olympics next year, in spite of competing for and delay in the

World Championships. But Andy Lau have no Olympic Commission, so she

is permitted to compete for Great round effort. She remains in 8th

race, could result for Gareth Warburton. Just outside his

lifetime best, but it was a season's best. Kszczot is in first

place. The Ukrainian, our nearest rivals in the team race, as it were,

he was down in 6th place. A very good race by Gareth Warburton.

Surely, very soon he has got to go A superb race. In the context of

the team, just what we needed? conditions were really tough out

there. The main target was to get points for the team. 10. Is pretty

good. Tell us about how the race went tactically. Is it what you

were expecting, any particular challenges along the way? It I

don't know what was expected, really. The European athletes, the

Leeds athlete is from Poland, I expected him to go quickly. But it

settled in, the pace suited me. made yourself a nice bit of room,

with their sharp elbows coming in useful question that that swap the

800 metres is about, working a bit of room for yourself. I'm pleased

for myself. Do you still think you are finding a way, stepping up from

400 metres to 800 metres? I stepped up for a few years now, I've got no

excuses. I should be experienced enough in the 800. Great

performance, you will be able to beat giving Charles van Commenee a

big smile and went for that on? -- Ukrainian athlete is not having a

good competition. Indeed she isn't, covertly down in 10th place. Only

the top four get another effort. She is really struggling. It's Inna

Ahkozova. She was predicted to get 11 points. That is second position.

But she is well down on this. Look at the distance she is giving away

on the board. No real speed, in these difficult conditions. This

could spell good news for the Great Britain team. They are in a battle

for Ukraine for a potential third place, now that we assume that

Russia and Germany are out of sight. No improvement, she remains in 10th

indication for you of how miserable things are here in Stockholm. It is

a wonderful place in the summer normally, but not a day. Stark

contrast to the weather we had yesterday. Here is the result of

the shot put. No surprise, but that is one of the lowest winning

distances I have seen in the European team competition, and

Germany certainly doing very well in contrast to Great Britain. They

have warned the women's hammer, the men's shot put, the women's javelin.

One of the big events this afternoon is the men's discus with

Brett Morse going for Great Britain. Rebecca Peake, a slight change in

her technique over the last couple months with a new coach, she

Maximum points expected for Great Britain in the next event, so

pressure on Tiffany. Here you are again, are you getting

used to this now? I am, and I think the Great Britain vest holds good

luck for me! I had a couple of early successes in the earlier part

of the season and then my wedding, and I think that may have thrown my

mental focus off but I am definitely on the rise now so I am

looking to continue to improve for the rest of the season. Obviously

in doors, you took the British record, we have now done it

outdoors but it is not your personal best. That must be a

strange feeling. It is a unique situation, but I know I have more

to give so I am looking forward to bringing out a lot more. A in terms

of what has happened in the last few months you, winning your first

medal in doors, getting married, moving over here for the summer, I

mean I know you are a strong family person, are you trying to get the

balance right? Definitely. Being here, I am going to miss my family

a lot because we are very tight- knit, as you said, but my husband

will be heading over with me so that will make things a lot easier.

Then a couple of my other friends will also be in Birmingham so it

will make it a lot easier to handle. I am becoming a more seasoned

athlete, and getting used to being away from home and experiencing

Europe in a different way. It will all be good. It has certainly all

been good so far but it is a big change for her, isn't it? Yes, but

she has dealt with it remarkably well. She has set British hurdling

on fire. Her introduction coming on to the team, coming from the

European indoors with the new record and a new British record

outdoors as well. The two kind of an odd situation, she has got the

British record but she has run faster. 12 when 66 for a windy time

as well so she is looking in fantastic form. Yes, very

competitive and all the other women in hurdles know her very well. She

has announced herself strongly in Europe, just missing out on the

indoor title and she has excited about coming here and showing that

she is a quality hurdler and she feels very much part of the United

Kingdom team, which is great to see. standing. Just the three point gap

between Great Britain and the Ukraine, and this will carry on or

afternoon. -- all afternoon. It is not the sort of whether you would

have expected for these championships, and representatives

are here from Gateshead the 2013, and the sun will be shining when we

turn up in a couple of years' time. Representing Great Britain in the

high jump with the bar set at one- metre 70 is Emma Green. Her first

effort at this height, and just clipped it with her legs. After so

much clearance with her posterior as well. So certainly a baptism of

fire for her. She has clear that on many occasions. Two attempts left

jump, Shara Proctor currently dropped down to 9th position. Gomes,

marginal on the board. Has it made an impression on the Plasticine?

Indeed, it has. It is probable that she will get a 4th and final effort.

We have two heat of the hurdles and Tiffany a fully porter goes in the

next heat. -- Ofili-Porter. The fastest athlete in this heat is the

lane three for Paul and. Very well known to our own Jessica Ennis. She

has cut her time down to 13.39, which is very important for her

because it means extra points in the pentathlon. She is that the

only woman in the world who can live with Jessica Ennis. She is

pretty quick, she has run two minutes and five seconds on her

almost, which is good. In comparison to Tiffany, the fastest

woman in this field this season is the Italian at 13.12 in lane five.

A good start by pretty much all of Russian. The slight headwind but

nothing really to bother about, I don't think? Hopefully not. The

wind was just-one metre exactly. 13.6 deemed good enough to win that

this height. No mistake this time. In these vertical jumps, only four

attempts in total. A very good expression was while on earth

didn't I do that the first time? That height is very modest by her

standards. Now, Brett Morse, a big chance for him on the international

stage, but not effete rose like that. All over the shop in the

circle, and it was a foul, and a very modest distance as well. If he

gets it right, he has a chance of making the top four in this

competition. For at Moore's competed in this event last year

and said he didn't throw very well then, he is looking to at -- atone

realising that there is a level of expectation about her when she

pulls on the great British vest. She can shine in a British vest,

she is the sort of athlete relishing the chance she has been

given here. You are absolutely right. You were in New York at the

diamond lead, and there she was up against the likes of Johnny

Crawford. How did she look? She was leading. I spoke to her afterwards

and she was leading with two hurdles to go. Kelly Wells has been

running well all season, she was just ahead of her. She had a really

good run, and she is getting into that sort of scenario that she

knows in the world championships there will only be three Americans,

and certainly if she can start running in the 12.6 region she will

not be too far way of getting to the final of the world

championships. Another good race for her here, wanting to get

maximum points, but she knows the job is to get down here safely, get

over the hurdles and take maximum points. Forget about the Times

today - it is wet, windy, cold. I think she is the sort of athlete

who applies herself really well. She says she has been helped to

settle into the team, a scenario which is obviously a little bit

strange. Chatting to the team members on Friday in the team hotel,

there is a lot of camaraderie, a lot of new faces. She is not a

young face in that sense, she is certainly not well known among the

team but they have been getting to know each other pretty well. You

can see the empty stands. Most of the people here have talked

themselves in the eaves of this the women's long jump. Only four

athletes will make the cut to this point. Gomes has bailed out. She

will finish in 4th place. Her only effort that she registered six

she got a red flag. 6.58 will clearly be her best. Indeed four

metres 81 it was measured at so she after winning this event in Bergen

last year. Coming into this season with a decent level of form. And

again, bailed out. Despite the white flag, it won't be an

improvement on her previous round effort of six metres 60. Coming

into this competition, equalled a lifetime best of six metres 78, but

again, given the difficult conditions out there, six metres 60

is a decent effort. Third place for 100m hurdles. Tiffany Ofili-Porter

going for Great Britain in the third lane in the middle. Let's

remind ourselves of the winning time from the first team - 13.16.

All the athletes in this team have broken 13 seconds but most of them

will be just this season. Most of them have run around 12.9 seconds

apart from Tiffany Ofili-Porter. Next to her could be the biggest

threat, the Czech athlete. They blocks. I'm looking at the window,

it might have stopped raining, but She's got some work to do. This

will be an unexpected win, Belarus taking the maximum points. That's

not as fast as the first race. She will be delighted to have taken the

scalp of Tiffany Porter. She might be in third when the time has come

up. We have to sort that out. It wasn't a good performance for

Tiffany Ofili-Porter. What did he make of that? Remember, she is not

long arrived from the US. These conditions are pretty tight. I

think she just wasn't expecting this to happen to her. When someone

comes on your shoulder quite quickly, it's quite difficult to

respond instantly. That's what made it really awkward. Let's have a

look again. She get a reasonable start. She's quite aggressive. We

are used to seeing that. But the conditions themselves are really

very difficult. Her technique, she's holding it all together, just

doesn't seem to be the zip, I think that's what's really lacking. Here

you go, working hard into the first hurdle. News to set herself up well.

You run off it, strongly. You drive into the second hurdle, pulling the

trailing leg through, making sure that everything is nice and clean.

But there just doesn't seem to beat the zip that we saw earlier in the

season. There is no 12 points 77 performance here. Not really a

competence clearance there, but she get back into the race. Then she

knows, no, dear, not much I can do. final round effort. She is

currently in second place. Can she going to the lead? She is trailing

by one centimetre, behind the Russian. Again, an awkward landing.

Red flag. 6.7 to three, her best effort. Second place for Sweden,

she likes it. Setting a season's best. Here is the competition

winner. Director Sheena, the mark, but it's a red flag. That's

enough for victory for the Russian team. Maximum points. And onwards

mark -- march to the title. They also took maximum points in the

women's 100-metre hurdles. It was a quicker time than the second race,

so that's two wins in a row for her. She won this event last year.

Disappointingly, Tiffany Ofili- Porter only got 4th. One better

than the Ukrainians were expecting, three worse off than Britain were

Tiffany, you've been in great form. What do you think happened? I just

wasn't sharp, I didn't have it. It wasn't a good race. In terms of the

weather, are you good at a bad weather running, because of the you

enjoy? Nobody enjoys it, but if it rains on me it rains on everybody

else. I wasn't thinking about the weather. In terms of being part of

the British team, a completely different dynamic and different

pressure? Yeah, it's a little new to me. But, you know, you get used

to it. It's tough, you expected to win, you can only go down. That

makes it difficult as well? I don't really let expectations affect me,

whether they are high or low, I just go out to compete. That was my

main focus today. Where do you go from here? The next meet, and going

to get some good training in, put this race behind me and look to the

for Britain in the 5000 metres. With the form she's been in, that

will be one not to mess. -- not to mess. A 3000 metres for Andy

Baddeley. Good points expected there. As we can say, it doesn't

always go to plan. It's all or of the bumping of the relay. As you

can see from that picture, the men and women relays are finishing off

years of Wimbledon. A special documentary tonight. The coverage

will start from midday on BBC Two. Also, the women's basketball

Brett Morse is lucky to get one on the board for Great Britain.

Managed to keep his balance, stay in the circle. That close to the

60-metre mark. The competition is being led by Robert Harding, the

current champion. Morse, really relishing the opportunity to test

himself against the world's best. The unfortunately, not in these

conditions. British discus throwing has been superb. Brett Morse moves

up to 5th. Let's hope we give her something to cheer about. The

So, it is the 3000 bidders next, with Andy Baddeley stepping up a

distance. He is pleased to be back in the British team after an

absence. The last time I did it was when I was doing the final version

of the European Cup, eight teams, men and women separate. I was lucky

enough to be part of a great team. We won that year. The last couple

of years, I wasn't so keen on the format changes when they put in the

messing about with so. But 12 guys is probably more of an exciting

race than eight. It's always good to have tactical practice. In the

championships, there is no pacemaker. It's a different

distance. Often it is so slow that it's like running double the

distance. We don't ask me -- people to make predictions, but are you

confident that if you don't get maximum points you can get a lot

of.? I'll be shooting for maximum points, we are going out there to

try and win. The athlete that a dangerous in this type of race are

the Spanish athletes, he is also stepping up. Actually, the French

athlete is a 1500 metre runner. I think a lot of countries see at the

same way and they think, actually, the way the races go, having a 15-

metre runner in the 3000 is useful. It will be interesting this year.

The former get on with that race, will have a chat with Steve Cram. A

couple of years ago, Andy won the Dream Mile, the fastest over a mile

and the world, he hasn't produced it in the championships. Do you

feel he's disappointed so far? he's had some great races in his

career. That was the Olympic yeah, I think it was. While that Dream

Mile maybe wasn't the strongest field, we were expecting him to win

medals at the Olympics. Last year was the big disappointment, the

Olympic championships. It really took a lot out of him. Talking to

him yesterday, I'm not sure he's recovered. I think it could be an

important race for him. He didn't run particularly well in Oslo last

week, in his favoured event, the 1500. A winner here, all getting

close to win, would be good for his Andy Baddeley, you heard what he

said, he's glad that is is this a couple of years ago. The Spanish

colours, the Olympic finalist. The man everybody will want to beat is

the wily old fox from Portugal, Rui Silva. He's happy to watch and wait

to see what kind of race develops. It's never going to be particularly

fast, he will keep an eye on things. Rui Silva will be a danger, I think

Juan Carlos Higuero is the man who will really watch. He's not as

quick as used to be over 1500 metres, but he'll still be a danger.

Andy Baddeley has more than happy to be at the back for the time

talented athlete. Used to compete against Jessica Ennis and Louise

Hazel, the prominent heptathletes. She used to get victories against

them as a junior. Again, superb clearance in terms of how high she

is over the bar. Still just clipping it with her lower legs.

Now beginning to make a move. The pace has increased the that. The

Russian, Yegor Nikolayev, is leading. The tall German, Reiko

Schwarz. Rui Silva, Ana de red and green of Portugal, is still there.

After a slow first kilometre, they are going to pick up the pace. It's

usually expected, and now the field, for the first time in the race, is

beginning to be struck out. They won't keep that up. Don't panic

when someone goes off at the front like that. Andy Baddeley is moving

his way through nicely. He will be keeping an eye on Juan Carlos

Higuero. Well, he should be running in the Major League races if he can

keep up that pace. Someone goes to the front, picks it up, and

everybody panics. It started slow, he decided to get things moving

along, which is a good thing. I'm really interested to hear how IND

conducts himself here. On Friday, we were talking about tactics. --

Andy. The last lap of 1500 metre braces, when you do it yourself to

the front. For a very intelligent man, which Andy Baddeley is, his

intent hasn't always made the biggest decisions. -- he hasn't

always made the best decisions. Last year was a huge opportunity

that he wasn't able to grasp. How he bounces back is very important.

Of course, looking important to a 73.67. He expected increase in

in his interview, the Frenchman, at the European indoor bronze-

medallist at the 1,500 metres, the Spaniard in the top five with the

Belorussian trapped on the inside. Andy Baddeley taking close order

with three laps to go. Pretty much a 64 second lap. The initial

injection of pace has settled down again. I don't think it will get

any quicker. We will look to those names. Andy Baddeley is not too far

away. The Frenchman has a pretty good finish. I hope Andy can stay

close enough to those guys when the kick does come and he is able to

react quickly. If he does not want to give them a 3-four-metre head

start on the last lap, he needs to be as close as you can when the

race really gets moving. Russian leading. Coming through

with 800 metres to go. Andy Baddeley sitting back in 7th place.

Sticking close to the leading group. The Italian has moved into the top

group for the first time. I think we can expect a real big push for

the finish, still being led by the Russian. The Frenchman has taken

the lead. Andy Baddeley has spotted the danger. 600 metres to go. The

pace is beginning to increase. is the decision-making, were Andy

Baddeley has to think about what he is doing and where he wants to beat.

-- beat. He has got to be close false start he is Ana good position

have his highest position in the race so far. He has been subdued so

far. Now the pace has increased, he those four and Andy Baddeley. Andy

Baddeley is going to have to come wide. The Spaniard has won it. Andy

Baddeley just got into 4th. They expected 11. That Andy Baddeley,

has been cut by two points. Tactical from start to finish. Andy

Baddeley was perhaps three or four metres adrift with that 200 metres

to go and that was the difference at the end. I don't like to be too

critical. He is probably not in the shape he wants to be. At the bell,

there is a five-metre gap. They are all starting to move and Andy

finishes as good as anybody in the home straight but he is coming from

too far Black -- back. They are moving and he is struggling to get

their acceleration. Because it happened a little bit further back

in 5th or 6th place, he is struggling to get on terms with

them. They are all changing gear. Andy Baddeley is moving out but is

coming from five metres adrift. I cannot say he has been terrible,

but 4th place in this race is something he will be disappointed

with. Look how quickly he was finishing. He was 3.5 metres from

winning this race. We have talked about him a lot over the years. It

will be interesting to get his thoughts on whether he thought he

was in the right place and how he was able to react over the last 200

metres. 4th place. Steve, Andy Baddeley is such an honest man, he

is such an honest athlete, he would pretty much read it the same way

you did. I'm sure it will be reflected in his interview.

other thing to say, it is early and Andy will want some races to build

up his speed. He has ran one, 800 this year, not a particularly good

race as I said, in Oslo. This is the sort of race he thought he

could win. He wasn't too far away, if he had been a bit closer, who

knows what would have happened. real surprise about the Spaniard

Emma Perkins. It is her first senior appearance for Great Britain

after taking time out. Again, appeared to be miles over the bar

and clipping it with her lower legs. Some technical adjustment going to

have to be made. Look at the height she attained. Only to clip it with

her lower legs. She will finish in 11th. That is what she was

predicted so no points have been given away but not close to her a

season's best. Disappointment. Baddeley, don't shoot me I am the

messenger relaying something from the commentary box. They are

wandering about your tactics in that race, wandering if you left it

a little bit late? We can sometimes get criticised for tactics. I don't

go out there and try not to win! I am disappointed for the team,

disappointed for myself because it was a race I could win, and I

misjudged it a little bit. In your defence, you don't do that many

3,000 metres. Not a huge amount of experience perhaps? These guys

don't either, so there is no excuse from that point of view. I need to

work on getting closer to the front. I thought we were going to jog on a

little bit longer than we did. When it did go faster, I had time to get

to the front. In terms of the bigger picture this season, where

would you assess your condition at the moment? Training has been going

great. That is A3 races in horrible conditions and hopefully I will get

a nice race and run well. Thanks and become a disappointed today but

look forward to watching you the rest of the season.

At least he was honest enough to make the right assessment. If you

don't know what you did wrong, you have problems. He will look back on

that and I think he already knows he could have won it. 4th place and

although he was 4th, we are still extending the lead over the Ukraine.

Down at the bottom, the Czech Republic are getting worried. They

have had a couple of horrendous results and find themselves in the

bottom three, totally unexpected performance from them. They are in

danger of being relegated. Carolina Kluft, lovely summer you're having

in Sweden. This is typical Swedish summer, I am sorry for Stam

yesterday was good, today is bad for stamped tell us about your long

jump, it was a good performance? I feel like I am getting back to

where I once was. It is getting better and better. Bad weather, but

I managed to do a good jump. I feel I have more to work on, of course

but it is nice to be healthy again and be able to jump good. Remember

when you are doing the heptathlon, was this six point 97 your best and

the multi-event? I would love to break that personal record of

course. I need to work more of course and hopefully before I quit,

I am going to break it. You are looking in the best shape you have

looked in the last few years false start I have been working really

hard it with my rehab and injuries. I am trying to do everything I can

to get back into good shape. Thanks need to be wrapped up. We are

nicely tucked away in the commentary box. There has been some

good support. Most of the spectators are other team members.

Andy Turner, good to see him out there. Maximum points from him for

Great Britain. Marlon Devonish, who was and involved in the relay

yesterday. The 4x4 will finish everything off later on.

Two athletes left to go in the men's discus competition. It is the

4th and final round. The athletes who received the false and final

effort is a Jan Marcell from the Czech Republic. 5th in the Olympics

for Spain. That is a similar type of distance. This guy is very lucky

to be here today. Like me, he wasn't being let inside the stadium

this afternoon. I walked in with him, and the very over-zealous

officials said you cannot come in here, it is not open. He said, I am

an athlete and I have come up to warm-up for my event. Anyway he is

in. That is a superb throw. Victory has gone to the defending European

team champion, the reigning world champion, Robert Harting of Germany

who has improved with every round the 65-metre line for the reigning

world champion. In superb form and came in here as the world leader.

Another great product of the German discus system. His technique

reminiscence of the greats before him. 65 metres plus, when the

conditions are like this, unbeatable. A good performance by

Brett a moors, but Robert Harting consolidates his position as the

best in Stockholm. Next we see the women's 1,500 metre

of featuring Charlene Thomas for Great Britain. Her call-up was a

Great Britain. Her call-up was a bit of a surprise to her.

I really wasn't expecting to get the selection. It was Monday

evening, my coach and I were having a chat. Talking about who would get

selected. This person will be selected for the 800. I was working

out, where would I be down the list. It is only one athlete in each

event. And received an e-mail as we were just about to start the grass

session on Monday evening saying, you are in the three K. OK, it is a

GB best, fantastic. Also the possibility and might do a 15

because Jemma Simpson was in for the 15th and also Lisa have been.

It was the following morning I received any male saying you are in

the 1,500, and I thought, yes! I am the 1,500, and I thought, yes! I am

back. She is back indeed. Missed all of

last year. Charlene will be looking for a good race here. She has tough

competition. Points all important. Let's look at how things are

sitting at the moment. 30 events have been completed, 10 to go. We

have been talking about the relegation battle, the Czech

Republic on now back ahead of Belarus. Great Britain looking good

Ukrainian is in great form. As far Charlene Thomas is concerned, she

will be the athlete she will be most worried about. Good athletes,

including the European champion, Nuria Fernandez, running for Spain.

Those are the big names alongside Britain's representatives. It's

good to see Charlene back. There has only really been one fast race

she has been able to get involved third showed that she was more than

capable of coming into this race and running well. It's good to see

her back in a British vest. I think you can see how much it means to

her to be back competing, running freely again. She's taken benefit

of some of the offers that have been made to British endurance

athletes, trips to altitude. I now how much she and others enjoyed the

training camp in Kenya. She has really benefited from that and

she's had a good start the season. Let's see what she can do here.

Sara Moreira of Portugal these them through. The ominous Spaniard, in

third place. Charlene Thomas, I just wonder, the athlete just

inside the Spaniard, how much she will be thinking about the

possibility of getting a world championship A standard, certainly

in the next few weeks, so that the pressure of the trials and

achieving a standard or, as well as winning a race, will be important

for selection. She is running well here, in 4th place. Still being led

by Sarah Mourinho of Portugal. You'd expect that at this stage in

the race. Well, Sarah Maria ran the steeplechase yesterday, she's been

asked to do the job. Look at Fernandez, rocking and rolling a

bit. I'm not sure she is in superb shape. Anna Mishchenko, in the Blue

of Ukraine, she is run a good race. Yekaterina Martynova of Russia, she

took a medal in the indoor championships. She is going to be

no slouch. His pace is dropping again. Let's see what they go

through 800 and. Will they see 57 seconds? Yekaterina Martynova, she

is not really able to keep the pace, somebody has to pick this up.

Charlene Thomas is a little boxed in. If I were her, I'd be thinking

of getting out of that position at this point. The athlete Box day at

the moment in 4th place is Denise Krebs, the German indoor champion.

A gutsy race, she had seven and a half laps of the track yesterday,

Thomas. The Polish athlete, just coming into contact with Charlene

Thomas. The pace is beginning to increase at the bell. The

Belarussian leads, Charlene Thomas is still in the leading group.

Fernandez has the inside, Charlene Thomas made two or three attempts

to elbow her way out. She still fairly close to the front. She

knows she has to get out around the back straight. The tall Russian in

front of her, Fernandez at the front. They are pushing and bumping

all over the place. Anna Mishchenko was in third, she is quick in the

third straight. Anna Mishchenko was starting to go on the outside of

the Ukraine. The Russian is moving into third. Thomas is looking

forward on the inside, she's got through. The big names are out in

front. Fernandez is looking like she is struggling. Charlene Thomas,

can she picked off one or two of these ahead of her? Charlene Thomas

is right there. Can she find some room between them? Charlene Thomas,

looking to get ahead of hair! Now she's coming through! Charlene

Thomas is going to get maximum points for Great Britain! She wins

it, what a run. All over the place, in and out, down the back straight,

found some room. Again in the home straight. She was close enough to

strike. Those are some big scalps ahead of her. Anna Mishchenko has

been winning races, Yekaterina Martynova there is a gold-medallist.

She said it was good to be back, and she's back in style. What a

winner. That's a big surprise. commentary box was going crazy when

Charlene Thomas was trying to find her way through. But nobody was

cheering louder than the guy who made the predictions. Charlene

Thomas has totally blown that prediction apart by Mark Butler.

Nobody really could have expected that. There was a lot of bumping by

Sylwia Ejdys. Charlene Thomas, just inside the Belarussian, manages to

glide past her. She's got the very tall Russian athlete, Yekaterina

Martynova. Anna Mishchenko, who we thought would be a danger from the

start, then another little gap appears. Charlene is out in lane

two, she goes ahead of Anna Mishchenko. Everybody else is

fading, the Briton coming on strong. Yes! 12 massive points for the

British team. Well done. The one thing about Charlene Thomas is when

she is in shape, she can finish really well. She can do a lot of

damage in races that are run at this sort of pace. The big question

for her going forward is how fast she can run. Can she get down to

the times that will make it competitive when she gets into the

championship? We have seen her do this in the European Championships

in the past, here that the European Team Championship, that a big win

for her. That will give her huge confidence. Some of these athletes

are good names on the world circuit I'm sure all of her training group

would have been jumping up and down and enjoying the performance. She

was in and out, but she took the gaps when they came. She didn't

panic, always a good thing. What a Ukraine that were hoping and maybe

expecting to get the 12 points. But they had to settle for 10, Anna

I got a very excited young lady alongside me. Let me tell you! What

a brilliant, brilliant race. happy! Yeah, I'm off my head.

said in your interview that you were hoping to just get here,

initially the 3000, then you got the 1500. To respond with that kind

of race, with a lot of pressure on you, outstanding? It so pleased. I

was predicted 4th. I knew I could win the race. I'm so confident at

the moment. My finishes just... I'm so happy with my finish, that is

all that hard work, my husband and I, my coach, watching at home, I

love you, you are the best coast she -- coaching the world. You beat

some really good athlete? I'm so excited. The Ukraine athlete, she

was probably favourite. She has run 4.03 this year. I know I am in

shape to run that, if not quicker. I just not had the opportunity to

do so because I'm not being able to get into races. Robert Wagner, my

agent, if you are watching, get me into some races! I don't think you

have any trouble getting you races after that. I hope, I really hope

that I can get in a fast race now. I think I just run 4.06. I made a

couple of mistakes, I got boxed in, I got tripped up. I've got work to

do still. But, yes, to be able to run that fast and win the race in

those conditions, to have all of those clips, that is how strong...

You know, I'm in such great shape. I guess that 4.0 59 shouldn't be a

problem? And healthy, touch wood, everything is going to plan. It's

exciting. That's been a moment of the began so far. Congratulations.

Brilliant. Could I just say as well, happy Father's Day, dad! Just won

the race for you. He's going to be very proud. Get yourself warm.

know, it's freezing. I'm going to bring in the big lad behind you,

Brett Morse, who is just turn a great job in that the discus. From

the sublime to the ridiculous. 6th place, will forget the distance

because of the conditions, but you must be pleased with your

performance? I was ranked 7th, I came 6thth. So I got an extra point.

I told Charles I would get seven points last night, I was right.

just be short of the A standard, that must be the next target?

Training was going really well, the competition was going well. I had a

little strain, now I'm back and hopefully I'll get that standard.

Great stuff for the team, go back front. 305 points. That performance

from Charlene Thomas has extended our lead over the Ukraine. Looking

better and better for Great Britain. El take your attention down to the

relegation battle, it switched round again. The Czech Republic are

finding themselves in the bottom three again.

An ecstatic Charlie in Thomas. The interesting thing in that interview

was that she looked at the field and she said, I think I can win

I think it's the type of race, she's always going to be a danger.

I was stayed on Saturday, you know, some people might not know you very

well. Some of them might have thought, who is Charlene Thomas?

Not knowing what a danger she could be. As the race went on, the only

thing I was worried about, she alluded to, is where she was

putting herself. She was in a terrible position with 500 to go.

She tried to get out a couple of times, but she didn't panic. When

you are in great shape, sometimes you think, OK, I didn't get to

where I want today, but let's wait for the gaps to appear. She knew

she needed to get closer. She almost got tripped, some pushing

and shoving down the back straight. Then she made a good decision going

around the top bend to slip inside the tall athlete from Belarus,

going backwards. Then she is in a position to do damage on the home

straight. Well done to her. A bubbly character, as you have all

realised. She works very closely with her husband and her training

group. It's been a tough year for her last year, after a good year in

2009. It's great to see her come back and has such a big victory.

get the feeling from speaking to her, the way that a training has

been going, that she censor she could do some Olympics through the

air and perhaps make an impact in the world championships? The point

I'm trying to make with Charlene is if she can add quick times do this,

she's confident she can, if she can get in that 4.12 region, it when

Liz being able to go to the major championships and just run fast,

you have to get through the heats, the semi-final and then see what

happens in the final. I think Charlene is well-equipped to do

that. We are now going to go to the men's

triple jump. We hope to see Phillips Idowu and Teddy Tamgho,

but we can catch up with who is Adeoyin. His first senior

international appearance. That appears to be around about the 15-

metre mark. A finalist in the world junior championships last year.

Heaps of potential. Giving away quite a bet on the board. Nathan

Douglas, we wish him a speedy recovery after suffering an

horrific injury, falling through a box in Italy after appearing in

already cleared this distance. So, Emma Perkins finished in 11th

position, 1.725 was her best clearance. Three failures at one-

metre 80. So, two points for the British team, as predicted. It's a

return to athletics after taking high jump competition in these

difficult conditions. The track will be slippery. Athletes making

relegation zone, every point will lower leg. We saw Emma Kerr King's

doing the same thing. -- Emma Perkins. The athletes taking

shelter, trying to keep warm. The Spanish record-holder both indoors

and outdoors. World indoor silver Those athletes will have another

attempt with the bar set at one point 89. Remains in third place.

Just for macro fouls total will be committed during the competition in

this team format event. On track for middle-distance,

British men's sprinting has a new name, a Danny Talbot, just 20.

Explosive form already in both the How excited are you to be here

representing Great Britain? I am very excited. First outdoor

competitions for the senior team. It is so real going to relay

practice with the Olympic champions like Marlon Devonish and Christian

Malcolm. We knew come into this team event, do you feel any extra

pressure? Would you have preferred to have had a couple of other

competitions before this? I didn't realise until I was on the bus with

Andy Turner, and he said it is a team event so the pressure is on. I

am trying to see it as just another race with more fans and television

coverage. What are your expectations in terms of the race,

where do you think you will finish? When I am on the start line

hopefully I can win, I want to win. There are 11 other athletes capable

of running well. I will be respectful on the start line, not

just assume I will win. But I will headwind and the bad news for Danny

Talbot, Christophe Lematre, starting better than he has been

doing in recent years. He is in the lane inside of him. He won't want

the flying Frenchman to go past him seen in the women's 100-metre

hurdles, being in heat to one was not a disadvantage. We have had

for the Polish athlete. Into a big head wind, so there are some good

times to beat. In that heat, they have to put a reserve in.

Horrendous for the Ukraine. Let's hope Danny Talbot can take

advantage of it. There is the line- seeing this guy. UK indoor champion

earlier this year. Already he has won 20.54, which is a very good

There is a very good 200-metre runner rubbing his hands, Christian

Malcolm. So very nearly the European champion last year. Just

pipped at the Pollitt -- picked up the post by it the Frenchman in

special here for Great Britain? Let's not forget about the Swede.

European silver-medallist over 200 wind dropped a big. The Frenchman

flying at the moment. The Great Britain athlete has run a good bend.

The Frenchman is striding away. Can than a Talbot get in the points for

Great Britain? Danny Talbot in third place. 20.29, a new

Championship record in this European team Championship. Into a

big head wind and it won't be too long before the Frenchman goes sub

20 seconds. Great run by the Frenchman, he does the sprint

double. What about the points for Great Britain Steve? I will talk

about him first of all because we need to combine the two races. I

think Danny target will end up with 4th overall. People will read the

time around the world and think that the Frenchman has ran 20.28,

but it is cold and it is wet and a strong headwind. That left arm of

his, if he can get it connected to the rest of his body, he will be

flying. He is not pretty at times, but look at the Strand he has got.

Keeps driving all the way through. I thought Danny Toll Bar run pretty

well, look as though he might get second place. -- Danny told it. I

think he will be 4th over all. But, for the youngster it is a big race

to come into, your first Great Britain international. He keeps it

together pretty well. Holds his form and reasonably well. He has

already ran 20.54 this year. He is hoping to get a little bit quicker.

He is a bright talent for Great Britain. What about the Frenchman?

That was a wonderful performance given the conditions. He is on his

way up towards the mixed zone. I'm sure Jonathan will catch up with

him. I cannot wait to see the Frenchman in ideal conditions

Danny, in your interview with Steve Cram you said you would approach it

just like another race. How did it feel when you're out there? I tried

to do that, but it is completely different. I was standing next to

the Frenchman, and he seemed pretty big. I think I handled it OK.

thought you ran a good race. When you look at the lane line-up you

must have been nervous that the Frenchman would go past two like a

shot pretty quickly? I was, but I like being on the outside. In my

head I think if they do not pass me, I will win. He did not bother me

too much. You have burst into the scene at Loughborough, you have

done a quick 100, also the 200 as well. I was not expecting it to

come out as quickly. Her was not expecting to run that quickly.

has it been being part of the set up with the British team, a unique

atmosphere? Brilliant, training with guys like Christian Malcolm

and Marlon Devonish, learning from them has been great. I have really

enjoyed it. enjoyed it.

Well done. The men's 5,000 metres sees Helen

Clitheroe after a brilliant performance in Paris. -- the

women's. Sarah Proctor, women's long jump,

tough conditions? Very tough. I'm used to wild weather, so this was a

harsh will come. Your teeth are chattering. You have been in good

form, so you must be pretty pleased despite what happened today about

what kind of shape you were in? Alan Marseilles am happy, but I

could not control the conditions. I had to make do with what I had. I

just went for it as best as I can. We are in an interesting situation,

you are now competing for Britain because how excited are you to

perhaps compete in the Olympic Games? I am ecstatic. I have to

thank the Great Britain team for welcoming me. I will do my best to

improve and make them proud. I will represent them as best as I can.

It's great to have you on board, bit of a disappointment today but

it will looking forward to watching you over the next year or so.

Not quite Anguilla is it? The gap is now 22 points between Great

Britain and the Ukraine. The gap getting bigger at the bottom

between Belarus and the Czech Republic in terms of relegation.

One of the highlights of the afternoon coming up, the women's

5,000 metres with Helen Clitheroe. She did scale the heights in March

in Paris in the Euro indoor 3,000 metres.

Helen Clitheroe gets the gold. Good Helen Clitheroe gets the gold. Good

on you Helen Clitheroe! What a performance. Helen, the last time

we saw you wearing a British vest was probably the happiest moment

you have had running for Great Britain, in Paris back in March?

It's was a very special day. It has been a nice few months just getting

that since then. It has been AA good motivator as well to focus on

this summer and believe in what I am doing in terms of the longer

distance training is working. My dream before them performances was

keep going until 2012 and that is still what I want to do. I am

taking it as it comes and enjoying it. In amongst all that, you're

here in another European team championships, you know what it

takes and the sort of races you get. Are you a quick enough to do with a

slower, tactical 5,000 metres? hope so. I have got to learn how to

run 5,000 as well how to run a fast 5,000. It is a good experience. If

I just race the race and be competitive and win it, it will be

a very good experience even if the time is in great. I think I have

got to be more patient in the longer races and not be so up there

running wide and pushing it on. These are things I have learnt. It

will be good experience in a good way to start my campaign in the

5,000. We will get to that race shortly

but alongside me we have Christopher a nature of France.

Even the more impressive 200 metres in those conditions? Of course, to

run a bit of a very good time. It is only Mike second team

championships. -- 200 metres. a performance like that into the

wind and in the rain, how fast do you think you might be able to run?

That for me could be easily sub 20? If it is good conditions today, I

think I can run faster. I'm Merry thankful for this race. Outstanding

work, it has been a pleasure to work, it has been a pleasure to

watch you. I think Jonathan should take some

French lessons. We should help him out a little bit. He was impressive

It is a pretty tough field for It is a pretty tough field for

very well indeed. She has run against them at different distances,

3000 metres, the steeplechase, and now the 5000m as well. Can she take

this European team title after winning that European gold indoors

in that wonderful performance in Paris? A very steady pace early

doors, as they come through. Helen Clitheroe, every time we have

interviewed her over the last few months, she has always been smiling.

I am so pleased for the athlete, as everybody is in British athletics,

37 years old and running better than she has ever done. I guess

when you are enjoying your performances, things can snowball,

things can get even better. When you think that she warned what was

the European Cup competition way back in 2000 in Gateshead, it has

been a phenomenal career. She may get back to Gateshead for the third

time in this European team championship competition. Don't

tell her that. I think 2012 is as far as she is looking. It has been

a great season so far. There was a slight disappointment with her

performance in Oslo in the 10,000m event. She ran really well at the

Manchester run, we saw that on the BBC, and she was disappointed not

to have run faster. It was very hot that day in Oslo, but not so today.

We have a very slow pace in this the women's high jump. The only

remaining athlete in the attempt? No, not to be. There is at

the victor in the women's high jump competition, maximum points for the

Swedish team. Emma Perkins finishing down in 11th place. Two

points for the British team, but nice sportsmanship between these

been pretty slow. The Spanish athlete has picked it up and is

going a little quicker now, but they are running out side 16 minute

pace which is pretty slow. That won't faze Helen, she said she just

wants to get to know these longer distances a little better. It is

different on the track. Even the 10,000m she ran in Oslo, she had

run a 10 kilometre race on the roads are a few weeks before that,

and she said it takes a lot out of you. It is a very different

psychological Excise, you have 25 laps and it is different from doing

10 kilometres on the road. Helen has always equipped herself well

coming into races, she always gives 100%. I think this is the sort of

race I bet she was watching Charlene Thomas as well and

thinking wouldn't it be great to get a victory here. There are some

good athletes in here. Felix as Portugal, and the tall figure from

Poland on the inside, but Helen has still got some pace in her legs as

we saw in Paris and that could stand her in good stead in this

race. Checa, Leading the group, the Russian in second place. It is a

tough prospect, but we have seen the Portuguese athlete in 4th place

running just behind Helen. A nice title to have European indoor

champion. A very steady pace coming down towards the line this time.

They will have seven laps to go and it is still playing with checker

leading. -- Checa. She has been running the Marathon's for a few

years now with good effect. The Ethiopians and Kenyans dominate and

run very fast times, and I think the marathon presents a better

option. Joanne Brady has already decided that is where her future

better, this is more in her territory. The leader is just

pushing things on a little bit, has a little look behind to see what

effect it is having. Stretching them a little bit. Zadorozhnaya,

always a danger. She looks in good shape this year. Just inside 72 for

recognisable because of her running style, Helen to the road just

behind her. -- Helen Clitheroe just behind her. The Portuguese athlete

is part of a very strong Portuguese cross country outfit. They have won

team gold at the last three championships, but now the top

three include our very own pressures Helen Clitheroe.

Beginning to move away from everyone else. The Lapps have been

increasing in pace a little bit over the last 1500m. Now the

Spaniard really pushing on. I have got to say, I am a little surprised

that some of the others have not been able to go with this. The pace

has moved on, but they are still not breaking 70 seconds for a lap.

When you look at the likes of Mockenhaupt, she has run some good

races before. But it is good news for Britain and for Helen Clitheroe.

All of a sudden and the Spaniard has kicked in again. I am looking

down the back straight and the gap has suddenly appeared. She is

keeping his pace going, winding it up again. It was a 71 in the

previous lap and Helen has decided she can't go with that. She has

decided to stay with Zadorozhnaya. She hasn't given up the chase on

the leader at all. Just going through the line with four laps to

go. It will certainly be interesting to see what the split

was for the last 800m or so because the leader really started to kick

early. It has just been a gradual winding up but it meant the

previous 1000 metres she has run in three minutes. After 3.15 and a 3.5,

it is hard for athletes if you are not in great shape, it is a big

shift. She has done a good job of almost stealing a march, and now

still continuing to go away from Helen Clitheroe. Interestingly, of

course Helen Clitheroe still the British record holder in the

steeplechase but I think she has given that event a miss now and

concentrating on the Flat. Just looking so strong, so much better,

so much spring in her legs. As Steve was saying earlier, she has

got a sprint finish. She started her career as a 1500m runner. The

Russian just moving ahead of Helen once again. Zadorozhnaya and Helen

well ahead of everyone else. There is about a 200m gap between them

and others in the picture. They are a long way behind the leader.

Zadorozhnaya, just beginning to put a distance between herself and

Helen Clitheroe. This is a real dominant performance, to do it on

her own in these conditions. It is still windy and she has continued

to pick up the pace. There was no big lab, no kind of breakaway.

Unfortunately Helen Clitheroe is being broken at the moment, and she

will have to stick to her task as 4th place is not that far behind

now. The leader has got faster and faster, not in big chunks. She had

a couple of 72nd laps and it has been enough to do real damage. You

can see Helen Clitheroe struggling now. She can see the gap between

herself and Felix is about 20 metres, maybe not that far. She

keeps looking behind. She needs to stick to her task now. There is the

raised for 4th place. They can use each other and work with each other

to get closer to Helen. They have got about 700 metres, a little bit

less now. Helen has got to keep pushing on, she doesn't want to

come under attack in the last lap. Zadorozhnaya, a clear head now.

That is the last 300 metres. The leader ran the perfect race. Our

interest does not lie with her, it is what is going on behind her by

place. Helen is just picking it up, if nothing else she will be heading

for a personal best which goes all the way back to 2008 at 15.49. She

is much better than that. Checa, she has won this race in fine style.

She's waving, maybe she has spotted someone in the crowd she knows. She

is lapping people, and has put in a very impressive performance, the

Spaniard. She undoubtedly can look forward to the rest of this year.

15.16 the winning time. The Russian in second place, and Helen

Clitheroe will end up in third and well inside her previous personal

best. 11 for Russia, 10 points for Great Britain, Germany have to

settle for 4th, and Felix of Portugal coming in 5th. 5000m are

never easy, 12 1/2 laps. The way the race was run after the very

slow start, winding up, there is a tough way to run and Helen had to

work really hard the last couple of laps to hold on to the third place

she had established. It is all a learning process that these longer

under way. The second round. Currently in 6th position. She

likes that one. Oh my goodness! That will threaten the 60-metre

mark. Fantastic performance in these positions -- conditions.

Coming back from a doping suspension in the Arab pean

Championships in 2006 will stop working her way back into form.

Becomes and to the competition. The first 60-metre throw of the

afternoon. She is in first place. The results of the women's high

Nicholls representing Great Britain. -- Jade and Nichols. Got a no mark

in the first round. That saved, just inside the sector. Approaching

55 metres. Not threatening that type of distance this afternoon.

She is in 8th place. Helen Clitheroe alongside meat. 10.

The the team, a personal best, how would you assess that performance?

I am reasonably pleased. I think I got better than what was predicted

in terms of points. In terms of competitiveness I would like to

have hung on to the first two runners than I did. It is my first

serious 5,000. I have got to learn the event and get used to it. I

think I can run the qualifying time and hope to do that suits. How much

different is it, you have done the steeplechase, the middle distance

and then go 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres, how have you found that?

found the 10,000 quite tough, but not as bad as I thought it would be.

Mentally I have been quite strong. It has taken me a while to recover

from that, to be honest. I have got my legs back after that. I'm not

put off, I believe there is more to come. When you think back to March,

the glory of the 3,000 metres, are you thinking twice about this

change up? Not at all, it did not like the steeplechase. I have only

been training for these events since November. I have been running

very well, I have run a very good 10,000 on the road. I need to get

my head down and do a bit more specific training for five Kate

Ford stock I did a 10,000 two weeks ago. I obviously need to work on

that and hopefully the time will lead over the Ukraine as we head

towards the final track events shortly. Round three of the men's

triple jump. Currently in 9th place. He is predicted a last place finish

and that appears to be a similar type of distance. Not happy from

that reaction. He is 9th because there are athletes behind him who