:00:49. > :00:55.with the Diamond League season at us halfway point, last night the action
:00:56. > :00:59.moved to Paris and the Charlety Stadium deep in the city and with
:01:00. > :01:03.the World Championships looming, a stellar line-up of Olympic and world
:01:04. > :01:29.champions gathered, hoping to put down a marker.
:01:30. > :01:45.So let's join the first race of the night with our commentary team. It
:01:46. > :01:51.is a good line-up, but there is one with drawl, the Jamaican, Stephanie
:01:52. > :02:29.Macpherson. There is the line-up. It is a bit disconcerting for
:02:30. > :02:41.Jackson. Not much in it going into the back straight Williams-Mills
:02:42. > :02:54.looks comfortable. . But he two going well. Williams-Mills very
:02:55. > :02:57.close -- Okolo. Williams-Mills is really powering past Jackson. She
:02:58. > :03:04.will come into the straight heavily in front. . Here comes
:03:05. > :03:13.Williams-Mills, Okolo on the outside. Williams-Mills is going to
:03:14. > :03:17.get this, Okolo in second place, Jackson in third. Disappointing for
:03:18. > :03:25.Jackson. Conditions were perfect. Not much of an excuse, really.
:03:26. > :03:30.Williams-Mills was second in Rome just recently, she has been around
:03:31. > :03:35.so much, fifth in the London Olympics, third in Osaka in that
:03:36. > :03:40.wonderful 400 metres final which she led with just a few yards to go and
:03:41. > :03:44.then lost it. A very good competitive race in the end.
:03:45. > :03:50.Disappointing for Jackson. It was, the real Olympic bronze-medallist,
:03:51. > :03:56.you would have expected her to come through strongly, but all credit to
:03:57. > :04:03.Williams-Mills. She really took it out hard and aggressively and stayed
:04:04. > :04:09.well. Courtney Okolo, she has to be tired after her campaign at the US
:04:10. > :04:13.championships last weekend. But for Williams-Mills, a vintage
:04:14. > :04:18.performance. And there is the result, Williams-Mills in first
:04:19. > :04:39.place, Okolo followed by Jackson. 24, the 27-year-old Ukrainian, first
:04:40. > :04:49.attempt for him. -- Bohdan Bondarenko. He is coming back to his
:04:50. > :04:54.best. The third highest jumper in history the world champion of 2013
:04:55. > :05:04.in Moscow, beginning to look like something back to his best. Barshim.
:05:05. > :05:11.In very good form this season. Coming into the World Championships
:05:12. > :05:23.and 65-macro has such a record. -- Barshim. He goes into the lead.
:05:24. > :05:32.Still to come... The Jamaican superstar Elaine Thompson, competes
:05:33. > :05:39.over the shorter distance. The big guns are out in force in the 110
:05:40. > :05:42.metre hurdles in a field led by the Olympic champion Omar McLeod and
:05:43. > :05:47.featuring the British hopeful Andy Pozzi. Ruth Joe Bennett looks to
:05:48. > :05:52.break her own world record in the 3000 metres steeplechase. There is a
:05:53. > :06:00.glittering array of stars competing in the field events, including the
:06:01. > :06:04.Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor and the French
:06:05. > :06:06.favourite in the poll vault, Renaud Lavillenie. Next on the track, it is
:06:07. > :06:24.the men's 3000 metres. Unusually, ten different nations
:06:25. > :06:29.represented in this one. The youngster from Ethiopia has proved
:06:30. > :06:45.to be such a find for them. Our way they go. The pacemakers are due to
:06:46. > :06:57.be that Kenyans. That is not hanging about. Kiplangat straight to the
:06:58. > :07:09.fore. Leads the Diamond League in the 5,000-metre discipline. The
:07:10. > :07:15.Ethiopian selectors have weird and wonderful ways of making selections.
:07:16. > :07:30.It is! Was not picked previously. They are moving at a crisp tempo --
:07:31. > :07:40.if Yomif Kejelcha. No wonder they are stretched out. I think he was on
:07:41. > :07:46.the button. Ronald Kwemoi. This is a challenge. It looks as though they
:07:47. > :07:58.are on that base at the moment. Very quick. Ronald Kwemoi. As they come
:07:59. > :08:04.through below us, they should be on 90 seconds. The rest of them going
:08:05. > :08:09.through at about 91 seconds. Good pacemaking at the moment. The
:08:10. > :08:18.Syrian, a second attempt at two metres 32. He has had two attempts.
:08:19. > :08:27.He has to clear this and if they can get himself into third place. Very
:08:28. > :08:37.determined young man. Seventh in the Olympic final. He has got it. That
:08:38. > :08:49.is a season 's best. Look at that, beautiful.
:08:50. > :08:59.Bohdan Bondarenko has another attempt, this is to tie with
:09:00. > :09:08.Barshim. That is better for him. Bohdan Bondarenko clear at 2.32.
:09:09. > :09:18.There it is, 2.32. First attempt. Bohdan Bondarenko goes into the
:09:19. > :09:24.lead. Barshim from Qatar. And that was a very good clearance. That was
:09:25. > :09:41.way over 2.32. With his timing like that, that was superb. Muktar Edris
:09:42. > :09:46.is in third place. The competitor from the United States is perfectly
:09:47. > :09:56.placed. Ronald Kwemoi is perfectly placed.
:09:57. > :10:11.How the Spanish competitor is moving up, Mechaal. Muktar Edris in second
:10:12. > :10:21.place. They go into the final bend. It is Ronald Kwemoi. He is
:10:22. > :10:26.challenging the tall Ethiopian. A little glance to his right and
:10:27. > :10:32.Muktar Edris kicks again on the outside for Ethiopia. Can he get
:10:33. > :10:37.past Ronald Kwemoi? Yes he has, brilliant judgment from Muktar Edris
:10:38. > :10:56.to take it. The unofficial winning time. Yomif Kejelcha down the home
:10:57. > :11:03.straight. Five point 06 means the last kilometre and around 2.26, the
:11:04. > :11:12.place times, they are impressive, let's just double-check. 7.32 is
:11:13. > :11:16.confirmed as a personal best for Muktar Edris?. Great finish by
:11:17. > :11:23.Muktar Edris?, he really powered past Ronald Kwemoi. Muktar Edris
:11:24. > :11:27.really looked strong in the final stages and Yomif Kejelcha really
:11:28. > :11:31.attacked with 200m to go but did not quite have that strength endurance
:11:32. > :11:36.down the whole -- home straight. It was a good race in the end. That is
:11:37. > :11:45.a new personal best for Muktar Edris?. Plenty of them in the top
:11:46. > :11:58.eight. Good running from the Australian in seventh place. Barshim
:11:59. > :12:08.in the high jump. The competition now getting into really a
:12:09. > :12:13.respectable area. And now, 2.3 five. I tell you what, this young man is
:12:14. > :12:19.on form and that is better than the jumps we saw in Oslo, that is for
:12:20. > :12:29.sure. Bohdan Bondarenko, third and final attempt, 2.3 five. No, no. He
:12:30. > :12:33.held the lead for a while in this competition, ahead of Barshim, they
:12:34. > :12:40.shared the lead early on. 2.32 is his best this season. He is way
:12:41. > :12:49.below what we expect for this man, approaching a World Championships.
:12:50. > :12:56.Here is Barshim. 2.3 nine. That was close. Very close indeed. He has got
:12:57. > :13:02.one attempt left if he chooses to take it, has Barshim. There is his
:13:03. > :13:06.card. He is indicating, looking at his coach, that is him done for the
:13:07. > :13:16.day, he has won the competition by a clear height. He has finished.
:13:17. > :13:20.Elaine Thomson looks on course to add an individual World Championship
:13:21. > :13:24.title to the two gold medals she won at the real Olympics after
:13:25. > :13:28.continuing her fine form into 2017, she was just 100th of a second
:13:29. > :13:32.outside a lifetime best in her recent victory at the Jamaican
:13:33. > :13:40.Championships, clocking a world leading time of 10.71. The women's
:13:41. > :13:45.100 metres coming up and it is a very strong field as you can see. We
:13:46. > :13:50.have the double Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson. There is Blessing
:13:51. > :14:07.Okagbare-Ighoteguonor. Ta Lou leads the Diamond race, she
:14:08. > :14:12.was fourth in the Olympic final and fourth in the 100 as well
:14:13. > :14:17.disappointment in some senses as well. There is Elaine Thompson, she
:14:18. > :14:27.is the twice Olympic champion 102 macro last year, 10.71, her season
:14:28. > :14:38.'s best as well sourced Ahoure from the Ivory Coast, twice World
:14:39. > :14:40.Championship silver-medallist. Zahi is in lane one. Ta Lou in the third
:14:41. > :15:02.lane. Williams is in lane seven. Ahoure got away well but Thomson has
:15:03. > :15:05.work to do. Here comes Thompson through the middle, Thompson and Ta
:15:06. > :15:07.Lou are going to take this. It looked like Blessing
:15:08. > :15:09.Okagbare-Ighoteguonor might have sneaked in to third place at 10.9
:15:10. > :15:20.to. That was a good race, actually. Did
:15:21. > :15:27.not get away particularly well. I must say, I thought of Ore got away
:15:28. > :15:39.particularly well from the start and Palu came into second at 10.90 six.
:15:40. > :15:45.Okagbare got third, 11.0 nine. Thompson just begins to move away
:15:46. > :15:52.here. On the far side, Okagbare just held off Ahoure. Thompson looking
:15:53. > :16:03.very strong indeed, more like the Thompson we saw when she won the 200
:16:04. > :16:11.metres so impressively, beating the likes of Allyson Felix very
:16:12. > :16:14.comfortably. Very side following wind, effectively still as she is
:16:15. > :16:23.running three. Palu 10.96 and the rest a couple of metres back,
:16:24. > :16:32.frankly, but that looked easy. Sam Kendricks, 5.62, first attempt.
:16:33. > :16:39.He came in at 5.37, got that, just to be safe, then went clear at 5.62,
:16:40. > :16:55.won the American trials in six metres, very much on form. Oh, yes!
:16:56. > :17:01.Lovely clearance by Kendricks. Look at the height he gets over there. If
:17:02. > :17:04.you can repeat that, of course the psychology of the event comes into
:17:05. > :17:11.play when you put the bar up that high. Laviillenie now. This is
:17:12. > :17:21.opening height. Kendricks, 5.62 was his third height, he came in pretty
:17:22. > :17:27.early. Lavillenie taking one or D chances but pops over 5.62 no
:17:28. > :17:32.problem at all. When you think he came third on Wednesday in 5.51, he
:17:33. > :17:40.comes in at a height there way above the best height he could manage in a
:17:41. > :17:48.domestic meeting a few days ago. Now, Shawn Barber, second attempt at
:17:49. > :17:54.5.60 two. What can he do here? Two attempts at 5.52, incidentally. Came
:17:55. > :17:58.in at 5.30 seven. Oh, struck the bar, it stayed there! He thought it
:17:59. > :18:07.might be following him but it wasn't, in the end and Barber, the
:18:08. > :18:13.world champion in paging in 2015 -- in Beijing. Lavillenie, we have
:18:14. > :18:21.seen, came in at 5.62, Kendricks came in with three volts at five
:18:22. > :18:26.point 52. He has coped with every height up to this first time without
:18:27. > :18:30.any problems. Up against Lavillenie, Kendricks is unbeaten this year and
:18:31. > :18:36.might be denied if he maintains this form. Perfect card so far, for
:18:37. > :18:41.height, for the clearance, and Lavillenie is passing at this
:18:42. > :18:47.height, having come in at 5.62, taking a bit of a chance, Kendricks
:18:48. > :18:52.not taking any chances. The 24-year-old Olympic bronze-medallist
:18:53. > :19:02.from Rio in very fine fettle indeed, 5.70 two.
:19:03. > :19:18.The athletes are on the track ready for the men's 800 metres, quite a
:19:19. > :19:23.big field. There is Rotich. 1.42 in Monaco in 2014 is his best. There is
:19:24. > :19:32.Kipyegon Bett, the winner end Shanghai, easy win in 1:44.07,
:19:33. > :19:47.second in a tactical race in Rome. Kia Ms Cooper is in red. Willie keep
:19:48. > :19:53.Botha by and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse of France. He has been injured but
:19:54. > :20:00.says he is in good shape, he went in well but says he just needs races,
:20:01. > :20:07.desperate for races, the Frenchman. Job Kinyor was second midweek and
:20:08. > :20:12.Robert Biwott, youth champion in 2015, seven in the Kenyan 1500
:20:13. > :20:25.metres trials. An hour to go, World Championship bronze-medallist a few
:20:26. > :20:29.years ago. -- L Tuka. Amos has had lots of injuries, hoping to come
:20:30. > :20:35.back to his best. There are four men in this field from the Kenyan trials
:20:36. > :20:49.and I'm sure the selectors will be watching this one carefully.
:20:50. > :21:00.Away they go. Expecting this first lap to be 50 seconds exactly. They
:21:01. > :21:04.have gone off crisply. Interesting to see how Kupers in red handles
:21:05. > :21:09.himself amongst such exalted company. Look at Amos, we have not
:21:10. > :21:14.seen much of Nijel Amos, the Botswanan, the white vest.
:21:15. > :21:21.Silver-medallist, we remember the fabulous race, nowhere near that
:21:22. > :21:26.since, as you said, and Kipyegon Bett, following him, very
:21:27. > :21:34.impressive. David would eject rates him highly. Coming towards 400
:21:35. > :21:38.metres, the bell this time, Amos goes through in probably about 50
:21:39. > :21:45.seconds exactly, two metres down on the pacemaker. He has world-class
:21:46. > :21:51.400 metres speed. Kipyegon Bett in second place, Kupers in third. 300
:21:52. > :21:58.metres to run. As Nigel Amos got the legs to last? Four or five years ago
:21:59. > :22:01.he was in fabulous form but he is not the same runner now. Kipyegon
:22:02. > :22:08.Bett is in the front with 200 metres to go. Amos slotting into his
:22:09. > :22:13.slipstream and being dragged around and Amos has the audacity to pull up
:22:14. > :22:17.alongside him now on the bend with one to zero to run, this is the
:22:18. > :22:24.Nijel Amos we were familiar with the a few years ago, Rotich pumping hard
:22:25. > :22:29.in third place, the gap back to Robert Biwott in fourth place, the
:22:30. > :22:33.rest of them struggling, Kupers amongst them. Amos takes it and we
:22:34. > :22:38.can say the man from Botswana is back! That was special from Nijel
:22:39. > :22:46.Amos, he did a lot of the work mid-race and he said he never lost
:22:47. > :22:49.the faith, he was quoted in his press conference, he always felt the
:22:50. > :22:54.running was there, he kept the hunger despite his injury problems
:22:55. > :22:58.and they are well noted, those injury problems, but he turns back,
:22:59. > :23:05.some of the very best that East Africa has to offer, the best that
:23:06. > :23:14.Europe has to offer in Coopers and -- in at Kupers and Bosse. For Nijel
:23:15. > :23:21.Amos, the Olympic symbol medallist in 2012, still only 23 years old,
:23:22. > :23:24.this could be a special summer. Look at that, eyeballs out, grimacing,
:23:25. > :23:30.the line could not come early enough. Rotich and Kipyegon Bett
:23:31. > :23:33.battling for second place, very good race in the end and well done to
:23:34. > :23:43.Nijel Amos. Well done. Confirmation of that win for the Botswanan aired
:23:44. > :23:48.of a trio of canyons. Shoving better form into fifth place, our Malcolm
:23:49. > :23:54.Tucker. Sam Kendricks has been out there for
:23:55. > :23:59.a while at the pole vault, he came in very early, 5.77 for the first
:24:00. > :24:03.time for Sam Kendricks here, should be a formality. But it is not, no,
:24:04. > :24:08.he gets that all wrong, no penetration across the line of the
:24:09. > :24:14.bar at all. He kicks up the bar, angry at himself I think, straight
:24:15. > :24:19.up and straight down. Never close to clearing it. Shawn Barber, by the
:24:20. > :24:28.way, has had two failures at 5.70 two, one attempt at 5.77, failed
:24:29. > :24:31.that so he is gone. Lavillenie's first attempt, a chance to take the
:24:32. > :24:39.lead, and if he does then of course Kendricks will take his next vault
:24:40. > :24:48.at the next hat, 5.82. No, no. Again, her refusal from Lavillenie,
:24:49. > :24:50.and the Rio Olympics silver-medallist, the champion from
:24:51. > :24:54.London, who will head to the London World Championships in five weeks'
:24:55. > :24:59.time still without a world outdoor title, he has two world indoor
:25:00. > :25:08.titles, a lot of injury problems this year.
:25:09. > :25:13.Well, the javelin just getting underway now, this is one of the big
:25:14. > :25:22.Rovers, Jacopo Sala etch of the Czech Republic. He has a season 's
:25:23. > :25:28.best of 88.02 in Paris last year so he enjoys being in this city, very
:25:29. > :25:33.quick on the runway. Hammers that and that looks pretty good to me, it
:25:34. > :25:38.will be close to 90 metres! What about that for a first round throw?
:25:39. > :25:48.That is going to set the target of a Vetter and Rohler, that is the sure.
:25:49. > :25:53.Rate row. -- a great pro. Vadlejch yet to throw, the world number one.
:25:54. > :26:01.This is Vetter, he throws before Rohler. Fourth in Rio, 85.30 two.
:26:02. > :26:07.Really gets some good power and range on that. Look at that, that is
:26:08. > :26:15.just short of 90 metres. Conditions obviously very, very good indeed,
:26:16. > :26:24.Vetter this season is right on song, he threw second place in Gauhar.
:26:25. > :26:31.That is a very good target for the rest to follow. Well, the Olympic
:26:32. > :26:38.champion, the man with a season's best of 93.90 really has got some
:26:39. > :26:43.power in that arm, a very fast on. Look at that, another one not quite
:26:44. > :26:50.as close, he will not take the lead because Vetter's 88.74 is the lead.
:26:51. > :26:58.That will be close to Vadlejch's 88.02. But Rohler is a star act, he
:26:59. > :27:03.is in third place. We can go back to the pole vault, I
:27:04. > :27:07.can tell you Sam Kendricks missed his second attempt at 577 so again
:27:08. > :27:17.the door is pushed ajar for this man, Renault level the against his
:27:18. > :27:29.great rival. Oh, my word! What is going on -- on? He is clearly very
:27:30. > :27:33.happy with something. I suppose he can tell several miles out that he
:27:34. > :27:38.has got his stride all wrong. I have never seen that before, he is going
:27:39. > :27:52.to impale an official if he is not careful. Sam Kendricks, third and
:27:53. > :27:56.final attempt at 5.77. Oh, yes! Well, he is performing consistently
:27:57. > :28:00.as two failures at 5.77 but he got it on the third, got his timing
:28:01. > :28:06.right, his rhythm right, everything right, straight down the middle.
:28:07. > :28:11.Lavillenie, he has seen Kendricks go clear. If he fails this, Kendricks
:28:12. > :28:16.is the winner, you can see Kendricks to the right of the picture there.
:28:17. > :28:21.Generous spirit from Kendricks. They are great rivals but also great
:28:22. > :28:28.comrades, so to speak, on the circuit. Lavillenie, third and final
:28:29. > :28:37.attempt, 5.77. No, it wasn't close. He is just lacking that sparkle at
:28:38. > :28:42.the moment. He has got enough time, five weeks in which to adjust for
:28:43. > :28:47.the World Championships but Lavillenie is beating yet again by
:28:48. > :28:51.Sam Kendricks. Next up, the men's 100 metres. It is
:28:52. > :28:53.not a Diamond League event but nevertheless some quality in this
:28:54. > :29:13.field. There is the line-up for you. I wondered whether this will be a
:29:14. > :29:17.faulty start or someone will be blamed for it. I was at the US
:29:18. > :29:22.Championships last weekend and I don't think I saw a red card the
:29:23. > :29:30.whole four days. So many green cards and several false starts. If you
:29:31. > :29:38.look at the reaction times, Collins apparently did false start. He is
:29:39. > :29:42.gone. I'm so unhappy about the starting here, it really isn't good
:29:43. > :29:57.enough. I'm sorry to say that. Who is that? Lane eight is going now, so
:29:58. > :30:00.gradually the field is diminishing. Lane seven and eight gone, they are
:30:01. > :30:02.the nearest of the crowd on the left, which is a bit unfortunate.
:30:03. > :30:19.There is a lot of noise there. Away this time. Yunier Perez is
:30:20. > :30:26.storming away. Ben Youssef Meite and Yunier Perez. Ben Youssef Meite gets
:30:27. > :30:36.it, Yunier Perez in second. The time 9.99. That is a very good run
:30:37. > :30:42.indeed, a season 's best for Ben Youssef Meite. He has been promising
:30:43. > :30:50.that. Yunier Perez got second place, 10.0 five. Ben Youssef Meite really
:30:51. > :30:55.stormed home. Ben Youssef Meite is running pretty well, considering all
:30:56. > :31:04.the delays beforehand. His experience helped him cope with
:31:05. > :31:14.those. There it is. Personal best for Yunier Perez. Run a bit faster
:31:15. > :31:20.than he did a few days ago. Sam Kendricks is up next and this is a
:31:21. > :31:25.second attempt we are going to see at 5.82. Renaud Lavillenie is not
:31:26. > :31:31.happy, he is really upset, by the look of it, but Sam Kendricks,
:31:32. > :31:36.second attempt, 5.8 two. Six metres to win the US trials to go to the
:31:37. > :31:45.World Championship. A tough man to beat. Can he get theirs. Yes he can.
:31:46. > :31:51.The bar state. He says it was close. Never the less, that is the winning
:31:52. > :31:57.vault. Absolutely, with Renaud Lavillenie in second place, but only
:31:58. > :32:00.at 5.62. That was the only height that Renaud Lavillenie cleared and
:32:01. > :32:07.he is shaking hands with the officials. I think Sam Kendricks is
:32:08. > :32:14.calling it a day. He has won the competition by two clear heights.
:32:15. > :32:18.Renaud Lavillenie really looks as though he is psychologically down on
:32:19. > :32:26.himself this evening. You have to get on top of this event
:32:27. > :32:36.psychologically. Top left of picture you can see the athletes lined up
:32:37. > :32:41.for the steeplechase. If I tell you that the top five from the Rio
:32:42. > :32:46.Olympic Games are here, this is probably the strongest field I have
:32:47. > :33:03.seen in the steeple chase, it has the Olympic champion in Beatrice
:33:04. > :33:13.Chepkoech. It has Emma Cockburn. It has the Commonwealth Games champion
:33:14. > :33:27.as well. It was at this meeting last year that the world record was set
:33:28. > :33:39.by Ruth Jebet. She was the second athlete ever to go under nine
:33:40. > :33:42.minutes. You have given all the credentials of these athletes and it
:33:43. > :33:46.is truly a preview of the World Championship final but this is a
:33:47. > :33:51.young event and it is developing fast. It entered the Olympic Games
:33:52. > :33:56.in Beijing in 2008 and it entered the World Championships in Helsinki
:33:57. > :34:03.in 2005 and when it comes to London, that will be the seventh occasion
:34:04. > :34:07.that it will be run. You really are seeing the very best of the best
:34:08. > :34:12.here and we would expect some work, something pretty quick as well,
:34:13. > :34:16.because someone will want to impose themselves. Looking at a nine minute
:34:17. > :34:30.pace, we will look at that as they come through. His best was in the
:34:31. > :34:36.first round, he is down in third place and he needs another couple of
:34:37. > :34:46.metres, this is Rohler. He does not find it there, that is around 87, he
:34:47. > :34:57.is already thrown 87 point 18. It is not quite happening for Rohler.
:34:58. > :35:12.Still a chance. Jakub Vadlejch, fifth round. He has equalled his
:35:13. > :35:17.personal best. What can he do here. He is getting some really good,
:35:18. > :35:25.close to 90 throws and this is really good. There are 88.74 from
:35:26. > :35:29.Johannes Vetter is still the target for the rest, including Thomas
:35:30. > :35:44.Rohler. He is putting a series together. We have two very talented
:35:45. > :35:47.athlete in front. Beatrice Chepkoech, the Olympic Games
:35:48. > :35:53.finalist, fourth in the Olympic Games and Ruth Rebet, the Olympic
:35:54. > :35:55.champion and they do not get beaten easily. The youngster has come
:35:56. > :36:12.through a season. There is a fall. Now, Celliphine Chepteek Chespol and
:36:13. > :36:24.Beatrice Chepkoech are going to battle this out. Rebet will not come
:36:25. > :36:41.back from that. With two laps to run, surely, Jebet is not going to
:36:42. > :36:46.get back. Beatrice Chepkoech Finnish forward in the Olympic Games in Rio.
:36:47. > :36:49.She did win the national championships in the 1500 metres,
:36:50. > :36:55.she has got great speed between the barriers. Bad hurdling technique is
:36:56. > :37:01.not the be all and end all, because most of the time you are running. A
:37:02. > :37:05.slight disadvantage to hurdling badly, you can lose a metre or two
:37:06. > :37:12.but if you are great flat runner, you can still outrun the rest of
:37:13. > :37:16.them. Yes you can. This young woman leading, not only world junior
:37:17. > :37:28.champion, but also the record-holder. She is such a talent.
:37:29. > :37:33.She won the trials. Just to confirm that. She looks so comfortable and
:37:34. > :37:37.this is quick. She looks so easy and all of a sudden now, Beatrice
:37:38. > :37:42.Chepkoech has allowed her to take it over and it will be interesting to
:37:43. > :37:47.see this finish. Celliphine Chepteek Chespol from Beatrice Chepkoech. The
:37:48. > :37:52.youngster from the 25-year-old. Beatrice Chepkoech is more
:37:53. > :37:57.experienced. She has good speed as well. At the moment, down the flat
:37:58. > :38:01.straight, it is Beatrice Chepkoech who has gone early, Celliphine
:38:02. > :38:07.Chepteek Chespol perhaps taken by surprise by that surge, the world
:38:08. > :38:13.champion from 2015 is probably about 15 metres back. Emma Cockburn is
:38:14. > :38:26.rallying in fifth place, gradually closing on Jebet. Emma Cockburn is
:38:27. > :38:32.on a charge. Covers that well. Celliphine Chepteek Chespol is under
:38:33. > :38:36.real pressure from Hyvin Kiyeng. The world champion at senior level
:38:37. > :38:42.overtakes with 100 metres to go. Beatrice Chepkoech strides towards
:38:43. > :38:44.the line, it will be quick, not inside nine minutes, but
:38:45. > :38:47.nevertheless a comprehensive performance from Beatrice Chepkoech
:38:48. > :38:53.who was led a lot of the way. She did more than her fair share of the
:38:54. > :38:55.work. She wins it from Hyvin Kiyeng and Celliphine Chepteek Chespol and
:38:56. > :39:05.Jebet just holding off Emma Cockburn. There is that attack from
:39:06. > :39:09.Beatrice Chepkoech, kick zone really hard with 300 metres to go, very
:39:10. > :39:14.decisive, Celliphine Chepteek Chespol did not respond, hardly had
:39:15. > :39:18.time to respond, so vicious was the serve. But Beatrice Chepkoech does
:39:19. > :39:24.not look overly stretched there. Big went for a Beatrice Chepkoech.
:39:25. > :39:29.Taking the win in Paris from Hyvin Kiyeng and Celliphine Chepteek
:39:30. > :39:36.Chespol with Jebet in fourth place. Emma Cockburn, and other big-time in
:39:37. > :39:40.fifth place. Christian Taylor is in good form this season as well and
:39:41. > :39:49.not quite finding that form on the first-run with 17 .1 one. Twice
:39:50. > :40:01.world champion as well. The triple jump in Beijing. That looks better.
:40:02. > :40:05.It is a rhythm event this. When you watched Jonathan Edwards in those
:40:06. > :40:16.early days, it was like a stone skipping across the water. This is
:40:17. > :40:24.Max Hess from Germany. His third jump, he had no jump in the first.
:40:25. > :40:30.The second one was a personal best. C with the wind is here. That was
:40:31. > :40:35.good. That looked good. Over 17, by the look of it. Christian Taylor
:40:36. > :40:41.leading that last job, it was 17 metres. Still a little bit to come
:40:42. > :40:54.from him. That is certainly over 17, gave a little bit away on the board.
:40:55. > :41:06.This is the third round jump for Will Claye. Jumping in tight, he
:41:07. > :41:11.opened that play with and no jump and pass and the second round. That
:41:12. > :41:17.did not look a fool effort from Will Claye. Last week he was quite
:41:18. > :41:28.supreme in the absence of Christian Taylor, but he jumped 17.91.
:41:29. > :41:36.This Olympic champion Omar MacLeod is the man to beat in the 110 metre
:41:37. > :41:40.hurdles. Having set the standard in 2017 with the fastest times in the
:41:41. > :41:46.world. The Jamaican is undefeated this year and has set his sights on
:41:47. > :41:57.breaking the world record. Could tonight be the night. The next event
:41:58. > :42:13.on the track is 110 metre hurdles. There is the line-up. It is a class
:42:14. > :42:22.act right the way through. That looked like Devon Alan. We have had
:42:23. > :42:26.so many difficulties here and looking at that, Devon Allen, not
:42:27. > :42:34..003. I don't know they will get away with that. He was on the sixth
:42:35. > :42:48.lane. That was absolutely clear-cut. That is a shame. Good athlete,. Away
:42:49. > :43:06.this time, Omar McLeod gets away well. Omar McLeod hit the hurdle.
:43:07. > :43:13.Levy was so quick in the end. Omar McLeod was all over the place. I
:43:14. > :43:19.think Levy got that. He did get it. Personal best and what a time to do
:43:20. > :43:24.it. Omar McLeod stumbled. I will take you through the race in a
:43:25. > :43:31.moment. Pozzi was going really well and did he get second? Yes he did,
:43:32. > :43:37.13.14, a new personal best and it gets better and better for Andrew
:43:38. > :43:48.Pozzi and Omar McLeod looks like he has a problem. What about that?
:43:49. > :44:00.Garfield Darien did well. 75-macro was under pressure. Look at Levy,
:44:01. > :44:08.Pozzi falters and then comes back in touch, a Sergey Shubenkov. Very good
:44:09. > :44:11.race. Controversial really, what happened to be Olympic champion,
:44:12. > :44:16.looks as though he has a problem and if that is a real problem, then that
:44:17. > :44:22.alters the script for the World Athletics Championships, that is for
:44:23. > :44:27.sure. Let us see what Thomas Rohler can do. He has been beyond 90 metres
:44:28. > :44:34.so far this season and he needs one now. This is the sixth and final
:44:35. > :44:41.round and he has got to get past 88 metres, which is the score from
:44:42. > :44:46.Johannes Vetter. He really got behind that, but is it enough? Not
:44:47. > :44:51.quite this time. That was the worst of all and he has stepped over in
:44:52. > :44:56.fact in the end. He could not manage it today. The red flag race, but
:44:57. > :45:04.this man is going to be tough to beat. It shows he can be beaten.
:45:05. > :45:17.Third place is unfamiliar for Rohler. But here is Vadlejch.
:45:18. > :45:22.Producing 88 point 02. The best of his series his opening effort, that
:45:23. > :45:32.one in round six coming down at 82 metres. Well, there it is, that was
:45:33. > :45:44.the sixth and final effort from Vadlejch. Johannes Vetter has won
:45:45. > :45:51.this competition, can he go one better? I don't think so, I don't
:45:52. > :45:56.think he looked... That is about 82 or 83, the poorest of his
:45:57. > :46:02.performances, apart from the fifth round when he had sold 80. But he
:46:03. > :46:06.has had a very good competition, 88.70 four. It goes to prove the
:46:07. > :46:10.event is open, we have big throws every so often and the Olympic
:46:11. > :46:12.champion on this occasion was vulnerable, couldn't quite get to
:46:13. > :46:26.the level that we had seen. The women's 1500 metres. There are
:46:27. > :46:31.15 starters here and it is very, very high calibre field. The fastest
:46:32. > :46:42.three women in world this year go here. This is a significant clash
:46:43. > :46:49.between the big names. Away they go. Sifan Hassan, the world number one,
:46:50. > :46:55.against Faith Kipyegon, the world champion. Remember, this is the
:46:56. > :47:00.occasion where Laura Muir of Great Britain set the British record last
:47:01. > :47:09.year in Paris. It has got a history of fast times, this.
:47:10. > :47:16.When you look at the pace they are looking at, 3.56 or thereabouts,
:47:17. > :47:19.which is very quick and they are spreading out very early in this
:47:20. > :47:28.race and I would expect the big names in this to push on and make
:47:29. > :47:33.some attempt at well sold four. They have gone through very fast indeed,
:47:34. > :47:39.the front end of the pack went through probably in around 46
:47:40. > :47:47.seconds so way inside 63 tempo. The temptation is so often, so
:47:48. > :47:52.frustratingly, yes, 60.95, the temptation is to drop down in this
:47:53. > :47:56.second lap, not the most economical way but Sifan Hassan has had a
:47:57. > :48:00.reputation in years gone by for being a bit of a theatre and then
:48:01. > :48:04.kicking in the last part of a race, except these years she has taken on
:48:05. > :48:09.the burden of leading, pushing the pace mid-race and making her races
:48:10. > :48:13.very fast indeed. Just before the indoor season she joined Alberto
:48:14. > :48:16.Salazar in Oregon, based in Portland, and has really improved,
:48:17. > :48:24.her attitude has become more impressive in the last six or eight
:48:25. > :48:29.months. But look at Kipyegon, she could not be much closer unless she
:48:30. > :48:39.climbed into the back of the best of Sifan Hassan! Good job being done
:48:40. > :48:43.here by Halley Malachi you. The rest of the field spread-eagled by this
:48:44. > :48:51.very, very quick tempo as they get to 800 metres, 2:05.07. In that
:48:52. > :49:05.leading group, also Tsegay. It is stretching out, Hassan is
:49:06. > :49:09.really testing them. Kipyegon hanging on, but they look very easy,
:49:10. > :49:13.having said, hanging on, probably not the word to use at this stage
:49:14. > :49:18.but it looks pretty good to me. There is Tsegay, the Ethiopian,
:49:19. > :49:27.world indoor championship bronze-medallist last year, 4:00.96
:49:28. > :49:34.this year. These leading three look pretty tough. Hassan leading as they
:49:35. > :49:37.come to the bell, Kipyegon on her shoulder, Tsegay in third place,
:49:38. > :49:46.very smooth indeed, being dragged along for the ride at the moment,
:49:47. > :49:58.these three are well away. In fourth place is Rob Abeera the. The pace
:49:59. > :50:02.has slowed a bit but still below four-minute tempo. Hassan tries
:50:03. > :50:06.desperately to take Kipyegon but Kipyegon, as we saw in Rio last
:50:07. > :50:11.year, has wonderful speed endurance. 200 metres to run, they have shaken
:50:12. > :50:15.off the attention of Tsegay in third place, who is isolated. Coming
:50:16. > :50:19.around the final bend, this is where Hassan has got to dig deep, save
:50:20. > :50:25.something for the last 50 but keep working hard. She doesn't know what
:50:26. > :50:30.is going on behind, Kipyegon in her slipstream. As the Olympic champion
:50:31. > :50:35.got the legs?! Hassan eases away and is going to take this one, this is
:50:36. > :50:42.an massive victory for Sifan Hassan by two metres, 3:57.11, the Olympic
:50:43. > :50:52.champion beaten, Tsegay in third place, the rest of them, crossed the
:50:53. > :50:56.line many metres back. Hassan shows that the front running effort around
:50:57. > :51:00.the final bend and down the home straight was worth it. Make them
:51:01. > :51:03.work hard, drag this thing out of them, try to stay clear and
:51:04. > :51:08.Kipyegon, well, different form to what we saw in Rio last year, but
:51:09. > :51:14.she had the legs run off her with 50 or 60 to go, you could see the
:51:15. > :51:22.psychological lead, a bit of elastic was stabbed and Hassan went on to a
:51:23. > :51:29.big, big win. Tsegay as well, Cichocka a brilliant personal best
:51:30. > :51:40.there as well at the age of 29. Now then, what can he do here? Will
:51:41. > :51:47.play has had three valid jumps so far and his best, 17.16. Really
:51:48. > :51:51.hammering it down the runway. Not bad. That looked better, not sure it
:51:52. > :51:54.will take the lead from Christian Taylor but I have to say that looked
:51:55. > :52:03.a little bit better. He has made another couple of
:52:04. > :52:15.centimetres, so will clay in second place. And that is where he will
:52:16. > :52:18.finish. Slight threat from will clay in the latter stages but Christian
:52:19. > :52:25.Taylor is a wonderful competitor and a game he jumps big. Very close to
:52:26. > :52:34.his leading marks there. Remember, Will Claye scraped some decency to
:52:35. > :52:39.his card in the fifth and sixth round. He is such a great
:52:40. > :52:43.competitor, gives his all it themes on just about each and every jump
:52:44. > :52:53.and he wins fairly comfortably this evening with that 17.29 from round
:52:54. > :53:05.two. There is the line-up for the men's 200 metres. Churandy Martina
:53:06. > :53:11.of the Netherlands, third place in the 100 metres, won the European
:53:12. > :53:18.title last year but then got disqualified. Jeffrey John of
:53:19. > :53:36.France, his best set in Geneva in June. Guliyev, the type, formerly of
:53:37. > :53:42.Azerbaijan. Ameer Webb of the United States when the trial is over 200
:53:43. > :53:49.metres. Into a headwind of 2.3 metres per second. Rashid Brier of
:53:50. > :54:00.Jamaica, second in the Jamaican trials, 20.11 this season. Tsakonas
:54:01. > :54:06.of Greece, he has been around a while. 20.33, price semifinalist in
:54:07. > :54:12.the World Championships. Dead Rick Dukes of the United States, six in
:54:13. > :54:24.their trials, 20.50, former American wide receiver. And Bassaw are
:54:25. > :54:26.friends, 20.45 this season. A little bit down on his personal best, set
:54:27. > :54:53.in 2014. Dwyer gets away well, Ameer Webb
:54:54. > :54:57.getaway brilliantly, really moving as they go towards the bend, on
:54:58. > :55:00.Guliyev as they come to the straight, Dwyer putting pressure on
:55:01. > :55:05.to web and it is very even as they come into the home straight. Duke is
:55:06. > :55:10.going well but here comes Guliyev on the neophyte committee is going to
:55:11. > :55:15.take this, Guliyev gets there and Martina in second place, 20.15, what
:55:16. > :55:22.honour happened there?! That did not go to the form books, certainly.
:55:23. > :55:28.20.15 for Guliyev, he has had a 20.08 this season but the condition
:55:29. > :55:32.is absolutely Webb and Dwyer left in his wake on that occasion, a big,
:55:33. > :55:38.big moves by Martina on the outside, he so often does well from the
:55:39. > :55:43.outside lane, comes into second place, 20.27 and Dwyer hung on to
:55:44. > :55:47.third in 20.45 and Ameer Webb 20.48, he will be disappointed with that.
:55:48. > :55:52.They got away from the box, and Ameer Webb got away brilliantly,
:55:53. > :55:57.Guliyev, pressure on him by Ameer Webb but all of a sudden Guliyev
:55:58. > :56:00.found new strength, look at that, look at the left of the shot with
:56:01. > :56:05.Martina coming through very stronger. The two fancied athlete in
:56:06. > :56:11.four and five well beaten on the day. Look at the aggression on his
:56:12. > :56:15.face. He did so well, he withstood the pressure off and Ameer Webb
:56:16. > :56:21.coming off that bend. I don't think it is a coincidence that both Dwyer
:56:22. > :56:25.and Ameer Webb, the Jamaican and American in four and five, have had
:56:26. > :56:29.big championships to content with over the last ten days, those
:56:30. > :56:34.championships are mentally draining, emotionally draining, they have to
:56:35. > :56:40.travel across from the Caribbean or the USA respectively to Europe, and
:56:41. > :56:44.it is significant that neither Guliyev nor Martina have had to do
:56:45. > :56:48.that, both based of course in Europe. I wonder how much
:56:49. > :56:52.significance will be attached to those two combined factors, I think
:56:53. > :56:54.a cumulative effect might be quite telling.
:56:55. > :56:59.STUDIO: That is all from the Diamond League in Paris but there is plenty
:57:00. > :57:02.of sport coming up on the BBC this and, starting tomorrow, it is that
:57:03. > :57:15.time of year again. Anyone for tennis?
:57:16. > :57:49.There is more athletics on BBC Two today as the best of British compete
:57:50. > :57:54.for places in this summer's World Championships. Join me for the GB
:57:55. > :57:57.team trials from Birmingham straight after this programme.
:57:58. > :58:01.Next week the Diamond League moves on to the banks of Lake Geneva and
:58:02. > :58:07.we will have highlights from 10am on BBC One on Saturday the 8th of July.
:58:08. > :58:10.And the anniversary games live from London on Sunday the 9th of July,
:58:11. > :58:15.world-class athletes on show. All this a taster for the main
:58:16. > :58:22.event, the World Championships in London this August. I can't
:58:23. > :58:29.waitGoodbye. Usain Bolt, he has done it! A new
:58:30. > :58:41.British record! It is a mammoth jump. A stunning performance. Sophie
:58:42. > :58:50.Hitchen, what an effort! Oh, it is huge! Oh, my word, Johnson Thompson!
:58:51. > :58:57.He is going to win the world title. Beautiful jump! Laura Muir has
:58:58. > :59:01.smashed the British record. Mo Farah wins the gold!