Diamond League - Lausanne Athletics

Geneva, we are in Switzerland. We have a good sprinkling of British

interest and the main event should take under ten seconds, as it has

Tyson Gay. Good evening and Denise is making her Diamond League debut.

First time in Lausanne as well? I am excited to be here. I have

watched this meet time and time again, last year in particular with

the sprints. We are going to go racing straightaway. Christine

Ohurougu is in the first event the women's 4 hundred metres. -- 400

metres. She must be confidence after Birmingham. Yes it was a perfectly

judged race. She didn't get caught up in the Superfast times. I think

in this type of race, she can come out and run a good race again. There

seems to be a more relaxed Christine this year. She has set her stall out

that she wants to have fun with athletics and run fast times. The

only way to do that is to get out and mix it with the big girls:

and mix it with the big girls: over to our commentary team. Novlene

Williams is another with a very consistent season. Reggina George

completes the line up. Well Montshow was beaten by Christine Ohurougu in

the last stride in Birmingham. 50.63 to 50.64. She has had a fabulous

season so far with big wins around the world. Christine Ohurougu is in

lane 5. Away they go. Christine Ohurougu always goes off slower than

the rest and then finishes strongly. You can see Christine Ohurougu in

the yellow shoes is being closed down by Hastings and Montshow.

They're the big names. In lane 2, Atkins has gone off the quickest of

all. Atkins leading, Williams-Mills has gone off hard too, the Jamaican.

This is where it starts to tidy up. Christine Ohurougu has a lot of work

to do. They come around into the straight and a fabulous run from

McKrorry. Her comes Montshow, will she get there? She is. Christine

Ohurougu is finishing fast, but Montshow and McCorory. 50. 36 the

winning time. It was a nicely judged race by McCorory and I am pretty

sure she won. She does get it. 50. 36 is confirmed and Montshow just

beaten once again. She is polishing her act. She leads the diamond reeg

so -- Diamond League so far. Just a hundredth of a second slower than

the American. George was third with a personal best from lane 8. That

was a good race. Christine Ohurougu didn't get into it. She didn't

impose herself between 200 and 300 metres and paid the penalty. There

was far too much to do and she will have learned another lesson from

that. She was closer in Birmingham last weekend. And really it was run

down very early on and I know that happens with Montshow. She goes off

quickly and McKrorry did as well. - Mc McCorry krory as well.

Williams-Mills came through. Month show versus McCorory and McCorry

just gets it. Novlene Williams-Mills taking third place. But Christine

Ohurougu on this day, 51.03. She won't be happy with that. Montshow

is becoming more vulnerable. Of course, Christine Ohurougu is a

Championship competitor and they all fear her and so they should.

Christine Ohurougu alongside me. You left yourself a bit too much to do?

Yes it wasn't a good race. Where did it go wrong? It wasn't good from the

start. I don't think I had enough commitment going into the back

straight. After the result in Birmingham when you beat Montshow.

Were you advised with how that went. I did, I expected more from myself.

To give context, have you been in hard training, because you are such

a Championship preformer, this a a bit why you seemed to be behind the

pace? No, I don't think so. It was a bit windy down the back, but I don't

have any excuse. Tripes next?Yes. -- Trials next?Yes. So a bit of a

disappointment after Birmingham? think so. I expected more I think

judging from her reaction, so did she. She never got in contention at

all from the gun and she left a lot to do. But we are used to seeing her

doing that. We expect her to pull back in the closing stages. But she

just didn't have that. Now here what is is coming up in the next couple

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The athlete to look out for is the Ethiopian Abbey aAbeba aAbeba

Aregawi. She is representing Sweden now, the European indoor champion

Americans together there. And Wallace. And that is Lea Wallace

there. It depends how the race was run really. But they are looking for

63 seconds. We will see whether the pace-making is good or bad and

whether the athletes will go with it actually. The women's 15 hundred

metres under way. The two pace makers are out in front. There is a

bit of pushing and shoving. The two pace-makers look to be moving away.

Let's hope they are not going too quickly early on. They're a bit away

from the field. They have asked for a fast time, but the pace-making has

got to be respectable and got to be recognised as being efficient.

is right. The pace-makers have got to look around and see what is going

on. And pay attention to conditions around them. We are hoping for a

quick time. Now the pace-makers have looked around and slowed down at 400

metre, they were no use until that Aregawi just at the front, looks

very comfortable. Uceny is there as well. She has had problems falling

in races and hasn't been able to get in contention. I was talk talking to

Morgan Uceny's coach, he said she has a problem with a fear of where

she is positioned in races. He said her training is going fine, but she

needs one confidence-boosting run to get back into the groove. Gega is

leading. They go down the back straight and the pace-makers are

looking over their shoulders again. It is the most erratic bit of

pace-making. Hilali there, the youth champion in 2003. She was seven

seventh earlier. She was a quick bit quicker a few season seasons ago.

Abeba Aregawi is just outside Gega. She is tucked in on the inside.

They're coming to the bell, and the pace hasn't been great, 64 the first

lap. And then let's see what this last lap shapes up to be. Uceny well

positioned in fourth. Uceny moving into third, behind Abeba Aregawi.

You will Segar Gar go for it shortly. Hilali leads. Here goes

Abeba Aregawi now. Hassan chasing and with 200 metres to go. Abeba

Aregawi is a majestic athlete. And looking to attack. But there is no

way past the young woman who has been so dominant all the way through

the season, Abeba Aregawi. Hassan in second, Hilali in third. They come

through to the line. It is a quick time, but Abeba Aregawi well within

her compass and in second place there was Hassan of Ethiopia. She is

a 40 4 at her best this season. The race goes to the script really.

There is no way that Abeba Aregawi is being beaten this year. She can

run the race however she likes. She can run from the front, she can run

from 300, and the others in her wake, and I do mean and her weight.

It was a good run, and a demonstration of 4.02.11. She runs

it how she once. Yes, and all the hard running coming in the last 250.

I get the impression that she could have run about 57, 50 7.5. It was a

steady tempo for four minutes, which would have been 3.12. Disappointing

in a way, she has won that race by a country mile in what was in effect a

tactical race, 4.02 point 11, and the finishing speed, there was lots

more left in the tank, and Abeba Aregawi looking head and shoulders

above the rest of the world at the moment will stop she looks totally

and utterly relaxed. A little look at the clock, yes, I have done it

again. She's unbeaten, and on this sort of form, she is unlikely to be

beaten. She represented Sweden. And that is a big victory for the

Swedish if she can do that. There is the confirmation. That was a

personal best for Sifan Hassan in absolutely dominant. -- there are

the points. In the long jump, it proved to be a very close encounter.

The first place for Shara Proctor of Great Britain. The world indoor

bronze medallist, having a jump of 6.92, a fifth round jump,

representing her season 's best, and she is in good form. And Brittney

Reese had to take second place, the Olympic champion. Trying to get the

crowd going. She is so erratic, and once again, it proved to be. It came

in the fourth round, with a hanging technique that was better than some,

she followed that with a sub six metre jump. Blessing Okagbare, a

very fine sprinter, has had a respectable series, just overtaking

the Olympic champion. The former Olympic dons medallist in 2008, in

the long jump, she is going well. Remember, she had that 7.14 metres

in the land, earlier in the year. -- in Doha. You could not get much

closer than that. That was a season 's best for Proctor, as I said. That

was a nice performance by Shara Proctor in third place. It bodes

well for the world Championships. Next up is the women's 200 metres.

Carmelita Jeter was very poor in Birmingham. Yes, she was just out of

sorts. You think, why, a woman of that calibre, it didn't make sense

to me. But I understand what it is like. Sometimes you need to get some

races in, hence why she is here. athlete you have not seen on British

Greens is Kimberlyn Duncan. She has beaten Allyson Felix. A number of

young athletes came through in those trials. Yes, and in a big way.

Anyone that can beat Allyson Felix in the 200 metres is certainly

someone to watch. The first look at her, I cannot wait to see her

running. She is not used to the circuit. She is fresh out of the

collegiate system. That is going to be interesting. Also, Briana Rollins

in the 110m. Yes, it will be interesting to see how she gets on.

The women's 200 metres, back to the last year, and a semifinalist at the

Olympic Games. It shows you a great deal about the standard of those

European Championships last year, with all due respect to the

Ukrainian. Kelly Fraser Price is not champion, in five, Carmelita Jeter,

Jeter has got off very quickly. Kimberlyn Duncan running a good

race. Coming down the straight, and it is Kimberlyn Duncan trying to

come through. Look at Mariya Ryemyen, she steals that from the

Americans and the Jamaicans. That is a rarity. She cannot believe it!

Goodness me! And the wind speed of plus 1.4, so our season 's best.

Mariya Ryemyen. She was fourth in Birmingham on Sunday, and outside 23

seconds. 22.61, here. She is notching up a series of good runs,

the Ukrainian. She was the winner at Moscow, the winner in the European

Championships, and here, tonight, in Lausanne. The high jump is now at

2.46 metres. It is a world record attempt by Bondarenko of the

Ukraine. Well, he has got two more attempts. He took three attempts at

2.41, but he has got two more attempt. The meat on to -- comment

on Mariya Ryemyen of the Ukraine. That was a very good run. She could

not believe that she had won that race. She did not run a particularly

good then. Right on the outside, Carmelita Jeter run well. Leaving as

they went into the second half of the race. And Mariya Ryemyen in the

final stages, look how she comes past, Williams is tiring up, and on

the near side, Carmelita Jeter is being caught by Patricia Hall. And

the Ukrainian wins it and wins it well. And the pressure was on the

outside lane, and she sneaked through, they did not know she was

there. That was a big performance. Looking back down the field. We

talked about Carmelita Jeter, she looked much better after her

problems in Birmingham. Yes, I think that helped, she did not do that in

Birmingham. I was pleased with that. But Mariya Ryemyen, 22.61, just

outside her personal best. That is a great run for her. And Kimberlyn

Duncan, as well. She has run the 21.8 in the US trials, but it is

good to see her, in the mix. Yes, she is there or thereabouts.

Hopefully, she will use these races to kick forward to Moscow. Let's

talk about more than one the wrinkle in the high jump, going for the

world record. -- Bohdan Bondarenko. You said that he could jump 2.4

metres in Birmingham. And he has made it, the crowd is going crazy.

We have not seen jumping like this 3000 metres steeplechase. Ancuta

Bobocel, going through the line-up. The 3000 metres steeplechase. Once

again, I am not sure about the experience of the pacemaking in this

race. I'm not sure that she can continue far enough. It does not

look particularly quick on the uptake, right from the beginning of

this race. Certainly, the Africans will feature, as they always do in

this. A little look round there from Ancuta Bobocel. All of them there,

as they come through the line for the first time, and the race, now,

we are looking for 1000 metres in 3.03. They are looking to challenge

the world lead which was set in May of 1975 will stop whether that

happens or not we will soon see, but certainly, the Africans, not getting

in the mix right at the head of this field. Quite happy to sit back and

look to see what the rest are doing. There is some familiarity to this

line-up. There is a lack of strength in depth on the world steeplechase

seen at the moment. Always the same names. Race after race. And a chance

to see bohdan Bondarenko. It is quite a cool evening. Nowhere near

as 20 degrees. More like 17. That is not a bad effort from Bohdan

Bondarenko. He has been jumping wonderfully. He did not quite get

those hips over the bar. He is so confident at the moment. Certainly,

looking down there, I cannot see Milcah Chemos in that field. I do

not ink that she has turned out to compete. -- I do not think. The

world number one is not here. She holds the meeting record for the

3000 metres steeplechase. And that is at 9.19.87, which she set in

2011. This field is not as strong as we have seen in the past. And it was

so severe a sever into the driving seat. And he what I, the other

Ethiopian. -- Hiwot Ayalew. They seem to take the water jump quite

well, but it is still not opening up. A quick look at the men's triple

jump. Kristian Taylor, the Olympic champion and world champion. He is

23 years old. Pedro Pichardo from Cuba there. Ancuta Bobocel is the

only one chasing the pacemaker at the moment. And Sophia setback, just

content to sit in the middle of that field. -- Sofia Assefa. She is a

major player, with Milcah Chemos not being here. We're not sure why she

is not here. 3.07 point 55, they are four seconds outside what they were

expecting to do, and I think we can forget about pacing at the moment

and look at the race itself. Ancuta Bobocel is leading. Almaz Ayana is

in second place. All the principles are now just gathering themselves as

they come up with four circuits to Olympic champion, goodness me, has

he misjudged things here tonight? He did this once or twice last year. He

has been in fine form. Oh, no! Oh, my word! Well his reaction perhaps

says it all. He comes here fresh from wince, a series of wins,

including a win in Gateshead and in Ostrava. Look at that, he is way,

his high point probably, oh, half a metre in front of the bar. He has

got the height. He is after all one of the greats of this discipline of

all time. Lavillenie. A third attempt at the world record in the

high jump by Bohdan Bondarenko, but what a performance. It took him

three attempts. He really is certainly he looks as if he has the

credentials. That wasn't as good as an earlier attempt at the height.

But he is a man we have got to watch out for in the future. The event is

changing hands in every sense of the world, the record 2. 45 was set in

1993. The hand shake. A wonderful competition the high jump, I must

admit. And Lavillenie, look at that. Well Lavillenie has been looking

very relaxed through the day at meals with his entourage and he is

normally so consistent. I thould think he is wondering what has hit

him. That is unusual. He leads the Diamond race with the highest vault

in the world this year with the 5.95 he he produced. It has gone with the

form book. Assefa leads. They have two complete circuits to go. Diro

was second in New York and fifth in Birmingham. We have seen her in

Birmingham. Diro in third behind Assefa with the taller Ayalew. She

is a tough cookie. She was fifth in the Olympic final. Her sister won

the bronze in the the 10,000 in 2009. So it is a family affair. But

it will be a sprint finish between these three. It is a shame that

Chemos is not here. Ayalew come coming into the jumpment getting

into position. Now who has got the finish? Ayalew or Assefa? They come

down the straight now, The Got this barrier and then they will look to

the bell. 8.04 and 8.05 and counting. Now, Assefa takes over,

Ayalew in second, Diro in third. Assefa has performed very well this

season. She has always been there or thereabouts. She certainly has the

finish. Looking up at the score board as they often do. There is a

gap opening between her and Ayalew down the back straight. It is two

Ethiopians and Diro has been dropped now. We have less than 200 metres to

go. It is difficult to give you a distance, because they are not full

laps, they are circuits. Assefa coming into the straight now. Ahead

of Ayalew. Now, what can Ayalew do here? Can she attack off the

barrier? Ayalew trying hard, but Assefa will take this. Or is she? Or

look look at this for a sprint finish, Ayalew may have got that

from Assefa. What about that for a finish, 9. 17.66. It is a

respectable time, but not the sort of time they were looking for. But

we will see. Diro just coming through. She is third. 67. 20 that

last circuit. It is a new meeting 9. 17.66 by Hiwot Ayalew. It is a tough

event and the legs are pretty dead down the home straight. She didn't

look as though she was going to do that and then that surging. Next up

it is the woman's 100 metres hurdles. It has a reputation of

being close as it was in Birmingham a few days ago. Is Sally Pearson

getting back to her best? Pearson with work to do. Haar per takes the

win. -- Harper takes the win. quite a race and almost a rerun

here? Yes Sally Pearson has been injured and she is on the come back

trail. She is looking technically fine, but that speed she is missing

in her legs. It is going to be a great race. Dawn Harper is in great

form and possibly the one to beat tonight. Sally Pearson won last year

in London. Do you think it is too much to expect for Sally Pearson to

get back into that kind of shape by Moscow? It is tight on time. But she

is a strong competitor and mentally very tuchlt I read a Twitter from

her during the US trials that it looks like I will have to bring my A

plus plus game. That is the kind of determination she is going to need.

The Americans will be sending four people to Moscow with the inclusion

of Dawn Harper, who is the dime league winner from last year. --

Diamond League. It is a tall order. Tiffany porter came third, perhaps

not clicking yet for her? I don't think so. She shows great potential,

but in the final half of the race, she needs to be firm in her

technique and she is falling away off the hurdles and losing speed.

She will need that to contend with these ladies. We are going to give

you confirmation of 3,000 metres steeplechase result. It was very

close. But it was a new meeting record for Ayalew. Back to the 100

metre hurdles. One of the things we talked about in Gateshead is that

Tiffany get out well, but then just has perhaps a few balance problems,

as if she accumulates slight imbalances through each hurdle.

she actually ran a good race in Gateshead. Because she was under

pressure. And that is the problem, when the pressure is on and she is

around the girls that are running 12.5 and quicker, she tightens up

and the speed, you can't hold it. I believe that is down to the trail

leg not doing enough work with that trail leg. Now back to reflect on

the high jump world record attempt from Bohdan Bondarenko. The record

was set in 1993. The form he has showed in Birmingham and what we

have seen here and he is just come around here. It would be nice to

have a chat. I don't know if he will come here. Can we have a quick word?

Congratulations. Your form has been amazing? I think yes. I don't speak

English, sorry. We have loved watching you jump, brilliant and

good luck for Moscow. Thank you. Congratulations. We were told he

could speak English. Not much.It is out at the wind sock in the centre

of the arena. We can see that there is a slight back wind. Always an

atmosphere here in the stadium. Francena McCorory winning alar. What

a good run it was. She has seven points in total. Montshow still the

leader in the 400 metre metres Diamond rapeses so far. Ruing is in

third. -- diamond rapeses so far. Christine Ohurougu is in third.

races so far. Good conditions, but its not warm. There is Stephanie

Porter, the world indoor silver medallist last year. She was third

in Birmingham. Fourth in Doha. She is having a good season. There is

Kristi Castlin. She was fifth in the Diamond race in Birmingham. This is

Dawn Harper-Nelson, a former Olympic champion. Kellie Wells is always

there or there abouts. A bronze medallist in the Olympics. Lolo

Jones, two world indoor titles. Seventh in the the Olympics in 2008.

Ali is going well, the world university games champion. She is

the third fastest in the world this season. Sally Pearson, the Olympic

champion, the world champion, the world indoor champion. Coming back

to form after injury and Vaas Vaasty -- Vashti Thomas on the outside. It

should be a tight one. Not sure who Wells Jones, Pearson and Thomas, the

going well and that is a win for Harper-Nelson with Porter going well

from the inside lane as well. But 12.53 the winning time and the wind

speed 1.2 metres per second. Harper-Nelson doing nicely. I will

check on that position with Tiffany Porter in a moment, but Dawn

Harper-Nelson got away with that 12.53. But it was very close and it

was anyone's race. The former Olympic champion will be pleased

with that. Sally Pearson will be happy. She said she needs a few

races to get back. She is fit and healthy, she said, she has come back

from injury, but she needs now to race. Harper-Nelson, who only

scraped into the American team for Beijing for 2008 and then won it.

Lolo Jones was going well. Pearson going well. So was Harper-Nelson.

Look at Tiffany Porter on the inside, see what happened to her.

She was a bit further down than I thought. But certainly

Harper-Nelson, Kellie wells and Lolo Jones. Harper-Nelson started well

and ran the most consistent race of them all. She eased into the lead

and then actually won it comfortably. Sally Pearson, all eyes

on her to see how her season is progressing after that great season

in 2012. But she is behind the pace at the moment as that result

indicates. She finished in seventh. Although 12. 69 is still on the way

to better form. But she has some way to go. There is all sorts of

transport in this part of the world! Harper-Nelson is a very good

championship competitor. There it is, a season's best. Tiffany Porter

down there, look. Tiffani alongside us. A season's best, reaction?

it is heading in the right direction. Not a great lane, in lane

one, how little bit out of the mix. It is kind of hard to see what is

going on, but I just did my best. How are you feeling, technique-

wise? Sometimes losing a bit of rhythm? That is something that I am

working on, we have a new coach, and I have changed a lot this year. It

is just a matter of putting it all together. And with the hurdles, you

will be in the mix for Moscow, you have got to be fast. I am happy that

it is coming together at the right time. What are you working on, focal

endurance, trailing leg, or technique? Just trying to make sure

that I get out really well, and working on the trailing leg, so that

it would be a problem any more. have every confidence that there is

a 12.4 in you. Let us see what happens. Dawn. Come here. Yes, I was

very happy about that. You need a lot of composure. You come over

those hurdles incredibly fast. It is split-2nd decision-making with no

room for error. No, you have to grab and say that I am one of the

fastest, so I can. I will try and master that. Just talk us through

the US trials. That was some fierce racing there. Yes, it really was. I

so wanted to be in that race, but the girls did a great job

representing us. I cant wait to get to Moscow. Just talk about that

little cartwheel that you just did. I know, a lot of my fans tweeted me

about that about the cartwheel, asking where it is, so I made it

happen. I am not sure about the ride with the mascot. Yes, he scared me!

It was a great race. It was amazing. She is just consistent. Of

all the athletes over the years, she has been one of the most consistent.

She has had some injury problems, but it is great to see her back, and

really strong. She just missed out on the Olympics. The next race on

the track is the 5000 metres. A couple of the athletes beaten by Mo

Farah in Birmingham last week are on the start list. I have got a feeling

that this might be a little bit faster than the race in Birmingham.

For sure, it is like the Ethiopians are trying to prove their places for

Moscow. So there will be some scintillating running, properly

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from highly gibbous alas it. -- former Ethiopian. And until Atari is

in there, as well. Bouab Tahri. The bronze medallist in the world

steeplechase. That is, he's putting together a series of flat races to

get his speed up. The men's 5000, 12.5 laps of the track. The

pacemakers are due to go out at 62 seconds per lap, taking them to

3007.45. If they do that, we could be looking at something close to

12.50. Unit at the mirror with that and win. And the wind has been a bit

of a factor. Looking around us, it looks like it might have settled

down a bit. Yes, the race looks well spread, early on. This is very

encouraging indeed, to see all of them going out with the pace at this

stage, and it is well spread, as you can see. It is single file after 300

metres, and the drums are being bummed around the arena,

Brussels-style. -- -- boomed around the arena. The pacemakers are going

well. He has paced many times this year. Taking them through to one

kilometre in 2.35 will stop and it is good to see Tariku Bekele? in the

lead. He had a race at 10,000 in Eugene, where he finished in 12

days. -- 12th place. We will come back to this. We have got the

javelin competition. You will recognise the double Olympic

champion from Scandinavia, Roman Avramenko, there, as well. He is

from the Ukraine. Andreas Thorkildsen is Norwegian. He has had

a couple of gold medals in the Olympics over the years. And let's

have a look at Konstantinos Filippidis in the pole vault. This

is his third and final attempt at 5.72. He has got it! It is his third

attempt. Then the third and final attempt at 5.72. Nice vault.

Holzdepper and Moore have opted to how the Germans operate in this

competition. We can look at Teddy Tamgho next. The Frenchman. He is so

erratic. You never know what you are going to get. That looks quite

useful. What has he got? He has got the white flag. He can go 16.50, or

17.50, this fellow. He got that on the board, good control, the double

arm shift in the middle, and a good leg shoot at the end. That looks to

me to be a leading jump, it really does. We said that he could give us

anything, and he has given us something! He is waiting, but that

is going to be, well, the lead. 17.32. Just 0.1 on the indicator,

incidentally, and I reckon that is certainly going to challenge the

lead, oh, it is the lead. Malte Mohr, and the pole vault, he has

done 5.36 this season already. They are battling a slight breeze about

end of the arena. They are right up at the far end, and the wind is

coming in from the west, and it does not look close, there, quite

frankly. It is interesting. They have got the windsock to look at.

And it is going all over the place. It is a blustery environment, which

makes life very difficult. You can have a simple tailwind to start off

with, then it all goes wrong as you approach. Just going through 2000

metres in about 5.11. So, the pace is being run to the required tempo

of 62 seconds per lap. Tariku Bekele?, He's dropping back to third

place, and the struggling having committed so early. The pacemaker is

isolated, quite frankly. Muktar Edris? Is in 50 days overall, third

in that pack, as they head out. That last lap, 63.46, they have slowed

the pacemaker, who try to bring the pack back to them. The gap in front

of them is about 12 metres and he is frankly having to act as pacemaker

himself. They are not helping a great deal, physically or

psychologically. Let's see what Pichardo can do, in this triple

jump. He is challenging the performance of Teddy Tamgho, the

Frenchman. What can the young Cuban do? He is capable of much more than

this, much more than the lead distance. His approach was not

totally right last time. He had to trot to get onto the board. I have a

feeling that might, it is a red flag. He has got a little bit of a

problem with his approach. He got out of it on the previous jump and

still jump a long way. He really is capable of winning this, and he

knows it. Certainly, Teddy Tamgho leading at the moment. I think he

knew that that was a failed jump. He looked straight up towards the red

flag. His coach is having a word. Tyson Gay is here. He runs in the

100 metres, after the 5000 metres, and he is up against the likes of

Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, and the Jamaican trio. Back to the 5000

metres, and the second of the pacemakers moves away with five laps

to go. Going through in 7.53.56. But the leader of the main pack, Tariku

Bekele? probably went through in about 7.55, and now the racing is

on. And Bekele? as led, throughout, and Yenew Alamirew? has not held,

and none of the big names have, they are almost jogging now. This last

lap taking them about 1.36. And Bekele? thinking, if none of you are

going to go with the early pace, I am going to slow it right down and

get my breath back and gather myself like the rest of you, for our final

place is Aweke Ayalew?. They are very close together, inside the last

mile. And Tariku Bekele? must be wondering what to do, because he has

got two big kickers right behind Kim -- right behind him, Dejen

Gebremeskel and? Hagos Gebrhiwet. If you are not confident in your sprint

finish, now is the time to try and take the sting out of the big

kickers. Don't forget last week, they will outsprinted by Mo Farah.

It was Yenew Alamirew? second and Hagos Gebrhiwet?, but Mo Farah in

front of that ecstatic home crowd, this season in second place. He is

happy to see the lapse click by. sprinters are waiting for their

chance to get out on the aren. S a. Asafa Powell there. This race is

coming up after the 5,000 metres. Bekele has eased back and allowed

one of the others who has enjoyed the ride so far to come through. It

is Ayalew, Almirew. Demalash is back in eighth. These eight are away and

the Mexican wave is going around the stadium, almost as a gesture from

the crowd to say what happened to the quick race we were promised. But

that was a 63.9. They haven't yet put their foot on the throttle. And

Ayalew thinking if it is going to be a blast over the last 400, I may as

well start it from the front. Make the others run that extra couple of

metres to get past you. A former Ethiopian, Ayalew, leading. He runs

for Bahrain now. His form has been great. Bekele hits the front. Once

again with 500 metres to go. Gegrihiwet moving up on the outside.

Gegrihiwet poised now. As is Almirew. They have left to it the

last lap. They figure they need to practice their last lap sprinting

after the form of Mo Farah with a 50.8 final lap in Gateshead. And

then defeating the Ethiopians last week in Birmingham. 300 metres to

run and it is still bequayy leading and still nobody is kicking out.

They are leaving it very late. Gegrihiwet moves up the outside. It

is Gegrihiwet now and Almirew is there as well. Edris, the youngster,

supposedly 19 in third. This has become by these men's standard a 200

metres sprint. Almirew has the beating of Gegrihiwet by three or

four metres and closes his last lap in 54.3. All the hard running coming

in the last 200 metres. I don't know whether there was a spoken or

unspoken agreement between those men, but 54.3, it is modest by the

standards of Mo Farah and these men, but it all came in the last 200. It

was a gamble and only one man came out with any degree of satisfaction,

that was Almirew. It was a tactical affair by the standards of these

men. There wasn't any significant statistic throughout the race, apart

from the last 200 and I confess I was trying to time them from the

bell. They left it very late. But I suspect the last 200 was around 25

seconds. Well certainly Almirew proved that he's got the finish. We

saw him against Mo Farah and Farah had the beating of him as they came

down the home straight. But Gegrihiwet, the young steshs beaten

again -- the youngster, beaten again by a young man with all the

confidence in the world. Mo Farah was watching that from his training

camp. Next at the scene men's 100 metres. It is six years since Tyson

Gay did the double in owe is a Ca. -- Osaka. It would seem that he is

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of that 5,000 metres with Almirew winning. There was nothing to scare

Mo Farah too much. Men's 100, the big race, Tyson Gay, back in great

form, having struged with injury. When you think about Bolt and all

the things he has achieved, I have felt if there was one man that can

challenge him outside of Jamaica, it must be Tyson Gay. He loves this

track, he has run very quick on it. It will be good to see what he can

produce. The thing with tie son, it seems a stupid thing to say, I think

he genuinely believes he can beat Bolt. A lot of them give him

respect, but there is no place for that, you have got to believe that

he is down for the taking. The interviews I have seen and read of

him. He believes and he is doubling up and running quick over the 200 as

well. So I am optimistic. If he can stay healthy and that groin and hip

doesn't give him any problems, and he said that I need to stay healthy.

Because mentally he is ready. contrast to Usain Bolt. Tie son is

not so tall. And none of that sort of fun and games on the start line.

Just clear foe Xus. Foe Xussed -- focussed. Focussed and determined.

He was gutted. I saw him after one of the end of meet Diamond Leagues

last year and he look foreLorne. I think in his mind, he finished

fourth in the 100 metres, it was what do I need to do. I think he has

crossed that bridge and is back where we have seen him producing

great times like in 2009. He could have a similar season again.

trouble with injury for Asafa Powell as well. But he has bounced back

quickly. He has and let's face it, he's run... How many times over sub

10 seconds. But we have always questioned his mental approach and

what is left for him to do. He still loves his athletics, he got a great

reception tonight. So it is about what type of form is he in. Can he

challenge Tyson Gay? He will be motivated. He is not going to the

World Championships and it is about coming here and showing what he

might have done. It is about pride for him. He has seen a lot of these

young Jamaicans coming through and you know he is still capable. Let's

not write him off. He is still capable of producing those times.

Let's see if he is in the mood tonight. As we said, a track with a

reputation of being very fast. I mentioned that world record plaque.

It was quick last year as well? Blake was just incredible running 9.

69 to win. And Gay finishing second with 9.83. It is insane, but this

track produces quick times times. The temperature is a build cold, but

if they're feeling up for it, we could see some great performances.

Bolt ran 9. 58 here last year. There is Tyson Gay. No body popping.

focussed, thinking about his form and what he needs to do and thinking

about his start. Because of groin injuries are, his start has been

lacking in recent times. He hasn't been able to kwut lies it. But I

think that is -- to utilise it. But I think that is over. There is

another over Jamaican off the production line. And Michael

Rodgers, he can pack a punch. the old man of sprinting, Kim

Collins. Maybe we should leave it there and hand to the commentators,

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9. 78, plus two metre per second, that is legal. That is legal! The

world lead of 9.75. But my goodness me, he is back, there is no question

about that. He doubled in the American Championships. He hadn't

done that he said for five seasons. That is a very good race indeed. 9.

79. Powell with a season's best of 9.88 in second. These two well ahead

of the rest of the field. It was a terrific return to form and Mike

Rodgers had a good one with a 9.96. The first four under 10 second

seconds. We promise youed quick race and it was, Ashmeade was fifth.

Tyson Gay has won three world titles. Look at the start here. He

says, I have got to work on the first half of my race. Then I can

really put a full 100 together. Powell in second place, way ahead of

the rest and Rodgers in third. Tim, that was a cracking race? Yes, but

you know what? I am going to differ with you, I don't think Gay got a

good start. I thought he was lacking -- lagging over the first 20 or 30.

But he didn't get a particularly good start and he has run 9. 79. We

were talking about what great form he is in. It is a shame it is a cool

evening a better start, warmer temperature he would have run 9.65.

No, I was making the point he doesn't believe he starts well. He

didn't have a great start. He says I have got to work on that start and

then I become a complete 100 metre runner that means 9.6 and below. He

gets off the block quickly and outside him, Ashmeade is doing well.

And Gay moves away from 60. It is good to see Powell under 10 seconds

again. But Gay dominated that. It went with the form book. He promised

it at the US Championships and here he has delivered it. Asafa here, a

season's best. Content? Well, I'm happy. The time is coming down

slowly, but surely. That is my second race for the season. You must

be frustrated with the injury and not being able to be ready for the

Jamaican trials? Yes I'm a bit disappointed, because I really

wanted to make the team. But that is how it goes. I know how good I can

be. It takes time to get there. focus now to show people what you

would have done if you had been there? Yes, I just need races, I'm

rusty. I haven't run since the Olympic final last year. So I'm very

rusty. One thing you always have is style and if the cameraman can come

down. We have some bling. Bling spikes are they real? Real diamonds!

Blinging! Here is the man who won, Tyson. Thank you Asafa. Nice job,

tieson, not the best of starts though. It wasn't bad, but I wanted

to finish strong and stay healthy. The big American trials, very tough

to make sure you qualify, how difficult is it to come back into

Europe and get back into the rhythm? Slightly difficult, just from the

trip. But I had five days rest and I was God -- good to go. Any plans of

running against bolt before Moscow. I don't know his schedule. I'm

looking forward to Monaco. In terms of your confidence going into

Moscow. I feel good, I think I have a chance against anyone.

everything fine and all the troubles you have had? Yes.Snies job, well

done. -- nice job, well done. That was a great 100 metres. And Asafa

was in great form. Yes. That was an incredible time from him. And Kim

Collins, Mr consistent, sub -10 seconds at his age, 9.7 -- 9.97 is

some running. And the fact that Asafa Powell can go for it in those

World Championship is without thinking he has to protect his body.

Yes, he does not want to aggravate his groin, but there does not seem

to be any signs of any problems. He seems confident and ready. We had

anticipated seeing Dai Greene in this but he has a blood test and he

has got a virus. That explains everything. He looked out of sorts

in Gateshead and lacklustre in Birmingham. He was talks are

confident game. He never wants to make excuses, but clearly, there was

something underlying, and I am glad he has got that sorted. He had the

injury last year, he lost time, he had high hopes for this season, and

again, the double hernia issue, things not going his way at the

moment. But he is in good hands, and he has got a strong mind. Once he

gets himself sorted, he will be running back to the Dai we're used

to seeing. Michael Tinsley, the world reader from America. -- world

leader. We have got some very good athletes. He will struggle as he

returns to his best form. Felix Sanchez, the Olympic champion, goes

in lane two, he was fourth in Birmingham last week for 9.68. He

had the slowest season's best in the field. He has not been on form this

year. He was world champion back in 2001, and yet took the Olympic title

last year. Mamadou Kasse Hann of Senegal goes in lane three. And

there is Michael Tinsley. Disappointing last week in

Birmingham, just 48.9. He has won a lot quicker than that. Bershawn

Jackson a lane five, he won here in 2006 and 2010, he is the world

number four this year, so this is a good draw for him. And this is

Javier Corson. He won in Birmingham easily last Sunday. He only took the

bronze in London last year. Justin Gaymon in lane seven, he has never

won a major championship in the USA even though he is a 48.4 man. And we

have the Trinidadian, Jehue Gordon, who ran at the Alexandra Stadium

last Sunday. Felix Jackson looking at a return to form will stop I

wonder if that is the longest gap between global cycles, 2001 and

imperious in Birmingham last week. And Bershawn Jackson in the blue,

centre of picture, went off quickest, although Javier Corson is

offering running, he's absolutely flying. Culson leading by some

margin, by two of the metres, and he looks fabulous. Mr consistent, they

call them. He deserves to make the title. Looks like he's going to grab

another win here tonight. Good running from Sanchez in lane two.

Culson, by three metres, Felix Sanchez take second place, and that

is a big improvement in form, there was no doubt about that, the Olympic

champion is coming back and he is timing it well, with five weeks to

go until Moscow and the world Championships. Culson is quite

supreme again, with a comfortable win in QuickTime. -- in a quick

time. Yes, this fellow, I spoke to him this morning, and he said all he

needs our races, he is a man who took two Olympic titles eight years

apart, he is a little bit special. Culson reigned supreme last year,

but then he faltered in the Olympic Games. He said he was very

disappointed with that. The first 200 metres from him was great. I was

disappointed that Michael Tinsley did not get into this race in the

first 200 metres, and Bershawn Jackson was going well, but he

stumbles off that hurdle, Sanchez come through, and outside Sanchez 's

Mamadou Kasse Hann of Senegal. It went pretty well to the form book. I

was surprised by Felix Sanchez. I did not expect him to go that well.

I have got a new world record holder next to me for the age of 35. Sorry,

that is not there. Kim Collins, how do you do it? It is a lot of

practice in putting the 100 metres together as opposed to doing extra

distance. That is what I have been working on. My coach is going to be

happy that I have gone faster. you get a little bit older, you have

to train smarter. Definitely. Those days of training until you are

regurgitating, you wet yourself, whatever, those days are over. You

have to train efficiently every time, to perform that task. I think

that she can make a comeback any time. You will never see me in lycra

ever again. Just, how do you motivate, how do you keep the mind

fresh? That, for me, was the most difficult thing. You cannot teach an

old dog new tricks, but I always try to change the training. I make up

businesses and just try to go outside the box, good different

numbers of repetitions that most sprinters do not do, you have to be

creative with the training so that the body does not get it too

monotonous, and wants to give up. You are not going to run the world

Championships. My generation might see this and wise up and put their

differences aside. I should not always have to be the bigger man. I

am not in the position to make the decision. Be the bigger man, and do

the right thing. Pichardo, with his opener. He is chasing 17.42 by Teddy

Tamgho, the Frenchman, who opened with 16.92, then banging one out at

17.40. What can Pichardo do? That is a nice rhythm, and a fabulous hang

at the final stage. Dropping into the sand. He gets the white flag.

That is going to be very close, I think, to Teddy Tamgho's 17.40. The

wind readings are varying considerably. That was just about

zero, still air, plus 0.1. And it is 17.43 from Pichardo. He takes the

lead. We had been expecting more from him after Birmingham. Yes, and

seeing Teddy Tamgho coming back from injury, he is looking quick on the

runway. We thought we would get some big distances denied. -- tonight.

And the Cubans have got a production line of jumpers, but he has

performed well on the circuit at the age of 19. Yes, he is new, and he

has got so much potential, already jumping well in the competition.

When you think of the fireworks last year in the men's 110 meter hurdles.

No athlete yet under 13 seconds. Which is difficult to believe. Jason

Richardson, again, in 2011 at Daegu he was in great form, but he does

not seem to have the fire. As they look towards Moscow, someone is

bound to slip under that 13 second barrier. It is good to see David

Oliver back in good shape. He made the team for Moscow. Lots of females

delighted that he is back on the starting line. I am happy, for sure!

A brilliant competitor. He has not quite found his form in the last

couple of years, but if there is someone who can do it, he can, he

seems to just crashed through the barriers, if you can tidy up his

technique little bit, but it does bode well, this race, to have a

clean race. And it does throw the whole event wide open. You would not

like to pick a winner for Moscow. You could not call it. There will

always be an American end there, contending for those medals. -- in

title. Using pretty good form. For Ryan Wilson to win the US title,

with 13.08, just six hundredths of a second off his best time. How will

David Oliver ago, the rugged, Paul, hard-working athlete? There is no

finesse about this man, it is just sheer power. -- rugged, tall. And

here is the reigning world champion, Jason Richardson. He got the silver

medal behind Merritt in the Olympic Games last year. Dwight Thomas is

the fastest sprinter on the flat, with ten seconds flat credit to him,

and now, we have Artur Noga of Poland. He is now 25, he was fifth

at the Olympics in 2008, and European bronze medallist last year.

leading this one, the American champion is down, what a good one by

Richardson in second place, 13.04. And that is a good run by David

Oliver. For him, that is a comeback, in many ways. He was second in the

American Championships. He goes to the world Championships. It looks as

though David Payne had a bit of a problem. But the big, rugged fellow

took that one, and took it well. Jason Richardson was going quite

well, too. 13.03, that is the world lead time this season. Jason

Richardson's time of 13.20, that is the season 's best of the season 's

best other world champion, and Ryan Wilson, limiting champion, in third

place. That is a shame for David Payne. Let's take a look at this

again. Oliver gets a good start. That is his best run for a couple of

years. Richardson, third from left, is the world champion. To the right

is Wilson, the American champion, and David Oliver beat them both

comfortably. It is a cliche, but he is a delightful fellow. He's a

gentle giant, former American football. I had a quick chat with

him in the hotel, he always has a smile for you, he always remembers

your name, always very lack -- always very relaxed. And that is a

huge improvement for him. He is 12.89 man at his best, back in 2010.

He has had a few problems winning major championships. He has not

always had the pedigree. Look how powerful he is coming off the

hurdle. He hit one hurdle quite heavily, and a couple of breaths

down that last ten metres, he will be satisfied with that. There was no

clear favourite for that race. Looking at it, you can see that

Wilson clobbers one as well. And that is David Payne, he falls very

badly. I wondered where that happened. I did not see it. He has

gone down, and it looks like he has hurt his hamstring. And that is a

great shame for David Payne. When you overbalance at the end of a

what a strange competition it was. This is the winner, Filippidis of

Greece. That against Holzdeppe and the others. Conditions are testing

here for the vaulter on that, I don't want to call it the open end

of the stadium, but there is a bit more of the brunt of the wind there.

There is the confirmation of the something like your best form?

I feel good to be out here running healthy, Lausanne is always a great

atmosphere and it is a stepping stone to the World Championships.

How frustrating have the last few years been, I remember Paris three

or four years ago, we were talking about you breaking the world record.

It has been a tough time? Yes when you're injured and things, it's

tough not performing to your best. I knew why and I just was trying to

work on getting back healthy and it was cool seeing other guys having

success. It makes you hungry. event is wide-open in Moscow, the

gold medal this for the taking? Anybody that makes to it the final

can make the gold. You could have a surprise winner. But I'm trying to

work on my ten hurdles and I can only control that. Great job. You

looked really good. Good to have you back. Nice job from David, Denise

and he is one of the characters on the circuit and it is good to have

him I think back. He is immensely articulate and a crowd-pleaser, in

fine form. His hurdling looked much better than late. And specially in

the latter half of the race. A big gap between him and Jason

Richardson? Yes, I mean it was hard to pick a lot of fault with Jason,

but for me perhaps his trail leg was a bit scrappy. But not got the flat

speed he has had. Next it is the men's 200 metres. James Ellington is

there, fresh from a personal best. He is having a good season. He would

like to see how he uses his speed to run this race. A you name here,

Young. We are getting used to these youngsters coming through. He has to

show what form he has got. There is in Europe, evening competitions, new

names trying to establish themselves. The men's 200 metre,

James Ellington for Britain in lane 8. Jeremy Dodson completes the line

Ellington is in lane 8. A good first 50 from Young and Jason Young has

run the best bend. Inn Dewar has run a fabulous bend. A late charge from

Martina. Martina will take it and I don't think Jason Young was aware he

was there. He was glancing to his left, glanced at the clock, but

Martina won that comfortably. There was a pleaer the and a half maybe

two metres. -- a metre and a half, maybe two metres. But Martina, the

Dutchman, the European champion, double gold last year, because he

took gold in the 4 by 100 in sell sellest -- Helsinki. The clock says

20.01. But he was going away. A really strong second half. He was

nowhere near the front of the bend. We will see in a moment. The time is

taking a long time to come up. But he had a good 100 earlier on. That

was a great warm up. He did 10.02. It was a legal run for Martina. On

the basis of that, on the outside, Ellington got a good start and he

had to be chased down. I was looking at the line to see if there was a

problem with Young coming around that bend. Inn Dewar going strongly

at this stage. -- inn Dewar going strong at this stage. Young starts

to tie up and out in lane 2 is Ndure. I was looking, because there

was a delay to see whether there was anybody on the line and there maybe

a disqualification. I don't think there was. He is a good athlete,

Martina. He is a good, solid operator and would have been nice to

have seen any more against Usain Bolt in Oslo, but he got

disqualified, so we never saw that. Jason Young in lane 4, he was

leading and looked comfortable about 40 metres out and Martina came

through. I didn't spot it in the live race, but he had a big glance

across, as if to say, what? He lost his form in the last 25 metres and

he was well beaten. They still haven't brought the result up. I'm

wondering if there is a problem, and whether one of the officials spotted

something on the bend. I don't think it was Martina himself. But he is

still smiling. He hasn't been told anything yet. Thorkildsen in the

fourth round of the javelin. He needs to pull something out. He is

not getting the technique right. Although that looks as though it is

a good throw and he goes into the lead. Look at this, he gets ahead of

it. He is such a good athlete. Well can bed -- well conditioned. But not

as honed as he was. And he is the only jav lip thrower to hold the --

javelin thrower to hold the world, Olympic and European titles at the

same time. But he has got the lead. The wind is still blowing here,

rather a blustering, rather than blowing hard as it was earlier on.

It is blowing towards this camera, from that far end of the season --

stadium. The men's 800 metres next. It is a strong field. Eight men and

eight nationalities. Quite a priority these days. Only one

Kenyan, Kipkoech, and he is the pace-maker. Andrew Osagie, Britain

's Olympic finalist goes here. And Nigel Amos, this is his first 8

hundred of the year. There is Andrew Osagie, eighth in the Olympics last

year. But he has been running well competitively. I suspect he is

looking for a quick time here tonight. Three Olympic finalists in

the line up. Osagie one of the more experienced runners there. Brandon

Johnson, the 28-year-old America. He goes in 2. Rodriguez, a semi

finalist in the last World Championships. Autumn his races so

far this -- all his races so far this year have been in South

America. Looking up for it, suspect he? Amos, last year he lifted the

world junior title and the Olympic silver medal, all at the age of 18.

All this races this year have been in Africa and all over 4 hundred.

The find of year Pierre Ambroise Bosse. He is down to 1. 49.9. Oman

has had a series of wins. In seventh av Lewandowski, the European

champion in 2010. He recently ran a 1,500 personal best in Gateshead. He

is in good shape is the pole. And there is the pace maker, Nicholas

Kipkoech. I wonder who without David Rudisha present, who in this field

can run well off a 49.5, if you're up with a pace maker. Maybe Amos in

fourth. So away they go. This is a high Cal ber field. -- calibre

field. Osagie Osagie goes off quickly. Kipkoech axle late --

accelerates, but that was a slumtering first few hundred. Amos

is getting clipped, because he is going so slowly. The two yellow

vests sandwich the six blue vests with 300 metres run and Kipkoech

leading and the rest of the field a few metres back. Bosse is in second

and then Amman and Amos and then Johnson. Osagie is on the inside

with just 400 to go. 49. 9.59 and Bosse is the tall Frenchman in

second. Amos also looking good there. Now it is a good steady

tempo. I think they did well to stay back from the pace-maker. Bosse is a

big powerful guy. Not particularly a pretty runner, a lot of elbow and

shoulders. But Amman is pel poised in -- well poised in second. 200 to

run and Bosse is running well. Lewandowski is coming through. Bosse

is leading and Amman has had to work for this one. Bosse trying to hang

on. Amman kicks on. Lewandowski is coming through strongly. It is a

good run by the Poll, but Amman storms through. That is not the

first time in the world this year. But very close indeed to Dwain

Solomon's race when he won the American Championship. And Aman as

won it again. He had the perfect pace-maker for 7 hundred makers and

all credit to Bosse for taking the race to the opposition, even with

the wind here. 1. 1.43.33. A season's best for Aman. His season

goes from peak to peak, to peak. Bosse in second. Amos 1.44.31 in his

first 800 of the season. And here is Muhammad Ahmad, who has been doing

very nicely lately, and Marcin Lewandowski with a very good run to

overtake Amos in third place. It's proving to be very difficult to

beat. He was sixth in the Olympic final. A little bit better this

year. Isn't it strange the difference half a season makes, and

what sort of work they have done in the winter, and how they come off

the back of an Olympic Games into the world championship season, and

the Diamond League season but particularly the world championship

season. Aman has one just one -- has lost just one race, to the world

champion, who picked up a slight knee injury when he ran in very cold

conditions, and he is trying to get back from that injury as we speak at

his base in Germany. Aman is the real deal, and he is just 19 years

old. Confirmation of the times. And Aman, pretty much on catchable. Kim

Amb In the javelin, 79.60 his best so far. That look good, that looked

very good. That has gone into the lead. 81.54 has been exceeded, that

is for sure. He hammered into the plant, then look good, you can see

his body language, and that javelin flying really well. That is a very

good throw-in did. And I reckon that is roundabout 83, 84. 82.65. That is

the lead. Pichardo, and the triple jump. 17.43, his best thus far. This

is the final jump. Now, what can you do? 17.43, his best jump in the

third round, his best this season is 17.69. Oh, yes! That is a big jump.

That is a white flag, I think. That is a big jump. 17.43. Let's see.

That is certainly the read. I have not seen a red flag. -- the lead. It

has not marked the plasticine. Look at the judge looking, and it is

good. And he has gone past the previous, 17.58. What about that?

Just one event left on the track, it is the sprint relay, as we see

confirmation of that men's 200 metres. Just waiting for that result

to come up. Churandy Martina It is confirmed as the winner, the

Dutchman. James Ellington in some good form, with 20.46. That really

is going to go on longer than we are on air, so we're just going to

reflect on what we have seen this evening. That jump in the triple

jump. That was as clear as day, as a file. -- foul. I have been impressed

with the young Cuban. He has been jumping remarkably well. The runners

have been having problems with the wind, and it is pretty cold out

there. In terms of the men's 800 metres, disappointing for Andrew

Osagie. Yes, he seemed to touch his hamstring as he crossed the line. I

don't know whether he has picked up a little niggle, which would be

disappointing with trial is just around the corner, looking for that

qualification time going to Moscow. I hope he remains injury free.

his absence, if that is the case, Aman looks like a good bet. Yes,

those two, he is consistent, 1.43, every time he steps on the track,

and another convincing run from him will stop start billing was the

men's 100 metres for Tyson Gay. We can have a look back at base bash

bash at that place now. Tyson Gay getting the start, and here goes

Tyson Gay, he is away from this field, away from Asafa Powell

Powell. 9.78, plus two metres, a second, that is legal. 9.79, for

Tyson Gay. Not quite as good as his word lead of 9.75. It is the

challenge of coming back from those intense American trials, which he

did well. He has made the transition into Europe. He has trained well, he

has competed remarkably well. It was the highlight of the night's

proceedings. A convincing victory. I think it is fair to say that we know

that he is working on it, coming out of the blocks, but you cannot argue

with 9.79. And a good run from Christine Ohoruogu. She could not

quite put her finger on why she ran so badly. I think it is back to the

drawing board, not to lose faith, I think she is in good form, but out

of sorts, the night. Birmingham was good, I wonder if it was a reaction

to that. It was not that long ago. It is difficult for athletes to keep

that momentum going. Christine is an athlete that thrives on hard work

and putting in some graft, and I know that she prepares well for

championships. Moscow is the highlight of the year, and that is

where she wants to do well, collecting medals, as she normally

does. She wants to compete on the circuit and do those Diamond League

races, but we need better performances from her, when she puts

in an appearance. It was a better performance from Tiffany Porter in

the 100 metres hurdles. It was a season 's best, just starting to get

into form. I think so. She is in a really good plays. She has got the

new coach. She is working on a few things. I would expect the speed and

injuries in the hurdling to improve, and also, the tech team. It is the

right time to be making those changes and looking forward. She has

had an indifferently -- and indifferent year last year. This is

when she has to step up and make her mark. Sally Pearson, watching her

when in London, she has had a nasty hamstring injury, she was down in

fifth base, then in seventh place. How confident are you that she can

get back to those sorts of times that we saw in London, and perhaps

challenge the Americans who ran so quickly in the trials? It is hard to

woo her out, she is a great champion, but hurdling is about

finding form, finding rhythm. She has not raced. She had not raced 11

months before Ostrava. We are one month away from the main

championships. It is going to be difficult. One of the events we were

set up for tonight was the men's high jump. Bondarenko jumped 2.41,

going for the world record. He is consistent this year. The men's high

jump world record is something that I thought I would never see being

broken. But I think that this guy could challenge it in a big way.

think the battle is on between him and Barshin of Qatar. Robbie

Grabarz, we hope for more from him. Maybe he has taken something away

from watching the high jump will stop you must not lose heart. He

needs to get back into his 2.31 shape and be a little bit more

consistent. The men's 400 metres, we saw Javier Colson following up his

win in Birmingham with a win here. Dai Greene, Struggling with a virus.

Yes, he is a bit out of sorts. It is not what we're used to seeing from

him. He has not had a proper run at this. He wintered well. But he has

not shown much outdoors. As the reigning world champion, he has a

lot to do, before Moscow. Javier Colson, we expected him to win last

year, but he is looking in good form running up to Moscow. I think there

is pressure, but it is a case of, he knows that he can run quickly, and

he has proved that with a convincing victory in the men's hurdles, and

with that kind of confidence, he knows that in a better judged race,

he is the man. Sharon Croft in third place tonight. Yes, consistency,

consistency. She was great in the women's long jump. Then, it bodes

well for her. And a quick word on Kim Collins and 37 years of age,

nine point 97. Kim Collins, he defies what makes an athlete

continued. He seems to love what he is doing, training smartly and

producing fast times. We are coming to the end of the coverage from

Lausanne. Just dying to tell you when the next athletics will be on

the BBC. It is from Paris on Saturday. We have got Greg

Rutherford, the Olympic champion, in the long jump, and Perri shakes

Drayton in the 400 metres hurdles. And the following weekend, we are in

Birmingham for the trials for Moscow, those all-important trials

for British athletes vying for places on the plane for the world

Championships, on BBC One from 2pm on Saturday the 13th, and on Sunday,