Glasgow Grand Prix - Day 2

:00:56. > :01:12.Of pride, and warmth. Divided and also united by sport.

:01:13. > :01:18.A city with a past of both industrial might and dramatic

:01:19. > :01:23.decline. Today, determined on regeneration.

:01:24. > :01:24.This is Glasgow. A city transformed, and preparing to welcome the world

:01:25. > :01:33.for a summer of sport. and preparing to welcome the world

:01:34. > :01:35.Here at Hampden the petrol lewd to Commonwealth Games is already under

:01:36. > :01:42.way. A big season's best for Eilidh Commonwealth Games is already under

:01:43. > :01:50.Child. We have witnessed the best striving for excellence. A personal

:01:51. > :01:54.best for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Proving that they are ready for what

:01:55. > :02:01.is still to come. Welcome to day two of the Glasgow

:02:02. > :02:09.Grand Prix. Sally Pearson just gets it.

:02:10. > :02:13.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hangs on. A very good afternoon from Glasgow,

:02:14. > :02:15.the host city for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and what a

:02:16. > :02:20.difference a day makes, the temperature has dropped somewhat,

:02:21. > :02:25.the sun has got its hat on, at the moment we are are staying just about

:02:26. > :02:29.dry and hoping for more fabulous performances, Hampden Park really

:02:30. > :02:34.has turned itself into a super athletics stadium. It has taken

:02:35. > :02:37.almost six months, to turn this into the venue for the athletics of the

:02:38. > :02:41.Commonwealth Games and the closing ceremony. Normally the home of

:02:42. > :02:46.Scottish football, but the crowds, they have still come out and they

:02:47. > :02:50.are hoping to see some big performance, yesterday we saw PBs, a

:02:51. > :02:54.world record and wins for Eilidh Child and Hampden roared when that I

:02:55. > :02:59.saw that. So let us hope they will hear or see plenty more they can

:03:00. > :03:03.cheer for, and Laura Muir, the Scottish 800 metre runner today may

:03:04. > :03:08.be one of those that lifts the roof here. I am here alongside Paula

:03:09. > :03:12.Radcliffe and Colin Jackson, who have both been impressed by what the

:03:13. > :03:16.stadium has produced. The athletes like the track as well. Yes, they

:03:17. > :03:20.seem to love the track. It is a fast track. We saw some good results, the

:03:21. > :03:24.feel of the stadium is nice. We hope it will be be fuller when it gets to

:03:25. > :03:27.the Commonwealth Games but the athletes are relishing the chance to

:03:28. > :03:31.learn a bit about the way things work here, the way they will

:03:32. > :03:36.transition from warm up areas on to the track and to get a feel for the

:03:37. > :03:41.track. People who are competing here in two weeks time, to feel that, you

:03:42. > :03:44.know, and it is an advantage. It is a massive advantage to get them on

:03:45. > :03:49.the track, to go through the process, where the warm up track is,

:03:50. > :03:53.how you get to your start line, all these things are learning curves.

:03:54. > :03:58.They can have a full on dress rehearsal with a bit of pressure

:03:59. > :04:02.added. So all thumbs up. We saw plenty yesterday, in the long jump

:04:03. > :04:05.and that is not going to happen for Great Britain today, because just

:04:06. > :04:08.before we came on air we had the bad news and sad new for him that Greg

:04:09. > :04:12.Rutherford has had to pull out. He pulled up in the warm up area and if

:04:13. > :04:16.you have a look at the tent on the right, where the man has a grey

:04:17. > :04:19.jumper on, you will see Greg Rutherford is sat down and any

:04:20. > :04:24.minute he will pull the leg up on his track suit and reveal what we

:04:25. > :04:29.now know to be the leg, the right leg, he had a nerve twinge, we don't

:04:30. > :04:32.know the full extent, but enough for him to decide it wasn't worth

:04:33. > :04:36.risking and he is not competing here in this Diamond League. With two

:04:37. > :04:41.weeks to go to the Commonwealth Games, that is disappointing news,

:04:42. > :04:45.precautionary maybe? Yes, I mean it is a frustration for Greg, there is

:04:46. > :04:48.numerous occasions where he is coming to Championships where he has

:04:49. > :04:53.picked up niggling injuries just before he has to compete. So he has

:04:54. > :04:56.been through this before, but this year will be special, because he won

:04:57. > :04:59.the Olympic game, last year was off season for him. It was a real

:05:00. > :05:04.opportunity for him to do it again in front of a home crowd. It was a

:05:05. > :05:08.massive challenge for him and now with this, it causes more

:05:09. > :05:14.frustration for the lad. And it was a rich source of great British

:05:15. > :05:18.performances yesterday, with Steph Reid and KJT. They spoke about how

:05:19. > :05:22.they felt it was fast and they loved jumping here, so I think Greg would

:05:23. > :05:26.have been looking forward to that. It is disappointing and hopefully he

:05:27. > :05:31.can turn it round fast in time for the championships. One of the story

:05:32. > :05:34.last night involved disappointment for Yohan Blake. He had explained

:05:35. > :05:37.why he wasn't competing in the Commonwealth Games, and he said he

:05:38. > :05:43.didn't feel he had the fitness. He pulled up last night, he was about

:05:44. > :05:47.half way down the 100 metres there, and it was, it wasn't your classic

:05:48. > :05:48.hamstring, it didn't look like that, he confirmed later it was cramp.

:05:49. > :05:52.What were your initial thoughts? he confirmed later it was cramp.

:05:53. > :05:57.What were your The The big worry I don't believe you have a full speed

:05:58. > :06:01.cramp. You saw what happened to Yohan Blake there. He was running

:06:02. > :06:05.flat out. We know he is not the best of shape. He told us that. Can you

:06:06. > :06:08.imagine when he is running against class athletes, he is pushing

:06:09. > :06:13.himself to get back to his real height. He stumbled there. When he

:06:14. > :06:16.is trying to slow down. You can see he looks embarrassed there as he

:06:17. > :06:22.sits in the chair and he is guided off. He is the beast. He doesn't

:06:23. > :06:26.want to be wheeled out. Obviously, the performances from the women

:06:27. > :06:31.largely, yesterday, British women and Will Sharman held his part of

:06:32. > :06:38.the bargain up. We have to focus on KGT. Six out of seven event she has

:06:39. > :06:44.got PBs for, last night she smashed her personal best for the long jump.

:06:45. > :06:47.It is great to see, she is coming into a big purple patch where she is

:06:48. > :06:51.growing into every event, but particularly events like the long

:06:52. > :06:55.jump and high jump. She is getting better and better. That is doing her

:06:56. > :07:00.confidence so much good. She needs to go away, focus on the heptathlon

:07:01. > :07:04.in the Commonwealth Games and see when she comes out how much it has

:07:05. > :07:08.taken out of her and whether she can bounce back to the Europeans. I

:07:09. > :07:14.think it is important, the fact she is still growing into the vents, all

:07:15. > :07:18.these events, a real, the ebeginnings for her, that is what

:07:19. > :07:25.excites me about Katharina. She is at the beginning. Unbelievable. Last

:07:26. > :07:30.Steph Reid broke the world record and took ?15,000 away. So fantastic

:07:31. > :07:34.day for her. Will Sharman. Third on the all time list, a brilliant win

:07:35. > :07:38.in a Diamond League. This is huge progress It was a huge step for Will

:07:39. > :07:44.to come into this race, now he is starting to believe in himself, he

:07:45. > :07:47.says when he approaches each competition, he thinks I am here, I

:07:48. > :07:52.should be here, I can do some damage. And he is proved it time and

:07:53. > :07:56.time again. The most important thing and Will will say this, is to keep

:07:57. > :08:00.consistent and at this moment he is consistent round that 13.2 mark

:08:01. > :08:05.which means he is in contention and that always puts the fear of God of

:08:06. > :08:09.people round you, even when you are pushing, if you make a mistake Will

:08:10. > :08:12.Sharman is on you. That is a huge advantage he has at the moment.

:08:13. > :08:18.Yesterday you said you were looking forward to the middle distance

:08:19. > :08:25.women, o what they are producing, fabulous results, and it is a loaded

:08:26. > :08:31.800 race later. It S it is a great race. We have the Scottish athlete,

:08:32. > :08:35.Lynsey Sharp who is coming into the games in great form and Laura Muir

:08:36. > :08:41.close to four minutes and going under that in Paris. Over 1500

:08:42. > :08:45.metres. She will go up against both distance, she is up against Jessica

:08:46. > :08:49.Judd and Jenny Meadows is trying to sneak under that time for the

:08:50. > :08:52.European Championships. We hope to see great performances from all of

:08:53. > :08:57.them. Let us get on with the action, there is a women's 100 metre B race

:08:58. > :08:59.to get us going but it has good talent as Steve Cram will tell you

:09:00. > :09:26.now. Yes, good afternoon everybody and we

:09:27. > :09:30.start with a high quality B race. This is is a good year for Louise

:09:31. > :09:34.Bloor, been running well, been close to her personal best this year.

:09:35. > :09:38.11.49. Fifth in the UK champion ships in

:09:39. > :09:44.Birmingham. A couple of weeks ago. AMY FOSTER will be running for

:09:45. > :09:48.Northern Ireland, in the Commonwealth Games, 11.4 a new

:09:49. > :09:53.personal best set this year. Sophie Papps is a former

:09:54. > :09:59.Commonwealth youth champion back in 2011. Still 19 years of age. A young

:10:00. > :10:04.developing athlete. English Gardner had a fantastic

:10:05. > :10:09.junior career, a brilliant 2013. Has not been in that form this year. She

:10:10. > :10:13.got close to 11 seconds, that was her best run of the year. Dafne

:10:14. > :10:18.Schippers has been in brilliant form. She is sprinting especially

:10:19. > :10:21.this year, the Dutch team set a new national record, will challenge

:10:22. > :10:28.Britain at the European Championships I am sure in the four

:10:29. > :10:35.by 100. They did that in Lausanne. Schillonie Calvert was third in this

:10:36. > :10:46.event. We saw a brilliant long jump last night.

:10:47. > 0:03:53Melissa Breen, personal best setback in February in Canberra. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Australian look fog ward to the Commonwealth Games, and Decemberry

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Henry, she will be off to the world union Championships. -- Desiree. So

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there will be an A race later. But it will be interesting to see

0:03:54 > 0:03:53whether with the quality in this field Bartoletta, Dafne Schippers

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has run 11.16 and was brilliant in the relay in Lausanne, so even

0:03:54 > 0:03:53though she is not an out-and-out 100 metre specialist, watch out for her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the middle. English Gardner as well, next to her in lane four.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Cleanly away. Schippers is storming through. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to beat all of them. Dafne Schippers wins 11.03. Well I said

0:03:54 > 0:03:53watch out for her. You know you can't keep these heptathletes down,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53can you. KJT in the long jump and Dafne Schippers, 11.03. Big personal

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best. Perfect wind. Good track, wow. Well, I wonder if she has some

0:03:54 > 0:03:53decisions to make Well, I wonder if she has some

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her summer as well. Sitting next to me, another great heptathlete,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her summer as well. Sitting next to well, aren't you? What a run

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her summer as well. Sitting next to was from Dafne Schippers. They train

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so hard. They are so well conditioned and look at her out of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the blocks, she is strong, a tall girl and she moves so freely. Watch

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her in the closing stages girl and she moves so freely. Watch

0:03:54 > 0:03:53race. She is a strong 200 metre runner as you well know and she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53race. She is a strong 200 metre that power just to come through, and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53take what possibly is heavy legs from Bartoletta who long uped

0:03:54 > 0:03:53yesterday. Beautiful running. -- jumped. That is a new Dutch

0:03:54 > 0:03:53national record. They broke the relay record and it was all down to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her on the back straight. Second leg and today a good 100 metre runner,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that breaks her record. The crowd still making its way in. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53am told there is a few queues outside with security. That is being

0:03:54 > 0:03:53tested for the Commonwealth Games, we hope the rain will hold off

0:03:54 > 0:03:53because we want more like that. That was a scintillating start to the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53day, Dafne Schippers, a new national record, 11.03. Bartoletta looking

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good as well. Further down Desiree Henry was 11.40 and a new season's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best for Sophie Papps. And there are plenty more stars

0:03:54 > 0:03:53coming up for you this afternoon. Katarina Johnson-Thompson is going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well. -- Jonny peacock is going well.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jodie Williams gets it. It is all about David Rudisha. We

0:03:54 > 0:03:53would love to hear from you. You can contact us through Twitter. Perhaps

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you would rather do it on Facebook? If you have any fabulous pictures,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53perhaps you are watching athletics somewhere unusual, basking in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sunshine in the south, while it results in Scotland, you can do so.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Somewhere down there is the long jump pit, yesterday, the scene of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53some fabulous performances, Steph Read and Thomson coming away with a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal best, and a world record. Sadly, there will not be a trilogy

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of British performances, because of that sad news about Greg

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rutherford. Perhaps Jonathan has more insight? Apparently he has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53tweeted that it was his knee. He said it was a nightmare.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Worrying times a couple of weeks before the Commonwealth? It is so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53frustrating, it's happened on various occasions. We met him in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Paris before a World Championships, and he had to pull out with a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hamstring injury. He gets these injuries just at the wrong time and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he'll be frustrated. In 2006, Gothenberg, European Championships,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53we thought the world was at his feet. It has been a succession of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stop-start, in terms of his career? Every sportsman will know how

0:03:54 > 0:03:53frustrating it is. When you have put so much time and effort in, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53crucial moment your body lets you down. It's frustrating. For him,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53being here would have been a wonderful opportunity to prove how

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good he can be. We have seen how quick is run has been, it's been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53really fascinating. He is having treatment at the moment, we'll speak

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to him after that. The conditions, as we saw with Steph Read,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53absolutely brilliant. Apart from that, you would have loved to have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53been out there and show this crowd what he can do? That's the most

0:03:54 > 0:03:53frustrating part. Both for the crowd and for him. I was looking at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53conditions, you mentioned that, plus 1.5 tailwind, he will be pulling his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hair out, because the conditions are perfect.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53There are three IPC races. Hannah Cockroft had a fabulous year last

0:03:54 > 0:03:53year. She was in top ten for Sports Personality Of The Year. Let's have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a look back at the terrific 2013, her success once again revolving

0:03:54 > 0:03:53around her drive, desire and total commitment.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53This is just home, it's where I started, it's where I grew up. Being

0:03:54 > 0:03:53out on the moors, it gives you started, it's where I grew up. Being

0:03:54 > 0:03:53out on the moors, it a whole sense of freedom. I love it, that is the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place where I fell in love with wheelchair racing. She's always been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53determined. It's like watching Usain Bolt! If somebody says you can't do

0:03:54 > 0:03:53something, she'll go out of her way to show that she can. I'm not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53looking forward to the day when she doesn't finish first! My family

0:03:54 > 0:03:53definitely helped me believe everything was possible. I want to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53succeed, just to give them something back for all of the sacrifices they

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have made for me. We always said, if you can push on the hill, you can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53push on the flat at any time. If you try to stick one of the girls I race

0:03:54 > 0:03:53against, ask them to push up my moors, they'd have no chance. Double

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gold for Cockroft! After the Paralympic games, I had a world

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion title to defend. On the start line of the World

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championships, every girl knew what I had to offer. They were going to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53come after me. I kind of had to deliver. She's flying, Cockroft is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the champion of the world again! Going into the 100, I knew I was in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the best shape I had been. Hannah, against the clock. Queen of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53track! Double gold for Cockroft! That brought it home that she was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the best in the world. There wasn't a massive struggle and big fight

0:03:54 > 0:03:53when I was younger, I wouldn't be a fighter now and I wouldn't believe I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53could do everything I wanted to. That was the piece that we used in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sports Personality Of The Year, one of the most moving and motivating

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pieces of television on the night. It shows you what she's made of,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that's why she retains the world title, she pushes herself. There are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53six IPCC events. It's so easy, in those non-Olympic years for athletes

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to tail off, but she pushes on and on? She keeps doing that, and she's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53an inspiration to so many young girls, and also young boys come out

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there. To see what she has achieved, how much she enjoys it, to go out

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and do the same thing. Such a gritty person. You use the word

0:03:54 > 0:03:53inspiration, but she's a hell of an athlete as well. She just uses her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53body to its maximum. That is why she is head and shoulders over everybody

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in this field. I loved her explanation of why she is skewed the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53chance to perhaps go somewhere hotter and drier. She said those

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hills she trains on in hotter and drier. She said those

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that barren landscape, the wind, that is what makes her what she is.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It's the same with the Brownlees, the Dales and more land counts for a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lot. We saw that in the Tour De France as well. If you want to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53toughen yourself up, get to Yorkshire! She's on the start line,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53ready to go. Let's find out if anybody is there to challenge her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53today. I think the clock is her only great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rival. Amy Siemons for the Netherlands might push her for a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53while, but Hannah Cockroft dominates wheelchair racing. Have a look to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53see how Kare Adenegan, just turned 13, goes.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Khalid Ewald of the added states is in lane one. -- Carleigh Dewald.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rachael Burrows from Canada. Some of these times will make more sense

0:03:54 > 0:03:53when put in context with Hannah Cockroft's world record. Desiree

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Vranken, 17 years old, already up to 20 seconds. Hannah Cockroft will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53take the applause of the crowd. The double Paralympic champion, world

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion, world record holder on 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres. There

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is Amy Siemons. Hannah Cockroft's world record, 17.81. She is the next

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best in the field. Mel Nicholls from Coventry, a very experienced

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athlete. Her personal best is down to 20.09 this season. This is the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53young woman that many are to 20.09 this season. This is the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53excited about come on the fringes of breaking 20 seconds. From Coventry,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53only just turned 13. Outside her, in lane eight, from Stockport,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A decent enough field, but Hannah Cockroft knows that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A decent enough field, but Hannah against the and against herself. You

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have to push yourself when few others have given you a real

0:03:54 > 0:03:53challenge. It will be interesting to see how she develops over the next

0:03:54 > 0:03:53few years. Cockroft, you can see

0:03:54 > 0:03:53acceleration. It's Cockroft, you can see

0:03:54 > 0:03:53demonstration of power. Amy Siemons Cockroft, you can see

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is trying to get anywhere close Hannah Cockroft. The gap is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stretching as the meters are devoured by Hannah Cockroft. Look at

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the clock. How quick is it? Just outside 18 seconds, with a slight

0:03:54 > 0:03:53following wind. Good conditions. Can't reach the 18 second barrier.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53But there was never really any doubt about the victory, it was what time

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she could manage. Amy Siemons in second place. Back a long way. For

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hannah Cockroft, the medals will continue to flow through the next

0:03:54 > 0:03:53months and years. The European Championships in Swansea, but she is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53untouchable over this distance and distances up to 800 metres. The 800

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is replacing the 200 at the Paralympics. From the gun, she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53powered away. That's what she can do, so much power of the line,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53building up Mendham, building speed all of the way through. She's got so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53much over the rest of the competitors. Steph Reid got that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53world record yesterday. She's in good form, she might have thought

0:03:54 > 0:03:53today, this track had stayed warm. It's like sprinters, getting off the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53line, getting up to speed as quickly as possible. She's got some which

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Power, head down, working all of the way through that. -- so much power.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It may be that she needs one or two others to improve and get closer to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her to make her really have to work so hard, not only to win the race

0:03:54 > 0:03:53but to get the time as well. Very well done, Hannah Cockroft. Another

0:03:54 > 0:03:53great performance. She's looking more at the 800 metres, because it's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53replacing the Paralympic. Two months ago, she had the world record at

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this distance, so she's lost none of the speed over the shorter distance.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A good third place for Kare Adenegan. I was going to say that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Amy Siemons was pushing her to the line, but nobody was close to her.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53One of the many performances we have seen from Hannah, the rain stayed

0:03:54 > 0:03:53off. Were you pleased with that? Not at all, that was so slow! The track

0:03:54 > 0:03:53feels so much like London, the atmosphere, it sounds silly, but

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Steph Reid came off yesterday and said it smells like London. We

0:03:54 > 0:03:53thought, what does London smell like? We were in here, and it smells

0:03:54 > 0:03:53like London. I'm a little bit disappointed with the time. We are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in hard training again, we've got a European Championships next month.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That is where we need to do the good performances. I won for the crowd, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53came here and did my job, but I'm happy with that, to have a bad

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance and still win. Give us a sense of the atmosphere as you were

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going around? It so amazing, the noise, there's quarter of the crowd,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and it's still so loud. It brings back all the memories of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Paralympics in 2012. It sends a tingle down your spine, I love it.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The Commonwealth Games competitors are going to have a ball. As for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you, we have already seen you in brilliant form in Switzerland, seven

0:03:54 > 0:03:53out of seven races won in May. Top shape? We always tailor training to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53make sure that we peek at certain performances. Any wheelchair racer

0:03:54 > 0:03:53who is anybody goes out there, that was my peak, I have just come back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53from America where I went for the world record, 400 meter season best.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I'm in shape and it's really just keeping everything inside until the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Europeans to make sure I get my last title. We wish you well for that,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53thank you. Thank you. The men's long jump in round two.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jainan Wang is leading. That is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The world silver medallist from Moscow, getting his second silver.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He took his first one back in 2005. That was back for his native Ghana.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He transferred allegiance and was cleared to compete for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Netherlands, just before the World Championships in July last year. So,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Just 17 years of age. second place. Here is the leader.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That is further! Not by much, perhaps, but this, a teenaged

0:03:54 > 0:03:53talent. A young man on the rise. The Asian champion at just 16 years of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53age when he jumped eight metres and four centimetres. He's already got

0:03:54 > 0:03:53eight metres under his belt when he was 16. He is extended that, since,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up to 8.10. Not approaching the eight metre barrier yet, but he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53could well have extended his lead further in the second round. He has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53done so by just two centimetres. Wang extends his lead to 7.86 in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53second round. Here is his Sally Peake. The Welsh representative at

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Commonwealth Games. This is her third and final attempt at 4.40,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53which would be a new personal best. She goes clear! What a moment for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sally Peake! A new personal best, a new world record in the stadium

0:03:54 > 0:03:53where she will be representing Wales in the Commonwealth Games in just a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53few weak's time. in the Commonwealth Games in just a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53few weak's At the third time of asking, Sally Peake goes clear with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a new lifetime best and Welsh national record. Fresh from her UK

0:03:54 > 0:03:53title in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, she goes higher than she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has ever been. to talk on what Hannah Cockroft said

0:03:54 > 0:03:53about having the opportunity to compete in this stadium and Sally

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peake will be here for Wales in the pole vault. Ship has a personal best

0:03:54 > 0:03:53today. You can't really prepare better than that, can you, for a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53major Championship. No, it is important you sense the arena, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53feel it, you know the warm up track and you gain confidence, you,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53especially in the pole vault where the surface, the conditions, we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53heard on the long jump yesterday where it's a quick track so people

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have to adjust their runway, if you have that insight, it can only help.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Absolutely. Hannah Cockroft there, she was just revelling in it. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53said it smells like London. I am not sure what the Scots will think of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that. I think that was positive. She is probably talking about the smell

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of a track. It smells new. It is a feeling the athletes will evoke

0:03:54 > 0:03:53memories of going out and performing pause you smell the track and you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53want to perform. She wasn't particularly pleased with her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance, she on obliterated the field as she so often does. For her,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the smell the sounds, it evokes memories, and whatever it takes to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53bring out of a performance. It is the anticipation of what is to come.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We have talked about the capacity, not being at its best, you know, say

0:03:54 > 0:03:5310% down on what we would have liked. But we know it is going to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good. A few week time this will be full to the raft evers and for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes they will feel a sense of London, where everyone is behind you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a home game, everyone is behind London, where everyone is behind you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53-- rafters. Let us move down back to the track nowing and Steve Cram is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there for the T 11-13. Sorry Jonathan, you are on the track now

0:03:54 > 0:03:53waiting to talk to us. Yes, we are laughing at Denise's maths. 10% down

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on what we thought. To pick up up on what Hannah Cockroft said, there is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a real sense of it being a major Championship venue, the organisers

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have done an amazing job with this place It is a huge transformation,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53when came down here, ground level, when the crowd started to applaud

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the athletes, there was a buzz there. I cannot wait, I really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53cannot wait until it is really full at all the rafters so it will be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53exciting, that is for sure. I know you are having problems. It is going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to be a big round of applause for a Scottish athlete, a visually

0:03:54 > 0:03:53impaired one hundred metres A massive moment for her. She is on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53home turf, she would be expected to do well at the Commonwealth Games,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there will be a lot of people focussing on her, and her guide

0:03:54 > 0:03:53runner has a pretty famous father, can you remember the young man

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lincoln Ascoft. I know Tracey, I know Tracey very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well, because she trains with me, many years ago in Cardiff, so he is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53still out there, she is 44-year-old, but still full of running and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53critical. Remember, she is classified in T 11. Yes.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Take us through this one. Libby Clegg ready to go and this is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a T 11-13, and that denotes the different levels of sight. Tracey

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hinton is completely blind. Tracey, 44 years of age, she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hinton is completely blind. Tracey, reminding them of that. Libby Clegg,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she is going to be in lane four. Her partner is running with her, Lincoln

0:03:54 > 0:03:53at quit used to do this job, he has taken it on. He is a bit old to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running with her, he said I taken it on. He is a bit old to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to be part of the Scottish tale. I will have to wear a kilt as well. So

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that will have to wear a kilt as well. So

0:03:54 > 0:03:53might be the only will have to wear a kilt as well. So

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Scottish team. Hayes is the quickest so far. Close to the world record in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her category, recently. Mueller in lane seven with her guide.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Then on the outside also in the T 13 class Erin Mcbride from Liverpool.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The 16-year-old runs without a guide.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So Hayes and Erin Mcbride in the T 13 class, without guides and Libby

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Clegg and Mueller T 12 and Tracey Hinton T 11. For Libby Clegg a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53difficult start to the season. Really trying to get into the sort

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of form she hopes will brick her a gold medal, two silvers at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Paralympics, there is a new guide dog at the moment so it has been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53settling into that regime. The new guide dog has been helping her, she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is hoping well if not a victory today certainly in the Commonwealth

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Games, in a couple of weeks time. Hayes of South Africa next to her in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lane six will probably be quickest here.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Libby Clegg gets away really well alongside Hayes. They are having a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good race. If Libby Clegg can finish closely to her. This is a very tight

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finish. Look at Mueller. 12.29, and that for the 32-year-old is the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53certainly the quickest she has run this year. She says "Where did that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53come from?" Libby Clegg ran well, Hayes started quickly, couldn't push

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on from there and it was the German, 32 years of age finding one of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best races of her career, certainly the best this year, and Sebastian

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Fricker, that is a new personal best for Mueller.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Good start from Libby Clegg there, and I think she will be happy with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that. Yes, a decent performance from start to finish. A tremendous finish

0:03:54 > 0:03:53from Mueller, as you say with Africaer alongside her. You

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sometimes see the athlete who peak and come through in this category.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She is a T 12. The T 11, T 13 running together and higher numbers

0:03:54 > 0:03:53would be those with less disability in terms of vision, so the T 12

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Mueller comes in the middle. There is a tremendous finish. High

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stepping all the way to the line. It looks as if Hayes was going to come

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and take that. But very very strong sprinting from the German athlete.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Not a tremendously good start. She is a taller athlete. Takes her a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53while to get into her running, once she was there there was only one

0:03:54 > 0:03:53runner over the last 20 metres. A decent run from Libby Clegg. She may

0:03:54 > 0:03:53not be disappoint -- disappointed with that. She would have liked to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have done something for the crowd here.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hayes able to run would a guide. She is 6-10% of normal vision, that is a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53bit of a help, it might be a bit of impairment to have the guide some

0:03:54 > 0:03:53time, but a tremendous run from Mueller.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A personal best for he and a season's best for Libby Clegg, so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53improving all the time. Coming into good form. In third place. She is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with Phil now. Libby, well done. I just spoke to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hannah Cockroft, she was talking that Steph Reid said yesterday this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place smells like London. Something about the track maybe, the newness

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of the track. Did you get a sense of that It smells, it is a new track

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so, yeah. You get a sense of the kind of atmosphere you can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53experience here at the Commonwealth Games from this today? It is a good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53atmosphere, it is a shame the sun is not shining but everyone seems to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53enjoying themselves. You will be wearing a Scottish vest that day

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Yes, I will be competing for team Scotland in two weeks time now, so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back in here, we can't wait. I was going to say it is team work, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be wearing the Scottish gear, how strange is that going to be for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you? I haven't thought about it being strange, I am just trying to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53think of it as embracing the two culture, it is a wonderful thing,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53being able to get that opportunity to represent Scotland with Libby, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53think the atmosphere in the crowd today was good and I know it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to be even better, so with that home advantage, you know, we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are putting the pieces together, and each race at a time, training

0:03:54 > 0:03:53session at a time. But yes, it was good coming out here today.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Definitely. You did a great job as always. Libby, one final quick word

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with you, as to you know, what does it mean running for Scotland in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Scotland at a Commonwealth Games? It will mean everything to me, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53know, got all my family and friends up here, so we will show Scotland

0:03:54 > 0:03:53what talent they have got. But I can't wait, really. It will be very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53exciting. We look forward to seeing you there. Well done to both of you.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53#1 So men's long jump. Round three and the UK champion Jegede, a bit

0:03:54 > 0:03:53#1 So men's long jump. Round three pressure here, because two rounds

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have been completed and he is yet to register a mark. He has got one in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the can. So, got himself on the board, after

0:03:54 > 0:03:53two fouls in his opening two rounds. Took that UK title in Birmingham. To

0:03:54 > 0:03:53go with the two indoor titles he claimed. One earlier this year and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back in 2012. And now he will represent England in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Commonwealth Games, Jegede, he has at last got himself on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53board. Let us see what it is for that round three effort. 7.71. He is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in third place, the UK champion with a valid mark.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Here is Jeff Henderson with the demise of Greg Rutherford, this is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the best man in the field, but he too, with two fouls to this point.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Oh, and that is going to take him into the lead. He is going to treble

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the -- trouble the 8 metre mark with that type of leaping. Just walking

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gingerly, I hope that is a strut rather an an injury. You can see he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gets tremendous height off the board. Not the tallest of jumpers

0:03:54 > 0:03:53but very speedy, very compact. Gave way so much, perhaps being

0:03:54 > 0:03:53safe, after Regional Development Agencistering the two fouls on his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53opening two jumps -- after. Has he breached the eight metre mark. No

0:03:54 > 0:03:53need to study it on that occasion he gave away a tremendous amount. 7.95.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jeff Henderson, the US champion, a clear leader taking the lead with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53his third round effort. So the women's pole vault. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53raining Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr entering the competition at

0:03:54 > 0:03:534.55 and goes clear. The latest athlete, the last athlete to enter

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the competition, and those who chose to enter early, many as low as 4.20.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53They were contending with rain and swirling winds at that point in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53afternoon. But no problems, no such problems

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for Jennifer Suhr, she But no problems, no such problems

0:03:54 > 0:03:53time clearance, she goes into the lead.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So here is Silva. The Cuban, the Olympic Silva -- silver medallist.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She goes clear. Entered the competition far earlier at 4.40. No

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mistake on this occasion, what was her second attempt.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Got that bronze medal in Moscow last year, one of the best vaulters in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the world and it was the same height in London 2012 for Silva.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53But the more cluttered card en route to that height meant she came away

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with Olympic silver rather than gold. In fourth place here, second

0:03:54 > 0:03:53attempt clear at 4.55 for Silva. Jonnie Peacock there, Olympic

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion, he really was one of the stars of London. And he is in God

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shape, Colin, ahead of this race? Yes, I was watching him in Ercilia

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Machado, and he was Yes, I was watching him in Ercilia

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running, it is brilliant to see. He never understood estimates. He

0:03:54 > 0:03:53cannot underestimate Brown who is going to be on his shoulders. This

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be a real race for us to witness. It is great. The crowd,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they will recognise Jonny, they will remember how, it his whole demeanour

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in London. He was a young boy, full of running, enjoying the whole

0:03:54 > 0:03:53environment. He say he doesn't believe the reception he got in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Paralympic Games, now he is an established athlete. He will look

0:03:54 > 0:03:53forward toing with competitive and he saw the quick times and he will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53think it is about time I go under that 11 second barrier, for this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53year. Well, all three of the Paralympic podium placed athletes

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are in this race. It really is as competitive as it can be. Brown is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the man that all eyes are on. He wants Johnny's mantel. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53competition is fierce for him. But he will enjoy the crowd, lapping up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the atmosphere, testing the he will enjoy the crowd, lapping up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Let's go down to commentary. Good sport thrives on great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rivalries. Johnnie Peacock and Richard Browne have been lifting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53each other in their sports and battling it out on the track. But

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes like Jarryd Wallace and Arnu Fourie could challenge. So to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Felix Streng in lane six. Arnu Fourie could challenge. So to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peacock hard problems with injuries, but he seems to be coming back to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53his best. He had a wind assisted 10.84 recently. We will see. They

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have been so evenly matched over the last couple of years. Both quick

0:03:54 > 0:03:53starters. This is the men's T44, which is a leg amputated alone the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53knee or a disability resulting in a similar movement pattern. There is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jarryd Wallace. With a fresh beard. He was the champion in Lyon last

0:03:54 > 0:03:53year. He got his personal best area on in Georgia. Arnu Fourie, bronze

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the 100 at the Olympics. But he was passed by the greater speed of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the T43's. Richard Browne, he likes a big show. A world record holder,

0:03:54 > 0:03:5310.75, set at the Olympics. make in this stadium. Alongside

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Johnny Peacock, Felix Streng, one of the rising talents of IPCC

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sprinting. The youngest man in the line-up, 19. 11.37 this year. Paul

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peterson, of the United States, he won the 100 metres at the Olympic

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Games. The two man who will surely decide

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the race here, Peacock and Richard Browne. They both get out very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quickly. Felix Streng had a good win at the 200 in Manchester. Peacock

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and Browne still very much the men to beat. It is the men's T44 100

0:03:54 > 0:03:53metres. Peacock got away... Well, I thought

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it was a question on the starting blocks.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Johnnie Peacock, stretching for the line, so close! Richard Browne

0:03:54 > 0:03:53thinks he might have got it and I think he might be right. Johnnie

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peacock and Richard Browne trade blows at this distance throughout

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the year. Here, they have done it again. Another great race from

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Johnnie Peacock and Richard Browne. I think the American has won it. He

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has indeed. He has been given the verdict. What a great race, going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53below 11 seconds. Lowering his season's best. We knew it was about

0:03:54 > 0:03:53those two. We thought they might have a very good race,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53those two. We thought they might right. Well, a blistering start. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53thought he had twitched as well. Johnnie Peacock, 12. Browne matches

0:03:54 > 0:03:53him quickly. From this point, a real battle, the two of them running very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fast. Peacock had it here, can he lean him? No, Browne gets it in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53last few strides. That will be a season best for Johnnie Peacock.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Look at that start, blistering. Really impressive. He must think,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I've got this. There he is, right on his shoulder, he just out leans him

0:03:54 > 0:03:53at the end. Powerful, driving out of the blocks, up and into top speed

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pretty quickly. And then trying to maintain through. I think Johnnie

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peacock, he's never going to be happy getting beat there. He knows

0:03:54 > 0:03:53how good Browne is, what a great race the two them had last year.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Browne has not been raising as much this year, so he might be even more

0:03:54 > 0:03:53delighted. I don't think Peacock can be to disappointed with that. A very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53close. We were talking about Hannah Cockroft, dominating her discipline.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53You need a good rival to have great races and lift yourself. Browne and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peacock have that. Great sport is often made of great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rivalries, we certainly have one here. We know you are rebuilding

0:03:54 > 0:03:53after injury, so to produce a performance like that, I know you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53never like to lose, but how does that satisfy you? I'll be honest, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53just want to nail my start. This season is about trying to execute my

0:03:54 > 0:03:53start in the race like I do in training. Today, I was fairly happy

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with that start. Then the wheels started coming off, at about 50

0:03:54 > 0:03:53metres, you know, I couldn't hold it together. It's great having Richard,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he pushes you want to do better things. It's not really a true

0:03:54 > 0:03:53indication of where I am at, unfortunately, but life goes on. It

0:03:54 > 0:03:53does, it goes on for you in Britain, time and again, victory upon

0:03:54 > 0:03:53victory. Last year the Idle anniversary games, then this one.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53How much did you enjoy that? It was fundraising today. He's coming out

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of injury. that start was gorgeous, I had to run him down. Can I just

0:03:54 > 0:03:53bring you back in one last time, we are canvassing opinion on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53crowd. A bigger crowd than yesterday. You can imagine what it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is going to be like at the Commonwealth Games. What do you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53think the athletes will be able to look forward to? I think today,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53probably it is a third or half full. They made that kind of noise, so it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53was fantastic. I'm sure at the commonwealths, a packed stadium,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they are going to be so loud and it will give the athletes such a lift.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53You get a great reception and you deserve it, thank you.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The men's long jumper is in round four.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That is going to challenge us! That is going to challenge from Michael

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hartfield. Jeff Henderson set 7.95. That appears to be a similar type of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53market from the third-place finisher in a recent US Championship.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Certainly nice technique. Disappointing so far that none of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the athletes have gone over 80 metres after the fireworks we saw

0:03:54 > 0:03:53yesterday, Steph Read, a world record. Katarina Johnson Thomson was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53just short of the British record. Still below eight metres, but the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Here was the early leader from the lead.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Here was the early leader from the competition, still in round four.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Wang, just 17 and the reigning Asian champion.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That's going to be further, hugely impressive from this teenager. When

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you see a talent like this, how do you nurture it? Clearly he is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53already over eight metres, but how does he nurture a body that is still

0:03:54 > 0:03:53growing and getting stronger? How does he manage the immense talent he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has and how do those around him look after him to make sure he fulfilled

0:03:54 > 0:03:53his potential? With a 17-year-old jumping like this, you don't know if

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you are measuring talent or development. He may have developed

0:03:54 > 0:03:53ahead of his years. 7.91, an improvement and into third place. He

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is certainly one to watch. So, Wang, into third place. Over half the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53women's pole vault, the bar is set at 4.55.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A terrific clearance from the former world champion, both indoors and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53outdoors. So, over 4.65 for Fabiana Murer. That surpasses the 4.62 that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53one of the pioneers of the event set many years ago. She goes into the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lead, the only athlete here at 4.625. She struggled earlier on when

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it was windy and rainy. Much better conditions now. She's clear at 4.65,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for a Scottish allcomers So, Stefanidi, looking to join her.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Her second attempt at 4.25. And she joins her, a terrific

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance, a lifetime best, surpassing the 4.16 that she set

0:03:54 > 0:03:53earlier this season. A terrific performance. The conditions,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53delightfully still, as opposed to the swirling wind and rain that we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53had won the competition opened at 4.20. That is where Stefanidi came

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in. This is her fifth vault of the competition and she set a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in. This is her fifth vault of the best to go into second place. Two

0:03:54 > 0:03:53-- 4.65. What a great women's pole vault competition. A great women's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pole vault competition. Lifetime best, season best, allcomers. This

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is Hampden from the torrential rain that was promised by all of the doom

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mongers has not come yet. It is dry, it is clear in producing

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mongers has not come yet. It is dry, athletics. Plenty more star

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performances to come. It's the Australian with a half metre lead!

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Another good run for Tiffany Porter. Sprinting, she is the best by a long

0:03:54 > 0:03:53way. Jodie Williams, setting the Pace... She just takes it on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53line! Lynsey Sharp is going to win it! David Rudisha in front.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I can't wait to hear the Hampden roar, so many great Scottish

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes coming out to play this afternoon. David Rudisha, as well,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53potentially the star of the Commonwealth Games, will be here.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Loads more to choose from. A great women's 100 metres. What a wealth of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53talent Great Britain is producing at the moment with women's sprinting.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We have the women's steeplechase with local talent in the form of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53McColgan. And Sally Pearson is featuring. It is the 800 metres you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have to stick around for. Whatever you do, I am sure that the relay

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be fantastic, but the women and men's 800 metres, the last events on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the track, they will be fantastic. We are on until 5:20. We will be on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for about 30 minutes at the end of the programme, looking ahead to the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games and enjoying comments from our experts. They will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53be picking out the talent to watch. If you have anything to contribute,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you can tweet us. Or if you have any interesting pictures, please do so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on Instagram. I am sure there are plenty of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53interesting ways to watch the athletics this afternoon. It's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53currently a bit hot and clammy down south, too hot to be outside, so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they will be inside watching athletics.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hamdan is looking fantastic as an athletics stadium. It didn't start

0:03:54 > 0:03:53life has an athletics team, it's the home of the Scottish football team

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and Queens Park also play here. It was a lot of work to turn it into

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this venue, which is where the athletics programme will start in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53two weeks. The closing ceremony will be here as well. 6000 steel poles

0:03:54 > 0:03:53were used to support 1000 planks, which made the base, which raised

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the whole ground by 1.9 metres. This place used to hold up to 149,000,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53watching a Scotland-England game in the 30s. It was reduced for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletics programme. It has taken since November to turn it into a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53track and field venue. It's looking absolutely fantastic. White lions

0:03:54 > 0:03:53down, the infield looking as green and healthy as you would like. It

0:03:54 > 0:03:53looks like they never played football here, doesn't it? -- white

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lines. The athletes have really enjoyed the programme so far. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53times were good. The times were good in the sprint. James came here

0:03:54 > 0:03:53wanting to cement the 10.03, knowing he didn't have a lot of racing,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53wanting that third burst for the European Championships. Did he do

0:03:54 > 0:03:53enough? To me, yes. He was under pressure, knowing that people were

0:03:54 > 0:03:53putting him under pressure. He came here with a tough challenge, because

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he had the pressure of having to do deliver the performance against the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best in the world. For James, third from the left of the screen, he got

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a wonderful start. He didn't really get that real kick,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that will come with racing, don't worry about that. The Jamaican just

0:03:54 > 0:03:53snuck in at the crucial moment. I think what he did there was surely

0:03:54 > 0:03:53enough to see him through to the European Championships. He is a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53supreme athlete and it would be a huge mistake, in my opinion, if he's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53not there. Perhaps hoping he would still be the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53man in the frame, running sub ten seconds this season, he would feel

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he had some kind of claim at the moment you think they will name his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rival? Because of his past performance. We were so surprised at

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the lead the games when we thought he wasn't even going to make the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53final. Next thing you know, he comes in and gets herself into the final.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He didn't run as well as he could have done, but he made his way

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there, which is fantastic. So, I think those type of experiences will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53see him through. That is why I'm thinking you've got to give him the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53opportunity. It is complicated. Selection can be, we haven't had too

0:03:54 > 0:03:53many selection issues this year, the Commonwealth Games teams was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53selected so early two of them one unavailable for that. CJ ran his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53time a bit too late for that, still think that is a bit of a shame he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has run 9.96. I agree with Colin he is unlikely to be in the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championship team as well. Chatting to Steve Fudge, James Dasaolu's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53coach. They felt as though being surrounded by the other good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53runners, Colin said he was this the B race, could relax, and looked

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fantastic, I thought he tensed up and tightened up a bit in the last

0:03:54 > 0:03:5320, 30 metres, that will come. James is heading for a great season and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53agree. The selectors will probably go his way. Thank you Steve. You are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to call the 400 metres now, so I will let you tell us who is on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53start list. This is a good race as well. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53unusual name of Nijel Amos who would have loved to have been able to run

0:03:54 > 0:03:53against David Rudisha. He is against Rooney.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lots of interesting stories here, Martyn Rooney starting to round into

0:03:54 > 0:03:53nice form. Had a good run in France during the week as well, to back up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a good performance when he ran 450.3 and is the UK champion. -- 25.03.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Nijel Amos, he is a huge talent. He runs with his heart. Really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53interesting to see how he goes at 400 here. He will be in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Gameses in the 800, and he may well be part of a very good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53bots wan nan 4X4 team, that will challenge Rooney and the English

0:03:54 > 0:03:53squad. You have to say even for Martyn Rooney, getting to the final

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the Commonwealth Games I think is going to be tough. Santos, Domincan

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Republic, Olympic silver medallist. The reason I say that about Rooney,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Republic, Olympic silver medallist. this guy has thrown him to the fore.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53James will be the favourite by Makwala set a new African record.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Brown of Bahamas, 35 years of age and sill in fantastic form. Now,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be seen as a medal contender. In the Gaymons. Kevin Borlee, his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53brother, twin brother ran yesterday in the 200 metres, he has been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53coming back from various problems, most recent is an elbow injury.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Conrad Williams needs a time. 45.70 to confirm his selection nor the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53European Championship, could this man do it? Controversially the

0:03:54 > 0:03:5319-year-old disqualified at the European Championships looks so good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in qualification, moving up from the 100 and the 200 into the vent many

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have always thought would be his best, the 400. He has a tough lane.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lane eight. That won't help him too much. But interesting to see whether

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Matthew Hudson-Smith, 45.8 this year, he has Williams inside and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53might nick that spot at the European Championships. So Rooney in lane

0:03:54 > 0:03:53two, and then the Championships. So Rooney in lane

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes in seven and eight and in between Santos, Makwala, there he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is, the great... Well 27-year-old you can't call him a new discovery

0:03:54 > 0:03:53but what a year he is having. Men's 400.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rooney has to get into this race early from lane two. He started

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pretty wellful he has taken a couple of metres out of Santos, as Santos

0:03:54 > 0:03:53watches Makwala move away. Matthew Hudson-Smith will sense that Conrad

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Williams has moved up on him. Borlee is struggling a bit.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53As the stagger starts to unwind through that first 200 metres

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Makwala starting to run down, Chris Brown and Rooney still a long

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Makwala starting to run down, Chris back in lane two at the moment.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Williams going well. Matthew Hudson-Smith will try and run him

0:03:54 > 0:03:53down, but it is Makwala all the way, Santos finishing quickly. Matthew

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hudson-Smith finishing quickly. Might get second. Makwala and Brown

0:03:54 > 0:03:53just holds off Matthew Hudson-Smith. Good run from the youngster, 44.72

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for the man at the front. Solid run, he will be tough. Not sure it was as

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quick as we thought we might get. That was a good strong field, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53thought we might see something two or three tenths quicker than that.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53You have to say from the British athletes the man who impressed, it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is a massive new personal best for Hudson-Smith.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53What a performance from him. Under 45 seconds,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53What a performance from him. Under In fact he has, it has just gone up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the screen. In fact he has, it has just gone up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he is. Denise, this man, this In fact he has, it has just gone up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53waiting to see what In fact he has, it has just gone up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a horrible weekend at the Championships but what a performance

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the first to congratulate him Martyn Rooney. A fantastic

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance by this young man. Got disqualified at the trials so was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53unlucky. He ran especially, and what disqualified at the trials so was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you want the see is the athletes, that don't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you want the see is the athletes, opportunity to get to these races

0:03:54 > 0:03:53making the most of that opportunity. And did he use it well! We have seen

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Makwala who is in supreme form as you said, just looking majestic,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53holding his form well. But a bit disappointing for Martyn Rooney, who

0:03:54 > 0:03:53we are so used to seeing him come home strongly in the home straight.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I think he will be disappointed with that run there, because I guess he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53still is trying to get back into the form we are used to seeing in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53last couple of years. Well, what a performance there,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Makwala winning 44.71. Matthew Hudson-Smith goes equal 14th in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53world with 44.97. That is OK but what a a the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53youngster, and he is is down with Phil now. I know there is a sense of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53disbelief down here from Matthew, you have gone 14th equal in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53world this year with that run. Can you put it into words for me? I need

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to ring my mum! I have no idea what happened. I have no idea. I am in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shock. Literally. That was crazy. One thing you have done is run

0:03:54 > 0:03:53yourself into the European Championship team t it would appear.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Oh, yes. I forgot, I completely forgot about that. That was crazy. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53am buzzing, the aim was to go to Zurich and I pretty much done it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53here, so, yeah. Hopefully, yes. I know you are finding it difficult to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53talk. We appreciate the words. Go and celebrate. Amazing performance.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Thank you, thank you. I think you are see an athlete in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shock there. He has just run, he smashed his B.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He is wandering off, he is down below us, he is on his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He is wandering off, he is down to Radio 5 Live. He can't quite

0:03:54 > 0:03:53comprehend what he has heard from Phil there. And, he is shaking his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53head, he is wanting it confirmed, because, and Paula this could mean

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he is in the European Championships It is a coerlser of motioners he was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gutted to have a false start and be unable to take part in the race. He

0:03:54 > 0:03:53thought that was his chance of the Championships gone: There aren't the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53people with the qualifying time. He has smashed that here and he has a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strong cans Hoff going and I think he is struggling to comprehend that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53all together. It is always exciting to see a new talent launch

0:03:54 > 0:03:53themselves on to a stage, and that is exactly what he did just then. He

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has the most fantastic fee seek for the one lap. Yes, he proved it was a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53difficult lane. He went out an ejoyed himself. That is what can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53happen in these type of environments where you can go an experience, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are among the best in the world and you have a go. If I tell you, he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53went from 48.76 last year, down to 44.97, so within a year, he has four

0:03:54 > 0:03:53seconds, so, I mean it is just an incredible breakthrough, you can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53totally understand why he is shocked, and he is surprised about

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that. But now I hope he takes that onboard, because when you make these

0:03:54 > 0:03:53massive breakthroughs, you have to say to yourself, "I have broken

0:03:54 > 0:03:53through, what do I have to do? Consolidate that performance." Tell

0:03:54 > 0:03:53us what his progress was like as a junior He was 200 metre running.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53They have a good basic speed. Once you have you a good sense of speed

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you apply that to the 400 metres. Work harder, tougher, extend the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53training sessions which are not comfortable. For him to move down to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a 44 second run is impressive. Now it is for him to absorb it all, go

0:03:54 > 0:03:53home, he says he wants to have a word with his much. I am sure she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53home, he says he wants to have a will be pretty pleased with that. If

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they keep it nice and level he can do some wonders at the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championship, he has to believe in himself. This is a very impressive

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finish He is round on the outside. Nobody is paying any attention to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53him. He is run his own race. He picks them off one at a time. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes are all class athletes, that is the thing that for him would

0:03:54 > 0:03:53be slightly disbelieving, I guess, he will look round, he crosses the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53line, he will think "I am not far from the winner there, and the clock

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has stopped at 44.7." Brilliant run. Inspirational run for him and for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53many others. He just keeps pointing into the distance as if somebody is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to take itia from him, looking up at the board there and wondering

0:03:54 > 0:03:53how it happened, but he will go away and realise he was with some of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best in the world. That a performance that can take him on.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53One lady who knows what it is like to be the best in the world is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the World Champion and Olympic champion. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is here gracing this stage shortly. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is going to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53retain her title. Fraser-Pryce, what a competitor.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She is strolling away, this is a display of power sprinting from

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53line. To the title. For double gold. It is gold for Jama -- Jamaica. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is the best by a long way, a really long way.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. I mean, she just has been the outstanding

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sprinter of a generation, Colin, and cough course she is also sadly not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to be here, Blaine the other prominent Jamaican athlete who is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53not here for the Nick Clegg cegs. It a chance for the crowd to enjoy her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53talents It will be a familiar face for many, but many would have seen

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her perform, to to be here in Scotland will be fantastic for her.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Will have a chat with her later to see what she thinks about the track.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She won't be running as an individual. She will be doing the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53relay. Not as an individual. That is a shame.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53relay. Not as an individual. That is a Usain Bolt doing the same thing,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he will be in the relay but not an individual performance, which is a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shame, because you know, these athletes, people rarely get to see

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up close We haven't seen her go under 10 seconds on a regular basis

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this year. For her it will be an experience and many other athletes.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Phillips has been so strong, she has been dominant in domestic terms. You

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mean it's a good opportunity to get a scalp Yes, a big time for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Phillips. It gives a huge opportunity. She will lap that up.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53After seeing that last performance, inspired. Let us see! Andrew Cotter

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is talking us through this one. What a line up it is. We have the three

0:03:54 > 0:03:53medallist from the last Championships. A couple of years ago

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the names to strike tier would have been Jeter and Fraser-Pryce. Look

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Facey, she led off the Jame can team.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will get a huge ovation. She had problems with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a leg injury. Interesting to see how she goes today. 36

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Murielle Ahoure is the only person who has come close to Michelle-Lee

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ahye. Kerron Stewart Jamaica goes in lane six.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We caught a glimpse of her. The UK champion, harsher -- Smith has gone

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quicker than Asha Philip. We talked a little about Carmelita Jeter. Ten

0:03:54 > 0:03:53months out, and she only would we got back to things a few months ago.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Second fastest of all time, got back to things a few months ago.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hamstring problems. There are nine lanes for the sprinters. Ashlee

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Nelson for Great Britain, looking lanes for the sprinters. Ashlee

0:03:54 > 0:03:53forward to the Commonwealth Games. She got the second to get to Z?rich

0:03:54 > 0:03:53by fractions, head of Jodie Williams. We focused a lot on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce because of what she has done in the past. But

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she might be holding onto the coat-tails of some of the other

0:03:54 > 0:03:53cutlets. What can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A very good start by do?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ahye. But Murielle Ahoure is putting pressure

0:03:54 > 0:03:53season, Michelle-Lee Ahye from Trinidad crumbles to the ground in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53celebration. An impressive run. A Trinidad crumbles to the ground in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good start. What a run it was. You can see why she has beaten everyone

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that has challenged this season. 11.01. The number one this season.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Nothing that Murielle Ahoure could 11.01. The number one this season.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53do. A better run from Fraser-Pryce. But the winner, comprehensively in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the end, was Michelle-Lee Ahye. You want to get out strong. The person

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in lane four, Murielle Ahoure, fast fat start. Great over 60, as we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53know. Losing some of that strength we have come to expect from her.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Like you say, a great run, a better run from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53taking that second place. Good to see her back. It's the finishing

0:03:54 > 0:03:53speed of Michelle-Lee Ahye. We mentioned in eight races, that is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53nine now and be in. Murielle Ahoure came very close. She got out very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quickly indeed. At this stage here, Fraser-Pryce, she have that leg

0:03:54 > 0:03:53problem and started well at the world indoor Championships and the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Kingston Invitational. She tailed off without injury. We are seeing

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her coming back, not to her best, but she is getting back, and she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be there at the Commonwealth Games. The strong finishing of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Michelle-Lee Ahye gave the victory there. An impressive enough time,

0:03:54 > 0:03:5311.01. She has gone sober 11 seconds at times this season. We can't talk

0:03:54 > 0:03:53about the victory, and confirm that season 's best by Shelly-Ann

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Fraser-Pryce. Modest by her standards, but she is taking modest

0:03:54 > 0:03:53steps. Third, Murielle Ahoure. Disappointing for Ashlee Nelson in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53eighth place. Great to see you getting back to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53something like your best after your injury problems. I'm really excited.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I have to say, for everything that happened, it has been a tough few

0:03:54 > 0:03:53months coming back. But with a season best I really excited. We are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to miss you in the individual event, but you will be here for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53relay. Now you have had a taste of this, imagine this, 44,000, folder.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I know, I was lining up, visualising may be here for the 100 metres.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Unfortunately, that would happen. But I'm excited to come back and get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to see the atmosphere of the stadium. Michelle ran a very good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53race and she'll be looking at two weeks time as well. You are a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion. Always great to see you. We can bring in Michelle. What is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that, nine races, nine finals, unbeaten and you get better and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53better, it seems? Yes, I'm happy with my performance this year. I'm

0:03:54 > 0:03:53looking to the Commonwealth games and everything after that. How

0:03:54 > 0:03:53important was it to get a feel of the track before the Commonwealth?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Well, it was very important, how it felt, how I ran and stuff. But it's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a good track, it's really fast and I like it. How does it sit with you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53being the big favourite? You being the big favourite, how does that sit

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with you? It's kind of hard, a lot of pressure on me, but I'm getting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53used to it now. Great performance, keep it going. Thank you.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Michelle-Lee Ahye, a very distinctive looking woman, but she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53seems almost humbled and shy about her performance, taking her time to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53get used to be top of the tree, as it might take Matthew Hudson-Smith.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We are still in shock about that performance, that time and what will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53do for the selectors over the next few days. We've got to bring in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Steve Cram. Conrad Williams is the other name in the frame. That

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance today, personal-best, it would kind of seem like a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53no-brainer? Colin? Sorry, Crammy? Yellow rattle let's qualify, the top

0:03:54 > 0:03:53three have to be picked, Rooney already have the qualifying time.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Conrad Williams, in all of the excitement, he also got the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53qualifying time. According to selection policy, the two of them

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have to be selected, which leaves one place. Hudson Smith has just run

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the second fastest time in Europe, so it would seem it would be him

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that goes in ahead of Michael Bingham, who has run 45.18. 19 years

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of age, coming here and running as fast as that, it would be a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53no-brainer for me. It also highlights the anomaly of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games selection. That is done a while ago. It shows that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes pecked on former then, they may not be on form now. Not that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they have lost form, but other athletes coming to the picture and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53their season progresses. Leaving it later, you might strengthen your

0:03:54 > 0:03:53team? The England team was picked so early for all sorts of reasons that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I won't go into. But in any season, there are always youngsters that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53come to the fore. Matthew Hudson-Smith is a case in point. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53can go back to myself as a 17-year-old and I got to go to the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth games. They are about champions, Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Fraser-Pryce, but it's also an opportunity for 19, 18, 17-year-olds

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to come and get their first taste of an international competition. It's a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shame we didn't give some developing athletes a chance to make the team.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Some are in their answer will be part of the relay squad. But there

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are reasons why that happened. June the 2nd was incredibly early and so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53some had to gauge their season to aim for European selection. It's a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shame, but he's had a fantastic race here today. I hope he's going to get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a European selection. That is not against any of the other guys, but

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he is not against any of the other guys, but he's a, hopefully in a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53British vest. Or A1 off performance is one thing,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in Championships there is nothing to replicate that? -- a one-off

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance. You got the experience of the champion to ground and that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is when it becomes difficult. He's done it as a junior. He needs to do

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it over 400 metres now. Let's talk about the women's steeplechase.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53McColgan will be a crowd favourite. But she's had a bumpy ride, heading

0:03:54 > 0:03:53into the Commonwealth games with Scotland. It should be the biggest

0:03:54 > 0:03:53moment, the biggest stage in her career. Her mum has such great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53heritage in the common wealth games. She has a heart murmur which she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53wrote about earlier in the year, having problems with that in Qatar?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She had a bumpy ride coming into it. She came back from Kenny and trained

0:03:54 > 0:03:53really well. She struggled a bit with the heat and then have this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53issue with a heart palpitation in Doha. She's not in the best shape,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she knows that, but she wants to perform well here. It is her home

0:03:54 > 0:03:53country. I think she is looking to find form. The pressure that is on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her, it doesn't just come from Scotland, it is the surname, it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53means so much. The crowd will make her feel very loved indeed.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It very high-quality race for them to take part in. A chance for them

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to get the qualifying time if they can.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Emma Coburn of the United States is really making a name for herself.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We hope we can have a race in which the pacemakers can go pretty well.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Emma Coburn and Hiwot Ayalew, if we get a race like we had in Paris this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53year, a really fantastic year. She just missed the American record,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53held by Jenny just missed the American record,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53great year. Cockburn, no fear, takes on the Ethiopians and the Kenyans.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lennie So, just over seven and a half laps

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of the track. They missed that out So, just over seven and a half laps

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the first circuit and then get to run almost 300 metres without taking

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on a barrier. I know there has been a lot of criticism of her technique,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53or lack of technique. I has been saying, I've got to get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53myself in shape. Immediately, you are never

0:03:54 > 0:03:53myself in shape. Immediately, you right behind the pacemaker,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53myself in shape. Immediately, you year she has had in the American?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She revolutionised it this year. She's been very impressive in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53way she ran the races. A fantastic attitude coming out of these

0:03:54 > 0:03:53distance attitude coming out of these

0:03:54 > 0:03:53attitude we would like some of our athletes in Britain to take up the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mantle on. They have demonstrated you can take on the might of Africa,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the events they are more accustomed to, the steeplechase for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53men and Looking at the other end of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53field, we are looking at hellish -- Eilish Mccolgan. She was over the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53water jump without stopping on the barrier. When you come out of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53other end, it holds you back. Right she's actually moving better

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the flat barriers, with the way she hurdles it, she pretty much

0:03:54 > 0:03:53comes to a stop and loses two three metres on the field. Then she asked

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to work so hard to get back involved. You can see she will spend

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the whole latter catching up. And at the water jump she will lose time.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Maybe ten or 15 seconds in this race. That's a lot. Women's pole

0:03:54 > 0:03:53vault, this is the winner, Fabiana Murer.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53victory for Fabiana Murer. She takes the pole vault, that first-time

0:03:54 > 0:03:53clearance of 4.625. Two other athletes went through at that point.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53But the importance of having a clean card, brought to bear by Fabiana

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Murer. that massive lifetime best a few

0:03:54 > 0:03:53weeks ago. That is going to take the lead by a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53big margin. Andreas Hofmann. Part of a resurgence, German

0:03:54 > 0:03:53throwing scene in the afterlip. Set that massive personal best, role hat

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a big personal best, and he is in the competition as well. What is the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53distance? 83.66, Andreas Hofmann is in first

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place. In first place in the steeplechase

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Emma Coburn. The pacemaker dropped out.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Three minutes six, that out.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53off what they asked. It is a good pace. It is inside 9.20. She can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53keep that pace going. You would see it drop. To go through the field

0:03:54 > 0:03:53behind her. The World Champion in about fourth place. And Hiwot

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ayalew, right at the back and almost come to a stand-still in the water

0:03:54 > 0:03:53jump herself, you can see her extricating herself, trying to get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back to that group. She looks out of sorts. She doesn't normally do that,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she would be right up there and Milcah Chemos and Lidya

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she would be right up there and are the ones who look more... There

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is Hiwot Ayalew. She has made up about 10, 15 metres and at the back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Eilish McColgan. She is having a hard time The water jump is setting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her back. With the Commonwealth Games approaching and the fact she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is getting ready for it, as we watch the javelin here, we will come back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to the steeplechase. So the reigning world and European champion,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Vitezslav Vesely. Andreas Hofmann threw it out,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53applies the brakes before the line and that is going to take the lead.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Over 85 metres. For the man from the Czech Republic.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53And a terrific series in the diamond race so far. Although his most

0:03:54 > 0:03:53recent outing in Paris he finished in fifth place. He has been a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53dominant performer in the diamond race over the past couple of years.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53How far is that throw? We know it is the lead, going jond the 83.66 of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hofmann. Vesely is in first place at the conclusion of the first round.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Emma Coburn has some company, Hiwot Ayalew had to work hard. I wasn't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sure what she was doing. She was happy at the back. She didn't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53realise and had that terrible water jump. That is another good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53kilometre, this is good running from the American. Three minutes seven

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this is fast. She has her eyes on the American record. That puts her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in good shape for the American record, but she is really working

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for it. She said she was the only one who set out with a clear tactic.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Follow the pacemaker, wait and then lift the pace and stretch it. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has the World Champion in third place there, on the outside and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53behind her Hiwot Ayalew. There is keep moss. There is a big gap --

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Milcah Chemos. Emma Coburn is keep moss. There is a big gap --

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running a terrific race with two laps to go. Looking down the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finishing straight, the two Scottish athletes are running, are working

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and battling it out together. Eilish McColgan moving past Lennie Waite

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and moving, she will see the two laps to go. The lap time 7 minutes

0:03:54 > 0:03:53eight seconds. It will be a slow run for her. It is but I have to say she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has half a chance if Eilish McColgan is picking it up. She still has a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53chance of 9.43. They are a long way behind the leaders. 9: 12 is what

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this lady is after. That time set by Jenny Simpson in Berlin at the World

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Champions in 2009, 9: 12.5. That is Milcah Chemos. Coming round with 500

0:03:54 > 0:03:53metres to go: There is Milcah Chemos. She first came of age in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010. Everyone expected her to win it this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53time. She is not running as well. She will be vulnerable in ethat

0:03:54 > 0:03:53event. She is running into third place but she is a long way behind

0:03:54 > 0:03:53an impressive performance. 8:2. The American there hurdling strongly,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53still running well. Working so hard for this opportunity, she has worked

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it herself, she deserves it. for this opportunity, she has worked

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ayalew getting red request to move. That is the first move from Hiwot

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ayalew. Hurdling, Coburn is battling. He is not going to give

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up. Nor should she. There is a good opportunity for her to hang on to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hiwot Ayalew, work as hard as she could down the back straight. There

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is a great performance for Coburn. The crowd are getting behind that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53one. 200 metres to go. Coburn battling hard. The American record

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in her sights. 9: 12.5 for her, but she knows she has a chance. Hiwot

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ayalew beat her in Paris she may well do it here because Coburn can't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sprint. Now Hiwot Ayalew stutter, Coburn will take the barrier better.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hiwot Ayalew stutters a bit. She will come away, watch the clock

0:03:54 > 0:03:53here, it is going to be a win for the Ethopian, but Emma Coburn must

0:03:54 > 0:03:53break the American record. Hiwot Ayalew wins it and co-burring puts

0:03:54 > 0:03:53herrooms up. She knows she has done it. Although Hiwot Ayalew wins it as

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Milcah Chemos comes in third. Emma Coburn rewarded for good front

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running, she won earlier in the year in Shanghai and the two behind her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53said we didn't know she was in the race. We thought she was the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pacemaker. Hiwot Ayalew is in great form. But for Emma Coburn, look how

0:03:54 > 0:03:53much that means to her, taking Jenny Simpson's American record and may

0:03:54 > 0:03:53move her very close to the world all time top ten. I will check that I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53was looking as you were speaking, Eilish McColgan was very very close

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to that time of 9:43. The unofficial at the moment at 9:44.6. She didn't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quite make the qualifying time for the European Championships. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53#345i7b race, Emma Coburn, who has worked so hard for this one, she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53give herself every opportunity. She made this race the pace it was.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hiwot Ayalew wasn't interested in that. She was interested in a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53victory, but Emma Coburn, you have to say, these American athletes with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this attitude is something we should take some impetus from and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53inspiration from. But Hiwot Ayalew the winner. Ethiopia. Emma Coburn

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and American record, 9: 11.42 and some good personal best behind her.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Eilish McColgan, it is a season's best for Eilidh.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53But Hiwot Ayalew, the champion best for Eilidh.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ethiopia, and Emma Coburn, a really powerful performance in second

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place. Emma Coburn will go into 11th place

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the all time list, not quite top ten, but what a performance from

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her, I am sure she is delighted and rewarded for great front running.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She is with flil. What a gutsy performance, I know how desperately

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you wanted that record. What performance, I know how desperately

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mean to you? It is incredible. Doing two kilometres, alone, is really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53difficult, so, and it was a little breezy, so when Hiwot Ayalew came up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with 300 to go, it was identical to Paris. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with 300 to go, it was identical to be with her at the water and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53unfortunately my water wasn't be with her at the water and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53beautiful and hers was, so she beat me out of there but second place and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the American record, I am happy. You deserve to be. How much did the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53crowd inspire you? It was great having them cheer me on. I know I am

0:03:54 > 0:03:53American, mostly fans are cheering for English and Scottish athletes,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so I felt really lucky they were giving me the enthusiasm and were

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rooting for me. giving me the enthusiasm and were

0:03:54 > 0:03:53deserved it. A tremendous performance. Thank you so much. Well

0:03:54 > 0:03:53done to her, but she is joined. We had a Swedish national record. We

0:03:54 > 0:03:53had a personal best for Garcia on the second page, I don't know if we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will get to see it Sandra Eriksson had a Finnish national record.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Personal best for the Aussies in there as well, all the way down, and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53then Eilish McColgan a season's best for her, just outside of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53qualifying time, but she may get selected. We will wait to see. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will have to wait until Tuesday to find out.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The men's long jump competition concluded some time ago. You heard

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jonathan Edwards bemoaning the fact nobody had got to grips with this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53competition. Jeff Henderson soared up to eight metres 21. The best

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athlete in the field, he passed round four, we wondered whether he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53was suffering any ill effects of his round three effort, but bounced back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with a vengeance to soar out to eight metres 21 and take first place

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in commanding fashion. That was a super jump. It was text book

0:03:54 > 0:03:53technique from Henderson. He has been along with Greg Rutherford, he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53beat him in Lausanne about a week or so ago, a word on Greg, we expected

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to see him jumping, he has a trapped nerve behind his knee.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So outstanding result for Henderson in that long jump. We won in the New

0:03:54 > 0:03:53York Diamond League and Lausanne, he continues his terrific run of form,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in ideal condition, he can go 29 feet which is 8 metres 83. Let us

0:03:54 > 0:03:53watch him in the future. JJ Jegede down in six with his only valid jump

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the third round. So the women's pole vault was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Fabiana Murer providing some joy for Brazil after their dramatic couple

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of weeks during the football World Cup. 4.65 her best effort. Katerina

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Stefanidi in second place. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou down in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fifth. Terrific effort from Sally peak who

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will represent Wales in a few weeks time. The next race on the track

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be the women's 100 hurdles, Great Britain's Tiffany Porter. That

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lady there, will have certainly the Commonwealth interest. She is the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53reigning champion of the Commonwealth and the Olympic game,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it is Sally Pearson. Very strong run from Sally Pearson.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She fete gets better and stronger. -- she gets better and stronger.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It is going to be Pearson who wins it.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Here comes Pearson. Over the hurdles.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Look how that much that means to Sally Pearson.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53There she is, Sally Pearson, getting ready for a mammoth competition, we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53always know that the women's 100 metres hurdles is supercompetitive

0:03:54 > 0:03:53because the talent is here yet again. Now if we remember lots of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the athletes are talking an the speed of the track. It seems it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fast. The hurdlers don't particularly enjoy that. If you get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53more leg speed it pushes you on to the barriers which can cause you to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53makes my takes, but don't worry, they will be able to handle that.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53They will look for the fastest time in the world. It is stacked as I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53said with talent. This is the reason why it is a tough call for who going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to be the winner. We have Tiffany Porter. Can you see her, she has her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hands on her hipsches she looks cool,room calm, but this is going to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53be an incredibly tight race, I am looking forward to it. The man who

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has the honour of calling it is Andrew Cotter. This is a Diamond

0:03:54 > 0:03:53League race. Not all the races counts but this one does, so it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53high quality. A glimpse of Commonwealth things to come. A

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strong American presence. Queen Harrison will lead the US challenge.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53There is LaVonne Idlette and Nia Ali. Her results in outdoors have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53not been impressive. In outside her in lane three, beautiful technician,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Olympic champion, the Commonwealth champion, and she will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53defend her Commonwealth title here, she will be running over the flat as

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well. Running the 100 flat in the Commonwealth Games. Trying to double

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up. Tiffany Porter, well received. World bronze medallist in Moscow

0:03:54 > 0:03:53last summer. She will run for England in the common wealth games.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53There is Queen Harrison, second to harbour Nelson in the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championships. Only harbour Nelson has run quicker. Lolo Jones,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53actually competed in the Winter Olympics in Sochi a few months ago

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in the bobsleigh. Finished 11th. Kristi Castlin, close to her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal best this season. Jasmine Stour is, second in the US

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championships. In Lane nine, Nadine Hildebrand, world indoor finalist.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The few thousand inside Hampden fall silent for the start of the 100

0:03:54 > 0:03:53metre hurdles. No, Lane eight, and she knows.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jasmin Stowers through her hands up. She will wait for official

0:03:54 > 0:03:53confirmation, but I think... She might as well already waved

0:03:54 > 0:03:53goodbye. She is complaining a little bit that there was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53goodbye. She is complaining a little noise that put her off. Normally the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53complaints fall on deaf ears. They do, but I can agree with it, it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quite busy down there. It's sometimes quite distracting. It's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the discretion of the starter. Pleading hands at the moment, but to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53no avail. The dancing Bear of death is waiting. Well, she is surviving

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for now. It was a clear false start, we can look at it here. Well, there

0:03:54 > 0:03:53was a bit of a rock from Lolo Jones as well. Green card, technical

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fault. So, Jasmin Stowers survives. Those eyes did the trick. I must try

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that. The bear is dancing on its own. We are ready to go again.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sally Pearson is in three, Tiffany Porter in four. Queen Harrison in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lane five. Lolo Jones in six, Kristi Castlin in seven. Jasmin Stowers is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in eight. Nadine Hildebrand is in nine.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Victory for Queen Harrison. The is 12.59. A good time, a very good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53victory. Queen Harrison wins again. She will hoover up the Diamond

0:03:54 > 0:03:53League points and move ahead in the overall standings for the season. A

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good victory for Queen Harrison. A tough race, we know that. A strong

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance from Harrison, from the blocks.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance from Harrison, from the well to get second place. I think

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she will be happy with that, even though she has run quicker this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53year. It's all about consistent performances. Look at Sally Pearson

0:03:54 > 0:03:53as well. Great things expected. performances. Look at Sally Pearson

0:03:54 > 0:03:53didn't quite have the speed there? It is the zip that she's missing.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She's not as fast on the flat I she has been before. It doesn't allow

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her to run over the barriers as emphatically as she has in the past.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She's relying on the technique to see it through. Don't worry, don't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53write off Sally Pearson yet. She is somebody that has done under 12.3,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53remember. That is the class of Sally Pearson. A good win from Queen

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Harrison, second quickest in the world this year, behind Dawn

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Harper-Nelson. She moves ahead of her in the Diamond League standings

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with that victory. Eight good run from Lolo Jones, bobsleigh training

0:03:54 > 0:03:53paying off. It's always great to see Sally

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running in Britain, Olympic champion in London, you are coming back for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Commonwealth Games in a couple of weeks. What did you think of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53track at the stadium? Yeah, I think it's fantastic, pushing my hardest

0:03:54 > 0:03:53out there. As always, the crowd are so supportive, even when I'm not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running at my best. I actually really like the track. Yes, it's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53very interesting, but a nice track. Double duty at the Commonwealth, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53flat 100 and the hurdles? We'll see what happens, I haven't done much

0:03:54 > 0:03:53specific training for the 100. Hopefully I'll be able to buck up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for it, we'll see. As for the whole Commonwealth Games thing, can you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53put into perspective how big it is in Australia? It's just as big in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Australia as it is here. Another chance for the country to put on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53green and gold and be really proud of their athletes and sports. As the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53captain I've got a lot of responsibility when I get here in a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53few weeks, but I'm really looking forward to it. Great to see you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53here, we look forward to seeing you back again.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So, the men's javelin, second round, Andreas Hofmann, in second

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place, the early leader but surpassed with the current lead.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He thinks that's better. He's really in a rich vein of form. That the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53victory was completely unexpected, but he took huge inspiration from

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the crowd. You talked about the resurgence in German javelin

0:03:54 > 0:03:53throwing. You have to think back to that world record that meant they

0:03:54 > 0:03:53had to redesign it, he nearly hit the high jumper! A slight

0:03:54 > 0:03:53improvement for Andreas Hofmann in the second round.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He's coming off a big personal best in Paris, Thomas Rohler.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He got a first round record and that's an improvement for Thomas

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rohler. The entire nation of Germany

0:03:54 > 0:03:53celebrating something of a resurging sound this is one of the men

0:03:54 > 0:03:53responsible. That is in sharp contrast to javelin throwing in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53UK. The winning mark in the UK Championship was 17.71, the shortest

0:03:54 > 0:03:53since 1959. No such problems in Germany. A hug from Andreas Hofmann.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I've been waiting for omens, a big Germany or Argentinian performance

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to show me which way the World Cup is going to go. So far, Germany!

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That is on tomorrow night. Let's talk about the women's hurdles race.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sally Pearson, always bright and bubbly. Her athletics has not been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so far this season. She came through the problems at the Olympics, got

0:03:54 > 0:03:53herself on the podium, you felt that this season she would take off

0:03:54 > 0:03:53again. We were there in Rome, she pulled out at the last minute, she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hadn't travelled well and things haven't clicked? They haven't, she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has been nursing an injury. I think she had heavy strapping in Paris.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It's really tricky for her. We are so used to seeing Sally being

0:03:54 > 0:03:53dominant and leading the world. Like Colin said, you cannot fault her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53technique. The flat speed is not there. So, she is having to feel her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53way through. That's tough. She's also changed her coach, which will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53make a difference. She needed motivating, a change of scenery. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53think that might be having something to do with, like you said, working

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on new things, trying to get more out of somebody that is actually

0:03:54 > 0:03:53flawless, in many ways. You could hardly put a piece of paper between

0:03:54 > 0:03:53them and there, she is going to be the main protagonist? For the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games, nobody should be challenging apart from Tiffany. But

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it's going to be great to see how they fare. In about one hour's time,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53we will have seen the men's 800 metres, the last race on the track.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It features nonurban and David Rudisha. We are excited about seeing

0:03:54 > 0:03:53him perform. -- none other than David Rudisha. He still has a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance in London fresh in the memory. It's all about David

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rudisha. The pride of the Stadium. That's the world record,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53unbelievable. He is the greatest. What is the overriding memory of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that occasion, breaking the world record at the Olympics? I am saying

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that is my greatest moment in my career. I did a lot and I really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53prepared myself for so many years. Since then, I've been keeping in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mind about the Olympics, my father was an Olympian, a 1960s silver

0:03:54 > 0:03:53medallist in the 4x4. That has been going through my mind all of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53time. When that moment arrived, I said, let me go for it and try and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53do my best. How difficult has it been, the transition, going from all

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of the injury problems, building to the athlete we are now seeing back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53winning races? When you have these problems, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lose almost everything. You are losing your shade. To

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lose almost everything. You are these things back together,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lose almost everything. You are really tough and difficult. You

0:03:54 > 0:03:53know, when you are out, it is when you really miss athletics. That is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53when you really feel like you are missing something. One thing, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53know, I was not really sure when exactly these injuries were going to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53disappear. I was just, like, waiting, every day, hoping that the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53next day I will feel better. I'm happy to be here, and to compete in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the same stadium, where we will be having the Commonwealth Games. I'm

0:03:54 > 0:03:53looking forward to a good race, you know? Since I am still coming back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53from my injury. Charlie Grice, the men's competition soon. David

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rudisha is going for a double? He's definitely finding his form,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53trying to regain the strength we saw in London. We spoke to him in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53winter and he was really struggling. But he has come out and raced. We

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are waiting to see Charlie establish itself in this kind of race. He was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53competing in England, selected for the European Championships as well.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53One of a strong field. Silas Kiplagat is the Commonwealth

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion, but he's not been selected to defend that title.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jake Wightman and Chris O'Hare will be representing Scotland.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Thomas Farrell will be going in the 5000 at the games. Looking for some

0:03:54 > 0:03:53decent speed work year. Two pacemakers, being asked for a pretty

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fast time. For Charlie, this is a big test. He doesn't get the chance

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to get into the Diamond League is too often. A great talent, just 22

0:03:54 > 0:03:53years of age. 3.36 already this year. That came at the beginning of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the season. But Charlie was working on his 800 metre pace. He knows it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is a Championship year, he on his 800 metre pace. He knows it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53win a medal at the Commonwealth, on his 800 metre pace. He knows it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Europeans, or both. His 800 metre speed has improved but I think

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he's ready to run a for England. In, and he is one of a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strong field here, Chris the man who was Britain's number one last year,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53had a difficult year this season, and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53had a difficult year this season, he didn't have to test himself too

0:03:54 > 0:03:53much. He has been getting over a hamstring problem or two. Our two

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pacemakers set us off. Iguider has gone in there. Kiplagat

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pacemakers set us off. Iguider has far away, and Nixon Kiplimo

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Chepseba, a big danger for him The yellow vest is popular here today.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I am glad Charlie is wearing his British vest At least we can pick

0:03:54 > 0:03:53him out. I know, talking about Charlieer you get in the races, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53don't get them two often, do you say do I play safe or try something I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53haven't done before? Talking about the Americans. This is difficult.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sometimes the whole field doesn't go with the pacemaker: You have Reuben

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Bett setting the pace. The rest of the field you have to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Bett setting the pace. The rest of effort. This is a understand for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes. Stretching out there. We are looking into the field. Looking

0:03:54 > 0:03:53at Chris O'Hare and Jake white man will be representing Scotland in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gegs and Charlie Grice and Tom Farrell, and the interesting thing

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is this is a good race for him. If you are a 5,000 metre runner there

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is nothing better than a hard work out, as you look at Iguider, running

0:03:54 > 0:03:53through the shot, in there, there is Farrell. Heath of the United States,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and there is towards the back, there is right at the back Chris O'Hare. A

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lot of people expecting a lot from him. Now he is beginning to make a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53move. 1: 53 for the leaders. Leonel Manzano making a big move.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Passing two or three. The small American there. The pacemakers have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53been going slower than they were asked. Iguider is sitting there

0:03:54 > 0:03:53leading this with Kiplagat behind him. Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Heath of America, all going well here. And the British athletes

0:03:54 > 0:03:53further back, Charlie Grice will look to pick some up on the last

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lap. The pacemaker is stretching out as they come to take the bell, but

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the race is going to be not superfast, it will be a burn up on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the last lap I superfast, it will be a burn up on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53happens. The pacemaker, he hears the bell and he is working hard. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rest of them are moving, the talent is moving through to the front. As

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Farrell at the back, getting a good work out. Working hard and running

0:03:54 > 0:03:53as Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba who takes over the pace. There is O'Hare

0:03:54 > 0:03:53moving top story a brilliant position in third. Now, the crowd

0:03:54 > 0:03:53respond to that. He is in a good strong place, he is a fast finisher,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53this is the class of field he needs to get aamong them. He is competing

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so impressively. Chris O'Hare of Scotland, sitting on the shoulder of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the reigning Commonwealth champion Kiplagat. Kiplagat will be too good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the home straight. He kicks away. Iguider the Olympic bronze medallist

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the shoulder of Chris O'Hare, moving into second. The Olympic

0:03:54 > 0:03:53silver medallist going past. Kiplagat wave tots the crowd.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Kiplagat wins it but Chris O'Hare just got pipped by Cronje of South

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Africa for fourth place. Good run though, what a brave attack by Chris

0:03:54 > 0:03:53O'Hare and he may well be rewarded with a decent time, might not be a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal best, unofficially about 3: 35.01 for Chris O'Hare. That will be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53very very close to his personal best. But Kiplagat, he is good,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strong, I don't know why the Kenyans have picked him. O'Hare, well, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hope that is just him with the effort of what he tried to do

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Brendan, he probably did a bit too much down the back straight. That is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53being critical but he had a right go there. He really did put himself in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a place to attack. That was impressive. The former Commonwealth

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion here Silas Kiplagat, well we are seeing him in Glasgow today.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We won't see him in a few weeks type. There is Kiplagat. One of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best two or three in the world. Look at O'Hare, this is the race of his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53livful he has two Olympic medallists chasing him. Iguider and Leonel

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Manzano. Here he is at the finishing strait. Splitting the two no

0:03:54 > 0:03:53problems for Kiplagat, Iguider chasing him, and now fading away is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53O'Hare, but this certainly the young man's race of his life. What a place

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to do it in Glasgow. What a time to do it before the Commonwealth Games

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and let us hope it is the Glasgow effect that has an effect on him and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53let us hope an think in a few week's time we will cheer him. He won't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have him for company or Iguider, but he will have Cronje who nail --

0:03:54 > 0:03:53nailed hip. That was impressive by young Chris O'Hare. It's a Scottish

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fest, because watching that, I hadn't realed that Jake Wightman,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53went to school here in Scotland, he is going to be competing for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Scotland because of the time he spent here, and Jake finished just

0:03:54 > 0:03:53behind Chris O'Hare and the two of them, are down on the track, ready

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to chat to Phil. Steve, what an incredible day for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Scotland, two weeks ahead of the Commonwealth Games here in this very

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stadium and Jake, you smashed your personal best. Yes, it was, it was a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strange one I knew they were going to go off hard, I had to bide my

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Thais time. They started to come back and I just about got it right.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53And Steve Cram saying your dad is calling this in the stadium today.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53How strange is that? He called our race but it wasn't high enough to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53get a mention. It is nice for him to see it. You will have to have a word

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with him. You ran brilliantly well, you will be here for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games, that was perfect. It is going to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53unbelievable. Well done, we will let you warm down and grab a word with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Chris. What a tremendous race. The last time we saw you on our screens

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it was, you had a hamstring twinge. You have come back well. I have been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53held together by tape for the last few weeks, and, today was all about

0:03:54 > 0:03:53just kind of coming in, making sure I didn't hurt myself any further,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and just trying to get a good run in. I was sitting at the back, till

0:03:54 > 0:03:53maybe 700 to go. I moved up and I was moving up, I thought, I feel

0:03:54 > 0:03:53really good. Just keep moving, moving and then I found myself on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the shoulders of the leaders. Not sure if I should be here! But, no, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53went for it and tied up with 100 to go. I have a couple of weeks left,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and yes, I will be, be fit and healthy to work on it. This crowd,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53how much were you inspired by them, can you imagine how much more

0:03:54 > 0:03:53inspiration 40,000 are going to give you? It is crazy coming round with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53300 to go. I am up at the front. It was deafening. Normally, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stadiums it is not for you, it is for someone else. To know it was for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53me and Jake and the other British runners it is difficult to describe,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53but it is such a help. Tremendous run today, all the very best for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games, cheers Chris. What a great race from Chris. Let us

0:03:54 > 0:03:53see well done to Silas Kiplagat. That is a Scottish all comers

0:03:54 > 0:03:53record. Then three great personal bests because Charlie Grice also got

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a personal best. Three British men, 3: 35. Even Tom Farrell also four

0:03:54 > 0:03:53seconds off his best. What a race, really really good. Chris O'Hare,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53based in America. Loves Scotland, loves Glasgow. Loves his race today.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53# Well it was a fantastic finish and he raced brilliantly. To have them

0:03:54 > 0:03:53four of them with PBs in that race, this track is turning something

0:03:54 > 0:03:53special. It is great for men's 1600 metre, we only have Charlie Grice

0:03:54 > 0:03:53qualified and now today we come out with three. And that is looking

0:03:54 > 0:03:53really good. Chris O'Hare put himself into the right position,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53between 500 and 400 metres in, the crowd is fearing him on, his mind is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back where he was when he was in shape, before he had any injury

0:03:54 > 0:03:53problems and believes he belongs there, you can see the determination

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on his face and the strain starting to tell. Unfortunately with an

0:03:54 > 0:03:53injury he has had, he is not quite had the preparation to be able to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hold this to the had the preparation to be able to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53himself in there to try and challenge and win this race and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53himself in there to try and think Jake Wightman is taking full

0:03:54 > 0:03:53advantage of the crowd. You can see him behind Charlie Grice, launching

0:03:54 > 0:03:53his finishing kick now, he is going to power on down that home straight

0:03:54 > 0:03:53as Chris O'Hare is running out of leg there, he hasn't got the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strength to go with the front three. But he has hung on, proved his form

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and is coming back into shape for the Championships. All the British

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes are whetting our appetites to the Commonwealth Games, because

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they are responding to the crowd, to the feeling of performing and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53raising their game on a home track, as we hope many of our sprinters

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will, Jodie Williams is going soon in the 200 metres. What happened

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there. That was the high jump. And we will look at that ahead of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that 200 metres and here from Allyson Felix who won three golds in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53London, something that Jodie Williams is hoping to aspire to one

0:03:54 > 0:03:53day. As athletes you have your role

0:03:54 > 0:03:53models and people you look up to. Alison has bun one

0:03:54 > 0:03:53models and people you look up to. What is it like competing with her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and running her close in Oslo? Crazy, when I was a kid, I was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53watching Alison on TV and athletes, and now I am on the same track in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the lane next to him. Hopefully one day I will be able to close them

0:03:54 > 0:03:53down. I know you tweeted this week, didn't you, that the actual 200

0:03:54 > 0:03:53metre start list, and it was, was it a wow at the end of it? Not far off

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Olympic final. So for me to have the opportunity to compete against

0:03:54 > 0:03:53them and experience that level of sprinting, it is is an honour for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53me. Alison, when you are the one that is inspiring others, what is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that like for you, when you hear that? It is very rewarding, I guess,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I know what it felt like to come into that port port, so I hope I can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53provide some type of help. There are some growing pains you experience,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it is a different lie lifestyle with the travel and high level of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53competition, I think once you get some races under your belt, it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53something you can transition to, as you see Jodie is having a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53transition. Do you think that will happen for you, the season has been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a breakthrough season for you I think I am getting used to it. There

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is a reason I am on the track with these girl, I am slowly getting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there and believing I can do belong. What advice would you give to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53somebody like her going forward. I would just tell you, that it is a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53journey, a process, I think as athletes we want success right away.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I know for me in my career it has taken time. It is OK to embrace it.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Have fun competing. Is there anything you would ask, now you have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Alison alongside you? Tap into that Olympic champion, multi-Gold Medal

0:03:54 > 0:03:53winning insight? Gosh I wasn't ready for this question. You have got it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53all sown up, not a problem? I have it all under control. It is all

0:03:54 > 0:03:53under control. Lovely chat and exchange of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53knowledge and wisdom and down there on the start line, for the 200

0:03:54 > 0:03:53metres are Williams and Felix and there are world #k4578s in the shape

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of Blessing Okagbare as well. It is a strong field.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53-- champions. The lady they might have to beat is Dafne Schippers. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53ran 11.03. That would have put her second in the A race. This is a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53better sprint event. She is right in the middle here. Solomon. Williams

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be in lane two. Robinson of Jamaica. Dafne Schippers in four.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Blessing Okagbare in five. Allyson Felix is in six. Anthonique

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Strachan, still is the defending, she won't defend the world junior

0:03:54 > 0:03:53title but is still the champion from 2012. And Duncan on the outside.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53# We are having a fascinating race because Felix is of course the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53person who has graced us, the one who so many youngsters have looked

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up to. Great style and carries herself so well. Of course gold

0:03:54 > 0:03:53medals too boot. Jodie William, just 20. Still improving. 22.76 a new

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal best set this year. Will be nervous, of course she will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53be. Inside her, this is Solomon of the USA

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Already had a couple of decent performances on the Diamond League

0:03:54 > 0:03:53circuit. She was fourth in the American championships in this race.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Schippers, what can we expect? She contested this two years ago, and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53was fifth in the final there, but she now has brought that time down

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to 22.35. If I tell you that Allyson Felix has only run 23.24 that shows

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you how good she is. Felix has only run 23.24 that shows

0:03:54 > 0:03:53field is Blessing Okagbare. the best of the three going around

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the bend. Allyson Felix, in control. Allyson Felix, who is going to get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it? Steve was going to say it was skipper's. I think that is too close

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to call. She maybe was just going to force herself in. She thinks she's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53got it. We'll have to have another look at that. Look at that, it's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gone up, she has got it. Well, they say go with your instincts. It

0:03:54 > 0:03:53looked like she had it, she has shaved her national record by 100th

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of a second. What a day for her. 11.03. An hour or so later, a new

0:03:54 > 0:03:53national record and a new personal best for Jodie Williams in fourth.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53What a day, incredible. Remember, I said she is a heptathlete. That

0:03:54 > 0:03:53dilemma is huge. Is she going to go for the one and two at the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championships? Is she going to take on Katarina over the heptathlon? She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sprinted so well. And Olympic champion, a world champion, the rest

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of the field, it is pure class. Look at the results themselves. 22 point

0:03:54 > 0:03:5334 for Dafne Schippers. It's a classy field. For a heptathlete is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to come through and stormed to victory in such a manner is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53wonderful. This is a great performance. Nice to see,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good-quality sprinting. As you know, it doesn't matter who shows

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good-quality sprinting, we like to see it. For Jodie Williams, this was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a breakthrough race. It was her fourth on the British all-time list.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The only people ahead of her Cathy Cook and Sonia Landman.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She's got a decision to make. Heptathlon or the sprinting at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53European Championships? Two Dutch records.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Well done Jodie Williams. I think he might have both of them with him.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Congratulations to you both. We saw it with Katarina Johnson Thompson in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the long jump, when heptathlete take on individual events, you do it with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53style and panache, two records today, fantastic? It was a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53day, good start, I was trying to relax into the race. This must give

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you food for thought in the European Championship year, when you are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running this well? Yes, this weekend I know what I am doing in Z?rich,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53maybe sprinting, maybe... I don't know. So it's still open to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53question? You might do the Sprint? Maybe. You tuck some tremendous

0:03:54 > 0:03:53scalps, and so did you, Jodie. You have gone forth in the all-time UK

0:03:54 > 0:03:53list, with that run. How much does that delight you? It's amazing, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53knew I was in that kind of shape it was just getting into the right

0:03:54 > 0:03:53condition. I was over the moon with that. What did you think of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53reception, the stadium, the track, head of the Commonwealth Games? The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53crowd is amazing, so loud and supportive. They got behind the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53British athletes and they make an amazing noise. Great to have that on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the starting line. A tremendous double for you today,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53congratulations. Thank you. Another tremendous race, national records,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal bests, as the multi-event you want to eulogy is about Dafne

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Schippers? She's excellent, superb, supreme sprinting. In terms of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53dilemma, should it be heptathlon or sprinting? This year, the way she is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53moving, it seems to make sense. To do what? Sprinting. Her heptathlon

0:03:54 > 0:03:53score is 6500... 6545. But she could get a medal. Beautiful, fluid

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running. She didn't panic when Blessing Okagbare came on to her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53shoulder. And a personal best for Williams? I'm delighted for her,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it's been a long battle, not only to gain her confidence, to put the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53ghost of being a good junior behind her and step up to the plate,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53establish itself on this sort of platform. And she did it with such

0:03:54 > 0:03:53class. The multi-event is doing all right? Katarina Johnson Thompson in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the long jump, and it's great to show kids as well that you might not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53end up doing the heptathlon, but to keep options open and not just

0:03:54 > 0:03:53specialising in one event too soon? The most important thing for kids

0:03:54 > 0:03:53getting involved is that they The most important thing for kids

0:03:54 > 0:03:53every event and find the one that lights up the passion for them that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53means they are going to take it further and invest more time, energy

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and effort. Some people find that in more than one event and then they

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have difficult decisions going into the championships. But nice ones!

0:03:54 > 0:03:53OK, let's head out to the field and pick up on the high jump

0:03:54 > 0:03:53competition, a pick up on the high jump

0:03:54 > 0:03:53earlier on. You will find out why now.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Well, that applause in the high jump was for Blanka

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Well, that applause in the high jump at her third attempt. She likes to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53celebrate when things go her way. She had an horrific time with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53injury, but she has bounced back recently with a two metre

0:03:54 > 0:03:53clearance. When she did that, she was in tears of celebration, great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to see her back was in tears of celebration, great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53best. The sport needs personalities and she's certainly one of those, no

0:03:54 > 0:03:53question at all. Equally at home on the high jump

0:03:54 > 0:03:53question at all. Equally at home on floor. She already had the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53question at all. Equally at home on competition wrapped up, 1.96, third

0:03:54 > 0:03:53attempt. Perhaps going to go for two meters or higher.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That high jump competition caught me out a little bit there. Didn't think

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I was going to become back to just then. Great to see her getting back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to her vest, even if it does mean we are seeing the dancing again, a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53little bit awkward? You like it? We need personalities. We absolutely

0:03:54 > 0:03:53do. She's one of the biggest, in that event in particular. She's got

0:03:54 > 0:03:53style. Let's face it. Oh, come on Denise. Look at that, twerking...

0:03:54 > 0:03:53No, not working! The crowd are loving it, to see those tears in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Paris, it shows how much it meant to her. It had been a bit slow in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53building it up, and that seemed to raise the bar, to use a pun? Those

0:03:54 > 0:03:53tears of joy were amazing to see. It's so hard, being injured when you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53know there is still so much in the sport. Shall we go to the javelin?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The javelin competition, round six. Pitkamaki, world champion in 2007,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Olympic bronze medallist one year later.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That familiar, trademark launch. That is going to make an impact on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the leaderboard. Terrific response from Tero Pitkamaki. Vitezslav

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Vesely is still the leader. That is around the same type of distance for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Pitkamaki. That's an improvement, for sure. It is a brutal event in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53terms of injury. Pitkamaki has had his fair share. But he will be a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53factor in those European Championships in Z?rich coming up.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53His best throw to this point in the competition.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53That is huge! He likes it. A clearly in this competition for Thomas

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rohler. That is to be a personal best. The question is, by how much?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Terrific performance from a man clearly informed. He's had that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal best at a recent Diamond League outing in Paris, this has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gone past it. What will the final figures be? Celebration from his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53compatriots. 86.99, a massive improvement of well over two meters

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to take first place in this competition. Only Vitezslav Vesely

0:03:54 > 0:03:53can beat him, but smiles all around from Thomas Rohler. 86.99, massive

0:03:54 > 0:03:53personal best. Thankfully we have stayed dry here,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53still dry for the relay. A very strong line-up for the all

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stars, a Jamaican, American and British mix, 18 from Scotland and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Wales as well. This is the Scottish team, getting a fairly warm welcome.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53No four by 100 relay team for the Commonwealth games. This is probably

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the quartet that will run for Australia.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The all stars, Roach will take them out. This is Great Britain and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Northern Ireland. This is the same line-up that got 37.93, just 0.2 of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a second from the British record in the Bahamas at the end of May. A

0:03:54 > 0:03:53very strong quartet. The Great Britain and Northern Ireland B team,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Robertson takes them out. For the Netherlands, their second

0:03:54 > 0:03:53light goes to an Olympic finalist, Martina. Wales, in lane eight,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Gareth Hopkins is the man to take them out. Freckleton and Gordon as

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well making up the Welsh quartet. It was the ideal player world relays in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Bahamas at the end of May. Great Britain and Northern Ireland ran so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well in qualifying. They weren't quite as quick in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53final. But these four that run for Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they work with them and have become slick. Whisper it quietly, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53dropped baton is the thing of the past.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A clean start, Richard Kilty takes out Great Britain and Northern

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ireland in lane four. The changeover looks pretty tight. Making good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53ground with the B team. A changeover again, and it looks pretty good.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Moving on to James Ellington for Great Britain and Northern Ireland

0:03:54 > 0:03:53A. How is the final changeover? It's close unsafe. A good hand over to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Danny Colbert, storming clear. Look at the time, not using up. The 18

0:03:54 > 0:03:53take it 38.38. Pretty quick. Most importantly it was good and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53efficient. That is what the relay team seems to bring two things now.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53This unit is working well. It is that consistency that we want to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53see. Slick baton changing, consistent handovers. The guys that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53blend in as a team, working well. When they do, this is the kind of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance they can deliver. Good solid times. 38.38, and the victory.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53They are looking good. When you have these four that work well, Kilty

0:03:54 > 0:03:53taking them off, there has been talk of the division, a rift with the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53other athletes, that has been denied by Steve Fudge. Talented athletes

0:03:54 > 0:03:53could come in, but do they improve the unit working in harmony? It's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53about a team. You can remember some of the British sprinters in the past

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that never fixed in the relay team. You don't necessarily have to bring

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the fastest guys in. It's all about winning medals. These guys are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53certainly delivering, time and time again now. They seemed a really well

0:03:54 > 0:03:53oiled team. A big capture the Netherlands in second place. -- a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53big gap to the Netherlands. record, the previous record held by

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the American, setback in 1998, so they set a new mark here and the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53anchor leg. Dwayne Chambers might come in. This is a very impressive

0:03:54 > 0:03:53unit. Working well as a team as all the best relay teams. Mark

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lewis-Francis bringing the all stars there in third there.

0:03:54 > 0:03:5338.39. A Scottish all comers record ahead of the Netherlands and the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53all-stars. The B tale didn't finish. Andrew talk about emphatic. What a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance, the thing is Richard, it seems when you go out it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53slick, you get quicker, you must be thrilled. It was great to come out.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53All year we have been mistakes that have been going on.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53This is a fresh team, from mistakes that have been going on.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53we are in a mistakes that have been going on.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are winning most of the races we are going into. It

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are winning most of the races we are in front of this crowd and get use

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to what it is going to be in front of this crowd and get use

0:03:54 > 0:03:53was good to take the win again. Harry, what about the confidence

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that is building in this team? The confidence in sprinting at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53moment. All of us improved our individual events and the difference

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is this year, individual events and the difference

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We tried to place it this year but this year we have come out firing,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and the confidence is knowing we are getting the baton round and now we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53can focus on running fast if between. We have trust in each

0:03:54 > 0:03:53other. Is that the key to it? The trust factor helps you? Yes,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53definitely, this year the vibe has changed. We have clicked together

0:03:54 > 0:03:53properly. I don't feel, it is totally different the past. Every

0:03:54 > 0:03:53relay we have done, we have got the baton round. We would have liked to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53go round quicker, it is not a bad time

0:03:54 > 0:03:53go round quicker, it is not a bad British record. I will come. That is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the thing, you know if you get British record. I will come. That is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53baton round in a slick fashion you are, you can work on speed and that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53time will come. Definitely, I think, like you say, we need to work on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53speed, to be up there. We have great athletes now. We are not that far

0:03:54 > 0:03:53off on top of leg speed. It is looking good. Hopefully in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games we can get looking good. Hopefully in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53round for England and then in the European Championships. You will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have 44,000 cheering you on here enjoy that.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So the men's triple jump competition, with his hat to the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back is Will Claye. The best athlete in the field. That is going to go

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well beyond the lead. Nowhere near, though, the magical 17 metre mark,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that all world class jumpers like to approach. He will take the lead in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the second round. A reverse baseball cap. Really Ron named? I am so not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sure ant that cap! -- Ronald. It worked for him. He is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the US champion. With a personal best of 17.75. He couldn't replicate

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that in Paris, where he finished in seventh position, but that 77 --

0:03:54 > 0:03:5317.75 was a great series at the US Championships. Also 17.64. 16.83 in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the second round, he is in first place.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Here is his compatriot in a Day-Glo outfit. Christian Taylor, so the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fashion police could be on alert. This is the third round. That is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to be real close. 16.83 from round two. Christian Taylor the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53reigning Olympic champion and the diamond race winner for the past two

0:03:54 > 0:03:53seasons. And he has been impressive in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sprint this year as well as part of the USA 4X4 team at the world relay

0:03:54 > 0:03:53championship, he says that training helps him. Disagree with that. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53can't imagine 400 metre training helping you. There is no

0:03:54 > 0:03:53championships but I tell you what, his team-mate unwise. Kris scrap

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Taylor, brave. Into the lead. 16.86 this round

0:03:54 > 0:03:53three. Here is the result of the javelin.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Vitezslav Vesely wasn't able to respond with his sixth round throw

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so the winner with a massive personal best was Thomas Rohler, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:5322-year-old German who has gone from 84.74 to 86.99. The competition

0:03:54 > 0:03:53really took off in the sixth and final round.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Next up, on the track, it is the women's 8 hundred metres. And there

0:03:54 > 0:03:53should be a reception for Lynsey Sharp. She is the European champion.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She is represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games, Jenny Meadows

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there as well. They are part of a great British middle distance

0:03:54 > 0:03:53programme at the moment, that is so competitive and try and sort out

0:03:54 > 0:03:53what this race, put it in contexter there are places at stake for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53European Championship There are. There is is a lot of pride at stake.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We had the trials and we saw Lynsey Sharp win the trials. Alison

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finished second but doesn't have a qualifying time. If she runs faster

0:03:54 > 0:03:53than two minutes -- 2.05. If Jenny Meadows squeaks under and Alison

0:03:54 > 0:03:53doesn't she can go. Lynsey Sharp, we saw her solidify the really big step

0:03:54 > 0:03:53forward she has taken this season and get that qualifying wrapped up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and Jessica Judd who has run 1.59 in Oslo. We are looking to see Jessica

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Judd return to form. She had a blip. She was suffering from a chest

0:03:54 > 0:03:53infection. A battle between the two Scots as well. Laura Muir going in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the 1500 metre foster European Championships and the 8 and 15 for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. She is looking for some sharpening

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up against Lynsey Sharp and against the others. Watch out for Wilson of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the US, who really, she is the one who beat Jessica Judd to the world

0:03:54 > 0:03:53junior title a couple of years ago. She is very special. It is a good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strong field. Could it go under two minutes? I would hope to see under

0:03:54 > 0:03:53two minutes. It defend how the race goes out. Conditions so far have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53produced many fast time, national records, PBs, SB, so let us hope the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53two lap women's race does the same. Andrew Cotter can pick up from that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Gloucestershire use view. Fascinating the race, the best of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Britain all of whom will race over this distance in the Commonwealth

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Games. If any of them can beat Angie Wilson they will be very good. Masna

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has gone below two minutes as has almansia.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jenny Meadows, she may not find that raw speed that took her near the top

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of game in 2009, 2010. But, she is fit and running well again.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The crowd can make a lot of noise as I am sure they will.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She has a point to prove. She is sometimes left out of mentions with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the other good middle distance runners, there is Ajee Wilson.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Fourth kickest in the world. How is the speed of Laura Muir over two

0:03:54 > 0:03:53laps? We know she is good in the 1500, taking the old Scottish record

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of Yvonne Murray and Jessica Judd, still the youngest in the field, a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rare talent. Laura Crowe will set the pace.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Heather Kampf makes up the line up. We saw the 1500 metre, co-Scottish

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athlete, the crowd got excited and they both ran personal bests. Chris

0:03:54 > 0:03:53O'Hare and Jake Wightman. We will see something similar here, I think.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The women's 800 metres under way, we have the UK champion, the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion, Jenny Meadows will try to go to the front as she often does

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and sets the pace. I wonder how Muir will run? Focussing on that, they

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will run the 800 and 1500 at the Commonwealth Games and Laura Muir

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and Lynsey Sharp will take the bulk of the support inside Hampden here.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and Lynsey Sharp will take the bulk It looks hectic from that view, but

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there are a good few thousand in here who welcome them into the home

0:03:54 > 0:03:53straight. Ajee Wilson sitting in second pace. Look for the set by

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Crowe Crowe to give them a chance of a good time The secret of this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53women's 800 metre race is to gauge the effort, try and run equal split,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the same sort of 200 metre split for the race. Lynsey Sharp is in a good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place. It is time for her to hit the front. 57.9 is a bit quick. They

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will slow from here. The front. 57.9 is a bit quick. They

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the middle have judged it better. Jessica Judd running alongside

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lynsey Sharp for Scotland. She will be be one to beat here. Ajee Wilson

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is outstanding but Jenny Meadows is laying it down. She is running for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53England in a few weeks time. Here she is trying to make and effort and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53run away, Jessica Judd is challenging Lynsey Sharp on the back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53strait. We will see an exciting race. The last 200 metres, 1.28 is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quick. Three years ago Jenny Meadows may have been able to hole on. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is still out in front. Ajee Wilson is on her shoulder. They are trying

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to get up alongside Jenny meadow, she is there. Ajee Wilson, Lynsey

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sharp battling to get back. Laura -- Laura Muir. Ajee Wilson is there.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53They can't touch the American, Ajee Wilson holding on, to get there.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Ajee Wilson for the victory. And nobody was able to get close to her.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The win 1.59.69. And we thought that Ajee Wilson, with a tremendous

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finish as well, from Almanza to take second, but the finishing kick not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there from Jessica Judd, she, judged her race well, just didn't have the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finishing speed. I thought it was a really competitive finish. The last

0:03:54 > 0:03:53few metres it was all to do and be done and we are looking at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53finishing times coming through on the screen, Jessica Judd clearly the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53first British athlete, two minutes just over two minutes according to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the official time. It is going to be interesting for Alison Leonard.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the official time. It is going to be is Jenny Meadows. Jessica Judd has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53proven in the past she is is Jenny Meadows. Jessica Judd has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have been one of the occasion, I thought here Lynsey Sharp engaged.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She is a fantastic finisher, Jessica Judd kicks first. Jenny

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She is a fantastic finisher, Jessica on the inside, the other interesting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athlete at that point. Lynsey on the inside, the other interesting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53comes in. I thought she was going to on the inside, the other interesting

0:03:54 > 0:03:53win this. I thought she is going to get close to second. No, on the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53inside, well, that was really really tight. We will have to look for the,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for the places here. But there, look at that point, Jessica Judd just had

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to keep going at that pace. Lynsey Sharp, I thought she had judged it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53brilliantly. I thought she was outstandingment here it was to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53done. Leonard has run well. A photo finish will have to split them up.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We are looking for Alison Leonard. Just over two minutes. Therefore,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she will be selected for the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53she will be selected for the the team. She probably doesn't know

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that yet. She will be so excited. Good performance by Jessica Judd and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I thought Lynsey Sharp promised a lot. I think Lynsey Sharp will be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53one to contend with. Ajee Wilson had them all comfortably under her

0:03:54 > 0:03:53control. Let us confirm the times for you. Yes, the win goes to Ajee

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Wilson. Second Almanza. Alison Leonard, that is a huge PB but more

0:03:54 > 0:03:53importantly inside two minutes point five. She has booked her ticket to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Europe Championships. Jenny Meadows, a season's best. Laura

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Muir, a bit disappointing. A very impressive run. Most of all from

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Alison Leonard. Thank you. Alison and Jess are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53alongside me. Alison, bless her, do I look at you when I do the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53interview. You will have to get used to it. You are on the team for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53European Championship, your reaction to that? I can't believe it. I am so

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pleased. I can't believe I ran that fast. I made a mistake last week, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53wasn't ready after the trials. That was an error. Congratulations, we'll

0:03:54 > 0:03:53see you in Zurich. I know that you are thrilled for Alison, but also

0:03:54 > 0:03:53yourself, another good race. Good to see you back in the mix? I don't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53know what I was doing for half of that race. I wanted to get that on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the podium, so I did that. I had a chest infection at the trials, that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I didn't know about until after and I was gutted. I'm so happy for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Alison. It's just amazing, British distance running is going really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well and I'm so glad to be a part of it. Do you think this performance

0:03:54 > 0:03:53today has given the selectors a nudge towards the team for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Europeans? I hope so. I just had a really disappointing race, and my

0:03:54 > 0:03:53family, my boyfriend, I always forget about him, so I had better

0:03:54 > 0:03:53mention him, they helped me get back up. I hope that's enough. Let's hope

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so, congratulations to you both on a tremendous performance. Thank you.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lovely scenes, congratulations. There is David Rudisha, the world

0:03:54 > 0:03:53record-holder for the 800 metres. He had a quiet year last year because

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of injury. He's getting back to form and we are going to see him in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53men's 800 metres coming up shortly, the last race on the track. You can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53spend a few moments dwelling on that performance from Alison Leonard. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53knew she had a job to do, the ball was in her court and she ran with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it. She knew what she had to do and she

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has done that. The selectors now have a dilemma on that hands. Four

0:03:54 > 0:03:53girls qualified really fast. Laura Crowe could not get in front of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Jenny Meadows. She laid it all on the line, as she always does. She

0:03:54 > 0:03:53has still run quicker today. She has still run under the qualifying time

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for Zurich. The problem for her is that Jessica is ahead of her. She is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53annoyed because she can't catch the Cuban girl as they are coming into

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the line. Alison Leonard almost went unnoticed, just tucked in the middle

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the line. Alison Leonard almost went of the pack, holding on and holding

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on for her qualifying of the pack, holding on and holding

0:03:54 > 0:03:53done to her. She worked really hard and judged the race perfectly.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lynsey Sharp tried to come back. What is your gut is saying about the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53third place in the European Championship? Who do you think is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to go? My gut would say Jess. My heart feels for Jenny. The two

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that have to go are Lindsay and Alison Leonard. Third place, I would

0:03:54 > 0:03:53go with Jessica. We will get on with the last race on the track, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53men's 800 metres. Steve Cram is calling this one.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53What a great women's 800 metres. Domestic interest in the men's as

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well. The big name will be the biggest name in a tender meter

0:03:54 > 0:03:53running, David Rudisha. Michael Rimmer, who won the European

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Championships. And the man who finished second, Mukhtar Mohammed,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53they both have to run the standard. David Rudisha might help them out.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It's not often you say that David Rudisha is not the fastest of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53season, but three men have run quicker than him. We'll go through

0:03:54 > 0:03:53them, lane by lane. Just to outline the British interests, Michael

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rimmer and Muhammad. 146.5 is the time they need. They finished

0:03:54 > 0:03:53second, like Alison Leonard, but they have to follow it up with the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53qualifying time. The two of them know each other well. They trained

0:03:54 > 0:03:53together, Sally Gunnell's husband. I think their sons will have met at

0:03:54 > 0:03:53English schools in the summer. Let's look out for him in the future. They

0:03:54 > 0:03:53trained together, they have to race hard together. They need to clip a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53couple of tenths of their season bests. What an opportunity they have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53here. Matthew Centrowitz, the American who

0:03:54 > 0:03:53picked up a medal at the championships. Two very good Kenyan

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Best. Andre Olivier, the big South

0:03:54 > 0:03:53African, starting the season supremely well. Wesley Vazquez, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Puerto Rican record-holder. We suspect there will be chasing this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53man. A return to winning ways, finally, the New York Diamond League

0:03:54 > 0:03:53after getting a little bit of a tanking when he came back for his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53first race. He said he wasn't quite ready. He has had while two downs

0:03:54 > 0:03:53since New York. Some sessions have gone well, some not so well. He's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53still on his way back. This man, Sammy Tangui, will have the job of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53leading him out. David Rudisha doesn't mind doing it himself, but

0:03:54 > 0:03:53asking for a little bit of help from the pacemaker. The only one we have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53not seen is Erik Sowinski of America, on the inside, third in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53American Championships this year. So, for David Rudisha, another test.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Not a supreme test, a race which, two years ago, he would have hardly

0:03:54 > 0:03:53blinked at and thought, that is no problem. But he's on the way back

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and that will provide incentive to the others. Can they beat the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53legendary David Rudisha in Glasgow? What can he do here tonight? Well,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he's already told us he wants to run a fast one, he wants to follow the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pacemaker. Look at him, already, going around the top end, second

0:03:54 > 0:03:53place, black vest. Striding out, majestically. Remember the last time

0:03:54 > 0:03:53we saw him, that wonderful performance, probably the best

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance on the Olympic Games track, when he broke the world

0:03:54 > 0:03:53record for 800 metres. Looking everything an athlete should luck.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Now he is left where he wants to be, on his own, at the front, the crowd

0:03:54 > 0:03:53roaring him on, they know they are seeing a special, special athlete.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He strides with power down the back straight. What a magnificent sight.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53One look at the screen, he can see he has a gap, that will give him

0:03:54 > 0:03:53confidence. 76.28. That is quick. he has a gap, that will give him

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Job Kinyor is leading the rest, but they are in a different race. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53only question now is... He's on for a quick time, has he got the legs to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53bring it home? Looks a little bit tired, his knees are not coming

0:03:54 > 0:03:53through as well as they normally do. Watch the clock, over 140...

0:03:54 > 0:03:531.43.35. I think that signals he's not far away. He's not there yet,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that is not the vintage David Rudisha. Goodness me, he might not

0:03:54 > 0:03:53quite in world record form, but on any day that is going to be too good

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for most people. The fastest in the world this year. Andre Olivier came

0:03:54 > 0:03:53through for second place. world this year. Andre Olivier

0:03:54 > 0:03:531.43.34. The fastest in the world, he's not quite there yet. You can't

0:03:54 > 0:03:53say that about anyone. I'm happy to watch him as he runs his lap of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53honour. I met someone in the hospitality tent asking if he

0:03:54 > 0:03:53honour. I met someone in the one of the greatest applicable time.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I said he probably is. He said, I'm a lucky man, 1960I came here and saw

0:03:54 > 0:03:53one of the greatest footballers of all time score a hat-trick at

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Hampden in the European cup final. I've come here today to watch David

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rudisha run a fast race. And he's one of the fastest athletes

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Rudisha run a fast race. And he's time. David Rudisha is one of my

0:03:54 > 0:03:53favourite athletes. Sebastian Coe said he was one of his favourites.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53His performance was impressive. Looking majestic, as only he can in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53full flow. He destroyed the field, run away from them,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53full flow. He destroyed the field, sweated and worried for the last 12

0:03:54 > 0:03:53months. Was it ever going to come back? Is asking the question of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53himself, like great athletes do. He's been injured for a year, coming

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back almost at his very best. When he asked the question, there was the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53answer. This man he asked the question, there was the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fantastic. He's on his way back, on his way back to great things. I'm

0:03:54 > 0:03:53delighted that we are going to see him in a couple of weeks time. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games is the event where the Kenyan is started their

0:03:54 > 0:03:53international careers, in the 60s. The Commonwealth Games is important

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for them. If it's important for David Rudisha, that's all you need

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to know. Not quite a Scottish allcomers record. Michael Rimmer, a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53season 's best and the qualifying time. Mukhtar Mohammed, six

0:03:54 > 0:03:53hundredths of a second outside the time he needed. But Rimmer got it.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We saw him going off disappointed to just make out. It's those fine

0:03:54 > 0:03:53margins, and you delivered when you most need to? Yes, I'm really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pleased with myself, it's been a horrible season, really difficult.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Just had to throw caution to the wind a little bit. I've only been

0:03:54 > 0:03:53training twice a week for a long time. I trained through it, I was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53worried I was going to be tired. But I have to started training hard and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53risking my body a little bit. It's a bit on the edge, thankfully today

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I've got that 1.45 again. I'd like to get 1.44, but it's definitely

0:03:54 > 0:03:53progress, which I'm happy for. What is it about you to allow you to go

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to the trials when you have not had the best of build-ups, to go and win

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it, when you've not got your work in your legs, to get the time you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53needed? I've got a lot of confidence from the trials. The way I did it,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53bouncing back after nearly not making the final, I gained a lot

0:03:54 > 0:03:53from that. It has spurred me on. Six hundredths, Mukhtar Mohammed, those

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are the fine margins. Seeing a gap and going for it, maybe a little bit

0:03:54 > 0:03:53more cautious. It's very difficult. You will be on the team, not just

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for the Commonwealth, but also this stadium? This stadium is unreal. A

0:03:54 > 0:03:53really fast track. He's just run around in 1.43. So it's very quick.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53We can bring David Rudisha in now. You have brought this place to life

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with that performance. How thrilled I you, first of all, to set a world

0:03:54 > 0:03:53leading time this I'm very happy. Today I was feeling OK, and I was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53expecting to run the fastest time in the 800 metres. I'm glad to have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53accomplished that today. We talked about what was like to get a feel

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for the track, the stadium and the people before you come for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games. What was that like for you? A great experience. To

0:03:54 > 0:03:53compete here before the Commonwealth in a few weeks, it's a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53feeling. The track is really great and fast. I really like it. I know

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in a few weeks I'll go back, have good training and we'll see another

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good performance. We saw what you did in London, you love running in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Britain. What can we expect with a couple more weeks and your belt?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53What can you achieve? Yes, sure. This year has been a tough year, a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53struggle for me. I'm happy to build up so early, but will be a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53achievement for me. You are a superstar of the sport, we will see

0:03:54 > 0:03:53you in a couple of weeks in Glasgow. Great to have him back. He graces

0:03:54 > 0:03:53any stage his stepson. We can't wait to see him in the Commonwealth games

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in two weeks at Hampden, which is proving to be a rather successful

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletics venue. This football team may struggle to get it back. If you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53want to see the inside into any top sports person, you could do a lot

0:03:54 > 0:03:53worse than to June into BBC for. -- BBC 4. In 2005, a barefoot boy

0:03:54 > 0:03:53walked into school and was given running shoes and a chance. Where

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will you be in 2012? Belief that there is light at the end of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53tunnel. One man who believed he could be the best in the world. 100

0:03:54 > 0:03:53seconds to beat the world. The David Rudisha Story.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So, ten o'clock, Tuesday the 22nd of July on BBC 4. It promises to be a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fascinating watch. The last ten years of David Rudisha's life has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53been followed. For anybody with aspirations to be a decent athlete,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a middle distance runner, that should be insightful? Yes, what life

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is like out there, the depth of talent and the running Mecca that it

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is. Great to see him back on British soil? Graceful, a wonderful athlete,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sometimes we don't get to praise him enough. Yes, we have the bolts of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the sport, but he's equal to the likes of Usain Bolt. It's great to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have him back. He's going in the 4x4 as well, hopefully. Let's catch up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53with the end of all of the field. four. Will Claye, in second

0:03:54 > 0:03:53position. Trailing Christian Taylor. That is big. That takes the lead, no

0:03:54 > 0:03:53doubt. Will Claye allows hill a little celebration because it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53well beyond the 17 metre mark you were hoping to see. The crowd have

0:03:54 > 0:03:53received it well. That reaches it comfortably. The US champion,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53seventh place in the Diamond League after that season's best at 17.75 in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the US trials. Giving away plenty of the board. Terrific performance to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53take the lead. It was a super jump Ronald. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletes enjoying the support of the crowd. They are loving this surface

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and 17.27. That will take some catching.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53So the final round, Christian Taylor, trying to reel in his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53compatriot Will Claye who leads the competition with 17.27. Taylor has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gone over 17 metres in round four. And he is going to threaten the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53lead. He could well have taken the lead. Taylor thinks he has. He has

0:03:54 > 0:03:53gone beyond the red line which is the leading mark. Just beyond it.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53The rear most mark in the sand. Christian Taylor responded like a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion, to produce the winning leap in the sixth and final round.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53As we said he had a lot of 400 metres running in his legs, he is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sharpening up. Still lots on the board. 20 centimetres that board. A

0:03:54 > 0:03:53class athlete. Former World Champion and he has done it. We haven't seen

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it yet. There is his coach, he works for yuck athletics now. 17.36 for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53tailor. What a battle it has been between the two Americans. That one

0:03:54 > 0:03:53centimetre shy of his season's best. Can Claye respond in the sixth

0:03:54 > 0:03:53round? Will Claye wasn't able to improve in the sixth and final round

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so Christian Taylor, taking that triple jump with a 17 metre 36

0:03:54 > 0:03:53effort in the sixth and final round. A terrific final round response,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Taylor the champion. Of this Diamond League event.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I am delighted to say we have been joined in the studio by Jodie

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Williams and Sally Pearson. Congratulations. On your PB first of

0:03:54 > 0:03:53all. Thank you. It was a bit unexpected by I was waiting for that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53drop to happen, and what a great place for it to happen. So you are

0:03:54 > 0:03:53loving the track? Yes it is noise, the atmosphere was amazing as well.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I am looking forward to coming bag. That was a world class feel. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53remember looking at it before and thinking oh, it is going to be tough

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to get in the mix. Over the moon I managed to get in there, and I was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53pushing with these girls. Sally, it has been a bumpy ride since you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53arrived. Pulling out as you did in Rome, on the two Diamond League,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53where are you in the progress? Half way there. I wouldn't say I am

0:03:54 > 0:03:53three-quarters away. My times are getting faster by 200th of a second.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53As long as they are not getting getting faster by 200th of a second.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53slower. I had a win over Tiffany. So that is my main focus. That is going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to be a great dual. It will be. He is a great competitor from last year

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and this year at the world indoor Championship, we had a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rivalry, I Championship, we had a great

0:03:54 > 0:03:53her. The Commonwealth Games, for Scotland they have hosted it before

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and Glasgow is excited. Australia, you mentioned it to Phil loves any

0:03:54 > 0:03:53opportunity to cheer on the green and gold. It didn't go as well for

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the whole team, so a chance to get medals for Australia. I am not going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to mention the last Ashes series, you are the stalwart, the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53figurehead, the icon for the team. I guess so, you said it! No, it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to be fun and interesting, how our team develops, because the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athletics team is a young team. We have got 103 athletes, so it is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53going to be huge. I am the captain of the team. Do you like the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53responsibility? It is going for difficult, but I will do my best, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have my speech repaired. We will. It is going to be good. We have a lot

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of young athletes coming through the ranks and hopefully they can put on

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good performances. Jodie is going to experience more, you can't replace

0:03:54 > 0:03:53that, you have to be in that competition, to know what it is like

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and the Commonwealth Games is a competition, to know what it is like

0:03:54 > 0:03:53wonderful stepping stone. It is a wonderful stepping stone. When we go

0:03:54 > 0:03:53into the dining room, they will know about this, I can see owedy

0:03:54 > 0:03:53laughing, when you go in you see people from other nation, Jodie can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53sit with Sally and say you know what, what was it like going through

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the processes, the friendly game, the friendliness of the Commonwealth

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Games allows athletes to bond in that very special way. Australia and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53England. Hurdler talking to a sprinteder, but there is something

0:03:54 > 0:03:53in common which is the success and how you get there. This is a what

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the Commonwealth Games brings to our nation, on a regular basis, every

0:03:54 > 0:03:53four year, that is what I love to see ssm I learned a lot at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games because my first one was 19. I was 19. I know. What

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is interesting for me is how you have handled coming from the junior

0:03:54 > 0:03:53rank, the disappointments you have had. How you mentally, you seem

0:03:54 > 0:03:53stronger? I mean I have had a lot of people say to me I look like a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53different athlete to last year. Last year, I was coming back from injury,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53I struggled through winter. Last year I had no confidence whatsoever

0:03:54 > 0:03:53on the track. This year for me, opening up with a PB in America was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a massive confidence boost but it was about backing up the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performances from the States. Going into trials and winning the 200 was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a massive confidence boost to me compared to the last trials when I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53ended up in a heap on the track. To come here and run another massive

0:03:54 > 0:03:53PB, I mean it has been a whirlwind year for me, it is all ant building

0:03:54 > 0:03:53back up my confidence but I am getting there. The contrast, you

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have been there, you have done it. You have the medals. Defending

0:03:54 > 0:03:53champion, it has been a little tricky, you have made changes to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53still try and get the best out of yourself? Most definitely. For me,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53it is trying to get faster, trying to find the 1% to get through the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53race faster and with my training trying to improve it as much as I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53can in different areas, so that has been interesting, and I started my

0:03:54 > 0:03:53first senior team when I was 16, so developing from there has been a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53long road, and I have taken it slowly. So I still feel like my body

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is still developing at this age, even when I am coming not to the end

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of many career but... . The middle section. The most important part to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53improve. What happens now? What are you doing in the next two week

0:03:54 > 0:03:53period? For me I have two more competition, next Tuesday and maybe

0:03:54 > 0:03:53next Friday. Then, for me it is more about getting race practise,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fitness. That is what I need. I have the fitness in. I need to build up

0:03:54 > 0:03:53my speed and strength and getting as much training as I can in theweek

0:03:54 > 0:03:53after that. Jodie? It is about going back to training. I am going to go

0:03:54 > 0:03:53home and fine tune my races, you know I have been racing all season,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53so I have that race sharpness, for me it is going into that hard

0:03:54 > 0:03:53training, longer endurance, well, for a sprinter. It is all relative.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53For me it will be going back in to training and working on the last few

0:03:54 > 0:03:53elements. Any tips to Jodie? Enjoy it. You have worked so hard to get

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to this stage, and there is so much to come. It is about enjoying it and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53making sure that you come home with the results you know you are capable

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of. Have fun. You minded me when you were talking about dining rooms,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53when I was 16 as a little gymnast a certain hero of my Colin Jackson,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53dropped his tray down and started chatting and I couldn't speak. I was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53speechless. We were on the same team and he was talking to me. He was the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53person next to me. Here I am, work I alongside you. You have to stay with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the memory, you never know who is going to sit next to you. The

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games starts in two weeks time. The athletics programme.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53It is ten days till the opening ceremony. And Great Britain has an

0:03:54 > 0:03:53athlete who has not just excelled but she is a try icon of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games and our Brendan caught up with Dame Kelly homes.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53-- Dame Kelly homes. -- Dame Kelly Holmes.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Kelly you are only one way into your career you have a great opportunity

0:03:54 > 0:03:53at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria 94 I remember it very well,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53because it was my first gold medal, there I was, winning the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games title. Two weeks after winning the silver at the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53European Championships which was a computerever shock. To go into this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53race as favourite, that was very strange, but I was so determined, to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53win it, it was just something in me I was like, wow, I can be a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games champion? You liked the taste of winning? Yes. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53loved it. It is gold for Kelly Holmes. I I ran, the naivety was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53good at that stage. The Commonwealth Games in Kuala

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lumpur, how I got to those, I don't know. I wasn't even walking in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53April. I got to those championships, managed to get a silver medal.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Kenyaians that had been running well. I was proud I got there.

0:03:54 > 0:03:532002, in a great place. Ready to do it. The Commonwealth Games in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Manchester. That must have been marvellous. That was a fantastic

0:03:54 > 0:03:53games. To be at the Commonwealth Games any

0:03:54 > 0:03:53way I think was always a great part of my life, because it was my first

0:03:54 > 0:03:53multi-sport championship where I won a gold medal, it is a comparable

0:03:54 > 0:03:53event to an Olympic game, it is a great stepping stone for younger

0:03:54 > 0:03:53people, so going to the Commonwealth Games which was in Manchester, home

0:03:54 > 0:03:53turf, first time my family came to watch me as a major Championship in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53my home career, it was expensive flying abroad so to have my friends

0:03:54 > 0:03:53and family in that stadium. I had to win. There was no doubt, I had to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53win! A huge roar from the crowd. She is destroying them in the home

0:03:54 > 0:03:53straight. Holmes gets gold. Was really proud

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to have won for England. To stand again on that rostrum, to have the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53National Anthem being sung out by the crowd. My friends and family

0:03:54 > 0:03:53there, to be part of it. I was really proud. This year the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, you are there as the President of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53English leisure Commonwealth Games. Now I am going to be President in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Glasgow for England. It islike like a cycle. England will be successful

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up there in Scotland won't they? Yes, I think we have a great team. I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53am looking forward to going up, cheering on the British athletes, I

0:03:54 > 0:03:53will be flying the flag for England and hoping we will get in that top

0:03:54 > 0:03:53three, in the Meddle table. I think it will be one of the best

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games we have seen, I think in terms of a championship

0:03:54 > 0:03:53those athletes in the team will have an amazing experience and they will

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have such an energy round their competitions and it will raise their

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performances because the environment will be conducive to that.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Dame Kelly Holmes to link it in nicely is a mentor to anAlison

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Leonard. You are mentoring Jessica Judd as well. It is fantastic this

0:03:54 > 0:03:53legacy is being passed on. It is working, the strength and depth in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the middle distance running, we have seen it this weekend. That is what

0:03:54 > 0:03:53is exciting is the youngsters coming through and believing they can

0:03:54 > 0:03:53achieve that because they have seen the likes of Kelly and Jenny Meadows

0:03:54 > 0:03:53go forward and achieve that, so Jess, Alison coming through,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lindsey, really believe they can go on that stage and achieve and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Lindsey knows that from the indoors and outdoor, getting the Meddle in

0:03:54 > 0:03:532012. So that is really good to see. It is good to see them running with

0:03:54 > 0:03:53belief and getting that qualifying time. Alison came with a job to do.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53She did it and now, it is up to the selectors where they go with that

0:03:54 > 0:03:53third place, at the moment. Paula is veering towards Jessica Judd, where

0:03:54 > 0:03:53are you going? They will give you that job next. I think probably, we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53have all been big fans of Jenny over the years, she has worked hard to

0:03:54 > 0:03:53get back, but I think she would admit she, at the moment, to be

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fair, I don't think anyone probably accept Alison...

0:03:54 > 0:03:53round. It is what we have, we want to try to, you're drive through the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53events, be if you can start to drive the standard up from the bottom and

0:03:54 > 0:03:53when I mean the bottom. Paula would be at the front but what Paula was

0:03:54 > 0:03:53doing was giving Jo Pavey other things to think about. Even a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53doing was giving Jo Pavey other guy, the women at 32 minutes,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53doing was giving Jo Pavey other will keep going. Laura Muir, Laura

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Weightman, Hannah England is probably thinking, I'd better

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Weightman, Hannah England is on the act, that's exactly what we

0:03:54 > 0:03:53want. Hopefully we will continue, come back and win some medals. Let's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53look at the end, the last lap of the men's 1500. Oh her gave the most

0:03:54 > 0:03:53fantastic performance. He played to the crowd? --

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Having to pull out of Oslo with injuries, struggling with that, he's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Mr bit injuries, struggling with that, he's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53as sharp as he would like to be. But he hung on and he got the time. He's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53got a bit of time come back even stronger for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Commonwealth Games. To come back even stronger for the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53guys when we were sitting at the trials thinking, we are only going

0:03:54 > 0:03:53to have one representative, now we have three and that's looking really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53healthy. Of course, it's have three and that's looking really

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the middle distance. The men are stepping up to the plate. There is

0:03:54 > 0:03:53the sprinters as well. The relays, they are getting drowned, quicker.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Women's sprinting is in rude health. I think 11 men and 10.2 this year,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53incredible. And then we want one or two to jump out of that. CJ runs

0:03:54 > 0:03:539.96. James Dasaolu is in great shape. They are all pushing each

0:03:54 > 0:03:53other. The women are starting to do the same thing. Let's not forget the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53world Junior Championships coming up. Big performances, Dean Ashton

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Smith in particular. At the minute, things are looking nice. There is a

0:03:54 > 0:03:53new breed coming through. We are always open for superstars, but

0:03:54 > 0:03:53looking at the overall picture, it has moved on. It's the German

0:03:54 > 0:03:53football model, it's about having a team. Somebody else decided to pop

0:03:54 > 0:03:53up, Matthew Hudson-Smith, running sub 45 seconds, a fantastic

0:03:54 > 0:03:53performance, gets him into the European team.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53He's in lane eight, Tavener. You might not remember Tony Hadley, he's

0:03:54 > 0:03:53a great coach. He held him back, that like Usain Bolt was in his

0:03:54 > 0:03:53early. Knowing that he might have his best event here. That's tricky

0:03:54 > 0:03:53for youngsters, they want to race. He's come in and taken it seriously,

0:03:54 > 0:03:53he's done personal best, personal best, personal best. Put them in the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53environment and see what they do. In the trials, you see it, he was in

0:03:54 > 0:03:53great shape. But I loved his reaction. It was fantastic. Somebody

0:03:54 > 0:03:53asked about athletes, do you know how well you're going to do?

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Sometimes you surprise yourself. He is the Sainsbury's informants of the

0:03:54 > 0:03:53day, are you happy with that? I am, amazing performance. -- performance

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of the day. I think that what comes out on top. What a cracking two days

0:03:54 > 0:03:53of action, we are back for the Commonwealth Games in two days time.

0:03:54 > 0:03:53Peacock, they are locked in combat. A massive new personal best.

0:03:54 > 0:03:54Make the most of your weekend, wherever you are.