Day 1, Part 1

:00:07. > :00:11.Hello, this is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Roger Johnson. 26

:00:11. > :00:14.police officers are injured during violent disturbances in Belfast.

:00:14. > :00:24.The police say they came under heavy and sustained attack during

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:00:40. > :00:43.Good morning, it's Saturday the 10th of August. Also ahead.

:00:43. > :00:49.Calls to rethink plans for the 2022 World Cup. The new FA chairman says

:00:49. > :00:52.the summer heat in Qatar would make the tournament impossible.

:00:52. > :00:57.Doctors treating two British women who were victims of an acid attack

:00:57. > :01:00.on Zanzibar say they are well following their return to the UK.

:01:00. > :01:04.In sport, Australia take charge of the 4th Ashes test after England

:01:04. > :01:14.suffer a batting collapse and are struggling on 238 for 9 ahead of

:01:14. > :01:15.

:01:15. > :01:17.the second day in Chester-Le-Street. While at the other end of the

:01:17. > :01:27.sporting spectrum, I've been meeting some beginners struggling

:01:27. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :02:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:02:20. > :02:26.to deal with the spin in the He wins gold! In looks a bit

:02:26. > :02:30.different today from the boycotted Cold War Games of 1980. In the next

:02:30. > :02:36.nine days a whole new set of Moscow memories or will be created,

:02:36. > :02:40.starting today. Olympic champion and world record-

:02:40. > :02:48.holder Ashton Eaton gets under way in the decathlon against Trey

:02:48. > :02:52.Hardee. Ashley Bryant is Britain's sole representative. The men's 800m

:02:52. > :02:56.heats feature an Ethiopian alongside a strong American

:02:56. > :03:00.contingent led by Duane Solomon. Andrew Osagie is looking to

:03:00. > :03:07.rediscover his Olympic form while Michael Rimmer is the fastest rate

:03:07. > :03:12.this year. The first medal to be decided will be the women's

:03:12. > :03:20.marathon. This evening's sessions is Christine Ohuruogu begin her

:03:20. > :03:25.campaign to regain the world title she won in 2012. The big man gets

:03:25. > :03:31.under way today. Can anyone stop the lightning bolt? 10 James

:03:31. > :03:41.Dasaolu maintain his support 10 seconds before. Can Britain

:03:41. > :03:41.

:03:42. > :03:49.finished day one with the first champion? All eyes will be on Mo

:03:49. > :03:54.Farah. No gold Merit Medal -- no gold

:03:54. > :03:59.medals this morning just qualifications all the way. We have

:03:59. > :04:03.the decathlon and going on throughout the morning. We have

:04:03. > :04:13.Steve Lewis going in the men's pole vault qualification and also the

:04:13. > :04:16.

:04:16. > :04:26.800m heat with Andrew has largely at 820. -- Andrew wasabi.

:04:26. > :04:30.Welcome to an empty Luzhniki Stadium. Lots of people are getting

:04:30. > :04:35.ready to start but no spectators. This is like the World

:04:35. > :04:40.Championships of old when nobody turns up for the qualifications.

:04:40. > :04:43.But action is on the way. They are waiting outside and they might be

:04:43. > :04:48.watching the warm-up area. But there are about eight people in

:04:48. > :04:52.white T-shirts over there and that is it. It is like a football match,

:04:52. > :04:54.maybe there will be a last minute rush one a minute before the kick-

:04:54. > :04:59.off. We hope that will be the case but

:04:59. > :05:03.we are looking at the security all around and people have got to get

:05:03. > :05:13.through it. A certain President is coming later on and I think they

:05:13. > :05:19.are diverting traffic. The stadium looks fantastic.

:05:19. > :05:23.Yes, it is super. I was down on the trackside earlier on and when you

:05:23. > :05:28.look at this magnificent stadium it gives you the feeling there was

:05:28. > :05:32.something great here. The Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 was

:05:33. > :05:38.outstanding and this is a beautiful stadium. I wish I had raced clear.

:05:38. > :05:42.I have never competed here. Paula, you would be too young. Do

:05:42. > :05:47.you have any memories of Moscow? I have a lot of memories of hearing

:05:47. > :05:52.the stories and seeing the video clips but actually of watching the

:05:52. > :05:57.Olympics, no. My first memories of Los Angeles. I would have been six

:05:57. > :06:01.years of solid do not remember Moscow. A I was 12 for Moscow and I

:06:01. > :06:05.remember watching the Olympic Games on my mum and dad's black-and-white

:06:05. > :06:09.portable TV. That is how long ago was for me.

:06:09. > :06:14.These two do not remember much about the Moscow Olympics but there

:06:14. > :06:17.are two guys in the commentary box to certainly do. They competed here.

:06:17. > :06:23.Steve Cram and Paul Dickenson. Is it good to be back?

:06:23. > :06:27.It is great to be back. I was only 12 years old when I competed! I

:06:27. > :06:31.wish! How old were you?

:06:31. > :06:35.It is so long ago, I cannot remember.

:06:35. > :06:39.For nearly enough, I have been talking to a few people about

:06:39. > :06:43.Moscow memories of this week. They are actually much more vivid than

:06:43. > :06:46.many other memories in my career and I do not know about you but I

:06:47. > :06:52.was a teenager and you have talked about the Sebastian Coe and Steve

:06:52. > :06:58.Ovett thing and but Boycott. I had never been to Russia or ever been

:06:58. > :07:03.to Moscow and it did lead some very strong memories for me. One big

:07:03. > :07:08.memory that I had was the fact that prior to coming to Moscow I

:07:08. > :07:14.received a few letters in the post that said I should not go and it

:07:14. > :07:17.came mainly from members of the armed services. Also I had a man

:07:17. > :07:22.that did not live too far away from me and he put his address on the

:07:22. > :07:27.letter which I think was a bit of a mistake, threatening to firebomb my

:07:27. > :07:31.house so I went to the Olympics. That was not a good start for me.

:07:31. > :07:35.This stadium now looks like a totally different stadium. They

:07:35. > :07:40.used to be ringed with gold all around the top of the stadium. Of

:07:40. > :07:47.course we now have a roof to stop any rain coming end but it did look

:07:47. > :07:51.a lot different. It is much more colourful. I remember as well the

:07:51. > :07:55.whole inside, the bottom row of the stadium, was reserved seats for

:07:55. > :08:00.members of the army with the their B caps on.

:08:00. > :08:04.I guess it was the first Games are really that impacted upon the

:08:04. > :08:09.collective consciousness of the UK. It is something that we all

:08:09. > :08:15.remember, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett, Daley Thompson.

:08:15. > :08:20.Yes, it was a great Games. There was a Games before them but each

:08:20. > :08:26.Olympic Games is remembered by its generation. In 1972 I remember

:08:26. > :08:30.watching Munich which had a big effect on me. The big issue was the

:08:31. > :08:35.fact that it was headline news for six months leading up to the Games

:08:35. > :08:39.because of the boycott and because of the strong feelings at home and

:08:39. > :08:43.around the world and in the United States about whether we should be

:08:43. > :08:47.here. I must admit a lot about went over my head to some extent because

:08:47. > :08:53.I was just desperately trying to make the team but I think once we

:08:53. > :08:56.got here, although we were not allowed to come to the opening

:08:57. > :09:01.ceremony, I certainly felt I was at the Olympic Games and it was an

:09:01. > :09:06.incredible experience for all me. I had a slightly different

:09:06. > :09:09.experience in that I flew in two days before the competition.

:09:09. > :09:14.Unfortunately at did not qualify for the final and then I flew out

:09:14. > :09:18.the following day so it really was a case of, that was your

:09:18. > :09:24.competition over. It was like going to the British league or something,

:09:24. > :09:28.in a slightly bigger stadium, I have to say. You were away for a

:09:28. > :09:33.couple of days and then back home and back to work. Slightly

:09:33. > :09:38.underwhelming them. Was there any sense of feeling intimidated with

:09:38. > :09:42.are the political and rest and coming to a communist country

:09:42. > :09:47.behind the Iron Curtain? I had been to the junior championships the

:09:47. > :09:54.year before in Poland and at that time it was at the height of the

:09:54. > :09:57.uprising in Poland and there was rationing and all sorts of things

:09:57. > :10:01.going on. When you are an Afellay is, I learned at an early stage

:10:01. > :10:08.that you have to go there and do nothing and compete and shut all of

:10:08. > :10:11.that out. It was certainly different. Let us say there were

:10:11. > :10:15.more military people than you expect and they were watching you

:10:15. > :10:18.in the lifts and things like that so you knew you were in a different

:10:19. > :10:22.place and a different way of operating but as far as competing,

:10:22. > :10:25.for me I learnt a lot watching Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett in

:10:25. > :10:30.those Games and the experiences that they went through and dealing

:10:30. > :10:34.with other media. Actually I did qualify for the final which was

:10:34. > :10:37.like winning a medal for me so I have pretty happy memories of

:10:37. > :10:42.Moscow. A OK, let us move on to the present

:10:42. > :10:46.day and start to put the British performances here into some sort of

:10:46. > :10:50.context. Starting with our Olympic medallists and a health check on

:10:50. > :10:56.them. The obvious place to start his Mo Farah. We will see him in

:10:56. > :11:00.the final of the 10,000m. Yes, I he is really coming in in

:11:00. > :11:04.the shape of his life. Before last year he was in the best shape he

:11:04. > :11:08.has been in by he has shown that this far this year he is in better

:11:08. > :11:11.shape. He is more confident and that is helping. He has the

:11:11. > :11:15.intimidation factor over the rest of the field. Not only does he

:11:15. > :11:21.believe he can win the race but the others believe it as well and they

:11:21. > :11:24.are scrambling around and looking for ways to beat him. Two years ago

:11:24. > :11:29.he lost to someone he claimed he had not heard of. Could that happen

:11:29. > :11:33.again? Something like that is always a danger. Always in distance

:11:33. > :11:36.races you have to look at the unknowns and find out who was

:11:36. > :11:41.coming in in shape and Hill and is tucked away just getting ready for

:11:41. > :11:47.this race and can come out with no pressure on them and just watch the

:11:47. > :11:51.main targets and then attack them. He needs to be aware of that but I

:11:51. > :11:54.don't think he will make the same mistake twice. He did not do

:11:54. > :11:57.anything wrong there, there was just someone who had a little bit

:11:57. > :12:01.more than him in the closing straight but hopefully this year he

:12:01. > :12:06.has shown that he can finish and he is the one with the most left.

:12:06. > :12:09.Let us head back to the commentary box and talk to Steve Cram. As

:12:09. > :12:14.Paula has said, he is a different athlete to what he was even two

:12:15. > :12:19.years ago. Yes, I think that loss actually was

:12:19. > :12:24.one which was almost a good thing for him. You never want to lose a

:12:24. > :12:27.race that you are hoping to win but he had come on as an athlete in

:12:27. > :12:33.2010 and he was in brilliant shape in 2011 and really bearing the

:12:33. > :12:38.fruits of working with Alberto and I think he just miscalculated that

:12:38. > :12:42.last lap. He was capable of winning the race but he pushed a bit hard

:12:42. > :12:48.with 50 to go and he gave someone an inkling of they could be caught

:12:48. > :12:52.and he learned that. He judged his effort better in the last lap and

:12:52. > :12:57.then we saw him improve last year and take the confidence from the

:12:57. > :13:01.world title in the 5,000m and win two golds. As Paula says he is even

:13:01. > :13:06.better now. He is better because the is and physically great shape

:13:06. > :13:11.this year but he is just more confident. The aura is so important.

:13:11. > :13:14.You should never say, you should be able to see a possibility of how he

:13:15. > :13:19.can get beat, but all of the ways in which he could possibly get beat

:13:19. > :13:23.are going to be very hard for somebody to deliver. At the moment

:13:23. > :13:29.he will be sitting there today in nervous. He will not be taking

:13:29. > :13:33.anything for granted to but there is a gold medal for him to take. Is

:13:33. > :13:38.there any possibility of some team tactics and people might gang up on

:13:38. > :13:42.him, the Africans particularly, and try to look round the kick out of

:13:42. > :13:47.him? How would they beat him if they were employing team tactics?

:13:47. > :13:51.If that is what you would do but it is easier said than done. When you

:13:51. > :13:56.are running out of there and you have nine laps to go and your team

:13:56. > :14:00.mate tells you to stick in a 61, you would turn around and tell them

:14:00. > :14:04.to do it! There are medals there, silver and bronze medals as well

:14:04. > :14:08.and people want to do as well as they can and I don't think these

:14:08. > :14:12.days there are many team tactics. The Ethiopians, the four guys who

:14:12. > :14:15.are here, they are not that friendly with each other either. It

:14:15. > :14:19.is all right for the team management to say, when you get out

:14:19. > :14:23.here, this is what we want you to do, but delivering it is something

:14:23. > :14:28.else. I don't think there is anybody capable of making a hard

:14:28. > :14:32.enough for long enough to really hurt Mo Farah. A question for you,

:14:32. > :14:37.Paul, you will be calling the field events. Greg Rutherford won his

:14:37. > :14:42.medal just before Mo Farah won his at the Olympics but he has had a

:14:42. > :14:45.troubled build up to these championships. Yes, and he was a

:14:46. > :14:50.late addition to this team. We are all hoping he can recapture some of

:14:50. > :14:55.that form from London but when you look at the ranking list currently

:14:55. > :15:02.I think everybody thinks it is going to take aid 0.3 or 8.4 just

:15:02. > :15:06.to win a medal and whether he is capable of that, coming off the

:15:06. > :15:12.injury and hamstring problems, whether he is in that sort of shape

:15:12. > :15:16.we just don't know. Collen, coming to you now, Greg has

:15:16. > :15:18.had his injury problems but equally he has had problems of the track

:15:18. > :15:22.and I think he thought that commercially he would have more

:15:22. > :15:32.success than he has had so it is not just the physical injuries

:15:32. > :15:48.

:15:48. > :15:52.championships, I had less than five weeks to prepare, and I will be

:15:52. > :15:57.ready. Will he arrived here in tiptop shape? It will be needed for

:15:58. > :16:01.him to be in tiptop shape, because when the crowd eventually turns up,

:16:01. > :16:11.they will be looking at men caught, the Russian who has been

:16:11. > :16:12.

:16:12. > :16:22.consistently good this year. It is always about consistency. I think

:16:22. > :16:28.

:16:28. > :16:31.this is the Women's Institute's day out, or the Russian version of it!

:16:31. > :16:41.Robbie Grabarz has not had the same injury problems, but he has not

:16:41. > :16:46.found the form. My hopes and desires that this season where that Robbie

:16:47. > :16:52.Grabarz could get close to 2.14 metres. He joined -- jumped 2.37

:16:52. > :16:58.last year, the top in the world. But this year, this event has exploded

:16:58. > :17:05.yet again. We have got a Ukrainian young man who has jumped 2.41

:17:05. > :17:14.metres. He has attempted the world record on so many occasions and has

:17:14. > :17:24.come close. He tried to .46 in Lausanne when we went there. And he

:17:24. > :17:28.

:17:28. > :17:38.tried 2.47 at the Anniversary Games. Hashim Amla early on in the year

:17:38. > :17:46.

:17:46. > :17:49.great, because you are never alone! Christine Ohuruogu, she comes out of

:17:49. > :17:55.qualification this evening for the 400 metres. She has taken a

:17:55. > :17:57.different approach this year, hasn't she? Yes and she spoke about that at

:17:57. > :18:07.the press conference yesterday and she said she was going to have fun

:18:07. > :18:10.

:18:10. > :18:14.this year. She is coming in ready. She always gets it right on the big

:18:14. > :18:23.occasion and she will build and build all through the ranks. She's

:18:23. > :18:29.coming in very relaxed and very confident.

:18:29. > :18:38.Montsho did post a fast time in Monaco just before the Games.

:18:38. > :18:45.Yes, she's coming in the favourite. Christine is the danger.

:18:45. > :18:52.Let's GOTO Steve Cram in the commentary box. We have talked about

:18:52. > :18:58.this season until form. We were listening to Christine yesterday.

:18:58. > :19:03.She has been having fun, definitely, and she has been very

:19:03. > :19:08.relaxed and chatty on the circuit. She has obviously been enjoying it.

:19:08. > :19:15.She had no expectations around... Last year was a big pressure year

:19:15. > :19:20.for her and there was a lot of expectation. Christine had high

:19:20. > :19:24.expectations of herself, and this year she looks like she's having

:19:24. > :19:29.fun, but do not underestimate Christine coming into the

:19:29. > :19:32.championships. She will be the one that all the others are worried

:19:32. > :19:40.about. You won't get Christine shouting from the rooftops all

:19:40. > :19:44.talking about a chances, and she quite pointedly yesterday turned

:19:44. > :19:47.back questions about her prospects, saying that she is just

:19:47. > :19:52.concentrating on today. She will take it round by round, and we know

:19:53. > :19:57.she does that better than anybody else. She is in great shape. She is

:19:57. > :20:01.in a great place in terms of her overall career. She had got nothing

:20:01. > :20:05.to prove to anybody. I think she will be tough to beat in the final.

:20:05. > :20:15.It is interesting that you mentioned London last year. We all believe

:20:15. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:22.that the silver medal was a massive triumph, but she was hugely

:20:22. > :20:25.disappointed. That is the athlete she is. She expectation from herself

:20:25. > :20:27.and has shown in the past that she is incredibly good at getting the

:20:27. > :20:30.best out of herself at major championships. I have never been

:20:30. > :20:32.surprised when she has not done particularly well on the circuit.

:20:32. > :20:36.When you see Christine on the circuit, you can tell it does not

:20:36. > :20:41.mean as much to her. That is not what gets her motivated. She wanted

:20:41. > :20:46.to win desperately in front of a home crowd. She came very close.

:20:46. > :20:51.That is why she was so disappointed. If she had come a great second, but

:20:51. > :20:55.she had -- was so close to winning the gold medal. I will reiterate it.

:20:55. > :20:59.She will be standing on the start line in the final of the 400 metres

:21:00. > :21:06.thinking about nothing else than winning.

:21:06. > :21:13.Paul, you called Jessica Ennis -- you called Jessica Ennis-Hill's last

:21:13. > :21:20.year... Every athletic supporter in the country will be missing her

:21:20. > :21:26.here. There will be quite a few people who have made the trip to the

:21:26. > :21:30.stadium. Rather like Christine, Jessica had a lot of pressure to

:21:30. > :21:34.withstand, but she produced the goods with a two other performance.

:21:34. > :21:40.From my point of view, she was the golden girl of the Olympic Games.

:21:40. > :21:46.Sitting at home and watching at the -- watching on TV will not be the

:21:46. > :21:51.same for her or her coach. Colin, I remember one of the first meetings

:21:51. > :22:00.we were at, we were looking forward to slow wet Jessica was going to

:22:00. > :22:04.run. You thought she might not complete the season. The danger

:22:04. > :22:11.signs whether worrying factor. Athletes who suffer from Achilles

:22:11. > :22:15.problems, it is hell to return from, because you do not know what the

:22:15. > :22:21.return time is. They do not want to aggravate it with severe treatment.

:22:21. > :22:25.If you're just going to concentrate on one event, you can imagine the

:22:26. > :22:31.amount of training she has to do to protect those seven events in the

:22:31. > :22:34.heptathlon. It seems to be a more serious injury than we initially

:22:34. > :22:44.thought, because she has gone through the season saying, I might

:22:44. > :22:48.compete, and then suddenly she is in rehab for four months. The risk with

:22:48. > :22:53.the Achilles heel is that you do not make the injury worse but make it

:22:53. > :22:58.ruptured, and then you are looking at surgery. It is a struggle to come

:22:58. > :23:01.back in your career from that. Jessica does not want to risk that,

:23:01. > :23:08.because she is very young. She is looking at four months of rehab, but

:23:08. > :23:11.that is back to full fit this. It is not serious right now, but if it

:23:11. > :23:16.does not recover... She competed OK in the Anniversary Games, but she

:23:16. > :23:19.was not happy. She could have built off that are coming here, but it

:23:19. > :23:22.obviously did not respond in a couple of days afterwards, and that

:23:22. > :23:28.is when they made the decision that it was not worth risking her career

:23:28. > :23:38.over. It is one man and one face which sets our pools racing above

:23:38. > :23:38.

:23:38. > :24:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:24:44. > :24:47.Gold all the way! He is one in a million. He is a man

:24:47. > :24:53.that has had to face a lot of questions about his form and strokes

:24:53. > :25:01.as well. There were issues with Tyson Gay and Assaf Powell and the

:25:01. > :25:05.Russian Federation. He has been cast as the saviour of the sport. Yes,

:25:05. > :25:11.and a lot of people have looked at him as the saviour of marketing this

:25:11. > :25:18.board. He has taken our sport to a different level. A lot of people

:25:18. > :25:22.come just to see him. There is a lot of responsibility on him. The danger

:25:22. > :25:27.of ever failing that is a big danger, so that is why so many

:25:27. > :25:30.people asking questions. But he has not shied away from it. We have seen

:25:30. > :25:35.other athletes walk out of press conferences when they have been

:25:35. > :25:38.asked questions, that he has so far and said every question. One year

:25:38. > :25:43.ago when we were celebrating in London, athletics seems never to

:25:43. > :25:46.have been in a better position. One year later, we are talking about the

:25:46. > :25:49.sport being in crisis. How would you assess the current situation?

:25:49. > :25:56.JEERING I am not sure I would say it is in

:25:56. > :26:03.crisis. The shadow of drug-taking always hovers over this. The

:26:03. > :26:08.positive that you have to take from this is that you are still going to

:26:08. > :26:12.be caught and you will serve the penalties like anybody else, and we

:26:12. > :26:16.have to do that, otherwise we can't get excited about Usain Bolt or

:26:16. > :26:26.anybody else. If we don't know that we are doing everything possible to

:26:26. > :26:26.

:26:26. > :26:34.catch drug takers and then to give them severe penalties, those issues

:26:34. > :26:38.are always port of any sport -- part of any sport. With athletics, the

:26:38. > :26:42.light always shines very brightly on particular individuals. At the

:26:42. > :26:45.moment, it is shining on the 100 metres more so than it has stunned.

:26:45. > :26:52.Because of the big names involved, Usain Bolt comes into the

:26:52. > :26:55.discussion. The IAAF have had many discussions about rotating leading

:26:55. > :27:01.up to this event. The big announcement is that they're going

:27:01. > :27:06.to move to four-year bans. Yes, we were with four-year bans, but now we

:27:06. > :27:11.have come into compliance with other regulations. That was a mistake,

:27:11. > :27:15.because it weakened our sanctions and made the deterrent less. That is

:27:15. > :27:25.why we need to go back to the four-year ban. They voted for that.

:27:25. > :27:25.

:27:25. > :27:28.It won't come into force until 2015. The IAAF have said they will do it,

:27:28. > :27:34.and their coaches and consultation at the moment. There is a

:27:34. > :27:37.possibility that athletics might end out on a limb. We are looking at

:27:37. > :27:46.athletes in all sports and disciplines to stand up and say,

:27:46. > :27:52.this is what we want, and give an athlete's voice to the IAAF. The

:27:52. > :28:02.most sought -- the move -- the more sports the come forward and say that

:28:02. > :28:05.

:28:05. > :28:10.is what they want, the more likely to view a yard to go with it.

:28:10. > :28:15.sort of shape is Usain Bolt in? is coming into these championships

:28:15. > :28:22.the slowest he has ever come into these majors. 9.85 is his season's

:28:22. > :28:29.best at the moment! We doubted Usain Bolt on numerous occasions, when he

:28:29. > :28:31.had his bad back, when he was returning from injury. He was

:28:31. > :28:38.speaking at the Jamaican Championships not once but twice.

:28:38. > :28:42.Everyone has been asking if he could deliver a great performance at the

:28:42. > :28:46.Olympic Games last year. I am expecting him to come here and take

:28:46. > :28:50.the victories. It is not about running fast for him any more. He is

:28:50. > :28:54.already the world record holder. He has proved he can deliver a big

:28:54. > :28:59.championships. It is about regaining the 100 metres title and retaining

:28:59. > :29:06.the 200 metres title. That is what he will be focusing on. He did talk

:29:06. > :29:13.in one of his press conferences and I wanting to go sub 19. He still

:29:13. > :29:18.thinks he can go quicker over 100. Yes, he has always said he wants to

:29:18. > :29:24.go less than 19 seconds for the 200 metres. He had that target in

:29:24. > :29:28.Beijing. The 100 metres, he was always dubious of that, because he

:29:28. > :29:36.only started winning that competitively at the Olympics in

:29:36. > :29:46.Beijing. I think that the 200 metres, that can be done. And we

:29:46. > :29:49.

:29:49. > :29:54.have a right to his running fast, James Dasaolu. How do you see him

:29:54. > :29:57.going here? The most important things for James Dasaolu is to get

:29:57. > :30:02.to the semifinal stage. If he does not get there, he will have no

:30:02. > :30:07.chance of making the final. There are many runners who can run 9.95

:30:07. > :30:11.who will be participating, so he needs to note he can be in tiptop

:30:11. > :30:17.shape for the semifinal stage. In the final, do get inspired and then

:30:17. > :30:21.anything can happen. This is his 9.91 run, and I am pleased that he

:30:21. > :30:31.got that under his belt. We always pushing to get under the magical ten

:30:31. > :30:31.

:30:31. > :30:35.second figure. He has done that now, ticked the box. The 9.91 was at the

:30:36. > :30:42.trials, as we saw. It is one thing running that sort of time with

:30:42. > :30:52.no-one around you. But he is in the mix with some of the fatty --

:30:52. > :31:01.

:31:01. > :31:07.If he is in good shape he will deliver. The crowd are working

:31:07. > :31:12.themselves up to a file -- frenzy! They really are! The women's discus

:31:12. > :31:16.is getting under way so we will hand over.

:31:16. > :31:21.Thank you very much. It is a lovely morning with hardly any win is in

:31:21. > :31:26.the stadium and only a small section of the feeling is bathed in

:31:26. > :31:31.sunshine. -- hardly any wind. A There are probably more athletes

:31:31. > :31:37.A There are probably more athletes and officials than there are

:31:37. > :31:41.spectators. Leading the way in the discus is your role S Barry asked.

:31:41. > :31:46.She could be elevated into the bronze medal position from the

:31:46. > :31:55.Olympic Games while a positive drugs test is being sorted out --

:31:55. > :31:59.Yarelys Barrios. We also have the French record holder and the

:31:59. > :32:08.magnificent Julia Fischer of Germany, perhaps one of the

:32:08. > :32:14.patience -- favourites to take a medal tomorrow. Here he is Yarelys

:32:14. > :32:19.Barrios from Cuba. She has had successive global silver medals of.

:32:19. > :32:24.She got one in the world championships and also in Beijing.

:32:24. > :32:27.That is a qualifying mark in the very first throw of the competition.

:32:27. > :32:37.She has sailed over the automatic qualification distance without any

:32:37. > :32:37.

:32:37. > :32:41.trouble at all. She tries to leave the discus long and then sinks over

:32:41. > :32:45.the left leg. She is almost a little bit of balance but she has

:32:45. > :32:54.such a powerful athlete that she's been that discus a way. She got

:32:54. > :33:04.good flight on it. There we have it 63 pts 63 and she is true to

:33:04. > :33:10.

:33:11. > :33:17.tomorrow's final. -- 63.63. Tomorrow we have high hurdles,

:33:17. > :33:26.discus and javelin and the 1,500m. We have four heats of the 100m with

:33:26. > :33:34.34 athletes taking part. This is going to be the slowest of the four

:33:34. > :33:42.heats. It is arranged by the season's best. Brent Newdick got a

:33:42. > :33:47.silver in the Commonwealth Games. Kurt Felix from Grenada won the

:33:47. > :33:53.collegiate championships last year and it does not matter who wins the

:33:53. > :33:57.heat. You may not be too familiar with of the decathlon. You may be

:33:57. > :34:02.watching this for the first time and this is all about getting close

:34:02. > :34:11.to your personal best. It is about the points so if you can get close

:34:11. > :34:19.to your personal best in each of the events then you have achieved.

:34:19. > :34:29.Mikk Pahapill is the 2009 indoor champion. Rapturous applause from

:34:29. > :34:30.

:34:30. > :34:34.the smattering, as it has been defined, of spectators. Oleksiy

:34:35. > :34:44.Kasyanov is a silver medallist in the world indoor championships in

:34:45. > :34:52.

:34:52. > :34:58.Helsinki. He is the quickest in the field and he has run 10.5. The

:34:58. > :35:04.Japanese athlete is a steady and the 100m, it is not his strongest

:35:04. > :35:13.event. Ashley Bryant, the British entrant goes in the next eat. Then

:35:13. > :35:23.Ashton Eaton goes in heat for, the world record holder, the Olympic

:35:23. > :35:29.

:35:29. > :35:34.in the multi-sport events because it would be rather unfair if it was

:35:34. > :35:39.one of false start and you were out for the rest of the decathlon. It

:35:39. > :35:48.is the old false start rule way you have one. That will count for the

:35:48. > :35:55.field and then a second one and you will be out. The first event on the

:35:56. > :36:05.track in these World Championships. The 100m in the decathlon. This is

:36:06. > :36:05.

:36:06. > :36:13.heat one. They got away cleanly. Brent Newdick is in lane five and

:36:13. > :36:16.he is striding out. But Leonel Suarez, the bronze medallist in the

:36:16. > :36:21.last two Olympics and silver and bronze in the world championships,

:36:21. > :36:28.came through strongly. Nobody really lived up to expectations

:36:28. > :36:33.there in that first race. The wind is slightly against us, hardly a

:36:33. > :36:35.breath of wind in the Luzhniki Stadium this morning. It is very

:36:35. > :36:43.still but a couple of athletes in that line-up would have been hoping

:36:43. > :36:48.to dip under 11 seconds so it was not the quickest but we are up and

:36:48. > :36:53.running. Nearest the camera, Alexei to sign of got a terrible start. He

:36:53. > :37:03.is the fastest man on the field on paper and he came through in the

:37:03. > :37:13.end but it took him a long time. -- Oleksiy Kasyanov. He was by way the

:37:13. > :37:13.

:37:13. > :37:21.slowest out of the blocks. It was certainly an average start for all

:37:21. > :37:31.of those guys. No great times. That was a season's best for the

:37:31. > :37:47.

:37:47. > :37:52.was a magnificent throw by Yarelys Barrios but head team-mate is just

:37:52. > :38:02.23 years old. It was very quick and explosive. That is just short of

:38:02. > :38:03.

:38:03. > :38:08.the 60m line. The yellow line is the automatic qualifier. That is 63

:38:08. > :38:12.metres. I just wonder whether the British selectors made reject not

:38:13. > :38:22.bringing Britain's number-one to these championships. She was in

:38:22. > :38:29.very good form. She threw over 60m. That is 60.14. She is in second

:38:29. > :38:34.place behind a team mate. In the next heat of the decathlon is Great

:38:34. > :38:38.Britain's sole representative. The only British man in history to take

:38:38. > :38:42.8,000. From the decathlon scoring tables. All the athletes have been

:38:42. > :38:52.in a training camp before coming here and Ashley Bryant spoke to

:38:52. > :38:54.

:38:54. > :39:00.I know you are a multi-talented sportsman and you are good at rugby

:39:00. > :39:04.and football and was athletics always going to be the one? I think

:39:04. > :39:08.so. I think the politics in other sports, being selected for the

:39:08. > :39:13.teams, was already the bit that push me away. I enjoyed my team

:39:13. > :39:18.sports and I still miss them now, however my athletics was going well

:39:18. > :39:22.and I just wanted to roll with it and give them my best shot. You are

:39:22. > :39:26.in control of your own destiny to more of a degree. Exactly. You have

:39:26. > :39:30.your team around you but at the end of the day it is me on the track

:39:30. > :39:34.and I do my performances so I can only blame myself. I like going out

:39:34. > :39:40.there and it is good. Do you describe yourself as an ambitious

:39:40. > :39:45.person? Had you always been driven? Yes, from the first day, whatever

:39:45. > :39:50.sport it is, I have always wanted to make it to the top. I would say

:39:50. > :39:54.I would. I am quite realistic in where I am at. I do not like

:39:54. > :39:58.showing off to my coach about what I think I can do each year and

:39:58. > :40:01.where I should improve. I am probably more conservative than he

:40:01. > :40:11.is which is a good thing because you exceed expectations and then

:40:11. > :40:12.

:40:12. > :40:17.you know you were doing the right dominated by disappointments for

:40:17. > :40:21.British athletes. That is the lane where Ashley Bryant was supposed to

:40:21. > :40:26.be. We understand he has had a hamstring injury in the build up to

:40:26. > :40:30.these championships and he has had to pull-out which will be a massive

:40:30. > :40:35.disappointment to the young man himself and to his mum and dad to

:40:35. > :40:39.have made the trip here and also to his coach. There is the line-up for

:40:39. > :40:49.his coach. There is the line-up for his coach. There is the line-up for

:40:49. > :40:57.

:40:58. > :41:04.Ashley Bryant. They are just panning across the lanes now. There

:41:04. > :41:12.is the French indoor champion. I will give you an idea of the points.

:41:12. > :41:16.The Ukrainian and won the last heat was confirmed at 863 points. This

:41:16. > :41:21.is Pasqual Behrenbruch, the European champion from Germany. He

:41:21. > :41:31.won a magnificent last year. Andre Krauchanka has an really improved

:41:31. > :41:37.since he won his Olympic bronze medal way back in 2004. Marcus

:41:37. > :41:45.Nillson from Sweden, a former world junior champion., a bronze

:41:45. > :41:50.medallist, should I say. He is just 22 years old. This is one of a

:41:50. > :41:54.group of a very young -- very good young Belgian athletes. They have

:41:54. > :42:04.produced some lovely youngsters who are now progressing through to the

:42:04. > :42:07.

:42:07. > :42:11.senior ranks. That is Andre Krauchanka. Pasqual Behrenbruch is

:42:11. > :42:14.supposed to be running our alongside Ashley Bryant. He went

:42:14. > :42:21.over 8,000 points early on this year and that is the benchmark

:42:21. > :42:24.really, the big target that all young decathletes will be going for.

:42:24. > :42:29.Having achieved that he will have come here for of confidence, I am

:42:29. > :42:33.sure, but unfortunately Ashley Bryant is out. His hamstring has

:42:33. > :42:39.not stood up to the warm up this morning. He will not contest this

:42:39. > :42:49.event or any of the 10 events. The fastest time we have seen just

:42:49. > :42:59.

:42:59. > :43:05.Willem Coertzen, the South Africa. There you go. The cameraman has

:43:05. > :43:11.picked him up. He is the former African champion. Yes, it was him.

:43:11. > :43:21.Everybody is on a warning and if he was two false starts again he would

:43:21. > :43:22.

:43:22. > :43:28.be disqualified. -- if he was to false start again. The conditions

:43:28. > :43:32.in the stadium this morning are so still. I was on the track yesterday

:43:32. > :43:37.and there are some ribbons which hang down alongside the pole vault

:43:37. > :43:41.run-up to give the pole Walters an idea as to which way the wind is

:43:41. > :43:47.blowing because it obviously affect their run up and they take off and

:43:47. > :43:51.in ribbons were hanging absolutely vertical, top to bottom, no

:43:51. > :43:54.movement at all, so no wind. There is just a little bit of wind

:43:54. > :43:59.because I am looking across at the pole vault and Steve Lewis getting

:43:59. > :44:05.warmed up for his chance to make a world championship final. There is

:44:05. > :44:14.a little bit of movement but hardly any at all. They will run from the

:44:14. > :44:24.sunshine into the shade. There is sunshine into the shade. There is

:44:24. > :44:31.

:44:31. > :44:40.set position very quickly and he is coming away on the inside. Willem

:44:40. > :44:45.Coertzen is going away to. They will be Willem Coertzen I think.

:44:45. > :44:55.10.97. He was running alongside Ingmar Vos. They almost finished in

:44:55. > :45:01.

:45:01. > :45:07.a line. That is useful and it could go over 900 points. It was good to

:45:07. > :45:11.see from Willem Coertzen after his false start. It did not faze him.

:45:11. > :45:15.You should always keep an eye on Pasqual Behrenbruch as well because

:45:15. > :45:22.he is strong. There is a strong German contingent in the decathlon

:45:22. > :45:28.this year. It has been a few wilderness years since their heyday.

:45:28. > :45:38.It is a very strong German entrant and Pasqual Behrenbruch is probably

:45:38. > :45:44.

:45:44. > :45:50.and looking up at the giant scoreboard and waiting for the

:45:50. > :45:56.replay but it is not coming. 10.95, he has been given to Pasqual

:45:56. > :46:06.Behrenbruch. A season's best and 872 points. Willem Coertzen in

:46:06. > :46:12.

:46:12. > :46:22.second place and Ingmar Vos in spectators have started to come

:46:22. > :47:00.

:47:00. > :47:10.beautiful throw. Very tall. Four. Eight times the Lithuanian champion.

:47:10. > :47:14.That is one of her best throws ever, and she goes into the lead.

:47:14. > :47:24.Coertzen three of France. She likes that. And so she should. She is into

:47:24. > :47:27.

:47:27. > :47:31.qualifying line with your first attempt, there is no need for you to

:47:31. > :47:41.get any more throws out there. You are escorted off the track and

:47:41. > :47:45.

:47:46. > :47:50.straight through to the final. That something that neither myself nor

:47:51. > :47:57.can -- Chris back, the record-holder, could do in the

:47:57. > :48:07.hammer. At 63, -- 60 3.16, a good start for Melina Robert-Michon, the

:48:07. > :48:20.

:48:20. > :48:30.100 metres have been given 10.95, so 872 points for the leading to. Three

:48:30. > :48:43.

:48:43. > :48:53.Russians are going in this third athlete, former bronze-medallist.

:48:53. > :48:55.

:48:55. > :49:05.His best days are behind in. Sergey Sviridov got 10.91 in the 100

:49:05. > :49:12.

:49:12. > :49:17.metres. We are getting to the in his day. And various Jeremy

:49:17. > :49:24.Taiwo, third in the US championships. He has won 10.84 in

:49:24. > :49:31.the 100 metres this season. To be the third US decathletes is no

:49:32. > :49:39.disgrace at all. Maricel Uibo of Estonia. Estonia are fiercely proud

:49:39. > :49:44.of their decathletes. It is a huge sport in that Baltic state. He is

:49:44. > :49:54.just 20 years old. There is Ilya Shkurenev. And some noise from the

:49:54. > :49:56.

:49:56. > :49:59.Luzhniki Stadium! It must be played out on a tape somewhere! The

:49:59. > :50:07.Brazilian Carlos Chinin, the South American record-holder. He has had

:50:07. > :50:16.10.81 this season. Kevin Mayer is a very talented young Frenchman, but

:50:16. > :50:22.he does struggle in the 100 metres. Get ready to make some more noise.

:50:22. > :50:26.APPLAUSE Artem Lukyanenko was a

:50:26. > :50:36.bronze-medallist last year. He has had 10.87 this season in the 100

:50:36. > :50:36.

:50:36. > :50:46.metres. Pelle Rietveld is probably the weakest of two strong deck

:50:46. > :50:52.athletes from Holland is taking part. And there is Dmitriy Karpov,

:50:52. > :50:56.32 years old now. His better days are long in the past. He is the

:50:56. > :51:06.oldest of all 34 taking part in Mr Kaplan. The man second from the left

:51:06. > :51:14.

:51:14. > :51:19.bodies, as we have seen for Ashley Bryant, pulling out of the last heat

:51:19. > :51:26.with his hamstring problem. Very sad from a British point of view. How

:51:26. > :51:36.close can these men get to their season's best? This is the third he

:51:36. > :51:55.

:51:56. > :52:05.Chinin. He is going to take it. 10.79. That time is a personal best.

:52:06. > :52:08.

:52:08. > :52:16.The Brazilian does what he has been South American record-holder. The

:52:16. > :52:24.Russians all seemed pleased with their work as well.

:52:24. > :52:27.I was most interested in seeing Taiwo. He is in the top of the

:52:28. > :52:34.picture there. He began to fade as the Brazilian came marching through

:52:34. > :52:37.the pack. We are getting faster and faster. 10.78, new lifetime best.

:52:37. > :52:46.You cannot expect any more than that. Excellent performance. There

:52:46. > :52:50.is the defending champion. We have got the world record-holder, the

:52:50. > :52:53.defending champion as well. A lot to look forward to. We do hear that

:52:53. > :52:58.Ashton Eaton may have a slight drop in with one of his ankles, so we

:52:58. > :53:01.will have to see what happens. Coincidentally, he holds the world

:53:01. > :53:08.record, not only for the Dick Kaplan, but for the fastest 100

:53:08. > :53:18.metres ever in a decathlon as well. That is something that some of the

:53:18. > :53:23.

:53:23. > :53:33.British supporters here would like from 1996, welcome. Thanks for

:53:33. > :53:33.

:53:33. > :53:37.having me. I have been running up the stairs this morning! You have to

:53:37. > :53:43.be fit to get up and down the stairs here, that's for sure! Your memories

:53:43. > :53:49.of Moscow in 1980? I was in middle school, so I was watching Allan

:53:49. > :53:53.Wells win. That is about it. The Canadians sided with the Americans

:53:53. > :53:56.and decided they would punish the athletes and let them stay home.

:53:56. > :54:05.Howdy you enjoy watching these guys run the 100 metres, the big

:54:05. > :54:14.decathlon? It looks like I could do it again! I am joking. It is always

:54:14. > :54:24.amazing watching the dead cattle on, -- the dead cattle on, because

:54:24. > :54:25.

:54:25. > :54:32.ten events is just ridiculous. Ashton Eaton is a special athlete,

:54:32. > :54:42.isn't he? Absolutely. I saw him last year. He is a deck athlete running

:54:42. > :54:42.

:54:42. > :54:51.ten point two. Surely tangent in there and do some incredible things.

:54:51. > :55:01.He is world class. We can't be here in Moscow and not mention David

:55:01. > :55:05.

:55:05. > :55:15.Caraway. He used to represent us in the 4x100 metres relay team. It is

:55:15. > :55:17.

:55:17. > :55:27.nice to see it when the scandal do world record-holder. Guy is the

:55:27. > :55:27.

:55:27. > :55:31.defending champion. Trey Hardee is the defending champion. He got a

:55:31. > :55:41.wild card into the championships despite the fact that he contested

:55:41. > :55:52.

:55:52. > :56:02.the trials. The Americans have got legs. If there was an ankle injury,

:56:02. > :56:07.

:56:07. > :56:14.let's hope it's gone. Expect some very quick sprinting from Ashton

:56:14. > :56:20.Eaton and the rest. 10.21 is his lifetime best. That is the fastest

:56:20. > :56:30.ever running a decathlon. It reminds me of Daley Thompson and the fact

:56:30. > :56:36.

:56:36. > :56:40.he's very chatty and friendly. He enjoys competing. Eelco Sintnicolaas

:56:40. > :56:50.is the former under 23 European champion. He's very tall, lean and

:56:50. > :56:53.

:56:53. > :56:57.strong. But Eduard Mikhan is the biggest one of the lot. He is on

:56:58. > :57:07.good form. But watch out for Ashton Eaton enjoy picture, and Trey Hardee

:57:08. > :57:09.

:57:09. > :57:19.three lanes inside of him. 10.39 he has one. Gunnar Nixon is the other

:57:19. > :57:31.

:57:31. > :57:41.six. If you can get close -- if he can get close to his lifetime best

:57:41. > :57:49.

:57:49. > :57:59.performance, we are in for a special Begovic which there from Michael

:57:59. > :58:09.Schrader. They are called back. Trey Hardee got a great start there. It

:58:09. > :58:09.

:58:09. > :58:19.may have been Michael Schrader. The twitch first. Certainly a twitch

:58:19. > :58:49.

:58:49. > :58:59.warning against the field. They are going to have a chat with Michael

:58:59. > :59:15.

:59:15. > :59:24.it is Gunnar Nixon, the American, Rico frighteners, from Germany, Trey

:59:24. > :59:34.Hardee, Damian Warner, Michael Schrader, Ashton Eaton, me heil

:59:34. > :59:37.

:59:37. > :59:47.Dudas, Eelco Sintnicolaas and Eduard record-holder for a long jump in the

:59:47. > :59:48.

:59:48. > :59:58.dead cattle on -- decathlon. He will not willing to wish -- he will not

:59:58. > :00:10.

:00:10. > :00:17.there. It is difficult to get yourself disqualified for a false

:00:17. > :00:22.start in the decathlon because of the old rules they have. These are

:00:22. > :00:27.edgy times for all the athletes down here. Ashton Eaton doesn't have to

:00:27. > :00:37.get out too quickly. He has got such great sprinting speed. There is Trey

:00:37. > :00:53.

:00:53. > :00:59.Hardee, or to give him his full in the world but when you consider

:00:59. > :01:03.the explosive power he has, he is a man who can shot put 15 metres,

:01:03. > :01:13.this is some Afellay it. The greatest in terms of points during,

:01:13. > :01:20.

:01:20. > :01:25.all-round athlete that the world has ever seen. -- point scoring.

:01:25. > :01:32.Well, Damian Warner took a long time to settle Ashton Eaton is

:01:32. > :01:40.already into his running. Ashton Eaton has come away from everybody.

:01:40. > :01:46.Not super-fast but very, very quick indeed in a decathlon. 10.35

:01:46. > :01:51.seconds. That is big points for the American. No problems with the

:01:51. > :01:56.suspected ankle injury that we had heard that he had. Damian Warner

:01:56. > :02:03.ran very well there, it was very close to his lifetime best, so he

:02:03. > :02:07.is in good shape. He was a man that made massive improvements in 2012

:02:07. > :02:16.to finish 5th in the Olympic Games. There is the winner. A good run by

:02:16. > :02:21.the USA. He strengthened his other events but this is his main state.

:02:22. > :02:31.He has always leading in the points after this event. It will be no

:02:31. > :02:36.different today. It was not blisteringly quick. It is quite a

:02:36. > :02:43.long stride that he packs in there and it is more than good enough.

:02:43. > :02:49.It's certainly is. That for a decathlon of 100m is absolutely

:02:49. > :02:51.superb. Ashton Eaton wins it in a new season's best. Damian Warner is

:02:51. > :02:53.second and Trey Hardee gets a good third place.

:02:53. > :02:58.third place. Her a good start their for the

:02:58. > :03:03.Olympic champion and world record holder. Donovan was looking on

:03:03. > :03:06.fascinated by the style of Ashton Eaton. There clearly was no

:03:06. > :03:11.transition there, he came out of the blocks and pushed it the whole

:03:11. > :03:16.way. The fact that he is running 10.35 just basically pushing it

:03:16. > :03:20.down the track indicates that he is much more talented and much more

:03:20. > :03:23.fast than is actually indicated by their. The thing is about the

:03:23. > :03:28.decathlon and that there are so many compromises to be made because

:03:28. > :03:32.there are 10 events. Yes, you always try to think about training

:03:32. > :03:36.for the 200m or any other event. Clearly these guys have so many

:03:36. > :03:41.things that they have to do, so many transitions they have to go

:03:41. > :03:45.through in every single discipline, it is very tough to critique a

:03:45. > :03:50.decathlete on any specific technical things that they might or

:03:51. > :03:54.might not do in each discipline. On there is a little bit as one of

:03:55. > :03:58.injury protection. In the 100m you don't want to push as hard as you

:03:58. > :04:02.can because of hamstrings and everything else. You must get

:04:02. > :04:07.yourself through. In a championship you cannot rest on anything, you

:04:07. > :04:10.must always work hard on it. have tough competition and to a

:04:10. > :04:18.decathlete each hundredth of a second means more points and they

:04:19. > :04:22.are trying to gain as many points as you can. He mention that there

:04:22. > :04:26.was no drive phase and that is how hurdlers work as well. It is

:04:26. > :04:31.because you have something in front of you say you look up and you just

:04:31. > :04:34.run. What could you run if he just focused on that, he is a big guy.

:04:34. > :04:41.You have to be a strong and powerful man to go down the track

:04:41. > :04:45.in 100m anywhere. He could get under 10 seconds he, he is a big

:04:45. > :04:49.and strong guy and if he pushed his way down the track at that time

:04:49. > :04:54.then he could get under 10 if the focus just on that but I am sure he

:04:54. > :04:58.is OK being the best decathlete that ever lived, I think he is OK!

:04:58. > :05:05.I guess he is happy with that. We will see more of him this morning

:05:05. > :05:09.and here is what is still to come. Next up it is the long jump for the

:05:09. > :05:18.decathletes. Trey Hardee and Ashton Eaton, they can long jump pretty

:05:18. > :05:21.well as well. Then in the pole vault we have a 5.7 as the target

:05:21. > :05:26.for automatic qualification. Four Steve Lewis it will have to be an

:05:26. > :05:31.equal season's best if he is to qualify for the final. We have 100m

:05:31. > :05:37.heats coming up later on. A strong American trio and also Andrew

:05:37. > :05:42.Osagie and Michael Rimmer are going for Britain.

:05:42. > :05:49.Donovan Bailey, Olympic champion and world champion in 1995, let us

:05:49. > :05:55.look at his medal-winning in a moment but first we will look at

:05:55. > :06:05.how you can keep in touch with us. OK, we won't do that! We will look

:06:05. > :06:06.

:06:06. > :06:11.back to Donovan Bailey. 1995 was a good year for both of us.

:06:11. > :06:19.Donovan Bailey, the final of the world championship of the 100m. A

:06:19. > :06:25.way first time. They got a good run their. Flying in the same care --

:06:25. > :06:28.centre is Donovan Bailey. He wins it. Look at the time. Donovan

:06:29. > :06:38.Bailey is the world No. 1 on the clock this season and now he is the

:06:39. > :06:41.

:06:41. > :06:48.Memories of that race. The for you even say anything, I know where you

:06:48. > :06:53.are going here. He used to wind up Ato Boldon something chronic can

:06:53. > :07:03.call him the fastest pace Mae Katt out there! A did I say that? Never!

:07:03. > :07:03.

:07:03. > :07:08.He always had an amazing start and I thank him for that. Watching

:07:09. > :07:13.Gothenburg, that was amazing, really. I am watching it and are

:07:13. > :07:18.thinking that it is such an ugly race. My drive phase was terrible

:07:18. > :07:23.because I was sweeping across the track from line to line and then

:07:23. > :07:28.when I finally straightened up it was actually in my acceleration

:07:28. > :07:35.phase but you know I am happy because I was crowned world

:07:35. > :07:40.champion so it wasn't a bad 10 days, I guess. That is right. He followed

:07:40. > :07:49.it up the next year in Atlanta in the American's backyard, taking the

:07:49. > :07:54.sprint title. I really look forward to Atlanta's -- I really looked

:07:54. > :07:59.forward to Atlanta. Obviously when you are competing you want to win

:07:59. > :08:03.titles. If you are going to compete any -- achieve any legendary status

:08:03. > :08:11.it is all about titles. There were so many people that thought that

:08:11. > :08:15.1995 was a fluke so I was hell-bent on ensuring that I was prepared in

:08:15. > :08:20.1996 and that I was going to be the Olympic champion. I did not expect

:08:20. > :08:29.the world record although based on what I was running in practice,

:08:29. > :08:34.have I executed well and not had for false start, then I should have

:08:34. > :08:38.got quite fast twitch and it hurts today.

:08:38. > :08:44.Let us head back to the commentary team. The pre-empt heats of the

:08:44. > :08:48.men's 100m are coming up. men's 100m are coming up.

:08:48. > :08:54.As we have been see all morning, it is not exactly round here in the

:08:54. > :09:01.Luzhniki Stadium. But the conditions are beautiful for the

:09:01. > :09:05.100m. Just to reiterate, this first round is a qualification round. We

:09:05. > :09:10.know all about the a standard and that the standard is 10.21 and if

:09:10. > :09:14.you have not done that you have to appear in this first round. A lot

:09:14. > :09:18.of countries send their athletes to compete in this because they can

:09:18. > :09:22.send one athlete and this is often the event which is chosen and that

:09:22. > :09:28.is why the better athletes get the chance to miss this preliminary

:09:28. > :09:38.round. Talking about that athletes, Daniel Bailey would not normally be

:09:38. > :09:40.

:09:40. > :09:48.here. He started his season pretty well. He has fallen away since then.

:09:48. > :09:54.It would be great if Holder da Silva won a medal or a championship

:09:54. > :10:00.title. He is from Guinea Bissau. He has run 10.55 this year, not far

:10:00. > :10:05.off his personal best. The first two of these next four races will

:10:05. > :10:15.go through to tonight's first round proper and the two fastest losers -

:10:15. > :10:45.

:10:45. > :10:52.not a false start. It was just that as they were about to be called

:10:52. > :10:56.into the set position, somebody decided not to. Daniel Bailey was a

:10:56. > :11:00.semi-finalist at the Olympics last year but he has been 4th and 5th at

:11:00. > :11:06.the last two editions of these are world championships and at his best

:11:06. > :11:10.he can get under 10 seconds. His best opportunity would have been in

:11:10. > :11:15.Lucerne. There was a false start there and he ended up getting

:11:15. > :11:19.disqualified. It was a bad night in Lucerne. The chance of a fast time

:11:19. > :11:26.passed him by in that occasion. There is the green card for

:11:26. > :11:30.everybody, so no warning. The starters are under pressure as well.

:11:30. > :11:34.It is the first morning, get it right. It is interesting. His sets

:11:34. > :11:44.the tone. A lot of athletes will come and watch the early round to

:11:44. > :12:00.

:12:00. > :12:02.see how the start operates if they should be the two to go through.

:12:03. > :12:08.The nineteen-year-old from Macedonia might not be far away.

:12:08. > :12:13.Daniel Bailey gets away pretty well. Riste Pandev gets away as well.

:12:13. > :12:22.Holder da Silva is coming through to take second place. Daniel Bailey

:12:22. > :12:26.eased back and the silver -- Holder da Silva is well clear. There was a

:12:26. > :12:31.slight headwind. Where did they come thick -- where did that come

:12:31. > :12:38.from? Maybe it was the big doors at the end! Daniel Bailey is safely

:12:38. > :12:47.through and that is the job done for him. He will be back this

:12:47. > :12:57.evening. That race will start at a 5:15pm in the UK.

:12:57. > :12:58.

:12:58. > :13:03.It is separating wheat from chaff. The other athletes are he to have

:13:03. > :13:07.their moment in the sun. Daniel Bailey has had a lot of moments in

:13:07. > :13:11.the sun but he is not quite in the form of oil -- form of old. He

:13:11. > :13:17.looks quite comfortable. But how much further can he go? He knows he

:13:17. > :13:22.does not really belong in the preliminary rounds. There is the

:13:22. > :13:32.confirmation of it. The two automatic qualifiers there, Daniel

:13:32. > :13:34.

:13:34. > :13:37.Bailey and Holder da Silva, by a distance.

:13:37. > :13:43.The decathletes are already out in the stadium for their second

:13:43. > :13:51.discipline, the long jump. There is the summary of points after event

:13:51. > :13:57.one, the 100m. A clear lead for Ashton Eaton. 19 points ahead of

:13:57. > :14:01.Damian Warner from Canada and Trey Hardee is 22 points behind the

:14:01. > :14:11.Canadian. It is interesting to see Carlos Chinin of Brazil in a new

:14:11. > :14:11.

:14:11. > :14:15.lifetime best in 7th place. It is Ashton Eaton who leads the way.

:14:15. > :14:21.Julia Fischer is struggling just a little bet. She has thrown 66

:14:21. > :14:25.metres this year. Very graceful. Across the circle, and that discus

:14:26. > :14:31.just seemed to die as it reached a high point there. There is no wind

:14:32. > :14:41.here at all. If there was a slight headwind going into the discus K

:14:41. > :14:45.Ager there, that would help the aerodynamics of the discuss. Discus

:14:45. > :14:50.cage. The official qualifying distance is 63 metres. If that is

:14:50. > :15:00.over 60, which it is, it could be enough to take her through to

:15:00. > :15:01.

:15:01. > :15:07.tomorrow's final. This Chinese athlete was a very promising a

:15:07. > :15:17.thrower for so long. She collapsed on delivery there. It was a foul.

:15:17. > :15:18.

:15:18. > :15:23.Her East German coach, eastern German coach, not east German. She

:15:23. > :15:26.fought to stay in the circle there but it was a foul. She was a

:15:26. > :15:36.favourite but she is out and that is not the start China would have

:15:36. > :15:46.

:15:46. > :15:55.automatically. The others will go through to the first round proper

:15:55. > :16:02.tonight. That'll be tonight at just after 8pm local time. We spoke about

:16:02. > :16:08.quality athletes. This plan, Alexander Brezhnev, has run ten

:16:08. > :16:18.point 33 this season. He should be fairly comfortable going through

:16:18. > :16:18.

:16:18. > :17:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:17:32. > :17:39.champion. There is Bologo in lane men's 100 metres. And again,

:17:39. > :17:49.stand-up. We're just getting some teething troubles out of the system

:17:49. > :17:50.

:17:51. > :17:56.early on. The pressure once again falls on the man with the gun. You

:17:56. > :18:06.can't exactly blame crowd noise. One of those venerable ladies we saw

:18:06. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:15.earlier. I think a lot of people are talking about the London Olympics

:18:15. > :18:23.and the morning session is being sold out. This is not normal. The

:18:23. > :18:28.morning sessions are most sparsely populated. It is such a cavernous

:18:28. > :18:38.stadium. There are a few thousand of them now, I expect. It looks a lot

:18:38. > :18:41.

:18:41. > :18:51.emptier than it actually is a lot of people will be here supporting Roman

:18:51. > :18:58.

:18:58. > :19:08.Cress. A good clean start this time. Brednev got there in 10.50. He goes

:19:08. > :19:12.through with Bologo. The crowd got going a little bit there. That warm

:19:12. > :19:22.to them up. A bit of Russian success at these championships. We will be

:19:22. > :19:24.

:19:24. > :19:31.expecting more. Bologo has been racing a lot this year. He has got

:19:31. > :19:41.pedigree. He did not get a good start, but he was catching up at the

:19:41. > :19:43.

:19:43. > :19:53.end. I think we will see Bologo in the 200 metres as well. Those two

:19:53. > :20:07.

:20:07. > :20:13.finish line, about halfway up, and our radio colleagues are right at

:20:13. > :20:17.the top because they have to get fitter with the stairs to crime.

:20:17. > :20:23.That is our studio crew up there. Bright lights as ever shining on

:20:23. > :20:28.them, making them look even more beautiful than they already are.

:20:28. > :20:38.beautiful than they already are. Enough sarcasm! The stadium is not

:20:38. > :20:43.

:20:43. > :20:49.as empty as it looks. What do you make of these descriptions? It is

:20:49. > :20:54.different and new. I am getting used to it. And how about some of the

:20:54. > :20:57.form we have seen. These athletes, the IAAF allies won athlete per

:20:57. > :21:00.country to come in an event where they have not got a qualified

:21:01. > :21:10.athlete, and the 100 metres is one of the favourites. What you make of

:21:10. > :21:16.it? I really shouldn't laugh. Every country has a 100 metres guy,

:21:16. > :21:21.regardless of what the time is. Some of these kids that you see competing

:21:21. > :21:31.here, if you had a number one sprinter in the world, these kids

:21:31. > :21:34.

:21:34. > :21:39.are your biggest fans. Looking at some of the athletes competing here,

:21:39. > :21:47.you can actually see talent. You can see if you can get some of the kids

:21:47. > :21:57.and harness the coal that could become a diamond one day.

:21:57. > :22:03.

:22:03. > :22:11.athletic is developing in those countries. Yes, Bologo, he had -- he

:22:11. > :22:17.is not faith at all and has no clue about what he's doing. He looks

:22:17. > :22:27.like, with some work, he could be a kid that dot mac so back in the day,

:22:27. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:42.you would be out here. I love competing where there were

:22:42. > :22:52.preliminaries. One of the things you always saw was your comp editors'

:22:52. > :22:58.

:22:58. > :23:01.mental capacities. I like the idea of competing against the people in

:23:01. > :23:08.the first round where there is zero stress and not someone who is going

:23:08. > :23:18.to try and run fast. They just have to go through the motions. Let's get

:23:18. > :23:18.

:23:18. > :23:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:23:59. > :24:09.side. He clocked his season's best and took the bronze medal in those

:24:09. > :24:27.

:24:27. > :24:31.two. Tabakaucoro is having a good race. Al-Harthi will just win it.

:24:31. > :24:38.And I think Tabakaucoro holds on for a surprise second place. A good

:24:38. > :24:43.forms from him. Just 20 years old. The man from Fiji. This is the first

:24:43. > :24:52.real race we've had, I guess. The previous two have been done and

:24:52. > :24:58.dusted by about 50 metres. This was closer. Yes, this was a good start.

:24:58. > :25:08.All three of these men could have gone through. It was very close on

:25:08. > :25:17.

:25:17. > :25:27.the line. It did look that Adams is just out of it. 10.53 for the

:25:27. > :25:38.

:25:38. > :25:48.has the quickest time of the non-qualifiers. The opening salvos

:25:48. > :25:56.of the competition are underway. Both pits in the pole vault have

:25:56. > :26:06.started their campaigns. Valentin Lavillenie is the younger brother of

:26:06. > :26:08.

:26:08. > :26:13.Renaud Lavillenie. He is the fifth highest fault in history. Jack Whitt

:26:13. > :26:19.of the United States, another useful athlete. I am looking forward to

:26:19. > :26:23.seeing him. He was a junior champion some years ago. And Steve Lewis,

:26:23. > :26:33.from Great Britain, he will have to equal his season's tested he wants

:26:33. > :26:47.

:26:47. > :26:50.into the competition. He given that too impressed with that. I was

:26:50. > :26:54.talking to the Olympic champion, Renaud Lavillenie the other day in

:26:54. > :27:04.the hotel, and he was saying, I think I am only going to require one

:27:04. > :27:11.

:27:11. > :27:16.vault to make it through to the way, 5.25 per target. Wouldn't look

:27:16. > :27:21.terribly impressive. Jeremy Scott of the United States. He has jumped

:27:21. > :27:29.5.65 this season, so this should have been very easy indeed. He is

:27:29. > :27:39.trying to crawl his way over the bar. He lacks international

:27:39. > :27:43.

:27:43. > :27:53.experience and will need to do a lot preliminary mount -- round of the

:27:53. > :27:53.

:27:53. > :29:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:29:14. > :29:24.of the runners in those who have come this evening for the 100

:29:24. > :29:24.

:29:24. > :30:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:30:35. > :30:44.Astra tough because it get so cold here in the winter. -- Astroturf. I

:30:44. > :30:54.think the grass is not normal. Terry slipped while playing a

:30:54. > :30:54.

:30:54. > :31:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:31:37. > :31:43.penalty on and neuter. -- on that from Mohammed Abukhousa. Calvin

:31:43. > :31:47.Kang Li Loong is going to take it comfortably on the line on the

:31:47. > :31:57.inside. We will confirm who has gone through in second place and

:31:57. > :31:58.

:31:59. > :32:05.keep an eye on the times as well. That was very impressive from

:32:05. > :32:15.Calvin Kang Li Loong. Yes, very good start. He maintained it well.

:32:15. > :32:17.

:32:17. > :32:27.Shernyl Burns did not get away well. Ifrish Alberg looked a bit laboured.

:32:27. > :32:28.

:32:28. > :32:34.There is no doubt about that winner. He has taken 100 of a second of his

:32:35. > :32:44.personal best. At 10.7 Ifrish Alberg will go through to the first

:32:45. > :32:47.

:32:47. > :32:55.round proper. He is likely to go through with someone from one of

:32:55. > :33:00.through with someone from one of the earlier heats. We are not

:33:00. > :33:08.convinced these are a good idea. The his are the biggest fans. It

:33:08. > :33:13.would be awesome... We have a phenomenal vantage point. If Usain

:33:13. > :33:18.had to run the heats then it would be wonderful to watch him in the

:33:18. > :33:25.lane that he was put in with the other seven guys just staring at

:33:25. > :33:32.him. That would be good TV. We were talking about why the a dub -- IAAF

:33:32. > :33:35.has these athletes who have not tuned in to -- who have not got the

:33:35. > :33:42.qualification standard. They have their country's tuning in to watch

:33:43. > :33:51.them but they are not against the big names. Yes, up you can watch

:33:51. > :33:55.them warm-up and if they are really into it, they can watch Usain Bolt

:33:55. > :34:03.warming up but it is fantastic for these young people to stand next to

:34:03. > :34:13.the big stars. They want to compete. When I was competing I remember

:34:13. > :34:20.

:34:20. > :34:24.some of these kids would not even have shoes. I gave away millions. I

:34:24. > :34:28.sold shoes of for the trainer company. I was handing out here to

:34:28. > :34:32.a lot of these guys. They would wait outside way you were at the

:34:32. > :34:37.village under the warm-up track and they would stay high and hello and

:34:37. > :34:41.they would say they have been watching and they are a big fan

:34:41. > :34:44.even though you were in the race with them. It did not matter. That

:34:44. > :34:50.is why it is important for preliminaries like this. For me,

:34:50. > :34:55.personally, I think some of the big guys should show up. Also, when I

:34:55. > :35:01.completed it got the cobwebs out of my legs. You are going to head off

:35:01. > :35:07.to do some radio work shortly. A yes, some real work! You are going

:35:07. > :35:11.to see Usain et start his campaign here tonight, what do you think he

:35:11. > :35:16.is going to achieve? I think he will win here. There is no one to

:35:16. > :35:21.really test him. Justin Gatlin has had a consistent year and there are

:35:21. > :35:25.few young guys that can do some things. James Dasaolu has an

:35:25. > :35:31.opportunity to get on the podium if he can get through the rounds. I

:35:31. > :35:38.know that he had a couple of niggles that he didn't compete in

:35:38. > :35:42.London last week. All in all, Usain is going to start his campaign

:35:42. > :35:46.tonight but he looked rusty last week but apparently when you look

:35:46. > :35:51.rusty and you why Usain Bolt, you run at 9.85. For thank you very

:35:51. > :35:55.much for your company. We look forward to coming up again in the

:35:55. > :36:00.next nine days. Many years ago in Moscow there were

:36:00. > :36:05.only a couple of ways to keep up to date, the telly and the wireless,

:36:05. > :36:09.these days it is very different. If this year the BBC will bring you

:36:09. > :36:14.more ways to enjoy the World Athletics Championships than ever

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:37:01. > :37:04.graphic across the bottom. The British team were preparing in

:37:05. > :37:12.Barcelona before these championships. We were out there

:37:12. > :37:15.and we caught up with the head coach, Neil Black.

:37:15. > :37:21.Talking to the athletes, there is a great mix of experience and youth,

:37:21. > :37:26.how do you view the set-up? It is a good summary. It is a great mixture

:37:26. > :37:31.of experience and youth. It is great to see that kind of mix. It

:37:31. > :37:36.is great to see people like Christine embracing being the

:37:36. > :37:42.captain and supporting in a really comforting and directed way with

:37:42. > :37:45.the younger kids. It is good to see their excitement and the see them

:37:45. > :37:50.interacting and jelling with each other so it feels like a really

:37:50. > :37:55.nice blend. Last year there was intense pressure to make the team

:37:55. > :37:59.in the London 2012 year, it was a tangible thing. This year, they are

:37:59. > :38:03.not taking the eye off the ball but there is a ramping down in pressure,

:38:03. > :38:08.do you get a sense of that around the team? I think it is there and

:38:08. > :38:13.we have begun to call it a transition year and a post-Olympic

:38:13. > :38:16.year, the targets feel a little bit different. We still work with UK

:38:16. > :38:24.Sport and National Lottery in terms of funding the programme but the

:38:24. > :38:29.longer term target is real in 2016 and London 2017. There is a target

:38:29. > :38:33.for six or eight medals in this championships. Is there something

:38:33. > :38:36.you want to get away from? We will never get away from the

:38:36. > :38:41.performances being the measure of what we are doing so we have to

:38:41. > :38:44.accept that. It is one of the criteria that everybody uses

:38:44. > :38:48.relatively -- relative to doing well, successful or otherwise. We

:38:48. > :38:53.are looking at the attitudes of the athletes and the support staff and

:38:53. > :38:57.we have made a conscious decision to not set a conscious target and

:38:57. > :39:00.we will look at the pros and cons of targets in the future. At the

:39:00. > :39:04.end of the day everyone is looking to improve their game and improve

:39:04. > :39:07.their performance and do better and do as well if they can but we will

:39:07. > :39:12.always be measured on the numbers and the comparisons with the past.

:39:12. > :39:18.How important is it for the athletics to have the post-Olympic

:39:18. > :39:21.success maintained by the superstar athlete? It is difficult to

:39:21. > :39:25.establish how important is his but it is a tragedy that Jessica Ennis-

:39:25. > :39:28.Hill is not going to be here but it is absolutely the right decision to

:39:28. > :39:33.not take any unnecessary risks. Greg Rutherford is making an

:39:33. > :39:37.amazing recovery and we are optimistic and open-minded. The

:39:37. > :39:41.fact that Mo Farah is performing at the level that he is, it is a

:39:41. > :39:45.surprise to many of us that he can be even better! There will be

:39:45. > :39:49.someone up and coming who can shock us. All things going well there is

:39:49. > :39:54.a reasonable number of potential medals there. That will keep us

:39:54. > :40:00.where we should be in this transitional year. A very measured

:40:00. > :40:05.Neil Black there. Paula is black -- Paula is back, as is quite obvious!

:40:05. > :40:12.Neil Black was not expecting to be the performance director or the

:40:12. > :40:17.head coach. Yes, he has come in and having to do two roles. He has been

:40:17. > :40:21.very positive around the team and building them up to come here and

:40:21. > :40:24.give their best performances. He has been non-committal in press

:40:24. > :40:29.conferences when he is asked about medal predictions but essentially

:40:29. > :40:33.he wants to see everybody come here and perform as well as they are

:40:33. > :40:37.capable of doing. Some people have niggles and are not quite 100% but

:40:37. > :40:41.as long as they go out and perform as well as they can, given the

:40:41. > :40:45.preparation they have, that is what he is trying to ask. It is a point

:40:45. > :40:49.that it is a transitional year. There was 2012 which was a massive

:40:49. > :40:53.focus for all of the athletes and British athletics and then there is

:40:53. > :40:58.a build-up to Rio and London. it is a massive expectation for

:40:58. > :41:01.athletes to keep boy and all the time. It was exhausting the whole

:41:01. > :41:06.journey of 2012. Next year there is the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

:41:06. > :41:11.which will be a major focus. This year is kind of stuck in the middle.

:41:11. > :41:15.There is no resting on that and we have come out and they will work

:41:15. > :41:17.hard and we have seen this season's bests and personal bests. Perri

:41:18. > :41:22.Shakes-Drayton has some fantastic things and Christine is in the best

:41:22. > :41:26.shape we have seen her for a long time. People are delivering great

:41:26. > :41:29.performances and this is their platform and an opportunity to

:41:29. > :41:34.shine. Let us see how we did in Daegu two years ago. This is what

:41:34. > :41:39.Daegu two years ago. This is what we will be comparing ourselves

:41:39. > :41:43.against. There were gold medals for Mo Farah and Dai Greene. We have

:41:43. > :41:48.not talked about Dai Greene. He is not really in the shape to defend

:41:48. > :41:52.his title. Yes, unfortunately he has kind of struggled on lots of

:41:52. > :41:56.different levels, from injury and then an illness on top of that. In

:41:56. > :42:03.his event you need to have a sense of consistency. You will hear that

:42:03. > :42:07.a lot during the next day's because it is important for the athletes to

:42:07. > :42:09.get out their day in day out and practise their routine but Dai

:42:10. > :42:15.Greene has unfortunately had a truncated season which makes it

:42:15. > :42:19.difficult for the 400 hurdles. Farah is in fantastic form and he

:42:19. > :42:22.does tonight. Brendan Foster will be calling the race alongside Steve

:42:22. > :42:26.Cram. What do you make of the Cram. What do you make of the

:42:26. > :42:31.build-up to these championships so far? You get times in an athlete's

:42:31. > :42:35.life when you build up for a major championships and it is absolutely

:42:35. > :42:38.perfect. His build up to these championships has been perfect. His

:42:38. > :42:45.performances have been staggering. I am still struggling to comprehend

:42:45. > :42:48.some of the performances he has made. When he ran 50.9 a for the

:42:49. > :42:55.last lap in the European team championships in Gateshead's, it

:42:55. > :42:59.was faster than people running the 400m. He did that on the last lap

:42:59. > :43:04.of the 5,000m and then he came to monitor and broke Steve Cram's

:43:04. > :43:09.British record. Not only was Steve a bit Stagger during the commentary,

:43:09. > :43:14.but we were staggered watching your back home. I have always known he

:43:14. > :43:18.was quick and he was good at the finish but he has perfected in the

:43:18. > :43:23.last couple of years. The things he has done this year I just

:43:23. > :43:27.unbelievable. It is such a rare time in an athlete's life. Paul

:43:27. > :43:35.will tell you that, that you get to run in a race like that and run as

:43:35. > :43:40.well in -- as well as that in a run-up to the championship. To be

:43:40. > :43:43.honest to you, you are not going to meet a better 1,500m runner in the

:43:43. > :43:51.world than Kiprop and Mo was certain to him and then he wondered

:43:51. > :43:55.whether he should run the 1,500m. I think it was pressed talk that he

:43:55. > :44:00.would run through races but there is a marathon next weekend and he

:44:00. > :44:05.could have...! What do you make about Neil Black telling him not to

:44:05. > :44:09.run the 1,500m. Was Mo Farah getting carried away? Yes, I think

:44:09. > :44:13.he was. Sometimes an athlete has to be protected from themselves. To be

:44:13. > :44:17.honest with you, if he wins and one gold medal it will be fantastic. If

:44:18. > :44:21.he wins the 10,000m that would be fantastic because no Briton has

:44:21. > :44:27.ever done that before and it would be a fantastic piece of history. If

:44:27. > :44:31.he wins them both it would be fantastic. The world record holder

:44:31. > :44:36.for the 5,000m is the only one that has won a double so I am excited.

:44:36. > :44:41.We must be excited, it is not just turn up and run round, it is turn

:44:41. > :44:47.up and run around 25 times in the heat and then a win if you can. Let

:44:47. > :44:51.us not get into the position where we start say he has only got to run

:44:51. > :45:01.to win, he has got to run and he has got to run really well. He has

:45:01. > :45:02.

:45:02. > :45:06.some fantastic athletes with him. I am really excited but you could not

:45:06. > :45:10.ever imagine being in a better place than Meireles now.

:45:10. > :45:12.Obviously we that the turn of see that -- turn of speed that he has

:45:12. > :45:17.got his competitors will say that they cannot leave it until the last

:45:17. > :45:21.couple of laps, they will surely try to take it out. I think someone

:45:21. > :45:26.needs to do that and some of the athletes are going to look at their

:45:26. > :45:29.own performances and see that they can be beaten on the last lap.

:45:29. > :45:33.There is safety in numbers. When the athletes get on the track and

:45:33. > :45:37.they have these plans, maybe there is one or two of them with a plan

:45:37. > :45:42.because the old days of athletes running as a team, we have seen

:45:42. > :45:49.that go away a long time ago. Here, today, maybe a few will strike out

:45:49. > :45:52.and give him a race. The guys running the 5,000m, the last

:45:53. > :45:58.message they gave to the Ethiopian team-mates was to make it a fast

:45:58. > :46:03.one and try and tie him out for the 10,000m later. That conversation

:46:03. > :46:13.has already happened. He is in a great place and it is fantastic for

:46:13. > :46:22.

:46:22. > :46:25.us to be sitting here and getting Championships the other way around,

:46:25. > :46:30.knowing that I have got to be the one to go out and force the pace and

:46:30. > :46:35.make it hard to be able to try to run this thing in the last lap. It

:46:35. > :46:39.is hard mentally and you going more exhausted into that last lap when

:46:39. > :46:43.you are trying to compete with somebody who goes as fast as that.

:46:43. > :46:48.He needs to stay cool and calm and out of trouble and just watch what

:46:48. > :46:52.is going on and be ready to react. And certainly the last championship

:46:52. > :47:02.races we have seen, it is almost as if the other competitors have sat

:47:02. > :47:04.

:47:04. > :47:09.back and let Mo Farah have his own way. Exactly. For those watching

:47:09. > :47:14.on, we think, why are they all jogging round, are they waiting to

:47:14. > :47:22.get second or third, or have they given up? They need to go out and

:47:22. > :47:29.attack, but it is hard to put yourself in that position. I don't

:47:29. > :47:32.think they have been able to get any cohesion together. We have talked

:47:32. > :47:40.about countries working together, but we may see people from the same

:47:40. > :47:46.management group, saying, you take five I -- you take five laps, how

:47:46. > :47:49.will take five laps. Is there enough to get that consent is going?

:47:49. > :47:57.Probably from different countries, but whether they have got that

:47:57. > :48:05.organisation going, to do what is best for themselves or for the

:48:05. > :48:13.group... Mo Farah has got to run 25 laps against world-class athletes.

:48:13. > :48:16.How will he cope with the pressure? I think he has a desire to win this

:48:16. > :48:22.title. When you have the Olympic title on your neck, you have a

:48:22. > :48:27.burden on you. You need to be the best in the world. I think he has a

:48:27. > :48:32.luxury that he has absolutely everything. He is super quick, has

:48:32. > :48:36.good endurance, you stronger, and of course, he is winning. When you go

:48:36. > :48:38.into the competition when you are consistently winning, I think that

:48:38. > :48:45.raises your level. All your opponents are scratching their

:48:45. > :48:55.heads. They are going to make him work for it. What sort of race

:48:55. > :48:56.

:48:56. > :49:01.evening we will see this evening? don't know. If I was out there

:49:01. > :49:05.competing, I would say, I think we will see a fast race. But I have a

:49:05. > :49:12.doubt that anybody is actually going to put them back on the line and

:49:12. > :49:18.risk it. It is the only way they were beaten, but no matter -- but Mo

:49:18. > :49:21.is going to be out there. He is going to be running 20,000 metres

:49:21. > :49:26.this week on that track, so he will be trying to conserve as much energy

:49:26. > :49:31.as possible in the early stages and it depends whether anybody else has

:49:31. > :49:41.got the guts to go out there and compete properly. I think we can

:49:41. > :49:53.

:49:53. > :50:03.Moscow. I have been working hard and straining as been going well. I hope

:50:03. > :50:04.

:50:04. > :50:07.to enjoy it. Look at this! Billion last lap! What drives you is

:50:07. > :50:11.thinking about your positions and what you need to do. When you are at

:50:11. > :50:17.the top, it is so easy to get knocked down, but at the same time,

:50:17. > :50:25.you have to have confidence and belief and work extra hard. This

:50:26. > :50:35.year, I have been working twice as hard as last year. He looks over his

:50:36. > :50:36.

:50:36. > :50:41.shoulder! The Ethiopian runner gets there in the dying strides.

:50:41. > :50:44.learned a lot coming second. It gives you a Drive and you work even

:50:44. > :50:54.harder. You don't want that feeling again, so you do whatever you can to

:50:54. > :51:02.

:51:02. > :51:09.gold medals for Great Britain! Beautiful! That was the biggest year

:51:09. > :51:14.of my life in terms of winning two gold medals. As an athlete, I

:51:14. > :51:20.definitely improved by about 2%. And that means the difference between

:51:20. > :51:24.winning a gold medal or coming sixth or seventh. I'm quite laid back and

:51:24. > :51:30.I chill out, but I still want to win the race and think about it, and

:51:30. > :51:33.that is what I have been doing. is an absolute pleasure to watch the

:51:33. > :51:39.double Olympic champion striding out in all his glory down the finishing

:51:39. > :51:46.straight. Ever since I was a kid, I have always had that fight, where

:51:46. > :51:52.you fight to cross the line all the way. I just have that Drive. I do

:51:52. > :52:00.like to lose. It is going to be a glorious wind! Mo Farah! Gold!

:52:00. > :52:07.would like to collect as many medals as I can and give 110% and make my

:52:07. > :52:10.country proud. I am sure he will. Mo Farah has been

:52:10. > :52:15.quite playful in the lead at the championships. There is the whole

:52:15. > :52:18.thing about the 600-metre race with Usain Bolt, trying to find the

:52:18. > :52:26.distance where they might be competitive. He has also been

:52:26. > :52:34.talking about having a with Amir Khan. -- having a fight with Amir

:52:34. > :52:39.Khan. They do similar training to boxes. I do know if they are in the

:52:39. > :52:43.ring punching each other, but they do a lot of core stability work,

:52:43. > :52:47.which is an area where Mo is very impressive. Thinking back to a

:52:47. > :52:52.couple of years ago when I was watching him work out in the gym, he

:52:52. > :52:55.was a puny distance runner. But then he is extremely strong and solid in

:52:55. > :53:01.his court. Some of the things you have seen him do in terms of balance

:53:01. > :53:11.is very impressive. You can see the results of that when he is closing

:53:11. > :53:11.

:53:11. > :53:21.in. He is a bit rough! He is dead straight. And that 600-metre race,

:53:21. > :53:22.

:53:22. > :53:27.Colin. What you think? Forget it!If it did happen. Come on, play the

:53:27. > :53:31.game! It depends what time of the year you are talking about. In April

:53:31. > :53:41.or May, Usain Bolt would win easily. He just needs to sit on Mo and kick

:53:41. > :53:43.

:53:43. > :53:53.ass Tim. He has a background of 400 metres running. At distance man? !

:53:53. > :53:58.

:53:58. > :54:03.Sorry, Paula. Sit on Mo? He will be way down! Sometimes distance runners

:54:03. > :54:08.that as sprinters we do do a bit of distance running in our lives. We do

:54:08. > :54:17.some 800 metres training as well. It would not be to distant! That is why

:54:17. > :54:27.a city you, it depends what time of the year. -- that is why I said to

:54:27. > :54:29.

:54:29. > :54:34.you. Mo Farah will be very aware of the history of this track. Brendan

:54:34. > :54:42.Foster has been catching up with Sebastian Coe about everything that

:54:42. > :54:49.happened 30 years ago. There is a truth to sport. London

:54:49. > :54:53.2012 will inspire a generation. is the limpid champion again. One

:54:53. > :55:00.day we will tell our children and grandchildren that when our time

:55:00. > :55:03.came, we did it right. You talked so naturally about inspiring a

:55:03. > :55:10.generation, because there is no doubt in your mind that is what it

:55:10. > :55:16.does. The limpid Games has always been a love affair for you. In 1972,

:55:16. > :55:25.I had just become an athlete, and the reason I joined a local club was

:55:25. > :55:33.because of what I saw in the 1968 with the medals. My Olympic interest

:55:33. > :55:41.was fired by 1976 and 1968. I had a slightly sobering view that it would

:55:41. > :55:45.be my turn next in 1976. In 1978, we shared a room in Prague in the

:55:46. > :55:53.European Championships. An army barracks, if you remember. Let's

:55:53. > :56:01.look at that 800 metres, your first clash against your big rival.

:56:01. > :56:10.Sebastian Coe is the fastest man in Europe this year. They have not met

:56:10. > :56:14.in a major track event ever. A lead for Great Britain! The world is

:56:14. > :56:24.coming -- beginning to cave in here. I remember this moment when he came

:56:24. > :56:35.

:56:35. > :56:42.leading into Moscow. We know that Moscow was a personal trial for you

:56:42. > :56:46.beforehand, because the government did not want us to go there. I was

:56:46. > :56:51.quite outspoken, if you remember, about it. Are you still hoping to go

:56:51. > :56:54.to Moscow? That is what I am training for, very hard.

:56:54. > :56:59.Mercifully, the British Olympic Association were tough about it. Our

:56:59. > :57:03.federation was tough and said no, we are going. It does not mean we

:57:03. > :57:06.condone the system, but actually, it might mean that we are ultimately in

:57:06. > :57:15.the infancy of change, which I like to think we probably were. I think

:57:15. > :57:18.if we had not gone to the big Games, that would have counted against us

:57:18. > :57:21.when we were bidding for Singapore -- in Singapore. It would have been

:57:21. > :57:23.difficult for us to stand up and talk about our passion as a nation

:57:23. > :57:31.for the Olympic movement having actually sat at an Olympic Games

:57:31. > :57:35.because of political pressure. look at the 800 metres. You have

:57:35. > :57:41.four world records going into this race. You are a nailed on certainty.

:57:41. > :57:47.But you were a bit confused at they leaving the village. It was probably

:57:47. > :57:54.a mixture of all sorts of things. Inexperience. It was a bloodbath of

:57:54. > :57:59.a race, as well. Look at Steve! Talk about redefining the arms race.

:57:59. > :58:03.was doing nothing. I am a bystander. Steve actually grabs the race by the

:58:03. > :58:13.scruff of the neck and he won it. It wasn't pretty, but that is what he

:58:13. > :58:15.

:58:15. > :58:19.was very good at. Sebastian Coe can't get through. That was supposed

:58:19. > :58:27.to be your glory day, and you almost did nothing right. I did everything

:58:27. > :58:31.wrong! You are being charitable. the ceremony, Steve is standing on

:58:31. > :58:36.the rostrum and you are there with the silver medal. It was not your

:58:36. > :58:42.most gracious few minutes there. Everybody said it was, because you

:58:43. > :58:52.lost to Steve. I had run faster in training. They were difficult days.

:58:53. > :58:53.

:58:53. > :58:57.They were the making or the breaking of Sebastian Coe, the athlete.

:58:57. > :59:07.kept the chirpy. I remember waking up the following morning after I had

:59:07. > :59:13.

:59:13. > :59:17.lost. I think I ass what the weather was like and Dee went over to the

:59:17. > :59:27.window, ripped open the curtains and said, I think it looks very silver

:59:27. > :59:29.

:59:29. > :59:32.at their! I just had the figure this out myself. I kept reminding myself

:59:33. > :59:40.that I was lucky. I had another chance a few days later to resurrect

:59:40. > :59:46.it. I woke up feeling different that day. The 1500 metres Olympic race.

:59:46. > :59:49.Sebastian Coe is coming at the outside. I knew when I went into the

:59:49. > :59:57.race that I didn't want to walk off the track ever again in my career

:59:57. > :00:07.feeling as bad as I did after the 800 metres. You were not in the race

:00:07. > :00:08.

:00:08. > :00:12.the other day. You were in the race that day. I am coming back.

:00:12. > :00:20.Sebastian Coe is in second place with just over 300 metres to go.

:00:20. > :00:30.you believe now that you can win this? Yes, there is no going back

:00:30. > :00:44.

:00:44. > :00:50.You are better with a gold medal around your neck, aren't you? You

:00:50. > :00:54.are happier. Funny that! One of the questions you once asked me in an

:00:54. > :00:58.interview was would I have gone on racing and training as hard as I

:00:58. > :01:02.did in 1984 if I had not come at the right side of it in 1980, I

:01:02. > :01:07.don't know the answer to that actually. Maybe not. There is a

:01:07. > :01:12.picture of you when you cross the line that tells a helluva story.

:01:12. > :01:16.a way that quintessentially sums up the gains. It is a whole a

:01:16. > :01:20.combination of excitement, fear, terror of what you have been

:01:20. > :01:27.through, and a huge amount of relief. The terror of what you have

:01:27. > :01:32.been through. I think that actually sums it up.

:01:32. > :01:36.That is the first part of a trilogy with Brendan meeting Sebastian Coe.

:01:36. > :01:40.Absolutely fascinating stuff to hear him talk about what happened

:01:40. > :01:42.here all those years ago. Absolutely. You remember seeing all

:01:42. > :01:48.the film about it and hearing about the photographers following him on

:01:48. > :01:53.his run when he went out the day after the 100m and how he turned

:01:53. > :01:58.himself around. He definitely fight him up and he said the question,

:01:58. > :02:02.would he have trade as hard for La if he had not run their but Una CAT

:02:02. > :02:05.Mo Farah last year and he won them both and he has trained harder and

:02:05. > :02:08.come in with an even bigger boost of confidence to this year so you

:02:08. > :02:14.never know. He probably still have gone -- he probably still would

:02:14. > :02:19.have gone on to be the Afellay that he was. A we all appreciated the

:02:19. > :02:24.Daley Thompson a school of a psychotherapist. Yes, we have had

:02:24. > :02:28.our times with Daley Thompson! He is an inspirational role model. He

:02:28. > :02:32.was the man of the team and a real time it -- a real team person. He

:02:32. > :02:36.did not stay out of the village and he was always there with you and

:02:36. > :02:40.passing on his knowledge and advice and for me it was one of the best

:02:40. > :02:45.things to have him on your doorstep, it was absolutely brilliant.

:02:45. > :02:49.Brendan is in the commentary box. It was fascinating to hear you

:02:49. > :02:55.chatting to Sebastian Coe. You were very close to him and he shared a

:02:55. > :03:00.room with him in 1976. I shared a room with him in 1980. As I said in

:03:00. > :03:04.that interview, when he went out to run the one -- 800m, he had been

:03:04. > :03:07.talking to his father and as he left the room his father and I

:03:07. > :03:12.started speaking and I guess then he was confused and you look at the

:03:12. > :03:16.race and he was not in it and you look at the 1,500m and when the gun

:03:16. > :03:24.went he was straight with Ed. The interesting thing for me is that if

:03:24. > :03:28.he had not run -- if he had not one that 1,500m, he was a destroyed man.

:03:28. > :03:32.I am not sure that he would have trade on and done as well as he did

:03:32. > :03:36.later, I am not sure he would have won again because in the in between

:03:36. > :03:42.days he was broken, he really was. I was nervous on his behalf as to

:03:42. > :03:46.whether he would do justice to his own ability because he was in

:03:46. > :03:50.Moscow, the times were tough, the press were savage with him and he

:03:50. > :03:55.was struggling. To be fair, he showed the magnitude of his inner

:03:55. > :03:58.strength by just coming back. When he crossed the line that day, that

:03:58. > :04:02.is a real historic moment and that picture of the terror of what he

:04:03. > :04:07.had been through, that picture is an essential picture in the history

:04:07. > :04:10.of British sport. He was instrumental in winning the Games

:04:10. > :04:14.for 2012 and he would not have been the same Sebastian Coe with the

:04:14. > :04:19.same reputation if he had not gone through that moment of terror. I

:04:19. > :04:23.think that was where the 2012 Olympic Games were one for Great

:04:23. > :04:27.Britain because that was him going through, he knew he would never go

:04:27. > :04:31.through anything as tough in his own life. He has told me since that

:04:31. > :04:35.even the trials of the Olympic Games, being the top man, did not

:04:35. > :04:39.match anything. He knew he was prepared for anything in life after

:04:39. > :04:43.he had been through that. It is a hard way to learn it but he went

:04:43. > :04:47.through it. One of the big things with that second race was that

:04:47. > :04:52.Steve Ovett was actually the favourite for the 1,500m and

:04:52. > :04:57.Sebastian Coe was the better at 800m runner. That is right. He was

:04:57. > :05:03.the best 100m runner in the world. Steve Ovett was never that. He was

:05:03. > :05:06.the best 1,500m runner in the world and Sebastian Coe could not win the

:05:06. > :05:10.one he was supposed to win and if you read a book and now was the

:05:10. > :05:15.plot people would say was rubbish but if you actually go through it

:05:15. > :05:19.that is why the drama of sport will never be replaced. In the trilogy

:05:19. > :05:23.that you were talking about he goes on to tell us are more stories so

:05:23. > :05:26.tune in tomorrow! We will look forward to that. Thank you very

:05:26. > :05:31.much. You could see the pole vault going on there and Steve Lewis is

:05:31. > :05:37.out there in qualification. Let us hear from him at the training camp.

:05:37. > :05:45.You have had great success up until this point. Now you want to take it

:05:45. > :05:50.up a notch further, how difficult a decision is it? Well, it is tougher.

:05:50. > :05:56.After the Olympics nothing seemed to go that well for me. I lost my

:05:56. > :06:01.mum or eight weeks after the Olympics and then my coach left to

:06:01. > :06:06.and everything started being hard for me. I did not really know where

:06:06. > :06:10.to go all what to do and then towards Christmas I felt like Dan

:06:10. > :06:14.was going to be the answer and he had the best things to say and he

:06:14. > :06:17.is a great guy and he has done really good by the so far so

:06:17. > :06:20.leaving family behind was really tough and getting into the mindset

:06:20. > :06:25.of training and doing all of this with their emotions so fresh from

:06:25. > :06:33.what happened to me after the Games and having such a successful year

:06:33. > :06:37.athletics wise. It was hard and I think I won't really see the

:06:37. > :06:42.benefits of the decisions I have made until the next few years to

:06:42. > :06:45.come. I think I have got to a place in athletics now where I am

:06:45. > :06:49.experienced enough and I know the basics of what I have to do to be

:06:49. > :06:52.at this level so I hope that I can have a successful world

:06:52. > :06:56.championships. I have got that feeling a lot more this year that I

:06:56. > :06:59.am doing it for myself and it is a nice feeling to know that I have a

:06:59. > :07:05.passion for the sport and I am actually doing it because I have

:07:05. > :07:14.something to prove to myself. target for Steve Lewis is 5.7 for

:07:14. > :07:15.automatic qualification. Let us find out how he is getting on.

:07:16. > :07:22.find out how he is getting on. 5.4 is the target and that is what

:07:22. > :07:27.is on his mind at the moment. There is the qualifying Group B.

:07:27. > :07:32.That is his group. There are a lot of falters out there this morning

:07:32. > :07:41.jumping in parallel. There are two vaulting pictures -- 2 were

:07:41. > :07:45.vaulting pits side by side. There is a lot of class in there,

:07:45. > :07:52.especially in their novella that -- Renaud Lavillenie from France,

:07:53. > :07:59.Olympic championship and the world leader this year. Steve Lewis had

:07:59. > :08:04.five point four at his opening height. He opted to pass at 5.25.

:08:04. > :08:12.He is trying to make two world championship finals in a row, three

:08:12. > :08:15.world championship finals in a world -- Road. He stalled out of

:08:15. > :08:25.that one. It is often the case of when you come into something like

:08:25. > :08:28.

:08:28. > :08:33.this you test the pole. He has two more attempts for this.

:08:33. > :08:38.I wrench and Renaud Lavillenie a few moments ago. This is Valentin

:08:38. > :08:45.Lavillenie. This is his younger brother by four years. He is a very

:08:45. > :08:49.talented guy. 5.65 is his lifetime best. 5.40 was his first attempt

:08:49. > :08:52.and he gets it. That was a much better attempts then he got at his

:08:53. > :08:57.opening height where he failed it at the first attempts but he

:08:57. > :09:03.planted the pole anti inverted and then drove as much as possible over

:09:03. > :09:07.the top. He is actually looking very comfortable indeed. You are

:09:07. > :09:13.not likely to see his older brother for quite a while yet. He may not

:09:13. > :09:17.even come in until 5.70. This is an important fault for Steve Lewis. He

:09:18. > :09:23.is the British record holder and he does not want to have to rely on a

:09:23. > :09:27.third and final attempt. That... I was about to say that was better,

:09:27. > :09:34.he was absolutely miles over but if you get the replay shot from side

:09:34. > :09:41.on... There we are. Watch how high his tips are above the bar but he

:09:41. > :09:45.just came down on top of it. -- his hips. A third and final attempt

:09:45. > :09:54.pending for Steve Lewis and that will be a nerve-racking moment. He

:09:54. > :09:58.has done it before. He is a class athlete. There are certainly plenty

:09:58. > :10:06.of great British fans to cheer him on and off the other British

:10:06. > :10:10.competitors here. They are paid in the sunshine as usual. They do seem

:10:10. > :10:15.to have a knack of picking the right things. There is the

:10:15. > :10:25.situation after the 100m in the decathlon. Ashton Eaton is leading

:10:25. > :10:42.

:10:42. > :10:46.jumper, Michael Schrader of Germany. He is in 6th place after the 100m.

:10:46. > :10:56.A big reach at the end and he was getting out towards eight metres.

:10:56. > :10:59.

:10:59. > :11:04.That could be about 1,000 points if he gets something in the region of

:11:04. > :11:10.7.80. He might just have the Americans in this event although,

:11:10. > :11:16.having said that, Ashton Eaton, the world record holder does hold the

:11:16. > :11:19.world record for long jump in decathlon. That was the best this

:11:19. > :11:29.year for Michael Schrader. Damian Warner made huge strides in this

:11:29. > :11:31.

:11:31. > :11:36.event last season. He is lying in second place after a very good 100m.

:11:36. > :11:39.That looks like a little stutter before the take-off. He can see

:11:39. > :11:45.Trey Hardee bounding around in the background. He will take his jump

:11:45. > :11:53.in a few moments on the other runway. Actually, he did not start

:11:53. > :12:00.at all there, it was flat out but only a 7.20 or thereabouts. He has

:12:00. > :12:05.jumped a lot further in competition. 7.26, but he is still in second

:12:05. > :12:11.place overall. When Trey Hardee won his first world title, he is going

:12:11. > :12:16.for a hat-trick here in Moscow, he jumped 7.80 and are more in the

:12:16. > :12:20.long jump so he will be aiming for at least that. That was a little

:12:20. > :12:24.bit flat on the take-off. He got the white flag and that is the

:12:24. > :12:28.important thing. He will have one eye on a competitor coming up in a

:12:28. > :12:34.few moments time, Ashton Eaton, he is over eight metres when he is at

:12:34. > :12:43.his very best. He seemed not to get the take-off perfectly right there,

:12:43. > :12:47.he started going into the board but solid on the board. 7.30 is

:12:47. > :12:50.actually a season's best but he will need a lot more than that. Now

:12:50. > :12:55.Ashton Eaton. Anyone who knows anything about decathlon will be

:12:55. > :13:02.looking forward to seeing his first jump from the American who holds

:13:02. > :13:08.the decathlon world record. Smooth on the runway. He needs a bit of

:13:08. > :13:11.speed. He seemed to just lack a bit of speed, no acceleration into the

:13:11. > :13:16.take-off. He got the white flag fell and that is the important

:13:16. > :13:26.thing for him. He knows it is not so good. He seems to ease off round

:13:26. > :13:27.

:13:27. > :13:32.about here. No real height. He could well have been behind the

:13:32. > :13:42.board on take-off, we cannot quite see from that angle. Maybe his

:13:42. > :13:46.

:13:46. > :13:56.coach's signify how far behind he was. 7.44, the is in second place,

:13:56. > :14:10.

:14:10. > :14:14.behind Damian Warner. The women's first athlete a we are going to

:14:15. > :14:24.since it is Sandra Perkovic who won the Olympic Games convincingly. She

:14:24. > :14:32.is super-fast. Very powerful, almost a perfect trajectory for the

:14:32. > :14:39.delivery. Just over that automatic qualifying line of 63 metres. She

:14:39. > :14:43.has done all the work required in the gymnasium. Her turn is a

:14:43. > :14:49.delicate turn. You have got to be on balance at the end and she was

:14:49. > :14:53.not perfectly on balance but it was a good delivery. The one kg discus

:14:53. > :15:00.goes spinning away. An awful lot of power required to deliver the

:15:00. > :15:06.discus effectively. She is taking off the shirt as she realises she

:15:06. > :15:16.has qualified automatically. She can go back to the team hotel.

:15:16. > :15:18.

:15:18. > :15:22.Nadine Muller is all well over 6 ft tall. A little bit flat but over 63

:15:22. > :15:25.metres. World championship silver medallist last time a few years ago.

:15:25. > :15:28.She was the European silver medallists but only 5th at the

:15:28. > :15:34.Olympic Games which was a big surprise to everybody. I think a

:15:34. > :15:44.lot of people really expected her to challenge for the gold medal.

:15:44. > :16:03.

:16:03. > :16:13.our build-up to the men 's 800m. Andrew Sadie will be looking

:16:13. > :16:17.

:16:17. > :16:22.rediscover his Olympic form, when he not the ideal preparation for you

:16:22. > :16:27.this year. Yes, like you say, not ideal, going into the championships.

:16:27. > :16:31.Usually, I have had a good run, even if it is last-minute after injury,

:16:31. > :16:36.but it is a bit different. I am actually doing OK. I am not exactly

:16:36. > :16:40.where I want to be, I could still be better, I am very hard on myself.

:16:40. > :16:46.Not to the point where it is the moralising or negative, but I think

:16:46. > :16:50.you need to be, you need to be pushing yourself -- moralising.

:16:50. > :16:56.Regardless of the shape I am in, I am always going to try and get 100%

:16:56. > :17:01.out of myself and whatever I can do, I am going to do on that day. I am

:17:01. > :17:04.in good spirits, I have always confident. You delivered last year

:17:04. > :17:08.at the Olympics fantastically well and reached the final, that

:17:08. > :17:13.memorable final. Yes, a lot of good memories. A lot of frustrating

:17:13. > :17:17.memories, which people seem surprised about, because as you say,

:17:17. > :17:22.it was a memorable race with records broken, but for me, I was still at

:17:22. > :17:27.the back, so I am always thinking to myself, I have just got to keep

:17:27. > :17:35.working forward and pick up a few names, pick off a view times and

:17:35. > :17:38.keep motivated. I keep motivated from last year, a lot of pressure

:17:38. > :17:42.and expectations after the hype of the Olympic Games and I came through

:17:42. > :17:47.it, so I can only take positives from bad for the rest of my career.

:17:47. > :17:52.A lot of frustration from last year but more from this year, because he

:17:52. > :17:55.would have expected to kick on. would have an frustratingly, he was

:17:55. > :18:00.in bad shape coming into the beginning of the season and then

:18:00. > :18:04.picked up a needle, which has held him back. Both of them, Michael

:18:04. > :18:08.Rimmer picked up a small injury, but he has managed to pick up quicker.

:18:08. > :18:12.Andrew could probably do with another couple of weeks. Having said

:18:12. > :18:15.that, he does perform well on the big occasion and lets himself and

:18:15. > :18:20.motivates himself to get through those brands, so he will be fighting

:18:20. > :18:26.for everything he has got. He has got Duane Solomon, the fastest in

:18:26. > :18:35.the world, in his heat and he has also got Olivia from South Africa,

:18:35. > :18:39.very strong. No room to hide. And Michael Rimmer, Colin, we feel

:18:39. > :18:43.frustrated about him, very talented but perhaps not quite come through

:18:43. > :18:47.in the way we had hoped. I think Michael himself would scratch his

:18:47. > :18:51.head on numerous occasions and think if I could just get things right and

:18:51. > :18:55.nail my performance date in, day out. What I really enjoy seeing is

:18:55. > :18:59.good competition and when you have got Andrew Osagie, going

:18:59. > :19:06.head-to-head, in the UK trials, it would be fantastic to see that. They

:19:06. > :19:15.are still developing, they have time but these heats are tough. And no

:19:15. > :19:19.David Rudisha either. Steve and A tough first-round, we have seen a

:19:19. > :19:27.first round in the 100m which by stark contrast was a preliminary

:19:27. > :19:37.round of the also-ran 's -- also-rans. But these are tough. This

:19:37. > :19:46.

:19:46. > :19:56.into the semifinals tomorrow and then the sixth fastest losers.

:19:56. > :19:57.

:19:57. > :20:05.Lewandowski, we may see him in the other races as well. He won the

:20:05. > :20:12.title ahead of Michael Rimmer in Barcelona. There are some fast men

:20:12. > :20:16.in this race. Bosse France has had a great season. He won a bronze medal

:20:16. > :20:25.at the European outdoors last year before the Olympics. He is the under

:20:25. > :20:33.23 champion, having the season of his life. Watch out for the Egyptian

:20:33. > :20:43.on the inside, Hamada. Benedetti had a brilliant run in front of his home

:20:43. > :20:44.

:20:44. > :20:48.crowd in Rome. And Davide of Brazil, he hasn't raced since made.

:20:48. > :20:57.I think this race could set the tone for the rest of the heats. If they

:20:58. > :21:03.set the pays quickly, it could influence the others. But they look

:21:03. > :21:08.like they have settled down. whole field are gathered together

:21:08. > :21:12.but the essence of this event is that there are three rounds,

:21:12. > :21:17.athletes coming together from South America and across the whole of

:21:17. > :21:20.Europe, and you don't often see them compete on a regular basis. On the

:21:20. > :21:27.outside there, running an interesting race, Paul Robinson for

:21:27. > :21:31.Ireland, who recently written just missed the Irish record for 800m.

:21:31. > :21:37.And Bosse, the Frenchman who is a real talent, looking good. Lemon

:21:37. > :21:43.Belsky is moving up on the outside. -- Lewandowski. And Davide is

:21:43. > :21:46.running strongly. They could almost settle now, the first three and then

:21:46. > :21:53.the fastest losers, but essentially, the first three is the

:21:53. > :22:00.position to be. Benedetti has a lot to do. And the tall figure in blue,

:22:00. > :22:08.with a big gap, Davide is running well. He has got good character. He

:22:08. > :22:16.may fade in the home straight. Benedetti is trying to get into it

:22:16. > :22:21.and he has managed to do it. Gets ahead of Hamada. Benedetti finally

:22:21. > :22:31.came alive in the last 150. I think those are the three I would have

:22:31. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:38.said beforehand. They were the ones you said before. You are sweating on

:22:38. > :22:43.Benedetti, won't you? He went off to sleep and with 200 to go, he didn't

:22:43. > :22:47.have a chance but came through well. Not that quick, it is obviously

:22:47. > :22:53.something the other guys will look out for. Here they are on the top

:22:53. > :22:57.bend, the Frenchman looking strong, Lewandowski comfortable. And then

:22:57. > :23:03.Steve's bet for third place is in fifth at the moment. Benedetti from

:23:03. > :23:11.Italy. So the qualifiers, Bosse, Lewandowski and Benedetti. Those

:23:12. > :23:17.three go through as a right. And with 1:47, it won't be hard for them

:23:17. > :23:20.to run faster. But Bosse is a good athlete, he has run quickly this

:23:20. > :23:26.year. Safely through, doesn't look to have too many problems and is now

:23:26. > :23:30.ready for the semifinal. We look forward to head the next couple of

:23:30. > :23:35.rounds unfold. Remember, this event is missing the Olympic and world

:23:35. > :23:44.record-holder David Rudisha. But that was a good performance by Bosse

:23:44. > :23:54.of France. Hamada and Davide will have to wait, it probably won't be

:23:54. > :24:17.

:24:17. > :24:21.almost identical vault as last time. It should be meat and potatoes for

:24:21. > :24:25.this man. As we heard in his interview with Phil Jones, he has

:24:25. > :24:29.been having some problems and will be desperately disappointed not to

:24:29. > :24:39.make it three world championship finals in a row, and I can confirm

:24:39. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :24:48.Disappointment for Steve Lewis, three failures at his opening

:24:48. > :24:54.height. He will take no further part. There was a selection drama,

:24:54. > :24:57.Colin, because Luke got the a standard at the Anniversary Games

:24:57. > :25:07.but that was passed the cut-off that the UK athletics had frankly

:25:07. > :25:11.arbitrarily set, because the IAAF would have let him in. Young Yates

:25:11. > :25:15.had the same problem a few years ago when he ran exceptionally well at

:25:15. > :25:19.Crystal Palace but just outside the selection policy period, and you can

:25:19. > :25:22.imagine how disappointed athletes are when they are subjected to that

:25:22. > :25:25.situation but sometimes it can motivate them to make sure they

:25:25. > :25:35.picked themselves up and deliver later on. Steve will be gutted at

:25:35. > :25:37.

:25:37. > :25:41.his performance, because he has done five points 70 -- 5.70 this year. He

:25:41. > :25:46.will be disappointed, because his high point was in the wrong place on

:25:46. > :25:53.two attempts. Something like that, you can imagine how frustrated he

:25:53. > :25:56.will be. He will hate him so, literally. You almost think, were UK

:25:56. > :26:00.athletics shooting themselves in the foot by not being flexible in that

:26:00. > :26:06.situation? They were flexible in the long jump and held on hoping that

:26:06. > :26:10.one of the guys would jump well and that they could put Tomlinson and

:26:10. > :26:16.Rutherford in. Hopefully we will hear from Steve Lewis, but massive

:26:16. > :26:23.disappointment. You can see it in his eyes. Let's head back to the

:26:23. > :26:30.commentators, who can clear up the Not a great start for Great Britain

:26:30. > :26:40.in the morning. Here is the result of the first one. Just look at those

:26:40. > :26:47.

:26:47. > :26:54.times, high 47s. Paul Robinson in it was known a while ago that Amos

:26:54. > :26:58.was struggling and he said he wouldn't start. But he was then in

:26:58. > :27:01.the start list earlier this morning and late last night, he was going to

:27:01. > :27:07.start, but the silver medallist in London last year does not start. It

:27:07. > :27:15.makes things a little bit clearer in this heat, but he wasn't in great

:27:15. > :27:23.form anyway. But still some real pedigree. Here is Kevin Lopez, one

:27:23. > :27:28.of those men with real pedigree. Certainly one of the favourites to

:27:28. > :27:38.grab one of those three automatic qualification spots. Also in this

:27:38. > :27:38.

:27:38. > :27:42.heat, Brandon Johnson. And preferred, very talented trio of

:27:42. > :27:49.Americans -- the third. Can he do it over the rounds here in this new

:27:49. > :27:58.event for him, still reasonably new, but a man of great potential? .

:27:58. > :28:08.So away they go. Remember, those times. 1:40 7:96 is the mark to try

:28:08. > :28:21.

:28:21. > :28:30.-- Brandon Johnson getting ahead to the front. Musagala taking the lead.

:28:30. > :28:38.They could be... We know that Brandon Johnson was a 400m hurdler,

:28:38. > :28:43.it is the shorter distances, the endurance, that test you. It is the

:28:43. > :28:50.event stay after day, not just one round. Lopez, one of the fastest in

:28:50. > :28:54.the world this year, it is quicker than the first round. Musagala is

:28:54. > :29:01.stretching them into the back straight. Watch Lopez, I have been

:29:01. > :29:11.impressed with him. Brandon Johnson getting into his stride and moving

:29:11. > :29:18.alongside. And there goes the Polish athlete quickly on the outside.

:29:18. > :29:25.has turned on the burners. Trying to hold him off, Musagala. It looks

:29:25. > :29:34.very much at the moment but Lopez is struggling to stay with the pace.

:29:35. > :29:39.Musagala looking up. Johnson is coming through. The first three go

:29:39. > :29:44.through automatically and Kevin Lopez is going to have to wait. He

:29:44. > :29:50.may be OK at the moment, but a comfortable looking run from

:29:51. > :29:54.Musagala. It certainly was, that was a good performance. It is good to

:29:54. > :30:03.see an athlete coming onto the scene who we have not seen in Europe

:30:03. > :30:11.before, in a major championship before. And there was Kzscot of

:30:11. > :30:18.Poland on the outside. Brandon Johnson in third place. And Kevin

:30:18. > :30:21.Lopez, at this point, you are sure he is going to qualify. Brandon

:30:21. > :30:30.Johnson has done enough to relax and Lopez driving to the line, he's

:30:30. > :30:35.going to have to wait for his finishing time, just over 1:46. But

:30:35. > :30:40.Musagala has given them something to think about. We have seen some

:30:40. > :30:50.talented youngsters in this event of late, Musagala looks fairly easy

:30:50. > :31:09.

:31:10. > :31:18.after the 100m earlier on this morning. He is going pretty well in

:31:18. > :31:23.the long jump. He is looking for beyond 1,000 points. Not a

:31:23. > :31:29.sophisticated technique, but as we have been fade from the 100m, these

:31:29. > :31:34.guys technically on not fantastic. It is difficult to be a master of

:31:34. > :31:40.all trades in terms of technique but physically very gifted Indies.

:31:40. > :31:45.Very strong on take-off. That could be a slight improvement. A reminder

:31:45. > :31:52.that Ashton Eaton jumped 7.44 in the first round and will be looking

:31:52. > :31:57.for substantially more than that as we go into round two. Damian water

:31:57. > :32:03.-- Damian Warner 7.30. The defending decathlon world champion

:32:03. > :32:06.now, Trey Hardee. He will be looking for 7.80 or more. No one

:32:06. > :32:16.seems to have really come alive during this first round and halfway

:32:16. > :32:23.through the second round so far. Again a little bit flat on take off.

:32:23. > :32:27.There is not much of an atmosphere over there in the stadium this

:32:27. > :32:35.morning. There is a smattering of supporters, certainly very flew up

:32:35. > :32:39.in the upper tears. But I am sure that the decathletes as time goes

:32:39. > :32:47.on a will build a in terms of their enthusiasm as hopefully the crowd

:32:47. > :32:54.will as well. A solid performance by Trey Hardee, if not spectacular.

:32:54. > :33:04.One centimetre less. He is now in 5th place. Can Ashton Eaton hang on

:33:04. > :33:07.

:33:08. > :33:12.to his lead? The impression at the moment I Michael Schrader who was

:33:12. > :33:17.the longest in the first round. Ashton Eaton was behind the board

:33:17. > :33:25.on the first round. Check the board. Difficult but it sounded as though

:33:25. > :33:28.he was honoured. Yes, he was. -- it sounded as though he was on it.

:33:28. > :33:34.That graphic at the bottom of the screen signifiers how much distance

:33:34. > :33:44.was lost on take-off. 7.71, he is akin first place and the world

:33:44. > :33:52.

:33:52. > :33:56.record holder is coming back to there. A really lovely day. If you

:33:56. > :34:06.have nothing to do in Moscow, come at a watch the athletics. It is a

:34:06. > :34:14.

:34:14. > :34:19.big stadium. There are few people here. Heat 3. It is business time

:34:19. > :34:22.for Andrew Osagie. He will be in lane two. All of these heats up

:34:22. > :34:28.tough. You saw that last one where we have someone we had not reckoned

:34:28. > :34:34.on running faster there. Andrew Osagie has had his own injury

:34:34. > :34:40.problems. He had a good session last week in Barcelona. It will

:34:40. > :34:50.give him a bit of confidence coming into this. It will be hard.

:34:50. > :34:53.

:34:53. > :34:57.Mohammed from Saudi Arabia is one to watch. Right on the inside

:34:57. > :35:04.Abdulaziz Ladan Mohammed, a big improvement. He has only run four

:35:04. > :35:07.times this year and after winning the Asian champion -- Asian

:35:07. > :35:12.championships he won at Holland and he was a semi-finalist at the

:35:12. > :35:20.Olympics last year. Andrew Osagie is in lane two and he has had a

:35:20. > :35:28.real struggle this year. He was first of all chasing the a standard

:35:28. > :35:31.and then he had niggling injury problems. Duane Solomon is on the

:35:31. > :35:35.lane outside him and they know each other very well indeed. Andrew

:35:35. > :35:39.Osagie could be very pleased to see Duane Solomon in his seat. He will

:35:39. > :35:49.take it out and there are fastest loser slots available. Let us hope

:35:49. > :35:49.

:35:49. > :35:54.he can finish in the top three. I am just looking down there. Andre

:35:55. > :35:59.Olivier is not there. The South African was expecting to really

:35:59. > :36:04.content so that will make the job a lot easier. Duane Solomon is doing

:36:04. > :36:08.his usual, stretching it out at the front. He takes it and a Andrew

:36:08. > :36:16.Osagie nips in nicely on the inside. It took the Spaniard a long time to

:36:16. > :36:21.come across from the outside lane. Duane Solomon is the fastest 100 --

:36:21. > :36:25.800m runner in the world this year. Andrew Osagie is running cleverly.

:36:25. > :36:28.He is nicely positioned. He knew Duane Solomon would do this and he

:36:28. > :36:33.knew that was the way to go and he is looking comfortable in third

:36:33. > :36:39.place. A bit quick and it will suit him with any - down the finishing

:36:39. > :36:42.straight bat in it's as good as I have seen him at this season. It is

:36:42. > :36:47.a little bit unnecessarily quick and from here it looks as though

:36:47. > :36:52.they slowed on a bend and the field is coming up its act together.

:36:52. > :36:56.Andrew Osagie has too many for comfort bare. Duane Solomon is

:36:56. > :36:59.kicking on again in the back straight. Andrew Osagie is being

:36:59. > :37:04.challenged for third place by really getting a move on now and

:37:04. > :37:09.matching stride for stride. looks comfortable but Luis Alberto

:37:09. > :37:16.Marco is behind him and he can finish quickly. He has got to be

:37:16. > :37:21.careful here. Top three only. Tamas Kazi is the surprise in this. Five

:37:21. > :37:25.men competing for three places. He has not got this tied up but he is

:37:25. > :37:32.looking good. These three are easing away from the other two.

:37:32. > :37:39.Duane Solomon, Abdulaziz Ladan Mohammed and Andrews a Saatchi.

:37:39. > :37:42.That is there for me would have expected. -- Andrew Osagie. He

:37:42. > :37:46.looked comfortable and he did everything he needed to do and he

:37:46. > :37:53.kept out of trouble with her nice strong last hundred metres. He was

:37:53. > :37:56.aware of what was going on around them. Well done. Duane Solomon was

:37:56. > :38:00.stretching and Andrew Osagie at this point was in fourth place but

:38:01. > :38:05.I saw him relax on the bend. He was confident the Gaby Wood Open and he

:38:05. > :38:09.was competent and the way he was feeling. Duane Solomon is

:38:09. > :38:14.stretching them but Abdul up -- Abdulaziz Ladan Mohammed is looking

:38:14. > :38:17.comfortable. It was a great run by Andrew Osagie. It is as good as we

:38:17. > :38:22.have seen him this year. On the back straight he was matching -- he

:38:22. > :38:26.was matching stride for stride and I could sense them relax there. He

:38:26. > :38:31.was not in trouble. On the bend he is absolutely cruising, just

:38:31. > :38:33.settling there, he is not driving or tried to get in contact, he

:38:33. > :38:38.relaxes round the bend and the confidence and experience he has

:38:38. > :38:42.got, he guesses the gap will open and if the gap open sea as a

:38:42. > :38:45.straight run-through. He has not moved an inch from the bend and

:38:45. > :38:53.Duane Solomon wins it and Andrew Osagie is looking really good in

:38:53. > :39:03.second place. Here he is, looking better than he has done all season.

:39:03. > :39:03.

:39:03. > :39:09.He is glancing over and he knows what he is doing. That was easy. He

:39:09. > :39:13.what he is doing. That was easy. He is downstairs now talking to Phil

:39:13. > :39:17.Jones. In the earlier interview you did in Barcelona you said the

:39:17. > :39:20.preparations had not been ideal but you perform at like that! It has

:39:20. > :39:24.been well documented that things have not gone my way this year.

:39:24. > :39:28.Loads of problems but when you come to the championships it is about

:39:28. > :39:31.stepping on the line giving what you have got at the time. Usually

:39:32. > :39:35.in the morning round as I struggle but I felt good today, I felt

:39:35. > :39:38.comfortable and within myself so hopefully tomorrow and will come

:39:38. > :39:43.back for the semi-final and give a little bit more and hopefully get

:39:43. > :39:47.to the final. You kept calm and you didn't get ahead of yourself when

:39:48. > :39:50.you saw the people jockeying for the automatic places. It is always

:39:50. > :39:53.tough. It is the world championships and if it is not

:39:53. > :39:58.tough, where would you come? The team are preparing well and we have

:39:58. > :40:03.had a lot of help with a lot of Visio and massage and everyone has

:40:03. > :40:08.been keeping me in one piece. We are looking to push on and

:40:08. > :40:17.hopefully I can come back tomorrow and do more and do better. Thank

:40:17. > :40:22.you to everyone at home who got up this morning!

:40:22. > :40:26.It is good to see a British athlete going through to the next round!

:40:26. > :40:29.is very good. I think it has done him good. He needed to come out and

:40:29. > :40:34.raised and he needed to come through as an automatic qualifier

:40:34. > :40:40.and not worry about fastest losers and -- losers and he can go and

:40:40. > :40:43.build on that. It is sometimes harder to run well in the semis

:40:43. > :40:47.than it is in the final. You could see the tension in his shoulders at

:40:47. > :40:50.the end of the first lap and then he started to ease down and as he

:40:50. > :40:54.came into the home straight you could see he had relaxed and he has

:40:54. > :40:58.more in the attack. He almost eases off a bit too much at the end and I

:40:58. > :41:01.don't know why he said that much energy at that point, just keep

:41:01. > :41:08.going. He has learned that in indoor races before when he has not

:41:08. > :41:14.made good. It is quite a big step up for him this season. He has been

:41:14. > :41:20.struggling to run 1.45 and struggling and this will make him

:41:20. > :41:27.feel better. Getting is to recover well and build on it in the semi-

:41:27. > :41:32.finals. Watching Duane Solomon come down this last straight, you can

:41:32. > :41:35.see him looking at the screen. How much as the screen help? In this

:41:35. > :41:38.situation where he is looking is because he wants to ease of but he

:41:38. > :41:44.does not want someone to pop through on his inside Daddy has not

:41:44. > :41:49.thing. He is making sure there is no danger before he eases off but

:41:49. > :41:53.the amount of energy you can save in those last few metres is minimal.

:41:53. > :41:56.There are moments in seasons for athletes and it often happens in

:41:56. > :42:01.major championships that you suddenly find some form. The

:42:01. > :42:03.occasion brings it out of you and I wonder if there has been a post

:42:03. > :42:08.2012 hangover that he has been suffering from an this

:42:08. > :42:14.championships has finally got him into gear. Sometimes you need that

:42:14. > :42:18.driving factor. He has been injured! Early-season he was not

:42:18. > :42:23.injured. He wasn't but he got injured. He would have probably

:42:23. > :42:26.built on it from the early season. He always starts a bit slower in

:42:26. > :42:29.the early season that he races themselves into shape. He has not

:42:30. > :42:34.had a chance to do that this time so he will have to do it in the

:42:34. > :42:39.championships. He would take great confidence from that performance.

:42:39. > :42:41.He will take a huge amount because he has not run that fast and he had

:42:41. > :42:46.to rates -- race in the morning when he is happier in the evenings

:42:46. > :42:55.and the afternoons. In the races so far, who has caught your eye?

:42:55. > :42:59.think Duane Solomon definitely. He is looking good. Andrew at the

:42:59. > :43:09.moment is looking good and I think there is more to come in the

:43:09. > :43:28.

:43:28. > :43:32.following hits. We can head back challenge. Make Simmons was second

:43:32. > :43:42.to Duane Solomon in the American championships but he beat him well

:43:42. > :43:46.

:43:46. > :43:53.in the London Games recently. -- Nick Symmonds. Duane Solomon and

:43:53. > :43:58.Nick Symmonds finished 4th and 5th in the Olympics. That is Mark

:43:58. > :44:03.English, a talented youngster from Donegal. He is 20 years old and the

:44:03. > :44:09.youngest in this line-up. It is his first senior championship. Away

:44:09. > :44:13.they go. A reminder again that it is the first three in each heat and

:44:13. > :44:17.then the six fastest to go through to the semi-finals that take place

:44:17. > :44:24.tomorrow so keep an eye on the clock. Nick Symmonds will look to

:44:24. > :44:34.control this race but the runner from could tie is going out quickly

:44:34. > :44:42.as well. He is stretching them already and going into the lead. --

:44:42. > :44:46.Qatar. A lot of people think Nick Symmonds have a chance. The young

:44:46. > :44:54.Irish man is the second fastest Irish man ever. I wonder if he can

:44:54. > :45:01.get a bit further here. Nick Symmonds looks comfortable. He is

:45:01. > :45:11.stronger this year than ever before. He is battling to try and get in

:45:11. > :45:19.

:45:19. > :45:25.the lead. Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai it is there as well. He is getting

:45:25. > :45:31.ready to move. Nick Symmonds looks as though he is in complete control.

:45:31. > :45:37.There are three of them in a good position. Messiah Valderrama on

:45:37. > :45:41.Parlour is in the front there. There will be three they get

:45:41. > :45:43.through automatically. Mark English is not going to get their a letter

:45:43. > :45:47.but users have a damn them straight. He is finishing strongly and he

:45:47. > :45:54.could get there. Nick Symmonds is looking round. He will not quite

:45:54. > :46:04.get there. Look at the clock. He may still go through. It was the

:46:04. > :46:16.

:46:16. > :46:20.feel sorry for Mark English. He gave himself so much to do, he started to

:46:20. > :46:24.comfortable in. What a finishing sprint he has got, though, and I

:46:24. > :46:27.hope he gets through on a qualifying time because that was an impressive

:46:27. > :46:35.finish. A very poor opening 600 metres but then he came into it

:46:35. > :46:39.without a problem. Nick Symmonds looking over his shoulder. I hope

:46:39. > :46:45.English can get through because he can run faster. Never a problem for

:46:45. > :46:53.Nick Symmonds. But Mark English, he has got a first time, just over

:46:53. > :46:58.1:47. This will be interesting. The young man, Mark English, he is the

:46:59. > :47:01.fifth fastest so far, and six go through as the fastest losers, so

:47:01. > :47:11.Mark English and the Irish supporters will be waiting at home

:47:11. > :47:14.

:47:15. > :47:19.hoping he is getting through. But Balla Jamaa and Nick Symmonds going

:47:19. > :47:23.through. No less than Brendan Foster saying

:47:23. > :47:28.you are a real talent, what a finish. It was a fast finish all

:47:28. > :47:35.right but I will have to wait until I go through as fastest loser. It

:47:35. > :47:40.was a good race, I was unlucky not to get third but I will have to wait

:47:40. > :47:44.and see. How raised are you with the way you acquitted yourself on the

:47:44. > :47:49.big stage? -- how pleased are you. have to step up to the challenge, it

:47:49. > :47:56.is no good being good on a national basis. I have put myself in

:47:56. > :48:02.contention with 200m to go and I just hope it is fast enough. We play

:48:02. > :48:06.the waiting game, good luck. Fingers crossed indeed, I think it

:48:06. > :48:10.is the fifth fastest at the moment and six go through out of those who

:48:10. > :48:20.did not go through automatically in the times. Two more heats to come,

:48:20. > :48:22.

:48:22. > :48:26.so it may be a lost cause for Mark So, the defending champion has one

:48:26. > :48:36.more chance, really, to make his mark on this long jump discipline in

:48:36. > :48:39.

:48:39. > :48:43.championship -- 7-.80. But improvement at this stage would be

:48:44. > :48:52.very useful indeed and would keep the pressure on people like Damian

:48:52. > :49:02.Warner and Ashton eaten. His team-mate and archrival. -- Ashton

:49:02. > :49:03.

:49:03. > :49:07.Eaton. That looked much better. He gave it absolutely everything, but

:49:07. > :49:16.you have to do in a third round where you have got nothing to lose.

:49:16. > :49:21.Only three jumps allowed. A few more points per Trey Hardy. Ashton Eaton

:49:21. > :49:31.wearing the green name on his vest, showing he is the defending

:49:31. > :49:41.

:49:41. > :49:51.in the air, that looked pretty good to me. 7-.71 he jumped in the second

:49:51. > :49:51.

:49:51. > :49:56.round. He he can run quickly, he can jump a long way, the pole-vault

:49:56. > :50:03.tomorrow, the hurdles tomorrow, the discus, the javelin and the 1500m, a

:50:03. > :50:13.lot more to come here. His coach, who has worked with him through a

:50:13. > :50:13.

:50:14. > :50:21.long long time. There is the summary of the long jump, not the overall

:50:21. > :50:27.situation. Michael Schrader it was who did Balla in the first round

:50:27. > :50:37.followed by two fouls. -- who did 7.85. Trey Hardy Way down in 16th

:50:37. > :50:41.

:50:41. > :50:46.place, he will not be happy with Heat five of the 800m, Michael

:50:46. > :50:51.Rimmer looking a little nervous and apprehensive. Another tough heated,

:50:51. > :51:01.he has got three top men inside him. Rodriguez of Columbia, you can see

:51:01. > :51:13.

:51:13. > :51:18.in the blue, out of focus. Cheriyot, a new name. -- Cheruiyot. But they

:51:18. > :51:22.will only be one more heat after this. There is Rodriguez, the

:51:22. > :51:30.Colombian record-holder. He has had a really good solid set of results

:51:30. > :51:34.throughout the season and made a new personal best in Monaco. Actually,

:51:35. > :51:40.just outside his personal best. Inside him, that is Ferguson

:51:40. > :51:45.Cheruiyot. He changed his name, because he is a big Manchester

:51:45. > :51:55.United fan, so named after Alex Fergus on. His major championships

:51:55. > :52:00.

:52:00. > :52:05.represented here. Michael Rimmer will have a tough job, he's really

:52:05. > :52:09.going to have to be as good as he can be. He has had his own injury

:52:09. > :52:15.issues this season, a bit of an up-and-down year. He got to be a

:52:15. > :52:22.standard in his very first race but has not been able to produce that

:52:22. > :52:26.form -- he got the A standard. Cheruiyot is inexperienced, so not

:52:26. > :52:34.surprisingly, a little bit panicky, going through. That was a quick

:52:34. > :52:39.opening 200m. The young run the athlete, who has never been seen on

:52:39. > :52:45.the international scene before, he went racing down the outside

:52:45. > :52:55.straight -- the young Burundi athlete. Let's see how he goes. Look

:52:55. > :53:06.

:53:06. > :53:11.at Gakeme. 50 points 71 for the favourite for this race. Michael

:53:11. > :53:15.Rimmer is at the back, a bit of work to do. Trying to go up the inside,

:53:15. > :53:24.but at the moment, there is no space. He has managed to dodge

:53:24. > :53:30.through. He has slipped through, he has got to go something. Gakeme will

:53:31. > :53:35.surely go backwards but the first two are good, Cheruiyot and Aman.

:53:35. > :53:38.This is a fast heat, the first four were be OKed. Aman looking

:53:38. > :53:44.comfortable, Cheruiyot looking a little tired and Michael Rimmer has

:53:44. > :53:49.performed really well. Rodriguez crossed the line and stumbled to the

:53:49. > :53:53.ground. Aman impressive, as he has been all year, he has only lost once

:53:53. > :53:57.in the whole of the season and will be many people's favourite for the

:53:57. > :54:01.gold medal but Michael Rimmer and Andrew Osagie have come through a

:54:01. > :54:04.very difficult first round. The semifinals will be tough, but he

:54:04. > :54:09.kept his cool and as you said what you are commentating, that gap

:54:09. > :54:12.appeared for him and he was strong enough and straight. I think it was

:54:13. > :54:16.a very clever race by Michael Rimmer. He was in a difficult place

:54:16. > :54:21.on the back straight and instead of panicking, he used his experienced

:54:21. > :54:23.and got through the gap and finished strongly, running really powerfully

:54:23. > :54:29.in the finishing straight. Aman is the favourite, looking good and

:54:29. > :54:34.comfortable, the Kenyan in second place, Cheruiyot and then Michael

:54:34. > :54:38.Rimmer, strong, controlled and once he has put himself out of the box on

:54:38. > :54:41.the back straight, he is actually then relaxed, he has got the

:54:41. > :54:46.awareness around him to realise he has only got to beat Gakeme, the

:54:47. > :54:51.young athlete who has never appeared on the international scene before,

:54:51. > :54:56.but Aman looks really good. Like a true favourite. Cheruiyot in second

:54:56. > :55:03.place and Michael Rimmer, a very, very good performance, I think that

:55:03. > :55:07.was wise, clever and well executed. I have a contented man alongside me

:55:07. > :55:10.in Michael Rimmer, just watching the race on the big screen. You showed

:55:10. > :55:17.all of your experience to come through a tricky position on the

:55:17. > :55:23.back straight, coming through with great assurance. Yes, I think that

:55:23. > :55:27.is the biggest factor of being at a championships before, not to panic.

:55:27. > :55:30.You have one big run, you don't use it too early and you have to be

:55:30. > :55:36.patient and when the gap game, I took it straightaway. So it paid

:55:36. > :55:41.off. They are not easy, these heats this year. No messing about. So it

:55:42. > :55:45.is good to get through it and I feel like I have paid for the ticket

:55:45. > :55:48.almost here, a difficult heat and I will have a really good go

:55:48. > :55:52.tomorrow. With that in mind, I saw you right in front of us in lane

:55:52. > :55:58.eight when you're on the start line, what is going through your

:55:58. > :56:01.mind? Be aggressive, don't give anyone any respect. I am not scared

:56:01. > :56:06.of anyone, there is no one here I am scared, so just get in the mix and

:56:06. > :56:09.give them a good run. You certainly did that, see you in the next

:56:09. > :56:19.round. Cheers. Michael Rimmer joining

:56:19. > :56:20.

:56:20. > :56:26.Andrew Jose de in the -- joining Andrew Jose D in the semi. It was a

:56:26. > :56:29.tough heat and he ran it very well. It was, and he managed very well, he

:56:29. > :56:33.kept a very calm and stayed out of trouble and judged his effort

:56:33. > :56:36.perfectly. He was a little bit lucky that the space opened up and he

:56:36. > :56:41.could get through because we were thinking if it doesn't open up, you

:56:41. > :56:44.are stuck, but he did manage to get out and he was closing fast. He was

:56:44. > :56:49.looking at the athlete in front of him, Gakeme, was dying and was able

:56:49. > :56:55.to pull pasty. And I think the Australian behind him will certainly

:56:55. > :57:01.have gone through. Faster than Mark English, who will be back down 2.6.

:57:01. > :57:08.I think there are a few more behind him as well, I am afraid. The two

:57:08. > :57:13.athlete at the front were away, Aman picked up and realised he had to do

:57:13. > :57:17.something and then Michael realised he was stuck. We were saying that he

:57:17. > :57:23.had to go wide, but he kept his cool and stayed where he was and gambled

:57:23. > :57:26.that the gap was going to open up. He was lucky that it did and he

:57:26. > :57:30.launched his effort and he easily qualified in the end, looking very

:57:31. > :57:35.good. I think it will have done his confidence good, because it was a

:57:35. > :57:40.fast run in a difficult race and in the morning, when he doesn't race

:57:40. > :57:43.well. So he can bounce back well from that and give it the same

:57:43. > :57:46.effort tomorrow. He showed that slightly aggressive streak that he

:57:46. > :57:51.talked about in the interview, because when he was blocked, there

:57:51. > :57:57.was a little bit of a nudge and a sidestep and he was through.

:57:57. > :58:01.shows his experienced, as he mentioned. -- he is experienced. He

:58:01. > :58:04.could possibly have been in trouble if he had been locked in, it makes

:58:04. > :58:08.the effort more to go around the field. It was a really professional

:58:08. > :58:13.job that he delivered and I think he will be really believed that he can

:58:13. > :58:23.relax and concentrate on the next round. Great news from a British

:58:23. > :58:24.

:58:24. > :58:33.perspective. Let's go out there for the previous heat. The next three

:58:33. > :58:40.men after the qualifiers, those three R.N. The sixth fastest loser

:58:40. > :58:49.spots -- Rian. It means that Mark English will unfortunately not be in

:58:49. > :58:59.the next round. Two very talented 20-year-olds in this heat in

:58:59. > :59:00.

:59:00. > :59:10.antennae Chemut, and Souleiman, better known for his exploits in the

:59:10. > :59:17.

:59:17. > :59:22.1500m. Souleiman is Somali born. His season's best is his personal best.

:59:23. > :59:26.There seems to be a wealth of young talent coming through in the 800m.

:59:26. > :59:36.At the last heat really has made qualifying as a fastest loser are

:59:36. > :59:37.

:59:37. > :59:47.much harder task. The code an anchor of Belarus in this one. -- look out

:59:47. > :00:06.

:00:06. > :00:09.right on the inside. They are trying to carry on the Kenyan success in

:00:09. > :00:19.the absence of David Biddy share. It is Anthony Chemut who takes them

:00:19. > :00:22.

:00:22. > :00:23.out. Amine El Manaoui of Morocco is trying to stay with the group. It is

:00:23. > :00:33.interesting to observe Anthony Chemut drifting through

:00:33. > :00:37.comfortably, a strong opening 200m. He has decided to settle it. We will

:00:37. > :00:41.be looking at this man in the semifinal and the final. If he can

:00:41. > :00:51.win the Kenyan trials, he is good enough to be competitive. A fabulous

:00:51. > :00:54.

:00:54. > :01:00.run so far by the young athlete from East Timor, Ribeiro de Carvalho. He

:01:00. > :01:04.is tailing off a bit now, though, as we look back to Anthony Chemut. He

:01:04. > :01:08.expects to lead all the way. I wonder if there will be any changes

:01:08. > :01:18.in the back straight. It is looking good. Souleiman is comfortable there

:01:18. > :01:22.

:01:22. > :01:32.on his shoulder. I am keeping half and I -- half an eye on Ribeiro de

:01:32. > :01:35.

:01:35. > :01:40.Carvalho. We have other contenders at the front. At the moment, the

:01:40. > :01:47.three imposition Ayanleh Souleiman, Amine El Manaoui and Anthony Chemut.

:01:47. > :01:57.Coming through to take it, it is Allende Souleiman ahead of Anthony

:01:57. > :02:07.Chemut and Amine El Manaoui. 1.46.86. If we look at the finish

:02:07. > :02:16.

:02:16. > :02:23.line now, Anthony Chemut was fairly comfortable out in front. The Kenyan

:02:23. > :02:29.champion from this season, Amine El Manaoui and add endless Souleiman

:02:29. > :02:35.were well clear of the rest, did not bother battling it out. It was

:02:35. > :02:37.comfortable. That was all they had to do. To get the first round behind

:02:37. > :02:46.you on the track and get the qualification comfortably, that is

:02:46. > :02:49.what you need to do. The test of the 800m is the accumulation of

:02:49. > :02:54.tiredness over three days, over three sets of races. Ayanleh

:02:54. > :02:57.Souleiman will feature in a few days' time, I'm sure, as will

:02:57. > :03:07.Anthony Chemut. There is the official confirmation on the giant

:03:07. > :03:20.

:03:20. > :03:26.from a British perspective with Simon Rimmer going through. The

:03:26. > :03:36.first medals will be rewarded later today in the winning's marathon. --

:03:36. > :03:44.

:03:44. > :03:48.moment of sweet glory for Paula Radcliffe. This is the moment she

:03:48. > :03:52.has waited so long for. It is going to be a championship record. It is

:03:52. > :04:02.going to be a gold medal for Great Britain. Paula Radcliffe becomes the

:04:02. > :04:12.

:04:12. > :04:22.world champion at last. Paula a Mobot. That's what I was

:04:22. > :04:23.

:04:23. > :04:29.thinking! Did I invent the Mobot in 2005? Tell us about that race.

:04:29. > :04:35.was a difficult year for me, coming off the back of Athens in 2000, so I

:04:35. > :04:39.wanted to reinforce that I could go into the championships. -- Athens in

:04:39. > :04:47.2004. I enjoyed the course in Helsinki. You saw a lot of the town,

:04:47. > :04:52.and you could run quickly on it as well. You say you saw a lot of the

:04:52. > :04:56.time. Were you taking it in? You must have been so focused. You don't

:04:56. > :05:00.really take in the sights, but you would rather it is an interesting

:05:00. > :05:04.course. I think we will see this afternoon, it is not the most

:05:04. > :05:08.stimulating course for the runners out there. It is out and back on one

:05:08. > :05:12.stretch of road, down one side and back down the other, and loops like

:05:12. > :05:16.that, and while that is good for spectators and easier for organisers

:05:16. > :05:19.in terms of drink stations and things like that, it is not the most

:05:19. > :05:23.stimulating for the runners. It depends how you run it. If you run

:05:23. > :05:27.in a pack, it is different. Especially in Helsinki, where I was

:05:27. > :05:31.trying to break away early on, it helps to have different targets to

:05:31. > :05:37.look forward to in each lap, so I'm looking forward to that hill to

:05:37. > :05:41.inject something in there, try to go round the park and pick up the pace.

:05:41. > :05:47.There is not a lot of shade on this course today, which will be a factor

:05:47. > :05:57.given the conditions and the timing of the race. Let's Hope Vladimir

:05:57. > :05:57.

:05:57. > :06:03.Putin is not listening, when you set the Kremlin is dull! In terms of the

:06:03. > :06:08.race itself, there are no obvious places for an athlete to make a move

:06:08. > :06:15.or make a break. How do you think the race will be run? The biggest

:06:15. > :06:25.factor will be the fact they are going off at 2pm, and he twice, the

:06:25. > :06:28.

:06:28. > :06:33.peak is between 2pm and 4pm. -- and seek wise. I think we will see

:06:33. > :06:37.searches and moves being made later on in the race when it is cooler.

:06:37. > :06:41.They will keep as hydrated as possible and conserve some energy.

:06:41. > :06:47.The reason for the timing is Japanese television, you were

:06:47. > :06:50.telling me. Apparently. People are not happy about it! The marathon is

:06:50. > :06:54.their big event, the Japanese. They are not that bothered about the

:06:54. > :06:59.100m, they just want to make sure they get the marathon on prime time,

:06:59. > :07:09.and is 70 and in the evening in Japan, and 8:30pm for the men's

:07:09. > :07:11.

:07:11. > :07:15.race. -- it is 7pm. The big cheer there was for the Russian in the

:07:15. > :07:22.pole-vault. If you are joining us, back news for the British, because

:07:22. > :07:28.Steve Lewis went out. He did not qualify. Coming back to the Japanese

:07:28. > :07:37.athletes, one that you will know quite well, the Edinburgh champion

:07:37. > :07:45.from 2004 is still going. Yes, she won in 2004 and then went on to set

:07:45. > :07:50.the world record in the marathon and then had some downtime from 2007

:07:50. > :07:54.until last year. She was struggling with injury and managed to come

:07:54. > :07:58.back. She will probably not run as fast as she has done earlier in her

:07:58. > :08:08.career, but she is experienced in handling conditions like this. The

:08:08. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:17.big favourite coming in will be Peter Killarney -- TK Killarney.

:08:17. > :08:23.When you go online, are you worrying about making sure everything is in

:08:23. > :08:27.the right place, your water bottle is in the right place. Teachers

:08:27. > :08:30.thing, I am leaving it to the guys, I have complete confidence and must

:08:30. > :08:34.focus on running? It is the day before when you worry about that.

:08:34. > :08:37.The evening before, they have to hand in their drinks bottles, unless

:08:37. > :08:45.there are team officials handing them out, which it might be the case

:08:45. > :08:49.on this course. That is a lot safer, because you know your bottles are

:08:49. > :08:52.all with one of your team members and they will get it to you and they

:08:52. > :08:55.will all be there. The thing that happened with me once, I think it

:08:55. > :08:59.was in Beijing, when I didn't need drinks by that stage, but they put

:08:59. > :09:06.two of my bottles on the 25 kilometre drinks station and non-on

:09:06. > :09:09.the 30 kilometre station, and one of the coaches had to run down the

:09:09. > :09:15.course of my bottles so they would be there. You do have to trust it

:09:15. > :09:18.will be there. There will always be water, but that is your prepared

:09:18. > :09:22.drink bottle, when you can have some energy drinks and some carbohydrates

:09:22. > :09:30.to keep you topped up. On the course, it will be just water you

:09:30. > :09:40.can pick up. He dig a line he had a nastier incident. How she recovered

:09:40. > :09:44.

:09:44. > :09:48.from that? We do not know what sort of shape she is in. One of the

:09:48. > :09:57.Kenyan runners yesterday said that they think she will be the main

:09:57. > :10:07.danger if she has recovered. She ran a long way and may take a long time

:10:07. > :10:11.

:10:11. > :10:17.to recover. British interest, Susan Partridge, first of all. She had a

:10:17. > :10:24.big PB for ninth place in London. Yes, she ran 2.30.46 in London and

:10:24. > :10:28.qualified for here. She has spent good periods of the year studying

:10:28. > :10:32.Spanish, in Barcelona, so she has got was used to running in the heat.

:10:32. > :10:37.Speaking to her before, I am not sure she is that happy about it.

:10:37. > :10:40.Hopefully she will handle it well. Sonia Samuels is our other athlete

:10:40. > :10:49.in their hugest meet under the qualifying standard by about five

:10:49. > :10:56.seconds in Berlin. She is in very good shape. I have seen her training

:10:56. > :10:59.at -- and she is coming out very well. What sort of heat

:10:59. > :11:09.acclimatisation did you do? Probably Athens was the hottest marathon you

:11:09. > :11:12.have run. Yes, probably. You can't do anything about it. The race time

:11:13. > :11:18.is set, so you have to learn to handle it and cope. It is the same

:11:18. > :11:23.for everybody. Everybody is coping with the same conditions. It is

:11:23. > :11:27.about not letting it stress you and not trying to make comparisons with

:11:27. > :11:30.what you might have run in cooler conditions. You just need to make

:11:30. > :11:35.sure you stay hydrated and take all your drinks and maybe take a bit

:11:35. > :11:39.longer to get a bit more fluid down each time. You need to make sure you

:11:39. > :11:45.are well hydrated in a couple of days coming into it so you are not

:11:45. > :11:52.having to play catch-up. marathon goes off 11am. We are

:11:52. > :12:02.hoping for a Super Saturday for Mo Farah, a gold medal in the 10,000m.

:12:02. > :12:17.

:12:17. > :12:22.It was a Super Saturday about a year pressure, when I look back. Oh, my

:12:22. > :12:29.goodness! Wow! The fattest time ever, by a heptathlete. Jessica

:12:29. > :12:36.Ennis-Hill is flying! The whole of the tap tackle on -- heptathlon was

:12:36. > :12:43.nerve wracking. But the 800m, it was that feeling of, you've got so far,

:12:43. > :12:51.you are practically there and you can almost touch it. Here goes

:12:51. > :12:58.Jess! She is going to be the Linda champion. Everybody is on their

:12:58. > :13:08.feet. -- the Olympic champion. The pride of Sheffield, the pride of

:13:08. > :13:35.

:13:35. > :13:38.moment. Can he feed off this atmosphere? Quick, quick, quick! It

:13:38. > :13:48.is big! Can you believe what is happening in this stadium at the

:13:48. > :13:54.

:13:54. > :14:00.moment? ! 8.31! That is going to try to forget about it and be

:14:00. > :14:07.yourself and think about how hard you have worked. The 10,000m final

:14:07. > :14:17.is underway. Will Claye is the only athlete now who can deny Greg

:14:17. > :14:17.

:14:17. > :14:27.Rutherford from Olympic gold. is a foul! Greg Rutherford is the

:14:27. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:53.Olympic champion! I don't think you lifting him! They are cheering him

:14:53. > :14:57.on. Mo Farah it into the home straight, just 100m to go. He is

:14:57. > :15:07.kicking again. Mo Farah is going for it! It is going to be a glorious

:15:07. > :15:22.

:15:22. > :15:32.win! Mo Farah for Great Britain! It yourself. Of course it did. Three

:15:32. > :15:36.

:15:36. > :15:42.gold medals for Great Britain. What seared on our memory.

:15:42. > :15:52.I have to work on my commentary for Greg Rutherford. It wasn't great,

:15:52. > :15:52.

:15:53. > :15:57.was it? Every time! You know, we are going to get boring going back to

:15:57. > :16:03.look at that night, but it was just incredible. It was wonderful, I was

:16:03. > :16:06.lucky enough to be in the stadium, in this studio -- in the studio,

:16:06. > :16:10.jumping up and down and I returned to being a real athletics fan

:16:10. > :16:15.again, it was a real amazing atmosphere created by the audience

:16:15. > :16:19.and the athletes responded so well to it. Brilliant to see. Your

:16:19. > :16:26.recollections could you Mark I wasn't in the stadium that night, I

:16:26. > :16:31.was not there that night. -- your recollections? I was not in the

:16:31. > :16:37.stadium that night, I was watching it at home but I was lucky enough to

:16:37. > :16:40.be here for the 5,000 metres. even louder, I think. It distorted

:16:40. > :16:47.the photo finish, that is how loud it was. Those memories, those

:16:47. > :16:52.pictures, that is why we have seen him pick up a level, he has built on

:16:52. > :16:57.that baseband Lashley and he believes in himself this year. -- on

:16:57. > :17:01.that base from last year. But looking at that set piece, it is

:17:01. > :17:06.done and dusted, he has to run the race, stay cool and perform like he

:17:06. > :17:10.said, and make sure that those small percentages are picked up and he is

:17:10. > :17:17.right up there. So the 10,000m this evening, we can take a look at the

:17:18. > :17:24.scheduled for the afternoon session in Nicky stadium in Moscow. -- in

:17:24. > :17:28.the Luzhniki Stadium. But the decathlon continues, Ashton Eaton up

:17:28. > :17:35.against the defending champion trainer Hardee. Eilish McColgan

:17:35. > :17:43.going in the steeplechase. Christine Ohuruogu, we will talk about her

:17:43. > :17:48.shortly. And Mo Farah at 3:55pm. Shara Proctor going in the long

:17:48. > :17:54.jump, looking to get into the final and challenge for medals. The 400m,

:17:54. > :17:59.the final event for the decathletes on day one. And Usain Bolt in the

:17:59. > :18:03.first round of the men's 100m, and James Dasaolu, fingers crossed he

:18:03. > :18:10.has recovered from the injury that stopped him competing in London.

:18:10. > :18:14.Christine Ohuruogu goes in a 400m, let's hear from her.

:18:14. > :18:20.Christine Ohorugu is perhaps going to get there, she wins the gold! It

:18:20. > :18:25.is you! Christine Ohuruogu wins the gold medal! Christine Ohuruogu is

:18:25. > :18:30.coming, will she make it? A sterling effort to get the silver.

:18:30. > :18:36.I have been doing this for ten years this year. And I can't fly under the

:18:36. > :18:40.radar any more, like I did in Beijing. 2012I think showed people

:18:40. > :18:46.that I can actually perform and deliver, despite what happened in

:18:46. > :18:51.the past, so I know I will be targeted -- 2012, I think, showed

:18:51. > :18:57.people. But that is not summing I can run away from. Congratulations

:18:57. > :19:03.on being named team captain, it is a great honour. Yes, I really am

:19:03. > :19:07.honoured, and I have been here for a long time and never had this big

:19:07. > :19:12.role in British athletics before. So I am really proud and I really am

:19:12. > :19:17.relishing the responsibility. It will be tough, not trying to juggle

:19:17. > :19:22.the two, but I really do care about how the team members get on so I try

:19:23. > :19:28.my hardest to keep an eye on how they perform. This year, the Diamond

:19:28. > :19:33.League performances, how have they benefited you? It has been a great

:19:33. > :19:36.performance. It has helped the appreciate the event and give me a

:19:36. > :19:43.good look into how the other athletes prepare. I think we have

:19:43. > :19:47.all been doing this long enough, we are all kind of old girls, so I

:19:47. > :19:52.think in terms of just having a general nice professional

:19:52. > :19:58.understanding, it has been helpful. This is her part of the race, this

:19:58. > :20:01.is her home patch. Christine Ohuruogu takes the win.

:20:01. > :20:06.Everybody changes, everybody knows this is the one they cannot mess up,

:20:06. > :20:10.and that is usually when we see a spike in performances. Sometimes you

:20:10. > :20:15.can get lead into a false sense of security by becoming too friendly

:20:15. > :20:16.and you kind of forget that people are right to beat you.

:20:16. > :20:23.So Christine Ohuruogu, the first So Christine Ohuruogu, the first

:20:23. > :20:29.round of the women's 400m denied. Christine is sometimes otherworldly

:20:29. > :20:31.until she gets on the track and is completely focused. Cheers Olympic

:20:31. > :20:37.champion, world champion, Commonwealth champion, she has been

:20:37. > :20:41.up against the best 400m runners in the world and has come out on top.

:20:41. > :20:46.It gives you huge confidence when you have delivered on the major

:20:46. > :20:50.stage on numerous occasions and Christine has that, she knows she

:20:50. > :20:54.can deliver when it really matters, and when you go into a major

:20:54. > :20:57.championships with that in your armoury, you feel very confident.

:20:57. > :21:01.And what has been unique about Christine this year, she has run a

:21:01. > :21:05.lot more in the Diamond League. We rarely used to see her compete on

:21:06. > :21:09.the circuit and she has run well. She has won in the home Diamond

:21:10. > :21:13.Leagues, finishing in London with her fastest time this season. There

:21:13. > :21:17.is no better way to prepare for a major championships. I think she

:21:17. > :21:20.will literally be rubbing her hands together with excitement, thinking

:21:20. > :21:26.she still has the opportunity to run a personal best and if she does, she

:21:26. > :21:32.could win the title. Her coach was talking about these wages he was

:21:32. > :21:37.having with Christine. It was for the trials in Birmingham -- wagers.

:21:37. > :21:41.It was 100 quid either way to get through. So they are working at

:21:41. > :21:45.being in contention with 100 to go, rather than leaving herself too much

:21:45. > :21:49.to do, like in London. She let herself too much but she manages to

:21:49. > :21:54.haul her way through. If that is how you raise, sometimes you switching

:21:54. > :21:58.to that natural mode of preparation. Christine will start to move herself

:21:58. > :22:06.through the field a little earlier in the final this time to be in the

:22:07. > :22:11.right position to attack Montreaux. She looked strong, she didn't look

:22:11. > :22:17.like she was going to give up her title easily in Moscow. Christine

:22:17. > :22:22.will know her well enough and will want to beat her. What do you make

:22:22. > :22:26.of Christine as a performer and competitor? I think she is a supreme

:22:26. > :22:30.competitor, she comes into the big races, the one she has aimed for all

:22:30. > :22:34.year and it is almost that in the build-up, she wants to run well, but

:22:34. > :22:38.it is a building block that serves a purpose and when she gets it, she

:22:38. > :22:43.wants to get out and perform. She was talking about it in the press

:22:43. > :22:48.conference, she wants to just look at each race one on one and get that

:22:48. > :22:52.race executed as she wants to, walk away happy and start getting

:22:52. > :22:56.prepared for the next. It shows why she has got it right on numerous

:22:56. > :23:01.occasions. We talked about Montreaux. There are other

:23:01. > :23:10.competitors to look out for, the Americans are also strong, although

:23:10. > :23:14.there is no Sanya Richards Ross. Yes, she is not in contention at

:23:14. > :23:17.all, hence she is not competing, but always look out for the Russians,

:23:17. > :23:22.they are on home turf and they are phenomenal 400m runners. We will

:23:22. > :23:25.have to wait and see, when it comes to the line-up tonight, when we can

:23:25. > :23:30.decide what kind of shape people are in. The Americans ran some great

:23:30. > :23:33.times in the trials but they did not deliver outside the United States.

:23:33. > :23:38.So we are all just watching and hoping that Christine can do it. We

:23:38. > :23:43.know she can, it is what the others around her do. Another big thing for

:23:43. > :23:48.the championship is the appearance of the main man, Usain Bolt, the

:23:48. > :23:54.first round of the 100m. An easy job? Yes, I think he will just go

:23:54. > :24:04.out there and stretch his legs, which could be ten points 01! Which

:24:04. > :24:05.

:24:05. > :24:08.is infuriating! But he is in good is infuriating! But he is in good

:24:08. > :24:15.shape. -- ten points 01. He didn't just race when people wanted him to

:24:15. > :24:18.race this year, he pulled out of one of the events knowing that he needed

:24:18. > :24:24.some more training, so I think he has been more sensible in his

:24:24. > :24:28.preparation because he wants to win this title. Earlier on, we saw the

:24:28. > :24:32.men's pole-vault qualification. It is still going on. Steve Lewis at an

:24:32. > :24:37.opening height of 5.40, this was his opening height of 5.40, this was his

:24:37. > :24:40.third attempt, and it was disappointment and he went out on

:24:40. > :24:44.his opening height and afterwards spoke to Phil Jones.

:24:44. > :24:50.These are the cruel once, I suppose and we saw how close you were to

:24:50. > :24:57.clearing the bar -- rule ones. You just clicked it, what were your

:24:57. > :25:00.emotions? Just really disappointed. I started at 5.40, below where I

:25:00. > :25:05.have started this year and I thought I would get an easy jumping and it

:25:05. > :25:10.didn't really work out. The stands were too deep and I didn't get it

:25:10. > :25:14.right. Coming into a day like today, what kind of mindset are you trying

:25:14. > :25:22.to get yourself into, bearing in mind it is a qualification and so

:25:22. > :25:25.many guys out there, two lanes going down side-by-side? You have to be

:25:25. > :25:29.patient, there are 20 guys in each pit and we know we will be out here

:25:29. > :25:33.for a long time. The warm up was really sharp and I felt good but I

:25:33. > :25:38.just didn't get enough jumps to get my stands in the right place and

:25:38. > :25:41.that is what happens. We talk about perspective in life and you have

:25:41. > :25:48.brought that home to you starkly in the less you with the loss of your

:25:48. > :25:53.mother. How do you equate that kind of thing with today? -- in the last

:25:53. > :25:58.year. It is tough, you know. It is the end of a really hard year for me

:25:58. > :26:02.and I think I will just head back home and be done. Regroup.

:26:02. > :26:05.appreciate you talking to us, thank appreciate you talking to us, thank

:26:05. > :26:09.you. Well, we have all been there and it

:26:09. > :26:13.is a horrible, horrible feeling, isn't it? It is a horrible feeling

:26:13. > :26:16.and when it is on top of the emotional turmoil that he has been

:26:16. > :26:22.through in his home life as well, then it puts it all into perspective

:26:22. > :26:25.as well. You don't really want to talk to anyone, because you haven't

:26:25. > :26:29.got anything to say. You're kind of searching for the reasons yourself

:26:29. > :26:36.and I think he just wanted to come out of there and just, like he said,

:26:36. > :26:42.get his own head around it before he had to react. Another field event in

:26:42. > :26:45.action today is Shara Proctor. She was very disappointing in London, we

:26:45. > :26:49.had high hopes for her. You would expect to qualify but she is

:26:49. > :26:54.obviously looking forward to the final and trying to content.

:26:54. > :26:59.missed a massive jump in Birmingham literally by a centimetre or two.

:26:59. > :27:02.She sailed over the seven metre mark. As Steve has just

:27:02. > :27:05.demonstrated, the most important thing is to qualify, get the

:27:05. > :27:09.qualification jump under your belt quite early so you can relax and

:27:09. > :27:13.that is the most important thing for Shara Proctor. She is a medal

:27:13. > :27:18.contender and if she hits it right, she can win, that is how good she

:27:18. > :27:21.is. Coming towards the end of the first session on BBC One. We will be

:27:21. > :27:30.first session on BBC One. We will be back on air at 10:30am on BBC Two,

:27:30. > :27:32.there will be coverage of the women's marathon. I think there will

:27:32. > :27:35.be a channel change at some point and then we are onto the evening

:27:35. > :27:40.session with Mo Farah going for gold in the 10,000m. And then later on

:27:40. > :27:44.today, when we are all in bed in Moscow, get ready for Final Score,

:27:44. > :27:49.the football is back on our screens. Let Rappaport we have seen, the

:27:49. > :27:53.decathlon, and there will be coverage on the website that -- lets

:27:53. > :27:57.wrap up. We will keep in touch with Hardee and Ashley Eaton, but from

:27:57. > :28:02.our point of view, the men's 800m with Andrew Osagie and Michael

:28:02. > :28:05.with Andrew Osagie and Michael Rimmer was very encouraging. I think

:28:05. > :28:09.it was, both had struggled with injuries before the championships

:28:09. > :28:15.and they were hoping they would hit form at the right time and they both

:28:15. > :28:19.had very encouraging races, very tactical, well-run races, which will

:28:19. > :28:24.boost their confidence going into the semifinals. It was lovely to see

:28:24. > :28:27.Andrew find some other Olympic form. He had a massive smile at the end of

:28:27. > :28:32.it, which is always wonderful. You have a sense of relief, you can go

:28:32. > :28:36.back to the village with your head held high, the king you are in the

:28:36. > :28:42.semifinal and let's see what goes on. Thank you, both. The last time a