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Colin Jackson has won his first gold

medal, he is the champion of the

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world. Athletics supporters are

looking on not just in admiration

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but in awe.

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He's the world champion!

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Welcome to a very wintry Birmingham.

But it's my Birmingham, home to the

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Villa, the Blues, the Bears, and the

balti. We have 56, does of water,

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the most Michelin-starred

restaurants outside of London and in

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four years' time we will host the

Commonwealth Games. Birmingham is

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also home of British athletics and

we have produced a few decent names

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down the years.

Denise Lewis is the Olympic

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champion.

Now the world's best have come to

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our patch. Four days, 26 gold

medals, come on, let's do this.

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Nice one, Denise, and she will tell

us where to find the best balti

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later, no doubt. Birmingham like the

rest of the country is freezing now,

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you could say it's perfect weather

for indoor athletics, and in London

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last summer Britain proves once

again just how good it is at staging

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global sporting events after the

success of the outdoor World

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Championships the 2018 World Indoor

Championships comes the second city,

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four days, six sessions all live on

the BBC, and tonight we kick off

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with three gold medals up for grabs,

we will see the men's and women's

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high jump, and the women's 3000

metres as Laura Muir challenges for

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a world medal once more.

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a world medal once more. Welcome to

Birmingham. We are glad you are in

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doors, warm, snuggled up, because we

are going to be with you all weekend

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and you don't want to go anywhere

else, we have top-class action for

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you and a truly global field of

talent to unveil over the next few

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days and those medals, by the way,

were made and designed by local

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student in a competition and used

some of the iconic buildings of

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Birmingham in her designs. Denise

Lewis knows them only too well,

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Michael Johnson and Paula Radcliffe

also alongside. Good to have you all

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back together again. Thank you,

Michael, for bringing in the

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weather. Is the beast from the East

and you are the best from the West.

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Well done. Well done.

Denise, this

is your city, you were born in West

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Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton

but Birmingham is where you learned

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your trade-in athletics.

Absolutely,

weren't learned to become an athlete

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and learned what athletics is about.

I'm a life member of the Harriers,

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the best club in the Midlands, if I

can say that, but the city means the

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world to me. I've watched its

development and it's fantastic to

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have these Championships in

Birmingham again.

Michael, I know

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that you didn't run that much in

doors yourself, it wasn't a huge

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part of your character. -- calendar.

How important is it for 2018 which

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has the world record-holder

Christian Coleman.

It is important,

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the US wants to continue dominance,

after the fantastic World

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Championships in London last year.

This is a unique team made up of

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young up-and-coming talent like

Christian Coleman but on the other

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end of the spectrum you have old

athletes like Mike Rodgers, who was

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here in 2010 and trying to hang on

and spent time going for the outdoor

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team. Those sort of athletes who

made Dummett try to make the outdoor

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teams see it as a chance of getting

a medal.

What was it like?

After I

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broke the world record, I thought,

why continue?

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CHUCKLES

Paula, you didn't run much in doors

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focusing on cross-country. The lady

that we will have our eyes on later,

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the woman you will be all over,

Laura Muir, has run cross country

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this season as well as indoors we

know she hangs sacrificing

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Commonwealth Games because of her

studies -- she is sacrificing.

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Denied is an important year in her

calendar.

Important and very tough,

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she had to fight to get here, eight

hours in the car yesterday fighting

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their way down from Scotland and

because of her better replacement

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she cannot go to the Commonwealth

Games show she is doing 6000 metres

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denied and 3000 metres later. It is

a tough ask, there are six serious

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medal contenders and another three

or four who fancy their chances to

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get a medal so it's going to be a

tough race.

She was double European

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champion last year in Belgrade. She

knows how to do it on the bigger

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stages in doors, she is out there

getting a bit of physio ahead of her

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warm up later. Paula, in the

athletes who run middle distances,

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and longer distances, would normally

go outside to do some running before

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coming indoors. It's not

particularly safe underfoot this

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evening, very icy, incredibly cold,

Birmingham has not had as much snow

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but it's one of the coldest places

in the country now. Will those

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athletes be able to do what they

normally do outside?

They will warm

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up inside tonight but the shake-out

is this morning that they would have

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done it was funny watching because I

watched Konstanze Klosterhalfen,

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from Germany, she chanced it

outside, and I saw someone else on

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the treadmill, they have been mixing

it up, some will have used a

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treadmill and some will not have

done the shake-out at all and come

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in and erased, that is what I did.

You didn't go out earlier.

There is

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no point shaking out, you need

energy later.

We are on the

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precipice of a new era, after the

World Championships we said goodbye

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to some big names, Usain Bolt, Mo

Farah, and we have seen British

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athletics over the last few years

say goodbye to the likes of Jessica

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Ennis-Hill so we asked you to have a

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say goodbye to the likes of Jessica

Ennis-Hill so we asked you to have a

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look at the field this weekend and

point out some names for us, and all

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of our commentators and pundits, to

have a look at some names that not

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necessarily will be winning here but

names we may see a lot more of in

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recent, coming years. Tellers about

your choice, Michael.

He is a

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fantastic athlete, my coaches have

been working with him, Bingtian Su,

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he has a unique ability, very good

at the start because of the amount

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of power you can display to win in

the angular position coming out. His

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problem is once he gets into his

running he cannot continue the same

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power so he is not a great as 100

metres, but he's great at 60-metre

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indoor running so this is a

fantastic opportunity, he has the

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second-fastest time coming into the

championship behind Christian

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Coleman.

From Great Britain Richard

Kilty, a former world champion at 60

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metres, but never transferred that

global success in the longer 100

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metres. There are certain events

that suit athletes more indoors and

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they never can translate outdoors

and over the 60 metres Bingtian Su

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is a great example.

He is, you will

see 60-metre hurdlers who can be

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fantastic at the start. The 100

metres, you do not think

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fantastic at the start. The 100

metres, you do not think of it as

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endurance but it is about sustaining

speed and he has a problem and some

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of the other athletes have a problem

doing that and when they are

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fantastic starters they can take

advantage of it indoors.

Paula, tell

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us about your choice.

Adam Kszczot.

He is already well-known.

He has won

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indoors before but it's the step up

he has made this year. He is more at

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home racing indoors, he is a class

apart, unbeaten coming into this,

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became a father at the end of last

year so maybe that has going relaxed

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and running happy but I think he

will be tough to be here.

He is a

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master tactician.

The Polish

athletes tend to be good at racing

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indoors but it's indicative of the

weather here. I bumped into him this

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morning and he said it's too cold,

if the Polish are saying it's cold

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it must be cold!

Denise, you have

gone Swiss.

I have, I young lady who

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is the Swiss record-holder in the

100 and 200 metres but recently she

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has improved her 60 metres

phenomenally, ran well, 7.03, and

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second on the world list going into

these championships. We have seen

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her before in 2014 at the European

Championships.

In front of a home

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crowd.

Inspired run, over the 100

and 200 but this year she has made

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the transition and it is a smoking

60 metres runner she has put

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together and if she can hold her

form and home nerve in a very

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competitive 60 metres she could do

well and we might see her later in

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the year in the European

Championships.

Thank you, guys.

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Let's look at the evening and how it

pans out, just three events, the

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men's high jump and women's high

jump competitions running

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simultaneously, of

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simultaneously, of course Esser

Barshim and Robbie Grabarz. In the

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women's high jump the lady who is

dominant in the field has won her

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last 37 competitions. And Morgan

Lake. And Laura Muir and Eilish

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McColgan it, with current world

champion indoors over 3000 metres

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Genzebe Dibaba. We have a good night

on the first night. The height of

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competition, running at the moment

with the men and women jumping at

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the same time, an unusual way to do

it. Steve Backley can tell us how it

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is going.

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it. Steve Backley can tell us how it

is going. COMMENTATOR: Good evening,

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here are the jumpers, the women's

high jump jumping back-to-back.

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Authorised neutral athlete cleared

to jump here. The defending champion

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Morgan Lake of the back of her

season's best last weekend, so

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high-class, absolute top drawer as

you'd expect. At a world indoors,

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unusual configuration. Medals on

offer this evening, and here is a

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look back at a wobbly start for

Morgan Lake. 1.84. She jumped 1.92

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last weekend as a season's best but

put herself under pressure. She

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ended up way underneath the first

one underneath the bar, over

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striding, so this was her second

attempt and it was also a bit of a

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mess, so three jumps, just to remind

you, 3000, you are out. Morgan Lake

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put herself under massive pressure

with those two fouls at the opening

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night. All other athletes either

clear passing. Morgan Lake was

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forced to take her third attempt at

the opening height.

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the opening height. So, 1.84 to stay

involved. It was a deliberate effort

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but a good one, and showing some

real nerves of steel to control

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that. The shake of the head, she is

not happy, it's not the start she

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would have wanted but she still

involved. And so it would be a five

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centimetre increase to the second

height of 1.89, still within what we

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know she is capable of in her recent

form. Her first attempt was a much

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better one. Daylight between her and

the bar and that's just what she

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would have needed to settle the

nerves. It is a nervy start, I can

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only put it down to that. That's

exactly what she would have wanted

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at the second height. So, relaxing

between jumps. The nerves hopefully

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have been settled. 1.89 first-time

clearance for Morgan Lake. And as

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you can see those two high jump

competitions starting simultaneously

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at the top of the screen. The main

man from Qatar, the champion from

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2017. Erik Kynard, the man who

shared a rostrum with the last

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athlete to jump, Robbie Grabarz on

the 2012 rostrum. Lots has happened

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since. But it was also a bit of a

wobbly start for a Robbie Grabarz

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because he carried a foul also at

his opening height of 2.20.

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And that put him in exactly the same

position as Morgan Lake found

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herself in at those opening heights.

He trains in Birmingham, he is a

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local lad, loss of expectation and

he has friends in the audience. So,

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opening height, pressure on.

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And he rose to the occasion as you

would expect. And hoped, at least.

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A wobbly start for the British high

jumpers there. We talked about the

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difference for certain events and

how different it feels indoors. It's

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more compact tanned it's two laps

for 400 metres. There by definition

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the infield is a lot smaller. I said

to you before, didn't I, it looks a

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bit odd, as if they are running up

the lanes to the high jump. It

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seemed like Morgan Lake hadn't quite

worked out where she was running for

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those first two?

I think it was very

unsettling. We don't see the two

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high jump beds facing each other

most. Women are facing where the men

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are jumping, the men facing the

women. That is unusual. They are

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simultaneously side by side. I just

think both of them really were

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unsettled and nervous. Sometimes the

opening height is within your

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capabilities there is an airport of

complacency. I don't think they were

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attacking their run up enough.

Thankfully they live to fight for

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the next height.

Let us hope they

stay in a lot lunger. Laura Muir

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will take to the track for the 3,000

metre, not going to the Commonwealth

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Games, she has exams in May. She

sacrificed that. These Championships

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are important in her calendar year.

She is balancing it all with her

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studies, and found time toll chat to

our reporter.

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COMMENTATOR:

A historic double at

the European Indoor Championships.

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Two Gold medals, the Champion again,

another record.

Double gold in the

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Open Indoors, brilliant for me. It

gave me big confidence boost. To set

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two Championship records and a

British record at the same time that

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was the boost I needed to know I can

come away with these medals.

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COMMENTATOR:

It will be the Olympic

champion.

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Laura Muir was so close and when you

have the medal snatched away from

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you in the latter stages, it's gut

wrenching.

Having a home World

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Championships in that stadium was

amazing. Attapatu moss fear is

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brilliant. I got to both finals of

1500 and the 5K and gave it

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everything I could. I'm proud of how

I ran. It was just one of those

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things. I went from being second to

fourth in the 1500. It was hard.

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Just being so, so close. It was a

great experience. I learnt a lot. At

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the same time just missing out on

that medal. I hope to rectify that

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here.

You will be competitive, what

does that mean is a medal you are

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targeting?

I think so. It will be

tough for the athletes who have

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confirmed. It will be a tough field.

The currented world record holder

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the world indoor champion in 1500.

It will be very tough. Dibaba's in

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good form. She will be a very big

contend are for me. I think I can

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take her on.

When you hit the front

that is it. You are gone.

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Championship racing is different.

It's tactical. Can there ever be a

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balance where you think - I'm in

good enough shape, strong enough to

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take it from the front?

There comes

a point when you think you might be

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strong enough to take it on. Other

times people can match on and use

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you. You do the work and they sit on

you and you are the pacer

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effectively. It's difficult to judge

it and how you can look at things.

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Closer to the time we will have a

look at the race, decide who is

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running, who is likely and in what

shape and what shape I'm in and how

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best to judge it.

Is there like a

baton being passed to you younger

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guys with Mo Farah stepping away. A

unyoer generation coming through you

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are part of the figurehead of?

Yeah.

I think I was lucky I have competed

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on teams with the likes of K much

Jess a few times. Having them

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inspires you a lot and gives you

confidence knowing you are competing

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alongside the people in the team

that are amazing athletes. Younger

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people on the team and hopefully I

can give them pointersnd here and

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there and help them out if need be.

It's big Championships, if I can be

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there to support them, that would be

We talked about good.

The fact she

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arrived late last night because of

the weather and she was at a lecture

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yesterday morning for her veterinary

studies. Doing incredibly well to

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balance and juggle the different

demands in her life thus far. At the

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end of this academic year it will be

athletics all the way. You can

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understand her having to sacrifice

the Commonwealth Games?

I completely

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understand. She wants to be a

success in every area of her life.

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Is her final chance. Her only chance

at her studies. She wants to get it

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right. Wants to do it as well as she

can there. Then she will be able to

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concentrate on-the-running which we

hope will carry on for a good few

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years and be medal hopes. It won't

have been easy to say no to

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competing for Scotland in the

Commonwealth Games. Taking one day

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off her studies, today, no,

tomorrow. Two-days off.

Anything

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like my kids, probably your kids,

all the schools seem to be shut

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tomorrow. I don't think her lectures

will be on.

She hiked in through the

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snow yesterday morning to that

lecture before being able to leave

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and sit for eight hours fighting her

way down. . She tweeted at 11.00pm

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when she arrived to the hotel huge

thanks to the driver or they

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wouldn't have made it here.

For some

athletes it works to turn off the

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pressure of athletics almost and

focus on something as benign as

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veterinary studies! It's a tough

degree to be doing anyway. To go

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back to her sport and really enjoy

it?

I think it would work for this

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year. When you get back into World

Championships and Olympic years, as

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she is getting closer to out door

world level medals you have to...

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The sport takes everything that you

have. You can't do both. I think

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this has to be... This is the last

year she will be able to do that. .

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She has achieved incredible things

already with all of that going on in

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her life. She's been fantastic

double gold in Belgrade last year.

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Which set her up for the out doors

as well. Dominated the field there?

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It's a totally different playing

field for her tonight. The level of

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competition she is facing is clearly

head and shoulders above that which

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she faced in Belgrade. She is maybe

not quite in the shape she was there

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because she has been managing that

and managing that energy really

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well. . Hasn't raced as well as she

has done in the build-up, as well as

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she did in the bellup to #3we8

grade. Let us not heap too much on

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her. She will go out and give it her

everything tonight. -- build-up.

Let

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us join the High Jump competition.

Is Robbie Grabarz took silver in the

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European indoors. Here at the world

indoors he has to go clear to

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European indoors. Here at the world

indoors he has to go clear to stay

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involved. The bar, second height of

2.25 centimetres. If you have just

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joined us, he did salvage a wobbly

start with a clearance of 2.20. That

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was his opening height. He's in

exactly the same position here. I

0:22:170:22:26

will bring in Toni Minichiello, the

coach is looking on. What can the

0:22:260:22:29

coach do here or what should Robbie

do here?

I think it's how Robbie is

0:22:290:22:35

running on-the-runway for me. His

inside shoulder, right shoulder, he

0:22:350:22:40

is straight. Ing up and going into

the bar. That is taking the bar off.

0:22:400:22:43

We saw the third attempt. He put the

energy in.

Robbie Grabarz, 2.25 to

0:22:430:22:49

stay involved. Too much tonight.

Well...

Really slowed down. In doing

0:22:490:22:58

that, typical of what a lot of high

jumpers do, they slow down to work

0:22:580:23:02

strong. As soon as you lose the

speed you won't get in the air,

0:23:020:23:06

unfortunately. A bit sad there

really going out on that third

0:23:060:23:09

attempt.

0:23:090:23:16

attempt.

Three fouls and Robbie

Grabarz, one of a handful of hopes

0:23:160:23:20

for medals here in Birmingham, is

done. He will play no further part.

0:23:200:23:25

Let us look at this, Toni.

He's

driving out strong. You can see it

0:23:250:23:35

rock around a little bit. Not smooth

in terms of that. I think that's the

0:23:350:23:39

tough thing. For the first time at

this championships you are seeing a

0:23:390:23:43

straight final. There is a

qualifying and you look at the

0:23:430:23:47

runway and feel the floor and

understand it better. A bit tough

0:23:470:23:51

there.

We know he had injuries this

winter. He is a master of coming

0:23:510:23:56

back and being short on preparation

again we thought he would be able to

0:23:560:24:00

handle it. Finding his groove, he

wasn't able to do it on this

0:24:000:24:05

occasion. His rhythm was out for me

and never got settled. Unfortunately

0:24:050:24:12

for Robbie, it's all over. Real

class competition as well. He would

0:24:120:24:18

have to be at his very best to stay

involved and get into the medals

0:24:180:24:24

here because of Mutaz Barshim. Here

he is in fact. The Qatari world

0:24:240:24:29

leader. Jumped 2.38 to take the

title a couple of weeks ago.

0:24:290:24:38

Suffered a rare defeat. Barshim,

hugely capable when he gets it

0:24:380:24:42

right. Champion last summer in

London. He has jumped 2.40 on a

0:24:420:24:50

number of occasions. Barshim. 2.29.

Wow! He defies gravity. Incredible.

0:24:500:25:00

Much smoother runway. Much smoother.

Runs in. 2.29, to a man who jumped

0:25:000:25:08

in the 2.40s, this is easy for him.

Early days.

He make it look so easy.

0:25:080:25:13

What is he doing different?

He

floats in. He has pop. He can get

0:25:130:25:16

off the ground. He can get in the

air. He takes off a bit far away

0:25:160:25:20

from the bar for me, but when he

elevates he goes up.

No pleasing

0:25:200:25:25

some people, is there! Mutaz Essa

Barshim has got pop. Erik Kynard, a

0:25:250:25:32

man who enjoys a rostrum,

silver-medallist from 2012.

0:25:320:25:37

27-year-old American. No pop.

He

puts in a little stutter step about

0:25:370:25:44

three steps away from the bar. Heel

straightens up. That shortening,

0:25:440:25:50

straightens up his body so he is

upright. You need to lean as you

0:25:500:25:54

come round. That gives you the

rotational force and you convert

0:25:540:25:57

that to lift at take-off.

To the

women's on the opposite side.

0:25:570:26:09

Michaela Hruba getting ready for her

third attempt here at 1.89 to stay

0:26:090:26:15

involved.

Not that time, not that

time. She was under pressure. . Saw

0:26:150:26:22

her stop her runway, go back and

start again. This year there is a

0:26:220:26:29

new rule, 30 seconds to start your

attempt. Whether it affects the

0:26:290:26:34

athletes, they know the clock is

ticking this year quicker than it

0:26:340:26:38

was previously.

The height of 2.29.

Only Barshim to go clear so far at

0:26:380:26:45

this new height. Starting to sort

out the athletes in form.

0:26:450:26:54

out the athletes in form. We look

across to the mirror image as we

0:26:550:26:59

look down into the stadium. Iryna

Gerashchenko of the Ukraine. 22ers

0:26:590:27:03

ya of age. Wow, that's a... Not even

close there. Athletes struggling.

0:27:030:27:13

It's a slightly unusual orientation.

We speculated about the view through

0:27:130:27:17

to the other high jump mat and

whether that might affect the

0:27:170:27:20

ability to focus of what's in front

of you. No excuses. It's the same

0:27:200:27:27

for all.

0:27:270:27:34

for all. We see Mateusz Przybylko

get ready. The German champion,

0:27:350:27:41

Przybylko. 25 years of age. Fifth in

London last year. Took all three

0:27:410:27:48

jumps at that previous height. 2.29

to join Barshim.

No, not that time.

0:27:480:27:57

He just doesn't run enough of a

curve, goes down a little bit deep.

0:27:570:28:01

Ends up being more like a corner

than anything else for the German

0:28:010:28:05

there. That's difficult. Levern

Spencer in the Women's High Jump.

We

0:28:050:28:15

look forward to seeing her Down

Under. Wow, really sloppy jumps

0:28:150:28:20

here, Toni. I don't know what to

make of it. The last successful jump

0:28:200:28:25

was of Mutaz Barshim. We have seen

six fouls since then. Spencer,

0:28:250:28:31

highly fancied to challenge for the

medals, 33 years of age. Jumped 1.95

0:28:310:28:37

this year is out. Here's a man in

the form of his life, Danil Lysenko.

0:28:370:28:47

That's a lovely jump, isn't it?

That's the pop I'm talking about.

0:28:470:28:52

Puts his foot down quickly, comes

off quickly and goes straight up in

0:28:520:28:55

the air.

0:28:550:29:00

the air.

Silver-medallist to Barshim

last year and highly fancied to push

0:29:000:29:06

the Qatari athlete all the way.

Lysenko looking really competent. We

0:29:060:29:12

switch our attention back to

McPherson of the United States. Oh,

0:29:120:29:16

crikey. Not at all happy with those

three fouls. Another athlete

0:29:160:29:22

struggling. McPherson. 1.91 her

season's best. Experienced athlete.

0:29:220:29:33

So looks like the medals might go a

little softer than we anticipated.

0:29:330:29:41

Kynard to stay involved. A skip and

correction there.

We are seeing

0:29:410:29:44

that. It needs to be smooth so the

acceleration there can be used for

0:29:440:29:49

the jumps. Smooth acceleration. When

you put that skip in, it slows you

0:29:490:29:54

down that little bit.

Two fouls for

Kynard, but he's still in third

0:29:540:30:01

place, amazingly. Yorgelis Rodriguez

also competing in the pentathlon. We

0:30:010:30:10

hope to see Thompson there, it

starts tomorrow morning. Busy few

0:30:100:30:16

days for the Cuban 23-year-old.

0:30:160:30:22

It has been difficult, out of 11 men

that started the competition six

0:30:230:30:26

have gone out and in the women's

competition, I calculate six out of

0:30:260:30:31

13 competitors have gone out. I

think they are struggling with the

0:30:310:30:35

floor, maybe. Maybe the floor is a

bit soft and not giving them the

0:30:350:30:40

return of energy that you would

want. But, yeah...

Sylwester

0:30:400:30:45

Bednarek of Poland. No, another man

who is capable. He's jumped 2.33

0:30:450:30:52

this year. I don't know what to make

of this, the bar is at 2.29 and he

0:30:520:30:57

is left wanting. When you see

somebody like Barshim, Lysenko

0:30:570:31:03

popping over with daylight, there

cannot be that much of a problem,

0:31:030:31:08

can there?

No, you are looking at

two superbly confident and quality

0:31:080:31:13

athletes who, regardless of the

service or anything like that, they

0:31:130:31:16

are always going to jump high --

regardless of the surface.

One

0:31:160:31:22

athlete still involved is Morgan

Lake. Will look forward to seeing

0:31:220:31:29

how her event progresses.

0:31:290:31:33

Lake. Will look forward to seeing

how her event progresses.

0:31:330:31:34

STUDIO: Disappointing to see Robbie

Grabarz go out so soon in this

0:31:340:31:39

competition. Welcome, Colin Jackson,

and happy St David's Day.

Thank you.

0:31:390:31:45

What is going on? It is not just

Robbie, high-class high jumpers are

0:31:450:31:49

struggling at the minute.

It is not

good out there by the looks of it, I

0:31:490:31:53

don't know what is with the

failures. I don't know. Sometimes

0:31:530:31:58

athletes come to the championships

and I'm not saying they are not best

0:31:580:32:02

prepared but they haven't prepared

specifically for this Championships,

0:32:020:32:04

and it mats sound odd to say but

lots of people do the World

0:32:040:32:09

Championships with their focus still

on the outdoors so they are in very

0:32:090:32:13

heavy training, they might have

tapered off a little bit so they are

0:32:130:32:16

not very snappy. The high jumpers

don't look like they have that zing,

0:32:160:32:23

Tony Minichiello talked about the

pop. They look lacklustre. Robbie

0:32:230:32:29

the same and hopefully Morgan will

improve. That's not Robbie, Robbie

0:32:290:32:33

is usually so dynamic. I think he

got one of the host spots, both him

0:32:330:32:38

and Morgan had the host places here

so they might not have been in the

0:32:380:32:42

best shape coming into the

Championships.

We saw Morgan last

0:32:420:32:47

week in Glasgow jump 1.92, and she

got close to 1.95 and looks like she

0:32:470:32:52

was clearing it at her final attempt

and looked in decent shape.

It is

0:32:520:32:58

interesting coming to the major

championships with what has happened

0:32:580:33:02

in between and sometimes you can

rest a bit too much, you have to get

0:33:020:33:05

used to the surface again.

Everything is very different than

0:33:050:33:09

what they normally are used to. They

are jumping against each other in

0:33:090:33:15

that sense, at each other, it's

interesting the whole dynamic for

0:33:150:33:19

this high jump.

It doesn't take much

for the athlete's mind to get

0:33:190:33:24

unsettled. I know these are the

world's best but it doesn't take

0:33:240:33:28

much for them to be out of sorts.

0:33:280:33:32

Let's hope Morgan is back in sorts.

0:33:350:33:40

Let's hope Morgan is back in sorts.

At edge Morgan will look at this as

0:33:400:33:43

an opportunity as we see the world

indoor champion Vashti Cunningham,

0:33:430:33:46

the youngest ever, make a

0:33:460:33:53

the youngest ever, make a mess of...

Sorry, that was 1.93, this is the

0:33:530:33:57

new height as we see the fowl of

Cunningham. There is an insight of

0:33:570:34:01

an athlete who has jumped 1.97 this

year.

0:34:010:34:08

year. Randall Cunningham,

quarterback, famous man on the right

0:34:100:34:14

of the screen in the United States.

So then, Morgan Lake. Three jumps at

0:34:140:34:21

the opening height, a clean

first-time clearance of 1.89, the

0:34:210:34:24

new height 1.9 three, one centimetre

higher than her best so far. Great

0:34:240:34:30

Britain's Morgan Lake strides out

first attempt at the new height. But

0:34:300:34:36

nowhere near, Tony.

Didn't start the

run-up in the same way. Veolia

0:34:360:34:40

heights she cleared she drove out

the back and ran quickly out of the

0:34:400:34:44

back and that sets up the speed. --

the early heights. Start your run-up

0:34:440:34:50

and beat vigorous out of the run-up,

that sets up the speed for me. If

0:34:500:34:55

she clears this height the medals

are up for grabs, if you clear the

0:34:550:34:59

site with the way people are jumping

she has every chance.

Only one

0:34:590:35:04

athlete clear so far at this height,

foul at the first time of asking for

0:35:040:35:08

Morgan Lake but no one else has gone

clear so there is still an

0:35:080:35:11

opportunity here at this height to

get amongst the medals. We probably

0:35:110:35:15

wouldn't have speculated that would

be the case but here we are, and

0:35:150:35:19

Morgan Lake as you say, Tony,

completely agree, there is an

0:35:190:35:22

opportunity. Maria Lasitskene, the

undisputed world leader, dominant,

0:35:220:35:31

seven centimetres higher than

anyone, 2.04 is how good she is.

0:35:310:35:36

That's interesting, 1.93, she gave

it a wobble.

She did but did you see

0:35:360:35:43

how she attacked it? She runs at the

bar and develops the speed and uses

0:35:430:35:47

it and she can convert that into a

lift and that's the important thing,

0:35:470:35:50

you don't want to slow down going

into the bar because that's

0:35:500:35:53

difficult.

From one world champion

to another. From Lasitskene to

0:35:530:36:03

Barshim. Very impressive at the

previous height of 2.29. 2.33 also

0:36:030:36:11

well within the height we knew he

was capable of. He's jumped 2.38

0:36:110:36:17

this year. He's certainly living up

to his billing.

I think so. There is

0:36:170:36:26

three big men in this competition

who could challenge for the medals

0:36:260:36:30

here, Barshim being one, Lysenko

being the other and Cunard, for me,

0:36:300:36:36

I think, and here he is. -- Erik

Kynard.

Erik Kynard successful at

0:36:360:36:45

the third attempt of 2.29. And in

fourth place, new high of 2.33. Same

0:36:450:36:54

skip.

That is in there, isn't it?

That his rhythm and his run-up and

0:36:540:37:02

that's not going to change but I

think that's changing his position.

0:37:020:37:06

You've got to stay away from it, Lee

Nguyen, the short step puts his

0:37:060:37:09

shoulders on top of his feet meaning

he is upright which will always take

0:37:090:37:13

him into the bar. At that point the

only thing you can do is you have to

0:37:130:37:18

work the vertical very hard. The

inside leg closest to the high jump

0:37:180:37:21

bar, you got to work it and get it

high in the air.

So it looks as

0:37:210:37:28

though it's going exactly as was

forecast in the men's version, at

0:37:280:37:35

least. Lysenko, this man is looking

as though he's going to make it a

0:37:350:37:40

two horse race with Barshim of

Qatar. Cleared to complete, compete

0:37:400:37:49

here, as a handful of Russians are

able to compete here at the World

0:37:490:37:54

Indoor Championships. Lysenko has a

clean sheet so far. Can he continue

0:37:540:37:59

it? Yes, he can, with a useful sort

my word, he jumps straight into the

0:37:590:38:04

air, he is a little front on if you

want to be picky on it but look at

0:38:040:38:08

the height he gets.

This is going to

be an interesting competition, the

0:38:080:38:13

next couple of heights between those

two.

So, perfect sheet so far for

0:38:130:38:19

Danil Lysenko. Vashti Cunningham.

One foul so far at this height of

0:38:190:38:32

1.93 metres. Maria Lasitskene has

gone clear, the only athlete to have

0:38:320:38:39

done so. Cahalane, 1.93.

That's

nice. A very nice. -- Cunningham.

0:38:390:38:47

Not quite the perfect card there,

but runs in well, and again UCC runs

0:38:470:38:57

in, little two step rhythm into it

but it's great jumping at these

0:38:570:39:00

heights. -- you see she runs in.

She

is the world indoor champion from

0:39:000:39:08

two years ago, very experienced,

same age as Morgan Lake. So then,

0:39:080:39:16

Morgan Lake.

0:39:160:39:23

Lake looking to find a rhythm.

Fouled at the first chance to clear

0:39:270:39:34

this new height of 1.93. Two

athletes, Lasitskene on the first

0:39:340:39:41

time of asking and Cunningham we

have seen just go clear. All eyes

0:39:410:39:45

turn to Morgan Lake. Can she join

those two athletes? You would have

0:39:450:39:52

to say that this is a chance of a

medal, outside chance.

The way

0:39:520:39:56

people are jumping, I think jumping

this now, season's best, she's going

0:39:560:40:02

through the ritual, thinking she

needs to be shoulder high on the

0:40:020:40:06

inside. She knows they follow card

closely.

Morgan Lake then, 1.93, I

0:40:060:40:14

is up at the bar, strides out,

aggressive, she accelerated this

0:40:140:40:19

time and it's good! Grey clearance

from Morgan Lake, only the third

0:40:190:40:23

athlete to have gone clear at the

second time of asking. Brilliant

0:40:230:40:28

competitive effort.

That's

brilliant. Very positive at the

0:40:280:40:34

start of the run-up, set up the

speed and maintained it more.

0:40:340:40:40

Excellent. She leans away, something

she seldom does, and goes up. If she

0:40:400:40:46

has a fault it is that she doesn't

lean enough really. Speed and lean

0:40:460:40:51

away from the bar. Well done, that

could be a medal winning jump.

She

0:40:510:40:55

almost needed those three wobbly

starting jumps to settle her nerves.

0:40:550:41:00

That is a much more competent

clearance for Great Britain's Morgan

0:41:000:41:03

Lake. It is early to start talking

medals but at the moment she is in

0:41:030:41:08

third place. 1.93 at the second time

of asking, season's best.

0:41:080:41:14

third place. 1.93 at the second time

of asking, season's best. Great

0:41:140:41:15

stuff. STUDIO: She is very happy

with that. This is the heptathlete

0:41:150:41:19

focusing on high jump for the last

season and a half and really putting

0:41:190:41:23

her efforts into this and it is

starting to bear fruit. You can see

0:41:230:41:28

the way she mentally shifted herself

in the competition with the wobbly

0:41:280:41:31

stats. In the past she would have

let that get to her but she turned

0:41:310:41:35

things round.

She turned things

round very well indeed. What I'd

0:41:350:41:38

like to see from her is not starting

with her long tights on because I

0:41:380:41:42

think she uses that as a sort of,

OK, I'm still going through the

0:41:420:41:46

motions as opposed to saying, I am

here to do business and there is a

0:41:460:41:50

realistic chance of a

0:41:500:41:57

realistic chance of a medal for me

if I get my clearances in early. And

0:41:570:41:59

then you see when she has those

wobbles then she takes off her

0:41:590:42:02

tights. I think mentally she needs

to just get in there very early on

0:42:020:42:05

from the get go. Establish the

run-up, it says to her she needs to

0:42:050:42:10

increase her speed because athletes

strip off kit and get ready for

0:42:100:42:13

business but she leaves her tights

on. It's a small thing but it's a

0:42:130:42:18

fundamental thing.

You are shaking

your head in agreement, Michael.

I

0:42:180:42:21

didn't notice until you mentioned

that but there is a mindset and you

0:42:210:42:24

have to go into this, remembering

with this particular championship

0:42:240:42:28

the high jumpers didn't have a

preliminary round so getting used to

0:42:280:42:31

the chat, getting used to the new

setup, they didn't have the

0:42:310:42:35

opportunity to do it. You don't want

to carry the same mindset from your

0:42:350:42:38

warm up into competition, and there

are some small things that you might

0:42:380:42:42

not think will be so significant and

that will affect your mindset, and

0:42:420:42:45

that could very well be one of them.

And quickly, the same thing on the

0:42:450:42:51

mindset, the way she is Bridget when

she qualified, it wasn't excitement,

0:42:510:42:55

it is, right, I'm back in the game

and that is a positive mindset to be

0:42:550:42:59

in. Not celebrating early, she is

there.

Let's get back outside

0:42:590:43:06

because that was obviously positive

news in terms of a medal for Morgan

0:43:060:43:10

Lake. Steve.

0:43:100:43:11

news in terms of a medal for Morgan

Lake. Steve. COMMENTATOR: As will a

0:43:110:43:13

catalyst trust of Italy, a chance to

equal Morgan Lake, and does. She is

0:43:130:43:22

delighted with that. And so she

should be. That puts her equal with

0:43:220:43:29

the Brit with a second time

clearance of 1.93. Let's have a look

0:43:290:43:35

at this.

That's just effort. You see

people, you know how much it means

0:43:350:43:43

to them, they know how much they

need to do and UCF it, somebody

0:43:430:43:47

raises their game, full force on the

floor, drive in and get up in the

0:43:470:43:51

air. That is a good competitive jump

and what you want to be seeing. --

0:43:510:43:57

and you see it.

Here is a very

capable high jumper, Yuliya

0:43:570:44:04

Levchenko, second on the world lists

with 1.97. Silver-medallist last

0:44:040:44:12

summer. Seven, Lepchenko, off a foul

on the second attempt. No!

She got

0:44:120:44:21

that completely wrong. That's

pressure. I think that's pressure.

0:44:210:44:29

You are in fifth, you have won

medals at the World Outdoor

0:44:290:44:33

Championships and you know you are

somebody who should be in the top

0:44:330:44:35

three, its pressure.

Pressure for

Erik Kynard of the United States,

0:44:350:44:40

two fouls, 2.33, can he handle the

pressure? No, that's a surprise.

He

0:44:400:44:48

finishes in fourth place. He's

ripped his number off and he knows

0:44:480:44:51

he has not done himself justice

today in this competition. He is

0:44:510:44:56

outside, he is in fourth, little

shrug to his coach and he will be

0:44:560:45:02

disappointed with that. It is tough

for the Americans, they had their

0:45:020:45:05

trials two weeks ago in Albuquerque

and then they have to fly to

0:45:050:45:08

Britain, you've got jet lag to deal

with and the American trial system,

0:45:080:45:12

the first three across the line, is

a tough competition so you have a

0:45:120:45:17

tough competition two weeks ago and

then to come here and raise your

0:45:170:45:20

game further is a difficult mindset

to deliver, I think.

0:45:200:45:27

It's all about mind-set when you

come to a championships that is what

0:45:270:45:33

many athletes love about the

competition that a championship

0:45:330:45:36

brings. A difficult mentality to

competing on the circuit, as it

0:45:360:45:40

were. Back to the women's side of

this arena here in Birmingham.

0:45:400:45:47

Demireva carries two fouls.

Surprised she hasn't passed here and

0:45:470:45:52

maybe looked at the next height.

She's in sixth place. The only

0:45:520:45:55

athlete at this height who is

carrying two fouls. You could argue

0:45:550:45:59

she may could have had a look at the

next height. Probably won't get her

0:45:590:46:04

into the medals. Won't at this

height. She will have to clear a

0:46:040:46:09

high height anyway. Anyway, it's all

the strategic game of high jumping.

0:46:090:46:18

Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria. Two

fouls, 1.93.

Just got too close to

0:46:180:46:23

that, leaned in and took it off on

the way up on her jump. It was tough

0:46:230:46:28

for her. That would have been a

season's best. She hasn't jumped

0:46:280:46:31

that high this year. That is why she

didn't pass because the next height

0:46:310:46:35

up would have been too big an ask

for her.

0:46:350:46:43

for her.

Przybylko getting ready for

his 2.33. Last chance to stay

0:46:430:46:46

involved.

0:46:460:46:51

involved.

He's happy with his bronze

medal.

0:46:520:46:54

He knows he has a bronze. He's happy

there. Looking at the card was he

0:46:540:47:02

likely

0:47:020:47:07

likely to beat Barshim and Lysenko.

That was Morgan Lake getting ready.

0:47:080:47:16

Danil Lysenko.

0:47:160:47:21

Danil Lysenko. Levchenko watching

on. They are alternating side to

0:47:220:47:30

side, allowing the alternate mat to

take the precedent and have the

0:47:300:47:35

freedom of jump.

You don't want to be running at

0:47:350:47:37

someone jumping, that is a unique

experience.

The judges are timing it

0:47:370:47:41

from your point of view. When you

are high jumping you are looking at

0:47:410:47:47

the grass field behind. Are you not

throwing any more, so probably not.

0:47:470:47:54

Levchenko, third attempt.

Levchenko's out.

She's in fifth

0:47:540:48:03

place. Four athletes remain, Great

Britain's Morgan Lake is one of

0:48:030:48:09

them.

0:48:090:48:18

them. Mutaz Essa Barshim 2.36. Love

the way he eyes it up from that

0:48:180:48:21

right hand side. Oh, surprise there.

Deaccelerated. As you slow down into

0:48:210:48:29

the bar and use that speed to

convert to go up. By slowing down,

0:48:290:48:33

he's not converted enough of the

speed and he's dropped on the bar.

0:48:330:48:39

Basically, he's stalled.

Why would

you slow down?

You are thinking.

0:48:390:48:42

Slowing down. Maybe a little bit too

close, a little bit too far away.

0:48:420:48:47

Here we go. Lysenko. This is like

gun slingers, the first man to

0:48:470:48:53

blink. Barshim has blinked. Let's

see how he gets on here.

That's as

0:48:530:48:59

close as he gets to a clearance

without it being one. Must have just

0:48:590:49:03

given that the slightest of rattles.

It's a foul.

At that point he is

0:49:030:49:11

saying - tuck your vest in.

Look at

this. His socks too thick.

Something

0:49:110:49:17

like that! They are on exactly the

same record. They are both going to

0:49:170:49:22

be tied for that first place.

So

then, cat-and-mouse on the men's

0:49:220:49:27

side. Lysenko authorised neutral

athlete and Barshim. On the women's

0:49:270:49:36

side, Lake finds herself in fourth

place. Total fouls remember.

That's

0:49:360:49:41

interesting Steve. It's the two

fouls at 1.84.

The opening height?

0:49:410:49:48

That opening height that may cost

her the medal in the end. That early

0:49:480:49:52

failure. That runway really that she

didn't quite get right. Didn't get

0:49:520:49:58

the rhythm early. It may cost her.

Get the rhythm early. Barshim

0:49:580:50:03

looking to do exactly that. Rhythm

on the approach. Massive height.

0:50:030:50:08

Came down on that didn't he? He did.

He knows that, you know, he blinked

0:50:080:50:15

first and Lysenko blinked. He had a

chance there. Again, just trying to

0:50:150:50:19

muscle it off the ground a little

bit, instead of using that wonderful

0:50:190:50:26

flow he has.

Mariya Lasitskene, 2

metres 4. 1.96 easily.

She's in a

0:50:260:50:37

competition of her own. Well better

than anybody else. Been over two

0:50:370:50:44

metres already this year. She's the

class of the field.

From one

0:50:440:50:50

authorised neutral athlete to

another, Lysenko. 2.36. He knows

0:50:500:50:53

this is a chance to possibly take

gold here because he's seen the only

0:50:530:50:59

other athlete who can stop him,

Barshim on two fouls, Lysenko on

0:50:590:51:02

one. Second attempt.

Not as good as

the first, was it? Not as good as

0:51:020:51:09

the first. He'll know, one more

attempt or are we heading for a jump

0:51:090:51:15

off?

They have identical cards so

far. It's not out of the question.

0:51:150:51:20

Two fouls of this height of 2. 36

and a clean card up to this height.

0:51:200:51:28

Lysenko and Barshim, neck and neck.

One jump remaining. One jump

0:51:280:51:33

separates the two. Who is your money

on?

I'd hate to see. I'm not a

0:51:330:51:39

gambling man, I'm not a gambling

man.

Vashti Cunningham of the United

0:51:390:51:44

States. A bit of pride, she's

watching her title being taken here,

0:51:440:51:50

unless she can do something about

it. 1.96, first attempt. Too much.

0:51:500:51:55

Again, slows down and stands up.

Keep leaning. Lean away. Ride that

0:51:550:52:02

bicycle round the corner, that kind

of feel. If you rotate the floor you

0:52:020:52:11

limit the height you can achieve.

What you are trying to do is be in

0:52:110:52:15

the strongest position you can. You

put your feet directly underneath

0:52:150:52:19

your shoulders. Instead of what you

should be should do, put your feet

0:52:190:52:23

out ahead of you.

The coaches

watching on. The coach is up close

0:52:230:52:30

here, getting in the ears of their

athletes. So, two athletes remain on

0:52:300:52:38

the men's side. The first final. A

roar from the man they call The

0:52:380:52:47

Prince of Qatar. Mutaz Essa Barshim.

How much do you want this World

0:52:470:52:55

Indoor title, third and final jump,

one more attempt. 2.36 for Barshim.

0:52:550:53:04

Came down on that, again.

Three

fouls.

He's not out.

He has had

0:53:040:53:13

three fouls so finished in those

terms. If Lysenko goes clear, then

0:53:130:53:17

Barshim cannot respond. If Lysenko

knocks it off we have a jump off.

0:53:170:53:24

Just rotating on the floor and

backing in there. If he'd looked at

0:53:240:53:28

his mind-set. The way the whole

stadium went quiet for him as he

0:53:280:53:34

mediated in that way and let out

that roar and run. He gathered

0:53:340:53:36

himself. A lot of effort.

So then,

Morgan Lake. Season's best already.

0:53:360:53:49

1.96, first attempt.

0:53:490:53:55

1.96, first attempt.

Unlucky there.

If I'm right in thinking that would

0:53:550:54:00

have represented a personal best

indoors and out doors. Again, 1.96

0:54:000:54:05

an early look at it. Again, why not.

She's got to step up as an athlete

0:54:050:54:10

now, really. At the age she's at.

She has been to major championships.

0:54:100:54:17

She has to believe, it's my time,

step up and compete. It's a perfect

0:54:170:54:22

competition.

She's done it time and

time again. As we turn our attention

0:54:220:54:28

back to the men's side. Danil

Lysenko this jump to win the

0:54:280:54:35

competition. Asks for a hush here.

You could hear a pin drop, as I look

0:54:350:54:42

around the stadium here. Two fouls.

A battle with himself.

0:54:420:54:56

Massive jump from Lysenko. That's a

Gold medal jump. He looked as good

0:54:570:55:05

as Barshim. He matched him and then,

in the end, bettered him.

He asked

0:55:050:55:13

for hush. I've never seen that. The

crowd, bless them, were incredibly

0:55:130:55:18

quiet. You could hear his feet

scraping.

0:55:180:55:20

He composed himself. That's class.

That is class. Look at that.

Very

0:55:200:55:27

competent jump. Do you know what, a

bit of needle there, the man

0:55:270:55:31

deprived of a Gold medal last summer

to Mutaz Barshim. They have swapped

0:55:310:55:37

places. Gold becomes silver, silver

becomes gold. Lysenko has risen to

0:55:370:55:41

the top.

You may lose Bolt and

athletes of that level, but we can

0:55:410:55:48

see some rivalries. Barshim,

Lysenko. We can see rivalries.

0:55:480:55:59

Unfortunate they won't go

head-to-head in major championships.

0:55:590:56:05

Rivalries is the critical thing.

20

years of age, Lysenko.

Yeah, high

0:56:050:56:11

jumps are young men and ladies game.

They jump high at young ages and

0:56:110:56:19

they keep jumping those heights.

A

foul there. 1. 1.# 6. -- 1.96. Too

0:56:190:56:29

much for her. Morgan Lake still

involved. The men's final is

0:56:290:56:32

concluded. Only the women's yet to

be decided.

0:56:320:56:41

be decided. Mariya Lasitskene is out

in front. The reigning champion is

0:56:410:56:45

still involved, Vashti Cunningham,

about to take her second attempt, so

0:56:450:56:49

is Morgan Lake. Cunningham, second

chance at 1.96. That's close.

That's

0:56:490:56:55

much better. Much better jumping

there. Athletics is that mental

0:56:550:57:02

game.

0:57:020:57:08

game. Trust Trost will think she has

a comfortable bronze. Morgan has to

0:57:080:57:11

believe in herself and take it away

from her. Why not, why not?

Why not

0:57:110:57:17

indeed. A great time to really come

of age, two 20-year-olds battling it

0:57:170:57:23

out. Morgan Lake. Well, whatever

happens here, Morgan Lake has done

0:57:230:57:27

better than her sixth place last

year at the London Out door

0:57:270:57:31

Championships. Guaranteed fourth or

better. 1.96 this a medal potential

0:57:310:57:38

jump. Second chance. Knocked it off

on the way up.

On those last two

0:57:380:57:49

steps. Her inside shoulder on her

left shoulder, tip it is towards the

0:57:490:57:53

bar. When she jumps, she is jumping,

just drifts in. You see how she

0:57:530:57:59

rotates that shoulder away, the left

shoulder. That takes her in towards

0:57:590:58:03

the bar am you have to have the

courage to stay away and then go

0:58:030:58:07

vertical. Come on Morgan.

Come on

Morgan. It may be taken out of her

0:58:070:58:11

hands because if Alessia Trost goes

clear, it makes Morgan's task even

0:58:110:58:19

more difficult. Trost carrying a

foul in the first jump. We've seen

0:58:190:58:24

Morgan foul twice at this height of

1.96.

0:58:240:58:31

1.96. Trost very capable, two metre

jumper back in 2013, indoors. Fifth

0:58:330:58:41

in Rio. Trost has a Championship

pedigree. Of sorts at least. She has

0:58:410:58:50

a Hans here to confirm her bronze

medal. Second jump, 1.96.

No. No.

0:58:500:58:58

Really bad. Just leads in with that

right arm. Just pushes it towards

0:58:580:59:04

the bar and you should push it up

into the air. Still in third. One

0:59:040:59:07

more jump left.

0:59:070:59:16

more jump left.

Mariya Lasitskene in

a class of her own. Morgan Lake in

0:59:160:59:21

fourth place at the moment.

Cunningham will get the first chance

0:59:210:59:25

to go clear at the third time of

asking. There's Khan, coach to

0:59:250:59:31

Morgan lake. -- lake. Striding it

out. Nod of approval, hopefully

0:59:310:59:40

giving Morgan the confidence she

needs. She needs to let go and trust

0:59:400:59:43

this now. First up, Vashti

Cunningham. Off two fouls. Third

0:59:430:59:52

chance.

0:59:520:59:54

Just came out of her arch early.

Came out of her arch early. What you

0:59:571:00:05

have to do is wait. You rotate

around the bar like a bicycle wheel

1:00:051:00:10

and then flick your legs out. Got

the timing wrong.

Technical stuff

1:00:101:00:15

aside. An emotive jump for Morgan

Lake. She has to not think about it

1:00:151:00:20

and go for it. That is what I'm

thinking.

You are right. It's about

1:00:201:00:27

adrenaline, motivation, power. You

don't have to make it technical. Now

1:00:271:00:30

is your time. A medal on offer. If

you clear this, I'm not sure the

1:00:301:00:35

Italian can beat you.

I completely

agree. A medal chance for Great

1:00:351:00:40

Britain's Morgan Lake. Currently in

fourth place off the back of a

1:00:401:00:43

season's best at the previous

height.

She's moved the runup back.

1:00:431:00:48

I saw her do it earlier. Moved it

back a foot. Further away, giving

1:00:481:00:52

herself more room. Physical she runs

that speed and stays away...

Morgan

1:00:521:00:57

Lake, 1.96, third try. Over striding

there. You could see that.

It was

1:00:571:01:03

that. You move the runner back to

counter act what you are doing. It

1:01:031:01:08

makes you open up and pushes the

shoulder further ahead. Ah, that was

1:01:081:01:12

such an opportunity there really to

step into a medal. She will know.

1:01:121:01:17

She will know. For me, she's been

quite a nervous young lady. You see

1:01:171:01:22

her jump really well when she smiles

and relaxed and comfortable. You see

1:01:221:01:27

her jump really well. Didn't quite

see that today. It's the early

1:01:271:01:32

failures, running underneath the bar

in the first attempt at. Messing up

1:01:321:01:36

the run at second time. That is what

cost her.

Big confidence boost for

1:01:361:01:41

Morgan Lake. Fourth place, the most

agonising place to finish at a

1:01:411:01:45

championships.

1:01:451:01:46

She is out, three falls at 1.96,

fourth place here this evening. --

1:01:511:01:57

three fouls. Crossed is guaranteed

bronze, and can improve, but that's

1:01:571:02:03

her third foul also -- Trost. The

competition is over. The Italian

1:02:031:02:13

will take bronze, Cunningham Silver,

1.96, three fouls. There is one

1:02:131:02:23

athlete, this hugely dominant high

jumper, Maria Lasitskene gets ready

1:02:231:02:30

for 1.99. She hasn't had any fouls

so far as we look back at Trost. She

1:02:301:02:36

will be pleased with a medal.

Definitely, she hasn't jumped

1:02:361:02:39

anywhere near the two metres she has

jumped career-wise. Is that jump

1:02:391:02:48

necessary? Do I want to improve my

bronze to a silver? You would hope

1:02:481:02:52

so but she will be satisfied with

that. Opportunity missed for Morgan.

1:02:521:02:57

Now is her time at the age of 21,

22, that's when you start jumping at

1:02:571:03:02

the top of your height and when you

must cement the two-metre jump. You

1:03:021:03:06

can jump 1.96 and 1.97 and win

medals and championships. This is a

1:03:061:03:13

young lady who has committed herself

to high jump now, I think that's the

1:03:131:03:16

sensible way forward for her, based

at the National performance

1:03:161:03:20

Institute at Loughborough, full-time

coach, everything going for you.

1:03:201:03:23

Unlucky. Maria Lasitskene, the world

leader, 38 consecutive victories,

1:03:231:03:32

would you believe? Her last defeat

was in 2016 ahead of Ashley

1:03:321:03:38

Cunningham. Morgan Lake in fourth

place.

Here is the men's result.

1:03:381:03:44

It was a win for Danil Lysenko,

silver-medallist last summer, and

1:03:441:03:49

Barshim, surprise defeat command

Robbie Grabarz, disappointed, I'm

1:03:491:03:52

sure, with 2.20 in ninth place.

1:03:521:03:58

Robbie Grabarz, disappointed, I'm

sure, with 2.20 in ninth place. What

1:03:581:03:58

will be overriding emotion be for

Morgan Lake because that's an

1:03:581:04:02

improvement on a global standing at

a major competition compared to the

1:04:021:04:06

Worlds in London, but frustration

springs to mind because of the early

1:04:061:04:10

mistakes.

Absolutely frustration.

She should be frustrated. What she

1:04:101:04:14

has seen now she has moved

completely too high jumper is that

1:04:141:04:17

even when you are not at your best

you can still come away with a medal

1:04:171:04:22

in competitions like that providing

you have the discipline in the early

1:04:221:04:28

rounds, and, you know, she will be

gutted because that bronze medal was

1:04:281:04:34

so there. She looked better as the

rounds went on and the Heights got

1:04:341:04:40

higher. Very frustrating, I think,

for her.

In terms of the final

1:04:401:04:44

height what were your thoughts on

her approach and technique?

I was

1:04:441:04:48

thinking more of a positive spin on

it for her because we know how

1:04:481:04:52

talented she is and how she can

deliver so to come to a major

1:04:521:04:56

championships and deliver a season's

best, only two high jumpers

1:04:561:05:00

delivered a season's best, so I

think he will be positive for her

1:05:001:05:04

moving forward and I like the fact

she improved, she moved her shoe out

1:05:041:05:09

and became more aggressive to try

and get the medal again.

Lysenko

1:05:091:05:14

already assured of the gold...

Sorry, Lasitskene, the men's winner

1:05:141:05:21

we saw earlier on. Lasitskene going

for 2.01 and she has cleared that

1:05:211:05:29

many times. She is an incredibly

formidable high jumper but it must

1:05:291:05:32

be quite tough when you have already

got the gold and go out and push

1:05:321:05:37

yourself to be competitive against

yourself.

I think that part of

1:05:371:05:41

athletics is being competitive for

yourself, looking for faster times

1:05:411:05:45

and higher jumps become a -- because

there are records and trying to show

1:05:451:05:54

you are the best you can be

producing best performance when it

1:05:541:05:59

counts, trying to get a higher

height, you will do that in

1:05:591:06:03

competition rather than trying to do

it in practice, your chance of

1:06:031:06:07

getting that height is better in the

competition. The motivation comes

1:06:071:06:10

from trying to get up on that world

all-time list, I'm sure the

1:06:101:06:15

motivation was there but it didn't

happen for her today.

Let's look at

1:06:151:06:19

Lysenko and his winning jump, which

was when he gets it together a thing

1:06:191:06:25

of beauty.

You have seen consistency

in his run-up. That clearance was

1:06:251:06:31

just staggering. That consistency of

run-up is key to jumping heights

1:06:311:06:36

because you trusted, your placement

is correct every time you go to take

1:06:361:06:40

off and you set up technically in

the right position to give yourself

1:06:401:06:44

the room to clear the height.

Unfortunately for Morgan today when

1:06:441:06:48

we think about the differences

between the consistent jumpers and

1:06:481:06:52

being consistent jumpers it is about

work on the runway and the position

1:06:521:06:58

they arrived to the bar in.

Tony

mentioned the rivalry from Barshim

1:06:581:07:01

from last summer to today, that will

be a great thing to watch over the

1:07:011:07:08

years, just 20 years old.

The fact

he is so young and energetic, but

1:07:081:07:12

also to add to that he has this

genuine skill and desire to jump

1:07:121:07:16

high. He took on the challenge and

he will look at Barshim and think he

1:07:161:07:20

is the world champion and has jumped

really high and I've got to take him

1:07:201:07:23

out and he did it today.

Lasitskene

is going for 2.01 again and she gets

1:07:231:07:30

it and she still doesn't look very

happy.

But it's effortless. She's

1:07:301:07:36

got to be citing the world record at

some stage in her career because she

1:07:361:07:44

is so consistently over two metres.

2.10 is a big jump, it has been a

1:07:441:07:49

world record for sometime.

She's got

it in her.

She has to, at least

1:07:491:07:56

consistently deliver on the big

stages, the next step is world

1:07:561:08:01

records.

Maybe that's what she is

saving the big smile for.

1:08:011:08:05

LAUGHTER

She is the world indoor champion,

1:08:051:08:09

though, and congratulations to her

and in the end it was a great high

1:08:091:08:12

jump competition. Coming up on the

track, the first race on the track,

1:08:121:08:17

the first final of these

championships is the women's 3000

1:08:171:08:21

metres. One year ago in Laura Muir

conquered the European Indoor

1:08:211:08:24

challenges that lay before her in

Belgrade with two golds. This is a

1:08:241:08:28

chance for her to win her first

global medal on the world stage.

1:08:281:08:37

COMMENTATOR: Once more, what an

athlete this woman is, Genzebe

1:08:471:08:51

Dibaba. It will be gold. It's going

to be a gold medal for Netherlands

1:08:511:08:56

as Hassan

1:08:561:09:01

as Hassan wins the title. Look at

this last lap from Hellen Obiri.

1:09:021:09:06

Gold to Kenya. But here is Laura

Muir. She has now got two gold

1:09:061:09:14

medals and she is the champion again

and it's another record.

1:09:141:09:18

STUDIO: Paula Radcliffe is in the

commentary box ahead of this race

1:09:201:09:27

for us. Paula, we have seen the

athletes come out and they have had

1:09:271:09:32

their first taste of the track

tonight. You were watching from up

1:09:321:09:37

there, no doubt. Your thoughts on

Laura this evening?

She has come

1:09:371:09:40

into this year and it's a bit of an

off year for her, we mentioned how

1:09:401:09:46

she is concentrating on her studies.

In some ways that means she is tired

1:09:461:09:49

but also there is no pressure on

her. Wenxiu came in with those

1:09:491:09:54

expectations last year in Belgrade,

she can really go out and have fun

1:09:541:09:58

tonight. Having said that, the other

girls will be well aware she has

1:09:581:10:04

already won and they will look to

her to see when she makes her move.

1:10:041:10:08

There will not be anyone apart from

Klosterhalfen or Dibaba who will

1:10:081:10:12

make a move before Laura Muir

tonight.

Tactics, Laura Muir loves

1:10:121:10:17

to take it out and she loves the

front running but indoors it's very

1:10:171:10:21

difficult to have it your own way

and at a major championship it is

1:10:211:10:25

difficult to have it your own way

like that.

It is. Undoubtedly she

1:10:251:10:29

will have come in with a plan but

she and Andy will have sat down and

1:10:291:10:33

made a plan but it must be flexible

because like you said indoors things

1:10:331:10:38

can change so quickly and she must

be well aware of what is going on

1:10:381:10:41

around her, who is around her and be

careful when she is making moves.

1:10:411:10:46

Paula, you mentioned early on to

make the field is loaded, Genzebe

1:10:461:10:50

Dibaba, the world champion from two

years ago is in there amongst others

1:10:501:10:52

and they know the threat that Laura

poses to them, obviously from London

1:10:521:10:57

and racing her on the circuit. What

kind of tactics will Dibaba go for?

1:10:571:11:04

Interesting, Dibaba has raced well,

she has run a 3.57, undoubtedly in

1:11:041:11:09

good shape, not as good a shape as

the years when we have seen her come

1:11:091:11:14

out and run 8.16. She will be aware

Laura Muir has finishing speed,

1:11:141:11:19

Hoolahan can close very fast guy she

closed in 28 seconds in the US

1:11:191:11:23

championships so if they let it go

to slow she becomes a big danger. I

1:11:231:11:27

think Dibaba might panic. She has

the likes of Obiri and Hassan who

1:11:271:11:32

will not make a move early on and

she might decide to go early which

1:11:321:11:36

will help Laura.

She knows all about

Obiri and Hassan because she was in

1:11:361:11:39

the race with them in the summer,

the 5000 meteors in London when

1:11:391:11:46

Obiri won gold and Hassan took the

bronze -- 5000 metres.

All of the

1:11:461:11:51

runners know and respect each other

here and they know where each

1:11:511:11:55

other's strengths lie and I'm sure

there is lots of respect for Laura

1:11:551:11:58

Muir among them and lots of fear for

the way she runs, she runs in a

1:11:581:12:02

fearless way and she will take you

by the scruff of the neck and she is

1:12:021:12:06

not afraid to lay it all out there

and I fully expect her to do that

1:12:061:12:09

tonight but I hope she doesn't go

too soon.

Thank you, Paula. We will

1:12:091:12:13

hear from the Eilish McColgan who is

of course running tonight as well

1:12:131:12:18

with her very famous coach and mum,

of course, Liz McColgan. We saw them

1:12:181:12:23

together earlier this evening. This

is what Eilish had to say about this

1:12:231:12:29

one.

I feel like a medal would be a

very tough ask considering it's

1:12:291:12:33

probably the best fielding history

of 3000 metre running. For me, if I

1:12:331:12:38

could go in and run a PB that is all

I could ask for. I Lutfur Rahman a

1:12:381:12:46

fast race and a strong race and come

out of things knowing that I have

1:12:461:12:50

the speed in my legs and that sort

of pace which will help me over the

1:12:501:12:54

5K later on this year. Outdoor 5K is

my priority so I feel like a three K

1:12:541:13:00

is a good training thing for me to

do to work on my speed work for the

1:13:001:13:05

outdoor season. So, yeah, for me to

run a PB and be competitive that's

1:13:051:13:12

what I want to become a competitive

against these girls and not fear

1:13:121:13:15

them because anything can happen in

any indoor race. I think there is

1:13:151:13:19

something like 12 girls sub 8.42. We

have probably had five goals in the

1:13:191:13:25

history in the UK run sub 8.42. Is a

strong field, Hassan from the

1:13:251:13:33

Netherlands, Obiri comp Dibaba and

Laura Muir, so even the top side of

1:13:331:13:37

things is very strong but the depth

throughout the field as well --

1:13:371:13:41

Obiri and Dibaba. It is a really

unique race, much stronger than the

1:13:411:13:46

1500 so I'm really excited and

almost intrigued to see how it will

1:13:461:13:50

go. I just can't wait to get out

there now and hopefully come away

1:13:501:13:55

with a quick time.

STUDIO: We

mentioned, of course, Laura Muir

1:13:551:13:59

sacrificed the Commonwealth Games

because of her studies. Colin, you

1:13:591:14:03

were a star at both, world indoors

and world Commonwealth Games, but

1:14:031:14:07

knowing how much it means to her

1:14:071:14:13

knowing how much it means to her off

to race for Scotland she will be

1:14:151:14:17

putting so much into this diet, you

Laura Muir, because this is a big

1:14:171:14:20

Championships, because until the

Europeans in August this is it for

1:14:201:14:22

her.

This must be her focus now, she

will engage with the whole crowd and

1:14:221:14:25

hope the home supporters will see

her through. This is incredible, as

1:14:251:14:27

has been said, an incredibly

talented field, at no stage in the

1:14:271:14:30

race will there be what I would

describe as clear air where you

1:14:301:14:34

could run free and fast. There will

always be competitive aspects to it

1:14:341:14:40

and Laura will relish the

opportunity of the home crowd giving

1:14:401:14:43

her support. She knows this is a

good opportunity for her and I think

1:14:431:14:47

all of us will be cheering her every

single lap.

She was so good in

1:14:471:14:52

Belgrade, the field not nearly as

strong as it is tonight.

Yeah, it's

1:14:521:14:57

not a strong. It was strong in

Belgrade and tonight it is. She is a

1:14:571:15:04

different athlete, she talked about

how her mindset is. She is a

1:15:041:15:10

different athlete. We must commend

her with making those tough

1:15:101:15:14

decisions that suit her as a

professional athlete but as a

1:15:141:15:19

veterinary student going forward.

That's her life going forward.

1:15:191:15:23

Making those life choices are

important and you've got to get it

1:15:231:15:26

right.

Steve Cram is up on our

commentary platform ahead of this

1:15:261:15:30

one. Welcome back from Pyeongchang,

Steve, glad you made it back for

1:15:301:15:34

this one and four tonight because

there seems to be a tempering of

1:15:341:15:38

expectation of Laura Muir ahead of

this perhaps compared to the World

1:15:381:15:42

Championships because her studies

have been so intense, she has

1:15:421:15:45

perhaps not on the level of training

she had a hell of Belgrade last

1:15:451:15:48

year. Could she surprise us? Could

she get on to the rostrum? Do you

1:15:481:15:53

expect her to push for the medals?

1:15:531:15:56

Expect is a strong word. Yes, Laura

expects that. I spoke to her at the

1:15:561:16:03

hotel. She is very relaxed. This is

tough. She know it is's tough.

1:16:031:16:11

Dibaba, Paula said is beatable.

Obiri is beet beatable.

1:16:111:16:19

Obiri is beet beatable. -- beatable.

Hassan has won one race. She needs

1:16:211:16:29

to be patient. If she gives herself

a good chance on the last lap I

1:16:291:16:35

think she could win a medal.

Lasitskene had her final attempt.

1:16:351:16:41

Walking away from here tonight with

that Gold medal that she cleared at

1:16:411:16:46

2.01 earlier. She's so far and away

the dominant high jumper in the

1:16:461:16:54

world. As Denise said, one day

perhaps that world record will be

1:16:541:16:59

hers and maybe not too far away. .

Back to that 3000 metres. The

1:16:591:17:03

fireworks are coming. The grand

entrances will be coming in a moment

1:17:031:17:07

as well. Just see that failure one

more time. Steve, they will make

1:17:071:17:16

their entrance into the arena in a

moment. Eilish McColgan will hope

1:17:161:17:22

it's the start of another good year

for her. She made great progress

1:17:221:17:25

last year?

She made great progress.

At the European Indoor door

1:17:251:17:34

Championships where Laura won Eilish

McColgan got bronze and kicked them

1:17:341:17:38

into a a good season. I think they

made a mess of it. That high jump

1:17:381:17:41

was great. The girls were told there

may be a little delay. Nothing worse

1:17:411:17:47

than lining up for a World

Championship final and that is what

1:17:471:17:51

it is and being delayed. That isn't

a Grand Prix event. It should have

1:17:511:17:57

been choreographed better. This is

has not been good for the 3,000

1:17:571:18:02

girls they are ready to come out.

Thank you Steve. I wouldn't expect

1:18:021:18:05

anything else but a crumble on night

one. We love you for that. They are

1:18:051:18:11

ready to come out now for the 3000

metres. The first race on the track.

1:18:111:18:16

The first final on the track of

these World Indoor Championships.

1:18:161:18:23

After that almost medal chance there

from Morgan Lake what will it do for

1:18:231:18:28

the British team if Laura Muir can

push herself amongst the medals?

1:18:281:18:32

It's a natural lift. Be honest,

medals for the British team are

1:18:321:18:36

going to be light on the ground.

That's for many reasons, one in

1:18:361:18:41

particular, you highlighted, the

Commonwealth Games. People are

1:18:411:18:43

making the choice not to be here.

1:18:431:18:45

Commonwealth Games. People are

making the choice not to be here. It

1:18:451:18:46

will be great for the team if she

can deliver here.

The fireworks are

1:18:461:18:52

coming, the lights are down. Steve

Cram it's over to you and Paula

1:18:521:18:56

Radcliffe.

COMMENTATOR: Thank you. They will be

1:18:561:19:00

introduced from that door on the

right hand side. The far side of the

1:19:001:19:05

track. The fireworks, whatever else

we are going to get, will begin in a

1:19:051:19:12

couple of seconds time. Out one by

one fairly quickly. The track events

1:19:121:19:17

more of an individual introduction.

This is an incredibly strong field.

1:19:171:19:22

Genevieve Lalonde had a good start

to her season. New Canadian record

1:19:221:19:25

holder. Then second out is Eilish

McColgan. As I said, Eilish McColgan

1:19:251:19:36

that indoor performance where she

picked up a couple of places on the

1:19:361:19:40

last 200 metres really set her up

nicely for an incredible year for

1:19:401:19:44

her in terms of times and

performances. Tamara Armoush,

1:19:441:19:47

running for Jordan. 9.27. She will

do well to stay with this field.

1:19:471:19:54

Sifan Hassan. I said - I can't see -

she's run a good 3000. Trains in

1:19:541:20:04

America. Dominique Scott, very good

last 18 months or so. Former

1:20:041:20:10

US-based South African. The next

athlete out I think, Paula is right

1:20:101:20:16

to highlight as a threat. Shelby

Houlihan doubled up with the US

1:20:161:20:21

champs. She had a great 3000 race

and won the 1500. In the shape of

1:20:211:20:29

her life. Konstanze Klosterhalfen

the 21-year-old German who loves to

1:20:291:20:33

front run. Ran a superb time at the

German Championships on her own.

1:20:331:20:41

Genzebe Dibaba the two-time

championship at this distance at the

1:20:411:20:44

World Indoors. At her best very

difficult to beat. Katie Mackey the

1:20:441:20:53

second of the two Americans. Pipped

Colbourne on the line in the US

1:20:531:21:02

championships to take the second

spot. Fantu Worku may do work for

1:21:021:21:05

Dibaba or help her out. She's only

18. Good junior career and her first

1:21:051:21:12

taj of a major championships as a

senior. Meraf Bahta, runs for

1:21:121:21:16

Sweden. She is wondering where to

go. Former European Champion at 5000

1:21:161:21:24

metres. Laura Muir will get a great

reception. As Paula was saying, an

1:21:241:21:30

eventful journey down. Two flights

cancelled. Decided to make it by

1:21:301:21:36

car. Had to fight their way down the

M74. Thankfully after that things

1:21:361:21:42

got easier. It was late last night

she got here. Seems pretty relaxed

1:21:421:21:48

about that. Hellen Obiri almost

tripping up. Can she add the World

1:21:481:21:55

Indoor title here. Hellen Obiri a

were former World Indoor Champion in

1:21:551:22:01

2012 herself. Well, I think for

distance runners it's the sort of

1:22:011:22:06

race that they really relish with

Laura Muir taking on some of the

1:22:061:22:11

world's best distance runners at

1500 and 5000 metres coming together

1:22:111:22:19

at the classic 3,000-metre distance.

1:22:191:22:25

15 laps indoors. Eilish McColgan

joining Laura Muir in their quest to

1:22:291:22:36

win a medal for Great Britain.

1:22:361:22:44

3,000-metre race which brings

together the quick 1500 metre runs,

1:22:441:22:50

the distance specialists as well.

With Laura Muir having 1.59 800

1:22:501:22:55

metres with the likes of Genzebe

Dibaba will not hang around until

1:22:551:22:58

the last two or three laps. Others

can finish fast. As Paula rightly

1:22:581:23:02

said. Paula, as ever, these races

tend to start slowly and then at

1:23:021:23:07

some point it will get going?

They

did. The prize for starting the

1:23:071:23:16

slowest went to Genzebe Dibaba. She

gave the others a good second or so

1:23:161:23:20

head start. She has got what she

wanted. Able now to track Sifan

1:23:201:23:25

Hassan and keep her eye on the rest

of the field. Laura Muir has found

1:23:251:23:28

herself at the front. Which is

probably what the rest of the field

1:23:281:23:32

would have expected.

Laura I think

is an athlete who excels indoors.

1:23:321:23:38

She is a great out door runner.

She's even better indoors, I think.

1:23:381:23:44

That's partly her stature, that

helps. The bad weather up in

1:23:441:23:47

Glasgow, she said I don't mind I've

been training indoors for indoor

1:23:471:23:52

championship. Hellen Obiri right

there as well. One Kenyan in this.

1:23:521:23:59

Konstanze Klosterhalfen in

particular another who likes to

1:23:591:24:01

front run. Klosterhalfen, just that

slightly longer stride. Might feel

1:24:011:24:07

more comfortable out front.

Wen couldn't get much pushing in the

1:24:071:24:11

3000. Laura Muir set off at a

reasonable pace. Not too slow. It's

1:24:111:24:15

certainly not the race pace that

these women are capable of.

No, you

1:24:151:24:20

can see Eilish McColgan having to

chop her stride. Another one, like

1:24:201:24:25

Klosterhalfen with a long stride.

She is trapped on the curve there

1:24:251:24:29

behind Laura Muir. She's chopping

her stride. Clipped by Dominique

1:24:291:24:33

Scott behind her. You can tell she

is not happy there. If a gap opens

1:24:331:24:38

up, don't be surprised if you see

Eilish McColgan grabs it and

1:24:381:24:44

Klosterhalfen has decided to wait

her time a little bit.

Six of the

1:24:441:24:47

last seven champions in this

distance have come from Ethiopia.

1:24:471:24:50

The one that didn't was Hellen Obiri

from Kenya. Were it to not be one of

1:24:501:24:57

those two nations winning, then we

breaking long, goes all the way

1:24:571:25:04

back, these championships haven't

always been held in two years. 2003

1:25:041:25:08

in Birmingham the year after they

were held immediately one year

1:25:081:25:13

afterwards.

1:25:131:25:20

afterwards. Genzebe Dibaba would

love to make it three world titles

1:25:201:25:22

for her. Hassan winning the 1500

metre title in Portland. No slouch

1:25:221:25:28

in the latter stages. It was a medal

of 5000 she won outdoors. There she

1:25:281:25:34

is, Sifan Hassan. Only won one race,

only the 3000 this years?

It counts

1:25:341:25:43

in knowing what shape she is in. She

took time to settle into the

1:25:431:25:48

training group in Portland. She was

a little bit not herself last year.

1:25:481:25:53

Genzebe Dibaba quickly making a move

around the outside. Sifan Hassan nt

1:25:531:25:59

yet responded. She has started to

close up now. It's not the decisive

1:25:591:26:04

move from Dibaba. It's getting

herself in closer order and

1:26:041:26:08

recognising the fact that Konstanze

Klosterhalfen had gone hard to the

1:26:081:26:10

front and made her bid to stretch

this out a little bit.

Very slow

1:26:101:26:16

indeed. It's become a 2,000-metre

race. It was the lap before this,

1:26:161:26:23

just about now, that Dibaba last

time in Portland threw in a 63

1:26:231:26:31

400-metre stretch that blew the

field apart. I don't think she will

1:26:311:26:38

do that here. Bahta is moving up the

outside. All the big names starting

1:26:381:26:43

to gather behind Klosterhalfen, who

will now have to make this a long

1:26:431:26:47

run for home. She is capable of it.

She is very strong. This is going to

1:26:471:26:52

be wearing people down gradually.

Can you hang on, particularly for

1:26:521:26:56

the likes of Eilish McColgan. For

Shelby Houlihan the others, all of

1:26:561:27:02

those, are now knowing this next

1000 metres will determine whether

1:27:021:27:06

or not they can hang on to be there

when the medals are handed out.

I

1:27:061:27:09

think this is going to be a long

turning of the screw now by

1:27:091:27:15

Konstanze Klosterhalfen. She hasn't

put a burst of speed. She has picked

1:27:151:27:19

it up. The big names reacted quickly

to that. She is comfortable. Very

1:27:191:27:24

fearless. Not afraid to run from the

front. She run 8. 36 this year

1:27:241:27:29

indoors, completely on her own. She

knows the pace she can run at her

1:27:291:27:32

own. Almost run better when she is

free of the field and able to run.

1:27:321:27:36

She will be glancing up at the

screens and she will have seen the

1:27:361:27:40

effect that already that surge has

had on the rest of the field.

A very

1:27:401:27:47

slow first 1500 metres. Harping back

to 2016, Dibaba ran 4.8 for the last

1:27:471:27:57

1500 metres. Klosterhalfen trying to

do something similar. Will want to

1:27:571:28:00

stretch it out. Doesn't have the

1500 metre pace. She has run sub

1:28:001:28:06

four minutes outdoors. You get the

fielding for her she will be hoping

1:28:061:28:10

that she can Whittle this down,

gradually get rid of a few. Won't be

1:28:101:28:14

for a few laps yet. Too many good

runners behind her. She has a look

1:28:141:28:18

over her showned shoulder. A big

screen at the bottom. As you head

1:28:181:28:22

down the back straight. A better

view of who is there. It's Dibaba,

1:28:221:28:28

Obiri, Laura Muir, Meraf Bahta,

Dominique Scott, Worku, Houlihan and

1:28:281:28:33

McColgan. If this was part of Laura

Muir's plan. At the front, but

1:28:331:28:37

wasn't doing anything with it. She

didn't want to be there.

Her 3000

1:28:371:28:43

metres this year she went too fast

and paid for it in the closing

1:28:431:28:46

stages. Within her plan is not to go

too fast in the closing stages. To

1:28:461:28:50

set it up for somebody else to do

the work and react to it.

2.53 for

1:28:501:28:58

the seconding 1000 metres. We are in

a real race. Dibaba decided, right,

1:28:581:29:01

thank you very much, Konstanze

Klosterhalfen, I will take this on

1:29:011:29:04

for from here. Beer Obiri quick to

cover Laura Muir trying to close the

1:29:041:29:09

gap. Klosterhalfen checking as Obiri

cuts in front of her. Hassan getting

1:29:091:29:14

closer. Eilish McColgan tailed off

at this point. They are coming

1:29:141:29:17

round, four laps. 800 metres. Dibaba

issic maing a real run for homele.

1:29:171:29:22

Laura Muir has a great chance.

Gathering herself. Still very much

1:29:221:29:26

involved. So there are now nine odd

clear. Eight are clear of the rest.

1:29:261:29:32

A big gap after that. Dibaba is

having to work hard here. She's not

1:29:321:29:37

having as much effect as she would

have wished.

Now Hassan moves around

1:29:371:29:42

Laura Muir a on to the shoulder of

Klosterhalfen. She has nerves of

1:29:421:29:45

steel. She did not panic at all.

There she worked her way gradually.

1:29:451:29:49

A clip there as she went too close.

Muir moves around. She has to watch

1:29:491:29:55

as Klosterhalfen moves wide.

Dibaba

is really turning the screw here.

1:29:551:30:00

Obiri is struggling. Laura Muir

looked as though she wanted to get

1:30:001:30:04

ahead. Didn't have the pace. Working

hard to find her position shech has

1:30:041:30:08

a Hans chance here. Obiri is fading.

The effort to go with Dibaba may

1:30:081:30:16

have put paid to her chances.

Dibaba, Hassan and Laura Muir. 400

1:30:161:30:22

metres, two laps.

She still has a

chance here. Dibaba isn't moving any

1:30:221:30:26

quicker away. She's in the shadow,

in the slip stream of Sifan Hassan.

1:30:261:30:30

If she can wait am. Not go too soon

and aware of the lap runners as they

1:30:301:30:38

come round.

Beerberg is, working

hard to hang on to Laura Muir.

1:30:381:30:41

Hassan is bringing Laura Muir back

to Dibaba. Dibaba threw in a 31

1:30:411:30:47

after a 33 and a 32. Now Dibaba

tries to kick again. Laura Muir

1:30:471:30:51

looks like there is a medal here.

Dibaba is trying to go. She has to

1:30:511:30:57

pick it up. They are coming. Hassan

and Laura Muir just getting closer.

1:30:571:31:03

Step-by-step. Hassan is closing.

Muir is using it to get to Dibaba.

1:31:031:31:08

She's got a medal. What colour will

it be? Dibaba trying to make it

1:31:081:31:13

three world titles in a row. Kicks

again. Hassan tries. Here comes

1:31:131:31:17

Laura Muir. One last effort. Dibaba,

looking for the line. She's just

1:31:171:31:22

about going to make it. Genzebe

Dibaba gets the gold, Hassan gets

1:31:221:31:26

the silver. Laura Muir the bronze.

2.37 for the last kilometer. That is

1:31:261:31:34

very, very quick indeed. Eilish

McColgan, I'm watching come in

1:31:341:31:39

almost stepping on the kerb as she

comes into the last 20

1:31:391:31:45

I thought Laura would have to run

extremely well to get a medal in

1:31:451:31:53

this field, you had to beat somebody

very good, that somebody on this

1:31:531:31:56

occasion was Hellen Obiri. Hats off

to Dibaba, she went hard and knew

1:31:561:32:00

what she had to do, Hassan almost

brought Laura back to her, I thought

1:32:001:32:05

Dibaba was starting to struggle with

400 to go but she found something

1:32:051:32:07

else. 31.4 before the last 100

metres and around the last 461.4,

1:32:071:32:17

that fast.

That's very, very fast

off the back of an already quicker

1:32:171:32:22

second 1000 metres as well, and

that's what has done the damage and

1:32:221:32:26

Laura Muir has run really well. Like

you, Steve, I thought for a fleeting

1:32:261:32:32

second Dibaba had got the lapse a

bit wrong and overcooked it and was

1:32:321:32:36

tying up with 200 metres to go but

she found enough to pick it up again

1:32:361:32:40

for the last lap and stay clear of

the two chasing who sensed she was

1:32:401:32:44

fading and have the bit between

their teeth. Laura Muir did nothing

1:32:441:32:48

wrong, she got herself in the right

position to get past Hassan almost

1:32:481:32:52

in the last few strides and she

didn't quite have enough. I'm

1:32:521:32:58

pleased for Sifan Hassan. After the

year she had last year she needed a

1:32:581:33:01

boost and she has come out and got

that tonight.

She had a great

1:33:011:33:06

rivalry with Dibaba. Laura Muir will

be delighted, she has a world medal

1:33:061:33:10

in doors, something she excels at,

and I think to come here and win a

1:33:101:33:17

medal is something she thoroughly

deserves. She's got a tough year

1:33:171:33:20

ahead in terms of her studies. We

have heard all about that, she will

1:33:201:33:25

be around at the European

Championships in the summer and had

1:33:251:33:28

into the Worlds next year. Genzebe

Dibaba, 4.4, last 1500 metres, that

1:33:281:33:35

is exceptional. Dibaba, we have to

admit, when she goes like this. It

1:33:351:33:41

was smart, Paula, because she may

have sensed they were kicking and

1:33:411:33:44

she kicked with about 20 metres to

go before the bell which almost

1:33:441:33:47

looked as if she was heading for the

line but she had 225 metres to go as

1:33:471:33:53

it were, and she got the extra yard

or two which she was able to hold

1:33:531:33:57

onto as they came off the bend. At

this point Laura Muir looks like she

1:33:571:34:03

might get past Hassan but Hassan is

a fighter and holds her off. Great

1:34:031:34:07

race.

Really good race, looking

again at the last 50 metres, they

1:34:071:34:12

are all working to the absolute

limit, of course, because it is a

1:34:121:34:17

World Championship final. You can

see how hard Genzebe Dibaba is

1:34:171:34:20

working on her face, that is rare,

it is usual to see Sifan Hassan

1:34:201:34:25

digging deep and Laura Muir working

hard but to see Genzebe Dibaba

1:34:251:34:28

working to her limit, we don't often

see that. Some people might say

1:34:281:34:33

Sifan Hassan moved out wide and

blocked Laura Muir. I don't think

1:34:331:34:36

she was, I think she had seen

Bobocea in front of her and she

1:34:361:34:39

moved out thinking she would have to

work around that lapped athlete.

I

1:34:391:34:43

don't think there is anything wrong

with what happened. Dibaba doing the

1:34:431:34:48

smart thing moving out in the home

straight and make anyone coming on

1:34:481:34:51

the outside go a bit further. Hassan

doing the same, well aware of Laura

1:34:511:34:55

Muir, she never quite got in front

of her, or right of alongside her so

1:34:551:34:59

I don't think there was any

hindrance, I don't think Laura would

1:34:591:35:03

say there was either. It was all

fair. Great bronze medal for Laura

1:35:031:35:07

Muir, 1500 to come, they are all

running that, most of these women

1:35:071:35:12

are, that gives us a point to. They

have heats tomorrow, Laura Muir is

1:35:121:35:17

in Genzebe Dibaba's heat tomorrow so

if they didn't already know each

1:35:171:35:20

other very well, which they do, then

they certainly will get to know each

1:35:201:35:25

other's capabilities even more this

weekend. That means a lot to Laura

1:35:251:35:32

Muir. She has had lots of ups and

downs and that fourth place at the

1:35:321:35:35

World Championships last year was a

real stinger for her. So, a bronze

1:35:351:35:41

medal this time, excellent

performance, season's best. She has

1:35:411:35:45

run quicker in a mixed race, so

although that says a best she ran

1:35:451:35:50

faster earlier on in the season.

Sifan Hassan, the silver medal for

1:35:501:35:55

the Netherlands and the Golden

Miller goes to Genzebe Dibaba again,

1:35:551:35:58

of Ethiopia. -- the gold medal.

1:35:581:36:03

Miller goes to Genzebe Dibaba again,

of Ethiopia. -- the gold medal.

1:36:031:36:03

STUDIO: That was a good way to end

the first night, great race and

1:36:031:36:07

fantastic finish from Laura Muir.

It

was a stunning race, thrilling from

1:36:071:36:12

the start. It was always going to

be, not so scrappy, but very

1:36:121:36:16

competitive and Laura was in the

right place at the right time ready

1:36:161:36:19

to strike. Fantastic distance

running.

What did you make of the

1:36:191:36:25

elbows on the line, Michael?

I

thought it was smart running by

1:36:251:36:28

Hassan, actually. I think for Laura

this was always going to be tough

1:36:281:36:32

but there was going to be an

opportunity and it was that balance,

1:36:321:36:36

tough race with great athletes but I

think they are all aware that she

1:36:361:36:40

has been running really well and she

seems to have really matured over

1:36:401:36:43

the years. Listening to her

interviews she sounds much more sure

1:36:431:36:47

of herself and confident which

ultimately translates into success

1:36:471:36:50

on the track. This as a global medal

is a fantastic start for her in what

1:36:501:36:56

could be an amazing future. We saw

last year outdoors she is right

1:36:561:37:01

there. This is a great start for

her.

Obiri, she ended up at

1:37:011:37:11

overtaking, who was fourth in

London, this is the progress we are

1:37:111:37:14

talking about with young athletes

pushing themselves and this field is

1:37:141:37:17

stacked, it's not like she has come

here and put herself among people

1:37:171:37:20

who were not in London. These are

the winning she couldn't get past.

1:37:201:37:25

Absolutely and when you take a race

like this on, she would have looked

1:37:251:37:29

at the schedule and how it worked

out and thought to herself, you know

1:37:291:37:33

what, I'm as good as these athletes

these days, my quality and

1:37:331:37:37

performance as I can do our

world-class and its been

1:37:371:37:42

demonstrated. No chance of Laura

would give up, she worked hard all

1:37:421:37:45

the way into the line, beaten by

somebody who was a bit more racist

1:37:451:37:50

Savea the end. She did enough just

to make Laura, if she wants this she

1:37:501:37:54

will have to go around a long way.

Brilliant race, exciting to see for

1:37:541:37:58

all of us, and the kind of race we

were expecting.

Paula, who is in the

1:37:581:38:04

commentary box, I believe, if this

is the moment she is breaking in

1:38:041:38:15

is the moment she is breaking in to

global medals and doing it in one of

1:38:151:38:17

the toughest years of her life when

she does her finals for her better

1:38:171:38:19

marine exams, things are looking

rosy for Laura Muir's running

1:38:191:38:21

future.

It looks really good and

it's almost like she has cracked the

1:38:211:38:24

nemesis that was stopping her

breaking through and getting that

1:38:241:38:26

medal. So many times she came been

challenging for a medal, didn't do

1:38:261:38:30

anything wrong, ran really well but

didn't walk away with a medal. This

1:38:301:38:34

time she walks away with a medal and

knows she hasn't come in 100% and

1:38:341:38:38

she knows she can build on that and

come back in the 1500 and do it

1:38:381:38:43

again.

They were exhausted, Laura

was lying on the track and looked

1:38:431:38:47

spent. You have no worries about her

being back for 1500 metres?

She

1:38:471:38:52

will. You should try and run a

thousand metres and see what you

1:38:521:38:57

looked like.

I wasn't judging her,

just wondering how they will get

1:38:571:39:00

themselves up tomorrow for the 1500

metres.

Laura is one of the

1:39:001:39:05

strongest athletes out there so she

will recover from that, not with

1:39:051:39:08

ease, but she will take it in her

stride.

What will she do, Paula?

1:39:081:39:13

Will she have an ice bath? You don't

need an ice bath, just run outside.

1:39:131:39:19

Just go down to the canal! Sure have

some sort of ice bath, definitely a

1:39:191:39:24

massage, get and food into her

quickly and a good night's sleep to

1:39:241:39:28

recover.

Thank you, Paula. We have

three medal ceremonies back to back

1:39:281:39:32

because all of these events tonight

were finals, and those high jump

1:39:321:39:37

medal ceremonies will come first.

It's the women's first and Steve

1:39:371:39:41

Cram, take it away.

1:39:411:39:42

It's the women's first and Steve

Cram, take it away. COMMENTATOR:

1:39:421:39:43

Thank you. This is all looking very

nice, Seb Coe walking out with a bit

1:39:431:39:48

of atmosphere, a bit of moody music.

Seb Coe is a big fan of jazz, in

1:39:481:39:54

case you didn't know. Good

competition. Morgan Lake, so close

1:39:541:40:00

to winning a medal, finishing in

fourth place after a couple of

1:40:001:40:03

failures at her opening height of

1.84. But the champion Lasitskene

1:40:031:40:14

has been supreme, her 30th

consecutive victory. Just

1:40:141:40:21

remembering that Sebastian Coe and

the IAAF still not allowing athletes

1:40:211:40:24

to compete for Russia. You may have

been following what happened at the

1:40:241:40:27

Winter Olympics when they were named

as Olympic athletes from Russia.

1:40:271:40:31

They compete under the acronym ANA

here but I haven't seen a Russian

1:40:311:40:38

flag in Birmingham so I'm sure that

will be fluttering when she stands

1:40:381:40:41

on the rostrum here.

Sebastian Coe, IAAF President.

So,

1:40:411:40:52

Sebastian Coe gets to present these

striking medals, as Gabby was

1:40:521:40:59

saying, designed by local students,

the bronze medal going to Alessia

1:40:591:41:03

Trost of Italy.

1:41:031:41:08

Trost of Italy. Remember her being

so delighted when she won a medal at

1:41:101:41:13

the European Indoors three years ago

in 2015. That was a bit of a

1:41:131:41:19

surprise for her then and I think

this one pretty much as much so.

1:41:191:41:25

Only 1.93. I think the jury might be

out as to whether the whole thing

1:41:251:41:29

with the two high jump competition

is facing each other. Nice to get

1:41:291:41:33

the thoughts of the competitors

themselves on that. The former

1:41:331:41:39

champion now, she came in as the

defending champion, Vashti

1:41:391:41:43

Cunningham, still just 20. Amazing

to think that because she has been

1:41:431:41:46

talked about for such a long time.

Silver medal this time. Only, I say

1:41:461:41:52

only, clearing 1.93, you'd expect

her to come to a World Indoor

1:41:521:41:56

Championships and go a bit higher

than that. But no doubt about the

1:41:561:42:01

winner. Authorised neutral athlete

Mariya Lasitskene. The gold medal

1:42:011:42:11

continuing what has been a stunning

couple of years for her, world

1:42:111:42:16

champion in 2015 and 2017, not

allowed to compete in the Olympic

1:42:161:42:21

Games, of course. Morgan Lake's

fourth is the best ever position by

1:42:211:42:25

a Brit in this event, the previous

was fifth by Dyah Davis and Debbie

1:42:251:42:30

Marti.

1:42:301:42:35

-- Diana Davis.

1:42:451:42:55

So, no national anthem for

Lasitskene, I think that is the IAAF

1:43:361:43:40

hymn, it may have been written by

Seb Coe, not sure. There are your

1:43:401:43:45

medallists. The men's high jump to

come shortly and then Laura Muir in

1:43:451:43:49

the 3000 metres after that.

1:43:491:43:54

the 3000 metres after that. Lots of

Russian athletes will think

1:43:561:43:59

themselves lucky they are allowed to

compete with an exemption from the

1:43:591:44:02

band but she didn't look

particularly impressed at the IAAF

1:44:021:44:05

music playing instead of the Russian

anthem, and it must be a strange

1:44:051:44:09

position to be in when you are a

world champion and it's that moment

1:44:091:44:13

of your flag and your anthem doesn't

happen.

It doesn't but she was

1:44:131:44:17

looking for the flags because I

couldn't see them either.

They were

1:44:171:44:20

at the very far end.

She knows the

position. What you can't take away

1:44:201:44:25

from her is her incredible unbeaten

run. She is just sensational. I

1:44:251:44:32

can't think of another athlete of

the top of my head who has had

1:44:321:44:36

such...

38. That was her 30th

unbeaten, consecutive victory. How

1:44:361:44:41

long did you,, Michael?

58.

No,

whatever!

It's at least a big enough

1:44:411:44:51

number that we will never know what

it is.

Still only half of Ed Moses.

1:44:511:44:59

There was 89 in the sprints as well.

She has a long way to go.

Yes.

This

1:44:591:45:07

is her winning jump of 1.96, and of

course at this point she had cleared

1:45:071:45:11

everything before her.

1:45:111:45:15

What I like about it. She could have

quit, couldn't she. She could have

1:45:151:45:19

said, I will do these consistently,

enough to win. I think she wants to

1:45:191:45:24

go for that over two metres time and

time again. If you get through every

1:45:241:45:32

single competition over two metres

mark that is huge. It gets into the

1:45:321:45:35

mindset of your rivals. It doesn't

matter what she will do, she will

1:45:351:45:39

always get over that two metres, so

you have to raise your game.

She

1:45:391:45:43

wants more than that. She's got to.

Two metres consistently, I would say

1:45:431:45:49

is nothing, she does it is with such

ease she has to be putting herself

1:45:491:45:54

against - OK can I get up to 2.08.

Went to 2.07. She needs those higher

1:45:541:46:01

heights to know what 2.10 might

really feel like.

When you are

1:46:011:46:05

feeling it and you are feeling

confident and things are flowing,

1:46:051:46:09

you are executing exactly as you

planned. Which doesn't always

1:46:091:46:12

happen, when that is the case you

know this is an opportunity then for

1:46:121:46:16

me to achieve maybe a personal best.

That's your opportunity to go for

1:46:161:46:19

it.

I'm sure somebody will come

along who will push her and push her

1:46:191:46:24

and break that consecutive streak at

some point. At the moment there

1:46:241:46:28

isn't that kind of rivalry like we

are seeing here with the men, with

1:46:281:46:32

Barshim and Lysenko. They have

traded places from the summer, from

1:46:321:46:36

London when Barshim was the World

Champion and Lysenko will be the man

1:46:361:46:40

on the top podium. Steve Cram.

1:46:401:46:47

on the top podium. Steve Cram. STER

CRAM: He is. We will hear that

1:46:471:46:51

anthem again. I knew it wasn't

written by Seb Coe. Just in case you

1:46:511:46:58

thought... I was only joke being

that. This men's competition. To

1:46:581:47:03

remind you, Robbie Grabarz finishing

in ninth place. Disappointment for

1:47:031:47:08

him going out at 2.25. Took three

attempt to get over 2.20.

The Iaaf

1:47:081:47:20

Vice President, Dahlan Al Hamid.

He

will present the medals for this

1:47:201:47:25

event. The man who finishes third,

Germany I don't think have ever won

1:47:251:47:35

a high jump medal indoors.

1:47:351:47:41

a high jump medal indoors. It's his

country's first and his in this

1:47:411:47:44

event. Delighted young man. 2.29.

Deseent performance. He thought he

1:47:441:47:52

might not get a medal if he clears

2.29. He Detective Inspector have to

1:47:521:47:56

go too high to get a medal. The top

two, the two we would have expected

1:47:561:48:01

before hand, not necessarily in this

order.

1:48:011:48:08

order. -- didn't. His -- he always

has a smiles.

1:48:081:48:31

Our champion Danil Lysenko,

authorised neutral athlete. Cleared

1:48:341:48:38

of course by Iaaf to compete. So he

will get to hear the Iaaf hymn as

1:48:381:48:45

well. Good clearance from him at the

end, wasn't it, 2.36. Good way to

1:48:451:48:51

win a good competition between

himself and Barshim.

1:48:511:49:01

Iaaf ANTHEM PLAYS

1:49:321:49:41

APPLAUSE

Silver out doors in London last year

1:49:561:50:01

and he's turned that into a Gold

medal and the title of World

1:50:011:50:07

Champion, Danil Lysenko. Still just

20 himself as well. He's got a big

1:50:071:50:11

future. No doubt these two will be

scrapping over the medals I'm sure

1:50:111:50:17

for a few years to come. This time

it's Lysenko who comes out on top.

1:50:171:50:28

APPLAUSE

1:50:411:50:46

STUDIO: Morgan Lake finished fourth

in that Women's

1:50:471:50:51

STUDIO: Morgan Lake finished fourth

in that Women's High Jump

1:50:511:50:51

competition. To close to winning her

first major medal on the global

1:50:511:50:57

stage. It wasn't to be. We caught up

with her straight afterwards.

1:50:571:51:02

Morgan, I heat hate to go in with a

cliche so early. Fourth place, a

1:51:021:51:08

bitter place to come?

Not a fun

place to come especially being able

1:51:081:51:11

to jump the same as silver and

bronze. 1.93 on countback.

1:51:111:51:16

Bittersweet moment.

How frustrating

was that that ultimately it came to

1:51:161:51:21

the countback and it came down to

those first two no-jumps?

Yeah. I

1:51:211:51:26

was quite nervous at the start. It's

a big occasion. My home champs. I

1:51:261:51:32

let it get the best of me. I jumped

85 in warm-up. I knew it was there.

1:51:321:51:37

Lucky to get my third attempt to 84

at the beginning. It came came down

1:51:371:51:42

to that.

Having said all that, after

the two first no-jumps the thoughts

1:51:421:51:48

in this stadium were clearly

ominous, you composed yourself and

1:51:481:51:52

got it. How did you feel at that

point?

I thobg thought I'd knocked.

1:51:521:51:57

It I hit it and saw rattle. I said

please, I need luck. I stayed on.

1:51:571:52:02

Jumps following that were much

better. I know what part I need to

1:52:021:52:06

work on now.

Another point when you

cleared 1.93, you were in a ritual,

1:52:061:52:12

really talking to yourself. What

were you saying to yourself?

I was

1:52:121:52:17

going through my run-up and what I

need to do. Making sure I was in the

1:52:171:52:20

moment. Taking in the crowd, really.

It's an improvement on your global

1:52:201:52:27

successes so far.

Yeah.

Positives to

take forward to the Commonwealth

1:52:271:52:32

Games?

Definitely positives.

Season's best and fourth in the

1:52:321:52:36

world. Can't complain. Puts me in a

good place going to the Gold Coast

1:52:361:52:42

in a couple of weeks.

Well done.

Unfortunately fourth.

Thank you very

1:52:421:52:46

much.

But Laura Muir did one better

than her performance in London. She

1:52:461:52:53

got amongst the medals. She got a

bronze. This will be a very proud

1:52:531:52:58

moment for her and for all of us

watching her progress, Steve Cram.

1:52:581:53:03

STEVE

1:53:031:53:03

watching her progress, Steve Cram.

STEVE CRAM: it will indeed. A full

1:53:031:53:06

set of Scottish medals in the 3000

women indoors.

1:53:061:53:16

women indoors. Murray, and McColgan

and Muir has won a bronze. This

1:53:161:53:23

tough, tough race. We talk about

greats in our sport.

Sifan Hassan

1:53:231:53:33

and Genzebe Dibaba are very much in

that bracket. Laura Muir knew that

1:53:331:53:39

to win a medal today she to be at

her best, and she was. A tough last

1:53:391:53:44

1000 metres. She steps up on the

rostrum at a World Championships for

1:53:441:53:51

the first time. European Indoor

Champion last year and a bronze at

1:53:511:53:58

the World Indoor Championships. 1500

still to come of course for Laura.

1:53:581:54:01

She will be pleased to have picked

something up here. She will be

1:54:011:54:06

running against very much, I think

ten of that field will all be

1:54:061:54:10

contesting in the 1500 metres,

including the two women who finished

1:54:101:54:15

ahead of her. Sifan Hassan.

Sometimes she doesn't give herself a

1:54:151:54:18

chance. She was maybe too far back

when Dibaba put her foot down. Did

1:54:181:54:23

her best to close the gap. She had

to fight off Laura Muir in the last

1:54:231:54:28

20, 30 metres. Another good

performance from the very popular

1:54:281:54:34

Dutch athlete.

1:54:341:54:41

Our winner, a third World Indoor

title. Just one shy now of the

1:54:421:54:51

record in this event. Genzebe Dibaba

of Ethiopia.

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of Ethiopia. Had a very

disappointing 2016, but she raced

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well so far this indoor season. Not

at her absolute best. Good enough

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here. Was helped by Klosterhalfen

taking the pace out hard in the

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second 1000 metres. She went harder

over the last 1000 and finish well,

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very impressive indeed.

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APPLAUSE

Well done Laura Muir. Great start

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Forlan her and the British team to

get a medal on the first night.

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Medals will be hard to come back in

these World Indoor Championships.

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That bronze, I'm sure as the weekend

goes by, we will realise how good

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that is. They will be back tomorrow

evening to contest the 1500 heats.

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Laura Muir does have Genzebe Dibaba

in her heat tomorrow evening.

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Laura Muir does have Genzebe Dibaba

in her heat tomorrow evening.

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STUDIO: Thank you Steve. A lovely

moment for Laura Muir. Genzebe

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Dibaba as well of course. Now a

double world indoor champion. Just

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completely dominant, isn't she, over

the distances. She takes on over the

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world. Fantastic athlete. A tiny

athlete. How tiny? She had to have a

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plastic box to step on to the Gold

medal platform. Nobody else in the

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high jump competition needed that,

but they are obviously a much more

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petite breed, aren't they, these

middle and distance run runners.

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Laura Muir has the 1500 metres to

come as well. Great moment for her.

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She will go down and no doubt there

will be massage and some ice

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involved. Hopefully, lots of sleep.

We will see her again in action

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tomorrow and it will be another

packed day. We have

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tomorrow and it will be another

packed day. We have loads of

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athletics 9.00am tomorrow morning on

BBC Two. We are on again for the

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evening session at 5. 50pm. Almost

ten hours of live athletics for you

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tomorrow, including the 400 metres.

60 metres heat. Jonelle Filigno

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going, European Champion. What are

you looking forward to?

Asha.

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going, European Champion. What are

you looking forward to?

Asha.

So

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much to look forward to tomorrow.

Great having you back together gang.

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See you here bright and early.

9.00am, tomorrow morning, on BBC

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Two. See you then.

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