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Good evening and welcome to live diamond lead athletics on BBC | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
through. Colin Jackson and I are here to -- for the world famous | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
Bislett Games -- Diamond League. Tonight the main attraction is just | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
200 metres long, unusually and features arguably the best athlete | :01:05. | :01:15. | |
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in the world. Brilliant beyond Usain Bolt is here, competing in | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
the way for the first time and his first 200 metres for 13 months. He | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
says it is his favourite event that it will be under scrutiny tonight | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
after a less than impressive start to the season. There will be around | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
8:45pm. Do not go anywhere. Plenty more to look forward to. The most | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
fiercely contested race tonight will also at -- will almost | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
certainly be the women's 100 -- 800 metres. It will feature of Caster | :02:08. | :02:15. | |
Semenya. Also in that race is Jenny Meadows. Already a winner on the | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
Diamond League circuit this summer in Shanghai. European and | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
Commonwealth high hopes champion Andy Turner is also in action. He | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
could follow Jenny's footsteps to glory. In the women's 400-metre | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
hurdles Perri Shakes-Drayton will look to continue their development | :02:37. | :02:44. | |
to the upper echelons of world- class. -- her development. Two | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
hours of high class action ahead and you can see the BBC athletes to | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
a dead count on your screen. Let us know if you like, or do not like | :02:54. | :03:02. | |
Perri Shakes-Drayton started the season well. She has a good chance | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
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this season. The European champion is in lane five. Olympic bronze- | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
medallist in 2004. She translated to the hurdles nicely. Perri | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
Shakes-Drayton, a fast developing young Britain. European bronze- | :03:33. | :03:42. | |
medallist at quarter metre hurdles last year. Personal best at the | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
400-metre flat in Rome. Well some of Jamaica, third in the | :03:47. | :03:57. | |
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Commonwealth Games last year -- will soon. -- Wilson. Christine | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
Spence of the US on the outside lane. A big improvement on to -- in | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
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metres, consolidate in the third quarter, she is capable of some 55 | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
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first bend. Nick Kalusha Wilson of Jamaica going strong on the outside. | :04:54. | :05:04. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :05:04. | :05:48. | |
final stages, looking good. She is the fastest in the field on paper. | :05:48. | :05:55. | |
A good run by Perri Shakes-Drayton. The young Briton is doing well. | :05:55. | :06:05. | |
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Improving race by race steadily. That is how to do it. Hejnova Had | :06:08. | :06:18. | |
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an impressive finish there. A good Shakes-Drayton is developing very | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
quickly indeed. She has not really developed a stride pattern that | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
suits her yet. She goes into the race and says I do not mind what | :06:37. | :06:44. | |
happens but my goodness, with that personal best in Rome, that shows | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
you exactly how much she is improving both on the flat and over | :06:47. | :06:57. | |
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Nice words there from the commentary box, how did you see it? | :07:00. | :07:08. | |
Good. I do not know the time yet. I am pleased with that actually. I | :07:08. | :07:15. | |
felt good coming in to it. It is an improvement from last week. I got | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
my qualifying for the world here. They did even better. I was close | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
on that Gail and I've beaten her before. I'm coming! Were there any | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
things you were trying to focus on before the race to put right from | :07:29. | :07:37. | |
previous races? To go faster! Always a good idea! I thought just | :07:38. | :07:46. | |
go for it, don't hold back. What is next for you? This weekend I am in | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
Bedford. Big, 200 metres I am doing that. I do not know where my next | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
100-metre hurdles is. Actually in Stockholm, I will be there. We will | :07:59. | :08:09. | |
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see you there. Congratulations, an A season's best there for that. A | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
talented young athlete. Still inexperience but to come here in | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
the Diamond League... Great performance. This is the ideal race | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
for that. She wants to develop into her technique, home it, a real | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
high-caste pressure of the competition. I have noticed her | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
improvement in technique, she approaches every hurdle with more | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
confidence and you can already see she is running very well. I am | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
looking forward to seeing her progress all the way through the | :08:41. | :08:51. | |
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year. I hope she can. This is the 5th of the series, the previous | :08:52. | :08:59. | |
four were in Eugene, Shanghai and a half. Usain Bolt's season got | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
underway in Rome, it was a struggle for the reigning world and Olympian | :09:04. | :09:14. | |
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Better news for the former Olympic -- Olympic champion, you shank. He | :09:19. | :09:26. | |
beat David Oliver. There was also a victory for Jenny Meadows in | :09:26. | :09:34. | |
Shanghai, have first 800 metres. Hugely impressive, but it to the | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
last 200 -- particularly the last 200. Phillips Idowu started in good | :09:40. | :09:48. | |
form. A fantastic win for Greg Rutherford in Eugene, 8 metres, 32. | :09:48. | :09:56. | |
Marginally wind-assisted but one of his biggest wins so far. Fabulous | :09:56. | :10:06. | |
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There are fast Jamaicans everywhere you look. Steve Mullins, 9.80. | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
Certainly one to watch. I have not forgotten the performance of the | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
year so far from a British perspective. More of that later. | :10:21. | :10:31. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :10:31. | :11:25. | |
The women are on the track for the year by Allyson Felix, 49.81. That | :11:25. | :11:35. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :11:35. | :13:16. | |
country mile. Very impressive. Even up until 200 metres, then between | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
two and three, the third quarter, she began to take control. She was | :13:20. | :13:27. | |
very strong down the home straight. Very good performance by the young | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
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moment. There was a strange race in Eugene where everybody fell apart. | :13:49. | :13:59. | |
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But that is a very good run. Discus went one better here today. -- Caz | :14:15. | :14:25. | |
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than us. -- Casanas. Very strong Has promised, it is time for more | :14:40. | :14:48. | |
hot -- Mo farmer. Two gold medals last year in Spain. The question on | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
everybody's lips was, could he do it at a global level? Could he | :14:53. | :15:00. | |
compete with the very best athletes in the world? In Eugene last year | :15:00. | :15:10. | |
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he did a very definitive answer. -- Kenyans and adopted their lifestyle. | :15:22. | :15:31. | |
The European champion, who showed marvellous acceleration on the last | :15:31. | :15:38. | |
laps in Barcelona, did the same here. Little by little he wore down | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
that the opposition. It was not a flat out the sprint. It was a war | :15:43. | :15:50. | |
of attrition. He came home to the most astonishing time in front of a | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
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big crowd. 26.46. A new European record. And a British record. The | :16:03. | :16:13. | |
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doctrine of the African way of I have known you quite a few years. | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
You are different to what you were a few years back? Yes, I have | :16:31. | :16:39. | |
changed, definitely. I take it more seriously. When you're young you | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
think you're doing the right things. But I was not doing the right | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
things. I was going out with my friends, having fun, getting up | :16:48. | :16:57. | |
will kinds of things. 1 I saw the Kenyans and how hard they train, I | :16:57. | :17:07. | |
realised I had to change. -- when I saw. I love the sport. I said to | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
myself, I am going to give it 110 %. Seeing them changed me. 2010 for me | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
was a great year. Winning the European Chaabi chip. But then you | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
look at yourself and you compare yourself to the rest of the African | :17:23. | :17:29. | |
guys that what they're doing, I have run under 13 minutes, what | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
else can I do? Headway get close to a world that of? That is the | :17:34. | :17:42. | |
decision I made. I have known Alberto for years. It was an | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
opportunity. I had a talk with him. I like what he had to say. I said | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
to myself, if you're going to make it to the next step, you need to | :17:52. | :18:02. | |
change. He beat her world-class field, probably the best field | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
since the last world Championship. Where does that put him now? | :18:09. | :18:16. | |
long I have been thinking that 10 K might be his best event. Everybody | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
knows he is capable of beating everybody in the world. There is no | :18:20. | :18:25. | |
hiding it. He is that good. He is incredibly strong. He has got | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
incredible finishing speed. What he is doing now he's starting to pay | :18:31. | :18:39. | |
off. He is going to get better. Everybody is talking about him, the | :18:39. | :18:46. | |
best in the world, he will win the World Championships or the Olympic | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
Games. Yet Alberto says he does not know what event you're going to do. | :18:51. | :18:58. | |
I do not have a clue. I think we will make a decision down the line. | :18:58. | :19:08. | |
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I want to compete in the 5,000. I always wanted to improve. You | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
always want to try to improve. I never thought about the 10th. But | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
having run at that time, you think about it. I think we will decide | :19:22. | :19:32. | |
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A quite breathtaking performance? Absolutely stunning. It took our | :19:32. | :19:40. | |
breath away when we saw the result. One thing about him that what | :19:40. | :19:47. | |
Victory can do, you just lose with conference. He is starting to | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
believe in himself. I do or think he would have believed the couple | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
of years ago that he would be sitting in a hotel room giving an | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
interview at talking about which event he was going to be doing at | :19:57. | :20:02. | |
the Olympic Games. It is great to see him doing this. I hope he makes | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
the right decision for himself. He is learning now how to race. That | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
is paramount. It is going to be difficult -- hard to look beyond | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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the 10,000. It is truly world-class at the top. Yes. There are so many | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
top 10,000-metre runners on the track on a regular basis. He is | :20:34. | :20:44. | |
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producing the performances that everybody else will take note of. | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
Potential Olympic champion. I do not think anybody thought we would | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
be saying that. No. It is great to hear that. The KLA has been the one | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
that everybody has been watching. But he has suffered so much with | :20:59. | :21:07. | |
injury. You have to put the miles in. At the moment Mole is fit. He | :21:07. | :21:17. | |
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is healthy. You can hear more on Let's get up but the men's discus. | :21:29. | :21:39. | |
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the reigning Olympic champion, you have been there. His technique is | :21:51. | :21:59. | |
so solid. The unwind is very spectacular. He knew that was good. | :21:59. | :22:06. | |
The body language told us that. That was a superb throw. The first | :22:06. | :22:16. | |
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throw of the competition. Gerd A good win for the Olympic champion. | :22:33. | :22:43. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :22:43. | :23:27. | |
Montsho continues her - celebration. of the race has got to motor to get | :23:27. | :23:37. | |
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back some of that last time. They were looking for a 5.20. The | :23:38. | :23:48. | |
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speed. He should have a pretty tasty last lap and that should | :24:09. | :24:18. | |
bring it rocketing down. Kipruto in third place. The Olympic champion. | :24:18. | :24:28. | |
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The joint leader with Kemboi in the Diamond League this season. Collect | :24:36. | :24:46. | |
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outside the average pace needed. -- his way outside. They need at 235 | :25:00. | :25:10. | |
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for the final kilometre. Mekhissi right. -- cole mack. He is one of | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
the greats of steeplechase. An absolute superb steeplechaser. | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
Fourth in the world championships. He is really taking the race on. | :25:40. | :25:45. | |
This is all about him. There is no European record in sight. The | :25:45. | :25:52. | |
Olympic champion is chasing him. He is about 40 metres behind. He is | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
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absolutely flying. He goes through the bell on about 6.58. Mighty | :26:08. | :26:18. | |
impressive. Mekhissi Benabbad of 40 metres back. He is really giving | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
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this a good alan mack. He is watching the clock. -- go. Kipruto | :26:31. | :26:38. | |
is chasing him down. Look get him go. Look at the advantage he has | :26:38. | :26:48. | |
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got. About 150 metres left. One more Barrier. Mekhissi Benabbad has | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
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been overtaken for third place. Look at this. 6.57. Fantastic. Just | :27:04. | :27:14. | |
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outside eight minutes. Kiprop Tower in second place. In third place, | :27:15. | :27:25. | |
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Roba Gary of Ethiopia. That was a superb run in the end. Way outside | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
schedule for eight minutes and this man almost pulled it back. | :27:34. | :27:44. | |
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final kilometre or was 2.36. He almost did it. With no competition, | :27:45. | :27:51. | |
frankly. Sometimes that does have a positive effect and enables the | :27:51. | :27:59. | |
athlete to run in a very uninhibited manner. That was a very | :27:59. | :28:06. | |
impressive run. It really was. He was down as a pacemaker. He has | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
done the job before. He did it last year. He has tried to do it again. | :28:11. | :28:17. | |
As soon as he realised the French man could not go with him, he took | :28:17. | :28:27. | |
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it on and braced himself. Look at They are love their endurance races | :28:35. | :28:41. | |
here. For one night only they love their sprinters even more. Usain | :28:41. | :28:49. | |
Bolt, and up in 90 minutes. To whet your appetite, we went to Jamaica | :28:49. | :28:59. | |
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I never knew I would be running 9.5. I never saw that coming. Usain Bolt | :29:04. | :29:11. | |
dominated world sprinting into 2009. But last year did not go so well. | :29:11. | :29:18. | |
Defeat to Tyson Gay and injury ended his season early. Last season | :29:18. | :29:24. | |
was a knock a serious season. It was a season not to do too much, | :29:25. | :29:34. | |
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tried -- try to wrest up a little That defeat in Stockholm to Tyson | :29:37. | :29:43. | |
Gay proved he was beatable. Yes, Tyson beat me and he deserved it. | :29:43. | :29:50. | |
He really worked hard and he stayed focused. Now I am ready. I am | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
working hard trying to get into shape. When I am in shape I have no | :29:55. | :30:01. | |
worries. He opened the season with a 100-metre victory in a Rome. Just. | :30:01. | :30:11. | |
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What can we expect for the rest of the year? Me and Thyssen will meet | :30:12. | :30:19. | |
before the World Championship. These are things... I want to see | :30:19. | :30:23. | |
where I Matt. Do you think it is too much about you? I know you have | :30:23. | :30:31. | |
to beat me to get to the top. Yes, but it is all about the | :30:31. | :30:36. | |
Championship. You have to have a different focus. My focus is to get | :30:36. | :30:42. | |
to the Championship. For me, I never tried to talk about 1%. I | :30:42. | :30:52. | |
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What makes me different from everybody else, I am confident of | :30:57. | :31:03. | |
and more relaxed. I am confident about what I do as long as I am in | :31:03. | :31:09. | |
good shape. When I go out there I make the crowd in to it. I want to | :31:09. | :31:17. | |
laugh, smile, have a lot of energy around me. Just make people enjoy | :31:18. | :31:24. | |
being around me, or just seen me. Last year he was having fun, a bit | :31:24. | :31:27. | |
injured, lost to Tyson Gay, nobody really batted an eyelid, we | :31:27. | :31:31. | |
expected him to come out in Rome and show he was boss, but he did | :31:31. | :31:37. | |
not redirect. He had a bad start in Rome and had to spend a lot of time | :31:37. | :31:41. | |
having to claw back the power. He just managed to do it, then went on | :31:41. | :31:48. | |
to Ostrava and ran 100 metres again, identical time. He was slow for him. | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
It's relative terms for him, yes. But he won, the most important | :31:52. | :31:58. | |
thing. He would be happy with that. For me, it is just a building | :31:58. | :32:02. | |
process for him again. The key thing athletes require his | :32:02. | :32:05. | |
victories, and he is still winning, which is important. And he is | :32:05. | :32:12. | |
healthy. It is difficult to do anything in the shadows for him. It | :32:12. | :32:18. | |
is a sell-out here for one reason. He knows his responsibilities here, | :32:18. | :32:23. | |
he knows all the crowds are here to see what he can do. He laps up that, | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
you get energy from it, it is a driving factor for his performance. | :32:28. | :32:33. | |
He enjoys this environment he is in right now. Even though he is under | :32:33. | :32:37. | |
great pressure to go out there again and again to perform and run | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
quickly, he certainly has his eyes on the target of the championships. | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
He always says he wants to become a legend in the sport. He believes | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
the anyway to do that is by winning two Olympic titles back to that. | :32:51. | :32:55. | |
His focus is certainly on doing that in 2012. How much do you think | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
he feels the pressure? One of the things we love about him is the | :32:59. | :33:04. | |
body popping, the spiralling, like no other athlete you have seen a -- | :33:04. | :33:10. | |
the smiling. Do you think he feels the pressure? Every athlete would. | :33:10. | :33:15. | |
He understands it well, he knows he is a target and when you are a | :33:15. | :33:18. | |
target you must be on your game every time. If it does not happen | :33:18. | :33:27. | |
you lose. Tyson Gay proved that. He knows he does not one that to | :33:27. | :33:30. | |
happen again so he will be very cautious when he goes on track and | :33:30. | :33:37. | |
will want to win. He is good enough to. They can down is starting to | :33:37. | :33:47. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :33:47. | :34:38. | |
that race. Now the women's 100 medallist. And George of Greece | :34:38. | :34:48. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :34:48. | :35:46. | |
indoors last March are in this previous position. We did have a | :35:46. | :35:53. | |
couple of false starts in warm-up races earlier in the evening. World | :35:53. | :35:57. | |
indoor silver-medallist of 2008 m bronze-medallist last year from | :35:57. | :36:04. | |
those European Championships in Britain, that one coming down just | :36:04. | :36:14. | |
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below eight metres. Tomlinson, six in the jumping order among us this | :36:15. | :36:25. | |
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stage. It will take six jumps. The order will be reversed after three | :36:34. | :36:44. | |
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the long shut -- long jump runway results are anything to go by. -- | :37:12. | :37:22. | |
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smile lead. Her season's best. One other quickest times. -- one of her | :37:56. | :38:03. | |
quickest times. She broke her leg in Athens briefly years ago but she | :38:03. | :38:12. | |
wins there by a good metre. Norwegian got away pretty well but | :38:12. | :38:18. | |
all of a sudden this young woman had a strong second half of the | :38:18. | :38:23. | |
race, certainly from 60 metres out, she started to really motor. A win | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
speed of 2.2 metres per second incidentally. That is over the | :38:27. | :38:33. | |
legal limit. It does not seem that, I must admit. There does not seem | :38:33. | :38:40. | |
to be much wind. I am trying to look at the flags are highly | :38:40. | :38:47. | |
stadium. I guess the 11.01 indicates they could have been a | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
good training went but certainly no evidence it is above two metres | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
from here. A bit of a drizzle coming down again. It is a shame. I | :38:56. | :39:06. | |
:39:06. | :39:33. | ||
record but for -- but for that wind, Commonwealth champion, too. Silver- | :39:33. | :39:37. | |
medallist in 2005, got a few credentials. Third in Shanghai. | :39:37. | :39:43. | |
Very quick on the runway. A a very good lift against the white flag. | :39:43. | :39:49. | |
Very strong. He has a bit left but that is pretty safe. A bit of | :39:49. | :39:56. | |
backward rotation in that. If he get that right, there is a lot more | :39:56. | :40:06. | |
:40:06. | :40:35. | ||
Silver in Beijing. A world silver medal in Berlin. A personal best of | :40:35. | :40:45. | |
:40:45. | :41:01. | ||
white flag. He has good speed and he really gets good lift. Lovely | :41:01. | :41:11. | |
:41:11. | :41:28. | ||
come, I reckon, on that evidence. The you would hope so. The wind is | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
:41:38. | :41:47. | ||
in the favour of the long jumpers better than that. That just about | :41:47. | :41:57. | |
:41:57. | :42:21. | ||
takes the lead. De Zordo there. He centimetres. A long way to go yet | :42:21. | :42:29. | |
though. The next event on the track is the final of the women's 100- | :42:29. | :42:39. | |
:42:39. | :42:58. | ||
Managed to get through to the final. And to know there was 4th in her | :42:58. | :43:08. | |
:43:08. | :43:24. | ||
that was back in 2008. Probably the favourite from Norway. A Norwegian | :43:24. | :43:27. | |
record holder now. Bronze- medallists this year. She only | :43:27. | :43:31. | |
lives 30 seconds from here. She can see the track from a window, she | :43:31. | :43:39. | |
says. Nichole Denby of America, second in her heat. She was 5th in | :43:39. | :43:49. | |
:43:49. | :44:04. | ||
the diamond lead race in Doha. -- Olympics. Ferdinand 8, 13.6. Gemma | :44:04. | :44:11. | |
Bennett of Great Britain. UK indoor champion this year. Season's best, | :44:12. | :44:21. | |
:44:22. | :44:24. | ||
13.22. None of the big stars in this race. The Americans, Canadians. | :44:24. | :44:29. | |
The Norwegian is here. Tall and looked good in qualifying, fastest | :44:29. | :44:39. | |
:44:39. | :44:39. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :44:39. | :45:29. | |
takes it. 12.79. That is pretty good. She was 5th in Rome. 12.86, | :45:29. | :45:36. | |
that was. She has done better here. Very much better than the heat. | :45:36. | :45:45. | |
That is a very good time. The best of the season. Improving race by | :45:45. | :45:55. | |
:45:55. | :45:58. | ||
race. She is very close to a personal best there. She has won by | :45:58. | :46:08. | |
:46:08. | :46:13. | ||
some margin. Just two athletes under 13 seconds. The crowd love it. | :46:13. | :46:23. | |
:46:23. | :46:24. | ||
They have got their home macro victory. -- home victory. It will | :46:24. | :46:28. | |
give her huge confidence when the best of the rest do come and and | :46:28. | :46:38. | |
: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. | |
:47:19. | :47:34. | ||
That is a good run. -- she looks Gemma Bennett alongside me. 6th | :47:34. | :47:41. | |
place. How do you feel? By an not impressed at all. I came here Mac | :47:41. | :47:47. | |
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 | :48:06. | :48:12. | |
crowd is big. I will take the positives from today, work and the | :48:12. | :48:21. | |
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. | :48:30. | :48:36. | |
She was a fraction off. It is very tough for somebody like Gemma Ben | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
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 | :48:54. | :48:59. | |
was very nice, very solid. She still has time to improve for the | :48:59. | :49:07. | |
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 | :49:21. | :49:26. | |
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. | :49:38. | :49:45. | |
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 | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
of his personal best in Jamaica when he beat a couple of big names. | :49:55. | :50:01. | |
I think he is now getting into this true world-class zone. I guess he | :50:01. | :50:11. | |
:50:11. | :50:13. | ||
hoped he might have kicked on. He has been around the high mark of | :50:13. | :50:23. | |
:50:23. | :50:23. | ||
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. | :51:34. | :51:39. | |
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. | |
:52:00. | :52:11. | ||
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. | |
:54:02. | :54:04. | ||
80-metre thrower. There is the big man. Preparing, by last event of | :54:04. | :54:14. | |
:54:14. | :54:29. | ||
on the track is the men's 110 metres hurdles. The line-up | :54:29. | :54:34. | |
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. | |
:54:55. | :55:12. | ||
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. | |
:55:27. | :55:29. | ||
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. | |
:55:45. | :55:49. | ||
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, | :56:13. | :56:19. | |
there are six American athletes lining up for these hurdles. Andy | :56:19. | :56:24. | |
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, | :57:07. | :57:17. | |
:57:17. | :57:17. | ||
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. | |
:58:22. | :58:23. | ||
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. | |
:58:48. | :59:08. | ||
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. | |
:15:01. | :15:22. | ||
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 | :27:25. | :27:32. | |
great race between those three in the final stages. Meseret Defar | :27:32. | :27:42. | |
:27:42. | :27:46. | ||
still has the energy to celebrate. A little dance. Lots of support. | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
Wonderful celebration. The umbrellas out. It is absolutely | :27:50. | :27:58. | |
torrential. Chris Tomlinson has another job. These are difficult | :27:58. | :28:05. | |
conditions, certainly. The lead still 8.07. The weather taking its | :28:05. | :28:15. | |
:28:15. | :28:16. | ||
toll. That is not a bad job. He has got a white flag. -- bad job. It | :28:16. | :28:21. | |
looks better. He looked happier with that. Absolutely spot on the | :28:21. | :28:28. | |
board. Looked to be on the board. Good lift. Round about eight metres. | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
He could be in there with a challenge. Looks a little more | :28:34. | :28:44. | |
:28:44. | :28:51. | ||
interested in the outcome this time. I am sure he got a white flag. 7.87. | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
It was better. It looked a little better than that. Still struggling | :28:55. | :29:05. | |
:29:05. | :29:28. | ||
to get to the aid metre line. -- performance. European silver- | :29:28. | :29:38. | |
:29:38. | :29:41. | ||
medallist. One of the few world- class left-handers. He was eighth | :29:41. | :29:51. | |
:29:51. | :30:04. | ||
in Doha. He is getting better. Pitkamaki down in a place. -- aid | :30:04. | :30:14. | |
:30:14. | :30:34. | ||
macro. Overall, Pitkamaki and jump. Andrey Silnov... No. I am not | :30:34. | :30:43. | |
surprised. The Olympic champion. Still only 26. He saw his | :30:43. | :30:49. | |
compatriots go out in the early stages. His third failure. Staying | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
:30:59. | :30:59. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :30:59. | :31:42. | |
that one. Time now for the blue ribbon at middle-distance event. | :31:42. | :31:47. | |
This is the Dream Mile. It goes back over many years. 14 athletes | :31:47. | :31:53. | |
out there. It is a race which has so many world records over the | :31:53. | :31:58. | |
years. Sebastian Coe is just a few feet over to our left, an | :31:58. | :32:08. | |
:32:08. | :32:23. | ||
record in 1985. On Saturday we had a great mile. The meeting record | :32:23. | :32:33. | |
:32:33. | :32:41. | ||
here is 3.44 0.9. That would be too Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba's mother | :32:41. | :32:48. | |
died. He had to go back to Kenya. He is only 20 but has improved | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
hugely. Keitany was the winner last week in Eugene in a closely-fought | :32:52. | :33:00. | |
race. The Olympic champion of 1500 metres is also in this field, Asbel | :33:00. | :33:10. | |
Kiprop. He ran a disastrous race last week, awful. He finished in | :33:10. | :33:14. | |
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 | :33:18. | :33:22. | |
has had a long chat with him and told him to concentrate and stay | :33:22. | :33:32. | |
near the front end of the fields. Do pacemakers. Collins Cheboi will | :33:32. | :33:38. | |
try to take them to 1200 metres. This is a mile. It is about nine | :33:38. | :33:42. | |
metres longer than four laps. It makes the old split times a bit | :33:42. | :33:46. | |
hard to calculate particularly as tonight we understand the clock. | :33:46. | :33:56. | |
Each time they go through the finish line. -- the clock stop each | :33:56. | :34:06. | |
:34:06. | :34:12. | ||
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. | |
:34:32. | :34:50. | ||
pacemakers have a real reputation it, particularly Collins Cheboi. As | :34:50. | :35:00. | |
:35:00. | :35:04. | ||
well as the other Kenyan, big so now and Polonaise. -- Vickson Naran | :35:04. | :35:14. | |
:35:14. | :35:43. | ||
bell will be with 409 metres to go. straight. Just over two laps to run. | :35:43. | :35:51. | |
Collins Cheboi on the outside there. They go through 800 there. I | :35:51. | :35:56. | |
understand, from what we have been told, that that is 809 metres, that | :35:56. | :36:03. | |
split. There is the Olympic champion looking comfortable, Asbel | :36:03. | :36:13. | |
:36:13. | :36:26. | ||
Kiprop. Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba in Eugene last week. He is catching up. | :36:26. | :36:34. | |
The best of them on Africans at the moment, Jeffrey Riseley. He won in | :36:34. | :36:43. | |
Ostrava about 10 days ago. Collins Cheboi, the second pacemaker. They | :36:43. | :36:52. | |
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 | :36:58. | :37:08. | |
:37:08. | :37:10. | ||
year, he won in Eugene, and be is in good form. Nixon Kiplimo | :37:10. | :37:17. | |
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. | |
:37:41. | :37:56. | ||
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 | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
a great competitive run there. I think Asbel Kiprop has gained a bit | :38:06. | :38:10. | |
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 | :38:14. | :38:19. | |
about 30 metres out. He has had some in different lace -- in | :38:19. | :38:22. | |
different races of late, not being in the right place at the right | :38:22. | :38:26. | |
time, leaving it too late to close down in the final stages, but he | :38:26. | :38:30. | |
got that one right. He has a pedigree and he has worried us. | :38:30. | :38:34. | |
This time Keitany is under real pressure and Asbel Kiprop looks | :38:34. | :38:39. | |
very comfortable. Good run by Jeffrey Riseley, the Australian, | :38:39. | :38:48. | |
close in on that leading group of Africans. It was pouring down | :38:48. | :38:58. | |
:38:58. | :39:25. | ||
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. | |
:39:42. | :39:50. | ||
evening. Difficult conditions for but a sigh of relief as the rain | :39:50. | :40:00. | |
:40:00. | :40:04. | ||
He has to clear this, the Russian, or he finishes in second and the | :40:04. | :40:14. | |
:40:14. | :40:19. | ||
cybrid will be the victor. I'll my very pleased to have jumped so well | :40:19. | :40:22. | |
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 | :40:29. | :40:35. | |
tonight after was a frustrating seven from the Eugene was | :40:35. | :40:45. | |
:40:45. | :41:10. | ||
particularly pleasing. What a clearly it's that. Does not get a | :41:10. | :41:20. | |
:41:20. | :41:26. | ||
lot of lift. Also had the red flag. makes his way round to the start of | :41:26. | :41:29. | |
the 200 metres, the final track event of this programme. The track | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
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 | :41:48. | :41:58. | |
:41:58. | :41:58. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :41:58. | :42:46. | |
thanks the crowd. He has had a lot of support for this long jump. They | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
are so much closer in this stadium than in some. He just about makes | :42:50. | :43:00. | |
:43:00. | :43:06. | ||
the board. Technically he is very execution of the technique is very | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
:43:16. | :43:21. | ||
good. 8.07 is is leading jump. The last jumper this competition. -- at | :43:21. | :43:30. | |
the last to jump. -- the last one to jump in this competition. | :43:30. | :43:36. | |
wonder how Usain Bolt is going to run? His first 200 metres in over | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
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 | :43:54. | :44:03. | |
:44:04. | :44:04. | ||
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. | :44:14. | :44:24. | |
:44:24. | :44:43. | ||
lovely tubercle. It is watertight. We are filling up. I am up to my | :44:43. | :44:50. | |
knees! The big event. Usain Bolt will hate this weather. Yes but he | :44:50. | :44:53. | |
has run many years in Europe. He has experience this type of | :44:53. | :44:57. | |
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 | :45:02. | :45:12. | |
:45:12. | :45:25. | ||
is? -- what are your thoughts in terms of the time? I think anywhere | :45:25. | :45:30. | |
around the 22nd figure would be a really strong performance. It has | :45:30. | :45:40. | |
:45:40. | :45:41. | ||
cooled off a little bit. He has got his waterproofs on. He is getting | :45:41. | :45:50. | |
himself ready to give it a go at go. He is going to give it his all. | :45:50. | :45:57. | |
is just about to be introduced. This place is going to go pretty | :45:57. | :46:07. | |
:46:07. | :46:07. | ||
mad. He has got all the moves. is a real showman. He enjoys this. | :46:07. | :46:15. | |
It is part of the build up. He knows the crowd are really into it. | :46:15. | :46:21. | |
When you're young, why not enjoy it? Let's hope his running matches. | :46:21. | :46:26. | |
Do you think when he goes into a race like this, when he is focusing | :46:26. | :46:33. | |
on performance, he would prefer not to do that. --? You s, a lot of the | :46:33. | :46:38. | |
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 | :46:44. | :46:54. | |
:46:54. | :46:54. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :46:54. | :48:19. | |
brilliantly. Absolutely brilliantly. 19.87. Just outside the track | :48:19. | :48:29. | |
:48:29. | :48:32. | ||
record by frantic pass back Frankie Fredericks. -- Frankie Fredericks. | :48:32. | :48:42. | |
:48:42. | :48:42. | ||
19.86. World-leading time. The fastest time in the world this year. | :48:42. | :48:45. | |
Nothing Jaysuma Saidy Ndure could do on that occasion. He could not | :48:45. | :48:55. | |
:48:55. | :48:57. | ||
get close. Look at the advantage he has got at the end. Brilliant. | :48:57. | :49:03. | |
Mario Forsythe got a third over Christian Malcolm. Did not | :49:03. | :49:12. | |
disappoint, did he? 19.86 in his slippery damp track. The rain was | :49:12. | :49:18. | |
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 | :49:25. | :49:35. | |
:49:35. | :49:41. | ||
doing fine. 19.6 in awful conditions. -- 19.86. He would have | :49:41. | :49:49. | |
gone even faster if it was a warm evening. He ran as solid band. He | :49:49. | :49:57. | |
was not a million miles away from Jaysuma Saidy Ndure inside him. The | :49:57. | :50:05. | |
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 | :50:13. | :50:23. | |
:50:23. | :50:28. | ||
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. | :50:40. | :50:47. | |
Very disappointing. Tell us about Eugene? A went out there feeling | :50:47. | :50:51. | |
fantastic. I knew it was a great place to compete. I was feeling | :50:51. | :50:57. | |
great on the day. Even though I did not start well... Chris The and | :50:57. | :51:06. | |
Malcolm just coming in. And we have just lost a light! Sorry about that. | :51:06. | :51:12. | |
I just kept going and managed to react pretty well in the 5th. I | :51:12. | :51:19. | |
know I'm in great shape. I have had three competitions. Maybe one too | :51:19. | :51:29. | |
:51:29. | :51:30. | ||
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 | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
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. | |
:52:38. | :52:38. | ||
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. | |
:53:05. | :53:08. | ||
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 | :53:21. | :53:28. | |
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, | :53:34. | :53:38. | |
European team Championship. Au disappointed you are only in the | :53:38. | :53:48. | |
:53:48. | :53:48. | ||
relay? I knew we had to get a time in by June Fifth. I only did Rome. | :53:48. | :53:53. | |
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. | |
:54:14. | :54:15. | ||
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. | |
:54:56. | :55:23. | ||
The rain is a tipping down. It is just miserable. It did not stop | :55:23. | :55:32. | |
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 | :55:41. | :55:48. | |
out quickly. He looked majestic. What was nice, he was running with | :55:48. | :55:54. | |
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. | :56:59. | :57:07. | |
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 | :58:02. | :58:12. | |
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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 | :58:25. | :58:30. |