Day 1, Part 2 Athletics: World Indoor Championships

More magical MEP Rhyls hopefully will be created over the next --

memories hopefully created over the next few days. We will have the

conclusion of the pentathlon shortly. Remember, you can get

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The pen tooth on got under way this morning. -- pen tooth lob got under

way this morning. She's done it. She's way ahead of

everybody else. There we have it.

That's a brilliant throw by Federer. She's in -- by Atlina Fodorova.

She's in second place. Lovely throw. 14. 95. That will be enough to go

into second in overall standings. This is the leader in the

heptathlon, Nadine Broersen going well. That's just over the six-metre

mark. Steady acceleration, very upright.

That looks better. Fodorova, that's a very good effort, 6. 6.26, she's

in second. Here we go. She's got to get this on the board and safe.

That is 6. 13, she has a distance on the board. That's important.

Nadine Broersen, Fodorova and thigh thigh. -- Theisen Eaton.

The biggest disappointment from a British perspective is that Thompson

Johnson isn't here. She couldn't get the qualifying because she was ill

at the time she needed to do it. She's had to accept it. She couldn't

do anything about it. She would have relished the opportunity to compete

against some of these girls, here today. It's been an interesting

competition. Very close-fought throughout. Katrina would have done

the business. She was in shape. We'll see her in the long jump. She

will have many more pentathlons to contest. When you looked at the

field, did you see it as wide-open? Bort Nadine Broersen, how talented

is she? How much potential does she have going forward? If you look at

her performance today, the high jump is just phenomenal. She cleared 1.

90, that was fantastic. The Dutch have got good athletes coming

through. And the Belgians actually, I have to say Broersen was unlucky

last time around at the World Championships. She clipped the

hurdles and she Shh... Should have made through, but she finished tenth

through the championships. We miss seeing our girls out here. Including

Jessica Ennis-Hill. She's pregnant at the moment. Not going to be this

year. Another big miss for us. Yes, she'll be back I'm sure. It is times

that this that you need to see who's coming through and able to put it

together. The performances will be a little bit down on what we probably

expected, still there's a long season ahead for some of these

athletes. Outdoors it's heptathlon, indoors it's pentathlon. Five events

in one day. How tough is that? What will they go through? What you look

at is the time table. I have to say, this is where the IAAF has the

schedule right. It gives the girls enough time to breath. It minimises

a lot of the rewarming up. They can move from event to event quite

comfortably. It's what you train for. These are some of the fittest

girls out there. I just think that pentathlon is such a nice event. It

gives you the opportunity to put it all together, see what you've got.

But the throws are what usually sorts out a lot of the

heptatheletes, the javelin in particular. They don't have that

here. It's been good watching them. As for the actual 800, what does

your body go through after all the previous exertion? Is it one, final

push. You've been there. It's a mental battle. Everyone will have

had their pens and papers out. They'll be looking at what they need

to do. Some people, it would be pressure on them. They have to run

for the medals. Others, it will be just, you know what, I've done what

I need to do. I just want to finish on a high note. It's about beating

the event. It's such a tough one. Keeping yourself in the right mental

frame is what really counts throughout and taking one event at a

time. That's where the camaraderie comes from. You're all trying to

beat the event together, you have that shared - you know what you're

going through, you know how tough it can be, mentally as well. Yeah, it's

minimising the events that don't go so well. The most consistent

performer, Broersen has been that person so far, can win the race.

Sometimes it's not about the big performances, but being consistent

throughout, not having a disastrous event. Should point out, Canada's

contender, Theisen Eaton, that comes from her husband. Not so bad in the

decathlon himself! It's nice having those two. It's the first time we've

seen pentathlon and men's heptathlon go off at the same time. It's nice

they're giving each other the nod of encouragement. They train together

and performing well. She's a really talented athlete in her own right,

maybe living in the taddo of him, because he's such a superstar in

some respects. She has a chance to take her own medal home. Absolutely.

We don't know what colour medal at this time. She has a great 800-metre

race. She will give it everything. She will want to make sure that

no-one comes past and takes that medal away. She seems to be the

bridesmaid. I'm sure she's relishing the opportunity to actually take the

Gold Medal. Let's hope it happens for her and the family's sake as

well. Thanks for your insight. It's fascinating as always. Let's head

out to the pentathlon, 800 metres, see how the medals are decided.

Theisen Eaton... Claudia Rath there. Tyminska, alongside Makusha, --

Maksimava. Tyminska has perhaps ape bit too much to do. Tyminska has

perhaps ape bit too much to do. ?FORCEDWHITE

Maksimava has been there or there abouts all day. Broersen has been in

the lead ever since the second event, the high jump, 1. 93 she

cleared. 14. 59 shot putt and 6. 17 long jump.

There's Fodorova, who is currently lying in second place.

She's 32 points ahead of Brianne Theisen Eaton. She's just aiming to

stay two seconds ahead. Mellor. Broersen of the Netherlands.

Tyminska and Maksimava. They are together. Away we go.

So the eight athletes under way. We've got four laps to go, Steve,

it's going to be interesting to see where Nadine Broersen sits and where

Brianne Theisen Eaton, who does go right to the front, where she stays

there or not. You've got to be careful. Four laps indoors and she's

gone off pretty quick, 29 seconds, that's fast for the first 200

metres. There's only one thing we can say - she's going to slow down.

With Day-Monroe, you will know more, she was within striking distance of

Theisen Eaton in terms of points, if Theisen Eaton gets this horribly

wrong. By going out too fast, of course, there is the danger that the

wheels fall off completely and you fade away so much in the last 200

metres that may happen. You're right, since her Gold Medal, I think

she will keep her eye on things at the back. She needs to be a bit

careful. The real intriguing battle here is at the front here, for the

Canadian. Certainly she's set her stall out and has gone out pretty

hard. Yeah she has. I wonder if Nadine Broersen realises just how

far ahead she is? Theisen Eaton is well ahead. Just wonder whether she

has the opportunity to take a bit of a rain check here? Here we go.

There's about four-and-a-half, five seconds at the moment that's quite

sufficient in terms of the time laps between Nadine Broersen and this

athlete, Brianne Theisen Eaton. Day-Monroe is gritting her teeth

there in second place. Claudia Rath in third. But it's not all about

those three. It's all about the athlete in second place now, whether

she can stay far enough ahead of Theisen Eaton, who just crosses the

line now. There is the potential champion. So Nadine Broersen is the

champion. Brianne Theisen Eaton is in second place. And Atlina Fodorova

has moved down to third. There's the winner of the heptathlon, the final

event, this is almost incidental now.

Just watch Brianne Theisen Eaton. Sharon Day-Monroe it is woulds going

to win. But Brianne Theisen Eaton definitely gets second place. I

think it's fast enough to overtake Atlina Fodorova, who is some way out

of the picture. She's way, way back, even behind Nadine Broersen. So that

is sufficient. It's a shame that the camera keeps going to Sharon

Day-Monroe, but nevertheless, she finishes in fourth place in this

championship. She'll learn from that, we think. Sharon Day-Monroe,

difficult to tell actually whether she's overtaken any of the

medallists. We will have to wait and see. I think you called it

absolutely right. It's a gold for Netherlands. You can see Broersen

celebrating there. Theisen Eaton has moved into Silver Medal. You're

right, Fodorova hanging on for the bronze. What is it about the Dutch

and multievents? They do very, very well. They certainly do. There's the

champion, the multievents champion here from the women's point of view.

The men's is yet to be decided. There's still a high jump

competition to be settled here this evening. And she's won a medal as

well. So Fodorova absolutely delighted.

Sharon Day-Monroe miss aid bronze medal by six points. -- missed a

bronze medal by six points. She wasn't to know it, but if she had

attacked a little bit earlier, she won the race, she was sitting on

Theisen Eaton - there's confirmation of the result first of all. Yeah

Sharon Day-Monroe the winner. Theisen Eaton has got four silver

medals indoors and out. There is the roll of honour.

There is the champion, Nadine Broersen, of the Netherlands.

Denise Lewis is here to reflect on what we've just seen. You talked

about Brianne Theisen Eaton always the bridesmaid, not quite the bride.

But she will take satisfaction in the silver. And a potential star

born in Nadine Broersen. You know, I had a feeling she would be running

for the Silver Medal. She was the better 800 metre runners there. She

gave it everything. Personal bets all over the place in that race.

Because it means so much to the girls. You put yourself on the line,

you don't want to leave without that just reward. Delighted to see

Brianne getting a medal there. What can you say about Nadene, it was

fantastic personal best from her in the 800. It's not her better event.

She gave it everything. It was really good to see. A world leading

per formance in terms of points for this season. When they come to a

major champion to deliver their best on the day and you never know what

is going to happenment Absolutely, this is a building block. These are

athletes who are thinking about what the outdoor might bring. It's about

making sure you have wintered well, you're strong, showing some early

signs of form and you can take it on. Thank you very much. We've got a

Gold Medal to be decided in the men's shot putt. There's Polish

interest here. The crowd will be very excited to see their double

Olympic champion, Tomasz Majewski in the shot final, alongside Ryan

Whiting of the USA. Here's Paul.

Tomasz Majewski, in London he became the first shot putter to retain an

Olympic title. He says he's going to continue right

through until 2016. Is that good? Oh, yes! It's not

quite what the crowd wanted. But it's up there.

It's a very simple technique. Needs to be 21 metres or further though,

if he wants to go into the lead. ( Paula Radcliffe has joined me here.

We're going to talk 3,000 metres. A couple of British athletes in this

in Melleo and a supreme athlete in Lagat. He's trying to do something

special here. Yes. When he won the title in 2012, he is aiming to win

three in a row and to have won four titles over 3,000 metres at the

Indoor Championships. He's 39 years of age now. I don't say he's getting

quicker, but he's certainly maintaining his form very well and

getting stronger and stronger as he ages. Every year he questions how

much longer he can keep his body holding out. Every year he comes

back. I know he gets great receptions every time he runs in the

indoor meetings here or outdoors in the summer. He's good friends with

Mo Farah, we know that. He's a guy you can't help but to warm to as a

person as well as an athlete. Lagat loves the sport and keeps his family

involved in it. He warms to arenas and crowds that get behind him. He

loves racing in Britain. I think that's why he likes racing indoors

and he can come and perform so well at the Indoor Championships. We are

looking for good performances for Mellor and Vernon.

This man won a medal the the Olympics behind Mo Farah. He was

outside the medals in this event two years ago. He's capable of getting

amongst them here. Parszcynski will get a big cheer from the local

crowd. In good form. You can see he's under 7. 50 this year.

Galen Rupp, he looks half asleep there. Heats of the men's 3,000

metres to go. Final on Sunday. Olympic Silver Medallist at 10,000

metres. There's two Olympic Silver Medallists. You add in the likes of

Augustine Kiprono Choge and Silver Medallist from these World

Championships two years ago behind Lagat, who was in the second heat,

shows the talent we have here. 15 laps of the track. Collis

Birmingham of Australia, a tall figure in the yellow on the outside.

Gelant of South Africa also wearing a similar strip, moving through on

the inside to take the lead. It will be interesting to see what

tactics these men employ here, given that the second race is full of

talent as well. The four fastest loser spots theoretically, you could

come in the top eight here, if the others didn't fancy running too

faff. I'm not -- too fast. Certainly somebody who was a good proponent of

indoor running next to me now. Lord Coe, good to see you here. Good

evening. Good evening. Quickly, we'll get through this first lap in

63. 800 this morning, that was a bit intense, winner of each heat going

through to the final. Andrew ran really well. I will go back on the

first point you made. I am not entirely sure that is a format that

works. I like the rounds in an eight. I think people coming to the

stadium want to see a narrative unfold. That was very harsh on some

of those athletes, particularly at this time of the season. Indoor

running is a specialist event. I think it prepares you very well for

the outdoors. That was quite a harsh set of qualifications. Having said

that, I hear that you gave him a little bit of advice before the race

and it was good advice, which was stay out of trouble, run with an

economy of effort and make sure that you're there when it really matters.

David Storl of Germany set this stadium alight. Oh, that's over 21

metres. Dips low, drives off the front

there. Just needed that foot to stay down a little bit. That was

phenomenal. It's the first time anybody has been clear, apart from

David himself. 21. 79, my Goodness Gracious Me, that is terrific.

Welcome to our salubrious commentary box. This 3,000 metres, you talk

about the 800 this morning, all of these events, 1500 is very

competitive, 3,000 metres with Bernard Lagat, I know you're a big

fan of his. Dejen Gebremeskel in this one. Gebrhiwet in the next one.

Tough for the likes of Andrew Vernon. He's trying to make it into

the finals. I think it's important that you give where you possibly can

in a sensible way. You give people the experience of running at this

level. Indoors is a very good way of doing that.

Sometimes the lessons are quite harsh. This is quite a specialist

discipline. You have to make decisions, very much quicker than

you do over a 400 metre outdoor track. It's an obvious thing to say.

It's very high-speed chess. You're always thinking about what the exit

route is and if somebody comes up alongside you, can you get out

quickly. Those decisions you have to make quicker. It's a very good

learning curve for young athletes. Used indoors a lot through your

career, there weren't as many opportunities perhaps as there are

now to race indoors, but it is almost a specialist thing. There are

some runners who do excel indoors who don't necessarily do so

outdoors. I like outdoors because it kept me mentally sharp during the

winter months. Not an athlete that was as tall and rangy as you, it

suited me. For a taller athlete it's difficult mastering bends. The

sprinters tend to be the stockier type, particularly on, not over 60

metres. It was an important conditioner. Occasionally I ran

eights. I probably ran over 3,000 metres as much as I did at any

distance indoors. That was a very good transitional distance between

the winter work and getting out onto the track for the summer months.

Kaya leading this. Galen Rupp has been moving through. Maybe not

trusting his quick quite so much. The first four go through.

Gebremeskel has been happy to sit at the back. This is Ivancevic in the

shot putt. -- Ivanov. Starting from eighth

place to seventh, that's what Ivanov is. That looks pretty good. That's

the 21-metre line. If he's achieved that, he's really kickstarted this

competition. That is good. That is a new Bulgarian indoor

record. That is absolutely fab lick. -- fabulous. Coming around now with

four laps to go, that'sle -- that's 800 metres.

Galen Rupp in third place, Andrew Vernon doing well here. Moving up on

the outside. Top four only to go through. They've been picking the

pace up all along. They know that the second he will have an advantage

if they don't take advantage here. Birmingham stretching them out.

Galen Rupp looking comfortable. El Goumri is behind Gelant of South

Africa. Vernon in sixth place. Kaya, the long-time leader, is behind him.

And Gebremeskel, the big danger from Ethiopia moving up for the first

time. Birmingham is doing a great job

here. Gebremeskel realising that the gaps are beginning to appear. Andrew

Vernon has to get his head down and try to finish strongly if he can.

Andrew Vernon is trying to get himself into this final, if he can

only get past Birmingham. Choge rallies onned comes to the front.

Rupp in second. Then Gebremeskel. What a great run by Andrew Vernon.

Excellent! That will be a new personal best indoors. It will mean

that he ge through to the final and what a good run, because he was

disappointed with his performance in Birmingham having run very, very

impressively in the trials. Andrew Vernon, there, didn't give it up, as

the pace built. He found something extra right at the very end when he

needed to. They started to drop off one by one and Collis Birmingham,

who did all the hard work to be honest, was the one who suffered

most. He's come here and run a personal

best. Tomasz Majewski now finds himself in fourth place. He needs

something over the 21-metre line. Is that good? Oh, yes! This is

turning out to be a smashing competition.

Shifts, reaches out towards the front, just managed to stay in.

Bingo. That's well over 21 metres. Perhaps not as far as I thought, but

he's in third place. Ryan Whiting now, still only good

enough for second place. Oh, my goodness! That's absolutely

massive. That was phenomenal.

That was something approaching 22 metres or there abouts.

This could be one of the great competitions. David Storl is still

in it. He will be fighting. How far is this? 22. 05.

Everybody is saying congratulations Ryan Whiting.

Steve, I'm sure that all sounds like fantastic news all around, because

it's personal best, you're in the World Championship final, Steve

saying, you took great scalps as well. Unfortunately, one of the

scalps I took was my training partner Collis Birmingham. I was

spoking -- speaking to my coach last night saying that the worst case

scenario it's me and him battling it out for the last spot. I think he

was fifth or he might have got done bit South African in sixth. I

overtook him on the last bend. I came here to make the final and

that's what I've done. Job done so far. Tell me about the frame of mind

when you're on the start line, what was the game plan? Did you execute

it the way you wanted to? Yeah well, I did a bit of research on YouTube.

I just went back the last two years of how the heats and final went.

They all play out exactly the same way. It's quite relaxed for the

first ten laps and just wind up, wind up for the last K, it's how it

went again today as well. There weren't any surprises really. I

wasn't sure whether to take it out faster having the four fastest

losers go through. That makes eight people in one heat could go through

and you only have to beat two people. My coach decided against it

and he said you know you're strong enough to kick with the guys. You

did that. You've done it by right. You're in the final. Enjoy the

experience. Well done. Thank you very much.

Back to Steve. Very well done indeed. One of the

options was to take it out, the pace was good. That was the point, it was

a good, decent pace. Collis Birmingham picked it up. He was one

of the ones that lost out. It would be interesting to see what happens

here. Another British athlete, Johnny Mellor here. He beat Collis

Birmingham in Birmingham. That was a very well executed race.

Let's hope Mellor can do something similar to Vernon. Anything this

might be harder. He has Bernard Lagat, the defending champion going

for his third in a row and fourth in total world indoor title. You have

Gebrhiwet, this talented 19-year-old from Ethiopia. Silver Medal at the

World Championships last year. Then you have Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku, who

is the best hope that perhaps Kenya have got. He's at the back. He's

wearing a hat. Excuse me? Ndiku, great 1500 metre runner. Great

talent he is. Then one or two others in there who can run fast times as

well, including Nigel Levine of Canada, who is happy to sit in

They're training permanently at altitude. He's racing pretty well so

far this year. He's been just over to Puerto Rico to race the world 10

k there. Reasonable result. He's watched the first heat and is

pushing this second heat on at a decent pace and making sure that

they have a fair chance of getting close to that, although it's not

going to be easy. It wasn't like they were jogging around in the

first heat. They will have to work. It will probably need a bit of

assistance from other guys out here. He has no race, or indoor racing

this year to fall back on. He ran a good year last year, 13. 13 for

5,000 metres. That was a personal best. He'll be hoping that somebody

will help him out here. He looked over his shoulder there. No sign of

anybody coming through. One name I didn't mention is Ibrahimov. He was

just tucked in there. 745, there are thereabouts, they will have to run

if they want to get into the top four. Given the talent that is on

display the strength and depth of the Men's 800, this again is an

event full of some of the best names running in the world. One name that

has been there for a long time is that of... Who never ceases to come

back freshly charged each year and attacks each year as it comes. He

keeps close to the times he has been running for all of this century. He

is content to follow the pace, because he does have that killer

finish that he can release. He can run this race smoothly. That is like

when you forget to take your accreditation off, he has decided to

come in and race. How can you forget to take your hat off? People do it.

You get nervous before you go out on the track. I have enjoyed watching

him. We have talked about lots of Kenyans coming through, he is

running against a great runner who is a joy to watch. Where he ran his

327, Mo Farah took the record, he pushed Mo Farah on that lap. He ran

well in Monaco. He is a big talent. You talk about the 3000 metres, this

could be a good event for him. When you get to championships, he must be

a danger. At 39, he still has some speed in his legs. He could hold off

the likes of some of these guys in a sprint finish. When you are younger,

and you are straddling that threshold between the 1500 metres

and the 5000 metres, the 3000 metres can be the perfect distance. You

might not have the stamina to really hit the 5000 metres, but the

potential could come later. For heaven, this is probably the perfect

distance. Johnny Miller trying to hold onto the pace, he might not be

too far off a personal best. Other great run. Some of these guys run

well in Birmingham. He is towards the back of the group. He is finding

this pace heart. He must have looked, goodness me, but he is at

the back trying to hold on. They are well spaced out. He could well be

rewarded with a personal best. Again, Robertson moves to the front,

helped out by Ibrahim North. -- -- Ibramhinov. We had not mentioned

Adams. He trains in Portland. He ran a quick time then. He probably does

not quite have the speed to finish over the closing stages that Mo

Farah would have. He is strong and getting stronger year-on-year. Now,

between six men, Robertson doing his best, but they are drifting away

from the time they went out, you would expect them to pick it up over

the last 600 metres. Ndoku moves in. Ibramhinov is still there. He is

trying to hang onto this, trying to produce some sort of finish, trying

to get into the top four, you would expect the four big names to make it

through, can Robertson do anything to up set them, Ndoku the

specialist. He has done this so many times. He goes past Robertson as

Ibramhinov takes a little stumble. The four are moving away now. Look

at them go. These four will be clear. Ndoku there. Ibramhinov is

there. I think the two of them will go through. They did enough to get

them closer to the 7.45 mark. Robertson is looking up at the

screen. The last one to cross will be Johnny Miller. Did we learn

anything, we learned that Ndoku can kick. He forgot to take his hat off

or it was deliberate. He put a little bit of pace on a Ndiku

responded. He is wise and mature enough. He knows he does not need to

win this, he does not need to get into as scrappy match. It looked as

though he had plenty to come around him. We go back to the shot put.

This is Tom Walsh, he has been getting better since 2012. He has

had a succession of fouls. A chance for the New Zealander. He has not

particularly big. In relative turns. -- he is not. Here we go, Tomas

Walsh, getting ready. He is a rotator. Anything can happen. Oh my

goodness! That is the nominal. Well over 20 metres! Over 21 metres --

phenomenal. He has got really fast feet. 21 metres plus. That is going

to put the cat amongst the pigeons. 21.26. I knew Australian...

Australasian, Continental records. That means that this man is in

second place -- Madjewski. He has got this turns. Last throw, here we

go. He is going to get it. It has got to go above 21, it was not

anti-finishes outside the medals. This man, he has been fantastic over

the years, but he is in fourth place. That is confirmed.

So here comes the bulk area. He has already got a medal, can he make it

a better one. -- the ball Gerrie on. He cannot. -- Bulgarian. He is in

fifth place. That is quite some performance. He must have thought he

would be in third place. He must have thought he got something very

special. Here is Whiting. Can tempt one produce something even more

remarkable. -- Michael Whiting. Not quite as far as it was last

time. David won the title with his last throw in the last championships

and Ryan Whiting was leading at the time. Here we go. It is all or

nothing here we go, it is David Storl. He is really up for this. Can

he win his second world title? Oh my goodness! He cannot, but it was a

good effort. He was very fast to cross the circle. He knows what it

is like to lose one. 21.19. That is good enough, just for second place.

What a performance by Ryan Whiting. The last time, it was David Storl.

He got it and Ryan Whiting was in second, this time it is the other

way around. What a performance. There we have it, David Storl in

second place, Ryan Whiting in first. Absolutely excellent. Ryan Whiting,

22.05. Well, this silver medal went to

David Storl and there is a very lucky man. Absolute favourite. Tom

Walsh of New Zealand. He too climbs the 21 metre mark and gets out of

the shadow of the great Jack O Gill. Well done to him. -- Jack O'Gill. It

has been good for New Zealand. Here are the results. Look at that, new

record for Robertson and the Canadian goes through. Johnny Miller

finished in 10th position. These are the men who have made it through to

the final and what a list of names. Andrew Vernon will be joining them

and he will be delighted. We are going on to the semi-finals of the

Women's 400 metres. That is still held by the great runner from the

Czech Republic. 49.59 seconds. The athletes are out on the track and

there we have the line-up, Patricia Hall represents Jamaica, Joanna

Atkins for the USA. Ridge added George from Nigeria does not start

-- Regina. Patricia Hall, a very talented athlete. Joanna Atkins from

the USA. A former US collegiate champion. 50.39, she has run. Here

is the Dutch runner she was second in the Dutch nationals. There is

Swiety. She is the Polish indoor champion. She gets a big cheer from

the crowd. She was second in the European Junior Championships. She

is 21 now. No Regina George, so on to Denise Rosolova. Justyna Swiety

is the crowd favourite. And she is also the Polish favourite. We are

down to five all together. They will break for the inside after the

second bend. The Championship record still held from 2006. Away we go.

Very much the marks laid down by Atkins. Being chased by Regina

George. Storming around the inside. Patricia Hall and Joanna Atkins and

Rosolova is following. Which one of these three is going to make the

mark now? Atkins is really busting a gut trying to get this one. Patricia

Hall will not let her past. Rosolova's gone! Swiety comes

through. Patricia Hall and Swiety. That was a

turn up for the books. There might be an inquiry into that

one. We might have a look. You know, as

you were commentating on that race, I was trying to see what was going

on in the background. Athletes all of a sudden came alive with the last

150 metres. They realised they had a chance of qualifying. They all had a

surge around the bend, which caused a lot of really traffic, congestion,

all the athletes start to close in here. They realise there's gaps

appearing, people not moving as fast as they thought they would.

Unfortunately, someone goes down, just off this bend. Rosolova hits

the floor and is left really in a bad state. Number ripped off. She's

limping and walking away to the finishing line. She's bitterly

disappointed. Look at the Polish athlete celebrating, no way did she

think she was going to do it, Swiety. But she's in the final. When

accidents happen, there's a bit of inquiry that will go on and people

will be talking, so it may take a bit of time before the result

reaches us. So far so good for Jamaica.

There is Rosolova. She really came down a hefty thump there. We'll have

to see what happens. An eventful first semifinal. The

second is coming up. There's British interest in that. Margaret Adeoye

has got through as a fast eloser -- loser, but a season's best in

getting to this position. loser, but a season's best in

getting to this She ran well this morning. Just had one of those heats

where it's just loaded, you know, she had to run really well. I was

pleased that she actually made it through to the semifinals. She is

really going to have to produce something special here. I'm

delighted. She's still someone I feel that's learning how to run the

400 metres. She's come from a speed, 200-metre background and you know,

indoors is not easy. It's a season's best time. She has to deliver

another one. You know find something more magical. She's ended up in a

really sufficient semi as well. Yes -- really tough semi as well. Yes,

she has. Francena McCorory is in there. She has to just pot pay these

ladies too much respect. She has to run her own race, but be positive

and especially at that bell, where there's going to be a lot of pushing

and shoving. She's got to make sure she keeps out of dangerer, but

really attacking -- danger, but really attack being. Your

experience, making that transition from sprinter, 200 metres, maybe 100

metres, up to 400, is that something that takes years? Is it something

that can happen imaginically because you're a gifted Bolt-type figure?

Nothing happens imaginically with the 400 metres. It's pain all the

way -- magically, with the 400 metres. It's pain all the way. You

have to put in the sessions to lay the foundations to make sure that

you understand where you attack. You understand the strength of your

race. And sho is still learning that. She is still learning that.

She's part a great squad. She has to attack it and go for it. Let's hope

she can perform tonight. Here's Steve Cram.

Thank you, Phil. I think she's got a real tough job here.

She is still learning this event. This is a steep learning curve for

her here. This is by far the toughest of the two semis. Given

that there was only five athletes lined up for the first one, she will

wish she was in that one. As it is, she has to attack this as best she

can. Esther Cremer is on the inside. Adeoye is in lane two. Patricia Hall

won that from lane one. So lane draw not as important. Being on the

inside with the type of athlete she has outside her, she will have a

decision to make whether just to sit off here. She has good 200 metre

pace. Francena McCorory is outside her in lane three. US indoor

champion, very slow off the mark this morning. But once she was into

her running looked pretty good. Outside her will be the Russian

champion, Kseniya Ryzhova who wasn't as impressive as we might have

thought. She did make it through. Kaliese Spencer, the 400-metre

hurdler looked pretty good. Fourth in the Olympics in the hurdle

eventment You can see there pretty impressive with a personal best of

52. 14. Patricia Hall won the first semi in 52. 2.le, well some of these

athletes might have thought they were in that one, including Margaret

Adeoye. She's also got this young lady, Shaunae Miller, 19-year-old of

age. What I real talent she is. I think my only question mark was how

tired are these athletes? They had to run this morning, come back here

for tonight's semifinal. I think that first semi they looked a little

tired. They should all be prepared, though. They're 400 metre runners.

They should be used to it. They've had a long break in relative terms.

The experience is what's going to be important. This one is all about

speed, unfortunately. Speed on the first lap, who's going to get to the

front here and try to control this? There are just three spots

available. No fasters losers. It's the first three through to the

final. Miller on the outside, then Spencer

coming in towards us. Ryzhova, McCorory, Adeoye and Cremer.

Margaret Adeoye is very strong out of the blocks. There's a good start

running down McCorory, who doesn't always start the quickest. Ryzhova

started very fast, as indeed has Miller, who has good 200-metre pace.

Margaret Adeoye really has got herself involved in this, which is

good. The one suffering is Kaliese Spencer at the minute. A long way

off this. The Russian attacks and gets to the front first. Miller in

second behind her. Then McCorory just sneaks through on the inside.

Leaves a gap there. Margaret Adeoye in fourth at the moment. Here comes

Kaliese Spencer. She's trying to make up the gap. Shaunae Miller is

so wide she's going to let Spencer come through on the inside for third

spot. Only the top three to go through. Ryzhova much better from

the Russian, McCorory finishing well. So is Kaliese Spencer. That

was so close, Kaliese Spencer slows through the first 200, finished

quicker than anybody else. McCorory did well. Goodness me what on earth

was young Miller doing? She ran so wide, especially all the way around

the last lap. She ran most of it in lane two. First let McCorory

through, then she let Spencer through. She's halfway up the bend.

There It's a crazy, crazy tactic that she played there. Remember when

I said earlier when we were talking about the race is not experience,

this one, it's going to be about speed. You can see the young athlete

there, well, she certainly lacked experience and that could have cost

her her place into the final. If she's missed out, she would be ruing

that decision. She went so wide and letting Kaliese Spencer sneak in on

the inside. The race was very quick, though. Certainly all four athletes

in the top four would have won the first semifinal comfortably. So you

can imagine how frustrated they will be. It was a good race, a good solid

competition, exactly what we expected. These athletes are lying

on the floor. They are exhausted. Well, they are examining the finish,

photo finish. McCorory has been given first. Kaliese Spencer has

been given second. But they are looking at the photo finish. We have

no results yet. It looked as though the Russian hung on. Miller was

finish being the quickest. But I think the Russian just hung on. If

Miller doesn't get through, she will be looking back o on -- on the tape

of that and will have learned a big lesson, the young 19-year-old from

Bahamas. At the moment we're waiting for

that. I'm not sure we will get it in time.

Personal best for Kaliese Spencer. Now the heats of the men's 60 metres

took place earlier this evening. James Dassal, the fastest man in the

world this year was out injured. We had two representatives in Dwain

Chambers and Richard Kilty. It will be Kilty finishing

brilliantly. A hand in the air from the Iranian athlete. What a good

finish. Look at him prancing, he looks like a little bit of a caged

animal. He wants to get out there, show everybody what sort of shape

he's in. It wasn't a brilliant start but goodness me, the last 20 metres,

he stormed through. I think Carter did ease back a little. But

nonetheless, very impressive. That equals his personal best. He's

through to the semifinal. If there was ever a doubt whether this man

should have come to these championships, he has just confirmed

his position there. Look at that, out of the blocks, well, he

approached it, like it was a final. There's important. No doubt he

warmed up very well, got himself into a good state, aggressive, nice

and controlled. There's no real tension in his shoulders. He's

pumping his arms. Even the opportunity to give one of the

fastest sprinters of all time Carter a bit of a glance and say, I've got

that victory. Chambers gets a good start.

It's chambers from Harris. Then it was tight after that for the third

spot. A decent start and then maintained really nicely through the

last 20 metres or so. Certainly Harris improved through

that race. But very, very close, three of them.

So job done. That's the main thing. It's a good performance by Dwayne.

He executed the race exactly as he would like to, as a heat. 6. 57,

rewarded with a swift time as well. Well done to Richard and Dwain.

We'll see them in final action tomorrow. Earlier we saw Margaret

Adeoye not quite make the 400 metres final. She's talking to us now.

Fifth place, semifinal of the world Indoor Championships, season's best

this morning. We're waiting for your time. What are your thoughts? It's

mixed emotions. Because firstly, I was happy to make the individual

because it's such a progression from last year, where I came here as the

fifth relay runner and didn't get to run. So I just remember telling

myself last year, I'm not coming here as the fifth person any more.

To make the individual alone, I was happy with. Once I got here, I

thought you know, what I don't want to just participate, I want to

compete. I think I've done that. I'm pleased with how the weekend has

gone so far. You've just pointed down on my notes and seen the times

of the first semifinal, where we saw George did not start. Already they

were one down. You saw the times. I know that you must be thinking now

"what if? " As soon as we came up and saw to the start line, I was

like, why don't I ever get it easy, you know? I've worked out that

nothing ever really comes easy. I had to go through the tough heat

today and hopefully I will be ready by summer to be racing these girls

again. You get another chance and you'll be back with the relay team

in the morning, reigning champions, you missed out getting a run two

years ago, sorry last year, what are the thoughts and I'm sure you're

hoping for a place in that quartet. Yeah, I'm getting comfortable and

confident in this. I came here this morning not knowing what to expect,

then when we got here in the semi, I thought I didn't get the nerves, oh,

yeah go through the same routine, kind of how I feel when I ran the

two. When I started running, it didn't feel as nervewracking as

normal. I'm excited about the next two days. Hopefully I get a run. He

might want fresh legs, we'll' see. Best of luck. Well done here. World

indoor semifinalist. Congratulations. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Well, another British athlete hoping

to perform as well as he can here, Nigel Levine.

Just to tidy it up, Miller has been given the nod by 1010th of a second,

taken about five or six minutes for them to exam examine the finish. --

100th of a second. So Miller does go through.

Maslak, very impressive from the Czech Republic.

Steele from Jamaica, 27 with a new personal best this year. Winner at

the Birmingham Games after the Birmingham Grand Prix.

And then, America represented by Clemons here, 23 years of age,

having a cracking indoor season. He broke his time down to 45.60. Not

all of the Americans have performed well. Somebody who's carried on his

indoor season looked pretty good this morning, Lalonde Gordon, the

man who tops the world list of those other two who aren't here from

Trinidad and Tobago. Top three, no fastest losers.

Levine will be hoping he can get to his best at least.

Gordon right on the outside perhaps the favourite. But watch for Maslak

in three, he looked pretty good also.

Safely away first time. Gordon has started quickly. So has Maslak. Le

vine trying to get himself involved. It's going to be tough. Very, very

fast indeed. It's Maslak who started the quickest. Gordon has been left a

bit on the bend. Estonia in second. Gordon at the back with the

American, Clemons as well. Levine looking for room. Gordon trying to

attack on the bend. Pushing and shoving going on. Steele trying to

make history and the Americans trying too. There's no room there.

Maslak storming away. Steele will have second spot, the American

third. Clemons ahead of Gordon. What a terrible race the tall man from

Trinidad and Tobago done. One man only for me ran a smart race there,

that was Maslak. He's been good enough to do that. Controlled the

race. Gordon was too slow, too far away. Everybody was chasing. Clemons

was lucky to get through on the inside. This was the man who most

impressed. Swiftly through the very first 200, 21.

Coasting down the back straight, hitting the corner with no track in

front of him and coming to see where the other runners were. Really

destroyed them on that first 200 and set himself up perfectly well an

everybody literally was scrapping around behind him. Trying to

manoeuvre at great speed through the gaps. Did work for some. That man

too me looks like the favourite. Very good indeed from Maslak. If he

wasn't one of the favourites before, he certainly is now. Gordon,

goodness me, that wasn't very good from him.

Nigel Levine, 46.84 in fifth place behind Gordon.

Disappointing for Nigel Levine. He said he thought he turned a

corner, you know, in terms of his maturity and expectations.

It just goes to show that the slightest lapse in concentration

which happened in the heat for him, he found himself in that awful lane

one and it was just too much hard work for him. Tried his best but it

wasn't meant to Bo. 47.71 in Birmingham. -- 45.71. He seemed to

have a certain game face on? Yes, he was strong. Usually has a great

tactical brain which you need for the indoor 400m but it just didn't

happen but he gave it everything. He attacked it. He made sure he was in

contention after that first 200m, but just not good. It's a shame for

him. He's a fighter as well so I'm sure

he'll come back strong in the 4 X 4, there is a strong team there, medals

numerous times in the last few years and they'll want to make amends? But

what you notice from so many athletes is that when the

opportunities present themselves, when you are fit, when you are

healthy, you actually want to take the opportunities, but he will have

to raise his game and confidence again to be part of that team and

make sure they can get through and get the medal. We talked a lot about

the pentathlon here. We sauna dene take the gold in that. Here we see

her having the medal presented to her. A wonderful performance? It

was. We don't get to hear the Dutch National Anthem very often in track

and field. She competed really well. Very solid. That high jump is what

really did the damage, you know. 193, which was far superior to

everyone else in the field. She just then maintained the steady

performance, ending on yet another personal best in the 8090, so well

deserved for her -- 800. Steve Cram said what is it about the Dutch in

their multidisciplines? They are very good, very strong. Watch out

European Championships. Time to return to the action.

Back to the track. Thank you very much. Here we go. The

second heat of the 400 metres. Omelko. Gauntlett we just saw there

as well. Omelko this morning ran a very good

race. Polish-grown talent as well.

David Verburg of the USA relay team which won the World Championships

last year. Lifetime best of 44.75 which is

pretty useful. Then the big three, Nery y Brenes,

the Championship record holder. 45.11.

Chris Brown, one of the fastest ever indoors.

45. 78 is a lifetime best for him. Ran the first leg for the Bahamas

relay team, beat the Americans at the London Olympics. And the Olympic

silver medallist at just 18 years old, Luguelin Santos looking

absolute absolutely almost delirious with passion and everything else.

But really waiting for this 400 metres to start. It's going to be

very interesting to see what makes the break for the inside first.

Will it be Omelka or Gauntlett or one of the big three that I

mentioned in lanes four, five, six. Brown, Santos.

Heat two of the men's 400 metres. Away we go. Santos on the outside

has been pressured by Chris Brown. He's been pressured by Brenes US

himself. Verburrg coming up very quickly. Brown into the lead. Santos

is very close. Santos on the shoulder of Verburg.

Brown maintaining the lead. Brown just in the lead. Brown

maintaining his first place. Digging in is Verburg. Santos. Santos

completely out of it. First time around, once again, they

seemed to just don't know what to do, they are moving out, drifting

in. And it's causing some of the top players big problems, people we

expect to really cruise through to the final, Santos, for example, the

Olympic silver medallist is struggling in fourth, which means he

is out, but Chris Brown, the man who's won more medals than anybody

else at this event indoors, has made himself comfortably the winner and

is through to the final. Yes, he looks the most relaxed of

all of them. Absolutely superb. Winning it very comfortably indeed.

Perfect timing. The winner Chris Brown in 46. 19.

So there we have it. Brown undoubtedly the winner. Followed by

Brenes. And Verburg of the US came in at a very creditable third place.

I think it's fair to say it's been a day of mixed fortunes for Britain

here in Sopol, Denise. We saw some stellar international performances.

Sally Pearson delivered in the hurdles, so did Stephanie Porter of

Great Britain. A mouth-watering thing to look forward to for

tomorrow? Pearson looks in super form. She's ready to deliver for the

championships big time. Tiffany is somebody who delivers time and

again. When I spoke to her earlier after her race you could tell

tomorrow it will open up? I think the bronze last year elevated her

expectation. She knows he's been good -- she's been good enough but

is not quite there. This time around, a new improved Tiffany and I

do believe he's here for a medal. Let's hope she can deliver tomorrow.

Let's hope the men can do so as well. We are back in the morning at

10 am. Join us if you can. Two more sessions tomorrow. Action-packed.

Obviously it's been a mixed day for Great Britain and Northern Ireland

today. Disappointment for Laura Muir and Nigel Lescience, but impressive

performances from lots of the others. -- Nigel Levine. Thanks for

watching. Goodbye!