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tonight for the latest Diamond Evening. We have left the track and

the infield to the athletes and sought solace Belleek the shelter

of the grandstand, another Sunday sporting event on this most

wretched of summers, but we have some fantastic athletics ahead to

Topping the bill tonight, two of the big four for Great Britain, Mo

Farah Chase is a good time in a 5000m as his final preparation

before the Games themselves. -- chases. And Dai Greene will captain

the Great Britain team at the Games, the Welsh minister might have

against one of his great rivals in the 400m hurdles. -- the Welshman

tonight is up against. The overseas contingent is headed

by Liu Xiang, one of the biggest of all sports stars in the Far East,

who makes his Crystal Palace bow in the 110 metres hurdles. Top US

sprinter Tyson Gay won the Last Diamond League 100m race in Paris.

Amongst those lining up against him tonight is Dwain Chambers, who has

not run against him at this meeting for nine years. And Vivian

Cheruiyot of Kenya, Kenya sportswoman of the year, will put

down a marker for the rest of the distance running world in the

Denise and Colin are here beneath the grandstand as well, and it is

now 14 hours -- 14 days! I do not know how the athletes are feeling,

but I am really excited. This meeting is always great, we have

got some fantastic athletes coming, but from the British perspective,

my goodness, the send-off they want from this crowd tonight will set

their heart and body and mind ready to go. Set the sort of base here

for an event like this, two weeks before the big event. What are you

trying to do? Frighten a few people? Try not to get injured?

What are the priorities? It is a combination of things. You are here

to compete and practice what you have been doing all window. You

come to these conditions, you might not be able to run very quickly,

but you still want to go head-to- head with a major rivals, and if

you can put one over on your rival before the Olympics, it puts you in

a good place. A lot has happened since the trials are a couple of

weeks ago, not least the announcement of the Great Britain

team, which we will discuss over the course of the next 48 hours,

but at the European Championships Mo Farah, who we are seeing later

job done. At this stage, you want to feel your legs, you want to feel

how everything is connecting, and I think he just retained his title,

which is always important. You know, or me, it is about what he does

tonight. Two very good Ethiopian as far ahead of him, and he has his

work cut out. You always want to have a test. As an athlete, you

work hard to deliver a good performance, and that the European

Championships it was a nice run out, but this will be more of a test.

know you are proud to have a Welshman as captain of the GB

athletics team, an interesting race for him, a repeat of Paris last

week. Absolutely, we saw him run a personal best in Paris, which was

great to see. At the end of the day, it is all about the Olympic Games

for him. He has won Diamond League events before, beaten everyone

before, but the most important thing is to dusted all off, focus

on the games and deliver there, because we know he can do it.

going in the right direction after all the problems at the beginning

of the season. It is now that he needs to know how he is going to be,

because he is one of the genuine head to head of the Olympic Games.

I'm sure people are the same, captain of the athletics team, what

do they do? They do not squeeze the half-time oranges! They lead by

example, and I cannot think of a better role model than Dai Greene.

Over the last two years we have seen him grow in stature, his

performances have been brilliant, and he wants to walk into that and

a big stadium and say, guys, it can be done. From seasoned campaigners,

let's talk about our sprint sensation may be, I was talking to

Michael Johnson, who was saying that he is really impressed by Adam

Gemili and thinks he could go a long way, but he is a bit concerned

that we might be getting ahead of ourselves and expecting too much,

too soon. That is exactly true. He is a young man, he won the world

junior title, fantastic performance with a new personal best, going

around 10.05. This is a good performance, but we have seen it in

the past. Dwain Chambers ran that kind of time, Mark Lewis-Francis

ran that kind of time, and we waited to see what they could do.

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. We have just got to see, let them develop.

So is the key thing to set the expectations at a realistic level

for the Olympics? Semi-final at best? I think at best. He has not

gone under 10 yet, but it is more important that he restores our

faith that we have young talent coming through, because for a few

years now nothing has happened, and so for him, going to the Olympics

is about doing the rounds, getting used to the atmosphere, you know,

standing alongside Bolt, which is very possible, dealing with those

nerves and emotions, it is a big deal. Unequivocally the right call

to actually go to the Games? There was some debate about he would be

better keeping his powder dry for the future. It is up to him and his

coach, at what they wanted to do was the most important thing for

them as a group. If he is good enough to go, why not go? Enjoy it,

it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Let's move on to the

people we will see action this evening, and we may not have the

face of London 2012 in Jessica Ennis, but we have the face of

Welcome to London. How this is the event it into the Olympic planning?

TRANSLATION: This competition will be the last one before the Olympic

Games, and it happened that for this competition there would be two

rounds. It is very similar to the semi-final and final in the Olympic

Games, so I will enter this competition as a rehearsal for the

Let me ask about what it is like to beat part of an event that is one

of the biggest on the track in terms of the people involved,

yourself, Dayron Robles, the American trio, past some British

interest. -- perhaps. All of these athletes are great athletes, all

very strong. Everyone could have a very good result in the competition,

but I just want to focus on myself, try to clear every hurdle as fast

as possible, try to finish as fast as possible, that is my goal. I

have not thought too much about the result. I just want to enjoy the

occasion. If I have tried my best and I have worked hard, no matter

Hopefully, no interference like what happened last year, that is

where things can get taken out of I have not thought too much about

that. The most important thing in the competition is to focus, Focus,

focus on yourself. Of course, nobody would like to have that

happen, but it happened, and I have learnt from it, and I can try to

There is not much you can do as an athlete to avoid it. It is

difficult sometimes. That the only way is to run so fast that nobody

can touch you. Liu Xiang. I have just been thinking, the people who

are the face of the games have had a chequered history over recent

Olympics. At the Freeman in Sydney, obviously, in Athens there was not

a lot good coming from them. Liu Xiang was the face of Beijing, he

did not get to compete, so he has a lot to prove, through no fault of

his own, in two and a half weeks' time. He was one of the athletes

who could have made history by winning three Olympic titles, he

won in 2004, equalled the world record, but he was injured in 2008

and cannot do that. He was capable of winning that year. This year he

has attended all around, and he is still the most beautifully finessed

athlete over those barriers, and it is great to see that. I am pretty

sure he is going to be a red hot favourite when it comes to London

very soon. OK, well, let's see what shape he is in, because a few

moments ago the semi-finals of the 110 metres hurdles took place, and

holder and former Olympic champion, is only the first three who will

qualify for the final, and Liu Xiang is coming away. You will win

it comfortably, and a late run by Porter and Brown of the United

States. But Liu Xiang was certainly the man to beat. He did it at a

stroll. That looked very impressive, Colin Jackson. No, you are very

right. You can see why this man used to be the world record holder

and the holder of the Olympic title. He was very aggressive off that

first hurdle but then settled down into his running quite nicely. It

is wet, we do not like running in the wet, you have to be more

cautious than if it was dry, but you can see he just takes his time,

technician I have ever seen, and when you think of him at of

hurdlers I have no, to me, he is certainly the most balletic. He

shows a lot of agility and skill and speed to run the performances

focuses very well indeed. He has worked a lot on his technique and

form, running off that barrier. I know how much time and effort he

has put into that because he wants to get back his world record. He

thinks he is capable, and if there is any it to be top of the crop, it

see if he can go through as a fastest loser. The start list for

through. The top two from the American trials. If they get a

always smartly. Particularly Richardson. He Richardson b in a

run down now if by merit. Dash COLIN JACKSON: You are right. That

was very, very impressive indeed. They are used a far better but, boy,

it was a race. The top two of the United States were again the top

two here in London. Lot of expectation. Easing themselves a

way from the world champion. He has been around for a long time now,

this man. Taking his time a little bit to get into the senior ranks

but now she has certainly arrived and he is the US champion. -- he

has certainly arrived. He must be feeling very proud indeed. So, the

American winning that with a very quick time. A new personal best for

Andrew Pozzi. He will go through as backyard and she is running in the

women's 400 metres hurdles. That is Perri Shakes-Drayton. That race are

coming up in a few moments. But let's reflect on the finals of the

men's hurdles. Given the conditions, what on the track, that was

tremendous. A great run and a man that has come into form in the year

we want him to. It is refreshing to see that. He took advantage of

being next to Richardson, one of the top Americans at the trials,

and he just delivered what we expect him to do. I hope he raises

his game when we come to the finals. You reverted to Strictly speaking

in that commentary. You talked about him being a balletic. When

you talk about somebody who has done something by computer study in,

Lu Xiang has worked out the most effective measure. Before, he was

very excited but now it is nearly perfection. Do us tell us, the

conditions, how do they impact on how you go into a race like that?

You do not enjoy it. It is windy but it is something you have to

deal with. You have to compete. is the same for everybody on the

track and the field. Let's join Paul Dickenson.

The athletics world is saddened to learn of the death of a field coach

this week. Bruce Longden. Among many he coached to success would

David Thompson and a former colleague at the BBC, Sally Gunnell.

He is said to have been one of the best coaches this country has ever

produced. Daley Thompson said it was an honour to have him in his

next race on the track - the women's 400-metre hurdles. Then it

-- they really need a good race going into the Olympics. They need

to boost their confidence again some of the world's best opposition.

There's the line at a. Devan Lee Williams in lane number two. --

Nickiesha Wilson. Tiffany Williams twice the United States champion

but this time she only finished 4th, missing out. And then Perri Shakes-

Drayton. The European medallist back in 2010. Can she get down to

the 54s in terms of time? She needs to do that if she is to fulfil her

aspirations of doing well in the Olympics and the whole of British

athletics, too. The new European champion. Davydova of Russia. She

has reduced her personal best to 53.77 this year. Certainly one of

the former athletes. And what about this lady? Melaine Walker ut of

Jamaica. She will be defending that crown and a few weeks' time. And

then Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica. In two of the World Championships. Her

Gabriel race at Crystal Palace, where she set the fastest time and

the world. And Eilidh Child, second in the UK Championships. She

finished in the Europeans recent people stop and a brilliant last

leg. If and T'Erea Brown. A third in the US Olympic trials. 54.81

back into form this time last year. A personal best of 54 point 18. So,

looking for a repeat performance and certainly looking to rubber

stamp her credentials going into the Olympic competition. That is

Davydova, the European champion. She runs in the lane outside Paris

named. -- outside Perri. Perri Shakes-Drayton, she has got a

really good athlete outside on her chase and to fix her sights on. The

rain has stopped a little bit. Still very damp. Perri Shakes-

Drayton is going well. Spencer is going very well. May go through the

200 metres and Perri Shakes-Drayton still in touch with the big names.

-- they go. She has already gone past Walker and Spencer. And this

could be a great race for Britain. She normally comes strong on the

lead. But well ahead of everybody in the home straight. This is a

brilliant run from the youngster. She has taken this field apart.

What a race! If 53.7 D8! Any doubts about her form are totally gone.

She is in form at exactly the right time and her live for. -- in her

life. If she has seen the clock and she can't believe it. Eilidh Child

congratulates her, her fellow Briton. A magnificent performance.

Brilliant! Second fastest ever by a British athlete. Only send a --

Sally Gunnell has gone quicker and she has possibly beat and one of

the bigger medal contenders. A great performance from Perri

Shakes-Drayton. There have been so many doubts for Perri and all opera

supporters, worried about her form and where the big performances were

coming from. Was due leaving it too late? With perfect timing, she has

come good here in of him he London. She rarely attack them. She

sometimes struggles with her stride pattern but today she got to tell

her 200 metres right in touch. And she is always so strong in the home

straight. And you can see the confidence. She attacks the last

hurdle really well. Just the fact she was in the lead, she knew she

was going well. Not sure she could have believed it would be as quick

as this, though. And to me, it was every bomb will be done in the

first part of the race. She went into the Diamond League knowing she

needed a big performance. -- it was all done in the first part of the

race. What a way to start the evening of pop. We have talked and

talked about the potential of this young lady. She has carried all of

that pressure. All of a sudden, maybe the talk is finally being

replaced by the sort of football and that might just get her a medal.

-- the sort of talk that might just get her a medal. Wonderful stuff by

Perri Shakes-Drayton. Only Sally Gunnell has ever run faster among

some British athletes and of course you know what happened to her.

European, Commonwealth and Olympic champion. A massive lifetime best

for Perri Shakes-Drayton. Davydova, who recently won the Europeans, a

distant second. And Spencer in Perri is with me now. That is a

second fastest for Great Britain after Sally Gunnell. Tell me about

it. I am over the moon! Today, I thought it was an opportunity for

me to race against the best girls. I haven't really had that

opportunity this year. I have always had a nickel. So today I was

like, come on, girl, pull your socks up of! And I just went for it.

I had aggression on me. I believed in myself. This week, added just

kind of belief in myself and remind myself of what I had done. My first

thought was my coach. I had a very good day in the office today!

certainly did. We were hoping for you to get 54 or maybe something

like that. That is what I was hoping for. I wanted a season's

best. Where does this leave you now for jutting forward to the

Olympics? Now we have a gold medal contender in our hands! It gives me

a conference. But higher not going to let that get to me too much. --

I am not going to. I just have to keep going and I am going to remain

level-headed because it is not finished yet. That is great to hear.

Go and enjoy the applause from the crowd that you are undoubtedly

running into form at the right time, because Dai Greene, just behind the

record of Chris aka Brucie's record him Paris. And his showdown coming

up in a few minutes' time. Where did that performance come from from

Perri? Who knows?! But she has always been capable of raising her

game. I have always said this place has the ability to inspire home-

grown athletes and Perri has used it to the best of her advantage.

She looked slick and great to 200 metres, and when she had to make

that change, her technique seemed much improved. There were concerns

about her shape and whether she was in form but we know she is great in

the flat for. She has come far -- combined that speed. If where did

that gap appear in the last 200 metres? I watched her from 200 to

300 metres, which is an interesting time because you have got to change

down but still but -- still be very aggressive. She kicked that like a

400 metres runner would do. The others struggled from there on in.

I hope she remembers the rhythm of that race because she has got to

repeat that at the Olympic Games and if she can, she will not be far

away from that medal. And it is how you feel going into the game

psychologically. She will feel great after that. Yes, she will.

And she knows it is in her body, has system, and she just has to

believe. Still in her interview, there was there since she did not

quite believe it. I mentioned the fact that Dai Greene is down on the

track just in front of us and he But first of all, congratulations

on being made captain for the Olympics team. What does it mean

for you? It will be my first Games and to be going in as captain, it

is such a great honour. We get so much support and I was very

flattered when I got a phone call, and so happy to say yes. Obviously

I have got to work on my speech but that is a small part of it. I am

looking forward to leading the team out on the first day. We have got

about a week before the Games and I have to speak to all of the

athletics squad and staff. I guess I have to motivate people and sort

of... I don't know, cracking a few jokes, tell a few stories and set

the tempo and the mood for the Games ahead. This is a pretty big

competition as it is the last before the Olympics for most

athletes. For myself, it is the last time there will be racing, so

I want to put in a good performance. And had a few injuries over the

winter and it meant I would be peaking a lot closer to the Games

and certainly not very early in the season, so to run really well in

Paris was a great boost. Just testament to the training I have

been doing and the faith I have in my programme. We knew we were going

to get ready for the Olympics and I just seem to be coming good at the

good -- at the right time. Hopefully a good performance in

London and then the Olympic Games and running a personal best would

This is a good rivalry, isn't it? It is a genuine rivalry that has

been going for some years. Dai seems to come out on top in the

championships, which is the best thing to do. His fingers crossed

that he keeps that record. It is not about winning, it is about

performance, it is about technique, getting in the right shape for the

big battle to come. Absolutely correct, it is honing everything

you have worked on this winter, so fingers crossed he can win. It is

the same for the commentary team, the two men who have held the

opportunity to get into the American team, only 5th in their

trials. There he is, Felix Sanchez, for so long the man that everyone

was chasing, two world time champion, still a force to be

reckoned with in world 400m hurdling. A surprise winner of the

American trials, Michael Tinsley. Anyone who wins that title in this

event has got to be considered a medal opportunity. The world

champion and the man who will to take a little step further than

he did in Paris, where he was just behind that man, Javier Culson,

twice silver medallist at the World Championships, number one in the

little bit in the closing stages of the American trials and lost the

title. But he will put that behind him, so much experience. At the

other end of his career to this young man, Jack Green, what a

superb talent, part of Dai Greene's Training Group, the under 23

European champion from last year. He will represent Great Britain in

the Olympics. Jackson, on occasions, has teased Greene a little bit,

cast aspersions on occasion as to his true world champion status. He

has been a bit quiet recently. He Paris, he ran a personal best,

chasing down this man, who goes out hard. He will be pleased to be

look around the commentary box for a bit of help, but not getting any

looks of wisdom at the moment! They're all shrugging their

shoulders. I'm not sure, there is shrugging of shoulders and there as

well. The reaction time comes up, and Jack Breen is the only one with

a minus time against him, Jack Green in lane 7. It is not showing

that he was under the 10th of a second which is the aloud reaction

of weeks for Bershawn Jackson, and if he is disqualified here, which

it looks as though he could be, it will compound what has been a

disappointing period for the former world champion. As I said, a poor

US trials, and if he were to go, he is looking anxiously, that is not

the look of an innocent man, is it? He is looking a little furtive. He

is waiting anxiously. The athlete in lane 8 is disqualified. Well,

fairly cleanly on the computer, and he really cannot protest that, so

he has to be fair to the athletes, did not hear it. It is always

difficult, Paul, When You Are the at site in lane eight, there is

often some noise. -- when you are on the outside. Just to repeat,

needs to stay closer to Culson than he managed in Paris over the first

200m. The tall Puerto Rican quickly into his stride and going well down

the back straight, he has a Mido or two on Greene, chasing down Angelo

Taylor. Jack Green being passed by the two of them. Taylor, Culson and

Greene into the bend. Greene was strong into the home straight, and

he will need to be here. Javier Culson is setting the pace. Here

comes the Welshman, is the close enough to strike? Culson won at

Crystal Palace and sometimes falters over the last hurdle. He is

clear, Greene is not going to catch him. It is a big win for the Puerto

Rican. Fast as well, 47.8. Just outside the all-comers record. That

was set 20 years ago. And another solid performance from Dai Greene,

but he knows, if he did not already, that is Puerto Rican is going to be

tough to beat at the Olympic Games. He has got consistency, and he is a

man who was at the top of his game hate to say it, but possibly the

favourites to take the Olympic title ahead of this man. But look

at the distance that Javier Culson had ahead of Dai Greene with about

four hurdles to go. A good couple of strides ahead of him, and still

hurdling well, hurdling beautifully, in fact! But Dai Greene was closing

on him all the time in Paris at the last Diamond League meeting to be

held. He goes past Angelo Taylor, but Culson, although untidy of that

last hurdle, just manage to sprint athlete Angelo Taylor is as well,

twice and the Olympic title, one of the fastest in history. And Dai

Greene was very, very generous in his applause of Javier Culson right

at the end, but he knows he is a class athlete. He knows that at the

Olympic Games he might have to alter his strategy a little bit if

he is going to stay close to them and pressurise the guy from Puerto

Rico and win at Olympic title. Nevertheless, a good result for

Greene, a very good result for well, who finished very quickly.

is only 20 years of age, just behind the let title, Angelo Taylor.

Jack is here as well, another fantastic performance from both

argue, a big personal best. Your verdict on that race? I wanted a

bit more, to be honest. I would have loved to have taken the wind

in front of the home crowd, my speed has been better over the last

few weeks, but it needs to improve before the Olympics. Jack, that

must give you a huge confidence boost. Yes, it was a brilliant

field, the best I have ever run against, and I have proved that I

can run with those guys. By hit a few hurdles as well, hopefully

there is more to come. You know you can do it now on a bigger stage.

soon as I am in a field like that, I feel like I raise my game, and at

the Olympics it is going to be tougher than that. Dai, for you,

going forward, what is the next step before the Games? What will

you be doing between now and then? Just continuing what I have been

doing over the past few weeks, improving every week in training,

so more of the same. I have run faster than last year already, so

it seems to be going well. In a few weeks' time, I may be tiring,

hopefully I'll be running faster, it should be a good final. Thank

Not inconceivable that will be the gold, silver and bronze finishing

line-up in three weeks' time. would like the first two to swap

places, obviously! Javier Culson is in incredible shape, no two ways

about it. But Dai is at his stage, Carmine off the last bend,

that is when he gets stronger, and that is where Culson can be very

vulnerable. If he can get within a metre of him going into Hurtle

Number Ten, it will make a big difference. Having said that, he

has been beaten twice Macro consecutively, and it is all that

consistency. He must know, Paul said in the commentary, he is

second favourite now, isn't he? would have to say that based on the

performances, and I have to say that he had the advantage, the

advantage was his. He could have chased Culson. I don't know, from

his interview, bitterly disappointed, and if anybody knows

Dai, he will be thinking about how he can beat Culson, because he was

quite impressive, quite impressive indeed, so we will just have to

wait and see. He needs more speed work. I do not believe it, blue sky,

the sun, shadows! Where has this come from? The field events are in

slightly better condition now, let's go to Steve Cram. Thank you

very much. We will be catching up with the field shortly, but we have

got two heats of the men's 100m to come, Dwain Chambers in the first

of two very high quality field. Unfortunately, no Asafa Powell, who

has had to pull out with a groin two needs and the two fastest

losers to qualify for the final later. -- heats. Simeon Williamson,

well, he will be part of the British relay squad, and of course

we all saw what happened at the European Championships. A lot of

suggestions as to line-ups, of course, at the Games, but all that

to come. Nesta Carter did not make the Jamaican individual team, he

knows what it is like, though, at the Olympics to be part of their

relay success. Mike Rogers -- Rodgers, an athlete who is having a

pretty good season, he was 4th in the American trials, again part of

their relay team. This young man here, Keston Bledman, has suddenly

thrust his name forward as an outside contender. He won the

Trinidad Championships, which is never an easy thing to do. Ryan

Bailey of the United States, perhaps again a surprise member of

their Olympic team. He is a very talented young man, though. Kemar

Bailey Cole of Jamaica, you might not have heard of him before either,

but guess what, another man under 10 seconds. He has run that time

exactly. Well, Dwain Chambers, the first chance to compete in a

Diamond League meeting in Great Britain, he won the trials, 10.

Twenty-five, the fastest he has managed this year, and this is a

difficult heat for him and Mark Lewis-Francis in lane 8. Bass

conditions might help them a little bit here, a very British Night,

isn't it? -- apps. It is not too cold, to be fair, but these vendors

would prefer the conditions to be better than this. No wind really to

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Perhaps Bailey the best, in the middle. Here comes Bailey in the

middle and Carter Bobby second. Know where for Bledman, who was...

You talk about a crash start. He almost toppled over coming out of

the blocks. But this man is a big, strong, powerful athlete, so a bit

of a surprise. A fairly stiff headwind there. If not too many

fireworks. Unfortunately for the British athletes, they were just

too good. They were always going to struggle in this kind of company.

But Bledman, a terrible, terrible start. But, Bailey, boy, oh, boys!

He did exactly the same here as he did when qualifying for a pretty

sensational performance because of 10.35 in 5th place. He will not be

happy with that? No. And it is not good enough for somebody who has

been selected for the Olympics and has not quite got the name 14 this

year. I just think he hasn't shown much form for me. -- the A Standard

this year. It is not quick enough. He doesn't look like he is in any

sort of shape at the moment. Maybe something is going on behind closed

doors. Does that sort of performance cast doubts on the

validity of his selection? For me, it does. I would have liked to see

him come out really quickly. But he didn't. Well, we have the second

final coming up very short-lived. It features somebody who is a

genuine medal contender in a few Where does this fit in your

planning for the Games? Pretty well, because I want to compete in this

weather in the rain, or if it is windy, sunny. It is cold double

here for me. You know you always get a warm welcome. 80,000 people

in a few weeks' time as well? I am looking forward to it. Coming

back over here into the great crowds and getting some support,

especially here, it means a lot. I am in good shape here right now. I

think this will help my fitness getting ready for the round in the

Olympics. That is what I am looking forward to. I had to take time off

in Paris because of the jet lag and the race, so I think now I have

come back around to fitness. It was a concern for you not being able to

go in as fit as you would have liked? I really want to bring home

the gold-medal. Even though I was not fully healthy or fit, I

definitely want to make this one memorable. For what about this talk

of a Jamaican one, two, three. Obviously, you want to stop that

from happening? I can say anything is possible but... They know what

they get when it comes to me. I give it my best and I run with my

heart. So I'm going out there to get my gold medal just like

Let's clear up the results from the first heat. Ryan Bailey won 10.06.

These are the three qualifiers. We will have to wait and see if the

two fastest losers to go through. And then watch how quick and these

guys go. He and we have some of the men's discus that happened earlier.

Not great for discus throwing. This man will defend the Olympic title

he won in Beijing. This was the second round. The discus swung out

to 64 point 85 and that was enough to win in this competition.

Certainly a boost for the Games. better than his earlier rounds.

This thrower put him into second place but it didn't last for long.

An all-time legend of discus throwing immediate love --

immediately followed and that went out to 63.71. So, Lawrence Okoye

his third. And there is confirmation of the result. He will

one of four men who have been under 10 seconds this year. A stellar

line-up. It is Andrew Roberts and who goes for Great Britain in lane

one. And then Trell Kimmons in lane two. One of the sensations of 100

metres sprinting in lane five. That is Hyman. Jacques Harvey in a

silver medallist. That was in the relay. -- Andrew Roberts and. And

then Trell Kimmons of the USA. He will go to the Olympics as part of

the relay squad. And then Kim Collins. 36 years old now. Former

champion way back in 2003. The first ever to compete in five

Olympic Games as a 100 metres sprinter. The world cannot wait to

see this man line-up against the likes of Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell

and Usain Bolt. The fastest man in the field with a time of 9.86 this

year. And then this man, Hyman, who reduced his personal best this year.

But an exciting applied. -- and Student Games champion last year. -

- Jacques Harvey. He can only finish in the place in the Jamaican

national championship, such is the depth of sprinting in Jamaica! Very

interested to see Hyman, just to the right of Tyson Gay, but Gay is

certainly starting here as favourite. His customary point

towards the heavens. And luckily for him, the heavens at the moment

are not opening. The track is losers go through. Tyson Gay, a bit

sluggish to get a wave. Kim Collins is going well. Tyson Gay may just

have got it! Trell Kimmons was certainly flying. But that was a

pedestrian start by one of the fastest men in the world, Tyson Gay.

Luckily his second 50 metres was very fast indeed. That is right.

But Trell Kimmons was in lane number two and of course the other

man we were looking at was Michael Frater. Between them, they were the

guys. But as you see, Tyson Gay, quite pedestrian, he ambled out of

blocks and went quite slowly. He started to pull himself into the

contention position here. But Michael Frater, closest to us on

the camera, takes the race. It was definitely him first. From this

angle, you can see how poorly a way Tyson Gay was. Once he catches up,

you can really start to think, who is in front? I need to qualify! I'm

pretty sure he is happy just to get through because ultimately it is

the final that really counts. Here are the athletes and all the young

sprinters will be watching these men drive out of the blocks and

works so hard over the first 30 metres. There is Tyson Gay,

powering through. And look at Michael Frater on the left of the

screen, driving his knees nice and high. Kim Collins working hard. And

given the same time but you will certainly have to get a better

start in the final. Trell Kimmons in third. Dwain Chambers does not

make progress. JOHN INVERDALE: Interesting, and I

am sure we will have more on that later on. Our commentator team has

Bentley last few weeks with the Biro mechanical unit trying to get

into the many a time that helps you understand how each discipline

operates. So here is an insider's guide into the workings of the long

impacts massively on the human body with only a minuscule amount of

time separating success... And failure. Athletes have to be quick.

A lead men approached the board at nearly time 0.5 miles per second,

was the women can reach speeds of up to 21 miles an hour. Once they

get to the board, they have about 0.15 seconds to hit their mark.

Less time Bennett takes to click your fingers. -- less time than it

takes. All the momentum is transferred to a single leg to

propel the body upwards. Huge forces come into play. A male

athlete running at optimum speed has an impact force of over 750

kilograms, powering through one leg. Get it right and a jump can be 2.5

times the distance of a small put that into action shortly, and

Colin Jackson was not bad either, 7.96. We will catch up with the

Men's pole vault, this happened earlier. This competition was

delayed because of the bad weather. This is Steve Hooker. This was his

opening height of 5.40, his final attempt. He has lost his mojo big-

looked likely at the height, but he did not get a high point at the

right time. I think for all of the pole-vaulters year, it is eight

case of putting this one down to experience because of the

conditions. -- a case. So the men's long jump under way. This is the

former world indoor champion and Commonwealth Games champion, out

very smooth through to the board, the transition into take-off very

Greg Rutherford, he has pulled out, that is precautionary. He did not

fancy the thought of it being wet here. We would get back to this

the women are already stretched off the Jamaicans' trials were of the

highest quality, and if he did not make the individual, a slot in the

relay tame is the best you could hope for. Margaret Adeoye inside

her, though, the Enfield Athlete, really found her form at the right

time, that the A standard required. She is the UK champion at this

event and will be representing us at the Olympic Games. Anneisha

McLaughlin, a former world youth champion, 26 years of age, she has

run 22 points 61 this year, just outside her personal best. Charonda

Williams, did not even make it to the final of the American

championships. She has run 22.69. Sherone Simpson, the let silver

medallists at 100m, 200m she contested to good effect at the

Jamaican trials, finishing second. That will be her event at the

Olympic Games. Bianca Knight is in the relay team, or the relay pool,

if you like, for the Americans. Myriam Soumare, you might have

watched her at the European Championships, defending her title.

She took the bronze medal at Helsinki. And the 36-year-old

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, still going strong, struggling a little

country again, the Bahamas, in London. Well, we have had a little

bit of wind in the home straight, conditions definitely better now.

It is not due chilly, as I said, plenty of blue sky overhead. -- To

the world this year, but she is the only woman to have run under 22

favourite here. Bianca Knight best of starters, William's quicker

out of the blocks, but it is fairly even. -- since then. Charonda

Williams may have a slight advantage coming into the home

straight, but Bianca Knight is going well, and since and is

absolutely nowhere. McLaughlan going well, it will be close at a

line, and just Charonda Williams has enough to beat the Jamaican.

22.7 the five, not by the tour, but the story was watching for Simpson

to make a move. -- 22.75, not bad at all. Williams was pretty good

out of the blocks, ran a good vendor, game and they a bit of

thread from McLaughlin but had enough strength to last it out. --

came under a bit of a threat. he said, Steve, you mentioned

Allyson Felix in the introduction. -- as used said. 22.75 is not a bad

time, but she ran 21.69 in the American trials, the 4th fastest in

history. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, the great stalwart of sprinting

from the Bahamas, on the inside line, totally left. Charonda

Williams was fighting all the way, chased down by Anneisha McLaughlin

of Jamaica. Those are the first two. Bianca Knight finishing strongly

from the United States. Over to the long jump, and the first appearance

at Crystal Palace this year of the equal British record holder

with Rutherford, who is not here. Chris Rooney has not found the form

he would want in this Olympic the 80 metres line. The lead is

still 7.86. Chris's distances have been around the eight metre mark,

but he will be looking at the world list, to see his teenage mother

third leading it with a Russian who just shy of his season's best, a

solid start for Chris, he will hope Sherone Simpson is with Phil.

Thanks a lot, Steve, thank you for talking to us, we were expecting

you to set the pace tonight, what went on? Well, it was not a good

race, but I have been training hard, so really working towards the

Olympics. We have seen you have success at the Olympics, the 100m,

but this is your Advent this year, so what will you be working on

between now and then? -- events. Well, we're working on everything

in training. I mean, I am very confident, I want to stay healthy,

just look forward to the Olympics. As is giving you a taste of what is

to cover in London? The ash has these didn't you? Yes, the weather

is not so good, but we have to go outstanding distance runners in the

world, and she has a real sunshine personality as well, as you can see

from this little clip of an interview she did a couple of days

I like racing in Crystal Palace, and are so I like London so much,

it is my second home. And to come here, for me, to race, I would come

any time, because the Olympic is so near, and I was coming here to test

myself and see the way my body is going to move. I know this year I

will not go back home with at any medal, I know I am going to get it

this time, despite that the competition will be very tough, my

fellow Kenyans and Ethiopians and some other people. For me, so long

as I'm fit, I'm going to try my best. Let's have a chat with

Brendan and Steve about this extraordinary athlete. She has won

10 in a row, she has not lost for two years at this distance. If you

are running at well, you almost get a feeling of invincibility? If you

do, is that when you are vulnerable? As good as her, you win

the World Championships at 10,005 1,000 and the World cross-country

Championships, and you then start winning all the races on the

circuit, as she has done, but you have got a sprint finish like she

has, then you do feel invincible, but she knows that the Olympic

champion, Tirunesh Dibaba, is a big athlete with a fantastic finish.

She has been injured for the last couple of years, so she has taken

the opportunity and has been unbeatable, but you cannot allow

yourself to feel as though you just have to turn up and do it, because

5,000 and 10,000, long races, a hurt, you need to keep the

concentration going. They are wide open fields, difficult to win. You

have got two class athletes, and the good news for Vivian Cheruiyot

is that Tirunesh Dibaba has not even been selected for the

Ethiopian team. If I was there, I would be really excited, but the

management team around there are clever, which I think they are,

they will be warning her that the Ethiopians will change that

selection, and I would not be surprised to see Tirunesh Dibaba or

on the track, running at Vivian Cheruiyot in the 5,000 and 10,000,

and they could be the class events of the Games. I'm sure you would

agree. We have had this conversation about Paula Radcliffe

and other athletes, that if you are involved in the five and the 10,

the marathon, they are hard miles, and you have got to keep doing the

hard graft to be winning as she does. Well, obviously, it goes with

the territory of any distance runner. There is years of

preparation, and Vivian Cheruiyot has been, as Brendan was saying,

coming to the pinnacle of her career at the right time. And also

at a time while Tirunesh Dibaba has been injured, Meseret Defar not as

good as she has been, and the difference is that the Ethiopian

has always thought that whatever happened, they would be able to out

Kate Vivian Cheruiyot, but not any more. She has improved her finish,

she has managed to make herself better at the finish of the race,

which is the most important thing. She is very difficult to beat,

whoever is there. She is the girl hoping to get good performances

here, one or two of the youngster's. Julia Bleasdale, of course, will be

at the Games. Eilish McColgan as well, going in the steeplechase at

the Games, but looking for a personal best over 5000m here.

Linet Masai and Vivian Cheruiyot are the most famous names in the

race. Emma Pallant will be the pacemaker, incidentally, there she

is. We have been talking about Vivian Cheruiyot, she started the

season so well, I thought. We will talk about the race in a second,

she raised Meseret Defar in Doha, it was a very close race, and there

is Linet Masai, really better over 10,000m. She will be hoping to stay

as close as you can do Vivian Cheruiyot today. Eilish McColgan, I

was chatting to her earlier today, looking for a personal best, that

is what mum asked her to do! And of course Julia Bleasdale also

representing Great Britain at the Olympic Games. Charlotte Purdue has

come through some horrendous injury problems over the last couple of

years and had a couple of good attempts to make the 10,000m team,

she did not manage to do that. Louise Wellings will be competing

for Australia in London. Kate Avery from the Shildon club in the north-

east. Katrina Wootton from Bedford has not been causing Vivian

Cheruiyot a lot of sleepless nights, but in your last performance before

the Olympic Games, she will be looking, like everybody else,

really, in his last couple of weeks for a bit of a confidence booster,

feel-good, maybe exercises are over the last two laps, may be just as

tech kick. Emma Pallant is the pacemaker, but I'm not sure she

will be able to set a strong and a pace that will push Vivian

Cheruiyot. Brendan, continuing the conversation we were having, she

has got all the weaponry now. certainly has, but now she is

running so rarely and so well whenever she appears that you sense

tonight she wants a little bit from this race. We all think that Vivian

Cheruiyot can win this race, will think she is the class athlete of

the field, but also she is getting ready for the Olympic Games, she

wants to run well, get a good feeling with a good time going into

the Olympic Games, and I think you'll have a race on her hands,

even though it does not like Nigel at a competitor in the 5000m. --

year and not good enough to make the Kenyan team. That should tell

we his technique. But -- he is quoted as saying he doesn't like

his technique. Very good elevation and that is hard to do. Very, very

strong. For this man might be past his best now. 36 years old. Just

four left in. He is the first to go clear. Still a leading here. She is

doing what she was asked to do but Cheruiyot does not seem too keen on

this praise. She is sticking to her task. Just talk about a few of the

other British athletes in the lead group. Just tucked in that lead

Group, Julia Bleasdale is having a cracking season. A great personal

best back in April for the 10,000 metres which cemented her place in

the British team, and of course, she qualified at the 5,000 as well.

An athlete who has stuck to a business and it is good to see she

will be rewarded for her hard work. Before this year, she was not real

top-class international athlete but now she has qualified for the

Olympic Games in the 50101000 metres. -- the 5,000 metres and a

10,000 metres. She has run a couple of good races earlier this year and

her confidence... Her first of championships was the European a

few weeks ago and she came out of 4th place, and now she can go off

and enjoy a few more weeks of training. Everything is going the

right way for Julia Bleasdale and the idea of running the Olympic

Games in the early track finals is great news fire. If she will never

have seen have been like it. We are all excited. But it must be great

for the team as well. This is the German pole vault are, who finished

third at the championships previously. -- pole vaulter.

Tomlinson just seen his lead taken. I think that is a good start for

Chris Tomlinson, seven point 98. It gives him something he can build on.

will be scratching his head a little bit. Earlier this season, he

the lead. A fantastic head-to-head with this man. His third and final

attempt. That is a big clearance. And he moves on here after his

personal best in Helsinki. We are dead on six minutes and two

kilometres. This is good for Julia Bleasdale. Cherono is just keeping

things going. This is good for Julia Bleasdale because normally

and the Diamond League, the rest might already be well away from her.

She could be rewarded with a good time like this. She is doing well

to do so. This is really what we need in the build up to your first

global championship, the Olympic Games, in a few weeks' time. I

think it is great she's getting this opportunity. The race has not

been fast so far, but Masai, the 2010 and 2011 champion... Julia

Bleasdale staying at the back there. Still in contention and running

mate will be good pace. If she got in amongst them and started mixing

it with them, that could be good. But now you can see Masai beginning

to stretch things. And Cheruiyot knows how good she is. She does not

want to go off to the Olympic Games with a defeat under her belt. But

look at the Stride, the style, the way she carries herself, Masai. A

great, great athlete. A bronze medallist first time around editor

mazes made she was not good enough to be selected for the Kenyan team

for the Olympic Games this year. But they have got great athletes

all over the place. -- it amazes me. Just ahead of Julia Bleasdale is

Emma Pallant. And absolutely no chance of higher making the

Ethiopian team. And just a word on the juniors happening as we speak

in Barcelona. Britain's distance pedigree and the women's event

being maintained in particular. A it right this year. I think the

Ethiopians are even stranger. They had time trials all over the place.

And then excluding the champion in the 5,000 metres because they have

not run fast enough. Double Olympic champion and you have got to prove

yourself. It is a tough school! is, and it is not just about fast

times. All they look at is that. It is about championship racing and it

is very, very different. They have had some fast races on the circuit.

I dare say it, they are doing a lap time for us. This that -- the

statisticians are taking over! Julia Bleasdale brilliantly trying

to hang onto this with four laps to go. She will have to try and hang

on as much as she can and hope this group breaks up so she has a couple

of athletes to chase. Masai slowly trying to wind it up, not hurting

Cheruiyot at all. She is very comfortable in second place. That

is the best Masai can do these days. This is not going to hurt them too

much for us stop he lost a little bit of pace this year. She is

running at the front of the field and does not have for too many

changes of pace to cope with. But she is a great runner, Masai. Not

her best year but she is still young, only 22. Already a world

champion. Already would have had a chance of a medal but she will not

be there to exercise it. And at the same time, Cheruiyot has come a

long, past Masai and gathered the weapons you need in distance

running these days. You need speed at the end. Masai does not seem to

have that. You can see Cheruiyot has manufactured that and trained

for it and developed it, and that is what most people will be

concerned about in the final and in the 10,000 metres. It will come

down to the strength and also the speed. Her and the speed,

eventually, these days, will be winning out. And Vivien Cherry it

will be well amongst those. -- and Cheruiyot will be well amongst

those. Cherono has good 1,500 metres pedigree. And she is just up

in a sense of, this has not been that fast and I have a bit of pace

here. But Cheruiyot knows this is the sort of thing she wants to test

yourself Rover. A sort of good sprint over the last kilometre of.

This is where championship races are won and lost. She will want to

go away from tonight and say, that is what we did for the last two

laps, the last 400. They are coming down the home straight with two

laps to go in the women's 5,000 metres. Masai is on the inside.

Reigning world champion at five and 10,000 metres on the outside,

Cheruiyot. A 15 minutes pays for five. I bet they will run well

under 15 minutes for the last couple of laps and that tells you

how the women's distance races are changing. There are tests of

endurance and speed as well. The gaps are opening and down the back

straight, Cheruiyot but says of in a position which Cherono would have

to take a long way round four. She knows when she is the bell,

Cheruiyot is a fantastic performer. There they go. 600 metres remaining.

A battle coming around the bend together. This will be quite

interesting now. Cherono has run for two last year, not hanging

around at all. She has not managed to achieve the team for Kenya.

Looking around, she realises there will be no threat from Masai here.

Cheruiyot can run really quit last laps but she might have to have all

of high pace here. The three are still locked together. The bell

sounds. Cherono, the 1,500 metre runner, knows how fast she is. She

will not want a sparkling 1,500 metre runner on her shoulder. She

has already won the finish out of Masai. Now Cheruiyot has been

tested we have much more of a race than we anticipated. This is one

that is really important for Cheruiyot was that she has got a

win this to keep up her confidence level. If Cheruiyot just saving

something for the home straight and she will be winding it up gradually.

She will want to spring a surprise here. Does she dare to come on to

the shoulder of Cheruiyot, Cherono? But if nothing else, Cherono is a

real fighter. Cheruiyot wins the 5,000 metres. Tag think she just

did enough to win! -- I think. I am not sure she eat -- even turned on

the gas completely! Julia Bleasdale will be very close to a personal

best. Just watching the clock there... A couple of seconds and

that will give her a bit of confidence as well. A new personal

best for higher at 5,000 bidders. No doubt about our winner. Not

really a testing raise. But she was pushed by a Cherono on that last

lap there and just a good test, really come off her Speedo the last

few hundred metres. An interesting race overall. The last 1,000 metres

was run in two minutes and 47 seconds, which is really good place.

But Cheruiyot there, just stretching it. Cherono just not

managing to do it. She looks as though she matched her but she was

not able to take her on. Cheruiyot crop -- closes the line. A fast

final 1,000 metres of two minutes 47 seconds. So she is in good shape

but I thought she might have been a bit quicker, faster on the last 200

metres, and maybe she was taking it easy. That was a really good

performance and I just think the Olympic Games beckons for higher

and we wait to see what happens many people. A new personal best

for Julia Bleasdale, but I think High do indeed, she is going to be

one of the stars of the London Olympics, and one of the stars are

tight, tremendous performance, how important was it to win that when

you were being pushed so hard by Cherono? It was important for me to

win today in this event, because it has shown me that there is

something that I have that is good, and at the Olympic Games, yesterday

I said I came here to run, only to test myself, but I am feeling OK,

and I know where I'm going to train a little bit when I go back to

Kenya. And I will be ready to come to the Olympic Games next month.

What is it that you want to work on when you go back to Kenya? I think

and still going to work on my speed and also a little bit endurance,

but mostly I am going to do speed. Thank you for talking to us, we

look forward to seeing you back in London very soon. Thank you so much.

Three big names to ensure you do not go out on this Friday night for

at least another 45 minutes, Mo Farah in the 5000m, the culmination

of this evening's entertainment at Crystal Palace. Before that, Liu

Xiang looked imperious in the semi- final of the 110 metres hurdles an

hour and a half ago, the final coming up before too long. And

three weeks on Sunday, the final of the 100m in the UN in big games, it

will surely feature this man, and Tyson Gay was a bit shaky in the

semi-final, mighty not win this Diamond League sprint this evening?

men's long jump, as you can see. -- into. Tomlinson is still leaving. -

- leading. He has a better second jump. JJ Jegede A was not selected

because he did not have an Welcome To The Pleasuredome standard. That

is over 80 metres. -- Welcome To The Pleasuredome standard. That is

he went on to take world silver the following year in Berlin. He has

jumped sparingly, but this is a super talented athlete, very good

triple-jumper. He has not done that for a while, but that is way over

the leading jump. Tall, rangy, great elevation off the board. That

kick reminds me of Carl Lewis at his very best. Perfect take-off.

Looking straight up. He runs off it, and that is the biggest jump that

we have seen today. Still Dampier, cool, 8.24 from Godfrey Mokoena,

that is a big lead. -- down here. Mitchell Watt had a foul in the

challenge for him, the Olympic title. Mitchell Watt knows that he

has got a great chance of becoming the Olympic champion if he can put

it together in the way that he did last year. Simple technique. I

has not got the ranges of Godfrey Mokoena or Chris Tomlinson. A sort

way he jumps off the board, the fastest runner of the night, I am

hearing, 23.7 mph, that gives you an idea. 23.7 mph! He could get

caught for speeding in one of those inner-city zones, Kunde? --

couldn't he? That could be very close to the leading jump are

Mitchell Watt. Just waiting for the distance to come up, he has done it.

This long jump competition is Dobriskey is there for Great

Britain. Nancy Langat is the Olympic champion at 1500m. Crystal

Palace and the rest of British athletics is delighted to see

Hannah England back in action, selected for the Olympic Games.

What sort of form will she have? Diane Cummins of Canada, she will

act as the pacemaker. Hannah England, World Championship silver

medallist last year, she was spied earlier this season, so she has

taken quite a long time to rehabilitate. Laura Weightman, UK

champion, a brilliant race in Birmingham, coached by Stephen

Crown as quiet. Looking a bit nervous! Maryam Jamal, former world

champion, perhaps not the athlete she once was, finished 10th in the

Paris Diamond League. Shannon Rowbury, World Championship bronze

medallist in 2009. Jenny Simpson of the United States, expected world

champion in 2011. Lisa Dobriskey, another world championship silver

medallist, just like Hannah England, coming back from injury, as is

Nancy Langat of Kenya, one of the great athletes of recent years. She

had surgery on her knee last year, a very slow season's best this

season. We saw Hannah Pearce and Kaila McKnight of Australia. She is

right on the inside. Everybody is delighted to see Hannah England and

hope that she is in good shape, one of the poster goals of the 2012

campaign -- girls. So Hannah England and the rest get this 1500m

race under way, and a real opportunity for Laura Weightman

from more a arrears representing Great Britain to strut her stuff

against some of the very best in the world. -- Morpeth Harriers.

This is a top-class field, world champion, Olympic champion,

Commonwealth champion, and the three British representatives we

will be seeing in a few weeks' time in the 1500m, Hannah England, world

silver medallists, Lisa Dobriskey, world silver medallists, Laura

Weightman, who did a fantastic job of winning the trials. She has been

coached for several years now by Steve Cram, who has done a really

good job in getting her ready for this, and he said, once we got over

the hurdle of getting into the team, she is now relaxing a bit and

looking forward to getting in amongst these athletes. What a

great opportunity for the Iron Lady, and this is where you can tell

somebody is going to have a bright future. -- the young lady. When

they get a chance to take on these top athletes, eight of them faster

than Laura in this race, I wonder how many of them she will meet

tonight. She is moving up on the outside, putting herself in a good

position. Great athletes around there, let's just see what happens

tonight. Laura Weightman just moving alongside Jenny Simpson of

the United States. The pacemaker, Diane Cummins, herself a very good

athlete in recent years, just keeps looking around as if to say, why

aren't these athletes coming with me? She has been set the task of

taking them through 800m, in about 200m time, in about 2.08. All the

main contenders are there, Simpson, Weightman. Lisa Dobriskey just

bouncing along behind Laura get closer to the pacemaker. In

just a minute, we will see the stock clerk at the 800m mark, they

are way aside the time that was expected. -- stopcock. When you put

class athletes like this, you may have a pacemaker, agents and

managers may agree with it, but the athletes do not necessarily agree,

because they want to run a race, and they are tonight. Not as fast a

race as the crowd were led to believe, but it is a competitive

race anyway. With the Olympic Games coming up, these athletes want to

take something away from this event, a confidence booster, a good

performance, the scalp of some outstanding athlete. Laura

Weightman is in a good position there. Morgan Uceny coming up on

the outside. The former world champion, they are lining up across

the track, bumping into each other, and Cummins is stepping out of the

way. Jamal Leeds at the bell, Morgan Uceny on her shoulder. Lisa

Dobriskey of Great Britain, Hannah England of Great Britain have both

got a lot to do, but this is going to wind up down the back straight,

it is going to get really competitive. Uceny looked strong in

that position. Jenny Simpson, the world champion on the inside, she

is not responding. Laura Weightman is leading the other British

athletes. Hannah England looks to be in trouble. Laura Weightman

takes them on, this is what I love to see. Jamal is having one of her

best races this season, being followed by the Americans and by

Laura Weightman. Canon Laura Weightman strike now? Hannah

England is out of it. It looks as though Lisa Dobriskey is off the

pace as well. But look at this, Jamal is coming away, it is going

to be a procession. The pace suited Gamal perfectly. She wins here at

Crystal Palace. Just looking back for Laura Weightman, who finished

in roundabout fourth place. Lisa Dobriskey a couple of places behind.

Well, in consideration of the last two Diamond League races that

Maryam Jamal has been in, when she finished 9th in Doha, the 3000m

race, 10th in the Paris Diamond League, that pace suited her

perfectly, and in some ways, I guess, that will be the sort of

baize that we can expect in the heat of the Olympic Games. -- pace.

A head like a Olympic semi-final. The American champion, look on the

outside, the said... Lisa Dobriskey just fading, Laura Weightman coming

through, looking as though she is battling for the finish. She steals

fourth place on the line, what a great performance from Laura

Weightman. Lisa Dobriskey on the way back, a bit of a disappointment

for Hannah England coming down the finishing straight. So young Laura

Weightman leads the two world championship silver medallists

tonight. Hannah England will be disappointed with that. I think

that is a bit of a problem for her, but Laura Weightman, the first of

the British athletes to finish, is Laura's first reaction when she

came off was disappointment, which is encouraging, it bodes well if

you are disappointed with that. am pleased that I finished 4th, but

it was a messy race, I put myself in a bad position, but I really

enjoyed it, great crowd here, great last race before the Olympics.

is what it is all about, getting used to this crowd, it is new to

you, four times when you come to London, but you seem to embrace it.

I really enjoy running in front of the big crowds, and it is going to

be a lot bigger in London, but I really look forward to that, I

think it is done to help us Brits get around. Tactically, a Pryce

like that will have you going forward. -- race was the odd a lot

of the heats will be run at a funny pace. It is good practice for that.

a real battler, and that is what we love to see. She wins the Diamond

League raised. Laura Weightman beating Uceny, the former world

number one. Lisa Dobriskey finishing in 7th, and looking down

the list, Hannah England, finishing in 11th. Certainly, the Diamond

League points will be very interesting indeed. The two

Ethiopian so ahead of the Moroccan, who blasted out we world-leading

time in Paris this year. They are the leading scorers. And we have

been watching the fireworks in this there from him, I thought.

Conference is such a big part of athletics and you can see the

reaction there. -- confidence. Everything indicates he is in great

shape but he just has not put it together in a competition. Slightly

wind-assisted. He had a bit of help behind him. Has he gone for the? He

fake, but a lot of British athletes in very good form at Crystal Palace.

A -- let's not tempt fate. Perri Shakes-Drayton, the fastest time

ever by a British athlete after Sonny -- Sally Gunnell. She knows

she is in the mix in Stratford in three weeks' time. And the men's

race, Jack Green, the other of those, because Dai Greene came

second, but you can see him coming in second -- 4th. And some sad news

that the Chinese her is not going to run in the final coming up. That

is Liu Xiang. That is because of race sought back after running in

the heats. That diminishes the finals on what. -- a sought back.

How will the others were Bleasdale? They will be relieved! -- how will

the others take that? To me, I think he is still Britain's number

one and by no Lawrence Clarke would hate me saying that. But Andy has

been the one who has come through in every race that matters, so I am

hoping he can rise to the occasion and get another personal best.

comedy can see the runners are down at the start. I have to say, now

that the weather has improved as remarkably as it has, there is a

great atmosphere because it has lifted with the weather. Yes. It is

a brilliant atmosphere. I always enjoy coming here. The athletes do

as well. It would be nice if the weather were a bit warmer...

are being greedy! We have a whole batch of finalists coming up and it

is the culmination of the men's 100 metres. If but now the hurdles.

This could be a foretaste of what A very tough test for Andrew Pozzi.

More about him in a moment. Antwon Hicks, the former world junior

champion. Andrew Pozzi broke his personal best in the heats. Nobody

else was anywhere near to that. One of his training partners, Jack

Green, who has also had a personal best, and both have encouraged by

Malcolm Arnold. Jason Richardson, the 2011 world champion. And Aries

Merritt, the fastest man in the world. Per ran beautifully in his

heat. -- he ran beautifully. Porter, did so well in the trials. Former

world championship finalist is Joel Brown names. A top-class race of. -

- Joel Brown. A top-class racer. personal best performance?

Certainly, the conditions are very bit better than they were a couple

of hours ago when they ran the heats. Some great competitors

around him. Just outside him in lane number three is Jason

Richardson, the reigning world champion. And Aries Merritt, even

great start. If Andrew Pozzi is out. Richardson being overtaken by Aries

Merritt. Richardson is second with Aries Merritt in first. Just a

hundredth of a second outside his fastest time in the world this year.

That is one of the fastest times we have ever seen and poor old Andrew

Pozzi went out very quickly. What do you think about that record?

COLIN JACKSON: IM not desperately disappointed about that! But this

man, Aries Merritt, equals the world lead he has set at the

European, sorry, the US trials. He has this kind of rhythm and fluency

where everything goes well. His timing is very accurate indeed. I

hope everything is OK with Andrew Pozzi, as we can just see him

leaving the frame. But Aries Merritt looks as though he is

enjoying his running. But wasn't it a shame that Liu Xiang was not

running, because he could have called both men to world status?

Absolutely. This event is going to be electric later on. But let's

see... Yeah, Great Comet Easy PC. An easy victory and I would like to

find out what he is saying to Phil Equalling your own world lead and

you are in dynamic form, and not doing it in a particularly great

conditions tonight? The conditions are the same for everybody and they

are going to be the same at the Olympic Games. So that is great. I

got off the aeroplane two days ago so I still have to get into the

sleeping pattern. But the crowd is great. I couldn't be more excited.

Where does this surging form comes to you that has taken you to the

top of the world rankings this year? I decided to make a change

and one-sided that, it has been night sky rockets of improvement!

So I am so happy to come out here and give everybody a good show.

thinking about a gold medal as you head towards London? We are all

looking at you as a gold medal contender. Are still have to do it

when it counts. This means nothing if I can't do it at the Olympic

Games final, so we need to take it one day at a time and hopefully I

can be a gold medallist. Who knows? about his form at the moment.

Beating the reigning world champion, Jason Richardson. Ryan Wilson in

third. Andrew Pozzi, unfortunately, could not continue his good form.

JOHN INVERDALE: We saw Colin Jackson's guide to the long jump

earlier, which was hugely informative given the way the

competition pans out. The thing about 100 metres is there is an

awful lot more to it than, Ready, has some very impressive statistics.

Winning it is not about being the fastest in the field. The athlete

that usually wins is the one who slows down the least after reaching

their maximum speed. For women, that maximum is usually reached at

around 55 metres, whilst the men take 10 metres longer. 65 metres

into the race is their fastest point. Most athletes lose between 7

and 10% of the speed between then and the finish line. The best

runners combine long stride length and high stride frequency, and

Usain Bolt has a stride length of 2.7 metres. That is 9 ft long! And

he ran his 2009 world record in 41 strides, a similar race to the rest

of the field. The women reach around 23 miles per hour, while the

men reach 26.5. Usain Bolt's record have done a guide to every event.

Have you done the shotput and discus? It has been really fun!

Even you found you have learned things? Are absolutely, because now

I have understood why the top people are top in their event. They

pull digger that absolutely everything at the right time and

produce sensational performances. - - pull together. It makes

everything clearer and it is breathtaking to see what they

achieved. I think it is more that the athlete understands they invent

a bit more and it allows them to refocus on the detail instead of it

just been instructions from the coach. The athlete is also

reviewing this from mechanical analysis and understanding how the

body is performing. I think from seeing the first of the semi-finals

when Dwain Chambers didn't make it, the sub-plot is in a number seven.

But do you find that having done this analysis, Colin, of the

technique of running and sprinting, that you are watching races in a

different kind of way? Yes. Because I focus on the start but also I

look at the deceleration of phrase. They have got to maintain the speed

for as long as possible and that is the difference between winning and

losing. As simple as that. Denise was very forthright about Dwain

Chambers, saying she did not feel he justified his place in the team

in the individual 100-metre remained. What do you think? To me,

he did justify it because he went nothing at all! So, to the men's

100 metres final. -- you say it best. This is the man I guess most

will be watching. Tyson Gay. He was beaten in the American trials but

rarely an impressive victory. This could just sued him. Michael

after getting through as the 2010. He came back this year and

has been part of the American relay squad. Trell Kimmons, a pretty good

indoor run as well. Has missed out in the championships. He was 6th in

the trials and part of the relay squad. He will be strong. If

Michael Frater won silver medal all the way back in 2005. Looked pretty

good in qualification, actually. The former world champion and he is

still the second fastest man ever on the 100 metres. Tyson Gay! So

many injury problems seem to be behind him at the moment as he

approaches the Olympic Games. Ryan Bailey, this powerhouse of a

sprinter. 23 years of age. 9. 93 this year and will represent the

United States. Carter, a key man in the relay team. Had an Olympic win

in Beijing in 2008 and last year at the World Championships as well. No

lane seven, so Hyman has recently taken the Cayman Islands 100 metres

record. Just to underline the quality in this field. Six of these

men, six of the seven, have broken 10 seconds this year. Trell Kimmons

has not been able to do that though say with ease, but it was certainly

a little wetter earlier when that happened. Conditions have these

somewhat, although it is not exactly the sort of weather that

these printers would have wanted for quick times. We have seen other

events showing that it is not a bad does Michael Frater. Trell Kimmons

is going well, Tyson Gay get set, 10.03, not that fast. -- gets it.

But out of the Fogg of that 100m, a bright light at the very end, and

he does what he always does, just keeps going, and in the last 15

minutes, the use so Colin's analysis. If he was slowing down,

he was still going quicker than the rest. He Azad two wins in the last

couple of weeks, which have been very similar. -- he has had. He

does not get into his top speed quickly enough, Colin. I think that

has got to do with a lack of racing, it takes a lot of time to get the

start right, and then working all the way through to the finish.

Right in the centre of the field, he just struggles to get with these

players by 60m, but he keeps pushing, he believes that his

training has gone well, and it pulls him all the way through.

We were just watching some of the race back, bad conditions,

tremendous performance. Tell me about it. I feel pretty good, the

crowd was great, the weather was not that bad. You said you wanted

to come here and get used to these conditions, I know you have run in

Britain many times before, but how important to acclimatise, get used

to the crowd? It is very important. I feel that I know how to mentally

prepared for this type of weather, this is the greatest place to get

ready for the Games. What does it tell you about the kind of shape

you are in? I am in pretty good shape, I need to get with my physio

and work out some things with my groin area, I should be good to go.

You want that Olympic metal desperately, I know. Yes, sir!

time of anybody, almost a false start, 0.107. He maintains better

through the line. The reaction is good, but he is really trying to

push at a point where the injury that he has had in his groin

etcetera are stopping him doing that. We are told he does not hit

top speed until 64 metres into the race, 26.53 mph. Get out in your

car and look out the window, try to work that out. Very good reaction

times. At the Olympic Games, that will stand him in his favour, but a

little bit more work to do for Tyson Gay. But it was a good

victory for him today, and that is Well, what a good race that was,

and Ryan Bailey looks like a linebacker or something, absolutely

vast, he should be in American football. Coming up to round of the

evening, I mentioned the big four at the start of the evening, four

athletes who are standard bearers for track and field going into the

Games, and one of them obviously is Mo Farah.

Tell me, Mo, where this fits in with your plans in the build-up to

the Olympics. I love to compete at Crystal Palace, I have got great

memories of the last three years, the crowd get behind you, one last

race and that is it. Hopefully get a good race, talk to my coach, June

in a little bit, see what we can do. We saw one part of the jigsaw

puzzle for you accomplished very nicely in the European

Championships, when you reflect on how the build-up has gone, that

raised included, are you satisfied with where you at? Yeah, no,

definitely, it would nice to have gone quicker, but that is where I

was a couple of weeks ago, and I'm looking forward to it. When you see

what you're likely rivals at the let's are doing, how does that make

you feel? As an athlete, it gives me good confidence. If they can run

that fast, I am capable of running faster and beyond that. It gives

you good confidence, but at the same time, in the championship, it

is going to be completely different, it is not going to be as fast, it

is more tactical, it is important to work on that. What is the

difference between the states and here? Yes, we can just get on with

it, get on with the training and not worry about anything else, eat,

before his start. I am sure the crowd have all come to see this man

tonight. He is turning into such a big favourite of athletics fans all

over the country. We cannot wait for the Olympic Games. The 500m is

due off very shortly. Wrapping up the men's pole vault, very

difficult conditions, Bjorn Otto won, this was his third attempt, he

was the only athlete to go clear at this height. He came second in the

European Championships at Helsinki, won the Diamond League here in

London, and he is pretty happy struggled with the conditions. It

was Chaunte Lowe of America, probably one of the favourites

going into London, this was her third and final attempt at two

metres. She's certainly cuts a --, -- she's certainly cuts a dash,

doesn't she? In these conditions, a perfect send off to London for the

American trials winner and one of the favourites. Tia Hellebaut, the

Olympic champion, you have got to love that, haven't you?! You have

Hellebaut, coming into some form, a for a future career in one of those

dancing shows, who knows?! Well, the men's 5000m is about to get

under way, perhaps one of the highlights of the evening,

certainly a chance for Mo to stretch his staff. -- strut his

stuff. Mo Farah knows a lot of these athletes pretty well, and

were he not to win this, it would be a bit of a shock, to be honest,

because although it is a good quality field, he should contend

with it reasonably comfortably. He has asked for some pacemaking, I do

not think it will be super-fast, and Mo does not really need to dig

too deep into well. You heard Vivian Cheruiyot talk about the

last part of the race, and I think that is what we will see from him

tonight. Emmanuel Bett and Mark Kiptoo, well known. Craig Mottram

had a season's best not that long ago, a few days ago, 13.16, coming

into some decent form. Aunt and supply that Dathan Ritzenhein

finally made the American team. -- 5,000 and the 10,000 at the

Commonwealth Games in Delhi. So 12 1/2 laps of the track as usual, a

couple of Aussies in here as well, Collis Birmingham, and then Juan

Barrios of Mexico. They were asking for 62-second laps, but I think

they will go slower than that Saturday night at the Olympic

Stadium, the 10,000m final, there will be no heats on that day,

perhaps it will be Mo's best chance at the Olympics, and his

preparations have been very well planned by himself, Alberto Salazar,

so tonight, it is part of that planning, what you think they will

have been talking about? Well, I think this is a race that is really

important for Mo. I think he has to go out of you with a victory. It is

a bigger race, the first one is the 10,000m, he is probably equally

favourite for the 5000m and the 10,000m, but the first one will set

the tempo. I think he will win medals in both events, it depends

what he does in the 10,000m. He could even win two gold medals. It

is even break that we are looking forward to the let's with an

athlete who has got a real chance. -- the Olympics. Will be history,

we have had great champions, Chris Chataway, Derek Ibbetson in the

1950s, and in the 1960s and 1970s. And then in the 1980s, Mike McLeod

won a medal at the Olympic Games in a 10,000m, and Mo is following a

great tradition. We have never won a gold medal at the Olympic Games

in 5000m or 10,000m, and everyone feels this is the man who can do it.

I would like him to go away from him with a victory which shows a

bit of his class, and I think he is his Eusebio Caceres are Spain,

just 20 years old. He is not in his best form, just 8.06, struggling at

the moment, best of 7.89 in the second round. Round three, that is

a lot better from the young Spanish athlete. All a bit frantic, wasn't

it? The hitch kick technique off the board. I think he could be in

the mix. He is not going to challenge Mitchell Watt or

Mokoena... But JJ Jegede, it is that kind of distance. All the big

jumpers are still to go in his round. 8.16, wind-assisted, but it

is third. Well, Chris Tomlinson, his final attempt, I think his

final competition before he goes to the Olympics. 8.12, wind-assisted.

think, from anything he has achieved so far and as competition.

Paul Dickinson has news from the world junior championship long jump.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has won the world junior long jump title,

6.81, a windy performance, and jasmine saws, coached by Alan, wins

a bronze. Great news from Barcelona, and it could be great news here,

his longest jump, 8.26, perfect send-off for London for Chris

Tomlinson. Well, good news in the long jumping, and from the World

Junior Championships, and the news from the 5000m is that the

pacemakers are asked to wait, because they went through 2.35, not

super-fast in terms of the 5000m races we have seen, but it was a

bit quicker than they were being asked for tonight. They have slowed