Day 8, Part 3 Athletics: World Championships

It may be a short walk to the starting blocks. But the journey is

long. Some may have travelled here further than others. But that's only

if you're measuring in miles. The journey is something you live. It's

early mornings and endless drills. It is feeling the pain in the wind

and the rain. It's missing out. But you wouldn't have it any other way.

MUSIC There may be twists and turns in the

road. And you may question if you can get

there. But everyone has the same

destination in their sights. It's a case of who will arrive first.

Hello, good evening and welcome to the London Stadium for night eight

of this wonderful World Athletics Championships. A week ago tonight,

Mo Farah stormed the first gold of the Championships. Since then, wait

Britain have not won a medal. Dina Asher-Smith is the first chance

tonight. Can she get herself among the medals? We shall see. That race

goes off at 9:50pm tonight. And it is the final final of the night.

There is lots to come between now and then on BBC One. The men's

hammer final is about to get underway. Britain's Nick Miller is

in action. It is the final event of day one of the decathlon, the 400m.

The steeplechase final is just before 9:30pm, before the evening

concludes with the final. Dafne Schippers, the reigning champion,

start as favourite. Dina Asher-Smith couldn't walk let alone run six

months ago with a broken foot, but she continues to defy the odds, can

she claim in middle? -- a medal. I'm delighted to say that we have been

joined, Daley, Denise, Michael and I by Greg Rutherford. You enjoying

these Championships? I am. It's very different to be talking about it

than actually being out there. I have been every day in the mixed

zone. Normally I would be walking through it and talking to people

every day it's been really interesting. It's difficult... Some

athletes are trying to recover, and you are trying to grab them! Some

have been a bit awkward, but most have been lovely. Maybe that is

because it has been a very unpredictable Championships. I

imagine there's quite a few people walking through the mixed zone who

might have expected to do a bit better as they came off the track.

That has made it very exciting. We haven't seen as many amazingly fast

times, distances etc, but we have seen brilliant moments. One that six

out at the moment is Miller in the fore. That is something that

everybody is slightly confused about what happened. The more the

following day she was fine. She could be contested to win that local

tonight. An amazing Championship so far. One I'm really enjoying is

expected to. At the moment, the women's long jump competition, if

you are with us on BBC Two you will have seen most of that, it is drawn

to a conclusion. This is the leading jump, as we sit here now. Brittney

Reese of the United States of America. She put together a great

jumpy, Greg. She is one of the dominant forces the long jump. And

somebody who are classed as part of the big three, with Spanovic and

Bartoletta. As we are seeing here, Klishina is having the meat of her

life, never having won a world or Olympic medal, she has been over

seven metres before. She is now mixing it up for a medal. It's a big

one. Obviously she is competing at Willo Flood. It's fascinating to see

what happens if she gets top three -- on that note flight. And if she

makes the top of the podium, it will be the first of the air in a

athletes, who are not affiliated, who have been allowed to competing

at -- the dispensations. Klishina spends most of her time in the USA.

She has been deemed fit to compete here. Let's get out of the final

round of the long jump final. Steve Fulcher walk you through it. --

Steve will talk you through it. COMMENTATOR: The lead is Brittney

Reese of the USA. Bartoletta is one last chance to retain her World

Title and deprive her team-mate of the lead. Seven metres and two

centimetres for Brittney Reese. And a very average series so far for

Tianna Bartoletta, but it is improving as she goes. Last chance

for the reigning champion. Fast NB approach. Oh, now then. That's her

best jumpers or fast NB approach. Her best jumps of foreign

competition. I think it is going to challenge that lead. It may put her

up into the medals -- of the competition. Bartolotti much more

committed there. -- Bartoletta. That is the one thing she has going for

her. She'd rate so much speed, nearly ten metres per second on the

runway there is a book she'd rate so much speed. She keeps her feet up

high and hangs on to the landing. It is 6.97 for Tianna Bartoletta. She

goes up into third place, and pushes Lorraine Ugen down into fifth place.

So, then, she moves further away from the levels. Can she climb back

up the leaderboard? Look at Lorraine Ugen, the last chance. Over striding

again. A bit shy of what she needs. Oh, that's disappointing. I thought

she may have been able to muster something that in that last round.

Just has been pushing her run-up back and over striding. You can see

her reaching. She doesn't quite get to the board. They will have moved

it back because she was so close. 30 centimetres there. That's always a

problem. You move the runner-up back and then your eyes take over and

used to fill the space in front of you with that over striding. Really

unfortunate -- you start to fill the space. Lorraine Ugen, no improvement

in the last round, has to settle for fifth place with that 6.70 two. --

six .72. She shows massive potential and I'm sure she has learned a lot,

somebody to watch going forward, for sure. Lorraine Ugen, 25 years of

age. Beginning to believe, maybe. So, then. Klishina, two centimetres

behind the lead. Brittney Reese. Seven metres on the button in the

fifth round. In the last round, in pursuit of a gold medal. Good

height. And good distance. Oh, did she is that back there is likely?

Maybe. The gold-medal line just beyond that seven-metre line. Good

job from Klishina. She has cemented herself that in the silver medal

place. A little thing on the board with the bent knee. Her right elbow

may have cost us valuable centimetres. A good job, she has

jumped really well through this competition, Darya Klishina. But it

looks as though it's a silver medal. 7.02 would ask questions of Brittney

Reese in this last round. An agonising wait for her. There is

Brittney Reese watching on. A good poker face. She knows that Spanovic

in fourth place... 6.83 full Klishina. No improvement. So then,

only Spanovic is left to challenge, to get back into the medals. She is

in fourth place with 6.90 six. -- six .96. Last jump from European

indoor champion. It's a big one. Wow, look at that! Really close

tussle for the medals. And Spanovic may have saved her best for last

year. 6.96 is her best. That's might have a look at this. She runs and

accelerates. She strides on the runways... Very good board. Will it

be enough to beat Brittney Reese? Will she go to fall into the medals?

Spanovic waiting. It is 6.91. Outside of the medals. That confirms

victory for Brittney Reese of the USA. Amazing fourth World Title. And

America have been so dominant. Brittney Reese and Tianna Bartoletta

between them. Well, it wasn't quite the firework competition that we

thought about. It was very close indeed. Centimetres, just two of

them between gold and silver. And Brittney Reese has bought the

opportunity to jump with no pressure is all in the knowledge that she has

claimed the victory here. And can let loose. Fast NB approach,

Brittney Reese, last jump, big foul. It is possibly how long is definite

-- fast on the approach. It won't matter, she has the gold -- it is

possibly her longest effort. Brittney Reese, big victory there.

She led from that third-round jump. Brittney Reese, they say it only

takes one jump. Brittney Reese only got two legal jumps out of the six,

but she got the 7.02. Brittney Reese has won a World Title every year for

five years in succession. And there's another one. Brittney Reese,

champion of the world. STUDIO: Congratulations to Brittney

Reese. High-quality long jumping. But really showing that Lorraine

Ugen, who has been knocking on the door, Greg Rutherford, of seven

metres, you have got to get over that seven metres, at least within

touching distance, to get on the podium. Definitely. The women's long

jump is one of the strongest events at the Championships. You look at

some of the girls in there, they are some of the best ever at women's

long jump. Brittney Reese has a PB of 7.30 one. She is an exceptional

job at -- seven .31. A worthy winner against might. We have been hearing

all kinds of things about conditions here. We were under the impression

that it was a quick drag, maybe that is because we were here on warmer

anniversary game nights. -- a quick track. Some of the distances have

been a bit down. Conditions on conducive to speed power events

anyway. It has been called, the wind has been swelling. I was watching

the long jump at the start for the women, they were having quite a lot

of headwinds. I mean, it's no good for sprinting or jumps. I think the

distance runners will probably like it a bit better because it is cooler

and they can push a bit harder. Fundamentally, if you are trying to

run fast, jump long. These are the conditions to do that. These girls

have gone a fantastic performance. I haven't said good evening once more.

Daley Thompson is with us on the sofa tonight alongside Denise and

Michael. Although these conditions might not be conducive to distances

and times, it doesn't seem to be stopping by USA collecting more gold

medals. Things just getting better. We had two of them on the sofa this

evening. Kori Carter and Christian Taylor. And there's another one.

There are two muddles here. The bronze medal, and Brittney Reese --

two muddles. She is just an icon now of the women's long jump, she has

won so many titles that I've lost count. The American team is doing

fantastic. You know, there have been some misses there as well but

there's so much depth with that team and that really allows them just to

rack up the medals. OK, it is time to get going on the track for the

men's 400m of the Digard long, it is the last event of day one. Let's

remind you of the standings because it has been a while so they were in

action. They were doing high jump at 5:30pm. That left the leaderboard,

if you like, looking like this. Cameron Meyer of France has -- Kevin

Mayer of France has had a great day so far. The 400m is in the burst of

those heats. Andrew Cotter is calling this one for you.

COMMENTATOR: Mikel dude is goes in this one, as he did in the 100m. He

hasn't run this year, too quick for many of these athletes. Because he

hasn't run one this season, he gets put first up. The French athlete

downing 20 Six Place at the moment. Thomas found a platinum.

He is not too far away from his wife's personal best. Kevin Mayer

got off to a flyer. A big personal best. Very close to PB in the long

jump, the shot put. Just a centimetre a way in the high jump.

That is why he leads by 109 points from the Germans. So, outside those

might you have got the Estonian athlete and the Japanese, 30th. --

outside Dudas. In terms of overall standings, Cameron Meyer is first --

Kevin Mayer is first. And the Estonian athlete in lane seven is

eight. The quickest man here will be the Frenchman.

So Kevin Mayer chasing down a personal best. And already making a

move on Maicel Uibo, the east tonian and also as expected Mihail Dudas,

the Serbian, who has won 4747 before. He's striding away from the

best. Mayer begins the long, long hunt for Mihail Dudas. That long

stride, almost more suited to 400 metres. Mihail Dudas, and Mayer.

Kevin Mayer looking for a 48. 28. Mayer is finishing the stronger of

these two at the moment. Dudas is beginning to tire.

Smiles and celebrates. These two, a little bit too good forest of this

field because they hadn't run 400 metres, hadn't registered times this

season. So put into this heat. But Dudas and Mayer, a class apart.

Dudas from 13th place and Kevin Mayer, he's clear at the moment.

He's 109 points cleerp. He's a very good 400-metre runner. Some in the

fourth heat who could put a bit of pressure on. But that time from

Kevin Mayer, which we will clear up in a moment, I don't think many will

make up much ground on the silver-medallist. But now the

strong, strong favourite for gold here.

You said you were in the mix zone. You have to get down there for your

next shift. What has been your highlight so far? I really loved

watching the win actually. I think the fact he'd only done the event

two years. He was a decathlete before that. Someone who is 21 come

out of multi-events win a world title. The time was not that fast.

What a brilliant story. Thank you very much, Greg. Let's

have a reflection on Kevin Mayer there - that 400 metres. Started the

day strongly, ended it very strongly. That is the best way.

Establish yourself, let everybody know you are in great shape. What I

was looking for is when he was competing last year in the Olympics

he was the favourite. Now it is a different ball game and a different

menialty. He shows he is really strong after four events. He's

enjoying carrying that cloak of favourite, isn't he? And not having

Ashton-Eaton there. He wants to prove he's the one. He absolute will

I wants to be the man. For lo so long there has been the main man,

who has been a great champion, but he knows that, I guess in world

athletic terms, his per for mans last year got overshadowed. That

medal got lost in the greatness of Ashton-Eaton. He's come in on a

mission. I think he's set out and laid out his determination and what

he wants to prove to everybody is, actually am the new guy, a new man

and watch what I can do. He's got to contend with Boss, who was in the

studio the other night, who will give him a challenge.

The champion, lying in fourth, going into the 400 metres. What have you

made of him today. World champion twice. He's 33 now. And to be

honest, he's amazing. He's producing season's bests.

As I said, you cannot ask for much more. You will see him in the 100.

He looked really good. Started the day well with a 10. 75. That, as I

say is a season's best for him. And considering he's 33 years old,

he is running really well. 168 points for that. A great start

as we learn from Christian Taylor, the man who is the American team

captain. Motivating his team. Trey has been around for so many years.

He's had injuries that have prevented him really proving what

he's got. He's been consistent over the years. He's strong. He's got

some strong events and this kept him in the game this one. He needed to

pull out a big one for that shot put. He was under pressure. 800

points he got there. He's, I'm surprised, I don't think

many people thought he would come back to this level. Not just

physically and start doing television in the US as well and

moved on. He's done a brilliant job of getting back into it, getting

himself healthy, into these championships in medal contention.

What does he need to do here to finish his day with some confidence?

I think he's got to run close to his personal best. The high jump was

good for him. His shot put was OK. He's not going fantastic. He's not

going so bad. He can gain some confidence if he runs really well

now. It is weird for you, I imagine watching these 400-metre races,

because it's so different to the men's 400, with respect, Daly. These

guys have competed all day across a range of different disciplines and

then they have to run a lap as fast as they can. It is tough. It is

tough because the strategy has to be completely different from a world

class 400-metre runner who is coming in fresh. These guy vas to take into

congum gum -- have to take into context what they have been doing.

You only have so much left at the end of the day. How do you manage

that efficiently to get to the finish line with zero? Absolutely.

Michael has hit the nail on the head. The nice thing, you have to

spend days together. It is not like being a sprinter where you do the

100 and you spend two minutes with everybody. Here you spend the whole

two days. The other thing that Ashley has to do, he runs about

46.5, 49.5 and, if he gets anywhere under 49.8, he's doing well.

Let's get down to the track and Steve Cram, in these days of people

being kind of suspicious of each other, to see two people sharing a

bottle of water there shows great trust between these athletes.

None of you have sat next to Andrew Cotter obviously in the commentary

box - no sharing of water, or anything. Trey Hardee outside Ashley

Bryant there. Trey Hardee is having a good day. He's in fourth place.

He's had seasons best. Tricky conditions here - the veteran. These

guys, as Daly said, all running about 49 seconds. Trey Hardee has

run quicker. There's only 36 points between second and fourth. Second,

third and fourth. Ashley getting a good cheer from the crowd.

Trey Hardee, the only one in this field who can have any thoughts

about a possible medal. What a story, I guess, that would be.

The two Germans. I guess Trey Hardee will look for

something, as will Ashley Bryant. If he could get low 49s, that would be

great. It is a bit breezy today around the

Olympic Park. You can see the wind just fluttering

there. Hardee well out of the blocks, for a

33-year-old he started quicker than anybody else and left Ashley Bryant

behind. Will he pay for that? Settles down and out. Further

outside Braun of the Netherlands has started quickly.

Trey Hardee set the pace. Ashley Bryant struggling a little bit.

Passed him through 200 metres on the stagger. Now Trey Hardee checking

back a little bit. Has he got anything here on the home straight?

The others will chase. He might have overcooked this a little bit through

the first 00 metres. He is a -- first 200 metres. He is a strong

man. Dubler comes through. Trey Hardee fighting through the last

five, ten metres. Hardee may well have gone sub 49. Will not be too

far away. He set out as though he was 23, not 33.

And found a bit of pace. With the 400, it is a tough event at the best

of times. But at the end of the day, it will always be hard. Toni, are

you watching this? Yes. I am. 400 metres. I think it is one of the

toughest things to do. 400 at the best of times is a hard event. Maybe

overcooked it, Trey Hardee there. He's a 47. 5 man at best. But you

cannot read a lot into that. I think what Trey would have gone is not

gone through the motions, but done enough to get through the American

trials in order to be here. He's gone out hard. I was speaking to his

coach, who is here, well Paul Doyle is his agent more than anything.

They are hoping for around 8.4, 85. He could be -- 8.5. He could be

there or thereabouts when they decide the medals at the end. He's

run well. Ashley Bryant a season's best for him in the 400 as well.

Hardee, out of four events has had season's bests including the 400.

The men's hammer about to get under way. Nick Miller did well to make

this final and has a chance. It is a wide-open competition. Two Poles

expected to do well. Miller hoping for big things. So

then, into the second round, and at the moment it is Quentin Bigot of

France in the lead. 76.22 in the first. That is a throw

that will take the lead. In this second round Poles throwing over 80

metres. Just feeling their way into this competition. Maybe a few

nerves. It was heaving with rain in qualifying. The hammer thrower threw

well. Great Britain's Miller after a foul in the round, he qualified in

the wet. Looking to repeat that kind of performance, needs to relax, find

some rhythm early in this competition. This looks good. Oh,

fell away. Did he save it? I think he did. It's not a bad throw though

at all, considering he was off balance. That bodes really well,

gold and silver medal lines just behind him.

Sokyrskii just shy of Miller's record. He's thrown better than

that. His season's best this year is around the mark. So Nick Miller in

with a chance here. Good second throw from Miller.

So here is the Olympic champion, somewhat of a surprise last year.

Pawel Fajdek going out in qualifying in Rio.

Nazarov, 35 years of age. Hammer thrower's tend to mature later than

other athletes across other events. Glove on the left-hand.

7. 2 62 hammer. All about sitting back wide, getting that power.

Didn't quite get the acceleration there, or did he? Well, that's a

throw just shy of the gold medal line, if those lines are accurate.

Like a wind surfer, sitting back on the sail, have to sit back and keep

that large orbit. We are in this second round and it looks like we

are waiting for somebody to take control. Goes into second place.

Earlier this evening, Brittney Reese of the United States jumped 7.2 to

secure her Third World Championship gold. She's got indoor gold and

Olympic gold. She delivered again. And Phil caught up with her

afterwards. jet, I congratulations! You held for

fingers up and you are celebrating. It's an amazing achievement, can you

believe it? No, I can't! I had a tough couple of weeks with the death

of my grandfather, I had a hard time getting over it. He was the reason

why I got on the track. I know that I needed to come out here and put in

a performance for him, not just for myself. I'm glad I got my four for

him. That is a great tribute to him, you're victory is a great tribute to

him. I know he will have a smile right now. Is for the couple of

years you had of injury, you bounced back for real. It says a lot about

your character. Your loss says a lot about your character, you are a

strong person as well as a talented one. I've been through a lot, but I

know that I can do it. I'm still in top shape, I'm still a contender in

this event and I'm going to continue to get stronger and stronger until

I'm done. Condolences on your loss. But you have paid the perfect

tribute your grandfather tonight with that so few and really excited

about that. Well done. We are into the third round of this

men's hammer final. Nick Miller findings of a ninth place. Only

eight will make it through to the second half of the competition and

get three more throws. His best so far, 75 metres 78. He needs more. He

is capable of more. Somewhere close to his British record might be

needed here. That's a big shout from him. It's a long throw. Look at

this! Great Britain's Nick Miller right in amongst it. Between the

gold and silver medal lines there. Well, we know he's brave enough.

He's committed enough. He's capable enough of going all the way here.

Especially at these distances. It's 77.31, Miller goes into the silver

medal position in the third round. Beautiful throw.

Tremendous noise inside the stadium for Nick Miller. As we move on the

third of the four heats of the men's 400m capital. The German is sitting

in third place at the moment. He is settling in. We have seen that

montage of Daley Thompson winning the gold in the first war

Championships in Helsinki. His father is a competitor rival. I say

a rival, he never got close! Anyway, in the bronze medal position at the

moment with the last event of the first day of the decathlon. Rick of

Rijkaard is a decent 400m man. The quickest man may well be in lane

eight. Also going well, Kirk Felix in the inside and the green and red

of grenade. Fifth place at the moment. Ukrainian, Cazenove, inside

his line. Rico Fry and trying to keep pace with some very quick men.

-- Praught. Rico Freimuth is finishing strongly.

Rico Freimuth Reading his teeth and digging in as the Japanese athlete

fades away. Rico Freimuth is going to take it 48-42. A seasons best

time, that is something for Rico Freimuth. Down on his personal best.

Really it is how he has been running this season. He knows that is a

decent time to produce a season's best. 48.41, slower than Kevin Mayer

run in the first heat. He will lose a little bit of ground on Kevin

Mayer. But it is him trying to keep pace. Kaczmarek was tied on the same

number of points, a very quick 400m runner. Rico Freimuth did what he

had to do in posting a decent time to put him in a very good position

at the end of the first day. Well, there's Nick Miller. What an

effort from him within 24 centimetres of his British record in

that third round. He goes up into the medals at the halfway stage.

Great performance from the Brit. One of two very capable Polish hammer

throwers watching. 76.54 in the second round. Expect more, because

he is ranked two in the world behind his team-mate this year. Wojciech

Nowicki, round three. Good angle, good positions. He hooked it. Is it

going to stay in the sector's it does, just. And it's going to take

the lead, I think, if the lying is beyond that gold line for Wojciech

Nowicki. Nothing still to really scare Nick

Miller, I have to say. Throws of 77, even 78 metres. He looks capable of

doing that. Nick Miller's British record, 70s .55. You may need to

improve that -- 77 .50 five. The French athlete, he served a

two-year drugs ban, I should share that with you, Quentin Bigot. He

likes that. He's got onto this. Around that, oh, right on the

medals. You could throw your hat over one, two and three here. It

looks as though it is a throat that might push Nick Miller threat off

further down the pecking order. -- push Nick Miller further down.

Nothing that should scan it Miller. He can go beyond all of these guys.

I know he believes that he can. 77.46, an improvement for Quentin

Bigot. Miller down to fourth place as we stand. Three throws remaining.

Just 15 centimetres operating Nick Miller and that middle zone. --

separating. I spoke to him at the British Championships, he said it

was up to him to get his arms long, accelerate the ball down through the

bottom and out. He had a tendency to bend his arms and shot as a

conference which slowed the hammer. But we have seen some great hammer

throwing from him today. That is the talk of Gustavsson, his coach, also

the bronze-medallist last year. Sophie Hitchon, Nick Miller, can he

medal here at the World Championships? That would be some

performance. As the attention turns to the

Olympic champion, Dilshod Nazarov. It really close tussle this is going

to be for the medals. As the Tajikistan Olympic champion settles

at the back of the circle. Wind it wants around the head and start the

full term, settling, the knees bend, exhilaration. He doesn't like it.

It is a big effort? Name at just around 75 metres. No improvement for

Dilshod Nazarov, he stays in fifth place. Some frustration. Frustration

gathering for the Olympic champion. Knees extended, driving up, looking

to finish that. He maybe doesn't feel, it is very much a feel, rhythm

and balance event. You do get a lot of feedback from the forces that

come through the body. Dilshod Nazarov not liking that. No

improvement. So, the Polish athlete is expected to take the victory

here. But he is in seventh place with 77 metres and nine centimetres.

He is unbeaten this year, though. Maybe he just needs to relax. He

messed up last year. Can he happened twice? A big shout from him. He

likes it a lot. There is the best throw we have seen so far. Finally,

Pawel Fajdek getting it right and putting it possibly out of reach.

Well, reigning world champion, Pawel Fajdek, he is fallible, though, as

he showed last year in real, not making the final. -- last year in

Rio. It opened the door for Dilshod Nazarov, one of the last Olympic

Games. But here at the worlds, he takes the lead. Nick Miller, now in

fifth place. But the medal is still within his grasp. And he has three

more throws to get back in amongst those medals. Really close

competition. Nick Miller right in amongst it. Well, we now have the

final heats. Two athletes, Bubba Ruger has not been having a good

day, the German, at all. Nos a prize that he doesn't like it appear.

The man who was at the start of this final event on the first day, joint

second place, the German, he has just seen from Earth -- he has just

seen Rico he ran a good 400, keeping himself

in contention. Gavin Williams of the USA. -- Devon Williams. That is a

personal best. He set it this year. 48.4. Two empty lanes. Then we go to

the Estonian athlete. Another one to have run a personal best that the

400 this year. And everyone, the Olympic bronze-medallist -- and

Damian Warner. Distant from the medal Chase at the moment. He needs

a very good 400 here, one. At the moment not contending the way he

would have liked. Dazzle Boaden of Austria on the inside. -- distilled

burger. As they dropped the end of day

Warner is so quick, such a fast man. He didn't produce a particularly

good time at the 100 early on. What can he do here in the 400? And

Kazmirek, can he put a bit of distance between himself and his

competitor? Oh, Kazmirek has got thicker outside

him, and Victor -- has got Victor outside of him. Now moves into his

stride nicely. Williams sees him disappear through that first 200m.

One going well, near the inside on lane three. It's just the Canadian

and the German -- Warner going well. It looks as though Kazmirek might

want to touch this. One, as the stag unwinds, might just have the lead

coming into the home straight. Kaczmarek and Damian Warner. Look at

this, Kazmirek moving away. As Damian Warner starts to fade a

little bit. Watch the clock, 47.2. A season's best for the man who missed

out on the medals in Rio. He was behind Damien won on that occasion.

He is doing himself the power of good here. That is an excellent 400m

the finished day one. -- to finish day one. He will be still in touch

to some expense, but importantly for him, putting distance between

himself and his competitor. Kazmirek looks like a proper runner. I

thought he had given too much energy going down the back straight with

that effort. But he has surged past the man on his outside. He had

plenty in the final 50 metres. These are heavy men, powerful athletes. It

really starts to pay off over the past 50 metres. Kazmirek, rewarded

with a very good time. STUDIO: We are about 35 minutes away

from the final track event of the night, which is the women's 200m

final. And Great Britain has its that event. Lena Asher-Smith. Lining

up, she may be quite petite in size -- Deena Asher Smith. But she has

bags of personality. Short, smiley, probably shot again

because I am really small. You can't really see it from here, but I'm

really small. The new British record... Great Britain have a

bronze medal! She has fractured her foot. I had to have surgery. Chaka

Hahn love screws in it and get on with it. I wasn't too happy with

this, especially my straight -- -- chuck a couple of screws in it and

get on with it. She goes in lane eight at that race.

At the beginning of this year she broke her foot. Couldn't walk. Took

her six weeks to get back on her feet. She's made these championships

and this final. She was fifth in Rio, of course last year and fifth

in the last world's. But that woman there was first last time she raced

200 metres in a World Championships. And Talu had a wonderful 100 metres.

She took away that silver medal. Stevens of the United States also a

really, really strong 200-metre runner. She'll look to push herself

amongst the medals, as will Kimberlyn Duncan of the United

States and Crystal Emmanuel of Canada.

Nick Miler looking to extend, well if he controls this and the hammer

doesn't hit the floor, he can start again.

Right, needs to compose himself. There's his clock. He did well there

to save that. And give himself another chance.

Just looking to get rid of that dizziness which will be in his head

or spinning around two or three times. He will use all the clock

here. He's 20 centimetres behind his season's best. Less than a metre

behind a silver medal. Miller, no, no, no, fourth attempt.

All unravelled just a little bit. Two attempts remaining.

As long as he keeps the hammer head turning and keeps it off the floor

outside of the circle, he has to go again. As Steve mentioned, it is

difficult with dizziness and is there enough time to compose

yourself? A lot of effort goes into those turns. Unfortunately there he

tried to start again, but he's still in the competition, he's thrown

really well. So I am sure there's more to come from Nick Miller here.

So Nick Miller eyeing up in front of him, as we see Quentin Bigot of

France. Sokyrskii, a neutral athlete, Fife

centimetres short of Miller's record and the poles out in front. Medals

are within reach of Nick Miller. And boy, does the British team need

them. So here is Sokyrskii. Fourth place

so far. Transferred from the Ukraine to Russia in 2014. It is bad timing,

isn't it? Sokyrskii. 77. 50.

So then, with two throws after this one to conclude this competition the

throwers just looking to, well, there is a metre ahead of Nick

Miller that he needs to find. Sokyrskii is one of them. Just

centimetres ahead of the Brit. So then Sokyrskii looking to move up

the medals. Can he? A bit flat there. Got his angles a little bit

wrong. It is over 75 metres again. But only just. He found it anyway.

Sometimes this happens, nobody has done much A decent throw, but no-one

else for a while. A foul from Sokyrskii. I know you probably can't

hear this at home, but the stadium's gone a bit quiet. When we had the

action on the track and there was music, we just have a slow Erith

them to it. -- slower Rhythm to it. You cannot

see this off camera, but the mascot, Hero The hedge hoj, maybe he can

liven up the stadium for us! There he is. Don't do it! He's done it.

Well done! So it is a strange atmosphere in the

stadium. This might be good for Nick Miller. He needs to compose himself,

slow down. Thinking clearly under pressure - a big factor when it

comes to delivering at major championships.

Well, Steve, while Nick Miller prepares himself, the steeplechasers

head out for their final. There's Emma Coburn. The Olympics for

Coburn. These World Championships for Krause. Can either get among the

African contingent which is so strong here? Emma Coburn is getting

married later this year, on my birthday. Thought I should remind

you at this point. Poland in gold and silver, as was

expected on paper, at least. Of course, that doesn't make any

difference, and its distance is within reach of Nick Miller.

Nowicki, round four. A big scream, big shout from him. I don't know

why, because it was no improvement. Just maybe trying to wake himself

up, get emotionally involved back in this. Huge forces - of course we

cannot see them, but massive. These guys lift some of the biggest

weights in the gym of all the athletes.

78. 03. Still in second place. No

improvement for him. Expect this to go far - he is in the lead and once

he's out in front, he can settle. He's released a big throw again

here. Fajdek has released it on that

80-metre line. So might be a slight improvement. He knows he's leaving

the door open for his team-mate. Possibly others if they can come

join them. Nowicki has a season's best. So, still there. 79. 81 to

consolidate his first place. So Miller knows what he needs to do.

He is still in fifth place - a Bronze Medal at the moment is 77.

67. Miller will need to throw a British record further than he's

ever thrown before and he's got two throws to do it.

Can Nick be our hero? There's Hero The Hedgehog.

A few other people around here he might be able to take the jobs of.

Well, another distance final. : 5,000 tomorrow night. Mo Farah. Got

the women's 5,000 as well. The 1500 for men. 800 for women and this

steeplechase final here and this lady here, the world record holder.

Emma Coburn ran brilliantly, the American, in Rio. Coached by her

partnership. Getting married later in the year. Diro, such good

athletes here. Jepkemoi will hope she can keep her

title. Two years ago, seems such a long time ago now.

This young lady has a prospect here, Celliphine Chepteek Chespol - a

medal at the junior cross-country championships earlier in the year

and has run under nine minutes and she's only 18.

The women's 38,000-metres steeplechase final.

Away they go. Just over seven-and-a-half laps of the track.

They don't take the water jump on the first lap.

Quickly the USA. I will bring Paula in a second as I watch them go

around that bemed. You see the cones that are out, some controversy, she

was disqualified in the qualification for putting a foot on

the line, on the water jump. She's not in this final. Probably two

Americans. That was deemed harsh. We have seen it over the last couple of

championships. They have definitely kept a close eye on where the

athletes place their feet around that bend. She barely brushed the

line. Maybe a little bit unlucky to be disqualified. That

disqualification stood. It means that her training partner and

team-mate was the only representative of that training

group. There are still two American girls here in this final, with Emma

Coburn leading that American challenge. They will have their work

cut out to keep up with the Kenyan and Bahrainiian challenger. We are

keeping an eye on Nick Miller, he will go shortly in the hammer. In

fact, he's heading towards the circle now. Steve, there he is down

in the... Well, he's waiting to go into the circle. What do you reckon?

Well, he needs to really set a rhythm in this round. He's just seen

a neutral athlete go into the Bronze Medal position with a throw of 77.

98. So the medal that Nick Miller would so dearly want to attain at

these World Championships is moving slightly further away from him.

But he is capable. It is still within half a metre of his British

record. And half a metre of his season's best. So really close. I

think close enough to really believe, really believe - that is

what he's got to do. In this penultimate throw of the

hammer final. Can Nick Miller throw a throw to get

himself into the medals? Two spins before four turns - it's fast, his

time - it is a big throw for Miller. I thought that was better. Maybe

just lost that release there. It looked quick. Fell away, lost his

balance. Hopefully he got some sort of

feeling there that tees him up for the last round. Just leaning back

there, off balance slightly. And Nick Miller, no improvement. It is

76. 16 though. So, one throw remaining.

Still needs something up towards 78 metres to get into the meadles. --

medals. So one more throw for Nick Miller.

We have had drama all over the place in this steeplechase. It has been

around that lady there, number 11, Chepkoech. I said you don't take the

water jump after the start, but the next time around, yes, you have.

Hold on a minute! She's gone all of the way back now. She hasn't cut any

corners and she's taken the water jump. Whether or not she'll be

disqualified, I don't know. Anyway, she then absolutely legged it to

catch up and then took about 200 metres and then this happened. So,

she took one or two down with her and then got up again and tried to

catch the field. The problem for her is the race was up and away and

running. Chepkoech started to push the pace

already. And she's now back in that second group, if you like. So we

have seven that have broken away. Chepkoech leading them. The world

record holder. The Kenyans will be working together here. Chepkoech,

the defending champion and the two Americans. And Yavi trying to hang

on in there. She is having a phenomenal race,

Chepkoech. She has already used those surges of adrenaline couple of

times to get as of back into contention, and made mistakes. The

race mean well was moving on each time she has managed to get herself

back up there in this group that is breaking away. They went through the

first kilometre in three minutes and two, then they have picked it up.

That is why it has all stretched out. Emma Coburn trying to her mum.

A team-mate with her. But the youngster, Chespol, in second place,

just following the leader. She clattered into the barrier in Paris

in the Diamond League. That's what we're talking about Wow! That is how

Campbell got disqualified last year when Chespol didn't take that

Quansah properly. They are being very strict on this. You bet the

Americans will already be that little bit there when Chespol

almost, as she went past the corner, did she stand on the line, did she

cut it? Let's have a little look. Coming from the corner... No, I

think she was all right. She's obviously been warned and want and

won by the Kenyan federations. I think she's all right there. -- and

warned. Emma Coburn still there. This pace has turned into a pretty

quick race. Emma Coburn hanging onto the back of that group. Courtney

Frerichs behind her is having the race of her life. I have been

looking to see where Krause is, and she is way back. She was impeded on

the second for Chepkoech. It definitely impeded and affected her

race. At the moment, Emma Coburn is hanging in there and Courtney Frears

taking it better than her team-mate. She has only run nine 9.19. Just

inside three minutes for the second kilometre. Very fast indeed. This is

even Emma Coburn's best. She looked up at the screen. She knows that the

Olympic champion is ahead of her. Chespol, this brilliant and, the

18-year-old does behind. I would be thinking, if I was Emma Coburn,

surely Chepkoech, I don't know if she realises what Chepkoech has had

to do. The defending champion is tucked in there. She might be

thinking, I only have to beat one of them in front of me. She has to

believe that she knows she has a strong finish and she will be able

to use that over the final lap. It depends how much they use in energy,

trying to stay with Jebet's surge. It looked as though Chespol is spent

now. The 18-year-old has been in very good form. She has fallen off

the pace. Jebet trying to run away and wear them down. Trying to get a

gap year. She's still got her defending champion in fourth place

at the moment. Look at the American. Emma Coburn looks good, comfortable

and strong. From bowler Colorado. She won a medal last year. Her

team-mate is having a cracking race, but she is coming to take the medal.

Her hurdling technique is better than that of the other two, but does

she have the endurance pace to stay strong enough of this last lap?

Courtney Frerichs is still there. Jebet catches the heels of

Chepkoech. Emma Coburn, her team-mate has got past her and is

thinking, what a nerve is going on? Look at Fredericks, she's going for

this. All of a sudden, the world-record holder is gone. Four

women, just two strides between them all. Chepkoech finally starts to

fault. It is two Americans against the defending champion, what a race

this is! Emma Coburn on the inside, takes the wall better than her

team-mate and the defending champion, Jepkemoi. Emma Coburn has

got one more barrier to take safely. She's over it. This is going to be a

superb performance. Another shock at these Championships. It's the USA,

Emma Coburn, the gold-medal. Courtney Frerichs the silver. 9:2.5

nine. -- 9:2.5. She is inside the American record. They move up both

of them onto the all-time list as well. The 1-2 in the steeplechase.

Not for Kenya, or Ethiopia, or Bahrain, or any of the countries

which have the North African runners running for them, for the USA.

Courtney Frerichs cannot believe it. What testimony, Paula, to her

partner? The two of them have worked together for the last 12 months or

so. Said it was about time you started coaching me, I believe in

it. Courtney Frerichs can't believe it. Sometimes when you do that,

people question it and think it is to close a relationship. But

goodness me has it pulled through. It definitely has. Whoever said the

steeplechase was not a dramatic event? There was so much drama in

that race. Chepkoech, she just... She made so many mistakes you can't

even start to list them in that race. Emma Coburn kept her head. She

ran the race of her life, as did Courtney Frerichs, who took it to

her. She probably knew in fairness of that last lap that she didn't

have the speed of the final lap that Emma Coburn had. She laid it on the

line and did the work to take the questions and be able to ask those

questions, and she hung on bravely, and it really was their hurdling

technique that counted, I think, over that final lap. You made the

point about Chepkoech, she had missed the water jump, run 30 metres

more than everyone else and has had a fall. Only at this point did she

fall off it. The difference, Paula, when this happens, Cockburn, no feel

for this last, watch this. -- Emma Coburn. Great technique. Courtney

Frerichs as well. This is the first Championship record of these World

Championships in London. 9.02. Goodness me there will be a public

inquiry in Kenya! Now, while we are watching these we

may be getting some news which could be good news about Lynsey Sharp. I

will bring that to you when we confirm it. That Emma Coburn and

Courtney Frerichs, an unbelievable 1-2. Gold and silver for the USA.

That will be celebrated in bowler, Colorado, I'll tell you, never mind

in the USA. -- in bowler Colorado. Superb.

STUDIO: Well, that was an incredible race. We've had so many surprises

already in this Championship. That is another one. We're still waiting

to confirm the news about Lynsey Sharp. We will do that, we will can

permit as soon as we can. But Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs. We've

seen some celebrations, there's another one. Look at those images!

That is utter disbelief. Courtney Frerichs, where did she get

that from? That was brilliant. We are into the last round of the men's

hammer final. Valeriy Pronkin. The neutral athlete. Chasing the two

Polish throwers, Nvidia on -- no Wakey and Fajdek. -- Nowicki.

Oh, it's very long in terms of the levers that he used. It is a big

throw. The challenge is just beyond the silver medal line. It is on the

edge of it. This is going to come down to the smallest of margins. He

is one of the tall throwers. Kept his levers well there. And his

balance, we talked about balance early year. A really good example of

that. 78-16. Pronkin separates the Polish droves. Nick Miller, you know

exactly what you need to do to get the bronze medal, -- Polish

throwers. Nowicki, beyond his British record. Millot needs to turn

faster and be stronger with it than ever before -- Munua. More forces,

of course. He needs some quick turn the. Oh, it's hitting the cage. Oh,

I'm so disappointed for Nick Miller. He really went for it and it ends in

a foul. The coach is not happy. He knew that was an opportunity. Sixth

place for Miller. The fast free terms of course, the more force

there is, the more he is leading back to counter it, his head in his

hands. He knew that he had a throw in excess of his lifetime best in

him there. But he just couldn't find it in the last round. His best,

77.31. So, disappointment for Miller. Nowicki of Poland has been

pushed down into bronze by that through of Pronkin that we just saw

two throws a go. Fajdek is out in front. Nowicki, either set for

bronze or improve his evening's work and the colour of his medal. He is

guaranteed bronze. Can he find more? It's long. Oh, he's not sure about

it. No, you won't. So, Fajdek again takes a goal. There he is. -- takes

a goal. As we've seen on a number of occasions, getting ready for his

final throw. His first reaction is necessarily a celebration. Poland

one and three, Pronkin, the neutral athlete, in silver. And Pawel Fajdek

retains his World Title. Nowicki hands the victory to his team-mate,

Pawel Fajdek. Well, we can now confirm that news about Lynsey

Sharp. She has been reinstated. She's received a conduct warning

from the jury of appeal. It has been reinstated. And that time of 1:59.47

means that she is in the final is the fastest loser. Let's remind you

what happened. Lynsey Sharp was in a battle down the home straight with

lips each of the USA. -- with Lipsey. Lynsey Sharp and Lipsey were

fighting for third spot. Lynsey Sharp.

fighting for third spot. Lynsey Linked arms unintentionally,

apparently, I think to keep her balance. She pushed away off Lipsey.

The two of them did qualify as fastest losers. Originally they had

been disqualified. She had been reinstated and is in the final.

We are at the halfway stage in the decathlon. And Kevin Maher has had,

well, his best first they ever. The Frenchman silver-medallist in Rio

last year, he is 43 points up on what he did last year for that

French record. And it is day two, even better. For the final event in

his second day, he has had a lifetime best this year. He has been

given something to think about. Five events to come tomorrow.

STUDIO: The excitement is building here in the stadium towards the last

event on the track, the women's 200m final. Michael has gone over to his

touch-screen corner, I will head over there now. It is a very

exciting final. It just occurred to me then, Dafne Schippers has got the

bronze medal in the 100m. She is a 200m brushless. Then you have

Miller-Uibo, this is where they should be meeting, this is the event

you would think it is perfect for a head-to-head. It turned out to be a

good head-to-head matchup. Miller-Uibo in the 400, that didn't

materialise. That look at both of them, starting with Dafne Schippers.

A world champion at 200m. 21.63 in a fantastic race. She is a really

strong athlete, tall ranging. She runs pretty much at even pays, the

200m here. Coming from the 100m. They are already starting to slow it

down. You see the mph going down. She has already got the lead. She

established a good lead of the pit. She ran a hard bend, she always

does. Right here coming off, starting to look round, with the

100m to go on, still in that semifinal. A world-class field. That

was impressive. She looked really good. I would say that she probably

looked best in has a final ESA they. So she is in a great position going

into this final. Let's look at Shaunae Miller we bow here. You can

see how she runs it, which is a bit different. A bit different approach

coming from the 400, you would expect. She wrote it hard. But she

is not running as hard around the bend. She waits until she comes off

the bend. And now she starts to put on this speed. You can see the speed

going up, up to 22, 20 2.3, now she starts to relax as she establishes

the lead in the first ten metres or so after coming off that bend.

That's a little bit of a different approach. I would expect that in the

final... Clearly nothing wrong with her tribute in the 400m in the

semifinal. Dina Asher-Smith, an incredible year, really. Injury at

the beginning of the year, unable to run. She has run herself in the last

few weeks into some kind of shape. What have you made of her

performance so far? She's so small, she's able to

generate the power you need out of the start. So a really good

semifinal here. It shocked us all a bit to see her come around the bend,

at this point n the lead and starting to fight down the home

stretch. Unlike the last two we saw, she's got to run the whole thing. We

saw some fatigue there. The forces you want to generate are here, where

you are pushing back against the track and she is able to hold that

position much longer than most people because of how short she is.

You want from here, to shoulder to hip, to knee, to ankle. You want to

generate that force as long as you can. Because she's so short, she's

able to do it for longer. That is a real weapon for her. They didn't run

the 200s in the trial. They were not sure how her foot would stack up.

Here she is, and as always with these finals there is the showbiz

razzmatazz and the athletes take to the course. We expect she'll get a

huge reception from the home crowd - craving some kind of success here in

this stadium. We've had so many near misses. What do you feel - could she

run herself into the medals? She's in lane eight, which Michael

suggested, she's going to out really hard around that bend. So it is just

whether she has the discipline not to overcook it on the turn. And

leave herself something in that last 40 metres. What we didn't see in the

semis. You have to watch for Ta Lou. She's in lane four. She's run a

personal best this year. There she is. If anything that we have seen

over the past week is anything to go on, the things we have seen, it is,

it hasn't been the big ones and this one and Miller-Uibo we have talked

about, it may be those outside the medals or potential bronzed whofl

have gone and got that. Do Do you go and save something for

the end of the race? Something that is missing from her is speed and

endurance. I would hope I could hang on. She kind of had to go for it in

the semis. Like a normal season, she would know where she was with her

fitness, but she's still testing that. Is this going to be too big an

ask for her after the season she's had. Let's see Dina Asher-Smith,

fifth in Rio, fifth in Beijing. In front of a home crowd. What can she

do. Andrew Cotter and Colin Jackson. THE COMMENTATOR: That would have

been a distant dream a couple of months ago - anything will be a huge

bonus. Now the rain starts to come down here. This is the line up for

the 200 metres. Those three in the middle, Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Nick

Miller and Dafne Schippers will be very hard to beat.

Dina Asher-Smith ran the same time in the semifinal. And Deejah

Stevens, she can finish very strongly, so too can the two women

here. Dafne Schippers, when she gets

going, such a powerful sprinter. Bronze in the 100 metres and Nick

Miller, the Olympic 4 -- and Shaunae Miller-Uibo the Olympic champion.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, the Olympic 4 -- and Shaunae

On the inside Crystal Emmanuel. Flying a few weeks ago. 22. 50, a

new Canadian record. And Emmanuel goes on the inside.

For this final event of this evening here what can Shaunae Miller-Uibo do

after that 400 metres? She will not falter as she did over the longer

distance. Dina Asher-Smith goes in eight.

Ta Lou left a little bit there. She'll power and get quickly to

running. Dina Asher-Smith out quickly. Now come Shaunae

Miller-Uibo. Schippers, Asher-Smith, can Asher-Smith hold on? It is Ta

Lou, Schippers. It is Schippers ahead. Ahead of Marie-Josee Ta Lou.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Dina Asher-Smith. Fourth at the World

Championships. It is 22. 07 for Dafne Schippers - the champion

defends her title. Bronze in the 100, bronze in the 200. She is

champion again. She knows she is fourth. They say it

is the coolest position. Bearing in mind what she's had to struggle

against this season. Schippers is unbeaten in the 200 metres. I am

very pleased for Dafne Schippers. But Dina Asher-Smith is something

incredible. Think of the whole process that she's gone through.

Time and time again, she has to battle through physically and

mentally, and she ends up in fourth place running a strongest race of

the season when it matters, going 22. 22. That is just phenomenal. I

can not describe to everybody how impressive that performance is by

Dina Asher-Smith. I can imagine how frustrated she is, Andrew, the fact

that she knows all the work she's missed and how close she was to

getting the medal. She will be disappointed, we know that. But boy,

oh, boy! We knew she would get out quickly. She took a huge amount out

of the field over the first 60 metres. No messing about. Out of the

blocks well. She's so experienced. Even tho eshe's young. She loves

this event. She works hard around that turn but kept a cool head the

whole way around. Look at Dafne Schippers - batting in the middle of

the field. She wants to hang on to this title, doesn't she? She was not

going to give it up easy. Straining at the back end, but doing enough to

hang on to gold. I think of 2013 and the silver-medallist in the 100, and

Marie-Josee Ta Lou denied by 300ths of a second here in the 200. That

must be cruel for her to take. The Americans, Kimberlyn Duncan and

Deejah Stevens would have come past Dina Asher-Smith. The time she's run

there, 22. 22 and so close to that Bronze Medal. So close. Painfully

close. But I hope this is really inspiration for them more than

anything else. Because she's worked so hard to get to this position.

Unbelievable performance. Through the rounds, learning every single

time and wow, wow, wow! What a wonderful run by her. I hope she

really appreciates what she's done. Dafne Schippers ahead of Marie-Josee

Ta Lou, Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Dina Asher-Smith talking now to Phil.

You are incredibly frustrated. I was coming down the home straight, I was

like, I didn't know I was in this kind of shape, but then to see that

I missed out on a bronze by 700ths. When you have broken your foot it is

really not that much. I am quite frustrated, but at the same time, in

like reflection I am really happy to have done a 22.22 with hardly any

training. So, yeah. When you were in the blocks what were you hoping to

achieve? I didn't even have placings in my mind. I know it sounds silly.

I was happy to be here. I thought focus on your aim and go for it. I

did and I was coming down the home straight. And the crowd were getting

louder and louder. I thought it means it is going well. Keep going.

And I did. Fourth - my best finish ever in a world final, but, so

close. In years to come, but I just wonder,

we've had so many fourth places in the British team, this one is a

stand out in that everything you have gone through, the broken foot,

the surgery, the pins in it and now here you are forth in the world. I

am so happy honestly to run 22.2. It is faster than what I did last

season. It is getting close to my PB. I am over the moon. We've had a

lot of fourth places. Lots of the fourth places have been by people so

young, they probably have another decade in them. They not have got a

medal today but they are ones to watch in the years to come. I want

to say thank you to all the people who got me back in track, to Martin

and obviously my coach, who just believed in me every single sfep of

the way. I honestly would not have been able to bang out a 22.2 if it

was no t for their belief and hard work. Thank you, guys. Thank you.

Yes, indeed and, as we were talking about there, fourth place - some

fourths are worth celebrating. Half a second quicker than she was in the

last round. Dafne Schippers defends her title

with that great run. A fascinating run for so many reasons, Michael. An

amazing race. We knew Dina Asher-Smith would get out quickly

over there on the far side of your screen sand -- screen and she did. I

talked about Ta Lou and how she's had a fantastic championships. The

battle was down the home stretch. Schippers did a fantastic job not

tightening up. Let's look at Dina Asher-Smith here. She ran the right

type of race. We talked about that before the race started. Go out and

go for it or safe something for the end. And she went for it. And what

happens is, we saw a little bit of fatigue at the end of that race in

the semi-finals, but the more you do this, the more your speed endurance

increases. There's nothing like a race to help you with that. She went

in there today, the speed endurance was there because her body's

basically saying, oh, we did this yesterday. I can do this and that

was a fantastic race. Congratulations to Dafne Schippers.

A few years ago she was competing as a he athlete, then she switched to

the sprint and she has been so dominant in the 200 since. She's a

great 200-metre runner too. An incredible backing up that victory

of 2015. She really was majestic there. We have seen how difficult it

is for a defending champion to actually defend at these

championships. She made it look great. She's strong. She's mentally

tough and hungry. Ta Lou - I am really impressed with Ta Lou. She

must have been disappointed after the 100 to come so close and to come

out here and to be only again a couple of hundreds away from the

gold. She's had a great championship.

She has. It has been a great night for the United States. They take

another two golds tonight. Brittney Reese in the long lump and the

steeplechase. We will get more reaction. We are switching over to

BBC Two right now. We are leaving you BBC One viewers with the news.

If you want more athletics reaction