British Grand Prix Athletics

Welcome to the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham for the night of this

year's Diamond League events, they finished in Brussels in September -

- they finish. And it is the first meet in Birmingham, a massive new

stand on the back straight which means we have a full house here

this afternoon and this evening of nearly 13,000 people to see some of

Mo Farah is firmly in the Premier League of athletes and he is

looking to break the British 5,000- In just a few moments' time, we

will see dyed green in what is and an intriguing at 400m hurdles,

against two former world champions. -- Dai Greene.

Torquay a former world champions, Phillips Idowu is one half of the

most eagerly anticipated duel of the programme this evening. One of

the most colourful athletes in the country, his rivalry with the

Frenchman will engage fans all the way to the Olympic Games in 13

months' time and Teddy Tamgho drums very far in form in Lausanne. The

an Sanya Richards-Ross... But we will talk about are so for Powell

in the 100 metres, the quickest man in the world this year. -- Asafa

Powell. And there is Sanya Richards-Ross, she is yet to win

any of the races she has been in, can she find her form in Birmingham

this evening? Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson are here but no time

for chat because Dai Greene is just a few metres away and that has

COMMENTATOR: I am glad you are keeping out of the rain because it

is coming down persistently. Hopefully it will not dampen the

chances of what is an excellent 400m hurdles field and Dai Greene

right up there in the top of the Javier Culson is in lane five, and

a young talent in Jack Green in lane seven. Sanchez is back, former

Olympic champion. He has been struggling with his form this year.

Johnny Dutch missed out at the American trial and that is an event

which they have such strength and American championships and he came

out on top, Bershawn Jackson. He has got himself selected list was

the main thing. European champion, he has been in superb form, readied

to improve his personal best any day. Dai Greene. The Welshman

getting great support from the weekend when Javier Culson won in

New York and he beat Dai Greene and Jackson on that occasion. He is in

lane five. Micheal Tinsley, 4th in the American championships, 48.45

this year. What a talent for this young man is, the tall figure of

Jack Green, just 19 years of age. He trains with a Dai Greene, 45.46,

his new personal best this year. Another great talent, Gordon, Jehue

Gordon, he was just outside the medals in Berlin. He is still just

19, on the outside running for Trinidad & Tobago. No wind to speak

of and the track is not that might yet. It has been nothing more than

fine drizzle at the moment. But I suppose Dai Greene might argue that

he is used to these conditions the circuit. Establishing himself

in the world's top two or three and he has to beat the likes of Javier

best take on the world? Jackson started well, he has taken one

metre or so and then he eases back in the back straight and that gives

Dai Greene the chance to chase down Javier Culson. It is very close.

Jackson a couple of metres behind in lane three. Dai Greene taking

the advantage. Probably by a metre or so. Jackson has got a lot of

work to do if he has to get back in because it is Dai Greene, Gordon is

going well on the outside, Javier Culson trying to hold on to second

and here, Jackson on the inside. Jackson forcing his way through,

Javier Culson coming back, Dai Greene has got strength, can he get

there, he does! What a race! 48.20 seconds, that was sheer guts and

determination and now he says, come on guys, show me your support. This

man is establishing himself as the world's top 400m hurdler, or one of

them. He is beating the people he needs to beat. He is putting

himself in with a chance of things rather than just a medal. With all

the time between now and handing medals round, but the conference he

will get from this, these are the athletes who everybody is looking

at, the likes of Jackson but I think Dai Greene now, a lot of

the world something to think about, I am quite sure the South African

will have been watching that. But he would have been impressed. Just

inside of Bershawn Jackson, he always runs a very measured first

300 metres and comes on strong down at home straight. But David Greene,

he spotted the danger, Javier Culson coming on the inside but he

responded and that was just guts and determination as Steve Cram

said. He knew the danger was coming. The danger from Bershawn Jackson

nearest the camera was inevitable. And he spotted it. Javier Culson

also out of sight was coming as well but this fellow is not the

champion for nothing, in the European and Commonwealth region.

He is a calf athlete. -- a class A new lifetime best for him. That

was a good win, a vital win, superb A richly deserved lap of honour, we

will lead to get back to it, this crowd we can see you gesticulating

to them. They got behind you even more, what a performance! I was

very pleased to get a victory. The horrible weather, but I have had a

great run, release made and I am so happy to win. We know you're right

up there now but to beat the likes of Bershawn Jackson and do so on a

regular basis, how important is that for you? The second time I

have beaten Bershawn Jackson, I knew I was capable of doing it but

do finally do it it is nice to stop how do you keep your nerve on the

last couple of hurdles. Chasing down a couple of guys there. I was

a bit surprised at the end of that, trying to maintain my form. I like

to dig deep and I would not give up that easily. What about that

reception? A taste of what you can expect this time next year. Yes, a

mini-version of the Olympics. I felt pretty flat warming up and

ended cheer of the crowd and I thought, wow! You have delivered

for them, a fantastic performance. it is a great performers. But what

about Jack Green. He is only going to get better. It now means that

Dai Greene leads the Diamond race for this particular event, he has

I am sure we will have become a session many times about how

important the home crowd can be. Certainly over the last flight of

hurdles, you almost felt that Birmingham crowd carried him

through. His new his position very well. He knew how strong they can

be over the final barrier and he just works so hard off it. He is a

champion, you must remember. Commonwealth and European champion,

he is always capable of winning these big races. He won the World

Cup last year as well, and a 48 seconds, this was an important race

for him and he came out shining in my opinion. You have been there

yourself but not over 400m. You're desperate to get to the line there.

You know you're in front and you just want to get to the line. It

was great to see him dip, he rarely does that. Yes. The car for does

that he has shown, because he has done the training, he has got it in

the bank and he is using it and like you said, the crowd roared

over the last barrier. It really does carry you. It will be so

exciting, I am looking forward to the Games. A really great race for

Dai Greene. People say he is on a winning run and that means you win

again. He is very much continuing the momentum. Absolutely. Everybody

is rooting for him. The most important thing is to take

victories. Nobody asks you how fast you rung when you are the Olympic

champion, they only want to know if you are the champion. Talking about

running fast, nobody has broken the ten-second barrier for the 100

metres on this particular track. After a Powell topping the line-up

and we have had the two semi-finals in the past quarter of an hour.

start but they got off safely and Rogers is coming up and he got

the start and they do not know if he was put off, I thought maybe

Christine had got a false start but it put Collins off. Collins

completely left, Rogers did not get his usual good start but he got in

the top three which is what counted. Certain it was, look at that, Kim

Collins stumbling all over the place, the former world champion

and all the action happening in the middle. I thought the tour of the

two was coming through but there is Alfredo of Jamaica. Christian

he has been chased by Richard Thompson. Coming on strong and

looking so easy. That was brilliant, Asafa Powell stopped the clock at

final, nobody will leave with him. Absolutely brilliant, he is down

towards the end, he knew he was in control and once again, produces a

sub 10 second clocking. Very impressive indeed. Good start. A

couple of other good start has next to him, Mr Carter trailing in his

wake. He is always a lovely looking sprinter. This form is so good.

When he held it together, he looks The first man to break ten seconds

on this track. It is hard to its toll with sprinters how fast they

are going. Was that 95% Powell, do you think? There is a bit more for

him to give, that is for sure. What is it, his 69th time under ten

seconds. That is a world record on its own. He is a phenomenal athlete.

The big question will be, how fast can he go here later on. We are

expecting him to do another world lead, 9.78 at the moment. Tonight?

Why not? When you see him run so effortlessly, as he did just then,

you have to expect something good, something magical and I agree with

Colin. We could see a very quick time tonight. Let's hope you are

right, maybe somebody any weight run the fastest time this year and

that final, 7:50pm here that the Alexander Stadium. Between now and

then we hope to see an intriguing triple jump competition between

Idowu and Tamgho of France. We don't hear from the Frenchman too

often but he had a fantastic metre Lausanne last week, jumping 17

wonder what we can expect this weekend? It is right, very good,

but tomorrow is going to be very difficult because it will be at

home by him, but I expect to win. It is going to be more difficult

than Lausanne. When we have talked in the past you have said 80 metres

was what it was going to take to win Olympic gold, but it seems like

that is so within your reach right here and now, do you feel like 18

metres is imminent, is close? think it is close since 2010,

because I jumped 19.98 to, 17.98. Now I think I have to stay focused

on my work and it is going to be easy. The wonderful thing about

your event is you want Phillips Idowu don't try and avoid each

other, you compete against each other throughout the season, you

like the head-to-head battles? I like this because it is very

exciting for me and I have more pressure because I know Phillips

Idowu is very strong. He helps me to jump bar. Although you won

rivals it seems there is a real camaraderie between you?

rivalry is on the track, but after, we are human and he is a very good

person. I have his phone number and I send him messages sometimes. He

does the same for me. I think he is a good person, a good friend the

triple junk is just a sport and it That competition is getting under

way in about 25 minutes. It has stopped raining. There are four

laps in the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase and let's join that

now and say hello this evening to split times, it is difficult in the

steeplechase because here in Birmingham of course the barriers

on the outside, it is on the inside, but the pace, if the markers are in

the right place for the kilometres split, is incredibly fast. The

field have completed broken up. We have a decent pacemaker, some

decent athletes. Chemos is the best in the world. I Aamer and had team-

mate has tried to stay with this and Britton behind her, everybody

left trailing in their wake. Barbara parkour of Great Britain,

who we were expecting a to have a go at the British record, is a long

way back and Brendan, and trying to work out these times because if

they are right they are running under nine minutes, which as we all

know would be a world record. I am more confused than you, Steve,

because I was watching with three laps to go, the time was 5.30,

which I'm not certain about. But we have a race here, some of the best

young steeplechasers in the world and unfortunately the best

steeplechaser in the world is not here tonight. A Kenyan athlete,

Chemos, who has won the diamond lead races, she is getting ready

for the big event for her, which is the Kenyan trials, happening this

weekend. This meat itself has been a bit denuded of the top Kenyans

because of the fact they are getting ready for a race which is

extremely tough in Kenya. They are coming down the straight, this is

number two in the world, a safer of Ethiopia and her team-mate, I Ana,

from Ethiopia. The clock says 6.4 th, my maths has gone completely,

because that looks like world- record pace and I don't think it is.

There is another set of splits which has come upon our computer,

saying 3.10, which is more sensible, and 6.19, which is more like 9.30

pace, so something is not right out there in terms of the clock. They

are running roughly the same pace, going out at a fairly quick pace,

but running at something more closely to 9.30, which is what we

would have expected. We were hoping for 9.20 for the winners and one or

two were those were looking for the world qualifying time of nine

points from three -- 9.43. Britton has already done that. The American

in the lilac, looking for qualifying time. In terms of the

race itself, we are looking back under the barrier, the race is

hotting up for third and 4th place. As if there is looking strong.

Britton running strongly in third place. Britton, opening -- over the

barrier, there is the bell, eight minutes and ten seconds. I am not

sure about the time but overall there is Britton and on the outside,

the famous -- the famous athlete who had the song, Delilah, written

about it. She was the inspiration for the song, in 2007. Two Grammy

Award nominations for the song. You have probably heard of it. I am not

going to sing it! Until she starts, she was third in the American trial,

a great run from her, she came here looking for the qualifying time.

Further back, we have made this out confusing but it certainly was if

they were to believe the clock you were seeing on your screen

initially. It was showing they had gone through 1000 metres in around

2.50, when it was actually about 3.10, so she has got it together

pretty well. A safer is expected to win this. It has got closer, and

improving steeplechaser. Her team- mate his death -- stuttering. I

think she has a really good chance of upsetting Chemos at the World

Championships. 9.25 is the winning time. Barbara Parker, finishing

very quickly, just fails to catch Britton, but will get a qualifying

time. It is not a British record. She is probably close to ten

seconds off the record, still held by Helen Clitheroe. It is a meeting

record. Barbara Parker, they have been reports of her going really

well in training, a new personal best in 5,000 metres in her last

race before coming here to Birmingham and rewarded with a

world championship qualifying time there. She was almost last, Barbara

Parker, after about 1,200 metres. This lady has been a second best

athlete in the world this year, there is nobody apart from the

Kenyan Tamesue can Challenger. Her team mate in second place, when we

look to rationalise the pace making there, we went off so, they went

off so quickly, then slowed and tired. That is why the gaps are

opening. I was confused, as was Steve, but that was a good

British record holder in the pole vault, Bleasdale, 4.17 a few days

ago. She struggled at 4.46 on her other attempt but she has got this

on her first time. The conditions, wet, the rain still falling, it

puts a into the lead. That could be scene in a big way in the last few

weeks. She has got some very good pole vaulters in terms of

opposition, but as the rain begins to fall she has taken a definite

shot put, the conditions at its worst for the competition. It was

world class, the man who took it was Armstrong, it is 4th round

attempt to the 21 metres. He did it in the third round. This was even

further, 21. Twenty-five, Olympic champion Majewski was in second

place and the top Americans just behind. Dylan Armstrong is bossing

the men's shot put this year. There Armstrong top of the treat in terms

of Diamond League points. He is way winning with the first time

Bleasdale still leading, with two athletes and the bar will go to

4.66. The next event on the track is a very top-class women's 200-

a winning it in the world youth championships today. The last day

of those championships. Henry got the gold medal, 23. Twenty-five.

Anderson, former US collegiate champion. Next to her, Hastings,

another former world youth champion. We have two former world used

champions in this race. Her best this year is 22.77. Another

American, Myers, 5th in the Olympic final. -- in Beijing. She got a

lifetime best on that occasion. 22.34. Second in the USA

championships over 100 metres this year. Concentrating on the shorter

sprint. Knight, her team-mate, holds the indoor best at to run of

metres and she was the other former world youth champion and has

talking about. Jeter, the second set -- second fastest athlete in

history of 100 metres. She has been running very well over longer

distance this year. She has her time down to 22.23, the second

fastest in the world this year. Lalova of Bulgaria, 22.66 this

season and recently finished 4th in the Paris Diamond League a couple

of days ago. Ferguson-McKenzie, she has been around for ages, 35 years

old now, officially a veteran or master sprinter. Still producing

former medallist for the relay, got one in the European Championships

as well. Her lifetime best is 23.13. fastest woman in it at the moment,

Jeter. She really has come on strong at this long-distance this

year. Remembering of course, she is at 10.64 100-metre runner. She has

got stronger and is very, very quick indeed. They all comers

record held by the former world champion, Allyson Felix, that was

what, five seasons ago, 22.19. The fastest time in the world this year,

22.15, in the Eugene Diamond League. But Jeter starts as favourite in

inside had Knight is going well. On the shoulder of Jeter, she has gone

past or. Jeter has a lot of work to do. It is Knight and Myers who are

coming away. Here comes Jeter. Well her strength tell? It is so close

at the finish. 22.59, that could never got into it, just slow away,

did not really pick up a tall and before she knew what was going on,

Bianca Knight was passed her. Myers tries to get a good bit into the

home straight and then the half metre that Bianca Knight has, she

has to fight and scrap all the way to the line to hold on to. Jeter is

coming, she is holding out form and now she starts to tighten up, she

thought I am going to get there. And Bianca Knight just has enough

to hang on, does she or not? Very close. Myers looks like she will

take a second, we're just getting confirmation. Same time by the top

down into second place. You can see it is chilly there. A bit earlier

we saw the women's long jump and it was won by Janay Deloach of the USA.

Witney Rees was also in there. -- Brittney Reese. This jump, 6.70

plus. It really was an incredibly mature performance from the young

American. Confirmation of the winning distance, the World Number

One Brittney Reese in the final attempt with 6.67, and a new

British record, Shara Proctor down in 7th place with six metres and 42.

In terms of Diamond League points, Brittney Reese is still in front.

JOHN INVERDALE: Pundits and the media have spoken about what is

going wrong with British events when it comes to hammer and javelin

and pole vault Perhaps and we saw Holly Bleasdale breaking the

British record and I am glad to say, welcome to the programme, a man who

broke the British long jump record on Friday night, Chris Tomlinson.

Well done. People can see you doing it now but when you jump further

than you have jumped before, does it feel different or is it like any

other jump? In the long jump you can jump furthered and you have

ever jumped before. But you might hit off from behind the take-off

board so it is nice to get the official mark of 8.35. But when you

hit the Plasticine, do you think you have got it? As soon as I got

up to the pit, I thought it is definitely a good jump. I thought

it was originally about 8.4 to, but 8.35, I will take that. One of

those situations, you have been involved for so long, and you often

so close to landing the big one and it does not happen. The sense of

satisfaction must be overwhelming? Yes, it is good and it is nice to

get a decent job. What is more important for my own personal point

of view is that I feel like it was not a perfect jump, I can still

improve. I am looking forward to the Olympics and it is everybody's

focal point, and I am hoping to improve on that distance. I believe

it will take a bit more next season. This is obviously one of the most

Supreme individual sports but you still compete as a team so went Dai

Greene runs like he did, does it permeate through everybody else?

Were out a doubt. Andrew Turner, and I have seen these guys get

personal bests -- without a doubt. You keep saying to yourself, if

they can do it, why can't I? And you think you can be that fast

because you can be even better. are not competing tonight but we

have got Phillips Edo against Tommy tango, how do you think that will

Somebody said are you inspired and I said Phillips Idowu, I genuinely

an inspired by him. He has turned his career around and I believe

that Phil is the best in the world. Stand by to be inspired! Here's

champion and European champion but very much the World Number Two this

year behind Teddy Tamgho, this is Phillips Idowu. In his first round,

laboured through the phases. Conditions, not ideal. They are

probably jumping into a slight wind. That is what happens when the wind

is in your face. You can see a little splash there. Still a big

puddle before the board. Into another puddle on his hop. And then

into the sand. It is over 17 metres, 17.06 metres. He is on the board.

Teddy Tamgho finishes off. A bit of pressure for Holly Bleasdale in the

pole vault. Third and final attempt at 4.66 metres. She is behind Silke

Spiegelburg who played it on her first attempt. Come on, Holly! Not

to be but I have to say, she posts the British record, one of the

highest jobs in the world, that is a good performance from Holly

Bleasdale, she has beaten some good athletes including Svetlana

Feofanova,. She will be pleased hopefully some more British

performances to look forward to here. In the men's 800m, a top-

class field. Nick Willis on the inside and then walked out Mohammad

-- Mohammed Mukhtar and then when Solomon and Gareth Warburton.

Gareth Warburton came 4th in the Commonwealth Games. The Moroccan

runner, big win in Paris the other night, coming back to the distance

he used to run, Michael Rimmer between him and perhaps the

favourite, Abubaker Kaki. He has had problems this year. And Matthew

Scherer on the outside. Nick Willis was on the 1500m on Friday night,

great season, the best for him. He came storming down the home

straight to finish 4th. It will have been a boost for his

confidence. A good run for James shame and our first look on

television of Mohammed Mukhtar, making headlines over the last year

or so. The European champion there the red there. And this man, he

will be a big threat to Michael Rimmer and Abubaker Kaki, the

Michael Rimmer had such a good start. A bit of a hamstring problem

recently, he is hopefully over that. He will want something better here.

And the last time we saw Abubaker Kaki, it was a cold wet day, he has

had a few problems but has raced since New York in Sweden. And

Matthew Scherer who will be doing pacemaking duties on the outside.

Abubaker Kaki always wants a hard place and that will mean that the

likes of the Moroccan, people can sit of and see if he is back to the

sort of form which we saw him run about three weeks ago. A big race

for Michael Rimmer to get amongst Abubaker Kaki and the Moroccan. And

Matthew Scherer is barely in front of Abubaker Kaki. They have got a

choice to face, how close to get in the first lap. We have got a

pacemaker going so quickly, and very quick there, 23 seconds

through first 200 metres, and Abubaker Kaki, has come with the

pacemaker which means decisions need to been made in the field.

When Matthew Scherer drops out, this figure for a fast time. He

really is the number two in the world, but there they go with 49.4,

and now Abubaker Kaki Leeds. Michael Rimmer third place, just

off the shoulder of the Moroccan who will be a big danger. Now, how

quickly can Abubaker Kaki run? This is why he had struck gold on

occasion. At a very fast lap, I was talking to his coach and he is

thought Abubaker Kaki could run one lead, he must be tired, the time is

slipping away, the legs have turned to lead, and mustn't leaven of ski

is not far behind. Watch the clock here, it is going to be Wormit 44

and a bit. That is a tough way to run 800m. He is not in the best

shape yet but coming one home in 1:44 point five. I don't think he

needs to go that quick but some interesting performances by the

young British athletes behind him. I noticed Mohammed Mukhtar coming

through, he was the first British athlete across the line and also

alongside him, the young James Shea so I think Michael Rimmer, I am not

sure that is the best way to run the last 200 metres. It is not

great 100-metre running. But look at the lead that Abubaker Kaki has

got, he is tiring into the final straight and then the race between

the British athletes for 4th place is quite fascinating. Michael

Rimmer leads it and there is James Shane and more Mohammed Mukhtar and

Abubaker Kaki, an outstanding runner but he will not win

championships running like this and they do not think he will challenge

David Rhodesia so I think he has got a bit to learn even though he

has got an outstanding performers behind him. He will get overtaken

by anyone who has the intention. Michael Rimmer on the inside and

Marcin Lewandowski and Mohammed Mukhtar, running so strongly in the

finishing straight, great experience for them, good

performance by Abubaker Kaki but a good performance by the British

jump, David Girat, he has improved Cubans, he is into the lead with

17.08. Teddy Tamgho finishes of worse in New York, and Teddy Tamgho

really struggled. Your guarantee that Phillips Idowu will produce a

really solid performance and Teddy Tamgho, a bit more mercurial, he

likes to jump further but only the third British asleep --

athlete home there. JONATHAN EDWARDS: Phillips Idowu

beginning his second round. He asked first to jump in the jumping

order, to make a statement. Perhaps he will be encouraged by Tamgho's

We saw a decent hop and step, but because he was off-balance he could

not execute a good jump phase. A little bit of frustration on his

face. It was a big loss in Lausanne, half a metre behind Tamgho. He did

not want to come here to Birmingham, a Hometrack in many respects and

really redress the balance going into the world championships. He

desperately wants to defend his title, to give himself a

psychological advantage going into 2012. He is in the lead again. He

will be hoping for a lot further result. An outstanding performance

by the new British record holder and afterwards, before that, we

will speak to her in a minute, she has with Phil, but here is the

diamond lead points. Spiegelburg It has been a fantastic week for

Holly Bleasdale and it continues, another fine performance. The

unfortunate thing was the rain came at the wrong time for you? Yes,

just as I was attempting 61, the rain came down. Everyone was in the

same position but I managed to get the right timing, just went to for

the bar, so it was lucky in some respects but it was a good

clearance and good in those conditions, so I am happy. Tell me

what it was like competing in his brand you stand? It was amazing,

the crowd, I've never been in front of the crowd and they were clapping,

it was great. It was great, getting we rallied along, amazing.

great thing is for you, this is your life and out? Yes. The success

you are having, the crowd knowing You and getting behind you more.

guess it is my life. It has not really hit me yet, this is my

career, but to come out here and do that in these conditions with this

crowd and the new track, it was a great performance. It is great to

back up your performance with this one, so we wish you all the best as

you build towards Daegu. He put the minutes ago. Knight just got the

nod over my ears. They were given whip -- the women's 1,500 metres

already to go. Quite a deep field, Good to see Dobriskey back. She has

had one race in Rome, problems with her back, Hannah England only had

one race and Shinkins will be given the job of trying to make this

pretty quick. There is Lisa Dobriskey, she does have strapping

on her back. Still plagued with injury problems. Hannah England,

full of smiles as ever. Jamal, who would normally start as favourite,

it had a shocking race just over a week ago in Lausanne. I'm sure she

will improve from that. Useny is having a great season, the American

Ethiopians here. -- Gezahegne. They are improving all the time. Smith,

Gateshead Harrier, coached by Nick Woods. Helen Clitheroe, attempting

to run 10,000 metres go but has got pedigree many years ago at 1,500

qualification time incidentally for the American trials and came over

him and won the Lausanne diamond lead, beating the likes of Jamal. I

am not sure what happened to Jamal that day. British women's distance

running, no Charlene Thomas, unfortunately she has picked up an

injury. She was hoping to run in Lausanne, but was not there and is

not here today. An intriguing race for the British athletes. A very

interesting race overall but a lot of British interest, particularly

in Lisa Dobriskey. She was only inches away from a gold medal in

the World Championships. She is an athlete carrying a lot of Hope's in

the green vest, a strange pink strapping on her legs there. That

is something try to keep her balance together. 49 seconds for

the first 300 metres, it will be interesting to see, good solid pace

for this race. These athletes need qualifying times, for the Olympics

next year. It will be nice to get it out of the way now because we

are in the qualifying period. 64 seconds, 65 would be good, going

through what about 2.10. Hoping the others will pick it up. When

Shinkins drop out, will the likes of Belete one to push on? Goes

ahead got tripped up one of the embraces and but is why she is

is interesting. The world indoor champion, goes ahead, in the green

vest, from Ethiopia, Jamal looks like she is struggling a bit. She

is an outstanding athlete, you don't get to being double world

champion by being ordinary but she looks likes she is struggling a bit.

Maybe there is some other reason. Lisa Dobriskey is in a good

position, tactically very aware. She will not be in the lead when

the pacemaker dropped out but she is poised. I really slow second lap.

They let Shinkins leave a gap, she kept looking behind and they were

not really coming. It is up to, Belete is an affront. Gamal is

rolling, she has to be smooth. She has run well enough on the circuit

but that run in Lausanne was terrible. Isn't it good to see

Dobriskey just on her shoulder? The American is looking threatening.

Helen Clitheroe, Hannah England, a good last-lap kick if she is in

good shape. They all have a chance, pushing and shoving for position.

Makestad is moving through. They take the bell. A tactical race,

they hit the bell and they will move up. Jamal, working hard for

this, the American on the outside. It is great to see Helen Clitheroe

having run 10,000 metres in Manchester and tried for a

qualifying over 10,000 is now at Harold distance of 1,500 metres.

Dobriskey drifting off, she has to weave her way down the back

straight. She is not an a great place there. This is an interesting

finish. It is Helen Clitheroe who is leading the British athletes at

the moment. Has she got any pace in her legs? Useny looks comfortable

on the inside, holding the position. Makestad is on the kerb. Stacey

Smith in this, going well. Jim Allister just behind her. It is

Useny who looks comfortable. Helen Clitheroe was looking for a gap on

the inside, the American has done this on two or three occasions,

kicks hard again. Very impressive running from Useny. She is going to

run it -- win it. Jumun recovers for third. Clitheroe is in 4th,

Stacy Smith gets ahead of Makestad. It is inside the world championship

time. -- qualifying time. Useny already had that, a very good

athlete, dominating the American trials, one in Lausanne, wins here

in Birmingham. She is a real contender. She is a real racer, she

knows exactly had position herself. That was a very good performance.

Disappointment for Dobriskey. An amazing run by Helen Clitheroe.

When you think about it, I wasn't going to mention her rage, but she

is approaching 40 and she is our 10,000-metre champion, indoor

champion as well. She is putting herself in place a bet she was

surprised to find herself there. She was not expecting that. She saw

these other athletes including the double world champion behind her.

Useny comes into the finishing straight, the world indoor champion,

goes ahead, and here comes Jamal, trying to rescue it, trying to

rescue her position. Helen is in third place, but here comes Jamal,

double world champion, nipping her on the line. Leading the Britons,

Helen Clitheroe, a great performance by her. A good

performance by Useny. She is a danger in the world championships

because in the World Championships it will become a tactical race but

at least -- but Lisa Dobriskey and Helen Clitheroe are both down there

Lisa, Helen, Helen first of all. A fine performance in what has been a

remarkable season for you, getting speed work in your legs were you?

was a little bit nervous coming in which is ridiculous when you think

how many 1500s I have done in my career. I felt like I was tripping

over myself most of the race, but felt strong with 400 metres to go.

Lacking a bit of race -- racing, really, because I have done the ten

K, a five cake, now 1,500, so I am happy with that. There was thinking

if I could run under 4.10, it was good news, so I am happy. He must

be inspired by Helen Clitheroe when you see her perform? A fantastic

run, well done. A really strong, gutsy performance as usual. You can

counter -- count on her to produce the goods. How you feeling now?

Where would you be as we head towards Daegu. I have had a few

problems which is all that -- always the case with me. I am

getting a bit better round things are taking steps forwards, I am

race rusty. It is not the result I was hoping for. What do you hope to

do between now and the trials? racing in Monaco on the 22nd and

just getting my head down, getting some more training in and hopefully

that will go better. Because of past experience of going through

the mill with injuries before, where do you, what do you manage to

learn from that? An awful lot, I have more confidence, a bit calm

and cool her about things this year, rather than having a panic, I have

faith in my ability and realise it will get them in its own time.

the best and a pretty big talking to us. Thank you. -- thank you for

A Gateshead Harrier, just behind Helen Clitheroe. Good to see Hannah

England getting into form, the trials will be interesting and Lisa

Dobriskey as she admitted, has work competition has yet to come alive.

Phillips Idowu starts the third round, leading. That is better!

That is way over 17 metres, out towards 17.5! Finally we see some

action in this competition. Yes, it really has come alive and the

spectators down in front of the pit have a fabulous view of this month.

A long hop, better-balanced in the step phase and hung on for as long

as possible in the jump. That was better. Tamgho jumped 16.74 in the

second round, Phillips has gone 17.54, massive lead. Can the French

man respond? JOHN INVERDALE: That was a great

jump, it has raised the bar. Can Mo Farah break the British 5,000-metre

record? He is in great form at the moment. Jenny Meadows, beaten by

Caster Semenya in the Diamond League meeting on Friday night in

Paris. The opposition tonight should not be quite as severe as

that but it is great to see her in action on a British track. We

mentioned Sanya Richards-Ross, one of the great figures of middle-

distance running, not in the best form at the moment. She is looking

to recapture her best in the next 30 minutes. And topping the bill,

7:50pm this evening, he has broken the track record, the first man to

run under ten seconds here, Asafa Powell and the men's 100-metre

final. Talking about 100 metres, the women's 100-metre hurdles final

is getting prepared behind us. The semi-finals took place about an

hour earlier and here is what twitch before, try to come back

into but it is Pearce and all the way. 1257 with a 1.9 following win!

This is only Pearce and's second race here in Europe. That was

it is Carruthers and Wales possibly just ahead of Carruthers, pretty

good times for the first two, 12.60 seconds, a slight following wind

and a bit we are contemplating here a cracking final later on this

evening with those two athletes clearly away from everybody. They

have got Sally Pearce and to contend with, she goes in lane four,

Christina Vukicevic in Lens seven. Five of the world's top 10 are in

this race. Smith, one of the five Americans in this race. Tiffany

Ofili-Porter formerly of the notice states and now of Great Britain,

lots of people have a lot to say about the American imports and a

lot of British supporters delighted to see her running. Danielle

Carruthers of the USA, won in Manchester earlier this year and

came second in the Lausanne Diamond League. Nobody ran as well as Salih,

broke the stadium record and his six hundredths of a second outside

the all-comers record which has stood for 25 years. Virginia

Crawford, 12.57 this season. Kellie Wells, the fastest woman in the

Christina Vukicevic, 12.79, her best time in 2011, the fastest

woman in Europe. And the 5th American in this, Kristi Castlin,

23 years old, second in the Oslo Diamond League behind Christina or

because they pitch and those two quite late but boy, did she get off

to a cracking start. She won in the Lausanne in the Diamond League

meeting there and already quite damp and windy conditions, she

broke the stadium record which had saw from the heats, what a great

start Kellie Wells and Sally to-date what happened with binmen's

javelin. Mrs Andreas Thorkildsen. Way over 80 metres, that was

the world, she was worried by some been going on, perhaps in the crowd.

The triple jump going strong and Teddy Tamgho is out on the runway

but adding the crowd were really getting behind the Frenchman, there

he is. This man is on the run, Teddy Tamgho, 17 were 54, a

fantastic lead, conditions not critical. Real attack on the board.

It is around 17.54, but it is a red women's 110 metres hurdles, Smith,

Carruthers, Pearson Australia, Crawford, Kellie Wells, Christina

Vukicevic and Kristi Castlin, five American athletes. But they want to

beat Sally Pearson, Olympic silver medallist and a great, while the

championship medallist as well. She absurdly stormed over the hurdles

after a brilliant start in the heats, to 12.57, the second-fastest

time we have seen anywhere on the planet this year. Still only 24,

she has got a lot more to offer to the sport as she is getting faster

and faster as time goes on. Started not much wind either, we will

wonder if any of the athletes can get close to the British all-comers

record. That was way back in 1986 record holder, Steve Cram was

saying earlier that she has run faster but that was before she

became eligible to run for Great Britain. There she is in Javier

Culson, just inside Danielle Carruthers. -- there she is in lane

and nothing Kellie Wells was going quite well, she got away well.

Pearson is coming on strong, being chased by Danielle Carruthers,

Sally Pearson is going to get it, Carruthers in second, look at the

time! 12.48 seconds, absolutely fantastic. That is just outside of

the Commonwealth record. That was set in 1999, that was brilliant.

And that has bought a bricks piled to the Australian's face, the

fastest time in the world this year and an Australasian record, an area

record, the new Australian record, magic figures there for Sally

Pearson and she is getting better and better. It is also an all-

comers record, the fastest ever 100 metres hurdle race that has been

run in Great Britain and given that it is quite cool, it just

underlines what form Sally Pearson is in, Danielle Carruthers was

technique and also great resolve as the top of the world rankings,

Carruthers I thought run a good race as well. She was pipped by

Kellie Wells and the American championships and Kellie Wells has

been fairly dominant. For a little Wells, she probably thought she was

going to get Pearson but looking at her going over the hurdles, it is

smooth as silk. At any brilliant for the Australian. 12.48... A

Some appear to have thrown down the gauntlet to anybody else coming

into the world championships. Danielle Carruthers, a lifetime

best in second, third fastest time in the world this year. Virginia

Crawford in third place and Tiffany Ofili-Porter slightly slower than

she was in the heats and off the pace there. This is the overall

situation for the Diamond League, still Danielle Carruthers leading

you a bad. -- a day you have had. You have broken the stadium record,

all sorts of Racal's, can you put it into words? No! I need to find

my coach. It is coming together finally, I am putting together a

good race and because of the preparation I have had come into it

since become more of Gomes, it has been amazing. That is all I can say,

I have got my diet right and it is going together. We forget how young

you are as well, you have got so many great years ahead of you, and

you are doing this right here right now. I hope I can do it until I am

30 and maybe if the Gold Coast get the, of games in 2018, that would

be great. -- the Commonwealth Games. You say you enjoy this atmosphere,

this is one taste of what we might get next year in London. Yes, the

British crowd a fantastic. It was so noisy at the start. He tried to

draw that into you, and try not to let it affect you, but I use the

energy that is in the crowd to help me race fast. I am really enjoying

it here. Great entertainment, congratulations. Thank you.

JOHN INVERDALE: Stadium record? Tremendous, she is such an

aggressive powerful athlete when she gets into her full stride. Just

shy of the Commonwealth record, just an incredible athlete. She is

a great sprinter, we have got to remember that. She crossed the line

back in they come of games but she was disqualified, but she uses the

speed to great effect when she is qualifying. And now one of the

things that I would criticise solely about is the fact that she

did not really hold her technique all the way through to the end of

the race and it was because she was missing a couple of things but now

it well. We must mention an absolutely fantastic thing, if you

are a fan of hurdles, the race in Paris. Draw. He yes, a close race,

the key been in the green and the man of May of the moment was David

Oliver, it was a tight race but that dip made it special indeed. I

would like to call her would be the champion this year, one of those

two, it could be a tight race. still not sure who won watching

that again! Back on the track down at the start line are the women's

800m road and Steve Cram has the conditions. The Kenyan on the

inside, Molly Beckwith and then Jenny Meadows, Emma Jackson in

Denis Lemeunier, and Marilyn Okoro getting that to some form. Tamsyn

Manou recently married, and Charlotte Best showing a lane with

stars. The crowd hoping she can go Rajender Singh son. For Jenny, a

pretty good season in Paris, a few frustrations, she had a good win in

the Diamond League earlier in the season and has been pretty

consistent. Emma Jackson, 4th in a Commonwealth Games last year, big

jump forward for the Hull athlete. And now Marilyn Okoro has been

having all sorts of injury problems again and it has been a while so

European Championships last year, just missed a medal. Manou, a

familiar figure to British fans, got married this year. The

Australian wicketkeeper, fans will no. Best, in pretty good form,

looking for a good 800-metre race was Lupu on the outside. No

pacemakers. I was a little bit surprised. I think Jenny Meadows

was expecting a pacemaker here but there isn't. I am not sure if she

will take things on, it is not the sort of race. She may be wants to

set herself up. A tactical race, get a good win, maybe look to work

on her speed in the last 200, who knows. It will be interesting to

see what happens here, no pacemaker no natural front one or -- runner.

I don't think Okoro is in shape and Jenny Meadows has a wanted. That

sums it well as they come down to the 200-metre point. 29 seconds

through 200 metres, fairly steady. Okoro finds herself in the lead,

sometimes she is a committed front runner, to date, I think she has

just found herself their rent that is slightly different. This is a

true race, an important race for Jenny Meadows. Seniors to show she

can be in -- she needs to show she can be in races where she can win.

She has won medals in the World Championships, the European

Championships and the world and ordered championships and she needs

to win a big race. -- World Indoor Championships. 61 seconds, the

second lap has to be faster than that. Okoro strikes out, starts

striding out. Jenny Meadows is giving her a start. Jackson is

running well on her shoulder but Jenny Meadows has word to do. She

is beginning to do it now, as they go down the back straight. Marilyn

is doing a good job here, I'm not sure she will be able to hold on to

this but if she can it will be a big step forward. Lupu was a big

danger on the outside. Jenny Meadows has done very well just to

move nicely into the right position down the back straight and isn't

this a familiar sight? It is good to see Marilyn Okoro, it does she

have strength in the home straight? Marilyn is fighting hard, Jenny

Meadows will just have enough to go past her and Okoro, a good return

to form. Jenny Meadows has to finish this and hold off Klocova.

Jackson finishing quickly, Meadows wins it. Klocova, then Jackson,

well! The time is irrelevant, it was tactical, it was about a test,

Marilyn Matt Cutt -- Marilyn Okoro surprised them with how long and

hard she went to the front and they really picked it up. It was a 61.61

race, but the last 200 might have been the quickest, they will work

on the split. Jenny Meadows wins it, just, in the end. It was a good

race, a real race and an athlete the cad it -- the calibre of Jenny

Meadows, a big-time medallist had to win that one. Marilyn Okoro,

good form, running well, but there goes Jenny Meadows, positioning

herself beautifully in the finishing straight, driving on. You

would have thought she would have gone away but it was so close.

Klocova on the line, Okoro staying strong. Jenny Meadows needed to

show more there, she should not have put herself under pressure

again. She almost lost that race. She did win it, it was set up

nicely, she ran tactically well, but there needs to be more from

Jenny Meadows on the big occasion. It is worth saying she ran on

Friday night, has come over from Paris, the only one of these

athletes to run races back-to-back. It was to give her the chance to

run in front of a home crowd and get the win. Job done as far as

that is concerned. She has enjoyed the Birmingham crowd, they have

responded to this event, the biggest event they have ever had in

Birmingham on the outdoor track. Crowds of over tell -- 12,000 have

responded that this Diamond League event. The new stand on the far

side, the home of British athletics, looks great and here is one of the

great athletes, Thorkildsen was -- JONATHAN EDWARDS: Leading

throw in the world this year was 88. Ready to, that was special from the

Norwegian, wasn't it? -- 88.22. Commentators talk about the javelin,

how they can design the stiffness to the individual athlete, like

they do with golf clubs. He was saying it is easier than when he

was throwing the javelin and he got his world metres. -- his world

record. They can do that, because the javelins are made out of carbon

fibre, I am not saying it is easy to engineer but it it since these

athletes. This guy has to be favoured for the world title. He

has left his season late the but once again he has produced a

massive throw, the best in the world this year. So, a win for

Jenny Meadows and the 800 metres. She just hung on, and Phil Jones

has sprinted to the top bend to interrupt Jenny Meadows' lap of

You are having a lap of honour, you must have enjoyed the win?

Definitely. A home crowd, it is great to get a victory. I felt a

bit of pressure today, trying to win on home ground. The crowd are

phenomenal, capacity crowd out here. They are really loud, and I was

grateful to get the plaudits and come on. You were the only one to

do the back to back race, in Paris and now here. Yes, I felt good

warming up to hear today. -- warming up today. I was certain I

could win the race, but it is not about going out and getting the

times all time. It is hard for me to hold back, I get bumped and

barged. It is about taking the victory and it was under unusual

circumstances for me. I had to be patient and run in a way that I

don't particularly like to run. It is really good to replicate it, and

I will have a chance at the World Championships. Unusual

circumstances, you were telling me you have celebrity mastermind

coming up. Have you decided on your specialist subject? I have not. I

think I'm going to have to narrow it down a bit. I don't think they

will let me have British 800-metre female runners, it is more diverse

than that. It is athletics related but time dreading the general

knowledge. What do you call it when one player kicks the ball to

another in football? Am I being stupid? A pass. OK, I better get

practising! I thought I would get you in no mood for saying past a

lot and the general knowledge! in case, I will say past, it would

could be a word I use a lot. Congratulations on a great win.

Thank you very much, it is more it?! You should never ask an

athlete a hard question when they have had a race. Absolutely not.

Here is some athletes that will have a hard race, the women's 400

metres. Cox, Richards-Ross, Montsho, Whyte, Dunn, Shana Cox, the West

collegiate champion. -- the US collegiate champion. She cannot

compete for Britain because she does not have a British passport,

but she will be eligible Sue. -- soon. Sanya Richards-Ross, couple

of years ago, absolutely unbeatable when she became the world champion.

She has lost five out of five this year. ONE Show of Botswana has been

one of the culprits, she has beaten Richards-Ross a few times. --

Montsho. She was superb in Lausanne. Williams-Mills, a world

championship bronze-medallist in 2007, she has been under 50 seconds

in her career. Whyte of Jamaica, Olympic finalist and Olympic

bronze-medallist in the relay. Dunn, had the world's fastest time last

year. 49.64 and 50.7 she has run this year. This is the European

indoor champion, a very talented athlete. We saw her in Stockholm,

when she got second in the European team championships. Richards-Ross

is coming back into shape. She has been improving with every race, so

she must be asking herself now, can she take another step forward? ONE

Show, just outside her, familiar strip that she always wears --

Montsho. Very, very strong in the home straight. Richards-Ross in

exactly the right lane to keep her Richards-Ross, and in lane five,

Dunn has gone off very quickly. Dunn leads at the moment, perhaps.

Montsho is closing down already on Williams-Mills. Richards-Ross has

work to do, she is going to running hard around the third 100 metres,

that is for sure. Montsho leads at the moment, just inside her

Richards-Ross is beginning to come, Williams-Mills is there too. But

Montsho of Botswana, in the home straight, in lane to the competitor

is coming on strong. Montsho is miles ahead of everybody. In second

place, I think it was Dunn of the United States, who run the first

100 metres absolutely superbly. 50.20 from Montsho, just one 10th

of a second outside has season's best and in these conditions that

is a very good run indeed. She pretty much established as one of

the favourites to take the world title later on this year. Very

quick through to run at metres, 23.5 for Montsho and Dunn had gone

even quicker. A lot of athletes did not run a well judged race. Montsho

had a look at the clocking but could not finish it off, she starts

the attack. Watch lane two, terrible first 200, then ran out of

legs completely. I don't think she was injured, she just staggered to

the line. She lost three or four places. It has been a good season

for Montsho, only Allyson Felix is the athlete she has trouble with.

She has won a pretty much any of the race and showing here again how

strong she can be. She needs to get and 50 seconds. She needs to start

running about half a second quicker than this fairly consistently. She

is capable of that, she has to judge it right. I a good win for

Steve Cram was talking in commentary about you looking like

the woman of the moment but there is Allyson Felix, who maybe can run

that bit quicker. Where I going to find the extra second form -- from,

do you think? The second what? need to find an extra second, to

run under 50, where do you think that will come from? I think since

the beginning of last year, I have been missing the speed but I am

working on my speed. Yes. This kind of victory, when you are beating a

world-class field, what kind of confidence did that instilling you?

I am very happy to win my race and also I am competing with some

strong athletes in the world, so that is helping me to run the best

I can. A wonderful win, to keep up the good form, well done. Thank you

continuing, but she will have to go faster to get towards them at the

end of the season. If you were wondering where

Christine Ohuruogu was in that line She is battling a long-standing

quad injury, it is unfortunate. She wants to get fit, of course she

does. The Olympics are around the corner but as with the injuries the

confidence that you need to compete... It cut come back too

soon, so does she write off this year? She is injury-free now, she

is going to race in Barcelona, she is training. We will see her run-up

the trials, so she is 100% fit, she is training, you will get a result

from her in Barcelona. We will look forward to that. Somebody who is

definitely fit is Mo Farah, one of the most popular figures in British

athletics and he is unbeaten this year.

Congratulations on an amazing year to this point. When you decided to

make to move to the States, did you quite believe the results were

I have a great coach but I did not think it would come this quick.

is one thing to improve but then it is to improve by 40 seconds, a

staggering performance in all. biggest thing was running a fast

time was great but it was a good field. Some good guys behind me and

I could not believe I run that fast. These guys said, that is what you

need. It gives you good confidence. For me as I have always said, I

like to do the best I can in my career and knowing you tick every

box, doing everything you could do and you could not do any more. you

have collected as many medals as possible, every athlete's dream.

That belief, getting that belief that you belong in that company and

now you do. Yes, and an important part is taking the race as a major

championship and testing yourself out to see what everybody else can

do and if I was to make any mistake, to make it here could be the worst!

It is nice to see what other people can do and I can do. And you would

expect to go for the five and the 10? I will give it 100% and if my

body let me and I will. Sounds like a good plan. Finally let me ask you

about life in general and have the move has worked for you with your

family going over to the States because a big sacrifice for you.

Yes and everybody is very supportive and it is nice to have a

remit be happy as I am. It was not easy, starting a new school and a

new life but everything is going well for the time being so it is

good, great to have that. there he is looking concentrated

which is what he will need to be because he's got good athletes,

some top-class athletes against him in this 5,000 metres. The full

line-up. Andy Vernon going for Birmingham as well. Good to see

Craig Mottram back incidentally, the man with a diamond against his

name, Imane Merga, leading the race. But he was beaten by Mo Farah and

the new Ethiopian who will perhaps be a threat as well. It is a minor

Naga who they think will be the big threat here, -- Imane Merga. Is the

world cross country champion and he will know all about Mo Farah, he

knows what he can do and I think they were taking a bit by surprise

by the 1000m and the last race. It is great to see him become a real

star of British athletics. His training partner, and Galen Rupp

could be a threat as well. And there is the Spaniard, Jesus Espana.

Then Andy Vernon as well on the outside. Conditions are nice and

added in the seas and will unfold. For Mo Farah, this is a chance to

try to underline the performance in the Eugene with another win here.

people are too eager to get their toes on the line. The crowd looking

forward to this, a good few years since the crowd have seen a British

athlete competing against the best athletes in the world. No Kenyans

today. A chance for Mo Farah to get another victory perhaps over imam

whether the double is made as these races will influence that decision.

I am sure the man sitting next to me, I don't know if he got to watch

the race but your reaction to how well he run on that night, what we

can expect today. I was delighted when Mo Farah ran that fantastic

10,000 metres. A few weeks ago. Mo Farah has been the best distance

runner for a long time, there he is settling down but in the past few

years he has really proved it. I was despairing in 2008 when he did

not get through his heats because I know how good he is. Since then he

has set out an endurance programme and he has been persuaded to train

in America who is probably the best distance coach. He is fitting in

beautifully. Some fantastic new ideas out there he is improving

every day. He is a long way behind the leader, the pacemaker and he

tends to do this, settle down early and then start to work his way

through. He wants to win this race today, not interested in a fast

time. He wants to run a race and Imane Merga will give him a race.

It will be a great race if he can the men's triple jump, Teddy Tamgho,

disappointed for the World Number One, 16.74. Three big fouls and

this was his final attempt, well short and a big win for Phillips

Idowu here in Birmingham. Conditions are not good but Teddy

women's high jump, Blanka Vlasic here, the number one in the world,

not scaling the heights she has done in previous years but this was

1.99 metres and good enough to win, pick up some very important Diamond

he did this convincingly, 17.54 in the third round, very good and

conditions finished off with 17.29 so Phillips Idowu has to come here

and make a statement and he has certainly done that. He was very

fast and very powerful indeed and he could go a lot further on better

days with better conditions. It is going to be fascinating leading up

to the next championship. But same for British hopes. We are

talking about how it is good to sit he was too far away from a man of

lager and he realised that -- from Imane Merga. He has been running

60-second laps. And the sort of pace that is around 13.5-13.10.

That is it may just be the case that there is a bit of slowing.

Imane Merga or won the world cross- country championships but he is not

Africans who actually had not given him credit before that, he was the

European champion but they did not pay attention to that but now he

arrives as a world-class distance runner and Gebrselassie was saying

that he would not be a bother to the Africans, and now he is saying

that Mo Farah could be a danger to so he's in second place -- worked

Craig Mottram, good to see him running well. Mo Farah for the

first time goes alongside Imane Merga who is the fastest 5,000

metres runner in the world last year. The Ethiopian leader in from

his countryman and then Mo Farah... There are nearly all in green vests

and black vests. At least they have potential and just 21 years of age,

and Mo Farah with these three very good Ethiopians, the pace has been

fairly consistent, around 64, and it is slipping a little bit. They

will come back again in the last couple of laps. This is turning

into a tactical race. You're looking at Mo Farah who is as quick

as everybody. Imane Merga is quick and cried takes up the and then

Craig Mottram. It is not at all what people talk about with a

record, it was no intention for Mo Farah, he wanted to enjoy the

atmosphere at this new Birmingham stadium, enjoyed the Diamond League

and wants to run a few times in Britain before he goes off to the

world championships and he also wants to run at Crystal Palace and

in the trials. But he wants to double up and the World

Championships and this is another race on the road to the world

championships. It is an important one for my confidence point of view.

You have got to be able to tackle the runners over 5,000 metres and I

am sure he can do that. The slowest kilometres so far, and Mo Farah are

not troubled by that. This is the test you have when you are at the

World Championships, make sure you finish in the top five or six Cup.

You have got to be prepared for anything. the pace can move around.

Somebody can really inject fast laps and what Mo Farah must do, the

slight weakness he has, if he is close enough when the big kick

comes, it will be slow and when it gets to two laps to go, you have to

see that other runners will go to the front but at least two are

close and the gaps are small. Adrian Blincoe seems to have taken

a bit of a heavy fall. Mo Farah world champion that we have not

seen for a year and a half, that is Kenenisa Bekele a. And just

wandering whether Galen Rupp, his training partner, is committed to

this, and as they begin to stretch the race really is under way. It

was late three laps to go, and then Galen Rupp wants to win this, he

has to go now. I remember being told in Eugene, talking to Mo Farah,

he said Galen Rupp can kick but he hasn't got Mo Farah's ability.

Mottram, they are interested they will have a good chance. It is

great to see the two Australians taking it on. Mo Farah has lost his

position. Alamirew put in a hard 100 metres, look like he was making

a long run for home, youthful exuberance getting to him. Now the

race is really on. As they come round with two laps to go, I would

like to see Mo Farah get as close to the front has he can. I know he

will watch Merga, but there are others who are a threat. They are

now, it is a tactical race. The two Australians, Mottram and Birmingham,

leading. It is about being confident, testing yourself,

staying there, realising you are not going to win the race,

Birmingham is not going to win the race because he is not strong

enough and quick enough. He should have done it earlier. Mottram,

great to see him back in form. There is Merga on the inside, Mo

Farah just poised on the outside. Galen Rupp, stretching, beginning

to make a run for it. Mo Farah is going with it, and Galen Rupp is

getting close to the front. It is about judging the pace, judging the

time, judging the mood and also being confident -- confident in

your own sprint finish. Mo Farah is in the perfect spent finishing

position. He is coming back into good form, 13.20 is the qualifying

time which is what the Australians are heading at. Mo Farah is in a

good position, doesn't want to get boxed. Merga realise he is in

trouble. They can't hold him off. There goes the bell! There goes Mo

Farah. Followed by Merga, and Galen Rupp. He knows he can out sprint

Galen Rupp, he has beaten Merga in a sprint finish before but Merga is

in an advantageous position, on the shoulder of the leader. Now

Birmingham roars down the back straight as Mo Farah attacks for

the last time. He has to win it from here. He is stretching them

down the back straight, 200 metres to go. The stretches away again, he

kicks again. Mo Farah is showing that he is the best distance runner

perhaps in the world at the moment, certainly in this type of race.

Merga was one of the best kickers and is being destroyed by Farah

over the last 200. Galen Rupp is going to take second. The crowd are

on their feet! He is a true distance hero! Farah wins it, 13.60.

A big last lap. Others are getting qualifying times behind them.

Mottram will be delighted, well done. But Mo Farah continues his

rise to the top. We expect to see him in the 10,000 metres in Daegu,

will it be a 5,000 metres as well? It is probably too early to say,

but he is not writing it off as an option for him in the five -- and

after the fine performance here today, there are other contenders,

no chronic -- no Kenyans here today, but he has the measure of Merga.

certainly has, the measure of all of them. That was a very impressive

performance by Mo Farah. He did everything he was expected to do,

he drifted off the pace and hit the front again, he ran his last lap,

there goes Farah. Here comes his team-mate, Galen Rupp. Merga and

Alamirew is fading. Mo Farah, 54.03 for the last 400 metres, that is

how he won the race. That is the ammunition he has got, the strength

he has got, strength, speed and now confidence and this man really can

look forward to the World Championships in Daegu in a few

weeks' time and it is great for us to have a distance running hero

Brendan Foster talking about you, Mo Farah, a long-distance hero, we

have flop -- we have waited a long time and you are delivering. You

are here with your training partner. We did really well as a team. Our

training is going well, we help without coaching, we enjoy

ourselves and we had fun today. unbelievable. This guy has been the

best thing for those of us. For me especially having someone who is

better than me is great to chase after, and we keep moving and

hopefully there are good things to come. You are getting to a whole

new level, both of you, a world- class field and coming out on top.

A word on the crowd. The crowd were awesome, they kept cheering! This

is just a taster of what you're going to get next year in London of

course. Definitely really looking forward to it. The main thing is

trying to stay healthy and do what we are doing. Something is working.

What is your verdict on this man? He is unbelievable, man. The

results speak for themselves. He has a great shot at going into the

World Championships and at 2012, he will have the crowd behind him.

will be there as well. Congratulations two U-boats. Thank

settle for third place. There were personal bests for several runners.

The action on these Diamond League occasions, it is non-stop. These

are the fastest men in the world about to take part in the men's

100-metre final. Asafa Powell became the first ever person in

this stadium to break ten seconds earlier. How impressed were you buy

that performers, Colin? It was sensational to see. One thing that

I always think is unbelievable is the way that Asafa Powell gets out

of the blocks. He is so powerful. He was electrifying out of the

blocks. When he collect -- connect, his whole race, there are not many

people who can touch him and definitely not in Birmingham today.

We have had one world-best on the track already tonight, from Pierson,

and fast times, is it asking too much for the fastest time in the

world this year? I think both myself and Denise were watching the

qualifying rounds and sorted is going to be a good race. It he

should not be far off it. He has gone under 9.8 -- 9.98 before, and

this year, so I hope he gets a cracking start. Steve Cram, it is

with a season's best. The climax of the meeting, we have seen a great

British victory in the 5,000 metres, now the big 100-metre clash. Frater,

Powell and Carter in the middle lanes. Powell had a new stadium

record, 9.95. He has run faster, when he ran in Gateshead, a similar

data today. Who knows what we could get in this final. Ndure Saidy

looked sharp as well. Devonish, a good performance from him in the

broken ten seconds this year. Devonish has not. Richard Thompson

has in the past but he has only done 10.01, I say only! It is

called, but the rain has stopped. There is a stillness in the air. A

quiet will descend on the crowd as they anticipate a big performance

from Asafa Powell. Noble to worry about, no Gay to worry about. -- no

Bolt to worry about. On the basis of what we saw in the heats, the

way is clear for Powell. How fast Saidy. He might as well keep

running down to the changing rooms, it is pointless going back, you are

off, mate. Take the right and he will find his kit their. If you are

not aware, well -- one false start start but he knows. This is a

really interesting race for Powell. I really do enjoy watching him when

he is in a position where he doesn't have to worry about his

competitors. Mark Butler hour stutter Titian is pointing out

something, it is the second time that Ndure Saidy has be

disqualified. It is something he needs to be watching. Powell

started very well in the heats, cruised through really and the

conditions were much worse than. -- then. Eight became second -- eight

became seven. If you soaring what - - if you sort happened in New York,

we ended up with three false starts and it was the last event of the

evening. Everyone was kept back. Let's hope that is the only

transgression we see here. Mike Ross just, he could have saved

himself that walk, Rodgers in the far side in late one. Pulp is in

for. Six is empty. -- Asafa Powell race in New York and did the same

thing there. He got away with it on that occasion. He said somebody

else off in my opinion on that date. Actually he was set off by Devonish.

I am going to be fair to him, that was actually Marlon Devonish. We

were being critical of the American starters because if you move in the

blocks like that you have to be disqualified. That is essentially

Marlon Devonish, he is still there, and Bledman is the one who has gone.

Marlon is a very experienced sprinter, the fastest masters

athlete in the world at the moment, 35 years old. 10.19 to reach this

final. One or two dirty looks from Asafa Powell down to the lads on

the end there. A conduct warning to lane two. And then, this is what

surprises me, the green card for everybody else. I the that was a

false start it wasn't! -- either that was a false start or it

wasn't! Rodgers is walking off now. He was in lane one. Whether that

his injury or anything else, I am not sure. Anyway, Asafa Powell

trying to stay. He is noticing that Rodgers has walked off. But at the

moment, there he is, maybe a bit of cramp or something. He lined up, it

looks like his hamstring it is what is holding, a bit of time was when

he went into the blocks the second time. Bledman is still there,

Devonish is still there but it looked to me has done it was a

false start. But, hey! He is saying I am not competing. Now we just

have six and I think one or two of them, Bledman and Devonish,

slightly fortunate. Let's see if we can get it sorted this time. It is

Thompson in lane two. Frater, three, Asafa Powell four, a gap in six,

this time! Asafa Powell gets a great start, Frater is going well

and Carter, but here comes Asafa Powell. Carter is pushing him all

the way, it is close but Powell gets it. 9.91. Not the dominant

performance we might have expected. His team-mate was right there, just

beyond. He cantered the last three or four metres, but he looked so

relaxed, Asafa Powell. He had to work hard all the way to win this

and in the end may be a false start -- a starts took their toll. Carter

got away to a cracking start. Both running away from Michael Frater.

Asafa Powell, he is down there with Phil. The fastest man in the UK at

Tell me about the for me worried. I used a man this year? Is it a

message to Usain Bolt? I am very grateful, all false starts and in

the cold, I am holding back a bit. Another victory to add to it your

collection. Well done. Thank you for talking to us.

A dramatic finale to what has been a fantastic evening of

entertainment in the Alexander Stadium, a full house, great to see

that. Our coverage of the Open Golf Championship begins on Thursday

from Sandwich and on BBC One at 10:25pm, sorry, BBC Two, it is a

fantastic documentary about the life of Seve Ballesteros. It has

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