:00:46. > :00:52.Good evening and welcome to live diamond lead athletics on BBC
:00:52. > :01:02.through. Colin Jackson and I are here to -- for the world famous
:01:02. > :01:05.Bislett Games -- Diamond League. Tonight the main attraction is just
:01:05. > :01:15.200 metres long, unusually and features arguably the best athlete
:01:15. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:45.in the world. Brilliant beyond Usain Bolt is here, competing in
:01:45. > :01:48.the way for the first time and his first 200 metres for 13 months. He
:01:48. > :01:52.says it is his favourite event that it will be under scrutiny tonight
:01:52. > :01:58.after a less than impressive start to the season. There will be around
:01:58. > :02:01.8:45pm. Do not go anywhere. Plenty more to look forward to. The most
:02:02. > :02:08.fiercely contested race tonight will also at -- will almost
:02:08. > :02:15.certainly be the women's 100 -- 800 metres. It will feature of Caster
:02:15. > :02:21.Semenya. Also in that race is Jenny Meadows. Already a winner on the
:02:21. > :02:26.Diamond League circuit this summer in Shanghai. European and
:02:26. > :02:34.Commonwealth high hopes champion Andy Turner is also in action. He
:02:35. > :02:37.could follow Jenny's footsteps to glory. In the women's 400-metre
:02:37. > :02:44.hurdles Perri Shakes-Drayton will look to continue their development
:02:44. > :02:50.to the upper echelons of world- class. -- her development. Two
:02:50. > :02:54.hours of high class action ahead and you can see the BBC athletes to
:02:54. > :03:02.a dead count on your screen. Let us know if you like, or do not like
:03:02. > :03:12.Perri Shakes-Drayton started the season well. She has a good chance
:03:12. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:31.this season. The European champion is in lane five. Olympic bronze-
:03:31. > :03:33.medallist in 2004. She translated to the hurdles nicely. Perri
:03:33. > :03:42.Shakes-Drayton, a fast developing young Britain. European bronze-
:03:42. > :03:47.medallist at quarter metre hurdles last year. Personal best at the
:03:47. > :03:57.400-metre flat in Rome. Well some of Jamaica, third in the
:03:57. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:03.Commonwealth Games last year -- will soon. -- Wilson. Christine
:04:03. > :04:13.Spence of the US on the outside lane. A big improvement on to -- in
:04:13. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:42.metres, consolidate in the third quarter, she is capable of some 55
:04:42. > :04:54.
:04:54. > :05:04.first bend. Nick Kalusha Wilson of Jamaica going strong on the outside.
:05:04. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:05:48. > :05:55.final stages, looking good. She is the fastest in the field on paper.
:05:55. > :06:05.A good run by Perri Shakes-Drayton. The young Briton is doing well.
:06:05. > :06:08.
:06:08. > :06:18.Improving race by race steadily. That is how to do it. Hejnova Had
:06:18. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:33.an impressive finish there. A good Shakes-Drayton is developing very
:06:33. > :06:37.quickly indeed. She has not really developed a stride pattern that
:06:37. > :06:44.suits her yet. She goes into the race and says I do not mind what
:06:44. > :06:47.happens but my goodness, with that personal best in Rome, that shows
:06:47. > :06:57.you exactly how much she is improving both on the flat and over
:06:57. > :07:00.
:07:00. > :07:08.Nice words there from the commentary box, how did you see it?
:07:08. > :07:15.Good. I do not know the time yet. I am pleased with that actually. I
:07:15. > :07:20.felt good coming in to it. It is an improvement from last week. I got
:07:20. > :07:25.my qualifying for the world here. They did even better. I was close
:07:25. > :07:29.on that Gail and I've beaten her before. I'm coming! Were there any
:07:29. > :07:37.things you were trying to focus on before the race to put right from
:07:38. > :07:46.previous races? To go faster! Always a good idea! I thought just
:07:46. > :07:52.go for it, don't hold back. What is next for you? This weekend I am in
:07:52. > :07:59.Bedford. Big, 200 metres I am doing that. I do not know where my next
:07:59. > :08:09.100-metre hurdles is. Actually in Stockholm, I will be there. We will
:08:09. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:18.see you there. Congratulations, an A season's best there for that. A
:08:18. > :08:22.talented young athlete. Still inexperience but to come here in
:08:22. > :08:28.the Diamond League... Great performance. This is the ideal race
:08:28. > :08:31.for that. She wants to develop into her technique, home it, a real
:08:31. > :08:34.high-caste pressure of the competition. I have noticed her
:08:34. > :08:38.improvement in technique, she approaches every hurdle with more
:08:38. > :08:41.confidence and you can already see she is running very well. I am
:08:41. > :08:51.looking forward to seeing her progress all the way through the
:08:51. > :08:52.
:08:52. > :08:59.year. I hope she can. This is the 5th of the series, the previous
:08:59. > :09:04.four were in Eugene, Shanghai and a half. Usain Bolt's season got
:09:04. > :09:14.underway in Rome, it was a struggle for the reigning world and Olympian
:09:14. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:26.Better news for the former Olympic -- Olympic champion, you shank. He
:09:26. > :09:34.beat David Oliver. There was also a victory for Jenny Meadows in
:09:34. > :09:40.Shanghai, have first 800 metres. Hugely impressive, but it to the
:09:40. > :09:48.last 200 -- particularly the last 200. Phillips Idowu started in good
:09:48. > :09:56.form. A fantastic win for Greg Rutherford in Eugene, 8 metres, 32.
:09:56. > :10:06.Marginally wind-assisted but one of his biggest wins so far. Fabulous
:10:06. > :10:11.
:10:11. > :10:17.There are fast Jamaicans everywhere you look. Steve Mullins, 9.80.
:10:17. > :10:21.Certainly one to watch. I have not forgotten the performance of the
:10:21. > :10:31.year so far from a British perspective. More of that later.
:10:31. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :11:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:11:25. > :11:35.The women are on the track for the year by Allyson Felix, 49.81. That
:11:35. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :13:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:13:16. > :13:20.country mile. Very impressive. Even up until 200 metres, then between
:13:20. > :13:27.two and three, the third quarter, she began to take control. She was
:13:27. > :13:37.very strong down the home straight. Very good performance by the young
:13:37. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:59.moment. There was a strange race in Eugene where everybody fell apart.
:13:59. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:25.But that is a very good run. Discus went one better here today. -- Caz
:14:25. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:48.than us. -- Casanas. Very strong Has promised, it is time for more
:14:48. > :14:53.hot -- Mo farmer. Two gold medals last year in Spain. The question on
:14:53. > :15:00.everybody's lips was, could he do it at a global level? Could he
:15:00. > :15:10.compete with the very best athletes in the world? In Eugene last year
:15:10. > :15:21.
:15:22. > :15:31.he did a very definitive answer. -- Kenyans and adopted their lifestyle.
:15:31. > :15:38.The European champion, who showed marvellous acceleration on the last
:15:38. > :15:43.laps in Barcelona, did the same here. Little by little he wore down
:15:43. > :15:50.that the opposition. It was not a flat out the sprint. It was a war
:15:50. > :16:00.of attrition. He came home to the most astonishing time in front of a
:16:00. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:13.big crowd. 26.46. A new European record. And a British record. The
:16:13. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:31.doctrine of the African way of I have known you quite a few years.
:16:31. > :16:39.You are different to what you were a few years back? Yes, I have
:16:39. > :16:43.changed, definitely. I take it more seriously. When you're young you
:16:43. > :16:48.think you're doing the right things. But I was not doing the right
:16:48. > :16:57.things. I was going out with my friends, having fun, getting up
:16:57. > :17:07.will kinds of things. 1 I saw the Kenyans and how hard they train, I
:17:07. > :17:14.realised I had to change. -- when I saw. I love the sport. I said to
:17:14. > :17:19.myself, I am going to give it 110 %. Seeing them changed me. 2010 for me
:17:19. > :17:23.was a great year. Winning the European Chaabi chip. But then you
:17:23. > :17:29.look at yourself and you compare yourself to the rest of the African
:17:29. > :17:34.guys that what they're doing, I have run under 13 minutes, what
:17:34. > :17:42.else can I do? Headway get close to a world that of? That is the
:17:42. > :17:48.decision I made. I have known Alberto for years. It was an
:17:48. > :17:52.opportunity. I had a talk with him. I like what he had to say. I said
:17:52. > :18:02.to myself, if you're going to make it to the next step, you need to
:18:02. > :18:09.change. He beat her world-class field, probably the best field
:18:09. > :18:16.since the last world Championship. Where does that put him now?
:18:16. > :18:20.long I have been thinking that 10 K might be his best event. Everybody
:18:20. > :18:25.knows he is capable of beating everybody in the world. There is no
:18:25. > :18:31.hiding it. He is that good. He is incredibly strong. He has got
:18:31. > :18:39.incredible finishing speed. What he is doing now he's starting to pay
:18:39. > :18:46.off. He is going to get better. Everybody is talking about him, the
:18:46. > :18:51.best in the world, he will win the World Championships or the Olympic
:18:51. > :18:58.Games. Yet Alberto says he does not know what event you're going to do.
:18:58. > :19:08.I do not have a clue. I think we will make a decision down the line.
:19:08. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:16.I want to compete in the 5,000. I always wanted to improve. You
:19:16. > :19:22.always want to try to improve. I never thought about the 10th. But
:19:22. > :19:32.having run at that time, you think about it. I think we will decide
:19:32. > :19:32.
:19:32. > :19:40.A quite breathtaking performance? Absolutely stunning. It took our
:19:40. > :19:47.breath away when we saw the result. One thing about him that what
:19:47. > :19:51.Victory can do, you just lose with conference. He is starting to
:19:51. > :19:54.believe in himself. I do or think he would have believed the couple
:19:54. > :19:57.of years ago that he would be sitting in a hotel room giving an
:19:57. > :20:02.interview at talking about which event he was going to be doing at
:20:02. > :20:08.the Olympic Games. It is great to see him doing this. I hope he makes
:20:08. > :20:12.the right decision for himself. He is learning now how to race. That
:20:12. > :20:22.is paramount. It is going to be difficult -- hard to look beyond
:20:22. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:34.the 10,000. It is truly world-class at the top. Yes. There are so many
:20:34. > :20:44.top 10,000-metre runners on the track on a regular basis. He is
:20:44. > :20:44.
:20:44. > :20:48.producing the performances that everybody else will take note of.
:20:48. > :20:55.Potential Olympic champion. I do not think anybody thought we would
:20:55. > :20:59.be saying that. No. It is great to hear that. The KLA has been the one
:20:59. > :21:07.that everybody has been watching. But he has suffered so much with
:21:07. > :21:17.injury. You have to put the miles in. At the moment Mole is fit. He
:21:17. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:39.is healthy. You can hear more on Let's get up but the men's discus.
:21:39. > :21:51.
:21:51. > :21:59.the reigning Olympic champion, you have been there. His technique is
:21:59. > :22:06.so solid. The unwind is very spectacular. He knew that was good.
:22:06. > :22:16.The body language told us that. That was a superb throw. The first
:22:16. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:43.throw of the competition. Gerd A good win for the Olympic champion.
:22:43. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :23:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:23:27. > :23:37.Montsho continues her - celebration. of the race has got to motor to get
:23:37. > :23:38.
:23:38. > :23:48.back some of that last time. They were looking for a 5.20. The
:23:48. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:18.speed. He should have a pretty tasty last lap and that should
:24:18. > :24:28.bring it rocketing down. Kipruto in third place. The Olympic champion.
:24:28. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:46.The joint leader with Kemboi in the Diamond League this season. Collect
:24:46. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:10.outside the average pace needed. -- his way outside. They need at 235
:25:10. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:36.for the final kilometre. Mekhissi right. -- cole mack. He is one of
:25:36. > :25:40.the greats of steeplechase. An absolute superb steeplechaser.
:25:40. > :25:45.Fourth in the world championships. He is really taking the race on.
:25:45. > :25:52.This is all about him. There is no European record in sight. The
:25:52. > :26:02.Olympic champion is chasing him. He is about 40 metres behind. He is
:26:02. > :26:08.
:26:08. > :26:18.absolutely flying. He goes through the bell on about 6.58. Mighty
:26:18. > :26:28.impressive. Mekhissi Benabbad of 40 metres back. He is really giving
:26:28. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:38.this a good alan mack. He is watching the clock. -- go. Kipruto
:26:38. > :26:48.is chasing him down. Look get him go. Look at the advantage he has
:26:48. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :27:00.got. About 150 metres left. One more Barrier. Mekhissi Benabbad has
:27:00. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:14.been overtaken for third place. Look at this. 6.57. Fantastic. Just
:27:14. > :27:15.
:27:15. > :27:25.outside eight minutes. Kiprop Tower in second place. In third place,
:27:25. > :27:29.
:27:29. > :27:34.Roba Gary of Ethiopia. That was a superb run in the end. Way outside
:27:34. > :27:44.schedule for eight minutes and this man almost pulled it back.
:27:44. > :27:45.
:27:45. > :27:51.final kilometre or was 2.36. He almost did it. With no competition,
:27:51. > :27:59.frankly. Sometimes that does have a positive effect and enables the
:27:59. > :28:06.athlete to run in a very uninhibited manner. That was a very
:28:06. > :28:11.impressive run. It really was. He was down as a pacemaker. He has
:28:11. > :28:17.done the job before. He did it last year. He has tried to do it again.
:28:17. > :28:27.As soon as he realised the French man could not go with him, he took
:28:27. > :28:35.
:28:35. > :28:41.it on and braced himself. Look at They are love their endurance races
:28:41. > :28:49.here. For one night only they love their sprinters even more. Usain
:28:49. > :28:59.Bolt, and up in 90 minutes. To whet your appetite, we went to Jamaica
:28:59. > :29:04.
:29:04. > :29:11.I never knew I would be running 9.5. I never saw that coming. Usain Bolt
:29:11. > :29:18.dominated world sprinting into 2009. But last year did not go so well.
:29:18. > :29:24.Defeat to Tyson Gay and injury ended his season early. Last season
:29:25. > :29:34.was a knock a serious season. It was a season not to do too much,
:29:35. > :29:37.
:29:37. > :29:43.tried -- try to wrest up a little That defeat in Stockholm to Tyson
:29:43. > :29:50.Gay proved he was beatable. Yes, Tyson beat me and he deserved it.
:29:50. > :29:55.He really worked hard and he stayed focused. Now I am ready. I am
:29:55. > :30:01.working hard trying to get into shape. When I am in shape I have no
:30:01. > :30:11.worries. He opened the season with a 100-metre victory in a Rome. Just.
:30:11. > :30:12.
:30:12. > :30:19.What can we expect for the rest of the year? Me and Thyssen will meet
:30:19. > :30:23.before the World Championship. These are things... I want to see
:30:23. > :30:31.where I Matt. Do you think it is too much about you? I know you have
:30:31. > :30:36.to beat me to get to the top. Yes, but it is all about the
:30:36. > :30:42.Championship. You have to have a different focus. My focus is to get
:30:42. > :30:52.to the Championship. For me, I never tried to talk about 1%. I
:30:52. > :30:57.
:30:57. > :31:03.What makes me different from everybody else, I am confident of
:31:03. > :31:09.and more relaxed. I am confident about what I do as long as I am in
:31:09. > :31:17.good shape. When I go out there I make the crowd in to it. I want to
:31:18. > :31:24.laugh, smile, have a lot of energy around me. Just make people enjoy
:31:24. > :31:27.being around me, or just seen me. Last year he was having fun, a bit
:31:27. > :31:31.injured, lost to Tyson Gay, nobody really batted an eyelid, we
:31:31. > :31:37.expected him to come out in Rome and show he was boss, but he did
:31:37. > :31:41.not redirect. He had a bad start in Rome and had to spend a lot of time
:31:41. > :31:48.having to claw back the power. He just managed to do it, then went on
:31:48. > :31:52.to Ostrava and ran 100 metres again, identical time. He was slow for him.
:31:52. > :31:58.It's relative terms for him, yes. But he won, the most important
:31:58. > :32:02.thing. He would be happy with that. For me, it is just a building
:32:02. > :32:05.process for him again. The key thing athletes require his
:32:05. > :32:12.victories, and he is still winning, which is important. And he is
:32:12. > :32:18.healthy. It is difficult to do anything in the shadows for him. It
:32:18. > :32:23.is a sell-out here for one reason. He knows his responsibilities here,
:32:23. > :32:27.he knows all the crowds are here to see what he can do. He laps up that,
:32:28. > :32:33.you get energy from it, it is a driving factor for his performance.
:32:33. > :32:37.He enjoys this environment he is in right now. Even though he is under
:32:37. > :32:42.great pressure to go out there again and again to perform and run
:32:42. > :32:46.quickly, he certainly has his eyes on the target of the championships.
:32:46. > :32:51.He always says he wants to become a legend in the sport. He believes
:32:51. > :32:55.the anyway to do that is by winning two Olympic titles back to that.
:32:55. > :32:59.His focus is certainly on doing that in 2012. How much do you think
:32:59. > :33:04.he feels the pressure? One of the things we love about him is the
:33:04. > :33:10.body popping, the spiralling, like no other athlete you have seen a --
:33:10. > :33:15.the smiling. Do you think he feels the pressure? Every athlete would.
:33:15. > :33:18.He understands it well, he knows he is a target and when you are a
:33:18. > :33:27.target you must be on your game every time. If it does not happen
:33:27. > :33:30.you lose. Tyson Gay proved that. He knows he does not one that to
:33:30. > :33:37.happen again so he will be very cautious when he goes on track and
:33:37. > :33:47.will want to win. He is good enough to. They can down is starting to
:33:47. > :33:47.
:33:47. > :34:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:34:38. > :34:48.that race. Now the women's 100 medallist. And George of Greece
:34:48. > :34:48.
:34:48. > :35:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:35:46. > :35:53.indoors last March are in this previous position. We did have a
:35:53. > :35:57.couple of false starts in warm-up races earlier in the evening. World
:35:57. > :36:04.indoor silver-medallist of 2008 m bronze-medallist last year from
:36:04. > :36:14.those European Championships in Britain, that one coming down just
:36:14. > :36:15.
:36:15. > :36:25.below eight metres. Tomlinson, six in the jumping order among us this
:36:25. > :36:34.
:36:34. > :36:44.stage. It will take six jumps. The order will be reversed after three
:36:44. > :37:12.
:37:12. > :37:22.the long shut -- long jump runway results are anything to go by. --
:37:22. > :37:56.
:37:56. > :38:03.smile lead. Her season's best. One other quickest times. -- one of her
:38:03. > :38:12.quickest times. She broke her leg in Athens briefly years ago but she
:38:12. > :38:18.wins there by a good metre. Norwegian got away pretty well but
:38:18. > :38:23.all of a sudden this young woman had a strong second half of the
:38:23. > :38:27.race, certainly from 60 metres out, she started to really motor. A win
:38:27. > :38:33.speed of 2.2 metres per second incidentally. That is over the
:38:33. > :38:40.legal limit. It does not seem that, I must admit. There does not seem
:38:40. > :38:47.to be much wind. I am trying to look at the flags are highly
:38:47. > :38:51.stadium. I guess the 11.01 indicates they could have been a
:38:51. > :38:56.good training went but certainly no evidence it is above two metres
:38:56. > :39:06.from here. A bit of a drizzle coming down again. It is a shame. I
:39:06. > :39:33.
:39:33. > :39:37.record but for -- but for that wind, Commonwealth champion, too. Silver-
:39:37. > :39:43.medallist in 2005, got a few credentials. Third in Shanghai.
:39:43. > :39:49.Very quick on the runway. A a very good lift against the white flag.
:39:49. > :39:56.Very strong. He has a bit left but that is pretty safe. A bit of
:39:56. > :40:06.backward rotation in that. If he get that right, there is a lot more
:40:06. > :40:35.
:40:35. > :40:45.Silver in Beijing. A world silver medal in Berlin. A personal best of
:40:45. > :41:01.
:41:01. > :41:11.white flag. He has good speed and he really gets good lift. Lovely
:41:11. > :41:28.
:41:28. > :41:38.come, I reckon, on that evidence. The you would hope so. The wind is
:41:38. > :41:47.
:41:47. > :41:57.in the favour of the long jumpers better than that. That just about
:41:57. > :42:21.
:42:21. > :42:29.takes the lead. De Zordo there. He centimetres. A long way to go yet
:42:29. > :42:39.though. The next event on the track is the final of the women's 100-
:42:39. > :42:58.
:42:58. > :43:08.Managed to get through to the final. And to know there was 4th in her
:43:08. > :43:24.
:43:24. > :43:27.that was back in 2008. Probably the favourite from Norway. A Norwegian
:43:27. > :43:31.record holder now. Bronze- medallists this year. She only
:43:31. > :43:39.lives 30 seconds from here. She can see the track from a window, she
:43:39. > :43:49.says. Nichole Denby of America, second in her heat. She was 5th in
:43:49. > :44:04.
:44:04. > :44:11.the diamond lead race in Doha. -- Olympics. Ferdinand 8, 13.6. Gemma
:44:12. > :44:21.Bennett of Great Britain. UK indoor champion this year. Season's best,
:44:22. > :44:24.
:44:24. > :44:29.13.22. None of the big stars in this race. The Americans, Canadians.
:44:29. > :44:39.The Norwegian is here. Tall and looked good in qualifying, fastest
:44:39. > :44:39.
:44:39. > :45:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:45:29. > :45:36.takes it. 12.79. That is pretty good. She was 5th in Rome. 12.86,
:45:36. > :45:45.that was. She has done better here. Very much better than the heat.
:45:45. > :45:55.That is a very good time. The best of the season. Improving race by
:45:55. > :45:58.
:45:58. > :46:08.race. She is very close to a personal best there. She has won by
:46:08. > :46:13.
:46:13. > :46:23.some margin. Just two athletes under 13 seconds. The crowd love it.
:46:23. > :46:24.
:46:24. > :46:28.They have got their home macro victory. -- home victory. It will
:46:28. > :46:38.give her huge confidence when the best of the rest do come and and
:46:38. > :46:45.
:46:45. > :46:52.compete in anger on at the European fast. That is the advantage of the
:46:52. > :46:55.height she has got. A very comprehensive victory. A lot of
:46:55. > :47:02.pressure on the home athletes, particularly those who have a good
:47:02. > :47:09.chance of making the rostrum. She absorbed the pressure and fate of
:47:09. > :47:19.it well. Nice speed of the final barrier. I it's quite relaxed, too.
:47:19. > :47:34.
:47:34. > :47:41.That is a good run. -- she looks Gemma Bennett alongside me. 6th
:47:41. > :47:47.place. How do you feel? By an not impressed at all. I came here Mac
:47:47. > :47:52.to do better. I am upset. Back to the drawing board. It will come at
:47:52. > :47:59.the trials. Good performance get into the final. What did not bowl
:47:59. > :48:06.well? My first six hurdles were OK. It was the rest I was not so good
:48:06. > :48:12.on. A big arena, a lot to deal with? Yes, a great atmosphere. The
:48:12. > :48:21.crowd is big. I will take the positives from today, work and the
:48:21. > :48:30.negatives in training. Colin, what did you make of that race? Was set
:48:30. > :48:36.up free home when? Absolutely. She ran very well in the qualification.
:48:36. > :48:40.She was a fraction off. It is very tough for somebody like Gemma Ben
:48:40. > :48:48.de come to this kind of competition. It is very congested in the warm-up
:48:48. > :48:54.zone. That can sometimes suffer in this kind of Arena. But the most
:48:54. > :48:59.important thing is for her to take the positive from the race. 1 T six
:48:59. > :49:07.was very nice, very solid. She still has time to improve for the
:49:07. > :49:14.trials. The men's hurdles next. Andy Turner Goes. There are some
:49:14. > :49:21.very good contenders. How do you see this one going? And Deacon goal
:49:21. > :49:26.from first to 4th. It is a tight race. -- Andy Turner can go. He
:49:26. > :49:30.needs to believe in himself. He has had some great victories. The new
:49:30. > :49:38.come into a race like this, you look around, you have to think
:49:38. > :49:45.you're capable. Also, look what happened in the women's race.
:49:45. > :49:51.Conditions reasonably quick. You will look at it and think, I can do
:49:51. > :49:55.at season's best. If not a personal best. He was only four hundred this
:49:55. > :50:01.of his personal best in Jamaica when he beat a couple of big names.
:50:01. > :50:11.I think he is now getting into this true world-class zone. I guess he
:50:11. > :50:13.
:50:13. > :50:23.hoped he might have kicked on. He has been around the high mark of
:50:23. > :50:23.
:50:23. > :50:29.13.2 for a while. One of his problems is that he suffers from a
:50:29. > :50:34.niggling injuries. It is very difficult to put power through the
:50:34. > :50:40.Achilles when you are suffering with injury. I just hope that he
:50:40. > :50:47.can move on and raised his game a fracture and in the major
:50:47. > :50:57.championships. -- raised. Who would have thought 13.14 would take the
:50:57. > :51:03.
:51:03. > :51:09.title in Berlin? Great to see Yang Bak? It is brilliant. We all know
:51:09. > :51:16.what David Oliver can do. And now that he is also there, in
:51:16. > :51:21.contention, for me it is very exciting. You saw how Oliver
:51:21. > :51:26.changed his game. I think he got nothing -- got caught napping in
:51:26. > :51:34.Shanghai? Yes, there was no messing about. When he went to the United
:51:34. > :51:39.States, he thought, I am on home turf. I am in shape. I will deliver.
:51:39. > :51:45.Of course, the most difficult thing for David is the trials. You have
:51:45. > :51:50.to get through the US trials. If you crash out after the first
:51:50. > :52:00.hurdle, the world championships is over. The men's long jump is
:52:00. > :52:11.
:52:11. > :52:21.Lovely technique but not quite what he wanted. The timing not quite
:52:21. > :52:31.right. So many factors involved. Do not rotate backwards to us back for
:52:31. > :52:45.
:52:45. > :52:55.Eugene. -- he was second. The high jumper is already providing some
:52:55. > :53:15.
:53:15. > :53:24.That is just over 80 metres. He can do better than that. That is an
:53:24. > :53:30.improvement. He leads the Diamond League standings. Just over 80
:53:30. > :53:40.metres. He is smiling. European Championship and Olympic bronze-
:53:40. > :53:46.
:53:46. > :53:52.medallist. He elevate himself to third place. When you look at the
:53:52. > :54:02.Latvian, he is weighed down at the bottom with 75 metres. He is and
:54:02. > :54:04.
:54:04. > :54:14.80-metre thrower. There is the big man. Preparing, by last event of
:54:14. > :54:29.
:54:29. > :54:34.on the track is the men's 110 metres hurdles. The line-up
:54:34. > :54:44.includes the White Thomas, the Jamaican record holder. -- plight
:54:44. > :54:45.
:54:45. > :54:55.Thomas. None of the big three here. The next four best hurdlers in the
:54:55. > :55:12.
:55:12. > :55:17.Andy Turner, Commonwealth and European champion last year. He has
:55:17. > :55:27.been struggling with injury but he finished fourth in Eugene. Thomas
:55:27. > :55:29.
:55:29. > :55:35.in Leyne four. Very close to the national record. Aries Merritt, the
:55:35. > :55:45.5th fastest man in the world. Third in the Eugene. Joel Brown in lane
:55:45. > :55:49.
:55:49. > :55:57.six. Ryan Wilson in seven. 6th in Eugene. Struggling for form. And
:55:57. > :56:01.yet another American, Dominic Berger. He has already set a
:56:01. > :56:05.personal best this season. Ironically at a meeting when so
:56:05. > :56:13.many of the Americans have stayed in America to take part in those
:56:13. > :56:19.two meetings in a Eugene and New York, which comes up in 48 hours,
:56:19. > :56:24.there are six American athletes lining up for these hurdles. Andy
:56:24. > :56:30.Turner had an injection of some 10 days ago on his Achilles. They said
:56:30. > :56:40.it helped a great deal. He was running pain-free. That certainly
:56:40. > :57:07.
:57:07. > :57:17.made a difference in Eugene. He had Andy Turner. Aries Merritt wins,
:57:17. > :57:17.
:57:17. > :57:27.Thomas second. If that is confirmed, he has set her new season's best.
:57:27. > :57:35.
:57:35. > :57:45.Hardly any map wind -- any wind. Turner started so well. Fabulous
:57:45. > :57:55.
:57:55. > :58:00.from Aries Merritt. He has been the number three all season. He has got
:58:00. > :58:06.terrific basic speed. A former world junior champion. He has come
:58:06. > :58:12.through very strongly. Did not get the best start. Thomas was closing.
:58:12. > :58:22.Andy Turner was going really well. But once Thomas came up on his
:58:22. > :58:23.
:58:24. > :58:33.shoulder Butt macro --.... He is a very strong contender, this man.
:58:34. > :58:38.
:58:38. > :58:48.Third in Shanghai, third in the Eugene. He is close to 13 flat.
:58:48. > :59:08.
:59:08. > :59:12.Very nice solid, controlled piece European champion in 1994 put this
:59:12. > :59:19.very strong team of high jumpers together here for Germany. But it
:59:19. > :59:24.is not working out. The conditions not that bad. We are getting people
:59:24. > :59:34.struggling at heights he would not expect them to struggle at. -- you
:59:34. > :59:54.
:59:54. > :00:02.Andy Turner alongside me. Fourth. Tell us about the fitness? I had an
:00:02. > :00:07.injection last week. I am 80% Faye -- pain-free, which is nice. Now I
:00:07. > :00:11.can fully focus on my training. It is just nice to know that when I
:00:11. > :00:21.drive to training I will be able to train that day. I never knew how it
:00:21. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:31.would be. I ran 13.7 in Hend LA. I In terms of the injection, is is
:00:31. > :00:36.something to manage the injury through the season? Or should it
:00:36. > :00:40.solve the problem? I hope it will solve it. I do not know to be
:00:40. > :00:47.honest. I know it is better after the injections so for now I am
:00:48. > :00:51.happy. It is a tough decision for you because you would miss the
:00:51. > :00:56.world championships in a heartbeat to make sure you are ready for 2012.
:00:56. > :01:00.A had the problem for most of 2012. -- most of -- I had this problem
:01:00. > :01:06.for most of last year. It is frustrating, always in pain, every
:01:06. > :01:13.time I ran, train, or race. Always in pain. I and 30 now, I have to
:01:13. > :01:17.grab every opportunity -- I am 30. It was an easy decision for me. I
:01:17. > :01:22.want to get back out there and compete. The race got out well but
:01:22. > :01:26.midway started to go backwards. is a shame it was not 60 metres.
:01:26. > :01:32.That was my best 60 metres every! Maybe the lack of training I have
:01:32. > :01:37.had a showed towards the end. Those boys just came through on me. If I
:01:37. > :01:42.can get some good work behind me, I feel in good shape, I can keep up
:01:42. > :01:52.with those boys. Last year I took 13.32 and I would have been happy
:01:52. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :03:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:03:00. > :03:07.with that but right now I am time. Rusanova, the Russian indoor
:03:07. > :03:15.champion, 58.14. She is in good form, so is Yvonne Hak. The Dutch
:03:15. > :03:19.woman, European silver-medallist last year. Svetlana Klyuka. A
:03:19. > :03:29.silver-medallist in the European Championships in 2006. Third in
:03:29. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:41.Eugene. Janeth Jepkosgei I, eight in Rome but then third in the 800
:03:41. > :04:07.
:04:07. > :04:13.European champion, three successive having, growing in stature race by
:04:13. > :04:22.race. Bronze-medallist in Berlin, European bronze-medallist. Then
:04:22. > :04:29.Caster Semenya, the world champion from 2009. Second in Eugene. She
:04:29. > :04:35.says the first 150 was too slow. We will see what happens today.
:04:35. > :04:45.Hachlaf, semi-finalists in the World Championships. Karen Shinkins
:04:45. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:11.has been given the job of pacing principles will want to get out of
:05:11. > :05:16.the way. Caster Semenya got off quickly on the outside. Straight in
:05:16. > :05:26.behind Karen Shinkins. Jenny Meadows coming across surely to
:05:26. > :05:26.
:05:27. > :05:32.take close order. Jet Koskei is there as well. -- Jepkosgei. They
:05:32. > :05:42.have to be careful here it is not too quick. Caster Semenya looks
:05:42. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:55.very strong. Jenny Meadows in too quick there. -- Karen Shinkins.
:05:55. > :05:58.I get the feeling Caster Semenya is really going for it here. Many
:05:58. > :06:05.people murmured that she look like she was holding back few days ago.
:06:05. > :06:12.It will be fascinating to see how she gets through this second lap.
:06:12. > :06:22.She gave them 56.5, absolutely on schedule. Absolutely superb, her
:06:22. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:34.racing brain developing really well. Svetlana Klyuka of Russia 4th there.
:06:34. > :06:51.
:06:52. > :06:55.Caster Semenya will not give in now. Caster Semenya, Jenny Meadows,
:06:55. > :07:05.Caster Semenya and a Mariya Savinova coming through. Hachlaf
:07:05. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:16.coming through strongly on the Hachlaf. Semi-finalist in the world
:07:16. > :07:26.championships but she has a habit of pulling out good performances. A
:07:26. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:47.very good race at. Jenny Meadows in the race. It was left very late.
:07:47. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :07:58.average speed. Hachlaf came through and picked of bodies all way down
:07:58. > :08:04.the home straight. Det Bukovsky was only 4th there. Jenny Meadows back
:08:04. > :08:10.in 5th place. A lot of changing of positions, certainly a strong run
:08:10. > :08:14.from Mariya Savinova. Hachlaf came through in the last 25 metres. She
:08:14. > :08:24.did not have any time to respond to the Moroccan and the Russian. It is
:08:24. > :08:41.
:08:41. > :08:49.Jenny Meadows with me. A season's best. You are very happy. Really a
:08:49. > :08:56.happy. I started the season well. I picked up a really bad cold which
:08:56. > :09:02.really threw me all week. My last race just four days ago I knew I
:09:02. > :09:06.was ill but as an athlete you start wondering. I am pleased with that
:09:06. > :09:10.because I was only 90 per cent right. It is such an improvement on
:09:10. > :09:14.my last race and give me another week I will hopefully be in better
:09:14. > :09:19.shape again. It does not get much better than that in terms of
:09:19. > :09:28.quality of race. Exactly. I looked at the field and thought there are
:09:28. > :09:32.five Top girls in this race. It was very much the sort of race we are
:09:32. > :09:39.going to see in debut. I sneaked into the top five, I don't want to
:09:39. > :09:44.be there, I want be in the top through. -- top three. Tactically
:09:44. > :09:48.you were perfect. You could not fault how you ran the race. It was
:09:48. > :09:52.just the legs. Normally at the end of the race I am my strongest. But
:09:52. > :09:55.I knew with 100 to go was really hanging on rather than coming
:09:55. > :10:05.through which is what I managed to do my first few races. I am really
:10:05. > :10:10.excited actually. To run that only 90 per cent) sure I can get back to
:10:10. > :10:13.my 1.57 which I saw in Berlin. I am looking forward to the
:10:13. > :10:19.championships. Britain had a good team in the event and we really
:10:19. > :10:23.hope we can push Russia all the way. In my race I have Mariya Savinova,
:10:23. > :10:28.who was second there, so it will be a good race for me. I look forward
:10:28. > :10:35.to testing myself against her next week. We look forward to watching
:10:35. > :10:38.you. We had an explanation there of why she lost her legs. What was
:10:39. > :10:44.interesting was we expected Caster Semenya to go away and it did not
:10:44. > :10:49.happen. She went with the time and pace that we expected her to be
:10:49. > :10:56.stronger. But when you talk about the world leader and the young lady
:10:56. > :11:05.herself is here, it is fantastic. What are your thought on that
:11:05. > :11:10.It went according to plan. Unfortunately the finish was not
:11:10. > :11:18.good. I am happy with the time. Where is your next competition from
:11:18. > :11:22.here? We have not confirmed but I think Paris, or Laos and. Two of
:11:23. > :11:28.them. I you looking forward to the World Championships and defending
:11:28. > :11:36.Your championship? -- are you. is good to defend my title, I just
:11:36. > :11:40.need to be strong. Get back to normal. It is a big event. It is
:11:40. > :11:44.part of the experience. I do not have a problem with it. Do you
:11:44. > :11:50.expect to run a bit quicker -- did you expect to run quicker this
:11:50. > :11:54.evening? Yes. Sometimes you need to run brave. You must not care he was
:11:54. > :12:00.in the race, you just have to run your own race. That is all. Thank
:12:00. > :12:05.you for talking to us. A good performance tonight. Think what she
:12:05. > :12:09.has been through. Becoming world champion under that cloud of
:12:09. > :12:13.suspicion whether she was eligible to compete as a woman. The test has
:12:13. > :12:17.been done, it is all fine, which is one thing, but another to have to
:12:17. > :12:20.live true that, then come back out on the track when people have had
:12:20. > :12:23.all those suspicions. It is very tough and she knows every time she
:12:23. > :12:27.goes out there everybody will be looking at that. But she has used
:12:27. > :12:31.her head very well, she is gaining experience about racing again and
:12:31. > :12:37.we chatted so much about race experience and it is important,
:12:38. > :12:45.especially when you come into a major championships. The women's
:12:45. > :12:55.5000 metres next. One of the greatest 5000 metres -- 5,000-metre
:12:55. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:09.runners of all time, Sarah the far. They have taken the bull by the
:13:09. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:14.horns here. The long jump. A lovely lift off the board by the lead in
:13:14. > :13:20.here. He is really impressing me, terrific lift. He has the speed but
:13:20. > :13:30.he can control it. He hits the board, lifts of be to be. Superb on
:13:30. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:41.the board. Good lift. -- lifts off superbly. Lot of height Thorey
:13:41. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:46.start. He is happy with that. -- a lot of height for race start. The
:13:46. > :13:56.wind is fluctuating at the moment. They did not seem very much down
:13:56. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:07.there. -- it did not. It is the same. He maintains the first
:14:07. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:26.nice long pull on that one. Really hit that very nicely. Just over 80
:14:26. > :14:35.metres. That is better. Could be nearer 81. He is a big man. He has
:14:35. > :14:45.long levers, a long pull on the javelin. That is about 81 metres.
:14:45. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :15:01.That will put him in contention for pacemaker is still at the front.
:15:01. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:31.the first bend. Lots of flags and banners being waved. The rain
:15:31. > :15:38.begins to come down. Not great conditions. I get the feeling the
:15:38. > :15:48.pacemaker is struggling. She is averaging about 70 seconds per lap.
:15:48. > :15:58.The rain gets harder. They are on their own. Meseret Defar had in
:15:58. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:06.front, one of the quickest athletes in history. Not the conditions they
:16:06. > :16:13.are used to in Africa. Nine laps remaining. Meseret Defar in second
:16:13. > :16:23.place. She is probably more comfortable there. Meselech Melkamu
:16:23. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:42.in front. Some people would like to think she is the world record
:16:42. > :16:42.
:16:43. > :16:52.holder. She does not have great speed. She is not a finisher like
:16:53. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :17:00.Meseret Defar. Meseret Defar tries to put the pedal down. Meselech
:17:00. > :17:05.Melkamu in third place. They have struggled for a pacemakers. Of
:17:05. > :17:11.course, it was on the premise that they are all looking for a
:17:11. > :17:18.qualification times for the World Championships. It may develop into
:17:18. > :17:28.a proper race. We have got that now. Meseret Defar has grown very
:17:28. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:41.quickly ear mack. -- run very quickly here. They have got at the
:17:41. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:14.rain Macs out and the umbrellas. -- He is in third place. They
:18:15. > :18:24.continued to plough around. The pay is being taken on by a number of
:18:25. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:44.different athlete. They are sharing this well. Another 72nd lap. Six
:18:44. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:59.laps remaining. Nobody has done any real damage yet. Another Ethiopian
:18:59. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:19.almost like a cycle race. Somebody takes the lead for a lap. I really
:19:19. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:29.think it is almost orchestrated. They are sharing the work. The
:19:29. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:46.second kilometre was considerably quicker. Yes, 2.58. They are really
:19:46. > :19:48.
:19:48. > :19:57.operating at not much quicker than it 0.50 pace. -- 8.50. The middle
:19:57. > :20:03.stages of this race. Still some 12 bodies of there. As Mike there. As
:20:03. > :20:10.we get further into the second half, it will play more into the hands of
:20:10. > :20:19.Meseret Defar, who we will -- we who we have seen run 60 seconds for
:20:19. > :20:26.the final lap. She won a 5,000 metres recently. She won 10,000 in
:20:26. > :20:36.Stockholm. We know how far -- fast she can go. World champion in a
:20:36. > :20:42.Sacker. She can turn it on when it matters. -- Osaka. I would expect
:20:42. > :20:51.Sentayehu Ejigu to be him with a real chance. -- are being with a
:20:51. > :21:01.real chance. Once again, the leading group fluctuate. The rhythm
:21:01. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:07.is changing. For five laps remaining. -- five laps remaining.
:21:07. > :21:14.Meseret Defar has done more than her fair share at the front. She
:21:14. > :21:24.has the quickest finish of all of these athletes. Meselech Melkamu in
:21:24. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:04.for the first time. 8 or 9 Africans in front. One athlete pulling out.
:22:04. > :22:14.
:22:14. > :22:24.The world junior champion in 2008 jump. Second attempt for its bank.
:22:24. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:42.the rain. They are leaning away, the needle spikes. There must be
:22:42. > :22:52.doubt in their mind. There might be a slip. Look at the rain. He is in
:22:52. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :23:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:23:59. > :24:09.lead. Along with sell-off. -- sell- minutes for the fourth: Nutter. The
:24:09. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:23.slowest of the race so far. -- kilometre. Two laps remaining. The
:24:23. > :24:38.
:24:38. > :24:48.Spaniard is at the front. I do fourth place. -- tightly tucked in
:24:48. > :24:59.
:25:00. > :25:09.Spaniard doing a good job. She has not run a 5,000 metres race so far
:25:10. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:22.this year. She is having a wonderful race. Recently ran
:25:22. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:49.Meseret Defar moving up. Sentayehu Ejigu in third. They'd athlete's in
:25:49. > :26:03.
:26:03. > :26:13.Meseret Defar in second place. Sentayehu Ejigu in fourth. Look at
:26:13. > :26:24.
:26:24. > :26:30.the acceleration. Meseret Defar ready to kick hard. She is the
:26:30. > :26:40.master tactician. She has been here so many times. It is an Ethiopian
:26:40. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:54.one, two, 34. -- 3, 4. Sentayehu Ejigu second. 14.37 the winning
:26:54. > :27:04.time. Six seconds outside the fastest time in the world. A
:27:04. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:14.wonderful race. Great times will be in their wake. Let's see how the
:27:14. > :27:20.Spaniard did. Meseret Defar has got that winning habit. Yes indeed. We
:27:20. > :27:25.have seen it before on this track. She is there in the right place at
:27:25. > :27:32.the right time. The determination. Sentayehu Ejigu is always there. A
:27:32. > :27:42.great race between those three in the final stages. Meseret Defar
:27:42. > :27:46.
:27:46. > :27:50.still has the energy to celebrate. A little dance. Lots of support.
:27:50. > :27:58.Wonderful celebration. The umbrellas out. It is absolutely
:27:58. > :28:05.torrential. Chris Tomlinson has another job. These are difficult
:28:05. > :28:15.conditions, certainly. The lead still 8.07. The weather taking its
:28:15. > :28:16.
:28:16. > :28:21.toll. That is not a bad job. He has got a white flag. -- bad job. It
:28:21. > :28:28.looks better. He looked happier with that. Absolutely spot on the
:28:28. > :28:34.board. Looked to be on the board. Good lift. Round about eight metres.
:28:34. > :28:44.He could be in there with a challenge. Looks a little more
:28:44. > :28:51.
:28:51. > :28:55.interested in the outcome this time. I am sure he got a white flag. 7.87.
:28:55. > :29:05.It was better. It looked a little better than that. Still struggling
:29:05. > :29:28.
:29:28. > :29:38.to get to the aid metre line. -- performance. European silver-
:29:38. > :29:41.
:29:41. > :29:51.medallist. One of the few world- class left-handers. He was eighth
:29:51. > :30:04.
:30:04. > :30:14.in Doha. He is getting better. Pitkamaki down in a place. -- aid
:30:14. > :30:34.
:30:34. > :30:43.macro. Overall, Pitkamaki and jump. Andrey Silnov... No. I am not
:30:43. > :30:49.surprised. The Olympic champion. Still only 26. He saw his
:30:49. > :30:59.compatriots go out in the early stages. His third failure. Staying
:30:59. > :30:59.
:30:59. > :31:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:31:42. > :31:47.that one. Time now for the blue ribbon at middle-distance event.
:31:47. > :31:53.This is the Dream Mile. It goes back over many years. 14 athletes
:31:53. > :31:58.out there. It is a race which has so many world records over the
:31:58. > :32:08.years. Sebastian Coe is just a few feet over to our left, an
:32:08. > :32:23.
:32:23. > :32:33.record in 1985. On Saturday we had a great mile. The meeting record
:32:33. > :32:41.
:32:41. > :32:48.here is 3.44 0.9. That would be too Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba's mother
:32:48. > :32:52.died. He had to go back to Kenya. He is only 20 but has improved
:32:52. > :33:00.hugely. Keitany was the winner last week in Eugene in a closely-fought
:33:00. > :33:10.race. The Olympic champion of 1500 metres is also in this field, Asbel
:33:10. > :33:14.Kiprop. He ran a disastrous race last week, awful. He finished in
:33:14. > :33:18.third place. But he finished like a train, just left himself with far
:33:18. > :33:22.too much to do in the latter stages. I would imagine a coach somewhere
:33:22. > :33:32.has had a long chat with him and told him to concentrate and stay
:33:32. > :33:38.near the front end of the fields. Do pacemakers. Collins Cheboi will
:33:38. > :33:42.try to take them to 1200 metres. This is a mile. It is about nine
:33:42. > :33:46.metres longer than four laps. It makes the old split times a bit
:33:46. > :33:56.hard to calculate particularly as tonight we understand the clock.
:33:56. > :34:06.Each time they go through the finish line. -- the clock stop each
:34:06. > :34:12.
:34:12. > :34:17.that they have to struggle through tough whether because they are
:34:17. > :34:22.tough men to maintain the tradition of this race. You never get an easy
:34:22. > :34:32.race against the Africans, always quick and fast. We are looking for
:34:32. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :35:00.pacemakers have a real reputation it, particularly Collins Cheboi. As
:35:00. > :35:04.
:35:04. > :35:14.well as the other Kenyan, big so now and Polonaise. -- Vickson Naran
:35:14. > :35:43.
:35:43. > :35:51.bell will be with 409 metres to go. straight. Just over two laps to run.
:35:51. > :35:56.Collins Cheboi on the outside there. They go through 800 there. I
:35:56. > :36:03.understand, from what we have been told, that that is 809 metres, that
:36:03. > :36:13.split. There is the Olympic champion looking comfortable, Asbel
:36:13. > :36:26.
:36:26. > :36:34.Kiprop. Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba in Eugene last week. He is catching up.
:36:34. > :36:43.The best of them on Africans at the moment, Jeffrey Riseley. He won in
:36:43. > :36:52.Ostrava about 10 days ago. Collins Cheboi, the second pacemaker. They
:36:52. > :36:58.have gathered themselves a bit here. Dave Zanni is also in there. --
:36:58. > :37:08.Keitany. He has been going well, world indoor bronze-medallist this
:37:08. > :37:10.
:37:10. > :37:17.year, he won in Eugene, and be is in good form. Nixon Kiplimo
:37:17. > :37:25.Chepseba is leading. Jeffrey Riseley having a good race here. He
:37:25. > :37:31.is battling with the best of them. Asbel Kiprop in 5th at the moment.
:37:31. > :37:41.Mekonnen Gebremedhin Leeds. Grimacing as they come into the
:37:41. > :37:56.
:37:56. > :38:01.lost so much time on that third lap. They really did not attack it. You
:38:01. > :38:06.have to if you want to get down there. It simply did not happen but
:38:06. > :38:10.a great competitive run there. I think Asbel Kiprop has gained a bit
:38:10. > :38:14.more credibility there with a beautifully judged race. Got it
:38:14. > :38:19.right by half a metre there. Only at the front for the first time
:38:19. > :38:22.about 30 metres out. He has had some in different lace -- in
:38:22. > :38:26.different races of late, not being in the right place at the right
:38:26. > :38:30.time, leaving it too late to close down in the final stages, but he
:38:30. > :38:34.got that one right. He has a pedigree and he has worried us.
:38:34. > :38:39.This time Keitany is under real pressure and Asbel Kiprop looks
:38:39. > :38:48.very comfortable. Good run by Jeffrey Riseley, the Australian,
:38:48. > :38:58.close in on that leading group of Africans. It was pouring down
:38:58. > :39:25.
:39:25. > :39:32.clear at his first attempt. Sudden death now. If some of does not go
:39:32. > :39:42.clear here, the Cypriot will be the winner. Ironically had a good
:39:42. > :39:50.
:39:50. > :40:00.evening. Difficult conditions for but a sigh of relief as the rain
:40:00. > :40:04.
:40:04. > :40:14.He has to clear this, the Russian, or he finishes in second and the
:40:14. > :40:19.
:40:19. > :40:22.cybrid will be the victor. I'll my very pleased to have jumped so well
:40:22. > :40:29.this evening in difficult conditions. Who knows what it will
:40:29. > :40:35.be like when it matters at the tail-end of the season? To win
:40:35. > :40:45.tonight after was a frustrating seven from the Eugene was
:40:45. > :41:10.
:41:10. > :41:20.particularly pleasing. What a clearly it's that. Does not get a
:41:20. > :41:26.
:41:26. > :41:29.lot of lift. Also had the red flag. makes his way round to the start of
:41:29. > :41:35.the 200 metres, the final track event of this programme. The track
:41:35. > :41:44.record is held by Frankie Fredericks of Namibia. 19.82, said
:41:44. > :41:48.back in 1996. That is the winner of the high jump. -- said. They tied
:41:48. > :41:58.for first, an extra jump at the height of which they tied. Then it
:41:58. > :41:58.
:41:58. > :42:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:42:46. > :42:50.thanks the crowd. He has had a lot of support for this long jump. They
:42:50. > :43:00.are so much closer in this stadium than in some. He just about makes
:43:00. > :43:06.
:43:06. > :43:16.the board. Technically he is very execution of the technique is very
:43:16. > :43:21.
:43:21. > :43:30.good. 8.07 is is leading jump. The last jumper this competition. -- at
:43:30. > :43:36.the last to jump. -- the last one to jump in this competition.
:43:36. > :43:40.wonder how Usain Bolt is going to run? His first 200 metres in over
:43:40. > :43:44.12 months. He must be nervous. It is good because it is fresh, he is
:43:44. > :43:48.ready, it is a better discipline. He said yesterday at a press
:43:48. > :43:53.conference he prefers this event, has not done it for more than a
:43:54. > :44:03.year, I suspect he will be hungry to impress. Unbeaten in 13 finals
:44:04. > :44:04.
:44:04. > :44:08.at 200 metres. His last defeat was in 2007, Brussels. He said
:44:08. > :44:14.yesterday I am definitely going to run hard to see where I am at. He
:44:14. > :44:24.said, I have just started my speed work, not really got into it yet.
:44:24. > :44:43.
:44:43. > :44:50.lovely tubercle. It is watertight. We are filling up. I am up to my
:44:50. > :44:53.knees! The big event. Usain Bolt will hate this weather. Yes but he
:44:53. > :44:57.has run many years in Europe. He has experience this type of
:44:57. > :45:02.condition. For it is interesting to see how the crowd response. As soon
:45:02. > :45:12.as he gets on the track there is anticipation. His agent has just
:45:12. > :45:25.
:45:25. > :45:30.is? -- what are your thoughts in terms of the time? I think anywhere
:45:30. > :45:40.around the 22nd figure would be a really strong performance. It has
:45:40. > :45:41.
:45:41. > :45:50.cooled off a little bit. He has got his waterproofs on. He is getting
:45:50. > :45:57.himself ready to give it a go at go. He is going to give it his all.
:45:57. > :46:07.is just about to be introduced. This place is going to go pretty
:46:07. > :46:07.
:46:07. > :46:15.mad. He has got all the moves. is a real showman. He enjoys this.
:46:15. > :46:21.It is part of the build up. He knows the crowd are really into it.
:46:21. > :46:26.When you're young, why not enjoy it? Let's hope his running matches.
:46:26. > :46:33.Do you think when he goes into a race like this, when he is focusing
:46:33. > :46:38.on performance, he would prefer not to do that. --? You s, a lot of the
:46:38. > :46:44.crowd expected to do that. -- yes. He is the ultimate professional. He
:46:44. > :46:54.knows what the crowd wants. He believes in what he is capable of
:46:54. > :46:54.
:46:54. > :48:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:48:19. > :48:29.brilliantly. Absolutely brilliantly. 19.87. Just outside the track
:48:29. > :48:32.
:48:32. > :48:42.record by frantic pass back Frankie Fredericks. -- Frankie Fredericks.
:48:42. > :48:42.
:48:42. > :48:45.19.86. World-leading time. The fastest time in the world this year.
:48:45. > :48:55.Nothing Jaysuma Saidy Ndure could do on that occasion. He could not
:48:55. > :48:57.
:48:57. > :49:03.get close. Look at the advantage he has got at the end. Brilliant.
:49:03. > :49:12.Mario Forsythe got a third over Christian Malcolm. Did not
:49:12. > :49:18.disappoint, did he? 19.86 in his slippery damp track. The rain was
:49:18. > :49:25.pouring down. Clearly he is feeling very strong. He has only just
:49:25. > :49:35.started speed work. People have been criticising him. I think he is
:49:35. > :49:41.
:49:41. > :49:49.doing fine. 19.6 in awful conditions. -- 19.86. He would have
:49:49. > :49:57.gone even faster if it was a warm evening. He ran as solid band. He
:49:57. > :50:05.was not a million miles away from Jaysuma Saidy Ndure inside him. The
:50:06. > :50:13.gap tripled at the end. He wins by eight to nine metres. It is a
:50:13. > :50:23.massive margin in a sprint event. Nothing wrong with Usain Bolt. Wall
:50:23. > :50:28.
:50:28. > :50:35.Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson here. Apologies we did not see
:50:35. > :50:40.anything of great. Not much fun, I guess? Not at all. I was a little
:50:40. > :50:47.bit tired from the last competition and I just could not get it going.
:50:47. > :50:51.Very disappointing. Tell us about Eugene? A went out there feeling
:50:51. > :50:57.fantastic. I knew it was a great place to compete. I was feeling
:50:57. > :51:06.great on the day. Even though I did not start well... Chris The and
:51:06. > :51:12.Malcolm just coming in. And we have just lost a light! Sorry about that.
:51:12. > :51:19.I just kept going and managed to react pretty well in the 5th. I
:51:19. > :51:29.know I'm in great shape. I have had three competitions. Maybe one too
:51:29. > :51:30.
:51:30. > :51:36.many today. Very annoying. You cured some of the or rotation you
:51:36. > :51:44.had been Eugene? Ya s, I have run a -- work very hard on the technical
:51:44. > :51:49.aspects. -- yes. Even though it was a fantastic job, there was still a
:51:49. > :51:57.lot more there. It does not bother me too much. Another is a lot more
:51:57. > :52:05.in the tank ready to come app. -- I know. 7.87 for you, Chris. You must
:52:05. > :52:10.be pleased? I thought one of us today would have broken the British
:52:10. > :52:15.record. I thought it would be me. I thought technique, technique, a
:52:15. > :52:18.technique. It was a poor competition. I made a mistake today
:52:18. > :52:23.and there will make sure that I do not make them in the world and the
:52:23. > :52:28.Olympics. It is really difficult to put the foot down when you think
:52:28. > :52:38.you may injury herself? Yes, of course it is. It is the same
:52:38. > :52:38.
:52:38. > :52:46.conditions for everybody else. Christian, come all over here. You
:52:46. > :52:55.were busting in before you were even invited. You're so cheeky! You
:52:55. > :53:05.must be used to this. You're from Wales?! Were have good weather
:53:05. > :53:08.
:53:08. > :53:16.there sometimes. I am pleased. Made a few mistakes. 23.7, I am pleased.
:53:16. > :53:21.Why is it like running against Usain Bolt? -- What is it like?
:53:21. > :53:28.switch-off. You ignore it. I have been in the game a long time. You
:53:28. > :53:34.cannot worry about Usain Bolt. He is beatable. He can have a bad day.
:53:34. > :53:38.You have to go out there with the winning mentality. Next week,
:53:38. > :53:48.European team Championship. Au disappointed you are only in the
:53:48. > :53:48.
:53:48. > :53:53.relay? I knew we had to get a time in by June Fifth. I only did Rome.
:53:53. > :53:59.It did not go well. At the end of the day it is nice to be part of
:53:59. > :54:04.the event. Come the trials it will be different. We you just
:54:04. > :54:14.concentrate on the 200 metres? I always do the 100 metres and the
:54:14. > :54:15.
:54:15. > :54:20.200 metres. It is good preparation for the championships. What has
:54:20. > :54:24.excited you about this season? We have the world championships...
:54:24. > :54:31.What is it about this season that will be exciting? For me,
:54:31. > :54:40.personally, it will be good to see how it all pans out. I feel in good
:54:40. > :54:46.shape. I feel things are going well. Christian, the best of luck. Tom
:54:46. > :54:56.Reed waiting for Usain Bolt to finish the lap of honour. -- we are
:54:56. > :55:23.
:55:23. > :55:32.The rain is a tipping down. It is just miserable. It did not stop
:55:32. > :55:41.Usain Bolt. He answered some questions? Absolutely. His first
:55:41. > :55:48.200 metres. His favoured distance. To run 19.86 is tremendous. He was
:55:48. > :55:54.out quickly. He looked majestic. What was nice, he was running with
:55:54. > :56:00.a smile. He had his energy, he had his bounce back. He was enjoying
:56:00. > :56:06.the competition. We will see him get closer to world record
:56:06. > :56:11.performances. Enjoyment is key. kind of forget that they raise so
:56:11. > :56:17.much pressure and expectation on him, and he does things so easily.
:56:17. > :56:25.You lose the pace it takes to get you to run that fast? Yes, we
:56:25. > :56:30.forget how good he is. It is nice to see somebody of that talent on a
:56:30. > :56:36.track doing these sensational things. I am pleased that the crowd
:56:36. > :56:41.had enjoyed it. I was hoping, if I was totally honest, that this rain
:56:41. > :56:47.would put him off his lap of honour and he would be here with us. But
:56:47. > :56:52.he is loving it. He knows the crowd have paid good money to come and
:56:52. > :56:59.see him. He is the consummate professional. It will be easy to
:56:59. > :57:07.say, it is freezing cold, I am wet, I want to get inside and get warm.
:57:07. > :57:14.But he is not doing any of that. 19.86 says it all. It is a world
:57:14. > :57:16.lead performance. He will be happy. He can leave here tonight, well
:57:16. > :57:22.rested and comfortable and confident that his season is
:57:22. > :57:26.progressing. It does not look like we will get Usain Bolt to speak to
:57:26. > :57:35.us on this programme. We will speak to him when we are off there.
:57:35. > :57:40.You'll see that online. Let's talk about Jenny Meadows. A good
:57:40. > :57:45.performance? Absolutely. She used her racing brain very well indeed.
:57:45. > :57:51.She got herself and the right position at the right time. The
:57:51. > :57:57.fact she was suffering from bad cold have her back a little better.
:57:57. > :58:02.-- from that cold. She looks like she is going to be a real contender
:58:02. > :58:12.again for the World Championships. Right on the shoulder of Caster
:58:12. > :58:18.
:58:18. > :58:25.Semenya. Great to see Perri Shakes- Drayton attacking the barriers.
:58:25. > :58:30.am hoping she will go under 54 seconds this year. I hope you have