Day 7, Part 1

:00:21. > :00:32.Michael Johnson storming away to another gold medal. Magnificent.

:00:33. > :00:36.That is history in the making. Jessica Ennis-Hill. She is back on

:00:37. > :00:44.top of the world. It is huge, it's massive. A new world record.

:00:45. > :01:00.Champion of the world. Usain Bolt!

:01:01. > :01:06.We live in a fast paced world right now.

:01:07. > :01:14.A lot of of things can be done in a very short amount of time.

:01:15. > :01:20.Particularly, within 20 seconds. You can fry an egg. Make a smoothie.

:01:21. > :01:25.Butter some toast. Park your car, easy.

:01:26. > :01:28.Compete a Rubik's Cube. No problem. Send a text.

:01:29. > :01:35.Brush your teeth. Put op a wash. Make a cheeky

:01:36. > :01:39.espresso. Pop open a bottle of bubbly. Take a selfie and share it.

:01:40. > :02:08.Oh, you know what else you can do in that time? Win a gold medal.

:02:09. > :02:14.Yes, good evening, that men's 200-metre final. The last event on

:02:15. > :02:20.the track tonight. What a gorgeous night we have been blessed with,

:02:21. > :02:24.after yesterday's deluge, the incessant rain, the sun has come out

:02:25. > :02:28.round these parts about an hour ago and it looks like it is here to

:02:29. > :02:32.stay. The fans did us proud last night. Those fans came out and

:02:33. > :02:36.cheered on some incredible performances and they are back out

:02:37. > :02:40.again, to see the likes of Laura Muir, to see Christian Taylor and

:02:41. > :02:45.there is Laura Muir, she has been at the warm up track because he is in

:02:46. > :02:51.the first of the 5,000 metre heats that go off round about 6.30. Eilish

:02:52. > :02:56.McColgan is also running in the heats and they are enjoying the sun,

:02:57. > :03:02.they have taken off a few of the layer, the hats the, the many layer

:03:03. > :03:07.of waterproof, gets themselves ready for a high jump qualification and

:03:08. > :03:11.Morgan Lake of Great Britain and Katarina Johnson-Thompson will

:03:12. > :03:16.attempt to qualify for that high jump final. Ice-cream, hold my

:03:17. > :03:25.ice-cream for me dad. That is what I want in life. Someone who holes my

:03:26. > :03:29.ice-cream. I bet Brendan foster has someone to holds his. He is with us

:03:30. > :03:34.in the studio for the first time. I am delighted to say. That means we

:03:35. > :03:38.had to get the cushion out, which you have been defacing, if you

:03:39. > :03:43.didn't have a moustache then, you didn't have one, you can't add it

:03:44. > :03:48.now. It is good. It is theres Three for a pound! Didn't cost that much.

:03:49. > :03:53.It is good having you with us, we have so much to go through and talk

:03:54. > :03:58.about. Briefly, your highlights so far? Hasn't happened yet. It will be

:03:59. > :04:03.tomorrow night, or tonight, or maybe the weekend, but I can't wait for Mo

:04:04. > :04:06.running tomorrow, I am really excited about Makwala, tonight, it

:04:07. > :04:12.would be a brilliant story if he was to win. The real stars of the show

:04:13. > :04:18.have been the crowds. Unbelievable. Like the Olympics, in the sport of

:04:19. > :04:23.athletics it needed this. The Olympics was great for the country,

:04:24. > :04:29.and good for the nation, this has been incredible for at Lee tick,

:04:30. > :04:32.thank God for London, the crowds and the organisation, it has been

:04:33. > :04:37.outstand, you know, we shouldn't sell it short. It could have fallen

:04:38. > :04:41.off a cliff, you know, it hasn't. Thank God people have got behind it

:04:42. > :04:46.and it has been wonderful. The show hasn't finished. Absolutely not. We

:04:47. > :04:50.have a few long days ahead of us, we were talking about the

:04:51. > :04:55.unpredictability, that has been one of the key features so far. It has.

:04:56. > :04:58.It hasn't gone to form in many of the races which I think people,

:04:59. > :05:02.obviously you have your favourites but people that won that weren't,

:05:03. > :05:05.sort of some of the names that were expected there was people in the

:05:06. > :05:10.stadium that wanted them to win, you know, it is, it is great when you

:05:11. > :05:13.have that sort of, you know, variety and we have talked about how many

:05:14. > :05:17.different countries are winning medals here. It's a global

:05:18. > :05:21.Championship, it is hard, and I think that sort of shows, it is not

:05:22. > :05:25.just a leading nations that you expect and have heard about, we are

:05:26. > :05:31.seeing more and more of that other emerging nations coming up and

:05:32. > :05:35.starting to medal and with athletes that have committed themselves and

:05:36. > :05:40.have fans supporting them as well. That just shows what Michael was

:05:41. > :05:45.saying there, that spread of golds across the nation, and Norway is not

:05:46. > :05:53.even up there, which is of course the Warholm gold from last night.

:05:54. > :05:58.You have Norway, Turkey tonight, with Guliyev who could win in the

:05:59. > :06:03.200 metres. It is highlighting the global nature. That is why it is so

:06:04. > :06:07.difficult for Britain to win medals, in 11th position there but we are

:06:08. > :06:13.hoping for more, but I think it is great, this is really, how many

:06:14. > :06:17.other sports have such a big variety in their World Championship, we do.

:06:18. > :06:21.It should be celebrated and tonight, Botswana will be hoping they can get

:06:22. > :06:26.up there, with a certain Isaac Makwala, he is the fastest man in

:06:27. > :06:30.the world over 200 metres this year. He is in lane two tonight but his

:06:31. > :06:37.journey has been anything but smooth.

:06:38. > :06:43.Whatever the result of tonight's 200 metres final. Few races in this or

:06:44. > :06:49.any other Championships have had such a drama laced build up. Olympic

:06:50. > :06:53.champion Wayde van Niekerk, heir apart to bolt as the face of

:06:54. > :07:01.athletic against Isaac Makwala. It should have been that simple. Until

:07:02. > :07:05.a bug entered the system, on Monday. Tonight at six athletes hit by

:07:06. > :07:09.norovirus, officials try to contain the outbreak. The spread of

:07:10. > :07:14.gastroenteritis at the hotel saw Makwala fall ill and he was forced

:07:15. > :07:20.to withdraw from the 200 metres heats. Was not that sick. I somed on

:07:21. > :07:24.the bus. They took me to the medical room. I waited about 30 minute,

:07:25. > :07:29.there was nothing. Makwala was turned away as he tried

:07:30. > :07:33.to enter the stadium, while the sports ruling body the IAAF put

:07:34. > :07:38.forward their case as to why he could not compete. Just before van

:07:39. > :07:42.Niekerk won gold, and sympathised with his rival. Van Niekerk starring

:07:43. > :07:50.to tie it up. He is looking for the line. Wayde van Niekerk is the World

:07:51. > :07:54.Champion again. After I saw him crossing the line, it was like,

:07:55. > :08:00.something fishy, they don't want to tell us, Usain Bolt is out now, they

:08:01. > :08:04.want someone to be a face of athletics. There is a lot of fingers

:08:05. > :08:09.being pointed now. I just know he is ill. I have so much sympathy for

:08:10. > :08:14.him. I wish I could give him my medal, but this is sport, these

:08:15. > :08:17.things happen and each and every one of us need to fight four

:08:18. > :08:22.opportunities, it could have been any one of us. Yesterday afternoon

:08:23. > :08:26.more drama. With his quarantine over, Makwala was given a second

:08:27. > :08:31.chance in 200, and allowed to run a one man time trial. As the rain

:08:32. > :08:34.fell, he qualified for the semifinal, making a pressing point

:08:35. > :08:38.about his fitness levels in the process.

:08:39. > :08:44.As van Niekerk watched on. LAUGHTER

:08:45. > :08:50.I think that is a message to the IAAF to say I am fit and healthy. He

:08:51. > :08:54.only made the final as a fastest loser, Makwala breezed through. So

:08:55. > :08:59.after a week of twists and turns we got the showdown we came for after

:09:00. > :09:02.all, just not in the event we most anticipated.

:09:03. > :09:10.So what have you made of this whole drama, the twists and turns of Isaac

:09:11. > :09:14.Makwala's story? Well, it has been a real drama, it has been toing and

:09:15. > :09:20.froing, but at the end of the day, to put it in perspective, the

:09:21. > :09:24.President of the European athletics association a Norwegian guy, he is

:09:25. > :09:30.in our hotel and he is in quarantine for 48-hour, he couldn't come to

:09:31. > :09:33.watch his countryman win the 400-metre hurdles. His can't present

:09:34. > :09:36.his gold medal tonight. It is 30 year since they won a gold medal in

:09:37. > :09:40.the World Championships so the quarantine thing is very serious, if

:09:41. > :09:44.a doctor says you are in quarantine, no matter who you are you are in

:09:45. > :09:47.quarantine, that is what happened, there has been lots of

:09:48. > :09:52.misinformation kicking round and that is what happens... But at the

:09:53. > :09:57.end of the day the guy was quarantined, and he couldn't run for

:09:58. > :09:59.48-hour, he ran there yesterday, he proved himself to be ready to run,

:10:00. > :10:05.after the quarantine period was over, but the other thing about it

:10:06. > :10:09.is, if he had, if the norovirus took, the whole Championships could

:10:10. > :10:15.have been cancelled. All the athletes could have been taken ill.

:10:16. > :10:19.None of us misunderstood the message for public health but in terms of

:10:20. > :10:24.the messages coming out of the IAAF they could have done better A lot of

:10:25. > :10:28.people could, and at the end of the day, that is behind us and that is

:10:29. > :10:33.what happened. He is running tonight, the quarantine thing is

:10:34. > :10:39.still in action, I am giving you an example of it, and to be frank if he

:10:40. > :10:43.could win this tonight, you know, makes its an amazing story, gives

:10:44. > :10:47.him something back, he has come for, his manager was telling me, he is

:10:48. > :10:51.ready to win tonight, that was only this afternoon, so let us wait and

:10:52. > :10:55.see and let us, you know you can do the inquests after but at the end of

:10:56. > :11:00.the day this young man is here to try and win a medal. In the other

:11:01. > :11:04.event. It couldn't have looked more dramatic yesterday. Him running that

:11:05. > :11:09.time trial in lane seven with the rain belting down, you know, never

:11:10. > :11:13.seen anything quite like it at a World Championship. A single man

:11:14. > :11:18.trying to get into the semifinal. He looked good both times. He looks

:11:19. > :11:24.fantastic, we know he has been in fantastic shape this year. He ran

:11:25. > :11:29.sub 20 seconds and sub 44 in a single day. He is absolutely in the

:11:30. > :11:33.best shape of his life and so, you know, the two 200 metres he had to

:11:34. > :11:37.run, he was able to handle, and it did look dramatic and I think that

:11:38. > :11:41.you know, the support he had in this stadium, not only for that race but

:11:42. > :11:46.when he came back last night for the semifinal, when he was announced to

:11:47. > :11:49.the crowd, was fantastic. He talked about how he has really

:11:50. > :11:53.Breitscheidplatzed that support which he needed. He has a tremendous

:11:54. > :11:56.amount of support in his country. Everyone is talking about him. They

:11:57. > :12:01.have the Makwala challenge where people are doing press ups, all

:12:02. > :12:04.sorts of books on their back and all sorts of things and it has been

:12:05. > :12:09.fantastic. At the end of the day, this is a race and it will be a

:12:10. > :12:13.great race, I think he is in a great position to win it because he has

:12:14. > :12:16.ran so fast this yore, there are a lot of other athletes that will be

:12:17. > :12:20.right there, this is shaping up to be one of those really close race, I

:12:21. > :12:25.think it is going to be a real mad dash for the finish and it will be

:12:26. > :12:29.separated by hundredths of a second. I am really looking forward to it.

:12:30. > :12:33.Wayde van Niekerk to throw in a bit of, a bit more drama, looked really

:12:34. > :12:39.out of sorts for him, didn't he in that semifinal. He looked tired. I

:12:40. > :12:45.think the 400 metres has taken its toll in the round of the 200 metring

:12:46. > :12:51.we said it yesterday, the fours he looked shattered, it was almost 2000

:12:52. > :12:59.is aest in his fatigue, he needed a channel, he set him a big challenge.

:13:00. > :13:04.It highlights how difficult it really s because it is difficult, he

:13:05. > :13:10.is going to give his best shot but it is difficult. You talked about a

:13:11. > :13:13.blanket finish. Are we beings too hopeful. Would Wayde van Niekerk

:13:14. > :13:18.have a chance of being in that blanket finish? I think, I look at

:13:19. > :13:24.this and sigh him there in lane two and I look at, you know, personal

:13:25. > :13:28.best season's best, that is right there. With the other players. I

:13:29. > :13:34.mean I don't know that van Niekerk's ready to run that 19.8 he ran

:13:35. > :13:39.earlier this year, Guliyev has looked fantastic, but I think that

:13:40. > :13:46.this is going to be won somewhere in that under 20 seconds, 19.9, maybe

:13:47. > :13:51.19.8 but probably 19.9. He has run 19.95. He could get in there, he,

:13:52. > :13:55.the lane isn't the best but it could be worse, he is in lane two, he is

:13:56. > :14:01.on the inside of van Niekerk. There is a possibility but I think that

:14:02. > :14:06.Guliyev, Young is running incredible from the US, he ran 20.12 and looked

:14:07. > :14:11.very good doing it. So, yes. A long rounded way of

:14:12. > :14:15.giving you the answer you wanted but I can only give you that answer, he

:14:16. > :14:22.has to give you the medal. Hopefully he can. Backed up with facts which

:14:23. > :14:27.we leek, you will see that final at eight minutes to ten on BBC One, and

:14:28. > :14:31.we can't wait for that. Brendan last night we saw Mo Farah back out on

:14:32. > :14:36.the track for the 5,000 metre heats, it was wet, it was a little bit

:14:37. > :14:39.fractious, both of those heats were fractious, what did you make of the

:14:40. > :14:45.performance and how did he look to you? He said after, and he is right,

:14:46. > :14:50.the 5,000 metres heats is the hard etc of all because it is every step

:14:51. > :14:54.is a reluctant step. You don't want to do it but you have to run

:14:55. > :14:59.12-and-a-half times round the track. This is something which is change,

:15:00. > :15:03.lots of athletes have not run initially in big fields like this

:15:04. > :15:08.and the track discipline of giving each other a bit of space has

:15:09. > :15:12.disappeared. They don't get used to it on the international circuit, but

:15:13. > :15:16.when they run slowly and they are running in a group, not many know

:15:17. > :15:22.how to give everybody the space round them so we are getting lots of

:15:23. > :15:28.trips and accidents and bumps, none of those are Dublin rat, if you do

:15:29. > :15:32.it deliberately you might end up on floor, so for me, the bit I am

:15:33. > :15:36.nervous about on Saturday, is you know, someone bumping him, getting

:15:37. > :15:41.in the way. Think he will run a great race, he is ready, he was

:15:42. > :15:46.tired yesterday, but always meant lip tired runs the heat, and I just

:15:47. > :15:50.think, you know, the stadium, Mo Farah, you know, we can't script the

:15:51. > :15:53.story, it is not like fiction, this is for real and I think for real, he

:15:54. > :16:02.is going to win it. He said what happened to Usain Bolt

:16:03. > :16:07.the night after his 10,000 metres final gave him a jolt. He's been so

:16:08. > :16:13.used to going to major championships and to the two of them work King --

:16:14. > :16:17.walking away with gold medals, and I'm sure he hasn't taken it for

:16:18. > :16:23.granted, but he's realised they are human. But there's something in him.

:16:24. > :16:28.He's won six World Championship gold medals and he's easy-going, he's

:16:29. > :16:33.nice, fun and relaxed, but behind that veneer a warrior. He is

:16:34. > :16:38.relentless and ruthless and ruthless and he's a winning machine. He's

:16:39. > :16:42.just desperate to win. I spoke to him the other day and I said when

:16:43. > :16:48.they were around you with five laps to go, where you tire? I was just

:16:49. > :16:57.thinking, he can't beat me, he'll never beat me. I thought that was

:16:58. > :17:06.unbelievable. He is a ruthless winning machine. With any elite

:17:07. > :17:10.athlete there has to be a strand of fear, the fear of failing and you

:17:11. > :17:16.pay attention to that, not for very long, but it's what keeps you in the

:17:17. > :17:21.game and asking questions of yourself, it keeps your team not

:17:22. > :17:26.wanting failure. He said to me a few weeks ago that when he left the UK

:17:27. > :17:30.to live and train in America, the plane was taking off from Heathrow,

:17:31. > :17:34.he was leaving everything behind and it was a risk. He didn't qualify for

:17:35. > :17:40.the final in Beijing and was there anything ahead of him? He was

:17:41. > :17:45.risking everything, his family, life, reputation, money, and he did

:17:46. > :17:55.it. Tonight in the 5000 metres it's the turn of the women to qualify. A

:17:56. > :18:02.painful fourth in the 1500 metres final the other night. What a task

:18:03. > :18:07.ahead the Laura Muir. Some of the fastest women in the world and

:18:08. > :18:12.everywhere you look, opportunities. The person who has added this extra

:18:13. > :18:18.frisson for whatever reason is Caster Semenya. What can Laura Muir

:18:19. > :18:22.do? Is there a medal here for Great Britain? We won't have long to find

:18:23. > :18:29.out. Laura Muir has gone straight to the front. It's going hard and it's

:18:30. > :18:33.going quick. There's only one tactic, run for gold. There's

:18:34. > :18:40.bravery already on display from Laura Muir. It's all about Laura

:18:41. > :18:43.Muir, she's got the Olympic champion on her shoulder, the Olympic

:18:44. > :18:51.800-metre champion loitering on the outside. This has played right into

:18:52. > :18:58.Semenya's hands. I don't understand the slow second lap of 71 seconds.

:18:59. > :19:05.This is the first big move. Dibaba follows, then Semenya. Laura Muir is

:19:06. > :19:11.caught out. We've got just over 500 metres to go. Laura Muir looking for

:19:12. > :19:16.room, getting pushed and shoved. Now Laura Muir cuts. She's been

:19:17. > :19:23.gathering herself. Can she get close enough? The bell sounds, they are

:19:24. > :19:27.all in contention. Come on, Laura Muir! Semenya is still coming, but

:19:28. > :19:34.surely she can't get there. Simpson is coming back. Semenya is charging.

:19:35. > :19:38.It's going to be the Olympic champion! Simpson is going to get

:19:39. > :19:46.silver and Caster Semenya gets bronze. Laura Muir was so close.

:19:47. > :19:53.When you have the medal snatched away from you in the latter stages,

:19:54. > :19:57.it's gut-wrenching. Gut-wrenching. I gave it everything I could. In the

:19:58. > :20:09.last 50 yards I tied up and they went past me. I gave it all I could

:20:10. > :20:17.and that's all I can do. Laura Muir will be running that 5000

:20:18. > :20:27.metres heat at 6:30pm. A few of her adversity is from the 1500 metres,

:20:28. > :20:33.Sifan Hassan. What do you make of her chances and what does she have

:20:34. > :20:38.to do to get to the final? I'm very nervous for Laura. She came for the

:20:39. > :20:42.1500, her first choice and her dreams were crushed. She's

:20:43. > :20:49.inexperienced that 5000 metres. This is only her second proper 5000

:20:50. > :20:53.metres race. In fact it might only be her first proper race. She's

:20:54. > :20:59.never done a heat before and there are some class athletes. I have

:21:00. > :21:10.loads of hope, but loads of nerves. She hasn't run an outdoor 5k. It's

:21:11. > :21:15.not the outdoors, is the talent around her. She is a great runner.

:21:16. > :21:21.I'm not sure we will see the best of her, we didn't the other night. We

:21:22. > :21:27.won't see the best of her at 5000. Maybe she is free of some of the

:21:28. > :21:35.tension. She's not expected to do anything in the 5k. Maybe the

:21:36. > :21:41.shackles are off. You're right. It's the men's 400-metre hurdles medals

:21:42. > :21:46.ceremony. Kerron Clement didn't make it three in a row. He was hoping to

:21:47. > :21:52.be the first man to win three World Championships in a row. That

:21:53. > :21:58.mandate, Karsten Warholm. -- that mandate.

:21:59. > :22:03.It was a great race, 400-metre hurdles often are because of the

:22:04. > :22:13.effort and the fatigue and athletes breaking down in the final 50 metres

:22:14. > :22:19.also. Yasmani Copello finished strongly. Kerron Clement, the

:22:20. > :22:25.Olympic champion, in bronze. What a run from this man from Norway.

:22:26. > :22:29.Taking Norway's first track gold medal at a World Championships since

:22:30. > :22:43.the great in Grid Christiansen in the 10,000 metres in Rome in 1987.

:22:44. > :22:47.The president of the Norwegian athletics Association is in

:22:48. > :22:52.quarantine at the moment, he was supposed to present the medal, but

:22:53. > :22:58.Sebastien Coe has done it. He is so young and so many medals to win.

:22:59. > :23:08.World champion. Norway's and from around the stadium. Full.

:23:09. > :24:04.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. What a finish, what a celebration

:24:05. > :24:12.and what a face in victory from Karsten Warholm, echoing The Scream

:24:13. > :24:18.of Edvard Munch. He's still just 21. But he is the world champion. Kerron

:24:19. > :24:19.Clement, the Olympic champion, in bronze. Yes Manny Capello from

:24:20. > :24:34.Turkey in silver. Karsten Warholm of Norway with that

:24:35. > :24:39.glorious gold. 21 years old, former multi-event, what a future he has in

:24:40. > :24:42.this event. He appeared to have distance between himself and the

:24:43. > :24:46.rest of the field but he still appeared so surprised when he

:24:47. > :24:51.crossed the line and looked up to the big screen and finally saw he

:24:52. > :25:00.had won the gold medal. Wonderful reaction. Baby faced! So freshfaced.

:25:01. > :25:07.The reaction was just incredible. Total, total disbelief of what he

:25:08. > :25:13.had just achieved. I think he was saying, my goodness, I will have to

:25:14. > :25:18.wear that Viking hat! I think he was thinking, I hope Edvard Munch, the

:25:19. > :25:22.Norwegian painter, thinks I've done a very good job of imitating The

:25:23. > :25:31.Scream, which is what Andrew mentioned. Just to show you how

:25:32. > :25:35.close he was... If you're going to imitate a

:25:36. > :25:42.painter, good to keep it homeward bound. Edvard Munch Norwegian of

:25:43. > :25:44.course. In all seriousness he's a very exciting prospect. It's

:25:45. > :25:51.refreshing to have a Norwegian victory on the track again. So much

:25:52. > :25:56.tradition in the throwing. World champions, Olympic champions. What a

:25:57. > :26:03.performance from that young men. The women are out for the 5000 metres

:26:04. > :26:11.heat. There is Muir. You filled us with a lack of optimism! What kind

:26:12. > :26:17.of advice... Brendan is hitting me with his pillow. What advice would

:26:18. > :26:22.you give Laura? I hope she gets a trouble-free run. She might get the

:26:23. > :26:28.confidence she needs. It will be difficult. Don't expect too much,

:26:29. > :26:34.but if she stays trouble-free... You're going to the commentary box,

:26:35. > :26:38.Brendan. We'll had you down to Steve Cram.

:26:39. > :26:47.Thank you. Evening, everybody. A beautiful night in the London

:26:48. > :26:52.Stadium. Laura Muir, I know her camp weren't so happy with the way the

:26:53. > :26:57.heats have been drawn. It's a tough event and whichever heat you are in,

:26:58. > :27:03.qualification is never easy. Particularly in the distance event.

:27:04. > :27:08.We talked about Mo Farah. He was fined the 5000 metres heats hard

:27:09. > :27:14.work. The top four go through and the five fastest losers. We have

:27:15. > :27:21.McColgan and Steph 12 -- Steph Twell going in the other heat. Laura Muir

:27:22. > :27:25.will be facing the 10,000 metres gold-medallist and double Olympic

:27:26. > :27:30.champion, Almaz Ayana. Maybe you'd rather have run a 1500 metres final

:27:31. > :27:36.than the 10,000 metres coming into this, but Ayana will be tough. Laura

:27:37. > :27:41.has to put behind that huge disappointment. Everyone says huge

:27:42. > :27:46.disappointment. Laura was ranked in the world's top three. It was a

:27:47. > :27:51.loaded 1500 metres and a medal would have been an immense achievement in

:27:52. > :27:58.this early part of her career. She wanted it badly. She felt she was

:27:59. > :28:04.capable. Completely understandable to come so close it was agonising

:28:05. > :28:12.for her. She's had to dust herself down and come back again this

:28:13. > :28:17.evening. Just access the challenge of a 5000 metres. It's still a new

:28:18. > :28:24.event for her, especially at championship level. She's run fast

:28:25. > :28:30.indoors, but it's never the same. That championship record in Beijing.

:28:31. > :28:35.The rumour is get there be a league will not line up in the second

:28:36. > :28:40.semifinal. We'll have to wait for evidence of that. -- Genge said a

:28:41. > :28:45.Dibaba will not line up. Dibaba would have been one of the

:28:46. > :28:49.favourites. I can look at all of the names. Hellen Obiri will be taking

:28:50. > :28:54.on Ayana, most people think that will be a straight scrap for the

:28:55. > :29:02.gold medal. Plenty of other good athletes. Teferi was second to

:29:03. > :29:08.appearing in the Shanghai Diamond League earlier this season. Shannon

:29:09. > :29:15.Rowbury will be well-known to a lot of athletics fans. There's Shannon

:29:16. > :29:22.Rowbury, no running at 5000 metres. Not having a great year. Decided not

:29:23. > :29:26.to try to make the American team. Only eight in their trials at 1500

:29:27. > :29:35.metres. Hasn't been in great shape this year. Top five and Laura Muir

:29:36. > :29:43.will look at the likes of Teferi, Ayana, Louise Wellings. The

:29:44. > :29:49.Australian did very well to get through here. If Laura Muir it is

:29:50. > :29:55.going to do well in this event, she has to learn how to negotiate this.

:29:56. > :29:59.Great reception for her. She has to channel that, not get to carried

:30:00. > :30:09.away. Hopefully have a nice clean run.

:30:10. > :30:20.Can of Turkey. 14.56 this year. Reh, we enjoy watching her, but Obiri,

:30:21. > :30:23.what a season she is having. Obiri, Olympic silver-medallist in this

:30:24. > :30:34.event last year. She is running better than ever in

:30:35. > :30:39.2017. Then Chelangat, had a good run at the world cross country

:30:40. > :30:45.Championships, a couple of seconds behind Teferi earlier in the year.

:30:46. > :30:51.So here we go, 12-and-a-half laps of the track. First five, and then

:30:52. > :30:55.there will be five fastest loser sports from the two heats available.

:30:56. > :31:01.And it will be interest, I can't really see the big names here,

:31:02. > :31:06.Ayana, Obiri making it a fast race. Laura won't want it to be a fast

:31:07. > :31:10.race but the slower it is it brings others into equation, as we saw in

:31:11. > :31:17.Mo's heat that first heat. It helps the second heat, in terms of fastest

:31:18. > :31:21.loser spots but Laura Muir will think about a fastest loser spot.

:31:22. > :31:26.Top five, yes, it is a tough heat but she is good enough to finish the

:31:27. > :31:31.top five here, and any 1500 metre runner will always enjoy a slower

:31:32. > :31:37.5,000 metre heat. Brendan has made it in world record time. We had the

:31:38. > :31:43.stop watch on, a mere four minutes and 32 seconds for him to make to it

:31:44. > :31:47.the commentary box. Well done. That is my best time, Steve. I'm really

:31:48. > :31:52.proud of that. I tell you what, I am looking at this race here, and we

:31:53. > :31:57.are looking at some athletes who are committed distance runner, and we

:31:58. > :32:02.are looking at Laura Muir, who is a great runner, and I think Laura Muir

:32:03. > :32:08.is really strange, I think you will understand this, but, 1500 metre

:32:09. > :32:13.runner, moving up to the 5,000 metre, having only run one seriously

:32:14. > :32:18.indoor, you were in those position, you had a little go at 5,000 metre,

:32:19. > :32:23.imagine your second serious 5,000 meeter run being in the heats of a

:32:24. > :32:29.World Championship, how would you approach that one, do you think?

:32:30. > :32:40.Trepidation. If you look at the history over the years of the 1500,

:32:41. > :32:46.people who moved up to it. I can remember John Walker making the move

:32:47. > :32:49.in 1984 and people like Eamonn McColgan, David Moorcroft, there are

:32:50. > :32:56.is plenty of success in people moving up. It is that great mix.

:32:57. > :33:01.Helen Obiri was a top 1500 metre runner. She has left that behind

:33:02. > :33:04.her, but she is still brilliant. She could have run the 1500 here. Laura

:33:05. > :33:08.Muir has all of the equipment, and what she needs to do is approach

:33:09. > :33:13.this as you were saying, you don't want to do it every step of the way

:33:14. > :33:18.is a reluctant one, but wait till gets to the last three or four laps

:33:19. > :33:23.and you are fine. Really, she is in here with not quite the expectation

:33:24. > :33:28.on her there was at the 1500 metres. That is behind her now, she ran a

:33:29. > :33:34.race that was so close to a medal, fractions behind a medal so she is

:33:35. > :33:38.here now, she has not got a weight on her shoulder, pace is being set

:33:39. > :33:43.reasonably well. There is Helen Obiri who beat her here in London a

:33:44. > :33:46.few weeks ago, and she is settling in there, tactically, she knows

:33:47. > :33:51.enough about the tactics of the race. I hope it is a reasonable

:33:52. > :33:57.race. I hope she doesn't get into trouble. She will be strong in the

:33:58. > :34:01.later stains. She has a kind, you would look to Mo Farah, why wouldn't

:34:02. > :34:09.you look anywhere else. It is slow, steady. 15.20 pace which is easy for

:34:10. > :34:12.most of the women. Not to expend energy in the early laps covering

:34:13. > :34:19.moves you don't need to cover. That is the key. Mo is good at deciding

:34:20. > :34:22.that. Laura is getting ant is, wanted to move up. The only time you

:34:23. > :34:27.want to be in the top three or four is in the last two laps, and that is

:34:28. > :34:32.when you need to make a move. Don't waste any other energy than you need

:34:33. > :34:37.to. When When she approaches the 1500 metres she talks about being

:34:38. > :34:43.worried about some of those who are faster over 800-metre, here she is

:34:44. > :34:48.in the 5,000 metres, she doesn't have any of those concerns so maybe

:34:49. > :34:52.the lack of pressure on her, in a hard race here, and if it became a

:34:53. > :35:02.hard race, I think that would acquit her well. Right next to her is this

:35:03. > :35:10.amazing Ethopian athlete, Ayana. She came here, broke the world record

:35:11. > :35:15.Rio in the 10,000 metres, she the raining 5,000 metre World Champion.

:35:16. > :35:19.She ran astonishing over the last 5,000 Mears in the 10,000 metre

:35:20. > :35:25.erase. Here she is again, red yes toy prove to them all she is the

:35:26. > :35:30.best. Ready to try and win a race, these two athletes, Obiri and Ayana,

:35:31. > :35:33.either side of Lauren, those who are going to be serious competitors.

:35:34. > :35:38.Whatever happens tonight I am sure they are going to go through and the

:35:39. > :35:45.big race on Sunday. Watching this I am sure with great

:35:46. > :35:50.interest, Paula in the studio, and a 73 they are not going at any real

:35:51. > :35:57.pace Paula. There is plenty of talent. I probably would have done

:35:58. > :36:02.something to string it out at some point but that point doesn't have to

:36:03. > :36:08.come yet. 73 seconds, is what, I mean it is outside of 15 minute pace

:36:09. > :36:13.but it is not jogging either and it will be starting to ask questions of

:36:14. > :36:16.some people in this race. Laura is doing the right thing, she doesn't

:36:17. > :36:20.need to be moving up and done as much as she is. She can relax and

:36:21. > :36:26.wait for someone like Suzuki to take it on and keep the pace, moving this

:36:27. > :36:33.is a tougher heat, so they should be trying to run quicker, given the

:36:34. > :36:39.second heat has the advantage. Steph Twell, Eilish McColgan in that

:36:40. > :36:44.second one. I wouldn't be surprised if Stephanie Twell tries to run 15

:36:45. > :36:46.minutes. They will speed up, and Suzuki is trying to not wait that

:36:47. > :36:51.long. This lap could be the quickest of

:36:52. > :36:54.the race so far. Watch when the clock comes, they are tightly packed

:36:55. > :36:59.there. Just watch the clock as they go

:37:00. > :37:03.through. That was the quickest by a couple of tenth, 73.04. She hasn't

:37:04. > :37:09.really done anything at the front. Just keeping the pace going. And

:37:10. > :37:12.Laura, where she has been. Just getting a comfortable run there,

:37:13. > :37:17.happy to sit in the pack, no need to do anything else at this point. No

:37:18. > :37:21.need to do in addition at all. Just track Ayana, that is enough. That

:37:22. > :37:26.will do you. Follow her. She is good enough. She will make a move, as

:37:27. > :37:34.they come down the home straight. And see the lap scorer. Seven laps

:37:35. > :37:40.to go. In this first heat. The women's 5,000 metres.

:37:41. > :37:43.The World Champion in there. Right next to Laura Muir. Laura Muir

:37:44. > :37:47.should take comfort from that. There is too many for the moment. The pace

:37:48. > :37:51.isn't desperately fast, so it should be comfortable running for her, it

:37:52. > :38:00.is also comfortable running for a few of the others as well.

:38:01. > :38:05.It has been steady, 3, 4, 3, 4, through the first 2,000 metre, the

:38:06. > :38:10.time of 6.08. It is just starting to warm up, one or two towards the

:38:11. > :38:15.back, Reh at the back. She is a very good runner, but she has only run

:38:16. > :38:21.15.10. That is operating close to her best. They still have chances,

:38:22. > :38:27.it is enwho it starts to get twitchy, you start to get into,

:38:28. > :38:32.beyond half way to approaching. And they are just beyond half way. So

:38:33. > :38:36.then you look at the score. Once it gets down to four to go. People like

:38:37. > :38:43.robe Britain, not being in the best of shape this year, but certainly

:38:44. > :38:49.Ayana has a great kick, Teferi can move as well. Gives others a cans,

:38:50. > :38:59.you might not reckon on, even the likes of Krumins or Wellings, people

:39:00. > :39:06.who the Canadian, -- Seccafien. All happy with this steady pace. Well

:39:07. > :39:10.the Scottish flag cheering for Laura Muir, she did give them a run for

:39:11. > :39:15.their money the other night. I'm sure if it comes to being tough

:39:16. > :39:21.and strong, and brave, you are going to get another run from Laura Muir

:39:22. > :39:27.tonight, for certain and hopefully, on Sunday night in the final of the

:39:28. > :39:32.5,000 metres. Ayana holding herself back on the outside, in the Ethopian

:39:33. > :39:39.vest. The other Ethopian, Teferi, she was the silver-medallist in the

:39:40. > :39:43.last World Championships. Interestingly there, I think it was

:39:44. > :39:49.if I am right it was a Ethopian one, two, three, and she was second,

:39:50. > :39:54.Ayana and Genzebe Dibaba, so, they are all in the race. Dibaba not

:39:55. > :40:01.quite the force she was before. Obiri relaxing in the front, with

:40:02. > :40:10.Suzuki and Can. Rowbury just in a good position there, Laura Muir, she

:40:11. > :40:15.is OK. It is slowing even more, I mean, not disastrously slow but 3.05

:40:16. > :40:22.for one thousand. Obiri is thinking enough is enough. She is not kicking

:40:23. > :40:26.or pushing it on. Just moved ahead of the Japanese athlete who has a

:40:27. > :40:37.stint at the front. Everybody is involved. At the back is... Necks

:40:38. > :40:43.time round they have four-and-a-half laps to go. There is another 73.

:40:44. > :40:48.Look at Ayana. Almost stepping across Teferi. She follows her, we

:40:49. > :40:53.are thinking it is going to start Teferi, almost pushed to the front.

:40:54. > :40:57.Can. Laura Muir just watching, moving up to Obiri, Rowbury looking

:40:58. > :41:03.for a bit of room. It is just warming up a bit. It is warming up.

:41:04. > :41:10.In this zone, when it comeses to four laps to go, they can start

:41:11. > :41:15.thinking about making a move. When Ayana skipped into front Can came

:41:16. > :41:21.round with Teferi, with four laps to go in the women's 5,000 metres just

:41:22. > :41:28.beginning to stretch. We have three British athletes, Laura Muir in this

:41:29. > :41:33.heat and Simone Bolelli. Here is Laura Muir -- Eilish McColgan. The

:41:34. > :41:37.others will look at the pace, and they will see that these athletes

:41:38. > :41:41.aren't going especially quick, I will give them confidence. There has

:41:42. > :41:47.been a lot of bumping and I am wondering whether it is because

:41:48. > :41:51.these athletes run in a circuit. They run fast with pacemakers and

:41:52. > :41:56.they are not used to running in groups, I have seen much more of it,

:41:57. > :42:01.this event, than in the past. I agree. Look at Teferi, just

:42:02. > :42:05.pushing for a bit of room as soon as Ayana moves town the shoulder. Laura

:42:06. > :42:10.Muir is fine where she is at the moment. Krumins, just moving up on

:42:11. > :42:16.her shoulder, Laura has run well so far. Hasn't got too excited. When

:42:17. > :42:20.the moves have been made she is pretty much stayed close, not

:42:21. > :42:24.panicked. So three laps to go then. Laura Muir for the first time once

:42:25. > :42:28.again, a bit of room now, knows that they start to really push, you can

:42:29. > :42:33.just easily glide away. That is what you want. You don't want a big kick

:42:34. > :42:37.on the last lap. A bit of pace applied by the good athletes, take

:42:38. > :42:42.them away from the rest. Hopefully you can get to 200, 300 to go. A few

:42:43. > :42:49.more need to drop off for that to happen. There is still enough in

:42:50. > :42:57.that group. The big names are there. Obiri, Laura Muir, Krumins is there.

:42:58. > :43:01.Can. Lozano, she is at the back of that group and there is plenty

:43:02. > :43:06.there. Top five, the only ones you can be guaranteed of progressing.

:43:07. > :43:10.That is a bit faster. 12.12 for 4,000 metre, now there is a group of

:43:11. > :43:14.about ten there. We need to whittle down the numbers and Ayana is come

:43:15. > :43:18.on the shoulder of Obiri. I wouldn't be surprised if we see something

:43:19. > :43:23.similar to this in the final in a few day's time. Those two together,

:43:24. > :43:27.I think are the two dangers, there could be a classic distance race and

:43:28. > :43:31.Ayana wants to be in the front. She can't revisit it. Laura Muir is

:43:32. > :43:37.taking closer order and running sensibly as they come up to two laps

:43:38. > :43:42.to go. But there is still a few too many for comfort. Laura doesn't need

:43:43. > :43:46.to get into her contest with Ayana and Obiri at this point. She just

:43:47. > :43:50.needs to make sure she finishing top five. Lozano starting to struggle.

:43:51. > :43:55.Reh is at the back. Rowbury will be a danger. Krumins is having a good

:43:56. > :44:00.race. Those are the buns that Laura needs to make sure she finishes

:44:01. > :44:07.ahead of. Can can't really kick and the Turkish athlete on the inside.

:44:08. > :44:11.Ayana. Obiri can move in the latter stages. Laura Muir is a 1500 metre

:44:12. > :44:14.runner, she doesn't need to race them. She is doing the right thing.

:44:15. > :44:20.Keeping in touch. Fifth is all you need to be. That is all. For an

:44:21. > :44:29.inexperienced 5,000 metre runner she has run a good race to this point.

:44:30. > :44:34.Showing an ounce of tiredness as the others stretch at the front. There

:44:35. > :44:37.is Laura Muir in fifth place, he is in the qualifying place, she has to

:44:38. > :44:41.hold it but she will have some speed at the end. Rowbury is coming up and

:44:42. > :44:45.the two of them are, there goes Ayana with a lap to go. The bell

:44:46. > :44:50.sounding. Obiri right next to her. Krumins there and there is Laura

:44:51. > :44:55.Muir, in a good place. She is working hard, Laura Muir.

:44:56. > :44:59.Shannon Rowbury will be a danger here, only five to go through, he

:45:00. > :45:03.needs to try and get away, because two people are still chasing her.

:45:04. > :45:07.Laura Muir is just looking a bit tired. She surely can raise the game

:45:08. > :45:11.a bit. Checking back on to the inside. This is going to be a long

:45:12. > :45:17.hard run in for Laura Muir, she is looking tired. Ayana, Obiri, crumb,

:45:18. > :45:22.Teferi and a gap. Rowbury is not far away.

:45:23. > :45:33.I fear for Laura Muir here. She looks spent. Ayana, Obiri, Krumins,

:45:34. > :45:39.Teferi and Kiprotich go past Laura Muir. She has to keep going and hope

:45:40. > :45:47.the second heat isn't as quick. It's a very, very tired Laura Muir coming

:45:48. > :45:58.in. She's going to finish seventh. 14.56 and Laura will be 14.50 nine.

:45:59. > :46:05.It will be an anxious wait. -- 14.59. That's a very, very tired

:46:06. > :46:15.Laura Muir. Brendan, your prediction was right. The task that she set

:46:16. > :46:21.herself in January, her and her coach, doing the double. I is felt

:46:22. > :46:25.that was a little premature at the time. That's been the plan all the

:46:26. > :46:34.way through. She missed a couple of weeks in June with an injury. At

:46:35. > :46:38.it's the emotional draining of trying to go for a medal in the 1500

:46:39. > :46:44.metres, when you're so close, to come and pick yourself up. She can't

:46:45. > :46:52.even get up, she's given absolutely everything. I hope she's OK. No

:46:53. > :46:57.medics out there. Laura Muir starts treading water. Here comes Sharon

:46:58. > :47:04.Rowbury. Laura Muir, I've never seen her distressed like this before.

:47:05. > :47:10.She's got nothing left. Qualification, first five to go

:47:11. > :47:15.through. She's in seventh place. I'm not sure she would want to run the

:47:16. > :47:22.final now because she's having real trouble even getting onto her feet.

:47:23. > :47:30.No problem for the winner. No problem for Ayana. A really tired

:47:31. > :47:36.Laura Muir. She's distressed. Ayana and Obiri comfortable. Kiprotich

:47:37. > :47:44.comfortable as well. Teferi as well. Krumins. Shannon Rowbury. Laura Muir

:47:45. > :47:49.looked OK with about 500 or 600 metres to go, then a little sign of

:47:50. > :47:55.tiredness and this is an exhausted Laura Muir. She has run herself out.

:47:56. > :48:01.To go down to the ground as such is unusual for an athlete of this

:48:02. > :48:07.calibre. She's absolutely exhausted. She is now up and walking around,

:48:08. > :48:12.but look how tired she is. You'd almost wish her not to qualify. She

:48:13. > :48:18.has a spike mark, but that's part of the trade. She is a tired young

:48:19. > :48:23.athlete. The future for Laura Muir, she will be a great athlete in the

:48:24. > :48:29.future, but she will be extremely disappointed tonight. And we are

:48:30. > :48:36.disappointed for her. We'll let her recover as much as she can and will

:48:37. > :48:41.try to chat to her. Her time was 14.59. A decent time. But she's such

:48:42. > :48:46.a good athlete and it's such a shame to see her in that situation.

:48:47. > :48:53.Whether or not she qualifies, I know she's had a problem with her

:48:54. > :49:02.Achilles as well. We can confirm the result. The top five... Krumins was

:49:03. > :49:09.the surprise. Rowbury did what she needed to do. There are five fastest

:49:10. > :49:22.losers spots. Eilish Mccolgan and Steph Twell to

:49:23. > :49:28.come, but it's not looking good for Laura Muir at the moment. Let's

:49:29. > :49:34.speak to her now. Laura is OK to talk. You gave it

:49:35. > :49:41.your all, but we've never seen you quite so exhausted after a race. Are

:49:42. > :49:48.you feeling OK? Yeah, fine. It's a long way and! It's not what I'm used

:49:49. > :49:52.to after the 1500, but I gave it my best shot and that was really fast.

:49:53. > :49:57.I imagine I will get through to the final. Will you be in shape to come

:49:58. > :50:03.back for the final? Yeah, I went into this positive I could qualify

:50:04. > :50:09.automatically, so I will go positively into the final. Is it as

:50:10. > :50:13.much a mental thing as a physical thing in terms of getting yourself

:50:14. > :50:19.up from the 1500, what happened and then back for this. A bit of both,

:50:20. > :50:23.but mentally I was fine. I had to put the 15 behind me. I was fourth

:50:24. > :50:28.in the world. I came into this really positive and I felt

:50:29. > :50:34.recovered. It was the last lap, the legs went. I have three days until

:50:35. > :50:37.the final. I hope you got the credit you deserve from your performance

:50:38. > :50:43.the other night. It was wonderful and you've seen that now. It was

:50:44. > :50:47.hard to take at the time. Fourth, no matter how out of the blue it comes,

:50:48. > :50:51.it's a way is difficult to take. Is the highest place I've ever achieved

:50:52. > :50:57.in a global championships, even though I missed out on a medal. You

:50:58. > :51:01.are new to 5000. What will you do between now and the final if you

:51:02. > :51:11.should make it to get right? Recover. I recovered pretty well. I

:51:12. > :51:15.will get on it even more. I've not won a 5k since January and that was

:51:16. > :51:24.indoors, this is different. I know what to expect for the final. Thanks

:51:25. > :51:31.for talking to us, we wish you well. Paula Radcliffe is alongside me

:51:32. > :51:37.listening to Laura. Give me your assessment of her first outdoor 5000

:51:38. > :51:43.metres of the season. This hate was definitely tougher than the second

:51:44. > :51:50.heat. She didn't do anything wrong. The first couple of kilometres were

:51:51. > :51:53.slow and then it really picked up. You can see she's hurting. I'm

:51:54. > :51:58.relieved she was hurting because it was hard because I was worried her

:51:59. > :52:05.Achilles was bothering her. She's run really fast. She's just tying

:52:06. > :52:12.up. She's got those two quick 1500 metres in her legs. Don't forget

:52:13. > :52:17.IMI. She had a 14.24 in her legs coming into this. -- don't forget

:52:18. > :52:24.Ayana. She's done the double many times. It is a tough ask. We are

:52:25. > :52:30.talking about how tired Semenya will be coming into the 800 metres. For

:52:31. > :52:34.Laura Muir coming into the 5000 metres, it is a hard ask and she

:52:35. > :52:38.tied up in the final stages. She needs to recover well, keep her

:52:39. > :52:45.fingers crossed that she is a fastest loser and we will watch with

:52:46. > :52:50.interest. Only seven in the next race have run under 15 minutes as a

:52:51. > :52:56.PB. It would be a very, very quick race to knock her out. It would. If

:52:57. > :53:04.there are seven women who are capable of doing that. She is

:53:05. > :53:08.sitting in the second fastest loser spot at the moment. She's in a good

:53:09. > :53:13.position. For her psychologically going into a final you don't want to

:53:14. > :53:18.qualify as a fastest loser. We saw Andrew Bishop jogging in last night

:53:19. > :53:24.in the last of the fastest loser spot and that's the advantage of the

:53:25. > :53:29.second heat. She seems very relaxed, her attitude is I'll see what

:53:30. > :53:35.happens. That seems to be the perfect way to be. Let's look at

:53:36. > :53:36.what we've got for you this evening. The second 5000 metres heat is

:53:37. > :54:01.coming up. Can Christian Taylor finally beat

:54:02. > :54:33.Jonathan Edwards's world record? Isaac Makwala will be in the 200

:54:34. > :54:38.metres final. If you want the second screen option while the athletics is

:54:39. > :54:44.on, we have live and exclusive coverage of the US PGA Championships

:54:45. > :54:48.on the red button. The fourth and final major of the year from Quail

:54:49. > :54:57.Hollow Country Club. Rory McIlroy is the pretournament favourite.

:54:58. > :55:03.Coverage will continue all weekend. A little bit of news coming from

:55:04. > :55:07.this hate. DNC Dibaba, who did not look herself in the 1500 metres

:55:08. > :55:14.final, is not appearing on the track. She will not race. Not a

:55:15. > :55:19.great surprise. She didn't run well in the 1500 metres. Sifan Hassan has

:55:20. > :55:27.a score to settle by qualifying for the final here. Let's go back to the

:55:28. > :55:38.commentary team. Not a surprise that Dibaba isn't there. We'll talk more

:55:39. > :55:42.about Dibaba. Kipkemboi was second in the Kenyan trials. The Diamond

:55:43. > :55:46.League meeting in Rome produced the fastest race of the year over this

:55:47. > :55:52.distance at the start of June. Most of the big names were there. There

:55:53. > :56:00.is Steph Twell. Great to see her on this stage again, where she deserves

:56:01. > :56:04.to be. Such a talented youngster in 2010, 20 11. She was getting up to

:56:05. > :56:09.world class and had an injury in a cross-country race in Belgium in

:56:10. > :56:14.2011. Broker ankle and it's been a long way back. But she's getting

:56:15. > :56:20.close to her back again. Eilish McColgan, the family has a gold

:56:21. > :56:29.medal from the World Championships. Liz was the world 10,000 metres

:56:30. > :56:35.champion in 1991. Without Dibaba, hard to see if there are enough

:56:36. > :56:39.women to make it fast enough for any fastest losers to come from this

:56:40. > :56:43.hate. McColgan has been running very well. Since she abandoned the

:56:44. > :56:47.steeplechase, it she's been finding her form on the flat and getting

:56:48. > :56:54.quicker. McColgan and Twell both have a chance if it's a bit slower.

:56:55. > :56:58.That first heat wasn't quick that the first three kilometres but they

:56:59. > :57:03.finished strongly. Laura Muir confident she will make the final.

:57:04. > :57:09.The odds are she probably will go through to the final, but you never

:57:10. > :57:13.know. This is the perfect scenario for these athletes. We saw yesterday

:57:14. > :57:20.the men's 5000 metres, they know what time to run. They need to run

:57:21. > :57:25.14.58. If they're best time is within 15 minutes, they can set off,

:57:26. > :57:29.run steady and run close to 15 minutes and then qualify as a fast

:57:30. > :57:34.loser, which would unable ten of these athletes to qualify. That's

:57:35. > :57:38.what happened yesterday in the men's race. The second heat had a lot of

:57:39. > :57:42.talent, but the guys worked together, it shared the pace and do

:57:43. > :57:50.what was needed to qualify through time. We have two British athletes.

:57:51. > :57:54.Steph Twell coming back to form. Behind her, jogging on the inside,

:57:55. > :58:00.Eilish McColgan. You said earlier there was a medal in the family.

:58:01. > :58:06.That was a great medal from lives. I listened to your commentary at the

:58:07. > :58:10.time. One of the best distance performances by a British athlete.

:58:11. > :58:14.It was the best I'd ever seen. Mo Farah has done a few since! But it

:58:15. > :58:20.was still one of the great performances. A dish is coached by

:58:21. > :58:24.Liz. I was really pleased when she gave up the steeplechase because I

:58:25. > :58:29.used to hate watching her in that. It was tough for her. She was a

:58:30. > :58:34.finalist in the Olympic Games last year, that was the first step in her

:58:35. > :58:42.journey and this is another one. I'm sure she will be more confident

:58:43. > :58:48.today. First five. She can run 15 minutes, I'm sure, anyway. She may

:58:49. > :58:52.not have to do that. She's got a great finish which has developed

:58:53. > :58:57.over the last few years. Steph Twell wants to be in amongst them, it

:58:58. > :59:01.she's a strong runner. She loves to push the pace, she loves true

:59:02. > :59:05.distance running and she's excelled over the roads and on 1500,

:59:06. > :59:11.cross-country. She's run a lot of good races over the year. Molly

:59:12. > :59:18.Huddle looks over her shoulder, 800 metres completed, 2.31, that's not

:59:19. > :59:23.good enough or fast enough, so she's gone, chase me. Molly Huddle is the

:59:24. > :59:29.10,000 metres champion. The last World Championships in the 10,000,

:59:30. > :59:34.she eased up to the line, allowing Emily Infeld to snatch the bronze

:59:35. > :59:40.medal and Hoddle was devastated. She has lifted the pace now. Nabeshima

:59:41. > :59:47.second in the Japanese championships. Dibaba, it's not a

:59:48. > :59:51.surprise she isn't here, Shields so poor in the 1500 metres, finishing

:59:52. > :59:56.12th in the final. She's nothing near the form we saw for her a

:59:57. > :00:02.couple of years ago. Molly Huddle beginning to stretch away, but

:00:03. > :00:09.Dibaba would not have been a threat. Dibaba went into the Olympics in

:00:10. > :00:14.2016 saying she would double up with the 1504 5000, but in the end

:00:15. > :00:18.contested only the 1500. She has form in threatening to double up but

:00:19. > :00:20.not doing it. Hoddle has thrown down pace.

:00:21. > :00:32.She buzz eighth in the final. She is a real distance runner ark strong

:00:33. > :00:37.distance runner, she has decided can run is a minute, and run close to is

:00:38. > :00:42.a minutes today. If I do that, it is up to you to decide whether you come

:00:43. > :00:46.with me or not. There will be some who just fancy the best chances with

:00:47. > :00:50.the kick, so they don't want it to be quick, sitting in that group

:00:51. > :00:54.behind, whether they are going to go through as fastest loser, some will

:00:55. > :01:00.think my only chance is to get in the top five, so I am happy for it

:01:01. > :01:04.to o bit slower and let huddle go. The other thing is that there is

:01:05. > :01:09.something in at he ticks when you are track running for you feel there

:01:10. > :01:14.is safety in number, if you in the second group and the leader is

:01:15. > :01:20.doing, you look round and say is she doing it correctly do I stay here,

:01:21. > :01:24.settle? Instead of five qualifiers, I will setting for fourth and Eilish

:01:25. > :01:28.McColgan -- Eilish McColgan running strongly. Her sprint finish has been

:01:29. > :01:33.impressive. She has improved her speed, she is powerful in the last

:01:34. > :01:37.couple of hundred metrers she would be safe in a reasonable race, her

:01:38. > :01:43.and Stephanie Twell pushing it along together. They might as well keep a

:01:44. > :01:47.strong pace, if they possibly can. They don't have to lead, there is a

:01:48. > :01:52.difference between running in the front and leading, trying to break

:01:53. > :01:56.away. They don't need to break away. Molly Huddle has done that, she is

:01:57. > :02:02.30 or 40 metres clear coming down the straight. Eight lap tots go for

:02:03. > :02:08.the American. The strong American 10,000 metre record holder, and

:02:09. > :02:13.also, the rest of them, well, settling together. Six seconds

:02:14. > :02:20.behind the pack, there is about six seconds or so behind Molly Huddle.

:02:21. > :02:23.You can see the gap Molly Huddle the American has and leading the pack

:02:24. > :02:29.are Stephanie Twell and Eilish McColgan. She has a decent kick, she

:02:30. > :02:33.starts to wind it up to the end. She finished fourth in the Monaco

:02:34. > :02:38.Diamond League 3,000 metres and rand quickly, she can go fast. It is an

:02:39. > :02:42.interesting race because Huddle has taken it out and everyone is safety

:02:43. > :02:48.in numbers in staying the the pack here. Yes, I understand what Molly

:02:49. > :02:52.Huddle is trying to dosm she was disappointed with her eighth

:02:53. > :02:57.position in the 10,000 metre, she has that in her leg, she has moved

:02:58. > :03:00.up to the marathon and she is thinking I don't want to leave 24

:03:01. > :03:07.down to chance. I don't want to leave to it a last lap burn out

:03:08. > :03:11.where I will get pushed out and I am a better 5k runner than these girls.

:03:12. > :03:15.She is getting to get rid of some of the debris that is left in her legs

:03:16. > :03:18.after that 10,000 metres and she is taking herself clear. I am surprised

:03:19. > :03:24.that some of the girls in this group didn't try to go with that a bit. I

:03:25. > :03:27.understand why certain girls are sitting back, the likes of Eilish

:03:28. > :03:32.McColgan, she knows she is finish fast, there are others who might

:03:33. > :03:36.have enbenefitted from going with the pace. Huddle on her own at the

:03:37. > :03:42.moment. It will 10,000 metres champion. She has that gap now, she

:03:43. > :03:48.threw in a 20.58 kilometre and the rest sitting back, at the pace of

:03:49. > :03:52.the first heat. They were running 3.05, there is Grovdal not far away

:03:53. > :04:00.from Eilish McColgan. The Norwegian. Who can run very very decent times

:04:01. > :04:05.indeed. The European Championship last year, over 10,000 metre,

:04:06. > :04:17.Stephanie Twell in a good position, Hassan waiting just now. Look out

:04:18. > :04:21.for Gidey. She has run 14.33, she was third this that Rome Diamond

:04:22. > :04:27.League, third in Shanghai, she might be a threat come the final. Still

:04:28. > :04:32.the lonely pursuit of the sort of long distance runner Molly Huddle.

:04:33. > :04:36.Eilish McColganing looks comfortable, she looks comfort in

:04:37. > :04:42.this position and with the pace, she looks really relaxed. Concentration

:04:43. > :04:48.on her face, not worrying about what is happening behind her. She is

:04:49. > :04:52.right to do that. She can have confidence in her last couple of one

:04:53. > :04:57.metres. Grovdal following her, on the inside Stephanie Twell. Steve

:04:58. > :05:00.reminded me how well she finished in British Championships and how well

:05:01. > :05:05.she ran over the last couple of hundred metres. Laura Muir is

:05:06. > :05:11.sitting there waiting, she is second fastest of the five fastest losers

:05:12. > :05:15.so far, this pace for this second round is slower than it was in the

:05:16. > :05:19.first round. Maybe Laura Muir will get her confidence growing, they are

:05:20. > :05:24.going to struggle to get close to her time. Not too many of these

:05:25. > :05:26.women have gone below 15 minutes and Laura Muir was thaw in that first

:05:27. > :05:47.heat. 14.59. Eilish McColgan and Grovdal. Fading

:05:48. > :05:54.after tray trying. The gap remains the same ssm Molly Huddle coming out

:05:55. > :05:57.in front. Hills, a former steeplechaser of Australia sitting

:05:58. > :06:00.near the back. She could challenge. She has plenty of strength. At the

:06:01. > :06:05.moment the pace is beginning to lift a fraction, it is slower than the

:06:06. > :06:12.first heat. No doubt about that. That gap remains the same. Huddle

:06:13. > :06:16.out on her own. I think Huddle is running faster but that doesn't

:06:17. > :06:20.affect the other positions, the group clearly is slower than they

:06:21. > :06:25.were before, but Eilish McColgan moving strongly there, in fourth

:06:26. > :06:29.place, opening up gaps now, Hassan is following Eilish McColgan, and

:06:30. > :06:33.those four in that second group, they are starting to stretch out a

:06:34. > :06:37.little. Now, Stephanie Twell needs to concentrate now, because this is

:06:38. > :06:43.starting to get serious. Ten minutes of running already, Eilish McColgan

:06:44. > :06:45.in a good place there. The third in that group, remember, Molly Huddle

:06:46. > :06:49.is down the track and Stephanie Twell looking further down the

:06:50. > :06:52.field, just beginning to lose contact there. So Stephanie Twell

:06:53. > :06:55.really needs to be trying to dig in here, there is too many ahead of

:06:56. > :07:00.her, the pace isn't strong enough overall. So I am getting nervous

:07:01. > :07:03.now, for Stephanie Twell, she looks pained in her expression with four

:07:04. > :07:08.laps to go, she is in trouble I think. They are creeping past her,

:07:09. > :07:12.she is in danger of being spat out the back of this group. Just that

:07:13. > :07:17.lift in pace. Eilish McColgan in a good position and Hassan on the last

:07:18. > :07:22.lap, she tiptoed down the back straight and crept past a few people

:07:23. > :07:26.as well. She is fourth in that group and coming up alongside Eilish

:07:27. > :07:30.McColgan and Molly Huddle. She remains 40 metres clear. She is

:07:31. > :07:35.having to lift the pace to maintain that gap. Eilish McColgan looks

:07:36. > :07:38.comfortable at the moment. Eilish McColgan does look comfortable. She

:07:39. > :07:44.is taken the shortest route too. She is on the inside. She has never had

:07:45. > :07:47.to move at all. Now, the good news is that Stephanie Twell really

:07:48. > :07:51.working hard here. She has gone through a bad patch. She Eames to be

:07:52. > :07:55.trying to close that gap. There is no chance unless she gets on the

:07:56. > :07:59.back of group. One thing about Stephanie Twell she will give 100%.

:08:00. > :08:04.She needs that few yards, just get on the back of the group and that

:08:05. > :08:08.will be making it easier, come on Steph, that, oh, she's worked hard

:08:09. > :08:11.there, and suddenly paying the price for it.

:08:12. > :08:18.So hard to get back in the group once you start to lose contact. Now,

:08:19. > :08:24.Coneo comes past and her spirits will sink a bit and her body will

:08:25. > :08:27.feel more painful. She is losing contact. Eilish McColgan looking

:08:28. > :08:34.strong, third from the front of the second group. The second group along

:08:35. > :08:38.way behind Huddle. This has been an impressive run. She is beginning to

:08:39. > :08:44.wear an expression of discomfort but she has put in a huge effort here.

:08:45. > :08:49.And just over three laps remaining, just over two laps remaining rather,

:08:50. > :08:53.and through 4,000 metres in 12.07 so slightly quicker than the first one,

:08:54. > :09:01.that is because Molly Huddle is out in front. The rest are slightly

:09:02. > :09:04.slower. Beginning to lift the pace. Eilish McColgan still maintaining

:09:05. > :09:09.contact but only five go through automatically. This second group now

:09:10. > :09:14.beginning to move. Eilish McColgan is in there. On the inside, as she

:09:15. > :09:18.has been all way through, her long stride, and Molly Huddle is taking

:09:19. > :09:24.it out and she is taking a gamble. It looks as though it is a gap than

:09:25. > :09:30.will pay off. Has Eilish McColgan got the strength to keep it going.

:09:31. > :09:34.Another 600 metres before she can unleash her fast last two hundred

:09:35. > :09:42.metre, she is there, four of this lot will qualify. Let us hope Eilidh

:09:43. > :09:45.can be one of then. Molly Huddle has run a time trial, 15.09. She is

:09:46. > :09:53.likely to be inside that. Gritting her teeth. They are edging closer

:09:54. > :09:58.now. Edging closer. About 600 metres remaining in this 5,000 metres and

:09:59. > :10:02.Eilish McColgan just beginning to slip back now as Gidey passes her,

:10:03. > :10:08.and the second American as well. Houlihan made the final in Rio, won

:10:09. > :10:12.the US title. Tucking in behind Eilish McColgan. She does have

:10:13. > :10:17.speed. She leans forward and gets that long stride stretching out. She

:10:18. > :10:21.can get up to a fair old lick, but Gidey, out in front of her, now, I

:10:22. > :10:27.think only five go through. Huddle may be caught in the closing lap She

:10:28. > :10:31.is looking at the clock, the group are chasing, Eilish McColgan is on

:10:32. > :10:37.the back of the group. There she is, she is now in sixth place with five

:10:38. > :10:42.to qualify, as of right. Now, she would have a bit a chance to go as a

:10:43. > :10:45.fast loser, she would want to concentrate here, can Eilish

:10:46. > :10:49.McColgan show the pace. Over the last 200 metres we have seen her do

:10:50. > :10:53.before. They are closing down slightly on the leader, Molly

:10:54. > :10:59.Huddle. Eilish McColgan is sixth there. But she is holding them, she

:11:00. > :11:03.is working at it. It. Molly Huddle has life in her leg but that gap is

:11:04. > :11:10.closing. Hassan and Gidey. And also Grovdal of Norway. Eilish McColgan

:11:11. > :11:14.trying to get there as well alongside the Kenyan athlete,

:11:15. > :11:18.Kipkemboi who digs in Huddle in a bit of trouble. She may be spent.

:11:19. > :11:24.Hassan passes her Gidey. Grovdal as well. Huddersfield is going, Eilish

:11:25. > :11:28.McColgan is there. Houlihan, the United States, and Gidey will take

:11:29. > :11:32.the victory, Hassan to qualify and it is so close, it is five from six

:11:33. > :11:36.people here, dipping for the line, Eilish McColgan goes through, just

:11:37. > :11:40.ahead of Grovdal, and it will be the Norwegian, I was going to say who

:11:41. > :11:47.misses out but with that time she will go through. 14.59 the winning

:11:48. > :11:51.time. And Stephanie Twell a lodge way further back. But Eilish

:11:52. > :11:56.McColgan has done it, and she will go through, so too will Laura Muir,

:11:57. > :12:00.with her time from that first heat although it was close in the end,

:12:01. > :12:04.because 14.59 the winning time here. A slight difference there. Eilidh is

:12:05. > :12:07.sitting on the track, Laura was lying on the track and Stephanie

:12:08. > :12:16.Twell disappointment there for Steph. Coming through in 15.41. She

:12:17. > :12:21.will be very disappointed with that. But also, let us look at Eilish

:12:22. > :12:26.McColgan, really really good performance there. And true McColgan

:12:27. > :12:31.family spirit in that finishing straight. She is looking up there,

:12:32. > :12:34.she is looking for the clock. She is looking for the results board. Shale

:12:35. > :12:39.gassing her head. I don't think she needs to be. The slow result coming

:12:40. > :12:43.and there she is S fourth. Relief on the face of Eilish McColgan, she

:12:44. > :12:47.deserved it and it's a personal best time for Eilish McColgan. Well, you

:12:48. > :12:50.can't do any more than that. Mum will be jumping up for the clock.

:12:51. > :12:53.She is looking for the results board. Shale gassing her head. I

:12:54. > :12:55.don't think she needs to be. The slow result coming and there she is

:12:56. > :12:58.S fourth. Relief on the face of Eilish McColgan, she deserved it and

:12:59. > :13:01.it's a personal best time for Eilish McColgan. Well, you can't do any

:13:02. > :13:03.more than that. Mum will be jumping up and down somewhere, saying "I

:13:04. > :13:07.told you so." She is going to be great Eilidh and she is heading that

:13:08. > :13:09.way, a bit of leaf as well, but what a finish it was. Love to read her

:13:10. > :13:12.lips there but she is saying something, she should be happy with

:13:13. > :13:14.that. World Championships, there is Molly Huddle. Looked to have done

:13:15. > :13:17.enough. There Hassan following her and looking in sixth place coming

:13:18. > :13:20.into the finishing straight. There is Eilish McColgan. Battling, like

:13:21. > :13:26.she would. Like you would expect her to do. And the other American coming

:13:27. > :13:30.up on the inside. Liz, Eilidh looks on the inside, sorry. Working hard.

:13:31. > :13:35.Four of them in a line this is crucial, sometimes it is is a bit

:13:36. > :13:39.brutal but as they come there, Eilidh McColgan, she needs toe have

:13:40. > :13:43.at least one of them behind her, and there leaning and pushing for the

:13:44. > :13:47.line, she leans forward, and there it is s qualification for Eilish

:13:48. > :13:56.McColgan, in a personal best time, well done to her. Molly Huddle,

:13:57. > :14:01.passed there. Grovdal, battling on, Huddle has gone to piece, McColgan

:14:02. > :14:05.coming now, two are clear and what a battle this, and so close, it is too

:14:06. > :14:11.close to call, at this point, but you really have to keep going. She

:14:12. > :14:15.has to dig deep, battle on and there it was, just enough, lean Eilidh,

:14:16. > :14:21.well done, all those years of practise paid off today. There it

:14:22. > :14:27.is. The head on shot. What an effort from McColgan. This time, it is just

:14:28. > :14:35.a fraction outside Liz McColgan's personal best. 14.59.56 and Eilidh

:14:36. > :14:40.not too far away. Not far away from the 15 minute barrier. Grovdal will

:14:41. > :14:44.go through as well as one of the fastest losers and so too will Molly

:14:45. > :14:46.Huddle for all that effort. Eilish McColgan removing any doubt on going

:14:47. > :15:01.through. She is talking now to Phil. A very delighted Eilish before me.

:15:02. > :15:07.You showed such determination. I knew today would be tough, I was

:15:08. > :15:12.ranked seventh in my heat so to get top five would be hard. I did a lot

:15:13. > :15:19.of the work today trying to push on the pace. At worst I wanted to be

:15:20. > :15:26.fastest loser. I did realise we were running 15 minute pace. I'm so much

:15:27. > :15:30.more confident this year, training is going well, I haven't had

:15:31. > :15:37.injuries. I feel like it's come together at the right time and today

:15:38. > :15:41.was amazing. I thought I can't let this go. London 2012 I was so

:15:42. > :15:46.scared, today I was really pumped up with the crowd, I'm older and more

:15:47. > :15:52.mature. The experience at previous champs has come through today. You

:15:53. > :15:57.get to embrace the crowd again in the final. What would satisfy you in

:15:58. > :16:06.the final? I would have said a PB but I've run a PB today! I can't

:16:07. > :16:13.believe that was 15 minutes. 15.07 is eyeballs out from the start

:16:14. > :16:21.usually! I think with people like Ayana, it's not going to be slow. To

:16:22. > :16:28.run a PB, I'd love to run 14.40 and take a big chunk off. It will be

:16:29. > :16:34.amazing to be there with Laura. Two Dundee Hawks in the final, doing it

:16:35. > :16:37.for Dundee! Congratulations. Couldn't believe it was 15 minutes,

:16:38. > :16:59.she says, but it was. Molly Huddle, for all that effort,

:17:00. > :17:04.leading it out, gets her place in the final. And Laura Muir will go

:17:05. > :17:10.through from the first heat into the final, which takes place on Sunday.

:17:11. > :17:14.Look at that blue sky, everything feels better when the sunshine 's

:17:15. > :17:22.and everything feels better when you get two women running like that.

:17:23. > :17:26.It's going to be a Dundee ding-dong in the final. It's great to see them

:17:27. > :17:30.in there. Great to see Laura Muir making it through as a fastest loser

:17:31. > :17:36.because it was on the edge for a while. To see Eilish fighting and

:17:37. > :17:40.committing, we've always known the talent is there and she can finish

:17:41. > :17:45.strongly, but she tends to sit back and give herself too much to do. She

:17:46. > :17:50.didn't do anything wrong in that race. She was in the right

:17:51. > :17:54.positions, didn't use too much energy that she was working hard and

:17:55. > :17:59.it will do her confidence good to run a PB. There's a bit of grit to

:18:00. > :18:06.her, she wants to knock her mum down the British rankings! So good to see

:18:07. > :18:12.her fit, she's had so many years troubled with various injuries when

:18:13. > :18:17.she was attempting the steeplechase. This year we've seen a very

:18:18. > :18:19.different athlete. Time for the women's 400-metre hurdles medal

:18:20. > :18:25.ceremony. What a dramatic final it was. Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the lead

:18:26. > :18:32.and then pulling up with what appeared to be cramped. Phyllis

:18:33. > :18:38.Francis took the gold and Steve Cram was commentating.

:18:39. > :18:45.It's the first time Phyllis Francis has beaten Felix in six meetings and

:18:46. > :18:51.what a time to do it. Felix, thanks to Mark Butler for giving me these

:18:52. > :18:56.stats, a full set of medals for her now, equalling the record of Meli

:18:57. > :19:11.knotty. The youngest ever 400-metre hurdles medallist taking the silver.

:19:12. > :20:18.The Olympic champion not even making the rostrum. She'll be back tonight

:20:19. > :20:24.in the 200 metres semifinals, but for Phyllis Francis the moment of

:20:25. > :20:26.her life. A new personal best to win the gold medal. Allyson Felix, as

:20:27. > :20:43.ever, gracious in defeat. It was a very dramatic race. We are

:20:44. > :20:46.getting used that around here. Unpredictable finishers, dramatic

:20:47. > :20:50.races, it's not going with the form book and it makes for a very

:20:51. > :20:55.exciting championships. We had that last night as well because Norway

:20:56. > :21:02.won their first gold at a World Championships for 30 years. I have

:21:03. > :21:05.that winner next to me now. Karsten Warholm, congratulations on that

:21:06. > :21:10.400-metre hurdles victory. A fantastic victory and we loved your

:21:11. > :21:15.reaction when you crossed the line. You seemed genuinely surprised by

:21:16. > :21:19.your victory. I was. I knew there was a chance for me making it, but

:21:20. > :21:25.it's always a special feeling when you are the first over the line, and

:21:26. > :21:29.with the atmosphere here, I truly couldn't believe it. Kerron Clement

:21:30. > :21:33.was going for your third World Championship, you stopped that party

:21:34. > :21:36.and you stopped a lot of experienced hurdlers. You're relatively new to

:21:37. > :21:43.the event coming from multi-eventing. 400 hurdlers often

:21:44. > :21:49.say it's there and experience event. You need some years. It's also good

:21:50. > :21:56.to be a bit stupid like me and go out hard and hoping for the best.

:21:57. > :22:01.Yesterday it worked. I think that enthusiasm, that youth, maybe that

:22:02. > :22:06.lack of expectation, it's wonderful to see somebody saying, I'm just

:22:07. > :22:12.going to give this a go. Absolutely. What would be your approach from

:22:13. > :22:19.here? You are so young. Being a little stupid! Just going for it was

:22:20. > :22:24.what it was. How will you approach the future now you have that under

:22:25. > :22:27.your belt and you are a world champion? Consistency is very

:22:28. > :22:34.important when you race the 400 hurdles. There's not so much room

:22:35. > :22:41.for mistakes. I need to work on my rhythm and make it more stable so I

:22:42. > :22:45.can do these times often. We are going to relive the race, but a

:22:46. > :22:59.treat, we have Norwegian commentary. You will have to translate.

:23:00. > :24:04.I think he's said... I've no idea. I can imagine it was quite an excited

:24:05. > :24:08.commentator. Tell us what he was saying when you crossed the line.

:24:09. > :24:15.They are saying it's an incredible achievement. Norway is not a great

:24:16. > :24:21.track and field country. It's big for us to have a track champion. I'm

:24:22. > :24:26.very proud to say it's me. We are delighted for you. Will you stay

:24:27. > :24:30.with us? Great. It's the start of the women's 800-metre heats. Steve

:24:31. > :24:35.Cram will pick up with the first of these.

:24:36. > :24:45.Talking about Scandinavians, your visa limped -- Lovisa Lindh, who has

:24:46. > :24:51.been running very well this year, doesn't start. A suspected stress

:24:52. > :24:53.fracture, sadly for her. Ajee Wilson, one of the favourites for a

:24:54. > :25:08.medal. We've got three British athletes

:25:09. > :25:15.coming up. Oskan-Clarke, sharp and Adelle Tracey. The first three and

:25:16. > :25:22.sixth fastest. I expect all our free to negotiate fees eats and I hope

:25:23. > :25:25.they do. Ajee Wilson, the new American record-holder. She ran a

:25:26. > :25:32.fabulous race in Monaco just before these World Championships where she

:25:33. > :25:38.almost beat Caster Semenya. The 23-year-old is a huge talent and

:25:39. > :25:48.she's started fairly quickly. Verstegen on the inside. Wilson

:25:49. > :25:53.moving nicely into the lead. The Commonwealth bronze-medallist looked

:25:54. > :26:00.a real prospect a few years ago. Ajee Wilson decided not to mess

:26:01. > :26:05.around. Paula is with me. I'm not sure she broke Brendan Foster's

:26:06. > :26:11.record so he can keep the glory. These 800 heats aren't too

:26:12. > :26:15.difficult. They are not too bad. This has been made easier by the

:26:16. > :26:20.fact that Paul Lovisa Lindh has not been able to take her place. Wilson

:26:21. > :26:28.trying to control it from the front. Her training partner, Charlene

:26:29. > :26:40.Lipsey, will be in one of the later heats. She was outstanding in

:26:41. > :26:48.Monaco. Yarigo moving on to her shoulder and pushing her hard. The

:26:49. > :26:57.first three will qualify. They don't really need to push too much.

:26:58. > :27:05.Verstegen trying to chase Balciunaite. These two moving away.

:27:06. > :27:11.I suspect Yarigo will tire in the home straight. Ajee Wilson just

:27:12. > :27:16.eases away. Verstegen finishing very quickly. Yarigo picks up again and

:27:17. > :27:23.keeps daylight between herself and Balciunaite. Wilson wins. Just

:27:24. > :27:27.outside two minutes. Garry Gilliam and Balciunaite. There are six heats

:27:28. > :27:32.to come. Fastest loser spots available. Usually if you run about

:27:33. > :27:38.2.01 you have a chance of going through in the first rounds. I don't

:27:39. > :27:47.expect them to be super, super fast. Wilson is in great form and made

:27:48. > :27:52.that looked very easy indeed. Women's high jump qualification is

:27:53. > :28:01.underway with two Brits in action. Katarina Johnson-Thompson. First up,

:28:02. > :28:06.Morgan Lake. Opening height of 1.80. Just 20 years of age. She's got

:28:07. > :28:12.experience beyond her years. Looking for a clean start. Morgan Lake

:28:13. > :28:21.looking more confident and comfortable this year. 1.96 in the

:28:22. > :28:24.British champs. Katarina Johnson-Thompson returning to de

:28:25. > :28:30.event that cost her a medal in the heptathlon. Good start for her. The

:28:31. > :28:35.same height as she cleared in the heptathlon. Her campaign in the

:28:36. > :28:42.individual event gets off to a clean start. Next fight will be 1.85. This

:28:43. > :28:47.was a really good clearance. Daylight. Almost clipped it with her

:28:48. > :28:55.heels. High jump qualifying continues. We still have Karsten

:28:56. > :29:00.Warholm, for me that act -- 400-metre hurdling gold medal. A few

:29:01. > :29:03.years ago you were messing about with the javelin, multi-eventing,

:29:04. > :29:09.European junior champion. Did you just want to do everything? Yeah. I

:29:10. > :29:16.was always looking for things that motivate me. I like challenges. I've

:29:17. > :29:21.always found it interesting doing various events. It's fun to learn

:29:22. > :29:28.new things. You might have found an event that suits you! Yeah! I've

:29:29. > :29:33.fallen in love with the 400 hurdles. I can get used to days like

:29:34. > :29:38.yesterday. When you crossed the line, you bore a very strong

:29:39. > :29:42.resemblance to a very iconic image from an Oslo painter. You might know

:29:43. > :29:50.where I'm going with this. Edvard Munch's the screen. We wanted to

:29:51. > :29:59.make sure it was as alike as we thought. -- the screen. That's

:30:00. > :30:05.funny! The first thing you said was, where's my pillow? Next time you

:30:06. > :30:11.come we'll get you a pillow. You like it here? It's really cosy, such

:30:12. > :30:16.nice people. I've finally got to meet Michael Johnson. You made a

:30:17. > :30:20.beeline for Michael. You've been exchanging knowledge. We talked

:30:21. > :30:27.about the 400-metre hurdles, you have a very good 400 PB, 44.8 is

:30:28. > :30:36.Evan. You could have been in the final. -- 44.87. I need to learn to

:30:37. > :30:40.produce more races after each other. I get really tired. That speed will

:30:41. > :30:50.help your hurdles. There is much similarity, because

:30:51. > :30:54.you need to be fast to run fast time at the hurdles as well. So yes. Tell

:30:55. > :31:02.us a bit about the reaction from back home. As I said it is 30 years

:31:03. > :31:08.since there have been a gold medal of course, since the 10,000 metres

:31:09. > :31:14.in 1987. What is the reaction at home? The Papers are writing a lot

:31:15. > :31:19.of stuff. For me it is new and I appreciate it. It is very nice with

:31:20. > :31:23.support and it motivates me, now my task is to keep my feet on the

:31:24. > :31:28.ground and keep working for more. Because I love doing this. This has

:31:29. > :31:32.given you a big taste of the success that could be yours with hard work,

:31:33. > :31:38.and more of those great Viking hat, I am sure you have a big collection

:31:39. > :31:42.of those. Every Norwegian boy does. We are drinking from those. Did you

:31:43. > :31:48.have a big party last night? It was kind of small, just the way we like

:31:49. > :31:53.it. Simple. It was fun. Much sleep? No. It was hard for me to sleep. It

:31:54. > :32:01.was much adrenaline, I was just letting the moment sink in. And I

:32:02. > :32:06.know, if you can give Michael a bit of -- give him a bit of advice

:32:07. > :32:10.Michael? It sounds like you have it figured out. Keep your feet on the

:32:11. > :32:13.ground. It sound like you have it figured out. Do what you have been

:32:14. > :32:18.doing. The only thing I would suggest, have a big party when you

:32:19. > :32:22.get back home. Sounds like good advice. I am going to listen to him!

:32:23. > :32:25.It is start of a beautiful friendship. Thank you for coming up

:32:26. > :32:29.and speaking to us and congratulations. Thank you.

:32:30. > :32:35.Congratulations. Let us get back outside. The second of the women's

:32:36. > :32:41.800 meet metre he's and calling this is Andrew Cotter.

:32:42. > :32:45.Thank you. Here they are up in the lovely studio with their assorted

:32:46. > :32:53.soft furnishing and we sit down here on a hard bench and await the second

:32:54. > :32:58.first round heat. If you look at the line up it is useful. By no means

:32:59. > :33:06.straightforward procedure for Oskan-Clarke. Bishop is in there.

:33:07. > :33:10.Tuei. Martinez as well. Oskan-Clarke, she might not have the

:33:11. > :33:17.times of Lynsey Sharp. But what she is is a very good racer, she has

:33:18. > :33:22.proved that Championships, UK Championships and in the world,

:33:23. > :33:27.Storey, there is Martinez, took silver in the 800 in Moscow, four

:33:28. > :33:32.years ago. Inside her, Bishop. What a talent

:33:33. > :33:44.the Canadian is, silver at the last World Championship, fourth in Rio.

:33:45. > :33:49.Behinder, the big three of Semple, Semple will go in the next heat. The

:33:50. > :33:57.Polish champion, a good 1500 metre runner. Won the 1500 and there is

:33:58. > :34:09.Tuei, who was third at the trials going on the inside.

:34:10. > :34:20.Three British athletes involved. Sharp and Clark still to come.

:34:21. > :34:23.Oskan-Clarke about to begin her campaign in the women's 800 metres.

:34:24. > :34:27.Three to go through automatically. It is a tight affair. A very useful

:34:28. > :34:35.line up in this heat. It is. It is a very useful line up. You have the

:34:36. > :34:42.likes of Cichocka. She has that in her legs. Bishop, one to watch.

:34:43. > :34:47.Martinez is very dangerous, and always controls the race, as does

:34:48. > :34:54.Oskan-Clarke, she is very very good at producing her best at the

:34:55. > :34:58.Championships and then consistently improving that through the round,

:34:59. > :35:05.sow will need to be at her best and will need more in the later rounds.

:35:06. > :35:11.She made the final in Beijing, great improvement, by almost two seconds.

:35:12. > :35:18.Guerrero, she has won the last UK championship Oskan-Clarke. Stepping

:35:19. > :35:22.away from a bit of bother. Guerrero taking it out through the bell and

:35:23. > :35:26.Bishop getting jostled. Mart needs in a good position. Oskan-Clarke in

:35:27. > :35:31.fourth. At the moment three to go through only, automatically.

:35:32. > :35:36.Guerrero tries to stay out if front. Guerrero has decided to make this

:35:37. > :35:40.fast and give herself a chance of a fastest losers place. Oskan-Clarke

:35:41. > :35:44.needs to stay with Martinez and Tuei is coming hard on the outside. Six

:35:45. > :35:48.heats overall and Oskan-Clarke beginning to look a bit pained there

:35:49. > :35:54.at the back, just checking herself, running into the back of Guerrero

:35:55. > :35:59.out in front. Bishop, Tuei, Oskan-Clarke moving through. She has

:36:00. > :36:01.a good strong finish. Three to go through, only automatically.

:36:02. > :36:07.Martinez and Bishop, just giving herself a bit of room there

:36:08. > :36:11.alongside Martinez. The crowd are roaring Oskan-Clarke to this finish.

:36:12. > :36:16.Has to get in the top three. Mart needs might be missing out.

:36:17. > :36:21.Oskan-Clarke comes through, Bishop and Oskan-Clarke will take third

:36:22. > :36:25.place, she will go through to the semifinals and it was Martinez who

:36:26. > :36:28.did much of the work in that heat, who paid the price, and slipped back

:36:29. > :36:35.to fourth. She may still go through as one of the fastest loser, six

:36:36. > :36:39.over the six heats but a good job done there by Oskan-Clarke I take

:36:40. > :36:44.that back. Cichocka is not that tired. She ran that really well and

:36:45. > :36:48.judged it as did Oskan-Clarke. She didn't do any more than she needed

:36:49. > :36:55.to. She didn't panic when she wasn't in a great position. She kept her

:36:56. > :37:01.head. She reacted #12edly, moving in behind Cichocka. You would think she

:37:02. > :37:05.would find room to come through and gran the third position, she notices

:37:06. > :37:10.that Martinez is losing ground and is losing ground quickly and it is

:37:11. > :37:17.Cichocka who is finishing the fastest. Oskan-Clarke found space on

:37:18. > :37:22.the inside, finished strongly and in the end Cooley and easily qualified,

:37:23. > :37:28.as first three outright and Martinez is the one who has to wait and see

:37:29. > :37:35.for the fastest loser spots. A surprise from Martinez, although she

:37:36. > :37:41.has run-in consistently this season. Spent down the home straight and

:37:42. > :37:46.will have wait and see, because it is Cichocka, Bishop and Oskan-Clarke

:37:47. > :37:52.going through to tomorrow's semifinals, Oskan-Clarke judging it

:37:53. > :37:57.well, and talking now to Phil. Well done. Tremendous performance.

:37:58. > :38:03.Describe the race first of all it looked messy at points? It was a

:38:04. > :38:07.really messy race, but, I was in a bad position, coming down the home

:38:08. > :38:11.straight on the first lap, and I was thinking my goodness, but don't

:38:12. > :38:16.panic, just get yourself in position when you get back on the straight.

:38:17. > :38:20.Really didn't open up, but I had to just dig deep down the home

:38:21. > :38:22.straight, had to get in that top three.

:38:23. > :38:25.So I am happy with that. We know that of you from previous

:38:26. > :38:31.Championships at home and abroad, you are a great racer, you know how

:38:32. > :38:35.to get through. I hope so. That wasn't particularly great, but, I am

:38:36. > :38:39.just glad I'm threw. As for the quality we have seen it there, that

:38:40. > :38:44.is round one. It will only step up. It is going to get harder.

:38:45. > :38:49.I kind of have to treat the first round as if you are going to run a

:38:50. > :38:58.PB. It is tough. Tough. I am glad I made it through. It will be tougher.

:38:59. > :39:04.We wish you well for later. Thank you. Confirmation of this

:39:05. > :39:10.second heat in the first round of the women's 800 metres.

:39:11. > :39:16.Mart Ness was second already, -- Martinez. Second fastest loser, but

:39:17. > :39:22.a lot of heats to come. Men's javelin qualification under

:39:23. > :39:30.way. And the world leader this man, second ever is his 94-metre and 44

:39:31. > :39:34.centimetre throw from this year. 83-metre line is out. That is his

:39:35. > :39:40.view from the back of this run up, Vetter, very powerful. Quick on the

:39:41. > :39:46.approach. He has given that a slap. Look at this. This is huge. You have

:39:47. > :39:54.to be kidding. That is over 90 metres. In qualifying. Vert, that is

:39:55. > :39:59.enormous. I am trying to think the best ever qualifying marks, no-one

:40:00. > :40:03.goes beyond 85. That is incredible. The 83-metre mark, is auto

:40:04. > :40:11.qualifying. Any over that doesn't count for the final. And Vetter, has

:40:12. > :40:16.just made a massive statement there by throwing in excess, look at that

:40:17. > :40:23.91.20, the longest ever qualifying throw. Amazing stuff. The other end

:40:24. > :40:30.of the stadium. High jump. Morgan Lake. 185. That is what it will

:40:31. > :40:35.need. First time clearances between now and up to 92. I think she will

:40:36. > :40:38.secure the qualifying height. I think first time clearances

:40:39. > :40:43.throughout. Looking good. Leaning away from the bar. Drives up

:40:44. > :40:48.comfortable height for her, considering how high she has jumped.

:40:49. > :40:52.Not even taken her tights off. Just warming up. Katarina

:40:53. > :40:56.Johnson-Thompson good start for her, one metre 80. That was the same as

:40:57. > :41:01.she did in the heptathlon. Putting demons to bed here. 185 first

:41:02. > :41:05.attempt. That is a better clearance than she

:41:06. > :41:10.did in the heptathlon, so that is nice and comfortable. A bit straight

:41:11. > :41:19.at the bar. Really needs to lean as if she is riding a bike round the

:41:20. > :41:22.corner. Leans in and goes. So continue looking comfort --

:41:23. > :41:29.Katarina Johnson-Thompson is looking comfortable. Good conditions here

:41:30. > :41:37.and Yego will have seen that huge throw of Vetter. Autoqualify Kenyan

:41:38. > :41:44.Yego, the reigning World Champion, slight deceleration there but he has

:41:45. > :41:47.got on the this. Good throw. Just over that autoqualifying for

:41:48. > :41:55.Yego. He will have his work cut out to defend his title. Three Germans

:41:56. > :42:01.looking really good indeed. Vetter, the Olympic champion and Hoffman are

:42:02. > :42:07.the three leaders in the world. Yellow strapping on the inside of

:42:08. > :42:16.his right leg, so probably an adductor problem, so job done. 83.57

:42:17. > :42:22.Yego. Auto qualifying. Caster Semenya in her second event

:42:23. > :42:28.of the Championships, having taken the bronze medal, snatched it away,

:42:29. > :42:30.if you like from Laura Muir. Great performance in her first

:42:31. > :42:40.Championship, 1500 metres for Semenya. This her main event. For

:42:41. > :42:47.which she is Olympic champion and former World Champion, so she

:42:48. > :42:54.against Jozwik. Althan za will be good, runs very well in the rounds,

:42:55. > :42:59.although he season's best is only, I say only 1.51.1. She will be

:43:00. > :43:08.dangerous when it is round the two minute pace. Petty. McGowan, I don't

:43:09. > :43:19.know too much about her. Leblanc and Goule the others in this.

:43:20. > :43:26.I was chatting to her coach the other day after the 1500 metre final

:43:27. > :43:32.he was saying how tired Caster Semenya was after three hard round,

:43:33. > :43:37.three heat, the semis weren't easy, it was a tougher qualification than

:43:38. > :43:43.he is an us the peated and a hard 1500 metre final. She finished

:43:44. > :43:47.quicker than anybody else, 57 odd but started her run too far away to

:43:48. > :43:54.take the gold medal. She is back now, a couple of days to recover.

:43:55. > :44:00.Just cruising into fourth place there, is Goule, taking the first

:44:01. > :44:05.200 metres. Jozwik as well, fifth in the Olympic final last year, but

:44:06. > :44:11.isn't in that great form this year. I am not sure if she has been

:44:12. > :44:17.injured by Almanza is racing bet her year than last year. Jozwik was

:44:18. > :44:23.common Jan, a lot of the British athletes were training in the early

:44:24. > :44:29.part of the year, and the Poles were all down there. And really hasn't

:44:30. > :44:33.had a good season. She is sitting off the pace and struggling. Goule

:44:34. > :44:39.attacking hard, Almanza and Semenya top three to go through.

:44:40. > :44:45.Petty as well to try and stay with this, but Semenya is cruising, we

:44:46. > :44:49.have never seen her as tired as she was after the 1500 metres. This more

:44:50. > :44:54.her comfort zone. She won't want to run any harder than she has to. She

:44:55. > :44:59.will sit and watch and wait. Petty of Canada trying, of New Zealand

:45:00. > :45:05.trying to get there, the Canadian is just fading right at the back there,

:45:06. > :45:09.so it is Goule, Almanza, Semenya with petty close enough to make,

:45:10. > :45:13.stay honest the home straight. Semenya glides forward, up to the

:45:14. > :45:17.top two and look at Jozwik, closing quickly, Goule will be putting

:45:18. > :45:23.pressure on the inside. Semenya wins it. Then Almanza and Jozwik. That is

:45:24. > :45:28.the three if you had looked at the list, normally, the question mark

:45:29. > :45:31.was what sort of shape is Jozwik in? Certainly when they run 2-1 she is

:45:32. > :45:36.good enough to get through. Left it late.

:45:37. > :45:42.She did leave it very late, either she's very confident or she slightly

:45:43. > :45:48.misjudged it because she shouldn't have left that is much room as she

:45:49. > :45:53.did in the home straight. But she snatched third and Natalia Goule was

:45:54. > :45:57.one out of it and will have to hope she set up the race well unearthed

:45:58. > :46:04.by running hard enough to give her a spot as a fastest loser. Semenya did

:46:05. > :46:11.no more than she needed to. Almanza looked good and we'll see how she

:46:12. > :46:21.progresses. The fastest loser spots, let's hope it doesn't affect Sharp

:46:22. > :46:27.or Trent C -- or Tracy. That was the slowest of the three so far. Semenya

:46:28. > :46:32.just cruising. It's the semis where it will get really, really

:46:33. > :47:05.interesting. No surprises so far in the 800 heats. Winning time,...

:47:06. > :47:16.The Premier League is back. Match of the Day turns on Saturday. --

:47:17. > :47:20.returns. I can't believe that's back, it doesn't seem to minutes!

:47:21. > :47:27.The Premier League underway this weekend. Golf underway as well, the

:47:28. > :47:34.US PGA Championship is from Quail Hollow in Carolina. A man with a

:47:35. > :47:39.very low handicap is out doing a bit of commentary for us tonight, Steve

:47:40. > :47:43.Backley. I know you love your job, but you'd love to be out there as

:47:44. > :47:50.well, wouldn't you? That would be nice! If only. Back to

:47:51. > :47:57.the real world. This women's high jump, pre-event saver at --

:47:58. > :48:01.favourite, Maria Lasitskene, has been hugely dominant on the Diamond

:48:02. > :48:11.League circuit this year. She won two years ago. 1.85 first attempt.

:48:12. > :48:19.First jump of the evening, just warming up. Looks fairly nonplussed

:48:20. > :48:25.about that. A bit of a confused look because she gave the bar a tickle.

:48:26. > :48:29.Comes off the ground really well. Drives are, great spring. A little

:48:30. > :48:42.bit casual because it is well within her range. She can jump well over

:48:43. > :48:53.two metres. Vashti Cunningham, 19, world indoor. -- World Indoor

:48:54. > :48:58.Championships. Close. Difficult to see from that angle. Carries a lot

:48:59. > :49:05.of speed in the wrong way. Tends to lead in with her arm. I think she's

:49:06. > :49:10.absolutely perfect. Huge daylight between her and the bar. Ladies well

:49:11. > :49:18.capable of jumping much, much higher. This is a face that's been

:49:19. > :49:23.around for a few years. Tero Pitkamaki, 34 years of age. He's got

:49:24. > :49:29.the full set from World Championships. World champion in

:49:30. > :49:34.2007. 91-metre man at his best. We've seen better do that in the

:49:35. > :49:41.first round. This is a look back at his first round throw. Launching

:49:42. > :49:46.himself at that. I bumped into the Finnish macro contingent on the

:49:47. > :49:53.weigh-in. Good throw. They were slightly negative, they felt the

:49:54. > :49:58.Germans would run away with this. Looking at Vetter's throw, you can

:49:59. > :50:03.see what they are saying. Pitkamaki robber believes the strongest of the

:50:04. > :50:08.Finns. Such age addition in Finland. Champions at every level in every

:50:09. > :50:15.major. Pitkamaki one of them and he will be a contender. Over 85 metres,

:50:16. > :50:20.comfortably through. 85.97 and that takes in through to Saturday's

:50:21. > :50:27.final. Readying ourselves for the fourth

:50:28. > :50:30.heat in the women's 800 metres. Three to go through automatically

:50:31. > :50:41.and Lynsey Sharp will fancy her chances. She made the final in Rio

:50:42. > :50:45.and that was some achievement. Two stages to go through before getting

:50:46. > :50:55.to the final here. Firstly looking to get to the semifinals tomorrow.

:50:56. > :50:59.Marina Arzamasova is the defending champion, but I'm not sure she will

:51:00. > :51:03.content here unless she finds something special because this

:51:04. > :51:08.season has been wretched for her. No real form. She's running five

:51:09. > :51:19.seconds slower this season than two years ago. Doesn't seem unhappy

:51:20. > :51:25.about it! Lyakhova of Ukraine. Nakaayi of Uganda does some

:51:26. > :51:35.pacemaking in the Diamond League. Is it time she consistently goes below

:51:36. > :51:42.two minutes? 1.58 dead on this year. Lindsey Butterworth of Canada. There

:51:43. > :51:48.is Margaret Wambui. A great triumvirate of women's 800 metres

:51:49. > :51:56.has been Semenya, Santiusti and this woman, Wambui, still just 21.

:51:57. > :52:03.Santiusti of Italy and Mulugeta of Ethiopian, 21 years old, Indian

:52:04. > :52:10.side. She won the Ethiopian title. -- on the inside. Wambui ran very

:52:11. > :52:15.poorly in Monaco. She did win Kenyan the title, third in Oslo. A very,

:52:16. > :52:20.very poor run in her most recent outing in Monaco. Let's see how she

:52:21. > :52:25.fares here. The fourth of six seats in the first round of the women's

:52:26. > :52:30.800 metres. Lynsey Sharp starting pretty quickly, she likes to set a

:52:31. > :52:34.good pace. Wambui usually waits a bit further back down the field.

:52:35. > :52:42.Lynsey Sharp deciding to set off at a fairly high pace. Seeing what

:52:43. > :52:47.develops thereafter. Wambui looking comfortable at the back. I'd like to

:52:48. > :52:51.see Lynsey Sharp run with confidence. So far this year she's

:52:52. > :52:56.been lacking confidence. She's been racing well but in the closing

:52:57. > :53:02.stages she's not be making the right decisions and she needs to do that

:53:03. > :53:14.in the qualification. Wambui Bhui -- Wambui, she went out far too fast in

:53:15. > :53:18.Monaco and then jogged in. She has had a useful season apart from that

:53:19. > :53:25.adoration in Monaco. She's beginning to make a bit of a move. Mulugeta in

:53:26. > :53:31.a good position as well. Arzamasova started well. Sharp in a good

:53:32. > :53:39.position at the moment and the noise will grow. A bit of a jostle. Wambui

:53:40. > :53:47.making her move down the back straight. Wambui getting into a good

:53:48. > :53:51.position. Three to go through automatically. Arzamasova, perhaps

:53:52. > :53:59.her form this season has been alive because she is looking strong at the

:54:00. > :54:06.moment. Look out the lie ACCA over from Ukraine. -- Lyakhova. Lynsey

:54:07. > :54:13.Sharp looking for a gap in the inside. Here she comes. Wambui steps

:54:14. > :54:18.on the accelerator as well. Arzamasova might be in trouble.

:54:19. > :54:24.Wambui takes it, Lynsey Sharp can ease down now. Coming through

:54:25. > :54:33.quickly as well was no tidy, the Ugandan, on the outside. -- Nakaayi.

:54:34. > :54:40.Very good run from Lynsey Sharp, a carriage in to see that acceleration

:54:41. > :54:44.off the bend. -- encouraging. And she didn't panic and that will do

:54:45. > :54:49.her a lot of good going into the next round. She judged that well.

:54:50. > :54:55.She didn't panic. I was watching her coming into the last 200 and she was

:54:56. > :54:59.looking ahead, checking the gap would open. Probably surprised to

:55:00. > :55:05.see Arzamasova commit as hard as she did. She hasn't been in good form at

:55:06. > :55:11.all this season. You can see Lynsey Sharp checking and making sure the

:55:12. > :55:15.gap is there. She's in a position where she can respond. She knows

:55:16. > :55:19.Wambui will finish fast and she knows the space will either open up

:55:20. > :55:23.on the outside of the insight and she was able to come through and

:55:24. > :55:30.finished strongly. Arzamasova was tying up badly. Look how far back

:55:31. > :55:37.Nakaayi comes in from. She was closing hard and fast. Arzamasova is

:55:38. > :55:48.tying up badly and Nakaayi can come through on the line. The first two

:55:49. > :55:53.comfortably through. Look at Arzamasova. She's just wading

:55:54. > :55:57.towards the line and the defending champion, who has not been in good

:55:58. > :56:06.form, I don't think we'll go any further. Quite comfortable looking

:56:07. > :56:11.from Lynsey Sharp. Doesn't look to have given too much of her energy in

:56:12. > :56:16.finishing second of the automatic qualifiers. Let's hear from Lynsey

:56:17. > :56:19.Sharp. That result makes good reading. You

:56:20. > :56:25.always grow through a season and you're doing it again. It's not the

:56:26. > :56:29.most fun way to run the season, but you have to trust the process and

:56:30. > :56:33.trust the plan my coach has. Anything in particular you wanted to

:56:34. > :56:38.bring into the championships? I've had a couple of boys to train with.

:56:39. > :56:43.Really appreciate that. That's helped a lot, training with people

:56:44. > :56:47.instead of on my own. Having made the Olympic final last year, you

:56:48. > :56:53.know what it takes to get through, but this is a stacked event. What

:56:54. > :56:59.you take from now on the semis? You can only think of each round at a

:57:00. > :57:05.time. In the 800 the semis are tough. As for your own confidence,

:57:06. > :57:10.where do you think it is compared to last year? What has the Olympic

:57:11. > :57:15.final done for your belief? This season has been funny, a bit up and

:57:16. > :57:20.down. I've persevered and got back to almost my best. I'm deathknell

:57:21. > :57:25.Lee in my best shape ever so it's all about executing it in a race. We

:57:26. > :57:31.wish you well for the semis. Denise is back in the studio. Good

:57:32. > :57:36.to see Lynsey Sharp safely through. Brilliant. She's had an up and down

:57:37. > :57:41.season. That doesn't always breed confidence, but she looked very

:57:42. > :57:45.relaxed. She has such championship experience. As long as her head is

:57:46. > :57:48.in the right place, the fitness will come together as the right time

:57:49. > :57:55.because she does deliver when it counts. We are shortly going to be

:57:56. > :57:59.crossing over to BBC One on this fantastic evening over the London

:58:00. > :58:04.Stadium. We've had a wonderful evening so far but there's so much

:58:05. > :58:09.more to come. The women's 400-metre hurdles and at 9:50pm the fast show

:58:10. > :58:15.and what promises to be an unforgettable Benz 200 metres final.

:58:16. > :58:23.See you on the other side. -- men's 200 metres final.

:58:24. > :58:32.Van Niekerk takes it and it is a world record! World champion again.