Day 2, Part 2 Athletics: World Championships

This is world domination by Mo Farah.

Michael Johnson storming away to another Gold Medal.

Magnificent, Carl Lewis, that is history in the making!

Jessica Ennis Hill is back on top of the world. A new world record.

Champion of the world! Usain Bolt!

In front of his home crowd, in the city he knows so well and the city

he loves, the track that set him on this brilliant journey. It has never

been as quick as this, it has never been as hard as this! This is

phenomenal racing! The British best. With his heart pounding beneath it.

He is a one-man world superpower, it is gold for Mo Farah.

One of the things that separates the all-time greats from the rest is

their ability to deliver when it matters most. We witnessed that in

spine tingling form last night thanks to Mo Farah and stagnate, it

is the turn of this man. -- tonight. Usain Bolt, of Jamaica. Usain Bolt

is the world junior champion. It is going to be gold for Jamaica!

Usain Bolt is the Olympic champion. He has done it again, a new

world-record! 9.5. It is going to be gold. The

champion becomes a legend! Unbeatable, unsurpassable!

Usain Bolt, three times World Champion!

Magnificent seven, the Odyssey continues!

He has saved this title, he has saved his reputation. He may have

even saved the sport! One last time.

What a night it is set to be in the London Stadium in The Queen

Elizabeth Park. Des two and Usain Bolt night. The final championship

of his career. He has got the semifinals and we hope the final at

9:45 p:m., the man's 100m vinyl, you do not want to miss it. Incredible

atmosphere building here and IM privileged to be part of the

sell-out crowd here, because everybody knows they will see

something special, it is that man Justin Gatlin is, is he going to

cause the upset? Not many can. Usain Bolt has seen the challenges of his

career and he always runs them down. They bombed into each other on the

track inevitably and somebody was more keen to say hello than the

other! That is the way friendships and rivalries go! Usain Bolt never

seems to really let anybody get under his skin and he had this

incredible run of people coming at him. We have all enjoyed watching

those rivalries, but somehow, he has bounced them off. Yes, he just has

that confidence. It is not as if he has come out of nowhere, he has been

in the sport so many years from junior level right the way to the

finishing part of his career. I think that confidence he has and

enjoyment he has for competing and being in front of a big crowd and

performing the way he does, he carries that into every event. Said

last night, Jess, it is about knowing when the time is right to

finish your career, when you are not enjoying competing as much and he is

getting to that point because it was a struggle to get to the line in

Rio. I imagine on this the final day, the emotions inside must be

just, the butterflies and anticipation and excitement. It must

be huge. Just getting yourself ready for a race when his body is getting

tired and it was a bit older, he is struggling to hold it together and

to stay healthy in the season, getting ready for a big and

important race like a World Championship final is huge, but when

you know it is your last race and you so publicly stated that, it has

got to be at the emotions will come out afterwards. Before that, it is

the same showman, the same building it up, involving the crowd, any

emotions will come out may be on the rostrum when he has crossed the line

and not before. There was certainly in motion here when we met as one of

the most incredible 10,000m races ever in a championship final, Mo

Farah was going for his tenth championship gold and he is on his

way to a better double gold on the global stage attention to life. --

potentially. When you have a lot of everybody, the morning after, or

what you want to do? You want to chat the Brendan Foster.

Legend. I tell you what! Time and time again, he has delivered, one

more time for Mo Farah. Honestly, it was lovely.

In front of his home crowd, in the city he knows so well, the city that

he loves, the track that set him on this brilliant journey.

Congratulations, that was a fantastic performance last night, a

pleasure to be there. Ever nervous? Yesterday was different for me

knowing it was going to be the last ten K, I was just quite all

yesterday. People were like, what is wrong, Mo? Early part, it was going

reasonably, you were pretty close, you normally go to the back. I was

pretty close, and you something would happen because the last ten

years, they were saying they would be me on what they needed to do and

they never load up. Now fair play, they followed this year and they

made it one of the toughest championships of my career.

Already orchestrating the crowd because York Strait the races as

well. I am telling the people, I have been nation behind me, what you

have, boys? It has never been as quick as this.

3,000 metres to go and it was hurting, I was tired.

Physically, that race was a bit crazy. 800m to go, I nearly got a

couple of trips. From that point, was like, they are not going fast

enough to beat me, try and control it where you feel good and where you

have something left for the last lap and go for it.

That was always my plan. The British best with his heart pounding beneath

it. Tell us about crossing the line.

It was beautiful, I really enjoyed it. There was that moment where it

will not be forgotten. He is a one-man world superstar! It

is gold for Farah. Excited for next weekend? Arsenal?

No, Mo Farah, 5,000 metres. Physically OK? Some scratches and

bruises, just have to take care of it and dressed and get ready and

think whatever happens happens. It is a new race.

Mo looking smart in his spectacles and very fresh. The morning after

the night before. That is the medal table, let's savour that, it looks

good, Paula? Very good, if it carries on like that, it sets the

ball rolling and it is a great start. I'm sure the atmosphere

inside the camp with the gold medal must have boosted everybody today

will stop look at the fans, pouring in. They are the lucky ticket

holders. If you have a ticket for tonight, you know you are in for a

treat, not just for the semifinals and finals, we also have the women's

semifinals and the 1500m and a fill condiment for Britain. You must be

thrilled. It was amazing to watch last night, so happy to see gestured

back and taking that race by the scruff of the neck. -- Jessica Judd.

Qualifying for the semifinal, she's in a top semifinal and she might

have to do the tonight but she is having fun with her running and to

be surrounded by Laura Muir, Laura Weightman and Sarah McDonald,

looking forward to watching the semifinals tonight. So loaded with

talent, these runners. And running it in a hat tab on, you do not have

to think much about your race strategy, it was a time trial --

heptathlon. In the big sense of the word, you are kind of racing against

yourself. In the 15, tactics is a huge part and I can't imagine having

to run the race and think about everybody else and how I will get to

different positions. Laura does so well and they have just breezed

through Canterbury and looked confident. Excited about the

semifinal and hopeful for all of them. It is going to be tough, it is

one of these toughest races, if not the toughest race depth wise of the

championships. Any other year, the semifinals could have been finals.

Warming up on the track in her shades, which I wonder if she had

those packed in her bag this morning when we had thunder and rain, we

have had everything! The Sun has come out, it is bathed in sunshine.

Looking fantastic. Starting to evoke the feelings of 2012. There has been

reallocation medals already starting these championships and that will

continue throughout. Jess is getting her gold upgrades tomorrow and it

was gold last night for Mo, but tonight for Jo Pavey, it was an

upgrade the Bronze. This is from fourth place in Osaka, the World

Championships of 2007, the Abbey to took the silver bailed a doping test

-- the athlete. That result meant it was Jo Pavey, the European champion

of 2014, who thrilled everybody when she was a relatively new mother out

there and she took that gold. A great Commonwealth Games the same

year as well and ended up in the rostrum on sports personality,

things came late for her in her career but you say, that was 2007.

What would a medal have done for her in her career at that stage?

Exactly, that is the biggest thing people who choose to treat rob from

the sport. It is moments like this and it is changing the race, the way

it would have been run and people's careers would pan out. Jenny Meadows

has spoken about losing medals meant she went away, trained and her body

broke down and she couldn't cope with that, and it is the knock-on

effect. You can never get that back. What cheats take from our sport, you

can never get back and you can't come down hard enough on them in my

opinion. You have got a lot of gold medals already, Jess, you are

getting another tomorrow, 6:45pm is your medal ceremony. An upgraded to

gold from silver. It is ten minutes away from the 100m medal ceremony as

well, so it is going to be a big evening for medals. But I have

noticed the athletes are wearing tracksuits. What you think? Still

debating what to wear. Have they a special maternity tracksuit? No, I

think they wanted me to squeeze into my 2011 tracksuit and I said no

chance! Trying to find something I will fit into. You looking cracking!

Were all here tonight and we will play everybody in and discus every

event that happens. But Michael likes his study time, he's out there

being very studious. Working out. He is listening! Working out what he is

going to say. We will discus the man's 100m. Michael, when you see

his cushion, you know they are coming in the House during the

night, so Michael is and Paula and Jess. Sorry, that was a bit hard! We

have got a great evening in store, this is what you can't forward to.

-- you can look forward to. The greatest athlete ever attempts to

add a 12 gold world medal to his unparalleled collection of his

career in ultimate style. Controversial American Justin Gatlin

was booed during the heats on Friday, can the arch villain spring

a surprise and upsell the finale of Usain Bolt?

Also trying to gate-crash in the 100m is America's Christies --

Christian Coleman, fastest in the world at the age of 21 issue.

He is in top company but could CJ Ujah claim a first British world

medal since Darren Campbell in 2003? Double European indoor champion

Laura Muir at once to break onto the global stage, she is one of four

British runners in the semifinals. With the high profile exit of Jeff

Henderson and the absence of Greg Rutherford, the stage is set for

world leader in South Africa's Hugo manana to deliver.

She struggled in the High Jump today but can Katarina Johnson-Thompson do

well today in the shot-put? Can the Belgian continued to

dominate the day? Here is the timetable tonight, the Heptathlon

with the shot put at seven o'clock and defiant last bit is the 100

metres semifinals for the men, then the stern test from Daniel Stahl in

the discus throw. Can he revisit his form. Four British athletes in the

1500m, headed by Laura Miller, then Luvo Manyonga in the long jump in

the absence of the injured Greg Rutherford. Henderson did not make

the final. At ten past eight, the 10,000 metres for the women and at

nine o'clock, the 200 metres and that is one of the pet events. And

at 9:45pm, Usain Bolt could celebrate his 12 championship gold

medal. It has been very eventful for the Heptathlon, our soul

representative, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, despite huge

promise earlier in her career, is yet to win a global outdoor medal.

The favourite is the Belgian, Nafissatou Thiam, and this morning

we had the Hurdles and the high jump and we have the story. The noise in

the stadium is building because everybody is getting ready for the

Women's Heptathlon featuring Katarina Johnson-Thompson and

everyone has a ticket and they are in for a treat. Not the best start

for Nafissatou Thiam, and alongside her, we have the lead from Anouk

Vetter. 13.30 three. That is not a good start from Nafissatou Thiam.

She never really got moving. Katarina Johnson-Thompson has work

to do, but it is the Netherland is doing very well, Nadine Broersen.

And 12.85 with Nadine Visser. We can think about Katarina

Johnson-Thompson exploding into that event and perhaps some safety in the

blocks because she was cautious at the start from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. You had a good look at her, how is she looking? Not

the best start and she was looking worrying but she ran a good time. I

think she will take some confidence from that. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, and we have Nadine Visser in front. Laura

Ikauniece-Admidina losing huge points, struggling with a leg

problem. If you were in the head of Katarina Johnson-Thompson, how do

you improve? Absolutely, that is the key to the Heptathlon, park those

emotions temporarily, stay in the moment and focus on what is coming

up next. The first attempt, 180. Great start for Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. Very relaxed looking Katarina Johnson-Thompson,

passing at this height. Basically, that is a smart move, you want to be

at your best when the bar is highest. It was a tactic she hoped

would pay off later in the morning but having passed at 1.83, she would

fail at 1.80 six. Failing three times here would be a nightmare. One

point 86. No! My gosh! And you can see just how devastating that is.

That is a massive disappointment for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and she

knows it. Speechless. The competition continued until the

final two operates a shrug athletes, including the Olympic champion. She

has got that as well. 1.85. That was a clean clearance, delighted with

that. Neither could improve on 1.95,... The standings after two

events. And Nafissatou Thiam in the lead by seven points from Rodriguez,

who had a fantastic high jump and create that head-to-head we thought

would be with Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, by virtue of the fact that both events were good but

not perhaps good enough for her, she is still in fifth place but she

still has the shot put and that is not one of her favourites. She is

well behind Nafissatou Thiam in distance. She is capable of 30

metres and that will get her some points, but Nafissatou Thiam is

fantastic. She is capable of throwing 50 metres. What has she

lost? Let us not say 1.98, but what if we said 1.96? It is massive,

people says the high jump is over weighted, it has been that way for

years but you are compromised, if you are a very good high jump, she

has to dig deep and she knows she can throw 13 metres, it is whether

she has left that baggage behind. She has to come out here with a

clean slate and be aggressive, I want to see her being aggressive.

She is not coming in here... She is such a proficient high jump. Easy,

nothing you would have said was wrong with that at 1.80? You

generally do not think Katarina Johnson-Thompson will get into

trouble, you can always feel she has what it takes to get over. That was

the second? And her jumping ability is incredible, the long jump and the

high jump but she just did not have any rhythm on the runway, trying to

clear the bar before she even had any height. There was devastation,

she knows that has cost her dearly. They worked on her conditioning.

Utter disbelief. We talk about mental state and before the Hurdles

we talked about her ability to compartmentalise and move things to

one side and in Beijing, she was devastated by the long jump and you

put your arms around her and we were back on watching that in the studio

in Salford and that was a real moment. As a new mother out there,

you could see the heartbreak on her face? Every heptathlete knows that

feeling, we were rivals but I knew just how awful it was for her to be

in that position, to have no jumps. It is soul destroying, that is the

event, you have to get through every event, mentally strong and

physically get through. Devastating last year. And Nafissatou Thiam did

that today, by her standards she had an average Hurdles? And she then

does this in the high jump? You always know things will not always

be perfect. You have to accept that, getting the personal best is a

bonus, it is rare, Nafissatou Thiam last year, that was some error and

she has grown into this role. I wondered how she would cope with

being Olympic champion and she has gone from strength to strength, we

saw that at the European Championships and she was supreme

and she has transferred that and she is in a very Nice -- nice move at

the moment. At lunchtime we felt disappointed for her and her

Heptathlon chances, somebody else could have an event that does not go

well and she can pick herself up? Hope is not lost? You will not get a

personal best in every event, you have to decide on those performances

and Katarina Johnson-Thompson has to shorten the gap between those

events, she will not beat Nafissatou Thiam in the shot put, it is making

those gaps smaller to get closer to the medals. The shot put and 200

metres left to come tonight and we getting down to only minutes away

from the men coming into the stadium for the 100 metres semifinals. Some

of them will still be on the track before heading into the cool room.

Or an ad-lib is there. The air is thick with anticipation ahead of the

main event, myself and Colin went through a crowd of nine people deep,

all having their eyes on Usain Bolt and is it fair to say there is an

element of nervousness in the air because of yesterday? Usain Bolt is

not the most comfortable out of the blocks and he was quite vocal about

how he was not very comfortable, that will have caused bells for

everybody but he is a professional and perfectionist and he will put

that to bed and were definitely give him, he would use. If the blocks are

the same, he will be coming out. He will not care about any of the other

competitors but who will be the main challenge? The semifinal is red-hot

and with Coleman for the United States, he was in the same

semifinal, we could see potential medallists going together very

early, they are like heavyweight boxers, there will be lots of this

Sun that going on until the main event! I should have warmed myself

up for that! He is up against the best? That semifinal is very tough

for CJ and he will drive his best, the fastest loser places. This man

likes to put his money where his mouth is, will Usain Bolt do it

tonight? Yes, he will, 9.81! It looks glorious, confident, Colin

predicting 9.81. He has come in two major championships under pressure,

in 2015 there was almost pantomime Theatre with Bolt against Gatland

and in the build-up to the Rio Olympics he told us how he dealt

with that. People loved seeing the 100 metres as the fastest medal in

the world. Going into the championship I was nervous, I was a

little bit worried, the extra pressure people but aren't you

because they were going with good against bad with myself and Justin

Gatlin. I remember my coach saying, listen, the only person I am seeing

showing off more on the occasion that new is Justin Gatlin. When he

comes to the championship, he will always be ready. He always pushes me

to be my best so I appreciate that. Justin Gatlin, he has never been

under so much pressure in his life. He is usually running away or being

chased. I talked to my coach and he said, don't worry, you are the

champion, you have been here many times, just get it done, you know

what to do. Justin Gatlin! Usain Bolt! Usain Bolt!

We are about nine minutes away from the first of the semifinals,

conditions could not be better? I think we will learn a lot in these

semifinals. Yesterday left some questions with Bolt questioning the

starting blocks and questioning his own performance. And that plus the

performance from Christian Coleman left some questions so we will see

things taking shape and we will have a race. How relevant do you think

that rivalry Usain Bolt was so eloquent about, how is that relevant

tonight? It is poignant, it shows you why Usain Bolt wins so many

races when he comes into championships where he is not at his

best, we have seen that time and again and here, he is more

vulnerable tonight that he ever has been in the past. But that is why he

will probably win, he understands how to deal with pressure and he

also understands the effect that pressure has on his competitors when

they think, maybe there is some chink in the armour with somebody

like Coleman. He knows how to perform and produce

the type of performers that he needs to win. Others do not know how to do

that and that is why he will probably win again tonight when he

is not at his best because some of those other people probably will not

produce their best performance. If they are able to do that, Christian

Coleman as an example has the fastest time this year in the world

and he looked fantastic yesterday, if you can do that again two more

times, maybe he can win. We are in for a real treat, but at the end of

the day, look, it is hard to beat him. And that piece about how he

understands the sport and himself as a competitor shows why he is so hard

to beat. Earlier, I was saying to Jess he had almost a struggle to get

to the line in Rio and to motivate and get himself to his final

Olympics, so it must have been a challenge this year. Today, he wakes

up this morning and he knows today is the last day, he must have a

range of emotions to deal with more than normal on the final

championship day. He is a unique individual in that he understands

and he has talked about, we saw in the documentary he feels pressure,

he just knows how to deal with it as a competitor. But as a person, it it

does not matter to him. His legacy is set. Life will continue. That is

not how he lives. Life will continue, it is not the end of the

world. He wants it bad, he wants to win and go out winning. But in the

grand scheme of things, it does not matter to him. And that is a very

unique balance. I can't see myself doing that, I would not put myself

on the line here, I retired on top after Sydney and when I weighed out

whether there was more to gain or to lose, I felt there was more to lose,

it will take my toys and go home! And that is what I admire about him,

he felt, there is nothing for me to prove. I still will put it on the

line and give these guys a shot at me. And he likes that. He feels like

he will give them a shot and beat them. A better reaction Justin

Gatlin from the crowd and there was last night, there was pantomime

BOOING last night. I went out and had a word with the crowd! All

60,000! I think again, if you are going to do that with Gatlin, do it

for all the people who have ever testified that in sport, do not make

him the poster child for what is wrong with the sport. It is a

fascinating 20 minutes for the semifinals, let's get down onto the

track for the first of three semifinals of the men's 100m. Good

evening, Steve Cram. Good evening, everybody. The chair

was on the big screen and in the stadium, it was Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. Rather than for Mr Gatlin, so interesting to see what

his image, when his image appears, what reaction he gets. We have three

races, we have three British athletes. Will one of them make it

through to the final tonight? Hopefully to join Bolt. Hopefully to

give this crowd not only the chance to cheer Bolt and whoever else is in

there. Dasaolu run very well in the British Championships. And he has

performed well all season. Up against him, he has got one of the

fastest men in the world this year, Akani Simbine, Aska Cambridge,

Julian Forte from Jamaica. Justin Gatlin is in six. An Zhenye Xie of

China. Well, he has a habit of running well in South Africa, Akani

Simbine. But not producing it in the championships. That was the case

yesterday. So he is in lane two. On his game, he's very quick. Aska

Cambridge is not the best of the Japanese, we will see Brown, a young

talent, in the next. James Dasaolu, the Croydon Harriers member. Loving

the crowd. He has to finish in the top two, only the top two guaranteed

and two Buster spots, three races the semifinal. Julian Forte, 995 in

qualifying, equalling his personal best. That was special for the

Jamaican crowd and there is a what in here tonight. There you go.

BOOING. Nothing else to be said really. The

crowd incline to have an opinion, in all sports they have those they like

and those they do not. Ivory Coast, having a wonderfully consistent

season chasing the CJ Ujah and others, Meite. Kim of Korea. A new

national record set this year. And Zhenye Xie, not the best of the

Chinese. And the Chinese will have a good Relay team. That will be later

in the week. So three semifinals, Bolt is in the third. This is the

first. Gatlin. He is in six. Dasaolu in four. Meite in lane seven will be

the big threat. A packed house, as you would expect.

A plain start, the quickest on the far side, Akani Simbine, Gatland

running through the middle. It is going to be close. Meite in fourth.

I said if he gets it right, he will be a threat, not as fast as I was

expecting from the likes of Gatlin. Even Meite. 10.6 in a slight

headwind. Pretty good conditions. Simbine winning by 41 hundredths of

a second from Justin Gatlin and that is a good return. Sadly, Dasaolu

will not be quick enough. And he was in fourth place anyway. What did you

make of that, Colin? Meite just held off by Justin Gatlin. Interesting

race. Everybody wondering if Simbine would turn it on and that is exactly

what he did come out of the blocks, taking an early lead. You know when

you go to the first round and you cruise through? You get chopped in

and outside lane. You do not get in the mix. That can cause a bit of a

problem. Justin Gatlin sneaking through for the second place. Much

closer, I was not expecting it to be that close. Expected it to be a bit

faster than that, but it is only the semifinal. Redman will be ready for

that final. It is interesting, I was chatting to the American management

and they were playing down Gatlin saying he had changed too many

things in his normal setup. Not sure he is in the right place mentally

for this and the BOOING can't help. That was not a Gatlin performance

for me in the semifinal stage. No, not vintage. He is getting older,

you have to add that into the equation, and he will all be looking

that always be looking, and searching, but in the final. 10.9,

one of the slowest races he will have run.

The heptathlete out for the third event of seven, Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, huge disappointment in the High Jump. Way

down on what she is capable of, soul destroying, in the words of Jessica

Ennis-Hill. First row, looking to salvage a challenge for a medal.

Down the left sector. Almost stopping in the middle. Around 12

metres. She can go over 30 metres. So a steady start. A little reverse

speed and changing technique. She has made this year. Let's have a

look at that. Not a bad start, she has got a throw in, above 12 metres

is OK. Not setting the world alight and it is not going to make ground

on the position. 12.1. This is one of the contenders for the medals.

Carolin Schafer, of Germany. In third place overall. And you can see

the personal best way beyond what we have just seen from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. Over 40 metres. Different lines, it is a different

sector. The better throwers on one side of the sector at the end of

this Olympic Stadium. Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the opposite

pool. Based on lifetime bests. Good start for Schafer. Really good

start, lifetime best, 14.84. This is the event leader, the Olympic

champion, Nafissatou Thiam. In full flow. 1.95 in the High Jump, average

in the hurdles. The personal best is her season's best, over 50 metres,

this is the gap Katarina Johnson-Thompson is looking at.

Thiam looking to increase her lead. Got her right shoulder and that,

that is around, over 50 metres. That is a big effort from Thiam, of

Belgium. That is how to do it. It was pretty raw, actually, the

technique. A bit like the High Jump. 15.17. So Katarina Johnson-Thompson

losing more ground on the opposition and not much you can do about it at

the moment. Second of three semifinals in the

man's race. This is a big fellow, Emmanuel Matadi, he raced for the

United States in the past but is representing the country of his

birth, Liberia. Jamaican born Alex Wilson who has been living in

Switzerland since he was 13. Fairly modest in the last round. Yohan

Blake. World Champion in 2011. When Usain Bolt made a false start.

Outside him, this huge talent, 18 years old, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of

Japan. Father from Ghana and Japanese mother. Bingtian Su,

outstandingly quick out of the blocks. Jak Ali Harvey, the former

Jamaican competing for Turkey over the last two years, finished well in

his heat to come through. This man had to finish well, he started

dreadfully, he likes a show on the start line. And then some noise to,

the Reece Prescod. Such a hugely talented youngster. A tall man, you

can see what happens, you can have problems and growing pains and now

only fulfilling his potential. 10.3 in qualifying, that was in lane two

and now he is in lane nine. Writing the flanks to the final of the 100m,

a big asked. To reach the semifinal, an achievement in itself. Only two

go through, the first heat, the first semifinal, was not quick. An

outside chance of being one of the two fastest losers. Prescod is in

lane nine. Second semifinal of the man's 100m.

Su Bingtian flies away. A stumble from Sani Brown. Prescod coming

through and he gets second on the line. Yohan Blake the victory. But

Reece Prescod is heading to the final of the world's Championships,

what a run once he got into his running! He was flying! He does not

know it yet, but it has been confirmed. He sees it on the screen,

10.0 five. Consistent, consistently quick. He ran so well in the first

round. And what a run he has put together in the semifinal. Yohan

Blake the victory, but most of the cheers inside the stadium for the

man in second place because Reece Prescod is true to the final of the

100m. What a strong performance from that

young man, if he could repeat that, he would be very close. His start

was not as good at the finish is one that Reece Prescod can always

deliver, passing everybody very easily. Only Yohan Blake. Everybody

else, he treated them like, OK, this is my turf, and I will fight

through. Brilliant run. Look at him moving past all except Yohan Blake.

He is tall, he is like Bolt. He needs a while to get into the

running. Popping out of the blocks, that is the way he runs. This is the

way he will improve, getting used to the start, he will have a very nice

progression in his sprinting life, lovely running from Reece Prescod.

Interesting things happening all over. The match touted Japanese

athlete, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, had a terrible stumble. We can confirm,

these are the tables. , automatic qualification. Here he comes, we can

break off from Bolt as Katarina Johnson-Thompson gets ready for his

second effort in the shot put. Slight improvement. The noise in the

stadium as Usain Bolt enters, ready for the semifinal. The third event

of the Heptathlon, Katarina Johnson-Thompson losing some ground

and this is damage limitation, the shot put is not strong for her, it

is better than, well, 12.37, she needs more in the third round.

Balding macro the stadium erupted when Usain Bolt entered the arena.

We are hoping will be the penultimate time, we hope this is

going well and we would like to see him in the final, you are not

worried about the semifinal? Especially given The Times we have

seen, this semifinal does have Christian Coleman, that should be an

interesting prided to what we will see tonight but I do not think he

will have any problems. He is anxious to run at this point and we

will see something very different from the execution last night. That

was a very good run from Reece Prescod? He has a weirdo start, but

what was impressive is the finish, he was maybe in sixth place halfway

through. And to take second place, if you can get that start together,

he can get under ten seconds. He shows consistency, he can be really

good. His eyes are moving around, you don't tend to see that much, you

used to seeing the affiliates really focused, his eyes were going left

and right, just the way he does his thing. This is a new technique from

the new preparation camp, he is learning so much and he has been

working on his stance. Coming together nicely. Chijindu Ujah next

to Usain Bolt in Heat 3, the final at 9:45pm tonight. Steve Cram,

described the atmosphere. Just below us, around a couple of hundred

Jamaican supporters, very close to the finish line, they have placards

with the silhouette of this man, the unmistakable silhouette with his

pose and the word legend. And some scarves, which were selling outside

for only ?3. He does represent his country so well and there is a great

Jamaican contingent in London to support him. There is a lot of

nervous tension as well, that was very nice bowl from Shuhei Tada from

Japan. Emre Zafer Barnes had to come through the preliminary rounds. And

is this the man to upset the party, Christian Coleman? 12.01 -- 9.82.

Until the American trials, he was unbeaten. Andrew Fisher, another

transfer from Jamaica. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

This is what we have come to see. He is the one they have come to see. He

is the reason why so many people are here tonight. He has called Usain

Bolt. Chijindu Ujah next to him, getting some British support.

Brilliant run from Reece Prescod, what can Chijindu Ujah do? Jimmy

Vicaut is struggling with a hamstring injury. But he looked like

he was ready to go fast in qualification. And a bit of a

surprise, Cejhae Greene from Antigua and Barbuda, a 21-year-old, just

outside ten seconds this year. So far, pretty slow and I don't think

he has ever needed to be the fastest loser, at the moment 10.12 would be

good enough, and with Christian Coleman and Usain Bolt in this, that

is maybe what he is looking at. And with Bolt next to him, maybe he can

be dragged through to join him in the final. Here we go, the last

individual semifinal from Usain Bolt. Surely he has to make it

three? Bolt is away pretty well. And

Christian Coleman. Bolt looks across. 9.97. Well, he is through,

but there is a huge sigh of relief from the television stations around

the world, but that is interesting, the first glimpse of Usain Bolt and

Christian Coleman together and the threat looks like it is coming from

this man, not Justin Gatlin. Look at his face? His name is not on there?

The top four does not have his name. But we know, it's all right.

Interesting, just for one second the crowd were thinking, what is going

on? Surely that was Usain Bolt? And his name is not on the computer

screen. His name has disappeared early. Chijindu Ujah... He is on

there, right now. For a little while he had changed his name to Andrew

Fisher. He is not starting well but Christian Coleman is explosive?

Blasting this out. He says to Usain Bolt, this is how I am, if you are

going to hold me back, I will still be working harder for 15 metres

more. Usain Bolt, hauling himself out of the blocks, not charging with

frequency. Checking to his left, he can see Hellfire Coleman is in front

of him. You seem that long stride he has. And in the final, he will have

to nail that start and from a much better position at the 50 metres

mark and go from there. -- you can see how far. Usain Bolt looks and

control, I need to start to pull this all the way through. Still

glancing over there. And Christian Coleman, giving that little glance.

Bolt smiling. So close and yet so far once again? I did not quite get

out of the blocks. Really disappointed with that. It was the

toughest of the semifinals with Usain Bolt and Christian Coleman,

what was the thought process? I knew what I was up against, I just did

not not execute the start. And as for your roommate, Reece Prescod,

what can you say to him about the final? He is full of surprises, you

never know, amazing talent, why not get a medal? Why not? I am going to

get behind him and support him. I wish I could have been there with

him. Thank you for talking to us. Very disappointed last year, this

year it is two hundredths of a final by which he misses the final. And

the fastest loser... Jimmy Vicaut. Shades of Beijing when he got

through to the final but I suspect that is the tussle, Blake will

feature, how much quicker can Bolt get? He has got quicker in every

race this season. These are the qualifiers. Reece Prescod, brilliant

to see him, Christian Coleman, two from the USA and Jamaica. And

Bingtian Su. The second of seven in the high jump. Rodriguez from Cuba.

She has over 40 metres and that is better. Just shy of 14 metres. We

have talked about putting herself into contention for a medal and she

will be one to watch. Very good technique. The left side staying

strong, but shy of 14. And your best ever was 14.60 four.

She needs over 13 metres. She needs her lifetime best. Like a golfer

with a double bogey, she needs to birdie the next hole. She needs to

dig deep for a personal best. She needs to push on. She is not on for

that at the moment, she is on for 6498. Yorgelis Rodriguez is not

doing well, the bronze medal is still there. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson can still get that? I think so. Putting together this

textbook first day, Nafissatou Thiam. As solid start, not like the

Hurdles but was very good in the high jump and she has gone beyond 15

metres. 15.17. Getting ready for this second effort, she can really

go after this, she has that long throw at the points on the board in

this third event. She can really push her right shoulder, this is

where she gets her distance from. Maybe losing the left side little

bit, dropping below. I don't think that is any improvement. And that is

what happens. But the Olympic champion leads the world here. And

at the moment, she looks unstoppable. There is no improvement

14.76. Nafissatou Thiam, fantastic in the shot put and delivering, like

Rio, where it matters most, and building on the impressive high

jump, I'm just head over to the board with Michael. Michael has been

working hard on some analysis. Reece Prescod in the Men's 100 metres

final tonight. He mentioned his start, you said it was strange?

Slow? Just a little bit weird, we can look at him in the semifinal,

Great Run, fantastic, watch here, not a great start, already behind,

at this point he is maybe in fifth or sixth place and this is where

things get impressive. Ready to pick up the speed and come through. Look

here. This is causing it to be weird. His

ankles almost touching, that will not get you much power of the blog

and that is why his start was not very good at all. But again, he was

able to come through it and overcome that, a poor start. To keep his

focus, continue to execute. His eyes on the finish line, and just pick

through the field. Get himself into second place. Amazing performance,

to get himself into the final. Is that something that he could

literally change in a split second? His mother is watching and she text

at him to say his ankles were together on the start box, does that

make a difference? It can make a massive difference because he can

get a better push from the starting blocks, it it is also the way he

came off the blocks. If your ankles touch and you put pressure on the

blocks and that does not propel you forward, it propels you inward and

one knee towards another, you do not go forward. That is absolutely

something. He is young, it could be just a mistake. There's time ever

Usain Bolt has been beating the semifinal or Olympic semifinal --

first time. He could have won that. Let's take a look. Much better in

this race and he had been in the semifinal. This is what he wanted to

do, to come out here and make up for what happened yesterday and he does

very well. No problem with the blocks this time, a better start.

This time, he executes and he takes his time and his more patient. Last

night, he rushed it when he saw he was in trouble. He slows down, he

looks at the screen and he feels comfortable and he knows he could

continue this if he wants and go and win this. But he will be very bit

for the final. And I think there is more where that came from. Does he

will leave a bit. Why would he do that? For his own confidence going

into the final not push that bit? Because he always has confidence and

he does not need to build confidence by beating Coleman who is not the

World Champion and Olympic champion like Usain Bolt. He knows he just

needs to be patient and do what he does and stay within himself. When

it really counts, which is what he always does, then he will put it all

on the line. Ready for the moment, Michael. Paula has joined us, what

we are looking out for? On the track. Laura Muir. She is in the

first of the semifinals of the 1500m, all British women made it

through, all four. Laura is the Diamond League winner and the best

in Britain. That is why we get four women in the semifinals, what race

to she need to qualify for the final tonight? She knows, she just has to

run it like any race, and she always lays it on the line and she puts it,

makes it into a brave and tough race and she will do that. And Jess Judd

as well. Just might have to run another personal best to advance

through to the final, she would just attack this race. They are up

against Kipyegon. Caster Semenya. Dibaba. Any of the year, it could be

a final. Coming through thick and fast and these semifinals are the

highest of high quality. The women's semifinals of the 1500m and it is

Heat 1 and Mrs Steve Cram. Round one was the highest quality

ever in a major championships in terms of the time achieved and part

of the worst you to Jess Judd which made the others have to run quick

because of her frontrunning. Two Olympic champions, Kipyegon and

Semenya. A defending World Champion, Dibaba, also the world record

holder. Laura Muir, the champion in the European Indoors and the

European outdoor champion, Cichocka. Also the likes of Arafi and grace of

the United States. Quality athletes and only five go through. Tsegay

under four minutes this year and she is still only 20. Laura Muir. She

has got a bit of a strapping on her leg. I think she has been nursing a

bit of an Achilles issue. Hopefully, that is OK. Might get a look at that

strapping shortly. The defending champion Dibaba and almost looking

back to her best. Just an incredible world-record. We were not sure

whether she would run the 5,000 and she chose the 1,500 and she might

yet run the 5,000. Personal best by Jess Judd, superb run in the heats,

it you can expect something similar. She knows nothing but to go out and

run as hard as she can. The others will love that. Arafi, Zoe Buckman

of Australia knows this is a tough semifinal, as does Klein. And what

about Caster Semenya? The Olympic champion at the 800m and they have

just ignored her on the start line. The Olympic 1500m champion Kipyegon.

Faith very popular among the 1500m runner contenders. Semenya is a

stranger amongst this group of athletes because this is not her

normal event and most people very surprised to see her contest this as

well as the 800. The semifinal, five to go through, the two fastest

losers from the two. Sitting next to me, you and I both enjoyed Jess,

Rebecca, incredible journey to get back to this form. Yesterday in the

heats, a lot of people saying how much they enjoyed her running. It is

kind of all she knows and I think we will get something similar. It is

really good. An athlete knows her strengths. Even under pressure, the

World Championship semifinal, she is taking this competition and sticking

to her challenge and that is a real strength for the young lady who we

will see a lot more of in the future. Dibaba realises she has got

to get close. This is a loaded field with real talent in it. This could

grace any final and it is going to be tough for Jess. A little bit

tougher... There goes Dibaba, no, it was the other Ethiopian athlete. She

is having a race. Trying to get back but she has lost four, five seconds,

but Jess Judd does not let up. A perfect first lap. Yesterday, she

said her dad told her not to go too quick on the first lap and this time

it is more circumspect. 65, just bringing this up gradually. We hope

she can use her strength, she has good strength and she will know she

is not as quick as many of the other big names. But if she can stretch it

out and get rid of some, it is a test of endurance, it is the impact

yesterday had. The impact that has had on everybody today. Trying to

work on Brendan's microphone. Jess Judd is coming round with two laps

to go. We are watching for the 800m mark. Pretty much giving up,, that

is sad for her. Laura Muir on the inside. Arafi. Kipyegon behind Laura

Muir. I went through in 2.11. Almost identical to yesterday. She is

tiring, she did well yesterday Jess Judd, Laura Muir on the inside and

the middle but Dibaba is where she wanted to be. And look at Semenya on

inside just cruising alongside the other bit champion. Olympic

800-metre champion Semenya and away goes Kipyegon. She decides to needs

to be in a better position in the finishing straight. The poll in the

red and white Cichocka. Laura Muir alongside Dibaba. Jess Judd looks

tired as the big names take it on. A mix-up race, this is Laura Muir and

Jessica Judd fading but Dibaba holds the inside. The Olympic champion is

next to her. This is Laura Muir putting herself in the right place.

Right within the limit 800-metre champion Caster Semenya. 65 seconds

and now the race is on. Laura Muir looks really comfortable. Supremely

comfortable. Kipyegon looks relaxed. Working hard. Cichocka. We know what

Semenya can do. Kipyegon at the front. Dibaba a little anxious, only

five go through. Laura Muir in a perfect position. Kipyegon leading

it. Dibaba in trouble. The surprise is Hanna Klein of Germany. Laura

Muir, Semenya, Arafi. These five pulling away. Kipyegon, Laura Muir,

Semenya, Cichocka and Klein of Germany. The first surprise, the

winning time is 3,56. Two Ethiopians who I would have put my money on

getting through, one is the defending champion and the

world-record holder and the other is a very good athlete, Tsegay, who

crosses the line distraught after falling earlier and Jess Judd looks

tired. A messy semifinal, Brendan. But Kipyegon and Laura Muir,

brilliant. Looking comfortable. Two hard races. Two hard races, Steve.

That is why Jessica Judd is flat on her back and you can see the

strapping on the leg of Laura Muir. Giving consolation to her young

team-mate. Laura Muir looked really good. Really strong and powerful.

That was a lot of action in that race. A lot of talent in that race

and the two British athletes, well done, Jessica Judd. And Laura Muir

trying to help her. That is the Olympic champion, Laura Muir

alongside her looking powerful and looking good. This is Semenya, just

doing enough. And the surprise of the race, Dibaba fading away in the

home straight. Muir looking good. Kipyegon deal a bit champion looking

strong. Here comes Caster Semenya. Klein of Germany, they are the five

qualifiers. And surprise, surprise. The reigning champion takes no

further part, except look at the times, we will have to see, but

Semenya looks good. Laura Muir should feel really confident about

that, a strong performance. I think she is down there now. With Phil

Jones. He is there. She is there. Yet ready for them. Laura Muir.

Both British athletes with me. Are you OK, first of all? Yes, I

gave it everything. I couldn't do any more. Yes. It is OK. You

attacked it like you always do. They wanted to, I was getting kicked a

bit. It was so far. The last 24 hours has been crazy. Everybody has

been lovely. That is why you go out to race. I did that for me. It did

not pay off but to make a semifinal is just, I am over the moon and it

is my dad's birthday so I wanted to give it a good go but it wasn't to

be. Next time. Laura, it shows the camaraderie and the team, supporting

your team-mate. Triumphant on the global stage like we hoped, showing

tremendous form. Thank you, yes. I wanted to get the semifinal, that

could have been a final. Jess did a great job and she was amazing,

running a BB is great in something like this. A bit of strapping on

your calf, at your Achilles. Is it something we should be worried

about? No, my foot is fine, my body was not used to it being back in

spikes, but all good. As you run the race, you said it could have been a

final, as for the final, a quality field, but you look on top form.

Yes, really surprised how I felt. I just felt really good and wanted to

stay out of trouble. A girl went down at one point, the 1500m is

scrappy and I wanted to get the final, glad I did that. We wish you

well, congratulations, Jess, all the best going forward. Thank you and

thank you to everyone at home as well, thank you.

Yes, this is just exhaustion from Jess Judd. We knew she would run

herself into the ground pretty much, glad she is all right. Wobbly legs!

A discrepancy in size but Laura Muir doing a great job, a bit of a crutch

for a while and Jess saying thank you very much. Good friends, the

British quartet get along very well indeed in this event so they will be

delighted Laura Muir has gone through. But the surprise is the

World Champion Dibaba, world-record holder, she has to anxiously wait

and watched the semifinal and Hanna Klein of Germany the surprise among

the big names. Important moment here for Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, her last chance to improve on her second round. She

will throw 13 metres at her best and I really want to see her going after

this. Something around 13 metres would put back into medal

contention, but no. Disappointed with that. What did you make of

that? Perry Street legs and upright when throwing, there was not enough

flex in her legs to use the quadriceps and her groups. Again,

throwing 12.72 in her best performance. This is leaking another

17 points. But again, Yorgelis Rodriguez has also underperformed so

there is a chance for a medal but you have to fight for it. It looks

like Nafissatou Thiam is setting out her stall for a gold medal once

again. 15.17, what can she do here? She threw 14.51 on her best effort.

That 15 metres maybe puts back on course for 7000 points? Hip, chest

and arm, let us see the distance... 15.17... Better than what you dreams

of. I would praise something around 16.9. -- predicts something. The joy

on the face of Sarah McDonald that you find out she had made the final!

Laura Weightman, she has made the last two Olympic finals. Can she

make her first world final? Not a happy hunting ground for the World

Championships but she has the quality. Perhaps not the great star

names of the first eight, another world champion

with Jenny Simpson. She took the title in 2011. Fastest in the world

this year, Sifan Hassan. Perhaps the favourite for the title, really

surprised to see her struggling. Mind zacro with her left thigh

heavily strapped. And Meraf Bahta from Sweden. High quality. Can Laura

Weightman find a way through? The two fastest losers as well. Genzebe

Dibaba is not our Kent. Laura Weightman will want a decent pace

for this one. -- not out yet. She is trying to encourage the pace. Not

trying to set the pace on her own, leaving space on the inside, she

looks comfortable and strong, Jenny Simpson... With mind zacro on the

inside. She knows the time, she can do 4.5. And as one of the fastest

losers, that is a big advantage for her. Sifan Hassan is under the

tutelage of an American and is a lot stronger. But this is very good

running from Laura Weightman but nobody is responding to her? We were

looking for a decent pace. This is Besu Sado trying to get herself into

a better position. This is familiar for Sifan Hassan, loitering but she

will make her move, she had a blistering finish in Beijing a

couple of years ago. Could not quite get back to Genzebe Dibaba. She has

a great change of pace and she sits at the back, like Mo Farah, waiting

for her moments. Jenny Simpson, the other American, upfront alongside

Laura Weightman. Laura Muir, the Diamond League winner, but then look

at Sifan Hassan, she is a lot smoother and stronger. Off the front

from the German. Making this sensible move and that is a burst of

speed. Can she keep going? Error in pursuit are they know how good she

is. She is prepared to try to win her way through the hardware. She to

get out from the front in her heat. Just scraping through after leading

all the rest of the accolades and look at that gap she has opened.

This elfin figure. Sifan Hassan coming back to the front of the

chasing pack, Besu Sado making her move also. They hit the bell.

Konstanze Klosterhalfen will be hurting soon. But Sifan Hassan

leading the chase. It doesn't really matter, five left to qualify and

then the fastest losers. Look at the speed of Hassan. And Besu Sado

speeding away. On the bike straight, Laura Weightman battling it out.

Trying to hang on as the pack close in. She will pay the price, as

Hassan comes past. Jenny Simpson is there. Laura Weightman trying to get

past Winny Chebet. Here comes Laura Weightman, looking for the gap on

the inside! And Laura Weightman is coming. Jenny Simpson! Laura

Weightman takes fourth place, just ahead of the Moroccan. She judged

that well and is smiling, she is into the final of the 1500m. She was

not frightened by Hassan and Meraf Bahta. Laura Weightman ran

unmeasured race and she has her reward. That was not a conventional

way to qualify for a final, you can tell Laura Weightman that her coach

was sweating. That was a very strange race went Konstanze

Klosterhalfen went away, that is Laura Weightman putting pressure on

the bike, Konstanze Klosterhalfen fading away, Hassan is powerful and

Meraf Bahta is equally strong. She has to do this almighty run in the

home straight and she is beginning to do it. Winny Chebet struggling.

Accelerating and suddenly, thank goodness, Laura Weightman finding

something in the last 50 metres. Sprinting through. So close to fifth

place. And her nervous coach, Steve Cram, is delighted, as he should be

but he will not have run many races like that because sometimes that can

go wrong for you. Struggling for a little bit at the back but when she

got into contention... Will, dear Alex Pike that was messy. -- old,

dear. The first smart thing is not to go mad and we thought she was

going hard but there were too many people for my liking, some great

athletes, Besu Sado, Winny Chebet, everywhere there was danger but what

you will know with Laura Weightman is she has guts, she is strong and

she likes hard races and she has found some extra pace this year and

that is what she did at the end, and for me, this is when you think she

will dig deeper than anybody in the home straight, everybody does but

she will fight to the line. In 2012 in London, she got to the final by

100th of a second by sticking through and she is doing a little

bit of the same today. She is watching that fast finish, to make

your way through, into the final of the World Championships, she has

been an two Olympic finals before. A little bit of applause and she is

talking to fill. She has been watching the replay and she heard

what Steve Cram was saying. We always have known you have had

determination? This year I believe in myself more, I have never run a

race like that before in my life. I knew it would take a great race and

I cannot believe I did that! I was so nervous. But the stadium and the

crowd is incredible, I knew I had to catch three or four. I was gaining

places, to finish in fourth place, over the moon and so thrilled to

make the final. And the role of that crowd, that was all for you? There

is no greater feeling than competing in front of the home crowd, I love

the stadium, I cannot wait for Monday. What can you achieve? After

the race of your life tonight? Anything is possible if I keep

believing in myself, the matter what happens, I will come out with a good

performance. Well done, all the best. Safely through, there we are,

confirmation... Jenny Simpson alongside running a very good race.

Tidying things up. Sifan Hassan will be the favourite, Lecabela Quaresma,

Laura Weightman. Sara Vaughn in ninth place. These are the finalists

for Monday. Laura Muir, Caster Semenya is also in their and Jenny

Simpson, Genzebe Dibaba will go through as one of the fastest

losers. Completely out of sorts but she might have a chance to recover

from Monday and Laura Weightman is also there. Next on the track, the

longest of the Women's races, the 10,000 metres but we will know in

two hours, who is a world champion over 100 metres. There is one man

who feels he is pure gold. We first time, that is a good start from

Powell, Usain Bolt streaking away from the field! That is superb, this

is a new world record! Away they go, Usain Bolt going past already,

blasting around the top bend, Shawn Crawford tried to handle him.

Streaking down the home straight. What is a time? It is gold and a new

world record. I do not believe it! Absolutely brilliant! Get set...

Powell was the quickest but Usain Bolt is getting into his stride,

pulling away, he is going to win the gold. 9.64, the champion becomes a

legend. That is a clean start, Bolt out of the blocks really well, Blake

has a lot to do, look at him go, three metres lead, coming into the

home straight, here comes Yohan Blake but he will not catch on,

Usain Bolt is going to do that. Gold all the way. 9.32. Bolt has been

left in the blocks, Gatland is leading. Usain Bolt is going to take

it! 9.80, the magnificent seven and the Odyssey continues! He gets away

well. Already away, the grass is running well. Usain Bolt, on his

own, as he has been throughout his career, running away from everybody.

Running to what he would love to be able to do as an athlete. This is a

gold medal, his eighth gold. Six individual gold medals in his

Olympic career, we will never see his like again. Sun setting on his

career tonight. The stadium grappling with anticipation. He is

in the final, one hour and 45 minutes away, the last time he will

be on the blocks in a major championship. Doubts always around

him at this level, but it is about his attitude and pressure. Is he up

for it? He certainly looks up for it. Who will challenge him all the

way? Christian Coleman, maybe Reece Prescod of Great Britain. But he

always seems to know how to win. That final is at 9:45 p:m.. It is

Bolt night and also heptathlon evening as well, the shop but under

way. The 200m coming up shortly and the men's Long Jump final is around

the corner. And there is a man in the House tonight who is not out

there jumping, but he certainly put himself into athletics and World

Athletics Championships history, he is the reigning World Champion.

Olympic glory came first, followed by a European title and Commonwealth

gold last summer. Out in front at the World Championships. And he

looks set to complete the set. In the fourth round, he is looking to

extend his lead. That is big. That is a huge jump. It is a mammoth

jump. Greg Rutherford in the fourth round. The pressure was on. 8.41, a

seasoned's best. Rutherford takes gold here in the Bird's Nest.

Rutherford completes his Grand Slam. It is unbelievable!

Are not many more people that have crammed more into the last five

years this man. The smile is still broad despite the injury and they

all still be in the stadium! If you want to swing round to look at this

lot. The Greg Rutherford fans in the House. This man will spend every

single moment he can signing autographs and taking pictures, he

is a gentleman. Let's start positively and talk about the

memories of this place from 2012. They must come flooding back? Yes,

the most amazing thing being here every day, this crowd is about

27,000 people less than it was five years ago that it feels louder.

Every moment I see a Long Jump are warming up and getting ready to go,

I am just desperate to put on my kit and say, don't worry, I am here, I

am ready. Sadly, it is not to be. This is a new experience for me

being injured and is talking about it rather than being in it. But this

place is one of the most wonderful tracks in the world and I am

thrilled I can be here in some capacity. Everybody loves watching

this, EU more than anybody. Those images. You got two babies now, but

the time of your life? Definitely, I look a lot younger and I had more

sleep, you can see by the face. A bit more grisly, I am ageing

quickly! London 2012, for me, is the defining moment of my career and the

greatest moment ever in my career. Having my children is more

important, obviously, but athletically, you aim to become one

of the best in the world. That is what every single British athlete

wants to do. Every athlete wants to become the best in the world and I

have been very fortunate I have had my time doing that. It is not over,

a very keen to come back and the fire in my belly watching this over

here and getting ready to go is getting me going. If he had a

jacket, he would be unzipping it now and ready to go. You are desperate

to be at the anniversary Games and performing here and you held of the

decision. Why could you not be out here performing? Sadly, this year

has been one of those old-fashioned Greg Rutherford years and I have

been dogged with injury. I had an injury in my back which caused

problems. And the ones that have been documented more recently, two

ligaments in my ankle popped. That is less than ideal when you need to

run down a runway and jump. There is a hernia in migraine. Some tracking

them up this year! Very keen to see the back of them. I will have to go

for surgery on the train. I have been in this situation before. After

rehab, get ready for next year. Been there and done it and you will come

again. But the disappointment is we will not have either of the last two

Olympic gold-medallist because Jeff Hansen went out yesterday, so what

do you make of the competition here? If you are competing, you would win

easily, but who should we look out for? This is a fascinating Long

Jump. I think the favourite has to be Luvo Manyonga, he has been

jumping so well and he is on something we all hoped, jumping

regularly over 850 at the start of the year and that is important to

boost the event. Henderson is out, but he is one of the only ones left

with experience of winning a major championships. Without him, it mixes

it up. I spoke to Dwight Phillips and former Olympic champion from

2004 and he reckons Lawson has that but he is American and he would

always say that! A spicy bentonite. If it is any consolation, you will

not be competing but at least I get to watch this with my friend which I

never thought I would get to do. Very quickly. Beyond this, you are

having the surgery, have you put any timeline on when we might see you

compete and jump again? Yes, absolutely, I will take the indoors

seriously for once and when you get ready for the summer coming you

train through the winter, but I am going for it and there is the World

Indoor Championships. I held all four outdoor Championships and they

do not have the two indoors. There is a world and it European Indoors

and if I can win those two, there is nothing I have not won and that

motivates me. That is a target, a UK comeback. We will have the wires go

into Grant Brie possibly and you might see me jumping. Dashed the

Glasgow Grand Prix. Meanwhile, we have a Long Jump.

Good to have you back. That World Championships, the indoors, it is in

Birmingham in March. So exciting Greg says he will jump indoors

because we do not see that very often and he has the intention of

coming back into big-time, tuition. Looking forward to the women's

10,000m in a fume moments. Paula is definitely the person to talk to

about that. But Laura Weightman, that was a gutsy run and she said it

well, I'm not normally picking people of like that on the home

straight. No, Maura is discovering that about herself. She has

discovered she is quicker than she thought she was this year. -- Laura.

She was digging deep as she always does and you was finding something

and she was seeing something coming back, she saw Klosterhalfen coming

back. But she went away from her in the last ten metres. We'll have done

her confidence so much good for the final. She just wants to go in and

have fun and see what she can do. That is a race that is a nightmare.

Seemingly no plan. And so you can easily get eaten up in a race like

that through no fault of your own. That is the kind of race where if

you are not calm and you have not got your stuffed together, you

really get into trouble. People going at the front really hard and

is dying and coming back quickly. People falling over. And chipping.

She needed to keep out of trouble and stay on her feet and keep

fighting freight route of the last minute. The most important thing you

can do in a round is keep fighting until the last round. A double order

Laura which is fantastic news and it be an incredible race, Laura Muir

raced beautifully and she sailed through to the final. The women

coming out for the 10,000m. The name on the page jumping out every time

is Tirunesh Dibaba. Twice Olympic champion, like Mo Farah. She is also

an Arsenal fan like Mo Farah. She does not have the doubles record but

imperious at the 10K, you can beat her tonight? Ayana can and she did

so commit singly in Rio last year. I have not seen either of them race

this year on the track. We need to get an idea how they are looking

over the first couple of laps. Is it going to go off as quickly as Rio?

That was the fastest championship final and probably race we have ever

seen. Ayana had the most incredible race and that was a morning session

in Rio. A very unusual 10K final. This is the most traditional place.

Tirunesh Dibaba might as well be wearing a crown, distance running

royalty. Yes, when she first came onto the scenes, for so many years

we called her the baby faced destroyer. Is 31 now and it seems

that she has been around forever because she was winning major

championships in 2004, 2,000 five. She has changed and she has been

away and started a family, but still coming back extremely strong and she

probably ran fastest and surprised herself with health asked she went

in Riyadh last year with 29.42. It would be destined because Ayana runs

so hard and so quick. This is the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and making

it look very straightforward, the five K victory. Yes, she did. She

dominates and she has the Arsenal, very like Mo Farah over the 10,000m.

But he does not win by that kind of margin. No, he likes to leave it a

bit later. She does not launch an attack until late in the race, but

she does it with such speed and so much better than the rest of the

field in so many races that she just moves away and has a large cushion

by the end of the race. As always with the 10,000m, there will be

races within a race. Plenty to get your teeth stuck into, Brendan

Foster and Steve Cram. Intriguing race in prospect, one of

the all-time greats, Tirunesh Dibaba. Ayana would love to be

considered in that position eventually, but if she bit? How has

her injury affected her? Is there anybody in this very good Kenyan

team capable of upsetting the Ethiopian script? And what about

surprise medals? We saw Emily Infeld pipping Molly Huddle last time, the

two Americans in a scrap for third and fourth. Infeld celebrating a

little early, the drama unfolding behind the front two. A lot to look

forward to, really good conditions for the 10,000m run. If there is

such a thing. One of those sentences you should never release a! And we

have got Beth Potter in this. -- never really say. Now moving on to

the Triathlon. Charlotte Taylor. Trying to look down the line. There

is better. -- Bath. And Jess Martin. Anyway, Tirunesh Dibaba introduced

to the crowd. I don't think they do too much together nowadays. There is

Dibaba and she is fine and fit and healthy and training well. We heard

the rumours she has not been going quite so well. We shall see very

shortly. So these Kenyans will be hoping they can take it on. Jebet

Tirop. A youngster really when she won the championships, 21 now. She

has not got the fast times. All three Kenyan is capable of running

fast. Yasemin Can face Laura Muir at the Indoor Championships in March.

There is Jess Martin on the back row. The third of the British

athletes. And world cross-country champion Irene Chepet Cheptai, this

time in Kampala. The Ethiopians did have a trial which I went to. And

the top three, they just ignored and they have got Tirunesh Dibaba and

Ayana. But are they fit and healthy? The women's 10,000m final. 25 laps

of the track and we had Mo Farah to chair last night. With all due

respect, Beth and Jess and Charlotte, the crowd will be once

more looking forward to a real tussle tweet Ethiopian and Kenya but

can anyone else get in amongst it? -- between. We had a world record,

Brendan, in Rio last year. I don't think we will get I don't think we

will get a world-record tonight, but we did not think we would get one in

Rio. It took us by surprise as we went round. Tonight, real drama in

the 10,000m last night and drama in this event in the later stages. Not

as much British interest at the sharp end, I feel. There definitely

will not be. And trying to sort themselves out, they look as though

they are doing two laps of the track before they go on to the marathon

course, just jogging around and taking it easy.

Tirunesh Dibaba essay, the five times world champion on the outside

and they go, steady, almost jogging, but eventually they will get going

and the race will really take off. Here are the finalists for the Men's

long jump, Greg Rutherford watching on. This is a very mixed group of

continents. Asian, European, Africans. Yuhao Shi rounding things

off, just 18 years old. The only American left in there is Jarrion

Lawson, he went out in qualifying. Fouled in the last round of Rio with

his hand, and it potentially was the gold medal winning jump. The lead is

7.80 nine. 428 secret. Fast on the approach. That is big. 23 years old,

Greg Rutherford mentioned him as a contender for the title. They know

the South Africans are strong. But Jarrion Lawson... Cutting the

Sandwell into eight metres. That looks in excess of even 8.40. Very

good balance and rhythm, that was a very tidy first round. Exactly what

he would have wanted. And that is a season best, 8.37. Looking back at

one of the earlier jobs. Luvo Manyonga. Is that the scream of the

champion in the making? He has troubled background. He came from

poverty in South Africa, losing out on Olympic gold by just one

centimetre and that is a big jump but red flag. That was the earlier

jump, look at this, qualifying yesterday. He is very good on the

board, look at him driving his knees, great position of his heels,

keeping his upper body upright and does not rotate and crash into the

pit. That was 81 seconds, this is more

like a marathon. And not even a very fast marathon! They went through the

first kilometre in what would mean 35 minutes for 10,000 metres. People

at home might think they could do that! That is OK, 10,000 metres does

not always have to be so fast, it has one of the greatest proponents,

Tirunesh Dibaba, her first title in 2003 in Paris, where she is, I have

always enjoyed watching her and I remember looking at some film of

action, just the way she runs, so efficient. Somebody said she

eventually would end up as a great marathon runner and we are starting

to see that. 14 years, top of the world, winning 5000 metres and

10,000 metres titles and this burgeoning marathon career. When he

was your style, I was watching her and she does not look very good at

this pace. She looks good at a proper pace and she was shuffling

along, but looking like anything special and deciding she was a

little bit bored with this but remember in London? The 2.17

marathon, coming in and winning in the 10,000 metres, only running two

marathons in her life, both in London, she loves running here and

she appreciates the British crowd and she has the most medals of any

female athlete in the history of the World Championships, and going all

the way back to 2003, arriving as an unknown Ethiopian and she has been

called the Queen of distance running and that is a title she carries

pretty well. In Manchester, wedding 10,000 metres pretty easily and in

London and I am sure she will run well tonight but whether she will

win or not, that is why we are here. Watching Michel Torneus moving

around. There she goes. For the first time coming to the front. I

think the first question for a lot of people watching is, is Almaz

Ayana OK? That is 3.20 eight. Early stages. Very slow, maybe some pace

being introduced but we have a cracking long jump final going on.

Yes, really hotting up. Ruswahl Samaai, lifetime best, the

second-ranked South African behind Luvo Manyonga, who had that foul

earlier on. The first round. Chasing that lead of Jarrion Lawson. And

that is big. That is over eight metres. That is a good start for

Ruswahl Samaai. Buying in the Olympics last year. Second on the

world list this year behind his team-mate. And he has made the

better start. He carried the speed onto the board, that suspension.

Only eight centimetres to spare, that is a great shot, working hard

to counter the rotation and stretching as far as he can into the

sand. Disappearing out of shot. Second place, 8.25. Here is the past

champion, the winner in 2013, Vanessa Chefer, one of a handful of

athletes who are competing as neutral because of the blanket ban

on the Russian team. He was cleared by the review board in July so he

has got himself ready. Can he retain his title? He is ever so bouncy

whenever he gets things right. And this is a demonstration. His

season's best is 8.32. Unbeaten this year but has not been outside of

Russia. He has competed with all sorts of injuries over the years,

and he is one to take very seriously. That was a big first

round. Nothing blistering. Aleksandr Menkov is still favourite, the lead

is Jarrion Lawson with 8.37. And he goes into second place with 8.27.

Here is a little look at the discus earlier on. Look at that. Close to

70 metres from Daniel Stahl. Enormous distance. For this big

band, two metres tall and 50 kilos. He really retains his width. He is

very consistent this year. 69.19, going into the lead, was Daniel

Stahl. The Lithuanian was second best. He then did this! Look at

that! Almost bang on the 70 metres line. Just shy of an enormous

championship record from Andrius Gudzius and that took the lead in

the second round. And it is still the lead as we get to the end of the

final of the discus. Andrius Gudzius ahead of Daniel Stahl and a lifetime

best from Mason Finley. What a time to do it! Back to the long jump.

Their main man, Luvo Manyonga, what is going through his mind after that

foul? We didn't get to see how much of a foul that was. But Lawson is

very quick, collegiate champion, Luvo Manyonga is the fastest on the

runway so far so let us see how they can pull things together. 8.65 is

his world lead. What has he got in the second round? That did look a

little bit tight but that is big. Way beyond the lead of Jarrion

Lawson. That looks closer to nine metres and eight metres. I thought

he looked tight on the take-off. Out look at how calm and collected he

was, getting out of the sand and winking at the coach. He gathered

himself. Perfect board. With six centimetres despair, what a

wonderful shot of that hitch kick, that was huge from Luvo Manyonga.

8.48, taking the lead in the second round.

So, Luvo Manyonga, relief after that foul. Order is recent. And order has

resumed in the 10,000 metres final. The first 3000 metres have been

pretty pedestrian, almost ten minutes, and the pace picked up and

all of a sudden things have been broken up, guess who? The world

record-holder, Ayana, throwing in a quick lap, this is about 300 metres

of hard running. And the other Kenyan who has that gap. Because

Tirunesh Dibaba was slow to react, she would not have that acceleration

and Ayana decided enough is enough, that is 68, Matlab, they were going

so slow. As a distance runners sweep past, you big man, Daniel Stahl,

gets ready for his last attempt, trailing Andrius Gudzius from

Lithuania, both over 69 metres. This has been awesome but Daniel Stahl

needs to find more to take the gold medal. Another big hit? It stalled

badly and has dropped short of 65 metres. Silver for Daniel Stahl. And

that is the champion. Muted celebration, he has another through,

you maybe would have expected the big man to challenge the lead. That

pat on the bike from the Swede. He is happy with second, Daniel Stahl

was expected to take the title. And Andrius Gudzius, huge lifetime best.

69.20 one. Two centimetres ahead of Daniel Stahl. The pleasure of

walking into the cage, knowing he is champion of the world. What a

wonderful feeling this must be, looking at the championship record.

What has he got? Another big throw for Andrius Gudzius. Enormous! Maybe

not quite as far as his best, he did not quite like it. 69.2 one. And he

takes gold from Lithuania. -- 69.20 one. And this is the chasing group.

Chasing for third. Beth moving onto triathlon with success already,

winning in Cardiff are delighted to win the British championships. Based

in Leeds. They are picking up, a lot of them tried to go whenever the

race broke up. The leader is on the far side, the world record-holder

and Olympic champion has ripped the supplied. Almaz Ayana has stolen a

march and it is more than that, racing away and add a superbly quick

pace, the sort of pace you would not see in the 5000 that kilometre,

2.49, no wonder even the great Tirunesh Dibaba has attempted that.

They cannot go with this. Nobody can live with the pace of the

world-record holder. Her first race of the season, waiting to see her

arrival. She was supposed to run a race and it was cancelled. She was

supposed to run recently in Monte Carlo and that was cancelled and

here she is now after training in Ethiopian, another 68 second lap.

Running so much faster than the early part of the race. In the

chasing group, Dibaba has caught up. And looking down the field, there is

the leading British athlete Beth Potter. And it is a strange race.

But this is a very impressive athlete. Great piece of frontrunning

and Paula will be enjoying this in the studio. That has ripped the race

apart. No one can go with that, it is within the world-record pace. No

wonder she is so far ahead. It is faster over three kilometres the

most of these girls are capable of running. So no wonder she has not

been challenged. Can did and she is paying the price. Tirunesh Dibaba

never reacted. Almost as though she knew what the plan was and what

Ayana was trying to do and she decided to wait and run the race for

the silver medal and she has got herself into that pack fighting for

the silver medal. Yes, just on the back there. I was hesitating on

Alice Aprot Nawowuna. She took Ayana on on the first half of the race and

she faded as Ayana kicked on and got faster and faster to that incredible

world-record. Look at the gap she has. This is phenomenal. I bought

these three Kenyans might give her a race for her money but that is not

the case, they have had to let her go. She is way out in front and it

is about silver and Bronze. Nobody in the history of distance running

could have lived with her over the last couple of laps. We do not know

what will happen in the later stages as we get the laps ticked off, but

running remarkably quickly. And she did something similar in the felt

thousand metres in Rio and they did catch her and she did come back. --

5,000 metres. Now there is only one thing standing between her and

victory, her own application. Going so much quicker, so far away from

this field, she has destroyed them. Destroyed this field. Can she keep

going chasing that group, Tirunesh Dibaba?

Right, Jarrion Lawson is in second place behind that Nick Abbot of Luvo

Manyonga. The American. 11 centimetres behind. That is a season

best, massive crowd. Very supportive of the Long Jump despite the absence

of Greg Rutherford. Lawson, round two. That is another big effort.

This may challenge the lead of Japan -- Luvo Manyonga. What a competition

in the early stages. Six jumps for the top eight. Wilson may have

extended the lead of Manyonga on the Gold line, the South African.

Perfect on the board. He has got his eye on it and orientated himself

well. Jarrion Lawson is putting together a good series of jumps

here. That bodes well for the rest of the competition. 8.43, a season's

best again in the second round. This is a young man we got to know a

couple of years ago, he took the Bronze medal in the last World

Championships, Jianan Wang. He is 20 now. 8.14 in the first round. Round

two, good on the board, that is a big effort. Wang is putting himself

in contention. Lots of athletes fancying Bess. It could go a number

of ways. The Chinese looking good. It is interesting the man in the

yellow Hat, Huntington, the coach Turner Mike Powell. Perfect on the

board. Keeps his technique nice and simple. And body up in the,

stretches out. Holds his chest up. Just drops up behind his feet. There

is more to come, this competition is hotting up. 8.23, in fifth place in

the second round, it is tough out there. This is the celebration for

the discus. The big man from Lithuania in the middle, with a

massive lifetime best, Gudzius. Daniel Stahl had to settle for

silver. A beautiful sunset over the East End of London. I'm looking

towards this fantastic venue. And the excitement that we had here last

night is building again for Usain Bolt. This 10,000m final has got

people enthralled because the world-record holder and the Olympic

champion Ayana has put so much distance between herself and this

incredible field. Now almost half a lap ahead of the pack. She has just

run 3,000 metres in about 8.33 in the middle of a 10,000. Unbelievable

distance running. We have seen something tonight the like of which

you have never seen before. Never seen anybody destroy a field as she

has done. The slow and early pace and she picked it up and picked it

up. You look at that time, Steve, the 3,000 metres time in the middle

and you wonder, can she possibly keep going at this pace? When you

look at this field, you have two world cross-country Championships,

the steadfast is 10,000 metre runner in their and five times World

Champion Tirunesh Dibaba. And when she looks across the track, and you

will see how far she is. There is the chasing group down the home

straight. And there she is. Halfway round the top bend. When she gets

back down, she will be able to look down the track which lay and look

across and right opposite when she gets to the halfway line, they will

be passing the halfway line on the other side. I think she is going for

the new world-record, which is the record number of athletes slapped. I

will ask our word. The stitch and to find out. -- the number of athletes

lapped. The group after that, the Kenyans and Dibaba, the rest of the

athletes are within her sights and she is using them to keep her pace

going. So Ayana looking more tired but she has so many athletes to a

mat with five laps to go. I reckon these four might be the only four

she does not lap. She has come halfway down the home straight as

they have gone down the back straight. That is the chasing group,

the fifth fastest 10,000m run of all time is leading that and Ayana is

looking at the screen. She will not get too much information because the

athletes are spread around the track. Last night, we saw a

fantastic distance race. Competitive distance race and a great victory by

Mo Farah. Seeing the other end of the scale of distance running here.

Anna beat destroying a field and running at the sort of pace we have

never seen anybody run before in the middle of a 10,000m race -- an

athlete destroying. They are helping her now because she is working her

way through and when she comes past, look how well she is going and how

strongly. We are witnessing the night, Steve, one of the greatest

distance runs in history. A world-record in Rio, because

Nawowuna went out hard and she couldn't maintain it, but Ayana

could. Tonight, the first part of the race was pedestrian. It started

to pick up slightly and away she went. The last one was a 2.54. She

is getting tired. But it is the distance she has put between herself

and this other group who are the best in the world. The best of the

rest. And they are now 230, 240 metres behind Ayana. I think she is

going to win the gold medal, I wonder whether the 5,000 metres is

within her site and whether she starts to think about that. The

harder she goes here, the more recovery she needs to make. She has

got this race won, she looks comfortable, she is slowing a bit, I

wonder whether she is going to go back for the 5,000 later in the

week. Looking at the screen all the time and all she will see on the

screen is herself. There is no other athlete in the shot. She is halfway

down the home straight. The other athletes are not even halfway down

the back straight. She three laps to go for Ayana, and we are witnessing

a little piece of history. The final time the statistics will only show

how good this was when we analyse it. We are lucky, we have got Mark

Butler, the top statistician in the world, giving us this information.

And he says we are witnessing a piece of history. She does not need

to run now, there is the body, that is Ayana. Looking in front of me and

the other athletes are just coming in. The far side of the track,

Ayana. Nearside of the track is the chasing group. Tirunesh Dibaba in

fourth place. And in the history of distance running, Tirunesh Dibaba

has never been beaten by this much in her history which started in

2003. She won five gold medals, she has run great races and average

races, she is running an OK race tonight but she is some -- seeing

something she has never seen before. You are right. Last year, although

she was distant from Ayana, she was only 25 seconds behind her. It is

going to be more like five is -- 45 seconds this time. I still think

Ayana may not lap the rest of them before this chasing group because

that is definitely slowing down, but what a performance from Ayana. The

speech she is moving that in contrast to the other 10,000m

runners. And don't forget, these are the best in the world. You have the

Kenyans and the Ethiopians, they are the best from around the world. And

they are getting completely pulled apart by Ayana. It must be soul

destroying, these are decent athlete and Ayana is coming past at a pace

they can't relate to. Looking at her now, she looks as though she is

running slightly downhill, she is going so well, she is absolutely

brilliant here. Look at how she is passing them, look at how quickly

the gap opens. I was talking to her manager yesterday and I said, how is

she running? He said, don't worry, she will almost be as good as she

was last year in Rio. Well, you got this one right! She is coming round

now this time and she is hearing the bell. Superb piece of frontrunning

by Ayana. Plenty of athletes and some have moved to get -- to let her

through. A race between Agnes Tirop on the inside and Dibaba just

hanging in there. In the days of old, Dibaba would have unleashed a

great sprint on the last lap to win a gold medal but it is her

team-mates doing it this time. Dibaba borehole to get a medal and

join her on the rostrum. But we have time to savour Ayana -- Dibaba will

hope to get a medal. Having destroyed the field and shown a new

level of distance running, nothing to worry about except she will enjoy

the Wells title but she will collect in a few yards time, and a great

race going on behind her, but she does not care. The crowd is rising

to a wonderful piece of distance running. The Olympic champion, the

world-record holder, Ayana of Ethiopian is now the World Champion!

Fabulous running and look at Tirunesh Dibaba now, reminding us of

the great days when she would run for gold, this time she is trying to

run for silver. Agnes Tirop is hanging on to her, the age-old

battle of Ethiopian versus Kenya. They have dropped their team-mate,

so these two will get a medal, who is going to get the silver? Dibaba

takes a look at the screen and she sees Tirop is still bad. Does Tirop

have anything else? Dibaba not as quick as she used to be, but she

might be quick enough. Tirunesh Dibaba is going to make it an

Ethiopian one and two in the 10,000m. Silver for Dibaba. Tirop

takes the Bronze for Kenya, but a long way behind the winner Ayana.

In big sprinting for the lesser places from almost all the other

athletes, probably only six or seven of them were not lapped by Ayana and

she only started running after eight laps but my goodness she did and I

am delighted for Tirunesh Dibaba, that little smile, giving Ayana that

little hug. Any questions about the fitness of Ayana completely blown

away. Stunning performance, and a different way to last year when she

broke a world record but in many ways just as impressive. Ephemeral

the impressive distance performance by Ayana, a delightful performance

by Dibaba in second place, another gold medal for Ethiopia and the

British athlete, Beth Potter, coming through right now. Her career might

unfold at the triathlon. That was a strong performance on an evening

when everything went into second place with a performance the likes

of which we have never seen before. Well done, Beth Potter. In the third