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the best loved athletics arenas in this country, Gateshead

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International Stadium. Pride of place goes to a team performance, or

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should I say too? This weekend, once again, the storyline is all about

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dramatic when team glory is at stake. This is a unique weekend,

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isn't it? Very much so. It doesn't matter what titles or medals you

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have one, it's about the team, it's about digging deep and clawing back

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as many points as you can do the team. It's that unification that has

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thrilled me over the years when I used to compete, a great camaraderie

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and a real feeling of unity. It's one of those competitions that you

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think, I'm not sure that you want to do it. But when you get there, there

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is this special atmosphere. Yes, and intense pressure. It's not about

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you, it's about your peers. You really want to do well. It is

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special for the team. If the team is looking for inspiration, this is the

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right place to be. Think back to 1989 and 2000. This was a great

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moment. We weren't expecting anything from our team. But we

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weren't sure what we were going to deliver. I love hairstyle!This is

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the second day now. All the other major stars have a total

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performance, and you want to go out there are a match it. Dwayne winning

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the relay for the team. What's so important about 2000 is that it was

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full of underdogs. There is such a weight of expectation for everybody

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to do well because the men had done so well in previous years. They just

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wanted to hold their own unaided. points good the winner, 11th for

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second, and so on down to one point four Last Place. False starts mean

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disqualifications and zero points. Team scores are calculating

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combining men's and women's points. The team which winds as the one with

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the most points. Six athletes or teams are in each heat. Middle and

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long distance races are run as straight finals. Every event matters

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because it is not about how many when a team gets, it's all about the

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for medals or money, but there is a pressure that gets you here.

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Absolutely, and where it starts is the warmup track. You will feel that

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sense of team. It is a lot of pressure. It is about not letting

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your team-mates down. We will talk about predicted places shortly, but

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if you have been predicted to finish fourth, you want to be aiming for

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third. You always predicted first, so you can only go down! It is true.

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What I will find interesting today if it is quite blustery, so the

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results may change from what we predicted, just because of the wind.

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That is going to throw a spanner in the works. It is all about team

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points, remember. You got to be careful. That's going to throw a

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spanner in the works. There will be people running in heat one who will

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want to put in a exceptional performance. It's going to be

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exciting. Everyone matters, every point matters. Let's meet the

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atmosphere and less pressure. A nice I'm glad I'm a captain of this team.

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It's been 13 years since we actually won! We could do nothing, we could

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do well. I love running for my country and competing at home. The

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crowd makes a big difference. I'm familiar ones. I think it's a good

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balance. These team to merge with young stars. Particularly someone

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like Jessica Judd, fresh young 18-year-old, silver medallist last

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year. She had a real opportunity for people to get familiar with that

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name. An interesting selection in the women's 400 metres. Luckily, in

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those two events, we have the luxury of world-class replacements. It's

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going to be a good competition anyway because it is important we

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have these international events where athletes can have a real

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flavour about what it is like competing against the best of the

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world and how awkward it can be to prepare for these games. You need to

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learn this process. This is a real mix of well experienced athletes and

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new ones. That's the British team. from Turkey, Greece and Norway who

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were promoted up into this league. Mark Butler has been beavering away

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overnight, looking at who will do title. It's only Russia and Germany

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that have ever won this over the four years. Lots can change, and one

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four years. Lots can change, and one man looking at this closely is head

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coach, Peter Eriksson. What we have to do is mention the fact this is

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your first and last appearance as head coach. You must be incredibly

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disappointed that you can't carry on what you started. I am, and it's a

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Greene job. -- a dream job. We have great coaching staff, support staff.

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Obviously, family comes first, and that's the difficult decision you

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had to make. That's true. In terms of this weekend, you saw Mark

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Butler's predictions there. You said perhaps second place. I think it's a

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little bit low! If we do really well, even better. We don't know how

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the Russians would do here. Give us a sense of what the feeling is like.

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We have a good team. It's a great team spirit. My speech yesterday was

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five seconds in total! I have a fantastic team and I really look

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forward to it. Some of the other people that have come in, how are

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they responding? They will actually step up to the challenge. We have

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ten new athletes. That's exciting. The big names, they really need to

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lead by example. Exactly. Greg Rutherford is proud to represent the

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country. It's great to see he has choices. Nathan Douglas over

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Phillips Idowu, can you talk about those changes?

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Perri was not hard, she did well in the indoor Championships and she has

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been progressing well throughout the season. Christine Ohuruogu was

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always better run and her focus has been more on her training period and

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will be part of the Relay. So that is something we work out with the

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coaches. Every child has gone better to better in every event -39 macro.

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And the focus for Phillips Idowu was always to be at the World

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Championship and she has -- and he has a period to build back and I

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think he will do fine when it comes to World Championships, the pole is

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underway, let's have a look at that. When I knew the company -- when I

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knew the championship was going to be in this country, I was so

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excited. My home crowd were watching, I have been looking

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forward to this event. It is exciting to come and get the team

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together, it is really good, everybody comes together and we

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spend a week beforehand playing games and doing stuff as a team and

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having a team meeting where the head coach makes a speech on the team

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captain brings everybody together. It is really relaxing and you are

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around friends leading up to the Championships, which is great, you

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are more relaxed and you are enjoying it. It is good and I think

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there is a good team spirit. These are the team Championships. It was a

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massive achievement for me to have the courage to go in and decide to

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go for myself. A real step up from what I am used

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to and to take it by myself was an amazing achievement. I have just

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been out -- I had just been out to America and come back and this was

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one of my first competitions, so I am really excited to get this

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underway and to try the best I can. I have had good preparation so

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hopefully, the next few competitions will be good.

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Some things never change and it is always windy here in Gateshead. The

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pole-vault did start late and we can go to Paul Dickenson, what has been

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going on? There has been a problem with the

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wind, Holly Bleasdale and the rest have had to wait until the equipment

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was right. The bar has been blowing off. Everything was set for the

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first competition. There is quite a strong wind on the far side of the

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is blowing quite hard. We have good camera shots in preparation, but

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Holly Bleasdale will be coming later. In the hammer, one of the

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best throw is in the world at the moment. A season best of over 79

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metres. Great written's Mark Dry will compete in this to try and get

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as many points as possible ash Great Britain's. This guy is good, it spun

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away a bit, but that is long. That is around 76 metres. Not a bad

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effort for his first attempt. In this competition, the rules are

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slightly different to major championship competitions. 12

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athletes will take part and everybody will get three throws and

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only the best four will have one other in the best -- in the next

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round. One of the other top names in this competition now is this

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athlete, of Germany. The Germans are so good in the throwing events. This

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guy has priced -- has twice finished fourth in the World Championships

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and European Championships, and ninth in Beijing in the Olympics.

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Quite small, but very quick. The crowd are responding to a throw

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which challenges the previous competitor. Around about 76 metres.

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Very intricate footwork. He tries to accelerate the hammer and he gets

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faster and faster and finishes flat out. So he is behind the Polish

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inconsistent, but he can produce tremendous throws. Former Olympic

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bronze medallist in 2004, 31 years old, not quite as fast as the likes

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of Esse. But that could be one of the best throws he has achieved this

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season. I like the way he just means back and he lets the hammer do the

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work. He works his legs very hard. Happy with the technique, and it is

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very intricate. For a man who has thrown 81-45, but he is in third

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place, for the Turkish champion. This is going to be a real test for

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Mark Dry, selected over the Limerick finalist Alex Smith. -- Olympic

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finalist. He has got a new coach now, a former Swedish champion based

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in America, coming over to Great Britain and doing great work with

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our throwers. Just below 70 metres in the third round. 64 metres, he

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achieved earlier on in the competition. But he needs more, he

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is in 10th place at the moment. I have got a feeling that even that

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throw will not put him up in the table. In fact, he is in 11th place.

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I am sure what athlete has been watching with great interest, the

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Greek -- the Great British team leader, Sherry Pegg straighten --

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quite young on the team. It was a surprise to me, so the fact that I

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was considered and given that title, I am just going to be myself

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this weekend, that is all I can be. Just from being who I am and what

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people have seen me do in terms of informants is enough motivation for

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anybody. Do you have to give the team speech?

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Yes, I have got a speech. I wrote a speech out and I was reading it and

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I was, like, it does not come across as me. I have jotted down a few

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notes and that will jog my memory and I will express and say what I

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have to say. Short and sweet, do not go on too long.

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You can let actions speak louder than words.

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Exactly, let that do the talking. What do you see this team being able

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to deliver this weekend? You said there was a mixture of experience

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and Gold medallists from the Olympics and a lot of youth, but

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talented youth. Yes, I have got good faith in this

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team and I am glad I am captain of this team. A lot of people are in

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good shape, we have unions coming on and experienced athletes, it is a

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good mixture. I think it has been 13 years since we have one, so it will

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be nice if this weekend, we can win. -- won. I think we can do well.

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It was not a short team speech! can talk!

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She loves to talk but she is such a happy individual and it is a

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statement of how she has risen through the ranks to be kept in. It

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is a statement of where we want her to go in the next three years. We

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will look to somebody like Perri Shakes Drayton to take medals in

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Rio, and she is the perfect team captain for this event because she

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will show some of the youngsters that you work hard and you are just

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a stone's throw away from real success, and she has achieved that.

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What do you make of the rotation system with the captain? Never the

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same person from one event to the next. Would it serve better with

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more continuity? I like that we have flexibility

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because it gives athletes something to strive for if they want to be

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captain. Performances can sometimes reflect the demeanour of the team.

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At the moment, Perri is on the rise and she speaks with energy and digs

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deep -- and end-users. She will look -- and enthusiasm. She will say, I

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got injured last year, but look how it turned my career around. I am

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really excited. You know how important hurdles are,

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white issue running for the 400? She chose it, it has not been a

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random selection. She is toying if she will do the flat of hundred

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meter hurdles in the World Championships, she said, I am a

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hurdle and want to stick to the Championships.

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Jessica Ennis is not here, she will be competing next week. What have

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you made of the noise from Jessica's camp?

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If an athlete says they are injured, they are injured, that is it. You

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would not want Jessica to come out and be very below par. It is a

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natural build-up for her to go to Moscow but she does not have

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automatic selection because she is not the reigning world champion. So

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she will want to show some form and she will want to come out and be

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strong in the events that bankers for her. I would give her the

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respect she deserves and she only -- and if she only competes in Moscow,

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let her do that, she has earned that right, she does not need to show

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much form going in for her. The big piece of news in athletics

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is the positive drugs test of a running club Campbell-Brown, double

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Olympic champ all -- champion. Veronica. A diuretic, your response

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to this? Everybody was very surprised, and

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she was adamant it came from a specific cream she was rubbing in.

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You can imagine she was very vocal about her innocence. But all

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athletes charged with this kind of crime are very vocal. It is a

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masking agent involved with it and we have to remember that they are to

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mask more serious drugs that athletes have possibly taken.

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Veronica is going to fight this. She has gone to Canada to check.

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Almost certainly, it will be her specimen and the same test. She will

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protest her innocence, but, Denise, we get used to that, it almost does

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not mean anything. Not to me and a lot of people I have

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spoken to. She is so revered in Jamaica, she is the least likely

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athlete to be caught by something like this. She is experienced, very

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disappointed. It is a real stain on her character and I hope that she

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clears her name if she can. People have talked about the

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Jamaican testing, it is not up to scratch, people are pointing the

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finger and they are saying, this is tainting Jamaican sprinting,

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response? She does not trained in Jamaica and

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is not really associated with Jamaica because she is based in the

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United States and always has been, from school. It is harsh to say it

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belongs to Jamaican testing, not quite.

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It is the Jamaican trials this weekend and also the US trials, and

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we can look at some of those results, and they are quite

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impressive for the United States, but they made a conscious decision

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to change the 100 mater -100 metres race to get a benefit. This is a

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handsome tailwind, so that is why their performances are very quick.

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But in Jamaica, take into commit -- take into consideration the wind

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speed in both Championships. A bit quicker, so Usain Bolt's run would

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be a bit faster. So still a lot of time to go but it is exciting and we

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rubbing our hands together about these fast times.

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And who are the women? a blinding performance. They have

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had a comprehensive season. They are competing for their colleges, week

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in, week out. Although those times are impressive, let's see how they

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get in Moscow. Then, the big guns here, running at home. Our aim was

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definitely to run the European Cup. I have just come back from the US.

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What's the mood like? It's great to be back in the UK. I was away for

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quite a while. It's great to come back and see all the youngsters in

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the team. This is what I started. For me, I have great memories of the

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European Cup. It's great to give youngsters a chance and hope.

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many are saying they are inspired by you. It's fantastic. That's great. I

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was inspired by many of the athletes at a time. Overall, this weekend,

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what will success be for you, for the British team? The most important

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thing is not to get carried away. We just need to collect as many points

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as we can. We have a good chance of winning. It's important that we come

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out here and everybody gives 110%. couldn't we, Steve? What do you make

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of Mo Farah being here? He hasn't got a great field against him. But

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it should be an easy run for him. It's great he's decided to run. Mo

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Farah loves wearing the British vest. What happened to him last

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summer, he feels like he wants to pay something back. He set his

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programme out quite early, though. There was confusion whether you

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would want the 5000, 10,000. But he said his programme. An event like

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this is good, tactical. How would you assess his shape? He's pretty

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happy. I spent a day with him. He was a bit frustrated he hadn't won

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the 10,000 there, which was his original plan. But he's a great

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athlete, a world medallist. He's pretty happy. He's done a good chunk

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of training. He's got some races coming up now and really looking

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forward to them. This is the start of an important three or four weeks

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for him. That race coming up 5pm. for him. That race coming up 5pm.

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But first, heat one. Dyed Greene will be in the second of the two

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races. These are the lesser typical Gateshead: Sun is shining

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but this wind is a bit of a tricky one, and it can be for the likes of

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the herders -- hurdlers. Might just put them on to the hurdles a bit

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quickly. The combined times from the two races will determine the point

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at the end. It's not just about good position here, it's about getting

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First time under 50 seconds. Pretty impressive. That might be better

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than the second race. That was a really good performance by the

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Norwegian. He's 21. He is tall in his range and that makes a big

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difference when these conditions are really difficult to handle. Round

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the turn, there's a lot of blustery wind, but he's really confident with

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his technique and form and endurance. He knows the quality of

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the Greek inside him, but that will not face. Works hard into the line

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with a victory. Greene coming up in Britain that often. Everyone is

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counting on you to the best you can. I've had good success over the

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last couple of years and hope it continues over the weekend. How is

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it, being one of the elder statesman? The younger ones will be

:39:57.:40:05.

looking to you to learn from, get experience from. I realised I was

:40:05.:40:12.

one of the oldest people there at breakfast! It's good to be a senior

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member of the squad. I have a lot of experience to draw on. I have to be

:40:22.:40:27.

there to help everyone out an offer advice to all the youngsters coming

:40:27.:40:33.

through. But I'm sure they'll do really well. There couldn't be

:40:33.:40:38.

anybody better to set the tone for the team. How do you feel your form

:40:38.:40:43.

is, going into that race? I had a few setbacks before the season

:40:43.:40:49.

started, but I'm past them now. The last few weeks have gone very well.

:40:49.:40:59.
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I feel as though I can give a really good performance. I feel I can win

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over the weekend. I feel as though I am getting better. Let's hope that

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continues up to the world Championships. What about the

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opposition? We look at the field and go, I am meant to win this one? !

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know I meant to win! I'm confident I will as well. Who knows what the

:41:26.:41:36.
:41:36.:41:39.

weather will be like. Full points is the order of the day. How much do

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you think the home crowd will be a factor for not just you, but the

:41:44.:41:49.

team overall? It's great for all the youngsters in the squad. Many of

:41:49.:41:53.

them are in their first competition. That will inspire them and push them

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on. It can really make a difference. If you we have a drab,

:42:01.:42:08.

wet weekend, that can really lift your spirits up. Drab, wet weekend?

:42:08.:42:18.
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Never in Gateshead! Sun is shining but it is breezy. That wind might

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just help them to do really well here. In a few minutes time, the

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opposition is something he should handle easily. He seems pretty

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confident, and why shouldn't he be? Always doubts when you've had

:42:38.:42:48.
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operations. Building nicely towards one she is taken in this

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competition. We hurt in the interview before, she was feeling

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confident, she has come off the back of her training camp where she has

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been training in very warm weather indeed. She is feeling in good

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condition. But she's going to have to do better than this. Holly

:43:21.:43:31.
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Bleasdale, two more attempts. fairly comfortable in terms of

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Greene. Francoise has had a pretty good season so far. Only beaten once

:44:29.:44:39.
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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going for maximum points here. I suspect he will hope he can put in a

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good performance, his second -- race two. They were delayed quite

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a bit getting to the start line. Dai Greene started a bit behind

:45:55.:46:00.

Francois. Through that first hurdle nicely, Dai Greene already catching

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up to Francois and the German, who started well in lane six. Dai Greene

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is moving through into the lead. The German is with him and Dai Greene

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needs to work harder through the winter. The German has run a good

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250 metres and he just stumbles a bit. The former world champion is

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struggling, he needs to find something on the home stretch. But

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here comes Dai Greene, he needs to be strong! This will be close, the

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German gets maximum points! And a tidy raise from Dai Greene. I

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thought he started slowly, he seems to get into the race, and look what

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that means to him! That will be a personal best. But a big shock, not

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a good start for the British team. And the first time Dai Greene has

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failed to win in the European Team Championships.

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That was a huge surprise, even for the crowd who are cheering him down

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this home straight. But it was not enough. It will be interesting to

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see what he has to say and how the wind may have affected his

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performance. He is not comfortable on that like coming into those final

:47:23.:47:31.

barriers and he struggled here. -- leg. So he will question what

:47:31.:47:34.

happened and Malcolm Arnold will have a lot to talk to him about. The

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German looks really aggressive and really focused.

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Colin, when you are expecting a win and you are one or two metres down,

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that will mess with your head in it, he would not have expected to be in

:47:48.:47:52.

that position. He would not have expected that and

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I think it starts off from the start, Steve. He did not drive out

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of the blocks as we have seen, he was not very aggressive. I would be

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interested to see what he has to say in his interview. At a strong

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victory for Germany, what a surprise, you can never predict.

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This competition is about gaining points. He pushes out of the blocks

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well but I think he was a little bit overcautious, perhaps looking at the

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wind and registering the conditions. Perhaps thinking, when Amway going

:48:26.:48:32.

to decide to change? Because it is a story and he has to keep energy for

:48:32.:48:39.

the home straight. -- blustery. He would not have seen the German, only

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now, as he goes past the French athlete, he thinks, this guy is in

:48:44.:48:48.

front of me, I have to work on my technique. He stumbled slightly, he

:48:48.:48:56.

fell off the hurdle, not as since -- not as slick as we used to with him.

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I think he would still believe he could do this, but the German does

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not afraid and Dai Greene has to settle with second place, very

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disappointed. That was not expected by us, by the

:49:11.:49:15.

crowd and particularly by Dai Greene. It is bit of a setback for

:49:15.:49:20.

him because he would expect to win this type of race, but also on the

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day were those around him are running personal bests, it would be

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interesting to see what he says about the conditions.

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So a new personal best for the German. Francois is third. And the

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Norwegian athlete will be the fourth fastest as he won the first race.

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Dai Greene is with Phil now. That surprised us, how about you?

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I was a bit surprised. I stop -- I started well and was aggressive. Too

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many mistakes from the top and. How were conditions?

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It was windy, but it was windy for all of us and I am disappointed they

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did not together a good race, I did not expect them to be as fast as

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they were and the German ran a great race.

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You have not had many races this season, were you a bit rusty?

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I was rusty going into Rome and things have got better, but I fell

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between the windy conditions today. It was a bit more apparent.

:50:30.:50:36.

What is next? Birmingham Grand Prix next week and

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hopefully a few more after that to get it it fitter.

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Thank you for talking to us. Dai Greene was almost shocked by

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that defeat. And this is another shock, Holly Bleasdale has two

:50:54.:51:00.

failures at her opening height so far, way below her season's best of

:51:00.:51:07.

4.60. She has to get this or she is out! That is a big shock! A massive

:51:07.:51:11.

shock for the British team, Peter Eriksson will be gutted by that, and

:51:11.:51:17.

that is a pile of points that Great Britain have lost, no height is

:51:17.:51:27.
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achieved, no points. DME! -- dear Not the start we would have hoped

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for, starting with Holly Bleasdale, and no height at 4.25.

:51:42.:51:45.

A little unprofessional for me. We have talked about the effect on the

:51:45.:51:51.

team. It is so important you make adjustments I am I -- and I am not

:51:51.:51:55.

saying she was not trying, but you have to get valuable points for the

:51:55.:52:05.
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disappointed, it is his last time as team coach here. Very disappointing

:52:08.:52:12.

for Dai Greene as well, but we had back to the track now for the

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Great Britain in the second of two is. Surprise winner of the European

:52:47.:52:55.

200 m title when she regressed by just a fraction of a second, and she

:52:55.:53:03.

won it from lane eight. The Greek athlete is the European champion, so

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expect a fast start from the Greek number one. The fastest woman is

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this athlete, 11.38. Season's best for Ashley Phillips is 11.36, just a

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fraction faster than the French champion. And watch out for the

:53:24.:53:31.

Polish athlete, a very fast starter, she goes in line four. Heat one, the

:53:31.:53:41.
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out of her blocks, followed by Garcia of Spain. But the Frenchwoman

:53:46.:53:56.
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is going to win it. The Polish in second place. 11.66, that is against

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a -4.6 metre per second headwind. Can you believe that? I thought the

:54:07.:54:12.

times were slow, but that headwind is huge.

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It is enormous. It is very difficult to go through your phases accurately

:54:18.:54:23.

when the wind is like that because it pushes you in your face and gets

:54:23.:54:29.

you up right quick venue would want. That victory was a victory, but the

:54:29.:54:39.
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time is very slow indeed. They will all have to wait to see

:54:40.:54:43.

what the overall position will be, but she is the winner, no doubt

:54:43.:54:53.
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way to the 100m. They have the benefit of following Quins. And this

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is a twice world champion, so graceful when she runs, and very

:55:05.:55:15.
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bouncy. And the veteran 40-year-old British number one goes in this.

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Saladuha them is ranked number one and if she does not win this

:55:23.:55:27.

competition, I would be very surprised. And that is a very solid

:55:27.:55:37.
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start indeed. Deceptively strong. By far and away the best we have seen

:55:40.:55:50.
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so far. The British athlete winding the crowd up a bit, she belongs to

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Harriers in North London, and she set the world's best for a

:55:57.:56:02.

40-year-old athlete. She got eighth place in the Diamond League a little

:56:02.:56:10.

earlier this year. So this is the first round. I hope that actually

:56:10.:56:14.

means she has got a lot of more to come. She looked as though she was

:56:15.:56:24.
:56:25.:56:35.

heading towards... The red flag is short of her season's best, 436

:56:35.:56:45.
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macro. -- for Yamile Aldama. Yamile Aldama looked pretty good until

:56:47.:56:54.

sheaf -- until she bailed out, knowing she had fouled it. That was

:56:54.:56:58.

frustrating as she looked to be in very good shape. One more jump to

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see if she can make it into the top four.

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That is the result from the first heat of the women's 100m Soumare in

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first place. -- and Soumare in first place. Asha Philip goes for Great

:57:23.:57:29.

Britain in the next race. Asha Philip is the slowest in this

:57:29.:57:35.

heat, but not much between them. Her personal best is 22, great talent

:57:35.:57:41.

when she was a youngster. But she had a horrible injury trampolining

:57:41.:57:51.
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and it took a long time to come back. A new personal best for the

:57:51.:57:55.

athletes next to her, from Belarus, she has had a very good season

:57:55.:58:05.
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And the 21-year-old Russian is in the seven flame, she has also run

:58:27.:58:31.

her personal best. So athletes in good form here, an opportunity for

:58:31.:58:41.
:58:41.:58:55.

anybody. We have not seen the heat, we will see what they get

:58:55.:59:03.

here. It is the times that just as important as the position, more so.

:59:03.:59:08.

Asha Philip gets a good start, the Ukrainian is first away and is still

:59:08.:59:11.

reading. Okparaebo is struggling to get into

:59:11.:59:21.

it. Povh wins it easily. That will be the fastest time. And we will

:59:21.:59:27.

have to sort out the rest with the results. The times are combined from

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the first race. No doubt about the winner, she is such a good starter.

:59:32.:59:36.

She is formally the European indoor champion from two years ago and

:59:36.:59:41.

always gets out of the blocks, but she maintained pretty well. Given

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they are running into this wind, that was a good run.

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It was a very solid performance in deed. I was watching how Povh would

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perform because I thought she underperformed in Oslo recently. A

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good victory, she was leading very contemplate and all she was looking

:59:59.:00:04.

that was the clock because that would be the most important thing.

:00:04.:00:10.

Again, a stronger aggressive runner, but she was dominant and Europe's

:00:10.:00:18.

fastest of the day. The winner of heat one would have

:00:18.:00:25.

certainly come second, but Asha Philip, fifth overall. Not too bad.

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I said she was the slowest going into that heat.

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She did very well indeed, she was not intimidated, the field was far

:00:34.:00:40.

more experienced. The start was really good and really

:00:40.:00:50.
:00:50.:00:50.

positive, she was not fazed by anybody, she worked hard. She kept

:00:50.:00:55.

her form and she kept working into the wine, and when she gets a few

:00:55.:00:59.

more competitions behind her and excellent conditions, I can see her

:00:59.:01:09.
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running much quicker indeed. So running much quicker indeed. So

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these are the results. Conditions are windy, into your

:01:24.:01:29.

face. It was horrible. I have never run

:01:29.:01:33.

that slowed this season, but it must have been the wind.

:01:33.:01:37.

Tell me about the atmosphere coming in to today.

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It was so lovely, when I heard my name, it was lovely, I am really

:01:41.:01:46.

happy to be here. Dai Greene did not win his first

:01:46.:01:49.

race and Holly Green has gone out, how much will that spread out

:01:49.:01:56.

through the team, what do you hear? We always support each other, they

:01:56.:02:00.

might get stick but I will not give them any. I am sure we will still

:02:00.:02:05.

pull through. Where do you go next?

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Onto the Relay in a couple of hours. Good luck with that.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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Asha Philip's time was good enough Spaniard. You are only allowed four

:03:07.:03:17.
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two failures. She will be very angry at herself. You have got to get

:03:35.:03:44.
:03:45.:03:46.

first-time attempts if possible and she does that. They will still be

:03:46.:03:56.
:03:56.:04:01.

popular with everybody in athletics, which she will be so angry with

:04:01.:04:11.
:04:11.:04:14.

herself, having not achieved how it is standing at the minute,

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France have had a great start. Russia might have expected that, but

:04:20.:04:25.

Great Britain are in eighth place, very close between them and the team

:04:25.:04:30.

above. Not a good start for Peter Eriksson, but we will hope it picks

:04:30.:04:40.
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will be two heats and this is the first heat of the men's 400m. The

:04:48.:04:56.

Norwegian is on the outside. He is the junior 800m runner. Champion

:04:56.:05:06.
:05:06.:05:22.

Italian. Bird from the left-hand side. -- deferred. Nigel Levine goes

:05:22.:05:32.
:05:32.:05:43.

around the top. The Ukrainian has gone off very quickly. A free ride

:05:44.:05:49.

it on the back straight because of the following wind, but they will

:05:49.:05:59.
:05:59.:06:19.

The Italian is challenging for the lead. He is bringing it home. A

:06:19.:06:27.

photograph or second place. Actually, despite the win, that

:06:27.:06:34.

could be eight and is best for the Italian. -- despite the wind, that

:06:34.:06:44.
:06:44.:06:52.

could be a season 's best for the world always prefer to have a strong

:06:52.:06:56.

tail wind down the back straight so they can save energy because they

:06:56.:07:01.

know they are going to be exhausted coming into the home straight. If

:07:01.:07:04.

they can get any assistance when they are fresher, that is what they

:07:04.:07:14.
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Let's hear what he thinks about the event.

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It is always a team thing, whether Oliver, world Championships or

:07:38.:07:44.

European Championships. -- Olympics. It is not always individual. It is

:07:44.:07:49.

right. It is the first time I am doing European team cup as an

:07:49.:07:58.

individual, not here for relay or as a reserve stop -- as a reserve.

:07:58.:08:06.

We saw you do so well at a couple of the European indoors. That gave me

:08:06.:08:12.

some more confidence, showing me I can compete at a higher level. I

:08:12.:08:16.

thought it would be harder, but I have got confidence now. I can take

:08:16.:08:22.

on the big guys. So, this weekend, what are you

:08:22.:08:31.

looking to achieve? Are you focusing on new? -- on you. I don't really

:08:31.:08:36.

care about my opponents. I think about what I have to do to get

:08:36.:08:46.
:08:46.:09:11.

voters. That was excellent. That was excellent. She maintain good form

:09:11.:09:21.
:09:21.:09:25.

over the bar. That is what everybody else has to beat today.

:09:25.:09:29.

Everybody said this girl could go on to break the world record. She

:09:29.:09:34.

hasn't produced those dizzy heights yet. 27 years old, she has still got

:09:34.:09:37.

good prospects. She is in the thick of the action here. Very

:09:37.:09:47.
:09:47.:09:55.

comfortable. She is very competent. Entry at 4.40, and she gets it.

:09:55.:09:59.

When she stepped up to do 4.40, everybody thought she would sail

:09:59.:10:06.

over. She didn't. This is her second attempt. That was eight week

:10:06.:10:13.

disappointment if she does not score any points. -- a big disappointment.

:10:13.:10:23.
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She has got one attempt to go. So, she is in a bit of trouble. The

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German and the Russian are clear. is on the track. This is the receipt

:10:41.:10:51.
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form. We have seen how tough the hurdles was for Dai Greene. He is

:11:11.:11:14.

the quickest in the field this year, but there are other good athletes in

:11:14.:11:24.
:11:24.:11:28.

of the British athletes are getting great support. Good to see Gateshead

:11:28.:11:38.
:11:38.:11:51.

tickets left for tomorrow if you are interested in coming along and you

:11:51.:11:57.

live in the north-east. It will be a great second day for Great Britain,

:11:57.:12:02.

I promise you. These are the two athletes he has to worry about, on

:12:02.:12:09.

the outside. If the Russian gets back to his best, he will give Nigel

:12:09.:12:19.
:12:19.:12:52.

something to think about. Those are attack the first 100 metres. The

:12:52.:12:58.

Russian finishes strongly. He has had injury problems. Nigel Levine

:12:58.:13:05.

has gone well through the first 200 metres. This is good running from

:13:05.:13:10.

Nigel Levine. He has attacked this. Has he just it right? It is tough

:13:10.:13:15.

against the wind. At the moment it is a one metre lead for the dish

:13:15.:13:20.

athlete. He continues to go away. He has got to be strong though. The

:13:20.:13:24.

Russian is eating up the ground between them. Lavigne does not win

:13:24.:13:34.
:13:34.:13:35.

it. He hangs on for second place. I said that this- it is quickly. He

:13:35.:13:39.

does eat up the ground with that long stride of his. At his best, he

:13:39.:13:49.

is very good. Goodness me, Nigel Levine had that. It was in his

:13:49.:13:58.

pocket. It was the last 50 metres. Did he overcook the first 200? He

:13:58.:14:05.

hit it strong, but you have to. There is no time to rest, Steve. You

:14:05.:14:10.

have got to go with the gun. You have to stick with your plan. I know

:14:10.:14:17.

Nigel will be disappointed. He would expect to hang on and take this

:14:17.:14:20.

victory. I think he will be disappointed with the overall

:14:20.:14:26.

performance. He worked really well, settled into his running smoothly,

:14:26.:14:30.

came into the corner and the right pace. I just think his Russian, as

:14:30.:14:37.

you said, he is strong and loves this event. Boy, oh, boy, he just

:14:37.:14:43.

snuck the victory. We need to get the victory on the track soon

:14:43.:14:53.
:14:53.:14:57.

right, Colin. He attacked it hard. He was being pushed from the inside

:14:57.:15:03.

as well. The Frenchman was with him. He is going to disregard the two

:15:03.:15:09.

outside him. He has to hope that he has judged it right. It is

:15:09.:15:14.

unfortunate the Russian run a perfect race. I really concentrated

:15:14.:15:20.

on this second corner. Just as you are coming off the bank you don't

:15:20.:15:25.

want to work too hard. It will sap too much energy. I think you may

:15:25.:15:29.

have put it a bit too hard so he could get this quick impetus of the

:15:29.:15:39.
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turn. I think it just, for him, went a little bit too hard. He will be

:15:40.:15:50.
:15:50.:16:04.

disappointed. But shall we hear from news that you had been disqualified,

:16:04.:16:08.

I can give you good news, Kraznov has just been disqualified, may be

:16:08.:16:13.

stepping out of the lane. You going to take the for Great Britain? Back

:16:13.:16:21.

to you. Pretty windy. Coming back in. I am

:16:21.:16:25.

not very heavy, so I tried to keep it nice and technical to come

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through. The last 20 metres or so, I was passed. My aim was to get

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maximum points for Great Britain because it is the first time for me

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in the European Championships. I wanted to give a good impression to

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get maximum points, to encourage everybody else.

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That -- that news about Kraznov is unofficial at this stage, at we hope

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you will get maximum points, thank you for talking to us. -- but we

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hope. Thank you.

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We are going to reflect on the career of this man, who has just his

:17:05.:17:15.
:17:15.:17:28.

retirement. You have had good days, gone sweetly, so has Darren Campbell

:17:28.:17:33.

for Great Britain. America are making ground and Great Britain are

:17:33.:17:38.

nice, and Nigeria are also going well. That was terrible for the

:17:38.:17:46.

Americans! Nigeria are in the lead in the last straight. But Marie

:17:46.:17:52.

screen is coming down and they have a chance of Lawrie -- Maurice

:17:52.:18:02.
:18:02.:18:13.

Greene. It was so close! He thinks scoreboard, it is confirmed! The

:18:13.:18:20.

Great Britain team taking the Gold medal. What a surprise!

:18:20.:18:27.

So memories of that very special day?

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Amazing memories, it seems so long ago but I remember it like

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yesterday, amazing experience. Amazing.

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And your feelings now you have decided to retire? We are free

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former athletes. I have had a good innings. I have

:18:49.:18:53.

been part of the team for 16 years are not many people can say that,

:18:53.:18:59.

they have had amazing experiences, 18 medals in 16 years, I should be

:18:59.:19:05.

grateful. It is nice to call it a day, and there no hard feelings.

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What stands out as an individual performance?

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That would be my world indoor 200 m, the only global title I achieved.

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That is quite clear to me, second to Athens.

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Stay with us, Marlon, you can be a pundit this afternoon. We are going

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:19:35.:19:45.

moment for that 400m result. Krasnov has not been disqualified, apologies

:19:45.:19:55.
:19:55.:19:55.

if we misled you. Race two was a fair bit slower for the Italian so

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Nigel Lavigne will not get maximum points, but he will get 11 points.

:20:05.:20:15.
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-21 macro. -- Nigel Levine. Jessica Judd is one of the youngsters not

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one of the youngest in the team, she will be very nervous. 12 people in

:20:26.:20:36.
:20:36.:20:38.

the race, this will be a real at Unity for her. -- opportunity. These

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are the types of athletes she will be meeting in the future so she will

:20:42.:20:50.

want to do well. 12 women. The athlete from Belarus will be a

:20:50.:20:56.

danger, and also the Russian. There are no pacemakers, so the tactics

:20:56.:21:02.

will be really interesting. I would be tempted to hope that somebody

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goes out on the first lap. And Jessica Judd has a tendency to do

:21:07.:21:13.

that, so don't be so raised if she takes this out, but we will be C. --

:21:13.:21:23.
:21:23.:21:43.

1's medallist. She is now -- is now a bronze medallist. She is now the

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European champion. The Greek is on the inside. A couple more to

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mention, the experienced Polish athlete. And also the Turkish

:21:59.:22:09.
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athlete. Two laps of the track. 18-year-old Jess Judd going for

:22:09.:22:18.

Great Britain. Sitting alongside me as Paula Radcliffe, and Jessica is a

:22:18.:22:23.

big talent and not frightened to go to the front, like yourself. -- like

:22:23.:22:27.

yourself. She is not afraid to commit to

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races. A bit scared coming into this. 12 athletes is not easy in a

:22:33.:22:39.

race like this and it is tough. She needs to be confident and attack it.

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And the conditions, nobody wants to read in a wins like this, but she

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has gone to the front and she needs to commit at this stage. -- wind.

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Jessica is in a great position, if you are not going to read, that is

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the place to be. She will not want to leave it too late, she is still

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young. She is good, she is very good and is only going to get better.

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Just tries to push on. -- Jessica. Jessica has not tried to

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go to hijacked, she has had a chance to gauge the wind. -- she has not

:23:25.:23:35.
:23:35.:23:45.

tried to go past. She is now trying at the front, Jessica Judd is taking

:23:45.:23:52.

it to them, she is so strong and this is what she can do. But the

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Russian has the only chance of catching her. Jessica just is going

:24:00.:24:06.

so well, and the crowd cheering her on, this would be a brilliant

:24:06.:24:10.

victory -- Jessica Judd. She is looking for it, will she get there?

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She gets it! Brilliant performance. We can talk about this young girl

:24:19.:24:26.

and remember her winning the London mini Marathon cross-country title,

:24:26.:24:33.

but what a win! She showed talent, guts, strength, tactical awareness,

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well done to her coach, Rob Denmark. What a win and what a victory!

:24:43.:24:49.

What a win! That was really brave! She was treading water down the home

:24:49.:24:57.

straight and she was digging deep. But I think the crowd helped her,

:24:57.:25:03.

they pushed her. But her guts carried her over the last 50 metres.

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She cannot believe it, but she wants to be very proud of that today.

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She was predicted to come fifth and that is what I love about athletics.

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You can throw statistics out of the window. She has beaten good athletes

:25:17.:25:27.
:25:27.:25:27.

here. Jess is somebody who, at 18, is not frightened of anybody.

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She should not eat, she is coming at 18 to run in her first European Team

:25:35.:25:39.

Championships -- she should not be. The British team is looking for a

:25:39.:25:49.
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boost, and they do not need to look Yamile Aldama once more for Great

:25:50.:25:56.

Britain. If she can regain her form from the first round up macro that

:25:56.:26:05.

was almost a repeat. -- from the first round... . She was

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statistically reckons to come in fourth place and she will not finish

:26:08.:26:18.

worse than that. --- reckoned. A solid performance. She started off

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just shy of her season's best looking at those pictures again, she

:26:37.:26:47.
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might have damaged her right ankle. serious trouble. Two failures at her

:27:00.:27:10.
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opening height. Is she going to do a Holly Bleasdale? She is not, she is

:27:16.:27:26.
:27:26.:27:29.

the best Paul Walters in the world. Consistently over the last few

:27:29.:27:37.

years, and she looks as though she can challenge for major honours. --

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pole-vaulters. Jessica Judd only just finished her

:27:43.:27:48.

A-levels this week, she is from Canvey Island. She is the European

:27:48.:27:58.
:27:58.:28:04.

at the end, a tremendous performance, you have just finished

:28:04.:28:10.

your A-levels, double celebrations. I can celebrate now. I could not go

:28:10.:28:14.

to my leavers ball last night. I want to say hello to everybody, but

:28:14.:28:17.

that topped it off! Brilliant performance, tactics from

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the start. I gave it everything, it was quite

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windy but I was working really hard. I am glad I held on!

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Were you aware of the Russian athlete?

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I knew it was closed because everybody was cheering more and I

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thought, just hold on. -- close. So happy!

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This is the start, a great career lies ahead of you.

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A lot of people go on about junior is not able to progress to senior

:28:52.:28:56.

level so I am glad I want on my debut, but I could not do it without

:28:56.:29:00.

the support of my coach and my family and friends at home.

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will remain a massive... It is not just a great victory but something

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she will remember for the rest of her career. 12 points maximum for

:29:19.:29:28.

Great Britain, Jessica Judd. That certainly boosted the points for

:29:28.:29:34.

Great Britain. It has been a bit of a disappointing start. They are now

:29:34.:29:41.

up to fourth place. They won always projected to be better. Germany

:29:41.:29:51.
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leading by only one point from Greene and Holly Bleasdale, for

:29:53.:30:02.
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Jessica Judd to do that, a mature It was clear that it was an athlete

:30:03.:30:08.

running free, showing a real determination, which is what you

:30:08.:30:16.

want to see in the 800 metres. Such maturity for an 18-year-old girl.

:30:16.:30:19.

son has just finished his A-levels, and he has just collapsed in a heap.

:30:19.:30:27.

To come out and do that dashing credible. Marlon, why now, why have

:30:27.:30:32.

you decided to call it time? Last year I had a bit of a

:30:32.:30:40.

nightmare. It was the first time I have not made the team in 16 years.

:30:40.:30:46.

I think that is a sign to say it is time to hang the spikes up and call

:30:46.:30:50.

it a day. I always thought about retiring around 2012 anyway because

:30:50.:30:58.

I have done everything else, in all honesty. I would just be adding up

:30:58.:31:03.

the numbers. It is one thing to leave behind but

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you have to have something to fill the gap. What are your thoughts at

:31:06.:31:13.

the moment? I have had a long time to think about that. What I have

:31:13.:31:17.

learned over the last 20 years, I am going to try to give it back in

:31:17.:31:22.

different sports. I am going to be a speed consultant for rugby,

:31:22.:31:25.

cricket, tennis players of the world, teaching them how to move

:31:25.:31:32.

quicker. That is something Darren Campbell has done. Yes, I think we

:31:32.:31:38.

might be working together at some point! 100 metres coming up.

:31:38.:31:47.

Interesting because of who is not in the race. Note James Dasaolu.

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You would like to think he would take the opportunity to run in front

:31:52.:31:57.

of his home crowd. It would be a nice steppingstone before the world

:31:57.:32:03.

Championships. The French guy who beat him is

:32:03.:32:08.

running. Even so, you would think he would want to build on that momentum

:32:09.:32:14.

for top it is an opportunity should show that either to show he is a

:32:14.:32:23.

performer. -- to show he is a performer. Dwain Chambers is not

:32:23.:32:32.

running. He came out yesterday and ran 10.1.

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He is a Championship performer. It is, close to the trials. -- it is

:32:37.:32:47.

coming close. I see him doing big things in the trials. A bit of

:32:47.:32:52.

pressure on Richard Kilty, a local lad. I think he will do well. A

:32:52.:33:01.

local crowd. He did not so well last year. He had a problem with his

:33:01.:33:07.

hamstring. It was out in the 19 states. He pulled a hamstring. --

:33:07.:33:17.
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the United States. of the headlines of the first aid.

:33:24.:33:32.

We would love to see her at the world Championships. What a day for

:33:32.:33:40.

world Championships. What a day for her. To 100 metre races to come.

:33:40.:33:50.
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This is the first race, with the wind is going to be a factor. It is

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not easy to keep your form, starting, all the rest of it. The

:34:07.:34:11.

wind is more of a crosswind where they start, because the stand we are

:34:11.:34:15.

sitting in end is about 15 metres before the start line was then it

:34:15.:34:22.

turned into a headwind. -- before the start line. Then it turns into a

:34:22.:34:32.
:34:32.:34:36.

something for Richard Kilty to take note of. He is running in the second

:34:36.:34:46.
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race. These guys get the first athlete, and, strong and powerful,

:34:59.:35:04.

and maybe in not such a strong headwind, but he muscled it in the

:35:04.:35:14.
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last ten, 15 metres. He was better our way. -- better our way.

:35:19.:35:25.

I had a big smile watching that. A good start by the Spaniard. He got

:35:25.:35:29.

out of the blocks are really well. The rate is about 100 metres, not

:35:30.:35:37.

just the start. -- the race. He used his mass to drag himself through the

:35:37.:35:45.

field. Even at 70, 80, he is not in contention, but on the line, when it

:35:45.:35:55.
:35:55.:36:03.

matters, he was out dipped. A season There certainly is a lot going on in

:36:03.:36:08.

the stadium here today. We have got for field events going on at game,

:36:08.:36:18.
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as well as a track programme. -- again. This is the last athlete to

:36:19.:36:29.
:36:29.:36:36.

go. 14.45 in the last round. This, for extra glory. Just enjoy this

:36:36.:36:44.

athlete. She is a master. She got close. That was only a few

:36:44.:36:51.

centimetres behind her biggest jump so far. Twice a European champion,

:36:51.:36:58.

world champion a couple of years ago, she has won the European cup,

:36:58.:37:03.

edition four times altogether in her career. Still only 30 years old. She

:37:03.:37:10.

has got a good few years left in her. She dominated this competition.

:37:10.:37:18.

Just a reminder that Yamile Aldama finished fourth. Confirmation of the

:37:18.:37:23.

result. Maximum points to the Ukraine. Look at the dominance she

:37:23.:37:33.
:37:33.:37:38.

had. 39 centimetres ahead of the Russian. Aldama finished in fourth.

:37:38.:37:45.

The women 's discus is taking place right in the centre of the stadium.

:37:45.:37:50.

Very conducive wind conditions here. It is a headwind but the errors like

:37:50.:37:59.

that. -- the throwers. That was a good start. Just shy of the 60 metre

:38:00.:38:09.
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line. Her best ever is a roundabout 58 metres. She is not far short of

:38:11.:38:20.

that. What a great start for Jade. 58.73, she is in second place for

:38:20.:38:28.

the time being. JONATHAN EDWARDS: Just getting ready for the second

:38:28.:38:35.

heat of the 100 metres. A lot of pressure on this young man, Marlon.

:38:35.:38:41.

Yes, he is looking focused there. I have competed against him before. He

:38:41.:38:47.

is a really good character. Unlike you not to go to the Olympics last

:38:47.:38:56.

year. -- unlucky. He had a bad injury. He did his best to recover

:38:56.:39:02.

from that. Did not particularly get back and get the time he wanted. He

:39:02.:39:06.

has come back this year on a mission. He has run a personal best

:39:06.:39:14.

already. I think he is going to be roughly around that time today.

:39:14.:39:24.
:39:24.:39:26.

man, the Frenchman, he ran in Rome behind Usain Bolt. He might think it

:39:26.:39:32.

is a breeze, but I think Richard has the opportunity to put his authority

:39:32.:39:39.

down. Let's go back to the commentary box. STEVE CRAM: A tough

:39:39.:39:49.
:39:49.:40:00.

field for Richard. He is from just the first race. Richard also needs

:40:00.:40:05.

to have half a mind on that. He is going to race this as best as he

:40:05.:40:12.

can. A big opportunity for him here. The wind is throwing the cameras

:40:12.:40:19.

around as well. It is not easy out there. Blustery conditions. The

:40:19.:40:29.
:40:29.:40:47.

European indoor champion, such a big is hard to call, this. This is a

:40:47.:40:57.
:40:57.:41:02.

good, strong, European field. It So, Richard Kilty, the lad from

:41:02.:41:09.

Middlesbrough, as Marlon was saying, coached by Linford Christie. He ran

:41:09.:41:14.

a 400 PB as well this year, I see. The string is there. -- the

:41:14.:41:24.
:41:24.:41:52.

Kilty. Pretty good running from the young Frenchman. He is a world-class

:41:52.:41:59.

sprinter. Surely close now to going below ten seconds this year. All of

:41:59.:42:08.

the times will be have to -- have to be added up. Just lost a couple of

:42:08.:42:14.

places in the last 15 metres, Richard Kilty. I think he could have

:42:14.:42:18.

gone tighter in the shoulders at the finishing line. But it was a

:42:18.:42:22.

promising performance. In this race, this is where it is going to make a

:42:22.:42:27.

huge difference. The first race was into a slight headwind. This is a

:42:27.:42:34.

very strong headwind indeed. The French athlete, who is Europe 's

:42:34.:42:43.

number one runner, really showed his dominance. You can see why. 10.28

:42:43.:42:52.

into that strong wind, and excellent performance.

:42:52.:42:57.

His time is the issue. If you get a big wind coming up, it slows them

:42:57.:43:04.

down. Although Kilty ran 10.51, in fact we can have a look, but I

:43:04.:43:11.

remind you that in the first race, the first two athletes ran below

:43:11.:43:19.

10.41. We have to add another two places above Kilty. His time will

:43:19.:43:29.
:43:29.:43:30.

end up as the sixth fastest. He is big headwind. You would have hoped

:43:30.:43:36.

to have done better overall. I got a great start. It was a bit tight

:43:36.:43:43.

towards the end. It was a big headwind. It was just a bit tight.

:43:44.:43:53.
:43:54.:43:54.

Slightly disappointed, but again, a great start. How was the tension at

:43:54.:44:02.

the start? I was likely never before the race. It is my home track. There

:44:02.:44:08.

was a bit of expectation. But I came out and enjoyed myself. I had a lot

:44:08.:44:13.

of support from the UK athletics staff this weekend, looking after my

:44:13.:44:18.

body. It was a great atmosphere, a shame I did not perform as well as I

:44:18.:44:23.

could. What about the relay later? Are you

:44:23.:44:31.

going to figure with macro I'm not sure. -- going to figure? I'm not

:44:31.:44:41.
:44:41.:44:41.

Blue skies overhead, a few clouds rolling by Andy wind playing havoc

:44:42.:44:51.
:44:52.:45:08.

a late stand-in, so he has done reasonably well. And it is fifth

:45:08.:45:13.

place at the moment. We will predicting that. Russia are now

:45:14.:45:19.

level with Germany. -- we were predicting that. Poland in third

:45:19.:45:26.

place at the moment. A lot of nerves on the track, but

:45:26.:45:32.

for this next race, there are nerves in the commentary as Laura Weightman

:45:32.:45:37.

goes, Steve Cram is her coach. The fastest in the world so far, these

:45:37.:45:47.
:45:47.:45:53.

it is nice to come back to such a big championship -- I ran.

:45:53.:45:59.

So to have the experience of winning last year, you come with an Olympic

:45:59.:46:04.

final to boast about! Last year was such a big year for

:46:04.:46:11.

learning and making the final was incredible. This year, I feel a lot

:46:11.:46:16.

more confident about the season. It is my -- it is nice to be in

:46:16.:46:22.

Gateshead for 3,000 metres, which is a different race. I loved London and

:46:22.:46:28.

that helped me get through. It is more of a home crowd for me here, it

:46:28.:46:32.

is like racing at home, Gateshead, so that will get me round and spur

:46:32.:46:38.

me on to get maximum points for the team.

:46:38.:46:42.

You can probably tell she is local, and she is used to running in these

:46:42.:46:46.

conditions at Gateshead. We can head to the Pole Vault now to Paul

:46:46.:46:56.
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vicious back went and that is pushing a lot of the athletes back

:46:59.:47:07.

into the box and they got their run is wrong. The Russian is coping with

:47:07.:47:14.

the conditions quite well. And she flies over! A good result for the

:47:14.:47:24.
:47:24.:47:25.

Russian, often overlooked because of her team-mates. But she is doing

:47:25.:47:33.

very well here, only two failures throughout her record of four

:47:33.:47:43.
:47:43.:47:44.

clearances. Tidy vaulting. Very good indeed. We saw the German a bit

:47:44.:47:54.
:47:54.:47:56.

earlier, she has had a few failures. Very powerful, another former

:47:56.:48:01.

gymnast. German record-holder, and that says what a quality athlete she

:48:01.:48:06.

is. She just about one of the judge's head -- she just about took

:48:06.:48:16.
:48:16.:48:21.

women are ready for this 3,000 metres. Laura Weightman is flying

:48:21.:48:29.

the flag for Great Britain, she is from up the coast. But we do train

:48:29.:48:36.

at Gateshead, so she knows about the wind, don't worry! Good athletes to

:48:36.:48:46.
:48:46.:48:48.

watch out for here. The Spanish and German athletes will also give her

:48:49.:48:54.

something to think about. A tactical race, Laura has never run the 3,000

:48:54.:49:00.

metres at this sort of level. There have not been any in the world this

:49:01.:49:10.
:49:11.:49:17.

year. But it was a very encouraging race for her, the last, in May. An

:49:17.:49:22.

embarrassment of riches for Great Britain in this distance. We have

:49:22.:49:28.

got Hannah England to come, we have had Jessica Judd. We have got so

:49:28.:49:34.

many people who could step up for the women, but Laura has been given

:49:34.:49:40.

the job here. She will be nervous, but hopefully

:49:40.:49:49.

she can use this bird that Jess will have given from the 800m. -- the

:49:49.:49:55.

spur. But she is in front of a home crowd and she has to be confident

:49:55.:50:01.

and believing herself. I think she is a bit nervous that it

:50:01.:50:07.

will be very tactical. That is the Ukrainian. When you end up jogging,

:50:07.:50:14.

you get fired up for a race and the last thing... We have seen it in the

:50:15.:50:18.

European Championships, you have to not panic and be patient.

:50:18.:50:23.

We want somebody to realise that they cannot all win over the last

:50:23.:50:28.

lap and they need to go out and make a decent pace from the start.

:50:28.:50:31.

Conditions will make that a bit harder and it is difficult running a

:50:31.:50:38.

tactical race. My tactic was always to go out and make it an honest race

:50:38.:50:46.

from the start. 7.5 laps of the track and Laura

:50:46.:50:55.

Weightman's predicted position is fourth. In her interview, I did not

:50:55.:50:59.

tell her to say maximum points, but that is what she thinks and that is

:50:59.:51:07.

no bad thing! She will be patient, and they have started at a real job.

:51:07.:51:14.

-- jog. They are practically walking here. That is what the European Team

:51:14.:51:24.

Championships does. In Portugal, 2009, and remember Ashton Mark acted

:51:24.:51:28.

like it up a bit and it made sure we did not have situation marks like

:51:28.:51:33.

fashion week it made sure we did not have situations like this.

:51:33.:51:42.

-- and it made sure. Unfortunately, she is not moving at a very good

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pace. It is picking up a bit as she is realising nobody else is willing

:51:49.:51:53.

to take it on. The danger is that you get a lot of pushing and

:51:53.:52:03.
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The Pole Vault continues. There is still three athletes in the

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competition. This athlete is living very dangerously. She gets four

:52:14.:52:21.

fouls, she will be eliminated so she needs this at the first attempt to

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stay in the competition. She has to attack it, but it has to be under

:52:26.:52:32.

control. Very smooth on the runway, and she gets it! A good bit of

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vaulting by Sidorova. This is one of the athletes who Holly Bleasdale was

:52:39.:52:43.

looking forward to going head-to-head with. Unfortunately,

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she failed her opening height. New lifetime best for the Russian,

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Sidorova certainly in first position. But Julia Fischer is

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certainly one of the world's best and great talent in this event. In

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second place at the moment. She really attacks that, way over 60

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metres. And that could challenge the lead. The French champion is in the

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lead at the moment. Britain's number one, Jade Lally, is in sixth place

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at the moment. Statisticians said she may finish no higher than

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eighth, she is already ahead of that. The German moves into first

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place. Second round of the Shot Put. The double Olympic champion. He

:53:39.:53:47.

really hit that hard. That technique has served him well over the years.

:53:47.:53:57.
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A very average start to the competition. And Britain's

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representative through 18 metres 13. Zane Duquemin. I saw him warming up

:54:06.:54:16.
:54:16.:54:16.

over 19 metres, so he is certainly in shape.

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Majewski moves into first. They have picked up the pace a bit.

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Laura Weightman stretches it down the back straight with the wind, and

:54:27.:54:34.

she is slowing the game. The German athlete in third place knows her

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quite well. The Russian is on the inside, and the Spaniard. Very slow

:54:40.:54:46.

early on. This is where you have got to be patient and not panic and

:54:46.:54:52.

think, let's get going! Let somebody else do it.

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Or hope somebody else will do it. Somebody will think, if nobody does

:54:56.:55:02.

it soon, I need to make a bit of a move and inject a bit of pace. But

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we have already seen a couple of athletes dropped off the back.

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Back to the Pole Vault, and Sidorova has been busy and she knows she is

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living on the edge. It has to be a repeat performance, first attempt to

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stay in the competition. She can still win it, but we still have the

:55:27.:55:32.

next athlete, who has passed on all her attempts. This would be another

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lifetime best for the Russian if she can get it. She has to attack it

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under control. It was close. Sidorova is out, but she will

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certainly finish in the top two or three, but still a way to go in this

:55:47.:55:57.
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competition. Sidorova has competed very well indeed, a lifetime best.

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This younger German giant has just seen what his rival data who beat

:56:04.:56:14.
:56:14.:56:15.

him in the Olympic games. And he launches that. He is having a bit of

:56:15.:56:25.
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trouble in the warm-ups staying in the circle. So that is the target.

:56:25.:56:30.

He won everything as a youth athletes, world junior

:56:30.:56:34.

championships, and he came in and won the world senior Championships a

:56:34.:56:39.

couple of years ago. Favourite for the Olympic title, but lost it to

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the man who is leading the competition. But no longer. David

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Storl, of Germany, is leading. And the positions have not changed

:56:53.:56:59.

here. If you have dropped off, it has been very slow. Laura Weightman

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is itching to go, and they are starting to get a bit nervous now.

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Bora has put herself in the perfect position. She is almost checking

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herself. -- Laura. You wonder if she has got instructions from her coach

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not to move yet. She knows the German, they have raced each other,

:57:23.:57:32.
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and the Germans think she has got to get things moving, she does not

:57:39.:57:42.

want people attacking her around the outside. Just stretching it out a

:57:42.:57:52.
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bit. And the Italian is moving up on the outside. They now approach with

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600 to go, just over. Laura Weightman is holding on at the

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moment. 1.5 laps to go. She is in the perfect position here.

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The German is trying to decide whether she will come past or

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whether she will wait. Heads go down as they come round that band and

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into the wind, they have to find shelter if they can. And here comes

:58:26.:58:31.

an attack. The big danger is the Russian, she

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is the first to go to the front. The others are trying to follow. Already

:58:39.:58:47.

a two metre gap. And the crowd are ring on Laura Weightman. The Russian

:58:47.:58:53.

is cutting hard and strong, and early. Bora is pushing gone down the

:58:53.:59:03.

back straight. -- Laura. Laura Weightman needs to try to

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rally a bit and use the crowd support. Has the Russian gone too

:59:08.:59:13.

early? I do not think so, she is moving away and looking smooth, can

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Laura Weightman hold on for second? A fight for second and third, Laura

:59:18.:59:22.

Weightman was predicted to come forth. The Russian was always the

:59:22.:59:30.

danger and she has kicked hard. The Spaniard is coming on the outside.

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The crowd trying to lift Laura. Laura Weightman is digging deep, it

:59:37.:59:42.

will be a second place if she can hang gone! And she gets to the line

:59:42.:59:45.

in second place, behind the Russian, well done. The Spaniard is

:59:45.:59:55.
:59:55.:59:59.

third. The Russian is a stronger athlete and she kicked hard. But

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that was a battle on the last lap. And I know one thing, she will be

:00:06.:00:12.

delighted to have beaten the German. But she did really well.

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She will have been delighted to have held onto second and to have run

:00:16.:00:21.

strongly. We expected the Russian to win, and she probably did when the

:00:22.:00:26.

smartest race, she stayed tucked in and out of trouble, she made her

:00:26.:00:32.

move and went strongly, so they were spread out. The Spaniard also gave a

:00:32.:00:37.

good battle to come back. Laura Weightman tried to go with it, the

:00:37.:00:44.

German thought she would come back here. She is starting to struggle to

:00:44.:00:50.

gain a bit of momentum, but she can hear the crowd roaring for her and

:00:50.:00:54.

probably has run a lot of laps around this track and know what the

:00:54.:00:58.

wind will be like. She gauged it perfectly and she used every last

:00:58.:01:05.

ounce that she had. To hold onto it down the home straight. The Spaniard

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starting to move round into third and probably she also thinks she

:01:09.:01:15.

will move past Laura Weightman, but she dug deep down that home straight

:01:15.:01:19.

and you can see the Russian is well away and running smoothly and

:01:19.:01:23.

probably had a lot more left, Laura Weightman judged it well and she

:01:23.:01:33.
:01:33.:01:44.

remember back to the Olympic semi-final, a bit like this down the

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home straight. In the end, they both went through because it was 1000th

:01:49.:01:56.

of a second. That's what today is about. It's about athletes fighting

:01:56.:02:02.

for the extra place and put their personal pride to one side. Jessica

:02:02.:02:12.
:02:12.:02:15.

Judd and now Laura Weightman have shown what this event is all about.

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Team manager says well done, congratulations, a good result.

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Maximum points for Russia. Laura has Maximum points for Russia. Laura has

:02:32.:02:41.

just got her Your coach said you were a fighter. Yes, tough when the

:02:41.:02:47.

Russian came past, so I didn't expect her to be there. There was no

:02:47.:02:53.

way the goals will come past me! Tell me about the overall

:02:53.:03:02.

performance. An incredible experience, racing here. I started

:03:02.:03:09.

my first junior races here. It was brilliant having the crowd there.

:03:09.:03:17.

Higher than your predicted position, certainly. I'm pleased with that. I

:03:17.:03:21.

did 3000 early season so the strength was there. I knew I could

:03:21.:03:31.
:03:31.:03:35.

be near the front. Well done. The head coach was pleased, but what

:03:35.:03:45.
:03:45.:03:48.

about the personal coach? Pretty good. Laura has had a difficult week

:03:48.:03:58.
:03:58.:04:03.

or two. She was tired after the races she ran. A big day in front of

:04:03.:04:07.

a home crowd. We know what it's like competing in front of the crowd at

:04:07.:04:14.

Gateshead. The Russian is good, she has got a good career of winning

:04:14.:04:18.

junior championships. She's got a lot of pace on the last lap and

:04:18.:04:22.

Laura was quite able to sit with that, but all the British athletes

:04:22.:04:29.

are building towards trials in three weeks time. A brilliant summer last

:04:29.:04:39.
:04:39.:04:40.

year. How has she taken that? of confidence but when you young

:04:40.:04:44.

athletes, you have to look ahead a little bit. This year is

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transitional. You heard talk about strength. We have been working on

:04:48.:04:55.

making stronger this year. She'll be 24 by the next Olympics. That will

:04:55.:05:00.

be a big opportunity for her. This year was about getting her stronger

:05:00.:05:06.

and learning more about this kind of thing. World Championships, and she

:05:06.:05:12.

wants to be more competitive. But to do that, she needs to be a little

:05:12.:05:22.
:05:22.:05:28.

bit stronger. We will head back out women's discus competition. Jade

:05:28.:05:36.

Lally of Great Britain finished soon as sick. But Julia Fischer, we saw

:05:37.:05:46.
:05:47.:05:47.

her take the lead a little while ago. -- finished sixth. But then she

:05:47.:05:53.

was overtaken by the Frenchwoman. She walks out the front of the

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:06:03.:06:03.

circle. A little bit miffed about that. A great throw. She couldn't

:06:03.:06:13.
:06:13.:06:14.

make it last. We have one thread to go. She goes into the circle as the

:06:14.:06:18.

big points winner here in the discus. Finished fifth at the

:06:18.:06:24.

Olympic Games. She has had a very good couple of years. Haven't had

:06:24.:06:34.
:06:34.:06:35.

the really big throw yet. But she's very solid. And wings that way out

:06:36.:06:42.

again. That is a good throw. Tremendous finish for her. Just

:06:42.:06:46.

under her leading competition throw which came in the third round. A

:06:46.:06:56.
:06:56.:07:05.

very simple technique. Balance and power. 12 points. She has this

:07:05.:07:09.

season 's best performance, she beats everybody here. Jade Lally of

:07:09.:07:12.

Great Britain, she went above everybody's expectations and

:07:12.:07:22.
:07:22.:07:36.

have seen ups and downs. We'd get involved? I have been asked to get

:07:36.:07:42.

involved. I went to Philadelphia and helped the team out there and we

:07:42.:07:52.
:07:52.:07:56.

came forth there. Hopefully, I can offer my expertise. What are your

:07:56.:08:04.

feelings like, being here? When I got up this morning, I started to

:08:04.:08:14.
:08:14.:08:15.

pack my kit but I had to put on my suit! Nice threads, by the way!

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Thank you. It has been strange, but I'm enjoying it. That men's 100

:08:22.:08:32.
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metres. A long foul in the second round. That's below 19 metres but I

:09:07.:09:13.

believe it to be his best throw so far. We can see what he thinks about

:09:13.:09:23.
:09:23.:09:25.

that, but no disgrace. He is coached by John Hillier, one of our

:09:25.:09:31.

long-term shot discus coaches. I show utterly -- certainly wish John

:09:31.:09:39.

well. He has had a scare recently with his health. He is in eighth

:09:39.:09:49.
:09:49.:10:03.

there. The wind is playing havoc with everybody's approach into the

:10:03.:10:08.

bar. She's not looking best happy. Two failures, so she's out of the

:10:08.:10:18.
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customer. The only athlete to go clear at this site. And that means

:10:35.:10:40.

maximum points to Germany. It really was going to be a tussle between

:10:40.:10:50.
:10:50.:10:57.

them. Holly Bleasdale disappeared off the scene, however. But

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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you took a photo of it, you wouldn't hoping to do well in the next race.

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I have seen a lot of strapping on people, but I'm not sure whether

:12:08.:12:11.

it's the French colours or she is really going for it, with her

:12:11.:12:21.
:12:21.:12:36.

up there in terms of world-class, but the Polish perhaps the favourite

:12:36.:12:46.
:12:46.:13:09.

athlete is just about in the lead now. The prerace favourite has gone

:13:09.:13:15.

very slowly through the first 200 metres. Out in front, the tall

:13:15.:13:25.
:13:25.:13:30.

French athlete, still with a six metre lead here. It's all about the

:13:30.:13:40.
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unfortunately. The French athlete was out there, decided to commit all

:14:14.:14:21.

the way from the gun. She wasted a lot of energy. She literally runs

:14:21.:14:31.
:14:31.:14:31.

and jumps. She needs to home that technique. She can polish it down.

:14:31.:14:39.

That throws her into world-class. But with all that strapping, you can

:14:39.:14:46.

understand why her technique is a little bit restricted today. Almost

:14:46.:14:56.
:14:56.:14:56.

vertically up over the hurdles. Child, she is having a great season.

:14:56.:15:04.

She is running for Great Britain in a minute or two. What is it like

:15:04.:15:14.
:15:14.:15:16.

coming into the team as an individual? You feel like it is 18 a

:15:16.:15:20.

bit more. Obviously, you want to use this as a stepping stone towards

:15:20.:15:25.

your own goals. But it is more of a friendly atmosphere. It feel less

:15:25.:15:31.

pressured. It has got a nice feel to it. It is rare to get to run as a

:15:31.:15:37.

team in athletics. We saw you run so well at the European indoor

:15:37.:15:45.

Championships. It must be a great confidence booster going forward?

:15:45.:15:50.

Yes. The indoor season went better than expected. It gave me a bit of

:15:50.:15:54.

confidence, knowing I have got the speed in my legs. Now it is about

:15:54.:15:59.

getting the hurdling right. I have opened up with a PB. It is nice to

:15:59.:16:05.

transfer that to the hurdles. I still want more to come from that.

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Is this weekend another good marker to see where you are against the

:16:08.:16:15.

best in Europe? Yes, it is a good field in the hurdles. It is a chance

:16:15.:16:19.

for me to put a marker down, compete against these girls who are topping

:16:19.:16:27.

the world, and see where I am. It is the world, and see where I am. It is

:16:27.:16:33.

a nice steppingstone. The big picture is certainly in

:16:33.:16:40.

August. This is an important step on the way. She is the fastest, by a

:16:40.:16:47.

few hundredths of a second, so that time she posts here, win or not, is

:16:47.:16:50.

going to be important because we have to add it to the times from the

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:17:00.:17:03.

first race. If she is not as quick as that, she will be disappointed.

:17:03.:17:13.
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The Polish racer finished quickly, but misjudged it a bit. The European

:17:20.:17:25.

list is not led by her. There are two other team competition is going

:17:25.:17:31.

on around Europe today. The Czech Republic will be hoping to get back

:17:31.:17:39.

into this Super League if you like the top league. Great Britain are in

:17:39.:17:49.
:17:49.:18:04.

no danger of being relegated. That said she hopes to translate her fast

:18:04.:18:09.

speed into the hurdles. It doesn't quite always work that way. But she

:18:09.:18:16.

is having a great season. It is amazing, you get a physical reaction

:18:16.:18:22.

that works in both directions when your performance is reinforced. The

:18:22.:18:30.

confidence builds again. It is particularly so in the 400 metre

:18:30.:18:35.

hurdles. You have to attack the race, not be frightened. Today, they

:18:35.:18:40.

are under a lot of pressure. It will be taxing their brains mentally.

:18:40.:18:47.

Eilidh Child is replacing Perri Shakes Drayton. Difficult

:18:47.:18:55.

conditions. She will know all about that soon enough. Just a comeback to

:18:55.:18:59.

the point I was making, when you think about how well Shakes Drayton

:18:59.:19:04.

ran indoors, her first race of the year in, she was awful. She got the

:19:04.:19:09.

rhythm wrong. It is the sort of event where you can't have a really

:19:09.:19:17.

bad run, even if you are in good shape. You can push yourself, but

:19:17.:19:22.

all the good work and hamper your performance. It throws you onto the

:19:22.:19:32.
:19:32.:19:35.

hurdles and sets you off a bit. We She is coached by Malcolm Arnold,

:19:35.:19:41.

down in Bath. That is with Dai Greene and the rest of them. She is

:19:41.:19:51.
:19:51.:19:59.

in a good lane here. The Ukrainian two of them have started very

:19:59.:20:06.

quickly. Eilidh Child has gone out with real intent here, down the back

:20:06.:20:14.

straight. She sailed over the first three barriers. She has gone

:20:14.:20:24.

quickly. The Ukrainian will be aware of that. Look at this. She is

:20:24.:20:32.

looking strong. Into the home straight now. The wind will start.

:20:32.:20:38.

She is well clear of the rest. The Ukrainian has got no chance at the

:20:38.:20:45.

moment. Safely over the last hurdle. What a run. Maximum points for Great

:20:45.:20:55.
:20:55.:20:57.

Britain. What a great effort! 54.42, a new PB. That puts right on terms.

:20:57.:21:01.

She attacked it right from the very first step out of the blocks. The

:21:02.:21:09.

Ukrainian did not know what hit her. That was a big step forward. In

:21:09.:21:17.

these conditions, it has been waiting to come. Peter Eriksson,

:21:17.:21:23.

that is a smile for him! He has got to be happy with that. Any child

:21:23.:21:33.

will be beside herself. -- Eilidh Child. No fear. She will be

:21:33.:21:40.

thinking, my form is good, I have been waiting for an opportunity to

:21:40.:21:44.

make a big breakthrough. She is rewarded with a personal best. We

:21:44.:21:48.

can even see her clapping her hands as she crosses the line. I was

:21:48.:21:52.

jumping up and down because it was such a bold performance today. It is

:21:52.:21:58.

a difficult job when you are substituting for the captain. But

:21:58.:22:03.

now I think she has really made it clear that she is a real contender

:22:03.:22:09.

in this event. She enjoys it, loves the experience of challenging Perri

:22:09.:22:12.

Shakes Drayton, and is happy to take her on all the time. A great

:22:12.:22:19.

performance. Those last three events from the

:22:19.:22:27.

women have been really strong. Eilidh Child takes 12 points. When

:22:27.:22:33.

you set out with such intense, you talk about rhythm, and I remember

:22:33.:22:36.

Perri Shakes Drayton in Eugene, she knew she was not going to run well,

:22:36.:22:44.

whereas today the only question was the home straight and the wind.

:22:44.:22:46.

watched her from the blocks, and she worked hard over the first two

:22:46.:22:50.

hurdles. There was no interruption whatsoever, which set it up

:22:51.:22:57.

wonderfully well. That must have filled her with confidence. She made

:22:57.:23:07.

a real decision alert -- early on. She is good on both legs. She has a

:23:07.:23:12.

mature, strong leg on her good side and her bad side. When you are

:23:12.:23:16.

running well, you end up with a performance like this. I am sure

:23:16.:23:25.

Malcolm Arnold will be happy. One thing is for sure. Shakes

:23:25.:23:29.

Drayton will have to be on form at the trials to hold off Eilidh Child.

:23:29.:23:39.
:23:39.:23:41.

after a performance like that, and in not the best conditions. How

:23:41.:23:47.

delighted are you? Today was about performances. I

:23:47.:23:51.

thought, go out there and win the race and I might get a good time. I

:23:51.:23:57.

am over the moon. We saw an interview just before your

:23:57.:24:01.

race about how you wanted to put a marker down for the rest of Europe

:24:01.:24:07.

and the rest of the season. You have done that.

:24:07.:24:11.

I have felt that a good time has been in there. It has just been

:24:11.:24:15.

getting it right. Today has not been perfect. I wanted to drop the time a

:24:15.:24:25.
:24:25.:24:30.

bit more. Come the world's, that is when it will come good.

:24:30.:24:35.

You look so controlled all the way around.

:24:35.:24:41.

If I can get good conditions, hopefully everything will come

:24:41.:24:51.
:24:51.:24:56.

together and it will be even better. So, 12 more points for Eilidh Child.

:24:56.:25:03.

One of the performances of the day. The Russian took third place. Let's

:25:03.:25:13.
:25:13.:25:23.

combine that altogether. There you can see the French runner gets into

:25:23.:25:31.

the six position. Another great event for Great Britain. JONATHAN

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EDWARDS: In terms of the overall standings, Russia are there. Great

:25:39.:25:44.

Britain are in fifth place with 101 Britain are in fifth place with 101

:25:44.:25:48.

points. Just 0.5 points behind France. Denise, you talked about

:25:48.:25:58.
:25:58.:25:58.

Eilidh Child 's technique. You have to give her credit. She has

:25:58.:26:04.

plugged away, trying to improve the whole performance. To get the

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QuickTime is committed technique has to be sound over the hurdles. This

:26:09.:26:13.

is where Perri Shakes Drayton needs to brush up and take note because

:26:13.:26:19.

this girl is coming and coming hard. Dai Greene has struggled with the

:26:19.:26:26.

conditions. Four LE child, it almost had note impact at all. -- for any

:26:26.:26:35.

child. It has been a case of crafting and

:26:35.:26:38.

putting together the jigsaw, making sure everything comes together in

:26:38.:26:44.

the right fashion. For her, it is now. She can go into the best of the

:26:44.:26:48.

season thinking, I have ticked that box. Yes, the conditions are

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difficult, but this could be Moscow. You don't know. Hopefully maximum

:26:55.:27:05.
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Looks relaxed. He is ready. Mo Farah is going for it! It is going to be a

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glorious, glorious win! He is going to make it two gold medals for Great

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:27:34.:27:37.

Britain... Beautiful! STEVE CRAM: From one established star to one of

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the future. Charlie Grice, coached by Sally Gunnell 's husband. He

:27:46.:27:53.

trains up at St Mary's. What a day for him as well. He saw what Jessica

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Judd it. What can he do? It will all be about tactics. He is five times

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the German champion. No British athlete is anywhere near his time

:28:16.:28:26.
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yet. But Charlie is on the up. He is just 19 years of age. 3.38, a big

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the best two has represented them in track. Charlie will be hoping the

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pace is not too slow. The Turkish athlete is away quickly. He is a

:29:16.:29:24.

former Kenyan who has only recently been given clearance to run. That

:29:24.:29:33.

was pushed through. Charlie realises there is a race on here. This is

:29:34.:29:43.

really quick. It is not the Diamond League, guys!

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This was unexpected. He has gone straight to the front and taken it

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hard. Only the Frenchman has gone with him.

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What on earth are they doing? The second group, they haven't gone fast

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enough. If the others went steady... If they just run sensibly,

:30:34.:30:44.
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was a windy day! It's crazy. Already, he is paying for that. What

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he will find is that he is in no man's land, really exposed. He is

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sitting there, waiting for the chasing pack to reel in. They are

:31:16.:31:26.
:31:26.:31:46.

is going on. He might not run 64 the last lap. But the others will not

:31:46.:31:56.

catch up. Charlie Grice has got himself in a very good position

:31:56.:32:03.

there. He needs to just make sure now he is running to win this second

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race. And the man in front is really starting to struggle. If they were

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just a little bit closer, they would have reeled him in. Charlie Grice

:32:24.:32:34.
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has already run really well. Can you racer! Well done! Another good

:32:46.:32:56.
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performance from him. Charlie Grice with a great second place there.

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These guys are finishing like a train. Good, tactical race from C.

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Goodspeed at the end. 11 points, really good performance. Excellent

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run from Charlie. He was just concentrating on holding of the

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coming up now. He would have been inspired. He wanted to show that the

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youngsters can go out and perform without fear. Well done, C. I don't

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think I have ever seen anyone win the European Championships with a 64

:34:05.:34:15.
:34:15.:34:34.

himself in 2008. No failure so far for Tom. Very good jumping. Came in

:34:34.:34:44.
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His second attempt and he plays it well. The only two athletes to have

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cleared this height. Not a particularly prodigious height, like

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you have got to beat what is put in front of you on the day, and so far,

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Tom Parsons is doing that. But the Italian has far more failures to his

:35:10.:35:19.
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the German won it, the only athlete to go clear at that height. The

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Polish woman had difficulties. No points for Great Britain, however,

:35:55.:36:05.
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and we will hear from Holly a little steeplechase. Scottish athletes who

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was replacing another one. McColgan was intending to run, but she picked

:36:19.:36:25.

up a little bit of a niggle. So Lenny stepping in. A tough race for

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her. This is a lead goal -- a level she has not really competed out yet.

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She will be very proud to be putting on the British vest and will be

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doing her best to get as many points as possible. But tough in these

:36:44.:36:54.
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conditions today. Good athletes in here today. The German may well be

:36:56.:37:06.
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at the minute. Not bad for Great Britain at the moment. 114 on day

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one, and close to Poland. We have to also watch out for the French as

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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Spanish 19.35 last year. This is a late replacement here as well. She

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was originally going to do the 3000 flat. And there's the German. Bronze

:38:26.:38:32.

medallist in Helsinki before the Olympics last year. The Polish, at

:38:32.:38:42.
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her best three or four years ago. Good athletes in here. But Lenny

:38:45.:38:55.
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better than her predicted position. Anything better than ninth and she

:39:24.:39:34.
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is above par. Slow start, Paula. Not surprising. We're looking here at

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the Ukrainian athlete, who has gone straight to the front. She is

:39:48.:39:54.

controlling the race had a fairly decent pace. Everyone else is pretty

:39:54.:39:58.

happy to slot in behind her and get a feel for things over the first

:39:58.:40:08.

couple of laps. Lenny is based in the US. She is born in Scotland, and

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soon, she will be heading to the Commonwealth Games. But she is based

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and trains in America. American trials taking place this weekend as

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well, incidentally. Sweltering conditions there. But not that

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today. The sun is out, which is good, but it is the wind that is

:40:41.:40:51.
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causing a lot of the racist trouble. The -- races trouble. It has been

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the sprinters complaining about the wind. But you get behind you as much

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finish any higher than eighth place in this high jump competition, but

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as he steps up now to clear 2.28, he will get bigger points than that.

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And that is his first failure in the competition so far. Just on the

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other side of the stadium, getting ready for the long jump, one of two

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British Olympic champions. As we see his record, a couple of Olympic

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champions of the stadium: Mo Farah and there is the Olympic long jump

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champion, Greg Rutherford. We all hope the result will be a big 12

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points for Great Britain. In this steeplechase, the Russian is out in

:42:20.:42:30.
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jump. He's got the longest jump in Europe this year. He jumps just

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before Greg Rutherford steps out. And there he is. His record this

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season has been fantastic. European indoor champion, second in the

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Diamond League in Shanghai. He is a real star of long jump. Not a great

:43:14.:43:24.
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start for him, I don't think. A very Very powerful on take off. A very

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simple technique which rarely goes on. There you are, 7.90. Greg

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Rutherford, who was introduced to the crowd a little bit earlier on by

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the athletes. The announcer simply said, please welcome Olympic long

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jump champion, Greg Rutherford! And the stadium went crazy. He certainly

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has enjoyed his reign he has got as the Olympic champion, and whatever

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happens in his career, beyond last year, he will always have that

:44:21.:44:31.
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Olympic gold medal. 7.90 the leading jump so far by the Russian. Does he

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get the flag? Yes, he does. He's in a far better position to judge

:44:41.:44:51.
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whether it was a good jump or not. And way behind the board. A full 20

:44:58.:45:05.

centimetres he has lost there. Everybody has three jumps and then

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only the best four will go into that fourth round. There we are, second

:45:10.:45:20.
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place. She attacked this early on, after

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the first lap. She has built up a huge lead. There is nothing anybody

:45:29.:45:37.

can do about this. The good news is that behind them, she has been

:45:38.:45:47.
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picking them off one by one. The British athlete is in fifth place. A

:45:51.:45:54.

bit of a gap between herself and forth. She is coming into the home

:45:54.:46:04.
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straight. The Russian is leading. Martine of Spain is in force.

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She has run a smart race. She took advantage of the fact that the

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leader had spread the field out and they were running full out. She has

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gradually picks of people who started a bit too fast. Looking

:46:26.:46:33.

ahead, she has got her work cut out. The German did go hard after

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the leader when she did make that break. She is maybe paying for it a

:46:39.:46:49.
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bit. There is no doubt about the winner.

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She really has taken it to them. She ran 3.11 for the second filament.

:46:58.:47:08.
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She never looked like slowing down them down. The British athlete is in

:47:33.:47:43.
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fourth place. Behind her is the athlete from Belarus. She is maybe

:47:45.:47:51.

20 metres behind her. I think she is looking tired, but hopefully the

:47:51.:47:58.

crowd will get behind her. She is very much on her own. She is not

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going to close down on number four. She has two straight draw into the

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wind. -- to stay strong. Fifth place would obviously be

:48:14.:48:24.
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better than sixth. The winner is clear. She takes maximum points for

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Russia. Ukraine get a loan, Germany get ten, and Spain will be clear. --

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Ukraine get 11. She has acquitted herself very well indeed. Better

:48:52.:49:02.
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than predict it. She takes fifth place for Great Britain. Well done.

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Inside nine minutes in a tactical race like this. She did well. She

:49:18.:49:27.

didn't panic when the Russian broke it all up. She sat for a while and

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started to pick people up gradually. She realised that everybody she went

:49:32.:49:42.
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past was another point. That is a very good run. That is a season 's

:49:46.:49:55.
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rest. That is Paul Dickenson she was talking to. The women have done well

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indeed. Definitely. She needs to be proud of

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that. She came in and stepped in as a late replacement. But she came out

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with more points than expected of her. That is what we want from

:50:19.:50:27.

people today. The real disappointment was no

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points for Holly Bleasdale. She points for Holly Bleasdale. She

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spoke to Obviously it didn't go to plan. How

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did you approach it? I was really confident. I came back from America

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with if you need goals. I had some pain in my back. I had a good week

:50:47.:50:56.

of training leading up to this. I was really good for Roach. -- for

:50:56.:51:01.

the approach. My injury came back in the competition, which is upsetting.

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I need to focus on getting it right before the worlds. It is

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unfortunate, but I am fortunate to have the UK around me. They have

:51:11.:51:15.

been a great support since I came back from America, trying to get me

:51:16.:51:21.

fit. It is unfortunate that it happened here. I'm just sorry I

:51:21.:51:29.

couldn't do it. Was there any doubt in your mind whether you should take

:51:29.:51:37.

part? I had a really good session the other day. I was really up for

:51:37.:51:44.

this. Warming up, I felt a bit of something, but wanted not to pull

:51:44.:51:49.

out because I wanted to give it a chance to get some points. It was

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unfortunate that I was not pushing off my foot properly. It is

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upsetting. If it was any other meeting, I would be fine. At here,

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I'm just really gutted and sorry. I'm just really gutted and sorry.

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We appreciate you talking to us. Somebody who has looked good through

:52:08.:52:15.

the afternoon if Tom Parsons. His final attempt at 2.28. That was his

:52:16.:52:25.
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best attempt so far. But he is elated -- hill in a two to. -- but

:52:28.:52:38.
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he is eliminated. Tom Parsons the Russian. A really good run

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considering it was a slow first lap. In 11 points for Ukraine in second.

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Great Britain take eight points in fifth place.

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Greg Rutherford was disappointed with his first round jump. It was

:53:12.:53:19.

only, what, 7.64? It is way below what he has achieved this year. He

:53:19.:53:23.

has been well over eight metres if you times this season. But we're

:53:24.:53:31.

waiting for him to take his next job. That is the team situation. For

:53:31.:53:38.

the first time, Great Britain and Northern Ireland are at 124 points,

:53:38.:53:43.

third place overall. Obviously, there is a long way to go. But there

:53:44.:53:53.
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have been some inspired British Next on the track we have got two

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heats of the women 's 400 metres. Going for Great Britain, it has been

:54:09.:54:16.

advertised that Perri Shakes Drayton is running the 400 metres flat.

:54:16.:54:21.

Eilidh Child was a great standing for the Olympic finalist. -- stand

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in. This is the line-up for the Championships is concerned, Donna

:54:40.:54:47.

Hartley was twice third in this event. We called it the European cup

:54:47.:54:57.
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in those days. It was in Helsinki in 1977. She is 30 years old now but

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she has produced the goods for her country in the past. 50.31 is her

:55:08.:55:15.

lifetime best. But for six seasons ago. Look at the wind. That is

:55:15.:55:20.

blowing right in their faces as they had done the home straight. As Colin

:55:20.:55:25.

Jackson said earlier, they would rather have a hope -- headwind in

:55:25.:55:35.
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champion. Most of her running is done outdoors. The fasted on paper

:55:52.:56:02.
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is this athlete. -- fastest. Just to confirm, Perri Shakes Drayton, 58.98

:56:08.:56:18.
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is what she has run this year. She off quickly indeed. On the outside,

:56:34.:56:41.

the Turkish runner is going well. It is the German in the league at the

:56:41.:56:50.

moment. -- in the lead. It is going to be a challenge for everybody else

:56:50.:56:54.

in this women's 400 metres to aim for this sort of time that Esther

:56:54.:57:04.
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close. The Polish runner comes through. 52.79 is the time. It is

:57:23.:57:28.

the target she has set for everybody. The 400 metres is about

:57:28.:57:33.

islands, control, getting out of the blocks well, being determined. --

:57:33.:57:43.
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about balance. Cramer went off very fast indeed. She was committed. She

:57:51.:57:57.

went for it, but unfortunately she could not hang on. But it is the

:57:57.:58:03.

only way to learn. In the end, she ended up in second position. Is the

:58:03.:58:10.

time going to be good enough to be in the top five or six? I am not

:58:10.:58:13.

sure. Equality in the next race is pretty strong. The tree goes to

:58:13.:58:23.
:58:23.:58:24.

Poland. Dash-macro-equality in the next race is pretty strong. -- the

:58:24.:58:34.
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quality in the next race is pretty out on the track for the next race.

:58:49.:58:59.
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The unease, will being captain play on her mind? -- Denise Lewis.

:59:00.:59:09.

always so, posed. -- so composed. Over the one lap, we will see her do

:59:09.:59:18.

400. I think she will do well. she confused in her mind, as to what

:59:18.:59:23.

she is doing season? Last year, she disappointed in London. She would

:59:23.:59:30.

want to come out and establish herself as a 400 metre hurdler

:59:30.:59:38.

rather than doing the flat 400. think in her heart of hearts she

:59:38.:59:43.

feels she is a hurdler. The Diamond League when she does her event. She

:59:43.:59:52.

would love just to get the times under her belt. It is definitely

:59:52.:00:02.
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about the form for her. Anything else is a bonus.

:00:03.:00:10.

The Russian has run faster than her. She will use her two pace herself

:00:10.:00:20.
:00:20.:00:30.

think it's good. She came off a really good performance in Oslo and

:00:30.:00:38.

knows everything is in place. I think she will only get better. A

:00:38.:00:45.

good opportunity for her to just have a good day out. She can win

:00:45.:00:55.
:00:55.:01:17.

this as well. Hurdles is where she Shakes-Drayton, the British women's

:01:17.:01:27.
:01:27.:01:50.

to Perri Shakes-Drayton who beat her. And Perri Shakes-Drayton,

:01:50.:02:00.
:02:00.:02:04.

double gold medallist. Getting a rousing welcome here at Gateshead.

:02:04.:02:08.

The Spanish champion and number of times. Most recently, she won in

:02:08.:02:17.

Salamanca. And the Italian here, formerly of Cuba, now resident of

:02:17.:02:23.

Italy. 29 years old. Not the fastest woman in the field, is Perri

:02:23.:02:33.
:02:33.:02:34.

Shakes-Drayton. But she has got the Russian in her sides who is right

:02:34.:02:44.
:02:44.:03:02.

outside her. But who knows? Women's of course, because of the training

:03:02.:03:12.
:03:12.:03:12.

she has been doing, and the Spanish in last place at the moment, but

:03:12.:03:16.

Perri Shakes-Drayton is putting pressure on the Russian. The Russian

:03:16.:03:22.

will know that she is there. She beat her in Birmingham. That was

:03:22.:03:27.

indoors. This is a different kettle of fish altogether. But Perri

:03:27.:03:32.

Shakes-Drayton looking strong. The Italian coming into the home

:03:32.:03:38.

straight, trying to challenge, but the raw for Perri Shakes-Drayton is

:03:38.:03:43.

deafening. Holding it strongly in the home straight. The crowd are on

:03:43.:03:53.
:03:53.:03:59.

their feet. And Perri shakes trait has got it. The British women's team

:03:59.:04:07.

captain, 50.98 was a personal best. That looks like a lifetime best of

:04:07.:04:14.

50.50 now. The seventh fastest time ever by a British athlete. A

:04:14.:04:19.

tremendous run by her. She looked confident, she looked strong, and

:04:19.:04:24.

down the home straight, she did not look like she was fatiguing in any

:04:24.:04:28.

way. She kept driving hard, all the way down to the Rhine -- to the

:04:28.:04:38.
:04:38.:04:41.

line. I can't wait to see her over the sticks. She could really do some

:04:41.:04:47.

damage at the world Championships. Great run! I don't think she should

:04:47.:04:52.

have any fear at all about going over the hurdles, combining it with

:04:52.:04:56.

her flat running, because she is producing the goods on both levels

:04:56.:05:01.

at this moment. If you are enjoying your running, why not do the two

:05:01.:05:09.

events? She looks excited now. Remember what she was like after the

:05:09.:05:17.

Olympic Games? It's the complete opposite for her now. Looking

:05:17.:05:22.

focused and challenging the best in the world and thinking she is part

:05:22.:05:27.

of the highest quarter lap is, whether on the flat or over the

:05:27.:05:32.

hurdles. This young lady has got it all. She will be delighted with that

:05:32.:05:42.
:05:42.:05:43.

time. Is the fastest time in Europe this year. She beat the time set in

:05:43.:05:47.

the Diamond League earlier on. She will reflect on it and come the

:05:47.:05:52.

trials, she will think, I wonder if I should just do the fall flat in

:05:52.:06:02.
:06:02.:06:14.

the trials? Just recall. To me, you Shakes-Drayton speaks volume. The

:06:14.:06:24.
:06:24.:06:30.

fastest time in Europe: 50 point 50. -- 50.50. Let's speak to the

:06:30.:06:34.

winner. It must be a delight for Phil Jones to speak to the British

:06:34.:06:44.
:06:44.:06:49.

ever. Definitely happy with the performance. I put the weather

:06:49.:06:59.
:06:59.:06:59.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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conditions behind me. No excuses! rather different test next week.

:08:32.:08:36.

Today, it's about tactics and getting maximum points for Great

:08:36.:08:46.

Britain. Can we start again because I don't think his shorts were

:08:46.:08:56.
:08:56.:09:00.

comfortable? He can run this will raise any way he chooses today. --

:09:00.:09:05.

run this race. I know we spoke about the Frenchman. He was hoping to run

:09:05.:09:15.

the 10,000 metres in the summer, but injured his ankle. Now comes into

:09:15.:09:18.

this trying to get a qualifying time today. I don't think that will

:09:18.:09:23.

happen in these conditions. This will pan out into a tactical race

:09:23.:09:33.
:09:33.:09:35.

with everybody looking around to see how Mo Farah runs it. Slow first

:09:35.:09:45.
:09:45.:09:58.

right at the back of that field. Second round of the long jump now. A

:09:58.:10:03.

fairly modest start for the Russian, but he does lead. That is better!

:10:03.:10:11.

That was long! Greg Rutherford is yet to have his second round jump.

:10:11.:10:19.

And that is more like it. Left footed takeoff, very neat and on

:10:19.:10:28.

balance through the air. Really drives off. Just had a sneaky little

:10:28.:10:33.

look across at the distance marker board there. Jonathan Edwards did

:10:33.:10:42.

that a lot. 8.33, that is huge! Well in first place. Greg Rutherford has

:10:42.:10:48.

enjoyed his time since winning the Olympic title last year. But here's

:10:48.:10:56.

jumping well. He has already jumped 8.2 to this year. The Russian has

:10:56.:11:01.

thrown down a challenge. No other European has jumped further than

:11:01.:11:11.
:11:11.:11:14.

that 8.33. Just to let you know, the Greek has jumped 8.12 on the first

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round. The Greek is now in second place behind the Russian. And

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Rutherford is yet to jump over eight metres. More to come we hope. He's a

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top four, that's the main thing for the time being. 7.98, stays in

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third. Tenuous link time: Mo Farah 's daughter is called? Rhianna.

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Perri Shakes-Drayton on Thursday night went to see? Rhianna, the

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singer. She is a massive Rhianna fan, apparently. Mo Farah is having

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a fairly comfortable time of it at the moment. It's difficult than the

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other guys because you think, OK. They always end up looking at him.

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They are waiting for him to do something. I always find out a bit

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strange. They have waited the Mo Farah. They have waited to him. I

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was watching him as he decided to move through. They are all just

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looking around. He hasn't really made any serious move at the moment.

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He is playing around with a little bit. A lot of people talk about him

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losing his winning streak, but he still ran 13.05 very strongly. And

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he is coming off the back of a serious sickness bug. He did come

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through that and I don't think that will have dented his confidence.

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Once he gets healthy, he is on track, going into Moscow. They have

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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this and try and get your own best The French athlete would always, if

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he was fit, he would be a good athlete. He is not as slow as some

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people have thought over the years, he has finished really well in

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plenty of races. Not slow at all, he has good times

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to his credit. He did get the bronze medal in the steeplechase in 2009 in

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the World Championships and he ran a European best, so very good athlete.

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34 years of age now, and so he has decided that he is going to move

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more to the flat, to the 5,000 metres, not to the two -- not to the

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10,000 metres. Maybe the marathon after that. Similar to the past that

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Mo has taken. Peter Eriksson is watching. Probably

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getting a bit of information. At the bottom end of the stadium,

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the Russian goes in the javelin. It is the second round. She is in third

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place at the moment. That is getting towards 60 metres, nobody has been

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over 60 metres yet. Christina Obergfoll, or one of the best ever

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in this competition. But they all playing second fiddle at the moment

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to the Spanish athlete. That is a big surprise. Most informed

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spectators would say it would either be -- would have said it would be

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Christina Obergfoll who was leading. This is the dominant force at the

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moment in the Long Jump. The Olympic champion, Greg Rutherford, is

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prowling around behind, yet to produce the big job he wants so

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badly. -- jump. That did not look improvement. The Greek has not

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improved either. It is still Greg Rutherford who holds third place.

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Interesting to see what Greg Rutherford can do in this round, he

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will not want to leave it until the and joking with a view spectators in

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the crowd, he is looking very relaxed. He is in good shape. The

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first Englishman to be crowned Olympic champion in the Long Jump.

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Some guy called Glyn Davies one in 1964, from Wales. -- won. Will this

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be the eight metres he wants? That very fast runner. He employs fast

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speed on the runway to gain distance, but the takeoff did look a

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bit flat. Certainly not did -- certainly not in excess of what

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Menkov has achieved. Mo Farah and the rest coming round the track,

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down the home straight, past where Greg Rutherford is where now -- is

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now. No improvement for the Olympic champion.

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Three laps to go, it has been capped and mouse. -- cat. The Spaniard put

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some pace on, but he stopped, and if Greg Rutherford work in here, he

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would be nicely tucked into that pack. -- were.

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The Spaniard injected pace and stopped, he really started jogging.

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Mo got a nasty shock from the Ukrainian and that pushed him to the

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front. He has not done a lot with the race, he is keeping himself out

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of danger. He will not want to relinquish that

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position. It is amazing how much respect people give you. Other

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athletes could block him out. The Ukrainian is on his shoulder. The

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Frenchman is trying to squeeze the Turkish athlete is in that, and

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the Polish is at the back. At -- and the Polish athlete. Mo

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Farah is having a look around to check. He is looking around and

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saying, does somebody not want to take this on? The Frenchman comes

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around the outside. Mo Farah has a bit of acceleration. And away we go!

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Last 400m. Tomorrow, Mo Farah will go down to his beloved Arsenal and

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he will manage a celebrity match. He is very much a celebrity here, look

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at this. The others will have a fast last lap, but Mo Farah, this is the

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demonstration of his speed. The crowd are on their feet on the home

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straight, they came to see this, the double Olympic champion, the man who

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has dominated European distance running for the last four years. Mo

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Farah, maximum points for Great Britain! A blistering pace on the

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last lap. Mark Butler tells me it was 51.1 seconds. That is quick!

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That is good, well done, Mo Farah, that was impressive. The

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acceleration when he took off... The computer has confirmed 50.89, that

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might be a personal best for him. I think he will be disappointed, he

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was shooting for Perri's time! He took off and he went for it. Maybe

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he realised the wind was strong, but that is a personal best for Mo.

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We knew he was going to win, we knew he would win with a kick, but that

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was a bit special! Mo Farah showing that all the pace is there. It will

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be different next week. He has got a host of the world's top 5,000 metre

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runners in Birmingham and it will not be a personal best on that

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occasion, but that will give him so much confidence as we head towards

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Moscow. That kick is frightening and that is what wins him the Gold

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medals. It has won him the team Championships here and that smile on

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his face, when somebody tells him his time... His coach probably

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said, go out big for the last lap, and it is windy here. He will be

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delighted with that. Even his coach will be delighted

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with that and impressed with it. Today was about fun and making sure

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he really did deliver on that last lap. But it gets serious next week

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and he will get a chance to test himself play against people he will

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be racing seriously in Moscow. A real effort when you are running

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that sort of speed, and this is into the wind. Very impressive.

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And you notice where Mo has gained in the last couple of years. There

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is no rocking and rolling in those shoulders, you would expect him to

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tighten up but he is holding his form, strong and stable.

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He almost forgot to do the Mobot. But that result will reverberate.

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do, then he will head off to the airport. -- Mo. Then he can reflect

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on a job well done. And we look forward to seeing him next week, and

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there is still a few tickets left for tomorrow at Gateshead, and what

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a great prospect for Birmingham next Christina Obergfoll, of Germany,

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now. That is a poor start for the number one Germany in this women's

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competition. She is still in second place, behind the Spaniard. Always

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pretty solid. She has done well in the Diamond League this year, she

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won in New York, in Eugene, Rome. She has only competed four times

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this year and has won every single competition in which she has

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contested. She started with 55, that is 58.30, but she is still in second

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place. That does not tell the whole story.

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One of the slowest races Mo Farah will have one for a long time,

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winning four Great Britain. -- won. A couple of great performances,

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first of all, Mo Farah, it was almost like a sprint start.

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Absolutely! Which you could see the determination. Clearly, he had a

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race idea. The guys talked about it in commentary. Have some fun with

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he is a quick distance -- a quick distance runner. The stadium

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erupted. That was the class of the man, he

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realised he was here to entertain the crowd and not just get points

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for the British team, and he did it. A remarkable time, it you forget the

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calibre someone like Mo Farah has, it is amazing he has that range for

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his running. A great challenge for Birmingham. He

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will take some confidence from a performance like that, pointy?

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Absolutely, and so much better than we saw in Eugene. -- won't he.

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He has rounded into the person we wanted, and I hope he can do the

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quick times this year. And what about Perri Shakes-Drayton?

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Supreme, magical, she has everything to go for this year and we want

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those QuickTime is converted for hurdles. Mac we will end this

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afternoon with the women's 400m row Thank you, it is a shame we have two

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races because I love head-to-head races. Those are the six teams with

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the slowest times. The British team goes in the next heat with Tiffany

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Porter, Isabel Lewis and Asha start by the Italian. But now she is

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running hard down towards the first changeover. The Italians had a bit

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of a problem, they handed over a bit late. The third runners are

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waiting, the Italians are in the lead. A lot of screaming and

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shouting. The Norwegians having all sorts of problems in the outside

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lane. Spain are coming on strong, Belarus on the inside. Not a great

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changeover for the Italians. The runner from Belarus is coming on

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strong, can they chased the Italians down? No, they cannot. The Italian

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just gets it on the line, but she was being pressured by the athlete

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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Italian team was strong, from the last lap. Wasn't always that aim to

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tear it up on the last lap? Yes, you try and win it, but it is important

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you work on your tactics. The me, I had a text earlier saying wait for

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the last lap, so I did. It was brilliant. I love racing at home and

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the crowd were amazing. You delivered great points for the team.

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It's important we get a good start this Saturday and finish off

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tomorrow with a win. I wanted to do my bit and that is why I came here.

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Quick word on tomorrow. You will be managing the Arsenal legend 's side.

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So many players. I'm really looking forward to it. My job is done today.

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A dream come true for you I know. am looking forward to getting the

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Arsenal jersey 's side, and thanks for the invite from Tony and the

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another. Greg Rutherford, his last jump in this long jump competition.

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Well, it could be round about the eight metre mark, but he's not going

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to meet -- he's not going to beat the Russian or the Greek. A little

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bit disappointed with his performance this year. He's got all

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the support he could ever want. He does get eight metres, though, 8.02

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in the last round. Third place for Greg Rutherford. The German has won

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every contest this season, but still in second place. Has she nailed this

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one? It's over 60 metres. Very windy out there. That does affect the

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flight of the javelin. Consistently one of the world 's best. The only

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girl who can come up and challenge, ready for the second heat. Good to

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see Tiffany Porter leading off the relay here. Yes, really good for

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her. She will give the team a good set-up. What do you make of the rest

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of the line-up? At the moment, Laura is in supreme form. She has run a

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great run this year. She runs tomorrow as well. The team is good.

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The danger will come from Russia and Ukraine in race. It is about Heidi

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Batten changes, making sure everyone keeps composed. And in this wind, it

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will be difficult, so they have to make sure they are vocal and get

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themselves heard. Nice to see her out running and making the team. It

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is difficult and competitive, but she should run well. Let's see how

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start of the next race, but there is the line-up. Haven't they done well

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Russia, Germany and France, all big names you would expect to see in a

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seeded heat. If you look at the statistics, the last time our women

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won this round was 2011. If they get the bat around successfully, it

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would be a pretty decent performance from them. What do you think of

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putting Tiffany Porter on the first leg? I am a big fan of her. Always

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nice in this circumstance because you have the pressure of trying to

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lead the team often that focuses your attention sharply. Tiffany will

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want to prove something, that she deserves that place in that very

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first leg. There will be strong opposition coming from all of these

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teams. Ukraine, Poland, Great Britain, Russia, Germany and

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France. And the former European champion is on the French team on

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the straight second leg. But Tiffany Porter, former British record-holder

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for the 100 metre hurdles, she has been given the responsibility of

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starting off. Annabelle Lewis takes the third leg, and Asha Philip, she

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brings the Batten home. Really a tough one to the British team.

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Tiffany Porter starting well. She is chasing the Russian well. Russia,

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Germany and France are going well in the outside legs. Great Britain lost

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ground at the end of that first round and the changeover. The big

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three are away: Russia is being led by Germany, France are in with a

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shout as well. Asha Philip just taking the Batten before the end of

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the changeover zone. And what about Ukraine? They had a brilliant,

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penultimate leg. Ukraine came away with it, absolutely stormed away.

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excellent time also. I was watching the British team and it was about

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the changeovers. They were too safe. I can understand it's important to

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make sure you get the points. But there are -- but if they had taken

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more of a risk, their time would have been better. Have a look at the

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last leg. Have a look Asha Philip. She was very hesitant when she went

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out and had to look for the Batten before it got safely into her hand.

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Sometimes it gets very noisy. of people calling for the same

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instruction. But let's have a look here now. Tiffany Porter, setting

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off for Great Britain. You have got to keep the team in contention. This

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first changeover was a little bit hesitant. Again, a little bit too

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close. This is the type of thing you order allowed. You can only real the

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mechanism in this competition. Asha hit Philip, again very hesitant. --

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Asha Philip. I tell you what, Maria was the third leg run affirm the

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Ukraine, and she brought them from nowhere into the frame. Good result

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for the Ukrainians. Disappointing the British team. There is the

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result: Ukraine fastest time in Europe this year so far. Germany in

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second place, Russian and third, and are very good as well. What was it

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like for you to be part of the team? Good. We all worked well together.

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To see you on the first leg, will we see this more often? Hopefully.How

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much work are you putting in as a relay team? I think it's good. New

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faces as a team. We are all coming into the relay programme. Our coach

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has put it together for us. Hopefully, we will go forward from

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competition. The Russian, who has led since round one. He has seen

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Rutherford's challenge, and that is big. He has left his best till last

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by the looks of it: 8.33 he got in the second round. The Greek god

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8.12. And Greg Rutherford had to wait until the final round to get

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his best. But one has the Russian produced here? Big jumps right

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throughout. 8.36. Definitely the boiler. A big, big jump. And the

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last one of the competition. 12 points again. The Russians really

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going well in this team competition. The German, didn't really live up to

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expectations. Greg Rutherford, disappointed, I guess, but he

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produced his best in the last round. A fine, effort. Run fast, be

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balanced and powerful on takeoff and stay in the air for as long as

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possible. There is the final result of that long jump. One of Greece's

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best performances. And Greg Rutherford, third place, ten points.

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The match score is on its way. We've got sight of it here in the stadium.

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Quite an exciting first a performance so far. Still got a

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couple of events to come. But Russia, Germany and Great Britain,

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they are the big three. Colin Jackson is laughing. I am not sure

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what about! You have thrown the javelin. You have thrown the javelin

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60 metres, haven't you? Yes. I can give you some technical tips here if

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you want. I have never thrown crowd enjoyed seeing him here and

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that is important. It has been a difficult time for

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Greg since the Olympics. " deals for others, but he is struggling, that

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is hard. -- he has seen deals. That is the world athletic -- the world

:45:26.:45:30.

of athletics, it does not always come to you.

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A Gold medal does not always mean you get the deals.

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Back to the track for the final events of the day. Britain in the

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Relay team but as they lower down in the standings, they are in the first

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race. -- as they are. So watch for the Italians, led by the European

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indoor bronze medallist. A good first like for them. A clean

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changeover for Italy. Italy, another good change, they stretched their

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lead. They are showing why they are one of the better teams in Europe.

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They have got a safe changeover, it is all about the time now. Italy and

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Spain well ahead of the rest. It'll be going to win it. -- Italy going

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to win it. It is not about the Italians here, -- it is all about

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the Italians here, they are an experienced team. A good start for

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them, good changes. The second and third was particularly good, maybe a

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bit to save on the last. That is the benchmark time for everybody in the

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next race. A strong Italian team, I she said.

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But that is a good target. -- as you jump in the High Jump. Ukrainian

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athlete. He absolutely flew over. The best for Tom Parsons was 2.24.

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He did very well. So we can look back at the overall result. Ukraine

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taking maximum points. The same height as Hanany, but the Ukrainian

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had less errors. A great performance by Great Britain. We saw Rick

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Rutherford in the Long Jump, he got perform here today in front of a

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home crowd that give you such a good reception?

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It took me back to that Olympic night, an incredible crowd going

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wild. That instant rush of emotion again. You have to focus, deal with

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it, and get on, but sadly today, the performance was nowhere near where I

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wanted. Some issues put me back a bit, I hope that will get sorted

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over the next few weeks, Birmingham next week and Paris the week after.

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Peter Eriksson was talking about athletes like you taking part

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despite maybe not fitting in. It is about mosque you for an individual

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point of view but you want to compete as a team.

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I had long conversations with everybody and they wanted me here to

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put in a performance and get maximum points. It is great to talk to some

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of the youngsters and half the people here, I had no idea who they

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were, so many youngsters are doing fantastically and it is Williams to

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see. We get chance to shout as they go past, which is brilliant. It is

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important for the likes of me and Mo and others to support everybody here

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and hopefully put in good performances.

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Thank you for talking to us. We have great expectations on the

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first like for Adam Gemili. It is the first time I see him running

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today. He is reading out the team, he must

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be feeling good. -- leading. We talked about Richard Kilty been

:50:18.:50:22.

picked, perhaps it would have been good for Adam.

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Perhaps, but there was also another athlete.

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I think the coach was a bit disappointed with that. But if you

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look at the team, it you have to say that it is strong.

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The menu to get the baton round and make sure the changes are safe, but

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they look good -- the men need. Finishing strongly is important, we

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started we with Holly Bleasdale and Dai Greene, but we are back in

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third, which is where we were expected to finish, but these guys

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need to finish the job. I am sure they well, they have got

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every opportunity to bring the team home and finished the day strongly

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and to make sure it happens. -- finish. You cannot get into a habit

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of failing. It is a mindset, that has held them

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back. They have got it in their mind that this baton is like a bar of

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soap! They know that we think it and the

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British public are expecting it and they have to rise above that. They

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know they are quick and have trained well and they need to keep on with

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it, that is the challenge today. The French are the opposition, with

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Christophe Lemaitre included in the team. Sorry, we have the wrong stock

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list. The French are strong and I would

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look for them to come through. At the Great British team have a great

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opportunity to be in contention. --. .

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--- but. sprinters in, but Dwain Chambers ran

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a good race last night. They will be down the back straight against

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Adam Jimmy Lee starts well and gets us off to a good start here. -16

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macro. Not a good changeover one Christophe

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Lemaitre. Great Britain having a good performance. James Ellington

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good on that bend, the French have got a lot to do, they are nowhere.

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Not a good change, but he has got it and he is away. And he is quicker

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than the rest, so a British win here. Close between Poland and

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Germany for second. And the quicker is time for Great Britain. That was

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good running. -- the quickest time. The French were nowhere, we got it

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right today. Good team, inform, confidence. I would not say they

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were the best changes, the guys got a bit on top of each other, so more

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to come. With those sorts of changes, they will think, we can go

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a bit quicker than that. Can you remember at the Olympic

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Games last year? They were unfortunately disqualified. This

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team is strong, we cannot forward to them having a successful World

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Championships this time around. -- we can look forward. Adam Jimmy Lee

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has won a race already this year. -- Gemili. This was the like I was

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anxious of because Christophe Lemaitre, of France, -- leg. Is in

:54:45.:54:55.
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great form. But the change between Harry was good. -- he is in great

:54:56.:55:06.
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form. In the lead, nice high knees. A wonderful finish.

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A good job and we will speak to them shortly. Mo Farah next to me,

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Britain's new 400 metre runner! No chance!

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They were impressed in the commentary box, what did you think

:55:29.:55:34.

of it? It was good, I have been working

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more towards space and tactics, so it was important to come away with

:55:38.:55:46.

something. I had a text message saying, go!

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It is not easy for you because she looked at the field and at one

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point, Steve was saying in commentary that you could have been

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in the mix, Paula! It is not easy, going into a race

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like that and two things were evident, one was how much you have

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worked on your speed when you are running at that pace and there was

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no rocking and rolling. You were really strong. The other is that

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when you are so far ahead of the rest, they let you do what you want

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and you could move up and down and they were just tracking queue,

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nobody was prepared to risk anything, to go out and run their

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race. -- you. That is not easy to handle.

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There was no easing off, you pushed all the way.

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It is quite easy -- it is quite windy, as well.

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It is Gateshead! Which almost got into the crouch position. -- at you

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almost got. Of you went. How much confidence does that go -- give you,

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going into Birmingham and Moscow? I have been working hard and doing

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great sessions. I am looking forward to it and it is important I keep

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winning graces. Birmingham is the Diamond League and it is a strong

:57:18.:57:28.
:57:28.:57:28.

field. -- races. Brave to take him on in front of a

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home crowd? Watch this now! I love that! A brave decision to take on

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those big guys in Birmingham, you could have gone for an easier race,

:57:38.:57:45.

but no hiding. No hiding, and wanted to put in a

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good performance and it will be a good race to see what they are

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capable of before Moscow. Paula mentioned perhaps if you had

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not been double Olympic champion, you might have pulled out of Eugene,

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do you think that is if their comments, were you not quite ready?

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-- a fair comment. I said somebody else might have, but

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you did not, you wanted to go in, you wanted to race and you believed

:58:17.:58:22.

you could still do it and you came very close, it even though you knew

:58:22.:58:29.

you were below par, so that is a symptom of the level you are at.

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There were a lot of talks and I was not well, I raced in London and I

:58:35.:58:42.

said, I am still not right and I was pulled out by my coach. But I had to

:58:42.:58:50.

race because it is the biggest race for Nike. They are my sponsors. I

:58:50.:58:55.

thought I would finish in sixth or seventh. But I've played around with

:58:55.:59:03.

the race and you can dictate, as Paula said. So I said to myself, I

:59:03.:59:07.

have got more chance of winning the 500 now, so I went in for that. But

:59:07.:59:15.

I am in good shape, so it is good. And I felt all right today.

:59:15.:59:19.

We will look forward to that, and that will be on the BBC's. Phil

:59:20.:59:23.

Jones has been speaking to the Relay team after that brilliant

:59:23.:59:33.
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start. We wanted to show it is a New Year,

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2013, we are fresh, we have new guys coming up and we can compete. I just

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did what I could and the rest is down to these guys and they smashed

:59:45.:59:54.

You put a lot of working as a team. This is important to us, we are

:59:55.:59:58.

looking to get a medal at the World Championships. The confidence of

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this team is so high, a new coach involved, and we are moving in the

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right direction. This is putting the first marker

:00:07.:00:12.

down, there is more to come. We are totally different now, we run

:00:12.:00:17.

in different orders -- we run in different orders. I am excited for

:00:17.:00:23.

the major championships. You brought the team home, you

:00:23.:00:27.

decided to concentrate on this and it was worth it.

:00:27.:00:31.

We have been training hard in Loughborough and this weekend was

:00:31.:00:35.

about getting a European lead and putting a mock out there as a strong

:00:35.:00:42.

contender for the Relay. -- mark. And thank you to the

:00:42.:00:47.

national lottery, because without their help, we could not afford the

:00:47.:00:50.

travel and stuff to these major championships.

:00:50.:01:00.
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Mission accomplished, guys. this. We are a lot closer to both

:01:25.:01:29.

Russia and Germany then we thought we might be. Not a bad day overall

:01:29.:01:39.
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of the day, but who would you pick? Personally, Jessica Judd. Running

:01:46.:01:51.

out there with no fear and a huge amount of guts. Down that home

:01:51.:01:59.

straight, she was digging deep. She would have come in here, wanting to

:01:59.:02:06.

go out there and run her race. 60 seconds and another 60 seconds. The

:02:06.:02:10.

others didn't run well in those conditions and she ran her own race

:02:10.:02:20.
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and came away with a victory. the back of as well. Yes, and

:02:21.:02:28.

sometimes, you think, thank goodness I am free. She will have been

:02:28.:02:36.

putting a lot of energy into studying as well. A quick word from

:02:36.:02:46.
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you, Denise. Both hurdlers did fantastically well. She stepped up

:02:52.:03:00.

remarkably well. Great job for the ladies. A couple of things coming up

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on BBC sport. Tonight, 7:30pm, Italy versus Brazil. Tomorrow, we're back

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