London Grand Prix

:00:46. > :00:50.There is always talk about the future of the home of British

:00:50. > :00:53.athletics. One minute it will be redeveloped, then it will go to the

:00:53. > :00:58.knacker's yard, but there is still something magical about Crystal

:00:58. > :01:08.Palace, when it is full and the biggest names in track and field

:01:08. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :02:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:02:02. > :02:06.This is effectively the final qualifying for the World

:02:06. > :02:13.Championships in Korea. Who is in the best shape? Which British stars

:02:13. > :02:17.are going to take on the world and beat it?

:02:17. > :02:22.And BAFTAs course is where Mo Farah comes in. Unbeaten this year and in

:02:22. > :02:27.commanding form at Birmingham last week. A 3,000-metre a warm-up

:02:27. > :02:31.tonight will hopefully put him in tip-top form for Korea. But on a

:02:31. > :02:37.global stage, there is no question about the outstanding athlete of

:02:37. > :02:43.the year: David Rudisha, world record holder at 800m, has won his

:02:43. > :02:47.last 27 races. David Oliver has been one of the pre-eminent figures

:02:47. > :02:52.of track and field for the last few years, but a major title still

:02:52. > :02:56.eludes him. This is a big warm up tonight for him.

:02:56. > :03:03.And then we will focus on two British Ladies, Perri Shakes

:03:03. > :03:08.Drayton, two titles in Birmingham last weekend, but how does she rate

:03:08. > :03:12.against the best in the world? And the same goes for teenage

:03:12. > :03:18.sprint sensation, Jodie Williams. European junior champion but can

:03:18. > :03:23.she swim with the bigger fish? Unless you live within walking

:03:23. > :03:28.distance, it is often a wonder that anybody makes it to Crystal Palace,

:03:28. > :03:34.especially on a Friday night, but they come still and with a capacity

:03:34. > :03:40.crowd of endless acres of parkland to go alongside the sports centre,

:03:40. > :03:50.world famous as well. The great thing about athletics is that it is

:03:50. > :03:52.

:03:52. > :03:55.but it is also part of the Diamond League series. These events, part

:03:55. > :04:05.of the Diamond League, are designated by a diamond on the

:04:05. > :04:05.

:04:05. > :04:14.right Tyneside. -- right hand side. There are also some domestic events

:04:14. > :04:19.to help for selection for Korea. Mo Farah will be on at 9:10pm. A

:04:19. > :04:23.couple of absentees, one of them is Jessica Ennis. After her five event

:04:23. > :04:27.heroics in Birmingham, she is taking the weekend off but she says

:04:27. > :04:32.she intends to have one more race perhaps in Loughborough before

:04:32. > :04:37.Korea, and also Asafa Powell is sadly missing. He pulled out a few

:04:37. > :04:43.hours ago because of injury. But we still have a blistering programme

:04:44. > :04:50.for the next three hours. Some of the names of the stars are

:04:50. > :04:55.augmented by Colin Jackson and Mo Faroe really have suddenly

:04:55. > :04:59.captured the public's imagination. The what a season! It has been

:04:59. > :05:04.incredible. We talk about the atmosphere here, he could have

:05:04. > :05:10.easily sat this one out. He does not need to race but the atmosphere

:05:10. > :05:14.is incredible, it is a chance for him to put his spring spikes on in

:05:14. > :05:20.the 3000m and celebrate with the crowd. -- sprinting spikes. So why

:05:20. > :05:24.does he come? Sometimes you think it is the right thing to do. If you

:05:24. > :05:30.had it been a preparation for the running year, there is no reason to

:05:30. > :05:33.change it. The 3000m is a crowd- pleasing event. It is not too long

:05:33. > :05:41.so as a long-distance runner, Mo Farah is going into middle-distance

:05:41. > :05:45.running there. It is pretty special. He would run 3000m in a training

:05:45. > :05:51.event so why not do it in front of the crowd, I suppose? This takes us

:05:51. > :05:57.to the other end of the Distin spectrum to Jodie Williams, who is

:05:58. > :06:03.our great hope to be a major star. She has said she will not compete

:06:03. > :06:08.in Korea in the world championships. What is the difference? This gives

:06:08. > :06:14.her an opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the big guns. She is

:06:14. > :06:18.still only 17. The merest got his Bianca Knight, who is 22. She can

:06:18. > :06:22.use this to get out and feel what it is like to rub shoulders with

:06:22. > :06:27.the others. Jodie Williams is used to winning and that was why she

:06:27. > :06:33.does not want to go to Daegu. She has dominated her age group. Let's

:06:33. > :06:37.face it, she may not feature in those championships. Behind us we

:06:37. > :06:42.can see we have the men in the first semi-final of the men's 110-

:06:42. > :06:47.metre hurdles. This is almost an Olympic final in its own right!

:06:47. > :06:52.Fantastic line-up. They are in two quite a strong headwind. Without

:06:52. > :06:57.being too technical, how will that impact? It hampers your rhythm.

:06:57. > :07:01.This event is about strength, power and the rhythm. You need the

:07:01. > :07:06.marriage of all of those things do get the really fast times. Early on

:07:06. > :07:09.in the evening you do tend to have a headwind at Crystal Palace. Later

:07:09. > :07:14.in the evening, that will tend to drop so these guys who qualify will

:07:14. > :07:18.be happier when they return later for the final. And the key thing is

:07:18. > :07:24.that you have to hit the first flight because if the wind impacts

:07:24. > :07:27.on you there, you have problems with the subsequent ones.

:07:27. > :07:31.conditions are always very different indeed so they kind of

:07:31. > :07:35.drive into the first hurdle and people, look at Dayron Robles in

:07:35. > :07:39.the green, he is of course the world record holder and Olympic

:07:39. > :07:45.champion. He does a seven stride approach to the first hurdle and he

:07:45. > :07:51.will appreciate this headwind. He can drive into the barrier and get

:07:51. > :07:54.into his stride earlier. The where does Andy Turner fit in? A lot of

:07:54. > :07:58.pressure. He knows this is the field he will be up against in

:07:58. > :08:03.Daegu and it is the market of when he could possibly finish in the

:08:03. > :08:06.final so it is a difficult situation for him. He is clearly

:08:06. > :08:12.Britain's number one and I hope he can truly focused and raced to his

:08:12. > :08:15.best potential. You have to remember this is a run this of our

:08:16. > :08:24.domestic people. We have Lawrence Clarke in lane eight, William

:08:24. > :08:30.Sharman closest to us, who are going for the times. Gianni Frankis

:08:30. > :08:34.in the next heat. So this is a real race of, very exciting. It is a

:08:34. > :08:38.race within a race. The Great Britain's team for Daegu is

:08:38. > :08:40.announced next week and for a lot of these guys, this is a last

:08:40. > :08:46.chance to say to Charles van Commenee and the other selection

:08:46. > :08:56.people, you have got to take us. Andy Turner will be there and so

:08:56. > :09:16.

:09:16. > :09:21.will Paul Dickenson forced a thank indeed. Alexander John, former

:09:21. > :09:26.European finalist. That was a championship that was won by Andy

:09:26. > :09:32.Turner so he will know this man very well. Only 13.69 this year.

:09:32. > :09:36.That will not be fast enough, I suggest, to qualify for the final

:09:37. > :09:43.later. Will Sharman is recovering from injury. He finished third in

:09:43. > :09:47.the UK Championships last weekend. This is a real surprise package

:09:47. > :09:51.from the USA, Jason Richardson. He won the Diamond League in Stockholm

:09:52. > :09:55.last week. He beat David Oliver and everybody else but this time he is

:09:55. > :10:03.up against the world record holder and Olympic champion, Dayron Robles

:10:03. > :10:09.of Cuba. Brown from the USA, he finished 6th in the world

:10:09. > :10:17.championship final way back in 2005. This year he got his lifetime best

:10:17. > :10:23.of 13.2. Andy Turner! Great reception from the Crystal Palace

:10:23. > :10:30.crowd. He had a week of last week from hurdling anyway. He got to the

:10:30. > :10:35.semi-final in the 100 metres. Dominic Berger, 13.32 this year.

:10:35. > :10:40.His lifetime best. And finally Lawrence Clarke. The UK champion

:10:40. > :10:43.from last weekend. He twice equalled his lifetime best

:10:43. > :10:50.performance of 13.58. He will be disappointed if there is a strong

:10:50. > :10:54.headwind. But the object of the exercise for him is to make the

:10:54. > :11:01.final. The top three, plus the two fastest losers from both semi-

:11:01. > :11:06.finals, will go through. Lawrence Clarke did so well to win the UK

:11:06. > :11:10.Championships last week. Just 21 years old. A real prospect.

:11:10. > :11:14.Commonwealth bronze medallist at couple of years ago. But Dayron

:11:14. > :11:24.Robles will be the man everybody will be watching, and Andy Turner

:11:24. > :11:39.

:11:39. > :11:48.in lane six, and Will Sharman in A will have to wait and see whether

:11:48. > :11:53.he goes through as the fastest loser. 13.17. Slightly less was the

:11:53. > :11:59.head wind, 0.9 metres per second, but Andy Turner will not be happy

:11:59. > :12:05.with himself after that run. What is start to the meeting. What a

:12:05. > :12:10.surprise and what a guy this is, too. It is fantastic to see Dayron

:12:10. > :12:13.Robles running so well again. Aggressive into the first hurdle.

:12:13. > :12:18.You can see his seven stride approach, he gets very snappily

:12:18. > :12:23.into his stride and he eases away from the field. He is a born her

:12:23. > :12:29.lap, he has such fluid technique, they remain relaxed. He doesn't

:12:29. > :12:33.worry when he is under pressure, he just presses on. As they come

:12:33. > :12:37.through the line you can see Andy Turner was fourth place

:12:37. > :12:43.unfortunately. It is only the first three guaranteed. We have to see

:12:43. > :12:48.where he ends up. But yet again, the closest to us, you can see

:12:48. > :12:53.Dayron Robles, he throws his legs so neatly over the hurdles, pulls

:12:53. > :12:57.them down aggressively. He always seems to do enough. You also have

:12:57. > :13:02.to be careful of the guy very close to him indeed. Her on the right of

:13:02. > :13:07.our screens, Jason Richardson, who beat David Oliver in Stockholm. He

:13:07. > :13:10.is coached by John Smith, someone who has a vast experience in

:13:10. > :13:16.getting hurdlers into great shape at the right time, and I think this

:13:16. > :13:21.could be a danger man in Daegu. Even though Dayron Robles is making

:13:21. > :13:26.his lead, his left foot over the barrier, you can see how Jason is

:13:26. > :13:31.just sneaking back to him, slowly but surely. But you know what,

:13:31. > :13:41.Dayron Robles proves why he is the champion. He eases himself in front

:13:41. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :14:09.whether Andy Turner's time stands It is a waiting game as you say.

:14:09. > :14:14.Assess the race of star it was generally a bit sloppy. I made a

:14:14. > :14:18.few mistakes, I hit a few hurdles. It wasn't a particularly good race

:14:18. > :14:25.to be fair. I think I have got a lot of work to do now. Things have

:14:25. > :14:28.been going OK in training. It is one of those bad races I think.

:14:28. > :14:31.as the atmosphere changed when you are at an Diamond League meeting

:14:31. > :14:36.with a full house and you had the likes of Richardson and Dayron

:14:36. > :14:39.Robles running alongside you? love it. It would have been great

:14:39. > :14:43.if David Oliver and a few others were there because I love racing

:14:43. > :14:48.the best guys in the world. They are the pride I am trying to catch.

:14:48. > :14:52.I need to be racing them all the time. I hope it will be enough to

:14:52. > :14:59.make the final because I can improve a lot on that, 13.41 into

:14:59. > :15:03.the wind. That shows there is still a lot more there. Let's hope so.

:15:03. > :15:06.We know Andy Turner will be going to do what championships. If you

:15:06. > :15:10.were on the selection panel and deciding whether anybody would be

:15:10. > :15:15.going with him, on that evidence, Lawrence Clarke ran up really well

:15:15. > :15:20.last week, would you take them? Will Sharman has the standard from

:15:20. > :15:24.last year but he has been struggling with injury this year.

:15:24. > :15:32.Not quite in form. Lawrence Clarke has beaten him twice. It is a tough

:15:32. > :15:36.one. This is what you have to do as a selective. I like Lawrence. I

:15:36. > :15:39.think he is feisty. I saw him before the meat talking about

:15:39. > :15:44.technical advice, he is serious and I think he should have the

:15:44. > :15:54.opportunity. He is a geologist at Bristol University. He loves it and

:15:54. > :15:54.

:15:54. > :16:00.I loved him! I think he has done Let's move on to the second semi-

:16:00. > :16:05.final. David Oliver is just behind us, the great American. He talks

:16:05. > :16:11.just as well as he runs. Always quick to see you in the UK.

:16:11. > :16:16.I know London has a particular place in your heart, with 2012 a

:16:16. > :16:24.year away. I wonder how much the feeling of the Games and the

:16:24. > :16:30.excitement is hitting you. America, we are not really on the

:16:30. > :16:40.bandwagon yet, but when it turns into 2012, it will be dominating

:16:40. > :16:44.the coverage. When the season ends this year, you make a push, in

:16:44. > :16:53.training, all the way through to next year. I am excited to be back

:16:53. > :16:59.in London next year. The fans are so knowledgeable with athletics. It

:16:59. > :17:03.will be a great environment. I am really looking forward to it.

:17:03. > :17:09.is intensity, wherever you walk in the season, because of the people

:17:09. > :17:16.in it. This weekend, it is Dayron Robles. What do you read into these

:17:16. > :17:22.races? It is mainly about what I am trying to accomplish as a

:17:22. > :17:26.springboard to seeing where we need to go back and get right, ahead of

:17:26. > :17:31.the world championships. I am sure most of the athletes here are

:17:31. > :17:35.trying to make sure that they do not get injured, everything goes

:17:35. > :17:42.right, so they can go home with something to build on for the big

:17:42. > :17:47.dance later on this month. I assume he is under heavy training, were

:17:47. > :17:51.core of the other athletes. You want to win, of course, you want to

:17:51. > :17:56.give a great effort, the fans, they want to see that. I am going to

:17:56. > :18:04.give the fans what they want to see. I am hoping it will be good enough

:18:04. > :18:08.for the win. Nobody is going to go to Daegu and say, I won in London,

:18:08. > :18:12.that means I should be able to win here. It is always different, race

:18:12. > :18:22.to race. You try to stay technically efficient and get the

:18:22. > :18:23.

:18:23. > :18:29.here, hopefully. The massive shoulders. Andy Turner was training

:18:29. > :18:35.with him during the week. His children said, why are your

:18:35. > :18:45.shoulders not as big as his? Big man, big talent. He will be hoping

:18:45. > :19:07.

:19:07. > :19:13.Turner, 13.421. The two fastest performance in Budapest last

:19:13. > :19:19.weekend. He finished in second place. He is not too well known on

:19:19. > :19:24.the European circuit. The Jamaican is, though. It has run the 100

:19:24. > :19:30.metres in 10 seconds flat. He has made a good move up to the hurdles.

:19:30. > :19:34.He made the final in Berlin. Then, the former world junior champion.

:19:34. > :19:43.Second in the American championships. David Oliver, the

:19:43. > :19:48.American champion, beaten in his last two Diamond League outings.

:19:49. > :19:58.One of those defeats was to Dayron Robles. The former American

:19:59. > :20:02.

:20:02. > :20:07.collegiate champion. 13.30 this saga of Tiffany Ofili-Porter, this

:20:07. > :20:12.is her husband. He took the bronze at the American indoor

:20:12. > :20:20.championships last year. Gianni Frankis watched what happened with

:20:20. > :20:30.Lawrence Clarke and well Sharman. 13.57 is his best. If he can run

:20:30. > :20:38.

:20:38. > :20:43.13.52 here, he will guarantee athlete on the circuit. He is

:20:43. > :20:49.always happy to give his time. He is great with the media, and very

:20:49. > :20:53.popular with the other athletes. But he will want to re-establish

:20:53. > :21:03.himself here, not just in this heat, but in the final later on, against

:21:03. > :21:38.

:21:38. > :21:43.Dayron Robles and the new threat of for Andy Turner. I am pretty sure

:21:43. > :21:48.his 13.421 will be good enough. It was not the best of starts for

:21:48. > :21:55.David Oliver, but he always makes up for it. When you are built like

:21:55. > :22:02.David Oliver, the wind does not effective. -- does not affect you.

:22:02. > :22:06.He did not get out of the blocks as explosively as I thought. He is not

:22:06. > :22:10.first to the first hurdle. He is sandwiched between his two

:22:10. > :22:15.compatriots. It will come a long time to work his way through the

:22:15. > :22:22.field. But when he started moving it, he moved smoothly and cleanly.

:22:22. > :22:27.That is going to be crucial. Seven strides to the first barrier. He

:22:27. > :22:33.works really hard to make sure he is on top of the barrier, with as

:22:33. > :22:42.much speed and precision as he can muster. Then he gets into a very

:22:42. > :22:46.smooth, silky rhythm and timing, which is going to be very important.

:22:46. > :22:51.I am watching his face to see if there is any signs, but there is no

:22:51. > :22:55.problem. Making sure he qualifies. There was quite a strong headwind

:22:55. > :23:03.as well, so it was a good performance. It looks like he is

:23:03. > :23:12.A strong headwind, a decent time, what will you improve on in the

:23:13. > :23:17.final? Just to win more of the same. It was a decent time. And OK race.

:23:17. > :23:22.Just try to get into the top three. What is it like when you have a

:23:22. > :23:30.heat and a final? You cannot hold back. You can still run under

:23:30. > :23:35.control. That is what I tried to do. I think I did a pretty good job.

:23:35. > :23:39.Just try to improve the technical aspects in the final. You have got

:23:39. > :23:47.a head-to-head with Dayron Robles in the final. It will be a great

:23:47. > :23:57.final. We have a great competitors, and I would hope to come out on top.

:23:57. > :24:08.

:24:08. > :24:16.semi-final. About 0.1 seconds for will qualify for the final later on.

:24:16. > :24:22.Perri Shakes-Drayton became the first person to win the 400 flap

:24:22. > :24:32.and 400 hurdles national championships, but she is stepping

:24:32. > :24:50.

:24:50. > :24:56.She is up against the best two was fourth in Beijing. She will be

:24:56. > :25:06.looking to push towards the medals in Daegu. You look at the world

:25:06. > :25:12.

:25:12. > :25:22.rankings, the top three are ahead metres above her season's best to

:25:22. > :25:48.

:25:48. > :25:58.head this year. A couple of European Cups and European team

:25:58. > :26:20.

:26:20. > :26:28.championships. She was the European lead is over 66 metres. It has laid

:26:28. > :26:32.down the gauntlet. It certainly has. There are two athletes ahead of the

:26:32. > :26:36.British athlete who of the best in the world, but I think a medal is

:26:36. > :26:41.up for grabs by the time we get to the world championships. Goldie

:26:41. > :26:45.Sayers has got every chance of getting it. That was a good

:26:45. > :26:55.response. She needs more, though, if she is going to overtake the

:26:55. > :27:11.

:27:11. > :27:21.happened just before. There is no other forever that hits the javelin

:27:21. > :27:27.

:27:27. > :27:37.so hard. -- no other thrower. She creates the platform, then pours

:27:37. > :27:38.

:27:38. > :27:48.through very fast. We saw her fro over 70 metres in 2007. These two

:27:48. > :28:13.

:28:13. > :28:18.the world indoor champion. She jumped 15 metres and 25 centimetres

:28:18. > :28:28.in 2010. She has not been in that form so far this summer, but that

:28:28. > :28:41.

:28:41. > :28:45.round. Sorry, the first round. A We are still here at the start of

:28:45. > :28:50.the home stretch, but at the far end, they are getting ready for the

:28:50. > :28:55.400-metre hurdles. Amongst them, Perri Shakes-Drayton. She won the

:28:55. > :29:00.400 metres last weekend so emphatically. Is it because she is

:29:00. > :29:05.getting better or of the rest getting slower? I think we have got

:29:05. > :29:13.a real demonstration of how much potential this girl has. She is

:29:13. > :29:18.incredible. Her races last weekend were amazing. She. Against

:29:18. > :29:23.Christine are eroded, specialists in the event. But look, she moved

:29:23. > :29:31.away from the field. So much power and strength. I thought she was

:29:31. > :29:35.sensational. It is great to see her do that. I will be honest, this

:29:35. > :29:39.race tonight is going to be of a different level. Do not be

:29:39. > :29:45.surprised if she is 10 metres adrift of the women she is up

:29:45. > :29:51.against, she is up against the best in the world. Kaliese Spencer will

:29:51. > :29:56.win this race, and I think she will be the Olympic champion next year.

:29:56. > :30:04.She is taking on Melanie Walker as well, the Olympic champion. This is

:30:04. > :30:09.not easy! And a Zuzana Hejnova. It is a tall order. She needs to find

:30:09. > :30:16.a second to be in the next. But with improvements to her hurdling

:30:16. > :30:20.technique, which has not command, I think in the next couple of years,

:30:20. > :30:30.could what are the areas of her hurdling technique that she should

:30:30. > :30:32.

:30:32. > :30:36.She is a tall girl but she needs to get headlines down quickly and into

:30:36. > :30:42.her stride. She has clearly got good Flat speed but her hurdling

:30:42. > :30:46.technique is letting her down. needs a ribbon she can rely on

:30:46. > :30:51.every single time and if you can get that timing, when I talk about

:30:51. > :30:58.how many straights, when you change down as you approach, lots of

:30:58. > :31:05.things she can still learn which is always great. We can see there will

:31:05. > :31:08.be getting on their blocks very shortly. Paul Dickenson. Thank you.

:31:08. > :31:13.Everybody I am sure of in the Crystal Palace stadium will be

:31:13. > :31:20.looking forward to seeing Perri Shakes Drayton. She ran six races

:31:20. > :31:25.last week in? Not quite as many, five. She won the title on very

:31:25. > :31:35.tired legs and the 400-metre hurdles, an absolute bruiser of an

:31:35. > :31:55.

:31:55. > :32:05.fourth place, she has won every race since then -- ever since

:32:05. > :32:09.

:32:09. > :32:19.that is for sure. She won in Paris. Eilidh Child of Great Britain is in

:32:19. > :32:19.

:32:19. > :32:27.lane eight. She is chasing a what championship standard. -- a world

:32:27. > :32:37.championship standard. Melaine Walker, the Olympic champion from

:32:37. > :32:44.

:32:44. > :32:53.collegiate champion on 400m hurdles. She has made reasonable progress

:32:53. > :33:00.over the last couple of years. Tracey, Central American junior

:33:00. > :33:05.record holder, just 18 years old. 54.58, lifetime best. Then Perri

:33:05. > :33:10.Shakes Drayton, European bronze medallist last year in the 400m and

:33:10. > :33:15.the hurdle and she is in good shape. Personally I can't wait to see her

:33:15. > :33:21.race at the World Championships. This would be a nice stepping stone.

:33:21. > :33:25.Zuzana Hejnova, she will provide a fantastic target. Abating Olympic

:33:25. > :33:31.finalist and quite dominant in the Diamond League this year -- a

:33:31. > :33:34.Beijing Olympic finalist. She won in Oslo and Paris. Kaliese Spencer,

:33:34. > :33:39.finalist in the last world championships, where she finished

:33:39. > :33:43.fourth. She has a cracking time this year already off 53.45.

:33:43. > :33:51.Melaine Walker, the Olympic champion, world champion the year

:33:51. > :33:57.after, looking very relaxed indeed. Zuzana Hejnova, fastest woman in

:33:58. > :34:04.the world this year. Queen Harrison, she has been making progress, tit.

:34:04. > :34:09.54.78. Almost on equal terms -- she has been making progress, to.

:34:09. > :34:15.Eilidh Child finish second in the UK Championships last week. This is

:34:15. > :34:21.where she did her lifetime best last year of 55.16. If she can

:34:21. > :34:26.repeat that, she will also be on the plane to Daegu. Perri Shakes

:34:26. > :34:30.Drayton has a good lane draw. The bend is slightly tighter in lane

:34:30. > :34:32.three than it will be for Eilidh Child in lane eight but Eilidh

:34:32. > :34:42.Child is running blind and everybody will be running down on

:34:42. > :34:57.

:34:57. > :35:01.on the outside lane. Safely over the first hurdle. Perri Shakes

:35:01. > :35:09.Drayton is running strongly but inside Tower is Tracy of Jamaica,

:35:09. > :35:17.who is running well, too -- inside her. Zuzana Hejnova is having a

:35:17. > :35:23.storming first 200 metres. Spencer Walker and Harmison have gone down

:35:23. > :35:30.Eilidh Child. This is a very competitive race. 150 metres to go

:35:30. > :35:35.into the home straight. Perri Shakes Drayton, about 5th place at

:35:35. > :35:45.the moment! Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica is way ahead of the Olympic

:35:45. > :35:48.

:35:48. > :35:54.52.8! Absolutely massive in terms of times. That is one of the

:35:54. > :36:04.fastest times in history! Absolutely superb! She ran her

:36:04. > :36:06.

:36:06. > :36:11.socks off! 52.8. 9th fastest time in history. Two places behind Sally

:36:11. > :36:15.Gunnell on the all-time list. I know that Sally is watching tonight.

:36:15. > :36:18.She must have been impressed with that. That is the sort of target

:36:18. > :36:23.that Perri Shakes Drayton and everybody else have to try to go

:36:24. > :36:32.for in the future. A real step forward for Kaliese Spencer. Of

:36:32. > :36:38.Jamaica. This was always on the cards. She has been in supreme form.

:36:38. > :36:43.I know that Colleen is a big fan of hers -- Colin. When she gets it

:36:43. > :36:49.right, she's superbly. She started quickly and must have taken six

:36:49. > :36:53.metres out of everybody else in the first 200 metres. She was format we

:36:53. > :37:00.meet is ahead in the first couple of hurdles, which is unusual -- she

:37:00. > :37:04.was a four metres ahead. She was not looking as tired as some of the

:37:04. > :37:09.others. Look at the distance she put between herself and Melaine

:37:09. > :37:18.Walker. Perri Shakes Drayton came in third place and this season's

:37:18. > :37:26.best, around 54.6. She is so full of running in the home straight...

:37:26. > :37:30.Spencer. It is a world lead, a meeting record, a personal best. It

:37:30. > :37:40.is not a national record, that is still held by Melaine Walker, but

:37:40. > :37:40.

:37:40. > :37:44.Congratulations, up to do that so close to the world championships!

:37:44. > :37:49.am in great shape. I came here today wanting to get a personal

:37:49. > :37:53.best and added that. Three more weeks for the World Championships.

:37:53. > :37:59.Hopefully I will be running a faster time. How much more do you

:37:59. > :38:05.have? I hope lots. I have been training hard. A world record would

:38:05. > :38:10.be great but I am focused again when first. But to get such a huge

:38:10. > :38:17.personal best, half a second off, that must be amazing. I am very,

:38:17. > :38:24.very happy. I came here to do just that and I did so. Congratulations.

:38:24. > :38:30.Perri Shakes Drayton. What a finish. An amazing finish to take third.

:38:30. > :38:35.Yeah, very happy with that performance. A season's best over

:38:35. > :38:41.the hurdles this year. Hopefully more to come when it comes to the

:38:41. > :38:47.world championships. Some people there got personal-best so I think

:38:47. > :38:50.I have done very well actually! saw the article in the Telegraph

:38:50. > :38:55.for you, you are the poster girl for the East End going towards

:38:55. > :39:00.London. How does that fit? It is a nice feeling getting attention but

:39:00. > :39:04.I will not let that get to my head too much. I will let them running

:39:05. > :39:09.do the talking, that is my failings. Until I get the medals, you can

:39:09. > :39:19.save them type of things. I am chasing, trained to be number one

:39:19. > :39:26.

:39:27. > :39:33.in the world. Enjoy the reception Spencer. It certainly was. In fact,

:39:33. > :39:38.equal now with Sandra Farmer- Patrick, we all remember that name.

:39:38. > :39:42.Melaine Walker, the Olympic champion from three years ago, in

:39:42. > :39:47.second place, and Perri Shakes Drayton, certainly in form, beating

:39:47. > :39:54.the former world No. 1 Zuzana Hejnova. Eilidh Child slightly

:39:54. > :39:58.outside what she requires. To get to the world championships. And

:39:58. > :40:05.there is the Diamond League situation. Kaliese Spencer his way

:40:05. > :40:14.up the top and Zuzana Hejnova will be disappointed with that. Perri

:40:14. > :40:19.Shakes Drayton, on the board, in All sport is full of teenage

:40:19. > :40:23.shooting Stars 24-worth but Jodie Williams could be our first female

:40:23. > :40:29.sprinting star for 30 years -- teenager shooting Stars, who fall

:40:29. > :40:35.down to worth. We will speak to her in a moment. That was an immense

:40:35. > :40:40.performance in the 400 of stock fantastic! I haven't seen times

:40:40. > :40:46.like that for a long time. I was particularly impressed with Perri

:40:46. > :40:51.Shakes Drayton. It was a very difficult race, she acquitted

:40:51. > :40:57.herself extremely well and it is great to see her doing so well.

:40:57. > :41:01.hard is it psychologically? On the bend, 200 to go and Perri Shakes

:41:01. > :41:05.Drayton was clearly several strides from the people up front. Mentally

:41:05. > :41:09.you have to keep your pattern and rhythm. You have to say you will

:41:09. > :41:14.close that gap rather than think you cannot possibly catch them and

:41:14. > :41:20.that is the find of somebody who can achieve a lot. Absolutely, and

:41:20. > :41:24.somebody who is mature ring. She did not panic. She knew those women

:41:24. > :41:29.could be tear. She kept her own mind and ended up with a season's

:41:29. > :41:33.best. -- she knew those women could beat her. As long as she learns on

:41:33. > :41:42.experience of what others have done a Roundhead, that is the most

:41:42. > :41:47.important. -- done around her. Jodie Williams, 17 years old, born

:41:47. > :41:56.in 1993. What do you say to her? for it. She has nothing to lose.

:41:56. > :42:06.She looks amazing. She has a brand new haircut. Crucial! She looks

:42:06. > :42:06.

:42:06. > :42:10.great. She also could go for Kathy Cook's world junior record.

:42:10. > :42:15.looks to be in incredible shape. She has a very wise head as well.

:42:15. > :42:20.It will be interesting. If she runs really well, let's just say she

:42:20. > :42:28.comes third out of the blue, surely there has to be a rethink about the

:42:28. > :42:32.world championships Oster not necessarily because she has already

:42:32. > :42:37.had 10 per major championships this year. And she won them. It is about

:42:37. > :42:42.gaining experience. It is exciting for all of us because not many of

:42:42. > :42:52.us have seen her run at this level. Opportunity knocks for Jodie

:42:52. > :43:03.

:43:03. > :43:07.decision that Jodie Williams should not go to the world championships.

:43:07. > :43:17.Jodie Williams is in lane three. Shalonda Solomon, a fast as in the

:43:17. > :43:18.

:43:18. > :43:22.world this year, is in four. -- fastest in the world this year. If

:43:22. > :43:30.Stephanie gets around without being disqualified, she has done well.

:43:30. > :43:33.She have been disqualified twice this season and twice at Crystal

:43:33. > :43:41.Palace before! Aleen Bailey in A, fourth in the world championships,

:43:41. > :43:46.excuse me, the Olympics in 2004. She is 30 now. This brilliant

:43:46. > :43:50.talent. Wonderful European Championships and Junior

:43:51. > :43:59.Championships, running the 102 hundred. That junior record is held

:43:59. > :44:09.by Kathy Cook, 1979. -- the 100, and the 200. Solomon is the fastest

:44:09. > :44:09.

:44:10. > :44:16.in the world this year. 22.15. Bianca Knight, she has run well on

:44:16. > :44:25.the European circuit. She won the Diamond League. Missed out on the

:44:25. > :44:31.American trials in fourth. Tiffany Townshend, she is a new name. She

:44:31. > :44:38.got 22.5 back in June, a season's best. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is

:44:38. > :44:45.just about exactly twice the age of Jodie Williams. Get your calculator

:44:45. > :44:52.out and work that out. Shimon Simpson of Jamaica, Olympic silver

:44:52. > :44:58.medallist at the 100 metres. Conditions are pretty good. It is

:44:58. > :45:01.still warm but a slight breeze in the home straight. Let's hope that

:45:01. > :45:07.can settle a bit and let the athletes really let rip in the home

:45:07. > :45:12.straight. For Jodie Williams, the nerves will be there but she is a

:45:12. > :45:17.great competitor as well as a huge talent. She is up against some top,

:45:17. > :45:27.top opposition. Solomon, fastest in the world, outside her and Bianca

:45:27. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:56.Knight is in five. Williams is in looks ragged. Jodie Williams his

:45:56. > :46:03.

:46:03. > :46:09.fifth or sixth. Bianca Knight wins better athletes, but Jodie Williams

:46:09. > :46:14.will have enjoyed the experience. Not far away from her 18th birthday,

:46:14. > :46:20.and her first taste of the Diamond League athletics. It will be

:46:20. > :46:28.interesting to see what her reaction was. Solomon was really

:46:28. > :46:33.disappointing. Bianca Knight wins her second Diamond League event.

:46:33. > :46:38.thought Jodie Williams got a solid start. Not spectacular. You can see

:46:38. > :46:48.daylight between her and Solomon. She was being pressured from the

:46:48. > :46:53.

:46:53. > :46:58.beginning to stretch away, but she hung in there. She is not in the

:46:58. > :47:08.top five, but she started this race with the slowest time of any of the

:47:08. > :47:11.

:47:11. > :47:19.competitors. I fear she may be the top two. Solomon came here as

:47:19. > :47:29.the fastest woman in the world. Disappointing. But Bianca Knight is

:47:29. > :47:31.

:47:31. > :47:41.a true powerhouse. 22 pts 69. Jodie Williams, 22.95. Not bad. Into the

:47:41. > :47:45.

:47:46. > :47:52.headwind. Let's see what she has A tremendous effort, you were so

:47:52. > :47:59.close to them. By Ben was appalling. Why was a bit fazed by everything.

:47:59. > :48:07.It was an incredible experience. I thought, well! I am quite happy

:48:07. > :48:11.with it. I cannot complain. 22.95. The conditions are not perfect.

:48:11. > :48:16.Plus, you said on Twitter that you were nervous. You acquitted

:48:16. > :48:22.yourself very well. I was hoping for a personal best, but it was not

:48:22. > :48:28.to be. There was a head wind. They are so fast. I just came here for

:48:28. > :48:35.the experience, I am really happy. Does this give perspective to the

:48:35. > :48:42.four will reap about you being at the World Championships, etc?

:48:42. > :48:46.proves I should not be there! I am not ready for it. This atmosphere

:48:46. > :48:50.was perfect. Just building me up gradually, rather than going

:48:50. > :48:55.straight into the world championships. That is what I am

:48:55. > :48:59.trying to do, gather experience, before I go to the Olympics.

:48:59. > :49:06.understand what has gone on around the selection process, because you

:49:06. > :49:11.are such a talent. I have had a good year. I am happy with how

:49:11. > :49:21.everything has gone. Thank you to everyone for believing in May. I am

:49:21. > :49:28.

:49:28. > :49:38.British athlete has run under 23 seconds this year. She is a big

:49:38. > :49:48.

:49:48. > :49:58.A few minutes away from the major clash of the night, 800 metres. The

:49:58. > :50:03.

:50:03. > :50:11.British all-comers record under javelin, this thriller is still in

:50:11. > :50:21.second place. -- this thrower. That is further. The Olympic champion,

:50:21. > :50:23.

:50:23. > :50:33.the world record holder has fiddle on the Diamond League

:50:33. > :51:02.

:51:02. > :51:09.attempt. Finishing off the fifth round. She is down in second place

:51:09. > :51:13.now. She screams. She keeps screaming! That is the beauty of

:51:13. > :51:16.the field events, the immediate chance to respond, the adrenalin

:51:16. > :51:26.flowing in the way that it has not been for the last three or four

:51:26. > :51:35.

:51:35. > :51:45.aerodynamically. She leads the Diamond League rankings. Quite a

:51:45. > :51:52.

:51:52. > :51:58.We are standing close to the javelin, and we hope to hear from

:51:58. > :52:03.Goldie Sayers soon. Let's focus on the men's 800 metres. He is a

:52:03. > :52:08.mouth-watering clash, falling to -- including David Rudisha, the most

:52:08. > :52:13.complete middle-distance runner of all time. He is not flamboyant off

:52:13. > :52:22.the track. I wonder, as an international

:52:22. > :52:28.athlete, where does the Olympics sit with you? Are you excited?

:52:28. > :52:37.Olympics is a special sport. Everybody, every athlete, is

:52:37. > :52:42.focused to see that he wins the Olympics. My father won a medal in

:52:42. > :52:50.1968. He is still remembered because of that. That is the thing

:52:50. > :52:57.for you now, to start winning medals. Yes, breaking the world

:52:57. > :53:06.record twice last year, it was a great achievement for me. It was a

:53:06. > :53:12.great feeling. But also, winning the world title and an Olympic

:53:12. > :53:20.medal, it is also some think that will boost my career. That is what

:53:20. > :53:26.I am focused on. Having the world record is like having one part of

:53:26. > :53:34.some think, but still missing two other things. The world title and

:53:34. > :53:38.the Olympics. That is why I am focused to see that. I want to make

:53:38. > :53:43.it balance. Here in London, you are racing against one of your great

:53:43. > :53:50.rivals, Abubaker Kaki. Where does this race fitting for you into the

:53:50. > :53:56.overall plan of winning the world title? Remained here, for the first

:53:56. > :54:03.time, meeting together this year, it will be geared to them together

:54:03. > :54:08.and to compete together. -- it will be good. He will give me a stiff

:54:08. > :54:14.competition in Korea. We are standing wide by the track,

:54:14. > :54:19.10 yards away from David Rudisha. He is so tall. When you think about

:54:19. > :54:27.Kenyan athletes, you think they will be short. He has got to be 6

:54:27. > :54:32.ft plus. He is hoping to take Steve Cram's recorder. To a selling job

:54:32. > :54:42.of him. He is still relatively unknown, yet he is a phenomenal

:54:42. > :54:46.

:54:46. > :54:52.lovely running action. He has had a few problems with injuries. He is

:54:52. > :54:58.still not proving yet. We all know he can run fast, but he has not

:54:58. > :55:02.proven it in a major championships. He has not proven it across three

:55:02. > :55:06.rounds. He is an incredible talent, but he has to win the World

:55:06. > :55:11.Championships and perhaps the Olympics. Tonight, he has got a

:55:11. > :55:21.great athlete against him, Abubaker Kaki. We will see a fast race

:55:21. > :55:21.

:55:21. > :55:31.tonight. The all-comers record should have gone years ago! 1:33.2

:55:31. > :55:43.

:55:43. > :55:53.is well within their compass. Let's week. He went to Sweden and ran

:55:53. > :56:14.

:56:14. > :56:19.back to the be standard. -- to the -- he has had an illness. He has

:56:19. > :56:26.been struggling this year. The Commonwealth champion, the Kenyan.

:56:26. > :56:35.He also won a silver medal at the world, not -- the Commonwealth

:56:35. > :56:39.championships. I am so pleased. I saw him in the hotel yesterday.

:56:39. > :56:49.After these huge disappointment of falling at the trials last week, he

:56:49. > :57:05.

:57:05. > :57:15.picked himself up, and Ivan 1:45 1:45 point four. The American

:57:15. > :57:30.

:57:30. > :57:38.that race. I will talk more about Abubaker Kaki. Three minutes 31 for

:57:38. > :57:45.1500. It will be fast, it will be a right scrap over the first few

:57:45. > :57:50.hundred metres. They both like to go out harder. The world record

:57:50. > :58:00.holder will probably want to control it from the front. This is

:58:00. > :58:01.

:58:01. > :58:08.a pacemaker. 49.5. If he was not there, they would go that hard

:58:08. > :58:18.anyway, I am sure! Abubaker Kaki against David Rudisha, the 800

:58:18. > :58:25.

:58:25. > :58:31.the pacemaker. I thought it would be a race for the first 200!

:58:31. > :58:40.Abubaker Kaki heads out as fast as he can. The pacemaker is sprinting

:58:40. > :58:45.to get to the front. I think that was inside 24 seconds. Yes, that is

:58:45. > :58:55.why the pacemaker had to sprint to get to the front. Le Cap David

:58:55. > :59:14.

:59:14. > :59:20.Rudisha, the world record holder. - action. Can he be strong enough in

:59:20. > :59:30.the back straight? Abubaker Kaki is in a great place. The strength and

:59:30. > :59:39.

:59:40. > :59:48.stamina will tell. Abubaker Kaki action. It never changes. There is

:59:48. > :59:57.a two-metre gap. David Rudisha has the advantage. Abubaker Kaki has

:59:57. > :00:04.defined a bit more. David Rudisha is handing on. -- hanging on. It is

:00:04. > :00:08.a new meeting record, and the British all-comers record. David

:00:08. > :00:14.Rudisha and Abubaker Kaki giving us a real display of 800 metres

:00:14. > :00:19.running it. Abubaker Kaki has got to get in front of him. You have

:00:19. > :00:23.got to have a plan to beat David Rudisha. At the moment, he can

:00:23. > :00:33.control it, and he has the speed and ability to run those times at

:00:33. > :00:39.

:00:39. > :00:46.will. It is good to see them race David Rudisha. That is a UK records

:00:46. > :00:55.that Steve Cram set back at the Commonwealth Games in 1986. He is

:00:55. > :01:02.following the pacemaker, David Rudisha. To 26 seconds for their

:01:02. > :01:12.second so 200 metres. Then he sort for the third 200 metres. -- then

:01:12. > :01:18.he slowed down. At this point, Abubaker Kaki needed to be a couple

:01:18. > :01:22.of inches closer. Look at that stride and the power. His arms are

:01:22. > :01:28.driving and he is pumping away there. He is not giving Abubaker

:01:28. > :01:38.Kaki any chance. It is a narrow victory, but he has just run the

:01:38. > :01:39.

:01:39. > :01:48.legs of Sport 8 mac. A fine performance by David Rudisha. A

:01:48. > :01:52.really good performance also for Andrew Osagie. There will be a very

:01:52. > :02:00.happy British athlete out there because Andrew Osagie has managed

:02:00. > :02:08.to just scrapped -- it's great inside the A Standard. He is in 5th

:02:08. > :02:16.place. Andrew Osagie will be over the moon. He ran so well last week,

:02:16. > :02:22.so he will qualify for the team in Daegu. Now we can speak to David

:02:22. > :02:29.Daegu. Now we can speak to David Rudisha. You have just taken the

:02:29. > :02:33.records from Steve Cram. How do you feel? I feel great. It was good. I

:02:33. > :02:39.was in good shape. I knew I was going to take that recurred.

:02:39. > :02:46.Yesterday, I said I would do it. You controlled the race from the

:02:46. > :02:52.front and you knew that Abubaker Kaki would be your greatest rival.

:02:52. > :02:59.I tried to control the race all the way. I knew that if I had a good

:02:59. > :03:03.finish at the last bend, then I would take the race. You want

:03:03. > :03:08.you're first world gold title, surely? That is my target this year.

:03:08. > :03:18.Good luck with that. Great to see you in Britain at last. Thank you

:03:18. > :03:21.

:03:21. > :03:30.you in Britain at last. Thank you good performance from Abubaker Kaki.

:03:30. > :03:36.A personal best in 5th place for Andrew Osagie. Let's get his

:03:36. > :03:40.Andrew Osagie. Let's get his thoughts now. I am sure you are

:03:41. > :03:48.delighted. You take all the boxes that you needed to do make your way

:03:48. > :03:57.to Daegu. That was always the plan. I am pleased that I have ran the A

:03:57. > :04:07.Standard. Mycock has put in a lot of effort. -- my ego coach has put

:04:07. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:14.You get caught up in the moment. You have to just go with that.

:04:14. > :04:19.Luckily, I did. At this early stage in your career, when you are racing

:04:19. > :04:23.against the likes of David Rudisha, is there an element of longing for

:04:23. > :04:31.you? At the back of my mind, I have always thought that I could get

:04:31. > :04:41.there. It is finally taking its toll and coming into shape.

:04:41. > :04:43.

:04:43. > :04:51.Wonderful to see. Enjoy Daegu. is one happy man there. Can we have

:04:51. > :04:58.a quick thought on Andrew Osagie and sport and nine mac? -- and

:04:58. > :05:05.David Rudisha. Effort less -- effort Lewis is the way to describe

:05:06. > :05:10.that. At that level, he makes it look so simple. If you watch

:05:10. > :05:19.Abubaker Kaki, he was working like a horse, but it was not going to

:05:19. > :05:27.happen. 0 Dwain Chambers at this meeting. Is this not the hypocrisy

:05:27. > :05:34.of the worst sort, where some people who have been done for drugs

:05:34. > :05:39.are allowed to come back and others are not? Personally, I think it is

:05:39. > :05:46.a farce. The rules say that you are banned and you have to serve your

:05:46. > :05:53.time. He should be here. The promoters are so inconsistent. It

:05:53. > :05:57.infuriates me. It also confuses the audience's. The promoters decide

:05:58. > :06:07.who they're going to invite. Unfortunately, Dwain Chambers is

:06:08. > :06:21.

:06:21. > :06:31.not flavour. This is a pretty hot who is in there. Craig Pickering of

:06:31. > :06:33.

:06:33. > :06:37.Great Britain is on the outside. Remaldo Rose is another Jamaican.

:06:37. > :06:46.At the Commonwealth Games a couple of years ago, we saw him in the

:06:46. > :06:53.relay race. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. He is a long way of the very best

:06:53. > :07:01.in this heat and only three will go through to the final. Gerald Phiri

:07:01. > :07:11.is running for Zambia. Yohan Blake of Jamaica. He has developed

:07:11. > :07:21.

:07:21. > :07:31.wonderfully. Sport 25 mac of Trinidad and Tobago. Trell Kimmons

:07:31. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:45.of the United States. He is a very quick starter. Four Ana world

:07:45. > :07:52.champion Trell Kimmons. Craig Pickering did not start in the

:07:52. > :08:02.final last weekend, but is here tonight. There is a third spot in

:08:02. > :08:12.

:08:12. > :08:21.athletes would desperately love to make what is going to be a top-

:08:21. > :08:31.class final later on. Despite the fact we do not have Asafa Powell

:08:31. > :08:54.

:08:54. > :09:01.there. Yohan Blake is looking beautiful. It was very easy indeed.

:09:01. > :09:09.Yohan Blake was super us move there and made that look easy. -- was

:09:09. > :09:19.very smooth that there. It is a shame there is a slight breeze. It

:09:19. > :09:20.

:09:20. > :09:30.has taken the edge off a little. Trell Kimmons not too far away. An

:09:30. > :09:31.

:09:31. > :09:36.embarrassment of riches that the Jamaican team have. When you see

:09:36. > :09:46.Yohan Blake moving away and that middle section, the others were not

:09:46. > :09:47.

:09:47. > :09:57.able to move through. Will wait to see what happens in the second race,

:09:57. > :09:58.

:09:58. > :10:08.but Craig Pickering has done well. Yohan Blake is being nice and

:10:08. > :10:11.

:10:11. > :10:13.relaxed. He looks pretty comfortable. Very relaxed indeed.

:10:13. > :10:20.comfortable. Very relaxed indeed. Hopefully he will get below 10

:10:20. > :10:27.seconds in the final. If the conditions are favourable for the

:10:27. > :10:34.final, pillow 10 is within your reach? I just want to keep focused

:10:34. > :10:44.in the final. Tell me about a 100 metres seen as you see it this year,

:10:44. > :10:51.

:10:51. > :10:59.without Tyson Gay? Anything is possible. It will be an interesting

:10:59. > :11:03.one. Up at the final, much more to come from you? Definitely. I will

:11:04. > :11:13.call out there, keep focused and do my thing. All the best for that.

:11:14. > :11:14.

:11:14. > :11:23.my thing. All the best for that. Thank you. Yohan Blake easing down

:11:23. > :11:26.at the end. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is the fastest loser so far. He

:11:26. > :11:36.will have to wait and see whether he will make it through to the

:11:36. > :11:42.

:11:42. > :11:52.final later. Can Goldie Sayers improve on her previous attempt?

:11:52. > :11:52.

:11:52. > :12:00.That is better. She needed something beyond 61 metres. That

:12:00. > :12:08.was a good competitive performance from her. Real model of technique.

:12:08. > :12:18.She is consistent and have a big throw. She hits it hard. It is not

:12:18. > :12:20.

:12:20. > :12:30.in on the door of 63 metres. Good effort. Called Rose has finished in

:12:30. > :12:32.

:12:32. > :12:37.third place. That is a good way to third place. That is a good way to

:12:37. > :12:41.go. After words, Goldie Sayers spoke to us.

:12:41. > :12:48.A tremendous performance, finishing third in the javelin. A tiny taster

:12:48. > :12:52.of what is to come next year. was a promising performance,

:12:52. > :12:58.especially in the last round. Unfortunately, I am around at the

:12:58. > :13:06.same time as some of the best ever. It is tough competition. To come

:13:06. > :13:15.third in a medal position before the World Championships is good.

:13:15. > :13:20.Very promising. What about your overall feeling? I know you have

:13:20. > :13:25.had injury problems the four major championships before. Do you think

:13:25. > :13:31.you have more to do? There is a lot to do. And had an injury in April.

:13:31. > :13:41.My team are fantastic. It is nice to be healthy before or major

:13:41. > :13:41.

:13:41. > :13:45.championships. It is quite exciting. It is nice to do well at Diamond

:13:45. > :13:53.League meetings. The crowd was fantastic and I gave me an idea of

:13:53. > :14:00.what it will be like next year. It comes down to September, though.

:14:00. > :14:10.are right behind you. All very best. are right behind you. All very best.

:14:10. > :14:14.

:14:14. > :14:24.Thank you. Now let's look at that triple jump. This season best was

:14:24. > :14:26.

:14:26. > :14:35.for the athlete in third place. Here are the diamond race standings.

:14:35. > :14:45.The finals from Zurich will be on the BBC. Now it, the men's long

:14:45. > :14:47.

:14:47. > :14:55.jump. Nobody is over 8 mac metres so far. Greg Rutherford is, though.

:14:55. > :14:58.There is a battle between him and Chris Tomlinson. The last two

:14:58. > :15:08.British record holders are going head-to-head. Some pride is at

:15:08. > :15:09.

:15:09. > :15:14.stake. Chris Tomlinson had a massive jump earlier this season.

:15:14. > :15:24.When you look at the likes of Irving Saladino and Mitchell Watt,

:15:24. > :15:32.great competition. Chris Tomlinson has a chance to respond immediately.

:15:32. > :15:42.The gauntlet has been laid down by his British rival. I tell you what,

:15:42. > :15:50.

:15:50. > :15:54.it is blow for blow in the men's Rutherford or Tomlinson, if they

:15:54. > :16:00.get it right in Daegu, they could come back with a world championship

:16:00. > :16:10.mettle. 8.14 metres, just a few centimetres behind, and that set

:16:10. > :16:25.

:16:25. > :16:35.the scene for a great long jump time of Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is

:16:35. > :16:36.

:16:36. > :16:46.Championships, Mark Lewis-Francis disqualified for a false start.

:16:46. > :16:56.Just when he needed it most, or when he didn't need it most. Marlon

:16:56. > :17:02.

:17:02. > :17:09.Devonish is in the best seat for Daniel Bailey. Nesta Carter, gold

:17:09. > :17:19.medal winning relay member. 19 men this year so far under 10 seconds

:17:19. > :17:26.

:17:26. > :17:31.in the world, that is a lot. Thompson it is surprising in one of

:17:31. > :17:35.the few men coming to run in this Diamond League event you are not

:17:35. > :17:41.British who have not run under 10 seconds. Great performance Fort

:17:41. > :17:50.Marlon Devonish last week, 10.14. So many British sprinters running

:17:50. > :18:00.the A Standard, the top two got selected. He is in with his third

:18:00. > :18:27.

:18:27. > :18:37.French record. Neston -- Nesta prove, could he have got in among

:18:37. > :18:53.

:18:53. > :18:57.the top three last week other than start, and also Daniel Bailey. But

:18:58. > :19:07.in his head, Nesta Carter leading them, Richard Thompson finished

:19:08. > :19:10.

:19:10. > :19:15.quickly. But the Brits behind these four, 10.03. The wind is zero. I

:19:15. > :19:20.suggest that Thompson will make it through as either the fastest loser,

:19:20. > :19:23.almost definitely well, and then they will have to fix it after that,

:19:23. > :19:27.Carter, not quite as fast as Michael Rodgers but pretty

:19:28. > :19:36.impressive once he got moving. A good time for a heat as well.

:19:37. > :19:40.it certainly was. 10.04. Certainly driving here. In lanes 3 and four,

:19:40. > :19:44.Mark Lewis-Francis being left a little bit as was Marlon Devonish.

:19:44. > :19:47.Was a final it will be but what about Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, or

:19:47. > :19:51.Marlon Devonish for that matter. Have they got a chance of making it

:19:52. > :19:59.through? We will know in a moment. Colin, what do you think about that

:20:00. > :20:05.An opportunity for new faces, but Nesta Carter is more than capable

:20:05. > :20:11.of taking his time. He has got a massive stride when he gets going,

:20:11. > :20:15.he goes down the track and in unusual fashion but he is running

:20:15. > :20:21.very close this year, he has run a Asafa Powell close this year. A

:20:21. > :20:26.real quality athlete. From the Jamaican school of sprinting, a

:20:26. > :20:30.powerful runner. Right in the centre of the field. Watch how late

:20:30. > :20:37.he takes it. Everybody else is looking ahead. Now Nesta Carter

:20:37. > :20:41.gets into his flow. He has a very, very unusual stride. Very long. And

:20:41. > :20:45.to the left of him, the contrast, Michael Rodgers from America, again

:20:45. > :20:55.under 10 seconds and more than capable of doing something special

:20:55. > :21:12.

:21:12. > :21:16.in the final. My man may is on Not the best way to end the night's

:21:16. > :21:20.work, you are just one hundredth of a second away from making it.

:21:20. > :21:24.to hold back on my start. I got a false start last week and if you

:21:24. > :21:33.look at the race, I was one of the last out of the blocks. It is not

:21:33. > :21:37.an excuse but it is my 6th race of the season, I am walking away

:21:37. > :21:43.without injury. What has been in your mind this week bearing in mind

:21:43. > :21:49.what happened last week? I needed to be with a good time to get into

:21:49. > :21:53.the world championship team. I ran 10.03 today, not the world's best

:21:53. > :21:59.but I wish I had one more race to go to see if I could do better than

:21:59. > :22:04.what I just did. Individual out of the way now, relay all the way?

:22:04. > :22:12.their, man. I will fight all the way. I still think I can do it --

:22:12. > :22:16.no way, man. For I have only been fully fit for the past three weeks.

:22:16. > :22:21.It is progression. This is what you did last year at the championships.

:22:21. > :22:28.Exactly, I need to raise my game, I need an opportunity but we will see.

:22:28. > :22:32.I appreciate that. Thank you. We have more than Mo Farah in the

:22:32. > :22:41.distance events, Chris Thompson ran so well last year, but will have to

:22:42. > :22:48.run well this evening if he wants Interesting selection than the 100

:22:48. > :22:54.metres, what would you do Colin? is very tricky. Marlon has done

:22:54. > :22:58.himself to get through it. Someone for the relay as well, a 10th

:22:58. > :23:04.athlete to consideration. Hand on heart, most of us are looking at a

:23:04. > :23:08.relay medal. I think so. I think we need the strongest, most

:23:08. > :23:14.experienced people in the field. stock about the distance buzz.

:23:14. > :23:18.Brendan Foster is in our commentary position. How much can Mo Farah be

:23:18. > :23:22.a catalyst to what has been a fairly dormant sector of track-and-

:23:22. > :23:26.field over the years? To be honest, last year in the European

:23:26. > :23:30.Championships, he did galvanise it. They finished first and second in

:23:30. > :23:33.the 10,000 metres and Chris Thompson took it on from there. A

:23:33. > :23:39.really good performance and then earlier this year, he ran faster

:23:39. > :23:42.over 10,000 metres than Mo Farah had ever run. We look like we had

:23:43. > :23:51.two world-class distance runners, but sadly Chris Thompson got

:23:51. > :23:59.injured and is now struggling. Mo Farah has gone faster by second --

:23:59. > :24:04.by half a minute. We saw him challenging Haile Gebrselassie and

:24:04. > :24:07.now he is nervous, concerned, he may not even run fast enough to get

:24:07. > :24:11.on a plane to Daegu so it just shows you the contrast in the

:24:11. > :24:15.fortunes of two outstanding athletes actually. So in terms of

:24:15. > :24:20.tactics, what would you advise him to do? Run as hard as the can for

:24:20. > :24:26.as long as he can to be honest! Straight forward! A simple thing,

:24:26. > :24:36.this running! If it had not been a simple thing, me and Steve Cram

:24:36. > :24:47.

:24:48. > :24:55.this man's 5,000 metres. Andy Vernon in there. He has got a

:24:55. > :24:59.chance of running a B Standard. Great Mottram in there, he is also

:24:59. > :25:06.in the 3,000 metres later on with Mo Farah. Chris Thompson has got a

:25:06. > :25:10.real job on his hands and Mo Farah in introduce any of this week he

:25:10. > :25:14.said maybe not as clear as he could have done, that 10,000 metres is a

:25:14. > :25:19.priority and if things go well in that he feels he will do the 5,000

:25:19. > :25:28.metres. You cannot therefore take somebody with eight B Standard if

:25:28. > :25:38.they have got a A Standard. Chris will want to run the A Standard

:25:38. > :25:46.

:25:46. > :25:51.around and a reason why this 5,000 metres perhaps was included in this

:25:51. > :25:54.programme schedule, Chris Thompson is delighted it is here, but we

:25:54. > :26:02.were hearing rumours that Kenenisa Bekele might want to have a run out.

:26:02. > :26:07.It has not materialised. We will have to see if Kenenisa Bekele will

:26:07. > :26:11.be there to defend at least his 10,000 metres title, may be the

:26:11. > :26:21.5,000 metres title as well in Daegu. Andy Vernon there, former UK

:26:21. > :26:29.

:26:29. > :26:33.the German team with that qualification time. Chris Thompson,

:26:33. > :26:40.his partner Gemma Simpson, will be running in the 800 metres later.

:26:40. > :26:46.She has had problems as well. But it is Chris's turn first in the

:26:46. > :26:53.5,000 metres. So lapse of about 54 seconds would give them an even

:26:53. > :27:03.paced run. I suppose Chris will be hoping he is not the anyone wanting

:27:03. > :27:04.

:27:04. > :27:11.to at least wrong with the pace a little here. Our pacemaker will be

:27:11. > :27:14.Titus, the Kenyan. It is always easier said than done going through

:27:14. > :27:19.the first few laps. When you have got the likes of Craig Mottram in

:27:19. > :27:29.the race, he is in pretty good form, in Birmingham. He got the

:27:29. > :27:34.qualifying time under his belt. is lucky that Titus who is a good

:27:34. > :27:40.athlete in his own right finished just ahead of Chris in the

:27:40. > :27:48.Commonwealth Games last year. He was 4th in the 10,000 metres. He

:27:48. > :27:53.said a good pace, 61, 62 seconds for the first lap. And Craig

:27:53. > :27:56.Mottram and then Chris Thompson a bit further down the pack.

:27:56. > :27:59.Everybody has been in the position of Chris Thompson. You know you're

:28:00. > :28:04.fit and then you get an injury and the struggle for weeks and it does

:28:04. > :28:08.not go right. Eventually it almost comes right and then you have got

:28:08. > :28:13.out and test yourself in a race. A bit of a turmoil leading up to it

:28:13. > :28:16.but often if you get into the race, this is where you will want to be.

:28:16. > :28:26.You want to remember how it is done and this is a good field, it will

:28:26. > :28:40.

:28:40. > :28:50.put together. -- it is well put my mate, Baxter. And a neat run by

:28:50. > :28:56.

:28:56. > :29:01.the athlete in 5th place. Titus is The second round of the men's long

:29:01. > :29:06.jump. Rutherford leading, he went for it in the second round, he fell

:29:06. > :29:12.short. Chris Tomlinson is having his second round the 10th. And that

:29:12. > :29:16.is further... It is so simple. Takes off, hangs in the air and

:29:16. > :29:21.this season as you can see from that, a rather satisfied look. He

:29:21. > :29:25.has jumped incredibly well. couple of years ago when we saw

:29:25. > :29:30.Tomlinson in a grand prix event, I remember you guys were interviewing

:29:30. > :29:34.him afterwards and he said one day I think I will jump 8.50 metres and

:29:34. > :29:38.I think we had a chuckle from some people around the world thinking,

:29:38. > :29:42.Chris Tomlinson, aged pod 50 metres? But I tell you what, now

:29:42. > :29:48.that he has jumped 8.35 and his confidence is up, you have got to

:29:48. > :29:52.believe him. 8.25, that is a good lead for Chris Tomlinson. We have

:29:53. > :30:00.got the women's pole vault, the bar at four point 55 metres. The

:30:00. > :30:08.British world -- British record holder. Holly Bleasdale is becoming

:30:08. > :30:13.a world-class poll also. Easy as you like it. She may figure in the

:30:13. > :30:19.world championships. Mitchell what, second round, low running style but

:30:19. > :30:23.an explosion on the board. It looked pretty and pretty. At

:30:23. > :30:33.Stockholm in the Diamond League, he jumped and OCR that record. He beat

:30:33. > :30:43.

:30:43. > :30:53.the lead. Here is the man to beat for the World Championships. Eight

:30:53. > :31:03.metres and 45. Back with the men's 5,000 metres. After a reasonable

:31:03. > :31:10.

:31:10. > :31:19.first 600 metres, it has slowed a little. Titus Kipjumba Mbishei will

:31:19. > :31:29.be happy that it has picked up again. Chris Thompson is now trying

:31:29. > :31:29.

:31:29. > :31:34.to keep up the pace. Ben True is in third place. He is beginning to

:31:34. > :31:44.pull away from Chris Thompson, so it is a difficult time for him.

:31:44. > :31:46.

:31:46. > :31:50.Maybe he has lost some fair as, but he must stick to the task. Chris

:31:50. > :31:54.Thompson will be desperately keen to follow the position and get the

:31:54. > :31:59.chance to run in Daegu. He might not be as good tonight, but in a

:31:59. > :32:05.few weeks' time he will be better. He was fit earlier in the season.

:32:05. > :32:15.When I watched him run in Manchester, I was impressed. I know

:32:15. > :32:16.

:32:16. > :32:21.that, having run over 10,000 metres, his basic strength is there. Other

:32:21. > :32:26.British athletes are chasing him and tracking him. He is better than

:32:26. > :32:35.men, but they will be encouraged by the fact that they are close to him.

:32:35. > :32:45.Chris Thompson looks to be having a rough time. The time at 2,000

:32:45. > :32:47.

:32:47. > :32:51.metres was spot on. But it was the fact that he had then thrown in 62.

:32:51. > :33:01.When you are not as fit, you do not want the peace to change. You can

:33:01. > :33:03.

:33:03. > :33:07.cope with it when you are more fit. Chris Thompson is not miles away.

:33:07. > :33:14.Perhaps it could be a deliberate ploy to hang back, but you would

:33:14. > :33:19.want to be close to the top three. You would not want to deliberately

:33:19. > :33:24.have Lagat of that size. Be gap is now getting bigger. -- you would

:33:24. > :33:31.not want to have a space of that size. This space is now and getting

:33:31. > :33:38.bigger. Let's return to the long jump. Just to remind you, Mitchell

:33:38. > :33:42.Watt is in first place. Chris Tomlinson is in second. The

:33:42. > :33:49.conditions are beautiful for horizontal jumping. Warm with a

:33:49. > :33:56.slight breeze behind. Can Greg Rutherford take advantage? In will

:33:56. > :34:06.not be as far as Mitchell Watt, but will its challenge Chris Tomlinson

:34:06. > :34:16.in second? Both of them want to be British No. 1. Technically, I think

:34:16. > :34:16.

:34:16. > :34:26.Greg Rutherford is more solid this year. Eight metres 17. No

:34:26. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :34:51.a little. He looks more comfortable and the gap between the leaders and

:34:51. > :35:10.

:35:10. > :35:19.the second group mac of two is the B Standard. If he can achieve

:35:19. > :35:27.that, he will improve within a few weeks. With Mo Farah already having

:35:27. > :35:35.reached the A Standard, we note that Chris Thompson will get better

:35:35. > :35:39.within a few weeks. He has struggled from coming back from

:35:39. > :35:45.injury and adversity and worked very hard. He enjoyed his moment of

:35:45. > :35:49.glory last summer in the European Championships. He is a very good

:35:49. > :35:54.athlete and is an inspiration to others. As he has done before, he

:35:54. > :36:00.will stick to his task now. I hope he is getting some information

:36:00. > :36:06.because this is an important race in his career. It looks as though

:36:06. > :36:16.he wants to go past the American. I suggest he should. He is slipping

:36:16. > :36:16.

:36:16. > :36:21.off the pace. The leaders are also slowing down. Chris Thompson is not

:36:21. > :36:31.making any inroads into that. He is half a second slower than the

:36:31. > :36:32.

:36:32. > :36:37.leaders are under each laugh. -- on each lap. The gap to the leaders is

:36:37. > :36:42.too much and he is too far away from the finishing line to really

:36:43. > :36:51.want to push up. People are coming behind and that could I urge him on.

:36:51. > :36:55.I think Titus Kipjumba Mbishei has done as much as he can. Craig

:36:55. > :37:00.Mottram does not have to worry about the time as he has been

:37:00. > :37:07.selected by the Australians. He ran very well in Birmingham. He is just

:37:07. > :37:17.having a bit of a ride at the moment. It is good to see sports

:37:17. > :37:19.

:37:19. > :37:24.that -- Craig Mottram back false start -- back. More confidence as

:37:24. > :37:31.he is winning races. That is very important for distance running. You

:37:31. > :37:36.have to get confidence from winning races. Now, there is a big group

:37:36. > :37:43.around Chris Thompson. He is finding this difficult. Andy Vernon

:37:43. > :37:50.is running well, at the back of that group. Chris Thompson is going

:37:50. > :38:00.through a torrid time. This will be a test of his mettle and to deter -

:38:00. > :38:00.

:38:00. > :38:09.- and determination. He has run out of fitness. Craig Mottram is doing

:38:09. > :38:16.well. He will appreciate the crowd here. Jonathan Mellor is having a

:38:16. > :38:19.great run and heading for a personal best. Chris Thompson is

:38:19. > :38:28.not having a great night and will not want to be beaten by any other

:38:28. > :38:33.British athletes. There is just under 600 metres to go. Chris

:38:33. > :38:43.Thompson has a real tussle on to be the best British athlete in this

:38:43. > :38:43.

:38:43. > :38:53.race. Jonathan Mellor was third at the UK Championships. Andy Vernon

:38:53. > :38:58.

:38:58. > :39:08.is trying to get on the back of that, as is James Walsh. Well

:39:08. > :39:11.

:39:11. > :39:21.played, as we hear the bell false start -- bell. We are looking at

:39:21. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:36.the chasing group are now. Chris Thompson will have ate. The

:39:36. > :39:45.

:39:45. > :39:55.American is running strongly in second place. Chris Thompson with

:39:55. > :39:58.Jonathan Mellor just behind him. He will have to work for it all away.

:39:58. > :40:04.Strong performance from Craig Mottram. Another confidence-

:40:04. > :40:13.building run. He has been finding it harder over the last few years,

:40:13. > :40:23.but is coming into some good form. Ben True of America takes second

:40:23. > :40:29.place. Andy Vernon is the next British athlete after Chris

:40:29. > :40:37.Thompson. That was hard work for Chris Thompson. He set out with

:40:38. > :40:44.great intent. The lack of fitness when you have not put a training in

:40:44. > :40:50.our been able to race for three months really shows. No problems

:40:50. > :40:54.for Craig Mottram. Chris Thompson is a very good athlete and it is a

:40:54. > :41:04.shame to see him struggle to run a time he is normally capable of

:41:04. > :41:09.doing. They were at opposite ends of the scale. Craig Mottram was get

:41:09. > :41:17.out for two years through injury. Now he can go to Daegu confident

:41:17. > :41:23.that he has a chance and is in good form. Chris Thompson, who we were

:41:23. > :41:33.supporting, is getting ready to talk to us downstairs. We will

:41:33. > :41:34.

:41:34. > :41:38.catch up with them eventually. It was a race for third and 4th. I

:41:38. > :41:48.think sport -- Chris Thompson will think sport -- Chris Thompson will

:41:48. > :41:48.

:41:48. > :41:55.be disappointed. We can hear from It was a fine effort. We know you

:41:55. > :41:59.have had your problems with injury. At the great Manchester run, you

:41:59. > :42:04.are giving the winner from last year a run for his money.

:42:04. > :42:08.problem was that he was not here today, so I was not so determined!

:42:08. > :42:12.Things go up and down all the time. I am great to have a -- am lucky to

:42:12. > :42:21.have a great team around these. I cannot believe I am here and

:42:21. > :42:31.unhappy to be competing. I would like to thank my team for making me

:42:31. > :42:35.so strong that I can do this. I gave my all today. I wanted the B

:42:35. > :42:41.Standard to put myself on the table and they did not happen. This

:42:41. > :42:46.season continues and I will keep trying and smiling. As for every

:42:46. > :42:50.athlete, it is all right next year. I wanted to be M Daegu, but you

:42:50. > :43:00.have to face up to it. Tomorrow morning, I will start my training

:43:00. > :43:06.

:43:06. > :43:12.for the next 5,000. I must find a nice meat that will accept me.

:43:12. > :43:16.Great to talk here. We wish you well as we head towards London 2012.

:43:16. > :43:26.Let's keep in touch. Don't forget Let's keep in touch. Don't forget

:43:26. > :43:31.

:43:32. > :43:35.face. Way off what he would have wanted. If I were him, I would

:43:35. > :43:40.definitely not go to Daegu. He would be in a difficult situation

:43:40. > :43:50.and it would be a tough race. He would lose confidence. I think he

:43:50. > :43:51.

:43:51. > :43:56.has made a wise decision. That will make him a great athlete. Where

:43:56. > :43:59.just past the halfway mark this evening. There is a lot still to

:43:59. > :44:05.come. Mo Farah is on the front cover of magazines these days. He

:44:05. > :44:09.is running a gentle 3,000 metres just after 9pm. They will be

:44:09. > :44:13.nothing gentle at all about the men's high hurdles because David

:44:13. > :44:23.Oliver is up against some of the best in the world. That could be a

:44:23. > :44:24.

:44:24. > :44:28.real cracker. Come up very shortly, eminent we even, Jennifer Meadows

:44:28. > :44:37.will be up against some of the world's best here at Crystal Palace

:44:37. > :44:42.world's best here at Crystal Palace How do you keep smiling when you

:44:42. > :44:46.are disappointed? He is a lovely man. People warm to him because he

:44:46. > :44:52.is a great person. I feel sorry for him. He has had a tough year,

:44:52. > :44:57.having had such a high at the European Championships. He will be

:44:57. > :45:02.back and knows what he asked to do. You do not become a bad athlete

:45:02. > :45:07.overnight, but you cannot run will sort of distances with people

:45:07. > :45:14.trailing behind you. Wendy you see Jennifer Meadows now, compared to a

:45:14. > :45:22.couple of years ago? -- where do you see. Completely different. You

:45:22. > :45:28.expect her to win at major medals. It is always hard to take that

:45:28. > :45:38.responsibility on your shoulders. We just have to wait and see

:45:38. > :45:38.

:45:38. > :45:42.Do you think she is as good as she was? She is fully capable. I think

:45:42. > :45:52.she is a better and far wiser athlete among the first knew her.

:45:52. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:20.This is a really competitive race. form this year. After a lean time

:46:21. > :46:25.over last year's. I had just seen Chris Thompson race, her partner.

:46:25. > :46:31.As far as the trip to Daegu is concerned, it is wide open. Jenny

:46:31. > :46:40.Meadows is already there. There's the young Kenyan champion at 1,500

:46:40. > :46:45.metres. Two athletes outside in the next lane. We see on a clutch over,

:46:46. > :46:49.and Lynsey Sharp of Edinburgh and Great Britain, under 23 bronze

:46:49. > :46:54.medallist. And then Jenny Meadows. European bronze medallist last year

:46:55. > :47:03.as I was saying, world indoor silver medallist in 2010. Listen to

:47:03. > :47:13.the roar of the crowd. Kinnear Sinclair will be a danger here. 6th

:47:13. > :47:26.

:47:26. > :47:32.in the world record bankings -- week in her performance. Irina

:47:32. > :47:37.Maracheva strong performance as well. Marilyn Okoro, world

:47:37. > :47:47.championship finalist. Along with Molly Beckwith of the United States

:47:47. > :47:56.

:47:56. > :48:02.who has had a couple of Diamond fastest time ever by a British

:48:02. > :48:12.athlete in that field. Jenny Meadows is automatically

:48:12. > :48:17.

:48:18. > :48:21.will take for the rest of them. Possibly the most competitive

:48:21. > :48:30.women's 800 metres race from a British point of view that we are

:48:30. > :48:37.bad for a long time. It certainly is. -- than we have had for a long

:48:37. > :48:43.time. Kinnear Sinclair of Jamaica is running fantastically well this

:48:43. > :48:47.year. She has gone with the pacemaker. It will be interesting

:48:47. > :48:56.to see if cents and can do a thing. I was impressed with Emma Jackson

:48:56. > :49:00.but they will all be battling it out, the pace is strong. Kenia

:49:00. > :49:07.Sinclair is close to the front. The pacemaker will go off the track

:49:07. > :49:10.fairly soon. A very quick open there. 56.5, I think the wise place

:49:10. > :49:15.to be in this race is just about where Jenny Meadows is, just off

:49:15. > :49:21.the pace. Running about 58 seconds and the rest of the British

:49:21. > :49:29.athletes led by a Emma Jackson leading towards Jenny Meadows.

:49:29. > :49:34.Marilyn Okoro might have got off a bit quickly. Just under 300 metres

:49:34. > :49:38.left. Has she got what it takes to finish it off? Marilyn Okoro knows

:49:38. > :49:43.this is a big race for. She is being challenged by Jenny Meadows.

:49:43. > :49:48.She is in a perfect position and she is striking now with just over

:49:48. > :49:57.200 metres to go. A very tall figure of Emma Jackson, she is not

:49:57. > :50:00.afraid. Sinclair is being challenged. Sinclair being

:50:01. > :50:05.overtaken by Jenny Meadows. Marilyn Okoro hanging on to third place but

:50:05. > :50:15.Emma Jackson is coming on strong. Jenny Meadows will win this one! A

:50:15. > :50:18.good run by Jenny Meadows, 1:58.61. Absolutely superb. Jenny Meadows,

:50:18. > :50:24.you can ever accuse her of doing anything less than her very, very

:50:24. > :50:29.best. It is one of her fastest times ever and certainly her

:50:29. > :50:33.fastest in 2011. An excellent performance by Jenny Meadows and a

:50:33. > :50:38.think she ran tactically brilliant tonight. She just laid off the pace,

:50:38. > :50:44.it was a bit quick, 27 seconds for the first 200 metres and then they

:50:44. > :50:49.slowed a bit. Here they are in the home straight. Kenny at Sinclair

:50:49. > :50:53.who has been outstanding this year, it looks like she will win this is

:50:54. > :50:59.leak. But then Jenny Meadows has just come quickly there through and

:50:59. > :51:03.Emma Jackson in 4th place with two of them battling it out, going for

:51:03. > :51:07.standard times. They will be close to those times and it will be

:51:07. > :51:12.interesting there but there, Jenny Meadows taking on Sinclair and in

:51:12. > :51:17.the finishing straight, Jenny Meadows driving and finding the

:51:17. > :51:21.extra gear. I am a big fan of Jenny Meadows but I have been a bit

:51:21. > :51:26.nervous on their behalf but I tell you what, that was an impressive

:51:26. > :51:30.performance. Tactically brilliant. Performance-wise, strong and

:51:30. > :51:34.determined. Driving and running on at the finish. That is the best

:51:34. > :51:38.site you can see for an 800 metres runner. You know they're going to

:51:38. > :51:44.be confident and Jenny Meadows can now go to Daegu excited about her

:51:44. > :51:48.race. Marilyn Okoro coming down the home straight working hard and

:51:48. > :51:53.looking at the Times here, we have had the information that Marilyn

:51:54. > :52:01.Okoro has run a A-Standard by five hundredths of a second, it looks

:52:01. > :52:05.like she is booked on a place to... Let's look at that again, is it

:52:05. > :52:10.just outside? It is five hundredths of a second just outside the time,

:52:10. > :52:17.oh, my goodness! A brave race for Marilyn Okoro, what a pity on her

:52:17. > :52:25.behalf. Jenny Meadows, I bet she has never been more excited. Well

:52:25. > :52:30.done, Jenny, she is now talking to The perfect send-off macro for

:52:30. > :52:39.Daegu, a season's best for you. I'm just waiting for the World

:52:39. > :52:43.Championships for me. I am coming into form at the rhyme -- right

:52:44. > :52:51.time. Looking towards the championship, what will tell you

:52:51. > :52:54.when you are in contention when you get there? I think it is the first

:52:54. > :52:58.time Sinclair has been depicted this season so I knew it was a good

:52:58. > :53:02.test for me, really, up against her. I'm really pleased to get the

:53:02. > :53:09.victory. They crowd loved it as well, they were roaring all the way.

:53:09. > :53:16.As they will in Daegu. I am glad you are getting used to this. I saw

:53:16. > :53:20.all the cheers and we need the support, it has great to get around

:53:20. > :53:23.the stadium and I am glad we did not let anybody down. You most

:53:23. > :53:33.certainly did not. We wish you well for Daegu.

:53:33. > :53:38.

:53:38. > :53:43.what a nice interview as well. Kenia Sinclair came here with a big

:53:43. > :53:48.reputation and she came second, Lucia Klocova came third. Marilyn

:53:48. > :53:57.Okoro only five hundredths of a second outside of the A-Standard

:53:57. > :54:03.A long road back to get back from Marilyn, and a tremendous row

:54:03. > :54:13.performance, a gutsy performance but in a speech the hill to see you

:54:13. > :54:13.

:54:13. > :54:17.are so close to the A-Standard. Each race, receipt myself an end I

:54:17. > :54:22.had so much pressure, maybe what I put on myself but also for the

:54:22. > :54:30.country that knows me for how I used to be. I am just elated that I

:54:30. > :54:33.was able to finish off, I am so strong at the moment, I will be so

:54:33. > :54:41.confident in the next race. I am just running into shape in every

:54:41. > :54:46.race and I am so happy to be under two again. A few weeks ago the for

:54:46. > :54:52.Daegu, and you'll be running into shape at the right time. Exactly.

:54:52. > :55:02.God's timing is the best. I just know that I have got plenty of time

:55:02. > :55:04.

:55:04. > :55:09.to put the last few tweaks in and also by might confidence to grow. I

:55:09. > :55:17.would just like to thank everybody to get him into this point, my

:55:17. > :55:20.coach, and the team, the Aviva team, McCain, everybody, Adidas, that is

:55:20. > :55:28.why am standing here today. All the best going forward. All the best,

:55:28. > :55:33.She is improving but it gives a stark choice for the selectors,

:55:33. > :55:38.only one B-Standard athlete. Marilyn Okoro or Emma Jackson. Emma

:55:38. > :55:42.Jackson ran a personal best behind Marilyn, and you must remember

:55:42. > :55:45.Charles van Commenee's words, plenty of people have had chances

:55:45. > :55:51.and people like her are getting better all the time. That is a

:55:51. > :56:01.tough choice for them. Holly Bleasdale, her third and

:56:01. > :56:08.

:56:08. > :56:16.record earlier on, she was close but disappointment. It has been a

:56:16. > :56:25.great season and I am sure, come Daegu, she will be in good form.

:56:25. > :56:35.And this is the 4th round for Chris Tomlinson. That is the leading Mark

:56:35. > :56:44.

:56:44. > :56:49.for Mitchell Watt. By that graphic, of height there from Tomlinson.

:56:50. > :56:59.Irving, the Olympic champion is down in 4th place. 8.30 metres,

:57:00. > :57:02.

:57:02. > :57:12.still in second place but an cracking 400 metres now for you.

:57:12. > :57:23.

:57:23. > :57:26.Tabarie Henry in the first line, Tabarie Henry just outside the

:57:26. > :57:32.medals, a forgotten man of the last world championships, finished 4th

:57:32. > :57:39.in Berlin. And then the new men, the new stars, Rondell Bartholomew

:57:39. > :57:44.from Grenada. The fastest in the world this year, 44 point 65 but he

:57:44. > :57:53.has been struggling to reproduce that form like that. Chris Brown,

:57:53. > :57:56.world indoor champion, 4th and 5th in the last Worlds. The last

:57:56. > :58:06.Diamond League victory went to this man, Jermaine Gonzales, the

:58:06. > :58:24.

:58:24. > :58:28.champion at 400 metres hurdles -- This is the ekes -- exciting mind,

:58:28. > :58:34.his team-mate is quicker but this is where the talent is. We have not

:58:34. > :58:40.seen him race in Europe, and then Kevin Borlee on the outside,

:58:40. > :58:47.European champion. He will feel James chasing him down the straight.

:58:47. > :58:54.But Martyn Rooney, the comeback trail continues. Still no British

:58:54. > :59:04.athlete has run the A-Standard. 45.25 to guarantee his place. He

:59:04. > :59:04.

:59:04. > :59:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:59:45. > :59:55.won the trials but only with a B- on the outside, James has not got

:59:55. > :00:01.

:00:01. > :00:06.Gonzalez is making up ground, Taylor outside him. And now James

:00:06. > :00:12.starts to move around the top and it will be Gonzales and James

:00:12. > :00:15.coming into the home straight. He will have the advantage? It is

:00:15. > :00:19.James with half a yard at the minute. Gonzalez is strong but look

:00:19. > :00:27.at this youngster, fighting his way to the front and staying there! Al-

:00:27. > :00:30.Din form, James wins it. 44 point 62. Fastest in the world so far. He

:00:30. > :00:40.takes it from his team-mate, Rondell Bartholomew is in Nisha

:00:40. > :00:49.

:00:49. > :00:59.Desai, watch this man. -- is in Sunderland next year. They will

:00:59. > :01:04.surely give him a big welcome. Jeremy Wariner is out of the world

:01:04. > :01:11.championships because of injury. The way has been laid forwards for

:01:11. > :01:19.Kirani James. Fastest in the world now. He is still a junior athlete

:01:19. > :01:25.as well! What a performance. Third from the left. Martyn Rooney on the

:01:25. > :01:31.outside is struggling a little false start Jermaine Gonzales was

:01:31. > :01:41.looking good, but he was pressured by a Christopher Brown. In the end,

:01:41. > :01:41.

:01:41. > :01:50.just one man in it. Kirani James. We always know that Christopher

:01:50. > :01:54.Brown finishes quickly, but he just turned off the gas after 50 metres.

:01:54. > :02:00.Jermaine Gonzales was the only man who stayed with him. Martyn Rooney,

:02:00. > :02:08.on that performance, he is just short of a little pace. But

:02:08. > :02:18.remember the name Kirani James from Grenada. Now he goes to the top of

:02:18. > :02:18.

:02:18. > :02:28.You have a huge smile and are entitled to it. Tell me about that

:02:28. > :02:35.time. I am in good shape for the World Championships. You were a

:02:35. > :02:45.fantastic junior championships those. How or where are you of only

:02:45. > :02:46.

:02:46. > :02:56.been 18 years old? Everybody back, is behind me. Everybody has been so

:02:56. > :02:58.

:02:58. > :03:08.positive. What is the atmosphere like in Grenada does now? It is

:03:08. > :03:13.

:03:13. > :03:18.great, having a two athletes in the 400 metres. I cannot believe you

:03:18. > :03:28.are only 18 years old. Fantastic effort. The future starts here with

:03:28. > :03:28.

:03:28. > :03:38.effort. The future starts here with you. He will be a big name in the

:03:38. > :03:48.future. Jermaine Gonzales now has a new man to contend with. It was

:03:48. > :03:53.

:03:53. > :03:59.tough for Martyn Rooney. Started quickly, but faded fast. Jermaine

:03:59. > :04:04.Gonzales still leading the diamond race for the men's 400 metres.

:04:04. > :04:09.have spent much of the evening talking about a David Oliver.

:04:09. > :04:11.Dayron Robles probably thinks that we should talk about him as well.

:04:11. > :04:18.we should talk about him as well. The showdown is coming your way

:04:18. > :04:22.short they. One these diamond lead evenings, the races come thick and

:04:22. > :04:30.fast. Jenny Meadows. Whoever could have thought that she was not as

:04:30. > :04:40.good as used to be!? She proved that she is in great shape. She did

:04:40. > :04:41.

:04:41. > :04:50.not frighten -- she did not shy away. Kenia Sinclair was leading

:04:50. > :05:00.and is a competent athlete. But Jenny Meadows was bogus. She has

:05:00. > :05:01.

:05:01. > :05:06.come into form at the right time. Marilyn Okoro was just outside the

:05:06. > :05:11.A Standard. Should she stay or go? She should definitely go. On that

:05:11. > :05:21.for -- on that performance alone, it shows she is going in the right

:05:21. > :05:21.

:05:21. > :05:27.direction. I think she is abducts a athlete and deserves to go. -- she

:05:28. > :05:37.is full of guts and it deserves to is full of guts and it deserves to

:05:38. > :05:45.

:05:45. > :05:48.go. Earlier, there were two semi- at the moment. He is in 4th place.

:05:48. > :05:58.He will have to see whether he will go through as one of the fastest

:05:58. > :06:01.

:06:01. > :06:11.losers. All of a got a great start. Thomas is going well. -- David

:06:11. > :06:22.

:06:23. > :06:27.Oliver got a great start. He comes first. There was a slight headwind.

:06:27. > :06:33.Andy Turner did get through and is on the start line just behind us.

:06:33. > :06:40.This is a technical events. But it is all shapes and sizes. David

:06:40. > :06:50.Oliver is a heavyweight. Then there are others who are much leaner. Is

:06:50. > :06:53.

:06:53. > :07:00.the rub best shape for up a hurdler? -- is there a best shape?

:07:00. > :07:08.This sport allows everyone of all shapes and sizes to compete. You

:07:08. > :07:12.would think it was an advantage to have longer legs? If you have long

:07:12. > :07:17.legs, you end up shuffling and not getting into our real sprinting

:07:17. > :07:24.stride. Taller competitors suffer and it shorter people can get in

:07:24. > :07:31.and close -- sprint close to our top speed. Is there any room for

:07:32. > :07:41.her tactics in this? Noel, when you hear the gun, press as hard as you

:07:42. > :08:18.

:08:18. > :08:27.can. Hang on in there. Who is your contest. Kevin Craddock he did well

:08:27. > :08:34.in previous races. And Dwight Thomas is now the national record

:08:34. > :08:44.holder for the her -- for the hurdles. Jason Richardson is full

:08:44. > :08:49.

:08:49. > :08:59.of confidence. Now, the world record holder from Cuba are. Anmer

:08:59. > :09:09.

:09:09. > :09:18.next to him, this American athlete, a former junior champion. David

:09:18. > :09:26.Oliver is the third fastest man in history. Brown from America is in

:09:26. > :09:30.the next lane. He will have to produce something special to last

:09:30. > :09:40.with the best of them. Andy Turner is through to the final as the

:09:40. > :09:41.

:09:41. > :09:45.fastest loser. Let's hope he can do better. He has run a lifetime best

:09:46. > :09:51.earlier this year. He will need to be in good shape if he is going to

:09:51. > :10:01.challenge this year. The only man missing from a global perspective

:10:01. > :10:08.

:10:08. > :10:12.is the former world record holder. Interestingly, Colin Jackson holds

:10:12. > :10:22.the British record. Is the BBC commentary team about to lose its

:10:22. > :10:43.

:10:43. > :10:48.is knocking hurdles all the way. Colin Jackson's record is safe.

:10:48. > :10:57.Into a slight headwind, with nobody been eased 13 seconds. No doubt

:10:57. > :11:02.about the class of the winner in the end. 13.04 is a very classy

:11:02. > :11:07.indeed. David Oliver is going to have to go back to the drawing

:11:07. > :11:17.board. I think he got third place. Richardson has really put a marker

:11:17. > :11:20.

:11:20. > :11:28.down. David Oliver will have to go back to the drawing board. The

:11:28. > :11:36.Cuban athlete was so close to breaking Colin Jackson's record.

:11:36. > :11:41.You said he was going to win and he did. Sensational. He drove a very

:11:41. > :11:47.hard and was aggressive. He got into that beautiful, fluid stride

:11:47. > :11:52.of his. He took days and with him. 85 as David Oliver, I would be

:11:52. > :12:02.pretty nervous because you must remember that the former champion

:12:02. > :12:10.

:12:10. > :12:15.is missing from this field. Richardson from the USA is the

:12:15. > :12:21.major threat to come from the United States. From this angle, you

:12:21. > :12:27.can see them all. They all have different techniques and stride

:12:27. > :12:31.lengths in between. They want to take victory here. When you are

:12:31. > :12:37.against someone like the winner, who I think is born to hurdle, it

:12:37. > :12:42.is very difficult indeed. On the left, David Oliver is looking

:12:42. > :12:46.strong and powerful, but he is just not in this race today. When he

:12:46. > :12:51.gets back to the drawing board, I think he will watch these races and

:12:51. > :13:01.wonder what is going on. Great race wonder what is going on. Great race

:13:01. > :13:02.

:13:02. > :13:09.Colin Jackson was talking about how well you ran. Fantastic performance

:13:10. > :13:19.and a stadium record. Sum up how you feel now. I feel very happy.

:13:20. > :13:20.

:13:20. > :13:28.That is my best time this year. Today is very good for me. I am

:13:28. > :13:37.very happy. This is a very important race before the World

:13:37. > :13:44.Championships. Going into the world championships, you have the likes

:13:44. > :13:54.of Richardson and David Oliver. Two you think you are in good form?

:13:54. > :14:04.Everybody is very good. Three years ago, I dreamt that everybody was

:14:04. > :14:06.

:14:06. > :14:14.here. I am looking forward to Daegu. Congratulations. Now we can bring

:14:14. > :14:19.in Jason. We saw you when in Stockholm. Today, it was so close.

:14:19. > :14:28.You must feel like your peaking at the right time? Every very knows

:14:28. > :14:35.that America has two World Championships. It was a bit rocky

:14:35. > :14:44.coming off the back of USA. But I have the best coach in the world.

:14:44. > :14:48.Honestly, overall, I have worked on my face and worked at staying calm.

:14:48. > :14:58.When everything comes together, I can get a far as time. That was a

:14:58. > :15:01.

:15:01. > :15:11.personal best for years. Is there more in the locker? The thing about

:15:11. > :15:16.

:15:16. > :15:22.the hurdles is that we have very capable people in Daegu. I have

:15:22. > :15:26.gone through a lot of ups and downs. I will not give up. I do not have

:15:26. > :15:30.the best technique, but I have the best caught in the world and

:15:30. > :15:40.believe in God. I am the dark horse. You are on the up. Thank you for

:15:40. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :16:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds

:16:36. > :16:44.consistency. He is laying that tactical Foundation which means a

:16:44. > :16:53.great Rutherford and also Tomlinson will go next. -- great Rutherford.

:16:53. > :16:58.He finishes with eight centimetres over eight metres. I am sure Chris

:16:58. > :17:08.Thomas are more had to Daegu in good heart. Tomlinson with his

:17:08. > :17:13.final jump here. Eight bidders and 38 -- eight metres and 30

:17:13. > :17:19.centimetres. His final attempt... Again, over eight metres but I

:17:19. > :17:27.don't think it will be an improvement. If he wins this, he

:17:27. > :17:35.will head to Daegu as the favourite. The good thing for those is that

:17:35. > :17:41.they posh the Olympic champion down into 4th place. This gives us

:17:41. > :17:47.perhaps an indication of how competitive our two top Brits will

:17:47. > :17:57.be. He looks around, 8.02 metres for Thomas and to finish second

:17:57. > :18:00.

:18:00. > :18:08.place. Mitchell Watt takes the top victory, the second Diamond League

:18:08. > :18:18.victory in a row. Thomas and and Rutherford in second and third

:18:18. > :18:29.

:18:29. > :18:34.place. With Irving Saladin now in British Lung jumpers in a second

:18:34. > :18:44.and behind me because of the posturing 100 metres runners. This

:18:44. > :18:49.

:18:49. > :18:58.is what happened in the semi-finals and Yohan Blake moving beautifully,

:18:58. > :19:02.he is coming through and looking very easy indeed along with Keston

:19:02. > :19:12.Bledman and the head wind is not 0.6 metres per second. But Yohan

:19:12. > :19:18.

:19:18. > :19:21.Blake was super-smooth there. He start and so does Bailey. Nesta

:19:21. > :19:31.Carter is leading them, Thomson finished quickly but did not go

:19:31. > :19:33.

:19:33. > :19:37.JOHN INVERDALE: In lane one is Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, the only

:19:37. > :19:42.Briton into this final. Realistically he will not be on the

:19:42. > :19:45.podium here but what is the aiming for here, Colin? To be as

:19:45. > :19:49.competitive as he can possibly be. He has been through the learning

:19:49. > :19:58.process of what all these guys are capable of doing. He has been to

:19:58. > :20:05.the warm-up and seen what it is like to be at your best. Absolutely,

:20:05. > :20:12.he has got these opportunities, and that is the biggest problem with

:20:12. > :20:22.Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, he's got to find that. Stick around.

:20:22. > :20:23.

:20:23. > :20:27.Palace and the famous amateur started to build, generated over

:20:27. > :20:32.the years of floodlit meetings and the floodlights definitely on at

:20:32. > :20:42.the moment. These are the men in the spotlight. Nesta Carter,

:20:42. > :20:43.

:20:43. > :20:52.Michael Rodgers, the quick starter. And a packed house looking forward

:20:52. > :21:02.to this final. Aikines-Aryeetey on the inside, and then the other

:21:02. > :21:15.

:21:15. > :21:20.one of the British athletes, Mark Lewis-Francis was a one hundredth

:21:20. > :21:30.of a second so did not make it through -- was one hundredth of a

:21:30. > :21:31.

:21:31. > :21:39.second slower. Keston Bledman, in a big competition because most of the

:21:39. > :21:45.world's great sprinters come from the Caribbean. Trell Kimmons, 4th

:21:45. > :21:54.in the world indoor championships last year. Yohan Blake, still just

:21:54. > :22:00.21 years of age, and Usain Bolt rate him very highly. Alongside him,

:22:00. > :22:06.Nesta Carter and these two Jamaicans, as good as they are, I

:22:06. > :22:10.only the best third and 4th, maybe not third and 4th best in the

:22:10. > :22:19.country. Michael Rodgers next to them, quick starter, really good 60

:22:19. > :22:22.metre runner. Silver medallist indoors. And then Richard Thompson,

:22:22. > :22:32.two Olympic silver medals, finished very quickly, looks like he is

:22:32. > :22:46.

:22:46. > :22:54.coming into some good form on the coached by Glenn Mills -- there he

:22:54. > :23:00.is. No Asafa Powell who had to pull out due to injury. It is a mouth-

:23:00. > :23:10.watering race still unsettling one that is difficult to predict. A bit

:23:10. > :23:10.

:23:11. > :23:20.of a shame that even in that men's 110 metres finals it wind was -0.6

:23:21. > :23:36.

:23:36. > :23:40.also Trell Kimmons in lane three. Right in the middle, here comes

:23:40. > :23:50.bike and storming through to win this, he will take it, like when is

:23:50. > :23:51.

:23:51. > :23:55.this, 1995, into a serious head wind as well. -- 9.95. Carter was

:23:55. > :24:03.better but from the mid-. He stormed his way into the lead and

:24:03. > :24:07.was never going to be taken. He was going away and the last 20 metres.

:24:07. > :24:11.The only man to get under 10 seconds in the race, and once more

:24:11. > :24:16.Jamaica comes on top of this time in the shape of Yohan Blake.

:24:16. > :24:22.Equalling his season's best. Into that headwind and that has got to

:24:22. > :24:32.be worth close to around one 10th of a second, really. Very strong,

:24:32. > :24:32.

:24:32. > :24:36.quick performance. And a dominant one in the end. Colin? I am

:24:37. > :24:41.watching it from the start here and I tell you what, Nesta Carter

:24:41. > :24:46.exploded out of the blocks. But as soon as Yohan Blake caught up to

:24:46. > :24:51.him, he was not going to hang about. He pulled through this field

:24:51. > :25:00.remarkably well and with so much ease. That is what surprised me. He

:25:00. > :25:04.is one, possibly the contender in Daegu. Nesta Carter has run 9.78,

:25:04. > :25:10.the fastest Jamaican last year but he would never believe that today

:25:10. > :25:15.because Yohan Blake got up into his running, he is very elegant. Very

:25:15. > :25:21.powerful and of course, takes a nice victory today. Watch this here,

:25:21. > :25:25.out of the box, drives a strong and powerful performance. Does not

:25:25. > :25:31.worry what is going on to his side. Just concentrates on what he is

:25:31. > :25:41.capable of doing. He gets up, works hard, tries with his shoulders,

:25:41. > :25:42.

:25:42. > :25:46.focuses right into the line. Paul's him away to take this great victory

:25:47. > :25:55.indeed and Asafa Powell was not running, but he would be run tough

:25:55. > :25:59.too. He is down with our Phil Jones He was looking down at the screen

:25:59. > :26:03.there and a tremendous performance, first of all. Well done. When you

:26:03. > :26:09.look at yourself back, do you expect that to be the way it would

:26:09. > :26:15.be? First and foremost, I have to give God thanks. My coach has been

:26:15. > :26:20.putting me me on the track and saying you can do it. Looking at

:26:20. > :26:26.the screen, it is wonderful. Going out there and doing all that I

:26:26. > :26:34.thank my coach and also got. losses and's best and so close to

:26:34. > :26:41.the world championship. -- this season's best. It is wonderful and

:26:41. > :26:46.I am feeling great. Usain Bolt have been doing such a positive word.

:26:47. > :26:51.And I give him my thanks. Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell have inspired

:26:51. > :26:53.you on the way, what does it feel like to be alongside them and

:26:53. > :27:00.possibly challenging them in the world championships? A wonderful

:27:00. > :27:03.feeling. Nesta Carter and all those guys, they are wonderful. You have

:27:03. > :27:13.entertained as thoroughly tonight, all the best for the World

:27:13. > :27:17.

:27:17. > :27:23.Yohan Blake, into that head wind. Nesta Carter taking second place

:27:23. > :27:29.but to be honest, they were never close. A rather disappointing

:27:29. > :27:32.performance from Harry Aikines- JOHN INVERDALE: Interesting to talk

:27:32. > :27:36.about Harry in the context of what we were talking about earlier, in

:27:36. > :27:41.the hurdles, there are all shapes and sizes. No definitive right size

:27:41. > :27:44.to be as a 100 metres sprinter. But I know that you want to make a

:27:45. > :27:49.point about the training process. How much is it about the legs,

:27:49. > :27:52.upper-body strength? If you look at Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, he is very

:27:52. > :27:58.powerful in the upper body, do you think he has got too much focus on

:27:58. > :28:02.that? I think so. I have spoken with Michael Johnson about it, I

:28:02. > :28:07.think Colin tends to agree, he has just got too much bulk and he is

:28:07. > :28:11.not utilising it to his best ability, I think. We are talking

:28:11. > :28:15.about athletes and making the difference between finishing in

:28:15. > :28:20.finals, making semi-finals and I think Harry is limiting his ability,

:28:20. > :28:25.I really do. He is way too big. he is spending too much time in the

:28:25. > :28:30.gym, do you think it is as simple as that? It is his natural genetics

:28:30. > :28:34.as well. He is very big. When he was 16, he is mauled was already

:28:34. > :28:44.there. You have got to keep control of flat. - Mikey shape was already

:28:44. > :28:45.

:28:45. > :28:49.I am not suggesting this in terms of harried but it is a crossed all

:28:49. > :28:52.sportsmen, the machismo of this and bench pressing and so on, if you

:28:52. > :28:58.are not careful you can get sidetracked into peripheral stuff

:28:58. > :29:02.but in his instance, it is about running fast. It is all about

:29:02. > :29:07.relative factors. I do not know whether he has been as effective as

:29:07. > :29:13.he could have been. He is a talented guy, looking towards under

:29:13. > :29:19.10 seconds, and you saw, he get out 260 metres but he has not got what

:29:19. > :29:23.it takes to get to the end. -- up to 60 metres. You realise how many

:29:23. > :29:29.people out there are ahead of you when you cannot get under 10

:29:29. > :29:35.seconds. They know that and they have just been slightly missing the

:29:35. > :29:40.boat. As he comes closer to home, people like Christophe Lemaitre

:29:40. > :29:46.running their times. They think and make people think how they approach

:29:46. > :29:52.have their training because in Christophe Lemaitre can run 9.90,

:29:52. > :29:59.then so can they. It is a difficult task, it really is. There's always

:29:59. > :30:04.time because the applause you can hear just behind me was for this

:30:04. > :30:09.lady, and this is an invitation, women's 4x100m relay and running

:30:09. > :30:12.for Slovenia, if you're watching at home and you are and if this --

:30:12. > :30:19.athletics fan, you may not know about this lady but she has been

:30:19. > :30:25.around since... Forever! And she is 51 years old. She ran in the Moscow

:30:25. > :30:31.Olympic Games in 1998, the famous ones and there she is. 31 years on

:30:31. > :30:37.and running whatever she will run. However you are, however old you

:30:37. > :30:47.are, sitting on the sofa and drinking a third glass of wine,

:30:47. > :30:55.

:30:55. > :31:00.I asked her how it she felt. She said that she felt great.

:31:00. > :31:07.Unfortunately, the baton of only did two changes that time, so she

:31:07. > :31:14.did not go down the home straight. What are you doing, taking the soft

:31:14. > :31:23.option! She looks fantastic. There will be some 51-year-old women out

:31:23. > :31:30.there feeling depressed. She looks sensational. This is an invitation

:31:30. > :31:40.race. Mo Farah will be running in the next 10 minutes, but, before

:31:40. > :31:45.

:31:45. > :31:54.the next 10 minutes, but, before have two teams. Their team for

:31:54. > :31:59.America is not official, hence the name. It is a good opportunity for

:31:59. > :32:05.some of the teams to stretch their legs. There is a qualifying

:32:05. > :32:15.standard for Daegu. If Slovenia not want to be there, they must get

:32:15. > :32:20.

:32:20. > :32:27.within 44 seconds today. So read a Solomon is the lead runner for --

:32:27. > :32:34.Solomon is the lead runner for the second British team. Germany is

:32:34. > :32:38.always solid in the changeovers. Consistently one of the best teams

:32:38. > :32:48.in Europe. Stars and Stripes might not be an official team, but they

:32:48. > :33:21.

:33:21. > :33:30.have a lot of talent. 98 is in Britain. We do not have much

:33:30. > :33:40.information about the All Stars, I am afraid. One of the famous twin

:33:40. > :34:15.

:34:15. > :34:21.the race for the All Stars. Britain are in lanes two and six. Stars and

:34:21. > :34:29.Stripes have got off very quickly in lane four. The first British

:34:29. > :34:39.team is going well. Douglas has some chasing to do. She has been

:34:39. > :34:40.

:34:40. > :34:47.closed down by Jamaica. There is a problem. The first British team are

:34:47. > :34:53.really messed up that changeover. We will look at that later. Germany

:34:53. > :34:58.in lane three are being run down by the Stars and Stripes and Jamaica.

:34:58. > :35:08.The first British team is nowhere to be seen. Quite a quick time, but

:35:08. > :35:11.

:35:11. > :35:15.the opportunity for GBR one to get in a good practice. Their chance

:35:15. > :35:24.has been lost and that is disappointing just before the World

:35:24. > :35:34.Championships. I am sure we will have a close look at that, but it

:35:34. > :35:36.

:35:36. > :35:44.was a big disappointment, the changeover to Douglas. Down the

:35:44. > :35:48.back straight, once Douglas took the baton, she lost ground. The

:35:48. > :35:58.athletes inside and outside are overtaking her. She looks as though

:35:58. > :36:01.

:36:01. > :36:11.she is coming in tired. There was one attempt to pass the baton. The

:36:11. > :36:13.

:36:13. > :36:19.second attempt, they were outside the box, so not good. We need to

:36:19. > :36:24.have a solid lead a team -- solid relay team that has good baton

:36:24. > :36:29.changes, so that we can progress in the rounds and hope to get to the

:36:29. > :36:34.final. I am 51 years old in a few months and this woman has inspired

:36:34. > :36:44.me. I am going out running tomorrow. The time is just outside the

:36:44. > :36:50.

:36:50. > :36:58.Steve Cram is close to your age and you have inspired him. Many people

:36:58. > :37:03.will be watching. How was it? are hoping to run fast, but we had

:37:03. > :37:13.problems with the exchanges. We did our best. We will try again for

:37:13. > :37:16.

:37:16. > :37:22.next year Olympics. Your just outside the qualifying time. I want

:37:22. > :37:27.to thank the crowd for what they have done. I came here in 1980. I

:37:27. > :37:35.it like to thank all of the fans and all of the Jamaicans in the

:37:35. > :37:38.crowd. Wonderful to see you. You are and inspiration. I hate to say

:37:38. > :37:46.are and inspiration. I hate to say this, but neither of the British

:37:46. > :37:52.teams are finished the race. Stars and Stripes were the strongest on

:37:53. > :38:02.paper. They ran well. Jamaica was in second place. The All-Stars were

:38:02. > :38:11.brought home by Simpson of Jamaica. Now we can catch up with the

:38:11. > :38:16.women's pole vault. This was the first athlete to clear the latest

:38:16. > :38:26.height. Very nice clearance indeed. There are six athletes competing at

:38:26. > :38:31.

:38:31. > :38:41.this height. Four of them were to go clear. This was this athlete's

:38:41. > :38:51.second attempt. That was a season best. There was a personal best for

:38:51. > :38:53.

:38:53. > :39:03.the next athlete to go clear. The Greek record holder. This was her

:39:03. > :39:05.

:39:05. > :39:13.third and final attempt. Great performance there from the Greek

:39:14. > :39:23.record holder, with a new Greek record. Third attempt for the world

:39:24. > :39:29.

:39:29. > :39:36.leader as well. She has had injury problems over the years. Four

:39:36. > :39:43.athletes clear at that height of four metres and 71. Then, the bar

:39:43. > :39:53.moved up to four metres and 79. Only one athlete was to clear that

:39:53. > :39:55.

:39:55. > :40:05.height. This was her second attempt. The big news in pole vaulting is

:40:05. > :40:21.

:40:21. > :40:31.the battle between the top two events. We have won at track events

:40:31. > :40:50.

:40:50. > :40:53.still to come for some Mo Farah performance from David Rudisha.

:40:53. > :41:03.Cons and it piece of tactical running from Jenny Meadows. Well

:41:03. > :41:14.

:41:14. > :41:24.under two minutes. -- consider that the men's 100-metre final. The only

:41:24. > :41:29.

:41:29. > :41:35.man to get under 10 seconds. Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt were not there,

:41:35. > :41:43.but Yohan Blake could be a strong but Yohan Blake could be a strong

:41:43. > :41:47.The reception you got in Birmingham was good. It almost seems like the

:41:47. > :41:53.fans have a greater awareness of what you are achieving. Two you get

:41:53. > :41:59.a sense of that? 100%. The crowd started cheering and it was nice to

:41:59. > :42:05.have. I could not believe it. You'll get the same here again no

:42:05. > :42:10.doubt. Tell me about were the 3,000 metres fit send to your overall

:42:10. > :42:19.plan in the build-up to Daegu. have to stay focused. This is where

:42:19. > :42:26.it matters. This race is very important. It could be my last race

:42:26. > :42:30.before Daegu. I need to keep doing what I am doing. When we spoke at

:42:30. > :42:36.the trials, you explain that you were going to do the 10,000 metres

:42:36. > :42:41.at Daegu and see how your body shape up for the 5,000. This week,

:42:41. > :42:48.there have been stories confusing that issue. Can you tell us you are

:42:48. > :42:54.plans? 100%. I am definitely going to concentrate on the 10,000. Once

:42:54. > :42:59.I get that out the way, I will see how I come after that race. It is

:42:59. > :43:04.25 laps round the track. I will have a bath and see the medical

:43:04. > :43:11.team. If I recover, I will come back for the 5,000. It just depends

:43:11. > :43:19.how I come off the 10,000. Let me ask you finally about London being

:43:19. > :43:26.so dear to your heart. One year to the Olympics. Is there an extra

:43:26. > :43:30.resonance around this event this year? Tomorrow, it will be one year

:43:30. > :43:35.until that race. The public is getting into the Olympics now. A

:43:35. > :43:43.lot of people are talking about this. We will have it right on our

:43:43. > :43:53.doorstep. I cannot get excited too much. I will have the World

:43:53. > :43:57.Championships first. We will all look forward, of course, with

:43:57. > :44:01.interest to those World Championships and what eventually

:44:01. > :44:06.transpires. For tonight, he is just going to concentrate on the shorter

:44:06. > :44:10.distance of 3,000 metres. It will be his last performance before

:44:10. > :44:20.returning to Salt Lake City to prepare for the World Championships.

:44:20. > :44:25.

:44:25. > :44:29.He is an Arsenal fan. Or maybe it He is an Arsenal fan. Or maybe it

:44:29. > :44:39.is Sunderland United. Mo Farah has a decent field against him. One he

:44:39. > :44:42.

:44:43. > :44:52.will expect, given his form. Some familiar names. Alistair Ian Cragg

:44:52. > :45:02.is not in great form this year. Has it is a small but select field.

:45:02. > :45:10.

:45:10. > :45:15.There is David Krummenacker. This really is a race... Mo Farah is

:45:15. > :45:25.receiving a great reception. He can practise his tactics in the final

:45:25. > :45:51.

:45:51. > :46:01.Cragg, a former European indoor indoors, still just 22 years of age.

:46:01. > :46:14.

:46:15. > :46:24.And then Kosgei. And then the OCR of tonight's Diamond League meeting

:46:25. > :46:30.

:46:30. > :46:37.here in Crystal Palace. Back again around Crystal Palace! And the man

:46:37. > :46:40.who will be looking to just come away with a nice victory here

:46:40. > :46:46.another confidence-boosting win. But no matter how good you are, it

:46:46. > :46:52.does not matter who you are, you have got to go out and do the

:46:52. > :46:56.business. And not sure we have had too much just to chat about Mo

:46:56. > :47:00.Farah but you must be over the moon with the way he has been running.

:47:00. > :47:05.Fantastic so far. He started the year with a cross-country win in

:47:05. > :47:12.Edinburgh. Almost invincible ever since. His 10,000 metres time,

:47:12. > :47:17.European record, taking 30 seconds off the British record time.

:47:17. > :47:20.Incidentally, he was 6th in the world championships in 2007. He was

:47:20. > :47:25.7th in the world championships in 2009 and he is definitely a better

:47:25. > :47:35.athlete. Clearly, Mo Farah he would have to say it has got to be one of

:47:35. > :47:35.

:47:35. > :47:41.the favourites, certainly a medal expectation. I think he could win

:47:41. > :47:46.it. I would be surprised if we find Kenenisa Bekele challenging. He has

:47:46. > :47:49.not raced for about two years. Clearly the outstanding athlete of

:47:49. > :47:53.this generation but he has not run a race before the championship. We

:47:54. > :47:59.have seen him do that sort of thing before but I will be surprised if

:47:59. > :48:07.Kenenisa Bekele turned out in Daegu and ran the 10,000 metres. A pretty

:48:07. > :48:17.good pacemaking so far from David Krummenacker. Although Mo Farah

:48:17. > :48:30.

:48:30. > :48:34.does not seem interested in closing reliable pacemaker. He is doing a

:48:34. > :48:37.pretty good job. And Collis Birmingham tracking the pacemaker

:48:37. > :48:41.but he has got a few yards and he will know that because he looks at

:48:41. > :48:47.the big screen and sees the fact that Mo Farah is leading the

:48:47. > :48:51.chasing group. And that he has a good athlete, is Collis Birmingham.

:48:51. > :48:55.You just wonder whether he would have a shot from here. Coming down

:48:55. > :48:59.the home straight, five laps to go, Collis Birmingham tracks David

:48:59. > :49:03.Krummenacker. Mo Farah has been in races with Collis Birmingham and

:49:03. > :49:07.knows how good he is. Not the biggest danger in the race but if

:49:07. > :49:13.he got away and got a gap, he could become a danger. But Mo Farah

:49:13. > :49:17.sensibly working his way gradually back and has really grown in

:49:18. > :49:26.confidence over this past year. The European double of 10,005 1,000

:49:26. > :49:33.metres. And now he is a much better after it -- a 10,000 and 5,000

:49:33. > :49:41.metre runner. We have not had a British athlete win those distances

:49:41. > :49:45.on a global competition. We had women win in 1991 in Turkey but it

:49:45. > :49:51.will be great to see Mo Farah see if he could get either a 5,000

:49:51. > :50:01.metres, 10,000 metres or may be even both. So the pacemaker stepped

:50:01. > :50:02.

:50:02. > :50:11.off, Collis Birmingham left in the lead. Collis Birmingham looking for

:50:11. > :50:21.a good rock here. We will see him really put his foot down at later

:50:21. > :50:24.

:50:24. > :50:29.on. He has been with his training partner, Galen Rupp. There are all

:50:29. > :50:39.heading back to the States earlier on and they will fly out to join

:50:39. > :50:39.

:50:39. > :50:46.the British team and different conditions in Daegu. They have run

:50:46. > :50:50.in Monaco and Eugene, it will be perhaps more hot and more humid.

:50:50. > :50:55.But is definitely ride. When they go to altitude, it is not the

:50:55. > :51:01.greatest preparation for running in those difficult conditions -- that

:51:01. > :51:06.is definitely right. And Mo Farah looks altogether different now, so

:51:06. > :51:10.smooth and comfortable. He has progressed significantly this year.

:51:10. > :51:17.Under the tutelage of his coach, I have known he has always had the

:51:17. > :51:20.talent but now he has got the coach of the ability of Alberto, he has

:51:20. > :51:24.been prepared to do the work and the distance and stick at it, he

:51:24. > :51:29.has travelled the world and trained in Kenya and is now training in

:51:29. > :51:34.America. He has always wanted to do anything that will make him better.

:51:34. > :51:38.You can see him glancing at the screen, he has got Gideon Gathimba

:51:38. > :51:43.behind him. Collis Birmingham working hard there as well. It will

:51:43. > :51:45.be interesting to see what kind of time Mo Farah can run off that.

:51:45. > :51:50.Possibly a personal best but he will have to run quickly but that

:51:50. > :51:58.will be a good challenge. He wants to take something out of this. And

:51:58. > :52:04.that might be the fact he has got a strong 800 metres. I agree. That is

:52:04. > :52:10.something he has probably had in his head for the past two laps. It

:52:10. > :52:16.is where he is really finding himself now, getting into the last

:52:16. > :52:26.two laps and get into the front and he wind it up and still has enough

:52:26. > :52:29.

:52:29. > :52:33.pace. His personal best outdoors is only 7.38, but he has run 7.34 In

:52:33. > :52:39.doors. He will have to start picking up probably about now to

:52:39. > :52:47.get close to that. You cannot do everything on the last lap although

:52:47. > :52:52.it will be quick. I am looking at this, he will struggle but he wants

:52:52. > :52:56.the victory here. Collis Birmingham is working at it, Alistair Cragg

:52:56. > :53:03.has run a good time. We rarely see him run well at Crystal Palace but

:53:03. > :53:07.he certainly running well now. Mo Farah is aware of that. In are so

:53:07. > :53:11.quick Alistair Cragg is. He is looking at Gideon Gathimba, he has

:53:11. > :53:16.worked himself from a really good position into a really bad position,

:53:16. > :53:20.giving away a few yards but he has got the confidence and ability. Can

:53:20. > :53:25.he do what we have seen him do on a few occasions? Cried is trying to

:53:25. > :53:29.win it from here. And now the crowd at Crystal Palace is getting

:53:29. > :53:36.excited. We have a true world-class distance runner and he is showing

:53:36. > :53:43.them how good he is. Now he just needs to stretch and let it go. But

:53:43. > :53:49.see how quick he can run in the last 200 metres. He is off!

:53:49. > :53:53.Farah is just putting on a demonstration here, a show for this

:53:53. > :53:56.Crystal Palace crowd. Sprinting away almost like Usain Bolt down

:53:56. > :54:05.the home straight. Look at the distance he has put between himself

:54:05. > :54:15.and the others! In the last 200 metres. Mo Farah wins it, seven:

:54:15. > :54:20.40.15. That is very, very quick indeed. Impressive performers once

:54:20. > :54:26.again. All he had to do was win here but Brendan said he would be

:54:26. > :54:30.looking for something to take away and those last 200 metres has given

:54:30. > :54:34.him added confidence, if he did not have it before. The finishing pace

:54:34. > :54:38.is blistering. That is absolutely right. We knew he could win this

:54:38. > :54:42.race but he wanted to take something just when he is on the

:54:42. > :54:47.warm-up track in Daegu, to remember how good he is. And there he is.

:54:47. > :54:54.Look at him, Mo Farah is true champion, a fantastic sprint finish

:54:54. > :55:02.and now we can all go away excited, Mo Farah off to Daegu. He is

:55:02. > :55:07.You have excited many people and this crowd, you get better with

:55:07. > :55:10.each race, it seems. I was really confident, I wanted use a different

:55:10. > :55:15.tactic. Usually I want to get to the front and why did up. But I am

:55:15. > :55:19.really happy. Massive support from the crowd. Awesome. You were

:55:19. > :55:23.talking about the crowd having awareness of how well you are doing,

:55:23. > :55:26.and tonight was the biggest indication of that. I want to thank

:55:26. > :55:30.everyone coming out here tonight and giving good support. What do

:55:30. > :55:38.you do from here? Between now and Daegu? Take it out there. I am

:55:38. > :55:43.going to the US, to my coach and I will run with Galen Rupp and from

:55:43. > :55:48.there to Daegu. All the best for Daegu. When you come back here to

:55:48. > :55:56.Britain, you know what has on the agenda next? The Great North Run, I

:55:56. > :56:06.am not sure yet. It depends on how things go after this. We will see

:56:06. > :56:11.

:56:11. > :56:19.you in Daegu and the whole country four seconds from the athletes

:56:19. > :56:22.behind Mo Farah from the past 200 metres. And Alistair Cragg ending

:56:22. > :56:29.in 4th place. JOHN INVERDALE: What a fantastic

:56:29. > :56:36.finale to this night opening the Aviva Grand Prix. We are back on

:56:36. > :56:45.tomorrow at 1:30pm preceded by the dreams ahead of next year, and

:56:45. > :56:55.Jessica Ennis is a key element of And you know it is back, football

:56:55. > :56:59.Focus from poor 3:00pm. What a way to round things off. The nature of

:56:59. > :57:03.the beast, the atmosphere does not come through the ether some time

:57:03. > :57:08.but the noise was fantastic at the end! Spine-tingling, everybody was

:57:08. > :57:12.on their feet. When Mo took off, it was sensational. He is still

:57:12. > :57:15.talking to the crowd, they are still applauding him. This is the

:57:15. > :57:23.That is all for now, goodbye. That he is here for. The hearts and

:57:23. > :57:29.minds of everybody will be with him. And Jessica Ennis. Taking the

:57:29. > :57:38.pressure of her as well, two people and young Phillips in there as well.

:57:38. > :57:42.We have got more than one person as a poster boy or girl. You scum a

:57:42. > :57:49.crowd really bonded with these athletes. There are looking forward

:57:49. > :57:55.to their performances, and they see that and we are very happy to see

:57:55. > :57:59.that. And we gave her the Aviva performers of the evening, Jenny

:57:59. > :58:04.Meadows. We are used to seeing her front-running and she did it

:58:04. > :58:08.perfectly. Perfect race, great resource and again, she can do to

:58:08. > :58:18.Daegu full of confidence. The what I'm looking forward to tomorrow?

:58:18. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:23.Goodness gracious, the triple jump, possibly something as. I would like

:58:23. > :58:30.to see him do the triple jump in their shoes we saw him in! I will