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Good afternoon. And welcome to Tyneside for our coverage of the | :00:10. | :00:18. | |
now world famous Bupa Great North Run weekend. Today's action centres | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
on the stunning Newcastle Gateshead Quayside, and the third edition of | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
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the Great North City Games, St COMMENTATOR: Andy Turner takes the | :00:48. | :00:54. | |
victory! That is absolutely fantastic... Once again, the | :00:54. | :01:04. | |
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spectators getting a great view. And a bit of English pride at stake | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
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here. The more support you give us, For the last couple of years, this | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
match has featured England versus Australia, England winning on both | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
occasions. But this year, we step it up a notch, as you can probably | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
tell from this trophy, England becomes Great Britain and Northern | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
Ireland, and the opponents are the strongest athletics nation in the | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
world, the USA. The GB captain is Mo Farah, back in the fray after | :01:39. | :01:45. | |
his heroics in the World Championships. Today, it is the 2 | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
Mile race for our golden boy. Hannah England got a brilliant | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
silver medal in Daegu. She faces Jenny Meadows this afternoon. It | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
wasn't the way he might have hoped to win it, but Andy Turner's bronze | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
medal was a massive achievement. He will be taking on jays and budget | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
and this afternoon. And we have the fastest woman in the world at the | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
moment, Carmelita Jeter. She goes over the 150m. Bernard Lagat was | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
the man who chased Mo Farah home in the 5,000 odd in Daegu. But not | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
today, as he is in the 1 Mile race. And in the long jump, Dwight | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
Phillips will be sailing through the air, as ever, with the greatest | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
of these. This afternoon's of these. This afternoon's | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
timetable looks like this... The points-scoring system is very | :02:42. | :02:49. | |
simple, one point for a win, and that is it. Bernard Lagat will kick | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
us off in just a few moments' time. That will be in the 1 Mile. That is | :02:55. | :03:05. | |
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over on the other side of the We have got Walter Dix, after his | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
stunning 200m in Brussels last night. We will be reviewing that | :03:10. | :03:17. | |
during the course of the programme. We have got other theme of ten | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
going on this afternoon. It is the 10th anniversary of the Gateshead | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
Millennium Bridge today. We have got 10 medallists from Daegu, and | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
we have got 10 events. Our two guests know all about ten as well. | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
It is Colin Jackson and Dean Macey. In fairness, you were 10 times | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
better than most, so there you go. There have been working with you | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
all these years, you have never said anything as nice as that. | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
said anything as nice as that. along! We have just hot-footed it | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
back from Brussels, perhaps one of the best nights of athletics ever. | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
It was an incredible night of athletics. When you think about it, | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
who would have thought a world- leading mark by Usain Bolt in the | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
100m gets overshadowed by his own training partner in the 200m. A | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
fantastic performance by Yohan Blake, running the second fastest | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
time ever in that event. It was like no other 200m we have ever | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
seen before. Usain Bolt's face was a bit of a picture after that. | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
think he was genuinely shocked. He had given his training partner a | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
bit of advice, but he did not expect him to go out and do that. | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
It was a sensational performance. I'm looking forward to seeing it | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
again. This is your first experience of street athletics - | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
what do you make of the concept? is fantastic, it works for TV, 90 | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
minutes of intense action. And it certainly works for the punters. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
The weather is not perfect, but the amount of people who have turned | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
out is phenomenal. I think the competition will be phenomenal as | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
well. We have got some outstanding athletes, 10 medalists from Daegu, | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
four champions. Yes, from Dwight Phillips, who retained his long | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
jump title, which nobody expected, because he had not been in great | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
form before Daegu. We have got Walter Dix, what he has got left in | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
his legs after yesterday, we do not know. And we have got Mo Farah, who | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
has been also more year. I hope he gets a fantastic reception today. | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
Mentioning Mo, we have to look back once again to Brussels, and | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
Kenenisa Bekele coming back to form. Absolutely, he opened the show. It | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
was an incredibly fast paced race. Going under 27 minutes, to hit his | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
target, was pretty impressive. He is going to go into the winter very | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
confident. And Mo will be a bit nervous about Kenenisa Bekele, with | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
the Olympics coming up next year. Moving on to the action now, we | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
have got the men's 1 Mile, featuring Bernard Lagat. It is over | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
to the commentary team now, with Brendan Foster, and first of all, | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
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STEVE CRAM: We are going to start with the men's 1 Mile, on the | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
Newcastle side, if you like. We're on the Gateshead side. It will be a | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
kind of a horseshoe, all the way down the North bank, coming across | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
the spring bridge, and then coming back on the Gateshead side, to | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
finish right in front of us. Three from each team to contest this 1 | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
Mile race. We have already mentioned Bernard Lagat, at the | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
beginning of the programme. He will be the big star. The man who came | :06:36. | :06:45. | |
so close to beating Mo Farah in the 5,000m. He will be joined by a Kyle | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
Miller and Donald Cowart for the USA. For Great Britain, Bruce | :06:51. | :07:01. | |
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Raeside and Andrew Osagie, as well Luke Gunn, normally a steeplechaser. | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
And do not write off Bruce Raeside, but one would assume that Bernard | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
Lagat would be looking forward to this race, Brendan. | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
Forster label yes, there he is, the established athlete. It is a | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
privilege for these other athletes to be running in the company of one | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
of the all-time greats. It should be interesting for Andrew Osagie | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
today. Whenever the milers end up running against the half milers, as | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
they used to be called, they always try to take them out early, run | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
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them beyond their southern distance. But this is a nice, steady start. | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
They're going a long the north side of the river, running towards the | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
Tyne Bridge, that familiar landmark. They will cross over the swing | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
bridge, and come down the other side, past The Sage, and then along | :08:24. | :08:33. | |
here, where they will get a great reception in front of us. It is | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
overcast on Tyneside this morning, autumnal weather, I think we could | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
say. There is not much wind. If anything, it is probably a bit in | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
their faces at the moment. But it is pretty still, to be honest. This | :08:47. | :08:56. | |
race is being run at a steady pace so far. I'm sure it will pick up, | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
though. Bernard Lagat happy to lead things at the moment. Do you think | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
that might be because Bernard Lagat has had a look at the times of his | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
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opponents? He doesn't want Andrew Osagie for company along the | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
finishing straight, don't you think? Yes, pretty sure. But it | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
will be interesting to see how Andrew Osagie goes. I love to see | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
800m runners having a go at the 1,500. Andrew has really been | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
developing as an athlete. He had a lot of injuries in his early career. | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
He has been developing his strength since then. His coach has been | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
doing a good job with him. It was a very encouraging performance in the | :09:44. | :09:54. | |
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World Championships. And he will be The only thing about running on the | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
road, over the 1 Mile, it is so different to the track. The | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
perception of where you are in the last quarter-mile can sometimes | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
encourage people to kick a bit early. A slight incline here, as | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
they go down into the road right along the quayside. Lagat putting | :10:16. | :10:22. | |
the pressure on now. Andrew Osagie the only British athlete trying to | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
stay with the Americans. As they head down the quayside, on the | :10:27. | :10:36. | |
Gateshead side of the river. Three- quarters of a mile to go. Andrew | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
Osagie running well, can he get amongst those Americans? Bernard | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
Lagat looks to be untroubled. Silver medallist in the World | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
Championships in that fantastic, historic race for British athletics, | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
with Mo Farah winning the 500 -- 5,000m. This was his rival then, | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
but it is Bernard Lagat who looks good right now. Kyle Miller just | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
giving him something to think about, on his shoulder. But now, Lagat | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
changes up through the gears. The former world champion at 1,500m, | :11:12. | :11:21. | |
don't forget. He comes storming through on the track part. Andrew | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
Osagie finishing strongly as well. Lagat wins it, Kyle Miller takes a | :11:26. | :11:36. | |
second, and Andrew Osagie gets third. Pretty swift, that winning | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
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time, 4:06. At the moment, the way he ran that race, he was so | :11:47. | :11:51. | |
comfortable. Just stretching it, as he needed to. Looking the part, | :11:51. | :11:58. | |
coming onto the track. And suddenly, he clicked into gear, and there | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
goes the great Bernard Lagat. Still winning medals, after winning them | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
back in Sydney in the year 2000. Great man, great friend of Mo | :12:07. | :12:14. | |
Farah's, and a great athlete to brood. I would say that was an easy | :12:14. | :12:24. | |
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win for him today. When they were in Daegu, Mo Farah's family and | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
Bernard Lagat's family spent a lot of time together. They are very | :12:28. | :12:34. | |
good friends, as you say. We will see Mo Farah shortly, but Bernard | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
Lagat joins Phil now. Thank you very much. You made it | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
look easy. I felt really comfortable in the race. I wanted | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
to come here and run so well, and say thank you to the people who | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
invited me. Brendan Foster... I want to thank everybody for coming | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
to support us. I wanted to make a good show today. I knew what was | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
going to be fun. I kept telling myself, I want to have fun. I have | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
come here all the time, to run in Gateshead. I'm pleased. We know you | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
love running in Britain, but what about bringing athletics to a new | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
audience? This is a brilliant idea. I have only been hearing about it, | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
but when I saw yesterday the way it was set up, and the way a lot of | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
people were coming, something which is important to me is the kids. The | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
kids this morning were running, having so much fun. That is the | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
best thing that I have ever seen. It is good for our sport. A I | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
really thank UK Athletics for putting this together. It is | :13:37. | :13:47. | |
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unbelievable. These kids are It is good to see him here, he has | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
obviously enjoyed the experience. He has been around the world a lot, | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
He has been around the world a lot, Bernard Lagat. Hopefully he will go | :14:00. | :14:07. | |
away and tell everybody about what he has seen here on Tyneside today. | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
Good run from Kyle Miller in second, and a pretty good performance from | :14:11. | :14:21. | |
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Holly Bleasdale sales over in this beautiful amphitheatre in the | :14:28. | :14:34. | |
shadow of the Baltic Centre. Three metres, 96. The opening height of | :14:34. | :14:44. | |
the competition. You expect this to be quite easy. What a great | :14:44. | :14:54. | |
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holder is on her way. More difficult for Lucy Bryan for Great | :15:03. | :15:12. | |
Britain. She is only 16 years old. She has lost out there. Youth | :15:12. | :15:20. | |
bronze-medallist. A baptism of fire for her. Representing the senior | :15:20. | :15:27. | |
team for the first time. She is a name to watch out for her. Lucy | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
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Interesting to hear from Bernard Lagat. When everyone comes here and | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
is used to running on the track, they get impressed with the close | :15:56. | :16:02. | |
proximity to the audience. It is a unique occasion and they enjoy it. | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
When Bernard said it, it came from his heart. What happens is he tells | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
more and more people and the audience love it. Bernard Lagat won | :16:14. | :16:23. | |
today. He was second behind Mo Farah before. Mo Farah was in the | :16:23. | :16:30. | |
Edinburgh Cross-Country in January. Mo Farah begins in winning style | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
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Mo Farah! It is going to be gold for Great Britain. Farrell wins it. | :16:54. | :17:04. | |
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In towards the home straight, he pushed the leader in the 10,000 | :17:28. | :17:38. | |
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metres, will he do it again? Mo Gold for Mo Farah! This time he got | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
it right. He found the strength to hold on. What a performance from Mo | :17:47. | :17:57. | |
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You never tire of watching that again and again. A remarkable 2011 | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
of for Mo Farah and he will be running in 10 minutes' time in the | :18:01. | :18:08. | |
two miles. Another athlete for whom 2011 was incredible, Sally Pearson | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
in hundred metre hurdles. Sensational all season. She did not | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
end the way she wanted to. She was looking very solid, explosive of | :18:20. | :18:27. | |
the blocks and she kept working hard. Literally, about halfway, she | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
just catches the hurdle and that causes her to feel like she is tied | :18:32. | :18:42. | |
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back. Because of that, she lands up flat over the barrier. No chance | :18:46. | :18:52. | |
whatsoever to recover. It was unfortunate for her. But lost other | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
diamond lead itself. Danielle Carruthers, she has competed today, | :18:58. | :19:05. | |
she ended up winning. Interestingly, Sally was distraught afterwards. | :19:05. | :19:11. | |
Yes, it was sad to see. On reflection, she said to herself at | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
the end of the day I have had a cracking win and I cannot complain. | :19:16. | :19:26. | |
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She let Danielle Carruthers go on and take it. There is a Carruthers, | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
she was on the same flight as Colin. Dawn Harper as well, it should be a | :19:34. | :19:44. | |
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with Sarah McGreevy on the inside, Carruthers is getting ready. The | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
British athletes have a very tough race in terms of the opposition. | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
The Olympic champion, two medallists, silver and bronze from | :19:58. | :20:06. | |
World Championships from the USA. Let's look at the start list: the | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
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championships this season, her best set some years ago. She seems | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
relaxed and enjoying herself. She is next to a former Olympic | :20:35. | :20:45. | |
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champion and bronze-medallist from Harriers club coached by the best | :20:51. | :20:59. | |
coached in the world, Malcolm Arnold. Danielle Carruthers, second | :20:59. | :21:06. | |
fastest in the world this year. And the world championship silver- | :21:06. | :21:14. | |
medallist, 12.47. Sally Pearson, the Australian has won 12.28. It | :21:14. | :21:19. | |
shows you how good the Australian has been over the course of 2011. | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
This will be very tough for Great Britain to get in amongst the | :21:22. | :21:32. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :21:32. | :22:16. | |
second. 12.74. That is very quick indeed for these conditions. Dawn | :22:16. | :22:22. | |
Harper really came through strongly at the end. A fine run by both | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
Americans. The Britons, third and fourth place but that's what we | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
expected. These two have been almost | :22:32. | :22:38. | |
inseparable. Harper missed out to Carruthers for the silver medals at | :22:38. | :22:44. | |
the championships. Carruthers screens and she goes over each | :22:44. | :22:54. | |
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A tremendous performance and race, entertaining the crowd. That is | :23:16. | :23:21. | |
what she said yesterday. That was the goal. For the US to do a good | :23:21. | :23:28. | |
job. They are so close, you get to touch their hand. And that is the | :23:28. | :23:38. | |
difference, face on. I was smiling, but he won the game face! What a | :23:38. | :23:47. | |
couple of days you have had. I am happy. I have had three hours sleep, | :23:47. | :23:54. | |
I got here at 1030. I warmed up. I am happy. Have you reflected on | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
watch achieved last night? really yet! I have not had time to. | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
I would take a vacation when this is over. Great to see you here, | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
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thank you for coming from Brussels. Bleasdale, four metres, 16. She is | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
a powerful athlete. Still young. Lots of potential. She goes sailing | :24:40. | :24:47. | |
over. On paper, she is the best athlete but these are difficult | :24:47. | :24:56. | |
conditions. You can see some rain lying on the run up. A great effort | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
by the Blackbird Harrier. She was disappointed with the previous | :25:03. | :25:13. | |
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performance. Four metres, 12, first comfortable. At the higher heights | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
she may meet on to a stiffer pole. Holly Bleasdale has the advantage | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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between Holly and Becky. Great Britain have the advantage at the | :25:52. | :26:01. | |
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on the Gateshead side. On the Newcastle side, we are getting | :26:03. | :26:13. | |
ready for the women's mile. Eight athletes in this, four from each | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :26:23. | :27:04. | |
British team is concerned. There Brussels last night. Jenny Meadows, | :27:04. | :27:11. | |
of course, after the disappointment, she felt she underperformed in | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
Daegu not making it to the final. She was in a tough semi-final, they | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
all were. Jenny Meadows looking forward to being tested over longer | :27:22. | :27:28. | |
distances here. Ms Hannah England is very tired, she said -- she | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
should start as favourite. It is always interesting to see | :27:32. | :27:38. | |
Jenny Meadows. It is always interesting to see how they cope | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
moving up. Jenny says she is getting better over longer | :27:42. | :27:49. | |
distances. We are yet to see that. Hannah England, a fantastic | :27:49. | :27:54. | |
performance in the World Championships. She is settling them | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
down, Helen Clitheroe behind them, a good 10,000 metres earlier in the | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
year. She has run consistently over the summer. We expect Helen have to | :28:04. | :28:11. | |
have a shop workout today and to turn out for the first half | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
marathon tomorrow. Jenny Meadows looks comfortable and controlled. | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
And a palette of Great Britain on the inside, 400 metres behind them | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
and the United States getting in amongst them. They look like the | :28:23. | :28:31. | |
team race, the British athletes. Hannah England has had a busy time | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
since silver in a Daegu. She went back to Canada for a friend's | :28:35. | :28:42. | |
wedding last week. She missed out on a couple of racing opportunities | :28:42. | :28:47. | |
but perhaps saved her best for last night. A good back-up performance | :28:47. | :28:53. | |
from Hannah England after silver. She said she is looking for the | :28:53. | :28:56. | |
consistency closer to the four- minute mark which she felt capable | :28:56. | :29:01. | |
of that has not produced. You expect Hannah England to run | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
again well today. Helen Clitheroe is experienced athlete, she knows | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
her way around this distance. She has been consistent over the summer | :29:11. | :29:15. | |
and will make them run for their money. She is taking on Hannah | :29:15. | :29:21. | |
England. The British athletes are leaving the four Americans. So far, | :29:21. | :29:26. | |
two results and the Americans have won both. This could beat Britain's | :29:26. | :29:29. | |
first win in this match. Helen Clitheroe has decided it is for | :29:30. | :29:34. | |
real and is testing them. Helen Clitheroe, in the lead, Hannah | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
England behind. Jenny Meadows who insists she would be a good runner | :29:40. | :29:50. | |
:29:50. | :29:55. | ||
in the Mile has a chance to prove going that fast, I'm surprised at | :29:55. | :30:03. | |
that they have opened up a gap like this. Gunner will be the one who | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
will have the best chance of winning, if she is in this position | :30:07. | :30:17. | |
:30:17. | :30:34. | ||
medallist, and you can sense that she now has that confidence. That | :30:34. | :30:37. | |
is what winning a medal does for you. Helen Clitheroe running | :30:37. | :30:42. | |
strongly, she's determined to keep Jenny Meadows behind her. Looking | :30:42. | :30:49. | |
over her shoulder, but they're within the last 440 yards. Pallant | :30:49. | :30:56. | |
has just drifted off the pack. It is between these two now. Helen | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
Clitheroe looking behind, deciding to make her move. She's having a go | :31:00. | :31:10. | |
now. Hannah England has not really started kicking yet. There's a | :31:10. | :31:13. | |
right battle going on for third spot. Jenny Meadows going pretty | :31:13. | :31:23. | |
:31:23. | :31:23. | ||
well. So, victory assured for Great Britain. Hannah England stretching | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
away, but Helen Clitheroe still pushing her. Just a couple of | :31:26. | :31:32. | |
metres between them. Hannah England stretching out a bit, the world | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
silver medallist, pulling away from her teammate. Helen Clitheroe will | :31:37. | :31:47. | |
:31:47. | :31:52. | ||
go again tomorrow in the Great North Run, as Brendan was saying. | :31:52. | :31:57. | |
Hannah England likes this race. This is the third time she has come | :31:57. | :32:02. | |
to Tyneside and won on the roads. It has been a superb year for her. | :32:02. | :32:07. | |
What confidence that will give her for next year. She is great talent, | :32:07. | :32:14. | |
has been for a while. She's finally beginning to realise that talent. | :32:14. | :32:23. | |
Between these two, Helen Clitheroe stretches, but Hannah England | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
response. She has to dig deep, because she ran hard last night. | :32:27. | :32:32. | |
But the difference that medal makes shows here. She knows she can win | :32:32. | :32:39. | |
this one. And she has got the talent as well. I would suggest | :32:39. | :32:42. | |
that we are going to be excited about Hannah England running next | :32:42. | :32:52. | |
:32:52. | :32:52. | ||
year in the Olympic games in London over 1,500m. Jenny Meadows finishes | :32:52. | :33:00. | |
in fourth. There's the talent and the application. Hannah England | :33:00. | :33:04. | |
finishing off a great couple of weeks. She really is in great form | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
now. She wins this race for the third time. A good performance by | :33:09. | :33:16. | |
heaven Clitheroe, and she will be happy with that. A really good run, | :33:16. | :33:20. | |
and a busy weekend for Hannah England. It will be busy for Helen | :33:20. | :33:30. | |
:33:30. | :33:30. | ||
Clitheroe as well. The winning time, 4:39. Not super-fast, but that | :33:30. | :33:38. | |
doesn't matter. I think our winner, Hannah England, is now with | :33:38. | :33:44. | |
Jonathan, and Jenny Meadows as well. Jonathan, and Jenny Meadows as well. | :33:44. | :33:45. | |
That's right. Hannah England, Brendan said in commentary the | :33:45. | :33:49. | |
difference that a medal makes, try to sum it up, what difference it | :33:49. | :33:55. | |
has made to you. It is just really fun. Even warming up, people were | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
still saying congratulations. It is just such a nice thing to have. | :34:00. | :34:05. | |
Honestly, did you think you could win a medal going into Daegu? | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
thought maybe if the race went absolutely perfectly. But it did | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
not hold me back, I still ran with the most confident I could. | :34:13. | :34:18. | |
have had a busy time since coming back from Daegu. Yes, I went to | :34:18. | :34:21. | |
Canada to be bridesmaid for my friend, the now based in Brussels | :34:21. | :34:26. | |
last night. But this is the third year in a row that I have won this | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
race. Sometimes in your career, you suddenly think, maybe I can achieve | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
more than I have never achieved before. How do you assess your | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
situation going into the winter? know I'm doing the right thing. I | :34:39. | :34:44. | |
have got confidence, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. | :34:44. | :34:47. | |
Hopefully I will get into that Olympic final in the best shape | :34:47. | :34:53. | |
possible. Jenny Meadows, just to bring you in. Obviously, a very | :34:53. | :34:58. | |
different experience in Daegu for you - what do you look back on, | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
what do you make of it? The 800m this year was a very, very strong | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
event. Obviously, I was hoping to get a medal in the championships, | :35:08. | :35:11. | |
so not to make the final was a massive disappointment. It is easy | :35:11. | :35:15. | |
to make rash decisions and think, it is back to the drawing board. | :35:15. | :35:19. | |
But in reality I don't think I did much wrong. Just a couple of | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
changes, just to make that 1% difference. I need a bit of a | :35:23. | :35:29. | |
bigger buffer zone to make for a qualify for the semi-finals. | :35:29. | :35:34. | |
Running 1:59, like I did, who are still a world-class time, but you | :35:34. | :35:38. | |
need to be running 1:57 consistently, to give yourself that | :35:38. | :35:42. | |
buffer. Today was the first part of the plan to helping me improve next | :35:42. | :35:49. | |
year. My coach thinks I need a bit more strength. I'm sure this 1 Mile | :35:49. | :35:55. | |
Robles gave me that today! Maybe I will do some indoors, to a couple | :35:55. | :36:00. | |
of 1,500s, take the emphasis off running fast all the year round, | :36:00. | :36:05. | |
making sure I peak for the Championship. Well done to both of | :36:05. | :36:09. | |
you. We are going to go over to the other side of the River Tyne now. | :36:09. | :36:15. | |
Over to Phil Jones. Thanks. I'm here with world | :36:15. | :36:18. | |
champion, yet again, Dwight Phillips, getting ready for the | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
long jump. I wonder what you think of the set up here? It is | :36:23. | :36:27. | |
definitely a great set-up. It is a great atmosphere, to bring | :36:27. | :36:32. | |
athletics to the street. The casual fans, we can gain more fans from it, | :36:32. | :36:37. | |
so it is great. What about this raised have run up, and how that | :36:37. | :36:43. | |
affects you. It is cool, it is not quite long enough for my approach, | :36:43. | :36:49. | |
but I'm going to give it a go. what about the prospects of this | :36:49. | :36:54. | |
being seen in the big cities in the United States? It would be great to | :36:54. | :36:58. | |
bring this format to the United States. Athletics is one of the | :36:58. | :37:01. | |
biggest sports there, running is one of the biggest sports, and this | :37:01. | :37:06. | |
would gain a lot of momentum for our spot in the USA. It is great to | :37:06. | :37:12. | |
see you being a part of it here. Well done again on the world title. | :37:12. | :37:16. | |
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it. one world champion to another, next | :37:16. | :37:20. | |
up, it is Mo Farah. He has been on Tyneside for a couple of days doing | :37:20. | :37:28. | |
some promotional work. Phil Jones caught up with him. | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
If somebody said to me, you will be world champion, I would definitely | :37:32. | :37:35. | |
take that. To come away with gold and silver, it is absolutely | :37:35. | :37:39. | |
amazing. It is what an athlete's athletics career is all about, | :37:39. | :37:44. | |
getting as many medals as you can. It is very exciting moving towards | :37:44. | :37:48. | |
2012. I have got to keep doing what I do, not getting carried away by | :37:48. | :37:53. | |
anything. We always thought you had the talent but maybe not the belief. | :37:53. | :37:58. | |
In the past we talked and you said, I hope I can do that. But that has | :37:58. | :38:03. | |
all changed, you are the man. I am putting that behind me. As an | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
athlete, you have got to be confident. I am a lot more | :38:07. | :38:13. | |
confident. I have had a great year. I am happy how it has gone. But it | :38:13. | :38:19. | |
is all about 2012, so just, keep training, keep injury-free. But | :38:19. | :38:24. | |
confidence has made a big difference. As for being back home | :38:24. | :38:28. | |
now, this is your official competitive homecoming this weekend | :38:28. | :38:37. | |
- how are you looking forward to taking part here, in the 2 Mile? | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
am really looking forward to it, I have always competed here, this is | :38:41. | :38:47. | |
going to be my fifth but also this will be my last race, so it will be | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
nice to get it out of the way, hopefully end on a high, and then | :38:51. | :38:54. | |
enjoy my time off. You will get another fantastic reception from | :38:54. | :39:01. | |
the crowd, no doubt. They have been fantastic all year. Yes, there's a | :39:01. | :39:05. | |
lot of guys out there and some supporting. Here, anybody can come | :39:05. | :39:11. | |
along and support. They do not need tickets, it is great. It will be a | :39:11. | :39:18. | |
nice battle for us with the USA. STEVE CRAM: What a year it has been | :39:18. | :39:23. | |
so far for Mo Farah. Can he rounded off in style here on Tyneside? He's | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
the man they have really come to see, I think. This 2 Mile event | :39:27. | :39:36. | |
starts on our side of the river, just up from us, just down by The | :39:36. | :39:44. | |
Sage. In this sort of company, for Mo Farah, the two miles should not | :39:44. | :39:49. | |
be any problem whatsoever. But he has been a bit tired these last | :39:49. | :39:52. | |
couple of weeks, because of the fact that he is the world champion, | :39:52. | :39:56. | |
which brings with it a whole host of interview requests, people | :39:57. | :40:03. | |
wanting to spend time with him, TV shows, radio shows, etc. He's | :40:03. | :40:09. | |
polishing his sunglasses now. BRENDAN FOSTER: He is polishing his | :40:09. | :40:12. | |
sunglasses. You always have to do that when you come to Tyneside, | :40:12. | :40:21. | |
Steve! Well, we have not quite seen the sun yet, not quite, anyway. | :40:21. | :40:31. | |
:40:31. | :40:35. | ||
None of those names, with all due respect, would-be athletes to | :40:35. | :40:40. | |
frighten Mo Farah. But I'm sure they will be enjoying the | :40:41. | :40:47. | |
opportunity to run against Mo. Maybe afterwards we will be able to | :40:47. | :40:52. | |
get his thoughts on Kenenisa Bekele last night, mind you! Brendan and | :40:53. | :40:56. | |
myself and have no the whole of Great Britain have been waiting a | :40:56. | :41:01. | |
long time for what we saw this summer. Last summer was great, but | :41:01. | :41:07. | |
this summer has been, well, almost unbelievable. The world best time | :41:07. | :41:11. | |
in the 10,000m at the beginning of the summer. That set the tongues | :41:11. | :41:15. | |
wagging, could he win the World Championships? He went brilliantly | :41:15. | :41:21. | |
in Monaco over 5,000m. Then the question was, how will he go in the | :41:21. | :41:28. | |
double? Brilliant race in the 10,000, just losing out, but then | :41:28. | :41:32. | |
coming back in fantastic style to take the gold medal in the final of | :41:32. | :41:42. | |
:41:42. | :41:57. | ||
much you will have enjoyed, as much as anybody else, the performances | :41:57. | :42:01. | |
are macro on the track this year, but particularly the fact that he | :42:01. | :42:04. | |
turned it into a world title in the end. Everyone was saying it was | :42:04. | :42:12. | |
going to be difficult. Yes, and I thought he had a great chance in | :42:12. | :42:18. | |
the 10,000m. He beat many big names in that. But unfortunately, he | :42:19. | :42:22. | |
found a young Ethiopian who was faster than him on the last lap | :42:22. | :42:27. | |
that day. But the thing for me was the way he came back and recovered | :42:27. | :42:34. | |
from that 10,000m. He has got a fantastic team around him. I marvel | :42:34. | :42:38. | |
at what they did and how he came back. He was even better when he | :42:38. | :42:43. | |
came back a couple of days later in the 5,000m, then he had been in the | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
10,000m. It was a real pleasure to watch a British athlete winning a | :42:47. | :42:51. | |
world title. Mo Farah has been promising a lot. He has had a long | :42:51. | :42:57. | |
journey, starting from the time when his schoolmaster found him out | :42:57. | :43:01. | |
at Feltham Community College, and then helped him along. And then | :43:01. | :43:11. | |
:43:11. | :43:15. | ||
Alan Storey, then UK Athletics took over. At the end of the day, he's | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
so excited about next year. He was here yesterday, he could not | :43:19. | :43:23. | |
believe how many people, including the athletes, came to was for his | :43:23. | :43:27. | |
autograph. Jo Pavey came and asked for his autograph and he thought | :43:27. | :43:32. | |
she was joking. She said, no, I'm not. He would not give her his | :43:32. | :43:36. | |
autograph, by the way! STEVE CRAM: The other thing is how | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
much of a journey he has been on, as a person. He was an exuberant | :43:40. | :43:43. | |
character as a youngster. He will admit that he was not always as | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
focused as he might be. In the last to or three years, he has been a | :43:48. | :43:56. | |
very, very good athlete for six or seven years, he should have one the | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
European Championships back in 2006, but he's a different person now. | :44:01. | :44:06. | |
has got so much confidence now. I remember as a kid, we were | :44:06. | :44:09. | |
commentating on the world cross- country in Ostend, and he was one | :44:09. | :44:15. | |
of the favourites, and he finished 17th. He came and knocked on the | :44:15. | :44:19. | |
door of the commentary box, when we were commentating on Paula | :44:19. | :44:24. | |
Radcliffe. He said, I have just finished 17th, do you want to | :44:24. | :44:30. | |
interview me? That is why a lot of the athletes love Mo, because he | :44:30. | :44:40. | |
:44:40. | :44:56. | ||
has been a character in the team Farah enjoying the chance to run in | :44:56. | :45:05. | |
front of a British crowd. He is going to Somalia to visit relatives | :45:06. | :45:12. | |
after this. A bit of a break before back into heavy training for next | :45:12. | :45:17. | |
year. A couple of weeks off, he said he was overawed by the | :45:17. | :45:27. | |
:45:27. | :45:27. | ||
reaction. He said he went to Arsenal and in the changing an area, | :45:28. | :45:33. | |
someone asked for his autograph. He is a modest young man, personable | :45:33. | :45:37. | |
and such a talent over the years. We have been waiting for this to | :45:37. | :45:41. | |
happen, it has happened better than we dreamed. It could not happen to | :45:41. | :45:51. | |
:45:51. | :46:02. | ||
a nicer guy. He is getting used to enjoying the crowd cheering him on. | :46:02. | :46:07. | |
They are coming up to the mile.. Then, they would take off from | :46:07. | :46:12. | |
there. Andy Vernon are struggling a little bit. He is another world | :46:12. | :46:20. | |
champion, he won the World Student Games in the summer. He has had a | :46:20. | :46:25. | |
good summer. A personal best over 5,000 metres. Getting tails of a | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
little bit. This is the second time over the Millennium Bridge. They | :46:35. | :46:41. | |
really are being stretched out now. Mo Farah, no problem for him. But, | :46:41. | :46:51. | |
:46:51. | :47:02. | ||
the others... JJ Jegede and Jeff Mo Farah, he is having a gay which | :47:02. | :47:09. | |
is good to see. When you get an athlete at the top of his form, you | :47:09. | :47:12. | |
know he has been moving around the celebrity circuit but he has been | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
training as well. You know he will be on the down after World | :47:17. | :47:20. | |
Championships. If you are a distance runner, you want to take a | :47:20. | :47:30. | |
:47:30. | :47:33. | ||
chance. Ryan is stretching Mo Farah. -- Brian Olinger. The crowd will be | :47:33. | :47:43. | |
:47:43. | :47:53. | ||
the past. We have seen in here on good days and bad days. Today, he | :47:53. | :47:59. | |
is happy to enjoy it. Turning under the Tyne Bridge, they will swing | :47:59. | :48:07. | |
round to come across the swing bridge. The athletes swinging | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
across there and Mo Farah is now in the position he wants to beat. We | :48:11. | :48:16. | |
know how fast he is at the finish. He is definitely going to make this | :48:16. | :48:20. | |
a big occasion by producing a sprint finish. He is being | :48:20. | :48:26. | |
stretched, he is probably hurting a bit. Distance running does hurt. He | :48:26. | :48:32. | |
has not used his sunglasses yet! He is moving into overdrive. It has | :48:32. | :48:42. | |
:48:42. | :48:59. | ||
been a good effort from Brian screen and the cry went up when Mo | :48:59. | :49:04. | |
Farah hit the front. He is not too far away, working hard. Glancing | :49:05. | :49:13. | |
over his shoulder. A quarter of a mile to go. When he gets within our | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
side, you will hear a big roar from the crowd. It will be a pleasure to | :49:17. | :49:23. | |
welcome home the gold-medallist from the World Championships. Mo | :49:23. | :49:29. | |
Farah, European it double winner. Silver in 10,000 metres. Gold in | :49:29. | :49:37. | |
5,000 metres. It is a pleasure to reel off those titles. Now, he is | :49:37. | :49:43. | |
in his glory days. You do not get many of these in your career, let's | :49:43. | :49:49. | |
hope the purple patch last for a few more years. Mo Farah, easing | :49:49. | :49:57. | |
his way to victory. He has won on three occasions. It will be a | :49:57. | :50:04. | |
fairly comfortable fourth victory. Not exactly unexpected. Jeff See | :50:04. | :50:12. | |
takes third spot at the moment. A little look behind. He blows kisses | :50:12. | :50:18. | |
and waste to the crowd. What a wonderful reception. Great | :50:18. | :50:28. | |
:50:28. | :50:36. | ||
Britain's world champion coming place. J C taking third. -- Brian | :50:36. | :50:46. | |
Olinger in second, Jeff See taking third. Mo Farah can put his feet up | :50:46. | :50:54. | |
for a while. He has been enjoying some of the plaudits. A little bit | :50:54. | :50:58. | |
more attention and celebration for him over the next few months. Then, | :50:58. | :51:04. | |
back to hard work and looking forward to summer next year. We | :51:04. | :51:11. | |
will be hoping he can reproduce this form. He will not be blowing | :51:11. | :51:16. | |
kisses in London 2012 but fantastic if he did! We want to know he is | :51:16. | :51:23. | |
back and ready and on great form. He has renewed confidence as world | :51:23. | :51:33. | |
:51:33. | :51:41. | ||
champion. A little wave from the medallists, the 5,000-metre | :51:41. | :51:51. | |
:51:51. | :51:54. | ||
champion wins the two mile race. Another victory today, but slightly | :51:54. | :51:59. | |
different for you today. I wanted to come back home, I love Newcastle. | :51:59. | :52:07. | |
A great crowd here. You need a break and deserve it! What does the | :52:07. | :52:14. | |
next few weeks hold? A break and then slowly start the season slowly. | :52:14. | :52:19. | |
A how good he does your mind turn to next year? Definitely, you have | :52:19. | :52:27. | |
to forget about it and focus and 2012. It is a big year. I have to | :52:27. | :52:31. | |
stay positive and do what I'm doing. How are you enjoying the attention, | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
I noticed the swirl of attention? Yes, nice to see so many people | :52:36. | :52:41. | |
giving the support. I really appreciate the support. | :52:41. | :52:51. | |
:52:51. | :52:54. | ||
appreciate you being here. Thank Well done to him. If they | :52:54. | :53:04. | |
:53:04. | :53:11. | ||
comfortable run. Brian Olinger had There were a few star turns last | :53:11. | :53:15. | |
night in Brussels in the sprint. 100 metres and 200 metres, we start | :53:16. | :53:20. | |
with the 100. Usain Bolt world's leading time. Struggling a little | :53:20. | :53:28. | |
bit. Yes, he has been struggling all year, his start has not been | :53:28. | :53:34. | |
explosive. Usain Bolt is critical of his own performances. He looks | :53:34. | :53:41. | |
seriously at what he is doing. He struggled out of the blocks. We | :53:41. | :53:46. | |
know he is tall and rangy but he takes time to get into his running. | :53:46. | :53:56. | |
:53:56. | :53:58. | ||
He was up against someone he knows knows the first three or four | :53:58. | :54:03. | |
strides of his 100 metres is a vital to take on his training | :54:03. | :54:13. | |
:54:13. | :54:13. | ||
partner. 9.76 was what he was chasing. He was eclipsed. It is not | :54:13. | :54:22. | |
often you say that about Usain Bolt. Blake, 1926. The Usain Bolt told | :54:22. | :54:28. | |
him how to run their race. speed at which he finishes over the | :54:28. | :54:37. | |
last 50 metres is incredible. This guy looked like he could carry on. | :54:37. | :54:42. | |
Everyone after Usain Bolt said it was down to his village large -- | :54:42. | :54:47. | |
physiological make-up. Blake has thrown it into the dustbin and said | :54:47. | :54:53. | |
I don't care. I can train and run serious times. Let's look forward | :54:53. | :54:59. | |
to next year. Tyson Gay will be coming back and the Jamaicans. We | :54:59. | :55:07. | |
could see a final with four guys going under 1905. And he could have | :55:07. | :55:17. | |
:55:17. | :55:17. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :55:17. | :56:40. | |
beaten the world record, amazing to go back to the top of the | :56:40. | :56:47. | |
leaderboard. This is a team event as well. Reasonable conditions | :56:47. | :56:57. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds | :56:57. | :57:45. | |
to the season for Harry. He goes back to preparing for the Olympic | :57:45. | :57:51. | |
selection next year. Maximum points for Great Britain. They will lead | :57:51. | :57:57. | |
the United States in the team match, 3-2 at this moment in time. The | :57:57. | :58:04. | |
crowd having a brilliant time. They are watching on the giant screens | :58:04. | :58:12. | |
as well. A good run considering some of us had the luxury of a | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
9:30am flight from Brussels. He had to get up at 5:00am to go via | :58:17. | :58:24. | |
Amsterdam. A long route. A good performance, to be honest. A | :58:24. | :58:29. | |
following wind. Christian working hard to stay with him. The | :58:29. | :58:34. | |
sprinters were disappointing in Daegu generally speaking. A good | :58:34. | :58:44. | |
:58:44. | :58:51. | ||
A new lifetime best for Jeff Porter. The first and second-placed | :58:51. | :58:58. | |
athletes are with Phil Jones now. A bit of friendly rivalry there? | :58:58. | :59:04. | |
course, we like to beat each other. I'm odd enough to talk for myself | :59:04. | :59:10. | |
now. I can give him a bit of stick. Don't pick on me, I am the old guy. | :59:10. | :59:15. | |
It cannot last the whole season. How did you think you performed? | :59:15. | :59:19. | |
was all right. I ran in Brussels yesterday, so, really happy to get | :59:19. | :59:24. | |
off the plane and have some fun here. Once again, it goes to show | :59:24. | :59:29. | |
what kind of event this is. When you look around you, it is amazing. | :59:29. | :59:34. | |
It brings a different dimension to athletics. You have been around a | :59:34. | :59:44. | |
:59:44. | :59:44. | ||
long time, and this is the best crowd we have seen down here. I'm | :59:44. | :59:48. | |
sorry! This is the best crowd we have seem a here, you must think | :59:48. | :59:54. | |
this will just grow and grow? is amazing. I came here when it | :59:54. | :00:01. | |
first started, and it has come on leaps and bounds. This would be | :00:01. | :00:06. | |
perfect in Cardiff. Cardiff council, if you're listening, we have got to | :00:06. | :00:13. | |
have this event. This is a fantastic competition, and a but a | :00:14. | :00:23. | |
:00:24. | :00:44. | ||
4.27. Becky Holliday drives that Barre in. Yes. It was Holly | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
Bleasdale who had the advantage at 4.12, but now it is Becky Holliday, | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
at 4.27. Absolutely superb, by the American former gymnast. She took | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
up pole vaulting after she finished her gymnastics career. She had been | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
very successful at gymnastics. She changed at the age of 16. She's 31 | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
now, and in the best form of her life. She has done for 0.60 this | :01:14. | :01:24. | |
:01:24. | :01:34. | ||
make sure she gets this height. Becky Holliday has got the | :01:34. | :01:42. | |
advantage at the moment. A little bit of wind... Very powerful runner. | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
Close, but not close enough. So, the American Becky Holliday | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
:01:57. | :01:58. | ||
definitely has the advantage. STEVE CRAM: now, we go all the way | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
to the top of the track for the 150m, and we have a stellar field | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
in this women's race. We will be seeing the world 100m champion, so | :02:09. | :02:18. | |
here. She was also performing in Brussels last night. We would like | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
to see our British sprinters doing a bit better on the world level, | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
but the American sprinters have had a really, really good season. | :02:26. | :02:31. | |
Carmelita Jeter finally getting that world title. She has wanted it, | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
but it has been denied by various people over the last three or four | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
years. She has been Supreme for most of this season. 10.76 last | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
night. Colin was saying that might even have been her best run of the | :02:46. | :02:54. | |
year. So, a tough task for Britain's best here. Aniyka Onuora | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
certainly came away from Daegu with her head held high. Abi Oyepitan, | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
:03:10. | :03:23. | ||
and Dawn Harper, who we saw early pretty well, got to the semi-final | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
in Daegu, about as good as would have been expected for her. | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
Carmelita Jeter, second in the 200m, but the gold medal in the 100m, | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
which was what she really wanted, and of course gold in the relay. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
She had another battle last night against Veronica Campbell-Brown. | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
But she was so strong in the latter part of the race. Abi Oyepitan, | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
still really on the comeback trail. She has not quite moved on this | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
summer, which might be a bit of a disappointment for her. But it is | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
good to see her here. And Dawn Harper, for the second time, full | :04:00. | :04:10. | |
of smiles. She will not be able to hang on to as a here, I would not | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
think, unless Carmelita Jeter is very, very tired. She was on our | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
flight, and looked a little Felipe, but why not? I'm sure she will be | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
:04:31. | :04:32. | ||
wide awake year. The world best for a straight 150m, set in Manchester | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
a couple of years ago, set by Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, could | :04:36. | :04:46. | |
:04:46. | :04:54. | ||
the moment. Carmelita Jeter has got some work to do. But now, Carmelita | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
Jeter turns it up a couple of years, and moves ahead of the rest. Aniyka | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
Onuora gets second. 16.51, which would technically be a world best | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
for a straight 150m. I think the wind reading was OK, just looking | :05:11. | :05:18. | |
around for confirmation. Yes, it is. It looked to me as if she only | :05:18. | :05:25. | |
really got going with 70 metres to go. She suddenly realised she had | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
better get a move on. I think when Phil Jones talked to her, she might | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
confirm that she really did take it easy out of the blocks. On the far | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
side, Aniyka Onuora, and Abi Oyepitan, both of them ahead. But | :05:40. | :05:47. | |
then the class of Carmelita Jeter showed. She always looks relaxed. | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
16.50, the time has been confirmed. If ever you want to take up | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
sprinting, this is the way to do it. Carmelita Jeter, world champion and | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
one of the big favourites for an a Olympic title. We can find out just | :06:05. | :06:15. | |
:06:15. | :06:18. | ||
how easy it was, or how difficult, how easy it was, or how difficult, | :06:18. | :06:26. | |
with Phil Jones. We have just been watching the race | :06:26. | :06:33. | |
back. What did you think? I have never run a 150 before. It was | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
definitely different. I'm excited to be here. I heard you only just | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
flew in this morning? Yes, I flew in about three hours ago from | :06:44. | :06:51. | |
Boston. How did you get your body right for the race? I tried to get | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
as much rest as possible last night. I'm really just running off | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
adrenalin right now. Good an exhausted but I wanted to be part | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
of this. Now, is it time for reflection on what you have | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
achieved this year? I will go home and sit down and reflect on | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
everything. You have done us proud throughout the year, racing in | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
Britain. Yet another victory today, and we look forward to 2012. | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
definitely looking forward to to the under 12 as well. Thank you so | :07:23. | :07:33. | |
much for having me. -- looking forward to 2012. | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
STEVE CRAM: It is a long season for the Americans. They have their | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
collegiate trials at the beginning of the season. She has done really | :07:40. | :07:50. | |
:07:50. | :07:59. | ||
well to maintain high standards we have the long jump, and a | :07:59. | :08:07. | |
beautiful amphitheatre for everybody to enjoy it. This is | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
Jeremy Hicks of the United States. Good take-off, sales through the | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
air. This gives the spectators an absolutely Birds Eye view of just | :08:21. | :08:30. | |
:08:31. | :08:39. | ||
how fast these guys run. 7.84, good start for the American, Jeremy | :08:39. | :08:49. | |
Hicks. We have seen the women over 150m, and now we are going to see | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
the men over the same distance. I think one of the most unlucky men | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
in world athletics at the minute would have to be Walter Dix. Double | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
Olympic sprint bronze medallist, double world champion, but got | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
absolutely thrashed last night by the world 100m champion, Yohan | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
:09:16. | :09:36. | ||
in Zurich. Walter Dix, ran the fourth fastest time in history for | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
the 200m last night, but got beaten by a couple of metres by Yohan | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
Blake. It will be very interesting to see how fast he can go. Marlon | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
Devonish, 35 years old now, difficult to believe. He has been | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
around for such a long time. The British record-holder for this | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
distance, 14.88. And finally, another very fine the Prime | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
Minister from the USA, Maurice Mitchell. The US Collegiate | :10:05. | :10:14. | |
Champion over 200m this year. Even in the World Championships, in the | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
heats, and also in the relay. But of course, the USA did not fit in | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
that dramatic final, in the 4x100, so they did not get a medal. But an | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
intriguing line-up. The experience of Marlon Devonish, and Walter Dix, | :10:31. | :10:37. | |
one of the fastest combination sprinters, over 100m and 200m, the | :10:37. | :10:45. | |
world has ever seen. The world record, 14.35, by Usain Bolt in | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
2009. Marlon Devonish gets away well. Walter Dix has got work to do. | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
Maurice Mitchell on this side going well. But here comes the class of | :10:56. | :11:05. | |
:11:06. | :11:07. | ||
Walter Dix of the USA. Absolutely flying. 14.65, unofficially. That | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
could well be the third fastest time in history. I'm sure, like | :11:13. | :11:23. | |
Carmelita Jeter, following an early flight this morning, a bit shorter | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
than Jeter, because he only had to come from Brussels, but nonetheless, | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
he was looking sharp. STEVE CRAM: I think he's still in | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
shock from that race last night. The's capable of running faster | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
than he did here today, but nonetheless it was a good run. | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
Marlon Devonish will not be far off his best ever. In fact I think he | :11:46. | :11:54. | |
may have just nicked a hundredth off his British best. Walter Dix, | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
now the fourth fastest man ever at 200m, but he was still a long way | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
200m, but he was still a long way from winning yesterday. Over to | :12:02. | :12:09. | |
Phil Jones. Walter Dix, first of all, | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
congratulations on that amazing performance last night. Now, you | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
have had time to reflect on it, what did you think of it? It's | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
definitely going in the right direction with my training, | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
progress for 2012. I found some flaws in my race last night, which | :12:25. | :12:34. | |
will set me up perfectly for next year. It gives me a great sense of | :12:34. | :12:41. | |
achievement, a great sense of motivation. Marlon Devonish, if we | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
can bring you in, as a great athlete through the years, what was | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
your take on what happened last night, Yohan Blake decimating his | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
personal best? Absolutely phenomenal. I watched it, and I | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
thought, oh, man, I'm up against Walter Dix tomorrow! Absolutely | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
amazing. I do not mind getting beaten by somebody who can run that | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
quick. I was in the mix for a while, but... Has for this particular race, | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
what is your take on what it is doing for athletics in this | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
country? It is great, it is important to have a different angle | :13:17. | :13:24. | |
on athletics. You have got the track, you have got cross country, | :13:24. | :13:30. | |
but this is a nice new angle. You can see, it is a massive crowd. | :13:30. | :13:36. | |
They get to feel the essence of how quick we are running. Yes, coming | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
through the last 50, I could feel the crowd starting to lift me | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
through, because I was starting to feel tired. It definitely helped me. | :13:44. | :13:54. | |
:13:54. | :13:58. | ||
Back on the north side of the River Tyne, we can go back to the long | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
jump now. This is the fifth longest jumper in history, Dwight Phillips | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
of the USA. But he has been having some problems with his run-up. He | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
has done a lot of fouls. He stuttered into that one as well. I | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
hope he is not injured. He's looking a little bit out of sorts. | :14:15. | :14:25. | |
:14:25. | :14:26. | ||
It has been a busy season. This event who are still being led by | :14:26. | :14:33. | |
his teammate, Jeremy Hicks. But unfortunately is another foul for | :14:33. | :14:43. | |
:14:43. | :14:43. | ||
We have been discussing, different surface for the athletes, they are | :14:43. | :14:49. | |
used to running on algal services but here it is like indoors. Yes, | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
and she can take more speed. For Dwight Phillips, he hits the board | :14:54. | :15:01. | |
with such speed. The timing has to be perfect. He is coming off a | :15:01. | :15:10. | |
surprise world championship win. We thought he was injured as well, he | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
was fantastic. He is probably a little bit flat. One event left to | :15:15. | :15:23. | |
go. The trophy has already gone to America. It wasn't like last year | :15:23. | :15:32. | |
when Andy Turner won a to beat Australia. He has had a good year. | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
His last 18 months have been a sensational, as far as I'm | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
concerned he can sit back and say he has done well and let's prepare | :15:43. | :15:51. | |
for 2012. To deliver again a great performance. Like lots of athletes | :15:51. | :15:57. | |
here, an interesting journey to get in Gateshead. | :15:57. | :16:04. | |
It has been quite a journey for you. Yes, I raced in Slovakia last night. | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
I have to get up at 1:40am to get a bus to Vienna airport, a flight to | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
Brussels and from Brussels to here. A baggage trolley crashed into the | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
plane so we were delayed in Brussels. It has been a long trip! | :16:21. | :16:28. | |
Hopefully, tomorrow will be worth it. These particular events have | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
been did you over the years. Some great success. Yes, I seem to run | :16:33. | :16:40. | |
well at these events. It is nice to take athletics out on the street to | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
a completely new crowd here do not necessarily know everything about | :16:44. | :16:50. | |
athletics. They just see how fast people can run and high how -- how | :16:50. | :16:56. | |
high the hurdles of. It is nice to be so close to them. It gives you | :16:56. | :17:05. | |
extra... It makes me run faster. I love it! Tomorrow will be | :17:05. | :17:15. | |
:17:15. | :17:19. | ||
A great year for Andy Turner and also for the eventual world | :17:19. | :17:27. | |
championship, Jason Richardson. it was impressive to see him. We | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
recognised he was a consistent hurdler which will be the most | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
important thing when people are under pressure. His coach John | :17:35. | :17:41. | |
Smith has had many 110 metres hurdlers and I am surprised he did | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
not have a world champion until this man. He has worked hard and | :17:46. | :17:53. | |
produced a good hurdler. He will be quite a threat next year in 2012. | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
Steve Cram would describe the race for us but first confirmation of | :17:57. | :18:07. | |
:18:07. | :18:13. | ||
As far as the 150 metres was concern, the third fastest time | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
ever for Walter Dix. As he said, in great shape to go back to the USA | :18:20. | :18:30. | |
to train. Marlon Devonish in second place. Maurice Mitchell in third. | :18:30. | :18:35. | |
Nothing we can do about the American victory, we have saved the | :18:35. | :18:41. | |
best quality race to the end. William Sharman, David Oliver, Andy | :18:41. | :18:50. | |
Turner and Jason Richardson. A good line-up. Sharman, a decent | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
performance in Daegu overlooked by Andy Turner's medal. And building | :18:56. | :19:01. | |
on his Commonwealth silver from last year. I know he is still not | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
happy with where he is at. He is setting high standards for himself. | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
A bit of a way to go to get close to the medals. What has gone wrong | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
with David Oliver? Superb in first half of the season, looking out of | :19:19. | :19:29. | |
:19:29. | :19:47. | ||
well, he has not been bragging. He said he does not like to brag. The | :19:47. | :19:53. | |
high hurdles of full of dramas. This man, Jason Richardson, is the | :19:53. | :20:02. | |
world champion. He had a good run in Zurich and Zagreb. Maintaining | :20:02. | :20:12. | |
:20:12. | :20:21. | ||
his form. He will be wanting to Tennant and -- Andy Turner and Will | :20:21. | :20:31. | |
:20:31. | :20:59. | ||
close view of the precision came out of the block before they | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
went off. A good view of it from behind them. Let's see what the | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
Marks & Spencer's. Although was slowed. Aquarius. Not even rising | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
:21:20. | :21:20. | ||
yet. As he comes up, watch and he turn his back foot. The back for it | :21:20. | :21:27. | |
is what has triggered the false start. -- what is the starter | :21:27. | :21:35. | |
marksman going to say? A green card. Interesting. It is a bit of fun as | :21:35. | :21:41. | |
well. Maybe some leeway allowed by the starters marksman. I think all | :21:41. | :21:51. | |
:21:51. | :22:06. | ||
of the was slow to rise. -- all that the rules are that a false | :22:06. | :22:13. | |
start, immediate disqualification normally. It is up to the | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
:22:23. | :22:50. | ||
clipping some of the hurdles. He has been suffering with a sore | :22:50. | :22:57. | |
Achilles. Richardson, if you said at the start of the season, he | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
would be able to win it dominantly over David Oliver he would have | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
looked at you with surprise. He really has developed as the year | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
has gone on. And certainly vindicating the title of the | :23:10. | :23:20. | |
:23:20. | :23:20. | ||
world's best here today. Absolutely. 13.16, that would | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
surprise the American. Andy Turner had problems. David Oliver perhaps | :23:26. | :23:33. | |
having one of his best races for while. That is a new City Games | :23:33. | :23:43. | |
:23:43. | :23:47. | ||
record beating Andy Turner last Jason, a fine victory. It is | :23:47. | :23:53. | |
amazing, I love the idea. What a year you have had. Can you believe | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
it? A great season, consistent season. This is another element to | :23:58. | :24:07. | |
that. I could not ask for more. At this level, you lose the team | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
:24:17. | :24:17. | ||
aspect. We you spread the word back then? Absolutely, Facebook and | :24:17. | :24:27. | |
:24:27. | :24:48. | ||
Good to see him and another good There is the match score. USA | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
taking the trophy with seven points. Alongside me we have the British | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
captain and the world champion. You have enough trophies this year! A | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
remarkable year, at the beginning we showed a video in Edinburgh in | :25:03. | :25:06. | |
January in the freezing cold, could you have imagined he would be | :25:06. | :25:11. | |
standing here having achieved what you have? Not at all. If you said | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
to me after Edinburgh you can have one medal I would have settled for | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
that but to come away with two, I am over the moon. How difficult was | :25:20. | :25:27. | |
it coming back after the 10,000 metres, everybody said, you | :25:27. | :25:33. | |
anticipated winning, how tough was it? Really tough. Well across the | :25:33. | :25:40. | |
line, coming so close to gold, talking to my coach, going through | :25:40. | :25:49. | |
things. I wanted it so badly. saw some fantastic sprinting but a | :25:49. | :25:56. | |
great 10,000 metres. Bekele back on form. Did it affect you? The | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
greatest distance runner the world has seen. How do feel? It was great | :26:01. | :26:07. | |
to see some come back from injury, he is a great athlete. Watching the | :26:07. | :26:13. | |
race I was surprised he ran the time. At the world's he could not | :26:13. | :26:20. | |
finish it and was in good shape. It is unbelievable, the turn around. I | :26:20. | :26:27. | |
was pleased with my training partner. I knew all along he could | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
run close to what I run. I was so pleased about it. A fantastic year, | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
stunning to watch you. Get voting for this man for Sports personality | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
of the year. No trophy for my Ferrar, there goes to the Americans. | :26:43. | :26:53. | |
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Dwight Phillips, a very good win for the Americans. It was an | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
endorsement of the format. Yes, they have a thoroughly enjoyed | :27:01. | :27:06. | |
themselves. For most, it's a new experience. They are happy to talk | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
and congratulate the meeting. It has been a real positive think for | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
the event. How much have you enjoyed it? As a punter, it's | :27:16. | :27:25. | |
fantastic. To see these guys running, and Mo Farah, fantastic to | :27:25. | :27:34. | |
be here. We are back on air tomorrow for the Great North Run. | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
9:30am. Mo Farah will be starting in up. Something to look for two. | :27:40. | :27:46. | |
Tens of thousands running as normal. Next weekend, Paula Radcliffe back | :27:46. | :27:56. | |
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Following us next on BBC One, Rebecca Adlington featuring. And | :28:02. | :28:12. | |
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after that, the triathlon from Beijing. Fantastic scenes on the | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
quayside. The junior games are still going on, coverage of that | :28:19. | :28:25. |