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Hello and welcome back to Diamond League athletics.

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The fun and games of the Rio Olympics are over and now

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the quest for gold turns into the quest for diamonds,

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as some of the world's top athletes come to Lausanne

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for the Diamond League.

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A host of Olympic medallists on display.

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COMMENTATOR: Thompson's gold!

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A roar from Elaine Thompson!

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The champion thumps his chest!

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Michelle Carter snatched the gold away.

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It is Dalila Mohammed for the Gold Medal!

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Omar Mcleod to the line and to the title ahead of Ortega!

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On the shores of Lake Geneva, Lausanne is very much

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an Olympic City.

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It's the home of the headquarters of the International

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Olympic Committee, as well as the Olympic Museum

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and Archives and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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The French-speaking Swiss city, with its medieval old town and 12th

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century gothic cathedral, has a long sporting history and has

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hosted a major athletics meet since 1977.

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Your commentators for the action are Steve Cram and Tim Hutchins.

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Time to go to the track in the women's 3000 metres,

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and what a line-up we have here.

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Genzebe Dibaba, the world champion, desperately disappointed

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with her silver medal in Rio.

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She has the world record for this distance indoors.

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World record holder outdoors at 1500 metres.

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She did take that silver medal over 5000 in Rio.

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She beat Almaz Ayana into the bronze medal position in the 5000 metres,

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although it has to be said that Ayana ran unnecessarily fast

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in her 5,000-metre heat in Rio!

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I thought she was almost going to set another world

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record in that heat!

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She ran 13.29 for the second 5,000 metres in that final

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when she broke the record.

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She threw in a 65 second lap just before that.

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The pace had been quick anyway.

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She did something similar in the 5000 final.

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For me, it's really good to see that she could go with that and then

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maintain a much better judged race in the final.

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Helen Obiri, this might be her best event, the 5000 metres.

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Helen Obiri finally starting to give chase to the pacemakers.

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It was quick, first of all, and it didn't look like any

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of the big names were interested.

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Shawn Barber, 5.47.

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Still early stages in the men's pole vault.

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An event which brought so much drama at the Olympic Games.

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As expected, the world champion well, well clear.

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Back to this 3000.

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Obiri has certainly picked it up.

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The world cross-country champion, winning in China, last year.

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She's in sixth place and will finish no better than that.

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They come towards the bell this time and now Dibaba hears the bell

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and takes the lead from Obiri.

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Mercy Cherono in third place.

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Stretching them out now.

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Look at Obiri, trying to go with her.

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A sense of deja vu here, with the events of Rio

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in the 1500 final.

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Dibaba has got the gap now, 200 metres to run.

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This is devastating from Genzebe Dibaba!

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The family of Dibaba is so storeyed, and another chapter being written

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on the Diamond League circuit in Lausanne.

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Still grimacing and still going hard.

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Obiri beaten here by 20 metres, and under threat by Cherono.

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That is a devastating finishing tempo from Genzebe Dibaba.

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Not leaving anything to chance.

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Obiri tried hard, but ultimately the push she made from 1200 out

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to one lap to go wasn't nearly enough.

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Dibaba with that 57 last lap.

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It's nice if you can run an 8.47 pace and then drop a 57

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and end up with 8.31.

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Most athletes run that kind of pace and just hope to lift it

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a little bit at the end.

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8:31.84, a new meeting record.

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The women's shot put, Christina Schwanitz ended up

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in third place tonight.

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Another who was bitterly disappointed with her

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performance in Rio.

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She threw 19.03 in the final.

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A bit better here in the second round, managing to get it

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out to 19.33.

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It was this woman, Michelle Carter, who produced the performance

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of her life to grab the gold medal, with a massive throw in the last

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round in Rio, 23.63.

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A big personal best.

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She won the indoor gold in Portland.

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That is her best Diamond League position of the year, second.

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Once more to Valerie Adams.

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How she would swap all her Diamond League victories for that

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Olympic gold.

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19.44 her best, although she was already leading before that.

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She missed her chance to be one of the first three...

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After the Olympic Games, there is always a hard situation

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to come back up.

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I'm happy to win in front of my home crowd for me.

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It's great, I love this meeting.

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The men's 100 metres next on the track.

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The veteran Kim Collins goes in lane three.

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Probably starting as favourite is Meite, from the Ivory Coast.

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He has been under ten seconds for 13 seasons,

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Asafa Powell.

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95 sub ten second runs.

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Can he add to that total again here, the Jamaican?

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Kim Collins goes in three, third from the right.

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Joel Fearon in four.

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Big step up, for the Briton.

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Asafa Powell in six.

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Third from the left.

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A good start from Asafa Powell, really good start from Meite

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as well, in the orange shorts.

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Powell is going to get it!

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By half a metre from Meite.

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9.97.

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It is sub-ten number 96 for Asafa Powell.

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Boy oh boy.

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Again and again he keeps churning them out, even though his only major

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international title is a Commonwealth Games

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victory in Melbourne, back in 2006.

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He's got plenty of gold medals from the relay squad with his

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Jamaican team-mates, remember.

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Joel Fearon stepped up to the plate pretty well, third in 10.05.

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There it is, 9.96 for Asafa Powell.

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In the men's discus throw, Zoltan Kovago of Hungary was well

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short of the medals in Rio but he beat them to the lower

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places here tonight.

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His second-round effort was 64.52.

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Some consolation.

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Second place, by contrast, is a real success for the Austrian.

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Taking second place in the final tonight, 64.84 not quite up to that

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level but got him ahead of Curva Grande in the final throw.

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A rather disappointing competition tonight,

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without the Olympic champion, Christophe Harting.

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The Olympic champion was by far the best on the night,

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Philip Milanov.

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His final round effort of 65.61.

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Robert Harting could not banish his Rio disappointment.

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Only one throw over 60 metres, and he had

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to settle for fourth place.

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Parker, the Olympic champion back in 2012,

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bronze-medallist in Rio.

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Good speed, fabulous extension in that middle phase.

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That is a great final phase into the sand, certainly

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a lot better than her opener, Olga Rypakova.

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Lyndsey Sharp of Great Britain.

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The pace will come from the outside lane.

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Only Caster Semenya and Francine Niyonsaba have won

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800-metre Diamond League races this year.

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Just waiting for the pacemakers, Niyonsaba's going to have to get

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going to get herself across and into the lead.

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Melissa Bishop just following Niyonsaba.

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She may well be finally coming across, but she's meant to take

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the lead and is actually struggling to get there.

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She is struggling to run a 58 first lap here.

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I must admit, I was surprised when the time was announced,

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because I thought it was on the slower side.

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It is almost spot-on, but it is on the conservative side

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for so many of them.

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Melissa Bishop being forced wide by the pacemaker,

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who just was asked to go at 600.

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She is just getting in the way.

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Lynsey Sharp having to squeeze there as well.

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Niyonsaba, 200 metres to go.

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1:28.65.

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She's going to have to hold them off, here.

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Niyonsaba, the Olympic silver-medallist, kicking away.

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Niyonsaba is just about going to hang on.

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Lynsey Sharp in third, 1:57.8 the winning time.

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Well, a pretty straightforward race, really.

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Niyonsaba would have been the pre-race favourite.

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Only she and Caster Semenya have won Diamond League races this year.

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The top two in the world.

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Lynsey Sharp judged her effort well and got a well-deserved third place.

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Niyonsaba was very strong.

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Putting a little bit of distance between herself and the others.

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Lynsey Sharp finished quickly.

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Melissa Bishop looked a bit tired.

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She was in exactly the right position.

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But Francine Niyonsaba is easily the winner.

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Caterine Ibarguen, the Olympic champion.

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Much bigger than she looks.

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Powerfully built.

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Five foot 11.5.

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Good speed, unbeatable combination

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from the 32-year-old.

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14.70.

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That looked very similar indeed.

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You could hear the screech from her as the effort kicked

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in halfway through.

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14.76, extending her lead marginally.

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That turned out to be the winning jump from Caterine Ibarguen.

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Still good jumping from a Olga Rypakova are in second place.

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First look at Renaud Lavillenie.

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He was beaten in Rio.

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He had the horrible experience of being booed by the crowd

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during the competition and on the rostrum.

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That was probably one of the low points of the Olympic Games,

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certainly in the athletics programme.

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Something, as I said, he will want to forget.

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It was not a knowledgeable crowd.

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They should have just been cheering da Silva, who won a medal.

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The line-up for the women's 100 metre hurdles, and the top seven

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in the world are from the USA.

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They generally dominate.

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Harrison is the world record holder, in lane five.

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No major title yet, only sixth in the US Olympic trials in Eugene

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six weeks or so back.

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Missed out on Rio but broke the world record on the 22nd

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of July in London.

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Jasmine Stellas in lane six.

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Dawn Harper Nelson is the Beijing champion,

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was that really eight years ago?

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She has won here three times in 2012, 2013 and last year.

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32 years old, the most senior in this race by four years.

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Still going well.

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What can Harrison do?

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She won the Prefontaine Classic back in May, then the disastrous sixth

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in the US Olympic trials.

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Then a world record in London a month or so back.

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She goes in five, Simmons in two.

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Harrison in five in the middle.

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Watch the clock, this will be another superfast time.

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12.44, wins by two or two and a half metres, very close for second

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and third on the near side.

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12.42 for Harrison.

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The disappointment of missing out on Rio will never be replaced

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by winning in the Diamond League.

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It is probably not replaced by running the world record,

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to be honest.

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But she still has plenty of opportunities ahead of her.

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For the time being, I can't see anybody getting close.

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There it is, one, two, three for the USA.

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Megan Simmons started so well for Jamaica.

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But she was in seventh place.

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I am in shape, I have been training hard for the last month.

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Watching the Olympics made me train harder.

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I'm excited.

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That is nice.

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Not a great deal to spare from that one.

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Lots of men went out at the previous height.

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But he has been the first to go clear at this height.

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Sam Kendricks, the first attempt at 5.72 for the American.

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He was the bronze-medallist in Rio.

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Silver in Portland at the World Indoors.

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That do!

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The makings of a great contest.

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Roberts of Poland clear that height at the third time of asking.

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A good line-up against LaShawn Merritt.

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Merritt has nothing to prove, but I think the likes

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of Martyn Rooney and Makwala might.

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You might argue that Maslak is not living up to his potential.

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Steven Gardiner is tall, 20 years old.

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Rooney has gone hard through the first 200 metres.

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Merritt looks like he is just cruising this first 200!

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Makwala leads them into the top bend.

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Merritt trying to go with them.

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Bonevacia is very close.

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Merritt with the little bit of work to do.

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Steven Gardiner in the middle, Merritt moves away in the end.

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Merritt first, Steve Gardner second, Liemarvin Bonevacia yet takes third.

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LaShawn Merritt just relied on his super strength.

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He had some company coming into the home straight,

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but you get the feeling he adjusted.

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All credit to LaShawn Merritt for being so strong.

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It is one of the strengths of his racing tactics or strategy,

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as it is for James, well beaten in Rio to the silver medal.

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A good win for him, his first Diamond League win since May.

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LaShawn Merritt the winner, a good second place for Gardiner.

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5.72 for the world record-holder, Lavillenie.

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Now, there was daylight between the Frenchman and the bar.

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But Lavillenie goes clear as 5.72.

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First attempt at 5.84 Sam Kendricks.

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Barber is down and out, and we are down to three.

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Oh yes!

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Well clear, the American.

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Silver indoors in Portland, bronze in Rio.

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Who knows what is ahead of him?

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Incidentally, Piotr Lisek has had one failure already.

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So Sam Kendricks now holds the lead.

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STUDIO: Next up is the women's 100 metres, featuring Jamaica's Elaine

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Thompson, the double Olympic sprint champion.

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She won the 100 metres and 200 metres in Rio,

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just like the great man in Rio, her team-mate, Usain Bolt.

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Can she emulate him again and dominate every

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sprint race she enters?

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COMMENTATOR: She is in lane four, and she is likely to give

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the field a bit of bother.

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She is the Jamaican double champion.

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What a sprint double in Rio.

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A good line-up.

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She will be tested.

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Elaine Thompson in lane four, the Olympic champion at 100 metres

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and 200 metres.

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Won the double at the Jamaican Championships earlier in the summer.

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I'm afraid half the field did not hear that.

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Jenna Prandini did.

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Goodness me!

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Dear, oh dear.

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They will have to reset and give them a decent break

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after sprinting 100.

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The crowd were cheering.

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We can hear the false start gun on our headphones,

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but it might not have been so audible out there.

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The reaction times came up, and not one of them appears

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to have an illegal reaction time.

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Jenna Prandini must be wondering, am I going nuts?

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There was a second gun!

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Nobody on the computer system has indicated

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as having a false start time.

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It will have to be rerun, there will have to be

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a little bit of a wait.

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Lavillenie has failed his first attempt at 5.80.

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That was not close.

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Kendricks went clear first time.

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I am a little surprised that he has taken the second attempt.

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The next height is 5.86.

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Even if he cleared those, all he would have done is isolate

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himself in second place ahead of the second Pole.

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Now he has one attempt left.

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It will simply keep him in second.

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Here is Bondarenko.

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Oh!

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Third time.

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2.32.

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He passed the 2.29 after taking two attempts at 2.25.

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His third attempt at 2.32, and he is over.

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Four men still in this.

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Lavillenie must be feeling that the big job is still undimmed.

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Why do you use this effort when you fail three times?

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So has Lavillenie.

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It confirms the win for the American, Sam Kendricks,

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after a fabulous Olympic games.

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The Americans have their tails up.

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Kendricks, at 23, with Lavillenie pushing 30, not yet,

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but pushing it, Kendricks might yet be the future of this discipline.

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Kendricks will pass at the next height, 5.86, and he will go 5.92,

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which would equal his personal best.

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There is the card for Lavillenie.

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Robbie Grabarz just gave it a little tickle adds 2.29.

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First-time clearances so far, there is another.

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Brilliant from Robbie Grabarz.

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So disappointed with his fourth place in Rio.

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But look at that, that is a really good clearance.

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What a high jump competition we have got here!

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We can go back to Kendricks.

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This was a couple of minutes ago, by the American.

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Kendricks' second attempt at 5.92.

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Equals his own lifetime best and take the scalp

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of Lavillenie, among others.

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Erik Kynard at 2.32.

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Eighth in the World Championships last year, the American.

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He was the silver-medallist in London 2012.

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Three attempts at 2.29, but went clear, and he starts

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with a clean slate.

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2.32, nice!

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His opponents have perfect cards, however, up to and including 2.29.

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Kynard battling away as the heights get serious.

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Full of confidence once more.

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Grabarz has not had much rest at 2.35.

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He is in joint first position.

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He and Barshim have had first-time clearances at every height so far.

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Grabarz has been in good form tonight.

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First failure, though.

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So, this is where experience and maturity kick in.

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They have to put that previous run out of their minds,

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even if they can't get it fully out of their legs.

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Olympic champion Elaine Thompson in four.

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Ta Lou in five.

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Good start by Elaine Thompson.

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Here goes Thompson now, this will be quick!

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Watch the clock.

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10.79.

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Wow, tore them apart in the second half.

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At 50 metres, I reckon that is a lead of about a metre.

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Certainly had that one by about three metres.

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You can see why she is the Olympic 200-metre champion as well,

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beating Dafne Schippers, the world champion at 200, in Rio.

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12.78, for Elaine Thompson.

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She's setting new standards at the moment.

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She's 24, but she seems a bit younger here, Elaine Thompson.

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So good over 100 and 200.

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She looks set to dominate for the foreseeable future.

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Certainly if she is producing performances like that.

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There it is, 10.78, for Elaine Thompson,

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the Olympic champion.

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Jenna Prandini coming through strongly for that second place.

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Veronica Campbell-Brown down in sixth.

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To be a double Olympic champion is a wonderful feeling.

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For me it's just a wonderful feeling.

0:32:160:32:22

The second attempt for Mutaz Essa Barshim.

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Here he goes...

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It stays...

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No it doesn't!

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Just for a second, it looked as though he had it.

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Arching his back, the back he has had so many problems with.

0:32:430:32:50

Looked as though he might get away with it, but no.

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Unlike Sam Kendricks in the poll fault, he's not lucky.

0:32:520:32:55

Back to the track for one of the toughest events

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in the sprinters's programme really, the 400 metre

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hurdles for the ladies.

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Another athlete with so much to prove, having not even made

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the final of the US Championships.

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Dalilah Muhammad in ninth place in the Diamond Race,

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but she has time to make up the points to catch

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up with Doyle.

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Sprunger and Tate in seven and eight.

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She has gone off very quickly, Sara Petersen.

0:33:500:33:54

Eilidh Doyle in three has got off very quickly indeed.

0:33:540:34:00

Petersen has got some work to do if she wants to keep

0:34:000:34:10

Dalilah Muhammad at bay around here.

0:34:130:34:19

The Olympic champion very much in control at the moment.

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Eilidh Doyle having a superb run in lane three.

0:34:220:34:26

Only the Olympic champion ahead of her at the moment.

0:34:260:34:31

Here comes Petersen, finishing strongly.

0:34:310:34:34

Eilidh Doyle in second place.

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Another win for the Olympic champion, by four metres.

0:34:390:34:42

53.79, Doyle, Tate and Petersen.

0:34:420:34:44

That is the order, one, two, three.

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This young lady here, in 400-metre hurdling you bring

0:34:490:34:59

all those elements of decent track speed, good hurdling...

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I don't think people really look at that ability

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with her but she is always so strong on the last hurdle.

0:35:090:35:12

For me anyway, the time that she missed with an injury

0:35:120:35:16

and things have just set her back a bit, but I think she has

0:35:160:35:19

the potential to go close to the world record.

0:35:190:35:21

A fair bit to spare over the others here.

0:35:210:35:25

Eilidh Doyle, getting ahead of Sara Petersen.

0:35:250:35:27

That will certainly please her.

0:35:270:35:32

For Eilidh Doyle, another very strong performance.

0:35:320:35:36

A great Diamond League season for her.

0:35:360:35:39

But Dalilah Muhammad is definitely the number one in the world

0:35:390:35:42

and proving it yet again here.

0:35:420:35:52

How does that leave things in the Diamond Race?

0:35:590:36:04

Eilidh Doyle extends the gap between herself and Tate,

0:36:040:36:08

with Russell a way back in third place.

0:36:080:36:13

We said there were four men left in it and all four men failed twice.

0:36:130:36:16

2.35, Robbie Grabarz.

0:36:160:36:17

Third attempt...

0:36:170:36:20

No!

0:36:200:36:25

He hasn't cleared 2.35 since 2012, that would have

0:36:250:36:28

been something tonight!

0:36:280:36:33

Nonetheless, at the moment he is still the joint leader.

0:36:330:36:40

Barshim is now perfect up to 2.32, is he going to join the other three?

0:36:400:36:44

Last chance, for the Olympic silver-medallist!

0:36:440:36:48

And it is gold tonight for Barshim, who takes the competition with that

0:36:480:36:54

last-gasp clearance.

0:36:540:36:59

It's easy to forget he is the second highest jumper in history,

0:36:590:37:02

with that 2.43 a couple of years ago in Brussels.

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Confirmation of that result.

0:37:110:37:12

2.35 from Robbie Grabarz.

0:37:120:37:15

A good scalp from the Britain.

0:37:150:37:22

The men's 110 metre hurdles race is a mouthwatering rerun

0:37:220:37:27

of the Olympic final, with all three medallists

0:37:270:37:29

on the start line.

0:37:290:37:32

While Omar Mcleod was winning Jamaica's first ever 110 metre

0:37:320:37:35

hurdles Olympic gold, it was also the first time

0:37:350:37:37

in history that the USA didn't finish on the rostrum.

0:37:370:37:41

No medals tonight, but David Oliver will be hoping to fly the flag

0:37:410:37:44

for the US in this one.

0:37:440:37:50

The line-up for the 110 hurdles.

0:37:500:37:54

Omar Mcleod, the Olympic champion.

0:37:560:37:59

Orlando Ortega, the silver-medallist.

0:37:590:38:01

Then the bronze-medallist, Dimitri Bascou.

0:38:010:38:04

The only event here, I think I'm right in saying,

0:38:070:38:09

where we have three medallists from the Olympics.

0:38:090:38:15

Certainly a mouthwatering prospect.

0:38:150:38:16

You add into that the former world champion, David Oliver.

0:38:160:38:24

He did not make the American team.

0:38:240:38:26

Martinot-Lagarde himself was close.

0:38:260:38:31

Plenty to look forward to here.

0:38:310:38:34

Mcleod in lane four, Ortega in five.

0:38:340:38:39

Cleanly away this time and Mcleod gets a very good start,

0:38:460:38:51

Dimitri Bascou going well as well.

0:38:510:38:58

Right through the middle, Ortega gets it!

0:38:580:38:59

From Omar Mcleod.

0:38:590:39:06

It was only the last two flights of hurdles that Ortega and Mcleod

0:39:060:39:09

got themselves in front of the two Frenchman,

0:39:090:39:11

who started so well.

0:39:110:39:15

Ortega is able to turn the tables

0:39:150:39:20

on the Olympic champion.

0:39:200:39:21

13.11.

0:39:210:39:23

A good race and a good performance from Ortega,

0:39:230:39:25

not too far off is season's best.

0:39:250:39:32

Mcleod just a hundredth of a second behind.

0:39:320:39:35

I thought Mcleod got out really well, Ortega down a little

0:39:350:39:38

bit at this stage.

0:39:380:39:41

David Oliver struggling to go with these youngsters.

0:39:410:39:43

Dimitri Bascou came up alongside him and then Ortega between them,

0:39:430:39:48

just a little bit stronger at off that final barrier.

0:39:480:39:52

I thought Mcleod would go clear after the tenth hurdle.

0:39:520:39:58

He is a sub ten second man on the flat!

0:39:580:40:05

Just a hundredth of a second, this time, takes the win.

0:40:050:40:12

Belocian's personal-best, in fourth.

0:40:120:40:19

The penultimate event of the evening, the men's 1,000 metres.

0:40:190:40:25

What a strong field it is.

0:40:250:40:34

Asbel Kiprop, so disappointing by his standards, finishing

0:40:340:40:40

fifth in the Rio 1500.

0:40:410:40:43

Ayanleh Souleiman, the record-holder, goes in this field.

0:40:430:40:53

Only three men have ever gone below 2.13.

0:40:530:40:54

Steve Cram is one of them, alongside me.

0:40:540:40:59

They are looking for 53 seconds flat here for the first 400.

0:40:590:41:04

It needs to be quick.

0:41:040:41:09

It looks to me like Rotich has gone off a bit on the slow side.

0:41:090:41:19

Interested to see if Kiprop can bounce back, the 2008

0:41:200:41:23

Olympic champion.

0:41:230:41:29

Kwemoi back in last place in the final in the 1500.

0:41:290:41:33

It's an awkward race to get right.

0:41:330:41:39

I think 1500 metre runners have to attack this a bit more.

0:41:390:41:43

They have that strength.

0:41:430:41:44

I'm surprised they're not going through quicker,

0:41:440:41:47

Kiprop went through fast, see how far back he is.

0:41:470:41:57

There he is in the blue.

0:41:580:42:06

Matthew Centrowitz is getting close now, as they go to the bell.

0:42:060:42:14

It is Souleman really going for this one.

0:42:140:42:20

He is an aggressive runner.

0:42:310:42:36

He's not worried about elbowing and contact.

0:42:360:42:39

Kitilit is hanging onto it.

0:42:390:42:41

The gap is closing.

0:42:410:42:44

Behind them, there is a big, big gap.

0:42:440:42:48

Still Lewandowski in fourth place.

0:42:480:42:56

The strength of the 1500 metre man tells now with Kitilit.

0:42:560:42:59

They are all struggling here.

0:42:590:43:00

Kiprop coming through for fourth place.

0:43:000:43:03

Souleman takes it, and the time was quick.

0:43:030:43:07

It is a new meeting record.

0:43:070:43:09

One of the quickest times in history.

0:43:090:43:15

The fifth fastest time ever, by Souleman.

0:43:150:43:19

Consolation of sorts for just finishing outside the medals in Rio.

0:43:190:43:22

Souleman had a go and he got himself into it.

0:43:220:43:28

Centrowitz in sixth place in setting a personal best.

0:43:280:43:31

Kipkoech, a personal best.

0:43:310:43:38

Lewandowski, a Polish national record.

0:43:380:43:47

Centrowitz down in sixth place.

0:43:470:43:50

I think he can be excused that moderate run by his standards,

0:43:500:43:54

although a pretty big personal-best, I must say.

0:43:540:43:58

We take a look at Klishina in the long jump.

0:43:580:44:07

Klishina the only Russian competing at the Olympic Games in Rio.

0:44:100:44:17

It wasn't a great night for the Americans,

0:44:170:44:19

finishing in fifth place.

0:44:190:44:21

Klishina rounding up to 6.50.

0:44:210:44:29

Her coach, Lauren Seagrove, has managed her so well,

0:44:290:44:32

down there in Florida.

0:44:320:44:38

Lorraine Ugen, Steve, in good form.

0:44:380:44:43

But a week or so too late.

0:44:430:44:44

11th at the Games.

0:44:440:44:45

This was her second round effort.

0:44:450:44:49

A good one it was, also.

0:44:490:44:51

All the way out there to 6.71.

0:44:510:44:55

She might have had another one.

0:44:550:45:05

Ivana Spanovic, a wonderful year for her.

0:45:060:45:16

Twice a World Championships bronze-medallist, now an Olympics

0:45:160:45:19

bronze-medallist after Rio, her best coming in the second round.

0:45:190:45:25

That 6.83 took the win.

0:45:250:45:34

She passed her second and third rounds, possibly due to fatigue.

0:45:340:45:40

Still one track event, the 200 metres.

0:45:400:45:44

We have a withdrawal, Aaron Brown.

0:45:440:45:48

The very talented Canadian is, sadly, not starting.

0:45:480:45:53

So a big opportunity for the likes of Reece Prescod

0:45:530:45:57

Prescott of Great Britain.

0:45:570:46:02

Christophe Lemaitre got the nod in Rio.

0:46:020:46:03

Martina just missed out.

0:46:030:46:10

It all came down to thousandths of a second.

0:46:130:46:15

A good start by Alonso Edward.

0:46:200:46:24

Tsakonas is trying to keep going.

0:46:240:46:30

Churandy Martina is trying to forge a way.

0:46:300:46:35

He manages to do it.

0:46:350:46:37

Martina gets it.

0:46:370:46:39

19.83, well, well!

0:46:390:46:44

It is a new personal best and a new national record.

0:46:440:46:54

He beats what he ran in 2012 here, by two hundredths of a second.

0:46:550:46:59

He absolutely loves it here.

0:46:590:47:01

Alonso Edward inside 20 seconds as well.

0:47:010:47:04

Taken down a hundredth, 19.81.

0:47:040:47:12

That was one of the races of the night.

0:47:140:47:19

19.81, a new national record.

0:47:190:47:21

Alonso at 19.92.

0:47:210:47:24

A new personal best for Reece Prescod.

0:47:240:47:27

There were, understandably, some tired arms and legs

0:47:270:47:29

in Lausanne, but there were some standout performances.

0:47:290:47:34

Elaine Thompson perhaps had more reason to be tired than others,

0:47:340:47:38

with her two golds and a silver in Rio, but she still produced

0:47:380:47:41

an incrediblly fast 100 metres win.

0:47:410:47:47

Three medal hopefuls were disappointed in Rio from Team

0:47:470:47:57

GB, but they produced some very good second places here,

0:47:590:48:01

Eilidh Doyle and Robbie Grabarz looking in great form,

0:48:010:48:03

and Lorraine Ugen with a good second in the high jump.

0:48:030:48:06

Our current crop of sprinters might have something to think about.

0:48:060:48:08

Joel Fearon got a fine third in the 100 metres.

0:48:080:48:12

And young Reece Prescod, a big 200 personal best tonight,

0:48:120:48:17

he will go away very, very happy.

0:48:170:48:20

Rio is over, but we move on.

0:48:200:48:24

STUDIO: That is it from Lausanne.

0:48:240:48:34

If you're having withdrawal symptoms from the Olympics,

0:48:350:48:37

tune in to see more Olympic stars doing battle.

0:48:370:48:39

Goodbye.

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