Day 10, Part 1 Athletics: World Championships

Good afternoon, welcome to live coverage on the final day of the

World Athletics Championships 2017. Hold the tears. If you weren't

watching last night, where were you? Prim adult -- three medals added to

the Great British and Irish tally. Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe are

with me. It was a different kind of Super Saturday to five years ago but

it was spectacular, wasn't it? Sometimes you think Super Saturday

must have been brilliant and in your memory you still have a vision of

it, but last night I don't know, certainly in the 4x100 relay I'm

trying to commentate against this noise sometimes and it was

incredible. Great night, great atmosphere. It's just the drama.

These World Championships keep giving. Paula, we have four new

superstars now, career defining moment for these guys and everybody

here wanted to make sure they remembered this moment. I understand

it was very difficult to get out because everybody wanted to absorb

that moment. Yes, everybody wanted to celebrate and it's been a long

time coming. We have talked a lot at this Championships about the next

generation coming through, who are going to look to next. We very much

know now where that generation will come. We talked about Eilidh Doyle's

motivation speech that she gave to the British team as team captain and

she said don't leave the hashtag out there, more to come, because I want

it all out on the track. Steve, you were talking this race, as the girls

celebrated with their team-mates. They were doing the same as us. Each

changeover they got excited, then it went quiet, the next changeover,

then Daryl was the only smart one, she was looking at the big screen to

see who could get to the line first. Great celebrations. This is the one

true bit of team in athletics, the relay. Talk about the British team

and Eilidh 's team talk is aimed at everyone individually but this

result is a systemic approach to producing a medal which is why we

won and the Americans don't. The Americans made a change from the

morning to the afternoon, they threw Baker on the top leg. They go who is

running fastest, let's put four out there. It is a proper drilled team.

The girls and guys work together and win together. I think one of them

said we win together we lose together and it was a great example

of that lost lives. For me I know sometimes people get mealy-mouthed

about relays but they are part of athletics just as much as triple

jump or,, or the walks we will see today and it's how you approach that

event and we take it seriously. It's not just a nice little add-on at the

end. Last night just shows we are good at it. Absolutely, incredible

synergy and the women with their brilliant silver. We will have time

to talk about that, and all of what happened last night in about an

hour's time but we are going to focus on the walks first. The 15km

walks for the men and women have already taken place. Here's what

happened earlier. The men's was won by Francis Johann of France.

Yes, he didn't have a great Olympics last year, he was injured just

before it. I don't think he even finished in Rio and it's taken a lot

of this year to get himself back together so to take their medal

tally to three, they are justifiably proud of that. In the women's race,

Ines Enriquez of Portugal. This was another one winning it for Portugal

in four hours, five minutes and 56 seconds. Ireland's Robert Heffernan

finished in eighth place. Great Britain have a team of five race

walkers, Tom Bosworth is the big-name running in the 20km walk.

Walking. If he's running he gets disqualified. The whole is getting

bigger, let's concentrate on the walking. Chances today? I think

realistically Tom has a top aide charms. He knows the Chinese walkers

in particular will take it out really fast. I think he was hoping

the weather conditions we might see something like Wednesday when it

rained all day because he is technically very strong and his

technique stays together when he gets tired but he maybe doesn't have

the pace we would love him to. He has a chance, a good chance. With

the London crowd. I was just going to make that point. If you are in

London today, go and cheer Tom on, and Callum as well. Silly things

have happened. On paper he should come ninth or tenth, something like

that, but disqualifications, the occasion, who knows. If you have

plans already to go outside, by all means watch the race live, if you

were planning on staying in and watching the race with us, stay

where you are. Let's talk about the women's 20km race because it's

already under way. They will walk a two kilometre race in all. Britain

have Gemma Bridge and Beth and Davis going in this one. The leaders are

just past ten kilometres and were going to the centre of London live

with your commentator. COMMENTATOR: Actually they are

walking a very consistent pace at the moment and that may be obvious.

The last two kilometre splits... Let's pause at the moment to check

the ten kilometre times. That is the leading group going through, and

these are the gaps after that to the chases. Most of those women were

prominent in the leading group of 20 for the first five kilometres or so.

Then we go into one down. In other words 45 minutes plus. Just looking

at the pace, the two kilometre lap times, the last three, coming up to

six kilometre it was a .46, coming up to eight kilometres it was 8.41,

then at ten kilometres 8.42, so pretty pace. One expects that in

race walking because by the very nature of the event you're not going

to get the dramatic changes of acceleration you can get of course

running. On the right, really struggling to keep going on the back

of this leading group. So important to stay with the group.

They pretty much remain in almost the same order, not only the group

of ten but almost unchanged with the Chinese just behind them. The gap is

beginning to open up maybe. It's just beginning to break away,

maybe. We are down to eight, let's see if those of the two can keep

going. It just looks as if Palmisano is pushing the pace on a bit. They

are paying the price. Palmisano has been a very consistent walk a time.

She is 33 years of age, eighth, eighth and sixth at three Olympic

Games bears testimony to that consistency. This year 's World

Championships, she has been sixth, eighth and fourth in the last three

editions, amazing consistency. She is there at the back of the park at

the moment, tenth place. Murder are the racewalking

enthusiasts or tourists looking on. Others wandering on must wonder what

they found. It's all about racewalking today. We started with

the men's 50 kilometres, we now have the women's 20 kilometres and we

will lead onto the men's 20km walk which is due to start at 2:20pm, and

it is now, what, just quarter past one here in Britain. And we are down

to the leading group of eight. A group of ten who were together for

so much of this race, just beginning to split. And a warning.

The first five kilometres there was a group of 20, then for much of the

race we have seen a group of ten, slowly whittling down. They might be

down to six in the moment. Wang just struggling there. So it is Palmisano

and Gonzales as has been throughout the race, then Lyu and Wang behind

them, De Sena, the Brazilian. We may see some athletes coming through

from behind, trying to track these down. Perez of Spain the leader of

that trio. 11 kilometres reached in 48.30.

Slightly quicker than for the previous one. Palmisano in the blue.

Gonzalez in the green and red. Always prominent, never shown at the

forefront of the picture, Arenas the Colombian, 23 years of age, steadily

making her way up in the rankings. She was 22nd in 2013, 19th in 2015,

has every chance of being higher this time.

The war of attrition is continuing. Six of them now at the forefront.

Behind the two Chinese and the two who led throughout, De Sena

Palmisano. Taking advantage of the shade.

The Queen I -- the eye of the judges in the centre. They pass 12

kilometres. That is the fastest of the race.

That is for the leaders. There is a clear gap between them. It is

amazing how quickly the gaps can open up. Still a long way to go.

Still to see whether they will make a decisive move or whether they will

continue this war of attrition. These are the favourites coming into

this race. Wang has those warnings and has

dropped back a little bit. A study of the Italian, who has been in the

lead since just about the whole race, Palmisano. Can she get on the

rostrum? Still taking on the water. Keeping

hydrated. Chinese sharing it between them.

Just one disqualification that we've seen so far. They are on two

warnings. Kovacs has got two warnings. Of the

leaders, just one red showing and that is Lyu. Gonzalez is concerned

that she is doing very well indeed. Palmisano next to her. Davies is

doing really well, the leading British athlete. Went through ten K.

She is really out on her own. It doesn't help but she is

concentrating on what she is doing. Davies and Gemma Bridge are the

British athletes. The Chinese are all pretty young.

Lyu, 23-year-old, has those medals. We have another youngster of 23.

Palmisano is 26. Quite a young contingent in this leading pack.

Arsena is very much the oldest at 32. She was seventh in the Olympic

Games last year. Partner of one of the leading

protagonists of the 50 K walk. One hour into the race and we have a

pack of six walkers. Palmisano, two Chinese athletes, Arsena of Brazil.

That is the leading pack. One hour into a race that will take less than

90 minutes. The speed has indeed increased.

Those leaders gradually increasing the temple all the time.

Well, Yang has moved to the front. Is it significant or is it a brief

moment? Gonzalez is closing the gap, as is the favourite. But we do seem

to have another one falling off the back. The Colombian suddenly finds

herself six or seven metres down so maybe we are down to five. That

little bursts. Now there is a tough battle to see if they can close that

gap. On her own in seventh place. We saw her struggling to hold on to the

back but now she has gone ahead. She is fighting gap and has

recaptured the top group. First sign of weakness.

Arenas is just behind. Unlike in the men's race, we have not seen any of

this. Just taking a cheque to the backmarkers. We have still got the

Kazakhstan racers at the back of the field.

Quaker gap back -- quite a gap back. Great tradition of walking in

Russia, which has been blighted by the doping scandals.

She battled hard. The youngster. She is our third disqualification. She

fought so hard but has had to yield. We've lost her. In seventh place at

the time. Yang showing prominently again. At the back of the group,

those two. One hour in five minutes into the

race. A little over 20 minutes until we come to the conclusion.

There is a gap ever opening. Walking in sixth place here. See how far

back she is from those top five. Passing through the 15 K point. The

tenth and 11th, the two Spaniards have gone through. That is a minute

and a half from the leaders. They are followed.

Borovska has been disqualified. We are whittling the field down from 60

competitors with some disqualifications. Up and down this

to kilometre course on the Mall. The judges keeping a close check on what

is happening. In some ways it is a pity that the walkers no longer go

on a route through a major city is used see in the championships. On

the other hand this is very friendly for spectators and it provides every

opportunity for the judges to keep a close track on the competitors.

There is some mapping going on now. -- lapping. Less than 20 minutes to

go before the conclusion of this race. At the moment one would say

the medallists look to be between this group of five. There is Arenas

now, a lonely sixth. Other women still going through that 15km point,

we have just seen the American going through in 20 Eighth Place, and

Bethan Davies has just passed that point as well.

Lyu going across to collect a drink, while the others did not at that

station. Then going back to rejoin them. Gonzalez, the Olympic

silver-medallist, leads. Lyu, the Olympic bronze-medallist. Palmisano,

fourth in the Olympics. The newcomer, Yang of China. We have

most of the leading protagonists from the last couple of years of

women's racewalking. Here is Perez, and Madarasz of Hungary moving up

the field nicely. This is Borovska of the view -- the

Ukraine, who was in a prominent place. It is sad. Most events on the

track and field programme you can complete and if it doesn't go well

for you you can still compete, but not so in this. The Kazakhstan

athletes have been at the back of the park nearly all the way. Repina

was in 50 Sixth Place. The leaders are doing the laps now in little

over eight minutes. For most of the way it has been

Palmisano and Gonzalez side-by-side. Flanked by the Chinese athletes in

the red vests. China with a great record of course

in the women's racewalking. In the history of the World Championships

they have had three gold-medallists, three silver, two bronze and in

Beijing two years ago we had Lyu Hong winning. She also won back in

2011, and if we go further back it was Lyu Hong Hu, similar name but

different athlete. They must be glad we don't have the searing

temperatures they experienced in Seville. The championship record

goes way back to 2005, Ivanova in Helsinki. Helsinki had some notable

rain at some stages, a torrential rainstorm caused a delay for a

couple of hours in the Olympic Stadium, and they had to retreat to

the back of the stance. That day, we came back again and the rain didn't

last as long as it did. Last week we had persistent rain throughout the

day. Now then, is Palmisano beginning to drop back? We may be

down to three, the two Chinese and Gonzalez but I wouldn't write off

Palmisano yet. It looks for the moment as if the leading trio are

trying to get away, that's hard to sign the others struggling harder.

There is the disqualified athletes. There's two raids against the

Australian, Hungarian, and then these are the athletes with one,

which does include one of our leaders, Wang. Gemma Bridge also has

one red against her name. So too does Repina, who we just saw lapped.

A little over ten minutes to go and we have a group of five. This is a

very different story, the men's 50 kilometres walk was won by the

Frenchman excelling with the fastest time ever recorded, three hours 33

minutes. Very different story in this race

where the women are closely bunched. The gaps are definitely down and we

may be down to three to fight the medals. We will see. Palmisano,

narrowing the gap quickly, but it does look as if the Brazilian, De

Sena is falling back and will be fighting hard to get back. The

favourite, Lyu, tucks in behind her compatriot. The question is can De

Sena get back again? They have passed through 16, 17 kilometres

now, reached in 1:14:03. We are going to get some good times from

these leaders. Enjoying, I hope, as best you can when you are exerting

yourself as much as that in these conditions in London. Here they

come, to pass some more lapped walkers. Wang, having a look at her

watch. The last kilometre in 4.12. Gradually increasing all the time.

Gonzalez and Palmisano, so prominent in the early stages of this race.

Rejoined after taking the water on board by the Chinese athletes, Lyu

and Wang. Palmisano definitely struggling again.

Now then, Palmisano seems to be struggling once again. We have

noticed this for the last or two. It looks like it might be between the

two Chinese athletes and the Mexican. Palmisano is nothing if not

a fighter, she is determined to get it back but the gap is opening up

every stride it seems at the moment. And it is Gonzalez and Lyu and Wang.

Palmisano on the right there. The picture shortens the gap of course.

De Sena and Arenas dropped off the leading group. Palmisano something

like 12 metres now, and it is Wang pushing on. Round they go past

Buckingham Palace. About 1.27, I think, a shade

quicker. Going past the Australian there. There is Palmisano, but it is

the trio, it is the Chinese athletes, Yang and Lyu, together

with Gonzalez of Mexico. Yang, Down the youngest of the Chinese

athletes. Gonzalez still taking on water in

these last minutes of the race. The Chinese seeking to add to their

medal haul. It's been a good day for the Far East already with two medals

going to Japan in the men's race. Gonzalez hoping to uphold the

tradition of Mexican walking, mostly retained by the men in the past.

Indeed they have not won a medal in the women's race, their highest

place being sixth before. So can it be Mexico's first medal? It looks

set to be, certainly, their first gold. The Chinese have always been

prepared to hang slightly back off the leaders. That was Palmisano and

Gonzalez for much of the race. There is Claire Tallent. Gonzalez still

wearing that agonised expression. Lee, on the left, lapped. Focusing

on keeping their walking gait, keeping away from the judges'

displeasure. Maintaining this increased tempo towards the closing

stages. They are not far away now. There's three absolutely locked

together, this will be one of the closest finishes in history. It was

close of course in Beijing when both finished with the same time.

It looks like Lyu is in serious trouble. There are three red against

her. She does not know it yet. There are three red is for lost contact

showing on our screen. Palmisano has one card. Gonzalez touching the

barrier. This could be one of those occasions when an athlete crosses

the line and learns of their disqualification after. Here they

come round the bend. Past Buckingham Palace again. Pushing on hard. Lyu

might not know that she's serious trouble. This could be the moment.

Coming into the closing stages, we could have a fascinating, epic

finish. Lyu on the right but with three red is against her name. The

Mexican trying to keep pace with the Chinese, it does not look like she

can. There could be a change in those positions. Palmisano may not

know it but could yet be in line for a medal. Yang going clear. Could

well be on her way to gold. Coming into the finishing straight. Fine

finish. Yang it is. Lyu has been stopped. We knew it. The gold goes

to Yang. And insight of the finish, after

Gonzales, Lyu has been stopped. It was a very fast time. Yang can

celebrate for China but it was a tragic end for her compatriot Lyu.

Coming in in fourth is the Brazilian, De Sena. Gonzalez is so

prominent throughout. Has achieved a medal for Mexico. The first woman to

win one for Mexico in walking Championship history. There is the

finish of the 20 K walk. Takes the gold fractionally ahead of the

Mexican, Gonzalez, and there are the medallists joining in with that

dramatic disqualification. Early on in this race we have a pack of 20.

After it was down to ten. Gradually whittled down. Yang it was with a

little burst fairly early on, pushed on to achieve a very narrow victory.

A great day for Portugal. Finishing in sixth place. She will have been

delighted that her compatriot won in a world record time.

Garcia of Peru finishing in seventh place.

Wang Na crossing the line next. Then we have Perez, so that is two

Spaniards in the top ten. Just inside the 90 minute standard for

the woman. So, congratulations to China's Yang.

But a bit of late drama for the British fans. Didn't see that coming

from Lyu. She did not see it either! She did but she was trying to

pretend. One that sticks in my mind was Jean Southall, when she was

leading the Olympic race in Sydney and was disqualified in front of a

packed stadium, inside the stadium. It is something that they've got to

factor in. They've got to get their heads around the fact that not only

can injury destroyer race, you can be disqualified because the more

tired you get, you cannot hold your form. She will have seen that she

was on two warnings. Once you've started to make mistakes you are

more likely to keep making them. She was so close. That is the

heartbreak. And for Palmisano, she did not know

until she crossed the line. Bitter disappointment followed by huge

relief. We will talk about Tom Bosworth in the men's race at

2:20pm. But it means that we have time to talk about last night. I

think the Hall of London was alive with excitement after Great

Britain's men's team won a gold medal in the 4x100 relay. Colin

Jackson thought that they were definitely going to win it. And they

did. So did I! I predicted it. I was the only one who predicted it.

Totally wishful thinking but it came true for me. Here is what happened.

Great Britain have seen the women do a lap of honour for their silver

medal. They will be inspired. He's stood like a colossus over his

sport for so long and the final moment has come. Great Britain, it

is all nothing. Never won the world title.

Safely away, CJ Ujah has made a great start.

Jamaica made a great start and studied USA by Great Britain are

leading. Adam Gemili leading brilliant way down the back

straight. He will give it to Danny Talbot. In Britain still leading.

Yoann Blake at the front but Great Britain are in front! Away he goes!

The USA, coming back, it is going to be gold!

Great Britain have won the gold medal! Mitchell-Blake, that was

phenomenal. That is just amazing. Everything came together. This was a

perfect race. Are gold-medallists of the night. Here they are, the new

world champions. We worked so hard, the guys behind the scene, the whole

of British athletics. And it is great to win it in London, our

hometown. Amazing. The feelings, the emotions, the euphoria, I am trying

to register that we are world champions. It was sensational,

wasn't it? Everybody watching who might not have had a chance to be in

here, described the sound. It was huge. There was only one place to be

last night. Watching that on a screen or watching that in the

stadium. You could hear everyone holding their breath is. That final

bets, the excitement, you cannot describe it. As I was making my way

home, it was the kind of thing I was thinking, the whole nation,

everybody was out on the street, everybody was really enjoying it.

Because it was unexpected coming into the championships, it was

supposed to be about Mo Farah, but we were witnessing of the birth of

the track team in Great Britain that could do serious damage going

forward. Not just the men. The men won the gold. They were the heroes

of the night. It set it up perfectly, the girls getting silver.

They will have seen that and they will have known that and they will

have bought, we got to go out and prove ourselves. They work together

as a team. They all work together in the camps, they support each other

through the tough times and then they get to celebrate together in

the good times. It was so nice that they both got on the podium. The

youngsters getting through, they've got a big future ahead of them. I'm

sure it was a huge celebration that they all enjoyed last night. Let's

look at the women's race. They are such a tight unit. They are friends

and they go through the motions. They really enjoy being on the track

together. They do. They are a really big team and they work together so

much. That is reflected in the changeover is going so well. It is

really rare. If the men get a baton round they are likely to get a

medal. Women take less risks but they are equally as well drilled as

the men. They barely make a mistake. It was so good to see them back up

last year's result and then stay out, that footage of them staying to

watch the men get the gold medal was really special. It showed how tight

this group is. You mentioned that they are still so young. They backed

up bronze with silver medal. We opened up the programme talking

about super Saturday and the fact that five years ago there was the

culmination of all that hard work, three guys in the peak of their

lives, creating that special moment. Maybe last night we saw the

beginning of the future of British track athletics. They witnessed

potentially the next five years. Maybe behind the scenes you have

kids in the stands, maybe carrying the baskets, they will be inspired

by what happened and that is the story of the sport. People take time

to come through and sometimes it is a little bit of luck. It is these

moments that give them the confidence to go forward. These are

not relay teams that goal, we are now gold-medallists, we will leave

it at that. People who are knocking on the door of individual gold

medals, that will give them the confidence going forward. It was

nice to see Adam Gemili after not being selected in an individual

event, playing a pivotal role in giving them that lead that they held

onto. So much talent. They are on the back of all the newspapers.

Let's have a look at one of them. They are the men of the future. Like

we said, and night they will have celebrated and remembered for many

years to come. It was supposed to be Mo Farah on the back of the papers.

close of course in Beijing when both finished with the same time.

Yesterday didn't go quite as planned and it was a very different result

for Mo Farah, we join it after 3000 metres.

Of all people, it is the Australian trying to move things on, maybe

inspired by Pearson. This is a real injection of pace for the first time

but of course Mohammed won't worry about Tiernan. He will keep an eye

on it but won't jump in behind him. He moved to the outside when he was

being lapped by Mo Farah and made a mistake in the previous race.

Tiernan there running steadily, he won't be able to last at that place.

They come round into the straight and it is four laps to go. The

tension is increasing. We don't know how fast so these athletes are in a

slow race. Mo is controlling the group and they are doing what he

wants them to do. The pace starts to pick up so there is a Brit at the

front of the group and one towards the back. Farah where we would want

him all to be, controlling things. Even physically making sure they are

not going to intimidate him. Varies Andrew Butchart in another global

final here, chasing his team-mate, chasing Mo Farah. They are all doing

that at the moment. Kejelcha is dangerous in his finish. It is

building gradually, no big sprint yet. It still isn't very quick but

the dangers are collecting at the front. Just behind Mo Farah is

Chelimo, the American, also Kejelcha and the Kenyan. Mo is closing down.

He looks up a lot at the screen, he's looking around him and he knows

who's there. The other night when I was talking to him after the

10,000m, I said to him were you nervous at any point and he said no,

I was counting them up, thinking he cannot beat me in a sprint finish,

he cannot beat me in a sprint finish, getting more confident.

Hopefully that's what's happening to him now. Two and a half laps to go

and this is where Mo Farah has shown he's the best in the world in

closing a race from this point. Nobody has been able to find a way

to get past him long enough to stay out there and snatch the win away

from him. Tiernan will see the two laps to go marker and tell his

grandchildren one day I was 15 metres ahead of Mo Farah in the

World Championship final with two laps to go, but I'm not sure it will

stay that way. They will all want to kick but nobody will want to go past

Farah. They are lining up behind Mo Farah and closing down quickly. Now

the race is on. Mo Farah relaxing as much as he can and he doesn't want

to let anyone past him now. I think his tactics will be hold off any

move. Andrew Butchart coming along the outside, trying to get involved.

They pass Tiernan. Two men of Great Britain, wearing the vests. The

stadium is rocking to the beat set by Mo Farah and Andrew Butchart.

Kejelcha, moving up onto his shoulder. And he's trying to make a

move. Can Mo respond? He's got to be careful here, Kejelcha stretching.

The crowd response, Edris response. Now Mo has got to control this run

and get himself into a position where he can go for it now. He has

never won from this position, he's under real pressure. He still in

touch, closing slightly. Chelimo is coming as well. Mo Farah has got to

try to muster a sprint. Chelimo is coming. Does he wait for the inside

gap? He's boxed, he's got no room. Here comes Farah, he's got to find

some room on the inside but Edris was going to take the medal. It's

going to be Ethiopia at last. Mo Farah fights for the silver!

So the silver medal for Mo Farah at the end of last night's five

kilometres, you can see what it took out of them. Let's see what

Silverman to him. He was able to get up, he still had a smile on his face

when he took the silver medal. Eventually he shared that moment

with his family and the 60,000 strong crowd last night. It wasn't

the way he wanted things to end and a few hours later, it got even more

emotional for Mo Farah. There is nothing not to be said, history

doesn't lie. It is real hard work and dedication. Year after year.

Sometimes I find it bizarre how certain people write certain things

to be able to suit how they want to sell the story. The fact is, it is

what it is. And you know what I have achieved this through hard work.

Sometimes you guys get to me at certain times because you never

write the fact. The fact is over the years I have achieved through my

hard work, through hard work and pain. If there was something as I

crossed my line, as I said in the first interview, it's like a broken

record repeating itself. It's like I've achieved what I have achieved

and then you are trying to destroy it. It's like, OK.

Mo Farah at a press conference today, alluding to questions asked

about him, his biological passport and his coach, Alberto Salazar, and

you could see how disappointed he was but that was the last note

people had to say about him. Yes, and I can see exactly how he would

be. Everybody works hard, everybody trying to compete in a World

Championships works very hard, but when you have worked hard and then

have the questions asked time and time again, it must be frustrating.

He's the person who really knows, and he knows that and it is question

Time after time, it must be hard. Maybe he hasn't helped himself

either in terms of he hasn't been open with the media, he wouldn't do

interviews or speak to people because he's not comfortable in that

situation. He's much more comfortable just doing his talking

on the track but it kind of comes with the territory. When the

questions are there, you have to address them and give answers to

them. I guess like Usain Bolt finishing his 4x100 metres on the

track last night, it is not the way the public will necessarily remember

him, and it is a silver added to the gold medal he won a week before.

Here is how Mo's major medals looks and for anyone that isn't bad. No,

he's the most dedicated British sports person, probably globally,

not including relays or anything like that. How he has amassed that

and the dominance he has enjoyed over the rest of the field, that

kind of magic spell he has almost cast over them, and it has taken

five years to work out how to beat him. They beat him when he was tired

on the night and right at the end of his career so it's almost like a

mirror image except one is in the tenth and one is in the five. In the

beginning he didn't quite believe enough or have that domination over

everybody. Now he was tired, and maybe in the end he always talks

about the slow race being his best race and his best chance for

finishing strong but maybe it would have suited him better if it had

been a little bit quicker earlier on.

Very quickly, we will see him on the road at stadiums like this will miss

Mo Farah, it will be very different. Yes, but I think the next generation

will come in and this Championships should never be looked at as, oh,

this is sad because it's the last championships for Usain Bolt or Mo

Farah, Greg Rutherford couldn't be here. It should be looked at as a

celebration of the new stars coming through, and our boys and girls in

the relay and what's still to come. So much more to look forward to

including Tom Bosworth in the men's 20 kilometres hoping to add to the

medal tally today. The man has great memories of racing in London. I felt

a lot of pressure going into that race. The nose in -- the noise in

those last two laps, I want to go and do it again, it was that

special. The feeling is incredible, I wish I could bottle that up. I had

no idea I could go that quickly. When I saw the clock, as you can see

from my reaction, I couldn't believe how far under the time I was.

Smashed it! A new world best. It has been a phenomenal two or three years

for you in terms of the progress you have made, and Rio was a step in

that. I was never this world-class junior athlete, it's taken a long

time to develop its longer and faster and now I've finished in the

top eight in the Olympic Games. Is worth really stretching the field

out now. In London I just want to back up what I did in Rio, that was

a complete shock. I finished about 30 places higher than I was ranked.

Showing I'm a top eight athlete is what I want to do, and maybe this

year on home turf who knows. Given what you have said, what do you need

to do to go to the next stage? Year on year, I have ever done is try to

train better, eat better and become more consistent. Getting that bit

faster. I've done more altitude this year so I'm trying to look for the

1% s. And you will have this opportunity on the streets of London

in front of the home crowd, what do you think that will be like? I'm

hoping it will be the best day of my life. I missed London 2012 by nine

seconds qualifying time so it was agony for me. Now we are here but I

never dreamt I would be a contender on the day. I have said it before,

it's like the 12th man in football, having the home crowd behind you.

For me it is so inspiring and I hope I can inspire others and put the

performance in. Is there a danger you can get carried away with the

occasion? Yes, it is a 20km race, I cannot go flying off at the

beginning. Something I'm quite proud of is I'm mentally strong so I can

put the nerves to one side, focus on the job in hand, and when the

crowds, when I need their help, that is when I tune into them and

hopefully they will help me home. You have talked about altitude and

your training, you are very much part of the endurance community now.

You come on camps with Mo and the rest of the guys. How important has

that been for you? I have loved it. For me personally racewalking, it's

been like coming into the team, and when you're away from home it makes

life easier and the environment more enjoyable. Just spending time with

these people, training with them and seeing I work just as hard as they

do, and they can relate. It is not the strange event that no one knows

anything about. You are leading the way and your performance in Rio must

have helped in terms of that exposure. Do you feel as though you

cannot concentrate on being as good a race walker as you can be, you

have to be a flag bearer as well? Yes, I said recently it's nice

there's other guys and girls coming through now. Five qualified for

London but they are not just good, they are getting world-class

already, a lot quicker than I did so that's great. I will end up being

beaten soon enough by another Brit and that's great for the event. For

me it's great because I got to that point where I'm world-class and for

them to beat me, they have to be world-class. I'm pleased I started

that journey for racewalking and the depth will grow and grow.

Steve Cram asking the questions the very hopeful Tom Boswell. To keep

you up-to-date with the women's 20 kilometres race, the British runners

in -- walkers in 28 and 40. Tom Bosworth, we saw him in the

anniversary games. He's a guy making good strides, walking, not running.

He deserves to do really well today. He has worked really hard and it is

interesting that he's talked about being part of the team. He's one the

admiration of the rest of the British endurance teams because he's

very much part of that group. He trained extremely and is bringing

through a group of youngsters behind him. He's making a step up to the

20-kilometre walk. Both boys really appreciate that they are getting a

chance to walk on a course that will be lined with the support they will

never have experienced before. Making the most of that. Just to be

on top of the game is what they want. Absolutely. Paula is going to

hop over to the commentary box which is not actually that easy to get to.

Take your heels off and take your time. Racing alongside Tom Bosworth.

Let's see how things are looking in London because Steve Cram is down

there and we'll talk this through things. Thank you. Beautiful day in

London. We hope there will be plenty of spectators. An event which

captured everybody in Rio de Janiero, drawing focus to race

walking in a way that it has not had for some time. They could not have

had a better venue for today. Right in front of Buckingham Palace, and

the Mall. The famous venue for the finish of the London Marathon. Given

special permission to use it for the events. We've had 50-kilometre walks

already. Bethan was just outside her personal

best. That disqualification from the Chinese athlete, right at the

closing stages. For people who are not familiar with the rules. Tom

Bosworth is right on the left. I'm sure Tom will be delighted. He will

be racing in front of a home crowd. Plenty of opposition. The Chinese

interestingly have not picked the men who finished in the gold and

silver positions in Rio de Janiero. The speed may well set him in good

stead. This man has been picked in the Chinese trials. He got a

phenomenal trial. This man is defending from Spain. Lopez. It is a

little bit more relevant. I will talk more at this gets going. The

final race, the men's 20 kilometres. Tom Bosworth and Calum Wilkinson for

Great Britain. The Mall is packed, beautiful day, the conditions are

very good indeed. The temperature is about 21 degrees. Each lap is two

kilometres. They head down towards Admiralty Arch. Spin around. Head

back up the Mall. They walk around the Phantom at the top end. We will

be getting splits every kilometre. We are looking at about four

minutes. Did not get a personal best. They are well under way. What

shall we talk about? The rules? They will be stuck together quite a long

time in early stages. If you are new to race walking, the judges are

looking for two things. You might have seen a lot of pictures and

super slow motion. The judges judge with their naked eye. They are

looking for contacts with the ground, and inevitably they do lose

contact with the ground, occasionally. It is in the eye of

the beholder. They can issue a warning if they see that you are

losing contact. They have a yellow paddle. If you continue to do so you

could receive a red. Three red paddles and you will be out. The

other thing is straight leg. You've got to lockets and then bend it.

Straight leg in front of you until your body moves over your leg. Then

you can bend your leg. So they are looking for two things. They have

two symbols on the paddles to tell you what they are warning you about.

Three red and you're out. No judge can offer you more than one red. You

have to have three separate judges from different countries. So they

cannot have one judge picking on one person three times. Three separate

judges decide. The chief judge get the ultimate say and he can overrule

everybody if he wants to. It is something everybody have to get

their heads around as part of the discipline. You take part in the

marathon and you know that you will go through some rough patches. The

race walkers need to accept the physical endurance of it. They need

to accept the technical side of it and that they cannot make those

mistakes. I think Tom Bosworth has talked a lot about how much he

worked on that technique, to ensure that however tired he is, if he

doesn't get lazy, loses technique, and not be able to hold that

straight leg. That is something that he drilled a lot so that people ask

whether he does any running. Tom does not do much about because he

does not want to get into his head that kind of bending the knee that

we do is brothers. He wants to make sure that he's technically strong on

there. You can tell that his technique is not right. He knows

that the judge will be there. They do need to accept it as part of the

game. I remember talking to the winner of the 50-kilometre walk and

he said you just got to accept that it happens and you cannot take it

personally, you cannot hold it against any of the judges, they are

doing their job and you just have a bad day and you made a mistake. Just

having a look behind. The Australian, the Olympic

bronze-medallist moving up on the right-hand side. Very early stages.

The Chinese athletes coming through. Just setting the early pace. You

were with me when we were chatting earlier in the week. Tom said, I

will go with him. If it is fast it is vast. He hopes it is not too

fast. A little bit of bad weather would have maybe help because his

technique stand-up in the difficult conditions. Perfect conditions and

perfect road services. We have a world best in the women's 50

kilometres. It could be that we are heading for a quick time. This is

the first time that they take the wide route. Around the monument and

around the Fountain. Big crowds which is great to see. It's a very

British thing, race walking. People asking where it starts, is it a new

thing? It is one of the oldest disciplines in track and field. Part

of the championships in 1880. It develops out of the British pastime

of pedestrians. I love this concept. A lot of bets were going on in a lot

of endurance events. Horse racing, running, walking as well. One of the

theories which I really liked the idea that footmen walked alongside

the carriages of their masters, they were never allowed to run. They

always had to walk. Eventually their masters started betting as to which

was better than the other. The desk trainers, as it was called, became a

really good way for guys to bet against each other and that is how

it started. The rules were introduced and we ended up with the

rules which were adopted in 1908 and we had the Olympic event. , Has

received a yellow card? I'm not sure if it was for him or Takahashi. It

may have been to the group as a whole. It may be was them saying,

don't get too carried away here. Can we get information on that? Not on

the caution but the red ones will come up. They've started fairly

quickly. The first kilometre was three minutes 58. Tom has not broken

80 minutes. He's just checking his watch. They are right on one hour.

I'm a little surprised to see, there. That to see Tom there. Maybe

they hung around as long as they could. He's not very quick in the

latter stages. Certainly, the race plan he was alluding to earlier on

was one of patients. Maybe a bit of excitement in the early stages. He

was at the front. He's still got people sitting behind him and going

with his pace. I think Tom was expecting the Chinese team, they are

all very young, they have made a big step in senior championships and he

was expecting them to push the pace early on and make a very fast pace.

Maybe he's trying to motivate the team. Another warning shown. You've

got to accept that will happen. People will be disqualified. Some of

the main contenders will get disqualified. The German is having a

great season. He's much further back and starting off the way that Tom

said he was going to. Lopez, the defending champion in the red and

the yellow, is going close as well. He's just behind him. The told

German. Have Germany won a gold medal? I will let you think about

it. They've at second. Second and third in the decathlon. In the

javelin. Thank you. They did win the gold medal. This is going against

what Tom said and that's not a criticism. He is either feeling good

there, he's certainly rising to the occasion. He knows that he's come to

the championships with a prospect of, he knows to be in contention

he's got to be quicker than ever before. Certainly set out at quicker

pace. He did this in the Rio de Janiero. He went had to the front

and he built up a fear lead. He may be trying to replicate that. He may

be inspired by this morning, seeing him go out early and ill on it.

Picked out Tom Bosworth a couple of years ago and said, this guy coming

through could be really good. He could really make that breakthrough

to the world stage. Just taking his drink.

They stole in leads and we were talking in the interview about being

part of the endurance programme with the other athletes, with Mo, in

Beijing, Tom is a popular part of the endurance team as well. Young

Callum starting to become part of that as well. The Brownlee brothers,

there as well, Beth Potter, it's a great community. I see them on the

track training quite a lot. There's a whole bunch of people wanting to

do race walkers and Tom is a talisman for it. In a short space of

time he has become well-known quickly, and why not, he's done

incredibly well and that mile performance at the anniversary games

has certainly helped as well. Callum, there he is, good timing.

Winning the world Junior Championships, an incredible

performance. Tom maintaining good pace here, but Callum from

Newmarket. The trial was held in New Haven Park in leads and Callum

finished second to Tom. Tom was alluding in that interview that

Mobot was walking much faster than him at a comparable age. So Tom

Bosworth reading this, the Olympic bronze-medallist, the Australian,

Smith in the group, Takahashi, wine Wang, Lopez of Spain. The

silver-medallist from London hasn't been going so quick these days, but

he is off the back of this group. They haven't quite settle down but

Tom is setting a good pace here. It's amazing how when you get into

the race, whatever plans were there beforehand, you can very quickly

readjust and think I feel good, let's have a go here and that's

obviously what seems to be happening. Yes, I think if they had

been walking really quick, walking well below 80 minute pace, I think

Tom would have settled into that park but he knows he's in shape to

improve his personal best, he's been improving those times all year so he

thinks why am I going to walk slower than that pace, I might as well walk

clear at the front, get a clear view of the road

ahead of me and keep this moving at a pace that will suit me. He can

close fast but if he leaves it to slow, you are leaving it open to be

able to put big surges in there which are risky to cover because you

might risk losing your technique in those surges. When you think about

it, he walked not much outside one hour 20 in Rio, and although it is a

nice day today it is nowhere near the conditions they had to face in

Rio. It was a little bit of a race of attrition to some extent. The

disqualifications become a factor when they are fatigued. To make it a

good, honest pace is not a bad option. Another few warnings being

given there but we are yet to have the first red card. Callum Wilkinson

just going through your picture. Fairly even pace at the front here,

a very even pace being set by Britain's best here.

15.56. It's almost been metronomic, I guess that is one of the features

of racewalking. But it is the ability to change pace, particularly

when fatigue sets in. It's a bit like the marathon, if you can just

kind of stay steady and then start to race the latter stages, that's an

incredible ability to have. Some are just hanging on, and Mobot comes

through taking water there. There is Barrondo, the

silver-medallist from London. Racewalking is popular in several

countries around the world. Lincoln did a personal best in the

race before then. That is Tom, straight leg. You can see the S. So

he's got to watch that, that is a caution. Each of those paddles

should have an S. It will have an inverted L for lifting. That looks

like its load Tom up a little bit, that caution. You can tell they are

suddenly gathering behind him. Maybe off the pace a tad. I think he was

also just checking to see, is it Wang behind him, did he want to come

through? Tom wants to keep his pace moving, I don't think he wants to be

leading at this point. He might be more comfortable sitting back in the

park but he doesn't particularly want the pace to drop. As I've said

that he starting to surge a little bit and building up a bit of

daylight now. It helps when the group goes into the bend, they

obviously move a little bit more into single file and then gather

again after that. Tom now happy to relinquish the lead. What a great

view. Free tickets for the marathon is of course and for the walks.

Mobot Wilkinson, the junior champion, on the track going

through. These championships have been phenomenal. I used that word a

bit too much last night, but it was. The crowds in the stadium, now on

the roads. It has been like London all over again. In a different way

because obviously people are coming specifically to watch athletics. I

know we have been going on about medals and thankfully we got a few

last night, but that aside I think it's been one of the best World

Championships I have ever been to, either as an athlete or as a member

of the media watching. The atmosphere has been incredible and

it's been the drama that we have seen on the track, a little bit off

the track as well. Surprise after surprise. Favourites not winning,

and as we saw last night, the legends of the sport coming to the

end of their careers. There has been so much to talk about, so much to

draw people into athletics. I just hope we can keep those people

interested for the next few years as we head towards Tokyo, and the

Commonwealth Games next year of course, the European Championships,

another World Championships, then off to Tokyo. Yes, all of that to

look forward to and I think it just goes to illustrate the beauty and

magic of athletics. It is that drama, the fact it is not scripted

and it's all about the stories and emotions coming out. People can

identify with the journey Sally Pearson has been on over the last

four or five years, and to come back and grab that victory last night,

the whole stadium could appreciate that, even those watching athletics

for the first signs can see that emotion. It is contagious and it

builds up. It is the unpredictability against the fact

some bits are unpredictable but you can never guarantee what happens on

the racing circuit and you have to be in the right position to see that

moment. -- seize the moment. Kevin Campion the leader, and looking down

and being told Mobot Wilkinson has had a red card. The first junior to

receive a red card, that's a dubious honour. If you are joining us, the

way the rules work - the judges are looking for maintaining contact with

the ground according to the naked eye. They have no screens to look

at, no super slow motion, and they cannot use any other aids. So they

are looking for that and straight leg. Mobot has been warned about

lifting. I say warned, the red card means instead of a caution that's a

warning. You are allowed two and the third one is a disqualification. And

each warning has to come from a separate judge. Tom Bosworth in the

lead group and they are starting to then out a little bit. I was talking

to Mel earlier and she said if I can stay with them and they drop off one

by one, who knows what size the group is going into the last lap.

Campion of France, the leader, another like Tom, hasn't broken one

hour 27 this pace right on the edge for him as well. Then

Wang the Chinese trials were held back in March. The time is set of

1:17:54. The normal time. I guess we should, Paula, apart from the red

cards which are part of the event and competition, racewalking has

been perhaps more than anything else decimated by positive drug tests.

Most of them with Russia. We had the one coach who has more than 20

athletes eventually got caught between 2005 and 2015. He has now

been banned for life. The Olympic champion from London. The Russian

team are not here but they had a whole bunch of their racewalking

programme completely wiped out. Then you think of the Italian as well so

that has helped the case for the likes of Tom, knowing the drug

testing regime is working much better now than it was a few years

back, and that helping in terms of bringing the time to be closer to

what the likes of Tom would be capable of. In fact the only Russian

who is here is the youngster. I have been trying to look for him, see

what best he's wearing. The 18-year-old neutralised athlete. He

is there, in the blue fading into pink.

In the women's event, she was wearing an orange version of that.

Shirobokov produced a great time, but it was in Russia, so we will

take it with a pinch of salt. We have had newly confirmed champions

in this event from 2009, 2000 and 11, in the context of the biological

passport. One group have been hit and he should be banned for coming

anywhere near athletics for the rest of his life. There are still rumours

that he's involved with coaching athletes and that is when you've got

to look at the sanctioning of the entourage, we would love to have

live bands -- life bans but also for the entourage because they are

introducing and forcing athletes down a path and I'm sure they are

being told that everybody is doing it. That is one of the biggest point

they are trying to get across. All events tried to reinforce that it is

not OK, all athletes don't do it. If you do, you're doing yourself a

disservice, so it is something we will come down harder on but it has

been badly hit by that and they want to see the balance restored to the

competition. That group being whittled down a

little bit. Briefly, the red cards. He is carrying one at the moment.

Has been given a warning. I think another caution. This is just a

casual observer. I'm being facetious but you would

assume there is merit in not drawing the eye of the judges. You must

think there is a skill to being a judge and keeping an ion. There are

so many legs moving. How do you check that all of them are going

straight. It must be harder when they are a big group. It will get

easier. It must be easier to be spotted if there are infringements

when you're out on your own. There was a drink thrown to him. He

caught it. It was good dexterity. Are they allowed to do that? I saw

this on go up on the earth. In the marathon you need to get the drinks

table. You can pick up the pace and run for a little bit. You need to

get to bit of space. If you're walking it is harder to do that.

You've got to pick it up yourself be passed that within the zone. They

can still parted to. I don't have a problem with that. All I saw was his

arm in the earth. Why would you do that unless you try to catch

something? If we get the chance to have a look at it we will. He's in

the middle of the group and I'm happy to see him in there. He's

never front near a big group and he's had a couple of cautions.

Callum Wilson has had a couple. He's dropped position.

They are both first-rate leg. -- Callum Wilkinson. And just doing of

the computer. That the best information I can give you. It has

changed a couple of times. It's all I can do, really. At this point, two

red cards. One more and he will be disqualified. The speed has been

pretty good all the way through. Is Tom OK? He's had a niggle this week.

He does not look as comfortable as he wars a few minutes ago. He had a

minor niggle with his need coming into it but speaking to him just

before he was very excited and he was looking forward to the chance to

be out there soaking up the atmosphere. He knows that he's in

great shape. He's trained well. He's been beating his personal bests. The

Diamond League where he came into the London stadium and broke the

world record really boosted his confidence and racewalking. Alex

Wright also getting a warning. I just correcting myself about Callum.

It is for the straight leg. There he is. Confirmation of the red cards.

Straight leg infringement. He was disqualified in that event. It was

the anniversary games. They were racing so fast. Another yellow put

out. Tom is now tucked in the group. The pace is now the. You can see a

little bit of strain appearing on the faces in the group. Alex Wright

is falling away. Starting to get a few more red cards appearing for

athletes. Not so much in the lead group as such and certainly none of

the main contenders. They are still on the pace that

would bring them under 420. There is the youngster. He is just ahead of

Tom Bosworth. The Russian is allowed to compete as a natural athlete. He

is satisfied the criteria set in terms of drug testing before these

championships to allow him to compete as a neutral athlete.

A gap appearing. Trying to cover that move. Tom needs to be patient.

I know there's been a lot of talk about his ability to win a medal.

There's a long way to go and Wang, with the confidence that he has,

just looked as though there was an attempt to break away there. Tom

Bosworth bringing the group back. They are whittling it down. The tall

German is right here in the middle. He's got a leaning back action. He

tall and right in the middle of the group. Tom Bosworth is sitting third

or fourth place. The British athletes, the idea was

to get away and out of London. Obviously that went very well. Tom

went to Paris for a few days. He arrived on Tuesday. Every athlete

has a different regime. Mo Farah likes to come in pretty late. Others

like to come in ten days before they compete. There are various trains of

thought on that. Some are learning that process as to when is best to

race. Mo Farah has an issue because he's got a week of racing. He came

in on Tuesday. Tom prefers the ten days. You need to experiment. It is

very much in relation to how much work doing. They walk a bit quicker

and recover better. It works to -- helps to work on speed because it is

hard in an endurance event. Sometimes you need to come down to

sea level and give your legs a chance to recover. Another look at

the watch. Tom is coming through the kilometre. They've been really on

for the whole time. The other aspect, we've spoken about the

physiological side of things. We talk about what this does to your

body and the different technique of running. If you think about how fast

an 800-metre runner is turning over, when they are at full pelt, when

they will be a bit slower, the wear and tear... The cadences quicker

because it's a shorter turnover. I bet you it's a quicker turnover. I

like the word you used. Shuffle. It was not so much of an insult. The

one I think that it more than anyone is cost della -- Costella. I was not

sure he was leaving the ground at times. One of the greatest of all

times. Finished ahead on that occasion. So far, Tom Bosworth

acquitting himself very well. The crowd supporting in a way that only

he could have dreamt. I forgot, he did walk in London, they had a test

event. He took part in that. I said, have you ever... And he said, he had

walked in London at a test event. Experienced this is a little bit.

Another kilometre there. Approaching ten kilometres, approaching halfway.

The bad news, the first red has gone to Tom Bosworth and it may be

because of picking up the pace. It is for maintaining a street leg. Tom

is the first to receive that. If there will be other red cards.

Maybe this is a risky strategy. That change in pace has resulted in them

receiving a red card. It is a little bit worrying for him.

I don't think this is what he would have wanted. He would very much be

wanting a clean sheet for as much of the race as he can. He's checked a

little bit. He's allowed them to move ahead. He is checking his own

watch as they go through the point. He needs to get back in control of

it at this point. He doesn't want to lose that control brings technique

and settle back into that group. He needs to let himself calm down.

Client should note. If you are on the Mall, thank you

for the support you are giving to the athletes. They do appreciate it

but it can give the boost of adrenaline that can get you carried

away. The red card was for lost contact, not the bend leg, and

suddenly he's now on his second one so that means another judge has red

carded him. It has to be a different judge each time so Tom is literally

walking a tightrope here. He is one red card disqualification and it is

very early here. Tom moving to the side and said I should not be in the

position leading this. Where are the names who were the prerace

favourites, including Lang. Takahashi is on the far side, there

are three Japanese athletes in that group, and Lopez at the back, the

defending champion. Tom has got to be really careful here. It is a

little early. Both British athletes have received two red cards for not

maintaining contact. Although that lead group is smaller than it was,

and they have slowed again a little bit... As I'm seeing a few more red

cards appearing on the computer, but only one in that lead group is Tom.

He certainly the only one who's received two, in fact the only one

in the lead group who has had any. He's at the back of the group now

and it may well be that, because I haven't spoken to much to Tom about

how that affects you psychologically as well, as we get a good view of

Buckingham Palace, and there we can see the current standings of how

that lead group is made up. The youngster, Takahashi I mentioned,

Lopez the defending champion, then these others as we go down,

detached. So the man in front now is the

German, Linke, whose been having a very good season. Paula is reminding

me it is left-hand day-to-day. And he is left-handed. On world

left-handed Day, Linke is leading the race, and very much one of the

favourites coming into the race too. As you and I both know, left-handed

people are more intelligent, good looking, etc etc. I'm joking,

right-handed people. Half. We've had our first disqualification and it is

not Tom Bosworth, it is Alex Wright. He started receiving cards early.

But that's my point, it is very early for Tom to received two red.

Mobot Wilkinson did early for not maintaining contact and Alex Wright

has received three for the same offence. Every kilometre that goes

by Tom is still there is a kilometre closer to him being able to contend.

It just worries me that when the pace picks up, that is when

technique really comes into play. Tom gritting his teeth here and

pushing on. He will obviously explain this to us afterwards, but

this is a bold move by Tom Bosworth, carrying two red cards. Attracting

the eye of the judges. He has transgressed according to two of

them. One more and he will be disqualified. He is putting that to

the back of his mind and trying to push on here. The pace has been

steady, it has been Tom's personal-best pace but he's decided

that I'm still going to push on. I think I can break up this group. He

said he would wait until the last five K but he's done it earlier than

that so he must be feeling good, but he must keep his technique together

here. And the bad news is, I have just been told three. Only Tom will

be able to explain this afterwards because he's now going to be

disqualified. Tom Bosworth is in the front but he has received three red

cards from three different judges for not maintaining contact. He

hasn't been notified himself yet, but whether or not that was the

right thing to do, to push the pace when it pushes your technique to the

edge, only he will be able to explain. But it seems an all or

nothing strategy from Tom Bosworth. On this occasion it has fallen apart

in spectacular fashion in the worst possible place in the World

Championship in front of a home crowd. This, not what he wanted, and

all of his supporters would have wanted and indeed what British

racewalking would have wanted. Mobot Wilkinson is carrying two, and the

chief judge will notify Bosworth and make sure he is aware, and will have

to stop. I will be interested to see what the reaction is. We are working

off the computer. And it tells us, Alex Wright was the first to receive

three, Tom Bosworth has now. He has just been told and now he has found

out. He must have been feeling good but it's also about keeping the

technique together. Tom Bosworth is crashed. It is a sad sight to see,

but it is part of racewalking. You raise the competitors but you are

also at the behest of the judges, required to hold your technique

together. On this occasion Tom Bosworth has not managed to do that

and under the strictest examination he has been found wanting. Well,

that is a terrible thing to happen for Annie Walker in any event but it

happens fairly regularly and I can assure you it will happen to others

out here. The crowd, they are notified down there. Tom is still by

the side of the road. As the 18-year-old Russian is leading with

Linke behind him. It was an all or nothing strategy. He must have known

he was on two. Only he will be able to explain why he did that. I can

only assume he was feeling great but there are two and -- two elements to

this. Yes, judging by his reaction it didn't look like he knew he was

on two. He was asking the judge, "What, me?" But when he made the

break he was gritting his teeth in a way I haven't seen him do before so

it was a calculated break where he was trying to increase the pace but

he looked very surprised when he was told that. I'm sure they are showing

the red card, it must have seen that. There's enough support staff

out on the course that they would be able to warn him, to say sit back a

little bit and not take risks, certainly until the closing part of

the race at least, and don't try and push off the front at this point

when you are already on two cards. Tom Bosworth has waited for this

moment for so long, he has trained so hard for it, and to end in this

way, that must be the worst possible feelings. The defending champion

Lopez is playing a canny waiting game. He has done this before. Lopez

just off the back of the group but who wouldn't want to lose too much

contact here. Linke leaving it. Another yellow puddle being

delivered. And this lead group, with the exception of Bosworth, are

clean. There he is. That is a sad sight. I think that's one of the

judges, who may well know, the racewalking fraternity. But the

disconsolate Tom Bosworth, his dreams shattered. But as we said, it

is part of the event and it is going to happen to Tom and great

champions, and others who are challenging to become great

champions, but you have to stay within the rules. I just wonder, as

you said, I think it's a good point, Paula, I think there's meant to be

aboard up somewhere on the route that signifies it but it is very

visible when you get a red card or it is meant to be. You are meant to

be notified, and he should have been aware. He will tell us afterwards if

he knew. But the fact he went to the front and made a bold bid, there is

Lopez and the gap is growing with the two Japanese athletes on the

back as the pace is picking up now, but if he didn't know, he will want

to know why he didn't know. But I'm pretty sure he should have done.

It's an interesting question but I don't know what the grounds are for

appeal, I presume there aren't any within the racewalking rules. Once

they are shown on the third card, they do have to step aside. They are

good at that, you never see any of them arguing. They are distraught

but rarely do they argue back. I was watching the women's race earlier,

the judges have that compassion for them. They have given them the red

card, they have to, it is in the rules, but they feel for the

athletes and they are part of the strong community and they do have

that support amongst each other. It is just accepted I think that that

is the rules and you will be carded and you will step off. That's like

it has to come from three separate people to make sure it isn't just

one person seeing something and then continuing to see that throughout

the race. I mention the fact there is meant to be aboard out there that

signifies. There is a big screen I can see which is essentially at 90

degrees to the runners, they cannot see it directly unless they turn and

look at it. I don't know if there is another one out there that they can

seek without turning to look at it. Anyway, I'm sure Tom will clarify

that for us. Afterwards at some point. He was up there, the first to

put the pace on, and Linke has carried that on. Now they are

breaking up, the German who won the European cup, then this 18-year-old

Shirobokov of Russia, competing as a neutral athlete in the bloke. Then

Wang, the best of the Chinese. Martin carrying the flag for Spain.

The Olympic bronze-medallist is there. He looks like he's limping a

little bit, it may be his technique but there is a grimace on his face.

He's certainly working hard but is there a bit of pain as well? He's

working hard to stay with this group, definitely, Paula. If that is

the pain of staying with the group etched on the face? Shirobokov,

Wang, and this group starts to split up.

Martin in there for Spain. Only 23 himself and Lopez looks as if his

challenge, unless something happens to those in front here, is starting

to be a forlorn one. Way back now, a good 50m behind the lead group, the

defending champion. And no one in this lead group has received any

warnings whatsoever. The other Brazilian finished in both walks,

Bonfim, ninth in the 50 K, for not far ahead of Tom Bosworth, and he is

still involved. Just having a look up at the screen.

That is the screen I was talking about. There was a screen with the

names on and Fujisawa was looking at it. Wang, Fujisawa, Finke, in

contention here. German flags being waived. Spain

have yet to win one. Never a great performance from them. In an event

they would not be thinking they would have a gold medal contention.

Eve-10-mac is having a great season performing for them. They are

getting close to the final five K. Still this group of eight. Nobody

has made the big move. They've whittled it down.

Wang is working hard. This is his main bid to stretch it out. He will

be getting feedback from his team-mates out on the course. There

isn't the big screen in the stadium but they do have that particularly

when they go round the title of the two bands. They are able to see

what's happening down the road and work out who is in that group and

who has been dropped from that group.

There is the defending champion struggling a little bit now. Cannot

really see any challenge coming from behind. This is where the medals

are. Not too many athletes in that. Only four finished. It was only

added to the programme three weeks ago. Then we had the women's 20 K.

Martin is the first of this group to receive a red. There will be more in

this group as we get into the last five kilometres. They will

transgress. It is stretching out as well. The

transgression is for not maintaining contact. Five kilometres to go, the

pace is still there, that was a quicker section. 90 minutes and 45

seconds. Another warning to the bronze-medallist. He's had a couple

of those but has yet to receive a red card.

For all this group will have what did -- wanted this to unfurl like

this, with the exception of Martin you want to go into the last few

kilometres with a clean sheet. You could argue that Martin would be the

one who would least be thinking about winning a medal. The Olympic

bronze-medallist, Linke, the German, over on the far side. Wang, the

quickest in the group. All of them will be thinking, how do

I win this? Am I feeling good? Technique holding together? Bonfin

of Brazil, can he get amongst the medals?

I wonder if they are watching in Buckingham Palace. They've got a

great view. I wonder if they are even there. If they are, then maybe

they are looking out. They will be sad to see that Tom Bosworth is not

flying the flag for us anymore. If you're trying to run and carry an

injury it alters your form. I wonder if it played a role. That is the

lead group. Eight men from eight different countries with a chance of

winning a medal here. A little further down. Callum Hawkins and.

Callum Hawkins was of course in the marathon. Calum Wilkinson picked up

two red cards but is still in the 39th spot. He's going well. Not far

off his personal best. He's still there. It looks

like Shange is closing up. He is past Lopez. Talking about speeding

up, Bonfin has now received the red. He's received his first red. I'm

pretty sure we will see more as we go through with four kilometres to

go. Just two laps left. Arevalo, the first time the

Colombian has come to the front. Maybe to take a drink. Shange is

flying through. He's only six seconds off the group. He is not

received any warnings about technique. Shange pushed himself

into this. The group is starting to break up. Arevalo is doing it with

some success. It is Linke and then the 18-year-old Shirobokov. Where is

the South African? How is he progressing? The medals in that gap.

You can see them probably three or four seconds behind. Arevalo in the

lead. China were hoping their selection, a new young team,

starting to look under pressure. You would not choose to let these three

draw. Fujisawa has received his first red. It is all happening.

Reaches the back of that group. If you join a group like that, you

catch them by surprise, sometimes the best thing to do is keep moving

past them but then he will be attracting the eyes of the judges.

He's settled gradually into that group at this working his way to the

front of it. They are starting to lap athletes and that adds a little

bit of confusion. It is a rock performance by Shange.

He doesn't have a big victory over 20 kilometres. He's very quick on

the track and is maybe putting that to good effect. He's walking well

inside his personal best. They are few years. He's sailed past. He is

maintaining contact. Very quick technique. You talk about that

cadence. Look at how quickly he's come onto the back of back group.

What's he going to do here? Your coach would say when you move up to

a group like that, just keep going. They will be like, where has this

guy come from? Not one of the pre-race favourites. It's a surprise

to see him there. The South African has come from nowhere. He was miles

behind, relatively speaking. And now, even though the speed is up,

he's taken the lead. South Africa lead this. I'm not even sure if this

is his last kilometre. It has improved by ten seconds. He's picked

up. He's caught them by surprise. You can see the shock on his face.

He moved forward to challenge it. Shirobokov, you could almost see the

look on his face. He was like, where did you come from? Had already

established and enabled him to come back in contact with the chasing

group and then with the lead group. Now he's starting to establish

daylight. Shirobokov is fighting hard to maintain contact. Sitting

there and following in the slipstream. Celebrated his birthday

at the beginning of the month and he could well be celebrating a medal.

He is with that, 346 kilometre, loan this group apart. The Olympic

bronze-medallist is back there. All of a sudden there are three men.

Trying to get back. Keeping an eye on the red card. At the moment, the

top three have none. Trying to make an effort to get back but not able

to at the moment. Calum Wilkinson is still going from Britain.

Shange was inspired after watching the 2008 Olympics and he wants to

make his country profiles still doing that so far. I don't think

they've ever one a medal before. I don't think they would have done. I

will check. Shange competed in the big race in Australia. His last

race, he finished outside the top 20. Here he is in the World

Championships, right at the front. Has come storming through.

One lap to go, and Linke has had his first, as he starts to tire, his

technique starts to falter. Linke in the space of a minute has received a

second red caution. The bell sounds on the 20km walk, three men have a

five kilometre lead over Bonfim. Five men perhaps still in contention

but none of these three in the front have received a red card. Bonfim has

worn, Linke has two. Wang, one of the pre-race favourites struggling a

bit. Then Martin. Kim has been lapsed. The German, fighting

fatigue. And also one more red card away from a disqualification. He

looks very tired indeed, had hanging. Look at this, Shange made

pay for going too hard too soon, but he had to work hard to get back to

the group. An incredible kilometre sprint. Arevalo of Colombia.

Shirobokov, the Russian competing as a neutral athlete. These four

surely, if nothing happens in terms of red cards, are going to contest

the medals here. The three of them walking side-by-side. Endurance as

ever, in any event of this nature, but the pressure placed on the

joints, the hips, knees, that's what you train for. It isn't just the

cardiovascular fitness, it is the strength you need to hold together

to keep that technique together. Lungs burning, but so are the legs.

This is a good pace here at the front, and Bonfim desperately trying

to get back to them as they take the turn. They go all the way back to

Buckingham Palace, they turn there and effectively the home straight.

Keep watching on this computing, it is difficult to see what all of the

judges are doing out there but they seem to be steering clear of these

three at the moment. They are not even seeing any caution is coming

out for them so technique very much holding together. Mark Butler giving

me a note saying the kilometre is equivalent to six minute my link. He

was walking in that 17th kilometre of that race. And now he may well be

paying for it. Arevalo, the Colombian. Trying to break away

here. Former world junior champion, he has been unbeaten this year over

20 kilometres, and now attempting to win the biggest race of his career.

The World Championships now looks as though it could be between the two,

although Bonfim is hanging in there. Shange may have done too much, too

soon. He's desperately taking in water, pouring it over his head. The

judges looking so closely at these main contenders. Ali to see any late

drama in terms of disqualifications? Bonfim has gone past Shange now. Who

wants to get a view of those ahead. That is just a caution for Arevalo,

not a red card. Colombia ahead of the Russian athletes competing as a

neutral, then the Brazilian, will he get amongst the medals? Can he hang

onto this? He's carrying one read but these to moving well. Shirobokov

has a little look, I'm not sure what he was looking out. Maybe one of the

walk is going in the opposite direction. They have got to time

this right. Arevalo looks tired, working so hard. Bonfim again

looking across, maybe at the board that signifies how many reds, and

that's a smart thing to do because it will tell him he has got one. Now

Shange has picked up one and that is not the maintaining contact, that's

for the bent knee so the South African finally picks up a warning,

but not these three. Nothing happening as far as the top two are

concerned. Shirobokov, a Russian junior record for him in Sochi but

you went to the European World Cup he only finished 12. Linke was well

behind him here so that wasn't a good form guide coming into here but

then he went into the junior Championships recently and won the

10,000m title. Pain etched on the face here of Arevalo, trying once

more to break the Russian, trying to get a bit of daylight between him

and this 18-year-old. Bonfim looks like he may have given up the chase

for gold and silver but the bronze will be his if he can keep it

together in the last few hundred metres. The Russian looks back, for

the first time isn't concentrated on winning this, and Arevalo moving

away. He has been patient, he's kept his technique together and he has

been the one who has been pushing and pushing. Finally he is not only

broken the park but he's broken Shirobokov. So Arevalo, former world

junior champion himself, now 24, and heading for what could be a personal

best for him as well as he holds his technique together. Being cheered by

these big crowds on The Mall. It wasn't the day for Tom Bosworth who

was the first to be disqualified after leading in the early stages of

pushing on. And I think it's the Colombian flag he has in his hand,

not a drink, not a sponge. He is always prepared or has been

preparing for this victory way before anyone else. Another look

behind, there is no challenge coming. Shirobokov has nothing

really here, and he moves into the home stretch, the Colombian flag

already draped. He just needs to keep going, and off he goes. The

chief judge can make a late disqualification. He's having a very

close look. The Russian Shirobokov is making one last surge but it is

gold for Colombia! The Silver goes to Shirobokov. A great race in the

end, congratulations for the youngster. And Bonfim, after a

fourth place at the Olympic Games in his home crowd, now gets the bronze

for Brazil, and Arevalo looks to the sky. Shange, who made that massive

effort to get up to the group, went to hard too soon. Linke coming in

fifth place. The Olympic bronze-medallist Bert Smith behind

him, and very tired men coming in. A new national record it was the big

Colombian. He has taken a big chunk of his best. Shirobokov just inside

1.19 and Bonfim with a new national record as well, in third place. It

was the worst of days for Tom Bosworth. Callum Wilkinson is still

going with a kilometre to go, and after two red cards early on its

good that he managed to hold it together. The flag draped around his

neck, and across his shoulders, he knew he was going to win. He

prepared for this moment one map out. Arevalo of Colombia is the

champion. So they continue to come across the line. Great venue, great

crowds out there. They were so hoping Tom Bosworth could give them

something to cheer. He did for quite a long time and it's only for Tom to

explain exactly what happened out there, if he was aware he was

carrying the two red cards when he went to the front, whether he knew

the perilous situation he was in, which resulted in him being

disqualified. He was dreaming this could be his day but it was Arevalo

who became the champion. A new national record. Silver to

Shirobokov and Bonfim taking the bronze.

Thank you, Steve, so Colombia's Arevalo getting the first gold medal

for his country at these championships. A huge celebration

and he even had time to get the Colombian flag and drape it over his

shoulders. Not a good time for Great Britain's Tom Bosworth who suffered

three red cards which meant a disqualification. The sight of his

face showed what it meant for him to go out of the race after he was

leading the result. He composed himself and later on caught up with

Phil. Commiserations. The pictures say it

all, head in hands, what was going on from your perspective? I was just

getting going. My body sometimes shuts down at around 12 K so I

thought I would push on. When I'm going fast and that my best I'm

usually my most technically efficient so I am gutted this has

happened. It is part of racewalking, part of the event. I am going to

look back at what happened, learn and get better because

physiologically I can keep with those lead guys. I felt I was just

moving on the steps so I will go back to the training ground and work

on it. Were you aware you had two red cards? I remember going round

the lap before and seeing I had one card. I felt pretty comfortable,

then fought two to come in one lap was a real shock, hence my reaction

of devastation. How do you manage that devastation in your mind now?

Because you have but so many expectations on yourself, let alone

the rest of us. Exactly, it shows how far I have come and racewalking

has come, and this is just the beginning. These days happen but

they make the good days taste really good. The support I have had, from

my family and everyone who has come here today... I'm sorry, I let them

down and I couldn't get a medal today but I know I can get a medal

one day. I'm not going to be complacent, I will work hard on my

technique and show what I can really do. Tom, you let nobody down, don't

be so harsh on yourself, and as you say this is part of it, it is a very

harsh sport. You can be picked up on the most minor things at the most

brand of times. Yes, I pushed on and I felt comfortable in my technique.

It was exciting, I was getting through one of the hardest parts of

the race. I am running through things in my head and I know what I

can do better. It is racewalking, this is part of the event and it is

my first DQ in four and a half years. That is the fastest I have

ever gone so it shows I'm physically able to do it. I want to be a leader

of this event and a medallist one day. All I thought going through my

head was, who says I cannot do this pays? Nobody. I got to know Mo well

over the last few years, I looked at how he kicks away, he's just a human

being and I am a human being. He had the disappointment in Beijing, and

what he was able to do from that, this is really the outset of your

career. Yes, it was a shame so many people had to see this one and not

Rio where it went so well. I will certainly let this sink in and get

stronger from it and get better. Thank you to everyone.

He did not let his nation down, let his family down. But he was

devastated and as he reflects on it he will be devastated. You could see

underneath that, he was very much putting a brave face on it. He was

saying the right things, he knows what he has to do. He needs to learn

from it. You can see in these moments here, he clearly didn't

know. He did not know that he had collected it. It hit him hard and

emotionally knocked the stuffing out of it. He decided to push on quite

early, he was going for gold. All the more devastating that it

happened then. When he looks back on it and rationalises it. He will say

that he's going to speed he's not gone before. He will be saying,

whether they let it go before. He will learn from it and build on it.

He had the fitness to do that. Now he needs to work on the technical

side of it. That has been the strong point. He is not regularly

disqualified. He will learn from it and say, maybe I got carried away.

Maybe he will say, what do I need to work on. I won't let my technique

though. Do you think he got it wrong? I think he wanted to do that

and inevitably the crowd will have fed into that. I know what it's like

to run up the Mall when you've got support behind you. That will have

fed into him but he's prepared himself. I think he believes that he

could walk at that pace. I think he thought he was taking a little bit

of a risk. They came together and did not have the time or the luxury

to do that. It was devastating. He will dust himself down. The other

British racer in competition, Calum Wilkinson. Just under one hour and

24 minutes. Jumping from junior to seniors. Let's look forward to the

last evening of an incredibly exciting and dramatic World

Championship. The 800 metres get under tonight. The 5000 metres is at

735. It will feature Laura Muir but also Eilish McColgan. We caught up

with her. You made the decision to move up. It was a difficult decision

to make initially because the steeplechase is the event that I

first made the other big games, made the World Championships. For me, it

was quite difficult to leave behind because I felt like that was my

event and the one that I really loved. But yes, I was forced into

making that decision, almost, because my feet would not allow me

to do another steeplechase. I had to switch from one event to another in

order to continue doing what I loved. That is the decision we made.

Do you feel the pressure of being related to your mother? I always get

asked this ad because my mum has been my coach right the way through,

I feel like I would not have got to this point had she not been there.

There's always going to be that comparison, even more so now that I

am doing the five K and the ten K. Have had so many difficult injuries.

Always the year before the other big games. You are at your lowest moment

but the thought of having such a huge Championship gives you that

impetus. I had brilliant memories. Obviously then and last year. To go

full circle and come back, I would never have believed that would

happen. Never believe I would have two opportunities to be at the

stadium. But we're here and I am excited for it to happen. We are as

well. Just over three and a half hours. It has been difficult for her

so just on the start line will be an achievement. She will be looking

forward to it. When we look back at the shops, she has grown as an

athlete. She has strengthened and worked hard on that. She has adapted

her training in a way that has not been suited. Lizard would have

trained with a lot of volume. Eilish need to bring a lot of crosstraining

to make sure that her body does not break down and can stand up. She is

still learning the event a little bit. She's still saving that little

bit of energy. She's still coming into that. She still has a little

bit in the tank. That is why she is finishing so strongly. Steve Cram is

back with us. What do you think would be success? I've hardly seen

anybody in the last few years who's been as committed as Eilish. She's

so impressive. I don't know anyone who's had more injury problems or

come at it from so many angles. Here she is. I think she will want to

beat Laura Muir. Before these championships we would not think she

would get much but she is incredibly fierce as a competitor and I think