Birmingham British Championships Athletics

lots of different ways, times, differences, medals, titles and

longevity, and it is all captured here at the Alexander Stadium in the

museum. There are some amazing photographs and fascinating

memorabilia. There is one achievement that is special to every

athlete, and that is becoming the national champion.

Here he comes on the inside. He has had a rough ride. Has he come up too

soon? Elliott is coming back. Elliott wins it.

Christie has come screaming through. He wins. It is close

indeed. Steve Ovett, a salute to the crowd,

how they love it! They love to see him running at home.

Jackson moving away. A brilliant run by Colin Jackson. A brilliant run.

Jackson is back, he wins it. Good afternoon to you. Welcome to

Birmingham's Alexander Stadium for the British Championships. Two

well-known faces I hear alongside me, Steve Cram and Denise Lewis.

That is, you were not the British champion! I used to do so many

events here, hurdles, hygiene, shot but, even the 200 metres. It is not

straightforward to get selection, but less, Katie Bennett has been in

previous years. We have at the Olympics. A straightforward

selection was based on times, distances and so on that the British

Athletics sets. We want to send people that are going to come in the

top eight and win medals. It is straightforward, come in the top two

and you are in automatically. You still have another two weeks to get

that standard, because they do not pick the European team until July

the 15th. They will hopefully take three into most events. There is a

proviso that says if anybody is injured or not here and is

considered a true medal contender for the European Championships, they

have until the last state, which is August the 3rd, to select them. Not

many people come into that category, perhaps Dai Greene, but most people

will be trying to send them to their place this weekend. They are trying

to take a full team, which has not always been the selection policy of

British Athletics. The policy changes from year to year. You want

to take the biggest and best team that you can, and giving the

athletes the opportunity to get on that stage. The men's 100 metres

have qualified already. The athlete we are most looking forward to

seeing is Chijindu Ujah. I don't think any of us were expecting to

him -- him to run 9.96. He was running against Richard Thompson,

who is now top of the rankings. A good benchmark for him. James

Ellington was last on 10.19, so a high-quality race. Yesterday, he

looked fantastic. We are excited about the sprints, in particular the

youngsters, men and women. He looks like the real deal. Make sure you

are on your sofa for the men's 100 metres, which comes at the end of

the programme today. A Child -- Eilidh Child is a hot

favourite in the women's 400 metres. Goldie Sayers makes a comeback in

the women's javelin. She is back on the form she had before the

Olympics. Who will become the British

champion? That is today. Yesterday we had a fabulous day,

with lots of finals for the crowds to enjoy. The women's 1500 metres

was fantastic, with lots of names to look out for. The start list for the

women's 1500 metres. Two laps to go in this women's 1500

metres. Hannah England, the former silver medallist, in a good position

on the shoulder of the leading two. Laura Muir is following her. The

young Scot has had a brilliant year. They have started to punch a

little. The pace is slowing. Weightman takes the chance to move

up to the shoulder of MacLarty. Laura Muir and Hannah England are

sensing the danger. MacLarty is on the inside. The race seemed to close

down a bit there. The pace slowed down the back straight. Laura

Weightman moved along but has not done anything with it yet. She is

putting herself in a position where she could move to the front. Laura

Weightman moved to the front and Laura Muir moves in behind her. The

E3 will have a tough -- these three will have it between them. They are

the best runners in Britain. 300 metres to go. The three are starting

to pull away. Hannah England is working hard to stay with them.

Laura Weightman is attacking from the front. Laura Muir is going with

her. Hannah England is struggling to go with them, but is still within

sight. She can be dangerous in the last 200 metres, if she can hang on.

The other two extend forwards. Laura Weightman looks behind and looked as

if she has got something else, but so has Laura Muir. Laura Weightman

is kicking hard. Two great athletes, strike by stride. They are

battling it out to the line. It is going to be Laura Weightman.

Weightman wins it, Laura Muir in second, Hannah England is third.

What a great way to lead the race. Two great talents, you I am sure in

the Commonwealth Games and European Championships will consider

themselves as medal contenders, and look how much that means to Laura

Weightman. She won this title in 2012. A fantastic run, what a great

race! A really great race. You can see how much it means to Laura. She

worked hard and put the effort in. Her coach might have something to

say about looking over her shoulder as she comes around that bend,

because it gave Laura Muir that little bit of hope that she could

close upon her, but Laura Weightman has a small dig deeper and manages

to get a little bit more out of the tank to get that well-deserved

victory. The winning time does not matter. She knows she has cemented

her place in the team. You picked up the pace and then seemed to wind it

up. Yes, I was really testing myself in this championship style race when

you have to run had in the last lap, and I'm pleased that it paid off.

You certainly did give her a big battle, and it looks like you might

have the legs. I was strong on the home straight, but Laura had an

extra kick, but it was a great battle and it is great that we have

so many people at the top. Paula Radcliffe joins me now. You were

commentating on that race. You mentioned about the coach worrying

about looking over her shoulder. What the coach they afterwards? I

don't think he was too upset about it. She executed the tactics to

perfection, and I don't think anyone was happy about that then the coach.

Laura was really happy. She did it perfectly. She wound up the pace and

wind it up, and Laura Muir is quick, really quick, but she ran the

finish out of her, because she picked it up from a long way out and

really kept winding it up. There was a point when you thought that Laura

Muir might go past, and then Laura Weightman dug in against. Laura

Weightman is really tough mentally, they both are, but Laura really

wanted that, and she really worked hard for it and did what was asked

for her. She really wanted that victory and took that little bit

deeper. She has maybe got a bit more end euros -- endurance at this

point. Steve mentioned battles, Commonwealth and European, what

would you say about that? Definitely. We have got three women

in the top ten rankings in Europe. Going into the European

Championships, no be else has got that, not even Russia. That is

really exciting, but more exciting is the way that they can really dig

deep in the closing stages of the races. All of them can do that.

Hannah has shown time and again that she can get it right in the

championship. Both Lauras have shown that they have got it.

We turn our attention to the then's and women's 200 metres. It is

fiercely contested. The men's 200 metres final starts

like this. They get away clearly this time. A

fantastic start in Lane three. James Ellington is running round the bend.

They are coming at the home straight. Talbot is in front of

Ellington. It is going to be Talbot! Danny Talbot is going to

take the win. Danny Talbot is top of the pile. Really good bend from

him, but he had to hold the others, and then stronger in the home

straight. Nobody able to stay with Dan Talbot. A bit of a surprise. We

were waiting to see what Gemili could do. I am not sure he got the

best of starts. Clarke was very good out of the blocks and Ellington ran

a good bend as ever, a great end runner. He did not panic. As they

come into the home straight, Danny Talbot's transition into the home

straight is really good, because he gets half a metre back. Gemili was

fighting hard. When he is going well, he looks a little smoother

than that. I think it really just hung on for the second spot. Not the

best of conditions for these men. Into a slight headwind on the home

straight. Danny Talbot a couple of tenths ahead. It will be absolutely

delighted with that. Danny Talbot gets the all-important win, 20.42. A

season's best for Adam Gemili, but he had to work hard to keep off

James Ellington for that all-important second place. Number

one British champion, not the greatest conditions, but a brilliant

result. When it comes to the championship, it is the times that

matter. I am pleased to come here today and win.

They get away cleanly first time. Bianca Williams and Jodie Williams

started the best. Jodie Williams is setting the pace. I knew: You're

trying to defend her title but Jodie Williams is hanging on. Jodie

Williams gets it. Bianca Williams in second place. Those two

Williams gets it. Bianca Williams in that they have cemented their

Williams gets it. Bianca Williams in in the team for the European

Championships because they have the qualifying time. The two quickest

women have ended up in the first two places and the defending champion

has had to say that on this occasion maybe not quite good enough to get

there with the two youngsters. Onuora to get out of the blocks

quick enough and that is maybe where she lost it. Bianca Williams was

both is strong on the last ten metres. Jodie Williams, a beautiful

action. Onuora trying to get back on terms but Bianca Williams is down at

that point and finishes strongly to get into second spot by cannot catch

Jody. A great win from Jodie Williams. The

-- the wind moved round and was following them. A great 200 metres

final. In these conditions that is a great run. Onuora was also under 23

seconds and in third. Selection is guaranteed so it will

be a busy summer for you. It is, I'm already going to the Commonwealth

for the 200 and the Europeans as well. Looking to qualify for the 100

tomorrow so it will be a busy weekend and a busy summer. Good

afternoon to Colin Jackson. Let us talk about Danny first. It was an

impressive run. It was a good solid performance. He picked up a bronze

medal at the European Championships in 2012 but now he is really in the

forefront of British sport and when he is doing so well he has to be

proud of his achievement yesterday. Slightly disappointing from Adam

Gemili? With everything else you have to run the event to get the

timing of it right and he has had limited 200-metre runs this year so

he will only grow. He has already proved he is very sharp on the 100

metres so with more running of the 20 metres -- 200 metres he will get

closer to the barrier again. Jodie Williams is showing more of the form

that we hoped she would show in the juniors. She got enjoyed to at this

track in 2012 and I remember seeing her in a heap after pulling her

hamstring and she had a succession of injuries but she is back to her

very best with another sub 23 run which is extraordinary in the

conditions of some -- yesterday will stop she is back. She is ready and

she will take honest senior competition. The phrase that she has

used already this year is that this feels like her first proper year as

a senior. Yes, she had to battle back and she lost a lot of

confidence being injured and she has now established herself as one of

the ones to beat. She is still young sheets that she is healthy and she

is positive which is a great thing that is what you need in sprinting.

One of the big events in the field yesterday was the high jump which

featured to heptathlete which we are excited about, Morgan and Katarina

Johnson Thompson. Yes, this lady is topping the world rankings. High

jumping in particular is one of the crucial events for heptathlon. Such

big points scores and she has cleared 1.82. Morgan Lake... 17

years old, over 6000 and better than any British heptathlete including

Katarina Johnson Thompson and Jessica Ennis Hill. She has so much

promise. The bar went on to 1.86 and Steve Backley describe what happens.

That was a clearance from Isabel Pooley. Katarina Johnson Thompson is

jumping from the other fight. She has been stopping short and getting

too close and she looks fed up there but I am sure she is pleased inside.

That is a great clearance. She has cleared ten centimetres I this year.

Now Morgan Lake cleared the previous height successfully. She is in the

same situation and 1.86. She has done this a number of times this

season and can she repeat that kind of form? No, it wasn't our day. She

is 17 years of age and I'm sure she will take plenty away in terms of

experience but she will finish in third place with 1.82. Isabel

Pooley, the competition leader, first attempt at 1.90. She has not

had a failure yet. She looks confident and she goes clear. That

is a really emphatic and timely jump to put the pressure across to

Katrina Johnson Thompson because she is the only other athlete in this

women's high jump final. Katarina Johnson Thompson ended up

with three failures at 1.90 which means Isabella Pooley took the

title. She did not get the standard so she will have to get that if she

wants to get a zero. Afterwards I spoke to her.

Second in the high jump. You have got the qualification which means

you could go to the Europeans, do you think you will take their place?

If I got the qualification came in the top two so I have to see how

long jump goes tomorrow. I am doing both events this weekend because the

Commonwealth Games Europeans are so close together I do not think I can

do the heptathlon twice. Your preferences the long jump? Yes, that

is my favourite event. I am better in that than I am in the high jump.

In the heptathlon the high jump is the most points so that is why am

juggling them both. Number two in the high jump today but you are

number one in the world with heptathlon. Have you got used Iraq?

No, it is still fresh in my ears to me. I did not expect it at all

because I came fifth last year set was a surprise to win so number one

in the world going into the Commonwealth Games, it is going to

be a tough battle but it will be a good competition.

It might be weather like this in Glasgow and! There is still a lovely

naivete about her, despite what she has achieved. There is that time in

your life when you make such big leaps as an athlete that it

surprises you. You are computing and changing but you never know when the

breakthrough year is going to come. -- competing and training. She has

had a couple of breakthrough years and she keeps getting better and

better and she did not expect to be the world -- is now and with that

you have to accept that people are looking at you where as before she

was very much in the shadows of Jessica Ennis Hill but now all eyes

are on her and she is performing well and rising to the occasion.

What do you make of her, you told me that Jessica Ennis Hill was dynamite

and I did not believe you. She is a phenomenal athlete and I do not

think she is anywhere near her ceiling. We talk about people

reaching a 7,000-metre point and I think she has got potential to go

beyond that. I think she could be getting close to the world record. I

really believe she is mega talented and she can go all the way. That

world racking order is 7000... 7293 or 91. No one was close to that. You

think that is too big a call? We have great people who still could

not do it. I would love for it to happen, let's wait and see. Katarina

Johnson Thompson goes in the long run -- long jump later. Yesterday's

review is continuing now with the 400-metre hurdles for the man. --

nine. -- men. Niall Flannery is unbeaten this year

and he has eyes on all the other competitors. Niall Flannery gets out

of the blocks really well. The early pace is difficult to say, they are

all rising together in those lanes. Perhaps Rick Yates in six has a

slight advantage at the moment but also going well is Tom Burton. Niall

Flannery is starting to come through. They are coming into the

home straight and only Rhys Williams is out of it at the moment and he

will finish quickly. Niall Flannery has not been beaten this year.

Burton hits it hard but they will all finish behind him, no one is

going as well as Niall Flannery. He is struggling at the end. But he is

going to take it. A poor run from Rhys Williams who looks a little bit

disgusted with himself and walks over to the side of the track. What

a year Niall Flannery is havering. It has got better and better all

throughout the season. Perhaps not one of his best races here but he

did what he had to do. What about Tom Burton? He has come here this

weekend with only one performance under the selection time. He hit the

hurdle hard in second place there and I thought that Rhys Williams

would straight but he had nothing to bring him back into the race and

Niall Flannery had it all to himself and himself and he and Burton were

ahead of the others. This man's season gets better and better and he

is still improving at just 23 years old. He is now the British champion.

49.54 is his winning time, not his quickest of the year by any stretch

of the imagination but perhaps one of his most important wins.

One of the most competitive fields anywhere this weekend. Definitely,

really competitive team and I think five of us have the qualifying time.

In that race anyone could really have got themselves a place just by

winning it. Nice to win and nice to have my training partner come second

as well. A nice job from Niall Flannery, a new name to most of us

but on the basis of that we may get to know him a bit better.

Absolutely. He is the number-1 over the hurdles this year. What I love

about this boy is that he is very aggressive only every single one of

the hurdles, even at the time when some people can bottle it and change

down he doesn't, he goes hard in today's barriers and is really

aggressive of the barrier which keeps his growing. That saves your

energy as well so he has a bright future in this event. As a new name

I think he is the new name of the season so far. A couple of old names

did not run well, Rhys Williams and dyed green, we do not know what he's

doing now. He says he will be at the Commonwealth Games and the hopes of

Wales on his shoulders and he is the defending champion but he has not

done in the competitive hurdling yet so there is a bit of worry and

concern about his performance but he has said himself that he has no idea

how he will perform at the Commonwealth Games but we are

looking forward to seeing. One more event to catch up with. It is the

man's 800 metres. Fisher is leading with Andrew Osagie

on his shoulder. Mohammed is in third. This is slow. Andrew Osagie

is not bothered and he is just waiting there for anyone to make a

move and he might have to make it himself. Osagie is controlling it at

the front. He is winding it up. Look at Charles, the 20-year-old, in with

the big three names. Osagie is trying to kick from the front, run

looking for room on the inside. Has he got enough? Is struggling.

Rimmer, who has had a horrendous year, might come through to take the

victory. What a win for Michael Rimmer! Andrew Osagie faded when he

was in control of that race. Michael Rimmer has had a year beset with

injury, his form has been poor and he could not even win his seat last

night, and he has come back to win the final.

That was some performance. I spoke to Michael Rimmer afterwards and he

was on the point of pulling out after his first round on Friday. It

is amazing how something can turn around like that. It really is.

Michael, he is such a good competitor that the injuries have

prevented him from reaching his potential. It just shows you that

sometimes, even when it is really bad, you have to dig deep and

produce performances like he did. It was so important for him to win, to

give himself the opportunity to get the times that he craved. He needs

to keep working hard. And disappointing from Andrew Osagie.

to keep working hard. And much potential. He ran very quickly

in the Olympic final. Then he runs like that, when he has been on good

form this season. A bit frustrating. Again, he knew what he had to do.

Andrew is the better athlete at the moment, in great shape. You just do

know not -- not know what happened. You can tell that the hungry man

came through with the victory. We were talking about European

Championships selection, but the Commonwealth Games is coming as

well. How much of a challengeable that the for athletes, looking

forward to Mac peaks in a season? It is not easy. I have had to do it

twice in my career. You are having to prepare so hard, and to qualify

for this Championships. The Commonwealth Games selection was

very early, so the athletes had to be on form. But it is possible, if

you are fit and healthy. We should not overcomplicated. --

overcomplicate it. You sit down at the beginning of the season and ask

what your priorities are. Live is coming up shortly. The men pass Mac

-- the men's 110m hurdles is coming up. Andy Turner will defend his

title, assuming he gets there. We hand over to the commentary team,

Steve Cram and Steve Backley, Colin as well and Andrew Cotter.

We are looking forward to this one. Andrew Turner is the standout

athlete, but with all his Achilles problems he is the man to beat. The

first two go through automatically, and the two facet outside that top

two. -- the two fattest. Ashley Bryant has already been

selected for Glasgow and Furyk in the decathlon. He is keeping his

hurdles shop today. Porter is the England under 23 champion last

year. He is in Lane four. And the imposing figure of alanine. He could

really push Andy Turner very hard. The former world bronze-medallist,

the European champion format years ago, we would love to get another

chance in Furyk for him later this summer. And Glen Elsdon goes in

seven. And James Gladman, again, summer. And Glen Elsdon goes in

can go below 14 seconds. Three British athletes have the qualifying

standard for Furyk, .50 so far. Only Andy Turner in this heat, with two

others still to come in the second heat.

They had the hurdles hard. They are clattering already. Andy Turner is

coming up behind Alameen. 13.69. We highlighted Andy Turner and Alex

Alameen beforehand. Not quite in that order, but it was Alameen and

Turner who go through automatically. The others have to wait to see what

the times like in the other two eats. The important thing, as you

know, is trying to clear the barriers, and unfortunately, there

is a strong tailwind behind them. It is not a comfortable wind, because

the hurdles come up to you much quicker than you want them to. Andy

got a OK start, nothing spectacular. You need to get into your rhythm as

quickly as you possibly can. Unfortunately for Andy, clattering

along those barriers did not set him up well. He is strong and bold and

works hard into the line, so he takes this victory, but it is only a

semifinal. And the most important thing is just getting through,

making sure you avoid any of the pitfalls that all these barriers can

bring. And it Turner was stuttering a little bit into the final hurdle.

Alameen takes the victory. Andy Turner is also safely through.

A bit of a shock therefore Andy Turner. We will see how he does in

the final later on. We catch up with the best of the highlights from

yesterday now. The women's 100m hurdles was

uncomfortably by the world bronze-medallist Tiffany Porter. She

win by more than one third of a second. Both Greg Rutherford and

Chris Tomlinson opted out of competing in the men's long jump and

it was left to JJ Jegede to win this sleep.

He has guaranteed selection of Europe. The favourite Eilish

McColgan when a season's best in the steeplechase as she continues her

preparations for the Commonwealth Games, which is on her home soil.

And in the men's 5,000m, Tom Farrell confirmed his place on the

aeroplanes is your rig. He has just got a metre here, and is it enough?

They are still coming up to attack in the last 100m. Farrell is

gritting his teeth. He has a look behind, and he is not going to catch

on. Tom Farrell kicks away, the British champion. He wins the final

5,000m. Will Sharman was on brilliant form

last weekend with a personal best. But first of all, Andrew Cotter

brings us the results of the first heat. We can confirm it all for you.

The top two are some way clear of the rest. We will look at those

later on. It was a comfortable victory for Alex Alameen. I think

James Gladman is going to be disappointed, 14.21. We will confirm

that later on, after the next two eats. I am sure there will be

quicker athletes than that. We have a nonstarter in four.

Ben Gregory has been competing in the pole vault, another decathlete.

Ben Gregory is already out of the pole vault. He may have had time to

come across and take part in this, but he was not able to register in

time. Will Sharman is having a great year, a real return to form. He was

unlucky not to win last weekend. Birchfield Harriers is represented

here by Joseph Hylton, coached by someone who Colin knows very well,

Tony Jarrett, a former Welsh champion. The next Lane is empty,

and Will Sharman is in lane five. He was pipped to the line by the

Russian last weekend, but it was a pretty good performance. The 13.21

Stanton in good stead. His training partner is next to

him, Yannick Budd from the Bristol club. And Andy Blow from

him, Yannick Budd from the Bristol Basingstoke, who won the Bedford

games recently. The is a fair way off his personal best so far this

year. Ben Kelk, former English under 23 champion. The 21-year-old has run

a new personal best this year, getting close to the 14 second mark.

And on the outside, the Scot Calum Innes, based in the US, and he has

had plenty of races over there this year. He was not selected for the

Commonwealth Games. Just to remind you, the top two and

the two fattest losers will go through.

I can tell you the result of the first heat beyond the first two,

James Bradman was 14.21. -- James Gladman. That will not worry will

Sharman. A bit of a blustery day again. It feels a bit calmer now. It

is much calmer now. The triple jump in front of us, that was only eight

plus 0.7. Not as cold as yesterday, thank goodness. The second semifinal

of the men's 110m hurdles. Sharman gets away cleanly, just

about first. He is trying to take his training partner with him

alongside. It will be tied for second place. Will Sharman winded. A

pretty good performance from Will Sharman. He came out of the blocks

nicely. He has come here on good form. He has hit the consistency

around the 13.2 mark. It will be good for him that his training

partner hung on for second place. He is looking good. What I am living

about Will Sharman is his consistency. He

about Will Sharman is his this first hurdle. He was not taking

any prisoners. He was hard and aggressive into it. He went in a

straight line, which is important, because then you can get into your

running. Use the speed that you have gained and put it into good

practice. Let's watch again. There he is right in the middle,

aggressive into that first hurdle, runs off it very well. He clatters,

but it does not seem to affect him. He keeps his head high. No problem,

no pressure around him, he can just concentrate and enjoy that victory.

I just wanted to ask you, if you are consistent in the low 13.2s, what

can he do to bust out of that tee-mac you have those breakthrough

moments, we mentioned them when you have to have that platter, A-level

section of have to have that platter, A-level

And what will happen, he will just get that click when everything

blues. He is still making a couple of tiny errors, and he could be

improving by zero .0 one seconds. He has still got time to improve.

Scott Hall is the leader. He has a lifetime best. This is Nathan Fox

looking for the support of the cloud -- crowd. He is chasing the lead

from Scott Hall. He is well capable. He has got just shy of the

qualifying distance so far this year. He is the man in form. A great

front and shot there. Speed on the runway is crucial. That looks big.

That looks big for Nathan Fox. The conditions here are perfect. Colin

Jackson was talking about the wind on the backs of the sprint hurdler

's, this will be judged like full conditions for the triple jumpers,

way behind the board, possibly making too much adjustment to allow

for the wind on his back. The first run is all about getting something

onto the board and we wait to see what it is for Nathan Fox. 15.88. A

big strong wind, it was a windy jump. Two metres per second is the

maximum allowable speed on track and field for the horizontal jumps.

Julian Reid has already qualified for the European Championships. He

is also the reigning champion from last year, looking to defend this.

First round attempt. Fast on the runway and clean through the

translations I've landed plum on the long jump take-off board. He almost

seemed to take the sting out of his final phase, the jump phase. His

left leg just hit the long jump board. It is beyond 16 metres.

Julian Reid is 25 years of age. And nice straight on with their hips and

accounted the rotation very well. Space towards the plasticine of

about 15 centimetres. Another adjustment will be made by Julian.

16.21 is a season is best for Julian. He takes the lead.

Ben Williams is chasing that lead. This is his first attempt. He

attacks it at the start of the runway. His knees are heavily

strapped. You could hear he was good on the board, that looks really

good. That is going to be close. It is going to be really close, he

knows it as well. Good speed through the transition is there. I am

impressed with this young lad. He is 22 years of age. Good height and he

maintains that height through all the phases. You have to be strong to

do that. About ten times your body weight going down through the ground

each time you land, maybe more. 16.21 is the lead. He is keen to

know because he knows it will be knocking on the door. Just look at

that! One centimetre short and the wind is within the allowable. In

second place with five attempts of Ray -- remaining.

Let us confirm things in the 110 metres hurdles. The first heat Alex

Al amine got it. 1350 is the qualifying standard. He goes through

automatically. The result of the second heat, confirmed that for you.

William Sharman there with the wind over the legal limit. Joseph Hylton

and Ben Kelk will move into the fastest loser spots. There is one

more race to come. This is how they line up for the third heat. David

King is a very promising man who will give him a hard race from lane

four. A few decathletes are sprinkled in

here as well just looking for a good run out here. Liam Ramsay is one of

those, the city of Sheffield athlete. Richard Reeks is from pool

and the Royal Navy. He is again a decathlete, a former heptathlon

champion. Onajite Okoro is one of two brothers in this line-up. There

is David King from the city of Plymouth, the youngest in this

line-up and the English number 23 -- under 23 champion. He has lowered

his personal best this season. Lawrence Clarke, fourth at the

Olympic Games, it came out of nowhere a couple of years ago but he

has run a 13.41 this season. Ashley Wilson goes in lane six. There is

Edirin Okoro, one of the large family of Okoro who are competing

this weekend. There are three brothers and a couple of systems

running as well. David Feeney goes in lane eight, the man from

Derbyshire. He is an all-around athlete. The Times they are looking

for for the non-automatic qualifiers, Ben Kelk is sitting at

14.12. Two will go through automatically to the final.

David King is away. Lawrence King is moving up. -- Lawrence Clarke.

Edirin Okoro is going. Mac it is a good run from Edirin Okoro. Lawrence

Clarke is the winner right on the legal limit. He shows his class and

all the main contenders are moving through quite easily. A good run

that from Edirin Okoro to take the second automatic place. We will

confirm the times shortly. All eyes were on Lawrence Clarke who was the

favoured man in this qualifying round and he produced magnificent

performance. 13.43 or 13.4 to the official time was rounded down to.

He did that with a legal wind and this is the only heat that has a

legal wind behind it. It was good, he was aggressive on all of the

hurdles. You want to put yourself in a good position where you feel

comfortable in your running and in your technique. In everything that

you want to try, now with a time to try it in the qualifying rounds when

there is no pressure around you. He had troubles with injury worries

last year but it is nice to see that he is back and computing on a

consistent level. I would love to see him in world-class athletics

again, he is one of the real personalities in our sports are we

missing when he is not around. He is a quality athlete, very focused.

Look at his eyes as he focuses on the hurdle in front, he works hard

on every single one of those barriers. Lawrence is one of these

athletes who enjoys the skin of hurdling and works hard at it in

training. He looks into everything and everyone and compares himself to

the best in the world which is good to see. It is good ambition and a

great performance. That final is coming up a little bit later on this

afternoon. Just settle down in front of your television because there was

plenty to look forward to. The men's 100 metres promises to be

one of the very best of recent times with nine which British man had in

the qualifying standard and most are here today in Birmingham. We will

see more from another brute -- one of the new stars of British

athletics as Katarina Johnson Thompson goes in the long jump.

Winning's 800 metres running is in rude hell so expect a battle royal

for the British title and selection for Zurich.

There is a strong look to our first track final of the day, the men's

400 metres. They are locking horns over one lap.

I am delighted to say that in the women's javelin we have the

reappearance of Goldie Sayers. She had heartbreak in 2012 but she is

back to her best this year. We caught up with her.

I think the first three rounds at Crystal Palace were the best three

rounds I had ever produced. It is big! That smile tells you she thinks

that is very good. I was beaten by two metres. It is a new British

record for Goldie Sayers. I will take one more and see how I feel an

uncanny and save myself for London. In that throw I partially tore my

ligament in my elbow. Two weeks before the Olympics in 2012I

partially ruptured my elbow, having thrown a British record and beating

all the soon medallists in London. -- soon to be medallists. It does

not look much but if you get a pain that is a problem. My run-up was

perfect and I was putting as much power into it as I possibly could

and it was landing a 48 metres and I can

and it was landing a 48 metres and I I was like, what is going on with

Mike because I had so much adrenaline it wasn't until I

finished and I had had my three rounds that I realised I was in

excruciating pain but that is the level of focus you are in at a major

Games like that. I had to give it a go, I couldn't not competed home

Olympics and I felt fantastic today but my elbow let me down. Having

watched it back, I thought the camera had cut so I turned round and

I literally lost it and I lost it for quite some time. You just have

to let it go. When anything bad happens, it has happened, you can

live in two years ago and we have all moved on from the Olympics. As

much as it was a little amazing, it is interesting how quickly people

move on. The rest of the sporting world is not still thinking about it

and they are looking at the next Olympics. We are halfway through an

Olympic cycle so you just get on with it, don't you? Is there any

pain at all? I have never once had pain in that elbow ligament. As soon

as you get pain anywhere that is when pain -- fear sets in a bit

because that is ultimately what fear is really. I have not yet been able

to reproduce what I did that day, I had probably had the best throwing

session I had ever had and that was when I started to get excited. This

year at the Commonwealth Games it is going to be stronger than the

Europeans and I think women's javelin is probably the most

competitive events looking at the results coming through so I will

definitely do both. I remember walking off in 2012 and thinking I

couldn't retire before 2017. Then that would be a times I would put

javelin to bed and do something else and get a proper job. It is hard to

watch that and not feel a bit choked up. We will talk to Steve Backley

now. He is still the British record holder and a former world

record-holder. You are very close to Goldie and you are very close to

gold emu and advised her, she has been through the time with the

nature of that injury three weeks out from the 2012 Olympics, that was

her dream and she was fourth in Beijing and she wanted a medal in

the Olympic Games and the timing of it was just recovery has been a long

and tough path but you just have to get on with it. She is an

intelligent athlete and she has a first-class honours degree about

sports science and she understands the psychology of recovering. I was

doing TV when she did that injury at Crystal Palace and at that time your

words were to put the javelin Danner wrap yourself in cotton wool. She

had beaten the British record and beat in the soon to come medallists

in the London Olympic Games and I was screaming at her from too far

away for her to put it down because she had done the job and nobody

thought that would happen all what could happen would happen but it did

and to rupture that tendon in the elbow is such a crucial parts, it

was obvious to see. It was done. We look forward to seeing her go in the

javelin and hopefully get over 60 metres and confirm her selection for

the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games and we had out to

the track now. First we will tidy up some of the results.

The hits went according to form and the last one had Lawrence Clarke as

the man to beat and he is just 100th of a second outside his season 's

best, very big personal best for Edirin Okoro. David King went

through as one of the two fastest losers. Our first big file of the

afternoon, the men's 400m. Here is the line-up.

A high quality event here, and there will be three or for Mac thinking

they have got chances of winning this.

Nigel Levine is the defending champion, but not looking so

impressive in the qualifying rounds compared to others. Including this

man, Conrad Williams. He has looked very good. Maybe he is pushing a bit

more than he needed to, certainly on Friday night in the rain. They had

two races, two rounds to get to this final, but he will be a massive

danger here. Michael Bingham, watched on in New York in the dining

leader couple of weeks ago, he ran 45.13, the best I have seen from him

for a while. He will be going to the Commonwealth Games. Andrew Steele

run this -- win this championships in 2007. He has had an injury. It is

good to see him back. Mark in 2007. He has had an injury. It is

will still be the man to beat. He had a great race recently and said

he had been building up towards the championships. He will want to take

this title. Rabbi juices -- Rabah Yousif Bkheit is running for

England. 27 years old. And Daniel Awde, the former decathlete. He says

he now wants to concentrate on 400m running. He has made a good start

this year. We will be seeing him in the Commonwealth Games as part of

the relay squad for England. We have the defending champion in lane two,

Nigel Levine. Conrad Williams looks good in lane three. Bingham has the

qualifying time, 45.70, and Williams does not have that time. Williams

needs to get in here. Rooney in lane six is still the man to beat.

Andrew Steele was slow out of the blocks. Conrad Williams did not

start as quickly as we have seen in the previous two rounds. He says he

has been working on judging his race correctly. Not rich between the big

names. Rooney is being taken around by Rabah Yousif Bkheit tight outside

him. Williams has a two metre advantage. Here comes Rooney! Mark

Rooney, he is to get here. Still than one, but only just. 45.79.

Williams in second place, a great run, a great race, but he still will

have to chase the qualifying time am not quite quick enough. The

conditions are not that helpful today. Down that back straight, it

is pretty breezy, but Rooney was put under some pressure there, but he

came through. It was the timing of it, and Martyn Rooney has been

running well into this. We thought he might get close to 45 seconds,

but the conditions dictated otherwise. It did, for much of the

race, look as though it might not be his race, but Martyn Rooney finished

so strongly. At this point here, we thought it was going to be Conrad

Williams in the headband, looking so strong, going into the final

straight strongly. Just at this point here, Rooney starts to come

level, and he has the strength, even towards the very end. He held his

form. That is a beautifully paced race from Martyn Rooney, not a quick

one, but a fine victory. I was chatting to him earlier on this

evening about how things are progressing. The sprint squad are

away in America training through April and May, and he has got to now

take it on from here he has guaranteed his qualification. As for

Conrad Williams, a good second place, but he will have to go and

chase that time in the next two weeks to get selection for Europe.

I know we will echo what Steve was saying that, a good win today, but

quicker times to run. That is what you will be doing between now and

stearic? To be honest, today was just about winning. I have not run

since the strata. It was just about winning today. Conrad Williams but

are they great race. Enemies on good form as well, so when you it would

be tough. Four Britons in the top ten in Europe, how difficult is put

a a market town in Britain to you want the best? I knew I had to do a

good job today. There was no way I could sit on someone was much older

and just come home. It is important to be the British champion. I like

it! Being British number one is important. To come away with a win,

my coach and assistant will be happy. Ashley got a plan worked out

between now and the Commonwealth Games? At a lot of physio! I need to

get some needles are sorted out, so I will sort that out in the next

couple of days, and I am racing in France and Glasgow. I am excited

about the British Grand Prix in Glasgow. Good luck. Cheers.

Confirmation of that, Mark Rooney, there, still one tenth away from the

qualification time. Michael Bingham took third place.

The triple jump is coming towards the halfway stage, third round.

Nathan Fox that, looking to try and come beyond 16 metres. 16.69 is his

best from the indoors, and he looks quick on the approach. That is

beyond 16 metres. The leading Mark, 16-metre -- 16 .21 from the opening

round. Well disciplined, but he can push in for the last three rounds

round. Well disciplined, but he can centimetres by taking off behind the

board. Nathan Fox of Shastri Brown at -- Shastri Barnett. Julian Reid.

He is in the lead. With this third round at Dempsey will look to extend

that. He had three no jumps yesterday, so today is better

already. He is looking to create a gap between him and the field.

Really good competition unfolding here between Nathan Fox, Julian Reid

and Ben Williams. But he is looking to take the handbrake off and drive

out, way out there. That looks big again. That is big. Wow. Could that

be out towards 17 metres? 16.75 is the automatic qualification for the

European Championships. That looks as though it is way beyond it.

Phillips Idowu is absent today, as we said earlier. He has the leading

Mark, 16.99, the British best. 16.82, a seething's test. He extends

his lead. -- a seasons best. He can fill the gap left by Christine

Ohuruogu, who is having an easier year? Perhaps Shana Cox, perhaps

Victoria Ohuruogu. This is the winning's 400m final. Talking about

the number of men in the top ten in Europe, there are none on the

winning's side of things. There is a bit of a gap and an opportunity to

make a mark. Laura Maddox, she had a personal best in Geneva this month.

There is Seren Bundy-Davies, the Welsh champion indoors and out, just

19 years old. Not selected for the Commonwealth Games, just missed

their standard of 52.50. Emily Diamond win her heat in Bristol. In

lane five, Kelly Massey, the training partner of Seren

Bundy-Davies, former Commonwealth Games relay silver-medallist,

selected by England already. Shana Cox, quickest of the qualifiers. She

is the closest in the line-up to getting the qualifying standard.

Nobody here has made it yet. There is Victoria Ohuruogu. It was in this

corresponding race ten years ago that her eldest sister really showed

her talent for the first time. A surprising victory when she beat Lee

McConnell. And Laura Wake on the outside, twice

McConnell. And Laura Wake on the universities champion. She mixes in

a bit of hurdling as well. Christine Ohuruogu is saving herself, a season

of preservation and maintenance ahead of the World Championships

next year. You can take this title? Shana Cox is the athlete to beat.

She moved quickly into her running in lane six. She is third from the

left as we look at them now. They come into the back straight, fairly

even at the moment between the five athlete on the outside. Victoria

Ohuruogu is moving on very powerfully in lane seven. She is

trying to get up alongside Laura Wake. Shana Cox is biding her time,

Kelly Massey running very well. Emily Diamond... It is very even.

Nothing between these runners at the moment. Mary Iheke is right on the

inside, going very well. It is an even race. Coming into the home

straight, Shana Cox is now alongside Kelly Massey. Kelly Massey is

holding her offer. Shana Cox is trying to get there, but Kelly

Massey holds on just for the victory. She is the champion. Shana

Cox is in second place. And Kelly Massey, a wonderful run by this

athlete. She cannot quite believe it, but she is the champion. A

former English champion, now British champion, and holding off the

challenge of Shana Cox, a very impressive run. Quite a bit to talk

about there. Shana Cox should probably be running better than

this. She has got that pedigree. There are some youngsters in there.

Seren Bundy-Davies started slowly, and on the inside, Mary Iheke

started pretty quickly in the first 200m. Kelly Massey ran a good,

solid, sensible race here. She held off all challenges in the end. We

need a bit of a breakthrough, a couple of the Easter break through a

bit more in the 400m and start to get back into the low 51s. Though

some talent and is a real opportunity here. Bundy-Davies looks

as if she might start a challenge, but she faded a bit in the home

straight. Kelly Massey wants to win this. Shana Cox was not able to do

anything. Kelly Massey just had enough to hang on for a win in the

end, but it was very close. A good race.

British champion, I know you will be thrilled with that. Not quite what

you need for the Europeans but you have time to chase that if you want.

It is not about the times here, it is about getting the medals. I was a

bit disappointed with the time but my coach would be disappointed if I

did not win. Is it about winning and getting the first to the chance for

making the appearance, have you got a game plan for chasing a time

somewhere across Europe or here in Britain? I have got the Commonwealth

Games but we have a month until then so I hope to get another racing but

I just need to be more selective about the races. There is a two-week

window being under the level to get to Z?rich as well. That is obviously

a goal. I would love to be there. It is in there somewhere. I hope you

can achieve it. Thanks a lot. This is a look back. This is Louisa James

in the first round. A personal best for this young athlete. Two

in the first round. A personal best on 30 centimetres and

in the first round. A personal best It is a decent throw. You come to a

championship and you do a lifetime Basta -- lifetime best and that is

all you ever ask. My hat off to Louisa. She takes the lead there but

early days in that competition. It is this athlete, Sophie Hitchon, the

pre-event favourite. She has won the British title three times before. To

know throws were followed by this in third round. It is way out beyond 60

metres. She is a 70-metre plus throw at very best. That was enough at

least to take care of another title for Sophie. You can see there to

know throws and it was the third round with 65.56 that was enough for

the win. In the last round Carys Parry saved her best, she wound up

like -- she wound up nicely and she seemed a slowdown in this last round

with a lovely technique and she kept it long but she did not quite

threaten the leader Sophie Hitchon. Nice balance through the phrases

there. That was enough to take the hammer out to 63.33 in that last

round and it was good enough for second place.

Confirmation of the women's hammer. Sophie Hitchon 65.56 and Carys Parry

and Louisa James picking up the medals in second and third place.

Denise and I have come down to the Enfield and we are at the start of

the semifinals for the 100 metres. The next Ontrack will be the

400-metre hurdles. Elidh Child is going in that one. Conditions are

better than they were an hour ago. Yes, it has warmed up fractionally.

The wind is swirling but for the 400 metres they have a favourable wind

so they will like it but the girls are going to have to work very hard

in the 400 metres, especially around the back straight where the wind is

quite slowly. It is battle for the British title and also places in 04

the British Championships -- European Championships. You can see

that and a lot more this summer. After this weekend the next

athletics on BBC will be the Diamond League which will be on the red

button. James Dasaolu will be in there but he is not here. He will be

running the 100 metres and trying to book his place for the European

Championships. He has not been selected for the Commonwealth Games

in Glasgow. There are two days of Diamond League athletics from

Glasgow in July. Mo Farah and Johann Blake both running in that one. Next

up Ontrack will be Elidh Child in the 400 metres. She has looked

pretty good and pretty competitive on the circuit. Yes, that is what

she wants. She needs to be competitive and she will not be

troubled in this tour but you never know with hurdles, you can make

mistakes so we're looking forward this one.

There is the line-up. Dai Greene is not here but his partner has made it

to the final. That is Sian Davies. She is the Midland champion this

year, not too far off her personal best. An interesting race. We have

been talking about Elidh Child but there are a few others with a chance

to move forward here. Jessica Turner is 18 years old. It is a big race

for her today. There is Elidh Child, of course one of the faces of the

Commonwealth Games and big hopes for Scotland. Khalifa Spencer won a New

World lead yesterday and she will be the gold favourite for the

Commonwealth Games. Elidh Child is the number one this year.

Commonwealth Games. Elidh Child is the number one That is Efe Okoro who

is having a very good season. Meghan Beesley won the 200-metre hurdles

race in Manchester. If there was an event for that she is very good. She

is also going very well over the 400s. So is Hayley McLean, the

Chelmsford athlete who is 19 years old. She will be going to the

Commonwealth Games for England. Mandy Gault won the Southern

Championships this year. Aisha Naibe on the inside. Perri Shakes-Drayton

is injured and may not hurdle when she comes back and they just stick

with the 400 metres flat. Elidh Child will have all eyes on the

Commonwealth Games but when she heads toward zero she has a really

get chance of perhaps taking the title there. Meghan Beesley needs to

hopefully give Elidh Child a good race here in lane five. Away they

go. Elidh Child has such good 400 metres speed on the flat as well and

she has been working on that all season and it will be interesting to

see if she really goes for it here. She certainly attacked hard through

the hurdles. Meghan Beesley is also going well but it is Elidh Child

with a advantage here. She is still going strong and she is changing

down and chopping a little bit into that and changing down her stride

pattern. The 19-year-old is hanging onto Beasley. Elidh Child into the

home straight as expected. Okoro is coming into it as well. This is the

part of the race that Elidh Child has been trying to work to make sure

she can maintain well. She is going to win easily. Meghan Beesley is

going to hold off Hayley McLean. Hayley McLean in third. She just had

to make sure no trouble today. I will let you talk about what she has

been working on. Meghan Beesley thought she might have been able to

give Elidh Child a bit of a run here today but she could not quite get on

terms with her. It is windy out there. Elidh Child is working on her

stride pattern. I am smiling at you because these conditions are really

awful for 400-metre hurdlers. They have a lot to content with anyway

with working out when is the right time to change down and how to

change down if you are a bit fatigued and you have to change down

sooner than you planned but when you have these elements in it of the

conditions around you then you really have too start thinking and

be shopping your mind and make a real conscious effort and decision.

What Elidh Child has been trying all season is to extend when she changes

down but today she change down sooner than her normal stride

pattern anyway and she will not be too pleased about that but it is a

fact under reality and you just have to be wise and race well and she is

an athlete now who really understands this event and she is

just trying to push the barrier is a little bit further in her mind and

improve our performance. At her very best she will duck under the 54

seconds mark and you know what it is like when you do that, you are

instantly into world-class. This is a good performance from and it is

solid when the conditions are awful. I know you mentioned Spencer and I

can assure you the conditions for her in Jamaica are different to what

we were suffering today. I keep my fingers crossed that Elidh Child

keeps injury free and can work hard all of the time because as you

mentioned the championships in Europe, she will have one eye on

there. Elidh Child is alongside me now. A

British title is always wonderful I am sure. I wonder how important it

is for you as the European leader this year to carry on putting

markers down and winning races and sending messages out to the rest of

your? It is great just to win a race. You want to be competitive but

I just wanted to try and get this race out of the way and win it and

secure the qualification for the Europeans so I can go and focus on

those on the next few the Commonwealth after that. You have

one heck of a summer ahead of you, an enjoyable one but a pressured one

because of the Commonwealth Games being at home and we talked about it

before with you being a poster girl in that event. I able to enjoy it? I

hope I can because it is such an amazing opportunity. Rather than

letting it over or only I want to enjoy it. I can do that -- overwhelm

me. Spencer sets a new world leading time yesterday which is impressive,

what is there to come from you still, do you believe? I put

together quite a good technical race. I have had some really good

races so far but today that was not great. I will keep building on it

and Spencer is such a phenomenal athlete that I will have to be on my

a game to try and compete with her and I have to keep on plugging away

and trying hard. It will be great to see win Glasgow and also Z?rich now

confirms, congratulations. Well done indeed. Hayley McLean had

a personal best and she could be one of those developed that athletes

that might sneak into selection. She is still of the qualifying time but

that will have done her note harm whatsoever. Meghan Beesley took

second place. We had a very good race just a few

moments before that in the women's 400 metres. They are not great times

but it was a very good race. Kelly Massey held off Shana Cox and she

will try and target that qualifying standard time.

With the athletes out for the start of the first semifinal of the

women's 100 metres, we have the British record-holder in this one

and others and I was in the cameraman round with all the

paraphernalia for the false starts. You can see when there are reaction

times under 100th of a second, that is where it comes from. But first we

will go back to Elidh Child and her win in the hurdles, booking her

place in zero, as we anticipate. That was job done, I guess. It was.

Several athletes have said today that sometimes it is not about the

time, especially on a day like this. If you know you can get in the first

two then it is really important and we expected Elidh Child to win that

race. She had been working on a few things and for me I thought it was a

much smoother race than I have seen lately and she looks good so from

her it is making sure that she is ready at the business end of the

season which is coming up now. It is very soon! Colin, what realistic

expectations should we have of Elidh Child? Winger ranking but when it

comes to a championship, what should we expect? One thing we can be

assured of is that she delivers under pressure. When she ran indoors

she had a great breakthrough in the sprint events and she achieved what

she set out to achieve. That gave her a lot of confidence over the

barriers themselves. I think once she is in good play -- good shape as

she is in now then she will deliver the performances we expect offer so

do not worry about that. We will focus now on the 100 metres. This is

supercompetitive so we will have in the qualifiers so far. Seven

athletes have got the qualification for these championships under

European Championships and it will be competitive. It has been

overshadowed by the talk of the men but if you put it into context how

great the 200 metres was last night, we are expecting a red-hot race

today. Anna Kalu are will have some tired legs in this race. She has got

to be measuring to make sure she is in that space. Asha Philip has come

back as a great junior, Bianca Williams has perhaps been the find

of this season so far. She has had a brilliant season. She is having a

consistent season. We talk about the relative lack of

outstanding athletes in the winning's 400m without Ohuruogu.

Things are much of the in the shorter sprint. This will be a good

final when it comes. Asha Philip and Bianca Williams standout. Montell

Douglas has been running very well in the heats. Sophie Papps as well.

It is a strong line-up. In lane one, Elaine O'Neill. She is

the Welsh record-holder, sharing it with Sally and short.

Shaunna Thompson in lane two. She is 22 years old.

And there is Sophie Papps, the youngest in the line-up, 19 years

old, and she has had a good battle with Bianca Williams. She was

disqualified for a false start in the UK indoor Championships. There

is Montell Douglas, still a record-holder, a run that came out

of the blue in Loughborough six years ago. Asha Philip, just missed

out on a medal at the world indoor Championships, but she continues to

impress. She has run a personal best this season. And Bianca Williams did

finish so strongly for second place in the 200m. She will double up in

Glasgow at the Commonwealth Games. Joey Duck was fifth in the 200m,

close to her personal best this season. She is running well. And

Anyika Onuora will run in lane eight, and she will be running for

England in the 200m at the Commonwealth Games. She was third in

the 200m here. The first of two semifinals, and the first three go

through automatically. In addition, the two fastest losers over. The

final is just after 4pm. Don't worry about this standard being achieved

here, because so many have it, the standards with your it is 11.35.

It is a clean start first of all, and Asha Philip begins to move along

nicely. She is asserting authority. The younger Williams is finishing

strongly. Asha Philip, Bianca Williams, Sophie Papps coming

through in third place. A dominant performance from the start from Asha

Philip, the defending champion Tom and in very good shape to defend her

title later on today. Asha Philip looks very good indeed, aggressive

out of the blocks, and she just poured on all her power. It is good

to see that. I was checking the wind to see if it was a legal

performance, and it was. She will be happy that she has got another legal

performance under her belt, but she was in the middle of the field

there, drove very hard out of the blocks, reaching around 40 metres,

and when she stood up and went into that beautiful flowing mode of hers,

she used away from the rest of the field. She's actually relaxing going

into that line. We can expect a bit more from Asha Philip. Ken Wood is

the 200m to a little bit out of the legs of Bianca Williams. -- I wonder

if the 200m took a little bit out of the legs of Bianca Williams. It was

not her quickest start, and not her quickest time of the season, but

Asha Philip never really heard Bianca Williams coming through. It

does promise to be a very good final. I wonder how much more these

to athletes --? Athletes will have for the final.

It is Nathan Fox in the triple jump, with a huge jump from earlier this

year, 16.69, but he is in third place today. This is his final

attempt. He is chasing the lead of Julian Reid. I think he has cut

down, maybe not gone past the lead, but he has cut down the deficit. And

Nathan Fox, great middle transition there, landed on the button, in

terms of balance. That is how you transfer the force. Good on the

board as well. The best so far in the fourth round. It looks better.

board as well. The best so far in It looks like he has seen it

already. 16.59, is too strong to be a valid jump, but it takes up into

second place. Ben Williams has just had his silver medal taken off in,

but he can wrestle it act and possibly more than that, should it

go beyond 16.82. 16.46, a personal best in the third round for

Williams, and he is really letting loose now in his final attempt. It

looks good, really good. Why not? Absolutely! What a great competition

this triple jump has been. 16.82 is Julian Reid. Fox has cut down and

take in the second place, and that looks as though it is somewhere

maybe between the two, possibly even challenging the lead. 16.46, a

lifetime best, you cannot ask for more than that, or can you? Yes, it

is good! 16.73. A windy jump, not quite challenging for the gold, but

a great series of jumps. It is Julian Reid, he knows he has won. A

season's best. The pressure is off. He has got the medal and is the

British champion. Now we can show off a bit, I suppose, show us what

he can really do. We know the wind is at his back, you can take the

handbrake off and really attack the board. He has had five jumps already

beyond 16 metres, so he knows his run-up is good. It is solid and he

tries hard with the answer, and it settles into the rhythm of his

approach. That is big. Maybe not quite his lead. He has enjoyed his

afternoon. Champion from last year, he retained his title. Well done on

that. He just blocked himself in the end of that second phase. Watch as

he lands there. He looks a bit stuck. The jump phase did not whites

-- not quite skip off the ground. A decent performance all the same, and

a trip to your it -- Zurich for the European Championships. He really

dominated that competition. There is the confirmation, a seething's best

and a personal best, but it was victory for Julian Reid of

Birchfield Harriers. This is how they finished in the first of the

semifinals in the winning's 100m. Sophie Papps with a season best.

Montell Douglas, quite an attainable mark for some of those running in

the next semifinal. I agree. It is full of talent and

ability, reiterating the point that we have made about the thing moving

forward in winning's sprinting. This is the second semifinal.

11.50 three, if you do not get in the top three year. Lukesha Morris

is probably a bit nervous. Nicola Gilbert from Enfield and Haringey.

She does in lane two. The top three go into the final later on this

afternoon. Jodie Williams is already the British champion this weekend at

200m. A really good race at the beginning of the programme am she

held off Bianca Williams, now attempting to make it a double. She

wants to get to the final first. Desiree Henry, a great young talent,

18 years old, in 11.23, a new personal best, the former world

youth champion. Louise Bloor is having a season of her career so

far, close to her personal best already this year. Ashlee Nelson

from Stoke, another person who has pushed herself well. Margaret

Adeoye, finished fourth in that high event yesterday. She will be running

the 400m, her main event these days, at the Commonwealth Games. And then

Mica Moore, also going to Glasgow in July, representing the Welsh in the

relay. Williams and Margaret Adeoye ran the

200m yesterday. Possibly a bit of residual tiredness might affect

them, and they might be in trouble if it goes.

Some of the competitors are coming to this fresh. Williams and Margaret

Adeoye had to run in the rounds as well yesterday. The top three go

into the final later on. Stand up, please, ladies, steps

back. The starter is not quite happy. I do not know if it was

something with the women, a noise or a technical issue. Anything you saw

their? I didn't see anything. A green card has been given. It is

based on technical staff. We can go again, literally. B-17 sweep at up

at the beginning of this, Dina Asher-Smith here, of course.

We have the world Junior Championships coming up, before the

Commonwealth Games and the European Championships, and some of our best

youngsters are targeting those championships. Williams is in three,

Henry is in for, Louise Bloor in five...

Williams gets a very good start. Jodie Williams in lane three, next

to her busy are Henry is trying to get there. Ashlee Nelson might have

this at the moment. It is Williams and Nelson, I think Nelson might

have just got the dip from Williams in the end. It didn't really matter

that three of those are the qualifiers automatically. Desiree

Henry will have to wait to see if she is quick enough as a fastest

loser. Nelson was at well from the start. I wonder if Jodie Williams

was holding something back. One thing we can thereby Jodie Williams

is that she is a competitor, already with one title her belt, so that

will be a bonus. She's a beautiful runner technically, she has always

been great, even as a junior. She used to do 100 she studied 200m. She

enjoyed all those events. Look at her form and her technique. It is

nearly flawless. It will only improve with maturity. She flowed

through the line very well indeed. Lovely to see her really showing her

potential as a senior. We knew what she could do with the junior. She

win or her major titles as a junior. Now is her opportunity to shine. It

is not over yet and she has the final to do.

semifinal of the 100 metres. The athlete in the red tracksuit has

just gone for a little start there and we have been to meet him.

Chijindu Ujah will go in lane five. He started quickly. He must have run

a brilliant race. 9.96. The youngster from Great Britain, a

brilliant performance. We knew anything was possible if I executed

the race so I just went out there and executed it and the time came up

at 9.96 and I was happy. That was something you expected to happen?

Sometime soon, I didn't know it was quite going to happen so soon. I was

expecting it. When you talk about this so-called psychological barrier

that you have discussed with your coach, are you surprised that only

five British sprinters have ever done it? To be honest when I did I

was kind of shocked that more people hadn't because it really didn't feel

anything special to me. I was just trying to win a race and I got

told, when the clock came up saying 9.96I was really happy but I felt

there was still a lot more for me to improve on. British sprinting has

evolved and it is at a new level now. Everyone is now running under

10.2 and everyone is trying to push and push on and try and run faster.

We will start seeing faster races happening in Britain in the next

couple of years direct can. Your performance in running under ten

seconds late to be included in the selection debate for the

Commonwealth Games, how disappointing was that? The

selection policy came out quite a while ago and we all knew when we

had to run the times and I knew. My coach said I would not be ready for

them but we might ready for the Europeans. Do you think that by the

end of this season you will be British number one and better than

James Dasaolu and Alun Wyn Jones -- Adam Gemili? My aim is to go in and

try and win every race and if the time comes the time comes and if

that makes me number one then I will be happy about that. I am trying to

get you posting here! You are not helping!

I have the right type of people around me, I mean my coach and my

family steer me in the right direction and do not get fazed by

anything around me and I do what I do best which is compete on track.

He is something different, everyone who knows him knows he is something

different. He is sometimes hard work but I think you need a bit of that

to run really fast and be confident. He lined up against Richard Thompson

and he had no fear in the warm up area. That is the biggest thing I

see in him that has allowed him to do it right now is that he has no

fear, no fear of anyone. I am still young and I want to go one

developing. Who knows what I could do? What are the chances do you feel

are breaking the British record held by Linford Christie? Is there

another 10th of a second? It is a long way. It is a long way. You just

have to wait and see. We are waiting to see. Only five British men have

gone under ten seconds and Linford Christie is at the top and he said

wait unseat to see whether he could beat him. We have to move on. The

rest of the world has moved on in times -- in terms of the times and

sprinting and do you know something? This is such a level-headed guy, I

like his attitude, he is serious and quick and he has got his future just

waiting for him. He could catch a quick time in the right conditions.

As we get the commentators, are we stuck in the 90s when Usain Bolt is

doing much faster times? We are comparing him to fantastic

sprinters. He is a talent and I like his attitude and he has big

ambitions. He looked superb in qualification yesterday. He is a

very nice looking run as well and he is in a group that is going well. I

cannot wait to see how he goes here. We will just tidy up the women's 100

metres first. Ashlee Nelson got the nod from Jodie Williams. That will

mean that Desiree Henry will go through as a fastest loser. So, to

the first of three races in this round from the men. It will only be

the first two and the two fastest losers to go through.

Darrell Elliott will be in lane one. He is from the Bedford club. He has

run 10.74 to make it through which was very close to his personal best.

This is Roy from the sale Harriers, he is just 19 years of age. Just

watch this man as well. He is a training partner of CJ Ujah. He is

having a really good season. 10.14 this season. So many men have run

under the ten point to mark that was the qualification mark. Remains

Smith -- Ramon Smith. This is CJ Ujah, CJ to all his friends and most

of us now. He will build on all of his expectation. James Ellington I

said at the beginning of the programme, he was in that 100-metre

race. He ran OK and he came ninth. He ran in the 200 metres yesterday.

Tremayne Gilling, the Surrey champion. On the outside Reece Sims

of Derby. Seven men have the qualification time and that does not

include James Dasaolu and it does not include Adam Gemili and we will

also see Dwain Chambers later who has yet to run that qualification

time of 10.20. The wind has been pretty much on the backs of the

sprinters, it has been drifting over the legal mark and below it. It is

not particularly warm. Last year it was beautiful when James Dasaolu ran

that 9.91. The semifinal, the first of three. The top two will go

through. A pretty good start. Lane three is

away well. Ellington has some work to get up to these two but he will

not do it. CJ Ujah wins at the Atlanta. 10.17 and he made it look

easy. His team-mate is just Atlanta. 10.17 and he made it look

his leg, maybe he is hanging onto the photo finish number. The two of

them came in in fine form and CJ Ujah had an easy victory and he is

making this sort of thing very easy. He did 1027 in qualification

yesterday but he was quicker today and there has to be more. He stepped

up the gears from the qualifying but he looks good, doesn't he? He has

look at -- he looks like a man who has gone under ten seconds and he is

easing up towards the lives and he is looking up at the clock am

wondering how fast he has gone. So far it is is a 10.16 the man who is

cruising, are very confident performance and a mature performance

from an athlete with a lot of expectation not just from himself

but from us as well. The women's long jump. Katarina Johnson

Thompson. What can we say about this young athletes? She is competing in

the long jump but she was disappointed with the high jump

yesterday and it will have put some higher -- fire in her belly to come

back today and this is the opening round. The athletes will be chomping

at the bit seeing the triple jump from the man and the conditions are

perfect with a wind of around two metres per second on their back.

Perfect condition for long jump so what can Katarina Johnson Thompson

doing this round? It looks good on the board, beyond the six-metre mark

and she is a world junior champion of this event. She says this is her

favourite event of the seven in the heptathlon. She always looks

comfortable and maybe that was just a little bit control because she

wanted to get a market in. She is the favourite in the absence of

Shara Proctor who will not be here to defend her title. Her season 's

best is 6.7 and this is just 6.39 in the first round and she goes into

the lead. Jazmin Sawyers 20-year-old, city of

Stoke athlete. She is chasing that lead of Katarina Johnson Thompson

and she has a season 's best beyond that of 6.44. This looks quick on

the approach. Out there towards that white line is the leader of Katarina

Johnson Thompson. Jazmin Sawyers is a junior medallist in 2012. She is

coming well -- coming good. A good take-off and good height. A lot of

spare. 20 centimetres to add to whatever this is measured that is

her potential today for sure. That is the nature of the first round,

you just want to get one in and take the pressure. 6.23 puts in third

place. It will be interesting to see if any

of these athletes can get close to the time set by CJ Ujah in that

first race. He looked very comfortable.

Yes, let us tidy up the results. 10.16 was impressive and behind that

was James Ellington who came third. A new personal best for the Army

champion Ramon Smith. Those are the two fastest losing spots at the

moment. The challenge is laid down to the likes of Harry Aikines

Aryeetey who goes here. Mark Lewis-Francis is a proud record to

maintain. He has been into the 100 metres final at all of the

championships he has competed in. The second of the three semifinals.

Kiran Showler-Davis Basingstoke is some way off his best this season.

Kyle Ennis was disqualified in the final of the 200 metres. He did a

false start. 10.65 this season. The imposing bulk of Harry Aikines

Aryeetey. He is going well this season.

Richard Kilty. He never gets tired of hearing world indoor champion in

the introduction. He did 10.12 in Florida last month. Aidan Syers is

31 years old today. He is a Welsh in the champion for the third time this

season. He was one second behind Richard Kilty in the heats. Mark

Lewis-Francis is also an old man now, he is 31. He is only one of --

he is the only one of that winning relay combination that is still

running. That is Dewi Hammond from Cardiff.

He has lowered his personal best to 10.35 but he will need at least that

to live with the likes of Richard Kilty and Harry Aikines Aryeetey.

They all noticed the time of CJ Ujah in the first semifinal.

Richard Kilty and Harry Aikines Aryeetey are battling it out. Harry

Aikines Aryeetey is pulling away and Richard Kilty are staying with him

but Harry Aikines Aryeetey is high stepping his way to the line. 10.16.

The wind was a little bit gentler behind but he ran a bit harder

through the line perhaps. Very impressive nevertheless from Harry

Aikines Aryeetey and Richard Kilty is safely through automatically as

well. I think the PB for Harry is under the ten mark this year. He has

been able to refocus and he is a genuinely world-class sprinter

again. We saw him as a youth doing very well and as a junior doing very

well but in the senior ranks he struggled a bit but this was a

really good run by him. It was aggressive out of the blocks anti-on

in there. He knows Richard Kilty gets a good start because he is the

world champion and he would get that. He starts well and drives

himself through the line. It was a good performance.

selection for the European Championships, but the big news for

the Commonwealth games is that a setting Usain Bolt has said he is

available for selection. I mean, what that will do for the event, I

cannot put it into words. It is cannot put it into words.

brilliant, if he was to decide to race. It would only be the relay.

But still, people like to see no matter what he is doing. It will be

great for the event. Even if he just ran in the heats for the relay.

Slightly worrying times, he has not competed this season at all. He is

such a big name for the sport, it is a bit like Tiger Woods not playing

golf. He brings that gravitas, that sense of occasion whenever he is in

any stadium around the world. Yes, we would love his presence at the

Commonwealth games. It would be fantastic. For him, it is not quite

there for him this season. He would like to race, but he must be tired.

He's had a forlorn couple of years. These athletes are human. You can't

keep asking them to give these times and break these records. The final

semifinal of the men's 100 metres is coming up. Dwain Chambers is toward

the end of his career, I think. He's still here and you can write him

off. He wants to be on that plane to Z?rich. But he as to

off. He wants to be on that plane to young people at their prime.

Just get the result of the last semifinal. Mark Lewis Francis is not

going to be put through. But Aikines-Aryeetey and Richard Kilty

are in good shape. What can these guys do here? Chambers is in lane

four. We have a nonstarter in lane one. So, that first lane is empty.

Andrew Robertson has been selected to go to the Commonwealth games as

part of England's relay squad. That is a pretty good achievement. Dwain

Chambers has won this title for the last four years, in fact five out of

the last six years. He is 36 now. Kieran Daly has had three personal

bests this year. He is having a great year, a big improvement from

last season. So, just to reiterate, the top to go through and the two

fastest losers. Kieran Daly has thrown himself into the next with

10.18. Chambers has only run 10.24. The first job is to get to the

final. Andrew Robertson got a really good

start alongside Chambers. Chambers gets it from Robertson. 10.12.

Unfortunately for him, the wind just picked up. He won't know that yet.

He will look at the clock and think years got the qualifying time.

Unfortunately, that wind means he won't have got a legal run. But it

will give him confidence. That is on par with what we saw from the other

two semifinals. Indeed. He got a very good start. This was a tough

semifinal heat. You can imagining -- imagine him questioning himself

against these youngsters. But he called on all his experience, and

what a good victory. Unfortunately, as you mentioned, it will not count

as a legal performance. But when you talk about pure competitiveness, he

certainly demonstrates that. What will this do for Chijindu Ujah? It

must send a sign to the others. It will make all the others anxious.

They will wonder, what will Dwain Chambers do win the final? If he

really wants to push themselves, he will challenge them. Coming up,

Jessica Judd and Lynsey Sharp in the women's 800 metres. So, three very

interesting semifinals, not least the last one with Dwayne. A bit of a

windy run, but didn't he just do the job? We love clear favourite in

events, but we love it when it is competitive, when you don't really

know who will win. I think the men's 100 is very much that today. Yes, I

made it a mistake by calling it before the event. People keep

writing him off. You mustn't make that mistake. He does elevate his

game when it matters, especially when it comes to selection time. So

he was the surprise package. What did you make of Ujah? He is great

out of the blocks, great transition. What do you think about his

thinking, having seen Dwain Chambers? The athletes will go and

find a quiet place to rest. The coaches will come and say, look,

this is the situation. They will get their lane draw. And then it is

like, what do they do? Be attacking, aggressive, run hard. Try not to

think too much about him. It will be fantastic. A very fast race but with

a bit more breeze behind Dwain Chambers. We look forward now to the

women's 5000 metres final. A great mixture, lots of contenders who will

be running the Commonwealth games. Joanne Pavey is perhaps the woman to

beat. Helen Clitheroe as well. LA Law Kirk will be running for Wales

in the Commonwealth games. Four of the runners here have the standard

for Z?rich. It would have been five, but Julia Bleasdale will not be

running. It is that blend of athletes who done it before, like

Helen Clitheroe, and then Emelia Gorecka, such a talent. A great

cross-country runner as well, starting to establish itself on the

track. There is Joanne Pavey, 40 years old, but still the woman to

beat. She knows how to control these races. Three times UK champion. And

Helen Clitheroe, a number runner of great experience. Selected by

England for the 5000 metres for the Commonwealth games. Also interesting

to see how some of the others get on. 12.5 laps of the track in this

event. The sun is out, a welcome sight here. Steph has not signed up

for this race, so hopefully she is OK and just concentrating on the

events she has been selected for in the Commonwealth Games. Yes, she was

pre-selected. Steph will be running another day. Joanne Pavey

pre-selected. Steph will be running to control it. All that experience

really does pay. Yes, she has the qualifying time, as do for woman in

this race. So they don't need to run fast, but of course there are those

two automatic running places at stake which they will want to

secure. I think a lot of the girls in this field will be looking to

head to dominate and almost did take this race. You can see nobody is

keen to go in front of her. Elle Vernon is on her shoulder. So,

Joanne Pavey, champion over this distance in 2007, 2008 and 2012. In

between, she has had a couple of children in 2009 and last year. So

it is very possible to come back and run well after having children. It

is possible and she has shown that. run well after having children. It

She came back very well after her first child. I think MLE is not even

a year old. -- Emily. I think she has surprised herself by coming out

and running as well she did in the trials in Highgate in May. 32.11

now. She dominated the race in windy conditions.

still out in front. The great David Thompson has said recently that he

thinks Katrina Johnson Thompson is the future of the sport. -- Daley

Thompson. No relation by the way! This is her second jump of the

competition and she already leads with her first effort which looks

controlled and now she has brought herself at the opportunity to really

put the hammer down hard and this is a lot more aggressive in the second

round and that is huge! Wow! Katarina Johnson Thompson, it has

been windy, I would say a 50% chance of that being a legal jump in terms

of wins. Did she get the white flag) is good on the board. Great height

and super-speed on the runway and hide from it. -- hi from it.

Katarina Johnson Thompson. Yes! Look at that! 6.81, a lifetime best!

Absolutely superb. The field is still running as a bunch here. Jo

Pavey alongside Elle Vernon. Helen Clitheroe was bobbing along

nicely in fifth place at the moment. Stephanie Twell is not here today

but her training partner Emelia Gorecka has settled in nicely. She

is along for the ride and not interested pushing the pace on.

Charlie Perdue also trains in that group. She has had a rough time with

injury but seems to be getting back to some sort of form. Laura Whittle

is also selected for the Commonwealth Games for Scotland. She

is not far off the qualifying time so if this pace were moving along

inside that qualifying time she might have a chance here.

Commonwealth Games athletes in this athletes, Emelia Gorecka, Laura

Whittle, running for Scotland. Elinor Kirk is running for Wales and

she will be running the 5000 on the 10,000 in Glasgow. It is still

fairly bunched here. The pace is modest. I am just wondering who

perhaps has the quickest finish of these athletes. It is a good

question. In their heyday is probably Helen Clitheroe. She is the

one that has the biggest range, although Joe also started out

running extremely well in championships over 1500 metres and

has a good turn of speed. Emelia Gorecka sewed she could -- showed

she could finish fast last year when she grabbed a second and secured a

second position. There should have been five athletes here with the

qualifying standard for Europe and Julia Bleasdale is not running

because of a injury from avoiding a dog in Richmond Park. Dogs are the

natural enemy of runners but she is not here because of that. Yes, I

think she was out on one of her last runs before flying out to represent

us in the European team Championships last weekend and she

just had to swerve to avoid the dog so hopefully she is fine. This is

round three and Jazmin Sawyers, the city of Stoke athlete who we saw

jump in the first round, that is her best so far. She is tracing the huge

jump from Katarina Johnson Thompson. -- chasing. That took her to sixth

place on the all-time list. It is back to Jazmin Sawyers to try and be

lifted by that energy that undoubtedly comes off the back of

the big jump like that. It looks a bit better. The white line is of

course Katarina Johnson Thompson's leader balance way beyond 6.2 as we

saw in the first round. She backed it up in the second round with just

centimetres shy and has possibly taken it out. She was in fourth

place going into the third round and she stays in that place with 6.49

which is a season's best. The runners are just beginning to

stretch a little bit out at the back but a familiar story up at the

front. Elle Vernon is alongside Jo Pavey and this is going to be a

decent race for this title which Jo Pavey has won three times. Emelia

Gorecka is tucked in nicely behind. Jo Pavey is controlling the race.

She has not done anything spectacular with the pace but she is

turning the screw and stringing out the field and runners are starting

to drop off the back and gaps are opening up a little bit. She was

steady through the first kilometre and now she is winding it up a

little bit more and the girls are starting to spread out a bit and

struggle a little bit to stay with it. There is Laura Whittle alongside

Jo Pavey and Emelia Gorecka, the class of the field is up at the

front. There are six laps to go in this race and the pace just arts to

lift a little bit. Joe is just starting to turn the screw and when

the pace a bit and ask questions about. She leads the UK times so far

this year, followed by Emelia Gorecka and then Julia Bleasdale.

Julia is taking a bit of a risk if she was wanting selection over 5000

metres by not being here in this race, she is counting on one of the

others that those two will take the first two places here and maybe she

is just sitting back and hoping she has selection over the 10,000 metres

and doesn't want the 5000 metres in ceric. Jo Pavey, Laura Whittle,

Emelia Gorecka all up at the front. A little gap almost opening up

between the front four and Charlotte Perdue was trying to hang onto but

the races lifting and the pace is lifting. They are having Jo Pavey

sitting at the front and this is what we expected, she would dictate

the pace and lifted slightly and you can see that gap between the first