Day 2, Part 1

:00:53. > :00:58.Liz Nicky Stadium since the 1980 skunk -- in the Liz Nicky Stadium

:00:58. > :01:00.since the Moscow Olympics saw men with scores to settle since the last

:01:00. > :01:05.championships. Usain Bolt got underway in the 100m

:01:06. > :01:15.after disqualification two years ago and Mo Farah was hoping to play his

:01:16. > :01:16.

:01:16. > :01:23.get out of jail free card. The story so far... Edna Kiplagat of Kenyon

:01:23. > :01:30.defends her world title in brilliant style. -- of tenure. Stepping

:01:31. > :01:40.through the gears. Christine Ohuruogu, comfortable qualification.

:01:41. > :01:43.

:01:43. > :01:51.That was very impressive. Mo Farah is going to get there, this is world

:01:51. > :01:54.domination! So a reversal of the result in des gu with Mo Farah

:01:54. > :01:59.taking the win. We will look back at that later in the programme, but

:01:59. > :02:02.first, this is what is in store today. The men's hurdlers Rian

:02:02. > :02:10.action. David Oliver and Will Sharman, finally over his injury

:02:10. > :02:15.problems. We have the heats of the women's 1500m. Hannah England one

:02:16. > :02:25.Silver two years ago and Laura White is hopefully over her injury

:02:26. > :02:27.

:02:27. > :02:32.problems from the trials. James begins the defence of his title. Can

:02:32. > :02:37.anyone stop him? LaShawn Merritt is probably the only one. And it is

:02:37. > :02:47.rent one of the women's 100m. Shelley Ann Fraser Price is up

:02:47. > :02:47.

:02:47. > :02:49.against Carmelita Jeter, the against Carmelita Jeter, the

:02:49. > :02:59.defending champion. And here is the timings of what is coming up this

:02:59. > :03:24.

:03:24. > :03:27.Sunday morning from me, from Colin, and not many other people, I think

:03:27. > :03:34.it is fair to say. I think the athletes are here, which is a

:03:34. > :03:38.relief. Let's look back to yesterday very briefly and Mo Farah's gold

:03:38. > :03:44.medal. That is what we were all hoping he would achieve and what was

:03:44. > :03:48.missing out of his bag, that world gold medal for the 10,000m. It was a

:03:48. > :03:52.tough race, though. He had to really compete, he drew on everything to

:03:52. > :03:56.take that victory but we all know the most important thing is the

:03:56. > :04:00.victory itself. That is the most interesting thing about that race,

:04:00. > :04:06.with four laps to go, Steve Cram in commentary said this could be a

:04:06. > :04:13.demonstration, he is in such good form, but Jeilan pushed him all the

:04:13. > :04:17.way. It was a close call. He will be relieved he was at the front at the

:04:17. > :04:22.right time. I don't know if he is able to summon some incredible turn

:04:22. > :04:27.of pace if Jeilan had been winning. For me, it was a relief run for him,

:04:27. > :04:31.but we have the 5,000 metres and that is where he is the defending

:04:31. > :04:36.champion, so we will be looking forward to that and seeing if he can

:04:36. > :04:42.hang onto that. The canyons talk about having a better chance in the

:04:42. > :04:46.5,000 metres and running some of the sting out of Mo Farah -- the

:04:46. > :04:53.Kenyans. Guess, compared to the Olympic Games, where he was far more

:04:53. > :04:55.dominant. This is unusual for Mo Farah, we don't usually see him

:04:55. > :05:00.looking around and searching and seeing where his opponents are, we

:05:00. > :05:04.seem to think he will just keep pulling away from everybody. So it

:05:04. > :05:07.was great to see and all of these opponents are tough. Let's not

:05:07. > :05:16.underestimate what he has achieved here, it has been a very tough,

:05:16. > :05:21.long, gruelling season for Mo. That European record for the 1500m, I'm

:05:21. > :05:27.wondering what that took out of him. He went faster than he has ever been

:05:27. > :05:32.before, faster than any other Brit has been before. Speed is another

:05:32. > :05:36.thing, when you are pushing your whole body past the limits it is

:05:36. > :05:39.usually used to, it can take a lot more out of you. Whether that has

:05:39. > :05:44.made a difference, I am not so sure, but I think we are all

:05:44. > :05:48.relieved that he has got that title. If you have any thoughts on

:05:48. > :05:55.Mo Farah and what he did yesterday, on the screen there, contact us at

:05:56. > :05:59.BBC sport. First up on track today is the men's decathlon high

:05:59. > :06:08.hurdles. Before we get to that race, those heats, let's look back

:06:08. > :06:13.race, those heats, let's look back for the first event of the

:06:13. > :06:18.heptathlon, the 100m. All eyes were on lane six, Ashton Eaton, the world

:06:18. > :06:25.record-holder. And it was Ashton Eaton who sped away. Trey Hardee,

:06:25. > :06:28.three lanes inside him, was the defending champion, but Ashton Eaton

:06:28. > :06:36.showed everybody a clean pair of heels, followed by David Warner of

:06:36. > :06:40.Canada. Then we were onto the long jump. Michael Schrader of Germany,

:06:40. > :06:46.he was figured to medal in this decathlon and certainly showed a

:06:46. > :06:50.clean pair of heels to everybody in the long jump. Again, a score of

:06:50. > :06:56.over 1,000 points. When it came to the shot put, Ashton Eaton was way

:06:56. > :07:00.below par, but 14.39 kept the American at the top. The high jump,

:07:00. > :07:05.it was Gunnar Nixon, his younger team-mate from the United States,

:07:05. > :07:12.just 20 years old and a former world champion at 2.4 teen metres, which

:07:12. > :07:16.took into the top the leaderboard. At the other end of the scale, Trey

:07:16. > :07:20.Hardee had terrible problems. This was his opening height, his third

:07:20. > :07:24.attempt and he failed it and the American would not defend his title

:07:24. > :07:31.successfully, he was out that the caps on. Then it was the final event

:07:31. > :07:38.they want, the gruelling 400m and a to show what a class athlete Ashton

:07:38. > :07:42.Eaton is -- and a chance. Last year in London, he broke the world

:07:42. > :07:45.record, over 9,000 points. He was aiming for a time here which would

:07:46. > :07:53.take him back into the lead. A lead which he only relinquished after the

:07:53. > :07:57.high jump, clearing 1.92. Not a good effort for the young American, but

:07:57. > :08:00.this event was absolutely superb. By the time he came into the home

:08:00. > :08:06.straight, he was miles ahead of anyone else. There was only

:08:06. > :08:12.Behrenbruch of Germany and Damian Warner of Canada who were trying to

:08:12. > :08:16.live with him, but Ashton Eaton sped away from everybody, winning in

:08:16. > :08:21.46:02. Another 1,000 points score and another visit to the top of the

:08:21. > :08:26.leaderboard. Yes, not a bad first day for Ashton

:08:26. > :08:29.Eaton, he will be thinking he will be becoming world champion. We will

:08:29. > :08:39.get out now for the first heat and it is good morning to Steve Cram,

:08:39. > :08:40.

:08:40. > :08:43.Good morning and welcome to the second day of the decathlon and the

:08:43. > :08:48.first event is of course the 110 metres hurdles. Nobody in this

:08:48. > :08:53.line-up with a great chance of challenging for the medals, but the

:08:53. > :09:03.Arnel Suarez, the bronze medallist at the last two Olympic Games, is

:09:03. > :09:18.

:09:18. > :09:27.in the third lane. Suarez trying to come through. And taking this very

:09:27. > :09:34.impressively is Mayer. Look at the time. It looked impressive, but it

:09:34. > :09:41.wasn't necessarily. Mayer was the first to rise, the former world

:09:41. > :09:51.youth and world junior champion, the 21-year-old. This will be the

:09:51. > :09:52.

:09:52. > :10:02.slowest of the four heats. Mayer takes the victory. Confirmation of

:10:02. > :10:03.

:10:03. > :10:06.that. They have rounded down for Kevin Mayer. Suarez, a couple of

:10:06. > :10:16.bronze medals, I mentioned, but not in that kind of form and won't be

:10:16. > :10:16.

:10:17. > :10:20.this year. -- won't be challenging this year.

:10:20. > :10:27.So we move onto heat two, a fascinating confrontation between

:10:27. > :10:31.the world's all-round athlete, that is Eduard Mikhan, a very solid

:10:31. > :10:38.performer, good performances yesterday, lying in 14th place

:10:38. > :10:46.overall. 10.97 he started off with in the 100m yesterday. And his other

:10:46. > :10:56.very best performance was his 400m, the last event, 48 .80. But nobody

:10:56. > :11:13.

:11:13. > :11:19.can live with the pace of Ashton the man that we saw earlier, Eduard

:11:19. > :11:28.Mikhan. This is a Ushiro, who goes in lane three. Lying in 20 Seventh

:11:28. > :11:35.Place at the moment -- 20 Seventh Place. Kame Ali of Madagascar, 14.61

:11:35. > :11:39.is his lifetime best. Van der Plaetsen is ranked 13th at the

:11:39. > :11:49.moment after day one. He finished off yesterday with 49 seconds in the

:11:49. > :11:52.

:11:52. > :11:56.400m. Marcus Nilsson of Sweden, lying in 20 Sixth Place. -- 26th

:11:56. > :12:00.place. These guys battling against themselves, not necessarily their

:12:00. > :12:10.fellow competitors. Eduard Mikhan has a chance of moving into the top

:12:10. > :12:18.ten if he can repeat his lifetime best performance. And Uibo, just 18

:12:18. > :12:25.years old. He had a cracking high jump yesterday, to .11 metres. --

:12:25. > :12:34.2.11. Van der Plaetsen, on paper, one of the better hurdlers, but

:12:35. > :12:41.Eduard Mikhan is the best. Ingmar Vos is a very solid performer. Just

:12:41. > :12:51.having over at the scoring tables, if you wanted to score over 1,000

:12:51. > :12:53.

:12:53. > :12:57.points, you have got to run under 13.8. Well, the clock was blowing

:12:57. > :13:07.away a few cobwebs, it gave us a time originally outside of 15

:13:07. > :13:19.

:13:19. > :13:25.seconds before it was adjusted to 14 did Mikhan. Van der Plaetsen

:13:25. > :13:31.beginning to gain some ground. The Belgian flying. Van der Plaetsen

:13:31. > :13:41.WinZip, Mikhan in second place, Nilsson in third. Slower than the

:13:41. > :13:48.first heat. -- van der Plaetsen winds it. We have a turn of page

:13:48. > :13:52.here on the scoring tables. 886 points, but a bit of fortune for van

:13:52. > :13:57.der Plaetsen. He was under pressure, didn't get away to a

:13:57. > :14:06.particularly good start. It was the Dutchman Ingmar Bosse, who ran a pro

:14:06. > :14:10.400m last night and continued that poor form -- Ingmar Vos. Colin

:14:10. > :14:16.Jackson will have some sympathy for the Dutchman, he stumbled, and van

:14:16. > :14:24.der Plaetsen came storming through the victory. So van der Plaetsen

:14:24. > :14:27.will gain confidence from that run. Lying in 13th position. Wasn't a

:14:27. > :14:37.particularly good time, but he may gain a couple of places by the end

:14:37. > :14:40.

:14:40. > :14:43.of this event. JONATHAN EDWARDS: It is a hard

:14:43. > :14:47.school, no sympathy from Colin school, no sympathy from Colin

:14:47. > :14:51.Jackson! I did have sympathy for the fact that he got up early in the

:14:51. > :14:54.morning to do that performance. Basically, he caught his trailing

:14:54. > :14:58.leg and it caused a bit of a rotation and it took him off

:14:58. > :15:01.balance. When you only have three balance. When you only have three

:15:01. > :15:06.strides until the barrier, that will cause you a problem. He exploded out

:15:06. > :15:09.of the blocks and settled into his rhythm. He clattered one of the

:15:09. > :15:13.middle hurdles, somewhere around four, but don't worry about that,

:15:13. > :15:18.because he is already at a good speed so he can afford to drag it

:15:18. > :15:22.down. It is this hurdle, he comes off it badly and it catches his

:15:22. > :15:25.trail leg, causing him to have a rotation and he ends up falling away

:15:25. > :15:31.from the barrier and when you only have three strides to get to the

:15:31. > :15:37.next one, it is hell. I think the next one, it is hell. I think the

:15:37. > :15:41.accolade from looks like he was getting lactic acid. Going nicely

:15:41. > :15:47.then started to fall apart. They have had a long day yesterday in the

:15:47. > :15:51.heat and then they have to get back up. The most explosive of events,

:15:51. > :15:57.probably. It is a difficult one to start with, because they are

:15:57. > :16:01.barriers, so it is an awful way to do that. Yet you can imagine how

:16:01. > :16:10.frustrated he will be, he has done for five events, has a really good

:16:10. > :16:14.start and that is what happens. So that is his Championships over.

:16:14. > :16:21.terms of the amount of hurdling these athletes would do, how would

:16:21. > :16:24.they apportion that time? We're looking at Ashton Eaton

:16:24. > :16:31.stretching, he is a very good jumper, a very competent hurdler,

:16:31. > :16:36.and he is quite good technically, as well. If you are a natural jumper

:16:36. > :16:41.you can hone your technique over these barriers. These athletes are

:16:41. > :16:45.big, powerful and strong. Long legs help with this. They don't need to

:16:45. > :16:51.worry about the technical aspect because they are so strong they can

:16:51. > :16:58.get over it, they can boulder the way through it, but you need to have

:16:58. > :17:05.some extra finesse. Because the brutes, they don't have that.

:17:05. > :17:13.Ashton -- Ashton Eaton has strength, if you was competing

:17:13. > :17:16.against Daley Thompson, who is a strength based athlete... Yes, he is

:17:16. > :17:20.tall, so the hurdles lick small to him.

:17:20. > :17:26.Someone like Daley Thompson who had very short legs, he spent a lot of

:17:26. > :17:34.time running and jumping and not being beautifully flawless.

:17:34. > :17:44.The athletes are out for the third heat, this is my favourite named

:17:44. > :17:46.

:17:46. > :17:55.Yes, Gunnar Nixon from Oklahoma, he has a chance, he is lying second at

:17:55. > :18:01.the moment. He is looking to set his best on this big stage. He does have

:18:01. > :18:11.a chance if he can go on and replicate that kind of form on his

:18:11. > :18:13.

:18:13. > :18:17.second day. He has quite a weak pole vault, Gunnar Nixon, several events

:18:17. > :18:27.on this second day. There are medal contenders in this heat. Pascal

:18:27. > :18:30.

:18:30. > :18:37.Beren Brooke -- Behrenbruch, the German, and also Coertzen, the South

:18:37. > :18:41.African. He does have a good second day,

:18:41. > :18:46.Behrenbruch, we have predictions based on personal bests on this

:18:46. > :18:49.second day. If all athletes performed according to the best in

:18:49. > :18:59.the events, Behrenbruch would finish in bronze medal position, lying

:18:59. > :19:05.seventh at the moment. There is Pascal Behrenbruch. He has the

:19:05. > :19:09.quickest time in this line-up in the hurdles. Just a shade outside 14

:19:09. > :19:19.seconds. It would be nice if he could manage a personal best and

:19:19. > :19:20.

:19:20. > :19:30.sneak below 14. You think of the German challenges in the decathlon

:19:30. > :19:40.over the years. Ilya Shkurenev taking most of the applause from the

:19:40. > :19:50.

:19:50. > :20:00.Estonia. Coertzen set to personal bests yesterday. That was in the

:20:00. > :20:07.

:20:07. > :20:17.high jump and the 400m macro. -- the 400m. Queren alongside him, a modest

:20:17. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:30.hurdler. Rietveld smiling away, years 25th in the standings. And

:20:30. > :20:32.

:20:32. > :20:35.there is Gunnar Nixon. -- he is 24. -- 25th. He came into the

:20:35. > :20:40.championship is very much of the third of American athlete, possibly

:20:40. > :20:45.force, Ashton Eaton, Trey Hardee, Trey Hardee who is out, struggling

:20:45. > :20:53.with injury, Ashton Eaton is out in front at the moment, but Gunnar

:20:53. > :21:01.Nixon is hot on his heels. Again, he needs to improve. He is the slowest

:21:01. > :21:06.in this field in personal-bests. 14.51 is the best he has mastered

:21:06. > :21:16.over the years. Not too many years yet, he is still just 20.

:21:16. > :21:41.

:21:41. > :21:50.before the starter got them to stand The muttering that I heard had

:21:50. > :21:54.something to do with Lane five, which is Coertzen, the South

:21:54. > :22:00.African. What the problem was I am not sure. Certainly there will be a

:22:00. > :22:04.bit of misunderstanding because of the language barriers here. But

:22:04. > :22:08.Coertzen is a very experienced athlete, a former record-holder.

:22:08. > :22:13.That means there has been a warning for everyone, that green card being

:22:13. > :22:20.what a class, but nobody is accused of false start or anything like

:22:20. > :22:30.that. -- being walked across. Back again to getting themselves

:22:30. > :22:51.

:22:51. > :23:01.moment, with a good second day he fears. And Behrenbruch on the

:23:01. > :23:18.

:23:18. > :23:25.twitch there that got Querin going, as well.

:23:25. > :23:31.The man with the number five on his thigh, and he set off with the man

:23:31. > :23:34.outside him, as well. We will see the officials coming across and

:23:34. > :23:44.presumably they are going to show another warning card. That should be

:23:44. > :23:50.

:23:50. > :23:55.classified as us -- a false start against Coertzen.

:23:55. > :24:05.Just to explain the false start rule, in the decathlon that is

:24:05. > :24:12.

:24:12. > :24:16.Then you are, there is no language barrier, the official speaking very

:24:16. > :24:26.good English indeed and saying the first problem was warning to

:24:26. > :24:33.

:24:34. > :24:37.everyone, and that looked as though it was against Lane four. Pahapill,

:24:38. > :24:43.a very experienced athlete. That surprised me, because it was

:24:43. > :24:53.Coertzen who was moving on the blocks. He has maybe had too much

:24:53. > :24:53.

:24:53. > :25:03.coffee this morning. Rietveld is howling away again, ringing around

:25:03. > :25:12.

:25:12. > :25:18.the stadium. Third time of asking, Behrenbruch on the inside. Also

:25:19. > :25:26.going well as Coertzen, Rietveld is trying to come through. But Coertzen

:25:26. > :25:30.will take it, the time, 14.31. Outside his personal best, but a

:25:30. > :25:35.decent enough run again for the man lying in eighth place at the moment.

:25:35. > :25:43.He finished yesterday with a couple of personal-bests and he came

:25:43. > :25:47.through well here. A fairly even race, but it was the South African.

:25:47. > :25:52.Rietveld, as well, a definite -- disappointing run from Pascal

:25:52. > :25:58.Behrenbruch, he would have expected more than that. His medal hopes may

:25:58. > :26:01.have taken a blow here in the high hurdles. Dental -- Coertzen not the

:26:01. > :26:11.tallest of athletes but floated over the barriers and came through in

:26:11. > :26:17.

:26:17. > :26:21.addition to enough time. -- a decent Ashton Eaton is in heat for hoping

:26:21. > :26:31.to add the world title to his Olympic title, something Daley

:26:31. > :26:34.

:26:34. > :26:39.Thompson did in the first World Thomson coming away on the near

:26:39. > :26:44.side, and he is holding up, Thompson leading by a long margin, 10.62.

:26:44. > :26:50.That is a good start for Daley Thompson.

:26:50. > :27:00.That is better, what a response from the man!

:27:00. > :27:01.

:27:01. > :27:07.Yes, that is an enormous shot for Daley Thompson storming through

:27:07. > :27:12.200m, and now it is all about the clock. Thomson driving hard but they

:27:12. > :27:22.are catching him and he is tiring as they go to the line. Nicklaus is

:27:22. > :27:52.

:27:52. > :28:02.going through, Thompson, Nicklaus, Thompson dragging himself out to the

:28:02. > :28:05.

:28:05. > :28:11.line and he has done enough. There And Daley Thompson would have told

:28:11. > :28:15.you it was never it -- in doubt from the first event on day one! He would

:28:15. > :28:19.have said that, absolutely, but it was brilliant to watch that. I was

:28:19. > :28:23.lucky enough to spend many days training with him and it was all

:28:23. > :28:30.about fun, but with that trying to focus on the right things to improve

:28:30. > :28:35.you. It was a brilliant education. He used to play games with his great

:28:35. > :28:40.rival from west Germany and he always had that little bit extra.

:28:40. > :28:48.He always managed to do that, he could always find that magical way

:28:48. > :28:53.of citing people out or psyching people up. He has that skill.

:28:53. > :28:59.We talk about the technical work decathletes do and clearly Daley

:28:59. > :29:07.Thompson did no work on his high jump. Nor, it was just a random

:29:07. > :29:13.thing, just get on the run and jump. But Ashton Eaton, over 9000 points,

:29:13. > :29:15.the world record-holder, he goes in the world record-holder, he goes in

:29:15. > :29:21.in fourth. He is certainly the best hurdler on

:29:21. > :29:28.display today, a truly remarkable performance for a multi-event. Daley

:29:28. > :29:36.Thompson, when he won his world title, 14.37 he ran in pretty

:29:37. > :29:45.terrifying conditions, very windy on that day. There is Eelco

:29:45. > :29:50.Sintnicolaas, lying in fifth place overall overnight. And Artem

:29:50. > :29:57.Lukyanenko, the very good Russian, 14 seconds dead. We could see some

:29:57. > :30:06.fireworks here in this life -- last heat of the decathlon. Damian Warner

:30:06. > :30:13.is just outside of the medals, he is down on a third place. Rico

:30:13. > :30:20.Freimuth, but everyone will be watching Ashton Eaton after that

:30:20. > :30:24.Bristol -- blistering run over the track yesterday evening. The fastest

:30:25. > :30:34.hurdles ever in World Championship history, 13.55. There is the

:30:35. > :30:46.

:30:46. > :30:53.date two the way he finished off yesterday evening? He ran out of his

:30:53. > :31:03.skin, 46.02. It is very rare that decathletes run that fast in 400

:31:03. > :31:06.

:31:06. > :31:16.metre running in a decathlon. The world record 13.47. That was way

:31:16. > :31:20.

:31:20. > :31:25.He clatters hurdle two, but he is away, chased by Damian Warner.

:31:25. > :31:30.Taking things easy over the last few hurdles but Ashton Eaton comes away.

:31:31. > :31:40.Freimuth came into second place. A modest run for the American blood 13

:31:41. > :31:44.

:31:44. > :31:48.points 92 is a good score -- but 13 points 92. 985 points. He is being

:31:48. > :31:52.chased by Damian Warner, who may have moved up into third place after

:31:52. > :31:58.that run, he was being challenged by the big fella outside him, Rico

:31:58. > :32:02.Freimuth of Germany. Ashton Eaton may be just coasted over the second

:32:02. > :32:07.half of that race. He was in trouble after the second hurdle, he

:32:07. > :32:10.clattered that one, caught it with his trail leg, was in danger of

:32:10. > :32:15.being caught off balance, but it looked pretty smooth over the rest

:32:15. > :32:25.of the race. Damian Warner beginning to fade and Freimuth coming on

:32:25. > :32:28.strong. Ashton Eaton still the top of the pile.

:32:28. > :32:32.I think for Ashton Eaton, it is about safely negotiating things,

:32:33. > :32:38.because the danger for him in the decathlon, the only thing that can

:32:38. > :32:42.really go wrong, as he clattered the second hurdle, he could do a no

:32:42. > :32:47.jump, he could foul or become a cropper on the hurdles, so to get

:32:47. > :32:50.through safely was the main thing because the speed is a fairly modest

:32:50. > :32:55.time for him, but still more than good enough and will certainly

:32:55. > :33:05.extend his lead. It is about avoiding potential pitfalls and

:33:05. > :33:23.

:33:23. > :33:30.Eaton. Another superb performance by the world record-holder. Damian

:33:30. > :33:34.Warner of Canada hasn't done his chances any harm at all.

:33:34. > :33:38.Mister Jackson has got this internal Mister Jackson has got this internal

:33:38. > :33:43.high hurdlers' clock, because he looked at that and said it was

:33:43. > :33:46.wrong. You could see it was swifter wrong. You could see it was swifter

:33:46. > :33:51.than the time they gave initially. When you look at the strength of

:33:51. > :33:56.this field, that was about right. Ashton Eaton got out ready well, he

:33:56. > :34:00.was aggressive, just kept focused. He banged into the second hurdle,

:34:00. > :34:04.didn't make much difference. It is because he is happy, it won't make

:34:04. > :34:07.that much difference early on. But he has this pitter patter shuffle

:34:07. > :34:11.strike in between the stride strike in between the stride

:34:11. > :34:14.pattern, which is absolutely fine, because you sense it gives him a

:34:14. > :34:18.little bit more control over the barriers, it gives him time to see

:34:18. > :34:24.the hurdles as he approaches them and it is something you will do when

:34:24. > :34:27.you don't spend that much time doing the event. He ran a decent hurdles.

:34:27. > :34:33.A little unfair to the decathlon high hurdlers, because we are going

:34:33. > :34:43.straight to the men's high hurdlers. First, let's hear from the world

:34:43. > :34:48.

:34:48. > :34:54.record-holder and Olympic champion year is Moscow. I don't have a world

:34:54. > :35:02.championship. I'd I have our world indoor championship and Olympic

:35:02. > :35:05.golds are the only thing missing is a world outdoor championship. -- and

:35:05. > :35:10.soap. The moment when I crossed that line, knowing that the relief of

:35:10. > :35:14.being Olympic champion, knowing that I had won it, it was just amazing. I

:35:14. > :35:20.always build off of energy and the setting, I always look at every

:35:20. > :35:24.meeting, and I look at it and ask what I ran last year and can I be

:35:24. > :35:28.better than I was the previous year. I think I am up for the

:35:28. > :35:32.challenge. I'm not saying I will break the world record but I would

:35:32. > :35:36.like to run under 13 because I feel like nobody has done it this year

:35:36. > :35:43.and somebody has to do it and who else could do it but me? Goodness

:35:43. > :35:48.me, he is back with a bang. With old people making their way out and new

:35:48. > :35:52.people making their way in, they are all great athletes, there is a lot

:35:52. > :35:57.of the young athlete coming up and running fast, so I think that the

:35:57. > :36:06.race will still be just as exciting. Setting goals is a great way to keep

:36:06. > :36:12.athletes motivated and running under 13 is obviously a motivator. I need

:36:12. > :36:16.to run five more to run the most sub 13s that anybody on the planet has

:36:16. > :36:20.ever run, so hopefully I will get them this year.

:36:20. > :36:23.Colin, I think it is fair to say that at the last year and the

:36:23. > :36:29.fireworks of Aries Merritt, this year has not been a vintage year for

:36:29. > :36:32.hurdling. No, there has been a lot of toing and froing when it comes to

:36:32. > :36:39.the world leading mark and a lot of the top athletes have spent time on

:36:39. > :36:42.the physio's bench. So a lot of time gathering themselves, putting

:36:42. > :36:45.themselves back through their paces and is trying to establish

:36:45. > :36:50.themselves. I always say it is about the hurdles, you have to get into a

:36:50. > :36:54.rhythm, a group of running very quickly. Last year, Aries was in

:36:54. > :36:59.that group, always around that 13 second mark without a struggle. This

:36:59. > :37:03.year, he has not found that initial rhythm, and that is why he has

:37:03. > :37:10.struggled. He pushes and works a little too hard and it causes him

:37:10. > :37:15.problems. He fail at London because he was chasing the fast time. --

:37:15. > :37:23.failed. Nobody has run under 13 seconds this season. It is a tough

:37:23. > :37:28.thing to do, manager for some a lot of top athlete -- mind you, a lot of

:37:28. > :37:33.athletes can't do it. It just proves how difficult it is, there are very

:37:33. > :37:39.talented athletes out there and they are striving to do that. Is Aries

:37:39. > :37:44.Merritt trying to play catch-up too quickly. He fell in London, trying

:37:44. > :37:48.to run too quickly, maybe? When you have set your own level in your

:37:48. > :37:51.mind, and you are not achieving it, it becomes a burden for you and you

:37:51. > :37:56.start to run tight and I think that is what Aries is doing, struggling

:37:56. > :38:00.to find that real niche performance that is going to be needed out there

:38:00. > :38:04.today to get through, because you need to get into your rhythm. And he

:38:04. > :38:13.will definitely needed in the final, because it is not one-way traffic.

:38:13. > :38:16.-- needed. You cannot go out and job it like the 100m because you have do

:38:16. > :38:20.clear the barriers. And you have to get used to running the track well.

:38:20. > :38:29.It will be a tough call and we are looking at the home favourite as

:38:29. > :38:35.well, Shevchenko off, I would say to everybody, watch out for him --

:38:35. > :38:39.Shebenkov. You like the way he runs. He is a strong and confident athlete

:38:39. > :38:47.and doesn't get intimidated by the world leaders and that will play

:38:47. > :38:49.well for him come the final. Heat one involves Jason Richardson, the

:38:49. > :38:55.one involves Jason Richardson, the defending world Steve Cram is

:38:55. > :38:59.calling this one. STEVE CRAM: Jason Richardson will be

:38:59. > :39:02.nervous, as you would be going into any championships as the defending

:39:02. > :39:07.champion. And the man who has had his own problems this year, looking

:39:07. > :39:12.along the line and he knows there are plenty in this race who will

:39:12. > :39:22.give him something to think about. The first three will go through and

:39:22. > :39:49.

:39:49. > :39:53.the four fastest losers are into the to talk about Ryan Brathwaite, to

:39:53. > :39:58.surprise world champions, if you like. That is the script that the

:39:59. > :40:05.110m hurdles can follow at major championships. Parchment is in

:40:05. > :40:13.pretty good form this year, a new personal best. Braithwaite was the

:40:13. > :40:17.surprise of 2009. Richardson, if you can remember what was happening,

:40:17. > :40:22.there was chaos around him, but he came through to win the world title,

:40:22. > :40:32.but hasn't been at his best this year either. Watch out for Thomas in

:40:32. > :40:41.

:40:41. > :40:47.start. Richardson is right there with him. Parchment is not doing so

:40:47. > :40:51.well. Richardson comes through. Shabanov of Brescia this site. It

:40:51. > :41:01.will be tight on the line but Richardson gets it, Shabanov and

:41:01. > :41:02.

:41:03. > :41:07.maybe Brathwaite are the three. That close was, very, very close.

:41:07. > :41:10.Richardson, after an OK start, he wasn't fazed by Thomas getting away

:41:11. > :41:16.so well alongside him, he looked as though he was going to get away and

:41:16. > :41:23.then faded a little. They all started to close him down, but in

:41:23. > :41:29.the end, he will be delighted to get through. Colin?

:41:29. > :41:32.COLIN JACKSON: There was a lot of action all over the place, a lot

:41:32. > :41:37.going on, and messy race, but the important thing for Richardson was

:41:37. > :41:41.he got through cleanly and smoothly. This will be interesting, with the

:41:41. > :41:46.semifinal, because there will be a lot of pressure both left and right.

:41:46. > :41:52.Let's watch him head on. Seven strident approach, works hard into

:41:53. > :41:59.the barrier but takes it nice and cleanly and focused already. Focused

:41:59. > :42:04.on the hurdle, works offered with the Trail Lake. Gathers himself,

:42:04. > :42:08.tries not to make any errors -- works off it with the Trail Lake.

:42:08. > :42:14.These hurdles are coming very quickly indeed can sometimes you can

:42:14. > :42:20.guide them, they can take a bit of speed of your performance. -- off

:42:20. > :42:27.your performance. But not Jason. He staggered off the final one little

:42:27. > :42:30.bit but the victory is what matters. That is what is up on the

:42:30. > :42:39.scoreboard, it is an unofficial but looks right. Shabanov with the

:42:39. > :42:46.seasons best and Brathwaite getting ahead of Thomas by 100th of a

:42:46. > :42:50.second. Certainly competitive. The next heat

:42:50. > :42:56.features Will Sharman of Great Britain. The burst onto the scene

:42:56. > :43:00.four years ago, but it has been a struggle since then and wasn't

:43:00. > :43:10.selected for London 2012. But he is here and in great form and has been

:43:10. > :43:10.

:43:10. > :43:16.First of all, I want to remind you of something you said, that you get

:43:16. > :43:22.better as the season goes on and it has been proved, you get a graduate

:43:22. > :43:27.have been fantastic. Yes, I am looking really forward to Moscow. I

:43:27. > :43:30.am in better form than I have been for any World Championships before.

:43:30. > :43:37.A confidence boosting run at the Anniversary Games, the time and

:43:37. > :43:41.everything, what does it mean to you? That was massive. Missing last

:43:41. > :43:46.year, the Olympic Games, through injury, it was my Olympics. I did it

:43:46. > :43:49.in front of 60,000 British people who cared, who were interested in

:43:49. > :43:53.how British athletes were doing, and I couldn't have asked to have

:43:53. > :43:58.performed on a better stage. That is what I thrive on and I will be

:43:58. > :44:01.looking forward to that same kind of atmosphere in Moscow. It is going to

:44:01. > :44:10.be difficult. Yes, I am in good contention for good things, however

:44:10. > :44:15.everyone is going there like-minded and it is going to be a tough fight.

:44:15. > :44:18.I go into these championships with the confidence of having posted a

:44:18. > :44:25.faster time. Other athletes are going to be aware of the kind of

:44:25. > :44:31.form I am in and it is going to make them fear me. However, I can't rest

:44:32. > :44:35.on my laurels, because my mentality at a World Championships is it

:44:35. > :44:40.doesn't matter who you are, what you have done before, it is a

:44:40. > :44:46.competition of equal men and the slate is wiped clean and we begin

:44:46. > :44:50.from here. Despite his struggles, he has made

:44:50. > :44:57.the last two World Championships finals, fourth in Berlin and fifth

:44:57. > :45:03.in Daegu. An athlete whose best we feel is still ahead. Yes, he has got

:45:03. > :45:05.to get into that groove again, he has always been chasing it. He never

:45:05. > :45:10.arrives at the championships always perfect but this year he seems to

:45:10. > :45:13.have got it right and I think he is in a good place in his mind. He is

:45:13. > :45:17.confident and his technique is holding up. So without putting the

:45:17. > :45:21.kiss of death on him, when it comes to the real deal and the pressure of

:45:21. > :45:24.the situation, because he is so good technically, he will always be there

:45:24. > :45:30.or thereabouts. And he says the athletes will have watched his races

:45:30. > :45:34.and will know he makes mistakes very rarely, and that is a real asset.

:45:34. > :45:41.Certainly the back end when you are chasing those medals. If he gets

:45:41. > :45:46.close to his personal best, he is not far off. In terms of the quality

:45:46. > :45:50.he is up against, not as competitive as the first heat. Not quite, but

:45:50. > :45:54.Langat is the person we will be watching, because he is capable of

:45:54. > :46:00.running very quickly indeed. And Wilson, the surprise US champion, is

:46:00. > :46:04.also in this race. He is one of those people who I have thought has

:46:04. > :46:06.always been very underrated, because sometimes it doesn't produce good

:46:06. > :46:16.performances when it matters but he went to the US championships this

:46:16. > :46:29.

:46:29. > :46:38.year and won the title and we know how tough it is there. Any issues

:46:38. > :46:44.with lean Ms Gormley -- with Lane nine?

:46:44. > :46:52.No, no issues, no panic whatsoever. After the disappointment of not

:46:52. > :46:57.going to London last year, Will is a man of ambition, isn't he?

:46:57. > :47:07.Yes, but if he can hold himself together, not let the occasion get

:47:07. > :47:08.

:47:08. > :47:12.to, he can do well. Steve, it is all yours.

:47:12. > :47:16.Well, Will Sharman is looking at risk. He is moving around a fair

:47:16. > :47:20.bit. This is a race we are all expecting good things from him,

:47:20. > :47:25.expecting good things from him, probably an ideal heat for him.

:47:25. > :47:31.Yes, he will be quite pleased with the draw. He has Ryan Wilson

:47:31. > :47:36.alongside him, but it is quite a modest line-up. Pascal

:47:36. > :47:43.Martinot-Lagarde, the youngest brother of Thomas. Wenjun Xie of

:47:43. > :47:53.China, as well. There is Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. He is perhaps the

:47:53. > :47:55.

:47:55. > :48:04.Beagle -- bigger talent. He has run in 13.12 this season. A former world

:48:04. > :48:13.Jim Prean -- junior champion. There is Wenjun Xie, going well this

:48:13. > :48:23.season. And Ryan Wilson is in lane eight. He is US champion this year

:48:23. > :48:24.

:48:24. > :48:27.at the eighth attempt, he is 32 now. He is alongside Sharman. He must

:48:27. > :48:36.feel comfortable in this environment in the World Championships, it has

:48:36. > :48:46.been good to him. Fourth in Bellingham, fifth in Daegu. Second

:48:46. > :48:46.

:48:46. > :49:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:49:50. > :49:54.here. It is Ryan Wilson at the moment and Wayne C Davis comes

:49:54. > :50:00.through to take it, Sharman just about getting there. Well, it is

:50:00. > :50:10.hard work, but successful work in the end for Will Sharman. A little

:50:10. > :50:10.

:50:10. > :50:14.bit of a shake of the head. More to come from me, he says, I hope.

:50:14. > :50:21.Certainly the man alongside him, Ryan Wilson, he was a good man to

:50:21. > :50:27.measure himself against, Steve. Yes, he actually got out better than

:50:27. > :50:29.Wilson. Wilson comes back at the end, he had to.

:50:29. > :50:34.Disappointing, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde on the fireside.

:50:34. > :50:38.Given his form, we thought he would qualify easily but it was a bit of a

:50:38. > :50:43.struggle and he is perhaps fortunate the Frenchman on the fireside did

:50:43. > :50:49.not perform at all, to be honest, because he has looked to be

:50:49. > :50:53.improving. -- the Frenchman on the far side. But Will is full of

:50:53. > :51:02.confidence. He has got through safely and he now has to focus on

:51:02. > :51:12.the semifinal, where he will have to be better than that.

:51:12. > :51:12.

:51:12. > :51:16.This is the head honour of Sharman. -- the head on Sharman. He must have

:51:16. > :51:25.felt Wilson was easing away from them alongside him. He maintained

:51:25. > :51:32.his composure, it was a clean enough run. He said, as he knocks down the

:51:32. > :51:36.barrier! I am sure we will hear from him shortly, he will feel there is

:51:36. > :51:42.more to come. The key thing is to get through, of course, and he did

:51:42. > :51:48.that. The semifinals take place tomorrow, and he knows he will be

:51:48. > :51:55.easier. Let us just confirmed that for you. -- he knows he will be

:51:55. > :52:02.there. Wayne Davies, from Trinidad and Tobago, coming second and

:52:02. > :52:06.and Tobago, coming second and William Sharman in 13.51.

:52:06. > :52:10.People say that you get quicker as the championship goes on, today is

:52:10. > :52:14.about getting safely through and you have done that. I am so relieved,

:52:15. > :52:19.that is the mundane part over with, tomorrow is when the boys get rough

:52:19. > :52:24.and ready. I am really looking forward to a semifinal, all I need

:52:24. > :52:32.is a good night's sleep. How tough is it to get up so early

:52:32. > :52:36.in the morning and do all the prep? You either fall into one of two

:52:36. > :52:41.categories, where you perform best early morning, I am not one of them.

:52:41. > :52:45.For me, I was up at 5am. I was probably up every hour last night

:52:45. > :52:50.thinking, is it time to race yet? It is difficult for me, early in the

:52:50. > :52:55.morning. I think that is my fastest ever World Championships opening

:52:55. > :52:59.round. There have been some surprises already. I put myself

:52:59. > :53:03.through a good warm up with Malcolm Arnold, I am in great shape, my

:53:03. > :53:08.coach put me through a great training programme, it is just being

:53:08. > :53:14.in it and I am thankful to be through to the next round. That

:53:14. > :53:24.sounds great, you put it in a great perspective as always, good -- good

:53:24. > :53:31.They are going to get rough and ready tomorrow, Colin. You talked

:53:31. > :53:35.about the French guy, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

:53:35. > :53:42.Scratch my head a lot after the first heat, because I thought that

:53:42. > :53:45.was a little bit quick, I was surprised that Hansle Parchment

:53:45. > :53:51.struggled. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is expected to run much better than

:53:51. > :53:59.that, 13.12 he achieved at the Diamond League. I expected him to be

:54:00. > :54:03.more explosive than that, but he is out of this race really early. It

:54:04. > :54:07.really started right at the very beginning of his race, Wilson. As he

:54:07. > :54:11.pushed out of the blocks he took one, Wilson. As he pushed out of the

:54:11. > :54:15.blocks he took one, two, a little bit, so he did not prepare for the

:54:16. > :54:24.first barrier. If you watch it one, two, three, and he sinks. He does

:54:24. > :54:29.not stand up correctly and that cost him on the first hurdle. As he did

:54:29. > :54:33.that, Ryan Wilson went away from him. It put you under pressure, then

:54:33. > :54:37.he clatters a hard all around here, which you don't want to do because

:54:37. > :54:42.that pulls you back. Then he can settle down and be more fluent,

:54:42. > :54:48.because he is in that groove and technical rhythm of his. Once you

:54:48. > :54:52.lose the momentum and the first hurdle it is difficult to find it

:54:52. > :54:55.again because there are so few hurdles.

:54:56. > :55:00.And you are chasing your opponent, that is the wrong thing to do, you

:55:00. > :55:03.need the total opposite, you have to resist what your body is telling you

:55:03. > :55:09.and realise I have ten hurdles to make a tiny bit all the time to get

:55:09. > :55:12.to the end. We are talking about the fact it has

:55:12. > :55:19.not been a vintage year for high hurdles and we have seen it here,

:55:19. > :55:23.haven't we? Yes. Parchment was the leader for

:55:23. > :55:27.Jamaica at one stage, we were all thinking this is going to be great,

:55:27. > :55:32.because it is a new name in the mix and he struggled in that first

:55:32. > :55:38.round. I expected him to go a little bit quicker, to. Let's see what

:55:38. > :55:41.happens in the second round. Let's see what happens in heat

:55:41. > :55:47.three, which we have Aries Merritt end. If there is a time to get your

:55:47. > :55:51.season together, this is the time for the world record, isn't it?

:55:51. > :55:57.This will be a competitive race, as we know, and he is up against

:55:57. > :56:01.Orlando Ortega, and he is hungry for victory. He had a very good season,

:56:01. > :56:08.the young Cuban, then he had an injury problem and had not raced

:56:08. > :56:13.very well. He will be a real threat. We are hearing that Dwight Thomas is

:56:13. > :56:17.a nonstarter. That takes a little bit out of the

:56:17. > :56:24.mix, but I did not see him being one of the main contenders at the end

:56:24. > :56:27.for the battle for the medal. All in all, this is the man under pressure,

:56:27. > :56:32.he is world record-holder, Olympic champion and all eyes will be

:56:32. > :56:39.watching him. Steve, once again come it is all

:56:39. > :56:42.yours. yours.

:56:42. > :56:49.STEVE CRAM: Yes, he is the world record-holder, a season that has had

:56:49. > :56:53.its up and downs, it is fair to say. I was in Shanghai when he poured his

:56:53. > :57:02.strength and it did not look that bad at the time, it looked like one

:57:02. > :57:05.of those niggling pools that will quickly heal, but it took a while.

:57:05. > :57:13.Orlando Ortega, by contrast, has had a very good season, until the London

:57:13. > :57:23.Diamond League, we the pain of them came a cropper. -- Colm McFadden the

:57:23. > :57:27.

:57:27. > :57:37.peer of them. -- player of the pair will be in 3Com Orlando Ortega is

:57:37. > :57:53.

:57:53. > :57:57.for, then there will be a make the team, even though he was

:57:57. > :58:07.the Olympic champion, he is not defending champion, he was a wild

:58:07. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:29.London but he is looking a better to, someone has been asked to get

:58:29. > :58:33.

:58:33. > :58:39.Merritt, Ortega got them there, as well. This is going to be very

:58:39. > :58:47.close. It will be Merritt, Thomas Martinot-Lagarde and then Balazs

:58:47. > :58:51.Baji. You will be happy with that, he will be pleased, a little smile

:58:51. > :58:57.breaks across his face. Something to be negotiated, you always feel, for

:58:57. > :59:04.the top guys, the first round. Not the sort of hurdling we have seen

:59:04. > :59:07.from Merritt all last year, but he has had that injury. The brakes did

:59:07. > :59:12.not command deliberately, but he is not efficient -- finishing the way

:59:12. > :59:19.you would like him to. Thomas Martinot-Lagarde, much better than

:59:19. > :59:22.his brother. Yes, that was better than we

:59:22. > :59:30.expected for Merritt, especially as he came a cropper at the Olympic

:59:30. > :59:34.Stadium. So, safely through, Colin. Yes, I was watching that from the

:59:34. > :59:39.studio, I was seeing what Merritt would do. It was a very aggressive

:59:39. > :59:45.drive into the first barrier. This time last year, he would

:59:45. > :59:50.collide away, he would literally glide away from his opponents.

:59:50. > :59:55.He seems to just not have that extra gear, that change of pace we were so

:59:55. > :59:59.loose -- so used to last year. There is lots still to come, of course,

:59:59. > :00:05.this is an early round, and he will look forward to the next race, get

:00:05. > :00:09.look forward to the next race, get those cobwebs off.

:00:09. > :00:13.Aries Merritt is alongside me, we were talking about early starts to

:00:13. > :00:18.Will Sharman, how do they affect you? You know, you have to get up so

:00:18. > :00:21.early, get bad for a end to try and wake up and I ate just a little bit

:00:21. > :00:26.of oatmeal to get something in my system because I don't want to be

:00:26. > :00:33.too heavy, but all in all, very comfortable.

:00:33. > :00:37.How different is the mindset to date to tomorrow? It is very different,

:00:37. > :00:42.the mindset to qualify, then in the final unit as hard as you can. Thank

:00:42. > :00:48.you for talking to us. Colin, you were saying at the

:00:48. > :00:52.equivalent stage of the games last year in London how much quicker he

:00:52. > :00:57.ran. Yes, it is always about rhythm. You

:00:57. > :01:01.have to get into the groove, you have to have that consistent, high

:01:01. > :01:06.level of performance. At his seventh straight, he approaches the barrier

:01:06. > :01:10.with long, loping strides, it is not a dynamic, aggressive way in, but

:01:10. > :01:16.when he gets off he get into this beautiful run.

:01:16. > :01:22.His trailing leg is so smooth, it pours over the barrier. But when he

:01:22. > :01:25.goes off the barrier at this stage, we get into this shuffle, he does

:01:25. > :01:32.not raise his knees up high, last year he was shuffling with real

:01:33. > :01:38.speed and intent and this year he does it with far more containment.

:01:38. > :01:45.It seems to me he is playing those hurdles very safe. He has this much

:01:45. > :01:49.between each hurdle, he is not really going for it. Yes, he is not

:01:49. > :01:53.as snappy, that is because of the pace you generate on the floor. The

:01:53. > :01:57.faster and snappier you are, the quicker you go over the hurdle,

:01:57. > :02:03.which means your clearance height gets really shocked. That is why we

:02:03. > :02:08.are seeing that at this early stage. The other thing, as well, with an

:02:08. > :02:10.injury, is that long after a muscle has cleared up, it hangs in the

:02:10. > :02:17.mind, even subconsciously it can take awhile to have confidence you

:02:17. > :02:20.are going be fine. Yes I spoke to him on many occasions during the

:02:20. > :02:24.season and I asked him what was going on, and he has no problems at

:02:24. > :02:29.all with his injury, he says his mind is in the same place, and it

:02:29. > :02:32.seems to me sometimes his training is really showing him he is in great

:02:32. > :02:37.shape. The problem he has is delivering it regularly when it

:02:37. > :02:42.matters, during races. There is a difference between high

:02:42. > :02:48.hurdles in terms of physique, and we will go from Aries Merritt to David

:02:48. > :02:58.Oliver, a man mountain! Yes, he said he spent a little less time in the

:02:58. > :03:00.

:03:00. > :03:07.gym. He has become more slight. is fading away! He said is he has

:03:07. > :03:11.lost seven pounds. We thought he would be the next

:03:11. > :03:15.world record-holder. We thought he would be Olympic champion, when he

:03:15. > :03:18.ran that 12.89 in Paris we thought this guy is going to be special.

:03:18. > :03:23.Unfortunately for him there was a hamstring problem and we were

:03:23. > :03:29.wondering, poor David, what does he need to do? He is in the middle of

:03:29. > :03:34.the field with the light blue, and he has an aggressive lead lag. He is

:03:34. > :03:39.heavy, he is strong, and he really mussels his way through the field.

:03:39. > :03:46.That is his fastest time, 13.04. I think everyone was really surprised

:03:46. > :03:51.because he was not showing that much form before then. At David, he came

:03:51. > :03:58.back of this victory and did it again in London. He is feeling more

:03:58. > :04:03.confident in his own performance. I know it is just round one, early

:04:03. > :04:09.morning, but there is nothing they are particularly to frighten him.

:04:09. > :04:14.Yes, I think deep down he will be confident. He will be thinking, I

:04:14. > :04:16.have missed out on titles beforehand and perhaps last -- lot will be on

:04:16. > :04:23.my side. I am keeping my fingers crossed, he

:04:23. > :04:29.is a really nice guy, as well. He has slimmed down, as you can see,

:04:29. > :04:34.David Oliver. Steve, it is all yours.

:04:34. > :04:40.STEVE CRAM: It takes all sorts in terms of the hurdles, but Colin was

:04:40. > :04:46.talking about it, wherever we go, David Oliver gets the sort of looks

:04:46. > :04:51.that you and I can only dream of getting. That is harsh. Harsh but

:04:51. > :04:55.eminently fair. I suppose there have been some big bruising American

:04:55. > :05:01.hurdlers over the years, a rich pedigree in this championship.

:05:01. > :05:05.Foster, Kingdom, Johnson. All of them are certainly cut from the

:05:05. > :05:10.physical mode, I will get through these hurdles if I don't get over

:05:10. > :05:13.them. Incredible season in 2010, he went unbeaten for 19 races but

:05:14. > :05:20.unfortunately, it was one of the fallow years between major

:05:20. > :05:27.championships. A bronze medallist in Beijing. He goes in lane five. A

:05:27. > :05:37.reminder, the first three go through automatically. A good heat, this.

:05:37. > :05:41.

:05:41. > :05:51.Four decent athletes. Andrew Riley for Jamaica. Nothing is guaranteed,

:05:51. > :05:58.certainly not in the high hurdles there is Shubenkov, and there is the

:05:58. > :06:03.noise from the chosen few who are coming this morning. His mother was

:06:03. > :06:13.a very good heptathlete, finished fourth in the Olympics in 1988.

:06:13. > :06:14.

:06:14. > :06:18.Andrew Riley goes in lane six. And David Oliver, with a personal best

:06:18. > :06:24.which has him fourth in the all-time list. Andrew Riley became the first

:06:24. > :06:28.man to win both the 100 and 110m hurdles at the US Collegiate

:06:28. > :06:32.Championships. He has all but given up the flat because of the Jamaican

:06:32. > :06:42.strength in that discipline and will concentrate on the high hurdles.

:06:42. > :07:13.

:07:13. > :07:23.asking for a bit of quiet. We cannot confirm or deny. Ready for the final

:07:23. > :07:30.

:07:31. > :07:40.heat in the first round of the away fasted but here comes David

:07:40. > :07:46.Oliver. Shubenkov are going well. It is Oliver, Shubenkov and Andrew

:07:46. > :07:53.Riley that go through, the quickest so far. David Oliver lays down a

:07:53. > :08:00.marker and says, I am here to challenge. And after a very strong

:08:00. > :08:05.start... If there is merit is looking for a challenger, he may

:08:05. > :08:08.look to his own team-mate, because David Oliver was very impressive.

:08:08. > :08:12.Colin Jackson? COLIN JACKSON: It was nice to see

:08:12. > :08:17.David do this. I was wondering that if anybody in these heaps was going

:08:17. > :08:23.to produce anything spectacular for us this morning. --in these heats.

:08:23. > :08:27.David Oliver has managed to do that with a strong performance. But I

:08:27. > :08:31.think it was needed, I think he wanted to really get those cobwebs

:08:31. > :08:36.out, get into a groove, get into a rhythm and establish himself over

:08:36. > :08:40.this field, because there are many people here, including Shubenkov,

:08:40. > :08:47.who will be looking for medals later on, so it was a really great

:08:47. > :08:49.performance from David, nice to see performance from David, nice to see

:08:49. > :08:55.him returning and returning so well. David is alongside me, very happy

:08:55. > :08:59.man, I am sure. Definitely, I'm just happy to be here and representing

:08:59. > :09:04.the USA and having a good time. know Colin Jackson is the presenting

:09:04. > :09:07.position saying you were at the peak of your powers in 2010, you have had

:09:07. > :09:13.injury problems. Are you wanting to put a marker down and show you can

:09:13. > :09:17.be the main man? You don't have to worry about what other people say, I

:09:17. > :09:21.know what goes on, me and my coaching team do and I will try to

:09:21. > :09:26.get back to being the best hurdler I can be. At that time and performance

:09:26. > :09:30.must give you huge confidence on what will be a massive day tomorrow.

:09:30. > :09:34.I don't think that time can give you confidence, I just know I am

:09:34. > :09:37.confident in my ability and all this did was good to be ready for

:09:37. > :09:44.tomorrow. We start all over from scratch again. We wish you all the

:09:44. > :09:48.best for that. Safely through to tomorrow's

:09:48. > :09:52.semifinals, as Sergey Shubenkov and Andrew Rowley and Artur Noga will go

:09:52. > :09:57.through as one of the fastest losers.

:09:57. > :10:04.--Andrew Riley. the early-morning honour of the hurdling has been

:10:04. > :10:07.defended by David Oliver. It was a tremendous run, a majestic

:10:07. > :10:11.tremendous run, a majestic performance. It was good the whole

:10:11. > :10:17.way through. Out of the blocks well, really focused, drove off his

:10:17. > :10:21.trail leg into hurdle two and three and set himself up. He settled into

:10:21. > :10:26.his wonderful rhythm, which is a fast tempo and it achieved what we

:10:26. > :10:32.were hoping, which is a good, solid performance, 13.05, the fastest

:10:32. > :10:38.going into this next round. A strong performance. He didn't need to run

:10:38. > :10:42.that fast, was he trying to send a bit of a message? No, I think he

:10:42. > :10:46.just wanted to do what he needs to do, just run. If you are in that

:10:46. > :10:51.kind of tempo and have it in your legs, why not? It is not going to

:10:51. > :10:56.tax you, you go back and you warm down. This guide the final barrier,

:10:56. > :11:00.it came a bit close to him, but it was what we were hoping he could do

:11:01. > :11:08.and he has managed to do that. Shubenkov right next to him shows he

:11:08. > :11:12.is in good shape. Yes, he looks very good and has massive support from

:11:12. > :11:16.the crowd. Yes, there was a huge cheer when they saw him on the

:11:16. > :11:24.screen, which is nice to see. glance through the qualifiers for

:11:24. > :11:30.tomorrow's semifinals. As I say, this is just the early skirmishes,

:11:30. > :11:35.isn't it? This is exactly what he said, tomorrow, you have to run a

:11:35. > :11:40.whole new set of warm up runs. It is good to get it, you know what the

:11:40. > :11:42.track is like, you know what shape you are in and it will be a deep

:11:42. > :11:47.breath and refocus, when you see the draw, because that will make a

:11:47. > :11:52.difference. Will Sharman is the slowest time, will not play on his

:11:52. > :11:55.mind? No, he is a very confident athlete. He knows what shape he is

:11:55. > :12:01.in, he feels like he can run a personal best and it wouldn't

:12:01. > :12:04.surprise me if he does, even better. He loves mixing it with the top

:12:04. > :12:08.hurdlers in the world and is very confident and he enjoys that, which

:12:09. > :12:14.is why he can raise his level. night, we saw the final of the

:12:14. > :12:18.10,000m and two years ago in Daegu, Mo Farah claimed he didn't know much

:12:18. > :12:20.about Jeilan, the man who beat him. about Jeilan, the man who beat him.

:12:20. > :12:24.He knew all about him here, the man who he was racing in Moscow.

:12:25. > :12:29.What a race it was. BRENDAN FOSTER: They are getting

:12:29. > :12:35.ready on the start line, this is exciting.

:12:35. > :12:39.STEVE CRAM: Ahead, 25 laps of the World Championships 10,000m. In

:12:39. > :12:49.London last year for Mo Farah, it was all about the quest to win

:12:49. > :12:52.

:12:52. > :12:56.payback for a gold medal which slipped away in 2011. He goes to the

:12:56. > :13:03.back of the field, he will move when he is ready. The Kenyans are keeping

:13:03. > :13:09.it steady. Mo uses the opportunity, nipping across for a sponge, letting

:13:09. > :13:19.them know he is here. He is running with his team-mates, Galen Rupp just

:13:19. > :13:29.

:13:29. > :13:33.point. Jeilan, the man who beat him in Daegu two years ago. The closer

:13:33. > :13:38.we get to three or four laps to go, the closer we will get to the front

:13:38. > :13:45.and he will not want to give up the position. Will the Kenyans try and

:13:45. > :13:49.rough him up? There goes Mo Farah, this is smart, tactical and clever.

:13:49. > :13:55.Looking for his partner, he wants him on his shoulder, he is his wing

:13:55. > :14:00.man. And he has got him there. doesn't need to think about anything

:14:00. > :14:04.else. The bell sounds and Mo has to grab every inch of this lap. There

:14:04. > :14:09.are some challenges coming. He is strong enough, he is fast enough and

:14:09. > :14:18.he is on his way. He has got to kick a game, he has got a man-macro more

:14:18. > :14:24.opportunities. --kick again. He has got two more opportunities. Here

:14:24. > :14:29.comes Jeilan, the defending champion. Mo Farah at the front,

:14:29. > :14:33.Jeilan who won it last time on his shoulder. Mo Farah is kicking hard

:14:33. > :14:39.and Jeilan is still there. The threat has not gone! Mo Farah is

:14:39. > :14:42.digging deep, he has got Jeilan right that! Here is the last bit

:14:42. > :14:48.acceleration and Mo Farah starts to go away. Jeilan is still better! And

:14:48. > :14:57.he again! But Mo Farah is going to get there. This is world domination

:14:57. > :15:03.for Mo Farah, he is going to win. Gold once more. His third global

:15:03. > :15:07.gold medal. He has done it. Goodness me, he gave us some anxious moments

:15:07. > :15:11.on the last lap. It is nice to come out here and win it, that was the

:15:11. > :15:15.one missing, so well worth it. It is nice so many people still believe in

:15:15. > :15:18.me and kept cheering me. me and kept cheering me.

:15:18. > :15:24.It certainly was a tough race. Stephen Brendan are standing by to

:15:24. > :15:28.chat about it. Steve, there was a point with about four or five laps

:15:28. > :15:36.to go where the pace had not been high and you said it could be a

:15:36. > :15:39.demonstration and it turned out to be anything but. You are right, we

:15:39. > :15:43.were looking at each other thinking it wasn't good enough, wasn't hard

:15:43. > :15:48.enough and given the exhilaration we have seen from Mo Farah at

:15:48. > :15:52.Gateshead, that 1500m speed, when he broke the British record in Monaco,

:15:52. > :15:57.you are thinking the last 600, he will pull it all apart. That is easy

:15:58. > :16:03.for us to say, but he had to really graphed on that lap, and the time

:16:03. > :16:06.was nothing special --he had to really graphed. Jeilan had more in

:16:06. > :16:10.the locker than we would have expected, so it wasn't a

:16:10. > :16:15.demonstration, it was hard work and that is how it should become a gold

:16:15. > :16:19.medals should not be easy. That is right and the thing about Mo Farah,

:16:19. > :16:23.if he has one attribute, which he has had all his career, even before

:16:23. > :16:26.he was an outstanding world and Olympic champion, he was a graphed,

:16:27. > :16:31.and he knew that when the bell sounded, there were enough people

:16:31. > :16:34.around him and that he had to win the hard way. And it was the hard

:16:34. > :16:41.way, he kicked on the back straight, he kicked on the bend,

:16:41. > :16:46.they were still there. Then Jeilan came again and this was Mo 's, as

:16:46. > :16:50.Steve said in commentary, last acceleration. There was not any more

:16:50. > :16:54.here. This is as good as he can be, he is in a glorious period of his

:16:54. > :17:01.career. Jeilan did well to come back and he was a big surprise to us, we

:17:01. > :17:06.didn't think he would be this good. But Mo Farah, on a Saturday, he's

:17:06. > :17:13.bullet on Saturdays! He wins Olympic titles, World Championships and

:17:13. > :17:16.thank God the 5000m is next Saturday. He is obviously delighted

:17:16. > :17:22.to win the world title, but do you think there is perhaps a question in

:17:22. > :17:28.his mind, as you said it was not the quickest lap and he may have

:17:28. > :17:34.anticipated going faster? We thought he would go faster than

:17:34. > :17:38.54 seconds for the last lap, he didn't, he ran 54, but no one run

:17:38. > :17:44.any faster. If you look at the split time, I think Jeilan was closer to

:17:44. > :17:49.Mo as they came to the bell. This was a glorious moment for Mo Farah.

:17:49. > :17:55.We will see this and live this again, and for Steve and I it is a

:17:55. > :18:01.complete pleasure to be here. We concentrate on split times, but

:18:01. > :18:06.when Mo kicked in and there was acceleration after the bell, he was

:18:06. > :18:12.winding it up. I did think he would wind it up a little bit more and he

:18:13. > :18:16.would have more pressure in the last 200. But you have one bit of

:18:16. > :18:22.acceleration on the last lap that you have to use wisely. Two years

:18:22. > :18:25.ago, he used it at the wrong time and he had nothing left to give.

:18:25. > :18:31.This time committee were saving that last little push for the home

:18:31. > :18:38.straight and that won him the race. We talk about the preparation before

:18:38. > :18:42.it, running as a team. There was a Kenyan team, an Ethiopian team, and

:18:42. > :18:47.the -- there was Mo Farah's training team, and the only team that did

:18:47. > :18:55.anything as a team was Mo Farah and his trainers. They were running as a

:18:55. > :19:00.team at some points in the race. That was to Mo's advantage. He is

:19:00. > :19:09.really lucky, because it seems to me that his partner is really prepared

:19:09. > :19:16.to give him a lot during the race. Imagining in the 1980s saying, Steve

:19:16. > :19:20.Cram, do you mind leaving me for a lap? It wouldn't happen!

:19:20. > :19:26.We were talking about how fast he ran at whether there may have been

:19:26. > :19:33.any physiological response to that. To go from 1500m to add 10,000m it

:19:33. > :19:40.is a different beast, isn't it? Well, bear in mind it is an

:19:40. > :19:44.endurance event, you cannot get away from that. It is just for him to set

:19:44. > :19:51.off at 56 second lapse is not normal. It is endurance that carries

:19:51. > :19:56.him through. You are right, they have concentrated on getting him

:19:57. > :20:04.race and championship fit. These races are won in the last 1000m. If

:20:04. > :20:14.you can run the last 1000m faster than anyone else, you have the race.

:20:14. > :20:18.Look how strong Mo is finishing here. Mo had a great race. He was

:20:18. > :20:24.closing in the end. That is not speed, that is strength and

:20:24. > :20:28.endurance, and that is the platform on which he built his 10,000m.

:20:28. > :20:32.Steve, you were in tears in the commentary box that day. I will keep

:20:32. > :20:37.that between us. Steve was shocked in commentary and was very gracious

:20:37. > :20:45.because it was a shock. We were shocked by Mo Farah's performance,

:20:45. > :20:51.the way that he ran. You talk about two distances, 1500m and 10,000m.

:20:51. > :21:01.Interestingly, the 10,000m off and run miles and training, but the

:21:01. > :21:02.

:21:02. > :21:07.1500m often run miles and training, but they never run 10,000m, do they?

:21:07. > :21:13.How has your athlete recovered in that -- after that nasty fall in

:21:13. > :21:17.Birmingham? It was a difficult fall, we had

:21:17. > :21:23.written off the World Championships, she was badly hurt with a gash, a

:21:23. > :21:29.very visible part of it. We Dobriskey is kept up.

:21:29. > :21:33.Unfortunately, that race put paid to Lisa. In the next lap in the same

:21:33. > :21:39.place when the race was starting to get out, Charlene Thomas had a fall.

:21:40. > :21:44.We thought that was it. She has had great support from UK Athletics,

:21:44. > :21:48.from the team and a physio. But she is here, that is the main thing.

:21:48. > :21:52.Hannah England went on to win it, she is in great shape and we're

:21:52. > :21:57.looking forward to seeing her go. Silver medal two years ago and she

:21:57. > :22:00.will can bit -- commits to this, she is reading to go, but for Laura it

:22:00. > :22:05.is a bit of a struggle. A couple of weeks ago she did not think she

:22:05. > :22:11.would be on the start line. How tough does this first he'd look

:22:11. > :22:16.for her? -- first heat. Pretty tough. The

:22:16. > :22:23.wind is strong, the resort of depth in the seats. They are harder to get

:22:23. > :22:27.through. It is not just about the tactics and

:22:27. > :22:33.the pace the races run out. Hannah is in the third heat. You have to go

:22:33. > :22:36.out there and win the race. She has to forget about her problems and

:22:36. > :22:41.just try and concentrate on the background she had put in before

:22:41. > :22:48.that happened and hope that her body holds up.

:22:48. > :22:52.We will leave it there with you and Brendan to describe this first heat.

:22:52. > :22:56.Brendan to describe this first heat. Three heats and the six fastest

:22:56. > :23:06.losers will go through on Tuesday. Laura Weightman is in the first

:23:06. > :23:06.

:23:06. > :23:11.heat, she has the former world champion behind, Nancy Langat. We

:23:11. > :23:18.also have the number one in the world, Abbey B Ali Galli. There are

:23:18. > :23:26.not many favourites in the World Championships who would be more

:23:26. > :23:32.hotly tipped. -- Abeba Aregawi. Siham Hilali has been going well

:23:32. > :23:39.this year. And Young Mary Cain, talking about great tablets, just 17

:23:39. > :23:42.years old from the US. -- talking about great talents. She has done a

:23:42. > :23:52.little bit of training with Mo Farah, she is a brilliant talent,

:23:52. > :24:03.

:24:03. > :24:13.watch out for her. This is Jenny Burka, a former indoor champion. --

:24:13. > :24:17.

:24:17. > :24:22.Gelete Burka. Watch out for this runner as the camera pans down to

:24:22. > :24:26.Nancy Jebet Langat. She is starting to recover her form that took her to

:24:26. > :24:32.the Olympic title. She has been running pretty well for this year,

:24:32. > :24:39.she has not done for a while. Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian, now running for

:24:39. > :24:43.Sweden. She married into that nation and still drains in Ethiopia, that

:24:44. > :24:48.is where she has been preparing for these championships. Svetlana

:24:48. > :24:58.Podosynova, third in the Russian Championships. Sub four minute

:24:58. > :25:04.

:25:04. > :25:07.his/her personal best. -- is her preparation. Both -- all athletes at

:25:07. > :25:17.some point in their career have to deal with some situation like this

:25:17. > :25:20.

:25:20. > :25:23.fastest losers. It will be interesting to see if anyone wants

:25:23. > :25:27.to make this first heat in reasonable pace because there is

:25:27. > :25:36.every chance to go through as long as the piece is reasonable. Some

:25:36. > :25:42.pushing and shoving there, Langat getting involved, Farah is probably

:25:42. > :25:49.a little tentative after what happened at the trials. It is Renata

:25:49. > :25:54.Plis at the front. I am looking there at Abeba Aregawi,

:25:54. > :26:00.the favourite for this event in the yellow and blue vest, now

:26:00. > :26:06.representing Sweden where she has lived -- lived for most ten years.

:26:06. > :26:10.On the outside, Mary Cain, the precocious talent from the US. Laura

:26:10. > :26:15.Weightman, she has done really well to get here, she was still in

:26:15. > :26:20.crutches not long ago. But here she is, thanks to British athletics and

:26:20. > :26:24.Ali Rose in particular. I am sure that a lot of it is then to Steve

:26:24. > :26:29.Cram and his experience over the years. When you come to

:26:29. > :26:32.Championships, you have to deal with problems, sometimes you have to win

:26:32. > :26:40.races at not your best, sometimes you have to run beyond your own

:26:40. > :26:49.ability to try and qualify. Laura Weightman is sensibly tracking Abeba

:26:49. > :26:52.Aregawi, and at the back of the field Mary Cain of the US.

:26:52. > :26:57.Don't be surprised to see her there, she has a real burn up of the

:26:57. > :27:00.finish. She ran half of the race and London on the outside lanes and

:27:00. > :27:05.finished in a mess but she came through like a train to finish

:27:05. > :27:15.fourth. She has great speed to burn at the end of the race. It is a slow

:27:15. > :27:15.

:27:15. > :27:22.pace here, that is the disadvantage of being in the first heat. Someone

:27:22. > :27:28.now, as we have two laps to go, you get the feeling they may pick it up.

:27:28. > :27:32.Aregawi for the first timers the front.

:27:32. > :27:41.Look how smoothly Aregawi goes through, moving alongside a fellow

:27:41. > :27:45.Ethiopian born athlete, Gelete Burka. There is Laura Weightman

:27:45. > :27:49.running strongly now, getting into her running, relaxing, moving,

:27:49. > :27:53.beginning to move a bit more smoothly. She is going through on

:27:53. > :27:57.the inside, some things that is a little dangerous, maybe she should

:27:57. > :28:01.position herself on the outside. As they come into the finishing

:28:01. > :28:05.straight, Gelete Burka on a good position. There is a bunch of them

:28:05. > :28:10.ahead of Laura. She looks as if she is struggling a little bit now but

:28:10. > :28:15.she has to give herself a chance, don't always rely on a gap coming

:28:15. > :28:23.through on the inside. Mary Cain of the US, ten three looked as if she

:28:23. > :28:27.is struggling. -- Laura looks as if she is

:28:27. > :28:31.struggling. That is not surprising, given

:28:31. > :28:36.everything she has gone through. She has to try and work as hard as she

:28:36. > :28:46.can on the last lap. She will really struggled there. Aregawi kicks this

:28:46. > :28:53.race off. Siham Hilali moving up. Laura is really struggling with 250

:28:53. > :28:56.to go. That is what happens when you have not had decent preparation, you

:28:57. > :29:03.cannot get over that sometimes. Aregawi leads the front with

:29:03. > :29:10.confidence and style. She has so much ability and she is so much

:29:10. > :29:16.better than everyone else, she is just jogging here, to be honest.

:29:16. > :29:19.Mary Cain is fighting here, Nancy Langat just accelerates, as well.

:29:19. > :29:28.Renata Plis on the inside, it is going to be very tight, Renata Plis

:29:28. > :29:34.is just about holding on. Mary Cain goes through, the top six

:29:34. > :29:38.qualifying, that has been a real struggle for Laura. As always, it

:29:38. > :29:46.was always going to be a struggle to get here. That was the likely

:29:46. > :29:50.outcome, unfortunately. She looked a little distressed, there, Steve.

:29:50. > :29:56.That is disappointing to see. There we go, Aregawi, the athlete coming

:29:56. > :30:01.into this race as a favourite. In the red vest on the outside, Gelete

:30:01. > :30:06.Burka, the athlete I don't think suits this distance, I think she is

:30:06. > :30:08.better at other distances, she is in the green vest of Ethiopia. On the

:30:08. > :30:16.outside, there comes nearly came with a lot of hopes on her

:30:16. > :30:22.shoulders. There you go, one, two, three, four, five. Mary Cain

:30:22. > :30:28.calculated in six places, Nancy Langat ahead of her. This girl,

:30:28. > :30:35.Aregawi, and sadly Laura Weightman in a little bit of trouble there.

:30:35. > :30:40.That isn't disappointment for her, she is obviously a bit distressed.

:30:40. > :30:48.-- that is a big disappointment for her. That is the unofficial

:30:48. > :30:54.scoreboard, it gets up quicker than our computers tend to. That gives

:30:54. > :30:57.the other is something to aim at. With six fastest losers spots

:30:58. > :31:02.available, that is reasonably quick in the first round. The others do

:31:02. > :31:12.see that as they come into the stadium. They have that to aim at.

:31:12. > :31:16.Ten three is with Phil. A little bit emotional after that, but we have to

:31:16. > :31:19.remind you that you are on crutches a couple of weeks ago, Brendan spoke

:31:19. > :31:24.about it in commentary and Steve knows what you have been through, so

:31:24. > :31:29.it was remarkable that you are here at all. Yes, I knew it would be top

:31:29. > :31:36.and Eiffel Tower caper the first 600 and after that, I had nothing in my

:31:36. > :31:40.legs --I knew it would be tough and after the first 600. But missing a

:31:40. > :31:43.vital time in training, I knew it would be hard and it is

:31:43. > :31:46.disappointing but I couldn't perform any better. I have to thank

:31:46. > :31:50.everybody who has helped me to get to the start line, because after the

:31:50. > :31:54.hard work of the winter, I wanted to be here and give myself the best

:31:54. > :32:00.possible chance, so thanks to everyone. Athletes have all kinds of

:32:00. > :32:05.careers high and lows, it must have taught you a lot about yourself,

:32:05. > :32:08.putting yourself through that to get here. It has been a great

:32:08. > :32:12.experience, getting so close to a major championships, so I have

:32:12. > :32:16.learned a lot through this period and it will take me forward and I

:32:16. > :32:19.can come back to World Championships and be more competitive. You have

:32:19. > :32:25.given yourself a lot of credit, don't be too upset.

:32:25. > :32:31.Thank you. Good to see Heather, they were distressing scenes when she

:32:31. > :32:37.crossed the line. We can speak to Steve --good to see Laura there.

:32:37. > :32:41.Steve, she is a very brave athlete. Yes, it would have been easy to say

:32:41. > :32:45.don't go, but she wanted to be here and the staff, as you pointed out,

:32:45. > :32:48.worked incredibly hard and we went out to Barcelona with the team last

:32:48. > :32:52.week and we could all see she was struggling with her fitness but

:32:52. > :32:56.everybody did the best they could. All you can do is get somebody to

:32:56. > :33:00.the start line and hope the body stands up. But she has missed a lot

:33:00. > :33:04.and Laura is the sort of athlete that needs training to be going well

:33:04. > :33:08.for her whole body to come together and perform well. When your body is

:33:08. > :33:11.going to let you down, it doesn't matter how positive you have been or

:33:12. > :33:16.try and put it to the back of your mind, you do or not the right things

:33:16. > :33:20.but if you don't get a response, you don't get a response. Other athletes

:33:20. > :33:23.have to go through that, you get disappointments in your career and

:33:23. > :33:26.she has the rest of the season to look forward to and another two or

:33:26. > :33:35.three weeks to get fit, running more races and looking forward to next

:33:35. > :33:40.year. I guess that kind of slightly distressing response was from trying

:33:40. > :33:43.to run faster than her body would allow her. Yes, without going into

:33:43. > :33:48.too much detail, Laura is a childhood asthma sufferer and when

:33:48. > :33:53.she is not as fit as she can be, the breathing becomes a problem and she

:33:53. > :33:57.overstretch is her rib cage and the breathing becomes distressing. But

:33:57. > :34:01.when she is fit, she runs really well and when she is not fit, that

:34:01. > :34:06.kind of thing can happen. She will cope with it, she is very strong

:34:06. > :34:12.mentally and she will move on. your advice perhaps not to come at

:34:12. > :34:15.all? No, because she is a young athlete and when she was in the

:34:15. > :34:19.selection period and no one else could be selected, which is what

:34:19. > :34:29.happened after the trials, if someone else could have come, it

:34:29. > :34:32.would have been an option but Lisa got injured, we had three women with

:34:32. > :34:36.the A Standard and Laura was selected and we hoped it would come

:34:36. > :34:41.together. If it doesn't, you accept that and thank everybody for helping

:34:41. > :34:44.you get there and you move on. you get there and you move on.

:34:44. > :34:48.Thanks for the moment, we will head out to the track, heat two, Jenny

:34:48. > :34:55.Simpson going on this one. Andrew Cotter will be commentating.

:34:55. > :35:03.Arakawa looking very good in the first one that Arakawa ee looking

:35:03. > :35:13.very good in the first heat. Simpson in good form this year, winning at

:35:13. > :35:19.

:35:19. > :35:28.the Monaco Diamond League. Belete, Ethiopia spreading out there talent

:35:28. > :35:32.to the middle east, running for Bahrain. I think the strongest

:35:32. > :35:39.challenge to Aregawi, as we look at Sheila Reid, another very talented

:35:39. > :35:44.runner, this woman here, Kipyegon, just 19. Only Aregawi has gone

:35:44. > :35:49.quicker this season. An amazing talent. So often we see teenagers,

:35:49. > :35:53.late teens, early 20s, coming through from Ethiopia and Kenyon and

:35:53. > :36:03.Kipyegon is just a bed at the very top at the moment. One of a trio of

:36:03. > :36:11.

:36:12. > :36:16.Kenyan athletes we have seen here six go through automatically. And

:36:16. > :36:24.the next six fastest go through to the semifinals. And again, the

:36:24. > :36:29.slight advantage of seeing the pace of the first race. I think we are

:36:29. > :36:39.all looking forward to seeing fake Kipyegon are running, what a talent

:36:39. > :36:48.she is. --fake Kipyegon. certainly is, cross country champion

:36:48. > :36:51.and it is the leading brand for all long. She is a former junior cross

:36:52. > :36:54.country champion but she is an athlete who will get better and we

:36:54. > :36:59.hope she runs well in this championship, but the Commonwealth

:36:59. > :37:04.Games in Glasgow next year could be an event where she really excels. On

:37:04. > :37:12.the outside, positioning ourselves well. --herself well. The athletes

:37:12. > :37:15.moving at a sensible place, --sensible pace. They know what time

:37:16. > :37:21.or put them in a qualifying position and when you know that, you aim your

:37:21. > :37:25.lap times and it looks as though these athletes are intent on moving

:37:25. > :37:34.a little bit faster. It is a shade slow but they will accelerate in the

:37:34. > :37:42.later stages. We are led out by the woman taking most of the support

:37:42. > :37:47.from the crowd, Sharmina. Jenny Simpson also placed very well on her

:37:47. > :37:56.shoulder, but the tiny figure of Kipyegon moving easily into third

:37:56. > :38:06.place. Talking about youngsters, the 18-year-old Teferi coming around the

:38:06. > :38:10.

:38:10. > :38:14.corner. Six will go through automatically. Jenny Simpson coming

:38:14. > :38:17.into this championships in really good form, on the shoulder of the

:38:17. > :38:22.leader, putting herself in the right place. Kipyegon knows what to do,

:38:23. > :38:29.she is on her shoulder and Teferi is on her shoulder. So Jenny Simpson

:38:29. > :38:31.comes into this race as the defending champion and that

:38:31. > :38:36.sometimes is pressure on some athletes, but sometimes it is a

:38:36. > :38:41.great opportunity. Let's face it, the first six to go through, it is a

:38:41. > :38:47.bit slower and they will have to pick the pace up. Charmaine of

:38:48. > :38:57.Russia is leading --Sharmina of Russia is leading. Jenny Simpson

:38:57. > :39:05.looks as though she is aggressive and wants to take it on. The door

:39:05. > :39:11.opened for Zoe Buckman. defending champion Simpson is bare

:39:11. > :39:16.and McGhee, the other American. --is there. They are queueing up at the

:39:16. > :39:21.bell, Jenny Simpson is ready and poised. Sheila Reid of Canada are

:39:21. > :39:28.not moving through very quickly. Jenny Simpson, you can sense she is

:39:28. > :39:36.went up about this event. Three, they could qualify quickly or as a

:39:36. > :39:39.fastest loser, but they are not looking at that. One of these

:39:39. > :39:44.athletes is going to miss out and Jenny Simpson is determined that it

:39:44. > :39:49.is not going to be her. A little bump for Sharmina, she wasn't happy

:39:49. > :39:56.and nor should she be. Kipyegon getting ready to go, but since then

:39:56. > :40:03.has run a very good racing. Let's see if Kipyegon has a sprint finish.

:40:03. > :40:09.--Simpson has run a very good race. Kipyegon has some in reserve.

:40:09. > :40:13.Sharmina scanning and people coming left and right. Simpson is there.

:40:13. > :40:17.These are going to make it comfortably and have energy to

:40:17. > :40:26.conserve if they wanted. Zoe Buckman taking the victory. The crowd want

:40:26. > :40:30.Sharmina to get it but Zoe Buckman has her moment. I would say concerns

:40:30. > :40:35.for Kipyegon. She is a young athlete, a talented athlete, but

:40:35. > :40:42.this was a race where Jenny Simpson, you could tell that there are three

:40:42. > :40:45.rounds of the 1500m before the race is run. There was a glare from

:40:45. > :40:50.Sharmina, Zoe Buckman decided she was going to go the short way round

:40:50. > :40:55.and if you are not happy, that his tough! And Australian stance in

:40:55. > :41:00.sport that is not unusual. It is good to see an Australian vest

:41:00. > :41:08.here, a true athletic nation. Sharmina controlling, Jenny Simpson

:41:08. > :41:15.wants to be involved. The young Kipyegon, the red young talent,

:41:15. > :41:20.doing what she can in the straight but she is not on terms. Zoe Buckman

:41:20. > :41:26.with a good run, Jenny Simpson looks good, she looked comfortable and was

:41:26. > :41:30.really keen. Sometimes you have to control that. Zoe Buckman was

:41:30. > :41:35.determined to find the shortest way around this course and that is part

:41:35. > :41:42.of the game, 1500m, you don't want to run more. Sharmina looked good,

:41:42. > :41:52.Jenny Simpson was strong. A good run from Zoe Buckman but if looks could

:41:52. > :41:56.kill, Zoe Buckman would still be lying prone on the back straight.

:41:56. > :42:00.Jenny Simpson looking good in third place, letting the Russian and

:42:00. > :42:07.Australian battle it out, the defending champion getting through.

:42:07. > :42:13.Kipyegon just got there, let's tidy it up for you. Jenny Simpson in fact

:42:13. > :42:22.taking second place. Kipyegon and Belete going through automatically.

:42:22. > :42:27.Sheila Reid struggling to go through as one of the fastest losers.

:42:27. > :42:32.Ashton Eaton is the overall leader in the decathlon. The seventh of

:42:32. > :42:37.event, the second this morning. He had the fastest time anybody, any of

:42:37. > :42:47.the 28 competitors in the hurdles, 13 points 72, and that is a solid

:42:47. > :43:03.

:43:03. > :43:07.start in the discus. --13 .72. A good start for the American. Michael

:43:07. > :43:16.Schrader of Germany, lying in third place overall. He is only three

:43:16. > :43:22.points ahead of the Canadian Damian Warner. Wobbles a little bit, but

:43:22. > :43:32.that is pretty useful. He is only a 45-metre discus thrower. 45 points

:43:32. > :43:41.

:43:41. > :43:44.62 is his best. --4 defy --45.62. His archrival from Germany goes at

:43:44. > :43:54.the end of this pool. The two kilograms discus go spinning away

:43:54. > :44:00.into the arena. Again, solid, but he needs more. Well, the sun in parts

:44:00. > :44:05.of the stadium, is baking. Not too many spectators here this morning

:44:05. > :44:09.but it is filling up. JONATHAN EDWARDS: I don't really

:44:09. > :44:15.know what to say about bad, I am not sure if it is sunbathing or

:44:15. > :44:22.meditating. It is filling up --about that. In terms of the Russians,

:44:22. > :44:28.massive support and getting involved on Twitter, this one says amazing

:44:28. > :44:31.British support at the Luzhniki Stadium and the final bend belongs

:44:31. > :44:35.to us, the locals haven't turned up. Apart from the sun worshipper!

:44:35. > :44:39.up. Apart from the sun worshipper! One more heed in the 1500m, it

:44:39. > :44:47.includes Hannah England, and she has been speaking to fill the head of

:44:48. > :44:55.the Championships. When it comes to the World Championships it must

:44:55. > :45:00.bring back memories of a couple of years ago, what do you remember two

:45:00. > :45:03.-- what do you remember? I remember just the whole week of

:45:03. > :45:09.it, it was a lovely time with everyone else. I had a good

:45:09. > :45:13.training, the rounds were very successful. I went into the final

:45:13. > :45:18.thinking I was in the best shape I had ever been with, I can relax and

:45:18. > :45:22.have a good performance and it produced a lot more than I thought

:45:22. > :45:29.was possible. And Hannah England is sweeping through! Hannah England

:45:29. > :45:33.takes silver for Britain! I tried to keep that mentality,

:45:33. > :45:38.really. At the end of the day I can only run my best race and hope it

:45:38. > :45:42.finishes me high up. Is there a lot less pressure than

:45:42. > :45:49.last year when there was such desperation for everyone to make the

:45:49. > :45:52.Olympic team? Yes, we are still very focused and we train very hard, but

:45:52. > :45:58.without that external pressure of the whole country watching what we

:45:58. > :46:01.are doing. It has got a bit more chilled out and fun this year.

:46:02. > :46:05.As for your own hopes and expectations, what goes through your

:46:05. > :46:11.head in the run-up to the Championships?

:46:11. > :46:14.Eyes have to stay calm, I use all my energy -- I have to stay calm, I use

:46:14. > :46:19.all my energy in a productive and positive way and when I get to

:46:19. > :46:24.Moscow I will want to take every round as it comes, give it all and

:46:24. > :46:34.hope I can do really well at the end of it.

:46:34. > :46:34.

:46:34. > :46:41.She is one of my favourites, I hope JONATHAN EDWARDS: Yes, I think

:46:41. > :46:47.Hannah has come to this in pretty good shape. -- STEVE CRAM:. All of

:46:47. > :46:51.the pace that Hannah has, she will make good use of it when she gets to

:46:51. > :46:56.the final, hopefully. As I said, she needs to be aware of what is going

:46:56. > :47:06.on around her, they are aplenty of good athletes in this heat, as

:47:06. > :47:35.

:47:35. > :47:39.well. The semifinals will be very at the back, Sophie Brown, the

:47:39. > :47:42.American who should have been running this race and had a

:47:42. > :47:52.hamstring pull a couple of years ago. She worked hard to get that

:47:52. > :47:53.

:47:53. > :47:58.right, but because the Americans named for athletes, Sarah Brown got

:47:58. > :48:04.a really late called two days ago. She only just arrived on Friday

:48:04. > :48:07.evening and she had some issues with her paperwork. Sarah Brown, suddenly

:48:07. > :48:17.finding herself in this World Championship with a late call.

:48:17. > :48:18.

:48:18. > :48:28.Hannah England on the inside. Diana Sujew of Germany in the lead. The

:48:28. > :48:28.

:48:28. > :48:32.world champion of 3000m, Hellen Obiri. Then it is Genzebe Dibaba.

:48:32. > :48:39.She is the younger sister of the great Tirunesh Dibaba. She wanted to

:48:39. > :48:44.run the 1500m and the 5000m, they would not let her run that. Her

:48:44. > :48:50.sister wanted to run the 10,000m and the 5000m, they would not let her,

:48:50. > :48:56.she is only running the 10,000m. There is criticism this is the only

:48:56. > :49:06.event she has been allowed to enter, the 1500m, but she is right on the

:49:06. > :49:13.

:49:13. > :49:20.athlete, rather than quick, she is a twin, actually. Hellen Obiri on her

:49:20. > :49:25.shoulder, Genzebe Dibaba on her shoulder. And England is

:49:25. > :49:31.comfortable, nothing to worry about here, it is a nice, steady pace. She

:49:31. > :49:41.is OK exactly where she is and she will hope that Diana Sujew manages

:49:41. > :49:42.

:49:42. > :49:47.to keep this stretched out. 2.13, the slowest second lap.

:49:47. > :49:56.They will have to take four seconds off at pace as they begin to build

:49:56. > :50:04.up momentum. Hannah England knows she will have two following Genzebe

:50:04. > :50:14.Dibaba because she is almost certain to feature. Diana Sujew is running a

:50:14. > :50:18.good sensible race. She has decided to keep the pace going. Hannah

:50:18. > :50:25.England has to just find her way out of here. She is a little bit

:50:25. > :50:29.careful, she is being surrounded by athletes, some too many for comfort.

:50:29. > :50:34.She is having to push, getting yourself into a little bit of

:50:34. > :50:38.trouble. We know she has a strong finish when she is in good shape.

:50:38. > :50:43.Now she has to concentrate on finding her way through. She is on

:50:43. > :50:48.the inside with too many athletes are around for comfort. She is fast

:50:48. > :50:54.on the finish, the backstreet is really important for Hannah England.

:50:54. > :51:01.-- the back straight. Some gaps will appear, sometimes they do, sometimes

:51:01. > :51:08.they don't, that is the problem. Just don't panic, I think. Sarah

:51:08. > :51:18.Brown getting a bit of a nudge there from Hannah. Rodriguez is there,

:51:18. > :51:18.

:51:18. > :51:28.Hannah is going wide now. Dibaba has kicked away, Obiri is away. Hannah

:51:28. > :51:36.is just gliding through. Dibaba and Obiri, Hannah England safe in third,

:51:36. > :51:41.then Rodriguez, then Nicole Sifuentes.

:51:41. > :51:47.She was using her experience. She did not run the wisest race but when

:51:47. > :51:52.she got onto the back straight she was confident enough and wise enough

:51:52. > :51:58.in the eight years she has been competing. Now she is in a difficult

:51:58. > :52:02.place, a few too many there, looking for a gap that is not appealing

:52:02. > :52:06.naturally, there is a bit of a push, she was lucky she did not get

:52:06. > :52:10.brought down, fortunately she used her arms to keep her position, kept

:52:10. > :52:14.her head straight and did not worry about anything, that is an

:52:14. > :52:23.experienced athlete. This is Hannah England in full flow and when she

:52:23. > :52:26.starts relaxing and running fast like this she is an outstanding

:52:26. > :52:28.athlete on the finishing straight. You know that Hannah is going to

:52:28. > :52:34.cruise away from these athletes, the two world champions, Dibaba and

:52:34. > :52:37.Obiri are away, Hannah England running quickly and strongly. A fine

:52:37. > :52:41.qualification after that little problem on the back straight.

:52:41. > :52:50.Liggett Dibaba, she will be interesting on the next round, as is

:52:50. > :52:58.Obiri. -- as well Obiri. These athletes are suffering -- left in

:52:58. > :53:01.her wake. She is a former World Championship medallist and she

:53:01. > :53:05.showed the experience and talent, she is downstairs to explain it all

:53:05. > :53:10.she is downstairs to explain it all to Phil Jones.

:53:10. > :53:16.Hannah, you should experience to come through, you showed that great

:53:16. > :53:20.place -- pace, tell me about the race from your perspective. There

:53:20. > :53:24.was a bit of pushing and shoving and I was way back. I just had to relax

:53:24. > :53:30.because I know I have a strong last lap.

:53:30. > :53:35.I knew I could just wait. I knew coming into that last 100 I would be

:53:35. > :53:40.close to the top six and I could turn it on. Described that feeling

:53:40. > :53:46.when you are on the inside and you have a swarm of people coming around

:53:46. > :53:51.outside of view, is it just keen not to panic?

:53:51. > :53:58.Yes, that is what I tried to do, not panic. I got cut up and pushed both

:53:58. > :54:02.of us back a long way, but it is 1500 running.

:54:02. > :54:07.That is what it is all about, getting through. Are you feeling it

:54:07. > :54:13.in mind and body now? This morning I was very nervous, there are all of

:54:13. > :54:19.these athletes in the warm up area, everyone woke up at whatever time it

:54:19. > :54:24.is in the morning. Well, well done for getting through to your next

:54:24. > :54:28.round. I would like to say I am sorry to hear that both Bob Ashwood

:54:28. > :54:32.and Roger mortars have died this week. They both coach in Birmingham

:54:32. > :54:36.and it was hard to hear that and my thoughts go out to all their friends

:54:36. > :54:46.and family. That is very good of you, we all echo those sentiments,

:54:46. > :54:47.

:54:47. > :54:57.thank you, Hannah. Yes, absolutely, very sad news about

:54:57. > :55:06.

:55:06. > :55:16.both Bob and Roger this week, both a the last date, big advantage, Sonja

:55:16. > :55:21.

:55:21. > :55:25.Roman, bitter some similar good. -- A very good qualification there from

:55:25. > :55:29.Hannah England, a lot of tweets coming through, a lot about the lack

:55:29. > :55:34.of the crowd, and a lot about the great interview with Laura

:55:34. > :55:44.Weightman. If you just joined us, she was struggling post-trials with

:55:44. > :55:44.

:55:44. > :55:50.that injury. Then a more frivolous one. Love my shoes. But what does

:55:50. > :55:56.the style guru, Mr Jackson, think of them. Luckily, we are here to talk

:55:56. > :56:03.about athletics, not my shoes. It matters to me!

:56:03. > :56:13.It is just the colour. Lots of Moscow action on Twitter,

:56:13. > :56:15.

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:57:41. > :57:44.to come over the next couple of up, yesterday we saw the women

:57:44. > :57:49.qualifying. Christine Ohuruogu or, came into the championships with

:57:49. > :57:53.high hopes and looked very good. She was loving the championships

:57:53. > :57:59.because she does it so well and when she is here everyone knows she is a

:57:59. > :58:04.genuine threat. She set off in the way we always expect her to do, very

:58:04. > :58:10.cautious 300 metres, but for her the pace is just right. The magic of

:58:10. > :58:14.Christine Ohuruogu really comes alive. She has a beautiful, ranging

:58:14. > :58:18.stride which makes it look effortless. If you can kind of

:58:18. > :58:22.saviour energy at this part of the race before this real build-up, you

:58:22. > :58:26.come into the crown of the bend and started to pour it on, use your

:58:26. > :58:33.energy a bit more, take more out of your body, and you are battling

:58:33. > :58:37.against natural instincts, fatigue, but not Christine. She seems really

:58:37. > :58:44.sensible, she gathers herself well, she does not do a big exhilarating,

:58:44. > :58:54.she has a gradual build-up, hauling herself through the field. This was

:58:54. > :58:57.a special run, 50.22. She did it so well, it was a beautiful run.

:58:57. > :59:02.This year she has got out and about on the Diamond League with the quick

:59:02. > :59:06.athletes, which she has not done in previous years. It is almost like

:59:06. > :59:14.her in Tamil pacing has been quicker than it has before. -- internal

:59:14. > :59:17.pacing. When you go up against the best in

:59:17. > :59:22.the world and gives you a chance to balance yourself in your training

:59:22. > :59:26.with the real competition. Even though she took a couple of defeats

:59:26. > :59:32.early in the year, she ran fast in those competitions, faster than she

:59:32. > :59:35.had ever run in these big events. For me it was a genuine sign that

:59:35. > :59:39.she is arriving at these championships in good form, and when

:59:39. > :59:43.she arrives in good form we are all robbing our hands together and

:59:43. > :59:51.keeping our fingers crossed the magic will be switched on.

:59:51. > :59:55.50.22, we saw her crossed the line hardly breathing.

:59:55. > :59:58.Yes, you can imagine how she will be, she will go back and talk to her

:59:58. > :00:02.coach and they will have a discussion about how it went. I

:00:03. > :00:12.think her coach will be putting her on the shoulder going, let's

:00:13. > :00:16.

:00:16. > :00:22.concentrate for the next round and see where we go. In Monaco, her

:00:22. > :00:28.rival loss to her in Monaco. I think she can go perhaps close to

:00:28. > :00:32.49 seconds at these championships. It just depends where Christine is

:00:32. > :00:36.in the final 50 metres to see how close she can get to her. If you can

:00:36. > :00:41.get on an athlete's shoulder and cause tension, you never know what

:00:41. > :00:49.can happen. Let's move on to the men's 400m.

:00:49. > :00:53.Kirani James is one of the standout ins.

:00:53. > :01:01.-- standout names. For me, he is more than a talent. We know how

:01:01. > :01:05.great he can be. He is guided by Harvey Clancy, an Olympic gold

:01:05. > :01:09.medallist in the relay team. He has experience around him, even though

:01:09. > :01:14.he is so young. He comes to championships committee believes he

:01:14. > :01:24.is unbeatable, and he is one of these flawless, effortless runners.

:01:24. > :01:29.It will not be all his own way, he has been beaten by LaShawn Merritt.

:01:29. > :01:33.LaShawn Merritt is controversial, he has had his drugs issues, he was

:01:33. > :01:37.able to run in London last year after the IOC ruling, he perhaps

:01:37. > :01:44.the. Run as well as we thought in London but he is coming back into

:01:44. > :01:48.his form. He was an athlete that had gone into 44 seconds on numerous

:01:48. > :01:54.occasions so we know what he is capable of and he has been hauling

:01:54. > :01:58.himself. He has beaten Kirani James this year, we know that, but he was

:01:58. > :02:04.also exhausted. It was not an easy race for him, he went off hard and

:02:04. > :02:06.suffered at the end, but he took the victory. Kirani James knows that if

:02:06. > :02:13.LaShawn Merritt is back and bases and braces himself better, he will

:02:13. > :02:20.be a threat. Talking about pacing, what will be

:02:20. > :02:25.the approach of Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt today? It is

:02:25. > :02:30.difficult, in the first round your rank how you have done in the

:02:30. > :02:39.season. These athletes will want to win -- win or run fast so they get

:02:39. > :02:42.the best lanes in later rounds. From a British perspective, Nigel Levine?

:02:42. > :02:46.You mentioned Christine, Nigel, again, is someone who has mature at

:02:46. > :02:53.this year by going on the circuit, being competitive.

:02:53. > :02:58.He has enjoyed his racing. We have spoken to him and he has said

:02:58. > :03:01.sometimes, I have not run very well, but we say, look at the people in

:03:01. > :03:09.front of you. He ran well in London, now he will

:03:09. > :03:14.be running and rubbing his hands, because he is where he wants to be.

:03:14. > :03:23.He has lain too, not exactly the best lane draw for an athlete under

:03:23. > :03:31.Yes, Jonathan has been working on getting that pace, getting the 200m

:03:31. > :03:37.speed up. That is what he relies on, to be his big as it in the 400m.

:03:37. > :03:43.Let's move on to our commentary team, starting with Andrew Cotter.

:03:43. > :03:53.Yes, we're just looking at Jonathan Borlee. We think he is slightly

:03:53. > :04:06.

:04:06. > :04:10.Borlee introduced to the crowd. There is Tony McQuay. Disappointing

:04:10. > :04:16.in London but he should be challenging for medals. Second to

:04:16. > :04:26.LaShawn Merritt in the US Championships. Bourlet goes Borlee

:04:26. > :04:32.

:04:32. > :04:42.goes inside, then Eric Brenes of Costa Rica. Lescay of Cuba is in

:04:42. > :04:43.

:04:43. > :04:53.seven. It is four to go through automatically. Four from seven, from

:04:53. > :04:55.

:04:55. > :05:05.six if you rather cruelly but realistically rule out one of them.

:05:05. > :05:34.

:05:34. > :05:44.Borlee, McQuay and Miller will Allred of the United States. --all

:05:44. > :05:46.

:05:46. > :05:56.red. In the headband, Brenes, also going well. Lescay of Cuba to.

:05:56. > :05:58.

:05:58. > :06:06.--also. But Tony McQuay easing round the top then and he leads into the

:06:06. > :06:10.home straight --top bend. Borlee looking sharp in lane two. Four

:06:10. > :06:19.going through automatically, time to fire then the engines. McQuay comes

:06:19. > :06:23.through, Borlee can look around in second. That was the winner, but

:06:23. > :06:27.this guy, while you were commentating, I was watching him and

:06:27. > :06:32.he ran outside of his lane in the top bend and I saw a flag go up and

:06:32. > :06:36.if he is not disqualified, I would be amazed. It is Lescay the Cuban,

:06:36. > :06:43.he is in lane seven and watch as he comes around the bend. He just over

:06:43. > :06:48.balances. The flag goes up on the left-hand side, two flags go up. I

:06:48. > :06:54.am pretty sure he will get disqualified. I don't know if it is

:06:54. > :07:03.just inexperienced, but he is 19 years of age. He overbalanced. So

:07:03. > :07:07.the American, and Borlee as expected. There is a lot of talent

:07:07. > :07:14.in the 400m, and Lescay is looking across as if he has qualified but I

:07:14. > :07:23.will be amazed if he is not disqualified. I am sure that will

:07:23. > :07:33.change later on. Stepping out of the lane. It may well be that Nery

:07:33. > :07:35.

:07:35. > :07:43.Brenes gets in. Ramon Miller The decathlon discus once more. Rico

:07:43. > :07:47.Freimuth, who was then in fifth place overall. 48 141 so far and he

:07:47. > :07:57.has moved into second place and that looks like it could be further --48

:07:57. > :08:00.

:08:00. > :08:05.point macro . --48. 41. That will help him put the pressure on for a

:08:05. > :08:10.medal. Ashton Eaton is still a long way ahead of everybody. He has

:08:11. > :08:20.another throw to come. He didn't improve on his round one throw. That

:08:21. > :08:21.

:08:21. > :08:26.is getting closer to the 50m line. 48. 74, he is still in second place.

:08:26. > :08:34.Ashton Eaton has had his lead cut by Rico Freimuth. Interesting

:08:34. > :08:40.technique. Really explosive, and that is better. A good final throw

:08:40. > :08:44.in this decathlon competition by the Olympic champion and possibly, his

:08:44. > :08:50.lead in first place in the decathlon, will go back up to 100

:08:50. > :08:56.points plus. The pole-vault come later on this afternoon, then the

:08:56. > :09:00.javelin and then the 1500m. He is excellent at the pole-vault and very

:09:00. > :09:04.solid at throwing the javelin and a decent 1500m runner. It is difficult

:09:04. > :09:10.to see anybody catching him. 45 metres and his lead is beyond the

:09:10. > :09:20.100 points. The women's shot put qualifying

:09:20. > :09:27.

:09:27. > :09:34.competition is in the arena this she has done it by some margin. She

:09:34. > :09:41.was promoted to silver and originally, in the stadium in

:09:41. > :09:44.London, she only got the bronze, but the eventual winner from Belarus was

:09:44. > :09:50.disqualified for a drugs offence, and that means that everybody

:09:50. > :09:55.underneath was promoted, including Valerie Adams of New Zealand, of

:09:55. > :09:59.course, who rightfully took her place as Olympic champion.

:09:59. > :10:09.Unfortunately, not in front of the London crowd. Kolodko was the silver

:10:09. > :10:11.

:10:11. > :10:17.medallist, she qualifies easily. Gong Lijiaou China, a world

:10:17. > :10:27.championship bronze medallist back in Berlin. Very fast. Just over the

:10:27. > :10:35.

:10:35. > :10:45.qualifying line. A very strong lady, sing slow and hit it hard. She

:10:45. > :10:47.

:10:47. > :10:51.makes up for it with explosive power. --saids slow. I think Valerie

:10:51. > :10:57.Adams may sail over Gong's throw. She is through to the final. She is

:10:57. > :11:05.already the champion three times and after that throw, she will contest

:11:05. > :11:12.her sixth world championship final. Three gold medals, her most

:11:12. > :11:15.successful global title, three times world champion, twice an Olympic

:11:15. > :11:22.champion, twice a Commonwealth champion. The longest throw we have

:11:22. > :11:26.seen so far. Michelle Carter, ranked second in

:11:26. > :11:36.the world this year to Valerie Adams, but didn't get off to a good

:11:36. > :11:40.

:11:40. > :11:49.start this morning, just over 18 final, not a great delivery but a

:11:50. > :11:54.very powerful and strong heave of that four kilograms shot. Pushed all

:11:54. > :11:59.the way in the family, aiming to become the family number one. That

:11:59. > :12:05.will be difficult because her father, Mike Carter, was the Olympic

:12:05. > :12:15.champion back in 1984 and he was a 21 metre shot put at his very best.

:12:15. > :12:16.

:12:16. > :12:19.19.70 six, one of her longest throws Just to confirm there was no hiding

:12:19. > :12:29.place for Yoandys Lescay, disqualified for stepping out of his

:12:29. > :12:34.lane, as was that was Orwin --Thet Zaw Win. It was a pretty quick first

:12:34. > :12:43.race. Masrahi Saudi Arabia will be the favourite here, and the

:12:43. > :12:53.youngster from the USA, Arman Hall. France's another great talent from

:12:53. > :13:00.

:13:00. > :13:04.Jamaica. Masrahi, this guy started out his career as a 3,800m runner.

:13:04. > :13:10.He got axed to do the relay by his college and is now one of the

:13:10. > :13:15.fastest in the world. --asked. A good person to aim for more Arman

:13:16. > :13:24.Hall, this is his first major championships. It will be

:13:24. > :13:34.interesting to see how he goes. Jamaica have got a young talent in

:13:34. > :13:41.

:13:41. > :13:49.sprinters, we always end up concentrating on that but France's

:13:49. > :13:59.world we want to watch. Gregan is experienced now. --France's will be

:13:59. > :14:02.

:14:02. > :14:07.one to watch. Fifth in the world student Games. This is the

:14:07. > :14:09.19-year-old from the United States from the University of Florida.

:14:09. > :14:18.Second in the world Junior Championships, which were held last

:14:18. > :14:26.year in Barcelona. A big talent, but of course, you expect this con Bayer

:14:26. > :14:33.bells for American 400m runners --conveyor belt. Masrahi is running

:14:33. > :14:41.for Saudi Arabia but he is based in the US, coached by John Smit in Los

:14:41. > :14:51.Angeles. A semiprofessional footballer as well. He ran very well

:14:51. > :15:08.

:15:08. > :15:18.in the Asian Championships, Iran 45 running down Gregan already. Masrahi

:15:18. > :15:32.

:15:32. > :15:42.away well. As is Francis of Jamaica pace through the first 250 metres

:15:42. > :15:48.

:15:48. > :15:55.in a real battle with the Italian. Arman Hall misses out. That is a

:15:55. > :16:00.quick race. You look at these first rounds and you think the top four is

:16:00. > :16:10.going to be easy and suddenly, the guy who is on 44.82 this year is out

:16:10. > :16:12.

:16:12. > :16:17.at the top four. --out of. Enriquez was the surprise, the Brazilian,

:16:17. > :16:22.ending up with a personal best. That was a surprise. Arman Hall, the

:16:22. > :16:26.shades come off. He is a 19-year-old at his first major championships,

:16:26. > :16:33.comes with all of the talent and pedigree but he just wasn't there in

:16:33. > :16:38.the final 50m. And a very close finish you can see the stamina of

:16:38. > :16:46.the former distance runner of Masrahi. He had to work hard, very

:16:46. > :16:52.good race, a quick race, which may still spare Arman Hall. But he

:16:52. > :16:55.finishes fifth and will wait. At this point around the bend, you

:16:55. > :17:01.thought with that pedigree and the times he has run this season that he

:17:01. > :17:06.would find another gear and eases way up. You can see how hard he is

:17:06. > :17:16.having to work as Masrahi comes through the inside. A strong finish

:17:16. > :17:24.from Matteo Galvan and Javon Francis. That was the end for Arman

:17:24. > :17:28.Hall, though I do suspect that he will still see it through. Ramon

:17:28. > :17:32.Miller ran 47 in the first heat and has been a fastest loser so far. It

:17:33. > :17:36.is much quicker than that. You have to accept that you cannot look at

:17:36. > :17:41.the start list and say I can beat him, I can beat him, because there

:17:41. > :17:49.you have two guys who have run personal bests and you have to

:17:49. > :17:52.accept that people are going to run well. It will be an anxious wait for

:17:53. > :18:01.the young American. It looks like it will be good enough but there are

:18:01. > :18:03.some good heaps to come. As Steve said, a hard job for the

:18:03. > :18:11.As Steve said, a hard job for the early-morning boys. It was hard for

:18:11. > :18:15.Denise to drag herself out of bed and joiners, and a large of spots.

:18:15. > :18:20.--join us. I thought I would coordinate with your boys. LaShawn

:18:20. > :18:27.Merritt coming up next, heat number three of the 400m and Colin and I

:18:27. > :18:32.were discussing that he may be the only person who can challenge

:18:32. > :18:37.Kirani. He has a point to prove, having that minor suspension. He

:18:37. > :18:41.came backlash year but hurt his hamstring in the Olympics. He has

:18:41. > :18:46.been consistent but definitely the only person I have seen in this

:18:46. > :18:51.field who can really challenge Kirani James. These heat have been

:18:51. > :18:55.competitive so far, a lot quicker than we anticipated, so maybe we

:18:55. > :19:00.will see LaShawn Merritt do a 44? Let's see. It is about the

:19:00. > :19:04.competitiveness of these early rounds. You can never guarantee your

:19:04. > :19:09.position. I think Steve summed it up wonderfully well, when you come to a

:19:09. > :19:13.Championships, everything goes to zero. So it means anybody can do

:19:13. > :19:20.anything at any time. You have to wipe up for the whole --wipe off the

:19:21. > :19:25.whole of the season. But LaShawn, he has been Olympic champion and knows

:19:25. > :19:30.what it is like to qualify in the first round and is in half decent

:19:30. > :19:37.shape. It is difficult to judge what a 75% pace is, because you don't do

:19:37. > :19:43.much of it in training. You do, you will do various different training

:19:43. > :19:49.sessions, from flat out. These guys will gauge their 200m times, so I am

:19:49. > :19:52.expecting him to go out relatively hard for 200 and assess where he is

:19:52. > :19:57.off that final bend and if he needs to work down the straight and he

:19:57. > :20:00.will do so. He is a very experienced athlete. He has his reputation on

:20:00. > :20:06.the line and he will want to deliver and make sure he doesn't make any

:20:06. > :20:10.mistakes in these rounds. It is heat three, with LaShawn Merritt, and

:20:10. > :20:13.three, with LaShawn Merritt, and Andrew Cotter is commentating.

:20:13. > :20:18.It is a reputation which comes with baggage, having served a drug

:20:18. > :20:26.suspension. The only other man to have beaten the rani James this

:20:26. > :20:32.season --Kirani James, which he did this season in the Diamond League.

:20:32. > :20:40.Olympic champion in Beijing, world champion in Berlin, but then came

:20:40. > :20:50.the suspension. Maslak, the European champion indoors and outdoors in

:20:50. > :20:57.

:20:57. > :21:05.lane three. Krasnov will delight the crowd. Still a youngster. Lendore,

:21:05. > :21:15.of Trinidad goes on the outside. He held of Britain's Martyn Rooney last

:21:15. > :21:44.

:21:44. > :21:54.year. --held off. LaShawn Merritt echoing around this cavernous

:21:54. > :22:11.

:22:11. > :22:21.stadium. --sheds. Heat three of the should be no more than a stroll for

:22:21. > :22:21.

:22:21. > :22:27.him. Krasnov outside him, already being eased past. The Venezuelan has

:22:27. > :22:36.gone off very quickly. He may pay the price. LaShawn Merritt just

:22:36. > :22:43.holding him at bay at the moment. Wide outside, Maslak in lane three

:22:43. > :22:47.with the colourful sleeves. Four to go through. So these four are going

:22:47. > :22:57.to go through automatically and at the head of the field, LaShawn

:22:57. > :23:01.

:23:01. > :23:07.Merritt, 44 points 91. A fairly easy looking time --44. 91. That will do

:23:07. > :23:11.nicely to start his campaign. Pretty impressive, wasn't it? A stark

:23:11. > :23:17.contrast to Krasnov, who looked like he was walking through treacle that

:23:17. > :23:21.the first 200m. He should have been in the top four. That first 300,

:23:21. > :23:24.they were moving quicker than you think and at this point, there is

:23:24. > :23:28.only four to go through and LaShawn Merritt could ease back, he has

:23:28. > :23:38.looked at the screen comic is looking around and this is really

:23:38. > :23:53.

:23:53. > :24:02.impressive, run so quick when there performance. What about yourself?

:24:02. > :24:12.Good. It feels closed in. Now that I am breathing Tom it is like a thick

:24:12. > :24:15.

:24:15. > :24:20.air. I don't feel tired. We are almost in an indoor arena. There is

:24:20. > :24:25.this open space above us, but it is humid and close. ' yes, but everyone

:24:25. > :24:30.is breathing the same air! You are breeding very fine now. What can we

:24:30. > :24:35.expect when you step up later? will step it up a notch. The

:24:35. > :24:45.competition will be different. I will corrode back -- go back and

:24:45. > :24:54.

:24:54. > :24:58.LaShawn Merritt was very impressive, very comfortable winning that one.

:24:58. > :25:07.Disappointing for Vladimir Krasnov, the Russian. He will have to see.

:25:07. > :25:17.Heat three is Compleat. Next to go in heat four will be Nigel Levine.

:25:17. > :25:19.

:25:19. > :25:23.Let's hear his pre-championship many times before. You are going

:25:23. > :25:30.into the 400m. It shows the progression you are making. How

:25:30. > :25:34.excited are you by Moscow this year? Quite excited. Going from the

:25:35. > :25:37.relay into the individual race, and starting from the Olympics is taking

:25:37. > :25:41.through that high and carrying it through to the World Championships,

:25:41. > :25:51.so hopefully next year will be the European Championships, gaining

:25:51. > :25:54.

:25:54. > :25:57.experience. Earlier on this year, we saw you win the gold in the relay.

:25:57. > :26:07.What did that do for your confidence? It gave me great

:26:07. > :26:09.confidence. Surely, the European Championships are not very big

:26:09. > :26:16.compared to the World Championships, but it was a good

:26:16. > :26:21.stepping stone. And we have seen you mix it up on the Diamond League

:26:21. > :26:24.circuit this year. How has that benefited you? I raised the guys I

:26:24. > :26:31.am racing at the World Championships, so I am not going to

:26:31. > :26:34.be scared. I know their tactics and how they run. It is great to base

:26:34. > :26:37.them -- to race them before the World Championships. So going there

:26:37. > :26:43.will not face me and it gives me more confidence with where I stand

:26:43. > :26:53.and what I can do to these people when it matters. It is great to mix

:26:53. > :26:55.

:26:56. > :26:57.it up on a circuit around Europe. still has his long shorts on. He

:26:57. > :27:02.looks like he has forgotten something. He has forgotten

:27:02. > :27:11.something. He's looking for something. He is an experienced

:27:11. > :27:15.competitor. He knows that in lane two he will have everyone to look

:27:16. > :27:23.at. As we have seen in a couple of the heats, you cannot be half asleep

:27:23. > :27:26.year. If he wants to finish in the first four, and he can, anywhere

:27:26. > :27:35.around the 46 seconds mark would be comfortable, but at the moment am at

:27:35. > :27:45.the slowest of the fastest losers is 46.55. He is on the inside in lane

:27:45. > :28:08.

:28:08. > :28:18.coming through in recent years from Kirani James and Luguelin Santos.

:28:18. > :28:25.Arman Hall will still be hanging onto his fastest loser spot. Chris

:28:25. > :28:30.Brown has had so many great championships. Kevin Borlee is a

:28:30. > :28:39.European champion from 2010. The Belgian champion this year, won a

:28:39. > :28:42.bronze at the World Championships two years ago. His younger brother

:28:43. > :28:52.in -- is joining them in the relay. The quelling Santos is not quite

:28:53. > :28:54.

:28:54. > :29:02.setting the world alight as he did last year. Nigel Levine has not run

:29:02. > :29:11.under 45 yet. He would lift the user -- he would love to do that. The

:29:11. > :29:21.first thing is to finish in the top four. Be ready to race. It is still

:29:21. > :29:52.

:29:52. > :29:56.mourning here in Moscow, 11:30am, quickly. The Nicaraguan is not in

:29:56. > :30:03.the same class as other athletes here. Nigel Levine has not been so

:30:03. > :30:13.fast in the first 200m. Omar Johnson is also doing well. Luguelin Santos

:30:13. > :30:15.

:30:15. > :30:19.is on the outside. Nigel Levine has to not panic. There are five in this

:30:19. > :30:22.now. Nigel Levine is looking good. They are all in the line. There is

:30:23. > :30:30.going to be a scrappy. He has gone past Johnson and moved into the top

:30:30. > :30:35.four. 45.23, the winning time. That is the result you would have

:30:35. > :30:42.expected. As we have seen already, expectations can be thrown out of

:30:42. > :30:50.the window if you do not perform. It is tough in lane two, because it

:30:50. > :30:57.looks like everyone is out there, and you haven't got to panic. He was

:30:57. > :31:04.strong in the home straight as Omar Johnson faded. In lane two, figures

:31:04. > :31:08.must seem a long way in the distance, but there was no panic.

:31:08. > :31:18.The good in Santos and Kevin Borlee went out quickly enough. There was a

:31:18. > :31:29.

:31:29. > :31:34.bit of concern for Nigel Levine. He was biding his time. I think if you

:31:34. > :31:44.were hoping for better things from Nigel Levine, he could look

:31:44. > :31:56.

:31:56. > :32:00.to trust the stagger. People do plenty of training in lanes one and

:32:00. > :32:06.two. I know it is not considered a good lane, because as you said, you

:32:06. > :32:10.can panic about the distances over the first 200m. But he has a good

:32:10. > :32:18.shot here from the side. His action looks good. This is where he

:32:18. > :32:21.realises he has got to work. He has got himself into the home straight.

:32:21. > :32:25.He is completely focused, Nigel Levine, not interested in what is

:32:25. > :32:35.happening on the lanes to the right of him. He is focusing on the line

:32:35. > :32:36.

:32:36. > :32:40.and running very well indeed. 45.41 Very mature performance. What you

:32:40. > :32:44.told me about it from your perspective, you have just said that

:32:44. > :32:51.he was still only force but you did what he needed to do. It was a great

:32:51. > :32:55.race. I came up the bend and stand straight. I was leading the race,

:32:55. > :33:04.tied up at the end. I came through fourth. Chris Brown just nipped me

:33:04. > :33:08.to the line. I am through to the next round. Tomorrow, I am going to

:33:08. > :33:14.analyse the race so that I can be better and hopefully qualify for the

:33:14. > :33:19.final. To you feel anything here and now that could be better? Get in a

:33:19. > :33:23.better lane! But coming forth, hopefully I will get in and outside

:33:24. > :33:27.lane rather than lane two or three again. Fingers crossed. How were the

:33:27. > :33:32.nerves this morning? I was very nervous this morning. The first

:33:32. > :33:42.round is at the way, so I am more relaxed and the real race starts

:33:42. > :33:45.

:33:46. > :33:51.tomorrow. It was a great into the semifinal, and hopefully he

:33:51. > :34:01.will get a good outside lane. 45.23, the winning time for Santos, but it

:34:01. > :34:12.

:34:12. > :34:18.was close. Yuzo Kanemaru and Omar Nigel Levine. I think so. He said in

:34:18. > :34:25.his interview before the race that he has been getting used to running

:34:25. > :34:29.with big guys. He has been racing much more wisely this year. Let's

:34:29. > :34:39.Talkback Kirani James. This graphic shows his domination and LaShawn

:34:39. > :34:43.

:34:43. > :34:48.Merritt's domination of this event year shades -- shed between two men.

:34:48. > :34:51.Denise? Yes, this is a two horse race going into the final. The times

:34:51. > :34:59.are staggering. The rest of the field can't live with the sheer pace

:34:59. > :35:04.of these two guys. LaShawn Merritt is renowned for going out really

:35:04. > :35:09.hard over the first 200, and Kirani James can just go with that. That

:35:09. > :35:12.reminds me of Roger Black and his approach to racing, going four

:35:12. > :35:17.seconds and stop it is almost as if everybody else he is going for

:35:17. > :35:23.third. Yes, these are the outstanding runners in this field at

:35:23. > :35:33.the moment. They are the only ones who consistently go under 45. This

:35:33. > :35:47.

:35:47. > :35:57.is event -- is an event that has turned 21, Van Niekerk. An athlete

:35:57. > :36:05.

:36:05. > :36:10.champion at 19... Just one defeat in six races this season, as mentioned,

:36:10. > :36:20.to LaShawn Merritt. But other than that, untouchable, unbeatable, an

:36:20. > :36:22.

:36:22. > :36:29.extraordinary athlete. Bell, another 20-year-old Jamaican champion. Very

:36:29. > :36:39.good youngsters here. It is strange to call Kirani James a youngster,

:36:39. > :36:54.

:36:55. > :37:02.faint praise for him, but he is points 92 looking fairly

:37:02. > :37:12.comfortable. --44. 92 looking fairly comfortable. They should be no

:37:12. > :37:12.

:37:12. > :37:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:37:54. > :38:04.easy, loping style. I wonder what he will be keeping in reserve for the

:38:04. > :38:08.

:38:08. > :38:13.races to come. Cuesta also shaping up well in lane three. Javere Bell

:38:13. > :38:21.running strongly but at the moment, it is Solomon of Trinidad and Tobago

:38:21. > :38:31.coming through. He went out very hard indeed but Karami James jogging

:38:31. > :38:37.

:38:37. > :38:42.to the line, taking Javere Bell with him. 45 . 02, plenty more in the

:38:42. > :38:45.tank. STEVE CRAM: No surprises there, just

:38:46. > :38:49.what when it comes into the home straight. It is almost like he looks

:38:49. > :38:55.across and says, what are you doing, we don't want to go this

:38:55. > :39:03.quick! But fair enough, he wants to win it and he takes Javere Bell with

:39:03. > :39:08.him, I was quite impressed with the young Jamaican. Solomon rang --ran

:39:08. > :39:18.really hard around the first 200 and ended up with that lead. But the two

:39:18. > :39:18.

:39:18. > :39:22.main contenders, hard to say who love to the most impressive, Kirani

:39:22. > :39:30.James can't relax but he looked relaxed enough there. --who looked

:39:30. > :39:32.the most impressive. Kirani James looking so relaxed, so

:39:32. > :39:38.Kirani James looking so relaxed, so comfortable for How easy is it to

:39:38. > :39:41.keep your feet on the ground and not get ahead of yourself? You can't

:39:41. > :39:45.take your competition for granted. You have to respect the guys, they

:39:45. > :39:48.are here for a reason, to make a name for themselves and some of them

:39:48. > :39:54.are here to do a lot of great things for their country, so you have to go

:39:54. > :39:58.through every race like each of these guys are capable of winning.

:39:58. > :40:05.How does your focus change from today to the next round as it builds

:40:05. > :40:09.in intensity? We will see the lanes and the timings for the next round

:40:09. > :40:15.but for now, I am happy with this run and happy to get through to the

:40:15. > :40:19.next round. Thank you. You can always judge how

:40:19. > :40:25.much race has taken out of him by the interview he does afterwards and

:40:25. > :40:30.Kirani James standing and chatting for awhile. Sensible words, you can

:40:30. > :40:34.never take anything for granted, but looking forward to a showdown with

:40:34. > :40:38.LaShawn Merritt. It gets more LaShawn Merritt. It gets more

:40:38. > :40:43.serious in the semifinals tomorrow. But that was a very sensibly run

:40:43. > :40:47.open from Kirani James. Before automatic qualifiers...

:40:47. > :40:57.Disappointing for van Niekerk, missing out, but we will see if he

:40:57. > :40:57.

:40:57. > :41:07.Back to the Dirk Kuyt on, it is the turn of Michael Schrader, having a

:41:07. > :41:13.

:41:13. > :41:19.real tussle with his team-mate Freimuth. And that looks like it

:41:19. > :41:24.could be his best throw, the coaches are chuffed. So Rico Freimuth was

:41:24. > :41:30.temporarily in second place, behind Ashton Eaton, who lives at the

:41:30. > :41:35.moment. There are a whole other pool of discus throwers to come in the

:41:35. > :41:38.decathlon before we head off to the pole-vault. It looks like Michael

:41:38. > :41:43.Schrader could have fought back there, a really good clutch throw,

:41:43. > :41:52.as the Americans would say. His last chance to go ahead of Freimuth and

:41:52. > :41:57.he has done it, 46. 44. He moves back into second, a lifetime's best.

:41:57. > :42:05.There are only four women shot putters who have thrown over 20

:42:05. > :42:13.metres and this is one of them, Christina Schwanitz Germany. She

:42:13. > :42:20.heaves it out beyond 18 points 70 on this occasion. --18. 70. It looks

:42:20. > :42:25.like it could be 19 metres plus. So Schwanitz, who has thrown over 20

:42:25. > :42:35.metres this year, a prodigious distance, she could be one of the at

:42:35. > :42:40.

:42:40. > :42:46.least two challenge Valerie Reid. Schwanitz qualifies. And there are

:42:46. > :42:56.the qualifiers, led by Valerie Adams, as I was just saying, and

:42:56. > :42:57.

:42:57. > :43:02.Christina Schwan it's getting through --Schwanitz. Michelle Carter

:43:02. > :43:05.could perhaps get over 20 metres a game. There are some of the athletes

:43:05. > :43:15.who did not achieve the qualifying standard but become part of the top

:43:15. > :43:19.

:43:19. > :43:25.has managed to hang onto second place overall after the 110m

:43:25. > :43:29.hurdles, but he is going to have to extend his lifetime best in this

:43:30. > :43:39.discus, which he may well have done with that throw. His best ever throw

:43:39. > :43:47.is just over 41 metres. It could be close. May just be a little bit down

:43:47. > :43:51.on that. But with Rico Freimuth and Schrader going very well in the

:43:51. > :43:58.discus, Gunnar Nixon is going to need everything he can muster. He is

:43:58. > :44:01.down in fourth place at the time being.

:44:01. > :44:05.JONATHAN EDWARDS: The spectators enjoying the sunshine and it is

:44:05. > :44:09.filling up a little bit. Some enjoying it a little bit too much.

:44:09. > :44:15.When they are watching Newcastle at St James's Park, they wear that

:44:15. > :44:20.outfit when it is minus five degrees. Anyway, you wouldn't bet

:44:20. > :44:24.against Ashton Eaton in the decathlon of Valerie Adams in the

:44:24. > :44:27.decathlon of Valerie Adams in the discus, but who for the men's 400m?

:44:27. > :44:33.I am sticking with Kirani, he's experienced and is championship

:44:33. > :44:43.material and can really go fast. Not just an ordinary 44, I am thinking a

:44:43. > :44:44.

:44:44. > :44:49.43 something. I agree, I think whatever LaShawn Merritt can do,

:44:49. > :44:53.Kirani has that extra two or three metres on him. He is my favourite

:44:53. > :44:57.for the gold, but they have such contrasting styles of running and

:44:57. > :45:04.how they approach the event itself. Like I said, LaShawn Merritt,

:45:04. > :45:09.renowned for that fast 200 opening start. Kirani James seems to wind up

:45:09. > :45:15.and because his technique is so deceptive, with that loping ranging

:45:15. > :45:19.run, but you can't actually feel the power he is generating on the track,

:45:19. > :45:23.but I do believe we have not seen the best from this guy yet. Kirani

:45:23. > :45:27.James has so much more to deliver. He is an incredibly raw talent,

:45:27. > :45:30.despite what he has achieved so far and the good thing is that with

:45:30. > :45:37.LaShawn Merritt academics and fully fit, you will have these two pushing

:45:37. > :45:42.each other --back in the mix. It is what makes the sport. It is the

:45:42. > :45:45.competitive events we love to see, guys battling on a regular basis.

:45:45. > :45:51.The lane draw will dictate how the race may pan out, because I will

:45:51. > :45:58.think Kirani might be thinking he went really quick in that 200, it

:45:58. > :46:05.could easily blow mine --his mind, so he could be a real mix-up.

:46:05. > :46:08.will talk about the 100m now, the women's coming up shortly. 2011, the

:46:08. > :46:18.world champion was Carmelita Jeter but in 2009, it was Shelley Ann

:46:18. > :46:22.

:46:22. > :46:23.certainly been on form in Berlin. She got an absolutely brilliant

:46:23. > :46:31.She got an absolutely brilliant start their! Carmelita Jeter is

:46:31. > :46:37.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce just gets in! That is the fastest time in the

:46:37. > :46:47.world this year. She gets the world title. She won it right at the

:46:47. > :46:49.

:46:49. > :46:53.Fraser-Pryce. A remarkable technique, Denise, her legs and arms

:46:53. > :46:57.are going 1 million miles an hour. Absolutely. It is like she has been

:46:57. > :47:02.wound up like a little bowl and once she gets out the block, it is really

:47:02. > :47:06.staccato, almost like one of the old staccato, almost like one of the old

:47:06. > :47:12.East German styles of running, very crisp, very contained and very

:47:12. > :47:16.powerful. She is just raw power. This was the Diamond League a few

:47:16. > :47:24.weeks ago, the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium. This was the

:47:24. > :47:26.heat. It was a competent sprint. We heat. It was a competent sprint. We

:47:27. > :47:30.were all excited and ready to watch a phenomenal final, but when I

:47:30. > :47:37.watched the line-up in the final, I did not think she wanted to be

:47:37. > :47:43.there. It just started to remain -- to rain. I was thinking to myself,

:47:43. > :47:48.she could be saving herself for better climates. You know what by

:47:48. > :47:55.prediction is. Before you say this, let's see this graphic, which gives

:47:55. > :47:56.you the top ten women of all time. I am hoping we have got this graphic!

:47:56. > :48:01.am hoping we have got this graphic! We can see where Shelly-Ann

:48:01. > :48:05.Fraser-Pryce sits on that list. You think she can go a bit higher.

:48:05. > :48:15.think at these championships, she will lift herself to second. That is

:48:15. > :48:19.

:48:19. > :48:24.a big call. Flo-Jo is at the top, Marion Jones still in there. The top

:48:24. > :48:32.one should be 1988. I thought I would just add that in! Thank you

:48:32. > :48:36.very much. ! Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is looking on great form. Carmelita

:48:36. > :48:41.is looking on great form. Carmelita Jeter, not quite so good. No, she

:48:41. > :48:46.started of the year pretty well, but then she has picked up a niggling

:48:46. > :48:50.injury. I thought it might see her out for the rest of the year. She

:48:50. > :48:55.looked so out of sorts recently, almost finishing last in the 200m,

:48:55. > :49:02.but she has picked herself up and has run really well again. I don't

:49:02. > :49:06.think she is quite on the same form she was last year and in 2011. We

:49:06. > :49:12.will see. I think the danger woman for these championships, let's look

:49:12. > :49:16.for these championships, let's look at her in 2011. A great style of

:49:16. > :49:21.running. She is very powerful. What she has done to add strength to this

:49:21. > :49:25.100m is really developing her 200m. I speed and endurance has made all

:49:25. > :49:30.the difference to these times. She's still the second fastest woman ever

:49:30. > :49:33.over the 100m but she will have their work cut out at the

:49:33. > :49:34.their work cut out at the championships. The big names are

:49:34. > :49:36.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and their work cut out at the

:49:36. > :49:46.championships. The big names are but Lessing Okagbare Ray has been a real

:49:46. > :49:48.

:49:48. > :49:52.surprise package. -- Lessing Okagbare Ray. Yes, she won the 100m

:49:52. > :50:01.herself at the Anniversary Games, so we know what had talent is. Every

:50:01. > :50:05.single performance, she has given better. It is a big wow factor. But

:50:05. > :50:15.we have to put that into the equation. Talking about Blessing

:50:15. > :50:18.

:50:18. > :50:23.Okagbare overload jump -- the long jump final as the night. Blessing

:50:23. > :50:28.Okagbare could be a factor there. Yes, she is working with John Smith,

:50:28. > :50:32.the same coach as Carmelita Jeter. It is an interesting dynamic in that

:50:32. > :50:35.group. She has really come into her own this year. She is the danger

:50:35. > :50:39.woman and could come to be championships and upset the party,

:50:39. > :50:43.not only in the sprinting, but also in the long jump. And what about

:50:43. > :50:52.Asha Philip? She is a British athlete who has had some terrible

:50:52. > :50:56.injury problems stop. We thought that her career in athletics was

:50:56. > :51:01.over after a knee injury, but she has worked with her coach

:51:01. > :51:06.consistently and has really come on in leaps and bounds. She is great

:51:06. > :51:09.indoors and has her work cut out. These girls are not playing about.

:51:09. > :51:13.They are shifting, and she will have to get close to her personal best to

:51:13. > :51:19.get through to the next round and proceed. Some of the other names,

:51:19. > :51:24.Colin, and when we look back to the US trials a couple of months ago,

:51:24. > :51:30.the 100m was dominated by names we have never heard of. Jelena Guest,

:51:30. > :51:38.the championships, these young ladies were fresh out of the big

:51:38. > :51:48.events with great form already. Bit was almost like an Olympic final.

:51:48. > :51:50.

:51:50. > :51:56.was ridiculous. That is what they do in America with the long jump and

:51:56. > :51:59.Mikel -- and triple gym. They will turn down the home straight

:51:59. > :52:03.depending on which way the wind is going. They allow that to happen.

:52:03. > :52:06.That is the way they want to run it, with their rules. Athletes will

:52:06. > :52:11.never complain because they always get the advantage of that. ? And

:52:11. > :52:16.that is as it should. It should be athlete centred. Athletes should

:52:16. > :52:20.come first and they want to choose the quick times, because we

:52:20. > :52:26.gravitate towards those US trials to see what the latest new talent is

:52:26. > :52:29.that is coming out. I think it is brilliant. Talking about new talent,

:52:29. > :52:38.it is all about the collegiate system in America. These athletes

:52:38. > :52:42.have been running every weekend since January. Yes, they must be

:52:42. > :52:48.exhausted. Some of the US athletes struggled with their form in

:52:48. > :52:53.Europe. Now they have had a bit of a break, I am hoping that they can

:52:53. > :52:56.return to that same kind of form. I want to see a genuine race.

:52:56. > :53:02.Otherwise, it will be a demonstration for Shelly-Ann

:53:02. > :53:07.Fraser-Pryce. I am committing to that! You have really backed,

:53:07. > :53:12.completely and utterly. I think Blessing Okagbare is looking good.

:53:12. > :53:17.Her 200m has come on strongly. I can't wait. I think this will be

:53:17. > :53:25.more exciting than the men's 100m. Yes, because we know who is going to

:53:25. > :53:35.win that. Well, we say that, but two years ago he got a. . Octavious

:53:35. > :53:35.

:53:35. > :53:43.Freeman is one of those new names. Freeman is one of those new names.

:53:43. > :53:48.STEVE CRAM: yes, we had English Gardener and Carmelita Jeter. Asha

:53:48. > :53:53.Philip will be ring for Great Britain in the next seat. For the

:53:53. > :54:00.likes of Octavious Freeman and in this tartan, this will be a real

:54:01. > :54:10.test of their careers so far. -- Octavious Freeman and English

:54:11. > :54:19.

:54:19. > :54:29.Gardener. That was a cracking trial that Gardener when. There is Olesya

:54:29. > :54:53.

:54:53. > :55:02.Povh of Ukraine, an indoor champion. atmosphere, and I don't mean from

:55:02. > :55:07.the crowd. I mean the climate in Moscow. It is very warm and hot down

:55:07. > :55:17.on the track, because there is no wind and no respite. That end of the

:55:17. > :55:17.

:55:17. > :56:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

:56:38. > :56:48.stadium is the one area where there Season's best for ethylene could

:56:48. > :57:22.

:57:22. > :57:30.alongside one of the top Jamaicans. World Championships and I wonder if

:57:30. > :57:35.you have been reflecting on your journey to get this point. I have

:57:35. > :57:38.always had doubts that I would never be able to run 100m, let alone

:57:38. > :57:41.individual racing in the World Championships here in Moscow. Lying

:57:41. > :57:46.in my hospital bed, I did not think anything could happen and I thought

:57:46. > :57:52.I was going to give up my career. I actually got myself into an ideal

:57:52. > :57:56.spot. I am really proud of myself for that. I still didn't believe it

:57:56. > :57:59.until my qualifying time in the trials, in the finals, I left it

:57:59. > :58:06.until the last minute. You got all the excitement in one fell swoop.

:58:06. > :58:16.You got the time and place on the team, and it that exhilaration.

:58:16. > :58:17.

:58:17. > :58:20.thought I was almost going to cry in joy. The World Championships is a

:58:20. > :58:25.new experience. One of the things you are looking forward to and you

:58:25. > :58:28.have to keep in check is that you do not get ahead of yourself. I just

:58:28. > :58:38.have to make sure that I can take the com petition is something I do

:58:38. > :58:42.

:58:42. > :58:52.all the time. I need not to get too sucked in. I know I can get excited,

:58:52. > :58:56.

:58:56. > :58:59.but you have two take a competition was the youth champion. Yes, she has

:58:59. > :59:03.worked hard to be in this situation, both physically and

:59:03. > :59:07.mentally. I think our place is well-deserved on this team, and I am

:59:08. > :59:14.pleased to say that with the work she has done, bearing in mind the

:59:14. > :59:18.preparation, that she can just get past that 11.20 barrier. That is a

:59:18. > :59:22.big barrier for female sprinters. And hopefully progress to the next

:59:22. > :59:26.round. That would be a big achievement. It would be. For an

:59:26. > :59:30.athlete like this, Asha Philip, every race is like a final. She has

:59:31. > :59:34.to approach it, there is no slacking off, no room for error. She has got

:59:34. > :59:40.to start well, and we know she can do that. That's will share the best

:59:40. > :59:49.of luck. And Kerron Stewart from Jamaica. Yellow madness, she is the

:59:49. > :59:59.Jamaica. Yellow madness, she is the person we STEVE CRAM: Asha Philip is

:59:59. > :00:20.

:00:20. > :00:25.Anderson are the two star athletes there.

:00:26. > :00:29.This is by no means a foregone conclusion. You heard in Asha

:00:29. > :00:33.Philip's own words, to be running there at all in the rather close

:00:33. > :00:39.Moscow heat on the start line is something of an achievement itself,

:00:39. > :00:47.given her background. There is ankle, she is in lane four. Kerron

:00:47. > :00:51.Stewart is in lane six. -- there is Anderson. You talk about the young

:00:52. > :00:58.American sprinters coming through, she is not that young, 26, but

:00:58. > :01:04.eventually finding our way through. There is Kerron Stewart, just

:01:04. > :01:10.finding her self they are. She was pipped at the post by Shelly-Ann

:01:10. > :01:18.Fraser-Pryce at the Olympics. Anderson and Kerron Stewart are the

:01:18. > :01:26.two women who have gone under 11 seconds this season. Look at Tatjana

:01:26. > :01:36.Pinto Lofamakanda, the German in lane three. Perhaps easier Halligan

:01:36. > :01:56.

:01:56. > :02:01.Scott in lane seven. -- Tahesia Philip is off to a great start.

:02:02. > :02:06.Kerron Stewart comes through with that long stride. Asha Philip in

:02:06. > :02:16.third place, she will get through automatically, 11.024 Kerron

:02:16. > :02:16.

:02:16. > :02:19.Stewart. -- 11.02, Kerron Stewart. We knew it would be a hard task for

:02:20. > :02:24.Asha Philip, but she is through to the semifinals of the World

:02:25. > :02:34.Championships 100m. At the start you called it right, Andrew, a cracking

:02:34. > :02:42.start from Asha Philip. Kerron Stewart running with Alexandria

:02:42. > :02:49.Anderson, Stewart pulling away a little bit. Asha Philip pulling

:02:49. > :02:59.together, really nicely. Pinto could not pull it back, lost that yard at

:02:59. > :03:02.

:03:02. > :03:11.the start and never got it back. The time, 11.02 for Stewart. 11.29 for

:03:11. > :03:19.Asha Philip. I really good start to her campaign. -- a really good

:03:19. > :03:23.start. It was that bright start, the

:03:23. > :03:29.distance between her and the German enough to ensure her as one of the

:03:29. > :03:34.three automatic qualifiers as well as Alexandria Anderson and Kerron

:03:34. > :03:38.Stewart. The Jamaican stranglehold on this event may well continue but

:03:38. > :03:43.Asha Philip is safely through to tomorrow night's semifinals. She

:03:43. > :03:47.will be very pleased with her work. We have talked about her journey to

:03:47. > :03:52.get here after that injury she had a few years ago, she is talking

:03:52. > :03:57.few years ago, she is talking melodies with Phil. -- talking

:03:57. > :04:02.melodies with Phil. Asher has just said it was not her best but it was

:04:02. > :04:06.good. I think I will have to run close to my personal best for the

:04:06. > :04:12.round to come. It will be difficult with the girls who will be there,

:04:12. > :04:18.but it was a nice track on a nice day, if I can do so tomorrow the

:04:19. > :04:23.personal best is on the card. You have won a global title, so you

:04:23. > :04:29.feel comfortable in this surroundings?

:04:29. > :04:35.This is my spot, I am enjoying every minute of it. Were you able to keep

:04:35. > :04:40.your nerves in check today? Yes, I have been able to control

:04:40. > :04:44.myself under pressure, my team are really lovely in the warm up area,

:04:44. > :04:52.they keep you calm and relaxed. Especially with the Team GB

:04:52. > :05:01.supporters, all of my aunties are here, they put me in a good place.

:05:02. > :05:11.Best of luck tomorrow. Thank you, by Alexandria Anderson automatically

:05:12. > :05:14.

:05:14. > :05:18.The second heat of the decathlon discus is underway. Damian Warner in

:05:18. > :05:23.fourth place before this event had a good hurdles this morning, but his

:05:23. > :05:27.fourth place is under a wee bit of pressure. That could well be a

:05:27. > :05:32.season's best performance for the Canadian, he is the leading

:05:32. > :05:37.Commonwealth athlete out there at the moment. One cannot help feeling

:05:37. > :05:45.sorrow for Ashley Bryant, Britain's entrant into this World Championship

:05:45. > :05:53.decathlon, but he had a hamstring problem a few days ago when he was

:05:54. > :05:57.in training. Here's just spectator now. 44.13, a season's best, still

:05:57. > :06:00.now. 44.13, a season's best, still in fourth. Gunnar Nixon, you get the

:06:00. > :06:05.impression he is going to have to break his lifetime best performance

:06:05. > :06:08.to maintain a medal position at the end of this event. He has hooked

:06:08. > :06:18.that one a little bit, but it is well over 40 metres and that could

:06:18. > :06:20.

:06:20. > :06:27.be a lifetime best. He was down in fifth place. He is heading towards

:06:27. > :06:36.around 700 points or thereabouts if it is a lifetime best performance.

:06:36. > :06:44.But can he claw his way up from fifth place? 42.38, it is a lifetime

:06:44. > :06:49.best, but the American is still down in fifth. It is very, very warm in

:06:49. > :06:54.the sunshine, you would not expect those parolees in Moscow normally,

:06:54. > :07:01.we had some showers a few days ago, but they are keeping the son of the

:07:01. > :07:11.British supporters. -- keeping the sunshine. From the British like, to

:07:11. > :07:15.

:07:15. > :07:20.the English, English Gardner. English Gardner, running for the

:07:20. > :07:26.United States. She has a prof -- reputation for not performing on the

:07:26. > :07:30.big day, and that there is a bit harsh. She says she wants to make

:07:30. > :07:38.sure she is recognised as a big-time performer. She is a diminutive

:07:38. > :07:44.figure from New Jersey. This is her chance. Sheri-Ann Brooks of

:07:44. > :07:51.Jamaica, the Commonwealth champion all the way back in 2006 in

:07:51. > :08:01.Melbourne. 38 years old now. There is Yvette Llanover, a very

:08:01. > :08:03.

:08:03. > :08:09.experienced athlete, 29 years old. -- Lalova. Lalova, I think, will

:08:09. > :08:12.expect to go through here with Gardner and Sheri-Ann Brooks. The

:08:12. > :08:20.other competitors, let's have a quick look, Melissa Breen, from

:08:20. > :08:29.Australia, on the far side, Martina Pretelli from San Marino. Cab attack

:08:29. > :08:39.Keira Merry and Myriam Soumare from France. Not going to well this year,

:08:39. > :08:40.

:08:40. > :08:46.the champion 200m runner from 2010. Gardner, now coached by John Smith.

:08:46. > :08:52.Her dad used to coach her in her earlier career, but she is very,

:08:52. > :08:59.very fast. 10.85 she ran, to win the American champions. That was with a

:08:59. > :09:09.following wind of 1.8. We have no wind at all, a little breeze would

:09:09. > :09:23.

:09:24. > :09:31.be welcome. The first three to go athlete just set Martina Pretelli

:09:31. > :09:40.off. They will obviously focus on her. It is the athlete on the other

:09:40. > :09:50.side of that made her go. Armbrister, the tall figure in the

:09:50. > :09:50.

:09:50. > :09:56.blue and the yellow. Just watch. Lane five. That little movement set

:09:56. > :10:06.off Martina Pretelli. I think there will be a warning. It is, it is a

:10:06. > :10:07.

:10:07. > :10:13.warning. It has not been given as a false start. That is reasonably

:10:13. > :10:23.generous, be fair. I am still taken by Martina

:10:23. > :10:31.Pretelli's here style. I was not going to mention it. --

:10:32. > :10:36.hair. Martina Pretelli is the San Marino record-holder. That is 12.02.

:10:36. > :10:40.She ran in the preliminary rounds in the Olympics, there are no

:10:40. > :10:49.preliminary rounds here, unlike the men. The women come straight in even

:10:49. > :10:59.if they don't have a qualifying time. Pretelli is there, but no

:10:59. > :11:03.

:11:03. > :11:12.penalty, she was set off by got out of the blocks, goodness me,

:11:12. > :11:19.and this is only the heats! 10.94 into a very slight breeze. That is

:11:19. > :11:26.big-time, isn't it. That is the big stage performance and it is only the

:11:26. > :11:32.heats, mind you. She is good, she is very good, she has been a promising

:11:32. > :11:37.junior Oliver career, effectively the American record-holder, she was

:11:37. > :11:46.punched -- psyched up for that, wasn't she? English Gardner, 21

:11:46. > :11:52.years old, she was excited there, what a start. The Cubans of use, --

:11:52. > :11:57.the exuberance of youth. In the 100m, we have the semifinals

:11:57. > :12:02.tomorrow, go out and sure what you can do, lay down a marker. English

:12:02. > :12:05.Gardner certainly did that, an astonishing start. She has taken a

:12:05. > :12:15.good few metres out of her rivals are alongside her. Shelley Anne

:12:15. > :12:16.

:12:16. > :12:23.Brooks is a very decent sprinter, as is Lalova, but they were left

:12:23. > :12:28.floundering by English Gardner. You can see the intensity, a sort of

:12:28. > :12:32.flailing style, but it was a very, very impressive run.

:12:32. > :12:37.That is a classic John Smith action, he likes to go for that, and

:12:37. > :12:42.action, he likes to go for that, and he will be delighted with that.

:12:42. > :12:45.You have done exactly what your coach told you to do, but that was

:12:45. > :12:51.mightily impressive. Thank you, I went out there and try to do what my

:12:51. > :12:57.coach told me to do. You are on the big stage, the World

:12:57. > :13:03.Championships, but you did not seem fazed by the occasion. It is

:13:03. > :13:12.something you get used to, each meat is what it is, it is a meet. I came

:13:12. > :13:16.out lucky this time. How important was it to make a statement today?

:13:16. > :13:20.have been running bad for a couple of weeks, it was important to come

:13:20. > :13:30.out here and roll a little bit. The times are fast but I think I have

:13:30. > :13:32.

:13:32. > :13:37.more in me. Great to see you, good Just watch this, she explodes out of

:13:37. > :13:41.the blocks, that is the quickest so far. When she is up in her action,

:13:41. > :13:46.she is small, but that bigger drive, you have to get what you have got,

:13:46. > :13:51.you have to use every bit of power you can generate. We talked about

:13:51. > :14:00.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce having it, she is much stockier than Gardner,

:14:00. > :14:07.21 years old. That may just be a little bit showing her cards early

:14:07. > :14:11.year. You have to have another level to go through through the rounds,

:14:11. > :14:17.that is what the good athletes can do. If she has more levels than

:14:17. > :14:27.that, that will be interesting. 10.94, the winning time. Myriam

:14:27. > :14:28.

:14:28. > :14:33.Soumare, with Melissa Breen, are currently sitting as fastest losers.

:14:33. > :14:37.Yes, that was eyes bulging all-out from English Gardner. Shelly-Ann

:14:37. > :14:47.Fraser-Pryce has seen enough challenges not to be fazed by that

:14:47. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:54.but I wonder how she will handle this one. There are a couple who may

:14:54. > :15:00.be able to push. She has saved her least impressive performance of the

:15:00. > :15:03.season for the Diamond League Games in London a few weeks ago.

:15:04. > :15:13.in London a few weeks ago. Michelle-Lee Ahye from Trinidad and

:15:13. > :15:22.Tobago may be able to keep in the competition. We have got Franciela

:15:22. > :15:32.Krasucki from Brazil in lane two. And we have Italia Pohrebnyak --

:15:32. > :15:46.

:15:46. > :15:52.Natalia Pohrebniak of Ukraine in the just now. Six feet in total in

:15:52. > :16:02.this winning's 100m, the first round. This is heat number format.

:16:02. > :16:05.It is the first three to go through automatically. Shelly-Ann

:16:05. > :16:15.Fraser-Pryce in the middle there, in lane four, twice the Olympic

:16:15. > :16:20.

:16:20. > :16:26.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce lifts her head and drives those legs and

:16:26. > :16:31.begins to jog. She starts to accelerate again, enough to get the

:16:31. > :16:38.victory, 11.16. A different approach from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Very

:16:38. > :16:44.different to English Gardner, he went as far down -- as hard and as

:16:44. > :16:52.fast as she could. But Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did the damage early on

:16:52. > :16:57.and switched off a little bit. She took victory. The good medal

:16:57. > :17:00.contenders ease their way through. She is always very good at this,

:17:00. > :17:10.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. She gets out the first 40 yards, easy through

:17:10. > :17:12.

:17:12. > :17:17.and then she's good enough to pick it up again. Out of the blocks, get

:17:17. > :17:23.the stark light, get into your running, drive-through, which she

:17:23. > :17:29.does as well as anybody else. Then see where you are at, nice and

:17:29. > :17:33.relaxed, I am already out in front, I can ease off a bit, which she

:17:33. > :17:39.does, but be aware of what is going on around. She realises that she

:17:39. > :17:43.still wants to win this race and that is when the Brazilian comes

:17:43. > :17:47.alongside, and she is aware of that and she picks it up of that and she

:17:47. > :17:53.picked it up a bit. Pretty much a perfect first round to me.

:17:53. > :18:03.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, there is plenty more to come from her. We can

:18:03. > :18:16.

:18:16. > :18:20.contrast in heat. Yes. But I think both the athletes did what they

:18:20. > :18:23.would have been told to do. I know how John Smith works. I think what

:18:23. > :18:28.he would have said to her initially, because she has been running so

:18:29. > :18:34.badly on the circuit, outrageously badly for an athlete that has run

:18:34. > :18:40.10.85, the bill have said, you have worked hard now. I want you to go

:18:40. > :18:45.flat out in this round. She was just shy of her personal best. It was a

:18:45. > :18:51.good, strong performance, but delivered as a coach would have told

:18:51. > :18:57.to do. I am not sure we have ever seen such intensity in round one.

:18:57. > :19:01.Not at this level. Fraser-Pryce has the same -- different style of

:19:01. > :19:08.running in this event. But she was literally eyeballs out. She says

:19:08. > :19:14.that she hopes there is more to come. I was staggered by what I saw.

:19:14. > :19:19.She was going for it. And a really interesting comment that you made,

:19:19. > :19:26.the idea that the coach realised she needed confidence. Shelly-Ann

:19:26. > :19:35.Fraser-Pryce has been there and done that and being the Olympic champion,

:19:35. > :19:40.about 25 metres... Yes, he will have said, get yourself out in front so

:19:40. > :19:48.you can just switch back and relax. That is exactly what she did.

:19:48. > :19:53.needed to be careful, because she rang 20 metres and then started

:19:53. > :19:56.jogging a bit. Yes, she was using her peripheral vision and could see

:19:56. > :20:00.the Brazilian coming towards you, and you don't want to make any

:20:00. > :20:03.unnecessary mistakes at this level. We have seen it before when we think

:20:03. > :20:11.-- athletes think they are safe and then shut down and then don't make

:20:11. > :20:14.it through to the next round. But she was aware. English Gardner, her

:20:14. > :20:23.coach obviously believed that she needed something to build her

:20:23. > :20:26.confidence. Yes, because there are huge expectations. You win the

:20:26. > :20:33.trials in the US and then you come to Europe and everybody annihilates

:20:33. > :20:36.you. She was not running well on the circuit. This was really a necessary

:20:36. > :20:42.evil, that performance, and I think that is why she was so pleased,

:20:42. > :20:46.because John will go back and say, that's done, let's forget it. You

:20:46. > :20:50.know you're in good shape. Now it is all about performance. She is still

:20:50. > :20:55.a young girl, just out of the collegiate system. It is her first

:20:55. > :21:05.time on the circuit in Europe. She has been injured, she has been hurt,

:21:05. > :21:05.

:21:05. > :21:08.but what a scintillating run. next heat, nothing Okagbare, --

:21:08. > :21:13.Blessing Okagbare an athlete that many people will not know, but they

:21:13. > :21:18.will know that after the championships. I do think that she

:21:18. > :21:23.is the danger woman. She has come on in leaps and bounds in the cast --

:21:23. > :21:27.past couple of years and has made a decision to go for three medals

:21:27. > :21:37.potentially at the championships. She is looking particularly good in

:21:37. > :21:38.

:21:38. > :21:48.the 100m. I am curious to see how Okagbare, in the long jump final

:21:48. > :21:51.

:21:51. > :21:57.tonight. But we will also see her in the 200m as well. This is Ana

:21:57. > :22:05.Claudia Silva from Brazil. She is the South American champion and

:22:06. > :22:11.record holder. Blessing Okagbare is also coached by John Smith in the

:22:11. > :22:21.United States. She has been having a good year, managing a season well

:22:21. > :22:24.between the 200m, the long jump, performing well in all disciplines.

:22:24. > :22:34.Stella Akakpo from France is in lane nine, the new European junior

:22:34. > :22:58.

:22:58. > :23:03.champion. Schillonie Calvert from One more to come after this.

:23:04. > :23:10.Carmelita Jeter, the defending champion, and we have already talked

:23:10. > :23:20.about the performance from English Gardner. Surely Blessing Okagbare

:23:20. > :23:24.

:23:24. > :23:34.just made sure she qualifies OK. across half of the track at the top

:23:34. > :23:38.

:23:39. > :23:48.us, Asha Philip qualified in heat two. A good run from her to get into

:23:49. > :24:09.

:24:09. > :24:15.the best start. Nothing Okagbare is leading through here. She wants to

:24:15. > :24:20.win it, though, and stiff enough to get to the front. She wins it, and

:24:20. > :24:23.that one went pretty much with the script. She did not do any more than

:24:23. > :24:27.she absolutely had to do. She will be coming back tonight for the long

:24:27. > :24:37.jump final and I am sure she will want to get away as quickly as

:24:37. > :24:37.

:24:37. > :24:43.final. All smiles for Blessing Okagbare. No dramatics there.

:24:43. > :24:48.the key for her is a good start. She is a tall woman with a long stride.

:24:48. > :24:52.A great finish to the 100m. She has more than enough here. She may have

:24:52. > :25:01.to get out a quicker to challenge the likes of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

:25:01. > :25:11.in the final itself. A very easy style for the Nigerian. Comfortably

:25:11. > :25:12.

:25:12. > :25:16.that performance will stop it looks so comfortable. I just wanted to go

:25:16. > :25:23.through the first round, stay relaxed and focused. I have a long

:25:23. > :25:28.jump to do today, so tomorrow is going to be a big one to! When we

:25:28. > :25:33.saw you at the Anniversary Games, you set two African records. What

:25:33. > :25:41.has that and feel confident? I have been working hard and everything has

:25:41. > :25:44.been going well. We wish you well been going well. We wish you well

:25:44. > :25:50.for tonight. Thank you very much. She will be off to get herself ready

:25:50. > :25:55.for that. 11.03 is the winning time. Silver looks good as well. Bad news

:25:55. > :26:04.for Stella Akakpo am I can already tell her that she is not fast enough

:26:04. > :26:14.to go through as the fastest loser. That would currently stand at

:26:14. > :26:28.

:26:28. > :26:32.it quicker if she's going to compete with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

:26:32. > :26:39.her start is quite shocking. It is not the most efficient use of the

:26:39. > :26:43.blocks. She literally just flopped out. She needs to really drive and

:26:43. > :26:47.use the blocks well and power out. She is a lovely looking run and you

:26:47. > :26:51.can see the relaxation in her face, her arms and shoulders. She is an

:26:51. > :26:55.effective sprinter, but I still think with the likes of Carmelita

:26:55. > :27:03.Jeter and Fraser-Pryce, and English Gardner, as we saw, she cannot

:27:03. > :27:06.afford to give them a couple of metres at the start. That said, she

:27:06. > :27:11.is just a fraction behind Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's world lead. So when

:27:11. > :27:18.she needs to run quick and get out, she can. Yes, she does all her

:27:18. > :27:21.running in the back end of the race. Because she is so tall, what she

:27:21. > :27:26.does is get into her upright running as quickly as possible so that she

:27:26. > :27:29.can use her big, strong stride. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is more of a

:27:29. > :27:33.complete sprinter and will push out of the blocks very quickly and go

:27:33. > :27:42.through all the phases well. Because she has been running so be 200m

:27:42. > :27:46.races this year is -- she is very competitive. Carmelita Jeter, a few

:27:46. > :27:51.problems with injury. It will be fascinating to see how she goes.

:27:51. > :27:54.Absolutely. You can't really tell much in the early rounds. All the

:27:54. > :28:01.girls so far have looked relaxed. Carmelita Jeter will want to stab

:28:01. > :28:11.her authority on this event. I can't see anyone really troubling her in

:28:11. > :28:11.

:28:11. > :28:19.the line-up. Let's hope she is ready Smith, has been not to take any

:28:19. > :28:24.chances. She did not race in the US championships. She already had a

:28:24. > :28:34.qualification. What sort of form is the defending champion in? She's

:28:34. > :28:46.

:28:46. > :28:52.Some could keep her honest. If she's anywhere close to her best, and her

:28:52. > :28:57.best is good indeed, she will be challenging for the gold medal. But

:28:57. > :29:01.we have not seen that this season yet. You see that massive strapping

:29:01. > :29:09.there, the tape on the right quad, that is what has been bothering her

:29:09. > :29:18.for much of the season. It is patched up. Then it starts to play

:29:18. > :29:23.with your mind as well. The hundred metres is a psychological affair as

:29:24. > :29:29.much as a physical affair. This woman is capable of very bad times,

:29:29. > :29:38.10.6 for her best. She is the defending world champion. -- 10.64

:29:38. > :29:48.is her best. She did not start in the final of the Anniversary Games

:29:48. > :29:55.

:29:55. > :30:05.in London. Who knows? We will find runner as well. She has also run

:30:05. > :30:41.

:30:41. > :30:51.10.91 over the 100m. She is quicker nonstarter.

:30:51. > :31:04.

:31:04. > :31:14.The final heat of the women's 100m. there are micro for a moment,

:31:14. > :31:15.

:31:15. > :31:24.instead is -- it is shiny to work -- Sheniqua Ferguson setting the pace.

:31:24. > :31:29.11.22 for Sheniqua Ferguson, away from Jeter. She is the champion, so

:31:29. > :31:37.attention focuses on her, but it was Ferguson who took the victory, and

:31:37. > :31:41.the jury is still out, I think, on Carmelita Jeter. This bit of the

:31:41. > :31:48.race is better, it is the start, isn't it? It is very difficult to

:31:48. > :31:52.tell this year, just qualifying, Ahoure is looking good, as well. It

:31:52. > :31:56.is not a good action, a bit ragged out of the blocks, for me. She will

:31:56. > :32:01.have to work on that. Whether she is just a bit relaxed and thinking I am

:32:01. > :32:08.going to get through no problem, she was a bit untidy coming out of the

:32:08. > :32:12.blocks, she will lose so much ground on the Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. We

:32:12. > :32:20.saw how quick English Gardner was coming out of the blocks. Just, to

:32:20. > :32:23.me, you have to drive out of the blocks. If you have a quad injury,

:32:23. > :32:29.the guys will know better, I am sure they are talking about this

:32:29. > :32:31.upstairs, it hinders you. It must be in the back of her mind, but she is

:32:31. > :32:40.safely through, but not yet producing anything that will worry

:32:40. > :32:44.the others. She may not have been able to pound out the starts in

:32:44. > :32:49.training with that quad injury. Colin Jackson will tell us more

:32:49. > :32:56.about that. It doesn't really punish her in this round, but it may come

:32:56. > :32:59.home to roost in the semifinals and the final, if she gets there.

:32:59. > :33:04.think even the semifinals, she is going to have to be better than

:33:04. > :33:10.that. I am sure she will be, she is a very experienced athlete and she

:33:10. > :33:14.will know that what happened there means she has to get out better.

:33:14. > :33:18.This is just the first round, it is just a case of getting through, and

:33:18. > :33:23.when you have had the trials and tribulations she has had you want to

:33:23. > :33:28.make sure you qualify first of all. I think we are going to hear from

:33:28. > :33:33.I think we are going to hear from Carmelita Jeter now.

:33:33. > :33:36.Not the ideal preparation for you, how did you feel?

:33:37. > :33:46.It actually felt OK, it has been a rough year, so I am happy to be

:33:46. > :33:50.here. Were there any doubt you would make it? Yes, there were. We can see

:33:50. > :33:57.you are heavily strapped up, how does it feel to have a quadricep

:33:57. > :34:01.injury when you are trying to explode out of the block. It is very

:34:01. > :34:06.difficult, but I will have to look difficult, but I will have to look

:34:06. > :34:14.at it tomorrow. Thank you. Trying to make remain positive but I

:34:14. > :34:24.think she knows and we know that that's start made trouble. Ice that

:34:24. > :34:25.

:34:25. > :34:30.It is still Ashton Eaton leading the way in the decathlon. Damian

:34:30. > :34:35.Warner, the Canadian, trying to find something in the last round of the

:34:36. > :34:41.discus. Just shy of the 45 metres line. Not a bad throw for the

:34:41. > :34:48.Canadian. We will see a lot of this guy in Glasgow next year when he

:34:48. > :34:55.comes to the Commonwealth Games. I am sure Ashley Bryant Britain and

:34:55. > :35:01.mainly -- maybe even Daniel Lord, as well, another good prospect in

:35:01. > :35:08.British decathlon, maybe bringing home some medals. His best remains

:35:08. > :35:12.44.13 and he will stay in fourth place. Not many changes to talk

:35:12. > :35:17.about, except that Michael Schrader with his final throw has moved into

:35:17. > :35:21.second place for the first time. Gunnar Nixon, who was in second

:35:21. > :35:26.place overnight is down in fifth. Still, the world record-holder and

:35:26. > :35:32.Olympic champion, Ashton Eaton, leads the way, and it is Germany in

:35:32. > :35:36.second and third place. Three events to go.

:35:36. > :35:41.JONATHAN EDWARDS: Ashton Eaton is going well, not quite torched --

:35:41. > :35:46.going well, not quite torched -- such good news for Carmelita Jeter.

:35:46. > :35:51.No, it was a very different Carmelita Jeter than I expected.

:35:51. > :35:58.Usually she is very positive and upbeat. She is looking troubled, not

:35:58. > :36:03.the focused athlete we have come to expect. Very distracted, she did not

:36:03. > :36:07.have the best start at all. I was looking at the strapping on her

:36:07. > :36:11.thigh and those on her knees, and I thought, I have not seen one like

:36:12. > :36:15.that before. I wonder what other injuries she may be carrying. It is

:36:15. > :36:21.just a shame to see her come to these championships not quite in the

:36:21. > :36:27.form she would have hoped. It is always a difficult decision

:36:28. > :36:33.for an athlete, isn't it, Colin, to pull out? When you can run fast, to

:36:33. > :36:37.choose not to come to one of the majors of the year is a hard call.

:36:37. > :36:42.It is always easy for us to question the athletes when they don't deliver

:36:42. > :36:46.what we expect them to be capable of delivering, but we have all been

:36:46. > :36:52.there. Those really grim winter months, training, it is for a

:36:52. > :36:56.reason, to deliver the championships. By hook or by crook,

:36:56. > :37:01.you want to deliver your best performance. You always think, I

:37:01. > :37:06.have a chance. You always have that hope you can miraculously turn

:37:06. > :37:10.something on that will bring you to a championship like this.

:37:10. > :37:17.Certainly, Jeter's body language was not of an athlete who thought she

:37:18. > :37:23.could turn it around. She said she stands a chance in the next round,

:37:23. > :37:27.but she has to work on her mental state in this championship.

:37:27. > :37:32.It cannot be easy to see the other girls in your group training and

:37:32. > :37:38.competing so well when you are way off your best. A different level is

:37:38. > :37:42.Asha Philip, she ran well given her expectations.

:37:42. > :37:47.She ran really well. The British athletes were asked to come near,

:37:47. > :37:51.get close to your best, and she did exactly that. What a great start

:37:51. > :37:56.from her, she needed that to set up her race. She put herself in

:37:56. > :38:01.contention from the start and held her form. Not much to criticise,

:38:01. > :38:05.more of the same please, Asha Philip. What is great for her is

:38:05. > :38:11.that she gets to go into the semifinal against all of the big

:38:11. > :38:15.girls, big development step for her. It is a huge step, she said herself

:38:15. > :38:19.in the interview is that what is special is that she feels she really

:38:19. > :38:24.belongs in this kind of company, that is a good place for an athlete

:38:24. > :38:29.to be. To push myself forward again, I am hoping Asha Philip gets an

:38:29. > :38:35.injury free winter because I think you will see her really, really get

:38:35. > :38:38.herself on the world level next year if she has a smooth winter. She is

:38:38. > :38:42.super talented. The morning session is just about done here for the Liz

:38:42. > :38:46.Nicky Stadium, we will look ahead at Nicky Stadium, we will look ahead at

:38:46. > :38:49.the evening session. It is a big night here in the stadium, we have

:38:49. > :38:55.the conclusion of the decathlon, Ashton Eaton looking to add a world

:38:55. > :38:59.title to his Olympic title. That big long jump from the British

:38:59. > :39:08.perspective, Shara Proctor going for gold. Blessing Okagbare Barry, is

:39:08. > :39:12.there, as well. Then the men's 100m semifinals. -- Blessing Okagbare.

:39:12. > :39:20.Later on, the women's 400m semifinals, Christine Ohuruogu is

:39:20. > :39:28.running particularly well. Then Sandra Perkovic is in the women's

:39:28. > :39:33.discus final and the decathlon 1500m, then the women's 10,000m and

:39:33. > :39:43.the men's 100m final. Let's look back at yesterday at the first round

:39:43. > :39:52.

:39:52. > :40:01.The final heat of the men's 100m, start. Slipping through, the ease

:40:01. > :40:08.into the front, it will be very tight for second place. The top

:40:08. > :40:14.three will have to be sorted out three will have to be sorted out

:40:14. > :40:23.afterwards. It is the business end for you tomorrow, argue confident

:40:23. > :40:28.you are going to take care of As if by magic, Dominic Dale,

:40:28. > :40:36.another champion with a world record, a bit like Usain Bolt dead

:40:36. > :40:40.in Beijing. Let's look back to that women's 100m know that you have with

:40:40. > :40:44.us -- now that we have you with us. What did you make of the early

:40:44. > :40:49.skirmishes? I have said all week I thought this would be the most

:40:49. > :40:55.interesting race, the women's 100m is good to be the most competitive

:40:55. > :41:05.race. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran 50 metres.

:41:05. > :41:05.

:41:05. > :41:13.Hardly 30 metres, she ran about 30! No, 15! Blessing Okagbare was

:41:13. > :41:19.impressive, she is a big, powerful women. -- woman. She, essentially,

:41:19. > :41:26.can compete to win the three events she is entered. Ultimately, the 100m

:41:26. > :41:32.will come down to Jamaica versus the USA, with a spring fling of others.

:41:32. > :41:38.-- with a sprinkling of others. What did you make of the intensity of

:41:38. > :41:42.English Gardner? I actually liked it! This is the

:41:42. > :41:47.first time on an international stage for her, and in US history they have

:41:47. > :41:55.always showed up and everyone has backed down. I think English is

:41:55. > :42:03.bringing that back. She came out here and ran the entire way. I think

:42:03. > :42:06.she is also sending a little, little, tiny bit of a message out to

:42:06. > :42:13.everyone that she is the US champion and plans on being a bigger champion

:42:13. > :42:16.than that. Do you think she was sending a message to herself? Colin

:42:16. > :42:20.made the point she was running so badly on the circuit, John Smith

:42:20. > :42:27.said to her get out there and run a decent race to build up your

:42:27. > :42:31.confidence? That could be part of it. It is her first time you, John

:42:31. > :42:40.is her coach, he has been here before, Dean was exactly what it

:42:40. > :42:42.takes. I think she had to come out and establish herself. -- he knows

:42:42. > :42:50.exactly what it takes. She understands winning new is very

:42:50. > :42:59.important. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is Colin Jackson's Vic, she -- he is

:42:59. > :43:08.talking number two in the all-time list. Do you agree? I went to agree

:43:08. > :43:13.with my good man. Listen, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is someone who, in

:43:13. > :43:16.every single major competition, has come to win. I made a huge mistake

:43:16. > :43:24.at the Anniversary Games of saying she always has a perfect start, then

:43:25. > :43:27.she had a bad start and got beaten. I think she is back now to exactly

:43:27. > :43:33.who we know. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is one of the quickest starters I

:43:33. > :43:38.have ever seen, men or women. It is like she is a bullet, road of a gun.

:43:38. > :43:42.At 15 metres, I have never been in a race that at 15 metres I can looked

:43:42. > :43:48.around and say, I already have a gap of three metres, let me look around

:43:48. > :43:51.and shut it off. She is that special. I agree with Colin, I think

:43:51. > :43:57.she is definitely the odds-on favourite to repeat as world

:43:57. > :44:03.champion. You mention your pacemaker in the

:44:03. > :44:07.100m, he got out... No, no, no, let's get that out of

:44:07. > :44:14.the way! There are a tonne of athletes that have amazing starts,

:44:14. > :44:19.and I and my career and utilised all of them.

:44:19. > :44:23.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may be the favourite, but it is a case of how

:44:23. > :44:33.well Blessing Okagbare can get out or if she can run her down at the

:44:33. > :44:33.

:44:33. > :44:38.end. No matter what, blessing is a bigger, stronger woman. I think that

:44:38. > :44:43.if Shelly-Ann gets out, everyone will have to catch her. One of the

:44:43. > :44:47.great things about Shelly-Ann having such an amazing first 30 metres is

:44:47. > :44:52.that she goes out then it is everyone's job to catch her. We all

:44:52. > :44:59.know when you run this stage, a lot of people panic. She has been so

:44:59. > :45:05.much stronger this year, as well. She used to get caught by the likes

:45:05. > :45:10.of Jeter at 70 metres, but now she is able to utilise that speed a

:45:10. > :45:13.little bit and hold her form, which is fantastic.

:45:13. > :45:22.That is what she has been doing all year. We have noticed that. I was

:45:22. > :45:29.never really worried about her 100m times. She runs very well all year,

:45:29. > :45:34.and in the 200m. Usain Bolt ran all year very well in the 200m. He got

:45:34. > :45:39.his legs back sharper again for the 100m. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has

:45:39. > :45:44.been doing the same thing with a better first third. What is going to

:45:44. > :45:51.happen is that Shelly-Ann is going to get out and she is going to dare

:45:51. > :45:56.every single one of those people, Blessing included, to catch her.

:45:56. > :46:02.Let's talk about the men's 100m final tonight, it is hard to look

:46:03. > :46:09.beyond Usain Bolt, isn't it? Yes!

:46:09. > :46:16.Please, expand! You know what? He was rusty in

:46:17. > :46:23.London. Last night, Colin and I were talking, I have never seen him so

:46:23. > :46:27.serious. I think that the last time he was on, and I think he

:46:27. > :46:32.understands the difference between the Olympics and the world stage,

:46:32. > :46:35.for athlete at his level. He understood that the last time he was

:46:35. > :46:42.here he made a massive mistake that cost him the World Championships.

:46:42. > :46:51.Mind you, his team-mate took it, so at least it was kept in the camp. I

:46:51. > :46:56.think maybe he has the weight of the responsibility of everyone looking

:46:56. > :47:02.at him being the greatest ambassador of the sport, but he has also taken

:47:02. > :47:06.it back, doing what he is here to do, which is to win the 100m. He was

:47:06. > :47:13.very serious yesterday, got out, ran a great 30 and did the same thing

:47:13. > :47:19.Shelly-Ann did. He got out, saw exactly where he was position wise,

:47:19. > :47:26.and I don't think anyone can beat him. Ultimately, Justin Gatlin, who

:47:26. > :47:34.has been a world champion and Olympic champion, I think think that

:47:34. > :47:40.Justin is definitely the one that is the hungriest man in the field and I

:47:40. > :47:48.believe there is also a sprinkling of young athletes.

:47:48. > :47:51.Let's mention that failed Usain Bolt has defeated for the 100m. Obviously

:47:51. > :47:58.the scandals with Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, does that weigh

:47:58. > :48:01.heavily on him? Coming through as a Canadian sprinter, world champion,

:48:01. > :48:08.did you feel a sense of responsibility with your performance

:48:08. > :48:11.with other competitors? Back then come if you lost me that

:48:11. > :48:15.question as we were all competing on the circuit, I would have said, no,

:48:16. > :48:19.I am just running a race. But, obviously, reflecting, you

:48:19. > :48:26.understand that it is much more than what it is, the weight is more than

:48:26. > :48:31.you it to be. Obviously, you also have to step back and understand it

:48:31. > :48:37.is really just about a race, and he has to fundamentally think about the

:48:37. > :48:44.little things he has to do to win the race. But I was, as retired

:48:44. > :48:49.athletes, retired champions, we really have to understand and look

:48:49. > :48:54.at him, because if he wins then everyone wins. The sport wins

:48:54. > :49:00.mostly. He wins, Jamaica wins another gold medal, Usain Bolt Boz

:49:00. > :49:03.Michael legendarily studies is still the same, but sport wins. I think he

:49:04. > :49:08.took it on himself quite actively to come out and make bold statements

:49:08. > :49:13.about the drug scandals and how much he felt he had to prove he was a

:49:13. > :49:18.talented individual, I am almost super human, I have been there as a

:49:18. > :49:23.teenager, as an under 23, I have been exceptional. I think, for

:49:23. > :49:29.income it is more than just the race. I think, yes, he wants to

:49:29. > :49:33.win, naturally, but he knows he is the global of this sport. You think

:49:33. > :49:37.of Chris Froome winning the Tour de France, and he has to answer a lot

:49:37. > :49:47.of questions he doesn't want to answer. He brings that seriousness

:49:47. > :49:51.

:49:51. > :49:54.to them. One of the great things about not avoiding the topic and the

:49:54. > :50:04.conversation about drugs with the number one guy in the world is that

:50:04. > :50:07.

:50:07. > :50:10.they asking a question and the -- is hit it right on the head. The

:50:10. > :50:20.massive separation that he has at the highest level is what I saw in

:50:20. > :50:22.

:50:22. > :50:25.the 15-year-old in Jamaica. I never thought of my life that I would see

:50:25. > :50:30.somebody as spasticity has. But that is what he was doing them. As a

:50:30. > :50:35.15-year-old, he was the best in the world. He understands what it is

:50:35. > :50:43.right now. He addressed it. Now we can talk about the results that are

:50:43. > :50:47.happening on the track. You are based in Jamaica a lot of the time,

:50:47. > :50:57.and there is a huge hype around Usain Bolt wherever he goes. Is it

:50:57. > :51:00.

:51:00. > :51:03.the same in Jamaica? The people except in -- accept him? I live in

:51:03. > :51:08.Jamaica in the winter. One of the great things about it is that every

:51:08. > :51:11.single Jamaica and is a celebrity in their own mind. Very serious! That

:51:11. > :51:15.is our culture. We are never impressed by anything or anyone, so

:51:15. > :51:19.I think that one of the greatest things, why people like to live

:51:19. > :51:27.there or go there is that people leave you alone. However, they

:51:27. > :51:31.expect you to do things. If Usain Bolt comes to the pitch -- the

:51:31. > :51:35.Olympic Games, or anyone representing Jamaica, people stop

:51:35. > :51:38.traffic to watch the competition, because the expectation is that

:51:38. > :51:43.every single one of those athletes that is representing Jamaica is

:51:43. > :51:49.bringing back a gold medal. Let's look at his competitors tonight. If

:51:49. > :51:56.there is one athlete who believes he can begin, it will be Justin Gatlin.

:51:56. > :52:04.Yes. Justin has been here. He has been a world champion, and Olympic

:52:04. > :52:08.champion. He totally understands what it takes to win. I was actually

:52:08. > :52:12.quite surprised that he took it as hard as he did, but I realise there

:52:12. > :52:16.are no longer fall rounds at World Championships, so he probably

:52:16. > :52:24.thought, I have one race today, two tomorrow, so today I am going to

:52:24. > :52:32.take it out really hard. I think the surprise mind for me might be Jimmy

:52:32. > :52:36.Vicaut from France. He is probably as big and as strong, maybe not as

:52:36. > :52:42.fast and technically sound as other sprinters, but he absolutely has top

:52:42. > :52:47.end speed as fast as all of these men in the field. If you can get out

:52:47. > :52:50.for the first 30 metres, he will do things that we are not expecting.

:52:50. > :52:54.Three British athletes got through to the semifinals. James Dasaolu was

:52:54. > :53:04.the one with a looking at beforehand. He did not qualify well.

:53:04. > :53:08.

:53:08. > :53:14.Well, you saw Rusty -- rust on James. I don't have to tell anyone

:53:14. > :53:21.here, do have to be mentally at World Championships. It kind of

:53:21. > :53:27.showed a bit. His first 30 metres were terrible. When he got into his

:53:27. > :53:30.acceleration phase, he was looking at the TV to find out where he was

:53:30. > :53:36.that. You really have to be mentally focused. You really have to put the

:53:36. > :53:43.transition together in order to go through the next round. I think that

:53:43. > :53:49.James's huge talent if he is someone that can run 9.8 this weekend. I

:53:49. > :53:54.don't know what his preparation is. I don't know what a night of speed

:53:54. > :54:01.wiki has done over the last ten days. Certainly, he is someone that

:54:01. > :54:09.can do some really good things. It is going to be tough for Harry to

:54:09. > :54:13.make it through. And Dwayne, I am a big fan of him, it is his last, I

:54:13. > :54:23.shouldn't say it is his last... He's a veteran! I am not telling him to

:54:23. > :54:28.retire. I need it is his last... He's a veteran of the sport. He has

:54:28. > :54:32.been here before and been in the finals. As a warrior, I know that

:54:32. > :54:38.Dwayne is going to get out there and give it his all. Going back to James

:54:38. > :54:43.Dasaolu briefly, do you think you almost came out expecting this leads

:54:43. > :54:48.to be easier. The Chinese boy would have shocked. It was almost like,

:54:48. > :54:52.what's going on here? It is not how I played it through in my mind.

:54:52. > :54:57.maybe this is a clear life lesson for James. It does not work that

:54:57. > :55:02.way. If you show up for the major championships, there is nobody on

:55:02. > :55:08.the starting line handing you a gold medal. He has almost been thrust

:55:08. > :55:11.into the limelight. Once you go underneath ten seconds, you get

:55:11. > :55:15.expectations, but he is still not a very seasoned Championship runner,

:55:15. > :55:20.so there's still a lot to learn for him. I think he made a bad call in

:55:20. > :55:24.his race, but you said, he has had hampered preparation and he said he

:55:24. > :55:29.has not done much work out of the blocks. That really showed. He will

:55:29. > :55:38.have to think and behave differently in the semifinal. Unfortunately,

:55:38. > :55:43.Denise, there is not a mentorship programme with your fellow

:55:43. > :55:48.competitors. They are not going to go, James, welcome! Why don't you go

:55:48. > :55:50.through? It is not going to happen! Unfortunately, he has to prepare

:55:50. > :56:00.himself psychologically and physically for a stage like this,

:56:00. > :56:01.

:56:01. > :56:05.and when he is that Alan did, he has run sub ten, he has thrust himself

:56:05. > :56:11.into that psychology that I am now one of the men to beat. He has to

:56:11. > :56:17.show up, walk it and talk it and be it. Absolutely. Endless talking

:56:17. > :56:21.points on the men's 100m, that's for sure. But at another good chance of

:56:21. > :56:27.a medal this evening will be in the long jump. We are going to look at

:56:27. > :56:31.Shara Proctor's qualifying jump. It speaks for itself. It really was

:56:31. > :56:35.outstanding. It was. These qualification rounds are usually

:56:35. > :56:39.qualification rounds are usually very tough. You are not sure of what

:56:39. > :56:44.the conditions are like on the track. But she is an athlete that

:56:44. > :56:51.has had a great couple of seasons, aside from her unfortunate final in

:56:51. > :56:55.London last year. But qualification of 6.75, and she did business on the

:56:55. > :57:00.first jump. Spikes off, back to the village. She is ready. But she

:57:00. > :57:05.cannot make the mistake of thinking about medal for that final. This is

:57:05. > :57:09.the thing. Qualification and finals, you can see how far behind

:57:09. > :57:13.the board she is there, they are completely different things.

:57:13. > :57:18.remember when you were one of the big surprises, because we expected

:57:18. > :57:22.you to walk into the finals, and you you to walk into the finals, and you

:57:22. > :57:25.struggled into the qualifications because it is a demand on you. When

:57:25. > :57:31.there is a demand, it did you have to hit, it makes it more difficult.

:57:31. > :57:39.Of course, yesterday was yesterday. Today is a complete of the day. She

:57:39. > :57:42.has to refocus and gather herself. Jonathan, you are right, because you

:57:42. > :57:48.have to believe you can be a champion. Shara Proctor has to go

:57:48. > :57:51.out there and believe that today is her day. If you don't -- you don't

:57:51. > :57:57.get ahead of yourself and you don't let it play on your mind that you

:57:57. > :58:05.are the furthest qualifier. Ultimately, there should be a

:58:05. > :58:09.hunger. There was an expectation in London that she would be on top of

:58:09. > :58:12.the podium. It shows the difference in all the athletes that are

:58:12. > :58:18.competing in this year's World Championships that she came out, and

:58:18. > :58:22.if she means business, she can go back and relax and know that she is

:58:22. > :58:27.here at the right time. This opportunity, we talk about the

:58:27. > :58:30.small, tiny window of opportunity you have as an athlete, and she will

:58:30. > :58:35.utilise this opportunity to win. Thank you very much. We are back

:58:35. > :58:39.this afternoon, 3:30pm, that is on this afternoon, 3:30pm, that is on