Day 3, Part 1 Athletics: World Championships

He has saved his title! You may have even saved his sport! He has done it

again! The champion becomes a legend! Usain Bolt! The final stage

for Usain Bolt. It is Gatlin, Gatlin wins it right

at the death! It wasn't to be. And this is sport, there are no

guarantees. There isn't always a happy ending. His lane now empty,

and so it ends. Welcome to day three of these World

Athletics Championships, the sun rises over the Olympic Stadium, but

things feel a little bit different this morning here, certainly not the

euphoria of day two after Mo Farah's gold in the 10,000m. The king has

handed over his crown, but not to demand that people expected or

wanted, and the papers reflect that, the world's media is reflecting

that. We will talk about that, the rights and wrongs, I am sure you got

your opinions, it is #bbcathletics, we will be talking about and for the

next half an hour, because we wake up 12 hours later, we have had time

to reflect, think about it, and the immediacy of the emotion last night

was highly charged, but have your thoughts changed? Have you had time

to put this into perspective? You know, it is an interesting

situation, and I think that people like simple narratives, and we

created one a couple of years ago with good versus evil, Bolt against

Gatlin. And people are frustrated, because they want to see clean

sport. It is simple, and it is easy, and it feels good to pin that on one

person, and that has been Justin Gatlin. British media is fantastic

with headlines! We see some of them this morning that he will go through

later, and I think that sort of forms opinion. And it is

unfortunate, because I don't think, at the end of the day, it gets to

the real heart of the issue, which drugs in sport and how we clean that

up, and how we... We can't eliminate it, but how do we, you know, start

to win the fight against doping and sport? The Justin Gatlin situation,

when Justin Gatlin has retired, the problem will still need to be

addressed. He is 35 years old, we knew coming into the championship

what is previous record was, he was allowed to compete, the governing

body has made that possible, this is not Justin Gatlin's fault. And we

cannot expect one man, in Usain Bolt, to save the whole sport. We

cannot pin it on this one person, he is not the only one to come back

from drugs, but everyone likes to make him the bad person. The only

way to solve this is to up the deterrence, up investment across the

board, the concentration on cleaning up the sport, lifetime bans - then

we wouldn't be facing the situation at all. That is what people want

across the board, to know that wherever you are in the world, if

you are taking part in athletics, you are subject to the same level of

testing and scrutiny, whether you are Ayana in Ethiopia all Laura Muir

in Scotland. Gatlin has been somewhat unfortunate, because he has

been up against Bolt, the people's favourite, so that is why it has

been easy to pin this on him. But leaving here last night, it was

quiet, the mood was definitely down. But people are reporting that Gatlin

himself has been to reach out to the IAAF and said, I am sorry for my

wrongdoings, especially that second doping offence, where he was caught

on steroids. He has apologised for that, he has said, I am going to do

everything I can to encourage children not to do this. So he has

made his peace with the IAAF, but from my point of view, the IAAF, the

governing body, have not done enough to support him. Well, they have

allowed him to be in this maelstrom, this feeling that if Somerby was

going to beat Usain Bolt last night, you know, the sport would have loved

it to be a young, fresh talent, a clean, fresh talent, but it was the

antithesis. Let's get into the headlines, I will let you come back

on that in a second, because the British media do write some special

headlines. What a dope, in the Sunday Mail. Bolt from boos, and

this photograph, not worthy, Gatlin bowing down to Usain Bolt. Usain

Bolt was very magnanimous, saying that Gatlin is a good man, and he

clearly has forgiveness in his heart, he doesn't hold any

bitterness towards him. It is the IAAF which was not able to make the

bans longer. They wanted to make them longer but it was considered

restraint of trade, and what Usain Bolt was saying, we probably all

felt a little bit - much as we do not want cheats to be allowed back

into the sport, that felt a little bit wrong last night, it felt not

human, and if we want a bigger deterrent, you don't have to look

very far for kids not taking up sport, because that moment of

victory, what it meant to Justin Gatlin, he wasn't able to savour

that. It couldn't have felt good to him, it must have been a sad place

to be. People will be saying, he just shouldn't have been a glance,

and I can't tell my kids see is a great role model. But under the

rules, he was, and he is not the only person who has come back. That

is not what athletics is about, it is about celebrating great

performances, being able to believe in performances, celebrating and

sharing those emotions and moments. I Am Bolt, fantastic documentary, if

there was going to be another five minutes, this is not how anybody

wanted his career to end. The Mail on Sunday, a romcom turned into a

slasher movie, athletics' worst nightmare unfolded in front of the

world. Another example of a fantastically dramatic headline! It

is not the end of the world. You know, I see what he was saying about

the feeling in here last night, but there was celebration of Usain

Bolt's career last night, when he was going around that track, no-one

was concerned about the fact that he lost the race or that it was Justin

Gatlin who won it at that moment, when he went around the track and

did his final, you know, victory lap as an individual athlete. There was

celebration, and someone asked me earlier this morning if I felt like

Usain Bolt's career legacy would be tarnished because of the lost - not

at all, the legacy is so huge that everyone loves him, he has meant so

much to this board that there is still celebration, you know, around

Usain Bolt. So I do not think that it is, you know, a disaster, or a

slasher sort of ending to this! I think it is, you know, a separation

of an amazing career and what he has meant to this board, despite the

loss still. Just leaving the stadium, the atmosphere in here for

him, it was euphoric, you have to celebrate his career, but leaving

the stadium, on reflection, there was a numbness, people were

scratching their heads as they were leaving, descending on Stratford. I

think there may also have been a kind of shame in the behaviour here,

because there was a mob rule mentality. 60,000 people in here

funds, 55,000 would never think they would start booing somebody in a

public arena, but in that crowd, they are hyped up, they behave in a

different way. And emotions come out, Steve is right, it is sport,

not a movie, it is not a happy ending story, it is just people

putting it out, and it is who gets there first. That is part of the

whole drama of sport, that is why we all come to watch it, because

anything can happen on the night. And it did, and I don't think it's

tarnishes it, because we see the real characters come out in people

afterwards, and we saw that come out in both the athletes. They died not

being talked about got the silver medal, didn't he? As I said last

night, Christian Coleman must have thought, the night I beat Usain Bolt

and I still do not win the race! He would never have imagined that!

Every sprinter for the last ten years has been thinking, if I can

beat Usain Bolt, I will be world champion, Olympic champion, but I

think, you know, one of the dangers of the good versus evil, the very

simple narrative, is that we lose perspective. This is still sport. It

is hard to go out and win every time, you know, the other seven

athletes in the race were not on the same page with everyone else in the

stadium, who was all about this perfect ending to Bolt's career,

that he will come out, people have bought tickets, and they thought it

was guaranteed, I am going to go and see Usain Bolt run his last race,

and he is going to win. That is not what this is about, this is sport,

the other seven guys always wanted to hand him a loss, and that is

something that is always possible. And Usain Bolt knew that, he knew

that he could lose. These headlines would be different if he had lost to

somebody else, we all talked about it, we talked about Gatlin, Coleman,

there was a possibility, he has not been informed, so always a

possibility he will be beaten, it is just about by whom. Yeah, again,

that is the simple narrative, and that is what nobody wanted, and

nobody wanted it to be Justin Gatlin because of the narrative that has

been put together, but that does nothing, it feels good, you know,

but to criticise, it felt good for the people who were booing, it feels

good to read the headline about the villain that we can blame, but at

the end of the day it does nothing towards, you know, helping the

situation or rectify the situation we are dealing with with doping in

sport. Let's gear from Sebastian Coe, who said he would feel queasy

if Gatlin beat Bolt in Beijing, and this morning he was on Garry

Richardson's programme on BBC Radio 5 live, and this is what he had to

say. It is not the worst result ever, I mean, I am hardly go to city

of funds and tell you that -- I am hardly going to sit here and tell

you that somebody who has walked off with two band in our sport has now

got his glittering prize, but he is eligible to be here, we did attempt

a life ban and this particular set of circumstances, and we lost that.

So we now have the athlete integrity unit, we need to make sure that we

do everything that we possibly can to toughen up. But, actually, we are

bound within the Wada world code, that is mandatory. There have been

two bans in the past, one was watered down, which made it very

difficult for the second ban, and we went for an eight year ban, which

would in essence have been a life ban, and we lost that, so these

things are suffused in legality. Shall we hear from the men

themselves, Justin Gatlin and Usain Bolt, in the aftermath last evening,

speaking to Phil Jones? It is not the crowd, I tuned it out

through all the rounds, I stayed the course, you know, I kept my energy

through the semis, came to the finals, did what I had to do. The

support has been outstanding, I can never expect this from any other

crowd, they really stand by me and push me to do my best. We are rivals

on the track throughout the years, but we are joking with each other,

we have a good time. The first thing he said, congratulations, you worked

hard for this, you do not deserve all the boos. It inspires me

throughout my career, and he is an amazing man. My start is killing me,

normally I would get it through the rounds, get better through the

rounds, but it didn't come together, and that is what killed me. It

didn't come together, and I knew if it didn't, I felt like it was there,

but the fact that I didn't get it, that is the reason I lost. It is

still an amazing night, Usain Bolt's last race, so many victories and

losses, and to be able to run against him throughout the years,

you know, just an amazing night. And he wouldn't have had that

opportunity, as Sebastian Coe said, had he not achieved that a dear ban.

As the sport got its hands tied behind its back? -- that eight year

ban. A little bit, that is why it is so important that athletics takes

the lead with this integrity unit, but as he said, we still have two be

submitting to the Wada code, so until they get tougher, we cannot go

against that, so we are bound to follow the same rules, to follow the

same regulations that Wada put in place, as much as athletics would

like to go further with that. The integrity unit is moving in the

right direction, it needs to go faster, in my opinion, it needs to

Moretti needs to bring in more of regulating everything, not just

anti-doping, nationality, illegal betting, age-group manipulation. All

those things, under the same remit of corruption which needs to be

looked at in the sport. Everything needs to be independent but the

biggest part of that is anti-doping, bringing things away from the Court

of Arbitration for Sport and making that in-house so sanctions can be

passed quicker and faster so we can have some control over it. It is our

sport so we should say whether it is a life ban or not. That is the issue

I have. It is a human right to be able to come back and practice your

sport, it is not. It is a privilege and if you violate the rules then

you should not come back. What do you make of Lord Coe's comments? Has

he moved quicker enough in those two years to create a sense this will

never happen again and we can stop this corrosion? He makes a

legitimate comment that we are subject to the Wada code and they

will not let us impose an eight year or a lifetime ban. There are things

that we can do within the sport and rules you can set up, there are

things we can do that makes it more difficult for athletes to come back.

As an example, prize-money you've won over the years that you have

been using drugs. Paying that back before you can get back into the

sport. That sort of thing. There are all sorts of things that would make

it more difficult for an athlete to come back. I would like to see Lord

Coe try to implement those. If you get more of the brewing that you we

got for Justin Gatlin, then he has support to say, our fans don't want

this. Why did they not do for you and Blake or a LaShawn Merritt? Will

they be doing it today? They won't. Two years ago that narrative got

started and it had to do with good and evil. The media created this. We

are as guilty of that. Exactly. I said that then. It does not do a

service to the fight that we need against doping in sport, trying to

get a situation where we have a level playing field for all

athletes. Lets get some reaction from the wider picture. Darren

Campbell, one of our colleagues from five live. We know you love your

sport. Are you a little bit less in love? I will never fall out of love

with athletics. Last night was disappointing but the crowd voiced

their feelings. That sort of reaction we normally see whether

football player leaves a football club and play for somebody else.

What that showed me is the public still love the sport, they

understand the sport and they voiced their reaction. They paid their hard

earned money and I'm sure the fact that Usain Bolt was competing, those

tickets would have been very expensive. The emotions last night

where to do that. Today I would hope we have settled down a little bit. I

hope we deal with today with a bit more dignity. We don't have to

celebrate but maybe at that moment we are just silent. I've heard

people speak on radio about boycotting going to events. So you

are talking about silence being the answer and the potential to show

disapproval might be to mess the ceremony altogether and athletics

altogether? Obviously that is home fans feel. The reason we should not

do that as there are two other people in the medal ceremony, one of

those is Usain Bolt, the other is a young athlete, Christian Coleman,

this is his first major championships. I would not want him

leaving without the memory. Ultimately it is not Justin Gatlin's

fall. The fault lies with him in regards the drug test but the reason

he's here, that is not his fault. The question was, what do you need

to do to be banned for life? Do we get to that situation you are

penalised for abusing the trust the fans give. I feel for parents.

Imagine if you brought your child here, everybody says, why is

everybody brewing. This is affecting everybody. It's time for change. The

guys are talking about it in the studio. People's reaction to him, we

don't see it to people like LaShawn Merritt, running today, Blake,

people who had those tests. Is it fair, the way that he's been treated

and how do we educate the public? The emotions by the way that they

were because it was Usain Bolt. He's given so much to the sport. People

empathise with Usain Bolt. He gives his plane, he goes round the track.

I don't think it's as simple as Justin Gatlin being the poster boy

for drug cheats. This began in Beijing. He should have beat Usain

Bolt in Beijing. He tightened up, his shoulders when high, he lost

that race. This time round, he looked for the mistake, the final

ten metres. He was not in the mix. Fair play, he held him off but

neither of them saw it. The fairy tale would have been Usain Bolt

receiving his final gold medal in an individual event. Thanks for your

opinions. The last British man to win a medal in the championships. He

echoed a lot of our sentiments. This did start two years ago. The

narrative has continued. It is uncomfortable. The brewing was

horrendous. -- the booing. If we start encouraging our fans, British

fans, to boycott and leave stadiums, that's a big problem. We need to

encourage people to come in and look at our national trials, which were

virtually deserted. The lifetime bans, for me, I've said it, I think

two offences, you should be out. The innocent young athletes, this is not

just about the athletes but the coaches, the agents that are

complicit. They carry on coaching. They carry on coaching. Certain

cultures have been around a long time, the athletes test positive and

we don't talk about it and that is the only uncomfortable thing, the

coach needs to be out, right across the entourage. (XXX) fining

federations. We sanction Russia when they went against the rules. They

are not the only country where this is going on. A lot of countries.

When you go above a certain amount of athletes, get fines. We need to

encourage people. That was my problem. The kids in this stadium

who watched and asked why people are booing, it is because he broke the

rules and codes of ethics. I'm not sure you can ever tell a crowd how

to behave and I cannot imagine a situation where, if Usain Bolt is in

the room, anybody will not cheer. If he's there, people want to be

enthusiastic. It won't be silence. You could be silent for Justin

Gatlin. You don't need to boo. Usain Bolt will be recognised for his

bronze medal. Both of them can be cheered. They reacted to Justin

Gatlin and only Justin Gatlin. But I agree with both of you. I don't

believe that the answer is fans boycotting events. I do think fans

have a role to play in putting pressure on the Wada, putting

support behind Sebastian Coe when he says we want a lifetime ban. When

your hands are tied you need the support of fans to say, we don't

want athletes who have had an infraction twice or even once in the

sport. There are two men today who have served bans. The crowd will not

acknowledge that because their knowledge is not as deep and they do

react to headlines and narratives, of which we were part of. We are

going back to 2015 and the build-up of reaction and the post reaction to

that race and contrast that to last night.

Usain Bolt gets out pretty well. They are together, Usain Bolt gets

it! I think he has! Pretty good start, he chases him

hard. Here he comes. Justin Gatlin WinZip! It is Justin Gatlin! Right

at the death. He steals it. Usain Bolt never got there.

Let's join Steve Cram in the commentary box. Good morning. The

line that you used in 2015 was, he may have saved the sport. In light

of last night, what was that? I don't think it was a good night in

the sense that you've seen the headlines, we walked with others

outwith the crowd and we were talking to a few people. The booing

is not nice for Justin Gatlin as an individual but he personifies what

people don't like about the sport and they have a right to show that.

For that reason, we should not take it lightly. It was not a good night

for athletics for those reasons. I also said in commentary, it is

sport, there's no script to follow. They took the opportunity to voice

frustrations. It is not his fault. He is the most famous drug cheat in

the world in a stark event. I chatted to other people. The

ceremony has been switched to a different time. I'm still grappling

with it thyself. The line I used was, he may have saved his sport. I

am a headline grabber. We've all been saying, Usain Bolt, it should

not have been his responsibility to save the sport and it is not Justin

Gatlin who solely personifies what is wrong with the sport. They are

the lightning rods to which everybody is gravitating. Last night

we saw that reaction. Thanks very much, Steve. We will catch up later.

He's got a long day ahead of him. There's lots more athletics going

on. Lots of things to be positive about. Is going to be some fantastic

British chances. The heptathlon, is ongoing today. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson has let herself with a lot to do but is not out of

the picture completely. She is starting with one of the best

events, long jump, and it is how she recovered. She ran hard in the 200

last night, I hope the legs are fresh. She knows what she has got to

do, she has got to jump very, very well, and maybe increase the

distance between her to try and climb up the leaderboard a little

bit. Just one more question on last night, and the ramifications, you

know, I had a few things this morning on the radio, this will ruin

the whole championships, it will be talked about everyday - that is

sensationalism, isn't it? This won't be the story of the championships.

No, it will be what it was before, Mo Farah in his last race is on the

track, and he has got one more, it will also be Usain Bolt's last

championships, he has got the relay coming up, which will be amazing,

you will see the same crowds trying to get a view of him for the last

time on the track, and that will be a great competition as well with the

US, Great Britain, Japan, Jamaica, the 4x100m relay. And Wayde van

Niekerk in the 400m, trying to complete the 400-200 double, so many

things going on, and let's dispose with the sensationalism. Let's tell

you what is coming up today. Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Will Hope to shine on day two of the heptathlon, but Olympic champion

Nafi Thiam is also in action. She had a really strong day, and the

Belgian looks well-placed to claim world gold. Marathon time on the

streets of London, Callum Hawkins is attempting to build on his top-ten

finish in Rio last summer. Four months ago, Josh Griffiths was an

unknown club runner, today he makes his World Championship debut over

26.2 miles. The marathon man to beat is Daniel Barron Giroud, he took a

surprise victory in the London Marathon in April. In the women's

race, the ringing world champion, Marian Dibaba, is the woman to beat.

America's world champion Allyson Felix tops the bill in the women's

400m heats. Kerron Clement begins his 400m hurdles campaign. We will

see Andrew Pozzi in the 110 metres hurdles as that gets off and

running. And Omar McLeod Jamaica also in the hurdles. This is the

timetables so you can pick out how to spend your Sunday morning, and

see the things that matter most to you, and the heptathlon takes off,

steeplechase in just a few minutes' time.

We are on air on BBC Two until five o'clock, it really is a marathon

broadcasting day! But it there is a man who can last the distance, we

have got in the commentary box - Steve Cram.

Thanks, it is a long day, loch going on in the stadium, two marathons, I

do not know how many people will be watching athletics on the streets or

in the stadium, but a big day. The sun is shining, and we start with

the steeplechase first-round, three races, the first three and the

fastest losers to the final. Birech will be one of the favourites, but

Zak Seddon next game will be delighted to have made the team. Zak

is full of smiles, relishing the opportunity.

Krystian Zalewski of Poland on the inside there, we have got a very

good Moroccan in this race as well, Soufiane Elbakkali, so it tough

first round for Zak Seddon. It is not quite full in the stadium yet,

people still coming in, sold-out, the evening sessions through the

rest of the week, last night was incredible, and just to carry on as

Paula has come down to the commentary box, just to carry on, it

takes A-level while, it takes about an hour to get there! -- a little

while. The idea that everyone is just going to remember that, I don't

think that is true, a lot of people saying how much they enjoy the

championships, and the question keeps getting as, where are we going

to win any more medals from? I would love us to be winning a medal from

the steeplechase, but it would be good just to see some of these guys

advance from the heats into the final here today, a tough ask, tough

conditions, the first three and six fastest losers will go through. Zak

Seddon is a pretty exciting young talent here, he has done well. If I

tell you that he turned up to the training camp in the same pair of

shoes that he has been running in since January, he was just happy to

find himself on the team and in that situation. And who stepped up to

lend a new pair of shoes but Mo Farah? He is running around in sheep

bikes that have been lent to him, but he has worked hard to be here.

-- in spikes. He is a British athlete that did not expect to make

the team, out there, competing in the stadium, let's in front of full

crowds, full support, taking their first steps on a journey, knowing

that their future is being looked after in the right way. Just a point

on that group, this is the biggest ever endurance squad, I think since

2012. 1912! Sorry, it is going to be a long day to day, since 1912, yes!

More women than ever before, obviously we saw both Lauras going

through to their final, Zak Seddon here. So the early pace is pretty, I

mentioned Birech in this race, Elbakkali has been having a

brilliant season, the tall Moroccan in the red in about fifth place at

the moment, two very good young Ethiopians, whose ages down as 18 or

19, just to come back to that point about age manipulation. I watched

them in Hengelo, and I was impressed, good pace, technique is

not brilliant, but only 17, well, that is what is aged says, but

obviously a young talent. Ethiopia has not really found anyone to

challenge the Kenyans. Ethiopia has not concentrated on this, we have

seen a few women come through in steeplechase from Ethiopia, but on

the men's side, nowhere near the domination, and we talk about the

100m being so important... The Swedish athlete looks like he is

living. We talk about Kemboi personifying the event, it is very

much an event that people go into, for many countries steeplechase is

seen as something that you go into if you are not quick enough to make

the 1500m team the 5000m team, you will concentrate on steeplechase.

That is a very good point. Kenya will be hoping to maintain the

dominance, the big news was Kipreto coming to compete, he has not been

in great shape, Birech's big rival, national rival, he is right up

there. Zak Seddon doing a good job, it is going to get tougher, but he

has got himself nicely involved, and that is good to see. Elbakkali, I

saw him run in the Diamond League in Rabat, incredibly impressive. He

made it look way too easy, to be honest, just moving up on the inside

now to joint third place. Yeah, Krystian Zalewski of Poland just

moving onto the shoulder of Zak Seddon, just moving around him now,

and is Zak Seddon has it in his legs to latch onto the back of him, he is

a really wily competitor, as we see Elbakkali moved easily to the front.

He does look strong, and he ran scarily well in Rabat, and I think

some of the rumours, we talk about the fact that Kenya has a

steeplechase tradition, but Morocco has a steeplechase tradition that

has been a little bit sullied by the results in coaching. It passed me

by, Paula, tucked on the inside there, we know his background, he is

the tall figure in blue of France, and I am seeing him just move

outside now, I can't understand the strength of this heat, you have got

Birech, you have got Elbakkali, and some runners who should have been in

the third heat, but it has been made even tougher in this race. The big

names coming to the fore, going through 2000m at a steady pace, just

trying to work out, that has thrown us a little bit, the fact that he is

in this race, it must have been a redraw, I don't think you would just

have come out, he has done some controversial things, but to race in

the wrong heat would be really pushing it, I can only imagine that

France put in a complaint, do they have three runners in this one, and

they decide they need one in each of the heats? Well, Birech almost took

a tumble at the water jump, one of the favourites, so here goes

Elbakkali as they take the bell. Zak Seddon just starting to feel as

though he is struggling, obviously, you would expect that to happen, the

six fastest loser spots are available, so if he can stay in the

top nine, he has got a slim hope of hanging in, but it is Elbakkali, the

very good Ethiopian, Wale, Birech on the inside, the runner from Uganda

struggling over that barrier. But now Elbakkali stretching out.

Elbakkali stretching out really well, he doesn't really need to do

any more, very much controlling this from the front, and the battle

behind will go on behind him, going on for the third automatic

qualifying place. The first two are clear at this point with a couple

more barriers to clear. Really upsetting things there, Birech is

really struggling, a bit of a shock. Mekhissi, who was moved into this

heat, Elbakkali clears the last barrier, so does Mekhissi, Wale in a

real sprint, they will be the top three qualifiers, and the first

surprise is that Birech, who would have been one of the favourites for

a medal, we'll have to wait to see if his time is going to be quick

enough. Zak Seddon crosses in 8:33, and at the moment he will be a

loser, but with two more races to come, he has got a very slim chance

of staying in there. So Elbakkali, Mekhissi, well, that made that an

incredibly difficult race. You could actually look at those three, the

real medal contenders, three of them in the same semifinal, a tough one

for Zak Seddon. Well, the heptathlete are out for day two,

first event is the long jump, five of seven, this event. The favourite

is not in the lead, Thiam, the Olympic champion, trailing the

German, Carolin Schafer, after the first day of action. So Thiam, first

attempt in the long jump. Slightly laboured on the approach, it is

beyond six metres, lifetime best of 6.50, she jumps that in Rio en route

to Olympic glory. Slightly tentative there, just knocking off a bit of

the soreness from her day's work yesterday.

We have seen athletes fall foul of that. Making no mistake there, for

the opener. There is Katarina Johnson-Thompson. She made some

inroads into salvaging her day yesterday. It did not go well. One

metre 80. It was way down. Huge dent in her campaign to a potential

medal. It is not all lost. A global medallist. She will need to go close

to Vista content. How was that as an experience? I've worked my it was

incredible. On that track, that is enough to keep me going. Was your

plan to give you this going forward? I came into the Championship,

realistically it was going to take something special. One of these days

when everything clicks. In the end, I did not have it. A quick word on

Mo Farah. He is a legend. I did not have any decent spikes. I did not

take the trainers off for two weeks. Good at going forward. I hope to see

you soon. Apologies, I thought he was in ninth place but sadly he was

intense. There he is. An anxious wait. Good support for the

heptathlete is. Twice European champion, first attempt in the long

jump, over six metres, just. Down on what she is capable of. Maybe out of

contention on day two. Going to be really tight. It looks as though

gold and silver are wrapped up. Here is an athlete to keep an eye

on. This is the penultimate event after the long jump.

Can claim up from a position overnight. Around that six-metre

mark. Some of the fatigue and I work from yesterday, it is good strategy

to get that first. Safe on the board. First attempt, get one in,

and you've got two attempts. That is what has happened. Here is your

overnight leader. We knew she was in shape. That was a really solid first

day. She knows she can give the champion something to think about.

Looking to retain a Leeds. A big jump is needed. Again, slightly

tentative. Shakes her head. 6.20 she jumped last year. Sixth in the

Olympic Games. Good discipline on the board. A little step sideways

which will be celebrate and lose a little bit of distance. Needs more,

more likely. An athlete who has no room to be cautious. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson needs The Jump of her life if she is to wrestle her

way back into contention. Carrying that. Underperformed in the high

jump. Blistering run. She's got her jumping legs on. What

is it going to do? She has maybe lost her balance from yesterday.

Just faltered. Decelerating and losing distance despite it being OK

on take-off. We talked about her as a contender for medals. She will be

one person to keep an eye on. It will come down to that race for the

medals. Rodriguez is a contender as is

Katarina Johnson-Thompson for bronze. She knows what she needs to

do here. The second fastest ever. Two jumps remaining. Only three

lacked jumps for this. Katarina Johnson-Thompson eyeing up this. I

huge roar from the crowd to lift her spirits, dampened somewhat

yesterday. Does she want it enough? Does she have the mettle?

It is a big effort. Is it a white flag? It's a huge jump, yes it is!

Cage -- KJT may have jumped back into the medals. We know that she's

a great long jumper. That is a really good jump. Exactly what she

needed. The crowd response. They know the importance of that leap in

this fifth event of seven. It was never going to go right in every

event. It has here. That improves her chances. We'll take a breath and

compose herself. There is a chance to let loose. There is a brawl ran

the stadium. A smile from Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

They come round the bend. We have the favourite for this.

Silver-medallist in Rio de Janiero, and the next heat. Four Kenyon is

involved in this. Evan Jager moves so well. I'm not

sure that Ezekiel Kemboi is in the kind of form that means you can win,

but you never know. And Ieuan Thomas of Cardiff. Keep an eye on him. Yes,

it's a very interesting story, how he made the championships. Came so

close to getting the qualifying and actually fell. Was invited on a

rankings service. Work hard for a chance to experience this. Anyone

who watched this knows how well he dominated. He's really established

himself as the man to take on the mantle. Losing a bit of touch at the

moment. The Moroccan who ran 12, but failed to finish in Stockholm, just

staying out of trouble. Quite tight, as we saw in the first heat. Coming

through. We have a fall down there. Just trying to see who it was who

went down. He would have been a contender. He was rolling around and

he's lost too much contact no. Falls foul of the steeplechasers. Became

European champion when he removed his best in celebration. Talking

about this qualifications, he was supposed to retire after the Olympic

Games but he was running right behind and noticed Ezekiel Kemboi

put a toe nail on the infield and was disqualified. Technically it was

correct, it was certainly against the spirit of the sport and many

were unhappy. Was upgraded to bronze and he came back and said, I'm not

finished. Hopefully enjoying his experience

but at the front, Evan Jager has lifted it. There is a contrast as

you see the clean technique. Contrast with the technique of

Ezekiel Kemboi, not quite as smooth but it gets the job done. You never

know which one will turn up but he has something to settle. He has

hardly turned up. Usually has one good race. Ezekiel Kemboi is almost

toying with him. He's such a great change of pace, even at the age of

35. He is looking round. Kemboi is having to dig in, Seboka

trying to get back to him, a flying finish from Seboka, I think Yoann

Kowal just holds an, I am not sure he knew Kemboi was coming up on the

inside, three go through automatically, Jager looking easy,

backing up his favoured status. Ieuan Thomas coming through now over

the final barrier, some way down on his best. I am not sure if Kemboi

might just have sneaked it from Kowal, it was certainly very close.

But Evelyn -- Evan Jager the winner, it will be a great final. Yes,

confirmation that Kowal has grabbed the place, we haven't seen the time

for Kemboi, but I think the race was quick enough that he has a very good

chance of going through as a fastest loser, Kemboi. He did not have

enough in his legs, stuttering really badly. Certainly at this

final barrier, he stutters, then he starts to make up ground on Kowal,

who looks comfortably clear at this point, but Seboka launched his

charge, and Kemboi tried to react, but his best was not quick enough at

the end. Have they been given the same time? If you watch Kowal, he

thinks he has made it, and he sort of starts to look around a little

bit, eases off a little bit, reasonably comfortable. Seboka

appears on his outside, and he doesn't realise that Kemboi is on

the inside, suddenly he has to make a bit more of... A secondary surge!

Just enough to see him through, but Jager looking tremendous out in

front. Here is a little look at the

overnight standings before we catch up with the long jump, the fifth of

seven events, Carolin Schafer of Germany hit of Nafi Thiam. We would

get the thoughts of Toni Minichiello, Jess Ennis-Hill, your

thoughts on KJT's chances of a medal? She's still in there, she

will have to get a really good jump in, she has started well, three

centimetres better than last time, so an extra nine points, starting to

close the gap. What you have to like at is the difference between Schafer

and Thiam, converted two centimetres, Thiam has to be Schafer

by seven centimetres. If we go down, Rodriguez has to beat Thiam, sorry,

be Schafer by 43 centimetres. So there are differences, so that they

go into the javelin even. Here is Thiam on the run. With Katarina

Johnson-Thompson looking on in support, 6.20 in the first round, it

is better, slightly. Well, we expected more, maybe, by the look on

her face. Your thoughts on that jump, Tony. At this kind of speed,

it was hard to see, not really pulling her foot underneath,

carrying the speed off and out. It is not about the speed on the

runway, it is the speed that you leave the take-off board with, that

is what Tigist Tufa into the pit. A better jump, 6.33, an extra 13

centimetres. She is quite a long way down on what she is capable of, what

she did in Rio last year, Thiam. Well, smiles on her face, she will

have been pleased with her first jump. I think it is a great market

to open up with that kind of jump. Let's have a look at her again. This

is a look back at that opening jump of Johnson-Thompson, 6.56, talk me

through it. I tell you what, I am nervous, a little bit short on the

board, she tends to put her foot out longer on the block, and even she

knows it is close, because she has been erratic on long jump runways.

But she has changed her run-up, she goes for a rolling start, and any

error on the rolling start, five or ten centimetres, is with double by

the time you get to the board. Not the fullest try off the board, I

think she has cut that short. I think she knew she would be tight on

the board, perfect board, drops her feet in a little bit early for me,

see how the arms are well forward. So more distance to come? I

definitely think so. Look at that, a bit of positivity from Toni

Minichiello! Are you being cheeky?! It is a bit difficult at there, the

winds that we are getting, minus wins, into the face, we saw plus 2.2

in one of the competitions, so the wind is gusting around, it will play

havoc with the run-up. My advice would be to move back a shoe, then

run at it hard. Omega and back, give yourself space, and run added. -- so

move back. It is these moments between jumps. The critical thing

here, and it is going to happen, forget the

difference between Kat for gold against Thiam and Schafer, forget

that, that may have gone. Johnson-Thompson needs to beat the

Cuban girl by 23 centimetres to go into the javelin even, and then when

you get to the javelin, 20 points, that is where you have got to make

the difference again. Yeah come intriguing stuff, that is

going to keep us interested all day today, the marathons to come, this

is the morning, the men's marathon, incidentally, starts in about 20

minutes. We have got lots of other action on attractive blondes as

well. This is the line-up for the final heat. Tindouft has been added,

the Moroccan. Mekhissi should have been in this one, but Tindouft is in

this one now. Rob Mullett is in this one. 16-year-old Jakob Ingebrigsten,

part of the brilliant family, the latest to throw himself on to the

world stage, only 16 years of age. Good 1500m right, but going in the

steeplechase, a bit of a baptism of fire for him. II -- Brimin Caputo,

and there is Rob Mullett, you might have

heard Zak Seddon talking about him, I loved his comment, that would keep

the running for another ten years, the excitement that he felt wearing

the vest. Hughes, the very good Canadian. There is Ingebrigtsen.

There he is, Kipruto, really interesting, as I say, to see how he

is going to compete, because he has been not been competing very well,

he has been injured, his very first race in the Diamond League in Doha

was very average, so a lot of question marks over the Olympic

champion here. We have just seen Ezekiel Kemboi have to sprint, and

he will now have to wait to see if he goes through as the fastest

loser. Four Kenyans in here, there is Kemboi, the Diamond League

champion, sorry, defending champion, excuse me. Four Kenyans in the

steeplechase this year, two of them in this heat. Again, top three, the

fastest loser spot is 8:26, that is the slowest of the fastest losers,

so incredibly tough task for Rob Mullett, if it wasn't already.

Right, I way they go, let's catch up with the long jump in the

heptathlon. Carolin Schafer of Germany, the overnight leader, she

is a contender possibly for gold. She looks on course for a certain

medal. She was runner-up to Thiam in an historic heptathlon competition

earlier in the summer, with a lifetime best. Taking her time here,

as she is entitled to, 6.10 in the first round, she knows she is going

to have to improve on that to give Thiam something to think about.

Well, it is a slight improvement, by the looks of it, into a gentle

headwind. 0.7 metres per second, the headwind, for the long jumpers.

Maybe Schafer would have expected more, she jumped in excess of 6.50

en route to that score earlier this summer. They did have the wind at

her back. You can see she is tightening up and grimacing as she

comes in, really tight across the shoulders, that just impede

movement, run open, run loose, that is what gives you speed. Run open,

run loose! Tough in the World Championships, though, isn't it?

Schafer waiting for her distance. Looking for something bigger than

6.1 zero. Next up is your Bilic Rodriguez of Cuba. -- Yorgelis

Rodriguez. There are two parallel runways here, it is busy. She might

have to ask an official to go and get a tape measure, it might be

quicker! So, then, it is taking longer than every other jump, I

don't know if there is a problem here, but the athletes do not need

this. We will update you on that as we get the result of Schafer's

distance. The early pace being shared,

Matthews of Canada in second place, he got it moving at a reasonable

pace, and as we have all been saying, when you are in the third

heat and you know what you have to do, 8:26 gives you a chance, a

little nudge there! It is just because Sikowo was coming across,

use wanted some room, a reluctant leader, running wide in the lane.

Rob Mullett just at the back, Ingebrigtsen towards the back of the

group, the 16-year-old. And I missed the kilometre point, Paula, help me

out, I didn't see it. To: 52, a little smaller they need to get

things moving along. Rob Mullett will not too much surging, just

moving give themselves a good view of the barrier. Quite a few guys

jostling for position, the silver holding up is hand, just to say it

wasn't his fault. Matt Hughes fell badly in the Diamond League in

Monaco, but he recovered well. He wants to keep himself out of

trouble, and when it goes slow, like this, they are all getting a bit and

see, pushing around, making sure they get clear sight of the barrier.

Young Ingebrigtsen moving out wide to make sure he gets a clear view,

very exciting. The youngest ever, no, this year when he broke through

the four minute barrier for the mile, the youngest ever man to do

that, very talented family, and where does he fit in? Where is his

strongest event? He is still finding that out.

That roar was for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who has taken to

the runway for the second attempt in his fifth event. Rodriguez, the

previous jumper, was 6.23, in fourth place behind Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, who has moved into third place as we stand. The middle

of the fifth event, Johnson-Thompson, round two of the

long jump. No. If you watch that again, you will see her length and

three or four steps out, she just reaches, and this is the problem

with Kat, the poor discipline in her running. She just let the Shingo

away and the foot lead out. It is a rhythm thing, exactly the same in

the high jump, wasn't it? It is that, trying too hard, the

inaccuracy of the rolling start. If she fixes that, this kid can jump

seven metres, no doubt. She has got one more chance to do that, a foul

in the second round, but you can see that Johnson-Thompson is definitely

in medal contention. OK, one more to come for KJT, the

last heat has not been pedestrian but pretty slow, and sadly Rob

Mullett is really struggling there. Big problems in terms of fastest

losers, but for a Rob Mullett, even that pace is a bit of a struggle.

The two Americans now, just watching as Matt Hughes comes up round the

outside. Oh! Oh and another faller. It was the Swede there who went

down. Kipruto just trying to decide whether things are moving on. I

don't think it was anyone's fault there. Solomon just going down

really heavily. Matt Hughes has taken the opportunity of the upset

caused their to break away. The gaps are appearing. Hughes is putting the

pressure on. About time too, Paula. It was slow. About time too. The

guys were bunched together and waiting for somebody else to make

the move. When Solomon went down there, everyone got a shot of

adrenaline. It is who reacted the fastest to that. Matt Hughes has a

bit of a cushion there. In terms of stringing out this race, it is going

to hot up now in the final lap. So Matt Hughes in a very good position

here. The tall Ethiopian is now looking threatening. Kipruto, this

will be a big test for him. Only the top three. They cannot afford not to

be in the top three. Anything slower than about 8.21... Hughes, what a

great performance from him. Lovely technique from the Canadian.

Hurdling very nicely indeed. The Olympic champion moving into third.

Matt Hughes is just looking a little bit tired over the water jump there.

These three are moving away now. The last barrier. Safely over. Not so

good from Hughes, but he can CB hind him. A real scrap on for the fastest

loser spots. 25, 26, no. Only one fastest loser from that heat. So

plenty of people, including the former Olympic champion, Kipruto.

Thankfully, you said that only one fastest loser would come from that

heat, because there was a faller who hit the ground hard and just

stumbled over the line. He was going so well. He almost came to a

standstill in the water, his legs look going, and he climbed over the

final barrier, and just kind of foul. We will be discussing the

men's marathon shortly. Ideal conditions, it really is. A crisp,

beautiful, almost autumnal morning. Brendan Barber will be commentating

on that marathon. We haven't yet discussed the events of last night

and the ramifications of that victory for Justin Gatlin. Famously,

two years ago, there was images of you dancing in the aisles when Usain

Bolt one in Beijing. With that in mind, tell us what you are feeling

this morning. I wasn't dancing last night. I was very disappointed with

the fact that Usain Bolt didn't win the race. I was also disappointed it

was Justin Gatlin and, who has been banned in the past for taking drugs,

who actually won the race. In many ways, the story is the bad guy. And

he's not a bad guy. He beat the hero, and he is the hero. I was

really sad, but when you analyse it, we are covering sport here. The

story, if it was fiction, you would write the story that Usain Bolt

managed to hold himself together, come across the line and win by four

hundredths of a second. But this is different. The fairy tale ending,

the ending of drama, of a story... It wasn't a great ending, but the

ending was that the great hero, the legend of our sport, one race to

many, one season to many, trying to hold his body together, trying to

get in time, his start being in his mind and disappointing him, and

being unable to win the race. He only lost by four hundredths of a

second. It was a story of real sport, but disappointment. The

surround sound is not great and the crowd was booing for Justin Gatlin,

which is disappointing. But they wanted to see Usain Bolt win his

last individual race, which she wasn't able to. He wasn't able to

increase as number of gold medals. We were disappointed, the crowd was

disappointed, but we are dealing in sport at the end of the day. Thank

you very much, Brendan. Let's focus on a couple of the Brits taking part

in the men's marathon. Josh Griffiths came to our attention in

spectacular style when he ran his very first marathon earlier this

year. The London Marathon was going to be my first, and I was hoping to

run it under 2.16, which is the Wales Commonwealth Games qualifying

time. I had trained for a long time. COMMENTATOR: There is an athlete

wearing 114, who could well be Josh Griffiths. This could be a surprise

hit. That is under 2.15. Halfway round, I caught up with some of the

lead British runners. I was still worrying about my watch and nothing

else, because I thought these guys were in a different race. I worked

my way through the field and across the line, and I realised what had

happened. COMMENTATOR: Could this young man be

representing Great Britain in the World Championships in London? I

thought I had just qualify for London, but I didn't want to count

my chickens or anything. I was waiting for the phone call a couple

I have the very best of British with me right now. What about the

reaction of your fellow athletes? They were really excited. Excited

that I get to race in the Champs in the summer. It makes them believe

that it could happen to them as well. That is the great thing about

running. It is a true democracy, because if you are good enough, you

train fast -- hard enough and fast enough, you get in. You a poster boy

for club runners can achieve major feats and join the elite in the way

that you have? Definitely. I know people probably better than me who

just have not made the jump. You have to continue to work hard and

believe in yourself, and what I achieved in London shows it is

possible. If I got to be a full-time athlete, it would be a dream come

true. The benefits of being here, as a newcomer to the team, is you can

pick the brains of some of the more experienced people here. There's a

host of people here with more experience, so it's great to be

talking to them, get advice on things like having to deal with

nerves. The London Marathon was amazing, the crowd there. It is

going to be similar, if not better, at the world champs in the summer.

I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be a great experience.

We wish Josh the very best of luck today, and Callum Hawkins as well.

Ninth in Rio, hoping to build on that. It is a looping course. They

run it four times. It starts at Tower Bridge, and it's looking

absolutely resplendent today. Not dissimilar to the day we had

recently for the London Marathon. I'm delighted to turn you over to

our marathon commentary team, Paula Radcliffe, Brendan Foster and Steve

Cram. A beautiful day in London. The last

one was won by Daniel Wanjiru. He is familiar with the course on Tower

Bridge. Before the halfway point normally, and it is the start of

this World Championship marathon. So they have four laps. This will

effectively be the start straight and finish straight. They will not

come back onto Tower Bridge until they have finished the race. The lab

is just ten kilometres. 42: that is of the marathon. It is pretty much

along the embankment. Those who are used to watching the marathon will

recognise it. We have a good representation from Great Britain,

as we have heard. Josh Griffiths, a great story. Davies has been brought

in as a late replacement, and Callum Hawkins, who I can already see three

or four in from the left-hand side. He is wearing sunglasses and the

white and blue of Great Britain, the kind of blue shoulders. What a great

performance from him in Rio. We have very good Kenyans, very good

Ethiopians, lining up here, in what is always still one of the

highlights any Championships. I agree with that. I am delighted to

see the crowds on the roads of London. We are commentating from a

distance, here in the Olympic Stadium, and here we are on the

streets of London, largely running on the embankment, eventually

running around St Paul's and back along the embankment. Four laps of

around 10,000 metres. This famous bit of the London Marathon course,

along by Tower Bridge and down the Mall eventually. British distance

running in terms of today's performer, we are really looking to

Callum Hawkins to provide us with a run for our money. The crowd are

expecting a battle with the Africans, a battle with the

Ethiopians, and the Japanese team are pretty strong. A battle with the

Kenyans. It would be great for us today, Paula, if we could see Callum

Hawkins feature in this race. It would be really special. The guys

racing here today, the people racing on the track have had the

opportunity to compete in an amazing atmosphere and an amazing stadium.

The crowds on the streets for a marathon in London will make it

great, and to see a bricked up there would be amazing. As you see, a

steady start. The laps are very familiar. Running into the final

miles of the London Marathon, but it's just the start it. They go

along the embankment almost up to Westminster. We will be able to see

Big Ben. They turn around and head back into the city around St Paul's

Cathedral, by the Guildhall and the Bank of England, and then dropped

back down onto the embankment. That will be the condition of the first

lap. I'm pretty sure the crowds are going to build. As we progress

through the next couple of hours. Lots going on back in the stadium,

and we will be going backwards and forwards to the marathon. Let's

catch up with the long jump. It is the heptathlon in the Olympic

Stadium. A beautiful day. It is the second day for the heptathlete. One

place behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the third round,

Vetter. That is better. Vetter one of a trio of strong Dutch

heptathlete. That is an improvement for her. A good run. Unfortunately,

when she plants her foot on the board, she has a bent knee, so she

doesn't quite get the left. Anthony, crumples a bit, doesn't quite get

the lift. She would get more distance if she stood up on that.

But she looks happy. It is 6.32, her season's best. She has a very good

javelin, and she is on for 6550. That is going to be in and around

for the bronze medal. It is all about points in the heptathlon. And

this is Thiam. She is already in the lead, with six metres 33. Last

attempt to improve it. It's a big effort.

When the pressure builds, she gets better - that is the mark of a

champion. Look at body, Chester, reaches she is a tough cookie. --

chest up. 6.33 was her best so far, 6.58 is a lifetime best, that looks

close to it. It is a season's best, 6.57, consolidates her first place

position with two events remaining. All right, then, the overnight

leader, Schafer, has gone into second place because of Thiam's long

jumping. Schafer chasing, and other jump beyond six metres, 6.20, but it

is a no jump for the German, no improvement. Just going back to

Thiam, her personal best is 6.58, so to produce into a minus 0.5 wind, I

said she was a tough cookie, but what a great competitor, that is the

kind of determination you need in heptathlon. Schafer leaving her toes

out a bit, an erratic individual. Not the best jump for her, looking

at the schools, doing a quick bit of maths, she is still capable of

scoring 6700. The silver-medallist safe as long as she can produce a 50

metres javelin throw that you always tends to do. So a bit of a slip for

Schafer. Thiam rises to the top. Another contender, the young

Rodriguez, the Cuban, 22 years of age, finished one place behind

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, setting a new Cuban record, last year. It is

going to be another ding-dong battle for bronze potentially, her last

attempt, no, 6.23 in the second round was her best. And she is in

fourth place as we stand, Johnson-Thompson in the third-place,

but she has another jump, Johnson-Thompson. She can improve

her situation. We have only got the javelin in this morning session, and

then the 800m to come for the conclusion of the heptathlon, and

Rodriguez was going for it there, that is what happens when you push

too hard, I guess. I think, yeah, she will be disappointed, because

she is capable of 6.50, but she has jumped 17 centimetres better than

last time. For me, Kat needs to jump an additional 25 centimetres, that

is what she needs, she throws around 41-42, then it will be a

straightforward foot race in the 800m, so she needs this. She does

have a tendency, when she runs faster, to open her stride, so you

have got to have discipline here, Kat. Johnson-Thompson, round three

of the long jump. Fast on the approach, good on the board. It is

another jump in the mid 6.5 metres, somewhere in the region of what we

saw in the first round, 6.5 six. I think the look on her face tells us

what we need to know. Not as quick on the runway, determined to get a

jump in, she has sacrificed speed, still got that opens stride, but not

really carried the speeding, unfortunately. Caught in two minds,

I really feel. I mean, I can't mind read, but I get the impression that

she didn't go for it, because she knew that if she went for it, she

might foul. 6.45, you know what, a fantastic jump of 6.56, that is the

competitive streak you want, but the discipline needs to be there on the

runway. An extra 60 points have gone begging there, I think.

Johnson-Thompson looking good with just two events remaining.

Just about ready for the start of the men's 400m hurdles, and that is

how they line up. Kemar Mowatt, Jose Luis Gaspar of

Cuba, the 21-year-old in lane seven. A couple of good Estonians, Jagor

goes in lane six. And there is the Olympic champion, from Rio, won the

title at his third attempt, only seventh in the US trials, but OK to

compete here because he is a wild card as the 2016 Diamond League

winner. Takatoshi Abe of Japan, he has a chance of going through. And

Javier Culson, took bronze on this track five years ago in the

Olympics. 48.76 this season. It has just been announced around the stage

and that four will go through automatically, and the four fastest

losers over the five heats. Britain represented in this one by

Jack Green, who goes in the fifth of the heats. The first heat of the

men's 400m hurdles. So away they go, and we will find

out how Javier cause and's form is, but so too Kerron Clement, who has

been running well this season. -- Javier Culson. The new star of the

event, Kyron McMaster. A good, strong start from Jagor of Estonia

as well, and at the moment it is Clement, Abe of Japan, Jagor

beginning to fade. Culson with a bit of work to do. Four go through

automatically, Jagor coming back into it, but Kerron Clement and Abe

of Japan, and also the Estonian, Jagor, 49.47 for Kerron Clement. I

was going to say he looks as comfortable as it is possible to

look running before the metres hurdles, pretty well controlled by

Kerron Clement, 49.46, and a good run from Abe, the Japanese champion.

And Colin Jackson watching this one along with me, Jagor seem to get a

second wind coming down the straight, but Kerron Clement does

look pretty comfortable. He does look really comfortable indeed, nice

to see him going through the whole process correctly, doing his stride

patches, doing everything right to make sure it is a comfortable switch

down off the final barrier. That is what you want to see from a

champion. Well, the men's pole vault qualification is and the way,

Shawnacy Barber, the reigning world champion, a clearance at 5.30, now

trying 5.4 five. That was unusual, what did he do there?! He handled

that! Colin Jackson will be impressed with that! Not quite sure

what to make of the technicalities of that! Instead of going upside

down above the poll, he kind of straddles it. A bit like a western

role, if you remember that from your schooldays, rolling around the bar,

you do not have to get your centre of gravity up so far. Brendan is

giving me a thumbs up, here are members the Western roll, good to

have some boys who understand what I am talking about! It is a clearance,

if slightly unusual, Shawn Barber looking to defend his title,

automatic or vocation and 5.75, so more to come. -- automatic

qualification. Meanwhile, Tower Bridge looking

resplendent in the sunshine, this is where they will end up for the

finish, they left about 50 minutes ago, and let's just have a look at

the lap that I mentioned earlier. Four laps, they will not come back

to Tower Bridge until the end, they go along the Embankment, familiar

route for the London Marathon normally, the curve of the river,

Big Ben in the background, almost all the way to Big Ben, almost to

Westminster, but then they turn around just before there, and they

head back in the same direction. And then they just take a little

left-hander and go up through Paternoster square, around Saint

Paul's, Guildhall, as you can see, the Bank of England, through the

City, then back down onto the embankment, and that is about 10K,

and then they will go back and do four laps. That last little bit, as

I said, only on the very last lap. They have just reached the turning

around point, and they are now heading back along the Embankment,

approaching five kilometres. It has been pretty slow up to this point,

nothing much happening, really, a big group, people from Kenya,

Ethiopia, the familiar African contingent, but also, for the Mo

Farah fans, you might member this man racing Mo Farah over 10,000m,

Meucci. 15.58 is very slow for these guys. Callum Hawkins is in that

group on the inside, and he has been training in Spain, there were some

suggestions that maybe things, because he has been having a

cracking year, I am told that the last few weeks have gone reasonably

well, well prepared for this, looking forward to racing well, and

he will not be frightened about being near the front. He won't be

frightened at all, he was very happy to commit in Rio to really go out

and run a very brave race there, made the decision to skip the London

Marathon, to take that pre-selection position and concentrate solely on

this, so he has been training in Bjork, and by all indications things

have gone well and he is excited to get out and race -- training in

Majorca. I have been impressed by the crowd at there watching them

today, a decent day for marathon running - it could have been

oppressive if it was like a few weeks ago. The feed stations for the

individual countries, run member, a completely different organisation to

the London Marathon, it is only this number of runners, a few number of

runners, so specifically designed and organised so the lead athletes,

the Ethiopian, Mekonnen, looking for his specific link with a country

flag on it, so the organisation slightly different to the London

Marathon, which is about catering for the masses. This is about

catering for the elite, but the crowds are happy to see the elite on

this great cause, a great cause for spectator in, because you can see

them four or eight times as they come up and down the Embankment. I

think that is why the crowds are out, a free show, the marathon show,

and also the World Championship show, and later we will see the

women take this course. And next week, the walking as well, Tom

Bosworth, the walks will be on the Mall, leading up to Buckingham

Palace, which will be fabulous and the last day of the championships.

So far this morning first to show his colours at the front is Mekonnen

after the very slow first five kilometres. This is slow motion, in

case you are wondering! One -- Daniel Wanjiru, the winner of the

London Marathon, he will be hoping to repeat that this afternoon, but

very slow pace at the moment. Let's go back to the stadium.

Further to the east of London, we're just about ready for the second heat

of the first round the men's four metres hurdles. I mentioned Kyron

McMaster, the outstanding athlete in this event this year. There is

McMaster, of the British Virgin Islands, world junior

bronze-medallist last, but amazing progress this season down to 47.8

zero, 20 years old, quickest in the world this year, the only man below

48 seconds. Outside him is the Jamaican champion, Hyde. The

Irishman, Barr, is in five. The Japanese runner is in three.

So keep an eye on lane six, Thomas Barr has had injury problems, ran so

well in Rio, just a fraction away from the bronze medal there, but

injury problems this year, an event which takes its toll on the body. At

the moment, Barr, in lane eight, looking so strong, as he has this

season. TJ Holmes, the American, has made

good progress. It will be TJ Holmes who leads them into the final

straight. Four to go through automatically. Barr digging in now.

A fight for fourth place. A dip on fourth place. TJ Holmes and McMaster

ahead of him, and Hyde, and Barr in that the battle for automatic

qualifying place. TJ Holmes was third in the trials, and he looks in

passive, trying to look like it was a stroll in the morning sunshine.

Thomas Barr is looking to the screen for confirmation. Right on the

outside, the world leader. He is young, only 20. From the Virgin

Islands. He has got into that magical figure of 48 seconds. As we

come closer to these championships he has struggled a bit with his

stride pattern and his rhythm, and lost a bit of that early season

form. In London, he struggled. Had to do lots of changing around. All

of that comes from a lack of experience, basically. Where you

have had this great improvement from going from a 49 second run down to

47. The stride pattern and the approach has to change entirely. But

a huge talent. You've got to watch him. Thomas Barr has missed out by

100th of a second in the automatic qualifying places, but he is in a

position for one of the four fastest losers. Lets recap what happened in

the fifth event of the long jump, Katarina Johnson-Thompson. In the

first round, she did this. A really solid effort. 6.56. Really pleased

with that. Unable to improve on it, but it really did salvage her

competition into third place, as you can see behind Carolin Schafer and

Thiam. In contention from that bronze, with Rodriguez. Absolutely.

Needs 40 metres or more to stay in this. Just the javelin and 800

metres to come. Johnson-Thompson in third place as we stand. Still urge

early stages. Hawkins is up there. Haven't seen

Josh Griffiths yet, but I think he's up there. A little bit further back.

We get five kilometre splits, so we can keep an eye on how they are

doing. This is the scenic part of the route. The idea of world

Marathon courses is that they tried to show off the host city as well as

they can, and this one doing that very well indeed. In front of St

Paul's. A beautiful morning in London. As Brendan and Paula were

saying, nice marathon running weather. Not too warm. The winds and

rains we've had at times have hopefully abated. A good crowd

starting to build, and I'm sure that will continue as the morning goes

on. We have mentioned Wanjiru. A very good Kenyan team here. We have

Kipketer in there as well, and Kirui, who won Boston. And silver

medallists in this championship a couple of years ago from Ethiopia.

Polar a contender as well. High quality in this world marathon

final. Showing off the lovely historic part of this great city. St

Paul's and Paternoster Square behind them. Heading back around the city

and back onto the embankment. 18 degrees out there. Not much of a

wind. There is a shower there on the course. A little cooling for some of

them. This is part of the course, you wouldn't expect as many people,

but they are gathering on the embankment, London Marathon style.

Not too much happening, so let's get back to the stadium for these 400

metres hurdles heats. Big news that Kieren McMaster, the

fastest man this year from the virgin Islands, has been

disqualified. That means that Thomas Barr moves up into the automatic

qualifying places. Usually in the 400 hurdles, it means a Trail leg

violation. We will have a look at it, and have a look at McMaster in

that race. 400 metre hurdles, there's lots of things that can go

wrong. You can clip a line. Watch his feet. Is he making any contact

with the line? If it's not violation there. He has taken the barrier

there, as you can see, with his left leg as his lead leg. We cannot tell

from this angle. From the head on you maybe able to see whether he is

trailing. His trail leg is not quite going over the barrier, maybe, which

is the type of thing we need to look out for. Whether he is clearing the

barrier accurately or whether he is clipping the line. This could be

crucial one. No, looks fine. He's looking around. He feels quite

comfortable. At this moment, I can't quite see which of the things he's

done that has caused the disqualification. If you look back

to the first hurdle, when he hit it, it might have been a problem because

of that. He is the quickest in the world this year. There will be an

appeal process for his disqualification. Let's look at the

first hurdle again, as we wait for this third heat. Watch his feet. If

he clips the line in any way, that could be an instant

disqualification. But he looks really smooth. Couldn't see any

mistakes there. Let's see what they eventually say officially. Some of

the bigger and more established countries are good at appealing.

Let's see how the British virgin islands are. Thomas Barr moves up

into the automatic qualification places. This is heat three. Copello

very strong. Gets a little bit easier for some of others involved.

Samba in nine, a very talented youngster. Goes outside Copello

there. Copello is that European champion,

bronze medallist at the last Olympic Games. Four goes through

automatically, without Rasmus Magi as well. The opportunity for one of

the other athletes as a result. Hussain very good, but away from

Switzerland, not quite as strong. Copello, a majestic upright style.

Samba, the Qatari youngster, looking good as well.

Good run from Copello, the European champion. Made it look reasonably

comfortable. Copello looked really good all the way round. No stresses,

got his stride pattern right, very smooth.

Talking about going smoothly, our first bit of pace put on in the

marathon, by Great Britain's Callum Hawkins. He led in Rio for a while,

and he's doing it again in the World Championship marathon. He decided

he'd had enough of that very slow pace. He's in the World Championship

final. Why not? He's in good pace and has run personal bests at half

marathons this year. He knows this is a fantastic stage and a fantastic

opportunity for him. Early, early stages, of course, and an immensely

talented field. In Rio we were like, really, do you want to do that? The

conditions here are not the same as in Rio, so why not? Callum Hawkins

leading the World Championship marathon. He's not leading it at a

stupid pace. It's a sensible pace. It's a good, fast course, great

conditions, very little wind, 55% humidity, so not hot out there.

Advised by great American runner Steve Jones, what would Steve had

done? He would have gone out there. The toughest man on the day is going

to win the race. Almost 10K completed. Callum Hawkins likes to

run in the front. He's not doing something because he's panicking.

We've seen him on the road the last couple of years, running good half

marathons. 15.37 for 10K there. He's comfortable leading. He likes to

lead. An aggressive front runner, not overawed. I don't think this

field is as strong as in Rio, and he led in Rio. He has that extra

experience. He is powerful. We saw him doing this in the Edinburgh

Cross country earlier in the year doing exactly this. It was lovely to

see current leader Callum Hawkins of Great Britain, and by the way,

Scotland. I know, and absolutely belongs there. He's looking around

saying, do any of you want to come with me and make this a proper race?

He's picked up the pace to 2.12 pace, and he's done that in the last

kilometre, so he's running faster than that. He's stretching the

field, and he's capable of doing it. If you look at him may be against Mo

Farah and the stage that Callum Hawkins is in his career, does he

have a bit more over the marathon distance? It is his best distance,

and he's not been afraid to go to it at this early stage in his career.

He's been training and preparing hard for that. If nothing else, he's

poked the wasps nest, because they've all started to buzz around a

little bit. Big names, the people we expect to contend for medals,

hopefully along with Callum Hawkins. Who knows? The race is on now. As

Paula was saying, 15.30 eight. 15.36 for Callum Hawkins himself. The pace

will get quicker from here on in. The man who won here in London...

Just trying to see where he is. Further adrift. Kipketer, who is

there. Sorry, Kirui. Wanjiru up with him as well. On the final lap, they

will go straight into the finish over Tower Bridge. The crowd

starting to build here, which is wonderful. It's always odd to see in

a marathon, three laps to go! It is like a mile race. Overlooking the

tower of London, the athletes back in the stadium, getting ready for

the next round. The tower were resplendent there. The athletes here

in the sunshine ready for the next heat of the 400 hurdles.

Nobody disqualified in the marathon, as far as I'm aware, but a big

disqualification with McMaster. One of the favourites, quickest in the

world this year, from the British Virgin Islands. Disqualified for a

lane infringement, which is stepping over the line on a bend. This is

where we believe it occurred. Just hasn't touched the line, and it is

clear. Absolutely. No argument about that. The distance for the event is

measured as being six inches from the line. So if you clip the line,

it is instant disqualification. He will have known there. There are

officials at every barrier watching. So McMaster went out, and Thomas

Barr moved up into the automatic qualifying places. Here is how they

line up for the next heat. Warholm, very quick, young

Norwegian. A good multi-events athlete, but discovered he was very

good particularly at this event. Just 21. Stand him in good stead in

this event. This man from Jamaica, Ricardo Cunningham. His team-mates

have gone through. There is Warholm. Mostly himself making the noise.

Some of the medal contenders have taken a keen interest in the

disqualification of McMaster, and Stigler will know that his chances

have improved for a potential medal. The same with Warholm. Once you

start to get down to the low numbers...

False start. Not a particularly common occurrence. I was trying to

have a look at that, could not quite see.

Crawling his way to disqualification.

You can sometimes excuse it. Nervousness and adrenaline.

A good athlete, he has gone sub 49 seconds last year.

They are readying themselves again. Just San Toys on the outside in lane

nine. The fastest losers go through as

well. Cleanly away this time. Good start.

The powerful Norwegian coming forward, making great strides.

He is running strongly. Stigler and Santos... Four will go through so it

should still be comfortable enough. Untidy and finishing quickly,

Cunningham for Jamaica needs to finish quickly. He might just do it.

The four were clear. Good run from Santos. He ran blindly and it worked

well for him. Took victory in the Diamond League

and he did it nicely. Incidentally we going backwards and forwards

between the marathon and the events in the stadium. If you want to keep

watching the marathon, it is on the red button at the website. There is

no commentary. Some might think that is a better option! Hopefully you're

enjoying our coverage. We are enjoying watching the leaders,

grabbing some water there. Just warming up litter. We've been

noticing, given McMaster was disqualified in the stadium,

stepping on the line and shortening the route, some of these athletes

have been shortening the route of the London Marathon -- of the

marathon. It would not happen in the London Marathon because of barriers.

When they go round the bend, the definitely cutting the cord. I'm not

happy, Paula is not happy. It is not a disqualification but if you do

enough of them you're running a few yards less. It all adds up given

there four lapse. Somebody needs to get out there and

warned them they should not be doing that. We have seen them doing that

many times before but it is not right. Only 25 years of age. He grew

up a lot after a Rio de Janiero. He was running comfortable alongside

them for much of the route. Splendid sight, London on a beautiful day. It

is pretty good for running. The temperature is rising. It will

probably get warmer in the afternoon. Imagine what it would

have been like. This is not a normal day of work.

Things have changed a little. In the black vest, Yamauchi. He is a serial

marathon runner. He is called the People's Champion in Japan. They

love him. Calumet is moving the pace along.

About 20 seconds behind him, they are approaching. The pace has picked

up a little bit. We're getting ready for that but

also Katarina Johnson-Thompson getting ready for the javelin. The

penultimate event. It is not the strongest event. She will need

something in excess of 40 metres to stay in contention. The better

throwers are in the second pool. We hope and think it is still possible.

Britain's sole representative is Jack Green. He's coming back to some

of his very best form. He goes in lane three. Not the strongest

line-up. Ali of Pakistan, waves to the crowd.

His twin brother won the world title two years ago. Jack Green is being

introduced to the crowd now. Dobek made the finals a couple of years

ago. Jack Green has already been announced to the masses. Such a

young talent when he burst onto the scene, 2011. Game to the Olympics,

hit a barrier. Hit spell of injury. No coming back. Hann of France. Used

to run for Senegal. Jack Green is running comfortable 48. You go back

to his personal best, set in 2012. He's getting close to it. A good man

to have in the relay. Twice the Brazilian champion. He can go beyond

49 seconds. The last of the heats. Roaring for

Jack Green. Little clip on the first barrier, moving along nicely. Fairly

even. The US champion on the outside. We know how quickly he can

go. Fernandez Spain looking strong in lane nine. European

silver-medallist. Jack Green moving into a good position and it's a good

close race. Jack Green hit the barrier had. That may cost him in

the final 50 metres. Hann leaves for France. Green finishing strongly. He

is starting to tire. He might have run out of this. Koech coming

through. He might be OK in terms of times. Even if he is ran out of it.

It was not the final 50 metres he would have had the legs for if he

had not hit the barrier. You can see that he's feeling that there because

he had had. Hann takes the victory with 49.3 four. Dobek was there. We

shall see if Jack Green makes it. All these guys are very good

finishers and we new that coming off the final time there would be a huge

charge. This is where Jack clatters the barrier. You don't want that to

happen. Then he needs to refocus. If you hit that it takes the speed off.

Everybody else charges at the same time. Where did he finish? He's gone

out of it on automatic qualification. He's lost out on

thousands. He smashed the barrier both with the

Leeds Lake and the Trail legs. He lost all that time, all that rhythm,

but he stuck with it. Slightly faded there, but he focused, re-engaged

into the race, and charged in. Disappointed he didn't get that

automatic qualifying, but with that time, that should see him through.

It will do. Just run out of the automatic qualifying by the Kenyan,

Koech, taking it by 2000 and the second ahead of Jack Green. But Jack

will go through as one of the fastest losers. Tough race, Jack,

but you are through. The bad news is that you clattered a hurdle there.

Yes, a bit of a stinger. I was really pleased with that, until I

managed to wear one, and that's what it does to you. I should have been

in a position where I took that on and won that race, but that's

hurdles for you. I need to make those changes for tomorrow for the

when you come into the race, do you know what you need to do time-wise?

I've got to do my own thing. What ever happens happens, regardless.

Disappointed overall, because that is the race I should be winning.

Probably my worst race of the year, which is not great timing, but I

will make sure tomorrow is better. What is it like to be back in this

stadium after your experience in the Olympics in this stadium? Things are

different now. A lot of experience along the way, but I am a better

person and a better athlete now than I was. We wish you all the best.

Good luck. Thanks. Johnson-Thompson still waiting for

her first attempt in the javelin. She has had three or four warm up

throws, nothing over 40 metres yet. Throwing around 35 metres. What have

you made of her warm up throws? In the run-up, there's not enough

acceleration down the run-up. The run up speed is the energy you

develop to put into the javelin, but we have not seen her run down the

runway with enough to punch the javelin over the 40 metres that she

needs. It's still warm up, so we will give the girl a chance. That

javelin, the white and green. Different javelins are rated. That

is quite a highly rated javelin. It is always tough to find a javelin

that suits the distance you are throwing. Let's look at confirmation

of Jack Green missing out on automatic qualifying by 2000 and the

second, but he is the it got -- he is the quickest of the fastest

losers, along with Futch. Meanwhile, in the marathon, the pace

picks up a bit. Callum Hawkins still in the lead group. Plenty of

athletes in the lead group. Operating at around 2.12 pace. The

big names happy to let others keep the pace moving along a bit. The

lead group has whittled down a bit, about 25 athletes in the lead group.

The wonderful sight of St Paul's Cathedral, overlooking the city. On

the skyline, it used to be the visible site, but now there's

building all around. You can see everywhere you go, the city is

growing in that direction. Callum Hawkins on the inside there. He was

looking round to see who's there, to see who's in contention. I just hope

the experience that he gained when he ran so well in Rio, that that

stands him in good stead for the another word on the tight corners.

When the groups are that slow. We have seen a couple of slow motions.

Walkers are bit more used to it. When you are in a big group like

that, watch them going around the tight bend. A lot of these guys run

lots of road races where you do that sort of thing as well. The

turnaround points, just need to be a bit wary. A little bit of pace on

now, stretching out. 32 in this group. These guys Conte in all of

the main contenders. Callum Hawkins nicely tucked in there. Definitely a

bit more pace on. The back of the group a bit more strung out. One or

two struggling to stay with them. The overall pace is not that fast so

far, but they have been yo-yoing that pace and stretching it out of

it. Stretching it out to sub 2.10 pace, and then quickening. That is

starting to do damage to a lot of this field. Eric Gillis of Canada

starting to fall off the back of that group. That is starting to

happen. Some people do not belong in that group and are struggling to

stay there. Will pay a big pace later on. When those surges are

happening, Callum Hawkins is tempering it a bit. Getting somebody

else to string it out, as Kipketer has now done. He is continuing the

ground work that Callum Hawkins laid. That will make it safer on the

turns. 15.20 one. They are going to run a faster 10K now. Once you get

there, that is proper fast marathon running. Much faster than a lot of

these guys, perhaps including Callum Hawkins, are capable of. So you have

to judge whether or not to go with it. Look at the damage being done to

the lead group here. Within the last 90 seconds or so, a group of people

who were heavily involved in the race are now being stretched out.

Looking at a map of the course, it's pretty easy until they come off the

embankment and do the little twist. The twists are around St Paul's

Cathedral there, to show off the city. The marathon runners would

much prefer to just run up and down the embankment. This is an

interesting course. It is a tough course. These twists, turns and

tight corners are going to be hard, especially the last ten kilometres.

You don't want to do sharp U-turns in the last ten kilometres on feet

that are sore, legs that are hurting. That is going to make it

very tough. So if you were in charge of the course, you will have missed

out all of that group and run up and down the mirror? No, it's an

interesting course. If you are a front runner like I was, you want

the chance to break away. Once you are away from the chasing pack, you

can start to get away. Callum Hawkins is trying to settle and find

way he wants to be in that group as it breaks up. That is important. Try

to keep his rhythm going as much as he can. As that continues, the

athletics continue back in the stadium.

From the men's 400 hurdles, we move onto the women's 400 metres. A

beautiful day in London, and the stadium pretty full. The great

Allyson Felix, she gets start here. The defending champion and the

winner of six Olympic golds in total, and nine World Championship

golds. Just about ready to get her introduction to the crowd. A

beautiful runner to watch. Such great experience. This should be

fairly comfortable for her. This is the Italian champion in lane nine.

And Swiety of Poland. Ashley Kelly of the British virgin Island. Imali,

winner of the Kenyan title. We move on to Allyson Felix, the

quickest time in the world this year with a 49.60 five. That was on this

track in the Diamond League last month. If you watched the Olympics

in Rio, you may have remembered her duel with sure name the, now Shaunae

Miller-Uibo oh, and you might remember Miller throwing herself at

the line. Can run 400, 200. She ran the 100 at the US trials, in 11.03.

But the 400 metres have been her forte. Swiety on the outside, in

Lane eight. Three to go through automatically. The first of four

heats in the 400 metres. Felix already breezing her way past the

athlete in lane two. Great style, and great pace as well. A bit

further out, Jones going smoothly. Felix just biding her time and

trying not to expend too much energy. Looking for a controlled run

as well. The three ahead at the moment after Felix, Ashley Kelly and

Imali. Felix can start to ease down. Three go through automatically. A

strong finish from the Greek athlete. Trying to get past the

woman who got passed her at the start. Ashley Kelly takes third

place behind Alison Felix. The defending champion safely

negotiating this first round. Allyson Felix a class apart. How

quickest time in the world this year is almost half a second quicker than

the rest of this field. Felix doing what is necessary. Doing what

necessary. She got them to race pace very quickly, which is what you want

to do. That is exactly how you want to run these early rounds, to

conserve as much energy as possible for the semifinal and final. Came

off this bend with a very nice lead. Running very relaxed there. Able to

relax and really shut it down. She is running it like a 300 to 350

metres race. That is why that is a much more efficient way to run the

400 metres. Lets get her thoughts now. What is the key for you in the

first round? You have had this experience many times before? Just

get out, run comfortably and secure the win. You feel at home here. We

saw you run the fastest time in the world this year in the anniversary

games recently. Has that helps? It's great to come here. This is a

special place for me. In terms of the way you perform just then, you