Day 2, Part 1 Athletics: World Championships

Liz Nicky Stadium since the 1980 skunk -- in the Liz Nicky Stadium

since the Moscow Olympics saw men with scores to settle since the last

championships. Usain Bolt got underway in the 100m

after disqualification two years ago and Mo Farah was hoping to play his

get out of jail free card. The story so far... Edna Kiplagat of Kenyon

defends her world title in brilliant style. -- of tenure. Stepping

through the gears. Christine Ohuruogu, comfortable qualification.

That was very impressive. Mo Farah is going to get there, this is world

domination! So a reversal of the result in des gu with Mo Farah

taking the win. We will look back at that later in the programme, but

first, this is what is in store today. The men's hurdlers Rian

action. David Oliver and Will Sharman, finally over his injury

problems. We have the heats of the women's 1500m. Hannah England one

Silver two years ago and Laura White is hopefully over her injury

problems from the trials. James begins the defence of his title. Can

anyone stop him? LaShawn Merritt is probably the only one. And it is

rent one of the women's 100m. Shelley Ann Fraser Price is up

against Carmelita Jeter, the against Carmelita Jeter, the

defending champion. And here is the timings of what is coming up this

Sunday morning from me, from Colin, and not many other people, I think

it is fair to say. I think the athletes are here, which is a

relief. Let's look back to yesterday very briefly and Mo Farah's gold

medal. That is what we were all hoping he would achieve and what was

missing out of his bag, that world gold medal for the 10,000m. It was a

tough race, though. He had to really compete, he drew on everything to

take that victory but we all know the most important thing is the

victory itself. That is the most interesting thing about that race,

with four laps to go, Steve Cram in commentary said this could be a

demonstration, he is in such good form, but Jeilan pushed him all the

way. It was a close call. He will be relieved he was at the front at the

right time. I don't know if he is able to summon some incredible turn

of pace if Jeilan had been winning. For me, it was a relief run for him,

but we have the 5,000 metres and that is where he is the defending

champion, so we will be looking forward to that and seeing if he can

hang onto that. The canyons talk about having a better chance in the

5,000 metres and running some of the sting out of Mo Farah -- the

Kenyans. Guess, compared to the Olympic Games, where he was far more

dominant. This is unusual for Mo Farah, we don't usually see him

looking around and searching and seeing where his opponents are, we

seem to think he will just keep pulling away from everybody. So it

was great to see and all of these opponents are tough. Let's not

underestimate what he has achieved here, it has been a very tough,

long, gruelling season for Mo. That European record for the 1500m, I'm

wondering what that took out of him. He went faster than he has ever been

before, faster than any other Brit has been before. Speed is another

thing, when you are pushing your whole body past the limits it is

usually used to, it can take a lot more out of you. Whether that has

made a difference, I am not so sure, but I think we are all

relieved that he has got that title. If you have any thoughts on

Mo Farah and what he did yesterday, on the screen there, contact us at

BBC sport. First up on track today is the men's decathlon high

hurdles. Before we get to that race, those heats, let's look back

race, those heats, let's look back for the first event of the

heptathlon, the 100m. All eyes were on lane six, Ashton Eaton, the world

record-holder. And it was Ashton Eaton who sped away. Trey Hardee,

three lanes inside him, was the defending champion, but Ashton Eaton

showed everybody a clean pair of heels, followed by David Warner of

Canada. Then we were onto the long jump. Michael Schrader of Germany,

he was figured to medal in this decathlon and certainly showed a

clean pair of heels to everybody in the long jump. Again, a score of

over 1,000 points. When it came to the shot put, Ashton Eaton was way

below par, but 14.39 kept the American at the top. The high jump,

it was Gunnar Nixon, his younger team-mate from the United States,

just 20 years old and a former world champion at 2.4 teen metres, which

took into the top the leaderboard. At the other end of the scale, Trey

Hardee had terrible problems. This was his opening height, his third

attempt and he failed it and the American would not defend his title

successfully, he was out that the caps on. Then it was the final event

they want, the gruelling 400m and a to show what a class athlete Ashton

Eaton is -- and a chance. Last year in London, he broke the world

record, over 9,000 points. He was aiming for a time here which would

take him back into the lead. A lead which he only relinquished after the

high jump, clearing 1.92. Not a good effort for the young American, but

this event was absolutely superb. By the time he came into the home

straight, he was miles ahead of anyone else. There was only

Behrenbruch of Germany and Damian Warner of Canada who were trying to

live with him, but Ashton Eaton sped away from everybody, winning in

46:02. Another 1,000 points score and another visit to the top of the

leaderboard. Yes, not a bad first day for Ashton

Eaton, he will be thinking he will be becoming world champion. We will

get out now for the first heat and it is good morning to Steve Cram,

Good morning and welcome to the second day of the decathlon and the

first event is of course the 110 metres hurdles. Nobody in this

line-up with a great chance of challenging for the medals, but the

Arnel Suarez, the bronze medallist at the last two Olympic Games, is

in the third lane. Suarez trying to come through. And taking this very

impressively is Mayer. Look at the time. It looked impressive, but it

wasn't necessarily. Mayer was the first to rise, the former world

youth and world junior champion, the 21-year-old. This will be the

slowest of the four heats. Mayer takes the victory. Confirmation of

that. They have rounded down for Kevin Mayer. Suarez, a couple of

bronze medals, I mentioned, but not in that kind of form and won't be

this year. -- won't be challenging this year.

So we move onto heat two, a fascinating confrontation between

the world's all-round athlete, that is Eduard Mikhan, a very solid

performer, good performances yesterday, lying in 14th place

overall. 10.97 he started off with in the 100m yesterday. And his other

very best performance was his 400m, the last event, 48 .80. But nobody

can live with the pace of Ashton the man that we saw earlier, Eduard

Mikhan. This is a Ushiro, who goes in lane three. Lying in 20 Seventh

Place at the moment -- 20 Seventh Place. Kame Ali of Madagascar, 14.61

is his lifetime best. Van der Plaetsen is ranked 13th at the

moment after day one. He finished off yesterday with 49 seconds in the

400m. Marcus Nilsson of Sweden, lying in 20 Sixth Place. -- 26th

place. These guys battling against themselves, not necessarily their

fellow competitors. Eduard Mikhan has a chance of moving into the top

ten if he can repeat his lifetime best performance. And Uibo, just 18

years old. He had a cracking high jump yesterday, to .11 metres. --

2.11. Van der Plaetsen, on paper, one of the better hurdlers, but

Eduard Mikhan is the best. Ingmar Vos is a very solid performer. Just

having over at the scoring tables, if you wanted to score over 1,000

points, you have got to run under 13.8. Well, the clock was blowing

away a few cobwebs, it gave us a time originally outside of 15

seconds before it was adjusted to 14 did Mikhan. Van der Plaetsen

beginning to gain some ground. The Belgian flying. Van der Plaetsen

WinZip, Mikhan in second place, Nilsson in third. Slower than the

first heat. -- van der Plaetsen winds it. We have a turn of page

here on the scoring tables. 886 points, but a bit of fortune for van

der Plaetsen. He was under pressure, didn't get away to a

particularly good start. It was the Dutchman Ingmar Bosse, who ran a pro

400m last night and continued that poor form -- Ingmar Vos. Colin

Jackson will have some sympathy for the Dutchman, he stumbled, and van

der Plaetsen came storming through the victory. So van der Plaetsen

will gain confidence from that run. Lying in 13th position. Wasn't a

particularly good time, but he may gain a couple of places by the end

of this event. JONATHAN EDWARDS: It is a hard

school, no sympathy from Colin school, no sympathy from Colin

Jackson! I did have sympathy for the fact that he got up early in the

morning to do that performance. Basically, he caught his trailing

leg and it caused a bit of a rotation and it took him off

balance. When you only have three balance. When you only have three

strides until the barrier, that will cause you a problem. He exploded out

of the blocks and settled into his rhythm. He clattered one of the

middle hurdles, somewhere around four, but don't worry about that,

because he is already at a good speed so he can afford to drag it

down. It is this hurdle, he comes off it badly and it catches his

trail leg, causing him to have a rotation and he ends up falling away

from the barrier and when you only have three strides to get to the

next one, it is hell. I think the next one, it is hell. I think the

accolade from looks like he was getting lactic acid. Going nicely

then started to fall apart. They have had a long day yesterday in the

heat and then they have to get back up. The most explosive of events,

probably. It is a difficult one to start with, because they are

barriers, so it is an awful way to do that. Yet you can imagine how

frustrated he will be, he has done for five events, has a really good

start and that is what happens. So that is his Championships over.

terms of the amount of hurdling these athletes would do, how would

they apportion that time? We're looking at Ashton Eaton

stretching, he is a very good jumper, a very competent hurdler,

and he is quite good technically, as well. If you are a natural jumper

you can hone your technique over these barriers. These athletes are

big, powerful and strong. Long legs help with this. They don't need to

worry about the technical aspect because they are so strong they can

get over it, they can boulder the way through it, but you need to have

some extra finesse. Because the brutes, they don't have that.

Ashton -- Ashton Eaton has strength, if you was competing

against Daley Thompson, who is a strength based athlete... Yes, he is

tall, so the hurdles lick small to him.

Someone like Daley Thompson who had very short legs, he spent a lot of

time running and jumping and not being beautifully flawless.

The athletes are out for the third heat, this is my favourite named

Yes, Gunnar Nixon from Oklahoma, he has a chance, he is lying second at

the moment. He is looking to set his best on this big stage. He does have

a chance if he can go on and replicate that kind of form on his

second day. He has quite a weak pole vault, Gunnar Nixon, several events

on this second day. There are medal contenders in this heat. Pascal

Beren Brooke -- Behrenbruch, the German, and also Coertzen, the South

African. He does have a good second day,

Behrenbruch, we have predictions based on personal bests on this

second day. If all athletes performed according to the best in

the events, Behrenbruch would finish in bronze medal position, lying

seventh at the moment. There is Pascal Behrenbruch. He has the

quickest time in this line-up in the hurdles. Just a shade outside 14

seconds. It would be nice if he could manage a personal best and

sneak below 14. You think of the German challenges in the decathlon

over the years. Ilya Shkurenev taking most of the applause from the

Estonia. Coertzen set to personal bests yesterday. That was in the

high jump and the 400m macro. -- the 400m. Queren alongside him, a modest

hurdler. Rietveld smiling away, years 25th in the standings. And

there is Gunnar Nixon. -- he is 24. -- 25th. He came into the

championship is very much of the third of American athlete, possibly

force, Ashton Eaton, Trey Hardee, Trey Hardee who is out, struggling

with injury, Ashton Eaton is out in front at the moment, but Gunnar

Nixon is hot on his heels. Again, he needs to improve. He is the slowest

in this field in personal-bests. 14.51 is the best he has mastered

over the years. Not too many years yet, he is still just 20.

before the starter got them to stand The muttering that I heard had

something to do with Lane five, which is Coertzen, the South

African. What the problem was I am not sure. Certainly there will be a

bit of misunderstanding because of the language barriers here. But

Coertzen is a very experienced athlete, a former record-holder.

That means there has been a warning for everyone, that green card being

what a class, but nobody is accused of false start or anything like

that. -- being walked across. Back again to getting themselves

moment, with a good second day he fears. And Behrenbruch on the

twitch there that got Querin going, as well.

The man with the number five on his thigh, and he set off with the man

outside him, as well. We will see the officials coming across and

presumably they are going to show another warning card. That should be

classified as us -- a false start against Coertzen.

Just to explain the false start rule, in the decathlon that is

Then you are, there is no language barrier, the official speaking very

good English indeed and saying the first problem was warning to

everyone, and that looked as though it was against Lane four. Pahapill,

a very experienced athlete. That surprised me, because it was

Coertzen who was moving on the blocks. He has maybe had too much

coffee this morning. Rietveld is howling away again, ringing around

the stadium. Third time of asking, Behrenbruch on the inside. Also

going well as Coertzen, Rietveld is trying to come through. But Coertzen

will take it, the time, 14.31. Outside his personal best, but a

decent enough run again for the man lying in eighth place at the moment.

He finished yesterday with a couple of personal-bests and he came

through well here. A fairly even race, but it was the South African.

Rietveld, as well, a definite -- disappointing run from Pascal

Behrenbruch, he would have expected more than that. His medal hopes may

have taken a blow here in the high hurdles. Dental -- Coertzen not the

tallest of athletes but floated over the barriers and came through in

addition to enough time. -- a decent Ashton Eaton is in heat for hoping

to add the world title to his Olympic title, something Daley

Thompson did in the first World Thomson coming away on the near

side, and he is holding up, Thompson leading by a long margin, 10.62.

That is a good start for Daley Thompson.

That is better, what a response from the man!

Yes, that is an enormous shot for Daley Thompson storming through

200m, and now it is all about the clock. Thomson driving hard but they

are catching him and he is tiring as they go to the line. Nicklaus is

going through, Thompson, Nicklaus, Thompson dragging himself out to the

line and he has done enough. There And Daley Thompson would have told

you it was never it -- in doubt from the first event on day one! He would

have said that, absolutely, but it was brilliant to watch that. I was

lucky enough to spend many days training with him and it was all

about fun, but with that trying to focus on the right things to improve

you. It was a brilliant education. He used to play games with his great

rival from west Germany and he always had that little bit extra.

He always managed to do that, he could always find that magical way

of citing people out or psyching people up. He has that skill.

We talk about the technical work decathletes do and clearly Daley

Thompson did no work on his high jump. Nor, it was just a random

thing, just get on the run and jump. But Ashton Eaton, over 9000 points,

the world record-holder, he goes in the world record-holder, he goes in

in fourth. He is certainly the best hurdler on

display today, a truly remarkable performance for a multi-event. Daley

Thompson, when he won his world title, 14.37 he ran in pretty

terrifying conditions, very windy on that day. There is Eelco

Sintnicolaas, lying in fifth place overall overnight. And Artem

Lukyanenko, the very good Russian, 14 seconds dead. We could see some

fireworks here in this life -- last heat of the decathlon. Damian Warner

is just outside of the medals, he is down on a third place. Rico

Freimuth, but everyone will be watching Ashton Eaton after that

Bristol -- blistering run over the track yesterday evening. The fastest

hurdles ever in World Championship history, 13.55. There is the

date two the way he finished off yesterday evening? He ran out of his

skin, 46.02. It is very rare that decathletes run that fast in 400

metre running in a decathlon. The world record 13.47. That was way

He clatters hurdle two, but he is away, chased by Damian Warner.

Taking things easy over the last few hurdles but Ashton Eaton comes away.

Freimuth came into second place. A modest run for the American blood 13

points 92 is a good score -- but 13 points 92. 985 points. He is being

chased by Damian Warner, who may have moved up into third place after

that run, he was being challenged by the big fella outside him, Rico

Freimuth of Germany. Ashton Eaton may be just coasted over the second

half of that race. He was in trouble after the second hurdle, he

clattered that one, caught it with his trail leg, was in danger of

being caught off balance, but it looked pretty smooth over the rest

of the race. Damian Warner beginning to fade and Freimuth coming on

strong. Ashton Eaton still the top of the pile.

I think for Ashton Eaton, it is about safely negotiating things,

because the danger for him in the decathlon, the only thing that can

really go wrong, as he clattered the second hurdle, he could do a no

jump, he could foul or become a cropper on the hurdles, so to get

through safely was the main thing because the speed is a fairly modest

time for him, but still more than good enough and will certainly

extend his lead. It is about avoiding potential pitfalls and

Eaton. Another superb performance by the world record-holder. Damian

Warner of Canada hasn't done his chances any harm at all.

Mister Jackson has got this internal Mister Jackson has got this internal

high hurdlers' clock, because he looked at that and said it was

wrong. You could see it was swifter wrong. You could see it was swifter

than the time they gave initially. When you look at the strength of

this field, that was about right. Ashton Eaton got out ready well, he

was aggressive, just kept focused. He banged into the second hurdle,

didn't make much difference. It is because he is happy, it won't make

that much difference early on. But he has this pitter patter shuffle

strike in between the stride strike in between the stride

pattern, which is absolutely fine, because you sense it gives him a

little bit more control over the barriers, it gives him time to see

the hurdles as he approaches them and it is something you will do when

you don't spend that much time doing the event. He ran a decent hurdles.

A little unfair to the decathlon high hurdlers, because we are going

straight to the men's high hurdlers. First, let's hear from the world

record-holder and Olympic champion year is Moscow. I don't have a world

championship. I'd I have our world indoor championship and Olympic

golds are the only thing missing is a world outdoor championship. -- and

soap. The moment when I crossed that line, knowing that the relief of

being Olympic champion, knowing that I had won it, it was just amazing. I

always build off of energy and the setting, I always look at every

meeting, and I look at it and ask what I ran last year and can I be

better than I was the previous year. I think I am up for the

challenge. I'm not saying I will break the world record but I would

like to run under 13 because I feel like nobody has done it this year

and somebody has to do it and who else could do it but me? Goodness

me, he is back with a bang. With old people making their way out and new

people making their way in, they are all great athletes, there is a lot

of the young athlete coming up and running fast, so I think that the

race will still be just as exciting. Setting goals is a great way to keep

athletes motivated and running under 13 is obviously a motivator. I need

to run five more to run the most sub 13s that anybody on the planet has

ever run, so hopefully I will get them this year.

Colin, I think it is fair to say that at the last year and the

fireworks of Aries Merritt, this year has not been a vintage year for

hurdling. No, there has been a lot of toing and froing when it comes to

the world leading mark and a lot of the top athletes have spent time on

the physio's bench. So a lot of time gathering themselves, putting

themselves back through their paces and is trying to establish

themselves. I always say it is about the hurdles, you have to get into a

rhythm, a group of running very quickly. Last year, Aries was in

that group, always around that 13 second mark without a struggle. This

year, he has not found that initial rhythm, and that is why he has

struggled. He pushes and works a little too hard and it causes him

problems. He fail at London because he was chasing the fast time. --

failed. Nobody has run under 13 seconds this season. It is a tough

thing to do, manager for some a lot of top athlete -- mind you, a lot of

athletes can't do it. It just proves how difficult it is, there are very

talented athletes out there and they are striving to do that. Is Aries

Merritt trying to play catch-up too quickly. He fell in London, trying

to run too quickly, maybe? When you have set your own level in your

mind, and you are not achieving it, it becomes a burden for you and you

start to run tight and I think that is what Aries is doing, struggling

to find that real niche performance that is going to be needed out there

today to get through, because you need to get into your rhythm. And he

will definitely needed in the final, because it is not one-way traffic.

-- needed. You cannot go out and job it like the 100m because you have do

clear the barriers. And you have to get used to running the track well.

It will be a tough call and we are looking at the home favourite as

well, Shevchenko off, I would say to everybody, watch out for him --

Shebenkov. You like the way he runs. He is a strong and confident athlete

and doesn't get intimidated by the world leaders and that will play

well for him come the final. Heat one involves Jason Richardson, the

one involves Jason Richardson, the defending world Steve Cram is

calling this one. STEVE CRAM: Jason Richardson will be

nervous, as you would be going into any championships as the defending

champion. And the man who has had his own problems this year, looking

along the line and he knows there are plenty in this race who will

give him something to think about. The first three will go through and

the four fastest losers are into the to talk about Ryan Brathwaite, to

surprise world champions, if you like. That is the script that the

110m hurdles can follow at major championships. Parchment is in

pretty good form this year, a new personal best. Braithwaite was the

surprise of 2009. Richardson, if you can remember what was happening,

there was chaos around him, but he came through to win the world title,

but hasn't been at his best this year either. Watch out for Thomas in

start. Richardson is right there with him. Parchment is not doing so

well. Richardson comes through. Shabanov of Brescia this site. It

will be tight on the line but Richardson gets it, Shabanov and

maybe Brathwaite are the three. That close was, very, very close.

Richardson, after an OK start, he wasn't fazed by Thomas getting away

so well alongside him, he looked as though he was going to get away and

then faded a little. They all started to close him down, but in

the end, he will be delighted to get through. Colin?

COLIN JACKSON: There was a lot of action all over the place, a lot

going on, and messy race, but the important thing for Richardson was

he got through cleanly and smoothly. This will be interesting, with the

semifinal, because there will be a lot of pressure both left and right.

Let's watch him head on. Seven strident approach, works hard into

the barrier but takes it nice and cleanly and focused already. Focused

on the hurdle, works offered with the Trail Lake. Gathers himself,

tries not to make any errors -- works off it with the Trail Lake.

These hurdles are coming very quickly indeed can sometimes you can

guide them, they can take a bit of speed of your performance. -- off

your performance. But not Jason. He staggered off the final one little

bit but the victory is what matters. That is what is up on the

scoreboard, it is an unofficial but looks right. Shabanov with the

seasons best and Brathwaite getting ahead of Thomas by 100th of a

second. Certainly competitive. The next heat

features Will Sharman of Great Britain. The burst onto the scene

four years ago, but it has been a struggle since then and wasn't

selected for London 2012. But he is here and in great form and has been

First of all, I want to remind you of something you said, that you get

better as the season goes on and it has been proved, you get a graduate

have been fantastic. Yes, I am looking really forward to Moscow. I

am in better form than I have been for any World Championships before.

A confidence boosting run at the Anniversary Games, the time and

everything, what does it mean to you? That was massive. Missing last

year, the Olympic Games, through injury, it was my Olympics. I did it

in front of 60,000 British people who cared, who were interested in

how British athletes were doing, and I couldn't have asked to have

performed on a better stage. That is what I thrive on and I will be

looking forward to that same kind of atmosphere in Moscow. It is going to

be difficult. Yes, I am in good contention for good things, however

everyone is going there like-minded and it is going to be a tough fight.

I go into these championships with the confidence of having posted a

faster time. Other athletes are going to be aware of the kind of

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

on my laurels, because my mentality at a World Championships is it

doesn't matter who you are, what you have done before, it is a

competition of equal men and the slate is wiped clean and we begin

from here. Despite his struggles, he has made

the last two World Championships finals, fourth in Berlin and fifth

in Daegu. An athlete whose best we feel is still ahead. Yes, he has got

to get into that groove again, he has always been chasing it. He never

arrives at the championships always perfect but this year he seems to

have got it right and I think he is in a good place in his mind. He is

confident and his technique is holding up. So without putting the

kiss of death on him, when it comes to the real deal and the pressure of

the situation, because he is so good technically, he will always be there

or thereabouts. And he says the athletes will have watched his races

and will know he makes mistakes very rarely, and that is a real asset.

Certainly the back end when you are chasing those medals. If he gets

close to his personal best, he is not far off. In terms of the quality

he is up against, not as competitive as the first heat. Not quite, but

Langat is the person we will be watching, because he is capable of

running very quickly indeed. And Wilson, the surprise US champion, is

also in this race. He is one of those people who I have thought has

always been very underrated, because sometimes it doesn't produce good

performances when it matters but he went to the US championships this

year and won the title and we know how tough it is there. Any issues

with lean Ms Gormley -- with Lane nine?

No, no issues, no panic whatsoever. After the disappointment of not

going to London last year, Will is a man of ambition, isn't he?

Yes, but if he can hold himself together, not let the occasion get

to, he can do well. Steve, it is all yours.

Well, Will Sharman is looking at risk. He is moving around a fair

bit. This is a race we are all expecting good things from him,

expecting good things from him, probably an ideal heat for him.

Yes, he will be quite pleased with the draw. He has Ryan Wilson

alongside him, but it is quite a modest line-up. Pascal

Martinot-Lagarde, the youngest brother of Thomas. Wenjun Xie of

China, as well. There is Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. He is perhaps the

Beagle -- bigger talent. He has run in 13.12 this season. A former world

Jim Prean -- junior champion. There is Wenjun Xie, going well this

season. And Ryan Wilson is in lane eight. He is US champion this year

at the eighth attempt, he is 32 now. He is alongside Sharman. He must

feel comfortable in this environment in the World Championships, it has

been good to him. Fourth in Bellingham, fifth in Daegu. Second

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds

here. It is Ryan Wilson at the moment and Wayne C Davis comes

through to take it, Sharman just about getting there. Well, it is

hard work, but successful work in the end for Will Sharman. A little

bit of a shake of the head. More to come from me, he says, I hope.

Certainly the man alongside him, Ryan Wilson, he was a good man to

measure himself against, Steve. Yes, he actually got out better than

Wilson. Wilson comes back at the end, he had to.

Disappointing, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde on the fireside.

Given his form, we thought he would qualify easily but it was a bit of a

struggle and he is perhaps fortunate the Frenchman on the fireside did

not perform at all, to be honest, because he has looked to be

improving. -- the Frenchman on the far side. But Will is full of

confidence. He has got through safely and he now has to focus on

the semifinal, where he will have to be better than that.

This is the head honour of Sharman. -- the head on Sharman. He must have

felt Wilson was easing away from them alongside him. He maintained

his composure, it was a clean enough run. He said, as he knocks down the

barrier! I am sure we will hear from him shortly, he will feel there is

more to come. The key thing is to get through, of course, and he did

that. The semifinals take place tomorrow, and he knows he will be

easier. Let us just confirmed that for you. -- he knows he will be

there. Wayne Davies, from Trinidad and Tobago, coming second and

and Tobago, coming second and William Sharman in 13.51.

People say that you get quicker as the championship goes on, today is

about getting safely through and you have done that. I am so relieved,

that is the mundane part over with, tomorrow is when the boys get rough

and ready. I am really looking forward to a semifinal, all I need

is a good night's sleep. How tough is it to get up so early

in the morning and do all the prep? You either fall into one of two

categories, where you perform best early morning, I am not one of them.

For me, I was up at 5am. I was probably up every hour last night

thinking, is it time to race yet? It is difficult for me, early in the

morning. I think that is my fastest ever World Championships opening

round. There have been some surprises already. I put myself

through a good warm up with Malcolm Arnold, I am in great shape, my

coach put me through a great training programme, it is just being

in it and I am thankful to be through to the next round. That

sounds great, you put it in a great perspective as always, good -- good

They are going to get rough and ready tomorrow, Colin. You talked

about the French guy, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

Scratch my head a lot after the first heat, because I thought that

was a little bit quick, I was surprised that Hansle Parchment

struggled. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is expected to run much better than

that, 13.12 he achieved at the Diamond League. I expected him to be

more explosive than that, but he is out of this race really early. It

really started right at the very beginning of his race, Wilson. As he

pushed out of the blocks he took one, Wilson. As he pushed out of the

blocks he took one, two, a little bit, so he did not prepare for the

first barrier. If you watch it one, two, three, and he sinks. He does

not stand up correctly and that cost him on the first hurdle. As he did

that, Ryan Wilson went away from him. It put you under pressure, then

he clatters a hard all around here, which you don't want to do because

that pulls you back. Then he can settle down and be more fluent,

because he is in that groove and technical rhythm of his. Once you

lose the momentum and the first hurdle it is difficult to find it

again because there are so few hurdles.

And you are chasing your opponent, that is the wrong thing to do, you

need the total opposite, you have to resist what your body is telling you

and realise I have ten hurdles to make a tiny bit all the time to get

to the end. We are talking about the fact it has

not been a vintage year for high hurdles and we have seen it here,

haven't we? Yes. Parchment was the leader for

Jamaica at one stage, we were all thinking this is going to be great,

because it is a new name in the mix and he struggled in that first

round. I expected him to go a little bit quicker, to. Let's see what

happens in the second round. Let's see what happens in heat

three, which we have Aries Merritt end. If there is a time to get your

season together, this is the time for the world record, isn't it?

This will be a competitive race, as we know, and he is up against

Orlando Ortega, and he is hungry for victory. He had a very good season,

the young Cuban, then he had an injury problem and had not raced

very well. He will be a real threat. We are hearing that Dwight Thomas is

a nonstarter. That takes a little bit out of the

mix, but I did not see him being one of the main contenders at the end

for the battle for the medal. All in all, this is the man under pressure,

he is world record-holder, Olympic champion and all eyes will be

watching him. Steve, once again come it is all

yours. yours.

STEVE CRAM: Yes, he is the world record-holder, a season that has had

its up and downs, it is fair to say. I was in Shanghai when he poured his

strength and it did not look that bad at the time, it looked like one

of those niggling pools that will quickly heal, but it took a while.

Orlando Ortega, by contrast, has had a very good season, until the London

Diamond League, we the pain of them came a cropper. -- Colm McFadden the

peer of them. -- player of the pair will be in 3Com Orlando Ortega is

for, then there will be a make the team, even though he was

the Olympic champion, he is not defending champion, he was a wild

London but he is looking a better to, someone has been asked to get

Merritt, Ortega got them there, as well. This is going to be very

close. It will be Merritt, Thomas Martinot-Lagarde and then Balazs

Baji. You will be happy with that, he will be pleased, a little smile

breaks across his face. Something to be negotiated, you always feel, for

the top guys, the first round. Not the sort of hurdling we have seen

from Merritt all last year, but he has had that injury. The brakes did

not command deliberately, but he is not efficient -- finishing the way

you would like him to. Thomas Martinot-Lagarde, much better than

his brother. Yes, that was better than we

expected for Merritt, especially as he came a cropper at the Olympic

Stadium. So, safely through, Colin. Yes, I was watching that from the

studio, I was seeing what Merritt would do. It was a very aggressive

drive into the first barrier. This time last year, he would

collide away, he would literally glide away from his opponents.

He seems to just not have that extra gear, that change of pace we were so

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

this is an early round, and he will look forward to the next race, get

look forward to the next race, get those cobwebs off.

Aries Merritt is alongside me, we were talking about early starts to

Will Sharman, how do they affect you? You know, you have to get up so

early, get bad for a end to try and wake up and I ate just a little bit

of oatmeal to get something in my system because I don't want to be

too heavy, but all in all, very comfortable.

How different is the mindset to date to tomorrow? It is very different,

the mindset to qualify, then in the final unit as hard as you can. Thank

you for talking to us. Colin, you were saying at the

equivalent stage of the games last year in London how much quicker he

ran. Yes, it is always about rhythm. You

have to get into the groove, you have to have that consistent, high

level of performance. At his seventh straight, he approaches the barrier

with long, loping strides, it is not a dynamic, aggressive way in, but

when he gets off he get into this beautiful run.

His trailing leg is so smooth, it pours over the barrier. But when he

goes off the barrier at this stage, we get into this shuffle, he does

not raise his knees up high, last year he was shuffling with real

speed and intent and this year he does it with far more containment.

It seems to me he is playing those hurdles very safe. He has this much

between each hurdle, he is not really going for it. Yes, he is not

as snappy, that is because of the pace you generate on the floor. The

faster and snappier you are, the quicker you go over the hurdle,

which means your clearance height gets really shocked. That is why we

are seeing that at this early stage. The other thing, as well, with an

injury, is that long after a muscle has cleared up, it hangs in the

mind, even subconsciously it can take awhile to have confidence you

are going be fine. Yes I spoke to him on many occasions during the

season and I asked him what was going on, and he has no problems at

all with his injury, he says his mind is in the same place, and it

seems to me sometimes his training is really showing him he is in great

shape. The problem he has is delivering it regularly when it

matters, during races. There is a difference between high

hurdles in terms of physique, and we will go from Aries Merritt to David

Oliver, a man mountain! Yes, he said he spent a little less time in the

gym. He has become more slight. is fading away! He said is he has

lost seven pounds. We thought he would be the next

world record-holder. We thought he would be Olympic champion, when he

ran that 12.89 in Paris we thought this guy is going to be special.

Unfortunately for him there was a hamstring problem and we were

wondering, poor David, what does he need to do? He is in the middle of

the field with the light blue, and he has an aggressive lead lag. He is

heavy, he is strong, and he really mussels his way through the field.

That is his fastest time, 13.04. I think everyone was really surprised

because he was not showing that much form before then. At David, he came

back of this victory and did it again in London. He is feeling more

confident in his own performance. I know it is just round one, early

morning, but there is nothing they are particularly to frighten him.

Yes, I think deep down he will be confident. He will be thinking, I

have missed out on titles beforehand and perhaps last -- lot will be on

my side. I am keeping my fingers crossed, he

is a really nice guy, as well. He has slimmed down, as you can see,

David Oliver. Steve, it is all yours.

STEVE CRAM: It takes all sorts in terms of the hurdles, but Colin was

talking about it, wherever we go, David Oliver gets the sort of looks

that you and I can only dream of getting. That is harsh. Harsh but

eminently fair. I suppose there have been some big bruising American

hurdlers over the years, a rich pedigree in this championship.

Foster, Kingdom, Johnson. All of them are certainly cut from the

physical mode, I will get through these hurdles if I don't get over

them. Incredible season in 2010, he went unbeaten for 19 races but

unfortunately, it was one of the fallow years between major

championships. A bronze medallist in Beijing. He goes in lane five. A

reminder, the first three go through automatically. A good heat, this.

Four decent athletes. Andrew Riley for Jamaica. Nothing is guaranteed,

certainly not in the high hurdles there is Shubenkov, and there is the

noise from the chosen few who are coming this morning. His mother was

a very good heptathlete, finished fourth in the Olympics in 1988.

Andrew Riley goes in lane six. And David Oliver, with a personal best

which has him fourth in the all-time list. Andrew Riley became the first

man to win both the 100 and 110m hurdles at the US Collegiate

Championships. He has all but given up the flat because of the Jamaican

strength in that discipline and will concentrate on the high hurdles.

asking for a bit of quiet. We cannot confirm or deny. Ready for the final

heat in the first round of the away fasted but here comes David

Oliver. Shubenkov are going well. It is Oliver, Shubenkov and Andrew

Riley that go through, the quickest so far. David Oliver lays down a

marker and says, I am here to challenge. And after a very strong

start... If there is merit is looking for a challenger, he may

look to his own team-mate, because David Oliver was very impressive.

Colin Jackson? COLIN JACKSON: It was nice to see

David do this. I was wondering that if anybody in these heaps was going

to produce anything spectacular for us this morning. --in these heats.

David Oliver has managed to do that with a strong performance. But I

think it was needed, I think he wanted to really get those cobwebs

out, get into a groove, get into a rhythm and establish himself over

this field, because there are many people here, including Shubenkov,

who will be looking for medals later on, so it was a really great

performance from David, nice to see performance from David, nice to see

him returning and returning so well. David is alongside me, very happy

man, I am sure. Definitely, I'm just happy to be here and representing

the USA and having a good time. know Colin Jackson is the presenting

position saying you were at the peak of your powers in 2010, you have had

injury problems. Are you wanting to put a marker down and show you can

be the main man? You don't have to worry about what other people say, I

know what goes on, me and my coaching team do and I will try to

get back to being the best hurdler I can be. At that time and performance

must give you huge confidence on what will be a massive day tomorrow.

I don't think that time can give you confidence, I just know I am

confident in my ability and all this did was good to be ready for

tomorrow. We start all over from scratch again. We wish you all the

best for that. Safely through to tomorrow's

semifinals, as Sergey Shubenkov and Andrew Rowley and Artur Noga will go

through as one of the fastest losers.

--Andrew Riley. the early-morning honour of the hurdling has been

defended by David Oliver. It was a tremendous run, a majestic

tremendous run, a majestic performance. It was good the whole

way through. Out of the blocks well, really focused, drove off his

trail leg into hurdle two and three and set himself up. He settled into

his wonderful rhythm, which is a fast tempo and it achieved what we

were hoping, which is a good, solid performance, 13.05, the fastest

going into this next round. A strong performance. He didn't need to run

that fast, was he trying to send a bit of a message? No, I think he

just wanted to do what he needs to do, just run. If you are in that

kind of tempo and have it in your legs, why not? It is not going to

tax you, you go back and you warm down. This guide the final barrier,

it came a bit close to him, but it was what we were hoping he could do

and he has managed to do that. Shubenkov right next to him shows he

is in good shape. Yes, he looks very good and has massive support from

the crowd. Yes, there was a huge cheer when they saw him on the

screen, which is nice to see. glance through the qualifiers for

tomorrow's semifinals. As I say, this is just the early skirmishes,

isn't it? This is exactly what he said, tomorrow, you have to run a

whole new set of warm up runs. It is good to get it, you know what the

track is like, you know what shape you are in and it will be a deep

breath and refocus, when you see the draw, because that will make a

difference. Will Sharman is the slowest time, will not play on his

mind? No, he is a very confident athlete. He knows what shape he is

in, he feels like he can run a personal best and it wouldn't

surprise me if he does, even better. He loves mixing it with the top

hurdlers in the world and is very confident and he enjoys that, which

is why he can raise his level. night, we saw the final of the

10,000m and two years ago in Daegu, Mo Farah claimed he didn't know much

about Jeilan, the man who beat him. about Jeilan, the man who beat him.

He knew all about him here, the man who he was racing in Moscow.

What a race it was. BRENDAN FOSTER: They are getting

ready on the start line, this is exciting.

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

London last year for Mo Farah, it was all about the quest to win

payback for a gold medal which slipped away in 2011. He goes to the

back of the field, he will move when he is ready. The Kenyans are keeping

it steady. Mo uses the opportunity, nipping across for a sponge, letting

them know he is here. He is running with his team-mates, Galen Rupp just

point. Jeilan, the man who beat him in Daegu two years ago. The closer

we get to three or four laps to go, the closer we will get to the front

and he will not want to give up the position. Will the Kenyans try and

rough him up? There goes Mo Farah, this is smart, tactical and clever.

Looking for his partner, he wants him on his shoulder, he is his wing

man. And he has got him there. doesn't need to think about anything

else. The bell sounds and Mo has to grab every inch of this lap. There

are some challenges coming. He is strong enough, he is fast enough and

he is on his way. He has got to kick a game, he has got a man-macro more

opportunities. --kick again. He has got two more opportunities. Here

comes Jeilan, the defending champion. Mo Farah at the front,

Jeilan who won it last time on his shoulder. Mo Farah is kicking hard

and Jeilan is still there. The threat has not gone! Mo Farah is

digging deep, he has got Jeilan right that! Here is the last bit

acceleration and Mo Farah starts to go away. Jeilan is still better! And

he again! But Mo Farah is going to get there. This is world domination

for Mo Farah, he is going to win. Gold once more. His third global

gold medal. He has done it. Goodness me, he gave us some anxious moments

on the last lap. It is nice to come out here and win it, that was the

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

me and kept cheering me. me and kept cheering me.

It certainly was a tough race. Stephen Brendan are standing by to

chat about it. Steve, there was a point with about four or five laps

to go where the pace had not been high and you said it could be a

demonstration and it turned out to be anything but. You are right, we

were looking at each other thinking it wasn't good enough, wasn't hard

enough and given the exhilaration we have seen from Mo Farah at

Gateshead, that 1500m speed, when he broke the British record in Monaco,

you are thinking the last 600, he will pull it all apart. That is easy

for us to say, but he had to really graphed on that lap, and the time

was nothing special --he had to really graphed. Jeilan had more in

the locker than we would have expected, so it wasn't a

demonstration, it was hard work and that is how it should become a gold

medals should not be easy. That is right and the thing about Mo Farah,

if he has one attribute, which he has had all his career, even before

he was an outstanding world and Olympic champion, he was a graphed,

and he knew that when the bell sounded, there were enough people

around him and that he had to win the hard way. And it was the hard

way, he kicked on the back straight, he kicked on the bend,

they were still there. Then Jeilan came again and this was Mo 's, as

Steve said in commentary, last acceleration. There was not any more

here. This is as good as he can be, he is in a glorious period of his

career. Jeilan did well to come back and he was a big surprise to us, we

didn't think he would be this good. But Mo Farah, on a Saturday, he's

bullet on Saturdays! He wins Olympic titles, World Championships and

thank God the 5000m is next Saturday. He is obviously delighted

to win the world title, but do you think there is perhaps a question in

his mind, as you said it was not the quickest lap and he may have

anticipated going faster? We thought he would go faster than

54 seconds for the last lap, he didn't, he ran 54, but no one run

any faster. If you look at the split time, I think Jeilan was closer to

Mo as they came to the bell. This was a glorious moment for Mo Farah.

We will see this and live this again, and for Steve and I it is a

complete pleasure to be here. We concentrate on split times, but

when Mo kicked in and there was acceleration after the bell, he was

winding it up. I did think he would wind it up a little bit more and he

would have more pressure in the last 200. But you have one bit of

acceleration on the last lap that you have to use wisely. Two years

ago, he used it at the wrong time and he had nothing left to give.

This time committee were saving that last little push for the home

straight and that won him the race. We talk about the preparation before

it, running as a team. There was a Kenyan team, an Ethiopian team, and

the -- there was Mo Farah's training team, and the only team that did

anything as a team was Mo Farah and his trainers. They were running as a

team at some points in the race. That was to Mo's advantage. He is

really lucky, because it seems to me that his partner is really prepared

to give him a lot during the race. Imagining in the 1980s saying, Steve

Cram, do you mind leaving me for a lap? It wouldn't happen!

We were talking about how fast he ran at whether there may have been

any physiological response to that. To go from 1500m to add 10,000m it

is a different beast, isn't it? Well, bear in mind it is an

endurance event, you cannot get away from that. It is just for him to set

off at 56 second lapse is not normal. It is endurance that carries

him through. You are right, they have concentrated on getting him

race and championship fit. These races are won in the last 1000m. If

you can run the last 1000m faster than anyone else, you have the race.

Look how strong Mo is finishing here. Mo had a great race. He was

closing in the end. That is not speed, that is strength and

endurance, and that is the platform on which he built his 10,000m.

Steve, you were in tears in the commentary box that day. I will keep

that between us. Steve was shocked in commentary and was very gracious

because it was a shock. We were shocked by Mo Farah's performance,

the way that he ran. You talk about two distances, 1500m and 10,000m.

Interestingly, the 10,000m off and run miles and training, but the

1500m often run miles and training, but they never run 10,000m, do they?

How has your athlete recovered in that -- after that nasty fall in

Birmingham? It was a difficult fall, we had

written off the World Championships, she was badly hurt with a gash, a

very visible part of it. We Dobriskey is kept up.

Unfortunately, that race put paid to Lisa. In the next lap in the same

place when the race was starting to get out, Charlene Thomas had a fall.

We thought that was it. She has had great support from UK Athletics,

from the team and a physio. But she is here, that is the main thing.

Hannah England went on to win it, she is in great shape and we're

looking forward to seeing her go. Silver medal two years ago and she

will can bit -- commits to this, she is reading to go, but for Laura it

is a bit of a struggle. A couple of weeks ago she did not think she

would be on the start line. How tough does this first he'd look

for her? -- first heat. Pretty tough. The

wind is strong, the resort of depth in the seats. They are harder to get

through. It is not just about the tactics and

the pace the races run out. Hannah is in the third heat. You have to go

out there and win the race. She has to forget about her problems and

just try and concentrate on the background she had put in before

that happened and hope that her body holds up.

We will leave it there with you and Brendan to describe this first heat.

Brendan to describe this first heat. Three heats and the six fastest

losers will go through on Tuesday. Laura Weightman is in the first

heat, she has the former world champion behind, Nancy Langat. We

also have the number one in the world, Abbey B Ali Galli. There are

not many favourites in the World Championships who would be more

hotly tipped. -- Abeba Aregawi. Siham Hilali has been going well

this year. And Young Mary Cain, talking about great tablets, just 17

years old from the US. -- talking about great talents. She has done a

little bit of training with Mo Farah, she is a brilliant talent,

watch out for her. This is Jenny Burka, a former indoor champion. --

Gelete Burka. Watch out for this runner as the camera pans down to

Nancy Jebet Langat. She is starting to recover her form that took her to

the Olympic title. She has been running pretty well for this year,

she has not done for a while. Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian, now running for

Sweden. She married into that nation and still drains in Ethiopia, that

is where she has been preparing for these championships. Svetlana

Podosynova, third in the Russian Championships. Sub four minute

his/her personal best. -- is her preparation. Both -- all athletes at

some point in their career have to deal with some situation like this

fastest losers. It will be interesting to see if anyone wants

to make this first heat in reasonable pace because there is

every chance to go through as long as the piece is reasonable. Some

pushing and shoving there, Langat getting involved, Farah is probably

a little tentative after what happened at the trials. It is Renata

Plis at the front. I am looking there at Abeba Aregawi,

the favourite for this event in the yellow and blue vest, now

representing Sweden where she has lived -- lived for most ten years.

On the outside, Mary Cain, the precocious talent from the US. Laura

Weightman, she has done really well to get here, she was still in

crutches not long ago. But here she is, thanks to British athletics and

Ali Rose in particular. I am sure that a lot of it is then to Steve

Cram and his experience over the years. When you come to

Championships, you have to deal with problems, sometimes you have to win

races at not your best, sometimes you have to run beyond your own

ability to try and qualify. Laura Weightman is sensibly tracking Abeba

Aregawi, and at the back of the field Mary Cain of the US.

Don't be surprised to see her there, she has a real burn up of the

finish. She ran half of the race and London on the outside lanes and

finished in a mess but she came through like a train to finish

fourth. She has great speed to burn at the end of the race. It is a slow

pace here, that is the disadvantage of being in the first heat. Someone

now, as we have two laps to go, you get the feeling they may pick it up.

Aregawi for the first timers the front.

Look how smoothly Aregawi goes through, moving alongside a fellow

Ethiopian born athlete, Gelete Burka. There is Laura Weightman

running strongly now, getting into her running, relaxing, moving,

beginning to move a bit more smoothly. She is going through on

the inside, some things that is a little dangerous, maybe she should

position herself on the outside. As they come into the finishing

straight, Gelete Burka on a good position. There is a bunch of them

ahead of Laura. She looks as if she is struggling a little bit now but

she has to give herself a chance, don't always rely on a gap coming

through on the inside. Mary Cain of the US, ten three looked as if she

is struggling. -- Laura looks as if she is

struggling. That is not surprising, given

everything she has gone through. She has to try and work as hard as she

can on the last lap. She will really struggled there. Aregawi kicks this

race off. Siham Hilali moving up. Laura is really struggling with 250

to go. That is what happens when you have not had decent preparation, you

cannot get over that sometimes. Aregawi leads the front with

confidence and style. She has so much ability and she is so much

better than everyone else, she is just jogging here, to be honest.

Mary Cain is fighting here, Nancy Langat just accelerates, as well.

Renata Plis on the inside, it is going to be very tight, Renata Plis

is just about holding on. Mary Cain goes through, the top six

qualifying, that has been a real struggle for Laura. As always, it

was always going to be a struggle to get here. That was the likely

outcome, unfortunately. She looked a little distressed, there, Steve.

That is disappointing to see. There we go, Aregawi, the athlete coming

into this race as a favourite. In the red vest on the outside, Gelete

Burka, the athlete I don't think suits this distance, I think she is

better at other distances, she is in the green vest of Ethiopia. On the

outside, there comes nearly came with a lot of hopes on her

shoulders. There you go, one, two, three, four, five. Mary Cain

calculated in six places, Nancy Langat ahead of her. This girl,

Aregawi, and sadly Laura Weightman in a little bit of trouble there.

That isn't disappointment for her, she is obviously a bit distressed.

-- that is a big disappointment for her. That is the unofficial

scoreboard, it gets up quicker than our computers tend to. That gives

the other is something to aim at. With six fastest losers spots

available, that is reasonably quick in the first round. The others do

see that as they come into the stadium. They have that to aim at.

Ten three is with Phil. A little bit emotional after that, but we have to

remind you that you are on crutches a couple of weeks ago, Brendan spoke

about it in commentary and Steve knows what you have been through, so

it was remarkable that you are here at all. Yes, I knew it would be top

and Eiffel Tower caper the first 600 and after that, I had nothing in my

legs --I knew it would be tough and after the first 600. But missing a

vital time in training, I knew it would be hard and it is

disappointing but I couldn't perform any better. I have to thank

everybody who has helped me to get to the start line, because after the

hard work of the winter, I wanted to be here and give myself the best

possible chance, so thanks to everyone. Athletes have all kinds of

careers high and lows, it must have taught you a lot about yourself,

putting yourself through that to get here. It has been a great

experience, getting so close to a major championships, so I have

learned a lot through this period and it will take me forward and I

can come back to World Championships and be more competitive. You have

given yourself a lot of credit, don't be too upset.

Thank you. Good to see Heather, they were distressing scenes when she

crossed the line. We can speak to Steve --good to see Laura there.

Steve, she is a very brave athlete. Yes, it would have been easy to say

don't go, but she wanted to be here and the staff, as you pointed out,

worked incredibly hard and we went out to Barcelona with the team last

week and we could all see she was struggling with her fitness but

everybody did the best they could. All you can do is get somebody to

the start line and hope the body stands up. But she has missed a lot

and Laura is the sort of athlete that needs training to be going well

for her whole body to come together and perform well. When your body is

going to let you down, it doesn't matter how positive you have been or

try and put it to the back of your mind, you do or not the right things

but if you don't get a response, you don't get a response. Other athletes

have to go through that, you get disappointments in your career and

she has the rest of the season to look forward to and another two or

three weeks to get fit, running more races and looking forward to next

year. I guess that kind of slightly distressing response was from trying

to run faster than her body would allow her. Yes, without going into

too much detail, Laura is a childhood asthma sufferer and when

she is not as fit as she can be, the breathing becomes a problem and she

overstretch is her rib cage and the breathing becomes distressing. But

when she is fit, she runs really well and when she is not fit, that

kind of thing can happen. She will cope with it, she is very strong

mentally and she will move on. your advice perhaps not to come at

all? No, because she is a young athlete and when she was in the

selection period and no one else could be selected, which is what

happened after the trials, if someone else could have come, it

would have been an option but Lisa got injured, we had three women with

the A Standard and Laura was selected and we hoped it would come

together. If it doesn't, you accept that and thank everybody for helping

you get there and you move on. you get there and you move on.

Thanks for the moment, we will head out to the track, heat two, Jenny

Simpson going on this one. Andrew Cotter will be commentating.

Arakawa looking very good in the first one that Arakawa ee looking

very good in the first heat. Simpson in good form this year, winning at

the Monaco Diamond League. Belete, Ethiopia spreading out there talent

to the middle east, running for Bahrain. I think the strongest

challenge to Aregawi, as we look at Sheila Reid, another very talented

runner, this woman here, Kipyegon, just 19. Only Aregawi has gone

quicker this season. An amazing talent. So often we see teenagers,

late teens, early 20s, coming through from Ethiopia and Kenyon and

Kipyegon is just a bed at the very top at the moment. One of a trio of

Kenyan athletes we have seen here six go through automatically. And

the next six fastest go through to the semifinals. And again, the

slight advantage of seeing the pace of the first race. I think we are

all looking forward to seeing fake Kipyegon are running, what a talent

she is. --fake Kipyegon. certainly is, cross country champion

and it is the leading brand for all long. She is a former junior cross

country champion but she is an athlete who will get better and we

hope she runs well in this championship, but the Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow next year could be an event where she really excels. On

the outside, positioning ourselves well. --herself well. The athletes

moving at a sensible place, --sensible pace. They know what time

or put them in a qualifying position and when you know that, you aim your

lap times and it looks as though these athletes are intent on moving

a little bit faster. It is a shade slow but they will accelerate in the

later stages. We are led out by the woman taking most of the support

from the crowd, Sharmina. Jenny Simpson also placed very well on her

shoulder, but the tiny figure of Kipyegon moving easily into third

place. Talking about youngsters, the 18-year-old Teferi coming around the

corner. Six will go through automatically. Jenny Simpson coming

into this championships in really good form, on the shoulder of the

leader, putting herself in the right place. Kipyegon knows what to do,

she is on her shoulder and Teferi is on her shoulder. So Jenny Simpson

comes into this race as the defending champion and that

sometimes is pressure on some athletes, but sometimes it is a

great opportunity. Let's face it, the first six to go through, it is a

bit slower and they will have to pick the pace up. Charmaine of

Russia is leading --Sharmina of Russia is leading. Jenny Simpson

looks as though she is aggressive and wants to take it on. The door

opened for Zoe Buckman. defending champion Simpson is bare

and McGhee, the other American. --is there. They are queueing up at the

bell, Jenny Simpson is ready and poised. Sheila Reid of Canada are

not moving through very quickly. Jenny Simpson, you can sense she is

went up about this event. Three, they could qualify quickly or as a

fastest loser, but they are not looking at that. One of these

athletes is going to miss out and Jenny Simpson is determined that it

is not going to be her. A little bump for Sharmina, she wasn't happy

and nor should she be. Kipyegon getting ready to go, but since then

has run a very good racing. Let's see if Kipyegon has a sprint finish.

--Simpson has run a very good race. Kipyegon has some in reserve.

Sharmina scanning and people coming left and right. Simpson is there.

These are going to make it comfortably and have energy to

conserve if they wanted. Zoe Buckman taking the victory. The crowd want

Sharmina to get it but Zoe Buckman has her moment. I would say concerns

for Kipyegon. She is a young athlete, a talented athlete, but

this was a race where Jenny Simpson, you could tell that there are three

rounds of the 1500m before the race is run. There was a glare from

Sharmina, Zoe Buckman decided she was going to go the short way round

and if you are not happy, that his tough! And Australian stance in

sport that is not unusual. It is good to see an Australian vest

here, a true athletic nation. Sharmina controlling, Jenny Simpson

wants to be involved. The young Kipyegon, the red young talent,

doing what she can in the straight but she is not on terms. Zoe Buckman

with a good run, Jenny Simpson looks good, she looked comfortable and was

really keen. Sometimes you have to control that. Zoe Buckman was

determined to find the shortest way around this course and that is part

of the game, 1500m, you don't want to run more. Sharmina looked good,

Jenny Simpson was strong. A good run from Zoe Buckman but if looks could

kill, Zoe Buckman would still be lying prone on the back straight.

Jenny Simpson looking good in third place, letting the Russian and

Australian battle it out, the defending champion getting through.

Kipyegon just got there, let's tidy it up for you. Jenny Simpson in fact

taking second place. Kipyegon and Belete going through automatically.

Sheila Reid struggling to go through as one of the fastest losers.

Ashton Eaton is the overall leader in the decathlon. The seventh of

event, the second this morning. He had the fastest time anybody, any of

the 28 competitors in the hurdles, 13 points 72, and that is a solid

start in the discus. --13 .72. A good start for the American. Michael

Schrader of Germany, lying in third place overall. He is only three

points ahead of the Canadian Damian Warner. Wobbles a little bit, but

that is pretty useful. He is only a 45-metre discus thrower. 45 points

62 is his best. --4 defy --45.62. His archrival from Germany goes at

the end of this pool. The two kilograms discus go spinning away

into the arena. Again, solid, but he needs more. Well, the sun in parts

of the stadium, is baking. Not too many spectators here this morning

but it is filling up. JONATHAN EDWARDS: I don't really

know what to say about bad, I am not sure if it is sunbathing or

meditating. It is filling up --about that. In terms of the Russians,

massive support and getting involved on Twitter, this one says amazing

British support at the Luzhniki Stadium and the final bend belongs

to us, the locals haven't turned up. Apart from the sun worshipper!

up. Apart from the sun worshipper! One more heed in the 1500m, it

includes Hannah England, and she has been speaking to fill the head of

the Championships. When it comes to the World Championships it must

bring back memories of a couple of years ago, what do you remember two

-- what do you remember? I remember just the whole week of

it, it was a lovely time with everyone else. I had a good

training, the rounds were very successful. I went into the final

thinking I was in the best shape I had ever been with, I can relax and

have a good performance and it produced a lot more than I thought

was possible. And Hannah England is sweeping through! Hannah England

takes silver for Britain! I tried to keep that mentality,

really. At the end of the day I can only run my best race and hope it

finishes me high up. Is there a lot less pressure than

last year when there was such desperation for everyone to make the

Olympic team? Yes, we are still very focused and we train very hard, but

without that external pressure of the whole country watching what we

are doing. It has got a bit more chilled out and fun this year.

As for your own hopes and expectations, what goes through your

head in the run-up to the Championships?

Eyes have to stay calm, I use all my energy -- I have to stay calm, I use

all my energy in a productive and positive way and when I get to

Moscow I will want to take every round as it comes, give it all and

hope I can do really well at the end of it.

She is one of my favourites, I hope JONATHAN EDWARDS: Yes, I think

Hannah has come to this in pretty good shape. -- STEVE CRAM:. All of

the pace that Hannah has, she will make good use of it when she gets to

the final, hopefully. As I said, she needs to be aware of what is going

on around her, they are aplenty of good athletes in this heat, as

well. The semifinals will be very at the back, Sophie Brown, the

American who should have been running this race and had a

hamstring pull a couple of years ago. She worked hard to get that

right, but because the Americans named for athletes, Sarah Brown got

a really late called two days ago. She only just arrived on Friday

evening and she had some issues with her paperwork. Sarah Brown, suddenly

finding herself in this World Championship with a late call.

Hannah England on the inside. Diana Sujew of Germany in the lead. The

world champion of 3000m, Hellen Obiri. Then it is Genzebe Dibaba.

She is the younger sister of the great Tirunesh Dibaba. She wanted to

run the 1500m and the 5000m, they would not let her run that. Her

sister wanted to run the 10,000m and the 5000m, they would not let her,

she is only running the 10,000m. There is criticism this is the only

event she has been allowed to enter, the 1500m, but she is right on the

athlete, rather than quick, she is a twin, actually. Hellen Obiri on her

shoulder, Genzebe Dibaba on her shoulder. And England is

comfortable, nothing to worry about here, it is a nice, steady pace. She

is OK exactly where she is and she will hope that Diana Sujew manages

to keep this stretched out. 2.13, the slowest second lap.

They will have to take four seconds off at pace as they begin to build

up momentum. Hannah England knows she will have two following Genzebe

Dibaba because she is almost certain to feature. Diana Sujew is running a

good sensible race. She has decided to keep the pace going. Hannah

England has to just find her way out of here. She is a little bit

careful, she is being surrounded by athletes, some too many for comfort.

She is having to push, getting yourself into a little bit of

trouble. We know she has a strong finish when she is in good shape.

Now she has to concentrate on finding her way through. She is on

the inside with too many athletes are around for comfort. She is fast

on the finish, the backstreet is really important for Hannah England.

-- the back straight. Some gaps will appear, sometimes they do, sometimes

they don't, that is the problem. Just don't panic, I think. Sarah

Brown getting a bit of a nudge there from Hannah. Rodriguez is there,

Hannah is going wide now. Dibaba has kicked away, Obiri is away. Hannah

is just gliding through. Dibaba and Obiri, Hannah England safe in third,

then Rodriguez, then Nicole Sifuentes.

She was using her experience. She did not run the wisest race but when

she got onto the back straight she was confident enough and wise enough

in the eight years she has been competing. Now she is in a difficult

place, a few too many there, looking for a gap that is not appealing

naturally, there is a bit of a push, she was lucky she did not get

brought down, fortunately she used her arms to keep her position, kept

her head straight and did not worry about anything, that is an

experienced athlete. This is Hannah England in full flow and when she

starts relaxing and running fast like this she is an outstanding

athlete on the finishing straight. You know that Hannah is going to

cruise away from these athletes, the two world champions, Dibaba and

Obiri are away, Hannah England running quickly and strongly. A fine

qualification after that little problem on the back straight.

Liggett Dibaba, she will be interesting on the next round, as is

Obiri. -- as well Obiri. These athletes are suffering -- left in

her wake. She is a former World Championship medallist and she

showed the experience and talent, she is downstairs to explain it all

she is downstairs to explain it all to Phil Jones.

Hannah, you should experience to come through, you showed that great

place -- pace, tell me about the race from your perspective. There

was a bit of pushing and shoving and I was way back. I just had to relax

because I know I have a strong last lap.

I knew I could just wait. I knew coming into that last 100 I would be

close to the top six and I could turn it on. Described that feeling

when you are on the inside and you have a swarm of people coming around

outside of view, is it just keen not to panic?

Yes, that is what I tried to do, not panic. I got cut up and pushed both

of us back a long way, but it is 1500 running.

That is what it is all about, getting through. Are you feeling it

in mind and body now? This morning I was very nervous, there are all of

these athletes in the warm up area, everyone woke up at whatever time it

is in the morning. Well, well done for getting through to your next

round. I would like to say I am sorry to hear that both Bob Ashwood

and Roger mortars have died this week. They both coach in Birmingham

and it was hard to hear that and my thoughts go out to all their friends

and family. That is very good of you, we all echo those sentiments,

thank you, Hannah. Yes, absolutely, very sad news about

both Bob and Roger this week, both a the last date, big advantage, Sonja

Roman, bitter some similar good. -- A very good qualification there from

Hannah England, a lot of tweets coming through, a lot about the lack

of the crowd, and a lot about the great interview with Laura

Weightman. If you just joined us, she was struggling post-trials with

that injury. Then a more frivolous one. Love my shoes. But what does

the style guru, Mr Jackson, think of them. Luckily, we are here to talk

about athletics, not my shoes. It matters to me!

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to come over the next couple of up, yesterday we saw the women

qualifying. Christine Ohuruogu or, came into the championships with

high hopes and looked very good. She was loving the championships

because she does it so well and when she is here everyone knows she is a

genuine threat. She set off in the way we always expect her to do, very

cautious 300 metres, but for her the pace is just right. The magic of

Christine Ohuruogu really comes alive. She has a beautiful, ranging

stride which makes it look effortless. If you can kind of

saviour energy at this part of the race before this real build-up, you

come into the crown of the bend and started to pour it on, use your

energy a bit more, take more out of your body, and you are battling

against natural instincts, fatigue, but not Christine. She seems really

sensible, she gathers herself well, she does not do a big exhilarating,

she has a gradual build-up, hauling herself through the field. This was

a special run, 50.22. She did it so well, it was a beautiful run.

This year she has got out and about on the Diamond League with the quick

athletes, which she has not done in previous years. It is almost like

her in Tamil pacing has been quicker than it has before. -- internal

pacing. When you go up against the best in

the world and gives you a chance to balance yourself in your training

with the real competition. Even though she took a couple of defeats

early in the year, she ran fast in those competitions, faster than she

had ever run in these big events. For me it was a genuine sign that

she is arriving at these championships in good form, and when

she arrives in good form we are all robbing our hands together and

keeping our fingers crossed the magic will be switched on.

50.22, we saw her crossed the line hardly breathing.

Yes, you can imagine how she will be, she will go back and talk to her

coach and they will have a discussion about how it went. I

think her coach will be putting her on the shoulder going, let's

concentrate for the next round and see where we go. In Monaco, her

rival loss to her in Monaco. I think she can go perhaps close to

49 seconds at these championships. It just depends where Christine is

in the final 50 metres to see how close she can get to her. If you can

get on an athlete's shoulder and cause tension, you never know what

can happen. Let's move on to the men's 400m.

Kirani James is one of the standout ins.

-- standout names. For me, he is more than a talent. We know how

great he can be. He is guided by Harvey Clancy, an Olympic gold

medallist in the relay team. He has experience around him, even though

he is so young. He comes to championships committee believes he

is unbeatable, and he is one of these flawless, effortless runners.

It will not be all his own way, he has been beaten by LaShawn Merritt.

LaShawn Merritt is controversial, he has had his drugs issues, he was

able to run in London last year after the IOC ruling, he perhaps

the. Run as well as we thought in London but he is coming back into

his form. He was an athlete that had gone into 44 seconds on numerous

occasions so we know what he is capable of and he has been hauling

himself. He has beaten Kirani James this year, we know that, but he was

also exhausted. It was not an easy race for him, he went off hard and

suffered at the end, but he took the victory. Kirani James knows that if

LaShawn Merritt is back and bases and braces himself better, he will

be a threat. Talking about pacing, what will be

the approach of Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt today? It is

difficult, in the first round your rank how you have done in the

season. These athletes will want to win -- win or run fast so they get

the best lanes in later rounds. From a British perspective, Nigel Levine?

You mentioned Christine, Nigel, again, is someone who has mature at

this year by going on the circuit, being competitive.

He has enjoyed his racing. We have spoken to him and he has said

sometimes, I have not run very well, but we say, look at the people in

front of you. He ran well in London, now he will

be running and rubbing his hands, because he is where he wants to be.

He has lain too, not exactly the best lane draw for an athlete under

Yes, Jonathan has been working on getting that pace, getting the 200m

speed up. That is what he relies on, to be his big as it in the 400m.

Let's move on to our commentary team, starting with Andrew Cotter.

Yes, we're just looking at Jonathan Borlee. We think he is slightly

Borlee introduced to the crowd. There is Tony McQuay. Disappointing

in London but he should be challenging for medals. Second to

LaShawn Merritt in the US Championships. Bourlet goes Borlee

goes inside, then Eric Brenes of Costa Rica. Lescay of Cuba is in

seven. It is four to go through automatically. Four from seven, from

six if you rather cruelly but realistically rule out one of them.

Borlee, McQuay and Miller will Allred of the United States. --all

red. In the headband, Brenes, also going well. Lescay of Cuba to.

--also. But Tony McQuay easing round the top then and he leads into the

home straight --top bend. Borlee looking sharp in lane two. Four

going through automatically, time to fire then the engines. McQuay comes

through, Borlee can look around in second. That was the winner, but

this guy, while you were commentating, I was watching him and

he ran outside of his lane in the top bend and I saw a flag go up and

if he is not disqualified, I would be amazed. It is Lescay the Cuban,

he is in lane seven and watch as he comes around the bend. He just over

balances. The flag goes up on the left-hand side, two flags go up. I

am pretty sure he will get disqualified. I don't know if it is

just inexperienced, but he is 19 years of age. He overbalanced. So

the American, and Borlee as expected. There is a lot of talent

in the 400m, and Lescay is looking across as if he has qualified but I

will be amazed if he is not disqualified. I am sure that will

change later on. Stepping out of the lane. It may well be that Nery

Brenes gets in. Ramon Miller The decathlon discus once more. Rico

Freimuth, who was then in fifth place overall. 48 141 so far and he

has moved into second place and that looks like it could be further --48

point macro . --48. 41. That will help him put the pressure on for a

medal. Ashton Eaton is still a long way ahead of everybody. He has

another throw to come. He didn't improve on his round one throw. That

is getting closer to the 50m line. 48. 74, he is still in second place.

Ashton Eaton has had his lead cut by Rico Freimuth. Interesting

technique. Really explosive, and that is better. A good final throw

in this decathlon competition by the Olympic champion and possibly, his

lead in first place in the decathlon, will go back up to 100

points plus. The pole-vault come later on this afternoon, then the

javelin and then the 1500m. He is excellent at the pole-vault and very

solid at throwing the javelin and a decent 1500m runner. It is difficult

to see anybody catching him. 45 metres and his lead is beyond the

100 points. The women's shot put qualifying