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Good evening and welcome to live diamond lead athletics on BBC

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through. Colin Jackson and I are here to -- for the world famous

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Bislett Games -- Diamond League. Tonight the main attraction is just

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200 metres long, unusually and features arguably the best athlete

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in the world. Brilliant beyond Usain Bolt is here, competing in

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the way for the first time and his first 200 metres for 13 months. He

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says it is his favourite event that it will be under scrutiny tonight

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after a less than impressive start to the season. There will be around

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8:45pm. Do not go anywhere. Plenty more to look forward to. The most

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fiercely contested race tonight will also at -- will almost

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certainly be the women's 100 -- 800 metres. It will feature of Caster

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Semenya. Also in that race is Jenny Meadows. Already a winner on the

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Diamond League circuit this summer in Shanghai. European and

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Commonwealth high hopes champion Andy Turner is also in action. He

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could follow Jenny's footsteps to glory. In the women's 400-metre

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hurdles Perri Shakes-Drayton will look to continue their development

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to the upper echelons of world- class. -- her development. Two

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hours of high class action ahead and you can see the BBC athletes to

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a dead count on your screen. Let us know if you like, or do not like

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Perri Shakes-Drayton started the season well. She has a good chance

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this season. The European champion is in lane five. Olympic bronze-

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medallist in 2004. She translated to the hurdles nicely. Perri

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Shakes-Drayton, a fast developing young Britain. European bronze-

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medallist at quarter metre hurdles last year. Personal best at the

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400-metre flat in Rome. Well some of Jamaica, third in the

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Commonwealth Games last year -- will soon. -- Wilson. Christine

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Spence of the US on the outside lane. A big improvement on to -- in

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metres, consolidate in the third quarter, she is capable of some 55

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first bend. Nick Kalusha Wilson of Jamaica going strong on the outside.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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final stages, looking good. She is the fastest in the field on paper.

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A good run by Perri Shakes-Drayton. The young Briton is doing well.

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Improving race by race steadily. That is how to do it. Hejnova Had

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an impressive finish there. A good Shakes-Drayton is developing very

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quickly indeed. She has not really developed a stride pattern that

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suits her yet. She goes into the race and says I do not mind what

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happens but my goodness, with that personal best in Rome, that shows

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you exactly how much she is improving both on the flat and over

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Nice words there from the commentary box, how did you see it?

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Good. I do not know the time yet. I am pleased with that actually. I

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felt good coming in to it. It is an improvement from last week. I got

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my qualifying for the world here. They did even better. I was close

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on that Gail and I've beaten her before. I'm coming! Were there any

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things you were trying to focus on before the race to put right from

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previous races? To go faster! Always a good idea! I thought just

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go for it, don't hold back. What is next for you? This weekend I am in

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Bedford. Big, 200 metres I am doing that. I do not know where my next

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100-metre hurdles is. Actually in Stockholm, I will be there. We will

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see you there. Congratulations, an A season's best there for that. A

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talented young athlete. Still inexperience but to come here in

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the Diamond League... Great performance. This is the ideal race

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for that. She wants to develop into her technique, home it, a real

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high-caste pressure of the competition. I have noticed her

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improvement in technique, she approaches every hurdle with more

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confidence and you can already see she is running very well. I am

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looking forward to seeing her progress all the way through the

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year. I hope she can. This is the 5th of the series, the previous

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four were in Eugene, Shanghai and a half. Usain Bolt's season got

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underway in Rome, it was a struggle for the reigning world and Olympian

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Better news for the former Olympic -- Olympic champion, you shank. He

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beat David Oliver. There was also a victory for Jenny Meadows in

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Shanghai, have first 800 metres. Hugely impressive, but it to the

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last 200 -- particularly the last 200. Phillips Idowu started in good

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form. A fantastic win for Greg Rutherford in Eugene, 8 metres, 32.

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Marginally wind-assisted but one of his biggest wins so far. Fabulous

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There are fast Jamaicans everywhere you look. Steve Mullins, 9.80.

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Certainly one to watch. I have not forgotten the performance of the

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year so far from a British perspective. More of that later.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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The women are on the track for the year by Allyson Felix, 49.81. That

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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country mile. Very impressive. Even up until 200 metres, then between

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two and three, the third quarter, she began to take control. She was

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very strong down the home straight. Very good performance by the young

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moment. There was a strange race in Eugene where everybody fell apart.

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But that is a very good run. Discus went one better here today. -- Caz

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than us. -- Casanas. Very strong Has promised, it is time for more

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hot -- Mo farmer. Two gold medals last year in Spain. The question on

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everybody's lips was, could he do it at a global level? Could he

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compete with the very best athletes in the world? In Eugene last year

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he did a very definitive answer. -- Kenyans and adopted their lifestyle.

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The European champion, who showed marvellous acceleration on the last

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laps in Barcelona, did the same here. Little by little he wore down

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that the opposition. It was not a flat out the sprint. It was a war

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of attrition. He came home to the most astonishing time in front of a

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big crowd. 26.46. A new European record. And a British record. The

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doctrine of the African way of I have known you quite a few years.

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You are different to what you were a few years back? Yes, I have

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changed, definitely. I take it more seriously. When you're young you

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think you're doing the right things. But I was not doing the right

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things. I was going out with my friends, having fun, getting up

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will kinds of things. 1 I saw the Kenyans and how hard they train, I

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realised I had to change. -- when I saw. I love the sport. I said to

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myself, I am going to give it 110 %. Seeing them changed me. 2010 for me

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was a great year. Winning the European Chaabi chip. But then you

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look at yourself and you compare yourself to the rest of the African

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guys that what they're doing, I have run under 13 minutes, what

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else can I do? Headway get close to a world that of? That is the

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decision I made. I have known Alberto for years. It was an

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opportunity. I had a talk with him. I like what he had to say. I said

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to myself, if you're going to make it to the next step, you need to

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change. He beat her world-class field, probably the best field

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since the last world Championship. Where does that put him now?

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long I have been thinking that 10 K might be his best event. Everybody

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knows he is capable of beating everybody in the world. There is no

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hiding it. He is that good. He is incredibly strong. He has got

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incredible finishing speed. What he is doing now he's starting to pay

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off. He is going to get better. Everybody is talking about him, the

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best in the world, he will win the World Championships or the Olympic

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Games. Yet Alberto says he does not know what event you're going to do.

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I do not have a clue. I think we will make a decision down the line.

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I want to compete in the 5,000. I always wanted to improve. You

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always want to try to improve. I never thought about the 10th. But

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having run at that time, you think about it. I think we will decide

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A quite breathtaking performance? Absolutely stunning. It took our

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breath away when we saw the result. One thing about him that what

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Victory can do, you just lose with conference. He is starting to

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believe in himself. I do or think he would have believed the couple

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of years ago that he would be sitting in a hotel room giving an

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interview at talking about which event he was going to be doing at

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the Olympic Games. It is great to see him doing this. I hope he makes

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the right decision for himself. He is learning now how to race. That

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is paramount. It is going to be difficult -- hard to look beyond

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the 10,000. It is truly world-class at the top. Yes. There are so many

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top 10,000-metre runners on the track on a regular basis. He is

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producing the performances that everybody else will take note of.

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Potential Olympic champion. I do not think anybody thought we would

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be saying that. No. It is great to hear that. The KLA has been the one

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that everybody has been watching. But he has suffered so much with

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injury. You have to put the miles in. At the moment Mole is fit. He

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is healthy. You can hear more on Let's get up but the men's discus.

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the reigning Olympic champion, you have been there. His technique is

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so solid. The unwind is very spectacular. He knew that was good.

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The body language told us that. That was a superb throw. The first

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throw of the competition. Gerd A good win for the Olympic champion.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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Montsho continues her - celebration. of the race has got to motor to get

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back some of that last time. They were looking for a 5.20. The

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speed. He should have a pretty tasty last lap and that should

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bring it rocketing down. Kipruto in third place. The Olympic champion.

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The joint leader with Kemboi in the Diamond League this season. Collect

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outside the average pace needed. -- his way outside. They need at 235

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for the final kilometre. Mekhissi right. -- cole mack. He is one of

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the greats of steeplechase. An absolute superb steeplechaser.

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Fourth in the world championships. He is really taking the race on.

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This is all about him. There is no European record in sight. The

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Olympic champion is chasing him. He is about 40 metres behind. He is

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absolutely flying. He goes through the bell on about 6.58. Mighty

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impressive. Mekhissi Benabbad of 40 metres back. He is really giving

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this a good alan mack. He is watching the clock. -- go. Kipruto

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is chasing him down. Look get him go. Look at the advantage he has

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got. About 150 metres left. One more Barrier. Mekhissi Benabbad has

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been overtaken for third place. Look at this. 6.57. Fantastic. Just

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outside eight minutes. Kiprop Tower in second place. In third place,

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Roba Gary of Ethiopia. That was a superb run in the end. Way outside

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schedule for eight minutes and this man almost pulled it back.

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final kilometre or was 2.36. He almost did it. With no competition,

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frankly. Sometimes that does have a positive effect and enables the

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athlete to run in a very uninhibited manner. That was a very

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impressive run. It really was. He was down as a pacemaker. He has

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done the job before. He did it last year. He has tried to do it again.

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As soon as he realised the French man could not go with him, he took

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it on and braced himself. Look at They are love their endurance races

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here. For one night only they love their sprinters even more. Usain

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Bolt, and up in 90 minutes. To whet your appetite, we went to Jamaica

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I never knew I would be running 9.5. I never saw that coming. Usain Bolt

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dominated world sprinting into 2009. But last year did not go so well.

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Defeat to Tyson Gay and injury ended his season early. Last season

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was a knock a serious season. It was a season not to do too much,

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tried -- try to wrest up a little That defeat in Stockholm to Tyson

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Gay proved he was beatable. Yes, Tyson beat me and he deserved it.

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He really worked hard and he stayed focused. Now I am ready. I am

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working hard trying to get into shape. When I am in shape I have no

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worries. He opened the season with a 100-metre victory in a Rome. Just.

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What can we expect for the rest of the year? Me and Thyssen will meet

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before the World Championship. These are things... I want to see

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where I Matt. Do you think it is too much about you? I know you have

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to beat me to get to the top. Yes, but it is all about the

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Championship. You have to have a different focus. My focus is to get

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to the Championship. For me, I never tried to talk about 1%. I

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What makes me different from everybody else, I am confident of

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and more relaxed. I am confident about what I do as long as I am in

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good shape. When I go out there I make the crowd in to it. I want to

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laugh, smile, have a lot of energy around me. Just make people enjoy

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being around me, or just seen me. Last year he was having fun, a bit

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injured, lost to Tyson Gay, nobody really batted an eyelid, we

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expected him to come out in Rome and show he was boss, but he did

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not redirect. He had a bad start in Rome and had to spend a lot of time

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having to claw back the power. He just managed to do it, then went on

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to Ostrava and ran 100 metres again, identical time. He was slow for him.

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It's relative terms for him, yes. But he won, the most important

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thing. He would be happy with that. For me, it is just a building

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process for him again. The key thing athletes require his

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victories, and he is still winning, which is important. And he is

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healthy. It is difficult to do anything in the shadows for him. It

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is a sell-out here for one reason. He knows his responsibilities here,

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he knows all the crowds are here to see what he can do. He laps up that,

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you get energy from it, it is a driving factor for his performance.

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He enjoys this environment he is in right now. Even though he is under

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great pressure to go out there again and again to perform and run

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quickly, he certainly has his eyes on the target of the championships.

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He always says he wants to become a legend in the sport. He believes

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the anyway to do that is by winning two Olympic titles back to that.

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His focus is certainly on doing that in 2012. How much do you think

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he feels the pressure? One of the things we love about him is the

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body popping, the spiralling, like no other athlete you have seen a --

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the smiling. Do you think he feels the pressure? Every athlete would.

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He understands it well, he knows he is a target and when you are a

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target you must be on your game every time. If it does not happen

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you lose. Tyson Gay proved that. He knows he does not one that to

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happen again so he will be very cautious when he goes on track and

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will want to win. He is good enough to. They can down is starting to

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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that race. Now the women's 100 medallist. And George of Greece

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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indoors last March are in this previous position. We did have a

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couple of false starts in warm-up races earlier in the evening. World

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indoor silver-medallist of 2008 m bronze-medallist last year from

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those European Championships in Britain, that one coming down just

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below eight metres. Tomlinson, six in the jumping order among us this

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stage. It will take six jumps. The order will be reversed after three

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the long shut -- long jump runway results are anything to go by. --

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smile lead. Her season's best. One other quickest times. -- one of her

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quickest times. She broke her leg in Athens briefly years ago but she

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wins there by a good metre. Norwegian got away pretty well but

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all of a sudden this young woman had a strong second half of the

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race, certainly from 60 metres out, she started to really motor. A win

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speed of 2.2 metres per second incidentally. That is over the

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legal limit. It does not seem that, I must admit. There does not seem

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to be much wind. I am trying to look at the flags are highly

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stadium. I guess the 11.01 indicates they could have been a

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good training went but certainly no evidence it is above two metres

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from here. A bit of a drizzle coming down again. It is a shame. I

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record but for -- but for that wind, Commonwealth champion, too. Silver-

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medallist in 2005, got a few credentials. Third in Shanghai.

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Very quick on the runway. A a very good lift against the white flag.

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Very strong. He has a bit left but that is pretty safe. A bit of

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backward rotation in that. If he get that right, there is a lot more

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Silver in Beijing. A world silver medal in Berlin. A personal best of

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white flag. He has good speed and he really gets good lift. Lovely

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come, I reckon, on that evidence. The you would hope so. The wind is

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in the favour of the long jumpers better than that. That just about

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takes the lead. De Zordo there. He centimetres. A long way to go yet

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though. The next event on the track is the final of the women's 100-

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Managed to get through to the final. And to know there was 4th in her

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that was back in 2008. Probably the favourite from Norway. A Norwegian

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record holder now. Bronze- medallists this year. She only

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lives 30 seconds from here. She can see the track from a window, she

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says. Nichole Denby of America, second in her heat. She was 5th in

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the diamond lead race in Doha. -- Olympics. Ferdinand 8, 13.6. Gemma

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Bennett of Great Britain. UK indoor champion this year. Season's best,

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13.22. None of the big stars in this race. The Americans, Canadians.

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The Norwegian is here. Tall and looked good in qualifying, fastest

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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takes it. 12.79. That is pretty good. She was 5th in Rome. 12.86,

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that was. She has done better here. Very much better than the heat.

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That is a very good time. The best of the season. Improving race by

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race. She is very close to a personal best there. She has won by

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some margin. Just two athletes under 13 seconds. The crowd love it.

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They have got their home macro victory. -- home victory. It will

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give her huge confidence when the best of the rest do come and and

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:46:38.:46:45.

compete in anger on at the European fast. That is the advantage of the

:46:45.:46:52.

height she has got. A very comprehensive victory. A lot of

:46:52.:46:55.

pressure on the home athletes, particularly those who have a good

:46:55.:47:02.

chance of making the rostrum. She absorbed the pressure and fate of

:47:02.:47:09.

it well. Nice speed of the final barrier. I it's quite relaxed, too.

:47:09.:47:19.
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That is a good run. -- she looks Gemma Bennett alongside me. 6th

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place. How do you feel? By an not impressed at all. I came here Mac

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to do better. I am upset. Back to the drawing board. It will come at

:47:47.:47:52.

the trials. Good performance get into the final. What did not bowl

:47:52.:47:59.

well? My first six hurdles were OK. It was the rest I was not so good

:47:59.:48:06.

on. A big arena, a lot to deal with? Yes, a great atmosphere. The

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crowd is big. I will take the positives from today, work and the

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negatives in training. Colin, what did you make of that race? Was set

:48:21.:48:30.

up free home when? Absolutely. She ran very well in the qualification.

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She was a fraction off. It is very tough for somebody like Gemma Ben

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de come to this kind of competition. It is very congested in the warm-up

:48:40.:48:48.

zone. That can sometimes suffer in this kind of Arena. But the most

:48:48.:48:54.

important thing is for her to take the positive from the race. 1 T six

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was very nice, very solid. She still has time to improve for the

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trials. The men's hurdles next. Andy Turner Goes. There are some

:49:07.:49:14.

very good contenders. How do you see this one going? And Deacon goal

:49:14.:49:21.

from first to 4th. It is a tight race. -- Andy Turner can go. He

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needs to believe in himself. He has had some great victories. The new

:49:26.:49:30.

come into a race like this, you look around, you have to think

:49:30.:49:38.

you're capable. Also, look what happened in the women's race.

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Conditions reasonably quick. You will look at it and think, I can do

:49:45.:49:51.

at season's best. If not a personal best. He was only four hundred this

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of his personal best in Jamaica when he beat a couple of big names.

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I think he is now getting into this true world-class zone. I guess he

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hoped he might have kicked on. He has been around the high mark of

:50:13.:50:23.
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13.2 for a while. One of his problems is that he suffers from a

:50:23.:50:29.

niggling injuries. It is very difficult to put power through the

:50:29.:50:34.

Achilles when you are suffering with injury. I just hope that he

:50:34.:50:40.

can move on and raised his game a fracture and in the major

:50:40.:50:47.

championships. -- raised. Who would have thought 13.14 would take the

:50:47.:50:57.
:50:57.:51:03.

title in Berlin? Great to see Yang Bak? It is brilliant. We all know

:51:03.:51:09.

what David Oliver can do. And now that he is also there, in

:51:09.:51:16.

contention, for me it is very exciting. You saw how Oliver

:51:16.:51:21.

changed his game. I think he got nothing -- got caught napping in

:51:21.:51:26.

Shanghai? Yes, there was no messing about. When he went to the United

:51:26.:51:34.

States, he thought, I am on home turf. I am in shape. I will deliver.

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Of course, the most difficult thing for David is the trials. You have

:51:39.:51:45.

to get through the US trials. If you crash out after the first

:51:45.:51:50.

hurdle, the world championships is over. The men's long jump is

:51:50.:52:00.
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Lovely technique but not quite what he wanted. The timing not quite

:52:11.:52:21.

right. So many factors involved. Do not rotate backwards to us back for

:52:21.:52:31.
:52:31.:52:45.

Eugene. -- he was second. The high jumper is already providing some

:52:45.:52:55.
:52:55.:53:15.

That is just over 80 metres. He can do better than that. That is an

:53:15.:53:24.

improvement. He leads the Diamond League standings. Just over 80

:53:24.:53:30.

metres. He is smiling. European Championship and Olympic bronze-

:53:30.:53:40.
:53:40.:53:46.

medallist. He elevate himself to third place. When you look at the

:53:46.:53:52.

Latvian, he is weighed down at the bottom with 75 metres. He is and

:53:52.:54:02.
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80-metre thrower. There is the big man. Preparing, by last event of

:54:04.:54:14.
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on the track is the men's 110 metres hurdles. The line-up

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includes the White Thomas, the Jamaican record holder. -- plight

:54:34.:54:44.
:54:44.:54:45.

Thomas. None of the big three here. The next four best hurdlers in the

:54:45.:54:55.
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Andy Turner, Commonwealth and European champion last year. He has

:55:12.:55:17.

been struggling with injury but he finished fourth in Eugene. Thomas

:55:17.:55:27.
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in Leyne four. Very close to the national record. Aries Merritt, the

:55:29.:55:35.

5th fastest man in the world. Third in the Eugene. Joel Brown in lane

:55:35.:55:45.
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six. Ryan Wilson in seven. 6th in Eugene. Struggling for form. And

:55:49.:55:57.

yet another American, Dominic Berger. He has already set a

:55:57.:56:01.

personal best this season. Ironically at a meeting when so

:56:01.:56:05.

many of the Americans have stayed in America to take part in those

:56:05.:56:13.

two meetings in a Eugene and New York, which comes up in 48 hours,

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there are six American athletes lining up for these hurdles. Andy

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Turner had an injection of some 10 days ago on his Achilles. They said

:56:24.:56:30.

it helped a great deal. He was running pain-free. That certainly

:56:30.:56:40.
:56:40.:57:07.

made a difference in Eugene. He had Andy Turner. Aries Merritt wins,

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Thomas second. If that is confirmed, he has set her new season's best.

:57:17.:57:27.
:57:27.:57:35.

Hardly any map wind -- any wind. Turner started so well. Fabulous

:57:35.:57:45.
:57:45.:57:55.

from Aries Merritt. He has been the number three all season. He has got

:57:55.:58:00.

terrific basic speed. A former world junior champion. He has come

:58:00.:58:06.

through very strongly. Did not get the best start. Thomas was closing.

:58:06.:58:12.

Andy Turner was going really well. But once Thomas came up on his

:58:12.:58:22.
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shoulder Butt macro --.... He is a very strong contender, this man.

:58:24.:58:33.
:58:34.:58:38.

Third in Shanghai, third in the Eugene. He is close to 13 flat.

:58:38.:58:48.
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Very nice solid, controlled piece European champion in 1994 put this

:59:08.:59:12.

very strong team of high jumpers together here for Germany. But it

:59:12.:59:19.

is not working out. The conditions not that bad. We are getting people

:59:19.:59:24.

struggling at heights he would not expect them to struggle at. -- you

:59:24.:59:34.
:59:34.:59:54.

Andy Turner alongside me. Fourth. Tell us about the fitness? I had an

:59:54.:00:02.

injection last week. I am 80% Faye -- pain-free, which is nice. Now I

:00:02.:00:07.

can fully focus on my training. It is just nice to know that when I

:00:07.:00:11.

drive to training I will be able to train that day. I never knew how it

:00:11.:00:21.
:00:21.:00:27.

would be. I ran 13.7 in Hend LA. I In terms of the injection, is is

:00:27.:00:31.

something to manage the injury through the season? Or should it

:00:31.:00:36.

solve the problem? I hope it will solve it. I do not know to be

:00:36.:00:40.

honest. I know it is better after the injections so for now I am

:00:40.:00:47.

happy. It is a tough decision for you because you would miss the

:00:48.:00:51.

world championships in a heartbeat to make sure you are ready for 2012.

:00:51.:00:56.

A had the problem for most of 2012. -- most of -- I had this problem

:00:56.:01:00.

for most of last year. It is frustrating, always in pain, every

:01:00.:01:06.

time I ran, train, or race. Always in pain. I and 30 now, I have to

:01:06.:01:13.

grab every opportunity -- I am 30. It was an easy decision for me. I

:01:13.:01:17.

want to get back out there and compete. The race got out well but

:01:17.:01:22.

midway started to go backwards. is a shame it was not 60 metres.

:01:22.:01:26.

That was my best 60 metres every! Maybe the lack of training I have

:01:26.:01:32.

had a showed towards the end. Those boys just came through on me. If I

:01:32.:01:37.

can get some good work behind me, I feel in good shape, I can keep up

:01:37.:01:42.

with those boys. Last year I took 13.32 and I would have been happy

:01:42.:01:52.
:01:52.:01:52.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:01:52.:03:00.

with that but right now I am time. Rusanova, the Russian indoor

:03:00.:03:07.

champion, 58.14. She is in good form, so is Yvonne Hak. The Dutch

:03:07.:03:15.

woman, European silver-medallist last year. Svetlana Klyuka. A

:03:15.:03:19.

silver-medallist in the European Championships in 2006. Third in

:03:19.:03:29.
:03:29.:03:31.

Eugene. Janeth Jepkosgei I, eight in Rome but then third in the 800

:03:31.:03:41.
:03:41.:04:07.

European champion, three successive having, growing in stature race by

:04:07.:04:13.

race. Bronze-medallist in Berlin, European bronze-medallist. Then

:04:13.:04:22.

Caster Semenya, the world champion from 2009. Second in Eugene. She

:04:22.:04:29.

says the first 150 was too slow. We will see what happens today.

:04:29.:04:35.

Hachlaf, semi-finalists in the World Championships. Karen Shinkins

:04:35.:04:45.
:04:45.:05:06.

has been given the job of pacing principles will want to get out of

:05:06.:05:11.

the way. Caster Semenya got off quickly on the outside. Straight in

:05:11.:05:16.

behind Karen Shinkins. Jenny Meadows coming across surely to

:05:16.:05:26.
:05:26.:05:26.

take close order. Jet Koskei is there as well. -- Jepkosgei. They

:05:27.:05:32.

have to be careful here it is not too quick. Caster Semenya looks

:05:32.:05:42.
:05:42.:05:50.

very strong. Jenny Meadows in too quick there. -- Karen Shinkins.

:05:50.:05:55.

I get the feeling Caster Semenya is really going for it here. Many

:05:55.:05:58.

people murmured that she look like she was holding back few days ago.

:05:58.:06:05.

It will be fascinating to see how she gets through this second lap.

:06:05.:06:12.

She gave them 56.5, absolutely on schedule. Absolutely superb, her

:06:12.:06:22.
:06:22.:06:24.

racing brain developing really well. Svetlana Klyuka of Russia 4th there.

:06:24.:06:34.
:06:34.:06:51.

Caster Semenya will not give in now. Caster Semenya, Jenny Meadows,

:06:52.:06:55.

Caster Semenya and a Mariya Savinova coming through. Hachlaf

:06:55.:07:05.
:07:05.:07:13.

coming through strongly on the Hachlaf. Semi-finalist in the world

:07:13.:07:16.

championships but she has a habit of pulling out good performances. A

:07:16.:07:26.
:07:26.:07:37.

very good race at. Jenny Meadows in the race. It was left very late.

:07:37.:07:47.
:07:47.:07:51.

average speed. Hachlaf came through and picked of bodies all way down

:07:51.:07:58.

the home straight. Det Bukovsky was only 4th there. Jenny Meadows back

:07:58.:08:04.

in 5th place. A lot of changing of positions, certainly a strong run

:08:04.:08:10.

from Mariya Savinova. Hachlaf came through in the last 25 metres. She

:08:10.:08:14.

did not have any time to respond to the Moroccan and the Russian. It is

:08:14.:08:24.
:08:24.:08:41.

Jenny Meadows with me. A season's best. You are very happy. Really a

:08:41.:08:49.

happy. I started the season well. I picked up a really bad cold which

:08:49.:08:56.

really threw me all week. My last race just four days ago I knew I

:08:56.:09:02.

was ill but as an athlete you start wondering. I am pleased with that

:09:02.:09:06.

because I was only 90 per cent right. It is such an improvement on

:09:06.:09:10.

my last race and give me another week I will hopefully be in better

:09:10.:09:14.

shape again. It does not get much better than that in terms of

:09:14.:09:19.

quality of race. Exactly. I looked at the field and thought there are

:09:19.:09:28.

five Top girls in this race. It was very much the sort of race we are

:09:28.:09:32.

going to see in debut. I sneaked into the top five, I don't want to

:09:32.:09:39.

be there, I want be in the top through. -- top three. Tactically

:09:39.:09:44.

you were perfect. You could not fault how you ran the race. It was

:09:44.:09:48.

just the legs. Normally at the end of the race I am my strongest. But

:09:48.:09:52.

I knew with 100 to go was really hanging on rather than coming

:09:52.:09:55.

through which is what I managed to do my first few races. I am really

:09:55.:10:05.

excited actually. To run that only 90 per cent) sure I can get back to

:10:05.:10:10.

my 1.57 which I saw in Berlin. I am looking forward to the

:10:10.:10:13.

championships. Britain had a good team in the event and we really

:10:13.:10:19.

hope we can push Russia all the way. In my race I have Mariya Savinova,

:10:19.:10:23.

who was second there, so it will be a good race for me. I look forward

:10:23.:10:28.

to testing myself against her next week. We look forward to watching

:10:28.:10:35.

you. We had an explanation there of why she lost her legs. What was

:10:35.:10:38.

interesting was we expected Caster Semenya to go away and it did not

:10:39.:10:44.

happen. She went with the time and pace that we expected her to be

:10:44.:10:49.

stronger. But when you talk about the world leader and the young lady

:10:49.:10:56.

herself is here, it is fantastic. What are your thought on that

:10:56.:11:05.

It went according to plan. Unfortunately the finish was not

:11:05.:11:10.

good. I am happy with the time. Where is your next competition from

:11:10.:11:18.

here? We have not confirmed but I think Paris, or Laos and. Two of

:11:18.:11:22.

them. I you looking forward to the World Championships and defending

:11:23.:11:28.

Your championship? -- are you. is good to defend my title, I just

:11:28.:11:36.

need to be strong. Get back to normal. It is a big event. It is

:11:36.:11:40.

part of the experience. I do not have a problem with it. Do you

:11:40.:11:44.

expect to run a bit quicker -- did you expect to run quicker this

:11:44.:11:50.

evening? Yes. Sometimes you need to run brave. You must not care he was

:11:50.:11:54.

in the race, you just have to run your own race. That is all. Thank

:11:54.:12:00.

you for talking to us. A good performance tonight. Think what she

:12:00.:12:05.

has been through. Becoming world champion under that cloud of

:12:05.:12:09.

suspicion whether she was eligible to compete as a woman. The test has

:12:09.:12:13.

been done, it is all fine, which is one thing, but another to have to

:12:13.:12:17.

live true that, then come back out on the track when people have had

:12:17.:12:20.

all those suspicions. It is very tough and she knows every time she

:12:20.:12:23.

goes out there everybody will be looking at that. But she has used

:12:23.:12:27.

her head very well, she is gaining experience about racing again and

:12:27.:12:31.

we chatted so much about race experience and it is important,

:12:31.:12:37.

especially when you come into a major championships. The women's

:12:38.:12:45.

5000 metres next. One of the greatest 5000 metres -- 5,000-metre

:12:45.:12:55.
:12:55.:12:59.

runners of all time, Sarah the far. They have taken the bull by the

:12:59.:13:09.
:13:09.:13:10.

horns here. The long jump. A lovely lift off the board by the lead in

:13:10.:13:14.

here. He is really impressing me, terrific lift. He has the speed but

:13:14.:13:20.

he can control it. He hits the board, lifts of be to be. Superb on

:13:20.:13:30.
:13:30.:13:31.

the board. Good lift. -- lifts off superbly. Lot of height Thorey

:13:31.:13:41.
:13:41.:13:42.

start. He is happy with that. -- a lot of height for race start. The

:13:42.:13:46.

wind is fluctuating at the moment. They did not seem very much down

:13:46.:13:56.
:13:56.:13:57.

there. -- it did not. It is the same. He maintains the first

:13:57.:14:07.
:14:07.:14:18.

nice long pull on that one. Really hit that very nicely. Just over 80

:14:18.:14:26.

metres. That is better. Could be nearer 81. He is a big man. He has

:14:26.:14:35.

long levers, a long pull on the javelin. That is about 81 metres.

:14:35.:14:45.
:14:45.:14:51.

That will put him in contention for pacemaker is still at the front.

:14:51.:15:01.
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the first bend. Lots of flags and banners being waved. The rain

:15:22.:15:31.

begins to come down. Not great conditions. I get the feeling the

:15:31.:15:38.

pacemaker is struggling. She is averaging about 70 seconds per lap.

:15:38.:15:48.

The rain gets harder. They are on their own. Meseret Defar had in

:15:48.:15:58.
:15:58.:15:58.

front, one of the quickest athletes in history. Not the conditions they

:15:58.:16:06.

are used to in Africa. Nine laps remaining. Meseret Defar in second

:16:06.:16:13.

place. She is probably more comfortable there. Meselech Melkamu

:16:13.:16:23.
:16:23.:16:32.

in front. Some people would like to think she is the world record

:16:32.:16:42.
:16:42.:16:42.

holder. She does not have great speed. She is not a finisher like

:16:43.:16:52.
:16:53.:16:54.

Meseret Defar. Meseret Defar tries to put the pedal down. Meselech

:16:54.:17:00.

Melkamu in third place. They have struggled for a pacemakers. Of

:17:00.:17:05.

course, it was on the premise that they are all looking for a

:17:05.:17:11.

qualification times for the World Championships. It may develop into

:17:11.:17:18.

a proper race. We have got that now. Meseret Defar has grown very

:17:18.:17:28.
:17:28.:17:31.

quickly ear mack. -- run very quickly here. They have got at the

:17:31.:17:41.
:17:41.:18:10.

rain Macs out and the umbrellas. -- He is in third place. They

:18:10.:18:14.

continued to plough around. The pay is being taken on by a number of

:18:15.:18:24.
:18:25.:18:34.

different athlete. They are sharing this well. Another 72nd lap. Six

:18:34.:18:44.
:18:44.:18:49.

laps remaining. Nobody has done any real damage yet. Another Ethiopian

:18:49.:18:59.
:18:59.:19:09.

almost like a cycle race. Somebody takes the lead for a lap. I really

:19:09.:19:19.
:19:19.:19:19.

think it is almost orchestrated. They are sharing the work. The

:19:19.:19:29.
:19:29.:19:36.

second kilometre was considerably quicker. Yes, 2.58. They are really

:19:36.:19:46.
:19:46.:19:48.

operating at not much quicker than it 0.50 pace. -- 8.50. The middle

:19:48.:19:57.

stages of this race. Still some 12 bodies of there. As Mike there. As

:19:57.:20:03.

we get further into the second half, it will play more into the hands of

:20:03.:20:10.

Meseret Defar, who we will -- we who we have seen run 60 seconds for

:20:10.:20:19.

the final lap. She won a 5,000 metres recently. She won 10,000 in

:20:19.:20:26.

Stockholm. We know how far -- fast she can go. World champion in a

:20:26.:20:36.

Sacker. She can turn it on when it matters. -- Osaka. I would expect

:20:36.:20:42.

Sentayehu Ejigu to be him with a real chance. -- are being with a

:20:42.:20:51.

real chance. Once again, the leading group fluctuate. The rhythm

:20:51.:21:01.
:21:01.:21:04.

is changing. For five laps remaining. -- five laps remaining.

:21:04.:21:07.

Meseret Defar has done more than her fair share at the front. She

:21:07.:21:14.

has the quickest finish of all of these athletes. Meselech Melkamu in

:21:14.:21:24.
:21:24.:21:54.

for the first time. 8 or 9 Africans in front. One athlete pulling out.

:21:54.:22:04.
:22:04.:22:14.

The world junior champion in 2008 jump. Second attempt for its bank.

:22:14.:22:24.
:22:24.:22:33.

the rain. They are leaning away, the needle spikes. There must be

:22:33.:22:42.

doubt in their mind. There might be a slip. Look at the rain. He is in

:22:42.:22:52.
:22:52.:22:52.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

:22:52.:23:59.

lead. Along with sell-off. -- sell- minutes for the fourth: Nutter. The

:23:59.:24:09.
:24:09.:24:13.

slowest of the race so far. -- kilometre. Two laps remaining. The

:24:13.:24:23.
:24:23.:24:38.

Spaniard is at the front. I do fourth place. -- tightly tucked in

:24:38.:24:48.
:24:48.:24:59.

Spaniard doing a good job. She has not run a 5,000 metres race so far

:25:00.:25:09.
:25:10.:25:12.

this year. She is having a wonderful race. Recently ran

:25:12.:25:22.
:25:22.:25:39.

Meseret Defar moving up. Sentayehu Ejigu in third. They'd athlete's in

:25:39.:25:49.
:25:49.:26:03.

Meseret Defar in second place. Sentayehu Ejigu in fourth. Look at

:26:03.:26:13.
:26:13.:26:24.

the acceleration. Meseret Defar ready to kick hard. She is the

:26:24.:26:30.

master tactician. She has been here so many times. It is an Ethiopian

:26:30.:26:40.
:26:40.:26:46.

one, two, 34. -- 3, 4. Sentayehu Ejigu second. 14.37 the winning

:26:46.:26:54.

time. Six seconds outside the fastest time in the world. A

:26:54.:27:04.
:27:04.:27:06.

wonderful race. Great times will be in their wake. Let's see how the

:27:06.:27:14.

Spaniard did. Meseret Defar has got that winning habit. Yes indeed. We

:27:14.:27:20.

have seen it before on this track. She is there in the right place at

:27:20.:27:25.

the right time. The determination. Sentayehu Ejigu is always there. A

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great race between those three in the final stages. Meseret Defar

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still has the energy to celebrate. A little dance. Lots of support.

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Wonderful celebration. The umbrellas out. It is absolutely

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torrential. Chris Tomlinson has another job. These are difficult

:27:58.:28:05.

conditions, certainly. The lead still 8.07. The weather taking its

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toll. That is not a bad job. He has got a white flag. -- bad job. It

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looks better. He looked happier with that. Absolutely spot on the

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board. Looked to be on the board. Good lift. Round about eight metres.

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He could be in there with a challenge. Looks a little more

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interested in the outcome this time. I am sure he got a white flag. 7.87.

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It was better. It looked a little better than that. Still struggling

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to get to the aid metre line. -- performance. European silver-

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medallist. One of the few world- class left-handers. He was eighth

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in Doha. He is getting better. Pitkamaki down in a place. -- aid

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macro. Overall, Pitkamaki and jump. Andrey Silnov... No. I am not

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surprised. The Olympic champion. Still only 26. He saw his

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compatriots go out in the early stages. His third failure. Staying

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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that one. Time now for the blue ribbon at middle-distance event.

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This is the Dream Mile. It goes back over many years. 14 athletes

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out there. It is a race which has so many world records over the

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years. Sebastian Coe is just a few feet over to our left, an

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record in 1985. On Saturday we had a great mile. The meeting record

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here is 3.44 0.9. That would be too Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba's mother

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died. He had to go back to Kenya. He is only 20 but has improved

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hugely. Keitany was the winner last week in Eugene in a closely-fought

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race. The Olympic champion of 1500 metres is also in this field, Asbel

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Kiprop. He ran a disastrous race last week, awful. He finished in

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third place. But he finished like a train, just left himself with far

:33:14.:33:18.

too much to do in the latter stages. I would imagine a coach somewhere

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has had a long chat with him and told him to concentrate and stay

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near the front end of the fields. Do pacemakers. Collins Cheboi will

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try to take them to 1200 metres. This is a mile. It is about nine

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metres longer than four laps. It makes the old split times a bit

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hard to calculate particularly as tonight we understand the clock.

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Each time they go through the finish line. -- the clock stop each

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that they have to struggle through tough whether because they are

:34:12.:34:17.

tough men to maintain the tradition of this race. You never get an easy

:34:17.:34:22.

race against the Africans, always quick and fast. We are looking for

:34:22.:34:32.
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pacemakers have a real reputation it, particularly Collins Cheboi. As

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well as the other Kenyan, big so now and Polonaise. -- Vickson Naran

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bell will be with 409 metres to go. straight. Just over two laps to run.

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Collins Cheboi on the outside there. They go through 800 there. I

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understand, from what we have been told, that that is 809 metres, that

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split. There is the Olympic champion looking comfortable, Asbel

:36:03.:36:13.
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Kiprop. Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba in Eugene last week. He is catching up.

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The best of them on Africans at the moment, Jeffrey Riseley. He won in

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Ostrava about 10 days ago. Collins Cheboi, the second pacemaker. They

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have gathered themselves a bit here. Dave Zanni is also in there. --

:36:52.:36:58.

Keitany. He has been going well, world indoor bronze-medallist this

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year, he won in Eugene, and be is in good form. Nixon Kiplimo

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Chepseba is leading. Jeffrey Riseley having a good race here. He

:37:17.:37:25.

is battling with the best of them. Asbel Kiprop in 5th at the moment.

:37:25.:37:31.

Mekonnen Gebremedhin Leeds. Grimacing as they come into the

:37:31.:37:41.
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lost so much time on that third lap. They really did not attack it. You

:37:56.:38:01.

have to if you want to get down there. It simply did not happen but

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a great competitive run there. I think Asbel Kiprop has gained a bit

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more credibility there with a beautifully judged race. Got it

:38:10.:38:14.

right by half a metre there. Only at the front for the first time

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about 30 metres out. He has had some in different lace -- in

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different races of late, not being in the right place at the right

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time, leaving it too late to close down in the final stages, but he

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got that one right. He has a pedigree and he has worried us.

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This time Keitany is under real pressure and Asbel Kiprop looks

:38:34.:38:39.

very comfortable. Good run by Jeffrey Riseley, the Australian,

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close in on that leading group of Africans. It was pouring down

:38:48.:38:58.
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clear at his first attempt. Sudden death now. If some of does not go

:39:25.:39:32.

clear here, the Cypriot will be the winner. Ironically had a good

:39:32.:39:42.
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evening. Difficult conditions for but a sigh of relief as the rain

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He has to clear this, the Russian, or he finishes in second and the

:40:04.:40:14.
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cybrid will be the victor. I'll my very pleased to have jumped so well

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this evening in difficult conditions. Who knows what it will

:40:22.:40:29.

be like when it matters at the tail-end of the season? To win

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tonight after was a frustrating seven from the Eugene was

:40:35.:40:45.
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particularly pleasing. What a clearly it's that. Does not get a

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lot of lift. Also had the red flag. makes his way round to the start of

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the 200 metres, the final track event of this programme. The track

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record is held by Frankie Fredericks of Namibia. 19.82, said

:41:35.:41:44.

back in 1996. That is the winner of the high jump. -- said. They tied

:41:44.:41:48.

for first, an extra jump at the height of which they tied. Then it

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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thanks the crowd. He has had a lot of support for this long jump. They

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are so much closer in this stadium than in some. He just about makes

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the board. Technically he is very execution of the technique is very

:43:06.:43:16.
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good. 8.07 is is leading jump. The last jumper this competition. -- at

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the last to jump. -- the last one to jump in this competition.

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wonder how Usain Bolt is going to run? His first 200 metres in over

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12 months. He must be nervous. It is good because it is fresh, he is

:43:40.:43:44.

ready, it is a better discipline. He said yesterday at a press

:43:44.:43:48.

conference he prefers this event, has not done it for more than a

:43:48.:43:53.

year, I suspect he will be hungry to impress. Unbeaten in 13 finals

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at 200 metres. His last defeat was in 2007, Brussels. He said

:44:04.:44:08.

yesterday I am definitely going to run hard to see where I am at. He

:44:08.:44:14.

said, I have just started my speed work, not really got into it yet.

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lovely tubercle. It is watertight. We are filling up. I am up to my

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knees! The big event. Usain Bolt will hate this weather. Yes but he

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has run many years in Europe. He has experience this type of

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condition. For it is interesting to see how the crowd response. As soon

:44:57.:45:02.

as he gets on the track there is anticipation. His agent has just

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is? -- what are your thoughts in terms of the time? I think anywhere

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around the 22nd figure would be a really strong performance. It has

:45:30.:45:40.
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cooled off a little bit. He has got his waterproofs on. He is getting

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himself ready to give it a go at go. He is going to give it his all.

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is just about to be introduced. This place is going to go pretty

:45:57.:46:07.
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mad. He has got all the moves. is a real showman. He enjoys this.

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It is part of the build up. He knows the crowd are really into it.

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When you're young, why not enjoy it? Let's hope his running matches.

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Do you think when he goes into a race like this, when he is focusing

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on performance, he would prefer not to do that. --? You s, a lot of the

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crowd expected to do that. -- yes. He is the ultimate professional. He

:46:38.:46:44.

knows what the crowd wants. He believes in what he is capable of

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

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brilliantly. Absolutely brilliantly. 19.87. Just outside the track

:48:19.:48:29.
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record by frantic pass back Frankie Fredericks. -- Frankie Fredericks.

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19.86. World-leading time. The fastest time in the world this year.

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Nothing Jaysuma Saidy Ndure could do on that occasion. He could not

:48:45.:48:55.
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get close. Look at the advantage he has got at the end. Brilliant.

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Mario Forsythe got a third over Christian Malcolm. Did not

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disappoint, did he? 19.86 in his slippery damp track. The rain was

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pouring down. Clearly he is feeling very strong. He has only just

:49:18.:49:25.

started speed work. People have been criticising him. I think he is

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doing fine. 19.6 in awful conditions. -- 19.86. He would have

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gone even faster if it was a warm evening. He ran as solid band. He

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was not a million miles away from Jaysuma Saidy Ndure inside him. The

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gap tripled at the end. He wins by eight to nine metres. It is a

:50:06.:50:13.

massive margin in a sprint event. Nothing wrong with Usain Bolt. Wall

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Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson here. Apologies we did not see

:50:28.:50:35.

anything of great. Not much fun, I guess? Not at all. I was a little

:50:35.:50:40.

bit tired from the last competition and I just could not get it going.

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Very disappointing. Tell us about Eugene? A went out there feeling

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fantastic. I knew it was a great place to compete. I was feeling

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great on the day. Even though I did not start well... Chris The and

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Malcolm just coming in. And we have just lost a light! Sorry about that.

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I just kept going and managed to react pretty well in the 5th. I

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know I'm in great shape. I have had three competitions. Maybe one too

:51:19.:51:29.
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many today. Very annoying. You cured some of the or rotation you

:51:30.:51:36.

had been Eugene? Ya s, I have run a -- work very hard on the technical

:51:36.:51:44.

aspects. -- yes. Even though it was a fantastic job, there was still a

:51:44.:51:49.

lot more there. It does not bother me too much. Another is a lot more

:51:49.:51:57.

in the tank ready to come app. -- I know. 7.87 for you, Chris. You must

:51:57.:52:05.

be pleased? I thought one of us today would have broken the British

:52:05.:52:10.

record. I thought it would be me. I thought technique, technique, a

:52:10.:52:15.

technique. It was a poor competition. I made a mistake today

:52:15.:52:18.

and there will make sure that I do not make them in the world and the

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Olympics. It is really difficult to put the foot down when you think

:52:23.:52:28.

you may injury herself? Yes, of course it is. It is the same

:52:28.:52:38.
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conditions for everybody else. Christian, come all over here. You

:52:38.:52:46.

were busting in before you were even invited. You're so cheeky! You

:52:46.:52:55.

must be used to this. You're from Wales?! Were have good weather

:52:55.:53:05.
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there sometimes. I am pleased. Made a few mistakes. 23.7, I am pleased.

:53:08.:53:16.

Why is it like running against Usain Bolt? -- What is it like?

:53:16.:53:21.

switch-off. You ignore it. I have been in the game a long time. You

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cannot worry about Usain Bolt. He is beatable. He can have a bad day.

:53:28.:53:34.

You have to go out there with the winning mentality. Next week,

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European team Championship. Au disappointed you are only in the

:53:38.:53:48.
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relay? I knew we had to get a time in by June Fifth. I only did Rome.

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It did not go well. At the end of the day it is nice to be part of

:53:53.:53:59.

the event. Come the trials it will be different. We you just

:53:59.:54:04.

concentrate on the 200 metres? I always do the 100 metres and the

:54:04.:54:14.
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200 metres. It is good preparation for the championships. What has

:54:15.:54:20.

excited you about this season? We have the world championships...

:54:20.:54:24.

What is it about this season that will be exciting? For me,

:54:24.:54:31.

personally, it will be good to see how it all pans out. I feel in good

:54:31.:54:40.

shape. I feel things are going well. Christian, the best of luck. Tom

:54:40.:54:46.

Reed waiting for Usain Bolt to finish the lap of honour. -- we are

:54:46.:54:56.
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The rain is a tipping down. It is just miserable. It did not stop

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Usain Bolt. He answered some questions? Absolutely. His first

:55:32.:55:41.

200 metres. His favoured distance. To run 19.86 is tremendous. He was

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out quickly. He looked majestic. What was nice, he was running with

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a smile. He had his energy, he had his bounce back. He was enjoying

:55:54.:56:00.

the competition. We will see him get closer to world record

:56:00.:56:06.

performances. Enjoyment is key. kind of forget that they raise so

:56:06.:56:11.

much pressure and expectation on him, and he does things so easily.

:56:11.:56:17.

You lose the pace it takes to get you to run that fast? Yes, we

:56:17.:56:25.

forget how good he is. It is nice to see somebody of that talent on a

:56:25.:56:30.

track doing these sensational things. I am pleased that the crowd

:56:30.:56:36.

had enjoyed it. I was hoping, if I was totally honest, that this rain

:56:36.:56:41.

would put him off his lap of honour and he would be here with us. But

:56:41.:56:47.

he is loving it. He knows the crowd have paid good money to come and

:56:47.:56:52.

see him. He is the consummate professional. It will be easy to

:56:52.:56:59.

say, it is freezing cold, I am wet, I want to get inside and get warm.

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But he is not doing any of that. 19.86 says it all. It is a world

:57:07.:57:14.

lead performance. He will be happy. He can leave here tonight, well

:57:14.:57:16.

rested and comfortable and confident that his season is

:57:16.:57:22.

progressing. It does not look like we will get Usain Bolt to speak to

:57:22.:57:26.

us on this programme. We will speak to him when we are off there.

:57:26.:57:35.

You'll see that online. Let's talk about Jenny Meadows. A good

:57:35.:57:40.

performance? Absolutely. She used her racing brain very well indeed.

:57:40.:57:45.

She got herself and the right position at the right time. The

:57:45.:57:51.

fact she was suffering from bad cold have her back a little better.

:57:51.:57:57.

-- from that cold. She looks like she is going to be a real contender

:57:57.:58:02.

again for the World Championships. Right on the shoulder of Caster

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Semenya. Great to see Perri Shakes- Drayton attacking the barriers.

:58:18.:58:25.

am hoping she will go under 54 seconds this year. I hope you have

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