Day 1, Part 1 Athletics: World Championships

Six of July, London winning the right to host the games for the

first time since 1948. David Beckham, passing the Olympic torch.

# Opening ceremony, only the start. # Before we look to the future,

reminisced to the past. Take a trip to the Olympic Park.

# Super Saturday, Team GB getting three golds. Greg Rutherford jumping

his way to medals. # Mo Farah winning, collecting the

trouble. What a night to be British. # One of the greatest cities on The

Globe. The staff of visions. # These athletes play with

precision. Watch them as they run laps around the Olympic Park, fined

ways to channel your energy, I know it's hard.

# We've got Usain Bolt, chasing gold.

# 11 times across the line, top of the globe.

# Mo looking to retire, so... # Legacies omitted in place, so over

the next ten days, this is the next gen's phase to make this their

stage. # London, 2017, the World Athletics

Championships. London, 2017, the World Athletics Championships.

# This is world domination for Farah!

Michael Johnson, Stanning his way to a Commodore. -- Stanning his way to

a gold medal. Jessica Ennis-Hill, top of the world. It is huge, it is

massive. A world record. Champion of the world. Usain Bolt!

Five years after the greatest show on Earth, the London Stadium in the

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is the focus of the watching world once

more and for the next ten days the best track and field athletes on the

planet will go head to head in their quest to strive faster, higher and

stronger, with precious metals in their sights. We're in for a treat

and we are joint diminishing what we hope will be a special event, hosted

in the capital city. The voice of Rebecca Ferguson, finishing the

opening ceremony here, which has been taking place. It really now

feels like this is alive and we are here with real athletes down on the

track. We have the crowd packed in and I'm delighted to say that Dame

Jessica Ennis-Hill, the full title, four words! A long name but I must

give you the Dame but perhaps not every time, with Paula Radcliffe and

Michael Johnson. Over the last hour it has been building and for you,

Jess, it must feel very evocative of 2012. It does, to see the stadium

full, the nerves are coming in, the adrenaline is building, and it is

very strange for me to be sat here and witnessing the Championships

from this perspective. You made your decision after Rio that retirement

was the way forward for you. You called time on a very illustrious

career, littered with golds and Championships but now there is an

added reason why you weren't be there, you are a month away from

giving birth. Yes, I feel very different being in the stadium,

eight months pregnant. Very happy with my career, it's been a

fantastic the Met years in the sport. My first World Championships

was ten years ago so I have had a great time -- fantastic ten years in

the sport. I had great success, so it is nice to retire now. We kick

after night, starting the evening with the 100 metres qualifying

heats, these are the men who probably won't trouble Usain Bolt

later in the evening. He comes in later but you can see that the

crowds are out there because they know that this is a big night for

British athletics because Mo Farah's first attempt to add to his global

hall will be in the 10,000 metres which is the last event on the

track. Those men in the first of the preliminary rounds. We don't

normally go that far back in the 100 metres. Countries you don't often

see at the Olympic Games in the semis and finals. Yeah, this crowd

is amazing, it wouldn't matter what's going on tonight. The

preliminaries of the 100 metres, and 10,000 metres, for Mo tonight, these

athletics fans have been waiting for a major event like this to come back

to London and they've been waiting for five years and now they will be

rewarded with some great athletics over the next ten days. The 100

metres, yeah, these guys aren't going to bother Boult. You have

11.20 four. Could you possibly take that tonight? No! Still a

world-class athlete, I am a former athlete! Just thinking about that I

pulled a hamstring! You were touching the medals earlier with

glee in your eye. Let's go out and enjoy our commentary team. A good

evening, Andrew Cotter. COMMENTATOR: Good evening, welcome. This is a

mixture in the prelims, you've got Odhiambo, 10.14 this season. Matadi,

the Liberian, 10.19. In lane three, ten .18 but it is done on season

best's times and 10.18 would be 90 in terms of this season. So, here

they are in the prelims but they are high calibre athletes alongside some

who are going to enjoy the night Ulster three will go through

automatically. -- enjoy the night. A good start, Odhiambo, the long

striding Kenyon. It is Matadi. A long way clear, into a little bit of

a breeze which may be a factor later on. But the giant, Matadi, the

Liberian, who has raced for the Americans before but was born in

Liberia, in 10.27, taking the first one and he will go through

automatically. Just those three will go through because the others were a

long way distance. Three will go through and the fastest two losers.

Matadi takes victory in the first one and he will go through with

Odhiambo of Kenya and the Canadian, Brendon Rodney. STUDIO: Matadi, the

winner there, I'm not sure if he will go through to the semis and

finals but there may be some rugby teams interested in his future.

Boult is lucky they had to stand on the lane because he could take him

out -- Bolt. He could be a linebacker. Usain Bolt is getting

ready for the heat that come up later on, with his usual verve and

aplomb and his style. He's been dancing, intimidating, no doubt,

anybody who thinks they may have a chance against him. Trying to do

what he can to psych out the opposition and entertain the others.

Paula Radcliffe, a big smile for you when you see him. Yes, he just

brings something extra to the Championships. He's a big reason

that so many people have out to night. They are very aware that it

is his goodbye to athletics this year and many people want to take

that last opportunity to come and see him. So many people want to see

the next people coming through, seeing athletics being healthy,

wanting to capitalise on perhaps not getting tickets in 2012 and

experiencing it today. So we would always see a full stadium. If you

had a chance to seek Muhammad Ali's last fight or Pele's last match, you

would take it. There is plenty more coming up tonight.

Britain's greatest athlete in history, Mo Farah, aiming for world

title number six and he is the favourite for the 10,000 metres

gold. Laura Muir beginning her quest in the women's 1500 metres but even

the heats of this top quality event will be tough to get through.

Britain's pole vault record-holder, Holly Bradshaw, has sights on a

medal. It is the tense qualifying rounds for her tonight. Simbine is a

top contender in the men's 100 metres and has already run eight sub

ten seconds runs this season. CJ Ujah is one to watch, he has been in

fine form and he's in confident mood. But the one to watch is the

main man, Usain Bolt. He already has it 11 world titles to his name. Can

the fastest man ever take gold again in his final Championships? We hope

you're going to stay with us throughout. This is how the evening

looks. The men's discus features the reigning champion, Malachowski. Greg

Rutherford won't take part in the long jump, he is absent through

injury but no lack of talent. The world leader, from South Africa,

Manyonga, is the man to beat. The WAP and indoor champion, Laura Muir,

going for Britain -- the European and indoor champion. Pole vault

qualifying, another British medal hope in Holly Bradshaw. At 9:20pm,

it is the big man. Mo Farah rounding off the evening with his bid for a

sixth World Championship. It is the longer distance for him to night. He

hasn't lost a race over this distance since 2012, so fingers

crossed that continues to night. There is CJ Ujah of Great Britain,

who is a man who will fancy his chances here to get onto the

rostrum, Michael, and you have been a fair critic of British sprinting

in recent years. How do you rate him? I think he has a real

opportunity at these championships. He has won three Diamond League

races this year and I think that if he can take this round by round and

focus on getting into the finals at not really think about getting on

the rostrum at this point, just get to the final. If he's in the final,

anything can happen. If he can put together one of the races he had

earlier this year, maybe he has a possibility. He has talked about

Bolt but he should focus on his own race. We will focus on him later.

These are the prelims, the second heat and a good evening to Steve

Cram. COMMENTATOR: Good evening, everybody. A packed house, getting

some hors d'oeuvres, the preliminary round.

Barnes, formerly known as Winston, formerly Jamaican, now running for

Turkey. He is in lane four. Walsh of Antigua. Pretty good runners but

watch out for lane two. The top three will go through. Barnes

getting away well and so does Saaid. There are two fastest losers and

spots. We are getting a feel for the conditions. A nice following wind.

It was 1.4 in the first race. These guys, in the Middle 10.1 and a

running 10.2, so conditions are that -- indications are that the

conditions are good for when the big boys come in later on. Just watch

Barnes here. He has run 10.17 this year. He competed pretty well, a

good run in Lucerne, his last race before he came here. A former

Jamaican. You can't blame him for leaving Jamaica. Now runs for

Turkey. Safely through to come back later on. STUDIO: I'll be honest, I

had to look where Kiri Barty was. None of my colleagues knew that

either! It is just above Australia, to the right. Sadly their athlete

didn't make it through to the heats but there is another heat in the

hundred metres in a few moments. On the warm up track, just outside the

stadium, it is where the athletes are preparing themselves for their

event and you can see Great Britain's Laura Muir, in the heats

of the 1500 metres. Paula, it is a brave assault, 15 and 5000, a tough

double to go for. It is. She did the double indoors in Belgrade but this

is a different kettle of fish at the World Championships. This is the

toughest race, the 1500 metres and I think she wouldn't be doing it the

other way around. But now she will be focused on really making it

safely through the heats, making it through the semis and then think

about the final. 5000 won't be in her head. She loves this stadium, it

is where she got her British record in the 1500 metres. A great

Championship form indoors, but this is London, this is a different

kettle of fish, this World Championships will feel like a step

up, even from Rio perhaps. Even though that was the Olympics, the

crowds were not sold out on every session and this is a home crowd and

you know what it is like to live job game for the home crowd. A different

situation but we saw Laura's performances towards the end of the

last year when she had that great time in the 1500. She is such a

steely performer, you can see how she responds and trains, her being

in this environment, on this stage, she's going to thrive and enjoy it.

She was waiting in the wings in 2012 and didn't get the chance to

experience it. Laura Weightman who is going to night raised in the

final in 2012 but Laura Muir didn't even race in that. The next year she

made the step forward and she has grown so much, she has learnt so

much and I think that is the big thing for Laura. In those few years

a lot has changed from making the first team, coming in as a gold

medal favourite or being amongst the favourites in a tough race. The 1500

metres is loaded with talent. It will arguably be one of the great

races of the Championship, to get into the final will be HMP

achievement. Even getting through the heats tonight. In a very tough

heat to night. To get to the final will be a big achievement. It is a

big ask, you have a big group and you have the likes of the Barber --

Dibaba. There are so many people there, Laura has to be at her best.

It can come down to those tactics. It is funny you say that, while we

are talking about what the chances are for her to get a medal, she's

focussed on producing her best performance and running the type of

tactics which will give her the best performance at these championships.

That is what she'll be focussed on right now, thinking about tactics,

making sure she'll get it right, which is what she's thinking about

right now, making sure she gets it right.

The hardest thing, as well, in the heats is staying out of trouble and

getting through. Thank you Paula. We will go back to

the track now. It is the third of the men's 100 metres.

Andrew Cotter has the pleasure. Some very, very good athletes in

this third of four preliminary heats. First round, and Jan Volko,

Mario Burke and Abdullah Abkar Mohammed will be the three to look

out for here. Burke and Volko, in lanes six and three. Three to go

through automatically. Rolando Palacios, the flag bearer.

There is a little bit of a touch there, I thought, in the middle, but

through come the three big names there. Burke, Volko. : Mohammed

coming through quickly. The quickest time of the evening for Jan Volko.

Following the breeze. Jan Volko, who is high quality. Runs 10.16,

equalling his season's best time and he and Mario Burke, who runs for

Barbados, at college in the United States, at Houston, he takes the

victory. 10.15. A national record for him. There we are, the first

national record of these World Championships and Jan Volko hand

somely through to the quarter finals. Volko through with Mario

Burke and Abdullah Abkar Mohammed. The youngster from Saudi Arabia.

At 9. 20pm tonight, Mo Farah will race in the 10,000 metres. It will

be his attempt to make it five double gold medals on a global

stage. It will be his sixth World Championship gold. Earlier in the

season Darren Campbell went out to his base in France to catch up with

him. Sir Mo, when you look back, does it

feel crazy? It feels crazy. It feels mad. It's hard to think that, you

know, when you're so young you don't imagine yourself to be at that

level. And to have won what I have won, it's just been incredible.

In your early years, was it difficult to think that you could

get up there with the best in the world? When I was a kid, I remember

watching Sydney Olympics, seeing the 10,000 metres was just incredible,

how it came down to the last two metres. From that point I told

myself I want to go to the Olympics and be an Olympic champion. That is

something I dream of. I went into Degu, that was my first silver medal

at the 10,000 metres, where I narrowly got beat. The better man

won on the day. For me, it was all about experience and learn from that

race, understanding. I'm not going to make that mistake again. World

domination for Mo Farah... It doubled.

They've got nothing for him! Gold again!

To be able to maintain that level, it's, it's difficult because when

you're up there, you've got a target on your back and every year people

are throwing their things at you, left, right, centre and you have to

be smart, who you respond and what you do, knowing what counts. It's

been hard over the years. They succumb to the inevitable. Mo

Farah wins the gold! I'm excited to be competing in my

last major championship on the track in London. It will be nice to be

able to finish on a high. Why not do it where it all started, in London?

Where I became Olympic champion. That is what changed me as an

athlete. You come back years later and I am, you know, what I'm going

to end it at that track. I am not going to carry on in terms of major

champs. Well, there's only one final

tonight, only one gold will be handed out this evening it is in the

men's 10,000 metres. Will it be Mo Farah? Will he add to his incredible

haul? This is where he is on the all-time list of gold medals.

Loo The sprinters include relays, we should say that. Not that Michael

Johnson, your eight is not incredible. It helps to boost the

tally somewhat. That would be an awful event to

contemplate. A four by 10,000 metres! Well, out there on the

warm-up track Usain Bolt is still wandering around. It seems to take

him a long time to get to do anything that looks sporty. We have

watched him an hour wandering around. He's getting his warm-up. He

has his routine. It is intimidating to some of the other guys. All the

other guys have run with him for ten years. They know what he does. Now

they can ignore him and do their thing. He must catch one of those

young kids, I think he looks relaxed. I think I will do that,

too! Big mistake, don't do that. What is it that makes him so unique

we have fallen in love with him over the last decade. Sometimes in sport

and you see them away from the track and they are funny, they are

outgoing and then their game-head comes on. Maybe that is the way they

get the best out of themselves. Maybe they don't dare to enjoy

themselves. It is almost brave to allow yourself to throw off the

shackles the way he does. It is very brave. I wouldn't say that, you

know, and I think Jess could speak to this as well, being an athlete -

I have always admired your level of focus. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being

under the pressure. I enjoyed the room, I enjoyed the stress. I

enjoyed the target on my back. I know I had to be in the mind set,

going over strategy until the last minute. It was the way I was as an

athlete. Maybe it was the way you were as well Jess. Usain Bolt is

different. He knows if he's that stressed and allowed himself to feel

it then he will not perform in the way... You cannot take it.

He said he wants to enjoy it and he wants to enjoy the sport. And it is

the time to retire. He's relaxed. As soon as he's in the blocks, he's

100% focussed. That is why it works for him. We loved your game head. We

knew it was on. Let's see if the game heads are on for the final of

these men's 100 metres prelims. Steve Cram is calling this one.

Nick Miller from New Zealand. 10.1 a new personal best and Warren Fraser

from, the Bahamas. Ran here in London, in 2012.

And then also probably the top guy here, Ramon Gittens, from Barbados.

He might be surprised to find himself in this. A very experienced

athlete. In terms of ranks in terms of their season's best as to who

runs in this preliminary round will come back at 8. 20pm.

Gittens gets to it very well. Expect these three quickly pulling from the

rest. 10. 26. We saw that very quick time

in the previous heat. One or two will be looking at that

later thinking I am not sure I want Volko in my heat. Gittens just doing

enough there. The conditions, as I said earlier, look good for

sprinting. The wind is blowing in the right direction. The men who

were expected to go through have gone through. Fastest losers will be

sorted out in a few minutes. Well the prelims are through and the

heats will be coming your way in just under and hour's time,

featuring Usain Bolt himself. He knows this track well.

Of course he was magnificent in 2012. He's been back here to run in

the Anniversary Games. It is Jamaica which made him. He's so proud what

he's helped to do to Jamaican sprinting.

The world champs can you go to London as motivated as you were in

Beijing? One thing that keeps me going is losing. I can't lose. It is

one of those things. To go out losing is not my thing. I definitely

want to go out and to do my best as always. Give the fans one of the

best farewells. Give the fans a show. That's what they want to see.

They want me to go out and compete at my best and say goodbye in stars.

I'm definitely going to train, which I am doing and stay on top of things

and push myself throughout until August. So nobody will worry you in

London? No new names to look out for? For me, you know me, I don't

worry about people until the time's right. Because you don't know who's

going to show up. Over the years, as you have seen through my career,

there's always somebody else. I never try and pinpoint one person. I

just sit and watch and see what happens when he gets there. London

will be a farewell to the fans, many of whom would have been there in

2012. Still happy memories of those games? Always. It is the right place

to go out. I know London will be packed. It will be massive and

people are just happy and the energy in the city will be great. I'm

looking forward to it. I'm really excited to go there and compete

again. For me it was one of the best championships of my life.

He's pulling away... He 's going to win the gold!

The champion becomes a legend! Every day the stadium was just

always packed with people and just cheering on everybody and giving you

a great feeling. For me, it was brilliant. I'm looking forward to

going back to the atmosphere. Feeling the energy. As you guys know

I feed off the energy of the crowd. It gives me that sense of relief and

happiness. To compete at your best, to perform.

For me, I really enjoy it. So I know it will be just... I hope I don't

cry. I was going to say that. Will you get emotional? I don't know. If

I get emotional in Jamaica I definitely get emotional in London.

Let's see what happens! I'm not an emotional person, but to know this

will be your last race in the championship, it might... You can

hide it with a bit of sweat. And I sweat a lot. So we'll see!

I think we might see tears. We might see emotion from the great man. That

final is tomorrow. You will see him out on the track here around 8.

20pm, the men's heats are going off. Shortly on the track. It is the

women's 1500 metres heat. Laura Muir, British record-holder is going

in the second of those heats. She's had a phenomenal indoor season.

Taken it to the track as well. This is a hotly-contested event. Paula

caught up with her in Monet co-a few weeks ago -- in Monaco a few weeks

ago. European indoor champion. A new

British record... So, Laura, things are picking up to the World

Championships and you are coming in off an amazing indoor season, where

you did that double. She's now got two gold medals. She's the champion

again. It's another record. I remember the Laura Muir who walked

out distraught in 2014 and how much you have matured and taken those

huge leaps forward. So, it has to feel that you are in a good place

going into London. Certainly. I am lucky, at this stage of my career,

I've got a lot of championships under my belt. I think 2014, I was

in good physical shape. Had to catch up in the mental side and dealing

the championships and everything, I think going through all that has

been good. I feel confident ahead of London. Coming into the

championships you missed training with a foot injury. To reassure

people at home, a lot of distance runners pick up at different points

of their career. Sometimes is it a good thing to hold you back,

frustration to come out in racing? It isn't until something is taken

away from you that you appreciate how much you love your sport. You

gain a fresh mindset going back into it. I had a take two in July but it

is going well so far. We know that you are strong and you can cope with

the physical impact of doing the double but mentally is there a way

you go about it? Do you think first about one event and then move onto

the second? It is round by round, why won't anchor that the final

until I get there. It is easy otherwise -- I won't think about the

final. In the 1500 metres, will that be the one where you think you have

the stronger chance? Or are they pretty equal? I don't know, I'm

pretty inexperienced in the 5000 but I think I have a shot. The

competition in the 1500 is very strong. In the top three, you have

Hassan, the Olympic champion and world record holder, Dibaba. With

home support as well, that is a big ad planted, you can savour and enjoy

that. I hope so, yeah. -- that is a big advantage. The Anniversary

Games, the crowds were great and that has been a highlight so far.

Laura Muir has got this raise won, that's for sure. The new British

record. Kelly Holmes has been a bitter rated. -- has been

obliterated. One of the British athletes coming to the fore in that

Championships. Laura Muir, listing the great names that she must

overcome to get herself through the heats. In the first heat she didn't

mention Caster Semenya, a surprise she has decided to double up, the

Olympic champion in the 800 metres. How is she going to fare in this? I

might give you the answer after the race because I'm not sure. I don't

know why she has chosen to do it this way around. If it was the

801st, then doing the 1500, fine but before your main event, I'm not

sure. -- if it was the 800, first. I'm sure Brendan Foster and Steve

Cram will have an opinion. Good evening, Brendan. COMMENTATOR: Good

evening, great to be here. Great to watch the opening round of the

women's 1500 metres. Great to see Jessica Judd back after a couple of

fallow years. Coming back to do justice to her own talent. Talking

about Jessica Judd, heading up the start list. She has a tough heat.

Semenya, and Cichocka, she has been great. Chebet has been running well

for Kenya, moving up to the 1500 metres. The top six will go through

but when you have to Barbour, Grace, Sifuentes, so much experience -- you

have to Barbour -- Dibaba. She must think about what she does the best.

It is the first heat and there are six fastest losers was available. A

quick word about Caster Semenya, she is here because she won the African

Championships in 26 -- in 2016, running 4.0 one. She was running

three events. The defending champion, Dibaba. I'm not sure if

she is in the same form she was in in 2016. At best this year, 4.16, so

this will be interesting. Chebet, very dangerous, she will set off the

pace. 800-metre runner who has moved up. Arafi has good pace as well and

we all know about Semenya, the favourite for the 800-metre

gold-medal. Three rounds here as well. Watching on the warm up track

ready late last night, doing some strides. No one else was there.

Vrzalova there and Gigot that will be dangerous as well. A big cheerful

Jessica Judd. A great talent, had a great 2013. -- and Cichocka will be

dangerous as well. Jessica Judd has been getting back in touch with that

talent. Great that she has made the team. The women's 1500, the first of

three heats. So, the top six will go through. I saw Jess on the way in,

Brendan. I know how nervous she was. I said to her, if it helps, 4.9 last

time, if you run under that, statistics tell you that you get

through the first round. I think that's what we'll see her try and do

here. I bet she's pleased she saw you because she is doing what you

suggested, making decent pace. When you saw her on the start line, Just

The Judge, from Chelmsford, easy to get here from there, a lot of

supporters here. -- Jessica Judd, from Chelmsford. She had a couple of

fallow years, but she came back and she will have a great future because

she is a great long-distance runner. Showing wisdom. Her first major

championships at 1500 metres. A wise head on young shoulders, going out

there, trying to run the place, trying to run the race as to how she

wants it. 64.05, the first lap, so a very good pace being set, the kind

of thing that Jess did in the trials, the kind of things she likes

to do and is most comfortable with. Dibaba the defending champion is

moving up. Questions about her fitness but reports are that going

very well. Just extricating herself on the back, Mageean. Caster

Semenya, right on the inside in the middle of the pack, completely

boxed. Interesting to see how she conducts herself in heats of 1500

metres. Even with the women it can be pushing and jostling. On the

inside, from South Africa, the 800-metre champion, running neatly,

just biding her time. She could have run the 400 metres to go with the

800 metres. She has such a range of talent and ability. Jessica Judd,

the crowd are getting carried away. I think she's actually responding to

it. 2.11 over the first 800 metres and she is striding down the

straight. In third place, the defending champion, Dibaba. Dibaba

deciding, hang on, this young Britain is going quickly. Yes, she

got the 800. 2.11 was a bit slow and she has picked it up. Grace moving

up. Terzic is struggling, five metres adrift. Semenya, for the

first time, in the green of South Africa, moving up on the outside.

Cichocka, the great Polish athlete, moving up. Jessica Judd has got to

stay strong here. The top six will go through. She's going to make them

run hard. She will, and Dibaba is going to enjoy that. Semenya moving

up, Grace from the USA. Buckman, in contention but losing a few yards.

Jessica Judd in her first 1500 metres, she has acquitted herself

very well so far. Chebet will come into it behind Semenya. Chebet is

running for Kenya, she is a quick finish. Cichocka is a good finisher.

Jessica Judd has a good distance between her and the sprinters. The

top six will go through and if she stays ahead of Buckman, the others

might pass higher if they want to. Jessica Judd is looking strong. She

just wants to keep in the top six. Dibaba goes away, Semenya, Chebet,

Cichocka. Jessica Judd needs to keep going here to the line, she will be

fine. She's done it, as we expected, running hard from the front. 4:02.68

in the first round. She normally runs 4.4. That is brave, setting out

your stall, you know what you've got to do, run as hard as you can, the

big names behind you having to run hard as well. Jessica Judd,

congratulations, brave running and that's what you get with her. I

think that's right, the first British person on the track so far.

Opening tonight. Caster Semenya, Chebet, Cichocka and the defending

champion there, Dibaba. For me, young lady coming to the

championships, getting on the train from Chelmsford, her supporters do,

anyway, running a personal best, I'm pretty sure, and the crowd respond.

The first British athlete on the track and let's hope that's a sign

of things to come. You want to let them know. I love seeing a young

athlete coming to the Championships, thinking about their plan and how

they should do it. This young lady setting off, running hard, deciding

that there were... It was too much of a gamble to spend her time

amongst the sprinters. There goes Dibaba, we expected that. There goes

the Olympic champion in the 800 metres, Semenya and there comes

Jessica Judd. Six will qualify and let's be honest, Jessica Judd ran a

brilliant race, you can't do better than that and I think it tells you

that she will have a future that we first expected when we saw her as a

junior and now expected in the senior competition. She's acquitted

herself well. I like seeing young athletes respond in major

championships. Well done, Jess. It is one delighted Jessica Judd as

well. You said you didn't think you could get through but you took it

out hard and you got through. I can't believe it! I think the crowd,

they are just amazing, I problem we went off too fast. My dad said,

don't go too fast and I thought, oh, no, but I controlled it. The last

lap I was hurting a little bit. I thought I would have to run the race

of my life to get through but to see that six had broken away, I thought

my goodness, I can't believe it. I'm just so happy! You ran the race of

your life, a new personal best that you can take to the semifinals

tomorrow. What is it like an De Sart line when they announce your name.

-- what is it like on the start line? I don't know, I'm normally in

the zone and I don't do anything but I was so nervous, I couldn't ignore

that. They were amazing. My dad has been fantastic. I'm sure I could

hear him cheering me on. I can't believe it, what a great crowd.

Everyone has been so nice and getting to the semis and to do it

again is amazing. Congratulations, tremendous performance. Thank you!

That's the way to do it, look at that, she made everybody else run

hard. A personal best for Jessica Judd and one or two others behind

her. Although the six fastest losers, even the tenth and 11th in

the first feed, you have to go back to 1999 when you had to run 4.5 to

get out of the first round. -- in the first heat.

The men's long jump qualification. Manyonga, the world leader, second

in the Olympics last year and boy, has he improved. His first band,

8.05, automatic qualification. Comfortably, a big smile for him.

The blue line is also qualifying. He has jumped 8.65 this year and he has

moved on since missing out on Olympic gold by one centimetre last

year. Looks like he has booked his place in the final. Just chopping

his stride, so some work to be done. One and a half kicks. 8.05 or better

books a place in the final. Clean on the board, the white flag will be

raised. Very tidy for the world leader. Three South Africans joining

Manyonga in what proves to be a top competition. We don't have Greg

Rutherford, disappointing for him, couldn't recover from his ankle

injury earlier this year. Manyonga, some questions over his fitness, but

looks like they've been put to bed. 8.12, how about that, job done, he

is in tomorrow's final. Now we have the men's discus. This is the

reigning champion from two years ago, Mallash ski -- Malachowski. Was

that low? 64 metres and 50 centimetres is what is needed for

tomorrow's final. Two big finals. The big Pole is going to be involved

again, looking to defend the title but he will have his work cut out.

So, Malachowski, 65.13. Here is an interesting character from the

sport, Robert Harting. Three times world champion. He has had an knee

problems. Getting his hip onto that. He made it look easy. A big

statement. He is in shape. 32 years of age now. He's got his

knees heavily strapped there. He fixes his base. Drops that right hip

on. League qualifier. So that is Luvo Manyonga, the world

leader. Back story, he's a recovered crystal meth addict.

Toni Minichiello, I know you have watched him closely. What did you

make of that first attempt? I think a nice, steady approach there. The

qualities he has is his flat speed. He runs so quick on the runway. If

you look at him as he goes through the air, he, watch him, because he

has a really still upper body. He doesn't forward rotate into the

sandpit. He carries that over the top over the board. Probably the

fastest man on the long jump in this competition. Job done. He can walk

away. The others have two more attempt to join him in tomorrow's

final. Luvo Manyonga - watch out for him.

What a performance from Jessica Judd earlier on. One of our athletes who

we hope has a good chance in the 1500 or 5,000, Laura Muir going

here. Perhaps the easiest of the three. All these heats are tough.

Laura said, I'm happy with the draw here. Particularly if you have the

confidence she does. A huge reception for Laura Muir.

Well, she didn't get to experience this in London, as Paula said

earlier on. Here for me, perhaps the favourite for the gold medal, one of

the many top three big names Sifan Hassan. She will contest the 5,000

also after the 1500 metres. Tsegay very good. The Germans, you will see

Klosterhalfen in the next heat. Jennifer Simpson, former world

champion, has a happy way of running brilliantly in championships.

Bronze-medallist in Rio last year. Chebet in four. So top six to go

through. I suspect this heat will be, we thought before and it might

be the slowest of the three. I think the likes of Jennifer Simpson, Laura

Muir will think, I will happily fin nish the top six here.

Let's hope that Laura can negotiate this safely. Her last race was 3,000

in the Monaco Diamond League. In the Diamond League a week or so before

that. Good preparation for 1500 metre running. She's had to prepare

for two events. She won't have it in her head yet - your preparation is

different if you're going to run 5,000 metres. So, she's been trying

to cover both bases. That 800-metre set her up nicely. So, Laura will be

wanting to settle in here and hope that it's a decent pace. Nobody

wants to have a jog. I think she'll be happy if it is a little slower

than that first one. Almost certainly will be slower than the

first one. Six to go through. If you look at the first round, the six

fastest losers are looking pretty impressive. Sixth fastest ran 4.8.

4.5 the required time, almost. Laura Muir, carrying a lot of

pressure on her shoulders. She's attempting a brave double in running

the 15,000 and the 5,000. -- 1500 and 5,000.

Right at the back of the pack, Laura Muir, right in among them. She'll

have some thoughts about how she moves out of that position. Hassan,

of the Netherlands, who is now training in America and making real

progress in the States. Steve says he thought she might be the

favourite for this race. I am certain she'll take some beating,

but look at her. Her tactic in the orange vest, right at the back,

behind Laura Muir. There Laura Muir, doing the sensible thing, moving to

the outside and quickly through the field to put herself in contention.

As I said, you've got to run five races, the heats you want to

negotiate nice and smoothly with the least amount of energy expended as

possible. You need to keep yourself out of trouble. Laura Muir doing

that well. Jennifer Simpson realising the move has been made.

Jenny's not a natural front mover either. They are eight seconds

slower than the first heat. Tsegay another good athlete.

Look at her stretching out her pace. Tsegay stretching them for the first

time. Akdag on the inside. And still happy

to bring up the rather. Plenty of company there. Hassan, one of the

favourites, on the back there, moving very quickly through. Laura

Muir is in a good position. Now we're in a race. There are few too

many athletes for comfort here. 3.7 for the 1100 metres.

Now it is about staying clear of danger, make your run at the right

time. Laura's doing it right so far. Jennifer Simpson will be involved in

the finish. Here comes Hassan, drifting down the outside.

The talented Norwegian, on the shoulder of Laura Muir.

Tsegay is in a good position here. Just controlling it from the front.

Only the top six will go through. There's a lot of pushing and shoving

here. Has to be careful. Klein is moving out as well. Laura Muir could

just do enough here. Jennifer Simpson, pushing back in a

battle with Akdag on the inside. There are seven there... Simpson

just stepped out. So Hassan wins it, then Simpson, then Muir, Akdag, they

all go through 4.8 the winning time. Nobody will go through as the

fastest loser. It was a different type of heat. The

one we normally would expect, very different from the first one led by

Jessica Judd. Well done Laura Muir. She ran comfortably. Did everything

she needed to do. Took up a good position at every point of the race.

Hassan was there to prove a point, just to let them know, I will be a

danger. Jennifer Simpson quickly moved out there. Got herself into a

quick place. Here they come, into the straight. And there goes Laura

Muir. Running strongly. Look at Hassan coming on the outside, just

threatening a little. Looking more relaxed as an athlete, with a little

bit of a bump there, too. As we have seen her in the past. She's

stronger, she's faster. She's going to be a danger and her and Laura

Muir neck and neck here. Both having done enough. Both comfortable and

confident. Both crossing the rien. Comfortably qualify -- the line.

Comfortably qualified. A decent day's work for Laura Muir. She looks

powerful, strong. She's mentally in control. Glancing over at the screen

to make sure no dangers are coming from behind. That is wise. She's

learnt that lesson and Hassan, well, I think Steve's right, she's going

to be a danger. Safely through for all the big

names. No upsets in either of these two heats. This is the confidence

that Hassan has in her 800-metre pace at the moment. She gave a

little shove there. Simpson looking for room to make sure as well. Klein

was the one who just sneaked ahead to get in there for the top six. And

so the third heat, well they know what they have to do.

Laura, mission accomplished. What is the mind set like - when you have a

busy round? What do you negotiate? Stayed out of harm's way and really

happy. Just job done. I got a top six. What it is like when there is

such a build-up to a chasm Ionship and you are -- championship? Feels

like it is a long time coming. The support was phenomenal. Cannot beat

it I am excited to be in the semi rmt -- semifinal. What is it like to

be part of it? Brilliant. Women's running is the best it's ever been.

It is great to be part of that and running against these girls, I am

just chuffed I got through. I Hope the semi goes well.

In a few minutes Holly Bradshaw will hope to qualify for the finals. She

knows what it is like to compete in these games. She managed fifth in

her first major championship. She's the record-holder. Puts her among

the best in the world this year. Phil Jones caught up with her and

asked her about her aspirations for these championship.

You haved a experience of London 2012 and now you get to experience a

World Championships in London. What is the process like for you? I am so

excited. I remember London very well. I finished

Every time I go back to the stadium, it gives me goose bumps.

First attempt for 55. Yes. Well done Holly Bradshaw. I'm in the best

position I've been in for a long time. I'm fitter and stronger and

technically the best I've ever been. I know when it comes to a major

championships I step up my game. I have proven that for Beijing and Rio

the last couple of years. I've jumped two records this year. I know

deep down what I can achieve. She's got that, too! Unbelieve --

unbelievable! I love major championships, it is what I love

doing. Steve Backley is in commentary for

us for this one. Steve I know you cannot go on what is written on

paper, when you look at the heights she cleared this year, it puts her

around the best in the world this year. She has a big game's

temperament, doesn't she? Absolutely. She's proven that time

and time again. Sixth and fifth at successive Olympic Games. She's on

home soil. She said she's fitter and stronger than she's ever been. And I

am very optimistic about Holly Bradshaw. Toni Minichiello, I bring

you in on this. What do you make of holly's prospects? Hoping she makes

the final. She's passed at heights now and she will not come in until

four metres 50. She will take her time. The thing will be the waiting.

It will be about waiting, getting ready, rewarming up, when it is

appropriate for her ready to be ready to compete. So, at this

moment, she's just biding her time. She's coming in at a height that she

should easily be able to cope with. So pole vaulter at one end of the

stadium. At the other the men's discus. Here's the world's leader.

Ninth on the all-time list. 71-metre man. Likes that.

Wasn't so good on his first attempt. Looks like he's woken up. Wow! Look

at that! Daniel Stahl... Two metres tall. 150 kilos heavy. Arm span of

two metres 20. Does that seem possible! He's going to be the

favourite going into that final, courtesy of what he did there. What

is it, 67. 64, the best throw we have seen so far.

And we are ready for the last of the first round heats in the women's

1500 metres. The north-east of Britain well represented.

Alongside Weightman, Bahta. Certainly strong this one. The first

one was strong. The second one, which Steve predicted, that would be

the slowest of the heats and lo and behold, there's Klosterhalfen,

incredibly talented athlete. The Olympic champion in this as

well. Five Olympic finalists from Rio in

this heat. Sarah McDonald going as well. And there is Sarah McDonald.

Went to university in Birmingham and from the north-east, she has a

chance of getting through to the semifinal. Everyone in this one

knows what they must do because the six fastest losers are coming from

the first heat. Klosterhalfen, looks like a strong breeze would carry her

away but she is hard as nails and she has gone below four minutes.

Germany has great hopes for her. Sado, another finalist from Rio and

Bahta, from Sweden, the former Eritrea. Laura Weightman, the noise

for the twice Olympic finalist. CHEERING

So disappointing in the Olympic final, it was slow over the first

800 metres, not her kind of race. The race was won by Kipyegon, that

great duo, her and Dibaba. Pereira, the Spanish champion. Nadi, one of

the athletes from the refugee team. Five athletes in the refugee team.

She is from South Sudan, they've been training in Kenny. So six will

go through -- training in Kenny. The six fastest losers come from the

first heat. The last of the first round heats gets underway --

training in Kenya. Laura Weightman, Stafford there. McDonald, glancing

to her inside, she has a decent finishing kick. Paula Radcliffe, we

know what must be done here. They do know what has to be done but is

there anyone who is prepared to do what Jessica Judd did and take their

opportunity and say, OK, what will I have to do to get through to the

next round and run a personal best, running hard from the start? The

only one with a tendency to be able to do that is Klosterhalfen. Is she

going to do that or can somebody like Stafford or McDonald take it on

and run as hard as they can to make it through to the semis? The

Colombian, Coneo, is out there but so is Stafford, her personal best

this season, four point 04 is this season. Laura Weightman is in a good

position, in fourth. Sarah McDonald tucking in behind her. Bader is

biding her time alongside Sado. -- Bahta is biding her time.

Klosterhalfen is tucking into second place. Laura has got herself in a

good position. Kloster Halfon isn't going to do much wrong. Kipyegon

getting herself in position also. -- Kloster Halfon.

Laura Weightman and Sarah McDonald in the middle of the pack. Out

front, Kipyegon, Sado and Klosterhalfen. The first six will go

through, the six fastest losers. But they will do well to get amongst the

six who were the unlucky losers in the first eight, 4.50 five. Terzic

from Serbia in that first heat. Wakeman is going with them. Just

Dhading to react. -- Weightman. Ennaoui is moving up. Klosterhalfen

thinking she's not going to leave anything to chance, she's going to

leave it a long run for home. Sarah McDonald is trying to hang on in

eighth place. It is stretching out further now. Klosterhalfen, then

Kipyegon, then Sado. Weightman is in fifth, just ahead of Stafford. Six

will go through automatically. They are detaching themselves from the

rest but there are others who can get back into it. Klosterhalfen is

looking good. Kipyegon moving on to her shoulder, letting her know who

is boss. Klosterhalfen not going to have much of it but then remembering

that this is just a heat and you only have to come in the top six.

Ennaoui is trying to get into the top six. Formerly American,

finishing third in the US trials. Kipyegon and Sado, Weightman is

sitting in fifth place. Six will go through automatically. Around the

final bend. The Olympic champion, Kipyegon, she is comfortable now.

Bahta, the Swede, in second place. Weightman is in fifth place. Here

comes Ennaoui and Stafford. Klosterhalfen is wavering now.

Kipyegon easing across the line. Bahta, Ennaoui and Sado. In the end,

Klosterhalfen looked uncomfortable but Laura Weightman did the job.

Sarah McDonald was further down the field. Weightman, job done, she is

through to the semifinals, the hint of a smile. She should have a smile

because she ran very well, she kept her head, she looked around and

checked where people were and where the gaps were and she did what was

needed and nothing more in that race. Klosterhalfen had a bit extra

left. She was running into the back of Sado in front of her and had

nowhere to go as two went either side of her. She probably checked

the screen and knew that she was in the top six, expending more energy

than she needed to do. Kipyegon looking good and answering questions

about her fitness. Down in ninth place, Sarah McDonald isn't going to

go through. Kipyegon removing any doubt at all. She takes it.

Weightman is safely through to tomorrow's semifinals. Interesting

to get her thoughts now. Laura, a consummate performance, you've been

in this stadium before in the Olympics, it really showed, your

experience. I love racing in this stadium and on an occasion like this

I can step up and use the crowd, the cheering was amazing. I felt good,

for a heat that was a controlled heat. Sometimes I don't feel that

great but I felt nice and controlled and I was aware of what was

happening. It was nice to stretch out the last couple of laps, getting

my legs going and I'm looking forward to tomorrow. That awareness

on the track, tapping into your experience on the big stage. You

have been spiked, you know the rough and tumble, and the ghostly aiding

it is tough. I always get spiked somehow -- negotiating it is tough.

You have to have your wits about you and I was aware of what is

happening. You step up a gear tomorrow, is your mind going to

change, is it going to be different? It will be very tough, the women's

1500 is extremely talented, high-quality depth, not just a

couple at the top, it is right through the ranks. It will be tough

but I'm ready, let's see what I've got. All the best. Thank you. Great

news for Laura Weightman. We have done the maths for Sarah McDonald,

she has taken the last of the fastest losers places. You have gone

through. Safe through to the semifinal. Waiting patiently to find

out if you have got through. You have, well done. Really?! Yes. I was

waiting by the screen. You were waiting for us, that is kind of you

as we spoke to Laura. All of the Brits have gone through but this is

new to you, so negotiating that round, that is so much more

impressive in many ways. The noise was incredible. I'm so happy that

I'm through. I can't quite believe it. So happy. Tell me about the

thought process on the start line and what you were hoping to achieve.

It was a tough ask, my first World Championships. I had a shout but I

thought, I don't care if this goes badly, I wanted to try and get

through. I couldn't do any more. I qualified with a personal best.

Congratulations, we'll see you in the semis. Thank you, see you

tomorrow! Confirmation of that. Laura Weightman going through.

Looking pretty comfortable. Kipyegon, the Olympic champion,

taking it. In ninth place, the personal best for Sarah McDonald

sees her food to the semifinals. -- sees her through. Asking in the

studio where a man you would be in this event. She very comfortable.

Dibaba heading things. Jessica Judd, what a fantastic run in the first

heat. All four British runners will go through to the semifinals.

We've already seen one South African going through to tomorrow's final in

the long jump. Manyonga is through and this is his team-mate, on 7.95

at the moment, and that looked close to the board but it is good. Ranked

number two in the world, Samaai. Tends to do his best in South

Africa. The South Africans are in good shape and the Americans are

bringing a strong trio. Samaai is waiting for his official

measurement, it is 8.04, one centimetre short of auto. He will

have his last job, he is ranked fifth at the moment -- his last

jump. I mentioned the Americans, this is the 2016 World Indoor

Championships, Debdt. -- Dendy. Underneath the automatic qualifying.

Anderson, the Olympic champion -- Henderson. What an awkward dip and

drive it was, looked really crumpled. He did not use his levers

very well. Dendy, looking at a round summary, the end of the second

round, he's going to need around 7.9. He is in 14th place with 7.70

eight. I mentioned athletes struggling, this is the Olympic

champion. Fifth in the Olympic trials. 7.70 four. In 20th place.

Second round of three. 8.05 is needed for automatic qualifying or

top 12. That looked better. It is better but it is a red flag.

Pressure building on the Olympic champion. That's a massive jump,

interesting to see how far this is. It wasn't far beyond the board. Wow,

Henderson, that is a confidence boost for sure. But under lots of

pressure, that's got to be around 8.40. Massive effort, the longest

we've seen but it won't be measured. Doesn't count. Still in 20th place.

STUDIO: Henderson has a lot of work to do, the Olympic champion. The

world champion Greg Rutherford isn't here because of injury. In the next

hour and a half we will see the beginning of the Long goodbye of two

of the greats of athletics of this era. The sun is going down on two

incredible careers. You know who I'm talking about!

# We've come a long, long way together

# Through the hard times and the good

# I have two celebrate you, baby # I have two Prayuth -- I have to

praise you like I should. # We've come a long, long way

together. # Through the hard

times and the good # I have to praise

you like I should. It is indeed the end of an era and

Jess was saying earlier that she feels her career ran parallel with

Usain Bolt and maybe Mo Farah started later but the same thing,

they've been at the major championships together and they are

here again and they are both out somewhere on the warm up track and

so is Ore Oduba. I am playing the role of Sir David Attenborough,

having a look at the warm up track and seeing who we can find. I can

tell you that in the mix we have seen him earlier tonight, the same

bolt himself. He's just behind the tent. The moment you come to us, the

lesser spotted Bolt has made his way around the tent but everybody who

was in this enclosure now is trying to get a piece of Usain Bolt. Mo was

here but these are the punters making their way into the stadium

trying to get a sneaky peak of whoever they can get. On a night

with Mo Farah and the same bolt they have a hot ticket. The number of

these athletes haven't been into the stadium. We have had the message,

Bolt is there as cool as a cucumber. Just striding up and down the track,

making himself feel at home. A lot of these athletes have not

made their way into the stadium. Mo Farah is one of them. When he goes

in there, he'll be getting the roar of his life. We are about an hour or

so to go before, where is he... ? Where's Mo? He's there somewhere. I

got wind he's somewhere in this safari of athletes. You can find

him, Ben? Can you find him? I can't find him. He's there somewhere. It's

like a Where's Wally! It is like a Where's Mo? Gabby, it is all going

on here. We have the two guys making their final farewell somewhere. It

is hotting up. Thank you. We could see him. When

you spot him running from behind you know him straightaway, his style.

We'll miss his presence. We have seen Bolt here, he's ready for

action. Of course there are other people lining up in those 100 metres

heats later on. Here are the main contenders.

It is a coveted throne. Will he be ousted at career's end. Once in the

last four World Championships did Bolt slip. One false move and Yohan

Blake comes again. Searching for the beast within.

Mean time, a young pretender comes from the American north, Christian

Coleman, just 21, and the quickest contender this year.

A challenger from the African south - 23, a real Olympic and eight times

under ten seconds this year alone. What of the threat from the British

kingdom? Chijindu Ujah - aster, fighting on home ter -- territory.

Usain Bolt... He's saved his title! May have even saved his sport. In

this game of throne's though, only one can be king. The king is dead...

Shsss. Long live the king! And you'll have to wait until the

final heat of this round of the men's 100 metres, as the assault

proper starts to work out who is the fastest man on the planet in 2017.

Andrew Cotter is calling this one. THE COMMENTATOR: The fastest at the

moment is Christian Coleman. We will see what he can do, this 21-year-old

in the first of the quarter finals effectively. Christian Coleman has

been outstanding. 9.82. He's run and American sprinting is

just a little bit of a fallow period, waiting for the next

generation to come through. Christian Coleman is perhaps going

to spearhead that challenge. Three go through automatically here.

The quality is higher across the board than we had in the

preliminaries earlier on. Usain Bolt is the record-holder. Christian

Coleman, based on times, it is whether at this age he has can race

the championship and keep on delivering. Quite often we see

sprinters from the United States who run so well, college athletes and

they run so, so quickly, but then in the big championships they perhaps

don't deliver quite as they did in college races in the US trails. Here

is the line-up for this one. Jak Ali Harvey, the Jamaican, now

running for Turkey. Senoj-Jay Givans, from Jamaica.

Third in the Jamaican championships in the 100. 10. 02 this season.

Matadi, gets a glance. He won his heats.

Cejhae Greene, another youngster. 10. 05 this season.

Jak Ali Harvey, 10. 10. We move on to Christian Coleman.

Again, can he turn those very, very quick times into success at major

championships? Without Andre De Grasse, he is perhaps the best of

the next breed of bright young things and Coleman goes here in lane

nine. The first of six. We've had the prelims on to the first round,

semi-finals and finals tomorrow and three to go through automatically.

Christian Coleman goes in lane nine for the United States.

A little bit of a twitch there. Christian Coleman comes through.

Julian Reus going well. Harvey of Turkey. It will be

Christian Coleman. 10.01. Switched just a little bit on, all

is dead calm when Christian Coleman came well so through. This track is

fast. Everyone says so. And he made that look quite

comfortable. A good run from Jak Ali Harvey, the Turkish athlete.

Christian Coleman, again, the major championships, it is about

delivering through the rounds and doing it time and time again. Trying

to save energy and play the card that you look good to your fellow

competitors as well. Christian Coleman looked good there. . It is

one of those things you have to demonstrate to the others around you

that you are in great shape and whatever you throw at me, I'll

respond. Christian Coleman, out on his own. Well off the blocks.

Nothing really taxing for him. Got himself into his upright running and

gently pulled away. A very good performance by him. Nice and solid.

Christian Coleman, the winner of that first heat is down there with

Phil now. Got to stay composed. A lot of

energy and excitement in the building. I had to calm myself and

execute my race. How were the nerves at the start? A little bit. I wanted

to focus and execute. As for your own chances - how much pressure do

you put on yourself to succeed so early in your career? Not

unnecessary pressure. I want to go out and do what I know I am capable

with. At the end of the day I live with the results. All the best going

forward. Thank you. Christian Coleman looking good. The fourth

fastest American after all time after Gy Gatlang, Green. Almost

below 10 seconds in these quarter finals of the men's 100 metres. So

three going through -- Christian Coleman, Jak Ali Harvey and Cejhae

Greene came through to take that third automatic qualifying place.

Three jumps here in qualification. Lawson looking to make tomorrow's

final. It is about the time. The blue line is the autoqualifying of

8.05. 12 athletes will proceed to the final. Or automatic 8.05, either

way to book your place. Lawson with plenty to spare.

8. 49 to jump. Victory at the US championships. Lawson, fourth in the

Olympics last year. Do you remember his hand scraped the sand. His

challenger, 8. 05. Confirms his place in tomorrow's final. Here is

his team-mate under some pressure. Marquis Dendy. A world class triple

jumper, but not having a great time and needs something around, well,

7.90. That looks like he's not going to make it. So Dendy, statistically

in his prime at 24 years of age, has just bombed out in qualifying.

It looks as though, anyway, that awkward dip again, looks like he

loses his speed. And the distance is sacrificed.

Good extension. That's not the problem. He just loses that

horizontal speed. Such a capable jumper. This is Henderson -

the Olympic champion from last year. Toni, he won that by one centimetre.

Manyonga has moved on and Henderson, in a bit of trouble here, but

looking good at the same time. I think it's awkward for them on the

back straight. We're getting very low winds. Not a lot of assistance,

which is necessary from the wind to give them the speed in order to jump

the qualifying distances. So we saw Dendy just then, he was running into

a -0.7 wind. If you add it to the situation where he sinks and loses

his speed, it is a recipe he will not qualify, as we have seen.

On the left of the picture is Yohan Blake. Of course Blake knows what it

is like, I say to beat Bolt. When Bolt had the false start in Deagu.

Blake has had a fraught time over the ensuing years and recently a

groin injury stopped him running in the Diamond League. Abdul Sani Brown

has won two personal bests. Volko, you would have seen him run a

new national record. He's next to Xie, the best of the Chinese, up

into 10.09. Barnes came through earlier on in the preliminary round

running very smart as well. Then Yohan Blake. Huge support for

all of the Jamaicans. He's a little quieter than he was two or three

years ago. He's calmed down a little. He was known as the beast,

or he wanted to be known as the beast. He's certainly capable of

producing a performance that can push Bolt all the way. But as I

said, a question mark Around his niggles.

I have not mentioned Lima, from Portugal. 10.05. Coached by Linford

Christie. Getting away smoothly, Blake got a terrible start. Blake

has work to do to get into the top three.

Blake will just get in there. 10. 06. This young man is a superb

talent. He's a big name in Japan. He's got all sorts of sponsorship

deals already. He's only 18. He may be better at 200 metres eventually.

A very good 200-metre runner. But, dum Colin, he has shown a great

performance. A great performance by this young man. I agree, I think the

200 metres is where he'll go ultimately. He has that beautiful,

silky smooth technique. When he comes out of the block, second from

the right of the screen, doesn't spend that much time driving. As

soon as he hits the floor, just works his way, doesn't he?

Long strides, close to the ground. Doesn't have the same kind of tempo

that you see from some of the other runners. Remember, just going to

remind you of this Guy's age - he is just 18. He's gained all this great

experience already. Good stuff from the youngster.

Just a question mark about Blake, whether he drove hard out of the

blocks. Look at this, Colin, his reaction was not too bad, but his

pick-up was slow. I think he dipped under. Pushed out well. If you watch

him there, he doesn't look like he's straining too much, Steve. He

doesn't look like he's going to work himself. He's fighting for it, is

the word I want to look for. He's got eyes ahead, focussed. Feels

himself pulling through and left and right and glances at the right time

once he's crossed the line. Confirmation then of Blake then.

The long jump on the far side of the stadium there. And this athlete,

Henderson, is under massive pressure. The Olympic champion from

Rio. We saw the massive foul that he jumped in the second round. At the

moment he's going out. Let me bring you in, Toni. Henderson is last

comment leading 7.90 two. Is he going to do it? If the second round

is anything to go by, he should. If he moves it up about six inches,

running the way he did stop but there's a lot of anxiety and

nervousness. He is one of those who can generate bead on the runway and

run off the board and carry the speed deep into the pit. Very

capable, but nervous moments. Very nervous moments for Henderson, the

Olympic champion. All other eyes looking to him. The other athletes

have finished trying to make the final. 20 First Place, a big foul in

the second round. He need 7.92 or better to make the final. It's

better. This is going to be really close. It is a valid jump. It is

below the auto qualifying. I think he may have just done it. He shakes

his head but I think he may have jump just enough. We're looking the

summary. He made the adjustment, it was a bit of an over adjustment,

overcompensating for being so close in the second round. The blue line,

8.0 five. 7.92 or better to make the top 12. If he gets into the final,

all of these performances are scrapped. It's not enough,

Henderson, the Olympic champion, is out. Oh, that's distressing for him

and for his coach. A puzzled look on his face, he's not sure. Maybe he

doesn't understand that that is his competition over, a jump of 7.90,

easy for a man of his class and ability. He is a pressure man, he

proved that last year, a last round jump when he took gold in Rio. He

came here as a contender for the world title. Well, Henderson, no

part to play in tomorrow APPLAUSE

Final -- in tomorrow's final. The frustration I'm sure already in

place as a result of not being able to compete. Seeing competitors, who

he would have loved to go go toe to toe with all stop -- go toe to toe

with. Nothing he can do but watch, Greg Rutherford. Two Americans

faltering. Athletes in the men's long jump qualification, looking way

off their best. Tomorrow, the final, and Manyonga from South Africa is

looking possibly like the favourite. It can quickly go wrong and the

athletes know that one slip and it could be over. The first appearance

of one of the three British athletes going in the men's 100 metres on the

right, Reece Prescod, the UK champion, in lane two. Perhaps a

slight surprise that he won the UK title. Four British athletes have

gone quicker than him this season but Prescod delivered in Birmingham

and took the title well. This is who he is lining up against. Simbine,

very quick. Not De Grasse. A couple of days ago he pulled out. A big

loss to the race. Three will go through automatically. As big a

moment now when he won the UK title. Being welcomed to the Olympic

Stadium. Needing to go close perhaps to his best. Alex Wilson alongside

him from Switzerland. Simbine, well, so consistently fast this season, no

man has more sub ten second runs than him, eight of them. But Meite

and others have gone below ten seconds. Meite, the finalist in Rio,

winning the 100 in the Paris Diamond League. Burke, if you were with us

earlier, you may have seen him, from Barbados, coming through the

prelims. The Grassi, even though he pulled out a couple of days ago, he

is still listed in this race -- the Simbine was Wayde van Niekerk's

roommate in Rio. They are taking South African's men's sprinting

forward. Prescod in lane two. Wilson outside. Forte of Jamaica in four.

Simbine of five. Meite in six and Burke in seven and Saaid of the

Maldives is in eight. We will go through automatically to the

semifinals. -- three will go through what radically. Prescod getting a

decent start. Meite coming through and Simbine is in trouble. Prescod

is going to come through. The victory will go to Forte but

qualifying for the semifinals goes to Reece Prescod, very impressive

run. Meite also but disappointing for Simbine. All those times he is

delivered, he didn't go through but Reece Prescod certainly goes

through. The winner, Forte. Many cheers here for this man, Reece

Prescod, the UK champion, through to the semifinals. Strong performance

from this young man. I was wondering if he'd be anxious on the line. The

start is in his best part of the race but he nailed it, he got out

well, driving hard for those first couple of metres and put himself in

a very good position. Always strong from 60 two 100 metres. He keeps his

form. He knows the quality of the athletes around him. He does what is

necessary and is rewarded with a new personal best, 10.0 three. Great

performance. Out again from the blocks hard. He knows the quality is

to his right. He works hard, he keeps cool. He doesn't want to get

tight, cause anything tends that would slow him down and a great job.

Great to see that for the UK champion. Have a look again, bang,

getting up right, pushing hard. He's a tall man, he's always going to be

struggling for the quick start but that was pretty useful. It was the

time to do it. You don't want to leave anything here, you want to get

out and guarantee a place in the next round and that's what he's

done. Awarded, 10.03, let's hear from him now. Impressive

performance, to do it on H on a night like this and a personal best.

The stadium here, I saw so many people, it is mad. Nice to have the

people behind me. The run was pretty good. I've been working on my style

and it is getting there. Hopefully do the same tomorrow, execute and

just go for it. You are able to keep your nerves in check pretty well. I

was nervous this morning, I had to force down my breakfast. Me and my

roommate, CJ, keeping cool and hopefully keep going, really. So

close to the sub ten seconds, that must be so close for you, hopefully

tomorrow. I'm getting there, I feel it's coming and I got to take it

step-by-step. Tremendous race, well done. Thank you. What a run. Forte

is the first man to go under ten seconds this evening. Reece Prescod,

personal best, tenth on the UK all-time list. Simbine come out of

the automatic places but he is in qualification to go through as one

of the fastest losers. A lot of Brits are in action here in the

Olympic Stadium. One with a chance of winning a medal, Holly Bradshaw.

She's proved she can deliver on the biggest stages of all. Across the

last five or six years. She jumped 4.81 for a new British record in her

last outing. She says she's fitter and stronger than she has ever been.

The bar is at watch metres and 50 centimetres. She has passed the

opening two Heights. The first attempt for Holly Bradshaw. Oh, yes!

Good start. This is qualification. 4.16 is needed for Sunday's final.

It is the perfect start -- 4.6 p. Toney, we talked about her needing

to go well and that looked good. It was all right, she has been sat down

since the competition started -- Toni. The poll needs to be high and

up and in front of which is why you saw the kick the outside. 4.50,

first-time parents, very good. STUDIO: What an evening we've

experienced and we have so much more in store. Two legends of the sport

beginning their farewell. 80 minutes until we see Usain Bolt. We seen him

warning up and now we've seen the great man getting ready to walk

through. Mo Farah is still going through his strides and reparations

as well. Doing a little bit of elaborate stretching, moving the pal

big floor, thrusting, I'm not sure what the technical term is. Jess is

saying that isn't the technical term! -- pelvic floor. He will be

out on the track. No doubt the atmosphere is going to go up a notch

or two. It is the fourth round now of the men's 100 metres heats and

the Crown is calling this one with representation from Reece Prescod's

roommate, CJ Ujah. COMMENTATOR: What a season he has been having, CJ. A

change in his coaching set up. Now he is with Stuart McMillan. Running

with a new sense of confidence and consistency. He has been around the

ten second mark, doing well on the Diamond League. 9.98, his best

performance, in Rabat. Warmer than it is here but good conditions

tonight, we've seen some good sprinting so far. He has a pretty

good feet here, I think. Su may give him something to think about.

Interesting to see how Christopher Belcher for the USA, his first time

at this level. He has only run under ten seconds once, in the American

Championships. Interesting to see how he goes here. CJ: I like his

attitude. He brings a calm confidence to what he's doing. He is

in the shape of his life. Just missed out on the final last year in

Rio. Surely he can make it through to the final and then, you never

know. Su also won on the Diamond League circuit in front of the home

crowd in Shanghai. He was behind CJ in Rabat. And Bolt and others in

Monaco. We saw Millar earlier on in the prelims. Dodson from Samoa as

well. Going through to ten -- Belcher on the outside. He is a shy,

reserved character! The arm warmers, maybe his comment on the weather

here in London. Colin tells me that his father is German and Belcher and

CJ Ujah, two bookends in this heat. The first three will go through. It

is lanes two and nine, to watch. There will be a huge cheer if he can

just compete in the way that he has done all year.

False start in lane seven, that is less heart -- that is Lehata. He

knows it. First one of the championships, a dubious accolade.

Yes, you can see. Bang. Does he even wait? He just took off. These

athletes have come a long way and they will be disappointed when that

happens and so will the crowd, that's for sure. Clearly before the

gun. He was fourth in the Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow, 2014. Particularly in all the Caribbean countries.

So Mosito Lehata, sadly for him, that's the end of his world champs.

In the 100 metres, anyway. It is not a good moment, is it? When

you see that red card, you have to be escorted off. You've done all the

preparation, all the warm-up, all the procedure and just a little bit

of a lack of discipline or nerves causes that.

Probably nerves. You know, despite the experience that so many of these

athletes have, you know, if you had run in the heats of Rio you wouldn't

have had this size of crowd. So, a big occasion. What we are tliing

about the Japanese strip by the way, that definitely needs a few minutes

of discussion later in the evening. Aska Cambridge running in the lane

next to Chijindu Ujah. There he is, in lane two. A cheer going up from

the crowd on the far side. Safely away this time. CJ gets a

nice start. Bell with work to do. Cambridge is right in there. Bell

finally gets up there. -- Belcher finally gets up there. A season's

best for him. A slight head-wind. Hardly a breath of wind on the

track. We know it is fast. CJ got out nicely. 10. 07. That's all he

had to do. Negotiate, come back tomorrow. He would have liked to

have won his heat. You don't have to push that hard. A decent start. He

really nailed that. Worked hard for the right time to work hard and just

keep focussing. Just do what you can do. All season CJ has been doing

these type performances. That's all we can ask for him to do right now.

He will raise his game going through the rounds. Look, he's looking

across, making sure he's in the right position at the right time. I,

myself, am very pleased with that from CJ.

CJ, well done. First round over and done with. Seems like you were

relaxed. I was relaxed. Wanted to go through my phases and get ready for

tomorrow. You've had such a tremendous season. This World

Championships has been on the horizon for so long. What is it like

to be out there? It is nice. The crowd is amazing. Obviously London

World Champs, cannot get better than this. I will enjoy it. Hopefully I

can make it to the finals. What is it like for you at your early stage

of your career to be talked of as a contender or possible medal hope for

us? It is nice. But I have to keep my head down and focus on me and

just keep on improving. Is it good you have a roommate in Rhys? He's a

good kid. You saw him win the trials. I am sure he'll probably

smash his personal best again. It is good going forward for British

sprinting. All the best for tomorrow. Thank you.

A really good, solid performance. The heats are an indicator, nothing

more, that tough stuff comes tomorrow. Absolutely. They'll all be

nailing it tomorrow. For CJ, for me, it is a good season for him. Looks

like he's got all that control - good running, CJ. Really good.

So, Bingtian Su, from China, through safely and two good British

sprinters. And the third of the British

athletes will go in the final heat. Usain Bolt going in the last heat.

We take you right back Michael Johnson to the first heat and

Christian Coleman, obviously from the United States, has had a great

season. He's raced a lot. Yesterday you were worried that intensity of

racing he's done may make him not as sharp as you might like in terms of

predicting medals for him. What did you see today that impressed or

persuaded you otherwise? They made the right decision. He and his coach

decided no t to run in Europe after the US championships and that rest

has done him a service. As we see here. He looks very smooth, very

relaxed. The only concern I would have had is whether he was still

race-sharp because of the time off. It was certainly the right decision

to make to take that time off because he has had so many races.

He's obviously still very race-sharp here. This will boost his

confidence. I am sure he wants to get up there and run. This will

certainly boost his confidence. Very relaxed. He's a very impressive,

very neat sprinter. He's very efficient, very quick and has a

bright future. He's getting started. Just finished his college career.

Think I the future bodes well for him. The future looks bright in the

shape of Reece Prescod, who had a fantastic entry to the semifinal

there. The way he ran that, very composed. You wouldn't know it was

his first chasm pi whereonship. No, you wouldn't. -- championship. No,

you wouldn't. He was able to recover from that, which is impressive for

someone with his level of experience and acquitted himself very, very

well here. This is what you want. You want to produce your best

performances when it counts. He was able to do that and produce a

personal best here. It will get tougher in the next rounds. He will

go into the next round with quite a bit of confidence from this. He

doesn't look like, you know, the pressure really affected him much at

all. He said he was a little bit nervous this morning. But that is

good coaching to get a young athlete like that, ready here in the first

round in the 100 metres and produce a personal best. There is Justin

Gatlin, out for the penultimate of these heats of the 100 metres. Did I

imagine it, Andrew Cotter, or did I hear a boo there? Your imagination

is not playing tricks on you. There was a boo or two. Perhaps more than

that inside the stadium. Gatlin would be the golden man, but

for Bolt, who goes in the next heat. Here, heat five, three to go through

automatically and Gatlin, at the age of 35, starting his campaign again.

The hand's coming up. Lane two, Keston Bledman, very experienced

from Trinidad and Tobago. He has to explain why he wasn't happy.

He has to explain to the starter. Gives us a start to talk about the

starters. Keston Bledman, 29 now. He's, he's had some success. Again,

if you put your hand up, you do have to come up with a decent reason for

having done so. A very good reason. I was looking at him there and he

was having a proper conversation with the official. Out comes the

green card for everybody. Perhaps his foot was slipping down

the block or something. There'll be a reason. Got Kim alongside him. 10.

Ds 07. Justin Gatlin is there.

Gavin Smellie, quick starter. He goes in six.

Fisher, once of Jamaica, in seven. Abdullah Abkar Mohammed, came

through the prelims, in eight and Thando Roto ran 9. 95 this season.

Again, applause around the stadium. Now silence for the fifth of sixth

first-round heats in the men's 100. Oh, called back. It didn't look

pretty even that one. I was going to say a good start from Gatlin, as it

often is. He's halfway down the track.

And it might be Thando Roto, the South African... This is all going

wrong for the South African sprinters. Anyone below 0.1 is

considered a false start. Thando Roto will be heading off and

his World Championships in the 100 metres, certainly, is over.

Let's have a closer look at it, Colin. Far left. He's moving very

early. Very early indeed. And again, it is

what we were talking about earlier, I think a little bit of nerves.

Anxiety. First time on a big stage, with a crowd like this - Andrew,

where there's people who are very close to you. There's buzzing going

on, but you have to hold your concentration. He's looking at the

board. I can assure he'll be looking up in hope, because that red card

will be on the way. That's painful for him.

He'll try and argue his case. There's no arguing about it. It's

there, on the computer. Sorry, but that's the rules... There

we are! Harsh, but fair, you're out.

So, two non-starters here. Chavaughn Walsh didn't come to the start line.

We have Keston Bledman, Kukyoung Kim, of Korea. Justin Gatlin goes in

five. Gavin Smellie of Canada. Andrew Fisher Abdullah Mohammed of

Saudi Arabia. The rules... There we are!

Harsh, This time clearly away. A great

start from Kim in lane three. Gatlin making his move. Can he go through

automatically. Fisher as well. Labourering to the

line. Gatlin comes through. 10. 10.06. And

the noise inside -- 10. 06 and the noise inside the stadium. That

chequered history want to put it behind him, but the crowd in this

stadium not allowing him to here. He will win, he will move on and he

will shut it all out. He did what had to be done here. One of these

athletes who is great out the blocks. When he gets into that

rhythm, quite difficult. But look at that man - he's here and that will

be a little bit of a noise. What Justin Gatlin has to put up with so

often. We will show you Usain Bolt, the man

who has beaten him so many times, but he's in the house and just about

ready. Holly Bradshaw in the pole vault

qualification has chosen to pass her next height of four metres 55. She

shares the lead. 4. 60 is also qualifying. Talking

about the fact, that is a confident move, isn't it? It was a good

clearance at 4. 50. That has given her the confidence. It is a smart

move, save your energy and clear the 4. 60 the first time and that's you

through for qualifying. Let's wrap things up from the fifth

heat, Justin Gatlin taking it. Thando Roto, so disappointing, the

South African disqualified for that false start.

Usain Bolt, striding out for his heat, the final of these heats...

Listen to that! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Not just from

the Jamaican quarter. Anyone here with a ticket knows that tonight

they are very, very lucky indeed. They may not have a ticket for

tomorrow night and this could be the last chance they ever get to see him

out there and we're lucky, too, I guess, about we, Denise to see him

in the flesh as we have so many times. It has been a privilege to

watch him and watch him grow, watch him become the legend that he is.

You never get tired of seeing him connecting with his audience. I

mean, it feels like, you know, just, it's his arena. He's owned it for so

long. I cannot wait to see him meet his destiny, which is etched

already. It is fantastic. And Jess, not every athlete gets the privilege

of deciding when the end has come. Often injury cuts things short. You

had that last year in Rio and you the esided -- and you decided it was

the end. Anyone who saw the documentary saw the build up to Rio

was a struggle to get that motivation. He's here now. He's done

the hard work and it is about enjoying it. So many athletes have

to cut their careers short through injury or whatever it might be,

disappointments. He is that athlete. Purple is the colour of his school,

school uniform. Gold - well that speaks for itself! . The green and

gold of Jamaica. Steve Cram will call this one for you.

COMMENTATOR: Say hello, wave goodbye. Usain Bolt, a rapturous

welcome as he came into the arena. By contrast, as ever, to that of

Justin Gatlin. Here, the journey begins, for Usain Bolt. Heat six,

first round. Against him, James Dasaolu of Great Britain and Jimmy

Vicaut, of France, two of Europe's best. Fraser came through the rounds

early on, as did Rodney from Canada. Their reward, a chance to run

against a great man. Vicaut, I was watching him doing some stance. He

had some hamstring problems. He's been out for a few weeks. He says he

doesn't know how he's going to do but he's going to give his best

shot. He's worked hard to be fit and healthy. Everyone has been chatting

about CJ and Reece Prescod, Dasaolu has quietly gone about his business

and he's been in good form. Let's hope he can negotiate his way

through here. Tada of Japan. You don't need to introduce the

greatest athlete of all time. Here in London for the final time. As

ever, the showman on the start line. Let's put all of the emotion and

everything else to one side for the next few seconds. Now it's about how

good Usain Bolt is. We've seen his races, one under ten seconds. See if

he just does enough here. He has Vicaut and Dasaolu against him. Just

get an indication of where he can go in the next two rounds tomorrow.

Decent start from Bolt. Dasaolu was quick and so was Vicaut. Bowled has

some work to do here. Here he comes and there he goes. 10.0 eight. A

shake of the head. It's the pick-up that isn't quite there at the

moment, is it? That is Jimmy Vicaut and Dasaolu, he has given them a

three-metre head start over the first 20, 30 metres and then he runs

them down. He doesn't need to be better than that. But he has that

ability and quality, when he gets to top speed. It takes longer defined

it than he used to. He didn't have much urgency, from ten metres, 230.

It is when he glanced halfway down. He can afford to look around. You

can see him going, one, two, three, four, I need to change my place

here. -- my pace. I'm told by people who know this, Paula Radcliffe, he

is called Hero the hedgehog. He is playing the game up very well. Let's

have a look at this. It is that bit of the race where they get away from

him between ten and dirty metres. He takes a glance, doesn't he --

between ten and 30 metres. He starts hitting the floor a bit harder. He

gets up bright and he takes a nice easy victory. 10.0 seven. Your good

friend Colin Jackson talking over the replay, you've just watched it,

what did you think? Very bad! I stumbled a little bit coming out of

the blocks. I'm not very fond of these blocks, I think they are the

worst I've experienced. I have to get this together, I must get the

start together because I can't keep doing this. What is it about the

blocks in particular? It's shaky, when I did my warm up and pushed

back it felt like what I'm not used to. Not as firm as I'm used to. You

are used to this reception from the crowd, how amazing is that? Always

wonderful, they always show me so much love and I really appreciate

it. Happy to be here. It will be ramped up tomorrow, the semifinal.

We hope. Yeah, I'm excited, looking forward to the finals and doing my

best. All the best. The thing is, when he does his best,

it's pretty good! It's interesting, what he was saying about the blocks.

I think Bledman was saying the same thing, indicating that the blocks

had moved. When I was watching it I thought his foot actually slips

down. They are struggling with the comfort element of it. They can

practice it in the warm up. You can see his running with a little bit...

He looks anxious, he's not happy, is he? He canters his way through. But

when you're as talented as he is, you can afford to have those blips

and still ease your way through. So that's what he did. Let's have a

look at Jimmy Vicaut and Dasaolu there. Vicaut, that's good from a

man who's had a hamstring problem. Delighted not to have any problems.

Dasaolu never uses his full height. His knees get out in front of him.

He's in good form, Colin. Nice and strong, both athletes. Vicaut and

James know each other very well, racing head-to-head many times. Back

in the day they were the top two Europeans, so they know each other

well and it is nice that they have got through to tomorrow. It will

mean that Tada goes through and I think Simbine has the fastest loser.

Roto, his team-mate, with a false start. STUDIO: We need to get to the

bottom of the blocks, I think! You are the experts, what is he talking

to, what is he alluding to? Yeah, I'm not sure. They look like normal

blocks to me but the race didn't look like normal Usain Bolt. That

didn't look very good at all. I think he obviously felt something in

the blocks that he didn't like and he wasn't happy with the start and

it affected him in the race. Because what he started to do there, you see

him start to look around much earlier than he normally does. You

also see Usain Bolt coming out in the first round of a major

Championship, when he knows that he's got to use these rounds to get

himself sharp, to run a good first 60 metres, and he didn't. He threw

the race away at the end and looked over and thought, I'm going to raise