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:00:51. > :00:57.Hello and welcome to Morocco's capital city Rabat for the latest

:00:58. > :01:04.leg of the Diamond League tour. If the quality matches London last

:01:05. > :01:06.weekend, you are in for a treat. COMMENTATOR: Whatever you are

:01:07. > :01:15.expecting, it will be quicker than you think. Not a breath of wind

:01:16. > :01:24.inside the arena for this one. This is hard work now. He has smashed it.

:01:25. > :01:30.A new world best. Thompson will get it, just. He is scrapping for it and

:01:31. > :01:32.he has got to get it. Harrison has to fight hard and he does so and he

:01:33. > :01:44.takes it. This is a fascinating race. She is

:01:45. > :01:49.trying to do it the hard way, from the front. He kicks again and here

:01:50. > :01:53.he goes. That will blow the cobwebs away. Perfect.

:01:54. > :02:03.The Anniversary Games was a fascinating rehearsal ahead of the

:02:04. > :02:09.championships in three weeks but before that we bring you athletics

:02:10. > :02:12.from Morocco, for the Rabat Diamond League. Your commentators today are

:02:13. > :02:26.Steve Cram and Stuart Storey. We will start introducing from the

:02:27. > :02:27.outside but it is a strong line-up with the reigning world champion.

:02:28. > :02:51.The London winner. Going well. She has not got a great

:02:52. > :02:57.lane. Russell of Jamaica also going. In very good form at the moment.

:02:58. > :03:05.Interesting to see what form we have with the twice world champion who

:03:06. > :03:07.won in 2013 and 2015. She will defend her title in London. The

:03:08. > :03:33.within's 400 metres hurdles. Doyle is the target for Russell of

:03:34. > :03:42.Jamaica. Hejnova making headway. Chased by Hejnova on the inside. Her

:03:43. > :03:46.last run was not good. Doyle going strongly but Hejnova is really

:03:47. > :03:50.putting on the pressure and she will lead as they come into the home

:03:51. > :03:57.straight. Russell will have work to do to catch her. Hejnova is tough.

:03:58. > :04:02.Right on the inside. Cassandra Tate is going well. The reigning world

:04:03. > :04:10.champion, Hejnova, Russell chasing her down. Russell and Doyle. Hejnova

:04:11. > :04:19.will take this, I believe. Hejnova get sick, Russell is second and that

:04:20. > :04:23.was a good run by Doyle. Hejnova signals that the reigning champion,

:04:24. > :04:29.who will defend her title in London, is getting into good form.

:04:30. > :04:36.Good competitive form. That was a good race, Steve. Very competitive

:04:37. > :04:42.in the end. It was. You have a great athlete and her best has been slowly

:04:43. > :04:50.getting back to the best, Hejnova. The world champion will want to go

:04:51. > :04:56.and defend that. Russell did not go out as hard as she finished

:04:57. > :05:02.strongly. Doyle in the outside, lane eight, a tough draw. Finishing

:05:03. > :05:08.strongly in third. Hejnova making the advancements she needs to make.

:05:09. > :05:16.Russell did not attack the last barrier. Still closing on Hejnova

:05:17. > :05:23.but ran out of time. Hejnova is looking strong. A season's best, she

:05:24. > :05:31.will be delighted. It came at the right time.

:05:32. > :05:40.STUDIO: London 2012 silver-medallist Nijel Amos is running in the 800

:05:41. > :05:46.metres. Mitchell-Blake and Chijindu Ujah battle it out in the 100

:05:47. > :05:53.metres. De Grasse in the 200 metres. Laura Weightman in the 1500 and

:05:54. > :05:59.Elaine Thompson double gold-medallist looks to continue her

:06:00. > :06:03.good form. South Africa's Olympic champion Caster Semenya running in

:06:04. > :06:10.the 400 metres and home favourite Abdalaati Iguider will be roared on

:06:11. > :06:12.by the home crowd in the men's 3000. Let's see how they fared in

:06:13. > :06:34.Morocco's capital. Richards from Jamaica, one of the

:06:35. > :06:37.elder statesman. World bronze-medallist in 2015 and a

:06:38. > :06:45.national record broken this year and that is another one. Krause is the

:06:46. > :06:52.Olympic champion, tall and powerful. -- Ryan Crouser. Those credentials

:06:53. > :07:00.go together to fly this shot out beyond 22 metres. 22.47 is his best

:07:01. > :07:14.performance. The meeting record, but he had three throws over 22 metres.

:07:15. > :07:22.That was his third round throw. And then Ryan Whiting comes in. A good

:07:23. > :07:28.throw for the American. His next best throw of the season. All

:07:29. > :07:40.smiles, sneaking in to take third spot ahead of Bukowiecki. O'Dea

:07:41. > :07:47.Richards had three no throws after his.

:07:48. > :07:56.Just a little bit at the end. The Olympic champion, an entertainer.

:07:57. > :08:03.Heaving the shot out to 22.40 seven. Just adding another three

:08:04. > :08:09.centimetres. The first time they have had the men's shot in the Rabat

:08:10. > :08:17.Diamond League. It says meeting record because it is the first. A

:08:18. > :08:19.great competition. Ryan Crouser carrying on serenely. Nobody would

:08:20. > :08:25.bet against him at the World Championships.

:08:26. > :08:43.The sprinters are already out. A cracking field we have. Martina.

:08:44. > :08:49.Roto. Su. Ujah from Great Britain. Bledman and Beejay Lee. What a

:08:50. > :08:57.season Ujah is having, finding consistency. Andre De Grasse, a new

:08:58. > :09:05.trading partner. Selected for Great Britain for the World Championships.

:09:06. > :09:10.Ben Youssef Meite, the African champion. Having a great year.

:09:11. > :09:19.Mitchell-Blake, the British-based sprinter. Former junior champion who

:09:20. > :09:25.will be contesting the 200 for Great Britain in the World Championships.

:09:26. > :09:41.They get away cleanly. It will be close on the -. Ujah is going to get

:09:42. > :09:49.it. 9.90 nine. If it stays and we will wait for it to be confirmed.

:09:50. > :09:53.Very slight headwind. It has gone to 9.90 eight. That will move him

:09:54. > :10:06.alongside Jason Gardener in the British all-time list. CJ Ujah. His

:10:07. > :10:15.best of the season. His starts have been good this year. It is the way

:10:16. > :10:21.he has been finishing lately. Meite got a good start put on pressure.

:10:22. > :10:26.The measure of the man is he was not fazed by that. Meite ahead. He gets

:10:27. > :10:34.into tunnel vision and makes his way to the finish. Lovely high hips. A

:10:35. > :10:42.beautiful run by Ujah and he the Saab ten second clocking. Ujah,

:10:43. > :10:48.cool, calm, and the last 30 metres, drifting ahead. Meite, they have

:10:49. > :10:54.raced each other a few times this season, and they have had differing

:10:55. > :11:00.results but CJ is showing with a 9.98, a new meeting record, winning

:11:01. > :11:05.again and that is a big win for him. What will that do for his confidence

:11:06. > :11:12.in the World Championships? An awful lot, I would presume.

:11:13. > :11:27.STUDIO: This year the disciplines cover men and women put it follows a

:11:28. > :11:32.championship model with the first ten meetings acting as qualification

:11:33. > :11:38.for finals in Zurich and Brussels. At each of the 12 qualification

:11:39. > :11:42.beatings athletes are awarded points for ranking from first to eighth and

:11:43. > :11:43.the top athletes at the end will be awarded a starting place in the

:11:44. > :11:57.winner takes all final. The men's 800 metres and what a

:11:58. > :12:11.line-up. It will be a competitive race. That is the line-up. Amos has

:12:12. > :12:18.been going well. Som the pacemaker who always does a good job. Nijel

:12:19. > :12:26.Amos. Wedding in London stop he really has had a poor start to the

:12:27. > :12:27.season but come good. My goodness, world junior champion and is now

:12:28. > :12:44.making an impact. Let's see who in fact makes the

:12:45. > :12:49.headway into the back straight. Amos has been charging to the front and

:12:50. > :12:57.establishing the tenor of the race. Donovan brazier in third. You have

:12:58. > :13:03.Bett them. The rest trailing. It looks pretty quick and Amos, Steve,

:13:04. > :13:09.has taken it on and this time, the American Donovan brazier not letting

:13:10. > :13:14.him go too far nor is Bett. Amos is getting back to his best. He is a

:13:15. > :13:23.massive talent. The confidence has been building, which is why he is

:13:24. > :13:33.doing this. He asked Som to go hard. Brazier is within range. Amos, who

:13:34. > :13:38.have the magnificent run in second place behind David Rudisha in the

:13:39. > :13:45.Olympics, he has suddenly come of age this season. Having a poor

:13:46. > :13:52.start, running 1.47s, 1.48s and now Bett has him in his sights. Coming

:13:53. > :14:00.through also Brazier, making headway as they have 200 metres to go. Amos

:14:01. > :14:07.under threat from Bett. Can he hang on? Amos, Bett is second, Brazier

:14:08. > :14:15.fourth and the youngster on the inside, the 20-year-old going

:14:16. > :14:24.strongly. Bett in second place. Brazier in third. A quick one again.

:14:25. > :14:28.Amos, Bett, Brazier. Steve, it is becoming a habit, the winning habits

:14:29. > :14:33.and the way he is running, he takes it on. He lacked confidence at the

:14:34. > :14:37.beginning of the season but in recent races he has set himself up

:14:38. > :14:46.and gone for it. Not afraid to be at the front. He knows he has had good

:14:47. > :14:51.times and he is building on it. He has taken out hard, inviting them to

:14:52. > :14:56.go with him and when he knows he is as strong as this he knows he can

:14:57. > :15:01.cope with that. He slows the third 200 and everything is, we have got

:15:02. > :15:07.you and close in. Brazier had to make too much ground. You cannot set

:15:08. > :15:12.off when the field is this good. A young guy, 20, the American, a

:15:13. > :15:19.massive talent, who will get better. Bett is a massive talent, as well.

:15:20. > :15:24.Amos then goes away. Comes into the home straight, the arms flailing.

:15:25. > :15:31.The action we love. He has the ability, the strength that allows

:15:32. > :15:47.him to do that, a hard way to run it, go out hard, slow, and go again.

:15:48. > :15:59.Second round of the triple jump competition. Really a super split in

:16:00. > :16:06.the middle, to give her the range. That is 14.21, following a 14.18, so

:16:07. > :16:10.she starts off well. Kimberly Williams, a couple of times and

:16:11. > :16:16.Olympic Games finalist, twice the World Championship finalist as well.

:16:17. > :16:29.She was six in London, 14.48. Still going strong. Good balance. That is

:16:30. > :16:38.roundabout 14.5. It's 14.31, 14.02, the second round is no job. Caterine

:16:39. > :16:42.Ibarguen leads to Billy Williams, based in Birmingham, trains at Aston

:16:43. > :16:47.Villa. Within two centimetres of the Olympic champion. Now Caterine

:16:48. > :16:51.Ibarguen, round three. A massive middle phase from her. That's

:16:52. > :16:56.better. Not as far as she wants. She knows that's an improvement though.

:16:57. > :17:04.White flag, all right on the board. Very good indeed. A centimetre to

:17:05. > :17:09.spare. The sort of range she has here, just maybe decelerated a

:17:10. > :17:13.little bit. Holds it together so well.

:17:14. > :17:28.Huge step there. Caterine Ibarguen, 14.51. There it is, Williams took

:17:29. > :17:35.second, 14.31, Paraskevi Papachristou with the jump that you

:17:36. > :17:43.saw. The world champion in the pole vault in action here, Shawn Barber.

:17:44. > :17:52.Had no vault, his first Moult-macro. 5.40, the height he is attempting

:17:53. > :18:02.here. Yes, well, Barber, that was his second attempt at 5.40. Won the

:18:03. > :18:10.world title in Beijing. That looked a good clearance, actually. The

:18:11. > :18:14.national champion again this year. He was fifth in Eugene, and third in

:18:15. > :18:21.Paris, just to give you an update. But he did win the national title.

:18:22. > :18:28.This fellow, well, his third and final attempt at 5.40, Raphael

:18:29. > :18:34.Holzdeppe. He is world champion in 2013, silver-medallist in 2015, and

:18:35. > :18:37.needs this. And he's got a! Let's say it was ragged! There was nothing

:18:38. > :18:41.beautiful about that but the end result of a clearance. A third

:18:42. > :18:45.attempt clearance. He's got a couple of failures that will work against

:18:46. > :18:50.him, of course. He charged in there, desperation on the top. He left hold

:18:51. > :19:01.of the poll and flowed over the top. It's a good clearance, he is capable

:19:02. > :19:05.of so much more. Here's the Olympic champion, Thiago Braz. He's finding

:19:06. > :19:09.it very tough to get back to the form we know he has. He's gone from

:19:10. > :19:14.the competition. Remember, this is a man that cleared 6.03 in the Olympic

:19:15. > :19:19.final and was a very surprise winner there. He's on home soil in Rio and

:19:20. > :19:22.really performed well. You could see the potential there. He's got the

:19:23. > :19:29.height. You just drops down onto the bar. The timing not quite right.

:19:30. > :19:33.He's had his injuries and problems and is struggling to get back.

:19:34. > :19:38.GABBY LOGAN: Next bit the men's 200 metres,

:19:39. > :19:41.including Andre De Grasse, the Olympic silver-medallist. He

:19:42. > :19:45.finished second to Usain Bolt in Rio and will be hoping to go one better

:19:46. > :19:49.at next month's World Championships. Joining him at the start line is

:19:50. > :19:52.Ameer Webb, who won the 200 metres at the USA outdoor track and Field

:19:53. > :19:56.Championships last month, which resulted in qualification for

:19:57. > :19:59.London. He'll be joined by Zharnel Hughes, who had a disappointing

:20:00. > :20:04.fifth place finish at the Anniversary Games last weekend. Can

:20:05. > :20:10.he hit form here on the tracking Rabat?

:20:11. > :20:15.COMMENTATOR: We come to the men's 200 metres.

:20:16. > :20:20.It's a tough one, as one would expect at this stage approaching a

:20:21. > :20:23.major championships. With Andre De Grasse in the middle lane five.

:20:24. > :20:29.Olympic silver-medallist, twice Olympic Games medallist and he

:20:30. > :20:38.really is a man of the present and right inside him is Ameer Webb of

:20:39. > :20:44.the United States. 20.09, won the trial at 20.09, into a headwind, so

:20:45. > :20:50.that was pretty tough. This is Warren Weir Ross Jamaica. 27 now,

:20:51. > :20:55.world champion silver-medallist in Moscow, third in the national

:20:56. > :21:32.championships in Jamaica in 20.39. The men's 200 metres.

:21:33. > :21:44.Away this time. Warren Weir got away well. Rasheed Dwyer going strong.

:21:45. > :21:50.Andre De Grasse has a lot of work to do. Andre De Grasse charging through

:21:51. > :21:56.the inside. He's going to take this one. He takes it in the end. He gets

:21:57. > :22:02.it ahead of Ameer Webb, who really dominated on the bend. Powerful it's

:22:03. > :22:05.a meeting record, 20.03, and he didn't have the best bend but his

:22:06. > :22:08.transition was good and once he started to get into the straight he

:22:09. > :22:16.looked so Boeing. He looked totally in control -- he looked so flowing.

:22:17. > :22:21.He stood up to the pressure that a Web put on him, he came passed him

:22:22. > :22:25.but it didn't faze him. He sat in and gradually worked his way to the

:22:26. > :22:30.front and took it beautifully. Andre De Grasse, Ameer Webb and Zharnel

:22:31. > :22:35.Hughes, what a good run he had from the inside. Yes, he did well in

:22:36. > :22:39.League One. I'm going to be harsh, I'm waiting for something from Andre

:22:40. > :22:44.De Grasse. We keep hearing how good he is. You want to see that some 20

:22:45. > :22:48.consistency. He was very good at this point of the race, his best bit

:22:49. > :22:55.of the race. He should have been in a better position coming off the

:22:56. > :23:02.bend. Ameer Webb is in a great athlete, he hangs on to third spot.

:23:03. > :23:05.A very good distance, Fred Kerley running brilliantly at 400 metres.

:23:06. > :23:11.I'd like to see him dominate a bit more, Andre De Grasse. If he's to be

:23:12. > :23:15.a gold medal contender, the one everyone is going to look to, saying

:23:16. > :23:22.he's the man to beat, we want a bit more. Others are starting run

:23:23. > :23:26.quicker 200 metres. 400-metre runners are running quicker. I want

:23:27. > :23:31.him to step up. This time yet, it's the middle of July and he's probably

:23:32. > :23:43.saying be patient, so let's be patient. Men's jump, early stages.

:23:44. > :23:54.The long jump, of course, in such rude health. It's a cracking event.

:23:55. > :24:09.It's dominated by the South Africans. This was the top man, but

:24:10. > :24:16.no longer. Getting close to the eight-metre mark. I'm sure they'll

:24:17. > :24:22.be wishing the number one in a world well, but they might think there's

:24:23. > :24:29.an opportunity. Mokoena begins with 7.9 four. This is a real talent,

:24:30. > :24:32.Lawson. An 8.50 jumper last year. A man who knows that on his day he can

:24:33. > :24:46.take on anybody. Early stages here. Make the final in Rio, finished just

:24:47. > :24:53.outside the medals in fourth. It was a night of big competition. Lawson,

:24:54. > :25:01.just outside the medals. That's better. The Americans have so much

:25:02. > :25:03.talent in the long jump, but at the minute the South Africans are

:25:04. > :25:11.leading the way. Set them back a little bit. Is good to see a and

:25:12. > :25:16.closed at 8.7 zero. This is world-class. But that's about an

:25:17. > :25:31.eight-metre mark, isn't it, and we'll see what he's got. 7.9 nine.

:25:32. > :25:35.-- 7.99 will stop here's Samaai. My goodness me, he really got on the

:25:36. > :25:42.board. That was a good, powerful lift. Second in the national

:25:43. > :25:47.championships behind another jumper. There is such a depth of talent in

:25:48. > :25:51.South Africa. He's very powerful on the runway. Just a little hitch

:25:52. > :25:55.kick, enough to eradicate the rotations in the air. What's he got?

:25:56. > :26:06.It looks as though that's going to challenge the lead. 8.2 one. He rude

:26:07. > :26:12.moves up the rankings, the first place.

:26:13. > :26:27.The women are out for the 1500 metres, 14 athletes, one pacemaker

:26:28. > :26:35.in there. Here's the lady in form, the Polish, Nelly Jepkosgei. Laura

:26:36. > :26:47.Weightman run 4.1 this year. Very competitive women's 1500 metres

:26:48. > :26:52.here. Away they go. Jenny Meadows in all blue on the outside will look to

:26:53. > :27:01.come across and set the space for at least 800 metres, maybe up to 1000

:27:02. > :27:09.metres. It looks like the Moroccan has slotted in quickly, Rababe

:27:10. > :27:12.Arafi. Others are being stretched. Jenny has gone off pretty quick

:27:13. > :27:22.through the first 200 metres. The crowd getting excited with Rababe

:27:23. > :27:26.Arafi in second place. Nelly Jepkosgei moving up on the outside

:27:27. > :27:33.as they come through 300 metres completed, three laps to go. It will

:27:34. > :27:40.interesting to see what happens with Shannon Rowbury, she's a three times

:27:41. > :27:50.Olympic Games finalist. Really, she has the credentials. 4.05 this

:27:51. > :27:55.season. 4:01.61, I'll get it right, 4.0 161 this season, but she's a

:27:56. > :28:01.3.56 competitor at very, very best and that was in 2015. Jenny Meadows

:28:02. > :28:11.perfectly right on the nose, 63.4 for the first 400 metres. Tucked on

:28:12. > :28:25.the inside is the fast finishing hole. -- Samaai. They need to make

:28:26. > :28:28.sure the gap doesn't close. They are beginning to queue up there. Jenny

:28:29. > :28:34.Meadows just watching to try to see if they can coax the field with her,

:28:35. > :28:38.as they come round with two laps to go and a bit of a gap. She's wanting

:28:39. > :28:45.to control the rest of the field, if you like. Yes, I guess they running

:28:46. > :28:51.about 4.3, but it will speed up towards the end as we get into this

:28:52. > :28:59.part of the race. The pace, Martinez now looking to get a little bit

:29:00. > :29:02.closer upfront. Just looking at the way the fielders bunching, it might

:29:03. > :29:06.have slowed a little bit down the back stretch. Its load on the second

:29:07. > :29:12.lap and it's now slowed again. Laura Weightman of Great Britain itching

:29:13. > :29:17.to go. They are bunching. Rabara because the traffic jam behind her,

:29:18. > :29:21.didn't take the pace. Nelly Jepkosgei has moved up behind the

:29:22. > :29:27.bridge. She's decided to stretch this out because they slowed right

:29:28. > :29:33.down. Brenda Martinez, Shannon Rowbury trapped on the inside, so is

:29:34. > :29:38.the Pole. Laura Weightman leading as they come round to take the bell but

:29:39. > :29:42.they hole have chances here. Yes, let's see what sort of place there

:29:43. > :29:49.on as they commented the bell at three minutes. I think this is going

:29:50. > :29:53.to be quicker and if Laura Weightman can hang on then well, who knows,

:29:54. > :29:59.but they are still all queueing up, it can go either way here as Judith

:30:00. > :30:03.Kiyeng starts to move up and stay close order. The British champion,

:30:04. > :30:10.Laura Weightman, stretching them out. Rababe Arafi trying to go past

:30:11. > :30:14.on the back straight. The USA runner trying to close the gap. Nelly

:30:15. > :30:20.Jepkosgei moving on the outside. They are looking to finish quickly

:30:21. > :30:26.here. It's Rababe Arafi, the local athlete, in the front, then

:30:27. > :30:30.Martinez, then Nelly Jepkosgei. Look at the crowd response to this.

:30:31. > :30:37.Rababe Arafi attacking from the front, then Martinez, Weightman.

:30:38. > :30:49.This is Angelika Cichocka doing what she always does. It's Angelika

:30:50. > :30:53.Cichocka. 4.1 the winning time. They lost the time in the middle of the

:30:54. > :30:57.race, came back strongly at the end and this is what this young lady has

:30:58. > :31:02.become very good at. She's winning races. I remember doing this in

:31:03. > :31:03.Stockholm last year and Angelika Cichocka is becoming a threat in

:31:04. > :31:12.these races. She knew what she was doing and

:31:13. > :31:18.Martinez was pretty well spent at this stage and Rababe Arafi, who led

:31:19. > :31:22.for most of the race paid the penalty. Rababe Arafi went for it

:31:23. > :31:32.and you would expect that in front of her home crowd. Get inspired is

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:31:53. > :32:20.get active. The crowd are getting involved with

:32:21. > :32:25.this. Listen to the crowd. Lovely. Very straightforward technique by

:32:26. > :32:32.Berrabah. A Moroccan in front of his home crowd. What has he done? He hit

:32:33. > :32:39.the board perfectly. That is as good as it gets. He has a lovely hand

:32:40. > :32:44.technique. Gets the long position and that is an eight metres jump if

:32:45. > :32:50.ever I saw one. Really attacks the board. He gets the lift. Once you

:32:51. > :33:05.hit the board, how high can you jump? You get the length of the jump

:33:06. > :33:15.from that. 8.14 for Berrabah. Jarrion Lawson of the USA. Lawson,

:33:16. > :33:23.second round. That is a good one. That is huge from Lawson. He stands

:33:24. > :33:33.up out of the pit as though that was, OK. I think that will challenge

:33:34. > :33:38.the lead. He was fourth. 8.30 three. That is a season best for the

:33:39. > :33:45.American. All of them legal jumps. The wind is not helping, completely

:33:46. > :33:58.still. Rushawl Samaai. He is the man to challenge. 8.33 is the target.

:33:59. > :34:07.Lovely. That is a good jump. That looked about the same. He is shy of

:34:08. > :34:14.the board. Did not get as much of the board as the rested, well,

:34:15. > :34:27.Lawson. Lovely. I think that will challenge the lead. 8.30 one. Two

:34:28. > :34:36.centimetres down. 2.27 for Robbie Grabarz. That is nice. Looking in

:34:37. > :34:46.nice form, Grabarz. Nice rhythm going into the bar. Tied for the

:34:47. > :34:57.Olympic bronze medal in 2012. Not too far away in 2016. 2.20 seven.

:34:58. > :35:06.Andriy Protsenko goes clear, as well. Three men clear. All going

:35:07. > :35:11.clear at second attempt. It is a slightly odd setup for the high

:35:12. > :35:15.jump, tucked up in the corner of the quadrant. Very close to the

:35:16. > :35:22.finishing line, so they are kind of running towards the crowd. The crowd

:35:23. > :35:27.are loving this, particularly with Gianmarco Tamberi, the Italian. He

:35:28. > :35:32.has had a lot of injury problems which resulted in going to hospital

:35:33. > :35:47.and he is gradually coming back. He is the European champion. Almost a

:35:48. > :35:51.season's best for him. 2.18 and 2.20 in his previous competitions. 2.28

:35:52. > :35:56.gave him hope. STUDIO: Elaine Thompson is looking

:35:57. > :36:05.to build on her win at the London Anniversary Games. A time of 10.94

:36:06. > :36:12.mean she is unbeaten in 2017 and even won with trainers rather than

:36:13. > :36:25.spikes. Her main competitor to night. Blessing Okagbare. Great

:36:26. > :36:31.Britain's Olympic relay bronze-medallist lines up, Neita.

:36:32. > :36:39.She would need to run a season's best to stand a chance. The women's

:36:40. > :36:44.100 metres. The double Olympic champion and all of those likely to

:36:45. > :36:57.be here, there, or near the World Championship final. Okagbare six

:36:58. > :37:02.times African champion. And Baptiste, we have not seen too much

:37:03. > :37:06.of her. Seconded her national championships. This is one of the

:37:07. > :37:13.better-known athletes over 100 and 200. The Olympic champion over 100

:37:14. > :37:25.and 200, Elaine Thompson of Jamaica. Marie Hose said to -- Marie-Josee

:37:26. > :37:59.Talou has been thereabouts. The women's 100 metres.

:38:00. > :38:08.Thompson has a good start and Williams going well. Talou on the

:38:09. > :38:15.near side and Thompson wins. Talou in second place and a photograph for

:38:16. > :38:20.third. 10.80 seven. A new meeting record and my goodness, that was a

:38:21. > :38:24.good race. It was for half of the race and then the burners went on

:38:25. > :38:30.and Elaine Thompson, once again, shows the class she has when it

:38:31. > :38:35.matters. She is only going to run the 100 in the World Championships,

:38:36. > :38:42.we are told, so to emphasise on that race, the rest better watch out.

:38:43. > :38:45.That is impressive. She has a 10.71 this season, but that was very

:38:46. > :38:52.impressive. Did not get the greatest start. Williams of Jamaica got away

:38:53. > :38:57.like a bullet. When it came to the race proper in the midfield, it was

:38:58. > :39:02.Talou and once again Elaine Thompson. She gets a good start,

:39:03. > :39:07.Thompson but Talou, going quicker in the middle of the race, then she

:39:08. > :39:11.gets alongside and Thompson said, you are not winning this, I am going

:39:12. > :39:22.away again. Good performance from Talou. I love Thompson, really, and

:39:23. > :39:29.in full flow, still looking relaxed. Talou fighting a little bit.

:39:30. > :39:30.Michelle-Lee Ahye coming through for third spot. They can see why

:39:31. > :39:52.Thompson is the best in the world. 8.30 one. That looks better. A big

:39:53. > :39:57.smile on his face. Challenging the 8.33 second round jump of Lawson.

:39:58. > :40:12.Not sure what happened there. Samaai, lovely technique. Gets the

:40:13. > :40:19.rotations, avoids the heavy rotation, and that will challenge.

:40:20. > :40:22.8.35, he has gone into the lead. He was down by two centimetres and is

:40:23. > :40:31.now up by two centimetres. Good performance. The American, what can

:40:32. > :40:34.he do? The finalist in the long jump. Fourth in Rio with 8.20 five.

:40:35. > :40:55.He has come on a bit since then. And that look good. He hit the board

:40:56. > :41:03.well. He had been standing out there a long time and I do not have -- do

:41:04. > :41:15.not know how much that took the edge off. A good hit on the board. He

:41:16. > :41:22.struck it well. 8.17. That will not challenge the 835 lead. Good

:41:23. > :41:30.competition, appreciated by the big crowd in the home straight. And

:41:31. > :41:43.there is the result. 8.35 enough for Rushawl Samaai. The race on the far

:41:44. > :41:48.side about to get under way is the 3000 steeplechase for men. El

:41:49. > :41:58.Bakkali of Morocco could feature in this race. He has been going well

:41:59. > :42:05.and won in Stockholm. Kipruto. Still not broken nine minutes. It might be

:42:06. > :42:15.the time to have a go at it. If they are going to take this on, the field

:42:16. > :42:22.will split early, I would think. The pace they were looking at was 2.38

:42:23. > :42:32.for the first 1000. The pace going out very quickly. There was no clear

:42:33. > :42:39.declaration who was taking the pace in this race. I think we can see

:42:40. > :42:46.where it is going at the moment. Kipsang the second of the

:42:47. > :42:51.pacemakers. And then the champion himself, Kipruto. Leading the field

:42:52. > :42:58.at the back. Very interesting to see what happens now with Birech. He has

:42:59. > :43:06.latched onto the back of the Olympic champion. 2.29, Robbie Grabarz. His

:43:07. > :43:15.third and final attempt in the high jump. No, no, Robbie, he had that

:43:16. > :43:19.problem in Shanghai and I spoke to him in Shanghai. He injured his

:43:20. > :43:25.ankle and it was bruised and he said it took awhile to get it back and he

:43:26. > :43:28.now needs one or two classy performances to set himself up for

:43:29. > :43:34.the two classy performances to set himself up for the 2.30 advanced

:43:35. > :43:43.jumps. This is the third and final for Gianmarco Tamberi. I think he is

:43:44. > :43:48.European champion. He is. Not clear on that particular day. He has had

:43:49. > :43:55.injuries and surgery. He is desperate to come back but the time

:43:56. > :44:01.may be running out. With others at 2.38 closing in on 2.40, it might be

:44:02. > :44:06.too much for him to come back. Andriy Protsenko is a 2.40 man at

:44:07. > :44:12.his best and he has struggled this season. They are finding 2.29 a

:44:13. > :44:19.stretch. Finally, somebody goes over. Andriy Protsenko, third

:44:20. > :44:24.attempt, he takes the high jump competition on a little further. Not

:44:25. > :44:28.much of it. His backside just scraping over it. Not the best

:44:29. > :44:42.competition in terms of height achieved with only one man going

:44:43. > :44:52.over to .20 nine. -- 2.20 nine. The third and final attempt. He needs

:44:53. > :45:00.this badly. No. Of course, these events always end up in failure.

:45:01. > :45:05.5.70, in second place. Pawel Wojciechowski in the lead. It is

:45:06. > :45:11.good to see him coming back. He has had problems. World champion in

:45:12. > :45:16.Moscow. A silver medal in Beijing in 2015. He is a good competitor in

:45:17. > :45:22.championships, but he has had in form. Nothing positive in a

:45:23. > :45:38.constructive way. Lisek next up. Nowhere near that, Piotr Lisek has

:45:39. > :45:47.gone as well. The 5.75 is really finding them out.

:45:48. > :46:00.Raphael Holzdeppe, 5.70 on the second attempt, but failed three

:46:01. > :46:02.times at 5.7 five. Third attempt at 5.85, looking good, Pawel

:46:03. > :46:10.Wojciechowski. He's got it. Brilliant piece of vaulting.

:46:11. > :46:19.Just look at that again. Each charges down. Left-hander,

:46:20. > :46:28.incidentally. Five point 85. He passed at 5.75, passed at 5.80, he'd

:46:29. > :46:34.already won at 5.70, with Raphael Holzdeppe are taking two attempts.

:46:35. > :46:39.That's an emphatic win, passing the two Heights, and taking a third

:46:40. > :46:51.attempt at 5.8 five. That's a very, very good performance.

:46:52. > :47:01.Leading the trailing group is a more secure Ruy. These two are now away.

:47:02. > :47:16.They went through a slower lap. They went through in 5.24. The crowd are

:47:17. > :47:20.getting into this. Two laps to go. Where he was hanging on, he's trying

:47:21. > :47:28.to take the race by the scruff of the neck. Soufiane El Bakkali, he's

:47:29. > :47:32.no slouch, but he's trying to run away and already two metres appears.

:47:33. > :47:35.He looks very confident. He is gradually made up the difference. He

:47:36. > :47:41.got behind him a bit but he gradually made up the distance and

:47:42. > :47:45.it's between Soufiane El Bakkali and Gary is the code Ibehre. I wonder if

:47:46. > :47:59.the home crowd can help them take this on. A musky Ruy -- Amos Victor

:48:00. > :48:08.Riu is way off at the moment. They will speed a bit towards the end,

:48:09. > :48:15.that's for sure. I wonder what Birech will do, attack on the water

:48:16. > :48:20.jump? No. He's just got to be careful he doesn't get too carried

:48:21. > :48:24.away too early. The crowd are going crazy! He's hurdling well, this is

:48:25. > :48:28.the main thing. He's picking up distance off the barrier and he was

:48:29. > :48:34.smart. On the water jump, attacked the Kenyans. He hears the bell. He

:48:35. > :48:37.has a six or seven-metre lead and it's starting to look as though this

:48:38. > :48:44.could be a massive victory in front of the home crowd here. Soufiane El

:48:45. > :48:53.Bakkali leads. The 19-year-old Amos Kireev you in third place. Soufiane

:48:54. > :48:57.El Bakkali was second in Rome, he won Stockholm, he's getting used to

:48:58. > :49:02.winning. That's good news for the local crowd. My goodness me, the

:49:03. > :49:07.crowd noise here is emphatic and he's moving away even further. A

:49:08. > :49:13.fabulous, fabulous run by the Moroccan. He promised much and he's

:49:14. > :49:18.delivering. Just over 100 metres to go! The celebrations, the personal

:49:19. > :49:32.celebration begins. Let's watch the clock. His personal best is 8.0

:49:33. > :49:36.five. He's looking very, very close. 8:05.13, a personal best, by four

:49:37. > :49:44.one hundredths of a second. A personal best. Birech in second. It

:49:45. > :49:50.was a competitive race, but I've no idea what happened to the reigning

:49:51. > :49:55.Olympic and world champion. I've no idea what you said, it was so loud!

:49:56. > :50:00.I couldn't hear anything! Raising the roof, Weller wasn't one, but had

:50:01. > :50:05.there been one it would have disappeared. A personal best. If he

:50:06. > :50:10.hadn't been waving to the crowd it could have been a bit more. A huge

:50:11. > :50:22.performance. He's putting himself up there is real contender.

:50:23. > :50:28.The women's 400-metre athletes out on the track, a great feel. There's

:50:29. > :50:32.Caster Semenya, the Olympic champion at 800 metres. I'm told she is

:50:33. > :50:37.looking for a very fast data grid in Monaco next week in a Diamond League

:50:38. > :50:44.on Friday. This is an ideal way for her to sharpen up for that.

:50:45. > :51:03.Cleanly away. Shaunae Miller-Uibo starting quickly. The Olympic

:51:04. > :51:06.champion. Quinn are hate is chasing her down. Natasha Hastings, with the

:51:07. > :51:12.long locks, in between the two of them. The Olympic champion is 23

:51:13. > :51:19.years of age, trying to chase down on the outside. Quanera Hayes is

:51:20. > :51:26.trying to get back into this. Caster Semenya miles behind. Shaunae

:51:27. > :51:31.Miller-Uibo has a lead over the American. Look at this, Shaunae

:51:32. > :51:37.Miller-Uibo goes away as Kwanda Hayes starts to sink. Surely Shaunae

:51:38. > :51:42.Miller-Uibo, look at the time. It's not quite the world lead and it's

:51:43. > :51:47.not even a seasoned's best for her. We'll wait to see what it gets

:51:48. > :51:53.rounded down to. A couple of hundreds outside, it's a new meeting

:51:54. > :51:59.record. What was impressive for me was she went out hard, certainly. By

:52:00. > :52:03.going hard then it looked as though they might just start to make up a

:52:04. > :52:10.little bit of inroad into the lead, but she went away again in the last

:52:11. > :52:17.50 or 60 metres. Indeed, that was a very quick first 200 metres. She had

:52:18. > :52:21.that 21.91 national record in Eugene over 200 and gives her confidence. I

:52:22. > :52:28.think she was testing herself. By the time she got a 300, she had to

:52:29. > :52:31.gain and then again, the margin of victory was what impressed me, not

:52:32. > :52:36.just the time, but the margin of victory in their end ahead of

:52:37. > :52:40.Hastings and Hayes, the two Americans.

:52:41. > :52:50.Our last event on the track, the men's 3000 metres, 7.5 laps of the

:52:51. > :53:01.track. Again this has been set up a little bit really, hoping for a home

:53:02. > :53:02.win. We've already had one. The crowd noticing him on the big

:53:03. > :53:25.screen. Safely away in this 3000 men's last

:53:26. > :53:36.event. The two pacemakers are rating to get to the friend. They are

:53:37. > :53:41.pushing and shoving. Oh, dear me. This lad gets ten out of ten for

:53:42. > :53:46.enthusiasm! He's even having a fight with the pacemaker to get to the

:53:47. > :53:57.front. They've set off at a fair lick. Way too quick, 28 seconds.

:53:58. > :54:05.This is all for Iguider, hoping he will perform as he has in recent

:54:06. > :54:09.years. His record at major championships is very good. He's

:54:10. > :54:15.slotted in there. We will get a check at the first 400 metres. It

:54:16. > :54:26.looks swift. We were looking for something about 60-61, and he went

:54:27. > :54:29.through at 58 there. , maybe 59. The race is really on. Iguider takes on

:54:30. > :54:42.Mechaal. The other Moroccan in the red and

:54:43. > :54:52.green. The crowd is starting to get excited here. 500 metres left to

:54:53. > :54:56.run. Iguider on the front. Trying to get back to close the gap that has

:54:57. > :55:08.appeared with the top three. They come round take the bell. Iguider

:55:09. > :55:17.leader. Bouqantar and a good position. Iguider is the favourite.

:55:18. > :55:22.Bouqantar are still there. They are trying to close the gap, trying to

:55:23. > :55:27.get in it. Struggling at this point. Look at Mechaal, the big kick.

:55:28. > :55:33.Iguider Halsey Loft-macro, this is what he does well. Listen to the

:55:34. > :55:40.crowd! The Spaniard has a look behind. Huygens see the two as they

:55:41. > :55:48.start to move away. Iguider with a metre lead. He attacks again. The

:55:49. > :55:56.crowd wants them and the ball away and Iguider will do that. Moving

:55:57. > :56:04.away from Mechaal. It's going to be a consecutive victory for Iguider in

:56:05. > :56:09.Rabat. Iguider over the years, it's stood him in such good stead, that

:56:10. > :56:13.finishing burst. He can't take on Mo Farah and one Rojer of the others

:56:14. > :56:17.but he still going to be a threat. 30 years of age. The man who, in

:56:18. > :56:19.front of this sort of crowd, certainly producing a big

:56:20. > :56:24.performance against. It is a seasoned's best for him, not as fast

:56:25. > :56:30.as last year. A big personal best for Bouqantar. Personal bests for

:56:31. > :56:36.quite a few of the athletes behind as Iguider takes the plaudits.

:56:37. > :56:42.Iguider winning with the seasoned's best, lots of personal bests all the

:56:43. > :56:45.way down to seven. That's quite impressive, most of it came on the

:56:46. > :56:52.last lap. A big win for the home crowd. You know what they say,

:56:53. > :56:56.points win prizes. There were plenty of prizes tonight. Mainly it was

:56:57. > :57:00.confidence that was won. Eilidh Child third, Mitchell Blake said,

:57:01. > :57:04.Laura Weightman force, but it was the win for CJ Ujjawal Ub that was

:57:05. > :57:08.the most impressive, 9.9 take the cross of -- across a good field.

:57:09. > :57:12.He's performing consistently well. We saw what a home crowd can do for

:57:13. > :57:17.athletes' performances. When London comes around in a few weeks, there

:57:18. > :57:19.will be British athletes who rise to a higher level than their world

:57:20. > :57:22.rankings. GABBY LOGAN:

:57:23. > :57:25.That's all the action from Rabat but there's plenty more top sport coming

:57:26. > :57:31.up on the BBC. On Thursday night there are highlights of the Open at

:57:32. > :57:34.Royal Birkdale, HP BBC Two. We have live diving coverage from the World

:57:35. > :57:38.Championships this week on the red button on the BBC Sport website and

:57:39. > :57:46.the swimming World Championships begin on the 23rd of July BBC 24

:57:47. > :57:51.5pm. More Diamond League highlights on Saturday from Monaco. Following

:57:52. > :57:53.that the focus will be fixed on London for the World Championships.

:57:54. > :58:04.The countdown to Friday the 4th of August continues. London, are you

:58:05. > :58:11.ready? Mo Farah wins the gold! It's a mammoth job. -- jump. David

:58:12. > :58:16.Rudisha is going to win the world title. It's going to be Dafne

:58:17. > :58:20.Schippers. Laura Muir has smashed the British record. Usain Bolt! I'm

:58:21. > :58:26.ready.