London Anniversary Games - Day 1 Part 2 Athletics

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Welcome to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the Anniversary

Games. Incredible to think one year has passed since the sporting summer

of 2012 began. A summer we will never forget thanks to the

incredible Olympic and Paralympic Games staged here. And one year on

from Danny Boyle's impressive opening ceremony, the stadium is

full with an expectant crowd to witness some brilliant sporting

events. This is the 11th Diamond League meeting of the season. The

crowd is packed in. Tickets were slapped up very quickly. Three

nights of action starting tonight. Some great names here. The fastest

man of all time, I do not need to tell you his name, Usain Bolt. He is

going at 9:45pm in the 100 metres. We have already had a great hour of

athletics here. Here is who else is coming up tonight.

This is a really good performance from Marilyn Okoro.

Kirani James is going to take Olympic gold!

Look at James Dasaolu go, magnificent!

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Here comes Usain Bolt! The champion than he might fancy tonight. But not

of that man has anything to do with it. He arrived here on he does not

run here very often but the crowds love him, as they do everywhere we

go in the world for the Diamond League meetings. He is such a

charismatic man and he will be back onto without the rocket but looking

as if he might have won in his trainers later on, his spikes,

sorry. He could probably beat a lot of the Paula Radcliffe and Colin

Jackson are alongside me. The, Colin, with the times we have seen,

rubbing their we have all got our eyes on Mary Cain. Tell us about

her. She is coached by Alberto Salazar. She qualified and second

for the championship team and she's the youngest ever US representative

the championships. Let's go and see, there is something about Mary

tonight. We can join our commentary team. If you are the top of the

orbit he would have a perfect view of the start of this 1500 metres. A

beautiful evening. An interesting race in prospect as Paula was

Perhaps by the next Olympics, Mary Cain will be up there at the top of

the list. She has taken America by storm this year. Just 17 years of

age. There she is, from bronze fill in New York, 17 years of age. She

has broken all sorts of records in doors and outdoors. She has also run

under two minutes at 800 metres as well. Josephine Moultrie who runs

for Great Britain, based in the United States. Laura Muir was not at

the trials. She was off winning medals. Laura has had a cracking

year this year. There is Morgan Uceny. She has been struggling this

interesting to see how the field approach this. 12-macro nervous

looking athletes on the start line. -- one or two nervous looking

athletes. I just want to talk about Mary Cain. She looks like a distance

runner at times, with her ability to run 3000 in doors, she has had a

good season and she is one of the biggest talent is that America has

ever seen. She is with Alberto Salazar now. She has a good training

place. They have child prodigies in the US. Mary Decker was one. Some

said she would not make it. But eventually she became world

champion. If she is in that training group in Oregon, under the tutorship

of Alberto Salazar, you have got to say this lady has a bright future.

The youngest ever American in the World Championships, that is a

pretty big award already. Watch out for her. Not a particularly fast

first lap. Laura Muir is at Glasgow University. Her coach has done a

fantastic job bringing her on. Until she went to university she started

to knuckle down with training. She has had a good indoor season and has

carried that onto the outdoor season. A big opportunity for her

here. She is in the blue and white checked vest of the Dundee Hawkhill

Harriers. When they come to a race without a pacemaker and there is no

clear favourite, UCD tactics are bit strange. They are not sure what to

do here. They run slowly for the first lap. Strong times will go

already. At the back of the field is the young American moving up along

the outside, to get into a good position. That is a wise old head on

17-year-old shoulders. It is very slow. She is right at the back but

she has started to move outside. She has a prodigious kick for a

17-year-old. She needs to be getting into a better position now. Morgan

Uceny hovering at the back. She has not had a good year so far. Kuria

leading with 550 metres to go. Laura Muir is starting to take closer

order as well. Kuijken is starting to go for it early. And there is

Laura Muir putting herself in a position. Mary Cain is that the back

of the field. This is her first serious international experience.

There is Laura Muir putting herself in a much better place. Can she do

anything about it tonight? Kuijken says she has company. Laura is

looking as if she is struggling a little. Zoe Buckman has found a bit

of room there. They are all just fighting for this. I am not sure

that anybody is showing any sort of relaxation as they come into the

home straight. Kuria see the gap on the inside. But Zoe Buckman has shut

that. They are all almost giving this away. Kuria might have enough

to take that on. An untidy race. Nothing fantastic, to be honest. One

or two disappointing performances, particularly from young Mary Cain.

She might have got up to fifth in the end. She will have learnt a

valuable lesson. Mary Kuria has run very well. There are not many

Kenyans here tonight but there is one. Young Kuria from Kenya. Mary

Cain ran a very poor race. She kept out of trouble, was not able to get

close and in the finishing straight she showed some of the talent the

Americans have been talking about. Laura Muir ran a good race, she put

herself in with every chance. She may be was a strong enough. Perhaps

the international experience over the last couple of weeks has taken

its toll. Once again, an athlete from Kenya takes first place. You

can see there is all kinds of stuff going on here. Kuria blocked off.

Zoe Buckman tries to steal this one. It has not been a great race. It has

not had an outstanding performance in it. Kuria, the young Kenyan

athlete gets very lucky there. On the inside, she steals that

position. If you get that opportunity, you might as well take

it. There is the fifth place, Mary Cain. She came here, we noticed her

at the start but the young Kenyan, Kuria, has run a better race there.

She took the opportunity, she seized her chance, she ran the race. Laura

Muir has run well tonight. That was an untidy race, a slow race, it was

not the best 1500 metres we have ever seen but when you get the

chance, you take it. Mary Kuria was Not the best quality race.

To be the sixth best Kenyan and win a Diamond League race, that is

strength in depth indeed. A lot of Kenyans and Ethiopians have gone to

ground and will not appear again until the World Championships in

Moscow. Interesting to watch that race because it was alluded to in

commentary, when there is not a pace maker, the race technique goes

through the window. It does little bit. Mary Cain did not seem to know

what she was doing, she ran a terrible race. If that experience?

She looked very nervous on the start line, I do not know if that was part

of it. She is in a group with people like Mo Farah who is an expert

technician so maybe she needs to talk to them. It seems as if she

woke up with a 150 metres to go and got back into the race. It is all

going to get a bit shorter in a minute, and a bit quicker. The 200

metres of the Olympics was a great race and it ended up a Jamaican

the King of sprinting. That was a clean start. Usain Bolt was out of

the blocks well. Look at him both! A three-metre lead. Here comes

Blake. He is not going to catch him. Usain Bolt will do it again. Gold

all the way. Yes, I have dashed down to the 200m start. This is the

person everyone will be focusing on in this race. He is in a bright

yellow number. That man is Warren we're. He has run 19.79. The guy

who just walked past his Christophe Lemaitre. He has gone into the

magical 22nd barrier as well. Down at the start, it is blustery. They

will be running into the wind for the first 20, 30 metres. In lane

three, James Ellington. He won the British trials. He is in lane three.

Met hand over to the commentary team and see who comes out on top.

-- let's hand over. Almost two races within this one race. You

have the three Britons. Jason Young, a very strong Jamaican. Jimmy

Vicaut, the Frenchman. Perhaps a stronger pedigree as a 100m man.

What a talent he is! There is Jason Yang. He has gone below 20 seconds

challenger - Churandy Martina apple stuck he was disqualified for

running fractionally out of his lane. There he is. He looks about

15 bet he completed the Jamaican clean sweep in the 200m last year,

along with Usain Bolt and Blake. This is the stronger event of

Christophe Lemaitre. He focused on it in the Olympics last year.

Finished 4th at the US trials but will be going to the World

Championships because of the suspension of Tyson Gay, who had

finished ahead of him. Up the UK champion after taking the title for

a second time in Birmingham, James Ellington. Richard Kilty from

Middlesbrough will start -- from Middlesbrough. He was only selected

because this man got the nod ahead of him. A convert to a British vest.

He is also it's the quickest Briton in the field this year. I hope that

is a worker looking down, otherwise to be out very well. James

Ellington has gone well around the bend. It is a Warren Weir strolling

towards the line. Coming through for third place was Wallace

Spearman. 19.9. That is a quick time - a legal time. Once again he

goes below 20 seconds. He has lived up to his billing. Up Warren Weir

will be a strong contender for medals in the 200m. Another

wonderful talent to come out of Jamaica. This guy has every chance.

If Usain Bolt and is not on his game, which we expect him to be, he

will be a threat. He runs a very big bend. James Ellington faded a

bit in the home straight. Waller Spearman was trying to get back on

terms. Warren Weir will get stronger. He is a different type of

sprinter to the others that we see. He is somebody who will get better

as the years go by. He is a real talent. There is only Usain Bolt

who has gone quicker. He must be thinking of he stays quick and

healthy, he has a great chance. mentioned the race within a race

between the British athletes. Richard Kilty has not been picked

for the World Athletics Championships. He finished ahead of

Delano Williams and James Ellington. Delano Williams has such potential

but has he got it at the big events? This is the problem. He is

inexperienced. He had a difficult lane was up he had lain one. It was

difficult. -- lane one. It was a Jamaican one, too. They really do

bellowed 20 seconds. Wallace be airmen taking third place. --

confrontation in the pole vault. The Keegan has already cleared for

0.83. -- the Cuban. On this occasion, Jennifer Suhr loses. The

queue Ben takes this one. There is in eighth place. It is Erik Kynard

we see in the high jump. A surprise silver medallist last cheerful

study he got the bronze medal. Two point 24 and a good clearance.

Mutaz Essa Barshim made that look very easy. Mickael Hanany was very

confident. Robbie Grabarz cleared 2.29 to win the bronze medal. He

only has one of A Macro attempt to stake in the competition and he

gets it. -- won a tent. Robbie A really strong high-jump

competition tonight. We will keep you posted. The sun is setting on

the Olympic Stadium. The atmosphere in here it is just a smidgen away

from what it was like on those wonderful days of last summer. I

get the feeling the audience appreciates. We are hoping for

loads of great moments coming up. In two weeks, we will be in Moscow

sweet. Brendan has been given special permission to stay up late

representative. Brenda Martinez it will start as the favourite. 10

athletes. They will share a couple of the lanes. This is Kelly

Hetherington, the Australian champion. Not Jessica judge. She

has been struggling with a calf problem since the trials. Elena

Mirela Lavric she is the new European champion at this distance.

Diane Cummins, 39 years of age. A silver medallist in Manchester in

2002. Still going well. AG Wilson is another great American talent.

Ran a new personal best. Great to see Marilyn Okoro run so well and

the trials. She is coached by a Johnny Gray, he is here tonight.

Brenda Martinez, I had been really impressed with her. I think she

could be a real threat as we go forward to the World Championships.

Melissa Bishop of Canada - the Canadian champion. Angela Smit of

New Zealand. We do not see too many New Zealand athletes on the world

circuit. Just 21 years of age. A new personal best this year. Then,

Laura Crowe and Rose-Anne Galligan will share the outside lane. A

well-judged race for Marilyn Okoro. She was patient. She came away with

a great victory. I think Martinez get through the rounds really

strongly. She has drifted towards the back. We are going through the

first 200 fairly quickly. A bit too quick. The pacemaker is running as

though it is a one lap race. Marilyn Okoro is judging it well.

She has a great sense of judgment and timing. She has had some real

problems in the last few years. She was very disappointed last year

with her non-selection. She is where she wants to be. 57 seconds,

it is pretty quick. Marilyn Okoro is a local athlete. She used to

train here before she went to America to train with Johnny growth

will start she is a yard or two two ahead. She has some talent queueing

up behind her. Here is the chance. What a stage, what an occasion!

What an opportunity! Martinez went almost from the back to the front.

I think she has a great chance of a medal at the World Championships.

Marilyn Okoro has responded well. The others are left trailing. They

all are in the wake of Brenda Martinez, who is turning into a

very good athlete. The American was very good last year. She has won

this by a streaker. Marilyn Okoro has faded badly in the end. Look at

the way she ran the race! A really good to last 200m. The last 250,

she started to pick up as the good tonight. An athlete with a bit

of a chance to see if she can go to those World Championships and come

back with a medal. This was Marilyn has blown away. Sadly, Marilyn Okoro

is fading here. That is not a good sign to be fading in the finishing

straight. A good performance for Martinez. Disappointing for Marilyn

Okoro, especially when she wanted to do well, she wanted to give the

crowd their first British victory. Maybe we will have to wait for Super

Saturday tomorrow. Martinez is an athlete who should be looking

forward to going to Moscow and the World Championships. This lady will

figure there. Erik Kynard of the United States. He

clears 2.28. The American champion has not had one failure during this

Robbie Grabarz has two follow that. Third and final attempt and not to

be his night as it was when he won the bronze medal two months ago --

12 months ago. The crowd will be disappointed not to see Robbie

Grabarz take major honours tonight. What a great night tonight. If we

zoomed down there we will see Colin Jackson with some blasts from the

past. Yes, I am with some blasts from the past as you put it. Olympic

champion from 2004, Jason Gardener, and the main man, 1996 Olympic

champion and world record holder, Donovan. I could not play you down

with that. Exciting times for sprinting, we are all obviously

looking forward to seeing Usain Bolt go out there do something pretty

sensational but sprinting again has really had a bad taste in its mouth

over the last fortnight. What is your take on that? My take is

extremely disappointing and it steals headlines away from people

who are doing well. I am really focused on the night. It is a great

chance to be here, the Anniversary Games. James Dasaolu and Usain Bolt

has to be the focus for this evening. Usain Bolt, you are an

Olympic champion and a world record-holder, they are saying there

is nobody who is clean. I am going to agree with Jason. One of the

things that happened at Usain Bolt's press conference is he came

and addressed the drug issue. He is the number one sprinter of this

sport, he is an incredible ambassador, he has laid some great

times on the track and the focus should be on the incredible young

talent that we have now. Two weeks away from the World Championships so

what we have to do, there is a great that form for James, for a couple of

other young guys throughout the world, it is a great platform for

them to do some incredible things as well as Chase Usain Bolt. That is

what we should look forward to. There are 60,000 fans here and

millions watching. They want to see all the positive things about track

and field. You have a passion for the sport of athletics. How would

you feel that the whole sport has been tarnished and how do you change

people's minds? You can put lifetime bands out there for people who

breach the rules and make a level playing field. The public want to

watch great athletics and want to see legitimate, genuine performances

so the sports powers need to make changes and enforce tougher

punishment so we can eradicate this from our sport. Quickly, Donovan? I

agree with him again! This is awesome! If it was up to me, it

would be a lifetime ban the first time you do it. We are all athletes,

we are all professional track and field athletes. When you decide you

are going to be an athlete, it is an agreement that you sign with your

federation, with your moral values and with the IAAF. If you violate

that list, you should be gone. Gentlemen, thank you very much. You

can enjoy the great sprinting very shortly.

It was good to hear from Donovan Bailey and Jason Gardener. What a

victory that was for Martinez in the 800 metres. It is so comfortable

coming down the final 100 metres. Just tidying up the results here.

Lavric finished fray quickly. Rose-Anne Galligan broke Sonia

O'Sullivan 800 metre Irish record. That has been going for a while,

that record. This is the relay for the evening. The men will have

theirs tomorrow. We have a British junior team. They are strong team.

We have Great Britain themselves going in lane five. Look out for the

Dutch team. The Canadian team on the They are the team that won the title

in Italy. Yasmine Miller is leading them out. A very good Dutch team, as

mentioned. Two of them wherein the team that made the final in the

are hoping for a team close to 45 seconds. This is the American -- the

all-stars team. Brazil go in lane seven. And France have the 200 metre

champion in the second leg. And in lane nine it is Poland. They are out

crowd. Good old Poland, they are will be trying to get 43 seconds

which is the time they need for premium. It is fairly even as they

come to the changeover. The Great Britain. They have the lead and it

will be a good win for great written. It is brought home for --

it is brought home by Nelson. The time is quick, it is good. All the

practice they have put in with the bat and changeovers has paid off. We

thought they would be close to 43 seconds but they are comfortably

below that. How encouraging is that? That is a very good performance. I

do not think the last change was particularly good. I know relay

teams are looking to stretch things here as they head into Moscow. Some

really good informants is. We have a youngster on the first leg, the

Dutch dropped the baton on the first leg. The all-stars team has not got

many stars in it, to be honest. As Annabelle Lewis comes round the top

end, she has put us in the lead. They almost on top of each other. A

nice safe change, not stretching it completely. That is a very good

performance. The British record goes back to Moscow 33 years ago. It

shows you that they are getting close to that. There are others who

could be in this mix. There are the likes of Jody Williams and Asha

Philip who are not in this squad but this squad has performed brilliantly

tonight. They will be saying, we have run well as a team. They have

worked well as a unit which is what running is all about. You have to

have speed but you can make up yards, another good changeover. That

is the kind of pedigree of run. I think the Dutch would have

challenged them coming down the home straight. A very impressive victory.

It is exciting. I talked about the men earlier run. I think they are

looking forward to cracking on tomorrow but it is the women who

have stolen a march on them. That will make one or two other teams sit

and take notice. The Jamaicans will be good. That is a really good

performance. The four athletes are now talking to Phil Jones.

cannot underestimate the quality of that performance. Britain's first

victory. The crowd were sensational. We pulled together as a team.

kind of a marker does that put down on the rest of the season with World

Championships around the corner? is a really good one. We wanted to

be together as a team. We have some new ones who are quite young. I

think it looks good for next year and beyond. When you saw that time

come up, what did you think is that we were saying that is the quickest

time the girls have run for a while. We have not worked together that

much so hopefully in a couple of weeks time we will go faster.

are the seasoned pro, you must be so excited for the World Championships

and what you can deliver? I cannot tell you, I am so passionate about

this event. The coach just told us to literally go out there, we did

not have a team in the Olympics, so we went out there improved that we

can do the business. Congratulations, you have done it in

front of this crowd tonight. Hello, All eyes are on a Erik Kynard. He

goes over once more. He is flying here this evening. Everyone said he

was a surprise silver medallist from the Olympic Games last year.

That was a brilliant jump by Boden Bondarenko. Brilliant! He did not

touch it at all. He has jumped 2.41 this year. Iconic images like that

we got so used to last year. That was not an example of the way Boden

Bondarenko can jump. He is storming the high jump. We left the victory

in the four by 100. It is not the Diamond League event. It was a

quick time. How far can these girls go? It was the fastest time a

British quartet has ran for 12 years. That is how good it is. So

much more to come from those girls. The changes would good and strong.

They can go into Moscow feeling confident. We did not have a team

at the Olympic Stadium last year. That should not happen. We have had

a love/hate relationship in the relays. It looks like they had been

ailing it in training. The girls were not quick enough. -- --

nailing it. Plenty to smile about in Moscow in a few weeks' time.

Phil Jones caught up with Usain it again. The champion becomes a

legend. When you think back to London 2012, is there have one

overriding memory? Just the fans. Listen to this. The royal wave from

the King of sprinting. I was like, what is going on? Why are there so

many people? It was a wonderful experience - great. Athletics has

recently made front-page news for the wrong reasons. Can you

sympathise with the athletes? need to be careful. You have to

wait for the final results to come out. I'm not saying anything. I am

watching and waiting to see what happens. You are already seen as a

great beacon of light, carrying athletics on your shoulder. More

soap to retain your sport credibility. I have been doing this

since I was 15. I was the youngers person to win in the 200m at 15. --

is the youngest person. It is no surprise I am breaking records. I

was explaining to people, it is just me. On the and fast. I was put

on the earth to inspire people. -- is about working hard. That is one

The countdown has started to show when Usain Bolt will be running. He

was frank and candid about the issues surrounding the failed tests

with the high-profile sprinters. It has brought into question all kind

of ethics around the sport. The thread of credibility is Usain Bolt.

He said, I am clean. I am consistent will start I had been

doing it since I was a kid. It was virtually the very first thing he

addressed. He reminded people of his talent. He was a prestigious

talent when he was 15. He started achieving great things from the age

of 17. When he put his head down and focused, he could be very

strong. He is a multi- Olympic medallist. We had the one that

James. The two teenagers have got this between them. He is storming

away. He will take Olympic gold - his nation's first ever gold medal.

Total, total dominance. And Kirani James is back here on the track in

which he performed so well. His last race was not far from that

time. He has not got the man - his big rival - LaShawn Merritt. He

does have Santos, the man who finished second. He is not in the

best of form coming into this race. Conrad Williams, second in the

trials. Not running as well as he did in 2012. Nigel Levine finally

came good at the trials. 45.23, not far off his personal best. Santos

ran 44.74 earlier in the season. Jonathan Borlee 6th at the Olympics

last year. They watched a younger brother come into the frame. Kirani

James, world champion - Olympic champion. Number one in the world

this year. He has only had one defeat to LaShawn Merritt. This man

is having eight cracking year. He won at the Diamond League. The

European champion, indoors and outdoors, from the Czech Republic.

There is Kevin Borlee. He beat his brother in the Olympic final. He

has indeed run quicker than Jonathan this year. I am not sure

he asked for Lane nine. Maybe they just had a nice brotherly chat.

Kevin on the outside and Jonathan Borlee will be inside Kirani James.

A big opportunity for Nigel Levine. I think Santos has been struggling

with his form. Kirani James may find it is the people outside him

the American, has gone out quickly. -- McQuay. They will be leading

through the first 100m. Santos is coming back to that the sort of

form he is famous for. James has a bit of work to do. Just forcing

himself into the front. Jonathan Borlee is in third place. Kirani

James stretches away. He gets his long legs going. James wins it.

44.626. I think that was a fairly comfortable win for James. He set

out in the first 200 fairly comfortably. He ran the top bend.

You saw how good and strong he was in the last 50m. He will hope to

Moscow as favourite for the gold medal. -- head. He looks so easy.

He was not fazed. He slowly, steadily and surely pulled in the

leader. He is a powerful young man. His strength shows in the final

stages. Nigel Irvine began to fade. -- Levine. You can see Santos began

to fade as well. Kirani James was utterly in control. I have talked

about him in the past. You forget how young he is. He has a great

future ahead of him. He will get quicker. As he develops, gets

stronger, he will start to get into the low 43 seconds, which he is

well and truly capable of. He'd just covered everybody and pulled

away in the last 50, 60m, as he wanted. The man himself, Kirani

James, you created so many memories last year and some more to take

home tonight. Definitely.What thoughts came back to mind when

you're out there - considering last year? I am representing my country

and making everyone proud. World Championships to come. You

seem to be peaking at exactly the right time. The whole season we

tried to do that - just erupt for the World Championship. That is a

big one. You always hear up for the big stage. Congratulations! -- gear

rival, LaShawn Merritt. We are 19.44 minutes - I will not count

down for you. Usain Bolt will be in the stadium very soon. It has been

brilliant to be back here at the Olympic Stadium. We need another

reminder of how special last summer's Olympic and Paralympic

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athletics, this weekend is all about you are more relaxed now than you

were last year. I came here on the tube, not putting finishing touches

to race beach. It was great to watch people walking into the stadium that

will be as full tonight as it will be tomorrow. Add to the athletics

again in here? It is personal for me. We fought long and hard to keep

the track in the stadium. I will thought it would be a strong part of

the Olympic legacy and we are big track and field nation. And it does

show that if you promote and choreographed... I know you won't

mind me interrupting you, we have to go and see Bohdan Bondarenko in the

of the Ukraine is trying to create history. He has one more attempt to

go before he calls it a day. He has already won this competition ahead

of Erik Kynard of the United States and Mutaz Essa Barshim. Robbie

Grabarz finishes in equal fourth place. Still one more attempt at

this massive height, well over eight feet. We will have to wait a little

while before he goes again, it could has not run off. That is what it is

about tonight, the absolute best in the world going for it. And it is

great that we have so many young kids in the stadium tonight. It is a

chance for them to go and join a local athletics club. We have talked

a lot about legacy today made has been across all the airwaves, what

did it mean for London and the participation, what is the best bit

of evidence you have, that it was �9 billion well spent? I think the way

we see ourselves, the confidence that has been engendered by the Team

GB's performances last year. The schools that are going to end the

community centres where youngsters are doing things they were not doing

a year ago. We cannot claim it all but I do think, we have almost

emerged back to normal but it is a new normal. It is a new normal. More

people are doing more things that they probably would not have done

without the games. Stay with me. It's a race you are pretty fond of

next, the 800 metres. It will not be as good as the Raceway David Rudisha

had a world record. We have missed him this year. Let's handover to the

Irish athlete. It is a strong line-up. There is mocked are

Mohammed. He finished strongly in the European indoors -- mocked are

field. Brandon Johnson only took up the race last year. The Wayne

Solomon, I think the race of his coach might be safe tonight -- Wayne

will start there is Job Kinyor and alongside him Mark English. English

is the youngest athlete in the race. Michael Rimmer is the six time UK

champion after his victory in Birmingham. The pacemakers outside,

they are professional pacemakers. Disappointing for the crowd not to

see a world record but this gives you a good idea to give you the

class in high jumping in world terms, he starts his build up now

for the world championships. He will The men's 800 metres under way.

Mukhtar Mohammed and Michael Rimmer This is very good for the Americans.

The first three Americans will be going to the World Championships in

a couple of weeks time. Nixon's is behind Solomon. -- Nick Symmonds.

That is a very fast opening 400 metres. Here is the Dwain Solomon.

Nick Symmonds is in a very good place on his shoulder. Who will come

out on top tonight? Solomon looks really powerful and really going for

it now. He is hunting down the record of Johnny Gray, the American

record. That is his coach. The Dwain Solomon trying to remain strong.

Nick Symmonds is there. He is alongside him now. It is going to be

Nick Symmonds who comes through with the victory. Look at the time.

Solomon is spent at the finish. Job Kinyor was in at the end as well.

Brandon Johnson, the other strong American. Nick Symmonds it was, not

Dwain Solomon as we expected who took the victory. He timed it well

and came through strongly in the final 100 metres. I think Nick

Symmonds has got to say thank you very much indeed to Solomon. He is a

fine athlete. These were two athletes featured fourth and fifth

in the Olympic Games. The Dwain Solomon 's playing it down for him.

He moves out a little wisely. He makes Nick Symmonds go the long way

round. But he has improved his strength. Here is his chance. He has

a strong finish. There he is demonstrating pulling away from

Solomon. He slows down unnecessarily but a really good performance by

Nick Symmonds. He must say thank you very much indeed to his team-mate

Dwain Solomon, thanks for the time. It was as if he had two pacemakers.

Usain Bolt is out so lots of attention focusing on this man.

can tell you some news we are just receiving.

We were hoping for a big clash between Usain Bolt and our number

one James Dasaolu. We are being told James Dasaolu will not start. He has

been plagued by injuries. He was talking this week that his new coach

has been theoretically getting him better but don't forget, he did not

run in the final of the Championships, having won that. He

has pulled out this evening for whatever reason. He will not start.

A bit worrying for James Dasaolu. So close now to Moscow. But Usain Bolt

will have other challengers here this evening. A lot of people have

come here to see Usain Bolt but a lot of people would have liked to

have seen how close James Dasaolu could have got to him as well.

was a wonderful surprise when Bohdan Bondarenko put the high jump bar up

to two metres 47, two centimetres higher than the current world record

but he won it comfortably. Robbie Grabarz of Great Britain finished in

in the women's triple jump. Such a powerful athlete. She beat Great

Britain's best, Yamile Aldama, very comfortably indeed. Yamile Aldama

has been struggling with injury. Yekatarina Koneva beat Williams of

Jamaica as well. There is the result. Nobody has achieved a legal

15 metre jump since September 2010. You suspect that is the sort of

distance that will be required to Six minutes or so until Usain Bolt

gets into his blocks. Sebastien Coe is still alongside beer. The lights

reminds me of the flickering at the opening ceremony. -- he is alongside

me. Did you enjoy it? It took a few months to sink in. It was actually

talking to people over the last two or three months, when we had come

out of the boiler room, when we had absorbed the excitement, I think we

were too close to it. I saw some fantastic sport and had a ringside

seat to everything, but there was always that niggling doubt that the

next phone call was going to be about a problem. And one of those

problems could have been a big negative drugs test during the

games. And the sport of athletics has experienced that in the last

week or so with Tyson Gay and suffer Powell. What did you feel when you

heard that news, two such huge characters? I am going to sound a

bit procedural because we have to wait for the B sample. The challenge

we have got is that if you are going to check, you are going to face some

reputational damage. We did systematically decide we had to get

tougher with the testing. Are the deterrent is great enough? No, they

are not. We have got to get back to four years. I think it was a massive

mistake to go from four years to two. We are not the same as other

sports. The proportion of damage to us when we have a high-profile drugs

test is greater than in other sports. It helped to get other

sports to have proper sanctions up to two years but for us to go down

to two gave us an opportunity to sit outside the system. And we discussed

it when we saw Usain Bolt this evening and he spoke about how

natural his talent is, he is the absolute superstar Rob athletics.

is and he deserves defence. The reason you go after cheats is to

protect the runners that want to do it with integrity and make the

difference between winning and losing. Great coaching, great

I would not mind a life ban. I think it is the way forward. It

eradicates any nonsense. Sebastian Coe says, it is a step backwards.

It allows people to want to take that risk - if they have that

intention. Drugs scandals have rocked the sport. Let's take it as

a positive that people are getting caught. It gives every opportunity

for innocent, hard working athletes who work hard to achieve their

goals. It is disappointing for James Dasaolu. We're hearing it is

hip. He does not want to eradicate himself from the World

Championships in a couple of weeks' time. We are very close to the

World Championships. He will be disappointed he is not in this

line-up. So many people have gone under 10 seconds. To have the main

man, Usain Bolt, right next to you. Sometimes I feel quite frustrated

for the likes of Usain Bolt. He has to spend a lot of his press

conferences defending himself and saying why he is clean. It must be

really frustrating. We saw last week with the Tour de France. The

sport has had its huge problems. That is the end result. It is about

proving yourself innocent. That is the essence of the problem. It is

the athletes who are clean, wanting to do it properly, who are

penalised. The risk is that you just lose trust. In that man, we

trust. Usain Bolt is the superstar of the sport and the crowd knows it.

They could be about to see something special. How quickly can

he go? Let's join our commentator. This is feeling a bit like a

Caribbean beach party. The music is booming. All of the cameras are

trained on Usain Bolt. The start of the game's last year and

undoubtedly the main attraction tonight. -- the Games. It is a

shame about James Dasaolu. We will gathered here in the Olympic

Stadium as Usain Bolt is on all of the screens. We will introduce

other contenders. Christophe Lemaitre did not go for the big

meat in Monaco because he was disappointed with his performance.

He looked better in the 200m earlier on. Michael Rodgers has

served a lifetime doping ban. Listen to the roar as Usain Bolt is

he is taking all the camera flashes. He knows they are all for him. He

knows he is a role. He knows how important he is to this sport.

Former world champion back in 2003 in Paris 10 years ago. A shame that

Kim Collins is still in dispute with team management. He will not

be competing because he left the village last year and they would

not let him run. Coote Nesta cut a be a threat to bolt? Could Nesta

Carter? Dwain Chambers went on to win when James D did not turn up in

the final. -- James Dasaolu. Rakieem Salaam completes the line-

up. What can we expect from Usain Bolt tonight? We have been used to

performances where the superlatives are trotted out on so many

occasions. One or two times this year there has been the odd raised

eyebrow. This will be his last event before he goes to the World

Bad is more like it! -- a 9.85. Michael Rodgers always starts well.

It gave him something to think about. He has so much to spare over

the other of world-class sprinters. Michael Rodgers ran well. It was

never really in doubt. Much better. Not a stellar performance from

Usain Bolt but it was good. I'm sure we will see better when we get

to the World Championships. Usain Bolt, a tremendous performance. How

do you feel being back in the stadium? Wonderful. It felt great.

I am so excited, happy to be here. I had a bad start. It is not the

best part of my race. The most important thing is you did the

business for the crowd. You have delivered. Definitely. It is always

wonderful to compete in London. So much energy. It was a brilliant

experience as always and I am happy to be here. We will see you in

would give him some confidence, I think. I think he is reasonably

happy with that. He has run a lot quicker over the years. He knows he

did not start well. Watch this! Michael Rodgers had a very good

start. Usain Bolt was a bit languid. If Usain Bolt gets the start right,

he wins and will go close to his astonishing record. If he gets a

poor start, he's still wins but does not get the record. It is the

pick up. Sprinting experts will tell you that everyone is

decelerating in the last 100m and Usain Bolt decelerates slower than

everyone else. He breezes past the rest. Michael Rodgers ran well and

so did Mr Carter. -- Nesta Carter. Warren Gatland is the big one to

watch as we head towards Macro the World Championships. If he is

better out of the blocks, Usain Bolt will have to be good. That is

why it is ever more frustrating that James Dasaolu did not make it

to the start line. In this competition, in this atmosphere, he

could have got very close to the UK record held by Linford Christie.

Once he lists his giant legs, it is fierce and to behold. I wonder what

Warren Gatland is thinking. Perhaps he is the only real challenger come

Moscow. Usain Bolt knows there is much more to come. He knows he can

win even from sitting in the blocks a little bet. The thing I always

said about Usain Bolt, he is always even better at the championships.

He raises his game. He has the ability to do that. Usain Bolt wins.

It has taken a long time to get there. Dwain Chambers with a solid

run in 5th place. Thank you. Slowly chipping his time dam, not where we

know he can be. Not the best start. The crowd will Theale it is money

well spent. He summed it at perfectly. He looked a little ring

rusty. A couple more races and Moscow will be very good for him.

He is on a different planet. must be frustrating for the very

best around him that, even on a bad night, he is unbeatable. As an

athlete, you cannot think like that. There may be an opportunity to

seize the moment. He is head and shoulders above everyone allows.

must give credit to Paula Radcliffe. She got the time spot on. What do

you know about this? I am not giving up my day job! What is

interesting, he was scanning the screen all the time. He was dissect

in his race, even while he was expressing his opinion. He would

isolate all those things when it comes to the World Championships.

He knows what he has done right and what he has done wrong. He is a

more technically analytical person because he is dancing, singing and

fisherman. What is your performance of the night? The women's 4x100m

relay. They were outstanding. The fastest time in 12 years. Mo Farah

is here tomorrow. I bet you are relieved he did not put himself in

bought the 800. On a bomb last year, I think he could have beat my

record. -- on the form. There is no way he can lose the race. He can

run the race any way he wants. Loads more to come. We are back