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league which is promising much. The talent that is here tonight is deep. | :00:54. | :01:02. | |
Two events need attention. Kiprop is going for the world record. Colin | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
Jackson is alongside me. Conditions just about perfect. Almost as warm | :01:07. | :01:14. | |
as the UK at the moment! The track is fast. They come here for a good | :01:15. | :01:22. | |
times? Spot on. The conditions attract the athletes. They can | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
concentrate on just performing. Because it is just before the major | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
Championships, the athletes are ready to go. It is their first, | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
their last head-to-head competition until they go to train again for the | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
Majors. And exciting women's 400 metres hurdles to start. Zuzana | :01:43. | :01:56. | |
Hejnova is the name to look out for. Kaliese Spencer is her biggest | :01:57. | :01:57. | |
challenger. There is Hejnova. This is her first | :01:58. | :02:12. | |
race. She will be anxious. All of the women she is up against a posted | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
quick times. It is for her to prove her choke and her condition. Police | :02:18. | :02:28. | |
Spencer has gone under 55 seconds. She will try to do that again today. | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
Your She will try to do that again today. | :02:31. | :02:43. | |
and Stewart story. Carter has had a collegiate career. | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
She will be very good. Moilne stood up. She has got a good | :02:48. | :03:42. | |
excuse. The crowd applauded for the pole vault, which has started on the | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
opposite side of the arena. She has a very good reason. I hope they do | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
not cause a problem for her. I think it was legitimate. Just waiting to | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
see what the verdict is. We talked about the injury for hedge of -- | :04:01. | :04:13. | |
hedge over, and has taken a lot longer for her to get back. She is | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
up against it in terms of getting ready for perhaps the European | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
Championships. Interesting to see how she goes. Not the athletes's | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
Ford. A green card. Ten barriers ahead of them. A big | :04:26. | :04:44. | |
crowd here. Not much in it as they go towards | :04:45. | :05:25. | |
the first turn. Spencer, who runs a pretty even paced 400 metres hurdles | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
these days, coasting down the back straight chasing Dan Carter. She is | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
probably just leading the race at the moment. The South African is | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
going well but she has been run down. They reached the critical 300 | :05:40. | :05:52. | |
metres position. The champion, Kaliese Spencer, has won all of the | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
races this season. Hejnova is struggling. Spencer wintered. Moilne | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
in second place. In third place was Cassandra Tate of the United States. | :06:04. | :06:11. | |
I'd spiked a bit quicker than that. Nevertheless, it was a commanding | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
run. She has really contained this race now. She runs a very steady | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
first 200. Works between 200 and 300 and goes away in the last 100. She | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
has all the confidence in the world to do that. She has been the | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
undoubted number one. Moilne could not work off the last two hurdles. | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
Carter out of it completely. Poor run from her. And Hejnova, it was a | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
risk for her to come back in this race, and she was shown up. These | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
are low hurdles. Watching Spencer down the back straight, she is just | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
gliding over them. Almost stepping over them. She has got the ability | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
to do that. With the flat speed she has as well, maintaining what has | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
already been a cracking year. Not as quick as we have seen from her. | :07:14. | :07:17. | |
Probably not the best race we have seen this year. | :07:18. | :07:26. | |
She is though, Kaliese Spencer, the class act of this event this year. | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
She won the quickest race. That was nowhere near her best but she can | :07:37. | :07:39. | |
only beat the field that is there. What did you take from that race? A | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
very rusty performance from Hejnova. With that in mind you have to take | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
into consideration that he it is our first race, yes it is hot | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
competition, but she can go back into training and thinks to herself, | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
if I can improve... She is a real class athlete, as we know. She is | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
world champion. We know what she can deliver. You have got to believe | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
that when time comes, she will be a threat. Whether she will be able to | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
do that by the middle of August though... Eilidh Child is fourth on | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
the Diamond League standings. Her mind focused very heavily on | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
Glasgow. She is the poster child for Glasgow. The confidence that Kaliese | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
Spencer is showing right now is overwhelming. Because she is so | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
confident and assured offer performance... Eilidh Child, that | :08:36. | :08:42. | |
European Championships could be hers. We are up and running in | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
Monaco. Here are some more stars coming out to shine tonight. The | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
men's high jump has been thrilling all season. Bondarenko, Ukhov and | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
Barshim will do battle again tonight. Asbel Kiprop will attempt | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
to break the world record over 1500 metres, a mark that has stood for 16 | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
years. Britain's Jessica George is celebrating selection for the | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
European Championships. She test yourself against the world's best | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
tonight. The sprint hurdles include the world record holder, the world | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
champion and the Diamond league leader. And there is a mouthwatering | :09:26. | :09:34. | |
women's 100 metres. This is how the evening is shaping up. | :09:35. | :10:03. | |
We have got a fabulous night in store. We do have two touch upon a | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
more '' more unsavoury things. Let's start with the good. To have six men | :10:11. | :10:19. | |
over 240 and the men's high jump, it is not a one trick race, is it? This | :10:20. | :10:26. | |
world record is threatening? That is the great thing. It is about true | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
competition. None of these jumpers can rest on their laurels. If they | :10:31. | :10:37. | |
want to win and want to win the Diamond league, they have the jump | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
high. Bondarenko did 2.42 in New York. Yes, and that took a lot of | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
people's breath away. Today we have six athletes who have done it. Ukhov | :10:51. | :11:01. | |
was 2.61 in Doha. Yes, that is exciting for me. This is a | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
knowledgeable audience in Monaco. I am as excited as everybody else. I | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
am a huge fan. I know you are. The next bit of the good and bad will | :11:12. | :11:20. | |
displease you. Gay and captain are performing tonight. Whatever they do | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
on the track, their parental '' the performances are forever tainted? | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
You are so right. Tainted not only by themselves but the audience. We | :11:31. | :11:37. | |
think about what happened in their past. We believed in their | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
performances. Unfortunately for us, the fact that Tyson had a little | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
negotiation to get his banned down, it doesn't leave a nice flavour in | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
the mouth of somebody who is a fan, like myself. Let's get back to the | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
positive. David Rudisha, he graced the track '' he graces the track. He | :11:58. | :12:07. | |
is sublime. His style is beautiful. In Glasgow we saw it yet again. | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
They will all, we suspect, be chasing this man. Can they beat the | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
legendary David Rudisha? The crowd roaring him on. They know they are | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
seeing a special, special athlete. He strides with power down the back | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
straight. What a magnificent sight. This is quick! David Rudisha is back | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
in top form. He is going to win this race. Watch the clock. 1.43.35. The | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
fastest in the world this year. And a race which, for David Rudisha, | :12:43. | :12:54. | |
signalled he is not far away. It is a fabulous field for Rudisha | :12:55. | :13:03. | |
to join the ceiling. '' this evening. Let's see what sort of | :13:04. | :13:13. | |
challenge this field will give him tonight. We know conditions are | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
good. The track is quick. Let's join the commentators, Steve and Stewart. | :13:19. | :13:30. | |
Kaki, the man from Sudan, lining up alongside Lewandowski. Kaki has been | :13:31. | :13:37. | |
out of sorts recently. I wonder what sort of Ron Webber get from him | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
tonight. The world champion last year, Mohammed Aman, in the absence | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
of David Rudisha. Still just 20 years old. | :13:51. | :14:02. | |
Bosse. So much young talent in this field. Seventh in the World | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
Championships. Had a great year last year. Rudisha, the Olympic champion, | :14:14. | :14:22. | |
the world record holder. 143.34 in Glasgow. Looked almost back to his | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
best. Was in great form for the first 700 and tonight, he'll rely on | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
his regular pacemaker, Tangui to take him out in 49.5. He wants a | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
good, hard race, and he'll get one against the clock and this stellar | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
field. Rudisha, Aman, Amos, and then you can throw in the others as well | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
who, on their day, can give each other something to think about. | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
Men's 800 metres. Chatting to Rudisha yesterday, he | :14:56. | :15:07. | |
said how much confidence Glasgow had given him. Everything's settled down | :15:08. | :15:16. | |
in training now. He will be taking on Amos in the red. Could be the | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
danger, raw talent from bats war that. Rudisha moving in behind his | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
team'mate Bosse, Cheruiyot. Aman. Further back in the middle of the | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
field is Solomon, the front'running American happy to follow Rudisha at | :15:35. | :15:36. | |
the moment. The Australian at back. 49.41 is quick and just what was | :15:37. | :15:57. | |
asked for. Amos. A gap. Aman realises he's got | :15:58. | :16:05. | |
to do something. Has he let Rudisha get away? Looks serene at the moment | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
and Aman having to work hard to get back. Amos looks dangerous. Bosse | :16:10. | :16:18. | |
still having a fabulous run. Rudisha sees he's behind him. Amos on his | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
shoulder will fight and scrap. Aman still can't get to the first three. | :16:24. | :16:32. | |
Amos. Now he realises Amos is there. Brilliant run. Aman finishing | :16:33. | :16:34. | |
incredibly quickly. Amos gets the win. 142.46. Smashed | :16:35. | :16:48. | |
his personal best. What a race from this young man. He ran the 00 metres | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
in the Diamond League last week in Glasgow. Rudisha was preferring to | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
have a bit of a clear run. He's going to be running against him at | :16:58. | :17:00. | |
the Commonwealth Games and Rudisha knows when he's not at his best. | :17:01. | :17:08. | |
They are going to follow on from him and hang on to him. He's a fighter, | :17:09. | :17:16. | |
a scrapper. He doesn't get up. He's ungamely at times. | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
A national record for Bosse. Aman finished strongly in third as well. | :17:25. | :17:36. | |
Watch out for this man. Yes. This was some talk in Glasgow | :17:37. | :17:45. | |
that Rudisha, despite the fact he won that race, his recovery took a | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
long, long time. He ends up in fifth place because Aman is behind Bosse. | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
They all come and jump down on him. Look at that. They are all there. | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
But Amos, he is ungamely, you are right, there's no finesse about him, | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
he's just gritted his teeth, just got on with it and it was a fine, | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
fine performance. A new world lead, a meeting record as well. And that | :18:12. | :18:21. | |
record was held in 1999 from a Dane. That tells you the quality of this | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
event. We said it was tough and my goonedness me, didn't it prove to be | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
so. '' my goodness me. Five men under 143. Not often you | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
say that. We'll have to check the statisticians to see if that's | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
happened before. Rudisha, the fastest time of all'time. Amos | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
really has announced himself on the big stage. He obviously did at the | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
Olympics and has followed that up with some big wins already. But this | :18:55. | :18:57. | |
is perhaps the best run of his career. Lower down, you can see | :18:58. | :19:05. | |
national record, personal best and equalling the national record of | :19:06. | :19:13. | |
Australia, Rowe, 144.40. That record stood for 46 years. | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
Equalled it, not quite taken it yet. What a way to start this evening. | :19:19. | :19:28. | |
What a race! Rudisha said in Glasgow he felt he can go quicker. He went | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
down to 142, albeit just under, 14 `3rks but ahead of him a field of | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
very fast men and Amos still just 20 years old? An incredible race and | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
800 metres never lets us down with sheer excitement, quality of | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
performance too. You saw everything there. It's breathtaking. Goes to | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
show you how good the conditions are. Osagie, hello, how are you? | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
That was an interesting race to be in, I imagine, because everyone was | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
so quick ahead of you? It was really quick. At the trials a couple of | :20:05. | :20:11. | |
weeks ago, I didn't have a good run actually. My hamstring has given me | :20:12. | :20:18. | |
a nightmare the last couple of weeks. It was OK that run but it was | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
a great opportunity to run faster. Gutted that I'm not in the shape I | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
wanted to be. How quicker can you get into that shape, the | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
Commonwealth Games are fast'approaching? How quick I get | :20:31. | :20:39. | |
fit, if I'm lucky, just over one week to go. Came here to run my legs | :20:40. | :20:48. | |
off and did all right. Never fails to deliver, that 800 metres. Having | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
Rudisha back as well, is that adding spice for you? It is for me. I like | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
running this race. I would love to be able to get ahead of him one day | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
but you want to race against the best in the world in this sport. | :21:05. | :21:14. | |
Good to see him back as well? Good to see what distance he can make up | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
with Amos as well? Yes. The Commonwealth Games will be really | :21:19. | :21:22. | |
tough this year as well with the Europeans. Coming out from a | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
different angle, the Commonwealth Games might be different from the | :21:26. | :21:26. | |
Europeans. I'm looking forward to trying to | :21:27. | :21:36. | |
overcome both. Look forward to seeing you get back to your very | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
best. Looking forward to see you. He's still not breathless, you know! | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
That proves to us that he's still very fit indeed. He's just mentioned | :21:47. | :21:54. | |
that he needs to get race sharp. In a couple of weeks he can get in | :21:55. | :22:02. | |
better shape. In good time, yes. The athletics programme starts a week | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
tomorrow, the 26th. The opening ceremony is next Wednesday. We have | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
got another treat for you as well. Exceptional sportsmen, never mind | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
athletics or 800 metre running, there's something coming up that you | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
shouldn't miss. In 2005, a barefoot man walked into a school and was | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
given running shoes and a chance. Where are you going to be in years | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
to come? One man believed he had the talent to be the greatest runner on | :22:31. | :22:39. | |
earth. I had to do something. 100 seconds to beat the world. The David | :22:40. | :22:49. | |
Rudisha Story, Tuesday 22nd July. So 100 Seconds to Beat the World. I | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
don't know about you, but I know where I'm going to be sat, watching | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
that! It promises to be a fantastic watch. Goes back to when he was a | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
kid. The kind of footage that we all dream of wishing that we'd had that | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
footage of Messi when he was a kid or that footage of those greats, so | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
it will be fantastic. A very good watch. I'm looking forward to | :23:13. | :23:17. | |
watching it too. Any room on your sofa? Yes. Let's talk about the | :23:18. | :23:20. | |
British selections. Questioning still in the air, but we know the | :23:21. | :23:27. | |
answers now and there are some that have made the Championships, some | :23:28. | :23:37. | |
that haven't. Dasalou delivered last year at the World Championships, so | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
let's give him another chance. He's been consistent too. Came back with | :23:43. | :23:52. | |
a 10. 075 from '' 10. 03 from Lausanne. James is great. | :23:53. | :24:01. | |
Hudson'Smith was taken by surprise. His reaction was beautiful, wasn't | :24:02. | :24:14. | |
it? ! ? I was in two minds which I preferred, his performance or his | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
reaction. They were both absolutely thrilling. It's nice to see the nice | :24:20. | :24:27. | |
young talent. It meant a lot for him to do something like that. It's | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
exciting. People spend time saying, do they really want it, have they | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
got the hunger for it. He demonstrated that. | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
That could make a difference for him in the next few years. The kind of | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
men he'll be wanting to beat are lining up for the men's 400 metres | :24:49. | :24:55. | |
here. LaShawn Merritt is the outstanding name of course in that | :24:56. | :25:05. | |
field and don't overlook others. It's a strong line'up. No James, of | :25:06. | :25:08. | |
course. Borlee, from Belgium there. Let's | :25:09. | :25:21. | |
join the commentary team for the one'lap race. | :25:22. | :25:41. | |
This is a real character, the Botswana, Makwala, he's a 44.01 this | :25:42. | :25:54. | |
season, a personal best in the 400, so watch out for him. Then you've | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
got Gil Roberts of the United States. He's the American champion, | :26:00. | :26:08. | |
44.53 was his best and Tony McQuay in lane seven. He has got a best of | :26:09. | :26:16. | |
what, 44.92, silver medallist in the World Championships. And Conrad | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
Williams very much part of the Great Britain 400 squad in the past and | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
sixth in the race in Glasgow a week ago. Wonder what LaShawn Merritt can | :26:25. | :26:33. | |
do here, the reigning champion? Borlee, Santos, Merritt, McQuay, | :26:34. | :26:43. | |
Williams and Makwala, the men's 400 metres. | :26:44. | :27:17. | |
Bound to be a quick one. Santos got off pretty quickly. Roberts, the | :27:18. | :27:27. | |
American very fast. Up on McQuay at the moment. Run past Williams. | :27:28. | :27:33. | |
Borlee has made a very fast first 200 metres, and the world champion, | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
LaShawn Merritt looks very, very easy at 200 metres and starts to | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
move between two and three. Makwala has been targeted. Santos coming off | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
the bend quite well. Makwala and Merritt. Outside him, Roberts of the | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
United States. LaShawn Merritt now, Makwala fades. LaShawn is going to | :27:57. | :28:00. | |
take this one, Roberts in second place and Makwala took the third at | :28:01. | :28:12. | |
44.30 for the winner. Pretty tough. Merritt can do this time and time | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
again. Turned Makwala into a third placer actually in the 400 there, | :28:19. | :28:27. | |
the man from Botswana really struggled many the last 40 or 50 | :28:28. | :28:29. | |
metres. Merritt is in great form. He's | :28:30. | :28:56. | |
consistent. He's going to be strong. The only man is James who could have | :28:57. | :29:03. | |
been there. I don't know if we thought he was going to run away | :29:04. | :29:07. | |
from him. It was almost when Merritt came away from him, he was like, | :29:08. | :29:13. | |
here we go and you're not going to outstrength him on the home | :29:14. | :29:14. | |
straight. LaShawn Merritt of the USA, to keep | :29:15. | :29:30. | |
churning out those performances... He puts on a performance every time. | :29:31. | :29:42. | |
He never short'changes you? He proves the importance of racing. The | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
more you race, the more confident you get. The more consistent you | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
get. He believes he can go close to 44 seconds virtually every single | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
race. A couple of years ago when he couldn't race, he struggled to | :29:58. | :30:00. | |
return to his form because he was out of race shape. It is important | :30:01. | :30:06. | |
that athletes get out of there and compete as much as they can. The | :30:07. | :30:11. | |
women's shot put was done and dusted earlier tonight before we came on | :30:12. | :30:18. | |
air. And guess who won? Yes, her 53rd victory in a row, Valerie Adams | :30:19. | :30:24. | |
of New Zealand. The outstanding athlete of generation, some might | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
say. She did it yet again. She really is just the most incredible | :30:31. | :30:36. | |
competitor. I think she is one of those unsung heroes. You don't | :30:37. | :30:39. | |
realise how incredible this woman is. 53 victories. Nobody in | :30:40. | :30:45. | |
athletics has put a winning streak like that together for a huge amount | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
of time. That is a quality athlete. Every time I talk to her, I bow. I | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
am in the presence of a goddess. She just laughs. Let's move next event | :30:56. | :31:07. | |
on the track, the men's 1500 metres. Asbel Kiprop is putting in a real | :31:08. | :31:11. | |
fight tonight for the world record. He has made his intentions clear. | :31:12. | :31:15. | |
Last year he was the head of a thrilling race where he posted the | :31:16. | :31:21. | |
fourth fastest time in history. Mo Farah, the Olympic and world | :31:22. | :31:28. | |
champion, against Asbel Kiprop. Kiprop in front, Mo Farah with a | :31:29. | :31:38. | |
chance of running close to 3.30. 2.45, that is fast! Mo Farah is | :31:39. | :31:43. | |
having a great scrap for second place. And Kiprop crosses and Mo | :31:44. | :31:54. | |
Farah may well have just broken my British record for a 1500 metres. | :31:55. | :32:03. | |
There is one man around here who knows just what it takes to break a | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
world record at 1500 metres. I spoke to Steve Cram area. He has made the | :32:10. | :32:16. | |
decision to go for it. It is because he loves it here. He has run his | :32:17. | :32:21. | |
three fastest times here. His experience last year in that great | :32:22. | :32:25. | |
race, he said to the organisers that he would come back and try to break | :32:26. | :32:29. | |
the world record. Easier said than done. A tough field. He has asked | :32:30. | :32:36. | |
for a tough '' fast pace maker. He has prepared for this. He has got a | :32:37. | :32:41. | |
chance, a slim chance. At what point will you know this is a world | :32:42. | :32:47. | |
record? I want him not to be going as well as he think he needs to go. | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
He has gone through the bell here faster than anybody has done. If he | :32:53. | :32:59. | |
is on that sort of time, we will be getting excited. I am not sure he | :33:00. | :33:03. | |
can last at that. I would like to see him slower than that. Then a big | :33:04. | :33:08. | |
last lap. He has to worry about Souleiman following him around as | :33:09. | :33:19. | |
well. It will be a great race. Of course, you saw Mo Farah broke the | :33:20. | :33:22. | |
British record in that race last year, Steve Cram's British record. | :33:23. | :33:29. | |
At that point we were thinking that maybe he may target 1500 in the | :33:30. | :33:33. | |
Commonwealth Games. He ran the marathon. The good news this week | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
coming out of his camp, from his own Twitter feed, is that he is in good | :33:40. | :33:43. | |
shape. He missed out last weekend on the anniversary games in Glasgow. He | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
is fit and he is raring to go for the Commonwealth Games. He is not | :33:50. | :33:52. | |
going to race this weekend. That is good news. That is good news, we | :33:53. | :33:59. | |
hope. He is coming back from not only injury but sickness as well. | :34:00. | :34:02. | |
You know when you are working hard and pushing your body to the limit, | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
what can happen. You can slip easily down a slippery slope when you are | :34:09. | :34:11. | |
pushing your body to these extremes. I will be happy when I see Mo Farah | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
on that line in Glasgow. I don't care which event he is in. Get him | :34:17. | :34:21. | |
on the line and then you will see me smile. Let's talk about this 1500 | :34:22. | :34:27. | |
metres. Souleiman, who won the bronze at the World Championships, | :34:28. | :34:33. | |
will push Kiprop hard. Is this going to be a great race or world record? | :34:34. | :34:40. | |
I hope both. We saw when Steve Cram took onside Oita, it got is an | :34:41. | :34:46. | |
amazing world record. Let's hope it happens again today. Kiprop is | :34:47. | :34:50. | |
looking cool and calm. But he knows he has a huge challenge in just | :34:51. | :34:56. | |
taking the victory. To break this record we are talking 54 93 second | :34:57. | :35:10. | |
laps. Incredible ''... It is always about mid'July, as Steve Cram will | :35:11. | :35:14. | |
tell you, that these records go. All the omens are pointing in that | :35:15. | :35:21. | |
direction. Let's get to commentary. This crowd will have a role to play. | :35:22. | :35:25. | |
They have to get behind them. A bit quiet at the moment. I am not sure | :35:26. | :35:29. | |
they know the significance of what is going on here. Kiprop has said he | :35:30. | :35:34. | |
will set his stall out, he is going to go hard and if it doesn't work | :35:35. | :35:40. | |
out, so be it. Last year he ran brilliantly. It resulted in the | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
stunning 3.27.72. He has got Souleiman tucked in behind him. He | :35:47. | :35:48. | |
will be the big danger. Certainly the Souleiman camp was | :35:49. | :36:08. | |
thinking this could be his day. He has lapsed in behind Kiprop, the | :36:09. | :36:15. | |
Olympic champion. He does not have the pressure of going to the | :36:16. | :36:18. | |
Commonwealth Games. Souleiman is tough. This place looks good. That | :36:19. | :36:25. | |
was too quick. 54 seconds for the first 400 metres. They are going to | :36:26. | :36:28. | |
pay for this somewhere down the line. Kiprop, then Souleiman, still | :36:29. | :36:39. | |
going with this pace. That was way too fast. Pacemaker is get a little | :36:40. | :36:46. | |
bit excited. Let's watch the people further back. They are all running | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
quickly. Coming around now with two laps remaining. | :36:52. | :37:04. | |
They are really strong out. That gives you an indication of how very | :37:05. | :37:11. | |
quick it was, that on in '' and even pace of 55... They dropped off on | :37:12. | :37:18. | |
the second lap. I am not surprised after that 54 first. There is a gap | :37:19. | :37:25. | |
now on Souleiman. He has got about 34 metres on him. There is a gap | :37:26. | :37:33. | |
ahead of the rest. They want to be 3.30 at the bell. I am mature that | :37:34. | :37:37. | |
will be the case. They are well strong out. '' I am not sure. They | :37:38. | :37:44. | |
started to gather behind Kiprop. Souleiman is there. Kiplagat will | :37:45. | :37:54. | |
stop '' Kiplagat. Kiprop knows he has got to kick hard for the | :37:55. | :38:03. | |
frontier. '' to the front. Souleiman beginning to rock 'n' roll a little | :38:04. | :38:10. | |
bit. Kiplagat is still close. Kiprop kicks down the back straight. He | :38:11. | :38:14. | |
will want to put some distance between him and the chasing pack. | :38:15. | :38:22. | |
Kiprop opens up two or three metres. Kiplagat goes past Souleiman. Kiprop | :38:23. | :38:29. | |
and Kiplagat will be joined in the home straight. Kiprop has led this | :38:30. | :38:34. | |
effectively all the way. Look at Silas Kiplagat! He starts to kick | :38:35. | :38:42. | |
away. Kiprop paid for really going to it tonight. Great run. Goodness | :38:43. | :38:55. | |
me, what a last lap! Absolutely stunning. Kiprop, despite the fact | :38:56. | :39:03. | |
it was not what he wanted and he certainly did not want to get beaten | :39:04. | :39:07. | |
by this man, he knew the risk was that he would leave the others | :39:08. | :39:11. | |
through a quick time. And so Kiplagat, with a Diamond League | :39:12. | :39:14. | |
record quicker than we had last year, he is the man who takes all of | :39:15. | :39:21. | |
the plaudits. What a race from him. Kiprop in second place. I am | :39:22. | :39:37. | |
watching the time is coming up. One, never to, three, four, five... Maybe | :39:38. | :39:45. | |
six men on the 3.30. What about this from Kiplagat? He was fuller | :39:46. | :39:53. | |
running. He was. He looked so good in the season so far. Full of | :39:54. | :39:57. | |
confidence. He was not with that early pace. He held it off '' he | :39:58. | :40:04. | |
held off it. That was the difference. He will you did not go | :40:05. | :40:07. | |
with Kiprop. Kiprop really paid in the end. What a wonderful, wonderful | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
piece of tactical running from Kiplagat. Wonderful. Diamond League | :40:13. | :40:23. | |
record. Take that! In days gone by, Zurich, Oslo where | :40:24. | :40:31. | |
the fast tracks, these days it is Monaco. Nick Willis in seventh place | :40:32. | :40:36. | |
ran on the 3.30. The New Zealander has set a new record. We have had | :40:37. | :40:40. | |
amassed a record for Ethiopia and Morocco. No, a personal best, sorry | :40:41. | :40:51. | |
for Morocco. Souleiman with a national record from Djibouti. | :40:52. | :40:56. | |
Devastation from Silas Kiplagat. It looked so easy. Comfortable. Kiprop | :40:57. | :41:02. | |
knew he was there to be shot at if he did not get it right. Look at | :41:03. | :41:04. | |
this, a Diamond League record. Seven men under 3.30. Kiplagat now | :41:05. | :41:27. | |
leads the diamond league. What a 1500 metres. '' the Diamond League. | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
Let's take breath. What a wonderful, wonderful race. Eric Kynard | :41:39. | :41:51. | |
attempting to .30. '' two .30. Silver medallist in the Olympic | :41:52. | :41:52. | |
Games. That was a very nice job. Very | :41:53. | :42:08. | |
quick. '' jump. The faster, shorter men will almost attack it straight | :42:09. | :42:16. | |
on. Two metres and 30. We are at the business end of the high jump | :42:17. | :42:21. | |
already. I am still catching my breath after the 1500 metres. She | :42:22. | :42:28. | |
needs to catch some wind behind her here. Never really looked like it. A | :42:29. | :42:49. | |
big field and the women's pole vaulter. Already whittled down to | :42:50. | :42:54. | |
six who have gone clear at this height. Before we build up to the | :42:55. | :43:06. | |
next race on the track, the women's 100 metres, a quick reflection on | :43:07. | :43:14. | |
that one 1500 metres. You can almost see when the pacemakers go off and | :43:15. | :43:17. | |
it gets strong on like that '' out like that, it is not on. Kiplagat | :43:18. | :43:24. | |
played brilliantly? We said it was going to be a tough race for all of | :43:25. | :43:29. | |
these competitors. We said right at the beginning that whatever happened | :43:30. | :43:35. | |
we were going to get a good time. Nick Willis of New Zealand came | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
over, found out he had dipped under 3.30, John Walker's record, and was | :43:42. | :43:47. | |
whooping and hollering with delight. We were going to tell him we were | :43:48. | :43:56. | |
joking! Down to 10th place in that raise either set a personal best or | :43:57. | :44:00. | |
did something phenomenal. Great race. What we expect to see here. | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
Everything from here now is just reiterating the importance of this | :44:06. | :44:09. | |
track. Athletes taking a deadly serious. Call this one for me. Do | :44:10. | :44:22. | |
you know what, Fraser'Pryce is coming back to form. She's been | :44:23. | :44:26. | |
looking good, she's been coming back. She's had troubled times, but | :44:27. | :44:32. | |
this again, this is a stacked event. Felix has come into this | :44:33. | :44:37. | |
competition. She wants to get back to her glory days of 200 metre | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
running. There are lots of different women here with different agendas, | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
so how it plays out. You are cruel getting me to call it. But Ahoure, | :44:47. | :44:53. | |
she's great too. It's a big race this. | :44:54. | :44:55. | |
Let's go to commentary for the this. | :44:56. | :45:03. | |
women's 100 metres then. Campbell'Brown got away. Look at | :45:04. | :45:48. | |
Fraser'Pryce on the far side. Here comes Bowie through the middle. What | :45:49. | :45:55. | |
a time! 10. 80. Wow! Tell you what, she's promised it and delivered | :45:56. | :45:59. | |
several times this season. A personal best, 10. 91, before she | :46:00. | :46:07. | |
came here, 10. 10.98. Another personal best. Magnificent. Very, | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
very even right the way through to the last 30 or 40 metres. World | :46:14. | :46:21. | |
leading time at 10. 80. And that was superb, absolutely superb, very | :46:22. | :46:28. | |
easy, very even. Fraser'Pryce got a good start. Let's have a look at | :46:29. | :46:33. | |
this. What a last 30 metres or so. Really have enjoyed watching her all | :46:34. | :46:51. | |
season. The last 20, 30 metres, maintains her speed so much better | :46:52. | :47:06. | |
than everybody else. Fraser'Pryce does very, very well. | :47:07. | :47:13. | |
Look at that action. That is a beautiful action from Bowie. Relaxed | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
and really maintaining so well through the last 25 metres. Just | :47:21. | :47:26. | |
watch this. This is somebody who is in great form, racing better than | :47:27. | :47:30. | |
ever in her life and is obviously thoroughly enjoying it. That is the | :47:31. | :47:34. | |
sort of technique you've got when you're in control of the race, when | :47:35. | :47:38. | |
you know you've got it. That was sheer poetry in motion. Absolutely | :47:39. | :47:42. | |
superb. It really was. Great athlete. 10. 8 | :47:43. | :47:52. | |
just underlines that fact. Another race stacked with seasoned | :47:53. | :48:01. | |
bests. So this week, the Toris have had a reshuffle and Tori Bowie is | :48:02. | :48:09. | |
reshuffling the order. She is. She's mixing it up, reshuffling! Oh, yes! | :48:10. | :48:15. | |
Her performances have grown with her experience. Now she's the world | :48:16. | :48:22. | |
leader and 10. 8 seconds, phenomenal performance. The commentary boys hit | :48:23. | :48:30. | |
it bang on the nail when they said she's flawless and evidentless. You | :48:31. | :48:34. | |
see no stress or strain on her, nobody's getting close enough to | :48:35. | :48:38. | |
give her the pressure. In Rome she ran 11. 05, looked so relaxed. She's | :48:39. | :48:45. | |
where she wants to be now, fabulous style, a wonderful future one would | :48:46. | :48:46. | |
think. Two years style, a wonderful future one would | :48:47. | :48:52. | |
Games and you wouldn't put your money anywhere else at the moment | :48:53. | :48:56. | |
would you? It's really kind of fragile in that sense, you know. | :48:57. | :49:03. | |
Getting too keen. But there's something about her, she's an | :49:04. | :49:07. | |
athlete you can't help her being fond of. She's lighting up the | :49:08. | :49:12. | |
races. She's enjoying the running. That's what's clear. I guess for the | :49:13. | :49:15. | |
American athletes as well. When you have a season off like this when you | :49:16. | :49:20. | |
can just enjoy your athletes, it takes pressure off them and thaen | :49:21. | :49:25. | |
they enjoy it, Formula One experience along the way, so one to | :49:26. | :49:29. | |
look out for. We can catch up with a bit more field action now before we | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
go back to the track, of the men's 200. | :49:34. | :49:41. | |
This got under way a short while ago. Ratej just below 65 metres | :49:42. | :49:49. | |
there. Ratej is one of those women, all 66s | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
this year. There is a bit of a wind up top. Nothing at track level. | :49:56. | :50:02. | |
There is a bit of a breeze which might help a little. It's got to | :50:03. | :50:11. | |
come over the shoulder from behind. Breeze behind over the throwing arm. | :50:12. | :50:22. | |
Dimitrik, 2.3 metres. Third and final attempt, so this is a very | :50:23. | :50:26. | |
important jump for him. To stay in this competition, the Russian. | :50:27. | :50:36. | |
He attacked that bar so fast and it stayed on. And that. Look at that, | :50:37. | :50:48. | |
he clipped it with his heels but he's still in business. Third and | :50:49. | :50:55. | |
final attempt, he succeeds. A little bit more to do. This is Spotakova, | :50:56. | :51:05. | |
having seen the first effort of 64.84, good enough but not far off | :51:06. | :51:16. | |
the world lead. Spotakova, unbaten so far and | :51:17. | :51:31. | |
rounding into very good form and these conditions may help her a | :51:32. | :51:33. | |
little bit. The Olympic champion, 66.96, a | :51:34. | :51:42. | |
season best for her. Not quite the world lead but not far off, 30 odd | :51:43. | :51:54. | |
centimetres behind. A Barshim supporter. Spotting herself on the | :51:55. | :51:57. | |
big screen. And this is Ryzih. Cleared 4.55, a | :51:58. | :52:14. | |
hiccup at 4. 40, so 4.65 the next target. Ryzih set a personal best in | :52:15. | :52:24. | |
Germany just recently at 4.71 metres. Conditions are very, very | :52:25. | :52:34. | |
good here. Dine nick plant. That's a very fine clearance, very pleased | :52:35. | :52:39. | |
with it '' dynamic. Very nice approach. A positive piece. Plants | :52:40. | :52:45. | |
it and gets back from the pole what she puts into it. | :52:46. | :52:53. | |
Next event on the track is the women's 5,000 metres. Excellent | :52:54. | :53:13. | |
field here. A few Americans who might be chasing the American record | :53:14. | :53:23. | |
in Rasay, Conley. The woman who has had such a year at 1500 metres, | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
Hassan. Cherono, the Diamond race leader. | :53:31. | :54:02. | |
This promises to be a cracking race. Cherono will be hoping she can | :54:03. | :54:17. | |
really take on this race. K ibiwot. Dibaba a little vulnerable. The two | :54:18. | :54:28. | |
pace makers there. I think there's been a bit of | :54:29. | :54:47. | |
kidology going on. Not sure whether Dibaba and some others are bothered | :54:48. | :54:53. | |
about the pace. Come to Monaco for a fast race and they'll be hoping they | :54:54. | :54:55. | |
go out reasonably well. Straight to the back of the field. | :54:56. | :55:51. | |
like it when we get Hassan coming into a race like this, someone like | :55:52. | :55:57. | |
her, to give Dibaba something to think about. If the pace is too | :55:58. | :56:03. | |
slow, Hassan may well contest it at the European Championships, as well | :56:04. | :56:15. | |
as the 1500. She has run under 15 minutes. Ayana's been having a good | :56:16. | :56:25. | |
season. Dibaba knows her really well. Setting the pace. | :56:26. | :56:35. | |
The group was around 69, 70 seconds and are nicely strung out. | :56:36. | :56:44. | |
Interesting to see what Hassan does. Fifth in the World Indoor | :56:45. | :56:47. | |
Championships over 3,000 and has been very, very good at 1500 metres. | :56:48. | :56:53. | |
She won Paris in 3.57, so we know she's got that basic speed and we | :56:54. | :56:59. | |
know she can run 1500. If her pace is slow, she could find it more | :57:00. | :57:04. | |
difficult in the end, but I like Ayana, the Ethiopian. She runs with | :57:05. | :57:11. | |
confidence, has a best of 4.37. If they are looking for the 14.37 pace, | :57:12. | :57:20. | |
she is twoing to be in business. Huddle a little closer. Things are | :57:21. | :57:24. | |
slowing a little. Now not too bad. Ayana leading the | :57:25. | :57:48. | |
main field with Beleta, Dibaba, Cherono. Huddle further back. | :57:49. | :57:59. | |
Nice, even base pace, they'll be hoping for. The pace drops off the | :58:00. | :58:11. | |
three minutes per 1,000 metres. They'll be delighted with that. | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
Let's watch as they come through. That's pretty good for most of the | :58:18. | :58:20. | |
field. Yes, it is. I wonder if Dibaba can | :58:21. | :58:25. | |
perform like she did on the indoor circuit with the three indoor world | :58:26. | :58:31. | |
records. Said it several times, her first race was in Doha. She hassen | :58:32. | :58:35. | |
shown the form that we expect of her yet. | :58:36. | :58:40. | |
'' hasn't shown the form. Just about to complete their three laps. Still | :58:41. | :58:49. | |
lapping in around 71, 72. Slower than they thought. It's helping the | :58:50. | :58:54. | |
Americans in particular and one or two others looking for good times | :58:55. | :59:04. | |
here. It's what they like. Protsenko here now. Second in Lausanne with | :59:05. | :59:06. | |
the personal best of 240. competition and a half on our hands | :59:07. | :59:26. | |
again tonight. It did not look at all like the previous two. It was a | :59:27. | :59:35. | |
very fine execution. Just over three and a half laps completed. The | :59:36. | :59:40. | |
pacemaker doing a good job. Running a fairly sensible pace. Molly Huddle | :59:41. | :59:59. | |
of the United States is up there. We are back at 4.65. This is Fabiana | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Murer. She really goes for it. That is better. That is very much better. | :00:09. | :00:18. | |
Second attempt at that height. Failed at the first attempt. That | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
will cause a few problems on count back. In second plague '' place. The | :00:24. | :00:38. | |
world champion in 2011. The former World Indoor Championship. A | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
personal best of 4.85 seven San Fernando in 2010. '' set in. | :00:44. | :00:55. | |
Vianna, the smaller of the Ethiopians, effectively leading the | :00:56. | :00:56. | |
pack year. Somewhere they are going to have two | :00:57. | :01:29. | |
place a bit of pressure on here and break this group by little bit. | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
Dibaba's kick has not been as good as we always expected to be in some | :01:37. | :01:48. | |
of these races. '' expect it. That was a quick lap. Linda Stahl in the | :01:49. | :02:00. | |
javelin. Looking at a 60 metre line. She has been very disappointing so | :02:01. | :02:16. | |
far. She didn't look too good there. Just over 60. You could tell from | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
her body language when she released it, there was nothing there. Timing, | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
it was all gone. It almost landed flat. She moves into third place but | :02:28. | :02:45. | |
there is still a long way to go. Kynard in the high jump. We have | :02:46. | :02:55. | |
seen him before. He is looking at 2.34 for the first time. He has got | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
three clearances so far. No, he drifted right the way through | :03:00. | :03:16. | |
the bar. The approach is not quite right. He lost a bit of confidence. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
That was a poor job, in fact. His first failure at that height. | :03:21. | :03:34. | |
This is an important job. That is a good job. What about that? She | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
proved her competitiveness in Glasgow recently with that personal | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
best equalling jump there. That really is the sign of somebody who | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
is developing in the event. There was nothing wrong in the confidence | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
in that ball. '' vault. Very nice clear and indeed. '' clearance. | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
Fourth place. Hassan looks very tired to me in | :04:07. | :04:27. | |
that second group. You can see Molly Huddle and Sharon ropery. | :04:28. | :04:38. | |
Ayana, Dibaba Cheruyiot... Still on good pace. It is better to build the | :04:39. | :04:54. | |
pace. That is a smart thing to do. Keep the pressure on. Hassan, we | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
thought she may cause a little bit of interest here and a little bit of | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
worry, but she is of interest here and a little bit of | :05:02. | :05:09. | |
specialists. Ayana really putting some pressure on Dibaba. I thought | :05:10. | :05:19. | |
Dibaba looked a bit tired a couple of laps ago. Now Ayana moves out to | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
let them through. This is the start list for the men's long jump. | :05:25. | :05:40. | |
Christian Taylor, of course, is the triple jump Olympic champion in | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
2012. He combines long jump and triple jump. He is just warming up | :05:44. | :05:56. | |
at the moment. As is leagues injure '' Li Jinzhe of China. Menkov is the | :05:57. | :06:04. | |
Russian. Sixth in Lausanne. A couple of World Championship | :06:05. | :06:32. | |
silver medals for the Dutchman. It is a good line competitive. '' macro | :06:33. | :06:43. | |
it is a good line'up. Very competitive. | :06:44. | :06:55. | |
That will set the scene for the rest, I would think. Round about | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
eight metres. He is pretty quick on the runway, this man. He moved to | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
the Netherlands at the age of 18 in 2001. He competed with Sudan until | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
2013 and 2001. He competed with Sudan until | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
citizenship and moved on. Back to the 5000 metres, two laps to go. | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
Ayana has tried to give the lead over a couple of times. Nobody is | :07:24. | :07:39. | |
interested. The first three have five metres in the next athlete. The | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
pace dropped a little and Ayana said, OK, you move it on. They | :07:48. | :07:57. | |
didn't want to. 11.42 through three kilometres. We could be on for a | :07:58. | :08:07. | |
14.30, thereabouts. Does Ayana have enough strength to run from the | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
front? These three polling well away from the West. '' polling well away | :08:11. | :08:25. | |
from the rest. 500 metres remaining. Genzebe Dibaba has not really been | :08:26. | :08:35. | |
able to hit form outdoors so far. See is the world leader in the 5000 | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
metres. They take the bell. It is going to be a fairly quick last lap. | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
We could see going to be a fairly quick last lap. | :08:44. | :08:57. | |
Ayana leads. Dibaba in second. Ayana is stretching hard. You have got to | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
give it to her. She has been leading for five laps. Dibaba still there. | :09:04. | :09:14. | |
Ayana trying to master the speed. Dibaba is just talk in there. | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
Doesn't run an inch further than she has two. She will move out only when | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
she has to. We have seen her being in this position and not produce. | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
Has she got something here tonight? Ayana still in front. Dibaba moves | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
on stride for stride. It is not stunning from Dibaba but it may be | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
just enough to take the win. She forges ahead in the last 15 metres. | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
Dibaba gets the win. 14.34 was the winning time. That was hard, that | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
was tough. Ayana with a very worthy second place. Molly Huddle crosses | :09:55. | :10:02. | |
the line and will take the US record by a couple of seconds. We have to | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
wait for the official time. She wins the American battle. Dibaba with | :10:07. | :10:19. | |
14.28.88. Hard work. The real burst of speed we have got used to seeing | :10:20. | :10:26. | |
from wasn't manifest. This was about strength and endurance. Dibaba has | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
got both. Every quick last lap. One expected that. She is nowhere near | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
the indoor form, despite that very quick time. This is the first race, | :10:38. | :10:49. | |
incidentally, of the world league. It will stand as the meet record in | :10:50. | :11:01. | |
years to come. She is hurting, absolutely hurting. Ayana mealy '' | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
Willie made her work. She did a lot of the leading. | :11:07. | :11:15. | |
The body language tells you everything. Ayana looks a bit more | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
comfortable. But the race had gone by then. Dibaba with a very fine | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
when indeed. We have two handed to her. '' we have to hand it to her. A | :11:28. | :11:36. | |
fabulous performance by her and Diana. '' Ayana. | :11:37. | :11:59. | |
Another fantastic field producing a world lead in the season's best. | :12:00. | :12:08. | |
Here are the highlights so far this evening. No world record for Asbel | :12:09. | :12:17. | |
Kiprop in the 1500 metres. He was beaten by Silas Kiplagat. It was a | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
cracking race. Seven in the field dipped under three minutes and 30 | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
seconds. David Rudisha continues his journey back to top form. He | :12:30. | :12:32. | |
produced a time under one minute .43 tonight. '' one minute and 43 | :12:33. | :12:39. | |
seconds. Amos was the winner in another high'quality field. And the | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
fastest women in the world lined up in the 100 metres and the woman who | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
is heading that at the moment is the USA's Tori Bowie. Another world | :12:50. | :12:59. | |
lead. We have had some great field events. Right now behind us, the | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
men's's high jump is hotting up. More of that in a moment. First, the | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
men's discus. In third place, Gerd Kanter of | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
Estonia, the Olympic champion in 2008 and world champion in 2007. His | :13:18. | :13:27. | |
fifth round throw was in fact his best. He led the competition for a | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
while. Season's best, incidentally. Kantor, former champion. In second | :13:35. | :13:50. | |
place, the Cuban Hernandez. He has got the best of 66.50 of the season. | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
That was good enough for second place. Malachowski, the poll '' the | :13:55. | :14:09. | |
Polish thrower... He has 66 in the fifth round. According to my record, | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
he is very quick. A solid citizen, technically very good. It was a very | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
strong series ended. 65.84 was his best. That was in the third round. | :14:23. | :14:43. | |
Next of it is the men's 110 metres hurdles. One of the biggest names in | :14:44. | :14:52. | |
French track and field takes on two greats. | :14:53. | :15:07. | |
He's tearing away here. Oh, my goodness. It's a new world record. | :15:08. | :15:16. | |
Another person best. Finally gets his hands on a World | :15:17. | :15:24. | |
Championship gold. Another incredibly strong field, | :15:25. | :15:40. | |
Colin. We have the world record holder who hasn't even run in Europe | :15:41. | :15:48. | |
yet. Lagarde record time. It's going to be a tough one to call but I'll | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
ask you to do it though. Has to go to the Frenchman. Has to be the man, | :15:53. | :16:01. | |
Lagarde, who's been the most consistent. Confident in his press | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
conference yesterday. When you are in a real purple patch, as he's | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
demonstrating now, it's easy to show that confidence. But he's possibly, | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
or this is possibly the most talented field in Monaco. It's a | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
talented race one. | :16:23. | :16:29. | |
Let's join our commentators. Riley, eighth in the World | :16:30. | :16:31. | |
Championships. Oliver didn't get away particularly | :16:32. | :17:01. | |
well. Lagarde in the centre looks to be coming away nicely. | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
Lagarde and Ortega. Watch the clock. 12.96! Wow. He's done it again! | :17:09. | :17:16. | |
Taken his personal best from 13.05 to 12.96, that is magnificent | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
hurdling, just short of when he was beaten in Paris when the lead was | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
set there. That is a sensational piece of hurdling. Ortega too was | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
going well. A very fine race. Ortega got there. 13.01 personal best | :17:37. | :17:45. | |
Ortega. But this man becomes yet another sub 13110 metre hurdler. | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
That is superb. Absolutely superb. The second French national record. | :17:53. | :17:59. | |
It was a good race though. Oliver not a good start. All the action in | :18:00. | :18:14. | |
the middle and Ortega gave him a great race. Look how powerful he is. | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
Holds it really well. He's a tall man, got that kind of forward lean, | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
but his hurdling technique is really good. He makes room for the hurdle | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
as well. He pulls it through, gets down to the ground quick and that's | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
what you have to do in the hurdle. It's the trail leg that brings the | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
lead leg down and he's so good at it. Stuttering to the next hurdle. | :18:36. | :18:39. | |
That's always a good sign, you have to make room and make your way to | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
the next hurdle and sometimes they get there too quickly. Merritt | :18:44. | :18:46. | |
thought that in his world record, he said it was almost dangerous. | :18:47. | :18:54. | |
It's fantastic to see him set that French record. That was always in | :18:55. | :19:02. | |
the back of his mind. He's wanted to two quickly. The advice I gave him | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
was to be a winner. That is the most important thing. | :19:08. | :19:22. | |
Beating the French record that once belonged to the former world | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
champion. Real class. A real great performance by Pascal | :19:26. | :19:40. | |
Lagarde. He enjoys it, he's in that purple | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
patch and what a performance. That nails his diamond league as well. | :19:46. | :19:52. | |
I don't think anybody can catch him, he's so dominant. Always brilliant. | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
Do you understand what he said? Yes, he said it's all because of you. He | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
said it in French, he may have said see you later in the bar Colin for a | :20:04. | :20:07. | |
drink, but matching up to the quality field we are seeing here | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
tonight, the conditions, the track, the atmosphere, it really is turning | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
into one of the Diamond Leagues of the season? Yes, you are right. The | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
athletes come here, they enjoy themselves because the conditions | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
are virtually always perfect. You get quality line'ups, like we saw in | :20:26. | :20:28. | |
the hurdles, quality line'ups in the 1500 metres and 80 Metres, you get | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
the remarkable performances. For me, with Pascal there, I hope he didn't | :20:35. | :20:37. | |
rest there, I think he can get a couple more sub 13 seconds under his | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
belt. Zurich is an opportunity for him to be really good. So for me, | :20:43. | :20:48. | |
it's taking a breath. Let's calm down and look at the women's pole | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
vault. Oh, yes, what a competition she is | :20:51. | :20:59. | |
having at the moment. Absolutely superb. | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
That is something else. 480 her best this season. 485 is her | :21:05. | :21:17. | |
personal best, r, so she's on her way. That looked good. | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
So she heads the table in the pole fault, Murer. | :21:26. | :21:36. | |
Chris Tomlinson in the long jump. He's had an injury after a solid | :21:37. | :21:46. | |
8.24 which put him back in the world's best this year, 8.23, excuse | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
me. That's a solid, decent effort early on. We saw 7. 99. This is the | :21:53. | :22:00. | |
second run from Tomlinson. That is an improvement. Moving up | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
the rankings. 7. 94. Just checking the board there. | :22:06. | :22:33. | |
Confirmation of that, 7. 94, putting him in third place. | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
Kimberley Mickle. Just over 60 metres thus far. | :22:42. | :22:49. | |
Let us see what she does there. Oh, yes, that's better. That's certainly | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
beyon the 60 metre line, as you can see for yourself. | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
That looks around about 62 or 63. 62.94. | :23:01. | :23:38. | |
There is the line'up for the women's 800 metres. Should be a good one | :23:39. | :23:49. | |
too. The women's 800 metres up next on | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
the track. Judd will be in the European Championships for Great | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
Britain, her selection confirmed on Tuesday. She's up against a top | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
class field. She deserves to be in there. In that field, there are very | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
few women who have under two minutes. Really incredibly tight | :24:13. | :24:22. | |
race. They'll be thinking, it's our time soon. They come on to the | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
track, it's a busy crowded stadium. You get really inspire and | :24:29. | :24:30. | |
motivated. The races have come from truly hot | :24:31. | :24:56. | |
competitive racing. We may see that here today. Collette us see what | :24:57. | :25:04. | |
Jessica Judd of Great Britain can do in this field. Of course, she's won | :25:05. | :25:12. | |
medals at junior level at World Championships and is making that | :25:13. | :25:15. | |
step on to the senior arena now. Let's catch up with Steve and | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
Stuart. Sum has dominated this event this | :25:20. | :25:33. | |
season so far. World champion la year. Looked confident in the way | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
she performed on the track last season. We shall see how she goes | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
here and whether she can maintain the form. There is the pace'maker. | :25:44. | :25:58. | |
I think some might prefer 57 for the pace here. Yes. | :25:59. | :26:25. | |
Sum has really gone with the pacemaker, she really has. Wilson is | :26:26. | :26:34. | |
looking to lead that pack. They are all very much bunching down the back | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
straight, Steve, and this is going to be a tough race indeed and all of | :26:39. | :26:42. | |
a sudden the pace has gone up far too quickly and the rest have | :26:43. | :26:58. | |
detached? Some must have said, go steady, maintain and give yourself | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
something to work with. This is the pacemaker for the rest of the field. | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
It's going to be quick through 400 metres. The rest are gathering on | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
her shoulder. We have seen her so many times control it from the | :27:12. | :27:18. | |
front. 58 and a half here. The others 59 seconds, one minute. | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
Nanyondo is there, as they go down the back straight. Interesting to | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
see whether Sum is attacked by Wilson early or whether Wilson | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
waits. Wilson looks as though she's going to go at the moment as the | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
pace will drop soon. On the inside, it's Nanyondo, who is really putting | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
the pressure on, as Wilson chases Sum. Sum, Wilson, Beckwith in fourth | :27:49. | :27:56. | |
position, of the United States, with 120 metres to go. This is going to | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
be Wilson versus Sum as they come on to the straight. Wilson, the | :28:02. | :28:10. | |
American champion. Sum and Wilson looks comfortable. Wilson wins it, | :28:11. | :28:18. | |
Sum in second. Third place was Nanyondo of Uganda. | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
It's another quick one. Last lap of 60.02. | :28:23. | :28:26. | |
But Wilson impressed me in Glasgow. You saw the race too, Steve, and I | :28:27. | :28:32. | |
thought she might be a threat, but Sum has dominated through the season | :28:33. | :28:35. | |
and I guess she'll be a bit upset by that? Yes. She gets better and | :28:36. | :28:41. | |
better, this young lady. She's come through the junior ranks. She's | :28:42. | :28:47. | |
developing much better. Good race. She can run from the front. Today | :28:48. | :28:52. | |
she put herself in a position to attack Sum. Sum will probably go | :28:53. | :28:56. | |
away to her friend and say thanks for nothing really in the pace | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
making but Wilson is strong, she was there to be shot at in Glasgow and | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
held everybody off and today she's come through really strong. Look how | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
relaxed she is there. I reckon she's run close to negative splits, not | :29:12. | :29:17. | |
negative splits but close person laps. Strong on the second lap and | :29:18. | :29:23. | |
Wilson's done that better than anybody and that's the first time | :29:24. | :29:27. | |
we've seen Sum under pressure and get beat. Look at the face of | :29:28. | :29:37. | |
Wilson. She won the American title. She was in Moscow last year. She has | :29:38. | :29:46. | |
come on this season. Wonderful. Well she might smile because that was a | :29:47. | :29:47. | |
comfortable run indeed. Another world-class field producing | :29:48. | :30:15. | |
another world-class race. Jessica, come in here a little bit. The girls | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
are trying to get their official times. You are shattered. That was | :30:20. | :30:27. | |
tough? It was tough. I don't know what happened. I just died. I tried | :30:28. | :30:37. | |
everything. I am really disappointed. Your time has been | :30:38. | :30:43. | |
rounded down. It is another sob two minute run? Oh, that is good! Oh, | :30:44. | :30:55. | |
right! OK! How was your race? I always raced to rain -- win, so that | :30:56. | :31:13. | |
was pretty rubbish! I want to try to inspire as much as I can. You were | :31:14. | :31:20. | |
doing that and at the same time it is now about racing. How you manage | :31:21. | :31:24. | |
your races. That is only going to come with more experience of these | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
kinds of fields? I hope so. I just feel pretty rubbish. But if I feel | :31:32. | :31:35. | |
rubbish and still run under two, I am happy. Hopefully I will feel good | :31:36. | :31:44. | |
in Glasgow. My aim is 1.58. Still some work to do. Go back to a G | :31:45. | :31:55. | |
Wilson. You are both together in the juniors. I want to be her one-day! | :31:56. | :32:01. | |
She beats me every time! I will go back and work harder. See how her | :32:02. | :32:08. | |
mood can change! It is about managing those races and getting | :32:09. | :32:11. | |
that experience. Let's get back out on the field and catch This is Derek | :32:12. | :32:23. | |
Drouin in the high jump. 2.34 a while ago. A few struggling at this | :32:24. | :32:29. | |
height. That is better! Very languid. When | :32:30. | :32:47. | |
he is jumping really well it looks under control, doesn't attack too | :32:48. | :32:51. | |
hard. Nice and steady. That is a good clearance. Yes, the commitment | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
is total. He was relaxed on the approach. What can the Greek athlete | :32:58. | :33:16. | |
do here? The final attempt at 4.56. No no no. She is gone. She is going | :33:17. | :33:23. | |
to be in third place, eating -- equalling the national record. She | :33:24. | :33:28. | |
has done well today. She got the 4.71 on her first attempt. Very well | :33:29. | :33:39. | |
done. Protsenko, what a season he has had. He needs to go clear to | :33:40. | :33:45. | |
stay in this. He is over! That is better. Protsenko... I remember | :33:46. | :33:54. | |
seeing him earlier this year and he did not look this sort of jumper. | :33:55. | :34:03. | |
You weren't exactly thinking he would develop into one of the finds | :34:04. | :34:10. | |
of the season. But he has. You can just see their Justin Gatlin. | :34:11. | :34:20. | |
Ashmeade of Jamaica beside him in lane eight. He is perhaps the | :34:21. | :34:23. | |
outstanding runner heading into the Commonwealth Games. It is another | :34:24. | :34:32. | |
strong field, Colin? This is a solid feel. Justin Gatlin questioned lane | :34:33. | :34:46. | |
seven. He said he wanted to be on the outside lane because it gives | :34:47. | :34:48. | |
them the opportunity to get under the home straight as quickly as he | :34:49. | :34:51. | |
possibly can, so he can get into that long rangy running stance of | :34:52. | :35:03. | |
his. Christophe Lemaitre will be looking at the European | :35:04. | :35:05. | |
Championships. And Tyson Gay is back in here. The man who is returning. | :35:06. | :35:13. | |
Controversial. This is going to be a tough old race. It could possibly be | :35:14. | :35:32. | |
a world lead. Let's see if it lives up to Jackson's billing. | :35:33. | :35:40. | |
The home crowd hoping that Christophe Lemaitre can give them | :35:41. | :35:43. | |
something else to cheer on what has been a fantastic night for the | :35:44. | :35:48. | |
French. Two national records. Christophe Lemaitre lit yet to go on | :35:49. | :36:00. | |
the 22nd this season. Warren Weir, 19.82 in New York, the fastest in | :36:01. | :36:05. | |
the world this year. Gatling is in lane seven. He is happy with that | :36:06. | :36:10. | |
lane. He has Ashmeade to chase in lane eight. Good draw for those two. | :36:11. | :36:16. | |
Tyson Gay, maybe a little bit more difficult in three. Lemaitre in six. | :36:17. | :36:20. | |
The men's 200 metres. A lot of noise. They get away | :36:21. | :36:34. | |
safely. Tyson Gay going incredibly fast around the tight -- top bend. | :36:35. | :36:41. | |
Justin Gatlin running really wide on the bend. Gatling is going to win! | :36:42. | :36:55. | |
19.68! Goodness me! Into a headwind? You are kidding me! He was | :36:56. | :37:00. | |
struggling to control that all the way around the bend. They still runs | :37:01. | :37:08. | |
19.68. That puts him in the top ten of all time at 200 metres. A world | :37:09. | :37:14. | |
lead, of course. The strutting Justin Gatlin, another controversial | :37:15. | :37:23. | |
figure. Somehow he is running faster than he has ever done before. 19.68. | :37:24. | :37:30. | |
And Justin Gatlin, at the age of 32, has produced a remarkable 200 metres | :37:31. | :37:36. | |
performance tonight. It was, wasn't it? He had a fabulous bend. His | :37:37. | :37:44. | |
transition wasn't particularly good. It was solid. He was on the outside | :37:45. | :37:50. | |
of his lane. He probably touched the lane body did not interfere with | :37:51. | :37:58. | |
anybody. -- but he did not. Look how wide he is. He was struggling. He is | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
really worried. He wants that line quick. Really quick. A fabulous run. | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
Nothing pretty about it. Truly aggressive from a muscle man. He | :38:13. | :38:21. | |
looks leaner than he ever used to. Maybe he should have been doing this | :38:22. | :38:26. | |
sort of stuff along time ago. He was really trying to hold it off the | :38:27. | :38:31. | |
bend. Down the home straight, look at that. It did not matter if you | :38:32. | :38:35. | |
stepped over the line, he was not going to gain an advantage. He was | :38:36. | :38:39. | |
almost imbalanced. He could have gone slightly quicker there. | :38:40. | :38:49. | |
Justin Gatlin ran a sensational 100 metres earlier this year. The second | :38:50. | :38:53. | |
fastest time of the year. I spoke to his coach earlier and he said that | :38:54. | :39:03. | |
he was going to run a hell of a 1.70 and just hang on. That is exactly | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
what he did. Out of the blocks hard. Came down the home straight. He | :39:09. | :39:12. | |
staggered into the line. He was looking around with 30 metres | :39:13. | :39:17. | |
remaining. Look at that time. In sensational world lead. Smashed his | :39:18. | :39:24. | |
own personal best. He is looking leaner. He is looking obviously very | :39:25. | :39:33. | |
strong as well. He must read out of his lane for most of it. If you can | :39:34. | :39:37. | |
work on that bed and stay in his own lane, he could take it down further. | :39:38. | :39:43. | |
Sensational year, sprinting wise. It would be a long lap of honour for | :39:44. | :39:48. | |
him. He is out there and he has got his phone. He is taking selfies with | :39:49. | :39:56. | |
his phone. I don't expect we will see him any time soon. What we would | :39:57. | :40:05. | |
love to see here is that he was really unsure. He blasted out of the | :40:06. | :40:09. | |
blocks and thought, I have just got to get out there. Let himself be the | :40:10. | :40:14. | |
man to beat. He just kept going and going and going. Lots of the | :40:15. | :40:20. | |
athletes beside him know what his legs are like. He has got the | :40:21. | :40:25. | |
fastest 100 metres in the world. It was about hanging on when he knew | :40:26. | :40:27. | |
people were going to be coming at him. The most skilled and confident | :40:28. | :40:33. | |
200 metres runners. With his leg speed and his turnover he could | :40:34. | :40:36. | |
demonstrate what he has done before and hang on in there. Incredible | :40:37. | :40:43. | |
time. 19.68. He will be thinking to himself, well, when he goes to bed | :40:44. | :40:50. | |
tonight. At 32, what is he doing to bring his time down? He is looking | :40:51. | :40:56. | |
leaner. Has he changed his training? Is about the consistency of racing. | :40:57. | :41:04. | |
You need to race and race and race. When you have done your winter work, | :41:05. | :41:09. | |
go out and compete. You cannot replicate that in training. You need | :41:10. | :41:13. | |
to get out there more and more. Otherwise you are never going to get | :41:14. | :41:18. | |
there. Justin has been racing very sensibly this year as far as I am | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
concerned and he has done -- he has got his just rewards. Let's go back | :41:24. | :41:30. | |
out onto the field. got his just rewards. Let's go | :41:31. | :41:35. | |
What an evening of athletics so far. Still a bit too come. Barbora | :41:36. | :41:44. | |
Spotakova. Class javelin throwing so far. 64.84 in the first round. Then | :41:45. | :41:53. | |
the big throw. Another 66.66 after the foul. Now she can really let go | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
this time. See if the world record-holder. She is a 70 metres | :42:00. | :42:11. | |
thrower. Look at that. Just over 65. She is pleased with it but she knows | :42:12. | :42:18. | |
how close the timing is to go beyond that 66 and 67 metres. It is almost | :42:19. | :42:23. | |
right. Not quite. That is a very successful day's work for a Barbora | :42:24. | :42:33. | |
Spotakova of the Czech Republic. Few competitions. She started a family | :42:34. | :42:38. | |
last year. Young Janet was born in the spring of last year. | :42:39. | :42:54. | |
There are the points for the Diamond League. A great return for | :42:55. | :43:17. | |
Spotakova. We have only got two field events still going on. The | :43:18. | :43:21. | |
men's high jump. The long jump has been disappointing so far. | :43:22. | :43:30. | |
Morales has been having an up and down year. He will be close. The | :43:31. | :43:39. | |
Mexican. Right on the border. Pretty much perfect. Bronze medallist in | :43:40. | :43:47. | |
Moscow last year when he had a massive season. 8.46 last season. | :43:48. | :44:02. | |
Nowhere near that this year. 7.99. The 7.81 in the fourth-round puts | :44:03. | :44:04. | |
him in the lead in the latter stages of the men's jump. | :44:05. | :44:16. | |
Barshim in the high jump now. Heights that mere mortals would not | :44:17. | :44:22. | |
attempt. 2.37. No failures so far. Oh, big, big clearance. That's 2.40 | :44:23. | :44:48. | |
jumping if ever I saw it. Look at this. He's way, way over. Such a | :44:49. | :44:57. | |
confident young man. He seems to take off so much further away. | :44:58. | :45:10. | |
It's almost resolved in the way he takes off. Roughly the same place, | :45:11. | :45:14. | |
to be honest. Jager will be going for the American | :45:15. | :45:38. | |
record. Second big race back after injury. | :45:39. | :45:45. | |
Doing so well this year. It was the women's event here last | :45:46. | :46:16. | |
weekend. There is Koech. | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
A few injuries this year. I think he might just be ready to come back and | :46:22. | :46:34. | |
challenge Kipruto, the 28-year-old. Birech and Kemboi know each other | :46:35. | :46:36. | |
really well. Birech has asked for this quick | :46:37. | :46:58. | |
pace, 82.37. Set in Oslo. Perfect conditions here tonight. We've seen | :46:59. | :47:03. | |
so many - this has been another one of those fabulous nights many | :47:04. | :47:13. | |
Monaco. Last event of the evening on the track, the men's 3,000 metre | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
superchase. Two men on the outside given the task of going through at | :47:19. | :47:31. | |
good pace. Lagat is just moving on the outside there. A very, very good | :47:32. | :47:36. | |
pacemaker. These two could do a really good job. I think to get a | :47:37. | :47:44. | |
fast time, we need them to be right up there. | :47:45. | :47:59. | |
Jager, the American, got himself in the mix early on. I remember the | :48:00. | :48:09. | |
race in 2011, we watched a race, 7. 53, 6 #4rks missed the world record | :48:10. | :48:13. | |
by 100th of a second and really, that was a great run. I'm hoping we | :48:14. | :48:18. | |
can get something near that. It would be rather nice if we could get | :48:19. | :48:29. | |
sub eight here. It's almost as though the pacemaker wants to get on | :48:30. | :48:31. | |
with this. This is the long jump, final round. | :48:32. | :48:45. | |
Gaisah there. Still his best. He'll know that's | :48:46. | :49:07. | |
not really far enough. Chore Long jump hasn't lived up to | :49:08. | :49:11. | |
expectations, although the be fair, the men's long jump has been a | :49:12. | :49:18. | |
little disappointing generally. Back to the race. They have been | :49:19. | :49:21. | |
stretched out so early. You have got to be careful of that, that you are | :49:22. | :49:24. | |
not going too hard too soon. Birech getting involved really | :49:25. | :49:36. | |
early. Step back from that at the moment. Yes, Kynard attempting 2. | :49:37. | :49:43. | |
#40rks so we are really at the business end now. Cleared 2. 34 on | :49:44. | :49:50. | |
his third attempt. Past the 2.37, straight on to 2. 40. Three attempts | :49:51. | :49:57. | |
at the previous height. So this is asking an awful lot from him. | :49:58. | :50:05. | |
Nowhere near on that. That is his first failure at his new height. | :50:06. | :50:18. | |
2.40. We are now within range of the 2.42, the best height achieved this | :50:19. | :50:20. | |
year. There's the evidence. This is | :50:21. | :50:37. | |
Morales. Sixth and final jump in this long jump competition. As Steve | :50:38. | :50:43. | |
said, it's not really given us the sort of standard that we are used to | :50:44. | :50:48. | |
in the event over the years. Christian Taylor incidentally has | :50:49. | :51:10. | |
788. But Morales in that final jump goes | :51:11. | :51:26. | |
to eight metres, leading at the moment. | :51:27. | :51:31. | |
The competition hasn't really woken up in some of the events tonight. It | :51:32. | :51:40. | |
has woken up here because Lagat did a good job. The pace wasn't kept | :51:41. | :51:48. | |
going. It's all about this man, Birech and as soon as he realised | :51:49. | :51:53. | |
Kimboi couldn't keep the pace going, he went out there on his own. Jage | :51:54. | :52:02. | |
re is behind him. Lagat is shouting him on. | :52:03. | :52:12. | |
Birech. Bondarenko in the high jump a couple of minutes ago. | :52:13. | :52:27. | |
Attempting 2.40. Oh yes. Bondarenko jumps into the lead. He's got the | :52:28. | :52:32. | |
clearance and it's a first-time clearance as well. The record of | :52:33. | :52:38. | |
2.40. The previous height 2.37 was a beating record. It was extended by | :52:39. | :52:42. | |
three centimetres, so there you've got it. Past at 2.37 and he's in the | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
lead. 2.42 for the second kilometre, 590 | :52:49. | :53:00. | |
for two thousand. Birech is going to have to work really hard here. Two | :53:01. | :53:04. | |
laps to go. Still within sight but he's going to have to pick something | :53:05. | :53:09. | |
out. Got to find something really | :53:10. | :53:18. | |
special. He did attack it, you can't say he didn't. He need some support. | :53:19. | :53:25. | |
It's been a big race over the last one thousand metres. Somebody breaks | :53:26. | :53:31. | |
away on the last lap or leaves it until the home straight but this is | :53:32. | :53:35. | |
tough for Birech. A bit of work to do to get back to | :53:36. | :53:43. | |
his form. He's had time out with injury. He's a good 30, 40 metres | :53:44. | :53:50. | |
behind his team-mate. So Birech with just over 500 metres to go. Just | :53:51. | :53:53. | |
starting to see the time slip a little bit. Can he pick it up? It's | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
going to be difficult. I've seen him do this several time this is season. | :53:59. | :54:01. | |
It really is tough and he's faded in the latter stages of the race. It | :54:02. | :54:06. | |
looked in the mid part like he was very strong. | :54:07. | :54:10. | |
Very close, no doubt about that. There is no doubt whatsoever, 6.58, | :54:11. | :54:16. | |
59, so eight minutes is on, that's for sure. | :54:17. | :54:23. | |
Lagat pointed at the clock and said, look, come on, 60 seconds, last lap. | :54:24. | :54:30. | |
So can Birech do it? He's attacking much better now. He's got to be | :54:31. | :54:35. | |
tired. Can he try and find a bit extra here? It will be a massive | :54:36. | :54:41. | |
last lap if he can do so. Less than 400 metres, as Jage re has been | :54:42. | :54:54. | |
passed. It's going to be oh, so close. - Jager. It looks as though | :54:55. | :55:03. | |
it might be slipping away from him. One more barrier to go and he's not | :55:04. | :55:08. | |
going to run inside eight minutes. Tries to pick it up after the last | :55:09. | :55:12. | |
hurdle and Birech out there for so long on his own. It's going to be | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
agonisingly close to his personal best. Just outside at 8.03.33. | :55:19. | :55:32. | |
A season's best there for Kiprouto but not for Birech. It's been | :55:33. | :55:48. | |
phenomenal. We have seen Bondarenko there clearing 2.40. We've only got | :55:49. | :55:52. | |
a few seconds left and it's still coming thick and fast! The quality | :55:53. | :55:57. | |
is so high, ten guys registered in the competition at 2.34 metres. That | :55:58. | :56:00. | |
is the quality of this event. That is why we are going into the high | :56:01. | :56:04. | |
jump and we have already got one over 1 2.40. It's a strong world | :56:05. | :56:11. | |
class field. You can see the results on the BBC website. Highlight of the | :56:12. | :56:21. | |
evening? Wow, it has to be the men's 110 metres, Lagarde. Mine is went to | :56:22. | :56:27. | |
Tori Bowie and a strong men's 1500 metre race as well. Good one. | :56:28. | :56:32. | |
Absolutely. It's been fantastic enjoying this with you Colin this | :56:33. | :56:35. | |
evening. Another great diamond league here in Monaco. See you next | :56:36. | :56:37. | |
time. | :56:38. | :56:44. |