:00:54. > :00:58.. It is the season of extraordinary footballing finale's. Just six days
:00:58. > :01:02.ago the streets in Manchester were packed of fans proclaiming Blue is
:01:02. > :01:05.the Colour in the north-west as well after City's Premier League
:01:05. > :01:08.colour -- a triumph and today those streets are packed again as some of
:01:08. > :01:18.the world's great athletes come to down just as they have done over
:01:18. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:01.the past three years. -- come to 11 weeks today they will be lining
:02:01. > :02:05.up for the final of the men's 100m in the London Olympic Games. How
:02:05. > :02:09.exciting is that? Today in Manchester and a Loughborough
:02:09. > :02:12.University some top athletes are going through their paces. Some
:02:12. > :02:18.genuine gold-medal contenders, others find a place on the podium,
:02:18. > :02:22.and some just pleased to be involved. When Jessica Ennis makes
:02:22. > :02:27.an appearance, she is inevitably top of the bill. Sheet that today
:02:27. > :02:33.she is taking on some of the best of the world at the 100m hurdles.
:02:33. > :02:37.We have track and field. British pole vault record holder Holly
:02:37. > :02:40.Bleasdale will be competing in Albert Square. Making his first
:02:40. > :02:46.European appearance since being cleared to run in the Olympics,
:02:46. > :02:51.Dwain Chambers faces a star studded line-up in the 150 metres. In the
:02:51. > :02:58.men's hurdles, Andy Turner attends the same double he managed last
:02:58. > :03:04.year in the 110 metres and the 200m races. One always a welcome visitor
:03:04. > :03:10.to these shores, Sanya Richards- Ross runs over 200m, one of
:03:10. > :03:15.Christine Ohuruogu's biggest rivals in the 400m this summer. Instead of
:03:15. > :03:19.the fans going to the stars, we have the stars coming to the fans
:03:19. > :03:22.and these Great CityGames are a great idea. They have done them in
:03:22. > :03:25.Newcastle and Manchester. There are one or two other cities in the
:03:26. > :03:35.country toying with the idea of doing it themselves. This is what
:03:36. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:02.we have over the next 90 minutes Colin Jackson is here. Very excited
:04:02. > :04:06.at what the next few weeks have in store. In many ways for a lot of
:04:06. > :04:14.our athletes, today is the start of the countdown. You could say that.
:04:14. > :04:17.It is the transition time in the calendar. You come out of winter,
:04:17. > :04:22.you have prepared very well and you make the hard work paid off. You
:04:22. > :04:27.are choosing your races carefully, you need good, controlled
:04:27. > :04:30.competition because these athletes, American and British, have trials
:04:30. > :04:35.and about five or six weeks. That is one of the hardest things, you
:04:35. > :04:39.have to peak at the right time, but also, you have to peak in the
:04:39. > :04:43.trials because otherwise you don't get to the Games. Absolutely. In
:04:43. > :04:46.the USA it is a very tough thing because it is the first three
:04:46. > :04:51.across the line that get the automatic ticket to the Olympics. A
:04:51. > :04:57.bit more flexible in the UK, but that is the reality of sport. Only
:04:57. > :05:03.the strong survive. Last year, there was an absolute deluge here
:05:03. > :05:07.and we were almost washed out. Huge crowds here today. It is a very
:05:07. > :05:12.mild afternoon so these are good conditions. It is not bad at all, a
:05:12. > :05:18.gentle breeze behind us. We should see some quick times. They would
:05:18. > :05:22.all be described by Paul Dickenson and Steve Cram. -- will all.
:05:22. > :05:30.Good afternoon, everybody. It has been a great day in Manchester
:05:30. > :05:34.already. A great afternoon of athletics ahead of us on this track.
:05:34. > :05:38.You can see how many people have squeezed into the space between the
:05:38. > :05:42.track and the buildings all the way down Deansgate. Craning for their
:05:42. > :05:48.chance to see some of these stars flying by, almost at head height.
:05:48. > :05:53.Andy Turner, the first time we are going to see him running this
:05:53. > :05:58.summer. He has been troubled with an Achilles problem this winter. He
:05:58. > :06:02.has had a couple of injections, he thinks things are OK, but he will
:06:02. > :06:06.have to race sparingly through the summer, but they can't afford to do
:06:06. > :06:13.too much of that because the 110- metre hurdles in Britain is a very
:06:13. > :06:17.strong event now. With the appearance of Andrew Pozzi, running
:06:17. > :06:23.13.35 recently, and looking to push his chance of a place in the
:06:23. > :06:27.Olympic team, it will add to that. The likes of Will Sharman, Lawrence
:06:27. > :06:30.Clarke, three or four people aiming for just those three spots in the
:06:30. > :06:40.team. He will want a good performance, Andy Turner. He won
:06:40. > :06:41.
:06:41. > :06:51.this event and the 200m hurdles last year. He has got a pretty good
:06:51. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:18.field against him. David Payne from As Colin was saying, it is not
:07:18. > :07:21.exactly warm. It hasn't been worn anywhere in the UK for a while!
:07:21. > :07:29.Theoretically it will warm up this week. Andy has been training in
:07:29. > :07:39.Florida so plenty of speed work in the legs, theoretically. The wind
:07:39. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :07:57.is very, very slightly against, a German champion over the last three
:07:57. > :08:04.years. 13.36 as a personal best. In Colin Jackson's day, the Germans
:08:04. > :08:08.were always tough in the 110 metres hurdles. Ryan Brathwaite,
:08:08. > :08:13.unbelievable performance which surprised everybody in Berlin in
:08:13. > :08:23.2009. Getting back to some good form as well. Andy Turner,
:08:23. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:35.desperate to have a good start to medallist from Beijing, David Payne.
:08:35. > :08:45.Only run 13.34 this year and there have been plenty of good times
:08:45. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :08:53.already in the 100 m hurdles. -- Turner this year, but I think he
:08:53. > :08:58.would like to have something reasonably fast. He really needs to
:08:58. > :09:08.start the season well. He will be going in the 200m hurdles later as
:09:08. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:29.well. But this is the proper track Brathwaite wins it in the end.
:09:29. > :09:35.Turner, after having three or four bad hurdles in the middle of the
:09:35. > :09:39.race, completely lost it. 13.61 was the winning time. Brathwaite
:09:39. > :09:43.himself not a particularly tidy. Strong enough in the end, he got
:09:44. > :09:50.the better of David Payne. Andy Turner, not a good start for him
:09:50. > :09:57.and he knows it. That look on his face is not what he wanted.
:09:57. > :10:04.Technically not good at all. Colin. I was bothered up I was hoping to
:10:04. > :10:14.hear from Colin. It started to go wrong. Everybody was hoping for a
:10:14. > :10:15.
:10:15. > :10:25.comeback from Andy Turner, but he from home, he lost any momentum he
:10:25. > :10:26.
:10:27. > :10:34.had. The misplaced balance comes up in a couple of hurdles. Also, David
:10:34. > :10:44.Payne outside him wasn't going too well at that stage. Not the start
:10:44. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:52.But Ryan Brathwaite has started this season well. What did you
:10:52. > :10:59.think of that performance? It was pretty good. A good competition,
:10:59. > :11:05.competitive. I wanted to run faster, but I felt a bit of cramp in the
:11:05. > :11:10.race. I just tried to maintain the technique. Your event is one of the
:11:10. > :11:18.best this year with the likes of robbers, Jason Richardson. Where do
:11:18. > :11:22.you need to be going forward? 13.20. I have had a good couple of
:11:22. > :11:25.races. I'm just going to be the underdog and then come back to the
:11:25. > :11:34.top. You have been a world champion before so hopefully you can do it
:11:34. > :11:39.again. Yes. All the best. Thank you. Well, it is a pretty solid run.
:11:39. > :11:43.There will be more to come from him, he could be one of the ones who
:11:43. > :11:46.could perhaps spring a surprise in the summer. But that first event
:11:47. > :11:56.out of the way, we have a great Pole vault coming up. Really
:11:57. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:21.looking forward to seeing Holly This is a bit of a novel will for -
:12:21. > :12:25.- a novelty for you this weekend, taking part in the Great CityGames
:12:25. > :12:30.and Albert Square has been turned over to you! I know. I have jumped
:12:30. > :12:33.in the Great CityGames in Newcastle and I just love doing it in the
:12:33. > :12:37.Street. It is such a different experience, especially in
:12:37. > :12:41.Manchester where I trained and spend every single day. It is only
:12:41. > :12:44.half an hour from my house. It will be good to get my family and
:12:44. > :12:49.friends down. They never get to come and watch me because I'm
:12:49. > :12:53.always competing abroad or in London or Birmingham. It is nice to
:12:54. > :12:57.have support so close to me. In a stadium, they are always in the
:12:57. > :13:01.stand whereas now they are only about a metre away from us. In the
:13:01. > :13:11.indoor season you're having a fantastic time. Has the progression
:13:11. > :13:16.continued? Yes. When I jumped my 87, I was still in quite a heavy block.
:13:16. > :13:23.Me and my coach thought, if you jumped 87 when he was supposedly in
:13:23. > :13:28.a heavy block of training, that is not what we want. We discussed it
:13:28. > :13:32.and thought we would push me a lot harder. I feel sluggish in training,
:13:32. > :13:35.I feel like an wading through the mud, but my technique has got so
:13:35. > :13:39.much better. Although one not running the fastest, my technique
:13:39. > :13:44.is really good. When I start shopping up towards the Olympic, I
:13:44. > :13:47.will be in a great place. sharpening up for top I wonder
:13:47. > :13:54.about that Olympic Stadium experience, how that will help you?
:13:54. > :13:58.It was a great experience. Seeing the warm-up area, testing at the
:13:58. > :14:04.track. One positive is that the track is really, really quick.
:14:04. > :14:14.Although I felt sluggish on the day, the track will be rapid and I can't
:14:14. > :14:20.Colin Jackson and I have relocated from Deansgate to Albert Square
:14:20. > :14:27.with a fantastic town hall behind us. It is a great setting. This is
:14:27. > :14:32.what the games are all about and we are here for that pole vault. The
:14:32. > :14:35.reason they have brought this event here because a young lady from the
:14:35. > :14:45.north-west, Holly Bleasdale, is very much in the vanguard of the
:14:45. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :14:57.sport. She is a girl who has got better in the last 12 months
:14:57. > :15:02.
:15:02. > :15:10.Meanwhile, this is Katie Byres, the British junior indoor record holder.
:15:10. > :15:15.She has made huge strides this year. 4.16 at the third attempt. She
:15:15. > :15:23.wriggled over on that occasion. Most of the athletes here have had
:15:23. > :15:28.a little bit of a problem getting used to the run-up. She has had
:15:28. > :15:33.seven British indoor records over the course of the season. Hopefully
:15:33. > :15:43.she can get the next tide and that would be a new outdoor personal
:15:43. > :15:45.
:15:45. > :15:55.best. She has gone much higher indoors. The next event on the
:15:55. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:27.Joice Maduaka. Candyce McGrone has run 11.54, although she is 11.08 at
:16:27. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:39.her very best. Joice Maduaka is aware of 18 sprint titles, indoors
:16:39. > :16:41.
:16:41. > :16:48.and out. Verena Sailer is the European Champion over 100 metres.
:16:48. > :16:58.Finally, LaShaunte Moore of the United States. At her very best she
:16:58. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:06.has run under 11 seconds. Certainly the UK AA Olympic standard that is
:17:06. > :17:12.required. If you want to have any hope of joining the Olympic team in
:17:12. > :17:16.London this year the standard is 11.29. That is the sort of figure
:17:16. > :17:26.that Joice Maduaka will have on her mind over the next couple of months.
:17:26. > :17:41.
:17:41. > :17:51.Maybe she could even do it here Candyce McGrone is going well. But
:17:51. > :17:54.
:17:54. > :18:00.LaShaunte Moore gets it. She left it late, but she got it. She came
:18:01. > :18:10.powering through in the second half of the race. That was really
:18:10. > :18:16.interesting. This is a good close- up shot of what happens in berets.
:18:16. > :18:21.She comes up and it is almost as if suddenly there is a bit of extra
:18:21. > :18:27.effort from LaShaunte Moore. She was the big favour coming into this
:18:27. > :18:33.and she surges through in the end. For about 10 or 15 metres in the
:18:33. > :18:42.middle of the race you can tell she thought, this is not going to plan.
:18:42. > :18:49.Joice Maduaka will be hoping that somehow or other a relay slot would
:18:49. > :18:59.be hers in the summer. But only Laura Turner has achieved 11.09 so
:18:59. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:18.to do if she wants to make it into What was it like experiencing this
:19:18. > :19:24.in Deansgate in Manchester? experience is really nice and the
:19:24. > :19:29.energy is amazing. It is a little chilly, but I tried to come out and
:19:29. > :19:34.warm up good. Colin Jackson was talking about the transition from
:19:34. > :19:40.the hard winter training and you have got abate year ahead. Where
:19:40. > :19:45.would you like to be right now? biggest goal is to stay healthy. If
:19:45. > :19:55.I am healthy I can continue to train hard every day and get close
:19:55. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:12.to my goal. It is great to see you moved up. She is very strong and
:20:12. > :20:17.deceptively Athletic. It is goodbye a long, long way. Holly Bleasdale
:20:17. > :20:27.delighting the crowd. She looks so strong when she is on the pole. She
:20:27. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:34.is very athletic. Long may it continue. The track record in
:20:34. > :20:44.Manchester is four metres and 27. If she can keep up this sort of
:20:44. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:51.form, she will go way over today. Nicole Buchler of Switzerland. She
:20:51. > :21:01.is a little bit taller than Holly Bleasdale. She is the Swiss record
:21:01. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:12.holder indoors and out. That was her second attempt at 4.26. That
:21:12. > :21:21.was much better than her first attempt. Holly Bleasdale and Nicole
:21:21. > :21:31.Buchler are clear. The next height will be about 4.31, which is going
:21:31. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:40.to be in excess of the track record, the highest of vault ever seen here.
:21:40. > :21:44.We are seeing a lot of very experienced athletes some in their
:21:44. > :21:48.twenties and some in their thirties. But there has been a fantastic
:21:48. > :21:55.initiative over the past few days at trying to find the stars of the
:21:55. > :21:59.future. This is effectively British athletes have got talent. They
:21:59. > :22:09.started off with 3000 caves in sprint races and narrowed it down
:22:09. > :22:10.
:22:10. > :22:15.Lots of track and field stars encouraged them and gave them
:22:15. > :22:19.advice. We have had two races on the track here with the top four
:22:19. > :22:26.athletes, both boys and girls taking part in front of these huge
:22:26. > :22:31.crowds. It is a great experience for them. Lots of autographs taken
:22:31. > :22:41.from Andy Turner and the rest in the indoor races. Here they were
:22:41. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :23:00.I gather her uncle is a good sprinter. Maybe it runs in the
:23:00. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:23.blood for her. That was impressive I gather the winner is a passionate
:23:23. > :23:28.Manchester City fan. He was shifting their. It is a great
:23:28. > :23:32.initiative. It is a brilliant one. This is a great opportunity for
:23:32. > :23:39.spotting the stars of the future of. They see an end product quite
:23:39. > :23:43.quickly. They only had one week to cut those numbers down. I can see
:23:43. > :23:48.them with a bit of a smile when they crossed the line. Let's hope a
:23:48. > :23:53.great percentage of the 3000 that started off state in sport in some
:23:53. > :24:03.shape off-form. Down there is somebody who was one of the great
:24:03. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:21.superstars of sprinting more than a Lewis-Francis. Jimmy Vicaut is the
:24:21. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:31.bright, new talent from France. Jimmy Vicaut is on the inside.
:24:31. > :24:38.European Junior Champion. Just 20 years of age. A lot of people are
:24:39. > :24:42.saying he has got a big career ahead of him. Christian Malcolm is
:24:42. > :24:47.still one of the men whose some of the youngsters are going to have to
:24:47. > :24:53.finish ahead of if they want a place in the individual or the
:24:53. > :25:00.relay squad. Mark Lewis-Francis has already been in good form this year.
:25:00. > :25:05.He has achieved the standard with 10.21. A few others have done
:25:05. > :25:14.exactly the same. He says he is looking forward to today. Paul
:25:14. > :25:20.Hession from Ireland in lane four. Christian Malcolm was talking a
:25:20. > :25:24.little earlier on today about the fact they have all been a weight
:25:24. > :25:27.training in America, Mark Lewis- Francis as well. They have come
:25:28. > :25:33.home to rather chillier temperatures in the UK generally
:25:33. > :25:38.and in Manchester today. From here on in every single race, every
:25:38. > :25:42.opportunity needs to be taken to build your confidence and to show
:25:42. > :25:52.your rivals as well that you are going to be a contender come the
:25:52. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:22.into a headwind. I am not going to call him the old veteran, because
:26:22. > :26:28.he is not that old yet. A bit of experience. They have all got a
:26:28. > :26:35.fair bit of experience. I am sure he knows he just probably paid to
:26:35. > :26:40.it. We will clear that up in just a moment. On the far side the
:26:40. > :26:48.imposing figure of the Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut. Then Mark Lewis-
:26:48. > :26:54.Francis began to show a bit of form. He just gets it ahead of the
:26:54. > :26:59.Frenchman. There will not be a lot of difference in terms of the times
:26:59. > :27:04.between the first three. A massive difference in terms of the physical
:27:04. > :27:14.capabilities of both men. Christian Malcolm shows that experience
:27:14. > :27:36.
:27:36. > :27:42.times are not that startling, but I Mark, come on back in. There is a
:27:42. > :27:49.bit of banter between youth. You kept the crowd enthralled. It was
:27:49. > :27:55.good fun. He got me in America, so I got him today. This is the start
:27:55. > :28:00.of the season. What about you, Mark? How have you found these
:28:00. > :28:06.chilly conditions? Things are going really well, I cannot complain, I
:28:06. > :28:16.am in good shape. Jimmy is one of the fastest people in Europe at the
:28:16. > :28:22.moment. I keep coming, man. Keep coming. What do you think of this?
:28:22. > :28:27.The crowd is bigger than ever. is fantastic, to have this in the
:28:27. > :28:32.city centre. The crowd is amazing. It is a great start to the season,
:28:32. > :28:42.but at the same time it is competitive. Jimmy is one of the
:28:42. > :28:50.fastest men in Europe, it is a great competition. But they have
:28:50. > :28:55.also come to see Desert Air Ennis. It cannot be easy being higher, she
:28:55. > :29:00.is only 26. But you cannot just train and train, even though you
:29:01. > :29:10.have got seven disciplines to adapt to. Sometimes you have to have some
:29:11. > :29:16.
:29:16. > :29:24.Is he like the Jamie Oliver of the class? Will you guys do it as well?
:29:24. > :29:28.We have got a set there. It is pretty easy to do, stir-fry. Good
:29:28. > :29:34.and healthy. You get a lot of vegetables and a bit of protein
:29:34. > :29:39.from the chicken. Do you have to be on a strict diet as an athlete?
:29:39. > :29:43.Kind of, but it is not really strict. It depends on the event.
:29:43. > :29:49.Long-distance runners have strict diets, but because I train so much,
:29:49. > :29:52.I just have to make sure I eat enough carbohydrates and protein so
:29:52. > :29:58.why can train as hard as possible. Do you watch cooking programmes at
:29:58. > :30:05.home? Who is your favourite chef? The guy from MasterChef, the bald
:30:05. > :30:12.guy. Heston Blumenthal. What about Jamie Oliver? He uses too much salt.
:30:12. > :30:17.Which event are you least confident in? It would be the javelin,
:30:17. > :30:23.probably. I'm not a natural frailer, I'm more a sprinter and a jumper.
:30:23. > :30:28.The javelin is quite hard. If are you nervous before the start of an
:30:28. > :30:32.event? I have a few little superstitions. When you get ready
:30:32. > :30:39.and how you pack your bag and what you do. I have a certain routine on
:30:39. > :30:44.the start line. Definitely. You two haven't even started yet! Are you
:30:44. > :30:52.married? I'm getting married next year. Can catch relations. Thank
:30:52. > :31:02.you. -- Kong regulations. You can cut them off a little bit. It
:31:02. > :31:05.
:31:05. > :31:15.smells nice. Can you smell it when It is good. Have you got Clarityn
:31:15. > :31:16.
:31:16. > :31:20.at? -- carat in it. What about beansprouts? What was scarier,
:31:20. > :31:25.GCSEs or the Olympics? They were both scary! I think the Olympics
:31:25. > :31:34.will be a bit more scary. One more time and then I think it will be
:31:34. > :31:38.ready. Very flavoursome. A bit of spice. A lot of veg, very nice. I
:31:38. > :31:42.thought everyone's was amazing, I can't pick one because they were
:31:42. > :31:51.all really nice. You are all beleaguered. Next time you can do
:31:51. > :31:55.it. The - next time you can bring your medal. OK! No pressure for the
:31:55. > :32:00.next 11 weeks. The great thing about pentathletes is you have to
:32:00. > :32:03.be good at seven things and her coaching team have issued
:32:03. > :32:07.responsibility of getting the balance right over the next three
:32:07. > :32:12.months. It is the vital thing for her to make sure she nails down all
:32:12. > :32:17.of the events accurately. She doesn't want to over performing one
:32:17. > :32:22.of the other. The most important thing is to get the right balance,
:32:22. > :32:26.choosing the right competition, who will be in those competitions.
:32:26. > :32:30.Where can you be flexible? It is a tough decision when you have to do
:32:30. > :32:33.seven events to get one gold medal. She did the javelin and the shot in
:32:34. > :32:38.the Yorkshire championships last weekend. This is her competing in
:32:38. > :32:42.the hurdles. It is not like she is just competing, she is competing
:32:42. > :32:49.again some of the best in the world. Is she raising the bar too high?
:32:49. > :32:53.She is one of the best hurdlers in the world. She went under 7.9
:32:53. > :32:57.seconds at 60m indoors. She elevated herself to be a serious
:32:57. > :33:02.contender in hurdling. This is an event she could specialise in. She
:33:02. > :33:06.would do very well indeed. She would be capable of being an
:33:07. > :33:16.Olympic finalist. She is hugely popular. The reception she got here
:33:17. > :33:29.
:33:29. > :33:33.Ennis. I don't think she will be looking at a victory here, she will
:33:33. > :33:39.certainly be looking to put in a good performance against these
:33:39. > :33:43.great athletes. Dawn Harper in a hugely competitive event in the
:33:43. > :33:46.World Championships. So many women capable of running fast. Sally
:33:47. > :33:56.Pearson is the world's number one, perhaps. Jeff Ennis in her own
:33:57. > :34:01.
:34:01. > :34:06.right is a top-class hurdler. -- points when it comes to the
:34:06. > :34:10.heptathlon. The first outdoor race of the season for Danielle
:34:10. > :34:14.Carruthers. She came close last year to winning the World
:34:14. > :34:24.Championships. But not that close. She ran very, very well, but Sally
:34:24. > :34:28.
:34:28. > :34:34.Pearson was a great champion. Gemma Harper is already in good form this
:34:34. > :34:38.year. She ran a really good race in day do. Carruthers is trying to
:34:38. > :34:43.establish herself at a consistent level in the world's top three or
:34:44. > :34:49.four. This event itself at the Games will be one of the highlight
:34:49. > :34:59.races. Sally Pearson is the world No. 1, but she will have it tough.
:34:59. > :35:22.
:35:22. > :35:26.How can Jessica Ennis do against takes it! 12.76. Into a headwind.
:35:26. > :35:36.That is world class. She has just beaten two of the best hurdlers in
:35:36. > :35:40.the world. A new personal best for Jessica Ennis. There have been a
:35:40. > :35:44.lot of good performances by British athletes already this year, records
:35:44. > :35:49.all over the place, but that will please so many people. If she can
:35:49. > :35:54.reproduce something like that at the Olympics, watch out the rest.
:35:54. > :36:01.That was super. It was great to see. She was under pressure from the
:36:01. > :36:05.start. She held her form together, she didn't panic. Dawn Harper is
:36:06. > :36:10.the Olympic champion, capable of very quick times, but Jessica held
:36:10. > :36:12.her form and drove hard to the line. She really, really wanted a new
:36:12. > :36:19.She really, really wanted a new personal best. She has certainly
:36:19. > :36:24.delivered. Nice, steady, she can see the pressure, she can feel the
:36:24. > :36:29.pressure around her. Dawn Harper made a little bit of a mistake and
:36:30. > :36:36.Jessica capitalised. A new personal Jessica capitalised. A new personal
:36:36. > :36:41.best, she must be related. -- You can look at that in all sorts
:36:41. > :36:44.of ways, but she has just beaten the two people who won the silver
:36:44. > :36:54.and bronze medal in the World Championships last year. That says
:36:54. > :37:09.
:37:09. > :37:12.an awful lot for her capabilities. The fastest Jessica Ennis has ever
:37:12. > :37:17.run... CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
:37:17. > :37:21.You have seen it come up on the board as 12.75, a new personal best.
:37:21. > :37:27.I'm absolutely made up. I wanted to see the wind reading, but I knew it
:37:27. > :37:31.would be a great race with some quality athletes. I can't believe I
:37:31. > :37:36.have opened by season with a P D. Everyone talks about this being a
:37:36. > :37:41.fun event, but you have got a competitive edge -- competitive
:37:41. > :37:45.edge from two World Championship medallists. To have the crowd right
:37:45. > :37:50.on you is quite a bit of pressure, but it is a great pressure and a
:37:50. > :37:56.lot of support. I can't believe I ran that! They have been behind you
:37:56. > :38:01.all the way today. What is next year? A big heptathlon. Next
:38:01. > :38:06.weekend. It is great to have come here to have had a good race and
:38:06. > :38:10.driven my time down and hopefully do even better next week. This will
:38:10. > :38:13.send confidence soaring through you. A perfect send-off. Definitely. I'm
:38:13. > :38:18.happy with training and I'm really pleased to have come here and run
:38:19. > :38:25.that. I'm hoping I can keep it going for a few more months. We all
:38:25. > :38:29.hope so. Congratulations. Thank you. A massive ovation for Jessica Ennis.
:38:29. > :38:33.And deservedly so. Absolutely. You were tentative at the beginning,
:38:33. > :38:38.thinking she might have bitten off more than she could achieve, but
:38:38. > :38:43.she proved to us why she is a great heptathlete and a fantastic hurdler.
:38:43. > :38:47.I always put these young lady under pressure, I always say please do
:38:47. > :38:52.the hurdles because she is great at it. She keeps demonstrating race
:38:52. > :38:56.after race. When she takes on serious contenders, she's always up
:38:56. > :39:01.there. If anybody thinks it is almost like a friendly, Dawn Harper
:39:02. > :39:06.was absolutely livid with Jessica Ennis beating her. That is
:39:06. > :39:13.testimony to how or Jessica but so much pressure on her. Absolutely.
:39:13. > :39:17.Nobody likes being beaten by somebody who is not a specialist.
:39:17. > :39:21.You have to realise that Geoff Wicker is an exceptional,
:39:21. > :39:27.exceptional hurdler and she proved that time and time again. --
:39:27. > :39:29.Jessica. I'm looking forward to seeing her set off at the Olympic
:39:29. > :39:36.Games and maybe post anything better time. From one exceptional
:39:36. > :39:42.athlete in this part of Tarring -- town to another 1,400 yards away. -
:39:42. > :39:52.town to another 1,400 yards away. - - 400 yards at.
:39:52. > :39:55.
:39:55. > :40:02.Rysich has elected to pass on the side. Holly has gone clear. -- this
:40:02. > :40:08.height. This is a new Albert Square all-comers record! It is the
:40:08. > :40:18.highest height ever achieved in a city Games. For 0.43 is looking
:40:18. > :40:19.
:40:19. > :40:29.very good in Dade -- 4.43. Holly Bleasdale and Lisa Ryzih will
:40:29. > :40:50.
:40:50. > :40:56.We extend the distance in Deansgate Still pretty good conditions for
:40:56. > :41:02.sprinting. Most of these guys have never run a straight 200m in the
:41:02. > :41:12.past. They just seemed to go For ever and ever in a straight line.
:41:12. > :41:13.
:41:13. > :41:22.We have seen Tyson Gay run in this event. A couple of years ago, he
:41:22. > :41:31.ran 19.41, the fastest-ever 200m was on a bend when Usain Bolt ran
:41:31. > :41:41.that staggering 19.19 in Berlin. That was in 2009. We have got some
:41:41. > :41:42.
:41:42. > :41:47.good athletes here. The interesting thing about this, it is so rare to
:41:47. > :41:55.see anybody running 200m in a straight line. It is an unusual
:41:55. > :42:03.test for. In training, you will run all sorts of different variations,
:42:03. > :42:09.but you always have a bend involved. This is a bit unusual for the
:42:09. > :42:19.athletes. The good thing about it is nearly all of them have done
:42:19. > :42:22.As John was saying, we have the women's pole vault in front of the
:42:22. > :42:26.town hall. That is the athlete I town hall. That is the athlete I
:42:26. > :42:32.was telling you about, the first time we've seen her jumpers
:42:32. > :42:38.afternoon, Lisa Ryzih of Germany. For 0.50 is the target and she gets
:42:38. > :42:46.it. -- 4.50. That has put Holly Bleasdale under a little bit of
:42:46. > :42:51.pressure. Both athletes attempted 4.50, they both had one failure,
:42:51. > :42:54.but Lisa Ryzih of Germany is the first person to go over. Not by a
:42:54. > :43:04.lot, but by sufficient to put pressure on the British record
:43:04. > :43:04.
:43:04. > :43:14.We may yet see something higher than for 0.50 and that puts her in
:43:14. > :43:15.
:43:15. > :43:19.the top 10 in the world for this On the far side, Lennon-Ford.
:43:19. > :43:28.European under 23 4x4 hundred metre gold medallist. He has got the
:43:28. > :43:38.strength. Two world indoor really metres the Great Britain. He is a
:43:38. > :43:40.
:43:40. > :43:47.Joe soon end Zurich, who has been competing for Norway from his
:43:47. > :43:51.native Gambia. He is the Norwegian native Gambia. He is the Norwegian
:43:51. > :43:58.100m and 200m record holder. He might be the straight 200m record
:43:58. > :44:03.holder as well. David Neville of the USA, you don't often see him
:44:03. > :44:09.running in a 200m. Olympic 400m bronze medallist. Finally, James
:44:09. > :44:19.Ellington, he has run in Manchester in the past. A good 100m runner,
:44:19. > :44:35.
:44:35. > :44:44.after some injuries. I do not suppose we will see times the likes
:44:44. > :44:52.of which we have seen over the past couple of years with Usain Bolt.
:44:52. > :45:01.When he first ran here he ran 1.50. It is an interesting moment for the
:45:01. > :45:06.likes of James Ellington. He has run 10.23 for the 100 metres. It
:45:06. > :45:11.will be a real test early in the season to see what sort of shape he
:45:11. > :45:18.is end and how his training has been going. He has been coached by
:45:18. > :45:23.the same man ever since he was 13 years old, John Powell. He also
:45:23. > :45:33.played rugby like so many of the sprinters and throwers and jumpers
:45:33. > :46:02.
:46:02. > :46:12.as well. Rugby seems to be the game Ellington is trying to maintain his
:46:12. > :46:13.
:46:13. > :46:21.form. That was quite close. I think Jaysuma Ndure got hit by a whisker.
:46:21. > :46:28.It is not a world record, but 20.63 is the winning time. The camera is
:46:28. > :46:36.looking at Jaysuma Ndure. It was very close on the line. A confident
:46:36. > :46:41.run by James Ellington. STEVE CRAM: A very good performance from him.
:46:42. > :46:47.He asked for sponsorship during the winter and he got a lot of
:46:47. > :46:57.publicity during that. This will give him a lot of confidence.
:46:57. > :47:00.
:47:00. > :47:10.Jaysuma Ndure is a very experienced athlete. There is probably just a
:47:10. > :47:10.
:47:10. > :47:17.couple of hundredths between them in the end. Jaysuma Ndure ran last
:47:17. > :47:21.week in Doha and ran pretty solidly. It was much warmer, 33 degrees. He
:47:21. > :47:27.will be a danger come the Games, certainly he will make the final. I
:47:27. > :47:35.am not sure he will ever challenge the big names. There is a little
:47:35. > :47:39.This is the second half of a fantastic festival of athletics.
:47:39. > :47:46.This morning, more than 40,000 people work on the streets of
:47:46. > :47:56.Manchester taking part in the Great Manchester Run. That is more than
:47:56. > :47:57.
:47:57. > :48:03.they have ever had before it. Charlotte Perdue was the first
:48:03. > :48:10.British athlete home in 4th place. Haile Gebrselassie won the men's
:48:10. > :48:18.race. It is the first -- 5th time he has won the race. He does not
:48:18. > :48:26.even need to have his surname on his numbered tag. He is here with
:48:26. > :48:36.us now. You like this place, don't you? Of course, it is wonderful.
:48:36. > :48:36.
:48:36. > :48:42.This morning it was amazing as your colleague, he is telling you about
:48:42. > :48:47.the atmosphere. But he is not going to run 10,000 metres. Absolutely
:48:48. > :48:53.not. You smile like nobody else miles, but in your heart are you
:48:53. > :49:02.thinking there is the slightest possibility of you competing in
:49:02. > :49:08.London 2012. Yes, possibly, why not? I do not want to miss London,
:49:08. > :49:16.that is one thing I want to tell you. We will see. Next week could
:49:16. > :49:22.be the decision. We will see. going to be too embarrassed to talk
:49:22. > :49:26.about this, but you are one of the most extraordinary ambassadors in
:49:26. > :49:31.the world. You are known globally and the amount of work and effort
:49:31. > :49:37.you put in, everybody appreciates you. You are there and you are
:49:37. > :49:43.always smiling and happy. The reality is, how tough a decision is
:49:43. > :49:50.it for you if they do not select few to do London? It is a question
:49:50. > :49:55.of myself. If I am in the top three on Sunday, I do not care. It is not
:49:55. > :50:00.just the trial. You were running like a spring chicken today. I am
:50:00. > :50:06.sure everybody watching hopes are that you'll be here in 11 weeks'
:50:07. > :50:13.time. Thank you for running an absolutely startling time. Highly
:50:13. > :50:19.Gabba Sella said. Now to one of the most recognise faces in women's
:50:19. > :50:23.athletics, a woman who has run below 50 seconds more than anybody
:50:23. > :50:28.else and she will be a real threat to Christine Ohuruogu. This
:50:28. > :50:36.afternoon she is going to be running a straight 200. I think it
:50:36. > :50:43.is a great idea, especially for the sprinters. It gives you a chance to
:50:43. > :50:49.see the transitional phase and it will be a lot of fun. When my coach
:50:49. > :50:54.competed he competed on a straight 200 and he gave me some experience
:50:54. > :50:58.and really good advice about how to be patient in the phases. You kind
:50:58. > :51:03.of want to run full speed all the time on a straight and you cannot
:51:04. > :51:09.do that for the 200, so you have to go through the phases. I am looking
:51:09. > :51:15.forward to it. Hopefully it will culminate in the London Olympics
:51:15. > :51:19.for you. Is it difficult in the first place? It is, you have to be
:51:19. > :51:25.in the top three at the trials. There are no selection committees.
:51:25. > :51:29.If you are not the best on that day, you cannot be on the team. For us,
:51:29. > :51:35.that is the focus going into the trials and making the team and then
:51:35. > :51:45.you can start to dream again about being on the podium in London.
:51:45. > :51:50.
:51:50. > :51:57.the last couple of days there were headlines with somebody saying you
:51:57. > :52:02.were in a dying sport. The reporter asked her about and the euro in our
:52:02. > :52:06.sport when the Olympics were in Atlanta. Of course, it is going to
:52:06. > :52:12.be a bit different because the track and field was the talk of the
:52:12. > :52:16.town when they were held there. We have not had an Olympics or a World
:52:16. > :52:21.Championships in many years and we do not have a US circuit. For the
:52:21. > :52:28.American fans it is very hard to keep up with the world's best these
:52:28. > :52:32.days. I would not say it is dying, but we can do a lot to improve our
:52:32. > :52:37.sport in the United States. But something like the Olympic Games
:52:37. > :52:42.always gives people a lot of energy for the sports. Craig to see you on
:52:42. > :52:45.the streets of Manchester, how does that sound? It is going to be
:52:45. > :52:50.awesome. It is a lot more substantial and sturdy and I
:52:50. > :53:00.thought it would be. I thought I would fall off the side of the
:53:00. > :53:26.
:53:26. > :53:31.track. It will feel like any other an unusual race. Margaret is in
:53:31. > :53:37.reasonable form already this year. A personal best indoors and looking
:53:37. > :53:44.forward to the outdoor season. This is the European Indoor Champion
:53:44. > :53:51.over 400 metres. Maybe the straight favours the 400 runners a little
:53:51. > :53:57.bit. It will be interesting to see how sunnier Richards Ross goes. She
:53:57. > :54:07.is wrapped up, as she has been racing at Ayr but already in the
:54:07. > :54:13.
:54:13. > :54:19.United States. She was beaten in Jamaica by Williams. Nicola Sanders
:54:19. > :54:25.has had a reasonable winter. It looks as if she is starting to get
:54:25. > :54:35.back into some good form. Nicola was part of the team that held off
:54:35. > :54:56.
:54:56. > :55:01.be a really tough one. 200 metres flat today. Richards Ross gets a
:55:01. > :55:10.good start out of all of the runners. She is in the lead at the
:55:10. > :55:20.moment. It is a big lead. She needs to maintain theirs. Now she really
:55:20. > :55:20.
:55:20. > :55:26.starts to pull away. That is a big performance. That looked pretty
:55:26. > :55:33.relaxed. It was very impressive from the American. She is a good
:55:33. > :55:39.200 metres runner. Just outside her best. I am not quite sure of the
:55:39. > :55:46.time. Sorry we did not get a clock on that. But it was a pretty
:55:46. > :55:50.impressive run. She certainly meant business in that race. She stayed
:55:50. > :55:54.low for the first five strides out of the start and then when she came
:55:54. > :56:04.up to her full height and started striding away, nobody could live
:56:04. > :56:07.
:56:07. > :56:12.with her. What a good performance by Sanya Richards-Ross. Always a
:56:12. > :56:17.threat, no matter who she is running against. She was metres
:56:17. > :56:23.ahead of absolutely everybody. That was a very good performance right
:56:23. > :56:33.from the start all the way through to the finish. Already at this
:56:33. > :56:33.
:56:33. > :56:38.stage she was quite some way ahead of Nicola Sanders. Look at the
:56:38. > :56:44.concentration of the American. look how relaxed she is. That was
:56:44. > :56:50.really good sprinting from her. She has got a couple of benchmarks.
:56:50. > :56:58.That looked wait too easy for her. Anyway, she has won and will be
:56:58. > :57:06.You you what's yourself on the screen and it looked like good
:57:06. > :57:11.viewing. Yes, I did what my coach wanted me to do. I'm happy with the
:57:11. > :57:17.win today. We were talking on Friday about the things you look
:57:17. > :57:25.for in your peripheral vision, did that work for you today? Not really.
:57:25. > :57:30.I was able to see some of the marks on the track. But I felt good.
:57:30. > :57:35.you get a nice, warm Manchester welcome? Absolutely, this is
:57:35. > :57:39.amazing. I wish we had more races like this where the fans could be
:57:39. > :57:49.this close and this internet. I really love it here and I hope to
:57:49. > :57:57.
:57:58. > :58:07.come back. Maybe bring it to the vault. Holly Bleasdale is going for
:58:08. > :58:14.
:58:14. > :58:20.4.57. Just one attempt left for the Britain. She pass at 4.50. Lisa
:58:20. > :58:24.Ryzih has got the advantage. She has only got one attempt left if
:58:24. > :58:30.she wants to beat the German. It has been her really keen
:58:30. > :58:40.competition indeed. What a view those spectators have got. Holly
:58:40. > :58:41.
:58:41. > :58:47.Bleasdale only has one attempt left This track seems an awful long way
:58:47. > :58:52.down here. This is what they are going to hurdle very shortly. Andy
:58:52. > :58:58.Turner is warming up behind us. Colin Jackson, who better to ask
:58:58. > :59:03.about this? Presumably you never trained doing 200 metres straight.
:59:03. > :59:10.Yes, it does not make any difference in any shape or form. It
:59:10. > :59:14.is a good way of practising and combining two events. The beauty of
:59:14. > :59:19.this is the stride pattern is different for both events and that
:59:19. > :59:24.makes it an even keel. The advantage of the sprint hurdlers is
:59:24. > :59:28.they can move over the barriers much quicker, but the endurance of
:59:28. > :59:34.the 400-metre hurdler as well see them through at the end of the race.
:59:34. > :59:43.There are some very fast runners here both on the flat and in the
:59:43. > :59:47.400 hurdles. It is a good at little I don't imagine Andy has been
:59:47. > :59:51.practising too much at this. don't have time. People like Felix
:59:51. > :59:58.Sanchez have returned to great form. He was the Olympic champion way
:59:58. > :00:03.back when. He has returned with great 400m flat speed so his
:00:04. > :00:09.hurdling will be pretty sharp, too. From the point of view of somebody
:00:09. > :00:15.like Andy Turner, without being disparaging, he is a potential
:00:15. > :00:21.medallist. He would not be in the top three or four medal
:00:21. > :00:25.opportunities. Is he one of those people who is lucky that he can go
:00:25. > :00:33.under the radar slightly? He is not being focused on the way Mo Farah
:00:33. > :00:36.and Jess Ennis are. Every athlete, their individual performance is
:00:37. > :00:41.important to them. He will just think he needs to be in great shape
:00:41. > :00:45.to put himself in the best position he can. He won't think too much
:00:45. > :00:48.about what is going on around him and whether he is under the radar,
:00:48. > :00:57.he will only be focusing on delivering performances when it
:00:57. > :01:01.counts. We can see him looking very serious. You can say this is an
:01:01. > :01:07.Invitational novelty event, but everything these guys are doing
:01:07. > :01:11.every day between now and August is a key element of being in the right
:01:11. > :01:15.condition on the big day. You are so right. And on top of that, being
:01:15. > :01:19.competitive. You have to be able to deal with being competitive and
:01:19. > :01:23.when you're up against quality rivals, you want a practice that as
:01:23. > :01:28.much as you can. If you beat them, it gives you a lot of confidence.
:01:28. > :01:33.We saw it with Jessica Ennis earlier, she set a personal best,
:01:33. > :01:41.she beat the Olympic champion. She was excited and she feels confident.
:01:41. > :01:51.Each athlete will try to get victories and get some confidence.
:01:51. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:07.Let stir up a few listens from the Another bit of news for you. We
:02:07. > :02:12.have got the hurdles coming up. Andrew Pozzi, the number one
:02:12. > :02:22.British hurdler this year, won in Loughborough this afternoon in
:02:22. > :02:25.
:02:26. > :02:31.13.34. He has done the thing before Holly Bleasdale under a little bit
:02:31. > :02:33.of pressure now. Third and final of pressure now. Third and final
:02:33. > :02:41.attempt at 4.57. Otherwise the spoils go to Germany in the shape
:02:41. > :02:46.of Lisa Ryzih. That was certainly her best effort so far. An audible
:02:46. > :02:51.gasp from the audience, they were certainly behind her today. She
:02:51. > :02:58.lives in Blackburn, just up the road. Her heart is in the north-
:02:58. > :03:07.west. Nevertheless, a good performance. Lisa Ryzih of Germany
:03:07. > :03:11.has just won it, but that was a valiant attempt by Holly Bleasdale.
:03:11. > :03:14.Bleasdale, of course, bronze medallist in the world indoor
:03:14. > :03:24.championships earlier this year. Let's hope she can keep the
:03:24. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:42.momentum going. We have the line-up It really is a field full of class.
:03:42. > :03:48.Andy Turner, who is the British record holder, the UK all-comers
:03:48. > :03:52.record holder, the UK all-comers record holder, 22.1. And on the
:03:52. > :03:58.inside lane, Richard Yates, one of our best 400m hurdlers in recent
:03:58. > :04:04.years. Commonwealth relay bronze medallist in 2010. And then a man
:04:04. > :04:12.who are no the guys are in awe of in terms of his record over one lap
:04:12. > :04:19.of the track. Felix Sanchez, the Olympic champion in 2004 and twice
:04:19. > :04:26.a world champion, too. 34 years old now. Andy Turner holds that record
:04:26. > :04:32.that he set in Manchester last dear. 22 point 10. Colin Jackson,
:04:32. > :04:38.incidentally, still holds the 200m hurdles around a bend at 22 point
:04:38. > :04:43.63. That has lasted since 1991. Finally, Jehue Gordon of Trinidad
:04:43. > :04:49.and Tobago. Fourth in the 2009 World Championships when he was
:04:49. > :04:53.just 17 years old. That was 400m hurdles. Haven't been in that sort
:04:53. > :04:58.of shape since, but he is still a very useful athlete. Andy Turner
:04:58. > :05:08.was disappointed earlier today with the last place in the 110 metres
:05:08. > :05:10.
:05:10. > :05:20.Gordon would take advantage of any mistakes, but he won here last year
:05:20. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:56.athlete, no matter the event. What The holdalls are lower than the 110
:05:56. > :06:06.metres hurdles. -- hurdles. Andy Turner holding his form, good
:06:06. > :06:07.
:06:07. > :06:14.Andy Turner may have just felt the presence of Felix Sanchez as they
:06:14. > :06:18.came towards the last couple of hurdles, but he composed himself
:06:18. > :06:23.after that 110-metre hurdles and came back stronger and faster. Two
:06:23. > :06:29.years in a row he has won this event in Manchester. Colin, a good
:06:29. > :06:34.performance. It was an excellent performance. For him to return
:06:34. > :06:38.after his disastrous 110 metres hurdles, he had a lot of style and
:06:38. > :06:43.composure. Even though he clattered a hurdle, it did not affect his
:06:43. > :06:47.rhythm. He kept driving and working hard. He is the man with the leg
:06:47. > :06:52.speed, he can get over the barriers very efficiently. But watch Felix
:06:52. > :06:55.Sanchez, way behind, and look how he uses his strength and expertise
:06:55. > :07:05.to claw back the distance of up but Andy has already done enough at the
:07:05. > :07:08.beginning of the race. He drives hard into that line, well done.
:07:08. > :07:12.Colin said well done to you. The tremendous performance coming off
:07:12. > :07:18.the back of the 110. Good for you to get that one out of the way
:07:18. > :07:24.quickly. Yeah! It is quite daunting when you have to run the 200m
:07:24. > :07:28.hurdles after the 110. I am happy to slowly make amends for what was
:07:28. > :07:32.a disappointing 110. I did not think I was going to win that race
:07:32. > :07:38.when I hit that hurdle. I didn't think I would be up to keep my
:07:38. > :07:45.rhythm and momentum. Felix has been talking big. He wanted to win today.
:07:45. > :07:51.I thought he would have caught me. But I managed to hold on. Bearing
:07:51. > :07:55.in mind the 110 and this, where do things sit for you Overall? You had
:07:55. > :08:02.a great season last season, getting the World Championship medal. Are
:08:02. > :08:07.you happy? My training shows me I am in shape, the time yet to put it
:08:07. > :08:13.into a race. Today I maybe tried too hard and made a mistake, hit a
:08:13. > :08:18.hurdle. Myself and David Payne, we were punching each other the whole
:08:18. > :08:23.way down. It is not ideal. But it happens in hurdles, as we saw in
:08:23. > :08:32.the world Champs last year. I do feel in decent shape, I just have
:08:32. > :08:36.to put that in a race. A quick word on what is next year. A couple of
:08:36. > :08:42.races on the West Coast of America, pre- Fontaine. Not too sure after
:08:42. > :08:52.that. One race at a time. Well done today and coming back so strongly.
:08:52. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:11.Andy Turner choosing to be in Manchester when he could have been
:09:11. > :09:15.at Shanghai at the latest of the Diamond League meetings. There was
:09:15. > :09:20.one British success there, Phillips Idowu with a tremendous set of six
:09:20. > :09:25.jumps in the triple jump, all of them over 17 metres. This was his
:09:25. > :09:28.best in the second round, 1724. This whole meeting took place in
:09:28. > :09:33.the most appalling conditions, torrential rain from start to
:09:33. > :09:41.finish, which impacted not just on the track events, but also on the
:09:41. > :09:46.field. I suppose most of the Chinese crowd who assembled to see
:09:46. > :09:53.this meeting had come to see Lou Yi Zhang in the 110 metres hurdles.
:09:53. > :10:00.The great Chinese hero won it in 12.97. He was so determined to do a
:10:00. > :10:04.great performance here. The people left in his wake here beat him at
:10:04. > :10:09.the World Championships. He wanted to prove how great he was. An
:10:09. > :10:13.exceptional time, fastest time in the world, he is back and hungry.
:10:13. > :10:14.He beat the top Americans in that He beat the top Americans in that
:10:14. > :10:21.race as well. Talking of top race as well. Talking of top
:10:21. > :10:24.Americans, in the women's 200m, they were all there. We are not
:10:24. > :10:31.supposed to read too much into the time because there was a tailwind
:10:31. > :10:36.which could have blown them from start to finish. Pretty tight all
:10:36. > :10:46.the way to the end. Campbell-Brown just making it on the line. 1
:10:46. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :10:56.Diamond League meeting we must You were with Usain Bolt at the
:10:56. > :11:02.Champions League final last night. I was there, hanging out. He is
:11:02. > :11:07.enjoying himself. He has been based there for some time in Munich,
:11:07. > :11:17.preparing for this season. In important year for him. Usain Bolt,
:11:17. > :11:18.
:11:18. > :11:25.31st May. Make sure you watch. They 150 metres away from where they are
:11:25. > :11:30.standing is the start of the women's race. A couple of races to
:11:30. > :11:37.go, both over this distance, and his distance is the one which is
:11:37. > :11:47.least... It tells you a lot for the sprinters, neither 100 or 200. It
:11:47. > :11:56.
:11:56. > :12:02.The wind has been against them in a couple of races, with them in a
:12:02. > :12:09.couple of races. Nothing like the conditions in Shanghai! Derval
:12:09. > :12:17.champion in 2006. It doesn't seem that long ago. It was a shock win
:12:17. > :12:21.back then. 30 years of age now. A bit of speed work for her here.
:12:21. > :12:27.Montale -- Montell Douglas has changed coaches recently, looking
:12:27. > :12:30.to have a big year. The British record holder, Montell Douglas.
:12:31. > :12:36.LaShaunte Moore took a little while to get into her running in the 100m
:12:36. > :12:41.after a very good start from the German, but she came through very
:12:42. > :12:51.strongly for the win. She said it was a little bit chilly. It has not
:12:52. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:04.got any warmer! Sonia Tavares of clip from Shanghai, almost pulling
:13:04. > :13:07.up at the end in her race against Veronica Campbell-Brown. She ran
:13:07. > :13:12.16.58 seconds in Gateshead last year so that gives you an idea of
:13:13. > :13:19.the benchmark for these athletes. I'm not sure anyone will get close
:13:19. > :13:29.to that here, but Moore has been in good form this year at the 100 and
:13:29. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:58.this, the class of the American, pulling away, stretching the field.
:13:58. > :14:02.A really good run from her. Without doubt, an impressive win. The time
:14:03. > :14:07.is not so fast, perhaps. She got a little bit tied up in the last 20
:14:07. > :14:17.metres. Wasn't the tidiest finish from the American, but she was very
:14:17. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:29.good in the middle part of the race. race of that date. She began to
:14:29. > :14:38.pull away after about 70 or 80 metres and her stride was
:14:38. > :14:43.lengthening all the time. Everyone else was tiring out. Montell
:14:43. > :14:53.Douglas got second place. Sonia Tavares got a third. My goodness,
:14:53. > :14:58.what a winner. There is Montell Douglas. Certainly she has got one
:14:58. > :15:08.eye on qualifying for the Games. But she was well beaten here today
:15:08. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:30.competition. Nobody else is left in. 4.57 is the target. The crowd were
:15:30. > :15:36.really getting behind the German. Well, she could not finish it off
:15:36. > :15:42.with a flourish. She did not have the forward momentum to create a
:15:42. > :15:48.bend in the bar. She has beaten Holly Bleasdale, Britain's number
:15:48. > :15:53.one, and Katie Byres, the British junior record holder. They have all
:15:54. > :15:57.had to give weight to this talented German. She was bronze medallist a
:15:57. > :16:07.couple of years ago and has proved the class performer in the pole
:16:07. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:13.How much fun was that? It was really great fun. I have done a
:16:13. > :16:17.couple before, but having people cheering you on so close to you was
:16:17. > :16:22.real fun. I wish I could do the Olympics on there. That is the
:16:22. > :16:26.interesting thing about the dynamic of the event. When you are doing
:16:26. > :16:31.the pole vault, you are in a bubble and you are in the middle of the
:16:31. > :16:36.arena. Today they were right on your toes. Today it was completely
:16:36. > :16:42.different and when you are on the track you cannot hear them cheering.
:16:42. > :16:47.It really spurred me on and I love coming to the events like this.
:16:47. > :16:53.it has been a fantastic 12 months. How do you view the next few
:16:53. > :16:59.months? I have had such a hard eight-week block because I want to
:16:59. > :17:07.train harder to jump higher for the Olympics. It is a bit different now,
:17:07. > :17:14.I am trying to peak at the Olympics. I am in the best place I can be
:17:14. > :17:20.right now. The best of luck over the next few weeks. You are a
:17:20. > :17:25.serious contender. What date is your file? 6th August. It is
:17:25. > :17:35.indelibly printed on your mind. Back to Steve Cram for another
:17:35. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:51.Two good wins four or LaShaunte Moore.
:17:51. > :17:55.Let's not beat about the bush, we have got some embarrassing news,
:17:55. > :18:02.because we thought Jessica Ennis had recorded a personal best of
:18:03. > :18:08.12.75, but we find it is not going to stand because they forgot to put
:18:08. > :18:13.out a 10th set of hurdles, so she only jumped over nine. It is
:18:13. > :18:18.unfortunate putting it one way, or a mess up putting it another.
:18:18. > :18:23.will be very disappointed, but at the end of the day she was the best
:18:23. > :18:29.female hurdler over the 9th and took that victory, so she should be
:18:29. > :18:35.happy and strong with that. I am surprised she did not realise she
:18:35. > :18:41.had not jumped 10. She must have been soaked in the zone. Absolutely,
:18:41. > :18:46.you just get carried away with it, but she will crack on regardless.
:18:47. > :18:50.This is the big race from a media point of view. For one man this is
:18:50. > :18:55.his first showing in front of a British audience since he was
:18:55. > :19:00.cleared to run in the Olympic Games. A very controversial figure, Dwain
:19:00. > :19:06.Chambers. I do not think you can dispute the fact he divides public
:19:06. > :19:11.opinion. You are along the lines of forgive if not forget, he has paid
:19:11. > :19:17.his time and we must all now move on. We play by the rules and those
:19:17. > :19:21.are the rules of the game. He is able to represent us at the Olympic
:19:21. > :19:27.Games and that is the weight of the world. But saying that, he still
:19:27. > :19:31.has to qualify. He has a very competitive field in a few weeks'
:19:31. > :19:38.time in the trials. Is there a possibility that he might not make
:19:38. > :19:42.it? He might not make it as an individual. I think he is one of
:19:42. > :19:46.the top six printers in the country at the moment, but when the trials
:19:46. > :19:50.happen, things can go wrong for athletes. He looks confident and he
:19:50. > :19:57.is smiling, but the most important thing for him is to go out there
:19:57. > :20:07.and compete. This is not an easy field. Not an easy field and the
:20:07. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:18.race will be described to you by morning about his hunger still
:20:18. > :20:23.being there and he would desperately love to be apart of the
:20:23. > :20:29.British sprint squad. 35 years of age, he has been training in
:20:29. > :20:34.America, so this is his first big event of the year. He has already
:20:34. > :20:39.won at 200 in the States in California. Wallace Spearmon has
:20:39. > :20:47.already been in very good form. He is a bit of a character and he is
:20:47. > :20:55.the youngest in the field at 27. Dwain Chambers, just one race over
:20:55. > :21:01.100 metres. He said he did not get a good start on that day. Colin's
:21:01. > :21:07.comments about making the team, but it will be close at the Olympic
:21:08. > :21:14.trials. Lots of new names tried to push forward into the team. This is
:21:14. > :21:22.the veteran of the track. A silver medal in Athens in 2004. He is 34
:21:22. > :21:26.years of age, the Portuguese athlete. So, 150 metres. But times
:21:27. > :21:32.have not been particularly fast, apart from Jessica Ennis, and now
:21:32. > :21:37.we know why. The conditions are very much to blame, it is chilly.
:21:37. > :21:41.Many of the sprinters have been training in warmer weather or
:21:41. > :21:51.racing in warmer weather as well, in conditions different to these.
:21:51. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :22:02.It is not too windy, it is just that it is pretty chilly out there.
:22:02. > :22:12.Usain Bolt ran this distance on this track in 14.35. Early on, Andy
:22:12. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:31.Robinson was pretty impressive. start. Wallace Spearmon is starting
:22:31. > :22:38.to come through. Now Wallace Spearmon forges ahead. The 200-
:22:38. > :22:45.metre man running very impressively. 14.87. The American has been in
:22:45. > :22:51.super form already in 2012. He is going to have to be if he wants to
:22:51. > :22:56.get into the American squad. The likes of Walter Dix will be quick,
:22:56. > :23:02.but Wallace Spearmon is showing he could well be a match for them. It
:23:02. > :23:09.was a good, clear win for him and I think you would have expected it.
:23:09. > :23:15.Dwain Chambers just hung on for second place. Dwain Chambers got
:23:15. > :23:22.the 100 metres sprinter start. But then it was the strength of the 200
:23:22. > :23:30.metres specialist, Wallace Spearmon. Wallace Spearmon is the youngest
:23:31. > :23:40.man, at 27 years old. Dwain Chambers just beating Marlon
:23:40. > :23:44.Devonish. Look at the contrast in styles. Dwain Chambers is still
:23:44. > :23:48.bristling with muscles. Wallace Spearmon took a little look across
:23:48. > :23:58.before he crossed the line, but he must have known he had got its some
:23:58. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:11.It is not the day for really quick times, but it is about winning. To
:24:11. > :24:17.be fair, it was a pretty swift time for a Wallace Spearmon. A good
:24:17. > :24:23.performance from him. Well done on the win. What do you
:24:23. > :24:29.think about your time? I was hoping to run a little quicker. This guy
:24:29. > :24:38.got off to a great start. Before the race he said he would be
:24:38. > :24:43.chasing me and I think he lied. was not wrong. I hope to showcase
:24:44. > :24:49.this threat the year and I hope to get a medal in London and keep it.
:24:49. > :24:53.It is a great competition. I love it here. Congratulations to
:24:53. > :24:57.Manchester City, but congratulations to Chelsea as well
:24:57. > :25:04.because I am a Chelsea fan. What do you think about this whole
:25:04. > :25:08.atmosphere? This is the best thing that has been invented. It is a
:25:08. > :25:15.great opportunity for the crowd to get in touch with the athletes.
:25:15. > :25:20.this coming week you have got a small matter of Usain Bolt, what
:25:20. > :25:25.about that? I am looking forward to that, but it is an opportunity I'm
:25:25. > :25:29.really relish. Beyond that you are back in the Olympic picture. How
:25:29. > :25:35.has that changed the way you approach everything at the moment?
:25:35. > :25:40.I am going to keep focused on the races at hand, but my next
:25:40. > :25:50.objective is to get into the team. Thank you for talking to us, all
:25:50. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:11.Let's have a final word about Dwain Chambers. During the period of his
:26:11. > :26:17.ban he was effectively ostracised and was not able to compete against
:26:17. > :26:21.the best people in Europe. Now he is able to be invited, how much
:26:21. > :26:26.will that help him to get back into the team and can be? I do not think
:26:26. > :26:31.it will be a problem at all. He is back and competing and has been
:26:31. > :26:36.winning medals for Great Britain. He is embraced by the system
:26:36. > :26:40.already and for him it is a chance to qualify for at the Olympic Games.
:26:40. > :26:45.Ultimately he was still part of the British athletics team and they
:26:45. > :26:55.know him very well indeed. So is it just us talking about him, the
:26:55. > :26:57.
:26:57. > :27:01.media? There are others who have failed drugs test and it is an
:27:01. > :27:07.issue that is still there and you cannot get away from it. Especially
:27:07. > :27:10.in the Olympic year because we have had so many rules and regulations.
:27:10. > :27:16.Now when things are being centralised, people will talk about
:27:16. > :27:20.it for a while and it will quieten down again. He is going to compete
:27:20. > :27:26.and if the team meeting in a really ought the individual, they will use
:27:26. > :27:30.him. He has clearly enjoyed competing here today. There is an
:27:30. > :27:40.awful lot of sports taking place across Europe over the next few
:27:40. > :27:59.
:27:59. > :28:05.There is also the Monaco Grand Prix and the PGA championships to come.