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Welcome to Birmingham. England's second city and one with a rich

sporting heritage. Famous football clubs gallow and cricket's County

champions find their home here. When it comes to athletics they

have pedigree and history in abundance, great name, faces and

records have been a fixture here for many a year. Jackson is running

away. Can he hold it together? He has smashed the record. Kelly

Holmes coming into the home And the stars are out in force

again. With Mo Farah, the headline attraction. Britain's double

Olympic chaps starts at his 2013 season here with a capacity crowd

expected. He is guaranteed a hero's welcome. This is his stage, his

Mo Farah is going for it. It is going to be a glorious, glorious

win. Farah is going to make it two gold medals for Great Britain.

Excitement building here at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham,

the athletes starting to arrive and lots at stake in particular for the

British athletes hoping to go the European indoors in Gothenburg,,

this is the last chance. Coach Christie will be watching with an

eagle eye. Good afternoon. Great anticipation here ahead of mow's

debut season, but this meeting in Birmingham didn't build its

reputation off the back of one headline act. There are a galaxy of

stars here today. Holly Bleasdale. She sails over this time.

quickest we have seen from Peter Chambers, but for I don't know how

long. Andrew Osagie is coming through. Perri Shakes-Drayton has

taken this field apart. Sprinting home. Hannah England is going to

cement her place in the team: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, such a

talented all round athlete. And it is bronze for Britain, a bronze for

Robbie Grabarz. Jamaica are the gold medallists again, and it is a

New World record. She is going to retain her title. Jenny meadows is

going to win this one. Farah is going to make it two gold medals

for Great Britain. Beautiful! If you were wondering what to do with

a Saturday afternoon there is the answer. What a great afternoon's

athletics. Pick out your favourites. In particular, that men's 3,000

metres at 4.15 with Mo Farah. It is good afternoon as ever to Denise

Lewis and Colin Jackson, but first we have to reflect on the tragic

circumstances in South Africa, Oscar Pistorius, one of the great

stars of our sport, a global icon faces a charge of premeditated

murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. There is a statement on

his website, from his family, and also from his management, which

says "Most importantly our thoughts are with the family and friends of

Reeva Steenkamp, a sentiment we concur, the tragedy is a young

woman has host her life. It gons to say the alleged murder charge is

disputed in the strongest terms. All of us here with within the team

now Oscar to a certain degree. Colin, you know him best, can you

articulate this sense of shock this has sent through the sport? I have

known him since he was 17. I I was stunned about the news that has

happened in sa. It has left me with the questions why, I don't quite

understand it. I think Oscar has been so much part of this community

that, it has sent a huge shockwave through all of us and left us with

this big question, of why? Now, I am not into speculating in any

shape or form, I think all the answers to the questions we are

wondering about will happen during the pending court case. It is so

difficult to fathom. It is the "why "Bit that is gripping the community.

It is tough to take in but we just hope there is some resolution.

know it is difficult for us all to take in and comment on. Let us

focus on the athletic, we have a great afternoon's action in store.

As a local lass you must be proud of what this meeting has become.

am proud o the meet. It has grown into one of the jewels of the

athletic calendar. Fiercely contested. Great athletes have come

and today will be no different. The local crowd and so I am looking

forward to a great afternoon. much the jewel in the Crown is the

appearance of Mo Farah. We sent scram out to Kenya to catch up with

him ahead of his preparation for the season. -- Steve Cram. Farah,

holding the inside. The crowd are on their feet. He has to find

something extra. Come on Mo Farah!6 Farah is going to make it two gold

medals for Great Britain. It is amazing to be out here in in the

past I have come out here. Works well for me, after the Olympics

life has been hectic, a lot more busier and there is more stuff

going on, it is important I take myself away from there and try and

come out here and get real training. Were you surprised with the impact

that your two gold medals has had. Even coming here, you have been

here before, I have notice you only have to mention your name and

everybody knows you. The people here are friendly and welcoming,

and everybody knows you, but they know you more now because everybody

watched the Olympics and it is amazing to see so many people

congratulating you and trying to say hello to you. In Britain it is

a lot more busier. Has it taken ewe while to get back in to things?

has taken me longer. Normally it take, because my wife gave birth to

two lovely little girl, and you know, it was important for he to

spend time with them and take a rest. It is something I trained so

hard for. By that point, you know you have to take it easy and start

again. Taking it easy is not in his DNA. Already, he is looking to the

future and fresh challenges. This season, the World Championship 5

and 10,000 double is in his sight, but before that he will make his

London Marathon debut in April. Although he won't run the full

distance. As a youngster I got a taste of it. I was running the mini

marathon and winning that, that was amazing, and London Marathon is one

of the big nest the world and it goes through London, so in a way,

if I look back in 2000 12 I did the Olympics and how much support, and

if you put that on the road. Nobody needs to buy a ticket, so it, just

talking about it makes me get excited. I am excite and looking

forward to it. It done mean a track runner could be good at marathon,

you have to test yourself and see what you can do. So you are going

to run half the distance this year, is that just to get familiar with

it, with a view to what is come something the future or it is it

just to say thank you to the British public. It is a bit of

everything. I like to see the course, I like to see the day

before the race, and you do the press stuff, and the day of the

race you wake up early in the morning and you have to get used to

that I have a feeling Alberto Salazar will be at the half point

in case you get tempted to keep going. It is weird. I said to

myself, you know, talking to Ricky and Dave, I said what if I feel

great? No, no, no, this is it. You don't go past that point.

really think that the other guys, the Wilson kip sangs will see will

seeing moef and believing you are going to drop out? I don't know.

They have to know. My aim is not to finish, otherwise it makes it

pointless. It doesn't go with the plan. Our plan is to train for it.

Think about it and 2014 I like to go all the way and finish and run a

decent time, but for 2013. It is just a practise, if you can

Well if you thought double Olympic champions spent their time in the

lap of luxury, think again. Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe are up in

the commentary brobgs. Good afternoon to you two. Steve, it

really is quite a contrast isn't it, what you, London 2012 and see Mo in

those conditions in Kenya? Yes, a real contrast, very spartan

facilities there, Paula has been there herself, it is what Mo and

the other athletes out there need. It is, you know, Kenya of course is

a place where running is in the DNA, I use that phrase in there, but

everybody round there is really part of the running community, and

Mo, of course, has transcended everybody there to become this folk

hero, not just here but out there. All that said, he is able to go and

by himself, be the athlete again, get back into serious training,

sleep, you know have the right food, he has the back up there of yuck

athletics. -- UK athletic, it has been an ideal place for him to get

back into the hard work he has needed to do, and you know, he had

a good trip there and he comes here in good shape. Paula, how do you

sense he is coping with being the double Olympic champion? Even out

there he is regarded as a bigger star than he was beforehand? He s

but I think the biggest thing is that is where he is happiest, that

is where he had all the things he needs and none of the things he

doesn't need. So he is able to focus on the hard work, get

everything, because he is only as good as his last race. He knows

that. He has set his targets for the year aid head and after that,

he is working towards that, he has been able to go out there and

knuckle down, work from probably he would say not being in good shape

when he got out there, into good shape I would think if if he is

here today. He is aiming to run fast here but to run well in the

half marathon next week and to build up in London too. So you

mentioned London, and this, well to me what seems like a bizarre

decision to run half of the London Marathon what do you make of it?

mean, honestley, I find it strange too. It is not what I would have

done. I think either you go somewhere and you run a half and

try and run it fast, or you take the plunge and you jump in and

attack the distance prop land race it. Here you are caught between two.

Are you psyched up ready to race? He has got that from rining the

mini marathon, for me you go into the marathon when you are ready to

run it, to do it properly and to attack it hard, but, I think

everybody has different reasons and he is going to get a feel and some

experience. It is a thumbs down from Paula. What about you Steve?

don't know about thumbs down, I think it is slightly difficult to

comprehend, but what is evident, chatting to him when he was out

there, he does feel as though he wants to kind of be in front of a

British crowd and when he watched the marathon at the Olympics and

saw how many people will turn out to watch it. I said that will

happen in 2014 as well. I agree from a racing perspectivetive.

Running 64 minutes, is something he could probably do by himself, so

why he needs to do it there my worry is when he is in that race he

won't want to stop and he will keep going. From the marathon to the 60

metre, we will hand to you for the first heat. Peter Chambers goes in

first heat. Peter Chambers goes in this one. Thank you Jonathan, and

from the marathon to the shortest distance that we contest in world

athletics. The 60 metres indoors. Two heats, the two fastest loser

also go through to the final later this afterand Peter Chambers goes

in this first heat. He goes up against the Commonwealth champion

from Delhi, Clark, who happens to be the second fastest in the world

Championships looming, then good chance for him to cement his place

in the team. He was disqualified in his last indoor race a couple of

weeks ago. Said this young man has been having a good sfpblt 22, big

new personal best, was third in the UK Championships last week. He

doesn't, he is not getting any younger but he is not getting

slower. Kim Colin, still running very rer -- well indoors. 6.57 this

year. Clark has gone quicker, second fastest in the world with

6.52. Showing good early season form and was a winner of the big

meeting in Dusseldorf. Peter Chambers had a good start to the

season. We saw his win in Glasgow back in January. Had one more race

since then. But didn't take March part in the UK Championships. Had a

niggle in his back. This is Jason the outside. Again, the best form

he has managed to show. The big names in the middle. Collins,

Not quite filled up yet, a few empty seats, but a good atmosphere

always generated here. A little bit of action in the field at the crowd

are into, Kim Collins joining in, Chambers, having missed out on the

UK championships, the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg

in a couple of weeks' time. The final team will be selected

Robert Graham, very obvious. I will bring in Colin, sitting alongside

me, who was not bad at starting, where you? It took a while to

settle down, they were met to be called to blocks and we had an

interruption. A few nerves down there, but a few of these guys have

a chance to start -- of scalps here. There is not much to choose from

them. It is a nerve-racking time, the 60m, because you know you have

to get out very quickly indeed. Everyone is very close, you could

literally throw a whole blanket over this field. You can understand

why these guys are quite anxious and nervous and want to settle in

the box before they get away. He has a touch of the Linford

Christie about him. His coach will probably have a word with him

afterwards whatever happens here. He has definitely disqualified,

Robert Graham is gone. That will leave us with seven. You should not

be surprised, I know that sometimes people wander about this at home,

it is part of the discipline of the event, at when you get to the

Germany, then Collins, Clarke and Chambers and the middle. -- Lucas

good start, maybe too good in lane two. He was definitely the fastest

and of the blocks, or whether it was legal or not, I suspect not.

Colin? We are looking carefully at the computers to see what they are

saying. What will our arise tell us? Definite movement before the

gun? I am pretty sure, unfortunately he will be

disqualified. He has been close to the standard UK Athletics have set,

you can imagine how it frustrated he will be. He will get a straight

disqualification. It looks as though they are preparing the black

and red card. They have to go through this rigmarole where

everyone went up behind the blocks again, then he walks up... There he

goes. He should know, when you false start, you know you have

false started. I absolutely, and you can always do it yourself next

to your opponents. He will be very disappointed with that because he

had a real chance of qualifying for the final and making it through to

the Europeans. Colin referred to that qualifying time, 6.60, and he

had run 61 earlier this year. His opportunity is gone. Six men are

left now. If they keep going like this, they will have a walk through

Chambers a week reasonably well. Clarke is going absolutely nowhere

on the near side. This is Rion Pierre. That was a messy race, what

happened to Chambers and Clarke? He was OK, but the other two big names,

Clarke looks as though he is limping, he was not running

smoothly at all. Dwain Chambers seemed to get out of the blocks

pretty well, and I am not sure what went wrong for him. He has had this

back problem. What a messy race, really. Overcoming the form book.

That is more of a stumble than anything else. This is a very

strange race, indeed. Dwain Chambers seemed to react OK, but he

was very soft. Clarke could to his left was just ambling down the

track. Everything is going on, Chambers was struggling to make it

through there. In Moscow he did not run well, we are worrying about his

former, we're very disappointed with that first race indeed. Lots

of questions there. Kim Collins, safely through. Yes, very close for

third, we might have to leave that to the photo finish. While we do,

to the photo finish. While we do, let's find out what happened to

Dwain Chambers. What happened there, the false

start affect you first of all? it does not help. But the other

guys just ran past, was not able to get them at the start.

I got through injury free, let's hope by get through to the final.

How has it been? I know you had the back injury that forced to out of

the trials in Sheffield last weekend? It is difficult, I am not

used to injuries, but I just have to get a little more mature, these

things happen. Listen learned for me. I will take this as an

experience and went to improve from Well, it will be interesting to see

whether he has gone fast enough to get through. The two fastest loser

spots are available, but he is only in fifth place, and that 6.81, I

will be gobsmacked if that is enough to get through to the finals.

Kim Collins wins it, Rion Pierre takes second, Lucas to come tricked

takes the third spot just ahead of takes the third spot just ahead of

Jason Rogers. -- Lucas Jakubczyk. The air is the line-up for the

women's long jump. The first athlete to jump is the UK women's

champion Dominique Blaize. The last to jump his British record holder

at Shara Proctor, who broke the long-standing British record in

in at the Sheffield Arena. Dominique Blaize was our number one

It is only the long jump, you can always tell with the body language

when they get out of the pit whether they are happy with it,

whether they think they have done well. That is a pretty average

start for Dominique Blaize, from the Kingston and Polytechnic

Harriers club. South London, coached by a former British

heptathlete, Julie Hellman, and there it is, six metres for the

moment indoors, which to the Olympic Games last year but did not

qualify. She is a very metre runner. Not too much acceleration into the

board, but, boy, did she power a take-off. Tremendous height. The

judge just out of camera shot having a very close look. A left-

footed take-off. The judge is leaning forward there, that was

very close to being a foul. My goodness, absolutely spot on, that

looked like a good start to her campaign here. 6.32, a good start

Shara Proctor had this arena all to herself two want to go, set two

British records. She has subsequently improved to 6.89 at

the World Indoor Championships. That looks a cracking start for

Shara Proctor. A very simple technique. And does world indoor

championships, where she set the current British record of 6.89, she

won the bronze medal. She has been a world championship finalist. We

had high hopes of a picking up a medal in London 2012, but she could

only finish 9th in the final. Nevertheless, a good performance in

itself to finish in ninth place, but I guess she feels she could

have done better. 6.46, that is the end of the first round.

Heat two of the men's 60m, Het -- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. Mike

Rodgers from the UK inside 10 is in decent form, as well. They have

been dropping like flies in this one. In heat one, a couple of false

start disqualification. Andre Wright is in lane one. Second in

the 200m might in Sheffield last week. A personal best of 6.76. Greg

Cackett. Margot Wells on her thin, saw his sprinting talent in his

previous life as a footballer. -- one earth to him. And one Adams, a

surprise bronze-medallist at the 2011 world championships. --

boating. From let established as the lead-off man in the Jamaican

relay team. -- firmly established. There is the formidable figure core

of Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. Last year he was blighted by a torn

hamstring. The youngest man in this race by a

distance, still just 18, judge and do the job. -- Chijindu Ujah.

Mike Le blog from Canada have got as far as the indoors final last

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up from Nesta Carter. Taken by Mike Rodgers.

Showing his form throughout, he quickly held on, Mike Rodgers and

Mr Parker, looked a little off the pace, perhaps. 6.61 for the winner.

We will see who has gone through further down the times in addition

to the first three, looking for the two fastest semi-finalist.

fastest losers will come from this heat, no doubt about it.

All of these athletes will have realised that 6.82, 6.72 qualified

from the last heat, they know they are all better than that. They will

be looking for those top three places guaranteed to the final.

Nesta Carter, I am pretty sure there is more to come from him in

the final. As we look at the main protagonists,

just out of shot Greg Cackett was going very well in lane two, as

well. Hopefully a season's best for him, 6.65 at the moment, Let's see

have been lacking forward to is the women's pole vault and pride of

place has to go to blees blows who in Sheffield when winning the title

jumped 4.77. That is the biggest height in the world this year. --

Holly Bleasdale. Katie Byers the current British junior record

holder going for 4.35 for a season's best. She has been looking

good in warm up and with her first jump in the competition as well.

Her previous season's best 4.30. Her lifetime best 4.52. A little

way to go. Looking superb there. The the plant and the pole bend,

then you have a lot of work to do on top of the pole. Gave it a

little nick on the way up, but no problems there. Shara Proctor leads

the way in this women's long jump. Well over six metres in the first

round. 6.40 plus, and that surely is a 6.40 plus jump too. Formally

chose to compete for her native country, then she was cleared to

compete for Britain, from November 2010, and she has done so with

distinction since then. So looking for an improvement from the first

round. 6.46 in the first round. That looks pretty close but looking

to go further as well. 6.49, another season's best in round two.

Confirmation of the result from the second heat in the men's 60 metres,

we thought the two fast qualifiers would come from this heat and we

can confirm that. So, confirmation then of the qualifiers for the

final, no Peter Chambers of course, run out of it in the first heat,

the first semifinal, but that is As Andrew Cotter said. No cham came

in the final. Really a surprise. We saw him running 6.58 and struggling

He was looking great in Glasgow. A bit of a surprise, I am surprised a

that Dwayne is out here if he is hurt. We know he had a back injury.

He is a seasoned come pet ter for. He nou knows how to run these race,

but just didn't seem to get going, soy would say he has to be be hurt.

The other thing, and I don't like to mention it so much, when you get

older, your performance does fluctuate regardless of sqirry.

there -- injury. The maturity and with a lot of training under your

belt, the experience Dwayne has had, you pick up niggles and it can

affect your performance, for is one of his age, dare I say it, you have

to be try and be in tip top condition all the time. Next up

it's the men's 400 metres. We have the Olympic silver medallist we,

have the bronze medallist and that was quite some race, at London 2012.

James taking, we can see there, James in the middle. Santos on the

outside and Gordan in the red on the inside. But James was majestic

in this race. He was majestic, we in this race. He was majestic, we

were awaiting his performance, but what was great about this race in

particular, is the dominance of the Caribbean athletes. Santos in

particular, coming off the back of that world junior Championship,

winning that emphatic style to take the silver medal. So it is great to

see him here, out in Birmingham. am not sure what form he is in. We

will find out soon enough. 6 Steve Cram calling this one. Thanks

Jonathan, I don't think he is in great form. He has run a couple of

races this year. He ran 49 seconds in his first race in Canada we will

let him off with that one. He has had problems getting here, I know

his manager had to head off to Paris, and get him a late visa, and

he only arrived here fairly late in afternoon. So, there is the line up.

Richard Strachan is going well this year. So is Nigel Levine. Santos

and Gordan the two big names. Here is Smith, Calvin Smith. Bearer of a

great sprinting name. A couple of 200 and 300 this year. This is his

first full 400. Drawn the dreaded inside lane. That first lap, of

course, indoors is important. Rabah Yousif has been in good form this

year. Lives and trains in the UK although he runs for Sudan. Been

running really well. 46.82. He will need to go quicker. Fifth ranked in

the world, Richard Strachan. Ran here in the Birmingham games, three

or four weeks' ago. Ran 46 .22 in the heats. Pretty much on his own.

He was beaten by this man at the UK Championships. Nigel Levine. He is

in top form. Just to remind you 46.9 is the qualifying time to and

Nigel Levine is guaranteed his spot at the Europeans. What we will see

from Santos, he is a big hero back home, he lives in Porto Reich co-,

when he flew back home he got a her Rees welcome. I think Lalonde Gordn

will be the one to watch. That is in the top ten ever fastest times.

So that is a good indicator of the form he brings to this race. He has

a good lane on the outside. Santos for a 400 meertd runner. Probably

well suited to running this event indoors but has he got the pace to

stick with Gordon through the first of the box. Starting quickly is

Nigel Levine. He has made ground on San to, Strachan going well as well.

Strachan might have the advantage. Rabah Yousif trying to get up on

the two big names. He has a lot of work to do. It is Rabah Yousif,

Strachan, Levine as they go through the bell. Santos and Gordon is

miles off it at the moment. Rabah Yousif looking behind on the inside.

Strachan is right there. He wants them to run wide. He is going well.

Look at Levine attacks on the back straight. Gets himself in a good

position. Gordon is finishing quickly from the back. He won't get

there. There is Nigel Levine's race. Goes away strongly. Gordon finishes

just to take second from Strachan. 46.34. Very very quick. Good

running from Levine. His fastest of the season but a well judged race.

When you get to the Championships that is what you have to do. Didn't

panic, you let Rabah Yousif take it out. Even let his team-mate get in

between him and the leader. Strong down the back straight. Put himself

in the right position. Attacked round the top and came away with a

really good victory. Really good race there, look at Rabah Yousif,

he wants the first place through the 200 metre, if you get that

wrong, you have nothing to hold people off with. Look how far back

Gordon s I think he will go way and think what was I doing? Way too

slow, he has run 20.6 indoor, no excuse for him. Look how quick he

finishes but there is no catching Nigel Levine. Gordon gets second.

Strachan third. Look how relaxed he is. Perfect position. He knows he's

is going to win from here. Strachan is fighting hard. This is an

athlete in good form. Surely he has to go to the European indoors with

a very very good chance of at least a medal. Good victory, pleased the

a medal. Good victory, pleased the crowd. Our winner is with Phil. He

S and a delighted man I am sure. A couple of great scalps in two of

the Olympic medallists. A tremendous performance from

yourself. I am quite pleased with it. I came here to win. I would

like to thank Linford Christie, my coach, Ron, training grueng

obviously. Richard Strachan, my family, friends, thaerch supported

me. Brunel, yes It is good. You got it tactically spot on as well.

guess so. That is how it appeared. I gez so I was just trying to hold

my nerve, keep it calm, -- guess, I am happy to win. It is good for

Gothenburg projecting forward. good for the European, hopefully I

can make the final. My aim is to make the final, and then obviously,

I will set my next target after that. We form like that, anything

is possible. Thank you Phil. Well done indeed. Pleased with a win and

46.34, a season's best. Gordon had a second's best. Strachan, solid

enough, he is guaranteed his spot at the European indoor

championships. A little earlier on we had a domestic 400 metre race.

We hoped to see Richard Buck but he was a late withdrawal in warm up.

So it was left to a contested, we thought it was going to be a

thought it was going to be a contest between Jack Green. On the

outside Luke Ed for who was unlucky not to get selected for the Olympic

Games. -- Luke Ford. Green looked to be in a good position, the 400

metre hurdler, looking for good flat speed, but starts to tie up

and Lennon Ford looked strong by stark contrast indeed to Jack Green

who faded really badly, Lennon Ford hanging on for the win. And a

season's best for him. And Jack Green, well, not sure what that was

about. He wasn't injured or hurt, I think that is called lactic acid in

your legs mate that. Is a bit more winter training to be done, I think.

we are sorry the hear one of our great 400 metres of the past Todd

Bennett is battling serious illness. I am sure everyone in athletics

would join me in passing our our best wishes. Our thoughts very much

Proctor has been bouncing round the infield, staying warm, leaving

those muscles nice and loose, let us see what she can do in the third

round. She powers into the board again. That could be even further.

Well, a lot of people thought, as I alluded to in the introduction,

that Shara Proctor could have been on the medal rostrum in London. She

produced some fabulous jumps last year. She does seem to be getting

better and better as time goes on. A valuable addition to the Great

Britain and Northern Ireland athletics team. Waiting anxiously

for the distance. That is good once more. She still leads, 6.63. Holly

Bleasdale looks very composed indeed. Suffered a rare defeat in

Europe to Silva, who is here today. This is for 50 and she made it look

very easy indeed. Veil has already failed that height, so immediately

Holly Bleasdale gets the advantage. Katie Byers the British June

orrecord holder, she has failed it once as well. -- junior. Holly

Bleasdale gets the advantage straight away. That was massive.

Still to come, we have a red hot women's 60 metres with Shelly Ann

Fraser Pryce, the double Olympic champion up against the second

quickest woman of all time, Carmelita Jeter. In the men's high

jump it is an Olympic replay again as the Olympic champion takes on

Robbie Grabarz. Then moef to finish off. A straight final here. No

heats, no semifinals but a race involving possibly Britain's top

women's hurdler Tiffany Porter although Jessica Ennis might vie

for that. The winner here last year Danielle Carruthers outside. A

chance for Katarina Johnson- Thompson to test her hurdling about

alongside her. She ran it 0.04 in France earlier this week. And

Tiffany Porter, the world indoor civil -- silver-medallist in

Istanbul last year, behind Sally Pearson, and the home crowd I

acknowledges her. -- the home crowd year was supposed to Olga great

things for the season. Injury Ennis is, but few are. But she is

learning a few things, as well, just getting to compete in this

quickly, she rises first but was passed by Porter. Daniel Carruthers

comes through to sneak it very close at the end. Carruthers just

coming through Porter, Carruthers with the victory. I think

Carruthers is very happily with the victory. She will perhaps be

disappointed with the clock. A personal best of 7.88 is way

quicker than what she produced today.

From the blocks, Tiffany Porter usually gets a strong start, but

O'Rourke also get some really strong start. Lookout hate that is.

What a finish! -- what a finish. good, competitive race. They love

running against each other, these women, they love competing. Watch

this as they drive to the line. Talking about a blanket, look at

A big old blanket. Let's hear from the main protagonist down with Phil.

Looking over the scoreboard, Danielle, you got the win, we're

waiting for the time, Tiffany, what do you think? It was not my best,

but that happens, I came to do my best, I will take it. You're

projecting forward to the European indoors, that was eventful a few

years ago when you dislocated your shoulder crossing the line for a

medal. I am not doing the Europeans this

year, actually. You were not going for it? That is not part of the

plan it now. I am just going to focus on doing my best for the

outdoor season. All the best, we will let you go for a warm-down.

What a reception for you, Katerina, you shot to prominence at the

Olympics and it has carried on. I cannot believe I am actually

involved, I was watching at at home last year.

This has been evolving, it is such an event. Tiffany is saying she is

not doing the Europeans, where does this factor into your projections?

Last year I said that would not put much focus on the indoors, I am

going to dabble in bits and bobs. Fokker's on high jump, because I

think in European, I have not been invited to the pentathlon. I am

just going to events like this to. All the best for what you have

coming up this year and great to this -- the quickest 60m hurdles.

Daniel Carruthers just outside her second attempt, but this is a hate

our competitor has actually passed. Extravagant, right at the top of

the pole, boat -- but a good effort, nevertheless. She goes clear and

goes into the lead in this competition. Holly Bleasdale has

just had one attempt so far at the 4.50. That was a massive clearance,

so Holly Bleasdale will come in at a much higher height. Silva, who

a much higher height. Silva, who beat Bleasdale just a few days ago.

Da fascinating competition Viera at the pole vault. Disappointing there

from Tiffany Porter, she did not quite produce. She did not, but it

is still early in the season, people are still finding their way

with their form, trying to get speed into the legs. She did not

have the best start. Usually, 60m is very good for Tiffany. She is

very explosive are out of the blocks. As you said, it was not her

day today. She has to take it on the chin, she has no big

aspirations for indoors anyway, she has just touching base and getting

back into the competitive field. How did you like the look of

Katrina did -- Katrina Thompson Johnson, a huge talent? I do not

like to compare athlete, but she reminds me of another athlete in

terms of a potential. Hurdles will be difficult for her indoors, but

she does not have much plans for it, we have to look at her outdoors.

Yes, Jessica Ennis did not decide to compete in does -- indoors, how

do you make that decision? E have been make the decision, I am

going to savour this, enjoy this. So often as an athlete, you achieve

your goal, knew immediately set the next one and don't get time to

appreciate it. I think she deliberately took that and has

sensibly said I am not going to race until I am ready, until I

really feel the passion is there to want to race, to attack it, and the

performance is there. We have a quick update on your

health, how is your foot doing? I am a little stock at the minute,

highlighting to get a screw removed that it in my foot. -- I am waiting

to get. I am waiting to start some running up again and see what

happens. We next up it is the women's at 60m heat. Shelly-Ann

Fraser-Pryce goes in the second heat, first up it is Carmelita

very well in Glasgow, and alongside she has the quickest in the world

over 60m. She has her work cut out here, she needs to show much better

form than we saw three weeks ago. The first three will go through.

Anyika Onuora in lane one. She Sherri-Ann Brooks from Jamaica,

good indoor speed. She has a qualifying time for the European

Championships of 7.30. Annabelle Lewis has been close to that, 7.31.

Barbara Pierre. Carmelita Jeter needs to be a bit better. She went

back to Albuquerque and got 7.18, impressive by her standards. You

cannot question this young lady, who has run under 7.1 on numerous

occasions already this year, seven seconds flat, in the top seven

fastest times ever. Sherri-Ann Brooks, champion back in

Melbourne in 2006, took bronze in 2010. Not quite on that sort of

form, 30 years old now. Montell Douglas, sporting a new

hairstyle. After the UK championships ranked a small

indoors meet last week and ran a new personal best, and Mandy wait

in lane eight. Just to confuse you, -- just to

confuse you, at no Annabel Lewis. not fit when she run in Glasgow,

but she has had three weeks to expected, Carmelita Jeter, then

Sherri-Ann Brooks. That is a new stadium record, that is pretty

quick. Our statistician is reminding me it is on all-comers

record. That is the fastest time not only in Birmingham but anywhere

in the UK. She has been in superb form, so consistent, been running

7.04, 7.05. Cracking form here, she is so good indoors. Denise Lewis,

sitting alongside me, Carmelita Jeter disappointing again?

I think you call did, I was so surprised how on condition that she

looked, and why someone of that calibre would promote in that

condition. -- would come out in that condition. I suspect she is

just here to try and get some speed into her legs. There is no rebound

off the floor, sprinters are looking for that minimal contact on

the ground, light, crisp, and against Ahoure, who is in

scintillating form, she looks pedestrian.

7.24, that is a really slow from her, but an astounding run from

Ahoure, I knew all-comers record, the fastest we have ever seen in

Britain. Psych -- a new all-comers for her four metres 70 in this pole

vault competition. Only her second jump in the competition so far.

Lovely, very smooth. She looked very, very comfortable indeed. She

has just seen a Silva miss another jump in the competition. Holly

Good form from Holly Bleasdale, next contract it is the second heat

of the women's 60m. The female version of Usain Bolt, she is

Jamaican, she has two 100m gold Jamaican, she has two 100m gold

medals. Can Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of

Jamaica retain the title she won so well in the bird's nest four years

Shaw is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce! It is going to be Shelly-Ann Fraser-

is going to be Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce! 10.75 seconds. When you

announced -- when you were announced as double Olympic

champion, straight away that must give you a good boost.

I guess or! I don't know, for me, I try not to dwell on things, I

forget about what I have and what I focus on is what I want. I guess

other athletes will be thinking, all, she is the Olympic champion,

but I just try and stay in the moment, thinking about what I want

to accomplish, the times I want to run. That is what I will think

about when I am on the line. Running indoors is a rarity. I have

never run in does before, I have never run at 60m before. A does

that just not fit in with your training programme?

Denied started to run for the Olympics, I started school and it

did not work out for me, to run indoors and also do school, it was

out of the question. Now I have graduated, the coach has said, yes,

why not? I heard Carmelita Jeter talking

about how women's sprinting is right up there now, thanks mainly

to the kind of rivalry you have developed over the years. It is

getting there, I do not think it has arrived, I think it needs more

work, the media has to do more or to promote us. When required and

put on these fantastic times, when we have the clashes, when we have

an American meeting a Jamaican, two top sprinters, I definitely think

that rivalry gives the sport a boost. What are you expecting of

this first indoors out in? I have no idea. I will just do what I do

best, and that is just try and do my best, get out in front and stay

There is not many indoor tracks in Jamaica. I think she will enjoy

this event. She has a very explosive start. If she is on top

form, can see her getting close to that world mark. Her race face is

different from her interview face. Absolutely. She is meaning business.

You get anxious and nervous when it is your first time out. She is

getting ready. All abuzz round the stadium. A tiny woman physically

but a giant in sprinting terms, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, she goes

in this one, in lane four, she supposed to be running but she is

ill, sadly, so on the inside is Ezinne Okparaebo. A Nigerian by

birth. Norwegian wan by nationality. She equal head personal best of

7.17. Lal al-- Ivet Lalova the reigning champion. Finished second

here last year. -- Ivet Lalova. There she is, and listen for the

acclaim. Seems suited to 60 metres even though she has never run that

distance. This woman might push her hard, Mariya Ryemyen. European

champion over 200 metre last year. And there is Asha Philip. She say

she is was shocked by her time of 7.15 in destroying the field in

Sheffield last week. Third on the UK list. And Natasha Hastings has

gone sub 50 over 400 metres, a cousin of Shaka Hislop, the former

Newcastle keeper. And on the out side Shayla Mahan. I know she has

never run a 60 metres before, but as we look at Asha Philip, I wonder

what Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce can do here. Because she has actually been

timed 100 metres race going through 60, in 6.88. The big napes are

falling in the men's and women's 60 metres. Carmelita Jeter out of

sorts in the first heat, and watching nervously to see what

times are produced here. Fist three through, plus the two fastest from

the two heats. It is Ezinne tell you there was a false start.

And the false start blight visits us again. Who is going to be

leaving the building? Might have been Hastings. She certainly rocked.

It is very difficult to see there, but Hastings in lane seven, looked

to rock in her blocks a little bit, but it is going to be interesting

to see what the officials do here. It is not as clear-cut as the false

start in theman -- men's 60 metres. We will bring you an update on this

sortly. The card comes for nobody at the moment. Blees has already

won this pole vault come pe -- Holly Bleasdale, pole vault

competition. Veil has been eliminated. But this could be a new

British record. 4. 78. She has cleared higher but none of those up

to 4.87 have been ratified. So this could be the new record figure,

last attempt, oh. It was so, so close. Another victory for Holly

but she so wishes she could have Bleasdale was attempting that

height, nas sha Hastings have has given Herimar ching order, she will

race in the 400 later on. So once again they settle, Ezinne Okparaebo

of Norway in two, praise price -- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce goes in

four. Mariya Ryemyen in five. Pilipenko -- Asha Philip in six and

Shayla Mahan of the United States tremor from Okparaebo, it looks

like a faulty start as much as anything else. The warning given to

the starters as much as anything. They will settle down and go it

again. A reminder the first three go through, plus the two fast loser,

the first heat not the quickest. Carmelita Jeter was 7.24 and

finishing fourth in the first heat. The world record for this one is

6.92 set way back in 1993. Once again, they settle, second heat of

the women's 60 metres. This time they get away, Shelly-Ann Fraser-

Pryce a bit sluggish, Okparaebo, but Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce coming

there now and Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce is going to take it. Asha

Philip coming through to take third place ahead of Mariya Ryemyen and

we look for the time. But Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce, her first ever 60

metres indoors, ends in victory and she will move through to the final.

She seems pretty pleased with herself, very composed even though

she knows she is going through to the final. It was good to see her

blow the cobwebs out and receive that great reception from the

Birmingham crowd. Rather like the women's pole vault we have our

victor right here in the picture. Shara Proctor has won, despite a

challenge, a late challenge from Cornelia Deiac. The good Romanian

and Shara Proctor really went for it there. In the last round, she

achieved six metres 70. And that is the automatic European indoor

Championship standard, if she wants to go of course, to Gothenburg for

the European indoor Championships. She may not do. But she has got

better and better as this competition has gone on. Only the

one foul, that came in round four. 6.46 she started with, then 6.70 in

the last round. 6.78, another season's best performance, that is

a good victory in the bag for Shara Proctor. The results of that second

women's 60 metres semifinal. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did win it.

The times there to notice. Good for Carmelita Jeter. I think she will

be through to... The final. We will look at confirmation T Asha Philip,

she goes through as well. Just six qualifying in the end. Shelly-Ann

Fraser-Pryce and Brooks her fellow Jamaican with the quickest times. -

- and we will wait for two more to go through there. I think we can

confirm that Carmelita Jeter will be threw. So that is six of the

qualify, they is the second automatic qualifiers. -- that is.

Just over an hour gone, a couple more to go. Robbie Grabarz is out

for the high jump. We will see that shortly. He is up against the

Olympic champion. It should be quite a head-to-head. And then in

the women's 1500 metres, she has been far and away outstanding at

this distance so tar this season, Genzebe Dibaba. And Andrew Osagie,

he ran the 600 in Glasgow. He is over 800 in Birmingham. And then

the women's 60. We have seen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce the Olympic

chal over 100 go through comfortably. She will face a tough

charge from Murielle Ahoure in the final. Then to finish it off Mo

Farah at about 4.15 in the 3,000 metre, starting his 2013 season.

Here are the timings. So again, you can organise your afternoon.

Lawrence Clarke he was fourth in the Olympic final. He is going in

the hurdles finals later on. Next on track it will be the men's 1500

metres and make sure you are in for the 3,000 metres. The men's 1500

bring us up-to-date with the full qie qualifying list for the women's

final. Yes, Carmelita Jeter goes through. Along with Mariya Ryemyen,

two big napes go through as the fastest losers so we will have that

rematch of the rivalry between Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and

Carmelita Jeter in the final. to come up later and the men's 60

metre final. But to the middle distance, the men's 1500 metre, a

good race in store. Lots of new British talent. Charlie Grice,

Matthew Mclaughlin, trying to make the team for the European

Championships and then some more famous names. Birgen and Iguider

you might remember from the Olympic Games. Qualifying time is 3.42

exactly. Matthew Mclaughlin fell at the UK Championship, we will go

along here. Kipcoech will be given the task of setting the pace. That

is why he looks relaxed. Iguider, had a pretty good games in London.

Remember him in the 5,000 metres, he looked dangerous with 200 metres

to go. He couldn't catch Mo Farah, thank goodness. Teshome Dirisa is

is a new name. Mekonnen Gebremedhin is not in such good form as we

might expect. Andreas Vojta was in a big race last week. Chris

Warburton was disqualified at the trials so Chris hoping that he can

redeem himself here. With Matthew Mclaughlin. He is trying to make

older statesman-like figure of fair, I suspect it will be slower

than that. I think the question here is, a couple of the youngsters,

can we get one of these youngsters into the team this year, Charlie

Grice has a lot of talent, they have a lot of ability, a big day

for them here. Absolutely, I would like to see them follow the pace a

little bit, but that is not happening here. They will not

finish as fast as some of the guys in here, so the need to commit

early on and give them that every chance of running that the 342

running tank. They are perfect pacemaking, that is so 3.3 it pace,

and if you want to run inside 342 you have to get inside the race a

little bit. The Brits have their mike, and then a bit of a gap here.

All that is happening is it will slow perhaps a little at the front.

A bit of a British race going on towards the rear. For they are

getting a little closer, Paula. The yes, I think they need to put

it on the line and ask some questions.

Iguider Ran well in his last crews last week.

There are the Brits at the back, police they are in contention know

it is. Chris Warburton is back there. But at the front, Kipkoech,

still doing their job, good solace pacemaking. The young Matthew

McLaughlan is starting to trouble a little bit as the pacemaker steps

aside. That is a shame to see bit cos he did do really well. It is

still possible, they are giving themselves a good chance come it is

just the same that Matt McLaughlan cannot stay with this. He had that

British junior record a couple of weeks ago. He is struggling today,

the youngster, he just has to knuckle down and keep going,

perhaps the place is up to four gap -- up for grabs ahead of 10,

Charlie Grice still in with a shoat, but at the front, Tahri, is just

chalked undecided. It is good to see Lewandowski, he is there to

make his position now. The police - - the pace has just slowed a little,

he likes to control the pace from the front, attacked by a Iguider

from the outside, he has hit the front hard. Lewandowski He, trying

to get back on terms. Berigan is not be doing, and

Iguider Lewandowski, takes third, a vast last lap, then you get the

3.47. It will be interesting to see the times behind. 3.42 there is the

time we're looking for for the British athletes. The winner has

struck well at the right kind and just had enough to hold of the

second place. It looked good and look smooth. I was watching the

plot, trying to get an idea of what Charlie Grice might have run. He we

have a run if -- and un official time for Chris Warburton at 3.41,

with Charlie Grice behind. A good chance they may have qualified

and this fast last lap, when you go to the European Championships it is

being able to run at these fast last laps of a reasonable pace, and

Iguider knows how to do that. Birgen Is so good indoors, he

cannot even get close to the Kenyan team out goes, but in does he is

very, very good. -- but indoors. We will get the result of that, but it

may be that Chris Warburton and Charlie Grice are very close to the

result of the long jump, Shara Proctor improving round by round,

apart from one foul right in the middle of the competition, the

longest jump in Great Britain this year, a season's best for her. A

victory for Holly Bleasdale, two British athletes on good form. It

was a boat face for Holly Bleasdale, was a boat face for Holly Bleasdale,

beaten by Silva midweek. He Hollick, congratulations.

The yes, I eat usually jump on 450 Poles, I thought I would try on 460

today. I am so confident with them, I can jump much higher, it is good.

You said you wanted to get too high for one up on -- you said you

wanted to get 2-1 up on Silva, you have done that. Hopefully it will

give me more confidence going to Gothenburg, maybe I can even win

gold, I am so excited and loving it at the minute. That is great going,

tremendous today. Thank you very much. Holly Bleasdale is looking

forward to going to Gothenburg. Clarke, if he runs well here, will

be hoping to go to Gothenburg, as well. He was fourth in the Olympic

Games, he fell during a training session I was involved with, so he

can play me a little for this. He is looking strong, he is running

well, and if he does the right time I think he will definitely take his

place in Gothenburg. We will see that race shortly, but that catch

up with the official result of the up with the official result of the

men's 1,500m. Yes, just to clear that up, a

little further down from the winner, Chris Boardman and Charlie Grice,

that is significant, they were trying for under 3.42 flat to push

themselves for selection, they manage to do that, both running

personal bests. They will wait to hear from the selectors, I am sure,

glimpse of Clarke, who gained an unexpected medal in London. He will

be in lane one. Orlando Ortega up in Scotty 2 Hotty. By wonder if

Gianni Frankis can get the Gothenburg qualifying standard,

very close in Sheffield last week. -- Orlando or take got up in lane

Outside him, the Hungarian record holder, Daniel Kiss, the European

bronze-medallist at three years ago. And there is Orlando Ortega, made

the final of the Olympic Games in the 110 metres hurdles, a personal

best in 13.09. A harder of the highest trouble -- calibre. As is

the Russian record holder, quickest in the field, he ran 750 just a

couple of weeks ago. And Gianni Frankis, 7.67 he ran in

the heats in Sheffield, 7.6 wide is the UK Athletics Gothenburg

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line-up at 32, Ryan Wilson is in will wait with some expectation

that time that or landlord Tedder has, he is safely through,

certainly come up laying down a marker. Lawrence Clarke is

wondering where he is finished, he has not quite sure. When you are in

the first lane everyone is to your right. Orlando Ortega is looking

very strong indeed. Lots of false starts today, so you can imagine

all these toddlers are very anxious, but they have been get to that

first hurdle quickly. Gianni Frankis got a really great start,

led at this world-class field for the first three hurdles. Has the

first three are the fastest three. Watch this again, all of them

aggressive, strong, hard, right into that first hurdle. Orlando

Ortega, beautifully fluent, -- beautifully fluid. We expect that

from the Cubans, they are very well-drilled, great tacticians,,

and the fastest three come through. And confirmation of the results,

Orlando Ortega with a personal best, 7.54, pretty quick.

Gianni Frankis will have to wait, 7.75, one tenth of a second outside

of the qualifying standard for A Andrew mentioned the European

indoor championships, that is March 1st, second and third, a cross the

BBC One all platforms, comprehensive coverage. Looking

comprehensive coverage. Looking forward to the London Marathon,

more far it is doing have of that, Sunday 21st April from 8:30am. --

The next heat of the men's 60m hurdles is coming up shortly, after

that we have the women's 1,500m. Hannah England, great to see you

here, getting ready for the big race. What emotions are you going

through now? It is nice to be down here, it

feels -- feels familiar, I do this every year, it feels like you get

here and it is time for business. What kind of shape argue in? Pretty

good, I have been intended for a month, so that is always fun and

get me in good shape ready for the whole dear. What do you look to get

rid of the race today? Just enjoy competing, it is important to stay

in touch with that, get a marker of where I am at and information to

move on with. Call the best for the race, we will see you later.

That is coming up later, but back onto the track for the second heat

I'll ask Colin what is going on with Robles Mr, he represents Cuba

in it lane two. He says he is not going to run any more, he has

retired? And he has had a little problem with the federation, he has

been seeing he has not been respected back then, so he is

feeling quite aggrieved at the moment. It would be a bit of a

shame for us, though. This could be the man to step

Yordan O'Farrill, into his shoes, and Barrett Nugent of the United

States, champion two years ago. Then Kevin Craddock, very good form

in Dusseldorf, he came second to the man in the next lane alongside

He has only been beaten by cod dock in that race in Dusseldorf. --

then' long side him Ben kel bg. Chance to look at this young Cuban

here. Just to remind you that first heat won by Orlando Ortega. What is

it with Cubans and hurdling? O'Farrell is in two but he has two

good American, Craddock and Omo Osaghae in lanes four and five.

Looks like he hasn't left school, yet, doesn't he? Good hurdler

get a good start. It might be that Helge Schwarzer had a false start.

I think it was Helge Schwarzer in lane one, by my eyes. How good are

your eyes, Steve? At this Danes not bad! Let us have a look. Top, lane

one. That is hard toical. It is hard toical. Maybe because the guy

was slow calling it. On the computer it does say Helge

Schwarzer, lane one, as well. won't argue with the computer.

I would argue with me but not the computer. Let us see this. This is

what we are seeing, so you get an idea, we have the computer as well

to back this up. It takes a while to come through. That minus means

he's was a tenth of a second before the gun went. The others reacted

after the gun. It was really tight, though. If he went tenth of a

second before the gone went he was still slow at the blocks. He still

reacted, right. There you go, he is upset. He saying the block slipped.

You know you can argue all you want, once you are shown that card, it is

time to walk. He will try and hold it, he will try and persuade them,

but they will not listen. He will have to step off the track shortly.

There was a time you could run under protest. That doesn't happen

now. If he thinks the blocks slipped he should have said

straight away, but to then wait until they come up to you and show

you the red card, sorry the black and red card, he is disqualified,

and then he is suggesting, I think that the blocks slipped. I am not

going to -- I am not sure that is going to wash. Lane one. Well he is

in a holding position. I can't see any real problem. His back leg is

twitching already. I think he should just walk. There you go, he

is off. There was movement, and that is registered on the starting

block, which are very sensitive. As soon as you put a bit of weight on

there it is registered. So he goes. So it will be Yordan O'Farrill, the

world junior champion, in lane two. We have Barrett Nugent. Kevin

Craddock and Omo Osaghae. Alan Scott, Tyrone Akins and Ben Kelk.

First three to go through, and two fastest times, the two fastest

losers from heat one, Gianni Frankis and Ryan Will so son. --

Osaghae not such a good start. Alan Scott is running a good race. Scott

might have dipped for second and Nugent possibly third. We will let

the photo finish sort that out really disappointing in the end

from Craddock. I don't know what happened to him, ranked joint

number one in the world. This guy was good enough, after not such a

good start, but good to see Alan Scott doing well. It is nice to see

the return of Alan Scott. We wondered what was happening with

him. Remember he has run 7.52. At his best he would be up with the

world leaders at this moment in time. It was a good solid

performance. Omo Osaghae looked good to take the heat. Let us look

at these athletes. Alan Scott eh aggressive out of the blocks. A

quick reactions, getting down as quickly as he can with stride

length. Driving off every single hurdle. But Omo Osaghae, a bit more,

more racing in him allows him to pull away. Take the win. Look at

Alan Scott, confirming he is in the final. Second place. Let us have a

look. P all driving out the blocks. If you look at the left leg, of

Craddock. Looks like he has a bit of strapping on there, that is why

he could be struggling. But Omo Osaghae, lots of running, looking

confident. Quite an untidy hurdler, but it is effective. That is all

that matters. Get to the line first and get there quickly. Very tight

for the lesser places, but good run from Alan Scott there, 7.75, taking

advantage of one or two others not running so well. Nugent also going

through, it will mean that O'Farrell with that 7.76 will join

Gianni Frankis as the two fastest losers in the final. That race at

about 4.50. The men's high jumpers are out. -- 4.05. The Olympic

champion is up against our man of the moment, Robbie Grabarz. Robbie

the moment, Robbie Grabarz. Robbie Grabarz can get this. This stadium

is going to go crazy. This is a brilliant performance from the

Russian. He could be rewriting the history books today and he has

found his form! What a jump. It is bronze for Britain. A bronze for

Robbie Grabarz and UK -- Ivan Ukhov is the Olympic champion. Robbie,

renew old rivalries today, Ivan Ukhov first at the Olympic, you

were third and I think is one of of those rivalrys fans relish, what

about you? I am the same I know he is looking forward to jumping

against himism can't wait to jump against him. There is a Russian guy

jumping higher than both of us so it is exciting. What has he got

that brings out the best in you. makes it great fun to be out on the

field. Is there a great cameraderie round the high jumper, the mutual

respect for you and what you put into it. Spefrblly as we we are out

there for a long time. Even though I don't speak Russian you can get a

long with these guys and have a laugh. We often talked about Robbie

Grabarz and his love of the big occasion, up against the Olympic

champion today is perfect for him. He is in his element. It is a local

crowd, a home crowd that, will really get up for this, you know,

it is going to be a great head-to- head. Robbie is the man of the

moment. He is full of confidence, and loves his jumping. He is in a

real groove and has been throughout last season. Let us see how he gets

on. He is talking about jumping big heights, he tried it last week in

Sheffield. He cease his sights firmly set on 2.40. He is

consistent and that is the first thing you need in high jumping.

will see that shortly. Next up on track it is the women's 1500 metres.

Hard work and dedication important in this vent, but as is the right

This time it's the young one, Genzebe Dibaba stretching out like

a tree 1500 metre runner. A domnand run. A real superb demonstration.

This could be the new name over the next two or three years. Genzebe

Dibaba. Genzebe Dibaba in fan it is a --tastic form on the track and in

the cross-country. Go up to the commentary box with Paula Radcliffe,

and what do you make of Genzebe Dibaba. She has the right surname

for a start. She has. The interesting story, to why she is

racing over 1500 metres, the way Haile Gebrselassie will tell us, he

saw her working nowt the gym. Saw she has quad strength, so said why

don't you try the 1500 metres, she has taken it from there. Suits her

because she doesn't have to follow in her sisters' foot centre she can

Blaize her own trail in another distance. Just a quick question on

her sister, stepping up to the marathon in April in. Yes, making

her debut there that, will be exciting to see. She has taken a

slightly different approach to the traditional debut marathon approach,

by raising indoors this season. Heng neng this one as well, so over

to you. Hannah England in this one as well. So over to you. What would

a meeting be without an assault on a meeting be without an assault on

a world record? That isst goal for Genzebe Dibaba. -- is the goal. The

first sighting this year of Hannah England. There is Elena Mirela

Lavric, 800 metres specialist. She has been asked to take them out to

600, 800 metres. There is Genzebe Dibaba, the reigning champion from

that Ethopian running clan. The youngest of three sisters. Tizita

Bogale, the world junior champion in 2010. Also in there, Elina Sujew,

and Hannah England. Always smiling and she will get a very warm

welcome. Starting 2013 after a 2012 she might be glad to put behind her.

There is Diana Sujew, the other of the two twins. Twins Ofcom in twos!

Hillsborough, a class athlete and Treniere Moser -- Siham Hilali.

Melissa Courtney third in Sheffield. Rosie Clarke, second in Sheffield

last weekend, behind Laura Muir. Interesting what kind of race,

within a race. What do people like Hannah England do? Do you think

about going with, with Genzebe Dibaba? We will see. Genzebe Dibaba

is a class apart, ahead of most of the athletes in here, how will this

unfold? It will be interesting to see can the pacemaker set the pace

and hold it to 800 metres, because it is not easy indoor, and if she,

Genzebe Dibaba goes with her we will see two races, and we have

seen it split here a bit already. A big chance for some girls to run

fast times butter, here interesting to see does Genzebe Dibaba have the

shape to go with the pace and hold it on her own after. She is going

with the pace, sometimes as we were seeing in the men's race, the

pacemaker is left out, hanging out there, but Elena Mirela Lavric

taking them through. A clear, when the world record was set, went

through 400 in 63.1, strung out already into almost four separate

groups there. You can see the 400 metre split. Maybe ahead of what

was asked for. Shaping up to run well. She is starting to move wide

already, which might indicate she might not be going the full

distance. Hannah England is at the back of that final group. So a long

way behind the pace setters at the moment. Lavric taking them about on

pace. That was a bit slower against Genzebe Dibaba. With her at the

moment. Unfortunately Hannah went through 400 in about 69 seconds

there so not as sharp as she would want to be. She was a bit late

getting into her winter training. Got married and went out to Kenya.

Sometimes a bit unpredictable to come back and race straight away.

So as we expected, it will be Genzebe Dibaba who is with the

pacemaker. Alongside her Siham Hilali t Moroccan who has an

definitely starting to struggle now, working a lot harder than Denise

really struggling. This will be a good chance for Rosie Clarke and

Melissa Courtney to maybe run faster, aged under that qualifying

time and make a personal best. -- edge under that qualifying time.

The gap widens, Genzebe Dibaba devours that ground, Hilali but

distant second now. There at the back, struggling, Hannah England.

There was a run of a track, races within the race here, but hers is a

solitary pursuit here, the roars of the crowd are her only companions.

She is just inside the mark set in 2006.

She can really attack the world record here, she can finish faster

than anyone could do come and she does not seem to be tiring. This is

going to be really exciting. She is fully 50m clear. Alongside her,

Hilali he all the way back down there, but it is all about Genzebe

Dibaba. And she is tiring as she comes into the home straight, but

the roars will lift tower, chasing down that record. -- will lift her.

Just inside that world record, the victory is her, she wanted so much

more, Hilali is second, and that wins come through from Germany. It

is a UK all-comers record, just that 800m on your own. She just

tired a little bit, but I think that is definitely possible. Well,

she missed out on the 1,500m in the Olympics with a hamstring injury,

but great things to come in the world championships later on. He

that is a new UK all-comers record. Hannah England, 4.14, thereabouts,

for Hannah England. She will be back and improving throughout the

season. A great win for Genzebe Dibaba, if not the world record. It

to have a look at her last lap, at this point she was on schedule to

take the world record. I thought she was going to do it. Usually

that is the fastest part of the race, she looked as though she

still has it in her legs, but she just does not have quite the pop

she had earlier on and is almost leaning back a little bit, just

gritting her teeth and cannot some of quite enough. -- summon up.

Victory, but no world record, Hannah England is now talking to

And that, you wanted to get something from that, how did that

call? OK, I felt a bit ill in my last week in training in Kenya, so

I had not done anything for a week, so felt a bit rusty. But it was fun

to compete and get warming up. Obviously it is a big here, you won

that world silver medal, and it is good to get the juices flowing.

Absolutely, I had something to prove that I did not do last year

with injury. I am fully focused on that outdoor season.

As a fellow athlete, what tribute would you pay to Genzebe Dibaba one

missing that world record? It is great, she always comes out and

races hard. I hope to give her a finished in that women's 1,500m,

Genzebe Dibaba on a class of her own, and all-comers record trust

outside of the four minute mark. Elina Sujew and Diana Sujew taking

their planes record there. -- Twins field is the men's high jump, led

by Great Britain's Robbie Grabarz. He has some very good at Russians

there, Dmitrik, who beat him in Glasgow, and give Ivan Ukhov, who

jumped a hate to Robbie Grabarz can only aspire to at a moment. --

that would be very simple for him. There is a Ivan Ukhov will stop --

there is Ivan Ukhov. Robbie Grabarz is passing on this and will come in

athletes ready to go in the men's 60m final, a no Dwain Chambers, no

Lerone Clarke, second fastest in the world this year, he was out of

sorts and had an injury problem, he did not make it through. It is

these eight men contesting the qualified to go to the European

Indoor Championships, he was second in the UKs and his outdoor time

from last year qualifies him. Still looking for a really good fast time

endorsed. Greg Cackett is having a good season. He has a little work

to do, he has to run 6.602 even in trust the selectors. -- he has to

run 6.602 even interest the Collins, who after spending a night

with his wife during the Olympics Games, he's -- his team remarkably

decided he was not allowed to run. A former world champion, he is in

four next to Mike Rodgers, a very good indoors exponent. 60m is

probably his best distance. There is no Rion Pierre. His lane is

empty. Nesta Carter, Montego Bay was his last race, a bit of a

change to Birmingham. The surprise package, Lucas Jakubczyk, taking

advantage of the poor form of Dwain certainly gives the likes of

Collins and Rogers a big opportunity. They raced each other

in France last week, and Rogers just came out on top, just pipped

Kim Collins in a race where Harry the middle. Mr Carter almost gets

it, but Rogers takes it, his quickest time of the year, 6.52, a

good run from Rogers, came under pressure in the latter stages from

Nesta Carter, the Jamaican must bet -- much better from what we saw in

the heats. Maybe he needed a rest, Mr Parker, because he was much

sharper. -- Nesta Carter. In the arena, Colin Jackson, you would

have been watching that. What a start it was! He really exploded,

put his feet on the floor, he is assured man so he has a pitter-

patter his stride length, and he kept working all the way through,

Great running from him. He was under a lot of pressure from

everyone around him. A lot of expectation, Nesta Carter has -- is

a quality winner. But this man, Mike Rodgers, upload -- proved why

he is one of the fastest in the world. He got into his running

nicely and stole that victory in a very good time indeed. Now he is

You can see your time, 6.53, that made good watching. Yes, it made

good watching, a season best, I am very happy. I did not get a chance

to come back last year to Birmingham to defend my title, it

is four in a row for me. What is it that motivates you you on your?

just to get on the podium, that is everything you need. My family, my

coach, friend, agents, everything. This is a great start of to the

season, one of the building blocks projecting forward to Moscow.

it is, and I hope to see you there. Well done today. Thank you.

Well done today. Thank you. So, Mike Rodgers with a good win,

6153, a season best. Carter, a good performance by him, 6.56. Greg

Cackett, just 100th outside of his personal best with 6.66, and a

rather disappointing run from Harry Aikines-Aryeetey back in seventh

Oni, long-time British international, very comfortable. I

have always thought when this guy jumps well, he really is in great

form, and that is when the big jumps come. When his form

disappears, the technique, the subtle technique that he has got in

abundance. When it stays, he really is terrific. Compart and -- Tom

Parsons, only 2.15, he will want to for Tom pastors, especially when

you consider he is a 2.31 performer at best. His best this year, only

2.15, I just like the way he absolutely sprint up to the bar on

the curve and his take-off is always precise. 2.20, second of the

two jumps he has achieved, and they have both been perfect so far. Here

is the champion, a van YouGov. That is uncharacteristic from the great

life now, Robbie Grabarz takes the stage. 2.20 is his first height,

and he is well clear. I was watching him warming up earlier on,

he looked so, so sharp. I just wonder whether we might be on for

Still looks to come from Robbie Grabarz and the women's 60 front --

And of course, Mo Farah finishing it off at about 4:15pm and the

On the track it is the women's 3,000 metres, Helen Clitheroe is on

that. She is doing a marathon in April, this will be a little faster.

She has been chatting with Phil Jones.

Helen, what feelings are you going through a in preparations? It is

always good to get here, because you get your own race head on as

soon as you get into this part of the race day, so it is good to get

you a little before my race to take it all in and chill out a bit

before I start warming up. I am excited to get back into racing

after a rubbish here at last year. That is good to be in this position

and this environment again. We will never forget that magical moment in

Paris when you won the gold medal at the European indoors. Are you

looking to defend that title? not sure, I am actually preparing

for the London Marathon, this is an added bonus to the schedule. The

3,000 metres was only added at a later date, so I am really excited

to be racing indoors and see how I can do. What is just coming back

from an injury, really, I will see what happens, then I am doing a

half-marathon next weekend, so it is one extreme to the other! It is

a road running all the way, really come if you did well today but you

consider Gothenburg? I have not discussed that with my coach, we

did not plan on doing any indoor races. The plan is to stick on for

roads for a little bit into nearly spring. It is an unexpected bonus

for us, I hope we will enjoy it and you do, too.

I am fascinated to see what Paula and Steve Cram have to say about

she would maybe like a little pace, she is getting on a bit now come

and she would not mind me saying that. She was out in Kenya with Mo

Farah and the rest of the team and was doing very well, she is 39

years old but it still has a good turn of foot when required. A good

opportunity for her to show what shape she is in here. Watch out for

Jessica Judd, Lauren Howarth that the UK champion, and a wish McColl,

-- Eilish McColgan, as well, her first running to endorse. A good

opportunity to gauge where some of this year. Ran 8.56 at the

Championships. Ancuta Bobocel, a familiar figure. Jessica Judd, just

18. Nancy Chepkwemoi. Saw her running in Glasgow two or three

weeks' ago. Helen, she is running a half marathon next week. This was a

late addition to the programme. There was a men's 5,000 until a

week or soing a. This was put together in the last week or so and

Helen has taken the opportunity, as has Eilish McColgan, to see how

they have come off that stint of training in Kenya. Eilidh, of

course, had that horrific foot injury in 2011 n the water jump at

Crystal Palace and did well last year. Helen was saying I am done

with the steeplechase now. Looking forward to seeing what she can do

here today. As we said, look forward to seeing Helen running in

the same half marathon as Mo Farah is running in. If that goes well we

will see Helen in the London Marathon. Helen Clitheroe against

Genzebe Dibaba. From one extreme to the other. She is seeing whether

she likes the marathon and whether she has any talent to take it

further. Dibah is going through with more experience. -- Dibaba.

The marathon is not too back-to- back half marathon, but at the same

time it is something every distance runner wants to try at some point.

What we will see from Helen here, she has trained well in Kenya and

had that strength there. She will be able to maintain a good level of

pace. She may not have the same scintillating pace she used to v

but she will be able to maintain and handle an 8.50 pace. That is

what she is looking for here. She wants the Russian to set a good

pace. She has done well here. She was looking for 70 seconds. So that

is good for everyone in this race. The likes of Lauren Howarth. He

will hope to get taken round to a good past pace. Watching Helen

training in Kenya, she was right on top of her game. I am not sure I

have seen her looking as good as that. It is not the same to

transfer training into racing, she was targeting the half marathon,

but the others there with her, including Hannah England, Eilidh

and others, they were all watching Helen with eau almost. 39 -year-

olds of agele full of experience and enthusiasm. But in very good

form. -- age. I think Helen is in her element out in Kenya. She

thrives on the environment there, she knows the session, she knows

where she would go to run the hill sessions, the track sex, she has

been able to incorporate the hiring mileage and longer runs with

keeping the sessions going and at the same level she was in previous

years when her legs were fresh. I am excited the see Jessica Judd on

here. Someone who add 18 is here to have fun, have experience. She is

not afraid to get in there, go with it and to mix it. She led most of

the trials. I think then, Lauren Howarth came past her to the end

and surprised herself with how fast she ran. I think both have the

capability of getting the qualifying standard for Gothenburg

in the right race. There is Judd tucked in behind Ancuta Bobocel who

is wearing a nice bow in her hair! Eilish McColgan running behind

Jessica Judd. It will be interesting to see how they go.

Still got ten laps to go. On the inside women's triple jump. Running

the opposite way to the runners who are doing the lap races. Yamile

Aldama. British number one. Her target 13.73 by Trecia-Kaye Smith

of Jamaica. Not a bad start for Yamile Aldama. She is yet to go

over 14 metres this year. Coincidentally, both of these

ladies are coached by Frank at toe in north London. -- Attoe. They

have been great friend, such as the dynamic of the competition and the

training group. Which is not a bad thing. Has she taken the lead? Yes,

that first round t pacemaker has stepped aside and left Helen

Clitheroe out in front. They went through the first kilometre slower

than they wanted to, so Helen has the job of keeping this pace going.

Lauren Howarth tucked in behind her. That is Channel Island. Ancuta

Bobocel then Jessica Judd in a good position. Enjoying the sort of pace

she will hope gets her to mine minutes. But Helen, how many times

have we seen her. Paul la, we mentioned that interview, that

great gold she won indoors, just reward for somebody who has such a

good athlete. A huge reward. You have to remember that Helen has

been racing at a top level since Seville probably in 1999 but

deferly since Sydney in 2000. Up to the steeplechase, back to 1500

metres and to win that indoors was a huge boost to her,

psychologically as well as for the boost it gave her in the sport.

Well, Helen of course, in some of those distances, followed in the

footsteps of Liz McColgan and Liz's daughter Eilidh, who has been

excelling and showing she is getting better and improving.

Impressed with the wane she was -- way she was training in Kenya. She

was saying how much she enjoyed it. McColgan, enjoying the pace that

has been set here. It is odd, isn't it that Helen's outdoor PB is

slower than indoors. She ran indoors and hasn't done as fast

outdoors. Before we talk about that let's get back to triple jump. Well,

we have had Yamile Aldama jump out 13.91 in the first round, but in is

a real class athlete. Olha Saladukha, of the Ukraine. World

Champion in 2011 and twice the European champion. She really has

been consistent over the last couple of years and a spectacular

one as well, and that is long. That is the first jump we have seen over

14 metres in this competition so far. I always feel if she could

really maintain the momentum, and refine the technique a little bit

there in the step phase, she could jump really long. Maybe into the

history books. Nevertheless, she is a very fine athlete indeed. Leads

the world ranks this year, 14.37 that, is a big lead already for the

Ukrainian in the first round. In the 3,000 metres they come round

with three laps to go. Lauren Howarth felt the pace slipping a

bit. They went through two kilometres in that even pace, but

now Helen Clitheroe has to wake up, and latches on to Lauren Howarth.

Chelsea Reilly looking as though she is beginning to struggle a bit.

It is good to see Lauren Howarth taking on Helen Clitheroe. It is

good she is not afraid. Chelsea Reilly has rallied. She is almost

smelling the finish. She only had two laps to go. Shaping into an

interesting battle between Jessica Judd and Eilish McColgan as well.

Both on good pace here and running strongly together. Yes, Eilidh and

Jessica Judd further back, but still going well. Emily Stewart is

running down Ancuta Bobocel in fourth, then there is these three.

Chelsea Reilly with a gap. Does Helen Clitheroe have the pace in

the legs. Running a half marathon next week. A marathon to come in

April. Can she show the pace when she used to run 1500 metres to just

over 40 minute -- 4 minutes. Howarth reel rice she is is there.

Tries to put her under pressure. Doesn't want to give it away easily.

But Helen is looming. On her shoulder, is she going to wait. She

is going down the back straight. Look that the, Helen turning on the

burners a bit. She still has pace to burn. Looks up at the screen.

Almost a little smile as Helen Clitheroe returns to winning ways,

there is is a good battle goes on for the lesser places but at the

front, the crowd are loving this one, Helen Clitheroe, checks behind

once more, it's a clear win, and a clear victory, 8.50 Lauren Howarth

takes second. Ancuta Bobocel holds off for third. That is a good

performance for Jessica Judd. At the other end of the age scale,

sorry to keep talking about it Helen, 8.50 that is good, Paula,

and a bit of pace at the end. impressive. And I think she enjoyed

it. I think that meant a lot to her. As she said she had a rubbish year

last year. She had a foot injury that meant she was unable to go to

the Olympics. She had to take about three months off, completely do