Diamond League - Brussels

:00:38. > :00:58.GABBY LOGAN: Welcome to Brussels. A packed stadium here to enjoy a

:00:59. > :01:02.global array of athletics stars. Our eyes are on Eilidh Child. How

:01:03. > :01:11.impressed have you been with her? The most important thing was getting

:01:12. > :01:14.those medals. The more pressure to win a title was at the European

:01:15. > :01:22.Championships and she delivered there. It is good to see she could

:01:23. > :01:32.end her season well. She will be coming with a game plan to change

:01:33. > :01:39.her stride length. She is using 15 to five hurdles. We are hoping she

:01:40. > :01:41.will push that out to six. Let's see how it goes. It's a world-class

:01:42. > :02:37.field. This is the last time that Eilidh

:02:38. > :02:42.Child will have a shot of Spencer. Eilidh Child has gone off steadily,

:02:43. > :02:51.inside her Georganne Moline has gone off quickly, too. At the moment,

:02:52. > :03:00.Kaliese Spencer, who won the 400m hurdles when it was last held here

:03:01. > :03:08.leads. Moline, third from right, Adekoya in lane two. She gets over

:03:09. > :03:12.that one well. Going out well in lane eight is Rosolova, but Spencer

:03:13. > :03:16.is going strongly here. Skips over that one. They are so low, the

:03:17. > :03:21.barriers. Good finish from Eilidh Child, but it's a big win for

:03:22. > :03:29.Kaliese Spencer, second is Rosolova and Eilidh Child did finish strongly

:03:30. > :03:39.in third place. The winning time - 54.12 for Kaliese Spencer. It is a

:03:40. > :03:44.very quick time. The conditions are perfect here in Brussels. Just about

:03:45. > :03:49.zero wind. It is a warm and humid evening. For most track and field

:03:50. > :03:59.disciplines, this is a glorious evening.

:04:00. > :04:03.STUART STOREY: Kaliese Spencer ran a faster first 200m and really she did

:04:04. > :04:10.look a bit laboured in the final stages. It was a good run by Denisa

:04:11. > :04:15.Rosolova of the Czech Republic, in her first year as a 400m hurdler.

:04:16. > :04:19.But Spencer has the basic speed. Eilidh Child came through very, very

:04:20. > :04:23.strongly in the end because it looked as though Moline was going to

:04:24. > :04:28.feature in the top three, certainly. That was a stutter into that hurdle.

:04:29. > :04:33.She is clearly tired now. Rosolova on the near side, a much fresher

:04:34. > :04:36.approach to the race. She went out fast over 200m, maintained it.

:04:37. > :04:45.Eilidh Child came through to third place. It was a creditable run by

:04:46. > :04:51.her. 54.12, a season's best for Rosolova - 54.54 and Eilidh Child at

:04:52. > :04:56.54.76. I have seen her much smoother than that and really the season for

:04:57. > :05:05.her, a really good season, a dominant season.

:05:06. > :05:18.GABBY LOGAN: Eilidh Child has joined us. She's obviously tired, but you

:05:19. > :05:25.have a couple more races to go. It didn't come off for you today? I am

:05:26. > :05:29.taking my 15s to hurdle six, but today I was stretching for five so I

:05:30. > :05:34.went back to my 16s. I feel exhausted now. I'm trying to keep

:05:35. > :05:41.the momentum going for the end of the season. It was hard work for all

:05:42. > :05:57.of us out there tonight. Two more races to go, you are running a 500m

:05:58. > :06:13.flat for the Great North City Games? It's a bit of fun. What has pleased

:06:14. > :06:19.you most about this season? I think back to that wonderful evening at

:06:20. > :06:24.Hampden which was a joy to behold. Then that performance in Zurich. Can

:06:25. > :06:30.you pick a winner? I think - I didn't think I would say this, but I

:06:31. > :06:33.have to say Zurich because I got that gold and became European

:06:34. > :06:39.Champion, I felt it was harder to win that gold than it was to win the

:06:40. > :06:45.silver, so Zurich pips it. A great season overall. Already now trying

:06:46. > :06:50.to change the stride pattern which is something, I assume, you will be

:06:51. > :06:59.working on over the winter? Yes, it is just all these steps. I need to

:07:00. > :07:04.bridge that gap between me and the top girls like Kaliese. Thank you so

:07:05. > :07:08.much. You better get going. You have to go to bed and be up in a few

:07:09. > :07:14.hours' time. Colin is on that flight, too! It was interesting to

:07:15. > :07:19.see her try and execute it. It's when you are fatigued and the season

:07:20. > :07:22.is catching up with you, it is hard to be changing something so

:07:23. > :07:26.technically refined. It is very difficult. She's practised it in

:07:27. > :07:31.training. She knows what the feel is like. When you have done everything

:07:32. > :07:37.in the year, and it is time to calm down a little bit, you can

:07:38. > :07:42.understand why - and I will say it, take the easier option - slot back

:07:43. > :07:52.on to your stride length. There's plenty more stars on show tonight.

:07:53. > :08:04.Britain's James Dasaolu runs against a world-class field for the second

:08:05. > :08:06.time in nine days. The Women's 200m should be one of

:08:07. > :08:18.the races of the night. The Men's High Jump has been the

:08:19. > :08:25.stand-out event of the season. The world's best are here once more with

:08:26. > :08:32.Bondarenko and Barshim competing for the Diamond Race title.

:08:33. > :08:38.Lynsey Sharp faces the world's best in the Women's 800m.

:08:39. > :08:45.The Men's 1500m promises to be fast and thrilling. Three men could win

:08:46. > :08:47.the Diamond Race title tonight. So, here is your timetable so you

:08:48. > :09:08.can plan your Friday evening: Justin Gatlin is hoping to claim the

:09:09. > :09:15.100m title, but he also goes in the 200m with an hour between races.

:09:16. > :09:24.It will be a great evening. We would love to hear from you as well. You

:09:25. > :09:30.can send us your messages on Twitter.

:09:31. > :09:38.You can contact us via the BBC Facebook pages as well.

:09:39. > :09:44.That was a fantastic way to get going and next up is the Men's 100m.

:09:45. > :09:52.This race is not decided. Five men can win this, Colin. Four outright

:09:53. > :09:55.winners. It is really two men in particular - Rodgers and Gatlin.

:09:56. > :09:59.Which ever one of those beats the other one will win this. I would put

:10:00. > :10:05.my money on Gatlin. He has the fastest time in the world with that

:10:06. > :10:11.9.80 seconds. This whole field is loaded with talent. When you think

:10:12. > :10:15.about what is at stake - it is not only the money they will be thinking

:10:16. > :10:21.about, it is about pride, going into next year knowing they are the world

:10:22. > :10:23.leader. One of the men who can't win the Diamond League is James Dasaolu.

:10:24. > :10:29.Has this been a coming-of-age season the Diamond League is James Dasaolu.

:10:30. > :10:33.for him? It's a maturing season for him. He's in the big league now,

:10:34. > :10:37.racing against the top guys on a regular basis. He did things very

:10:38. > :10:44.wisely this year, in preparing himself for the Championship. We

:10:45. > :10:47.know how fragile he can be. It is managing those rounds in the bag

:10:48. > :10:55.Championships that he will probably finish the season thinking he did

:10:56. > :11:01.very well indeed. It's the Men's 100m.

:11:02. > :11:08.STUART STOREY: There is James Dasaolu. 27 now. 10.03 is his best.

:11:09. > :11:10.Next to him is Asafa Powell of Jamaica. Asafa Powell

:11:11. > :11:18.Next to him is Asafa Powell of after all his problems and, of

:11:19. > :11:23.course, was second in Zagreb, 10.07. A much better performance than in

:11:24. > :11:28.Zurich. And then Tyson Gay, also a man back after his troubles, not

:11:29. > :11:48.firing on six cylinders yet, until tonight, perhaps. That is a very

:11:49. > :11:52.good line-up. Thompson, Collins, Bailey-Cole, Carter, Dasaolu,

:11:53. > :12:31.Gatlin, Powell, Rodgers and Gay. Who gets away well? Powell going

:12:32. > :12:33.well, Gatlin going strongly, Rodgers is going strongly, Gatlin is way,

:12:34. > :12:37.way away from this is going strongly, Gatlin is way,

:12:38. > :12:42.Bailey-Cole got into second place, Richard Thompson had a better one

:12:43. > :12:47.Bailey-Cole got into second place, 9.78! Well, the races have

:12:48. > :12:55.Bailey-Cole got into second place, close up until now. But that is a

:12:56. > :13:01.world best time. He held the time at 9.80. And Justin Gatlin got away

:13:02. > :13:07.brilliantly. Absolutely superb. Michael Rodgers did get through into

:13:08. > :13:09.second. And Michael Rodgers may well have won the Diamond.

:13:10. > :13:13.second. And Michael Rodgers may well is the case. Gatlin - 9.77, rounded

:13:14. > :13:15.down. The American has been is the case. Gatlin - 9.77, rounded

:13:16. > :13:20.difficult to beat all year. I said is the case. Gatlin - 9.77, rounded

:13:21. > :13:25.unbeaten in 16 races, it is now 17. Absolutely superb. Rodgers and

:13:26. > :13:27.Powell, as I said, were there or thereabouts. Bailey-Cole was in

:13:28. > :13:36.fourth place ahead of James Dasaolu, thereabouts. Bailey-Cole was in

:13:37. > :13:42.who had a 10.00 dead. So a season's best for the Briton. What about

:13:43. > :13:47.that? It had all the ingredients. It promised - and my goodness me it

:13:48. > :14:01.delivered. TIM HUTCHINGS: Didn't it just?

:14:02. > :14:06.Astonishing - 9.77. It is the quickest time in the world this

:14:07. > :14:10.year. His pick-up was supreme. He got a great start from

:14:11. > :14:13.year. His pick-up was supreme. He Watch this, third to right,

:14:14. > :14:17.year. His pick-up was supreme. He very low, drives hard. Then his

:14:18. > :14:21.stride through the middle of the race, he was taking three or four

:14:22. > :14:24.inches with every stride out of the rest of the field. Michael Rodgers

:14:25. > :14:31.takes second place. He has been thrashed, along with the

:14:32. > :15:00.rest of them. No, Gatlin has won the Diamond. It's

:15:01. > :15:03.a better run by Asafa Powell, certainly, but Michael Rodgers,

:15:04. > :15:08.well, he promised a lot this season and at last he has made a really

:15:09. > :15:16.good effort. Got himself into second place, 9.93. But really, 9.77,

:15:17. > :15:21.Justin Gatlin. On that one race, he wins the Diamond. It was down to

:15:22. > :15:25.five athletes who could have won it, but the big man, third from the

:15:26. > :15:33.right in the red top, really went for it. He powered down the track.

:15:34. > :15:38.Astonishing speed. 9.77. William. -- brilliant.

:15:39. > :15:46.A season is best for James Dasaolu. Are you chuffed with that? I don't

:15:47. > :15:51.think I ran an exceptional race, but to run ten seconds against a

:15:52. > :15:56.world-class field, I am happy. Is that the fastest race you have ever

:15:57. > :16:01.been in, 9.77? The World Championship in Moscow was quick,

:16:02. > :16:07.but it is up there. What does it feel like next to these athletes?

:16:08. > :16:12.What are you gaining from being next to them? As an athlete you block out

:16:13. > :16:16.everything, the stadium, the athletes around you, you focus on

:16:17. > :16:22.the technical aspects that you need to hit. Analysing the race, my

:16:23. > :16:29.reaction time 0.22, that would explain why I got left at the start.

:16:30. > :16:33.But I am happy with ten flat, a season 's best, I can't complain.

:16:34. > :16:37.Your season started a bit late with injury but you kind it to perfection

:16:38. > :16:43.with your victory in Zurich. What are you most pleads with this

:16:44. > :16:47.season? Obviously my first senior medal at the European Championship,

:16:48. > :16:53.I have been around the ten flat mark, getting some consistency

:16:54. > :17:01.competing with top guys like Gatlin, Asafa and the rest of the guys. When

:17:02. > :17:11.does the break start? After Morocco. That's next week, September

:17:12. > :17:14.15, something like that. Enjoy it. Immature performance by him. I love

:17:15. > :17:20.the fact he is breaking it down, looking at the reaction time. -- a

:17:21. > :17:24.mature performance by him. Let's get out of the field, a competition to

:17:25. > :17:30.be won in the javelin. Let's see how it went.

:17:31. > :17:41.of Australia, fourth place in the Commonwealth Games. She was sixth in

:17:42. > :17:45.Birmingham recently. Opened with 60.78, third position with 61.54 in

:17:46. > :17:54.the third round, but her best throw came in the final round, 62.93. She

:17:55. > :17:58.held on to third place. Second place was Sunette Viljoen, four times the

:17:59. > :18:06.African champion, silver medallist in the Commonwealth Games in

:18:07. > :18:11.Glasgow. Her final throw once again. 64.30. She had 63.48 which kept her

:18:12. > :18:16.in second place like the way 64.30. She had 63.48 which kept her

:18:17. > :18:24.through. That was the story in second. But the diamond was won once

:18:25. > :18:29.again by Barbora Spotakova, the world record-holder, the elliptic

:18:30. > :18:36.champion in Beijing and in London. -- the Olympic champion. She had

:18:37. > :18:38.already had 66.22, started off tentatively with a couple

:18:39. > :18:42.already had 66.22, started off metre throws, and then came that

:18:43. > :18:54.one, 60 7.99. Eighth on the all-time list. When the way last year,

:18:55. > :19:04.started a family. Has only lost once, in Birmingham, to a Canadian.

:19:05. > :19:11.She has got the Diamond, she has got the win, and what a start back after

:19:12. > :19:13.family life began. Barbora Spotakova takes the javelin once again. Ciggie

:19:14. > :19:27.7.99. World leader. -- 67.99. Let's talk about Justin Gatlin, that

:19:28. > :19:35.world leading time, very impressive from a man who is consistently sub

:19:36. > :19:39.ten, in the 9.8s all season. In an hours' time, he goes in the 200

:19:40. > :19:48.metres, which he looked imperious at in Monaco. We knew how fast he was

:19:49. > :19:54.going to run, the question was could he hang on, and he hung on

:19:55. > :19:59.incredibly well. 9.77, he will say, great, I have tipped that box, now

:20:00. > :20:03.he will be looking at the 200 metres and thinking, you know what, Yohan

:20:04. > :20:08.Blake ran the second fastest 200 metres of all time on this track,

:20:09. > :20:12.perhaps he can do at least a world leader tonight. To take a pair of

:20:13. > :20:19.world leads into the winter, it would be very good indeed. The

:20:20. > :20:21.women's 400 metres, no Christine Ohuruogu, of course. Novlene

:20:22. > :20:29.Williams males has dominated this season. She is the Diamond League

:20:30. > :20:36.winner. -- Novlene Williams males. She was sitting chatting away, she

:20:37. > :20:42.looked very comfortable. She could run well and be dominant again.

:20:43. > :20:48.Sanya Richards-Ross, she is in tiptop shape and she can produce

:20:49. > :20:54.great performances. Sanya has been quite inconsistent because of

:20:55. > :20:59.injury. You have to race a lot. Stephenie McPherson has had a mixed

:21:00. > :21:03.season. Sometimes it is getting into these competitions at the right

:21:04. > :21:15.time, to build, and that gives you a bit of confidence. That is a name we

:21:16. > :21:19.all recognise in 400 meter running. They are the athletics family of

:21:20. > :21:28.Belgium, kind of like the Charltons in football!

:21:29. > :21:35.COMMENTATOR: Fourth place in the Europeans two years ago in Helsinki

:21:36. > :21:40.but got it right a couple of weeks back in Switzerland. Novlene

:21:41. > :21:46.Williams males cannot be caught in the Diamond League race.

:21:47. > :21:53.The first six from stockholder couple of weeks ago are in this

:21:54. > :21:55.race. We have the Diamond League winner, the European champion, the

:21:56. > :21:59.Olympic champion and the world indoor champion for good measure.

:22:00. > :22:33.Perfect evening for sprinting. Sanya Richards-Ross has gone off

:22:34. > :22:42.quite aggressively. In lane six. Already passed Stephenie McPherson.

:22:43. > :22:45.Gone off very quickly down the back straight. Novlene Williams-Mills has

:22:46. > :22:51.gone off very timidly, at 200 metres. Williams-Mills is going to

:22:52. > :22:55.have to finish like a train to metres. Williams-Mills is going to

:22:56. > :23:06.back in this. Sanya Richards-Ross is away, running blind with her main

:23:07. > :23:12.competitors inside her. MacPherson with the yellow headband, is Sanya

:23:13. > :23:21.Richards-Ross going to hang on? She does. What a good run from her.

:23:22. > :23:26.Williams-Mills in third. 49.99. None of the others will have gone under

:23:27. > :23:33.50 seconds, that's for sure. 49.98 has come up on the computer. 50.12

:23:34. > :23:40.for the Commonwealth champion, MacPherson. A season 's best.

:23:41. > :23:49.Quicker than she ran in Glasgow to take the Commonwealth gold.

:23:50. > :23:53.Williams-Mills, 50.42. I think she went out too conservatively when she

:23:54. > :23:58.has been accused in the past of going out so hard. Yes, the world

:23:59. > :24:03.indoor champion faltered in the final stages but you are right,

:24:04. > :24:06.Sanya Richards-Ross went out very strongly for 300 and it was about

:24:07. > :24:11.hanging on in the home straight as the others closed down. Particularly

:24:12. > :24:18.Stephenie McPherson, the Jamaican, the Commonwealth Games champion. The

:24:19. > :24:24.rest were well down. To break 50 seconds, that is a good run. The

:24:25. > :24:30.Olympic champion, gold medal at last, really, in

:24:31. > :25:00.prolific sub 50-2nd 400 metre runner in history. -- sub 50

:25:01. > :25:08.A high jump competition that promises so must. His first attempt

:25:09. > :25:15.at 2.28. He made it a Ukrainian 1-2 at the European Championships, with

:25:16. > :25:25.Bondarenko taking gold. He has 16 points, Bondarenko.

:25:26. > :25:26.Beginning to get into respectability. The next height will

:25:27. > :25:43.be 2.31. Yes. He is a 2.40 man this year.

:25:44. > :25:49.Five men have been over 2.40 in this competition.

:25:50. > :26:04.Bondarenko yet to jump. Jumping for serious cash tonight. Let's reflect

:26:05. > :26:09.briefly on the 400 metres. A season 's best, a couple of PBs. Are you

:26:10. > :26:15.surprised when athletes produce that late in the season? Looking at the

:26:16. > :26:20.results, thinking, God, they are running quickly! They are still up

:26:21. > :26:27.for it and they are in great shape, so why not perform? It's great to

:26:28. > :26:33.see Sanya take that victory. To go under 50 is pretty important for

:26:34. > :26:37.her. She was fading a bit at the lack end -- back end due to a lack

:26:38. > :26:44.of racing, but it sends a message to the world the next year. Is it

:26:45. > :26:49.perhaps not surprising that the Jamaicans, having had the

:26:50. > :26:52.Commonwealths, obviously with the European Championships so

:26:53. > :26:56.recently... The Americans have a slight advantage in terms of not

:26:57. > :27:00.having to taper off for a major event this year? You could see it

:27:01. > :27:04.that way, but if you are a world leader, you are a world leader,

:27:05. > :27:07.whether you are from Britain, the Caribbean... You want to be the

:27:08. > :27:12.world leader, the best you can possibly be. With that in mind, not

:27:13. > :27:16.looking for excuses, our guys have to go out and compete. You have been

:27:17. > :27:21.sending in your moments of the season so far. Kevin: For me, it was

:27:22. > :27:25.Jo Pavey's inspirational 10,000 metres at the Commonwealth Games.

:27:26. > :27:26.Chris: Being at Hampden Park to see David Weir when the Commonwealth

:27:27. > :27:39.gold. It was actually the 5000 she won in

:27:40. > :27:45.Zurich. David Weir, with the rain pouring down, it was immense, a

:27:46. > :27:49.moody night. Fantastic. Keep them coming in. Let's go and see Valerie

:27:50. > :27:54.Adams, the Queen of athletics, such incredible prowess. Her record in

:27:55. > :27:56.terms of victories on the trot, let's see if she can add number 56

:27:57. > :28:09.here. The women's shot put, Michelle

:28:10. > :28:15.Carter of the USA in third place. In round four, the American champion

:28:16. > :28:21.going up to 19.73. World ranked number three in 2014. The former

:28:22. > :28:26.world junior champion. Her father was a beer and pick silver medallist

:28:27. > :28:28.in 1984. Rose to her season 's best of 19.80 in the fourth round. --

:28:29. > :28:39.close. Christina Schwanitz is the European

:28:40. > :28:43.champion indoor and out. Were it not for Valerie Adams, she would be the

:28:44. > :28:50.world champion indoor and out. Second place on the night. Five

:28:51. > :28:56.efforts over 19 metres, a tremendous series from the Germans. Silver

:28:57. > :29:03.medallist at the world indoors. When there is no Valerie Adams around,

:29:04. > :29:09.she wins. Valerie Adams, she produced the big one in round two.

:29:10. > :29:16.And it was big. A world lead, and a new meeting record. 20.59. Her three

:29:17. > :29:21.other valid efforts were all over 19.50, the twice Olympic champion, 4

:29:22. > :29:25.times world champion, three times Commonwealth champion and three

:29:26. > :29:31.times world indoor champion, a 56th consecutive win in a final.

:29:32. > :29:37.Valerie Adams, the only person to win all Diamond Leagues this season.

:29:38. > :29:41.The woman is immense. She's come over from New Zealand to win the

:29:42. > :29:52.Commonwealth Games - check. She has a world lead here tonight - check.

:29:53. > :30:02.She's broken a 33-year stadium record. She's incredible. She is

:30:03. > :30:09.phenomenal. It is difficult to explain to anybody how it is to win

:30:10. > :30:14.continuously. When you are the target, people are shooting at you

:30:15. > :30:18.to try and beat you. It is a difficult task. Even though you

:30:19. > :30:29.think she is dominant, she has to lift herself up every single time.

:30:30. > :30:39.She will have her eye on Ottey's winning streak, which is 89. 89 for

:30:40. > :30:50.a 100m runner, that blows your mind. Incredible. She was phenomenal.

:30:51. > :30:56.Before she thinks about going as far as Edwin Moses, who was 110

:30:57. > :31:05.victories - she has some way to go. Nowadays, it's a dominant

:31:06. > :31:10.performance. She is a great person to have around this athletics world.

:31:11. > :31:22.There are some fast men on the track now, it is the Men's 1000m. It is a

:31:23. > :31:40.fun distance, if you are used to running 800m. They will all be 1500m

:31:41. > :31:45.runners as well. They will know what it is about. Sometimes you need to

:31:46. > :31:49.come down a little bit in your mind. I mentioned Valerie having that

:31:50. > :31:55.target on her back all the time. The same for these distance runners,

:31:56. > :32:01.middle distance runners. They will be thinking, "Let me try something

:32:02. > :32:10.else." These races are still classy. The world best this year is 2:15.08.

:32:11. > :32:28.Here's your commentators. STUART STOREY: Two-and-a-half laps

:32:29. > :32:37.of the track for this 1000m. Kszczot has gone off quickly. Lewandowski is

:32:38. > :32:44.in fourth place. Musagala is there. This is quick. This is very quick

:32:45. > :32:52.and the pacemakers are way ahead of the rest with the two Poles, the

:32:53. > :33:01.only two near them, Tim. TIM HUTCHINGS: This is a ridiculous

:33:02. > :33:08.spread. 30 metres from the front to the back. Chemut has gone with the

:33:09. > :33:14.leader, but Kszczot is still some way back. They go through 400 -

:33:15. > :33:16.52.40 is spot on. It is. That is the sort of time that the athletes in

:33:17. > :33:25.the race should be going through in sort of time that the athletes in

:33:26. > :33:37.because they were looking, as I said, for that sub-2:15. Bett is

:33:38. > :33:49.fourth, Aman is coming through. 400m to go. It is all down to the men

:33:50. > :33:55.following Chemut. Look at this, Tim. Chemut with seven metres. 300m to

:33:56. > :34:02.run. I think he is capable of it. He looks in control. He's looking up at

:34:03. > :34:06.the big-screen to gauge his effort. They have him as a target now. It is

:34:07. > :34:12.a shame they haven't attacked the distance as we had hoped. Look at

:34:13. > :34:27.this by the Polish athletes, Kszczot coming through very strongly and

:34:28. > :34:34.here comes Aman. It will be between Kszczot, Lewandowski and Aman. Aman

:34:35. > :34:53.is attacking. Can Kszczot hang on? He can! 2:15.71. It is just outside

:34:54. > :34:57.what they wanted. Kszczot and Lewandowski went out very quickly.

:34:58. > :35:12.The pace was what they asked for. They didn't go with it early on. In

:35:13. > :35:16.the end, Aman left it a bit late. 1:48.87 at 800m and

:35:17. > :35:19.the end, Aman left it a bit late. too slow. One of

:35:20. > :35:23.the end, Aman left it a bit late. getting caught there. This was the

:35:24. > :35:26.battle up front. Considering it was a slow 800 time, I thought there

:35:27. > :35:36.would be more up there fighting this out. A good

:35:37. > :35:38.would be more up there fighting this frustrating. It is tantalising that

:35:39. > :35:42.they ran 2:15 frustrating. It is tantalising that

:35:43. > :35:45.attacking the distance frustrating. It is tantalising that

:35:46. > :35:58.800m is very slow, indeed. frustrating. It is tantalising that

:35:59. > :36:02.looked at what they were looking for or asked for, 1:45.80 - that was far

:36:03. > :36:06.looked at what they were looking for too fast at 800m. If they could get

:36:07. > :36:09.through at 1:47, that would make the platform on which they could build.

:36:10. > :36:18.It wasn't to be. That is pretty close. A national record for

:36:19. > :36:28.Kszczot. A national record for Aman. Four men in the field hadn't run

:36:29. > :36:29.Kszczot. A national record for Aman. event at all. Gaisah - that is not

:36:30. > :36:37.bad. He's been around a long time. event at all. Gaisah - that is not

:36:38. > :36:43.31-years-old. He took World silver in 2005. He's been all over the

:36:44. > :36:52.place this year. Only sixth in the European Championships. That was

:36:53. > :36:54.quite a big disappointment. Gaisah - 8.04m - takes the lead as the first

:36:55. > :37:11.round is done. I have to say that there is the

:37:12. > :37:35.result of that 1000m. A national record for Kszczot. Also for Aman.

:37:36. > :37:49.It was a fairly big foul. Bang, a couple of inches into the

:37:50. > :37:57.plasticine. GABBY LOGAN: We have asked for your comments on your

:37:58. > :38:14.highlights. This one, "The vast improvement of the relay team."

:38:15. > :38:18.Our next event is the Men's 110m Hurdles. It's a race which sees the

:38:19. > :38:22.men who have produced the goods this season, but a couple of them might

:38:23. > :38:29.be disappointed that they haven't stepped up to the plate a bit more.

:38:30. > :38:39.Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, I'm thinking of. This is the thing we

:38:40. > :38:43.were all anticipating, how fast could he go and what could he do

:38:44. > :38:46.after his dominance during the Diamond League circuit and then that

:38:47. > :38:52.wonderful performance in Monaco, which we are watching. To go under

:38:53. > :38:57.13 seconds is a massive step for him. I expected him to take the

:38:58. > :39:01.title at the European Championships. What he got himself into was trying

:39:02. > :39:05.to run too quickly, instead of winning the title. There are lots of

:39:06. > :39:08.opportunities to run fast on the circuit. When it is time to win

:39:09. > :39:13.Championships, that is what you must do. That is where he faltered. He

:39:14. > :39:19.will be kicking himself. There are lots of athletes who run fast, but

:39:20. > :39:25.you want the medals. When we spoke to William Sharman, he was delighted

:39:26. > :39:33.with his silver medal in Zurich. The gold was there for the taking and he

:39:34. > :39:40.hit the hurdle himself. He wasn't disappointed. With time, do you

:39:41. > :39:44.think he may now think I could have done more? In Glasgow, when he won

:39:45. > :39:50.the Diamond League, we were all excited. This is a great way for

:39:51. > :39:56.Will to set himself up for the Commonwealth Games. He had the

:39:57. > :40:04.opportunity but made the crucial mistake at hurdle eight and these

:40:05. > :40:08.hurdles are quite unforgiving. It cost him there. We thought that

:40:09. > :40:13.would wake him up for the Europeans. Would he make the same mistake at

:40:14. > :40:21.the European Championships? That cost him another gold medal. If you

:40:22. > :40:25.had offered him a sub-13 at the beginning of the year, he would have

:40:26. > :40:31.said yes. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is a great field with

:40:32. > :40:37.Aries Merritt in it as well. There he is. He took the world record

:40:38. > :40:42.having won the Olympic Games and he just, at the time, you felt like he

:40:43. > :40:52.was going to go on one of those runs like Valerie Adams. Injury has cost

:40:53. > :40:58.him a lot of time and effort. If you don't keep that consistency going,

:40:59. > :41:02.then you lose your skills quickly. Look at the smile there - the

:41:03. > :41:06.memories must come flooding back? Absolutely. He will be thinking to

:41:07. > :41:17.himself, "This track is wonderful, I did something special here." Was it

:41:18. > :41:24.the stadium or was it me? He was magical! Let's see who is going to

:41:25. > :41:29.produce the magic tonight. This is the Men's 110m Hurdles.

:41:30. > :41:42.STUART STOREY: You have the European Champion, Sergey Shubenkov. What

:41:43. > :41:51.about Ronnie Ash, a footballer, went into the US trials, won his semi in

:41:52. > :41:57.12.99. So, Andrew Riley, the Commonwealth champion, on the

:41:58. > :42:07.outside in lane eight. Then Baji of Hungary in lane nine. Riley - 13.19.

:42:08. > :42:10.Merritt, how he must be reflecting back to 2012. Absolutely destroyed

:42:11. > :42:39.the world record. Ortega, Olympic finalist, he's come

:42:40. > :42:44.on a bit since then. He won the race in Berlin a few days ago. 13.12.

:42:45. > :43:03.Shubenkov there. Next to Ortega. No problem with the start, Ash has

:43:04. > :43:06.got away pretty well, Martinot-Lagarde, Ortega, look at

:43:07. > :43:11.Martinot-Lagarde go now in the middle, he is coming away with this

:43:12. > :43:15.from Ortega in second place and it could be Sharman, in third, it could

:43:16. > :43:19.be. He is back to winning form, 13.10. How on earth did he let the

:43:20. > :43:40.European Championship title go? Ortega promised to be close and he

:43:41. > :43:49.was, in second place. And Shubenkov sneaked through in the third, 13.22.

:43:50. > :43:55.What a good start Ash had. 13.24 on this occasion. Three from the left.

:43:56. > :44:02.Ortega clipped a hurdle and lost momentum. Certainly Martinot-Lagarde

:44:03. > :44:07.sprinted away from the rest, didn't he? Tim, that was a cracking race,

:44:08. > :44:14.the man is back to form. He is, but he? Tim, that was a cracking race,

:44:15. > :44:17.what would he give to swap that race for the gold in the European

:44:18. > :44:21.Championships that eluded him? Ortega had a great start and put the

:44:22. > :44:28.pressure on Martinot-Lagarde early on, but the Frenchman to his right

:44:29. > :44:33.responded superbly. 13.08, a time that only three other men in the

:44:34. > :44:39.world this year have done. Will Sharman, a very solid season indeed.

:44:40. > :44:43.Petr Svoboda got out of the blocks well, the European indoor champion a

:44:44. > :44:47.couple of years back. Martinot-Lagarde, a huge fellow, he

:44:48. > :44:52.really is massive, very quick between the barriers too, as he

:44:53. > :44:59.eased away from Ortega, the Cuban was powerless. A comfortable win,

:45:00. > :45:17.13.08 to 13.13, in Sprint terms that is a Big Apple. -- a big gap.

:45:18. > :45:26.And again, that looked laboured. I thought his first one did too. It

:45:27. > :45:30.was perfect up to 2.28. At 2.31, he has got a bit of a blockage. There

:45:31. > :45:39.really isn't the power and the lift that we have seen from Barshim. Four

:45:40. > :45:40.men have now gone clear, Ivan Ukhov and Barshim at the first time of

:45:41. > :45:50.asking. What a great race, Will Sharman,

:45:51. > :45:54.what did you make of your race? Trust issues going on with my body.

:45:55. > :45:59.I didn't know how I was until the gun went. I haven't had a good week

:46:00. > :46:05.so far but I enjoy getting out there and running with those guys again,

:46:06. > :46:09.and I am fairly pleased with the time. You are also on this early

:46:10. > :46:13.flight in Newcastle tomorrow, how are you doing it after the season

:46:14. > :46:20.you have had? I am sure tomorrow will be very smooth! I

:46:21. > :46:26.competition, something happened to my ankle

:46:27. > :46:30.competition, something happened to strapped up. I couldn't do a proper

:46:31. > :46:32.warm up here because it is downhill and on grass, so I didn't know how

:46:33. > :46:38.it would be. Will you and on grass, so I didn't know how

:46:39. > :46:44.tomorrow? It was fine. Now I trust myself again and I will

:46:45. > :46:47.100%. People don't necessarily appreciate how finely tuned you guys

:46:48. > :46:51.are. It is only by racing that you can get a full idea of how healthy

:46:52. > :46:58.you are if you have a niggle like that. I raced really well at the

:46:59. > :47:05.you are if you have a niggle like Europeans but since then I haven't

:47:06. > :47:08.trained. I am still pushing for more and I want to get faster times.

:47:09. > :47:10.trained. I am still pushing for more Because I am doing heavy races after

:47:11. > :47:14.heavy races, I am not really training, I am going from meet the

:47:15. > :47:20.meet, so it is important to training, I am going from meet the

:47:21. > :47:30.good warm-ups. Good luck for the rest of the season. See you soon.

:47:31. > :47:33.See you tomorrow! That just shows us exactly why we were also surprised

:47:34. > :47:45.with Martinot-Lagarde's performance in zero. That is a race he should

:47:46. > :47:49.have won. -- ins Urich. It probably frustrates him the most commonly

:47:50. > :47:53.knows he has the fast times in him. He has demonstrated that clearly,

:47:54. > :47:57.but it is all about winning. The victories under pressure are the

:47:58. > :48:00.ones that are really crucial. You have to judge your whole season by

:48:01. > :48:04.them, ultimately, because when you are working hard in the winter, that

:48:05. > :48:10.is what you are looking to do, to win those titles. Pascal, yes he has

:48:11. > :48:18.done well and he has won the Dive in, but when the money is spent, he

:48:19. > :48:22.will think, I should have had a gold from the Europeans. But don't write

:48:23. > :48:27.him off, the Olympic Games, the world titles, he can still win them

:48:28. > :48:32.in the future, he is only 23. Ortega was pushing him hard, he is

:48:33. > :48:38.definitely a start to watch. Here's something else, very special indeed.

:48:39. > :48:41.I would say it's going to push the event up, when you have so many

:48:42. > :48:46.young people who are talented, strong and have a desire to run

:48:47. > :48:51.well, to run quickly. This event is going to go from strength to

:48:52. > :48:55.strength, I am excited. A great long jump competition going on. Steven

:48:56. > :49:01.Taylor has been incredible in the Diamond League across few events. --

:49:02. > :49:09.Steven Taylor. A competition that is yet to be decided. We are going back

:49:10. > :49:16.to the track and the men's 1500 metres. It is being billed as one of

:49:17. > :49:23.the races of the night. Three men still in with a shout of winning the

:49:24. > :49:31.Diamond League. Kipruto, Kiplagat and Ayanleh Souleiman. I am

:49:32. > :49:38.cringing, because I could not call a winner. The middle-distance runners

:49:39. > :49:43.adore coming to Brussels, conditions tend to be good. It's still, nice

:49:44. > :49:49.wide bends. They can take their time. They can take their time, you

:49:50. > :49:57.saw it in the thousand metres. It's going to be special, strong, who is

:49:58. > :49:58.going to run off with the Diamond and the big check? This is a proper

:49:59. > :50:15.race. Souleiman has been beating everyone.

:50:16. > :50:23.Traffic-macro fee, only six races this year. A real mystery man. A

:50:24. > :50:36.personal best over 800 metres in Berlin at the weekend. Hannes went

:50:37. > :50:41.out in his heat in the European Championship rematch. The hometown

:50:42. > :50:50.man. His chances of factoring, 30 minute. -- pretty minute. The world

:50:51. > :50:54.number one, the Diamond League record-holder, the world champion,

:50:55. > :50:57.the Olympic champion, the US champion, the indoor champion, the

:50:58. > :51:07.African champion, it is absolutely stacked. The pacemakers are due to

:51:08. > :51:17.go out at around 1.5 1.52. They are hoping for around two minutes 31.

:51:18. > :51:19.Although it hasn't been mentioned, I have a sneaking feeling they might

:51:20. > :51:25.be looking for something very special here. I don't want to

:51:26. > :51:29.mention the words world record, but they will not be far off if they do

:51:30. > :51:36.with the pace that has been predicted. The pacemaker has gone

:51:37. > :51:38.off quickly, striding out nicely, it is easy to look good for a couple of

:51:39. > :51:54.laps at this tempo. Makhloufi is in fourth. Souleiman in

:51:55. > :52:02.sixth. Kiplagat is in eighth at the moment. It is quick. It is.

:52:03. > :52:07.Certainly they do mean business. Galen Rupp moving up. The distance

:52:08. > :52:11.men will find it tough down at the business end. The fact they are

:52:12. > :52:23.stretched out tells you how quick this is. Kiprop is in fifth place,

:52:24. > :52:29.taking the pacemakers into account. Who knows? This really could be

:52:30. > :52:42.quick. We will soon tell once we get through 800 metres. Two laps to go.

:52:43. > :52:48.He is doing a good job, the pacemaker. Makhloufi, looking very

:52:49. > :52:57.much for this one. Kiprop is not on his A game, back in eighth place. 58

:52:58. > :53:01.seconds for the second lap. That hasn't exactly blown it, it is still

:53:02. > :53:10.under 1.53, but not as quick as we hoped. Kiprop, taking close order.

:53:11. > :53:26.The big man, we know how quick he is in the final stages. Makhloufi is up

:53:27. > :53:33.there as well. They are beginning to bunch with one lap to go. Souleiman

:53:34. > :53:39.moving up ominously onto the shoulder of Makhloufi. Kiprop, the

:53:40. > :53:42.African shoulder of Makhloufi. Kiprop, the

:53:43. > :53:47.champion, in third. Not a particularly quick third lap. I

:53:48. > :53:51.wonder if Galen Rupp is thinking about his training partner's Mo

:53:52. > :53:56.Farah's about his training partner's Mo

:53:57. > :54:02.very slow third lap. Ten men battling it out. Makhloufi, looking

:54:03. > :54:06.so relaxed, the Olympic champion. Souleiman is sizing him up.

:54:07. > :54:10.so relaxed, the Olympic champion. Makhloufi kicks hard. Remember the

:54:11. > :54:17.fabulous 200 metres in the Olympic Games before the last lap? Kiplagat

:54:18. > :54:24.moving up into second place. Souleiman is struggling. Makhloufi,

:54:25. > :54:27.celebrating far too early! I don't think he realised Kiplagat was

:54:28. > :54:36.there! Oh, my word! What a silly gestures! He takes the win with a

:54:37. > :54:41.dip. Fancy celebrating... Shades of Roger Bannister there in that

:54:42. > :54:46.marvellous Commonwealth Games, Empire games mile in 1958, I think

:54:47. > :54:50.it was, when he came around the outside as his opponent looked over

:54:51. > :54:55.his left shoulder. Makhloufi nearly made himself look very silly there,

:54:56. > :55:03.punching the air with 50 to go. He takes the win. The winning time is

:55:04. > :55:06.given as three minutes 31.78, not particularly quick by the standards

:55:07. > :55:12.of many of those men, but what is impressive, probably the best 1500

:55:13. > :55:17.we have seen from Makhloufi since London, the way he controlled a

:55:18. > :55:21.field of that calibre through the last 250. He did indeed, he was

:55:22. > :55:29.always there, he did celebrate too early, only winning by two walk

:55:30. > :55:36.hundredths of a second in the end. Look at him moving wide. When he hit

:55:37. > :55:41.the straight, you thought, hang on a minute, this man is one of the great

:55:42. > :55:43.1500 metre runners of our time, the Commonwealth champion,

:55:44. > :55:49.1500 metre runners of our time, the silver medallist, he has been there,

:55:50. > :55:56.he has won in Monaco, three minutes 27.64 and he is always a danger.

:55:57. > :56:01.Look at that, Makhloufi grimaces and Kiplagat can't quite get the dip. He

:56:02. > :56:09.could have won it. Kiplagat thinks he has got it! Dear oh dear! Repair

:56:10. > :56:17.of them need a talking to. Brilliant race, though. -- the pair of them.

:56:18. > :56:23.Two hundredths of a second in it. Hang on a minute, they have given it

:56:24. > :56:24.to Kiplagat. No, no, the computer shows clearly, and you could see

:56:25. > :56:36.that Makhloufi won it. I think Kiplagat is celebrating that

:56:37. > :56:41.he has won the overall Diamond League. That is why he punches the

:56:42. > :56:45.air. He knows the hasn't won the race, I am pretty sure, he is

:56:46. > :56:51.celebrating because he has $40,000 more than he had this morning.

:56:52. > :56:57.?40,000 would be better! I think he will be happy with $40,000, and

:56:58. > :57:00.Makhloufi, the Olympic champion, who was not in contention for the

:57:01. > :57:07.Diamond race, he knows how to win these Diamond Leagues. An

:57:08. > :57:12.interesting race all in all. The first three laps, we expected it to

:57:13. > :57:20.be quicker. We thought they would go under three minutes 30. When the

:57:21. > :57:24.pacemaker drops off, you want to push on the third lap. They didn't

:57:25. > :57:31.do that, they bunched again and that caused the time to be not as quick,

:57:32. > :57:35.but it gave us a good race. The race education, I wonder how running with

:57:36. > :57:39.pacemakers regularly aspects the lap when the pacemakers go, because we

:57:40. > :57:51.see it more and more, -- affects the lap. They do in the race mode all of

:57:52. > :57:55.a sudden. They think much I need to win this. It makes for a more

:57:56. > :58:00.exciting race for us, but no world records. A great hour so far, plenty

:58:01. > :58:08.more to come. These are the highlights of the evening thus far.

:58:09. > :58:13.The men's 100 metres was an absolute cracker. The world lead went down

:58:14. > :58:17.again. Justin Gatlin took it down to nine point 77. He is

:58:18. > :58:21.again. Justin Gatlin took it down to the Diamond race as well.

:58:22. > :58:23.again. Justin Gatlin took it down to Dasaolu, ten seconds dead in fifth

:58:24. > :58:31.place. The European champion was very happy with his run. The 1500

:58:32. > :58:35.metres you have just seen, the Olympic champion Makhloufi winning

:58:36. > :58:42.the race, but Silas Kiplagat has taken the Diamond race and $40,000.

:58:43. > :58:52.In the women's javelin, Barbora Spotakova has a new world lead. 6 to

:58:53. > :59:00.7.99 this evening. -- six to 7.99. She has won the Diamond race. Now it

:59:01. > :59:04.is Blessing Okagbare, the Commonwealth gold medallist, running

:59:05. > :59:08.brilliantly this season, and Allyson Felix comedy and a pitch and be in

:59:09. > :59:15.over 200 metres. Whichever wins will take the Diamond race. -- Allyson

:59:16. > :59:19.Felix, the Olympic champion. There is also Dafne Schippers and a young

:59:20. > :59:26.British goal mixing it with the very best, Jodie Williams.

:59:27. > :59:32.COMMENTARY: Jodie Williams gets silver. To come away with two silver

:59:33. > :59:46.medals this season, I really couldn't ask for anymore. Hopefully,

:59:47. > :59:51.you will see more of me next year! COMMENTARY: Allyson Felix is the

:59:52. > :59:58.Olympic Champion. COMMENTARY: Dafne Schippers is out

:59:59. > :00:07.in front. Blessing Okagbare, it is her moment. Uncatchable in the 200m.

:00:08. > :00:10.GABBY LOGAN: It is a star-studded field and Jodie Williams has been

:00:11. > :00:16.able to push herself and earn her place in these kinds of races with

:00:17. > :00:19.her consistency this season? With 22.46 as a season's best, that is

:00:20. > :00:27.something special for her. For me, this is one of these races, really,

:00:28. > :00:31.where you could throw it up and think wherever it is going to land,

:00:32. > :00:37.will that be the winner? We have all the current champions in this race,

:00:38. > :00:43.the European Champion, Olympic Champion, World Champion. People

:00:44. > :00:52.have won major championships and they are competing in this race.

:00:53. > :00:59.These are the women who are performing at their very best this

:01:00. > :01:05.year. It will be a test mentally. All the women will be tired. They

:01:06. > :01:13.will have had all their own goals. Schippers there. She won that double

:01:14. > :01:18.at the European Championships. She's had a phenomenal sprinting year.

:01:19. > :01:24.Jodie Williams will enjoy this type of company. She would never say she

:01:25. > :01:29.expects to be there, but I would say she does with the way that she's

:01:30. > :01:41.performed. She has ran very maturely all year. Let's enjoy it. It is the

:01:42. > :01:57.Women's 200m. Keep your eye on Okagbare and Felix.

:01:58. > :02:25.TIM HUTCHINGS: Into their blocks for this Women's 200m.

:02:26. > :02:33.Away without any trouble. Schippers has gained ground on Okagbare

:02:34. > :02:39.already, also going tremendously well is Tarmoh, Felix is up on

:02:40. > :02:47.Soumare, Felix leading, here comes Schippers. Soumare is coming back at

:02:48. > :02:51.Felix. It is a win for Felix from Soumare, Schippers chasing hard, but

:02:52. > :02:58.couldn't get close, eventually in third place. The time - 22.02. It is

:02:59. > :03:04.the fastest time in the world this year if confirmed. She eases into

:03:05. > :03:08.the top of the world rankings does Allyson Felix to deny Dafne

:03:09. > :03:12.Schippers that title. A personal best for Myriam Soumare in second

:03:13. > :03:17.place. What a race the French athlete had - 22.11 for second

:03:18. > :03:23.place. Schippers - 22.30. She gave it a great go. She is usually so

:03:24. > :03:28.strong through the last 60m, but so were the pair in front of her. Felix

:03:29. > :03:32.was being chased down by Soumare. She is almost back to her best after

:03:33. > :03:37.that terrible hamstring injury in Moscow last year at the World

:03:38. > :03:42.Championships. She is the Diamond Race winner thanks to that win. I

:03:43. > :03:58.think we can say she is truly back, is Allyson Felix.

:03:59. > :04:01.STUART STOREY: Indeed. On the outside, Schippers and Okagbare is

:04:02. > :04:07.out of sorts at the moment. Felix won that quite comfortable. 22.02 -

:04:08. > :04:14.she is such a terrific athlete with three Olympic golds from London,

:04:15. > :04:19.winner of eight World Championship golds outdoors. She has a pedigree a

:04:20. > :04:29.mile-long. A superb race and a superb result and one of the greats

:04:30. > :04:32.of 200m and 400m. Allyson Felix wins the Diamond and really gets going on

:04:33. > :04:37.that bend. You have to run a decent bend. When you get into the

:04:38. > :04:44.straight, she is strong. She can run a tough 400m as well, as we know.

:04:45. > :04:52.She has a 100m best of 10.89. That was superb. Schippers, of course,

:04:53. > :04:55.off the back of the Championships, a bit tired. A win for Allyson Felix

:04:56. > :05:15.and the Diamond Race title - 22.02. A very quick race. Robert Harting in

:05:16. > :05:20.the discus. Looks like his second round throw. That is pretty big.

:05:21. > :05:37.That is a big throw. That could be around about - it is 67.57m. So,

:05:38. > :05:43.Protsenko. Third and final attempt at 2.34m.

:05:44. > :05:51.He is getting close to his limits. Final attempt - no. That was

:05:52. > :05:55.probably the worst of his evening. Looked very tired and just as in

:05:56. > :06:01.every other athletics discipline, when the spark begins to fade, you

:06:02. > :06:04.can't help but when the spark begins to fade, you

:06:05. > :06:07.dispirited and he has done throughout the contest tonight. It

:06:08. > :06:21.doesn't change the fact he's had a super season. 2.31m the best of his

:06:22. > :06:30.night. Gaisah in the Men's Long Jump. He leads the competition. I

:06:31. > :06:42.don't think that will improve it. He has the white flag. I don't think

:06:43. > :06:51.that is going to improve it. He has a slender lead.

:06:52. > :07:14.The long jump continues. Three men left in that high jump by the way.

:07:15. > :07:15.The bar being moved to 2.37m. We will stick with the high jump for

:07:16. > :07:30.now. He's had two no jumps. He gets the

:07:31. > :07:39.white flag. The coach is more worked up than the athlete! Li - well,

:07:40. > :07:49.World Indoor silver medallist earlier on this year. He is a big

:07:50. > :08:08.jumper on his day. What does he get? He needs 7.78m or more and

:08:09. > :08:13.jumper on his day. What does he get? 7.91m. Jodie Williams is with me.

:08:14. > :08:18.jumper on his day. What does he get? You look a bit tired? Exhausted.

:08:19. > :08:22.That was awful. You know, I can't complain, really. I have had a good

:08:23. > :08:35.season. That was a step too far for me. Too much racing? Yeah. That's

:08:36. > :08:41.why I have never raced after a major championships. I'm racing tomorrow

:08:42. > :08:48.as well! I bet you are looking forward to that now(?) It's a bit of

:08:49. > :08:53.fun. It is my last race so I have nothing to lose. I can go home and

:08:54. > :08:59.sleep and eat pizza and it will be great! How many weeks will you do

:09:00. > :09:04.that for? Hopefully, six! I'm still in negotiations here. Christine, if

:09:05. > :09:10.you are watching, six weeks, please! She might say four after that?

:09:11. > :09:14.Yeah, yeah, that is a good point! Listen, you have had an incredible

:09:15. > :09:19.season. Well done. We have loved watching you. It puts things in

:09:20. > :09:24.perspective, what you have to do and how you have to build? Definitely.

:09:25. > :09:29.All credit to these guys still running world-leading times. For me,

:09:30. > :09:33.one race too many. Thank you so much for stopping to talk to us. Get some

:09:34. > :09:41.sleep. Colin is on that early plane as well!

:09:42. > :09:52.Jodie proving how difficult it is manage your races. This is a girl

:09:53. > :09:54.with who won over 150 races as a junior. Dafne Schippers

:09:55. > :09:57.with who won over 150 races as a right. She is exhausted. You can

:09:58. > :10:00.have a little look. She is down there. She's been sat - their race

:10:01. > :10:05.have a little look. She is down was ten minutes ago. And she's been

:10:06. > :10:08.sitting on the floor trying to compose herself for interviews. It

:10:09. > :10:13.is an exhausting season. It is coming to a close. It is not just

:10:14. > :10:18.physically, it is the mental aspects of it. Always trying to pick up your

:10:19. > :10:23.mind all the time. To put in perspective, some people seem to be

:10:24. > :10:29.able to keep going - Justin Gatlin was winning the Diamond Race an hour

:10:30. > :10:35.ago in the 100m and he is about to run a 200m. He has some fuel left in

:10:36. > :10:38.the tank. It is not an official result for the Diamond Race. It will

:10:39. > :10:54.still be interesting. Lemaitre with a disappointing

:10:55. > :10:59.European Championships? Owe. -- yes. Justin Gatlin will be hoping to

:11:00. > :11:19.produce the fastest-ever double. He's got to run? If he runs anything

:11:20. > :11:24.faster than 19.90, Justin Gatlin will be the fastest ever to win a

:11:25. > :11:31.double. Let's go to our commentators.

:11:32. > :11:53.STUART STOREY: Karol Zaleweski of Poland, he has the second lane. The

:11:54. > :12:02.big solid citizen, Ryan Bailey, he goes in lane one. Well, an excited

:12:03. > :12:08.crowd here. Can Gatlin repeat the performance in the 100m? 19.68,

:12:09. > :12:13.unbeaten, as I said, in 17 races now. That includes heats and finals.

:12:14. > :12:20.He's been given lane seven. He said, "I want the same lane as Usain Bolt

:12:21. > :12:25.and Blake because they ran incredibly quickly." Blake surprised

:12:26. > :12:27.us all and lane seven is the lane that both the big names from Jamaica

:12:28. > :12:56.used. Certainly Gatlin has gone off well,

:12:57. > :12:59.Makwala, Gatlin is running off the bend quickly, inside Lemaitre,

:13:00. > :13:03.Edward going very well, Gatlin is away from the field. Look at the

:13:04. > :13:11.power as he moves away from the field. Ogunode is going well, he

:13:12. > :13:17.gets second. 19.71, no wind whatsoever! He wanted more. You

:13:18. > :13:22.could tell he wanted more! 19.71! It may well be rounded down. My

:13:23. > :13:39.goodness me, what form this man is in. 19.71 and Ogunode did get

:13:40. > :13:43.second, 20.15. Alonos Edward third. What a bend Gatlin ran. He was so

:13:44. > :13:47.powerful around that bend. He was way up by the time he got into the

:13:48. > :13:51.straight. What a great transition into the straight. Tim, that was

:13:52. > :13:56.sensational? I mean the rest of them are fighting a separate race. This

:13:57. > :14:04.is an exhibition run. That is a 3.5 metre lead. A brilliant run from

:14:05. > :14:07.Ogunode to ran on to second place. Alonso Edward took third, but for

:14:08. > :14:11.Gatlin, that is some double tonight. Astonishing. You said he would go

:14:12. > :14:14.for the double. Everybody thought it was a rash one with an hour in

:14:15. > :14:18.between. He is enjoying himself. A lot of controversy around that man.

:14:19. > :14:22.There will be plenty watching who are less than delighted to see him

:14:23. > :14:29.out racing at all, never mind about winning and enjoying the sport so

:14:30. > :14:31.much. He has a very checkered past. You have to say those are two

:14:32. > :14:42.incredible runs this evening. It that was impressive. A

:14:43. > :14:48.sensational bend, a great transition into the straight. He looked across,

:14:49. > :14:52.and I can assure you he was disappointed. He wanted much, much

:14:53. > :14:55.quicker than that, but he has absolutely destroyed the athletes

:14:56. > :14:59.who were dominating this event throughout the season. Justin

:15:00. > :15:04.Gatlin, you have got to give him the credit. The sport has allowed him

:15:05. > :15:07.back to compete. Whilst you may not disagree with it, you have to

:15:08. > :15:18.appreciate that the formance was pretty good. Bondarenko, this is for

:15:19. > :15:24.the lead. 2.37. Oh, yes. David a little clip but it doesn't matter,

:15:25. > :15:30.he was well clear. -- gave it a little clip. Puts him very much in

:15:31. > :15:34.the driving seat, Bohdan Bondarenko. He is the reigning world champion,

:15:35. > :15:41.the reigning European champion. He was the world junior champion six

:15:42. > :15:46.years ago. Bondarenko, having seen Barshim and Ivan Ukhov fail first

:15:47. > :15:52.time, he had even more motivation to want to nail that one, and he did. A

:15:53. > :15:57.big smile, because the other two now have to clear the next height if

:15:58. > :16:00.they want to beat him. Absolutely spot on. Barshim has to come in for

:16:01. > :16:14.a second attempt at 2.37. Oh! That was cleared by a mile! His

:16:15. > :16:21.best performance thus far. He absolutely dominated the bar on that

:16:22. > :16:28.occasion. Absolutely superb. He got terrific lift. The amount of

:16:29. > :16:32.clearance he had... That is a man determined. He wants to win. It's

:16:33. > :16:40.not just about money, it is about honour as well. A huge clearance at

:16:41. > :16:44.2.37. When you see Barshim at his best, he looms over these heights.

:16:45. > :16:49.He has cleared something not far below the world record. Many

:16:50. > :17:00.centimetres between him and the bar. Ivan Ukhov, 2.37 and he is in

:17:01. > :17:04.trouble, two failures. No. Didn't quite have the freshness, the

:17:05. > :17:13.explosiveness to go clear, the Olympic champion. He has had a long,

:17:14. > :17:17.tough season, Ivan Ukhov. World indoor champion in 2010, twice

:17:18. > :17:25.European indoor champion, he has that Olympic gold. Disappointed at

:17:26. > :17:29.taking bronze in the Europeans. He will be disappointed with third

:17:30. > :17:34.place tonight, but he doesn't look quite as fresh and on his game, to

:17:35. > :17:41.me, as Bondarenko and Barshim, and the result reflects that. Justin

:17:42. > :17:48.Gatlin, 19.71. A great run from Ogunode.

:17:49. > :17:54.Let's reflect for a moment on that 200 metres victory for Justin

:17:55. > :18:02.Gatlin. He is now the world record holder... The aggregate times the

:18:03. > :18:10.one in 100 metres and 200 metres on the same day. Yes, 9.77 and 19.71.

:18:11. > :18:15.Well clear of Ato Boldon. A strong performance by him. The commentators

:18:16. > :18:22.have nailed it, that many people will be thinking, you know, it's not

:18:23. > :18:25.such a celebrated victory in that sense, but you can't blame Batman,

:18:26. > :18:31.you have to blame the sport if they allow him back in, he is competing

:18:32. > :18:36.very well indeed. -- you cannot blame that man. He has been strong,

:18:37. > :18:40.competitive, he hasn't shied away from his opponents. For him, it has

:18:41. > :18:49.been a real turnaround. Without the likes of Usain Bolt. He has moved

:18:50. > :18:54.the crowd a bit. Do you think he has turned them? It is hard for people

:18:55. > :18:59.to find it in their hearts to forgive him. To enjoy his

:19:00. > :19:03.performances. When he was announced in the stadium, there was a big law,

:19:04. > :19:11.people still appreciate Justin Gatlin going out there to perform.

:19:12. > :19:16.-- a big roar. What could he possibly do against the two big

:19:17. > :19:22.Jamaicans next season? He will be 34 come Rio. Can he keep it up and mix

:19:23. > :19:32.it with those guys? There might be a huge roar in the high jump.

:19:33. > :19:42.2.40, Barshim needs this and he will then hope Bondarenko cannot clear

:19:43. > :19:47.it. Wow! What can you say? That brought a smile to the coach and I

:19:48. > :19:55.am not surprised. Look at the margin of clearance. Look at that! That is

:19:56. > :20:02.just five centimetres below the world record. That is terrific.

:20:03. > :20:10.Bondarenko looks on and thinks, hang on a minute, I've got some problems!

:20:11. > :20:18.Meeting record. First place. The pressure now back on the Bondarenko.

:20:19. > :20:26.Next, the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. The Diamond Race is

:20:27. > :20:34.already won, but this is loaded with talent. A really strong field. It

:20:35. > :20:38.could be a World Championship final. My favourite, Ezekiel Kemboi,

:20:39. > :20:39.everyone will remember how he celebrated his major championship

:20:40. > :20:53.with his little dance. We are looking for the pacemakers,

:20:54. > :20:59.the Russian will take them out at We are looking for the pacemakers,

:21:00. > :21:09.around 2.40 for the first kilometre, which is exactly eight minute tempo.

:21:10. > :21:13.Birech which is exactly eight minute tempo.

:21:14. > :21:19.The Russian will take the which is exactly eight minute tempo.

:21:20. > :21:23.will take the second, that is the idea.

:21:24. > :21:32.will take the second, that is the have a good run, he has run eight

:21:33. > :21:36.minutes six seconds, 1 of the few non-Africans who can mix it with

:21:37. > :21:42.them over the barriers. Renaud Lavillenie in the pole vault. 5.83.

:21:43. > :21:57.Has it The Olympic champion, outright world

:21:58. > :22:00.record-holder, remember, 6.16, Donetsk 2014... That is the

:22:01. > :22:05.statistic you will find in the books. Clips it, gosh, he did not it

:22:06. > :22:17.but it stayed up. -- he did books. Clips it, gosh, he did not it

:22:18. > :22:24.it. The upright has been changed, so it is not as easy. That is it, 5.83,

:22:25. > :22:29.it's the lead, in the rightful hands of the world number one. Now,

:22:30. > :22:36.it's the lead, in the rightful hands Bondarenko. Desperately needs this,

:22:37. > :22:50.2.40. Oh, he has got it too! He goes back into the lead. By virtue of the

:22:51. > :22:55.fact Barshim has got failures at 2.28 and 2.37. Bondarenko proving

:22:56. > :23:03.himself, the Ukrainian world champion. Tall, moves in. Not quite

:23:04. > :23:10.the clearance we saw from Barshim, I have to say, but he has no failures

:23:11. > :23:14.thus far. And that is how Barshim watched that jump. More to do, he is

:23:15. > :23:32.back into second place. This man leads.

:23:33. > :23:40.The bar is now being put up to 2.43. What can Barshim do now? What a

:23:41. > :23:48.jump! Another one! What can Barshim do now? What a

:23:49. > :23:52.this young man is proving to be. Remember, he was tied for the bronze

:23:53. > :23:56.medal in London 2012 and the journey since then has been long and

:23:57. > :24:02.profitable. He is such a good competitor. Number two all-time,

:24:03. > :24:11.second-best jump all time, just checking the list. 2.43, just two

:24:12. > :24:19.centimetres off the world record set in 1993 by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba.

:24:20. > :24:23.What a high jump. They promised it would be good, and my goodness me,

:24:24. > :24:33.it is. Barshim goes back into the lead. Astonishing competition. It

:24:34. > :24:40.really is. A sigh of relief, an area record, a meeting record. It's hard

:24:41. > :24:46.to take your lies off that high jump. They have gone through one

:24:47. > :25:01.kilometre in the steeplechase way below eight minute tempo.

:25:02. > :25:06.Evan Jager is trying to go with this but he is 20 metres down, the

:25:07. > :25:16.foreshortening effect behind these leaders. Birech, the Diamond Race

:25:17. > :25:20.winner, in third place. One of the court is men in history, Paul Koech,

:25:21. > :25:31.way down because they have gone for it. -- one of the quickest men in

:25:32. > :25:34.history. Barshim now knows Bondarenko has got to go higher.

:25:35. > :25:40.They have to go to the world record height or beyond now. It is no good

:25:41. > :25:41.Bondarenko getting a second time clearance, he has to go higher to

:25:42. > :25:58.take the lead and win the Diamond . Evan Jager, just beginning to close.

:25:59. > :26:08.He is a 3 minutes 53 miler, a super season. 13 minutes two seconds 5000

:26:09. > :26:14.metre runner, on this track a year ago. The make or break point of the

:26:15. > :26:21.race is reached, 2000 metres in five minutes 21. Two minutes 42.9, the

:26:22. > :26:27.second kilometre. The first kilometre was 3.5 seconds quicker.

:26:28. > :26:32.Birech is accelerating. Mekhissi is being tested in a way to which he

:26:33. > :26:41.cannot respond at the moment, because the gap is five or six

:26:42. > :26:45.yards. Birech approaching the line with two laps to run. He needs to

:26:46. > :26:55.cover them in two minutes seven seconds, it is doable. The gap

:26:56. > :27:03.behind the American in third is absolutely immense. In fourth place,

:27:04. > :27:11.Kipruto. The two Kiprutos, running together. It is hard to believe that

:27:12. > :27:15.Birech was beaten in the Commonwealth Games. Eight minutes

:27:16. > :27:19.seven seconds in Birmingham a couple of weeks back, if you didn't see it,

:27:20. > :27:23.the final barrier, he just stopped as it came up in front of him

:27:24. > :27:27.without any warning, climbed over it and still ran eight minutes seven

:27:28. > :27:31.seconds. He would have run eight minutes four if he had known the

:27:32. > :27:39.barrier was there. Just over a lap to run. Birech still looking lovely

:27:40. > :27:43.and comfortable. A super looking runner, a freshness and bounce to

:27:44. > :27:54.his stride. Well clear of Mekhissi now. Sub eight is still on, I wonder

:27:55. > :28:05.if he knows? Nobody has done it this year. He needs to really go for it

:28:06. > :28:10.the next 300 metres. He could just be one of those athletes who,

:28:11. > :28:15.frustratingly, when he is exhausted still looks relaxed, but he still

:28:16. > :28:19.has his head down and he is still running hard. Mekhissi, grimacing

:28:20. > :28:27.down the back straight, 20 metres ahead of Evan Jager. The gap has

:28:28. > :28:30.grown. 30 metres behind Birech. The final water jump, a little skip back

:28:31. > :28:37.onto dry land into the straight for the final time. Eight minutes is

:28:38. > :28:51.going to be very close indeed. He needs to fly. 54, 55... Is he going

:28:52. > :28:57.to get there? He certainly is! 62 seconds for the final lap. It puts

:28:58. > :29:00.him down as the 11th man in history to go under eight minutes, the

:29:01. > :29:05.quickest time in the world this year, improving his own world best

:29:06. > :29:10.by almost four seconds. And he still didn't look stressed. Evan Jager, a

:29:11. > :29:18.distant third, in eight minutes 16. Mekhissi came through in eight

:29:19. > :29:22.minutes three, a season 's best. An American record for Evan Jager,

:29:23. > :29:30.eight minutes four. What was I talking about? Eight minutes 16?

:29:31. > :29:41.The pole vault, this man again. Oh! I thought he had

:29:42. > :29:56.got back, and so did he. The pole vault, first failure at 5.93, he

:29:57. > :30:02.passed at . -- he passed at 5.88. So close. There it is.

:30:03. > :30:10.Bondarenko now. The bar at a world record height. Two metres

:30:11. > :30:15.Bondarenko now. The bar at a world centimetres. And I have to tell you,

:30:16. > :30:23.Barshim has had one jump and missed it. This is live high

:30:24. > :30:28.Barshim has had one jump and missed stadium... So all of a sudden,

:30:29. > :30:34.Barshim is still in the lead. Both men attempting a new world record

:30:35. > :30:36.height of 2.46. This is absolutely terrific, what a night of athletics

:30:37. > :31:05.thus far. Barshim was closer, I have to say.

:31:06. > :31:11.Both due a second attempt. At the moment, the Diamond is in the hands

:31:12. > :31:18.of Barshim. This is the closing form of Jairus Birech in the

:31:19. > :31:23.steeplechase. Running hard, punches the air as he crosses the line in a

:31:24. > :31:34.world leading time of seven minutes 58.41, Jairus Birech. Mekhissi,

:31:35. > :31:37.eight minutes 3.23. Evan Jager, eight minutes 4.71, a big step

:31:38. > :31:44.forward for the American, goodness me. The world record attempt, for

:31:45. > :31:46.the second time, the man who leads. He has two more attempts at this

:31:47. > :31:51.height, Bondarenko has one. He has two more attempts at this

:31:52. > :31:55.Bondarenko filed at 2.43 He has two more attempts at this

:31:56. > :32:00.passed his second jump. We could be watching a moment of athletics

:32:01. > :32:12.history. Second attempt at a new world record in the high jump.

:32:13. > :32:24.Oh, no, one more attempt. He knows it's there.

:32:25. > :32:29.Oh, no, one more attempt. He knows has one more jump to see whether he

:32:30. > :32:33.can take this title, but has one more jump to see whether he

:32:34. > :32:37.moment Barshim is in the driving seat. If they both failed this

:32:38. > :32:44.height, he would win and he would win the Diamond as well. Look at

:32:45. > :32:47.that, very close indeed. I thought it was fascinating the way he was

:32:48. > :32:52.nodding at his coach. They both knew what he did wrong. I don't. But he

:32:53. > :32:58.knows exactly what he got wrong. Didn't quite seem to have the same

:32:59. > :33:09.rhythm. OK, Renaud Lavillenie in the pole vault. 5.83 first time for him.

:33:10. > :33:16.Winning the competition with his third jump off the evening. Second

:33:17. > :33:20.attempt at 5.93. This would be a new world best. Remember, he has vaulted

:33:21. > :33:35.6.16 on his day. Oh, and he makes it look simple.

:33:36. > :33:40.Those clear, Renaud Lavillenie. Hard to think of another athlete in the

:33:41. > :33:43.whole portfolio of track and field events who is as dominant as this

:33:44. > :33:48.man, and has been year after year after year. Won the European title

:33:49. > :33:56.two or three weeks ago with consummate ease. So, the final act

:33:57. > :34:03.for Bohdan Bondarenko of the Ukraine. He needs this, an attempt

:34:04. > :34:10.at the world record. That was close too. It means he is second in the

:34:11. > :34:23.competition tonight, Barshim takes the Diamond as a result.

:34:24. > :34:36.Not his night to night. So, Barshim at 2.43 has the lead and one more

:34:37. > :34:44.attempt at this world record height. The competition is decided, but can

:34:45. > :34:50.the record change hands? There's the card for Bondarenko, what a fabulous

:34:51. > :34:56.evening. Barshim yet to come. A world leading time for Birech. A

:34:57. > :35:05.North American record for Evan Jager.

:35:06. > :35:24.The next event on the track, the women's 800 metres.

:35:25. > :35:44.A pretty tough field. Verstegen of the Netherlands, drawn on the

:35:45. > :35:59.inside. Nanyondo, a best of one minute 53 this season. -- two

:36:00. > :36:08.minutes three this season. Janeth Jepkosgei, going well. Tigist

:36:09. > :36:11.Assefa, the Ethiopian, the youngest in the field. She won a couple of

:36:12. > :36:22.days ago. The fashion conscious Maggie Vessey runs in the fifth

:36:23. > :36:26.lane. A best of one minute 59.96. Lynsey Sharp has had a cracking

:36:27. > :36:33.season. She has held her championship form since those

:36:34. > :36:43.championship moments. She beat Sum and Martin as last time out. --

:36:44. > :36:51.Martinez last time out. Eunice Jepkoech Sum, the reigning world

:36:52. > :36:57.champion at 800 metres. Outside her, AG Wilson -- Ajee Wilson along with

:36:58. > :37:06.the pacemaker. Two laps of the track in this 800

:37:07. > :37:46.metres. Only two women in this field have

:37:47. > :37:48.failed to break the two-minute barrier this year, so it is pretty

:37:49. > :38:12.good. Sum is leading. They are dropping off the back of

:38:13. > :38:20.the pace, not as interesting as it was 100 metres ago. Certainly the

:38:21. > :38:29.pace not helping. Sum has been put in the position where she is leading

:38:30. > :38:35.with Ajee Wilson in second place. Tim, this is not really responding

:38:36. > :38:40.to the pace. The pack going through in about 58.5, something like that.

:38:41. > :38:47.Quick enough. Lynsey Sharp, or on the inside, not a bad position.

:38:48. > :38:53.Interesting to see how Martinez goes, a fabulous 1500 metres the

:38:54. > :39:03.other day, four minutes five seconds. They are all there. The

:39:04. > :39:12.Belorussian, 26, one minute 58 to her credit this season. Martinez

:39:13. > :39:18.pushing alongside. Sharp is in fourth place. Janeth Jepkosgei

:39:19. > :39:25.pushing alongside. Sharp is in behind her. 100 metres to go.

:39:26. > :39:32.Martinez... Can Lynsey Sharp come through? Martinez is going to win

:39:33. > :39:39.this. Sum has left it too late. Sharp closing down quickly. Martinez

:39:40. > :39:51.gets it. Sum in second place. Sharp, in third. One:58.85, the same

:39:52. > :40:03.three we saw in Birmingham. A season 's best. She really hammered it.

:40:04. > :40:09.From about 150 to go. Third and final attempt at the world record.

:40:10. > :40:21.Can history be made tonight? In the King Baudouin Stadium. 2.45, the

:40:22. > :40:27.existing world record. 2.46. Oh, mighty close, but the world record

:40:28. > :40:34.stays at 2.45. Very much in the hands of Cuba's Javier Sotomayor all

:40:35. > :40:43.the way back in 1993, in Salamanca. That was some competition from this

:40:44. > :40:48.youngster. Barshim, let's not forget he is 23, his best years ahead of

:40:49. > :40:52.him if he can stay healthy. The second highest jumper in history,

:40:53. > :40:58.and this was close. He got the hips over it. He will take enormous

:40:59. > :41:08.reinforcement. Just clicked it off with the legs! All of the important

:41:09. > :41:11.bits were over. It's been a thrilling competition to watch all

:41:12. > :41:16.season, the men's high jump. It's always been one or the other out of

:41:17. > :41:26.the five. He's been edging it. The last few meets Barshi has put his

:41:27. > :41:36.head above the parapet. Would you say he's the one? Yeah, what we saw

:41:37. > :41:41.head above the parapet. Would you today was quite sensational. Tiny

:41:42. > :41:47.misses. I mean, fractions. It was his calves and legs. Not his back.

:41:48. > :41:51.It was just the timing. We talk about timing in athletics a lot. It

:41:52. > :41:55.is a crucial matter of when you get the extra height, the timing alters.

:41:56. > :42:00.He will get it one day, we know that. He will nail that performance.

:42:01. > :42:04.I hope we're around to see it live. It is not going to be this season

:42:05. > :42:07.sadly. Hopefully we will be there when he finally does. One of the

:42:08. > :42:10.clutch of brilliant high jumpers we've been thrilled to see this

:42:11. > :42:19.season. Lynsey Sharp is over here. Come on in. Well done. Good race.

:42:20. > :42:23.Yeah, just a bit annoyed because I think I could have won that. I got

:42:24. > :42:28.into a bad position quite early on and was boxed in. Just tried to sit

:42:29. > :42:33.and be patient, but the gap didn't really open. A lot of the British

:42:34. > :42:36.athletes have said how tired they feel, they're not able to pull out

:42:37. > :42:39.that bit to give another big performance. That was a big race for

:42:40. > :42:44.you, just outside performance. That was a big race for

:42:45. > :42:48.best. Yeah, to run that this season twice is unbelievable. I know I'm in

:42:49. > :42:52.shape. I just wish I'd run that better early on and I probably could

:42:53. > :42:55.have won it. That's the mark of where you are at the moment, that

:42:56. > :42:59.you're disappointed with that and you're mixing amongst the best in

:43:00. > :43:06.the world. Having started the season with 2. 06 and to be disappointed

:43:07. > :43:07.with 1. 58 says a lot. I have Newcastle tomorrow and Marrakesh

:43:08. > :43:16.next week. Hopefully I can get another PB. Marrakesh you're

:43:17. > :43:20.thinking right take the PB down? Yeah, I mean, who knows what type of

:43:21. > :43:24.race it will be. There won't be a pacemaker. I have to be happy with

:43:25. > :43:27.this season. I'm enjoying racing at this end. You're running this

:43:28. > :43:38.unusual distance tomorrow in Gateshead. Oh, God. That's been the

:43:39. > :43:40.general response. Me and Eilidh Child are sharing a room and we're

:43:41. > :43:48.trying to talk about tactics. Child are sharing a room and we're

:43:49. > :43:49.we'll see. We will have a look tomorrow on BBC One. For sure. You

:43:50. > :43:53.have tomorrow on BBC One. For sure. You

:43:54. > :43:59.Thank you. See you there. Thank you you, great race. So, that's the

:44:00. > :44:02.great City Games tomorrow on the BBC. The Great North Run is special

:44:03. > :44:15.this year and that's on Sunday morning.

:44:16. > :44:20.This year the world's greatest half-marathon will have its

:44:21. > :44:22.millionth finisher, the Great North Run, Sunday morning at 9. 30am on

:44:23. > :44:32.BBC One. The great City Games is on tomorrow.

:44:33. > :44:36.You have heard all the athletes compete thering and getting up early

:44:37. > :44:38.with Colin to compete over unusual distances and unusual events. It

:44:39. > :44:57.should be good. On Sunday: The season really gets to the

:44:58. > :45:00.trickly bit, the Grand Prix. It's the women's 3,000 metres as the last

:45:01. > :45:10.race on the track tonight. It's whizzed by. It's been a fantastic

:45:11. > :45:18.evening -- fantastic evening of athletics.

:45:19. > :45:26.This is a great head to head. This is a middle distance race the 3,000

:45:27. > :45:31.metres. It's boredering on the long distance race. People with speed we

:45:32. > :45:40.will need to watch out. There are the two. They will be the ones to

:45:41. > :46:18.watch. The Albanian, who had a good run

:46:19. > :46:22.over 1500 on Tuesday, in Croatia, and Hassan and Dibaba both born

:46:23. > :46:35.Ethiopian. Hassan now living in the Netherlands for some

:46:36. > :46:40.Fastest time in the world this year is 8. 20. That was in Doha in the

:46:41. > :46:51.second Diamond League of the season. They need to go out around 2. 48, 2.

:46:52. > :47:04.49, something around 8. 25 this evening.

:47:05. > :47:13.There's the tiny figure of her there.

:47:14. > :47:21.Hassan is fourth from the back at the moment. Jenny Simpson in the

:47:22. > :47:30.pink shorts in the middle of the pack. A former steeplechaser, former

:47:31. > :47:34.US record holder in the 3,000 metres steeplechase and oodles of strength.

:47:35. > :47:47.Maybe 3,000 is her best distance. She's not a great 800m runner.

:47:48. > :47:56.Hartfield then in the long jump. His last attempt. He's really in fourth

:47:57. > :48:01.place. He's got a red on that last jump.

:48:02. > :48:06.place. That leaves him in fourth place.

:48:07. > :48:21.place. Five men over eight metres. This is

:48:22. > :48:28.his third and final attempt at this height.

:48:29. > :48:33.Third and final then. No, no, no. It's a long competition. He did

:48:34. > :48:43.well, he cleared 5. 93 and they will celebrate that here in Brussels. A

:48:44. > :48:56.great demonstration of pole vaulting.

:48:57. > :49:03.A big gap between this man, the Olympic champion and the rest.

:49:04. > :49:09.Really didn't get into it at all on that occasion, did he? The world

:49:10. > :49:19.record holder, number one, he's going to compete incidentally in the

:49:20. > :49:23.24-hour Le Mans endurance race in September, the 20th, 21st. He's an

:49:24. > :49:29.all-rounder. 2. 49. 41 for the first kilometre.

:49:30. > :49:35.Good pace making. You can see the field are about a second-and-a-half

:49:36. > :49:36.down. In second it's Ayana, the African champion over 5,000 metres.

:49:37. > :49:39.She has African champion over 5,000 metres.

:49:40. > :49:47.expect her to want to push this along.

:49:48. > :49:53.Gega now. She's raced so sparingly this year. She is tiny. Ayana goes

:49:54. > :50:00.through lieding the pack. That's ahead of Dibaba. Simpson back in

:50:01. > :50:13.tenth place at the moment. Hassan has moved up a little bit. That's

:50:14. > :50:25.about sixth place. Gega leading from Ayana and Dibaba. Kibue is about

:50:26. > :50:35.sieveth -- Kibiwot issismth. -- is sixth Rowbury would appear to

:50:36. > :50:39.be shadowing Jenny Simpson. That's almost what happened in Zurich when

:50:40. > :50:49.they both crashed to the ground as they dived to the line. Simpson won

:50:50. > :50:55.by a few hundredths of a second. That gap is 15 metres now. They are

:50:56. > :50:57.going down the back straight. No use whatsoever having a gap of that

:50:58. > :51:15.much. It was said in a press conference

:51:16. > :51:18.this morning that they don't want them out this far. I don't think

:51:19. > :51:24.I've seen this before. The fact that she's not looking around and

:51:25. > :51:29.checking what's going on behind her, she should slow right down and let

:51:30. > :51:34.them regain contact. It's a glorious evening. 21 degrees the gauge on the

:51:35. > :51:39.home straight says. There are three laps to run. Gega might as well step

:51:40. > :51:44.off the track, she's not helping anybody. Not her fault, all of it

:51:45. > :51:48.any way. Looking at the battle for the diamond, it's between Dibaba and

:51:49. > :51:57.Cherono. Those two in the leading six. Dibaba leading Cherono. Cherono

:51:58. > :52:05.on the inside, in the red vest. She's in about four places behind

:52:06. > :52:09.Dibaba. The men's discus took place. Kanter in third place, a former

:52:10. > :52:12.world champion. The Olympic champion, medals from the last five

:52:13. > :52:28.World Championships, in third place. In second place, Malachowski, this

:52:29. > :52:33.was his third-round throw. The big man was in the driving seat, the

:52:34. > :52:43.European champion in 2010, Silver Medallist in 2008, 67. 35, second

:52:44. > :52:48.place behind this man of Germany. Harting wins the diamond with this

:52:49. > :52:56.throw. He's had such a good season with a best of 28. 47 this season.

:52:57. > :53:04.-- 68. 47. That lovely stance, he really unwinds, a long, long arm off

:53:05. > :53:10.a terrific torque. That two kilogram discus floats into a distance of 67.

:53:11. > :53:32.57. That was good enough to win his second-round throw.

:53:33. > :53:40.Hassan has taken the lead. Rowbury is shadowing her compatriot there.

:53:41. > :53:44.Dibaba on the inside. 500 metres to run in this 3,000. Ayana on the

:53:45. > :53:48.inside. The pace hasn't been demanding. 2. 49 for the first

:53:49. > :53:51.inside. The pace hasn't been kilometre. They went through two K

:53:52. > :53:55.in 5. 43. Simpson, wonderfully poised. They hit the bell. She's on

:53:56. > :53:58.the shoulder of Hassan, the European champion at 1500 metres. She's had a

:53:59. > :54:03.super year has the very champion at 1500 metres. She's had a

:54:04. > :54:06.built little Dutch athlete, formerly of Ethiopia. They wind it up. The

:54:07. > :54:11.gaps are not there yet. There are still ten or 12 women covered by six

:54:12. > :54:17.or eight yards. 300 to run. Hassan into the back straight with Simpson

:54:18. > :54:22.biding her time, surely. Dibaba on the inside, boxed a bit at the

:54:23. > :54:28.moment. Steve Cherundolo is there as well. Rowbury in sixth. 200m to run.

:54:29. > :54:30.Simpson has looked supreme with her wins in Stockholm and Zurich

:54:31. > :54:34.Simpson has looked supreme with her respectively over 1500 metres over

:54:35. > :54:35.the last couple of weeks, as they come around the bend, Cherono begins

:54:36. > :54:40.to challenge on the outside. come around the bend, Cherono begins

:54:41. > :54:45.it is who hits the front for the first time. Hassan try to fight her

:54:46. > :54:49.off. Simpson hasn't got the legs. Here comes Dibaba

:54:50. > :54:54.off. Simpson hasn't got the legs. is beaten on the inside. Cherono,

:54:55. > :55:02.ever so patient. She's waited for this win. Kicks at right just the --

:55:03. > :55:06.kicks at just the right moment. Dibaba finished strongly, might not

:55:07. > :55:17.be the Dibaba we saw indoors so many times looking fantastic. She was

:55:18. > :55:23.nonetheless very solid indeed there. Mercy Cherono was anonymous in that

:55:24. > :55:30.race until 150 metres to run. That's where it counted. Eased past Hassan

:55:31. > :55:33.with 120 to go. Jenny Simpson didn't have the legs over the last 150.

:55:34. > :55:33.with 120 to go. Jenny Simpson didn't National record for Hassan in second

:55:34. > :55:39.place. National record for Hassan in second

:55:40. > :55:44.Here is that crucial moment down the hole straight, Cherono hit Top Gear

:55:45. > :55:49.for the first time. Look at the battle for the minor places. Jenny

:55:50. > :55:55.Simpson has run a massive personal best there, a fourth place in 8. 29.

:55:56. > :56:01.58 for the American, behind Cherono, Hassan and Dibaba. Rowbury a

:56:02. > :56:02.personal best too. She really did shadow her compatriot virtually

:56:03. > :56:11.every step shadow her compatriot virtually

:56:12. > :56:14.get past her. STUDIO: Well done to Cherono, she

:56:15. > :56:18.wins the diamond race and the final event on the track tonight. It has

:56:19. > :56:23.been a wonderful way to end this Diamond League season. Go on, your

:56:24. > :56:25.highlights then. I think domestically Lynsey Sharp's

:56:26. > :56:29.performance was outstanding. She battled with the top players and

:56:30. > :56:33.came through smelling of roses. That men's high jump was something

:56:34. > :56:38.special. Any time you attempt a world record, it takes your breath

:56:39. > :56:45.And the added away. Drama of being a head to head as well. To see them

:56:46. > :56:55.come through the field and Bonderenko had a go as well. A

:56:56. > :57:02.mention for James Desaolou as well. Yes, and what gat Lynn did -- Gatlin

:57:03. > :57:06.was sensational. A great way to end the season. Thank you as ever for

:57:07. > :57:08.your company along it ride. It's been a wonderful season of memories

:57:09. > :57:10.from the Diamond League. Here are some of the highlights.

:57:11. > :57:30.From all of us, a very goodbye. Her whole career has been about this

:57:31. > :57:40.moment, gold for Jo Pavey. 2. 42 beckons here.

:57:41. > :57:41.Mo Farah streaking away. He made it look easy. It's gold for Great

:57:42. > :57:46.Britain!