:00:49. > :00:56.The here tonight, and, sadly, there will understandably be a sombre
:00:57. > :00:59.atmosphere. We are just 20 kilometres from Nice, and in the
:01:00. > :01:04.stands you can see that many people who would have trouble to Nice after
:01:05. > :01:10.the events of last night have chosen not to come. -- many who would have
:01:11. > :01:14.travelled here. The events in which so many men, women and children lost
:01:15. > :01:17.their lives have affected many. And the athletics community, the
:01:18. > :01:25.athletes and spectators, many of whom are from Nice, will shortly be
:01:26. > :01:29.observing a minute peers silence to express solidarity and condolences
:01:30. > :01:30.with those affected. And all of the athletes competing will wary lack
:01:31. > :02:44.ribbon. -- will wear a black ribbon. APPLAUSE
:02:45. > :02:50.Perfectly observed and, for now, the athletes concentrate on the job at
:02:51. > :02:57.hand. I hand Tim Hutchings to commentate on the 400 metres
:02:58. > :03:19.hurdles. There is a sombre mood, but life must go on.
:03:20. > :03:29.Her season is building well, the South African. There is only Doyle,
:03:30. > :03:34.she was the European champion in 2014. Commonwealth silver-medallist.
:03:35. > :03:40.Having a super season. Ashley Spencer goes in four, world number
:03:41. > :03:44.five. Great flat speed. She was second in the US championships and
:03:45. > :03:48.yet chose to travel from Eugene last week. Little, one of the biggest
:03:49. > :03:54.shocks was that she did not make the final last week. Sarah Patterson,
:03:55. > :03:59.European champion from last week in Amsterdam, she goes in sixth.
:04:00. > :04:02.Cassandra Tate, third in the World Championships last year, another
:04:03. > :04:10.casualty of the US Championships. She was only fifth in their Olympic
:04:11. > :04:13.trials. Springer was the bronze-medallist last week, this is
:04:14. > :04:19.her first Diamond League appearance of the year. For little, it was a
:04:20. > :04:24.stunning blow. A disappointing blow for the world number two this year.
:04:25. > :04:30.She was world number one coming into those trials last week and did not
:04:31. > :04:35.get out of her semifinals. Could not get to within two to microseconds of
:04:36. > :04:43.her personal best sat at the end of May. She is in the five, with the
:04:44. > :04:50.yellow flower in her hair. World Championships silver and bronze,
:04:51. > :05:00.neither made the Rio team for the USA. A vetoed of Britain goes the
:05:01. > :05:04.number three. Ashley Spencer goes in four, Little goes in lane five. Can
:05:05. > :05:14.she compensate for the disappointment of Eugene? European
:05:15. > :05:24.champion Cassandra Tate is in seven, Sprunger is in lane eight.
:05:25. > :05:33.Frustration for Little in lane five, she has made up ground on Sarah
:05:34. > :05:42.Patterson of Denmark. Cassandra Tate has got off very quickly. My word,
:05:43. > :05:48.has Doyle gone hard from the first 200 metres. Ashley Spencer is having
:05:49. > :05:53.about run at the moment. Doyle is leading at the moment in mind three,
:05:54. > :05:59.has blasted through this. Can she hold down the home straight? This
:06:00. > :06:04.event is renowned for getting its revenge on you if you do not spread
:06:05. > :06:11.your energies correctly. A fabulous performance from the Scot so far.
:06:12. > :06:18.Doyle is still leading. She will take this by a big margin. What a
:06:19. > :06:24.time, 54.11 from Cassandra Tate and Sarah Patterson. That from a Lee
:06:25. > :06:34.Doyle, a new personal best. She threw caution to the wind, attacked
:06:35. > :06:42.it out of the blocks, held her form and did not falter at all. 54.09
:06:43. > :06:47.from Eilidh Doyle, one heck of a confidence booster against a very,
:06:48. > :06:52.very strong field. What a great performance from Eilidh
:06:53. > :06:58.Doyle. I know she was trying to work with this new patent that she wants
:06:59. > :07:04.to use in Rio, the pattern that she hopes will take her to a medal. She
:07:05. > :07:09.really attacked it hard. 15 strides to the first six. She does not like
:07:10. > :07:14.going off her right leg. She just had to chop here. She got it
:07:15. > :07:20.perfect. She would have taken that last barrier with her left leg lead.
:07:21. > :07:25.That is a very minor point. She will be delighted. Just as to chop a
:07:26. > :07:32.little bit into the last one, everything else was perfect tonight.
:07:33. > :07:37.A leaked oil looking more and more like a real prospect for a medal.
:07:38. > :07:45.When you win these big Diamond Leagues, the confidence it gets you
:07:46. > :07:51.against a good field, she began so well. What a confidence booster.
:07:52. > :07:58.This was really, really top-class, personal best, the confidence must
:07:59. > :08:09.be soaring. Let's confirm that result. 54.09, the personal best.
:08:10. > :08:17.The Danish European champion, a season best for her. The Americans
:08:18. > :08:21.are struggling tonight so far. Doyle on 30 points, ten points for a win
:08:22. > :08:34.in the Diamond League, Tate is still pretty tight, more meets to come.
:08:35. > :08:39.Rio is almost on top of us. What an excellent run, was it your intention
:08:40. > :08:44.to set a PB? I just wanted to raise well. It was not brilliant, up my
:08:45. > :08:50.last hurdle, I hope there is more to come. US champion Michelle Carter
:08:51. > :08:55.has troubled wells and the Olympic trials last week. A fourth --
:08:56. > :08:58.fourth-round effort was the best way consistency reason for the world
:08:59. > :09:02.into. That he was just one centimetre away from her season's
:09:03. > :09:09.best, set when taking the US title in Eugene. The German world number
:09:10. > :09:14.two could not find the 20-metre plus born but brought a European gold in
:09:15. > :09:19.Amsterdam just eight days ago. The reigning world champions's form put
:09:20. > :09:26.together a solid series, capped by this 19.81 throw in round five.
:09:27. > :09:30.Valerie Adams was resurgent, the reigning Olympic champion from New
:09:31. > :09:34.Zealand came out today. Four times world champion between 2000 72013,
:09:35. > :09:43.she has undergone a series of surgeries, but like a true champion
:09:44. > :09:48.she fought back. She reached 20.05, the big Kiwi is back. 3/20 metres
:09:49. > :09:53.for the first time in three years, perfect timing with Rio month away.
:09:54. > :09:56.This week the Diamond League comes to Monaco, the tiny principality of
:09:57. > :10:00.the French Riviera which is also the home of the IAAF.
:10:01. > :10:02.Always one of the best meetings on the Diamond League circuit,
:10:03. > :10:05.Monaco last year produced a number of world leads and a world
:10:06. > :10:14.Nijel Amos leads a strong field in the men's 800 metres,
:10:15. > :10:23.Mo Farah and Asbel Kiprop again do battle over 1500 metres in a race
:10:24. > :10:26.featuring Charlie Grice. European champion Daphne Schippers
:10:27. > :10:28.headlines the 100 metres. Lynsey Sharp takes on the seemingly
:10:29. > :10:30.unstoppable Caster And we'll have all the best
:10:31. > :10:42.action from some top class Field competitions.
:10:43. > :11:33.The men's 800 metres. I think it is going to be
:11:34. > :11:49.interesting to see who takes this on. We know some of the normal
:11:50. > :12:05.frontrunners. Brandon McBride has already moved up on Kip Keita.
:12:06. > :12:15.There is a degree of safety going through about 50.5. Psalm is 50.6. A
:12:16. > :12:17.strong, big field. You do not want to commit too much with that much
:12:18. > :12:45.talent breathing down your neck. McBride will try to hold off the two
:12:46. > :12:51.Kenyans. Kip Koech is just elbowed out of it. He tries to hold the
:12:52. > :12:57.inside. He will hold the inside. It is Kip Keita, the Kenyan champion.
:12:58. > :13:05.The -- McBride looking for some rude. Kip shot will try to get
:13:06. > :13:14.there. It is another when her Kip Keita. Well, he looked strong at the
:13:15. > :13:23.Kenyan trials. He put himself in a good position there. He used those
:13:24. > :13:29.elbows to really good effect. Lewandowski finishing strongly.
:13:30. > :13:38.Michael Rimmer in fifth. Around the bend. The two polish in his wake. --
:13:39. > :13:58.polish athletes. Kip Keita, it is not pretty to look
:13:59. > :14:05.at, flailing arms. He covers the ground well. Good to see Lewandowski
:14:06. > :14:12.coming back as well. A really quick run from him. A seasoned's best in
:14:13. > :14:18.third. The Polish pair are quite a pairing. Very experienced. Kip
:14:19. > :14:35.Ketter is raw talent. The men's long jump. Damar Forbes from Jamaica.
:14:36. > :14:41.Jamaica obviously looking to turn some athletes who cannot sprint to
:14:42. > :14:45.well into long jumpers. Forbes was a thin Moscow a couple of years ago.
:14:46. > :14:59.He has not progressed really since 2013. A little shake of the head.
:15:00. > :15:07.Long jump this year looks stacked, with so many men. Probably putting
:15:08. > :15:09.the Olympic champion, Greg Rutherford, under some pressure.
:15:10. > :15:23.Eight metres and eight. The African champion already this
:15:24. > :15:50.year. A drop in the stride. A little bit below eight metres. You
:15:51. > :15:56.lose so much momentum when you drop your stride like that. It is below
:15:57. > :16:00.eight metres. Seven metres, 93. Something to build on. When you
:16:01. > :16:08.think he is an 8.38 jumper this year. We have an intriguing women's
:16:09. > :16:14.pole vaulter. Disappointingly, the field of eight is already down to
:16:15. > :16:25.six. Two of the main contenders not starting at all. This is Silva.
:16:26. > :16:35.Coming in at 4.5 five. Successfully. Only six now taking part. A big year
:16:36. > :16:44.for the Brazilians. Eliza McCartney. At this height, Ling Li has already
:16:45. > :16:49.gone out. Silver over the first time. Her first gold in the
:16:50. > :17:00.competition. Well clear as well. Plenty of height. Here is Murer, in
:17:01. > :17:28.great form. 35 years old. She makes light of it.
:17:29. > :17:45.Ride on the inside, Mamet Abraham. -- Mame-Ibra Anne. Just Mr Medel
:17:46. > :17:55.indoors this year, Taplin from granola. -- missed a medal. Said
:17:56. > :18:07.NEL, 20 years old. Really big talent. -- Cedenio. 44.7 this year
:18:08. > :18:15.back in Jamaica. Tony McCoy. -- Tony McQuay. And a happy birthday to Van
:18:16. > :18:25.Niekerk. 24 today. In the form of his life. Makwala Botswana. --
:18:26. > :18:30.Makwala from Botswana. He can be great on his day. Maslak. Silver
:18:31. > :18:37.medallist at the European Championships. Just outside the
:18:38. > :18:42.medals in that race was Kevin Borlee. I said Van Niekerk was in
:18:43. > :18:49.the form of his life. He has been training with Usain Bolt recently.
:18:50. > :18:56.He has been running stunningly well at all distances. The 100 and 200.
:18:57. > :19:00.He ran the third fastest ever time in 300 metres. Only Michael Johnson
:19:01. > :19:13.and Usain Bolt have ever gone quicker. Van Niekerk of South
:19:14. > :19:15.Africa. With merit and James he will surely contest the gold medal at
:19:16. > :19:35.Rio. Cleanly away. Tony McKay has moved
:19:36. > :19:44.up quickly inside. -- Tony McCoy. Van Niekerk making up some ground.
:19:45. > :19:47.Also going well is Taplin. Van Niekerk through the first couple of
:19:48. > :19:53.hundred metres. He looks very comfortable. Taplin going well.
:19:54. > :20:00.Makwala trying to go with Van Niekerk. It may be Taplin with the
:20:01. > :20:07.slight advantage. Van Niekerk almost changing gear. Moving away from the
:20:08. > :20:12.rest. He will win this at a canter. Said Daniel finished quickly. --
:20:13. > :20:24.said NEL. He always looks tired. In Beijing
:20:25. > :20:28.last year, he ended up in hospital. But he produces the goods. I love
:20:29. > :20:35.his action. I love the way he runs. You just think Van Niekerk is
:20:36. > :20:39.heading for something big. He reminds me of a miniature Kirani
:20:40. > :20:48.James. He is not big but can he last well down the home straight. He just
:20:49. > :20:59.outlasts the others. It looks like he is accelerating both the others
:21:00. > :21:03.are struggling. Merritt looked fantastic last week in the US
:21:04. > :21:08.trials. But this man will be a handful. His speed has improved over
:21:09. > :21:13.200 metres. He did make that looked like a canter. There was very little
:21:14. > :21:18.sign of strain. He works a little bit harder with the arms to ease
:21:19. > :21:26.away from Taplin. Very impressive indeed. Van Niekerk winning. A
:21:27. > :21:38.personal best for said Ennio. -- said NEL.
:21:39. > :21:52.Xinglong Gao in the long jump. A modest opener for the Chinese
:21:53. > :22:00.22-year-old. Really good speed and rhythm. Lovely and smooth. That
:22:01. > :22:06.actually flattered to deceive. A shake of the head from him. A long
:22:07. > :22:15.way behind the plasticine. That is a huge distance to give away. When you
:22:16. > :22:31.hardly make the board at all in relatively stale air... -- still. He
:22:32. > :22:46.will need to go further than that. Katarina Stefanidi. That is nice.
:22:47. > :22:54.Really smooth. Took the European title in Amsterdam with 4.8 one. --
:22:55. > :23:06.4.80 one. The confidence is evident, isn't it? This is Murer them. --
:23:07. > :23:17.again. Down to five in this competition. That is better. As Tim
:23:18. > :23:21.was saying, when she gets close to Rio, they would be so hoping she
:23:22. > :23:35.will hit are top form at the right time. 4.6 five. In nice clearance.
:23:36. > :23:41.This is Holly Bradshaw. She won the UK title with 4.60. A world-class
:23:42. > :23:50.performer on her day. 4.71 her lifetime best. That is good, a
:23:51. > :23:56.season's best. She is starting to get towards the height where she can
:23:57. > :24:04.content. Third attempt. Silva. She needs to make this. Yes! This
:24:05. > :24:10.women's pole vaulter is there for the taking tonight. The better
:24:11. > :24:20.athletes not having too much of a problem. Until that point, silver
:24:21. > :24:22.looked in a bit of bother. -- Silva. But the world champion manages to go
:24:23. > :24:30.clear. She is hanging in there. Mo Farah broke the longstanding
:24:31. > :24:33.the British record for 1500 metres He came close to that time again
:24:34. > :24:37.last year in another very fast race. On both occasions, though,
:24:38. > :24:40.Mo finished behind Asbel Kiprop. The three-times world champion has
:24:41. > :25:03.a PB within a second of the world The men's 1500 metres. The athletes
:25:04. > :25:13.on the track. The blue ribbon event of many a championship. A lot of
:25:14. > :25:23.European interest. Abdelaati Iguider is in there. Makhloufi. Mo Farah.
:25:24. > :25:29.Asbel Kiprop, the outstanding world number one. This race includes just
:25:30. > :25:34.about everybody, the Olympic champion, world champion, European
:25:35. > :25:47.champion, European indoor champion. The first four from the world
:25:48. > :25:52.championships last year are in this. We are looking for 1.50 four 800
:25:53. > :26:03.metres. It is predicted to be incredibly quick. Where they go.
:26:04. > :26:10.There will some stragglers suffering in the latter stages if they all go
:26:11. > :26:18.with the pace. The two pacemakers have been tasked with going out at
:26:19. > :26:27.1.50 four 800. You thought it was too fast, Steve? On paper it doesn't
:26:28. > :26:31.even look right. You probably go out a bit quick and then they're
:26:32. > :26:35.expecting them to pick up again through 2000 metres. I can't see
:26:36. > :26:39.that happening. It is going to be down to Kiprop. I think it is the
:26:40. > :26:44.third lap when you find out if you really fancies it. Makhloufi
:26:45. > :26:52.stepping on Mo Farah. That is where the gaps start to appear. Kiprop
:26:53. > :26:56.this maybe challenging the others. They are probably thinking, he will
:26:57. > :27:00.come back to us on the third lap. If he does, he may be in trouble. If he
:27:01. > :27:06.doesn't, we are going to see him doing what he does best, showing how
:27:07. > :27:12.fast he can go. There has been talk of world record attempts. It has
:27:13. > :27:22.been set up for that so far. Kiprop is probably 54.5 at 400 metres, just
:27:23. > :27:29.about perfect. Abdelaati Iguider isolated in fourth. Look at the
:27:30. > :27:37.single file. A strip of runners way back along the home straight. Two
:27:38. > :27:50.laps remaining. Abdelaati Iguider is a sub 1500 metre -- 5000 metre man.
:27:51. > :28:00.Mo Farah is in aid. Look at the 800 metre time! 149.9. He is struggling
:28:01. > :28:06.to keep this going. Kiprop looks relaxed. They will start to close
:28:07. > :28:12.this. Mo Farah will not stay in a place. They are all going to come
:28:13. > :28:18.back to Kiprop. He is good think, I am having a rest now. Then I go
:28:19. > :28:28.again. Abdelaati Iguider is close. He will have to go hard and fast.
:28:29. > :28:34.The world record is 3.26 said in Rome all those years ago. Abdelaati
:28:35. > :28:45.Iguider leads. As Kiprop gone too hard? -- has Kiprop gone too hard?
:28:46. > :28:52.Mo Farah in fifth. Looking strong as they head into the back straight.
:28:53. > :28:58.Abdelaati Iguider is a 3.28 man. Leading by two are three metres. Has
:28:59. > :29:03.somebody to a mad now, Kiprop. Mo Farah in sixth. He has still got
:29:04. > :29:09.work to do. The rest of the struggling.
:29:10. > :29:16.The European champion is back in about eight place. Iguider has
:29:17. > :29:24.Kiprop breathing down his neck. Running really wide on the outside.
:29:25. > :29:31.Iguider on the inside, beaten. Here's coming away with this win
:29:32. > :29:50.very comfortably, looking fantastic. -- he is coming away.
:29:51. > :29:54.My word, it was left very, very late indeed by Kwemboi. It shows how
:29:55. > :29:57.delicately you have to pays these races when you are operating at the
:29:58. > :30:06.edge of the envelope, you have to get it right, 1:49.9, 1:50.3 was
:30:07. > :30:12.just too optimistic. He will be disappointed with that. He really
:30:13. > :30:18.expected to run a long way around 3.30. Had been whisperings in the
:30:19. > :30:23.hotel of world-record attempt. If you go out at 150, you're setting
:30:24. > :30:27.yourself up to win a world-record all get into bother. When you slow
:30:28. > :30:32.down so much on the third lap, I think that was his plan, go out
:30:33. > :30:41.hard, maybe get the others sucked in, slow down and go again. But
:30:42. > :30:45.Kwemboi came from nowhere. We are here in Monaco, we expect great
:30:46. > :30:50.things from Kiprop, we will not always get it. He said to me
:30:51. > :30:53.yesterday that he has had a difficult week, problems with his
:30:54. > :30:58.manager and agent back home in Kenya, he says he has been stressed
:30:59. > :31:04.out. But then don't go out 150, don't take the bait. Run a more
:31:05. > :31:08.sensible rate. He has themselves to blame, he went out hard, for
:31:09. > :31:12.whatever reason it was not there. Kwemboi came out with a win which
:31:13. > :31:20.would surprise everybody comically himself. All credit to him, it
:31:21. > :31:28.almost looked like a tactical race, the speed that Kwemoi was able to
:31:29. > :31:34.generate. A season's best. Manangoi was second. Mo Farah in fifth place.
:31:35. > :31:39.Quite a few athletes had the rhythm of their race upset by the pace
:31:40. > :31:49.being much too quick. Charlie Grice, by the way, another young British
:31:50. > :31:54.athlete, 3:33.60. Forbes is still leading, eight
:31:55. > :32:07.metres eight. The only want to go over eight metres so far.
:32:08. > :32:12.That is much better. Maintained right the way through until he hit
:32:13. > :32:18.the board, he has been right on the border all night. Taking him well
:32:19. > :32:24.over eight metres. I said his personal best goes all the way back,
:32:25. > :32:34.three years ago now, 2013, his best year, right on the board again. This
:32:35. > :32:39.can't be too far away from. -- far away from that. He has the bit
:32:40. > :32:46.between his teeth, he knows he is leading in a decent field. It is not
:32:47. > :32:50.one of the best. 8.23, season's best, so close to a personal best
:32:51. > :33:00.for Forbes, who maintains his position in the lead.
:33:01. > :33:05.Back on the pole vault for Silva, a first attempt. Silva coming alive
:33:06. > :33:09.all of a sudden after having looked in a little bit of bother at 4.65,
:33:10. > :33:14.the world champion makes it look almost too easy. It puts her in the
:33:15. > :33:28.lead at the moment. On the far side of the track, the
:33:29. > :33:31.women are lining up for the 3000 metres. They read it competitive
:33:32. > :33:34.field. One or two macro art that are stepping up for the first time,
:33:35. > :33:41.Rosie Clarke of Great Britain got a call to the start with just a
:33:42. > :33:47.Tuesday. Steph Twell, Mercy Cherono and Helen Obiri will start as the
:33:48. > :33:50.favourites, probably. Many of the Kenyon said Ethiopians are fresh
:33:51. > :33:57.from their trials. The Ethiopians named their team today -- many of
:33:58. > :34:07.the Kenyans and Ethiopians are fresh from their trials.
:34:08. > :34:14.Insert the Dibaba broke the world record here last year. I am not sure
:34:15. > :34:23.we will see too much World Cup form here. Obiri performs better than
:34:24. > :34:33.Jeroen no at the Kenyans trials. -- Obiri performs better than Cherono.
:34:34. > :34:38.Steph Twell is heading off to Rio, Great Britain are taking pretty much
:34:39. > :34:41.a full contingent in the long distances, 5000 and 10,000, in the
:34:42. > :34:51.men's and women's, the first time in quite a long time.
:34:52. > :34:57.Cherono is on the outside. Waiting to see what sort of pace is set.
:34:58. > :35:00.They asked for an aged 30 pace, I am not sure we will get that
:35:01. > :35:17.maintained. Hopefully a good race. 4.65 opening height for this pole
:35:18. > :35:23.vault, now 4.70 six. She is an wonderful form. The vertical jumps
:35:24. > :35:29.are so dependent on confidence. You have to be on top of it,
:35:30. > :35:45.psychologically. 4.76 was no problem at all.
:35:46. > :36:00.He always jumps with the gold chain in his mouth. That is big. Much
:36:01. > :36:05.better. Forbes of Jamaica hit a big one in round three, eight metres 23,
:36:06. > :36:22.that is the target. That was very close indeed. Fabulous height. Oh,
:36:23. > :36:32.my word. He is less than one inch shy, he is in second place.
:36:33. > :36:43.Look at her card, 4.76 with only her second vault. 4.81, she goes clear.
:36:44. > :36:55.That is the way to do it. Very much in control of things at the moment.
:36:56. > :37:03.Silva is in trouble. She passed out for .76, which was interesting, she
:37:04. > :37:11.was ahead at 4.71, which Stefan needy did not attempt. Three
:37:12. > :37:15.failures at 4.81, she is gone. You saw the Greek clear at the second
:37:16. > :37:26.time of asking, the Mirror has had four failures. With that failure by
:37:27. > :37:31.Silva, it confirms the victor against a very strong field is
:37:32. > :37:35.Stefanidi. Obiri looks up, she will see her
:37:36. > :37:41.team-mate. Kisa is five metres behind. The danger will come from
:37:42. > :37:52.Mercy Cherono. A battle for fourth spot with a lap to go. Obiri, with
:37:53. > :37:55.the 1500 metre pace, turning the pressure on. Cherono will try to
:37:56. > :38:01.hang on, try to hope her strength can come into play, but Obiri is
:38:02. > :38:04.looking good. There is a screen on the back straight, she has a little
:38:05. > :38:10.glance and her confidence grows, because the Gap extends to five
:38:11. > :38:18.metres. Helen Obiri is starting to push on and cake away. The former
:38:19. > :38:24.world indoor and. -- push on and kick away. This is the old sprinting
:38:25. > :38:26.form of Helen Obiri. Look at the difference between herself and
:38:27. > :38:32.Cherono, Cherono coming under pressure from Kisa. This will be a
:38:33. > :38:38.great win for Helen Obiri, a pretty great time, not too far from her
:38:39. > :38:43.personal best. 8.24, Cherono settling for second, 8.27 or
:38:44. > :38:48.thereabouts. Kisa dropped out in the home straight in what looks like a
:38:49. > :38:58.very quick time for the Norwegian. Rock star crossed at about 8.39,
:38:59. > :39:08.Steph Twell at about 8.40 one. Helen Obiri, Tim, she will be looking at
:39:09. > :39:15.the 5000 metres. Dibaba is not in it. Chariot is
:39:16. > :39:19.coming back too great form. Obiri has to be thinking about medal
:39:20. > :39:23.chances in Rio. When you think she did all the work for the last two
:39:24. > :39:30.macro kilometres of that race. World-class closing. She was able to
:39:31. > :39:35.raise her game over the final 150, a very, very well executed race. She
:39:36. > :39:40.turned the screw consistently, more and more through the last 300
:39:41. > :39:45.metres. And to just burn off an athlete of the strength and speed of
:39:46. > :39:50.Mercy Cherono is fabulous. Particularly pleased for Steph
:39:51. > :40:03.Twell. That moves her up the UK all-time list. 8:40.98, her official
:40:04. > :40:08.time. A big personal best. A personal best for the Norwegian and
:40:09. > :40:14.the Canadian runners as well. They host of personal bests, as ever, in
:40:15. > :40:21.Monaco, even Rosie Clarke in 11th knocked three seconds off her best.
:40:22. > :40:23.Dafne Schippfers is on top of the world, currently leading
:40:24. > :40:25.the rankings for both 100 and 200 metres.
:40:26. > :40:27.Since leaving heptathlon to concentrate solely on track
:40:28. > :40:29.events, the Dutch athlete has dominated women's sprinting,
:40:30. > :40:34.winning six major gold medals and setting blistering times.
:40:35. > :40:36.After breaking the Diamond League record over 200 metres
:40:37. > :40:39.in her last outing in Oslo, Schippers will be looking
:40:40. > :40:46.to do the same over 100 metres tonight.
:40:47. > :40:58.The women's 100 metres, all eyes are surely on Daphne Schippers, the
:40:59. > :41:00.world champion, the European champion in Amsterdam last week in
:41:01. > :41:13.front of an adoring crowd over 100 metres. Veronica Campbell-Brown goes
:41:14. > :41:14.on three, she was almost fourth -- only fourth in the Jamaican
:41:15. > :41:35.championship is. This will be a real test for the
:41:36. > :41:41.Dutch athlete. A pretty good start from Schippers. She moves clear.
:41:42. > :41:48.Campbell-Brown in second place. Skippers. She made that look very,
:41:49. > :41:53.very workmanlike. Pretty straightforward. Not a great deal of
:41:54. > :41:57.pressure being applied. She is so much more confident with this better
:41:58. > :42:01.start. She said yesterday that she feels because of the significance of
:42:02. > :42:05.the start of the 100, more so than the 200, Heron proved starting
:42:06. > :42:12.technique means she has more potential to be gathered up, so to
:42:13. > :42:17.speak. -- her improved starting technique. She is already well than
:42:18. > :42:22.the one at 200. She might not be welcomed and one at 100, she has had
:42:23. > :42:27.a couple of this season, one in each distance, but she will be tough to
:42:28. > :42:32.beat come Rio. The thing you have to always remember with Daphne
:42:33. > :42:35.Schippers, she will be good in the rounds. This confidence that she has
:42:36. > :42:40.in her start, she is putting herself under less pressure, meaning you
:42:41. > :42:44.start better anyway. She has a bit more confidence that it will work
:42:45. > :42:47.for her. She keeps it simple and straightforward, then once she is
:42:48. > :42:51.into running, more often than not, the last 20 or 30 metres, she will
:42:52. > :42:56.keep going away or run others down as they have got ahead of her.
:42:57. > :43:02.Strong, powerful, relaxed, more to come. That is what would trouble me
:43:03. > :43:09.if I was the others. Whenever you see her, you always think, OK, three
:43:10. > :43:13.rounds and she might have to go into the 1070s or something, it will be
:43:14. > :43:19.warm in Rio, a little breeze tonight. There are five athletes
:43:20. > :43:25.this year who have gone under 1080, she is not amongst them, so it will
:43:26. > :43:26.be tough. Daphne Schippers beats Veronica Campbell-Brown, a big gulf
:43:27. > :43:43.between the two macro. Robbie Grabarz in the high jump
:43:44. > :43:48.competition. Goes clear at 2.3 one. He has been perfect up to and
:43:49. > :44:00.including this height. The Olympic bronze medallist in fine fettle with
:44:01. > :44:09.Rio bearing down on us. 2.31 first attempt. Brassington sailing over.
:44:10. > :44:17.Really coming into good form. -- Barhsim.
:44:18. > :44:27.The second attempt for Gianmarco Tamberi. The tights are off, the
:44:28. > :44:32.basketball shorts are off and the clearances are coming. Fascinating
:44:33. > :44:40.fellow, really good sense of humour. Very animated press conference with
:44:41. > :44:44.Barhsim yesterday. This has the makings of something very special
:44:45. > :44:56.tonight. His opening night was 2.2 two. -- 2.20 two.
:44:57. > :45:04.Gaza, the Syrian, in the form of his life. He goes clear as well. This is
:45:05. > :45:15.really warming up. Another one clear. Second attempt for him. He is
:45:16. > :45:19.in third. Xinglong Gao looking desperately to give it some
:45:20. > :45:28.respectability, his card. Andy almost does it. Peppering the region
:45:29. > :45:32.between 7.5 and eight metres. Prior to this he has not been able to hit
:45:33. > :45:39.eight metres. That looked below eight metres, I have to say. And he
:45:40. > :45:43.has done it with his sixth and final effort. Talk about reward for
:45:44. > :45:56.perseverance. He moves into third place. Texaco is scalps. -- he takes
:45:57. > :46:01.a couple of useful scalps. Djidji in Poland in lane one. -- 's
:46:02. > :46:14.IQ. -- Jaguar. Ortega of Spain is in three.
:46:15. > :46:28.Martinot-Lagarde has been given the middle lane. Omar McLeod in five.
:46:29. > :46:39.Dimitri Bascou in sixth. 110 hurdles. Safely away. Omar McLeod
:46:40. > :46:52.got a terrible start. Bascou leading. Here comes Omar McLeod.
:46:53. > :47:03.Still Bascou. Ortega get said! -- gets it! Ortega came from nowhere at
:47:04. > :47:08.the end. He did not get a good start. It was all happening on this
:47:09. > :47:14.side. Bascou was away. He was being chased down by Omar McLeod, the made
:47:15. > :47:22.a mess of things and ended up on the track. The man who finished strongly
:47:23. > :47:25.was Ortega. He is in a bid of turmoil at the moment because he
:47:26. > :47:31.thinks he should be going to the Olympic Games to represent Spain.
:47:32. > :47:37.The IAAF say his eligibility does not come into effect to compete in
:47:38. > :47:41.major championships until November. And this will put him right at the
:47:42. > :47:47.forefront of the headlines because he has won here tonight. His story
:47:48. > :47:52.will get some attention. He said a new national record in Spain earlier
:47:53. > :47:58.in the season. Look at Omar McLeod. Hitting more barriers. He crashes to
:47:59. > :48:03.the track really heavily. He even manages to lose his shoe. It shows
:48:04. > :48:11.what an unforgiving discipline this is. Ortega third from right, very
:48:12. > :48:18.smooth. Taking the barriers in his stride. Never gives the other is a
:48:19. > :48:23.sniff. That was faultless. What about Martinot-Lagarde. What a
:48:24. > :48:28.return for him. There is Omar McLeod crashing down. Ortega coming
:48:29. > :48:34.through. He drags the big man through with him. Watch
:48:35. > :48:39.Martinot-Lagarde. Under a bit of pressure. Watching his team-mate,
:48:40. > :48:48.Bascou, going away. Look how strongly he finishes it. By far his
:48:49. > :49:13.best run of the season. 13.01 tonight. Here is the result.
:49:14. > :49:20.Bondarenko with his third attempt. Not this time. That looked very
:49:21. > :49:26.smooth indeed from the Ukrainian. The former world champion. And
:49:27. > :49:28.Bondarenko throws the gauntlet down to the others. First time clearance
:49:29. > :49:50.at 2.30 four. -- 2.3 four. He goes clear! It wouldn't be the
:49:51. > :49:58.one you would look down the list of names and say, this is the man who
:49:59. > :50:10.is going to win. But he goes clear. What can Tamberi do? Oh, yes! Of
:50:11. > :50:14.course, he says. The showman. World Indoor Championship of the European
:50:15. > :50:25.champion. 2.34 at the second attempt. Barshim in real trouble.
:50:26. > :50:28.His season has been rounding into one of enormous promise. This will
:50:29. > :50:36.be massively disappointed. It is just that. The javelin is an event
:50:37. > :50:48.which is on the field programme tonight. Here is Catherine Mitchell.
:50:49. > :50:56.The Australian. 66-metre throw at her best. That is a very sound
:50:57. > :51:04.throw. 63.80. This is the woman who won the European title, Callard over
:51:05. > :51:18.it. -- Kalann of itch. That is a really good effort. Way out there.
:51:19. > :51:27.Those markers are wrong. A bit disconcerting. It was a good throw.
:51:28. > :51:36.It is disconcerting. That was a 65-metre throw, not a 70-metre
:51:37. > :51:42.throw. She moves into an early lead. The line-up for the next event. It
:51:43. > :51:59.is a big field. 12 starters. It is a high-calibre field.
:52:00. > :52:07.Nyairera Wambui, World Junior Championships 14. Won-macro the
:52:08. > :52:29.Kenyan Olympic trials last week. Niyonsaba, the World Indoor
:52:30. > :52:34.Championship. She shares lane six with Molly Ludlow. Fourth the
:52:35. > :52:40.Neolithic trials last week. Just missed out on a spot of the
:52:41. > :52:46.Olympics. Caster Semenya, world champion in 2009, unbeaten in 800 so
:52:47. > :52:59.far this year. The world record is 1:53.20 eight. That was in 1983. A
:53:00. > :53:07.weather girl. Caster Semenya has displayed his enormous range in
:53:08. > :53:11.recent weeks. -- away they go. Semenya has all of the armoury
:53:12. > :53:15.needed to handle a field of this calibre. I wonder if she might
:53:16. > :53:21.overextend yourself in this 800 metres. The pacemaker has gone off
:53:22. > :53:28.quickly. Semenya slots into second. She looks relaxed. The rest of them
:53:29. > :53:38.being strung out. Niyonsaba in second. Nyairera Wambui moving into
:53:39. > :53:46.sixth. So far, Lynsey Sharp keeping our powder dry. Nyairera Wambui went
:53:47. > :53:52.through the first few hundred metres slower than the others. It is not
:53:53. > :54:01.super fast but certainly quick enough. Can Semenya runaway from
:54:02. > :54:10.Niyonsaba? 56.04 is probably a better time. It is more sensible. It
:54:11. > :54:16.is Semenya at the moment. The athletes in world rankings in first,
:54:17. > :54:23.second and third. 250 metres to run. Lynsey Sharp in A. 200 metres
:54:24. > :54:26.remaining. This is where Semenya in every race this year has eased away
:54:27. > :54:31.from the opposition. Almost effortlessly. Brilliant running from
:54:32. > :54:41.Molly Ludlow. She is clinging on to the top three. Out in front after...
:54:42. > :54:49.Lynsey Sharp than the home straight. -- home straight. Semenya looking
:54:50. > :55:00.powerful, looking smooth. 1:55.30 four. That is a new personal best.
:55:01. > :55:07.And boy, oh boy, does she look stressed? Does she look in trouble?
:55:08. > :55:14.A brilliant, brilliant, smooth piece of 800 metre running from Caster
:55:15. > :55:25.Semenya. Yes, some good performances behind. There is nobody who can do
:55:26. > :55:35.what she can do at the minute. Nobody can do that. Not even
:55:36. > :55:42.Niyonsaba or a Nyairera Wambui. She can win at will. Surely she is going
:55:43. > :55:48.to run much quicker than that if she wants to. This is controlled
:55:49. > :55:52.running. She only picks up on the last 100 metres. To have that in
:55:53. > :55:59.your tank, the others have not got that. They just do not. As a
:56:00. > :56:04.competitor you always have to think, how can I beat that person? I cannot
:56:05. > :56:09.see anything. I could not suggest anything to the others that could
:56:10. > :56:17.give them even a glimmer of hope. Because in effect, she acted as a
:56:18. > :56:24.pacemaker. Didn't step aside, didn't slow, just gradually eased away. The
:56:25. > :56:32.place times spectacular. A national record. That was for Niyonsaba in
:56:33. > :56:45.second. Great personal best from Molly Ludlow.
:56:46. > :56:58.Bondarenko with his second attempt at 2.3 seven. That is nice. Yes. The
:56:59. > :57:04.confidence is coming back for several of these high jumpers. Last
:57:05. > :57:10.year was almost a fallow year. After the exploits of 2014 which was so
:57:11. > :57:16.spectacular. Tamberi. His first attempt. That is clear. That is a
:57:17. > :57:23.personal best equalling performance from Tamberi. And he takes the lead.
:57:24. > :57:29.And my word, Willie he take some scalps tonight? Bondarenko behind
:57:30. > :57:42.him. Barshim already out. Thomases out as well. Here is Majad Ghazal.
:57:43. > :57:50.What a night he is having. No. He is more concerned with the foot than
:57:51. > :57:59.the failure. This is Spotakova in the javelin. First round,. She
:58:00. > :58:10.managed to get into the top four. Three more throws. Now we have got
:58:11. > :58:21.better marking out there as well. Kalann average leading. Mitchell of
:58:22. > :58:30.Australia lying in second place. Not quite far enough. The 200 metres for
:58:31. > :58:46.men all set to go. Christophe Lemaitre is becoming
:58:47. > :58:53.almost the forgotten man of European sprinting after dominating. James
:58:54. > :59:00.Ellington in the yellow for Great Britain. He is concentrating on the
:59:01. > :59:32.100 this year. Martinez of Dominica. A pretty even break. A good start
:59:33. > :59:42.for lane eight. The Jamaican is also going well. Brenner is in lane one.
:59:43. > :59:46.It is anybody's race. Alonso Edward has just got their centrist moves
:59:47. > :59:52.away by a metre. Alonso Edward gets the win from Lemaitre, and perhaps
:59:53. > :59:57.Brenner is for third. 20.11, that is the time at the moment.
:59:58. > :00:04.It has just been taken down by a hundred, 20.1 zero. Alonso Edward
:00:05. > :00:10.has been in good term, 20.06 is his season best. Very, very smooth.
:00:11. > :00:16.James Allington swung wide. You never really got back on terms with
:00:17. > :00:29.the majority of this field. -- he'd never really. Edward was very, very
:00:30. > :00:35.much smoother. It is a season's best for Lemaitre, not by much. It is all
:00:36. > :00:39.a bit ragged. You can't knock anyone for fighting hard. He was never the
:00:40. > :00:44.smoothest of sprinters. He will claim and say that he is edging in
:00:45. > :00:51.the right direction, but Alonso Edward, just look at him, nice and
:00:52. > :00:52.relaxed. Then sit off the truck. Martina was probably a bit
:00:53. > :01:11.disappointed with his performance. Alonso Edward, a big winter night.
:01:12. > :01:17.20.10 his winning time, a season's best from Lemaitre. Very Brenner is
:01:18. > :01:28.just run out of third place by Martina, but he equalled his
:01:29. > :01:33.national record. -- Nery Brenes was just run out of third place.
:01:34. > :01:42.The men's 3000, the final event. What a race it promises to be. A
:01:43. > :01:49.host of Kenyans, including the world number one who, as we understand, is
:01:50. > :01:53.looking for a long way under eight minutes, that is Kipruto. We
:01:54. > :02:00.understand he has never wrote that. If the pacemakers do their job, if
:02:01. > :02:03.Kipruto goes with them, the World Championships silver-medallist for
:02:04. > :02:07.each of the last two macro occasions, 2013 in Moscow and last
:02:08. > :02:13.year in Beijing, maybe we could see something special here tonight. Of
:02:14. > :02:21.course we want to see a great race as well. Records are the cream on
:02:22. > :02:27.the cake, so to speak. Bondarenko is in a little bit of
:02:28. > :02:34.trouble. He is on the way back, Bondarenko.
:02:35. > :02:40.He has had a busy evening, came in at 2.22, clear but first-time. There
:02:41. > :02:47.is his card in full. A second place for Bondarenko.
:02:48. > :02:58.At the third time of asking, Tambe area, the European champion, 2.39,
:02:59. > :03:03.cleared it. -- Tamberi, the European champion. Tamberi has a new national
:03:04. > :03:12.record, 2.39, McLeod were on their feet. -- the crowd were on their
:03:13. > :03:17.feet. This youngster who stunned the world
:03:18. > :03:22.at the European Championships, Rojas, she is still a little bit
:03:23. > :03:28.raw, still yet to control those long limbs, but think of the potential
:03:29. > :03:33.she surely has at this? Certainly an improvement. Started with 14.23 in
:03:34. > :03:40.round one. She was in the Labour last time saw it. In proving to
:03:41. > :03:49.14.55 -- she was in the lead, the last time we saw it.
:03:50. > :04:01.This precocious talent from Rojas. She is now somebody for Ibarguen to
:04:02. > :04:07.battle. All smiles. She is quite a character, Ibarguen. She has been
:04:08. > :04:17.around a while, 32 years old, Rojas is fully 12 years younger.
:04:18. > :04:26.A fabulous final phase, she squeezes every centimetre out of it.
:04:27. > :04:31.One national records already for Tamberi, what a year he is having.
:04:32. > :04:34.He already has to macro gold medals at the Ruby in Championships and at
:04:35. > :04:41.the Europeans. Let's hope that is not an injury. -- at the European
:04:42. > :04:48.indoor Championships and add to be repealed. Oh, no, no, no. I was just
:04:49. > :04:53.saying what a year he is having, that looks like an athlete who
:04:54. > :04:59.thinks he has done something bad. A new national record from Tamberi,
:05:00. > :05:03.but with a very worrying injury just before Rio. Bondarenko taking second
:05:04. > :05:07.place, Robert Grabarz taking third in the Diamond race, Bondarenko is
:05:08. > :05:15.still reading it. Back to the steeplechase, but first
:05:16. > :05:27.kilometre 2:40.50 four. It is not Grice Peck -- great pacemaking. I
:05:28. > :05:34.think there might be a race for Kipruto now, rather than a time
:05:35. > :05:45.trial. The third placed runner is trying to
:05:46. > :05:55.hang onto Kipruto. Kipyego is in fourth place in the orange. He has
:05:56. > :06:00.to go. He is hanging around, the place is going. The last 1000
:06:01. > :06:03.metres, really good athletes, the world-class, front running attacking
:06:04. > :06:12.athletes, he is blaming everybody else. Have a go, go on! Show us what
:06:13. > :06:16.you can do. He will blame the pacemaker but, to
:06:17. > :06:21.be fair, if this was so easy for him he should have gone past in a lap
:06:22. > :06:27.ago and got on with it. Otherwise I agree, he has won four Diamond
:06:28. > :06:33.League Yes so far, each at a canter. -- Diamond Leagues so far. He won in
:06:34. > :06:35.the Birmingham Diamond League with just a few hundred 's. This is
:06:36. > :06:47.relatively easy. They go through the Bell in about
:06:48. > :06:53.7.0 seven. The crowds are enjoying this. They know they are distance
:06:54. > :06:58.running in Monte Carlo, it is always a feast of great middle-distance
:06:59. > :07:01.races, tonight is no exception. The world junior champion, the
:07:02. > :07:06.reigning world junior champion, the world Junior Championships starting
:07:07. > :07:11.next week, so he will lose that title. You can never do well at the
:07:12. > :07:17.Olympic trials, but your list as pace and he will put Kipruto under
:07:18. > :07:22.some pressure. Kipruto responded immediately. Twice the World
:07:23. > :07:26.Championships silver medal as now, he skips over the water jump into
:07:27. > :07:31.the water. He is much the taller of the two macro. Who has got the
:07:32. > :07:37.change of pace? This is now a tactical affair. Kipyego is in
:07:38. > :07:42.third, he is run out of it. Kipruto ups the cadence. He makes it look
:07:43. > :07:51.comfortable. Three metres to the goods in 8.08, what might have been?
:07:52. > :07:55.One of these days, Kipruto, who records his fifth consecutive
:07:56. > :07:59.Diamond League win in the Speigel -- steeplechase, one of these days he
:08:00. > :08:03.will get it right, he will get great pacemaking, he will attack the
:08:04. > :08:07.distance from the middle and latter section and he will go a long way
:08:08. > :08:12.below eight minutes. I think he is pleased to have won the race in what
:08:13. > :08:22.was a tactical affair. Kipruto winning 8:08.11.
:08:23. > :08:29.The Moroccan and fourth place had a personal best.
:08:30. > :08:34.Rojas again, gradually improving, looking better through the rounds.
:08:35. > :08:38.That middle phase is just a step, almost literally just a step. She
:08:39. > :08:43.does not make it a phase of the jump. She is a very, very raw
:08:44. > :08:48.talents. I can imagine coaches all over the road would be thinking --
:08:49. > :08:53.all over the world would be thinking, goodness me, what is this
:08:54. > :08:58.middle phase? It hardly covers any distance at all. So much more to
:08:59. > :09:05.come from this very, very tall young lady. 14.60 four.
:09:06. > :09:13.She has been leading the javelin throughout, this lady. She could not
:09:14. > :09:19.go further. Flat conditions, not easy for javelin throwers. A win for
:09:20. > :09:22.her, but not able to improve. Nobody has been able to even get close to
:09:23. > :09:37.her. So she wins. Kimberly Williams, the sixth and
:09:38. > :09:42.final round for the Jamaican, who is in third place at the moment. 14.29
:09:43. > :09:51.is her best, that was way back in the first round. No jumps in the
:09:52. > :09:59.second and third rounds. Oh, that is a big second phase and a
:10:00. > :10:05.huge final phase from Williams. She is a 14.56 jumper this year. She is
:10:06. > :10:08.not far short with that effort. Just about perfect on the board. I know
:10:09. > :10:15.one or two macro people would call that a no jumper.
:10:16. > :10:18.She sits back on it a little bit, Williams, twice a World
:10:19. > :10:23.Championships finalist. The final effort, 14 metres 47. In this light
:10:24. > :10:33.headwind, there is still a bit of breeze around. This will be the last
:10:34. > :10:39.of the action of the night. Ibarguen down the back straight. Many of the
:10:40. > :10:45.crowd had stayed, which is good to see. She is leading the competition
:10:46. > :10:50.from Rojas, 14.87 on the third round, no jumps in round four and
:10:51. > :10:58.five. Last round of the competition. Oh! Saved the best until last! With
:10:59. > :11:03.a defiant sweep of the arm, Ibarguen takes a bow. She has won tonight.
:11:04. > :11:10.She stays on top. She has maybe given us the best jump of the
:11:11. > :11:15.competition right at the very end. She is looking for 15 metres,
:11:16. > :11:21.certainly not far away. Very, very close. She knew, didn't she? Looking
:11:22. > :11:27.for the results. Oh, it is 14.90 six. Very close to 15 metres. Big
:11:28. > :11:36.smiles, she would love to have gone over 15 but she stays on top,
:11:37. > :11:40.looking good. Stay with us on BBC One next to find
:11:41. > :11:45.out what it really takes to coach a champion. We would given exclusive
:11:46. > :11:49.access to go behind-the-scenes with the man behind the success of
:11:50. > :11:52.Jessica Ennis-Hill. That is followed by continued coverage of Davis Cup
:11:53. > :11:57.tennis. Tomorrow on BBC Two, highlights of
:11:58. > :12:01.the triathlon World Series. Diamond League athletics will be back life
:12:02. > :12:08.next weekend with the Anniversary Games in London. Coverage starts
:12:09. > :12:11.from 7pm on Friday evening. After the horrific news from Nice
:12:12. > :12:16.overnight, taking part in an athletics competition can seem
:12:17. > :12:19.futile and insignificant. However, the only thing that athletes can
:12:20. > :12:23.realistically offer is to perform as well as they are able. Tonight we
:12:24. > :12:27.had a host of impressive performances from British athletes
:12:28. > :12:31.as Rio comes close, ticket early in entrance. Mo Farah was a little off
:12:32. > :12:36.the pace in the 1500 metres, but I am sure nothing to worry about.
:12:37. > :12:40.There was a big personal best from Charlie Grice in the same event, and
:12:41. > :12:47.Steph Twell continues her return to Rio form. Lynsey Sharp went close to
:12:48. > :12:51.her best, and Holly Bradshaw got a personal best in the pole vault. But
:12:52. > :12:56.the star of the British athletes was a litre oil, a massive win for her
:12:57. > :12:59.in the 400 metres under personal best, showing she is very much on
:13:00. > :13:03.course to be a real contender in Rio. -- the best of the British was
:13:04. > :13:09.Eilidh Doyle.