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A very good morning, and it is a glorious morning here in east London

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at the London Stadium, we have the first morning session for quite a

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few days now, we are not expecting the crowds to be a sell-out this

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morning, but there will be plenty of fans out to see the start of the

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decathlon, always an exciting moment, two days of gruelling

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action, so who better to join us on the sofa than the man himself, Daley

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Thompson? And it is more than just a cushion today, we have the real

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thing, Daley Thompson is in the house, we are delighted to see you,

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Denise is here as well, a multi-eventing pantheon of talent,

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and we are always happy to see Daley. Love seeing the legend coming

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into town, he brings an air of... What is the word I am looking for?

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Unexpected ness! What has been the highlight for you? So far the

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highlight has been cursed and Warholm in the men's 200m finals,

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two years ago he was an OK decathlete, decided he wanted to try

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something else, and now he is a world champion. 21 years old, the

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Norwegian, and he came in the studio last night and said, I think I have

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found my events now! Denise has talked about this as well, the

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multi-eventing platform, he might not end up world and Olympic

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champion in the decathlon, but you might find something else you can

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take on, and the other skills you get from competing are only going to

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stand you in good stead. You learn so much about yourself, your

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strengths and weaknesses, and because athletics is so varied,

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there is nearly always something else you can hook into and be good

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at. There is about 30 women that have done combined events, competing

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in single event is here, about eight or nine male athletes who have done

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the cat long, so it is quite varied, great to see that you can get to

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this level. Yeah, and if you have got a short attention span and you

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have got lots of things going on, it is perfect, that is what he said, he

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likes to keep challenging himself. Wayde van Niekerk was going for the

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double in the 400 under 200 coming goddess 400 a couple of nights ago,

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and last night was the 200m final, and he has been dominating the

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papers. Guliyev of Turkey won, Wayde van Niekerk got the second. Some of

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his comments in the papers come he feels disrespected by Isaac Makwala,

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who has inferred that there was some kind of conspiracy to push Van

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Niekerk to the top of the tree. Let's hear from Wayde van Niekerk

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now. I worked just as hard as every other competitor, I showed everyone

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else respect, and I think I didn't get the respect that I deserved

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after the 400m, and I am glad that I came through today and put on a good

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show, but like I said, I believe this is only the beginning of so

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much more that I can provide. Like I said, it is only the beginning, I am

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going to put in so much more work and show my dominance. It seems

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strange that anyone could remotely question you, Olympic champion,

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world record-holder, that they would not view you as a worthy winner,

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where were you that sense from? It was... It was no secret that a lot

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of people felt that the results should have been the other way, but

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I have proven everyone wrong today. Like I said, I am going to prove it

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over and over again, that I deserve where I am, I deserve what I have

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achieved, and I thank God so much again for such a great competition.

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So the luck as he crossed the line in the 400m, a little bit

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nonplussed, not a massive celebration, and we thought maybe he

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was feeling it would have been great to have Makwala there. Obviously, he

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didn't get the enjoyment out of it. Clearly, he is unhappy, but he is a

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great champion, I am surprised he feels that way. But when he crossed

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the line, he seemed a little subdued, he gave a little clap, but

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he didn't do a lap of honour. I don't know, there is great rivalry

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amongst the African nations, they have been competing together for a

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good few years, but no, listen, he was the favourite coming in, he

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delivered, he did the job. Gold and silver, he didn't complete the

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double, 22 years since Michael Johnson has done it, but Michael

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explained last night and is not just a matter of saying, I am a good

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forward and metres runner, I get to 280 since time, it is adjusting all

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your training. -- I am a good 400m runner, I get to 200m in a decent

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time, it is about adjusting all your training. I think Michael is right,

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it is a really stressful situation, and you want Abebe Lee happy

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afterwards, and you start getting the feeling that people are

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disrespecting you. -- and you want to be really happy afterwards. He

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has come away from here with gold and silver, and it might not be

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everything he wanted, but it is a really good start, and there is no

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reason he cannot do the double at the next major championship. It is

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an event rich in talent, 200 and 400, and it is a shame that Makwala

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is in urging the wrong side of 30, because that rivalry would be

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exciting going forward. But hopefully that will come from the

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Brit, who really pushed himself onto the podium, even gold he said he was

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going for. Is not a million miles away, and sometimes, as we all saw,

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these races can be really close. Just looking the wrong way at the

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wrong time, relaxing at the wrong time can slow you up by 100, and

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that can make all the difference. Hopefully he has learned from here,

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and leading up to Tokyo he will get on the podium. I was really

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impressed by his interview. Yes, his second major championships, still

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only 23, still so much to learn, you do not get to the top of the sport,

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some are very lucky if they do it in their first championships, but the

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vast majority have to learn how to navigate the rounds, deal with the

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situation is presented to them, the emotions. Curbing your mind is such

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a powerful thing, he will get there. Great runner. We will move on to the

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women's 400m hurdles final, which took place last night, let's relive

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it. Away they go, great strength in the

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second half of the race, the leader Mohammed is flying already, moving

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along so well, Eilidh Doyle with a bit of ground to make up on the

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inside. -- Delilah Mohammed. Good run from Kori Carter, the Americans

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rise almost together, Kori Carter on the inside. Muhammad, headshaking

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from side to side, leading them along the home straight, Kori Carter

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is challenging her now, Muhammad, Kori Carter it is Kori Carter who

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will take it, and Kori Carter, by a distance the champion from Muhammad.

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It is America's gold, but not the American we expected. Kori Carter is

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the champion. That race also finished Eilidh

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Doyle, the British captain, and Phil Jones spoke to her afterwards. And

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other world final, you would have hoped for a better result, no doubt,

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but with this kind of quality, it is an achievement in itself, how would

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you assess your season and the race? It was hard to make the final, I

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would have liked to have given a better account of myself in that

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race, but I mucked up the top bend, I was all over the place coming into

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the home straight. I wish I could have run a better straight part.

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World finals again, I cannot be too disappointed. As for your role, we

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have talked about it already, there has been a lot of feedback from the

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others, saying how inspired they are by you, the things you have been

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able to help with, making finals time after time, you are an

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inspiration, by the sounds of it. Very kind of them to say that, I am

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a consistent at least, I have been very lucky in terms of no real

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injuries or anything like that. -- I am a consistent athlete. I will keep

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going and see what happens. And you are not finished here, relay duties

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to come, the team have high hopes, what is it like a transition from

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this do that? It is always great, especially with my individuals not

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going as I would have liked them, the girls are great at lifting you

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up, picking you up, I hope we run well again.

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Yeah, Eilidh Doyle always someone who, even if her season has been

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fairly average, pushes herself in championships to get into those

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finals, but well off the pace in terms of time is coming into this

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compared to the top girls, so expecting a medal was a big ask.

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Definitely do push into the medals, but like I said yesterday, when you

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come to the championships and you do not run the race you would like to,

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you leave feeling disappointed, and she is better than what she showed

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in that final, so she will be bitterly disappointed with the way

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she ran. We expected her to get to the final, but it was the how bit

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that was disappointing. If anything personifies these championships so

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far, it is shocks, near misses, champions from Rio not performing

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here, and again last night there was a surprise winner in Kori Carter.

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Absolutely, one of the things at this championships is that there has

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been no incredible marks, but lots of close competitions, and I think

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Carter is a case in point. I don't think anyone was expecting her to

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win, we were expecting Muhammad to win, budget was fabulous. One of the

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nice about being on the outside, you want to be able to execute your

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stride pattern and your rhythm, and if you have got nobody to see, you

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can get on and do it, and she was fantastic last night. We might be

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having her in the studio later, hopefully we will get a chance to

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talk to her. Christian Taylor might be popping in, he sees itself as

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something of an honorary Brit, and he was out wearing his 1830 band. He

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didn't get close to that, but his third round jump was close enough to

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give him is third world title. He is such a competitor, single-minded

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about not only winning, but he wanted to jump really far, get that

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world record. But it was not meant to be, he has got his team, his mum,

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his dad there, and I thought this was really special, he was quite

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emotional after his performance. His coach there. Yes, he has been

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working with him for years now, taken in through to the double

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Olympic champion titles and now another world title. Really good

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scenes, very dedicated athlete, very committed. He spoke to Phil Jones

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afterwards. Christian, congratulations on another gold

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medal, your third at the World Championships, quite a competition.

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Yeah, Phil, it was a wonderful night, I really had big

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expectations, big goals, and to come out with a win is wonderful. I can

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never take that for granted. It was a wonderful night, adding to the

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medal count and coming out healthy. Will play put out a decent job

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early, a bit of nip and tuck between the pair of you. -- Will Claye. You

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always pull it out when you need to. I tried to put myself in the best

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position for the final, this is what we trained for, every round he said,

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be ready to respond. Claye's fifth jump was pretty scary, but I stayed

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ready, stayed alert, and I came out on top.

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So Jonathan Edwards' world record is safe once more, we will have to wait

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another day to see if he gets there to take that world record, Christian

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Taylor. Let's go to the women's 200m semifinals, three heats, and world

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champion Dafne Schippers, who got a bronze in the 100m, looking really

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strong in what appears to be her favoured event now. It is the event

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she has been doing the longest, part of the heptathlon, so we have come

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to expect this beautiful style from Dafne, looking so relaxed there!

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Just able to shut it down 60m from the line, she looks really good.

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Heptathlete, and the sprinting was the thing she wanted to pursue and

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she was a really good heptathlete. A bronze-medallist at the last World

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Championships. I did hear a great quote, she said, I was going to do a

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Dutch accent! It's great because I don't have to do so much technical

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training in other offence and I can focus on that, so it is much harder

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being a hacked athlete, she was saying. Most of us if we had the

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choice would be better at something else because you have to spend so

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much time, Dafne has grown into being one of the world's best

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sprinters and there is no reason she can't win tonight. You fancy her

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tonight to retain her title? Again, it is going to be really close. If

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she does a really good race, I think she can win it. Let's look at the

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second heat. Maybe the challenge will come from Sean a Miller who got

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hurt toes stumped a couple of metres from the line.

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Looking majestic last night. She did not come off the bend in the lead

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but because she has the 400m strength behind her and the speed

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endurance, she is able to Coast her way through the field and she took

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her time. She took her time and conserving energy for the final.

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Looking very good. And she has a point to prove now. Whatever went on

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in the 400, she has got to show the world that is not really her and she

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is a much better athlete. She said J looked up at the screen in the 400

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and that Forster, that tiny movement but are off-balance and she got her

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toes stumped. I imagine she will never look at this screen again in

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her life! To go from a considerable lead in

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the 400, it is incredible the way she moved back and not even out of

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gold medal but out of the medals. Nearly everybody has exhaustion with

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20 metres to go and if anything goes wrong and your timing goes off, you

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look like a lamb are learning to walk. It is really difficult. You

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did like to look at the screen occasionally. When I was on it! That

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is what I mean! Bianca Williams was in that heat as well. Not making it

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through, what did you make of her run? She will be disappointed. But

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she has done very well to come back to get to this level. A couple of

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pens down years but she has been running well. But she just is a

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couple of tenths away and she needs to stay focused.

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Dina Asher-Smith in this race and six months ago, she couldn't walk.

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And here she is. Qualifying for a final of the World Championships. It

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is remarkable how she has stayed level-headed and got enough work to

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get her to this level. I think she is looking as good. Tying a little

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bit here because she had to run hard because she does not know what she

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has got so she has to give it everything. But really good. Talou

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looking strong, this is going to be a good matchup.

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Of those, you would say Dafne Schippers was easing up the most,

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but that shows you what an even race it is. How long has it been since we

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have not taught about an American in the sprint 200? That is the other

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thing, so many people from so many countries seem to be picking up and

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winning things. It is brilliant. Is that partly a post-Olympic thing? A

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new settling down of the order. Is it just other countries are adopting

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training methods. Adopting other practices that have perhaps been the

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preserve of the Jamaica and the America? For too long, there has

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been a big head-to-head between the Americans and the Jamaicans,

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especially in the sprint. We have to realise the world order has changed

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in track and field. It is getting more balanced. We have seen that

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from the times. Coaches move around, athletes change their training base.

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I think it just makes for a much more level playing field. Every

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country has aspirations to get onto the board and they will do

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everything to make sure they do. A country like South Africa suddenly

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has a number of gold-medallists coming through and it is very

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inspiring. It is brilliant. You are right, it does inspire the other

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little countries. They can make a statement in the world by putting a

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bit of resources behind a long jumper or Pole Vault. It's great it

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is spreading around the world. It would be nice if we did not have so

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many for places, Great Britain! But our fourth positions... Am hopeful!

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Our fourth places have been from our younger athletes, which bodes well

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for the future. Absolutely, the fact they are so disappointed and really

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feel they have got more in them and they feel they can be is wonderful.

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One of those was Laura Muir in the 1500m and she was trying to qualify

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for the 5,000 metres final. She has not even run one this year

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and she had a tough challenge after that difficult 1500m and it was

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really quite a pain in the last 100 for her, Denise. Because she has

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been so successful the less two years, we used to seeing her winning

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and breaking and getting personal bests, and it was important the

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expectations were lowered for this event. She has only run two in her

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life. This was a tall order. She looked so tired. So tired. Bless

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her. On reflection, do you think we should have, she should have done

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both? It is a bonus now because she has

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got one 5K left and anything can happen as we have seen, races do not

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always go with the form. Just enjoy it. She is stepping up in class and

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moving into a place where her and her coach have never been and if you

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do not try it commit you will never know. And she will come away from

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this Championships and she will know where she is. The W normally see,

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especially Dame Kellie Holmes -- the double. In the second heat was

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Eilish McColgan. Previously a steeplechaser and riddled with

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injuries. No injuries this season and able to

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train and is delighted with her performance. It's great to see her

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realising that potential. It is a blessing when an athlete comes into

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this Championships giving their best and being at their best. This was a

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fantastic run from Eilish. One of the athletes that have made a

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stunning comeback, Stephanie Twell we know also had injuries, but not

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only does Eilish only have the physical challenge, she has the

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weight of being the daughter of a very successful British athlete in

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Liz McColgan. So to have that burden for some many years and stand alone

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in her own right is fantastic. Absolutely, well said.

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You had been in many teams with Liz McColgan. Down the years and she is

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a tough test massacre, expect. Great role model. Interesting morning

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coming -- a tough task master. This is what you can expect.

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Germany's Rico Freimuth and Damian Warner will attempt to fill the

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Deepcut on Boyd left by Ashton Eaton, Ashley Bryant goes for Great

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Britain. A British duo, 2013 bronze-medallist Tiffani Porter and

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Alicia Barrett, the National Champion, take to the track. The

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Brits will be joined by world-record holder Kendra Harrison. London 2012

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Champion Sally Pearson. And reigning World Champion Danielle Williams.

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Britain's London 2012 runs medallist Robbie Grabarz is in High Jump

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qualification action. Favourite to take that title is the athlete from

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Qatar who has the top four jumps in the world to his name this year. So

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things cook off with the 100m men's decathlon to stake a claim after

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Ashley Eaton. Followed by the discus qualification with Sandra Perkovic

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among those on show. The heats of the women's 100m hurdles with

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Britain's Tiffany Porter, a world bronze-medallist in 2013 and

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world-record holder, sorry, 100 hurdles. And world-record holder

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Kendra Harrison. Active and 's did have one for the Long Jump. And then

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the qualification of the men's High Jump. The second group of discus

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qualification gets under way at 1135 a:m.. And we end with the shot-put.

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A gruelling two days for those decathletes, ten events. They really

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put their bodies and their minds and their souls on the line and we

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enjoyed watching daily doing that time and time again. But let's go

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down memory lane and remind you how he won the very first World

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Championships. Daley is away, Thompson coming away

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on the near side and holing up -- holding up at the moment. Leading by

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a long margin. 10.62. A good start for daily.

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And that is better. That is better. What a response from the man. Can

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Daley get somewhere near 50 metres and 44 centimetres that we know he

:26:39.:26:44.

is capable of? Oh, yes! That is enormous from Daley!

:26:45.:26:52.

Oh, good, oh, good. Big smile, it is back again. Thompson now driving

:26:53.:26:57.

hard but they are catching him and he is tying up as they come to the

:26:58.:27:04.

line. Thompson. And Thompson, Hickson... Daley having a good one

:27:05.:27:13.

so far. A bit of a disaster for the Russian. Daley coming through. It is

:27:14.:27:20.

a good run. And Daley has run well. This would be a throw from Daley

:27:21.:27:27.

Thompson. That is nice, solid, what a good piece of throwing.

:27:28.:27:30.

The second attempt at five metres ten. Oh, he is clear!

:27:31.:27:38.

Daley needs a better cushion if he can get it. About 15 seconds to make

:27:39.:27:44.

up in that 1500m but he has thrown well, and providing he is fit... A

:27:45.:27:50.

long throw! Oh, absolutely on the nail. Putting him to the test and he

:27:51.:27:56.

comes through it every time. Daley Thompson dragging himself up to the

:27:57.:28:00.

line and he has done enough. And that is our first World Champion!

:28:01.:28:03.

And that is quite magnificent! What are you doing? The guy who is

:28:04.:28:19.

the world leader at the moment, his dad was competing against me. Rico

:28:20.:28:25.

Freimuth. So you are just checking what he is up to? No, just making

:28:26.:28:29.

sure he was there so I can attend I remembered! Great memories for you.

:28:30.:28:37.

Absolutely. It was one of my finest moments. To be at the first World

:28:38.:28:42.

Championships. And to have all the best guys in the world there, it

:28:43.:28:48.

is... Very special. But who was that guy? Did not have any grey hair! You

:28:49.:28:53.

are not looking too bad! That is what I was waiting to hear! Daley on

:28:54.:29:00.

good form, Steve Cram, as we start this to Gabon. Day one, 100m to get

:29:01.:29:05.

them going, over to you, good morning.

:29:06.:29:09.

Good morning, some of us have aged better than others since 1983. No

:29:10.:29:19.

grey hair here. First event of the morning. It is a pretty good crowd,

:29:20.:29:27.

a special day, the Olympic Stadium, get yourself ready. Just pointing

:29:28.:29:35.

out over on the far side of the stadium, the men ready, four heats.

:29:36.:29:47.

Lining up in the first. Kurt Felix from grenade, silver-medallist.

:29:48.:29:56.

Dudas a good sprinter. Thomas van der Plaetsen is a good Pole Vault to

:29:57.:30:00.

come he was third in the national championships this year. And the

:30:01.:30:05.

European champion. Good conditions, the decathletes would be delighted

:30:06.:30:09.

the weather has changed for the better over the last 24 hours, 36

:30:10.:30:15.

hours. The sun is shining, no wind in the stadium.

:30:16.:30:25.

So Tonnesen of Spain, Auzeil of France, Oiglane from Estonia,

:30:26.:30:35.

Bourrada of Algeria, Ushiro of Japan, the Japanese record-holder,

:30:36.:30:43.

Felix Dudas, Van der Plaetsen. Bourrada in lane five was fifth in

:30:44.:30:48.

Rio and Beijing after having had a two year ban, he came back in 2014.

:30:49.:30:52.

He may be the quickest here. They get away safely, Bourrada does

:30:53.:31:06.

get a good start in the middle, in the green, and Dudas going well,

:31:07.:31:10.

they are coming away from the rest, Dudas wins, Bourrada in second,

:31:11.:31:17.

10.77, it is a pretty good start for the Serbian. The last time we saw

:31:18.:31:24.

him was at the European indoors. Bronze-medallist in Amsterdam in the

:31:25.:31:30.

European Championships that were held before Rio. That is a very good

:31:31.:31:41.

start for him. Solid start, Steve, you are right, personal best of

:31:42.:31:45.

10.67. If you open your the catalogue with 10.75, you have got

:31:46.:31:50.

to be pleased. The key thing is keeping his form, trying to save as

:31:51.:31:58.

much energy as you can, nice little dip at the finish, grabbing those

:31:59.:32:01.

hundredths, hoping that it will make a difference, you never know.

:32:02.:32:13.

I was just saying to Daley, the times of the men's 100m, a bit more

:32:14.:32:19.

mixed up than the women's hurdles. The quickest women going in the very

:32:20.:32:23.

last heat, the slowest in the very first, but men like Dudas, in the

:32:24.:32:37.

next heat Santos. It is down to how they have been doing this season,

:32:38.:32:41.

some have better personal bests, it is a mix, but it doesn't matter that

:32:42.:32:46.

much, you run in your lane, you have got to focus, and the best

:32:47.:32:50.

decathletes are still going in the last heat. It is like a time trial.

:32:51.:32:59.

So a season's best from Dudas there, a good start. But when you are in

:33:00.:33:04.

the blocks, your first event of ten, are you not racing? You are

:33:05.:33:06.

literally just trying to do your own thing? Complete tunnel vision,

:33:07.:33:12.

because the place where you come in the race doesn't matter, first or

:33:13.:33:16.

last, you are just tried to get the points for the equivalent times,

:33:17.:33:19.

that is all you are doing. One of the things that was nice was Steve

:33:20.:33:23.

Cram doing some homework, I know he hates the decathlon! Of icy knew you

:33:24.:33:34.

were coming in! Clearly! Ashley Bryant has had a good year, he is in

:33:35.:33:39.

the next heat, he has got into some good positions, hasn't he? He has

:33:40.:33:43.

got it together finally, Ashley has been very frustrated with niggles

:33:44.:33:49.

here and there, he has not been able to show what he has got. So he got

:33:50.:33:54.

that lovely, wonderful silver medal at the Commonwealth Games, but this

:33:55.:34:00.

year, new personal best, 8173, and that will set him up. He will be

:34:01.:34:05.

looking to get in the top eight, it is going to be very difficult

:34:06.:34:09.

indeed, but what you don't want is to make mistakes, it is just

:34:10.:34:14.

minimising mistakes, giving yourself an opportunity. You just need to

:34:15.:34:19.

come here and get somewhere near his personal best, because whenever you

:34:20.:34:22.

come to a major championships, the one thing you have to do is be at at

:34:23.:34:29.

least you'll season's best. Olympic silver-medallist in this next heat.

:34:30.:34:38.

Apart from Ashton Eaton, he was head and shoulders, but he has been

:34:39.:34:43.

competing in a few events and competing very well. He won the

:34:44.:34:47.

European indoors this year, set a new record for heptathlon, but a

:34:48.:34:53.

very interesting individual, not one of the taller decathletes, but no

:34:54.:35:01.

weaknesses, and I think he is the person that we look to to really

:35:02.:35:07.

lead into this decathlon, really strong, he is a poster boy, in fact.

:35:08.:35:13.

Ashton Eaton has dominated for so long, somebody can step up to the

:35:14.:35:17.

plate and take the title, be the man. Do you know what? I am sure

:35:18.:35:21.

there are two or three guys who think they can, but Kevin Mayer

:35:22.:35:31.

would be my favourite from the start. You do kind of miss Ashton

:35:32.:35:39.

Eaton. Yes, but Kevin will take this forward, and you need the rivalry.

:35:40.:35:43.

And you surely will get that, back to Steve now for the final result of

:35:44.:35:46.

the first heat. Ashley Bryant just getting ready

:35:47.:35:59.

there, love listening to Daley Thompson's thoughts, I love the

:36:00.:36:04.

decathlon, especially the 1500m, the toughest of all events, of course!

:36:05.:36:10.

Just waiting for the result, Dudas was 917 points for his 10.75, so a

:36:11.:36:17.

pretty good start for him. Kurt Felix ran well also. We will just

:36:18.:36:24.

confirm it here, Bourrada with 10.8 was in second place, Van der

:36:25.:36:26.

Plaetsen, not an especially good start for the Belgian, 11.35. We

:36:27.:36:33.

might have been surprised to see Dudas run that time, but he had not

:36:34.:36:37.

run 100m this season, the seedings are done by season's best. This is

:36:38.:36:52.

how they line up in the second heat of the 100, Jefferson Santos is out,

:36:53.:36:58.

the South American champion does not start. Ashley Bryant goes in lane

:36:59.:37:07.

five. There is Ashley Bryant, based in Loughborough now, he has had a

:37:08.:37:10.

switch to his coaching setup, 18 months or so ago he went to love

:37:11.:37:14.

brat, and he works with individual coaches now, and he says he is

:37:15.:37:20.

feeling the benefit. -- he went to Loughborough. His head coach, well,

:37:21.:37:28.

he works with individual coaches in the individual events. He has moved

:37:29.:37:38.

up to... Well, he is over 8100 or so points at the moment in the

:37:39.:37:45.

decathlon. He had a decent event at the big multi-eventing events in

:37:46.:37:54.

Austria in May. But he says he can find another 300 points, and that

:37:55.:37:57.

would get him into top tens in major championships. Mayer, however, a

:37:58.:38:05.

real contender for a medal, 8834 points. If that doesn't mean

:38:06.:38:10.

anything to you, when Daley Thompson won with a world record in Los

:38:11.:38:16.

Angeles, 8847, that is where Kevin Mayer is, just a fraction behind

:38:17.:38:25.

that. So the second quickest or second slowest, four leads to come,

:38:26.:38:29.

this is the second heat, two more after this. And we are told that is

:38:30.:38:42.

Uibo. Kevin Mayer, the Frenchman, former world junior and world youth

:38:43.:38:45.

champion, pushed Ashton Eaton very hard in Rio. Jorge Urena you, silver

:38:46.:38:51.

at the European indoor championships in heptathlon in Belgrade. And

:38:52.:39:00.

Ashley Bryant, third on the UK all time list, he is a decent sprinter,

:39:01.:39:07.

pretty decent across all the events, although his pole vault lets him

:39:08.:39:11.

down a bit, not a great high jumper either. Cedric Dubler, the

:39:12.:39:19.

Australian champion. Leonel Suarez of Cuba, he had knee surgery in

:39:20.:39:32.

2014, he has not been the same since. Kai Kazmirek, very strong

:39:33.:39:38.

German challenge in the decathlon. Pieter Braun of the Netherlands goes

:39:39.:39:51.

in lane nine. So, again, see how close you can get to your personal

:39:52.:39:57.

best, Ashley Bryant is just outside 11 seconds. He has run 11.7 seconds.

:39:58.:40:06.

So Uibo of Estonia, then Kevin Mayer, Jorge Urena, then Dubler,

:40:07.:40:17.

Suarez, Kazmirek, then Pieter Braun of the Netherlands. Ashley Bryant to

:40:18.:40:25.

start his decathlon campaign here in London. Away cleanly, and the

:40:26.:40:32.

Spaniard, Urena, off to a great start, look at Kevin Mayer,

:40:33.:40:37.

wonderful run, coming through for Germany, Kazmirek, but that is a big

:40:38.:40:47.

personal best for Kevin Mayer, he has seen that on the screen, what a

:40:48.:40:50.

start for Kevin Mayer. Looking at the contenders in the aftermath of

:40:51.:40:55.

Ashton Eaton calling his retirement, Kevin Mayer may well be the leading

:40:56.:41:00.

challenger for gold, 10.70, what a start for the French athlete to get

:41:01.:41:06.

going in the decathlon. He will be happy with that, sets himself up for

:41:07.:41:15.

the whole ten events of adventure. A good, competent sprinter, nice and

:41:16.:41:20.

tall and rangy, no panic ever, and even though he is trying to set a

:41:21.:41:24.

personal best in every event, he didn't go tight at any stage, very

:41:25.:41:30.

confident, he has arrived here in great shape. Let's have a look at

:41:31.:41:35.

the start, great start by Urena, then Mayer comes through, not quite

:41:36.:41:40.

the quick turnover of the legs, but such a long stride. The the ground,

:41:41.:41:47.

very powerful, pushing forward. -- he eats up the ground. Working,

:41:48.:41:52.

working, working, very good to see. Not dissimilar to Ashton Eaton, who

:41:53.:41:58.

was a very quick sprinter, but if you are at the world-class

:41:59.:42:01.

sprinters, they have a very quick leg turnover, whereas Ashton Eaton

:42:02.:42:07.

was a long striding sprinter. It is different in the detached long. They

:42:08.:42:11.

do not spend that much time on specific events, they have to be a

:42:12.:42:17.

master of many. This is a solid start for the Frenchman. The results

:42:18.:42:22.

have not come up on our computer, oh, we have them there.

:42:23.:42:41.

Kevin Mayer trains with KJT, and that is how you want to start with

:42:42.:42:49.

your decathlon. It is the only way, because it gives you confidence in

:42:50.:42:53.

the stuff you are doing, but now everybody knows he is in great shop,

:42:54.:42:57.

they will start worrying about him. So he has done the best possible

:42:58.:43:03.

start. The look on his face, he knows that he has delivered, what he

:43:04.:43:07.

has been training for, what he has been working towards, he knows it is

:43:08.:43:12.

inside of him, but to execute it is a different matter, as we have seen

:43:13.:43:16.

time and again. They are the master chefs, the decathletes, of track and

:43:17.:43:23.

field. They make their own formulas, what works for them, how much of

:43:24.:43:30.

each event they are going to work on, they have to keep building, and

:43:31.:43:34.

Kevin is quite a unique character, he is really relaxed, as you can

:43:35.:43:38.

see, in his technique, but the way he trains as well. He is very

:43:39.:43:46.

specific, just a natural talent, and he has got a lot of inner

:43:47.:43:50.

confidence, and his team around him have realised that. Little and often

:43:51.:43:58.

works best for him. He has had injuries before he came to this

:43:59.:44:02.

world level, but he has now found his rhythm. Ashley Bryant, a

:44:03.:44:06.

season's best, and if you can deliver the best of your season

:44:07.:44:10.

today and tomorrow, then you will leave here feeling you have done a

:44:11.:44:14.

job. It makes you a championship performer. To be honest, it is easy

:44:15.:44:18.

to do personal bests at the trials and all that kind of stuff, but to

:44:19.:44:23.

come here when the conditions are not necessarily so good, but the

:44:24.:44:27.

competition is seriously intense, perform here, that makes you a

:44:28.:44:31.

championship performer. Steve Cram, Daley has already pointed out that

:44:32.:44:38.

some viewers are delighted he is here this morning! Steve, I got a

:44:39.:44:42.

message from Alison this morning, and all it says is, all a girl be on

:44:43.:44:51.

the morning, breakfast in bed and DT on television!

:44:52.:44:55.

I have always known, who can argue with the greatest? I am at a huge

:44:56.:45:03.

disadvantage here, and I have got more decorum than he has!

:45:04.:45:13.

Breakfast in bed? Part-timers, my radio colleagues! Seriously. Daley

:45:14.:45:28.

is good at self is. He is partial to checking himself out on camera in

:45:29.:45:37.

the mirror. Not sure if it is free seating this morning, maybe not. It

:45:38.:45:41.

is pretty busy on the lower level, a lot of people sitting in the

:45:42.:45:45.

sunshine, an assume that is the way it has turned out in terms of

:45:46.:45:56.

tickets. So there is the start list for the third heat. Shkurenev,

:45:57.:46:10.

Martin Roe, Samuelsson. Nakamura. Daley was right about Mayer, he

:46:11.:46:16.

started well and he has shown the others what is possible. These guys

:46:17.:46:20.

certainly capable of that sort of time. Good morning, all.

:46:21.:46:31.

The field event under way, the women's discus qualification. The

:46:32.:46:36.

top 12, and this is your favourite, Sandra Perkovic. 27 years of age.

:46:37.:46:41.

Double Olympic champion. How about that? Nerves hitting even the very

:46:42.:46:49.

best, Perkovic has thrown beyond 70 metres this year. 62.50. Maybe

:46:50.:46:57.

taking it too easy. Athletes sometimes struggle with morning

:46:58.:47:00.

qualification. Perkovic had a foul in the first round. Jade Lally. The

:47:01.:47:06.

British drummer looking to go into the qualifying. She is going to need

:47:07.:47:20.

something close to the best. Gets ready for her first row.

:47:21.:47:31.

The athlete watch this man here of the work, Helcelet. I am is sure he

:47:32.:47:36.

scored more points than daily Thompson, three-time World Champion.

:47:37.:47:40.

See how he goes. New personal best for the Czech athlete. Samuelsson,

:47:41.:47:46.

silver medal this year. Nakamura, decent sprinter. The Asian champion,

:47:47.:47:58.

just 20 years of age, living these championships, Singkhon, a chance

:47:59.:48:03.

for a lot more experience for him. Not bad in the sprint. We will see

:48:04.:48:07.

how he goes. Temp at the Olympic Games last year and he took part at

:48:08.:48:15.

Gotzis this year and did not finish. Brugger, bronze-medallist at the

:48:16.:48:17.

World Indoor Championships last year. And then Distelberger of

:48:18.:48:26.

Austria, just missed out in Prague in the Indoor Championships this

:48:27.:48:31.

year, he finished fourth. At his best, he is the quickest in the

:48:32.:48:33.

field. Shkurenev in lane one, we did not

:48:34.:48:52.

quite see. He might just be one to watch in terms of medals, not so

:48:53.:48:58.

much in the 100m. New personal best this year of 8600.

:48:59.:49:04.

Watch Distelberger. Lane nine. He may well be the quickest here.

:49:05.:49:26.

Oh, Brugger. Unlike the non-multi- events, that does not mean

:49:27.:49:38.

disqualification. Colin, we were remarking last night, there was a

:49:39.:49:43.

disqualification, it was some task phone who fell over in the 200m. We

:49:44.:49:51.

have had very few. Is. It is good to see the discipline from the

:49:52.:49:55.

athletes. Mops who many of the -- and not too many upsets. That is a

:49:56.:49:59.

good sign, they will now be under the caution, Steve. Caution goes

:50:00.:50:13.

against the field. Not a grey hair between us, look at that!

:50:14.:50:24.

We are sitting right above the finish line, an excellent view here.

:50:25.:50:33.

It looks a bit sparse this morning. It has been incredible, the crowds.

:50:34.:50:36.

Daley mentioned it at the beginning, Brendan was talking about it

:50:37.:50:44.

yesterday. The atmosphere last night was particularly good. So once more,

:50:45.:50:54.

on the far side, Shkurenev. Martin Roe. Helcelet. Samuelsson. Singkhon.

:50:55.:51:07.

Brugger and Distelberger. We have had one. Full. -- one false start.

:51:08.:51:21.

This time, they get cleanly away, it even awake, Nakamura starting

:51:22.:51:26.

quickly, Roe going well Distelberger on the inside. Roe is going to win

:51:27.:51:34.

this, Distelberger second. A bit of a headwind there. The winning time

:51:35.:51:43.

is 10.91, not a quick heat. Jade Lally, the opening throw in the

:51:44.:51:50.

discus qualification. A foul for her, that is a disappointing start.

:51:51.:51:56.

Just shy of 60 metres. You can see the left foot" in the edge of the

:51:57.:52:03.

throwing circle. --" In. We will need to tidy that up. The thought

:52:04.:52:09.

has got to, downright on the bottom. A bit sloppy as we tidy up this 400m

:52:10.:52:18.

decathlon. Sprint. Yes, Steve, just bringing Colin N.

:52:19.:52:22.

The wind for the first time, a bit of a headwind, that takes a tenth

:52:23.:52:30.

off and the time is a bit slow. Yes, always in the decathlon, this can

:52:31.:52:33.

happen when you up always edging for the points. When you get a -1.3 wind

:52:34.:52:41.

which is what we had here, it can be a turnaround in your performance.

:52:42.:52:45.

Good sprinting by Roe. He worked hard all the way through and he got

:52:46.:52:54.

out. OK, the track is sprinting well, he is in reasonably good

:52:55.:52:58.

shape. But when you are running into a -1.3, you can see how frustrating

:52:59.:53:02.

that can be. Taking the edge off his performance.

:53:03.:53:13.

STUDIO: heat four loaded with talent, Damian Warner and Trey

:53:14.:53:14.

Hardee. Going back to that heat, that was

:53:15.:53:24.

quite slow. People well outside their PBs. I think the wind played a

:53:25.:53:30.

big part. As we have said all along, it is tough to do your best when you

:53:31.:53:34.

get into a championship. And it is tough and new if the wind does

:53:35.:53:40.

change in your heat. Absolutely. One thing that is going to be really

:53:41.:53:43.

disappointing for the Russian on the inside in lane one, he was one of

:53:44.:53:49.

the favourites and he is probably three or four tenths down already so

:53:50.:53:55.

he has lost 100 points. Shkurenev, so he has to pick himself up for the

:53:56.:54:01.

Shot Put. Yes, get himself, a bit like golf, forget the last shot. No

:54:02.:54:04.

matter how bad. Now he has to get into the Long Jump. Good analogy,

:54:05.:54:10.

probably more people watching have played golf rather than done a

:54:11.:54:17.

decathlon! But with fewer shots! And Daley is such a keen golfer so he

:54:18.:54:21.

would know! Excuse me! Looking forward to heat four, Damian Warner

:54:22.:54:29.

is in there. Silver-medallist from Rio, no, that was Damian Warner.

:54:30.:54:35.

Trey Hardee. Trey Hardee, former World Champion. And Freimuth who has

:54:36.:54:41.

the biggest score in the world this year. Yes, this is the big one.

:54:42.:54:47.

Three or four of the best, in the race. It should be a real test for

:54:48.:54:53.

everybody. Normally, they do not race each other in each heat. Yes,

:54:54.:55:01.

of course. As we have said, so it will be really nice for them to get

:55:02.:55:07.

out there. They have been in the hold. Do you enjoy that in a heat

:55:08.:55:11.

which is your main protagonists? It doesn't aways work-out as we have

:55:12.:55:17.

seen with Nafi Thiam. Is it a great joy to line up with those? I prefer

:55:18.:55:23.

to do it that way, I don't know about Denise, did you enjoyed being

:55:24.:55:27.

in the races with your closest competitors? Yes, you want to keep

:55:28.:55:30.

an eye on them and you want to know what they are doing. It is the best

:55:31.:55:37.

way. Freimuth is such a talent. He is one of the tallest decathletes in

:55:38.:55:41.

this field. This is a good event for him. He is really quick and strong

:55:42.:55:45.

in the sprint and running events. In terms of Damian Warner... Au! He is

:55:46.:55:54.

a joke at! He has been around such a long time, Trey Hardee. Great to see

:55:55.:55:59.

him back fit and able to compete. Damian Warner, it in the absence of

:56:00.:56:08.

Ashton Eaton... Thank you, Gabby. How quickly you forget! Everybody

:56:09.:56:13.

has been looking for him to step into his shoes but he has his work

:56:14.:56:18.

cut out. It doesn't always work out when you think it is your time to be

:56:19.:56:22.

the King and there are other rivals for the throw and the Crown. -- the

:56:23.:56:27.

throw. Perhaps time has moved on for Trey Hardee but he will be pushing

:56:28.:56:32.

these guys. This is Warner, the fastest man that has ever been in a

:56:33.:56:39.

decathlon. 10.1 best and he needs to be at that kind of speed to get in

:56:40.:56:45.

front of Freimuth who is also a very quick sprinter. Any news on the

:56:46.:56:47.

winds down there, on the track? It seems really calm, a lot of

:56:48.:56:59.

chuckling going on around me. Easily amused early in the morning! It is

:57:00.:57:03.

switching around down there. We shall see. We shall see. Well,

:57:04.:57:12.

protected against the sun, good to see, sensible. Just about ready for

:57:13.:57:20.

the fourth heat in the 100m, in the decathlon. Not going well in the

:57:21.:57:25.

seating! Heavy seating. Clambering up. Poor technique! This is the

:57:26.:57:36.

result of the previous heat. Martin Roe, 10.9. Slow into the headwind.

:57:37.:57:47.

Distelberger. And Shkurenev, not a good start for him. Always quite a

:57:48.:57:54.

nice way for the men the start of a decathlon with the 100m rather than

:57:55.:57:57.

the women in the heptathlon starting with the 100 hurdles were more

:57:58.:58:00.

things can go wrong. If you get out, you can have a nice free run at it.

:58:01.:58:07.

Three Americans, Devon Williams, and Trey Hardee the veteran in lane

:58:08.:58:12.

nine. This is Kasyanov, sixth and seventh at the last Olympics, Devon

:58:13.:58:20.

Williams, 23-year-old, third at the US championships and his sister

:58:21.:58:24.

Kendall was 12. Both good at the hurdles. Sintnicolaas, the twice in

:58:25.:58:34.

a Daegu in 2011 and Moscow in 2013. Ziemek, seven in Rio, second in the

:58:35.:58:43.

US Championships. Aerodynamic. Lindon Victor, the US collegiate

:58:44.:58:47.

champion from grenade. The -- Kurt Felix is his half brother from the

:58:48.:58:57.

first heat. Damian Warner, he ran his best in Gotzis last year. 10.15

:58:58.:59:05.

is an extraordinary time and that is the worlds decathlon best, the

:59:06.:59:11.

fastest ever run in a decathlon. Saluri, the Estonian, studying at

:59:12.:59:21.

the University of Georgia. In lane eight, Freimuth, set the world lead

:59:22.:59:27.

this year in Rattigan, in Germany, in June. And Trey Hardee, 33 now,

:59:28.:59:35.

World Champion in 2009, 2011, but Dill good enough to win the US title

:59:36.:59:42.

this year. -- still good enough. And a man who can run 10.40. Looping and

:59:43.:59:51.

hollering and getting themselves ready for the first of ten events.

:59:52.:00:05.

Kasyanov, Devon Williams, Damian Warner of Canada in six. Saluri of

:00:06.:00:14.

Estonia. Trey Hardee in nine, three Americans in here. And Freimuth

:00:15.:00:22.

perhaps the favourite, but he will see what Kevin Mayer did. And off

:00:23.:00:31.

goes Lindon Victor. That is fine, as Steve was explaining, in

:00:32.:00:35.

multi-eventing, you get one., but that is against the next one and it

:00:36.:00:39.

is over. For that person. Did we put the kiss of death on it

:00:40.:00:53.

by saying. Schema they are not as used to sprinting as the dedicated

:00:54.:00:57.

sprinters, but because you know you have got that, back to the old days,

:00:58.:01:03.

you got one, so you perhaps thinking about getting a bit of a flyer.

:01:04.:01:08.

Perhaps that is the case, but Mr Thomson is in the studio, is there

:01:09.:01:19.

less discipline now? Lyndon Victor has brought that up on the whole

:01:20.:01:21.

field. Trey Hardee gets ready to settle

:01:22.:01:34.

again, less whooping this time. Oh, somebody!

:01:35.:01:45.

Kasyanov, Sintnicolaas, Lyndon Victor, Saluri, Freimuth. Damian

:01:46.:01:55.

Warner, 10.15 is his quickest. 10.35 this season.

:01:56.:02:07.

Cleanly away, and Damian Warner will start to move into a zone, Trey

:02:08.:02:13.

Hardee struggling a little bit, Saluri going well, but Warner is

:02:14.:02:20.

bringing them home, good run from Bryant, 10.50, so not that quick for

:02:21.:02:24.

Damian Warner, a quizzical look up at the screen. I think he expected

:02:25.:02:30.

better, he has run 10.35 this season, there wasn't much wind at

:02:31.:02:34.

all against, so I think he would have expected better. This is his

:02:35.:02:40.

strongest event by a distance, and not flying from Damian Warner. A

:02:41.:02:44.

little bit of a quick gun, that could have caught him out. He

:02:45.:02:50.

prefers as an athlete to settle in the blocks, not going up quickly,

:02:51.:02:56.

you don't have the opportunity to drive as much as you would like to.

:02:57.:03:01.

I think that has caught him out, with 10.50, he will be a little bit

:03:02.:03:04.

disappointed, because he knows he is more capable than that. I wonder

:03:05.:03:15.

what's Daley thinks? Daley thinks he would be a bit disappointed, he

:03:16.:03:20.

would normally be 1.5 tenths faster than anyone in the field, but

:03:21.:03:24.

Freimuth is probably less than a tenth behind, so good run by

:03:25.:03:31.

Freimuth and not quite so good by Warner. He has been struggling,

:03:32.:03:37.

Daley, with this illness that has been around, Damian Warner, I think

:03:38.:03:41.

he was in isolation, but Rico Freimuth has come up with a season's

:03:42.:03:45.

best, so a great start. Warner just a little bit down. Hopefully he will

:03:46.:03:52.

not feel any bad effects, as he has actually started, he will be able to

:03:53.:03:58.

get back on the road again. So Damian Warner the winner of the

:03:59.:04:03.

heat, as we say, not quite with his usual zip, running 10.50, but Rico

:04:04.:04:08.

Freimuth comes to the finish very strongly, a real power athlete, one

:04:09.:04:16.

-- once he got into his running, a season's best.

:04:17.:04:21.

Well, back to this women's discus got -- discus qualification, 62.50

:04:22.:04:36.

is needed for her, this is a better throw, it is long, look at that,

:04:37.:04:41.

what a response from Perkovic. Maybe frustrated at herself, take a bow.

:04:42.:04:48.

Needing to take two throws, great delay of the right arm, the head

:04:49.:04:54.

strikes, followed by the arm, perfect demonstration of how to

:04:55.:04:59.

throw discus a long way, no one beyond 70 metres other than herself

:05:00.:05:02.

this year. She has got the three longest throws in the world, has the

:05:03.:05:07.

Croatian athlete, and now she has the fourth longest as well, 69.6

:05:08.:05:15.

seven. Anita Marton with a load this cause, silver-medallist in the shot

:05:16.:05:21.

put, competed really well, even by Gong of China. And well, Marton,

:05:22.:05:31.

discus not quite as strong, does not get the delay, the arm comes through

:05:32.:05:38.

at the same time as the hip, so no improvement for L, 55.96, looks

:05:39.:05:42.

unlikely to qualify. Jane Lalli, a foul in the first round, needs a

:05:43.:05:49.

Daley Thompson -esque response. Great memories of Daley wandering in

:05:50.:05:55.

for his third discus throw, we will have to ask him about that. Jade

:05:56.:06:00.

Lalli, 62.50 needed, or something close. Top 12 make it through to the

:06:01.:06:10.

final. That is shy of 60m. That is another foul, so she puts herself

:06:11.:06:22.

under pressure for one more chance. Fouled and voluntarily,

:06:23.:06:23.

surprisingly, two prowls for Lally, big pressure in the third round, not

:06:24.:06:29.

going to plan for the British champion. Under some pressure

:06:30.:06:39.

indeed. Well, the hurdles coming out for the

:06:40.:06:51.

women's conduct, let's just tidy up the cattle on -- the decathlon 100m.

:06:52.:07:04.

This is how they stand at the first event.

:07:05.:07:15.

A big personal best for Kevin Mayer, he is the man who has done best of

:07:16.:07:25.

all, silver-medallist behind Ashton Eaton at the Olympics. A little bit

:07:26.:07:29.

further down, a couple of the Americans there, a little bit under

:07:30.:07:38.

par in the 100m. A season's best is time for the British athlete.

:07:39.:07:44.

When it is your best event, Daley, and you don't give your best, as

:07:45.:07:51.

Damian Warner did there, going back to what we were saying before,

:07:52.:07:55.

compartmentalised in and moving on, but there will be a niggle in his

:07:56.:07:59.

mind, thinking he hasn't posted this cool he should have. Absolutely, two

:08:00.:08:04.

things have happened, he knows he has to work really hard just to get

:08:05.:08:08.

back to level, and everybody behind him that has done OK, they are

:08:09.:08:13.

thinking, we might have a chance here. We are going to be able to

:08:14.:08:18.

push him out. So two things have changed, and he will have to do a

:08:19.:08:23.

really good long jump and shot, maybe get 20 or 30 points extra in

:08:24.:08:28.

some of the things. You know, Damian Warner would have expected to be 50,

:08:29.:08:34.

maybe 70 points in front of everybody here, and he is only ten

:08:35.:08:40.

in front. So the pressure is on him now, you will have to really... And

:08:41.:08:45.

you can't help but think that if this norovirus has taken a bit out

:08:46.:08:49.

of him, is it going to be a few percent down on the other events,

:08:50.:08:53.

the events that involves speed on the runway, for the long jump?

:08:54.:08:58.

Obviously the 400 as well. The trouble is, apart from Kevin Mayer,

:08:59.:09:03.

who was head and shoulders above everybody, everybody else is

:09:04.:09:06.

actually quite close. When you are losing ten or 20 or 30 points here

:09:07.:09:10.

and there, it is really difficult to get them back, because you are

:09:11.:09:15.

already expecting to do a good performance in the next event.

:09:16.:09:19.

Damian Warner probably thinks he is in a little bit of trouble, but

:09:20.:09:24.

Kevin Mayer is obviously in pole position, he has done a personal

:09:25.:09:30.

best, and shown everybody else... At this point in the decathlon, are you

:09:31.:09:34.

communicating with each other? Did you stay completely on your own in

:09:35.:09:37.

the zone? I know you were joking around and smiling when things were

:09:38.:09:44.

more relaxed, but... I think everybody has their own way of doing

:09:45.:09:50.

it, and I think you are right, wait until two or three events have gone,

:09:51.:09:53.

then everybody is relaxed, they can see how they are going. But I think

:09:54.:09:59.

that for most people, they are fairly low-key, and obviously I was

:10:00.:10:06.

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:10:07.:10:17.

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from 11 o'clock tonight. We are about to start the women's

:11:06.:11:10.

hurdles heats, and in the first of those heats, Olesya Povh it, she

:11:11.:11:17.

qualified as champion in the trials. -- Alicia Barrett. She is the

:11:18.:11:27.

Prodigy and some time hopeful future champion for Toni Minichiello. --

:11:28.:11:33.

the protege. What kind of shape is she in? She is in good shape, she

:11:34.:11:41.

was invited to this as an addition, she hadn't won with the qualifying

:11:42.:11:48.

time, she didn't have that, but they were sending out invitations, so

:11:49.:11:52.

this was a bit of a surprise. She had just come out of the European

:11:53.:11:55.

Juniors, where she got a silver medal, and the plan was to go to the

:11:56.:12:00.

world student games, but if you get the opportunity to come to the World

:12:01.:12:04.

Championships, what you have cleaned up, difficult to say no. Was it

:12:05.:12:09.

difficult? Did you wrestle with that in terms of their progress as an

:12:10.:12:14.

athlete? Or was there no doubt that coming here would be instrumental in

:12:15.:12:20.

informing her going forwards, how to behave, this kind of stage? We did

:12:21.:12:27.

wrestle with it, we took a day over making a final decision, whether to

:12:28.:12:31.

accept the invitation or not, because she had come down out of the

:12:32.:12:36.

European junior championships a little bit beaten up, so we needed

:12:37.:12:39.

to make sure that she was fully fit coming into here. But this is what

:12:40.:12:44.

kids dream of, this is the level you have got to be, so chuck them in,

:12:45.:12:49.

see if they swim or trout. And she did well in the British

:12:50.:12:55.

championships, and it was a great opportunity for her. It is nice to

:12:56.:12:58.

win a senior title when you are still a junior, but without the

:12:59.:13:04.

sisters being there, it is a lower-level championships, but the

:13:05.:13:09.

best of the rest at that point, British champion, nice to have that

:13:10.:13:14.

in your CB. Thank you, Toni, any nerves for you? Not really, it is

:13:15.:13:21.

all about trying to normalise this, 30 metres to the first hurdle, it is

:13:22.:13:26.

no different than what you have done 15 times before, so no, we will just

:13:27.:13:29.

see how we go, BELL RINGS

:13:30.:13:30.

Huge expectations. Thank you, Toni! People inside the stadium will be

:13:31.:13:47.

excited at the sign of an athlete in a British vest, but those

:13:48.:13:49.

expectations have to be tempered because this is, as Toni was saying,

:13:50.:13:55.

it is a learning process, a great experience for her to be here

:13:56.:13:58.

alongside some of the best in the world. That is how they line up for

:13:59.:14:02.

this first heat in the first round of the women's 100 hurdles. The

:14:03.:14:09.

first of five, four go through automatically, Isabelle Pedersen,

:14:10.:14:13.

former world junior champion, new personal best this season, 12.75. If

:14:14.:14:22.

you look at times, you can see that Barrett has run a very quick time,

:14:23.:14:29.

13.0 seven. Zagre was at 12.96. Alicia Barrett goes in lane four.

:14:30.:14:42.

Danielle Williams, 12.56, a new personal best this season, the

:14:43.:14:46.

defending champion, a surprise win in Beijing a couple of years ago.

:14:47.:14:53.

Pamela Dutkiewicz of Germany, she is running well this season, the German

:14:54.:15:01.

champion, down to 12.61. Girona back of the Netherlands, Moraes of

:15:02.:15:09.

Brazil, the new South American champion, then Kerekes of Hungary.

:15:10.:15:17.

So what an experience this is in the sunshine inside this grand stadium,

:15:18.:15:23.

to be running in the World Championships. Anything after this

:15:24.:15:30.

is a bonus. There will be many championships to come, but in

:15:31.:15:34.

hurdles there is always a chance, four go through automatically.

:15:35.:15:43.

Pedersen, Zagre. Danielle Williams, the World Champion. And Kerekes.

:15:44.:16:01.

Cleanly away and Danielle Williams going quickly, Barrett left. Also

:16:02.:16:07.

going strongly is the German, Dutkiewicz. Four go through

:16:08.:16:14.

automatically, Zagre makes up the four, into a slight wind, a good run

:16:15.:16:22.

by Danielle Williams. Good run by the Jamaican. We will see what time

:16:23.:16:27.

Alicia Barrett managed, because it is about this experience they might

:16:28.:16:33.

have hoped to progress to the semifinals but that was always a

:16:34.:16:37.

tall order against this calibre of athletes. Danielle Williams

:16:38.:16:42.

alongside the World Champion. She goes through, Dutkiewicz and

:16:43.:16:51.

Pedersen and Zagre. Colin. Williams was brilliant, I was looking forward

:16:52.:16:55.

to see how she would arrive at these championships, defending her title,

:16:56.:17:00.

in yellow, from Jamaica, very good. Competent when it comes to the

:17:01.:17:05.

technique. Happy to run on the these barriers. Takes the risk of getting

:17:06.:17:09.

close. Because she is so good technically, she can afford to do

:17:10.:17:14.

that. Very good to see she is working hard and into this wind, a

:17:15.:17:17.

very solid performance by the Jamaican.

:17:18.:17:22.

Your assessment of that race? It wasn't great, I did not get the best

:17:23.:17:30.

start. But it was really fun! It was awful, but it was kind of fun. Happy

:17:31.:17:38.

with it can solve. Gabby has been talking to your coach Tony about how

:17:39.:17:42.

you got here and the invitation came and you debated it. You're going to

:17:43.:17:46.

learn a lot from it. Yes, definitely. Not sure what to do but

:17:47.:17:50.

that helped, not being ready, because I was not overthinking it

:17:51.:17:56.

which was a good thing. I was really shocked, I was like, what?! Well

:17:57.:18:00.

done on the silver medal at the Europeans, fantastic. What are you

:18:01.:18:03.

learning from this experience compared to the junior stage? With

:18:04.:18:08.

the juniors, you kind of focus on your own race to take into the

:18:09.:18:13.

seniors, instead of being distracted by people around you, that is what I

:18:14.:18:18.

want to learn. I did not do that today, but hopefully next time.

:18:19.:18:21.

Thank you, this is just the start for you.

:18:22.:18:24.

That is a good way of describing it, awful but kind of fun at the same

:18:25.:18:35.

time, Tony. Yes, looking at the foot on the hurdles are not running as

:18:36.:18:38.

efficiently as she should Comey you should drive your need more at the

:18:39.:18:43.

hurdles than her but, I'm sure she would be a disappointed, into my

:18:44.:18:49.

nice 1.4, it is about the average she has been running over the

:18:50.:18:56.

season. If you look at the best for her, 13.07, what can be done? Does

:18:57.:19:03.

she have the tools to get below 13? That is the thing. It is about flat

:19:04.:19:08.

speed for her and learning. You have run 13.07 and you average better

:19:09.:19:12.

times this season compared to year before. You need to get under 13

:19:13.:19:18.

seconds readily. So it is all about improving that speed. She's not the

:19:19.:19:21.

greatest flat 100m runner but we need to work on that. A lot of the

:19:22.:19:27.

best hurdlers over the years have been very good sprinters. Danielle

:19:28.:19:38.

Williams at the top and 1312,66. Alicia Barrett in her World

:19:39.:19:43.

Championship debut. So Jade Lally, the six time British

:19:44.:19:48.

champion Rams medallist in the Commonwealth Games. She has the

:19:49.:19:54.

experience to cope with the situation, two fouls and she needs a

:19:55.:19:57.

throw in excess of 60 metres. She has saved that, I think, but dipping

:19:58.:20:05.

shy of the 60-metre line. Jade Lally carried those fouls and just maybe

:20:06.:20:10.

tries to force that in the third and final round. She auto qualifies, but

:20:11.:20:18.

the first pool with 15 athletes in each. It is a better throw, the

:20:19.:20:24.

sequences better. Did not quite get onto the left side is to get it

:20:25.:20:33.

down, almost pulling up into that. 57.71. That is eighth place, that

:20:34.:20:38.

will not be enough, I don't thing. Another athlete under pressure is

:20:39.:20:42.

the reigning champion of Cuba, Denia Caballero. In sixth place. Very

:20:43.:20:49.

fast, the active reverse. That is better. Maybe just needed that

:20:50.:20:57.

pressure of a third throw. High-fives all round in the Cuban

:20:58.:21:04.

camp and Caballero puts her mark out beyond auto qualifying. The final on

:21:05.:21:10.

Sunday. She is under pressure to retain her world title with the form

:21:11.:21:17.

we have just seen early on of Sandra Perkovic. Just shy of 70 metres from

:21:18.:21:26.

Sandra Perkovic. Caballero. 63.79. She auto qualifies. So real

:21:27.:21:33.

disappointment and Jade Lally is left to ponder and wonder what the

:21:34.:21:41.

future holds. And another championship slips between her

:21:42.:21:47.

fingers. She will likely take no part in that final, eighth place,

:21:48.:21:50.

she slips the ninth after the throw from Caballero.

:21:51.:21:56.

Disappointment, let's hope things are better for Tiffany Porter. A

:21:57.:22:02.

difficult season, World Championship record is excellent, in the top five

:22:03.:22:10.

including the bronze medal in 2013. Fourth in 2011 and fifth in 2015.

:22:11.:22:15.

She was not at the trials. She had a bit of time away and her last race,

:22:16.:22:22.

she was 13 flat. To give you an idea of her form. Her sister Cindy is

:22:23.:22:30.

injured and out for the season. Megan Symmonds finished second in

:22:31.:22:40.

their championships. Semifinalist at the Olympics last year. Four

:22:41.:22:50.

Jamaicans. Nia Ali the Olympic silver-medallist and USA, as ever,

:22:51.:22:57.

in credibly well represented. Phylicia George of Canada. And on

:22:58.:23:06.

the outside, European junior silver-medallist Kozak, 21 years of

:23:07.:23:15.

age. The top four go through. Boons. Mulern Jean, another former American

:23:16.:23:21.

running for Haiti, decided it is an event where if you are an American,

:23:22.:23:26.

it is so tough to make the team. She is competing for Haiti, a former

:23:27.:23:35.

American herself. She needs a top four, I hope, that should be all

:23:36.:23:39.

right. It is what happens when you get to the semifinal stage. Nia Ali

:23:40.:23:44.

in the middle and Megan Simmonds. Tiff Porter in four. Tiff Porter

:23:45.:23:55.

gets out well and so does Simmonds of Jamaica and Ali got left. Tiff

:23:56.:24:00.

Porter just run out and might not get the four. Simmonds, Phylicia

:24:01.:24:09.

George. Tiff Porter is in sixth. Into that headwind, 12.7. I said,

:24:10.:24:15.

Colin, she has been struggling all season. Even that was not a

:24:16.:24:21.

performance... Tiff Porter run 13 flat in her last race and she has

:24:22.:24:29.

not even got under 13 seconds. She is looking up at the screen, sixth

:24:30.:24:34.

place, only the top four go through. It sure she will not advance, Colin.

:24:35.:24:42.

Really disappointing for Tiff. So good at these championships in the

:24:43.:24:45.

past. She will be disappointed, but we have to keep a clear head.

:24:46.:24:50.

Difficult season, trying her best to get to top form. But obviously

:24:51.:24:58.

running out of time. Let's have a look. Here she is out of the blocks

:24:59.:25:02.

and we are used to seeing Tiffani explode out and be very aggressive.

:25:03.:25:09.

She clattered the barrier. When you have not been able to go to all the

:25:10.:25:13.

races, that is when the mixed event is tricky and difficult because you

:25:14.:25:16.

are unsure of what you can do and how you can push on, your legs

:25:17.:25:22.

moving the right way, can you drive off the trail leg? These things are

:25:23.:25:26.

really complicated. They have got to get them right at these

:25:27.:25:29.

championships. Tiff missing that time during the season, really, that

:25:30.:25:33.

has caused this performance from her.

:25:34.:25:43.

Tiff is a little bit shocked by that performance, I think. A difficult

:25:44.:25:49.

year for you we know. Yes, I have been really struggling this year, I

:25:50.:25:54.

have had many setbacks. Just not in the form I need to be in and that

:25:55.:25:58.

was massively disappointing. What can I say? Can you elaborate on some

:25:59.:26:02.

of the things you have had to deal with? I have had a couple of niggles

:26:03.:26:06.

and personal stuff I have been dealing with as well. I just did not

:26:07.:26:10.

want to miss out on this opportunity, I wanted to put my best

:26:11.:26:14.

foot forward. It is just so embarrassing to come out here and

:26:15.:26:18.

run like that. You should never be embarrassed, you are a great

:26:19.:26:22.

Ambassador for us and you can't legislate for injuries and the lack

:26:23.:26:25.

of build-up you wanted. You are one of the fastest losers but not

:26:26.:26:29.

getting through, do you regret coming here, is this something... I

:26:30.:26:34.

would never say I would regret it, running in front of a British crowd

:26:35.:26:38.

is awesome and I wanted to put on a show. Unfortunately, that did not

:26:39.:26:42.

happen today, that is what athletics is all about. Thank you for being so

:26:43.:26:44.

honest. Thanks, guys. Just to confirm that, certainly not

:26:45.:26:55.

her usual standard. She has explained why. 13.18, she is the

:26:56.:27:01.

fastest loser but her chances do not look good.

:27:02.:27:06.

STUDIO: Tiffany Porter was a bronze-medallist and Olympic

:27:07.:27:10.

finalist with her sister in Rio, not looking like she is progressing in

:27:11.:27:11.

this competition. Denise, troubled year, disappointing

:27:12.:27:19.

for her not to build on those performances. Yes, really

:27:20.:27:22.

disappointed and I think her interview said it, it is a hard

:27:23.:27:26.

decision when you know you are selected.

:27:27.:27:30.

Of the calibre she has been that. But you do not want to turn down

:27:31.:27:37.

your place. The London Stadium is fantastic. Maybe she was hoping for

:27:38.:27:41.

elevation from the crowd. That is not Tiffany, that is not what we

:27:42.:27:45.

have seen from her. When things do not go together, athletes will tell

:27:46.:27:48.

you, when you can't get the training, this is the result. She

:27:49.:27:52.

was searching for form and it wasn't here. She was given a dispensation

:27:53.:27:56.

and she did not do the trials because things were not quite right

:27:57.:28:00.

and that is when Alicia Barrett became the national champion. Things

:28:01.:28:09.

have not been right for a while. No, she has moved back to the States and

:28:10.:28:12.

is working with her husband who is coaching her. A lot of changes. That

:28:13.:28:16.

reaction was like, I can't believe I have run so slowly, it is just not

:28:17.:28:18.

her. Next, a new woman who runs very

:28:19.:28:28.

quickly, world-record holder Kendra Harrison who got the record here in

:28:29.:28:32.

the Anniversary Games. She is a joy to watch and we were there that

:28:33.:28:35.

night, such a special moment, Denise. Yes, special and a flawless

:28:36.:28:43.

race and textbook demonstration of how to hurdle. Amazing flat speed,

:28:44.:28:57.

her technique is on point. She has run 12,28 this year. Close to the

:28:58.:29:01.

world-record and potentially going again in the stadium. When somebody

:29:02.:29:04.

executes a race like that with perfect over the hurdles and in

:29:05.:29:09.

between, Daley, and chaos going on around her. I don't think she saw

:29:10.:29:14.

that chaos, she was too far ahead. She is now having a good year. And I

:29:15.:29:19.

think that this might be the performance of the Games if she can

:29:20.:29:22.

step it up and break the world record. She had the bit between her

:29:23.:29:27.

teeth because she did not qualify for the Olympic team and so she came

:29:28.:29:30.

to London very much like, will show the world. Those American trials are

:29:31.:29:36.

brutal. The finish in the top three or you do not go whether you are a

:29:37.:29:41.

world-record holder or not and Harrison is a world-record holder,

:29:42.:29:45.

she was not going to make that mistake twice, Andrew Cotter. She is

:29:46.:29:49.

out here and ready to prove she has the credentials to be a champion.

:29:50.:29:53.

They say this is a quick track and it has the world-record, but it has

:29:54.:29:58.

not been reducing those times so far in this championship, is that about

:29:59.:29:59.

to change? The US trials was the last time she

:30:00.:30:11.

lost, 2016. This is probably why hedgehogs are endangered! Actually,

:30:12.:30:18.

he has got some moves. Strange moves... Harrison being introduced

:30:19.:30:22.

to the crowd, set that record at the Diamond League meeting here. Bailed

:30:23.:30:28.

to make the team for Rio, but unbeatable since then. Yanique

:30:29.:30:32.

Thompson, the former youth champion. Sally Pearson is the star for

:30:33.:30:39.

Australia. Oh, we are ignoring 30 won, she likes a dance on the start

:30:40.:30:51.

line. Lindsay Lindley, 30 Fife, Ahmed, Talay, then Charlton of the

:30:52.:30:59.

Bahamas. You have got to run some fast times to get the camera to

:31:00.:31:07.

stop. Kelly Harrison has not lost a race since those trials, when she

:31:08.:31:11.

did not make it to Rio. Shortly after that failure, she came here,

:31:12.:31:18.

taking the age-old record from the Bulgarian, going back to 1988. Ran

:31:19.:31:30.

12.20 in hungrier last month. -- in Hungary. Four go through, four

:31:31.:31:38.

should go through. Thomson alongside Harrison will be quick. Lindley of

:31:39.:31:47.

Nigeria, Pesiridou, Ahmed, Talay, eejit. Cleanly away, Kelly Harrison

:31:48.:31:53.

already out in front, so quick between the barriers, look at move

:31:54.:32:02.

between the hurdles, also going well is Lindley, then Thompson, a stroll

:32:03.:32:11.

for Kelly Harrison to move through, evading any of the pitfalls that can

:32:12.:32:15.

occur in this event. She has done exactly what was required to move

:32:16.:32:20.

through to the semifinals tonight, made it look very easy, Colin. Yes,

:32:21.:32:28.

world leader, world record holder, she certainly brought this home, she

:32:29.:32:34.

hit the second hurdle with the lead leg, which is a bit of a worry,

:32:35.:32:42.

because if she gets faster, it could cause problems. So beautiful in full

:32:43.:32:52.

flight, it takes so do lots of victories.

:32:53.:33:03.

You always look so aggressive, tell me about doing this in a US best. I

:33:04.:33:09.

am blessed to be here, I'm excited to wear USA on my chest, excited to

:33:10.:33:16.

represent. You are going unbeaten, so dominant. It definitely builds

:33:17.:33:23.

confidence, I am going to come back, run fast, make the finals. You have

:33:24.:33:29.

got a race in the morning and you have to do it again tonight. I think

:33:30.:33:35.

the morning, you know, it is just about getting your legs underneath

:33:36.:33:40.

you, you know, you have got to set you read, just come out in the next

:33:41.:33:46.

round. Well, what a rhythm, fantastic to see.

:33:47.:33:51.

The USAID tend to dominate this event, they did in Rio, even without

:33:52.:33:59.

Keni Harrison. -- the USA tend to dominate. She has got the raw speed

:34:00.:34:03.

between the hurdles. She gets forced leg speed, because she is so quick,

:34:04.:34:09.

and the barriers restrict your stride length. She manages the

:34:10.:34:13.

cadence so well. You have to get into your rhythm quickly, because

:34:14.:34:21.

you have not raised for a long time before the heats, so you need to get

:34:22.:34:26.

your timing back early. She is the favourite for good reason, 12.60,

:34:27.:34:32.

Alina Talay also goes through, Yanique Thompson, Devynne Charlton.

:34:33.:34:40.

That has knocked Tiffany Porter loses. -- out of the fastest losers.

:34:41.:34:50.

If Keni Harrison did look good, she was disqualified in the semifinals

:34:51.:34:56.

in Beijing two years ago, did not make the Olympic team for the United

:34:57.:35:02.

States of America, she has not done that big-time performance at a major

:35:03.:35:07.

championship, and you can just get a sense that she's not wanting to

:35:08.:35:10.

screw this up, this is about nailing it when it really counts. It is all

:35:11.:35:15.

right running fast times around the circuit, but getting through the

:35:16.:35:18.

rounds is a different matter. You have nailed it, a lot of pressure,

:35:19.:35:24.

even mentally, for her. We know she can run quick, world record holder,

:35:25.:35:28.

budget hasn't got a global medal, she hasn't got the Olympic title,

:35:29.:35:34.

world title. -- but she hasn't got. This will be playing on her mind,

:35:35.:35:39.

this is why you are in the sport, records are great, but those medals

:35:40.:35:44.

signify you are in history for life. It is about being professional,

:35:45.:35:47.

making sure you do all the things right and get to the final, then you

:35:48.:35:53.

can let loose. But there is no point being all fancy and not making it.

:35:54.:35:57.

So she looks like she is in the right sort of place mentally, in her

:35:58.:36:03.

interview she was nice and calm, yeah, she just wants to get off and

:36:04.:36:08.

get ready for tonight and the final. Tonight, when it is packed, the

:36:09.:36:13.

atmosphere ramps up a little bit, and she get that feeling, it really

:36:14.:36:17.

will feel like a major championship, whereas this feels more subdued this

:36:18.:36:21.

morning, doesn't it? Sally Pearson coming up in the next heat, she

:36:22.:36:25.

knows what it is like when the stadium is electric, the winner from

:36:26.:36:28.

the London Olympics, and since then she has been troubled by injury.

:36:29.:36:35.

Very much like Keni Harrison, they are both running with pins in their

:36:36.:36:41.

hands and wrists because of these nasty balls they have sustained, but

:36:42.:36:46.

this race was just incredible. She is a real favourite of the British

:36:47.:36:51.

public, you know, she has got family here, look at that reaction! Just

:36:52.:36:58.

waiting, have I won it? It was so close, and Nelson gave her such a

:36:59.:37:02.

run for her money, but she is back to best, Sally, she really well in

:37:03.:37:08.

London in the Diamond League. That was, for me, the test that Sally is

:37:09.:37:16.

back, really sharp, really quick, just on the shoulder... I love that

:37:17.:37:22.

reaction! In the same heats today as Dawn Harper Nelson, who is the

:37:23.:37:30.

Beijing Olympic champion. We saw her coming close to Sally Pearson in

:37:31.:37:34.

2012, so women with great experience in this heat, Steve Cram. Yes, a

:37:35.:37:41.

little bit of that yesterday, but Sally has come back into good form

:37:42.:37:47.

yesterday, 12.48, chasing Keni Harrison home. Harper Nelson making

:37:48.:37:53.

it onto the US team, I think 33 years of age, it just shows what a

:37:54.:37:57.

redoubtable character she is in terms of the competition. A very

:37:58.:38:01.

good youngster from Jamaica, Rushelle Burton, she has just gone

:38:02.:38:06.

to America, the silver-medallist in the world junior championships.

:38:07.:38:08.

Alicia Barrett was sixth in that race. Burton is a real talent,

:38:09.:38:16.

12.65, new personal best this year. She ran that at the NCAAs. Dawn

:38:17.:38:24.

Harper Nelson, then, the Olympic champion, silver medal in London,

:38:25.:38:31.

the Olympic champion from Beijing. Never been great in the World

:38:32.:38:37.

Championships, never been too kind to her over the years. Sally

:38:38.:38:42.

Pearson, world champion, Olympic champion, twice Commonwealth

:38:43.:38:46.

champion, world indoor champion! Yeah, when she is fit and healthy,

:38:47.:38:52.

she is going to be there or thereabouts. 30 now, Sally, 12.48

:38:53.:38:57.

this year puts her right up in medal contention. Portier two of Ukraine

:38:58.:39:06.

on the outside. So four, as we have said earlier to go through. -- 40

:39:07.:39:17.

the Australian contingent. Has that Kangaroo paid for a seat?

:39:18.:39:33.

So Pearson in six, Harper Nelson in three, Burton on the far side in

:39:34.:39:38.

two. Burden does get a very good start,

:39:39.:39:51.

the young Jamaican, Harper Nelson trying to run her down, but now

:39:52.:39:57.

Sally Pearson stamping her authority over this, hurdling beautifully,

:39:58.:40:03.

look at the Australian go, Harper Nelson third, 12.73, not quite as

:40:04.:40:06.

quick as a couple of the previous heats, but Sally Pearson looking

:40:07.:40:11.

very good indeed, very smooth. Harper Nelson just got add of the

:40:12.:40:20.

youngster in the end. Colin, she has put herself right back in the mix,

:40:21.:40:24.

we are all talking about Keni Harrison, but she has got the

:40:25.:40:30.

experience. Yes, world champion, Olympic champion, she has the

:40:31.:40:33.

championship record, Sally, so we know she can deliver on this stage,

:40:34.:40:37.

for sure, and it is nice to see that she is believing in her performance,

:40:38.:40:42.

running hard, pushing into every single one of those barriers, a sign

:40:43.:40:46.

that she is feeling more confident in her form. Out of the blocks well,

:40:47.:40:51.

sprinting very sharply this year, back to her best there. Nice to see

:40:52.:40:58.

that she is working on all these areas, good focus, always beautiful

:40:59.:41:04.

technically. Look how she is moving through the field, showing her

:41:05.:41:10.

dominance. Really announcing herself again, that she is back to her very

:41:11.:41:14.

best, fingers crossed that it goes well, looking down stairs, she is

:41:15.:41:19.

with Phil. What an impressive performance, what

:41:20.:41:22.

is it like to be back at the plays of your greatest triumph? It was

:41:23.:41:28.

funny at there today, I was really, really nervous, because it has been

:41:29.:41:33.

a while since I have been on a championship team. I felt really

:41:34.:41:37.

comfortable out there, I thought I was running faster than that. I am

:41:38.:41:42.

used to going through the rounds at the fastest, not today, but I feel

:41:43.:41:47.

like I have got more to give, so I am really intrigued to see what I

:41:48.:41:51.

can do through to the next round, and hopefully into the final.

:41:52.:41:57.

Through the darker days of recent years, did you doubt this moment

:41:58.:42:02.

would come again? Oh, yeah, of course, when you go through those

:42:03.:42:07.

moments, you retire about a hundred times over, but something deep

:42:08.:42:10.

inside of you know is that you have got more to give, so I listened to

:42:11.:42:16.

that, and here I am today. Good luck tonight. Thank you very much, see

:42:17.:42:20.

you. Very good indeed, 12.72, interesting

:42:21.:42:26.

that she thought she was going quicker, it looked like she was, a

:42:27.:42:30.

slight headwind. Harper Nelson was looking relaxed, Rushelle Burton,

:42:31.:42:37.

the 19-year-old, going through, the fourth spot going to Plotitsyna.

:42:38.:42:51.

What is it that keeps you going when your body says it is not going to

:42:52.:42:58.

come back to what it was? The difference between champions and

:42:59.:43:03.

those that fall by the wayside. Absolutely, all athletes, by

:43:04.:43:08.

definition, they are optimists, and if it is not working today, well,

:43:09.:43:13.

maybe tomorrow. And when you are summary of Sally's age, you haven't

:43:14.:43:19.

got a lot else to sort of go off two. She is dirty, so the times of

:43:20.:43:24.

running in major championships are slowly coming to an end. -- she is

:43:25.:43:34.

30. A lot of it, when you are injured, it is only hope that keeps

:43:35.:43:38.

you going, to make it through the injury, and she is a really tough

:43:39.:43:44.

cookie. I do believe that those missed years, she has tried to make

:43:45.:43:48.

up for the bad hamstring she suffered, the wrist injury, they

:43:49.:43:52.

kind of came back to back, so she knows that she has been robbed of a

:43:53.:43:56.

couple of years, and she wants to go out on a high. It is good to see her

:43:57.:44:00.

back to her best. The technique is pretty much faultless, it was just

:44:01.:44:06.

finding that speed again. And then, of course, when she has been away,

:44:07.:44:10.

injured, you see this woman coming onto the scene in the shape of Keni

:44:11.:44:17.

Harrison, yeah come on, I want to race her, I want to be racing the

:44:18.:44:22.

world record-holder. Absolutely, when you of the stature of Sally,

:44:23.:44:26.

you only want to raise the best at the big championships, and I think

:44:27.:44:31.

she will be tested. I don't know how she does it, because I don't think

:44:32.:44:36.

she'd up they say she has self coached, and I think that is really

:44:37.:44:44.

hard, and the women hurdlers do not avoid each other, they always race

:44:45.:44:53.

each other. She is another one that will love the atmosphere in the

:44:54.:44:57.

semifinals tonight, really a crowd favourite, they love her, they

:44:58.:44:59.

appreciate her in this London Stadium. We were talking earlier

:45:00.:45:04.

about her athlete and decathlete who starred in the multi-events and move

:45:05.:45:09.

into other events, and Nadine Visser, who was competing in the

:45:10.:45:13.

heptathlon here, like Katarina Johnson-Thompson, she is going for

:45:14.:45:16.

an individual event as well, a world class hurdler.

:45:17.:45:23.

A personal best of 12.78 and she belongs in this territory. Really

:45:24.:45:28.

good heptathlete, but this is her strength. Andrew Cotter is calling

:45:29.:45:31.

this, the final of these heaps. Nadine Visser seven in the

:45:32.:45:41.

heptathlon, but you think of Jessica Ennis-Hill running a 12.54 at the

:45:42.:45:46.

Olympics, outstanding and world-class hurled. Christina

:45:47.:45:53.

Manning. And Amusan the two to catch.

:45:54.:46:04.

There is Angela Whyte, 37 now, the Canadian champion. World junior

:46:05.:46:13.

champion Herman Belarus. Hildebrand of Germany and Nadine Visser,

:46:14.:46:20.

seventh in the heptathlon. Winner of the 100 hurdles at the under 23

:46:21.:46:25.

championships, so whether she continues in heptathlon or

:46:26.:46:28.

specialises in the hurdles or does both. The Asian champion of career.

:46:29.:46:39.

And the US collegiate champion, the winner of the collegiate title in

:46:40.:46:43.

Eugene. And Christina Manning. Third in the US trials, hanged Keni

:46:44.:46:52.

Harrison and Nia Ali, new personal best in Lausanne, in the Diamond

:46:53.:46:58.

League, of 12.58. Four automatic qualifiers in the final heat. The

:46:59.:47:08.

fastest losers, the four fastest losers, it is Sharona Bakker of the

:47:09.:47:11.

Netherlands at the moment. Six women here have gone below 13 seconds this

:47:12.:47:16.

season but not quick times this morning so it might be a stretch.

:47:17.:47:22.

13.1 is the last of the fastest losers at the moment, not a quick

:47:23.:47:32.

time. No British involvement in the semifinals tonight. Alicia Barrett

:47:33.:47:39.

could not make it on her championship debut and Tiffany

:47:40.:47:42.

Porter, disappointing. Who will make it through from this last heat in

:47:43.:47:50.

the first round? The two on the near side, Nigeria got away poorly,

:47:51.:47:55.

Manning going well and leading them out, and so to Nadine Visser coming

:47:56.:48:01.

out. Nasty from the athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. Manning takes

:48:02.:48:07.

it, Amusan tidied things up after a dreadful start. The time is modest

:48:08.:48:16.

by her standards 12.86. And still down on the track is Deborah John

:48:17.:48:20.

and that looked very unpleasant, tangled up in the barrier. Christina

:48:21.:48:26.

Manning the winner. The times had been fairly modest this morning,

:48:27.:48:32.

Colin. 12.87. Yes, they have been modest. I expected better hurtling

:48:33.:48:41.

from these ladies. If you look at the qualifying, the challenge for

:48:42.:48:45.

them, Andrew, it is quite reasonable. Especially for the top

:48:46.:48:51.

ladies. More than capable of doing the top four, but I think they all

:48:52.:48:56.

have to speed up rapidly. Later this evening in the semifinal. We expect

:48:57.:49:00.

that from them. Nobody is going to go through as the fastest loser.

:49:01.:49:06.

Terrible start from Amusan alongside Christina Manning, got back in the

:49:07.:49:10.

end, but left on the blocks. And she was so far behind, she still got

:49:11.:49:15.

herself under 13 seconds. Showing the real potential of the Nigerian.

:49:16.:49:21.

But she has to be much sharper in the semifinals. If you are not, this

:49:22.:49:24.

is an event where it is a real blanket finish and with that in

:49:25.:49:26.

mind, no mistakes can be made. STUDIO:, Manning with a great

:49:27.:49:37.

qualification. We expect her to be pushing Keni

:49:38.:49:49.

Harrison in the final. Yes, to be honest, this is looking good for

:49:50.:49:52.

Keni Harrison, she looks head and shoulders above the field. The rest

:49:53.:49:56.

of the girls probably more tightly packed between two and five. Yes, it

:49:57.:50:03.

is going to be interesting. What you make of what they were saying,

:50:04.:50:07.

Andrew said a little bit slower this morning? And it is dry and it is

:50:08.:50:13.

warming up. Do you think it was a little bit below par? Is it harder

:50:14.:50:18.

to get going. And there was headwind as well, Daley is right. But

:50:19.:50:23.

sometimes, the ladies are not used to racing at this time, the warm up

:50:24.:50:29.

would have started four hours ago, they would have arrived at the track

:50:30.:50:33.

and started their warm up, it is kind of early. But you have got to

:50:34.:50:38.

race, that is the way it is. Most of the Diamond League competitions are

:50:39.:50:41.

in the evening so it is a bit of a difference. You can never use that

:50:42.:50:45.

as an excuse. They used to hear people in the British team saying

:50:46.:50:48.

they did not do well because it was ten o'clock. You know a year before

:50:49.:50:52.

your biggest race is at ten o'clock, even if it is just the qualifying

:50:53.:50:56.

round, so you have got to prepare yourself. You are right. You guys

:50:57.:51:02.

had to get up really early. Yes, what Daley is saying, specifically

:51:03.:51:06.

when you have a time zone change or you know your programme early, I

:51:07.:51:11.

used to get up earlier, at 5am and get my body used to the being up and

:51:12.:51:16.

being alert at that time. And hurdle at seven a:m.. Bet you on your own!

:51:17.:51:28.

Yes, me and my dog! We had to get up early this morning as well for this

:51:29.:51:32.

session, in make up... Joking, joking! I know that is not hard

:51:33.:51:38.

work! Of course, it is Friday and that means tomorrow is Saturday, and

:51:39.:51:42.

it means that is the start of the new Premier league season.

:51:43.:51:48.

It has been a knockout stay in the Premier league.

:51:49.:51:58.

The second half, very much... The Premier league is back. Much of

:51:59.:52:03.

the day returns on Saturday at 10:30pm on BBC debt -- on BBC One.

:52:04.:52:08.

Gary and the gang back for you on BBC One at 10:30 p:m., I can't

:52:09.:52:14.

believe it, can you, football? No, back so suddenly. It is Arsenal and

:52:15.:52:20.

Leicester this evening. Denise's team, Arsenal, not Lester! Going to

:52:21.:52:24.

finish in the top four this season? You can only hope and pray! Let's

:52:25.:52:29.

continue with the athletics and the last of those heats for the women's

:52:30.:52:33.

hurdles, back out in the field and plenty of action to get your teeth

:52:34.:52:34.

into. Tony and Steve. Those are the standings after the

:52:35.:52:46.

first event. The 100m, Damian Warner out in front. The world leader of

:52:47.:52:56.

Germany, Freimuth. Kevin Maher the civil medallist, early days to thing

:52:57.:52:59.

of medals as the athletes have moved across to the Long Jump. Beautiful

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sunny day in the stadium. Des eight of these World Championships. Damian

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Warner, bronze medal last year. An eight-metre jumper, you can see his

:53:14.:53:21.

personal best 8.4. Three attempts. Here comes your first. Warner

:53:22.:53:25.

looking to get a good mark on the board. He has run three. In his best

:53:26.:53:35.

to catch on, he did 7.6. I had conversation with his coach, new

:53:36.:53:42.

coach this year looking after him. Damian has had this norovirus and he

:53:43.:53:47.

has been in isolation two days. So because of the nature of the

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illness, he has probably not been eating and drinking. The major

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concern is whether he has enough energy. You will be storing up like

:53:55.:53:58.

a jewel in your muscles ready for the competition. Just going off the

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board with 5.72. Hopefully he will get himself going. Beautiful morning

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inside the stadium. The crowd filling up towards the end of the

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session. Sadly, Deborah John is still down and receiving treatment

:54:20.:54:25.

after the final heat in the women's 100m hurdles, a nasty fall and she

:54:26.:54:30.

has been down for ten minutes. Care and attention being taken and we

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hope for the best. Deborah John, from Trinidad and Tobago. A very

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nasty fall. Christina Manning took that heat. The heptathlete Nadine

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Visser also going through under 13 seconds and also Amusan after that

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poor start and Herman. Nobody went through from that heat is fastest

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loser. These are the qualifiers for the semifinals tonight. No British

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athletes. Alicia Barrett and Tiffany Porter failing to go through, but

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strong American challenge and Jamaican challenge. Sally Pearson

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looking strong and Keni Harrison quickest qualifier. Four Americans

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going through in total and four Jamaicans. They have defending

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champion Danielle Williams. And further down, those are the

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contenders for the semifinals in the 100m hurdles. And they will go

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tonight. Back to this decathlon Long Jump, Kevin Mayer, and daily

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Thompson said he thought he was favourite to take the title here. He

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pushed Ashton Eaton so hard in the Olympics. Can Mayer take his first

:55:52.:56:00.

global title? First attempt at the Long Jump. Nice, he reached out long

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with his legs and he sat back behind his feet and nodding his head, but

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that is not a bad start for Kevin. Goodspeed on the runway. Reaching

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out ahead of him to try and hit the whiteboard. When you are coaching,

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the whiteboard is not a target. A lot of people try and hit the

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whiteboard. You want to take off with your foot and your hips. Into a

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slight headwind. 7.33 is not a bad opener. The oldest man in the field,

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33 years of age. And Trey Hardee, of the USA shy of his lifetime best by

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some margin. His season's best, you can see. It is all about the points.

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So getting jumps out. Something in excess of 7.40 would be good from

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Hardee. It looks around that distance for the American US

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champion earlier this year. He is doing exceptionally well, I think.

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At his age, 33. He sings a bit on take-off, reaching out. A solid and

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experienced performer and he knows how far to push it. Great accuracy

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on the board and two centimetres. A bit of strapping, a bit of tape

:57:27.:57:29.

around his need to give him stability. To his kneecap. 7.48, a

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season's best, and that is the way to open up at a decathlon

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competition, and into a headwind. A good start from Hardee. Two High

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Jump mats at the end of the stadium. To our left, and that is Robbie

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Grabarz, who has passed at the opening height of two metres 17.

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Auto qualifying this year it is 2.31 and he has done that. So looking on

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and taking his time and keeping his powder dry. So previous champion

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Bohdan Bondarenko also goes clear. Good start for him. 2.22. Certainly

:58:22.:58:31.

a contender. Hang on, is he hurting? He is struggling, is there something

:58:32.:58:37.

in his right ankle? He might just be taking in the sunshine because it is

:58:38.:58:40.

an early morning. Yes, we will see how that develops. So the man's High

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Jump qualifying. Back to this decathlon. Freimuth, of Germany. His

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best from this year, seven metres 60. He is the world leader. 10.53.

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He has the speed, can he invert this? Beyond seven metres.

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Accelerated into the board, got low and he threw his head back. He

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jumped 760 this year with the benefit of a plus 1.5 metre wind. A

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good ten, 15 centimetres on top of this job. He throws his head back

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and he drops in. Is that just precaution, being safe in the first

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round, 7.11? That is an element of that. You are either going to be

:59:42.:59:45.

safe and put a safe and on the board or you just go for it. You know

:59:46.:59:49.

you're run is accurate, put the points up early. Kazmirek missed out

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by just one place in Rio last year, taking that agonising fourth place.

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Looking to make amends at the World Championships. Valid jump. He jumped

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7.69 in Rio after running 710.68. So Kazmirek is another contender for

:00:15.:00:18.

the medals, we need to keep an eye on him, it is going to be tight for

:00:19.:00:20.

medals, I suspect. A season's best, that is more points

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than he has a hard all season, he will be happy with that. So Robbie

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Grabarz, a championship performer, he has proved that time and time

:00:36.:00:40.

again. Years one of the solid people in the team, he has been around the

:00:41.:00:45.

block a number of times, he knows how to look after himself, doesn't

:00:46.:00:51.

let things faze him at all. He has had injuries, some questions over

:00:52.:00:55.

whether his career was in jeopardy, but working with his coach, it is a

:00:56.:01:02.

good, tight team. He burst onto the scene in 2012 with a bronze medal in

:01:03.:01:06.

this very stadium in the Olympic Games, here he is in that jump.

:01:07.:01:16.

2.29, that was pretty good, got him a share of bronze with the Canadian,

:01:17.:01:22.

who was also a contender here. Robbie Grabarz, 2.29, a beautiful

:01:23.:01:32.

event, when you get it right, and he has a habit of that at major

:01:33.:01:36.

championships. Here he is, looking very relaxed, back in the stadium

:01:37.:01:41.

that he enjoyed so much five years ago. Robbie looking comfortable,

:01:42.:01:50.

looking very relaxed indeed. How do I put this? He is one of the masters

:01:51.:01:54.

of the field, one of the veterans within the field, everybody knows

:01:55.:02:00.

him, he knows everybody, so he can be that relaxed, just coming to

:02:01.:02:07.

work, high jump with your mates. Equal fourth in Rio, often forgotten

:02:08.:02:10.

when you are just outside of the medals, he does find a way of

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delivering, 2.31 is his best from this year, equal ninth. Good

:02:17.:02:30.

conditions for high jumping, we will keep an eye on him as the qualifying

:02:31.:02:39.

process unfolds. From one bridge to another, Ashley Bryant, good cheer

:02:40.:02:42.

from the home crowd in this second event. -- one Brit to another. The

:02:43.:02:50.

second event of the decathlon, the multi-eventers, the 100s were

:02:51.:02:55.

completed without too many mishaps, pretty much went to form. Ashley

:02:56.:03:05.

Bryant, he has specific coaches across all the events, based in

:03:06.:03:09.

Loughborough, has a season's best which is his lifetime best as well.

:03:10.:03:15.

So Bryant, first round of the long jump, second event of the decathlon,

:03:16.:03:21.

that is a big effort. It is not a white flag, what a shame. Great

:03:22.:03:25.

speed on the runway, great speed on the runway, moved up to Loughborough

:03:26.:03:31.

to work with Ashton and the coaches there. That is the smallest, 1.6

:03:32.:03:38.

centimetres! Just reached a little bit too far. Here is the question,

:03:39.:03:43.

does he go safe second round would just tidy it up, be a little bit

:03:44.:03:49.

more active on the board? Well, there is his coach, giving him the

:03:50.:03:55.

feedback that it was a tiny margin of foul, 1.6 centimetres. He just

:03:56.:04:02.

has to move his run-up back a tired. That finger and thumb, move it back

:04:03.:04:08.

a little bit, the active on the take-off, I think that is what he

:04:09.:04:12.

was saying to him, trying to interpret the signals from coach to

:04:13.:04:19.

athlete, he will know exactly what he is talking about, a superb job.

:04:20.:04:26.

7.79 is as lifetime best, he would have been challenging that for sure.

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Two jumps remaining four Ashley Bryant. Back to the high jump, I

:04:32.:04:41.

mentioned him earlier, Barshim of Qatar, he has been superbly

:04:42.:04:46.

consistent this year, first attempt at 2.2 two. Wow! How much space

:04:47.:04:57.

between him and the bar?! 2.22, I think he jumped 2.30! So much

:04:58.:05:08.

daylight between Barshim and 2.2 to there, 2.40, he is the second best

:05:09.:05:10.

ever. ? Back to this long jump. Trey Hardee looking to capitalise on

:05:11.:05:38.

his first attempt of 7.48, can really release the handbrake here

:05:39.:05:41.

and run at this. A little slow on the approach may be. May be just

:05:42.:05:54.

feeling it a little bit, it is now that you want to capitalise, get the

:05:55.:05:58.

extra bonus points. It is two points per centimetre for the men, three

:05:59.:06:04.

points for the women, so if you can get a few more points, let's wait

:06:05.:06:12.

and see what the distance is here. 7.29, a bit of a stiff wind, minus

:06:13.:06:18.

1.3, maybe that is what he is feeling, you can hear the wind

:06:19.:06:21.

rushing past you, feel it in front of you, it can be a little

:06:22.:06:29.

off-putting. In the blue cap, the coach of Robbie Grabarz, helping

:06:30.:06:35.

Morgan Lake, we saw her go through to the women's high jump final,

:06:36.:06:38.

along with Katarina Johnson-Thompson, two women in the

:06:39.:06:42.

high jump final, never had a finalist in the women's version.

:06:43.:06:48.

Robbie Grabarz looking to do just that and book his place in Sunday's

:06:49.:06:53.

final, the last day of action here at the World Championships. Every

:06:54.:06:59.

evening session has been capacity crowd of 60,000, and I will tell you

:07:00.:07:03.

what, he will enjoy that if he can get a place in the final. We expect

:07:04.:07:10.

him to. A lot of waiting around in the high jump. That is what you do,

:07:11.:07:14.

you pick and choose your heights, you might take the first height,

:07:15.:07:19.

miss one, but he is stepping off, I assume he is getting ready to jump,

:07:20.:07:24.

he is taking the next height. Hopefully he will remember to take

:07:25.:07:33.

his cap off! I realised I had my accreditation of flapping around

:07:34.:07:39.

halfway down the run up once. Good crowd here, enjoying the sunshine,

:07:40.:07:44.

great conditions for athletics. Probably 15-20,000 people probably,

:07:45.:07:47.

it is a big stadium, a family affair, that is it, both eyes in the

:07:48.:07:52.

binoculars! So Damian Warner in this long jump,

:07:53.:08:12.

second event of the decathlon. So we saw that he pressed the abort button

:08:13.:08:16.

on take-off at the first attempt, Damian Warner, bronze-medallist in

:08:17.:08:23.

Rio. 7.67 he jumped in Rio, looks like he is attacking this with a bit

:08:24.:08:28.

more conviction. It is over seven metres, strong wind on the flag,

:08:29.:08:34.

Toni, that is against them. It is unfortunate for the decathletes, it

:08:35.:08:38.

is a pity they couldn't turn it around! Much better board. Oh, just

:08:39.:08:49.

stretch up through the air, delayed the rotation, pulls his arms in a

:08:50.:08:55.

bit short there. Again, over seven metres, there is is coach. 7.27, a

:08:56.:09:00.

much better jump. That is the longest we have seen so far in this

:09:01.:09:08.

decathlon second event. Damian Warner, good salvage job, that,

:09:09.:09:13.

there were? Stabbed in the first round effort. -- their work question

:09:14.:09:25.

marks after that first round effort. Much do they compete with each

:09:26.:09:33.

other? You do not do many decathlons, probably two three at

:09:34.:09:38.

most, so there is that opportunity to compete. Kevin Mayer chasing the

:09:39.:09:43.

jump of one, that is a big effort, he likes it! That is more like it,

:09:44.:09:50.

Kevin Mayer very quick on the flat, ran 10.67, new lifetime best for the

:09:51.:09:56.

Frenchman, with space to spare. As lifetime best previously in the 100

:09:57.:10:03.

was 10.81, said in Rio last summer, and Mayer going well. Just reaching

:10:04.:10:09.

a little bit, big last step, leans back and take off, he needs to get

:10:10.:10:14.

forwards. In his best decathlon, he did 7.60, so 7.37, an extra eight

:10:15.:10:21.

pints there, accumulating the point is nice and steadily. But it is

:10:22.:10:27.

tough into this headwind, so one third effort all out, I think. Right

:10:28.:10:32.

then, business time for Robbie Grabarz, the smile turns into a more

:10:33.:10:40.

considered, focused attention as he eyes up the bar at 2.20. On the

:10:41.:10:49.

outside of the track, lane 80 is stood in there, some 25 30 metres.

:10:50.:10:58.

-- lane eight he is stood in their funds, some 25 or 30 metres. This is

:10:59.:11:04.

a good insight into the moments before every field event. Robbie

:11:05.:11:12.

Grabarz, first attempt that two point 22, goes clear, nice start. --

:11:13.:11:23.

his World Championship campaign gets and away, a little nerve settler,

:11:24.:11:30.

Toni. Yeah, I think he has just been sitting around, good class, up and

:11:31.:11:37.

over, no messing about, let's get this party started. Robbie Grabarz

:11:38.:11:41.

does just that, really solid clearance. The importance of that

:11:42.:11:46.

jump should not be underestimated, looking to find a rhythm. We talk so

:11:47.:11:50.

much about that, I am sure that is positive feedback from his coach,

:11:51.:11:55.

looking to boost his confidence and get him ready for the next height of

:11:56.:12:05.

2.26. I wonder that is a lot of instruction, because Robbie is a

:12:06.:12:11.

student of the event, he knows that, and I think he will just be

:12:12.:12:16.

reinforcing the message is that he tells in day in, day out. The work

:12:17.:12:27.

on the track, I am sure he has done a lot of running as well to prepare

:12:28.:12:33.

himself for the jumping, hopping, bounding, sprinting. Robbie Grabarz

:12:34.:12:39.

looking in really good shape, and with only one medal for the British

:12:40.:12:46.

team, Grabarz, well, looking to double that tally. There are the two

:12:47.:12:55.

high jump mats, two consecutive pools. So Andriy Protsenko, he

:12:56.:13:01.

carried a foul at the opening height. Protsenjo, 2.22, first

:13:02.:13:14.

attempt, a contender for medals, that is for sure. That is better.

:13:15.:13:18.

They are feeling their way through these early heights, 2.31 is what is

:13:19.:13:25.

needed to qualify outright. We saw yesterday it was 1.94 for the women

:13:26.:13:33.

yesterday, but they only needed to jump 1.92 to get through. Protsenko

:13:34.:13:39.

made it a Ukrainian 1-2 with his team-mate, Bondarenko. We will go

:13:40.:13:46.

back to the high jump in a moment, because Trey Hardee is taking to the

:13:47.:13:51.

long jump runway in the decathlon, a busy couple of days for the

:13:52.:13:58.

multi-eventers. Hardee, then, second round. I am not quite sure what

:13:59.:14:06.

happened there, really short step, pulling back underneath. Doesn't

:14:07.:14:13.

look comfortable, maybe he crowded the board a little bit, didn't

:14:14.:14:16.

really complete the take-off. What I mean is that is drive the knee up

:14:17.:14:35.

and through. 7.48 in the first round, looks like he was taking it

:14:36.:14:39.

easy in the second round, 7.2 nine. He said he was going to pull it

:14:40.:14:50.

back. Vice Kai Kazmirek, is that the best jump we have seen so far? He

:14:51.:14:55.

has got a white flag, it looks close to. So Kazmirek looking good. He is

:14:56.:15:09.

not happy, he jumped 7.69 in Rio. Good on the board, some space to

:15:10.:15:14.

spare, but closer to the eight metres line, it would seem.

:15:15.:15:23.

A season's best from Kazmirek, 7.64. Might have got into it a little bit

:15:24.:15:38.

early. The Ukranian on the runway at this time, Kasyanov. One foul, he

:15:39.:15:42.

needs to get one in, but is he going to go safe or will he just run at

:15:43.:15:51.

it? Kasyanov in the second round. A shout from him, although he looks

:15:52.:15:54.

steady on the approach. Accelerate onto the board. Over seven metres.

:15:55.:16:01.

But another red flag under pressure. At this point as a coach, when you

:16:02.:16:07.

see two fouls, now you have to make some decisions. He just drifts

:16:08.:16:11.

forwards and he seems to dress -- drift across himself as well. Over

:16:12.:16:16.

to the fans and has a word with his coach. To see what they are saying

:16:17.:16:22.

to him. We can only guess. A welcome return to a colourful character,

:16:23.:16:32.

Ziemek, of Italy, he got injured before the Rio Olympics. So he is

:16:33.:16:36.

back and let's hope he is in good shape. How has that stayed on? In

:16:37.:16:44.

life sometimes, you are lucky. You hit it with the right level of force

:16:45.:16:49.

and it's just days. The ends of the bar, it is just flat and rounded. It

:16:50.:17:02.

should automatically off. Roll That is as hard as you can hit a High

:17:03.:17:06.

Jump with it staying on and very fortunate, Tamberi, of his height.

:17:07.:17:18.

It is a valid jump. And Robbie Grabarz, we saw go clear at this

:17:19.:17:24.

height. High Jump is taking some shade between jobs. This High Jump

:17:25.:17:35.

qualifying final on Sunday, we have the decathlon second event, the

:17:36.:17:42.

longer vent. And the far infield, you can see the women's discus

:17:43.:17:50.

qualification. Jade Lally, in eighth place in the first pool. If four

:17:51.:17:56.

people go beyond that mark, she is out. That looks likely, this is Dani

:17:57.:18:06.

Stevens. We saw her take this title, the youngest ever World Champion

:18:07.:18:14.

when she took the title and looking to qualify. Throwing well this year.

:18:15.:18:21.

The Australian. Over 65 metres, look at that. That is how to do it. Gets

:18:22.:18:31.

her balance across on the left blood and she turns, left foot down and

:18:32.:18:35.

she works her hip at it. Excellent. That is what you try to do, delayed

:18:36.:18:41.

the discus, work your hips and chest ahead and then really get a long

:18:42.:18:54.

pole. Dani Stevens auto qualifying, 65,56. I mentioned the throw from

:18:55.:18:59.

Jade Lally, she was in the first pool, earlier this morning. She had

:19:00.:19:05.

two fouls in her first two efforts. And this was her only valid throw,

:19:06.:19:09.

the third and final round of qualifying. Just a little bit

:19:10.:19:14.

together. Did not quite get her feet down as quickly as she would like.

:19:15.:19:20.

It is a throw shy of 60 metres, which she knows and we know she can

:19:21.:19:26.

go beyond that. It was a good, competitive response after two

:19:27.:19:30.

fouls, really feeling the pressure. Some positives to take from that.

:19:31.:19:34.

Just lines on the right toe. Her hip has got to go and it is of little

:19:35.:19:40.

bit late. It is catch up time with less force on the one kilo

:19:41.:19:47.

implement. In eighth place. 57.71. Outside the top 12. Watch this,

:19:48.:19:53.

after a foul in the first round, Sandra Perkovic, huge favourite to

:19:54.:20:00.

take the title here, did this. That is how to send the discus out, great

:20:01.:20:05.

flight, it lands almost on the 70-metre line. She is the only

:20:06.:20:10.

athlete who has gone beyond 70 metres. She will be pleased with

:20:11.:20:27.

that. World record in 1988. British record is still Meg Ritchie. 67.48.

:20:28.:20:34.

It gives you an idea of how good that throw is on 70 metres,

:20:35.:20:41.

Perkovic, auto qualification. It is one of the nicest days so far, day

:20:42.:20:47.

eight, and it is the longest session of these World Championships so far.

:20:48.:20:51.

Daley Thompson has joined Denise Lewis. It is all right for some,

:20:52.:20:56.

Tony, with their coffee! Isobel Pooley is sat next to them. She has

:20:57.:21:03.

had troubles with her ankle and she will have enjoyed the High Jump,

:21:04.:21:08.

seeing Katrina Johnson-Thompson and Morgan Lake go into the final. We

:21:09.:21:12.

wish Isabel the best in her recovery. Multi-event competitors

:21:13.:21:20.

and High Jump contenders, busy morning in the field. So shy of her

:21:21.:21:33.

lifetime best of 66 metres, she does not need all of that, a big screen

:21:34.:21:39.

from the French champion and she goes beyond auto qualifying. Massive

:21:40.:21:48.

throw from the creation is out in front, Perkovic. We have seen Perez

:21:49.:21:56.

of Cuba. Dani Stevens. And then Robert-Michon looks as though,

:21:57.:22:03.

somewhere in the region of 64 metres. Denia Caballero of Cuba,

:22:04.:22:15.

67.79. There is confirmation that Robert-Michon has achieved automatic

:22:16.:22:24.

qualification and is in the final. So the discus cage at the 100m

:22:25.:22:28.

finish is up the opposite end of the High Jump, Robbie Grabarz. Just

:22:29.:22:39.

keeping himself poised between jumps. This is a colourful jumper

:22:40.:22:53.

and a contender. He has been very strong. But not the best years of

:22:54.:23:00.

our this year, you just wonder whether they have realised it is not

:23:01.:23:04.

about a week in and week out performances, it is this event, this

:23:05.:23:08.

is where your season can begin and end. And if you get it right here,

:23:09.:23:14.

that is what people judge more than anything else. The German now.

:23:15.:23:33.

Mateusz Przybylko. He has found some consistency.

:23:34.:23:43.

No, 2.26 is this new height and a first-time failure for the German.

:23:44.:23:50.

Good curve, leaning away. But he takes off and he goes towards the

:23:51.:23:54.

bar more than he goes upwards so at the point of... He should lock and

:23:55.:24:00.

work the vertical weight and get up alongside the bar before going over.

:24:01.:24:08.

A little adjustment for him to make. Michael Mason with a perfect start

:24:09.:24:15.

to his qualification process. The Canadian. Getting up towards the

:24:16.:24:21.

business end. The bars at 2.26, automatic qualifying is two metres

:24:22.:24:28.

and 31 and they may not need all of that. Mason looking to keep the

:24:29.:24:33.

Green Card and he does with a first-time clearance in the early

:24:34.:24:40.

stages. -- clean card. Looks fast on the runway, Mason. Keeps his perfect

:24:41.:24:46.

record. Which again will be important later on in the

:24:47.:24:48.

competition when it comes to qualifying. Just about to share the

:24:49.:24:58.

news that Eric Kinnard of the United States, surprise Olympic

:24:59.:25:00.

silver-medallist, has pulled out injured. Ashley Bryant has taken to

:25:01.:25:16.

the Long Jump runway. For the second time. He had a foul in the first

:25:17.:25:22.

round but it was a big jump, he just needs to make that minor adjustment

:25:23.:25:29.

and move his run back. As we talked about earlier. Bryant, Round two. It

:25:30.:25:36.

is another big leap. He likes it, it is the white flag this time. That is

:25:37.:25:41.

good, he lengthened a bit into the board. Maybe when your eyes takeover

:25:42.:25:47.

and you try and reach for the board, not efficient, but it is difficult

:25:48.:25:50.

on the back straight with the wind coming at you. He has moved back,

:25:51.:26:01.

safe jump. Personal best of 7.79. It is 7.26 jumping into a wind, and a

:26:02.:26:06.

long way behind the plasticine. It bodes well for his last jump. He

:26:07.:26:13.

will make some adjustments. I think he has got another 20, 30, 40

:26:14.:26:19.

centimetres to come even into this headwind. 7.79 will prove difficult

:26:20.:26:27.

into a headwind but around 50 or 60 is good because that means the

:26:28.:26:31.

differential between him and the other decathletes stays the same or

:26:32.:26:36.

he can present to him -- into it. I don't think we will see many PBs in

:26:37.:26:42.

this Long Jump because of the wind. Ashley Bryant gets a mark on the

:26:43.:26:47.

board with one more jump to come. A bit of overcompensation, maybe, but

:26:48.:26:50.

he has to get it right in the third round. Tamberi. Second time

:26:51.:26:59.

clearance of two metres and 22. This is his first attempt at the new

:27:00.:27:11.

height of 2.26. A little odd, it looked like he had a stutter step,

:27:12.:27:14.

maybe that is pushing and shortening to get underneath the bar. We are

:27:15.:27:20.

not going to see it, that is the clearance. Not really getting the

:27:21.:27:26.

vertical that he needs. He goes into the arch and that is not high enough

:27:27.:27:30.

and he does not clear the bar. He laboured on the approach, Tamberi.

:27:31.:27:41.

Mutaz Essa Barshim, 2.26. My word, my word, my word. Both me and Steve

:27:42.:27:48.

sat Bolt up right. Fantastic! It even seems too far away from the

:27:49.:27:54.

bar. It is not a problem. Look at his knee. We talked about a rhythm

:27:55.:28:01.

earlier. So smooth on the runway. He gets an arch. That is beautiful. Can

:28:02.:28:06.

I use that word at this time of morning? Yes, it is close to 12

:28:07.:28:10.

o'clock. In the context of High Jump think, Tony. Yes, of course. More of

:28:11.:28:20.

Mutaz Essa Barshim. Carrying a foul, Sintnicolaas of the Netherlands,

:28:21.:28:26.

looking to get a mark on the board. Again, throws his head back a bit at

:28:27.:28:32.

take-off, does he get a white flag? A bit of suspense from the official,

:28:33.:28:36.

waiting until he is out. The rule is you have to wait until the athlete

:28:37.:28:42.

is out the pit and then you signal. Because they can walk out of the

:28:43.:28:45.

sand pit and negate the jump altogether. Pretty much self coached

:28:46.:28:52.

now, Sintnicolaas. Working with his friend and adviser. That is him

:28:53.:28:55.

coming down the stairs in the orange top. Trey Hardee now in the Long

:28:56.:29:06.

Jump, his third-round jump. Trey Hardee, season's best in the first

:29:07.:29:11.

round goes on the third round, looking to extend and get more

:29:12.:29:15.

points on the board. No, I think even he knows that is a little less

:29:16.:29:24.

and he gets a white flag. In the American Championships, he jumped

:29:25.:29:31.

7.43. But he has jumped 7.83 in the cab on before. The most perfect

:29:32.:29:37.

board! He might have shortened on the runway. When the wind changes,

:29:38.:29:49.

it can cost, but no improvement from his first-round jump at 7.33. David

:29:50.:29:56.

Warner, in the second round he got 7.27. Suggestions from Tony that he

:29:57.:30:02.

has been struggling with this dreaded virus. It makes -- it could

:30:03.:30:12.

be a long 24 hours if that is the case. He hits the board this time

:30:13.:30:15.

and looks like a better effort. That looked better, probably gaining

:30:16.:30:26.

confidence he can do that, it will be about taking it one event at a

:30:27.:30:31.

time. Good half-board, nice and steady, that is what you would like.

:30:32.:30:38.

Let's see what the distances. It amazes me how athletes do tend to,

:30:39.:30:43.

out of the corner of the eye, look at the scoreboard to see where they

:30:44.:30:51.

are. 7.44, much, much better jump. Yeah, a good job from Warner, he

:30:52.:30:57.

jumped further in Rio on the way to a bronze medal, so maybe just

:30:58.:31:00.

slipping slightly. This is the athlete who finished one place ahead

:31:01.:31:07.

of him in Rio, and he is putting together a very impressive first day

:31:08.:31:16.

in these early stages off of his sprinting of a lifetime best, but he

:31:17.:31:22.

needs more in the long jump. And he gets it, if it is a white flag. It

:31:23.:31:27.

is. That looked better on the runway, some of these athletes

:31:28.:31:31.

waking up a little bit and sprinting on the runway. We heard him let out

:31:32.:31:38.

a scream, we have not seen the result yet, though, 7.52, so that is

:31:39.:31:45.

really good, in perfectly still conditions, so got the advantage of

:31:46.:31:50.

no wind, but that is brilliant. His previous best was 7.60 so that is

:31:51.:31:56.

great, considering some of the others are a little bit below par.

:31:57.:32:04.

He was up on his 100m by 18 points, so overall a profit of two points to

:32:05.:32:09.

go into the shot put. And here is another contender, the world leader,

:32:10.:32:19.

Rico Freimuth of Germany. His best so far, 7.48, just behind Mayer, the

:32:20.:32:23.

Frenchman. That is flat, but long as well. Jumping off a Ben Slater

:32:24.:32:32.

there, that is what took him flat. -- a bent leg there. It is the free

:32:33.:32:43.

knee in France that gives you the lift, the harder you drive it, the

:32:44.:32:48.

more lift you get. -- it is the free knee in front that gives you the

:32:49.:32:57.

lift. 7.45, no improvement, but solid long jumping from him.

:32:58.:33:11.

Kasyanov now in the long jump with his coach watching an nervously,

:33:12.:33:19.

because he has two vowels in his opening two jumps and needs anything

:33:20.:33:33.

to stay in contention. -- two fouls. Something in the mid-s is what you

:33:34.:33:41.

are after Tuesday in contention. -- something in the mid sevens is what

:33:42.:33:54.

you are after to stay in contention. A wry smile of relief, he plants

:33:55.:34:02.

across himself just a little bit. He has haemorrhaged points there,

:34:03.:34:06.

because we know he is an eight-metre jumper when he gets it right, and I

:34:07.:34:10.

am sure he is thinking, why didn't I do that in the first round? Robbie

:34:11.:34:17.

Grabarz in the high jump, the bar has been raised to this new height

:34:18.:34:26.

of 2.26, first attempt. Yes! I thought he had chopped the corner

:34:27.:34:32.

off slightly, but absolutely another good clearance from Robbie Grabarz.

:34:33.:34:40.

Perfect sheet so far, looking good. Just snakes around the bar really

:34:41.:34:47.

well, what a great Archie has. -- what a great arch he has. Great

:34:48.:34:56.

timing, great awareness. Robbie Grabarz has had all sorts of

:34:57.:35:03.

injuries, he had his knee rebuilt last year. He walked into surgery,

:35:04.:35:07.

and the doctor couldn't believe he was still walking! Barshim taking it

:35:08.:35:16.

easy somewhat. Well, Barshim, his new weapon is consistency. We have

:35:17.:35:24.

seen that do some damage in the other vertical jumps. This was him

:35:25.:35:30.

earlier, let's have a look at how high he gets over that, it really is

:35:31.:35:39.

quite impressive. It is too easy, that is not fair! He makes it look

:35:40.:35:50.

so easy. I love the way he locks his sideline into the bar, whatever the

:35:51.:35:55.

height, and he gives himself so much space, doesn't get crowded, like a

:35:56.:35:59.

lot of the athletes do. And it is quite incredible, it will be a big

:36:00.:36:05.

surprise if he doesn't take gold here. Of course, we won't Robbie

:36:06.:36:10.

Grabarz to challenge him all the way, though. You don't get more

:36:11.:36:16.

relaxed than that between jumps, do you? It is about conserving energy,

:36:17.:36:17.

high jump requires the explosive approach. He has got two speeds,

:36:18.:36:39.

Barshim, Qatari born, really looking very good indeed, beautiful sunny

:36:40.:36:44.

day, perfect conditions for high jumping, no real wind to speak of.

:36:45.:36:49.

Huge standard sheltering them from any wind that is coming into the

:36:50.:36:56.

stadium. Robbie Grabarz very much in contention. The next height is 2.29,

:36:57.:37:07.

automatic qualifying at 2.3 one. A first-time of 2.29 is likely to be

:37:08.:37:17.

enough. There is Robbie, putting his spikes back on. Well, this is Chen

:37:18.:37:31.

of China, following a foul in the first round. That is quick, just

:37:32.:37:35.

inside the left sector, it is over qualifying, so Chen looks as though

:37:36.:37:44.

she has got a place on Sunday's final, 62.50 is the yellow line.

:37:45.:37:52.

Just cleared the left side but managed to catch it up with the

:37:53.:38:02.

throwing arm and 62.71, just beyond auto qualifying, good stuff. So

:38:03.:38:16.

Barshim is the second best ever, the world record of Sotomayor, he has

:38:17.:38:23.

tried it on a number of occasions. This was him jumping in Brussels,

:38:24.:38:29.

2.43, the second best leap ever, two centimetres off the world record.

:38:30.:38:34.

That is how good he is when he gets it right, that was 2014. He has

:38:35.:38:44.

jumped over 2.40 on a number of occasions. The world need that in

:38:45.:38:48.

qualifying, of course. And he will have two days of rest before the

:38:49.:38:56.

final. Let's have a look at one of his world record attempts, to put

:38:57.:39:00.

one centimetre on Sotomayor's 24-year-old world record. 2.46, how

:39:01.:39:13.

about this? It was a really good attempt, probably his best on that

:39:14.:39:18.

particular evening. And maybe, maybe that world record will go - if not

:39:19.:39:25.

here, but it is thought around the circuit that he is the man who will

:39:26.:39:29.

break the world record, if anyone can. But there is the matter of

:39:30.:39:35.

taking the title here. We talked to Christian Taylor of the triple jump

:39:36.:39:41.

about world records, and it should be a secondary thought, really, at

:39:42.:39:47.

the championships. Barshim, medals at the last two Olympics, nine times

:39:48.:39:53.

he has jumped over 2.40. Toni Minichiello, the master of coaching,

:39:54.:39:59.

the question - can he break the world record? After that

:40:00.:40:02.

introduction, I have to buy the coffees! He is the closest to it. If

:40:03.:40:10.

anyone can at this juncture, if anyone can, he is attempting it, he

:40:11.:40:16.

is having a go at the world record. His elevation is superb, his body

:40:17.:40:21.

weight, he is as thin as he needs to be, but he can produce so much

:40:22.:40:26.

power. I love the quote from him, high jump is all about sacrifice.

:40:27.:40:32.

You go to sleep hungry and wake up hungry. Talking about him being

:40:33.:40:38.

thin, maybe there is an insight into his lifestyle. I think that is

:40:39.:40:45.

probably more about hungry for motivation, hungry for performance.

:40:46.:40:52.

That was his attempt at a world record. But Barshim, yeah, just

:40:53.:41:05.

staying relaxed, let's really keep an eye on him and see how his

:41:06.:41:15.

championships unfolds. Looking really good, Barshim, big-name, big

:41:16.:41:18.

jumper, certainly the favourite. I wonder what he is thinking out

:41:19.:41:35.

there. You are not allowed your headset, you can't be listening to

:41:36.:41:41.

music, you just sit there with your own thoughts. You are just on

:41:42.:41:46.

similar, not quite coming off the boil, but just keeping yourself

:41:47.:41:52.

focused, not being too busy in your mind, kind of clearing the mind, I

:41:53.:41:58.

think, in many ways. Often medals are won and lost between jumps and

:41:59.:42:02.

throws, that is when athletes talk themselves into or out of good

:42:03.:42:09.

performances. So can Edgar Rivera of Mexico talked himself into a third

:42:10.:42:10.

time clearance at this height? Superb job, did you hear the little

:42:11.:42:23.

scrape? That is in tracking his foot across the floor, just as he put his

:42:24.:42:27.

jumping foot out in front, some people drag it across the floor a

:42:28.:42:33.

little bit, you hear the scrape. I love the psychology of high jumping,

:42:34.:42:39.

it is different, the vertical jumps, same as pole vault, but different to

:42:40.:42:43.

the other events in that it does not matter how high you jump, it is

:42:44.:42:49.

either a clearance or a foul. You could be ten centimetres over it, it

:42:50.:43:01.

doesn't matter. So Silva also looking for a positive mental

:43:02.:43:04.

attitude, and another good clearance, so maybe the high jumpers

:43:05.:43:07.

needing that little bit of impetus from the pressure of a third time

:43:08.:43:14.

jump. Sometimes in competitions, when somebody goes clear ahead of

:43:15.:43:22.

you, then you go clear. Everybody gets motivated because you see

:43:23.:43:26.

somebody jumped. Whether it is some sort of visualisation, as it were,

:43:27.:43:30.

somebody in front of you does it, so you have seen it. But there we see

:43:31.:43:36.

the zillion become the 20th person to clear at 2.2 six. -- we see the

:43:37.:43:45.

Brazilian becomes the 20th person to clear at 2.26. Thomas, a world

:43:46.:43:55.

champion from ten years ago, he is out, 20 Second Place, he will play

:43:56.:44:01.

no further part in these championships. -- 22nd place.

:44:02.:44:08.

Unusual body position. Interesting technique, he sweeps the right arm

:44:09.:44:13.

back to go into a flat position. Most of the time you talk about

:44:14.:44:18.

pushing that right arm upwards, but it is a fine line between style and

:44:19.:44:23.

technique, so there are basic things that really enable you to jump well

:44:24.:44:28.

and throw well. But again, sometimes as a coach, you can overcome the

:44:29.:44:35.

gate things -- you can overcomplicate things, but sometimes

:44:36.:44:44.

people can do one thing wrong but get the critical things right. So

:44:45.:44:49.

the next height, the bar has been raised to 2.29. We were alluding to

:44:50.:44:56.

the fact that the first time clearance at this new height, as we

:44:57.:45:02.

see some of the clearances across that previous height of 2.26, just

:45:03.:45:12.

looking down the scores, the results so far, 19 athletes have gone clear

:45:13.:45:16.

at 2.2 six. 12 will make it to the I think so. We have got that number

:45:17.:45:30.

of athletes and if you look at their records, we will see. A first-time

:45:31.:45:33.

clearance, that is really what you want. That's look at how many people

:45:34.:45:42.

have got clean records so far. Probably about ten people with a

:45:43.:45:45.

clean record so far in that competition. Over to the women's

:45:46.:45:56.

discus. Su Xinyue of China. She is in 12th place, so right on the cusp

:45:57.:46:01.

of making the final. That is a better flight. It is long. Good

:46:02.:46:10.

throw from Su. It looks as though that is also qualifying. 62.50. As

:46:11.:46:20.

the Chinese celebrate that. She has seen her team-mate Bin Feng and Yang

:46:21.:46:32.

Chen throw beyond 62 metres. The three Chinese throwers have made it

:46:33.:46:38.

through to the final. Su elated with that, congratulations from her

:46:39.:46:45.

team-mate. 63 on the dot. So Ashley Bryant. Good jump in that second

:46:46.:46:56.

round. A foul in the first round. But he overcompensated because of

:46:57.:47:03.

that marginal foul, 1.6 centimetres in the first jump. Overcompensated

:47:04.:47:06.

and he was way behind the board in the second round. And he is capable

:47:07.:47:11.

of going beyond seven metres 50 by what we have seen so far this

:47:12.:47:15.

morning. And you have to say he needs it. And this is his last

:47:16.:47:20.

chance. Three jumps only in the second event of the decathlon.

:47:21.:47:25.

Ashley Bryant looking to rouse the crowd and get their support. Right,

:47:26.:47:32.

it is time to pull together all those practice moments that he will

:47:33.:47:37.

have physically and mentally rehearsed over the recent months. He

:47:38.:47:48.

is up for this. Looking focused. Anything in excess of 7.26 is an

:47:49.:47:58.

improvement but he is capable of something big here. It looks good.

:47:59.:48:05.

It is a good jump. He likes it. Ashley Bryant, good on the board.

:48:06.:48:13.

Still a little bit to spare. But solid and he made the necessary

:48:14.:48:18.

adjustments again. It looks balanced, great speed. Slight turn

:48:19.:48:24.

of the body. But it has cut the sand somewhere around... 7.44, it is an

:48:25.:48:34.

improvement for Ashley Bryant. The extra 18 centimetres gives him an

:48:35.:48:38.

additional 36 points. No more jumps, a bit of a chat to conclude what you

:48:39.:48:42.

are doing. That is a good third-round jump into that went. -1

:48:43.:48:48.

metre per second. It is one of the events where he does pick up his

:48:49.:48:52.

points, so he will have wanted a little bit more. But that is solid

:48:53.:48:56.

and it is about being solid throughout the performances. There

:48:57.:49:02.

will be two types of decathlete, the one going for a score and scores and

:49:03.:49:09.

that is probably what Ashley is, and the other decathlete at the top end

:49:10.:49:12.

he will be looking at each other and competing against each other because

:49:13.:49:16.

it is about how solid your performance is in relation to

:49:17.:49:20.

somebody else. Are your strengths strong compared to theirs, you

:49:21.:49:25.

stronger compared to their weaknesses? There is a balance and

:49:26.:49:28.

Ashley will be looking to put together another good score this

:49:29.:49:33.

year, over 8,000 points. Ashley Bryant can't win it in this Long

:49:34.:49:36.

Jump but he could have lost it, he has done well in that third round.

:49:37.:49:40.

That is Mo Farah enjoying the sunshine. Looking forward to the

:49:41.:49:52.

5,000 metres final tomorrow evening. It has been the best noise in the

:49:53.:49:56.

stadium when he has been running. So back inside the stadium, Nadine

:49:57.:50:05.

Muller in the discus. Just over that auto qualifying line again. And

:50:06.:50:10.

looking down, nine athletes have gone beyond auto qualifying. Got

:50:11.:50:19.

that about right. Interesting last night in the men's Jacklyn, there

:50:20.:50:23.

were 13 athletes beyond auto qualifying for the first time ever.

:50:24.:50:28.

Muller improves. It is also qualifying. Well, he has woken up

:50:29.:50:34.

again, Mutaz Essa Barshim. First attempt. Oh, my word. The gap is

:50:35.:50:43.

similar even with the bar going up three centimetres. He is looking

:50:44.:50:48.

absolutely superb. Extremely relaxed. Minimum energy. And that

:50:49.:50:54.

could be the last we save him. Because that may be enough to take

:50:55.:51:01.

him through the Sunday's final this jump of 7.29, he is nowhere near

:51:02.:51:05.

that, he has absolutely flown over that. Brilliant jump from the world

:51:06.:51:12.

leader. So here is the qualifiers for that

:51:13.:51:21.

discus final. Sandra Perkovic, one of the longest throws in the history

:51:22.:51:25.

of the event, just closing in on 70 metres, four metres ahead of the

:51:26.:51:29.

rest of the field and stamping her authority and dominance. Perez and

:51:30.:51:34.

Stevens all content in the for the minor medals. Three Chinese

:51:35.:51:41.

athletes. No Jade Lally unfortunately, her best 57 metres

:51:42.:51:46.

and 71 centimetres. Shy of what was needed. That 12th place, 61 metres

:51:47.:51:54.

to get into that final. Here is an athlete who has delivered on more

:51:55.:52:01.

than one occasion is, the 2030 World Champion of the High Jump, he shared

:52:02.:52:06.

silver two years ago, Bondarenko of the Ukraine, he skipped the previous

:52:07.:52:11.

height and he may look back and regret that. Because that first

:52:12.:52:14.

failure puts him under some pressure. We were a little bit

:52:15.:52:21.

concerned the way he sat on the bed after his first clearance at 2.22

:52:22.:52:28.

that he had an issue or injury, but it just seems to have driven in his

:52:29.:52:31.

left arm and gone towards the bar and Cliff -- clipped it off. A

:52:32.:52:37.

clearance here at 2.29 would be good enough. As we look here at Lysenko.

:52:38.:52:47.

2.29 one is just 20 years of age, improving athlete. -- macro one.

:52:48.:52:57.

That is a really solid jump from the young Russian competing here is an

:52:58.:53:00.

authorised neutral athlete. Cleared to compete as a number of the

:53:01.:53:07.

Russian athletes have, the team not allowed, but some of individuals who

:53:08.:53:13.

have proven they have passed the various doping standards, a control

:53:14.:53:27.

that all athletes have to abide by. So, then, 44 is a crib, another

:53:28.:53:33.

contender, but carrying fouls so not the consistency he would be looking

:53:34.:53:44.

for in this High Jump qualifying. Does not get enough elevation off

:53:45.:53:49.

the floor and does not get up, he is frustrated with that, he knows a

:53:50.:53:52.

first-time clearance would probably have been good enough and now he has

:53:53.:53:57.

to go back and jump again. See how he drifts and leans towards the bar.

:53:58.:54:02.

Got to stay away. There needs to be about a foot of space between you

:54:03.:54:06.

and the bar, that is where you drive up weight and you go across. It is

:54:07.:54:13.

all about consistency. Protsenko won in the Diamond League but slightly

:54:14.:54:18.

inconsistent. When he gets it right, we know that he can content,

:54:19.:54:26.

silver-medallist in the European Championships behind his team-mate

:54:27.:54:36.

Bohdan Bondarenko. As we see Fernando Ferreira. Of Brazil. He

:54:37.:54:44.

fouls right across the board on his first attempts at the heights so

:54:45.:54:50.

far, I believe. And Ferreira needs a second time clearance again at this

:54:51.:54:54.

height of 2.29 to stay in contention. Sometimes, that happens,

:54:55.:54:59.

you do not get into your groove and you crashed through the bar. Taking

:55:00.:55:04.

two jumps at every height and hopefully finding his way through.

:55:05.:55:09.

We see how he goes later. Grabarz walking around and getting himself

:55:10.:55:14.

ready. Understanding what he is going to do. Probably rehearsing in

:55:15.:55:21.

his mind. He looks good, Robbie. He always

:55:22.:55:27.

brings a bit of an intensity to the High Jump competition. He is a

:55:28.:55:32.

prolific competitor. Olympic bronze-medallist, fourth last year,

:55:33.:55:36.

European champion. World indoor silver-medallist.

:55:37.:55:48.

Giving it too much of a clatter, first-time failure at 2.29, silver.

:55:49.:56:01.

So that is going to be reset. And the next athlete to attempt is

:56:02.:56:09.

Grabarz. Great view the athletes have as they turned the corner. They

:56:10.:56:17.

lock up. The high bar of 2.29. Standard doorway is two metres.

:56:18.:56:23.

Another foot above that gives you a feeling of what these athletes, the

:56:24.:56:32.

challenge that stands before them. Grabarz 29 years of age now. The

:56:33.:56:37.

joint British record-holder. First attempt at 2.29. That was not quite

:56:38.:56:44.

what we hoped for or he had hoped for, for sure. What went wrong,

:56:45.:56:50.

Tony? I think really not the rhythm. Not the rhythm we have seen in the

:56:51.:56:53.

early rounds running the runway. Not timing his arch. Needs to work the

:56:54.:57:00.

vertical a little bit more. Only five people have totally clean

:57:01.:57:04.

records. No need to panic. 2.29, he is well capable of. Yes, no need to

:57:05.:57:13.

panic, absolutely. Two more attempts. And it is the mindset that

:57:14.:57:19.

will give him the best opportunity. He has got to stay optimistic and

:57:20.:57:24.

confident. There is his coach. I'm sure he will have something to say.

:57:25.:57:29.

To help Robbie make the necessary adjustments. Maybe it is a rhythm

:57:30.:57:35.

and he can change his run. Quite often, it is the awareness of what

:57:36.:57:39.

went wrong and understanding it, changing it, applying it, which is a

:57:40.:57:44.

very complicated process. He will have these moments between jumps and

:57:45.:57:49.

it can speed up quickly after a foul because others go clear and you find

:57:50.:57:55.

yourself back onto the High Jump. Grabarz, that might suit him because

:57:56.:57:58.

there has been a lot of waiting around, we have seen that throughout

:57:59.:58:03.

the morning session. An insight into how the athletes have to be on

:58:04.:58:11.

simmer and have to have the mental alertness to just some things down

:58:12.:58:16.

and to be calm, and then turn on and be world class. It is a tough thing

:58:17.:58:21.

to do and Robbie Grabarz will need to do just that in his second

:58:22.:58:27.

attempt at 2.29, but we know he is capable. He is a pressure jumper. He

:58:28.:58:32.

has got about a five-minute, six minute wait, seven people need to

:58:33.:58:36.

take second attempt that this height, Bohdan Bondarenko is one of

:58:37.:58:40.

those. Second attempt at 2.29, that was better. He accelerated onto his

:58:41.:58:48.

take-off leg and he had the space to clear. And he looks relieved.

:58:49.:58:55.

Wearing odd shoes, two shoes, different ones, probably preferring

:58:56.:58:59.

one to the other. It will be fundamentally the same shoe, just in

:59:00.:59:02.

different colours. But basically, he will be more comfortable in one, the

:59:03.:59:08.

newest. But he ran so much quicker on the runway which makes me think

:59:09.:59:12.

maybe he was too casual and he did not respect the height. Now he has

:59:13.:59:17.

put the effort in and he has run much faster and he has converted the

:59:18.:59:26.

energy to lift. Tamberi, of Italy, with covering from that ligament

:59:27.:59:31.

tear in his foot last summer. Good clearance from the flamboyant

:59:32.:59:35.

Italian, look at him, he is enjoying jumping again. Great to have him

:59:36.:59:39.

back, he is such a colourful athlete. World Indoor Champion and a

:59:40.:59:45.

second time clearance season's best at 2.29. My Italia is not that good,

:59:46.:59:53.

I can't tell you what he's saying. I am very with -- I am very happy with

:59:54.:00:00.

my season's best, words to that effect! Tamberi is great have

:00:01.:00:02.

around, he does bring a lot of energy to his performances. He was

:00:03.:00:07.

really badly injured and is the clear that, we know the significance

:00:08.:00:12.

of 2.29, he may be back in the World Championships finals, that means you

:00:13.:00:15.

are back at the highest level of your sport and that is probably why

:00:16.:00:17.

it means so much to him. final, so Protesnko, also clear.

:00:18.:00:36.

Lovely jump. Really tidy effort for him, maybe slightly inconsistent

:00:37.:00:44.

sometimes, but he has one on the diamond league circuit, and that may

:00:45.:00:47.

be enough to get into the final. That makes him a 11th overall in the

:00:48.:00:55.

competition, Tamberi is in joint 11th, so they are right on the cusp

:00:56.:01:04.

of qualification. Tamberi indicating the half beard is coming back for

:01:05.:01:08.

the final, it has been his trademark for a good few years now, the more

:01:09.:01:13.

clean cut image of Robbie Grabarz, looking sharp. These two tidy up a

:01:14.:01:22.

little bit. Wang of China, better jump for him. So this will build the

:01:23.:01:31.

pressure on to the British athlete, Robbie Grabarz, seeing lots of

:01:32.:01:35.

athletes go clear at the second time of asking me push the need for a

:01:36.:01:45.

clearance of 2.31. Just looking down the computer, 12 athletes now clear

:01:46.:01:50.

at 2.29, and Robbie isn't one of them yet. It is actually 13 clear,

:01:51.:01:56.

we have two people in 13th place, so those Xs are going to prove

:01:57.:02:02.

critical, can Robbie be another want to go into joint 12th? Randhawa,

:02:03.:02:17.

also on a foul. He will have seen those two efforts, you said earlier,

:02:18.:02:24.

Toni, when somebody goes clear, quite often somebody else does.

:02:25.:02:29.

Second attempt, long strides, shortened, but a second failure. So

:02:30.:02:37.

one more attempt for him Tuesday involved. It is going to be a good

:02:38.:02:46.

final, isn't it? -- for him to stay involved. They may take more than 12

:02:47.:02:53.

if enough people clear the automatic qualification, and then if you

:02:54.:02:58.

haven't cleared 2.31, there were no failures up to 2.29, that will bring

:02:59.:03:08.

you through. But will they have the prerequisite 12 they need for a

:03:09.:03:14.

final? Silva goes clear, so 14 athletes now clear at this height,

:03:15.:03:20.

only 12 to make the final. So the destiny of Robbie Grabarz becoming

:03:21.:03:26.

clearer, at least what he needs to do, he needs a second time

:03:27.:03:30.

clearance, he will be aware of that, he will have watched on. He

:03:31.:03:35.

certainly needs to go clear and stay involved here, 2.29 is the minimum.

:03:36.:03:43.

So, then, as the pressure rises, so does this man, Robbie Grabarz, he

:03:44.:03:49.

has done that in the past. Good support at the end of the stadium, a

:03:50.:03:54.

nod of the head from Grabarz, he strides out for his second attempt

:03:55.:04:03.

at 2.29. Oh, yes, much better! Great jump. Under the circumstances. And

:04:04.:04:13.

very appreciative and supportive crowd watching on, Robbie Grabarz,

:04:14.:04:21.

that was 80s and jump, Toni. -- that was a decent jump, Toni. I am just

:04:22.:04:30.

looking at the card, we get a summary, but five people in first

:04:31.:04:38.

place, Robbie Grabarz in eighth, so the fact that he didn't knock the

:04:39.:04:42.

bar off in earlier rounds puts him in joint eighth position. Could be

:04:43.:04:49.

enough, that could be another. Runs the curb well, he had space,

:04:50.:04:54.

sometimes he steps sideways as well, he ran a really tidy curve, here is

:04:55.:05:07.

the reaction of coach bus coach bus -- coach Fuzz Khan. Robbie Grabarz,

:05:08.:05:24.

well, he can relax now. It is contagious, the fist bumping.

:05:25.:05:35.

Just what he would have wanted, the adrenaline would have gone up a

:05:36.:05:43.

little notch, and he does respond well when it matters, and that is a

:05:44.:05:47.

really good weapon when it comes to major championships. So here is a

:05:48.:05:54.

look at the standings after two events of the men's decathlon, long

:05:55.:06:00.

jump just completed, Rico Freimuth, the world leader, is the event

:06:01.:06:09.

leader, ahead of Damian Warner, the Estonian in third place. At the

:06:10.:06:14.

moment, Kevin Mayer, highly fancied, Ashley Bryant down in 16th place

:06:15.:06:16.

after two events. So the bar is being raised to a new

:06:17.:06:36.

height of 2.31. 2.29 not enough to separate the best of the world's

:06:37.:06:45.

high jumpers. That is group B, two groups of 15 athletes, 14, I should

:06:46.:06:56.

say, so 27 in total, in fact. They will be whittled down to 12 by

:06:57.:07:02.

raising the bar, and the cream rises to the top, with the crowd enjoying

:07:03.:07:08.

this long session on day eight of the World Championships. We have

:07:09.:07:13.

seen the decathlon under way, some British interest in this man in

:07:14.:07:17.

particular, Robbie Grabarz. Ashley Bryant in the long jump, the second

:07:18.:07:26.

event of the decathlon. He will go away and get himself ready for the

:07:27.:07:32.

shot put. I jump, forwarded metres, the only other evidence today for

:07:33.:07:39.

the decathletes. -- high jump, 400m, the only other events today for the

:07:40.:07:47.

decathletes. Unlucky, dragging the bar off. 16 people have cleared

:07:48.:07:54.

2.29, Robbie in joint eighth place, it would take four or five people to

:07:55.:07:59.

outjump him to go ahead of him, push him out, so I think he is sitting in

:08:00.:08:12.

a good position there. Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy, well, he has had a

:08:13.:08:22.

scratchy morning, a few fouls. We know he is an athletic competitor,

:08:23.:08:29.

world indoor champion, Tamberi, certainly want to watch, and he can

:08:30.:08:33.

adjust the fortunes of Robbie Grabarz. Second time clearance at

:08:34.:08:39.

the previous heights, a season's best of 2.29, looking to extend that

:08:40.:08:47.

by two centimetres. No. Not that time, not that time. It will spoil

:08:48.:08:59.

his card if he goes over on the first attempt, he obviously likes

:09:00.:09:02.

the second round, second attempt, I should say, Tamberi. Energy sapping,

:09:03.:09:10.

though. He is sitting in joint 13th place, which means he is right on

:09:11.:09:14.

the cusp of going out of this competition, so he really does need

:09:15.:09:20.

to clear 2.31. He has got two more attempt at this height, but if you

:09:21.:09:24.

want to be in the final, you have got to jump the height. Well, 2.31,

:09:25.:09:31.

a clearance would automatically take you in, no matter how many athletes

:09:32.:09:36.

go clear, because it is the mark that has been set by the IAAF as the

:09:37.:09:44.

automatic qualifying. Get over it, good coaching comment, ever use that

:09:45.:09:50.

one, Toni? Maybe I should put some of my coaching comments on T-shirts,

:09:51.:09:57.

save my voice a bit! I thought he had it, Lysenko. He got everything

:09:58.:10:06.

over bar his shoes. Well, no-one yet clear at this new height, that is

:10:07.:10:10.

the best job we have seen so far, look at that. -- the best jump. High

:10:11.:10:20.

enough, just not tidy enough. So bogged down Bondarenko running

:10:21.:10:25.

across the javelin runway, just using the outer lanes of the track

:10:26.:10:32.

to get his legs woken up somewhat. A tall athletes, 1.98 metres, six foot

:10:33.:10:43.

six? Bondarenko, 27 years of age, world champion four years ago. A

:10:44.:10:56.

lifetime best of 2.42, equal third best ever. Bondarenko, then, to book

:10:57.:11:05.

an automatic place in the final - and does! That is how to do it. Yes,

:11:06.:11:12.

good shake of the fist, I am in the final, that is done and dusted.

:11:13.:11:16.

Spikes off for the Ukrainian, previous champion. And those winces

:11:17.:11:24.

and potential injury woes that we so earlier in the competition, it looks

:11:25.:11:29.

like they have passed and Bondarenko looking good, actually. He will go

:11:30.:11:38.

into Sunday's final as one to watch. Anyone with previous championship

:11:39.:11:41.

success, they get a taste for it, come back for more, 27,

:11:42.:11:47.

statistically in his prime in high jump terms. So, then, McBride of the

:11:48.:11:59.

USA, one of only a handful of athletes who does have a clean card

:12:00.:12:03.

so far in this qualification process. Also to get a place in the

:12:04.:12:11.

final. That was an unusual curve he ran there. Sort of stepped out to

:12:12.:12:17.

step in, just softens the curve a little bit. You want the centrifugal

:12:18.:12:25.

falls to give you the rotation in the air, but he seemed to step away.

:12:26.:12:29.

If that cost him a place in the final, I think it is unlikely, with

:12:30.:12:36.

a clean record up to 2.29, he was sitting in second place overall. So

:12:37.:12:40.

probably going to be good enough, joint second place with four others.

:12:41.:12:55.

McBride there, as we see a foul, the authorised athlete cleared to

:12:56.:13:04.

compete here, Ivanyuk. Only Bohdan Bondarenko has gone to lay a at

:13:05.:13:08.

2.31. So count back likely to play a part in the athletes in the top 12

:13:09.:13:15.

who will go through to the final. So, then, looking dominant so far,

:13:16.:13:23.

Barshim of Qatar, easy clearances at all the previous heights, can he do

:13:24.:13:31.

it again? Yes, he can! That is the end of his morning's work. Thank

:13:32.:13:38.

you! What a display of high jumping, it looks steady and slow on the

:13:39.:13:41.

runway, great confidence, pops over the bar, so much clearance, a

:13:42.:13:47.

pleasure to watch. That is going to be a great final. Ear as won six out

:13:48.:13:53.

of six competitions and does that count as a win? Equal first. He

:13:54.:13:58.

doesn't need to go any higher. But he does go into the final as

:13:59.:14:01.

favourite. Looking the best, at least. Unbeaten in 2017, Barshim.

:14:02.:14:13.

So ideal Onnen, first time clearance at the previous heights, but not

:14:14.:14:34.

this time. 35 years old, so twilight years of his career, maybe. I think

:14:35.:14:42.

you could still have been out there throwing javelin, probably retired

:14:43.:14:52.

too early! So kind of you, Toni! Robbie Grabarz waiting for his next

:14:53.:15:01.

attempt. Pyzybylko, energy raised in the high jump, Pyzybylko, 25 years

:15:02.:15:12.

of age. As improved this year, at taxpayers hard, good curve, good

:15:13.:15:18.

jump. Another one with an automatic qualifier. He has been superbly

:15:19.:15:26.

consistent this year, jumping over 2.32, lifetime best of 2.35, came

:15:27.:15:32.

into the season with a best of 2.30, so looking good. The significance of

:15:33.:15:39.

that clearance means that it pushes Robbie Grabarz down into tenth

:15:40.:15:43.

place, closer to that Qatar. Tamberi is another one who could push Robbie

:15:44.:15:48.

down the order. -- closer to that cut off.

:15:49.:15:56.

Tamberi, of Italy, second attempt. At 2.31. What has he got for us?

:15:57.:16:11.

Close to that, did not have the space. He did not give himself a

:16:12.:16:17.

chance. No, he still sits out in joint 13th place, frustratingly. He

:16:18.:16:21.

has one job to make the World Championship final. And he will know

:16:22.:16:25.

it, that will be the pressure he is going through sitting waiting for

:16:26.:16:34.

his jump. We want to see him involved. If not just to see how his

:16:35.:16:41.

half beard. A fan of that, Tony, athletes with that? That is Robbie

:16:42.:16:52.

Grabarz. He has looked good so far. And Grabarz, waiting patiently for

:16:53.:17:00.

his turn, his attention turns now to Wang Yu, of China. This is

:17:01.:17:18.

the qualifying process for the men's High Jump for the qualifiers on

:17:19.:17:23.

Friday, Grabarz has yet to confirm his place. Yu Wang, first attempt at

:17:24.:17:38.

2.31. He hit that with his arm first. In 11 overall. So again, that

:17:39.:17:46.

is good for Robbie, Robbie does need to clear this, 2.31, better to do it

:17:47.:17:55.

automatic. By 100% agree. Take any? Set out of the process here, he goes

:17:56.:18:00.

clear at this height and he is it in the final, no questions asked. If

:18:01.:18:06.

not, left back to the countback and the top 12 based on failures and his

:18:07.:18:12.

number of failures at previous heights or current heights and then

:18:13.:18:19.

previous heights. As we watch Silva, of Brazil, and another failure, we

:18:20.:18:22.

have only seen two athletes go clear of this new height, Mutaz Essa

:18:23.:18:29.

Barshim and Bohdan Bondarenko. And Mateusz Przybylko. Three athletes

:18:30.:18:39.

clear. And it is sorting out the talent in High Jump terms. A Long

:18:40.:18:45.

Jump -- a long way from that coming down on the bar, as Grabarz waits

:18:46.:18:50.

for the bar to be reposition at 2.31 and he gets ready for his first

:18:51.:18:57.

attempt. This, to equal his season's best. Grabarz, from the right-hand

:18:58.:19:07.

side of the High Jump mat. In the sunshine, with his coach looking on

:19:08.:19:12.

behind. Just one glitch, the first attempt followed by the clearance,

:19:13.:19:18.

the new height is 2.31, Grabarz. Striding out, he runs the curb

:19:19.:19:22.

while, but it is a fairly at the first time of asking. That jump

:19:23.:19:30.

leaves him in tenth place overall. Going to be some nervous moments.

:19:31.:19:36.

Rob Lee for me more than Grabarz as I try and follow it! -- probably. He

:19:37.:19:41.

got sideways and he leaned his back into that and his right hip is low

:19:42.:19:46.

and maybe did not work that non-takeoff knee hard to get his

:19:47.:19:53.

body position, soap crucial at these higher heights. Not much margin for

:19:54.:20:01.

any error. Time for his coach to leave his magic. Very expressive.

:20:02.:20:09.

No, it will make sense to Robbie, whatever we see and interpret,

:20:10.:20:13.

Robbie knows what it Means, information has been given, he will

:20:14.:20:17.

take that and walk away and knows what he has to do at this height,

:20:18.:20:23.

for his next attempt. We see in the film, gets into his running. He just

:20:24.:20:30.

needs to work the vertical a bit longer, it little bit height, jump

:20:31.:20:34.

up longer. Watch his right knee, it is kind of what Robbie does. He hits

:20:35.:20:42.

it and travels past it. You have to punch quickly and get the timing. As

:20:43.:20:47.

the High Jump competition goes on, you need to produce more energy to

:20:48.:20:51.

go up higher and higher. So the timing changes it little bit every

:20:52.:20:56.

time. You have to wait until your centre of gravity is up three

:20:57.:20:58.

centimetres higher before you go over the bar. So the timing does

:20:59.:21:03.

change and that is the skill of this event really. So 33 is a crow. --

:21:04.:21:22.

macro one. Eyeing up of 2.31 for the third time. He goes clear. Good

:21:23.:21:35.

clearance. Yes, thankfully, that does not affect Robbie, he was

:21:36.:21:38.

already above Robbie in the list. That, we do not mind. A young man

:21:39.:21:44.

improving, he is one to watch, just 20 years of age. 2.34 his best from

:21:45.:21:57.

this year. So, Tamberi, of Italy. Two fouls. Looking to capture all

:21:58.:22:03.

the positive thoughts he can as he strides out for his third attempt.

:22:04.:22:11.

That was too much on this occasion. Oh, unfortunately, he will play no

:22:12.:22:15.

further part in this competition. He knows where he was standing in the

:22:16.:22:21.

competition. 13th. So he will not progress to the final, that is it,

:22:22.:22:24.

that is his World Championships over. Yes, his rhythm is slightly

:22:25.:22:32.

off, for me. Just not the silky smooth we have seen when he jumps so

:22:33.:22:40.

well. Maybe that injury problem lingered a little too long in

:22:41.:22:43.

preparation for these worlds. We hope to see him back at his best

:22:44.:22:50.

someday soon. This is another man who is in the same situation, two

:22:51.:22:59.

fouls, Protsenko, of the Ukraine. 2.31. Third attempt. Not even close.

:23:00.:23:12.

So three fouls for the Ukranian. Well, it is a complicated card they

:23:13.:23:18.

were trying to decipher. Lots of connotations and he looks like he is

:23:19.:23:26.

out, Protsenko, and Robbie Grabarz is still very much involved. Getting

:23:27.:23:34.

ready for his second attempt. One pole slightly ahead of the other,

:23:35.:23:38.

there are two High Jump mat side-by-side in the Olympic Stadium

:23:39.:23:42.

for this meant's High Jump qualifying. Grabarz getting ready.

:23:43.:23:48.

He may not need it. In tenth place overall. That can change at this new

:23:49.:24:02.

height. So 62 is a crow, and Mexico. -- there are. He has proven some

:24:03.:24:11.

competitive mettle. The Mexican carries a foul in this height at

:24:12.:24:22.

2.31. This time clearance of 29 coming he is in eighth place.

:24:23.:24:32.

Rivera, second attempt. He came down on that. Great height, I thought.

:24:33.:24:39.

Very compact arch around it, most people go a long and straighten out

:24:40.:24:42.

their legs. He kills his knees in a bit. It doesn't affect Robbie in

:24:43.:24:53.

eighth place. Rivera. His failure does not affect Robbie's position,

:24:54.:24:59.

Robbie stays in tenth. Deceptively tall man, one metre 98, Rivera. He

:25:00.:25:07.

looks compact. He is a tall man. Tihomir Ivanov, of Bulgaria. So all

:25:08.:25:15.

of these attempts and potential clearances do affect Robbie Grabarz

:25:16.:25:19.

when it comes to counting down to the 12 athletes who will make the

:25:20.:25:25.

final. And there is one that will impact Grabarz. Ivanov goes clear at

:25:26.:25:35.

the second time of asking at 2.31. Well, if personal best for him and

:25:36.:25:45.

that is five athletes, Robbie. That jump Ashes Robbie down into 11th

:25:46.:25:53.

place overall. The next man up, Wang, of China, can again push

:25:54.:26:00.

Robbie down. Tension starts. But Robbie does have the opportunity to

:26:01.:26:04.

take it out of anyone's controlled by going clear at 2.31 and that is

:26:05.:26:09.

what he would love to do. If nobody else goes clear, he will make it

:26:10.:26:15.

through as the 12 and last qualifier, Wang. He can knock Robbie

:26:16.:26:27.

down this leaderboard. He gave him some plenty of space. Maybe too

:26:28.:26:31.

much. Second time failure for Wang Yu. A season's best of 2.31. Robbie

:26:32.:26:45.

has a season's best of 2.31 and he knows he can jump it coming he has

:26:46.:26:50.

done it already this year. Take it out of everybody's hands, Robbie,

:26:51.:26:55.

just jump the 2.31. Yes, Robbie is next. And he will know the

:26:56.:27:10.

importance of this jump. Silver, of Brazil, in the next mat along. No!

:27:11.:27:16.

Two fouls for the Brazilian. So it is going to be really tight for

:27:17.:27:23.

Grabarz unless you can go clear at this height of 2.31. Silver

:27:24.:27:33.

currently in tenth place, is that right, Tony? Yes, pool B is

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complete. Everybody is out or has cleared the necessary 2.31 so the

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competition focused on Group A. We have eight people left in that

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competition. Right, Grabarz. His coach to the right of the screen.

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Second attempt at 2.31 to go into the final. Not quite! Better attempt

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from Robbie. Really close. Close to clearing that. Right, so, two fouls

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for Grabarz. It is going to be an 11th place. On the screen. Just

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confirming that as we looked down on the leaderboard. Grabarz is in 11,

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ahead of Wang. And Wang is one competitor who can influence his

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position, as can this man, Robinson, of the USA. Ricky Robertson in 16th

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place. This is an important jump. For the American and for Grabarz. It

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would be a season's best, he has jumped 2.32 in the past, five years

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ago. That was close. I am at a loss for words, sorry! I'm getting

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excited with this competition. He was so close and he will know it. He

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will go back with renewed confidence, knowing that for him to

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get into the final, the automatic 2.31 is possible. He will know that

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unless he clears, he is out of the come petition. So a bit like Tamberi

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in the other group, it is do or die on these final jumps. Eight athletes

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in Group A will have another attempt at 2.31. So it is going to be really

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tight. One more jump for eight athletes to get a place in Sunday's

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final to join Bohdan Bondarenko who looked good, the Ukranian. Mutaz

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Essa Barshim looking good. Grabarz composing himself, he knows the

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challenge before him. Ryan McBride, of the USA. That is another close

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effort for the American. But that is three fouls for him. He should make

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it through. He sits in joint sixth overall in the competition. So

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because he did not fail a height earlier coming he sits in sixth

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place. So he is comfortable and he knows he is through to the final at

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this stage. Unless, of course, six people jump the 2.31 necessary and

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pushed him out completely. Most of the athletes are already

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ahead of him because he had a foul at 2.29, so as we watch if a nuke,

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unattached, authorised to compete, fowls, so he's already ahead of

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Robbie already -- Ilya Ivanyuk. Whether he'd gone clear on what

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didn't really affect him and it looked as though Robbie, well, it's

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going to go down to one or two jumpers in a little while who can

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affect him. But of course, as we said, he can take it out of their

:31:25.:31:28.

hands by going clear at this height of 2.31 metres. Think he can do it?

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I think we're looking at three people who can knock Robbie out of

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this competition. Yu Wang, Silva, the Brazilian, or Robertson. They've

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all got to clear the bar at 2.31, which would be automatic for them,

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but Robbie is in 11th, so if one clears, that drops Robbie to 12. I

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think we need two, so I'm not going to say it but I think you know

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exactly what I'm thinking, but I don't want to tempt fate at all. So

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slightly unclear as to exactly what circumstances Robbie Grabarz is in.

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One thing he does know is he has one more attempt at this height of 2.31,

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and that will take you through to Sunday's final. But the next jumper,

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Edgar Rivera of Mexico, is already ahead of our bars, so this doesn't

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really affect Robbie. -- he's ahead of Robbie Grabarz. 1.98 tall.

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Muscle-bound for a high jumper, a tall man, two fowls at 2.31. Attacks

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this hard. Not quite. So three fouls for him. So this next jump is one of

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the jumps that will affect Robbie Grabarz. You can see him getting

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ready for his third attempt. Wang knew of China has two -- Yu Wang of

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China has two fouls and sits behind Robbie Grabarz. That sixth place is

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his position on what is one of two pools, don't be confused with that.

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He is 11th overall. Yu Wang is in 12th. This man in 12th can push

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Robbie right onto the cusp of being eliminated here in the qualifying

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stages of the men's high jump. Yu Wang of China, two fowls so far. And

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another one. So he stays in 12th and that improves Robbie's chances to go

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through, and he does have one jumper to go after him. It doesn't actually

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need to take his jump now. I think he's through, isn't it? Oh, Silva

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could knock into 12th and Robbins had come knock him out. So if this

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is a failure, he doesn't need to jump? It's a good one, you are quite

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right, Steve, well done. Am glad you agreed with me, Tony. It's the first

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time this week! Silva of Brazil, third attempt. Failure that Robbie

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Grabarz will go through -- a failure confirms that Robbie Grabarz will go

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through to Sunday's final. He may take it anyway for extra practice

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and orientate himself. Interesting to see what he does here. I think he

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has to jump, because Robertson is in 16th place and he definitely has to

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jump, because if you clears the 2.31 automatic, even though it won't

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affect Robbie, but you have to continue the competition through to

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its conclusion. Or he could pass. He could run through. He could run

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through, he could pass. I'm sure he will have a clearance in his mind.

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It will be a confidence boost going into Sunday's final. This will equal

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his season's best. Third attempt at 2.314 Robbie Grabarz. What a great

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clearance. A roar from the crowd takes all of our speculation, pushes

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it to one side, and an auto qualifying. That tease him up for

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Sunday's final. The I don't know what you were worried about, Steve.

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I wasn't concerned at any stage... ! I knew he'd clear 2.3 one. That's

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the quality of him. That's the quality of Robbie, that's what he

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does, he's a big-time performer, he performs well, he can make things

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happen. That's the critical thing at the high-end of the sport. Don't let

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things happen to you, make them happen. Well done, Robbie Grabarz.

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Great job, great, great job. He's jumped higher in the past, but in

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the context, in the circumstances, a major champs on home soil, he's been

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an Olympic medallist on home soil in this stadium five years ago. Sharing

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a bronze there, so last jumper of qualifying high jump, Ricky

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Robertson, two fouls so far. He might knock out the Chinese athlete,

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Yu Wang. That nearly stayed up. Robertson goes out. 16th place for

:36:57.:37:06.

him. He needed to go clear that. He's distraught. He knows how close

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that was. So we have our 12 finalists, Robbie Grabarz

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sixth-place, actually, because it was a third time clearance, but the

:37:20.:37:23.

same height as the best of the rest, Barshim and Bondarenko, Przybylko.

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His coach will be pleased with that. He knows he's very optimistic about

:37:30.:37:33.

the fortunes of his star athlete, Robbie Grabarz. There's Robbie's

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little girl coming out to see daddy. What a lovely moment for Robbie.

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Future high jumper. His wife was a heptathlete. That is superb. A

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heptathlon connection everywhere in this World Championships, in every

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event. Well, the trials and tribulations of the high jump, and

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Robbie Grabarz, what a great end to this morning session. British

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athlete, another potential medallist. We've seen so many near

:38:14.:38:19.

misses for medals at these World Championships and Robbie Grabarz,

:38:20.:38:29.

well, a man who has medalled in the past, taking an automatic qualifying

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leap on the third time of asking at 2.31, in Sunday's final, the last

:38:35.:38:37.

session of the World Championships. It's going to be a big crowd, a

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supportive crowd. Robbie will enjoy that and the family watching on. A

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lot of pride at stake and that really does bode well for Robbie

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Grabarz's chances. But he will have his work cut out. Some really tough

:38:58.:39:05.

and proficient jumps there from, particularly from Mutaz Essa

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Barshim. So it's been a busy morning here this morning. The decathletes

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outsprinted and done the long jump and here's a summary after two

:39:19.:39:22.

events. Rico Freimuth of Germany is in the lead ahead of Damian Warner

:39:23.:39:29.

and Kevin Mayer, the Olympic silver-medallist in fourth place,

:39:30.:39:33.

expect him to be in attentions contention. Daley Thompson says he's

:39:34.:39:39.

the favourite, the Frenchman -- sees -- Daley Thompson says he is his

:39:40.:39:47.

favourite, the Frenchman. The athletes have moved across to the

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shot put sector. Ashley Bryant getting ready for his first attempt.

:39:53.:40:04.

Settles himself at the back of the shot circle. It's over 14 metres for

:40:05.:40:11.

Bryant. He's thrown 14.65 at his best, so that's a really good start

:40:12.:40:20.

for him. Ashley Bryant there, 7.26 kilo shot. A good start. Excellent

:40:21.:40:27.

start for Bryant there. Hopefully he can build on that and get a few more

:40:28.:40:32.

points. The shot put gives you 60 points a metre. That's what you're

:40:33.:40:37.

looking for. It's all about picking up points. Kevin Mayer going next.

:40:38.:40:41.

At his best decathlon ever he threw if the .76 in the shot put. He's got

:40:42.:40:50.

a PB of 15.97, so he will have done that in a different petition. Expect

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something over 15 metres here. That's a big effort, a big scream as

:40:56.:41:05.

well. From Kevin Mayer, the chest bump will stop wow, what an effort

:41:06.:41:15.

that is. First round he'd competed well in Rio last year, 15.7 six.

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This will challenge that distance. 15.72, a season's best, Kevin

:41:23.:41:26.

Mayer's decathlon going from strength to strength. That will help

:41:27.:41:33.

his fourth place position. Rico Freimuth, clearing the right

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shoulder for a bit of a... Did he stay in? Just, I think. So the white

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flag is raised and it's a throw in excess of 15 metres, it would seem.

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If you notice the vest, he's pulled the other struck over his head and

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across. Quite often sometimes people can catch the vest with their thumb,

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so it interferes with the throw will stop so what best to do but pull it

:42:03.:42:09.

out of the way. 14.85, the second best we've seen so far. Damian

:42:10.:42:15.

Warner, the shot maybe not quite as strong as Kevin Mayer's. Season's

:42:16.:42:20.

best, he's improved slightly this year, 14 metres plus would be good.

:42:21.:42:26.

For the Canadian bronze-medallist from Rio. Just got a bit stuck on

:42:27.:42:34.

the middle phase. Just glide out in the glide, have to land and go and

:42:35.:42:39.

he landed and stops. He got stuck in the middle and the right leg didn't

:42:40.:42:43.

really do its job and the right hip didn't strike and the shot pops off

:42:44.:42:48.

down the right sector. The right ankle has to go... Go! It doesn't

:42:49.:42:54.

and it got stuck and you are playing catch-up and there's no power. So

:42:55.:42:58.

Warner, 13 centimetres down on his best. Here's the confirmation of

:42:59.:43:08.

that high jump, very entertaining high jump qualification process,

:43:09.:43:12.

Mutaz Essa Barshim absolutely dominant. Bondarenko also looking to

:43:13.:43:20.

the good. Well, Robbie Grabarz, he left his best until that third jump

:43:21.:43:24.

but it was a good clearance for him, also to go into Sunday's final. So

:43:25.:43:32.

there's your final three qualifiers and it's going to be tight for the

:43:33.:43:37.

medals, but Britain is involved, in Robbie Grabarz.

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STUDIO: That's all for our coverage on BBC

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