:00:50. > :00:56.Welcome to highlights of the Rabat Diamond League, the first time the
:00:57. > :01:02.series has come to Morocco and to market they have made sure it is a
:01:03. > :01:06.world-class field. COMMENTATOR: Looking magnificent. Finding that
:01:07. > :01:13.little bit extra. Gets it to the line. Here comes Lynsey Sharp of
:01:14. > :01:22.Scotland. Silver for Scotland. She is a really good competitor.
:01:23. > :01:29.Brilliant performance. Has been relentless, ruthless here. Coming
:01:30. > :01:39.away with a gold-medal! Well done, sir. It is all about LaShawn
:01:40. > :01:44.Merritt. What a performance. Rabat is the capital of Morocco and the
:01:45. > :01:49.first city in Africa to host a Diamond League meeting. A UNESCO
:01:50. > :01:54.World Heritage site, the city is known for its historical and modern
:01:55. > :02:00.architecture. Your commentators today are Stuart Storey and Tim
:02:01. > :02:03.Hutchins. We start with the women's 400-metre hurdles. There is the
:02:04. > :02:32.line-up. Not much in it as they go towards
:02:33. > :02:39.the first of the barriers. Russell being left behind by Nel, who has
:02:40. > :02:44.gone off pretty quickly in the back straight. The rest are pretty even
:02:45. > :02:49.as we go down towards approaching 200 metres. Russell is recovering
:02:50. > :02:57.and is on the shoulder of now. What will happen at the 200-300 metres,
:02:58. > :03:03.on the outside, Hanna Titimets going well, also. Into this final bend.
:03:04. > :03:14.Russell looking very strong. She has taken over the lead. A steady 150.
:03:15. > :03:23.On the inside is Cassandra Tate. Russell is going to take this one.
:03:24. > :03:31.Janieve Russell of Jamaica wins it and is second place, Cassandra Tate,
:03:32. > :03:34.in third place, Nel. The time, 54.1 eight. Pretty quick on the day, the
:03:35. > :03:46.second fastest in the world this year. Just ahead of Doyle in Doha. A
:03:47. > :03:54.good run. Not the great first 200 metres. An evenly paced 400 from
:03:55. > :03:58.Russell of Jamaica. It was a beautifully judged race from
:03:59. > :04:03.Russell. Went out hard and settled around the second bend and then
:04:04. > :04:08.kicked hard off the bend and eased away from the Nel. The time is
:04:09. > :04:13.pretty good in easy conditions. There is a strong wind coming off
:04:14. > :04:17.the Atlantic. Should be behind the athletes down the home straight for
:04:18. > :04:23.the most part but in their faces over the back straight. Janieve
:04:24. > :04:29.Russell, 22 years old, showing enormous strength and good judgment
:04:30. > :04:35.in that very tough event. That is the result. A personal best for
:04:36. > :04:44.Russell. A season's best for Cassandra Tate. A good race. Coming
:04:45. > :04:51.up, Britain's Lynsey Sharp in action in the 800 metres. In the 110 metre
:04:52. > :04:56.hurdles, David Oliver, the 2013 champion, looking for a first
:04:57. > :05:06.Diamond League win. A top field in the 800 metres featuring Olympic
:05:07. > :05:14.medallist Amos. In the 400 metres, the British champion faces LaShawn
:05:15. > :05:28.Merritt. The women's 100 metres. They have been waiting patiently.
:05:29. > :05:32.There is Kambundji. A fabulous time at the European Championships two
:05:33. > :05:47.years ago but struggling to make her mark among the best in the world.
:05:48. > :05:55.Kerron Stewart, and a former Olympic medallist. This athlete, a couple of
:05:56. > :06:07.outings already this year. Elaine Thompson. Okagbare, a long jump
:06:08. > :06:15.medallist in 2008. Very quick over the sprints. Five women in the world
:06:16. > :06:21.have gone under 11 seconds so far this year. It is early days. Nobody
:06:22. > :06:30.in this field has done it yet in 2016. I fancy the meeting record
:06:31. > :06:38.might have a degree of mobility. -- vulnerability. Carmelita Jeter is in
:06:39. > :06:58.four. Away they go. Quickest away is
:06:59. > :07:05.Thompson beside Carmelita Jeter. Leading from Kerron Stewart. Coming
:07:06. > :07:14.through for a second place finish. Okagbare. Thompson, Okagbare,
:07:15. > :07:21.Stuart. 11.0 four. The wind, -1.3. If that is the case, it is swirling
:07:22. > :07:25.like crazy. They look at the start with Kerron Stewart fading a little
:07:26. > :07:30.bit. Stuart has been at the top of the tree in the past but Thompson,
:07:31. > :07:34.world champion silver-medallist last year. Terrific endurance and that
:07:35. > :07:41.looked easy. Very comfortable in the end. The body language shows she was
:07:42. > :07:54.well within herself. That looks really good at 11 point 02. Despite
:07:55. > :07:59.the headwind, the first three certainly Okagbare and Stuart
:08:00. > :07:59.setting a season's best. And a new meeting record. Very impressive
:08:00. > :08:11.indeed. This is how the Diamond League
:08:12. > :08:16.points system works. There are 14 meetings with 16 track and field
:08:17. > :08:21.events for men and women. Every event, sprint, hurdles or shot put,
:08:22. > :08:25.has its own competition with seven rounds and the winner gets ten
:08:26. > :08:34.points, second place, six points, third four points, down to one point
:08:35. > :08:38.for six. In September, each overall Diamond League race winner will take
:08:39. > :08:44.home $40,000 and a sparkling diamond trophy.
:08:45. > :09:04.The triple jump. Rojas not in the form we saw last
:09:05. > :09:16.week. Could not get the power behind the jumps. There it is. 14.11 was
:09:17. > :09:32.her best jump, way down. European Championship silver-medallist in
:09:33. > :09:35.2012. Patricia -- Patricia Mamona. The World Championship indoor
:09:36. > :09:54.finalists, as well. Papachristou, she was fifth in Doha
:09:55. > :10:04.in the triple jump. She has done a little bit better here. A good
:10:05. > :10:08.range. That was not bad. The end result, 14 metres and 28, that was
:10:09. > :10:11.in the first round of the competition and she could not
:10:12. > :10:20.improve on that but she did equal that in the fourth round. Caterine
:10:21. > :10:30.Ibarguen, who will beat this woman? Under pressure from Rojas of
:10:31. > :10:34.Venezuela, but came up with a sensational jump in Doha. On this
:10:35. > :10:43.occasion, good enough to take it and get another ten points. Caterine
:10:44. > :10:54.Ibarguen, of Columbia, tall, elegant, powerful, remains unbeaten
:10:55. > :10:59.in 33 finals. That is some record. I would not think it is too often
:11:00. > :11:09.achieved. There it is, the final round. Against a slight headwind.
:11:10. > :11:18.The next event on the track is the men's 800 metres. It should be a
:11:19. > :11:25.competitive race. What a field. Amos. Nijel Amos, Diamond League
:11:26. > :11:27.winner last year, only 22. Remember the silver medal in the Olympics in
:11:28. > :11:52.2012. The pacemaker on the outside is the
:11:53. > :12:07.Kenyan, Meli. They go into the back straight. On the inside, Abdelati El
:12:08. > :12:12.Guesse. The pacemaker going to quickly by my count, way ahead of
:12:13. > :12:22.the rest of the field. He has gone way too far ahead of the rest. Amos
:12:23. > :12:33.is there. Kaboul is sitting in. Amel Tuka at the back, as he often is.
:12:34. > :12:39.Makhloufi also at the back. You cannot blame the pacemaker. They
:12:40. > :12:46.have to think on their feet. I was amazed how slowly Makhloufi went out
:12:47. > :12:47.over the first 200 but he has made his way up and is probably running
:12:48. > :13:06.the most even splits. El Manaoui is leading. Bosse has
:13:07. > :13:15.gone for this. He is playing well. He is leading, Amos in second place.
:13:16. > :13:21.Bosse has taken this one. They are not going to catch him. He came off
:13:22. > :13:29.the bend so quickly. Makhloufi in seconds, ambled to cut in third.
:13:30. > :13:33.Amos nowhere. Nijel Amos of what's one, he found himself in some
:13:34. > :13:38.considerable difficulty in that. Absolutely nowhere in the final
:13:39. > :13:45.stages, but what about the effort by Bosse France? He really went for
:13:46. > :13:52.that, a season's best for him and he ran it tactically brilliantly. It
:13:53. > :13:58.really was a good race in the end. He races a lot and consistently. The
:13:59. > :14:04.way he eased up to the shoulder of the leader with 200 to go, changing
:14:05. > :14:10.gear at the bend. Amos did not have the same gear to go to. Bosse is a
:14:11. > :14:13.big fellow, about six foot three. Into the straight, extending the
:14:14. > :14:20.lead. Makhloufi misjudged it somewhat. He was just too far back
:14:21. > :14:23.at the bell I think to get on terms with Bosse.
:14:24. > :14:41.Pretty tight for the places, but a good run by Bosse. The next event on
:14:42. > :14:46.the track is the men's steeplechase, they call it a man killer of an
:14:47. > :14:55.event. Very tough indeed. It's a big field, it's significant because it
:14:56. > :15:02.sees the return of Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. He spent all of
:15:03. > :15:06.the asked you -- last year out with an Achilles injury. How well has the
:15:07. > :15:12.recovered from that? I was talking to one of the French meet directors
:15:13. > :15:15.today and he said Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad doesn't come out
:15:16. > :15:18.unless he's ready to race and to be fair, he's very consistent so let's
:15:19. > :15:23.see how he goes here. He's about forth from back. They come round
:15:24. > :15:29.that bend and into the home straight. We are looking for
:15:30. > :15:40.something around eight minutes tempo. Bernard Nganga leads. He was
:15:41. > :15:44.the pacemaker in Doha a few weeks ago. Single file at the moment.
:15:45. > :15:51.Certainly the two principles, consensus computer once Jairus
:15:52. > :15:58.Birech, it's going to the script as far as they are concerned --
:15:59. > :16:03.conserves consensus Caputo. It could have been much quicker, it was on
:16:04. > :16:06.schedule for eight minutes for some considerable time and he seems to be
:16:07. > :16:20.emerging as the man to beat at the moment. Berridge hasn't -- Birech
:16:21. > :16:24.hasn't really been doing the business but but Kipruto is the man
:16:25. > :16:29.of the moment. Let's see if he can hang onto this. The first kilometre
:16:30. > :16:33.was world-record tempo. They are really attacking this. That's why
:16:34. > :16:38.the gap has grown to about 35 metres for the chasing pack. Kipruto still
:16:39. > :16:45.tucked in their behind the pacemaker. Kipruto could go below
:16:46. > :16:49.eight minutes. Birech hanging onto his coat tails at the moment, the
:16:50. > :16:52.man who finished fourth so frustratingly in the World
:16:53. > :17:01.Championship last year with three laps to run. Birech had good second
:17:02. > :17:06.places but he finished fourth behind 3Com patriots in Beijing. Kipruto,
:17:07. > :17:12.left of picture, beginning to wind it up with a lap and a half to go.
:17:13. > :17:19.Paul Koech is in third place, the third fastest man in history, from
:17:20. > :17:24.Rome in 2012. He is 40 metres down now, in the water jump as they go to
:17:25. > :17:27.the straight. Birech has a quick finish. I would say Kipruto has to
:17:28. > :17:33.do something pretty special over the next 200 or 300 metres if he wants
:17:34. > :17:39.to shake off Birech. Birech didn't get this close this -- last time
:17:40. > :17:43.out, there has been a drop-off in place and it's allowed Birech to
:17:44. > :17:47.stay there but Kipruto did finish strongly in the final stages of his
:17:48. > :17:53.last race. As I say that, the pedal goes down into the back straight has
:17:54. > :17:58.the approaches the hurdle. 300 to run and looking very strong now down
:17:59. > :18:03.the back straight is Kipruto. He's shown an impressive turn of speed.
:18:04. > :18:08.This is perhaps a new quality, taking Birech on at his own skill.
:18:09. > :18:11.That is a vicious kick over the last 300 metres. Birech has specialised
:18:12. > :18:16.in defeating one field after another over the last couple of seasons but
:18:17. > :18:21.Kipruto has opened those 15 metres up in the space of about 150. Waving
:18:22. > :18:27.to the crowd now as he comes off the bend into the straight. He's got a
:18:28. > :18:34.great rival behind him, he's going to miss eight minutes by two or
:18:35. > :18:38.three seconds, he did the damage with the acceleration down the back
:18:39. > :18:45.straight. He jogs across the line, ten metres to the good, it is indeed
:18:46. > :18:48.a new meeting record. It's the fastest time in a world this year,
:18:49. > :18:55.improving his own time from Doha by just over two microseconds. He was
:18:56. > :18:58.clearly on for a sub eight minutes and he's jogging around the bend
:18:59. > :19:02.into the home straight, he really is a former world junior champion and
:19:03. > :19:07.my goodness me, he's now coming of age. Confirmation of the win for
:19:08. > :19:14.Kipruto, the fastest time in the world this year. Birech I good
:19:15. > :19:16.second. Paul Koech a distant third, he spends a lot of the race on his
:19:17. > :19:33.own. The pole vault next, Yarisley Silva,
:19:34. > :19:43.her opening height, we've already seen this height troubles by the
:19:44. > :19:51.Swiss. Yes, that's nice. She's a very compact powerful volta, the
:19:52. > :19:52.reigning champion from last year, silver-medallist at the Games in
:19:53. > :20:07.London. Baniotis, 2.25 in the high jump
:20:08. > :20:11.competition. Twice world Indoor Championship analyst incidentally.
:20:12. > :20:16.Really attacked that bar, that was a very aggressive piece of running and
:20:17. > :20:21.the sprints showed there was a slight miners headwind but certainly
:20:22. > :20:24.it's been up to 2.5 plus, so that's interesting, isn't it? It's
:20:25. > :20:27.fluctuating, that's for sure. The high jumpers may have a slight back
:20:28. > :20:38.wind from time to time. Robbie Grabarz next to go, and
:20:39. > :20:45.Olympic medallist back in 2012. Jumping with new-found confidence
:20:46. > :20:49.this year, it has to be said. His personal best, 2.30 seven. That's
:20:50. > :20:54.nice, from Robbie Grabarz, much better. He did jump 2.29 in Doha, a
:20:55. > :21:07.couple of weeks back. Let's go back to the women's pole
:21:08. > :21:11.vault, the third attempt at this height for Katerina Stefanidi. She
:21:12. > :21:18.is based in the United States. She is a 4.73 jumper. That's nice. Lots
:21:19. > :21:24.of power, lots of speed there from the Greek. The European championship
:21:25. > :21:34.silver-medallist producing a meeting record there. And making it look
:21:35. > :21:44.relatively easy, I have to say. It's that 4.40, up to 4.6 five. Back to
:21:45. > :21:49.the men's high jump, trying to maintain his perfect card to date.
:21:50. > :21:52.Probably a bit fed up with minor medals, the Olympic
:21:53. > :21:56.silver-medallist, the world indoor bronze-medallist from a few weeks
:21:57. > :22:02.back and a brilliant, brilliant clearance there. No trouble at all.
:22:03. > :22:07.He becomes the first man clear and at first attempt, that means the men
:22:08. > :22:12.behind him, who have had 12-macro failures that this height, have to
:22:13. > :22:20.clear the next height, 2.31, then 2.34, it will be, doing just enough
:22:21. > :22:25.there, nicely judged. Next event on the track, the men's high hurdles
:22:26. > :22:37.and what a Olivero Brazil, Richardson USA, Oliver USA. Antonio
:22:38. > :22:42.Alkana was South Africa. David Oliver, world champion in 2013 and a
:22:43. > :22:52.big bronze-medallist in 2008, is a real powerhouse.
:22:53. > :23:05.A good start. Look at Orlando Ortega going away, Konstadinos Douvalidis
:23:06. > :23:11.is going well. David Oliver is going to get it, Orlando Ortega in second
:23:12. > :23:19.place and the time, just looking at the clock, 13.13, a new meeting
:23:20. > :23:27.record of course but Orlando Ortega absolutely superb. So was David
:23:28. > :23:32.Oliver, just for once it was great to see him really competing, David,
:23:33. > :23:39.because getting that at 13.12, it's been rounded up and there was one
:23:40. > :23:43.100th of a second between him and Orlando Ortega. I thought it was
:23:44. > :23:47.Konstadinos Douvalidis in third place. David Oliver get the win and
:23:48. > :23:51.he desperately needs that on the season. Let's have a look at the
:23:52. > :23:56.start. I'm a little surprised, David Oliver third to left, a good start.
:23:57. > :24:00.Orlando Ortega got the better start, leading at this stage. Oliver
:24:01. > :24:04.battled to get back on terms. Antonio Alkana on the near side from
:24:05. > :24:08.South Africa having a fabulous run. Only now, about three quarters of a
:24:09. > :24:13.way through, does Oliver get the lead. That win is pretty comfortable
:24:14. > :24:17.from David Oliver, I'm amazed they put it down to one 100th of a
:24:18. > :24:21.second, it was easy to call relatively speaking. One 100th
:24:22. > :24:28.between David Oliver and Orlando Ortega. I thought maybe... Johnathan
:24:29. > :24:35.Cabral was third. He was ahead, clearly ahead of Konstadinos
:24:36. > :24:48.Douvalidis. There it is, David Oliver, 13.12, a meeting record.
:24:49. > :25:02.On Barranco, a very important job for him, a third and final -- Bohdan
:25:03. > :25:06.Bondarenko. The job was a very good job, but Bohdan Bondarenko wheeze of
:25:07. > :25:12.the season's best on 2.28 but here's Amanda achieved 2.42 in his career,
:25:13. > :25:16.2.28 is a season's best, it will give him a breathing space. He's
:25:17. > :25:22.very tall. Not as fast into the bar as some of the high jumpers we see,
:25:23. > :25:28.but that's a good clearance. Nothing iffy about that one, that was a very
:25:29. > :25:31.good clearance indeed. In the vault now, Nicole Buchler Switzerland has
:25:32. > :25:38.started the season well. This is second attempt at 4.70, had one
:25:39. > :25:44.failure at this height. Desperately needs it. That's a terrific vault, a
:25:45. > :25:52.fabulous piece of vaulting. Well, she is back in business here against
:25:53. > :26:01.Stephanie -- Katerina Stefanidi. A lovely approach and clearance.
:26:02. > :26:05.Katerina Stefanidi, at 4.7 five. That would equal the meeting record
:26:06. > :26:13.if she can achieve it. It would be on her first attempt, of course. Oh,
:26:14. > :26:19.yes. So Katerina Stefanidi goes into the lead. In this pole vault
:26:20. > :26:23.competition, it's quite a competitive one between herself and
:26:24. > :26:28.Nicole Buchler, Yarisley Silva in third place. Way below par. But
:26:29. > :26:41.Katerina Stefanidi is really going well. It's good to see. To Bohdan
:26:42. > :26:47.Bondarenko, oh, yes, he goes clear. That really is a very, very good
:26:48. > :26:56.performance indeed. That's eight 2.31, the second attempt, not bad,
:26:57. > :26:59.he is getting there at last. Tall, rangy, attacking, great lift off the
:27:00. > :27:03.ground, superb impact. Terrific impacts. The end result is a very
:27:04. > :27:14.fine clearance indeed. Next up is home favourite Abdalaati
:27:15. > :27:16.Iguider, the reigning world and Olympic 1500 metre bronze-medallist
:27:17. > :27:21.and he will be looking to head to the podium once again, in Rio, in
:27:22. > :27:26.August, but can he give the crowd in the Moroccan capital something to
:27:27. > :27:35.cheer about? Ewan-macro the next men -- the next event on the track, the
:27:36. > :27:40.men's 3000 metres. It's a strong field. Abdalaati Iguider will bring
:27:41. > :27:44.the crowd to their feet, should he win this one, the Olympic
:27:45. > :27:50.bronze-medallist at 1500 metres. Surely all eyes here on Abdalaati
:27:51. > :27:54.Iguider, third to left, as they wait patiently. He was only fourth in the
:27:55. > :27:59.world indoor 3000, relatively poor for him. He normally makes it onto
:28:00. > :28:09.the rostrum, certainly in indoor races.
:28:10. > :28:27.Away they go. The early pace looking healthy. Four minute mile tempo they
:28:28. > :28:38.will maintain for almost two miles if they stick to the schedule.
:28:39. > :28:46.Ismael Kombich should be comfortable at this tempo. Just under two laps
:28:47. > :28:54.as they go through. Still with Ibrahimov leading. Still anybody's
:28:55. > :29:02.race. Nine in the pack. 652 run and Iguider looking very smooth. Easy to
:29:03. > :29:14.forget he is a 3.28 1500 metres runner. You have to be very close to
:29:15. > :29:25.the front in a tactical race like this. If you are not there, watch it
:29:26. > :29:39.covering every move. As they come down towards the bell, Iguider, and
:29:40. > :29:43.an enormous roar. Iguider hits the front for the first time
:29:44. > :29:53.effectively. Kipkoech in fourth place. 300 metres to run. Let's see
:29:54. > :29:59.the form of Iguider, has he got the form today? They have had so many
:30:00. > :30:06.good champions over the years. They love middle-distance running. They
:30:07. > :30:17.know it well. Still only a metre between Iguider and Ibrahimov. As
:30:18. > :30:24.they come into the straight, Ibrahimov tries to raise his game.
:30:25. > :30:36.Iguider stretches his stride and eases away. The gap seven metres at
:30:37. > :30:41.the line. 7.37 for Iguider. So much harder running in the last couple of
:30:42. > :30:48.laps but relatively easy for the Moroccan 29-year-old. It is easy to
:30:49. > :30:59.forget he has great strength, Iguider. As Olympic medallist at
:31:00. > :31:04.1500 at London. That is a very powerful combination of speed and
:31:05. > :31:11.strength. They got what they wanted, a home win at last. A break crowd
:31:12. > :31:21.here. A terrific run in with 200 metres to go. The indoor champion in
:31:22. > :31:37.2012. He has been around a while. A look over his shoulder. Adel Mechaal
:31:38. > :31:46.of Spain in third place. They do not get much noisier than this.
:31:47. > :31:57.Confirmation of the time. The pictures behind the caption line.
:31:58. > :32:07.The crowd still going berserk here. The time is pretty solid going down
:32:08. > :32:15.the results card. This is the final attempt in the win in's pole vault
:32:16. > :32:23.for Nicole Buchler. Katerina Stefanidi cleared 4.70 five. The
:32:24. > :32:27.third and final attempt, that was for the victory. Could she snatch
:32:28. > :32:34.victory from the jaws of defeat? No, she couldn't. Confirmation. Katerina
:32:35. > :32:44.Stefanidi. Very good in these gusty conditions. Back to the men's high
:32:45. > :32:52.jump and Erik Kynard in real trouble. We saw Bohdan Bondarenko go
:32:53. > :33:00.clear at the second time of asking. It is not to be for Erik Kynard.
:33:01. > :33:07.Everything was going sweetly and then he hit the blocks, so to speak,
:33:08. > :33:16.at 2.30 one. Confirmation of the wind for Bohdan Bondarenko. Fabulous
:33:17. > :33:29.performances in the 2.40s a couple of years back.
:33:30. > :33:41.Kovago in the discus. Robert Urbanek still leading. An Olympic Games
:33:42. > :33:47.silver-medallist in 2004, Kovago. Look at that transfer. Great
:33:48. > :33:56.control. He likes that one. It looks to me to be around 64 metres. He has
:33:57. > :34:03.64.83 to beat, which is a throw by Robert Earl Burnett. That was a
:34:04. > :34:07.lovely flowing movement. He had total control of that. It worked
:34:08. > :34:25.against his left side. He had good use of the torque. Just short of the
:34:26. > :34:30.lead, second place. We can catch up with Dan Bramble. In third place. It
:34:31. > :34:38.would be nice if he could build on this. It would give him such
:34:39. > :34:45.confidence if he could do it. That is another one, it looks again
:34:46. > :34:50.around the eight metres mark. Does not look terribly happy. Slightly
:34:51. > :34:55.better on the board. He has made his adjustments. A simple technique,
:34:56. > :35:04.lovely to watch. A lovely arch in the middle, no rotations. Let's see
:35:05. > :35:06.if he has gone any better. It is eight metres. A season's best for
:35:07. > :36:04.him outdoors. The men's 200 metres. I would expect Edward to go off
:36:05. > :36:11.quickly. Gavin Smellie of Canada has gone off quickly. Alonso Edward
:36:12. > :36:16.leading into the straight. Under pressure from Wilfried Koffi but
:36:17. > :36:22.Edward is coming away with this. Edward has this one tied up will
:36:23. > :36:34.stop a wonderful run. A new meeting record. Really, when you look at the
:36:35. > :36:39.way in which Edward lined up, he had a perfectly lain in the six lane. He
:36:40. > :36:47.did not challenge until he came off the bend. His transition was good.
:36:48. > :36:53.Wilfried Koffi came through strongly into second place. There he is. We
:36:54. > :37:02.can look at this from the start. I want to look through this. Edward...
:37:03. > :37:10.Wilfried Koffi is the man who went strongly off Herrera of Mexico.
:37:11. > :37:15.Bruno Hortelano-Roig of Spain was doing well. Alonso Edward, so tough
:37:16. > :37:21.and strong. Wilfried Koffi came through in the final stages to take
:37:22. > :37:25.second place. On the line, by the dip. That was a competitive race
:37:26. > :37:37.from Wilfried Koffi. And a really good run of my Hortelano-Roig in
:37:38. > :37:45.Lane 3. Alonso Edward is more experienced. A 19.8 man, it is easy
:37:46. > :37:48.to forget that. A brilliant dip from Wilfried Koffi of the Ivory Coast to
:37:49. > :38:07.take second. The 200 metres results...
:38:08. > :38:12.Commonwealth and European silver-medallist Lynsey Sharp goes
:38:13. > :38:16.next in the women's 800 metres. After missing out on the final in
:38:17. > :38:21.the World Championships last summer, she said she hoped to use the
:38:22. > :38:27.experience as a lesson for the future. Can she hit top form on the
:38:28. > :38:34.track in Rabat? The winning's 800 metres and what a packed field. More
:38:35. > :38:44.like a World Championship final. 13 starters including four World
:38:45. > :38:49.champions. Lynsey Sharp is the European champion. Caster Semenya,
:38:50. > :38:55.frankly, she toyed with the field in Doha 16 days ago. A controversial
:38:56. > :39:00.character. She has come back from what was a stepping away from
:39:01. > :39:04.athletics for a couple of years while there were discussions about
:39:05. > :39:17.hormone levels but she is back. She is sticking to the rules. She can do
:39:18. > :39:34.no more. It is not her fault. Looking here for 57.5, the 400 from
:39:35. > :39:39.Tkachuk of the Ukraine. There is the many, powerfully built. Makes Lynsey
:39:40. > :39:45.Sharp look quite frail. The last 200 metres last time out for is in many
:39:46. > :39:51.was impressive, in Doha. A very quick last 200 metres. It will be
:39:52. > :39:57.interesting to see how Eunice Sum handles this. She has experience
:39:58. > :40:02.against Caster Semenya, who has so much left in the tank. Her season so
:40:03. > :40:07.far has proved it and heard times approved it and the speed in which
:40:08. > :40:16.she recovers from one race to the next is incredible. 300 metres to
:40:17. > :40:23.run. The pacemaker has done her job. Look at Caster Semenya. Barrel
:40:24. > :40:35.chested, so comfortable in second place. Moving up as well in third
:40:36. > :40:38.place I think is Oskan-Clarke. Beginning to move away and looking
:40:39. > :40:49.so comfortable. The rest floundering. Francine Niyonsaba
:40:50. > :40:57.giving everything she can but the world number one wins it comfortably
:40:58. > :41:06.indeed. A 59.9 second lap after the opener. So impressive. It will stoke
:41:07. > :41:11.the fires of controversy yet further. She has run the fastest
:41:12. > :41:15.time in the world this year by a couple of seconds. Almost a couple
:41:16. > :41:25.of seconds. She has thrashed a fabulous field. Francine Niyonsaba
:41:26. > :41:31.battle down the home straight. Eunice Sum, who we did not see in
:41:32. > :41:36.the second lap. Beaten by many metres by Caster Semenya. The
:41:37. > :41:47.Olympic silver-medallist might go one place better come Rio. 157.74,
:41:48. > :42:00.Francine Niyonsaba. Lynsey Sharp went under two minutes. I have a
:42:01. > :42:06.feeling the gold medal is already won in the Olympic Games in Rio,
:42:07. > :42:26.unless injury takes its toll. Caster Semenya, of South Africa. The world
:42:27. > :42:31.champion down in eighth. The discus. Malachowski. 65.91 leading at the
:42:32. > :42:40.moment. That was his third round throw. This is his fall. Out of the
:42:41. > :42:44.eight only the top four go through for three further throws. A lot of
:42:45. > :42:54.opposition to that by the athletes but that is the rule and that looks
:42:55. > :42:59.to me around 66 or more. He is a really consistent thrower. Not so in
:43:00. > :43:06.the last competition but when it matters, he can provide the throw
:43:07. > :43:07.necessary to take the lead. He is dangerous right the way to the
:43:08. > :43:18.bitter end. What has he got? That's good, a
:43:19. > :43:25.meeting record, 66.80 eight. The long jump now, Rushwal Samaai, in
:43:26. > :43:32.second place behind Fabrice Lapierre. That's a good jump. That
:43:33. > :43:35.could well take the lead. That's very close to Fabrice Lapierre's
:43:36. > :43:40.jump. Look at that! Absolutely superb on
:43:41. > :43:58.the runway. Let's have a look, what's he got?
:43:59. > :44:06.8.38 equals the meeting record, he's gone into the lead! Marquise
:44:07. > :44:15.Goodwin, third-place, fourth round. A little bit of backward rotation on
:44:16. > :44:21.that, a third-place for him. That is right on the board, spot on with
:44:22. > :44:23.that. That's 8.11, so third-place for Marquise Goodwin of the United
:44:24. > :44:40.States. 2013 world champion LaShawn Merritt
:44:41. > :44:44.is next in the men's 400 metres. He won da Silva medal at last year's
:44:45. > :44:47.World Championships and is off to a good start this season, having won
:44:48. > :44:53.at the opening Diamond League meeting in Doha. There's the line-up
:44:54. > :45:14.for the men's 400 metres. Rabah Yousif of Great Britain, 46.14
:45:15. > :45:26.in Des Moines in the states this year in April.
:45:27. > :45:35.LaShawn Merritt of course with that sub 20 200 metres, not going off as
:45:36. > :45:38.quickly as Isaac Makwala of Botswana, who is flying around the
:45:39. > :45:46.back straight. LaShawn Merritt taking it very much easier indeed.
:45:47. > :45:51.Brown going quite well off the Bahamas, but LaShawn Merritt now
:45:52. > :45:56.taking close order on Isaac Makwala. Isaac Makwala has really gone for
:45:57. > :46:00.this one. As the fastest 300 metres and LaShawn Merritt has to tackle
:46:01. > :46:05.him here. LaShawn Merritt usually has the strength and I wonder if
:46:06. > :46:10.Isaac Makwala can hang on. Isaac Makwala ties up after that fast
:46:11. > :46:19.first 200 metres. LaShawn Merritt wins its. Kevin Borlee on the
:46:20. > :46:26.outside. 44.68, the time. You have to say that Isaac Makwala of
:46:27. > :46:30.Botswana went for it. Too fast over the first 200 metres. He was well up
:46:31. > :46:35.there at 300 metres and really fell apart over the last 50 metres, which
:46:36. > :46:39.wasn't surprising. Far too fast over the first 200, but you have to
:46:40. > :46:47.admire his determination. He went for it and didn't quite get it. But
:46:48. > :46:53.at least he got... And Rabah Yousif was down the field, we will bring
:46:54. > :46:58.you date with that in a moment for British viewers. LaShawn Merritt and
:46:59. > :47:04.Kevin Borlee. I don't know why he did that, as a koala. There's no way
:47:05. > :47:11.he was going to maintain that tempo and come home in around 44 flat. A
:47:12. > :47:18.beautifully measured run from LaShawn Merritt. He wasn't upset by
:47:19. > :47:22.Isaac Makwala's run. This is an unforgiving event, if you get it
:47:23. > :47:29.wrong your legs feel like they wait turns. Kevin Borlee has come through
:47:30. > :47:39.for second place, snatching it from Isaac quali. -- Isaac Makwala. It's
:47:40. > :47:49.a meeting record. Brown butter seasons best in fourth place.
:47:50. > :47:57.In second place at the moment is, his best throw was in the third
:47:58. > :48:02.round. This is the fifth round throw, it's a good throw. It looks
:48:03. > :48:08.beyond the 65-metre line or thereabouts. He's having a very good
:48:09. > :48:16.series. 64.65 in the fourth round. What has he got here? A lovely
:48:17. > :48:23.rotation in that circle. Good lift of the discus, and he's looking
:48:24. > :48:36.forwards, just waiting for the computer to show us what he has got.
:48:37. > :48:43.We have got it now. It's 6504 -- it is 65.0. More. Fabrice Lapierre, I
:48:44. > :48:52.said he got close to the great man. He did, the great man on this day
:48:53. > :49:02.was Rushwal Samaai of South Africa. That was terrific jumping. He was
:49:03. > :49:09.only just short at 8.36, spot on the board, you don't get any better than
:49:10. > :49:18.that. He was quick on the runway, with an 8.31 and an 8.36, and if he
:49:19. > :49:22.had got that 8.38 equals Rushwal Samaai's jump, he would have won
:49:23. > :49:28.because he got a second-best jump, so he lost it by two centimetres. A
:49:29. > :49:39.seasoned's best for this Australian in very good form. Rushwal Samaai
:49:40. > :49:49.equals the meeting record. A good win, and Bramble had a season's
:49:50. > :49:54.best. Piotr Malachowski has the discus is stitched up here, he leads
:49:55. > :50:01.this event quite comfortably and has done so from early on in the event.
:50:02. > :50:07.That really was good control. Didn't fall out that time, that's much
:50:08. > :50:11.better. That is much better, that is 67 territory. That's better than
:50:12. > :50:18.66.88, there is a smug smile on his face as he walks out of the circle!
:50:19. > :50:26.He has done it again. His season's best is 68.03 and that's not far
:50:27. > :50:29.behind that. He's going to take it from Robert Urbanek and Zoltan
:50:30. > :50:37.Kovago. He's happy. A meeting record and yet another top of the podium
:50:38. > :50:39.performance by Piotr Malachowski of Poland. There is the result of the
:50:40. > :50:57.discus. Our last race on the track is the
:50:58. > :51:00.women's 5000 metres, featuring Almaz Ayana, the Ethiopian is the reigning
:51:01. > :51:07.world champion in this event and got her season off to start with victory
:51:08. > :51:10.in the 3000 metres in Doha. Can she add a second Diamond win of the
:51:11. > :51:15.season today question might we can go back to the track now for the
:51:16. > :51:18.final event of the programme, the women's 5000 metres, and they have
:51:19. > :51:23.perhaps saved the best until last because the pace has been requested
:51:24. > :51:30.its world record tempo. It's a small field, but a very good quality one,
:51:31. > :51:34.11 starters, two of are pacemakers. We understand they are going off at
:51:35. > :51:44.2.50 per kilometre, the world record by Tirunesh Dibaba ack in 2008, 14.1
:51:45. > :51:49.one. Six in the field have broken 15 minutes but Almaz Ayana is one of
:51:50. > :51:53.the few in history who have gone under 14.20, only four women have
:51:54. > :51:58.that achievement to their name. Will the wind put paid to it though? I'm
:51:59. > :52:02.looking to our left where the water jump is and the women are running
:52:03. > :52:07.past now and high up on the rim of the stadium there are flags blowing
:52:08. > :52:15.very, very stiffly indeed. If Ivar 50 or 60 feet up at the top of the
:52:16. > :52:21.standard bearers there is incredibly strong winds-macro blowing off the
:52:22. > :52:37.Atlantic. They need to be running 68 seconds per lap. Well, 14.46, and
:52:38. > :52:44.14.3 sixes her lifetime best. The gap is beginning to show. Almaz
:52:45. > :52:48.Ayana has cut loose and eased away. 200 metres yet to the two kilometre
:52:49. > :52:57.point and the gap has suddenly opened up very quickly indeed. Meraf
:52:58. > :53:05.Bahta is caught at the back of the field, she is the sort of athlete
:53:06. > :53:08.who has the calibre with under 31.510 kilometre strength, I think
:53:09. > :53:13.she has got the ability to run quicker than this, has Meraf Bahta
:53:14. > :53:19.but she's never done it before run the 5000 is a very tough event to
:53:20. > :53:25.come to terms with. Anything around 14.45 would be a big improvement for
:53:26. > :53:30.Meraf Bahta. Almaz Ayana, left of picture is streaking away with every
:53:31. > :53:36.stride and she has gone through two kilometres, just waiting for that
:53:37. > :53:41.split to become apparent. She's isolated, it will be tough for her
:53:42. > :53:49.now. It really is, because two kilometres reached in 5.43 by Almaz
:53:50. > :53:53.Ayana, just about spot on. She was half a second out of 5.40,
:53:54. > :54:00.metronomic running from the Ethiopian.
:54:01. > :54:08.There is a pack of five. The world record beckons for this little
:54:09. > :54:12.Ethiopian. Relatively unheard of before Shanghai last year, when she
:54:13. > :54:17.exploded onto the world distance running scene. She is still only 24
:54:18. > :54:23.years old. She has run superbly so far. She goes through in just
:54:24. > :54:28.outside 12 minutes, probably 12.01, it may be real beyond her but it's
:54:29. > :54:33.been a mighty powerful effort from her. It will be one of the quickest
:54:34. > :54:39.times in history. Her own personal best, 14 point 1432, the meeting
:54:40. > :54:48.record is 14.45, I don't think that's got too far to go. That was
:54:49. > :54:55.set in 2012. Almaz Ayana is down the back straight, her arms swinging a
:54:56. > :55:02.little bit more freely and violently almost as she goes through with 600
:55:03. > :55:10.metres to run. The crowd is urging her on from the infield, her agent
:55:11. > :55:18.who has done is -- who has done so much to push back the barriers of
:55:19. > :55:22.running. He was having a career as a world record breaker. Almaz Ayana is
:55:23. > :55:30.in the zone, looks up for the first time I have seen, she comes towards
:55:31. > :55:38.the bell. A 61 second lap surely is beyond even her. I fear that despite
:55:39. > :55:44.the brilliant effort, Tirunesh Dibaba's world record set just under
:55:45. > :55:47.eight years ago is safe for a while longer but on a better evening
:55:48. > :55:52.without this wind, with pacemaking further into the race, I think it's
:55:53. > :55:57.there for the taking. Yes, there will be a few that give her the pace
:55:58. > :56:01.she once, even over 3000 metres it was found wanting but 5000 metres
:56:02. > :56:07.it's been a lone race against the clock for her. -- there are few who
:56:08. > :56:11.can give her the pace she wants. It's been a fantastic demonstration
:56:12. > :56:14.of distance running over 5000 metres. She is the world champion
:56:15. > :56:19.and she's got an Olympic year to come and my goodness me, who can
:56:20. > :56:24.beat? We'll will see if anybody can. Is going to be mighty close but I'm
:56:25. > :56:28.sure it will be outside the world record. This effort from Almaz
:56:29. > :56:33.Ayana, they are raised to their feet in the home straight roaring her on,
:56:34. > :56:40.30 metres to go. Watch the clock, it's been an astonishing effort from
:56:41. > :56:46.Almaz Ayana. She was right on the case there, she got it right for
:56:47. > :56:49.over two thirds of the distance. Probably for something like three
:56:50. > :56:58.quarters of the distance. Second place coming home, a distant second
:56:59. > :57:04.place, it is Viola Jelagat Kibiwot in second place. The world record
:57:05. > :57:11.was threatened. A personal best from her. Senbere Teferi in third place.
:57:12. > :57:18.Each of those first three, Almaz Ayana included a had a lonely
:57:19. > :57:22.journey unfold over the last few laps into the second half of the
:57:23. > :57:25.race particularly, but well done for such fabulous racing and running
:57:26. > :57:30.against the clock rather than racing because most of them in isolation.
:57:31. > :57:34.It's been a real feast of brilliant running against the clock and for
:57:35. > :57:41.many, many minutes that world record was under threat. Almaz Ayana, she
:57:42. > :57:52.wins the 5000 metres in 14 point 16 .3 one. Well, confirmation of the
:57:53. > :57:57.windfall Almaz Ayana. -- the win, for Almaz Ayana. Outside the world
:57:58. > :58:03.record, but a fabulous display of running, winning comfortably. That's
:58:04. > :58:08.a record for Meraf Bahta. She reaches new ground. The performance
:58:09. > :58:16.of the Knights, along with the women's 800 metres, won bike Caster
:58:17. > :58:21.Semenya, Almaz Ayana is on 20 points after a win in Doha and comfortably
:58:22. > :58:27.out in front. Our next Diamond League action is from Eugene in the
:58:28. > :58:30.USA on Sunday, 2:30pm on BBC Two. In other sporting action there is
:58:31. > :58:34.coverage of the men's European Gymnastics Championships, starting
:58:35. > :58:40.on Saturday. You can catch the rowing World Cup from Lucerne on
:58:41. > :58:45.Sunday, on BBC Two. That's it for our highlights of the rubber Diamond
:58:46. > :58:50.League but we've got plenty of -- plenty more athletics for you to
:58:51. > :59:00.enjoy this summer. That's what it means to him. Is going to be close,
:59:01. > :59:07.isn't it? I've got to tell you, that's good. He's just done what he
:59:08. > :59:10.does best. What does it have in store for us this year? Oh, that's a
:59:11. > :59:17.huge jump. It's a perfect day. # The whole world
:59:18. > :59:21.sitting on a ticking bomb... You should leave the monastery
:59:22. > :59:24.immediately.