Day 2, Part 2 Athletics: World Indoor Championships

hello again and welcome to Sopot. Over the next three hours, they will

see Olympic champion Sally Pearson renew rivalries with Tiffany Porter.

And Richard Kilty and Dwain Chambers on a medal mission. It is their

16-metre men's champion tonight. -- 60 Metres.

Welcome inside the stadium. It is great to have your company. This is

how you can get involved at home, through twitter and you can enjoy

chatting on the website. It will be a fascinating night year.

There are seven other gold medals to be contested before the night

finishes. Hopefully, there will be British interest in the races.

Denise Lewis will be alongside me through out the evening. But they

are going straight to the action, but first semifinal of the women's

60 Metres Hurdles. Sally Pearson of Australia, fastest

in the world this year. Looked in great form in the heats. Tiffany

Porter has been improving all season. She will need to be good

here. Yvette Lewis looked sharp as well. Top four through to the

night's final. The only way. Porter coming through.

I think Cindy Roleder got the fourth spot. Tiffany Porter had to dig that

one out. No problem about the and, as expected. -- Pearson. You very

rarely get that opportunity to get back in. But Tiffany is a class act.

You can see why she is a champion, explosive right from the gun. Each

stride almost identical. There is Monique Morgan, looking

relaxed. It .10 her best this year. -- 8.10. Rosina Hodde Of the

Netherlands. This stadium is quite for the start

of this women's 60 Metres Hurdles. Cindy Billaud, very late in coming

to the blocks. Nia Ali got away to a good start.

Here comes Cindy Billaud. Nadine Hildebrand as well, those where the

first three. Nia Ali led from the gun. A good performance from her. A

strong performance by the American. She's very strong, fluid, runs of

every single stride. Every time her foot hits the floor, you see herself

haul herself through the field. We have seen Nia Ali doing lots of

quick times. No surprises there. The times are there or thereabouts. Com

that final, it will be a blanket finish. It just depends how quickly

Sally Pearson gets up. Looking forward to the final. There is a. --

our winner. 7.88 is almost exactly the same time as she did in the

semifinal. Trying to put her distance between

herself and the rest in this second round.

Finished fourth in the Moscow world Championships, just outside the

medals, and sixth in the London Olympics. She gives every jump

absolutely everything. 14.34, she is in first place.

Good news that Tiffany Porter is through to the final, we will see

that towards the end of the programme. Sally Pearson looking

impressive. Yes, she looked amazing. Once she is owed, she is

hard to catch. You have to have really good technique. She is just

majestic. She is one of the most perfect hurdlers out there. She does

not need that many competitions to tap into her speed ability. How did

Tiffany look tonight? I said she had a small reaction, but it was her

first two strides where she did not have a power. Eight. When you are up

against someone like Sally Pearson who is so dynamic, that is

exaggerated. But she is in that final. She is one of those people

who can switch on and she will get tuned into this final. She could

pick up one of the medals. I note you are impressed by Cindy Billaud.

Yes she has a tremendous technique. What about the transition now

between a semifinal like this and the final coming up? What is the

process? You have to lie down, start visualising, thinking about that one

thing that makes the difference to your base. Shutting everyone else

out. Once you get into your warm up, it is about getting sharp again and

thinking about those trigger points that make you dynamic. The race can

be won and lost in that sad. For Tiffany, the key is to get that

mental edge right. Get the start of the race right. She normally

delivers for us on the big stage. She is a quality athlete. She tends

to come through. This is not unusual territory for her. She has one

medals at this Championships before. She is not sharp out of the blocks.

We hope she does not do that this time. We know that she can get

medals. Some catching up to do from the morning events. The Mens High

Jump qualifying this morning, we had two contenders in Robbie Grabarz and

Tom Parsons. But sadly neither made the final. Are Olympic

bronze-medallist Robbie Grabarz, unfortunately owed. Tom Parsons,

clipped it with his heels. He is out. No British interest in the Mens

High Jump tomorrow. We also had some qualifying in the Womens Long Jump.

To women competing in this. -- two women competing in this. This is

what happened for Catalina. She is through, as there's Sarah

Proctor, X metres at the best, one centimetre short of the automatic

qualifying. -- 6.69. Bold, we have to say, are hopefully going to get

medals tomorrow. delighted, both jumping well, never easy to get the

legs going in the morning. And Katarina has one the world junior

Long Jump title. She is an incredible one. Hopefully in the

medals for the final. And Sarah has been there, certainly winning one

medal, this is her time, could be first aid, no one to fear in the

final? She has to believe in herself she can deliver at this moment in

time. We always become about having quality athletes, they are very

good, but the most important thing is jumping to form. If she does

that, she has a medal chance. And now for the Triple Jump.

Olga Saladukha in the second round. That could challenge for the lead.

We saw Kimberly Williams go out to 14.30, in the second round to take

the lead. It is not a pretty technique. But 14.38, she goes into

first place. This is a round two. She needs to go further distance.

That is good technique. That has certainly put her in the mix. She

certainly liked it. A little bit of balance. -- off balance. The step

phase is not good. 14.46, though, she goes into the lead, good

results. Now for the first of the men's semifinal of the 60m, the

final later tonight, we have seen the semifinals of the women's

hurdles, that final later. Richard Kilty, and Dwain Chambers, hopefully

both navigating themselves through. I think Richard Kilty has probably

been drawn into the toughest of the three semifinals. There is the fool

line-up. We have people like Yoshihide Kiryu, the very good

Japanese. Real danger for Richard Kilty. Only the top two make it

through to the final, because we have three semifinals, and two

fastest losers. Richard Kilty, on paper, the joint deck and fastest in

this, in terms of seasoned's Beth, looking good in qualifying, -- in

terms of seasoned's best. And the former African junior champion,

Gabriel Mvumvure, and Remigiusz Olszewski of Poland. An indoor

champion. After promising youngster. -- a third promising. Not as

promising as this 18-year-old, starting university in April in

Tokyo, the world youth record holder over 100m. And 6.59 personal best.

That time of 6.53 is one that Richard Kilty has run on three

occasions, and he would love to go quicker than that. Is he ready to

make his first championship final? Reza Ghasemi, broke his national

record to make it into the semifinals, 6.58 to do that. Jason

Rogers, based in Canada, in Toronto, moved there last year, changing his

coach and getting good results, new personal best, the fastest man in

the field. But it was Trell Kimmons who came to these championships with

the quicker time, but not performing in the heats, and you can see his

times, but he was slow and almost did not make it through to their

semifinal. Will he be sharper here? Bronze medallist outdoors over 100m

last year and of course gold medallist with the Jamaican four

times 100m, Nesta Carter on the outside. A tough job for Richard

Kilty. He is having a great indoor season, finished last season

outdoors very strongly, carrying that through, based on love by now.

-- based in Loughborough. If he can produce something around the 6.53,

maybe quicker, it might be good enough. Despite the likes of Trell

Kimmons, or Nesta Carter, he is capable of beating them in the form

we have seen this year. The Gateshead Harrier in Lane four,

Jason Rogers will be a danger, and Nesta Carter. Just being as to stand

up let me bring Colin Jackson in. Is this the toughest semifinal? I would

say this is. The type of form that Richard is showing, I think he will

embrace this, loving he is in a tough semifinal, giving him the

opportunity to push himself. He will want to put away the younger

athletes and say, you may be young, doing well, but still have a lot of

running to do to catch me. If he shows that confidence in his

performances, and he has been consistent around his personal best

of 6.53, so I hope you can produce something around that figure.

6.53-is X .52 will see him through. -- 6.53 maybe 6.52. The athletes can

now come down here. They can prepare for the fastest extra metres they

have done this year. -- fastest 60 m. Yoshihide Kiryu, the Japanese, in

lane three, amongst others. Jason Rogers just going into his blocks

now. Top two to the final. A clean start, and very even, and

Richard Kilty, brilliantly! Out of the, maintaining well. Nesta Carter

producing perhaps his best of the season so far, 6.15 flocking, and

maybe Richard Kilty would have to go quicker. -- X point 50 flocking.

Richard Kilty, what an assured run, Nesta Carter was good, but Richard

Kilty beating the youngster from Japan, and setting his new personal

best, well done. He did not panic, he had talented athletes left and

right, lost the ones closest to him, he would have known that was Nesta

Carter, because in your peripheral vision, you would see the bright

colours of Jamaica in front, but only slightly, so a wonderful

personal best, the time to do it, in a semifinal, to break your place

into the final later. Well done, Richard Kilty, a deserved place in

that final. That was really well negotiated,

that was a tough heat. And just back to the women's Triple Jump. Olga

Saladukha on the runway. She will go in just a moment. But

Richard Kilty is down with Ellie Jones to find out how he got on. --

dine with Phil. Well done. That is what I wanted to

do, qualify for the final, and I can look forward to putting my best race

into the final. You must be proud of yourself? Yes, really happy, pride

of doing myself justice by making the final. Well done, we will let

you get ready for the final, all the best. Thank you.

Yes, we wanted to see Richard Kilty, a final later, did not want to hold

him too much. I think he was happy, he said he was, I am sure she has a

big smile inside. The Gateshead Harrier doing well, he really has

mature this winter. Two more to come, Dwain Chambers in the second

semifinal, that one coming up in a few minutes. And of course, we hope

that Britain will win its first medal of these championships

tonight, Tiffany Porter making it through to the final of the 60m

Hurdles, and Richard Kilty already through, hopefully Dwain Chambers

can join him in the next semifinal coming up. And there is the sole

result. Nesta Carter winning. Carter look good, despite our excitement

about Richard Kilty, who had a new personal best. Some prize lead, --

and surprisingly, the Zimbabwean got through to third with a new personal

record. And the line-up for the second semifinal...

The athletes dine at the far end of the arena. The silver medallist in

2009, been around for a long time. 6.55 he has run this season. His

life site that -- sorry that is his lifetime best. The record-holder at

100 and 200. And the Asian junior champion in 2010. Can marry Roach --

Kimmari Roach of Jamaica. And Jamaica University's champion in

2009. Bingtian Su of China, twice the Asian champion at 200 metres.

6.55 for the 60m. Warren Fraser of the Bahamas, the record-holder at

60m for that region. And that rests at 6.54. Dwain Chambers, former

World Indoor Championship, former World Championship finalist three

times and a personal best of 6.42 seconds, third on the all-time list.

Then the organ, -- Femi Ogun, the former Nigerian. A personal best of

10.07. And Gavin Smellie, of the ill-fated Canadian sprint relay team

at the London Olympics, finishing third then disqualified because of a

Lane infringement. A real chance, if Dwain Chambers can get away well. He

can run away from this field. And run a fast time as well. There is

Dwain Chambers, 35 years old now. Perhaps age is against him. But he

is still in the Markham will condition. -- in remarkable

condition. Dwain Chambers settles. I think Dwain Chambers has got a

fast start. Dwain Chambers may have got second place, behind Femi

Ogunode, possibly third behind Warren Fraser. What do you think? It

was tight, close, but I think he tightened up at the back, causing

some of the others to get onto his shoulder and Edgbaston. Remember, it

is two plus the two fastest losers. -- get onto his shoulder and get

past them. I think Dwain Chambers was third or even fourth. It is

close. Over striding at the backend. Looking at the result, the athletes

from Cutter, I think they take their victory, Jamaica in second place,

China in third. -- the athletes from Qatar. I think Dwain Chambers will

be very disappointed in fourth place. We will find out the result

for you in just a minute. Meanwhile, at the Pole Vault, we have... Xue of

China. Good technique. That may well have been Yancheng Yang. Indeed, it

was. Going clear at 5.55. Good result for him. Dwain Chambers,

did he make it through? He is downstairs. Assess the race for me.

I don't know what happened. I tried my best. The others put together a

better race than be. They have got younger, faster legs. It was not my

day for me. Any part of the race you would like to take back? I have not

seen it, so too early to say. Just disappointment at the moment. But

this is spot, track and field, it looks like it is the time of the

younger generation. There are still the two fastest losers spaces. We

will keep everything crossed for you.

He's not out yet. 6.58. Obviously, one more semifinal to come. But not

a lot of talent in there. I hope he does not start the Lord himself. It

is important he watches this next semifinal and see exactly where he

stands. And the other final results. -- and they are.

Dwain Chambers still has a chance. Hopefully this will go his way. This

is the line-up. One or two of the athletes have got

into this semifinal and did not perform to well in qualification.

Dariusz Kuc having a very good championship. The crowd and loving

that. That is the time we are watching that. Lucas Jakubczyk Of

Germany. Adam Harris, he will be to be a bit better, but he is capable

of running. Gerald Phiri, now based over in Florida. All of these

athletes are capable of running a similar time. Peimeng Zhang, the

Chinese record-holder. This is the man who is most interesting, Marvin

Bracy, the fastest in the world, but did not look like that in the heats.

Was he holding back? We will find out shortly. A former American

footballer, who gave that up to turn his attention to track and field.

This is all still a bit new for Marvin Bracy, only 20 years old.

Just in the last year or so that he has turned his attention to track

and field. Harris gets a very good start. It

will be very close. Dwain Chambers is the second fastest loser, not the

first of the two fastest losers. Marvin Bracy much, much better, more

impressive for me. That is more like the American champion we would

expect. We will have to see the photo finish. More importantly, what

are the times? Looking at that, I think Duwayne Chambers might stay

in. -- Dwain Chambers. The US champion, he is looking strong in

that semifinal. But he will have to raise his game if he is going to

take on Nesta Carter. There will be a big difference at the final.

I think a few will be disappointed with that. Unfortunately for them,

not quick enough. A lot is going on in the arena this evening. Shot put

final, Pole Vault final. And there will be two British athletes taking

part in the 60 Metres. That is official now.

A good final in prospect. It is great to see two British men in the

final of the 60 Metres later this evening. Richard Kilty most

impressive, Dwain Chambers had to sweat a little bit. But he is

through, by the smallest of fractions. You were seeing he had

dismissed the idea of getting to the final. Yes, and you can't do that,

you have to wait for the official result. He will have to pick himself

back up and raise his game to make sure that he can fight for those

medals. What about Richard Kilty's performance? Very strong and mature.

He has never been in this environment before, but he showed

himself very comfortable in it. It is looking very good for him. It

taken we produce a performance like that, you just never know. -- if you

can produce a performance again, you just never know. You just have to

take it. He is looking great. Fantastic to see. Not only that, he

has just been interviewed by one of his heroes. We are still in the

situation but anything is possible in the final. Or have you seen

somebody that you think is a bit above the rest? I think Nesta

Carter, he looked very good. E is to cross the line. -- he eased. I think

he has more in. But I think Richard Kilty looks good. He just has to go

for it. Thanks for now. The Pole Vault takes place this evening. Luke

Cutts is involved. He was also involved when I knew Pole Vault

record was set quite recently. He put himself in picture for a medal

here. How high is your confidence this

year? Very confident. Going out and jumping a British record is really

good and I jumped well in Ukraine two weeks ago. Do you think that

there is more to come? In Ukraine I jumped 81 and the next height where

86 -- next height was 86. In fact, I had two attempts at 96. So that

bodes well for this weekend. Our host of fine athletes and you are

right in the mix. -- a host. Yes, I will go out and try my best. Luke

Cutts has already been in action tonight. He went over at five White

40 on his third attempt. But he is still very much in the mix. -- he

went over at 5.40. We have Paula Radcliffe with us now. The 1500

Metres, what about this Swedish athlete? She runs a wonderful race.

I would love to have run against Dibaba. I think the new athletes

will pressure a little bit. You have to be out at the front, or trailing

in the back. But she has always set the pace in the front. Even if she

is in the pack, she will keep yourself in a position where she

will try to stay out of trouble. But if there is a lot of pushing and

shoving, it becomes our lottery and there is nothing you can guarantee.

A bit of disappointment that Dibaba is not here Western Mark -- is not

here? . Yes, but it was to be a good race. A quick word on Luke Cutts.

Tell us about the guts it takes in a competition like this, he missed out

on London and Moscow last year, he was not selected, but he comes in

here and could have gone out after two attempts? You have to get used

to this environment. It is very busy down there. A lot of activity. The

athletes can get slightly disturbed by that. When he jumped to his best

in the Ukraine, he did not have all this activity around him. To do what

he is doing here is outstanding. This is why we need are young

athletes to get the opportunity at championships, get them out there

and let them get used to this environment. The more experience

they get, the better equipped they will be to handle it. The only way

to learn is to go and experience and learn from it. That is why you have

to select youngsters and give them a chance at championships. They can go

in and try something different and learn what works and what does not

work. I hope they are listening to you, no for more Triple Jump action.

The third round for Olga Saladukha, leading since the second round.

Seems to be getting better. And despite the fact that she is getting

better and better all the time, her technique is not good, but she

executes the jump days very well -- jump phase. 14.45, she is now in

second place behind Ekaterina Koneva. She certainly seemed to nail

that one. They are or thereabouts, was that a foul? Yes it was, 14.34

remains the best, in third place. One jump to go.

The final that Paula was talking about, one which should any much go

the way of Abeba Aregawi is about to get underway. There are some good

new athletes to look out for. One or two others who might not get this

opportunity again. When we think that the likes of experience, some

not having good experiences in the 800 metres, and some choosing that

and maybe watching this thinking they would have liked to have a run

in this. And there is Abeba Aregawi, red-hot favourite, you will not find

many more, forcibly Valerie Adams in the Shot Put tonight was up she can

decide how to win this. -- possibly Valerie Adams. Abeba Aregawi is good

to win this by a few seconds, Paul? Yes, it would have been great to see

house she does. It is as Jim the timetable would not allow hard to go

up again some other -- it is as Jim the timetable would not allow her to

go up against other good opponents. -- it is a shame. Rababe Arafi also

did well. She could be a danger as well. And Axumawit Embaye, the young

Ethiopian, just 19, first I love running, she looks like that is more

to come from her. Interesting, going down this list, a couple of front

runners, we saw Heather Kampf doing well, but Rababe Arafi is very

quick, Alice Mas -- Axumawit Embaye could be a threat. The question is,

for the others, do they sit and try and take a medal, does Heather Kampf

try to make it harder, so the big kickers do not try to sit and do

that, or do they just wait and see and watch what Abeba Aregawi does?

You won the mould to do something, just to shake it up, Heather Kampf

went out in the front run convincingly, holding them off, but

will find that much harder to date. But she still might have that as her

best tactic. She said she is very long striding, so it suits out to be

out in front and out of danger of tripping up. But Abeba Aregawi has

the choice which ever way she runs. A bit of controversial figure in

Sweden, not spending much time there, training in Ethiopian,

marrying the man who was essentially her coach, living in Ethiopia, but a

lot of rumours flying about about whether they are divorced and

whether that was really a marriage or just one of convenience. Does not

matter, she was given Swedish citizenship and, since achieving

that, she is unbeaten outdoors, had agreed indoor season last year and

attempting to win this world indoor title. The women's 1500m final.

Aregawi just tipped under the outside. Luiza Gega, another one who

might go in front. Heather Kampf already moving towards the front,

but looking reluctant. She has decided she might as well. Nicole

civil -- Nicole Sifuentes also moving out. I think they are just

wanting to let it settle. Seeing what the intentions are of other

people, what these they will take it over the past couple of laps. Two

athletes who did not want to leave that race were Axumawit Embaye and

Siham Hilali must practically standing still as the race set off.

-- almost practically. Aregawi covering the lead of Heather Kampf.

The first 100m not that quick, certainly moving quite well, Aregawi

taking it up at a very early stage, and Aregawi picking it up already,

maybe seeing a front running display. I think Heather Kampf

looked like she got her foot on the railing. She fell down hard, and I

hope she is OK, backed up running. In the heats, she has a good track

record of recovering from falling, but that was a big difference to

make up. Aregawi has taken advantage and stolen a big march on the rest

of the field who are unable to go with her. Breast already running for

second, look how relaxed Aregawi is, -- the rest already running per

second. She does not even look like she is trying, Aregawi stretching

out, her achievements overshadowed by the world record-holder. It is

really about the battle for second place with Luiza Gega, Siham Hilali

is there, Treniere Moser close by. The only one not really and there is

their Lana Sheva and Heather Kampf, after that fall. We can almost

consider Aregawi the gold medal of. It is a real display of front

running and distance running from the Swede. You have to hand it to

Luiza Gega, trying to run the finish out of the others. Absolutely.

Axumawit Embaye nearly caused another fall, but actually the arrow

key, Luiza Gega working have, -- but thankfully everyone is all right.

Luiza Gega working hard. A bid from the Ethiopian, Axumawit Embaye, to

break the group up. Around 329, it could be close to four minutes, all

of them at the chance, and almost Rababe Arafi taking a stumble. It is

Axumawit Embaye who has second place at the moment, Siham Hilali just

behind. All with a chance of a medal behind the winner, Aregawi kicking

away, it will be a gold medal for Sweden, maybe outside four minutes,

very close indeed, just outside, the world outdoor champion now the World

Indoor Championship. Axumawit Embaye take silver, Rababe Arafi takes

bronze. That is a great young talent from Ethiopia who will only get

better, the both of them will know each other well, Aregawi spending

all her time in Ethiopia as well. It is a cold medal for Sweden. After

that slowish start, she picked it up, what a good battle for the

silver and bronze. Axumawit Embaye did well, Rababe Arafi sneaking up,

to nick the bronze. With one lap to go, you could see the five hard

Heather Kampf hit hard there, as Aregawi went through with one lap to

go, 3.29, capable of closing it in 30 seconds, it look so easy, and I

wondered if the championship record would go, she was trying for it, but

she was confident and comfortable to settle for the win. But Axumawit

Embaye look good, lots more to come from hard. We can see Aregawi

looking, for once, like she is straining a little, but very

comfortable and good have gone harder had she been pushed more. But

here was the battle, Axumawit Embaye comfortable in silver medal, but

right at the line, Rababe Arafi stealing it, and the cold silver

very fast as well. -- and Nicole Sifuentes very fast. A last

opportunity for Patricia Mamona of Portugal here. She has been jumping

all right. Can she put one together in the last round? That is better.

If it far enough to get a medal? That is the thing. She is such a

powerful little athlete. Good have done with a bit more space between

the plasticine and the toe end. She does not seem to like it. 14.25,

remains in fourth place. It is a gold medal for Sweden, there

was a time when Sweden had plenty of gold medallist, particularly in

doors, but one on the board here. It has come down to the three at

least fighting it out for the gold medal. Kimberly Williams now, of

Jamaica, this opportunity to go for gold. Well, it could be a little bit

further. But she is guaranteed a bronze medal. My goodness, 24

centimetres she has lost there. That looks as though it could be just

about 14.50, or thereabouts, 14.39, her best of the season, she is in

third place. Olga Saladukha. Just a few more centimetres and she has got

the gold medal. You can guarantee, this one is going to be eyeballs

out. There is the champion elect behind her. Olga Saladukha, away we

go. Not so good, so she settles for the silver medal.

That wasn't a bad jump by Saladukha.

This has been quite a low turnout for the Triple Jump.

There is, can either -- there is Koneva. That is odd we don't have

the distance up for Saladukha. Now we watch Koneva. She is the

champion. She has got one jump to go. 14.46, that must be the lowest

to win a medal. Nevertheless, just one centimetre further. Here we go.

That is not as far. In fact, it is a foul. That was just over.

Not spectacular, but incredibly competitive. Olga Saladukha on the

left-hand side. She has been around for a long time

and has won also roads of medals. Normally as champion. This time,

Olga Saladukha is the champion. Ekaterina Koneva is definitely the

champion. She can be satisfied with what she has achieved. The silver

medal. Olga Saladukha. The bronze medal goes to Kimberly Williams.

Meanwhile, the Pole Vault still continues. That was quite an

exciting competition to watch despite the fact the distances where

low -- were low. That is the result. Thanks. Now, the men's heptathlon is

about to conclude. One man remains head and shoulders above the rest,

Ashton Eaton. Let's hear more about him.

Ashton Eaton, he has broken just about every record in the book. He

is coming away from everybody. Ashton Eaton brings it home. The

American streaking ahead of everybody else.

This will give us a very good idea as to how well Ashton Eaton is

going. He gets away brilliantly. He is flying. 6.66. He has got to

produce something here. He really has got a lot of acceleration,

but... That is much better. 7.784 Ashton Eaton. -- seven .78 the time

for Ashton Eaton. 15.42, that is a massive lifetime best. Will we see

the Shot Put go over 15 metres for the first time? Not bad, but a

little bit down. Ashton Eaton going for 2.06, and

makes it. He sets a championship best. Ashton Eaton holds onto the

lead. They get away first time, Ashton

Eaton is going well. He is powering away. 7.64, that is exceptional.

Ashton Eaton has really nailed that one. He is absolutely flying here.

He is still leading in the heptathlon.

What a superstar. You know all about the multi-event disciplines. This

man is one of the all-time greats. He really is. Since he came on the

scene, he has had a stranglehold on the event. No one can deal with his

lightning speed. For the heptathlon, we get to see the very best of him.

He has dominated this event indoors this weekend, he has been brilliant.

It could be a stroll for him in the 1000 Metres, if he wanted at, and he

would take the gold. There will be no strolling. That is not the sort

of man he is. If he gets close to a 1000 Metres personal best, he could

take that world title and world record again. There is everything to

run for. These guys give it everything. It is seven events, and

that is long and demanding and they want to finish in style. That is the

kind of thing that drives him on, taking those totals ever higher to

cement his place in history. Absolutely. Everyone out there is

trying to get as close to their personal-best, if not bettering it.

But to do that is not easy. He is great, he will run well and he will

run for that record. He has not got a global title later in the year. He

has talked about doing an individual event, possibly the 400 metre

hurdles? Yes, he wants to keep pushing himself, and to have some

fun. Perhaps prepare himself for Rio de Janeiro and a focus on the

decathlon again. Ashton Eaton going for gold.

I think we will have a world record. Thomas van der Plaetsen. He has a

lifetime best. Eelco Sintnicolaas. Kai Kazmirek.

There is Ashton Eaton. His wife got a medal in the women's heptathlon.

They have both got the same coach. He has taken the heptathlon and the

decathlon into new territory. 2.5 reader. -- there are. Andrei

Krauchanka was a silver-medallist in 2004. Damian Warner of Canada. Looks

nervous, doesn't he? He has the chance of a medal, though. Oleksiy

Kasyanov, in fifth place at the moment, he need something special

here to get a medal. But all eyes will be on Ashton

Eaton. Five laps of the track. The stock watchers are out.

--stopwatches. Already, Ashton Eaton is in the lead. Slows down into a

steady rhythm. Eelco Sintnicolaas in second place, Damian Warner in

third. This is going to be a question of watching the clock. Just

having a look there, 30.35. That is on schedule. Yuko sat

naturalists in second -- Eelco Sintnicolaas in second. Coming up

now to take the lead. It's a little bit behind schedule

now, he needs to get a move on. Ashton Eaton already up on the

shoulder. He doesn't like being in second place. And this is decathlon,

heptathlete at its finest. Having to run for a time in order to break a

record. -- heptathlon. The time is just

about getting to where it should be. All these other guys in the race

idea for a reason. They are not just bear in support. -- are the for a

reason. This will give us a very good idea. Just coming through now.

It doesn't look as though it is on. But he is absolutely powering away

from everybody else. Damian Warner is in second place.

Damian Warner, Ashton Eaton and Yuko said Nicolas at the top three. --

Yuko San it is two seconds outside the time.

1.2 seconds adrift. All that work and the final result is a gold

medal, but just outside the record. Which is what he wanted. But another

world title, that's what he wants. Head back, driving for the line.

Yards ahead of anybody. Ashton Eaton, no doubt about it, he

certainly has got what it takes to become a great, great all-round

athlete. Left himself far too much to do on the last lap. We will have

to work out the results, but there is the champion, winning by 300 and

something points, which is absolutely amazing at this level of

competition. Andrei Krauchanka second, and Thomas van der Plaetsen

is confirmed in third place. Eelco Sintnicolaas just missed out,

finishing fourth. But Ashton Eaton just working it out, 329.31-macro

by, absolutely phenomenal. -- 329 points he won by. It is a very fine

performance. Valerie Adams in the second round of the Shot Put. She

heads that hard, it has gone sailing over 20 metres. She seemed subdued,

a little bit below par in the first round, but that was excellent.

Absolutely hits it hard. That is certainly much further, 20 point 41

metres, otherworldly. Speaking to her coach there, who must be

delighted. This is what has been happening in

the men's Pole Vault, Luke Cutts has done it again, what nerves he is

showing. Nerves of steel. 5.65. Clear of his third attempt and he is

still in the medal mix, clearing 5.83 this season, remember, and

hopefully he can deliver a medal for Britain tonight. We are after our

first. Could it be him that does it? I can bring in Denise to reflect

modern Ashton. So close, cheering him on. Two seconds, and the gold

nonetheless. It was his to lose, he is so dominant, at all the guys

doing superbly. Really chuffed for that lawns medal for Thomas van der

Plaetsen, -- that bronze medal. He has been working so hard. But Ashton

is the man. You never want to leave it to the last event to make those

vital world records or those challenging moments. But he would

have been disappointing with his Pole Vault of 5.20, may be hoping

for up to 5.30, but a brilliant results. From one great multi-event,

to another. Our very own Jess. Jess Ennis is flying!

She does not look strong, but packs a punch on that for kilograms shot.

It has been much, much better from Jess Ennis.

Punching down the home straight, others trying to close, but Jess

Ennis looking tired, but enough in reserve, providing the spirit of

Berlin here, pushing for the line, refusing to yield, she is on the way

to gold again, Jessica Ennis crosses the line, gold again for Jessica

Ennis! We can see another British great,

Lord Coe, involved in the ceremony for the women's 1500m, awarding the

gold-medal to this weed, Abeba Aregawi, receiving the gold medal

from one of the athletic's all-time greats, Sebastien Coe themselves. --

himself. A lovely moment for Abeba Aregawi, completely dominating, and

we have more action to come this evening, the men and women's 400m.

And if you missed it, Tiffany Porter made it through to the hoarders

finals, going up against Sally Pearson. -- hurdles finals. And the

men's 60m final will round the day off, Richard Kilty and Dwain

Chambers going through. Dwain Chambers just breaking through, but

that will do. A bit of a procession. That is what we have two look

forward to later on. It is time to recapture a morning's relay action.

The women's four x four were involved. And Christine and Victoria

running the last two legs for Britain. This is how it ended.

Britain has a good eight, nine metre lead. Christine hopefully giving

this to her sister to get a comfortable lead. She is being put

under pressure. But she has another lap to soak it up. Then she has to

hand over to her sister. Great Britain and Russia well ahead. Well

ahead of Romania at the moment. Romania could be pencilled in a

potential threat to both Russia and Great Britain. Both the British team

and the Russian team doing very well here. Can Victoria hold on the

pressure? Yes, she can. Both teams very experienced athletes. We know

all about Christine. Christine should be able to maintain this

lead. Would be too surprised Russia has got them up. The two of them

well clear. There could be someone upmanship going on. But Christine

running wide on the bends. Me be the Russian not wanting to try too much.

-- maybe the Russian. Christine almost coming down,

Britain and Russia qualified safely, 3.34 them. -- 3.30 for them. The

final will be much, much quicker. We should see a happy birthday to

Christina. What a way to celebrate, the sisters helping each other.

Doing very well. absolutely, all those ladies running abruptly. Some

putting some disappointments behind them, of not running particularly

well in their heat. But they work well together. Some developing very

well. Those girls will have to make sure the run superbly, because the

Americans were the dominant force in that for -- dominant force in that

event. And gold in the world the year before? Yes, the expectation is

of good performances, they could really receiving some good pep

talks. It is important that they keep in contention. It is always a

shame, and I will say hello to some recovering from injuries, but when

you look at the collective team, it bodes well, they are a strong

quartet. We can go back out to see how the Pole Vault is developing,

very exciting action. Konstadinos Filippidis of Greece,

with a chance now, five metres, 75. He has cleared 5.83 a couple of

years ago. And that one was very good indeed. That was an excellent

performance. That was almost as good as we saw, 5.45, his opening

height. My goodness, he is going well. Filippidis going well, no bite

about that. Christina, in second place at the moment.

That is over 20 metres, my goodness!

Just strained the left leg there, just that the last minute. And that

is bang on the 20 metre line. 19.94, still in second place. She will have

to go some. And Valerie Adams now. Can she bring it all together with

one mighty through? -- one mighty throw? She has already produced

OneWorld lead. And that one was good. Getting on towards 21 metres.

-- already produced one world lead. Sinks and fits it. -- hits it.

Thumbs up and 20.67, the world lead once more.

Back onto the track. It is finals all the way. The first is the

women's 400m. What a race in prospect. This young lady may be

fortunate to be in the final, Shaunae Miller, of the Bahamas, just

19, scraped through after running a little odd race. Fill of talent, but

ran almost the final lap, but fought back hard. I think she could still

be a danger, even in lane one. But there are more experienced athletes,

including Francena McCorory of the USA in lane five. And the whole

line-up... Justyna Swiety, doing well, sure to get a huge roar from

the crowd. A world junior champion at 400m, at talent at 200 as well,

but this is an event she has a huge future at, 400m outdoors and

indoors. McCorory doing well in New York before coming to these

championships. Joanna Atkins living Hastings to this but, giving --

pipping Hastings to this, giving an idea of the threads you pose. A very

good first round from Justyna Swiety. -- giving an idea of the

threat she poses. The 21-year-old, Justyna Swiety, delighted to be

involved in this. Kaliese Spencer, looking pretty Shabbat the World

Championships, and we have not had too many below 52. Interesting to

see how what these women are capable of. We know how good McCorory is.

She can sometimes overcook it, and get it wrong on the big day, but she

has the ability here, and she should start as the favourite. Patricia

Hall, on the outside. Quick over 200 metres, looking good, certainly

qualifying, and may well just, given in lane six, may be chasing on the

first lap, it will be very interesting, two Americans, two

Jamaicans, one from Poland and Shaunae Miller from the Bahamas.

None of these women were in the final two years ago, no one has

survived from that World Indoor Championships. New medallists in

store. Two collapse of the track. Miller is six foot tall, rangy.

Francena McCorory has been left in the blocks and every round, once

again, slow away. Patricia Hall trying to come across

hard, it may be hurt or gets it. Miller gives her a little elbow.

Francena McCorory have to make up here. She takes the lead. Miller in

second. Hall in third. But the American is streaking away. Swiety

Finishing quickly on the outside. 51.14. The USA have now won this

title three times in a row. Francena McCorory. Sometimes, she can

misjudge things. But on paper and on the track, she was the best coming

here, she just had to deliver. She had a turn of speed that nobody else

in this field hard. And she used it exactly at the best moment, down the

back straight, when everybody was in position, she nipped ahead with huge

acceleration. Kelly Spencer had a more even race. She took a very good

silver medal. A personal best for her. Shaunae Miller, she committed

herself early on. She took the bold gesture of leading early on and she

has been rewarded with that bronze. All in all, everything went to form,

the three best athletes are on the rostrum. We know a lot about

Francena McCorory, and about Spencer. But Miller will be a name

for the future. 19 metres 23 she has got so far. My

goodness, she has unleashed that one. And that could be a little bit

further. Just about on the edge. 19 metres, -- 19 metres 19, very

close. Christina Schwanitz will have to the -- will have to unleash the

peril of a lifetime to beat Valerie Adams. Here we go. If she can just

get her left leg and other shot and left it, use it to lift the short,

not just with the right foot, but with a left foot as well. She may do

something. Here we go. Now, I don't think so. She realises

she has come up against an absolutely mag live isn't athlete in

Valerie Adams. -- magnificent athlete. Just not far enough. 19.51

metres. Here we go, Valerie Adams. She started off with just over 20

metres. Can she finish off with an even further the -- throw.

Not quite. But she has been well supported. On her tiptoes as well.

Still a very fine thread -- throw. Use it and have done very well in

both Shot Put competitions. -- New Zealand. They got a bronze in the

men's, and that was an excellent performance. 20.67 she produced.

Valerie Adams is the champion once more.

That was Michelle Carter. Hugs all round for the champion. Already the

photographs have started. It is going to take some athlete to

beat Valerie Adams in the future. Young children they do not know what

sort of athlete she is. They know that she is a champion, that she is

the best. Just like this lady. You have to feel happy for Francena

McCorory, it has been a good indoor season for her. She has taken the

world title. Jamaica take the silver and Shaunae Miller takes bronze. A

good run from Swiety of Poland. Paul and yet to find some success on the

track. -- Paul Swiety Swiety -- Poland.

There was a bit of tension before that these, probably because there

was a Polish athletes taking part. That was good to see.

The action continues here. We are captivated, we have the best seat in

the house. Yes. We just witnessed a fantastic 400 metres, Francena

McCorory finally going from bridesmaid too -- to bride. Yes, she

ran it so well. On the back straight, her stride picked up and

she was away. A fantastic win for her. I know that she had been

training well. From what you have seen from Shaunae Miller of the

Bahamas, is she the future of 400 metre running? Aged 20, the world is

her oyster. She has great speed. In the next year or so, she will

develop her racing brain. I think she is definitely one for the

future. Behind us, the women's Shot Put, Valerie Adams another wonderful

performance. She is the best of the best. But I believe she does not get

the recognition that she deserves because of the event. She is a

global icon. The love her in New Zealand. She is a great personality,

has great character. She has dominated this event for so many

years. And she is here on the back of recent surgery. It shows the

spirit of the woman, she goes and gets a couple of appears and then

comes back here. Best to get these things done before the Olympics. The

men's long job will take place shortly, no British entrants, Greg

Rutherford isn't here. He did not target the indoor season this year.

How will that do for him going forward? We spoke to him and he

seemed pretty upbeat. It is about getting the jumping in. Getting the

injuries behind him. Getting into regular jumping form. He has good

speed, everything he needs to be a great jumper. He just wants to go

out and prove himself again. As for the likely competitors who are going

to compete for medals, Aleksandr Menkov, is he the one to beat? This

is a very competitive event. His speed is good. Let's see how he

goes. We saw his job they are, he made it safely through to the final.

We can now take a look at the women's Triple Jump. It was an

interesting one. It was a Russian Ukraine gold and silver, bailing in

mind what has been going on. -- bearing. Gold for Russia on this

occasion. We have got the mens 1500m coming up

in just short while. Let's reflect on what we saw earlier in the day.

Richard Kilty and Dwain Chambers coming up. Sally Porter against the

-- Tiffany Porter competing later as well. Richard Kilty is having the

championship of his life. You have got to be in it, you have got to

stay with that. The one who believes that the most will get the. -- get

there. Sally Pearson, she had an injury hit here last year, but here

she is again in another final. Yes, Sally Pearson is world-class. She is

great. But what she needs to do is repeat what she does best, as long

as she starts, there will be no one to catch. She looked great in that

semifinal, she looked relaxed in great shape. Tiffany Porter, not the

best start, but she can get back they're. We hope they can deliver

the British athletes. Now to have a look in the archives and look at

Vaughan Murray and Tom McKean -- Yvonne Murray.

All the athletes lining up for the final. For great written is Yvonne

Murray. And she has decided that is enough of that. She has a very big

lead indeed. This is going to be the new world champion. She comes around

for the Bell now. She has stolen the race brilliantly and sustained it so

well. A sensible run, got it right, Yvonne Murray of Great Britain takes

the World Championship. The final of the men's 800m. Tom

McKean of Great Britain. Tom McKean where he likes to be, in charge. He

has to kick off the bend and does just that, going away to take the

gold for Great Britain and Scotland. Fantastic memories. Let us all we

can have some more to a joy -- to enjoy later. The 1500m for the men

coming up and stop good to see Nick Willis in the final. It has been a

good night for New Zealand. Did he add to the medal potential? He

could, looking good in his heat yesterday. Doing well also in New

York. He is in much better shape as well. He could still be the big

danger. He has the same coach as some other successes. Abdalaati

Iguider also looks like a danger. Ayanleh Souleiman came in as the

fastest in the world. How much does that mean when it comes to a final

like this? Indoors 1500m racing is great to watch, exciting, different

from their women's and Abeba Aregawi is so high above the race, but the

men's will be closer, very tactical, interesting, and Ayanleh Souleiman

comes in leading the rankings as favourite, but anything could

happen, which is what will be exciting. Do you think it will be

important to have the speeds of someone like Nick Willis, past

Olympic stadiums. He really thinks on his feet, sees the gaps opening

up, we had he needs to be. As he showed yesterday, he is good at

manipulating the field and making them run the race he would like

before he even gets out on the track. Are there any huge advantages

running outdoors to indoors? What is the biggest difference you can

explain to the viewers? I am not the biggest expert on indoor running.

Generally, if you are smaller, you are suited to running indoors,

because the bends are tighter, the track is banked, you need to be a

good tactician and have good speed at the end. You are going to get

back in the commentary box, and we will let you do that, and we will

join speed for this that of the men's 1500m.

The last point is valid about being a good tactician. Sebastien Coe

saying there are just more laps indoor, and you have to think about

weird you want to be, you position, making sure you have the room. --

your position. You just cannot afford to get into too many bad

positions. These men are very experienced and stop. -- very

experienced. The top six from last time, two years ago, all entered

these championships, two did not make it. The other four dead,

including the winner last time, Abdalaati Iguider, who beat Ilham

Tanui Ozbilen on that occasion. -- the other four did. Almost anybody

in this race could win a medal. Including Will Leer. Nine men lining

up with high hopes and ambition. But tactics will be incredibly

important. Aman Wote, fourth last time round, ran one race before he

came here. Add the Kenyan is -- and the Kenyan is made an interesting

choice. Bethwell Birgen making it through to the final. Nicholas

Willis next to him. The Americans will love to see Will Leer, after

all of his attempts, making it into this final, so well done to him and

for the best visual here at the World Indoor Championships, by far!

-- best facial hair. 7.5 laps, the men's 1500m final. Another one I did

not mention, Jakub Holusa, of the Czech Republic, a very good exponent

of indoor running. This is what I was wondering about, what sort of

race we will see, and it looks like Ayanleh Souleiman is thinking is

better than everybody and might just try to make this a hard race. He

does not want to leave it to the big kickers. Still looking very relaxed.

He feels it is best to get the pace underway quickly. We saw some

bumping and barging yesterday, notably Jakub Holusa, whose coaches

nearby as. He said he is not afraid to pushes way, Allah. Go in the

upper body than maybe the other runners, -- he is not afraid to put

someone away. He is stronger in the upper body. Souleiman is not willing

to reeling crystal lead, but not going to do much with it either. Not

too bad tactic, it from front. When anyone wants to go, as Bethwell

Birgen did, you can stop that. The only trouble for Souleiman is that

expends energy, surging like that, using your own energy, and the other

is not doing that to get to the front. They can just relax a bit

more. Exactly. I was watching how Nick Willis reacted, and he did not

react stop he gradually worked his way back on when a gap opened up and

stop that she was his experience. When gaps open up like that, the

natural instinct would be to panic and close up quickly. Souleiman

still holding them off. Nick Willis right in there. Homiyu Tesfaye of

Germany on the inside. I'll usually just tiny around on the back. This

time around, three laps to go, 600 metres left. They are just adding to

punch a little. Souleiman will come under some pressure. Developing into

a race where people need to be in the right positions at the right

times. Nick Willis sensing that, running pretty wide, making sure he

is in the right position to cover anything. Abdalaati Iguider, the

defending champion, moving on. Now he is a little box. 400m left, two

laps of the track, Ilham Tanui Ozbilen moving up on the inside.

Homiyu Tesfaye maybe a little bit back. It looks like Ozbilen is

trying to make a move. He resists again. He has never wanted to give

up this lead, desperately wants this gold medal, back row one, using a

lot of energy! Ozbilen is right on the defending champion Abdalaati

Iguider. Souleiman! With just over 100 metres to go, wearily as been

from the beginning, still kicking hard, Souleiman, can it Willis get

there? Souleiman takes the gold. Aman Wote Silver, Abdalaati Iguider

bronze. Controlled it, did not panic, fought off allcomers. Whoever

tried to get past them, he was having none of it. He had enough at

the end to take the gold medal. He is a good runner, Souleiman, just 21

years of age, bronze medal at the 800m outdoors last year, a bit of a

surprise, we thought he would do well outdoors, but he has made up

for that year. He is now the World Indoor Championship -- he is now the

world indoor champion. He tempted the others to come past, but they

could not. Running with supreme confidence. Almost as if he was

asking, is that all you have? Wanting someone to challenging,

possibly arrogant and this is negative to those working as hard to

get back. You can see the strain on the face of several. Nick Willis not

having enough to get there, although he did not do anything wrong, just

did not have it in his legs. Just out of the medals for neck Willis,

unfortunate for him, but three very, very good athletes in front. -- just

out of the medals for Nicholas Willis.

Ruth Beitia in at 1.97, she has had first-time clearances all the way so

far. Look at site of the Pole Vault, which is disappointing. Cameras

cleared 1.97? -- can she cleared? She can. She may go on until the

summer. That is very good. Looks confident. Justyna Kasprzycka now.

In second place, but if she gets this, she will go equal first.

First-time clearances all the way. That is good! Very good indeed.

First of all, Ruth Beitia and Justyna Kasprzycka, two centimetres

higher than she achieved in the past. New lifetime best performance

for her, that is excellent. Really loving call, she has had one

failure. -- camel loving call, she has that one failure. -- Kamila

Licwinko. Yes! Cleared two metres in the past, this was well within her

compass. Just got it on the way up. Good performance by the youngster.

1.97. The next target is equal lifetime best.

This is Malte Mohr of Germany, fancied by some to win this Pole

Vault competition. Although we go. Yes, he's got it! The first man to

have gone clear at this height. Drives in. And reach, and reach, he

is way over! That was very good indeed.

The second attempt. He has already had one failure, but not this time.

That was excellent. He has obviously spotted somebody in the crowd he

needs to pay homage to. That was a very good fault indeed -- vault.

The Mens Pole Vault final is taking place tonight. Britain's Luke Cutts

is involved. He had this at five point 75 to stay in the competition.

But it wasn't to be this time. He will not be in the medals. But a

good performance nevertheless. We can have a look at the medal

ceremony for the happy couple and -- for the heptathlon. Ashton Eaton for

the united states of America, the world record wasn't to be, but

another world title. Let's take another look back on the archives.

The gold goes to Defar. Defar picking up the pace.

Defar going for three indoor world titles in a row. Another world

indoor title. The script was absolutely perfect

for Defar. All those amazing achievements on

the indoor stage. Do you think anyone can emulate her? I think so.

Defar's Korea is not over yet. Defar's career.

We have seen Mo Farah compete in the last few seasons indoor. But this

year, he is gearing up to the London Marathon in April full is -- in

April. You have to fully respect the

distance. I am a 5,000-metre runner, at 10,000 metre runner. These other

guys have more experience than me. My aim is to get the British record

which is 2.07. I ran one of the hardest races of my life last year.

When you training for marathons, you do longer reps. What about your

style of running? My style of running has changed a tiny bit, not

too much. I try to save as much energy as I can. How much of an

impact on the rest of your career built what happened in London have?

It would be great for the start of the marathon. It is like going for a

new job. I don't know if I'm going to be good at it or not, it is about

finding out before it is too late. At any stage in this transition

process have you ever been tempted to say let's go back to the track?

No, it's a different thing, different pain, feeling tired, it's

still worth it. I like challenges. It's all about learning. You first

marathon is all about where you felt bad, did you feel good at any point?

But I will believe in myself. You know the kind of sacrifices he

makes up the hard work he puts in. From your perspective, tell me what

he goes through. He is putting his body through what he needs to do so

that he goes on the marathon well-prepared. He likes going to

Kenya, he feels at ease in that environment, he knows that he can

focus on his training and recovery. He can put everything into his

training. I think he has enjoyed being in that environment. He can

find out what the others have done in their workouts. It is a new

challenge for them. And that is repressing. He is a double world

champion, so it is good to try something new. But it is asset the

unknown. The marathon is that kind of event. You can do all the

training and preparation, but you need to run one to find out if it is

the event for you. It is a stellar line-up for the London Marathon.

Will the half marathon he did last year helped them in any way? It

could have gone either way. The PC went at last year -- the pace he

went out last year, he did come away thinking, my God, were the others

keep that beat up? He will have come away with a few negative thoughts in

his mind about how thought -- about how hard it was. He will have come

away with a feeling about the atmosphere and the course and what

it feels like on marathon day. That is as something to adjust to in its

own right as well, something you never experience on the track, even

another road races. The feel of a big city marathon like London and

New York. I think he is in shape to run very fast, but he will not have

experienced anything like the crowds in London. Back can work in your

favour, but it can also take you back. When you actually go out and

you have all the expectations from yourself and the crowd, that can be

a big boost if you use it right. Well, you've been there. Thank you.

We look forward to seeing Mo Farah in action in the London Marathon on

Sunday, April the 13th. Put that in your diary. Let's go back out now to

the field, the Mens Pole Vault is reaching its conclusion.

Konstadinos Filippidis now. He has got it. That is absolutely superb.

He does seem to have lost a bit of weight since last year. But he looks

good on it. Just curled round perfectly there.

Here looks wonderful. 5.80, a new season's based, and he has done it

at exactly the right time. -- best. Can she become a senior champion

here? Yes! That is good. The official taking a very close look at

that. Just shifted it enough. It moved, just so it enough to stay on.

Two metres is successful. Justyna Kasprzycka going for two

metres. Here we go, she's ready. Oh, no. She hardly got off the ground

there. Knocked it off on the way up. She knocked it off with her

shoulders. She still has two more attempts however.

Kamila Licwinko post can she get it? Yes, she can! It stayed on. And it

is exactly equal to her lifetime best. Can she get a new lifetime

best, that is the thing? She just managed to get that. That

is brilliant. Now a chance for Ruth Beitia. Talking to herself. This

mental rehearsal and then she goes. She is clear. That is a much better

jump. That was so much better than the previous attempt. She is in

third place. She has got a medal, that's for sure.

Look at the crowd, they're just watching this one athlete, and who

can blame them? She is Polish. It was all or nothing with that

jump. I have already mentioned the London

Marathon. Another big event is spot belief in a few weeks. Perhaps this

will help you get involved. Sport Relief? Swimming? Going to win. This

will make you fast as a frog, fish... Type thing. You have to

train, meaning going uphill! You are supposed to do it for fun! running,

swimming or cycling, or Sport Relief, all you need is you.

Let me point you in the direction of more sport on the BBC this weekend.

I can hardly wait for that one, coverage starting at 2:30pm.

Tonight, catch up on all Premier League football.

And Sunday's timetable, the finals all the way. The men's 3000 metre

final. The women's equivalent. Polly Bleasdale in the final of the Pole

Vault. And the Long Jump final as well. A lot of British

representation across the finals tomorrow. Then it ends with the

men's 60m Hurdles and the women's extra metres flat, plus the relays,

of course. -- 60m flat. We can touch on some of those topics now. Shall

we start with Holly Bleasdale? We have seen Luke Cutts not quite take

a medal, but she is add another contender. We have high hopes. --

she is another contender. The big home heroine here in Sopot.

Yesterday, someone came up to me and asked if Hollywood be nice to Anna

so they can regain and win the world title? I do not think she will, she

will give everything and we expect nothing less. They could have shared

the gold last year, but Holly showed the competitive spirit and said no.

She was having none of it and wanted to win it hands down. A very mature

attitude. That will bode well for tomorrow and her final. She will

have not only Anna, but the rest of the Polish crowd. We have the men's

400m final coming up. We saw how there was some fortunate to come

through the heats. One Jamaican athlete was disqualified. Always

they going to be one favourite coming into the final. But anything

can happen. The men jostling for position. Pavel Maslak will be in

there. But it will be interesting. Tomorrow, we have some fantastic

finals to look forward to, it will be a great day for Britain, hope

lay. And we hope to have an enjoyable metres night. A realm as

like would very good qualifying, let us see how it unfolds. -- Pavel

Maslak look good qualifying. David Verburg, a fine run. Part of a team

that won the World Championships last year. As an outdoor lifetime

best of 44.75. He has been writing here are very well. -- running here.

Lalonde Gordon, two bronze medal from London 2012, and a 44.52

outside best stop. Neville Brennan is of Costa Rica, defending

champion. -- Nery Brenes. Kyle Clemons of the USA. Ranked seventh

in the USA in 2013. He has made vast improvements during the winter. And

he won the United States indoor Championships. And the favourite,

Pavel Maslak, reigning European champion indoors and out, and the

Czech record-holder for 200 metres and 400m, he runs in doors superbly.

CHEERING. Chris Brown of the Bahamas. Looks relaxed, stays

relaxed. And he will contender as well. -- she will contend. 45.78

indoors. He has run 44.40 outdoors. This is a very difficult race to

call. Very difficult to call a favourite. Everywhere you look,

there is class written all over it. Chris Brown is the only -- is

certainly, absolutely quiet, one of the fastest first lap runners. And

Pavel Maslak runs very quickly over the first lap. His first lap 21

point 19. I wonder if we could get a situation of him running the first

lap weekly, Chris Brown runs the second lap quickly.

It is a very tight draw. Certainly, Nery Brenes off quickly, and so has

Maslak and Chris Brown. Maslak in the lead, just. And Nery Brenes is

close in second place. But Chris Brown coming across. Right on the

shoulder of Nery Brenes initially. What has Chris Brown got left? Nery

Brenes taking a brief look across. And it is Maslak and Brown who are

away. Maslak has got the grid and he just gets it on Chris Brown. And

Kyle Clemons. That was absolutely superb. 45.26. What do you think

about that? Excellent! Strong running from gun to take from the

cheque man. He knew he had a good turn of speed. -- Czech. He showed

that in his semifinal, today was quicker. He was looking at the

scoreboard as well, at the screen is just above his head, to see what was

going on behind him, but did not need to worry, just focus ahead,

push hard for the tape, and did that well, rewarded with a quick time,

and new national indoor record for him, 45.24, and the most important

thing was the gold medal. Absolutely. Chris Brown running well

in second place. And Kyle Clemons in third place. And all the medals came

from lanes four, five and six, believe it or not. New personal best

for Chris Brown in second place, but Pavel Maslak is the new champion,

45.24. Ruth Beitia, she has a bronze medal, though doubt about that, 2.02

is the target. Get ready for this mental warm up. If only you could

get inside the head of Ruth Beitia. That is what lies in store. Right at

the end of the runway. A little gentle stroll up to the bar, shall

we? No, it is flat out. Ooh! That was close! But she has got the

medals she so richly deserves. APPLAUSE. That was very close. Very

close to being successful. Desperately close, but never mind.

She gets a medal, that is the important thing. Two metres her best

jump. That was a season's best, only one centimetre below her national

record. And that is Pavel Maslak, the 400m champion, and he ran it

so, so well, now the European champion outdoors as well as

indoors. And the world champion to boot. Maslak the champion,

Malte Mohr goes now. Five metres, Eddie. He has got it. First man to

go clear. -- five metres, 80. Looks totally nonplussed about it. That

was certainly a very good vault. That is very good indeed.

Malte Mohr goes clear with ease. It metres, 19, season's best for Li. --

eight metres. Quickly into the acceleration phase.

That is very good. That is excellent. Well over eight metres.

That could be a new lifetime best performance incidentally, Catalina

Johnson Thomson is through to the women's final. It metres -- 8.23, a

season's best. All he'll Valerie Adams, winning yet another

gold-medal. Already at double Olympic champion. -- all hail

Valerie Adams. A magnificent performer, one of the all-time

greats in the hall athletics, and a delightful character to boot. It

could be a good night for the OCR near region, because Sally Pearson

goes later on in the final of the 60m Hurdles. Let us get better

acquainted with her. -- for the Oceania region.

Very strong run from Sally Pearson! And she gets better and she gets

stronger. It is going to be Pearson that wins

it! Here comes Pearson! Lookout much that back row look how

much that means to Sally Pearson. An undoubted star of track and field.

Delivers time and again, despite injury. She managed to win a medal

against all the odds. She had a torrid 2013. This massive

breakthrough when winning the world title. Extremely fast run there.

Under 12.3. 12.26. Incredible, we had big expectations. We were

wondering if she could have the opportunity to attack the world

record? Unfortunately, injury happened, but she has returned, into

good strong form, running quickly outdoors in Australia, and coming

here in awesome shape. We saw that in the semifinals, up against

Tiffany Porter, who also made it through to the semifinals. What a

championship performer she is, but needs to be tonight. she will have

her work cut out. Danger all around her. She just has too stay focused

on her technique and attack that first hurdle, that is where medals

can be won and lost. But she is a class act. She is the woman they are

all chasing. How much does it become a mental game? Sally Pearson has

done it time and time again. The others haven't. It is a mental game

at this stage. Who can relax their mind and take out all of this crowd.

You have to find that space where you can stay in the zone. She knows

how to do it, Sally Pearson. And if any knows that she can do it. What

about the prospects of an upset? Is there anyone you can see challenging

Sally? There are still lots of athletes in there who could do

damage. It is a very competitive race. Once again, it will be a

blanket finish. It is coming up shortly. But before we get to that,

let's see the conclusion of the Womens High Jump. There is a great

atmosphere here. Kamila Licwinko Need this if she is to separate --

needs this if she is to separate gold from silver. She needs this.

She is asking for absolute quiet. Here we go. It is all or nothing.

She hasn't done it. All she has done is draw level. And

she can't believe it. Maybe they will have to jump again.

Well, they've decided to share the medal. Can you believe it? A Russian

is sharing it with a Pole? A great atmosphere after that medal

for Poland in the High Jump. Just writing to calm down a little as we

prepare for the two sprint finals. The 60 Metres for women first.

Tiffany Porter trying to emulate her performance in Istanbul. Sally

Pearson is the hot favourite. This is a different field from the one

that Tiffany faced last time round. The two German athletes on the

outside lanes. She has done well. Yuliya Kondakova, she did a little

dance when she realised she had made the final.

Nia Ali, a former champion. A great hurdler. Sally Pearson, she has

changed her coach, the woman who has coached from when she was a child.

Obviously hoping to put behind her last year. In great form this year.

Cindy Billaud of France. Tiffany Porter. A bronze in Moscow, a silver

last time. Can she repeat that type of performance here? And Nadine

Hildebrand of Germany. Short, stocky athlete.

Can anybody else match Sally Pearson's supreme hurdling ability?

The defending champion from Australia.

Tiffany Porter in Game 74 Great Britain. -- lane seven, for Great

Britain. They're pushing Sally Pearson very

close. Sally Pearson found wanting. Nia Ali put her under real pressure.

Pearson got I dwell, but did not take it through. -- got out well.

Did Tiffany Porter get the silver medal? She is diving for the line. I

think she might have nicked the silver. What a great performance

from Nia Ali. We spoke about her, about how she could be a threat. She

was very close to Sally Pearson's time. She has equalled her personal

best. 7.80. We're still waiting. It looks as if they have given Sally

Pearson the silver medal and Tiffany Porter picking up her first medal.

That was so close. Sally Pearson's phase was one of almost disgust at

her own performance. It is very difficult when you come into these

rounds, it seems as if you let yourself down in the final. She was

very frustrated with that performance.

Now the Pole Vault. That is brilliant. Absolutely

brilliant. That is absolutely brilliant. Jan

Kudlicka was the Czech record holder. 5.80, a mass of lifetime

best. 5.77 was the previous height, he achieved that last year. There

are the three high jumpers. And there is the result.

The Long Jump. This could be a medal. If he can get this together,

this might be a medal for him. Well, it looks good.

Doesn't look anything special, my goodness. 1.3 centimetres away from

absolute disaster. But that does look long, over 8.20. A new

season's best performance. That puts him in second place.

The first real shot of these championships, Sally Pearson losing

out. Nia Ali taking the gold. But I think Tiffany Porter will be

delighted with bronze. A bronze medal, the first medal,

congratulations. Thank you, I am so honoured to bring a medal home for

Team GB. You never take that for granted, anything can happen in

those races. It wasn't my best race. You are smiling. You knew it came

down to the start. But new pulled your way back into the race. Yes, my

start was awful which is frustrated because it is usually one of the

stronger parts of my race. But I maintained my composure. At the end

of the day, I am happy. And the lady that pretty much everyone thought

would win, Sally Pearson, it just shows you. Absolutely, you never go

out there worrying about rankings, it is all about delivering on the

day. And Nia Ali has shown that. I am happy for her. Next time,

hopefully I will be a top of that podium. Congratulations. Thank you,

and thank you, guys. He has just missed it. Philip Eadie

's was clapping him over, -- consent he does Philip Eadie 's --

Konstadinos Filippidis. What is going to happen here? They

are all going together on 5.80, but I suspect Kudlicka will be

eliminated because he had two feel -- failures. That means Filippidis

will be the champion. We had hoped for more from Luke

Cutts, but Tiffany Porter has another medal to add to her

collection. This will be special? Yes, I think so. She was up against

it. It was interesting to hear her say that her start was not great,

she was left in the blocks, but you have nanoseconds to self correct and

she had to dig deep, she stayed central in her lane and I gave her

the opportunity to use her speed and technical know-how and come through

and take that medal. Last year's achievement was amazing, but she had

a clear year with no injuries. Yet again, she has come here and she has

done her best time in the final. That medal last year really did give

her such a boost in confidence. She needed so much more. She has worked

so hard with her coach and persevered and she has got there.

Tiffany Porter is one to watch. Sally Pearson deserves the praise,

but not her night tonight? No, that small mistake cost the race. I think

she expected to see Nia Ali so close to her all the way. Usually, if

Sally gets a great start, nobody can capture. But Nia Ali delivered

today. I have a feeling the United States might finish top of the medal

table. At least Britain are on the medal table, which is great. We are

all set for the men's 60m final, that blue riband event, who will be

joining that illustrious roll of honour?

MUSIC: "Something Good" by Utah Saints.

That has got the juices flowing. The last event of the day, the men's 60m

final, and we have two British entrance, Richard Kilty and Dwain

Chambers, who squeaked through, and know he is here, the way Tiffani has

done, he is that big performer. Richard Kilty coming into the live

energy, first-time, excited to be there. Dwain Chambers fill of

experience. But after the semifinal, he was flat. His adages hopefully

will pick up. He will look at the starting field and think, do you

know what, I have done all of these and can do it again. And if he can't

kneel that crucial start, it is 60m, and steered -- if he can kneel that

crucial start, he could be in with a shout. You pointed out he was not

quite as relaxed. As for Richard, he has been nothing but, it seemed,

saying to me he wanted to stay in his own -- zone, stay focused.

Absolutely, he has just elevated and grown throughout these

championships, as if he believes he is in with a shot, and The Times

Digest that, he is in lane three, next to Nesta Carter, good starter

for Jamaica, and I just hope that Richard does themselves justice. And

he hit Nesta Carter in the heats, who got his revenge, but Richard

will not be fazed, let's see how it all happens out there on the 60m

flat with Steve Cram. I am just wondering, as you see the

line-up, whether Richard Kilty could be fazed by Dwain Chambers being

alongside them. He has never beaten Dwain Chambers, and he is -- there

is still an awe with Dwain Chambers. Bingtian Su is in lane one. Do not

write him off. All of these men have a chance for a medal. Dwain

Chambers, he thought it was all over, finding himself in the final

after a 6.58 clocking in the semifinal. I contrast, new personal

best from Richard Kilty, from Stockton on Tees. The Gateshead

Harrier having the time of his life, in great form. Can he get amongst

the medals? Nesta Carter, perhaps the pick of the bunch in the

semifinals, the world bronze medallist last year at 100m. Silver

medal at these championships last time. Femi Ogunode, former Nigerian,

now running for Qatar. Doing well. Marvin Bracy, fastest in the world

coming into this. Looking much, much better in the semifinals, the

American champion, a new name, just 20 years of age. Gerald Phiri,

running for Zambia, former member of the city of Sheffield athletics

club. 6.57, setting a new personal best to get here. And this man was

as a prize, watch out for him, Kimmari Roach, caused by Glen

Mills. Another man to run a personal best to make it into this final. --

coached by Glen Mills. Carter and Chambers took medals last time,

Chambers has had three medals in these World Indoor Championships.

Will it be our fourth? Will Richard Kilty add his name to the list of

British medallists in this event? Have America found a new sprinter in

Marvin Bracy? Or will another sprint title goes to Jamaica? The men's 60m

final. A flying start for Richard Kilty,

Dwain Chambers alongside, and did Richard Kilty when it? Marvin Bracy

was closed for the United States. It will take a photo finish, but could

be a gold medal for Britain. If Richard Kilty did not win this,

goodness me, what he close! We will have to wait. He is looking at the

screen, it will be our photo finish, what a start, what arrays, right

alongside Carter, he must've he got a good race. I think you'll see -- I

think I'll take -- I think Richard Kilty has got that. And it is a new

personal best! Goldsboro Great Britain, gold for Richard Kilty! He

said he was in the shape of his life, having the time of his life.

He is the world champion! I hope that puts a smile on his face.

Recognise what he has done! And there he is, cracking a smile!

Brilliant performance, kept his head the whole way through this

competition. Equalling his personal best. Working his way through this,

all the way, with confidence, looked like he would enjoy these

championships and he has done that. Richard Kilty takes the gold medal

for Britain, phenomenal performance. Dix .50. Most of the

athletes -- 6.50. Now over to the Long Jump. Swedish medallist and

think he is still in second place? He is in third place. Mauro Vinicius

da Silva Brazil has gone out to eight point 28. This was his last

jump. It really was a good jump, though. That was certainly the

longest we have been sofa. -- so far. Measured at 8.28 metres. That

was spot on for take off. That looked in excess of 8.40 metres.

Just waiting, just waiting. And look at that, 8.28 I new national indoor

record, . And this was Michel Torneus, how does he respond? That

was not good enough, but got a medal still. What excitement we have had

over the last five minutes. Verities, 8.10 metres, he remains in

third place. -- there it is. Louis Tsatoumas is down and forth as

a result of that jump by Mauro Vinicius da Silva. When he jumped,

and Mauro Vinicius da Silva had a bronze medal. Here we go, will it be

a medal or not? Well, he gave it his best shot. And that was the result.

Tsatoumas has always been there or thereabouts over the last five or

six years. It's .13 is his best jump so far. He is in fourth place. --

8.13, that has been his best jump so far. It's .23, good enough for the

gold medal for Jinzhe Li up until a few minutes ago. What a position to

be left in. He has won jump to go. He sees Da Silva go out to 8.28,

which is what he has to respond to. So it is all or nothing. CHEERING.

That is good, but it is a foul, and we have the Brazilian television

people alongside as here, and they are absolutely delighted. That is a

famous victory for Brazil. 8.28. So Da Silva, 8.28. Jinzhe Li, it's .23.

And Michel Torneus, it points 21. -- 8.23 and 8.21. What a performance by

Richard Kilty to take the first gold medal of these World Championships

in Sopot, Poland, brilliant given he was just a reserve. After Jason was

injured. His place was taken by the new world champion. Paul, Denise and

Colin alongside me. Colin, you were calling that lace. It looked like he

had won it. -- you calling that race. With this in context. To go

under 6.50 is significant. The majority who do that also run under

ten for the 100m stop he could join that club this summer if everything

goes well. He kept a cool head under pressure. Far more talented people

around him, he would admit that, but to come here and deliver personal

best at the personal best, and take the title, he should enjoy that,

because it is a rear location. We have said that, it is best to come

here in good shape, deliver your personal best and see what happens,

and he is a grand example. And you are all great believers in giving

people a chance. This is his first major championship. And you said

that, Denise, that when you have that place, make the most of it.

Yeah, and be fit and well, but Richard has demonstrated that, it

has been a fantastic progression for him, coming into this indoor season

really believing that he can do it. Just the composure he demonstrated

through out is just so mature for one so young. Judging by his

reaction at that, the total disbelief. You probably still has

not taken it in, but the reaction from the bridges crowd, it was

incredible. -- from the great British crowd. He fell to the track

almost in disbelief. How impressed argue? Colin talks about him not

having the natural talent of the people around him. But the talent is

producing it when it really matters the most and rise to the big

occasion. And if we do not bring young athletes and put them in that

situation, we do not discover if they have that natural talent to

produce it when it matters. Stay calm, stay cool, rise to the

occasion, which is what he has done. It was not to be denied for Dwain

Chambers. Will he come again? He ran 6.53, as significant improvement

from his semifinal. I do not think you will give up, battling for

places in the Commonwealth games and championships. Lots of young

players, but he will still give it a challenge. Which we want to see. He

will be the first person to say how delighted he is that there are new

young guys coming through. This prospect of running under ten

seconds, which you need to do because the Americans are

dominating. Has there been a mind shift then? Seeing that attitude

from the British sprinters. It's an attitude that has been shown by the

gallows before them. If you go back to when Colin was running, you are

not aiming to be the best in Britain, you are aiming to come to

major championships and win a medal, that is what you should be

aiming for. You have to look at where you want to go. We hope -- we

had hoped to hear from Richard by now, but he is understandably

milking it at the moment. That is one of the best moments. It is one

of those moments, and you have all experienced at those moments, they

could be once in a lifetime. When you have a surprise performance,

then you have shocked yourself, you should milk it, you should absorb

the atmosphere and taken the accolade of the crowd. They are very

rare. When they happen, it is a really good feeling. I'm glad he is

milking it even though he is making us wait. We shall hear from him

tomorrow. We had Tiffany Porter before that. We have gone from zero

medals, and now we have two. That is often what happens. Other athletes

are inspired by a win. You would love to see it in the first event.

But it often has that a knock-on effect. And hoping for the same

tomorrow. Last time out, in Istanbul, Britain

had their best ever championships. USA are going to be top this time.

But everyone will be looking forward to tomorrow now. Definitely. Often

the British teams do not deliver at at major championships, but this

season, they have been delivering where it really matters. We can look

ahead to tomorrow. This is the timetable for Sunday. 12 gold medals

to be decided. We have got tired hopes for Andy

Pozzi and Sharman. From all the team here, thanks, and thanks for

watching. We have got a gold medal. Richard Kilty delivered it, who

would have thought it?