:00:47. > :00:55.Hello and welcome to the London stadium. In about two weeks, this
:00:56. > :00:59.place will be packed as the 16th IAAF World Championships takes
:01:00. > :01:05.place, five years at the London. So many of those great stores will be
:01:06. > :01:09.back on show. Before that, the elite of the sport have one more Diamond
:01:10. > :01:11.league stop to make and that is to Monaco where greatness meets
:01:12. > :01:55.glamour. Sally Pearson, what a run. Look how
:01:56. > :02:03.fast she is going. Got to be CJ. Usain Bolt! So, plenty of the
:02:04. > :02:10.sport's big names adding more glitz and glamour to the Playboy's
:02:11. > :02:14.paradise and athletic prowess. It is the 30th anniversary of this meet,
:02:15. > :02:20.so to celebrate and commentators are Tim Hutchins and Steve Cram.
:02:21. > :02:27.COMMENTATOR: Glamorous is always here in bucket loads in Monte Carlo.
:02:28. > :02:33.Usain Bolt will be racing the 100 and is later on. First of all, Steve
:02:34. > :03:14.Cram is beside myself, Tim Hutchins. We have three of the top four in the
:03:15. > :03:18.world. Ashley Spencer, Olympic bronze medal is not making it onto
:03:19. > :03:32.the American team, finishing fourth in their Championships.
:03:33. > :03:48.The women's 400 metre hurdles. Lake to rise was Russell in lane three.
:03:49. > :04:02.Started quickly is Carter. She has the early advantage over Ashley
:04:03. > :04:14.Spencer. Ashley Spencer with Little. Has she just edged this right? Haley
:04:15. > :04:22.Doyle trying to concentrate on her stride pattern. Now, Little starting
:04:23. > :04:28.to come into it. Coming down the home straight. Look at this from
:04:29. > :04:39.Carter. Ashley Spencer is nowhere. Stretching for the line it will be a
:04:40. > :04:44.big win for Carter. When the Americans up, you kind of, you are
:04:45. > :04:49.never quite sure who will come out on top. That much talent and ability
:04:50. > :04:54.but Carter producing a superb run. We have seen the times in the
:04:55. > :04:58.American Championships, they don't always translate to Europe or even
:04:59. > :05:02.in the major championships, but that is as good a run and I have seen
:05:03. > :05:15.from Carter in a while. She had a good target outside her, Doyle. That
:05:16. > :05:24.is a big winning margin. She has taken them to the cleaners and that
:05:25. > :05:29.was very impressive. Here is a man at the beginning of the year, the
:05:30. > :05:39.Olympic champion but has seen his team-mate takeover. The first round,
:05:40. > :05:44.still in the javelin. Everyone has been struggling. That is better,
:05:45. > :05:53.that is more like it. I suppose the cream rises to the top. He is the
:05:54. > :06:02.man. Everyone struggling, then all of the sudden, Thomas Rohler
:06:03. > :06:07.produces this. Big crowd, it is a complete sell-out, we are told.
:06:08. > :06:13.Usain Bolt and everybody else has managed that. We have a feast of
:06:14. > :06:23.these middle distance runs over the next few hours. Seven men in the
:06:24. > :06:33.field have broken 3.42. This is one of the fastest men in history. Chris
:06:34. > :06:39.O'Hare, on a really good run the Great Britain. British champion
:06:40. > :06:45.three weeks back. He is in very good form indeed. It is a loaded field.
:06:46. > :06:58.Anyone of four or five men take this. 1.52, we are looking for at
:06:59. > :07:02.800 metres. It is a very fast tempo. It was on this track three or four
:07:03. > :07:12.years ago that Mo Farah set the European record. 3.20 eight. They
:07:13. > :07:17.have gone off at a healthy tempo. Another athlete to watch is Nick
:07:18. > :07:20.Willis of New Zealand. At 34, he is the oldest in the race. But showing
:07:21. > :07:53.signs of his great racing form. It is quick, Steve as they come up
:07:54. > :08:06.to 400 metres. It is too quick, that is why they are stretched out. They
:08:07. > :08:19.are all getting sucked into this. Will be interesting to see if Kiprot
:08:20. > :08:23.Get Involved. Nick Willis, this is the last chance for him to get the
:08:24. > :08:52.qualifying time. So he is sitting at the back. Just over two laps to run.
:08:53. > :09:08.1:51.43, it is quick. I really like watching Kwemoi. He has got to close
:09:09. > :09:13.the gap. They are queueing up behind Kwemoi. Kiprot might be realising
:09:14. > :09:21.that. Allowing his team-mates to get ahead. They are all just sitting
:09:22. > :09:28.there and also Kiprot is the target. They are thinking, where is
:09:29. > :09:43.everybody else. 450 metres to run. They come to the Bell. There is a
:09:44. > :09:48.chance for a solid final lap. Kiprop hasn't been in the best of form and
:09:49. > :09:55.is holding them back somewhat at the moment. The gap is about 30 metres.
:09:56. > :10:04.This pair, moving away as the rest of the pack are sitting behind
:10:05. > :10:12.Kiprop and he has been an obstacle. 200 metres to run. The Cherries is
:10:13. > :10:19.on further back but they are too far back with two men of such calibre.
:10:20. > :10:24.This Kenyan pairing are special. It is like a relay. Always better to
:10:25. > :10:31.come of somebody's shoulder. Drives for the line to win comfortably.
:10:32. > :10:52.Third place for Kwemoi. That puts him into a special club of
:10:53. > :11:06.athletes who have broken 3.29 on this occasion. Kwemoi is third. Nick
:11:07. > :11:11.Willis, did get the qualifying time for the World Championships, so he
:11:12. > :11:23.will be there. We saw the first round throw of Thomas Roller.
:11:24. > :11:30.The Olympic champion, but not his country's number one at the moment.
:11:31. > :11:35.That is even better. He was looking to stamp his authority on this.
:11:36. > :11:41.Almost 90 metres and given how poorly everyone else has throwing so
:11:42. > :11:47.far this evening, it is still early stages in this javelin, but that is
:11:48. > :11:59.a huge effort. The capacity crowd are being treated. And no throw in
:12:00. > :12:01.the first round but that one from Vetter. Nowhere near the efforts of
:12:02. > :12:16.his compatriot Rohler. There is the man. World records in
:12:17. > :13:16.Rio. Run a 300 metres world best. This is fast. He settled here
:13:17. > :13:28.running nice unsteadily. Norwood has been passed. He loses a couple of
:13:29. > :13:37.metres from the Botswanan. Has he got the legs to outlast the man from
:13:38. > :13:52.Botswana. Yes he has, by a metre. A real contest to the line.
:13:53. > :14:06.Van Niekerk needed that race. Maybe he was getting a bit carried... He
:14:07. > :14:14.attached the first 200 metres, Van Niekerk very hard. This is what
:14:15. > :14:26.makes him a winner, he can dig deep. That's what makes him stand out. He
:14:27. > :14:27.certainly didn't want Makwala running down the home straight with
:14:28. > :14:41.him. I think he would have wanted better
:14:42. > :14:45.than his results next year. He is struggling. That is better.
:14:46. > :14:55.Everything is starting to improve for everybody here. Improving their
:14:56. > :15:06.285.43 in round three. Second placed his by a clear margin now. Sergei
:15:07. > :15:16.Bubka, an interested spectator here, former World record-holder. 5.72.
:15:17. > :15:25.That's a nice clearance. The others struggling a little bit, but a
:15:26. > :15:37.little further down. We have seen him a couple of times. This man made
:15:38. > :15:42.it look a little bit easier. Kevin Menaldo, another world-class French
:15:43. > :15:47.pole vault. He has hit the mark this year, first-time attempted 5:17.2
:15:48. > :15:58.for him. That's nice, probably the best clearance we have seen so far
:15:59. > :16:02.at 5.7 two. 5.60 first-time, now 5.7 to first time. Second in the French
:16:03. > :16:06.championships just last week after fourth place in the sun -- in
:16:07. > :16:18.Switzerland. Three gold medals for Great Britain.
:16:19. > :16:22.What a night. Mo and Greg have been on their own path the last five
:16:23. > :16:24.years and I came to see how my experience compares with the journey
:16:25. > :16:35.they have been nonsense London 2012. Still to come today, Dina
:16:36. > :16:41.Asher-Smith steps up her preparations for London and the 200
:16:42. > :16:49.metres. The main attraction in the women's high jump. Can anyone stop
:16:50. > :16:55.Kendra Harrison in the 100 metres hurdles? Britain's darling of the
:16:56. > :17:01.middle distance tackles with 3000 metres. And Usain Bolt races for the
:17:02. > :17:02.final time in mainland Europe. And inform CJ Gujarat among those facing
:17:03. > :17:20.the great man in the hundred metres. Laura Roesler, what a job she has
:17:21. > :17:27.two lead out Caster Semenya, who in lane seven has asked for 55 seconds
:17:28. > :17:33.for the first lap. The world record holder still holds 1:53.2 eight.
:17:34. > :17:36.Wilson, the American champion who had a cloud hanging over her,
:17:37. > :17:42.couldn't race until the American Championships after an adverse drug
:17:43. > :17:47.test which she was cleared of. She won the American champion ship.
:17:48. > :17:56.Martinez in great form, ran a good 1500 metres in Rabat. The top three
:17:57. > :18:00.medallists from Rio, Nyonsyaba, then sharp, European champion, starting
:18:01. > :18:06.to get back into good form, but it will be about how quick Semenya is
:18:07. > :18:12.going I am pretty sure. Roesler on the outside. A good choice really
:18:13. > :18:18.because she is not going to go too quick through 400 metres. If you are
:18:19. > :18:25.going to run 56 you have to be even and she has started even. Semenya
:18:26. > :18:31.guiding her through the first hundred. Nyonsyaba, just a push on
:18:32. > :18:40.Lindsay Sharp. A bit of jostling, Martinez slopping in -- slotting in.
:18:41. > :18:46.Roesler has gone off had here, maybe too hard through the first 300
:18:47. > :18:51.metres, yes, that is 39 seconds or thereabouts, a bit too quick, maybe
:18:52. > :18:55.40 seconds, and Semenya realising it, Semenya on her own leading the
:18:56. > :19:04.pack. Let's see the first 400 metres. Roesler has come through in
:19:05. > :19:12.55.31 but the Olympians one, two and three in Rio in the home straight.
:19:13. > :19:16.Semenya, she doesn't seem to be doing it here, not chasing the
:19:17. > :19:21.pacemaker, looks like she is running a tactical race with Niyonsyaba who
:19:22. > :19:25.loves to front run getting impatient. Niyonsyaba wanted to go
:19:26. > :19:34.past Semenya, picked it up a little, Wilson on her shoulder. Semenya
:19:35. > :19:38.winding it up. Martinez, a bit of a shop on the inside, and now Semenya
:19:39. > :19:43.controlling this, this wasn't what we expected. All the talk was how
:19:44. > :19:49.quick she would go. Wilson attacking around the outside, Niyonsyaba
:19:50. > :19:53.there. Semenya under real pressure from Wilson and now she tries to go
:19:54. > :20:01.again, everyday Mac through the middle, Semenya might have enough to
:20:02. > :20:07.move off. Semenya will win it, 1:55.28 and a set of superb times we
:20:08. > :20:13.will get there. A personal best, may well equal it, we will see the time
:20:14. > :20:17.for Semenya but Wilson will get an American record in third place,
:20:18. > :20:22.smashing the American record, Niyonsyaba gets a national record
:20:23. > :20:29.for Burundi. It has been taken down 100th of a second, so by 100th of a
:20:30. > :20:37.second, Semenya is the winner tonight. Full credit to Wilson for
:20:38. > :20:41.trying to take it to these two. Semenya so powerful, losing power on
:20:42. > :20:46.the inside, holding form well, moving like a 400-metre runner
:20:47. > :20:52.through the last 100. Look at the splits, Semenya ran 28.5 for the
:20:53. > :20:57.last 200 metres. That is the smart way to run, slowed it, everybody at
:20:58. > :21:00.her shoulder but they all ran a big last 200 metres and you don't
:21:01. > :21:06.normally see that from women, that is normally the slowest part of the
:21:07. > :21:16.race. Here is the man who is the second-best javelin thrower all
:21:17. > :21:21.time, Vetter. He's been watching his team-mate dominate tonight. At each
:21:22. > :21:24.other's shoulders until Vetter exploded the last couple of weeks
:21:25. > :21:30.and one the Jenin Championships to boot. Again, that stalling, 85
:21:31. > :21:36.metres, and when you throw 94 that is not good, not bad compared to
:21:37. > :21:42.everybody else. Just close the 85-metre line. That would be 85.43
:21:43. > :21:50.in round three. 85.14 so he stays in third. We now move to the far side
:21:51. > :21:54.of the track and the women's 200 metres, Dina Asher-Smith Great
:21:55. > :21:58.Britain on the comeback trail after a serious foot injury, broken foot a
:21:59. > :22:08.few months back, and still looking to get into shape, fifth in the
:22:09. > :22:15.Olympics last year. Ta Lou so unlucky in the 100 and 200, fourth
:22:16. > :22:18.in both events in Rio. Ta Lou is only two thousandths of a second
:22:19. > :22:25.away from the bronze medal in the 100. American sprinting always
:22:26. > :22:34.strong, but a new name really, Jefferson. She competed in Monaco in
:22:35. > :22:39.the relay in 2015. She broke a 28-year-old record in the NCAA
:22:40. > :22:46.Championships when she ran 22.02. Normally runs 20 to three or 20
:22:47. > :22:53.four. Agyapong has had a wonderful year, the under 23 champion of
:22:54. > :23:01.Europe, has improved from 23.5 up to 22.8 six. Women's 200 metres.
:23:02. > :23:08.Dina Asher-Smith rising pretty late therein lane four and running a good
:23:09. > :23:13.band, chasing Ta Lou as well. Ta Lou has run the Americans down so she is
:23:14. > :23:17.running a cracking bend, Dina Asher-Smith trying to keep on but Ta
:23:18. > :23:28.Lou so good, moving away, Jefferson giving this space as Asher-Smith
:23:29. > :23:30.gets away. Ta Lou will win here, good performance, encouraging for
:23:31. > :23:35.Asher-Smith in third place, the Brit will be pleased with that, but Ta
:23:36. > :23:43.Lou continuing what has already been a cracking year for her, and that at
:23:44. > :23:47.22.25, taken down to really underlining that she must go there
:23:48. > :23:53.with big attempts at the championship. Ta Lou was a good
:23:54. > :23:59.favourite and laying fibre is a strong lane for her. Solid run from
:24:00. > :24:04.Jefferson, last the distance well. Closing on Ta Lou on the left of the
:24:05. > :24:08.picture over the last 50 metres or so as Ta Lou shows her credentials
:24:09. > :24:13.again, she must be so hungry after being fourth in the real Olympics
:24:14. > :24:15.last year and 100 and 200, one very determined lady to make the rostrum
:24:16. > :24:37.in London. Vault. Lavillenie's second attempt. Much
:24:38. > :24:42.better from Lavillenie, that will calm things down a little. That puts
:24:43. > :24:56.Lavillenie in fourth place but only the third Frenchman. Menaldo equal
:24:57. > :24:59.second place. Plenty to come from Lavillenie if he wants to make the
:25:00. > :25:12.rostrum let alone take the competition. The Olympic champion,
:25:13. > :25:25.third attempt, Lisek, the only one with a clear run. Braz fighting to
:25:26. > :25:33.get in here. You cannot doubt his competitive spirit, we saw it in
:25:34. > :25:37.true format Rio. 2.56, third attempt at 5.7 two. No. That looked
:25:38. > :25:43.heartless to be honest, didn't believe he would do it. Story of his
:25:44. > :25:47.season so far this year. The Olympic champion meaning he still hasn't
:25:48. > :25:56.gone higher than 5.60 this year. But will not win you many Diamond League
:25:57. > :26:03.points. -- that will not. Oh, the Mexican wave! Men's 800 metres being
:26:04. > :26:12.presented to the crowd. The one-time European champion, the Dutchman, 37
:26:13. > :26:17.years old now. Korir, winner of the Kenyan trials, just 22. World number
:26:18. > :26:22.three this year and see double-A champion in the USA and a strong
:26:23. > :26:26.contender for winner at the World Championships. Giles Great Britain
:26:27. > :26:31.winner of the UK title three weeks ago, fifth in the London diamond
:26:32. > :26:40.league, recently won a -- run a new personal best. Korir out in lane
:26:41. > :26:43.seven probably the man to watch. Goodness me, they are giving them a
:26:44. > :26:50.ridiculous amount of time in the blocks, I know it is only 800 but my
:26:51. > :26:59.word. The pacemaker has been asked to go out at 50 seconds exactly.
:27:00. > :27:02.Really, if you haven't got your game face on now with the World
:27:03. > :27:06.Championships in two weeks you certainly won't make the final in
:27:07. > :27:12.London, that is what those men should be thinking. They will clip
:27:13. > :27:19.from behind after 150. That gave him an urge to accelerate on the top
:27:20. > :27:26.bend. Korir in third place, McBride of Canada in second. Nice and quick,
:27:27. > :27:33.singles pile as they approach the Bell. I don't think that is a bad
:27:34. > :27:39.thing. This guy has speed to burn. 49.46 for the leader so dead on 50
:27:40. > :27:44.seconds, a tad under. McBride in second. They have gone for it here
:27:45. > :27:50.but I want to see if Korir can move on from this, fast pace, being led
:27:51. > :27:58.out the back straight. McBride from Korir, Giles of Britain in third
:27:59. > :28:02.place, Bosse in fifth behind the Brit, goes past Giles as well as
:28:03. > :28:06.they hit the ground of the bend, McBride forcing Korir, the youngster
:28:07. > :28:14.from Kenny, Venney champion in trials a couple of weeks back, gets
:28:15. > :28:20.passed him round the bend, and Korir from McBride, Bosse running into
:28:21. > :28:27.form, third place. Gakame into two but look at Korir, this is great,
:28:28. > :28:32.1:43.12 from Korir, and he does indeed underlying his name, put it
:28:33. > :28:41.in bold type as a favourite for London. Fabulous run from the
:28:42. > :28:47.youngster Nigel Amos. That is the fastest time in the world, Amos the
:28:48. > :28:55.most significant absentees. Korir one that going away very comfortably
:28:56. > :29:02.indeed, didn't he? 1:44.41 from McBride, a ten-metre gap. One of his
:29:03. > :29:10.training part is spotting him, he started out in a village where David
:29:11. > :29:16.Rudisha started of course, then he'd went to the United States last
:29:17. > :29:21.summer. In the NCAA cross-country championships Eve was 249 of 251 and
:29:22. > :29:26.says it has made him stronger and better and he needs to do that, and
:29:27. > :29:30.we are seeing a bright new talent here, David Rudisha needs to be in
:29:31. > :29:34.championship form in the World Championships to hold him off,
:29:35. > :29:55.Emanuel Korir had a superb year and is getting a bit better there.
:29:56. > :30:06.Third and final attempt. We have to remember, she was about 20 when some
:30:07. > :30:16.of her competitors were born. She is 38 years old. Maybe she's doing one
:30:17. > :30:27.season to many. The young Ukrainian who is having a cracking season.
:30:28. > :30:36.Teenager. Very nicely indeed. The standard, we will see Lasitskene
:30:37. > :30:44.shortly. Now on the track, the women's 100 and the hurdles and the
:30:45. > :30:50.world record-holder, Kendra Harrison lining up against a very good feel.
:30:51. > :31:01.The defending champion from Jamaica, Danielle Williams.
:31:02. > :31:15.Jasmine Stour is, we saw took a nasty fall. But has bounced back
:31:16. > :31:21.since then. You have the likes of Sally Pearson coming back in such
:31:22. > :31:37.good form. The former world champion running so well in London.
:31:38. > :32:00.Ali, did well, but it is always difficult to make the team.
:32:01. > :32:16.Good start from harassing, exploding out of the blocks. Harrison just
:32:17. > :32:20.gets it 12.50 two. Great run from Nelvis, having a superb season. She
:32:21. > :32:28.struggled in terms of the American Championships. She is looking up at
:32:29. > :32:40.the screen. I think Harrison just got it.
:32:41. > :32:49.Harrison winning it by 100th of a second. Nelvis in second. Daniel
:32:50. > :32:56.Williams, continuing her good form, in third. No records the night, she
:32:57. > :33:02.had to scrap for that? Another good run from Harrison who is developing
:33:03. > :33:07.this habit of winning and hitting the right form. It is so easy to
:33:08. > :33:10.make mistakes as he saw with Jasmine Stour is in London, crashed to the
:33:11. > :33:16.track. Sally Pearson, forth the night. There is a real battle
:33:17. > :33:23.between Harrison and Nelvis. Shame they weren't in closer lanes. I
:33:24. > :33:31.wonder how long it took Harrison to realise Nelvis was threatening. It
:33:32. > :33:38.is winning that matters and Kendra Harrison set herself up after her
:33:39. > :33:51.American title win and the fabulous run 12.28 in Budapest. This is the
:33:52. > :34:01.reigning world champion. Shawn Barber. He has had a busy night.
:34:02. > :34:11.I was talking to him yesterday and he is pretty happy with his form, he
:34:12. > :34:18.thinks things are turning around, training hard. No. That is the end
:34:19. > :34:22.for him tonight. We were hoping for a really good pole vault the night.
:34:23. > :34:33.Not a great height in terms of world pole vaulting. Final throw in the
:34:34. > :34:45.men's javelin. Can he go further here? It is very big. It is very,
:34:46. > :34:51.very close. His series has been truly dominant from one round to the
:34:52. > :34:58.next. That is for valid throws now. Each of his fourth rows that have
:34:59. > :35:04.been measured have been better than the second placed. 88 metres 91. Has
:35:05. > :35:07.been a fabulous display of javelin throwing from the German. His
:35:08. > :35:18.consistency is what he will be most pleased about, as well as putting to
:35:19. > :35:25.bed his great rival Johannes Vetter. Laura Muir has said she will tackle
:35:26. > :35:30.the 500 and 1500 metres. The Scot can face the double challenge with
:35:31. > :35:37.confidence having said five British and two European records. In Monaco,
:35:38. > :35:54.she races in the 3000 metres which pits are against Obiri. The women's
:35:55. > :35:59.3000 metres, seven and a half laps of the track. There is the woman of
:36:00. > :36:05.the moment, Obiri. She has shown fabulous form in recent weeks, beat
:36:06. > :36:12.Laura Muir in London a couple of weeks ago over the mall. Laura Muir,
:36:13. > :36:18.champion in Belgrade in March. It is a strong field. A Eilish McColgan,
:36:19. > :36:28.one of several Britons in this field. The time of very hard
:36:29. > :36:31.training is nearing an end. Sharpening sessions is what these
:36:32. > :36:33.athletes will be putting in over the next couple of weeks, as they get
:36:34. > :36:54.underway. To me, this sounds quick. That would
:36:55. > :37:06.be remarkably quick. I think Obiri is in shape to run that. It is Obiri
:37:07. > :37:09.who must have asked for this, I know Laura Muir wants to get a decent
:37:10. > :37:30.race under her belt, she's not bothered what the pace is. What you
:37:31. > :37:34.need here is four or five laps,. I am hoping she can keep the pace
:37:35. > :37:41.strong and put them in the 8.20 zone. I have a horrible suspicion it
:37:42. > :37:45.will come down to Obiri versus Laura Muir. Obiri won't want to lose and
:37:46. > :37:49.might slow it. What happens when the pacemaker drops out, that is the
:37:50. > :38:00.question. They are coming to the straight now. There will be six to
:38:01. > :38:13.go. Laura Muir back in sixth place at the moment.
:38:14. > :38:20.Obiri, if you discount the Chinese, many people say she is the fastest
:38:21. > :38:25.in history. The ridiculous time the Chinese produced back in 1993, which
:38:26. > :38:36.will be looked at with great suspicion in this day and age. She
:38:37. > :38:52.is aiming for sub 8.20 tonight. That would be the quickest ever.
:38:53. > :39:08.This is Lisek, we haven't seen him much the night. Now, Lisek with a
:39:09. > :39:13.chance. Yes. Excellent performance the one man to go clear here, 5.80
:39:14. > :39:21.two. Bronze medallist in the World Championships two years ago. The
:39:22. > :39:28.Polish athlete equals his personal best set three years ago. He had a
:39:29. > :39:37.great indoor Championships, won the European indoors in Belgrade. So
:39:38. > :39:42.Lisek equalling his personal best with 5.82, first time as well. There
:39:43. > :39:49.is the world number one in the high jump. So dominant world number one
:39:50. > :39:55.it is almost inconceivable anyone could beat her. In London in the
:39:56. > :40:06.World Championships, she is now fifth equal highest jumper in
:40:07. > :40:14.history. She is part of the group of athletes that have been certified
:40:15. > :40:19.for London. Neutral act pleats -- neutral athletes they are being
:40:20. > :40:35.called, sad they cannot wear their country's colour with pride. Obiri
:40:36. > :40:39.is in second. Be going through 1500 metres in about 4.11, so three
:40:40. > :40:43.seconds slower than what they asked. But you imagine they will pick up.
:40:44. > :40:50.As soon as the pacemaker drops out, I way she goes. Laura Muir, not
:40:51. > :40:57.covering the move. Whether she is thinking, this is too much, too
:40:58. > :41:06.soon, but Obiri has the. Laura Muir has decided to let Obiri go. Obiri
:41:07. > :41:08.is going for it. It could be negative splits. If it is a could be
:41:09. > :41:21.the quickest time ever. The world record is eight point
:41:22. > :41:57.06.11. Big support at the top end of the
:41:58. > :42:05.stadium. No! A real rattle. Be thought for a second it might hang
:42:06. > :42:14.on. Bouncing on the supports. Struggling to get the height. In
:42:15. > :42:20.years gone by, it has been so easy. Two failures for him. Actually, it
:42:21. > :42:29.was his third. No wonder he is looking more dejected. So, Lisek
:42:30. > :42:32.winning. He has a bit of work to do if he is going to the World
:42:33. > :42:42.Championships to do well. Back to the 3000 metres. Obiri has a lead of
:42:43. > :42:59.about 30 metres as she comes through with two laps to run. Laura Muir is
:43:00. > :43:06.in fourth place. Eilish McColgan, some big names struggling in the
:43:07. > :43:10.wake of this world record tempo, I am tempted to say. Obiri is still
:43:11. > :43:16.looking strong. Little grimace with just over one and a half laps to
:43:17. > :43:21.run. She has had a couple of fabulous races. Let's underlined the
:43:22. > :43:25.form Obiri has shown. Huge, powerful, fast winds over 5000
:43:26. > :43:28.metres in Shanghai and Rome. She beat Laura Muir impressively in
:43:29. > :43:32.London over the mile a couple of weeks ago. We bring together
:43:33. > :43:40.strength and speed, this is what she can produce. I am surprised with the
:43:41. > :43:46.manner in which it was so easy to move away from Laura Muir and the
:43:47. > :43:53.rest. She may try and pick it up on this last lap. She has a 40 metre
:43:54. > :44:00.lead at Leeds. Obiri out on her own and continuing what has been a great
:44:01. > :44:13.year. Only has 350 to go. 7.18 at the bell. Laura Muir is in third.
:44:14. > :44:21.Obiri drives and down at the back straight. There is about a 45 metre
:44:22. > :44:30.gap. She goes through with 200 metres to run this could be 8-.20,
:44:31. > :44:40.8.21 run if she can finish here. Look at the way she is punching the
:44:41. > :44:48.air, maintaining the stride. Laura Muir in third, struggling a little
:44:49. > :44:54.bit. She is surely going to run a huge personal best in third place.
:44:55. > :45:03.Muir it will be fabulously fast, 8:23.1 Chepkoech in second, McColgan
:45:04. > :45:12.has done superbly to get through to fourth, third Mayhew -- third, Laura
:45:13. > :45:19.Muir. 1011 seconds off her personal best. McColgan has put big names
:45:20. > :45:25.behind her but the story is all about Obiri having run the entire
:45:26. > :45:30.second half and more on her own, 8:23.14. I was really impressed,
:45:31. > :45:36.solid distance running, put the foot down, kept the pace going. Didn't
:45:37. > :45:41.have to run a big last lap, hard work out there, a lot of good times
:45:42. > :45:45.behind, Laura Muir now knows if she is going to double up with the 5000
:45:46. > :45:51.and 1500 at the World Championships Obiri will be tough to beat.
:45:52. > :46:02.The women's triple jump was won by Columbia's reigning Olympic champion
:46:03. > :46:06.who produced a final round of 14.86 to see off her fellow South
:46:07. > :46:10.American. The 21-year-old Venezuelan has served notice that she will be a
:46:11. > :46:16.serious threat to the women's world title in London.
:46:17. > :46:22.Now we move to for many people the highlight of the evening, the men's
:46:23. > :46:28.100 metres because of this man, the last time we will see him in Monaco
:46:29. > :46:34.of course, Usain Bolt. We don't have to say what he has done, everybody
:46:35. > :46:43.knows! Incredible career. Curtain slowly being closed on a sensational
:46:44. > :46:50.12 or 13 years, for most it would be 12 years but he came to form in
:46:51. > :47:03.2007. What a season the Brit Ujah is having. Training in London, CJ Ujah
:47:04. > :47:08.one in Rabat recently. Look at the reception for the great man Usain
:47:09. > :47:13.Bolt. So sad we will not see too much more of this. London will be at
:47:14. > :47:18.in terms of Championships. May well be at in terms of racing altogether.
:47:19. > :47:23.Questions over whether he can win tonight here. The South African
:47:24. > :47:30.Simbine will be a big test. Back problems this season, says it's
:47:31. > :47:34.getting better, reports that training has been improving and he
:47:35. > :47:47.is going well. Cameras trained on one man. Get away cleanly, it Usain
:47:48. > :47:52.Bolt with a poor start, Ujah alongside him. Here comes Usain
:47:53. > :47:59.Bolt, will he win it? Bolt will get it. Bolt wins it from Isaiah Young,
:48:00. > :48:05.and that is better, 9.95, not a good start from bolt a tall, but only he
:48:06. > :48:09.has the ability in the last 20 metres to ease away from the field.
:48:10. > :48:14.I still don't think he is running flat out, I think this is Usain Bolt
:48:15. > :48:19.winning, just winning, each time he gets a little quicker, that is a
:48:20. > :48:25.season best for him, Young confirmed in second place, but for me, Bolt is
:48:26. > :48:31.going to arrive in London capable of running under 9.9, and I think if he
:48:32. > :48:43.can run under 9.9 in the final he will be very, very difficult to
:48:44. > :48:46.beat. He looked so relaxed, almost sluggish. He improves through the
:48:47. > :48:48.rounds of major championships as well, we mustn't forget that, enjoys
:48:49. > :48:51.improving as the rounds go on. He didn't bother to dip at the line, he
:48:52. > :48:55.was under control, even a hint of coasting over the last real four
:48:56. > :48:58.strides with Isaiah Young to his left, the only other man under ten
:48:59. > :49:04.seconds, very strong through the middle, this is where he makes his
:49:05. > :49:08.move, maybe 60 metres, just gets that few inches. I think it is the
:49:09. > :49:19.fact he can hold his top speed so well. Bolt is on the up, that is
:49:20. > :49:23.very clear. The world number one. She got married to an Estonian
:49:24. > :49:31.athlete earlier in the year. That is nice. 1.97, first time. That is the
:49:32. > :49:35.story of this season. If you include the Russian indoor championship she
:49:36. > :49:44.has cleared two metres in ten different tournaments this year.
:49:45. > :49:48.Superb consistency. Lepchenko, though, the 19-year-old from
:49:49. > :49:54.Ukraine, won the under 23 championships, has a habit of doing
:49:55. > :49:57.that. When you are 19 that tends to happen, setting personal bests in
:49:58. > :50:07.national and major championships. That is nice as well. Oh, that's
:50:08. > :50:14.another personal best for Levhcenko. Clear at 1.97 at the second attempt.
:50:15. > :50:20.Now, then, a competition on here. 1.971 the Olympic gold last year.
:50:21. > :50:31.News of another Starlight you can see there, not starting. He pulled
:50:32. > :50:37.out, said he twisted his ankle at the Kenyan trials. He won those
:50:38. > :50:43.trials. Birech will be a favourite as a result, second in Rabat last
:50:44. > :50:48.weekend. A strong field expected to be dominated by the Kenyan 's. The
:50:49. > :50:55.pace is expected to be lightning quick although if that was requested
:50:56. > :51:03.by the Kenyan trials champion and Olympic champion it might be
:51:04. > :51:14.relevant. Let's see how it goes, then, this field of some 15
:51:15. > :51:17.athletes. I know they had quite a fiery discussion as to whether or
:51:18. > :51:21.not he should run tonight, had to drop out of Rabat last week and
:51:22. > :51:26.running today would not be sensible, he can rest his ankle and not
:51:27. > :51:32.jeopardise, crucially, his chances of London in a few weeks. One
:51:33. > :51:38.athlete I mentioned in good form is Olympic silver-medallist Evan Jaeger
:51:39. > :51:41.in third place. He has been training, in some merits, he said
:51:42. > :51:48.this morning the day after the US championships he headed Tisserand
:51:49. > :51:51.Moritz. I think you could be one man who could threaten the Kenyan
:51:52. > :51:55.dominance perhaps in the first time in many years in terms of where the
:51:56. > :52:08.gold medal goes in London. I don't want to jinx him but he is a special
:52:09. > :52:14.athlete. Jaeger will be looking and thinking he has a chance.
:52:15. > :52:24.Incidentally you might have seen Hughes fall at the first barrier. He
:52:25. > :52:29.picked himself up. I think this is an open race in terms of
:52:30. > :52:36.Championships. The championships are different. A good pace being set
:52:37. > :52:47.here tonight, Jager with the chance to re-establish us confidence in
:52:48. > :52:54.terms of ability. Let's go back to Lasitskene, the undisputed world the
:52:55. > :52:59.more one for high jump fans. She has cleared 1.97 at all previous heights
:53:00. > :53:04.first time of asking, can she do the same here? Yes, she can, very
:53:05. > :53:10.impressively as well, lots of speed, plenty of power, the power to weight
:53:11. > :53:15.ratio is so special in this lady. This young lady here setting
:53:16. > :53:20.personal bests as she comes through this season. Yes it will develop.
:53:21. > :53:26.Here she goes. This will be another personal best, two metres, to join
:53:27. > :53:33.that club, not tonight, but a new personal best of the 19-year-old
:53:34. > :53:36.Levchenko and she will be one to watch in the coming year at the
:53:37. > :53:47.World Championships. Chance of a medal now, top of the list behind
:53:48. > :53:59.Cunningham and. Back to the steeplechase. Jager in second place
:54:00. > :54:09.now. Not as quick as we expected. 8.05 tempo. Jager in second place.
:54:10. > :54:13.He is at 3.3 to four 1500 metres and is nearly a sub 30 minute
:54:14. > :54:17.5,000-metre runner with great speed and strength and that is rare for
:54:18. > :54:23.this generation of steeplechasers, most of whom tend to be specialists
:54:24. > :54:27.steeplechase is. Four laps to run and the second pacemaker pushing it
:54:28. > :54:40.along very nicely indeed mid-race, and that pack of eight athletes
:54:41. > :54:48.getting away from the rest. Here is Lasitskene. Hit the bar. 2.0 five.
:54:49. > :54:54.Second time she makes that, very simple, very nice clearance. She is
:54:55. > :55:02.way above everybody else. An event where that certainly helps. Evan
:55:03. > :55:08.Jager hits the front with just over two laps to run. Kebenei in fourth,
:55:09. > :55:13.Jager leading the trio of canyons as they come in with two laps to run.
:55:14. > :55:18.5.58, I hoped it would be closer to eight minutes and the American fresh
:55:19. > :55:22.from altitude training. A paradise in Switzerland for altitude training
:55:23. > :55:25.although it gets crowded at this time of year I understand with
:55:26. > :55:28.world-class athletes. I hoped he might be close to eight minute
:55:29. > :55:33.territory tonight but it doesn't matter, what is important for Jager
:55:34. > :55:37.tonight is a strong run after a month of hard training, and ideally
:55:38. > :55:47.come out on top to beat the best of the Kenyan 's, what a shame Kipruto
:55:48. > :55:53.couldn't make the start line, although it creates intrigue for
:55:54. > :56:00.London. They are also an intrigue for London's. This is impressive
:56:01. > :56:04.from Jager for me, he has taken the opportunity, several people out,
:56:05. > :56:08.this is mine to win, I can dominate over the less the Kenyan sissy like,
:56:09. > :56:15.notice respected them, but he is moving away. I get tired of
:56:16. > :56:20.reminding people the steeplechase does demand a lot of you, you are
:56:21. > :56:26.running 99% of the time between the barriers and have to work with your
:56:27. > :56:31.flat speed over 3500 and most of the top Kenyan steeplechasers don't do
:56:32. > :56:36.that enough. Jager has done it very diligently over these last three or
:56:37. > :56:41.four years and is tearing them apart over this final 600 metres. 250 to
:56:42. > :56:50.go for Evan Jager but just about the best of Kenny being left wilting in
:56:51. > :56:54.his wake, with 152 run, Jager has destroyed them, water jump final
:56:55. > :57:03.time, never is approaching the final barrier. Keegan is back there, so is
:57:04. > :57:06.Jager, through the Lee Mack Kebenei as well, Jager takes the final water
:57:07. > :57:11.jump, look at the power and freshness and speed in both legs of
:57:12. > :57:18.Evan Jager, the crowd appreciating this, crosses the line, 8:01.31,
:57:19. > :57:26.close to eight minutes after all. He covered the last couple of laps in
:57:27. > :57:31.about 2.0 two, but I don't want to say he has humiliated but he has
:57:32. > :57:36.beaten by a country mile Birech, Diamond League champion a couple of
:57:37. > :57:41.years ago, Commonwealth silver-medallist, fourth in the last
:57:42. > :57:44.World Championships. That from Evan Jaeger intrinsically was below eight
:57:45. > :57:47.minutes such was the power he displayed in the last couple of
:57:48. > :57:51.laps. That's all from Monaco but more top
:57:52. > :57:56.sport to come on the BBC. Highlights of the third round of the Open golf
:57:57. > :58:01.championship on BBC Two tonight from 8pm. The best diving from the world
:58:02. > :58:06.aquatic Championships tomorrow on BBC Two at 1pm one of the start of a
:58:07. > :58:17.full week of life swimming coverage from the pool in Budapest follows
:58:18. > :58:19.that 5pm. Next Saturday we have a special programme on BBC Two as
:58:20. > :58:22.Jessica Ennis-Hill meets rising stars of British athletics.
:58:23. > :58:24.Lots to do look forward to in the coming days but nothing bigger than
:58:25. > :58:28.the World Athletics Championships here in London in two weeks. Our
:58:29. > :58:31.live coverage on the BBC starts on Friday 4th of August across all BBC
:58:32. > :58:36.platforms. We can't wait and we hope we will join you as well -- might
:58:37. > :58:44.join us as well. You won't want to miss a moment. We will see then.
:58:45. > :58:53.London. Are you ready? Mo Farah wins the Gold. A mammoth jump. David
:58:54. > :59:00.Rudisha will win the world title. It will be Daphne Skipper. She has
:59:01. > :59:04.matched the British record, Laura Newell. Usain Bolt! I'm ready.