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

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European Championships. Headlines yesterday were dominated by that

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

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

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performance from Dai Greene in the hurdles and a championship record

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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It was a genuinely strong performance yesterday, the most

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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performances that perhaps we wouldn't do ordinarily. Andy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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yes, he was very solid and consistent and delivered the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Cram on Friday. This is familiar territory for you,

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the European Championships, an event that some athletes decide not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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forward to the pole vaulting conditions. They have decided to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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yesterday. The former British team captain, European champion,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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going for his third consecutive victory in his European team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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hitting one of the hurdles. Difficult conditions for of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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explained to Jonathan Edwards yesterday, her reasons for no

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

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times world champion, Olympic champion in Athens, Supreme malty

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inventor now concentrating solely on the long jump and her effort

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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There was no rhythm, no acceleration and ultimately no

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

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

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

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

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

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conditions for all the long jumpers. The world indoor pentathlon

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

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

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second place, 6.58 for the Portuguese athlete.

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

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

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

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

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

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her running well again in a British vest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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you are injured you like that feeling - and she needs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:30:32.:30:38.

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

:30:38.:30:42.

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

:30:42.:30:48.

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

:30:48.:30:52.

tough, experienced competitors. They have arrived while she has

:30:52.:30:55.

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

:30:55.:30:59.

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

:30:59.:31:03.

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

:31:03.:31:09.

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

:31:09.:31:12.

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

:31:12.:31:22.
:31:22.:31:33.

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

:31:33.:31:38.

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

:31:38.:31:48.
:31:48.:31:50.

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

:31:50.:32:00.
:32:00.:32:01.

second round. The world championship finalist, hoping that

:32:01.:32:05.

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

:32:05.:32:13.

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

:32:13.:32:20.

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

:32:20.:32:30.
:32:30.:32:53.

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

:32:53.:32:57.

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

:32:57.:33:03.

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

:33:03.:33:08.

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

:33:08.:33:11.

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

:33:11.:33:15.

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

:33:15.:33:19.

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

:33:19.:33:26.

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

:33:26.:33:29.

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

:33:29.:33:35.

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

:33:35.:33:42.

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

:33:42.:33:45.

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

:33:45.:33:49.

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

:33:49.:33:56.

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

:33:56.:34:02.

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

:34:02.:34:12.
:34:12.:34:15.

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

:34:15.:34:19.

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

:34:19.:34:22.

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

:34:22.:34:25.

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

:34:25.:34:35.
:34:35.:34:38.

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

:34:38.:34:48.
:34:48.:34:51.

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

:34:51.:35:01.
:35:01.:35:10.

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

:35:10.:35:20.
:35:20.:35:51.

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

:35:51.:36:01.
:36:01.:36:12.

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

:36:12.:36:22.
:36:22.:36:26.

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

:36:26.:36:30.

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

:36:30.:36:40.
:36:40.:37:15.

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

:37:15.:37:18.

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

:37:18.:37:25.

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

:37:25.:37:31.

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

:37:31.:37:37.

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

:37:37.:37:42.

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

:37:42.:37:47.

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

:37:47.:37:51.

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

:37:51.:37:54.

Championships. A really good athlete, European indoor champion.

:37:54.:37:58.

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

:37:58.:38:02.

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

:38:02.:38:07.

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

:38:07.:38:11.

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

:38:11.:38:19.

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

:38:19.:38:24.

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

:38:24.:38:31.

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

:38:31.:38:35.

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

:38:35.:38:39.

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

:38:39.:38:49.
:38:49.:38:49.

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

:38:49.:38:56.

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

:38:56.:39:01.

say where the Ukrainian finished. A typical European team championship

:39:01.:39:09.

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

:39:09.:39:17.

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

:39:17.:39:22.

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

:39:22.:39:26.

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

:39:26.:39:30.

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

:39:30.:39:35.

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

:39:35.:39:37.

passed on the line. Good performance from Gareth Warburton

:39:37.:39:41.

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

:39:41.:39:45.

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

:39:45.:39:49.

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

:39:49.:39:53.

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

:39:53.:39:59.

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

:39:59.:40:03.

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

:40:03.:40:13.
:40:13.:40:22.

long jump competition. Representing Russia, the European indoor

:40:22.:40:30.

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

:40:30.:40:40.
:40:40.:40:49.

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

:40:49.:40:52.

seen the clock in the background, running into a considerable

:40:52.:41:02.
:41:02.:41:10.

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

:41:10.:41:20.
:41:20.:41:20.

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

:41:20.:41:30.
:41:30.:41:46.

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

:41:46.:41:52.

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

:41:53.:41:56.

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

:41:56.:42:06.
:42:06.:42:14.

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

:42:14.:42:24.
:42:24.:42:25.

race, could result for Gareth Warburton. Just outside his

:42:25.:42:32.

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

:42:32.:42:41.

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

:42:41.:42:43.

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

:42:43.:42:53.
:42:53.:42:54.

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

:42:54.:42:58.

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

:42:58.:43:01.

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

:43:01.:43:05.

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

:43:05.:43:08.

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

:43:08.:43:14.

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

:43:14.:43:18.

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

:43:18.:43:23.

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

:43:23.:43:27.

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

:43:27.:43:30.

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

:43:31.:43:34.

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

:43:34.:43:40.

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

:43:40.:43:44.

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

:43:44.:43:49.

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

:43:49.:43:59.
:43:59.:44:10.

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

:44:10.:44:19.

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

:44:19.:44:25.

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

:44:25.:44:31.

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

:44:31.:44:36.

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

:44:36.:44:40.

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

:44:40.:44:48.

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

:44:48.:44:52.

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

:44:52.:44:56.

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

:44:56.:45:06.
:45:06.:45:09.

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

:45:09.:45:14.

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

:45:14.:45:21.

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

:45:21.:45:31.
:45:31.:45:33.

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

:45:33.:45:36.

distances I have seen in the European team competition, and

:45:36.:45:40.

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

:45:40.:45:47.

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

:45:47.:45:51.

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

:45:51.:45:56.

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

:45:56.:46:00.

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

:46:00.:46:10.
:46:10.:46:22.

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

:46:22.:46:27.

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

:46:27.:46:34.

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

:46:34.:46:39.

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

:46:39.:46:44.

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

:46:44.:46:48.

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

:46:48.:46:53.

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

:46:53.:46:56.

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

:46:56.:47:00.

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

:47:00.:47:06.

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

:47:06.:47:10.

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

:47:10.:47:14.

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

:47:14.:47:19.

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

:47:19.:47:23.

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

:47:23.:47:28.

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

:47:28.:47:33.

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

:47:33.:47:38.

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

:47:38.:47:42.

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

:47:42.:47:47.

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

:47:47.:47:52.

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

:47:52.:47:57.

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

:47:57.:48:01.

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

:48:02.:48:06.

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

:48:06.:48:12.

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

:48:12.:48:17.

European indoors with the new record and a new British record

:48:17.:48:23.

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

:48:23.:48:29.

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

:48:29.:48:33.

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

:48:33.:48:37.

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

:48:37.:48:42.

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

:48:42.:48:46.

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

:48:46.:48:50.

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

:48:50.:49:00.
:49:00.:49:16.

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

:49:16.:49:21.

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

:49:21.:49:31.
:49:31.:49:34.

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

:49:34.:49:38.

have expected for these championships, and representatives

:49:38.:49:42.

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

:49:42.:49:50.

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

:49:50.:49:55.

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

:49:55.:50:00.

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

:50:00.:50:09.

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

:50:09.:50:16.

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

:50:16.:50:26.
:50:26.:50:39.

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

:50:39.:50:44.

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

:50:44.:50:54.
:50:54.:50:55.

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

:50:55.:51:01.

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

:51:01.:51:11.
:51:11.:51:20.

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

:51:20.:51:30.
:51:30.:51:48.

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

:51:48.:51:55.

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

:51:55.:52:00.

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

:52:00.:52:04.

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

:52:04.:52:08.

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

:52:08.:52:17.

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

:52:17.:52:27.
:52:27.:52:27.

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

:52:27.:52:37.
:52:37.:52:56.

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

:52:56.:53:02.

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

:53:02.:53:12.
:53:12.:53:19.

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

:53:19.:53:29.
:53:29.:53:40.

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

:53:40.:53:45.

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

:53:45.:53:50.

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

:53:50.:53:55.

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

:53:55.:54:00.

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

:54:00.:54:09.

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

:54:09.:54:13.

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

:54:13.:54:18.

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

:54:18.:54:28.
:54:28.:54:28.

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

:54:28.:54:38.
:54:38.:54:47.

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

:54:47.:54:54.

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

:54:55.:54:58.

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

:54:58.:55:03.

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

:55:03.:55:08.

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

:55:08.:55:14.

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

:55:14.:55:19.

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

:55:19.:55:23.

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

:55:23.:55:29.

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

:55:29.:55:32.

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

:55:32.:55:37.

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

:55:37.:55:41.

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

:55:41.:55:44.

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

:55:44.:55:51.

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

:55:51.:55:56.

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

:55:56.:56:01.

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

:56:01.:56:08.

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

:56:08.:56:13.

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

:56:13.:56:21.

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

:56:21.:56:27.

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

:56:27.:56:30.

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

:56:30.:56:35.

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

:56:35.:56:40.

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

:56:40.:56:50.
:56:50.:56:56.

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

:56:56.:57:02.

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

:57:02.:57:07.

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

:57:07.:57:17.
:57:17.:57:31.

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

:57:31.:57:41.
:57:41.:57:50.

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

:57:50.:58:00.
:58:00.:58:02.

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

:58:02.:58:09.

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

:58:09.:58:16.

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

:58:16.:58:21.

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

:58:21.:58:26.

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

:58:26.:58:36.
:58:36.:58:45.

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

:58:45.:58:54.

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

:58:54.:59:01.

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

:59:01.:59:04.

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

:59:04.:59:14.

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

:59:14.:59:20.

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

:59:20.:59:30.
:59:30.:59:59.

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

:59:59.:00:09.
:00:09.:00:26.

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

:00:26.:00:35.

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

:00:36.:00:45.
:00:46.:00:46.

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

:00:46.:00:50.

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

:00:50.:00:54.

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

:00:54.:01:00.

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

:01:00.:01:03.

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

:01:03.:01:06.

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

:01:06.:01:09.

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

:01:09.:01:14.

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

:01:14.:01:20.

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

:01:20.:01:24.

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

:01:24.:01:30.

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

:01:31.:01:39.

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

:01:39.:01:44.

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

:01:44.:01:48.

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

:01:48.:01:54.

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

:01:54.:01:57.

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

:01:57.:02:06.

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

:02:06.:02:11.

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

:02:11.:02:21.
:02:21.:02:25.

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

:02:25.:02:33.

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

:02:33.:02:43.
:02:43.:02:47.

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

:02:47.:02:53.

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

:02:53.:02:57.

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

:02:57.:03:07.
:03:07.:03:28.

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

:03:28.:03:36.

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

:03:37.:03:42.

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

:03:42.:03:46.

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

:03:46.:03:52.

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

:03:52.:04:01.

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

:04:01.:04:04.

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

:04:04.:04:13.

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

:04:13.:04:18.

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

:04:18.:04:23.

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

:04:23.:04:27.

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

:04:27.:04:31.

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

:04:31.:04:33.

the British team, a completely different dynamic and different

:04:34.:04:39.

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

:04:39.:04:44.

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

:04:44.:04:49.

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

:04:49.:04:54.

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

:04:54.:05:00.

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

:05:00.:05:03.

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

:05:03.:05:13.
:05:13.:05:45.

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

:05:45.:05:55.
:05:55.:05:59.

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

:05:59.:06:03.

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

:06:03.:06:09.

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

:06:09.:06:14.

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

:06:14.:06:24.
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will start from midday on BBC Two. Also, the women's basketball

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

:07:23.:07:27.

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

:07:27.:07:35.

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

:07:35.:07:42.

current champion. Morse, really relishing the opportunity to test

:07:42.:07:48.

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

:07:48.:07:52.

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

:07:52.:08:02.
:08:02.:08:04.

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

:08:04.:08:14.
:08:14.:08:31.

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

:08:31.:08:35.

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

:08:35.:08:39.

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

:08:39.:08:43.

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

:08:43.:08:47.

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

:08:47.:08:53.

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

:08:53.:08:57.

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

:08:57.:09:01.

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

:09:01.:09:03.

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

:09:03.:09:09.

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

:09:09.:09:16.

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

:09:16.:09:19.

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

:09:19.:09:23.

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

:09:23.:09:28.

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

:09:28.:09:34.

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

:09:34.:09:37.

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

:09:37.:09:41.

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

:09:41.:09:46.

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

:09:46.:09:50.

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

:09:50.:09:55.

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

:09:55.:10:00.

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

:10:00.:10:04.

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

:10:04.:10:11.

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

:10:11.:10:15.

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

:10:15.:10:18.

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

:10:18.:10:23.

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

:10:23.:10:27.

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

:10:27.:10:30.

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

:10:30.:10:34.

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

:10:34.:10:44.
:10:44.:10:45.

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

:10:45.:10:55.
:10:55.:11:11.

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

:11:11.:11:19.

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

:11:19.:11:29.
:11:29.:11:34.

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

:11:34.:11:44.

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

:11:44.:11:54.
:11:54.:11:57.

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

:11:57.:12:03.

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

:12:03.:12:08.

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

:12:09.:12:12.

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

:12:12.:12:22.
:12:22.:12:46.

talented athlete. Used to compete against Jessica Ennis and Louise

:12:46.:12:51.

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

:12:51.:12:56.

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

:12:56.:12:59.

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

:13:00.:13:09.
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Now beginning to make a move. The pace has increased the that. The

:13:24.:13:34.
:13:34.:13:34.

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

:13:34.:13:38.

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

:13:39.:13:46.

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

:13:46.:13:50.

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

:13:50.:13:57.

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

:13:57.:14:00.

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

:14:00.:14:04.

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

:14:04.:14:13.

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

:14:13.:14:19.

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

:14:19.:14:24.

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

:14:24.:14:29.

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

:14:29.:14:34.

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

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

:14:40.:14:45.

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

:14:45.:14:49.

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

:14:49.:14:52.

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

:14:52.:14:56.

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

:14:56.:15:06.
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Of course, looking important to a 73.67. He expected increase in

:15:15.:15:25.
:15:25.:15:36.

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

:15:36.:15:42.

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

:15:42.:15:46.

Belorussian trapped on the inside. Andy Baddeley taking close order

:15:46.:15:53.

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

:15:53.:15:59.

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

:15:59.:16:09.
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any quicker. We will look to those names. Andy Baddeley is not too far

:16:10.:16:17.

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

:16:17.:16:21.

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

:16:21.:16:26.

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

:16:26.:16:31.

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

:16:31.:16:41.
:16:41.:16:42.

race really gets moving. Russian leading. Coming through

:16:42.:16:48.

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

:16:48.:16:53.

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

:16:54.:17:02.

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

:17:02.:17:11.

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

:17:11.:17:18.

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

:17:18.:17:23.

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

:17:23.:17:33.

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

:17:33.:17:41.

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

:17:41.:17:51.
:17:51.:18:02.

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

:18:02.:18:12.
:18:12.:18:32.

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

:18:32.:18:42.
:18:42.:18:47.

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

:18:47.:18:57.
:18:57.:18:58.

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

:18:58.:19:05.

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

:19:05.:19:09.

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

:19:09.:19:16.

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

:19:16.:19:23.

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

:19:23.:19:27.

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

:19:27.:19:31.

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

:19:31.:19:37.

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

:19:37.:19:41.

their acceleration. Because it happened a little bit further back

:19:41.:19:44.

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

:19:44.:19:51.

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

:19:51.:19:57.

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

:19:57.:20:01.

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

:20:01.:20:07.

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

:20:07.:20:12.

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

:20:12.:20:16.

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

:20:16.:20:20.

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

:20:20.:20:30.
:20:30.:20:30.

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

:20:30.:20:34.

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

:20:34.:20:39.

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

:20:39.:20:44.

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

:20:44.:20:49.

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

:20:50.:20:55.

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

:20:55.:21:02.

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

:21:02.:21:09.

knows what would have happened. real surprise about the Spaniard

:21:09.:21:19.
:21:19.:21:42.

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

:21:42.:21:48.

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

:21:48.:21:52.

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

:21:52.:22:01.

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

:22:01.:22:06.

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

:22:06.:22:09.

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

:22:09.:22:15.

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

:22:15.:22:18.

messenger relaying something from the commentary box. They are

:22:18.:22:23.

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

:22:23.:22:28.

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

:22:28.:22:34.

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

:22:34.:22:38.

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

:22:38.:22:43.

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

:22:43.:22:48.

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

:22:48.:22:56.

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

:22:56.:23:02.

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

:23:02.:23:08.

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

:23:08.:23:16.

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

:23:16.:23:21.

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

:23:21.:23:25.

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

:23:25.:23:35.

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

:23:35.:23:39.

look forward to watching you the rest of the season.

:23:39.:23:44.

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

:23:44.:23:49.

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

:23:49.:23:53.

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

:23:53.:23:59.

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

:23:59.:24:03.

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

:24:03.:24:07.

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

:24:07.:24:12.

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

:24:12.:24:17.

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

:24:17.:24:22.

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

:24:22.:24:26.

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

:24:27.:24:32.

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

:24:32.:24:38.

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

:24:38.:24:43.

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

:24:43.:24:49.

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

:24:49.:24:54.

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

:24:54.:24:58.

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

:24:58.:25:05.

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

:25:05.:25:11.

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

:25:11.:25:15.

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

:25:15.:25:19.

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

:25:19.:25:29.
:25:29.:25:37.

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

:25:37.:25:47.
:25:47.:25:49.

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

:25:49.:25:56.

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

:25:56.:25:59.

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

:25:59.:26:05.

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

:26:05.:26:15.
:26:15.:26:17.

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

:26:17.:26:22.

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

:26:22.:26:31.

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

:26:31.:26:40.

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

:26:40.:26:50.
:26:50.:26:51.

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

:26:51.:26:57.

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

:26:57.:27:03.

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

:27:03.:27:08.

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

:27:08.:27:14.

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

:27:14.:27:22.

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

:27:22.:27:26.

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

:27:26.:27:36.
:27:36.:27:43.

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

:27:43.:27:51.

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

:27:51.:27:57.

Another great product of the German discus system. His technique

:27:57.:28:07.
:28:07.:28:10.

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

:28:10.:28:15.

conditions are like this, unbeatable. A good performance by

:28:15.:28:19.

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

:28:19.:28:26.

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

:28:26.:28:29.

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

:28:30.:28:34.

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

:28:34.:28:38.

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

:28:38.:28:44.

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

:28:44.:28:50.

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

:28:50.:28:55.

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

:28:55.:29:00.

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

:29:00.:29:07.

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

:29:07.:29:13.

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

:29:13.:29:18.

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

:29:18.:29:23.

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

:29:23.:29:27.

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

:29:27.:29:31.

back. She is back indeed. Missed all of

:29:31.:29:37.

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

:29:37.:29:42.

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

:29:42.:29:52.
:29:52.:29:52.

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

:29:52.:29:57.

have been talking about the relegation battle, the Czech

:29:57.:30:02.

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

:30:02.:30:12.
:30:12.:30:15.

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

:30:15.:30:20.

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

:30:20.:30:26.

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

:30:26.:30:30.

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

:30:30.:30:36.

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

:30:36.:30:46.
:30:46.:30:47.

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

:30:47.:30:50.

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

:30:50.:30:53.

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

:30:53.:30:59.

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

:30:59.:31:02.

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

:31:02.:31:09.

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

:31:09.:31:13.

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

:31:13.:31:23.
:31:23.:31:24.

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

:31:24.:31:27.

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

:31:27.:31:35.

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

:31:35.:31:38.

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

:31:38.:31:42.

possibility of getting a world championship A standard, certainly

:31:42.:31:46.

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

:31:46.:31:52.

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

:31:52.:32:02.
:32:02.:32:03.

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

:32:03.:32:06.

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

:32:06.:32:11.

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

:32:11.:32:21.
:32:21.:32:22.

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

:32:22.:32:32.
:32:32.:32:32.

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

:32:32.:32:42.
:32:42.:32:44.

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

:32:44.:32:48.

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

:32:48.:32:52.

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

:32:52.:33:01.

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

:33:01.:33:08.

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

:33:08.:33:12.

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

:33:12.:33:18.

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

:33:18.:33:23.

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

:33:23.:33:27.

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

:33:27.:33:37.
:33:37.:33:37.

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

:33:37.:33:42.

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

:33:42.:33:47.

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

:33:47.:33:51.

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

:33:51.:33:54.

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

:33:55.:33:58.

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

:33:59.:34:04.

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

:34:04.:34:10.

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

:34:10.:34:15.

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

:34:15.:34:19.

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

:34:19.:34:23.

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

:34:23.:34:28.

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

:34:28.:34:32.

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

:34:32.:34:37.

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

:34:37.:34:41.

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

:34:41.:34:46.

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

:34:46.:34:52.

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

:34:52.:34:55.

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

:34:55.:35:00.

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

:35:00.:35:07.

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

:35:07.:35:12.

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

:35:12.:35:18.

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

:35:18.:35:21.

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

:35:21.:35:27.

cheering louder than the guy who made the predictions. Charlene

:35:27.:35:33.

Thomas has totally blown that prediction apart by Mark Butler.

:35:33.:35:42.

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

:35:42.:35:49.

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

:35:49.:35:54.

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

:35:54.:36:01.

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

:36:01.:36:06.

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

:36:06.:36:11.

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

:36:11.:36:16.

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

:36:16.:36:22.

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

:36:22.:36:26.

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

:36:26.:36:30.

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

:36:30.:36:36.

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

:36:36.:36:39.

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

:36:39.:36:43.

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

:36:43.:36:47.

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

:36:47.:36:51.

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

:36:51.:37:01.
:37:01.:37:08.

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

:37:09.:37:12.

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

:37:12.:37:15.

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

:37:16.:37:25.
:37:26.:37:34.

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

:37:34.:37:39.

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

:37:39.:37:48.

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

:37:48.:37:55.

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

:37:55.:37:59.

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

:37:59.:38:02.

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

:38:02.:38:07.

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

:38:07.:38:12.

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

:38:12.:38:17.

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

:38:17.:38:23.

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

:38:23.:38:28.

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

:38:28.:38:32.

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

:38:32.:38:38.

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

:38:38.:38:42.

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

:38:42.:38:46.

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

:38:46.:38:52.

agent, if you are watching, get me into some races! I don't think you

:38:52.:38:56.

have any trouble getting you races after that. I hope, I really hope

:38:56.:39:03.

that I can get in a fast race now. I think I just run 4.06. I made a

:39:03.:39:09.

couple of mistakes, I got boxed in, I got tripped up. I've got work to

:39:09.:39:14.

do still. But, yes, to be able to run that fast and win the race in

:39:14.:39:18.

those conditions, to have all of those clips, that is how strong...

:39:18.:39:28.
:39:28.:39:29.

You know, I'm in such great shape. I guess that 4.0 59 shouldn't be a

:39:29.:39:35.

problem? And healthy, touch wood, everything is going to plan. It's

:39:35.:39:39.

exciting. That's been a moment of the began so far. Congratulations.

:39:39.:39:45.

Brilliant. Could I just say as well, happy Father's Day, dad! Just won

:39:45.:39:50.

the race for you. He's going to be very proud. Get yourself warm.

:39:50.:39:54.

know, it's freezing. I'm going to bring in the big lad behind you,

:39:54.:39:58.

Brett Morse, who is just turn a great job in that the discus. From

:39:58.:40:02.

the sublime to the ridiculous. 6th place, will forget the distance

:40:02.:40:05.

because of the conditions, but you must be pleased with your

:40:05.:40:11.

performance? I was ranked 7th, I came 6thth. So I got an extra point.

:40:11.:40:17.

I told Charles I would get seven points last night, I was right.

:40:17.:40:22.

just be short of the A standard, that must be the next target?

:40:22.:40:27.

Training was going really well, the competition was going well. I had a

:40:27.:40:30.

little strain, now I'm back and hopefully I'll get that standard.

:40:30.:40:40.
:40:40.:40:45.

Great stuff for the team, go back front. 305 points. That performance

:40:45.:40:49.

from Charlene Thomas has extended our lead over the Ukraine. Looking

:40:49.:40:53.

better and better for Great Britain. El take your attention down to the

:40:53.:40:56.

relegation battle, it switched round again. The Czech Republic are

:40:56.:40:59.

finding themselves in the bottom three again.

:40:59.:41:06.

An ecstatic Charlie in Thomas. The interesting thing in that interview

:41:06.:41:09.

was that she looked at the field and she said, I think I can win

:41:09.:41:17.

I think it's the type of race, she's always going to be a danger.

:41:17.:41:21.

I was stayed on Saturday, you know, some people might not know you very

:41:21.:41:24.

well. Some of them might have thought, who is Charlene Thomas?

:41:24.:41:28.

Not knowing what a danger she could be. As the race went on, the only

:41:28.:41:32.

thing I was worried about, she alluded to, is where she was

:41:32.:41:35.

putting herself. She was in a terrible position with 500 to go.

:41:35.:41:39.

She tried to get out a couple of times, but she didn't panic. When

:41:39.:41:42.

you are in great shape, sometimes you think, OK, I didn't get to

:41:42.:41:46.

where I want today, but let's wait for the gaps to appear. She knew

:41:46.:41:49.

she needed to get closer. She almost got tripped, some pushing

:41:49.:41:53.

and shoving down the back straight. Then she made a good decision going

:41:53.:41:57.

around the top bend to slip inside the tall athlete from Belarus,

:41:57.:42:01.

going backwards. Then she is in a position to do damage on the home

:42:01.:42:05.

straight. Well done to her. A bubbly character, as you have all

:42:05.:42:09.

realised. She works very closely with her husband and her training

:42:09.:42:15.

group. It's been a tough year for her last year, after a good year in

:42:15.:42:18.

2009. It's great to see her come back and has such a big victory.

:42:18.:42:22.

get the feeling from speaking to her, the way that a training has

:42:22.:42:25.

been going, that she censor she could do some Olympics through the

:42:25.:42:29.

air and perhaps make an impact in the world championships? The point

:42:29.:42:34.

I'm trying to make with Charlene is if she can add quick times do this,

:42:34.:42:44.

she's confident she can, if she can get in that 4.12 region, it when

:42:44.:42:47.

Liz being able to go to the major championships and just run fast,

:42:47.:42:50.

you have to get through the heats, the semi-final and then see what

:42:51.:42:55.

happens in the final. I think Charlene is well-equipped to do

:42:55.:42:58.

that. We are now going to go to the men's

:42:58.:43:03.

triple jump. We hope to see Phillips Idowu and Teddy Tamgho,

:43:03.:43:13.
:43:13.:43:19.

but we can catch up with who is Adeoyin. His first senior

:43:19.:43:25.

international appearance. That appears to be around about the 15-

:43:25.:43:32.

metre mark. A finalist in the world junior championships last year.

:43:33.:43:39.

Heaps of potential. Giving away quite a bet on the board. Nathan

:43:39.:43:44.

Douglas, we wish him a speedy recovery after suffering an

:43:44.:43:53.

horrific injury, falling through a box in Italy after appearing in

:43:53.:44:03.
:44:03.:44:17.

already cleared this distance. So, Emma Perkins finished in 11th

:44:17.:44:24.

position, 1.725 was her best clearance. Three failures at one-

:44:24.:44:32.

metre 80. So, two points for the British team, as predicted. It's a

:44:32.:44:42.
:44:42.:44:48.

return to athletics after taking high jump competition in these

:44:48.:44:54.

difficult conditions. The track will be slippery. Athletes making

:44:54.:45:04.
:45:04.:45:24.

relegation zone, every point will lower leg. We saw Emma Kerr King's

:45:25.:45:34.
:45:35.:45:38.

doing the same thing. -- Emma Perkins. The athletes taking

:45:38.:45:48.
:45:48.:45:48.

shelter, trying to keep warm. The Spanish record-holder both indoors

:45:48.:45:58.
:45:58.:46:15.

and outdoors. World indoor silver Those athletes will have another

:46:15.:46:25.
:46:25.:46:29.

attempt with the bar set at one point 89. Remains in third place.

:46:29.:46:34.

Just for macro fouls total will be committed during the competition in

:46:34.:46:38.

this team format event. On track for middle-distance,

:46:38.:46:43.

British men's sprinting has a new name, a Danny Talbot, just 20.

:46:43.:46:53.
:46:53.:46:54.

Explosive form already in both the How excited are you to be here

:46:54.:46:59.

representing Great Britain? I am very excited. First outdoor

:46:59.:47:04.

competitions for the senior team. It is so real going to relay

:47:04.:47:09.

practice with the Olympic champions like Marlon Devonish and Christian

:47:09.:47:13.

Malcolm. We knew come into this team event, do you feel any extra

:47:13.:47:17.

pressure? Would you have preferred to have had a couple of other

:47:17.:47:23.

competitions before this? I didn't realise until I was on the bus with

:47:23.:47:28.

Andy Turner, and he said it is a team event so the pressure is on. I

:47:28.:47:31.

am trying to see it as just another race with more fans and television

:47:31.:47:36.

coverage. What are your expectations in terms of the race,

:47:36.:47:41.

where do you think you will finish? When I am on the start line

:47:41.:47:45.

hopefully I can win, I want to win. There are 11 other athletes capable

:47:45.:47:50.

of running well. I will be respectful on the start line, not

:47:50.:48:00.
:48:00.:48:08.

just assume I will win. But I will headwind and the bad news for Danny

:48:08.:48:13.

Talbot, Christophe Lematre, starting better than he has been

:48:13.:48:21.

doing in recent years. He is in the lane inside of him. He won't want

:48:21.:48:31.
:48:31.:48:38.

the flying Frenchman to go past him seen in the women's 100-metre

:48:38.:48:47.

hurdles, being in heat to one was not a disadvantage. We have had

:48:47.:48:57.
:48:57.:49:09.

for the Polish athlete. Into a big head wind, so there are some good

:49:09.:49:19.
:49:19.:49:24.

times to beat. In that heat, they have to put a reserve in.

:49:24.:49:27.

Horrendous for the Ukraine. Let's hope Danny Talbot can take

:49:27.:49:37.
:49:37.:49:53.

advantage of it. There is the line- seeing this guy. UK indoor champion

:49:53.:49:59.

earlier this year. Already he has won 20.54, which is a very good

:49:59.:50:09.
:50:09.:50:18.

There is a very good 200-metre runner rubbing his hands, Christian

:50:18.:50:23.

Malcolm. So very nearly the European champion last year. Just

:50:23.:50:28.

pipped at the Pollitt -- picked up the post by it the Frenchman in

:50:28.:50:38.
:50:38.:50:50.

special here for Great Britain? Let's not forget about the Swede.

:50:51.:51:00.
:51:01.:51:08.

European silver-medallist over 200 wind dropped a big. The Frenchman

:51:08.:51:17.

flying at the moment. The Great Britain athlete has run a good bend.

:51:17.:51:22.

The Frenchman is striding away. Can than a Talbot get in the points for

:51:22.:51:30.

Great Britain? Danny Talbot in third place. 20.29, a new

:51:30.:51:35.

Championship record in this European team Championship. Into a

:51:35.:51:39.

big head wind and it won't be too long before the Frenchman goes sub

:51:39.:51:44.

20 seconds. Great run by the Frenchman, he does the sprint

:51:44.:51:52.

double. What about the points for Great Britain Steve? I will talk

:51:52.:51:57.

about him first of all because we need to combine the two races. I

:51:57.:52:01.

think Danny target will end up with 4th overall. People will read the

:52:01.:52:09.

time around the world and think that the Frenchman has ran 20.28,

:52:09.:52:17.

but it is cold and it is wet and a strong headwind. That left arm of

:52:17.:52:22.

his, if he can get it connected to the rest of his body, he will be

:52:22.:52:27.

flying. He is not pretty at times, but look at the Strand he has got.

:52:28.:52:32.

Keeps driving all the way through. I thought Danny Toll Bar run pretty

:52:32.:52:37.

well, look as though he might get second place. -- Danny told it. I

:52:37.:52:43.

think he will be 4th over all. But, for the youngster it is a big race

:52:43.:52:49.

to come into, your first Great Britain international. He keeps it

:52:49.:52:55.

together pretty well. Holds his form and reasonably well. He has

:52:55.:53:02.

already ran 20.54 this year. He is hoping to get a little bit quicker.

:53:02.:53:07.

He is a bright talent for Great Britain. What about the Frenchman?

:53:07.:53:15.

That was a wonderful performance given the conditions. He is on his

:53:15.:53:19.

way up towards the mixed zone. I'm sure Jonathan will catch up with

:53:19.:53:24.

him. I cannot wait to see the Frenchman in ideal conditions

:53:24.:53:34.
:53:34.:54:01.

Danny, in your interview with Steve Cram you said you would approach it

:54:01.:54:06.

just like another race. How did it feel when you're out there? I tried

:54:06.:54:12.

to do that, but it is completely different. I was standing next to

:54:12.:54:17.

the Frenchman, and he seemed pretty big. I think I handled it OK.

:54:17.:54:21.

thought you ran a good race. When you look at the lane line-up you

:54:21.:54:25.

must have been nervous that the Frenchman would go past two like a

:54:25.:54:30.

shot pretty quickly? I was, but I like being on the outside. In my

:54:30.:54:35.

head I think if they do not pass me, I will win. He did not bother me

:54:35.:54:41.

too much. You have burst into the scene at Loughborough, you have

:54:41.:54:47.

done a quick 100, also the 200 as well. I was not expecting it to

:54:47.:54:57.
:54:57.:54:59.

come out as quickly. Her was not expecting to run that quickly.

:54:59.:55:04.

has it been being part of the set up with the British team, a unique

:55:04.:55:09.

atmosphere? Brilliant, training with guys like Christian Malcolm

:55:09.:55:12.

and Marlon Devonish, learning from them has been great. I have really

:55:13.:55:15.

enjoyed it. enjoyed it.

:55:15.:55:22.

Well done. The men's 5,000 metres sees Helen

:55:22.:55:26.

Clitheroe after a brilliant performance in Paris. -- the

:55:26.:55:35.

women's. Sarah Proctor, women's long jump,

:55:35.:55:41.

tough conditions? Very tough. I'm used to wild weather, so this was a

:55:41.:55:46.

harsh will come. Your teeth are chattering. You have been in good

:55:46.:55:52.

form, so you must be pretty pleased despite what happened today about

:55:52.:55:57.

what kind of shape you were in? Alan Marseilles am happy, but I

:55:57.:56:02.

could not control the conditions. I had to make do with what I had. I

:56:03.:56:08.

just went for it as best as I can. We are in an interesting situation,

:56:08.:56:16.

you are now competing for Britain because how excited are you to

:56:16.:56:20.

perhaps compete in the Olympic Games? I am ecstatic. I have to

:56:21.:56:24.

thank the Great Britain team for welcoming me. I will do my best to

:56:24.:56:29.

improve and make them proud. I will represent them as best as I can.

:56:29.:56:32.

It's great to have you on board, bit of a disappointment today but

:56:33.:56:39.

it will looking forward to watching you over the next year or so.

:56:39.:56:49.

Not quite Anguilla is it? The gap is now 22 points between Great

:56:49.:56:58.

Britain and the Ukraine. The gap getting bigger at the bottom

:56:58.:57:03.

between Belarus and the Czech Republic in terms of relegation.

:57:03.:57:06.

One of the highlights of the afternoon coming up, the women's

:57:06.:57:11.

5,000 metres with Helen Clitheroe. She did scale the heights in March

:57:11.:57:17.

in Paris in the Euro indoor 3,000 metres.

:57:17.:57:22.

Helen Clitheroe gets the gold. Good Helen Clitheroe gets the gold. Good

:57:22.:57:25.

on you Helen Clitheroe! What a performance. Helen, the last time

:57:25.:57:28.

we saw you wearing a British vest was probably the happiest moment

:57:28.:57:34.

you have had running for Great Britain, in Paris back in March?

:57:34.:57:43.

It's was a very special day. It has been a nice few months just getting

:57:43.:57:50.

that since then. It has been AA good motivator as well to focus on

:57:50.:57:54.

this summer and believe in what I am doing in terms of the longer

:57:54.:57:58.

distance training is working. My dream before them performances was

:57:58.:58:02.

keep going until 2012 and that is still what I want to do. I am

:58:02.:58:10.

taking it as it comes and enjoying it. In amongst all that, you're

:58:10.:58:12.

here in another European team championships, you know what it

:58:12.:58:17.

takes and the sort of races you get. Are you a quick enough to do with a

:58:17.:58:22.

slower, tactical 5,000 metres? hope so. I have got to learn how to

:58:22.:58:30.

run 5,000 as well how to run a fast 5,000. It is a good experience. If

:58:30.:58:33.

I just race the race and be competitive and win it, it will be

:58:33.:58:38.

a very good experience even if the time is in great. I think I have

:58:38.:58:43.

got to be more patient in the longer races and not be so up there

:58:43.:58:50.

running wide and pushing it on. These are things I have learnt. It

:58:50.:58:54.

will be good experience in a good way to start my campaign in the

:58:54.:58:58.

5,000. We will get to that race shortly

:58:58.:59:04.

but alongside me we have Christopher a nature of France.

:59:04.:59:10.

Even the more impressive 200 metres in those conditions? Of course, to

:59:10.:59:17.

run a bit of a very good time. It is only Mike second team

:59:17.:59:24.

championships. -- 200 metres. a performance like that into the

:59:25.:59:30.

wind and in the rain, how fast do you think you might be able to run?

:59:30.:59:40.
:59:40.:59:41.

That for me could be easily sub 20? If it is good conditions today, I

:59:41.:59:51.
:59:51.:59:54.

think I can run faster. I'm Merry thankful for this race. Outstanding

:59:54.:59:59.

work, it has been a pleasure to work, it has been a pleasure to

:59:59.:00:06.

watch you. I think Jonathan should take some

:00:06.:00:11.

French lessons. We should help him out a little bit. He was impressive

:00:11.:00:21.
:00:21.:00:24.

It is a pretty tough field for It is a pretty tough field for

:00:24.:00:34.
:00:34.:00:45.

very well indeed. She has run against them at different distances,

:00:45.:00:53.

3000 metres, the steeplechase, and now the 5000m as well. Can she take

:00:53.:00:56.

this European team title after winning that European gold indoors

:00:57.:01:03.

in that wonderful performance in Paris? A very steady pace early

:01:03.:01:09.

doors, as they come through. Helen Clitheroe, every time we have

:01:09.:01:13.

interviewed her over the last few months, she has always been smiling.

:01:13.:01:18.

I am so pleased for the athlete, as everybody is in British athletics,

:01:18.:01:23.

37 years old and running better than she has ever done. I guess

:01:23.:01:28.

when you are enjoying your performances, things can snowball,

:01:28.:01:33.

things can get even better. When you think that she warned what was

:01:33.:01:40.

the European Cup competition way back in 2000 in Gateshead, it has

:01:40.:01:47.

been a phenomenal career. She may get back to Gateshead for the third

:01:47.:01:50.

time in this European team championship competition. Don't

:01:50.:01:57.

tell her that. I think 2012 is as far as she is looking. It has been

:01:57.:02:01.

a great season so far. There was a slight disappointment with her

:02:01.:02:07.

performance in Oslo in the 10,000m event. She ran really well at the

:02:07.:02:12.

Manchester run, we saw that on the BBC, and she was disappointed not

:02:12.:02:17.

to have run faster. It was very hot that day in Oslo, but not so today.

:02:17.:02:27.
:02:27.:02:46.

We have a very slow pace in this the women's high jump. The only

:02:46.:02:56.
:02:56.:03:06.

remaining athlete in the attempt? No, not to be. There is at

:03:06.:03:11.

the victor in the women's high jump competition, maximum points for the

:03:11.:03:21.
:03:21.:03:22.

Swedish team. Emma Perkins finishing down in 11th place. Two

:03:22.:03:32.
:03:32.:03:38.

points for the British team, but nice sportsmanship between these

:03:38.:03:48.
:03:48.:03:52.

been pretty slow. The Spanish athlete has picked it up and is

:03:52.:03:57.

going a little quicker now, but they are running out side 16 minute

:03:57.:04:02.

pace which is pretty slow. That won't faze Helen, she said she just

:04:02.:04:08.

wants to get to know these longer distances a little better. It is

:04:08.:04:13.

different on the track. Even the 10,000m she ran in Oslo, she had

:04:13.:04:17.

run a 10 kilometre race on the roads are a few weeks before that,

:04:17.:04:21.

and she said it takes a lot out of you. It is a very different

:04:21.:04:28.

psychological Excise, you have 25 laps and it is different from doing

:04:28.:04:32.

10 kilometres on the road. Helen has always equipped herself well

:04:32.:04:37.

coming into races, she always gives 100%. I think this is the sort of

:04:37.:04:41.

race I bet she was watching Charlene Thomas as well and

:04:41.:04:45.

thinking wouldn't it be great to get a victory here. There are some

:04:45.:04:55.

good athletes in here. Felix as Portugal, and the tall figure from

:04:55.:05:00.

Poland on the inside, but Helen has still got some pace in her legs as

:05:00.:05:08.

we saw in Paris and that could stand her in good stead in this

:05:08.:05:18.
:05:18.:05:36.

race. Checa, Leading the group, the Russian in second place. It is a

:05:36.:05:44.

tough prospect, but we have seen the Portuguese athlete in 4th place

:05:44.:05:52.

running just behind Helen. A nice title to have European indoor

:05:52.:05:56.

champion. A very steady pace coming down towards the line this time.

:05:56.:06:04.

They will have seven laps to go and it is still playing with checker

:06:04.:06:14.
:06:14.:06:17.

leading. -- Checa. She has been running the Marathon's for a few

:06:17.:06:23.

years now with good effect. The Ethiopians and Kenyans dominate and

:06:23.:06:26.

run very fast times, and I think the marathon presents a better

:06:26.:06:33.

option. Joanne Brady has already decided that is where her future

:06:33.:06:43.
:06:43.:06:55.

better, this is more in her territory. The leader is just

:06:55.:07:00.

pushing things on a little bit, has a little look behind to see what

:07:00.:07:10.
:07:10.:07:16.

effect it is having. Stretching them a little bit. Zadorozhnaya,

:07:16.:07:21.

always a danger. She looks in good shape this year. Just inside 72 for

:07:21.:07:31.
:07:31.:07:36.

recognisable because of her running style, Helen to the road just

:07:36.:07:42.

behind her. -- Helen Clitheroe just behind her. The Portuguese athlete

:07:42.:07:49.

is part of a very strong Portuguese cross country outfit. They have won

:07:49.:07:56.

team gold at the last three championships, but now the top

:07:56.:07:59.

three include our very own pressures Helen Clitheroe.

:07:59.:08:03.

Beginning to move away from everyone else. The Lapps have been

:08:03.:08:08.

increasing in pace a little bit over the last 1500m. Now the

:08:08.:08:14.

Spaniard really pushing on. I have got to say, I am a little surprised

:08:14.:08:18.

that some of the others have not been able to go with this. The pace

:08:18.:08:28.
:08:28.:08:30.

has moved on, but they are still not breaking 70 seconds for a lap.

:08:30.:08:40.
:08:40.:08:45.

When you look at the likes of Mockenhaupt, she has run some good

:08:45.:08:53.

races before. But it is good news for Britain and for Helen Clitheroe.

:08:53.:08:57.

All of a sudden and the Spaniard has kicked in again. I am looking

:08:57.:09:04.

down the back straight and the gap has suddenly appeared. She is

:09:04.:09:11.

keeping his pace going, winding it up again. It was a 71 in the

:09:11.:09:15.

previous lap and Helen has decided she can't go with that. She has

:09:16.:09:25.
:09:26.:09:39.

decided to stay with Zadorozhnaya. She hasn't given up the chase on

:09:39.:09:46.

the leader at all. Just going through the line with four laps to

:09:46.:09:49.

go. It will certainly be interesting to see what the split

:09:49.:09:55.

was for the last 800m or so because the leader really started to kick

:09:55.:10:00.

early. It has just been a gradual winding up but it meant the

:10:00.:10:08.

previous 1000 metres she has run in three minutes. After 3.15 and a 3.5,

:10:08.:10:13.

it is hard for athletes if you are not in great shape, it is a big

:10:13.:10:19.

shift. She has done a good job of almost stealing a march, and now

:10:19.:10:29.
:10:29.:10:32.

still continuing to go away from Helen Clitheroe. Interestingly, of

:10:32.:10:35.

course Helen Clitheroe still the British record holder in the

:10:35.:10:39.

steeplechase but I think she has given that event a miss now and

:10:39.:10:44.

concentrating on the Flat. Just looking so strong, so much better,

:10:44.:10:49.

so much spring in her legs. As Steve was saying earlier, she has

:10:49.:10:55.

got a sprint finish. She started her career as a 1500m runner. The

:10:55.:11:05.
:11:05.:11:10.

Russian just moving ahead of Helen once again. Zadorozhnaya and Helen

:11:10.:11:19.

well ahead of everyone else. There is about a 200m gap between them

:11:19.:11:29.
:11:29.:11:33.

and others in the picture. They are a long way behind the leader.

:11:33.:11:37.

Zadorozhnaya, just beginning to put a distance between herself and

:11:38.:11:42.

Helen Clitheroe. This is a real dominant performance, to do it on

:11:42.:11:47.

her own in these conditions. It is still windy and she has continued

:11:47.:11:53.

to pick up the pace. There was no big lab, no kind of breakaway.

:11:53.:11:56.

Unfortunately Helen Clitheroe is being broken at the moment, and she

:11:56.:12:00.

will have to stick to her task as 4th place is not that far behind

:12:00.:12:10.

now. The leader has got faster and faster, not in big chunks. She had

:12:10.:12:14.

a couple of 72nd laps and it has been enough to do real damage. You

:12:14.:12:19.

can see Helen Clitheroe struggling now. She can see the gap between

:12:19.:12:23.

herself and Felix is about 20 metres, maybe not that far. She

:12:23.:12:32.

keeps looking behind. She needs to stick to her task now. There is the

:12:32.:12:37.

raised for 4th place. They can use each other and work with each other

:12:37.:12:42.

to get closer to Helen. They have got about 700 metres, a little bit

:12:42.:12:47.

less now. Helen has got to keep pushing on, she doesn't want to

:12:47.:12:57.
:12:57.:13:05.

come under attack in the last lap. Zadorozhnaya, a clear head now.

:13:05.:13:15.
:13:15.:13:17.

That is the last 300 metres. The leader ran the perfect race. Our

:13:17.:13:21.

interest does not lie with her, it is what is going on behind her by

:13:21.:13:31.
:13:31.:13:41.

place. Helen is just picking it up, if nothing else she will be heading

:13:41.:13:49.

for a personal best which goes all the way back to 2008 at 15.49. She

:13:49.:13:59.
:13:59.:14:10.

is much better than that. Checa, she has won this race in fine style.

:14:10.:14:15.

She's waving, maybe she has spotted someone in the crowd she knows. She

:14:16.:14:20.

is lapping people, and has put in a very impressive performance, the

:14:20.:14:26.

Spaniard. She undoubtedly can look forward to the rest of this year.

:14:26.:14:32.

15.16 the winning time. The Russian in second place, and Helen

:14:32.:14:36.

Clitheroe will end up in third and well inside her previous personal

:14:37.:14:44.

best. 11 for Russia, 10 points for Great Britain, Germany have to

:14:44.:14:51.

settle for 4th, and Felix of Portugal coming in 5th. 5000m are

:14:51.:14:57.

never easy, 12 1/2 laps. The way the race was run after the very

:14:57.:15:02.

slow start, winding up, there is a tough way to run and Helen had to

:15:02.:15:05.

work really hard the last couple of laps to hold on to the third place

:15:05.:15:10.

she had established. It is all a learning process that these longer

:15:10.:15:20.
:15:20.:15:45.

under way. The second round. Currently in 6th position. She

:15:45.:15:52.

likes that one. Oh my goodness! That will threaten the 60-metre

:15:52.:16:00.

mark. Fantastic performance in these positions -- conditions.

:16:00.:16:06.

Coming back from a doping suspension in the Arab pean

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Championships in 2006 will stop working her way back into form.

:16:11.:16:16.

Becomes and to the competition. The first 60-metre throw of the

:16:17.:16:25.

afternoon. She is in first place. The results of the women's high

:16:25.:16:35.
:16:35.:16:57.

Nicholls representing Great Britain. -- Jade and Nichols. Got a no mark

:16:57.:17:05.

in the first round. That saved, just inside the sector. Approaching

:17:05.:17:15.
:17:15.:17:18.

55 metres. Not threatening that type of distance this afternoon.

:17:18.:17:24.

She is in 8th place. Helen Clitheroe alongside meat. 10.

:17:24.:17:29.

The the team, a personal best, how would you assess that performance?

:17:29.:17:34.

I am reasonably pleased. I think I got better than what was predicted

:17:34.:17:39.

in terms of points. In terms of competitiveness I would like to

:17:39.:17:45.

have hung on to the first two runners than I did. It is my first

:17:45.:17:50.

serious 5,000. I have got to learn the event and get used to it. I

:17:50.:17:55.

think I can run the qualifying time and hope to do that suits. How much

:17:55.:17:59.

different is it, you have done the steeplechase, the middle distance

:17:59.:18:06.

and then go 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres, how have you found that?

:18:06.:18:11.

found the 10,000 quite tough, but not as bad as I thought it would be.

:18:11.:18:15.

Mentally I have been quite strong. It has taken me a while to recover

:18:15.:18:22.

from that, to be honest. I have got my legs back after that. I'm not

:18:22.:18:28.

put off, I believe there is more to come. When you think back to March,

:18:28.:18:34.

the glory of the 3,000 metres, are you thinking twice about this

:18:34.:18:39.

change up? Not at all, it did not like the steeplechase. I have only

:18:39.:18:46.

been training for these events since November. I have been running

:18:46.:18:52.

very well, I have run a very good 10,000 on the road. I need to get

:18:52.:18:55.

my head down and do a bit more specific training for five Kate

:18:55.:19:04.

Ford stock I did a 10,000 two weeks ago. I obviously need to work on

:19:04.:19:14.
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that and hopefully the time will lead over the Ukraine as we head

:19:33.:19:39.

towards the final track events shortly. Round three of the men's

:19:39.:19:49.

triple jump. Currently in 9th place. He is predicted a last place finish

:19:49.:19:53.

and that appears to be a similar type of distance. Not happy from

:19:53.:19:58.

that reaction. He is 9th because there are athletes behind him who

:19:58.:20:08.
:20:08.:20:13.

have yet to register a mark. They have been two no marks from the

:20:13.:20:20.

Polish and the Russian, so that shows the importance of executions.

:20:20.:20:24.

Getting his chance because Phillips Idowu withdrew, Nathan Douglas is

:20:24.:20:34.
:20:34.:20:40.

not healthy. It is still looking OK. 16 points in the men's triple and

:20:40.:20:46.

the women's discus. Still plenty to play for and. Continued to be

:20:46.:20:56.
:20:56.:21:04.

steeplechase. Looking at their standings with the relay to come as

:21:04.:21:11.

well. There is an outside hope we can catch Germany for second place.

:21:11.:21:21.
:21:21.:21:32.

in there, formerly of Morocco. Only 19 years old. First thing he did

:21:32.:21:37.

when he be came a Spanish citizen was to win the world junior cross-

:21:38.:21:47.
:21:48.:22:24.

elements is Alan Bell. Himself a former high jumper. Now he is the

:22:24.:22:34.
:22:34.:22:53.

competition last season performed was over the course of the last

:22:53.:22:59.

couple of years. It is these sort of events that do suit him, Steve?

:22:59.:23:04.

It is going to be tough for him here. He has two men in this race

:23:04.:23:11.

he finished in first and second position last year when he was 5th.

:23:11.:23:17.

And into that, the Spaniard, the former Moroccan, just 19 years of

:23:17.:23:21.

age, is a bit of a talents in the steeplechase. I think it will be

:23:21.:23:25.

tough for the Brits. If he gets close to the top five in this one

:23:25.:23:32.

he will have ran very well. He is a good competitor, we have seen him

:23:32.:23:42.

rise to the occasion in the past, so let's hope he can do it here.

:23:42.:23:47.

is Portugal at the moment. Portugal have come here with a strong team

:23:47.:23:57.
:23:57.:24:00.

of distance runners. The Ukrainian, the big tall man just behind him,

:24:00.:24:05.

European silver at junior and under 23 level. So quite a lot of talent

:24:05.:24:10.

in this field. It is the sort of field where the Brits can get stuck

:24:10.:24:20.
:24:20.:24:20.

in. At least looking to duplicate his performance of 12 months ago.

:24:20.:24:25.

Outside of his lifetime best this season, but capable of running that

:24:25.:24:29.

sort of performance today, despite the conditions. As they go down the

:24:29.:24:34.

back straight, that is where they have a following wind. It is in the

:24:34.:24:38.

home straight they have a vicious headwind. The Russian is looking

:24:38.:24:48.
:24:48.:24:50.

quite strong. The Brits looking very steady at the moment. He won't

:24:50.:24:54.

be enjoying what is happening at the front. They are being stretched

:24:54.:24:58.

out. I think he would have preferred it to stay tactical for a

:24:58.:25:08.
:25:08.:25:10.

couple of laps at the very least. The others are having to give chase.

:25:10.:25:14.

The pace is reasonably strong, but the British is right in the chasing

:25:14.:25:17.

group and he will have to stay in contact with back group for as long

:25:17.:25:24.

as he possibly can. If the group will allow Paolo to go away, they

:25:24.:25:29.

settle down. They are sort of giving chase, they are not sure

:25:29.:25:35.

what to do. They are five or six metres adrift, if not more. The

:25:35.:25:41.

Frenchman is not sure, do we go? Come on guys, are we getting in go?

:25:42.:25:46.

It is a bit early to let him get away. If it was the Russian who

:25:46.:25:53.

went out, in Florence. He went out so hard and he was leading for so

:25:53.:26:00.

long and than everybody caught him on the last lap. I always think it

:26:00.:26:04.

sticks in their minds when they remember people doing that. I was

:26:04.:26:07.

just laughing, I wouldn't have liked to have been that

:26:07.:26:12.

photographer who is getting absolutely soaked. He is probably

:26:12.:26:19.

soaking anyway, from the rain. Probably a sign that Roberto Paolo

:26:19.:26:23.

thinking then maybe I might settle back. And he tried to get away but

:26:23.:26:33.
:26:33.:26:38.

that did not work. The Spaniard, just 19 years old in third place

:26:38.:26:45.

and moving steadily towards Alberto Paolo. 25 years old, still leading

:26:45.:26:50.

and trying to stretch the field. The Brits is just going past the

:26:50.:27:00.
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Ukrainian. The next guy in front of them is to the Italian. Between the

:27:03.:27:09.

first man in that chasing group, and the Brits, there is about 25

:27:09.:27:14.

metres. The field is really strong out right now. It is because the

:27:14.:27:19.

Frenchman decided I am going to go after Paolo and not let him get

:27:19.:27:29.
:27:29.:27:36.

away. The others have to follow might be over. The gaps are

:27:36.:27:46.
:27:46.:27:56.

starting to appear and that Britain it is difficult to always gauge be

:27:56.:28:06.
:28:06.:28:07.

guys can run in the 13.25 Regent. He is just drifting a little bit

:28:07.:28:11.

away at the moment. As they come round to the water jump, take a

:28:11.:28:17.

look at the camera angle that we have got. Look at that photographer

:28:17.:28:22.

as well. He is a glutton for punishment as well, loves the

:28:22.:28:25.

wetter weather. That will provide some interesting pictures

:28:25.:28:32.

afterwards. Very, very close to that water jump. However, they come

:28:32.:28:39.

round this time. The Frenchman looking strong, just taking a look

:28:39.:28:45.

at the giant screen. 800 metres to go. The Portuguese athlete has done

:28:45.:28:55.
:28:55.:29:02.

what we expected. The Brits really has to dig in now. He has got his

:29:02.:29:12.
:29:12.:29:12.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

:29:12.:30:14.

moved back into the lead. But the Brits cannot get on level terms

:30:15.:30:24.
:30:25.:30:42.

Uliczka. The Russian is there as well. What has he got left?

:30:42.:30:47.

Dandrieux of France, what has he got left? The tall Frenchman is

:30:47.:30:57.
:30:57.:31:05.

coming away, he gets it. Luke Gunn finishes at around 8.424 or

:31:05.:31:12.

thereabouts. That is in 9th place, we hoped he would finish in 7th so

:31:12.:31:15.

we have dropped a couple of points in the course of that particular

:31:15.:31:22.

race. It was punishing though, wasn't it? So Luke Gunn in British

:31:22.:31:26.

colours once again, certainly hasn't disgraced, but shaking his

:31:26.:31:31.

head. He probably thinks he has not performed as well as he should have

:31:31.:31:37.

done. That is the final individual track event, just the relays left

:31:37.:31:45.

now. Both the British men and women have strong teams and will be

:31:45.:31:51.

hoping for good points. The third and final round of the men's triple

:31:51.:31:56.

jump, and this is the reigning Olympic champion from Beijing. What

:31:57.:32:06.

a welcome sight it is to see him competing once again. Appears to be

:32:06.:32:11.

similar to what he registered in the last round. He has got the

:32:11.:32:21.

white flag, but missed the entire season of 2010 due to a leg injury,

:32:21.:32:24.

and with him back in the mix, just three confirming that the balance

:32:24.:32:28.

of power in the triple jump event clearly lies on this side of the

:32:28.:32:33.

Atlantic. What type of Sheikh can he get in for the World

:32:33.:32:43.
:32:43.:32:50.

Championships coming up? 16.33, a slight improvement. Pohle of

:32:50.:32:55.

Germany, down in 7th position. Bailed out in the middle of that,

:32:55.:33:03.

holds his head in anguish. His best effort will remain at 16.29. He has

:33:03.:33:13.
:33:13.:33:15.

got the white flag but that is irrelevant. So the four time German

:33:15.:33:21.

champion, no improvement for him on that effort. 16.81 is the best mark

:33:21.:33:31.
:33:31.:33:55.

in the competition so far. 16.29 steeplechase. Great Britain and

:33:55.:34:00.

Northern Ireland have four points with Luke Gunn. After the race, he

:34:00.:34:07.

spoke to Jonathan. How did you feel that race went? I am really

:34:07.:34:11.

disappointed, to be honest. I am in much better shape than that, I have

:34:11.:34:18.

not run that slow for some years. My legs felt good in warm up, and

:34:18.:34:23.

for the first few laps, but I don't know. It is one of those days I

:34:23.:34:28.

just felt a bit heavy. I am disappointed because this race is

:34:28.:34:33.

key positioning in the timetable, but I wish I had more to do. That

:34:33.:34:37.

is the tough thing, you can have a bad day on any other day and you

:34:37.:34:41.

walk away with your disappointment but here it is about the team as

:34:41.:34:47.

well. Last year I earned three more points than was predicted. Today I

:34:47.:34:53.

have probably even that out now, I have lost points and I have raced

:34:53.:35:01.

those guys week-in week-out. Unfortunately I was at the bottom

:35:02.:35:06.

with the points today. Good luck for the rest of the season. Yes,

:35:06.:35:12.

definitely. It is a long season. I am in good shape, I just need to

:35:12.:35:19.

tweak a few things and go back to the drawing board now. So that gap

:35:19.:35:23.

is 11 point now between Great Britain and the Ukraine. A good

:35:23.:35:29.

performance in the steeplechase for Germany, which has extended their

:35:29.:35:35.

lead over us in that event. The relays coming up, and I think

:35:35.:35:41.

Jonathan will hopefully give us some news on the pole vault. That

:35:41.:35:46.

event is taking place indoors. Jonathan will bring us up to date,

:35:46.:35:50.

but in the meantime a very happy Charles Van Commenee because

:35:50.:35:55.

Charlene Thomas has got maximum points in the women's 1500m. Well

:35:55.:35:59.

done to her. Steve mentioned about the pole-vault, the weather was

:35:59.:36:04.

appalling earlier on. It is better now but they made the decision to

:36:04.:36:09.

take it to an indoor facility half- an-hour away. It has taken longer

:36:10.:36:15.

than anticipated, and the result will probably not be in for about

:36:15.:36:20.

three hours. Russia will probably be awarded the first place anyway,

:36:20.:36:24.

without the pole vault result. The Germans I think are clear in second

:36:24.:36:32.

place, but between Great Britain and Ukraine it is much tighter so

:36:32.:36:38.

we will not know until later when we are offer the result. It is not

:36:38.:36:42.

an ideal situation but I feel for the athletes. They are probably

:36:42.:36:47.

warmed-up, had to relax again, they are uncertain. The event is

:36:47.:36:51.

difficult enough. Looking at the conditions now, you think that

:36:51.:36:55.

maybe if they had waited they could compete outside because the rain

:36:55.:37:02.

has eased off, but crucial points for Britain. Obviously the relays

:37:02.:37:08.

to come, we have high hopes for the British team. Potentially, if

:37:08.:37:13.

things go well for us and not so well for the Ukraine, we may get

:37:13.:37:16.

that there place presentation tonight. We are hoping that will

:37:16.:37:22.

happen because we have more than the ability to do enough but the

:37:22.:37:27.

relays are a nightmare for us. Anything can go wrong, you can drop

:37:27.:37:31.

battens, people can be pushed and shoved. We are hoping we deliver

:37:31.:37:38.

the goods. That's why I love it so much, it is so exciting. Yes, it

:37:38.:37:43.

keeps you on your toes. The relay baton is like soap in this weather.

:37:43.:37:49.

We will keep you posted for that. We are going now to the women's

:37:49.:37:59.
:37:59.:38:27.

is there but it should be a pretty useful Swedish team. Certainly

:38:27.:38:30.

Swedish athletics is having a little bit of restructuring. That

:38:31.:38:40.
:38:41.:38:45.

is not a fashion statement, it is strong quartet as well, I wouldn't

:38:45.:38:51.

be at all surprised if they would figure in the top three or four by

:38:51.:39:01.
:39:01.:39:01.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

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just joined us, that this is the combined result from two races, all

:39:44.:39:50.

based on time. Great Britain in the next race up against the likes of

:39:50.:39:55.

Russia of course. The great Russian team, the Germans, the Ukrainians,

:39:55.:40:04.

the Portuguese and the French. The first leg will be run in lanes, and

:40:04.:40:08.

then the stagger on wines on the second leg as we head into the back

:40:08.:40:18.
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

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useful runner. Magnusson of Sweden being chased by the Italian. Just

:41:03.:41:08.

inside her is the Belorussian. Here comes the Czech Republic, really

:41:08.:41:12.

piling the pressure on. It is obvious the Czech Republic are in

:41:12.:41:17.

the lead at the moment. A good changeover could see them well away

:41:17.:41:21.

at the end of this first leg. slippery baton almost being dropped

:41:21.:41:26.

to the floor by the Czech Republic, but safely away with it. We will

:41:26.:41:32.

have to keep an eye on their time because obviously the fastest teams

:41:32.:41:42.
:41:42.:41:45.

theoretically go through, with Great Britain in the next heat.

:41:45.:41:51.

Belarus will want to be as close as possible. For them and the Czech

:41:51.:41:56.

Republic, there is just a few points separating the two teams and

:41:56.:42:03.

Belarus have a good relay squad. There runner has done a good job of

:42:03.:42:09.

bringing them right back into it. Now they enter the third leg.

:42:09.:42:15.

Czech Republic were under some pressure by Belarus and Italy, but

:42:15.:42:20.

certainly after a lead-off leg of around 51.4, that has kept them in

:42:20.:42:25.

the lead. But those three-team, reading from left to right - Czech

:42:25.:42:29.

Republic, Belarus now challenging for that first place, and Italy

:42:29.:42:34.

have certainly got away from the rest. It really is two separate

:42:34.:42:39.

races at the moment, so 200m to go on this penultimate leg. Now the

:42:39.:42:43.

Italians are challenging the Czech Republic, but don't forget on the

:42:43.:42:46.

last leg for the Czech Republic they have got a very good athlete

:42:46.:42:56.

indeed. Now Italy are in fact challenging for first. It is a

:42:56.:43:04.

great race developing here. It may well beat Italy in the lead,

:43:04.:43:10.

Belarus and the Czech Republic stride by stride on the last leg.

:43:10.:43:18.

So Italy are the surprise leaders. The Belorussian has a tremendous

:43:18.:43:26.

amount of experience. What can the Czech Republic do in response?

:43:26.:43:30.

Remember we have got Great Britain to go in the next race, that could

:43:30.:43:34.

be quicker - it has to be quicker if Great Britain want maximum

:43:34.:43:40.

points. Can it really be challenged? No response yet from

:43:40.:43:46.

the Czech Republic. Under 100m to go. It is Belarus now being

:43:46.:43:52.

challenged by the Czech Republic. Italy hanging on to first place,

:43:52.:44:02.
:44:02.:44:17.

the Czech Republic just getting the result of this race in terms of

:44:17.:44:21.

the actual places, what we need is a time and that is what we have got.

:44:21.:44:31.
:44:31.:44:59.

The Czech Republic will be keeping round. The Ukraine, and that man

:44:59.:45:09.
:45:09.:45:25.

champions. Out towards the 70-metre mark. There is a changeable wind

:45:25.:45:35.

down on the triple jump runway. -- 17-metre mark. This man was the

:45:35.:45:45.
:45:45.:45:46.

surprise winner last year. Decent long jumper as well. Can he defend

:45:46.:45:55.

his title successfully here? The Ukraine is in the tussle with Great

:45:55.:46:05.
:46:05.:46:05.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 62 seconds

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the Italian. That 4th round effort enough to give him the lead. That

:46:52.:47:00.

is the leader with that effort. Still no distance for the defending

:47:00.:47:10.
:47:10.:47:10.

European team champion. It was another good performance for the

:47:10.:47:20.
:47:20.:47:43.

Ukrainian seen in the women's Great Britain in 8th position.

:47:43.:47:48.

is quite interesting looking over towards the triple jump area. And

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the weather is bad here. But all of these guys have enjoyed a strong

:47:53.:47:58.

following wind on occasions as we saw with that the Italian, blown

:47:58.:48:08.
:48:08.:48:09.

way out to 16.95. But, he is still waiting and so are we for the

:48:09.:48:14.

distance. Our hopes are that Nathan Douglas gets fit again as soon as

:48:14.:48:20.

possible. And that no serious damage has been done. But Russia

:48:20.:48:26.

leading by a big, big margin. Great Britain are still in third place.

:48:26.:48:30.

That result in the discus in particular, we have the triple jump

:48:30.:48:35.

to be factored in. That will mean for points there. When the triple

:48:35.:48:41.

jump gets back bidding, we will be no longer in third place. These

:48:41.:48:46.

relays are crucial. We won't know the results of the pole vault until

:48:46.:48:55.

most people are flying back home. Great Britain's women need to

:48:55.:49:05.
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team. Kelly Sotherton was hoping she would be giving the chance. I

:49:12.:49:16.

think it is this a lead-off leg that some double-think is up for

:49:16.:49:26.
:49:26.:49:54.

question over her, but not for her Kelly Massey to set us off in his

:49:54.:50:04.

4x4. Hopefully Russia will finish ahead of the Ukraine. The tussle is

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:50:14.:50:32.

a personal best already this season. She has been given is difficult

:50:32.:50:42.
:50:42.:50:49.

first leg. She has a couple of good athletes here. Inside, Kelly Massey

:50:49.:50:55.

as expected. The Russian has started very, very quickly. She has

:50:55.:51:00.

made inroads into the three athletes on the outside. Kelli

:51:00.:51:05.

Marcin needs to concentrate in the home straight. Keep going and stay

:51:05.:51:15.
:51:15.:51:23.

Ukraine handing over first. Now we have Nicola Sanders. Former world

:51:23.:51:28.

Championship silver-medallist. Did not go so well last year. She has

:51:28.:51:38.
:51:38.:51:53.

had such bad luck with injury, currently in 4th place. Trying to

:51:53.:51:59.

get on level terms with the German, and she is doing that. Has Nicola

:51:59.:52:03.

Sanders got the strength? I think Nicola is looking a bit rusty.

:52:03.:52:08.

Starting to come under pressure from behind. It is Russia leading

:52:08.:52:13.

things. Of the Ukraine with a poor change, lost about three or four

:52:13.:52:18.

metres. Lee McConnell can see the Ukrainian athlete a few metres

:52:18.:52:24.

ahead of her. France very much back in the race. Lee McConnell has been

:52:24.:52:34.
:52:34.:52:34.

in good form. Things are starting to look a little bit better. We

:52:34.:52:37.

expected Russia to go away, but we were hoping Great Britain would be

:52:37.:52:42.

at least second. It is good to see McConnell going so well.

:52:42.:52:46.

European bar hundred metre individual champion in the lead.

:52:46.:52:51.

But look at Lee McConnell coming on strong in the home straight. Lee

:52:51.:52:56.

McConnell is running well this year, but she has come under criticism in

:52:56.:53:06.
:53:06.:53:07.

the past. Great Britain in second place. I don't think it was a good

:53:07.:53:14.

run by the Russian. She allowed Lee McConnell to get close. What about

:53:14.:53:17.

Perry Shakes-Drayton. I little bit in no-man's-land but she has

:53:17.:53:21.

started out hard and not given any sort of a chance to the Ukraine

:53:21.:53:29.

team. The Ukraine is a very good athlete. Perry shakes straight in

:53:29.:53:33.

needs to concentrate. The Ukrainian has had to work hard to get onto

:53:33.:53:39.

her shoulder. Now she needs to respond. She needs to strengthen in

:53:39.:53:43.

that old Kashiwazaki home straight. Perry shakes straight in is running

:53:43.:53:50.

down the Russian team. It will be at least second. Russia just hangs

:53:50.:53:55.

on to win it. Great Britain in second place. The times are quicker

:53:55.:54:00.

than the first heat. Those positions will stand. Well done

:54:00.:54:04.

Perry shake straight and, almost beat Russia. Not many people get

:54:04.:54:11.

ahead of the Russian 4x4 relay teams. I'm not sure it was their

:54:11.:54:15.

strongest performance, but nonetheless it was a strong Russian

:54:15.:54:20.

team at the Brits put under pressure at the end. Most

:54:20.:54:27.

importantly, they finished ahead of the Ukraine. Don't we all love it

:54:27.:54:37.

Perry Shakes-Drayton? It was a tremendous run on the 4th leg. The

:54:37.:54:42.

Ukrainian, the winner of the individual 400, she thought she

:54:42.:54:47.

would easily take Perry Shakes- Drayton. She was having none of it.

:54:47.:54:52.

She was gaining on the Russian all the time. Another five a six metres,

:54:52.:55:02.
:55:02.:55:02.

it would have taken her past the Russians. The Russians were tested.

:55:03.:55:10.

I've been we got the rest of the splits for the British team will

:55:10.:55:20.

stop I didn't think Turova ran very well. She did not look great on the

:55:20.:55:25.

third leg. Lee McConnell clocking the same as Perry shakes straight

:55:25.:55:30.

and, two great legs for the British quartet. Nicola Sanders might be

:55:30.:55:40.
:55:40.:55:41.

slightly disappointed, but it is good to see her coming back. --

:55:41.:55:45.

Perry Shakes-Drayton. Over all a good second place. Almost taking

:55:45.:55:55.
:55:55.:56:03.

maximum points. She is in great Perry Shakes-Drayton. And good to

:56:03.:56:09.

see McConnell running strongly. Very messy is developing into a

:56:09.:56:16.

fine lead-off runner. The -- Ceri Massey. Nicola Sanders is fit, and

:56:16.:56:23.

back on the track again. Nicola Sanders, a couple of years ago, she

:56:23.:56:28.

was top of the world. There is the result. It is the fastest time in

:56:28.:56:34.

Europe this year, but they have not run too many races. I'm sure the

:56:34.:56:44.
:56:44.:57:17.

Russians would have expected to the place. So this man is the

:57:17.:57:27.
:57:27.:57:31.

victor the Italy. He will take maximum points. The Briton finished

:57:31.:57:38.

in 10th in his first senior performance. Better than expected

:57:38.:57:45.

for him. He was predicted just one point. Confirmation, three. So

:57:45.:57:53.

gaining a valuable two. If you put those results into the computer,

:57:53.:57:59.

the triple jump and the women's 4x400 it gives us a match score of

:57:59.:58:04.

the Ukraine, two points ahead of the UK in third place. Another

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thing to update you on, we are bringing pole vault results by text.

:58:12.:58:18.

Five metres 20. Steve Lewis is over Five metres 20. Steve Lewis is over

:58:18.:58:20.

a height. Let's talk about the relay. A good performance from the

:58:20.:58:24.

women? I thought they did brilliantly. The

:58:24.:58:29.

first two legs were difficult. We saw Kelly Massey having to do the

:58:29.:58:32.

long first leg. But from then onwards they did well. Lee

:58:32.:58:41.

McConnell taking the gold through with a superb 400-metre run. And

:58:41.:58:46.

Perry was fantastic. We will come to her in a minute, Kelly Massey

:58:46.:58:49.

with a lot of responsibility, a very strong Russian inside her who

:58:49.:58:54.

we knew would go past her early. A lot of discipline and strength of

:58:54.:58:59.

character to keep her through to the line? She is developing very

:58:59.:59:05.

nicely. That squat has extended with the likes of Sharon Cox in

:59:05.:59:11.

there as well. We could do good things in the last couple of years.

:59:11.:59:16.

Nicola Sanders, I think her split was 52.4. She has been struggling

:59:16.:59:21.

with injury and since 2007 and the silver medal, it has been difficult

:59:21.:59:27.

hasn't it? It is tough for anybody to come back. Nicola is a quality

:59:27.:59:31.

athlete and she will look at that and say, I am here with the team

:59:31.:59:35.

and in the squad and don't the best I can do right now. It is great to

:59:35.:59:40.

see her here and winning. That is the most important thing, we see a

:59:40.:59:49.

good return. They are just behind us. It you can all get in in the

:59:49.:59:54.

order you ran. It will be helpful for me. Kelly, a lot of

:59:54.:59:59.

responsibility on your shoulders in the first leg? Obviously, the added

:59:59.:00:04.

pressure are the start. But it is just the same as doing a 400-metre

:00:04.:00:10.

race, but you are passing it on to somebody. Nicola, not as quick as

:00:10.:00:14.

you would have hoped for? I would have liked a bit faster, but it is

:00:14.:00:20.

nice to be out running again. It is my first 400 of the year. Nice to

:00:20.:00:24.

get it out of the way and hopefully move on to some more races. Where

:00:24.:00:27.

are you in terms of form and fitness because it has been a tough

:00:27.:00:33.

few years? I have had a few injuries but I feel fine now, so it

:00:33.:00:37.

is a case of getting race fit and I should be OK in August when it

:00:37.:00:47.
:00:47.:00:48.

You are in great form, 50.5 I believe. Yes, a bit of traffic to

:00:48.:00:58.

come through but I am happy I handled it. Of course you were

:00:58.:01:02.

battling the Ukrainian for third place. Yes, the aim was to get

:01:02.:01:06.

ahead of her and give Perri Shakes- Drayton a chance on the last leg

:01:06.:01:09.

and she did fantastic. On the back straight you got caught a little

:01:09.:01:14.

bit, didn't you? The Russian was quite a long way ahead, the

:01:14.:01:20.

Ukrainian behind you, so judging pace was difficult? The commentator

:01:20.:01:27.

helped. I can't hear her, but I decided to maintain and give

:01:27.:01:31.

anything pick up and chased down the Russian Girl. I tried, I didn't

:01:31.:01:36.

get her, but I think it was a good effort by everybody. A couple more

:01:36.:01:41.

metres and you would have got first place. How difficult is it for you

:01:41.:01:45.

to run 400m when you are used to the hurdles because you seemed to

:01:45.:01:50.

get your pacing very good. I don't find it difficult, it is easier and

:01:50.:01:56.

it is fun. I was looking forward to doing this relay. There are no

:01:56.:02:00.

hurdles so I can just go for it. was a brilliant run and you might

:02:00.:02:10.
:02:10.:02:12.

have made that last leg your own. Thank you! Happy Father's Day to my

:02:12.:02:16.

dad, and Chris my step dad. easier than sending a card, isn't

:02:16.:02:26.
:02:26.:02:36.

into this, and the pole vault as we mentioned. Unfortunately the pole-

:02:36.:02:42.

vault result will come later this evening, as we said. Germany will

:02:42.:02:47.

be clear in second place undoubtedly. Ukraine have the two

:02:47.:02:57.
:02:57.:02:58.

point advantage. Five metres 40 for Steven Lewis, we don't know what

:02:58.:03:01.

the Ukrainians are doing in the pole vault but we will come back to

:03:01.:03:06.

that. Let's talk than Nicola Sanders, world silver medallist

:03:06.:03:11.

four years ago, and like Abi Oyepitan she has been having a

:03:11.:03:17.

tough time. A torrid time. I have seen her train, she works very hard,

:03:17.:03:22.

but since her first injury she has really struggled. Again, getting

:03:22.:03:26.

the balance right in your training this is how many sessions you can

:03:26.:03:30.

put in a week, it is not easy and for the quarter mile as they need

:03:30.:03:40.

to be working hard. A lot still to be done for her. Lee McConnell, I

:03:40.:03:45.

think a very good leg. Her form has fluctuated over the last few years

:03:45.:03:55.
:03:55.:03:55.

She looks very good indeed. After she finished running, she didn't

:03:55.:03:59.

collapse on her haunches, she was standing up and support in which

:03:59.:04:03.

means she is in great physical shape. I am looking forward to the

:04:03.:04:06.

trials for the World Championships, it will be exciting across the

:04:06.:04:12.

board. Perry Shakes-Drayton is a delight, isn't she? There is almost

:04:12.:04:22.
:04:22.:04:25.

NIA -- naivety about her. When you are young and you are doing well,

:04:25.:04:29.

it is a beautiful sport and you thoroughly enjoy being a part of it.

:04:29.:04:32.

We were screaming when we saw her closing down the Russian because it

:04:32.:04:38.

just goes to show that you can strike all the time when you feel

:04:38.:04:43.

you have got it in your legs. Athletics is easy when you are fit,

:04:43.:04:47.

healthy, you have a good winter behind you. The challenge is when

:04:48.:04:53.

you find those injuries, how you cope with it. Getting back from

:04:54.:04:58.

injuries is so difficult but Perri Shakes-Drayton is in the form of

:04:58.:05:02.

her life. She just has to keep doing it. It is now the men to go

:05:02.:05:12.

in the 4x400m. Steve Cram is calling this one. The British

:05:12.:05:15.

quartet know that the expectation will always be high for any men's

:05:15.:05:20.

4x400m team. Like the women, there is real competition for places in

:05:20.:05:26.

the squad now. No Martyn Rooney here, but we do have Michael

:05:26.:05:33.

Bingham, Richard Buck, and Andrew Steele will be leading them off on

:05:33.:05:43.
:05:43.:05:47.

the first leg. Andrew Steele this time has been given the chance to

:05:48.:05:57.
:05:58.:05:58.

lead. The first heat was won by Italy a few moments ago, so don't

:05:58.:06:05.

forget the Times are factored in from the first heat as well.

:06:05.:06:13.

Ukraine, this is the team we are watching. The Ukrainian is 20 years

:06:13.:06:23.
:06:23.:06:23.

of age, going on the first leg. The Polish are always tough in the

:06:23.:06:33.
:06:33.:06:33.

relay, it doesn't matter what names are in there. Andrew Steele. Conrad

:06:34.:06:38.

Williams will be second, then Michael Bingham and Richard Buck as

:06:38.:06:47.

I said. Then Russia, being led off by the man who won the individual

:06:47.:06:52.

event, Maksim Dyldin. The French team, in years gone by you would

:06:52.:06:58.

have seen them as a big threat. One of their key runners is out injured,

:06:58.:07:06.

but they could still be a big factor. Andrew Steele, only 46 pts

:07:06.:07:16.
:07:16.:07:22.

17 so far this year. -- 46.17. If you were watching yesterday, you

:07:22.:07:32.
:07:32.:07:50.

will know Conrad Williams didn't European team championship under

:07:50.:07:57.

way. Great Britain battling for third spot with the Ukraine. France

:07:57.:08:04.

has started very quickly in lane 8. Andrew Steele already coming under

:08:04.:08:11.

some pressure from the inside. He needs to get moving a little bit.

:08:11.:08:16.

What has Andrew Steele got here? He needs to get Great Britain really

:08:16.:08:21.

involved on this first leg, and needs to hand over the baton to

:08:21.:08:30.

Conrad Williams with no real gaps. France just about in the lead but

:08:30.:08:34.

it is very close. Let's see how they break on the back straight.

:08:34.:08:39.

Andrew Steele ran a very good first leg there, handing over to Conrad

:08:40.:08:44.

Williams. Williams yesterday ran the first 300 metres superbly, just

:08:44.:08:49.

blow up a little bit in the straight, but Great Britain are in

:08:49.:08:54.

a good position at the moment. France first, Russia second, Great

:08:54.:09:01.

Britain third. Michael Bingham on the next leg. Can Conrad Williams

:09:02.:09:05.

produce something on the straight here to try and put Michael Binyon

:09:06.:09:13.

in with a chance on the first leg? Conrad Williams is coming, under

:09:13.:09:20.

pressure from the Polish team. France, Russia, Poland, Michael

:09:20.:09:30.
:09:30.:09:34.

Bingham in 4th place. Getting polish athlete, my goodness. It was

:09:34.:09:40.

very good use of the elbows, really pushed the Frenchman out of the way.

:09:40.:09:44.

It is Richard Buck the Great Britain on the final leg. Michael

:09:44.:09:48.

Bingham trying to give Great Britain the lead. Michael Bingham

:09:48.:09:53.

of course ran so well in New York a couple of weeks ago in the diamond

:09:53.:09:58.

lead grace. He is looking across at the Frenchman, which he shouldn't

:09:58.:10:05.

do. He should just concentrate. They lost a few metres in the last

:10:05.:10:09.

54 start the baton was thrown to Richard but it has all gone wrong

:10:09.:10:17.

in the space of six metres. Great Britain way back in last place.

:10:17.:10:23.

Also, you can't throw the baton. If he'd just left it on the ground and

:10:23.:10:28.

Richard Buck had picked it up, that would have been fine. Richard Buck

:10:28.:10:33.

didn't catch it but you can't throw the baton. It will be interesting

:10:33.:10:38.

to see if Great Britain get disqualified. Russia and France,

:10:38.:10:44.

and France have put a good performance in here. Schneider has

:10:44.:10:50.

done well for Germany to get them into third, so France when it,

:10:50.:10:56.

Russia's second. Richard Buck did his best, probably he knows as well

:10:56.:11:03.

that the like the Lord is Great Britain will be disqualified. Any

:11:03.:11:07.

chance of finishing third in his European team championship has

:11:07.:11:11.

pretty much disappear there. We don't know what has happened with

:11:12.:11:16.

the pole vault result yet, but that wasn't very good whatsoever from

:11:16.:11:21.

the British quartet. Michael Bingham, just watch this here. He

:11:21.:11:26.

took the baton, gets in a bit of a tussle with the Polish athlete, and

:11:26.:11:33.

the Frenchman gets the shawls in the back. In the home straight, he

:11:33.:11:42.

was tired. He picks it up and away he goes, a shambles. Yes, it was.

:11:42.:11:47.

Michael Bingham was very tired there. Watch closely. He turned to

:11:47.:11:53.

go, didn't get the baton, looked again. You can't do that, it is

:11:53.:11:59.

against the rules. In view of the fact Richard Buck ran 50.2 in the

:11:59.:12:05.

last leg, he realised it was a forlorn chase. There was no way

:12:05.:12:10.

Britain would figure in the final standings. A different angle on

:12:10.:12:15.

that change. Richard Buck just turned too quickly. Certainly

:12:15.:12:23.

Michael Bingham looked very tired. Look at the face and the body

:12:23.:12:27.

language of Michael Bingham. He knew it had all gone wrong. Not a

:12:27.:12:34.

good end, after a good couple of days for the British team.

:12:34.:12:40.

trustingly, the first raised the Czech Republic and Belarus were

:12:40.:12:44.

both disqualified. I am waiting to see if Great Britain have been

:12:44.:12:52.

disqualified, but they have not yet. You can't throw the baton,

:12:52.:12:55.

otherwise he would throw it down the home straight! You can't do

:12:55.:13:00.

that. Anyway, it wasn't good whichever where you look at it and

:13:00.:13:06.

it means the Ukraine will get more points than us. Italy were

:13:06.:13:10.

certainly quicker, and in fact we have been disqualified. It has just

:13:10.:13:20.

I think a disappointing end to what has been a good weekend overall for

:13:20.:13:24.

the British team. You said it earlier on, Collins. It is a bit

:13:24.:13:30.

like a bar of soap when it gets wet, that pattern. Yes because it is

:13:31.:13:36.

aluminium so what is very light but very slippery. If you don't get a

:13:36.:13:41.

full hand grip on that Batten, it can easily slip out of your hand.

:13:41.:13:49.

Talk about the technique. It is very different to the 100m relay.

:13:49.:13:52.

It was said that perhaps Richard Buck went away before he had made

:13:52.:13:59.

sure of it. In the 4x400m, the technique is more of a grabbing

:13:59.:14:03.

action, and you can see Richard turned around, he thought he had

:14:03.:14:08.

the baton in his hand. As he goes to grab it, he swings and turns

:14:08.:14:12.

around. That moves his cold shoulder, and if he does not have a

:14:12.:14:15.

shoulder, and if he does not have a full grip on it, it just slipped

:14:15.:14:20.

away from him. He feels he has got the baton right now, turns round,

:14:20.:14:27.

thinks he has got it. There is the bit of panic that sets in as well.

:14:27.:14:34.

Pick the baton up, throw it! It just causes mayhem. Especially in

:14:34.:14:38.

this very high pressured situation. I think the eagerness to get away,

:14:38.:14:44.

to catch up with the other runners. You can see Russia going away there,

:14:44.:14:47.

and I think at this stage we would not want to see that but it happens.

:14:47.:14:52.

They will be bitterly disappointed so it is just unfortunate. All the

:14:52.:14:55.

guys have worked so hard today because it was tough in these

:14:56.:15:01.

conditions. We knew what was going to be tight. There is pressure

:15:01.:15:05.

there. Obviously neck and neck with the Ukrainians for third place, and

:15:05.:15:15.
:15:15.:15:16.

you do things that perhaps you Exactly, you summed it up very

:15:16.:15:23.

nicely. They will be very different -- disappointed. Richard will be

:15:23.:15:27.

taking it on himself and thinking that he has cost the team third

:15:28.:15:32.

place. This is what athletics is all about. You will live and you

:15:32.:15:36.

will learn and come back tomorrow and move on. It is probably the

:15:36.:15:41.

wrath of Charles they are fearing most. You mention that, he is just

:15:41.:15:49.

standing behind now. He Charles, thanks for speaking to us. A

:15:49.:15:56.

slightly Sauer note to end the European team championships on?

:15:56.:16:02.

is an anti-climax. All the athletes fought so hard for every point and

:16:02.:16:07.

then the last bit of the last event we get this. It is one of those

:16:07.:16:11.

things, I guess the pressure of going head-to-head with the Ukraine

:16:11.:16:15.

for a third place, maybe they were too anxious. Richard thought he had

:16:15.:16:21.

it and went too soon? Yes, he went too soon, it comes with that relay

:16:21.:16:29.

running. There is no excuse. sense from what you have said so

:16:29.:16:34.

far, of all you are content with the way the weekend has gone?

:16:34.:16:40.

I think they have been terrific with the team we came out. They

:16:40.:16:44.

have been some excellent performances today, Charlene Thomas

:16:44.:16:49.

and yesterday, Goldie Sayers especially. Some outstanding

:16:49.:16:53.

performances. But obviously it is a team event so you want to come home

:16:53.:16:58.

with a medal, which we didn't. will talk about some of the

:16:58.:17:02.

individual performances in the second, but some of the athletes

:17:02.:17:04.

make comments about the expectations you put on them. You

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have made it clear to the athletes what he wanted them to do and they

:17:09.:17:14.

sense that responsibility and the slight fear, I have to say? Every

:17:14.:17:24.
:17:24.:17:25.

human being run as a bit faster with Thea! -- fear. It is also

:17:25.:17:30.

about raising interest but for the athletes for each other. It means

:17:30.:17:34.

nothing to anybody that at least say, we have to finish third. It

:17:34.:17:39.

means nothing. If you break it down to individual performances, it is

:17:39.:17:47.

more clear to everybody. Athletes want to get the extra point to make

:17:47.:17:53.

a point to the team. The one performance which has stood out

:17:53.:17:57.

from a British perspective has been what we saw today in the women's

:17:57.:18:03.

1,500 metres, Charlene Thomas. It was fantastic? It was, she has had

:18:03.:18:10.

a couple of difficult years. But being selected also in the last

:18:10.:18:15.

second, and then finishing in this manner, it was a really good run,

:18:15.:18:22.

they run of a warrior. That is how she is as a person, too. Let's go

:18:22.:18:26.

back to the first day, it started with the man you make team captain,

:18:26.:18:31.

Dai Greene. I remember him a couple of years ago, his first European

:18:31.:18:36.

team Championship, he has matured into a world-class athlete? He has,

:18:36.:18:40.

you can consider him as top three in the world at the moment. He did

:18:40.:18:47.

his job here for start he didn't give it all, he got the points in.

:18:47.:18:53.

He felt he had to produce, as team captain and he got the 12 points.

:18:53.:18:57.

Very professional. Another athlete in the 400-metre hurdles who

:18:57.:19:02.

finished off well, Perry Shakes- Drayton? She has the look and feel

:19:02.:19:07.

of an athlete who can go on and perhaps do some damage certainly in

:19:07.:19:14.

2012? Indeed, she has got that talent. She was not great yesterday

:19:14.:19:19.

in the 400-metre hurdles, the gap was to become a but she made it up

:19:19.:19:27.

today. You cannot ask for a better anchor runner in the relay than

:19:27.:19:35.

Perry. Phillips Idowu was not here, you don't want to go into too many

:19:35.:19:40.

details, but it is important to move on from this quickly, he is

:19:40.:19:44.

one of our best athletes and hopes. Clearly you don't want anything to

:19:44.:19:49.

distract from that? It is not a good situation and it needs

:19:49.:19:54.

addressing. I cannot address it from Stockholm, I have to be in

:19:54.:20:00.

London. That is first on the agenda. Thanks for speaking to us, and

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congratulations to the team. It is congratulations to the team. It is

:20:04.:20:14.
:20:14.:20:35.

appreciated. is that Great Britain and Northern

:20:35.:20:41.

Ireland were disqualified. The team standings would still the pole

:20:41.:20:45.

vault to come. It is quite an intriguing situation. They have

:20:45.:20:49.

been taken away from here because of the range and they are competing

:20:49.:20:57.

indoors. We won't know the final placings. Steve Lewis, 5.40, we

:20:57.:21:02.

have heard he has clear at the first attempt. After having taken

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three attempts to get over 5.24 Stock the Ukraine in third place.

:21:08.:21:14.

292 points, they will go on the rostrum I suppose. Looking down at

:21:14.:21:18.

the stadium, when we arrive today, there will work meant getting the

:21:18.:21:27.

rostrum ready. -- work men. There is no doubt about the top two who

:21:27.:21:32.

will go up and get the team trophy and the second place. But the third

:21:32.:21:37.

place won't be presented because we don't have the final results in. A

:21:37.:21:47.
:21:47.:21:48.

magnificent couple of days. The good news is edits the to Charles

:21:48.:21:52.

and he wasn't growling too badly. Andrew, you started, tell us about

:21:52.:22:01.

the first leg? I am returning to the GBE team after an extended

:22:01.:22:06.

hiatus. I felt like I ran pretty well, need to get my racing boots

:22:06.:22:16.

back on. It was a good leg and hopefully I did a good job. It was

:22:16.:22:19.

a high-stakes competition, the relay always his false start it

:22:19.:22:25.

certainly was, a lot at stake, neck and neck with Ukraine. I like my

:22:25.:22:28.

leg. It is the first time I have leg. It is the first time I have

:22:28.:22:32.

run the second leg at this level - macro level. I went out well and

:22:32.:22:40.

held my position. There is a lot of splash back from feet coming back

:22:40.:22:50.
:22:50.:22:56.

on my face. Michael, let me come to you if I can squeeze across. Great

:22:56.:23:00.

form in New York, you brought that here. Are busily just talk us

:23:00.:23:07.

through that last changeover? a relay so you always expect it to

:23:07.:23:14.

be physical. I don't blame anybody but myself. I was strong enough and

:23:14.:23:24.

fast enough to run. I just didn't do it today. If we have a road

:23:24.:23:27.

traffic accident, it is always the guide coming from behind takes the

:23:27.:23:35.

blame, in terms of the relay who takes the blame there? Myself. Even

:23:35.:23:40.

if you come up from behind you are expected to watch and steered. Be

:23:40.:23:44.

patient. It is hard when you have two guys beside you and one in

:23:44.:23:47.

front of you. You cannot blame the circumstances, you have to deal

:23:47.:23:52.

with them. I did not do with them today. In terms of the rules, it

:23:52.:23:56.

you had left the baton on the floor and Richard picked it up, that was

:23:56.:24:01.

OK, not to throw it? Sometimes in the heat of the moment you do silly

:24:01.:24:08.

things. That is probably one of them. Hopefully I will get forgiven

:24:08.:24:12.

when we come back for the medal in August. Including the dropped from

:24:12.:24:15.

Richard Ford stock on your perspective that last changeover,

:24:15.:24:22.

talk us through it? Michael said it was him, but it was my job to make

:24:22.:24:26.

sure I have a good hand on the baton. I just pushed over the top

:24:26.:24:36.

of it and turn to run thinking I had it. Michael let go thinking I

:24:36.:24:41.

had it, and it went down. It is tough to always get a clean

:24:41.:24:47.

changeover. That area get quite crowded. It was just one of those

:24:47.:24:57.
:24:57.:24:57.

things, I am really sorry. You say it is one of those things, and that

:24:57.:25:00.

the overall British team performance has been excellent and

:25:00.:25:03.

just put that one than to experience? I won't make that

:25:04.:25:08.

mistake again, especially in the World Championships when it counts.

:25:08.:25:12.

Hopefully we have learned from this and we will move on. Better luck

:25:12.:25:16.

next time. That ties of the athletics action

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That ties of the athletics action for this afternoon's. We are back

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One athlete who was not here this weekend was Mo Farah. Quite

:25:47.:25:50.

breathtaking early-season form with the British and European record in

:25:50.:25:57.

the 10,000 metres. Steve Cram as part of the British Olympic dream

:25:57.:26:01.

series has been out to America to see him and meet his family and

:26:01.:26:11.
:26:11.:26:22.

have a look behind the scenes at Mo Farah has chastened the Hayward

:26:22.:26:26.

field track in what is now his home town to have a go up the British

:26:26.:26:30.

record. I don't think there is any bridges media, but he could not

:26:30.:26:34.

have found a better spot, a knowledgeable crowd on perfect

:26:34.:26:39.

conditions tonight. If he is in shape, he might just do it. --

:26:39.:26:49.
:26:49.:26:59.

Go on! He has two miles of really hard running left. But at this pace

:26:59.:27:09.
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he is going to smash the British record, and I mean smash it!

:27:11.:27:21.
:27:21.:27:24.

Come on! Come on! Mo Farah is ticking away, look at this. It is

:27:24.:27:34.
:27:34.:27:38.

not just a British record, it is phenomenal. Or unbelievable.

:27:38.:27:43.

Everyone is going to say, Mo Farah now has a chance of going to the

:27:43.:27:46.

World Championships with a genuine chance of winning a medal because

:27:46.:27:50.

you have beaten some good athletes here? It is all about training hard

:27:50.:27:55.

and focus. I want a world medal and I will keep working hard and today

:27:55.:27:58.

just shows if I can run a decent time, I should be able to mix in

:27:58.:28:08.

with them. Are you excited? Really excited. Have you got the actual

:28:08.:28:16.

key. There you go. Thanks very much Scotty. You have got a new house.

:28:16.:28:26.
:28:26.:28:28.

These are the keys. You have got to see this room, it is his media room

:28:28.:28:31.

four-star I will have a massive television here. You can have a

:28:31.:28:36.

game of five-a-side in here. What they do say when he came room and

:28:36.:28:40.

said we are going to America? was a quick decision, even though

:28:40.:28:44.

he was thinking about it. He did not make his mind until he had been

:28:44.:28:51.

out here and seen the set up. is going to be my kit room. Are you

:28:51.:28:57.

one of those who has it your kit nice? No, untidy. He has his stuff

:28:57.:29:03.

everywhere, just keep it in here so I cannot see it. A lot of people

:29:03.:29:07.

around you said how settled, how comfortable and you life is in a

:29:07.:29:11.

nice balanced place which helps your training? Definitely,

:29:11.:29:16.

everything is settled nicely. If I look back five years ago, I was a

:29:16.:29:20.

different Mo Farah. Now I am married, I have got a daughter and

:29:20.:29:25.

a lovely wife. I am settled in with a nice house will stop everything

:29:25.:29:30.

has come together. As an athlete you have to be happy to do anything,

:29:30.:29:33.

mentally and physically. You have to have a nice home and be

:29:33.:29:39.

comfortable and then you can focus on training. When the you actually

:29:39.:29:44.

move in? Tomorrow. Where are you going to sleep? Everything is

:29:44.:29:50.

coming tomorrow. I will make a prediction. You have the big day

:29:50.:29:55.

tomorrow, your furniture is coming, moving everything in. At which

:29:55.:30:05.
:30:05.:30:07.

point, he will go, "I am going for a run.". He has already told me he

:30:07.:30:12.

is going for a long run. Does he come home and moan about what he

:30:12.:30:15.

has to do? One day he came in crawling through the front door

:30:15.:30:19.

because he could not walk any more. Other than that he does not

:30:19.:30:22.

complain. Physically you can tell when he has had a hard session but

:30:22.:30:32.
:30:32.:30:36.

How are you when you are watching? He said I should follow the times

:30:36.:30:40.

and make sure I know if he is on course. I said I would never

:30:40.:30:46.

understand that. Just when the bell goes, I know he has around about 60

:30:46.:30:51.

seconds. I said I will know by the last lap. He said you should be

:30:51.:30:57.

keeping track of the whole race, even splits, each kilometre. I said

:30:57.:31:01.

I can't do that, I will be too busy working out the times rather than

:31:01.:31:10.

just watching the race. Alberto Salazar is an American running

:31:10.:31:15.

legend. Throughout his career, both as an athlete and coach, he has a

:31:15.:31:19.

reputation for his attention to detail and these days he is

:31:19.:31:23.

recognised as the man who knows how to beat the Kenyans and Ethiopians,

:31:23.:31:27.

which is good news for Mo Farah because their relationship has

:31:27.:31:37.
:31:37.:31:38.

already clipped, to the extent that his coach predicted the time to the

:31:38.:31:44.

second he was going to run. I said 27.46 when I was asked a week

:31:44.:31:49.

before, and I hit it on the button. It was mainly a guess, I had not

:31:49.:31:55.

coached him enough yet. Obviously with what he did two days ago,

:31:55.:31:58.

everyone knows he is capable of beating everyone in the world.

:31:58.:32:04.

There is no hiding it, he is that good. He is incredibly strong with

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incredible finishing speed. The stuffy is doing now is starting to

:32:08.:32:14.

pay off but there is so much potential for him to get better and

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stronger. His form looked the best I have seen. These walls are

:32:21.:32:25.

adorned with the faces of those who have won Olympic medals in the past.

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There is a task which is becoming increasingly difficult for European

:32:33.:32:38.

men. In the last Olympic Games, European men have only one two

:32:38.:32:47.

medals. The question is, can Mo Farah reverse the trend? I think he

:32:47.:32:53.

is very capable of medalling at 10,000m and 5000m. Which race he

:32:53.:32:57.

picks, we will have to wait and make a judgment on how his races go

:32:57.:33:01.

this summer. Also how the opposition is doing, and come up

:33:01.:33:08.

with a good plan for his best chance to win a medal. All along I

:33:08.:33:12.

wanted to do the 5000m and that is because I have competed in the

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European Championship in of 5000m. I always wanted to improve in that,

:33:21.:33:26.

I never thought about the 10, although now getting that time it

:33:26.:33:30.

makes you start thinking about it. Apparently you have now got to go

:33:30.:33:36.

and get in this freezing cold bath thing, and if you don't mind I will

:33:36.:33:43.

just watch. It is minus 170 degrees! What on earth does that

:33:43.:33:50.

feel like? Freezing! I am sometimes pleased I ran when I did and I

:33:50.:33:54.

didn't have to do this sort of thing. Do you know what my science

:33:54.:33:59.

was? My coach make me go down to the sea where I live and we would

:33:59.:34:04.

just run in the cold North Sea. That was about as scientific as it

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:34:14.:34:27.

got. Are you OK in there? What does it feel like when you

:34:27.:34:33.

come out? Not stiff or anything? your body is really cold but you

:34:33.:34:36.

recover straight away. The following day, that is when you

:34:36.:34:40.

feel a lot better. I must put one of those on my Christmas shopping

:34:40.:34:49.

list. You should try and get in that vein. No, it is OK! So why

:34:49.:34:53.

didn't you go in? You probably need it more. I am too tall, as you can

:34:54.:35:03.
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see. And he said -171 - was he having a laugh? You can't step into

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that but it is generated at that kind of temperature. It is a quick

:35:11.:35:16.

freeze, much better than a nice bath which you have to sit in for

:35:16.:35:20.

10 minutes. The ice bath is not a pleasant experience and it takes a

:35:20.:35:25.

long time to get moving again after a nice bath. If you go in there

:35:25.:35:29.

after you have done a heavy workout, you can pretty much walkout

:35:29.:35:36.

normally afterwards. He loves it, obviously. He seemed happy. Did you

:35:36.:35:44.

think to yourself the science has changed so much? Even since my

:35:44.:35:50.

career. I mentioned his coach, it is what he is renowned for. When

:35:50.:35:55.

they go to altitude training, he operates at three different heights.

:35:55.:36:01.

The sleet at about 8500 ft, does steady runs at about 7000 ft, does

:36:01.:36:07.

track workout at about 4700 feet. It is that attention to detail. We

:36:07.:36:12.

were talking about his foot strike which was thoroughly interesting. I

:36:12.:36:17.

was looking back with a little bitter jealousy to my day. He has

:36:17.:36:21.

not been with his new coach for very long, can that have made such

:36:21.:36:27.

a distance in such a short space of time? No, Mo Farah in my view could

:36:27.:36:34.

have run close to 27 minutes last year. You saw how he ran in

:36:34.:36:39.

Barcelona in the 10,000m. He ran a good 10,000m earlier in the season

:36:39.:36:43.

with Chris Tomlinson but he was capable of something in that region.

:36:43.:36:49.

What Alberto has done has injected in him a level of confidence that

:36:49.:36:53.

maybe wasn't there before. I think the Barcelona race has helped him

:36:53.:36:58.

as well, but if you could have seen that raised him and a brilliant and

:36:58.:37:02.

1000 metre race, a textbook race, and he now has the weaponry to deal

:37:02.:37:12.

with some of the best Kenyans and Ethiopians around. You can't run

:37:12.:37:15.

26.46 and not be a superb athlete, but he won that race and he can

:37:15.:37:24.

kick at the end. Off a fast race, he is in a great position. How good

:37:24.:37:32.

is that 26.4-6 - put it into context. It is difficult. Is it

:37:32.:37:36.

14th in the world and all that sort of thing, but I do think men's

:37:37.:37:44.

10,000m running needs to be taken into that era. If you are running -

:37:44.:37:51.

I was speaking about it earlier, anyone who has run reasonably close

:37:51.:37:59.

to 13 minutes should be thinking about running 26 that the 10,000m

:37:59.:38:04.

but the really encouraging thing is that we have spoken about him going

:38:04.:38:08.

from six in the world to challenging for the medal. He can

:38:08.:38:18.
:38:18.:38:20.

do that now. If you take a his main opponent out of the equation, there

:38:20.:38:24.

was probably no one else who he should be scared of. The guy who

:38:24.:38:28.

heat out kicked there so far has been Supreme, world cross country

:38:28.:38:33.

champion, has won on the track, a good kicker, considered to be one

:38:33.:38:38.

of the best kickers, and Mo Farah destroyed him. That is the

:38:38.:38:42.

benchmark. There were other good athletes but the people immediately

:38:42.:38:47.

behind him were those who we would have said before that race that

:38:47.:38:51.

this guy is the one you need to beat. Let's not get too carried

:38:51.:38:56.

away, but if you are going to world championships and you want to win a

:38:56.:39:00.

medal, you got to be considered in the top three and you have got to

:39:00.:39:10.
:39:10.:39:10.

think of yourself as a winner. He can do that. He also seems more

:39:10.:39:15.

confident and he loves the set-up out there. Your set-up and

:39:15.:39:24.

environment is important. He has a great coach, he likes to he works

:39:24.:39:29.

with, and don't underestimate his wife. He said he is a different Mo

:39:29.:39:39.
:39:39.:39:39.

Farah, he is settled and calm. His wife is not a big track fan, if you

:39:39.:39:44.

know what I mean. He can go off and do his thing, come home, he will

:39:44.:39:48.

not be discussing everything he has been doing all day long because it

:39:48.:39:52.

can be quite in intensive environment. I think he has a

:39:52.:40:00.

brilliant set up, he just has to stay fit and healthy. In an

:40:00.:40:03.

athlete's life anything can happen before the Olympics but he isn't a

:40:03.:40:08.

great place. Quickly, how excited are you? We do not tell in that

:40:08.:40:12.

race? You are excited but there is a real tingle about it, isn't

:40:12.:40:19.

there? Yes, he mentioned the initial plan is to run 5000m in

:40:19.:40:25.

sago, then looking forward to next year as well. He has got to choose

:40:25.:40:35.
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which event. He said there are some things to still work on, but

:40:39.:40:45.

overall I am as excited as I could be. Imagine a British man winning a

:40:45.:40:50.

medal in the 10,000m, it would be fantastic. Let's remind you of what

:40:50.:41:00.
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question was Christophe Lemaitre of France. 20.2 today it in really

:41:05.:41:14.

strong headwind and bad conditions. He looks in fine fettle. There was

:41:14.:41:17.

no greater celebration from a British perspective than Charlene

:41:17.:41:26.

Thomas, taking the 1500m against a world-class field. It was 12 points

:41:26.:41:31.

expected in the men's hurdles, and 12 points to love it. The European

:41:31.:41:36.

and Commonwealth champion. It did end under a slight cloud - the

:41:36.:41:43.

men's 4x400m did not get the baton around so they were disqualified,

:41:43.:41:47.

but otherwise it has been a very good weekend for Great Britain and

:41:47.:41:54.

Northern Ireland. Here is the team standing. This is not actually

:41:54.:41:57.

completely confirmed yet because the pole vault is still going on

:41:57.:42:07.
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The weather here in Stockholm has not been great but let's hope it is

:42:11.:42:14.

better for Monday on the anniversary of that great British

:42:14.:42:23.

There is nothing like it when you look at it, oh whether you are

:42:23.:42:31.

there in person, the smell that, or if you are watching it on TV.

:42:31.:42:35.

the one everybody knows. Even people who don't know tennis, they

:42:35.:42:40.

know Wimbledon. If you are Wimbledon champion, you are

:42:40.:42:46.

remembered for life. I have always thought there was something special.

:42:46.:42:51.

It was a place to be a part of, to compete in, and hopefully to one

:42:52.:42:56.

day win. You speak to the majority of the players, they would say if

:42:56.:43:00.

there was one tournament you could win which one would it be - it

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