Day 5 Athletics: World Championships

well domination. Unbeatable. And passable! Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

crosses the line. Esteem is coming. She has made it! It is all about

LaShawn Merritt. He is going to take evening's track programme, all eyes

turned to one woman. When the athletics was last held in the

Luzhniki Stadium pole vault was not even an event. Now it was the main

one. The magnificent Yelena Isinbayeva. When I won last time in

feeling inside me that yesterday I had a chance.

Listen to the crowd as she goes clear. Oh yes! Wonderful staff.

Isinbayeva really on top of her game now. But can the American respond?

The Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr of the United States has got this

vault to stay in this final. The American's last attempt now. Oh, no.

That was her worst event of all. Yarisley Silva of Cuba has still got

one final event but there is only one athlete clear so far.

It is not to be. Isinbayeva is the champion! And the crowd have gone

absolutely potty. She has won everything the sport has got to

offer her at least once. Three world titles. Two Olympic titles. And

numerous world records. She is back on top of the world. I think I won

today because of my home crowd, because of my family and because of

my genius coach. I have had many difficulties in the past but I am

proud of myself because I have overcome this and now I am flying

organisers and four Yelena Isinbayeva. The perfect way to

finish. And usually today, there is just a morning session. If you are

looking for an athletics fix this Wednesday, the next 2.5 hours is it.

It is the men's long jump this morning. We were not sure of Greg

Rutherford would be here because of injury but he is. The star name the

women's 5000m is Meseret Defar. Also in the field we have Sophie

Hitchon, the British record-holder. She has been in outstanding form

this year. Her focus will be to make the final, as it will be for Chris

O'Hare. This is the timetable for morning and good morning to Paula

and Denise. The morning after the evening when the stadium came

alive. Absolutely. We were just saying that here in Russia they do

not care about Usain Bolt. It is Isinbayeva that they care about. She

was performing to everyone last night. She was saying if the

Olympics had been here she would have got it right because of the

support. I think that lifted her over the bar because she was way

over it. It was the perfect scenario for the organisers. This is what

they wanted to happen. Yes, it they had a full stadium. It was like

watching a film star last night. She was playing to the crowd and blowing

kisses and getting them onside to do what she set out to do which is to

win this competition. Her vault was incredible. You see how far she was

over the bar. The place erupted. It was a joy to be here. This is what

the worlds are about. It is about getting people involved. They are

getting the athletes across the line first. We see the spoils there are

she clears 4.89 the first time but that was a heck of a competition --

we see the smiles there. We have Yarisley Silva who was the silver

medallist and Jennifer Suhr who was probably the favourite coming into

this competition. She has been in scintillating form and is a fierce

competitor but this lady here, Isinbayeva, who has been the darling

of world athletics for so many years, it was a nice return for her

to be on home soil, to really lift the crowd. The cameramen were all

over her. It was her night last night. It was a pleasure to watch

her. Paula, we think back to the British crowds in London 2012 when

we were very British and we cheered when people did well and we did not

cheer when people did not do well. It was not the same last night.

poor Jennifer Suhr. She failed and the crowd erupted as if Isinbayeva

had gone clear. She was definitely competing against the partisan

crowd. That made her job harder. But Yelena lifted it when it really

mattered. She has gone back to her old childhood coach. I think they

got it right. We will see if she changes her mind about whether she

retires. At the beginning of the year she said this is the end. And

she said I will go and have a baby and come back again. What is your

gut instinct? Had it been the Olympics and this was the final

Olympics you could say, draw a line under it. But the way she was

jumping. She did attempt a new world record of five metres and seven

centimetres and she was not that far off it so she is clearly in great

shape. She might feel that mentally it is difficult keep stimulating

yourself after being so successful for so many years, but I think there

is a lot more to give from her and she likes the stadium. I think the

sport needs her. We have Usain Bolt on the men's side. It is the

women's 5000m now. There is an interesting story about the American

athlete going in heat one. We could have had a step -- Sebastien Coe 's

Steve Yvette type clash like we had in Moscow. But Shannon Rowbury

messed up and then run a qualifying time but did not submit it to USA

track and field. So because of that when the 1500m trial winner pulled

out last Thursday, even though Shannon was already here and wanted

to run the 1500 eaters, she could not do that. So she is here in the

5000m. She has qualified but unfortunately for Shannon, her best

event is the 3000m which does not exist any more. Hopefully she will

go out and perform here. It is a shame that as a bronze medallist in

2009, she is not here in the 1500m. And going back to Meseret Defar it

is a shame that Tirunesh Dibaba is not here.

I think the Ethiopians wanted to let the younger athletes have a go on

the team. For Meseret Defar, it has not worked for her doubling up in

the past. Maybe it is better for her that she has not doubled. Let's

handover to the commentators now. clean sweep with Tirunesh Dibaba and

Meseret Defar. But Mercy Cherono has a chance here. She was fifth in the

last World Championships. A quick look at the line-up for you. And a

lookout for Almaz Ayana who has the second quickest time in the world

for you. It is the first five to go through automatically. Just 11

running. It could be a straight final. 11 in each heat, the first

five go through automatically and then the next five olive fires.

are only eliminating six athletes in total. Sorry, seven athletes in

total. That means there is a very easy qualification. There is no real

incentive for anyone to run quickly. There is only an incentive to stay

on your two feet and run in a reasonable time. The first five to

go through in each heat and then the five fastest losers. This is the pay

is that you or I could have been running at this morning, Andrew, if

we had not been here! I would not be pleased with that pace. They are

almost at a standstill now. They are just avoiding pitfalls. This is when

things can happen when it is crowded. There are the Americans

Shannon Rowbury and Molly Huddle. She is a good five thousand metre

runner. Shannon Rowbury gets a bit lost when it stretches out to 5000m.

Huddle is someone to watch. But you are watching out for the East

Africans, the Ethiopians and Kenyans. There are three Ethiopians

now running for other countries like Belgium, the United Arab Emirates

and Bahrain. Paula is watching. This is a six minute mile pace. I know

you have a bad foot at the moment, you could have stayed with this.

could have stayed with it. Whether I could have had spikes and stayed on

the track is a different matter. They look like they are almost

walking. Somebody surely is going to snap in a minute, otherwise they are

making it very easy for the second heat because otherwise all thy have

to do is run a half decent pace and ten will go through from that heat.

They are going through to the second lap. I do not think I have ever seen

three minutes for two laps of the track in a championship. They are

picking up a little. Can they go through the three minute barrier for

two laps? There are a few of them who would not have been disqualified

for lifting in the 50 K walk. Here we are, the pace is picking up a

little bit which is good to see. Molly Huddle decides to stretch it a

little bit alongside the Frenchwoman, Sophie Duarte. Three

minutes, three seconds for two laps, I think it is a world record

slowed time indeed championships. Welcome to Moscow and welcome to the

heats of the 5000m. They will of course begin to pick up the pace and

things will become respectable but we are not heading for a quick time.

It is the next five fastest who make it through. I think those who are

running in the second semifinal, which includes Meseret Defar, they

will be aware that they do not have to go too quickly to beat this. You

find there are a smattering of spectators early. The contrast

between this morning and last night when Isinbayeva was doing magical

things in the pole vault, the atmosphere was wonderful. It will be

again in the evening sessions. This morning, it is a gentle easing into

the day and certainly a gentle easing into this race for these

athletes. Looking around the crowds this morning, we were really pleased

there was a big crowd last night. The IAAF are discussing in detail

what to do with these championships. Is it too long a period? Is it too

thinly spaced? Do they need fewer days? Last year in London, in the

Olympic Games, crowds in the morning and the crowds in the evening were

such that we came to have high expectations. But track and field

athletics is not a major sport in this country. They have had great

athlete in history and great performers. We saw one of the best

reformers last night, but it is not a sport which has a huge following

in this country. When we looked at the Olympics last year, for 2012, I

know the UK athletics Federation are out here talking about 27 team and

one would imagine that the 2017 World Championships, back in the

Olympic Stadium in London, I would sense there might be a few more

struggling Perhaps to get the attention, the promotion. People

automatically criticise crowds like this. You have seen what is

possible at the Olympics when the morning session sold out. The pace

it is picking up. The Ethiopian now running for Bahrain is running at

the brunt. -- the front. We have lost one out the back. Has Muriuki

been spiked questor much she is not able to run properly. -- spiked?

Unfortunately, one of the fastest athletes in the world this year.

That is a bit of a disappointment for her. She would have been among

the favourites. Sadly, she is sitting out and watching the race

and her team-mate, who is still out there. Mercy Cherono is still out

there. They are running at the reasonable lap pace. They look more

comfortable. When you are jogging, a nurse comes into play. -- nerves

come into play. I do not think more than five will be able to make it

from this round. Muriuki his feeling her calf. She is struggling

with it. She could have challenged for a medal. It is now five from 10.

One Kenyan remains. Mercy Cherono pulls them away. Almaz Ayana is the

quickest in the world. Along with the Bahraini an athlete, they at

easing their way clear. You want to see what is in your legs. You want

to give yourself a decent run out. They have not really done that

today put up the first part was so slow. They are operating at a

reasonable pace. At least the race is getting going. Both you and I

will be disappointed not seeing a British athlete in this race.

really feel that Stet 12 missing out on the qualifying time by --

Stephanie Twell missing out on the qualifying time by 0.6 of a second.

What she actually did in Paris in the Diamond League was to get a

number of athletes together, including Sophie Duarte, and she

said, let's work together to get the time. She did the bulk of the

work that did not have the finishing kick for the A standard.

Had she been here, I do not think the pace would have been so slow. I

think she would have got out that and given themselves a working

chance of some bustard users coming from this heat. -- the fastest

losers. There is no big advantage in not selecting someone. Alison

why it is in the stands. She is an official with British athletics.

She will be feeling like you and I, wishing we were watching a British

athlete. She was that British athlete. She was someone who really

helped me when I came into the team as a gangster. She is one of the

people who really taught me if I was running in the second heat, you

get out into the tunnel and you get as much information as possible

from the first heat so you know what you are aiming for. Alison is

looking interestingly at this event. She was an athlete who had

accomplished and awful lot in her career. With Stephanie Twell just

being outside the a standard. She won the British championships. If

you have not been an you miss out on the standard, you have a better

chance of being selected. You cannot go because you have had your

shot. That seems contrary to the way it should be able stuck I think

beach start building a campaign. it should be. I think we should

start building a campaign. You need to give more incentive for athletes.

There is nothing wrong with being the best in Britain. Sometimes, we

should make efforts to try to bring them to the championships. You

cannot win anything if you are at home and watching the television.

Almaz Ayana it is one of the favourites to get to the final. It

is the first five to go through. Then the pocket of three. That

includes the two Americans. Three laps to go in the first heat of the

women's 5000 metres. We have talked about qualification been

particularly comfortable with the first five going through pull stub

we are looking at the five. They are clear. -- are going through.

There are two groups of two. The 5th athlete is pulling clear.

Messager Renault is leading. Molly Huddle and Shannon Rowbury are also

there. -- Mercy Cherono. They have learned the ropes. They have been

here. They know what they need to do in the final on Saturday. The

good news for America is the two We have talked about Shannon

Rowbury and Molly Huddle. Shannon Rowbury would have loved to have

been in the 1500 but she ran a poor race in the European Championships.

Instead, Sarah Brown came over. She came across with a day's

preparation and ran well in the heats. She went out in the semi-

final. Shannon Rowbury would have had a very good chance to have gone

into the final. We have Mercy Cherono and the two Americans. And

Sophie Duarte, the French athlete, is trying to close her down. The

French record holder in the steeplechase. Only five go through

automatically. If the gap is not closed, I think she will be out.

The five fastest may well not come from this race due to the very

lethargic start. We thought Sophie Duarte would have run better than

that. The second half has been quicker. Mercy Cherono in second

place is running comfortably. Ben Molly Huddle of the United States,

having a bit of a workout. Shannon Rowbury just jogging in 4th place.

They are well on their way through. The format Ethiopian athlete is now

comfortably in 5th place. Almaz Ayana looks like she is ready to

compete, even today. These athletes are getting an easy day out - an

easy qualification. Sophie Duarte will be the 6th athlete. I would be

very surprised if that is fast enough to go through. The final is

taking place on Saturday. Mercy Cherono will take it. A few days'

rest and they will probably go again this afternoon with the pace

they have ran. Molly Huddle in third place and Shannon Rowbury in

force. The Bahraini in athlete comfortably qualified. She is now

thinking about coming here on Saturday into the finishing

straight. The natural rivalry between Almaz Ayana and Mercy

Cherono - they can choose in this race. -- their countries in this

race. You can see Shannon Rowbury hammer throw qualifying competition

is on. Sophie Hitchon the British record holder goes in the second

pull in about an hour's time. Betty Heidler, the world record holder,

is in that group. The defending world champion is also in this

group. The Asian record holder and bronze medallist at the 2008

Olympics. They are the longer throwers in the group. Betty

Heidler has not got a great record in qualifying competitions. She

totally blew out in last year's European Championships in the

build-up to the Olympics. She did come back with an Olympic bronze

medal. She is the world record holder. That is not good - a bit of

balance towards the end. Just over the 65 metre line. There is the

good work. Four turns on the heel and the toe. You can tell from the

expression on her face she did not really like pitbull but she could

not get any real strength behind the delivery. -- like it. Anna

Bulgakova, the lesser known of the two Russians in this group. Tatyana

Lysenko is the defending record the end. That is the first

automatic qualifier. That is the longest throw we have seen by far

in this group. Wenxiu Zhang it is in second place at the moment but

Anna Bulgakova really got behind that. She is through. First place.

The Olympic champion is in the stadium. Greg Rutherford attempts

to qualify for the final of the long jump. So much doubt about

whether he would be hit or not. The qualifying distance is certainly

within his scope. He has three attempts to clear a height will be

one of the top 12 performers. -- the height all be one of the top 12

side of the arena, just getting his last-minute preparations done

before the qualifying competition starts. Almost directly opposite

the commentary box. Just a little way to the left-hand side - the

go through so why not ten from this final. Easy, right? I am sure Steph

is sitting there thinking why am I not hear? The others have two run

under 16 minute pace. It is, ten will go through from here. A bit of

work together. A fairly straightforward Wednesday morning.

Ten o'clock. If somebody said to you just need to run 16 minutes to

qualify for the world championship final, I am sure any of these women

would be delighted with that opportunity. The name to pick out,

Meseret Defar. Her team-mate oozed to the 5000m final, that is why the

likes of Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar have won so many titles.

Forget the Olympic Games, she is the Olympic champion of course. Let's

talk about the world championship 5000m. Meseret Defar has never been

out of the top three on four occasions. She is getting a nice

cheer from the rather sparse crowd in this morning. I will pick up

Brendan's point, you can see a sparse crowd but if there are

tickets available, Wednesday morning, heats in the 5000, Heaton

1500, qualification going on, it is not a great incentive, is it? It

should be one of those three for two offers you are so keen on in the

supermarkets! There were more people going the other way when we were on

the tube this morning than coming the blue and yellow contingent. They

have not all turned up. The second heat of the women's 5000m. After

that dawdle through the first two War three laps. That meant that all

of these women, with the exception of the athlete from Georgia, have a

brilliant opportunity of getting through to the final. The top five

other than help each other out a little bit. It is nice to see the

USA and Russia, friends that the the first lap of this one faster

than the last one? It is going to be faster! Dolores Checa of Spain just

gliding to the front there. They just need to keep moaning like this,

nice and comfortable. Everybody should be OK. There is the Ukrainian

crowd. There is a whole bunch of this morning, one of our great 5000m

exponents. We were chatting about this qualification for the 5000. I

will maybe bring Paula in on this as well, we had a shot of Alison Wyeth,

and she is the seventh best ever British athlete but she did not

break 15 minutes, a very good athlete, she came to major

championships, 15 minutes, just outside, is her best. If you take

out all of the African runners, there are not many women in the

world running under that. A lot of the European athletes. That is quite

a tough qualification. I think the a standard was a bit tough. We could

certainly have taken someone here. It is a very tough nullification.

Alison Wyeth will be very embarrassed this morning that we

have been concentrating on her. She did not come here to be

photographed, she came to watch the event she so much loved and was part

One of the best throwers in the world consistently. The Asian

only a qualifying mark but over 75 metres. Totally impassive. No

reaction at all but it was a good is well in excess of the qualifying

line. That is the best she has thrown this year and she is through

to the final. Tatiana is then co-on her first

throw, the defending champion, crashed the hammer into the cage. --

She has proved that time and time qualifying for Sophie in the

hammer, the women's second heat of the 5000m, these ten athletes are

well on their way to qualifying. Paula, I know you are listening to

qualification, where you telling me that in your day the qualifying time

or something like 15.40. Yes, the qualifying time was 15.45 and then

came down to 15.35 and has recently come down to 15.20 and 15.18. That

is tough. It is reflected by the fact that we have only have 11 in

each heat today. Also in the men's 1500 we have seen the standard come

down in the same way. There are a decent number of guys qualifying but

it is to my mind a tough standard There is a good standard there.

There are a few people missing here. The overall depth is not as good as

it can be. Even from Great Britain there is no Julia Bleasdale who is

injured. And Jo Pavey. Brendan is our maternity experts sometimes. As

we have watched events develop, and the women's 5000 has developed,

Paula making the observation about altercation times coming down, I

think you have to leave the door open for another nations to be

sending an athlete if they want to. There are plenty of 5000m runners in

the world. And there are plenty running within 15 and a half

minutes. The opportunities are few and far between and this is an

opportunity missing for a few athletes. We are disappointed that

it is missing for British athletes. We are looking in the middle of the

group at the former junior champion, Viola Kibiwot from Kenya. And behind

that, the double Olympic champion and world champion, Meseret Defar.

When you talk about the other athletes like Haile Gebrselassie,

they are critical of the Ethiopian athletics Federation. She will want

to run the five and ten but when she has run the five and the ten she has

not done well. When she has tried to double up she has not had good

results. So maybe the selectors in Ethiopian are doing her a favour.

They are protecting her from herself. She is the outstanding

favourite for this event. Tirunesh Dibaba, the Empress, the greatest

female athlete in the history of track and field athletics, five

World Championships, gold medals, three Olympic Games titles, no woman

has ever won more gold medals at these championships than Tirunesh

Dibaba and she has probably not even turned up to watch this this

morning. She and her sister are two of the fastest 5000m runners in the

world but they were not allowed to run in this event. I think the

Ethiopian selectors have for once done a good job. , her sister, was

that an estate? She out kicked Meseret Defar in Shanghai. That

could have gone horribly wrong. I do not think she will contender in the

1500. They may have been able to get a one, two, three. But you will not

get a one, two, three without the great Tirunesh Dibaba. And her

sister moved down from distance races, she won the world junior

cross country. The reason she did that was she was training in Haile

Gebrselassie's gym regularly in Ethiopian and he would be training

with her. He started to notice her style, particularly her body shape,

her legs. He went to the sisters and said she would be a better runner

over the shorter distance than over the longer distance. So she stepped

down from the 1500m dash back to the this. Maybe not. The women's 1500m

final tomorrow night. Hannah England made it through which was great. She

will be in that final. The women's 800 rounds will be starting as

well. We have just jarred and Marilyn Okoro going in the 800. The

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pace is picking up slightly. They do and bidding hundred as well. She is

the Dutch athlete. -- the 1500. The pace has picked up a bit. Maybe Kim

Conley wants to stretch out a little bit. Three laps to go.

minutes and three laps to go. They need to go steadily. Five athletes

will be qualifiers of right and the five fastest losers. They only need

to run at this kind of pace and all 10 will go through. When you come

here and know what you have to do, at the end of the day, there is one

athlete behind them all. The Georgian is being lapped up already.

The 10 of them are easily through. Fellow competitors with 1000 metres

to go. Try and impress them that you are running well and feeling

good. Do not do anything and necessary. I am looking at Meseret

Defar in 4th place. Dolores Checa has done enough and is off the back

of the group. Here they are. The 10 have the chance of running through.

Just over 13 minutes. Easy running. A wonder if each of them knows what

to do. They were out on the back the Australian art the drift of the

group, absolutely no problem. -- are adrift. That is a 71. Kim

Conley continues to wind it up. I do not know. Maybe they did not

look. They set out with that intent. They must have known. They went

through the first km a bit quicker but this is unnecessary. They went

with the pace and that is fine. There are six of them in the group

and they are working hard for it. It is easy qualification. Ms Tripp

Dave Barr has seen -- Meseret Defar has seen the athletes in the group.

It is Wednesday morning and they are running up by 0 on Saturday.

Not too much damage. -- running the final. I have never seen screens on

the back straights. The athletes the Olympic champion - side by side.

One of rivalry, Ethiopia/Kenya followed by another one -

USA/Russia behind. Those are the top five by rights. Everyone else

athletes - all well qualified. A little bit of a stretch out for

Meseret Defar. She has pace to burn. No surprises in the women's 5000.

You cannot look beyond her. will want to assert her point. The

Olympic champion last year. Favourite for the event. It never

does you any harm. Let them know you are the boss. She may have a

good future ahead of her. Meseret Defar, a fantastic athlete. By far

the favourite for this event. We will look forward to the final on

Saturday. The top five go through. Everyone else behind them will join

them as fast as losers in the final on Friday. -- fastest losers. The

long jump competition will start in five minutes' time. Greg Rutherford

is safely through his warm up. He seems to be running well. He has

not taken off at 100%. He goes in about 10 minutes. The qualifying

distance, at 8.10 metres. Back at the hummer... Betty Heidler, the

world record holder, is beginning to gain a reputation as being a

little bit flaky in hammer qualifying competitions. She has

done it before. She needs something exceptionally good and she has not

got it. Betty Heidler could be on her way out of the competition. Her

best throw so far 68 point 83 metres. She is only in 9th place in

the qualifying pool. Real problems for the world record holder. She

will need to sit it out and wait and see. Here is the result of what

happened during the first throws officio and Tatyana Lysenko,

the defending world champion, she goes through comfortably on her

second throw. Everybody else, including the very talented Jeneva

McCall of the United States we need to see whether their distances are

We are going to chat a bit about selection. congratulations on

making the 5000 metre heats where good when they were not. They were

an illustration of the fact team management now is not what it used

to be. It goes back to my point about Eilish McColgan not knowing

what times she was running. She did not believe us when Steve told her

she had qualified. Essentially it was a warm up. I will let you off

but you did not answer the question. Because the focus on people making

finals - perhaps a lack of development opportunities for

athletes. We were talking about Stephanie Twell. This comes from

your former coach and the regime he created. I think it goes one step

before that. We had a team of people that were just getting on to

the team and not performing when we got here. We had this attitude

where people were getting the British vest, turning up, going out

in the first round and we thought that was acceptable. We had to be

tougher. We got the system way you need to be accountable, you need to

perform, look at training programmes to get to the

championships. Charles has gone and everyone is breathing a sigh of

relief. We are caught between, should we be tough or should be

slack off a bit? I believe that athletes and young athletes need

the chance to come to championships like this. It takes time to perform

and behave in this pressure-cooker situation which is the World

Championships. Do you get a better athlete? Do you become a better

athlete by being thrown in the deep end and performing terribly? How

does that help you later on in your career? I am not sure. Respected

Charles when he was head coach. He said it did not make a huge amount

of difference. It did not make a huge amount of difference coming to

the championships. How do you know unless you come and you get the

chance to try to perform? Nobody comes with the intention of

performing badly. Every mum wants to run well. -- everyone wants to

run well. Saviour to Rutty is gutted and she has learnt a

valuable lesson. -- Sophie Duarte. Neil Black, in the centre, he is

the performance director. He did have the flexibility to change that

policy and be able to select those people who were so close to the

standard. Are they going to make the top eight? Unless they have the

chance, you do not know. UK Sports Fund UK Athletics on the basis of

medals. They have a limited pot of money and they said they will throw

it into a team of 30, 40 or 50 rather than 70 or 80, to make sure

athletes who will win medals have what they need. That is the

difficulty. It is all based on finance. Each year, you have to

look at the goals collectively from a sport. We have had a very

successful Olympics and we need to look ahead to Rio and building

depth in our team. In some events, we have no athletes. They need to

encourage athletes to think bigger and perform better. They need to be

here in some about events. We are in Moscow and not Brisbane a way of

talking about five or six athletes who could have come and it would

have made a difference to their development, the strength of the

team and they could build on that for Rio. Here is what is still to

qualification of the men's long jump. Fingers crossed for his

hamstrings. Sophie Hitchon, a British record holder, has been in

fine form this season. It will be tough qualification in the hammer.

Chris O'Hare goes in the heats of the men's 1500m. He won the

European Championships earlier this year. There is the Olympic champion

rubbing his hamstring a little bit. He is here. You have to reassess

and go for it. He has made the decision to come. He had every

reason not to be here. It is important for him to try to back up

his Olympic gold with another medal. Is it realistic? We do not know the

state of his body right now that he is hopeful, I am sure. Another

selection type., the a standard for the men's long jump was 8.25 metres.

It would have won a silver medal in London. Absolutely. Is it really

realistic? Have they looked at the depth and standard of events

worldwide and set the standard accordingly. For the long jump, I

do not think they have. Steve Cram will be commentating on the 1500m

in a moment. First, best. Steve all the time. The Moroccan and

Leeds. The small, slender figure of Steve Cram in second place. And

Steve Ovett trying to get through on the inside. He has got through.

He was knocked off the track slightly. Has he gone too soon?

Steve Cram leading. Steve Ovett in 5th. Steve Cram is leading. He has

done it! He is three yards clear. Steve Cram wins the World

Championship will stop -- the World Championship. What a marvellous win

little flag. She did not think it looked very match oh. Could you not

find a better one? ? In those days it was not showbiz. That was the

best I could come up with that the time. I was not happy with the music

on that clip either. Give it up? Happy memories. There is my flag. A

little bit pathetic, wasn't it? It was a great championships, Helsinki.

We have talked about this before. The boycott we have had in Moscow

before. Talking about altercation standards, I remember that initially

they said it would be the top 14 or 15 per event, it ended up the top

three per country. It seems like ancient history now, unfortunately.

Talk us through the race. How did it go? The bloke who is next to me,

Brendan was a key figure in that. I knew all about Steve Ovett and Steve

Scott. He was the world number one. But there was an athlete from

Morocco. I did not know too much about him. I had never raced him.

Brendan had heard a rumour that he might push on from 600 or 700m out.

That is what I might have done. When I heard that he might do that, it

was great practical. The third lap was a slow. I was watching him. He

went first, I was able to follow him, let us all out and 200 to go, I

went past him. The 1500m finals in any championships are often

tactical. In those days they were often more tactical than quick. I

have always held that up as one of my better cat graces. If you get

everything right on the day and you end up winning the gold medal then

brilliant. Prerace intelligence helps as well and I had a good

little spy. Indeed. And in terms of all your achievements in your

career, where would that rank? think it is right up there. To go to

a major championships and run, I would probably have to give myself

ten out of ten. You go, you make plans and you think, if he does that

then I will do this. It was one of those occasions when it all played

out that way. For many years after that, I used to think about world

records and thankfully I was able to do that as well. But the essence of

1500 metre running is pitting yourself mentally, not just

physically, the other guys are the best in the world, their tactics and

your tactics. That race was a great example of that. Side is still a

great friend of mine. He is working at these championships. I met up

with Steve Scott for lunch in the states. And Steve Ovett is here as

well. I still have great friends from them. And how important was

Moscow in 1980. We have been talking about selection and experience. Did

that have a big impact on how you ran in your career? We played a film

last night when I said that. Moscow was a pivotal point in my career,

coming there is a 19-year-old. I scraped into the final by two

hundredths of a second. But the experience I got, even if I had not

got to the final was incredible. It was not just my experience, it was

watching Sebastien Coe and Steve Ovett, learning from the two masters

at the time, watching how they conducted themselves. It is not only

your personal experience, it is watching the good guys. What does Mo

Farah do? Brendan, it was watching what he did, Moorcroft, and Daley

Thompson. You watch the top hole in your team and you learn from them. I

think that is why coming to major championships is important. OK. The

1500m heats are coming up in a moment with Asbel Kiprop. But now to

can see there. There has hardly been any wind in this stadium during

these championships. It is Sebastien Beyer of Germany who leads at the

moment from both qualifying pools. And Dwight Phillips, the great

champion from the United States has jumped 7.95, a season's best. 7.814

Greg. An easy entry into this to his coach and the coach will tell

him what was good, what was bad and what he needs to change. Not too

that that that race in Helsinki was 30 years ago today. Happy birthday

to me! 30 years ago. You have not changed. You have not aged.Thank

you. Chris O'Hare goes in the third field. Here's the defending

champion. I think he is the best 1500m talent we have had for a

while. We saw great evidence of that in the race in Monaco where Mo Farah

broke the record. There are some good athletes in this field. Kiprop

moves to the front. The likes of at the front. Positioning himself.

The only thing he will be thinking about is, don't make any mistakes. I

will be interested in watching Souleiman. He finished third in the

800m last night. He only chose the 800m because he saw David Rhodesia

was not running. -- David Rudisha. To get a medal in the 1500m will be

a very tall order. That is one athlete that Asbel Kiprop would be

nervous. He has had sometimes in the past when his mental ability and his

performance has not been equal to his physical ability, Kiprop, but I

wonder if it is time for revision. If it is time for revision, that is

the man you would look at to do it. This is the part where he can go to

sleep, the third lap. But he is the back of the field. Asbel Kiprop

had a slight stumble but he is all right. Now there is a race in the

back straight. Kip Raab is looking good there. -- Kiprop. Nick Willis

has got a lot of work to do. Florian Carvalho is trying to get into the

top six. Florian Carvalho of France is trying to make it. It is the

Ethiopian who misses out. No problems at the front for temp two

and it is that qualification spot we are concentrating on. Florian

Carvalho finished in the dark blue for France. This man for Ethiopian

has been running very well this year and he was out kicked there. The

winning time, 3.3815. They are well capable of finishing much quicker

than that. He was in a decent position in the home straight. A bit

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of a surprise if the Ethiopian goes suffered last night in the 800m.

Carvalho qualifies. Wote is out of athlete did not qualify for the last

championships but since then he has won the European under 23

championships and has improved the final in first place so far.

Christian reef of Germany has been the Olympic Games but since then he

has jumped well. He has not done any of the Diamond League is but he

looks full of confidence there. Just one centimetre short of the

qualifier. There is the giant cage surrounding

the Hammer Circle. Somewhere in that group is the British record-holder,

Sophie Hitchon. Just testing out the circle. What a competitor she has

been in recent years. The world junior champion, the European under

23 champion and both of those titles were won with the last throes she

took in the competition. She is a very good competitor. More from

Sophie later. To a backdrop of the Ukrainian

support as we move onto the second experienced German. He has been

around a long time. It was a very good race, that first heat. There is

Silas Kiplagat. Even though he did win the Kenyan trials, Kiprop is the

stronger one. Manzano is the silver medallist at the Olympic Games. He

got into a bit of bother with waving the Mexican flag on his lap of

honour. A proud Mexican American. And you think of the Moroccan

in June. -- fast lap. This is the second heat of the men's 1500m. A

couple could sneak through as fastest losers. Their first six go

through automatically. The Turk went flying off for the first

couple of laps. It was a great day - a great performance. He ran 53

seconds for the opening lap. He is moving along at a decent pace. He

likes running fast and strong. He is moving. The tall Austrian, twice

European finalist in this event, moves up behind. This is the second

of three heats. 58 seconds through them now. Ozbilen took his name

from his manager and godfather. He is finding out what he has got here

and is determined to lead them out at a decent pace. Silas Kiplagat is

in the middle of the pack - Commonwealth champion. He beat

Asbel Kiprop in the trials. I think if Ozbilen runs a decent race, he

could feature. We are talking about challengers for Asbel Kiprop. The

nearest challenger to him was Mo Farah. We have been talking about

the inability of the Ethiopians not to double up in events. There was

suggestion that Mo Farah wanted to do the treble. I'm not sure that

would really have been on. I think commonsense prevailed Foster

appears a 10,000m runner, 5000 metre runner. -- he is a 10,000m

runner. He is brilliant at 1500m. I am sure their heats and final would

have taken their toll. Look at Silas Kiplagat on the outside! The

red and green of Kenya. He is ready to make a ramp was that he needs to

start doing it now. -- make a run. The pace really is picking up as

they head down the back straight. Ozbilen his easing his way. These

four are away comfortably. Leonel Manzano is also comfortable. He

seems to be working hard. These four go through automatically. The

time is not as quick as the first heat. I think there will be

survivors. The Ethiopian will go through. Silas Kiplagat is looking

fairly comfortable. Ozbilen is a better runner than we think. He

gave himself the chance to run. Leonel Manzano, the Olympic

medallist, came through. Ozbilen maybe one to look at full. Another

round. Semi-finals on Saturday. I think Silas Kiplagat was the pick

out of that group. One more heat to go. Next up is Chris O'Hare. He has

a real opportunity. You could come 7th or eighth and qualifying. He is

coming up in the final heat of the 1500 in the next couple of minutes.

Back to the long jump. The South African. Only 7.6 D8 in the first

round. He is a former Olympic silver medallist. He is a very fine

athlete when he is on form. We have the Spaniard who is leading at the

moment in the qualifying competition. Christian Reif of

place. The South African news up and is now in 6th place. -- moves

up. I hope Chris O'Hare is OK. He is kneeling on the track, may be

concentrating. Let's hear from him time, you know everybody. When you

come back, everything is a bit foreign to you. It is not too bad.

You have had the experience. Coming back, it gives you more of an

insight as to what you need to do to make it to the World

Championships. It has provided me with an opportunity to get a great

education as well, which, otherwise, I might not have done. The

facilities and staff - everything - is at your disposal. At the lower

levels, it is sometimes more difficult - especially being up in

Scotland. A bit less gets filtered up. It is great. I am blessed I

have been given the opportunity to go out there and make a name for

myself. I do not want to go on record and safe I want a gold medal.

That would be unrealistic. I think I will probably leave the

championships disappointed unless I get a medal. This Championship is a

building block on the way to begat and better things. I am very

thankful I have been given this opportunity to hopefully gain some

experience to be able to Murdoch in future games. -- medal. It is a big

moment for Chris O'Hare. He needs to stay in contact and hope it is

not too quick. He has run personal bests all year. He has been

training really hard. I am admiring his approach to all of this. He is

a very level-headed young man. There are some very good young

athletes in here. The young American, at Matthew Centrowitz,

may well be a role model for Chris O'Hare. He won a bronze medal in a

tactical race and that shows you what could happen. Bethwell Birgen

is well known to track fans. He does not win many races but can

always be dangerous. Good to see British support in the stadium, as

ever. Scattered around. Union Jacks always in evidence. Chris O'Hare

just needs to hope that somebody at least makes it a reasonable pace.

Matthew Centrowitz on the far left the pack. It is not that quick.

They're probably aiming for 61, 62. I am delighted to see Chris O'Hare

here. A bit disappointed that he is the only representative. When you

look back at the glory days, it is a shame he is the only presents. He

seems to have a serious approach to the sport. We only have three

distance runners in the team. We have an insurance system set up in

Britain and they do not seem to be too many men coming through it.

There is still a lot more work to be done. We have seen the benefits

of giving athletes the chance to go away and train. Chris O'Hare has

been a good product of that system. He needs to run a collegiate system.

He told me in Barcelona, he would be heading straight back. The

cross-country season starts in September. He is doing very well.

It has not been that quick. A better second lap. Chris knows the

time he needs to do. He is just forcing... Ate little surge would

have been enough. I am a little bit more worried. If you go to the

front and push on like that, you have to accept the others will take

the lead at from you. You need to concentrate. It is his first time

in a major championships - Chris O'Hare. When you watch athletes

coming through, and to watch them by the first time in the

championships, have they got the temperament? Has he got the

physical ability and the ability to hold up some of these runners? He

is in a bit of an exposed position. They can run a good time. It is

working hard and biting hard. He is holding his position. -- for biting

hard. He is in a great position. He Matthew Centrowitz is a long way

back. Chris O'Hare needs to work hard. It will be a blanket finish.

That is going to be quick enough. I am pretty sure of. He will be

disappointed. He did a really good job. He is probably now thinking he

might have been run out. I think he is going to be quick enough to go

through. If he is under three point 40, he will be one of the fastest

losers. -- 3.40. His first time in a major championships, prepared

mentally and physically. He has some real talent outside a hem.

Look, he is challenged. -- him. Mentally he is strong enough.

Physically, not quite strong enough. He has never had this level of

quality around him. He did not lose it. He hung on. He was in the right

place. Now he is tired, he is working. This is what the training

is for. These guys are real stars. Fatigue is setting in. The crowd

will come through. He has just missed out on 6th place but I think

that is good enough for qualification. I hope he knows it.

He might be thinking, I have lost it, I have lost it, they are better

than me. That was an extremely impressive performance. Looked at

him! This is a young man who was so determined. He said he will be

disappointed if he does not get a medal but I am delighted we will be

able to see him run again in the semi-final. That was a really good

congratulations. I thought I would fight from a position and not mess

about. I would do something big. Everybody is fresh today. Hopefully

I will have a bit more. Were you worried you would not getting to the

automatic qualifying? If I am going to be in as the fastest Ludo, it

will be because I have worked as hard as hell. -- fastest loser. If I

can do that and show my gut and run with heart, I will be fine. You have

certainly done that. We will see you advantage. He made sure he went

and in terms of qualification times. There will be two semifinals.

Aleksandr Menkov now in the long jump. He competed in the Birmingham

Diamond League event which he won. And he also competed in London. He

won that as well. He has only lost once this year. That is better. He

has been a bit below par this champion in the background. The

this year. Four times the world the pitch shows what the athletes

have to jump. That gives a good indication that it was well below

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been a very useful jump in recent years, world indoor champion and

tremendous vertical lift. That is the second longest we have seen this

morning. You can see the two pits lying in

parallel there. One behind the other. A good opportunity for us to

see every jumper in action. On the long jump runway now is Greg

Rutherford. He is in 10th place. Not Tarantino plays in the final. -- not

take-off there but I think he was rotating forwards. The balance on

the take-off was not quite right. Greg Rutherford may be in a bit of

trouble. One and a half rounds to go of athletes trying to do the same as

Greg which is to qualify at 8.10 describing the action. 33 years ago

he was down in the infield in the Hammer Circle competing for the

Moscow Olympics. Here are his memories. It was not a happy Olympic

James -- games. My job at the time was as a schoolteacher. The board of

governors did not want me to go to Moscow. Margaret Thatcher was in

power and there was a lot of anti-feeling about Mrs Thatcher

putting pressure on the athletes. One-way to bring home the enormity

of the Russian people invading Afghanistan, is to boycott the

Olympic Games. Are you still hoping to go to Moscow? That is what I am

training for. I had a letter from a gentleman who said he had been in

the army but was retired. He threatened to firebomb my house.

That was the amount of passionate feelings that there was amongst the

British public. Half the population said, you have got to go. The other

half said we should not have any involvement with the Moscow Olympic

Games. I did not go to the opening ceremony. I do not think any British

team members did. It was only the leader of the team, Dick Harmon,

proudly carrying the Union Flag. The competition itself was a bit of an

anti-climax for all sorts of reasons. I did not make the final,

unfortunately. I had been ill before the games started. The first Russian

to walk into the Hammer Circle broke the very first throw. That world

record was outstanding. It came in the biggest competition of the

decade. The Moscow Olympics were absolutely huge. I flew out, I

competed and I flew back the next day. I was away for three or four

days altogether. It was a massive anti-climax. No regrets. I am glad I

went but I cannot really talk with any great perspective about what

Moscow was doing, what Russia was doing, in terms of the promotion of

the games. The only thing I heard was that no child under the age of

16 was allowed anywhere near the Olympic Stadium. They had all been

shipped off to some accounts so they would not come into contact with any

decadent Westerners. I think if I had had my time over again, I might

have considered more seriously about me going to games like that, because

after all, what the USSR did was unforgivable. I think history will

tell that story in a slightly different way to the story we were

being given as young athletes. But I went, I did my thing as best I

could, and that was it. But it did have a great effect on some people.

Lovely memory there from Paul Dickenson. I am delighted to say,

joining me in the studio, the world record holder for the long jump,

Mike Powell. Good to see you. to see you, buddy. You are looking

trim. What was the regime? Running, 20 kilometres a day, running on the

treadmill, eating fruit and vegetables, drinking water, that was

the toughest thing. Can you still jump eight metres? If I can jump

that, I will be out here. What are you making of the guys at

the moment? We got excited about the Spanish jump. 8.25 is good for a

qualifying round. If I jump that, I am ready. For me, I looked at the

qualifying rounds, simply as that, what is the qualifying distance? One

jump and get out, take care of it. Greg has his third jump. He has been

struggling with a hamstring injury. He is trying to nurse his body

through, isn't he? Having had the Olympics last year, I'm sure his

life has changed and team pulled in different directions. Part of life

is having to deal with that pressure, that notoriety and he is

having to feel it. In terms of quality of the men's long jump, you

look back to you and Carl, what do you think it is with the long jump

at the moment? I think it may be the expectation. Coming to a competition

like, for example, 1991, I was coming to the competition knowing I

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jumping so far, Caceras, 8.25, then Christian Reif of Germany. Then they

are all below eight metres. Aleksandr Menkov is 7.95. That may

be an improvement for Greg. Let's something has happened in the

previous pool as well. Sophie Hitchon waiting to go in the

second qualifying pool in the women's hammer. It is a massive

qualifying distance required. The last couple of times she has had to

qualify for a major final, she has done it in style. She broke the

British record when she qualified for the Olympic final. She has got

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far better than she was a couple of said it does help. It gives good

posture and balance. That is some Hitchon. She will have two more the

round? He has been close to Carl Lewis in the past but has never

beaten him. He really went for that. That is huge. That is history in

the making. A world record by five centimetres. Mike Powell is the new

world champion. We are looking, I think, at the new world champion.

That is better. The longest jump we have seen today by far. No doubt

about who will be the world competition in 1991 was incredible.

It was the way bet you and Carl were trading jump for jump. -- that.

I knew I would have to jump the world record to beat him. He fouled

a jump and in nine metres and I thought, this is going to be a long

day. I thought he would jump nine metres after I broke the world

record and then I would jump 9. 10. That was the most celebrated world

record in the book. What was it like to break it? For me, it was

the culmination of my whole life. Everything from being turned dam on

dates... That is what everybody. A world record for you. What was Carl

Lewis like? He did not like to lose, did he? He was so used to winning

and we got so used to losing to him. I did not accept it. I thought it

would take time but I would get there one day. I told myself his

jump would not win and the next jump was a world record. Let's talk

about technique. A lot of the jumpers are over rotating. You had

incredible speed but still got massive great leg shoot. I was

trying to improve my technique all the time. I wanted to improve my

running technique - my speed - and they might take off and flight.

Always improving. -- and my take off. The guys are not keeping their

centre of gravity high. It is tough for me. What do I know? I'm just a

world record holder. What do you make of that competition? We talk

about drama and nail-biting stuff. He will win? It was just

extraordinary. It really elevated the whole championships. It was

rare. I was thrilled. We are going to head back to the long jump.

certainly are. Greg Rutherford is hanging on by his fingernails in

the long jump qualification. The American collegiate champion is a

fine talent. Forbes, that is a good jump. This could mean that Greg

Rutherford not only dropped stand another place but may not qualified

for the final. He has had all sorts of injury problems. He would be the

first person not to excuse himself but he probably knows he has not

jumped particularly well here. He is not 100% fit. The Olympic

champion, I do not think, will become the world champion. Forbes

looks as though he has made it place. One of the last men to jump.

He too has gone wrong. Oh, my goodness! This definitely means

that Greg Rutherford will finish in 13th place overall out of both

pools. Only 12 athletes well qualified for the final. It really

aware of what has happened in the last couple of minutes. Again it is

long. Greg Rutherford now realises he is not going to contest the

World Championship final on Friday. A big disappointment for British

fans but a massive disappointment for the Olympic champion. It was

not a dramatic Blanc jump qualifying competition. Certainly a

on that list. The most important thing for us is that Greg

Rutherford is not on that list and he does not go through to the final.

Massive disappointment for Greg Rutherford. It is easy to be wise

with the benefit of hindsight but he is probably wishing he stayed at

home. There were several times in my career I wish I had made that

decision. As Olympic champion, you put so much expectation on yourself.

If you make the decision to put yourself out there and compete, and

not deliver, it hurts. It is painful. He was close. He did not

look good and he has missed a lot of work. It is not surprising

really. If he had got through qualifying and he had got

confidence, maybe he could have picked on. He was in the same

situation as Dwight Phillips. With experience, he might have been able

to do something. He was not his normal self. As an athlete, I would

rather give it a shot and try. a look at this for us! He has over

rotated. The speed was not there. He is not 100%. He has had a few

injury problems and has almost tried to adjust his technique to

avoid one niggle and ended up with something else. That is how it goes.

Some athletes have a succession of injuries. It is not even the

original one that has been bothering them. It is hard. It is

not easy. It is difficult to judge and athletes decisions about

whether or not they should be in championships. They need to go with

whatever happens. We were talking about 1991. Your memories of 1993

instant cut. I remember thinking, I am probably going to win the

competition. I am not going to have the shortest jump in competition.

That is how I completed. I competed against you when you would triple

jumping. I competed in a high jumper. I want all the attention.

Notice me! I was at home. I so wanted to be there. Electricity

surrounded the championships. You had to stamp your authority on it

and say, I am here. Being a champion is great. With Greg

Rutherford winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games, I wish I had

a gold medal at the Olympic Games are like you guys! You never know

where your best year will coincide. Whether it will coincide with an

Olympic cycle. Carl Lewis made things a little bit tough.

Competing against a living legend was difficult. I accomplished

everything I wanted to accomplish except Olympic gold. Daley Thompson

told me in 1996, you are not defined by the Olympics, you are

defined by the world record. Wise words form him. -- from him. Let's

hear from Greg Rutherford. Mike Powell is talking about always

wanting to compete. He would have done the same. Was that your mind

set? The season had not been going too badly up until Paris when I

ruptured one of my hamstrings. I broke all the rules in be covering

more quickly than anyone in history. I felt fantastic. I felt confident.

This morning, I thought it was going to be a good day. I gave it

everything. I had to make a lot of adaptations to make it work. It did

not. That is the hard facts. were in a qualifying position for a

while. The last couple of jumps pushed you out. When did

realisation hit you? I knew it was up going to be long enough. Not

particularly competitive. I expected a few guys, some great

jumpers, he went after me. It was a bad day. I tried my hardest out

there to make it work. Today I could not time it properly and get

the distances I wanted. Her how difficult a decision is it, as

Olympic champion, you have had a really serious injury and you go,

is it worth giving it a go? Initially, I basically said, no

chance. When they scans it and looked at it, anyone who has

ruptured a muscle, they know it is a serious injury to have. Within

two weeks it started to heal. I felt great. I took the decision

upon myself. I spoke to UK and they did everything they possibly could

to make sure I was fit and healthy. I know how to compete at

competitions. I felt better than I was today. I was not good enough

and they are the hard facts. Grade certainly fronted up there. You win

an Olympic title. -- Greg Rutherford. Being Olympic champion,

it kind of trumps everything. You need to give him a shot. He did not

do well here but he gave it a shot. You have had those dilemmas. How do

you judge it? Am I fit enough to go? People ask me what my biggest

regret is. I always think, do not have regrets. My biggest regret was

not going to the start line in Paris. I felt great and I was not

there. I will never know. If you are there, you know you are not

good enough but you gave yourself the chance. Sitting at home and

watching is a hard way to find out. It is difficult when it is at the

expense of someone else. There is the issue of whether Chris Thomson

should have been able to come. qualification for Chris Rutherford

-- Greg Rutherford but hopefully Sophie we'll get through. Slightly

faster on that occasion. The result is about the same as she threw in

the first round. The athletes in that corner of the stadium are

still bathed in sunshine. Once again, I feel it will have to rely

on a third brilliant throw from Sophie Hitchon. She did it when she

won the world junior title. She is in 9th place but only in that pool.

There is good news as we have a look at the magnificent building.

Good news in the 50km walk. Over 40 kilometres gone in it. Naturally we

Russians were dominating. But there is the leader, Robert Heffernan of

Ireland, who finished fourth in the European champions last time. He is

leading. Earlier on, it was a procession of Russian athletes in

first and second place. It is Robert Heffernan who has taken this race by

the scruff of the neck now. Unfortunately for us, we will be off

air by the time the walk finishes but you can follow it I am sure on

the BBC website. Robert Heffernan of Ireland is leading at the moment.

The conditions this morning have been very strange. We started off in

glorious conditions. The rain was belting down. Then the sun came out

and it gradually got a little more humid. There is the first Russian

coming round the top bend. The lead is not a big one but it is

definitely Robert Heffernan of Ireland who leads this race walk.

Jarrod talent looks as if he is Commonwealth Walker at the moment.

He looks like he could be in with a shout of a medal here. But Robert

Heffernan, having the race of his life. Jared Talent is a former

Olympic wordlist. And certainly has been a major force in road walking

over the last decade. Robert Heffernan is in the Emerald Green of

Ireland. He leads and he could be heading towards Ireland's first gold

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And you can tweet us. We would love to hear your views. A couple of

tweets have come in. We were chatting about selection policy

earlier. Ryan Brookdale says first round KO but a PB is not acceptable

any more. The Olympics gave us a winning mentality, that should drive

future expectations. Tough stuff, Paula. My question would be how

would you get to winning unless you go through that? Very few people

come in and we'll win at their first Championships. You want to get

through the rounds but for a lot of youngsters coming in, their goal is

to get to the next round and then to get to the next round and then to

win it. Like your experiences? I first started competing in 1985 on

the European circuit, I lost every competition. I thought to myself, I

am not good enough to do this stuff. I almost gave up. It takes a couple

of years to get used to travelling, competing in big competitions when

you need to. Then you become a champion. It takes time. One more

tweet very quickly. Paula Radcliffe vowels she can go for one last shot

at marathon glory. London marathon glory. Not just any marathon, the

London Marathon. You are giving me that look. That is not a tweet! That

is taken from an article. I said I would love to run one more London

and one more New York but I am taking it step-by-step to see what

mice that can do. I would love to run ten more but realistically I

would like to run one more of each. The trouble of Twitter. Am I the

problem? I am getting a hard time here! Let's look back to last

night. American victory in the 400m. It was the big head-to-head between

Focus, focus, focus. Stay cool. Keep your head. Stride after stride after

stride. Kirani James is going to take hold. Believe, always believe.

LaShawn Merritt knows what he has to do. Glory awaits. Legend Derry

status awaits. It is yours to take. away very quickly. He takes a couple

of yards out Santos and Kirani James. Santos will finish quickly.

top end. The American is making him have two work hard. Two metres ahead

at the moment. Kirani James is a long way back. Look at LaShawn

Merritt go! Kirani James is disappearing. It is all about

LaShawn Merritt. He will take it. What a performance. He destroyed

performance and after we went off air he spoke to Phil Jones.

What a performance. An electric atmosphere here because of

Isinbayeva. It was not because of me? ! And because of you no doubt!

It was great. The atmosphere was great. I fed off it a little bit. I

had a great lane going into the final. I was confident. I have been

working hard this year to come here and put a great race together. I

did. It was billed bypass media types as you against Kirani James

for the final but it seemed when you put your foot on the gas there was

no response from Kirani James. have said this all through my finals

and my prelims, nobody has won the race yet. Eight men were going to

line up and we were going to go at it. It was not chosen who was first

second or third yet. Eight grown men lined up and we went at it and

America got top two. How does it feel being draped in that flag

having regained your world title? feels good. Last year I did not get

a chance to compete because of an injury. I wanted to come out on the

stage and represent my sponsor Rand might country and my family and I

did. Congratulations. He has had some

tough times. The good thing is they have a rivalry. There is a true

rivalry now. Kirani James has been doing so well. LaShawn put the

pressure on early. He put the pressure on him and when the race

came, James had nothing to do. that point, it was as if Kirani

said, I am not going to catch him. He broke him at that point and then

everyone else started to come. Kirani is so young. You know he can

run faster. This is one time when a learning experience will make him

better. It is LaShawn's turn right now. Denise is pulling faces at us.

I was just shaking my head. Watching the race last night it did not seem

as if Kirani was saying I am not going to run for a medal. I think he

blew a gasket trying to chase LaShawn and by the time he came off

the town he was still in contention but it had taken so much out of him,

that first 200, that he had nothing else to give. He is a 43.9 runner,

he should have been able to stick close to that pace. You should.

Nobody would have predicted that result at all. But I think

psychologically, he had totally blown it. The lactic had set in and

there was no way to go from there. Mike, thank you for joining us. It

is always at pleasure. We will head back to the hammer to see how Sophie

event I ever commented on. Good memories. Both of this woman's

parents were Olympic champions in this stadium in 1980 and one of them

is still the world record for the men's hammer. That was a beautiful

throw, sailing out well beyond the qualifying mark of 73 metres. She's

years old. Her mum Lyudmila, the Olympic 100m champion in Moscow in

1980. Superb credentials. Superb genes as well. They have obviously

Championships in 1996. She has made line. Each one of these throwers who

goes further than 69 metres is putting Sophie Hitchon down another

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

fireworks on the delivery but that is long. 75 metres is the longest we

have seen so far by another Chinese of deliveries I have ever seen but

pretty useful. She's through to the final.

Now Sophie. Just remember when you won the world Junior Championships

on your very last throw. Remember when you qualified for the Olympic

final with your last throw. This is just over the 65 metre line. Sophie

is way below par this morning. I do not know if there is a problem. I

Mike Powell may have gone but next to me now is Katarina Johnson-

Thompson. We will speak in a second. Vets have a look back at the

everybody's expectations. She is going for it. Katarina Johnson-

Thompson finishes Beth with a new lifetime there. -- 5th. 6449 points.

Is that better than you expected? lot better. The target for the

season was to get that little bit more. I did not think at the end of

day one I was going to progress that match. I had a Stormer on the

second day and I have a personal best. The let's talk about the

first event, the 100m hurdles. always really nervous about this. I

got left in the blocks. Me and my coach had been practising but my

reaction time let me down. It was not that bad. I was only just off a

lifetime best but I am always nervous for the hurdles because you

only get one Aberu Kebede attempt. -- one attempt. The long jump, I

had a huge note jump in my third round, I believe. It is all about

buts and maybe is. That is the same for every athlete. If I had done it

differently, I might have got a medal. I gave it all in the 800.

think you should be incredibly proud of yourself. I have some

scissors in my back to cut to a head for the high jump. -- in my

bag. It was the head that knocked it off. I was adamant that a did

not touch it. I know you had problems in the shot put. To

recover like you did, with a storming 200, and then to get a

personal best on the second day with the long jump, javelin, 800.

You need to hold your head high. You are still in the development

phase. It is not easy to leap forward in such big chunks. She is

doing that which so bodes well. What we have all said, so much room

for development. In the shot put, so much more you can do with

conditioning and strength. And technique as well. I am trying to

be nice! Where do you see the big games? Obviously, with a shot-put,

but overall. I have improved overall. I did not think I would

make that much progress, especially when I got injured. I shot put and

javelin were not really improving. -- my shot put. With the hurdles as

well. Maybe getting some consistency. I needed to get on the

board with the long jump. I can clearly see light at the end of the

tunnel. My coach said it is a long tunnel. Especially in the shot put.

This is the all-time lists for Britain's best pentathletes. You

are in 5th place. That is brilliant. I could never have dreamed of doing

what you have done at this stage of my career. Your coach is right. It

is about progression. You have a consolidation and then there is a

plateau and Ben you roll it for it. What is good is your competitor

brain. -- then it you roll it forward. You took your chances and

you delivered. What I would like to see in the shot put, I want to see

warming up and looking like you are there. Not thinking, I am not going

to throw well because it is my Week event. What is your attitude like

to training? Is it like, I want to get her back and be better? I think

I placed 30th and it is very embarrassing. It is weird to think

I can still come 5th without placing. My coach and I have worked

really hard on both the shot and the javelin. That has been the main

aim for the season. We will need to sit down and find a new route but I

am very motivated to get better in that. That is the only thing that

is holding me back. Just remember, do not beat yourself up. Eunice

Barber was terrible and she scored 6.8, 6.9. A word until captain and

what she achieved. I got to watch. She gave an amazing team speech in

Barcelona. She said never to give up. She clearly did not. I was

speaking to the coach and he said every one thousandth of a second

counts. I tried my hardest. Denise Ohuruogu will have to try to stay

in contact. It is Madeleine non-Jew who comes to the fore. -- Monshu.

Will she get there? Christine it is coming. She might just have made it.

How are you feeling the morning after the night before? It is

really surreal. We have prepared so much for this. Everything has been

on point. I had thought about nothing more than the final. Now it

has gone. It is with not having it there. The moment you looked up at

the screen... I was thinking, Oh my God, oh my God! She is looking, we

are looking. She has got it. Another gold medal and Christine

Ohuruogu is world champion again. cross the line. Even though I

worked really hard I really would love to come first. Please let

become first. I did not want to look at the screen. When my name

came up, that was the best feeling ever. Christine Ohuruogu is world

champion again and is now the British record holder. I could

remember what the record was and I thought, I have got it. By the

smallest of margins, the scene to do it every time. It was the

smallest of margins. -- you seem to do it. I wanted the national record

more than anything. I have been working for that every year.

inspire people. That seems to be important to you. I always believes

that you are blessed to be a blessing to other people. There are

young ones coming after me and I want to set the right example and

give them something to aim for. I have been successful and able to

make things work. These things are not given to us. We have to take

what we want. Nothing will be handed over. The last few days will

be the hardest I have had in my life. Perseverance works. The one

word that comes to your head is perseverance. You have a big heart,

Christine Ohuruogu, I am very proud That was a great interview. An

inspirational performance from the team captain. What is the other

sphere like in the team at the moment? Very positive. Especially

after Christine Ohuruogu. Everyone got inspired to go out there and

give it their all. After last year and the speech by Christine,

everyone is inspired and it cannot wait to get onto the track. Also

looking forward to a second gold medal from Mo Farah. Definitely.

How is the body? Had he recovered? I am exhausted. -- have you

recovered? Tomorrow morning, we are back here in the stadium in the

Paul Dickinson. -- let as head out. Here we go. The Irish athlete is in

the lead. What do you make of the performance by Robert Heffernan?

do not think they have got a medal on the men's side. It would be a

great achievement for him if he can keep this up. How long has he got

to go - 10 minutes? We will not see the end of it but we can keep up-

to-date by it live text. Talking about inspiration from the team,

Perri Shakes-Drayton will have drawn a lot of strength from the

performance of Christine. It depends on the lane draw. We have a

person who is a confident. She has had all her apprenticeships at

championships. It is really important and a medal is in sight.

event but favourites do not always win. Let's have a look at what is

coming up tomorrow morning. In terms of time, we are on BBC Two at