Day 4, Part 2 Athletics: World Championships

but Mo Farah is going to get there. This is world domination for Mo

Farah. Unbeatable, unsurpassable. Christine Ohuruogu is the world

cosmonauts. Russia celebrates its race with the United States to be

the leaders in space exploration. Athletics has always been defined by

its stars, a name for every hero. majestic performance in distance

running. This is world domination for Farrer. Unbeatable,

unsurpassable. Who's next?Kirani James announces himself as one of

the new stars of world athletics. Look at Kirani James gliding round

that top bend. Kirani James is going to take Olympic gold. Total

dominance. This is the current world and Olympic champion. He is 20 years

old from the tiny Caribbean island of grenade. Is Kirani James about to

go supernova? We shall see tonight. We've been getting around this city,

it's still hot and humid. The world might be watching these athletics

Championships, but the Muscovites, so far they don't seem to be enticed

in from the countryside. Although tonight might be that night because

Isinbaeva, their sweetheart, is on show and hoping for another gold

medal to add to her collection. What a day we had, what an evening we had

last night. Christine Ohuruogu gave us so many emotions, the joy and

ecstasy of her victory. And her outpouring of emotion. Not just

hers, Denise was moved to tears. Calmed down now? I know you met this

morning, was it an emotional meeting? No, it was rejoicing with

her. She's in a great mood, a good state of mind, happy, buoyant and

with her family and friends. First 24 hours in Moscow, give me your

lowdown. I've been sleeping and sitting here next to Denise, what

could be better? You've been here before, right? I've never been to

Moscow, I've been to Saint Petersburg. Burst impressions?

Traffic. I think the traffic is quite easy compared to London. We

will move on and show you what you got in store tonight. Perri

Shakes-Drayton, a lead child and Meghan Beesley are all looking to

make the finals of the 400 meter hurdles. Can the support of a home

crowd inspired Elena Isinbaeva to gold in the pole vault? Katarina

Johnson-Thompson is aiming for glory, as the heptathlon reaches its

conclusion tonight with the 800m. Whilst the same distance separates a

fellow Brit, Andrew Osagie, for a place on the podium. Kenya's Milcah

Chemos has two bronze medals from previous championships, but she's

chasing the gold tonight. And it's looking like a straight shoot out

between LaShawn Merritt and reigning world champion Kirani James in the

400m final. Just so you can plan your afternoon and early evening

herself in a really good position with her finally bent. -- final

top. That incredible race, it wasn't just a gold, it was the way she ran

it, her guts and determination. Christine Ohuruogu, multi-gold medal

winner on the platform. Who better to send her along the morning after

the night before than another of our finest athletes? Denise went to meet

and stay in contact here around the top bend. It is on show now who

comes to the fore. Christine Ohuruogu. To run her down. She's

coming fast and quick, but will it be quick enough? Will she get there?

Christine is coming, she might just after the night before? It's really

surreal. You prepare so much for this, everything has been on point,

I haven't thought about anything else for that final. That's all I've

been thinking about. Now it's gone, it's weird not having it there.

that moment you looked up at the screen. My goodness, that was the

longest wait! We are waiting, she's looking, we are looking. She's got

it! Another gold medal, Christine Ohuruogu is a world champion again!

Across the line, even though I've worked really hard, I really would

love to come first, please let me come first. I didn't want to look at

the screen in case to wasn't me. When my name came up, oh, my God,

that was the best feeling ever! Christine Ohuruogu is the world

champ in again and is also now the British record-holder. At what point

did you realise you had the national record? It was when I saw the time,

straightaway. I thought N are after my name. By the smallest of margins,

you seem to do it every single time. That's the one thing I wanted, the

national record. I've worked hard for it. Don't get me wrong, I wanted

to win but I wanted the national record more than anything. That's

the one thing I've been working for this year. What I get a sense of is

about how you inspire people. That seems to be something that's really

important to you. It is. I always believed we are here to be blessed

and give a blessing to other people. I'm from a big family, so I've got

loads of young ones coming after me. I want to set the right example for

them and give them something to aim for. I've been fortunate enough that

I've been successful and I've been able to make things work. At these

things are not given to us, you have to go out in the world and take what

you want. Nothing will be handed over to you. It's not going to be

easy. The last few days have been the hardest in my life. But

perseverance works. It's been such a pleasure watching you. All the

disappointments you can't, the one word that comes through is

perseverance. You've got a big heart, Christine. I'm very proud of

you. You are going to make me cry! You almost brought her to tears

again. It's amazing how she just seems so complete. She said that,

the national record was everything that she was working towards this

year. That is so important. After London, finishing second, she really

thought she could have won gold. Then she reassessed, new goals and

she achieved it. It's brilliant. said in the build-up that even a day

before, she was perhaps going to have to run a national record to

beat her opponent. She felt she could do it, Michael, but executing

it is another thing. Yes. As Christine said, this is what they've

been working on all year. I think Christine and her coach always have

known that she can run much faster than she has run. Now she's been

able to put it together. That's why she was so proud. She said that she

wanted to set the national record. That national record was a real

target for her over the years because, although she wanted to set

the national record. That national record was a real target for her

over the years because, although she's would have wanted, because she

always knew she could run faster. When you are such an Luba athlete as

she is there a responsible to almost that you feel you can't leave the

sport, and did you feel like that, that you can't leave the sport

without leaving that kind of indelible mark on it? It's unique to

each individual. For me, I knew I was capable of breaking the world

record. I'd gotten so close to it so many times, so it would have been a

huge disappointment to leave the sport without having done that. For

Christine, it's not so much a world record, it's the national record.

Also, I can run so much faster than this. You want to run as fast as you

can, do the best you possibly can and leave your career when it's over

and say, I don't think I could have gotten much more out of myself than

that? We know she leaves it late, yet you still have your heart in

your mouth on that final bend, she comes off it and she's usually four

or five back. But last night was incredible. This is 2007. Again, it

was modus operandi as normal. know, but that's the way she runs.

You are not going to change her. This is her. As much as Lloyd has

tried to work on that first 200, and she has and she is getting better,

she feeds of pouring people back. This is what makes the animal. She

loves that challenge. We are talking about that national record, the

process of getting there is what has enjoyed her the most. Knowing you

can sit down at the beginning of the season, put together a plan and make

it work. I think she's thrived on that. This is the one thing that she

realises, this is last night, so she is much closer to the pack at this

point. That's because she's realised over the years, I'm sure Lloyd has

worked with her and said, look, you can't just sit back there and run a

slow 200 and then pull it out at the last minute, that's not going to

work every time. That's what I had to do in order to break the world

record. I had to finally overcome a barrier. You've got to get out. My

code was telling me every year, you've got to get out the blocks in

the 400 the same way you do in the 200. But I always said, it's twice

the distance, I'm not going to do that. But when I finally did it I

broke the world record. We always wanted to see that out of Christine.

I sat there last year in London going, could she have won it if she

was going out faster and attacking the first 200m? That's the 400 metre

runner in me saying, I'm not quite satisfied with that. We are

celebrating this and it's great, she's had a great career, but I'm

always thinking, what more could she do? So you think there are still

goals? That national record must have been a huge one. She can still

run faster than that. If you put yourself in position at 200m with

the rest of the athletes, part of the reason Christine has a strong

finish is because she wasn't really running the first 200. But she is

still a very strong athlete, stronger than the rest of them.

She's pretty quick as well. You find the right race strategy that really

speaks to her, works towards a gift and her combination of gifts, she

can run faster than that. To put it into context, her achievements, we

had this debate. You were having it mainly with Jonathan and Colin in

the back of the car on the way home last night, about whether or not she

is the greatest of all our female athletes ever. She is level on six

with Kelly Holmes. Everyone is in their own era. Diniz, you are up

there yourself with four. Is that a good way to judge her? If she has

the world record, it's never going to happen, I don't think, it would

put her head and shoulders. The criteria has got to be a gold medal.

You think a world record as well. But she is up there. What she's

done, back-to-back championships, meddling and, if she gets the

Olympic gold medal, she's impressive. She doesn't need us to

tell her she's the greatest. None of this matters to her. The medals are

nice will stop she takes great pride in how she inspires others. That's

what I really got out of the interview today. She wanted that

national record because, again, being the best in your country is

one thing, but it is solidified by having that national record. Jessica

Ennis-Hill to the same way about being the best, winning medals but

not owning the British record, and now she does. Mo Farah was out again

today and made it look like a stroll in the park. Quite the crew he was

there with Galen Rupp, his training partner and he crossed the line in

fifth but this was not going to test him too much, this was just about

qualifying and getting himself there. This was about qualification

and getting Galen Rupp to qualify because it was the second of the

heats and these guys should have been running quicker and they didn't

and Mo wants to manage race. He does not want to spend too much energy,

look at the two of them, it looks like they are having a nice training

run. " How are you today, cappuccino afterwards? " We will be hoping that

you will be there to watch him go for what would be an incredible

Have a cup of tea, chill out, Mo is in the race! You have to have that

confidence and belief in yourself. You have to go into the race and

think, yes, I am going to win. I will fight to the line. The final, I

think it's good to be quite exciting.

COMMENTATOR: This is world domination for Mo Farah!

5:45pm, BBC One on Friday, Mo says it cup of tea, it is the end of a

working week, but if you want to make it stronger, I will forgive

you! It'll be a thrilling race. Today was the second and final day

of the heptathlon, let's show you came to the long jump full of

optimism this morning after a blistering 200 metres yesterday

evening which put her in contention for a medal. She sped down the

runway and leapt out to 6.35 metres, 959 points. If she could

employ the sort of speech he does on the track and transfer that into

long jump, she would absolutely fly. Breanna Theisen Eaton was in the

medal hunt as well, one of the best long jumpers on display this

morning. A couple of centimetres further than Dafne Schippers, 6.37

metres, she was maintaining her present in this heptathlon

competition. And then the leader, Ganna Melnichenko, she has been at

the top of the leaderboard for the majority of the seven event

heptathlon. The long legged Ukrainian leapt out to 6.49 metres

and over 1000 points, once again. Then it was down to Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, world junior long jump champion after a foul in the

first round. She got it together in round two, absolutely nailed the

take-off, went out to 6.56 metres, even more points than Melnichenko

and she improved by one place and moved up to fifth. Then it was the

javelin, the mid--- the penultimate event. Theisen Eaton once more with

one of the best throes of her life. 45 metres .64 centimetres. She is

certainly in the driving seat for the medals at the moment. The

European champion Nana Djimou representing France, always comes on

strong in the latter half of the two of the heptathlon. Well over 50

metres, and 908 points. 52 metres. And she was in the hunt for a medal

as well. And then came the leader, Melnichenko. Or the remaining throws

were about the same sort of distance but Melnichenko has been getting

lots of personal bests throughout this heptathlon and once again, the

Ukrainian posse were supporting their champion. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson was consistent if not brilliance during the javelin. A

season's best in round two, this was her third and final throw. She has

never been over the 40-metre line in competition until this time. Just

over 40 metres. The Liverpool Harrier, another personal best, her

third in a row. And then Dafne Schippers, the speed merchant. Finds

the javelin a bit difficult but she just nipped in with 41.47, a bit

ahead of Katarina. And she consolidated her third-place

position. So with just the 800m to go, it is a fascinating situation,

like a book. You will not find out what happens until the very last

page of the last chapter. 5619 points for Melnichenko, I think she

will win gold, Breanna Theisen Eaton with 5551, just ahead of Dafne

Schippers but then it is very complicated. Between fourth and

eighth place, around 88 points, anybody could pick up the bronze

medal including Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

GABBY LOGAN: What an exciting eight metres it promises to be. Theisen

Eaton's husband is here, Ashton Eaton. I am nervous.I bet you are,

but we wanted to relive your gold medal a couple of days ago. Let's

have a look at how you got it. COMMENTATOR: What out for Ashton

Eaton. That might watch out. He is coming away from everybody very

quickly indeed. Can he produce something special? That the pretty

good to me. Here's some athlete. The world's record-holder, looks like he

has gone a long way and he is the man. Ashton Eaton is running one of

the best 400m of his life, Ashton Eaton by an absolute country mile,

46.03. The end of day one, on top of the pile. Ashton Eaton starts his

charge on day two. A good final throw in this decathlon competition

by the Olympic champion. Really explosive. There is nothing this

young man cannot do. That was one of his best throes over to confirm his

status as the top athlete leading into the final event. Well anybody

beat Ashton Eaton in the years to come? Years absolutely superb as a

multi-eventer. -- he is absolutely good but then your new wife starts

her onslaught and efforts to win a gold medal, I don't suppose you have

had too much time to sit down and enjoy the champagne? I haven't.

Whatever ten plus 17 is, a Decca heptathlon! The night before her

first event, so for you now it has been being a supportive husband.

That is all it is, she has the courage and coaches both of us,

technically I am there is an emotional support, at least I think

I would like to be! Sometimes I may say the wrong thing but as long as I

have a smile on my face and comfort her, and that is my main job.

think Ashton would be the ideal husband, Denise, do you think?

seemed a pretty cool guy, he knows the ups and downs, the emotional

switch that you have to do and the wrong word at the wrong time can be

devastating, you have to keep your head in the right frame and he is in

an expert. It is true. We have been together long enough and train

together so we know the ups and downs all the way through and if

there is something I am not supposed to say, she will tell me. That is

not helping at all and she is a very stern individual but that is why I

like her. You have done the maths and know what she needs to get

tonight. She is 68 points down from Melnichenko and her PB in the 800m

is 2.12 and she has to be said by five seconds if she wants the gold.

I was watching on Russian television this morning, she had a poor throw

in the javelin and immediately the camera cut to you and you were

sighing. It was not a supportive face, it was disappointed. I am glad

she could not see you then. But then the incident in training with the

javelin as well, I was slightly worried! I thought she might aim it

at you! She grazed your nose. Literally grazed my face. I go out

to become I javelin, no concern and then I hear my name, screaming

bloody murder and instantly I knew a javelin was heading for my back and

I thought, what will I do? Had turned and looked and saw a flash of

purple which I knew was the same colour as the javelin and as soon as

I turned my head, the javelin script right under my nose and stuck into

the ground of Mac javelin scraped. Make sure you do not upset her!

should think about these things. you literally living everyday on the

track in the gym together? You do all your training together?

literally do all of our training together. Sometimes our cultural

split us up because there are different queues for each of us but

every day we go through the same thing and you hear stories about

people who live together and work together. It is usually not so good.

Sometimes they have struggles and we have had ups and downs but we

definitely... It is revolution and we know our good and bad days, we

know when to knock taught -- not talk track and sometimes we will

watch YouTube... What do you do to chill out, then? We do nothing.

Because as athlete, rest is a very important part of training and it

is, what kind of fun things can you do when you rest? Way, watch movies

she can look on Pinterest, thank goodness for that. We have a big

heritage with multi-eventer, you were a fan of Daley Thompson, this

was one of the stadiums where Daley Thompson won Olympic gold back in

1980. What was it about him he loved so much? His ability to grow a solid

moustache! It would take me literally three months! Isn't it

time it goes now, Daley Thompson? And he said no, this is my

trademark. It is a trademark. It reminds me of one of the policeman

in Chips. He is a Bastian of the sport and his determination and one

of only two guys to win Olympic golds back-to-back. Jessica

Ennis-Hill was like you, got married this year, not to a fellow

decathlete, to an ordinary bloke! A different way of doing things but

she is not here, sadly. It is sad but Jessica, she doesn't have

anything to prove, she proved it all last year and the year before and

she is a fantastic person to have in the sport and I am glad to be

competing in her error because what she does is spectacular -- in her

era. It is ridiculous, my wife will watch on YouTube. She will see what

she does and we literally thought the same camera that they use for

training -- bought the same camera. She looks up to her and whatever

Jessica is doing, she will try to mimic some of that and get that for

my training so as athlete we look up to people like that. White aggro

absolutely. We have our own Katarina Johnson-Thompson who is just 20

years old and she has got herself a few PBs here and she has put herself

in the mix and if she can run a PB tonight, then Denise... A medal

could be has? By this stage, everybody has worked it out with the

pawn scores and worked out exactly who their target men or women are.

And they know what they have to do, whether it is to track a particular

athlete or to go out hard and I have been very impressed with her, she

was a bit disappointed about the first day, finished with a superb

200 metres but that has come out and done two personal bests in the long

jump and javelin. It is sensational and now she is in the hunt for a

medal and we are wondering, how good she can be. On average, our great

heptathlete have put on at least 1000 points moving from juniors to

seniors and if you have a look at the history of British athletes,

Denise was about 1000 points, Kelly Silverton, more than that, Jessica

Ennis-Hill, about 1000 points, and if Katarina to Johnson-Thompson does

that, you know where she's going, a world record. When you have Kelly,

Denise Lewis, you start to develop a heritage and you will have junior

athletes who will be performing much better and better and so that

transition from junior level to senior level with see a bit of

contraction in terms of that in terms of projection. But a big

future? Absolutely, an incredible future and it is thanks to people

like Jessica and Denise who have set the pace. We will talk about her

specific attributes later as we get towards the 800m, I am intrigued

about the domestic life of the 111 household. -- the Eaton household.

Most of the time I am shown to gauge her attitude and see what I can do.

But we balance each other really well. I think I am the more playful

person and she can be playful at times but in this sort of situation

she is serious and needs to be lightened up. So I will crack a joke

that I think is ridiculous but she will smile. It helps. I hope you are

both smiling from ear to ear tonight at the very best of luck. Even if

something goes wrong, we will still be smiling, we are able to be here

together. Another honeymoon later in the year? Who do not take the

javelin 's! Stay away from sharp things! Congratulations, great to

see your journey together. The clock is ticking down to those 400 metre

hurdles semifinals, and the women's is first and we have a full, men

dreamt of it, I liked for it to have ended. But I learned from my

experience, I channelled that into my winter training. Last year for me

was the best of the years I've had. I started really well but I went

downhill from there. I got worse and worse and didn't make the Olympics.

I went on holiday, thought I'd forget about it for awhile. I came

back and was renewed, I had a new love for the sport. Greene I think

last year I was in better shape to run faster than I actually did. This

year I feel I'm running to form. It's gone really well. It's good, I

run my PB in Gateshead. I'm really happy with the season so far but I

need to have it when it happens. makes me think if they can do it

then I can do it as well. I'm following in their footsteps,

hopefully. We need to take every round as it comes and finish it up

in the top positions. In the Olympics, I was third and just

missed out on making it to the final. You have to treat the

semifinal kind of like a final. think too much about it being a

race, I get too nervous. I've competed against a lot of the girls

all season. I've just got to think it's another run. I definitely want

to make the final. This is my third world champs and I've never made the

final yet, only the semis. I want to be in that final. If I can go in

there and perform the way I've been running this season, run APB, run my

best race in that final, then I'll be delighted, wherever I finish. As

long as I step off the track knowing I've left everything on the track

and done my best. As an athlete, you do train to win medals. I would love

to come away with any kind of medal. It would be a big

improvement. That final, that is going to be really important. It

will be a relief for me as well. You've got to give it all you've

child has the best chance of going through. Everybody trying to hang on

to the vest of Hejnova in lane four. Beesley, it will be good to measure

herself against Hejnova. Delilah Muhammad as well. Nickiesha Wilson

is a very strong Jamaican. Just the first three go through here. Two

semi-finals plus the two fastest losers. Davydova, the European

Hejnova in four, Ailey child in six. Nickiesha Wilson is in seven.

Ailey child out in lane six. In between them, Delilah Muhammad, the

US champion. It is fairly even at the moment. Meghan Beesley trying to

keep pace. She hit a hurdle hard just about here in the heats and

Muhammad and Beesley fading a little bit. Child still looking strong.

Nickiesha Wilson trying to stay with them. Beesley beginning to fade a

little bit but still a good run from her. Hejnova is imperious over the

final barrier. Delilah Muhammad comes through as well. Ailey child

will get there for the third automatic qualifying place.

watching this race carefully and I'm thinking that Ailey could possibly

have done a personal best. It was a good, strong performance by her. In

the semifinal you've really got to work hard. There's no messing

about. You get into the groove of your stride and work all the way to

the line. Child has worked hard for that third spot to get the automatic

qualifying spot. She is just shy of her personal best. It's a good

performance. She's in that final. That is the most important thing.

Things are opening up behind Hejnova. With Spencer being out,

Georgia and falling. Things are opening up behind Hejnova. Who knows

what might happen in the final. know that hurdle is even at their

best can be quite clumsy. They can lose focus. But she is in that

final. Beesley has been confirmed. 54.97, a personal best for her.

Child is running her way towards that final, which will take place on

Thursday. Perri Shakes-Drayton to go will stop very impressive run from

performances. This has been your goal all year and you've done it.

has. I wanted to come here and make the final. That wasn't even a good

race, it wasn't that fast or technically that good. I'm just

delighted I got to the final. close to your personal best. You've

come for the experience. To perform like that, you must be thrilled.

wasn't perfect but hopefully I can go quicker than that. I will be

cheering her on. It's great to have these two, Perri Shakes-Drayton, now

we see you coming along and bearing fruit for Britain as well. Hopefully

next time I will be in the final. Your hopes and expectations for the

final now you've made it? I've just got to go for it. If I can get a PB

her semifinal, just a few minutes away. She's seen Eilidh go through.

And a really good run from Meghan only one missing is the championship

balance, too. Around about the 65 metre mark there. That could be

enough to take the lead. Pyotr Malachowski is in the lead at the

moment. That looks as though it is in excess of that. He is in first

She has seen Hejnova, her big rival, get through safely. We need

she won the world title two years ago with. Perri, number two in the

world, of those that are here. 53.67 set in London in the Diamond

League. The best shape of her life. champion a couple of years ago on

the flat. She's moved up to the hurdles and done pretty well. A few

years ago Stambolova had huge progress and then there was a doping

suspension. That might have explained it. And York, the Olympic

champion is just not in shape. -- safe semifinal to qualify through.

Meghan Beesley, just three hundredths of a second, just missing

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much better from the American champion. I haven't seen this all

year from Demus. She takes the penultimate barrier really well.

Perri needs to get over safely. It's all about qualifying. Here comes

Perri Shakes-Drayton. Very good. It will be Titimets who come through

for the third spot. She took the challenge of Demus. Demus really

went through. I thought for a little while we dashed back maybe Demus is

back to her best. But all of a sudden, what we've been seeing more

recently, Perri Shakes-Drayton strong after the last two flights.

We've all seen Perri -- Perri on the flat this year. Perri can really use

that speed. She demonstrated that perfectly today. It's important to

win your semifinal, to get one of those two lanes, either lane four or

five in the final. It makes your job a little bit easier. She's taking it

nice and steady, controlled for the first half of the race. Making sure

that the stride pattern is correct and accurate. She set herself up for

every single barrier. Demus went off like a rocket, as expected. She came

up to Perri's shoulder quite early around this turn, but no panic for

Perri. She sticks to her stride pattern, she knows what she can do.

She's got to be accurate the whole way round because she has an

internal belief that coming off that last barrier with this new-found

sprinting speed, that she can really deliver strong running. That is

exactly what she did. Still a little bit unsure widget comes to the

change down, between seven and eight. But, you know what, it

doesn't matter today because the important thing, that she keeps her

head, keeps strong, works into that line and get one of those priority

lanes for the final. Nice and relaxed and with the likes of Demus,

you cannot take any chances, and I think she has just about got her

make it look effortless. How do you feel about making the final? I am

pleased, it is a progression. I am through to the final. Of course I am

happy, my first senior final in the world. And I feel good, I will rest

tomorrow and back on Thursday. great thing was that when we spoke

at the Anniversary Games, you ran so well coming into the home straight

and then at the end of the race, you said you needed that finish, work at

it for a couple of weeks and there is your proof. Yes, the end that was

what we were working on. I am getting there! I am through, so I

couldn't be more happy. We have been talking about you as not only a

finalist but a potential medallist and with that form you must be

thinking big things? I would like to come home with some kind of bling

but he will not say too much, you will have to wait and see. Thank

you. COMMENTATOR: So far, so good for

Perri. 53.92, not quite as good as Perri. 53.92, not quite as good as

Zuzana Hejnova but much better from might be a danger. And Titmets as

disappointing first throw goes into the circle for his second round

throw, Gerd Kanter in the lead, that is flying. Well over the 65-metre

mark. The roll of honour in terms of champion in the last three World

Championships has been Robert Harting, Robert Harting and Gerd

Kanter. We must add another former champion here but the ghillie

Virgil. That is a big lead for Robert Harting of Germany. How can

the former leader respond to that? Schmallenberg was leading up to the

first round with 64.90 metres. A bit of balance -- off balance but that

is nowhere near the distance Robert Harting through. That really was a

superb throw by Robert Harting. And very still conditions. If you are a

right-handed thrower, you need a bit of a nice wind coming in as you

throw it. There is no wind in the stadium. Six to 5.19, he is in

second place. -- 60 5.19. Can Perri shakes Drayton -- Perri

Shakes-Drayton edge Zuzana Hejnova in the final? The two fastest losers

are Nickiesha Wilson and Anna but she seems to suffer in terms of

getting heard the back so -- getting her breath back. She is always

doubled over and take the time and it looks like she is not answering

the question and she is trying to be cool but she is just getting her

breath back. Yes, she is that is such a tough event. It really is.

am not denying that, by the way! that stage of the race, it is

critical that the athlete stays in the moment. She is clearly going

through these championships thinking about her end goal and answering the

question, sometimes the wrong version at the wrong time can throw

an athlete's mine. You do not want to be distracted you want to stay

comfortable and confident. We are used to seeing a one off race, we

are seeing her championship head on in a Diamond League event. But she

seems a bit different to how we see her on the circuit there. Yes, and

she has come with expectations, she does not want anybody else's

expectations put on her head and she has not made a global final before,

having run really quickly and so she wants to keep herself in that

competitive mind frame where anything can happen. You have to be

able to react, be aware of your competitors and make sure she can

deliver on what she wants to for these championships. Let's have a

look at Meghan Beesley and Eilidh Child, in the first semifinal. What

did you make of their form? thought they ran a good race. She

ran a really solid race, Meghan, and with some of the big names out of

this, you would think that she could make this final and the thing would

be for Eilidh is to guide aggressively, really solid race, and

again, you make a good point with Meghan Beesley, you cannot ask for

much more for an athlete to come to a championships, and a young athlete

as well to run a personal best when you can leave this championship and

say you did the best you could. They will take from this, learn from it

and apply it will stop at Eilidh Child again here run a really solid

race, keeping herself and it -- and apply it. Eilidh Child again here

ran a really solid race. She has shaved off a bit from her PB, and

having somebody so close to aim for as an athlete in your own national

squad, that must be a really big attribute. Yes, and a big motivator.

These grills have grown together, they have competed a lot in the

under 23 championships and she has watched the bass progression from

Perry Shakes-Drayton and she wants a bit of that and she is good enough

and so she has been on the flat four indoors, she has worked hard and she

has made leaps and bounds. Just like Meghan Beesley has. She is on her

way. She is at the start of hers, she is learning the event and she

needs to be a bit stronger, a bit quicker if she will live with the

likes of these girls. It was great to see them getting through to the

semifinals. And Meghan Beesley will take a lot from that PB, tasting

this environment, learning how to go through rounds, it will be such a

good experience for her going forwards to Commonwealth Games,

World Championships in the future. All the major championships she will

compete in. And it is the mindframe, it has taken Perri about three years

to understand what it is like being here, being in the warm up area and

the demeanour that you have to have. Do you believe that you belong here?

Of Perri and Meghan Beesley... Sorry, Eilidh Child have answered

that to themselves. Let's bring Colin Jackson in, we have seen Perri

putting a lot of work into her 400 metre flat and there was a time

whether she would fancy going for the 400 because she was doing very

well. It has paid off because the work she has done at the end of her

race, you can see where she has worked on her race this season.

of the big things that we can all say is that what has happened with

Perri, the injury factor that would have happened previously, she has

got rid of that, that has allowed her to spend a bit of time on the

technical aspects of the event and really get to know how to compete

over 400 metre hurdles without panicking and she demonstrated that

very clearly in her semifinals, so it is a wonderful thing to see,

athletes that are maturing and developing, with still a lots to do

because I don't think she is finished yet, that is for sure. She

has a long way to go. Seeing her race now, Zuzana Hejnova and have

had few races this season and she is the person for Perri to aim towards.

Yes, I think that is the person that Perri would like to be close to. And

she can probably beat her so it is joining this great that speed she

has gained this season with a wonderful, better and more skilful

hurdling ability. She has spent a lot of time listening to criticism

and how she can improve things that I love the things that she has still

worked hard up at that event, she enjoys it and that what is key

because it allows her to commit to it. Work are the technical aspect of

it and that will really propel her seriously into real world-class

athletes. I am talking about winning these major titles because she is

able to do that. We will join the men in the hurdles soon, two at

three in the women, put your money on the mend, how many? Colin?

will be so tough with the men. Dai Greene he was defending world

champion has been struggling with form, trying to recuperate from his

injuries and illnesses, Rhys Williams is having the season as his

life and I think for all of them, it will be absolutely crazy, the

semifinals are tough, we all murder semifinals are not easy and poor

Sebastian Rodger as well, that is the toughest semifinal of the lot,

the first one. But it is gaining experience, rubbing shoulders with

the top athletes, understanding them and see how they run, see how they

prepare and how they ultimately deliver performances under great

pressure and certainly, Sebastian Rodger is the guy who will learn the

most today. Thank you, Colin. Let's take a look at the three of them,

they were in Barcelona and Phil season, and it has been a tale of

two halves. I ran really well indoors, and then I have had a few

injuries which have not me back during the outdoor season but I have

trained well, disappointing not to run in Monaco and at the Anniversary

Games as well but I seem to be over the worst of that and hopefully I

can turn that around just in time for Moscow. Every Grand Prix, you

always want to win them and I find myself this season, compared to last

season, where I was ten metres behind some of the top runners, I

have found myself in the mix a lot more. So the aim is to come up at

home straight in the lead and really push in for those winds and I feel

it has gone a lot better. Really exciting for me, it was quite a

breakthrough year, this has been. I knew I could do it but to be sitting

here with the likes of Dwain, it has been great. I need to run as fast as

I think I can. I will have to read every single round as a final, every

heat and run harder. And run just as hard in every round. I may surprise

myself and I know I am capable of running quicker so you will have to

believe I can do it. Nobody has really set their stall out in the

four metres hurdles, everybody has had ups and downs -- 400m hurdles.

And her black and challenge from there again. White NACRO it is going

to be --. It is going to be fierce, and for Dai Greene, coming in

without ideal preparation, winning races in the lead up to this, he has

to treat this as a final, to get through to the final. Yes, he

absolutely does. It is unfortunate to see him in this position where he

is not the Dai Greene of two years ago, he has struggled so much, last

year and this, I cannot believe how one guy can be so unlucky but he is

here and Dai Greene has a good racing brain and that is what he

will have to rely on, he knows exact the what to do, it is the fitness he

will have to draw on in the closing stages, and he will have to make no

mistakes. For Sebastian Rodger is, he said there himself, this was his

breakthrough year, it is about experience, perhaps a bit of the

Meghan Beesley about him in that respect. Yes, and that is an

exciting time an athlete. When you really have nothing to lose. If he

doesn't make this final, it is not a huge disappointment for anyone so

that is a great position to be in compared to Dai Greene who has

really been having to win in the World Championships, so much

expectation that he has for himself and that everybody else has for him

as well. He is the exact opposite edition. Great position to be in but

going back to Dai Greene, it is difficult especially for him who

thrives on his confidence and ability to go out and run well

because he has trained well, he has not been able to do that so this

puts him in a difficult position, he will have to run this as if it is a

final but there is no doubt that what will be weighing on his mind is

that he can go out and run the best race today, and still not make the

final because he does not have the condition. It is a difficult

position to be in, where you have to go out and basically get yourself in

the mindset and think that is all you can so that is all you will do,

and we will see what happens after the finish. And what about Rhys

Williams? Knowing him, he is confident that, he is enjoying his

athletics once again after being out of the sport for a while and coming

into this Championships, he won the UK trials, he is here and he will

want to be in that final, he has come off a very disappointed but if

he does not make the cut. He is the combination of both of those, he has

that experience, the experience that Dai Greene has and the confidence

that Sebastian Rodger has because he has run a personal best this year,

and then you come into a championship off that and with this

thing being really wide open, as is always the case. It is wide open but

it is a difficult wide open because you have so many great athletes and

that is the men's 400m hurdles over the last few years, so many former

champions and world champions European champions, Olympic

champions. Is that because of the technical aspect of the hurdles?

Because of the slightly more unpredictable nature as opposed to

say, the 400 flat that makes it that much more wide open, and you get

champions from two Olympics party win a medal? I think it is the best

part of it -- I think that is the part of it. It makes it so

difficult, the technical makes, and where guys can come in and win this

even though they are not experience, and it pays off more than in any

other event because it is such a difficult event to train for and

then technically, the margin for error is extremely small. And that

is how you can see, Taylor win two Olympics, Sanchez won the Olympic

games in between as well, that does not happen in any other event.

have had great tradition in the 400m hurdles just as the Americans and

that encourages more young people to come through and want to take up the

event and success breeds success. That race to come, those races,

let's get outside and take in some field events, it is the men's discus

final tonight, let's see how they He crashed that one against the

cage. I guess that is what you do sometimes when you are trying a

little bit too hard. I think he will become champion, but he has some

time to go before he emulates one of his heroes. Malachowski now,

desperately trying to get in amongst from Poland gets over 65 metres. He

has thrown 71 metres this year. The fourth longest throw in history. He

brought Robert Harting's three-year winning streak to an end. That is

how good he is. 65.09. The big three are in first, second and third

place, Harting, Kanter and Malachowski. This is the queen of

Russia. She's just been introduced to the crowd. The Elena Isinbaeva.

She has competed sparingly. But if her form in the qualifying

competition is anything to go by, she will be champion once more.

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This is unreal when it comes to semi-finals. When you go through the

names, the quantity of the names in this field, they've all achieved

something. Either major championships, medals, run very

quick, it's extraordinary. But I'm hoping this young man will gain a

lot of experience from being in this competition today. We talked about

the openness of the men's 400 metre hurdles. There are no favourites.

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Beesley getting a personal best, see where that gets you. You are right.

That's exactly what you want to do. He's already got a silver medal for

the under 23s championships. He's got the experience of getting into

the championships and finals and athletes. Tristan Thomas, the

Australian champion from Brisbane. His personal best goes back to 2009.

Said Roger, he's taken on -- of a second and a half of his personal

Championships, and bronze in London. Kasse Hanne, only a

semifinalist at the Olympics but good progress this year. Jacob

Gordon, we all thought he was going to be the next big thing when he

burst on the scene, four years ago. He didn't really kick off then but

he has now. He's starting to find himself and his form again. The

South African champion, Frederick 's, fifth at the last World

Championships. We do have a former world champion in this line-up. The

rather diminutive figure of Jackson. Eight years ago in Helsinki he won

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it. Olympic bronze medallist in hold. Roger in lane two. Trying to

keep pace with high calibre athletes outside him. Jackson is down! Culson

storming on. Jackson lying prone on the back straight. Culson is gap --

galloping on. Seb Roger trying very hard as they come round the top

bend. Only the first two to go through automatically. Culson and

Gordon stopped to separate themselves from the rest. Culson

starting to fade a little bit. Gordon looks around, looks

comfortable. He comes across the line, 48.11. Culson gets the second

automatic qualifying place. A race one. He looks in absolute agony. He

looks like he pulled his hamstring going into that barrier. The last

thing you want to do when you pull your hamstring as they say three

foot barrier. He had to take it. But this is where the business end days.

Culson, Gordon battling, as we've seen them do many times this year,

all the way to the line. It's all about qualification. Doesn't Gordon

look good? A strong finish from Seb Roger coming through there. But

Gordon, we talked about his talent as a 17-year-old in Berlin, four

years ago. Perhaps again he will be challenging in amongst the medals

come Thursday's final. The time for Seb Roger confirmed. It's a good

49.32. He set of aggressively, he wasn't intimidated with his field.

It's about sticking to your race plan. Sometimes you can get carried

away with the occasion, and really be taken out of your comfort zone,

out of your groove. But, no, he kept his head, he kept calm, there's a

lot of action going on in front of him. He worked very well into all of

these barriers. I think this guy has got a real, genuine future in this

event. If he sticks to it, a little bit of luck, meaning no injuries,

then we could see something really special from him. To be battling

with the top guys in Great Britain. A really good, competent

performance. Let's see what the man himself thinks about it.

You may did and you performed admirably again. You must be pleased

the weight you've acquitted yourself on this grand stage. I think so. I'm

pleased with that. I kept hitting that hurdle, I'm not sure why. I

tried my best. Came out here with all this lot, some of the top boys

the world. I like to think I held my own. Annual -- know few selections

were made this year to build -- bring people like yourselves to the

championships. When you've had the experience, what are the biggest

lessons learned, what will you take forward? The whole experience has

amazing. It's really given me a drive for future championships.

Everything is a learning curve at this point in my career. All the

ever after his personal best for Seb team-mate of Robert Harting. Out of

the medals at the moment. It looks as though he's got hold of that one.

That is bang on the 65 metre line. Malachowski has thrown 65.09. Kanter

is a little bit further. Robert Harting had that monster throw in

round two, of 68.13. That could put Malachowski and a bit of pressure.

It is just short. Wierig in fourth on his day, 48.09, so he is a pretty

good 400m hurdler. What do you put that down too, just a hamstring

going? Obviously a hamstring which is very difficult, it is something,

where it no matter how well you warm up, you just goes over the barrier

and no matter how well you warm up, sometimes these things just happen

so very fortunate day for Bershawn Jackson, a great hurdler, he has

been around for years. He was making a comeback this year and thought he

had great opportunity this year to get back in there and get a medal

again so very unfortunate for him. Not good news for Bershawn Jackson,

and Seb Rodger seem to take that in his stride and there is Bershawn

Jackson, he has had some medical treatment, he will go off and

contemplate but Denise, what can you say or he say's it is really bad

luck. That is the nature of the sport, obviously dejected but it

really happens. That is probably the end of this season, I am hoping it

is not a bad state, something more minor than that hopefully.

semifinal, it is because there are heaps and semifinals in the women's

and men's. Rhys Williams is going in this one. That's handy back to the

commentators. COMMENTATOR: They are all tough, but

Michael Tinsley, number one in the reiterated, the fastest loser times

to think about third and fourth places from that first semi, 48.69,

48.85, and if you do that Rhys Williams here, his personal best set

this year, 48.84, so he will have to be... If he is not in the top two,

people have to run a personal best. He has to equal it at the very least

and come third. Well, Tinsley, Olympic silver medallist, won the

London Diamond League, the only man under 48 seconds this year, but

Gordon looked so good, didn't he? Look out for the Serbian just

outside him, Emir Bekric, because he is a fast improving young man, he

impressed me in qualification. He is outside Tinsley and lots of cheering

for the young Russian in lane six, the new European junior champion. A

fast finisher. That is Emir Bekric there. For the years 22 and so lots

trying to pick up the ones who should figure here. We have had less

drama in this than in the women's 400m hurdles so far. But one more

race to come with Dai Greene after away safely and Rhys Williams has

got his attack out. Tinsley going well, that is his style. Down the

back straight now, the third flight of hurdles, Emir Bekric is right in

this, and Rhys Williams really needs to move here. Williams is in about

four for Facebook look at this big, strong Serbian leading this. Tinsley

a second and Rhys Williams a long way off at the minute, it has to be

good in the closing straight. Only the top two go through by writers,

Bekric is really impressing, Tinsley is trying to get a of him, and Rhys

Williams only fault, not quite quick enough, I am pretty sure of it. --

Rhys Williams only four. We see Rhys Williams here, but this young Bekric

is getting better and better, he is a big old man, Colin, isn't he?

is huge, massive. Thick, strong, aggressive. Everything you need for

this event, he has. And he worked hard and remember, he is only a

young man, only 22 so he will gain more and more and more experience

with higher competition. You will see him competing more regularly

against these guys but here is Rhys Williams, in lane eight and I will

be honest, it is a difficult line to run out off, especially over the

hurdles because the hurdles are placed differently around the track

and you may not be used to that. The second hurdle is slightly more

awkwardly placed than you would usually see it, on a corner so he

has handled this rally well -- very well indeed. He might be frustrated

and you could look at this and say that you are better than this but

49.29 aces final time -- is his final time that I think he has

raised very well to get in the semifinal stage and it is about

gaining experience, working hard and last year when he did win the

European Championships, this year he had a big breakthrough going under

49 seconds and now it is just about competing with the big boys. He gave

it everything, tough, as Colin said out in lane eight. Actually ahead of

him, as we see in the result, the two fastest loser so far with more

to come are from the first semifinal but Tinsley, a bit of a push there,

fascinating competition so far, the considerable bulk and speed of Piotr

Malachowski the and at last he puts distance between himself and the

city five-metre line. Yes! That is more like it -- himself and the

65-metre line. It is not as far as Robert Harting but that will put the

world champion, defending world champion, under a bit of pressure.

Robert Harting will have to look to himself, this competition is far

from over. He likes it, 67.18 and moves into second ahead of Gerd

Kanter. Robert Harting, 68.13 and a foul, we saw that in the last

round. What can he do in round four? He has got hold of that one, that is

flying. Absolutely massive. Close to the 70-metre line. After that foul

in the last round, it did not affect him one jot. The mental preparation

before he went into the circle and the execution was wonderful. That

was a brilliant, brilliant throw. That could be the gold medal once

more for Robert Harting. 69.11, he is out there to be beaten but I am

not sure anybody can. Dai Greene getting ready to go in the third

semifinal but this -- his fellow training partner Rhys Williams fail

your life going under 49 but how tough was it to be in lane eight?

was tough but... I am gutted. I am gutted not to be in the final.

me, what was it like, with about 200, you see the Japanese guy on a

shoulder, is it difficult to re-establish things by that point?

don't know what I need to do to get in this final, in the World

Championships, it is jinxed to me. I am gutted, though I don't like to be

a bad loser. We talked in Barcelona about Berlin to this point. How soon

do you re-evaluate what you do need to do to get to the next stage?

Speaking with your coach... don't... That is not rudeness, that

is heartache at not making the final and understandable. We could see

through automatically. Felix Sanchez, twice the Olympic jumping

and the world champion and he suddenly came to life. There is Omar

Cisneros, and Kerron Clement, twice world champion, he won eight in

Osaka and defended it in Berlin, Olympic silver medallist in Beijing

as well. -- he won it in Osaka. Eric Alejandro, Olympic semifinalist from

Puerto Rico, and one of the athletes here, might find the pace for the

middle lane is a bit too quick as well Rasmus from Estonia, and as for

Dai Greene, he has done every single thing possible to get here in shape

and form and fitness. It will be his title defence but he has been

constantly fighting against illness and injuries, a hernia operation and

men's 400m hurdles, the first two to go through automatically to the

the better run, the great Felix Sanchez" Mikey looked good in the

first round -- the great Felix Sanchez in? The big Jamaican outside

him just now, with Omar Cisneros looking strong outside Felix

Sanchez, and he rises alongside Sanchez, Dai Greene will come round

but it will have to be a strong finish and the lakes might not be

there. Omar Cisneros leads, Sanchez, Kerron Clement finishing strongly,

only two to go through automatically and Kerron Clement tried to get

level but Felix Sanchez, Sanchez tried to get close to Omar Cisneros,

but Sanchez gets the second automatic place and Kerron Clement

will look for the time, Dai Greene down in about sixth place. And his

title defence ends here, we expected that illness and injury would mean

that he did not have it in the legs. Unfortunately, he could not

put himself in any position where he could make a difference in the

outcome of this race. At the eighth hurdle he would be there or

thereabouts and racing in attack but this year, he has not been able to

progress, he spent most of his time on the physio table or talking with

doctors, trying to recover so it has been a difficult here for Dai

Greene. But he still had his beautiful fiancee over the barriers,

he has been able to home that -- his beautiful technique over the

barriers. He has a lovely, fluent motion, but of course you have got

to marry that with good technique and strong endurance to be really

effective over this distance. And Dai Greene will keep a level head,

he will know what happened this season, realise he has spent most of

it recovering, and I hope he does not get disheartened because he is a

quality athlete, he has been European champion and world champion

and so it is just to shake off this whole horrid year for him and just

refocus and work hard at regaining titles in the upcoming seasons.

did everything he could to be here, working in the swimming pool and in

the gym and on the bike and he said himself, there is no substitute for

running and he was not able to get those yards and metres down on the

fighting something and the story in Delhi, were you able to rebound from

something like that? Yeah, just didn't have it in attack tonight. On

the one track we were struggling to get to the first hurdle, really

struggling to get the strides on the back straight, and that is where I

lost contact with them. It was harder than it should have been. If

you miss a bit of training, that is what it looks like when you compete

against the top guys, it shows. White crowds who have had no luck

this year. You have had no luck this year. After my operation, I knew I

couldn't get back in time, things were going well until the last

couple of weeks and this chance came a week too early for me and if I had

another week, I might have been able to get myself back up to the

intensity but it is such a shock to the system. After not doing much

these last few weeks and then racing against the top guys. I appreciate

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in the final of the men's 110m medal. The anthem and the flag being

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Gold to David Oliver, silver to Germany in control in this discus

final. Malachowski is certainly not giving up. He, too, is closing in on

Harting. That is the Olympic shot put champion, in support of his big

thrower. He's a big man but he moves so quickly. On that occasion, I'm

sure he got the balance right as well. Harting, 69 point 11.

opening height in the women's pole vault final. We don't quite know

what went on, but she made a protest to the officials. They have allowed

her to take that again. We will have to try and find out what the protest

was about, it may have been about the clock. All the fact that the

equipment was not absolutely right. She is the Olympic champion, after

all, she knows the sport inside out. coming in until 4.65. The Olympic

champion is safely over, effectively at the second attempt to stop but it

will go on a record as her first the infield. This is the last throw

that can challenge for a third consecutive gold medal. And it's not

to be. Malachowski once again does not win gold. He has figured in

every major championship for about the last seven or eight years, but

he has to pay homage to the best discus thrower of his generation.

Robert Harting wins once more. He wants it to fly. It did fly. It was

certainly long. Not too many discus throwers in the world have thrown

that far. That confirms that Robert and Olympic champion. He gets a

medal. The order at the moment is Harting, Malachowski and Kanter. As

the champion elect goes into the circle for the last attempt. That is

exactly the same order as happened in Berlin in 2009, when Robert

Harting first sprang to prominence. competition, he was the very first

thrower to go. He started off modestly, 62 metres. Then he

exploded in the second round to 68. In the fourth round, 69. I think

he's done it again. 69 .11. Is that London last year, the Olympic title,

he actually went down the home straight the wrong way over the

hurdles. That was very impressive! Not the same this time, but Robert

Harting is one of the best athletes of his generation in the discus, in

any event. He has been so dominant, working on his technique

incessantly. Working in the gym so, so hard. And three times he is now a

victory ceremony in London, I wonder if he is going to do something

special here. Malachowski can only wonder how on Eddie can beat the

great German. And Kanter, who's been on the medal rostrum since 2005 in

Helsinki, when the championship record was set at 70.17, he is on

from earlier, so no hurdling. If he attempts any other discipline then

we will go back out there. He is an incredible athlete and a showman and

a great face for the sport. In London, he also fell asleep at the

London train station after he'd partied a bit hard. Watch out Moscow

train stations tonight, because he could appear there. Let's go back to

the 400 metre hurdles. Great disappointment from the British

point of view not to get any of our men through there. A hugely

emotional response from Rhys emotional response from Rhys

Williams. He really wanted to make emotional response from Rhys

Williams. He really wanted to He said he'd staked everything on it.

And he should have made that final. He came in here running a personal

best this year. Everything was set up for him, but for the fact he was

in lane eight. It's difficult but not an excuse. I can understand why

he would be disappointed because this was a great opportunity for him

to be in the final. As we talked about earlier, you've got to get it

done at the Championships, you have to have your best race here. It's a

very difficult event but he's been running it for years, he's got the

experience. At the end of the day, it would be a huge disappointment

for him and for the Great Britain team because he should be in that

final, there's no doubt about it. Dai Greene less so because of the

build-up. It was just kind of, let's see what happened. He did all he

could. It was going to be hugely difficult to go in there. I don't

know how he approached it, but it was all going to be about his mental

state. Whether or not he went in a down or disappointed and wasn't able

to perform at his best today, or whether that was all he had due to

the fact that he hasn't been in great shape and has been ill as well

in the year leading up to this. Hugely disappointing for him. It is

tough in the sport. You've got to show up, you've got to be healthy,

it's very difficult to stay healthy in this sport. He's had a lot of bad

luck, so... Sometimes you have to make your own luck. Look back, OK,

is there anything I could do? In drastic times that calls for drastic

measures. When you don't make championship finals and don't medal

when you should do time and time again, when you know you have the

talent, and he has the talent, you have to go back and think about,

what can I do? Everything has to be on the table. Cisneros highlighting

that this event doesn't have one person wins and takes all. He missed

out on an Olympic final last year and he has done something this year.

Exactly. It is about how you approach each season and what you do

differently, what enters your mind, your coaching setup. You have to

look at the whole package. Making slight changes here and there can

produce times like that. The event is wide open. It is the women's 800m

for the last event of the heptathlon. There are three races.

heptathlon. There are three races. The last race is a loaded one.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson from Great Britain is going in there, looking

for a PB, to perhaps get herself amongst the medals. While the

earlier races are taking place, we will take you back to 1980 once

more. There was a pretty iconic 800m heptathlon. There are three races.

The last race Steve Ovett looking for room. He tries to come round him

on the outside. It's now become tactical. The bumping and brawling

we expected has happened. The Will he try and barged his way

through as they come towards the bell? There he goes, bursting

through. Getting a rough ride. 54.05, a slow time. The Brazilian

leaves. Sebastien Coe has got himself in trouble right at the

back. 320 metres to go. Steve Ovett in fourth place. Those blue eyes

like chips of ice. Getting knocked about there. Sebastien Coe coming

up, trying to make his run. Steve Ovett is in second place and

Sebastien Coe has got a lot to do. They've been all over the place in

this race, it's been a running battle. Steve Ovett hits the front.

Sebastien Coe can't get through. Steve Ovett coming through to take

the gold medal for Great Britain, to beat Sebastien Coe. Steve Ovett

looks up in triumph. That was a race looks up in triumph. That was a race

back there. He had success about in the past and the eight and the bit

is it such a difficult event because it is so tactical and you never know

-- the 800m is such a difficult event. People can win it in 1.45,

and that is one of those races were you go in with a strategy, and 100

metres in, you are throwing it out of the window because of what the

other people are doing. The fabulous athlete David Rudisha, he is not

here, so it is a wide open event but the two are Americans who were

fourth and fifth see this is the opportunity. Yes, they do. And when

he have been around for such a long time, you want that opportunity to

comment you are in shape and your rankings are, they feel it is now

and they want to take it. And you cannot help but the first few from

the games are away, and you have to be there on the start line. And then

the 1,500m came which featured our very own Steve Cram, a young looking

Steve Cram with his bouncy, blonde hair. These are his thoughts that

that you go to the other big games and you have got the all the

grandeur that it should be but we were wrapped up in this elliptical

argument. Those who believe that sport is nothing to do with politics

are living in a dream world. weren't even sure if the team would

go. Lots of countries followed suit after America decided they were not

going to go and there was a lot of pressure to follow suit.

Thatcher appeals again to Britain's athletes, think again about going to

Moscow. There was a concerted media campaign about whether it was the

right or wrong thing. The team under great pressure to change its mind.

But it was always a case that we are going until somebody tells us we are

not. The overwhelming point of view from the athletes is that they want

to go. I was aware of the arguments but it wasn't just that I wanted to

go to the Olympic Games, I genuinely thought that it was the right thing

to do and to this day, I will still Communist Russia as it was then was

very different to anything I had experienced up to that point. The

media intensity particularly around Coe and Ovett. Two people in a

scenario that has never been repeated, certainly not at that

level so it was interesting to watch those two carry out their roles yet

still trying to find my own way through it, to try to ignore

everything going on around those two. The final was a slightly

bizarre day, the village cleared out, the 1,500m was on the last day,

Steve Everett and his coach, Harry, got in the lift and it was a little

bit frosty and some polite exchanges and then we got down -- Steve Ovett

and then Sebastian Coe had a car. Two different approaches. We asked

where Sebastien was, why isn't he warming up? And going into the

call-up room, the other a double -- the other eight of us watching them

go through and walking into the arena and thinking, this is what I

wanted, this is the Olympic final, 80,000 people, and all the cameras

trained on those two but we were just delighted to be there and even

when I got to the start line, I kept thinking, this is the Olympic final

and the gun went and I was still going, this is the Olympic final so

I was immediately last, and I didn't improve on that much during the

race, to be fair. Coe gets the revenge he wants. I crossed the

line, Sebastian Coe was on the ground, I made some noises and went

to congratulate Ovett and then I saw Ovett getting up, and sometimes you

don't know what happens. It was an incredible learning experience, the

whole thing for me, particularly because of those two were going

through, and so going through that. I might not have had some of the

successes I had if I did not go to Moscow so it has a good place in my

athletics heart, it was an important session tomorrow, you get a chance

to see a fantastic documentary on BBC Two at 6:30pm, Moscow 1980: The

Cold War Olympics which is well worth a watch. There is a morning

session, though and you can tune in as normal at 6:15am. Paula Radcliffe

has joined as, we have the semifinals of the 50 millimetres and

the 3,000m steeplechase coming up but let's talk about that golden

area -- the semifinals of the 1,500m. People having tussles in

that golden era, Cram, Coe and Ovett. We were good at those events.

Yes, they were my idols, I was starting out looking up to that and

you see the rivalry and you think, then I assumed it was always going

to carry on in Britain and I can remember as a child going down to

Crystal Palace and queueing up to watch them and they queueing up

afterwards to try to get the autograph and being really excited

to be at races where they were taking part and being able to absorb

that. And for me to be able to sit next to them in the commentary box,

that is special. Did you never get the autograph them? I did, I did!

Sometimes I was more interested in watching the races. And that is why

I waited because I got to the front of the queue and then they go.

will nip out because the pole vault competition is hotting up, largely

down to one lady, Elaine at Isinbayeva, the sweetheart of

Russian athletics, -- Elaine at Isinbayeva. She looked absolutely

brilliant in qualifying for this result in the London Olympics, she

got a bronze medal but she is quite disappointed about that and then she

took some time out but now she is back in front of her home crowd.

This, her first vault of the competition and rather like

Lavillenie, the red-hot favourite in the men's competition yesterday, her

woman who set so many world records, 15 in total, twice a world

champion, toys and Olympic champion as well. And synonymous with

excellence in track and field. GABBY LOGAN: Katarina

Johnson-Thompson who is looking to be the new queen of British

heptathlon, Jessica is not ready to go yet, she is suffering from an

injury but our heritage of multi-eventing is looking in good

hands because she has had a good Championships and that shot put was

the blip. PBs all the way since then. Yes, and everything happens in

its right time. She is still developing, so much room for her to

grow and what was important for these championships is her targets,

as she was to finish inside the top eight. We can safely say she will

take that box and compete extremely well. Back to Paul Dickinson.

COMMENTATOR: There is another issue at stake here, she has a

possibility, albeit an outside chance, of actually winning a medal.

The calculators have been out with the points table being provided as

she has got a chance. There is the line-up. All the top athletes the

from the top nine places in the heptathlon after six events. Dafne

Schippers in third place currently, Katarina Johnson-Thompson who is in

fifth, Melnichenko, the overall leader, Klucinova Davin eighth

place. Then the brilliant Belgian lying in ninth place. The Brianne

Theisen Eaton, the early leader in this heptathlon competition, Claudia

Rath who will be a big danger. She is the best 800m runner in this last

group of heptathlete is going around two laps of the track. You could

ever take everybody. Including Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Then

Sharon Day of the USA, and the European champion, finally, Nana

Djimou Ida. But Katarina has had a good two days. Melnichenko of the

Ukraine surpassing everybody's expectations and she has got big

support, particularly just round the Crown of the first bend. , they are

all dressed in red and blue, the national colours of the Ukraine.

Klucinova, the Czech Republic athlete, she is pretty useful aids

metres runner, -- 800m runner. And Theisen Eaton, if you were with us

while we interviewed her husband, he has already won the decathlon,

Ashton Eaton. And there is the brilliant young talent of Thiam, 18

years old, European junior champion, a name for the future, as is

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. And at this stage I must mention a young

lady back in the UK, who had very bad luck in the world youth

Championships this year but Morgan Lake is the next of a long line of

great talent coming out of the UK at the moment. . She is even better

than Katarina Johnson-Thompson was at that age, she is an under 17

athlete and she is excellent. The German, Claudia Rath, sixth place.

And in terms of time being converted into points, Katarina

Johnson-Thompson is only 0.4 seconds ahead of the German at the moment. I

suspect what might happen is that Claudia Rath of Germany and

Johnson-Thompson may go out hard and try to make the other athletes

suffer. Sharon Day down in seventh place, a bit off the pace, she is

only a two minute performer -- she is only 80 but 11 minute performer.

And then Nana Djimou Ida, lifetime best of 2.15.94 but that was some

time ago. But she as well has a chance of taking a medal. She is in

fourth place. And effectively, 0.75 of a second behind Dafne Schippers

of the Netherlands who is desperately trying to hang on to her

medal position. Really is a question of timing. Melnichenko, the champion

elect, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who has surpassed all expectations.

The final event of the heptathlon. What is she going to do. What is

cloudier rather, the German going to do? This is a fascinating

confrontation, Andrew, and who knows who will be the final medallist on

the rostrum later on this evening? a fitting atmosphere, and

Melnichenko has been roared on by those two large pockets of Ukrainian

supporters but remember the times that have to be made here, a good

runner, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, she will try to use the actions of

other athletes. And Theisen Eaton there has hit the front and she has

to be Melnichenko by almost five seconds which is a very tall order,

her personal best is better, much better bet in a race situation, that

does not always work out that way. It is interesting that number check

so -- that Melnichenko is try to stick to her like glue.

Johnson-Thompson is in fourth place, Theisen Eaton is not making any move

at the moment. She is still there in first place and Claudia Rath, the

German is in second. She is really going for it, the German. ,

Katarina, dig in, dig in hard. And there goes the German. It could be

Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands who will suffer. The Dutch athlete

is back in sixth place at the moment. Johnson-Thompson may be out

of the medals, I fear, she has not done enough of the first 400m. But

listen to the roaring going on here, Melnichenko will be the champion.

Brianne Theisen Eaton will hang onto the silver medal. But Katarina is

going for it. This is going to be fascinating. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson will finish in second place, behind Claudia Rath,

and I think the German has done enough to overtake the British

athlete, Dafne Schippers goes down on the floor but I think we can

confirm that Melnichenko is the champion. That there is no doubt,

what in doubt is who has got silver and bronze, there is the champion.

She has become world champion which is something that Natalia Dobriskey,

so long the Ukrainian number one, never did. So there is a new star,

Melnichenko who was not very fit in London last day, thought you could

contend for a medal and in the end she had problems with ankle so a

medal was not forthcoming and in the absence of Tatyana Chernova, the

defending champion from Russia and our own Jessica Ennis-Hill, the

Olympic champion, she is the champion. Ashton Eaton, decathlon

champion, his wife, couldn't quite make it, Theisen Eaton, in terms of

becoming the heptathlon champion. What do you think of that last

she had to do and she came away with a personal best. Look at this,

a new world champion. Ganna Melnichenko cannot believe it, but

she has done brilliantly. Rising to the occasion. A lovely moment. She

has been really on song for the last two days. Ashton Eaton got

married earlier on this year. He is now married to a world championship

silver medallist. Rihanna Tyson Eton has won a silver medal. She

will start as favourite for the Commonwealth Games next year.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has set a personal best. It was a really

gutsy performance by the Briton. Just behind Katarina Johnson-

Thompson is Dafne Schippers trying desperately to hang onto her bronze

medal. She is on the track receiving treatment. It is seven

seconds off her personal best. A great run from Claudia Rath. Dafne

Schippers was probably trying to stay in touch with Claudia Rath.

All these athletes are still receiving treatment long after this

happened. Dafne Schippers is a name for the future in multi- events.

She specialised previously as a sprinter and she can run. Once she

gets used to the technical aspects of multi- event, she is going to do

extremely well. What a great two days Katarina Johnson-Thompson has

had. Rihanna ties and eaten, well over 6500 points. It is silver and

gold for the family in the decathlon and just out in the

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds

women's pole vault final is still under way. Silke Spiegelburg is a

very fine Voltaire. She is the German record holder. 4.65. Elena

Isinbaeva had a foul at this height. This is the Olympic silver

medallist. She has got a problem. Looking over to the coach as if to

say, what happened there? Only she knows. She missed her run up

entirely. Fabiana Murer won this world championship unexpectedly two

This final is really hotting up now. Remember is set -- Elena Isinbaeva

times she has won the Russian Indoor Championship, which in

itself is a great achievement such is the strength and depth in

Russian pole-vaulting. Three athletes clear at this height. What

can the Queen of pole-vault do at this second attempt. It is unusual

for her to have to take a second attempt at any height. She mentally

confidence now for what is to come. That is the battle for medals. Four

athletes clear. Jennifer Suhr, the American No. 1, has passed at this

bad running family, a dynasty. Tirunesh Dibaba was one of the

greatest of all time. Look out for Genzebe Dibaba. There is the

Russian and this stadium has got very lively indeed, Brendan. There

is a big crowd and these athletes are looking forward to running in

front of them. Siham Hilali is going to be a bit of a danger. Five

to qualify and the two fastest losers. I think there is more

talent in the second heat. Nancy Langat is the Olympic champion.

Faith Kipyegon looks like a diminutive athlete, but she will be

challenging and in the final. Being the first of the semi-finals they

do not know what pace is required. If in doubt, go quickly. That is a

good policy. Zoe Buckman, the Australian, is in second place.

Mary Cain, the talented young American, moves up on the outside.

She is much more involved in this race than she was in the first

round. Also there is Nancy Langat, the Olympic champion and

Commonwealth champion, and being followed by her team-mates, Faith

Kipyegon. Mary Cain is in a nice position. Dibaba with a beautiful

action and that style. It seems to run in the family. She saw her

sister become the most successful individual in the history of female

athletics. This young lady was really keen to run against her

sister, but the selectors said no. Her sister is in the 10,000. Faith

Kipyegon is moving up nicely at the moment. Hannah England goes in the

next heat. Mary Cain is in the heart of the group. She did run

naively in the first-round heats. She is still a youngster. She has

got a good finish. She is the youngest ever American in the World

Championships. Mary Decker was a young talent like Mary Cain and she

went on to become world champion. Mary Cain will become world

champion one day, but not in these championships. The first five and

the two fastest losers. There is a lot of them there as they come into

the home straight. They are juggling for position. They are

beginning to make their move. Nancy Langat, the Olympic champion, on

the outside. Debar but only has one chance here. Can she finish in the

style of her sister? Mary Cain has that strong finish, but it is

crowded. Dibaba looks easy and comfortable. Faith Kipyegon is

trying to go with her. That lap was a little slower, but now they are

releasing their runs. Now it is about positioning. Mary Cain is

waiting on the outside. Faith Kipyegon is putting herself in with

a chance as well. The crowd are trying to lift the two Russians.

Podosenova is on the inside. Here comes the Mary Cain, the 17 year-

old, trying to become the youngest ever ate middle-distance runner. It

is a furious finish. Only five go through it automatically. My

goodness, sort that one out. What a finish from Zoe Buckman from

Australia. She was very lucky there was an opportunity on the inside.

That was extremely impressive from the Australian. Dibaba is holding

that position. There is no luckier athlete today than Zoe Buckman.

Faith Kipyegon is looking good. There is Faith Kipyegon. Zoe