Day 2, Part 2 Athletics: World Championships

be here for the start of the men's 100m. The biggest name, Usain Bolt,

is looking to add another gold. It promises to be another historic

night in Moscow. There were already her world title in style. Slipping

through the gears now... -- defends. Christine Ohuruogu. Very impressive

indeed. World domination for Mo looks over the River Moscow. You saw

it plenty yesterday in the women's marathon. Hot again today in Moscow.

Many people leave in August to avoid the steamy heat. We are hoping there

are still plenty here who fancy witnessing the fastest man on the

planet rent here twice in the Luzhniki Stadium tonight. Denise

Lewis and Colin Jackson are back for more. That is just the icing on the

cake, isn't it? First we should have a look back at this morning. There

were some good Jewish performances and some really credible times for

the rest of the world as well. Let's talk about Will Sharma. I note

before the championships you thought maybe he is a sneaky one. If you

look at the hit smack -- heats this morning you might think they were a

bit sluggish but for me, he looked crisp and I think he might surprise

people. Think about Andy Turner, who managed to sneak a world bronze a

couple of years ago. It has been decimated for Great Britain. Yes.

But most of them are injured at this moment. He ran a reasonable race

here. It was about qualification here. You want to try out the track

to see if it is bouncier than before... It was a good performance

from Wales. And Asha Philip had the back story of a terrible injury and

three years out of the sport. To what she had to do. She had a

cracking start and kept running to the line. She had a nice time as a

reward. It was important for her to really start well and she did. She

had to establish herself in the race and she did. She maintained that

relaxation and her form and it was about making sure she got through to

the next round. She ran brilliantly. We have never had a woman in the

finals of a World Championship 100m. Is this the year? Could she make it

through? It is going to be very tough. You have a whole host of

Americans. The Jamaicans are still strong. She will have two perform

out of her skin. She will have to get a personal best to make it. But

I do not like to discourage athletes and their potential but it would be

a big ask. Hannah England did what she had to do today. She knows what

it is all about. She made it through well. I think there was some anxiety

about the stage of the race because we were not sure if she would go

fast enough, get all the way around them. But she is an experienced

athlete, very confident in her sprint finish, which she

demonstrates here. She literally glided past the field and put

herself in the qualifying was issued straightaway. She is a silver

medallist here, though. She has been here before. Sadly, Laura Weightman

did not make it through. She has been suffering with injuries and

asthma. She did not make it through this morning. Just before we came on

air it was the men's 20k walk and Russia has its first champion Tom

Alexander Ivanov, crossing the line here. -- its first champion,

Alexander Ivanov. The capacity has been reduced here from 70,000 to

50,000. It looks like a fume or might have come out tonight. They

have seen that first Russian medal, the gold. Hopefully they are in for

a good night. Let's tell you how the night is going to pan out. What

chance more British gold in the chance more British gold in the

women's long jump to -- long jump? It is the women's 400m semifinals.

Andrew Osagie and Michael Rimmer go in the 800m semifinals tonight. Both

look good so far in a wide-open race.

And after Mo last night another long-distance superstar, the

Ethiopian female athlete has never been beaten in a 10,000m race.

And tonight is the night for the world's fastest men, but can anyone

but long jump final featuring Shara Proctor and Brittney Reese.

Our boys and Bolt in the men's 100m semifinals.

And Yelena Isinbayeva is a favourite in the women's pole vault.

Osagie and Rimmer we have in the men's 800m semifinals.

And Christine goes in the women's 400m semifinals. Amantle Montsho is

her main rival. And then whatever you are doing at

6:50pm, get yourself a couple of tea, -- cup of tea and watch the

after the night before? Spend it with Brendan Foster, of course.

might be favourite but that may make it harder because you feel the

pressure. You were extremely nervous yesterday. In the first couple of

laps you were at the back. I start off at the back, work my way through

and get closer to the guys when there is six kilometres to go, five

kilometres to go. Sometimes when it is hot you just need to gradually

work your way through. I thought the Ethiopian guys would have taken the

race a lot faster. They worked together and closed the gap towards

the end. When it comes to four or five laps to go it is every man for

himself. I did not want to work hard at them I needed to do because I

wanted to get ready for the 5k as well.

COMMENTATOR: He is his wing man, his lieutenant.

It is now every man for himself. With 500m to go, Jeilan was making a

move and coming in on the outside. I was thinking, stay in front. With a

lap, I was still seeing him behind. I thought, go hard at it but make

sure you have something left. I did not want to make a mistake again.

That memory came back to me. He is there. I look at him and he's

coming, but I was stronger and had more experience so I was able to

just push and push and push. COMMENTATOR: Jeilan comes again!

He is definitely not coming past me. I was like, no, I have waited two

years for this. It was great last night. What have we got to look

forward to, the heat of the 5000? am not a morning person but I need

to qualify and then get ready for the final. The final will be

exciting. 24 hours to think about last night.

Are you surprised his opponents raised the way they did, and did not

give him more of a challenge? -- raced. I think he was still an

unknown entity for them. He was sick and pulled out of race earlier the

year. They may have thought to themselves, we are not sure how to

run against him, so they just ran the race that suited them in the

hope that he would not have the strength they expected. Hall said

last night if one of his opponents had the courage to mix it up, --

Paula, they would probably jeopardise their own race. So it is

probably a bit of fear. And respect. They are all fans! Tonight we are

building up to the men's 100m final. The last event on the track.

We will see the semifinals first. It is the big-ticket at any

Championships. The most glamorous COMMENTATOR: They get away. He tries

to get right alongside Usain Bolt... Here comes Donovan Bailey. And he

has got it! He is going to win this! Oh, magnificent! A new world

record for Usain Bolt! So shall we take a look at the main

contenders for the semifinal line-up? Perhaps looking through

British eyes, which of our guys is most likely to come through, if any

of them? It is tough. Let's think about it. Dwain Chambers have the

experience of the championships. He has got a lot to prove. He is in the

twilight of his career. He has been at the top. Colin fancies his

chances but you have to go with the faster man and I think James should

be the one to get through. That is an interesting head-to-head in

itself. Yes, it is the first time they are going to clash in a while.

Dwain Chambers fancies his chances. He will think, if I really run well,

put some pressure on... It may be interesting to see how he finishes

but it is a tough semifinal. All of the semifinals are tough. It is

never an easy ride into any final. And obviously they have a matter of

minutes, and our also, until they have to think about coming out here

again for the final. How do you approach a semifinal when even Usain

Bolt is not assured a place in the final by rights? How do you do it

with enough energy and enough speed preparation and training. You have

to be able to run very hard competition is back to back. We saw

in the French Championships, the code repeated his condition -- the

French athlete competed his condition in the semifinal and

final. Mentally is any final is tougher than the final. That is

where the Championship mentality comes into its own. The best way to

find out what it feels like is to speak to a champion. Here is Donovan

Bailey. The starting line was freedom for me but there are

athletes who have already lost the race. When you have one thunk --

100,000 people who are silent, for me, it was time for work and time

for business, all right, let's go. COMMENTATOR: Flying into the centre

is here comes Donovan Bailey. You have to be totally focused in

your race. You have to know what you are doing. You should not be

thinking about it, frankly because if you are thinking about your

opponent or how you will race, then you are definitely not going to be

in the front of the pack. COMMENTATOR: Look at the time,

Donovan Bailey. The new champion of the world. Winning the World

Championships, most people need to understand, world records will

always be broken, they will always be someone bigger, faster and

stronger than you. Winning titles is something that is very relevant to

you being a legend. Having a gold medal but around your neck and being

serenaded by the anthem of your country is probably the greatest

tribute that can be attained, it is something I can stand and visualise

and remember, probably for the rest of my life. I think somebody can

beat Usain Bolt but unfortunately the person who can beat him is Usain

Bolt! He beat himself in Daegu. He looked rusty, he said he was not

race sharp at the anniversary games but that is only 9.85! And that is

the fastest time in the world this year, he had ten days to work on

speed so I think he will be here and he will be ready and he will be

probably made 9.70. GABBY LOGAN: Will be final be his

fastest race of the year? It would not surprise me if it was. He is

ready, and he showed up the anniversary games that he is growing

into form and with the confidence that nobody might be close to him, I

think it might relaxing a bit more. It is interesting to hear Donovan

say in the space between the Anniversary games and now, he has

been working on his speed. And to most of us, that is mind blowing,

what is he doing specifically that is about speed that isn't already

about speed? I would describe it as turnover work, you do the legs as

fast as you can. You hit the floor as quick as you can, you can do

flying runs where you build and accelerate to a certain point and

then you leg it! That is little! technical as that? ! And in those

sessions, you wouldn't necessarily be doing in the work up to the other

diamond leads but this is specific speed work. We saw him there doing

his limbering up and James Dasaolu looked a bit more pensive. I was

thinking the same thing. But like Colin says, all the hard work should

have been done. He needs this operation time to his find form

because he has not been as crisp and sharp. Will he have been doing those

sessions? Yes, he will but he has been hurt so it is a bit more about

the mind and the technique. Thinking more about the technique whereas

Bolt is feeling the relaxation. Great Britain has heritage here in

this Luzhniki Stadium, let's go back steeped in history with echoes of

the past around every corner. In 1980, the venue hosted the Olympic

Games, and events played out against nothing to do with politics are

living in a dream world. Relations between the USSR and the

West were tense. The Cold War had sunk into deep freeze and the USA

chose to boycott the games. Controversially, Britain did send a

team and 28-year-old Allan Wells had only one thing on his mind, ending

the nation's 56 year wait for 100 COMMENTATOR: On the far side and an

accident but it is Wells on in the side for Great Britain and on the

far side it is Cuba. Wells lunges at the line and takes the gold medal.

completing an historic sprint double COMMENTATOR: Wells is holding and

the Italian get the, Allan Wells in some to question the validity of his

achievements but he later accepted the invitation to race against the

absent Americans over 100 metres in Germany. He crossed the line in

first base. .my first place. GABBY LOGAN: That was my first

Olympic memory, I don't know about you, a little bit older than me!

remember 706I go a little further back but what Phil said -- I

remember 1976. The fastest person there but he did go on and race them

and beat them and then he went to the World Cup a year later in 1981

and beat them again so he proved that he was a true world leader.

White crepe for anybody watching that with gnome knowledge of Allan

Wells, the woman shouting crazily there was his wife, Margot Wells and

she was his coach as well, still coaches plenty of sprinters and

other sportsmen. And they are a very vocal! She is definitely not

tempered that. Nor should shave. Let's look at the long jumpers,

Shara Proctor getting ready for her final, she qualified in top spot but

we shouldn't put any added pressure and take anything from that, she

qualified in top spot in London and ended in ninth place but she was 26

centimetres off the board yesterday. Add that to the 6.85, she

is over seven metres. If you can do that tonight, that is a medal,

surely? I wish long jumping was that simple! We cannot hang the medal

around her neck, she has to make sure that she takes each run as it

comes, she must forget about the qualification, this is the final.

She needs to start from zero and make sure she is on the board and

accuracy is the thing. She cannot think about medals before she has

started to jump and that might have been the problem in London having

jumped so well in the qualifying rounds. She thought she might be

guaranteed a medal. Do you find a change in mindset post London in

her? Do you see a difference, Colin? It is the consistency we see

in her performances, she has gone against the top players in the

world, jumped well against them and that is always important for any

athlete. It fills you with confidence. You recognise your own

personal ability and you can look at the Olympic Games for Shara and

think of them as a minor blip, she did not deliver them for a reason as

you can come and change her own personal history. She knows she is

good enough to get a medal here, and the stadium is filling up, they have

got Darya Klishina who will be the crowd favourite, I think it will be

depending on the order of jumping. I would like to think that she is

towards the beginning of the round. I think she is going in third.

is great for her. She will get a valid jump in and start to relax

into the competition. These girls have six rounds effectively.

Klishina there with her shades on although it is not that right down

there, she is obviously keeping the glare of the fans away because the

Russians expect here, don't they? She also knows she can also win. She

is a very good long jumper. She knows that the medals have not been

coming thick and fast for the Russians and she wants to get her

name on the board. They have got the 20 K walking medal now so they can

relax a bit. Let's hear from Shara speaking to Phil Jones in Barcelona

That first round pressure, three jumps, it is a lot of pressure, you

have to be ready. Whatever it takes to win the medal, I'm willing to do

it. Even if it is not seven metres, but I want to go seven metres.

are so close but it is just a matter of time. It is all-time. It is God,

he is telling me it is not time yet. I just need to win for him. And as

for what you learn from the Olympics last year where you qualified so

well and then didn't do as well as you wanted to in the final...

try to see the positive in everything. I took it as a learning

experience. You can't dwell on the past so I try to have a positive

season this year, and a positive World Championships and go for the

gold medal this year. World rankings do not matter to me, it is weather

comes out on top on the day. -- it is whoever comes out on top. And we

have at least ten jumpers who can win and get the gold medal so it is

all about who comes to the battle. And I am ready for it! I have got my

guns up! There are others in the field as she rightly says and

Blessing Okagbare has a full schedule here, Brittney Reese as

well, Sharda has moved from his Florida to the East Midlands --

Shara has moved. What has gone on in her training camp? It is about

coaching, she has worked out who she works the best wood and if it means

moving her life there, that is what she will do and it has definitely

paid dividends. Far more consistent and it is great to see. And her

coach who is coaching the likes of Richard Taylor, looking after

Tiffany Porter in the hurdles and he has a good stable and champions

around her, they are all in the East Midlands, they have all moved there

so it is a better base for her is to love travelling back and forth which

is time-consuming and not beneficial for your sport. Brittney Reese is

going for a sixth consecutive global title indoor and outdoor, she is the

girl who, on paper, knows how to jump in a major championship.

no doubt about that. And right at the beginning of the year, very

excited about what she would do this season because she jumped a huge

7.25 in dough half so we were expecting big things from her -- in

Qatar. The other person we must mention is the other American, she

has gone over seven metres and she jumped off her wrong leg because she

has got a bad ankle as he says she is going to go for it, she will go

of hope good leg and hope that her ankle will make it through. But

Britney has struggled, and cap this number was -- countless numbers of

titles. Having a look at Shara in qualifying, she qualified in top

spot as we say, 6.85 but she had room for manoeuvre. She is quick on

the runway, as is Brittney Reese. We talk about the varying surface,

these long jumpers can be affected by the surface which we have here

and they tend to move the run-up backwards which makes them run

quicker and it is playing with the run-up to make sure you are accurate

and making sure you are running well. She is looking relaxed,

keeping easy-going, that is what she has to do, enjoy the occasion, not

too much pressure. I think she should enjoy it and she did it off

her first job yesterday and she gets in the first round jump with 6.80 or

more, then you can make your adjustments. Chris Bignall and calm,

she can jump long. And sometimes, you're right, that is what she must

do, but she knows that was probably equating to a seven-metre jump. She

will be searching for it and that will be the mistakes she makes, if

she tries to make those jumps count, let it flow, be yourself and

she will be fine. Going into the men's Olympic final, Greg Rutherford

for example, he had a good season but not necessarily the out now

favourite to win gold, would you say she is in that kind of form where

she is one the names in the mix? An amazing evening could produce a

result result from Greg Rutherford? For Shara, she will always be in

contention. They know she is in with contention and she could be inspired

and jumped a very long way. But there are many women who could be

inspired. Many other TV stations saying the same thing along this

platform! You know what it is like. But there is a point in an

athlete's Korea where you need to start delivering and she has been

the nearly woman many times. She can jump big and she needs to do it

today and that is important for her. Looking over my shoulder to see the

start line for the 100 metres, the semifinals, they are almost upon us.

Harry Aikines Aryeetey there, he is looking relaxed. And taking on some

fluid ticking in the conditions. I was down there at the top of the

show, and it was quite muggy. I'm quite an oppressive atmosphere down

there, feels like an indoor track because very little air to

circulate. I think they will enjoy that, the wind to run against, you

like running in perfect conditions because it means your preparation

can be accurate and little will change so I think they will enjoy

this circumstance and it is a semifinal and I am thinking to

myself, do you race this and then compete in the final? Do you compete

here and race the final? It is a tough decision for them to make

because it is hard, they are tough. What is going through his head now?

Relaxation and he needs to make it count out of the blocks. He is also

part of the main group he has changed his coach and he is feeling

confident because he is seeing the results and he is feeling confident.

A new personal best this year, he has everything to go for. He is in a

tough heat, let's not forget. Nesta Carter, the Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut

who did what we would like to have seen James Dasaolu run and run two

sub ten second runs. He did it in the French championships when he did

his personal best. Hopefully that opposition will push into great

performances. Let's go down to evening in the stadium. It is the

biggest one we have had in terms of the crowd. Something to do with this

100m semifinal and final later on and Mr Bolt, I am pretty sure is the

reason... You can see a pretty big crowd. Still coming in. 800m

semifinals later on as well. Andrew Osagie, Michael Rimmer going in

that, Christine Ohuruogu in the 400m. Lots to look forward to. So in

the age-old tradition of the semifinals, we have got three. First

two and two fastest losers will go through. But before that... A real

chance for great written and for Shara Proctor. She stood a very good

chance of winning a medal last year but by her own admittance, she blew

it. Surely she cannot do it twice in a row. She was the leader in the

qualifier yesterday. She is really going for it but her first jump in

the final is a red flag, it is a perhaps he's best season. Justin

Gatlin the big name in this semi-, who will be the favourite, pacing up

and down. He looks a little apprehensive. Nesta Carter, the fast

starting Jamaican, the man who is normally the leader in the relay for

the Jamaican team. Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago. He was in the

final last year. He has the dubious honour of the fastest ever seventh

place in an Olympic final. Jimmy Vicaut. He has been in superb form

at the French championships. He is the top man from France. And

arguably you could say in Europe and... But watch out for this man,

Jobodwana. He won the world student games 100 and 200 a couple of weeks

ago in Russia. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. He has a huge

task. Top two will be guaranteed a place in tonight 's final and then

the fastest losers. We saw a couple of sub ten clocking the

qualification yesterday. Bingtian Su 25th birthday. A huge race here for

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. Gatlin and Carter, two, the big names of world

sprinting, over in lanes four and very good and this man won the Asian

Championships. Not quite the Chinese record-holder. You know what? The

man next to him, Gabriel Mvumvure may have been responsible for that.

But I have a feeling it is going to be Su who goes. It is funny, when

you have the reactions come up and nothing has come up on lane 3... We

might have another look at that. Very slight. Did you see that? Very

slight and he didn't even move. Are you with me, Andrew? Yes. The

Chinese will be playing that replay time and time again. Mvumvure just

the tiniest hint of eight twitch, but Su has gone. That is unfortunate

for being the Sue. So that is one less for Harry Aikines-Aryeetey to

worry about. -- unfortunate for the script said that these two

should go through, and they delivered what was expected of

them. In pretty impressive style as well. It was always going to be

tough for Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. There was an opportunity perhaps for

him to go under ten seconds. Watch as Gatlin goes past and the two of

them moved away together. The Frenchman is never really with the

two big names. Just outside ten seconds for Jimmy Vicaut. I do not

know if that is going to be good enough. Harry looked as though, once

he got into his running... Nothing left, then. Last 30 metres or so he

just gives up the ghost a little. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey finding his

level. It has been a good season. It was not a bad run from him. Simply

not quite good enough. I know that he knows he's not going to get

through but just wondering whether he just eased up at the end. 10.34

he's clocking. Maybe I am doing him an injustice. He certainly did not

been issued the race to Killie well, and he knew it. -- he certainly did

not finish the race particularly to Jimmy Vicaut than where you

finished? I am speechless. That is not what I am about. I train to be

one of the best. It is disappointing. But no excuses. You

have to come and give your best today. I will go away, see my coach

and see where we are going to go. I am massively disappointed. How were

you feeling at the start? I felt great. I wiped the false start row

from my head. -- Mack from my head. Thank you. Thank you for your

Once again Gatling is top of the and still Spanovic of Serbia leads.

A little bit ragged through the air. This morning, when she came out for

the heat in the 100m, she sped down the straight. 11.04. Although the

last couple of strides into take-off but not the Dick Dalley good and her

take-off was terrible. -- her last couple of strides into take-off were

heat remains, adding to the atmosphere and the pressure. Closing

in on the next eight men trying to make the final of the men's 800m --

100m. Two British men, in lane three and blame nine. -- lane nine. The

Canadian came through with a rather unsteady time, 10.3 C row in the

first round. -- 10.30. James Dasaolu, what lies in store for

him? Can he make his first major championships final? And there is

Kuma Bailey call, the youngest man in the starting line-up. He looked

comfortable winning his heat yesterday. The Chinese attentions

switch to Zhang Peimeng. This year he has taken two tenths of his

personal best. Nickel Ashmeade goes in his 200m as well, perhaps his

strongest event. But certainly a good chance of making the final. We

have just seen Jimmy Vicaut finishing third in the previous

heat. Jason Rogers. Note Kim Collins from his country is year having

fallen out with the organising committee. Dwain Chambers first made

the final of the World Championships in Seville back in 1999. From highs

and lows of his career of his own making. Disqualified a false start

at the World Championships in Daegu at this stage. A few of the cameras

are focusing elsewhere, for the man who will be running in the next

semifinal. Just waiting, watching. The second semifinal of the men's

twitching. Looking at lanes one and two there as well, and a nervous

glance across at me from Steve Cram. A very nervous glance. That is the

two of them together. I can tell you that on the computer it is coming up

as... I can breathe a sigh of relief. The Canadian, Gavin Smellie.

That is a good colour to bring out. And it is... A warning. No more than

a warning, which is crazy, isn't it? In that previous heat, even with

our naked eye it looks like the Chinese athlete had been affected

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why the guy next to him and we get a Running better and stronger, and

Nickel Ashmeade as well, James Dasaolu third-place run out of it in

the end of the automatic places, the Jamaicans haring down on him. 9.91,

certainly a better run from James Dasaolu. But he will have to wait,

know that he has promise and he delivered it here. He looked a

little bit not quite set in the blocks but a great start and really

storming through here and only two Jamaicans. Full is. We have talked

about them, Bailey Colbert is very close, 9.97 has just come up --

Kemar Bailey-Cole but it is close. delighted after the shocker I had

yesterday. With that sort of time, it gives you a chance for the

final? I hope it will be good enough and I will try to recover. Well

preparations before she jumped in round two, it was a long foul in the

first round and since then we have had Okagbare, Darya Klishina and now

Shara Proctor, what has she done this time. As she got the precious

whitefly? Yes, she has. I think she may well have put herself in the mix

there. So it will be relief for across to see. -- Rana Reider, her

coach. Klishina jumped 6.76 before her and I can tell you already, 6.79

has come up on the board show Shara Proctor for the time being is in

second place. And that is a much, much better jump. She can go

further, there is no doubt about that. And nobody in this competition

has yet jumped out of the pit. She has got every chance of going into

a disappointed man beside me, Dwain Chambers, what went wrong for you,

do you think? I don't know. I went out and prepared as best as I could

and I thought my body was able to deliver, so I was disappointed. I

ready wanted to make the final because I have given it my all this

year but it was not meant to be. soon after a race... Maybe the

mechanics didn't quite work for you today, maybe you were not right in

your mind, does it take some time to sink in? I have to compose myself

because I'm not happy! I know it is a difficult one. He wanted to do

better than that and make the final. Overall now, where do you see

yourself going from here? I will participate in the relay and then we

will see. I know it is difficult, thank you for stopping by.

the next semifinal, Usain Bolt in the far end of the straight and

alongside him, you can see Mike Rodgers, Aaron Brown, we have

already seen some really good sprinting, three men under ten

seconds including James Dasaolu in that previous semifinal. Let's

clarify as we go down the line, Dasaolu and Lemaitre are the

quickest losers at the moment. Bolts, surely not worried about the

fastest loser spot. -- bolt. Looking a bit more subdued. It is OK if he

produces the goods. Aaron Brown, of Canada, maybe semifinal in the other

big games in the 200 metres last year, still only 21, improving all

the time. Close to but not far off his best. Keston Bledman run pretty

well and a season's best, just outside ten seconds. So that 10.02

yesterday. Ramon Gittens of Barbados. It will be close, very,

very close indeed. Behind Bolt. Churandy Martina of the

Netherlands, European champion in 200 metres. Training with Justin

What has he got to offer? Is two team-mates are through... Three,

three team-mates are through. Are we heading for three Jamaicans in the

and Mike Rodgers gives him the eyeball, 9.93. I am not sure he can

look into his eyeballs, he was staring him in the chest, a

difference in stature between the two but he looked like he was not

interested. What do you make of that? That was interesting. And we

watched Bolt we have this level of expectation about in that says he

should make this look very easy and at times he makes you think, hang

on, that was not a good start, Mike Rodgers has a good start but he is

surprising everybody, he is running very, very fast. Bolt and Mike

Rodgers run clear but it's good news for James Dasaolu, it will

Christophe Lemaitre and James Dasaolu to joined them in the final.

You don't want to make Usain Bolt angry but it was a good race from

Mike Rodgers. Difficult to know what to make of Usain Bolt, he looked

like he was giving it his all, or was he? Is it part of the game, a

little smile there. Watching himself on the screen and Mike Rodgers

watching him. That is interesting, I am trying to create a bit of

intrigue here! Get people thinking, I wonder if he could get the? -- get

beaten. I doubt it somehow but it makes him the fastest of the

qualifier and yet another Russian allcomers record. And Mike Rodgers

with a season's best in second. Just to confirm if you have just

have joined -- if you have just joined us, Shara Proctor has just

jumped into second place behind blessing Cribari of Nigeria. This is

the depending world champion -- Brittney Reese has won the

championship twice before and she is a fantastic talent, and while that

looks like it could be the first jump over seven metres. Her coach

seems to be happy, Jeremy Fisher. Brittney Reese, the Olympic

champion, twice the world champion indoors and outdoors as well. I

think you can see from that technique, it is very basic. But

what a talent she has got in that very tall lean body. Just a very

simple technique and reaching for the sand. Fantastic jump by Brittney

Reese, that has set the stadium alight, she is well in the lead

ahead of Shara Proctor and Cribari. that for the final for the 100

metres men's final. GABBY LOGAN: Three very exciting

semifinals there. Even Christophe Lemaitre and not Jimmy Vicaut is a

different man from yesterday? always wanted to see that. We

mentioned yesterday, he has not got the centre of experience in this

type of company but it was a sensational performance from him.

Second time under ten seconds but what was special about today is that

he came off a bad race yesterday and he competed here today and that to

me is a good, positive sign of where he is out at this moment. I agree

and on the start line, the point he was saying to me, he was fired up.

You don't normally see that from James but he knows he can deliver

and he really did, he had a strategy with his coach and it works

fantastically well. He did not seem in his post-match interview

yesterday with Phil how badly he had raced and leading on reviewing it

later, it sank in. It was quite shocking watching the race for a

heat of a runner who has not competed on the stage? I think he

was shocked because he thought he was going out and did not expect

that. Clearly he has needed some work but he thought he was good

enough to get through and he nearly didn't and I think the

realisation... He will not go away with any regrets. Go out and enjoy

the final. And run his socks off. Bolt gave us a very intriguing

semifinal the four different reasons. He did not look like he was

moving a big ears at all. Mike Rodgers on the right of the screen

is an awesome starter and Usain Bolt was right with him and from here on

in, he is doing high knee exercises by the looks of it, look at the way

his arms are moving. What is that about, the head turning for looking

out at Mike Rodgers? What is Mike Rodgers saying the? I think he is

saying he may have him in the final. Is he telling him that the? --

telling him that the? A good little head to head. The first heat, Justin

Gatlin was the winner when we expected him to be the main

protagonists for Bolt but maybe Mike Rodgers has got other ideas. Justin

Gatlin is such a consistent runner, he has been consistent all season,

not usually the best starter but when he gets into his running, the

power really starts and he is really in there. In Jian the four. And this

qualification there as well. Looking Jimmy Vicaut as well, you look at

the rest of the field, everybody's heads are down, and then his head is

up. He went into overdrive straight away and that is difficult to do.

Pretty sad that he did not make it through because the more Europeans

in, the better but we have got Christophe Lemaitre in there.

is a nice head to head for James to think that he will need to be the

top European. Let's go over to behind Brittney Reese, that she is

all over the place. Very cross with herself. She was of balance when she

took off in the first run, but that was worse. You forget when you see

such fantastic sprint times from this athlete... There is her

courage. She is actually an Olympic bronze medallist in the long jump,

too. Way, way of islands, but it was a prestigious distance. She is such

a naturally powerful athlete. -- way, way off balance. She said the

African record of 10.79 in the 100m at the London and of the games.

Jarder now, the European indoor bronze medallist. You see the

difference in terms of the take-off speed and the height that Okagbare

achieved in her previous jump. Shara Proctor, 6.79, in a bronze medal

position at the moment for Great Britain, but we have a long way to

go in this long jump final. Now we move onto 800m, and three

high-quality semifinals. Sergey and Rimmer going for Great Britain, a

Sergey in the first heat. -- Andrew Osagie and Rimmer going for Great

Britain, Andrew Osagie in the first heat. He has had his injury

problems. He has been plagued with calf Robin is probably right through

his career but the last couple of weeks things have come to gather

really nicely for him and he looked really nice in qualification. When

you see someone like Sullivan on your start list who is going to take

it out, you know it is going to be a hard run race, a true run race --

someone like Duane Solomon. Yes, and when he looks around, he has got a

real chance here. The way he ran yesterday. He has been struggling

for that form all season because of his injuries. I thought he was

impressive. I think he thought he was impressive, which is what counts

here. Physically, if he is strong enough, he will do what he has to do

and qualify. Note David Rudisha. He had a knee problem, which came up

after the first couple of races of the season. This man here,

Lewandowski, who beat Michael Rimmer in the Europeans, he had a bad

journey out here. He got to Zurich airport to board a flight and they

said they would not accept his passport because it had a crack in

it. He stayed in Zurich on Friday and only flew out on Saturday when

he got a new passport. There have been a view athletes who have had

troubled journeys to get here. Rowe, the Australian champion, a good

talent from Australia, just 21 years of age. Gakeme, this was a surprise.

We were not expecting anything from him. Best time we had done for him

was 1.51 and then he came up with 1.46, as the fastest loser. Kevin

Lopez of Spain is having a cracking year. He began with a silver medal

at the European indoor Championships in March. This is Mohammed of Saudi

Arabia. A massive jump in his personal best. Lewandowski, there he

is. Always a redoubtable competitor. He has been dabbling with the 1500

EDC. -- this year. Duane Solomon, American champion. Won the Monaco

Diamond League last week. Andrew Osagie would have loved to have been

in those races at had to concentrate on getting himself fit and has done

that and he has arrived here with every opportunity. This is Ferguson

Cheruiyot. He changed his name because he is a big Manchester

United fan. He is a real talent but he is a little bit raw. Is he

really? Absolutely. It is true. Changed his name. It is great. I

haven't heard of anyone from Kenya called Rendon yet, but you live and

hope. -- called Brendan. So three races. The first two and the two

fastest losers in the final on on the outside was a little slow to

get away. Duwayne Solomon got away quickly. I would expect Solomon to

control this. He looks to be in front. He likes to set a good pace.

Lopez has started quickly. Solomon is through the first 200m am a

24.38. -- on 24.38. Andrew Osagie is going to be a little bit slower in

the first 200m, and that 200m takes its toll in M 800m race. Nearly 52

at 400m for Andrew Osagie. There goes Duwayne Solomon with Ferguson

Cheruiyot on his shoulder. And here now is the opportunity for Andrew

Osagie. Lopez of Spain is struggling, going backwards down the

straight. Andrew is struggling here but he still has chances in the home

straight. Got some work to do, though. Cheruiyot looks tired. Here

comes Andrew Osagie. He has got to get into the top four. He is just

about past Cheruiyot. Solomon wins it. Solomon is a tough, tough man.

Remember what Rudisha did, of course. Andrew Osagie not quite as

bit as he was last year. I am not sure he would have expected Solomon

to take it out quite that hard. That is impressive. 1.438 in the

semifinal. Duwayne Solomon runs much like his coach, Johnny Gray. He ran

too fast on occasion. And Ferguson Cheruiyot trite to challenge

Solomon. A bit of tiredness from Andrew Osagie, from the injury.

Lewandowski making his move. From this point, Andrew Osagie has got to

come a long way back. Relaxing on the bend and that is sensible. Is

there anything left in the tank? It is a season 's best for the Sergey.

That might be quick enough. -- a seasoned's best for Osagie rack.

Let's face it, to run a seasoned's best here, a good race here produced

by Duwayne Solomon. Andrew Osagie acquitted himself extremely well. It

best. The kind of Bill W hat has not been ideal. Yes, today the plan was

always to get the seasoned's best. -- the kind of build-up you have

had. It will be difficult to stay in that position. If I do not get

through I will be disappointed but if I get through it is a massive

confidence boost for me. That I can perform even when I am struggling.

You ran a very mature race. Yes, I tried not to panic. Lots of

movement, lots of vision changes. There is not very much I can do. --

lots of position changes. If it is enough... If it is not, I am sorry

if I have let anyone down. We will keep our fingers crossed. Thank you

very much to everyone. All the sponsors, all be physios, getting me

We are into the third round of the long jump final and it is a

fascinating final as well despite the fact that Brittney Reese has

gone out to seven metres and one centimetre. Shara Proctor, here,

6.79. Can she improve on that? Well, Belarus and went out on six metres

82, a seasoned's rest from her. But pushes Shara Proctor down into

fourth place. So if Shara Proctor wants they medal she has to jump

over 6.8 two. She is in good form but now she has got to produce it.

What a great first semifinal. Mohammed, that is his fifth race of

the year. He has gone past in every single race. Lewandowski, despite

his problems with his travel, came third. Andrew Osagie has his season

iss best. We will have to watch these two semifinals and hope they

are not as quick. Michael Rimmer ran a controlled race in his heat. But

this is a strong line-up. It is great to have a ready-made pacemaker

in someone like Duwayne Solomon. Brandon Johnson is the former 400m

hurdle. But also in this race, the man who could see off the challenge

of them all. Not referees Rodriguez, but Mohammed Aman of

Ethiopian. There are five athletes in this race who have run faster

than rumour is season. That includes Benedetti. -- faster than Michael

Rimmer this season. He gets a good cheer from the British supporters.

He is a popular athlete. In the background in the Ethiopian fest,

Mohammed Aman. He has only lost one in seven races this season, that was

to David Rudisha. The second semifinal in the men's 800m. They

know what pace is required and it is a fast pace indeed after the Duwayne

Solomon led first semifinal. It looks like Johnson is going to try

to take them out here. The Frenchman also a very strong runner. They head

through 200m. Michael Rimmer is putting himself right in the race.

Two will go through, and then the two fastest losers. Michael Rimmer

has got to get in amongst it. It is going to be difficult to run the

rest at that pace. Michael Rimmer into the back straight. He is

probably one of the favourites for this race. Bosse of France on the

outside. Benedetti is coming under some pressure. Now, Michael Rimmer,

time to find your position and make your move. Mohammed Aman is

struggling to get back on terms. Three separate themselves from the

rest of the heard. Aman is coming through to take the victory. Then

Bosse and Johnson. Michael Rimmer back in sixth place. Not as quick as

the first semifinal. Michael Rimmer will go no further. Michael Rimmer a

bit disappointed with that. He will give himself every chance and this

is the back straight. Aman, his head is bobbing a little bit he looks

under pressure and tired, Michael Rimmer looks as though he is running

smoothly but here, four men in front of him, he knows he needs to finish

in the first two, and then he will not finish second from there and

look at Aman here. Brandon Johnson just ahead of him and here is

Michael Rimmer making his run, Aman, at this point, I thought he would be

run out but there is Michael Rimmer tried to make his move, tried to get

in position. And then two at that point, goes prettily through. Bosse

ran strongly. He will be disappointed with that. I am a bit

surprised at how quickly they came past London Johnson. Andrew Osagie

is still the second fastest. Brandon Johnson, 144.8. He is out of it now

come auto shop for him and a bit of a shock for me with Aman because I

said he was going to win that race but strangely disappointing. Michael

Rimmer is doused as talking to Phil Jones. It was always going to be

tough there. Out of what it out there? Yeah, it

was tough. I won't make any excuses, the first round took a bit

out of me so I just missed it a little bit. The other three were

definitely stronger. I gave it everything, find myself in a couple

of bad positions, had to change gear and you do not want to be changing

gear when it is quick and I had to try to get up there. I was just

unfortunately not quite there. Michael, fax or talking to us.

Johnson, Andrew Osagie was 1.44.85. He is still in the box seat for the

fastest loser going into the final semifinal.

GABBY LOGAN: It will be a nervous and nail-biting evening. If those

reactions to the first two semifinals. Andrew Osagie is

basically in last place. If anybody in the third places faster than him,

he is out. Michael Rimmer, he seemed desperately disappointed there,

Paula, with his race. Did he get it but his body could not respond and

he has missed too much training and he did not have that India is to

recover from yesterday and come back and be able to react fast enough.

have done a swap with Jackson again, I will give you an official welcome.

Paula Radcliffe is with us now. And Andrew Osagie has not has the best

season in terms of fitness -- has not had. He has missed a lot and he

has run a seasoned's best, he puts himself in the right place where

last year he was able to get in front of Marcin Lewandowski and

knock him out. But he could not reach Lewandowski but he is still

hanging in there so essentially we are watching that and keeping our

fingers crossed. We have got a young lace Soliman and Anthony Chemut, it

our fingers crossed. If to do it and get away, great and the third person

is a bit back, that would suit Andrew but he is also any good

position. The top three from London are not here most notably, David

Rudisha, the world record-holder and it is a decimated field so Andrew

Osagie will really want to be in that field to maintain what he did

last year, let's hope, fingers crossed that he can make it, the

third and final heat of the 800m, back to Steve Cram. This is another

loaded semifinal here and Andrew Osagie will be nervously watching

that and he survived by four which will take him into the 1.44s

again? Many people's tip for perhaps if not a medal, maybe winning the

race. He looks nervous there, so he should be, it is a tough semifinal.

This is Adam Kszczot of Poland, European indoor champion. He missed

a few races and came back in London. There are some people here running

fast times, Amine El Manaoui former youth medallist, some men to watch

out for in the inside, I think Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti who

will be running the 1,500m, attempting the double. As a training

part of the Algerian who won the Olympic 1,500m gold medal --

training partner. Watch for him here. Ayanleh Souleiman a bit slow

away, the Qatari athlete and Asian champion has started very quickly in

lane three. Drew the first 200 metres it will be a new name, Musaab

Bala. Slowing down, there. Nick Symmonds of America in the red vest

moving into fourth place, he looks comfortable, he looks smart as well,

that was a clever move. The Kenyan, Anthony Chemut in fifth place, they

don't look like they are going to quickly here. That was a 25 opening

but they are beginning to slow, Ronald Musagala has been impressive

so far, let's see what the lap time is. 51.7, a good solid lap time. If

it is a really competitive race, like it looks like it will be, then

it will be quick so Nick Symmonds on the outside, Ayanleh Souleiman as

well, and Nick Symmonds has been impressive leading up to this event.

He is getting ready, and Ayanleh Souleiman and Nick Symmonds will be

the two we would favour. Ayanleh Souleiman, the first to strike. Adam

Kszczot has got great speed normally if he is fit but what has he got

this time round? He is a long way from the front? These two attractive

getaway but it will be Souleiman and Nick Symmonds. I think that is a

good bit of news for Andrew Osagie. Sorry to be so British about this as

we watch Souleiman and Nick Symmonds but that is good news, these are

tough semifinals. Great depth in the men's 800m running this year, we do

not have David Rudisha but we have got was a very good runners and a

cracking final in-store and Nick Symmonds will hope he has got the

chance of winning, as well Souleiman. Goodies for Andrew

Osagie. He is 1.44, and eight tenths of a second. It means that that the

definite news is that Andrew Osagie is through, and he deserves it.

These two will be competitors in the final, they will be tough to beat.

Nick Symmonds ran well today. Souleiman coming under pressure as

we look head-on, Nick Symmonds look strong. We saw him run 1,500m a

personal best there. He looks and controlled. He is looking about the

screen and his downstairs and he will probably explain to us that it

it is for an American to tell everybody at home. It takes six

rounds to become a world champion for an American, I have run now,

three at the trials, two here, finally booked my ticket into the

final and I can think about the goal Two Americans in the final, Dwayne

and I am a fourth and fifth last year, without the medallist

returning. I will put us at least in the hunt for a medal here. I am glad

that he makes it a good final, and it plays in my favour. This is my

sixth global championships, my fourth finals, I have been six,

fifth, fifth and if I do not bring home a medal, I do not know if I

will be able to do in my career. I will give it everything, I am in a

good shape, at the right time. To sneak in there. If not gold, it has

got to be one of the other two and you have got to run the thing. Thank

you, guys, thank you. I think a lot Rowland, for the British fans there.

He ran the steeplechase a long time ago in the 80s so Souleiman got the

nod there, and Lewandowski from Andrew Osagie -- and Andrew Osagie

will join them. This is our first look in this long jump final at the

US athlete, a fine competitor, and she is in danger of being

eliminated. She needs to go further than 6.67

metres in order to make it into the last eight and take three further

jumps in this final. But I know she has been having terrible problems

with her take off leg. She finished sixth in London, jumping off the

wrong leg. I understand from this competition, she has said it is all

a thing as she has gone back to jumping off her right leg -- it is

all nothing so she has gone back to her right leg. She really does need

to go long. The Olympic bronze medallist is out of this final.

Shara Proctor really has to get stuck into this second-half of this

final. The Russian has gone past her, 6.81 and I mentioned Volha

Sudarava, and Shara Proctor now in fifth place in this final. This is

her fourth round jump. It is good but will not be good enough. She

gets the white flag, that is the important thing. A very long jump on

the first round but it was a marginal file. They were going to

the regular routine of talking about it, with Rana Reider. Good

horizontal speed and take off. But not the distance required. 6.82 plus

to get a medal and that is not happening at the moment for the

British record-holder. So Shara Proctor, 6.56, two jumps to go for

GABBY LOGAN: Still in the hunt, but she still got a chance and she is

looking good and relaxed. Let's talk a bit more about the 800m. Osagie is

through and generally the field, going into these finals, it looked

wide open. You feel different now, Paula? No, I still feel it is very

wide open. For me, Bosse is looking good for France. I think they

believe they will go out, as well as Mohammed Aman. And Nick said there,

he believes that Souleiman will take it out and that will suit him. The

final. The brutality of coming fourth, fifth, sixth. But Osagie,

his time as we know last year in London in other Olympic Games would

have got him a gold in other games. What can he produce in the final?

will have to see how well he can recover, that is what he has not

been able to do, so he is coming in off limited training and that will

affect his ability to recover and come back for the next race. But

Andrew runs very well. So he is not somebody who takes a long time to

work back into form. Hopefully that will set him in good stead. It is

whether he can recover because he will need to run faster. We said

yesterday, he is a championship performer, he seems to rise on these

occasions, he can dig in and get that little bit extra, perhaps his

training does not say he will deliver that. It is the confidence

and that attitude, that he can be better than he thinks he is despite

not having done the work. Like Paula says, it is the recovery and that

way he can move on to move and Bracewell. He has done himself

justice, it is not easy to come off injury and come into this arena and

he has acquitted himself well. about mental balance, knowing you

have not done the work and not letting it get to you, not thinking

about what you haven't done but thinking about what you have done. I

think Andrew is very good at that and will be good at casting his mind

back to last year and what he felt like and how he felt when he was in

that shape and maybe trying to drag some of that out of the muscle

memory. He has not been able to really do the work but he is not

running on that, he is going out there and giving it all he can.

may hear in the background, the Russian anthem, the first medal, the

gold medal today which was won by the 20 kilometre walk and the you

might see him in the background, the crowd enjoying that. Definitely more

of them this evening. If you cannot come out for what is a blue riband

event, the men's 100m final, then when will you come out? And they are

very much enjoying that God Idol. Congratulations to Alexander Ivanov

there. -- very much enjoying that gold medal. One name on that team

sheet, Tirunesh Dibaba on that team sheet. She has never lost this.

is deja vu from last night for what we saw with Mo Farah. Tirunesh

Dibaba has not lost a competition and she is coming in in good shape.

We would like to have seen her race against Meseret Defar, but all this

came in from the Ethiopian team camp that they were not going to be

having too much strength in depth and they did not want at least 200

and Tirunesh Dibaba is saying she would like to come up and run but as

it is, she is only able to do a ten. That makes it more of a dead cert

because she will go out and stamped herself on this race. She will not

save anything that he has not got. Be 400m semifinals are upon us

shortly. Christine Loroupe do is going in the second. The thing for

Christine O'Hare Rubio is getting a very good lane draw for the final.

She will go out all guns blazing. Christine will know out how we

normally see her run. She will bring it home. I think she will note that

she has a pretty good line there. Natasha Hastings has run

fractionally quicker than her. And Williams has finished in umpteen

World Championship finals, and shows she -- so she just has to run a

confident race. Christine manages to peek her Championship seasons to

perhaps the best of the athletes... They are flying in this race.

Williams. Christine Ohuruogu trying to get amongst the medals. Nicola

Sanders. Will Williams get to the line Xu Christine Ohuruogu is

perhaps going to get there. Christine hurriedly is the world

champion! -- Christine a horrid to British point of view for Christine

Ohuruogu. This year in Monaco, Mont show got the fastest time in the

world. It was a dramatic finish in the last World Championships. George

used to compete for the United States. She is running now for

Nigeria. I think the 20k balking ceremony for the Russian champion a

fewer moments ago got the crowd in a spicy mood and they have got this to

watch. This is pretty sure Hall, the is still the woman to beat, though.

The first two go through automatically, and then the next

Amantle Montsho. Ashleigh Spencer is left with a bit of work to do. It

may well be to in -- be between these two. Patricia Hall is losing a

bit of ground. George is there in third place but only the first two

go through automatically. And Montsho, look at the clock above

49.57. It is very quick. Those are here credentials. She will be very

difficult to beat in the final, into which she has emphatically moved.

Well, we know all about Montsho, don't we? I think this year we are

seeing a well judged season. I think we are seeing an athlete at the top

of her game. Christine always tends to go through the lanes that. That

looked comfortable, 49.57. Despite our obvious buyers towards

Christine, this is so impressive. She looks relaxed on the home

straight. She is moving away from the rest of the field. She is moving

with a nice, even pace. That is going to worry everybody. Steve is

saying it was so impressive, you ask final and hopefully I can have a

good lane tomorrow. In Britain we are all wanting Montsho do well. She

talked recently about how friendly you are. She comes to chat with you

and talk about the races. I like Christine. We are looking forward to

a great final between hopefully herself and you tomorrow. Hopefully.

final. Shara Proctor, the British record-holder, needing something

really big to make an impression but those three lines are showing the

scores of Whitney Rees, blessing argot Ari and said Rover. -- V3

scores of the top three athletes. If she can reproduce the sort of form

she sought yesterday in qualifying she could be in with the chance of a

medal. She is in third place for a couple of rounds but her chances of

a medal of being eroded, first of all by a Belarusian and then by a

Russian. The USA are well in the lead, Rigney Rees going for a

hat-trick of the is. -- the American vault in this qualifying

competition. And she sails over. She has competed sparingly this year.

She weather the Shanghai Diamond League. And recently she weather the

Russian championships. She is in shape. She has been doing some

staggering performances in training. We have to watch her do her final

but she is on her way. I am short she must have noticed what Montsho

did. Only Montsho has run faster in the world this year. Christine

Ohuruogu has had several races this year. She has attained a level of

consistency that she has not always board to championships. She says she

has been having a bit of fun this year but that is good fun to have

when you are running so well. to clear up the results of the first

heat, Montsho very comfortable. And Ryzhova also goes through. We may

also see George in the final. personal-best behind the top two.

There is the line-up. Thiam is a former world champion. Christine is

in the lane four. Hastings of the USA, perhaps her biggest rival, is

brilliantly. She ran so well indoors in Birmingham. She ran 50.88. You

thought, will she be the number one going into the World Championships

eMac she has only once been under 50 seconds this year. She never runs

under 50 until the championships, Christine, and usually in the final.

Her heat yesterday was the fastest she has ever run in a heat. She

qualified for the final 50.2 yesterday. I do not think anyone in

British athletics in recent years has judged her past championships

make another final. She has done well to get in the semifinal, I

think. Outside her, 25-year-old Serksniene of Lithuania. She is an

improving athlete. Libania Grenot. Former Cuban. Now running for Italy.

Christine is not yet the British record-holder. That is Cathy Cook.

49.43. You think if she is going to challenge Montsho, she needs that

kind of time in her sights. She needs to beat Hastings here. The

American champion. No Richards Ross. She is due an operation on her toe.

No doubt she will be back next year. Novlene Williams-Mills. Their bronze

medal behind Christine for Sanders go through and the two fastest

losers. The final tomorrow. Three actor back races first day yesterday

of the championships. The team captain for Great Britain. She just

needs to win this semifinal, whatever style she fancies. She has

got Hastings to go after and Novlene Williams-Mills of Jamaican in lanes

starts rather circumspect Lee. Hastings started very quickly.

Novlene Willams-Mills realises the American is with her already.

Hastings really has taken it to them. Christine can feel that the

Italian has moved inside her as well. She has a lot of ground to

make up, with her two main rivals beside her. She is a long way

behind. Hastings has the lead. Christine Ohuruogu has some work to

do. She has to finish in the top two. Winning would be ideal. Here is

that familiar surge of Christine Ohuruogu. Timed perfectly. Timed

brilliantly. Wow. Almost a personal best, not far off it. She normally

wait until the final. That, in the semifinal, that was perfect

judgement for Christine Ohuruogu. She might want to give a wink and a

nod to Natasha Hastings, because she led it out so hard. If you did not

know how Christine Ohuruogu RAM, you would be feeling for her here, but

it was as inevitable as the coming of the tide, the strong finish of

Christine Ohuruogu. Only on three occasions before this has she run

under 50 seconds. But once again, she timed it perfectly. And to beat

Hastings as well, this finish was a beauty. I have watched Christine so

many times, and I was surprised when I looked at the clock. She was

obviously working around that cockpit, but she always does. You

are thinking she is against world-class athletes, but at this

point, she makes them look ordinary. I was expecting the clock to stop at

about 50, 50.1. It is 49.75. I talked about the record of Cathy

Cook, and it is within range. But more importantly for Christine, she

is within range of Montreal. We have Andrew said it well. If you did not

know the way Christine runs, you may have been panicking. You two are so

seasoned at watching her that you were fine, but why do we ever

worry? That finish always comes am in this kind of form, and I think

I can get rid of the final. As Steve said, she may have to break a record

if she wants to get gold. If she wants to win, yes. I was watching

her going through the first 200 metres, and she is so good at

running and even paced race. She is not the fastest in the field over

the 200 metres, so she goes through at a sedate pace. So it still leaves

her a lot of energy left at the end. Around the bend at the end, she

really believes in herself. She sees the athletes, but she knows that if

she just extends her stride length, she doesn't have to go for speed.

She just opens up her stride length, keeps the shoulders relaxed, and

that always calls her through. Everybody else runs a quite

imbalanced first 200 metres. just has a natural pace. The key for

any athlete at this stage is to not try and find that seventh gear,

where you are completely flat out, and just stay relaxed. It takes

great composure and confident in your ability to know that you can

just stride it out. It hardly looks like Montsho is breeding. She is the

one to beat. She looks outstanding. It is the third semifinal coming

up, with the Russian and un-American. Let's go back down to

Steve and Andrew. Yes, who do and Montsho were so

impressive. -- Ohuruogu and Montsho were so impressive.

This is the last round. It has been a very high-class final. If anybody

wants a medal, though, they have to Klishina is always very graceful,

but deceptively powerful on the runaway. The Serbian has taken her

last round jump with a new Serbian national record, but that look is

ominous by Klishina. 6.70, so not far enough for the Russian number

one. So Klishina finishes without a medal. Next, it is all about Great

Britain and Shara Proctor. She came here as the top qualifier. She did

6.85 yesterday. She looked superb. What has she got in the last round?

She wants the support of the crowd. She is going to have support, no

doubt about that. Come on. There is a medal in it for you if you can get

a good jump away. Oh, she gave it absolutely everything. Is she saying

she went over the board? The white flag does go up. She did not look

too confident about the distance, did she? Doesn't seem terribly

impressed. Brittney Reese did 7.01. Looks as if she's going to win a

hat-trick of the is unless her opponent can do anything about it.

Shara Proctor, 6.69. She will finish in sixth place.

Before Shara Proctor, you heard the show their hands. The home crowd

will be inspired. Two to go through automatically, and then the next two

fastest. They go through to tomorrow's final. The German is in

lane two, the Jamaican in lane three. The American is in lane five.

The Ukrainian athlete is in lane six. And the Nigerian is in lane

eight. Krivoshapka being shown on the big screen, and so there is a

swell of noise. The last semifinal in the women's 400 metres. Those

three women in lanes three, four and five are the ones to watch. The

Jamaican, the Russian and the American are looking good at the

moment. So is the Ukrainian. Two to go through automatically. The

challenge has been laid down by Christine Ohuruogu and by Montsho.

In lane three, Stefanie McPherson, the Jamaican, leading. Krivoshapka

trying to get that, but the Russian may be disappointed. On the line,

just. It is going to be close for Russian hopes. Another very good

race for the American. A very good race between these three. High

quality races, producing brilliant performances. McCrory did a new

personal best. McPherson, who had run a great race, just ties up.

Krivoshapka kept going right to the line. A sub 50 talking for her as

well. She will join them as the fastest loser, but what a great set

of semifinals we have just had. Very high quality. Even though this was

some 50, it was not in the class of Ohuruogu and Montsho. Everyone was

ahead of Krivoshapka at this point, but she don't keep, and the crowd

helped her, and she made it by the skin of her teeth. She goes through

as the fastest loser. That is yet to be confirmed. She was ruled out of

the two automatic qualifiers, but Last chance for this wonderful

Nigerian athletes, Blessing Okagbare. What has she done here?

The whitefly nose up. It is going to be some close. -- the white flag

goes up. Brittney Reese may have won her third consecutive world outdoor

title. But what an athlete Blessing Okagbare is. If somebody could get

called of her in terms of technique, her long jump would be out of sight.

She is so fast. But draw in terms of talent and technique on the runway.

A lot of people think she could win the 100 metres tomorrow. No doubt

about the talent you just saw. She was three centimetres shy of her

previous performance, so the medals are confirmed. There is your

three-time champion of the USA. What can she do with this very last jump

of the competition? Oh, my goodness. It is a red flag. A real anti-climax

for the crowd. They thought they had seen something very special indeed.

But no doubt about the special qualities of Whitney Rees. --

Whitney Rees. It is a big disappointment for Shara Proctor,

having led the qualifiers. She did a similar thing in the Olympic final,

when she finished in ninth place. At least this time, she contested all

six jumps of this final and finished in sixth place. Still our best

performer in world championship history was a fourth place by Jade

Johnson, remember her? In Paris in 2003. But Brittney Reese is a

wonderful champion. Olympic champion and three times a world champion,

to. Again, she will go to the top of the rostrum. She is proving to be

unbeatable in the big events. And what a talent blessing had Ari is.

consecutive gold medal in the women's long jump. Blessing

Okagbare, one of three medals she could win here. And Ivana Spanovic

has a new Serbian record. Well, everybody in this stadium has had a

long day but the longest belongs to the deck athletes. The first event

on day two is the 110m hurdles. The fastest clocking was 13.72. That was

another score of over 1000 points for this multi-event magician.

Freimuth, though went a little bit further in the second round of the

discus. 48.74. He was lifted up into the top three. Then the pole vault.

Eaton was first. He went clear. There is nothing this young man

cannot do. But pride of place went to a Russian in the pole vault, and

he got a whole hat full of points and she is from a half empty

stadium. They certainly enjoyed much performance from the youngster.

Social never moved up into fifth place with that performance. -- so

the Russian moved up into fifth status as the world's best all-round

athlete with this throw. That was one of his best ever to confirm his

status as the top athlete leading into the final event. So there we

are, the leader, 168 points ahead of Michael Schrader. Damian Warner is a

little way behind. At this stage it looks, even with the 1500m to come,

as if the medals have been decided. Just to clear up who has made it to

the final of the women's 400m. There is the line-up. Two Jamaicans, two

rations and two Americans. And two outstanding favourites, Montsho and

horror do. It is going to be some final tomorrow night. -- Montsho and

watch when those guys look themselves around the 1500m. Ashton

Eaton is an incredible athlete. And he does not seem to have the stature

to produce what he does. He is not coming into this competition in

brilliant shape but he has commanded it from the world though. -- from

the word go. Let's talk a bit about the long jump. It was not to be for

Shara Proctor, finishing in sixth in the end. Will she be disappointed?

With the way she jumped tonight? think so, because you always reflect

what he did the day before when you do not achieve a little better when

it really matters. Just looking at all the jobs we saw, she never

seemed like she was relaxed down the runway. -- all the long jumps we

saw. She had a little bit too much tension in her shoulders. She was

working too hard to get back to jump in. This is what sometimes happens

when you note you are in good shape and you know what you are capable of

doing. That last jump, she threw everything at it. It is easier said

than done, just relax. Exactly. Athletics is about finding that

relaxation, no matter what event you are doing. When your are tight, the

body restricts itself. She will be disappointed. She is better than

bad. 6.79 is well within herself and had she jumped a little bit further

she would have been in bronze medal position. J Johnson says she was not

wanting to be known as somebody who did not get among the medal

positions. Yes, but Shari is a better jumper than Jade was. --

Shara Proctor. She has to pull herself up from this. You cannot

keep failing at championships, because that will mess with her

psyche as well. And Whitney Rees, we should just give her a pat on the

back. -- Brittney Reese. She knows how to pull it out. She got it by

the skin of her teeth into the final. Yes, she did, as James did in

the 800m, and she magically pulled it out. She came into this

competition very unsure. We could not hang the gold medal around her

neck as we could with some of the other great champions we have seen,

so to pull out a seven metre jump when it really matters, it just

shows what a true champion she is. We have seen some archive footage

from the 1980 Olympic Games. It stands out for all kinds of reasons,

the boycott by the USA, the gold-medal winning performances I be

British athletes... Two roommates met up for us. One is Brendan

Foster. One is said Coe. -- Sebastian Proedl. -- Sebastian

and our grandchildren that we did it right. You talk without doubt about

inspiring a generation because that is what it has always been about for

you. Yes. I joined a local club because of what I saw in the 1968

games. The trip round with the medals and by Olympic interest was

fired by those two. In 1976 's I watched it with the view that it was

probably going to be my turn next. We shared a room in Prague in 1976.

The 800m, your first major clash against the man who became your big

rival. COMMENTATOR: Sebastian Coe has not before met his major

European rival in a brain track event ever. I always remember there

is just a moment where he came past me when he did actually smile.

Sebastian Coe is third. We know Moscow was a personal trial for

you. It was direct pressure because you were the man. Yes, and I was

also quite outspoken. Are you still hoping to go to Moscow? That is what

I am training for. Mercifully, our federation was tough

and said, no, we are going. It does not mean we condone the system but

it might mean that we are ultimately in the infancy of change. I think if

we had not gone to the games that would have counted against us. It

would have been very difficult for us to stand up and talk about our

passion as a nation for the Olympic movement, having actually sat out of

the games because of political pressure. Let's look at the 800m.

The pressure we have talked about in athletics. You are a certain. I just

caught leaving the village you were a little confused that day about the

800m. It was probably a mixture of things, inexperience, it was a blood

that of a race as well. Talk about redefining the arms race. You were

not doing anything. No, I am a bystander here but Steve wrapped the

race by the scruff of the neck and he won it and it was not pretty but

that is what he did. COMMENTATOR: Taking the gold medal for Great

Britain, to beat Sebastian Coe who gets this also. That was your glory

day and you did nothing right. everything wrong! You stood up for

the silver medal. It was not quite your most gracious few minutes, was

it? I have run faster in training. They were difficult days but they

were the making or potentially raking of Sebastian Coe the athlete.

I remember waking up the following morning after I had lost the 800m. I

was asked, argue all right? I asked what the weather was like and my

fellow team-mate said, it all looks a bit silver to me. It was nice

because people did not well on it and it was not really what you or

Dave Thompson -- Daley Thompson all my coach... And I kept reminding

myself I was lucky. I had my chance two or three days later to resurrect

this. I just woke up feeling different. COMMENTATOR: Sebastian

Proedl my the only thing I knew when I went into that race was by did not

want to walk off the track feeling as bad as I did in the 800m.

You were in the race. Coming to remind us, I am still here.

Sebastian Coe in second place. Aren't you believing now you are

going to win this? Yes. Once you hit the front line there is no going

back anyway. Strong on the far side. And Sebastian Coe gets the revenge

he wants. You are better with a gold medal around your neck, aren't you?

You are happier. It is funny, that. A question I think you weren't asked

me in an interview, would I have gone on training as hard as I did

for 1984 had I not come out of it on the right side in 1980. I do not

know. The picture of you crossing the line tells the hell of a story.

It sums up the games, fear, elation, terror of what you have just been

through, and coming out with the lead. The terror of what you have

been through. I think that actually and enjoying this Championships as a

four-year, not having to go through the stress, Paula, that he did in

1980. It must be an incredible trip down memory lane coming back into

Luzhniki Stadium. Even talking to Renton about it will bring it all

back. He has to work on his biometrics up the steps. He looked

quite bouncy for a man of his age! He is definitely enjoying relaxing

and watching the athletics, taking it all in. I always felt in London

that he seemed to be enjoying it almost too much for someone who had

the pressure of organising the Olympic Games but he loves to sports

and he relishes it. You have nailed it. He loves track and field and

works passionately for it. That is why he was so proud of the Olympics.

I think that is why he said the 800m was the race of the meeting. That is

also white we would lobby for him to come in and take over as president

because he is very good in that role come at the IAAF. Our sport needs

someone like him. He genuinely does care and that is what you need for

someone who is going to be... not a power broker for the sake of

power. He is passionate and caring and loves it. He will be on his feet

like the rest of us and he appreciates all the global

performances as well. Rae we feel that our sport has given us so much

and we want to share it with so many people. That is the essence of his

speech. We want kids coming through to understand what athletics is.

Shara Proctor is talking to our reporter.

You gave it everything, but it was not meant to be. I gave it my all.

Unfortunately for me, I cramped up all of a sudden. I was not able to

jump with my best potential. I gave it my all, and there was nothing I

could have done. So was it bad news that put you in a bad mindset?

mean, the first jump, I was feeling good. After that, every push, my

calves just cramped up. I couldn't have done nothing to help it.

what you did in qualifying yesterday. Was it in your mind that

you would need seven metres to medal tonight 's that was in the back of

my mind, but I was prepared to come here and give it my all. I knew

those seven metres would be the distance in order to medal. It did

not happen. I am sure it will come in the future. We appreciate you

talking to us. Definitely. I still have a season left, so I am not done

yet. We are about an hour away from that

man, Justin Gatlin, taking to the stadium and getting settled in the

blocks for the 100 metres final with Usain Bolt. We will see him as one

of his main rivals, if not the main rival to him winning another world

global gold medal. He did not win in Daegu. You sense that he wants to

get back to the top of the tree and declare himself world champion once

more. This is the final 1500 metres of the decathlon. Ashton Eaton has

pretty much got things sewn up. He is 168 points ahead going into this.

There they are, waiting like caged lions. Just to the left of us,

behind those advertising hordes -- hoardings. Some of them call it the

dreaded 1500 metres at the end of two days of the machine competition.

The man shaking hands with everybody is Suarez, twice the Olympic bronze

medallist. He did a huge javelin throw. All the main contenders are

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds

there. But Ashton Eaton is the in the world record and is leading

by a long way here. He is 168 points ahead of everybody. Leonel Suarez

has been there before. What out for the Brazilian when the Olympics go

to Rio. He is down in fifth place, he can just try and keep ahead of

Rico Freimuth. Warner will be big news next year in Glasgow at the

Commonwealth Games. Rico Freimuth comes from a family of multi

eventers. And mayor of France. Good all-round athlete -- Kevin mayor of

France. So, can anybody other than Ashton Eaton, Michael Schrader or

Damian Warner win a medal? I'm not sure. But Ashton Eaton is certainly

going to be the champion, providing he completes three and three

quarters laps of the track. Ashton Eaton is settling towards the back

of the pack at the moment. He will not want to finish as Daley Thompson

did sometimes, way at the back of the pack, having done all the hard

work beforehand. This guy is a racer. He is a talented 1500 metre

runner, and he will want to finish with a flourish. There is warner,

currently in bronze medal position, in the rest of Canada as they come

into the home straight for the first time. Schrader has got a silver

medal if he stays where he is. Denise, you have been watching this

competition for the last few days. Give us your impression of the

talents of Ashton Eaton. Strong, quick and very level-headed. Two

very long days for the decathlon. These guys really embody what it

takes to be a great athlete. This man has been there. He missed out

last time in Daegu, did not quite get to the gold medal. He came in

not great shape, but he is doing the business. And he looks comfortable

out there. He knows what to do. could be headed for a score of

8800, possibly even a thousand 900. Kevin Mayer is way out in front.

Suarez in second place, the Cuban. So it will be a very good score, but