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Faces world domination for Mo Farah. Michael Johnson storming away to

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another gold medal. Magnificent, Carl Lewis, that is

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history in the making. Jessica Ennis-Hill is back on top of

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the world. Its huge! Its massive!

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Champion of the world. Usain Bolt! At 9:50pm tonight Scotland's Laura

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Muir will run three and three quarters laps of this tract in a bid

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to become the first British woman ever to win the 1500 metres in the

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World Championships. COMMENTATOR: Laura Muir doing what

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she does best, digging deep and grimacing down the back straight.

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People always ask me what it's like to be a distance runner. For me, the

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psychological balance, the powerful yet intricately woven physical and

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mental process that racing is all about is maybe best summed up by

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these words. With every step you tread, with

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every breath you take, determination makes you run. Never stop. Got to

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win. Got to run until you drop. Keep the pace, hold the race. I've got to

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keep running the course. I've got to keep running and win at all costs.

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I've got to keep going. Be strong, must be so determined, and push

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myself on. Run on and on, run on and on. We all love a bit of Iron

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Maiden. # I've got to keep running and win

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at all costs # I've got to keep going

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# Be determined and push myself on # STUDIO: She is a fair maiden that we

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didn't have Paula down as an Iron Maiden fan, you live and learn. The

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women's 1500 metre final is the big attraction on Dave four, so far

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we've had three amazing days. So many controversies, stories and

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magic, that's why we love the sport so much, and all that has been can

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-- captured here and lots of action is still to come. Laura Muir is out

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on the track, she has just arrived on the warm up track, getting

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herself ready. One hour 16 minutes away. It is quite a chilly evening,

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the temperature has dropped a few degrees so she will keep those

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layers on a little longer, I think. Iron Maiden fan, Paula Radcliffe, is

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the sandwich filler Twin Denise Lewis and Michael Johnson, whose

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musical taste is no doubt will come out over the next few days. Did that

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surprise you about Paula? Nothing surprises me about Paula, I can see

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a bit of Iron. A bit of head-banging. Paula has surprised me

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before so I can see that. Tonight come of this final is such an

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exciting final, they are calling it the greatest final in the

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championship in terms of the sheer talent that is in there, and it's

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difficult to pick out their favourite. Who would do that after

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last night anyway's it personifies exactly that, just how great sport

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is when it is unpredictable, when it is all down to that intriguing

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battle over what people will do, how they will run it. Because, not

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everybody can go into that race and execute the plan from start to

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finish. Laura Muir is one of those people who can do that, she can have

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a plan and go out and lay everything on the line for that plan, there are

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lots of girls in the race who will not be prepared to do that, so

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that's why I say when we looked down to find who will be the natural

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frontrunner to take that on to take the race and take the sting out of

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Caster Semenya who has looked frighteningly easy through the

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rounds so far. Sifan Hassan has been the best woman in the world so far

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and knows she is in better shape than she has been. Genzebe Dibaba

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has not been in good form. They'll have to do something. Will Laura

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Muir run safe and run for the bronze medal? Laura Muir has never done

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that in her life. Will she lay it all on the line and go for gold and

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in doing so really lay herself wide open to the people who will sit and

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wait like Jenny Simpson, Laura Weightman sneaking over the radar,

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and Meraf Bahta. Some headlines from what has happened so far this

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evening, if you are not with us on BBC Two for the women's hammer final

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and Sophie Hitchon of Great Britain came into this as a contender for a

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rostrum finish but sadly it plateaued for Sophie this evening,

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she was landing her throws around the same mark of the final throw as

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it was in Rio was her best at 72.32, immense disappointment finishing

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seventh, and of course a bronze-medallist in Rio a year ago

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and not able to improve her PB tonight which would have taken her

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to a medal finish, Denise. She was bitterly disappointed afterwards.

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Bitterly disappointed. A lot of expectation. Britain are not only

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looking for medals, but for her personally just being in shape,

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mentally focused, and not delivering what she expected to be a great

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performance. And of course it was won by Anita Wlodarczyk, the out and

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out favourite, her distance was down, 77.90, she threw, but it was

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enough, a couple of metres ahead of second place, so congratulations to

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Poland, one and three in that hammer final. Just as we came on air it was

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the men's 400 metres hurdles heats, the second heat and Steve Cram is

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your commentator. COMMENTATOR: There is the line-up for the second

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semifinal, Jack Green in lane three, the real dangers in five, TJ Holmes

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of the USA, Mamadou Kasse Hann of France, Jim Yuille hide -- Jaheel

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Hyde of Jamaica. And Mitu qualified by rights and two fastest losers

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through to Wednesday's final. Jack will have to run quicker than he has

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done maybe in his career to get through here. Changing down on

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hurdle eight in the heats, he said he might change down earlier today

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in hurdle seven and bring it home from their but he has already got

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some ground to make up, TJ Holmes going well, the 20-year-old of

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Jamaica Jaheel Hyde going well and outside him Jack Green with a bit of

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distance to make up. They will need to be strong in the home straight,

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they have gone out hard. Jack Green has got to go here. TJ Holmes,

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Jaheel Hyde, over on the inside Kariem Hussein is coming fast. Look

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at Kariem Hussein. TJ Holmes will get up to second place, Jack Green

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may have been fourth. Fourth is the least he would have to do given the

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time was 49.13, a really messy race from everyone, Kariem Hussein in

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lane two did we had to do and everybody is, to be honest, did not

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perform up to scratch, so whatever happens Jack Green is out, not quick

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enough in the heat, terrible race from Jaheel Hyde, terrible race from

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Hann, Jack Green is out. Confirmation of the result, slow

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semifinal, they went out hard and could not bring it back, the only

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one who ran his own race was Kariem Hussein. TJ Holmes got the nod, so

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those two through to the final, no fastest loser.

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The last of the semifinals, these are those who will contest it.

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Here is Samba both Qatar, running for Qatar of the last couple of

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years, from Mauritania, 48.31 this season. Looked very good in

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qualifying. Ludvy Vaillant of France, another youngster, a new

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personal best this season, 49.31. Might struggle against the athlete

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outside and in side. Yasmani Copello, the bronze-medallist in

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Rio, former Cuban are now running for Turkey. Ricardo Cunningham of

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Jamaica is 36 now, giving away a few years. Much of his career was spent

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as an 800-metre runner but pretty good times in this event now. And on

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the inside in lane two, Eric Futch, the US champion, down to 48.18 this

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season, works with the same coach as Kerron Clement. That second

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semifinal was very disappointing in terms of standard from a lot of

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them, the times, not just Jack Green, but everyone down on their

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best. The fastest losers, two of them from the first semifinal,

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48.66, the last of them Kemar Mowatt of Jamaica. So, Eric Futch, Ricardo

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Cunningham, Yasmani Copello, Ludvy Vaillant of France, Samba of Qatar

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in six, Marcio Teles of Brazil goes in seven, the Italian in eight and

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the Argentinian in lane nine. The last of the semifinals of the

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men's 400 metres hurdles, the final is on Wednesday and a bit of a

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movement made by samba of Qatar in lane six in the red vest, the tall

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figure striding beautifully down the back straight, samba with a fraction

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of the lead at the moment. The Brazilian, Marcio Teles has fallen,

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and it looked nasty. Samba still moving nicely, and also the French

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youngster Ludvy Vaillant. Yasmani Copello, the Turkish athlete is

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beginning to look like he is jogging, so powerful in the final

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stages. Eric Futch trying to get into things and be American does

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that, the Olympic champion is spent. These three are battling. Eric Futch

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checks so he misses out on automatic qualifying and it's about the time

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now, as Samba takes it, Yasmani Copello second and Eric Futch run

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out of automatic qualifying, the US champion. The time of the winner is

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48.77, so he will not go through, Eric Futch, it will just be those

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two men in the first positions. Yasmani Copello. Marcio Teles is

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getting treatment. Samba of Qatar was the winner. This was Marcio

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Teles taking a nasty fall on the back straight, just getting back to

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his feet. Third from the left of your screen, I think he cracks it

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with his lead leg, he was all over the place and he hooked his lead

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foot under the barrier. You've got to remember that these hurdles are

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weighted, they are not flimsy and will just drop. Have a look at this

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race, this is what I call a well-balanced race, they didn't go

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out particularly hard, they went out with the right pace. Getting into

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the rhythm of the 400-metre hurdles is important, you heard Eilidh Doyle

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say that, you don't want to mess about, get into your stride pattern

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and get it right and these two athletes did that and they are

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rewarded with a direct place in the final. Good, solid, and looking

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forward to a good final. Marcio Teles is getting helped off but that

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was a slower heat semifinals are the fastest losers both coming from that

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first semifinal, which we will tidy up for you later on.

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Another field event final just about to get under way, the women's triple

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jump, three main contenders, Rypakova, the Olympic champion of

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2012, the Venezuelan at the bottom of your screen, one of the most

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successful athletes in the world across all events, Caterine Ibarguen

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makes her quest to be three times world champion. So, Olga Rypakova

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enjoyed this stadium in 2012 en route to becoming Olympic champion.

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She is now 32 years of age. It was bronze last year for the Kazakhstan

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athlete. Behind Rojas and Ibarguen. Rypakova, round one of the women's

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triple jump final. It is a big jump beyond 14 metres. That is a good

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start for her. Season's best of 14.64, rangy athlete, good step,

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good balance, stretched well in to the middle phase, held it into the

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final jump. Let's have a look at the board. Slight adjustment can be

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made. It is a really good start for Olga Rypakova. She is a 15-metre

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jumper when she gets it really right. 14.45. In the lead in the

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first round. Caterine Ibarguen chasing Rypakova's gleed. Look at

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that. -- lead. Another athlete that can go to 40 metres and beyond as

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she did last summer on the way to Olympic glory, 15.17 on that

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occasion. -- 14 metres and beyond. She looks as if she has made inroads

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into the leading mark of Rypakova, that looks closer to the 15-metre

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line for Ibarguen. Synonymous with the event, probably as much as

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Christian Taylor is on the men's side. Christian Taylor, we sought

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qualify earlier this season -- we sought qualify, this is the final,

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medals on offer, a bug when has two medals already in her collection. It

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is young versus old. Ibarguen is 33 years of age, Rojas, the Venezuelan,

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21 years of age. 14.67, out in front.

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I mentioned Christian Taylor. This was earlier this evening in the

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qualifying. 17 metres exactly was needed.

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18 metres 11. That was his best from this year.

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Good on the board. Out to qualify. In excess of that 17-metre mark. His

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team-mate was better, 17. 20. Only three athletes got the lead in

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qualifying. Got the automatic qualifying in the men's triple jump.

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Christian Naples of Cuba. The 18-year-old was the third.

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Will Clay also making up that American ci yes. But Christian

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Taylor goes into this final, 17. 15. Here are all the qualifiers for that

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triple jump final. That looks like the battle.

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Nathan Fox, unfortunately not able to get into contention.

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19th place. The qualifiers then for the final of

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the men's 400. Clement, the quickest of them.

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We have a very busy night still to come here. Let's look at what's

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coming up. The women's, Allyson Felix is out

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there for the 400 metres. Reigning Olympic champion Omar

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McLeod has talked about breaking the hurdles record this year. Can he do

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it tonight? The man who holds that record is Aries Merritt. Going for a

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first outdoor world title. And Laura Weightman, she's looking

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to shine in that 1500 metre final at 9. 50pm.

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Joining Weightman is Caster Semenya, an Olympic champion over 800 metres.

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Looking for a first 1500 metre medal. There'll be Faith Chepngetich

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Kipyegon. Can she grab gold? On paper, it is one of the hardest

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races of the championship. Nine-world champion finalist Allyson

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Felix features at 8.55. You can expect a fierce battle

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between Aries Merritt and Mcleod. It is the 1500 metre final. Could be

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the race of the championship, not least if Laura Muir gets herself on

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to the podium. And Laura Muir, on her own there, in the warm-up area.

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Just under an hour to go. Her date with destiny. She's been magnificent

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indoors, a double champion, breaking British records. She's got a hugely

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talented field to contend with. It is absolutely stacked. Not least

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Caster Semenya. She's there on the right, the South African, who of

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course is dominant in 800 metres. She's chosen the 1500 metres this

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time around. She made her qualifying look very straightforward. Let's

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look at the medal table. Had a few chances to add to tallies.

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And this evening we have seen a couple of medal ceremonies. But it

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is very, very even. New Zealand, of course with that shot put gold in

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the men's competition last night. United States leading the way, from

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Ethiopia. There have been a few women actually really who we had

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high hopes to get on to the rostrum, Holly Bradshaw, Sophie Hitchon,

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obviously, as an Olympic bronze-medallist. Of the six to

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eight that British Athletics have targeted, would they have been in

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that group? I think so. At least from KJT as

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well. There would have been at least a couple in there. I think that six

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to eight range was pretty much based on, yes, we have two guaranteed for

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Mo, and then we've got a whole... Guaranteed, even after thafl 10 K.

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That was the way they are looking at it. It is two guaranteed there. From

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the rest, we've got a whole bunch that everything needs to go right.

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Things need to go right in there. I had Walkins in there. There are some

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that aring noing on the -- are knocking on the door. Calum thought

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he was capable of getting that medal. That's a good sign, he can

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come back and attack for more. Sophie Hitchon said she's her, the

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biggest disappointment - nobody can be more disappointed than she can

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herself because so much was riding on it. That is all a good sign.

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Thaul goes in and gets them more fired up the next time they come

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around. It is UK Sport that set the target of six to eight. They would

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have been hopeful with it being a home championship that would have

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been at the upper end of that tally. UK Sport set the target and how it

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affects the sport should we not get the medal target. You must be

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chuffed about how the United States are doing at the moment? I think

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that, though, you know, with what we do, in terms of getting people sort

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of hyped up, Sophie Hitchon, I mean, I think that was just a lot of

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pressure on her. She's tenth best coming into the world in this

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championship. Her performance was tenth best in the world. To expect

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her to leapfrog six people to get into bronzed people is expecting

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quite a lot. It is the women's 400 metres semi-finals about to take

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place now on the track. Steve Cram is there for you.

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Not a Stella year. Hayes of the United States. This is

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McPherson of Jamaica who will hope she can get ahead of these two we

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are seeing here, Hayes, 49. 72. Really enjoy watching her. Her

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husband will take part later on in this week. The Olympic champion.

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Patience Okon George, of Nigeria, in lane four.

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51. 06 this year. Roxana Gomez, Bianca Razor, another

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couple in this, Ashley Kelly from the British virgin islands on the

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outside. And Gunta Latiseva-Cudare, of

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Latvia. First two to go through. The only

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British athlete to make it through was Zoey Clark. It will be tough for

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her at this level. First two and fastest through. We

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expect the Olympic champion who has been in great form all year. And 400

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metres against the American champion, Quanera Hayes. It should

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be straightforward for those two. When she won that Olympic title, she

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threw herself over the line. Coaches maybe giving them diving

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lessons! I don't know. Is Quanera Hayes suffering here? She's

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beginning to run now. She's got a lot of ground to make up. McPherson

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is up there with Miller-Uibo. Yes, maybe McPherson is going to now

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try and hold off. The charging Quanera Hayes. That was too slow

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through the first 200 metres. She's trying to get there. It will be

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McPherson who takes second. What on earth was the American champion

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doing? I know she would have looked at that and I said the two should

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qualify, no problem for the Olympic champion. But the American champion,

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well actually I will let Michael come in on this. I was astounded.

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That couldn't have been the game plan. Steve, I have no more than you

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do. I don't know what she was doing there. She literally was asleep on

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the back stretch and when she saw the Olympic champion, Miller-Uibo,

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come by her she didn't react. This is a semifinal. You know you are

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under pressure. Get up to race pace. At this point everything looks OK.

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But she never really pushes down the back stretch. You see Shaunae

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Miller-Uibo go past here. Now Miller-Uibo, now she's married and

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getting into the current and not running it like a final. Now she can

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relax down the home stretch. Quanera Hayes, on the outside,

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trying to get back into it. Looked like maybe there was something wrong

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on the back stretch. She's obviously got the speed and endurance, because

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she's making a mad dash for the finish line. Trying to get one of

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those guaranteed spots in the final. But not to be. But maybe she'll get

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in on time. She may well do. It may well be

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quick enough. The overall standard is not great, isn't exceptional this

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year. At this point she seemed to switch off. And you see Shaunae

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Miller-Uibo go past here at that point. You wonder after what we have

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heard about some of the athletes suffering from food poisoning and

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maybe something was wrong. It looked at 200 metres she may have taken a

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look down, but now things seem to be OK, back in to it. And technique

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looks great. Technique looks fine. It looks like there's nothing really

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wrong here. It will be interesting to see, to hear from her what was

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going on and I am sure we'll get some news. Shaunae Miller knows

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she's got this in hand and knows she'll have a battle in that final

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against Allyson Felix, who we will see coming up later in one of the

:29:25.:29:29.

semi-finals. That should be a real battle between those two.

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Allyson Felix coming up in the next semifinal. Zoey Clark will be in the

:29:34.:29:40.

third. Let's tidy that up. The Olympic champion winning, very

:29:41.:29:42.

comfortable. McPherson taking second spot. And Hayes, the US champion,

:29:43.:29:46.

50. 71. The women's triple jump final, 14.55

:29:47.:29:59.

in the first round. Trailing 14.60 seven. That's better, though. The

:30:00.:30:12.

battle of the South Americans. It is playing out as anticipated. 14.67,

:30:13.:30:18.

the league is under threat. She has evened out her phases

:30:19.:30:29.

somewhat, carrying the speed through into the job very well. 14.98,

:30:30.:30:36.

silver last year in Rio. You can see the speed continuing into the jump

:30:37.:30:38.

and is giving her plenty of distance. Lots more to come from the

:30:39.:30:44.

young Venezuelan, going into the gold medal position. 14.82 in the

:30:45.:30:56.

second round. So, what can the reigning champion do to respond?

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She's had her lead taken away. Hitting the ball well. Well, it is

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shy of the gold mine -- hitting the board well. Similar to her first

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round jump of 14.60 seven. -- of the gold line. The battle of the South

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Americans. It is also experienced versus youth. Ibarguen is the most

:31:22.:31:27.

experienced triple jump, at 33 years of age. Rojas, raw and talented, in

:31:28.:31:36.

the gold medal position. Ibarguen relegated to silver at the moment.

:31:37.:31:45.

But four jumps remaining. 14.69, a slight improvement for Ibarguen.

:31:46.:31:50.

Nearing the end of things on this rather cool Monday night in the East

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End of London, looking down at the stadium. A wonderful site, heading

:31:56.:32:00.

further west, towards the centre of the city. Just four races left. The

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next is the second semifinal of the women's 400-metre hurdles. In front

:32:07.:32:12.

of a capacity crowd. Conditions are pretty good. It's a little bit cool.

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Look out for Naser of Bahrain as well in lane seven.

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There is Shericka Jackson. Bronze in the last World Championships and

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Olympics behind a big two, Allyson Felix and Miller-Uibo. Felix is

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winning in 2005, 2007 and 2009. 400 champion in Beijing four years ago

:32:45.:32:49.

and an Olympic 200-metre champion here five years ago. But the Olympic

:32:50.:33:01.

400 metres escaped in Rio. Nirmla, from northern India. 51.28 this

:33:02.:33:08.

season. Lydia Jele of Botswana, some way down on her season's best time

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of 50.30 two. In qualifying she was 51.40 one. Get a closer look of

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Naser of Bahrain in lane seven. Vasiliou is in lane six. Ajayi of

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Nigeria in lane eight. Williams-Mills in nine, the

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Jamaican. Allyson Felix is in four. Keep an eye on Naser, the

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19-year-old in seven. Running a personal best previously.

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The second semifinal in the women's 400-metre hurdles. There is Naser in

:33:52.:33:57.

lane seven with the blonde hair. Look at Allyson Felix, look at her

:33:58.:34:01.

go, passing Shericka Jackson already. Allyson Felix is moving

:34:02.:34:06.

along so well, Jackson trying to respond and doing so at the moment.

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Two automatic qualifying places. Jackson responds. Felix sitting

:34:12.:34:18.

alongside her. Felix with that long stride, a graceful sprinter, moving

:34:19.:34:23.

around the bend. But Naser is still there and so is Williams-Mills, the

:34:24.:34:29.

35-year-old Jamaican on the outside. Two automatic places. Felix in the

:34:30.:34:34.

clear but here comes Naser. Jackson trying to get there but Naser coming

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through. Allyson Felix well... No, Naser takes it. 50.0 eight. It was a

:34:39.:34:47.

huge personal best to come down to 50.57 in the first round. This

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19-year-old from Bahrain has just run 50.0 eight. A huge national

:34:54.:34:59.

record. Astonishing time. She's beaten Allyson Felix. In the final

:35:00.:35:05.

is when it matters and Felix had a little bit to spare but not much,

:35:06.:35:12.

50.0 eight. We highlighted Naser the horse and -- Naser beforehand and we

:35:13.:35:20.

will see her in the final. This was astonishing from Naser. Absolutely

:35:21.:35:23.

astonishing from the 18-year-old. Allyson Felix was a little bit

:35:24.:35:28.

different, running quickly down the back stretch. She has the gas on

:35:29.:35:33.

here right now but you'll see that she's sort of comes off the gas, I

:35:34.:35:38.

think she thought they were running to quickly. She sought Naser. Right

:35:39.:35:45.

here, Felix takes her foot off the gas a little bit thinking that she's

:35:46.:35:53.

not this. -- she saw Naser. Naser on the outside, third from the left,

:35:54.:35:58.

now just racing down the home stretch. A very good race here. Nice

:35:59.:36:06.

technique. Strong, able to hold her speed down the home stretch. Allyson

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Felix she's that she gained on her and has to get back in, going to the

:36:11.:36:15.

afterburners but not able to win this. A very quick heat. Felix out

:36:16.:36:21.

of the blocks quickly, she has the 200 metres speed she can use, a lot

:36:22.:36:27.

quicker than most of the other athletes in the heat. Nice and

:36:28.:36:33.

relaxed down the back stretch. Let's see if we can see, just after 200,

:36:34.:36:38.

she starts to slow down, her arms dropped a little bit, she starts to

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relax round the bend. I'm not sure of that particular strategy. Maybe

:36:45.:36:48.

working on a couple of different things in anticipation of what she

:36:49.:36:51.

may get from Miller-Uibo in the final. We see her now in control of

:36:52.:36:57.

the race, checking the big screen but then she has to kick back in

:36:58.:37:02.

right there. Someone is coming up on me and I have to kick back in and

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that's tough, a tough way to win. We talked about that in some of the

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other rounds of the 400 metres. Easy qualification for Allyson Felix,

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she'll be in the final but it was an amazing run by the young

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18-year-old. Fantastic running there. Very interesting run. Naser,

:37:22.:37:33.

50.0 eight. Felix has a bit more to give but Naser is a contender.

:37:34.:37:39.

Williams-Mills and Jackson, the Jamaicans can adjust faster than

:37:40.:37:44.

Hayes, so the American is out -- the Americans, just faster than Hayes.

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It has been billed as the battle between Venezuela and Colombia but

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Rypakova of Kazakhstan can spoil the South American party. She's done

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that in the past. 14.45 in the first round. Trailing the South Americans

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in the second round. We're into the third. Good extension there and

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that's a big effort. That is going to threaten, maybe not for the lead,

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which is Rojas at the moment, 14.80 two. Staying warm. Just locked

:38:24.:38:29.

herself slightly in the second phase. What should be happening, she

:38:30.:38:35.

should be leading with her thigh, rather than her foot. In the hot

:38:36.:38:41.

phase, leading with the thigh and in the step phase, leading with the

:38:42.:38:46.

third, slightly ahead of the hips. Difficult to maintain speed. The

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critical thing is maintaining speed into the jump from the step phase.

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14.77, a season's best, she goes into second place. There is

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Ibarguen, relegated to third. You've been studying the phases, Toni, what

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have you made of the difference between Rojas and Ibarguen? Both

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hopping the same distance, 5.0 but the step phase is the difference,

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and the jump phase, Rojas has a better job phase. It is like

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Ibarguen should sacrifice a bit of step so she can have more for the

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jump phase. Now to the third of the three semifinals.

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Zoey Clark of Great Britain. There is Zoey Clark. What a year she's

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had, I don't think she could have imagined this at the start of the

:40:00.:40:04.

season, winning the British trials, 400 personal best, 200 personal

:40:05.:40:10.

best. Gordon from Jamaica, winning the NCAA. Could be a threat here.

:40:11.:40:18.

Montsho, former world champion, pipped by Christine Ohuruogu in

:40:19.:40:29.

2013. 14-16, she is back. Not that welcome, I guess. Francis of the

:40:30.:40:35.

United States, will she run better than Hayes did. We saw Allyson Felix

:40:36.:40:39.

as well, going well, but just missing out on winning her semi.

:40:40.:40:46.

Mupopo, the African champion, a new personal best this year in the 200

:40:47.:40:51.

metres which may help her this year. Spell my of Germany. When you luck

:40:52.:41:01.

through this semifinal, I know that Zoey Clark is actually the slowest

:41:02.:41:06.

on the season's best in this. But she is in lane eight, with running

:41:07.:41:16.

well this year and was close in qualification to her personal best.

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The race of her life here. If a couple of others don't run well.

:41:23.:41:31.

Hayes didn't, she is out. 100th of a second in terms of the fastest

:41:32.:41:35.

losers. She isn't in but Felix is, so they are watching.

:41:36.:41:46.

Gordon from the University of Texas, running for Jamaica here.

:41:47.:42:01.

So, Zoey Clark will certainly have the crowd cheering her through this.

:42:02.:42:07.

She certainly tapped it in the first 100. Bamgbose on the outside.

:42:08.:42:16.

Francis is going very well in the middle, the American moving away

:42:17.:42:20.

from Mupopo. Montsho is in the mix as well. Zoey Clark will have to try

:42:21.:42:26.

and battle and get at least a personal best here. Mupopo is trying

:42:27.:42:32.

to chase down, she is in four. Francis is leading it. And going

:42:33.:42:37.

very well now, Francis, looking strong. Is she going to hold it?

:42:38.:42:43.

Pressure from Mupopo. First two go through. Gordon trying to get there

:42:44.:42:48.

but they are pulling away. Clark finishing well, she may be fifth

:42:49.:42:53.

here. The American wins it, perhaps six or seven for Clark. 50.39, the

:42:54.:42:58.

winning time. A couple of outstanding athletes. The young

:42:59.:43:09.

Bahrain athlete throwing her way in, surely it is going to be between

:43:10.:43:16.

Felix and Miller-Uibo. Just waiting for the time to come up for Zoey

:43:17.:43:23.

Clark. I think very close to her personal best, if it isn't. It may

:43:24.:43:28.

be only 100 or so. It is a personal best. Yeah this is... Francis was

:43:29.:43:37.

always going to be the favourite for this race but I think you're right,

:43:38.:43:41.

Steve, it is shaping up to be an amazing battle between Miller-Uibo

:43:42.:43:49.

and Felix. Francis will put herself in the mix. Struggling a bit here,

:43:50.:43:54.

looking a bit slow coming down the home stretch but great strategy,

:43:55.:44:01.

putting herself in the mix. Montsho on the right-hand side. Former

:44:02.:44:08.

world-beater at 400 metres. Struggling. Francis always runs this

:44:09.:44:14.

way, you can see the rotation from right to left. That's think she'll

:44:15.:44:18.

have to rectify if she to get some faster times and started to mix it

:44:19.:44:23.

up with the likes of Allyson Felix and Miller-Uibo. Still, great

:44:24.:44:27.

qualifying by Francis there. Rojas, 14.82 in the second round.

:44:28.:44:46.

Rallying support from a big crowd again here inside the Olympic

:44:47.:44:54.

Stadium. She is out in front. It's time may to stretch out and try and

:44:55.:44:57.

create a gap between her and the rest of the field. Round three. The

:44:58.:45:04.

event leader, Rojas. Again just chopping slightly. Another big

:45:05.:45:11.

effort. Bang on the gold line that is hers.

:45:12.:45:17.

That's good. Reaching, that active foot back underneath. She carries as

:45:18.:45:28.

much speed as she can in the pit. Space on the board. Maybe more to

:45:29.:45:36.

come from Rojas. The flamboyant indoor champion. She can do it when

:45:37.:45:40.

it matters. She's in the lead and extended it. Rojas, at the halfway

:45:41.:45:47.

stage, out in front. Are we witnessing a changing of the guard?

:45:48.:45:57.

Ibarguen looking to respond. Oh, it is a bigs effort.

:45:58.:46:12.

Really big jump from Ibarguen here. Works off that final phase and into

:46:13.:46:32.

the pit. It is 14.89 for Ibarguen. We have a competition, no Brits

:46:33.:46:38.

involved, unfortunately. You can throw a halt over the first

:46:39.:46:42.

two, at least. Season's best for Ibarguen. Six centimetres between

:46:43.:46:49.

gold and silver. Three jumps remaining.

:46:50.:46:58.

Confirmation of the result: Gordon will be disappointed with

:46:59.:47:04.

that. Zoey Clark taken 300ths off her personal best. Let's look at the

:47:05.:47:12.

qualifiers. As I said, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, the champion.

:47:13.:47:24.

Look at Williams-Mills. This will be her sixth World Championship final

:47:25.:47:28.

at the age of 35, going through as the fastest loser.

:47:29.:47:35.

# No-one to run to, baby... Laura Muir doing what she does

:47:36.:47:46.

best... She's a class above everybody. Oh, my word! She's

:47:47.:47:52.

smashed the British record. This is a display of distance at its very

:47:53.:47:57.

best. She has a chance to make a bit of history.

:47:58.:48:05.

Laura Muir will be going in about 31 minutes' time. This stadium is

:48:06.:48:22.

anticipating, well the world of athletics is looking forward to it.

:48:23.:48:26.

She will need to warm up because the temperature has dropped. There's

:48:27.:48:32.

Semenya settlement Laura Weightman in the back-- there's Caster

:48:33.:48:35.

Semenya, and Jake Wightman in the background.

:48:36.:48:41.

Caster Semenya we have seen dominate at 800 metres when she races and

:48:42.:48:47.

well now, the 1500 metres lies in wait for her.

:48:48.:48:52.

I mean truly, these are the names of 1500 middle distance running and

:48:53.:48:56.

they are all going to be lining up. It really is a loaded field.

:48:57.:49:02.

Of course you wouldn't have a race without Genzebe Dibaba. Look at that

:49:03.:49:13.

time the second fastest in the field is Laura Muir, which you cannot base

:49:14.:49:26.

it on paper, Hassan will be a certain contender. It is hard to

:49:27.:49:30.

separate these athletes. Caster Semenya, we have seen her run over

:49:31.:49:35.

the years dominate racing. She decided to go for the 1500 metres.

:49:36.:49:40.

When ever she races controversy is never that far away. Here's Phil

:49:41.:49:42.

Jones. Laura Muir triumph in the 1500

:49:43.:49:52.

metres final, a new headline act will be born. Another scenario could

:49:53.:49:58.

see a more controversial outcome, involving an athlete used to

:49:59.:50:02.

dominating the front and back pages. Caster Semenya has raced through a

:50:03.:50:07.

career dogged by accusations and recriminations. Eight years ago she

:50:08.:50:14.

announced her athletic prowess to the world, aged 18, having found

:50:15.:50:18.

herself at the centres over her gender. All the controversy could be

:50:19.:50:24.

behind her. She is going to dominate at this event. Controversies aside

:50:25.:50:32.

for the time being. With World Championship gold and rapidly

:50:33.:50:35.

improving times her identity was ever more scrutinised. The burning

:50:36.:50:40.

question, was she in fact a he? It wasn't really good for me, for

:50:41.:50:46.

publicity to become a world champion and you never celebrate it. So it --

:50:47.:50:57.

she was asked to take a sex verifiation test. She was declared

:50:58.:51:01.

ineligible for competition pending the outcome. I felt humiliated. At

:51:02.:51:06.

the end of the day you cannot control what people think. 11 months

:51:07.:51:11.

passed when the IAAF announced Semenya was clear to run. While the

:51:12.:51:19.

sport was introduced new regulations testing testosterone levels, Semenya

:51:20.:51:24.

was back winning silver. Another silver followed in London, 2012,

:51:25.:51:28.

which will likely become gold after the Russian was stripped for the

:51:29.:51:33.

title for doping. Semenya's biggest golden moment outright would come

:51:34.:51:38.

four years later at Rio. Her time eclipsing anything she had

:51:39.:51:42.

previously run. Semenya steps on the accelerator! Semenya is the

:51:43.:51:47.

champion. For those who chased the first three home that night

:51:48.:51:49.

questions over testosterone levels remained. The medallists were in one

:51:50.:51:56.

camp. The next three finishers united in another, in suspicion and

:51:57.:52:00.

perceived inequality. It is out of our control and very much relying on

:52:01.:52:04.

the people at the top sorting it out. I think the public can see as

:52:05.:52:11.

well... Sorry! Like, just how difficult it is.

:52:12.:52:16.

The debate continues to make headlines, with newly commissioned

:52:17.:52:22.

research by the IAAF of a naturally occurring levels of testosterone

:52:23.:52:27.

suggesting 800-metre runners have a 1.8% advantage. And while that

:52:28.:52:33.

evidence is being considered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, all

:52:34.:52:37.

Semenya can do is simply be herself. What I dream of is to become a

:52:38.:52:42.

Olympic champion, a world champion. I can't stop running because of

:52:43.:52:46.

people. I can not stop because of people say, she looks like a man,

:52:47.:52:50.

this and that. You understand. It is their own problem. Not mine.

:52:51.:52:56.

Caster Semenya said it is their problem, it is not mine. She had her

:52:57.:53:00.

time away from the sport. She's come back. There still is this cloud,

:53:01.:53:06.

that the IAAF is still looking into this situation. Where are they at

:53:07.:53:12.

now? First of all, it is a complete minefield. To find a way out of

:53:13.:53:18.

this, that is fair to everybody, is pretty much impossible. So, what

:53:19.:53:22.

they have to do is find a way that is fair to the majority and respect

:53:23.:53:29.

the rights of everybody. And it's really, really difficult. Looking on

:53:30.:53:33.

the VT there with Lindsey and when she breaks down, because it's pretty

:53:34.:53:39.

much impossible for Lindsey Sharp or for some of the girls with normal

:53:40.:53:46.

levels of testosterone to compete on a level playing field with the girls

:53:47.:53:49.

with elevated testosterone levels. It's that big of a performance

:53:50.:53:55.

enhancer. Even if it is only 1.8%, that is still a couple of seconds

:53:56.:54:00.

and that in racing is the difference between a medal and no medal. Of

:54:01.:54:04.

course if you were artificially ingesting that level of testosterone

:54:05.:54:07.

it would be seen as an unfair advantage and it would be, you'd be

:54:08.:54:15.

doping. We saw in 2012 Caster Semenya winning a silver medal... .

:54:16.:54:24.

: There are a lot of things in the mix there. This is the biggest issue

:54:25.:54:29.

here, this naturally produced testosterone. Within that there's a

:54:30.:54:32.

range of women who can use that testosterone and those who cannot

:54:33.:54:35.

use that testosterone. And those that can't use it don't get the

:54:36.:54:39.

advantage from it. And so then you have to look after those people's

:54:40.:54:44.

rights in there as well. And it is just so complicated. And on no

:54:45.:54:50.

foaled of play is this fair -- and in no field of play is this fair.

:54:51.:54:54.

And no press dented in any other sport where you say, this is what

:54:55.:54:59.

happened in this sport, this is very unique problem. Sorry, challenge,

:55:00.:55:03.

let's say. It is a problem because it causes controversy. It is in

:55:04.:55:07.

other sports as well. It is in weight lifting and boxing.

:55:08.:55:12.

But the thing is, is there's no, I can't think of a single solution to

:55:13.:55:16.

this. I mean, what is the solution to

:55:17.:55:20.

this, where everyone is treated fairly? The Lynsey Sharp interview,

:55:21.:55:28.

that was tough to listen to. At the same time what's the solution to

:55:29.:55:34.

rectifying this for Lynsey Sharp? There isn't one, because Caster

:55:35.:55:40.

Semenya is - it's not her fault and there's, you can't take her right to

:55:41.:55:45.

compete away from her. It's a tough one. There are some

:55:46.:55:50.

challenges at the end of the day, they are some challenges that there

:55:51.:55:53.

are no solution for. I think this is one of them. The solution they would

:55:54.:55:58.

put on the table is the solution that was there in the past, that if,

:55:59.:56:02.

as a female, you have elevated testosterone levels, you have to

:56:03.:56:06.

take medication to bring your testosterone levels back down within

:56:07.:56:10.

that range to be able to compete. And yes, on some levels, that's

:56:11.:56:14.

looked at as a performance dehappenser, if we can use that

:56:15.:56:21.

word. It -- dehancer, if we can use that word. Maybe we have to talk

:56:22.:56:26.

about certain females, it is the same as what... When women have the

:56:27.:56:36.

time of the month - that can have a detrimental effect too. You are

:56:37.:56:40.

right. There's no fair answer. You hear from Caster Semenya herself, it

:56:41.:56:43.

is emotional. She's been dragged through this for so many years and

:56:44.:56:48.

we are debating about it. We are not the scientists. We are not the

:56:49.:56:52.

scientists. Should she win tonight this whole thing explodes again. It

:56:53.:56:56.

is front-page news. It will be just awful. It is, because there are no

:56:57.:57:01.

edifying headlines that can come from that, are there? It seems, as

:57:02.:57:10.

you say, it seems unfair to everyone, her included justifying

:57:11.:57:13.

the way she was born. How can you say to somebody, you are wrong? It

:57:14.:57:18.

is that. We don't fit into categories. As athletes we don't fit

:57:19.:57:23.

into normal categories. I guess what they are trying to do amongst all of

:57:24.:57:28.

this is be fair, as I say, you cannot be fair to everybody. They

:57:29.:57:31.

are trying to be fair to the majority of athletes and find a

:57:32.:57:34.

solution. That solution may come in September. Before then, we may have

:57:35.:57:39.

her winning two events. She could set the world record here. Thank you

:57:40.:57:44.

very much for the moment. Let's go outside. The roars were of the

:57:45.:57:51.

110-metre hurdlers and Aries Merritt has been in this stadium before. He

:57:52.:57:55.

knows what it is like to win here. The world record-holder. What a five

:57:56.:58:04.

years he's had to get to this point. Over to our commentary team. Colin

:58:05.:58:09.

Jackson knows something about winning these championships.

:58:10.:58:15.

Aries Merritt revealed a couple of years ago he was suffering from a

:58:16.:58:24.

kidney disorder. He won bronze at those World Championships and

:58:25.:58:27.

immediately after he had a kidney operation. In 2012 he had it all in

:58:28.:58:33.

hurdling. He was the record-holder, 12.80. That stands. He was world

:58:34.:58:39.

indoor champion. He's never won the world indoor championships. But the

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man he has to beat and the others have to try and catch is Omar

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McLeod, the Olympic champion. In hurdles there are favourites and

:58:54.:58:55.

Omar McLeod is the man to beat here. This is the event of so many

:58:56.:59:00.

variables. It takes one click of a barrier for it all to come undone.

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The second to last track event, that 1500 metre final to come. The 110

:59:14.:59:20.

metres hurdle final is about to go. And this is how they line up:

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Running as a neutral, Shubenkov. The fastest loser in the semifinal.

:59:47.:59:55.

Ortega has looked impressive. Silver Medal in Rio. McLeod, Olympic

:59:56.:00:02.

champion, the fastest man in the world this year. Such raw speed.

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Baji, the Hungarian. Because of his great run in the semifinals, he led

:00:11.:00:15.

Aries Merritt home there. He may be struggling against him inside and

:00:16.:00:21.

outside. Dari and, suffering injuries -- Darien. Brathwaite of

:00:22.:00:30.

Barbados, coming through with 13.26, a season's best. This may be the man

:00:31.:00:38.

for Jamaica, if Parchment can get it right on the big occasion, bronze

:00:39.:00:43.

five years ago and silver at the World Championships in Beijing. But

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a very popular figure. Aries Merritt loves the stadium.

:00:52.:01:08.

Waiting for their final race. Dari, a last cry of encouragement --

:01:09.:01:22.

Darien. Shubenkov, McLeod, Baji. Brathwaite, Parchment. Aries Merritt

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is in lane nine. Can Merritt finally win his first world title? Jamaica

:01:32.:01:34.

still waiting for their first gold of the Championships. Is McLeod the

:01:35.:01:41.

man to deliver? The final of the men's 110-metre hurdles.

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McLeod at quickly as he always is, Baji is already losing contact.

:01:50.:01:58.

Shubenkov trying to get there. It is McLeod and Shubenkov, but it is

:01:59.:02:04.

McLeod who celebrates the gold. Olympic champion, world champion.

:02:05.:02:10.

The Jamaican flags can fly at last. A valiant defence from Shubenkov of

:02:11.:02:16.

his world title but the Olympic champion is the world champion. Omar

:02:17.:02:22.

McLeod from Shubenkov, from Baji, who takes the bronze for Hungary.

:02:23.:02:26.

Nothing for Aries Merritt here on this track this time. McLeod, the

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world champion. What a run by Omar McLeod. The world leader, only one

:02:36.:02:43.

fault, caused by cramp, during the season. Arriving here as a

:02:44.:02:48.

favourite. When you've got those barriers in front of you, the

:02:49.:02:52.

challenge and the pressure is magnified. Look at the celebrations,

:02:53.:02:56.

the Jamaicans are thinking at last, we are on the board. Is this a

:02:57.:03:01.

starting point for them to claim some of those medals back? That

:03:02.:03:07.

might be Omar McLeod's mother. Your Championship record is safe, Colin!

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McLeod becomes the world champion, the Olympic champion adding the

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world champion. Shubenkov, we said he had looked very impressive in the

:03:20.:03:22.

heat and semifinal but he was getting faster and he timed his run

:03:23.:03:27.

so well. Aries Merritt, it didn't happen for him. Not winning a medal

:03:28.:03:33.

here. He was finishing strongly but a fifth place eventually behind

:03:34.:03:41.

Darien and Baji, who took bronze. I was saying he'd had quite a stellar

:03:42.:03:45.

season. Something switched on in the semifinal. He beat Aries Merritt and

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he thought to himself, I am one of the best high hurdle is in the world

:03:52.:03:57.

and I have a chance. Trying to have a clean, safe race and if you do

:03:58.:04:01.

that you can be rewarded with a medal. Shubenkov on the outside,

:04:02.:04:05.

he's won this title before and doesn't want to give it up. Omar

:04:06.:04:13.

McLeod, nimble over the barriers. He knows he must keep focused, he knows

:04:14.:04:17.

that if he doesn't make a mistake he can get the title and he wins it

:04:18.:04:21.

clearly. Shubenkov is clearly in second place. Everyone else, a photo

:04:22.:04:29.

finish, a dash to the line. So close for third to sixth. Shubenkov

:04:30.:04:35.

doesn't seem to have that raw speed any more, a couple of tenths of a

:04:36.:04:39.

second missing from his best. And when you've missed so much training,

:04:40.:04:43.

he has been ill, he had to come through the transplant. All these

:04:44.:04:47.

things that would tell when it comes to the pressure of the occasion.

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Slightly out of breath after round after round, it can count. The other

:04:53.:04:57.

athletes will be disappointed, in particular Darien, who was in place

:04:58.:05:04.

for the bronze medal but the last two barriers were his undoing.

:05:05.:05:09.

McLeod is free, a great run for Shubenkov but look at Dari and over

:05:10.:05:14.

the last couple of barriers. He chatters it and hold it back and it

:05:15.:05:17.

literally pulls you back when you hit the hurdles. Really frustrating.

:05:18.:05:22.

Sometimes people had a different technique where they can ride the

:05:23.:05:30.

barriers down. But Dari and -- Darien committee has to sit back,

:05:31.:05:35.

that sitting back technique. Every time he gets one he goes further and

:05:36.:05:41.

further back. McLeod on the far right, look how he's just nipping

:05:42.:05:47.

over them, using his leg speed. Look at that, he's so relieved. It's

:05:48.:05:52.

amazing technique when you look because he isn't a tall man for a

:05:53.:05:59.

hurdler. He has gone fractionally below ten seconds over 100 metres,

:06:00.:06:02.

he has the speed between the barriers. He reminds me of an

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American hurdler, Arthur Blake, with a similar technique. Good leg speed.

:06:09.:06:14.

Look at that, so happy to see him getting the medal. Well, where Usain

:06:15.:06:21.

Bolt couldn't manage it, McLeod delivers for Jamaica. Very, very

:06:22.:06:30.

close as well behind McLeod. What a great title defence from the neutral

:06:31.:06:39.

athlete, Shubenkov. That stumble from Darien over the last couple of

:06:40.:06:47.

barriers. We're into the fifth round of this women's triple jump final.

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Huge extrovert, Rojas. Just 21 years of age. Olympic Silver Medal est

:06:59.:07:04.

last year. She's chasing the lead of de Waard when -- de Waard when.

:07:05.:07:16.

14.80 nine. Roger as, short steps. A big effort. Looks like she was

:07:17.:07:21.

slightly off the strike there. What she did do was keep the momentum

:07:22.:07:25.

going. Even though it seemed like a short step, she was so quick on the

:07:26.:07:32.

board she maintained the effort. That is a change from last year, an

:07:33.:07:35.

improvement in her technique but is it an improvement in the distance?

:07:36.:07:40.

Sitting at the top of the leaderboard in the triple jump

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final. At the moment, 14.80 nine. Waiting for the measurement of

:07:47.:07:53.

Rojas. Nervous moments, one job remaining. 14.90 Rojas goes into the

:07:54.:08:03.

lead. -- 14.90 one. Taking the lead away from this athlete, Ibarguen.

:08:04.:08:10.

The reorder after three rounds means that Ibarguen will be jumping last

:08:11.:08:16.

so she has a chance to respond now and in the final round. This is the

:08:17.:08:21.

penultimate round. Ibarguen responding to the best job so far,

:08:22.:08:27.

from Rojas. Collapsing slightly. Running faster there. Crowding the

:08:28.:08:32.

board a little bit on that jump. Didn't quite swing, a little bit or

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forward rotation, tipping forward. It doesn't look like it's going to

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challenge all believe. 14.91, Rojas. That was 14.71, so no improvement

:08:50.:08:56.

for Ibarguen. One jump remaining. What a competition is unfolding

:08:57.:09:02.

here. Front on, Ibarguen, the champion, looking for her third

:09:03.:09:06.

victory. Short on the last step, you can see the collapse on the hopping

:09:07.:09:11.

phase. Ten times body weight going through that single leg. Susan's

:09:12.:09:17.

best not good enough -- season's best not good enough, but one more

:09:18.:09:18.

jump to come. STUDIO: So, there you go, there are

:09:19.:09:32.

the runners and riders, the women who are going to be out on the track

:09:33.:09:36.

ready for the 1500 metres final at 9:50pm. The list of personal bests

:09:37.:09:45.

is incredible, the talent that is in there. Laura Muir has the second

:09:46.:09:53.

quickest on paper against Dibaba, an incredible 3:50.0 seven. Where will

:09:54.:09:58.

it go in terms of time? Is it going to be a quick race? Who is going to

:09:59.:10:03.

take it out, Paula? It's really up in the air. Logically, I don't see

:10:04.:10:12.

why every other girl in the race would let it go slowly apart from

:10:13.:10:17.

Semenya. We saw the damage that was done with the 1.56 800 metres in

:10:18.:10:23.

that part of the race. Caster Semenya is going to be laughing at

:10:24.:10:27.

that, it will be easy for her. The only way they can run the sting out

:10:28.:10:31.

of her is to make it hard early on but I don't see who's going to do

:10:32.:10:35.

it. Laura Weightman is coached by Steve Cram. So I imagine they've

:10:36.:10:39.

been talking about tactics. Have they shared anything with you about

:10:40.:10:44.

how Laura would like to run the race? They aren't going to hear it

:10:45.:10:48.

so you can tell us! I don't think Laura Weightman... I don't think she

:10:49.:10:55.

knows that a slow race isn't going to suit her. She is going to see it.

:10:56.:11:02.

She's going to run at a good pace. I haven't asked her that, I wished her

:11:03.:11:06.

luck, I said she's in the best shape she's been in, she has the stadium

:11:07.:11:11.

behind her. As well as the other Laura. She is in a World

:11:12.:11:17.

Championship final, she has been in an Olympic final before, she must

:11:18.:11:24.

just race hard and see what happens. The real laying the cards on the

:11:25.:11:27.

table is going to come from the other athletes. Is Laura Muir going

:11:28.:11:36.

to go for it? All of those, Simpson, I can't see Hassan taking it on,

:11:37.:11:40.

Kipyegon isn't going to take it on, Dibaba might have but she didn't

:11:41.:11:43.

look good at all. I don't think we're going to see her run from the

:11:44.:11:48.

semi but she didn't look convincing at all, she was the one working the

:11:49.:11:52.

hardest and was only through as the fastest loser. Definitely not in the

:11:53.:11:57.

3.50 shape that was on the board. Did you want to come in but Jim at

:11:58.:12:05.

Paula answered my question. She tends to hang back but with her new

:12:06.:12:10.

training base, she's moved to Portland? She's made a lot of

:12:11.:12:16.

changes, she's training will be Li with Alberto Salazar in Portland.

:12:17.:12:20.

Training for the 5000 metres, she could have come here in three

:12:21.:12:24.

events, she's very strong commit she's fit. She's struggled with

:12:25.:12:29.

injury problems last year. She's a much improved athlete to last year.

:12:30.:12:34.

She normally hangs at the back. She will probably do that now to see how

:12:35.:12:39.

things settle but she's very capable of taking it on and racing hard as

:12:40.:12:44.

well. Michael, we quite often see in the big events like the worlds and

:12:45.:12:47.

Olympics, accidents happen on the way to the final and you don't

:12:48.:12:51.

always get the women or menu wants to be in the final. To have

:12:52.:12:55.

everybody out there on the track who should be there because of their

:12:56.:12:59.

times and performances, it feels like we have that moment. Yes, this

:13:00.:13:04.

was always going to be one of the races at this Championship that

:13:05.:13:07.

would be hotly contested with some big names. They all showed up. It

:13:08.:13:13.

will be a close race and that gets people on their feet. We saw that in

:13:14.:13:18.

the women's 100 metres last night, despite the controversy around the

:13:19.:13:21.

men's 100 metres, we saw that and that is what the fans want to see,

:13:22.:13:25.

they love competition. This is what we need more of in athletics, just

:13:26.:13:34.

coming to see Mo Farah and Usain Bolt. Karen and CDs great athletes

:13:35.:13:41.

trying to -- come and CDs great athletes trying to win a medal and

:13:42.:13:46.

only one of them can win. That said, it is a race, it is strategic, it

:13:47.:13:50.

isn't a Diamond League race, it isn't one where people have to think

:13:51.:13:57.

about pacemakers. It is pure. There is a Venezuelan and Colombian

:13:58.:14:00.

ding-dong going on in the triple jump. COMMENTATOR: It is indeed,

:14:01.:14:08.

Venezuela have never won a medal in the World Championships. Taking

:14:09.:14:11.

bronze last night. That is their first. Bronze in the pole vault.

:14:12.:14:22.

Now, Rojas is out in front. She is the event leader, 14.91, just two

:14:23.:14:28.

centimetres ahead of Ibarguen who will get to respond to whatever

:14:29.:14:32.

Rojas can do right here and now. The crowd are on their feet. The crowd

:14:33.:14:39.

have been really across this entire triple jump competition. Rojas, the

:14:40.:14:45.

last round, to extend her lead. Again, quick on the approach but it

:14:46.:14:52.

is a shorter effort. Shorter than her leading jump and she has left

:14:53.:15:00.

the door open. No more for her to do to fight off the challenge of the

:15:01.:15:02.

reigning champion, Ibarguen. Lost the position in that hop. The

:15:03.:15:12.

leg dropped and then didn't have the impetus to come away into the second

:15:13.:15:19.

phase. Well, a tough position, that. She's

:15:20.:15:23.

out in front. 1491 in the fifth round. That's her best so far. Two

:15:24.:15:29.

centimetres ahead of the Columbian. It is as predicted. The battle

:15:30.:15:37.

between those two. So then, the most decorated triple

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jumper in the women's version, Caterine Ibarguen. Twice world

:15:49.:15:51.

champion. Looking to make it a third. She will need a jump between

:15:52.:16:01.

14. 91. Oh! Maybe not quite enough.

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Difficult to tell. Those lines, if they are accurate, it looked shy to

:16:09.:16:13.

me. Ibarguen... It is, it is 14. 88.

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Wow! Really close. A great performance. There's your reaction.

:16:23.:16:24.

I told you she was flamboyant! Venezuela, now a gold for Yulimar

:16:25.:16:54.

Rojas. Champion of the world. Great scenes T crowd have enjoyed

:16:55.:17:00.

that competition. Didn't go beyond the 15-metre mark, as anticipated.

:17:01.:17:08.

Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, silver in Rio, takes gold here at the World

:17:09.:17:12.

Championships. Fantastic scenes out there. Rojas

:17:13.:17:24.

winning gold for Venezuela. Ibarguen looks delighted to be involved in a

:17:25.:17:29.

great head-to-head. It was a great head-to-head. These two have battled

:17:30.:17:33.

for a while now. Both great athletes. A fantastic competition

:17:34.:17:40.

between those two. The 1500 women are not messing around in their

:17:41.:17:45.

entrance tonight. This is, if it is in ig to go by, it will be a quick

:17:46.:17:50.

race! They have been couped up in the room. They want to get out, do

:17:51.:17:55.

some strides. Make their way, 200 metres around the track and get the

:17:56.:17:59.

racing under way. A lot of adrenaline. A lot of nerves build up

:18:00.:18:07.

in the room. Being stuck there... Is shorter distances like to show off a

:18:08.:18:11.

little bit more from the middle distances. That could be part of it.

:18:12.:18:15.

It could be like these guys are like, we don't have time for that.

:18:16.:18:19.

This is serious business - 1500 metres. You try and run 1500 metres.

:18:20.:18:26.

Don't want to be posing. Paula, can you call it for us? I am too

:18:27.:18:32.

nervous! I mean call the result - I don't mean comment tat on the race!

:18:33.:18:40.

She knew what you meant! It is one of the most unpredictable finals of

:18:41.:18:46.

these championships and we can't wait. Nor can the commentary team.ly

:18:47.:18:53.

happened you over now. -- I will hand you over now.

:18:54.:18:58.

There are champions, European champion, indoor champion and in the

:18:59.:19:05.

shape of Laura Muir, a double indoor champion. Some of the fastest women

:19:06.:19:11.

in the world, including Dibaba. Everywhere you look, opportunities.

:19:12.:19:16.

I've heard two rumours, just to go against what Paula was saying a

:19:17.:19:22.

little bit, one is that Laura will take it from the start and that

:19:23.:19:28.

Dibaba will not let it go before she attacks hard. If that happens we are

:19:29.:19:33.

in for fireworks. One or the other I suspect will happen. Laura

:19:34.:19:38.

Weightman, it is another major championship for here. Commonwealth

:19:39.:19:45.

silver-medallist, European bronze-medallist, European champion

:19:46.:19:48.

at 5,000 metres, now going at 1500 metres standing next to her. So, for

:19:49.:19:55.

the two Lauras, there'll be massive support here and they will be hoping

:19:56.:19:59.

that it is a good, true honest race. If Laura Muir will take it out, that

:20:00.:20:04.

would be the brave way to do it. The person who has just added this extra

:20:05.:20:08.

for all sorts of reasons is Caster Semenya.

:20:09.:20:16.

I know we have talked about athletes getting disqualified. I think both

:20:17.:20:25.

the athletes who beat Hayley on that occasion were later disqualified. A

:20:26.:20:29.

great race in 2003 and we're heading for one here.

:20:30.:20:32.

Sifan Hassan, to me would have been the favourite before Caster Semenya

:20:33.:20:39.

came to the 1500 metres. Laura Muir, we have mentioned.

:20:40.:20:43.

Genzebe Dibaba, how good is she? Jennifer Simpson, of the United

:20:44.:20:46.

States. I don't have time to keep talking

:20:47.:20:52.

about how good they are all. -- all are.

:20:53.:20:56.

Let's listen to introductions as they go down the line, because the

:20:57.:21:00.

crowd have waited. This is the last event. The very popular Jennifer

:21:01.:21:05.

Simpson. Olympic bronze-medallist last year. She'll always be a

:21:06.:21:10.

danger. Runs smart. Uses her experience. Bahta came through as

:21:11.:21:21.

the fastest loser in the semifinal. Arafi, the Moroccan, who is always

:21:22.:21:34.

dangerous in slow erases. Is Kipchirchir in the shape she was

:21:35.:21:38.

last year. Some suggesting not. Scotland's very own Laura Muir,

:21:39.:21:40.

running for Great Britain. We weren't expecting this, Caster

:21:41.:22:02.

Semenya, in the final of the 1500 metres, yet to go in the 800. They

:22:03.:22:09.

will all fear Semenya. And I think that's why Sifan Hassan,

:22:10.:22:13.

they told me if it is slow early on, she will go after about 400/500

:22:14.:22:18.

metres, last 1,000 metres hard. Laura Weightman, she's been running

:22:19.:22:36.

very well, Laura. Loved the experience in London 2012. She so

:22:37.:22:39.

wanted to be back in the final and she's here. We were expecting

:22:40.:22:49.

Klosterhalfen, the brilliant talent from Germany, but her team-mate,

:22:50.:22:53.

Hanna Klein, made it through to the final. So, what tactics to be

:22:54.:22:59.

employed? What can Laura Muir do? Is there a medal here for Great

:23:00.:23:03.

Britain? The women's 1500 metre final.

:23:04.:23:11.

Well, we won't have long to find out what tactics will ensure. Laura Muir

:23:12.:23:16.

has gone straight to the front. It may be that the rumours were

:23:17.:23:20.

correct. It's going hard and quick. There's only one tactic here - run

:23:21.:23:29.

for gold. Well, I spoke to Sebastian Coe he

:23:30.:23:35.

said this is a classic dilemma. The 1500 metre runners realise you have

:23:36.:23:39.

to make it hard in the first two lengths otherwise the strength and

:23:40.:23:43.

power of the 800-metre champion will prevail. There is bravery here

:23:44.:23:48.

already on display from Laura Muir. Big anticipation of this race. Big

:23:49.:23:52.

pressure on Laura Muir. She sticks to the task. She said she would go

:23:53.:23:57.

to the front. As you mentioned, Steve, she's gone to the front and

:23:58.:24:01.

the crowd are going crazy already. She's doing it smart. The thing not

:24:02.:24:05.

to do would be not to go too excited. She was over 48 seconds.

:24:06.:24:12.

About 64, 65. 64 is four minute pace. 65, you can pick up this. It

:24:13.:24:16.

will be about building, building, building. Make the first 400 strong

:24:17.:24:21.

enough. A platform, so it has not been that slow. Kipchirchir thinks,

:24:22.:24:27.

OK, you have set off, by -- Kipyegon thinking you have set off.

:24:28.:24:35.

They are all nicely bunched. Laura Muir acting like a minipace-maker.

:24:36.:24:39.

She'll want to explode off the front here. Yegon thinks, OK, you have set

:24:40.:24:42.

off, by -- Kipyegon thinking Caster Semenya has got herself into

:24:43.:24:53.

a good position there. Muir is doing the work. This is a

:24:54.:24:57.

decent pace. You don't have to burst at this point. They are all

:24:58.:25:02.

gathering. The pace is clearly slowing. This is all about tactics.

:25:03.:25:06.

This is all about Laura Muir. Can she control the race at the front?

:25:07.:25:11.

She's trying to do that. She's got Olympic champion on her shoulder. An

:25:12.:25:16.

800-metre champion loitering on the outside. As we go through the

:25:17.:25:20.

800-metre point, let's see, it's not very fast at all. They are not

:25:21.:25:24.

running the finish out of this champion. This has played into

:25:25.:25:30.

Semenya's hands. I don't understand that slow second lap.

:25:31.:25:34.

It may be the tactic, but it's given Semenya the chance. Here comes

:25:35.:25:38.

Hassan on the outside. Here's the first big move.

:25:39.:25:42.

Semenya will be next to go. Laura Muir caught out. Jennifer

:25:43.:25:47.

Simpson going past her. Laura Muir has got a position. Here we go.

:25:48.:25:53.

Hassan. We have got over 500 metres to go. Laura Muir getting pushed and

:25:54.:25:58.

shoved. Dibaba trying to move out here.

:25:59.:26:01.

Caster Semenya looks comfortable. A little further back. Now Laura Muir

:26:02.:26:05.

around the outside. Now Laura Muir comes. This is a big run. She's been

:26:06.:26:09.

gathering herself. Can she get close enough? The bell sounds. They are

:26:10.:26:14.

all in contention. The 800-metre champion is giving them a bit of a

:26:15.:26:18.

start. Hassan is making it a long run. Laura Muir is in a good place

:26:19.:26:21.

now. She's got the strength. We think she has got the strength. Does

:26:22.:26:25.

she have enough tonight? She makes the move. Laura Weightman tried to

:26:26.:26:32.

hang on. Semenya is coming past. Hassan and Kipyegon stretching away.

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Laura Muir is going with them. Past Jennifer Simpson. It is a

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better-judged effort from Laura Muir but Semenya is still a long, long,

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long way back. These two at the moment got it between them. Come on

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Laura Muir. Find a little bit. Semenya is still coming. Hassan and

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Kipyegon, together, stride for stride. Arms going together. Legs

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going together. Jennifer Simpson is coming back to

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take in on Laura Muir. Semenya is challenging. It will be the Olympic

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champion. Simpson is going to get there for

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silver and Caster Semenya gets the bronze.

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Well, I have to say Kipyegon was the one out of the big names I was

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doubting a little bit. Hats off to her. I went quiet, because Laura

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Muir was so close and, when you have the medal snatched away from you in

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the latter stages, it's gut-wrenching. Gut-wrenching. The

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winner and the world champion is Kipyegon of Kenya. .

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Laura Muir run out of it by 700ths of a second.

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Laura Weightman ran well, she was in sixth. Two British women in the top

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six. I am trying to process this, because

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it was an odd race. Muir went to the front early and that 71 lap, she

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must have thought, I've got the confidence when the attack comes, I

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can cover it. She didn't manage to cover frit the front because they

:28:29.:28:32.

stole a march. Then she just wasn't strong enough in the end. You know,

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fourth is the worst, worst place to finish and when you have been that

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close, when you have run that well, Jenny Simpson was brilliant. I

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thought her race was run. Goodness me, let's give it to Kipyegon. The

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Olympic champion, world champion. Superb. So sorry for Laura Muir.

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Steve, like you processing how that race went, was a bit strange. She

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ran the first lap solid. She ran the second lap poorly, slowly, too

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slowly. You know, a great 1500 metre runner, beaten, inexperienced

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800-metre runner, if it was a true-run race. That was the essence

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of a true-run race. However Semenya came from a long way back. Laura

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Muir came twice again. Semenya's last lap of 57. 57.08 seconds, well,

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again, she came from too far behind. But Jenny Simpson, you know, she's

:29:28.:29:30.

experienced enough. She knows what to do and I'm still confused about

:29:31.:29:35.

that race. I'd like to see it properly, because so much was

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happening. So much was happening in various points of the race, not just

:29:39.:29:42.

on the run to the finish. You have to say that Laura Muir was so, so

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close. It was so, so brave and what she did. The second lap just let her

:29:47.:29:51.

down a little. I just think if that lap had been

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more consistent, there's no point in running 71 seconds. You are not

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achieving very much. You are sitting at the front. The rest of them are

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gauging it. She should be disappointed. She will be

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disappointed. She'll be a great athlete. She's demonstrated that.

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She's going to win a global medal, I am pretty sure. She nearly did it

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today and you know the tactics of today's race slightly different

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tactics, could have given her a medal.

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It was close, but forth this time. Next time, maybe.

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STUDIO: Welcome to the BBC Two viewers who have just joined our

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coverage from the World Athletics Championships from the London

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Stadium. We've just witnessed a fascinating 1500 metres final. The

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best women in the world, a totally loaded field and it was an

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impossible one to call, no one knew how it was going to pan out. And

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still, as Brendan Foster said, he wants to see it again so he can work

:30:58.:31:00.

out what kind of tactics were employed. Who got it right, Paula?

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Obviously Kipyegon won the medal, but did Laura Muir do the right

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thing and could she have done more? Was she beholden to the tactics of

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the others? You know, it's so hard, when you're in that situation and

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you are racing, you are the only one who can really make those decisions

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and make that move and Laura did what she thought would give her the

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best shot and it nearly paid off. Yes, if you look at who ran the

:31:33.:31:37.

perfect race, then Kipyegon did because she won did, and Simpson ran

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an outstanding race. She's so good. Thank you, Paula, for the moment. If

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you're watching on BBC One, we're going to go to the news. If you wish

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to continue watching, switch over to BBC Two now and we'll have more

:31:52.:31:56.

reaction and interviews from that incredible 1500 metres

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