Day 3, Part 1 Athletics: World Championships

Edna Kiplagat of Kenya defends her world title in William style. --

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Usain Bolt up to his familiar antics. It is still coming down

hard, the rain. They are getting away, Justin Gatlin

gets the best start alongside him. Usain Bolt is going to get there,

year storming past MIT is going to ever doubt Usain just the 9.77

seconds, but enough to make sure the attention stays on the track rather

than off of it. Here is what is coming up this

morning. The female multi-eventers are out on the track today, no

Jessica Ennis-Hill, so a jazz for Katarina Johnson-Thompson to make

her mark on the global stage. -- a chance. Defending champion Dai

Greene defends his 400m title. Watch out for a trio of really talented

Americans. It is the women's 400m hurdles, as

well. Watch out for the Czech Republic runner, she has been the

outstanding world number one. She about Jessica Ennis-Hill not being

there. Brett Morse will be going it in the discus qualification, the

3000m steeplechase heats, and then the 400m hurdles heats at the end of

this morning with Dai Greene and a storm on the track last night, and

a storm of it, and it has brought a change of weather. Good Monday

morning to you. Hopefully we can cheer you up with the smiling faces

of Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson. Good morning.

Have you recovered from the drama of last night? It was exhausting, there

was a lot of anticipation, how fast is Usain going to go, how fast is

James Dasaolu going to go? We were all expecting a good race,

good competition, but the weather did not -- let us down. We have had

amazing weather for the last few days and for the start of the men's

100m the heavens opened. It did not stop the action, and obviously,

Bolt, it did not affect him. much quicker did you think he would

run it if it had stayed dry and hot? I predicted 9.7, not much faster

than that. What the rain does come as a competitor, it dampens your

mental ability. You think, oh, it is raining. Instead of focusing on what

you are doing. If there is a nice wind behind you you get excited and

thinking this is going to be the day. It was a major event, major

competition and the most important thing was taking the victory. As --

everyone wanted to win and run well as we saw by the statistics.

He won the race, but he is well off his best shape.

I think we are spoiled, 9.58 is easy to him so he is going to break the

world record every ten years on the track. The reality is he is just a

very quick man and running 9.77 is still a hell of a performance. He

did enough to win and I think for him now winning is about what it is

about. Potentially, by the time Rio comes around, he could be one of the

most decorated sportsmen ever in any sport. Do you worry, Colin, about

his motivation? It is a long way to Rio. Post-Olympic year, he has

struggled a little, perhaps. It is about balance, isn't it? At he has

the desire. As long as he has the desire to perform at the hires level

that can motivate him to train in the evenings and the mornings, to

work hard, focus, to have athletics completely own your lifestyle. If

you have that to keep winning medals, that is all he needs to

perform. I think if he stopped running tomorrow he would be a

legend in our sport, but for him it is about transcending that even

further. I think total domination. The best sports person ever is

really his goal. There is really close to that. Afterwards, Usain

Bolt spoke to Phil Jones. Usain, King graduations, you have

your gold medal back, has it got a special edge because of that two

well, yes I am happy but I wanted to do better.

After the semifinals I was not feeling good, my legs felt sore. I

came out here just to win. You did that with some style, nonetheless

come in a time of 9.78, that says something about that above-average

UR. I was happy to come out here, the fans came out, a lot of

Jamaicans in support, it was great. Back in Jamaica they must be so

proud of you. How we are you -- hideaway of that are you on an eight

like tonight? I know they expect me to come out and dominate no matter

what, they just want me to win. It is always great to come out here and

do great for my country. I saw you trying to put up a

metaphorical umbrella as the rain came down. That just came to me, I

am just spontaneously that, the rain came down. As always, it was great.

Thanks for talking to us. He talks about adding fun to it, do

you think it is going to get less fun as the weight of expectation for

the whole sport comes on to him? Well, if it is not on him already.

He recognises that comedy is a responsible athlete and enjoys his

athletics. The key is he still enjoys it. -- he recognises that, he

is responsible athlete. His life would be a little bit empty without

going round the stadium is waving to the crowds with big smiles. Where

else will he get a platform like this? I think he will stick around

for sometime, but I would liken to reassess his goals and think to

himself, I want to go 25 races unbeaten, perhaps that will give a

bit of a focus now. Winning championships - he does that easily

now. We have obviously lost Tyson Gay

because of this drugs test, no Yohan Blake with his injury, it would have

been a different race if one of those two had been in it.

Absolutely, that was the mouthwatering prospect we were

looking forward to. But our healthy Blake here would have added a new

dimensional and pushed him further. I would stick my neck out and see a

healthy Blake may be in shape to beat him over the 100th. I don't

think over 200m there is anyone that can touch him. As Colin said, it is

about reassessing his targets and making sure he can find that

stimulus about his challenges going forward. We had a Brit in the final,

James Dasaolu, he finished in eighth place but a great achievement to get

to the final. It was an impressive performance because after his first

round we all thought he was going to struggle, he was nowhere near his

personal best of 9.91. To get to the final I think took a

lot out of him, not only physically but mentally. It was a good job, it

has been a long time since we have had a meal British sprinter in any

global final, so now we have one who can produce under ten seconds when

it really matters. I was really pleased for him, and I hope again

that this eighth place does not affect him. He had trouble in the

build-up, didn't he two yes, he had hip problems, he did not have the

best preparation for these championships.

But running under ten seconds twice this year for a British athlete is a

great achievement. I think if he can stay healthy and start to believe he

is in the calibre of the Americans and Jamaicans, possibly not Bolt,

but he can do really well in the championships and really deliver on

this kind of stage. We were pleased with his performance, but was he?

James, what a night, to go under ten seconds and make the final on this

huge stage, I know you would have liked to have gone better but this

has been an incredible night. Yes, this semifinal took a lot out

of me, I was watching my race back there and I gave it everything I had

for 60 metres and ran out of gas for the last 40 metres. I was happy to

make the final, it is an achievement for me so far in my career. To put

it into perspective, your last race was in Birmingham before this, when

you ran 9.91 and then you had injury problems. How difficult has that

journey been? I was out for around three weeks, I knew it was going to

be tough but it is about self belief. It was tough but I am just

happy to make the final. You must be bred of yourself because I know with

times under ten seconds you can be in the mix with these guys with the

right preparation. This is my first year going under ten, if I can carry

on making it under ten on a consistent basis I can work on that

for the final and build on that. Thank you for talking to us... I

want to thank my mum, I know they have been praying a lot, I would

like to thank God because they are a very religious family, I would also

like to thank my fiance, as well. I am glad he is happy, Colin.

is important, sometimes young people have huge expectations of themselves

and thank, I am disappointed. He knew what he achieved, he took

his performance beyond his own personal expectations and he has

realised, hang on, I am eighth in the world, not many people can say

that. It was a solid performance. It is Denny 's's bald event, the

heptathlon, coming up, first it is the 100m hurdles.

Good morning from the Luzhniki Stadium, capacity 6000, just under

that this morning, gently easing into

This is the line-up. Julia Machtig from Germany is someone to look out

for, not necessarily in this event because she seems to struggle in the

hurdles but she will get stronger as the heptathlon goes on. It is a

field overall which has been decimated, not just the three

medallists from London missing, the top five from London are missing.

The Russian injured knee ligaments during the Russian trials, the

silver medallist of Germany, injured as well. It is all about the times,

of course, here, and the quickest in this line-up is Wassana Winatho, the

Asian champion from Thailand. We off very slowly. Bit of a stumble at

the end from her, too. There is about 980 points for the winner,

Wassana Winatho. She just time to run to the end perfectly there.

Apple to grab second place. 13.88. Once twice over the last couple of

days, especially in the early morning, we have had a problem with

the timing. That is a personal best for Eliska Klucinova.

Not only get to catch up with Katarina Johnson-Thompson, has chic

answers through Oliver events. hurdles, that is becoming one of my

strongest events. In the Habitat win, it is one shots to do

everything. You have to do your best at every event. The high jump is my

strongest event. It is the higher scoring event in the habitat: . The

shot put is getting there. If I can just get a bit more length, it could

be hundreds of points. Hopefully I can do well another not embarrass

myself too much. In the hundred metres, I got a huge personal best

and they didn't -- a huge personal best in Finland. With my throws, I

will have to get better in the other events! The long jumpers made a

first event -- is my favourite event. I jumped 6.60 at the

Anniversary Games, Slovakia get that again, that would be great. My

javelin is a lot better in the shot put. I feel are taken get further

with that. I kind of enjoy the 1,500m. I like the rat race that

goes on nets, fighting for a medal. Last year I was just going for as

high as I could get, no want to go for medals. It will all come down to

the yet hundred metres. Well the British heptathlete machine

see it in such a healthy situation. Katarina Johnson-Thompson is the one

we will look to hear. She is looking good. She has obvious strengths, and

some weaknesses that might hamper her this weekend -- sorry, today.

She knows that there's an opportunity with all the top names

not here to come forward. It is actually a very mediocre field, to

be honest. Sharon Day from the USA is one of the only woman in this

field to score over 6500 points. In my day, that is a score that a lot

of women would have been able to get. What can you do? She just has

to compete at the best of her ability. In Sydney you were held

together with bits of tape, weren't you? It is a tough event. The girls

are used to be love training for it. It is about keeping your head in the

right space and taking keep sheep event is due come. Well, there is

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. That is way down in the BIOS of the

stadium, somewhere. She is just ready to come out for the third

heat. She looks very relaxed, very comfortable. These girls get on

really well, they do. It is strange for people to believe that, but

generally there is a good atmosphere. She has relax, she

enjoys the hurdles, and she knows if she gets her heptathlon of June good

start, she is ready. So, heat number she is having a great season.

Nafissatou Thiam turns 19 a week today. She has taken the Belgian

record. There is Bettie Wade. She seconds that she finished second in

their American championship second Sharon Day. There is Kristina

Savitskaya getting the early-morning applause from described. The javelin

is really the strength for Sofia Ifantidou there. There is the

reigning African champion, Yasmina Omrani. Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva is

lame you. Nafissatou Thiam is a event in the heptathlon. This is the

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that is confirmed, that is a personal best for Linda Zublin. That

is all you can do you, get a personal best. If you keep doing

that, it will add up to many points. If confirmed, up to a thousand

points for Linda Zublin. She got away well. It was a bad start by

Bettie Wade. The only athlete to really challenge Linda Zublin was

Yasmina Omrani. Linda Zublin stood up rather quickly. You might have

heard Colin Jackson the other day talking about getting your hips high

as soon as you can after the start in preparation for the first hurdle.

Linda Zublin is very quick between the hurdles. She seems to be a

little bit of balance when she lands, to she couldn't really drive

for the line. That is a good time, 13.51. That is a smart effort from

the Swiss champion. And you lifetime best. That is a new personal best

for Yasmina Omrani. Disappointment that Jessica

Ennis-Hill isn't here, injury meaning she could not come and event

title that you one of 2009. Jessica Ennis-Hill so away well. She

is coming away very strongly here. Jessica Ennis-Hill sprinting away

here! Jessica Ennis is flying! She certainly has produced a lifetime

run through. Not very quick, and it is not very long. But that is a

solid start. It has been a long, hard, gruelling

two days, but the things they the way they are, we are looking at a

world champion! Great Britain has found another great start! The girl

from the city of steel comes to Berlin hunting for gold, and she has

We will miss her. When you watch that, you smile. She is

aesthetically so pleasing to watch. She looks very athletic and

everything she does. That is what attracts you to her skills. Also the

way she competes, she is a mean competitor. You think she is just

gorgeous, just lovely, but when push comes to shove, she pulls

underperformance. What was impressive about Berlin is having

had virtually all of 2008 at home injured with that stress fracture,

to come back in the world Championships and dominate the way

she did was extraordinary. That says a lot about her mental toughness.

She is very determined, very ambitious. You can be sure that you

will combat stronger next year. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, will it

be better for heard that Jessica Ennis-Hill is not here? I think she

likes to have her around. She has to be focused and do well. Looking at

what Katarina Johnson-Thompson has done so far, she has taken

Jessica's junior record, and is maybe 200 points ahead of where

Jessica was at a similar stage. is what is so exciting for us. She

has won junior championships. That has got to excite her. How important

is it for her to go off to good start? It is essential. Your

adrenaline is built up this event. It is an early start with these

ladies. You can make mistakes in the hurdles, you don't want that because

you would constantly be wearing catch up afterwards. She is looking

relaxed and those which it has to do. You saw her last year competing

in London. She embraced that environments. She loved the

adulation and used it so effectively. One thing she is

guaranteed is British support! British are always here! Paul Diggin

everybody. This is the line-up for heat three.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson goes in finished 16th in the Olympic on

petition last year. She has improved in a few disciplines, though. 13.53

is her lifetime best. She said that this year. Sofia Linde, European

junior medallist, 18 years old, the Dutch always turn out a good team of

heptathlete is. Makeba Alcide. Possibly one of the favourites to

but under 200m on day one, can the American Sharon Day get off to a

of the blocks, Ellen Sprunger right on the inside. Grit Sadeiko is going

to win this one, there was off fall there, the Dutch athlete was going

so well up until the last hurdle. Sadeiko came through, 13.40, a very

good time. This is what can happen in the

heptathlon or the Dakar phone, you can come unstuck on one event. -- or

the decathlon. The Dutch athlete is down on the final hurdle, she has

been going well this season, she is three times the Dutch champion. We

are talking about Sharon Day, she could challenge for the title, but I

think Nadine Broersen will be one of those thinking about getting up

towards the medals. Nadine Broersen did finish but she will gather very

few points because of this. She will be absolutely disgusted

with herself. That last hurdle will have cost her dearly. 13.40 is a

very good score indeed for the very good score indeed for the

winner, 1065 points. A bit of Russian jiggery-pokery with

the timetable and the selection of heats, we thought it was heat three,

but it is heat for four Katarina Johnson-Thompson, which makes sense

because she is a decent hurdler. She is, and she wants to get her

campaign off to a good start with the fastest women in the field.

It is better for her psyche, keeps focused, I hope she gets a good

lane. She looks relaxed, which is good.

Just mark out the names to look out for and maybe I guess of the points

tally to take this title. It is difficult to say at this stage.

These guys are trying to get close to their personal bests, break them

if possible. Katarina will be looking to finish in the top eight,

maybe take a medal if the opportunity should arrive. But

Antoinette Nana Dijmou, and Ashton Eaton's wife, Breanne TS and eaten.

Apparently she nearly killed her husband with a javelin!

Yes, he was retrieving his javelin and heard javelin caught him across

the face. Luckily it was not a bad injury.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson is clearly a good sprint hurdler. But she is

not such I good thrower. She is not. It is something, in heptathlon you

don't get everything all at once, it is like making a cake, one year you

will work on your furrows, another year it is speed and endurance. She

is in a transitional phase where she has knocked chunks off of her

personal best. There will be real emphasis on throwing in these

championships, she knows that is the difference between a 6300 athlete

and being up at 6500. Sometimes with junior athletes you measure

development, they develop quickly and she gets a big score because she

has developed quickly, that does not seem the case with Katarina.

In the heptathlon you have so many events you can work on them.

When you are a young junior you have lots of attributes you have

naturally, a natural jumper, a natural runner, and natural

hurdler, but Katarina struggles with the shot but. She said that she can

get a meter, that will come with maturity.

She relies a lot on her speed, jumping is exceptional, but these

are things she can develop, strength in the gym, she needs to work on

that if she is able to get up to the 40 metres that gives you that

confidence to make sure you are in the mix when you are a 40 metre

floor. She seems to have a level-headed attitude to the World

Championships. In the shot putt last night she finished in sixth place,

but Colin, she shrunk under the pressure, that is not something

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and seems to do. That is also something you

cannot teach an athlete. I was excited about Jessica Ennis-Hill

many years ago, she came through and delivered, I am excited about

Katarina. This time it is Katarina The final heat of this heptathlon

champion last year indoors and if she is in shape she can be a real

challenger. The fastest time we have had in the hurdles so far, 13.50 by

Grit Sadeiko of Estonia. Katarina Johnson-Thompson's best thing is

13.48, she will be hoping to get close to that. Ganna Melnichenko of

the Ukraine finished 10th in the Olympics last year. We have Karolina

Tyminska, she could be a challenger. Erica Bougard, of the USA. Breanne

Jason Eaton, the wife of the new world champion in the decathlon,

Ashton Eaton, also the decathlon indeed, she is the European 100m

champion, she has tremendous flat speed, Dafne Schippers. Watch out

for Breanne TS and eaten. Lies from a British perspective on Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, this new exciting champion. The British Junior

heptathlon record-holder. There is Ashton Eaton, the king of

multi-events here in Moscow, the decathlon champion watching his

lifetime best and a season best, too. First blood to Canada, Damian

Warner did so well in the men's decathlon taking the bronze medal.

They have a couple of very good multi-event here. Theisen Eaton is

starting her campaign in flying colours. We will have to confirm

what Katarina Johnson-Thompson did, but a slow start for the Britain.

Yes, Katarina Johnson-Thompson is not on the big screen yet, but a

very good performance from Brianne Theisen Eaton, she may have been

inspired by her husband watching. She had that flat speed we were

talking about. I suppose another thing, having watched what happened

to Nadine Broersen, the other Dutch athlete avoided any pitfalls.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson probably wanted a bit more from that, but

Theisen Eaton was very impressive from start to finish.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson's time has just come up at 13.49 seconds, only

100th of a second outside of her lifetime best, perhaps we are doing

a little bit of a disservice to her here. She finished shortly. There is

the time is concerned -- confirmed. A brilliant win for Brianne Theisen

Eaton of Canada, 13.17, by far and away the fastest order on display,

1099 points. As Michael the fastest for the final tomorrow. Robert

Harting, the defending champion, spinning that discuss way beyond the

65 metres line. Early in the morning, through words do not late

morning sessions. They started about 15 minutes ago. -- throwers do not

65 metres, that should not prove a problem to anyone, especially this

giant man, Robert Harting qualifies easily with over 66 metres.

Another man who should qualify easily is the former Olympia

champion from Estonia -- former Olympic champion, third on the

all-time list. He always finishes very quickly indeed, a little bit of

balance on that occasion, but it just pops over the qualifying line.

In quick succession, two automatic qualifiers. David Canter, perhaps

not the athlete he once was, but when you consider his lifetime best

is 70.38, third on the all-time list. Here's 34 years old, Robert

Harting is comparatively a youngster. Ashton Eaton certainly

will be delighted with his wife's progress in the heptathlon. He was

cheering there, he was on his feet. There is the leader in the head of

one after the first event, and there are other points, Brianne Theisen

of Katarina Johnson-Thompson's of Katarina Johnson-Thompson's

strongest disciplines. JONATHAN EDWARDS: We were looking at

that race and thinking, maybe not, but each race is not a race against

the opposition but against yourself. It is a race against yourself. I was

thinking her start was not as good as normal but she came through

brilliantly in the field and as you said it is about staying with your

personal best. She will be thinking, OK, job done, moving onto

the high jump, this is where I need to start amassing my points because

this is one my strengths. It is almost like... I was going to

see a different sport, but a different mental approach. In our

sport I was thinking I need to jump further than him, you thought I need

to run faster, it is a different mental approach, isn't it? Yes, you

have to become a different athlete, you know you're hurdling is not the

quickest, but you know what you can do, you know your strengths are

coming up and you have to deliver on them. You have to keep changing your

philosophy throughout and being competitive, knowing you have to

react if your nearest rival is really on the game. But here you see

her jump, she does not panic, she knows it is good enough, but she is

driving for the line and working well. The key thing with the

heptathlon is that, you know, it is seven events, you cannot lose your

focus for one second and you cannot panic until you cross the line.

when you have a field about you running away from you and you think

I am not doing very well, you have to be incredibly mentally tough.

Yes, you cannot afford to panic. We saw that at the Olympics last year

where she knew she was good enough and she knows she is still learning,

she is only 20 - there is a lot of room for growth here. Colin, you

were intensely watching her technique? Yes, I was watching how

soft and gentle she is into the first hurdle, but once she felt more

confident she rose very well off every single barrier. All she needs

to do is push into the first hurdle a little bit and she will lose

tenths of seconds. Jess is always a regular 13 second hurdler, I think

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Women's long jump last night, we had high hopes for Shara Proctor, it did

not quite turn out as we had hoped. She seemed to be in such good

position going into yet, the longest distance in qualifying, 6.85. There

is no point jumping big distances throughout the year, then folding

when it counts. To do seem to be very tight. She didn't look very

fluid. I think she was concentrating on getting as fast as she possibly

could. One of the things that you needs to long jumpers give yourself

a certain amount of range of the board. In trying to run really fast,

she didn't get much left. Absolutely. Through the middle of

her run-up, it was too short and tight, the penultimate fit that you

needed to go into the take-off was not quite right. It is so

frustrating. When you go on the runway, she must be thinking to

yourself, I am capable of doing this jump and if I do this jump, I will

win the gold medal. I think sometimes that can be overwhelming

for an athlete. It is in your grasp. Sometimes it is difficult to deal

with that. Get up to the level of anxiety, then just staggered back

just a fraction. If you can do that, it leaves you your beautiful fluency

that you have worked so hard to achieve. This is where the coach is

very important. If they can see that the athlete is tight, not too much

information, maybe just one instruction. If I was her coach at

that stage, I would have been sent just relax. It is a hard thing to

put into practice. She does remind me, Philip Sidhu would, he couldn't

seem to massive vacation early on in his career. It took awhile to learn

his trade. Once he got there, he ended up being world champion.

Hopefully that is a good sign for Sara Proctor. I love watching

Britney Rees, because she doesn't have any technique! How dare you say

that about a 7.25 metre jump! Her problem is inconsistency. She nearly

didn't make it into the final. As you know, it only takes one jump.

That was enough to win the competition. Consistency, she does

manage to put together a good championship record. Yes, she is a

strong jumper. Her technique is not pretty to watch, is it? We are used

to seeing people like Carl Lewis, he is so beautifully fluent. These

people have an enormous amount of natural talent with a huge amount of

spring. There is that story of the American talking to the Russian who

says I really like your style, but I love my distance better. Well, if

someone would just get a hold of this young lady from Kenya, she

could do wonders in this event. She is raw talents. She is strong,

powerful, but when she gets in the air, it is just messy. She over

rotates, is not able to hold her upper body. She is a medallist at

the Olympics. I believe... One of the problems for Blessing Okagbare

is that she is almost too quick on the long jump. Blessing Okagbare

almost seemed to see more discipline than Sara Proctor. That discipline

bidder in a better position to plant of the board. Once she leaves the

board, looks terrible. Going into it, it is pretty good. I don't know

what your approach was to the run-up, but it is Mr different style

of running, isn't it? You stride, then increase your cadence. It is

power with control. The most important stride of those last five

straight into the board. Blessing Okagbare does that really well. I

tried to generates speed, but also relax. I have never seen Shara

Proctor do that Sprint position before, she drove out. I thought,

why do that? Trust would you can do you don't change it. I was very

surprised. She will learn from this. Let she said in interview, she

will learn from it, her season isn't over. We will have bowed to the

track, I think. We have the steeplechase. It is good morning to

Thankfully, not the weather we had last night. You might assume that

amazing picture of Usain Bolt with the lightning bolt coming down in

the background. I don't know if that were photo shop or not. Brendan

doesn't know what photos shoppers! Yes, I do! Do know that one. We are

happy to look forward to these heats of the men steeplechase. So, we are

looking for a good shoe, in an event that they're pretty much owned in

the next couple of -- in the last couple of years. James Wilkinson

forbids Mogul in the second heat. Not only people in the stadium this

morning. -- James Wilkinson goes for Britain in the second heat. As you

can see, the 3,000 metres steeplechase, the water jump on the

outside of the track, so they have just over seven laps. There is Abel

Kiprop Mutai, maybe not one of the best-known Kenyan steeplechasers. I

was watching Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad in Paris on the

Diamond Lake, he had at brave effort to trampy the magical it minute

barrier. He was just outside of its. The home crowd, about 50,000

people, were wishing him to do that, but he didn't quite do it. There is

the Russian, Ilgizar Safiullin, getting the home support. There is

the great Benjamin Kiplagat. Let's see if these efforts can get the

best out of themselves this early in the morning! They just want to get

over the first barrier safely. The normal -- they normally have a

double barrier for the first one, don't they, are the only have one

barrier here? Benjamin Kiplagat raced for that barrier on the

outside. He handled it pretty efficiently. It has been really,

really warm him -- warm here in the last couple of days. The distance

runners run in the morning, running two sessions a day with the first

one starting early in the morning. Some of them don't like racing in

the morning. You have got to get used it, because that is what

happens. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, the Olympic

silver medallist, giving them a bit of daylight at the back of the

field. You can see the varying techniques over the water jump. Some

of the Africans, especially when they are going at full speed, love

to go straight over the barrier into the water without touching the

barrier at all. Engine and the gap has said offered a really good speed

here. Maybe a few morning nerves for the Ugandan. He is reasonably

experienced at this level. He was at the Beijing games as a 19-year-old.

He is taking them off at a reasonable let here. Mahiedine

Mekhissi-Benabbad will mind. The Spaniards have been really cute in

this event over the years. Brendan, when you're in the first heat of

three, I'm not sure Benjamin Kiplagat is doing yourself a

favour, but he is giving others the chance of getting through with this

six Steelers qualifiers gone through. He has the Olympic silver

and bronze medallist in this race. There is only one real chance for

him, and that is the way he is seeing it. Yuri Floriani has decided

to catch up with him. Benjamin Kiplagat is still pressing on. Yuri

Floriani has decided that he wants to be safe, be comfortable. Two

minutes and 44 seconds, that is a good speed. When you consider that

Yuri Floriani's best is eight minutes and 32, you would wonder

what he is doing going off so fast. This speed has stretched everybody

out. Benjamin Kiplagat, you can see him running a hard race. Benjamin

Kiplagat is doing... If he had taken about at eight minutes and 20 speed,

that would have been fine. He has gone out a lot faster than that.

Yuri Floriani is tucked in behind him. He is pulling the talent to the

front, he is doing his job. Abel Kiprop Mutai moving into second

place, Mahiedine Mekhissi bidding into third place. Richard Kepler gap

has done a job here, he is hurtling strongly, running strongly. The two

Olympic medallist are taking the natural place in this event.

He is giving himself an insurance policy - he is running quick, and he

is also running into position in the first three. The Spanish athletes

are moving up there, Mullera, years running well, too. This is the only

event where the photographers, they normally stay at the finishing line,

but for this event they cried round the track.

I think they are after a car crash picture. None is so far. The

Canadian runner, Matthew Hughes, he has how about -- is having a

cracking year so far. Mullera of Spain, Mutai, as they start to close

in on Kiplagat. They cannot relax because while Matthew Hughes and

Mullera are there, they could easily go through this. I am not sure the

other two heats of anyone who will take it as hard as this.

Into the water jump, so far they are hurdling the bar straight into the

water, as you get tired sometimes you step on the bar. Floriani is

fading away from that one, they are all safely through the water. Two

laps to go. We're looking for the 2000 metres time, they must be

through that now, we missed that one, it has not come up on the

screen. With two laps to go, Kiplagat leads, Mullera in Spain --

from Spain in second place. There is a group of five of them now, three

places to take. This strong pace has continued in the second kilometre

and they are giving themselves a chance of qualification,

qualification for the first three and the sixth fastest losers. Try it

-- Luchianov getting onto that back three there, as well. They move into

the penultimate negotiation of the water jump, safely over. There is

still an opportunity here for six men. Luchianov is getting onto this

back for. They are thinking, we have come this far. Matthew Hughes had

has a great year and he looks really strong as they take the bell.

Matthew Hughes from Canada, 8.20 is his personal best. The two Olympic

medallists are there, Kiplagat has faded away and Mullera still has a

race to run. Hughes is really striking out, giving himself an

opportunity, as temp -- Mutai comes back. He is hurting committee is

driving, you can see that. Mutai has just done enough and they come to

the last water jump, he is over safely. The first three are clear of

Mullera. It has been a fast, hard first round

race here. Hughes can relax. Mutai almost went down at that last

barrier. Hughes is jogging across the line and we'll knock four

seconds of his personal best. Mutai holds on for third, Luchianov, they

have every opportunity for fastest losers. Kiplagat will so have a

chance, two more seats to come, you let it out at such a hard place. I

am really impressed with the Canadian, you have to question

whether he needed to go as hard on that last lap. He took it easy for

the last 200m or so. He pushed really hard here. When you knock

four seconds off your best and jog across the line he obviously has

more in attack. It is a dilemma for an athlete of

his ability. When he got to the bell he would have seen his time, and now

years relaxing. Mekhissi drifting towards the front. Into the

finishing straight, 7.59. He could have taken a chunk of his personal

best, and it is a dilemma for an athlete, because he has run faster

than ever before, he has jogged over the finishing line, he has made a

personal best, but then he has to do it again. Look out quickly Mullera

closes on Mutai. Both of them should have been more careful there, that

was a little bit too close for comfort. Mekhissi breezes past

Matthew Hughes and now he has to go away and do it all again, let's hope

he can because he is clearly capable of running a lot faster than he did

today. Hopefully he can do it in the final, that is where you would want

to do it, but he will be happy with that, he is bound to be. This man,

Mekhissi, is going to be a challenger, the Kenyan athlete we

expected to dominate the expected to dominate the

steeplechase. Beautiful style, beautiful technique over the

beautiful technique over the barriers, powerful runner. Good

We have the better Kenyans to come, of course is a deal to end the --

will be in the next race. Those times are fast, following on the top

three. Brett Morse going for a great

Britain, second on the all-time list, behind Lawrence Okoye, who has

turned his back on athletics to concentrate on American football.

That is around 60 metres for Brett Morse, British champion this year

under the tutelage of Andy Britton, his coach in Wales. The big

Birchfield Harrier needs more. The top six at the moment are all over

62 metres and we have another group to come, so I can't see anyone

qualifying, really, if they have not thrown around 63. 59.23 his best so

far. James Wilkinson goes for Great

Britain in the next group of the 3000m steeplechase, let's hear from

3000m steeplechase, let's hear from I think it is all about development

for me. I am 23 years old and hopefully I can maybe get a personal

best out there. It depends on conditions and how it is running,

but it is about learning how the runs go and trying to make the

final, as well. It is an honour to get the steeplechase back

represented in the team when we don't have many enduring skies,

compared to other years, anyway. Describe the process of taking those

barriers and having the Indian and slapped after lap. There is 35 of

them, it is difficult getting used to that.

In the stadium you have the people all around you and you can even see

the barriers. You can practice all day long on the track on your own,

but when you get there you cannot see the barrier until a split-2nd

before. The first lap it seems like nothing, the last two laps they seem

Wilkinson, there he is in this second heat, sitting at the back,

and it is an experience for him, because far closer to the front, we

talk about the Kenyans reigning supreme. The man just in front of

him is the king of them all, Ezekiel Kemboi. Evan Jager is there, as

well, his blond hair bobbing along. The American may be able to get to

the final but here is by no means certain of qualification. We talk

about the fastest losing six, and that first heat was very quick. They

knew what they had to do, it was a very quick heat, they have set down

a good marker in that first heat. The first heat, very good times,

they are jogging so far here. James Wilkinson wisely positioned itself

so he can see the barrier on the outside. It is a learning experience

coming to the World Championships and it is important for British

distance runners to be represented in these events. If they don't get

the challenges where are the incentives for the men training hard

all year round? James Wilkinson has that chance. Qualification is tough,

first three, then six fastest losers, but then can he do a

personal best? We have just seen Matthew Hughes of Cameron -- Canada

make a personal best, hopefully James can do similar. He is only 23

years old, he could have a long career ahead, it is important this

is a positive experience for him. Talking about experience, we have

the man in front of him who is twice the world champion, twice Olympic

champion, Ezekiel Kemboi. He is someone to try and learn from.

Wilkinson won the UK Championships. Luke Gunn has been the UK's

strongest steeplechase runner for a while, but he took some time out

after failing to qualify for the Olympics. He got married to Hannah

England, as well. James Wilkinson stepped in, took his UK title, he

did not get the a standard for qualification, but as Brendan was

saying, given the chance to compete here.

One place ahead of him, Ezekiel Kemboi, the Olympic champion, as

Gari starts a move through the field. James Wilkinson will have to

start making a move through these athletes. The pace is clearly slower

than the first round so qualification at this pace would be

difficult in terms of fastest losers, because there was a fair few

running a good time. 2.52 for the first 1000m. That is comfortably

within James's range, he should be strong at that pace. He should now

be able to gather a little bit of confidence, feeling good and looking

to get in amongst these athletes. You're starting to move through,

coming on the outside, it gives you a good view of the barrier, jostling

for position there. Just bide your time, James, on the outside. Into

the street, now it is about running hard. Gari on the inside of him, the

other Canadian, Genest ahead of him. James is running well now.

He is running well in the middle of things, steady in that first heat --

slower than that first heat when Kiplagat went out ahead of them and

set the pace, running like English Gardner, running hard. He's in a

good position at the moment, James Wilkinson, any dissident -- decent

finish in this field would be something to take back and build on.

We need to find some 1,500m runners, give them the chance to train over

the barriers. This steeplechase tours are the poor relations. -- it

is 22 years since we had is an athlete for Britain have a really

good, world competitive time. We need cultures to start getting some

of her 1,500m runners to aim for have done well at this event in the

past, but it largely false to the East Africans night. The French have

now. It has real talent around him. Jane should be capable of running at

this speed, to this time. He has to start putting down a marker. Two

laps to go. He is thinking about running hard to the finish, and he

will have two. He said he wanted our personal best, but this is looking

tough for him. If there is a character in this event in the whole

world, it has to be Ezekiel Kemboi. He already would be in the argument

for the greatest runner of the steeplechase of all time. He has

Roberto Alaiz with life at the back. He needs to get going. Will he get

through as one of the six fastest losers? We were talking about the

French pedigree in this event, and there is Noureddine Smail. James

Wilkinson is trying to bridge the crap from the second group up to the

first grip. He is still running strongly. Noureddine Smail from

France leads. Watch Ezekiel Kemboi, I'm sure he will put on some kind of

shoe. He will try to win this one. James has just gone through the

motions night. He is finding it really difficult. Ezekiel Kemboi is

being challenged night. There we go, Ezekiel Kemboi, the defending

group will go through. The Canadian trying to go through. That was a

stumble from Noureddine Smail. That could cost them! He has gathered his

lament. Those first three go through automatically. Noureddine Smail

comes through for third place. James Wilkinson coming across the line.

will not be a personal best for James Wilkinson. That is a bit

disappointing. This was his chance. It was his opportunity to run a

personal best. You give soccer chants, but physically he wasn't

capable. There they go, Noureddine Smail on the inside. There was the

Olympic champion, Ezekiel Kemboi. He is being challenged by Evan Jager.

Noureddine Smail looks across. All three of them are safely over. Now

into the finishing straight. Neither tartness starts to set in.

Noureddine Smail is in third place. You could see the stumble by

Noureddine Smail and it cost him a little bit of time. Noureddine Smail

just keeps it going, gathers and sob again. Ezekiel Kemboi was on the

outside, ready to do. Very impressive performance by Evan

Jager. He has been really impressive since he moved up from the 1,500m.

Noureddine Smail was really lucky he didn't fall. Evan Jager is a good

athlete. If there is a British athlete who might not be at the top

echelon at a certain distance but might do what Evan Jager did,

convert the steeplechase. There is James Wilkinson just coming in. The

fastest losers will properly come from the first heat as it was a fast

ahead of Ezekiel Kemboi. Noureddine Smail did well to come in third

after stumbling over the last this big global stage? It was

tough. A great experience. It was lucky that my heat was the slower of

the two so far. When the sheets came out I thought they are done well,

less competitors than everybody else, to great competitors in my

race. The first part of the race was too slow. I could see them moving

member decided to back it up, but it is hard when everyone is jostling

for position all the time. I have never been in a race when they are

so many people on edge, basically. They are all trying to get the

inside lane into the barrier. I give it a go. A .35 is OK, not a

disaster. I know you wanted a personal best. But that is all part

of the learning curve. I have to learn what to do to qualify for

finals and from there. I tried is, or thought about, making it fast for

myself. That might have been suicidal. I probably would not

finished any higher than I did. It is all about learning what I need to

do and coming away positive and wanted to come back in progress.

men's discus. Here is Robert Urbanek, the Polish number two. That

could be really close to the 65 major qualification line. I think it

is fair to say that Brett Morse will make it, he has just gone over the

50m line. I think Robert Urbanek will go through as one of the top 12

performers. So, there we have the situation. Robert Harting leading

the way, he has won just about everything. There you can see Brett

Morse. I don't think Brett Morse will take any further part in this

competition. We have had one fast, and another

middling heat. It'll be interesting to see what tactics employed here. I

think this is the big future for Kenyan steeplechasing here.

Conseslus Kipruto is the world junior champion. Paul Kipsiele Koech

selectors. This young man has all the attributes. For France,

Conseslus Kipruto was a really good 1,500m runner, and then moved up to

the steeplechase. So, there are years, the former world junior

champion, Conseslus Kipruto. I think is of running under eight minutes.

There is Paul Kipsiele Koech. He wins for fun sometimes on the

Diamond league circuit. He is a bronze medallist from the leopards

back in 2004. He can't run at altitude. He does not do well at the

trials, but they decided to keep faith with him. I think that is a

good decision by the Kenyan team management, not that the always make

good decisions, but I think that is slowly, and his team-mate the

opposite, racing to the first barrier. Let's hear the all

negotiated safely. Everybody is over OK. We always see a double barrier

for the first barrier because there is such a big fields. It would be a

bit unfortunate if you didn't get to the barrier, you could be pushed off

to the side and be disqualified! Can you have dominated this event for

many years. It'll be interesting to see Paul Kipsiele Koech, the third

fastest man of running the steeplechase of all time. It is

interesting that he can't run at altitude. He is at the back of the

field, getting the nerves out of the system. The Kenyan selectors have

stayed with him, and I think that is wise. It is not a big gamble in the

steeplechase, because they have about three others who could do

well. Conseslus Kipruto is looking over his shoulder. Paul Kipsiele

Koech has moved into fourth place, into third place now. Tarik Langat

Akdag used to run from Kenya, Nye runs for Turkey. -- is now running

for Turkey. If you're keeping an eye on your stopwatch for the sixth

fastest losers, it will be anything than they did in the first heat.

This guy, Conseslus Kipruto, for me, they had an embarrassment of

riches at the junior championships. They have to run so fast to win the

world junior title. He is so much ability. I liked the way he runs, he

is a nice looking runner. Goodspeed Kipruto off the track in the Diamond

league this year. It wasn't very nice to see because Ezekiel Kemboi

is the elder statesman of Kenyan running, in the steeplechase anyway.

He did apologise afterwards. He did expect the elder statesman to

encourage the youngster. This young man, Conseslus Kipruto, the junior

world champion, he sees the steeplechase as the opportunity to

travel the world winning records. In Britain, the steeplechase, the

distance runners turn away from it. They will do anything but the

steeplechase, don't they, Steve? It is a hard event. You have to have a

really good background. We have plenty of good people with good

endurance background and Goodspeed. We have Mark Rowlands. We had three

men in the final in 1983. That's the standard for British distance

runners, but you would not they suggested him to try this one!

He has a lot of challenges in his life, he is supposedly going to be

racing against Usain Bolt, there is going to box against Amir Khan, he

is supposed to be playing football for Arsenal, all we want him to do

is to come here and win the gold medal!

He is a big star in British and world athletics, and it is

inevitable he keeps getting asked to do these things. I am not sure that

race against Usain Bolt will ever happen, it would be nice to see it,

but... Anyway, Kipruto has moved up to fourth place. Sebastien Marcos of

Spain just on the inside. The pace has picked up, Kowal is maybe

sensing that. What do you think of the French strip, you are a bit of a

fashion an adult, -- aficionado, dark blue? I quite like it!

Anyway, it has been interesting that Kipruto has been happy to be at the

front, Koech taking his opportunity well. Top three, don't forget, and

the pace they are going here, still opportunities with two laps to go,

there are plenty of men that have a chance to go through as fastest

losers. Tarik Langat Akdag moving up, as well. They are running fast,

there are many fast qualifiers. There are positions available, they

are not too fast. Lick out the difference in that technique, the

way that young Kipruto goes over the barriers. The Frenchman, Kowal,

looking strong. Paul Kipsiele Koech should looking good. He has not done

any favours, that young man, you would have thought he would have

given him a bit of a breather! Haven't is a need, just at the back

of that group, there, the Moroccan. Tarik Langat Akdag has MIDI,

surprisingly, 's has surprisingly may be moved away from this top

group. Don't forget, I said anything under 8.25 would be good enough.

There they go on the last lap, the competition really starts. Koech has

not been in front yet, but there he goes, this is a chance. They are

stretching already and the gap begins to open. Kipruto has done all

the work, I don't see why you should let him past now. But they are doing

it together, cooperating. They are talking to each other, settling

down, the information from the young man, the pretender. That was pretty

good, that was pretty comfortable. He is keeping an eye out what is

going behind, both over the barrier, one with a foot on, one

straight over, and they have a fairly comfortable qualification.

Yes, they don't want to be silly, they sprinted out that hurdle and

almost had a stumble. Kowal is celebrating already. Watch that

time, hammered Issey Neet will definitely got through, -- Amit Izzy

Neet -- Hamid Ezzine is definitely through. Fairly cut and dried, these

two with the likes of Mutai, Evan Jager running well, and the Canadian

run was pretty well, as well, in that first heat. For Kenyans through

to the final, young Kipruto did all the work, orchestrated proceedings

on the last lap. He was telling Paul Kipsiele Koech should what is going

on. -- Paul Kipsiele Koech Schwab is going on. I think this young man is

going to get in amongst them, I think he will have a chance of a

medal. Koech, the third fastest steeplechaser of all time, now given

a chance in the championships, he has not been selected for a while

because of his inability to run the trials in Kenya. Kipruto, 18 years

old, good performance, he knows what he is doing, and a good performance

by Kowal of France. Ezzine has a chance to go through as one of the

fastest losers. Remember the name of Kipruto, I think we will see him in

the final. The first three fairly clear and ten

three will go through as fastest loser, but nobody else from that

third heat. That is the unofficial results, we will try and get the

fastest losers for you once they have gone through the official

JONATHAN EDWARDS: You have to love watching the Kenyans steeplechase,

plenty more great action to come this morning.

The hurdling maybe other slightly better nature when we see Dai Greene

take to the track, the defending champion. It is the heats of the

400m hurdles. Watch out for the Americans, there are always tough in

this event. Perri Shakes-Drayton, what a season for her so far after

Proctor last eight in the long jump, but no such disappointment on the

first day of the championships from Mo Farah. Brendan Foster has caught

up with the newly crowned 10,000m world champion.

It was definitely a hard race, I may be the favourite but sometimes that

makes it even harder because you feel all of that pressure.

You originally nervous yesterday, and the first couple of laps you

were at the back, that has become a trademark. I was really nervous, so

I aimed to start at the back and work my way through, get closer to

the guys with 5k to go. Sometimes in a race when it is hard you don't

need to go straight to the front and kill yourself, just gradually worked

your way through. To be honest, I thought the Ethiopian guys at the

race would be a lot faster. I stayed towards the back a bit and worked

together to close the gap towards the end.

All the way, your race tactics were, slow when it is...

-- the slower it is... The better for me. He is looking, he

is his wing man, his lieu tenant and he has him there with 600 metres to

It is now every man for himself. I was surprised there were not more

men in there, then with 500 metres to go Jeilan was making a move

coming up the outside. With one lap I still saw him behind, so I was

thinking, Gore hard year. Make sure you have something left because I

did not want to make the same mistake as I did in Daegu. I was

just thinking, he is there. I was looking at him, thinking, he is

coming, but I was stronger, so I was able to push and push and push and

push. Jeilan comes again! How determined

where you? He was definitely coming past, it

was just like, no, I have waited two years for this, everything is on the

line. This is world domination for Mo

Farah, he is world champion! What do we have to look forward to,

the heats of the 5000m? You will not look forward to that.

No. I will just wait, qualify, recover and hopefully get ready for

the final, but I think the final will be quite exciting. Let's have a

chat with Steve Cram, a wonderful performance from Mo, and in that

interview you got an idea of how much fat lost two years ago hurt

him. Yes, because he went as a bit of a

favourite to win that, and when you come in as a favourite it is

different, as you know, it is something different to content

with. He thought he had it right and when

you do all the things you think you need to do in a race and someone

passes you on the home straight it can set in a lot of self-doubt. He

had a period, I remember talking to him after that 10,000m in Daegu and

saying, you did not do too much wrong, it was a question of timing,

you have all the attributes you need you just need to going to the 5000m

and execute differently. That is the great thing about Mo Farah these

days, he is brilliant now about going into big races and doing

exactly what he needs to do to win. The question is, I am sure you are

going to ask me this, when we look at the 5000m, again, is anyone going

to do something to make him have to rethink his tactics, make him do

something different? I am not sure anyone in the 10k was capable of

it, 5000 is perhaps different. We chatted about it yesterday, do

you think they would have been? In Mo Farah's mind that he was not as

sharp over the last 500 metres as he would have expected? I think he was

a little surprised at how difficult the race was, I think the conditions

have had a bearing on that. It has changed today, some athletes

have been talking about how heavy the air is and all of the athletes

were really tired in that 10,000m. That is another reason, perhaps,

quite nobody was able to do anything. Given everything we have

seen from Mo the time was not as impressive as we would have thought,

but it was what was required to win. When it comes to the 5000m it is not

about saying, what will the last lap the? It is pointless second guessing

that, he has to run the last lap to win the race. He had it three or

four weeks ago, he will still have that, he just needs to recover from

that 10,000m. He will be going through all the processes he went

through in London, he will have a hypoxic tent, all of the guys

looking after him, he acclimate is to the heat and he will move to what

will be a tough final. There was talking about the Kenyans running in

the 5000m rather than the 10,000m, hoping to take the sting from him in

the 5000m, will they have taken heart from what they saw?

Well, they would have looked at last that macro that last lap and

thought, is Mo a little bit off now? Inevitably, they are looking for

things to grasp and give the athletes confidence. At the

beginning of the year we could have argued Mo was not prepared for an

early race, they will look back to that, as well. There are plenty of

others, you got the likes of Bernhard Langer, everywhere you look

there are dangerous athletes in that 5000m that is not the same in the

10,000m. Mo will have to be at his best, he will have to execute his

race in a place that gets him where he wants to be, finally gets to the

bell he will have to execute in the last lap. It is up to the others to

try and make him do something different, changed his tactics and

maybe not allow him to control things as he tends to in the last

two laps. We will look forward to the 5000m heats and good luck to Mo,

even though he does not like the mornings.

We are looking at the 400m hurdles, Dai Greene comes as defending

champion but not with the best build-up. It has been awful for him,

let's be honest. From his injuries to illness, when

you up world champion and all you are trying to do is hold onto your

title, with all these other obstacles coming your way it is so

frustrating and it will be so tough out there. Let's hear from Dai

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

Greene and the other British competitors. It was quite a

breakthrough year. I see these people on television,

and idolise them. It is fantastic. I always wanted bit more. I will have

to run every single round as the final. I'm a surprise myself. I know

I'm capable of running quicker. one has really set the Starlight in

the 400m hurdles and been dominant all season. Everyone has had their

ups and downs. Of the leaf I can run to the best of my ability I will be

in with a chance again. A strong trio. Sebastien Collins is

the one that we don't know much about. We know he has the ability to

win big races when he is under pressure. This is a very different

ball game as there is talent all around. The 400 metre hurdles remain

is going to be tough. There is no outstanding favourite. The races

have not been particularly fast either. I think that if -- perhaps

to the frustrations of Dai Greene. He would build he was anywhere near

his best he would be a world leader, but he spent all of his summer

struggling and trying to regain his form. It is a real opportunity for

this man to really get some experience and shine. In terms of

his expectations for this season, he would have targeted the under 23

championship. This would've a bonus. This would've been an absolute

bonus. There is nothing to lose when an athlete steps up to where the

senior vest. He is a tidy the -- he is a tidy hurdler, he is fresh. He

will be looking to see how you can do against this. The world leader is

only entries are let's see how he wonderful progression. The first

formal go through, and the fourth fastest from the heats will go

through. It is incredibly difficult when this is your first taste of

this event. It is a morning, not too many people in the stadium, lots

going on around you. There are a few British fans, as ever, following the

athletes around the world. He is up against the number one in the world

this year, Michael Tinsley. Michael Tinsley will be in lane three. This

hurdlers, Dai Greene has had all sorts of problems, but will be

interesting to see how he performs. Rhys Williams is pretty shape.

Sebastian Rodger progressing all of the time. 50.50 last year, and this

year Harry has combined to 49.19. Want to start running under 49

seconds, things become a bit easier. He will want to make sure that he

comes in the top four, runs a good solid race. He has Cornel Fredericks

had in the under 23 group and move it up to the senior competitions? It

is the American leading at the moment. He is already up to Cornel

Fredericks. Sebastian Rodger will have to have a good home stretch

here. Sebastian Rodger has a fight on to get into the top four. Look at

the young Russian, Timofey Chalyy! Sebastian Rodger might have just got

it. Sebastian Rodger holds his head as if to say, I am not sure what is

going on. He seemed to start OK, but lost his way in the middle of the

race. He finished strongly enough. He was perhaps quite fortunate that

the others faded around Tim. Did he get it, he might have done? He might

Sebastian Rodger. We knew that Cornel Fredericks was going to be

really strong. This is when he realises what he has to do. He

starts to do it. Cornel Fredericks would've been the man in his sights.

The first four to go through. Have a look at this on the line. On our

side you would think he got up, but the computer says otherwise. They

have given the verdict to Cornel Fredericks. It looks as though he

had made it. Cornel Fredericks did not get as well as he did. 49.66. He

is going to have a very anxious wait now. It'll be interesting to hear

qualification. I know. I felt good. I'm feeling good today. I let people

get away from your the top bend, which is frustrating. When we talked

in Barcelona in the holding, you hope that she could progress.

can, it will be a dream. If I get to the semifinals, as he would I can

do. I knew I would need a personal best to do its. How big a step up is

this from the under 23 competition? Huge. This is the world

Championships. If I spoke to people at the start of the year and said I

would be here, they wouldn't have believed that. It is great to be

better -- it is great to be part of the team. I just wanted to do better

than that, really. If I was the British team, I would ask to have a

look that bad. It is obviously very close. It is the chest who decides

that. On first look, you would think he got bad. They have given the

verdict Cornel Fredericks. He will have to wait and see. It will be

anxious. Good call from Steve Cram there. I

think the British team should have a closer look at that is, that, but

dinner protest. They will have to blow up the photofinishing really

study it. Yesterday in the men's hundred metres, the Frenchman got

through by 1000th of a second of the Chinese athlete. They have an

opportunity to blow it up and really dissect it. Whether he goes through

or not, think you did well. I do. It is not easy making the transition.

He ran well and I thought it was a solid performance. It would be a

shame for him not to make it through. He talked about losing them

on the top end. It looked as if he made a bit of a mistake coming of

barrier it goes through you. You go from 14 strides to 15 strides on the

band. You need to make a decision, should ICF I can extend your stride

to keep the speed going. If you're not that experience, you might make

a bit of a mistake, , proper. seems to go around the barrier with

his lead leg, a bit. You want back quick snap dying, but he goes down.

You tend to go around the barrier when the hurdle is very close to

you. It is quite a lazy way of doing Takayuki Kishimoto is the Japanese

champion. Has not done well at the big events, but it is a very, very

open event. For ever in a headband, Javier Culson. He got the bronze at

up again. One of the starters is coming to have a little words. I'm

not sure who with. Maybe one of the other officials. It is quite busy

down there, with the heptathlete women. During the steeplechase, I

don't know if you saw but one of the high jump competitors had her

tailpipes measuring her run-up and almost got hit by the men running

notification to the field. Javier Culson has plenty of major

championship experience is not fazed by any of this. Takayuki Kishimoto

has false started before at a major championship. That is quite a feat

in the 400 hurdles. Javier Culson is certainly one to watch and should be

fairly comfortably through. We need to watch the time for the fastest

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will try to be steady, nothing there for the fourth automatic

place. The time is good news for Sebastian Rodger. There was a bad

fall on the top bands, and the medical staff have been really slow

to get out. Jacques Frisch took a terrible tumble. It was interesting

to see L.J. Van Zyl out there, but of -- but he hasn't really been

running that well. Javier Culson is five there in contention, but Javier

Culson just slowing down. This is good news for Sebastian Rodger, he

will be one of the fastest losers out of these first two heats.

really stands out in these hurdles. I think Michael Kinsley looks

strong. I think that is what is the straight into Dai Greene, if he

didn't have as injuries he could have a really good shot at defending

his medal. I think Javier Culson will have a really good chance for a

medal. Twice all the medallist at League in New York and it is always

held around Puerto Rico day. I could not believe the amount of support,

he is phenomenal. It would be great if he could come and win the gold

medal. Safely three. -- safely The second event in the heptathlon

is well underway now. Temporarily the best high jumper. A gentle entry

into this heptathlon high jump competition. Katarina Johnson

Thompson is also one of the best high jumpers. It should be good

is the silver medallist from 2010. He finished fifth last year in

London which was a big surprise to everybody. He spins that two

kilograms disc, way beyond the 65 metre mark. His coach must be

pleased with that. First attempt. He qualifies easily. Activity hotel and

he can relax. He is in the final tomorrow and he faces Robert

Harting, of course, the defending champion. They are archrivals. It

should be a good dustup between the two and one or two other throwers as

well. Just two automatic qualifiers from the previous group. He joins

them, he is in the final. Martin Wierig now. Ashton Eaton is a

spectator here today. He is watching his wife in the win in's epitaph

lawn. And swelling the crowds in the thought he would have liked to be in

that heat. And even with Kerron Clement and Sanchez who are in

consistent performers, Sanchez in particular in his last race look

really out of sorts. Given the way the young Russian ran in the first

heat, he is 21-year-old, could be danger. One of the emotionally

charged moments of the Olympic Games in London last year when Felix

Sanchez came through to win that gold medal. Eight years after doing

it in 2004 in Athens. It was an incredible race. Rhys Williams,

after disappointments last year, has really got himself together. He is

having a great season so far. He will have to be really on good form.

He has been consistent this year. He will attack it from laying three. He

has got Kerron Clement, effectively third fastest man here. Tinsley tops

the world rankings. What about of Jamaica. A good start. Felix

Sanchez has started very quickly down the back straight. Sanchez

setting the pace here but Williams is moving nicely through the first

place at the moment but inside him is Kerron Clement of the USA. There

are chances for everybody. Williams in a qualifying place. Sanchez wins

it. Then Kerron Clement, then Annsert Whyte and Rhys Williams

holding off the Russian. For Rhys Williams, that was job done. He had

to come in the top four. There are questions over Sanchez' fitness.

Rhys Williams did well. He was always going to come under pressure

from Clement inside him but he held it together. I left out Felix

Sanchez as one of the contenders because he started the season late.

He is slowly getting better. Rhys Williams has finally got over all

his injuries. He has been improving his personal best. Felix Sanchez, we

thought the Olympic gold-medal might be his last flicker of a great flame

but he is suddenly looking like a great contender for the title here

as well. His form has been gradually building. The good news is for Rhys

Williams that he has one of those automatic qualifying places. I know

Colin is watching this. What did you make of Rhys? Did that looked like

hard work? It's always going to be hard work at this time of the

morning unless you are a sub 48.5 man. Williams will have to push

himself continuously to get up there and be within striking distance of

the top guys. He is one of these runners who can really maximise when

people make mistakes. He is a consistent runner. He gets into his

rhythm quickly. If he is there or thereabouts you can literally

guarantee he will haul himself into a qualifying position and he has

managed to do that this morning. For me, it is a job well done. It is all

Looking at it on the replay, it did not look great. How did you feel on

the start line? I felt fine on the start line. Not particularly pleased

with that but I will have to do well tomorrow night when it really

matters. You said it was an ideal preparation and then you came to the

championships and had a race like that, what do you do now when you go

away? I try not to dwell on it. The main thing is I am three. Let's see

tomorrow. We will see you there. news for Seb Rodger who is the

World Athletics Championships. This -- this event was won by one of the

get from the crowd. Moses rises. Lee is going strongly. Phillips has gone

well. And Moses is flowing beautifully. He is bringing blasts

from the crowd. Here's 34-macro yards up. He has overtaken Damien

leave. It is a one-man race already. Moses is flying. Andrei Phillips has

been overtaken. The West German has come back. He ran half the race with

Sheer class. Amazing. That was 47.48 in Lane two with his shoelace and

done. What I was looking at was the sleekness of his hurdling technique.

He broke that 10th barrier as if it was the third barrier. Faultless

hurdling and running supreme. class. The next team has an American

in it as well. Bershawn Jackson was world champion in 2005. I am not

thought for poor Roald Harald moment, no outstanding athlete in

the 400 hurdles survey chance for someone like Bershawn Jackson who

missed out in qualifying for the London Olympics. Here is Leford

Green. He was a finalist last year first round of the men's 400m

Bershawn Jackson, but he does tend to finish strongly. He is not a big

man but he has tremendous stamina. The tall figure in the green from

Senegal taking them out. Bershawn Jackson will bide his time.

Sebastian Rodger is looking good to go through as one of the fastest

losers. Mamadou Kasse Hanne will come through to take it with Leford

Green, Bershawn Jackson and coming down the inside, Jeffrey Gibson of

Sebastian Rodger. Bershawn Jackson almost strolling through. Because of

the way he races, it sometimes looks as if he is taking it easy, but the

dissolved about stride Padron's. He doesn't really changes race plan.

Mamadou Kasse Hanne has done well on the circuit this year. Yasuhiro

Fueki really put paid to his chances by clattering into one of the

hurdles. Bershawn Jackson table just the easy cross the line. Good news

for Sebastian Rodger, still in a fastest loser spot. I don't think we

have seen anybody impress incredibly. Let's just hope that Dai

Greene can negotiate his way to a lot slower than Sebastian

can see Brianne Theisen Eaton on the high jump now. Brianne Theisen Eaton

safely over. That is the commentators kiss of death for

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, this is normally is something she could do

in her sleep. She is much better than that. A tentative start at the

high jump for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is in seventh

place after the hurdles. Ashton eaten, that the and champion and

world record holder, too. The greatest all-round athlete in the

world. And his wife do the same as he did a couple of days ago?

for Dai Greene. What will be his approach? I think he will be

watching Jehue Gordon really closely. That was a surprise

victory, but I think Dai Greene will be looking at him, wondering what he

needs to do. Sebastian Rodger, we have just heard, will make it

through to the semifinals. I think you will be a very happy young man!

He needs the patterns up on the back. He worked really hard. He

needs to go back, get some rest, and evaluate what he needs to do for the

following race. As for Dai Greene, if you come here as defending world

champion, the attention is focused on you. No defending champion wants

to have to go through the process that Dai Greene has had to go

through. You want to be at the top of your game, defend your title

strongly. But he is a battler, he knows he is here to do a job. People

do it to the best of his physical ability. Whatever he Dawes, this'll

wouldn't be here. He has to just deal with the cards he has got. He

just has to be competitive. We knew Difficult time for the defending

champion. He will be wondering what he can produce here. The last 34

weeks has been very difficult for him. He has Takatoshi Abe inside

him. Sebastian Rodger will definitely go through because there

are only seven athletes in this race. Even if three of them were

quick enough, he still leads the fastest leaders -- fastest losers,

so he will definitely go through. Dai Greene has to be able to get

round safely. This is a rhythm event. He hasn't been able to get

into the rhythm because he has not been hurdling. What a big win it was

for Jehue Gordon in Monaco! He is rediscovering the kind of form that

saw him as a precaution talent at 17. He had 48 seconds flat in

Monaco! That is him second on the world list this year behind Michael

Kinsley of the USA, he was in the stay with Jehue Gordon. He looks

fairly relaxed, is hurtling well. It is the second part of the race were

a lack of preparation may come to tell. Isa Phillips is trying to get

back into the race after hitting a hurdle. Dai Greene is going well so

far. He is acquitting himself well. He is starting to look tired. Can he

get there? Dai Greene is death! Quick enough, I think. It looked

like the world champion, but the lack of fitness, the lack of

preparation, when you get into the last two or three flights, that is

when you feel it. When you really want to be able to dig into the

well, but there is nothing there. I think he will go through as a

fastest loser, I have a fingers crossed. Ultimately, no hiding

place. It is from this point on that the lack of preparation starts to

tell. Not able to do the training. You can see him gritting his teeth.

From this point here, with his usual that this, he would be able to kick

on, perhaps even the ease dying. Jehue Gordon is looking very good,

as is Isa Phillips. We expecting just about to go through. I can

confirm he will go through. Colin Jackson, probably what we expected?

It is exactly what we expected it to be. He will always be fluent, but

when you haven't got the work in your legs it will be very difficult.

This event is known as the man killer, so if you're not 100% it is

really hard. He will work hard of every barrier. At this stage he can

start to feel the pressure. He knows people are closing down on him and

he will people are closing down on him at the pressure. He knows people

are closing down on him and he will has to work so hard. That may be

enough to see him through. Dai Greene is defending world champion,

but that -- but that was tough even The bad news is you did not have the

preparation you wanted coming back to the centre title. I haven't been

able to train so much since the trials because of my calf problem. I

think the sort -- I think I saw the end of that midweek last week. I