:00:44. > :00:45.Hello and welcome to highlights of the Diamond League from Rome.
:00:46. > :00:49.It's our first meeting in Europe this year and a chance for some
:00:50. > :01:25.That will be good enough. Oh, yes. Good work, Chris. A good win by
:01:26. > :01:28.Helen Doyle. Olympic European, Commonwealth and now world champion.
:01:29. > :01:31.It's a busy week for the Diamond League with two
:01:32. > :01:33.meetings in just four days, but before Birmingham it's Rome.
:01:34. > :01:36.Once the centre of a vast empire, modern Italy's capital is known
:01:37. > :01:38.for its rich cultural, architectural and artistic history.
:01:39. > :01:41.The eternal city is also home to the Stadio Olympico,
:01:42. > :01:46.the venue for tonight's action, where we've got all this to come.
:01:47. > :01:50.There's a high-class field in the Men's High Jump,
:01:51. > :01:59.Lynsey Sharp is up against a dominant Caster Semenya in the 800m.
:02:00. > :02:04.The Men's 400m sees the return of World Champion Wayde van Niekerk.
:02:05. > :02:08.Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford faces the best the rest of the world
:02:09. > :02:19.World 5000m Champion Almaz Ayana has her eyes on the world record
:02:20. > :02:28.Justin Gatlin ran a meeting record 9.75 here last year.
:02:29. > :02:31.Can he inspire Britain's CJ Ujah to another sub-ten second time?
:02:32. > :02:35.First though, it's the Women's 400m hurdles.
:02:36. > :02:37.Eilidh Doyle already has an impressive Diamond League victory
:02:38. > :02:43.Tonight she faces the World Leader Georganne Moline.
:02:44. > :02:45.Here to talk you through it are your commentators,
:02:46. > :03:07.The line-up for the first race. Two athletes that have won Diamond
:03:08. > :03:28.League races, Eilidh Doyle, and Genevieve Russell. Georgiana
:03:29. > :03:39.a 53.974 Moline this year. In our hometown. Really good lane, lane
:03:40. > :03:50.four. Plenty to aim for. Cassandra Tate. Second in Rabat a couple of
:03:51. > :04:01.weeks ago. Bronze-medallist in Beijing last year. 25-year-old still
:04:02. > :04:11.improving. Eilidh Doyle, winning in Doha in 54.50 three. This is their
:04:12. > :04:14.threat, Russell. 22 years of age. Not another half a second off her
:04:15. > :04:22.personal best. It is a stacked field. Coached by Stephen Francis.
:04:23. > :04:27.She said she made a lot of mistakes setting her first personal best of
:04:28. > :04:35.the season. She reckons she can go a lot quicker. Cleanly away. Moline
:04:36. > :04:40.getting away a little bit lonely. Cassandra Tate starting quickly
:04:41. > :04:48.outside her. Cassandra Tate going well. Nine lanes in Rome. Doyle,
:04:49. > :04:52.very much trying to set the pace over the first 200 metres. Really
:04:53. > :05:02.attacking through the first five flights. Just stuttering, Russell
:05:03. > :05:06.coming back into it. Forcing her way through, really good top bend, the
:05:07. > :05:11.Jamaican. Now opening up the lead coming into the home straight. Can
:05:12. > :05:18.she keep her technique? Russell climbing over that hurdle. One more
:05:19. > :05:25.flights ago. Doyle in second place. Coming off the hurdle well, Russell.
:05:26. > :05:37.Coming through to win just inside... Exactly the same time, and we have
:05:38. > :05:41.seen them coming down by 100s of the second. It is a new World lead. Did
:05:42. > :05:45.not start as quickly as one or two others. Forcing their way into the
:05:46. > :05:54.front round the bend. Finishing really well. Nicely judged race from
:05:55. > :05:58.Russell. Eilidh Doyle attacking the race through the first 250, holding
:05:59. > :06:04.her form well. Russell is so, so strong. Strangely lacklustre run
:06:05. > :06:13.from Moline, the world number one, in lane four. Awful run. Russell
:06:14. > :06:19.holding her form well. Doyle losing second place, to Lewis. Victory
:06:20. > :06:22.margin of four or five metres. As you say, a best. Confirmation of the
:06:23. > :06:42.result. 53.90 six. The women's triple jump, one or two
:06:43. > :06:53.with things not going their way. Only four get to have a final three
:06:54. > :07:00.jumps according to the new rules. Thomas, 14.46, very close to her
:07:01. > :07:07.personal best earlier in the year. A more familiar name in second place.
:07:08. > :07:20.She responded in two, with 14.5 one. The 31-year-old. Close to a season's
:07:21. > :07:33.best. A night when the competition was not that good. Managing a 14
:07:34. > :07:59..64. 14.70 eight. This was her best. Not as good a competition as we saw
:08:00. > :08:08.in Doha, but three in a row for the Colombian. Real disappointment for
:08:09. > :08:20.the Venezuelan, Rojas. Down in seventh place. There is the line-up,
:08:21. > :08:24.for the 200 metres. Big names winning this discipline in this
:08:25. > :08:33.Olympic Stadium, Frankie Frederick, Michael Johnson, Maurice Greene in
:08:34. > :08:42.years gone by. Bronze-medallist last year,
:08:43. > :08:58.Brommell. Alonso Edward. Winning in Rome two years ago. Ameer Webb going
:08:59. > :09:12.in lane five. Personal best of 19.85 in Doha. Pretty strong line-up.
:09:13. > :09:36.Trayvon Bromell, watch him in the red. The way this time, brilliant
:09:37. > :09:43.start from Brommell. -- Bromell. Edwards. Bromell going backwards to
:09:44. > :09:51.Matt Whitley. A big win. 20.05, big win. The winner in Joe Hart, Ameer
:09:52. > :09:57.Webb, maintaining his form. -- winner in Joe
:09:58. > :10:05.. Racing well, in contrast to so many Europeans just finding their
:10:06. > :10:13.racing legs. Brown with a cracking start. Trayvon Bromell gets away.
:10:14. > :10:21.Ameer Webb, much better judged race. Coming off the bend, into the home
:10:22. > :10:25.straight, does what he did in Doha, moving away from the rest of the
:10:26. > :10:31.field. Plenty of space between him and the others. Not renowned as a
:10:32. > :10:37.super quick track. Always hard to get under 20 seconds. A little bit
:10:38. > :10:42.cooler. A slight breeze behind them, as you said. Ameer Webb looks good,
:10:43. > :10:48.we will see him in the 100 metres later on. Interesting to see how he
:10:49. > :10:54.goes in that event. Very convincing victory from Ameer Webb. Very smooth
:10:55. > :11:09.performance coming from lane five to defeat Brown, Edward. Quite a busy
:11:10. > :11:18.night in the field. Quite a few women struggling in the pole vault.
:11:19. > :11:28.4.55, looking solid. The bigger names, Silva and others have been
:11:29. > :11:43.passing. One or two others have struggled. Lisa like
:11:44. > :12:02.have struggled, no marketable. 57.96 was a modest opener. -- no marker.
:12:03. > :12:13.That one is surely beyond 60 metres. If it is, the first such throw.
:12:14. > :12:14.Conditions not helping the throwers. 61.66, a lead of almost a couple of
:12:15. > :12:16.metres. Despite continuing controversy,
:12:17. > :12:18.Caster Semenya has dominated in both her Diamond League outings
:12:19. > :12:22.so far this year. Today she faces a field comprised
:12:23. > :12:25.of the very best in the world, including all the medallists
:12:26. > :12:28.from Beijing, the World Indoor Champion and Great
:12:29. > :12:31.Britain's Lynsey Sharp. The stage is set for one of the best
:12:32. > :12:34.800m races of the season and perhaps a sneak preview of this summer's
:12:35. > :12:53.Olympic Final. The line-up for the 800m Women. What
:12:54. > :12:57.a field we have here. Caster Semenya, who will undoubtedly start
:12:58. > :13:03.every race as favourite. Already has two Diamond League wins to her name
:13:04. > :13:08.this year. Lynsey Sharp, of Great Britain, on the outside, the
:13:09. > :13:13.European Champion from 2012. Silver-medallist 2014. Semenya, so
:13:14. > :13:17.far she's toyed with the fields she's been in. She's looked as
:13:18. > :13:33.though she's been able to run a lot quicker. More of that in a second.
:13:34. > :13:43.The World Champion. One or two others would have loved to have been
:13:44. > :13:50.in this race because it is stacked. The 800m Women. For Caster Semenya,
:13:51. > :14:01.controversy follows her throughout her career and continues to do so.
:14:02. > :14:05.She is running very well, Caster Semenya. The others have to work out
:14:06. > :14:09.a way to beat her. Tonight is a big test. This could be a World
:14:10. > :14:19.Championship Final line-up that we have. Interestingly, does Semenya
:14:20. > :14:23.know anybody is going off with Usovich? They are starting to
:14:24. > :14:29.stretch out now, Tim, as they move closer to Usovich? They didn't go
:14:30. > :14:34.out that slowly. The majority of the pack went through 28.5 for the first
:14:35. > :14:38.200. Good to see Lynsey Sharp up there in an attacking position.
:14:39. > :14:41.She's in fourth place on the inside there, Semenya quite badly boxed at
:14:42. > :14:51.the moment, towards the back of the field. 57.15 at the front, the field
:14:52. > :14:56.round about 58 seconds and Semenya just watching, Lynsey Sharp in a
:14:57. > :15:06.good spot, following Lamote. Now, how far will Usovich go? Semenya
:15:07. > :15:15.watching for the danger, quickly follows Niyonsaba, Lamote is
:15:16. > :15:19.struggling in the front. Niyonsaba and Caster Semenya who are forging
:15:20. > :15:24.ahead at the moment. Lynsey Sharp is moving into fourth place. These two
:15:25. > :15:28.are beginning to pull away. Has Niyonsaba got enough to hold off
:15:29. > :15:32.Semenya? Semenya has waited until the last 50 metres. This time she is
:15:33. > :15:37.putting her foot down early and Semenya moves away. Niyonsaba has no
:15:38. > :15:46.answer. Lynsey Sharp going well in third, but Semenya kicks away. It
:15:47. > :15:52.will be a quick time. 1:56.66. I said the others have to find a way.
:15:53. > :15:55.If Niyonsaba is the next best, in terms of challenging Semenya, she
:15:56. > :15:59.had nothing there that Semenya needed to be worried about. It will
:16:00. > :16:08.be a World Leading time for the South African. The sheer power that
:16:09. > :16:11.Semenya unleashes here with 60 to go is awe-inspiring. The way she tears
:16:12. > :16:18.up the ground between herself and Niyonsaba. That gap is 10 or 12
:16:19. > :16:22.metres at the line. It is a totally dominant performance and a third
:16:23. > :16:25.Diamond League in a row for the South African. Good running for
:16:26. > :16:36.Lynsey Sharp in third place. They have no answer to this power.
:16:37. > :16:43.Niyonsaba 1:58.20. A season's best from Lynsey Sharp - 1:59.03. A poor
:16:44. > :16:50.performance from Eunice Jepkoech Sum. Caster Semenya comes out on
:16:51. > :16:57.top. The pole vault, we saw Kiriakopoulou
:16:58. > :17:03.clear 4.55. The bar is at 4.60. That is a good attempt by Stefanidi.
:17:04. > :17:09.Stefanidi and Kiriakopoulou going well so far. As I said, it's been a
:17:10. > :17:18.struggle for one or two others. Katie Nageotte, the American, has
:17:19. > :17:23.gone out, Ling Li has already gone. Silva has only had two attempts so
:17:24. > :17:31.far, the World Champion. That was her going clear. 4.60. Has passed
:17:32. > :17:37.4.55. It was a season's best. But looks in good form tonight, Silva.
:17:38. > :17:43.Stefanidi, Kiriakopoulou are still in the competition, the two Greek
:17:44. > :17:53.athletes. They are in a scrap with Silva.
:17:54. > :17:59.Kiriakopoulou struggled early on. She is delighted with that.
:18:00. > :18:07.Kiriakopoulou going clear at 4.65. That now puts the pressure on Silva,
:18:08. > :18:13.who has passed at this height. This is Stefanidi. The Greeks are really
:18:14. > :18:18.going well. Anything Kiriakopoulou can do, Stefanidi following on. Now
:18:19. > :18:23.takes the lead. She goes clear at 4.70. And one or two others may have
:18:24. > :18:29.struggled tonight but these three are going really well.
:18:30. > :18:30.South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk shook the world of 400m
:18:31. > :18:32.running with his surprise victory in Beijing.
:18:33. > :18:36.His winning time of 43.48 made him the fourth fastest man
:18:37. > :18:41.He is also the only man to have run sub-44 seconds for 400m,
:18:42. > :18:45.sub-20 seconds for 200m and sub-10 for 100m.
:18:46. > :18:47.Can he bring some of that blistering pace to his first
:18:48. > :19:01.There is the line-up. It is marked by the return to the European
:19:02. > :19:05.circuit of Wayde van Niekerk, the reigning World Champion, the
:19:06. > :19:13.23-year-old South African, goes in Lane 4. A nice lane draw for him,
:19:14. > :19:21.too, having Makwala outside him. Not a strong event for Europe at the
:19:22. > :19:34.moment. The European record - 44.33. It goes back to 1987. Galvan in 1,
:19:35. > :19:43.McDonald in 2, Borlee in 3, van Niekerk in 4, Makwala 5, Haroun, 6,
:19:44. > :19:52.Taplin, Norwood and Lendore complete the line-up. Makwala runs with that
:19:53. > :19:56.yellow armband and he's gone off quickly, getting ground on Haroun,
:19:57. > :20:01.the youngster, Haroun, the youngest in the field, running strongly.
:20:02. > :20:07.There he is, fourth from left. In the green is Taplin, in Lane 7. But
:20:08. > :20:12.certainly van Niekerk has gone off quickly, too. He is up with Makwala.
:20:13. > :20:15.Van Niekerk in the grey, in Lane 4, eases around the bend, the reigning
:20:16. > :20:18.World Champion looks like he is heading for a good one. Makwala
:20:19. > :20:24.trying to come back at him. Good running from Taplin. Taplin is
:20:25. > :20:31.coming back. Van Niekerk, those flailing arms of van Niekerk keep
:20:32. > :20:36.him clear. It's a strong run. 44.20. That is very close to the fastest
:20:37. > :20:41.time in the world this year. He has run 44.11. It will probably be
:20:42. > :20:48.rounded down. It has - 44.19. That was a fabulous run. Beautifully
:20:49. > :20:55.judged. Steve, Makwala gauged his effort a bit better than he has done
:20:56. > :21:00.in his last two outings. He cruised the first 200. Makwala is getting
:21:01. > :21:04.better. Taplin threatened him here. He had enough to come away. But he
:21:05. > :21:17.was looking for the clock early. He thought he was running a bit
:21:18. > :21:24.quicker. He's run 44.10 this year. It is 44.19 today. He's ready to go
:21:25. > :21:29.really quick this year. Well, that was good. I think by his standards,
:21:30. > :21:35.though, he would probably give himself seven out of ten. The world
:21:36. > :21:39.number one last year, Wayde van Niekerk, winning tonight, 44.19.
:21:40. > :21:40.Looked in control ahead of Bralon Taplin. Makwala was third, a
:21:41. > :22:03.season's best. Tamberi, his first attempt at 2.24.
:22:04. > :22:07.The World Champion is visualising. Sixth in Rabat. He is trying to get
:22:08. > :22:17.the crowd behind him. How they love their champions here!
:22:18. > :22:22.That's good! Gives it a little scrape. But 2.24 is within his
:22:23. > :22:40.compass tonight. Maybe more. Hussong of Germany. That looks
:22:41. > :22:46.better. That is much better. That is surely way past the middle line
:22:47. > :22:54.between those two white lines. That is beyond 60 metres. That may well
:22:55. > :23:00.put her into second place. Palameika - 61.66 in the second round. 61.21,
:23:01. > :23:07.into second place from sixth. That is some improvement.
:23:08. > :23:22.The lead at the moment is 61.66 from Palameika, in the second round.
:23:23. > :23:26.Round three for the South African. Hits that one hard. Not ideally
:23:27. > :23:32.flighted. It comes down a long way. That is surely well beyond 60
:23:33. > :23:39.metres. That might take the lead. She doesn't look delighted with it.
:23:40. > :23:44.She knows that Sunette Viljoen is not hitting her straps. She is a
:23:45. > :23:48.69-metre thrower. That was in New York four years ago. 61.95 and she
:23:49. > :23:53.takes the lead. 5000m World Champion Almaz Ayana has
:23:54. > :23:58.a clean sweep so far this year with impressive victories
:23:59. > :24:00.at the Doha and Rabat Ethiopians dominate the start list
:24:01. > :24:06.here in Rome where the meeting record and perhaps the world record,
:24:07. > :24:09.both held by Tirunesh Dibaba, Britain's Steph Twell also features
:24:10. > :24:27.in this race against the clock. Now, we move to one of the
:24:28. > :24:31.highlights of the evening, the 5000m Women. Quite a big field. The big
:24:32. > :24:41.names on the second page of the start list. None bigger at the
:24:42. > :24:58.moment than Almaz Ayana, who is going for the world record tonight,
:24:59. > :25:09.it is rumoured. She's got the likes of Burka, Cherono and Biwot. How
:25:10. > :25:13.quick can she go tonight? Ayana will be asking Tverdostup to lead early
:25:14. > :25:15.on, also Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya, these two will be trying to
:25:16. > :25:43.take her through in a Ayana is not frightened of going out
:25:44. > :25:48.hard. I can't see her having anyone near her if the pacemakers do the
:25:49. > :25:54.job, up to 3,000 metres. They will probably let her go and she will be
:25:55. > :26:01.front-running all by herself. There is so much great action going on.
:26:02. > :26:06.The high jump - that is good from Barshim. A second-time clearance at
:26:07. > :26:11.2.24. Fassinotti went clear first time. Robbie Grabarz maintains his
:26:12. > :26:16.perfect card. And Tamberi shares first place as well. Three of them
:26:17. > :26:20.there. Chris Baker has gone clear second time of asking at this height
:26:21. > :26:31.as well. The two Brits going really well. Good to see Barshim beginning
:26:32. > :26:35.to look like more his old self. Stefanidi, we have already seen her
:26:36. > :26:42.go well at 4.70. Goes clear at the second time of asking, at 4.75!
:26:43. > :26:47.First athlete clear. Silva, the World Champion, finished in third
:26:48. > :26:51.place with three failures at 4.70. Kiriakopoulou, second time attempt
:26:52. > :26:57.for her at 4.75. Can she join her compatriot? Yes, she can! Yes, she
:26:58. > :27:06.can! Punches the air yet again, does the Greek. Stays in second place on
:27:07. > :27:12.countback. 4.75 for Katerina Stefanidi, with Nikoleta
:27:13. > :27:17.Kiriakopoulou the same height. Back in the 5000m Women. There is
:27:18. > :27:20.good news and bad news for Ayana in the sense that they went a bit
:27:21. > :27:33.slower than she asked. That is not a bad thing. They went through the
:27:34. > :27:37.first 1000m at world record pace. She wanted 2:48.00. I don't think
:27:38. > :27:42.she will be able to maintain more than a lap or two at this pace. It
:27:43. > :27:46.will mean that for half of the race, Ayana will be on her own. There is
:27:47. > :27:53.the chasing pack, if you like, there is an athlete between them, Yalew,
:27:54. > :27:57.who tried to go with Ayana, which was silly. I'm sure eventually the
:27:58. > :28:11.pack will reel her in. The previous lap was around 69
:28:12. > :28:15.seconds. If she just stays in range. Talking about Tirunesh Dibaba, her
:28:16. > :28:21.ability to pick the pace up in the last couple of laps, by
:28:22. > :28:41.don't think she has the same ability. We see Steph Twell
:28:42. > :28:49.struggling to hold on to that pack. Grovdal struggling for Norway. She
:28:50. > :28:59.would do well to keep your powder dry in the second part of the race.
:29:00. > :29:07.She has looked fatigued. This pace is about perfect. She is very much
:29:08. > :29:13.in range, the crowd, they are doing a Mexican wave, I wish they would
:29:14. > :29:20.watch the race. They are enticed to create some atmosphere. The woman,
:29:21. > :29:25.undoubtedly, is she goes, on her own for a long part of the race. What
:29:26. > :29:31.can she do? Issue goes even close to the world record, massive
:29:32. > :29:39.performance. There is Ayane, world champion, the best in the world. We
:29:40. > :29:45.are not sure about the injury situation Tirunesh Dibaba. The pack
:29:46. > :29:54.are about 80 metres behind the leader. Containing the likes such a
:29:55. > :29:59.row no, Senbere Teferi. Kibiwot. Absolutely no one near her, nobody
:30:00. > :30:06.can go with this young lady at the moment. Still right in the sort of
:30:07. > :30:14.rain she needs will stop men's long jump coming up.
:30:15. > :30:23.Goodwin, in the first round, comes down right on that superimposed
:30:24. > :30:28.eight-metre line. The Pan-American games silver-medallist last year.
:30:29. > :30:33.Former world junior champion. Just sitting back a little bit. Maybe the
:30:34. > :30:44.back with rotation, a little bit higher. 8.01, solid opener. The
:30:45. > :30:50.first real big test of the year for Greg Rutherford, Olympic champion,
:30:51. > :30:55.world champion. So far, when he is asked the big questions, managing to
:30:56. > :30:59.deliver. First round, that is close. Right on the eight-metre mark. A
:31:00. > :31:06.slight breeze into their faces. The long jumpers going down the back
:31:07. > :31:10.straight, in the opposite direction to where the sprinters are coming
:31:11. > :31:15.down in the home straight. Not getting the best of the conditions.
:31:16. > :31:29.Just taking the lead by two centimetres. 8.03 for Greg
:31:30. > :31:30.Rutherford in the first round. He is looking for his form of two years
:31:31. > :31:46.back. Came in at 2.20, looking very smooth. A very
:31:47. > :31:58.big margin of clearance. That was a big jump from the Ukrainian. Only
:31:59. > :32:06.four men have gone clear so far. No. That is unlucky. That would have
:32:07. > :32:18.matched his personal best. Baker going out at 2.27, third attempt.
:32:19. > :32:25.Almaz Ayana, on world record pace. She only has to run 70 seconds per
:32:26. > :32:30.lap, for the last three laps to break the world record. She's coming
:32:31. > :32:36.up to four kilometres. Tirunesh Dibaba went through in 11.20 eight.
:32:37. > :32:42.She has dropped a bit of time, that is her slowest. How much is she
:32:43. > :32:50.slowing? They are miles behind in terms of the race for second. Ayane
:32:51. > :32:56.coming into the home straight, two laps to go. She needs a bit of help
:32:57. > :33:06.from the crowd. The announcer trying to get them behind her. The world
:33:07. > :33:12.record time, 14 minutes, 11.1 five. She has just gone through 11.50
:33:13. > :33:18.eight. That was a slow lap. She really has depicted up now. If she
:33:19. > :33:32.was raising the virtual figure from Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008, in Oslo,
:33:33. > :33:39.she cleared her last two laps in 63.08, and 65. She has two focus,
:33:40. > :33:48.and dig so deep over these next 600 metres. The world record within
:33:49. > :33:52.reach. Almaz Ayana, she used to run the steeplechase, saying she found
:33:53. > :33:57.that difficult, frightened of the barriers. Attacking a great barrier,
:33:58. > :34:04.the world record. She's now coached by her husband. What a job the two
:34:05. > :34:10.of them have done. She comes into the home straight, the panel summer
:34:11. > :34:17.time. Next time round looking at the clock. Checking what she needs.
:34:18. > :34:24.Needs about a 65 last lap. She has slowed right down. Over the last two
:34:25. > :34:31.laps, not significantly, and not that she has divine something. She
:34:32. > :34:43.has two fine extra pace -- has to find extra pace. Can she lift that
:34:44. > :34:53.pays. -- pace? Only two people have gone quicker at this distance.
:34:54. > :35:02.Tirunesh Dibaba, set in the world record in Oslo. Here she comes. The
:35:03. > :35:07.crowd on their feet, trying to cheer them home. She needs to find
:35:08. > :35:15.something really quick. I fear it is starting to slip away. 60 metres to
:35:16. > :35:22.go. Watch the clock. The time is ticking away. The world record just
:35:23. > :35:32.alluding her. She crosses the line in the second fastest time. Oh, my
:35:33. > :35:40.word. She smiles, but you have to feel for her. It was there for the
:35:41. > :35:46.taking. All the way round, until the last 600 and 700 metres. Inside
:35:47. > :35:51.world record pace. When she needed to find an Ethiopian sprint, could
:35:52. > :35:57.not get enough leg speed going over the last 400 metres. Missing it by
:35:58. > :36:03.just over one second. 1.5 seconds. Cell destroying as we watch the
:36:04. > :36:08.other athletes come across the line. You know, in your career, you don't
:36:09. > :36:13.get that many chances. She is still improving, but she needs more help,
:36:14. > :36:19.to find somebody prepared to take her a little further, I'm sure she
:36:20. > :36:26.can break the world record. It is a world lead. In second place, Mercy
:36:27. > :36:34.Cherono, managing to get a personal best to finish second.
:36:35. > :36:50.The line-up for the men's 110 metres hurdles. Really open race. Dimitri
:36:51. > :36:56.Bascou, the Frenchman, Ortega one of the fastest in the world this year.
:36:57. > :37:07.Dimitri Bascou at quickest. Hitting the first hurdle really hard. They
:37:08. > :37:14.comes Ortega, he wins it. What a good race. He left it late. Finally
:37:15. > :37:22.coming through. Dimitri Bascou down on the track. I think O'Farrell went
:37:23. > :37:27.down. Ortega did not get the best of starts. Certainly Dimitri Bascou at
:37:28. > :37:36.quicker than anybody else. Clattering the first hurdle. Martin
:37:37. > :37:43.faded over the last few flights. Ortega coming through for a good
:37:44. > :37:49.win. Third from left. He stuck to his guns. O'Farrell went down hard
:37:50. > :38:05.in the blue. Ortega easing into the win. Really good running from Andrew
:38:06. > :38:14.Pozzi. A season's best for Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.
:38:15. > :38:20.She had led for much of the women's chaplain. The women struggling with
:38:21. > :38:28.the conditions tonight. That was better. Really getting going in the
:38:29. > :38:36.latter stages. 64.76, the best so far this year. Having led early on,
:38:37. > :38:40.improving, not a lot. Looks as if it was about 63 metres, actually 61.90
:38:41. > :38:54.to. Around half a metre separating the
:38:55. > :39:08.top three. The winning throw coming in the third round. The line-up for
:39:09. > :39:11.the men's 1500 metres. Chris O'Hare is in very good form indoors, the
:39:12. > :39:26.European chairmanship bronze-medallist two years ago.
:39:27. > :39:42.Three and three quarters laps of the track. About 15 or 16 bodies there.
:39:43. > :39:56.The pacemaker coming in front of them. 1:50.05 unrealistic for a
:39:57. > :40:11.sprint. Not sure he has asked for that. I think this is a race where
:40:12. > :40:19.you want to win, but at a decent pace. If you work that hard, the
:40:20. > :40:26.third lap is going to be slow. 53.9 four. That is quick. Most of them
:40:27. > :40:34.going through and around 55 seconds. The second lap is about a second and
:40:35. > :40:46.a half slower. The fastest time in the world this year 3:32.3 five. Kip
:40:47. > :40:56.-- that time is vulnerable. They are strung out in single file. Henrik
:40:57. > :41:07.Ingebrigtsen at the back of the pack. As they come through with two
:41:08. > :41:12.laps to run. 1.37, the pacemakers, that backdrop in further behind. It
:41:13. > :41:21.is just silly. The pacemakers will keep going. Manangoi backing. When
:41:22. > :41:27.you run that fast, the group bargaining about 1.5 three. That is
:41:28. > :41:36.more sensible. Ryan Gregson sitting off the pace. 12-macro will pick up
:41:37. > :41:40.on the last lap. Even with the ability that the likes of Manangoi
:41:41. > :41:49.and Biwott have, it is hard to come back from that. They will come back.
:41:50. > :41:54.The lap they went through, was about five seconds slower. That does not
:41:55. > :42:04.help anybody. The second pacemaker moves aside.
:42:05. > :42:10.It is nothing like the pace requested. As Steve said, you wonder
:42:11. > :42:18.the requests these crazily fast tempos. It is a cool evening, not
:42:19. > :42:24.too bad. 300 metres to run. It is anybody's race. As they head down
:42:25. > :42:27.the back straight. Still eight or ten men who could take this one.
:42:28. > :42:37.Cabella moving down the back straight. Looking at the big screen,
:42:38. > :42:43.managing this one. The Ethiopian record holder in second place. He
:42:44. > :42:49.was second in Doha. Ryan Gregson attacking on the outside. Manangoi
:42:50. > :42:55.trying to keep them at bay. Brilliant run by Ryan Gregson. Chris
:42:56. > :43:01.O'Hare nowhere to be seen. Manangoi easing away towards the line. A
:43:02. > :43:06.really strong competitive 1500 metres. We spend too much time
:43:07. > :43:10.talking about pacemakers, sold a dummy by the meeting organisers.
:43:11. > :43:19.Again, they were relatively irrelevant. Not a spectacularly
:43:20. > :43:31.quick final lap, 55.70 one. A good run, nevertheless. Manangoi. Biwott,
:43:32. > :43:36.and Ryan Gregson getting in amongst the best of the Africans. An Olympic
:43:37. > :43:42.qualifying mark for the British runner.
:43:43. > :43:50.Bondarenko - well clear in the high jump. He keeps himself in the lead.
:43:51. > :43:52.Perfect so far. First time clearances at 2.20,.2.27 and now
:43:53. > :44:05.2.30. Bondarenko is still wearing the
:44:06. > :44:14.tracksuit bottoms as if to say, I'm still getting warmed up here. Robbie
:44:15. > :44:20.Grabarz at 2.30. Yes, that's better! Robbie was telling me he's getting
:44:21. > :44:24.back to his old run-up. He has more room approaching the bar. That is
:44:25. > :44:28.great form. 2.30 for Grabarz. His season warming up as well, so good
:44:29. > :44:31.to see him back after that silver medal at the World Indoors, a sign
:44:32. > :44:41.that he is returning to the form that saw him win an Olympic medal in
:44:42. > :44:51.2012. Tamberi then. Took three attempts to clear 2.27 when the
:44:52. > :44:57.1500m was on. The crowd want to see the World Indoor Champion continue
:44:58. > :45:06.here. Here he goes. He's clear! Just. Only just. Gives it a good
:45:07. > :45:12.rattle. He's making a lot of it! Others have made it look easier than
:45:13. > :45:19.the Italian has, but Tamberi clear. Bondarenko clear, Grabarz is clear,
:45:20. > :45:26.Tamberi is clear. The big three, if you like. One or two others are
:45:27. > :45:29.struggling - Barshim is out at this height. What about Zhang? Third
:45:30. > :45:40.attempt. He's gone clear as well! We have a
:45:41. > :45:47.real competition on. The four of them are clear. All in their own
:45:48. > :45:53.ways playing to the crowd. Zhang, a real showman as well. Tamberi has
:45:54. > :45:56.the beard. Zhang has the dance. Bondarenko has got the tracksuit
:45:57. > :46:03.bottoms! Robbie Grabarz is just British! What are you trying to say?
:46:04. > :46:13.He is calm, cool and collective. There is the line-up for the 100m
:46:14. > :46:21.Women. It's a solid field. A competitive field. Kambundji,
:46:22. > :46:32.Lalova-Collio, Henry, Pierre, Gardner, Ahye, Thompson, Tenorio and
:46:33. > :46:36.Swoboda. Elaine Thompson, a silver-medallist in the World
:46:37. > :46:45.Championships last year. Has a gold from Beijing in the sprint relay.
:46:46. > :46:50.Great start from English Gardner, also going well is Barbara Pierre,
:46:51. > :46:54.but Gardner is easing away from them, on the near side is Thompson,
:46:55. > :47:01.Thompson takes it! 10.87 for the Jamaican. Gardner torn apart over
:47:02. > :47:09.the last 20. She ran brilliantly for 80 metres, but Thompson managed her
:47:10. > :47:19.effort supremely. She announced herself, didn't she, last year,
:47:20. > :47:23.Elaine Thompson? Thompson is the coming athlete. She left it a bit
:47:24. > :47:27.late, but that 200 metre strength that she has, she used it really
:47:28. > :47:34.well here. That is one of the best performances we have seen tonight.
:47:35. > :47:40.The women's sprinting this year is very open. Schippers, Thompson and
:47:41. > :47:45.others - it will be a cracking couple of races in Rio. The 100m
:47:46. > :48:07.Women result: Goodwin, who was the world leader,
:48:08. > :48:14.is the world leader coming into this... The Americans have so many
:48:15. > :48:19.long jumpers at the moment and, of course, they have always been
:48:20. > :48:24.criticised in recent times by the great Carl Lewis. American long
:48:25. > :48:33.jumping is certainly improving. Goodwin is strong and powerful. His
:48:34. > :48:41.World Lead of 8.45 was maybe a surprise to one or two. 8.19 his
:48:42. > :48:46.best so far this evening. Greg Rutherford, 8.03 is his opener.
:48:47. > :48:54.Good speed from Rutherford. Hits the board well. And that is big from
:48:55. > :48:59.Rutherford. Certainly very big. The longest jump in the world this year
:49:00. > :49:09.because he doesn't look too far short of it there. It is 8.45. By
:49:10. > :49:14.Marquise Goodwin. Good height from Rutherford. He is such a massive
:49:15. > :49:18.fella, that respectfully speaking, it doesn't look as if he's got that
:49:19. > :49:26.much height. He has. That is a big jump - 8.31, a season's best. Right
:49:27. > :49:31.at the top end of the track, the men lining up for the 100m Men. There is
:49:32. > :49:43.Martina, the 31-year-old on the inside. Aaron Brown is not there. So
:49:44. > :49:53.it is Justin Gatlin being introduced to the crowd in Lane 3. Jimmy Vicaut
:49:54. > :50:03.of France, his first big 100m of the year. He's ran a couple of 200s so
:50:04. > :50:09.far. 9.86 at his best. Still leading the world, Femi Ogunode, now running
:50:10. > :50:18.for Qatar, the former Nigerian. A man who was in great form at home
:50:19. > :50:27.in Pretoria, he ran 9.96, Akani Simbine. Chijindu Ujah, former
:50:28. > :50:30.Junior Champion, sub-ten seconds. He will be looking for a quick time
:50:31. > :50:38.here. British sprinting going really well. Plenty of them qualifying for
:50:39. > :50:43.the Olympics. Ameer Webb, similar for him. The American team will be
:50:44. > :50:52.difficult to get into. The 200 is his best event. Isiah Young of the
:50:53. > :50:56.USA on the outside. Gatlin gets away well, leaves Jimmy
:50:57. > :50:59.Vicaut, and look at Gatlin, has a metre, they are starting to run him
:51:00. > :51:05.down a bit, Vicaut coming back, but it will be Gatlin, Webb gets close
:51:06. > :51:11.at the end, 9.94. Webb finishing very, very quickly. But Gatlin, I'm
:51:12. > :51:15.not sure what he will think of that. I don't know whether he was hoping
:51:16. > :51:22.to run quicker. It has been taken down to 9.93.
:51:23. > :51:27.A season's best. Tim, it looked as though Gatlin was going to go away,
:51:28. > :51:31.but Webb was strong? Webb had the better second half. He didn't have
:51:32. > :51:34.the pick-up at the start. He almost got Gatlin. Another three or
:51:35. > :51:38.four-metres, Ameer Webb would have taken that one. He won the 200
:51:39. > :51:44.earlier on, 20.04. That is some double. Gatlin on top, Ameer Webb
:51:45. > :51:47.very impressive in second. Gatlin's winning time, 9.93. Vicaut under 10
:51:48. > :52:09.seconds. All medallists at global
:52:10. > :52:13.Championships, here is Tamberi. He's talked a lot ops of course, he was
:52:14. > :52:18.at the press conferences this week and people focus on his character,
:52:19. > :52:22.the beard, the rest of it. As I was saying earlier on, the other high
:52:23. > :52:27.jumpers respecting his ability to produce the good jumps when he needs
:52:28. > :52:36.to. Not on this occasion, though. That is his second failure at 2.33.
:52:37. > :52:46.Bohdan Bondarenko at 2.33. Goes clear! Yes! Beginning to find his
:52:47. > :52:50.competitive streak again. He's had some rough old days over the last
:52:51. > :52:54.few months, has Bohdan Bondarenko. That is a season's best for the
:52:55. > :53:01.Ukrainian. His first failure recorded at this height, but second
:53:02. > :53:03.time of asking and he's got it. Bondarenko is approaching his best,
:53:04. > :53:27.the 26-year-old. Lapierre - the Australian is really
:53:28. > :53:32.quick. Great lift off the board for Lapierre. So crucial to get a good
:53:33. > :53:37.jump in the first three rounds with the new rules. And very, very close,
:53:38. > :53:39.amongst three or four athletes. Lapierre managing to get out to
:53:40. > :53:49.8.18. What a field it is, the race
:53:50. > :53:52.features the winners of the last three Olympics and the winner of the
:53:53. > :54:05.last four World Championships. 11 men in history have broken 8
:54:06. > :54:14.minutes for the steeplechase, four go here tonight. They do need to hit
:54:15. > :54:18.their marks, when you are operating at that sort of speed, very small
:54:19. > :54:24.mistakes in pace making and tempo judgment can have a catastrophic
:54:25. > :54:31.effect on the end result. Bondarenko in the high jump. This competition,
:54:32. > :54:40.that he's already won, the bar at 2.37. Never. Well, that might be
:54:41. > :54:44.enough for him tonight. He won it with a second-time clearance of
:54:45. > :54:49.2.33. Robbie Grabarz takes second place ahead of Tamberi, a really
:54:50. > :54:53.good men's high jump competition. Bondarenko getting back to his best.
:54:54. > :54:57.Or certainly not too far away from it. With a lap to go, it is
:54:58. > :55:04.interesting for me, it is who attacks these barriers the best.
:55:05. > :55:09.Kemboi takes them in his stride. If they can run a sub-60 for the last
:55:10. > :55:26.lap - it is less than 400, of course. The winner in Doha in
:55:27. > :55:35.8:05.00. Birech fell there, Tim. I'm not sure what happened. There is
:55:36. > :55:40.only one winner now. 200 to run, he's hammering it. Around the crown
:55:41. > :55:52.of the bend, approaches the water jump, negotiate this well... He went
:55:53. > :55:57.through the bell in exactly 7:00.00. Down the home straight, here is the
:55:58. > :56:03.winner. The winner surely in 30 or 40 metres. It will be so close to
:56:04. > :56:09.eight minutes. He's done this time after time after time. 8:01.43,
:56:10. > :56:14.another massive win, Birech falling down the back straight. Maybe that a
:56:15. > :56:20.product of the pressure that he was under, that has been applied by
:56:21. > :56:32.Conseslus Kipruto. Conseslus Kipruto - 8:01.41, winning by almost ten
:56:33. > :56:36.seconds. Greg Rutherford, his final attempt in the long jump. Yet again,
:56:37. > :56:39.the new rules, they were not getting as many attempts in the last three
:56:40. > :56:44.or four, the last three rounds from the top four. We have had four
:56:45. > :56:48.passes, we have had three no jumps. We have only had three legal jumps
:56:49. > :56:53.from the top four in these final four rounds. So Greg Rutherford,
:56:54. > :56:59.what can he do? He's already won the competition. Well, not quite as far,
:57:00. > :57:04.I'm not sure there... Difficult to see as the runners were going by. If
:57:05. > :57:09.you weren't sure about how quick he is going, look at him going past the
:57:10. > :57:15.steeplechasers. I couldn't see where he landed. It may well extend his
:57:16. > :57:21.lead. Very, very close, he is applauding the crowd. Just waiting
:57:22. > :57:23.to see what it comes up as. Greg Rutherford coming out on top. It
:57:24. > :57:28.doesn't matter what others have done. He was the seventh ranked
:57:29. > :57:32.coming into this competition. Once again, he is unbeaten in Olympic
:57:33. > :57:38.year. 8.19 in the final round. Greg Rutherford on top. It was a good
:57:39. > :57:46.night for the British athletes in Rome. On the track, Chijindu Ujah
:57:47. > :57:51.running well in the sprint. A great third from Lynsey Sharp against
:57:52. > :57:57.Semenya and Niyonsaba. It was in the field where the best results came -
:57:58. > :58:01.Robbie Grabarz getting back to his best. In the long jump, we had the
:58:02. > :58:06.top seven in the world here. Guess who was ranked seven? Greg
:58:07. > :58:13.Rutherford. He dominates the opposition. 8.31 his winning jump.
:58:14. > :58:19.If you want a point tore -- pointer to the Olympic Games, he won here
:58:20. > :58:25.before London. And he won there! Stay with us here on BBC One
:58:26. > :58:26.for highlights of the Later this afternoon there's live
:58:27. > :58:30.coverage on the Red Button Finally tonight on BBC Two
:58:31. > :58:34.there's women's football Our next Diamond League
:58:35. > :58:39.athletics will be live