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CHORAL MUSIC. In front of his home crowd in the

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city he knows so well, the city he loves. The track that set him on

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this brilliant journey. It's never been as quick as this,

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it's never been as hard as this. This is phenomenal racing. The

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British best with the heart pounding. He's a one-man world

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superpower! Gold for Farrah! What a night it was. It's very much

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the morning after the night before at the London Stadium in the Queen

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Elizabeth Park. We've had a few showers this morning and we are all

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here. Michael is busy working away on the other side of the studio on

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some analysis. It's ladies morning on this side of the studio. Jed --

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Jessica Ennis-Hill, Paula Radcliffe and Denise Lewis will reflect on a

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fantastic first day. The newspapers reflecting that. Some fantastic

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shots of the family and Mo celebrating. This picture on the

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front of the times, giving the Ethiopian the eye, but there were so

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many moments where he was whipping up the crowd, beating his chest,

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giving a performance within a performance last night. He was. It

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was the first time really where aside from controlling everybody

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else in the race, he also controlled and orchestrated the crowd. He

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wanted to enjoy this second occasion here at major championships inside

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this stage and make the moment and create memories. A master tactician

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and controlling the crowd, but staying on his feet, the balance and

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boys. There was clearly a plan to keep him from the front. Try to put

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him off. On the last lap it was partly his fault because he was

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checking around when he got caught and lost his balance. But to stay on

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his feet, we gain himself and just to be to control everything from

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that point in. We've heard it time and again, if he's in the right

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position with a lap to go, you never bet against them. Let's look at the

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last lap. Until this point nothing seemed certain, it was incredible.

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Three very, very good Kenyon 's and checked a guy still there. One lap

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to go for Mo Farah. He's been clever, he's waited little. Now it's

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where he's been before. Can he hold them off? He's done it before, he's

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done it in London before, he's done it in the World Championships

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before, he's been tripped before. Come on, Mo! The crowd are on their

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feet. Tanui couldn't beat him last year, checked the guy has never had

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the chance. The British best with the heart pounding beneath us. Mo

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Farah in the front, controlling things. One more effort from Mo

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Farah and here he goes! Mo Farah stretches away! Chapter guide trying

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to chase in, it's not over yet, but Mo Farah is going to win it, he's

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going to take another world title. He's a one-man world superpower.

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Gold for Farah! So many people have said it in the

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last 12 hours, it was one of the greatest races that people have ever

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seen. Such a thrilling 26 minutes. Thrilling, adrenaline pumping. I

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don't know how Mo must have felt because the energy from the crowd

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was immense. What a race, what a man and how he managed to stay on his

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feet was incredible. There was jeopardy at every corner. Just to be

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able to come away with that medal again was hard. It doesn't get

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easier. This is the end for him, his last ever 10,000 metres on the

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track. Who would he want to be here with him? His family. They were all

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on the track. For him it was the most special moment. You perform

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like you do time after time, but to have your family there witnessing

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it, your children being part of it, all those memories and images they

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can look back on will be so special. It was so unique to have an

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experience like that. His history on this track, the Olympics and the

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Anniversary Games, he always delivers. He always races when he

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says he will. He very rarely pulls out. He's a championship performer,

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he gets it right on the big occasion every time. People will say who's

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the greatest? We can have the debate for ages. He hasn't run world

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records, but every time he needs to get it right, he does and that's

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hard. An event when you're logging miles and miles week after week, to

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not get injured and not break down in the build-up, that's a real

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skill. Ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of Great Britain and

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Northern Ireland. It was a beautiful moment and all

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the more so because what doesn't happen generally is you get your

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medals so soon after the race. Within minutes he was in his

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tracksuit and getting it. The crowd could appreciate him getting his

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medal. He did the mobile with the others. -- the mobile. They will

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always be part of one of those historic races. It's been noted on

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social media and we've been talking about it, we had seen rehearsals of

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the medal ceremony and we wondered whether it would stay the same.

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There is no flag hoisting, only a low-level flag, someone holding a

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flag in front of you from the British military services. It seems

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a little bit... Not quite the respect of the flag you would like?

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It's different. When you stand on the podium, it's nice to see your

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flag raised and flying high and floating in the wind. I personally

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would prefer it. The idea was to move the event onto the ceremonies.

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So they are not long and drawn out. I understand why they've done it,

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but the feedback is correct. You're missing that moment and does it

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really... Do you save that much time? For the athletes, it is a

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significant thing to see that flag. I've not noticed the flags as much

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as you normally would. It's the focus as well, where do you look?

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Your eyes naturally follow the flag up. It's that celebration and that

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moment for you and that's not there. I think you'll have less people

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crying on the podium. I think that emotion lifts as you lift and your

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heart soars into the sky. It allows you to have that moment to cast your

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mind back on the year and how you've got to that point. It's a really

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special moment. Maybe less tears in this championship! There aren't few

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golds on his CV and last night he added to that. Let's remind

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ourselves of his tally across the ages. It is incredible, ridiculous.

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Ten in global championships. Last night was the start of his attempt

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to get five doubles in a row at global games. What last night has

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done, it will be tough for that 5000 metres. That was the perceived

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wisdom last night. The time of the race will make that a really

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challenging V-Day. The way the others raised, the way they forced

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him to run hard. He's run very close to his personal best. But he does

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have a good amount of time and he is the master at getting the recovery

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right. He has everything in place to do everything right over the next

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couple of days to recover. It's not really, really stacked 5000 metres

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against him. At his best, he should be able to control that and to come

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through the heats expending minimum energy. Do you think he's the

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respect he deserves in the wider sporting pantheon? He's never been

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in the top three of sports personality of the year. This year

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of all years you think surely now the public will get the hind him and

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recognise what he's done. He literally cannot do more. Sports

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personality is a different thing and it's hard to predict how that will

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go, there are so many aboard -- outstanding performances. If you are

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a fan of athletics come at you know how hard it is to achieve what he's

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achieved. That transcends through sports. The public appreciate how

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hard it's been for him to maintain that level of performance over the

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years. Whether he will win not we don't know. It's all personal taste

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and different things that guide people to where they vote. Because

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he's made it look so seemingly easy, people think it just comes to him.

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He's a master. As a spectator, you think he's doing well, the director

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and I could run that speed. If you try to comprehend how fast he runs

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over that distance. 120 miles per week. Ridiculous. He deserves to be

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up there. Explain how hard it is to do that for so long. He's not had

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injury breaks from relentless. He's had injuries. He manages them. He

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gets over them so quickly. It's very, very hard, particularly as you

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get older. I'm not saying he's old, but he's 34. His body doesn't absorb

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and cope with training as well as it did before. He finds it harder to

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recover. It's a way of adapting and bringing in the whole gamut of

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everything, stability, weights work, everything that helps him keep his

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balance, he maintains his form to be a butter run as quickly as he does.

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-- to be able to run. He's very lucky in terms of his body. It's one

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of his talents, being able to manage that injury risk against putting the

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hard work in and the quality work in that enables him to be in shape.

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That's partly to do with the setup. He moved to Oregon because the

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facilities are so fantastic and because he has the rehabilitation

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and the maintenance at his disposal. Yes and no because he doesn't spend

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much time in Oregon any more. He went into that setup and he saw...

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The Mo Farah of 2009 and 2010 did not lift much, didn't do much in the

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gym, was pretty weak in terms of his strength and that was the biggest

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difference when he came back from Oregon. He worked with the likes of

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David McKendry and does a lot of core stability work to make sure he

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can maintain that form and speed. The contrast between the 2008

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Olympics and 2016. Last year we did a split screen of his upper body and

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his style of running and what it did to his shoulder girdle and

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everything. The style of his running is different. The stride length, the

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turnover, the cadence, the speed he is able to get. Also his physique,

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his diet. More attention to that. He's very, very lean. As you get

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older, these other things you have to focus on. The tiny changes you

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make to your training or your style that make a huge difference because

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you're getting older and picking up problems. Now he's moving onto the

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roads after these championships. He is not retiring. What will that do

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to his training regime and how will he have to adapt? Sounds like a

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Rolling Stone! I'm sure he won't live like that.

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His training will change that much. His mileage, he hasn't got much

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further to go, so that won't change a lot. The biggest changes will be

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mentally. He has to get his head around the fact that he's now going

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to a distance where he is not the king. He has to learn it. I would be

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very surprised if he is as good at the marathon straight off as he has

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been at five and ten. To have that range, to run with the very best at

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the marathon, it will not come easy and he will have to work at it. You

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have to want that if you're going to keep going, especially with that bag

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of gold medals you have already windbag. But if anybody can do it

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with his mental strength, its Mo Farah. He begins his assault on the

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5000 metres with a heat on Wednesday. A few days off. Here's

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what else is coming up this morning. Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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begins her bid for a medal in the heptathlon. The 100-metre hurdles

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are first. The woman she will be changing down is Belgium's Nafi

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Thiam, the reigning Olympic champion. Wayde van Niekerk begins

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his Championships and the first of six races in six days as he goes for

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the 200 and 400-metre gold. Olympic finalist Matthew Hudson-Smith is the

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fastest of three Brits in the 400-metre heats. Double Olympic

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champion Elaine Thompson looks to continue her domination of the 100

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metres in 2017. Hoping to upset Thompson will be Dafne Schippers,

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who won 100-metre silver in Beijing two years ago. Double world champion

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Katharina Liebherr when is looking for a third successive gold eligible

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jump. Sophie Hitchon will be aiming to build on her Olympic bronze from

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Rio last summer. Ryan Crouser and Kovacs are the ones

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to watch in the triple jump. Katerina Johnson-Thompson will want

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a strong start in the 100-metre hurdles. Sophie Hitchon will be

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strutting her stuff in the women's hammer qualification. We'll get our

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first chance to see global star Wayde van Niekerk in action in 400

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metres. The women's triple jump qualification at 11. KJT is back in

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action at 11:30am the women's 100 heats with reigning Olympic champion

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Elaine Thompson taken to the track. The morning session will end with

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the men's 800 metres. Sadly no world record-holder and winner from 2012

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here because of injury bust up the 1500 women, four of them qualifying,

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and it's a great evening for them. We can move to the heptathlon and

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Toni Minichiello has joined us on the sofa. It's a heptathlon

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heavyweight sofa, and a mean at with regard to knowledge and nothing

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else! We have kept these two apart. It's an interesting dynamic, coach

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and former... I'm Tony, how do you do! It begins. Snubbing him already.

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All three of you have an opinion on this, but the morning of the

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heptathlon, you wake up, I assume everything is ready the night before

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come you have pinned on your number. When you wake up, what are the

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feelings going on inside you. And for you, this is your first

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championship where you are retired. It's an early start for all the

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heptathlete is. You have waited for this moment for however long and the

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adrenaline is pumping, on the warm up track trying to prepare the best

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you can. It's the feeling of knowing you can't do any more at this stage.

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You have to perform whether you are carrying an injury or if you are in

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the best shape of your life. It's nerve-racking. And it's two days of

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nerve-racking. When you're on the blocks for the hurdles, the first

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event, and the gun goes, do the nerves take the back seat and it's a

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different mindset? It is completely. You start taking stock of what you

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need to do next. Moving through the hurdles, and it's about three

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composing yourself for the high jump. For Jess, she was one of the

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better jumpers. It's a long competition. You have to stay

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relaxed, keep your mind going in and out of what you need to focus on and

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then coming back to the skill. That's where the beauty of

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heptathlon starts to take shape. The two days is about managing your

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mental state and keeping composure, regardless of whether things are

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going great or disastrously wrong. Arguably for Katerina

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Johnson-Thompson, that has been one of the biggest challenges, the

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mental side of the condition when things haven't gone right in certain

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events. She hasn't been strong in that area and allowed things to

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affect her. She hasn't been able to close it off and move away from it.

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That's an incredible skill, and one that Jess had, a bad performance

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would wash over her. There's nothing you can do so just move on and go to

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the next challenge. KJT has struggled in that, carrying it from

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event to event. Hopefully we will see it change. I think she's in a

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more relaxed place. More relaxed in France so hopefully that more

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relaxed state of mind will help her should things go bad. She has

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changed her setup since Rio, moving to Montpelier. Denise has been an

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adviser, a mentor, you have been involved in her adaptation. Athletes

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need to make change and sometimes they don't have the best person to

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talk to and they need a sounding board. Helping to make those

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decisions I think is valuable. Like Tony says, she's in a happy place,

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and that's important. You went out to that happy place to catch up with

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her. Let's see what she had to say. It's pretty here. Gorgeous. The

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cathedral is just to the left. Very different from Wavertree! Yeah,

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it's different in many respects. That will always be home, though?

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Yeah. I remember walking on the track with you here in November and

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there was so much uncertainty. But watching Ukraine today, you seem at

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home. -- watching you train today. I remember it well, and I have come to

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this track six times a week now. It feels like home to me. Going a

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little bit deeper. When I am here as well. Because I don't know much

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French I feel like the mundane, negative comments you hear like, it

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doesn't go in. All I hear is positive things and what I need to

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do in training. It's just a really positive place for me to be in.

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How would you assess where you are at the moment? I've never been in

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this position before where I have been completely injury free before a

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competition. I've had a lot of competition practice and now it's

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just going through each event each week and trying to fine tune. I feel

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like I'm in the best place I have been ahead of the major

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championships. What would you measure success in London? I would

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like to get a personal best and a medal. I would like to have no

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regrets. To know I have given it my all in every event. Your principal

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coach, Bertrand, he is said to me that success for him would be that

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you can complete to the best of your ability, but just forget everything

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and be free in all your events. I like the way he has but had. I like

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to be free in competition and not have the weight of the world on my

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shoulders. You have found a new apartment, you have started learning

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the language, which is tough. Do you think you will transfer that

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independence into the competitive arena? Yes, that's one of the things

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Bertrand has been working on with me, not depending fully on him in

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competitions. Sometimes I'm doing gym sessions alone. I'm still not

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completely independent. My bathroom light in my apartment has blown. I

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don't know how to fix it! You will be looking on the Internet. I

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wouldn't do it if I was in Liverpool, never mind going to a

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French place in trying to get the right light bulb. I'm just Tempo Mac

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in the dark! -- I'm just peeing in the dark! All sorts of connotations.

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Those are her personal bests from the year. And Gotzis was one of the

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best heptathlon conditions we have seen in a long time. And she was

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there. What do you take from her PB this year? Very little to be honest.

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The only actual personal best was the hurdles, 13.2 nine. Everything

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else is in a state of flux. She has changed the way she has storeowner

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shot put, not doing the hop back any more, running across the circle.

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Long jump has changed quite radically. She's just getting used

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to javelin. You can't see anything from that. You can see a 9-point

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improvement but it's not that different from what it was before.

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At the moment finding it steady. Because you don't compete in all

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events very often in the heptathlon it could come together and you don't

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know when that will happen. We haven't seen anything else this

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season, unfortunately, that shows that there are better performances

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to come. The only time we saw anything was the sixth round jump at

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the Anniversary Games. But you only get three jumps in the heptathlon.

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There is the potential there but we haven't conceding it on a consistent

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level every day to know if improvement is there. -- we haven't

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seen it. Looking at the competition and what they have in their locker

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at the moment, there were PB is set for all the top three this year. The

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progress from Nafi Thiam, 11th in Beijing when Jess won and then

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winning in Rio, an incredible leap forward, Denise? It is, but we know

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she's very talented. She was waiting, she didn't know she would

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score big in Rio, and she didn't know she would score big in Gotzis.

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But the rivals for me are the ones that have significantly improved.

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Schafer has put on another 200 points on her personal best. And

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Laura has also been improving steadily for the last two years. KJT

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hasn't stagnated, but she has had injuries that limited her progress.

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Jess, you compete against all of them. You had a fantastic duel with

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Nafi Thiam in Rio. Did she surprise you how much she had stepped up?

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Both Tony and I knew she had great potential, but coming 11th and 12th

:27:45.:27:48.

in Beijing to winning in the Olympics in Rio was a massively

:27:49.:27:52.

forwards, but she has always had massive potential. No great

:27:53.:27:56.

surprise, but watching Gotzis this year and seeing how the scores have

:27:57.:28:07.

ramped up, three girls scoring over 68, it's been an incredible leap

:28:08.:28:11.

forward for the event. It's exciting. I'm kind of glad I'm not

:28:12.:28:16.

there! I tapped out at the right time. It's very exciting for the

:28:17.:28:22.

event. Tony, what do you think Katarina Johnson-Thompson will need

:28:23.:28:26.

to get into the medals today? We know her weaker events. She says she

:28:27.:28:30.

needs to get better at the better events. I don't know what that

:28:31.:28:35.

means, to be honest. I think you have seven events and have to treat

:28:36.:28:38.

them all with the same respect. You don't discount one in favour of the

:28:39.:28:43.

other. It's about diminishing returns, how much can you improve

:28:44.:28:47.

your high jump? Looking through here, she is solid in the hurdles,

:28:48.:28:56.

if she can reproduce 1.98, improving the shot put to over 13 metres,

:28:57.:29:00.

which she has done in the past, that's another 40 points. There's

:29:01.:29:05.

another close to 100 points of improvement. Additional improvement

:29:06.:29:09.

in the long jump, if you can go an extra 20 centimetres it would be

:29:10.:29:13.

another 60 points. Overall it will not give you a score to go beyond

:29:14.:29:19.

the 68, but it will put the other girls under pressure. When they were

:29:20.:29:26.

out ahead, they can relax. If you put them under pressure, so they

:29:27.:29:30.

have to perform. With Jess and others retiring, there is no big

:29:31.:29:40.

statuesque figure to intimidate, so now the girls come through. All that

:29:41.:29:45.

KJT can do is perform solidly and put the girls under pressure so they

:29:46.:29:49.

have to perform. That way I think she can speak in and get on the

:29:50.:29:55.

podium. I think where athlete goes over 7000 points, that stature,

:29:56.:30:02.

that's significant. The other three girls, KJT, Schafer and Laura, they

:30:03.:30:08.

believe they are in the mix. Looking at her hurdling, and that's

:30:09.:30:13.

digressing a little bit, but the running events for Nafi Thiam have

:30:14.:30:16.

massively improved and she has run really hard. I think that's where

:30:17.:30:22.

KJT needs to think, what can she do in the throwing? I don't want to

:30:23.:30:27.

harp on about it, but it's much of a muchness until the throwing. The gap

:30:28.:30:33.

is so big. She can focus on strong events, which are on a par with Nafi

:30:34.:30:39.

Thiam, but her weaker events are so far away. She's a fantastic javelin

:30:40.:30:43.

thrower, so she can creep closer and I think that's where she can make

:30:44.:30:44.

the difference. They are getting ready for the

:30:45.:30:58.

hurdles. Kat will be in the fourth heat, the quicker women. Thiam is in

:30:59.:31:04.

the third. It's not her strongest event, the hurdles, Thiam. She

:31:05.:31:07.

doesn't hit the top of the leaderboard after the first event.

:31:08.:31:12.

She's improved. She worked incredibly hard on her speed this

:31:13.:31:16.

winter. Her time on the hurdles is coming down, her 200 metres time is

:31:17.:31:23.

getting closer to breaking 24 seconds. Although she makes not be

:31:24.:31:27.

at the top part of this event, it will give her confidence if she can

:31:28.:31:35.

run a personal best. A quick word on Morgan Lake. She's focusing on the

:31:36.:31:39.

high jump. Would we expect her to come back to the heptathlon? There's

:31:40.:31:45.

such great heritage of women multi-eventers. Million dollar

:31:46.:31:50.

question. I think her heart would love to, there's unfinished

:31:51.:31:53.

business. She's having fun in the high jump. She's got great

:31:54.:32:01.

potential. But not just yet. All British hopes on Katarina

:32:02.:32:05.

Johnson-Thompson this time round. Can she get herself a medal? She

:32:06.:32:09.

will need a great start in the medals. Such an exciting

:32:10.:32:13.

competition. Let's get underway with the first of the heats. Steve Cram

:32:14.:32:18.

is ready to commentate. Good morning.

:32:19.:32:24.

Morning! Great light last night, I had a nice warm down, and nice bath

:32:25.:32:30.

and I'm raring to go. Recovery programme is working well and

:32:31.:32:34.

looking forward to a cracking second day. Great weekend in store, today

:32:35.:32:40.

and tomorrow. The marathon is tomorrow. Lots of interest right

:32:41.:32:47.

through the weekend. Still a lot of people outside waiting to get in. It

:32:48.:32:52.

views, with all the security arrangements that have to be in

:32:53.:32:55.

place these days means it takes a bit longer to get in. They will be

:32:56.:33:02.

some -- they will be rewarded with some great athletics this morning.

:33:03.:33:06.

The heptathlon getting underway and we have the 400 metres heats and the

:33:07.:33:13.

800 metres heats as well. We will be here until about 1pm. Better weather

:33:14.:33:22.

today. Some showers overnight replaced with beautiful sunshine.

:33:23.:33:29.

T-shirts and shorts the order of the day. These two young ladies, talking

:33:30.:33:34.

about the future of the event, they were number one and two in the

:33:35.:33:45.

European Junior Championships. Shukh is the world youth record holder.

:33:46.:33:56.

We'll be hearing more of them over the next few years. Talking about

:33:57.:34:01.

youngsters, this young lady was third in the world Junior

:34:02.:34:08.

Championships last year, to Thiam. We will see her in heats

:34:09.:34:27.

number three, the quickest this season in this race, Aguilar. Barman

:34:28.:34:37.

from India, the Asian champion. New personal best this year. Yet to

:34:38.:34:43.

reach 6000 points. This young lady has just managed that, at 6040 this

:34:44.:34:49.

year, the Brazilian, De Sousa. Two very good youngsters. Alina Shukh

:34:50.:34:55.

from Ukraine. Not one of her better events. Ruckstuhl, not so bad. She

:34:56.:35:05.

finished second behind the Ukrainian at those European Junior

:35:06.:35:07.

Championships. First event of the heptathlon. Four

:35:08.:35:24.

heats to come. This is the first of the four. Looking for a good start,

:35:25.:35:32.

all of these athletes. Beautiful conditions. We've seen how fast this

:35:33.:35:36.

track is. Not a breath of wind this morning.

:35:37.:36:05.

Ruckstuhl will be watching for the clock. 13.81. Great start for the

:36:06.:36:17.

19-year-old. There is the first smile of the morning. What a way to

:36:18.:36:22.

get your heptathlon underway. It's a good, solid run. She's taken a tenth

:36:23.:36:28.

off her personal best, having already improved her personal best

:36:29.:36:34.

this year. Really nice to see. She's really aggressive into the first

:36:35.:36:38.

hurdle. This is saying to me that this young lady is really confident

:36:39.:36:44.

in her technical abilities. Charges at every single barrier. Good

:36:45.:36:49.

technique. When she gets stronger and improves her sprinting speed,

:36:50.:36:53.

that personal-best will tumble yet again.

:36:54.:37:03.

(STUDIO) Thiam goes in heat three and Katarina Johnson-Thompson goes

:37:04.:37:08.

in heat four. Back on the track in a moment. Let's head outside. We've

:37:09.:37:16.

caught up with Michael Johnson. Me and Michael enjoying the British

:37:17.:37:20.

sunshine. We said we weren't prepared for this. But we have to

:37:21.:37:24.

soak it up. You're more prepared than I am. I was wearing a black

:37:25.:37:30.

bomber jacket a moment ago. What's nice to see is hundreds of fans

:37:31.:37:35.

making their way into the stadium. It's great to see people coming out

:37:36.:37:41.

in their droves. Absolutely, people have been waiting for this since

:37:42.:37:46.

London 2012, the chance to host another great championships. It

:37:47.:37:49.

started fantastic last night. I'd like to say they are here to see

:37:50.:37:54.

some fantastic competition, which we will see, but of course they are

:37:55.:37:59.

here to see Usain Bolt. If you are coming, bring high factor because

:38:00.:38:03.

it's heating up. Let's talk sprinting. Usain, first of his

:38:04.:38:09.

swansong is tonight. Last night, did we see some scapegoating? He talked

:38:10.:38:15.

about blocks. We saw a frustrated Usain Bolt and he showed that during

:38:16.:38:19.

the race. I'm sure he will want to come back out this evening in the

:38:20.:38:24.

semifinals and correct his mistakes. It wasn't a very clean race.

:38:25.:38:29.

Typically what we see with him in early rounds is he's working on

:38:30.:38:33.

things, trying to get raise sharp for the final because he hasn't had

:38:34.:38:40.

a lot of races to prepare. Last night was uncharacteristically

:38:41.:38:43.

ragged. Not a great start. He talked about the blocks and said he wasn't

:38:44.:38:49.

very comfortable with them. He said they were the worst blocks Id ever

:38:50.:38:52.

seen at a championship. I'm not sure what that's about. I've heard these

:38:53.:38:59.

blocks are a bit different, maybe not as substantial, maybe a bit

:39:00.:39:03.

flimsy. I've not seen them myself. That would play on your confidence

:39:04.:39:07.

and you can't get the propulsion you would want out of the blocks. That

:39:08.:39:12.

would not affect him in this me finals. I expect he will get that

:39:13.:39:21.

right. The British fans, a lot of support, but not so much for Justin

:39:22.:39:27.

Gatlin. That's something that is really unfortunate. We as the media

:39:28.:39:34.

created that. Two years ago in 2015 going into the World Championships

:39:35.:39:39.

in Beijing, we created this Justin Gatlin against Usain Bolt, Villains

:39:40.:39:46.

versus hero. I'm not quite sure that was the right thing to do. He's paid

:39:47.:39:52.

his price come he's served his punishment, it's not his fort rules

:39:53.:39:55.

allow people who have cheated to come back and go back into the

:39:56.:40:00.

sport. Other people have tested positive and have been banned who

:40:01.:40:03.

were in the stadium last night and will be for the rest of this week.

:40:04.:40:07.

They aren't getting booed. I'm not sure that was the right thing to do,

:40:08.:40:15.

I wasn't happy with that. It's not what we want, it was a bit of a

:40:16.:40:18.

pantomime. But he will do what he does tonight. A quick word on the

:40:19.:40:23.

British guys. Reece Prescod is a man of the future. You were impressed

:40:24.:40:27.

with his composure last light. He did really well last night. There's

:40:28.:40:32.

a difference when nobody expects anything of you. When you and I

:40:33.:40:37.

start speaking about him, he will be aware of what was said about him

:40:38.:40:41.

last night, people were impressed, into the semifinal and now there is

:40:42.:40:45.

expectation and that's a completely different approach. That's where

:40:46.:40:49.

good coaching comes in. His coach will have to say you have to block

:40:50.:40:54.

that out, don't focus on Usain Bolt or anyone else, run your own race,

:40:55.:40:58.

producer personal-best, which she will probably need to do to get to

:40:59.:41:05.

the final. -- he will probably need to do. He should take it one round

:41:06.:41:10.

at a time. Semifinals, run your best race again. Get into the final and

:41:11.:41:17.

see what happens. We've had a good look at all of them. Semifinals this

:41:18.:41:21.

evening. What have we learned from the first run out? Some beanie from

:41:22.:41:29.

South Africa, true to what we thought, eight times under ten

:41:30.:41:32.

seconds which is very impressive but he hasn't beaten anyone. He was

:41:33.:41:37.

fourth in the preliminary heat last night which is not impressive. He

:41:38.:41:42.

may not be a factor. Justin Gatlin looks smooth. Kristin Coleman most

:41:43.:41:47.

impressive. Fastest time in the world this year, only 21, from

:41:48.:41:53.

America. He took time off, which paid off because he looked fantastic

:41:54.:41:59.

last night. Bolt, we will see significant improvement in the

:42:00.:42:03.

semifinal. Things will stop to really come to light and we'll be

:42:04.:42:07.

able to get a good preview in the semifinals of what's to come tonight

:42:08.:42:11.

at the final. It will get spicy this evening. Let's go back inside for

:42:12.:42:13.

the heptathlon. Thank you and we are ready for the

:42:14.:42:21.

second heat in the 100 metres hurdles for the women's heptathlon.

:42:22.:42:30.

Broersen goes again. There are four heats and you are allocated based on

:42:31.:42:32.

your season's best times. Nadine Broersen is not a bad

:42:33.:42:45.

hurdler. Good consistency throughout.

:42:46.:42:52.

Yorgelis Rodriguez from Cuba. Seventh in Rio in the Olympics with

:42:53.:42:59.

the new Cuban record. Not the finest hurdler, but pretty strong overall.

:43:00.:43:04.

The Reina Preiner, the Austrian, silver in the European under 23

:43:05.:43:16.

championships. Xenia Krizsan of hungry was the European champion a

:43:17.:43:21.

couple of years ago. The Dutch have a good crop of heptathlete.

:43:22.:43:33.

Alysbeth Felix from Puerto Rico. Record holder for Puerto Rico in the

:43:34.:43:39.

high jump, but not so good at throwing. Shiv Shiv are cast, very

:43:40.:43:45.

experienced, sixth in Beijing a couple of years ago in the World

:43:46.:43:52.

Championships. -- Chile ski circus. Ivona Dadic took bronze at the

:43:53.:44:02.

European Championships last year. Klucinova, the Czech record-holder.

:44:03.:44:07.

All the pressure coming down on these athletes because it's an event

:44:08.:44:17.

where things can go to start. You need to attack it and be positive.

:44:18.:44:23.

Broersen, 13.39 is her personal best. Some weight off that this

:44:24.:44:32.

season, 13.68 in the hurdles. Still spectators flooding in here. The

:44:33.:44:37.

stadium is pretty full, but a few still outside. Good conditions. Not

:44:38.:44:44.

too warm, but fairly still. The second of four heats in the women's

:44:45.:44:52.

100 hurdles in the heptathlon. There was an obvious twitch from Felix.

:44:53.:44:59.

Things are slightly different for falls starts in the multi-events.

:45:00.:45:02.

You're given a little bit more grace. They won't get instantly

:45:03.:45:08.

disqualified. They have seven events to concentrate on. She will get a

:45:09.:45:11.

warning. They will all be wanting to get the

:45:12.:45:25.

race underway. Her files start is against the whole field. We will

:45:26.:45:29.

show the reaction times to confirm that, just rocking in the box, from

:45:30.:45:31.

Felix. Sorry, everyone, sorry! Setting off

:45:32.:45:47.

Dadic in lane eight as well, but it was obviously Felix. No morph --

:45:48.:46:00.

more false starts can be afforded. They have done their warming up,

:46:01.:46:04.

they know it will be along two days. You can understand why sometimes

:46:05.:46:08.

they are a bit twitchy. And for most of these women, it's not their

:46:09.:46:11.

favoured event. That's why they are in second heat.

:46:12.:46:19.

It's the stillness and silence that is so unsettling for the athletes.

:46:20.:46:27.

As Colin was saying, they are waiting a long time down here. It's

:46:28.:46:32.

a long hold for them here again. They have just come out to give the

:46:33.:46:46.

official warning. It's no disqualification, but it's for six

:46:47.:46:51.

and eight, it was for Felix and I think Dadic was set off. Another.

:46:52.:47:05.

And everyone would be out. Katarina Johnson-Thompson goes in the fourth

:47:06.:47:11.

heat, Nafi Thiam in the third. Broersen, world indoor champion of

:47:12.:47:17.

three years ago, might content for medals here. A top five finish

:47:18.:47:19.

perhaps. She goes in lane five here. On the inside of Rodriguez takes it,

:47:20.:47:52.

well inside a season best time and just inside the personal best.

:47:53.:47:57.

Pretty decent run and I think all the athletes are happy to get

:47:58.:47:59.

through without further incident. A long wait after the false start.

:48:00.:48:05.

Whether any of these athletes can content over seven events, I'm not

:48:06.:48:10.

sure. Broersen is pretty strong. A good run from Rodriguez on the

:48:11.:48:14.

inside lane. Yeah, she was out really well, Andrew. Cuba has great

:48:15.:48:20.

heritage in the hurdles, both in the men and women. They have some great

:48:21.:48:30.

technical coaches. Rodriguez, well, went early in the event, took the

:48:31.:48:34.

lead on and was rewarded with a season's best. Looking up at the

:48:35.:48:48.

screen. Men's shot put qualification is underway. Making qualifying look

:48:49.:48:59.

very easy, twice champion of the world, three-time European champion,

:49:00.:49:09.

David Storl. No Brits involved. The world has moved on and now the

:49:10.:49:20.

Americans are the danger, Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs. Here is Ryan

:49:21.:49:24.

Crouser, the big man, the Olympic champion. He has got within half a

:49:25.:49:29.

metre of the world record this year, 22 metres 65. Ryan Crouser rotating.

:49:30.:49:39.

Big man, controlling his long levers very well indeed. He has booked his

:49:40.:49:47.

place in tomorrow's final, joining David Storl. His team-mate Kovacs is

:49:48.:49:50.

struggling a little in the first round. He hasn't automatically

:49:51.:49:58.

qualified just yet. Krauser at 20.90, he can take his shoes off. A

:49:59.:50:05.

result of the second heat in the women's heptathlon hurdles.

:50:06.:50:14.

STUDIO: Next up in heat three, the Olympic champion Nafi Thiam. She has

:50:15.:50:22.

improved her personal best tally to more than 7000 points in Gotzis this

:50:23.:50:28.

year. We caught up with her earlier in the season.

:50:29.:50:35.

Of course it's an important event and everybody will be watching me

:50:36.:50:41.

and expecting me to do great things, especially after Gotzis. It's been

:50:42.:50:49.

different years. I think I can still be good things in London. I hope so.

:50:50.:50:55.

It would be too bad to not do a good performance there, but also there

:50:56.:51:01.

was an incredible level. A lot of girls are going strong. I don't want

:51:02.:51:08.

to put pressure on myself. I think it's most important that I still

:51:09.:51:15.

enjoy what I do that's how I always thought about my tactics, not

:51:16.:51:18.

thinking about the other ones. I don't want to change that. That's

:51:19.:51:24.

how I feel most comfortable. We will see. And she's out, the sun is

:51:25.:51:29.

shining on the stadium. And Nafi Thiam is ready to try and claim her

:51:30.:51:33.

first world title and build on her Olympic title from last year. Jess

:51:34.:51:39.

Cameron use of this is one of the events she has worked on, sprinting

:51:40.:51:44.

and running, over the winter. She looks a lot better. She is so tall

:51:45.:51:48.

that these events can be difficult and the barriers are quite low. It's

:51:49.:51:52.

about being active over the hurdles and running off strong, which she

:51:53.:51:57.

seems to do. I'm excited to see what she will run the. Physically,

:51:58.:52:01.

looking at her, she's a similar physic to Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

:52:02.:52:06.

It's interesting, showing you the physiology and how people's natural

:52:07.:52:10.

talents across the seven pieces aren't what you would predict. I'm

:52:11.:52:16.

amazed that KJT doesn't throw further, and equally

:52:17.:52:19.

Johnson-Thompson's hurdles have been one of the strong points. It's just

:52:20.:52:24.

to your make up. It's what you come to the event with com you have a

:52:25.:52:29.

natural ability in something sent it varies across athletes. What she has

:52:30.:52:33.

done, she is naturally strong. She has always been a good thrower, but

:52:34.:52:39.

she knows the speed. In some ways it has been challenging for her, but

:52:40.:52:44.

she has been able to do it. It's relaxation, she wants to stay

:52:45.:52:48.

relaxed and stay focused and not put pressure on herself. When you

:52:49.:52:56.

emerge, Tony, as she did at the Olympics last year, into the global

:52:57.:53:01.

consciousness, and now you hold that title, everybody is coming for you.

:53:02.:53:05.

As your mindset as the coach, do you have to work on that with your

:53:06.:53:10.

athletes and go into the competition with a slightly different vision?

:53:11.:53:12.

You would suspect that but the reality is to focus on yourself.

:53:13.:53:16.

What's Nafi Thiam and her coach of them really well is focus on

:53:17.:53:20.

herself, what are we strong and weak at and work on our gaps. Because of

:53:21.:53:26.

that, and the age, you can just keep improving. Lets see if she can

:53:27.:53:31.

improve and head to heat three with Steve Cram.

:53:32.:53:38.

Some of the older athletes of the event, Sharon Day Monro. Salman-Rath

:53:39.:53:54.

in lane two. Anouk Vetter was the Amsterdam champion last year.

:53:55.:54:09.

Quaresma, one a couple of years ago, the Portuguese. I knew in ten, a

:54:10.:54:17.

pretty good hurdler. -- anew in Watching for the clock. The European

:54:18.:54:40.

under 23, recent under 23 champion from Switzerland, and we have just

:54:41.:54:44.

seen her younger team-mates do very well in heat one. We have already

:54:45.:54:50.

seen quite a few personal bests in the first two heats, so be Olympic

:54:51.:55:00.

champion looking to become a double world champion. Colin and I have

:55:01.:55:04.

noticed the impressive hair work here. Getting herself set. Good

:55:05.:55:13.

conditions, not a breath of wind, warmer.

:55:14.:55:28.

Anouk Vetter has the lead on this, going very well in indeed. There is

:55:29.:55:42.

the first indicator, Anouk Vetter was delighted with her performance.

:55:43.:55:46.

A big run for her. Very close to her personal best. Not a good start from

:55:47.:55:50.

Nafi Thiam and never really got moving. You are expected to come

:55:51.:55:56.

through. A little bit of a disappointment. We will wait for the

:55:57.:56:00.

times but it must be around 13.5 for Nafi Thiam. I think she will be a

:56:01.:56:06.

bit disappointed with that. At no stage of the race was she making any

:56:07.:56:12.

ground. I would expect that would happen when somebody is running

:56:13.:56:19.

13.31. A very good run by Anouk Vetter. Taking control early.

:56:20.:56:24.

Focused well, working off each and every one of the barriers and was

:56:25.:56:29.

again rewarded with a season's best. Some of these women are hurtling

:56:30.:56:34.

very well indeed. In contrast, Nafi Thiam, a couple of questions.

:56:35.:56:39.

Because she is tall, she takes her time a bit into the first hurdle.

:56:40.:56:45.

Eight strides, when you have really long legs, it can be complicated.

:56:46.:56:50.

It's not the but she focuses on all the time. I think she is working her

:56:51.:56:55.

way through, keeping focus and running hard off all the barriers,

:56:56.:56:59.

but not quite as sharp. I think she may be a little bit disappointed

:57:00.:57:01.

because that was a full out run. Joe Kovacs in the shot put is the

:57:02.:57:18.

reigning champion, but he has opened up his account fairly unimpressive

:57:19.:57:26.

thee, 20.62 in the first round. He saw his team-mate Ryan Crouser

:57:27.:57:36.

comfortably go beyond the automatic qualifying. We were expecting to

:57:37.:57:40.

qualify with ease, he has gone over 22 metres this year, 22.57. Just

:57:41.:57:46.

separated from that, he went left and the shot went right. The power

:57:47.:57:50.

dissipates. He liked it, though, the hand in EF. 20.67, a slight

:57:51.:57:59.

improvement from Kovacs. This the hand in the air.

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Maybe a couple of tenths lost for Nafi Thiam. Andy Goode viewpoints as

:58:11.:58:16.

well. Not the start she would have wanted.

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STUDIO: How main points are we talking there? A couple of hundred

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outside 30 points. It means she might not score 7000, but she might

:58:32.:58:42.

get 6999. A little blip, but it will maybe affect confidence. A first

:58:43.:58:47.

glimpse of this later. Katarina Johnson-Thompson sticking out her

:58:48.:58:52.

tongue to the camera, a relaxed move will stop you couldn't think of a

:58:53.:58:55.

better arena for her to compete in. The crowd will be on her side. She

:58:56.:59:00.

has to relax into this and enjoy the atmosphere. You have to take it in.

:59:01.:59:04.

We had the amazing images from Jess in London where you just take a beat

:59:05.:59:09.

and allow the crowd to get with you. You have to use the crowds to get

:59:10.:59:14.

with you. She has seen Nafi Thiam's run. She will draw confidence from

:59:15.:59:18.

that. Although it will not be a massive difference in points at this

:59:19.:59:21.

time, if she can get a great start it will give her a mental edge going

:59:22.:59:25.

to the high jump. One of the things we talked about earlier was her

:59:26.:59:29.

mental state throughout the two days and how she has in the past let

:59:30.:59:32.

disappointment affect her next event. This is one of her stronger

:59:33.:59:36.

events. She wants to start the whole thing with a great time and post a

:59:37.:59:44.

high score on the board. Can you tell anything from her demeanour at

:59:45.:59:46.

the moment, Denise, as somebody who has spent time with her, from how

:59:47.:59:50.

she is looking? Not yet. She is in the zone right now, focused on

:59:51.:59:55.

getting a great start. It's about keeping the mental state in check at

:59:56.:59:59.

the moment and being aggressive. She knows she has to work hard. Expect

:00:00.:00:03.

her to come through really well in the latter stages of the race but

:00:04.:00:09.

it's about getting a good start. Physically she looks stronger. She

:00:10.:00:15.

has been working on her posture. She has those natural rounded shoulders,

:00:16.:00:18.

so she has been working hard on strengthening her back and call. She

:00:19.:00:24.

says she only used to train three days a week, very long sessions, so

:00:25.:00:29.

her training has changed massively. Tony looks suspicious.

:00:30.:00:35.

She was a five day train with Mike Holmes. Three days a week, a little

:00:36.:00:44.

pinch of salt. Does that mean three gym sessions or three technical

:00:45.:00:50.

sessions? If you only do three technical sessions in heptathlon,

:00:51.:00:54.

you might as well forget it! How many gym sessions a week would you

:00:55.:01:01.

be doing? I had three better after I had Reggie we had to condense it. We

:01:02.:01:07.

did long gym sessions, he made us stay in there for an hour and a

:01:08.:01:15.

half. Sorry! It's important to keep strength levels because they do drop

:01:16.:01:19.

away. Getting the balance right between when you should take time

:01:20.:01:23.

off and do your lifting. I used to do my lifting right up to the

:01:24.:01:29.

events. You didn't taper down your lifting? Maximum lifts. Working on

:01:30.:01:36.

the power. She's looking focused and strong. She needs a good start. She

:01:37.:01:43.

will be buoyed by that time from Thiam. Andrew is the commentator.

:01:44.:01:49.

When you think of great athletics moments, they are normally in the

:01:50.:01:54.

evening under the lights. But with the heptathlon, you are straight

:01:55.:01:59.

into it. There are seven finals. Nano goes in lane two. Nadine Visser

:02:00.:02:11.

ran 12.78. These are the four to -- fastest hurdler is. Williams is a

:02:12.:02:17.

very, very good hurdler. A world junior champion three years ago over

:02:18.:02:23.

the barriers. Falls down a little bit in the throes. Cachova, new

:02:24.:02:29.

personal best in the Czech Republic in June. We will let the London

:02:30.:02:37.

stadium welcome the next athlete. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

:02:38.:02:46.

There's no hiding place in front of 60,000 people! Schafer will be a

:02:47.:02:55.

medal contender if she gets it right across the events. Former world and

:02:56.:03:04.

European junior champion. Erica Bougard, another very good hurdler.

:03:05.:03:11.

Poor shot put and javelin to say the least. Another medal contender from

:03:12.:03:25.

Latvia. Ikauniece-Admidina. Katarina Johnson-Thompson is outstanding in

:03:26.:03:29.

the high jump, the long jump, 200 metres. Very good 800-metre runner.

:03:30.:03:34.

The hurdles, doesn't quite get to the very top level yet. You think of

:03:35.:03:40.

Jessica Ennis-Hill, outstanding hurdler. In this stadium, in this

:03:41.:03:46.

event, exploding into things with 12.54, a British record at the time.

:03:47.:03:55.

Can she get close to her personal best? It all begins here in the 100

:03:56.:03:58.

hurdles. This takes it in 12.85. Nadine

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Visser, well clear. A decent run from Williams. It's all about the

:04:30.:04:34.

time for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. You think about exploding into that

:04:35.:04:38.

event. Perhaps a little bit of safety in the blocks. She sat for a

:04:39.:04:46.

while, it was cautious from Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Let's see her

:04:47.:04:51.

time. Colin Jackson will talk you through this one. These women, this

:04:52.:04:58.

event, very strong hurdlers. Any position above seventh place would

:04:59.:05:06.

be fantastic for Kat. 13.33. She will be very happy with that in

:05:07.:05:10.

contrast to Thiam. Look at the start. Very soft going into the

:05:11.:05:18.

first hurdle, over striding. You need good cadence, good leg speed

:05:19.:05:21.

going into the first barrier because it sets you up. But she starts

:05:22.:05:27.

making inroads into the field. A little mistake off the final

:05:28.:05:32.

barrier. 13.33 is what we are looking for. A lot of people will

:05:33.:05:38.

think she's down the field, but it's to be expected, she is against some

:05:39.:05:42.

better hurdlers. Just look for her time. Spot on, these are quality

:05:43.:05:50.

hurdlers. A lot of them have gone under 13 seconds. One other thing to

:05:51.:05:56.

talk about. ACCA nature at Medina, on the outside, she has run a

:05:57.:06:06.

terrible time. 13.71. -- Ikauniece-Admidina. Not too bad at

:06:07.:06:16.

all from Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Four hundredths of a second down on

:06:17.:06:21.

her personal best. There was the mistakes she made. She hit the next

:06:22.:06:27.

hurdle and she fell off that a little bit. That's where she could

:06:28.:06:31.

have lost that personal best performance. For me, an excellent

:06:32.:06:39.

start from Kat. Look at lane nine. Schafer alongside Johnson-Thompson

:06:40.:06:43.

Branwell. Ikauniece-Admidina was going well and then it went wrong in

:06:44.:06:49.

the second half. She was fading badly. Ikauniece-Admidina is a 13.07

:06:50.:07:00.

runner. She has lost huge points. Seemed to be struggling with a leg

:07:01.:07:05.

problem. That was pretty evident because she had zero power at the

:07:06.:07:10.

back end of the race. If there's anywhere you need to be technically

:07:11.:07:14.

efficient, it's the back end. From Kat. -- great from Kat. Let's have a

:07:15.:07:22.

look at the standings. The names to look out for, Katarina

:07:23.:07:36.

Johnson-Thompson, Carolin Schafer, a decent run and she may be a medal

:07:37.:07:41.

contender. Nafi Thiam, a couple of tenths down on her personal best.

:07:42.:07:48.

Ikauniece-Admidina battling through injury. I'm sure the Latvian would

:07:49.:07:54.

have featured, but a poor start for her.

:07:55.:07:58.

(STUDIO) you always want to come out and post a PB, like you did, Jess,

:07:59.:08:04.

in 2012. If you don't do that, getting as close as Kat did and

:08:05.:08:08.

putting yourself amongst it, will she be pleased with that? Or a

:08:09.:08:14.

little bit disappointed? She takes seven strides to the first hurdle.

:08:15.:08:19.

She compresses herself in the blocks and she can't unfold. The angle on

:08:20.:08:25.

the front leg forces her to stand straight up. Put your blocks in the

:08:26.:08:28.

right place and you run a personal best. When she gets to the hurdles,

:08:29.:08:35.

chief or Leeds and is very floppy so she's very close. Very simple tidy

:08:36.:08:42.

up. Lead with your knee and you can run and sprint between them and you

:08:43.:08:50.

can break 13 seconds. She is 6-foot. Like Thiam, getting the cadence into

:08:51.:08:55.

the first hurdle is difficult. When you're doing it in seven strides,

:08:56.:09:02.

she has to push really hard. It's counterintuitive. She's crowding the

:09:03.:09:09.

line in order to make seven steps. You fold your legs up. It's like

:09:10.:09:14.

doing a very deep squat and trying to stand up. You have to have a 90

:09:15.:09:19.

degrees angle in the front leg and 120 in the back otherwise you can't

:09:20.:09:26.

power out. Let's have a look at the overhead camera and see if we can

:09:27.:09:34.

get any more from that. Lane nine, she looks like she might be carrying

:09:35.:09:40.

an injury. Yeah. She got out well but she hit the seventh hurdle.

:09:41.:09:46.

Fifth hurdle. I don't know whether she's coming into the competition

:09:47.:09:50.

with an injury, but she looks like she's grabbed her hamstring off the

:09:51.:09:57.

hurdle. That doesn't bode well. No. A poor start for an athlete we

:09:58.:10:03.

thought would be in the mix. The one who is the lady everybody wants to

:10:04.:10:08.

beat, Nafi Thiam, didn't have the best start either. Let's have a look

:10:09.:10:14.

at her. Tell us what you thought of her performance, Tony. A very tall

:10:15.:10:21.

individual. She takes eight strides to the first hurdle. Look how her

:10:22.:10:31.

knee is bent. She keeps it tight. I don't like the lead arm, goes across

:10:32.:10:36.

her, throws it out a little bit which creates rotation you don't

:10:37.:10:41.

want. She has to fit into the space. She bends the knee, she cuts the

:10:42.:10:46.

distance. Not active enough off the trail leg. She's dropped 30 points

:10:47.:10:55.

but then Kat instead of moving towards her and taking benefit, she

:10:56.:10:58.

stepped away a little bit, but not by much. The bigger problem will be

:10:59.:11:04.

for the Latvian girl. She's 80 points down. It means she's more

:11:05.:11:11.

likely to score 6700 and Kat can probably achieve that. As you step

:11:12.:11:15.

towards them, there's a chance to be on the podium. It's the high jump

:11:16.:11:21.

next and that's where she is world class and she can post a big score.

:11:22.:11:27.

The high jump is always interesting. They're jumping ability is

:11:28.:11:30.

incredible. Watching them battle it out is brilliant. They will need to

:11:31.:11:36.

jump in the high 90s. She will feel pressure because she has to deliver.

:11:37.:11:41.

She wants to start with a PB but she hasn't done that. She will come out

:11:42.:11:45.

and jump high and she will want to get close to two metres. That's at

:11:46.:11:54.

11:30am. We will be all over it. Back on the track now. The 400

:11:55.:11:59.

metres hurdles... Sorry, the 400 metres flat. They would be very

:12:00.:12:02.

shocked if there were hurdles out there! Olympic finalist, a really

:12:03.:12:10.

exciting athlete. Still only 22 years old. He's gained so much

:12:11.:12:15.

experience over the last few years. In Glasgow as the Commonwealth Games

:12:16.:12:19.

we got a glimpse of him first and 40 was exciting. Lovely runner,

:12:20.:12:25.

relaxed, gaining confidence. He's had stress fractures, but nice to

:12:26.:12:35.

see him back strong and confident. He seems to enjoy the big occasions.

:12:36.:12:38.

Can he deliver in front of the home crowd and get safely through Steve

:12:39.:12:39.

Cram is the commentator. What a great morning we've got

:12:40.:12:50.

because these 400 metres heats will be very exciting. Matthew

:12:51.:12:54.

Hudson-Smith getting is underway. Dwayne Campbell in heat three and

:12:55.:13:00.

Martyn Rooney in heat five. Wayde Van Niekerk, the favourite, world

:13:01.:13:04.

record holder, is in the second heat. There are also other big names

:13:05.:13:10.

to watch out for. Fred Kerley of the USA, really exciting to watch him

:13:11.:13:15.

run here in his first major championships. Big talent.

:13:16.:13:26.

Some familiar names to those of you who are regular athletics fans.

:13:27.:13:35.

Particularly in the outside lanes. The qualification is not easy. First

:13:36.:13:40.

three and six fastest through to the semifinals which are tomorrow.

:13:41.:13:46.

Matthew Hudson-Smith has shown in his burgeoning career that he is

:13:47.:13:49.

good at raising his game at the major championships. His last

:13:50.:13:55.

performance here was an odd one, the London Diamond League. A couple of

:13:56.:13:59.

weeks ago. He fell over at the start. That was the night for him to

:14:00.:14:10.

put in a good confidence building performance before these

:14:11.:14:15.

championships. He missed that opportunity. Maslak on the outside.

:14:16.:14:22.

He will be a good one for them all to chase. He was in the world record

:14:23.:14:30.

race recently. There's Fred Kerley. He's a massive talent. He's just 22

:14:31.:14:38.

years of age. Haven't seen him on the international circuit really and

:14:39.:14:44.

this is a baptism of fire for him. Kevin Borlee, 29 years old,

:14:45.:14:49.

extremely experienced. Hudson-Smith in five. A huge cheer for the

:14:50.:14:58.

Brummie lad. All of the danger for him is outside. Might need to watch

:14:59.:15:09.

the Kenyan in lane two as well. He's run close to 45 seconds this year,

:15:10.:15:10.

there he years. On times, he should finish in the

:15:11.:15:28.

top three here. I will be interested to see Gordon as well. Coming back

:15:29.:15:32.

to the sort of form that saw him win medals a few years back. He ran a

:15:33.:15:43.

31.923 200 metres recently, and as the fastest he's ever done. It might

:15:44.:15:47.

indicate he's ready to drop under 45 seconds again.

:15:48.:15:56.

Only three of them will go through...

:15:57.:16:05.

Hudson-Smith has got to get on terms with those men outside him. Fred

:16:06.:16:11.

Kerley starting quickly. Hudson-Smith already going past

:16:12.:16:17.

Kevin Borlee who has started quickly through the first 150. Maslak going

:16:18.:16:24.

well. The three of them moving away, Fred Kerley but in a gap between

:16:25.:16:32.

himself and Borlee and Hudson-Smith. Already looking around, a bit of

:16:33.:16:38.

bravado. He says, watch me go, it's easy for me. It looks easy.

:16:39.:16:45.

Hudson-Smith going well, but Borlee and Maslak, this is tough. Fred

:16:46.:16:50.

Kerley will win it, Hudson-Smith fading quickly, fifth. That is a

:16:51.:16:55.

tough, tough heat, but I didn't like the way Hudson-Smith eased back. I'm

:16:56.:17:00.

not saying he eased back, but didn't fight enough in the 1015 metres.

:17:01.:17:06.

There are six fastest loser spots. If you are not in the top three you

:17:07.:17:10.

have to keep going for the time. Fifth place, but the last 15 metres

:17:11.:17:15.

might well have cost him. It's very close. Hudson-Smith, 45.31. Fred

:17:16.:17:26.

Kerley, that was impressive and Michael Johnson sitting upstairs

:17:27.:17:29.

must have been purring. He's a real talent. I didn't like this, really.

:17:30.:17:36.

Just run the race, get on with it. You can relax without having to look

:17:37.:17:40.

around. Not sure what that was about, throwing out his hands. This

:17:41.:17:45.

is a serious business, this is the preliminaries and he's a young

:17:46.:17:49.

athlete and he will learn. I also agree on Matthew Hudson-Smith. You

:17:50.:17:54.

have to fight, and he's giving up way too early. Especially in the

:17:55.:17:56.

early rounds where you have to acquit yourself really well. Fred

:17:57.:18:00.

Kerley not making too much ground, not taking a gap out of him, running

:18:01.:18:06.

well in the first 200 metres, impressive and relaxed. In the early

:18:07.:18:11.

rounds you want to run quickly through the first 200, get your

:18:12.:18:15.

rhythm down and then come off the turn exactly where you want to be in

:18:16.:18:20.

the race, among the leaders, which is where he was initially and then

:18:21.:18:26.

started to fade. This is where he relaxed a bit too much. In a great

:18:27.:18:31.

position and then his arms drop down, a little too much relaxation.

:18:32.:18:36.

Borlee coming up on the outside, you have to respond to that and he

:18:37.:18:38.

didn't do that. It was a missed opportunity. He's going to have an

:18:39.:18:46.

anxious wait because there are now five more heats to come, and he's

:18:47.:18:51.

not even a fastest loser, the second fastest, because was ahead of him.

:18:52.:18:59.

At the Olympics, 45.31 wouldn't have got you through is the fastest

:19:00.:19:03.

loser. We have some high quality races to come and he will have an

:19:04.:19:09.

anxious wait. Back to the hammer, Steve. The hammer with Sophie

:19:10.:19:16.

Hitchon, a big cheer as she entered the stadium. Qualifying time for the

:19:17.:19:27.

athletes to go 71.5 or top 12. Sophie Hitchon has proved time and

:19:28.:19:30.

time again that she is a major championship challenger. Olympic

:19:31.:19:35.

bronze last year, fourth in the World Championships two years ago

:19:36.:19:38.

and lifetime bests on both those occasions. Looking for something in

:19:39.:19:45.

excess of 71.5. It's looking good, down the middle. She controlled

:19:46.:19:50.

herself. A big cheer from the crowd because Sophie Hitchon makes another

:19:51.:19:53.

major championships final. That looked easy and it bodes really well

:19:54.:19:57.

for her prospects of standing on another global rostrum. Loved the

:19:58.:20:03.

moment last season when she threw a British record in the last round at

:20:04.:20:09.

Rio. And that is the perfect start to her World Championships. A big

:20:10.:20:19.

smile from Sophie, into the final. 73.05, the best of the athletes so

:20:20.:20:24.

far. Matthew Hudson-Smith in that race the way he wanted, not just in

:20:25.:20:29.

terms of position. He knows it, the last 50 metres not helping his cause

:20:30.:20:35.

of advancing. 45.31, confirmed in fifth. Gordon is ready to improve, a

:20:36.:20:44.

season's best for him. Maslak with a season's best. Hudson-Smith, 45.31,

:20:45.:20:51.

and five races still to come. Not what you wanted, I'm sure.

:20:52.:21:02.

Describe the race from your perspective. Got out really well but

:21:03.:21:07.

couldn't find the extra gear. It's strange when these things happen but

:21:08.:21:11.

we have to move on and hopefully I get through. It's an anxious waiting

:21:12.:21:15.

game. Are you thinking back to anything you would have done

:21:16.:21:23.

differently? I would have probably settled better, personally. These

:21:24.:21:26.

things happen and you have to move on from it. You have shown is in

:21:27.:21:31.

your young career how you can move on from round to rant. This is a new

:21:32.:21:36.

experience, not getting through automatically. Definitely, but I

:21:37.:21:40.

just have to learn from it and carry on. It's a waiting game, as you

:21:41.:21:47.

said. All the best. Sophie Hitchon with her tracksuit back on. She's in

:21:48.:21:53.

the final on Monday. Not a perfect throw, good enough to get through,

:21:54.:21:57.

but there are technical improvements to be made and something around 74

:21:58.:22:07.

metres might get on the rostrum. A good start from Sophie Hitchon.

:22:08.:22:11.

Automatic qualifying. She can leave the arena. The other athletes can

:22:12.:22:15.

continue. Three throws maximum. But the perfect start for Sophie.

:22:16.:22:24.

The Olympic champion and world record-holder is ready to begin his

:22:25.:22:30.

400-metre campaign. One of two events he's going for here, Wayde

:22:31.:22:35.

van Niekerk, going for the 400 metre and 200-metre double. The Michael

:22:36.:22:39.

Johnson speciality. And he Johnson's record in the Olympics, stretching

:22:40.:22:49.

clear of LaShawn Merritt and James in the final 50 metres. People

:22:50.:22:54.

believe he can go below 43 seconds. That's a bit of a stretch, but he's

:22:55.:23:01.

an outstanding, incredible athlete. This should be a little bit of a job

:23:02.:23:05.

for him. Again, a high-quality field. Steven Solomon, Nery Brenes

:23:06.:23:11.

from Costa Rica, world indoor champion from 2012. Shearman St

:23:12.:23:21.

Vincent the Grenadines. Van Niekerk say he can take on Usain Bolt's

:23:22.:23:26.

mantel. He's a different character, a much more quiet figure, no

:23:27.:23:30.

showman, but on the track is comparable. Outstanding 100, 200 and

:23:31.:23:45.

400 runner. Cedenio, running 44.01, nobody has run that fast before and

:23:46.:23:52.

not got a medal. Still only 21. De Vita ray of Italy in lane two. And

:23:53.:24:05.

Janezic of Slovenia in lane one. -- Davide

:24:06.:24:16.

Re. One of the great athletes, Wayde van Niekerk. Looking at times, the

:24:17.:24:27.

first heat was quick, Matthew Hudson-Smith down in fifth with

:24:28.:24:32.

45.31. Wayde van Niekerk should be able to win this at his leisure.

:24:33.:24:42.

There is a long hold. Asked to stand up. Just a little bit unsettling.

:24:43.:24:57.

Wayde van Niekerk, he has won a couple of Diamond League meetings

:24:58.:25:02.

this year. 43.62 in Lausanne to win that one. And also in Monaco where

:25:03.:25:12.

he was pushed quite hard. Could the athlete in lane for please respond

:25:13.:25:23.

immediately to my set command. Atine-Venel of France, quite slow to

:25:24.:25:35.

follow the set command. The Marshall speaking to them.

:25:36.:25:57.

A second first-round heat in the men's 400 metres, three going

:25:58.:26:03.

through automatically and on the six fastest losers. Wayde van Niekerk

:26:04.:26:10.

taking it easy through the first hundred, just measuring himself at

:26:11.:26:14.

the moment. He wants to push up a little bit. The man outside him,

:26:15.:26:19.

less KCom it's quite easy at the moment. Van Niekerk leading. Three

:26:20.:26:28.

to go through automatically and Van Niekerk jogging, looking easy and

:26:29.:26:33.

comfortable just now. Solomon also looking strong, the youngster

:26:34.:26:40.

outside, beginning to fade. Van Niekerk takes it again, coasting

:26:41.:26:46.

across. 45.28, not as fast as the first heat. Van Niekerk taking the

:26:47.:26:54.

victory. Matthew Hudson-Smith, 45.31 in fifth in the first heat, easy

:26:55.:26:59.

enough for Van Niekerk. Michael Johnson, was never going to be a

:27:00.:27:03.

repeat of the final in Rio, but that was about energy conservation and

:27:04.:27:09.

stretching the legs for Van Niekerk. That's not the way you want to do

:27:10.:27:13.

it, it takes a lot more energy to relax in the first half of the race

:27:14.:27:17.

and then have to find yourself with 100 metres to go, making up ground

:27:18.:27:21.

and having to kick up into another gear. The better way to do it is to

:27:22.:27:25.

get out, take the lead and then ease back and relax. He has to kick in

:27:26.:27:31.

and that takes a lot of energy. He is trying to conserve energy because

:27:32.:27:35.

he is doing the 400 and 200-metre double. But he is in great shape and

:27:36.:27:42.

the class of the field. No problems for him in this qualification to get

:27:43.:27:46.

through to the next round. Starting off a bit too timid. Even though

:27:47.:27:51.

this is an early round only want to relax, you still want to get out and

:27:52.:27:56.

run the first 200 metres as if it's the final. Getting in to that

:27:57.:28:01.

beautiful long stride, he knows he's the class of the field, very

:28:02.:28:06.

relaxed. This will be a very interesting 400 metres with Van

:28:07.:28:11.

Niekerk as the world-record holder, defending world champion and Olympic

:28:12.:28:14.

champion, trying to do the double. But Fred Kerley in the earlier

:28:15.:28:18.

round, he will have something to say about that. Extremely relaxed,

:28:19.:28:23.

having to kick in a little bit, but not too much of a problem. Just a

:28:24.:28:34.

fantastic athletes, looking to do something special here in these

:28:35.:28:38.

championships over 200 and 400 metres double. Wayde van Niekerk is

:28:39.:28:43.

true. But a reminder it was a much slower heat than the first one,

:28:44.:28:47.

where we saw Matthew Hudson-Smith. Comfortable for Van Niekerk. Nery

:28:48.:28:53.

Brenes went through as well. Good run from the Italian, Re. Much less

:28:54.:29:01.

fancied than the likes of Cedenio, who will have to wait and see if

:29:02.:29:05.

he's one of the fastest losers. Sophie Hitchon is still the

:29:06.:29:13.

qualifier from the women's hammer. This is the Belarus athlete, a world

:29:14.:29:22.

best this year, and she is capable of joining Sophie. It looked high

:29:23.:29:32.

and long. Sophie Hitchon at 73.05, still the leading mark. A similar

:29:33.:29:50.

distance from Malyshik. Second best so far and also qualifying. Another

:29:51.:29:56.

young athletes, the 22-year-old Polish, Malwina Kopron. Can she join

:29:57.:30:22.

Sophie and Malyshik. We have lost that one. The throw is making the

:30:23.:30:28.

most of what very good athletic conditions in the Olympic Stadium.

:30:29.:30:31.

That's probably the best we have seen so far. Close to a lifetime

:30:32.:30:42.

best. 75.11, her lifetime best. 73.50 to book a place in the final.

:30:43.:30:51.

The marks are scratched, 74.97. Three athletes qualifying, Sophie is

:30:52.:30:52.

one of them. The congratulations on a tremendous

:30:53.:31:03.

performance. When you come into qualification it must be tricky, you

:31:04.:31:09.

need to negotiate it and you've done it with aplomb. It is really

:31:10.:31:13.

difficult to come into the qualification rounds. Once you're

:31:14.:31:17.

through, as is a little bit more like a normal competition. It's nice

:31:18.:31:22.

to make it in one throw but you just need to make it. Tim Neila it with

:31:23.:31:28.

an impressive throw shows the form you're in. -- to nail it. We'll see

:31:29.:31:37.

on Monday night! As for being in this stadium, does that give you a

:31:38.:31:40.

lift or are you trying to block it out? I'm not going to lie, it does

:31:41.:31:48.

make you really nervous. You have pressure on yourself and everyone

:31:49.:31:51.

else is here to support you so you want to perform well. But the crowd

:31:52.:31:57.

is amazing. You showed last year in Rio that you fight to the end and

:31:58.:32:01.

you can pull it out of the bag when you most need to so you can tap into

:32:02.:32:07.

those memories. Definitely. Once the final comes, you try to execute your

:32:08.:32:12.

technique. Don't do anything fancy, just come in and execute. Great

:32:13.:32:16.

start, we wish you well for the final. Thanks.

:32:17.:32:22.

Good luck to Sophie Hitchon. And good luck to this man. Dwayne Cowan.

:32:23.:32:33.

What a story for him, 32 years old. This is one of the contenders for a

:32:34.:32:39.

medal, Baboloki Thebe. Young man from Botswana. They have a great

:32:40.:32:46.

relay team as well. Their slowest guy is 45.30 individual. Wayne,

:32:47.:32:52.

incredible story. His father is Lloyd Coward, one of the top

:32:53.:32:57.

coaches, coach of Christine Ohuruogu and others. Dwayne has been getting

:32:58.:33:01.

better and better at a stage of his career where that wouldn't happen to

:33:02.:33:07.

most, at 32. He's had a great season, including a surprise win in

:33:08.:33:12.

the European Team Championships. He set a new personal best on this

:33:13.:33:16.

track at the London Diamond League. He has a tough heat. If he runs like

:33:17.:33:24.

that, he has a good chance. Demish Gaye there has had a few problems,

:33:25.:33:34.

four weeks without racing. Feed -- CD from Botswana.

:33:35.:33:40.

Demish Gaye has only lost one 400-metre race this year.

:33:41.:33:54.

Coward and has started pretty quickly. The crowd really getting

:33:55.:34:02.

into this and he's going well. He's chasing down Thebe. Demish Gaye is

:34:03.:34:10.

quick. Demish Gaye has gone very hard through the first 250. Dwayne

:34:11.:34:17.

Cowan has a real job on his hand but he's a strong finisher. Thebe...

:34:18.:34:25.

Here comes Coward and... Dwayne Cowan. He is going to qualify.

:34:26.:34:39.

44.83. This young man, he started the season with 4409 in his first

:34:40.:34:46.

race in March. He's been incredibly consistent since. He's a big talent.

:34:47.:34:51.

The Jamaicans have some good young 400-metre runners as well. At the

:34:52.:34:59.

other end of the scale, 32. His first major championships and he's

:35:00.:35:05.

through to the semifinal. 45.39 to do that. A smart race, Michael. It

:35:06.:35:12.

was a smart race. He got out quickly and settled in a bit. Not the

:35:13.:35:16.

cleanest of techniques but looks like he's lingering, but that's just

:35:17.:35:25.

the way he runs. Nice, long stride and he looks nice and relaxed which

:35:26.:35:30.

I really like. Now you have to take a break at some point in the 400

:35:31.:35:35.

metres, you can't drop it all out. He does that from 200 to 250. He

:35:36.:35:45.

finds himself in about fourth place, third place, coming off the bend.

:35:46.:35:49.

Decent position. He acquitted himself very well and has done just

:35:50.:35:54.

well enough to get third position for automatic qualification. That's

:35:55.:36:00.

the way you want to run the first round. Everybody wants to relax, you

:36:01.:36:05.

want to conserve as much energy as possible over these three rounds if

:36:06.:36:08.

you're fortunate to get into the final. It's better to run too fast

:36:09.:36:14.

in the first round than not fast enough. That's what Matthew

:36:15.:36:18.

Hudson-Smith is dealing with now. Waiting to see if he will get into

:36:19.:36:24.

the final. Cowan, great first run to get into the semifinal. Semifinals

:36:25.:36:32.

tomorrow. As far as Matthew Hudson-Smith is concerned, he's

:36:33.:36:36.

still in a good position as far as fastest losers. The second and third

:36:37.:36:43.

heats were not particularly quick. Thebe and Gaye looked very strong.

:36:44.:36:49.

Both under 45 seconds. Dwayne is through to the semifinals. He is

:36:50.:36:55.

with Phil. Well done. Such a big occasion and

:36:56.:36:59.

to accomplish that performance in the first round must be greatly

:37:00.:37:04.

satisfying. Yeah. Got through to the semifinals. I took three weeks off

:37:05.:37:10.

so one a bit rusty. Hopefully next round I'll go out a bit harder and

:37:11.:37:14.

get a faster time. Tell me about your year to get to this point.

:37:15.:37:19.

Somebody at your edge -- age to be getting better is a rare thing. I

:37:20.:37:25.

started at 28 years old. I'm still young. In terms of... Yeah. To

:37:26.:37:35.

everyone out there, never give up. I'm 32 years old. I'm training with

:37:36.:37:43.

people of 19 and 20 and you just have to grind it. Impressive. What

:37:44.:37:50.

can you achieve? You were close to your personal best. That's a box

:37:51.:37:55.

you'd like to take. Hopefully I'll get a PB in the semifinals and

:37:56.:38:01.

that's it. My whole aim was to get through the first round. I've done

:38:02.:38:05.

that, just about. Onto the semifinals. Well done. Thanks.

:38:06.:38:16.

Women's triple jump qualification under way and a flamboyant

:38:17.:38:23.

character, you Lamah Ross Hussey from Venezuela. Silver-medallist in

:38:24.:38:30.

Rio last year. Has gone over 15 metres this year. -- just shy of it

:38:31.:38:39.

this year. It is qualification. 14.20 better to get into Monday's

:38:40.:38:48.

final. Ten one expected to do that comfortably. -- Rojas expected to do

:38:49.:38:56.

that comfortably. Shy of auto qualifying. After giving her the big

:38:57.:39:05.

build-up! Rojas with a tentative start. Checked herself on the board.

:39:06.:39:14.

Looks bang on 14 metres. Way off the optimum of getting onto the take-off

:39:15.:39:17.

board. Tony, what did you make of that? I think she'd decelerated.

:39:18.:39:27.

Didn't drive and made it short. A bit of mourning rust I suspect.

:39:28.:39:37.

Rybarikova, bronze medal last year. Champion here five years ago. She

:39:38.:39:46.

will feel at home. 32-year-old from Kazakhstan. Looking to get over

:39:47.:39:52.

14.20. It's a statement to other athletes if you can get auto

:39:53.:39:57.

qualifying, you can walk away. Easily beyond. That was better. She

:39:58.:40:07.

ran so much better on the runway. I'm having it. She really committed

:40:08.:40:16.

herself. Good speed. And then worked the three phases. Straightforward

:40:17.:40:21.

qualifying, no messing about. Kept her speedwell through the phases.

:40:22.:40:29.

Good, textbook triple jumping. The best jump of the qualification

:40:30.:40:37.

process so far. Auto qualifying with 14.57. This is the vehicle that will

:40:38.:40:42.

return the various implements in the throwing competitions. Save the legs

:40:43.:40:49.

of the throwers. Here is another field event that happened earlier.

:40:50.:40:55.

Men's shot put qualification. Tomas Walsh, 22.14, a seasoned's best. The

:40:56.:41:10.

Americans a little off-colour. Joe Kovacs didn't look anywhere near his

:41:11.:41:11.

best. Youth is the order of the day.

:41:12.:41:27.

Steven Gardiner, 21. Steven Gayle. Just sneaked below 45 seconds this

:41:28.:41:33.

season. Good run by Demish Gaye, his team-mate, in the previous heat.

:41:34.:41:41.

Wilbur Le the third. -- Wilbert London the third. Third place at the

:41:42.:41:48.

US Championships. That was behind Fred Kerley and Gil Roberts. We fly

:41:49.:41:51.

past the Irish Champion! We have Santas, silver-medallist at

:41:52.:42:08.

the Olympics five years ago at 18. Jonathan Borlee in lane nine. The

:42:09.:42:15.

fourth of six first-round heats in the men's 400 metres. London, world

:42:16.:42:24.

junior silver-medallist last year. 19. 44.47. He's got Steven Gayle and

:42:25.:42:36.

Steven Gardiner outside him. Gardiner is an outstanding talent

:42:37.:42:37.

from the Bahamas. Away they go. Three to go through

:42:38.:42:52.

automatically. The first heat in which Matthew Hudson-Smith went is

:42:53.:42:57.

still comfortably the fastest. A strong start from Steven Gardiner,

:42:58.:43:02.

the tall figure in lane seven. He eases past Sam Cross outside him. --

:43:03.:43:10.

Santon. Steven Gayle trying to keep pace. Steven Gardiner striding

:43:11.:43:19.

clear, a long way clear of the rest. Looking to shut it down a little

:43:20.:43:30.

bit. London finishing strongly. Gardiner eases across the line.

:43:31.:43:34.

Brian Deegan takes the third automatic qualifying place. Very

:43:35.:43:40.

good run from the Irish Champion. Steven Gardiner, the contrast with

:43:41.:43:45.

Wayde Van Niekerk. He went out hard and eased down, which is perhaps the

:43:46.:43:50.

more sensible way to do things. Impressive. London finished strongly

:43:51.:43:55.

as well and Brian Deegan through. -- Gregan. We've known him for a while,

:43:56.:44:03.

Gardiner. A young and talented athlete and he ran a sensible race.

:44:04.:44:09.

You want to go out hard in the opening 200 and put pressure on,

:44:10.:44:12.

ensure you are in position with 100 to go. Impressive run also by

:44:13.:44:22.

London, the 19-year-old American coached by my coach, Clive Hart.

:44:23.:44:30.

Putting himself in second position. Very, very nice by Gardiner.

:44:31.:44:34.

Relaxing. That will allow him to go into the semifinal with a great

:44:35.:44:40.

position, a lot of confidence. Very slight and slim, but a long stride.

:44:41.:44:45.

Gets into his running. You want to get up to full speed as fast as

:44:46.:44:51.

possible. Nice and relaxed down the back stretch. Beautiful stride, very

:44:52.:44:57.

efficient. We saw him a couple of years ago and thought this could be

:44:58.:45:01.

a 400 metres star of the future and he's putting himself in position

:45:02.:45:06.

this year to be a potential medallist. Exactly what you want,

:45:07.:45:12.

coming off with 100 to go, able to continue to keep everything in line.

:45:13.:45:17.

We seen athletes over the past get a little ragged at the end, but he is

:45:18.:45:22.

able to hold position, hold his technique. It's the most efficient

:45:23.:45:27.

way to cover the last, difficult 20 to 30 to 40 metres. He did it very,

:45:28.:45:31.

very well. The quickest qualifier so far. The

:45:32.:45:41.

first 100 metres was extraordinary. Santos finished strongly but in 5th

:45:42.:45:49.

place. Gardiner, London and Gregan taking the third automatic

:45:50.:45:53.

qualifying place, great bun by Brian Gregan. -- great run.

:45:54.:45:57.

Here is an athlete who has dominated this event over the last decade or

:45:58.:46:10.

so, Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia. In 17 she's been off to get to

:46:11.:46:14.

Monday's final. Just shy of that auto qualifying.

:46:15.:46:22.

15-metre plus jumper when she gets it right. 14. 86 her best so far

:46:23.:46:28.

this season. Making sure on the board. That's wise, but just looking

:46:29.:46:35.

at that line, it's got to go out beyond 14. 20. Collapsed a little in

:46:36.:46:41.

that second phase. Had to salvage it somewhat, lost distance through

:46:42.:46:50.

that. Kimberley Williams.

:46:51.:46:57.

28 years of age, 6th and 7th of the last two Olympic games so is a

:46:58.:47:03.

contender. Fast on the approach. Just shy of 14 metres there.

:47:04.:47:08.

A decent jump for the Jamaican. Reaching out a little on the runway,

:47:09.:47:12.

reaching for the board and her hips are slightly behind her foot and

:47:13.:47:17.

doesn't carry it over. Collapses on that second phase. Gets a lift.

:47:18.:47:21.

That's where she loses speed. You would hope she sorts that out and

:47:22.:47:24.

should get qualifying. A little bit to spare on the board. Athletes

:47:25.:47:29.

making sure, a slight headwind maybe on that back straight running in the

:47:30.:47:33.

opposite direction to the sprinters. In 4th place, just shy of auto

:47:34.:47:34.

qualifying. Things are looking good for Matthew

:47:35.:47:47.

Hudson-Smith at the moment. He was 5th in that first heat but so far

:47:48.:47:51.

his time is looking solid to go through to the semifinal. What about

:47:52.:48:07.

Martin Rooney, he is in lane eight. Merritt outside him. One or two

:48:08.:48:15.

youngsters in lane two. Renny Quow, and Winston George in

:48:16.:48:30.

lane one, half a second quicker than Rooney. So let's just say it isn't

:48:31.:48:38.

going to be easy! Rooney has had problems and was due

:48:39.:48:44.

to run earlier but picked up an injury in training before that race

:48:45.:48:48.

and then has had a curtailed season. Only 5th in the British

:48:49.:48:53.

championships. Merritt had the luxury of not having to go through

:48:54.:48:57.

the American cut-throat system because he is the Diamond League

:48:58.:49:03.

champion from 2016 and therefore got a bye into these championships.

:49:04.:49:08.

Countries can have four athletes, if we haven't mentioned that already,

:49:09.:49:12.

as well as three qualifying, any Diamond League champions or

:49:13.:49:14.

defending world champions but you can't have five, if you had for

:49:15.:49:18.

instance a defending world champion and a Diamond League champion,

:49:19.:49:20.

separate athletes, you would have to choose between them as I think Kenya

:49:21.:49:27.

had to do. So, tough for Rooney here. And this

:49:28.:49:32.

may well be as much as anything getting him a run out, obviously we

:49:33.:49:37.

are hoping a relay team can do well. It's going to be tough. I have

:49:38.:49:44.

already mentioned Botswana, the USA will be very strong as ever. Here is

:49:45.:49:45.

the full line-up. He ran the 200 in the heats in the

:49:46.:50:15.

American championships, Merritt and was very quick this year, as well at

:50:16.:50:21.

200 metres, or his personal best. Rooney trying to get the crowd in,

:50:22.:50:26.

he knows the task is a huge one for him. But can he find some of his old

:50:27.:50:33.

form with those weeks he missed, he may be able to catch up. Quow, back

:50:34.:50:40.

to Berlin in 2009, a surprise bronze medal for him then. And Makwala, he

:50:41.:50:53.

is running superbly quick at 200. A real character.

:50:54.:51:04.

Husillos will be a contender. And Raymond Kibet, winner of the Kenyan

:51:05.:51:11.

trials. And we saw Walton. We have gone past him, but 44. 99, most of

:51:12.:51:17.

his other times have been more like 46. I think one 45 and then won the

:51:18.:51:25.

junior championships in Peru. So, has he got a performance like that

:51:26.:51:29.

in his legs? He is in lane two. Rooney is in lane eight.

:51:30.:51:37.

Expect this to be Makwala and Merritt and a real tussle after

:51:38.:51:40.

that. Top three through to the semis.

:51:41.:51:49.

At the moment 45. 7 will get you a fastest loser spot.

:51:50.:51:59.

So the crowd will do their best. Lane two Walton has gone off flying

:52:00.:52:03.

through the first 100 metres, the young 18-year-old. Maybe getting

:52:04.:52:12.

overexcited. Rooney has a reasonably quickly, sometimes he doesn't. The

:52:13.:52:16.

two men on the inside in lanes one and two have to figure in this.

:52:17.:52:27.

George and Walton. But Makwala and Merritt as expected: Young Walton in

:52:28.:52:33.

third place. Merritt struggling a bit. Walton is going to hang on to

:52:34.:52:41.

second. Merit will get second. Rooney may have dipped in for 5th

:52:42.:52:53.

there. But Makwala doesn't hang around. Great race in Monaco

:52:54.:53:00.

recently. Merritt, doesn't know if he thought he might have pushed him

:53:01.:53:05.

more but a smooth run in the end. Rooney, a tough, tough heat for him.

:53:06.:53:09.

Just waiting for the time to come up. Walton is a huge talent.

:53:10.:53:24.

Husillos did get 4thle. I will bring you in, Michael. Makwala, one of the

:53:25.:53:31.

classes of this 400 metres this year, that time is impressive and

:53:32.:53:36.

allows him to be able to do this, run that first 200 metres very

:53:37.:53:39.

quickly and doesn't take as much out of him as it does the competitors.

:53:40.:53:46.

Then just able to relax here. In control of this race around the

:53:47.:53:52.

bend. And finish with a very impressive early stage 44. 56. To

:53:53.:53:58.

your point, Steve, Walton over there on the inside, the youngster from

:53:59.:54:03.

Kay man Islands, very -- Cayman Islands, impressed with his race

:54:04.:54:05.

here, recognising athletes on his outside were not running very fast

:54:06.:54:09.

so it looked like he may have gone out too quickly but he actually put

:54:10.:54:13.

himself in a great position to finish this race as an automatic

:54:14.:54:18.

qualifier behind Merritt. Rooney here, this was always going to be

:54:19.:54:20.

tough for him. Didn't get out quickly, needs to get out faster

:54:21.:54:26.

than that. Keeping his eye on Merritt. This was a great position

:54:27.:54:31.

for Rooney to be inside of Merritt, that's one of the race leaders, you

:54:32.:54:37.

knew he was one of the race leaders as world champion and former Olympic

:54:38.:54:42.

champion. With Makwala Rooney allows Merritt to get too far ahead there,

:54:43.:54:46.

loses contact with him. Now trying to come back, which is going to be

:54:47.:54:53.

tough. This is always going to be difficult. You can't allow Merritt

:54:54.:55:00.

to get that far ahead and lose contact with him. If I had seen this

:55:01.:55:05.

lane drawn and I am Martyn Rooney I would have felt this is exactly

:55:06.:55:09.

where I need to be, just inside of someone like Merritt and you draft

:55:10.:55:13.

off him for the first 200 metres and use your strength coming home which

:55:14.:55:18.

he didn't do, which is a missed opportunity. I can tell you despite

:55:19.:55:25.

that good lane draw and trying to follow Merritt, sadly, his time will

:55:26.:55:32.

mean he won't qualify. We still have one more heat.

:55:33.:55:39.

Rooney will not go through to the semifinal. He is with Phil.

:55:40.:55:45.

Martyn, what's the sense of emotion right now, 500ths between you and a

:55:46.:55:52.

place in the next round? I didn't realise it was so close. Well, first

:55:53.:55:59.

of all, disappointed at how I ran. Not great. But I will take

:56:00.:56:04.

opportunities to back my team, it's not been an easy summer or winter,

:56:05.:56:11.

but my wife, my son, all the guys I work with, medical team, and all the

:56:12.:56:15.

people at home who buy lottery tickets, you are part of my team and

:56:16.:56:19.

guys who fund me and support my family, give me the opportunity to

:56:20.:56:22.

represent my country and try to do the best of my ability, thanks to

:56:23.:56:26.

everybody in my team. Even if you don't know me, you bought a ticket,

:56:27.:56:30.

you are a team player. And thank you very much. Talking of team, work

:56:31.:56:36.

isn't done for you because the relay is coming up, you have high hopes

:56:37.:56:43.

for the team. Yeah as a relay runner, we have a great squad. I

:56:44.:56:46.

think Dwayne did well earlier, Matt, he went out a bit hard, hopefully he

:56:47.:56:54.

gets through. But the guys we have back in the training camp, Jack in

:56:55.:56:59.

the hurdles, we have a great squad. And we are here to come away with a

:57:00.:57:05.

medal, make up for Rio and see what happens. Thank you for talking to

:57:06.:57:09.

us, Martyn. Appreciate it. Thank you, Phil.

:57:10.:57:14.

STUDIO: A disappointed Martyn Rooney, would you say, Michael? An

:57:15.:57:19.

interesting post-race reaction. I don't know if it's disappointed

:57:20.:57:22.

enough. You have to reflect on your performance. As opposed to, you

:57:23.:57:25.

know, the team that supported you and all of that. That's fantastic.

:57:26.:57:28.

That's great. There is a time for that. But right now, you know,

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talking about all those people who supported and all those people who

:57:33.:57:36.

bought a ticket, you owe them an explanation as to why you didn't

:57:37.:57:40.

execute the way you should have and at 30 years old and with his

:57:41.:57:43.

experience he should know how to execute at this point and take

:57:44.:57:45.

advantage of the opportunity that he had today. We have heard that far

:57:46.:57:49.

too many times from Martyn Rooney and so, those people who bought a

:57:50.:57:52.

ticket will say, yeah, we heard that before. We are tired of hearing

:57:53.:57:56.

that. Why didn't you do something different today? Bringing it around

:57:57.:58:00.

to the 4x4, trying to throw a positive light and say there will be

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more to come from him. We shall see. There is more to come from the

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hepathletes. They started with the hurdles and Katarina

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Johnson-Thompson impressed with a 13. 33, her second fastest time ever

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which gives her 1075 points. The pre-event favourite, the champion

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from Belgium was way down on her best and got 1044, in 11th. It adds

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up to a really exciting high jump head-to-head. These two were having

:58:30.:58:42.

a great ding-song in Rio last year. She is capable of huge scores here.

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It's a great event. She will be internally confident but is very

:58:48.:58:50.

much relaxed right now. It's important because she is and is

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likely to be one of the two athletes left in this competition. It's a

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long old morning for these guys. Explain the high jump competition

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rules in terms of when you opt in and out because it's slightly

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different to a normal high jump competition. The increments go up in

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three centimetres as opposed to five for the normal competition.

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Basically, I haven't seen what the bars go through today, but I expect

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Kat to start to maybe think about coming in at 180. Plus if she's

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feeling confident and from that point it will show you how confident

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she is with what she does. It's a great competition. This is where the

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action starts. If she's not careful she will get trod on there by a

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cameraman! Looking incredibly relaxed there. The other side of the

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stadium they're getting ready for heat six of this men's 400 metres.

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The sky at the moment getting cloudier. But it's still dry.

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COMMENTATOR: Again three to go through automatically. There is Gil

:00:08.:00:10.

Roberts. Finished second in the US

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Championships. Sibanda from Botswana, fifth in Europe. 18 years

:00:22.:00:26.

old at the Olympics. They get underway in this last heat,

:00:27.:00:46.

three go through automatically. Hudson-Smith is looking good for a

:00:47.:00:51.

fastest loser place. Nathon Allen is moving up quickly. Gil Roberts

:00:52.:01:03.

making his move. Gil Roberts is a powerful figure with great

:01:04.:01:06.

experience as well. Roberts and Allen. Three go through

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automatically. These three separate themselves and Roberts starting to

:01:21.:01:31.

look a little bit strained. 44.92. Hamroun of Qatar took the third

:01:32.:01:38.

automatic qualifying place. -- Abdul Osman room. Gil Roberts ran a pretty

:01:39.:01:49.

hard race. There wasn't a huge amount left for Gil Roberts but he

:01:50.:02:01.

did enough to come through. It was a good performance. The one I

:02:02.:02:08.

was watching as well... We'll get Michael back in a second. Sibanda

:02:09.:02:12.

stopped running. Watching in the light blue. He should have been in

:02:13.:02:22.

the battle for the top three but he starts jogging. Botswana are big

:02:23.:02:25.

favourites in the 4x4 so that will be worrying for them. We're going to

:02:26.:02:31.

look at Gil Roberts as well. This was another tough heat. The first

:02:32.:02:36.

heat was tough for Hudson-Smith. When one of them just doesn't run,

:02:37.:02:41.

jogging the last 20 to 30 minutes, almost bizarre. It's been

:02:42.:02:49.

interesting. Gil Roberts went out pretty hard and started to look a

:02:50.:02:54.

bit pained over the last 100 metres. Talking about Sibanda, will have a

:02:55.:02:58.

look at him in a moment. He was so exciting when he came on the scene.

:02:59.:03:04.

Botswana have a very talented crop of athletes, with Nigel Amos as

:03:05.:03:11.

well, the 800 metres runner. Sibanda has had a few struggles this season,

:03:12.:03:16.

he hasn't gone below 45 seconds. He did rather pull up. Very

:03:17.:03:26.

disappointing. Nathon Allen, 21, from Joe Baker -- from Jamaica. He

:03:27.:03:35.

goes below 45 seconds and he'll be challenging for a place in the final

:03:36.:03:39.

and possibly medals beyond that although that might be a stretch. A

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good victory here in the first round. The last of the six heats.

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Matthew Hudson-Smith will go through with his 45.31. These are the

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qualifiers. Botswana with two of the three

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fastest qualifiers, but a disappointing run from Sibanda.

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Wayde Van Niekerk will still be the man to beat.

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(STUDIO) time to reflect on those 400-metre heats and there's no

:04:37.:04:43.

better man than the maestro himself, Michael Johnson. He's itching to go.

:04:44.:04:50.

Taking you back to the first heat. Matthew Hudson-Smith made it

:04:51.:04:55.

through. Olympic finalist. He didn't run like someone with a lot of

:04:56.:05:00.

experience. You weren't impressed by his game management. I wasn't

:05:01.:05:04.

impressed. It's tough for young athletes at the beginning of the

:05:05.:05:08.

championships. He's got a great attitude. Now it's time to get

:05:09.:05:14.

serious, get started. He got a decent start. Kevin Borlee to the

:05:15.:05:19.

outside. Making up ground on BorlAce over 100 metres. He did a very good

:05:20.:05:26.

job of getting up to race pace. He's got his eyes on these guys. Then he

:05:27.:05:36.

starts to lose to little bit just as he gets right here with 100 metres

:05:37.:05:42.

to go. You want to keep your eye on the leaders. You've got to look

:05:43.:05:48.

around and see. You've got the big screens you can look at. You can

:05:49.:05:52.

feel those guys behind you. You've got to react which is what he

:05:53.:05:57.

doesn't do. BorlAce coming up on his shoulder.

:05:58.:06:08.

This is when Matthew Hudson-Smith has to react. You want to err on the

:06:09.:06:13.

side of running too fast in the early rounds rather than too slow.

:06:14.:06:17.

Everybody wants to conserve energy, it's tough, but are on the side of

:06:18.:06:24.

running too fast. Which is what you said about Wayde Van Niekerk. It

:06:25.:06:28.

made me look at everyone else differently. There's no point going

:06:29.:06:32.

out slow and thinking at the end you can take people off. What van

:06:33.:06:36.

Niekerk did wouldn't stand him in as good stead for the next round.

:06:37.:06:41.

Right. You don't want to do that and think you can catch everyone unless

:06:42.:06:46.

you're the world record-holder! It wasn't good race management from

:06:47.:06:51.

him. This will be important for him because he's doubling in the 400 and

:06:52.:06:56.

200. It's a lot of races. When he won his first championship in 2015,

:06:57.:07:02.

they had to take him off the track on a stretcher because he doesn't

:07:03.:07:06.

have great stamina. But he has great speed endurance. He didn't pay

:07:07.:07:12.

attention to the guy on the outside and now he has to react. That takes

:07:13.:07:20.

more energy. He kicks in. It takes a lot of energy, like when you're

:07:21.:07:24.

playing a video game, you've got the power metre. I'm looking at you

:07:25.:07:31.

blank! We don't spend our time in books like you do. His power metre

:07:32.:07:38.

went to zero. But he's a fantastic athlete and he can get away with

:07:39.:07:43.

that. After you said that, I was looking at the athletes we think

:07:44.:07:47.

will make it to the final, but Steven Gardiner looked so relaxed.

:07:48.:07:52.

It looked like he ran a really, really good race. He's a very

:07:53.:07:58.

good-looking runner. He is tall and nice and clean in terms of his

:07:59.:08:03.

technique. We saw him a few years ago, we heard about this guy from

:08:04.:08:09.

the Bahamas, very young, and he ran a very nice race. I expect him to be

:08:10.:08:16.

a medallist. He looked incredibly relaxed. Isaac Makwala didn't make

:08:17.:08:20.

it to the final in Rio. He's the African champion. African 400 metre

:08:21.:08:26.

running is something to behold at the moment. What did you make of

:08:27.:08:32.

him? Fantastic athlete, we've seen him run fast Times at 400 and 200

:08:33.:08:37.

early in the season. He had an incredible event in Madrid this

:08:38.:08:45.

year. He's using that 200 metre speed to get through the first 200

:08:46.:08:52.

metres very quickly. This is how you run an early round in the 400

:08:53.:08:55.

metres. Leave nothing to chance even if you're one of the best in the

:08:56.:09:01.

world. He still pushes around the bend and now he can relax. He's got

:09:02.:09:06.

control of Lashawn Merritt, the former world and Olympic champion to

:09:07.:09:12.

his outside. He's conserving a lot of energy in contrast of van Niekerk

:09:13.:09:17.

because he can basically glide the last 40 to 50 metres. Perfect

:09:18.:09:22.

running. He's made mistakes in the past and it looks like he's aiming

:09:23.:09:28.

to not repeat that. Fred Kerley we looked at earlier with his

:09:29.:09:32.

interesting antics for a first round, to be giving it the come and

:09:33.:09:37.

get me, especially with a man who's not had much international

:09:38.:09:42.

experience. He was very impressive and ran a very good race and he's a

:09:43.:09:46.

fantastic athlete. He's shown himself this year to be a world

:09:47.:09:51.

beater and potentially a medallist. I didn't like the antics and I'm

:09:52.:09:55.

sure his coach will speak to him about that and hopefully we'll see

:09:56.:10:00.

him get it together and take this more seriously. I kind of like it! I

:10:01.:10:07.

know you do. Was the book comment anything to do with me looking like

:10:08.:10:13.

a librarian today? I like it. I was thinking about ripping it off myself

:10:14.:10:17.

but I don't think I could pull it off. Somebody compared me to Doris

:10:18.:10:22.

Day! We have an exciting evening coming up with the men's 100 and 's

:10:23.:10:27.

semifinals and final. There have been more comments on the blocks and

:10:28.:10:33.

they are a bit wobbly and it's affecting peoples starts. That would

:10:34.:10:39.

obviously affect your confidence. You want to push off as hard as you

:10:40.:10:43.

can. If you find it's a bit wobbly and not as stable as you used to, it

:10:44.:10:48.

will affect you. I don't expect it to expect in this evening. I think

:10:49.:10:53.

he will be disappointed in his performance last night, which wasn't

:10:54.:10:57.

just down to the blocks, it was down to how he reacted to the blocks in

:10:58.:11:02.

the race. That's something a veteran doesn't do. You were surprised he

:11:03.:11:07.

even referred to it. Maybe an indication of his temperament. I'm

:11:08.:11:11.

sure he'll be different today. You can see that tonight on BBC One.

:11:12.:11:16.

Let's have a look. The last time you'll see Usain Bolt

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running it on a major championship final. We started the track with the

:11:33.:11:41.

women's heptathlon 100 hurdles. Katarina Johnson-Thompson posted

:11:42.:11:47.

13.33, which is her second best time ever. She's in sixth position going

:11:48.:11:52.

into her highest -- best event, the high jump. Nafi Thiam was a lot

:11:53.:11:59.

further down on her best time and she's an 11th place going into this

:12:00.:12:03.

say she needs to post a really, really good job. The two of them had

:12:04.:12:09.

a fantastic head-to-head last year in Rio. We'll be with them all the

:12:10.:12:12.

way. Let's look at the standings. We expect to see Schafer pushing for

:12:13.:12:38.

the medals. Down there in 11th place, Thiam. That won't be where

:12:39.:12:45.

she wants to be. Ikauniece-Admidina had a disappointing run and I think

:12:46.:12:49.

Steve Backley has news on her. Is it good news? It's not good news. She's

:12:50.:12:56.

out. She hasn't gone to the second event, the high jump. She pulled up

:12:57.:13:01.

in the sprint hurdles, holding her leg and she's out. That's good news

:13:02.:13:06.

for Kat Johnson-Thompson. One of the main contenders has gone out. Nafi

:13:07.:13:12.

Thiam, as expected, the Olympic champion, is still looking good.

:13:13.:13:18.

Really good news for Kat. Very disappointing for the competition

:13:19.:13:22.

because it's a hotly contested heptathlon, but it's an opportunity

:13:23.:13:27.

for K J T. She's opted out until 1.80 in the high jump. She's one of

:13:28.:13:36.

the best jumpers in the competition. Ikauniece-Admidina, the Latvian, is

:13:37.:13:42.

such a fierce competitor and she's the most progressed athlete in

:13:43.:13:45.

recent times. Bitterly disappointing for her. We suspected something was

:13:46.:13:51.

wrong, her time was well down and she was holding our leg. Our

:13:52.:13:55.

sympathies go to her because all that preparation and hard work and

:13:56.:13:59.

she's out after one event. We'll go back to the high jump is it hots up.

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Let's go back to the track because it's the women's 100 metres heats.

:14:05.:14:11.

Asha Philip is down there. Listen to her reception.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. The grand dame of the British

:14:15.:14:25.

women's team. Only 26 but such experience. European indoor

:14:26.:14:30.

champion. A very fast German athlete alongside her. 20 years old. She ran

:14:31.:14:36.

11.01 to win the German title last month.

:14:37.:14:53.

And Ahoure, ran 10. 83 in Florida in June, third quickest time this year.

:14:54.:15:02.

And Naomi Sedney of the Netherlands in lane nine. Lane six we missed

:15:03.:15:18.

Yelena Ryabova: Asha Philip on the inside.

:15:19.:15:32.

Three to go through automatically. First of six heats in the women's

:15:33.:15:35.

100 metres. Great start by Asha Philip. Storming

:15:36.:15:49.

out. Luckenkemper easing through. Philip just run out of the automatic

:15:50.:15:57.

places. 10. 96, the wind a little bit behind but it's legal and

:15:58.:16:00.

Luckenkemper goes below 11 seconds for the first time and that's why we

:16:01.:16:03.

have the smile. That's why she got the victory. Great run by

:16:04.:16:07.

Luckenkemper. Off that start as well, three metres down on Asha

:16:08.:16:14.

Philip early on but came storming through. Ahoure had to work hard, as

:16:15.:16:20.

well, had to do a lot over the second half. But Luckenkemper, the

:16:21.:16:26.

20-year-old, 10. 96. Asha Philip will have to wait to see if she is

:16:27.:16:31.

one of the fastest losers. Asha Philip has run a season's best time,

:16:32.:16:37.

11. 14. A decent run, and look at this start, as well, Colin. You

:16:38.:16:42.

can't ask for much more from Asha than a season's best in this first

:16:43.:16:47.

heat. Explosive start. But what a recovery from the German. First time

:16:48.:16:54.

for her under 11 seconds. You can she how she feels about that. Good

:16:55.:17:02.

wind behind. But look how much she lost on Asha Philip at the

:17:03.:17:05.

beginning. She held it together and kept her focus. It's a good quality

:17:06.:17:11.

field this. All these women's 100s are very high, high standards. Good

:17:12.:17:15.

to see that. A fast race and great time to pull

:17:16.:17:23.

out a season's best. The frustration as well I suppose at the same time?

:17:24.:17:27.

Every time I keep getting that. I am happy with a season's best. I don't

:17:28.:17:32.

think I have had a positive win this whole season. Fingers crossed I do

:17:33.:17:37.

qualify and I am in the semifinal. You didn't get to experience this in

:17:38.:17:41.

2012, unfortunately and now you are here what's it been like? Amazing. I

:17:42.:17:45.

didn't come down last night so I didn't hear the crowd, I could hear

:17:46.:17:50.

it from the warm-up track when they were call the British athletes, OK,

:17:51.:17:57.

totally scared! But I will embrace it, this is my home, I am happy to

:17:58.:18:02.

be here. You were then able to get a season's best when you needed to. I

:18:03.:18:07.

feel I am more of a championship performer, hopefully I run faster

:18:08.:18:10.

and get a positive win maybe. You know what, I am going to take this

:18:11.:18:14.

on the chin and enjoy the moment. Did you feel not only a season's

:18:15.:18:17.

best but a personal best is within you? Definitely, I keep running

:18:18.:18:22.

faster. I am not that far off it, so I feel I actually could. All the

:18:23.:18:24.

best, thank you. Thank you, Phil. COMMENTATOR: Luckenkemper, 10. 95

:18:25.:18:45.

it's been rounded down to, great run from the German.

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STUDIO: Out now on the track for the next heat, the double Olympic

:18:49.:18:56.

champion from Jamaica, 25-year-old Elaine Thompson, only running the

:18:57.:19:00.

100 metres here in London so you would guess she's going to make it

:19:01.:19:02.

spectacular. Let's hear from her. Elaine Thompson, a brilliant

:19:03.:19:18.

performance from her, the two of them running superbly fast. It was

:19:19.:19:24.

my first championship ever. That was my biggest challenge to actually

:19:25.:19:32.

come away with a silver medal. It was a big international. It was a

:19:33.:19:38.

big success for me. In Rio, you really showed everybody how talented

:19:39.:19:42.

you truly are. I know I was talented but sometimes you don't know how

:19:43.:19:47.

talented you are until you actually perform the best that you can.

:19:48.:19:58.

And it's Thompson's gold! A roar from Elaine Thompson. As you look at

:19:59.:20:02.

the season so far are you happy with the way things are going? I have to

:20:03.:20:06.

give God thanks every day because the life of an athlete is not easy.

:20:07.:20:13.

It's on the track day by day. The season's going good so far, let's

:20:14.:20:18.

take it race by race, stay humble and confident. So you are looking to

:20:19.:20:21.

claim gold? Definitely. That's what you are coming for? Definitely.

:20:22.:20:29.

Nothing else? Well, I am also on the relay squad and help my team to grow

:20:30.:20:34.

on the track, pass on the baton and capture that gold.

:20:35.:20:37.

STUDIO: Difficult not to like, isn't she? I could listen to her all day!

:20:38.:20:44.

Yeah. A melodic voice she has. And I could watch her run, she's

:20:45.:20:48.

fantastic. Got amazing talent. We never know what look she's going to

:20:49.:20:52.

turn up with, as well. It's a show for Elaine. It is, but she is an

:20:53.:20:58.

impressive athlete. She came on at the last couple of years and I think

:20:59.:21:07.

she has just taken over that Shelley Anne Fraser Price mantle. There is

:21:08.:21:11.

much more we are going to see from her. Shelley of course having a

:21:12.:21:18.

baby. Elaine ready to step up to the plate, Steve.

:21:19.:21:21.

I should maybe correct one thing that tends to float around, when she

:21:22.:21:28.

ran in London everybody said she ran in flats, she didn't, she ran in a

:21:29.:21:34.

sort of flat racing shoe but with a spiked plate on the bottom. And 10.

:21:35.:21:42.

94 on that occasion. She's phenomenal anyway. But been out

:21:43.:21:46.

there a long time this particular heat. They're out very early.

:21:47.:21:57.

She has an easy heat inner I think by her very high standards.

:21:58.:22:15.

As we go along, Emanuel, very experienced. Yongli Wei. A young

:22:16.:22:32.

talent we have seen going past there, popped in to say hello to us,

:22:33.:22:45.

and is coaching. I bumped into Stacey Crawford, as well.

:22:46.:22:54.

For Elaine Thompson this round is obviously just a formality. No

:22:55.:23:01.

preliminary rounds in the women's 100 metres. Straight in to this

:23:02.:23:06.

round. Top three and six fastest as Andrew pointed out earlier. There

:23:07.:23:10.

will and big cheer for this young lady I am sure. The Olympic

:23:11.:23:21.

champion. A lot of Jamaican support. I bet you some try and stay in the

:23:22.:23:25.

stadium for tonight and go, I thought my ticket was for tonight,

:23:26.:23:29.

as well! 55,000 in the stadium this morning. A full house tonight.

:23:30.:23:34.

Ariana Washington of the United States. Yet to break 11 seconds in

:23:35.:23:45.

her career. This young lady here, just 19,

:23:46.:23:54.

Khalifa St Fort. Bronze at the junior championships last year. And

:23:55.:23:58.

the Welsh-based Charlotte Wingfield. Her father is from Malta. She

:23:59.:24:08.

competes for Malta. So the top three.

:24:09.:24:14.

There he is, I said he was commentating this morning, he is

:24:15.:24:16.

not. We are the only ones who do everything!

:24:17.:24:20.

There is a few more of us, to be honest. But the rain finally comes.

:24:21.:24:25.

It was forecast and they're just about in the dry. The rain line is

:24:26.:24:29.

about five metres ahead of Thompson. So she will start in the rain and

:24:30.:24:33.

after about - sorry, start in the dry and will end up in the rain

:24:34.:24:37.

after about six metres. There you can see the rain line

:24:38.:24:44.

there. Nice start from Elaine Thompson.

:24:45.:24:51.

Emanuel going well. Elaine Thompson, very easy indeed. Good performance

:24:52.:24:57.

from her. Washington came through nicely. I bet they get off the track

:24:58.:25:03.

pretty quickly here. It's absolutely chucking it down out there! There is

:25:04.:25:08.

hair to think of and everything else. And the next round. She's a

:25:09.:25:16.

beautiful runner to watch. Nice shape out of the blocks, Colin. She

:25:17.:25:23.

will be happy to get that out of the way. She can get out of the blocks

:25:24.:25:29.

when needed. This was such a controlled run from her. Did enough

:25:30.:25:33.

to get out of the blocks well, good frequency early on, sets herself up

:25:34.:25:37.

beautifully allowing her to coast, literally, from about 60 metres all

:25:38.:25:42.

the way into the tape. Brilliant, brilliant to see. Let's look again.

:25:43.:25:47.

Shouldn't really react quickly, but it doesn't matter. Once she puts her

:25:48.:25:52.

foot down on the floor there's so much speed, so much it drifts her

:25:53.:25:55.

beautifully away and effortlessly. This is one of the things, you do

:25:56.:25:59.

not know how fast she's going because she does it without any

:26:00.:26:05.

effort whatsoever. Look at this head-on.

:26:06.:26:12.

Bang! There is the gun. Off she goes. Makes quick adjustments. Made

:26:13.:26:21.

no real difference. Drove really nicely. And with effect. Pace.

:26:22.:26:28.

Timing. Rhythm. And just smooth. All the way through to the line. Ends up

:26:29.:26:33.

with a great winning time. Just outside 11 seconds. There is a lot

:26:34.:26:41.

to come from this young lady. Yes, easy for her. She will get into

:26:42.:26:46.

the dry. Back tomorrow for the semifinal. That one of probably the

:26:47.:26:48.

easier heats. Four more heats to come.

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It's high jump time for the hepathletes. Caroline Schafer is a

:27:07.:27:16.

contender. The bar is now 1. 64. Well, clipped that.

:27:17.:27:22.

-- 1. 74. And the rain has come to the Olympic

:27:23.:27:25.

Stadium. It's wet under foot. And that is a

:27:26.:27:32.

factor in the high jumping. Questioning maybe the stability of

:27:33.:27:36.

the take-off foot there. The rain is on the track. Got twisted up on

:27:37.:27:40.

that. I think she rotated on the floor and backed in. The rain on the

:27:41.:27:45.

floor affects your confidence and whether you are going to slip.

:27:46.:27:54.

Broersen is very competent, see how she manages. Comfortably indeed,

:27:55.:27:57.

2014 world indoor champion. Quick to get out of the rain. They are in

:27:58.:28:02.

shelter behind. Dry there but running into the rain. Everybody

:28:03.:28:05.

knows whoever has done a high jump in a rain competition, you land on

:28:06.:28:08.

the bed, there is a pool of water, you just get wet, your clothes get

:28:09.:28:13.

wet. You are getting colder as the competition goes on. That's not good

:28:14.:28:18.

for the performance and it's not very comfortable. Katarina

:28:19.:28:28.

Johnson-Thompson is one of the best. You know what, keep that coat on as

:28:29.:28:32.

long as you can, keep warm and dry. Hopefully the showers will stop. The

:28:33.:28:36.

umbrellas have come out. Laura there would have got the

:28:37.:28:55.

bronze medal. Now it's thrown it wide open. Wide open and I think

:28:56.:28:59.

it's played in Kat's favour there. Katarina Johnson-Thompson doing, as

:29:00.:29:15.

you said, Tony, keeping warm, keeping dry. She has a world best in

:29:16.:29:24.

the second event: She can make ground and score heavily in this

:29:25.:29:28.

second discipline of seven. Just stay warm, stay with your own

:29:29.:29:34.

thoughts. She's been waiting now 35 minutes since her warm-up finished.

:29:35.:29:37.

You can see the standing water on the track. The rain has eased a

:29:38.:29:42.

little bit but it's still coming down and the standing water there

:29:43.:29:48.

for the next heat in the women's 100 metres.

:29:49.:29:53.

As Steve was saying dry for the first few paces and once they get

:29:54.:30:06.

past a few metres. Henry lit the Olympic flame in 2012. And they ran

:30:07.:30:11.

very quickly earlier this season in California, 11. 09 and good time out

:30:12.:30:14.

there as well, 22. 6. A rather damp East End of London.

:30:15.:30:34.

Spectators are a bit more dry then they would have been at the

:30:35.:30:39.

Olympics, a slightly extended roof, but that's no consolation for the

:30:40.:30:47.

athletes. The rain has just got a little bit heavier again. Standing

:30:48.:30:56.

in the dry at the moment. Henry, still just 21, but a very

:30:57.:31:06.

accomplished sprinter. A lot of big names in here, Tori Bowie of the

:31:07.:31:13.

United States, a US champion. And Blessing Okagbare. But Henry with a

:31:14.:31:21.

chance of being one of the top three automatic qualifiers. They have been

:31:22.:31:31.

brought out for a long hold to stand and look at the rain. No preliminary

:31:32.:31:37.

rounds in the women's 100 metres, so some athletes here might struggle,

:31:38.:31:38.

to say the least. And it's getting heavier. The track

:31:39.:31:57.

is very wet now. Asha Philip's time from the first heat, much as it was

:31:58.:32:05.

for Hudson-Smith's time, looking good for a fastest loser. It was a

:32:06.:32:12.

quick heat. Henry will get the traditional home welcome. CHEERING

:32:13.:32:25.

Will that inspire her to wake quick time? Gastaud, the 17-year-old. Tori

:32:26.:32:35.

Bowie. Samuel, the Dutch champion, a very

:32:36.:32:52.

good starter. Blessing Okagbare, and another

:32:53.:33:20.

double-barrelled name, Lalova-Collio of Bulgaria, 33, a double sprint

:33:21.:33:24.

finalist at the Olympics in Athens. Shows you how long she has been

:33:25.:33:28.

around. She's in lane nine. So Desiree Henry in lane two. Gastaud,

:33:29.:33:40.

Tori Bowie, Samuel, Tenorio, Patricia Taea, Okagbare and

:33:41.:33:52.

Lalova-Collio. Certainly Tori Bowie and Okagbare will be expected to go

:33:53.:33:56.

through. And Desiree Henry will be expected to go through as one of the

:33:57.:33:58.

automatic qualifiers. Desiree Henry was trying to hold on

:33:59.:34:19.

for third but it was tight. Lalova-Collio was coming through

:34:20.:34:22.

quickly in lane nine. Tori Bowie into a very slight wind, 11.05,

:34:23.:34:30.

looking good when she got going. Not the quickest conditions any more.

:34:31.:34:34.

Desiree Henry in a very good position, but I think she might have

:34:35.:34:41.

been shading on the line. Lalova-Collio was finishing

:34:42.:34:46.

strongly. That time might not be enough for Henry. The six fastest

:34:47.:34:51.

losers go through. Henry shaded out on the line by Lalova-Collio. After

:34:52.:34:55.

a good start at least. Yes, she got off a good start, but the quality

:34:56.:35:04.

showed very soon when Tori Bowie got into the full flowing action of

:35:05.:35:09.

hers. She is a great 200-metre runner as well, Tori Bowie. But just

:35:10.:35:18.

shaded out by Lalova-Collio. She knows what it's like to go through

:35:19.:35:22.

the rounds, has been in several major titles. Desiree Henry at the

:35:23.:35:25.

beginning of her career. She just got tight in the crucial part of the

:35:26.:35:32.

race. She leans, trying to get third spot, but unfortunately just misses

:35:33.:35:37.

out. Her time puts a third fastest of the losers and six will go

:35:38.:35:41.

through. Three more heats to come. It will be close for Desiree Henry.

:35:42.:35:43.

She is talking to fill. Well done. So near, yet so far. A

:35:44.:35:55.

little bit of a waiting game, but you are third fastest loser so far,

:35:56.:35:59.

hopes high of you getting through. Anything you could have done

:36:00.:36:02.

differently? Today I was focusing on my start and making sure I executed

:36:03.:36:08.

there. I thought the run itself was good. Disappointed not to get the

:36:09.:36:11.

automatic qualifying space, but right now I just have to wait and

:36:12.:36:16.

see, relax and gather my thoughts as though I'm going to the semis. It's

:36:17.:36:21.

a waiting game now. Being patient. How did you cope with the pressure

:36:22.:36:25.

of being in a home games at this stadium where only five years ago

:36:26.:36:28.

you were lighting the cauldron for the flame? It was amazing. After the

:36:29.:36:34.

race I was thinking, it's not too bad. Then you look around and seal

:36:35.:36:38.

the British flags, it makes you feel so proud, being British, and the

:36:39.:36:42.

fact people are coming down to sport us. Five years on, it's a dream. We

:36:43.:36:46.

wish you well and we will keep our things cost. Thing is crossed and

:36:47.:36:52.

thank you to everyone at home. COMMENTATOR:

:36:53.:36:55.

Improving things a little, she is actually the second fastest of the

:36:56.:37:01.

losers. It's unlikely five will go faster than her in the remaining

:37:02.:37:02.

three heats. Carolin Schafer, fifth in Rio,

:37:03.:37:17.

second in the world list this year, she's made ground but isn't enjoying

:37:18.:37:21.

the wet conditions. Carries a foul, but that's better from the German.

:37:22.:37:27.

1.74, but I'm sure she knows she needs more. 1.86 is her best. Trying

:37:28.:37:36.

to stay dry. But it's not about the failures, as it would be in the

:37:37.:37:40.

individual competition. It's about the points. The next height is 1.77

:37:41.:37:44.

and Carolin Schafer is still involved. STUDIO: Nafi Thiam and

:37:45.:37:52.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson coming in at 1.80. They want like these

:37:53.:37:58.

conditions, Denise? They won't. It takes an adjustment in the mind. You

:37:59.:38:03.

put your runner down in dry conditions and it alters the way you

:38:04.:38:08.

might run. But you have to be confident. Sometimes when it's wet

:38:09.:38:13.

you can be hesitant. No problems in qualifying for Sophie Hitchon, the

:38:14.:38:16.

great British hammer thrower, who won a bronze medal in Rio. The sun

:38:17.:38:24.

was shining back then. They are long sessions, four seasons in one

:38:25.:38:26.

session. Sophie Hitchon through, just one throw is all it took. What

:38:27.:38:36.

a fantastic way to qualify. Sophie has grown in confidence since that

:38:37.:38:40.

bronze medal. In fact, the last two seasons have really gone well for

:38:41.:38:43.

her. That smile says it all. She knew exactly what she had to do. She

:38:44.:38:49.

came in confident and strong and discipline. A great performance. Her

:38:50.:38:55.

coach, we saw them interviewed in that fabulous documentary during the

:38:56.:39:01.

week that charted some of our hopefuls for these championships.

:39:02.:39:04.

Trying to ease the pressure, saying, she's five years, this progression,

:39:05.:39:10.

she was ahead of the game with her bronze in Rio. Don't expect anything

:39:11.:39:17.

here. Was that the coach being kind and trying to dampen expectations?

:39:18.:39:21.

That's the coach recognising the pressure that can exist for a young

:39:22.:39:26.

athlete and how it can destroy their confidence. When there is so much

:39:27.:39:31.

pressure and expectation so early, and we have probably seen lots of

:39:32.:39:35.

athletes not achieve their potential because of that, and he's trying to

:39:36.:39:40.

protect his athlete, it's smart to do so. Might have different ideas

:39:41.:39:45.

after that qualifying throw. Just outside her personal best. We can

:39:46.:39:49.

head back to the track, it's time for the silver-medallists from the

:39:50.:39:55.

Olympics and World Championships. Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands

:39:56.:40:00.

is next. Steve Cram is calling this one. COMMENTATOR: Not sure about

:40:01.:40:06.

this year. Their fastest time was in April this year of the back of an

:40:07.:40:12.

early season training camp. She has run under 11 but hasn't looked on

:40:13.:40:18.

top form for me. 200 is perhaps her better event. Would like to see her

:40:19.:40:26.

smile a bit more. Come on, give us a smile! Looking up at the sky is,

:40:27.:40:35.

looking leaden overhead. Almost looks like she's in that mood

:40:36.:40:41.

herself. She's against Marie-Josee Ta Lou, they had a great tussle over

:40:42.:40:45.

200 in Lausanne. They will be the standout athletes. A scrap after

:40:46.:40:53.

that. Carol Saffy, a new French sprinter. -- Carol Carolle Zahi.

:40:54.:41:06.

Should be straightforward for Schippers. And for Marie-Josee Ta

:41:07.:41:15.

Lou. Dafne Schippers, that 10.95 all the way back in April. And there's a

:41:16.:41:28.

smile, that's better. When she's on form, she will certainly give

:41:29.:41:31.

Thompson something to think about. She will be pleased Thompson isn't

:41:32.:41:37.

the run in the 200, I'm sure. Fourth in Rio for Marie-Josee Ta Lou in the

:41:38.:41:44.

400 and 200. Good performances this year, there or thereabouts, often

:41:45.:41:47.

chasing Thompson home in the Diamond League. There's Carolle Zahi, and

:41:48.:41:58.

Carina Horn. Asha Philip and Desiree Henry still sitting nicely in a

:41:59.:42:04.

fastest loser spots. Asha Philip will definitely go through and I

:42:05.:42:10.

would think Henry, 11.32, given the track has got wet and cooler, the

:42:11.:42:13.

women are not running quite so quick so I can't see her being in trouble

:42:14.:42:22.

in getting into the semis tomorrow. Six fastest losers from the six

:42:23.:42:24.

heats. This is heat four. Dafne Schippers and Jose Jose Mari

:42:25.:43:01.

Calhoun heading out in front, just as we expected. -- Marie-Josee Ta

:43:02.:43:13.

Lou out in front. Got a feel for the track, got to see how the blocks

:43:14.:43:21.

are. What's your take, Colin, on Schippers this year? She's running

:43:22.:43:27.

well, but I don't see a spark there. She's had a bit of a problem working

:43:28.:43:32.

out her diet. She has been feeding on top of the worlds. She has made

:43:33.:43:39.

dietary adjustments during the year. I wouldn't say she is in bad form,

:43:40.:43:44.

but a little bit below par. I think once she gets that equilibria she

:43:45.:43:50.

will be back to her best form. She has had some epic battles with

:43:51.:43:59.

Marie-Josee Ta Lou. It's just negotiating around to the best of

:44:00.:44:03.

their ability. It's gone a little bit chilly. Looking around the

:44:04.:44:07.

stadium, we are all in jackets now. The athletes had to do a good warm

:44:08.:44:11.

up, and then they stand outside for a considerable length of time

:44:12.:44:17.

cooling off. I'm not sure whose downstairs... It looks like Dafne

:44:18.:44:18.

Schippers. It is indeed. You always want to get the first

:44:19.:44:28.

round out of the way as easily as you can. Yeah, the first round. My

:44:29.:44:34.

start was OK, and then easy go to the finish. The weather wasn't kind,

:44:35.:44:40.

turning Chile and rainy all of a sudden, typical London weather. How

:44:41.:44:43.

are you feeling coming in and what were your preparations like? Very

:44:44.:44:46.

good. I'm very happy and my body is good. No problems and I'm excited

:44:47.:44:53.

for tomorrow. A busy week ahead of you. Looking at the crowd and the

:44:54.:44:58.

support you will get in London, that must help you through a busy

:44:59.:45:04.

schedule. It's OK. It's run by run. I have energy here. It's a good race

:45:05.:45:11.

for now. Good start for now. We wish you well for the semis and final

:45:12.:45:12.

tomorrow. California, 11. 09 and good time out

:45:13.:45:23.

there as well, 22. 6. A nice hug for the two of them. Back

:45:24.:45:24.

tomorrow for the semis. Group B of this hammer throws have

:45:25.:45:48.

to contend with a bit of rain here in the Olympic Stadium. The sun was

:45:49.:45:56.

shining earlier when Sophie Hitchin went through. No such conditions. Is

:45:57.:46:00.

going to have to stay stable here. She does. She is a resounding

:46:01.:46:07.

favourite. A huge odds-on favourites to take the title here again. A

:46:08.:46:14.

comfortable throw there. Three throws beyond 80 metres last year. A

:46:15.:46:21.

world record to take the Olympic title. Sails into the final. Sophie

:46:22.:46:34.

Hitchin involved. Wlodarczyk goes beyond qualifying. Back to this

:46:35.:46:46.

heptathlon. Carolin Schafer. Better. The rain looks like it's stopped a

:46:47.:46:49.

little. That was a better effort. Much better. She got more vertical,

:46:50.:46:53.

got up higher before she went over the bar. A lot of people try to get

:46:54.:46:58.

over the bar before they're even off the ground. It's about that height

:46:59.:47:02.

first. A better pop off the floor. Up she goes, plenty of clearance and

:47:03.:47:06.

over the bar. The floor's been dried up by the sponges so hopefully

:47:07.:47:10.

they're getting better grip out there. Fingers crossed the rain

:47:11.:47:15.

doesn't become too much of a problem. Looks like it's drying out

:47:16.:47:23.

as Broersen looks to match that clearance of 177. The slightest of

:47:24.:47:29.

wobbles, but also clear. Yeah, goes into the bar a little early as I was

:47:30.:47:33.

saying before, tries to clear the bar. Your eyes kind of take over and

:47:34.:47:37.

you think you have actually jumped and you go towards the bar instead

:47:38.:47:40.

of staying away from the bar and work the vertical.

:47:41.:47:49.

You see her rotating. Got a bit close. Katarina Johnson-Thompson

:47:50.:47:55.

watching on. She hasn't joined the second event, the high jump, just

:47:56.:48:04.

yet. She is the best in the world, 198 last year, along with Tiam. It's

:48:05.:48:08.

interesting looking at them, they're not looking at each other, they're

:48:09.:48:12.

biding their time. We have been waiting 45 minutes. Probably

:48:13.:48:15.

thinking I wish you girls would hurry up so we can get started.

:48:16.:48:20.

A yawn from Katarina Johnson-Thompson there.

:48:21.:48:24.

Looking to entertain the hungry crowd.

:48:25.:48:31.

She's not sharing, is she! Please! Will the hepathletes have lunch,

:48:32.:48:55.

Tony? They'll certainly have snacks, popcorn is a good snack. They'll

:48:56.:49:00.

have snacks in their bags, it's mainly sugars, you want fuel, petrol

:49:01.:49:07.

all the time. All dignity has gone out the window here, shovelling it

:49:08.:49:10.

in! I have a four-year-old daughter and trust me, when it comes to

:49:11.:49:15.

popcorn she doesn't share and shovels in the same way. Bless them!

:49:16.:49:24.

This bucket is mine, this giant bucket! First heat of the giant

:49:25.:49:30.

popcorn bucket eating contest, automatic qualifier on the right.

:49:31.:49:34.

Trying to come through as the fastest loser on the left!

:49:35.:49:44.

Just power it in! It's not as if you are on national

:49:45.:49:46.

television at all. It's gone, it's finished. Let's move

:49:47.:49:55.

on to the 5th heat in the women's 100 metres.

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Kambundji, European bronze-medallist last summer. Swiss champion over 100

:50:14.:50:24.

and 200. Far better in the 100. Simone Facey of Jamaica. In the

:50:25.:50:39.

shadow now of Elaine Thompson. Pinto of Germany and Chand of India.

:50:40.:50:44.

Michelle-Lee Ahye. A little bit of a habit of running quickly throughout

:50:45.:50:48.

the season, not doing it at major championships, ran 10. 82 in

:50:49.:50:57.

Trinidad in June. Buchanan in eight. And then Santos of Brazil on the

:50:58.:50:58.

outside. Again three going through

:50:59.:51:10.

automatically. This is the penultimate first round heat. Henry

:51:11.:51:16.

still in a good position, and Asha Philip certainly going to go

:51:17.:51:17.

through. And, that will be, unfortunately,

:51:18.:51:49.

Pinto, who is going to turn round and eventually head straight out. I

:51:50.:51:54.

would say there was a little bit of noise in the field events and the

:51:55.:51:59.

heptathlon going on just before the start. But Tatjana Pinto, you see

:52:00.:52:07.

her head go and the rest of her and a little doubt about that. Yes,

:52:08.:52:13.

unfortunately, for her. That warm-up that she did about an

:52:14.:52:18.

hour-and-a-half ago may not be needed. Lane five, it will be a red

:52:19.:52:26.

card for Tatjana Pinto, all the training and preparation comes to

:52:27.:52:32.

nothing. Such a good run from Luckenkemper, her team-mate ran 10.

:52:33.:52:41.

95 but she is off. Makes things easier for some others,

:52:42.:52:59.

as well. Pinto would have certainly fancied one of the top three places.

:53:00.:53:18.

Santos going strongly in lane nine. Those three coming away. Facey is

:53:19.:53:30.

edged out. Santos runs well. 11. 05. A fraction outside her personal

:53:31.:53:33.

best. Slightly damper, cooler conditions, as well. A very good run

:53:34.:53:37.

from the Brazilian. 100th of a second down on her personal best

:53:38.:53:40.

time. It's been rounded down equalling her personal best. That is

:53:41.:53:45.

the way to move through to the semifinals, very good run in lane

:53:46.:53:51.

nine. Michelle-Lee Ahye I am sure she has more to spare. She does at

:53:52.:53:57.

least go through. Good sprinting from all the women so far, we have

:53:58.:54:02.

seen quick times and in very controlled conditions. I am looking

:54:03.:54:08.

forward to those semifinals. Santos, nice and strong from the beginning.

:54:09.:54:14.

We expect Kambundji to get a great start. Let's see what Ahye has to

:54:15.:54:20.

offer in the semifinals. There is the Olympic champion

:54:21.:54:26.

getting ready to join this second discipline of seven while Alina

:54:27.:54:36.

Shukh of Ukraine, just 20 years of age, 180 and comfortably clear.

:54:37.:54:43.

So then. Looks as though the rain has

:54:44.:54:54.

stopped. They've mopped up the puddles. Decent conditions again

:54:55.:55:01.

Shukh making the best of them. That knee is heavily strapped for the

:55:02.:55:08.

young Ukrainian. Here is Thiam, the best high jumper, the best

:55:09.:55:12.

hepathlete in the world currently, third best ever has gone through the

:55:13.:55:18.

7,000-point mark. Opens her high jump with a clearance of 180.

:55:19.:55:25.

Well, I am sure she will have had a sigh of, not relief, but wanted to

:55:26.:55:31.

get that jump out of the way. She's been waiting 55 minutes, an hour,

:55:32.:55:36.

goes at it, throws herself backwards. That sort of is similar

:55:37.:55:43.

to her style. Having waiting an hour to get that jump, it will be the

:55:44.:55:48.

same situation for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. The sun comes out

:55:49.:55:55.

as Katarina gets ready to also join the high jump. Things looking good.

:55:56.:56:04.

We go back to Erica Bougard of the United States. Talk about leaning

:56:05.:56:09.

in, take me through what went wrong there. I would like to see that jump

:56:10.:56:13.

again. What should normally happen is you run a curve, lean away, that

:56:14.:56:18.

creates a force to jump upwards. You have to go with the lean. Like you

:56:19.:56:23.

are riding a bike around the corner and see how her head, if you watch

:56:24.:56:27.

her head, it leans and goes towards the bar. Takes her into the bar.

:56:28.:56:33.

Instead of staying away and then converting it straight to lift. It's

:56:34.:56:41.

a waiting game for Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

:56:42.:56:54.

But Krizsan of Hungary. Her best ever is 181. Not even close. Having

:56:55.:57:00.

a few problems there I think with the rhythm. It is a rhythm event. If

:57:01.:57:06.

you have that smooth rhythm running, so that you accelerate, each step

:57:07.:57:09.

gets quicker than the one before, and set it up, lean back. See the

:57:10.:57:15.

head just takes her in. Wherever the head in that inside arm go, the body

:57:16.:57:20.

will follow. You have to send those upwards into the air. The cheers

:57:21.:57:28.

from the huge crowd here, 60,000 people, looking on as Katarina

:57:29.:57:32.

Johnson-Thompson, a solid start in that hurdles, first event. First

:57:33.:57:38.

attempt. Now 180. Oh, yes! Great start for KJT.

:57:39.:57:48.

Appreciative of a very noisy support. A wonderful atmosphere here

:57:49.:57:53.

in the stadium. First time clearance for her opening height. Good start.

:57:54.:57:58.

Yeah. Again nice and steady. Again rotates a little bit. Goes towards

:57:59.:58:06.

the bar. Is that me or does she have strapping on that take-off foot?

:58:07.:58:10.

Giving her a little extra support on that foot. I would like to see that

:58:11.:58:17.

again. She has the tights on so it would be difficult to see. There we

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go up and over the bar. Steady, a nice opener. Yeah, just a little bit

:58:23.:58:27.

of tape you see on that left foot. Hopefully just giving her a little

:58:28.:58:33.

bit of support and hopefully nothing wrong there at all. She is one of

:58:34.:58:42.

the tallest athletes. Uses levers so well. Thiam, they are the two best

:58:43.:58:53.

ever high jump scores and performances. Yeah, to be fair about

:58:54.:59:00.

the Olympics, they weren't offered 198 to jump, they were offered 197.

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Yeah, it's a bit of a moot point as to whether she would have won that

:59:09.:59:13.

one. Well, success so far for KJT in the

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high jump. Deajah Stevens going in this final heat. The final heat of

:59:25.:59:30.

this women's 100 metres. Trying to calm herself down.

:59:31.:59:41.

Baptiste still running fast. Morrison of Jamaica, 4th in their

:59:42.:59:48.

championships but is close to 11 seconds. Swoboda interesting to see

:59:49.:00:03.

how she goes. And Neita, a 20-year-old. Still a teenager when

:00:04.:00:06.

she won for Great Britain in Rio. Daryll Neita will want to be in the

:00:07.:00:26.

top three here, but this is one of the tougher heats. The likes of

:00:27.:00:31.

Swoboda, wonder how she will go. Morrison, Baptiste and Stevens in

:00:32.:00:32.

the middle. It has just warmed up a tout with

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the sun trying to break through. The rain has stopped, so better

:00:47.:00:49.

conditions than for some of the middle heats.

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It will be very tight, Daryll Neita running a great race, and she wins

:01:05.:01:13.

it! Excellent, no wonder the arm goes aloft. She needed to run well.

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Tough heat, the women all running sub 11, or all 11-2. Daryll Neita,

:01:22.:01:30.

didn't take any chances, winning the race. It's close, Colin. Good start,

:01:31.:01:36.

Morrison getting out well. Swoboda gets out well as ever. Asha Philip

:01:37.:01:46.

ran 11.14, but a few nerves no doubt. You can see the relief for

:01:47.:01:52.

Daryll Neita. Very nice to see. She is 20, still young, and gaining

:01:53.:01:55.

experience in major championships will be crucial for her to improve

:01:56.:02:03.

and get better. Out of the blocks, kept focused, at no stage did she

:02:04.:02:08.

thinks to herself, I'm in the lead and I can cruise. No, a good, solid

:02:09.:02:13.

job, exactly what she did in the trials. It's what you want to see

:02:14.:02:18.

athletes do, not taking any risks, not taking anything for granted, and

:02:19.:02:21.

putting out a good solid performance. It was a tough

:02:22.:02:28.

first-round race for her. You can see why she's very pleased. You can

:02:29.:02:33.

see her reaction, yes, I'm through. The 100 metre hurdles heats

:02:34.:02:39.

tomorrow. The important thing there, Colin, we knew there were five good

:02:40.:02:44.

ones in this and all five will qualify as fastest losers. But don't

:02:45.:02:48.

take the risk or the chance. Lane nine might have helped, she was away

:02:49.:02:52.

from some of the rest that was going on. You can see her focus. Not

:02:53.:02:56.

looking across and running her own race in lane nine. It's a really

:02:57.:03:04.

professional job. Very impressive, Young, 20 years old. A performance

:03:05.:03:07.

like that to book her place in the semifinal very well. We can hear

:03:08.:03:09.

what she has to say now. A very happy Daryll Neita down by

:03:10.:03:20.

the side of me. After a tremendous performance. I know I'm in the best

:03:21.:03:25.

shape of my life. It's all about focus, my coach, my team. They have

:03:26.:03:30.

got me into such an amazing place and I'm so grateful. I'm going to

:03:31.:03:33.

put my head down and rest up for the semi. It was a stack is heat and you

:03:34.:03:39.

have won it. I've taken some really fast girls. It was a tough field but

:03:40.:03:47.

I had to believe in myself. When we talked in Paris in the holding camp

:03:48.:03:51.

you said you wanted to be at the top of the sport. It's not just about

:03:52.:03:54.

getting through round by round, you want to be an Olympic champion. One

:03:55.:03:58.

day I want to be an Olympic champion. I have a bronze medal and

:03:59.:04:02.

now I'm rooting for the higher medals. The only way to get those

:04:03.:04:05.

medals into race against those who have them. Tomorrow when you have to

:04:06.:04:09.

step it up again, you were close to your personal best there. 11.15, but

:04:10.:04:16.

I feel there is more in me. I feel great right now. I will recover and

:04:17.:04:20.

chill and then move onto tomorrow. Continue to enjoy well done.

:04:21.:04:32.

Baptiste and Swoboda, despite not finishing in the top three, they

:04:33.:04:36.

will go through as fastest losers and the good news is all three

:04:37.:04:40.

British sprinters going through. It was tight at the end for Henry. One

:04:41.:04:47.

disqualification for Pinto might have helped. Not sure how quick

:04:48.:04:59.

Pinto would have run. Luckenkemper heading up the qualifiers, very

:05:00.:05:00.

impressive. The fastest losers on the last page.

:05:01.:05:18.

Desiree Henry is the sixth of them. Just enough to be in the semifinal.

:05:19.:05:21.

Three British women in the semifinals. STUDIO:

:05:22.:05:26.

A word on Daryll Neita. Well done to that man being prepared, not many of

:05:27.:05:38.

us carry that in our handbags. Maybe he was hoping for the sun. Daryll

:05:39.:05:41.

Neita's interview was refreshing there. A few British sprinters,

:05:42.:05:47.

including Martyn Rooney earlier, they didn't seem to have a game face

:05:48.:05:53.

on. It's very refreshing. She's focused on the semifinal, we didn't

:05:54.:05:57.

hear any fluff, she's focused on the task at hand. You are here to

:05:58.:06:00.

produce your best performance right now, when it counts. Take it round

:06:01.:06:08.

by round. Thankfully Matthew Hudson-Smith made it in. And his

:06:09.:06:12.

interview as well was about learning from mistakes. You have to apply

:06:13.:06:17.

that right now as opposed to using this as any sort of opportunity for

:06:18.:06:21.

something in the future that isn't promised. You are here right now,

:06:22.:06:25.

all the work that you put in, you want to put it together here. It was

:06:26.:06:30.

refreshing to hear her not just celebrate the win, she didn't really

:06:31.:06:33.

talk about that at all, she talked about the semifinals and what you

:06:34.:06:37.

want to do there, and ultimately what she wants to do. She made no

:06:38.:06:41.

apologies, she wants to be Olympic champion and that's what you want to

:06:42.:06:46.

hear. There was a collective sit up and listen when she said that.

:06:47.:06:49.

Staking your claim and staking in Ames is a bold thing to do, but why

:06:50.:06:53.

shouldn't athletes be doing that? It's that aspiration. That's why

:06:54.:06:59.

she's here. It's a natural response. She has taken stopped and looked at

:07:00.:07:02.

her feet and knew exactly what she wanted to do. She's a thinker, she

:07:03.:07:08.

stunned the analysing beforehand and executed her race to perfection.

:07:09.:07:11.

Thank goodness the cameraman duct at the right time. It would have been a

:07:12.:07:15.

great shot. This is to bring you up to speed with what happened this

:07:16.:07:19.

morning. We were on the air at 9:30am. Action started at 10am.

:07:20.:07:27.

Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk has come through in the 200-metre

:07:28.:07:31.

heats. Beginning his bid for a double gold in London. The Colombia

:07:32.:07:38.

needed one jump to get through qualifying. Sophie Hitchon made

:07:39.:07:44.

light work of qualifying for the hammer final, booking her spot in

:07:45.:07:54.

the final. Defending champion Elaine Thompson was also in cruise control,

:07:55.:07:58.

qualifying at a canter for her semifinals. Plenty more still to

:07:59.:08:07.

come until 2pm. Later this evening, another super Saturday in this

:08:08.:08:11.

stadium, memories of 2012 are never far away. No doubt Usain Bolt will

:08:12.:08:23.

be the main man this evening. What a night it should be. Long jump final

:08:24.:08:29.

as well, sadly no Greg Rutherford, who is injured.

:08:30.:08:36.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and her fellow competitors have got to get

:08:37.:08:41.

through the high jump competition. She's a world-class high jumper, so

:08:42.:08:47.

she entered the competition at 1.80 along with Olympic champion Nafi

:08:48.:08:50.

Thiam. They are down there somewhere behind us. The rain did stop for KJT

:08:51.:08:55.

when she took her first attempt at 1.80 and cleared it nicely.

:08:56.:09:05.

Hopefully that will give her a lift, the son opening up. The cloud

:09:06.:09:10.

lifting, the conditions. We know she can jump higher. Just acknowledging

:09:11.:09:17.

the crowd's response. But she's really focused at this point because

:09:18.:09:22.

she knows jumping high today is important. Being aware of the

:09:23.:09:25.

competition around her. She's in good shape right now. And there is

:09:26.:09:34.

Nafi Thiam, still in that competition. The high jump takes a

:09:35.:09:37.

long time, a lot of athletes in there. We are now getting to the

:09:38.:09:40.

stage where only the best jumpers are left in it. This was Nafi

:09:41.:09:51.

Thiam's 1.80. Just like KJT, such a strong event. It's a big point

:09:52.:09:55.

scorer for the girls, easily you can get 1000 points. Everybody trying to

:09:56.:09:59.

get as close to 1000 points for every single event. This is one

:10:00.:10:03.

event where you can do that in abundance. A nice clearance from

:10:04.:10:07.

her, again, relaxed and confident and flying high. The next event on

:10:08.:10:11.

the track is the men's 800-metre heat. We can catch up with Steve

:10:12.:10:15.

Cram and Paula Radcliffe in the commentary box. Where is men's

:10:16.:10:21.

800-metre running on a global sense, and specifically on our British

:10:22.:10:27.

hopefuls? COMMENTATOR: No David Rudisha, always a shame when you are

:10:28.:10:33.

one of the world's greatest eight and had metre runners. He got the

:10:34.:10:37.

world record at the Olympic Games, got injured just before these

:10:38.:10:40.

championships. Would have been interesting to see him take on the

:10:41.:10:48.

young American -based Kenyan. Nijel Amos is back to that 2012 form.

:10:49.:10:53.

World 800-metre running is at a very high level. Bringing Paula in on the

:10:54.:11:01.

British side of things, it's been a difficult year, Kyle Langford and

:11:02.:11:07.

Elliot Giles, to good young talents. They have tough heats. But for the

:11:08.:11:12.

guys it's particularly tough. They will have to run in the vein of Jess

:11:13.:11:20.

Judd yesterday in the 1500 and put it all out to try to make it through

:11:21.:11:25.

to the next round. We had Murphy for the USA last year being very good.

:11:26.:11:30.

They have a brilliant run, Donavan Brazier, who I think will become a

:11:31.:11:34.

big star. He is already very good. Interesting to see how he does here.

:11:35.:11:41.

STUDIO: You mentioned Kyle Langford. The harrier is only 21 years old. He

:11:42.:11:46.

got great experience in Beijing a couple of years ago. We caught up

:11:47.:11:48.

with him. Paging was a massive learning curve

:11:49.:12:00.

for me. I learned so much pre-and post-competition. -- Beijing. I have

:12:01.:12:06.

come up with a PB this year and come to the World Championships, but I

:12:07.:12:09.

still don't feel like I have achieved what I wanted to achieve

:12:10.:12:13.

this year. It's a bittersweet feeling almost. I've had a bit of a

:12:14.:12:20.

hard start to the year with family members and a friend passing away.

:12:21.:12:25.

It was hard in the camp, but it's all coming together now. Beijing

:12:26.:12:29.

helped everything, the experience. I think when I get to London it should

:12:30.:12:34.

hopefully come together. I'm really excited for it. Great Britain's Kyle

:12:35.:12:41.

Langford. He's going in the second heat. We can start with heat one,

:12:42.:12:48.

getting down to the track with Andrew Cotter and Paula Radcliffe.

:12:49.:12:55.

The first of six heats. Drew Windle going here for the United States. He

:12:56.:13:05.

was third in the US Championships. Donavan Brazier heading that US

:13:06.:13:12.

challenge, but drew Windle with a good time already this season. Kenny

:13:13.:13:27.

might have lost Rudisha for this championship, but the 19-year-old

:13:28.:13:32.

Kipyegon Bett, second in the Diamond League meetings this year in Rome,

:13:33.:13:41.

and Paris, and won in Shanghai. A very powerful presence, Kenya, still

:13:42.:13:45.

in this event. That's how they line up. I think all the runners in the

:13:46.:13:51.

event will be delighted to see Kramer in the event. It's nice to

:13:52.:13:55.

have a pacemaker effectively. Because fastest losers will go

:13:56.:13:59.

through. Kramer is a very talented Swedish athlete and likes to go out

:14:00.:14:08.

fast, he's in lane nine. Three going through automatically, and the sixth

:14:09.:14:17.

fastest losers. Alzaabi, the European under 23 champion, of the

:14:18.:14:22.

United Arab Emirates. Arroyo, the 22-year-old is below 1.45 this

:14:23.:14:35.

season. Drew Windle, just edged qualification in the US

:14:36.:14:39.

Championships. There is also Donavan Brazier to look out from the

:14:40.:14:49.

American challenge. Ibid in, Belferar, Ayouni. 1:43.76 last year.

:14:50.:15:04.

Second that the Kenyan trials. And summer has returned to the Olympic

:15:05.:15:07.

Stadium. The first of six heats in the men's

:15:08.:15:23.

800 metres. Look out for Kramer in the blue and yellow. Likes to take

:15:24.:15:27.

it out quickly. A very talented athlete he is. He is going to settle

:15:28.:15:32.

in a little here unless he picks up the pace and moves across, as they

:15:33.:15:38.

break. Kramer just tucking himself in,

:15:39.:15:42.

alongside Bett at the moment. Yeah, took a few looks across and straight

:15:43.:15:47.

to the front. This is the way he ran when he won the European under-23s

:15:48.:15:54.

last month. Not afraid to commit. The first three to qualify in top

:15:55.:15:58.

heats and six fastest losers and you are in the first heat you want to

:15:59.:16:03.

make sure you get the race moving. Yes, it's good for all the athletes

:16:04.:16:07.

behind to be chasing that yellow shirt as they go through 400 metres.

:16:08.:16:20.

Bett at the moment behind Kramer. Now Bett begins to make his move.

:16:21.:16:27.

Drew Windle needs to start moving up. He looked better in the Monaco

:16:28.:16:37.

Diamond League this month. Windle with much ground to make up. Drew

:16:38.:16:41.

Windle being run out of things. Three to go through automatically.

:16:42.:16:45.

There is a big gap for him to try to get back. Bett in front. Drew Windle

:16:46.:16:55.

beginning to make his move. It's a long way to try to come back. Windle

:16:56.:17:01.

sees the door opening. He will get through! As one of the three

:17:02.:17:09.

automatic qualifiers. And Ayouni was drifting out. The door opened for

:17:10.:17:15.

Drew Windle. That's how to pace it, just about. That's how to wing it!

:17:16.:17:19.

That's how to give it everything that you have got and to seize the

:17:20.:17:23.

opportunity at the last possible moment. He was really relying on

:17:24.:17:31.

Ayouni in front and there being space enough. Maybe he has learned

:17:32.:17:40.

to race smarter in the next round. A bit of of a shoelace problem for

:17:41.:17:49.

Bett. Didn't hamper him. First place for Kipyegon Bett. Up and running in

:17:50.:18:00.

the 800 metres. Fascinating event. Ayouni started to struggle. Windle

:18:01.:18:04.

coming through. This is how the different pacings of different

:18:05.:18:07.

runners judging it differently in the 800 metres. Windle had more to

:18:08.:18:12.

give. Illustrating in a heat situation, even when you think you

:18:13.:18:16.

are out of it, you have to keep running as hard as you can, through

:18:17.:18:20.

the line is what we have to keep telling junior athletes more and

:18:21.:18:23.

more. You don't know where the spots are going to open up. Ayouni

:18:24.:18:28.

drifting to lane two. Sometimes when you are so hired the last thing you

:18:29.:18:31.

are thinking about is remaining tight to the kerb. It opened up for

:18:32.:18:36.

Windle to come through. Kramer did what he always does. He goes

:18:37.:18:41.

through, as well. With Drew Windle. Confirmation of that:

:18:42.:18:54.

The heptathlon continues. A very relaxed looking Katarina

:18:55.:19:00.

Johnson-Thompson. She has chosen to pass at this height. First time

:19:01.:19:08.

clearance of 180. The event favourite Thiam, the Olympic

:19:09.:19:12.

champion, explain tactics behind the strategy of passing at this height,

:19:13.:19:23.

Tony. It's a smart move, basically. They're very comfortable jumping

:19:24.:19:26.

past the height, conserve energy. You are probably looking between

:19:27.:19:29.

nine and 11 jumps total in a competition. This is a two-day

:19:30.:19:32.

competition. So you are conserving energy. They've a big break after

:19:33.:19:38.

this but you want to be at your best when the bar is at its highest, so

:19:39.:19:44.

save that energy for later. Katarina Johnson-Thompson doing just that.

:19:45.:19:47.

The rain has been an issue so far but it looks as though it's drying

:19:48.:19:53.

out and Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Thiam will get the best of the

:19:54.:19:59.

conditions in this second event of the heptathlon. Scafer of Germany,

:20:00.:20:11.

she has had six jumps already. -- Schafer. Goes clear the first time

:20:12.:20:18.

of asking for a change. A decent jump. Her best is 186 this year.

:20:19.:20:24.

Seven jumps there, perfect. Remember you are going to finish with three

:20:25.:20:28.

jumps, the last three are going to be fails. She's getting to a height

:20:29.:20:34.

she wants, par if you like in golf terms, the next height she gets

:20:35.:20:39.

that, anything above that is a bonus points. Broersen, 27 years of age

:20:40.:20:48.

now but has had injury worries. 183 proving too much. If you just look

:20:49.:20:52.

at her right knee you can see - sorry the left knee. The black

:20:53.:21:03.

strapping. It shows there is probably the tendon is inflamed on

:21:04.:21:08.

the knee. Again it makes it difficult to jump off because you

:21:09.:21:12.

feel pain as you take off. So you put the strap on which takes the

:21:13.:21:16.

pressure off the tendon. Down the other end of the track,

:21:17.:21:39.

thankfully no injuries for Kyle Langford. He has the front running

:21:40.:21:44.

Dutchman, there in the orange, that will help, because he knows - the

:21:45.:21:48.

first heat that's just taken place if you are not in the top three,

:21:49.:21:53.

there were six men under 1. 47 flat, so you get in the wrong heat where

:21:54.:21:57.

they go too slow and you have no chance going through as the fastest

:21:58.:22:02.

loser. This is one of the tougher heats. He has Kupers, he will make

:22:03.:22:09.

sure it's quick, I am sure, that will be good for Kyle, there will be

:22:10.:22:14.

no nerves. Just go and run. Still have to come in the top three. But

:22:15.:22:19.

if he doesn't he has a chance of getting a decent time. Only third in

:22:20.:22:24.

the British championships. He was surprised that day by Lamont who

:22:25.:22:29.

then got the qualifying time in London and got the automatic spot.

:22:30.:22:38.

Kyle ran quick enough, as well. And missed out was Andrew Sarge.

:22:39.:22:52.

Kevin Lopez, the very experienced Spanish athlete. Branden McBride,

:22:53.:23:03.

very good indicated andian. Had a great race in Monaco recently. --

:23:04.:23:12.

very good Canadian. Lopez from Mexico could be a threat,

:23:13.:23:24.

as well. There is Jesus Lopez. Gakeme, really

:23:25.:23:34.

good form, indoor at the indoor championships last year, twice made

:23:35.:23:44.

semifinals. McBride in great form. Paris of Argentina.

:23:45.:23:49.

Then the European indoor bronze-medallist, European team

:23:50.:23:55.

champion this year, Kupers and Lopez in between him and Kyle Langford.

:23:56.:24:04.

Great talent, Kyle, has good speed, as well. When you look at 800

:24:05.:24:11.

metres, you want them to be able to run quick 400 and Kyle has that, he

:24:12.:24:15.

has to get his race brain into gear, as well.

:24:16.:24:19.

Hopefully if it's nice and quick he won't have to give that too much

:24:20.:24:26.

thought. So second heat. Top three. Jesus

:24:27.:24:33.

Lopez in the green of Mexico starting quickly. They'll all be

:24:34.:24:37.

looking for Kupers in the orange vest. Natural frontrunner here.

:24:38.:24:45.

There he goes. Has a look across. Maybe he is thinking... McBride

:24:46.:24:54.

under his shoulder. Langford in about 6th, that's fine as long as

:24:55.:25:00.

there is decent pace on. Yeah, Kyle Langford, a huge talent but needs to

:25:01.:25:03.

learn his trade, as it were, as he comes through. He has a tendency to

:25:04.:25:07.

overuse his energy in the first couple of rounds, especially if he

:25:08.:25:11.

gets himself into trouble. It's good to see him outside. Giving himself

:25:12.:25:17.

space and time to react. A little slower than the first heat. McBride

:25:18.:25:25.

at the front. Kupers is on the kerb. Lopez is in a good spot. Tries to

:25:26.:25:31.

give Lopez. They're still fighting there.

:25:32.:25:41.

Really not happy there, he gave Lopez quite a shove. You can see a

:25:42.:25:46.

grimace on Kyle's face. He looks to wait until the home straight.

:25:47.:25:54.

They're all good finishers here. Lopez, both Lopez. Kyle, has he

:25:55.:25:59.

enough to get into the top three. McBride goes away. Lopez and Kupers

:26:00.:26:04.

keep moving away. He is going to be 5th at best here. Kupers wins.

:26:05.:26:15.

McBride and lose Lopez. Gakeme and then Langford. There is still plenty

:26:16.:26:18.

of heats to come and he is 5th. That's going to be a tough one. In

:26:19.:26:22.

terms of times. A shake of the head. He wasn't in touch with 200. He

:26:23.:26:26.

wasn't close enough. He is a good quality athlete and he is good in

:26:27.:26:30.

the home straight but he gave these guys a head start. You can't really

:26:31.:26:33.

do that. You have to be more in the race. McBride had slowed it nicely

:26:34.:26:36.

to give him a chance to get involved. He didn't take that chance

:26:37.:26:42.

down the back straight. Then just doesn't have enough legs to... To

:26:43.:26:45.

run athletes of that was quality down. He is still involved as a

:26:46.:26:49.

fastest loser at this point. But I worry for him going through. It's a

:26:50.:26:53.

big worry for him going forward. He knows that. He is shaking his head.

:26:54.:26:59.

Almost as if he is saying goodbyes now. He allowed that shove to knock

:27:00.:27:05.

him off his stride and almost gave up a little bit at that point. Then

:27:06.:27:08.

he came back fighting but left himself too much work to do. You

:27:09.:27:12.

can't make up ground like that on guys like Kevin Lopez who is moving

:27:13.:27:21.

through, knocking Gakeme out of that top three position. Those loser

:27:22.:27:27.

spots will fill up as you see the heats go on. Third fastest at the

:27:28.:27:30.

moment. I am sure Phil will let him know that. Let's see what

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You are the third fastest of the fasters at the moment so you are

:27:36.:27:40.

still in the mix you with disappointment was on your face as

:27:41.:27:44.

you crossed the line, Kyle. Yeah, it's a hard game, you know, it will

:27:45.:27:50.

eat you up and spit you out. I wasn't good enough there. I gave

:27:51.:27:56.

everything I could. But it was just, you know, inexperience with myself,

:27:57.:27:59.

just maybe not in the right position, going when I should go.

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But, you know, hopefully I will make it through. But, I have to improve

:28:03.:28:09.

on these sort of things and can't happen again, but it is what it is.

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Being closer to the guys at the front coming down the home straight,

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was that the key today? I don't know, I was trying to sit back and

:28:18.:28:22.

pick off, I sat a little bit too wide. And the last 100, it was all

:28:23.:28:28.

moving the same pace, I was catching but, you know, they're kicking just

:28:29.:28:35.

as fast, so should have been closer but John, my coach, we will sit down

:28:36.:28:38.

and look at this and improve. We appreciate you talking to us. Thank

:28:39.:28:39.

you. Where he lost that was down the back

:28:40.:28:50.

straight. He had a chance, they were all moving at the same pace as he

:28:51.:28:54.

said, but he was already, five, six metres back.

:28:55.:28:57.

He will be in at the moment. We do have plenty more heats to

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come. The sun is back out.

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It's warmer again. Cram has taken his gilet off! And

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Thiam, the Olympic champion, gets ready. Katarina Johnson-Thompson

:29:19.:29:33.

waits. She will follow Thiam. This is the second event of seven. Thiam

:29:34.:29:40.

doesn't look as if she's settled into this competition yet. Katarina

:29:41.:29:46.

Johnson-Thompson looking comfortable so far. Thiam looking slightly

:29:47.:29:50.

anxious, this is her best event. She rose to the occasion last year. What

:29:51.:29:55.

has she got at 186? That's more like it.

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That will settle the nerves. Yeah, let's not get too carried away on

:30:04.:30:06.

the difference with technique and style. She gets up in the air, comes

:30:07.:30:10.

off the floor very well. It looks jerky, doesn't look smooth and in a

:30:11.:30:14.

classic way. Arms there, drives them up. Works the knee. Probably could

:30:15.:30:20.

work it a little bit hard, drive it up to give yourself more lift. Again

:30:21.:30:23.

at this height it's comfortable, she will have confidence. I think she

:30:24.:30:27.

will grow as the competition comes and the same for Katarina

:30:28.:30:28.

Johnson-Thompson here. Johnson-Thompson at the same height.

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That was a miss. The runner-up looked wrong. She was too close.

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Yeah, I think she got too close and ran in. Remember, she's had one jump

:30:45.:30:49.

in an hour and a half, 90 minutes. That's just the second. A little bit

:30:50.:30:54.

of rust, doesn't matter, you cannot get off twice as long as you keep

:30:55.:30:57.

clearing the height. Backing into the bar and taking it off with her

:30:58.:31:03.

shoulders. Lean away, stay away and I'm sure she'll get the vertical.

:31:04.:31:06.

I'm sure she'll get it, it's well within her repertoire. 1.95 in

:31:07.:31:15.

Gotzis this year. Best of 1.98 last year. It's well within her

:31:16.:31:22.

capabilities. You will get a lengthening and shortening of stride

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in order to get the rhythm. As long as you don't buckle on the knee too

:31:26.:31:29.

much, because then every time you bend the knee energy is lost into

:31:30.:31:33.

the floor and you don't get the return off the floor. Under the

:31:34.:31:39.

guidance of the new coach, moving to France. Bertrand is the new coach to

:31:40.:31:45.

guide Katarina Johnson-Thompson, lets hope to potentially a rostrum

:31:46.:31:49.

finish in the World Championships here. But there is the favourite,

:31:50.:31:57.

Nafi Thiam. They coach plays a big part, Tony, but you would say that,

:31:58.:32:04.

wouldn't you? Definitely. A lot of information coming from the coach,

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the critical thing is the relationship between the athlete and

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coach, not so much the technical, but the relationship, the way you

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support them and communicate and get information across to them. Ready

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for the third heat in the first round of the men's 400 metres.

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Rotich goes in the outside. Harris, second in the US trials behind

:32:30.:32:36.

Donavan Brazier. A 1:44.53 this season. He goes to Penn State

:32:37.:32:42.

University. There is no Almassri in lane six. Remove straighter Elliot

:32:43.:32:49.

Giles, the UK champion. -- we move straight to Elliot Giles. Won on

:32:50.:32:55.

this track in the Diamond League meeting. He tends to run tactically

:32:56.:32:59.

very well, so we will see how he handles this. El Guesse of Morocco,

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Sanchez of Puerto Rico, and De Arriba of Spain. Keeping an eye on

:33:08.:33:15.

the times with Kyle Langford hanging on. It's still early, still heats to

:33:16.:33:23.

go. He's currently the third fastest loser at the moment. Elliot Giles is

:33:24.:33:26.

looking to go through as one of the automatic qualifiers here. Left for

:33:27.:33:33.

a moment on the start, Elliot Giles, but he does tend to judge things

:33:34.:33:39.

pretty well. The men to look out for, Rogic on the outside.

:33:40.:33:52.

-- Rotich on the outside. Elliot Giles in fifth at the moment. He's

:33:53.:34:06.

settling into fifth. He's ready to cover any moves in the race. He gets

:34:07.:34:10.

himself in good positions. The one place where he didn't was in Monaco

:34:11.:34:15.

where he went out much too hard and paid for it in the closing stages.

:34:16.:34:23.

He has learned from that. Ferguson Rotich takes it out from Sanchez.

:34:24.:34:29.

Elliot Giles battling for fourth at the mode. Three of them will go

:34:30.:34:37.

through automatically. Sanchez alongside Ferguson Rotich. El Guesse

:34:38.:34:46.

tries to make a move. De Arriba, the bronze-medallist in the European

:34:47.:34:54.

indoors is also there. Ferguson Rotich and Sanchez and Giles all

:34:55.:34:58.

looking good at the moment. Three will go through automatically. But

:34:59.:35:01.

Harris will have something down the home straight. Sanchez has gone.

:35:02.:35:07.

Suddenly it's three of them clear. Elliot Giles able to look around, is

:35:08.:35:13.

comfortable and looking strong. There are your three to go through

:35:14.:35:18.

automatically. Ferguson Rotich taking the victory. A good run from

:35:19.:35:24.

Elliot Giles. Harris is thereafter jostling and barging. Sanchez fell

:35:25.:35:30.

away. Comfortable for the automatic places, the top three and a good run

:35:31.:35:35.

from Elliot Giles. A very good run from Elliot Giles. If we look back

:35:36.:35:38.

we will see how well he judged the race down the back straight. He was

:35:39.:35:43.

also a tiny bit lucky, managing to find space and manoeuvre himself

:35:44.:35:48.

through on the inside to get himself into a very good position coming

:35:49.:35:51.

into the last 200 metres. Acquitted himself really well. Katarina

:35:52.:36:02.

Johnson-Thompson eyeing up the bar at 1.86, that she has dislodged at

:36:03.:36:07.

the first time of asking. A more serious look on the face of

:36:08.:36:13.

Johnson-Thompson. Steps sideways there. That was very close.

:36:14.:36:20.

We'll be very keen to see this as the replay, Tony. Two fouls at 1.8

:36:21.:36:28.

six. Not looking great for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Just her heel at

:36:29.:36:35.

the end, just didn't get it out. That's well within her capabilities.

:36:36.:36:40.

I'm confident she will get that. She might rue that a little bit. She

:36:41.:36:46.

drove up. You see how fast she has travelled along the bed. From the

:36:47.:36:49.

point of take-off to the point where she lands, it's just soft, she needs

:36:50.:36:53.

to convert more of a punch to put herself in the F. The travel across

:36:54.:36:58.

has caused the rotation to flick the bar. Carolin Schafer at the second

:36:59.:37:06.

time of asking. Clean clearance. She will be delighted with that. Three

:37:07.:37:09.

fouls and it's the end of your competition, remember. Second time

:37:10.:37:18.

clearance and a personal best for Carolin Schafer. It bodes well for

:37:19.:37:23.

her medal challenge. That's an equal personal best. That's what she

:37:24.:37:28.

cleared in Gotzis. That's par now, solid performing. It's what you want

:37:29.:37:33.

in heptathlon. The bar now goes to 1.8 nine. Can she get the points

:37:34.:37:39.

bonus. Broersen has had a lot of attempts for a loop 1.90 plus high

:37:40.:37:46.

jumper. Perhaps showing a lack of confidence in her abilities. That

:37:47.:37:54.

wasn't even close. Two fouls for Broersen at 1.86, and looking under

:37:55.:37:55.

pressure. Just around the last heat in the

:37:56.:38:05.

men's 800 metres. Elliot Giles going through as an automatic qualifier.

:38:06.:38:09.

Kyle Langford has been knocked down to the fourth fastest loser. But

:38:10.:38:14.

Elliot Giles is safely through. Safely through and a happy man.

:38:15.:38:18.

Obviously this is a huge stage. You had a taste of it in Rio last year.

:38:19.:38:24.

This year you have now done what you didn't do last year and accomplished

:38:25.:38:27.

and a performance in the first round. It's staying relaxed in these

:38:28.:38:37.

moments. I looked at it as a normal race without the pressure. Stay calm

:38:38.:38:43.

all the way through. It paid off, if I had panicked I could have been in

:38:44.:38:47.

trouble with 200 to go. It all went to plan. We've made the semis. We

:38:48.:38:54.

wish you well for the semis. Thank you.

:38:55.:38:59.

We have seen Johnson-Thompson with two fouls at 1.86 and she has to go

:39:00.:39:06.

clear to stay in contention. It's early days to talk about medals, but

:39:07.:39:09.

this is her strongest event across the Severn. 1.98 last year in Rio.

:39:10.:39:22.

She has to go higher because the throws are so weak, the shot and

:39:23.:39:27.

javelin. Johnson-Thompson has to throw caution to the wind and find a

:39:28.:39:31.

way of getting over. She can jump this. I'm sat here with butterflies.

:39:32.:39:36.

It's like I'm coaching again. The significance of this, if she doesn't

:39:37.:39:40.

clear that she has lost 180 points for personal best score this year. I

:39:41.:39:44.

have every confidence she will clear this because it is well within her

:39:45.:39:52.

capabilities. She knows what to do. Johnson-Thompson at 1.86, her last

:39:53.:39:58.

attempt. No! That's a massive disappointment for Johnson-Thompson.

:39:59.:40:06.

She knows it. Three fouls, a serious haemorrhaging of points. Speechless,

:40:07.:40:12.

Steve. I feel for the girl, absolutely feel for her. That means

:40:13.:40:20.

a score for her, at this moment in time, if she repeats all the marks

:40:21.:40:28.

she she got in Gotzis, then she could score 6500. We know it's not

:40:29.:40:32.

over because 6600 can get you on the podium. She can find points because

:40:33.:40:38.

she can go 30 centimetres longer in the long jump. She can find it

:40:39.:40:42.

elsewhere. It's not over, it will be a tough conversation for the coach,

:40:43.:40:47.

but this is where the coach earns their corn. Big disappointment for

:40:48.:40:50.

Johnson-Thompson in an event where she was expected to take a lot of

:40:51.:40:54.

points. It's like getting a double bogey or worse. She has to carry

:40:55.:41:03.

those points, and she knows it. Huge disappointment. For me that's a real

:41:04.:41:10.

lack of discipline. The run-up is sloppy. It changed every time. She

:41:11.:41:15.

has done it before in the long jump. We have seen her unfold and unravel

:41:16.:41:20.

in the throwing where she is not as confident. We needed to see her go

:41:21.:41:25.

clear there. We will come back to it. Broersen with two fouls. No.

:41:26.:41:36.

Broersen also, her high jumper also comes to a grinding halt. But she

:41:37.:41:42.

had a clearance of 1.8 three. So Johnson-Thompson... She's leaving

:41:43.:41:46.

the arena in a different mood to how she entered. She will be bitterly

:41:47.:41:52.

disappointed at this moment in time. Like I say, in athletics you have

:41:53.:41:57.

the chance of making comments here, so it will be down to the coach. In

:41:58.:42:02.

this heat we have perhaps the gold-medal contender for the

:42:03.:42:12.

800-metre title. Korir in lane nine, might not be known to athletic fans

:42:13.:42:19.

too much. Based in the US, has great ability. A 44 second 400 metre man

:42:20.:42:28.

who can run brilliant 800 metres. Moving across now. A really open

:42:29.:42:35.

heat, this one. Marc Reuther, he set a new personal best recently.

:42:36.:42:41.

European under 21 finalist. He has decided to take it on, a big old

:42:42.:42:48.

item in the fun. And then Korir and Thiago Andre of Brazil. Plenty to

:42:49.:42:54.

watch out for here. We have seen Dahmani. Korir is one of only three

:42:55.:43:05.

men to have run 44 seconds at 401.43 at 800. -- 44 seconds at 400 and

:43:06.:43:27.

1.43 at 800. Manco, another US-based athlete running for Ghana. --

:43:28.:43:38.

Amankwah. Reuter Mac is still controlling it at the front. Korir

:43:39.:43:46.

begins to extricate himself. A very good solid performance from him. The

:43:47.:43:51.

Polish speaking through on the inside, Rozmys. That's one of those

:43:52.:43:57.

heats that you hate when you are an 800-metre runner. There is always

:43:58.:44:01.

one that just goes slow, and then all of a sudden it's not a normal

:44:02.:44:07.

1.44 rom-com you are running 1.47 and that gives everyone a chance.

:44:08.:44:15.

Korir is a superb talent. He's used to doing well in a heats and semis

:44:16.:44:19.

and finals, so I think he will conduct himself. Didn't do more than

:44:20.:44:24.

he had to. Didn't want to expend a more energy than he had to. And he

:44:25.:44:30.

didn't, judged it perfectly. He's not even gone into second gear as he

:44:31.:44:35.

comes down, cruising through to the front and not even bothering about

:44:36.:44:41.

the fact that Rozmys is about to sneak through and come close. He

:44:42.:44:47.

almost gets there on the line, the Polish third string athlete in Yate

:44:48.:44:52.

and metres. We are yet to see Lewandowski, still to come. But a

:44:53.:44:55.

good qualification for him and Korir is looking very strong.

:44:56.:45:04.

Look how relaxed he is. Korir safely through. The good news for Kyle

:45:05.:45:20.

Langford is still in a fastest loser spot.

:45:21.:45:32.

Thiam on the runway. Second event of the heptathlon has

:45:33.:45:36.

seen her competitor, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, go out at a height

:45:37.:45:42.

below what she is capable of. Thiam, 1. 89, first attempt. Wow, very

:45:43.:45:51.

good, very, very good indeed. She seems to get better the more

:45:52.:45:56.

important the effort is. That's the mark of a champion. Rose to the

:45:57.:46:01.

occasion in Rio. And she's come good. Settling in. She doesn't run

:46:02.:46:07.

well over the hurdles this morning. Looked a bit ragged in the first

:46:08.:46:13.

attempt. But is settling in. 1. 89, the best we have seen so far, the

:46:14.:46:17.

only athlete clear at this height. STUDIO: Thiam with a good high jump

:46:18.:46:30.

at 1. 89. Really showing the way there. Her experience counting. Her

:46:31.:46:36.

Olympic gold medal now really building up towards a fantastic

:46:37.:46:41.

climax of the competition for her. But such disappointment for Katarina

:46:42.:46:45.

Johnson-Thompson. On an event that she is world-class at, 1. 98 jumper,

:46:46.:46:52.

to go out not clearing higher than 1. 86. Huge disappointment. You can

:46:53.:46:58.

see it on her face, Denise and lost a lot of points there. She's lost a

:46:59.:47:03.

lot of points, she will be feeling sick to her core. Both myself, Jess,

:47:04.:47:07.

we have been in positions where you think oh my gosh, but you have to

:47:08.:47:10.

remember this is not only about points at this stage. It isn't. It's

:47:11.:47:14.

about battling for medals, it's still early days. I have had

:47:15.:47:19.

disasters in heptathlons where I think what is going to happen next

:47:20.:47:23.

but you have to have the capacity to keep fighting. We said about Kat, is

:47:24.:47:28.

that it's the ability to shut off after one event and treat the next

:47:29.:47:31.

like a new competition. That is going to be tested now. This is the

:47:32.:47:35.

hardest situation for her, she's gone into the high jump with it

:47:36.:47:39.

being one of her best events, hoping for it to be a high scoring event

:47:40.:47:44.

and come away with that. To compartmentalise that and move on to

:47:45.:47:49.

the next event is going to be extremely difficult. Because she's

:47:50.:47:52.

going into the shot put which is one of her weaker events. The reasoning

:47:53.:47:59.

why you would miss a height when you are confident but when it's a cold

:48:00.:48:02.

day relatively and the rain is there and you have to wait a long time, 90

:48:03.:48:06.

minutes, would the rhythm of the day, would it not be better to clear

:48:07.:48:11.

183 and get into the rhythm of the jumping than to have that time

:48:12.:48:15.

waiting? It depends on the athlete. For me you want to get a jump in and

:48:16.:48:20.

want to, if you are feeling confident and happy in your jumping,

:48:21.:48:24.

you don't want to expend too much energy and sometimes it's good to

:48:25.:48:27.

miss a few rounds and come back in at a higher height. She was jumping

:48:28.:48:31.

well in warm-up, and obviously felt confident. Again the weather's not

:48:32.:48:35.

been great. We did have a big downpower and it affects you in

:48:36.:48:39.

different ways. It's hard to say but that was her decision. She's gone on

:48:40.:48:42.

what she normally She has a plan, normally comes in at

:48:43.:48:49.

180. It's understanding the changes in the environment, sometimes you

:48:50.:48:53.

might have to make that decision and say I am feeling cold, I need to

:48:54.:48:57.

come in and you can change. You can, once you have opted to pass, well,

:48:58.:49:03.

you know in the mind that you can come back in, it's tough from here,s

:49:04.:49:07.

and this is where she needs to show her mettle. We know her throws are

:49:08.:49:13.

her weaker event. She still has 200 metres, the long juch that could be

:49:14.:49:19.

a high scoring event. -- long jump. We saw problems she had in that in

:49:20.:49:24.

Beijing. We have to hope she can mentally refocus and has more time.

:49:25.:49:29.

Yeah, she's going to have to wait now and see how Thiam performs and

:49:30.:49:32.

she's jumping well at the moment. She's going to have to sit back and

:49:33.:49:36.

gather herself and compose herself for the next two events. It's going

:49:37.:49:40.

to be tough for her. OK. Let's get back outside. It's the next heat of

:49:41.:49:44.

the men's 800 metres. Andrew is your commentator for this one.

:49:45.:49:50.

Some black clouds coming in. There is the line-up for this one.

:49:51.:50:02.

That looks rather gloomy. Bosse has been the standard-bearer

:50:03.:50:19.

for France for sometime. I might have seen lightning there! And I

:50:20.:50:27.

think I was right. Dramatic roll of thunder for Nijel Amos.

:50:28.:50:29.

I am slightly scared! The main stay of 800-metre running

:50:30.:50:59.

for years now, Adam Kszczot. He has seen his teammate just going

:51:00.:51:05.

through. So a thunder storm threatening the

:51:06.:51:09.

stadium here as we get going in the 5th of six heats in the men's 800

:51:10.:51:16.

metres. Again look out for times, as well, because Kyle Langford is till

:51:17.:51:20.

in 4th place of the fastest losers with two heats to come and six

:51:21.:51:23.

fastest losers will go through overall.

:51:24.:51:31.

Bosse creeps in alongside Amos. Amos not a pretty runner to watch but

:51:32.:51:34.

unbelievably talented 800-metre runner. As an 18-year-old he was

:51:35.:51:38.

silver-medallist in the stadium five years ago. He has had tough times

:51:39.:51:41.

since but seems to be coming back to his best. Has been racing

:51:42.:51:47.

impressively this year. Bosse behind him in contrast is finding his feet

:51:48.:51:52.

this season. He improved a bit in the Monaco Diamond League and looks

:51:53.:51:58.

in good shape now as he is tracking amiss through the first 400 metres.

:51:59.:52:09.

Another rumble of thunder. Amos is there and Bosse. Kszczot further

:52:10.:52:20.

back but is a strong finisher. Amos sitting there. Here comes Kszczot.

:52:21.:52:28.

He had to move really wide there. Now he is closing very fast. Will

:52:29.:52:31.

sit back in a little and then attack again in the home straight. And an

:52:32.:52:39.

injury there, as well. Bosse in front. Amos and here comes Adam

:52:40.:52:54.

Kszczot now. Mark English. Amos will take the victory, just ahead of

:52:55.:53:04.

Bosse. 1. 47. Again it's not quick at all. It's looking good for Kyle

:53:05.:53:11.

Langford again. But not a quick race, but well enough judged by

:53:12.:53:17.

Nigel Amos. Not a quick race and a messy race, as well. A few stumbles

:53:18.:53:26.

there. I think it was Hamada having to get into a wheelchair there.

:53:27.:53:35.

Looks like something went in his hamstring attachment. His arms

:53:36.:53:41.

swinging out, as well. He is not going to be taking further back in

:53:42.:53:45.

these championships at all. Not a good way for his championships to

:53:46.:53:48.

end. The rest of the race did continue. Bosse controlling at the

:53:49.:53:57.

front. Amos letting him do that. Adam Kszczot just doing what he

:53:58.:54:02.

needed to do, keeping his wits about him. All three of them did enough to

:54:03.:54:08.

hold off Smaili and none of the fastest losers will come from that

:54:09.:54:13.

heat. Disappointing for Mark English. He is a 1. 45 man. In a

:54:14.:54:19.

race that's not quick, so well done. He is not going to go through, but

:54:20.:54:25.

Nigel Amos, wonder if he can turn his silver into gold from the

:54:26.:54:30.

Olympics to the World Championships in this stadium. It's good for Kyle

:54:31.:54:38.

Langford because his time still leaves him in a good position to go

:54:39.:54:44.

through as one of the fastest losers.

:54:45.:54:49.

Here is a jump that happened during that race. Already had a PB in the

:54:50.:55:02.

bag with 1. 86. Third attempt. Short approach. But proved too much for

:55:03.:55:10.

the German. But a really good second event. And is very much in

:55:11.:55:13.

contention for a medal across the two days of the heptathlon. Here is

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the favourite, Thiam. Keeping herself warm. It has dropped in

:55:19.:55:23.

temperature. We have had rain, some sunshine. She's used to this,

:55:24.:55:31.

though. She armed herself so well in Rio. Was very much the champion in

:55:32.:55:39.

every sense as another crack of thunder rattles around the Olympic

:55:40.:55:45.

Stadium. No fouls so far. We are into the 90s. 1. 92. No athlete has

:55:46.:55:51.

attempted this yet. We are in new ground in these World Championships.

:55:52.:55:59.

Thiam clear, wow! Look at that. Pressure on and she delivers. Thiam,

:56:00.:56:05.

a clean card. Exactly what she would have wanted. She fights it hard,

:56:06.:56:11.

though. Might see her relax, if she's going to get towards two

:56:12.:56:14.

metres which she knows she is capable of, maybe will have to tidy

:56:15.:56:21.

that up a little. Lots of points going in the bag.

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Well, the only other athlete who is still involved, Katarina

:56:32.:56:36.

Johnson-Thompson went out at the previous height, in case you didn't

:56:37.:56:44.

see it, and had a best of 1. 80, the Cuban Rodriguez, maybe a top ten

:56:45.:56:47.

finisher overall, this is a strong event for her. She has a lifetime

:56:48.:56:52.

best already at the previous height. So in new ground.

:56:53.:57:00.

Good support from Thiam watching on. Oh, she looked well over that. Came

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down on it. So Rodriguez looking good. Two more attempts to add that

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tally to her score. Just the shot and the 200 metres to come today, a

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busy day, a long day. The athletes have been out nearly two hours now

:57:23.:57:29.

just for this second event, the high jump. Nafi Thiam going into the

:57:30.:57:36.

lead, as expected. As that high jump and the heptathlon

:57:37.:57:44.

draws eventually to a conclusion, although Thiam was going to go

:57:45.:57:47.

higher, obviously, let's do a result of heat five before we go to the

:57:48.:57:53.

final heat. And set up the situation for the fastest losers, Andrew.

:57:54.:58:00.

Yeah, again not the quickest as Paula was saying, messy from all

:58:01.:58:08.

concerned. Those times leave Kyle Langford still in a decent position,

:58:09.:58:13.

although a strongish heat to come. It was a very strong last heat but

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it's been made easier, but the big news here is that the Kenyan doesn't

:58:21.:58:28.

start, he was overlooked, finished third in the trials and was annoyed

:58:29.:58:33.

and posted on Facebook about it in a way that criticises the federation.

:58:34.:58:39.

He was advanced into the event because of a withdrawal but he is

:58:40.:58:44.

now not starting, I don't know what is going on so Saruni not here.

:58:45.:58:58.

Brazier, I mentioned earlier. All men who would normally finish ahead

:58:59.:59:09.

of Learmonth. But this guy can produce a big performance. He did it

:59:10.:59:14.

at the British trials, finished second and then at the Diamond

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League produced 1. 45 that guaranteed him selection. He thought

:59:20.:59:22.

he wouldn't be able to do that then. Hats off to him. Going to be

:59:23.:59:25.

interesting to see what he can do here. I wonder if he knows 1. 1.46.

:59:26.:59:37.

38 would be good enough. Not in the top three here. You wouldn't expect

:59:38.:59:43.

him to be. But this man, Donovan Brazier, the best talent for me to

:59:44.:59:52.

come out of America at 800-metre, for a long time.

:59:53.:00:03.

Mohammed Aman, a former world champion, now coached by Mark

:00:04.:00:09.

Roland, based in the US, two-time world indoor champion. Not in that

:00:10.:00:13.

sort of form these days but he is improving slightly. And will be a

:00:14.:00:15.

threat here. Watch out for Donavan Brazier, a

:00:16.:00:39.

very good American talent. It's not normal for Guy Learmonth to take it

:00:40.:00:43.

out and make good pace, but anything decent, just run around 52 for the

:00:44.:00:49.

first lap and give yourself a chance of 1.45, but I have horrible feeling

:00:50.:00:53.

it could be slow. Brazier out in front. He is stretching it out. A

:00:54.:01:01.

bit surprised to see that, Paula? Looking down the list I was thinking

:01:02.:01:06.

who was likely to take it out, definitely not Brazier, Lewandowski

:01:07.:01:11.

and Amel Tuka, but Donavan Brazier has taken it on and is doing Guy

:01:12.:01:14.

Learmonth a favour, stretching it out and making it quick. Learmonth,

:01:15.:01:22.

has a lovely action. 51.89 through the first 400. Brazier of the United

:01:23.:01:29.

States, Guy Learmonth tucked in nicely in second. Danger line

:01:30.:01:40.

further back with Amel Tuka, Aman and Lewandowski. Brazier is making

:01:41.:01:47.

this a quick heat. The top three will go through here. Guy Learmonth

:01:48.:01:51.

doing a great job and stop just looking at the screen. The danger is

:01:52.:01:57.

still five metres behind. Brazier is there. Learmonth has to stay strong.

:01:58.:02:03.

The attack will come. Amel Tuka is chasing. Lewandowski and Aman, has

:02:04.:02:09.

to stay in the top three. Learmonth will hang on to third. Amel Tuka

:02:10.:02:15.

finishes quickly as well. Well done to Guy Learmonth. And the difference

:02:16.:02:21.

between him and Kyle Langford is that he got up there early. They

:02:22.:02:25.

were already quicker than him in the home straight but he was ahead, in a

:02:26.:02:30.

great position, following Brazier. Stayed strong in the home straight.

:02:31.:02:35.

Great running from Brazier. Now let's start looking at the clock for

:02:36.:02:39.

these qualifiers. Will his team-mates join him in the semis? We

:02:40.:02:49.

have to look at the line. He threw himself at it. I think it's coming

:02:50.:02:59.

out at 1:46.60. I don't want to say too soon but I think Langford is

:03:00.:03:05.

through. A really strong race by Guy Learmonth. He had it laid out on a

:03:06.:03:09.

little bit of a plate for him by Donavan Brazier, how he took the

:03:10.:03:13.

race on and made the pace quick. But that race, at no point did he panic.

:03:14.:03:23.

He used the screens to check what was coming behind him. The person

:03:24.:03:28.

who misjudged the race was Lewandowski, who left himself with

:03:29.:03:31.

far too much work to do in the home straight. Amel Tuka hasn't been as

:03:32.:03:36.

in good shape this year but Lewandowski was too far back with

:03:37.:03:41.

250 metres to go to run like that. If he runs like that in the next

:03:42.:03:45.

end, he will not progress to the final. A great run from Guy

:03:46.:03:47.

Learmonth. What a fantastic performance. It was

:03:48.:03:56.

such a stacked field as well. To go through the way you did. A few

:03:57.:04:04.

people were writing me off in big races. I know I can always raise my

:04:05.:04:08.

game when I need to. The hardest part for me is just getting to this

:04:09.:04:13.

Championships. Home games against, I love it and I will always run well.

:04:14.:04:18.

I'm looking forward to the semifinal tomorrow. Steve Cram pointed out in

:04:19.:04:22.

commentary that it is key when a pace picks up you are in the mix at

:04:23.:04:25.

the end. Kyle Langford didn't do that earlier and you were able to do

:04:26.:04:29.

it. Exactly, the last thing I wanted to do was get caught off the guard.

:04:30.:04:34.

I wanted to go with pace and keep hanging in. I did that and I'm

:04:35.:04:37.

happy. Well done and we wish you well for the semi.

:04:38.:04:43.

Nafi Thiam at 1.9 five. First attempt, and she's got that as well!

:04:44.:04:57.

That's a brilliant effort. In what have been fairly testing conditions.

:04:58.:05:04.

Nafi Thiam getting close to a lifetime best. 1.95, stretching the

:05:05.:05:09.

lead. She has already gone into the lead with her previous clearance of

:05:10.:05:15.

1.92. Only two events into the seven, but that extends it. A huge

:05:16.:05:22.

Branco for Nafi Thiam, the hijab, and she's making the most of it. --

:05:23.:05:24.

a huge banker. -- the high jump. Set a Cuban record in Rio, the

:05:25.:05:44.

22-year-old. Best look at that. Look at the celebration, that's what it

:05:45.:05:49.

means to her. She knows, she knows the significance of that. With

:05:50.:05:57.

athletes faltering. We have seen the Latvian go out, Kathryn Johnson

:05:58.:05:59.

Thompson has also faltered in the high jump. Might be thinking of a

:06:00.:06:08.

rostrum finish, Martinez. Rodriguez goes at 1.95. She is jumping well,

:06:09.:06:18.

but not on that occasion. 1.95 might prove to be too much. But the young

:06:19.:06:24.

Cuban is looking really good, it has to be said. Looking across her

:06:25.:06:27.

lifetime best, she came into this with a lifetime best of 1.87 and now

:06:28.:06:34.

she's attempting 1.95. It takes a bit of positive thinking, I would

:06:35.:06:35.

imagine. STUDIO: It's turning into a

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world-class high jump competition, just not with one of the competitors

:06:47.:06:52.

we as British athletics fans, and unashamedly so today, hoped would be

:06:53.:06:55.

there. But we have to celebrate these performances because Nafi

:06:56.:06:58.

Thiam is producing the goods when it counts. She had a wobbly start when

:06:59.:07:06.

it started by her standards, but she's out there now putting in some

:07:07.:07:12.

fantastic points on her total. Her last attempt to shaky, but she

:07:13.:07:16.

cleared it and she's looking strong out there. This is her clearing 1.9

:07:17.:07:21.

five. It's getting close to her clear in her personal best. With

:07:22.:07:31.

her, it's a strong event, but she's really relaxed. As Tony has

:07:32.:07:34.

highlighted in commentary, is not the most majestic looking run-up.

:07:35.:07:40.

She's not tidy over the bar, but she's effective. It's dynamic and

:07:41.:07:44.

she works off the floor really hard. She snakes over the bar. By any

:07:45.:07:49.

means necessary, the points don't lie. 1.95, a clean sheet. It's good

:07:50.:08:00.

jumping. She takes those short strides as she comes in, like Fred

:08:01.:08:04.

Flintstone with his bowling ball. But she elevates really well and

:08:05.:08:09.

gets up. We just heard some cheering... I think Rodriguez has

:08:10.:08:18.

just gone clear at 1.98... 95? I think it would be 95. We will have a

:08:19.:08:27.

look at that in a second. We were hoping for a head to head in the

:08:28.:08:31.

high jump. It's Rodriguez and Nafi Thiam. Let's see Rodriguez at 1.95.

:08:32.:08:40.

Denise, talk us through her technique... COMMENTATOR: Rodriguez

:08:41.:08:48.

looking really solid here. This really helps Nafi Thiam. We have a

:08:49.:08:53.

head to head from an athlete we didn't expect. She is in new

:08:54.:08:57.

territory. The coaches are going absolutely crazy. 1.95 for the

:08:58.:09:05.

Cuban. A massive lifetime best, equalling the championship best of

:09:06.:09:13.

Karol Linetty what -- Carolina coughed. Rodriguez, equalling what

:09:14.:09:23.

Nafi Thiam, the greatest ever high jumper in her talent, has done. This

:09:24.:09:30.

really helps Nafi Thiam, it slows down and she doesn't have to follow

:09:31.:09:34.

herself into the next heights. A little bit of time, put the

:09:35.:09:38.

tracksuit on and compose herself. The bar will be raised and the next

:09:39.:09:45.

attempt will be at 1.98 to match last year's clearance for Nafi

:09:46.:09:48.

Thiam. STUDIO: Smiling, looking relaxed and ready to go. We will get

:09:49.:09:55.

back out there when Nafi Thiam headset. We will sadly see Katarina

:09:56.:10:01.

Johnson-Thompson go out, failing at 1.8 six. She cleared 1.8, opted not

:10:02.:10:09.

to go at 1.8 three. Talk us through this, Jess. Is something I did a lot

:10:10.:10:14.

in my career, backing into the bar. She did you get to clear it.

:10:15.:10:18.

Anticipating too much, turning her shoulders into the bar and trying to

:10:19.:10:23.

clear before she had the hiked. Her second attempt was a lot better. She

:10:24.:10:29.

cleared it with a really good clearance. She doesn't get close to

:10:30.:10:34.

clearing that. She has waited 90 minutes between the 1.8, missing

:10:35.:10:39.

1.83, having to get herself wonder began. Should be thinking this is

:10:40.:10:47.

bread-and-butter for her, Tony? See that little stutter step. What they

:10:48.:10:52.

have done is soft on the curve. Her curve now goes further out from the

:10:53.:10:57.

bar. The feet tickled them off. By softening the curve she is more

:10:58.:11:01.

stuck up, carrying more speed across the feet and travelling along the

:11:02.:11:04.

bar. You don't have time to rotate down. We can head back out there

:11:05.:11:10.

with Steve Backley for Nafi Thiam's attempt at 1.98. COMMENTATOR: A

:11:11.:11:16.

slightly smaller crowd than we had earlier but still good support for

:11:17.:11:21.

the Belgian, Nafi Thiam. This is to match her lifetime best. Too much.

:11:22.:11:28.

Perhaps a bit of a sighter. Interesting to see another look at

:11:29.:11:32.

this. Looks like she might have got too close, a common error. Might

:11:33.:11:38.

have got crowded. Funny when the bias towards these heights, things

:11:39.:11:42.

change. Hard to tell from that angle. Didn't see enough of it.

:11:43.:11:50.

Interesting to here from the guys in the studio. Nafi Thiam trying to

:11:51.:11:55.

make the technical adjustments. She will have two more attempts. This is

:11:56.:11:59.

where it plays into her favour to have another competitor involved. We

:12:00.:12:03.

were hoping it might be Katarina Johnson-Thompson, but it's Rodriguez

:12:04.:12:07.

of Cuba, who I think might have retired having got clear of 1.95. So

:12:08.:12:16.

Nafi Thiam will be next up to follow herself and have the second attempt

:12:17.:12:23.

at 1.98. Needs to compose now and make those adjustments, lock them

:12:24.:12:29.

in. We know she is capable, she knows she is capable. She will have

:12:30.:12:32.

a little pause before her second attempt. STUDIO: Well Nafi Thiam

:12:33.:12:38.

collector Saban gets ready for the second attempt at 1.98, we can see

:12:39.:12:43.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson's third attempt at 1.80. She cleared this

:12:44.:12:51.

fight at 14, she has been taking this for 14 years. This is normally

:12:52.:12:59.

so straightforward, Denise? Her third attempt at 1.86. Again we see

:13:00.:13:05.

the skip at the take-off. I think she was too close and should have

:13:06.:13:09.

stayed away. Tony has talked about the technique of high jump, you have

:13:10.:13:15.

to fight the resistance of taking off before you jump. You have to try

:13:16.:13:22.

to float, feel hanged time over the bar, float over, and she didn't do

:13:23.:13:28.

that. That kind of hanged time saw Nafi Thiam get to this position. She

:13:29.:13:32.

at 1.9 eight. Steve Backley can this. COMMENTATOR: Denise Lewis says

:13:33.:13:37.

air time. She has to float. Nafi Thiam with her second attempt

:13:38.:13:48.

at 1.98 and that was a better attempt, but still a fair way off.

:13:49.:13:53.

She maybe needs the impetus of a third attempt, that bit of spice to

:13:54.:13:57.

know it's your last chance to put a fire into the take-off. It's gone a

:13:58.:14:02.

little bit flat for her. But one last attempt for Nafi Thiam.

:14:03.:14:10.

STUDIO: What a competitor she is. Like the rest of the field, she

:14:11.:14:16.

still has five more events to go after this, but she wants to push

:14:17.:14:20.

yourself to a PB and get herself in a really great mindset as she moves

:14:21.:14:28.

through the day, Jess? If she moves on knowing she has attempted in

:14:29.:14:31.

clear that height successfully, if she feels she can do that again,

:14:32.:14:35.

there's no point in stopping now. If you have one more attempt, you go

:14:36.:14:39.

for it and try to accumulate as many points as you can. Talking about the

:14:40.:14:43.

mental side of Johnson-Thompson's day. She looked quite pleased with

:14:44.:14:48.

herself after the hurdles, solid start, looking happy enough. Going

:14:49.:14:52.

into the high jump, an event where she is world-class. She has entered

:14:53.:14:56.

the individual competition, as has Nafi Thiam. A long way between the

:14:57.:15:06.

first clearance and 1.86, lying down and relaxing, we don't normally see

:15:07.:15:09.

those shots, but it might happen all the time. What is going on in their

:15:10.:15:10.

mind at that point It is important to visualise what

:15:11.:15:20.

you have to do, not getting too involved with what's happening in

:15:21.:15:22.

the stadium, because that can be draining when you are watching

:15:23.:15:26.

competitors run around. She would have been thinking about technique

:15:27.:15:30.

and relaxation. When it's time to go, you have to get yourself in the

:15:31.:15:35.

moment, dynamic and active and I think she did look a bit soft, she

:15:36.:15:39.

didn't seem to have the fire in her legs for some reason. She's got the

:15:40.:15:44.

ankle strapping on but I don't think that really impacted her. There was

:15:45.:15:48.

total and utter disbelief at this point because any day of the week

:15:49.:15:52.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson can get over 1. 86. She can do it off short

:15:53.:15:58.

approach. Her coaches won't have seen this. The 1. 89 was in Beijing

:15:59.:16:03.

and she almost had to jump off one foot to clear the bar because she

:16:04.:16:08.

was on her third athement. That's right, it was. -- third attempt.

:16:09.:16:15.

None of the two run-ups were the same.

:16:16.:16:23.

COMMENTATOR: Nafi Thiam. Too close. Leaned in. Wasn't to be. But a very

:16:24.:16:31.

good effort in going clear at 1. 95. Masses of points. And the rest of

:16:32.:16:43.

the world, other than Rodriguez of Cuba, faltered somewhat. Thiam going

:16:44.:16:47.

well after two events. Way out in front. Maybe would have wanted a bit

:16:48.:16:59.

more. Scored over 7,000 points. The coach watching on. But Thiam, well,

:17:00.:17:06.

it's all about medals here at the World Championships, she has that

:17:07.:17:10.

high score and has broken through 7,000 points. Her heptathlon is

:17:11.:17:16.

going very well indeed after two events.

:17:17.:17:25.

STUDIO: Nafi Thiam doing herself no harm there in terms of the

:17:26.:17:29.

standings. We will look at those right now. Steve, talk us through

:17:30.:17:34.

those. Yeah, we can see the points. 1171,

:17:35.:17:41.

Thiam and Rodriguez. You can see the difference with every height. You

:17:42.:17:48.

reduce in points. Way down here, as we see below the 1,000 points.

:17:49.:17:54.

200 points down for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Tony said she can

:17:55.:18:00.

still get a medal, she has to believe, but it's about accumulating

:18:01.:18:03.

points and that's what Thiam is so good at. These are just the points

:18:04.:18:08.

for the second event. We add them to the hurdles, the

:18:09.:18:19.

first event from earlier this morning and two 7ths of our way

:18:20.:18:26.

through the heptathlon, the shot is the first event of the second

:18:27.:18:29.

session - the first session set. Thiam ahead of Rodriguez and Schafer

:18:30.:18:44.

in third. Katarina Johnson-Thompson just losing ground there. Needs a

:18:45.:18:49.

big long jump tomorrow morning. Only two events and a lot of

:18:50.:19:00.

athletics to come for these hepathletes.

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STUDIO: Now it's about how she gets ready mentally and on to tomorrow.

:19:04.:19:08.

This is a big test. It has been in the past, the mental

:19:09.:19:16.

side, this is going to test her in a different way than last year. She's

:19:17.:19:20.

going to have to gather herself and make sure she comes back strong for

:19:21.:19:25.

the shot put and she has a great 200 so she can hopefully run a strong

:19:26.:19:29.

time there. Like Tony said, it's not over yet. We still have five more

:19:30.:19:34.

events to go. It's still quite open for the medals. Thiam is doing

:19:35.:19:38.

incredibly well and she's bang on for a gold. Schafer is looking good

:19:39.:19:44.

for silver but the bronze is still open. It's going to be a scrap. It

:19:45.:19:48.

will be, definitely. She will have to dig deep and find something

:19:49.:19:52.

inside herself she's not managed to do before. Let's not underestimate

:19:53.:19:57.

the challenge. She's going from a really good event, a strong event,

:19:58.:20:03.

that's gone badly, going into an event that in hasn't gone well, that

:20:04.:20:06.

takes a lot of fight. This is where we will see the character of

:20:07.:20:11.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, whether she has learned to deal with

:20:12.:20:14.

disappointment within the heptathlon and manufacture on very quickly

:20:15.:20:16.

because she's going to need it tonight. -- and move on. I asked you

:20:17.:20:20.

if you had a bad high jump and gone on to do well and Denise said, the

:20:21.:20:24.

Olympics, when I won gold, she didn't say when I won gold, but I

:20:25.:20:28.

knew what she meant. You had a bad high jump that day. I had a disaster

:20:29.:20:34.

for me in the high jump. I had been injured as everyone knows, it's well

:20:35.:20:37.

documented. But I still believed I could jump well. You need to be over

:20:38.:20:42.

the 80s, to have a realistic fighting chance. I didn't do it. My

:20:43.:20:48.

attitude into the shot put and it was a good event for me, I was going

:20:49.:20:53.

to transform myself into one of the best shot putters in the heptathlon

:20:54.:20:56.

competition. That mindset has to be strong. Yes, it can be done. It's

:20:57.:21:01.

not over yet. She's still in 5th place. Let's look, Tony, give us a

:21:02.:21:07.

comment on this. This is her PBs. We are talking about emotional sides

:21:08.:21:13.

and things like that. Let's take the emotion out and look at the logic.

:21:14.:21:22.

She is still capable of 65 or 66 at this point. Rodriguez has moved up

:21:23.:21:30.

but still five events to go. So, she probably isn't going to get a huge

:21:31.:21:35.

lot more points out of today. I think the long jump, the javelin and

:21:36.:21:41.

the 800 tomorrow are places she can pick up the slack, get over 6600 and

:21:42.:21:49.

put herself in a frame for a medal. Schafer can be erratic. You can

:21:50.:21:53.

still put people under pressure. You are still in there. Let's look at

:21:54.:21:57.

the logic, that's what I would do as a coach. It's gone, this is what we

:21:58.:22:01.

need to do. Use the crowd and the energy here. There was so much

:22:02.:22:06.

support for her here today. Once she had gone out of the high jump, a few

:22:07.:22:10.

people went for an early lunch. They were hoping for a big battle between

:22:11.:22:13.

those two. This stadium is full of 60,000

:22:14.:22:22.

people, every single one is a Katarina Johnson-Thompson fan, use

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that energy if you want. Have the logic, understand what performances

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you need to put together. This isn't over. It's a seven-event

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competition, not two events. Absolutely, it's not about points at

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this stage. It's about medals. We can talk about the crowd and using

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that to your advantage, but it has to be about her character now. It

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has to be about her fight and what she believes is possible. If she

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hangs on to the baggage of what's happened, she's going to compromise

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the rest of her help tat lan. -- heptathlon. What advice would you

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give her Step back, put it to one side and go into the shot put and

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fight for it. We are looking at it as if all the other athletes will

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perform brilliantly in every event, that might not be the case. That

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puts Kat back in contention Father a medal. I would tell her to get

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herself together, take time and come out strong for this evening. Taking

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you back to last night, what a night we had here in this stadium on day

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one. Mo Farah's 10,000 metre victory was special. An incredible race.

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Adding to his global haul making it ten medals now, ten golds, of

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course. The morning after the night before who do you really want to

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talk -- Brendan Foster, of course, but let's remind you how he did it.

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In front of his home crowd in the city he knows so well, the city that

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he loves. The track that set him on this brilliant journey. It's never

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been as quick as this. It's never been as hard as this. This is

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phenomenal racing. The British best. He is a one man world superpower!

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It's gold for Farah! Congratulations. That was a

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fantastic performance last night. It was a pleasure to be there. Early

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part of the race, it's going reasonably quickly. You are kind of

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guessing there was going to be pace-making, did you, because you

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were close, you normally go to the back. Yes, I was pretty close this

:25:10.:25:13.

year, I knew something was going to happen because the last ten years

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they've been saying how they're going to beat me and what they need

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to do. They never follow. Now fair play to them, they followed this

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year and made it one of the toughest championships of my career. I

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suppose you concentrate on running lap after lap and you were busy

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doing this. I am telling people, I have the whole nation behind me,

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what do you have to help me out. 3,000 to go, were you beginning to

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hurt then? I was hurting. 3,000 metres I was hurting, I was tired

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and there was a lot of stuff, a lot of elbows, physically that race was

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a bit crazy. At which point, when you went to the front, a couple of

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laps to go, that was going to be your race then? That was going to be

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my race. 800 metres to go, nearly got a couple of trips, from that

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point I was like, they are not going fast enough to beat me, try to just

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control it where you feel good and where you have something left for

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the last lap and go for it, that was always my plan. When you crossed the

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line, tell us. It was beautiful, I really enjoyed it. That one moment

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can't be forgotten. It won't be forgotten, Mo, it was a great race.

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No matter what, a big race in a few days' time? If I believe enough,

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it's possible. Do you believe it enough? Yeah. Physically are you OK?

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You have a few scratches, wounds. A few bruises, have to take care of

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it, I have to rest and get ready and whatever happens, happens, it's a

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new race. Nice specs by the way, Mo Farah!

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Loving those! Tonight it's another legend of the sport, THE legend of

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the sport. Usain Bolt to take centre stage.

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You don't want to miss that. Join us for that this evening. A quick recap

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on things that happened here. We have put the heptathlon to bed for

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now. The 80 metres, the British men, all making it through -- 800.

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Langford was in the first of the British men to run and came through

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as a fastest loser. Well done to them. Sophie Hitchin, with that

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fantastic 73. 05 making it through in the hammer. Easily, one throw,

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job done. Great to see her. I am optimistic for her in the final.

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Good morning's action, long enough for you? Everyone ready for lunch? I

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want you all back here after the afternoon nap, fresh and ready to

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go. 6. 30pm we will be back here on BBC One. Tonight really is going to

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be an incredible evening. A super Saturday to beat them all. Usain

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Bolt appearing on the track in a major championship for the very last

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time. We know you want to join us, see you at 6. 30 on BBC One.

:28:12.:28:54.

It's gold for Usain Bolt! He has done it again! A new world record.

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