European Team Championships: Day Two

:01:15. > :01:20.great run. Daniel Awde held on to take a wonderful third place.

:01:21. > :01:25.Charlie Grice, the youngster. Czech Republic get the maximum points.

:01:26. > :01:33.This has been a very measured performance by Eilidh Child. She is

:01:34. > :01:42.faltering on the line. Richard Yates comes through in third place. Greg

:01:43. > :01:45.Rutherford. They will not catch Adam Gemili, and it is the jury for

:01:46. > :01:55.Britain at last. Good afternoon, I trust you are

:01:56. > :02:00.having a good weekend. It is day two of the European Championships.

:02:01. > :02:04.Written has come here with a developmental squad, yesterday did

:02:05. > :02:08.not get the pulses racing, but the British men's sprint relay team took

:02:09. > :02:13.first base, which meant overnight this is what the scores look like.

:02:14. > :02:17.Yesterday, he would have seen that Germany were in second place, but

:02:18. > :02:24.their women's relay team were reinstated. It will be a fight

:02:25. > :02:29.between Germany and Russia. France, great written and Poland battling it

:02:30. > :02:32.out for third place. Perry Shakes-Drayton is training, but

:02:33. > :02:39.today's Lewis and Colin Jackson are here. Impressions about the

:02:40. > :02:44.first-day? I do not think it was the most scintillating day of athletics,

:02:45. > :02:51.but it culminated in a very good relay, where Britain won. It is nice

:02:52. > :02:56.to see, when you have got a group of guys that are clearly coming to the

:02:57. > :03:03.top of their game, that they can capitalise on that. They got the

:03:04. > :03:09.elusive maximum points. It was very good to see. Emphasis on

:03:10. > :03:12.development. There are athletes who do not make the headlines, but they

:03:13. > :03:19.can build on this in the future. Yes, this is a good opportunity for

:03:20. > :03:26.these athletes. The selection team have done a good job in bringing

:03:27. > :03:29.that together, giving an opportunity to these youngsters to develop under

:03:30. > :03:36.pressure. Everybody speaks about the pressure of this event, it is tough

:03:37. > :03:40.to crack. If you can come into this team and perform reasonably well and

:03:41. > :03:46.gained a lot of experience, it sets you up for the rest of your career.

:03:47. > :03:51.Especially this year. First up today, the men's 110 meter hurdles.

:03:52. > :03:58.One of the few world-class fields we will see. I know you hate the fact

:03:59. > :04:05.that the hurdles is the true quality event! This is a dress rehearsal for

:04:06. > :04:08.Zurich, the three best hurdlers in Europe, and William Sharman is up

:04:09. > :04:15.there. Let's talk about the Frenchman. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde

:04:16. > :04:20.is the world leader, he has taken on all comers and put them away

:04:21. > :04:26.handsomely. He excites me, he has got the whole package, the skills,

:04:27. > :04:29.good basic flat speed, and if you marry that together, you get the

:04:30. > :04:35.ultimate performance. He has good drive and ambition. He has bumped

:04:36. > :04:42.into me and said, I am taking your record today! I love that. That

:04:43. > :04:46.excites me. He has that challenge in mind. If that is in the back of your

:04:47. > :04:53.head, it is the driving factor for him. William Sharman, I think back

:04:54. > :05:00.to Burlington to those in nine, he made his breakthrough, and it has

:05:01. > :05:06.been a stop start career since then. We have seen the best of him this

:05:07. > :05:12.season, he is running well and a fraction of his personal best. When

:05:13. > :05:18.he is healthy, he is a really good tech ocean. That bodes well, he has

:05:19. > :05:24.got good flat speed. The event has not moved on to much this year, so

:05:25. > :05:32.he is fighting for medals. I believe this could be his season, where he

:05:33. > :05:37.can start to build and go on. You talk about how this event has not

:05:38. > :05:42.caught fire this season, the Frenchman has the year's best, but

:05:43. > :05:49.it is not even 13.0. What is going on? It is a rest season for many of

:05:50. > :05:55.the dominant countries, United States in particular. He has

:05:56. > :05:59.suffered since breaking the world record and having the phenomenal

:06:00. > :06:04.Olympic year, virtually every single time he stepped on the track, Aries

:06:05. > :06:10.ran under 13 seconds, so our expectation went up with his

:06:11. > :06:14.performances, which is natural. It is the nature of it, you have ups

:06:15. > :06:20.and downs, waves in movement of an event. Their widows, I am happy that

:06:21. > :06:24.a European is on top of the world list now, and I have the opportunity

:06:25. > :06:38.of witnessing them. They are into a headwind, which is

:06:39. > :06:42.not always negative. Sergey Shubenkov is big and strong, he will

:06:43. > :06:46.love running into the headwind. It could change the dynamics of the

:06:47. > :06:49.race. It is time to say good afternoon to our commentary team.

:06:50. > :07:01.Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon, everybody. A bit

:07:02. > :07:05.cold in Braunschweig, the son tried to come through this morning, but

:07:06. > :07:10.without too much effect. We are wrapped up again. Just six

:07:11. > :07:23.athletes. There is Sergey Shubenkov, the

:07:24. > :07:27.defending champion in this event, and the defending European

:07:28. > :07:33.champion, a title he won in Helsinki, and a world bronze

:07:34. > :07:40.medallist. This is the man the guys have been talking about, Colin has

:07:41. > :07:42.been admiring his performances, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. High

:07:43. > :07:50.expectations from the French team for him to deliver. William Sharman

:07:51. > :07:56.will not be giving this up lightly. We saw him a couple of weeks ago

:07:57. > :08:01.running a good race, following it up in the Diamond League, and hurdling

:08:02. > :08:10.very well at the moment. Matias Pooler for the home team. The

:08:11. > :08:13.winning time was 13.77. The two races are combined in terms of

:08:14. > :08:16.winning time was 13.77. The two races are combined in terms times

:08:17. > :08:25.when we have lain events. Two races of six, they are seeded in terms of

:08:26. > :08:27.their best times, so these are the better athletes. We do have

:08:28. > :08:37.occasions where athletes from the first race to run quicker. So, you

:08:38. > :08:42.will see a full result once all 12 athletes have run. William Sharman

:08:43. > :08:52.in lane five. A good, clean start. William Sharman

:08:53. > :09:09.came out of the blocks very well. I think William Sharman has got

:09:10. > :09:16.this. The wind switched around, that was very close on the line. It will

:09:17. > :09:20.need a photo to finish it. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, that was a poor

:09:21. > :09:24.race from him. William Sharman thinks he has got it, and so do I.

:09:25. > :09:31.Very close on the line. Stride for stride. It was all about the lean in

:09:32. > :09:37.the end, and that is a big victory for William Sharman, when you think

:09:38. > :09:40.about his European Championships. Mike has pointed out they have

:09:41. > :09:48.actually given it to Sergey Shubenkov. Well, well, well. By 0.01

:09:49. > :09:52.seconds? That is a personal best for William Sharman regardless, I

:09:53. > :09:59.thought he got that. I would love to see the photo finish. Where were you

:10:00. > :10:01.going, Mike? I was watching Sergey Shubenkov warming up, he was looking

:10:02. > :10:06.powerful and slick and composed. Shubenkov warming up, he was looking

:10:07. > :10:10.was surprised that Pascal Martinot-Lagarde made a mess of the

:10:11. > :10:16.start, which gave the advantage to the men either side of him. It was

:10:17. > :10:19.very close over the final couple of barriers. You get the impression

:10:20. > :10:24.that William Sharman was still in front, at Sergey Shubenkov just got

:10:25. > :10:31.it on the line. That is the best sprint hurdles ever run at this

:10:32. > :10:35.meet, and it gets him the victory by 0.01 seconds. A lifetime best for

:10:36. > :10:41.William Sharman, who is having the best season of his career so far. It

:10:42. > :10:48.puts him third on the all-time UK list, moving him ahead of Andy

:10:49. > :10:50.Turner. They have got opposite league legs, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde

:10:51. > :10:58.and William Sharman. They came close at one point, I wonder whether the

:10:59. > :11:04.fact that William Sharman. Out. Mac that is tight. He thought he had won

:11:05. > :11:10.it, I thought he had, but it went to Sergey Shubenkov.

:11:11. > :11:19.We all thought you had one here on the BBC, did you? I could not really

:11:20. > :11:28.tell. I could feel Sergey Shubenkov halfway down the race, but I could

:11:29. > :11:32.not look at him. I try to keep pushing all the way to the line. On

:11:33. > :11:36.the last two hurdles, I felt myself getting really close, like I was

:11:37. > :11:42.going to hit them. You have got two options, back off and play it safe

:11:43. > :11:47.or keep pressing. If you do not fall over, you will get a good time. This

:11:48. > :11:52.has been coming all season, a personal best, third on the UK

:11:53. > :12:01.all-time list, there is more to come, though? Yes, I have just been

:12:02. > :12:07.working on something with my coach. Cheers, George! What have you been

:12:08. > :12:13.working on? I cannot feel all my secrets! It is something very small.

:12:14. > :12:18.If you put one foot wrong in the start, you only have 30 metres to

:12:19. > :12:23.accelerate, and if you sacrifice a step, you will not have top speed.

:12:24. > :12:27.You are defending a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games, European

:12:28. > :12:34.Championships next weekend, you are on a mission. Typically, I have not

:12:35. > :12:38.done very well at the European Championships. My first senior

:12:39. > :12:41.international was in Gothenberg at the European Championships, I was

:12:42. > :12:47.eliminated in the first round. The next European Championships,

:12:48. > :12:52.disqualified in the semifinal. I am looking to put things right this

:12:53. > :12:57.time around. 11 points for the British team, you have kicked us off

:12:58. > :13:02.nicely. Well done. A great job from William Sharman,

:13:03. > :13:11.and here is confirmation of the personal best. In third place on the

:13:12. > :13:19.all-time list. Behind Colin Jackson and Tony Jarrett. We will update you

:13:20. > :13:26.with the overall score later. Our pulses racing already after that. It

:13:27. > :13:30.is exciting, this is what a race can do for you, you can be the clear

:13:31. > :13:34.world leader, like Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, every body was

:13:35. > :13:38.looking at him to do an incredible performance, but you have to clear

:13:39. > :13:44.ten barriers well. He stumbled going into the first hurdle, the

:13:45. > :13:53.Frenchman, he courted with his lead leg and childlike. If you have not

:13:54. > :13:56.built up speed, it will cost you. In complete contrast, Sergey Shubenkov

:13:57. > :14:02.took off, they'd used the advantage. I will use the word clean air, they

:14:03. > :14:08.had nothing to obstruct them. They could run cleanly. Sergey Shubenkov

:14:09. > :14:13.just taking the victory. He is a quality athlete. There is such a

:14:14. > :14:19.difference between going seven strides into the first hurdle

:14:20. > :14:28.against eight strides. You seem to be stretching, because you are using

:14:29. > :14:32.power as opposed to frequency. He changed back over from eight to

:14:33. > :14:39.seven. He has not resettled into the groove. A lot of the Americans run

:14:40. > :14:47.seven. They change it over. It was a bit of a trend. Some people were

:14:48. > :14:53.successful, so they all had a go at seven strides. Can be a detriment to

:14:54. > :14:57.some athletes. When it goes wrong, it goes horribly wrong. You are

:14:58. > :15:03.reaching if you do not have the height. You know what? Ultimately, I

:15:04. > :15:08.am happy that William Sharman has stuck to his guns. He has had a stop

:15:09. > :15:12.start nature to his career. This could be a push to go on to greater

:15:13. > :15:20.things? Let's hope so, he looked good. There is plenty more to come

:15:21. > :15:40.in day two. After all the controversy, against the odds,

:15:41. > :15:45.Philip Phillips Idowu mixes comeback in British colours. Hannah England,

:15:46. > :15:57.the team captain goes. We will see the poll -- pole vault world

:15:58. > :16:04.record-holder. We finish with the four x 400 metres relay. The British

:16:05. > :16:08.women look to hold onto their European record. This is the

:16:09. > :16:44.timetable. Overnight, the Germans were

:16:45. > :16:48.leading, how statistician, Mark Butler, has been working through the

:16:49. > :16:53.night to come up with these projected scores at the end of day

:16:54. > :17:01.two. He has Germany taking the title from Russia, a small margin. Poland

:17:02. > :17:06.with a very strong second day, coming through into third. France

:17:07. > :17:14.and Britain fighting it out for fourth and fifth. For the host

:17:15. > :17:18.nation, very strong. In terms of Britain, there is something to

:17:19. > :17:22.battle for, important for the team to have something to aim for?

:17:23. > :17:28.Historically, the second day is always exciting. You know exactly

:17:29. > :17:34.what you have to do. The relays tend to be a banker for us, we tend to do

:17:35. > :17:41.well. Everyone will be fighting for every place. We have some exciting

:17:42. > :17:49.events to do, to look forward to. The ones you have highlighted,

:17:50. > :17:53.Sophie Hitchon, she is a great athlete in a world-class field. If

:17:54. > :17:59.she can get a few scalps, could make a difference. Germany won the very

:18:00. > :18:04.first European Team Championships, Russia winning it ever since.

:18:05. > :18:12.Russia's dominance has been outrageous. They have shown their

:18:13. > :18:16.power. Germany on home turf, they want to produce a performance for

:18:17. > :18:21.the nation. They have suffered in athletics, the same years we have

:18:22. > :18:25.been suffering, a lack of real enthusiasm, or support from

:18:26. > :18:30.sponsors. They are having a big resurgence, as we are. 2012 helped

:18:31. > :18:37.us, and events like this will help Germany. This is all about the team,

:18:38. > :18:40.a points scoring system. If you are new to the European Team

:18:41. > :18:46.Championships, here are some members of the British team to help you

:18:47. > :18:56.through it. The points system is pretty easy. 12 points for each

:18:57. > :19:06.event. 11 points for second place. Down to one point four Last Place. A

:19:07. > :19:12.disqualification for a false start. Or a failure to register a throw or

:19:13. > :19:19.a jump. That means zero points for your team. Men's and women's points

:19:20. > :19:25.are combined to give the team score. The overall winner is the

:19:26. > :19:29.team with the most points. Sprints and relays are staged over two

:19:30. > :19:35.elites, with the points going for the fastest times. Middle and long

:19:36. > :19:40.distance races are run as one straight race. Every event in every

:19:41. > :19:46.athlete matters. Not about the number of events won, the number

:19:47. > :19:54.points for the team. Yesterday there was just the one event where we took

:19:55. > :20:00.12 points, the men's sprint relay. We have not had a win at all today,

:20:01. > :20:08.nice to finish with a victory. It is not just about winning this, they

:20:09. > :20:15.want to run faster than 39.06. Cleanly away. Richard Kilty wants to

:20:16. > :20:23.use that good indoor speed. Very close to the line. Good handover.

:20:24. > :20:29.Jamie Olsen going well down the back straight. Harrington on the third

:20:30. > :20:39.leg. Britain have the batting in their hand first. We will have a 2-3

:20:40. > :20:45.metre lead. It goes to Sharman. Germany giving chase. Great Britain

:20:46. > :20:53.all the way, they won't catch them. Victory for Great Britain at last.

:20:54. > :20:58.38.51. Germany taking second spot. Not the cleanest performances. That

:20:59. > :21:03.show the talent and speed that this team have. Maybe they were not 100%

:21:04. > :21:09.at their best, but certainly enough. Gentlemen, we waited all day

:21:10. > :21:14.for a British victory, you delivered. You flew round the first

:21:15. > :21:18.bend, Richard. Trying to get the team off to a good start. We knew

:21:19. > :21:25.this was the strongest team we have had for a while. We got off to a

:21:26. > :21:29.good lead, a strong performance. We ran well all round. A lot to improve

:21:30. > :21:33.on, but happy with that. This is what it is about, we practice, train

:21:34. > :21:38.hard, but together a good performance. We want to take this

:21:39. > :21:43.forward, about getting medals at the Commonwealth and European G-Mac. We

:21:44. > :21:50.enjoy the sport, everybody loves the relay. Come together like this as a

:21:51. > :21:53.team. Richard got us off to a solid start. I took the same on the back

:21:54. > :22:01.straight. It is a new team, we have not run together before this. A few

:22:02. > :22:06.mistakes, going into the European Championships, we won the European

:22:07. > :22:11.record. Eight a couple of nerve wracking changeovers. You got it in

:22:12. > :22:15.a great position? These guys did all the work, I had nothing to do. The

:22:16. > :22:20.changeover could've better, my fault. It is a strong team, we came

:22:21. > :22:26.here to get the points, that is what we did. A nice job from the guys.

:22:27. > :22:30.They do not always get the bat on round, pressure when they step on

:22:31. > :22:37.the track. It is all about the bat on, a solid performance. A solid

:22:38. > :22:42.performance from a team that has a lot of performers. They need to

:22:43. > :22:48.interact, and work together. Each and every leg can swap comfortably.

:22:49. > :22:54.We know Adam can run a phenomenal first leg. They will be scrutinising

:22:55. > :22:59.to see if they got the best out of their runners. A solid performance.

:23:00. > :23:08.Important thing, points, points, points, they got the bat and around.

:23:09. > :23:13.We also have Phillips Idowu coming up in the triple jump. We will talk

:23:14. > :23:17.about him later on. Many of us surprised to see him competing in a

:23:18. > :23:22.British vest again. Some breaking news about his great rival, the

:23:23. > :23:27.world champion, has been banned for three out of competition doping

:23:28. > :23:38.tests. Very similar to what happened to Christine Ohuruogu a few years

:23:39. > :23:41.ago. Banned until March, 2015. He says it is not doping, just

:23:42. > :23:46.negligence, he needs to be more professional. He is surprised that

:23:47. > :23:55.the length of the punishment, one year. Tyson Gay getting a year.

:23:56. > :24:04.Rates. First of all, unforgivable. -- a year for steroids. It is silly,

:24:05. > :24:13.not being where you say you are supposed to be. You fill out your

:24:14. > :24:22.whereabouts form, in about three months in advance. You have two be

:24:23. > :24:28.there. Unprofessional. -- you have to be there. I don't know whether it

:24:29. > :24:37.should be a same ban as a drugs cheat. It is harsh. On the length of

:24:38. > :24:44.the ban, Simpson, the Jamaican sprinter has 18 months for a

:24:45. > :24:51.stimulant. Appealing to the Court of arbitration, they are free to run

:24:52. > :24:56.following that hearing. They could be at the Commonwealth Games. A very

:24:57. > :25:01.confusing situation for everybody. I mean everybody. Athletes, coaches,

:25:02. > :25:08.management, the dope testers themselves. You may end up catching

:25:09. > :25:12.somebody, the band is put in place, how long will it last for? Very

:25:13. > :25:21.confusing, we need to get some clarity across the board. He does

:25:22. > :25:25.not understand why he has got one year, they are punishing him very

:25:26. > :25:33.harshly, we know it has been a year if you miss the tests. I feel sorry

:25:34. > :25:39.for the lad, but he said himself, he was not as professional as it could

:25:40. > :25:41.have been. The French Federation said there was no question of him

:25:42. > :25:48.trying to deliberately missed the test. They made that very obvious in

:25:49. > :25:54.the statement. Perri Shakes Drayton was with us yesterday, she has

:25:55. > :26:02.tweeted she was woken up at 6am by the drug testers. That is what

:26:03. > :26:05.athletes do. It is safer to put your place of residence, where you are

:26:06. > :26:10.staying, where they can find you in the morning, or at the end of the

:26:11. > :26:19.night. They come to your home when you are most likely to be there. It

:26:20. > :26:31.is tough. Let's head out to Braunschweig. Steve Cram is there. A

:26:32. > :26:37.huge surprise for Tango to do this, bad for him, bad for the sport. It

:26:38. > :26:46.is very confusing for the people at home, perhaps not quite fair? It is

:26:47. > :26:49.a bit of a mess. You say it is confusing, but I think they have to

:26:50. > :27:01.look at this, and decide what is important here. Tamgo knows it is a

:27:02. > :27:05.one-year ban for three missed tests. It does not look right when it

:27:06. > :27:15.stacks up against Tyson Gay. One year is not enough. We will have Gay

:27:16. > :27:20.racing Gatland, they are the headliners. The sport has gone

:27:21. > :27:25.backwards. The Diamond league said they would not have anyone failing a

:27:26. > :27:31.serious drugs test. We are just opening the door again, allowing

:27:32. > :27:36.people to come back quickly. That is when it looks a little bit odd, and

:27:37. > :27:42.Tamgo has not been caught taking drugs, and serves a long ban. It

:27:43. > :27:48.needs to be sorted out. They should get Paula in charge. She wants some

:27:49. > :27:55.clarity, the athletes need clarity as well. No excuses for Tamgo, they

:27:56. > :28:02.do not need to fill in forms, they can do it by text, e-mail, if they

:28:03. > :28:05.change their plans... We are involved with athletes you have to

:28:06. > :28:10.do that on a daily basis, the girl that I coach, she's straight on the

:28:11. > :28:18.phone, if she changes her whereabouts. They know the

:28:19. > :28:28.importance. Paula, physically with Tyson Gay, changing the ban from two

:28:29. > :28:33.years to one year. Is this going to be changed to a more analytical way

:28:34. > :28:37.of finding people, people who are willing to blow the whistle? The

:28:38. > :28:42.biggest breakthrough recently in catching cheats has been by

:28:43. > :28:48.whistle-blowers rather than by progress through the tests. That is

:28:49. > :28:51.what they are trying to do, show faith in athletes who are willing to

:28:52. > :28:58.hold their hand up, admits what they've done, and give information.

:28:59. > :29:04.Reducing the ban to one year, he needs to tell every athlete who has

:29:05. > :29:09.taken that drug, and where they came from, and I'm not sure he has done

:29:10. > :29:13.that. We need to find out what information he gave to merit that. I

:29:14. > :29:20.don't believe it should have been reduced by that much. It is totally

:29:21. > :29:24.the wrong message. With the missed test, the reason that the bandstands

:29:25. > :29:30.at that, because people deliberately try to miss a test so they can be

:29:31. > :29:36.out of testing for that period of time so the thing will be out of

:29:37. > :29:41.their system. They do have to keep that at a decent ban as well, to

:29:42. > :29:45.discourage people from saying, OK, I'm going to take a couple of missed

:29:46. > :30:00.test, gamble I will not get three, so I can still take things. I'm not

:30:01. > :30:06.saying that is what Tamgo has done. It needs to be sorted out. Phillips

:30:07. > :30:11.Idowu is competing back in a British best, and it has been a career of

:30:12. > :30:17.highs and lows and no little controversy.

:30:18. > :30:23.He takes a silver medal. That is a European gold medal jump worth

:30:24. > :30:38.watching again and again and again. He decided to make it public through

:30:39. > :30:47.Twitter, that is not the way we operate. I am a bit frustrated. He

:30:48. > :30:54.has done things his way. That hope it works out for him and he can make

:30:55. > :30:58.the nation proud. That was not me today. I have competed for 12 years,

:30:59. > :31:06.I cannot remember a time when I have performed that badly.

:31:07. > :31:13.You could not have a Phillips Idowu Vitae without Charles van Commenee!

:31:14. > :31:18.Fuwairt coached by Charles, you know him as a character, and Phillips

:31:19. > :31:24.Idowu, it was a match made in hell! Total personality clash. They did

:31:25. > :31:28.not get each other. Charles did not get Phillips Idowu and the way he

:31:29. > :31:35.wanted to operate, but he wants to do the things that he wants, Charles

:31:36. > :31:40.wanted the control, and it did not work. But you cannot take anything

:31:41. > :31:47.away from the pedigree of Phillips Idowu, because he has done it, he

:31:48. > :31:53.has got numerous titles, he is still the Olympic silver medallist, and

:31:54. > :31:56.you cannot write him off. He has had its difficulties, but you never know

:31:57. > :32:06.with him, and that is why we'd like him. He is very talented. We will go

:32:07. > :32:07.down back to Braunschweig for the women's 100 metre hurdles, Serita

:32:08. > :32:26.Solomon goes in this one. The Italian is the oldest, but also

:32:27. > :32:32.the quickest this season. Serita Solomon, her performances suggest

:32:33. > :32:35.that she has been better than that time this season, she has been

:32:36. > :32:42.running into headwinds pretty much everywhere she has been. This is the

:32:43. > :32:48.weaker of the two heats. A terrific performance a short time ago by

:32:49. > :32:52.William Sharman in the men's event, there was a following wind, whereas

:32:53. > :32:59.there was a headwind in the weaker of the men's heats, so still

:33:00. > :33:03.swirling wind, conditions up in the stands closer to Sochi than

:33:04. > :33:06.Braunschweig, but at least the British athletes will be getting

:33:07. > :33:11.used to it. Serita Solomon in lane five, addicted to finish seventh,

:33:12. > :33:21.which means she should win this, the first of two heats. 12 nations here.

:33:22. > :33:28.In the races up to 400 metres, the athletes are split into two heats of

:33:29. > :33:37.six, the heat split largely on season best times.

:33:38. > :33:52.A good start by Solomon, Serita Solomon has a narrow

:33:53. > :34:00.advantage. Serita Solomon weekends to finish in third place. Into a

:34:01. > :34:06.very slight headwind. Solomon finished fairly close. It might be

:34:07. > :34:13.she has a season's best but not a lifetime best. 13.12 seconds, the

:34:14. > :34:25.winning time, we think it might just have been the Italian. A pretty good

:34:26. > :34:35.performance from Solomon. The women's high jump well underway. The

:34:36. > :34:45.O version for the German athlete, she goes clear. The bar currently

:34:46. > :34:55.set at 1.87. She continues her clean clearances all the way, joint first

:34:56. > :34:57.place. The 23-year-old from Germany. She has received tremendous

:34:58. > :35:05.encouragement every time she is on the runway. She just clicked it, but

:35:06. > :35:15.mercifully, for her point of view, the clean card continues. Coming

:35:16. > :35:25.back to this hurdles race, Serita Solomon got away well. I thought the

:35:26. > :35:34.Italian had maybe beaten the Polish athlete, but the Polish athlete has

:35:35. > :35:43.one. Solomon is right there, but she loses it a bit. She does not lose

:35:44. > :35:51.anything off the hurdles, she just lost a bit of speed. It will be a

:35:52. > :35:59.season's best. The Polish athlete he calls

:36:00. > :36:03.season's best. The Polish athlete he maximum points. Potentially dropped

:36:04. > :36:06.points for Great Britain, it was predicted that Solomon would finish

:36:07. > :36:10.in seventh place. If the second of the heat goes to form, that is

:36:11. > :36:29.possibly her down in ninth place overall. On the high jump runway,

:36:30. > :36:37.Isobel Pooley for Great Britain. That is her first attempt at 1.87.

:36:38. > :36:42.We saw the German cochlear early on. A slight alteration, in the vertical

:36:43. > :36:49.jumps, athletes will be eliminated on their fourth failure for the

:36:50. > :36:54.entire card, so a clean card is of even greater importance than usual.

:36:55. > :36:58.Only one more favour -- failure will be permitted for Isobel Pooley. She

:36:59. > :37:18.is predicted a seventh place finish. Second in the world youth

:37:19. > :37:25.Championships in 2013. Plenty of explosion, could not contort herself

:37:26. > :37:30.over the bar. A failure for the Italian, her first attempt at 1.87,

:37:31. > :37:42.but that is her second failure for the competition.

:37:43. > :37:56.The athlete predicted for a maximum points finish. Just her third jump

:37:57. > :38:03.of the competition. The bar is at 1.87. Clean all the way to this

:38:04. > :38:15.point. Mariya Kuchina, the defending European team in. She comes in in

:38:16. > :38:21.red-hot form, the 21-year-old. She cleared it with aplomb. As well as

:38:22. > :38:25.the defending European team champion, she is the gold medallist

:38:26. > :38:34.from earlier on this season, she shared the gold medal. With her

:38:35. > :38:41.rival from Poland, Kamila Licwinko. She is in the field as well, so a

:38:42. > :38:47.rematch, as they were the last to competing in the world indoors.

:38:48. > :38:53.Plenty more to come, she got a season's best of 1.98. She is fourth

:38:54. > :38:56.on the European list, so there is far more to come for Mariya Kuchina.

:38:57. > :39:06.She is looking incredibly comfortable.

:39:07. > :39:21.Not close on that attempt. She is predict did one point, and a 12th

:39:22. > :39:31.place finish, by our statistician. She is currently in 10th place. The

:39:32. > :39:42.second heat in the women's 100 metres hurdles. This features Candy

:39:43. > :39:45.Billaud. We saw Pascal Martinot-Lagarde failing to justify

:39:46. > :39:57.favouritism in the men's event, and Candy Billaud is the fastest in this

:39:58. > :40:02.field this season. Yuliya Kondakova is in lane two for Russia. A strong

:40:03. > :40:07.Dutch contingent in the crowd. Another capacity crowd in the home

:40:08. > :40:13.straight, not so many on the far side, but a good atmosphere. When

:40:14. > :40:15.the Germans are performing well, and we have seen a good success in the

:40:16. > :40:36.javelin earlier today. The Ukrainian's best is just inside

:40:37. > :40:39.13 seconds. Cindy Billaud is second on the overall European rankings

:40:40. > :40:47.this season, led by Tiffany Porter of Britain. Serita Solomon finished

:40:48. > :41:00.in third place in the weaker of these heat a key moments ago.

:41:01. > :41:09.Lucie Skrobakova is the slowest in this field on season's times so far.

:41:10. > :41:14.If she can get anywhere near her lifetime best of five years ago, she

:41:15. > :41:20.will trouble the leaders. This is expected to be a victory for France

:41:21. > :41:25.and Cindy Billaud. After 24 of the 40 events, friends are in third

:41:26. > :41:28.place, no change to the overnight positions, Germany lead from Russia

:41:29. > :41:30.and France, Great positions, Germany lead from Russia

:41:31. > :41:33.and France, Britain still in fourth place, ahead of Poland, who have got

:41:34. > :41:41.some strong performers to come later in the afternoon. They are settling

:41:42. > :41:43.into their blogs. This is the second heat in the women's 100 metres

:41:44. > :41:59.hurdles. Cindy Billaud got a strong start, as

:42:00. > :42:15.did Yuliya Kondakova. Cindy Billaud wins impressively.

:42:16. > :42:21.That is the fastest time of the season for Cindy Billaud. A very

:42:22. > :42:25.impressive performance, she kept her momentum right from the start, she

:42:26. > :42:27.was in control virtually from the start, she fought off the challenge

:42:28. > :42:35.of Yuliya Kondakova. The German start, she fought off the challenge

:42:36. > :42:40.third place, we think. No question about the winner, it is the fastest

:42:41. > :42:46.sprint hurdles run in this meet, by Cindy Billaud, running into strong

:42:47. > :42:51.form as we move through the season. She will head to the European

:42:52. > :42:56.Championships if she stays fit as a real threat to Tiffany Porter and

:42:57. > :43:00.the rest. The cheer from the crowd is that the German has come through

:43:01. > :43:07.in second place, in a lifetime best performance, 12.80 seconds. A huge

:43:08. > :43:15.smile on her face. Yuliya Kondakova in third place. Cindy Billaud has

:43:16. > :43:19.had a great season, she has been mixing it with the Americans. She

:43:20. > :43:24.beat Tiffany Porter in New York, and this was even better. They took

:43:25. > :43:30.advantage of a good following wind. She starts well, she was unlucky not

:43:31. > :43:36.to get a medal in the world indoor Championships. She occasionally

:43:37. > :43:41.looks untidy, but not today. The German was not as good as the, but

:43:42. > :43:45.she finished very strongly, rewarded with a personal best. This young

:43:46. > :43:50.lady is getting better and better. When you look at the dominance, the

:43:51. > :43:57.Americans have so much strength in depth, which is why Tiffany Porter

:43:58. > :44:00.came to Great Britain, but the European Championships, it is

:44:01. > :44:09.looking as though these two might have it between themselves. The

:44:10. > :44:16.German was not far away. Importantly, the Czech Republic

:44:17. > :44:27.runner was slower than Serita Solomon, so Solomon will move up to

:44:28. > :44:30.eighth place overall. The French are pretty strong, some pretty good

:44:31. > :44:37.athletes. We were talking about Phillips Idowu, there are quite a

:44:38. > :44:43.few of us who thought we would never see him again in a British vest. He

:44:44. > :44:49.talked about his temporary retirement, are you surprised to see

:44:50. > :44:53.him back? Surprised, yes. Also glad, I think it would be a huge

:44:54. > :45:00.waste of talent to see someone like him disappear because of a bad

:45:01. > :45:07.attitude. It is nice to see him back, putting the British vest on,

:45:08. > :45:11.and giving it a go. He has won medals at European Championships,

:45:12. > :45:15.world champion, he has done a lot, he could pass on knowledge to team

:45:16. > :45:21.members. This competition is all about pressure, he has struggled

:45:22. > :45:27.getting consistent jumps under his belt. Rumour has it he has been

:45:28. > :45:32.jumping pretty far in training. But we need to see practical

:45:33. > :45:35.performance. This may be a tricky competition for him to come in and

:45:36. > :45:41.score well. You talk about a bad attitude, but my feeling is he could

:45:42. > :45:47.have done things differently, but he suffered because of the fallout with

:45:48. > :45:54.Charles? Ultimately. You walk a very fine line when you are perceived to

:45:55. > :45:58.be difficult. Great when things are going well, but when you find

:45:59. > :46:02.yourself in difficulties, like he did going into the Olympics in

:46:03. > :46:10.London, you are cut off, you isolate yourself. Time the way, he may have

:46:11. > :46:14.reflected on those times, and realised he loves his athletics, he

:46:15. > :46:18.is good at it, important he comes back, toes the line. He has shown

:46:19. > :46:29.your black he's serious about what he wants to do. -- he has shown meal

:46:30. > :46:40.black. The time you have is so finite, it is about finding speed.

:46:41. > :46:48.-- Neil Black. When things get rocky, you going to sell protection

:46:49. > :46:55.mode. I have my issues as well. I have some sympathy with him. I came

:46:56. > :47:00.off slightly the worst. It comes from maturity, you look back and

:47:01. > :47:04.reflect. Unfortunately you do not get that time again. Maybe some

:47:05. > :47:09.redemption for him in the triple jump. We will see that later on. We

:47:10. > :47:26.will head back to the field, and Emma Pooley in the high jump.

:47:27. > :47:32.Her final attempt, not to be disappointment. Four failures is all

:47:33. > :47:41.you are permitted in this team format. Those two attempts, coming

:47:42. > :48:50.back to haunt Isobel Pooley. Phillips leading the rankings here.

:48:51. > :48:57.16 metres and 99 centimetres. No athlete has been over 70 metres. He

:48:58. > :49:02.is going last, perhaps not a bad place to jump, can respond to

:49:03. > :49:10.others. Yesterday we dipped back into the archive from the European

:49:11. > :49:15.Championships and Europa Cup, and you will not be surprised to see

:49:16. > :49:27.that Mr Jackson had a few good performances!

:49:28. > :49:42.They go, and Jackson a brilliant start. Exploding off the blocks.

:49:43. > :49:49.Jackson by metres. 13.10, the fastest time in the world this year.

:49:50. > :49:57.Incisive by Colin Jackson. Consistency is what it will all be

:49:58. > :50:04.about, I am happy with that. What did you say? You had your mind on

:50:05. > :50:10.the world record, that was your year. It was very early in the

:50:11. > :50:18.season. I thought something special could happen later on in the year. I

:50:19. > :50:26.got lucky. There was a lot of pressure. A lot of pressure to start

:50:27. > :50:34.the event, I was following the likes of Chris Akabusi, Linford Christie.

:50:35. > :50:39.Huge pressure to go and perform. There was a lot of relief. That was

:50:40. > :50:47.after 92, the disappointment of Barcelona. I had a lot to prove,

:50:48. > :50:52.especially to myself, and I was better than what people saw in

:50:53. > :50:57.Barcelona. There were problems. I had to refocus, gather myself,

:50:58. > :51:04.perform. To start the European Team Championships, there was pressure.

:51:05. > :51:10.Nice memories. The men's 800 metres coming up. We will look back at the

:51:11. > :51:16.performance from last weekend, the Diamond League, in New York. An

:51:17. > :51:22.all-time great getting back to form and fitness.

:51:23. > :51:48.Solomon in good form this year. There comes Lewandowski. Four.

:51:49. > :52:00.Solomon doing well. Rudisha comes back. He is going to be Solomon.

:52:01. > :52:04.Rudisha, 54.15. In total control. He is back. Great to see.

:52:05. > :52:08.Great to see Rudisha back. is back. Great to see.

:52:09. > :52:11.Great to see Rudisha back. He is confirmed for the Glasgow Grand

:52:12. > :52:16.Prix. That is before the Commonwealth games. The triple jump

:52:17. > :52:23.is under way. We look forward to seeing Phillips shortly. When you

:52:24. > :52:27.are rusty, it is hitting the board, finding the rhythm. We saw him

:52:28. > :52:33.struggle in the Diamond League in Oslo. It is the consistency, the

:52:34. > :52:39.timing. Lots of times people don't get the timing. It is getting all

:52:40. > :52:43.your winter work, your speed, your technique, you cannot do them all in

:52:44. > :52:50.training at the same time, you focus on one. He has been out so much,

:52:51. > :52:56.that is why he is struggling. We have seen it with David Rudisha

:52:57. > :53:01.comedy is fit, ready to go, but you need to race, get into the

:53:02. > :53:03.competition grew. Hopefully he can pull that together. That's macro

:53:04. > :53:21.Rudisha, -- Rudisha, he pull that together. That's macro

:53:22. > :53:21.will say he is fit, he should be doing well. That could give him

:53:22. > :53:26.confidence, could turn his whole season around. Doesn't matter who he

:53:27. > :53:35.is. You see the greats still finding their way. The difference he had in

:53:36. > :53:38.Eugene, coming seventh, to New York, where he wins. Things can turn

:53:39. > :53:45.around if you are fit enough. Great to see Rudisha back, running in

:53:46. > :53:55.Britain. The last time was that night! It got a little bit last,

:53:56. > :54:04.Super Saturday, as a moment, it was great. The best ever 800 metre race.

:54:05. > :54:11.Personal bests galore. Area records. Tremendous to see. We saw this

:54:12. > :54:11.Personal bests galore. Area records. 800 metre race. Middle distance

:54:12. > :54:32.running was brought back in. Seven -- Sebastian Coates, I almost called

:54:33. > :54:38.him Lord Coe. To feel part of a very special occasion. Inspiring you to

:54:39. > :54:43.do great things, you can change the face of middle distance running. We

:54:44. > :54:48.have Phillips Idowu route, and also Hannah England in the 1500 metres,

:54:49. > :54:55.here are the thoughts of the skipper. Lovely to be team captain,

:54:56. > :55:00.great honour. One of those things, great to have in your career. Such a

:55:01. > :55:07.mix in the team, one of the most experienced members, was it a

:55:08. > :55:13.surprise? I had to accept I am getting older, I have a lot of

:55:14. > :55:17.experience. Lovely to see the young athletes coming through, being part

:55:18. > :55:22.of that. Let's talk about the race. A quality field in the 1500 metres,

:55:23. > :55:29.the Swedish athlete has been in superb form, how are you going to

:55:30. > :55:37.approach it? I will approach it aggressively, it is a quality

:55:38. > :55:41.field, I very much feel I have forward momentum, getting faster

:55:42. > :55:46.with every race. I just want to go out and compete with the other

:55:47. > :55:52.girls. I did not perform well at Gateshead, I'm glad I can perform

:55:53. > :56:02.again. As an athlete, it does not change our outlook. I know I can do

:56:03. > :56:08.well for the team, focusing on that. Hannah England coming up shortly.

:56:09. > :56:17.First the Mukhtar Mohammed takes to the track. Mike Costello

:56:18. > :56:27.commentating. Drawn on the outside. We are moving from the inside. A

:56:28. > :56:55.high-quality 800 metres. The man who has won it twice, Adam Gee.

:56:56. > :57:02.We just saw a very impressive win for France in the winning's sprint

:57:03. > :57:07.hurdles. Here is the master tactician, winning in 2011. Very

:57:08. > :57:19.impressively in Gateshead last year when he beat Andrew Osagie into

:57:20. > :57:50.second place. Mohammed drawn on the outside. The Turkish athlete used to

:57:51. > :57:54.represent Kenya. 12 athletes on the way, two laps of the track, there

:57:55. > :57:58.could be traffic problems as they reached the entrance to the back

:57:59. > :58:04.straight. They will leave their lanes, heading towards the inside of

:58:05. > :58:08.the track. The Italian athlete trying to protect that position.

:58:09. > :58:19.Sweeping through from the middle, Kevin Lopez, from Spain, the Polish

:58:20. > :58:35.athlete trying to move through. They are very tightly grouped, Mukhtar

:58:36. > :58:49.Mohammed in the middle. Mukhtar Mohammed having to move out very

:58:50. > :58:55.quickly they're all pretty bunched together. Bosse poised, on the

:58:56. > :59:04.shoulder, looking good. He has been moving well. He actually beat Adam

:59:05. > :59:11.Kusut back into sixth place. He is trying to work to that French

:59:12. > :59:14.record. The pace is quickening, Adam Kusut in front. Mukhtar Mohammed

:59:15. > :59:22.dropping to the back of the field. That is a severe loss of points. At

:59:23. > :59:26.this stage, he looks last. Into the home straight, it is Adam Kusut on

:59:27. > :59:31.the inside. In second place Bosse. The German athlete sweeping through,

:59:32. > :59:37.this can be one of the biggest upsets on the track? The 22-year-old

:59:38. > :59:50.from Germany comes from way off the pace. Producing the run of his life.

:59:51. > :59:55.One minute 46, .24 seconds. What a shrewd run. That is the biggest

:59:56. > :00:06.surprise so far across the first 1.5 days of the competition.

:00:07. > :00:14.There is a wry smile as they hug. Everybody standing, it is another

:00:15. > :00:19.success for the nation in the lead. That is a huge boost to their

:00:20. > :00:26.chances of winning on home soil. The German flies down the home

:00:27. > :00:31.straight. Sweeping down the outside, lifted by the ovation from the

:00:32. > :00:43.crowd, into the lead. Adam Coombes cot had no more to give. What a

:00:44. > :00:49.performance, similar to Arne Gabius yesterday, he found something extra

:00:50. > :00:53.in the home straight. It was the hunger and the ovation from the

:00:54. > :00:57.crowd. What a victory, the emotion of that, the best success of his

:00:58. > :01:11.career, for the 22-year-old. That is what you can call home

:01:12. > :01:15.advantage and performing in front of a home crowd. He timed his run to

:01:16. > :01:25.perfection, he did not realise how much he had left, and he found a bit

:01:26. > :01:29.more. He tried to replay the victory of Arne Gabius yesterday. He was

:01:30. > :01:42.pushed to a personal best. Straining every sinew to get to the

:01:43. > :01:49.line, just ahead of Adam Kszczot, who thinks, where did he come from?

:01:50. > :01:53.Fall of the dangers he have success -- assessed, the German would have

:01:54. > :02:00.been some way down the list. So many strong performances from the German

:02:01. > :02:04.athletes on the infield. Arne Gabius in the 5000 metres yesterday, he

:02:05. > :02:15.came good. That was a beautifully timed run by the German, to come

:02:16. > :02:19.from fourth place, to win. Mukhtar Mohammed improved by just one place

:02:20. > :02:29.in the home straight. Great Britain losing out.

:02:30. > :02:40.Germany are boosted yet again, Great Britain cropping to fifth place. The

:02:41. > :02:45.difference between Great Britain and Poland, the difference between what

:02:46. > :02:51.Mukhtar Mohammed achieved and what he was forecast. Clean clearances

:02:52. > :02:59.all the way for the defending champion. She has Airlie exerted

:03:00. > :03:08.herself, suggesting there is plenty more to come. Her season's best,

:03:09. > :03:15.1.98. Plenty more energy still to give, as she prepares to defend her

:03:16. > :03:23.Championships title. The third and final attempt at the height of 1.94

:03:24. > :03:36.the German athlete. The four-time German champion. It is not to be.

:03:37. > :03:44.That will conclude the competition. Not able to get it together on that

:03:45. > :03:55.particular instance. Predicted eight point and a fifth place finish. She

:03:56. > :04:05.appears to be right around par, fifth place, as expected, a solid

:04:06. > :04:13.performance. There is one of the German athletic superstars, the

:04:14. > :04:17.world record-holder. Hammer competition is so often begin an

:04:18. > :04:21.afternoon of athletics, but here it is in the centre of the programme,

:04:22. > :04:27.such is her stature and standing in the sport. Here is another one of

:04:28. > :04:38.the main protagonists, Anna Bulgakova of Russia. She is looking

:04:39. > :04:46.to break into the top four. Joanna Fiodorow of Poland. Predicted for a

:04:47. > :04:50.third-place finish, in what is a really high quality women's Hammer

:04:51. > :04:57.competition. Blue skies at last here in Braunschweig. Great Britain

:04:58. > :05:02.represented by Sophie Hitchon. A real opportunity to gain more

:05:03. > :05:08.experience, hearts still a couple of scalps, all in the quest for maximum

:05:09. > :05:13.points in terms of her ability for the British team. Predicted for

:05:14. > :05:19.eight points and a fifth place finish, the competition is about to

:05:20. > :05:32.get underway shortly. Back to the high jump. The Ukrainian goes clear.

:05:33. > :05:41.1.90 is where the bar is currently. She has just had one failure earlier

:05:42. > :05:53.on, at 1.87. Looking very solid indeed. She is forecast for a fourth

:05:54. > :06:08.place finish and nine points. She is going solidly to this point. Next on

:06:09. > :06:15.the track, the women's 1500 metres. The German crowd will be hoping for

:06:16. > :06:22.good points, but they should not hold out much hope. Going back to

:06:23. > :06:26.the men's 800, the German is becoming a big-name very quickly.

:06:27. > :06:36.His strength has helped him very much. Sometimes in the 800, it helps

:06:37. > :06:42.you, and then in the 1500 metres, a bit of 800 metre pace helps. Hannah

:06:43. > :06:47.England said she might want to be more aggressive here and push it on

:06:48. > :06:51.a bit if it is slow early. She is coming into some better form after a

:06:52. > :06:56.slow start to the season. The Russian will be a danger. Quite a

:06:57. > :07:02.queue of these women have run a personal best this year. This is the

:07:03. > :07:06.favourite, Abeba Aregawi. She will be the outstanding favourite for the

:07:07. > :07:12.European Championships, the former is European. There is some

:07:13. > :07:16.controversy in Sweden about how much she has immersed herself in that

:07:17. > :07:23.country. One or two others to look out for, this young lady, she beat

:07:24. > :07:40.Jessica Judd in Eugene over 800 metres. The Dutch racer won a

:07:41. > :07:49.personal best. She finished eighth. It was one by another Dutch athlete.

:07:50. > :07:55.Stepping in to help her country, ethnic replacement for Turkey.

:07:56. > :08:05.Dash-mac a late replacement for Turkey. Tactics will undoubtedly be

:08:06. > :08:10.a factor. I doubt Abeba Aregawi will want to show us her Diamond League

:08:11. > :08:17.form. Hannah England has started off pretty aggressively and gone to the

:08:18. > :08:21.front. I would not want to see her lead the whole thing, but nothing

:08:22. > :08:28.wrong with getting them running, and hopefully somebody might pick it up.

:08:29. > :08:34.Exactly. It keeps her out of trouble, she can choose her placing

:08:35. > :08:41.and react as people, round her, and she is not at risk of the falling,

:08:42. > :08:46.which we sometimes can see. She came into this disappointed with her run

:08:47. > :08:53.last year, and she knew that she could perform better. With a bit of

:08:54. > :08:58.forward momentum, she started off sluggishly this year, but she is

:08:59. > :09:02.moving forward, and she wants to see that continue, and set a good

:09:03. > :09:06.example for her husband, who is following her in the next race. He

:09:07. > :09:13.will be running in the 3000 steeplechase. This very pedestrian

:09:14. > :09:21.time. She is keeping out of trouble at the front. The Dutch athlete

:09:22. > :09:28.moving through. The one that could be a danger, third from the back,

:09:29. > :09:41.the Frenchwoman. She is based in the United States. She is 23. Those 800

:09:42. > :09:48.metres specialists looking to get good points. This will become a

:09:49. > :09:52.sprint as it slows down even more. Abeba Aregawi will keep out of the

:09:53. > :09:57.way. They are probably waiting for her to do something, but by doing

:09:58. > :10:04.that, if you accept she is going to win, you have got to come second. If

:10:05. > :10:07.she is the best in the world, try to come second, and sometimes you need

:10:08. > :10:13.to run your own race to do that. What we have seen often, with Mo

:10:14. > :10:20.Farah, they expect him to win the race and to control it, and they are

:10:21. > :10:24.looking around at him. That is what everybody is doing now, watching for

:10:25. > :10:32.Abeba Aregawi, and they need to be running their own race, to ensure

:10:33. > :10:36.the highest position possible. Abeba Aregawi will always be the one who

:10:37. > :10:43.finishes the fastest. Here she comes. Hannah England will have to

:10:44. > :10:52.be careful. She is accelerating, she does not want to be caught on the

:10:53. > :10:58.inside. The Italian on her shoulder. The French athlete is tucked right

:10:59. > :11:04.at the back of the pack, starting to move out. Hannah England is boxed

:11:05. > :11:11.in, that is not a position to be in. That is it, moving through. Abeba

:11:12. > :11:15.Aregawi moved out, and now Hannah England has to hold her position.

:11:16. > :11:19.She did really well to take advantage of big up. I do not know

:11:20. > :11:24.if Abeba Aregawi deliberately let her through. Hannah England got

:11:25. > :11:34.herself back into a good position, she needs to hold it. The Germans

:11:35. > :11:39.will be hoping their athlete can perform, but she is doing

:11:40. > :11:44.will be hoping their athlete can the moment. Abeba Aregawi playing

:11:45. > :11:50.with the field. Hannah England trying to keep going. She is moving

:11:51. > :11:56.well. If she can get a second or third place... I am sure the Swedish

:11:57. > :12:04.runner will turn on the afterburners. She is winning as she

:12:05. > :12:08.once, just kicking away. Hannah England under pressure, she is going

:12:09. > :12:15.to lose out. Abeba Aregawi take the victory. Hannah England has to

:12:16. > :12:19.settle for fifth place. Fading in the last 100 metres. She will not be

:12:20. > :12:25.happy with that. A disappointing race. Abeba Aregawi was not

:12:26. > :12:30.interested in doing anything but turning it on a little bit, she did

:12:31. > :12:35.not kick hard, it was all about the home straight. Job done for her

:12:36. > :12:40.country. Hannah England looked as though she was getting things going,

:12:41. > :12:44.but she faded a bit. When she is going well, she would run much

:12:45. > :12:50.better than that on the last lap. She will be disappointed. Yes, she

:12:51. > :12:57.put herself in the right place, she seemed to be doing everything right.

:12:58. > :13:04.She really tied up badly. The Ukrainian came by her, and she is

:13:05. > :13:08.drifting back. At this point, she is just hanging on, and luckily she

:13:09. > :13:13.gets to fifth place. I do not think she will be happy with that, her

:13:14. > :13:16.legs tied up on her in those closing stages, after she reacted well to

:13:17. > :13:24.grab the spot when she was badly boxed in. Abeba Aregawi did not want

:13:25. > :13:32.to do anything more than she had to. She expended as little energy as

:13:33. > :13:42.possible. 58.48 for the last lap, she made it look easy. It is not to

:13:43. > :13:45.be for Ruth baiter. That will conclude her composition. The

:13:46. > :13:57.defending European champion outdoors. Her fourth failure, the

:13:58. > :14:07.third at that height. Her best clearance of 1.90. Three failures at

:14:08. > :14:16.1.93. To the hammer. Joanna Fiodorow. Her first attempt.

:14:17. > :14:24.Left-hander. Blustery conditions on the infield, it is approaching 73,

:14:25. > :14:37.perhaps, we will have to wait for confirmation. You wonder how the

:14:38. > :14:44.athletes will fare with the conditions, given they are so

:14:45. > :14:54.blustery. Swirling wind, changing direction in a hurry. 71.89 the

:14:55. > :15:07.first attempt. The world record-holder, the leader. Her first

:15:08. > :15:30.attempt. That will travel the lead. Appearing to be in a similar type of

:15:31. > :15:39.compass. She is a world leader this year. A three-time winner of this

:15:40. > :15:46.event. She has taken a leave of her first round effort. The hammer is

:15:47. > :15:50.continuing, we want a quick word with Hannah England, finishing in

:15:51. > :15:57.fifth place. Let's get a word with her. Thank you Steve, give me one

:15:58. > :16:07.word to describe that racing your opinion? Frustrating. I was fine in

:16:08. > :16:12.the first two laps, Elizabeth Windy. From lane one, my starting position,

:16:13. > :16:18.the best thing would be to stay out of trouble. I did not want to lose

:16:19. > :16:26.that advantage, but I did at the bell. I celebrated to get into the

:16:27. > :16:31.gap, maybe I used some I speed up. It was fun to try and run with her.

:16:32. > :16:39.That is what I want to do for the season. Gutted to lose those

:16:40. > :16:43.positions in the last 15. With the more races and training, I will get

:16:44. > :16:48.better. It is never about the times in the middle and long distance,

:16:49. > :16:53.about the position, you finished fifth, team captain, how has your

:16:54. > :17:02.weekend been? It has been fun watching everyone. All we can do is

:17:03. > :17:08.try our hardest. Personally, going forward, a busy year, what have you

:17:09. > :17:15.learned from this? I have learnt that I am not that far behind the

:17:16. > :17:21.Swedish girl in a slow pace. My training is improving every week. I

:17:22. > :17:26.just need to get back into the routine of international

:17:27. > :17:31.competition. Your next race on the track, the husband is competing

:17:32. > :17:39.next. Was he inspired by your team taught? I hope so. I will let you go

:17:40. > :17:44.on supporting. This appointment for Hannah England. That extra

:17:45. > :17:49.responsibility of being team captain, maybe not the best

:17:50. > :17:54.position, because she said she was suffering under the pressure? What

:17:55. > :17:58.are you looking for from a captain? Great leadership, maybe somebody who

:17:59. > :18:05.has the pedigree of performance behind them. I don't know. Always

:18:06. > :18:10.interesting, we used to have great captains. The team said she had an

:18:11. > :18:16.inspiring speech. It comes with pressure. She said she has enjoyed

:18:17. > :18:21.herself, you can hear from the interview, she is a bit disappointed

:18:22. > :18:30.with how she fared. Let's have a look at the results.

:18:31. > :18:40.Difficult to see anyone beating the Swedish girl at the European

:18:41. > :18:44.Championships, class apart. She said she was disappointed, Hannah

:18:45. > :18:51.England, at losing the leaders. In the overall team score, Germany

:18:52. > :19:00.having a great second day, only three points ahead of Russia. We are

:19:01. > :19:11.back down in fifth place. We have Luke Gunn going, Hannah's husband.

:19:12. > :19:17.He may be saying, this is the chance to shine in my household. Every year

:19:18. > :19:20.the sporting calendar throws up different highlights, the World Cup,

:19:21. > :19:26.the European Championships, the Commonwealth games. Every year, some

:19:27. > :19:28.things remain the same. Wimbledon starting tomorrow, last year was

:19:29. > :19:37.special. Djokovic is waiting as Andy starting tomorrow, last year was

:19:38. > :19:42.Murray looks to put 77 years of hurt behind British tennis. It was the

:19:43. > :19:50.day. What a point. Andy Murray making a sleep from our seats. The

:19:51. > :19:54.waiting is over! I thought it was one of the great memorable moments

:19:55. > :20:00.in sport. Andy Murray is the Wimbledon champion. Winner or

:20:01. > :20:14.nothing. You simply cannot give more. Go Andy, go Andy! It is still

:20:15. > :20:20.special. One year on. There were lots of celebrations up

:20:21. > :20:23.and down the country. You can see a special programme tomorrow to relive

:20:24. > :20:34.the glory moment. More action from the World Cup coming up.

:20:35. > :20:43.A big match, the USA versus Portugal.

:20:44. > :20:49.The men's 3000 metres steeplechase coming up. Let's head back to

:20:50. > :21:01.Braunschweig. There is Luke Gunn. Game to be a big

:21:02. > :21:07.task for him. When Hannah England walks away from the cameras, fifth

:21:08. > :21:10.place, she will be wanting better than that. Part of that was the

:21:11. > :21:21.responsibility of being team captain. I think we're making a bit

:21:22. > :21:28.much of it. I'm not sure we even had a captain in my day. I will have to

:21:29. > :21:37.go and check that fact. Interesting race. One or two really good

:21:38. > :21:47.proponents of steeplechase in this event. Luke, trying to get to grips

:21:48. > :21:52.with this. There was a good performance from James Wilkinson in

:21:53. > :22:04.Spain recently. James running eight .22. So far this year Luke has only

:22:05. > :22:15.run eight, 35. Iraqi British trials next month. -- various British

:22:16. > :22:26.trials. You have to admire the distance

:22:27. > :22:37.runners by competing this weekend. In many ways, they are sacrificing

:22:38. > :22:41.the opportunity. The Polish athlete has gone down, one of the

:22:42. > :22:51.favourites, he needs to get back up, and gradually closed down, not panic

:22:52. > :22:58.and expend too much energy. They were sacrificing the chance to go

:22:59. > :23:08.and run a fast time in the Diamond League or a pace race. Over 3000

:23:09. > :23:13.metres or 5000 metres steeplechase, this just takes energy, you don't

:23:14. > :23:18.have too many races in the year. They are making a sacrifice by

:23:19. > :23:30.coming here. Having said that, the pace is not too pedestrian. Luke is

:23:31. > :23:39.tucking himself in well. Collectively the third group. Can

:23:40. > :23:47.see the athlete trying to run it from the front. So many of the team

:23:48. > :23:54.not born in Turkey these days. Let's break for the high jump just

:23:55. > :24:02.reaching the climax. This is the final attempt. Having registered

:24:03. > :24:10.three fouls on her card. Do or die, not to be. Her competition will

:24:11. > :24:13.conclude. 1.95 the best clearance. Big points for the Ukrainians

:24:14. > :24:25.finishing second. There is the winner. Mariya Kuchina. That is a

:24:26. > :24:31.great result, securing 11 points for Ukraine though. A poor day in the

:24:32. > :24:36.field continuing for Great Britain. A seventh place finish. Rachel

:24:37. > :24:39.Wallader earlier on in the shot put, forecast ninth, coming in in

:24:40. > :25:04.12. Women's hammer, still continuing,

:25:05. > :25:10.Heidler in the picture. Coming back how -- to how important people like

:25:11. > :25:15.Heidler are, there was a big points shift to Russia in the track events,

:25:16. > :25:20.those field events are important to Germany if they are to win this

:25:21. > :25:29.title. They have pulled out all of their big guns. They don't come any

:25:30. > :25:33.bigger than Betty Heidler, Olympic bronze medallist from London. The

:25:34. > :25:43.world record holder, and world leader this year. How will she

:25:44. > :26:02.respond? Responding like a champion. Way beyond the yellow indicator.

:26:03. > :26:08.72.23 the leading mark. Heidler, so composed, just strolling into the

:26:09. > :26:13.circle. Inspired by this crowd in Braunschweig, or we're waiting for

:26:14. > :26:20.is the confirmation of the extent of the lead. She goes into first place

:26:21. > :26:27.with that second-round effort. Back with the steeplechase. Things have

:26:28. > :26:34.been changing. A reasonable pace through the first kilometre. The

:26:35. > :26:42.very talented Frenchman, who has not been very quick this year, certainly

:26:43. > :26:53.grabbing the race by the scruff of the neck. Garcia did not go with

:26:54. > :27:09.him. The others are strung out. Luke Gunn towards the back. Really

:27:10. > :27:22.grabbing hold of this race. He is following a strong tradition of

:27:23. > :27:27.French distance running. I know he was traced to lean on training in

:27:28. > :27:40.the French Pyrenees, went down to Marrakesh, disappointed with his

:27:41. > :28:07.performance. He's very focused on his pace at the moment. Germany

:28:08. > :28:22.doing very well in this particular race Martin Brough having a good

:28:23. > :28:25.season. The young German. The Polish athlete is dragging Luke Gunn

:28:26. > :28:54.through the fields. He is doing well to hang onto it he needs to work as

:28:55. > :28:57.hard as he can. Coming back to the team captain, there is nothing wrong

:28:58. > :29:06.with giving it UN athlete for good service. -- giving it to an athlete.

:29:07. > :29:09.Luke Gunn is being really inspired. No doubt about the leader. Yoann

:29:10. > :29:24.Kowal, three metres to go. Victor Garcia looks really tired.

:29:25. > :29:27.Luke Gunn might have a couple of people that he can catch. His eyes

:29:28. > :29:31.are focused on the back of people that he can catch. His eyes

:29:32. > :29:42.Italian athlete. He can see Victor Garcia stuttering. He has moved well

:29:43. > :29:48.clear. I can see him possibly picking up two more. Luke Gunn was

:29:49. > :29:56.predicted to come ninth, he is having a great run. The winner,

:29:57. > :30:01.safely over the last barrier, Yoann Kowal. Rewarded with a great

:30:02. > :30:12.performance. Germany come in ahead of Russia. Luke Gunn scrapping for

:30:13. > :30:18.that fourth place, he just loses out to the Italian, but well done, just

:30:19. > :30:21.outside his season's best. Good points for Great Britain,

:30:22. > :30:25.better-than-expected. A gutsy run in the last couple of laps, digging

:30:26. > :30:36.people off as he went through the field. It is warming up nicely. The

:30:37. > :30:39.home crowd have plenty to cheer about, the Russians giving them lots

:30:40. > :30:46.to think about, but it is going Germany's way at the moment. France

:30:47. > :30:50.take maximum points, and well done, Luke Gunn, another championship

:30:51. > :30:57.record performance. He was rewarded in his own front running after Tarik

:30:58. > :31:02.Langat Akdag set the early pace. The German finished strongly. Yoann

:31:03. > :31:11.Kowal was trying to call over the medical staff. He fought back really

:31:12. > :31:18.well, but he has hurt himself badly. The medical team are slow. He has

:31:19. > :31:28.got a good gash on his knee. This is the winner. Yoann Kowal. All of

:31:29. > :31:33.these races are really good pointers towards the European Championships.

:31:34. > :31:35.Not everybody is here, a sprint there just for show. A great run

:31:36. > :31:51.from him. The tall Russian. It is an event, the French have led

:31:52. > :31:56.the way in European steeplechase, with all of the Kenyan dominance

:31:57. > :32:05.over the last 15 or 20 years, but the French have done brilliantly.

:32:06. > :32:09.One of the athletes ran pretty fast a couple of weeks ago, and he has

:32:10. > :32:13.been running well over the flat distances, Golding towards the

:32:14. > :32:21.European Championships, but he can go quickly to the high jump. The

:32:22. > :32:31.high jump competition has concluded, Mariya Kuchina had already won. She

:32:32. > :32:38.had a better card than the Ukrainian. Mariya Kuchina attempted

:32:39. > :32:46.a personal best, not to be on occasion. Russia leading by just a

:32:47. > :32:57.single point, thanks to the victory of Mariya Kuchina in the high jump.

:32:58. > :33:18.This is the third round. That appears to be an improvement,

:33:19. > :33:24.defending his title. Projected for maximum points here again. Taking

:33:25. > :33:31.this competition by the scruff of the neck early. 16.84 gave him a

:33:32. > :33:37.lead, and he has extended it, with a season's best. Phillips Idowu

:33:38. > :33:41.currently in fourth place, after a foul in the first round, 16.37 in

:33:42. > :33:55.the second round. The women's hammer. Anna Bulgakova looking for

:33:56. > :34:05.her first registered distance. This one appears to be fair. It is safe.

:34:06. > :34:14.She is projected for a fourth place finish. The bronze medallist from

:34:15. > :34:19.Helsinki two years ago. You wonder what type of impact that will have

:34:20. > :34:23.on the school board. It should be enough to get it in and around the

:34:24. > :34:31.projected fourth place, it is good enough for third. Back to the men's

:34:32. > :34:45.triple jump. The representative from Poland.

:34:46. > :34:47.Aleksey Fyodorov extended his lead, and that will not trouble the

:34:48. > :35:09.leaders. Perfect on the board in that

:35:10. > :35:13.instance. Currently down in fifth place, courtesy of his first-round

:35:14. > :35:35.effort. No improvement. Listen to the support for the

:35:36. > :35:46.German. Projected for a fourth place finish. He need some inspiration,

:35:47. > :35:54.because he is way down in 10th place. He has not broken 60 metres.

:35:55. > :36:01.Big pressure. He has run through. That is going to severely dent

:36:02. > :36:06.Germany's championship aspirations, because the German, projected for

:36:07. > :36:14.nine valuable points, will not get an extra attempt. He is down in 10th

:36:15. > :36:17.place. A poor showing here, one of the few German athletes who has

:36:18. > :36:22.failed to be inspired by the crowd. That will make a severe dent in

:36:23. > :36:27.their pursuit of the second Championships in this new format of

:36:28. > :36:34.the European team competition. When this gets factored in, the German

:36:35. > :36:36.point gained on Russia in the steeplechase... A good run from Luke

:36:37. > :36:46.going in fifth place. Yes, and fingers crossed for

:36:47. > :36:52.Phillips Idowu, he is behind what we would expect.

:36:53. > :36:57.That was better than predicted, we had you done to finish in ninth, and

:36:58. > :37:07.you finished fifth. I looked at the same start list last night, if you

:37:08. > :37:13.run a smart race, top five is on the cards. Did you get the opportunity

:37:14. > :37:18.to pick people off? I missed the break earlier than I wanted to. I

:37:19. > :37:21.got boxed a bit, and then there was a gap, but I knew some of them would

:37:22. > :37:28.come back to me. I could have gone a bit quicker, but I am happy with

:37:29. > :37:33.fifth. Your wife was also in fifth place, if you metres away from us,

:37:34. > :37:39.cheering you on. What are you going to discuss the night? We have got

:37:40. > :37:44.separate goals, I only got to see the last 100 metres of her race. We

:37:45. > :37:49.will sit down and see where we are at. We have got a big Championships

:37:50. > :37:55.next week, we both want to be British champions, there is a nice

:37:56. > :38:01.field, it will not be too dissimilar to a European final. There is still

:38:02. > :38:06.time to tweak. A good run today, a few more points than expected, super

:38:07. > :38:13.stuff. Would you want to be married to an

:38:14. > :38:18.athlete in the same team? I could say something, but I will not! The

:38:19. > :38:29.wife of Luke Gunn was cheering on in the stands, in a dual role, she was

:38:30. > :38:34.the team captain, and with passion, that is more as a wife, I think,

:38:35. > :38:38.than as a team captain. We will continue our look back into the

:38:39. > :38:56.archives, Gateshead 2000. Away first time. Darren Campbell

:38:57. > :39:07.going well. It is a good run by Darren Campbell, he wins it easily.

:39:08. > :39:16.10.09. That was a brilliant run by Darren Campbell. The wind speed just

:39:17. > :39:20.over the legal limit. But that was a truly magnificent performance by

:39:21. > :39:25.this British athlete, he came in at such late notice. He is already the

:39:26. > :39:30.European champion, what more is in store?

:39:31. > :39:38.They told me with an hour to go that they wanted me to do the 100. I felt

:39:39. > :39:45.quite good, I thought I would do my best. Fortunately, I won't.

:39:46. > :39:53.-- I'm both the winner. He was the Olympic silver medallist

:39:54. > :40:03.over the 200 metres. Let's have a look at the women's 200 metres.

:40:04. > :40:08.I have had a nice season so far, still some bits to work on. It is a

:40:09. > :40:11.long season ahead. The Commonwealth Games and the European

:40:12. > :40:17.Championships, I am looking forward to them both. It is going to be a

:40:18. > :40:22.great season. What are the bits that you are going to be working on? Bits

:40:23. > :40:31.that you will work on this weekend? Definitely. Race rhythm, timing, I

:40:32. > :40:37.am putting all the pieces together, working with my coach on a few

:40:38. > :40:45.things, and I will add a couple for hundreds at some point. Maybe before

:40:46. > :40:48.the Commonwealth Games, or at least before the European Championships,

:40:49. > :40:54.but it is looking good. She is going shortly in the women's

:40:55. > :41:02.200 metres. She is one of the unsung athletes. But with great talent.

:41:03. > :41:08.Yes, she is finding her way. She doubled in the 400, she ran a good

:41:09. > :41:15.400 last year. She is honing their skills. She is almost there. We have

:41:16. > :41:18.got a handful of athletes, it is just taking the next step to be

:41:19. > :41:22.consistent and to be head and shoulders the start of British

:41:23. > :41:28.sprinting, she is not quite there yet. But this is a good line up for

:41:29. > :41:32.her. We are going to see Jodie Williams potentially in the relay

:41:33. > :41:38.later. That is an interesting selection. Are you surprised that

:41:39. > :41:44.Jodie was not selected individually for this? But perhaps she felt she

:41:45. > :41:50.was not going to be ready, where her priorities would be. Athletics is

:41:51. > :41:56.still about individuals, what they want to do with their life. For

:41:57. > :42:00.Jodie, this was not the race for her, perhaps. She has a big

:42:01. > :42:04.competition next weekend, that will be the most important thing. The

:42:05. > :42:10.sprints will be competitive, both men and women. They have got a lot

:42:11. > :42:15.of scores to settle, people coming back to form, people sustaining

:42:16. > :42:19.their form, it will be exciting. The athletes are out for the women's 200

:42:20. > :42:25.metres, Anyika Onuora going for Britain. She has not got the best

:42:26. > :42:39.lane draw. Yes, Anyika Onuora predicted to

:42:40. > :42:42.finish in fourth place, possibly in third place, because of the

:42:43. > :42:51.defection in lane number four of Myriam Soumare.

:42:52. > :42:56.This is a late replacement for Myriam Soumare, who has withdrawn

:42:57. > :43:03.after winning the 100 metres yesterday. 22 years of age. Dafne

:43:04. > :43:11.Schippers of the Netherlands, she leads the European rankings, 22.35.

:43:12. > :43:15.She has told us that she is planning to compete in the heptathlon at the

:43:16. > :43:30.European Championships later in the season.

:43:31. > :43:37.You were talking about Jodie Williams, she ran the relay

:43:38. > :43:44.yesterday. She is returning to action later this afternoon in the

:43:45. > :43:49.other relay. She leads the British rankings in this 200 metres so far

:43:50. > :43:53.this year, just ahead of Bianca Williams, who ran a terrific race

:43:54. > :43:59.behind Allyson Felix in the Czech Republic last week. Katarina

:44:00. > :44:07.Johnson-Thompson is third, the heptathlete, 22.89, just ahead of

:44:08. > :44:11.Anyika Onuora, who is in lane two. The late replacement for Myriam

:44:12. > :44:19.Soumare, who won the 100 metres yesterday, could it be a French

:44:20. > :44:20.double? Dafne Schippers leads the European rankings so far this

:44:21. > :44:57.season. the track.

:44:58. > :45:02.The outside athletes going well. Pogrebnyak going well. Coming

:45:03. > :45:29.through in second place for Ukraine. Anna Kirn -- Onhoura going well. Not

:45:30. > :45:36.her quickest race, a slight following wind. Another win for the

:45:37. > :45:44.Dutch. A sustained challenge from Onhoura. Strong points for Britain.

:45:45. > :45:51.Ten points with a strong run off the bend. Difficult, she ran a very good

:45:52. > :45:57.bend, terrible run by the Russian in lane three. She will be slower than

:45:58. > :46:15.the German athlete who won that the race. -- won the other race. Maybe

:46:16. > :46:19.the following wind was against them. You will have to ask a couple of

:46:20. > :46:23.them. Maybe against them on the top bend. Good points for them, they are

:46:24. > :46:41.in a relegation battle. Germany edging one point ahead of

:46:42. > :46:48.Russia. Fantastic battle at the top. Britain, because of lost points on

:46:49. > :46:53.the track, down in sixth place. Can this man get some points back?

:46:54. > :47:07.Phillips Idowu, currently in fourth place. Getting an extra attempt. He

:47:08. > :47:15.was projected a third-place finish. Just Elizabeth gingerly as he ran

:47:16. > :47:22.through that jump. -- just a little bit gingerly. He was way over the

:47:23. > :47:27.board from the very start. That concludes his competition, one valid

:47:28. > :47:34.jump, a fourth place finish for Great Britain. One lower than

:47:35. > :47:41.anticipated. Selected for the Commonwealth Games, coming in as the

:47:42. > :47:43.leading athlete in the field, the only man to jump 16.99, but a fourth

:47:44. > :48:00.place finish. Viktor Kuznetsov, third place at the

:48:01. > :48:12.moment. Improving every round. Sorry, improving in the third

:48:13. > :48:19.round, to 16.53. A gangly run-up. That appears to be a similar

:48:20. > :48:28.distance for the man from Ukraine. Already setting a season's best. He

:48:29. > :48:35.won this competition in 2010, ahead of Phillips Idowu, that was a foul,

:48:36. > :48:40.no improvement from the third round, a season's best though. He

:48:41. > :48:48.was projected a seventh place finish. You have to remember that

:48:49. > :48:55.Germany's quest the team title was severely dented by the performance

:48:56. > :49:01.in this event. He was forecast in fourth, nine valuable points, did

:49:02. > :49:10.not get in the top four, finishing way down intense. -- down in 10th.

:49:11. > :49:28.Here is the evergreen Fabrizio Zanotti. -- Fabrizio Donato. 36

:49:29. > :49:35.years of age. Perhaps not as good, but you have to marvel at his

:49:36. > :49:40.ongoing performance. Ten years ago finished fourth place in the

:49:41. > :49:51.competition. Dominant as a national athlete, 16 time champion, indoors

:49:52. > :50:02.and out. The reigning Olympic bronze medallist. Second place, as

:50:03. > :50:08.projected. 16.82. Close to his season's best of 16.89. That would

:50:09. > :50:16.put in fourth on the European list. Here is the winner of the men's

:50:17. > :50:29.triple jump. Successfully defending his title. 16.85, a season's best by

:50:30. > :50:34.nine centimetres. In this particular moment, the stadium belongs to him,

:50:35. > :50:42.people clapping. He waits to begin his run-up. The clock showing 28

:50:43. > :50:52.seconds, when he must begin his attempt. The pressure is off. He has

:50:53. > :51:02.delivered on the forecasted score, can really let fly. Seeing if you

:51:03. > :51:06.can improve on his season's best. Swirling conditions, really going

:51:07. > :51:17.for it, but not as good. Victorino Chua less for Russia. -- victory,

:51:18. > :51:21.nonetheless for Russia. Defending the title that he won last year,

:51:22. > :51:28.getting the points for Russia. When you place that we Germany's poor

:51:29. > :51:37.showing, that will have a significant impact on the

:51:38. > :51:51.leaderboard. Warm hearted applause from the German crowd. Polar crashed

:51:52. > :51:52.out a long time ago. A season's best performance for the Russian. Germany

:51:53. > :52:12.much That will make it big in pact on the

:52:13. > :52:15.overall standings, with Russia winning, and generally

:52:16. > :52:22.disappointing. Disappointing from a British point of view, with

:52:23. > :52:27.Phillips, 16.37. Not what we would expect? He is struggling to hit the

:52:28. > :52:33.form that everybody has been talking about in training. As an athlete,

:52:34. > :52:37.yourself, when you are hitting your mark well in training, and you can't

:52:38. > :52:43.quite deliver when it matters, in the competition. We can imagine he

:52:44. > :52:49.is really low, interesting to see what he actually says about the

:52:50. > :52:54.performance himself. There comes a point, he has comeback this season,

:52:55. > :52:59.some good results in Australia where he was based over the winter,

:53:00. > :53:06.jumping 16.89. Confirmation of the results there. You have been a world

:53:07. > :53:12.champion, a silver medallist, jumping 16.80. You cannot take too

:53:13. > :53:18.many competitions like that, when you think, what's the point? Not

:53:19. > :53:23.great for morale or motivation. He is not giving himself an opportunity

:53:24. > :53:30.to score, because he's having so many no jumps. I think we have to

:53:31. > :53:35.give him time, we have seen it is not easy to come back, I know it is

:53:36. > :53:43.not easy to come back once you are injured. At this stage, he may not

:53:44. > :53:51.even qualified for the European Championships. A bit of a

:53:52. > :53:57.quandaries. The audience may need to be reminded, you are still the world

:53:58. > :54:05.record-holder in the chip will -- in the triple jump. What is your

:54:06. > :54:10.thoughts? On the run-up, not much difference from the Phillips of four

:54:11. > :54:15.years ago, he is having confidence issues on the board. As soon as you

:54:16. > :54:20.introduce that uncertainty in your mind, quite difficult

:54:21. > :54:24.introduce that uncertainty in your the jump. That could be part of the

:54:25. > :54:31.problem. The other thing, when you have a break, getting your mind up

:54:32. > :54:36.to speed, the ruthlessness of a competition situation. If you are

:54:37. > :54:41.just a fraction off, in terms of distancing, it becomes a huge

:54:42. > :54:47.amount. What we have seen this year, Christian Taylor, coming off a

:54:48. > :54:53.shorter approach, would that help him? Just to balance himself back

:54:54. > :54:58.into the competition? Given that he is struggling with his run-up, I

:54:59. > :55:06.think he needs the long approach, and to prove it in. Hopefully we

:55:07. > :55:13.will see better from him. Not least in the Commonwealth Games, and there

:55:14. > :55:18.are less than 50 days to go. That man is the Commonwealth gold

:55:19. > :55:27.medallist. Mark Lewis Francis gets it. Ian Thorpe getting a standing

:55:28. > :55:33.ovation. He never gave up, that was magnificent. Commonwealth gold. Here

:55:34. > :55:53.comes the challenge. It was so close. Johnson wins to Scotland.

:55:54. > :56:01.You will not miss a second of it, going to be fantastic. A question on

:56:02. > :56:09.everybody's lips, will be big man be there? Usain Bolt. As of yesterday,

:56:10. > :56:14.neither Usain Bolt or Johann Blake had submitted applications for the

:56:15. > :56:24.Jamaican athletics trials. Botha struggling with injury. -- Bolt.

:56:25. > :56:30.Let's start with Blake, why has he not submitted it? Numerous reasons,

:56:31. > :56:35.athletes not getting back into the groove of competition. When he was

:56:36. > :56:42.flying, he was running every day of the week. He was in the groove,

:56:43. > :56:48.producing wonderful performances. We witnessed a great 200 metres from

:56:49. > :56:52.him, world champion at 100 metres, he spent all of last season out

:56:53. > :56:58.injured. What that does to confidence and ability, that can

:56:59. > :57:02.have a massive knock-on effect. Important he gets back to

:57:03. > :57:15.competition. When you see his compatriot, Warren Weir, running sub

:57:16. > :57:19.20 seconds, you don't want to expose yourself. I would like to see him at

:57:20. > :57:26.the Commonwealth Games. We saw him in Manchester, the City Games. He

:57:27. > :57:42.had a poor start in New York, at the Diamond League. Shelley and --

:57:43. > :57:51.Anne-Pryce's fitness also questioned. The Jamaicans tend to

:57:52. > :57:54.have a three that they use. They don't have the strength in depth

:57:55. > :58:01.that the United States have. They can be flexible. We talk about these

:58:02. > :58:06.athletes, Johann Blake, Usain Bolt. You know how much pressure they are

:58:07. > :58:11.run over the last four years? The amount of gold medals, world best

:58:12. > :58:17.times they have produced. It can become tiring. To try and repeat it

:58:18. > :58:25.time and time again, a huge struggle for any athlete. There has to be a

:58:26. > :58:28.period where they take rest time. Unfortunately for us, the

:58:29. > :58:33.Commonwealth Games is that season, because they do not have a global

:58:34. > :58:40.title. Each of those athletes have said, they want to return to do well

:58:41. > :58:46.at the next World Championship, and onto Rio. They have to take a break.

:58:47. > :58:54.As you say, going forwards over the next few years, for Bolt, given the

:58:55. > :58:59.problems he has with his back, the pressure he puts on his long frame,

:59:00. > :59:03.he's just accepting he is not bothered about this year. Who can

:59:04. > :59:10.argue and criticise him for wanting to sit back. The fans want to see

:59:11. > :59:13.him at the Commonwealth Games, at the tournaments, at the

:59:14. > :59:18.championships, he brings so much, wherever he runs. He commands

:59:19. > :59:27.attention. He is only human, after all. It is tough delivering that

:59:28. > :59:33.type of performance year after year. One athlete who will be at the

:59:34. > :59:37.Commonwealth Games, let's hear from him now.

:59:38. > :59:45.I am looking for nothing less than first base. A personal best would be

:59:46. > :59:54.good as well. If I can put my race together, I would expect to. Next

:59:55. > :59:59.weekend, some athletes have decided this weekend is to close. But you

:00:00. > :00:05.are straight in there, taking your spot. I have trained hard enough,

:00:06. > :00:10.and if I cannot do one race a week before the trials, I do not know

:00:11. > :00:15.what kind of athlete I am. You do the Reds in training, so for me to

:00:16. > :00:20.do the children to -- for me to do the 200 here, it should not be a

:00:21. > :00:25.problem. The trials will be really hot next

:00:26. > :00:30.weekend. Where would you put James in terms of our sprinters? He has

:00:31. > :00:35.been around for quite a long time. He has been slightly lost in the

:00:36. > :00:41.euphoria of Adam Gemili breaking onto the scene. He always seems to

:00:42. > :00:48.be lost, but he is a quality athlete. You can rely on him. He was

:00:49. > :00:55.churning out 10.1 at quite a regular basis. He beat everybody that was on

:00:56. > :01:00.the line. It is important that he keeps with it, because he is a

:01:01. > :01:06.quality athlete, and his time will come, even though he is coming

:01:07. > :01:18.towards the twilight of his career. He is coming up shortly. Let's speak

:01:19. > :01:23.to Phillips Idowu. Many did not think we would see you

:01:24. > :01:28.again, welcome back. Thank you, it is always an honour to put on the

:01:29. > :01:35.red, white and blue. Today did not go as well as I hoped, extremely

:01:36. > :01:39.tired, fatigued. But next time, I hope my performance will be better.

:01:40. > :01:48.Remind us, why did you step from the sport, and what has motivated you to

:01:49. > :01:54.come back? I needed a break, I needed the text in time to myself. I

:01:55. > :01:59.had been on the senior team for 14 years, 14 years this year, it is a

:02:00. > :02:07.long time, and I needed to freshen up, tissue other interests, I spent

:02:08. > :02:11.a lot of time playing basketball. I feel like I have still got a lot

:02:12. > :02:16.more in my legs, I have had a few easy competitions, I have shown some

:02:17. > :02:27.spark of getting back to decent form. I have not quite nailed it

:02:28. > :02:33.yet, but I will keep pushing on. Today, you say you disappointed, 1.5

:02:34. > :02:39.metres down, what are you going to work on? Is this year and

:02:40. > :02:43.experiment, or is there a plan to go forward to the Olympics? I am just

:02:44. > :02:49.winging it right now. I am enjoying each competition. My first few weeks

:02:50. > :02:55.this season have gone comfortable you well. I am quite tired,

:02:56. > :03:01.jet-lagged, possibly. I have got another face to complete for I head

:03:02. > :03:05.into the Commonwealth Games and on into the Europeans. I know what is

:03:06. > :03:12.in my legs. I can hopefully show that on the runway. What do you

:03:13. > :03:19.think is in the legs? 17 metres? 17 metres? I never like to predict.

:03:20. > :03:25.Whatever it takes to win and get a medal. That is the goal. I am going

:03:26. > :03:31.well in training, I am enjoying it, so keeping it going. Is it nice to

:03:32. > :03:36.be back in the team environment? A new, fresh team, different people? I

:03:37. > :03:45.barely recognise a lot of the athletes. I am the oldest by years

:03:46. > :03:49.now! It is odd, but we have got some talented guys, it is exciting times

:03:50. > :03:53.for British athletics, and I am glad I can still be part of it. We look

:03:54. > :03:59.forward to seeing you for the rest of the season, good luck for the

:04:00. > :04:05.trials and going forward. What have we learned from that? I

:04:06. > :04:14.know he is disappointed with his competition, but I do not believe

:04:15. > :04:20.him. There is a lot of self-doubt. He is winging it, he has no plan.

:04:21. > :04:25.Sometimes, you spend some time away, you think you can come back, but I

:04:26. > :04:33.think he has realised it is not as easy as he probably first thought. I

:04:34. > :04:37.do not want to write him off, but it seems that he is not sure, he does

:04:38. > :04:45.not know where he is going to go. Is it not OK just to wind it? He has

:04:46. > :04:50.got no illusions. You cannot do that in athletics, you need a plan. He

:04:51. > :04:57.sounds like he is keeping his cards close to his chest, but you need to

:04:58. > :05:00.have a plan, a focus, a goal. He is selected for the Commonwealth Games,

:05:01. > :05:07.that there was nothing that gave me the impression that he is close to

:05:08. > :05:12.performing and getting to the 17 metres. He did not even say that he

:05:13. > :05:21.was aiming for it, he just said that he is

:05:22. > :05:21.was aiming for it, he just said that training. Interesting to see what is

:05:22. > :05:25.going to happen. It is going to be a great summer of athletics on the

:05:26. > :06:23.BBC. It is going to be a busy summer. It

:06:24. > :06:35.all kicks off next weekend. Those are the trials for the

:06:36. > :06:59.European Championships. We have seen a bit of triple jump

:07:00. > :07:15.today. There have been some quite good moments in the past.

:07:16. > :07:20.The first round record-breaking jump of Jonathan Edwards, one of the

:07:21. > :07:29.longest of all time, but just over the allowable wind limit. He is

:07:30. > :07:36.superbly confident. Tremendous speed again. Oh, my goodness, that is

:07:37. > :07:42.huge! That has got to be over 18 metres. Only two jumpers in the

:07:43. > :07:50.history of the event have been over 18. Jonathan Edwards, a smile from a

:07:51. > :07:58.man who is totally dominating this event today. Only two men have ever

:07:59. > :08:05.jumped further. 18.43, that is over 60 feet. Jonathan Edwards has

:08:06. > :08:11.produced a remarkable jump. Whether the wind speed reading is illegal or

:08:12. > :08:13.not, it is the longest jump ever seen in the history of track and

:08:14. > :08:20.field. It is not going to can for anything

:08:21. > :08:24.at the end of the season, I will just keep my head down and hopefully

:08:25. > :08:29.become the world champion. I will keep my head down and hopefully,

:08:30. > :08:35.come Gothenberg, be standing on the podium.

:08:36. > :08:40.It is not just Phillips Idowu that can rock the baseball cap, I can do

:08:41. > :08:46.that! What was I thinking? I was coming back from somewhere when I

:08:47. > :08:52.saw the result. Another year when you did not compete! I thought, have

:08:53. > :08:57.they got those figures correct? I could not believe that. To finish

:08:58. > :09:04.off with that hat says it all! You must be in Paris! I am really

:09:05. > :09:13.embarrassed. It is a big peak! I was ahead of my time, at the time! Your

:09:14. > :09:22.celebration was so call. What were you feeling? I could not believe it.

:09:23. > :09:28.A bit like you! My personal best was 17.58, I had broken the British

:09:29. > :09:34.record a couple of weeks before, and I jumped 18.43, it was like an out

:09:35. > :09:42.of body experience. I came back to where we were, and they were looking

:09:43. > :09:51.at me... How? What? It was mad. It is like Bob Beamon. Well done!

:09:52. > :09:55.Enough of that! Enough of baseball caps! The men's 200 metres, James

:09:56. > :10:08.Ellington hoping to do his stuff. We have met some of the athletes who

:10:09. > :10:16.made the contenders against James Ellington, this is one of these. The

:10:17. > :10:22.Polish athlete was in lane four, James Ellington is in-line six.

:10:23. > :10:29.Although he will want to get good points, it is a tough race, very

:10:30. > :10:33.open. We have not seen Churandy Martina of the Netherlands. This man

:10:34. > :10:39.on the outside, raw milk earlier, now running for Turkey, the former

:10:40. > :10:43.Azerbaijani athlete. Some of the danger will be inside James

:10:44. > :10:53.Ellington. Definitely the German and the poll. The European under 23

:10:54. > :10:59.champion last year. Just behind Jimmy Vicault in his last race. No

:11:00. > :11:06.Christophe Lemaitre. He had to pull out with injury during the week.

:11:07. > :11:11.Jimmy Vicault not available, after having won the 100 metres. Is the

:11:12. > :11:15.way open for James Ellington? Churandy Martina, fifth in the

:11:16. > :11:22.Olympics, seventh at the World Championships last year, in lane

:11:23. > :11:32.three, going for the Netherlands. Always a danger.

:11:33. > :11:39.James Ellington stumbled a little bit, but hopefully OK. Ramil Guliyev

:11:40. > :11:48.got a parable start. The German being cheered on.

:11:49. > :11:55.Ramil Guliyev might have just got there, or did the Polish athlete

:11:56. > :12:02.Holbein? James Ellington third, very tight on the line.

:12:03. > :12:12.The poll got shocking start. He does not

:12:13. > :12:14.The poll got whether he has one. The Polish

:12:15. > :12:22.athlete had it five metres out, Ramil Guliyev finished like a

:12:23. > :12:25.bullet. That is no pun intended, because there is a runner from

:12:26. > :12:32.Turkey with that name. But the Polish athlete has been given it.

:12:33. > :12:43.Ramil Guliyev, 0.01 seconds behind. James Ellington third. What a

:12:44. > :12:53.finish. This was a race that saw James Allington collared. The Polish

:12:54. > :12:56.athlete just got through, with Ramil Guliyev also challenging.

:12:57. > :13:02.Disappointment for James Ellington, he seemed to be going strongly of

:13:03. > :13:07.the bend. There was evidence of a slight stumble soon after the start,

:13:08. > :13:12.but he seemed to override that and close down on Ramil Guliyev

:13:13. > :13:19.initially, but Ramil Guliyev edged him out in the closing stages. 20.60

:13:20. > :13:27.seconds for James Ellington. That is how close it was. It is an important

:13:28. > :13:34.victory for Poland, who are strengthening their position in

:13:35. > :13:42.third place overall. We will tidy up the result in a second.

:13:43. > :13:52.Talk through the race. We saw a stumble, edit all over the place. I

:13:53. > :13:56.am disappointed, I should have won that race. I had a stumble at the

:13:57. > :14:03.beginning. I felt like I picked up all right coming off the bend. I

:14:04. > :14:07.almost felt like I was losing my balance, coming down the home

:14:08. > :14:19.straight. Not the result I would have wanted, I should have one. Have

:14:20. > :14:26.you ever felt that the four? -- that before? I would like to sales

:14:27. > :14:31.running so fast, I fell over, but that was not really cutting it. For

:14:32. > :14:36.the first four five steps I was trying stay on my feet, maybe too

:14:37. > :14:42.much energy off the bend, paying for it later. You have put some points

:14:43. > :14:46.in the bag, a third there, the relay win. Next up the British

:14:47. > :14:55.Championships? Yes, next week, that should be fun. Going to be a good

:14:56. > :15:02.race. People like Adam, many great athletes. It will be one of the

:15:03. > :15:09.hottest Championships Britain has ever seen? Are you ready to get your

:15:10. > :15:16.place? Definitely. James Ellington on good form in the interview, not

:15:17. > :15:19.quite such good form on the track. Always hard when you do not start

:15:20. > :15:27.well. Trying to gain the Minton back. Like you said, very unsettled

:15:28. > :15:34.down the home straight. Sometimes... A masterclass in

:15:35. > :15:39.sprinting is relaxation. We are seeing the start, and he is just

:15:40. > :15:45.having to work harder on the bend, to catch up to make sure he is in

:15:46. > :15:57.contention. You are supposed to try and relax, and he is overrated. --

:15:58. > :16:03.over rotating. People at home, they will be watching, thinking what

:16:04. > :16:07.happens in the first few strides influencing what happens in the last

:16:08. > :16:11.few strides? You are using energy on every level, when you are pushing

:16:12. > :16:16.out the blocks, you are trying to respond, it changes momentum. It

:16:17. > :16:19.takes away your focus, at the back end of the race, when you are

:16:20. > :16:25.thinking about putting your shoulders back, relaxing, you are

:16:26. > :16:29.using energy thinking about stumbling out of the blocks, being

:16:30. > :16:34.in a bad position off the turn. It goes through your head. That is one

:16:35. > :16:44.of the major reasons why he started to over rotate. He seemed confident,

:16:45. > :16:48.off the back of it. I didn't win, I didn't run quick, there is more

:16:49. > :16:52.there. He feels he can do the business going into the trials. A

:16:53. > :16:59.very confident interview, he did look good until he started to tie

:17:00. > :17:04.up. He has to to be ready, the trials are very important next week.

:17:05. > :17:05.Let's hope he does well. Let's take a look at the results of that 200

:17:06. > :17:26.metres. Overall, what does it mean? There

:17:27. > :17:27.has been a lot going on, how does that translate into the overall

:17:28. > :17:45.positions? Yesterday Danny Talbot finished

:17:46. > :17:51.second, he has been speaking to Catherine. Points for yourself

:17:52. > :17:56.yesterday, a second-place finish, you have just been watching James

:17:57. > :18:02.Ellington over the 200 metres, give us your thoughts? I think it was a

:18:03. > :18:07.solid run, he might have made a few mistakes, that is why he is racing

:18:08. > :18:11.one week before the trials, so he does not do that next week. I know

:18:12. > :18:16.he will put down a solid run next week. He has put down some

:18:17. > :18:21.consistent times, and he will do that at the British Championships.

:18:22. > :18:26.There is such exciting depth in men's sprinting, those trials will

:18:27. > :18:31.be on fire? They will definitely be on fire. You saw yesterday in

:18:32. > :18:37.Bedford, the junior girls running exceptionally fast. I'm sure a few

:18:38. > :18:41.of them will do that at the British Championships. The men will

:18:42. > :18:45.hopefully step up as well as the senior ladies. Seeing some very fast

:18:46. > :18:53.times next week, everyone trying to get to Zurich. You brought in 11

:18:54. > :18:59.points yesterday, what was the mood like, fourth place? It is great, we

:19:00. > :19:07.came third last year, you could say it is a more experienced team, to be

:19:08. > :19:12.in fourth place this season, challenging where we were last

:19:13. > :19:18.season, that is great. There are 11 debutants in the team. Very nice. A

:19:19. > :19:21.young team, we have all been in age group championships together, we'll

:19:22. > :19:28.get on really well. The more senior guys are helping the younger guys

:19:29. > :19:34.out. A great environment. What is it like somebody who has not competed,

:19:35. > :19:37.goes back to the hotel? Are they embarrassed when they don't get as

:19:38. > :19:52.many points as they should have? I hope not. Every point matters. Maybe

:19:53. > :19:55.they should feel embarrassed, and no person should. If they do not

:19:56. > :19:59.perform to their best, it does not matter, they have done their country

:20:00. > :20:05.proud. Good luck for the rest of the season.

:20:06. > :20:08.Time for a few more European cup golden moments. No embarrassments in

:20:09. > :20:30.the studio in prospect. Roger Black running a storming race.

:20:31. > :20:37.Ewan Thomas, the distance is astonishing. Mark Richardson on the

:20:38. > :20:45.anchor leg. A great win by an enormous margin. The British men are

:20:46. > :20:49.the European champions. You are all going to run the trials? I am not

:20:50. > :21:00.looking forward to that. It gets serious. As from right now. They

:21:01. > :21:07.went on to win the world title in Athens. A great performance from the

:21:08. > :21:12.guys, interesting hairstyles. I see Jamie quite a bit, I am so pleased

:21:13. > :21:21.he has cut his hair. He looked a little bit like a poodle. He knows

:21:22. > :21:28.it, I warned him. The women's four x 400 metres, we talked about Jodie

:21:29. > :21:36.Williams, they have put her in the relay. Your thoughts? Everybody

:21:37. > :21:40.seems excited, I am the only one he seems a bit scared. I have always

:21:41. > :21:47.wanted to take part in the longer relay. This is my chance to see if I

:21:48. > :21:52.can do anything it goes terribly wrong, I will not be part of the

:21:53. > :21:57.team again. People have said my style is very well suited to 400

:21:58. > :22:03.metres. People have suggested I should step up. I will give it a go,

:22:04. > :22:10.see how it goes. I am not promising anything! I think it will be give,

:22:11. > :22:16.interesting. I am so used to being the baby, this time I am experienced

:22:17. > :22:22.runner. It is good to give the young athletes the chance to compete, to

:22:23. > :22:30.see what it is like at this level. It will be really good. If she runs

:22:31. > :22:36.a storming leg, we will be saying she should step up? As we always do.

:22:37. > :22:42.Her all-time hero is Allyson Felix, no doubt she will have watched her

:22:43. > :22:46.progressing from 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres. When you

:22:47. > :22:53.have someone like her you look up to. You think she has done it, why

:22:54. > :23:01.should I not have a go? She has a lot to prove over 100. You have to

:23:02. > :23:07.remember, she is coming back from a serious injury, 2012 she got

:23:08. > :23:14.injured, lying in a heap on the floor. She has had to rebuild her

:23:15. > :23:18.confidence, as one of the most exciting prospects in British

:23:19. > :23:22.women's sprinting, she has had to regain her position, I think she has

:23:23. > :23:27.established itself very well this year. Showing how confident she is

:23:28. > :23:32.going forward. To dabbling into territory is unknown. One athlete

:23:33. > :23:41.who has nothing to prove, Christine Ohuruogu. We will see her in the

:23:42. > :23:47.Commonwealth Games, from the performance we saw in New York. It

:23:48. > :23:52.is not the Christine we are used to. We always put pressure on her major

:23:53. > :23:57.championships. Quite simply because she goes out, she gets medals, she

:23:58. > :24:02.wins titles. She is right at the back of the field, that surprised

:24:03. > :24:05.everybody, somebody who has been an Olympic champion and world champion.

:24:06. > :24:10.Interesting to see what she feels about how seriously she has taken

:24:11. > :24:15.the season. She's an athlete who trains had, she does not like to put

:24:16. > :24:19.in poor performances. She will be thinking, I need to do this, I need

:24:20. > :24:28.to do that, to get the performance I need. That was a hugely poor

:24:29. > :24:33.performance. She's never motivated by the circuit, all about

:24:34. > :24:40.Championships. Was she trying to try herself out? It is a great

:24:41. > :24:44.competition to be involved in. Christine has set her stall out,

:24:45. > :24:49.from the beginning of the season, saying, don't expect too much. I had

:24:50. > :24:57.an amazing season last year, my body needs a bit of a rest. I want to

:24:58. > :25:02.keep training, I will see what I have got. She has participated in

:25:03. > :25:07.doors, not too many individuals. She is only going to the Commonwealth

:25:08. > :25:12.Games for the four x 400 metres. We should not concentrate on her. She's

:25:13. > :25:15.in a new phase, looking for new challenges, new motivation.

:25:16. > :25:22.Currently trying a few things out in training. Good to have her in the

:25:23. > :25:28.relay. A mentoring role? Absolutely, talking to Jodie, this is how you

:25:29. > :25:35.should approach it. It will be very painful. Having that experience

:25:36. > :25:40.around you, rubbing shoulders, that will make a difference to everybody.

:25:41. > :25:45.A lot of athletes look up to Christine, they have seen her trials

:25:46. > :25:50.and tribulations, how she came through, how she gets it right when

:25:51. > :25:56.it matters. That pulls a lot of weight. Not doing the individual

:25:57. > :26:05.Commonwealth games, but one person who is, Mo Farah, the double Olympic

:26:06. > :26:13.champion. We can go Braunschweig. The marathon dream is over. Back to

:26:14. > :26:18.what he's good at? I would not say that. I think he wanted to run the

:26:19. > :26:23.marathon comedy did, I believe in the training that he did come in

:26:24. > :26:27.preparing for that, that will stand him in good stead, and we will see

:26:28. > :26:36.the benefits on the track this season. It is a very good sign,

:26:37. > :26:39.turning round on recovering and running well on the track. A very

:26:40. > :26:45.good sign he came out in his first race, winning very convincingly,

:26:46. > :26:50.showing he lost none of his speed with a 53 second last lap. He was

:26:51. > :26:55.coming to Glasgow to do the double. He would be the first person to hold

:26:56. > :27:00.the double 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, European, Olympic, and

:27:01. > :27:07.Commonwealth titles. That would be amazing. You talk about the marathon

:27:08. > :27:15.being a good preparation, but he's a different kind of athlete, his

:27:16. > :27:20.strength is his speed. We saw what he ran with a 1500 metres in Monaco.

:27:21. > :27:28.Could it have taken the edge off his electric kick? No, I don't believe

:27:29. > :27:34.that. He is a very different athlete to myself. He has achieved much more

:27:35. > :27:38.on the track. I think the marathon was something that any distance

:27:39. > :27:41.runner growing up in Britain, especially in London, you want to

:27:42. > :27:48.run the marathon, to see what he can do. He still ran a good time, it was

:27:49. > :27:53.not a failure. At the moment he is the best in the world on the track

:27:54. > :27:57.over 5000 and 10,000 metres, and he wants to come back to it. I still

:27:58. > :28:03.think he has unfinished business, and will come back to the marathon

:28:04. > :28:08.in the future. In terms of our expectation, this double gold. Is

:28:09. > :28:19.that realistic? The canyons will be very strong? -- Kenyans. It is

:28:20. > :28:22.realistic, I believe he is the best in the world, if they allow him to

:28:23. > :28:26.control the races, as he did in Moscow and London, I believe he has

:28:27. > :28:31.the strength gained from the marathon training, which I think

:28:32. > :28:35.will improve his speed. His legs will be that much stronger, the body

:28:36. > :28:39.will be that much stronger. As he comes into the familiar territory in

:28:40. > :28:45.the last lap. I do not think he will have lost his kick. In the

:28:46. > :28:56.Commonwealth Games, it is easier, you will not have heats in the 5000.

:28:57. > :29:03.Absolutely. Commentating on the women's 5000 metres coming up. A

:29:04. > :29:07.quick chat about Mo, do you think the marathon was tougher than he

:29:08. > :29:13.thought? I think you have hit the nail on the head. Sometimes you do

:29:14. > :29:16.not know. It seemed quite early, we know he can put down amazing times

:29:17. > :29:23.over five and 10,000 metres. When you are in your prime you have to

:29:24. > :29:27.explore all opportunities. Going to the marathon seemed a little early.

:29:28. > :29:34.You know, he is fantastic, he's great. A bonus to have a mini

:29:35. > :29:35.Commonwealth Games. Certainly is. Time to get back to Braunschweig.

:29:36. > :29:49.The women's 5000 metres. Beth Potter representing Britain, a

:29:50. > :29:52.late replacement for Julia Bleasdale, who has a slight knee

:29:53. > :30:04.problem. The Russian is one of the most

:30:05. > :30:09.prominent athletes, expected to be close to the lead in the closing

:30:10. > :30:18.stages. Here is the race favourite, Meraf Bahta, formerly of Eritrea.

:30:19. > :30:23.She fled via Spain to Sweden in 2009 and acquired Swedish citizenship in

:30:24. > :30:30.January. She has been cleared to represent Sweden. She is here with a

:30:31. > :30:35.great chance of victory in the 5000 metres, she is the quickest in the

:30:36. > :30:46.field so far in 2014. Dolores Checa from Spain. The Dutch athlete, last

:30:47. > :30:52.year's European junior champion. A lot is expected of her this year. On

:30:53. > :30:56.the outside, Sabrina Mockenhaupt. She is one of the best athletes so

:30:57. > :31:02.far this season and on pedigree across the years. This should be a

:31:03. > :31:05.closely contested race. The prediction for Beth Potter is eighth

:31:06. > :31:13.place and five points. Yes, a prediction for Beth Potter is eighth

:31:14. > :31:18.baptism of fire for Beth Potter, a late replacement for Julia

:31:19. > :31:24.Bleasdale. She suffered a nickel to her knee in swerving to avoid a dog

:31:25. > :31:31.on a training run. Hopefully, it is nothing serious. Beth has stepped in

:31:32. > :31:39.at late notice. It will be tough for her, she will not have been looking

:31:40. > :31:47.for this at this time. Straight to the front goes Meraf Bahta. She

:31:48. > :31:56.leads the European list. But she is not doing a lot, it is pretty much

:31:57. > :32:02.marathon pace, nobody came to take on the lead and do very much.

:32:03. > :32:07.Sabrina Mockenhaupt, enjoying the home crowd support on the start

:32:08. > :32:13.line. She is a well loved figure in Germany, she would love to follow

:32:14. > :32:17.the lead of Arne Gabius and her other compatriot from earlier and

:32:18. > :32:25.take advantage of the home support and do something today. Heading

:32:26. > :32:30.around in almost pedestrian style. Meraf Bahta in the lead, part of the

:32:31. > :32:37.changing face of European athletics, so many immigrants representing

:32:38. > :32:40.adopted countries. She was born in Eritrea, we have seen if Europeans

:32:41. > :32:48.and Kenyon is today representing Turkey. Beth Potter in seventh or

:32:49. > :32:56.eighth place, on the outside of the Ukrainian, who also should be very

:32:57. > :33:06.close, come the closing stages. The Polish athlete going round the

:33:07. > :33:11.outside. You get the sense that it will be a slow, tactical affair,

:33:12. > :33:13.they have been in many of the distance races here so far.

:33:14. > :33:28.Difficult for Beth Potter. These races are uncomfortably close

:33:29. > :33:32.to the British trials next week, the trials for the European

:33:33. > :33:36.Championships, just a week or so after the Commonwealth Games. In the

:33:37. > :33:43.middle of August, the European Championships. At the famous stadium

:33:44. > :33:47.in Zurich, home to the one-day Olympics, now the Diamond League

:33:48. > :33:55.meeting. Only Brussels comes after that. Meraf Bahta still in the lead,

:33:56. > :34:01.Dolores Checa has moved through into second place. Previous results for

:34:02. > :34:11.British athletes I will give you in a moment. The pole vault, Ronald.

:34:12. > :34:22.The conditions have been difficult, but no mistake on that attempt.

:34:23. > :34:31.Clear blue sky behind those fluffy white clouds. He is now in

:34:32. > :34:37.conversation with his coaching staff. He is in the lead, but the

:34:38. > :34:45.big guns, including Renaud Lavillenie, yet to enter the

:34:46. > :34:54.competition. The Dutch vault is predicted a ninth place finish,

:34:55. > :34:56.5.55, his personal best. This is approaching the extent of the

:34:57. > :35:04.abilities he has shown to this point. Plenty of support for the

:35:05. > :35:15.Dutch from their fellow athletes and from the crowd in the stadium.

:35:16. > :35:25.Giuseppe Gibilisco. The same criteria applies, just for total

:35:26. > :35:34.failures permitted. The world champion in 2003, but he is failing

:35:35. > :35:39.to go clear. The relatively modest height of 5.52, so that will

:35:40. > :35:49.conclude his competition. To failures, but he had to failures at

:35:50. > :35:57.5.22, so he will take no further part, he finishes in eighth place.

:35:58. > :36:02.Back to the 5000 metres. Dolores Checa got fed up with the pedestrian

:36:03. > :36:08.pace, she went to the front. The Dutch runner responded and tried to

:36:09. > :36:16.cover that, but the law appears to be moving away, as Meraf Bahta

:36:17. > :36:28.realises this is a serious bid. The women's long jump is about to start.

:36:29. > :36:39.Olga Kucherenko. She is predicted a second-place finish, 11 points. She

:36:40. > :36:44.opens her campaign. Once again, conditions are really challenging.

:36:45. > :36:51.Jazmin Sawyers is the British representative, she is going to go

:36:52. > :37:03.at the back end of the first round. A very strong wind. Back to the

:37:04. > :37:11.women's 5000 metres, Dolores Checa still has the lead. Meraf Bahta is

:37:12. > :37:16.right there in second place. The Polish athlete is in third place.

:37:17. > :37:21.Beth Potter is moving forward into the first half dozen places, or

:37:22. > :37:27.thereabouts. She is on the shoulder of the Turkish athlete as they head

:37:28. > :37:32.down the far side. Dolores Checa taking them along. We marked the

:37:33. > :37:39.10th anniversary of your British record, Paula. We will do that in a

:37:40. > :37:45.moment. Renaud Lavillenie's first vault of the competition. A mild

:37:46. > :37:50.celebration as he goes over the bar, no problem for the new record holder

:37:51. > :37:54.as he opens his campaign. He is looking to defend his title. Renaud

:37:55. > :37:59.Lavillenie looking to defend his title. Renaud

:38:00. > :38:07.weekend here. If he should win here, it might take front up from

:38:08. > :38:12.sixth place, above the British team. In the women's 5000 metres, seven

:38:13. > :38:18.laps to go. Renaud Lavillenie entered at 5.62, a superb

:38:19. > :38:23.performance. Paula, that record is ten years old this weekend. That

:38:24. > :38:28.makes me feel old, it does not feel like ten years ago! A different race

:38:29. > :38:34.today, very tactical. Dolores Checa went to the front and tried to wind

:38:35. > :38:41.it up, and she has slowed down again. Beth Potter has acquitted

:38:42. > :38:46.herself very well. There has been bunching together and pushing and

:38:47. > :38:50.shoving. Maybe lacking confidence in taking the race on, but with the

:38:51. > :38:55.trials next week, she does not want to make this a really hard race. She

:38:56. > :39:01.needs to save something for next week. Barely ten metres between

:39:02. > :39:04.first and last, and Dolores Checa is happy to take

:39:05. > :39:07.first and last, and Dolores Checa is lead. We will break off for more of

:39:08. > :39:14.the field events, in particular the poll full event. I remember the

:39:15. > :39:18.injury to Ashley Hansen in the triple jump, one of the most

:39:19. > :39:23.gruesome I have seen anywhere. It was very distressing. I was sat not

:39:24. > :39:32.far from her, it was horrible to see an athlete and a friend hurt so

:39:33. > :39:41.severely. The way she came back, it was its arable injury. She was

:39:42. > :39:44.denied the chance to compete in the limpet games. The limpet games.

:39:45. > :39:52.Dolores Checa taking them along as they move inside the final six laps.

:39:53. > :39:58.Helping to build her confidence of the trials next week, Beth Potter,

:39:59. > :40:02.predicted to finish in eighth place. She is eighth in the UK rankings.

:40:03. > :40:03.The England team for the Commonwealth Games was named at the

:40:04. > :40:17.beginning of last week. The athletics competition starts

:40:18. > :40:22.five weeks today, so a lot of the athletes are building towards that,

:40:23. > :40:27.starting to get really excited about another home multisport event, after

:40:28. > :40:34.this excessive -- after the successes of London 2012. What a

:40:35. > :40:41.setting it will be for the athletics competition at the Commonwealth

:40:42. > :40:49.Games. Still, Dolores Checa in the lead, the Russian athlete sweep

:40:50. > :40:54.through to take it up. Finally, somebody decides they are going to

:40:55. > :40:59.do something. I am surprised we have not seen somebody like Sabrina

:41:00. > :41:03.Mockenhaupt take the race on and try to wind it up a bit, because they

:41:04. > :41:09.cannot all believe they can figure in a last lap sprint, so somebody

:41:10. > :41:18.needed to do something. Immediately, Dolores Checa responds. A group of

:41:19. > :41:25.12 becomes ten, is to athletes are dropped off the back, from the Czech

:41:26. > :41:33.Republic and Ukraine. Ten athletes remaining, with Beth Potter in fifth

:41:34. > :41:42.place. Another problem with the run-up for him. Steven Lewis's

:41:43. > :41:48.campaign has been calamitous for Great Britain, he entered at 5.52,

:41:49. > :41:54.he was predicted a sixth place finish for Great Britain, but for

:41:55. > :42:01.the second competition in succession, he has no height, three

:42:02. > :42:06.attempts, three failures. A big dent in Great Britain's ambitions,

:42:07. > :42:16.courtesy of Steven Lewis, three failures at 5.52. The change of pace

:42:17. > :42:26.has left another athlete dropped off the back. Sabrina Mockenhaupt

:42:27. > :42:31.struggling for Germany, it does not look like she can make contact with

:42:32. > :42:37.the leading group. But she is trying to hang onto the back of the group.

:42:38. > :42:38.The Russian still leads. Her lifetime best, 15 minutes, 27

:42:39. > :42:55.seconds. The bar is at 5.62, just one failure

:42:56. > :43:04.on the card for the Russian. The former world student games champion

:43:05. > :43:06.in 2009, he is now 27. Forecast for a third-place finish, which would

:43:07. > :43:13.equal the performance he produced in 2011. Not to be on that attempt, the

:43:14. > :43:19.second failure of the afternoon, his first failure at 5.62. The reigning

:43:20. > :43:28.world indoor champion in the women's long jump. Really blustery

:43:29. > :43:33.conditions. One only knows how she will be faring on the runway. She --

:43:34. > :43:41.it changes direction in the blink of an eye. That is less than the

:43:42. > :43:45.leading mark, which is currently 6.65, but that was with a following

:43:46. > :43:56.wind of 1.9 metres per second for the Swedish athlete. There had also

:43:57. > :44:02.been a 1.9 head wind, which gives you a condition of how swelling the

:44:03. > :44:16.conditions. Louise Lis were, a similar distance. This could be

:44:17. > :44:24.significant in terms of the overall standings. Russia leading Germany by

:44:25. > :44:34.three points. This is a terrific run by Beth Potter. Russia will be

:44:35. > :44:46.consolidating their lead here. Beth Potter moving into the lead. Well

:44:47. > :44:51.done, she has been expending energy, with two laps to go, she had decided

:44:52. > :44:56.this is her best chance, taking the race by the scruff of the neck. She

:44:57. > :45:06.seems to be pulling a small group away. She cannot have had much

:45:07. > :45:12.notice, she could be on course to be getting close to her lifetime's

:45:13. > :45:23.best. That was last month. She is in the front four, trying to hang on in

:45:24. > :45:39.the pack behind. The big danger, Mera Barta. Trying to stretch the

:45:40. > :45:48.field. We will soon hear the sound of the bell. Beth Potter in fifth

:45:49. > :46:00.place, trying to hang on. She needs to hang on, trying to hold on to

:46:01. > :46:08.fifth place. We didn't Wanna see the Turkish athlete coming through. --

:46:09. > :46:16.we did not want to. Just sitting there dangerously, on the shoulder

:46:17. > :46:24.of the Swedish athlete. She can see the big screen, having a battle on

:46:25. > :46:32.her hands. Barta looking very confident. She did look up of the

:46:33. > :46:38.screen, deciding to kick again. Leading by three metres. Beth Potter

:46:39. > :46:44.still challenging, in sixth place. She has a chance to improve, kicking

:46:45. > :46:54.again. They come up towards the line, it will be a win for Sweden in

:46:55. > :47:00.second place, Turkey. Beth Potter coming through in fifth place. 15

:47:01. > :47:05.minutes, 40 seconds. Just outside her lifetime best. Must qualify as

:47:06. > :47:11.one of the best runs of her career, the 22-year-old. Staying with them,

:47:12. > :47:16.trying to force the pace at one stage. Has been a huge experience

:47:17. > :47:21.for her, coming in as a late notice substitute. She finishes three

:47:22. > :47:33.places better than forecast. The watch one of the final finishes

:47:34. > :47:40.coming in, a great run by Beth Potter. Coming in late notice, that

:47:41. > :47:45.is difficult, a tactical race. A lots of up and down, she kept her

:47:46. > :47:51.head. I think she ran the best race to give herself the best chance of

:47:52. > :48:02.finishing highly as possible. Beth Potter, 15 minutes, 42 point 22

:48:03. > :48:16.seconds. A wonderful run. The victory goes to Barta in Sweden. We

:48:17. > :48:22.see the stragglers coming home. There are still three field events

:48:23. > :48:28.under way. A buzz in the stadium. The team standings at the moment,

:48:29. > :48:37.Russia with 305, Germany three urgency. -- Germany, 302. Still

:48:38. > :48:48.seven events to go. Britain in fourth place, just ahead of France.

:48:49. > :48:51.This was a very confident run. The Swedish athlete taking up the

:48:52. > :48:57.running at the Bell was standing. There looks to be a danger from the

:48:58. > :49:02.Turkish girl, as they hit the final 200 metres. She looked up at the

:49:03. > :49:16.screen, looking as if she had much more to offer. Mihambo, Germany,

:49:17. > :49:28.that is big, my goodness. What a first-round effort. 2013 European

:49:29. > :49:33.junior champion, just 20 years of age. We mention how swirling the

:49:34. > :49:39.conditions are. We wonder if she had the benefit of a big tailwind? That

:49:40. > :49:49.will put into the lead, could challenge her lifetime best. 6.88

:49:50. > :49:54.this season. It is 6.90, personal best, H amateur record. A German

:49:55. > :50:01.athlete rising to the occasion in the presence of her home fans.

:50:02. > :50:07.Speaking of a man who rises to the occasion, Robert Harting. The man

:50:08. > :50:13.who is king of all he surveys in the discus. Well championed the European

:50:14. > :50:20.champion, Olympic champion, and defending European Team

:50:21. > :50:28.Championships. -- European team champion. This is his closest

:50:29. > :50:33.challenger. The discus has been engineered in the programme to give

:50:34. > :50:37.Robert Harting, the team captain, maximum exposure, and the biggest

:50:38. > :50:44.platform to perform. There is his big rival, silver medallist in

:50:45. > :50:50.Beijing. Has come away with World Championship silver behind Robert

:50:51. > :50:57.Harting on two occasions. The world leader this year. Robert Harting

:50:58. > :51:03.second place in that respect. There are the main protagonists. The

:51:04. > :51:22.starters in the men's's discus. Into the circle. That is way beyond 60

:51:23. > :51:22.metres, approaching 65. He and Robert Harting, they have such a

:51:23. > :51:41.terrific rivalry. Four times this season Robert Harting and he had

:51:42. > :51:47.met, Harting leading 3-1. Here he is, the main man. He loves the big

:51:48. > :51:55.stage, we have seen what he has to go beyond. He has done so with

:51:56. > :51:58.aplomb. Robert Harting, we can only anticipate the type of celebrations

:51:59. > :52:00.there will be the get victory in the discus. The captain of the German

:52:01. > :52:08.team. A really talismanic figure discus. The captain of the German

:52:09. > :52:19.the entire squad, such an exuberant performer. He really relishes the

:52:20. > :52:19.big stage. He has taken the lead in the early stages of this men's's

:52:20. > :52:42.discus competition. 66.72. Into first place. Victor became --

:52:43. > :52:48.Burtenko. Predicted in third place. Only young, went up a lot last year.

:52:49. > :52:53.Really coming together for him. Looking to atone for a calamitous

:52:54. > :53:02.shelling in last year's team Championships. Only getting 51

:53:03. > :53:15.metres for 11th place. He improves with 61.95. Into third. Confirmation

:53:16. > :53:17.of the win for Sweden. A wonderful run by Beth Potter into fifth

:53:18. > :53:23.place, just outside her lifetime best. That leaves Russia leading the

:53:24. > :53:27.standings by seven points from Germany in second place. Poland

:53:28. > :53:32.moving into third. Written in fourth place thanks to performances like

:53:33. > :53:38.that of Beth Potter, much better than expected.

:53:39. > :53:44.On the track, just the men's 3000, and the two relays. Not the

:53:45. > :53:49.strongest British in either event. Johnny Miller with the honour of

:53:50. > :54:05.representing Britain in the 3000 metres. I suspect it will be fairly

:54:06. > :54:12.tactical. No really big names. The 1500 metre runner will look to make

:54:13. > :54:16.it a double. They will be hoping for a big performance from him here.

:54:17. > :54:31.Really difficult to predict how the race will go. We saw Johnny Nelson.

:54:32. > :54:46.Many of these people... It is a split, some 5000 specialists, not

:54:47. > :54:53.too many moving up from the 1500. He is a steeplechaser, former junior

:54:54. > :55:16.champion. There is a man who did so well yesterday, Johan Djourou --

:55:17. > :55:23.Yohan Durand. Johnny Miller, the Liverpool Harrier, hoping to do

:55:24. > :55:28.something similar to Beth Potter, doing better than predicted. He is

:55:29. > :55:34.predicted in seven. This is a difficult one to decide who is going

:55:35. > :55:40.to do what. I doubt anyone will take this on too much. Before they get

:55:41. > :55:45.under way, we have been shivering in the stands, the weather has been

:55:46. > :56:04.good at home. In Bedford, the junior championships for the under 23s.

:56:05. > :56:07.Selection for the world juniors. Geena Asher-Smith going the second

:56:08. > :56:12.fastest of a British junior ever. That is big news. We keep talking

:56:13. > :56:17.about the new crop of British athletes coming through. Really

:56:18. > :56:21.exciting times. A big year, the world juniors. The British

:56:22. > :56:28.Championships, the Commonwealth Games. Johnny Miller representing

:56:29. > :56:35.Britain in the 10,000 metres. Some speed work for him here. He was

:56:36. > :56:37.disappointing in the world indoor Championships. Performing well over

:56:38. > :56:44.this distance any Birmingham Grand Prix. 3000 metres is a good distance

:56:45. > :56:52.for him. He will have been nervous coming into this. 3000 metres often

:56:53. > :57:00.become very tactical in championships like this. A lot of up

:57:01. > :57:08.and down pace, pushing and shoving. Robert Harting attempting the second

:57:09. > :57:28.round. Far beyond his first one. His rival improving to 65 .35. Harting

:57:29. > :57:36.improving his lead further. He likes what he has just produced. 67.42.

:57:37. > :57:49.There is confirmation. The extensively. -- he extends his lead.

:57:50. > :57:54.One of the big athletic stars. We take a look at the second-round

:57:55. > :58:15.effort. This happened earlier on. 65.35. There is a leader. One of the

:58:16. > :58:30.great rivalries in all of athletics. Harting with a 3-1 edge this season.

:58:31. > :58:38.65.35 in pursuit of the leader, Robert Harting.

:58:39. > :58:53.Richard Ringer moving into second place for Germany. He has been

:58:54. > :58:57.moving around the distances, we saw Bennett win earlier on today.

:58:58. > :59:07.Richard Ringer was in that race earlier on. I think he will be quite

:59:08. > :59:12.happy with the pace set here. Yohan Durand in third, he will be a big

:59:13. > :59:22.danger. The Russian athlete in fourth. They are well spread out.

:59:23. > :59:26.Johnny Miller just happy to sit in about eight place. He will not be

:59:27. > :59:30.disappointed by the pace set. Giving him a chance of a decent time. Not

:59:31. > :59:39.going super quick, settling into a good, solid pace. We did not want

:59:40. > :59:43.Jonathan Mellor to be complacent, he has moved around and responded and

:59:44. > :59:49.picked up a couple of places. That is what he needs to do, followed the

:59:50. > :59:57.surges in pace and move through. It is to his advantage that the Turkish

:59:58. > :00:01.athlete is taking it out at a decent pace, it makes it a better race for

:00:02. > :00:09.him. He is looking fairly comfortable at the moment. This lap

:00:10. > :00:16.may have got off a little as the Turkish athlete gets a bit tired. He

:00:17. > :00:21.knew the pace was dropping, the German will be left in front,

:00:22. > :00:29.Jonathan Mellor is moving closer, onto the shoulder of Yohan Durand.

:00:30. > :00:35.The German ran a decent 5000 recently, behind James Wilkinson,

:00:36. > :00:39.another British athlete. He is our top steeplechase athlete at the

:00:40. > :00:44.moment, so that will give a benchmark for Jonathan Mellor. The

:00:45. > :00:45.German is not blessed with too much pace, he want to guarantee good

:00:46. > :01:16.point. Back to the discus. down into fourth place. He is

:01:17. > :01:24.predicted a third-place finish. The top four will get an extra attempt.

:01:25. > :01:29.Inside the last 800 metres, Yohan Durand is a reluctant leader. The

:01:30. > :01:35.German decided he did not want to lead any more. The Frenchman has no

:01:36. > :01:38.alternative but to go through and take it on, but it is starting to

:01:39. > :01:56.budget a bit more. The man in fourth place looks

:01:57. > :02:02.ominously easy. Jonathan Mellor doing a good job. When the big push

:02:03. > :02:09.comes, he might be ready to react. Does he have the confidence to go

:02:10. > :02:24.and strike hard? That will be his best tactic, if he can do that.

:02:25. > :02:36.The man at the back is looking tired, maybe the 1500 took a bit out

:02:37. > :02:46.of him. Jonathan Mellor in third place, he might want to try to

:02:47. > :03:00.attack down the back straight. There goes the German, kicking hard. The

:03:01. > :03:05.German crowd responding once more. Look at this from the German! They

:03:06. > :03:14.may well get another great performance on the track.

:03:15. > :03:25.Maximum points for Germany. Jonathan Mellor takes fourth place. A pretty

:03:26. > :03:38.good run. Not much he could have done about the pace at the end.

:03:39. > :03:46.Once more, Germany responding, and you would not have put him down as a

:03:47. > :04:03.winner for hand. He is proving that he has a bit more

:04:04. > :04:04.speed in his legs. He ran a smart race and took advantage of an up

:04:05. > :04:19.agility. He just delayed a bit and launched

:04:20. > :04:24.his charge too much to like and he could not catch the German. He had

:04:25. > :04:30.the crowd on their feet, urging him on. Jonathan Mellor snatching fourth

:04:31. > :04:36.place on the line. I was not saying he does not have 1500 metre pace! He

:04:37. > :04:39.won the German Cross country Championships as well, one of the 2D

:04:40. > :05:05.cross-country union! A victory for Germany and a very

:05:06. > :05:12.good run from Jonathan Mellor in fourth place.

:05:13. > :05:20.Some it up for me, fourth place, predicted seventh place, what a race

:05:21. > :05:25.it was. It was tough, it was up and down, surging and backing off,

:05:26. > :05:34.people dropping out, people taking the pace on, it was tougher. Does it

:05:35. > :05:41.hurt -- help when the home crowd get excited's it is massive, the whole

:05:42. > :05:47.place erupted. It made it exciting. Indoors, you run 3000 metres, has

:05:48. > :05:51.this been good preparation, going forward for the 10,000 metres in the

:05:52. > :05:58.Commonwealth Games? For sure, you do not get to enjoy the 3000 outdoors

:05:59. > :06:02.often, it is good to get the legs spinning before the trials next

:06:03. > :06:06.week, and the Commonwealth Games. You have had a patient wait, we are

:06:07. > :06:11.heading towards the end of the second day, what do you do when you

:06:12. > :06:16.are waiting to perform? You have got to chill out and relax as much as

:06:17. > :06:25.possible. Cheer on the other guys. Well done.

:06:26. > :06:27.Nice stuff from him, finishing ahead of his projected position. Another

:06:28. > :06:34.good performance from the Germans in that battle with the Russians. It

:06:35. > :06:37.seems like they have been inspired by the crowd, it is lifting them to

:06:38. > :06:42.go beyond what they think is possible. Going back to Jonathan

:06:43. > :06:48.Mellor, what a fantastic run, it is nice to see when an athlete is

:06:49. > :06:53.competitive, not big expectations, but he made sure he was in the right

:06:54. > :06:58.place at the right time, responding and coming away with a better

:06:59. > :07:04.prediction. That is the magic of this event, you can forget about

:07:05. > :07:09.star names and times and just focus on what you do for the team. The

:07:10. > :07:13.German victories are demonstrating that, forget about the star names,

:07:14. > :07:18.it is about getting points and feeling like you are part of

:07:19. > :07:24.something bigger than yourself. This is what this competition does. I

:07:25. > :07:28.love that some of our youngsters are believing in themselves, getting

:07:29. > :07:34.that kind of confidence, it is priceless, when you think about it,

:07:35. > :07:38.the experience you gain. We should expose them to it as much as

:07:39. > :07:47.possible. That was the case with Beth Potter, she spoke to us

:07:48. > :07:52.afterwards. A senior British debut, fifth

:07:53. > :07:57.place, better than expected, a big smile, and they are waxing lyrical

:07:58. > :08:02.about how great it was, well done. It was only on Thursday morning that

:08:03. > :08:07.I knew there was a chance of being here, but I was not sure, so I was

:08:08. > :08:12.glad I came out and performed well. When there is a chance you are in

:08:13. > :08:17.the team but you are called up late, how do you prepare? I sat with my

:08:18. > :08:21.coach on Wednesday, we had planned the rest of the season, this was not

:08:22. > :08:29.in my plan, but it was nice to get the phone call. Just embrace it! So

:08:30. > :08:34.close to your personal best, that must give you huge confidence, going

:08:35. > :08:41.forward. I liked running them like that, easing into it. It would be

:08:42. > :08:46.good to do one that is fast from the word go, though. Paula Radcliffe

:08:47. > :08:51.very, entry on commentary. Good luck for the rest of the season.

:08:52. > :08:59.All smiles for Beth Potter, but not for the world record-holder in the

:09:00. > :09:03.men's pole-vault, Renaud Lavillenie. This was 5.72, but that looks like

:09:04. > :09:12.bad news for the world record-holder. Remember the 6.16 in

:09:13. > :09:20.Ukraine. That stadium has now been burned down, with the problems in

:09:21. > :09:22.Ukraine. More problems there for one of the biggest names in world

:09:23. > :09:27.athletics at the moment. It is not good, we have just welcomed him back

:09:28. > :09:34.from being injured, setting the world record. He looks in a lot of

:09:35. > :09:40.pain, that looked nasty. Looking forward to seeing him recover,

:09:41. > :09:45.hopefully, quickly. Happy reading, third-place for Great Britain and

:09:46. > :09:55.Northern Ireland. We will head back now to the discus.

:09:56. > :10:00.Robert Harting leading the competition in the men's discus.

:10:01. > :10:14.Just taken his third round throw. improvement on his second round

:10:15. > :10:20.distance, that is good enough for the lead.

:10:21. > :10:24.distance, that is good enough for third-round effort was a foul. Brett

:10:25. > :10:27.Morse still has to throw in the third round. 60.01 is his best to

:10:28. > :10:53.this point. So to the familiar show closes, the

:10:54. > :10:59.relay. In two heats, the 12 nations, and the seedings determined

:11:00. > :11:02.not by individual performances across the season but by the

:11:03. > :11:09.positions as they stood over role among the nations one hour ago.

:11:10. > :11:14.These were the nations who were positioned seven to 12 one hour ago,

:11:15. > :11:21.including the Netherlands, in danger of being relegated to the first

:11:22. > :11:25.league. What we are watching here is the European super league. Turkey

:11:26. > :11:33.are already relegated down into the first league for next season. It is

:11:34. > :11:37.all very tight at the top, just as it is at the bottom, it is between

:11:38. > :11:41.the Dutch and Sweden, maybe they will take the other two of the three

:11:42. > :11:47.relegation places. The Czech Republic also in danger. Spain not

:11:48. > :11:53.entirely out of it, it all depends on what happens here. Sweden do not

:11:54. > :12:00.have a team representing them here, they are nonstarters. They are now

:12:01. > :12:01.in severe danger of being relegated, alongside Turkey, into the first

:12:02. > :12:13.league. Britain go in the second heat, with

:12:14. > :12:18.a line-up including Jodie Williams, who we heard from earlier on,

:12:19. > :12:22.talking about her baptism here in the relay. One of the most

:12:23. > :12:26.experienced athletes in the Czech Republic line-up in the lead-off leg

:12:27. > :12:33.for them. Turkey, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain and the Czech

:12:34. > :12:40.Republic on the outside. Four laps of the track. Germany are leading

:12:41. > :12:44.Russia by 1.5 points, and that is with 36 of the 40 events completed.

:12:45. > :12:51.There are two events remaining on the track, the relays. The women's

:12:52. > :12:55.long jump and the men's discus underway on the infield, as they are

:12:56. > :13:03.called forward to their blogs, the first of the heats.

:13:04. > :13:23.Britain going in the second of the heats in a few minutes.

:13:24. > :13:29.This is scheduled to be fought out between the Dutch quartet, Italy and

:13:30. > :13:43.the Czech Republic, who are drawn on the outside. The experienced athlete

:13:44. > :13:45.is taking them through. It is difficult to determine the positions

:13:46. > :13:55.at this stage, waiting for the stagger to unwind. Spain have made a

:13:56. > :14:01.quick start. The Czech Republic athlete responds. They are favourite

:14:02. > :14:11.to finish in the first three, alongside Italy and the Dutch

:14:12. > :14:18.quartet. Steve. Yes, pretty tight. I suspect the Czech Republic... Their

:14:19. > :14:26.problem is that their athlete on the last leg had a busy day yesterday,

:14:27. > :14:30.she might be tired. The Italians have the specialist on the last leg.

:14:31. > :14:42.That might be in their favour. Spain in front. It is always a good way to

:14:43. > :14:48.end the day. Germany and Russia still vying for the top spot. Well

:14:49. > :14:51.get is a factor here, Sweden are not in this, so it gives the Dutch a

:14:52. > :15:02.real opportunity to get some real points. They may have a chance of

:15:03. > :15:08.escaping relegation. Very close for the lead as they reached the halfway

:15:09. > :15:13.stage. The Dutch quartet in fourth place, trying to build and

:15:14. > :15:19.capitalise on the absence of the Swedes. Trying to avoid relegation

:15:20. > :15:23.into the first lead. Down the back straight they go, not much to choose

:15:24. > :15:31.between the southern European neighbours of Italy and Spain. There

:15:32. > :15:40.is a gap between the battle for third and fourth. The Spaniard is

:15:41. > :15:44.trying to challenge. How much has she got in reserve for the home

:15:45. > :15:50.straight? They come towards the last of the changeovers. Italy have a

:15:51. > :15:56.really experienced athlete on the last leg. The Dutch are trying to

:15:57. > :16:03.get into it. I think it is too much of a gap. Spain very close behind,

:16:04. > :16:12.Holland look like they have a lot to do to get close. The winner of the

:16:13. > :16:14.individual 400 metres of the first staging of this European Team

:16:15. > :16:21.Championships back in Portugal, striding out purposefully. Showing

:16:22. > :16:28.no ill effects of running yesterday. No sign of fatigue. If anything

:16:29. > :16:33.stretching. 20 metres over Spain. A very strong run for the Dutch

:16:34. > :16:38.quartet, in third. They know how much it means to them. This could be

:16:39. > :16:47.the difference between staying in the Super League, and getting

:16:48. > :16:52.relegation. She moves into second. The Spaniard is trying to rally, she

:16:53. > :16:56.has nothing left. Italy take the victory from the Netherlands, Spain

:16:57. > :17:08.third. The Czech Republic coming through into four. A strong last

:17:09. > :17:14.leg. The fastest of the four Italians by some margin. A good win

:17:15. > :17:22.for Italy in the first of the two heats. Really good performance by

:17:23. > :17:28.the Italian quartet. The experience on the last leg counting in their

:17:29. > :17:33.favour. A good strong run. Spain losing out to the Netherlands. The

:17:34. > :17:42.times are significant. The second race to come. That 3.30, that may be

:17:43. > :17:54.good enough to beat some of the teams in the second race. She did

:17:55. > :18:01.her team a power of good there. She did not want to relax, the time was

:18:02. > :18:15.important. The Netherlands fighting hard to get ahead of Spain. The time

:18:16. > :18:43.important. The Netherlands fighting of 3.32 .8. Maximum points as

:18:44. > :18:48.predicted for many countries. Britain not maximising their

:18:49. > :18:52.position there. Giving you an idea of the swelling conditions. In the

:18:53. > :19:06.women's long jump, this is from earlier on. In the second round. A

:19:07. > :19:26.slight tear wind, soaring to six metres .67. That really upsetting

:19:27. > :19:34.the form book. Eloise jumping in unfavourable conditions. Producing

:19:35. > :19:45.6.67, a personal best. The slight following wind. Like the

:19:46. > :19:48.chairmanship of former shears, the defending European team in, she

:19:49. > :19:59.responded, with the second-round effort. Benefiting from the strong

:20:00. > :20:08.tailwind on this occasion getting a distance of 6.87. A good response by

:20:09. > :20:17.the defending champion. Jazmin Sawyers finishing in 11th position.

:20:18. > :20:25.She was predicted a fifth-place finish, and eight point com

:20:26. > :20:33.Britain's struggles in the field continuing. Here is an athlete under

:20:34. > :20:38.real pressure, Olga Kucherenko predicted a second-place finish 11

:20:39. > :20:46.points. Finding herself down in sixth, with 6.43. In an effort to

:20:47. > :20:50.push on, getting into the top four, she produced a foul. We have seen

:20:51. > :20:58.how tight matters are between Russia and Germany, with all because cushy

:20:59. > :21:07.ring to not getting a fourth attempt, that will produce a huge

:21:08. > :21:12.turnaround. -- with Olga Kucherenko not getting a fourth attempt. That

:21:13. > :21:17.could make a huge difference in this European Team Championships. Over at

:21:18. > :21:21.the discus, this is the order which the final four athletes will throw.

:21:22. > :21:36.Robert Harting leading the competition. Butenko entering first,

:21:37. > :21:41.in fourth position. That was unlikely to improve his standing.

:21:42. > :22:01.Just waiting for confirmation. 62.26, his best effort. Looks to be

:22:02. > :22:10.around a similar type of Mark. -- mark. That is a terrific response

:22:11. > :22:13.from the young Russian. He has just been relegated down to four. A

:22:14. > :22:32.terrific performance by this young man. 62 point 72 in round three. A

:22:33. > :22:38.season 's best of 62.48. In the twilight of his career now. That

:22:39. > :22:45.appears to be around the distance that Butenko has just produced.

:22:46. > :22:52.Russia need every point they can. To defend this team championship. They

:22:53. > :23:02.have won it three times in succession. Perhaps just faltering a

:23:03. > :23:08.little bit in the long jump. Here is the leader of the discus, that

:23:09. > :23:12.leader not being overturned. He did not respond to the performance

:23:13. > :23:23.produced by Butenko, still a solid performance. He has gone one better

:23:24. > :23:37.than his predicted finish. Looking to get one of these. We'll be speed

:23:38. > :23:55.to regain the lead. Can he improve on his best of 65.35 that will not

:23:56. > :24:00.even travel his second-place effort. That is good enough for second place

:24:01. > :24:07.for Ma?achowski. 11 points for the Polish team. Germany, with Robert

:24:08. > :24:23.Harting, maximum points as forecast in the discus. This is the design so

:24:24. > :24:30.he can have centre stage. -- Ma?achowski.

:24:31. > :24:40.The poster boy for Germany, he can have the entire stadium looking at

:24:41. > :24:47.him. An elite performer for so many years. He lets it go. He will not

:24:48. > :24:49.improve, but the job had been done. The German team captain securing

:24:50. > :24:57.maximum points with the discus. The German team captain securing

:24:58. > :25:02.crowd. He knows that his team are in a really strong position in the

:25:03. > :25:11.current standings. He has done his part. Delivering as anticipated a

:25:12. > :25:18.first-place finish in the discus. Thanks to his second-round effort of

:25:19. > :25:30.67.42. It has been a consistent series for the man second on the

:25:31. > :25:38.European and world list behind Malachowski. Taking his top off in

:25:39. > :25:45.conventional fashion this time! Rather than tearing itself, as he so

:25:46. > :25:55.often does. There is the confirmation, maximum points, 12 for

:25:56. > :26:04.Robert Harting. Brett Morse in eighth. As predicted.

:26:05. > :26:13.That is how it impacts the team's standings. Germany with a slender

:26:14. > :26:18.lead over Russia. Russia have faulted in a couple of events in the

:26:19. > :26:28.closing stages. The relay will be absolutely crucial.

:26:29. > :26:37.And so to the second heat in the women's four x 400 metres relay. One

:26:38. > :26:52.of the remaining three events at the 2014 European Team Championships.

:26:53. > :27:04.The two races here, and the women's long jump to be factored in. Written

:27:05. > :27:17.and drawn in lane number three. -- Britain are drawn in lane number

:27:18. > :27:24.three. Jodie Williams will anchor the team home. She was in the lead

:27:25. > :27:35.off leg in the four x 100 metres yesterday. Britain expected to be

:27:36. > :27:43.strong challengers. Laura Wake leading us off. Representing

:27:44. > :27:58.Loughborough University. France in lane four.

:27:59. > :28:07.Russia are so strong, winning this three times. Britain taking the

:28:08. > :28:13.honours in Gateshead, but the first three went to Russia. Germany, their

:28:14. > :28:20.strongest athlete, in the lead-off leg. Second in the individual 400

:28:21. > :28:27.metres. How the German athletes have been lifted in the field and the

:28:28. > :28:29.track by the warm support. Poland have a strong tradition in the four

:28:30. > :28:44.x 400 m relays. This is so important for Britain, if

:28:45. > :28:49.they are to improve on their standing at the moment, in fifth

:28:50. > :28:53.place, fourth overnight. The overall prediction was fifth-place, but they

:28:54. > :29:00.have a chance of overtaking France, the worry and forth at the moment.

:29:01. > :29:04.At the moment, 3.5 points ahead, but with the women's long jump final to

:29:05. > :29:09.be factored in. They have a better result at the moment. Settling into

:29:10. > :29:18.the blocks for the last of the women's events on the track.

:29:19. > :29:24.Fascinating to see Jodie Williams in the last leg.

:29:25. > :29:38.Laura Wake leads them off. She has the French athlete to chase. This is

:29:39. > :29:43.the first of four legs, the British universities champion in 2011 and

:29:44. > :29:51.2012, also one of our leading 400 metre hurdlers. 52.98, her lifetime

:29:52. > :29:57.best, and Britain could do with a performance in that facility here.

:29:58. > :30:10.Poland have run very strongly over the first 300 metres, as has

:30:11. > :30:14.Germany. Germany have the advantage. Laura Wake is trying to run strongly

:30:15. > :30:23.for Britain, she has overtaken the French athlete. A pretty good start

:30:24. > :30:27.from Laura Wake. Emily Diamond has a chance to get involved. It will be

:30:28. > :30:32.fascinating to see what Jodie Williams can do, but she needs to be

:30:33. > :30:38.in the race. Germany off to a great start. That is a risk by the

:30:39. > :30:47.Germans, Russia always with a strong team, they can always put out a good

:30:48. > :30:52.quartet, they are taking over. Britain need to give Jodie Williams

:30:53. > :30:57.something to run out. Emily Diamond the handover to Seren Bundy-Davies,

:30:58. > :31:04.the 19-year-old, representing Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Germany

:31:05. > :31:08.fading a little. It is all getting tight as we come through to the

:31:09. > :31:18.second changeover. It is slick by Ukraine. Very close between Britain

:31:19. > :31:23.and Poland in fourth and fifth. A lot of work for Jodie Williams

:31:24. > :31:28.and Poland in fourth and fifth. A on the final leg. Seren Bundy-Davies

:31:29. > :31:36.in fourth place. Running strongly for Ukraine, she was in the

:31:37. > :31:43.individual race later -- yesterday. The Russian athlete, who won the

:31:44. > :31:52.individual 400 metres, is China to close the gap. The German athlete,

:31:53. > :32:08.again lifted by the crowd. Jodie Williams has the bat on in

:32:09. > :32:13.third place for Great Britain. This is the proposition that she said

:32:14. > :32:20.excited everybody else but scared her. She has the French athlete on

:32:21. > :32:25.her shoulder. She will have to produce something. Jodie Williams is

:32:26. > :32:28.being pushed back to last of the six. The French athlete sweeps

:32:29. > :32:36.through. Ukraine with a six. The French athlete sweeps

:32:37. > :32:49.advantage. Jodie Williams is struggling. There is room on the

:32:50. > :32:56.inside. Ukraine lead. Jodie Williams kicks into fourth place for Great

:32:57. > :33:06.Britain. Great Britain come through to their predicted fourth-place,

:33:07. > :33:14.with Jodie Williams. A very strong and impressive Ukrainian quartet.

:33:15. > :33:18.51.5 for the last leg by Jodie Williams, the fastest of the four

:33:19. > :33:23.British athletes. That is a very impressive debut in this event for

:33:24. > :33:32.Jodie Williams, anchoring Britain to fourth place. I thought Seren

:33:33. > :33:35.Bundy-Davies also went well. Two new youngsters pushing forward their

:33:36. > :33:41.chances in the coming years. youngsters pushing forward their

:33:42. > :33:45.have to judge at right, both of them trying to make sure they have

:33:46. > :33:49.something left in the home straight. Jodie Williams up against some very

:33:50. > :33:54.experienced competitors on the last leg. What about Germany, fighting to

:33:55. > :34:00.the line, trying to get ahead of France. There might be a situation

:34:01. > :34:05.that they do not need it as much after the discus, but you never know

:34:06. > :34:11.what happens in the men's relay, the Russians are very strong. Germany do

:34:12. > :34:17.not want to be too far behind. Britain having to settle for fourth

:34:18. > :34:27.place. Russia will be relegated into seventh place, because Italy from

:34:28. > :34:37.the first race run quicker. Russia will move down another place, really

:34:38. > :34:40.is -- is appointing for them. Jodie Williams was never going to attack

:34:41. > :34:45.it too hard for the first 200 metres, wisely so. Trying to bring

:34:46. > :34:50.it home for Britain as hard as she could. Slightly inexperienced

:34:51. > :35:00.quartet, but a decent showing, fourth-place. It is building to a

:35:01. > :35:09.real climax for Germany, it looks as though this Championships is heading

:35:10. > :35:13.their way. Don't forget the battle at the bottom, an important one.

:35:14. > :35:22.Ukraine could still come above Britain. But I think we have got

:35:23. > :35:30.enough points, as long as we get around safely. The photo finish for

:35:31. > :35:37.second place, with the German quartet just edging out France,

:35:38. > :35:42.taking second place. The French athlete went off very quickly. With

:35:43. > :35:49.only two events remaining, the women's long jump and the men's

:35:50. > :35:54.relay, it is getting very close in some of the minor positions. Germany

:35:55. > :36:00.looking so strong. They are leading from Russia, Poland, France and

:36:01. > :36:08.Britain. There is a glimmer of danger from Ukraine in this final

:36:09. > :36:11.event on the track. The German quartet celebrating their second

:36:12. > :36:14.place, that was unexpected. A strong run on the final leg brought them

:36:15. > :36:30.that reward. Russia relegated to seventh place,

:36:31. > :36:39.Italy winning the first heat in a quicker time. Just the men's relay

:36:40. > :36:47.and the women's long jump still to be included in the scores. The

:36:48. > :36:56.fourth and final round, this is the athlete in fourth position. She is

:36:57. > :37:02.performing better than anticipated. She was predicted and eighth place

:37:03. > :37:09.finish. She will not improve, that is a foul.

:37:10. > :37:13.finish. She will not improve, that effort. That is good enough for

:37:14. > :37:19.fourth place. Valuable points for the Italian team, you can see how

:37:20. > :37:28.she benefited from a significant tailwind on her best effort in that

:37:29. > :37:32.opening round. Great Britain's Jazmin Sawyers, the Commonwealth

:37:33. > :37:36.Games representative, producing a ninth place finish, she was

:37:37. > :37:47.predicted fifth, which would have given eight points. Performing less

:37:48. > :37:57.well than anticipated. The Swede, right on poor, predicted third. That

:37:58. > :38:03.is where she is at the moment. She gave away plenty on the board.

:38:04. > :38:09.is where she is at the moment. She best effort, 6.67, from the second

:38:10. > :38:16.round. Marginally further than her first-round effort, 6.65. A terrific

:38:17. > :38:23.improvement when winning the European indoor bronze medal, 6.71.

:38:24. > :38:32.It is unlikely to improve her best effort. 6.26. Swirling into a

:38:33. > :38:37.headwind in that occasion, giving an indication of how blustery the

:38:38. > :38:44.conditions. This athlete is anticipated to take maximum points,

:38:45. > :38:50.she finds herself in second place. The athlete predicted a second-place

:38:51. > :39:04.finish, Olga Kucherenko, finished in sixth place. Her best effort was

:39:05. > :39:11.6.43. Eloyse Lesueur, the defending European team and, finding herself

:39:12. > :39:19.in second place, behind the leap of six 90 from Malaika Mihambo. This

:39:20. > :39:33.needs to be a season's best from Eloyse Lesueur. It is not to be.

:39:34. > :39:43.Eloyse Lesueur, the world indoor champion, not able to reel in the

:39:44. > :39:46.phenomenal leap by Malaika Mihambo, but she is acknowledged by the

:39:47. > :39:53.crowd, because they realise that they have got themselves and

:39:54. > :39:57.unlikely victory in this long jump, that helped their cause in to shoot

:39:58. > :40:10.of the European Team Championships title. Malaika Mihambo was predicted

:40:11. > :40:19.a fourth-place finish. She completed in the world relay championships,

:40:20. > :40:26.Eloyse Lesueur. Shah reporter jumped 6.78 in Oslo recently. As has been

:40:27. > :40:28.the case so often hear on the second day, centrestage belongs to a

:40:29. > :40:39.victorious German field athlete, day, centrestage belongs to a

:40:40. > :40:43.Malaika Mihambo. That will not be as far, but an inspired performance

:40:44. > :40:52.from that opening round has seen her punch well above their weight.

:40:53. > :40:58.Maximum points for the German team. The 2013 European junior champion,

:40:59. > :41:05.just 20 years of age. She has made a really impressive transition through

:41:06. > :41:09.to the senior ranks. Just her third competition of the year, and what

:41:10. > :41:18.they stage on which to prejudice it. Championship record, a lifetime

:41:19. > :41:25.best, and that is the 10th German victory here at the European Team

:41:26. > :41:40.Championships. So significant, in their pursuit of the title here.

:41:41. > :41:48.One is then to go, Germany with a commanding lead over Russia, but

:41:49. > :41:56.Russia are so strong in the relay. They can crack open the schnapps,

:41:57. > :42:04.because even if they dropped the bat on, they are going to win. Some

:42:05. > :42:09.great victories for Germany, especially on the track. One or two

:42:10. > :42:13.other things that could change, the Netherlands are going to be

:42:14. > :42:19.relegated, the Czech Republic are 5.5 points ahead of them, sorry, 6.5

:42:20. > :42:24.points ahead, so unless the Czech Republic dropped the bat on, there

:42:25. > :42:33.is not much the Netherlands can do about it. Turkey are already

:42:34. > :42:34.relegated. They do not bring anything to these European Team

:42:35. > :42:43.Championships in the field. Spain's anything to these European Team

:42:44. > :42:55.days of being so dominant on the track have long gone. Sweden have

:42:56. > :42:58.had a bit of a looking escape today. They were looking as though they

:42:59. > :43:08.might be contenders, their women did not turn up for the relay, but they

:43:09. > :43:10.had a good result in the long jump. None of these teams are full of

:43:11. > :43:32.talent here. It has to be said. If this were a Premier League

:43:33. > :43:41.football relay, this would be Sunderland, West Ham, those sorts of

:43:42. > :43:47.teams involved. We know our place! The big boys coming next. Great

:43:48. > :43:53.Britain will be Andrew Steele, Rory Evans, Rabah Yousif and Jared Dunn,

:43:54. > :44:00.an unfamiliar team. It will be great to see Andrew Steele back.

:44:01. > :44:37.This first race. The Netherlands on the inside.

:44:38. > :44:44.Great to see that. The Duchess started pretty quickly on the

:44:45. > :44:52.inside, and on the outside, they have gone really hard through the

:44:53. > :44:58.first 200. Also going well Sweden. Even see the Italians catching up.

:44:59. > :45:06.For most three engine needs is completed. As we saw in the women's

:45:07. > :45:12.race, it is watching where Batten gets handed over. Spain starting the

:45:13. > :45:23.best in the middle. The Italians responding well. Spain, with a

:45:24. > :45:39.narrow lead. Samuel Garcia going for Spain. Lorenzo for Italy. Very close

:45:40. > :45:45.for second and third, Turkey moving into third. Only Sweden adrift. So

:45:46. > :45:52.much could change over the course of the next 2.5 laps. Garcia is rather

:45:53. > :46:02.ungainly, fighting his way to the front. A good battle ensuing. The

:46:03. > :46:13.Dutch coming up. Spain leading, Italy and second, : third. Turkey at

:46:14. > :46:25.the back. The Spaniards have the Batten. Look at Pieters, storming

:46:26. > :46:34.past the Italians. The Netherlands leading, Italy in second place,

:46:35. > :46:39.Spain struggling to hang on. Spain have a chance to improve their

:46:40. > :46:45.position, but at this page, they are looking at third. They have pulled

:46:46. > :46:55.away from the rest. Italy finding something in the closing stages.

:46:56. > :47:00.Still close between the front three. A really good battle ensuing. The

:47:01. > :47:05.Netherlands in third place, A really good battle ensuing. The

:47:06. > :47:14.following the Italians. A really experienced runner for Italy. The

:47:15. > :47:25.Netherlands not letting him relaxed. -- relax. They are pulling away from

:47:26. > :47:31.Spain. Galvan gives him a push, saying what are you doing? They

:47:32. > :47:39.resume the race. What a scrap. Galvan will get there, looking

:47:40. > :47:44.across to say, what was that about? They continue their argument. That

:47:45. > :47:49.is good fun. We always like a bit of drama in the relays. The team-mates

:47:50. > :47:56.coming in to say, calm down. A few whistles in the crowd. If you are

:47:57. > :48:02.going to get relegated, you might as well go out with a fight. We did not

:48:03. > :48:06.mean it to be that little. Interesting to see if the judges

:48:07. > :48:15.have a look at that. No danger to Italy. He may have the judges

:48:16. > :48:22.looking at it. They may just decide it was six of one, half a dozen of

:48:23. > :48:28.the other. I don't see why Galvan had to push in. Interesting to see

:48:29. > :48:33.whether the officials determine whether Galvan was the aggressor. It

:48:34. > :48:41.seemed as if the Dutch runner came off worse. He regained his

:48:42. > :48:44.composure. We will see the replay. Galvan still aggressive, they are

:48:45. > :48:53.continuing their argument. Here it is. As they come to the curve, they

:48:54. > :48:58.were very close together, did not seem as if he was leaning into

:48:59. > :49:04.Galvan as the response suggested. It looked like he may have recovered to

:49:05. > :49:11.take the win. In the end Galvan recovered to take it. Still

:49:12. > :49:16.continuing to argue. No question that Galvan was the aggressor.

:49:17. > :49:18.continuing to argue. No question Dutch runner completely entitled to

:49:19. > :49:24.take up that position. He did well to regroup. Keeping his feet, taking

:49:25. > :49:30.second. No disqualifications at the moment. We will keep you updated.

:49:31. > :49:35.Great Britain to come in the second heat.

:49:36. > :49:44.That might have been a red card if we were in Rio. A little earlier we

:49:45. > :49:49.saw the men's pole vault, the winner pulling up. He spoke to Catherine

:49:50. > :49:58.afterwards? First and foremost, are you OK? I am OK. Still in good

:49:59. > :50:05.shape. No injuries. Getting the win, that is positive. Finally, going

:50:06. > :50:09.forward, do you get bored of people asking you, when you going over six

:50:10. > :50:18.metres again? Every time. Really hard for me. I know I am just

:50:19. > :50:26.waiting for a good competition. When the wind is hard, I'm hoping my next

:50:27. > :50:31.competition will be in Paris, hoping for good weather, to jump over six

:50:32. > :50:40.metres, maybe more. We'll take my time. You are fit, healthy, looking

:50:41. > :50:42.forward to Zurich? For sure. Zurich is in 1.5 months, I have time to

:50:43. > :50:54.train. Mercy. Good news he is 100%. We will look

:50:55. > :50:59.forward to the European Championships in Zurich. The final

:51:00. > :51:08.event, where can the British team finished? The Germans have already

:51:09. > :51:18.victory in it. -- have already won it. Some news from the first race,

:51:19. > :51:27.the Czech Republic have been disqualified. The Netherlands had to

:51:28. > :51:33.get 6.5 points. I don't think the time will be good enough to get

:51:34. > :51:40.that. We will see after this. Andrew Steele, great to see him back. Big

:51:41. > :51:46.run in Geneva. He had so many problems over the last four years,

:51:47. > :51:59.29 years of age. He will leave Britain. Poland with a strong -ish

:52:00. > :52:15.team. Russia will be wanting to go out with a win. A very good Russian

:52:16. > :52:23.team. Very familiar figures. The Ukraine will be on the outside.

:52:24. > :52:30.The Russian team won, well three of them, at the World Championships

:52:31. > :52:48.last year. The gold medal at the European Championships in 2010.

:52:49. > :52:55.Thinking what a great 400 metre talent Krasnov may be. The Great

:52:56. > :53:05.Britain team have a big chance to show what they can do. The men's

:53:06. > :53:10.four x 400 metres, the last event of the European Team Championships.

:53:11. > :53:22.Cleanly away. Andrew Steele, for so long so much part of the British

:53:23. > :53:27.four x 400 metres seen, wanting to show he can do a great job here.

:53:28. > :53:36.Difficult on the first leg, staggers and winding. Poland and Russia

:53:37. > :53:42.starting quickly, particularly Germany, storming through the first

:53:43. > :53:46.300, you may pay for that. Andrew Steele struggling a bit to get on

:53:47. > :53:53.terms at the moment. The Russians coming back. Andrew Steele

:53:54. > :54:02.terms at the moment. The Russians pretty good leg. France going well.

:54:03. > :54:08.Andrew Steele handing over to Rory Evans. Britain look like they will

:54:09. > :54:18.enter the back straight in third or fourth, just in third. France are

:54:19. > :54:27.off the pace. Coming through is Russia. They are starting to pull

:54:28. > :54:35.away from Rory Evans, running a strong leg, if he can hold on. Rory

:54:36. > :54:43.Evans set to hand over to Rabah Yousif. Rabah Yousif with his chance

:54:44. > :54:47.to wear the British vest for the first time. Finding himself just

:54:48. > :54:54.behind France. A very strong French team. They have their best men on

:54:55. > :55:01.the last two legs. Russia looking to keep the lid. They have Krasnov on

:55:02. > :55:09.the last leg. Rabah Yousif attacking. Germany coming back into

:55:10. > :55:16.it. Rabah Yousif running a very good first 200, as the overcooked it?

:55:17. > :55:21.France and Germany coming back into it. Down the home straight for the

:55:22. > :55:33.penultimate time. Rabah Yousif is fighting. He may handover in second.

:55:34. > :55:41.Probably third. Onto Jarryd Dunn. Taking over with Britain in fifth

:55:42. > :55:50.place, still a chance to go better. A bad changeover for Britain.

:55:51. > :55:58.Storming through. Krasnov waking up. He is giving way to France. Great

:55:59. > :56:06.Britain, Jarryd Dunn. Germany coming into this. It is anybody's race.

:56:07. > :56:14.Poland in front. Krasnov looking for room. Germany attacking, but Krasnov

:56:15. > :56:20.has enough. Jarryd Dunn coming through in fourth. Russia finish

:56:21. > :56:26.with a win, not good enough to take the victory overall. France,

:56:27. > :56:32.Germany, Great Britain. Lots of drama in the four x 400 metres.

:56:33. > :56:35.Russia will look back on some disappointing performances

:56:36. > :56:41.throughout the weekend, they finish on a high. Always looking to this

:56:42. > :56:47.experienced quartet to deliver, and they did just that. Inexperienced

:56:48. > :56:54.British quartet, doing pretty well. We will try and give you the splits.

:56:55. > :57:13.Germany's weekend, you have to say that. 46 flat for Andrew Steele.

:57:14. > :57:19.45.5 for Evans. A great finish to the

:57:20. > :57:24.45.5 for Evans. Championships. Your highlight? Has

:57:25. > :57:34.to be Will Sharman. The performance in the high hurdles. I love the

:57:35. > :57:39.women's long jump. Setting a champion ship record. Excellent to

:57:40. > :57:45.see. Resurgence in youngsters across Europe. Thank you ever so much for

:57:46. > :57:49.your company. That is it from the European Team

:57:50. > :57:54.Championships. Germany winning as predicted. A bit like the

:57:55. > :57:58.Premiership season, Man City predicted to win, but it was still

:57:59. > :57:59.very exciting. We will see you next weekend for the British trials, do

:58:00. > :58:27.not miss it. Very close on the line. Going away

:58:28. > :58:38.to win. Goodness me one of the biggest upsets. Hannah has to try

:58:39. > :58:47.and hold it. England have to settle for fifth. Well done Luke Gunn. Ten

:58:48. > :58:54.points earned. Poland, but Ellington still has it, did Ellington get it?

:58:55. > :58:59.In third. Well clear, and a wild celebration. Jody Miller taking

:59:00. > :59:03.fourth place. Ukraine win, Britain come through, a predicted fourth