Glasgow Grand Prix - Day 1 Athletics

This is a city of contrasts. Of originality and resilience. Of pride

and warmth, divided, and also united, by sport. A city with a past

of both industrial might and dramatic decline. Today, determined

are the generation. This is Glasgow, a city transformed, and

preparing to welcome the world for a summer of sport. But here at

Hampden, the stage is set for the perfect prelude to the Commonwealth

games. A chance for athletes to test their

mettle, to strive for excellence, and prove they are ready to take on

the world's greatest. Welcome to the Glasgow Grand Prix. COMMENTATOR:

Watch the clock, that is the world record! It is big, Shelly-Ann

Fraser-Pryce hangs on! A very warm and sunny welcome to Hampden Park in

Glasgow over two days of top-class athletics and what should be the

perfect dress rehearsal for the cheque and field -- track and field

competition of the Commonwealth Games. It will welcome 4500 athletes

to the Games, and what a Gains it promises to be. Before it gets

underway, -- the Commonwealth games. Some of them will just test

themselves against those they will compete against at the Commonwealth

Games. It is normally the home of the Scottish football team, but

athletics has very much made its mark. It is looking fantastic and we

are just in the corner there. If you have a look, you can see us waving

up their to the camera that will hover over us for the next two and a

half hours or so, getting some fantastic shots of the stadium and

hopefully the athletics, which will cover the next two and a half hours

or so. Alongside may come I am delighted to say ball allowed Chris

-- I am delighted to say Paula Radcliffe and Denise Lewis. Basking

in the sunshine. There will be a lot of shocked athletes out there, but

what a transformation. I was here a year ago, and what they have done to

the place, it looks like it has always hosted athletics. Absolutely,

I walked in this evening and thought they had done a great job. Something

to be proud of. It really has a Championships feel about it. And a

lot of the athletes that will be preparing for these Games, it is a

dress rehearsal and the track looks quick, we will see about the

performances tonight but a great job. We cannot guarantee the

sunshine, of course, that is not always a in Glasgow, but it will be

a fabulous evening and hopefully a weekend as well. What are you most

looking forward to? Tonight is the women's 1500 metres. I am excited to

see Laura Weightman get in there and act like she belongs. We saw last

week in Paris her coming oh so close to breaking through four minutes and

establishing themselves as genuine medal contenders for the

Commonwealth Games and the European Championships. She needs to act. She

is up against Hassan, who won in Paris, and the young I would.

Moving towards the possibility of two podium finishes this summer,

what great progress she has made. We must ask a coach about that later,

but great progress over the last 12 months. Yes, she is still

developing, getting stronger, she is young still. It is the age where

they are really putting down the ground work in the winter and

putting down great performances. The Scottish athletes, Laura Muir

tomorrow, we will see child later, it will be lovely to see whether the

Hampden Park roar can cut its way through to the athletics. But there

are plenty of stars on show tonight. What a great run this is! David Weir

streaking away to take victory. Ashton Eaton, he now brings it home!

Six metres 81, a lifetime best! Blake is going to take it, he wins a

9.95. James Dasaolu, look at him go! The action is already underway. Just

before we came on air was the first of two heats for the men's 110 meter

hurdles. Great Britain's William Sharman has already qualified of

course for the European Championships, and will represent

England in the Commonwealth Games. He got a silver medal four years ago

in Delhi at the Commonwealth Games will stop he will be up against his

two main rivals in those political Let's hand over to Andrew Cotter,

who saw this. COMMENTATOR: First heat, three to go

through, plus the three fastest over the heats to the final.

Will Shaman inside, as is Shane Brathwaite. Those two are pulling

away. These three should go through, they do automatically. Again, a good

run for will shaman in the sunshine at Hampden Park. Hansel parchment

with his applause for will rather sleepy out he came to Bath,

spent a bit of time with Malcolm Arnold to see figure fixed that

start. When needed, the 12.94 everyone what he could do. Will

Shamen has been the man domestic Lee. He has shown everyone in the

world he is a quality hurdler and can hold together under pressure

when it matters. This is a good qualification for him.

That was a few moments ago. Live now, the second heat of the men's

110 hurdles. This is how it lines up.

There will be three fastest losers going through the final. There are

nine lanes in the Hamdan Park track. Ryan Wilson, the evergreen

American, 33 years of age, a silver medal in the twilight of his career

at the World Championships last year.

This is a new man, Wayne Davis one to watch. Laurence Clarke. And then,

on the outside, Alex Al Ameen. He has recently been cleared to run for

Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games, yet still able to run for Great

Britain in the European Championships. I can't quite work it

out myself yet, but we will maybe explain it sometime tomorrow when it

is raining. Cross our fingers, hopefully it is not. Beautiful night

tonight, great conditions. If they want to get through to the final,

they will have to run around 13.45 was the fourth place in the first

semifinal. The first three to go through.

Shubenkov gets a good start. In lane one, Stewart takes a tumble. Ryan

Wilson try to get in, might just get through with Shubenkov and Riley,

they are the top three. With a following wind, it wasn't that good,

to be honest, Colin. You have high standards, I guess they want to get

through, and hopefully we will see something a bit better in the final.

But Ryan Wilson did not get the best of starts. Shubenkov and Riley were

better. He is having a good year. Nice to see Ryan Wilson back, I

remember the days when he was running close to 13 seconds

regularly. I expected the times to be a bit quicker. These guys have

all run yards quicker than they produced here. Lane one, Ray Stewart

took a tumble, he was out of that. Shubenkov, he was European number

one for many years. But yes, I expected the times to be a bit

swifter, but they are very competitive. 13.3s we are seeing in

this race. It tells us that it will be all to play for in the final

later on. I am pretty sure they will get some racing under their belt.

They know each other very well indeed. They have been racing all

year. I do know who I would put my money on with experience. They are

all a bit of a mixed bunch, right? I can tell you mean they are running a

bit slower than we expect! It is interesting, Colin, because we have

a chap in chip coming on, the athletes want to come and feel this

track. It is fast. Maybe they will come on in the final. The final will

be later at just about 8:30pm. If Colin doesn't know who to pick, then

we will wait to find out. COLIN JACKSON: They might be a bit knot

with it in their brain, come the final, it is all to play for. It

will be a bit of a rehearsal with Parchment and Riley and Sharman.

GABBY LOGAN: This is how it is looking for you, David Weir coming

up very soon. Danny Colbert of Great Britain as well. Johnson-Thompson is

jumping in the long jump this evening, having a flyer at the

moment, a very strong men's 5000 later on with two pacemakers. The

conditions of the track are looking conducive. A

The women sprinters are pushing the boundaries. Can they keep it

together, and hopefully get it around in a great time. Sadly no

Christine Ohuruogu, but we have a really strong field.

At 8:45pm, the last event of the evening, the men's 100 metres. Yohan

Blake in a very strong field with James Dasaolu hoping for a good

time. A number of the athletes will be back in a few weeks time, pitting

their wits against the very best of the Commonwealth Games. To get the

stadium to that stage, it took a little bit of work from last

November. It involved taking eight rows of

seats outcome of the capacity being reduced by about 10,000, to 44,000.

They had to raise the level by 9.1 metres. They used 1000 panels to get

that level exactly where they wanted it. There was a time when 149,000

watched Scotland play England here in 1937. It has also been a stadium

that has hosted a couple of European cup finals, won by Real Madrid in

1960 and 2002, the now with the white lines, the blue outfield and a

bright green infield, it very much looks like an athletics stadium.

Jonathan Edwards is down there, track-side, no doubt testing out the

surface and he will tell us whether or not it is going to be conducive

to some quick times, but this weekend and the Commonwealth Games.

If I said to you what is the score, do you know what I am talking about,

Jonathan? I don't know what you mean. It is rhyming slang for

Hampden roar. You would never know this was a football stadium. I am

suspended two metres above the hallowed turf. I think the

organisers have done a remarkable job of creating an intimate

stadium. Not least because the triple jump its on the inside of the

track and then the crowd are about ten or 15 metres closer. We are used

to seeing temporary services. It is like the great city games in

Manchester and Gateshead. But the difference is, six inches of

concrete is on the top to try to create a service which is the same

as outdoors. The proof in the pudding is to ask one of the

athletes. Alongside me, Stef Reid. She has just broken the world record

in the F 44 long jump. Congratulations. An amazing

competition for you. It was, I walked out and for me the track felt

like it did in London, the people were amazing and it was

like it did in London, the people were amazing a great atmosphere. It

was hard because I broke the world record in the first round and I

wanted to celebrate but I still have five rounds and I knew that the

second place goal was all is dangerous. I am so glad and I will

meet her again in London and Swansea. It is good to have one. You

turn things around after last year, which was really tough for you. Last

you was hard for a lot of reasons. You come down of the Paralympics and

we had a lot of questions. My husband and I had been living apart

two years and it was difficult. We had to think about how we wanted the

next four years to go. We had to make some hard decisions. He moved

with me to England full-time which was great. I picked up a back injury

and we had other personal problems. It was a hard year. Things did not

work out. I don't think I have ever jumped more poorly. When you are

29, people ask if it time you to move on but I knew I could run

further and jump faster -- run faster and jump further. I took a

huge chance, switched closes to run a rider, and we have been together

for year. What is the surface like? It is amazing. I did not realise. On

the street races in Manchester, you can feel it is not a permanent track

but this one is fast. I was struggling on the runway because I

had so much speed. Even my coach said it was crazy that I had so much

speed and did not know what to do with it. Part of it was the crowd

but the service was amazing and I'm excited and a bit jealous the

athletes are coming back to compete in two weeks time. You agree or

husband is about to go on track, in the 1500 metres, so you must be

excited. Use typically a sprinter, Brent, his biggest asset is

acceleration. He stepped up to 1500 this year. It has been huge change

in training and a huge adjustment, he coaches himself and is learning

as he goes. He had a big win in the nationals in the 1500 which was his

first. He is about to take on David Weir. He is excited and I'm excited

for him. He is the one in the blue top. Yes! I know how hard he has

worked and I'm excited to see what he's going to bring out. We are

excited and David Weir is in this one as well. Let's go to Andrew

Cotter. ANDREW COTTER: A few eyes on Brent Lakatos, including Stef Reid.

Congratulations on her world record. It would have been nice to see a

battle between David Weir and his great Swiss rival but just David

Weir here, but stronger petition from Tomasz Hamerlak and Masayuki

Higuchi -- strong competition. A couple of young British athletes

attached to the David Weir Academy as well. David Weir was so

impressive in Paris last week. He did so coming through strongly in

the last 200 metres. Quite often he goes out at the front but he decided

to test his pace and see what kind of finishing had in Paris. He sat at

the back, stayed out of trouble and then came roaring through. He sits

and waits coming here, he and the Swiss will come together in the

European Championships in Swansea next month. David Weir is very

excited that the Commonwealth games on this track at the end of this

month and the beginning of next. -- for the Commonwealth Games. Various

Brent Lakatos. He won the Canadian championships, beating the two

athletes who had been selected for the Commonwealth Games team but

because he does not have the standard, all the time, you was not

selected. Stuart Bloor and Will Smith on the inside, the young

Britons, both very talented. Will Smith is a multiple world junior

champion, the number two, there. So, 1500 metres. David Weir gets ready

to go through it all again. Three and a half laps of the track.

Again, we wonder how David Weir will go out. Just looking across at his

main rivals, Kenny Van Weeghel of the Netherlands inside, and again,

jockeying for position. It is instead Will Smith who takes it out

for Great Britain. David Weir just tucking in behind. When he won the

Olympics come he came through in the final lap, a huge burn up and he

came through in 43.44 seconds in the final lap. The pace he showed in

Paris over the last 200 last week, he says he is quicker and has better

sprinting speed at the moment than he did in 2012. In the Olympic year,

he had to get ready and train for the marathon as well. He knew it was

coming. He does not have that this year. It is all about track speed

and he has a bit more raw speed at the moment, David Weir. This is a

chance to lay down a marker, test the track and see how he's feeling.

He said after Paris that he is feeling very good and he looks at

the moment. I was in Paris that night, Andrew. He was toying with

the field. This is in contrast to what he's doing tonight. He has set

his stall out. Chatting to him yesterday at the hotel, he

reiterated everything you have said. He is in great shape and looking

forward to racing. He asked if I knew how fast the track was. I said

I did not know. He obviously wants to come and do well. Moving inside

to get a bit of help, not wanting to guys all the way to a good time. He

is so quick on the last 200. The others know that. But they are

trying to stretch this out and make it a good race. It was bunched up

the other night and played right into his hands. But they are setting

a good time. Just letting Higuchi come through and take some more of

the effort. Second quickest in the world this year, Higuchi, just

outside three minutes. In behind, the aforementioned Brent Lakatos. As

we mentioned, you will not be in the Canadian team despite winning the

Canadian Championships because he did not get the standard, which is

quite demanding, 3.06 minutes. He is tucked in nicely behind Higuchi at

the moment. David Weir, sitting in third place. The crowd begins to

make a bit of noise, and they are expecting the man in third place to

produce a famous finish. They want him to come roaring through. But at

the moment, Higuchi is still in front. David Weir just easing up

alongside, passing Brent Lakatos, and the noise grows, as he sits

right alongside Higuchi. And then David Weir hits the front. The

others try to stay with him but his arms are pumping and David Weir is

moving clear. Only Higuchi shows any sign of being able to stay on his

wheels. David Weir is going to win this one, and at a canter.

Stretching his lead as he comes into the home straight. And David Weir,

on the track where he hopes to have Commonwealth success for England,

wins for himself this evening, posting over the line, in a modest

enough time but no one was able to get close to him. He looked well

within his comfort zone. He is one of the standout athletes in this

discipline. In fact, over most of the distances from 400, through to

the marathon, and David Weir take the spoils to write. Masayuki

Higuchi with a smile and a word of congratulations. David Weir, an

emphatic winner in the men's T 53-54, 1500 metres. He waves to the

crowd. He simply had far too much on the final lap. He can win it almost

any way he likes against the guys in this field. He could have gone out

harder. He made it a reasonable pace and in the last lap, did what he can

do. He has so much pace to burn. The others cannot live with it. He can

relax a bit in the last 50 metres, looking between his arms, checking

there is no danger. There never really was going to be anybody. We

look forward to him racing the rest of the summer because he's in great

shape. Yes, he is, the kind of condition which should be far too

strong for the rest of the field in the Commonwealth. A couple of

rivals, like Richard Colman the Australian, racing tonight but he

looked a bit off the pace. It is the European Championships next month in

Swansea, which should be interesting, as he's racing quite a

few of the distances but I suspect in the Commonwealth Games, he will

be untouchable, much like he was this evening. Not the quickest time

but he had much more in the tank if he wanted it, David Weir, a very

comfortable winner of the men's 1500 metres. In the Commonwealth Games,

not quite as many disciplines as in the Olympics, so fewer distances to

race, for David Weir, but he will reap some gold, you suspect. The

emphatic winner of this race. And he can give us his thoughts now.

Congratulations, David. Tremendous performance. Getting a taste of the

stadium and the track before the Commonwealth Games. That was the

plan, too and see what the track is like and see what the crowd like. It

is a great track. A good atmosphere and are reaping else. It is great.

You can imagine when this place is full for the Commonwealth Games, it

is going to be like the Paralympics revisited in London. I think so.

Maybe when I have an England vest on, it might be a different story

but I think the crowd will be behind us. It is all the British Isles. I

am looking forward to coming up here and racing for England because I've

never done that before. We look forward to that. A word on how you

have found the track? It is strange to think that the Hampden Park pitch

is beneath us and it has been raised up for this fantastic track which

looks pristine. How is it? Very good. It feels fast. It is newly

laid so it takes some bedding in. But it felt good. The speed was

good. We were rolling pretty well. It is a fantastic track. They have

done a good job. Great work by you to night and we will see you at the

Commonwealth Games. GABBY LOGAN: And intense competitor, David Weir, six

London marathons to his name, and currently, everything from 400

upwards, supreme in the 1500. We spent some time with him in Portugal

doing warm weather training, a tiny little group in the middle of

nowhere. People think they go off together and staying glamorous

places with massive support networks but it is just him in the open road.

When you see the determination and the hours and the work he puts in,

you deserve is what is going to come hopefully this summer. He does and

it is looking really excited. As Steve Cram said, we can't wait to

see how he comes and performs in the summer. He's in great shape and he

is a class apart in the closing stages of the race. He had a wobble

after the Olympics, was not sure where he was going and wanted to

reassess. That is normal when you have such excess at a long time,

covered Sony distances. He is so clinical about what he wants to do.

He is so determined to raise his game every time. I think he will

have a fantastic camping trips. He makes a good point about the England

shirt but I think he will transcend that. Let's look at the next event,

the men's 400 metres hurdles. Ashton Eaton has dominated the decathlon,

in the Olympics and the World Championships, a supreme athlete. He

has turned his legs to the 400 metres hurdles this season and is

enjoying being out on the circuit with no major championship. Now we

are going to hear from one half of undoubtedly sport's super couple.

Ashton Eaton now brings it home. She is coming on strong as well. The

Canadian athlete is flying. And it is a silver and gold for the

Eaton family. Is she here this weekend? Yes, she's watching me and

then we are going to go back to Belgium to train and then come back

here and will face off against the other heptathlete. Will you get a

chance to watch at the Commonwealth Games? Absolutely, I will get a

chance to watch. Because there are great athletes competing, we are

going to watch Katarina Johnson-Thompson this weekend, see

what kind of shape she is in. When I go to watch, it will be more for the

mental aspect because I understand the pressure of really wanting to do

well and having a competitor like her, they are going to push each

other, both going for gold. well and having a competitor like

her, they are going to push each She wants to come back and win the

Commonwealth. I think it will be fantastic.

have taken like a duck to water to the hurdles. How are you enjoying

the experience? I have been fortunate enough to lead the circuit

life of an athlete, which I think is very interesting. With the

multi-events, we train to quite a lot of time. We do small, tensions

that don't matter very much, they are small -- also training. The race

in particular, and the races have just been really fun. I have been

well received by the other 400 metre hurdlers, which is awesome, and I

think we are pushing each other and having fun.

Ashton Eaton will be going in the 400 metre hurdles. He is by no means

the fastest or strongest runner in the field, it is a very strong

field, with Olympic medallists to boot. There he is looking very

comfortable, and he says he is loving life on the circuit, which

for people like him, the multi-event is like yourself, it must be a nice

feeling to break free and have one thing to think about? Yes, and see

what it is like on the circuit, but is multi-event athletes don't tend

to do it. So it is rare. You can relax a bit. Being involved in

combined events, relax a bit. Being involved in

combined it is tense. You train all year for maybe one or two

competitions a year. He has taken to this event greatly. We know he can

do in the 400 metres, he is great, and his hurdling is supreme, so

together make sense he is doing this event and he has taken some really

good scalps. He won't be not training in the other areas, will

he? He will still be working his throws, and the technical events.

Absolutely, he is still working on the decathlete events, but just

enjoying it. He will be free. It is just a challenge. He was the world

record holder. He has done it all, outside, indoors, the world

record-holder, so he needs to be free, to recharge the batteries, so

he can go on and possibly win again in Rio. He will not be competing in

the Commonwealth, but he mentioned his wife, Brianne, she very much is.

And he mentioned the head-to-head with Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and

she clearly sees her as her biggest rival, which is great for the

accommodation, to have two people pushing themselves like that.

Absolutely, to have those people pushing each other, coming in with a

bit of fire. He says how nervous he is watching her going out and

competing. Watching your other half going out and race, it is hard to

do. You are not in control, you don't know what they are feeling and

the emotions they are going through but you want them to perform. Had a

husband who shouted very much from the stands, you know exactly what

that is like. For Katrina Johnson-Thompson to get the edge,

she will need Daley Thompson or someone to shout her. She will have

the crowd, but that guy, her husband, Ashton Eaton, is a great

motivator to her. He inspires her. He will be the one whispering in her

ear, picking her up if things don't go to plan. Don't expect Ashton

Eaton to cross the line first because Felix Sanchez is in this one

as well. It is a really strong field. COMMENTATOR:

Niall Flannery has a big test in lane five. He is not getting much

attention, that he is a man who is one of only nine British athletes

ranked in the world's top ten in 2014. He is having a fantastic

season and he has a chance in this brilliant field here. We have Tom

Burton, Roxroy Cato, he was number one of the world at the beginning of

the season. Felix Sanchez, Olympic champion, lane three. Javier

Culson. Niall Flannery in five, Michael Tinsley, Olympic silver

medallist. Ashton Eaton in number seven and Rhys Williams, the

European champion from 2012 in lane eight. Running for his spot in the

European team as well. A mention of Dai Greene, who ran earlier in the

week, the 2011 world champion am plagued by injuries over the last

couple of years. It was great to see him back in form. He had a bit of a

scrap in Hungary. Just got the win, missed the qualifying times for the

Europeans, I am told he is still struggling a bit. He is not here

tonight and I suggest that might be it for his chances of being

selected. Tom Burton will be going, Roxroy Cato will be coming to the

Commonwealth Games for Jamaica. He hasn't raced very much. He had a big

personal best in the Jamaican Championships. Watch out for him.

Sanchez getting quicker and quicker as the season goes on. Culson will

be outside Felix Sanchez. There he is, the tall Puerto Rico. He will

start quickly. -- the tall man from Puerto Rico. He ran in Ireland last

week, not a great night apparently, weather-wise. Flannery is chuffed to

be here. He got his first Diamond League chance in Paris was that he

was unbeaten all season in that race. Lane one. Sometimes you have

to served your apprenticeship, he has been awarded with lane five

here. Michael Tinsley, Olympic and world silver medallist, he won in

Paris on Saturday. Let's not forget this is a Diamond League event, some

of the events are not. This is the ninth event of the summer. Ashton

Eaton concentrating on the 400 metre hurdles throughout this year. A big

night for Rhys Williams. He has to do better than he has done in his

last couple of races will stop in laws and, he was inside Culson and

he was spooked a bid by that -- in-laws and

he needs to get it back on track and he will want to cement his place in

the European team. Culson sandwiched between Flannery and Tinsley.

Watch out for Sanchez in lane three as well. Slowest to settle in his

blocks. A good, clean start. Sanchez started

fairly quickly but not as quick as Culson, who has already taken a

couple of metres outside of Niall Flannery. Flannery just has to stay

calm because Culson rages through the first 200 metres. Ashton Eaton

going well in lane seven, and Tinsley trying to stay pace with

Culson but it is the man from Puerto Rico leading this. Niall Flannery

well finished wrong. Culson with a two to three metre lead. Cato going

well in lane three. It is the tall man from Puerto Rico, Miles ahead of

everyone at the moment, can he hold this together? Staggering off that

hurdle. Sanchez finishing quickly in three. Ashton Eaton and Tinsley

fighting for second place but Culson gets the win, 48.37. Ashton Eaton, a

sensational second, taking some big scalps there, Ashton Eaton. Look how

much that means to him. He is getting better and better at this

event, Ashton Eaton, and for a decathlete to come and give the 400

metre hurdler is something to think about, they are going to be

embarrassed. Michael Tinsley never got on terms with Culson. He

sometimes falters in the home straight. He has been criticised for

that. He only knows one way to run. It always works wonderfully well for

him. Culson can be aggressive over the first 200 metres but in

Championships sometimes that style, that form, that technique he applies

does not really come off for him. Still waiting to win his first major

title. He staggered off that hurdle, down to 14 strides, and worked hard

into that line. The whole field is gaining on him as he gets towards

the finish line, which tells us that he blasted through the first 200 and

little bit too quick. I think he can still afford to be a bit more

relaxed around the first 200 metres. I am still a bit disappointed we

have not seen anyone going full throttle. For someone like Dai

Greene, it gives him an opportunity to say if I get anywhere near top

form, I won't be far from being a world leader, yet again. A good

performance by him because I guess it is all about Victor Riu is. I

agree with you that Culson is almost dominating, Tinsley has had a couple

of good races, but not tonight, and Ashton Eaton has taken a great

couple of scalps there. Sanchez finishing quickly, still improving.

Rhys Williams, a little better from him. Niall Flannery was a bit

disappointing. Ashton Eaton, well done.

I am loving Ashton's reaction, saying it hurts, it hurts a lot. But

second place in a stacked field, incredible. I can't even believe

that. I knew I had Tinsley on the inside, and I was like, this guy is

just going to run up on me and take me out. When he came up on me, I was

like, just use him to compete, just compete. That is what I did. Javi

Rey is an animal, man! He passed us all with one 50 to go and did not

stop. -- with 150. This is an experimental year for you, the words

greatest decathlete and you are able to do this. The guys will be

rejecting you quickly if you carry on like this. I told the guys, it

has been fun, thank you for treating me like an athlete, not a

decathlete, because I have a lot of respect. I respect them a lot. It is

an honour to compete against them. My very last one, I wanted to go out

well, I think I did. You did brilliantly. It is a great crowd, I

am very happy for my wife to compete here for the Commonwealth. I think

he was wishing he was in a Commonwealth nation. He is enjoying

the experience of this beautiful Glasgow Sunshine, on what is now

looking quite a quick Hampden Park track. I am staggered by the time,

and as you saw he was blown away by it. It is just how he attacked the

race. There is just something about going into a race where you just

want to do your best, and he was fearless. He is a fierce competitor,

and you saw it. Is it the injury and is paying off there? Remember, he

runs 1500 metres at the end of two very gruelling days, -- is it the

endurance paying off. He is a very popular athlete because what he has

done in the decathlon. I think he has won a lot of friends around here

this evening. He knows he is not going to get a medal this evening,

doesn't he? But the thing is, when you have won everything there is to

win in your events, to still come out and surprise yourself in an

event that is not even yours, it is great. Just nice to see that joy and

happiness, and unexpected performance. He has come in with the

pressure off, the only drawback is it is not a track he can come back

to year after year. Unless you can get himself involved in a

Commonwealth nation and quick. Let's see if that happiness has put itself

to the men's shot put, edition. His American team-mate, Joe Kovacs, has

suddenly found himself in great form. -- shot put competition.

COMMENTATOR: The man who finished in third place was New Zealand's Tom

Walsh. He surprised everyone by taking a world indoor bronze. He

came here in his first round and set a Scottish all colours record,

21.23, that was good enough for third place from New Zealand's Tom

Walsh. A new personal best, as well. Improved from 21.16. The second

placed finisher was David Storl, the two-time raining world champion, the

youngest ever man to take that title when he won it in 2011. Silver

medallist in the 2012 Olympics. He won in Paris in the Diamond League,

he will have to settle for second here, after his best effort came in

round five. 21.38, the best effort for the two-time defending world

champion. But they all had to settle behind the monstrous record of 21.67

from Reese Hoffa. That came in round three. He was in second place in the

Diamond Race coming into this event, with seven points. He unleashed the

shot in ideal conditions, to 21.67, in the third round. That was the

allcomers record. It is a seasoned's best and the big man

liked it. When he wins global titles, you celebrate with

cartwheels. He nailed this one. It was good enough for him to take

first place. Four of the world's top five and six of the world's top ten,

so a real high quality event. Reese Hoffa coming away with maximum

points. Joe Kovacs, the world leader, could

only finish fourth, but a national record for Tom Walsh in third.

GABBY LOGAN: Eilidh Child, one of the faces of the Glasgow

Commonwealth Games but you sense the pride of her leading her country

into the home games. It is a strong field. Will we hear the Hampden

roar? ANDREW COTTER: We are short of 167,000 for England against Scotland

in the 19th century but the crowd are still making a noise.

Both Cassandra Tate and Tiffany Williams have gone faster than

Eilidh Child. Various Christine Spence, another American in lane

eight. Vera Barbosa in lane one, Shevon Stoddart in lane two, then

Tate, quickest in the field this year. Eilidh Child goes in for,

Tiffany Williams in five, and the other three to look out for,

Nickiesha Wilson, a very strong Jamaican in six, Lauren Wells of

Australia in seven, and Christine Spence in eight, for the women's 400

metres hurdles. And away they go. Once again, the

noise grows, and mostly for Eilidh Child, in lane four. But again, she

has a strong athletes inside an outsider. Cassandra Tate and Tiffany

Williams, the two Americans. The crowd are willing on Eilidh Child.

This is a very good test for Commonwealth preparation. She is the

leading European this year and she is looking strong, Eilidh Child, at

the moment, trying to get up alongside Tiffany Williams. But it

is a good run also from Cassandra Tate. Tate and Child, and Williams,

the three who lead into the home straight but Eilidh Child bringing

them all home at the moment. As she hits the home straight, the noise

will swell again inside Hampden Park. Eilidh Child is bringing them

home, into the sunshine, towards the final barrier and towards the line.

This is a very impressive victory. How is her time? 54.39. A big

season's best, for Eilidh Child. That is the inspiration of the home

crowd and the home stadium. Tate and Williams could not get near Eilidh

Child in that one. That lays down a marker for the Commonwealth games.

Perhaps stronger Jamaicans will come in. But Eilidh Child with a big

season's best and a big victory, for the Scot. Denise was watching this

as well. A dominant performance? It was a great race from Eilidh Child.

You saw her round the last time at the UK trials, where she was still

feeling her way with her technique. But tonight, it seems to be all in

place. feeling her way with her technique.

But tonight, it seems Good, strong hurdling, a great finish, down the

home straight, and really, in bedding her technique, here. What a

victory. -- embedding her technique. She left everyone behind. A great

race and a new season's best coming just the right time in the season.

We spoke about the that yes, Carter and Spencer are not here, but

Cassandra Tate and Tiffany Williams are strong Americans and figured

prominently in the US championships and there is the gap between Eilidh

Child and the rest. She was not weakening or tiring towards the end.

A very quick time. The palm of her face as she crossed the line

suggested she knew it was good. She has been working very hard in the

last week or so on her trading. There is still a bit more to give.

She knows she is in with a shot of being on the podium in front of her

home nation, and her technique looks great. Let's hear what she's got to

say. Yes, that pump of the best that Denise was talking about, clearly,

what this means to you in front of your home crowd, and just before the

Commonwealth Games, a season's best, perfect timing.

That was my best race this season. To have a grudge in, and it is only

novel, such an amazing atmosphere and it got me fired up for Glasgow.

I'm sure you wanted a feel of the track, and to get a taste of what

the crowd will be like when they are cheering you on. There will be

44,000 that the Commonwealth Games. That will be so inspiring for you.

Yes, it was loud enough today but it will be incredible in the games. I

wanted to get the experience, get a feel for the track. Now I have had

the experience, I can't wait for them to start. The key was executing

the way you wanted to, the last couple of times we spoke, you knew

there was more to come in terms of getting the race right. I have been

working on my stride pattern and I was happy with that race. I do not

think I took a hurdle wrongly. Like you say, it is coming together at

the right time. You are the Postiga for the Commonwealth Games and

living up to expectations already. Fantastic to see. Well done.

That was an impressive win added European terms, she is a long way

clear of the best of the rest at the moment. It will be interesting to

see the Commonwealth Games assault. A handsome win for Eilidh Child.

GABBY LOGAN: WHAT A TIME TO RUN A SEASON'S BEST. THAT MAGIC 54

she is the Postiga for Scotland, and she responded to the home crowd, a

second quicker than the rest of the field. -- poster girl for Scotland.

It is great to see her coming, perform well on this track because

it will do her confidence a lot of good going into the Commonwealth

Games. Being the poster girl and having the pressure on you can work

either way. It can raise your performance or it can be too much

weight on your shoulders. I think it is raising her performance. It is 20

years since Yvonne Murray won gold on the track for Scotland. That was

a slightly quicker event for her to do it in, hopefully, in Glasgow in a

couple of weeks budget is looking good for it. If the home crowd can

even give you a hundredth of a second advantage, I think she will

get it. Absolutely and she has the right attitude. She has been working

hard. Malcolm Arnold has guided her in the last few seasons, making her

the all-round competitor she needs to be, to compete with the likes of

Killie 's Spencer. Mentally, she is strong and her technique was good to

night. The crowd behind her. And this is only a fraction of what you

will experience in 12 days time. The time tells us the kind of form she

is in but that does not matter, when it comes to the event, it could be

lashing down grey skies but it is all about coming through with the

goods. The sign at her and she is shaping up genie to do, the business

end of the season. Very exciting times for Eilidh Child. The men's

200 metres is coming up in a few moments. Colin Jackson is on the

start line. RU thinking getting your spikes on? Not this time. But being

down here and watching how the track is built, I find myself stamping it

to see how it feels. It does not feel like an indoor track, which I

imagine that first. But now it is time that the 200 metres. I am just

looking at the talent on the track. Firstly, I looked around the turn to

see if it is a bit tight but is a nice, wide bend which allows the

athletes to run freely around the turn. In a nutshell, it means they

command much faster, using less energy. But in the actual race, look

at the guys lining up, we have got some super talent, Warren Weir of

Jamaica is the world leader. He is in lane six. Of course, we have the

GB champion, getting himself ready, Danny Talbot. And outside him,

Wallace Spearmon, right on the outside, with his glasses, just

getting himself ready. He has gone under 20 seconds as well. But all

eyes will be on Warren Weir, in the bright, bright top. You will see him

now and you will certainly see him later. But quickly, just inside him,

Alonso Edward, from Panama. In 2009, he went under 20 seconds. That was

the last time he has done that, until this year. Now he has gone

very close, with 19.84. Plenty of people to see. I am looking forward

to this. If the boys really switch, they can go very swiftly. Conditions

are good. If I was going to make addiction, it has to be Warren Weir

of Jamaica, the number one. Alonso Edward is an interesting story, of

Panama. As Colin said, it has taken him five years to run under 20

seconds again. He had a torrid time with injury and bad performances in

major championships. But he is coming good. It is interesting, the

life of an athlete. People appreciate how your whole seasons

ago, Eilidh Child, Perri shakes trade and had to write off a year

after she was pushing her England's team-mate. These 200 metre runners,

time is precious because you are a sprinter and you don't have that

many years to complete. For any athlete, time is precious and it is

hard to miss out on any time racing because of illness or injury. You

have to keep your focus and knuckle down to the crosstraining and the

rehab, and just believe that you are going to be able to get back. When

you start a comeback, it is rewarding. Lets see if Alonso Edward

can do it. Steve Cram is watching. STEVE CRAM: Danny Talbot, looking

pretty relaxed this afternoon, heading down here, and with a great

opportunity with some big names inside him. It is good that Wallace

Spearmon is outside, though, he is still running well and he will give

him something to a mat at the top bend. All the big action is inside.

Wallace Spearmon, 29 now, it seems as though he has been around an

awfully long time, picking up medals in various World Championships. He

always gives his best. Second in the American championships just

recently, returning to some good form and getting close to going 20

seconds again. Wouldn't Danny Talbot like to do that? Adam Gemili ran

20.02 -- 20.2 this week. He knocked Tolbert off the top of the British

rankings but Warren Weir is top of the world rankings. The world silver

medallist. Will you win gold at the Commonwealth Games? This is Jonathan

Borlee. His brother, Kevin, will run in the 400 metres tomorrow. The two

of them usually clash swords in the 400. Jonathan, looking for a bit of

speed. James Ellington in lane three, for Great Britain. The man we

have not seen, Alonso Edward, will, I am sure, be delighted to be

running inside Warren Weir. In the race in Lausanne, when he ran 19.84,

it was a brilliant bend. All eyes on Yohan Blake that night, and he ran a

poor race but Edward, in lane five, with Warren Weir outside him in lane

six. Warren Weir gets a good start.

Edward has taken a metre out of him ready. He might have the advantage.

Danny Talbot has run a cracking bend. Right up with Warren Weir and

Edward. Edward is going ahead. These two will scrap it out down the home

straight. Alonso Edward is starting to come away. Wallace Spearmon

finishing quickly but Edward eases up in 20.25. He almost gave it away

in the end, into a slight headwind. Well, well, Warren Weir, not getting

it his way to night. This young man, we talked about his talent, you move

to America in 2008 and from that point on, he was the youngest ever

medallist at the World Championships in the 200 metres. It looks as

though he would have a stellar career. But as we have said, injury

after injury has held him back but now in 2014, years running very

well, and now he is winning the big races as well. -- he is running very

well. Warren Weir had a pretty good bend, for me. But Edward, like in

Lausanne, look at his start, they both get a pretty good start and so

did Danny Talbot, he has to be pleased with his bend. He ran 20.44,

in the end. But it is the transition of the bend into the home straight,

they move ahead of the field, those two. Everyone is in line behind them

as they scrap it out. Warren Weir gets a bit ragged, he is normally a

nice looking runner but Edward is back. He almost loses it in the end.

Curtis Mitchell finished well to end in third, just ahead of Wallace

Spearmon. Danny Talbot behind them, but running pretty well, right in

the mix with the world's top 200 metre runners. Let's find out what

he thought about the race. world-class field? It was amazing,

one of the best fields I have been in. You want to win every race but I

was up there for a lot of the way so I am pleased. You have a crucial

taste of what it will be like in the Commonwealth Games. First up, the

Commonwealth Games, what I thought on that after this experience? It is

going to be amazing. There will be guys in that race, James Ellington,

who I will have to race against again in a few weeks. I have a bit

annoyed with myself, I did not race as hard as I could. But it is good

practice for a couple of weeks. Hopefully I can get in the right

mindset and believe I can beat these guys were stopped we certainly hope

so, for your sake. All the very best.

Alonso Edward, in the end a comfortable winner of the men's 200

metres. What a cracking jump by Katarina Johnson-Thompson! Blake is

storming through to win this, he is going to take it! Richard Kilty

might just about get there, could he win it? James Dasaolu, look at him

go, magnificent! GABBY LOGAN: There she is, Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. You really feel this athlete has got the world at

her feet this summer. She will be jumping in the European

Championships, she has confirmed, competing over the heptathlon at the

Commonwealth Games. She could equally add the high jump, if she

wanted to, to her repertoire at the European Championships. Tonight,

though, it is the long jump. All eyes will be on K Jaidee.

I am better in the long jump than I am in the hide jump. She is a fine

long jumper. That is excellent! Katrina Johnson-Thompson, absolutely

superb. What a cracking jump by Katrina Johnson-Thompson. Six .81, a

lifetime best. KJT is in the long jump this

evening, but the jumps seem to be having this season, she is going

well, she was first against Brianne Theisen Eaton, we mentioned earlier

on, it just seems to be falling into place at the

on, it just seems to be falling into place at right time for her. She has

worked hard for it. Jumps have a whisper in her strong this point but

what she is adding to it is the confidence, taking a lot from that

experience at the Olympic Games. Winning earlier on in the year,

which is a test bed for the best heptathlete. It is the kind of unset

World Championships, the unofficial World Championships. It is. She is

just in great form this year, so adding all those things together, it

makes her a really difficult person to beat. You talk about the battle

between her and Brianne Theisen Eaton. They battled it out earlier

in the year but my money is on this girl, because she is so strong. And

she is turning into a great competitor as well. It is so crucial

that you keep that mental frame, and it is positive and you keep going,

and she is learning how to do that all the time. We will be seeing her

a little bit later on, of course, in that long jump competition. But

coming up next, Paula is licking her lips, because it is the women's 1500

metres. Laura Weightman is in the top eight in the world this year, a

wonderful run in Paris last week, and the British Championships as

well. What can she hope to get out of tonight? I think tonight it is

running confidently, getting to know this track. The opportunity to do

that before the Commonwealth Games. I think it is consolidating her

position in her mind that she now belongs rank there in the top ten in

the world. She has gone fifth and sixth with Laura Muir in the auto

list so she needs to prove that and consolidated tonight. A lot of

European strength in there, albeit a lot of athletes who have moved. They

are important for her to absolutely. She will be looking to measure

herself against and Meraf Bahta as well. It is a good

STEVE CRAM: We have the world indoor silver medallist,.

The women's 1500 meter running at the moment is so tough. Seven have

broken four minutes, five of them under 3.59. That hasn't happened

since 1998, and this lady is leading them all, Sifan Hassan, formerly

from Ethiopian. She has lived in Holland. Hellen Obiri, a bronze

medallist at this distance in Moscow last year, she will be a contender

at the Commonwealth Games. BRENDAN FOSTER: It has been one of

the highlights of the Diamond League season. Looking forward to a good

race tonight. They have asked for a good pace. Molly Beckwith is a good

800 metre runner, she we'll be able to do that. Do they always want to

run hard? Some of these women will have already had a hard race this

year. They have been some great 1500 metre races this year. Sometimes the

pacemakers run away from the field and it is up to the leading

protagonist to decide whether to follow that pace. I am sitting next

to Steve Cram here, who has done a fabulous job with Laura Weightman,

bringing her through to the top ten in the world. Steve does not get

nervous in the commentary box, but he gets nervous when he is

commentating and watching Laura Weightman, because it is a hard job

being the coach and the commentator. I am sure Steve will handle this

pretty well. I will do my best. Laura Weightman, like a lot of

British athletes when they are into world contention, Paula nailed it on

the head absolutely, you want to start thinking of yourself as as

good as the very good athletes. Sifan Hassan, who is just moving

through. In every race, as quick as she is, Sifan Hassan, she start at

the back, she gradually moves through. She is in the middle of the

pack at the minute, not in the picture here. Just gradually moving

through the field. It is always interesting for me to watch how

other athletes tackle things. She doesn't mind, she doesn't want to

push things, and that tells me that when this pacemaker drops out, I am

just waiting to see whether anyone will wind it up. Jenny Simpson did

in Paris the other night I wonder if anyone else will here. Some athletes

run like Hassan. They get rid of the nerves, then they begin to gather

momentum. That is the technique. She came in over to Europe, to Holland,

and then I think for 1500 metre runners, when they have a good

background of cross-country, they can last a lot of races, they can

run a lot of good times and continually get better. The first

lap was 63 seconds, the second lap just over 64. That is a good solid

time. This race is running towards the four-minute barrier and that is

a big barrier, the women's 1500 metres. Laura Weightman working her

way in a nice position, in the pink vest on the outside, moving nicely

alongside the outside, the main athletes. Cross-country champions,

indoor champions, and Laura is putting herself in contention there.

The three big names are ahead of her, interestingly it is the

Norwegian who is really leading the pack at the minute. Makestad Bovim.

Aregawi did not run that well in Paris, but Laura Weightman wants to

make sure she does not get boxed here, as they wait for the bell.

Hassan, kicking from the front. As she has done before. She knows the

strength she has got, the rest of them need to respond. The

interesting athlete for me is Hellen Obiri. She is probably the favourite

for the Commonwealth Games, which are coming up fairly soon, that is

3.164 1200 metres. Now they are beginning to motor. Laura Weightman

needs to put herself in a bit of a better position. These are class

athletes ahead of her. She has broken through this season but now

the race is really on. Hassan clicking through from the front.

Laura Weightman will have to be strong in the home straight. Hellen

Obiri looking a bit ragged. Makestad Bovim having a great race and stop

Hassan has not got rid of Aregawi. They are great rivals. Aregawi is

having to work hard to get back on Hassan, and Hassan is trying to get

there, but Hassan will pull away and win this. She wins it from Aregawi,

Laura Weightman coming in fourth place, her best finish in a diamond

race event. That is what these women are capable of. She runs the

Netherlands now, Hassan, she will be the main favourite for the European

title, with Aregawi, those two. Hellen Obiri I think had a

disappointing run tonight. This lady, for me, she is getting better

and better and better. She made four minutes, a slower third lap, still

looked fairly comfortable. Aregawi has not got an arts for her at the

moment. She certainly hasn't. The twice world champion beaten. That

was an impressive performance, her second impressive performance in as

many weeks. Look back there into sixth place, Laura Weightman in the

dark shorts and pink top. She is in sixth place coming into the

finishing straight. The favourite for the Commonwealth Games, Obiri,

under pressure now. Laura Weightman passing Obiri, working on through.

Hassan and Aregawi at the front, two class athletes, Saab four-minute

athletes, -- below four-minute athletes. Impressive in every sense.

A good victory over Aregawi, Hassan representing the Netherlands, as

Steve said she will be favourite for the European Championships. But, to

be honest, if I am Laura Weightman, Steve, you have got to be happy with

that one. The big favourite for the Commonwealth Games, Obiri, behind

her. Now she can go away quietly and prepare to come back to this city.

She has tasted the track, she has tasted the atmosphere, she will be

formidable in a few weeks time. She is getting better and better, she's

an athlete who has improved in the last couple of years, and really,

when you smell medals, which I am sure she can, this is a great year

for her. Sifan Hassan winning it from Aregawi. Laura Weightman, I

have a feeling that she might not be as happy as you and I are, but it

was a pretty good performance. Laura is with Phil.

Fourth-place in a dramatic field like that, put it into context what

this means? I am pleased to come forth. I don't think I ran

particularly well today, the way I ran the race. I was chopping and

changing my position, but I am pleased to finish fourth. I had a

strong last lap to get back to the girls that maybe got me on that

third lap that I should not have let pass me. Really exciting times you,

you ran a personal best recently, you are in tremendous form. Brendan

was saying the keys for tonight is getting a feel for this place before

the Commonwealth Games and you have done that. It is fantastic to do

that and get the experience on the track. It is fantastic here in the

stadium. A great track and a good atmosphere. That will be really

useful when I come back in a few weeks time for the Commonwealths.

That looks to be in a similar type of compass, the woman who is ninth

in the world list, 6.82. The early stages of this women's long jump

competition, we are still in the first round. Given we saw an F 44

long jump record from Stef Reid earlier this evening, if you are

just joining us, you do not see that, I am quite excited about the

prospect of this long jump competition. We have Katarina

Johnson-Thompson, in such terrific form, six metres 81 at the National

Championships, when she took the title, matching her indoor best from

earlier this year. That is not going to be as far. But

it opens her account with a solid job on the board. Just a bit

tentative. One of the things Stef Reid said was that it is a very fast

tracked and she had difficulty finding her run-up. Sometimes for

the athletes, the early rounds are just about seeing where your run-up

comes out and having confidence. She is short on the board. It is having

confidence to attack the board. Shara Proctor's first round was

6.55. That will be an interesting head-to-head between the two British

athletes, and Tianna Bartoletta, the world number one just ran through

but she will have further to go. She will be a bit disappointed, the

body language to that and you did that with your hand as he had the

pit. What was going on. She has given away 20 centimetres on that

distance. She looked straight across to the distance. She did not go

through. She got through the motions and Aladdin which was a bit sloppy.

But for her, it is just a big competition, the head-to-head

between her and Shara Proctor and the other girls, it is a good

grounding. For Laura Weightman, it was interesting what she said about

the race management. She was disappointed with the way she

handled the race. All the experience will stand her in good stead but it

is something you have to get streetwise about in those moments.

Yes, you have to raise well. She will be most happy about the fact

she beat Obiri, and Sifuentes, and many people she will be up against

in the Commonwealth Games. The Europeans are looking good too. So

you think she was a bit harsh on herself, good. Let's get to the

men's 100 metre B race. ANDREW COTTER: It maybe a B race but

it is still a good quality race. Varies Mark Lewis-Francis. It was

not that long ago, well it seems like it, that we were talking about

him as one of the golden youth. He ran 10.04 in Paris, in 2002, as a

19-year-old. Everyone thought that he was surely going to break the ten

second barrier but it was not to be. the US Championships. He was a long

way behind Mike Roger in that. It was a rather understrength American

Championships field but he might be one to watch, in lane three. The

men's 100 metres B race at Hampden Park.

Well, we shall see. A nervous time, walking back to the blocks. There is

always someone who knows it might be them. We will have another look.

Colin Jackson will cast his expert eye. But one. And you are gone, now.

It might have been a 40 start. We are looking for the reaction times.

I thought you were a bit cruel to say I could cast my eyes on it but

lane to seemed to move quickly, Tobias. Kieran Daly has been given a

reaction time under 0.1 which does not augur well for him. Let's see if

they decide if it is a faulty start, or he absolutely move before the

gun. But they have to make the decision, and the starter, it is

always down to him. He makes the decision if you go or not. To the

naked eye, years first rise, lane eight, and it is below 0.1 seconds

which is a guide. Lane eight and disqualified, it says on the PA

system. That does not sound too good. Kieran Daly knows that his

race is run before it has been run. It is very sad because as I

mentioned, he has been running very well, making huge improvements, 0.4

seconds off his personal best. His punishment is to go and stand beside

the mascot, who just The Dons is, showing no sign of concern -- who

just dances. The men's 100 metre B race. For our

Andrew's microphone has temporarily gone, I will pick up, on that. The

Kieran Daly, a real shame. I am back in the room. The mascot

pulled the plug on me. A green card is shown to the field for a

technical full. We're having a technical full upstairs as well but

we are all good, excited and ready to go. It is the Diamond League.

Let's get excited. I wanted to see how Kieran Daly would go and it is a

real shame. We have talented British young

-- talented British youngsters but they are up against some very good

Jamaicans. And also, a guide, I suppose, as do how quick the track

is running, when you see it in the purist form in the 100 metres.

Bailey-Cole with 10.06, so far this season. Away cleanly this time and

again, Kemar Bailey-Cole starts to use his power, rising, the tall

figure in a middle, coming away with this one, the Jamaican. A good run

from Safo-Antwi but Bailey-Cole was a long way clear. He was the class

in the field, might have felt aggrieved that he was not in the

main race but he wins the B race, 10.04 with a bit of a helping win.

It is his season's best and it is legal.

10.04 with a bit of a helping win. It is his season's best and it --

helping winter. It is his season's best and it --

helping That is all that can be asked of him, to improve his best

and win the race, which he did buy a distance. Bailey-Cole looking very

strong. He looked very decent, and the time has been rounded down to

10.03. A handsome win. All the sprinters would love those kind of

conditions with the tailwind, because it is still very mild in

Glasgow. People say that is rare but I know you will not agree. This is

the hottest day ever in Scottish history. Kemar Bailey-Cole is a tall

man and a powerful figure so takes some time to get going but once he

does, it is impressive. He is rangy. Once you have someone like Usain

Bolt, who is a trailblazer in sprinting, in the sense you can be

six foot five and still move very quickly, Bailey-Cole is

demonstrating that yet again. He gets into the beautiful, fluid,

running action that he has. No tension at all. He seems like he is

full of running. Beautiful, smooth, elegant and rewarded with 10.03.

Varies always someone in the B race who feels they should be in the main

event. He was looking across for his time, knowing the races run, trying

to sneak below ten seconds but still, a big win for Kemar

Bailey-Cole. The long jump competition is in the

second round. Shara Proctor is in fourth place with 6.55. She got a

season's best of 6.78, as she gets the Hampden Park crowd to give her

some inspiration. Some rhythmic clapping. Still the national

record-holder with 6.95, from 2012. Moguenara is still leading, with

6.69, from round one. That appears to be about the same distance. --

the same distance Shara Proctor's first round effort. She is a lovely

technician, attacks the board well, good height and extension of the

board. And then a one and a half hitch kick, to stop the over

rotation. It will be a fascinating head to head between her and

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. A little chat with her coach, all-important.

So, and identical jump to her first round effort and she remains in

fourth place. Tianna Bartoletta, you may remember that she won the world

long jump title in 2005, under her maiden name of Madison. An aborted

first round effort but that is far better. That is going to challenge

the leader, Moguenara, still leading with 6.69 from round one, but that

is a similar kind of distance. Tremendous speed. We have heard the

track is fast and she uses the speeds so well, to be a proficient

long jumper. She is part of the relay team that broke the world

record in London with the lead leg. Because of the speed from Shara

Proctor, again, it is much harder to manage the over rotation. But so far

this season, as you have said in the past a former world champion, so she

knows how to do it and she goes into the lead. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson's second jump was a foul. Hopefully things will pick up

for her as the competition goes on. The men's 5000 metres is coming up

next on the track and it is a loaded field with some fantastic talent.

But it is missing Mo Farah. We heard earlier in the week that he pulled

out with stomach amp 's. We have not heard specifically what they pertain

to. Do you know any more? How long is the expected to be missing from

action? I don't. For him, probably the most frustrating thing is always

how to deal with illness or injury. In this case, with illness, it is

not like injury where the physio can give you a timescale of when you can

expect to be back. With illness, you are just waiting to see how fast

your body can get better and it is a frustrating. He will obviously be

racing in the two-mile tomorrow, hopefully we will see him have a

tune-up before the Commonwealth and he will be OK. It is the five and

ten, he was doubling up, hoping to get good experience on the track.

Steve Cram is in commentary and will be calling this. Paula says, with

illness and things that are not necessarily to do with muscles,

tendons and bones, it is difficult to give a specific time. Could this

be an ongoing effect of his marathon experience? Can you underestimate

how much it takes out of the body? It may well be. Paula knows as well

as anyone, when you are training for the marathon, you are putting all

kinds of strain on your system which you would not normally do. It may

have unearthed a bit of an underlying problem for him, which

has started to recur. It must be concerning for Mo Farah and his

camp. We hope he will be back next week to run on the roads, as Paula

said, and reassure himself that he's OK. Obviously you can go towards the

Commonwealth Games afterwards. -- he can go. We hope he will raise the

5000 and 10,000 metres. But concerning times. Plenty of names

coming for you to call in this one he will be hoping to dip into the

post. Talk of three the start list. STEVE CRAM it does not have any of

the Kennington Oval race Mo Farah but it has some very good athletes

in it. Bernard Lagat is a great favourite and Thomas Pkemei

Longosiwa is a medallist. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi will be disappointed

because he has out kicked Mo Farah in the past and won a great race in

the Paris Diamond League. The man who beat world furrow -- Mo Farah in

the World Championships in debut is starting to recover his form. An

intriguing 5000 metres. They have asked for a pretty good pace. I'm

not sure the pacemakers are that experienced, a couple of

19-year-olds, very talented youngsters but I think in this kind

of race, it is always worth putting in a couple of old hats. You qualify

for that, Brandon, although I'm not sure you would be able to set the

pace to what these lads would like. Setting the pace, I would have been

finished by now, after half a lap. The talent in this field makes it

very difficult. The pacemakers, running away from the group which

includes all of these talented athletes, some of the best in the

world, some who have mixed it over many years with Mo Farah. That race

now is spoiled because the pacemakers are going to do what they

are going to do, and the race we should be concentrating on will be

happening behind it. When you look at it, you can make out the

credentials for any one of these athletes, or any bunch of them. But

at the end of the day, we are looking at August in Choge, who was

the Commonwealth Games champion in 2006. He is in third place. In

Melbourne in 2006, he won the Commonwealth Games in a fantastic

race, when Mo Farah was about six. These athletes have grown up

together and they are watching for Mo Farah and hearing about him. We

are disappointed he's not very well and we hope he gets better soon, and

more importantly, his health, and we hope he gets better soon, and

more importantly, his than whether he can come back to train. We have

got a strange race, three athletes clear and then a big group of talent

behind them. Choge has bridged the gap. The youngsters, not a problem

for them, Choge has gone with them, and the pack can't let Augustin

Choge let up a 100 metre lead. Up at look at the lead already,

Choge with these two guys to help him. Might just have see if you can

drag me away from the rest of them here. Because that, Brendan, is

already a big gap. He is not running fast, just a steady pace. They keep

looking around, saying what on earth is going on. Interesting. It often

happens, you have so many athletes. There is choke, a former

Commonwealth champion, sadly won't be representing Kenya, in fact none

of these athletes representing Kenya tonight. These are some of the best

athletes. The Ethiopian athletes, the parent firm, Gebremeskel. When

is a much talent, sometimes there is safety in numbers. Sometimes the

pacemaker, or one of the athletes who joins the pacemaker, get away

from the field and stays away from the field. I have seen Augustin

Choge run enough good races to know that they will have to pay him some

attention here, because fairly soon he will be left on his own and his

decision will then be whether to keep going or not. So, you sense now

the athletes behind are gathering a bit of momentum, working a bit

together, beginning to close that gap. We need to look a bit close in

the field to see whether talent is. Alamirew obviously realising what

was going on, that it was Choge up there, and that is his problem, for

sitting at the back first two laps, he could not see who it was, and he

has decided to give up chase. Lagat is right up there. Cameron Levins, a

training partner of Mo Farah, has moved up to the front of the chasing

group. The others will have to work hard to close that gap. They will

have two run a second a lap quicker than Choge for the next five or six

laps just catching. Mutai and Barusei have done their jobs.

Alamirew stretching hard, and they are all working hard in that group,

you can always tell by the single file fashion they are running now,

chasing Choge. Gaps beginning to open all the way down the field. It

is a bit of a ragged field, this, the big athletes have decided not to

follow. But Alamirew in the yellow vest has decided that Augustin Choge

of Kenya is enough of a talent to not be left there, with eight laps

to go in the men's 5000 metres. We have a group of three at the front,

we have an in between athlete, and then a single file group, and really

this is a case of the athletes not doing what they said they would do,

because they requested the pacemaker, and they have not

followed him, so it is their problem. But where would you want to

be in this race? I am tempted to say you would want to be a little bit

where Augustin Choge is. He has had a fairly comfortable first five

laps, through 2000 metres. 2.40 kilometre, that is pretty slow for

these guys. In Paris the other night, there was a big talk about a

fast race. They still ran pretty quickly, I have to say, you can't

argue with 12.59. He is the only man who has run under 13 minutes this

year in that race. A close finish with Alamirew, got the better of him

in the end. Soi has moved his way quietly through the pack. He will be

keeping an eye on Alamirew, that is a sure. Soi just likes to win races.

If it is fast, he will go with it, but if it is slow, he doesn't mind.

We are just going through the picture here, headed Cameron Levins

in the all Black. But Choge, still with a bit of a lead, they have not

caught him yet. 5.20 through five laps. Coming up to six laps to be

completed, and the pace, 6.23. That is not as fast as they were supposed

to do. So now we have got a race on, we have an athlete following the

pacemaker, Augustin Choge. A line of athletes, some of whom have had a

very comfortable ride through. Alamirew has been leading them on.

And others, Augustin Choge in second place, and Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, the

main men. It is good to see Johnny Mela going

well here. This is the sort of race, Russ Millington, starting to

struggle towards the back -- Johnny Mellor. He ran pretty well for me in

the European team Championships. He did OK there. Having a good race

here. His personal best is only 13.36 but he is in better shape than

that this year. They just need opportunities. There he is. It is

hard for them to get the right sort of races. If you get in these 13

minutes races, running at 13.20, it is no good for you. This is working

out well for Johnny Mellor. He is running well. He is watching the

pace, he is watching the lap times, he knows it is not fantastically

fast in this group, so he can pick up pieces. Now Augustin Choge is

left. Five laps to go. He is about 30 metres clear. He has been in that

position all the way around, and now a former Commonwealth champion

running that fantastic race in Australia, winning that wonderful

Commonwealth Games. It was a great Games in Melbourne, and I am pretty

sure we will have a similarly great Olympics macro in Glasgow. They have

already given us a stadium to be proud of, the revolutionary

installation of a track inside this football arena is a fantastic

installation. They have made the national stadium, a football

stadium, into what looks to us as a perfect bowl and a perfect athletic

arena. We have seen some good times on it tonight. It is looking really

good. Augustin Choge coming down the finishing straight. For laps to go.

They are getting a bit closer to him now, they are working together.

There is safety in numbers, and suddenly that gap has just been

eaten up. For laps to go, they are going to run hard. Bett had held

them up, he recognised that. The Olympic bronze medallist was not

going to hang on. Kangogo has had a good year. He has

had three good races. He must be a little tired but at the moment he

has tracked the pack. He now knows he is in a bit of bother here.

Alamirew is there, Evans having a great race. Now we will is still

leading. We have some athletes who competed with Mo Farah are, silver

medallists and bronze medallists in the Olympic Games, behind Mo Farah.

We have athletes who have beaten far rather, Edwin Soi. Now it is a case

of who has got the most efficiently -- who have beaten Mo Farah. Now we

are seeing a really competitive race. Look at the figure in the

back, he is almost trying to hide, I am not really here! That is Jeilan,

who out kicked Mo Farah previously. He was only ninth in Paris, mind

you, when it really got moving the other night, but he is at the back

of that pack. So this is developing into an interesting last couple of

laps here. Bett, I would not imagine, would have the pace, that

is why he is trying to force it on. De Vrij wet for the first time

starting to show his colours -- Gebrhiwet. This will be a fierce

last 800 metres. It should be because they have run relatively

conservatively. They have got themselves into a position where

they have conserved all their energy, and Jeilan, who beat Mo

Farah in the watch champ and chips the other year, right at the back in

the orange vest, he is letting them do it, letting them move around him,

just a few yards off the back of the group. Have they just done a bit too

much for him? Cameron Levins, the Canadian, has just made a bit of a

move. How he must be feeling of this sort of company. It is not fast,

this year he has only run 13.25, but looking comfortable, Cam Levins.

What can he produce now? Alamirew tries to come quickly. This is the

big push. Gebrhiwet the first to break. Alamirew was right on the

shoulder of his team-mate. These two pulling away, they have opened up

ten metres straight away, Alamirew not hanging around. He decides to

go, even though this is big sprinting. Gebrhiwet trying to hold

the inside. The two of them starting to slow, Edwin Soi starting to give

chase. Longosiwa as well, look at Alamirew, he has completely blown

it. Gebrhiwet is kicking and Alamirew finds something a bit

different, but Gebrhiwet comes away, and that is a big win for

Gebrhiwet over Alamirew. 13.11, the winning time. Soi takes the third is

-- the third spot. It was a big last lap. Coming down the home straight,

I am just watching Johnny Mellor, because he will be around 13.30.

13.35 is the time to go to the European Championships, so he will

be inside that, that is a personal best, so well done to him. I think

he was inside that. Gebrhiwet, he was the silver medal wrist at the

world champ injured last year behind Mo Farah. -- silver medallist. He

was running with Alamirew, as if every line was the finishing line.

It was a terrific finish. They were going into the finishing straight

now, and the race has been going, Gebrhiwet and Alamirew, neck and

neck. Coming into the finishing straight now, working so hard and

you never know who will win this one. 53.97 finish. Gebrhiwet wins

it. Alamirew in second place, and, my goodness, it was a strange race,

but a fantastic finish. And that is the way they want to do it, that is

the way they can do it. Typical Ethiopian style, you always find

these Ethiopians fast finishers. They are both Ethiopians, both fast

finishers, but Gebrhiwet got it on this occasion. A good race in the

latter stages, a strange race in the early part. They have had a couple

of hard five kilometre races, and despite pacemaker is being put in,

obviously Alamirew and the others did not fancy it tonight. Gebrhiwet

takes the wind. A big last lap, 13.11, still

You get four points for winning in the Diamond Race. Alamirew is having

a good season. It moves him away from Soi.

So, the women's long jump, tissue. That is big. The only woman over

seven metres in the world this year, that is big. Tremendous speed,

flight trajectory, soaring out to seven metres, Jonathan. JONATHAN

EDWARDS: It is not pretty to watch, but she certainly gets the distance.

Absolutely on the board. The athletes have found their range in

the third round. She seems to like it. Looks as though she has extended

her lead, Bartoletta. 6.97, the world another one consolidates and

extends her lead. She actually won the US 100 metre title and you see

how far is it she was on the runway. How can Katarina Johnson-Thompson

respond? 6.44 in the first round is their best effort. She has just seen

Bartoletta extend her lead to 6.97. Oh, and is big! A definite

improvement in this competition for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. 6.81, her

personal best, from the National Championships in Birmingham a couple

of weeks ago, and that appears to be in a similar sort of distance,

Jonathan. New British record held by Shara Proctor is 6.95. It could be

close. She has a ready broken the British record in the high jump and

she could be closing the long jump. She feels it is a good one and the

crowd has seen a result. It is the thumbs up from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. 6.92! A personal best for Johnson-Thompson. Just

three centimetres time of Shara Proctor -- shy of Shara Proctor's

national record. Johnson-Thompson moves into second place. So we are

into round four. Shara Proctor, the British record holder at 6.95. She

has got a best so far this year of 6.59 and that is a definite

improvement. Most certainly above the 6.5 realm that she has been

producing in the first three rounds. What a response from Shara Proctor.

Her British record is coming under threat, increasingly, from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. 6.90 from Johnson-Thompson, putting her second

on the all-time British list. -- 6.92. Shara Proctor, awaiting

permission of her distance. She needed to come to the party, and she

has. 6.82, a season's best but still ten centimetres down on KJ T.

How healthy is British women's long jump? Let's effect on Katarina

Johnson-Thompson's year, six out of seven events, a personal best. It is

incredible, remarkable, watches able to achieve but when you are in the

zone, it is simple, competing, raising your game just comes

effortlessly. What she does on the runway is phenomenal. She has got

great speed. What you are looking for in the long jump is to maintain

the speed all the way through and off the board. She has got height.

She is rangy and the results are there, 6.92. We are seeing her

develop physically as well. When she came to our attention in the Olympic

year, she was rangy, long limbed, and a little bit lanky. She was just

coming out of childhood, really, and now, with the work she is putting in

the gym, she looks more powerful, more like she is turning into a

power athlete as well, which is the area she needs to be improved. It

was your forte, and that is the area that she could do with a bit more

in. For the speed that she has, she has not got the most out of her

hurdles. She is still not in the realms of 13 seconds. We can see how

Jessica Ennis-Hill has performed and that is what she has to be aiming

for. With her strengths like the long jump and high jump, 200 and

800, like I said before, I have likened her to Karolina Pliskova.

We have a lot of young talent getting around the night. It is the

women's four X 100 metres. Great Britain 's women sprinters have had

a great year so far. Jodie Williams is one of the young spreaders who

will feature in this. She has shown that she has got promise and she's

turning it into form. Andrew Cotter will call this one.

A bit of a rehearsal for some of the teams for the Commonwealth Games and

it is effectively the English team which will line up in lane for. Look

out for the stars and stripes in the all stars as well to challenge.

Carmelita Jeter, not long back from injury, after ten months out,

leading off the Stars and Stripes. English Gardner and candies price, a

couple of hurdlers in there. Asha Philip, Ashley Nelson, Jodie

Williams and Henry for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in lane four.

Carmelita Jeter, struggling with a quad injury for much of last season

and early this season so she has lost a bit of zip. Struggling to say

with Philip at the moment. Great Britain and Northern Ireland in lane

for looking strong but how is the changeover? It is pretty tight from

Philip to Nelson. They are looking strong at the moment. Stars and

stripes, trying to get back. English Gardner, eyes bulging, but a bit of

a sluggish handover to the third leg. GB and Northern Ireland, Jodie

Williams, the 200 metre champion at the UK Championships, leading lane

four and the changeover is good to Henry. Look at the gap from Great

Britain and Northern Ireland to the rest. Outside them, the all stars,

and bringing them home, Bailey, but in fact, Louise Bloor sneaks in

there as well for Great Britain and Northern Ireland's B team but a very

oppressive win for the a team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

in 42.75. A very good run out. It is a win this evening but a rehearsal

perhaps for the European Championships and the Commonwealth

games for England, they might run as. Asha Smith might be added in for

the Europeans. The changeover is a pretty slick as well. All in all, a

good performance from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. COLIN JACKSON:

A good, strong, solid performance. The potential of the team is

sky-high. They can get close to 42 seconds, when they mature. They are

good, they know each other, they tremble and love each other company

and they love competing as well. They are very strong individuals. If

you are going to get the team to work together, they have to be good

individuals. That is what we have seen from the great bridges from the

USA, their relay team is made up of great individuals, and the same with

Jamaica. Our women are demonstrating what they are capable of. I can

assure you they can go a lot quicker eventually. There is strength and

depth in men's and women's sprinting, now. And a very good

finish by Louise Bloor, coming through to take second place for our

B team. Great Britain and Northern Ireland dominating. Winging it home

was Desiree Vranken. -- bringing it home was Desiree Vranken.

-- Henry. Interesting to know how they thought it went.

Congratulations, a commander 's performance. He brought the team

home in fine style. You sound relieved but you should be proud of

what you have just done. I'm very relieved. It was quite scary. On the

last day, anything can happen. I wanted to run as fast as possible

and bring it home in the first place so I'm happy I've done that. The

handovers looked pretty slick. They were really smooth, they all went

very well. As you can see, it paid off with the time. Going up against

a stellar team, the all stars, the US team stars and stripes, and yet,

you obliterate it the field. That is tremendous. I think the girls here

are the four which finished first, second and third in the 100 metres

trials. We have come out this year and we are running well on the flat

and we have come together as a team and all we have to do is get the

train Job is right and we should be OK. When you look at the time, I'm

sure you know you will get closer to 42 seconds with this kind of line up

performing regularly together. Definitely, it's the first time we

have been together and the more we do it, the better we will be. The

Europeans and the Commonwealth games coming up so it will be a high

standard. I believe in these girls and I know the record will go this

year. To Mendis to see you performing so well tonight,

congratulations, one and all. -- congratulations.

Tianna Bartoletta, the event leader, the only woman in the world this

year over seven metres and that appears to be a similar type of

distance. We have mentioned what a proficient sprinter she is, the

reigning champion from the US championships a couple of weeks ago.

She has been added to the B race at this Hampden Park athletics meeting.

We will see her in action tomorrow in the sprint. She is producing some

consistency, here. When she jumped 6.97, Ron, she would have thought

she had put the competition to bed and then Katarina Johnson-Thompson

jumps 6.92 and the event comes flooding back but she has improved

by one centimetre, 6.98. So, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, now

the second all-time on the UK all jump -- long jump list. The only

name now ahead of her as Shara Proctor, who is in this competition

with her 6.95 national record. That is a foul. No improvement but it was

pretty long. It really was. She did this in the British trials, without

any question, she was jumping well but she is a long way over the

board. I will stop to say what I was going to say because it was nowhere

near seven metres with that kind of foul but she is going for it.

So, a great performance from the four women in Great Britain and

Northern Ireland, taking victory with 42.74 seconds. As they said,

the first time they have run together. I know you are incredibly

excited about the state of British women spreading at the moment and

that is the reason why. It has been a long time coming, just to have the

depth that you require at this level, for the girls to be close to

the 11 second barrier. That is what they are aiming for. And then to put

it together, running quick individually is pointless if you

cannot translate it into the relay and potentially winning medals. They

are capable, young, hungry, and they want to put to bed all the doubts

that British printing is on the floor because it is not, it is

healthy and they can take it forward. I'm sure the men will prove

me wrong but tonight has been all about the women. The women sprinters

have done well there, and Eilidh Child. It has been like that for

years! When success happens, it seems to spread and it must be a

great feeling inside the women's squad. Definitely, they can work

together, get to know each other as a team, support each other and

really just practice getting the battle ground and then they can show

the technique to go with the talent. -- getting the baton round. A chance

for a British man to shine right now because it is time for the 110

metres hurdles final. Andrew Cotter will see of William

STEVE CRAM: Andrew has gone for a couple of tea so I will take this

one. William Sharman has a great opportunity here. Right on the

outside, surprisingly, the world number one, Hansle Parchment of

Jamaica. Sharman is having what I think it is

most consistent season. He has been running very well. He knows it is a

big opportunity for him. If he is going to take a medal at the

Commonwealth Games, he has to like this track. He went and ran at the

world indoor venue beforehand last time around. It did not quite work

for him, but he likes to plan his season. I think this season, things

have gone pretty well for him. Colin will go through the line-up in a

second. Interestingly, the way the top three worked in the heats

earlier, the fastest losers, Sharman is in lane for, and then we have got

you beg Cox, Andrew Riley in six, Shane Braithwaite in seven, Wilson

and Hansle Parchment on the outside. Is it better to get him out of the

way, concentrate on yourself, Hansle Parchment? Do you worry about him

out there? Parchment is a strong finisher. William is also strong in

that part of the race because he is so fluent and consistent. If Hansle

Parchment get out of the blocks recently well, we'll will not see

him and will not be able to respond. -- William will not see him. He

would be much better off having Hansle Parchment next to him so he

could put him under pressure early. Only two men under 13 seconds this

year. David Oliver is not at the top of his game. One or two new American

hurdlers are starting to come through, though. Look out for them

in the next couple of years. Parchment is the world number one,

then, to the camera. Wilson, Braithwaite, Andrew Riley, the

Jamaican champion, should beg off and then Sharman, going away from

this side of the track. A pretty good start from Parchment.

In lane two, also going well, Jeff Porter. William Sharman is coming

right through. Can he get the victory? It would be great if he can

and he does X commissioner Mark 13.22. Once again, William Sharman,

consistent, not flashy, not doing anything other than what he has been

doing all year, nice, clean hurdling, did not get out as quickly

as he has done on one or two occasions, but he has run his own

race, did not worry about what else was going on. What a confidence

booster that is going to be four will Sharman. He has got Andrew

Riley in there, Hansle Parchment, for the Europeans, so that you Ben

Cox, the man who beat him in the European team Championships. -- said

they should beg off. It has been taken down to 13 hot --

13.21, which equals his personal best, and the wind was legal. The

most important thing is that you get out strongly, bold, and be brave

into the first hurdle. Go into it aggressively and that is what he

did. Caught the second hurdle but still held it together. There was

pressure left and right around him but he managed to hold it all

together. That is what you need to do. He knew this was an opportunity,

a big opportunity for him to show to the world that he is a class

athlete. Now he has beaten the world's best. There's only one or