:00:09. > :00:13.If the magnificent city of Manchester has been the focus of the
:00:14. > :00:20.world's attention for the lost all my bed. The horrendous, brutal
:00:21. > :00:24.atrocities took many innocent lives and left many more with life
:00:25. > :00:27.changing injuries. This is a city in mourning, coming to terms with its
:00:28. > :00:32.loss, its greed, trying to make sense of it all, but the guts,
:00:33. > :00:36.determination and talent that made this city and industrial, cultural
:00:37. > :00:41.and sporting hotbed for years will not be given. This event has become
:00:42. > :00:44.a favourite in the sporting calendar, and this city is out
:00:45. > :00:46.tonight as they always are to support some of the great athlete
:00:47. > :00:53.here. Manchester will keep on running. This is the place in the
:00:54. > :00:58.north-west of England, it is ace, it is the best, and the songs that we
:00:59. > :01:04.staying the leg saying from our songs, from bands, set the whole
:01:05. > :01:08.planet shaking. There is nothing we can't make, so we make brilliant
:01:09. > :01:12.music, brilliant bands, we make goals that make souls leap from
:01:13. > :01:18.seats in the stands, and we make things from steel, from cotton. We
:01:19. > :01:22.make you a home, we make you feel welcome, we make something happen,
:01:23. > :01:31.we can't seem to help it. And if you're looking for history, then,
:01:32. > :01:35.yes, we've a wealth. But the Manchester way... Is to make it
:01:36. > :01:41.yourself. And this is the place where we first played as kids. And
:01:42. > :01:47.this is the place where our folks came to work, where they struggled,
:01:48. > :01:52.they hurt in the dirt, and they built us a city, they built us these
:01:53. > :01:56.towns, so this is the place, now with kids of our own. Some are born
:01:57. > :02:01.here, some drawn here, but we all call it home. And they've covered
:02:02. > :02:09.the cobbles, but they'll never defeat of the dreamers and schemas
:02:10. > :02:13.whose -- who still team through the streets. Recessions, depressions and
:02:14. > :02:25.dark times, but we keep fighting back. Manchester spirit, Northern
:02:26. > :02:29.grit... But we won't take defeat, and we don't want your pity, because
:02:30. > :02:33.this is the place where we stand strong together, with a smile on our
:02:34. > :02:38.face, Mancunians for ever, because this is the place in our hearts and
:02:39. > :02:46.our homes, because this is the place that is a part of our bones, because
:02:47. > :02:47.Manchester gives us such strength from the fact that this is the
:02:48. > :03:43.place. The athletics will start soon, but
:03:44. > :03:49.we would like to speak to the leader of Manchester Council. City first,
:03:50. > :03:52.pass and are -- pass on our condolences. We are delighted this
:03:53. > :03:56.event is going ahead because it is so important to show that you don't
:03:57. > :03:59.stop what people love, which is the come out and support music, sport,
:04:00. > :04:04.cultural activities. How importantly what it that this went ahead
:04:05. > :04:08.tonight? Very important indeed. There is clearly a lot of pain and
:04:09. > :04:12.grief within the city, but we need to recover, and the faster, the
:04:13. > :04:17.better. Earlier in the way, I spoke to Brendan Foster about the great
:04:18. > :04:21.city games and said the question is not whether it takes place but how
:04:22. > :04:25.we make sure it takes place. The same conversation with Greater
:04:26. > :04:28.Manchester Police, who clearly have reviewed all the security around the
:04:29. > :04:37.event. Again, the review was to make sure that it did take place. That
:04:38. > :04:40.notwithstanding the horror of last Monday, Manchester is still a strong
:04:41. > :04:44.and resilient city and we will not change the way we live our lives.
:04:45. > :04:48.The weather has been just glorious in the last couple of days, which I
:04:49. > :04:52.think probably encourages people out anyway. It certainly seems there are
:04:53. > :04:57.more than normal coming out tonight, and I guess, knowing Manchester as
:04:58. > :05:02.you do, that doesn't surprise you. We have seen that all week. We had a
:05:03. > :05:07.remarkable vigil on Tuesday night. We had one minute of silence
:05:08. > :05:11.yesterday. Again, tens of thousands of people, all ages, colours and
:05:12. > :05:14.religions, coming together to deliver a message that Manchester is
:05:15. > :05:19.defiant and we won't let terrorism beat us. We will go on with our
:05:20. > :05:23.everyday lives and stop for us, part of our everyday lives is sport,
:05:24. > :05:29.music will stop that is at the very core of what Manchester enjoys
:05:30. > :05:36.doing. Athletics, like so many sports, the multicultural nature of
:05:37. > :05:40.the city, the crowds. You must be delighted that not one competitor
:05:41. > :05:44.expressed a doubt about coming to compete tonight. We are delighted
:05:45. > :05:49.about that, but also, since Monday night, for the run on Sunday there
:05:50. > :05:53.have been thousands of people saying, can we take part, please?
:05:54. > :05:57.Even though it is full. There is an increased demand, so I think we will
:05:58. > :06:01.have a fantastic weekend. It doesn't take away in any way from the
:06:02. > :06:05.dreadful events of earlier in the week, but it does deliver a really
:06:06. > :06:09.important message, that Manchester goes on. It does, and as you say, it
:06:10. > :06:15.doesn't take anything away from the fact that tonight, as on so many
:06:16. > :06:18.nights to come in the next few weeks, the lives of the 22 people
:06:19. > :06:22.who died on Monday evening will be remembered, as they were a few
:06:23. > :06:54.moments ago before we came on air, with a minute's silence.
:06:55. > :06:59.As I just mentioned to the leader of Manchester City Council, the
:07:00. > :07:02.athletes were only too delighted to keep coming here, to keep competing
:07:03. > :07:06.here. They want to show their support for the people of
:07:07. > :07:13.Manchester. Here are a few of the big names you can expect to see
:07:14. > :07:16.tonight. Olympic champion from London, Greg Rutherford, the current
:07:17. > :07:25.world champion, goes in the long jump. Another gold medal winner from
:07:26. > :07:30.London, Sally Pearson. The Australian hurdler has had a mixed
:07:31. > :07:38.few years. What kind of form will she be in? Paralympic champion T
:07:39. > :07:46.Hunt -- T44 Jonnie Peacock goes again tonight. And Kim Collins, an
:07:47. > :07:49.incredible 41 years old. He has run in five Olympic Games. He loves
:07:50. > :07:57.Manchester and was a gold-medallist in the Commonwealth Games here. On
:07:58. > :08:02.this glorious evening in Manchester, we have a packed agenda over the
:08:03. > :08:12.next hour and a half. Some of the British athletes to look out for,
:08:13. > :08:17.Richard Kilty, and two of our fastest women will end the night
:08:18. > :08:25.with Sally Pearson in the women's 100 metres hurdles. As I mentioned,
:08:26. > :08:29.the athletes are only too delighted to be you, wanting to show support
:08:30. > :08:34.for the city of Manchester, wanting to race here and bring the crowds
:08:35. > :08:39.out. I'm really proud this event is going ahead. I think it speaks
:08:40. > :08:42.volumes about the strength of Manchester and how, you know, we
:08:43. > :08:46.won't let anyone stop us doing what we're going to do, and we're still
:08:47. > :08:50.going to put on great shows, and everyone's going to enjoy it. To be
:08:51. > :08:55.able to carry on with this competition, to be able to be
:08:56. > :09:02.involved with the great city games is, I guess, showing that the rest
:09:03. > :09:05.-- showing the rest of the world that Manchester is strong. Even
:09:06. > :09:08.though I am not from here, I am astray being, I want to be part of
:09:09. > :09:14.it and show the world we are here, we are happy and we're moving
:09:15. > :09:19.forward. I can understand it is important for the city to show the
:09:20. > :09:22.world that we are strong. It gives a chance to bring the people together
:09:23. > :09:27.once more in a sense of love and unity. I think it's brilliant to see
:09:28. > :09:32.all the people in the street and everyone looking so excited at the
:09:33. > :09:37.prospect. I think it's brilliant for us to show solidarity at this time,
:09:38. > :09:41.to make sure people who want to cause these horrendous and horrible
:09:42. > :09:47.events, they are never going to win, and we're all going to stand strong
:09:48. > :09:51.and still enjoy ourselves. I'm joined by Brendan Foster, Denise
:09:52. > :09:56.Lewis and Lord Sebastian Coe. Attacking start with you, Brendan,
:09:57. > :09:58.because we were speaking to the leader of Manchester City Council
:09:59. > :10:02.earlier, but the challenges you have had to get this on tonight have been
:10:03. > :10:06.numerous, but how important has it been for you that it did go ahead
:10:07. > :10:10.for the people of Manchester? It was Sir Richard on Tuesday morning when
:10:11. > :10:16.we spoke, I said, we are in your hands, and he said it's not a matter
:10:17. > :10:22.of if, it's a matter of how we do it. The city of Manchester, led by
:10:23. > :10:26.Sir Richard and Andy Burnham, have both said we have to show the city
:10:27. > :10:30.getting back to normal, we won't let terrorism overtake us. We are
:10:31. > :10:34.nervous. We do feel for the people who have been killed, obviously, but
:10:35. > :10:37.getting this city back to normal, and sport is at the heart of the
:10:38. > :10:42.city, and this is Manchester, and that's the difference. Denise, you
:10:43. > :10:46.have been here every year for this a Ben Foster you enjoyed it anyway,
:10:47. > :10:50.love seeing athletics on the street, and Europe are to busy then, in many
:10:51. > :10:56.ways, so you must have been filled it is going ahead. Tell us what you
:10:57. > :11:02.think it means to the people. The crowds speak volumes. They are here
:11:03. > :11:05.in numbers. Unity speaks volumes. I was thinking, is this event really
:11:06. > :11:12.going to go ahead? I think the tone is right and the people have spoken,
:11:13. > :11:15.and the ripple effects that have happened for everybody, it's been a
:11:16. > :11:20.knock-on effect, but that solidarity, unity through sport, has
:11:21. > :11:24.meant we have been here. As a former athlete, I guess you would have been
:11:25. > :11:27.very much in the camp with the athletes who have come here. We had
:11:28. > :11:33.some there saying they wanted to show their support. They have come
:11:34. > :11:36.from all over the world and they want to be here. They know what this
:11:37. > :11:41.event means for the city, especially in this troubled time. Competing is
:11:42. > :11:46.all they can do to say, we haven't forgotten you in these dark times.
:11:47. > :11:50.Lord Coe, you Love Street athletics and it is the future of the sport to
:11:51. > :11:54.bring it out and democratise it, but security is one of the challenges
:11:55. > :11:58.you will face, because in these times we live in, we are in a very
:11:59. > :12:03.different landscape, so I suppose this is a modern event with modern
:12:04. > :12:09.problems. It is, and I think the decision to go ahead is always a
:12:10. > :12:14.tough one. You have to weigh up security, but ultimately, it was
:12:15. > :12:19.very important that sport could be seen as a part of the healing
:12:20. > :12:22.process. One of the great privileges I had as chairman of the British
:12:23. > :12:29.Olympic Association was being in this city not that long ago, where
:12:30. > :12:32.thousands of Mancunians came out in monsoon conditions to cheer to the
:12:33. > :12:37.rafters our Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Many of them are competing
:12:38. > :12:42.tonight. Some of them were out there in those conditions for hours to bag
:12:43. > :12:47.the best position to be able to cheer them, and I think the athletes
:12:48. > :12:50.feel quite rightly that those who were there on that occasion have the
:12:51. > :12:54.opportunity to say, look, we don't have all the answers, sport doesn't
:12:55. > :12:58.have all the answers, but we can help in that process. And stand
:12:59. > :13:03.alongside the people of Manchester. I guess you are very much in the
:13:04. > :13:06.camp that, because back, and because you want to keep bringing athletics
:13:07. > :13:10.to people in this kind of environment, that what happened on
:13:11. > :13:14.Monday night will not stop that result. It can't be allowed to. Of
:13:15. > :13:18.course, you need to protect people when are in public places, and all
:13:19. > :13:26.the right people will be having discussions about that, and it's
:13:27. > :13:30.quite right that goverments and intelligence and so on... I do make
:13:31. > :13:33.the case that sport should also be at that table alongside other
:13:34. > :13:36.community-based activities. As we are doing this interview, there are
:13:37. > :13:42.coaches the length and breadth of the country in all sports, working
:13:43. > :13:45.in some of the most challenged communities. Sport has an
:13:46. > :13:50.extraordinary reach, as it has shown tonight. It doesn't have all the
:13:51. > :13:56.answers, but if tonight's event can just help in that grieving process,
:13:57. > :14:01.and maybe even a part of the healing process, that is why we're here.
:14:02. > :14:04.These athletes are not just thinking tonight about a stepping stone to
:14:05. > :14:09.World Championships or prize money or a record, they know that there is
:14:10. > :14:14.a bigger picture here. Absolutely. Thank you very much. It's time for
:14:15. > :14:21.the athletics, so let's to our commentary team, Steve Backley,
:14:22. > :14:26.Colin Jackson and Steve Cram. We kick off with the women's 100
:14:27. > :14:27.metres. COMMENTATOR: Good evening to everyone watching. A beautiful
:14:28. > :14:36.evening in Manchester. One of the stars, Sally Pearson, you
:14:37. > :14:42.saw her talk a moment ago about why she is here. She is up against some
:14:43. > :14:46.of our top sprinters. In case you haven't watched the city games
:14:47. > :14:51.before, this track is specially laid down. It is 200 metres long. Behind
:14:52. > :14:55.that sign there is another 100 metres track. We begin about halfway
:14:56. > :15:00.down. Bianca Williams is coming back with some good form, hasn't run that
:15:01. > :15:04.well over the last few years because of injury problems, but signs in the
:15:05. > :15:07.states that she is getting back to her very good 2014 form. A very good
:15:08. > :15:13.start this season 21-year-old Desiree Henry will stop she lifted
:15:14. > :15:17.the Olympic flame in 2012 as a youngster, fulfilling all the
:15:18. > :15:23.potential that is the reason why she was chosen to do that. Asha Philip,
:15:24. > :15:26.now the European indoor champion. A great performance from her in
:15:27. > :15:32.Belgrade in March. This is her first 100 metres outdoors in 2017. Sally
:15:33. > :15:38.Pearson has already had a bit of a season in Australia, and we all want
:15:39. > :15:41.to see her do well. Horrendous injury when falling in 2015 in the
:15:42. > :15:46.diamond Lee, and then hamstring problems last year. But she is
:15:47. > :15:50.beginning to find her old form. Still some way to go, she will
:15:51. > :15:57.admit, but this 100 metres will be a sharp enough for her. -- a sharpener
:15:58. > :16:06.for her. Bianca run her quickest 200m since
:16:07. > :16:22.2014 in the States a couple of weeks ago. Pretty clean break. Philip is
:16:23. > :16:28.out well. So is Williams. Pearson on the far side. It's going to be tight
:16:29. > :16:34.on the line. Sash gets it. Slight -- Ash gets it.
:16:35. > :16:38.She got a good start. Got out well. I was surprised that Henry didn't
:16:39. > :16:49.close the ground, given the good form she's been in. It wasn't a
:16:50. > :17:00.horrible start from her. She hung on to the fast finishing Sally Pearson.
:17:01. > :17:05.Colin? An interesting race all over. Desiree came on. She held her form
:17:06. > :17:10.to the line. I was surprised with Pearson. If anybody was going to
:17:11. > :17:15.crumble under this pressure it would have been Sally Pearson. She hung on
:17:16. > :17:21.in there to take second place. A good performance from Pearson. I
:17:22. > :17:33.like forward to how she hurdles later on. It was close in the end,
:17:34. > :17:42.very close indeed. Into a slight head wind, just, pretty protected
:17:43. > :17:46.here, but winning time 11. 48. The last time I spoke to you was in
:17:47. > :17:50.Belgrade, and it was a glorious few days for you there. The outdoor
:17:51. > :17:57.season now well and truly under way. You look in good condition. I feel I
:17:58. > :18:00.am, I have taken the confidence from 60 to bring it into the #14u7b. I'm
:18:01. > :18:05.happy to have done this in Manchester. The crowd spur you on.
:18:06. > :18:11.The crowd here it's special tonight. Definitely. It's heart warming.
:18:12. > :18:16.We're wearing this ribbon for a reason, we want to show our love.
:18:17. > :18:20.Where have you been? Florida, Portugal. I am loving life right
:18:21. > :18:24.now. The warm weather training is done. Now the serious business of
:18:25. > :18:29.building up to London. Ten weeks to go. Yeah, I'm a bit squared. Oh, my
:18:30. > :18:34.God, ten more weeks. But I'm happen quli with what I've done. -- happy
:18:35. > :18:39.with what I've done. You got us off to a great start tonight. Earlier
:18:40. > :18:48.on, the men's long jump competition got started in Albert Square. That
:18:49. > :18:56.is about half a kilometre that way. Thanks. This is Randazzo from Italy.
:18:57. > :19:07.Full to the brim, good crowd turned out.
:19:08. > :19:13.This is an intimate competition. The crowd are up close and personal.
:19:14. > :19:18.Running out of the sunshine into the shade there, makes sighting the
:19:19. > :19:25.board a bit tricky. The official on the other side there. He goes into
:19:26. > :19:40.the lead. A lifetime best. Season's best, I should say. Lasa is chasing
:19:41. > :19:49.that lead. 7. 70 the best so far. Rutherford yet to start. Just been
:19:50. > :19:54.warming up, biding his time. These two men, the contenders, certainly
:19:55. > :20:05.some of the athletes who could upset Greg Rutherford's chances of victory
:20:06. > :20:13.here. That then takes the lead. Let's tidy up that result from the
:20:14. > :20:18.100: Sally Pearson will be pleased with the second place against two
:20:19. > :20:31.very good sprinters. Henry a little disappointed today. The crowds here
:20:32. > :20:35.craning for a view. It's a narrow venue, if you like, so they're
:20:36. > :20:40.squeezed down either side of the track. They'll be looking forward to
:20:41. > :20:43.this next event. One of the heroes of London, indeed Rio and we hope in
:20:44. > :21:02.London in the summer, Jonnie Peacock. He goes in lane two.
:21:03. > :21:10.Personal best of him 12. 02 this year. He's not yet competed at a
:21:11. > :21:20.Paralympics. Maybe we'll see him in London at the IPC world champs.
:21:21. > :21:28.Jonnie Peacock will be perhaps be the biggest star for the British
:21:29. > :21:34.team, Paralympic and indeed, well Paralympic champion at 100m in this
:21:35. > :21:42.event. Arnu Fourie alongside him, the veteran South African, 32 now.
:21:43. > :21:52.Seitis was a late addition to the field. Richard Browne, a late
:21:53. > :21:56.withdrawal. Browne himself said he had retired after Rio at one point.
:21:57. > :22:05.But he's definitely competing again. Jonnie Peacock will wanting to lay
:22:06. > :22:09.down a good performance here. Liam Malone is a new name in the
:22:10. > :22:11.Paralympic world, a new rival for Jonnie Peacock as well. We're
:22:12. > :22:19.looking for a good performance from him. Sub 11 would be good in these
:22:20. > :22:27.conditions. Slight breeze into their face.
:22:28. > :22:32.Jonnie Peacock gets out reasonably well. Di Marino got away quickly.
:22:33. > :22:36.Look at Jonnie Peacock, absolutely changing gear and moving away from
:22:37. > :22:40.the field. Fourie in second at the moment. Jonnie Peacock 10. 92, well
:22:41. > :22:49.I said anything under 11 seconds today would be pretty good. Wind
:22:50. > :22:54.just changed slightly there. A decent start from him. The
:22:55. > :22:56.acceleration was exceptional. He ran pretty well in Loughborough in a
:22:57. > :23:02.competition just last week. Good start to his season there. Today
:23:03. > :23:07.following that up. He's in cracking form, Colin, augers well for London
:23:08. > :23:11.in the summer. Well, it's nearly the summer now! Look how he came out of
:23:12. > :23:16.the blocks. Two strides, then he showed his class. Moved away from
:23:17. > :23:22.this field and you can see why he's won that Paralympic title twice. I
:23:23. > :23:27.have to remind myself, he's nearly 24 years old and already two times
:23:28. > :23:35.he's got that Paralympic Gold Medal. Phenomenal sprinter. That's a valid
:23:36. > :23:39.point. I was reminding myself how old Liam Malone is, he's 23. We
:23:40. > :23:45.forget how young Jonnie Peacock still is. He's an incredible talent.
:23:46. > :23:49.I love watching him run. His technique is virtually perfect. He
:23:50. > :23:52.works hard. He manages to keep that calmness about his shoulders. That
:23:53. > :24:02.where you get the power from, generate that speed. He does it the
:24:03. > :24:03.best. So very impressive from our Paralympic champion, Jonnie Peacock,
:24:04. > :24:17.10. 91, clear winner. I can tell you, Colin and Steve were
:24:18. > :24:22.impressed with your form in commentary. But they seemed enReece
:24:23. > :24:27.at your youth, going on about how much you've achieved at such a young
:24:28. > :24:34.age. You're still 23 years old. Well 24 this month! Still 23. Just got a
:24:35. > :24:39.good team. Obviously, back working with Dan and Mike. So that's all I
:24:40. > :24:42.can say really. It's what happens when you have a good team around
:24:43. > :24:47.you. Absolutely, still always working on your technique, working
:24:48. > :24:50.on yours form. The guys were impressed with your upper body in
:24:51. > :24:54.that race, working on the little things time prove your time.
:24:55. > :24:57.Definitely. We had a massive shift on the technical aspects last year.
:24:58. > :25:01.I had six months to work on them before Rio, it was tight. We
:25:02. > :25:04.improved a lot. We've still got a lot time prove on. There I felt the
:25:05. > :25:11.first five metres was pretty terrible. That can do with some work
:25:12. > :25:16.on. Obviously, I was trying to get a sub 10. 9, but I'll take that today.
:25:17. > :25:21.Ten weeks to go until the world champions, well seven for you. Yeah,
:25:22. > :25:26.it's a very big year. Very looking forward to London, get back into the
:25:27. > :25:29.stadium. The support in that stadium is always awesome. Coming back for a
:25:30. > :25:33.major championships will be so much fun. A shame not to have Richard
:25:34. > :25:36.here today. He didn't get on his flight for some reason. Didn't tell
:25:37. > :25:41.anybody he wasn't getting on his flight. I remember him calling me
:25:42. > :25:44.out a couple of years ago, I'm here now, we'll see him in London, don't
:25:45. > :25:48.worry. I'm sure there will be a good head to head to come. Thank you very
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:26:23. > :26:26.Round two of this long jump competition. Can you see there Greg
:26:27. > :26:31.Rutherford trailing in fourth place, unusual circumstances for him. A
:26:32. > :26:36.season's best of 7. 60, take no notice of that. It's the first
:26:37. > :26:40.competition of the year. Shaking off his dancing legs, Strictly at end of
:26:41. > :26:47.last year. Trained well in Arizona. Round two, what can he do to
:26:48. > :26:52.respond? That's better. We know he likes the pressure. He's proven that
:26:53. > :26:59.time and time again. He is the reigning world champion. The world
:27:00. > :27:04.championships on home soil later this summer. He knows it's good.
:27:05. > :27:06.It's 8. 08. That's good stuff from Greg. He takes the lead. Wonderful
:27:07. > :27:21.stuff. Two fouls in the first two attempts.
:27:22. > :27:26.Round three for Gaisah. He trailed behind Rutherford in the world
:27:27. > :27:35.champs two years ago. 33 years of age. They're checking the board. Can
:27:36. > :27:51.be a third foul for him. No, it is indoed a foul. So four jumps only
:27:52. > :27:58.more chance for Gaisah. The tall Polish athlete also on two fouls.
:27:59. > :28:04.Oh, look at that. He made a complete mess of that. I noticed in the
:28:05. > :28:08.warm-ups, they are jumping on boards suspended above Albert Square. It's
:28:09. > :28:15.quite bouptsy. Sometimes that just throws the rhythm out for the
:28:16. > :28:21.athletes. Also on three fouls as is Gaisah. Rutherford still no
:28:22. > :28:22.challengers. He's some 28 centimetres ahead of second place,
:28:23. > :28:34.which is Lasa. Back to Deansgate. A stone's throw
:28:35. > :28:55.from Albert Square. We only ever see this race here in
:28:56. > :29:01.Manchester. Maybe at The City Games, have we had it at The City Games in
:29:02. > :29:10.Gateshead? Looking forward to this. Jacob Paul, 22 years old. Former
:29:11. > :29:18.European junior bronze-medallist. Then next to him, Jack Jack Green.
:29:19. > :29:23.He started his season very well. Well publicised problems in the last
:29:24. > :29:31.few years, certainly since 2012. Came back last year showing signs of
:29:32. > :29:37.his old form. Still just 25. Seb Rodger next to him in lane three. He
:29:38. > :29:41.will hope he can make the world Championship team this year. Then
:29:42. > :29:45.Johnny Dutch. He had such a disappointed 2016 in the American
:29:46. > :29:51.trials that he quit for a while. Now he's back working with the great
:29:52. > :29:56.Felix Sanchez. This man is still in the top 20 all time 400m hurdler.
:29:57. > :30:05.Good new hurdlers on the world stage coming through at the moment. Jack
:30:06. > :30:08.Green trb 11 has run a -- Jack Jack Green has already run a qualifying
:30:09. > :30:26.time for the world champs. The two best 400 metres hurdler is
:30:27. > :30:31.against one of the best there has ever been, Johnny Dutch. Dutch over
:30:32. > :30:39.on the far side. Difficult, this one, very different outside and not
:30:40. > :30:42.just the distance, but it is a straight 200 metres hurdles as well.
:30:43. > :30:54.2.6 feet, the hurdles. A little bit of twitching from Jack
:30:55. > :30:57.and Sebastien. They allow that in the circumstances. They are all a
:30:58. > :31:02.little edgy because they are unsure of each other's form on this
:31:03. > :31:05.distance, which they are not used to running, certainly against each
:31:06. > :31:10.other. You can imagine they are thinking, do I set off like a 400
:31:11. > :31:19.metres hurdler or a sprint hurdler? I would advise like a sprint
:31:20. > :31:23.hurdler. As Colin said, I guess rhythm in this race is so important.
:31:24. > :31:35.Go off to slow, you won't catch them, too quick, they catch you.
:31:36. > :31:42.Jack Green... Jacob Paul gets away well. Dutch going well on the far
:31:43. > :31:47.side. Dutch has a shortly. The American on the far side looking
:31:48. > :31:55.good at the minute. Jack Green in a scrap with Seb Rodger for second
:31:56. > :32:04.place. Johnny Dutch has won it. 22.49, not bad at all. Well, I said,
:32:05. > :32:14.Colin, that he has been, from his point of view, I guess, the
:32:15. > :32:18.Americans always have string. If you are going to pick a person to work
:32:19. > :32:23.with, Felix Sanchez would be a good choice. Not a bad choice, especially
:32:24. > :32:33.over this distance. Remember, Johnny Dutch as that 30.50 110 metres speed
:32:34. > :32:36.as well. Marry that with the strength he has from being a
:32:37. > :32:39.quarter-mile, and you get this. Technically, very effective and
:32:40. > :32:47.efficient, no chance for our British boys to get on his shoulder and put
:32:48. > :33:02.pressure on him. Rewarded with a swift 22.40 eight. -- 20 2.48.
:33:03. > :33:06.Johnny Dutch there, just really smooth. He got out very quickly,
:33:07. > :33:10.looked as though he was beginning to slow a little here, and it was all
:33:11. > :33:14.about negotiating that last hurdle. It is a long running from the last
:33:15. > :33:19.one. They are not so high, so even if there was a little fatigued, it
:33:20. > :33:25.won't have much impact. You can see him leaving for the line,
:33:26. > :33:29.nonetheless. Yes, even though the barriers are quite small, you do get
:33:30. > :33:33.muscle fatigue, and that can hamper your technique. Johnny will be used
:33:34. > :33:37.to it with a 400 metres hurdles in juror is that he has, married with
:33:38. > :33:44.the sprint hurdles speed. It is good to see. Sebastien Roger just losing
:33:45. > :34:00.a little balance of that last hurdle. Let's confirm the result.
:34:01. > :34:11.22.48, a personal best. They don't run this that often. Jack Green,
:34:12. > :34:15.22.97, in third. And here is Johnny. An unusual
:34:16. > :34:20.distance and the vent, but your coach Felix has run this six times
:34:21. > :34:25.and never won it. He told me just come out here and have fun. This is
:34:26. > :34:30.not rehearsed, so I really just went out on luck and it worked out, thank
:34:31. > :34:34.God. You had an interesting year last year - quit the sport through a
:34:35. > :34:42.while, made a movie, and then Felix coaxed you out of retirement. I
:34:43. > :34:47.guess, no regrets? I want to thank my sponsor for believing in me, my
:34:48. > :34:56.coach Felix Sanchez, I've known him for years. A poetic thriller, I came
:34:57. > :35:02.up with something different. It was a great creation for me and my heart
:35:03. > :35:06.belongs in track and field. You are heading back to London if things go
:35:07. > :35:10.well at the trials? Hopefully, God willing, it will all happen when it
:35:11. > :35:17.is supposed to. And then you can make another movie. How about
:35:18. > :35:21.zombies and Manchester? Thank you for that, Johnny! Let's look at the
:35:22. > :35:30.pole vault, which took place earlier on this evening. COMMENTATOR: In
:35:31. > :35:44.beautiful sunshine, the women's pole-vault, just one of two field
:35:45. > :35:49.events. The left-hander won the English schools 13 years ago. Look
:35:50. > :35:55.at that - clear at four metres. Jumping well will stop her lifetime
:35:56. > :36:01.best is only 4.05, so Gibbons looking good. Sally Pearson,
:36:02. > :36:19.Commonwealth Games silver-medallist, -- Sally Peak. She jumped in awful
:36:20. > :36:22.conditions in Manchester before. Chloe Henry knocked it off on her
:36:23. > :36:31.first attempt. The Belgian record-holder. Second attempt at the
:36:32. > :36:43.same height that the two Brits have cleared. So, Rachel Gibbons, for the
:36:44. > :36:52.third time of asking at 4.15, to put ten centimetres on her lifetime
:36:53. > :36:56.best. It proved too much. Disappointment there, but a good
:36:57. > :37:08.performance. A season's best, and great support from the crowd. Sally
:37:09. > :37:15.Peake, then. In exactly the same is circumstances that she saw Gibbons
:37:16. > :37:24.there. Oh, she had the hype, didn't she? But Peake, she knew she was
:37:25. > :37:30.capable of that. Sally Peake has done 4.40 in the past. As we turn
:37:31. > :37:37.back to Chloe Henry, also a third time of asking at the same height,
:37:38. > :37:41.4.15 full stop and the most narrow of failures. And that means all
:37:42. > :37:47.athletes are out our one, Holly Bradshaw. You can see those passes
:37:48. > :38:06.there, but she is carrying two fouls. What can she do on the third
:38:07. > :38:11.time of asking? Oh, yes! Holly Bradshaw - we know she is good under
:38:12. > :38:16.pressure, 15 reopened last year, sixth in London five years ago at
:38:17. > :38:22.the Olympics. And a really solid clearance, with some daylight. Maybe
:38:23. > :38:29.some slight adjustments to be made. A big smile from Holly Bradshaw,
:38:30. > :38:39.goes into first place. She can relax. All eyes are back on her.
:38:40. > :38:44.There are always some unusual races in these events. We just saw the 200
:38:45. > :38:50.metres hurdles there, and they like a 150 round these parts as well. In
:38:51. > :38:57.2009, the fastest man in the world came to town and got himself a world
:38:58. > :39:04.record. COMMENTATOR: Williams gets a very good start, but look at Usain
:39:05. > :39:11.Bolt. He's into a good lead. The Olympic champion, world-record
:39:12. > :39:21.holder. That is incredibly fast. Unbelievable! Absolutely
:39:22. > :39:27.unbelievable. There wasn't enough track to slow him down. Usain Bolt
:39:28. > :39:36.runs the quickest 150 metres ever performed on the planet. Did you
:39:37. > :39:39.ever doubt it? It won't be a world record, because it is not a world
:39:40. > :39:45.record distance, but it is the fastest that anyone has ever run
:39:46. > :39:51.this distance on a track, inside, outside, on a street, anywhere. I
:39:52. > :39:55.remember watching that on the telly at home, Denise, and it was a wet
:39:56. > :39:59.night, wasn't it? We thought we would not like those conditions.
:40:00. > :40:03.Usain Bolt would love these conditions tonight, wouldn't he? He
:40:04. > :40:06.would love these balmy conditions. Beautiful weather, great crowds. By
:40:07. > :40:12.that impressed me, and I was at home as well. That was the period where
:40:13. > :40:16.he was taking all comers. Now we are heading into this period where he is
:40:17. > :40:20.on the final countdown, and this summer will be his last in
:40:21. > :40:24.athletics. Sparing his blushes, I'm not sure if you saw the documentary
:40:25. > :40:28.steed grounded with him. He went to Jamaica and had a good sit down chat
:40:29. > :40:33.with him, but also looked at the facets and factors that have made
:40:34. > :40:37.him who he is, the background he comes from, and putting into context
:40:38. > :40:42.the greatness of the man was up and it is likely we won't see his likes
:40:43. > :40:46.for a long time in the sport. He has left an indelible mark on the sport.
:40:47. > :40:50.We have seen the performances and we know about the records, but it is
:40:51. > :40:55.the man that we'll never replaced again. Everything that he is is just
:40:56. > :40:58.fantastic. He doesn't have the greatest facilities, but he is the
:40:59. > :41:03.best we've ever seen, and we won't see anyone like him again. Sadly,
:41:04. > :41:09.he's not here tonight, Denise, but we do have a good field that the
:41:10. > :41:13.guys can't get through for the men's 150 metres - Steve Cram and Colin
:41:14. > :41:21.Jackson. COMMENTATOR: I enjoyed the chat with Usain, two or three weeks
:41:22. > :41:30.back. He would love this. A really warm evening, perfect for sprinting,
:41:31. > :41:44.a little breeze, but it hasn't troubled the athletes. That looks
:41:45. > :41:51.like a little bit of a lane change from what I was given originally.
:41:52. > :42:02.The two European contenders here - Tzakonas of
:42:03. > :42:05.Greece and Solomon Bukhari from the Netherlands. Originally from Sierra
:42:06. > :42:28.Leone. , Solomon Bockarie. There have been various
:42:29. > :42:33.camps in the US, a trip to the Bahamas for the world relay teams.
:42:34. > :42:36.Richard Kilty part of that as well. They are looking for good
:42:37. > :42:39.early-season performances here. Richard Kilty now the European
:42:40. > :42:45.indoor champion for the second time. A bit of over distance work for him
:42:46. > :42:48.here. He already ran 200 in Loughborough. These might be the two
:42:49. > :43:10.longest races for him all year. The 100 metres after that for him.
:43:11. > :43:16.Closest to the camera, Tzakonas gets out better than anyone. Richard
:43:17. > :43:22.Kilty, not so well. Bockarie really struggling. Tzakonas going very well
:43:23. > :43:29.indeed. And the Greek athlete is going away. It is going to be
:43:30. > :43:33.Tzakonas. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey in second place, Richard Kilty in
:43:34. > :43:44.third. That is a bit of a turn up. The time, 15.04, pretty fast. Very
:43:45. > :43:49.fast. I am looking at Colin for some reassurance. I think we're both a
:43:50. > :43:55.little taken aback by that. That is not what I was expecting. Great
:43:56. > :43:58.performance from the Greek, out of the blocks well, hard, aggressive
:43:59. > :44:03.all the way, and I was looking at the wind speed as well, perhaps
:44:04. > :44:09.thinking that would be in his favour, but not at all. 15.04 is a
:44:10. > :44:13.very strong, good performance. I expected our British boys to do a
:44:14. > :44:18.little better than that. It will be interesting to see what they have to
:44:19. > :44:24.say, whether they thought it was a false or flying start. Any little
:44:25. > :44:34.thing can throw you off, but our boys are in better shape than their
:44:35. > :44:39.times are saying. Let's have a look. Bockarie looks like he is giving up,
:44:40. > :44:46.like, I can't do that, let him be. 15 seconds flat, there's not many
:44:47. > :44:53.people have ever run under that at their very best. From his point of
:44:54. > :45:01.view, that's a big race, a big win for Tzakonas, the 27-year-old. If
:45:02. > :45:15.you take his own personal best of 16.2 to... A new personal best.
:45:16. > :45:22.Richard Kilty with 15.40 three. -- 15 .43. You look at the time that
:45:23. > :45:30.Tzakonas put in and that is a really impressive run.
:45:31. > :45:36.I'm happy with that. Is there any way you can put that, not a distance
:45:37. > :45:40.you run very often and you Richard, we know you love even shorter than
:45:41. > :45:44.that, is there any way to gauge from that where your progress is going,
:45:45. > :45:49.wherelet training is going? It's a difficult event. I've run sometimes
:45:50. > :45:53.like half a second quicker than that and sometimes down. Sometimes it's
:45:54. > :45:58.difficult to gauge how you pace it. It's pretty difficult. You get a
:45:59. > :46:01.100m split. No-one's flat out through 100, it's a difficult one.
:46:02. > :46:04.The main thing is come up here, having fun and for the people of
:46:05. > :46:09.Manchester, that was the main thing to put on a show for them. With ten
:46:10. > :46:12.weeks to go to the world championships, where are you in the
:46:13. > :46:16.racing and training schedule? The days are getting closer. I can tell
:46:17. > :46:19.you everyone estate agency excited for. It it's crunch time now,
:46:20. > :46:23.heading into June, everyone's got their races ready. They're raring to
:46:24. > :46:27.go. Make sure you're at trials, I feel it's going to be good. You're
:46:28. > :46:31.back here now. You've done the warm weather training. Everything in
:46:32. > :46:34.Europe from now on? Yeah, nearly everything will be in Europe. I'm
:46:35. > :46:37.not travelling anywhere out of Europe. A couple of meetings abroad
:46:38. > :46:42.then into the trials. It's good to see you've laid off the gym (! ) You
:46:43. > :46:46.can tell, the pecs are moving as always. You can see the last 30
:46:47. > :46:49.metres. Muscles didn't help. I come out here to enjoy. It these guys
:46:50. > :46:54.have come out and they've been such amazing support. The support has
:46:55. > :47:04.been fantastic. Thank you so much. Still to come. And forever young,
:47:05. > :47:15.Kim Collins, 41 years old now. He's raced in five Olympic Games. The
:47:16. > :47:20.silver-medallist from Rio, Ortega from Spain. Sally Pearson we've seen
:47:21. > :47:24.the Australian on the flat. Now it's her favourite hurdles. She's had a
:47:25. > :47:31.mixed few years. Is she back to her best? Do you remember this from the
:47:32. > :47:37.London Marathon? What a moment this was. Matthew Reece and David Wyath
:47:38. > :47:41.became friends at the most unlikely of moments as they were heading up
:47:42. > :47:46.the mall. Matthew took it on board himself to help David over the line
:47:47. > :47:49.and finish his London Marathon. In doing so, of course, sacrificing his
:47:50. > :47:53.own time and I'm delighted to say they're both with me now. They're
:47:54. > :47:58.running the Great Manchester Run on Sunday. Guys, you gave us such a
:47:59. > :48:02.special moment. It was just sent around the world. It went viral.
:48:03. > :48:13.Were you surprised about how much attention it got? Unbelievable. I
:48:14. > :48:20.would have bust out those mos if I knew how many people were watching.
:48:21. > :48:27.It was brilliant. Was there a moment when you thought, I would add a lot
:48:28. > :48:31.to my time here. No, when I saw David, there was one decision to
:48:32. > :48:35.help him through the finish. Have you kept in touch since? Yeah, I
:48:36. > :48:38.pester him all the time. He won't leave me alone. You're both running
:48:39. > :48:43.on Sunday, had you already planned to race on Sunday? Possibly not. For
:48:44. > :48:47.me, maybe it was going to be too soon to be competitive. Getting
:48:48. > :48:50.invited to come along and take part is fantastic. Wonderful opportunity
:48:51. > :48:56.with everything that's gone on in Manchester, it would be such an
:48:57. > :49:00.honour to be out there, amongst my fellow Mancunians giving it my all.
:49:01. > :49:04.Are you going to be avoiding him on Sunday or just behind? I'm going to
:49:05. > :49:07.dart off at the front, he will probably catch me up and help me to
:49:08. > :49:09.the finish this time. It would be nice if he could pay you back. That
:49:10. > :49:14.would be great. Well said. Well done. Enjoy Sunday and what's going
:49:15. > :49:21.to be a terrific atmosphere on the streets of Manchester. You can see
:49:22. > :49:25.it all unfold on the BBC: a change to the schedules, it's now on BBC
:49:26. > :49:42.One at 12. 30pm. We'll have coverage for you there.
:49:43. > :49:50.Holly Bradshaw, the bar at 4. 72, this for a lifetime best.
:49:51. > :49:56.Oh, she's got it! Wow. Holly Bradshaw, she went clear at 4. 62.
:49:57. > :49:59.That was a season's best. She's won the competition, just to remind you.
:50:00. > :50:03.She did that at her opening height on the third attempt. She's just
:50:04. > :50:11.jumped a lifetime best, a British record. She has jumped higher
:50:12. > :50:14.indoors. Holly Bradshaw, wow. She took a big confidence boost at the
:50:15. > :50:20.end of last year, beating the Olympic champion.
:50:21. > :50:25.So then, Holly Bradshaw, the bar is raised to an eye watering 4. 80.
:50:26. > :50:34.This would match the same performance as the Olympic champion.
:50:35. > :50:42.Oh, she's got that too! Unbelievable. Holly Bradshaw breaks
:50:43. > :50:49.the British record and adds another ten centimetres to it and breaks it
:50:50. > :50:55.again. Fantastic stuff. With day lights to spare. -- daylight to
:50:56. > :51:01.spare. In a year where the world championships are on home soil,
:51:02. > :51:09.she's set her stall out. There a national record, a win and a
:51:10. > :51:12.brilliant performance. Big congratulations there from Scott
:51:13. > :51:16.Simpson, her coach. We knew she was in good form. But I think even that
:51:17. > :51:30.was a surprise. Arguably one of the highlights of
:51:31. > :51:35.the evening so far. Holly's with me now. Congratulations. Thank you.
:51:36. > :51:38.Smashing a national record not once, but twice, in an evening. It was
:51:39. > :51:43.nervewracking at the start. My coach nearly killed me then. It was a
:51:44. > :51:47.great conditions out. There It took me by surprise how great the
:51:48. > :51:52.conditions were. Once I was into the zone, to jump 72, 82, British
:51:53. > :51:56.record, I'm chuffed. It shows the kind of shape you're in in that
:51:57. > :51:59.important season as well. Did you feel you were in the 4. 80 shape
:52:00. > :52:03.coming into it, from the winter work? Yeah training's been going
:52:04. > :52:07.really well, even the past two months. I competed in Doha and felt
:52:08. > :52:12.frustrated. I didn't quite get what I deserved. I'm in the best shape
:52:13. > :52:17.I've ever been in. Jumping high in training. I wanted to come out here
:52:18. > :52:22.and do myself justice. I feel I have done that. Plenty more to work on so
:52:23. > :52:26.it's exciting for me. This season as well, you came to our attention with
:52:27. > :52:29.a sixth in London in 2010 and with the world championships in ten
:52:30. > :52:32.weeks, are you eyeing the medals? Definitely. There's loads of good
:52:33. > :52:37.girls at the minute. It will be tough to main a medal, but I'm quite
:52:38. > :52:41.capable. Given the shape I'm in, I need to stay healthy, be smart now
:52:42. > :52:43.and keep building momentum and confidence into the majors. See you
:52:44. > :52:50.soon. Thank you very much, good luck.
:52:51. > :52:55.Great competition from Holly Bradshaw, great pole vault.
:52:56. > :53:01.Athletics fans might remember a man called Mike Tulley, bumped into him
:53:02. > :53:05.in the USA last week. He said how are things going in Great Britain.
:53:06. > :53:16.And I said it's all in Holly Bradshaw's hands.
:53:17. > :53:19.Well, some big stars and one of them here Stef Reid, not her normal
:53:20. > :53:27.event. Long jump is the normal event. Great to see her in the 100m
:53:28. > :53:33.here. Alongside one of the biggest names in Paralympic sport, Marlou
:53:34. > :53:36.Van Rhijn. She's been to these Games in Manchester a couple of occasions.
:53:37. > :53:41.Her exploits in Rio and London turned her into a massive star. The
:53:42. > :53:48.blade babe, they call her. She is a double amputee. The only T 43 in
:53:49. > :53:53.this field. Sophie Kamlish, one of our great up-and-coming youngsters.
:53:54. > :54:08.In the team in London and Rio. Laura Sugar from Birmingham. Fifth at the
:54:09. > :54:13.Paralympics in both events. Just to clarify, joint competition between T
:54:14. > :54:15.43 and T 44, T 43 double amputee, that's Van Rhijn in the middle. The
:54:16. > :54:28.others T 44. What you'll see here is the T44
:54:29. > :54:39.athletes get out quicker, but once Marlou Van Rhijn gets going, watch
:54:40. > :54:42.out. Van Rhijn just a metre or two behind. Stef Reid out reasonably
:54:43. > :54:47.well. Marlou Van Rhijn has work to do. Kamlish is going very well
:54:48. > :54:50.indeed. Here comes Van Rhijn. It's going to finish quickly. It will be
:54:51. > :54:58.tight on the line. It may be Sophie Kamlish. Just, only just. There's
:54:59. > :55:07.the smile on her face. She's beaten one of the best in the world. Van
:55:08. > :55:11.Rhijn, well, I said being a double amputee, she won't be out as quick.
:55:12. > :55:15.Sophie Kamlish got a cracking start. She's been in good form this year.
:55:16. > :55:18.Held on so well. The most important thing is you can imagine you know
:55:19. > :55:21.the pressure's going to be coming at the back end of the race. Sophie has
:55:22. > :55:27.to hold her form and focus. She would have felt the pressure of the
:55:28. > :55:32.Dutch lady steaming her down. She just manages to lean, a great time.
:55:33. > :55:37.There Assisted by a nice wind, plus 1. 2. So a legal performance.
:55:38. > :55:46.Doesn't she look good. Very nice to see that. I'm very pleased for that
:55:47. > :55:50.young lady. The time is going to be a couple of
:55:51. > :55:55.hundredths of a second the winning margin. It will be a new City Games
:55:56. > :55:58.record. Given the fact that I'm sure we're going to see her back in
:55:59. > :56:01.future years, she's given herself a good bench mark there. New record
:56:02. > :56:04.for this event. Sophie Kamlish the winner.
:56:05. > :56:14.Confirmed: The wind is difficult because of the
:56:15. > :56:22.side streets here. What a great win for her.
:56:23. > :56:27.Sophie Kamlish and Marlou Van Rhijn are with me now. If you don't mind
:56:28. > :56:32.my saying, that's a big scalp for you, isn't it? It's the first time
:56:33. > :56:37.I've ever beaten her. It's a feeling I've never had before. I'm really
:56:38. > :56:40.pleased. It was a tight victory, but you'll take that all the same.
:56:41. > :56:45.Training is obviously going well. Yeah, I just finished my first year
:56:46. > :56:49.at uni. I thought that might have a rubbish effect on it, but obviously
:56:50. > :56:54.all right. Fastest so far this season. Managing to balance your
:56:55. > :56:58.studies and training. Coming here to Manchester, these Games with people
:56:59. > :57:02.so close, the crowd just really on top of you in these narrow lanes as
:57:03. > :57:06.well. It's a special atmosphere. Yes, it's very special. It's really
:57:07. > :57:11.one of my favourite events ever. Just really cool to be here in this
:57:12. > :57:15.crowd and I have to say, I am so, so impressed by the people from
:57:16. > :57:19.Manchester to come out here and show that love is so much stronger than
:57:20. > :57:31.hate. And just here to support us and have so much joy. For me, even
:57:32. > :57:39.though it was 20ths of a second -- two hundredths of a second, today I
:57:40. > :57:47.had fun. Thank you both very much. Round four of this long jump Daniel
:57:48. > :57:53.Gardiner in fourth place with 7. 65 in round two. That looks about the
:57:54. > :57:57.same. Jumped 7. 53 in Loughborough last weekend. Stretching there to
:57:58. > :58:09.reach the board maybe. Difficult to tell. Well, no improvement in the
:58:10. > :58:18.last round. But it is a season's best.
:58:19. > :58:26.Jumped 8. 8. 19 in February. Back home in Uruguay, what's he got in
:58:27. > :58:37.the last round? It looks below eight metres. Best so far 7. 80. Greg
:58:38. > :58:45.Rutherford leads with 80. -- 8. 08. Lasa trying to close down, perfect
:58:46. > :58:51.almost on the board. That is his best of the after noorn. Still in
:58:52. > :58:56.second place. You might be at home enjoying this
:58:57. > :59:00.fantastically balmy early summer's evening here in Manchester, super
:59:01. > :59:02.athletics on the streets and thinking, athletics is a young
:59:03. > :59:07.person's game, isn't it? Think again. In the next race we have a
:59:08. > :59:12.man who is over 40, 41 years old, Kim Collins. He's run in five
:59:13. > :59:20.Olympic Games. He has fantastic memories of Manchester.
:59:21. > :59:25.COMMENTATOR: The moment as arrived. 38,000 gathered in this stadium in
:59:26. > :59:26.Manchester. Here to see what could be the greatest sprint race we've
:59:27. > :59:40.seen in Britain. They get away first time and
:59:41. > :59:44.chambers left in the block. Collins, it's going to be Kim Collins.
:59:45. > :59:52.Lewis-Francis pulls up, so does Chambers. Collins wins it. He steals
:59:53. > :59:58.it. Let's hand it to Kim Collins, a new national record, 9. 98 that is
:59:59. > :00:01.world class sprinting. He's a former world champion, he had
:00:02. > :00:05.controversy in London where he ended up not racing and fell out with his
:00:06. > :00:09.federation. For many people, at the age of 36 you would have thought
:00:10. > :00:12.that would be the end of his career. He comes back time and again. He
:00:13. > :00:18.loves racing. It begs the question: Why did you retire so young? Kim is
:00:19. > :00:23.making us all look bad! Colin included. No Colin is 50. Putting
:00:24. > :00:27.that in there CJ! He loves it. He loves what he's doing and he's
:00:28. > :00:30.largely remained quite healthy. That makes a big difference to your
:00:31. > :00:33.attitude to the sport, to your training and the amount of work that
:00:34. > :00:37.you're able to work. He trains smart. He's in a great environment
:00:38. > :00:42.and the people of Manchester and around the world, they love him.
:00:43. > :00:46.They like to see him. We've all stopped guessing when is the time
:00:47. > :00:48.when Kim Collins will hang up his spikes. We're glad he's here
:00:49. > :00:57.tonight. COMMENTATOR: You know when you get
:00:58. > :01:02.older, you don't like it cold, you are worried about pulling hamstrings
:01:03. > :01:06.and chords are so he will be enjoying the warm weather. Kim never
:01:07. > :01:14.gets injured, does he? Andy Robertson against James Dasaolu and
:01:15. > :01:18.Joel Fearon. It's not exactly an easy race for him, because those
:01:19. > :01:24.three men, the three Brits, obviously, will be hoping can push
:01:25. > :01:28.their case as the season goes on for selection for London, certainly for
:01:29. > :01:31.the relay as well. Andy Robertson had a very good indoor season until
:01:32. > :01:38.he was disqualified in the final of the European Championships. He is
:01:39. > :01:41.looking -- he was looking for the big match against Richard Kilty and
:01:42. > :01:50.it never materialised. Let's see how it goes here. Kim Collins, 2003, and
:01:51. > :02:01.incredibly close world final. And he was in lane one when he won that all
:02:02. > :02:10.those years ago. James Dasaolu finds himself out of the relay team, not
:02:11. > :02:13.on funding any more. And for Joel Fearon, it's a different Olympic
:02:14. > :02:25.Games. He will be concentrating on the Winter Olympics, one of our
:02:26. > :02:29.four-man British bob squad. He will be off to John Chiang next year and
:02:30. > :02:34.hoping the bobsleigh team can do well. After a cracking season last
:02:35. > :02:45.year, he is concentrating on his springform, which is important for
:02:46. > :02:52.the bob squad as well. He ran 9.96 last year, don't forget that. Yaw a
:02:53. > :02:58.pretty even start. Robertson gets out well, as does Kim Collins. James
:02:59. > :03:08.Dasaolu is trying to chase him down. It will be James Dasaolu from Joel
:03:09. > :03:14.Fearon. Sorry, Kim. I said he doesn't get injured much. He got out
:03:15. > :03:17.so well. Let's hope it is just a bit of cramp or something and not a
:03:18. > :03:22.hamstring at this early stage in the year. James Dasaolu was charging at
:03:23. > :03:31.the time, wasn't he? 10.25, the time, in the end. The most important
:03:32. > :03:37.thing was to get that win for James. Collins roared out of the blocks.
:03:38. > :03:43.I'm not sure if you got a full speed cramp. I think it is a Paul, if
:03:44. > :03:56.anything. He looks like he is moving well. That left James Dasaolu the
:03:57. > :04:02.clear victor. He is already in trouble there, you can see, can't
:04:03. > :04:08.you? It is a shame for him. The start, and how well he was running,
:04:09. > :04:12.he was heading if not to win it, certainly in contention. Such a
:04:13. > :04:23.shame for Kim Collins. I'm sure we'll find out bad it is afterwards.
:04:24. > :04:31.Into a slight headwind. A season's best for Joel Fearon.
:04:32. > :04:38.We will find out now just how bad Kim Collins is. I will give you a
:04:39. > :04:41.moment, Kim. James, a good win in interesting conditions in
:04:42. > :04:46.Manchester. Tonight, it is barmy and lovely - was it good for sprinting?
:04:47. > :04:56.Perfect for sprinting. This is my first time this week. I didn't think
:04:57. > :04:59.I got as good a start as possible. I have been working on my endurance
:05:00. > :05:05.aspect, and I think that told towards the back end. Kim Collins
:05:06. > :05:12.pulled up, of course. Kim, what was it? Nothing too serious, we are
:05:13. > :05:17.hoping. A cramp. Nothing serious. I wanted to come back and defend my
:05:18. > :05:22.title and have a good season's best, but unfortunately, the body said no
:05:23. > :05:28.today. Still happy to be here, and hopefully I can get it sorted out.
:05:29. > :05:32.Steve Cram will be thrilled to hear it is just cramp. He was talking in
:05:33. > :05:36.the commentary about how you are 41 years old, and the fact you have
:05:37. > :05:39.never had major injuries has helped you to have this longevity, and I
:05:40. > :05:45.thought they were worried it was something more serious. So we will
:05:46. > :05:48.see more Collins this season? I just need to relax. Sometimes you just
:05:49. > :05:58.want it too bad, and you have to relax. I have nothing to prove that
:05:59. > :06:03.41, just have fun. Can you tell me this see -- the secret of the
:06:04. > :06:08.journal you? Watch out for the book coming out! COMMENTATOR: From Greg
:06:09. > :06:16.Rutherford, this, the final job of the competition. He has already won
:06:17. > :06:22.with his second round effort of 8.08 needs is ahead of Emiliano Lasa of
:06:23. > :06:28.Uruguay. So, this is a freebie. What can he do to impress this crowd so
:06:29. > :06:37.close to that jumping runway? It's better. It over eight metres again,
:06:38. > :06:43.for Rutherford. Eyeing up the sand, there. Gathering all the support
:06:44. > :06:50.from the crowd, great support in Albert Square for Rutherford. 8.18
:06:51. > :07:00.metres. Well, he saved his best for last. Such an important year. We had
:07:01. > :07:14.murmurs -- we heard murmurs of a poorly back. No sign of that. A
:07:15. > :07:17.season's best. 8.18, and a win. It was some margin of victory for Greg
:07:18. > :07:28.Rutherford, the only man to go beyond eight metres will stop 7.96
:07:29. > :07:34.the best of the rest of the field. A win for Rutherford and a good start
:07:35. > :07:37.to the 2017 summer. I think the last time Denise and I
:07:38. > :07:42.chatted to you was in another city games in Gateshead, down by the
:07:43. > :07:49.time, and you were about to put your dancing shoes on, which went very
:07:50. > :07:52.well. I don't know about that! I thought it dead. You have done a
:07:53. > :07:55.winter of training and it looks like it has gone pretty well. I am lost
:07:56. > :08:01.for words myself. I have had an ankle injury, spent the last couple
:08:02. > :08:04.of months in America, where it seemed I was hurting my back every
:08:05. > :08:08.few weeks, so I thought this would not be a very good competition, but
:08:09. > :08:12.I thought it was important to come here and test myself. I am
:08:13. > :08:16.absolutely thrilled, genuinely very surprised and over the moon. The
:08:17. > :08:23.second best ever opening competition I have had in my career. We were
:08:24. > :08:28.just debating injuries. It gets harder and harder, so to pull 8.18
:08:29. > :08:36.out of the bag... How did you do it? The thing is, I'm getting old... I
:08:37. > :08:41.was just chatting to Kim 's cut -- Kim Collins, and he's old! It is
:08:42. > :08:46.something I am realising. The older you get, the slower you recover, and
:08:47. > :08:50.that is what I have been finding. I used to be known as Wolverine and I
:08:51. > :08:55.would recover quickly, but now it takes longer. To perform like that
:08:56. > :08:59.today, I am really thrilled, but we had an absolutely incredible crowd
:09:00. > :09:03.behind us and it was really special to have so many people getting
:09:04. > :09:07.behind us and willing us on. Everyone out there had a fantastic
:09:08. > :09:11.time from that point of view. The atmosphere is sensational this
:09:12. > :09:15.evening. The bigger picture this year, ten weeks to the World
:09:16. > :09:19.Championships in London, the stage where you burst into our lives
:09:20. > :09:26.spectacularly five years ago, and that Olympic gold medal. The long
:09:27. > :09:33.jumping is opening up a bit. We have seen man younger throwing in some
:09:34. > :09:37.big jumps, it will be a competitive season. Yell it is exactly what we
:09:38. > :09:42.have needed, an exciting year of long jump. The competitive side of
:09:43. > :09:47.me is desperate to face him and really push him. I live for these
:09:48. > :09:50.competitions, for this event to be pushed on, and to get better myself.
:09:51. > :09:55.I feel like with people like that are run, that is what will happen,
:09:56. > :10:00.everyone will rise up a bit and push on a bit more. I am excited.
:10:01. > :10:04.Well done on your opening jump of the season, your opening
:10:05. > :10:13.competition. Let's head back out to the track, because the hurdles are
:10:14. > :10:19.out. Steve Cram. COMMENTATOR: The 110 metres for the men, and then the
:10:20. > :10:23.100 metres for the women to finish. Orlando Ortega, one of the big names
:10:24. > :10:28.in hurdling, the Olympic silver-medallist, taking on Dave
:10:29. > :10:41.King, Aurel Manga, and Andreas Martinson from Denmark.
:10:42. > :10:47.Martinsen will be hoping to carry that good indoor season into this
:10:48. > :10:54.summer. He has had one race already this year. Here he is, Orlando
:10:55. > :11:01.Ortega. He was in the European indoor Championships. A horrendous
:11:02. > :11:06.race in the final, but going back to reopen a silver-medallist at started
:11:07. > :11:10.the season very well. -- and started the season will stop Dave King has
:11:11. > :11:20.had a good start to the season, a new personal best of 13.49, in
:11:21. > :11:31.France behind one of their great hurdlers. They have a few of them,
:11:32. > :11:34.including this man, Aurel Manga. I think mudguard is out for the season
:11:35. > :11:52.with an injury, which is disappointing from their point of
:11:53. > :11:57.view. -- Lagarde. Orlando Ortega... An event which they watch with great
:11:58. > :11:59.interest in the Shanghai Diamond League. It was a good win for him
:12:00. > :12:16.over there. He is in two. A good, clean start. King got out
:12:17. > :12:21.well, so did Orlando Ortega. The Olympic silver-medallist starting to
:12:22. > :12:28.move away. King is going well. It is going to be Orlando Ortega, type a
:12:29. > :12:31.second. It may well be King, just ahead of Aurel Manga. A little shake
:12:32. > :12:37.of the head. He kind of got out reasonably well, but I said he was
:12:38. > :12:43.hurdling cleanly, so I don't know if he was struggling with pace today.
:12:44. > :12:49.13.5, by his standards, is not that quick, Colin. He was very casual
:12:50. > :12:52.with his approach to his race, is the word I would use, Steve. He was
:12:53. > :12:56.just going through the motions, literally like a qualifying round
:12:57. > :13:03.you would do in a major championships, like in a heat.
:13:04. > :13:07.Remember, he has gone under 13 seconds, so he is nearly six metres
:13:08. > :13:13.down on what he is capable that is best. With a good tailwind, I
:13:14. > :13:17.expected him to go a little quicker than that, but a victory is a
:13:18. > :13:29.victory, and he will move on on the circuit. Congratulations, and it's a
:13:30. > :13:34.great event, this, running in the streets, so close to the crowd - did
:13:35. > :13:40.you enjoy the experience? Yes, it is my second time here in Manchester,
:13:41. > :13:46.so I feel so happy. I like this so much, this competition, with the
:13:47. > :13:50.people, with everybody's support, so I feel happy. After your success in
:13:51. > :13:56.Rio, you must have had an interesting winter wear, encouraged
:13:57. > :14:02.by getting a medal in Rio, you are looking for an even better one in
:14:03. > :14:10.London. Rio was so beautiful but now I just want to focus on the World
:14:11. > :14:17.Championships in London. Race for race and competition for
:14:18. > :14:23.competition, but everything is focused on London. You are fit and
:14:24. > :14:32.well. Well done tonight. Thank you. COMMENTATOR: Because of the Cross
:14:33. > :14:38.streets, the wind can change during the course of the race, but 13.5, a
:14:39. > :14:42.good win for him. Second place has been given to Aurel Manga, on the
:14:43. > :14:59.same time as David King - 13.66. COMMENTATOR: Pedro! Oh, brilliant
:15:00. > :15:21.goal! It promises to be a cracker and our
:15:22. > :15:35.coverage of the FA Cup Final starts at midday tomorrow: On Sunday more
:15:36. > :15:41.athletics: Then the Diamond League on BBC Two.
:15:42. > :15:45.Great sport this weekend on the BBC. We're coming up to the last event
:15:46. > :15:50.here in Manchester tonight. It features a woman who burst into our
:15:51. > :15:54.hearts really in London, we knew a lot about Sally Pearson but her
:15:55. > :15:57.gutsy Olympic gold in 2012 put her firmly on the map. We followed her
:15:58. > :16:01.career with interest. She has been blighted with injury in the last few
:16:02. > :16:07.years. There are signs that Sally is getting back to her best.
:16:08. > :16:15.COMMENTATOR: Olympic 100m hurdles final. The Commonwealth champion,
:16:16. > :16:22.world champion indoors and out, Sally Pearson of Australia. Pearson
:16:23. > :16:28.gets a good start, so does Wells in the middle. Harper there. The
:16:29. > :16:31.Australian has half a metre lead. Sally Pearson of Australia. She will
:16:32. > :16:37.move ahead of the defending champion. She gets it on the line.
:16:38. > :16:46.Gold for Australia. A new Olympic record. 12. 35, the world champion
:16:47. > :16:49.now is the Olympic champion. Well, she broke her wrist a couple
:16:50. > :16:53.of years ago. Then a hamstring problem last year. Sally Pearson has
:16:54. > :16:57.not had much luck when it comes to her body in the last few years. 12.
:16:58. > :17:02.74 already this season, signs are there that she's getting back to the
:17:03. > :17:06.London best. Absolutely. Her hurdling is faultless, beautiful
:17:07. > :17:10.hurdler. What we missed last year was the confidence. We've seen that
:17:11. > :17:15.coming back. She's looking good. Confident Sally and a quick Sally is
:17:16. > :17:19.a dangerous one. She'll need to be. We saw last year Kelly Harrison
:17:20. > :17:23.didn't make the Olympic squad for the USA. She will be one of the
:17:24. > :17:28.forces again. American hurdling is always strong. If it's not Kenny, it
:17:29. > :17:31.will be someone else. We know the dominance of the US. One athlete
:17:32. > :17:34.that I think can break that dominance is Sally. She's done it
:17:35. > :17:38.before. She's been around a long time. She's the darling of
:17:39. > :17:43.Australia. We love her here. We want to see her run well tonight. We have
:17:44. > :18:04.Tiffany Porter and Cindy Ofili as well. Steve Cram tells us now. .
:18:05. > :18:22.It's been a great atmosphere on the evening. A great race to finish with
:18:23. > :18:28.first. Neither of the - neither Cindy or Tiffany ran indoors this
:18:29. > :18:33.year. They have started racing each other. It wasn't great weather in
:18:34. > :18:42.Japan last week. On that occasion Cindy beat her older sitter to,
:18:43. > :18:46.sorry -- sister, sorry, Tiffany beat her younger sister. The two of them
:18:47. > :18:51.haven't run as quick yet this year as Sally Pearson. As I said earlier,
:18:52. > :18:59.as Gaby alluded to, Sally Pearson already raced or had an extensive
:19:00. > :19:04.racing season in Australia. Then Isabelle Pedersen, based in the USA
:19:05. > :19:20.now. Ran a new personal best over 200m and a pretty good start to her
:19:21. > :19:26.season with 12. 87, just. 0. 01 outside her personal best. Cindy
:19:27. > :19:30.will be wanting to beat her sister, but trying to get closer to Sally
:19:31. > :19:40.Pearson. Ofili just missing out in fourth at the Olympics last year.
:19:41. > :19:45.Pretty even start, maybe Tiffany Porter ahead of Ofili. Sally Pearson
:19:46. > :19:48.with Pedersen on the far side. She could surprise them all. Pearson is
:19:49. > :19:53.fighting back. Sally Pearson gets. It
:19:54. > :19:58.12. 81. Well that was pride there as much as anything else. Pedersen has
:19:59. > :20:02.had a great start to the year. She would have been surprised with two
:20:03. > :20:05.flights of hurdles to go to find herself just in the lead. Little
:20:06. > :20:09.shake of the head from Sally Pearson. She got out OK, then
:20:10. > :20:14.Pedersen stormed through the first four or five flights. Sally Pearson
:20:15. > :20:18.almost, you can't change gear in the hurdles, but it almost looked that
:20:19. > :20:21.way. It certainly did. Tiffany got out really well. She made an error
:20:22. > :20:25.there. That took her out of the race. Now Sally realises, hey,
:20:26. > :20:29.what's going on to the right of me? Pushes hard and just takes it. It's
:20:30. > :20:34.really important to win these races early in the season. It sets you up
:20:35. > :20:39.so well. Because everybody in this field will step up in a month's
:20:40. > :20:43.time. Their performances will be towards three or four tenths of a
:20:44. > :20:47.second better, all of them. For me this is a really good mental victory
:20:48. > :20:51.for Sally Pearson as well. Believing in herself. Knowing that she can
:20:52. > :20:56.take on strong opponents and come out with a victory. It was a
:20:57. > :21:03.cracking race. I mean Pedersen in the middle of the race there just
:21:04. > :21:06.stole a yard. You saw Sally Pearson really react. Well that's the mark
:21:07. > :21:08.of a winner. We know she's a winner, through her career. What a great
:21:09. > :21:19.view those folks have got. You're right, Tiffany Porter a
:21:20. > :21:23.stumble off hurdle five. Pedersen with her second to beat the two
:21:24. > :21:29.British athletes. Cindy Ofili got out quite well, but a bit of work to
:21:30. > :21:33.do. Sally, just catching her breath
:21:34. > :21:38.here, and the guys in commentary there saying not that it's possible
:21:39. > :21:41.in a sprint hurdle, but there was almost a change of pace when
:21:42. > :21:47.Pedersen was coming up on you. Well, that was hard. It was so messy, I
:21:48. > :21:53.think probably every single athlete in that race had the worse start.
:21:54. > :22:01.Then Cindy was hitting the hurdles, no Tiffany, sorry. Isobel came up
:22:02. > :22:04.and I thought, just stay strong. I probably the worst race in my life.
:22:05. > :22:08.I was really messy. But I guess I was the one who stayed on my feet
:22:09. > :22:13.the longest and got across the finish line first. Does that show us
:22:14. > :22:17.the kind of shape you're in, 12. 81 and the worst race of your life? I
:22:18. > :22:20.know I'm in good shape. I count myself lucky. I've been named on the
:22:21. > :22:25.team for the world championships and nationals back in April. So right
:22:26. > :22:29.now I'm in a rebuilding phase to the world championships. These races for
:22:30. > :22:33.me are really important to build to that and make sure that I'm at my
:22:34. > :22:37.best for the world championships in about ten weeks' time. It's exactly
:22:38. > :22:41.ten weeks' time tonight. Just a word on, that because for you going back
:22:42. > :22:45.into that Olympic Stadium, where you lit up so many hearts and minds an
:22:46. > :22:49.you won over so many fans in this country. You've got such a great
:22:50. > :22:52.place in British athletics and we love seeing you on the track. It
:22:53. > :22:57.will be a big championships for you in so many ways. Definitely, in so
:22:58. > :23:02.many ways. I've started coaching myself for the last eight months.
:23:03. > :23:05.It's difficult but I'm back here and I'm out and healthy and happy.
:23:06. > :23:09.That's the main thing. I'm happy to be here in Manchester today, staying
:23:10. > :23:11.in one piece. Stay fit, because we can't wait to see you there. Thank
:23:12. > :23:33.you. Just ten weeks' time. 9. 64! Wow. It's going to be two
:23:34. > :23:42.gold medals for Great Britain. Wow! 3. 57. 51 and that is a new British
:23:43. > :23:58.record. It is a new world record!
:23:59. > :24:03.Wow! What a moment. 10. 72 and a roar from Elaine Thomson.
:24:04. > :24:10.Watch the clock. It's a world record! Unbelievable.
:24:11. > :24:19.Semena is the champion. 1. 55. 29. Look at her fly towards
:24:20. > :24:34.the line. It is a new world record. Ten weeks, 70 days to go, 70 days
:24:35. > :24:38.tonight the start of the world championships in London. I remember
:24:39. > :24:41.walking out of the Olympic Stadium five-and-a-half years ago, thinking,
:24:42. > :24:45.oh, it's so far away that world championships. But it's come round
:24:46. > :24:50.in a flash. There is so much to look forward to. Tonight has whet the
:24:51. > :24:53.appetite. It's been a great night of athletics. Stunning performances.
:24:54. > :24:57.Great crowds. It's what we love, athletics is on a high at the
:24:58. > :25:00.moment. It's kind of a period of transition in so many ways, with the
:25:01. > :25:06.likes of Mo Farah saying it's his last year on the track. Usain Bolt
:25:07. > :25:11.retiring. We will have a world championships without a Jess Ennis
:25:12. > :25:18.in it. What are you looking forward to? What I'm most looking forward
:25:19. > :25:22.to, at ledgics is has had a tough time over the period. Suddenly that
:25:23. > :25:25.Olympic spirit comes back again. The stadium will be packed. Everybody
:25:26. > :25:28.will be walking in there. The atmosphere will be amazing, lots of
:25:29. > :25:33.people will be watching it from all round the world. We'll have another
:25:34. > :25:37.Olympic Games in 20 is. It will feel like -- 2017. It will feel like
:25:38. > :25:43.that. Especially if the sun is out like tonight. The new British talent
:25:44. > :25:49.will come through, that we've been so excited about, Laura Muir for
:25:50. > :25:52.one. So much still to do for the British athletes. Sally says she
:25:53. > :25:56.knows she's competing for Australia. The Americans have their brutal
:25:57. > :25:59.trials, where it's one, two, three. The Brits have the trials as well.
:26:00. > :26:03.It's about staying fit and peaking at the same time. Staying fit and
:26:04. > :26:07.healthy. Understanding that for British athletes it's an exciting
:26:08. > :26:11.time. London's fantastic. Fast forward to the world indoors in
:26:12. > :26:15.Birmingham. It's just a great time to be a British athlete. It's
:26:16. > :26:19.exciting and they want to be at their best for the great British
:26:20. > :26:26.public. They know that it's a platform that they can really push
:26:27. > :26:29.athletics. You alluded to the troubles in sport in the last few
:26:30. > :26:33.years. But coming to London can build a new fan base. Exactly. The
:26:34. > :26:38.amazing thing is we will have people filling those gaps. We will say
:26:39. > :26:41.farewell to Usain Bolt and Mo Farah. We will probably win a couple of
:26:42. > :26:43.gold medals this time. At the end of the day, we will see a new
:26:44. > :26:46.generation of athletes from around the world. The thing about athletics
:26:47. > :26:50.is it's a truly worldwide sport. There you've got Sally Pearson, from
:26:51. > :26:52.the other end of the world. She comes here tonight and they're
:26:53. > :26:56.cheering her as though they know her because they saw her in London.
:26:57. > :27:02.We'll see more in London, more performances like Sally's in London.
:27:03. > :27:09.A great time. Tonight, your performances of the evening? Stand
:27:10. > :27:14.out performances for me were Holly Bradshaw. Stunning national record,
:27:15. > :27:21.4. 80 in the women's pole vault. It's brilliant. Obviously a bit
:27:22. > :27:26.surprised when Greg for me, great performance, 8. 18, job done. He
:27:27. > :27:30.said he's had a troubled few weeks. He's managing injuries. It's ironic
:27:31. > :27:35.it came after talking about Kim Collins. . To longevity, as you know
:27:36. > :27:38.only too well is managing injuries. I tell you what, we've seen really
:27:39. > :27:43.good athletics tonight. The winner has been the city of Manchester
:27:44. > :27:47.really. Yeah. I absolutely agree with you. Standing up in the face of
:27:48. > :27:51.adversity, the way they have. They've come out to support it. The
:27:52. > :27:54.athletes wanted to be here, they really D it's a demonstration --
:27:55. > :27:57.really did. It's a real demonstration of unity. The guys
:27:58. > :28:02.have said it there, and Manchester will come out again on Sunday of
:28:03. > :28:06.course, the Great Manchester Run and 10 k takes place. The crowds and
:28:07. > :28:09.participants will enjoy showing they are efient in the face of the
:28:10. > :28:12.terrible -- defiant in the face of the terrible atrocities from earlier
:28:13. > :28:16.this week. What's clear tonight is that Manchester has kept on running.
:28:17. > :28:23.Thanks for watching. A very good night.
:28:24. > :28:27.This is the place, in the North West of England, it's ace. It's the best
:28:28. > :28:32.and the songs that we sing, from the stands from our bands set the whole
:28:33. > :28:36.planet shaking. But we won't take defeat and we don't want your pity,
:28:37. > :28:41.because this is the place where we stand strong together with a smile
:28:42. > :28:45.on our face, Mancunians forever because this is the place in our
:28:46. > :28:50.hearts, in our homes. Because this is the place that's a part of our
:28:51. > :28:52.bones. Because Manchester gives us such strength from the fact that
:28:53. > :29:03.this... Is THE place. Step in the arena,
:29:04. > :29:06.Arsenal, Chelsea. We've scrapped, scored,
:29:07. > :29:10.hurt, humbled. Never back down.
:29:11. > :29:15.Never look back.