World Indoor Championships - Day 2, Part 1

0:00:09 > 0:00:13Colin Jackson has won his first gold medal. He is the champion of the

0:00:13 > 0:00:17world.Athletics supporters are looking not just with admiration but

0:00:17 > 0:00:23in all.Perri Shakes-Drayton for Britain!

0:00:30 > 0:00:33He is the world champion!

0:00:41 > 0:00:44Hassan is closing and Laura Muir is using her to try to

0:00:44 > 0:00:44Hassan is closing and Laura Muir is using her to try to get to Dibaba.

0:00:44 > 0:00:49She's definitely got a medal. What colour will it be. Dibaba trying to

0:00:49 > 0:00:54make it three world titles in a row, taking again, Hassan tries and here

0:00:54 > 0:00:58comes Laura Muir, one last effort, Dibaba, looking for the line. She's

0:00:58 > 0:01:03just about going to make it. Genzebe Dibaba gets the gold medal, Hassan

0:01:03 > 0:01:09gets the silver, Laura Muir the bronze. 2.37 for the last kilometre,

0:01:09 > 0:01:18that is very quick indeed.Snow day? Good morning. Wherever you are with

0:01:18 > 0:01:21us this morning, we are glad you are with us, indoors and snuggled up and

0:01:21 > 0:01:25ready for a great morning of athletics here in Birmingham. It is

0:01:25 > 0:01:26day two

0:01:26 > 0:01:27athletics here in Birmingham. It is day two of the world indoor champ

0:01:27 > 0:01:30Egypt and as you saw just there, Great Britain had a fantastic start

0:01:30 > 0:01:34last night with Laura Muir making the important breakthrough, moving

0:01:34 > 0:01:37herself from fourth in the World Championships in London to getting

0:01:37 > 0:01:41on the rostrum here in Birmingham. It was a great way to end the first

0:01:41 > 0:01:47evening and I was joint last night as I will be the next few days by my

0:01:47 > 0:01:48wonderful colleagues Michael Johnson and Paula Radcliffe and we have all

0:01:48 > 0:01:51decided to go Burgundy for some reason this morning. We don't

0:01:51 > 0:01:54coordinate, clearly, but guys, that was a good way to end the evening

0:01:54 > 0:01:59session. It was not very packed but it feels like for Team GB and Laura

0:01:59 > 0:02:03Muir in particular, that could be a real breakthrough moment.Yes, it is

0:02:03 > 0:02:09a huge breakthrough. She's calm in the last couple of times to

0:02:09 > 0:02:12Championships with the expectation on herself and from herself largely

0:02:12 > 0:02:15that she wanted to get a medal and now she's kind of got it off her

0:02:15 > 0:02:19back a little bit. She did it obviously add the European indoors

0:02:19 > 0:02:23but this is a different level and that was a top-quality women's 3000

0:02:23 > 0:02:26metres last night. We talked about it before the race and for her to

0:02:26 > 0:02:29come in with everything she is managing with her studies and

0:02:29 > 0:02:31everything at the moment, that is a huge confidence booster and both

0:02:31 > 0:02:37really well for the 1500.That is one of the stack traces of the whole

0:02:37 > 0:02:41meat, if you like, Hellen Obiri, the champion in London, the 5000 metres,

0:02:41 > 0:02:46she beat her to get onto the rostrum, the psychological barriers

0:02:46 > 0:02:49athletes must overcome to realise their greatness, not to be

0:02:49 > 0:02:53underestimated.Absolutely, and what we have seen over the last two years

0:02:53 > 0:02:57with her is that she has started to gain confidence. She has started to

0:02:57 > 0:03:02become more sure of herself. She came into this championship feeling

0:03:02 > 0:03:08like she really has an opportunity as opposed to, --... I wonder if she

0:03:08 > 0:03:12has believed how much she can get on the rostrum in the past, like we did

0:03:12 > 0:03:16all wanted and I think a lot of the country wanted her to be there but I

0:03:16 > 0:03:19don't know if she felt she was ready yet but she came into the

0:03:19 > 0:03:21championships feeling like she was ready and there was a real

0:03:21 > 0:03:25opportunity for her to take advantage.And she won't be in the

0:03:25 > 0:03:28Commonwealth Games because of her studies and this season is a strange

0:03:28 > 0:03:36one, with a major championship very early and that the European

0:03:36 > 0:03:38Championships later in the summer, and no other global occasion for

0:03:38 > 0:03:41her. If ever there was a season to finish off your Bettinelli studies

0:03:41 > 0:03:44and get it out of the way, this was it. -- your veteran Terry studies.

0:03:44 > 0:03:50It adds even more abrasiveness to take that out of it.It could put on

0:03:50 > 0:03:53a roll for the rest of the year because she knows what she has been

0:03:53 > 0:03:56managing and she's had to make a difficult decision because for her,

0:03:56 > 0:03:59representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, challenging for

0:03:59 > 0:04:03a medal, that would be really important for her but she knows she

0:04:03 > 0:04:06wants to finish off her studies well and then she has got the medal on

0:04:06 > 0:04:10the global stage at the world indoors in her home country as well.

0:04:10 > 0:04:14Building towards that, hopefully the exams go well and she comes through

0:04:14 > 0:04:17fully qualified because that will give her another boost going into

0:04:17 > 0:04:20the Europeans.You will see the race in full in a moment but she

0:04:20 > 0:04:27travelled down here in that horrendous weather, you had seen it

0:04:27 > 0:04:30on the news, Scotland is pretty much closed in the last 24 hours,

0:04:30 > 0:04:33airports, roads and motorways and it took the best part of ten hours to

0:04:33 > 0:04:38get down here, cost £1500 in a cab. There was no other way. I think it

0:04:38 > 0:04:41was money well spent because she gets prize for getting on the

0:04:41 > 0:04:44rostrum! Some of that has been eaten away but she did not Adebayor though

0:04:44 > 0:04:50she might have to pay it back! But it was worth it -- she did not have

0:04:50 > 0:04:53too pay. And this morning, we can see Katarina Johnson-Thompson and

0:04:53 > 0:04:57I'm wondering if the pentathlon for her could be a similar moment, she

0:04:57 > 0:05:01has won a European indoor title but if she takes the opportunity with no

0:05:01 > 0:05:05Tien, to get herself up on top spot, it could be another breakthrough

0:05:05 > 0:05:11moment.It could be but it is a different situation. Katarina

0:05:11 > 0:05:15Johnson-Thompson has been a favourite to get on the rostrum and

0:05:15 > 0:05:19to get a medal, win a medal and she has failed to do so. This is an

0:05:19 > 0:05:25opportunity for her and I think it is a pivotal moment in her career,

0:05:25 > 0:05:29really. If she can't make it happen here, where she should be a

0:05:29 > 0:05:32medallist, if you can't make it happen here and if we see a repeat

0:05:32 > 0:05:36of what we have seen over the past few years, where she fails in an

0:05:36 > 0:05:42event and completely bombs and spirals out of control in terms of

0:05:42 > 0:05:45confidence, it is going to be very difficult to come back from that

0:05:45 > 0:05:50because then you sort of have this stigma and you start to doubt

0:05:50 > 0:05:52yourself as an athlete when that happens and that is very difficult

0:05:52 > 0:05:57to come out of. It will be interesting to see. I am

0:05:57 > 0:05:59anticipating commie you know, and wanting to see what is going to

0:05:59 > 0:06:03happen with her because I think it really, truly is a pivotal moment

0:06:03 > 0:06:07and it will symbolise, you know, it will come to indicate what we can

0:06:07 > 0:06:12expect or not from her in the future.She joked, and you will hear

0:06:12 > 0:06:15her Bryce Boarman Slater, because it is five events, at least one of her

0:06:15 > 0:06:19weaker events is not happening which is the throwing. She still has to be

0:06:19 > 0:06:24the shot but no javelin in here, clearly!And I think that's a big

0:06:24 > 0:06:28factor for her because she definitely worries a lot about the

0:06:28 > 0:06:31javelin coming up, particularly if she has a little wobble in one of

0:06:31 > 0:06:36the events beforehand. Whereas here, she does not have that worry about.

0:06:36 > 0:06:39If she has a small wobble, she knows she has strong events to back it up

0:06:39 > 0:06:42and come back with so I think she is more comfortable indoors. I think

0:06:42 > 0:06:47she's in a good place right now. She relocated to France and it has gone

0:06:47 > 0:06:54well. She seems to be in really good shape. I think she's just excited

0:06:54 > 0:06:56and looking forward to getting out there.And in front of a home-grown

0:06:56 > 0:06:58as well, another opportunity for British athletes, Asha Phillip and

0:06:58 > 0:07:02some of world's great sprinters, Elaine Thompson and Dafne Schippers

0:07:02 > 0:07:05in the 60 metres heats this morning as well and we talked a bit

0:07:05 > 0:07:07yesterday about the difference between indoors and outdoors, this

0:07:07 > 0:07:10is one of the most marked in the sense of the personnel we might

0:07:10 > 0:07:13expect to see on the rostrum. You would not necessarily think the men

0:07:13 > 0:07:17we are going to see and the women we are going to see would be the people

0:07:17 > 0:07:20who would win Olympic gold in two years' time because actually, the

0:07:20 > 0:07:25start is everything in 60 metres. Yes, the 60 metres, it is over as

0:07:25 > 0:07:30soon as it starts, it is all about your start and your drive. Once you

0:07:30 > 0:07:34transition out of the drive, into your maximum velocity sprinting, the

0:07:34 > 0:07:38race is over. Those athletes who need some time to open up and get

0:07:38 > 0:07:41the stride going and then can take advantage of a longer stride, those

0:07:41 > 0:07:47athletes typically don't do so well in the 60 metres but they are much

0:07:47 > 0:07:51better at the 100 metres. This favours those who have a quick

0:07:51 > 0:07:55start, shorter in stature, typical, better at 60 metres because those

0:07:55 > 0:07:59athletes can take advantage of the dried phase and stain it longer,

0:07:59 > 0:08:02where you are putting forth into the track that propels you forward. This

0:08:02 > 0:08:07is a race,, Asha Philip is one of those athletes who is built for

0:08:07 > 0:08:12this. She is a British record holder. This should be a real

0:08:12 > 0:08:15opportunity for her today. This is going to be tough, though. There are

0:08:15 > 0:08:17some great athletes in here and you have some like Elaine Thompson, who

0:08:17 > 0:08:22could actually run really well at 60 and transition has start over to

0:08:22 > 0:08:28this event even though she is the world 100 metres champion, Olympic

0:08:28 > 0:08:31champion, rather but I think Asha Philip has an opportunity and she

0:08:31 > 0:08:34should be right in the middle of it. Her objective should be trying to

0:08:34 > 0:08:39get into the final and anything can happen.She won gold in the European

0:08:39 > 0:08:41indoors in Belgrade and she took a lot of confidence from that going

0:08:41 > 0:08:46into the outdoor season last year. All that and we are on until 1:30pm.

0:08:46 > 0:08:50Then we will switch over to the red button for half an hour. We have got

0:08:50 > 0:08:57you well covered for your snow day off work, lots of live sport coming

0:08:57 > 0:09:00away and we would like to hear from you, if you've got something to say.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03Maybe you've got a question for the experts and we will be joined by

0:09:03 > 0:09:05Greg Rutherford no less today, who of course is not competing, he

0:09:05 > 0:09:08decided after his Glasgow Grand Prix event last week that he was not

0:09:08 > 0:09:12quite ready to be on the stage. We will talk about what he will expect

0:09:12 > 0:09:15from the season but you might have some questions so get them in. Let's

0:09:15 > 0:09:19have a look at how the morning is going to plan out and where you can

0:09:19 > 0:09:20plan your coffee

0:09:20 > 0:09:21going to plan out and where you can plan your coffee and hot chocolate

0:09:21 > 0:09:27breaks. The birds live action on the track is at 10am.

0:09:27 > 0:09:31You will see Kevin Mayer this morning, the new king of the

0:09:31 > 0:09:36decathlon and how is he going to take to the heptathlon? Katarina

0:09:36 > 0:09:40Johnson-Thompson, as we were just saying, has high hopes in the

0:09:40 > 0:09:48pentathlon. The long jump, one of Cage 80's -- Katarina

0:09:48 > 0:09:57Johnson-Thompson's best events. And then the men's 400 metres heats

0:09:57 > 0:10:02Johnson-Thompson's best events. And then the men's 400 metres heats.

0:10:02 > 0:10:13Then the high which is one of KJT's real world-class events. Eilidh

0:10:13 > 0:10:17Doyle in the 400 metres heats. She has been such a huge part of Team

0:10:17 > 0:10:21GB's athletics squad in the last few years, captained the team, always

0:10:21 > 0:10:24leads by example and pulls it out on the big occasions. She is going in

0:10:24 > 0:10:30that. Just before 1p, the heats for the men's 3000 metres. And at

0:10:30 > 0:10:351:20pm, pentathlon shot put. I promise you we would really have

0:10:35 > 0:10:41that women's 3000 metres final last night. It was inside this arena, the

0:10:41 > 0:10:45only event on the track last night. It was the only gold medal up for

0:10:45 > 0:10:47grabs on the track and your commentators are Paula Radcliffe and

0:10:47 > 0:10:52Steve Cram.

0:10:52 > 0:10:57COMMENTATOR: The 3,000-metre race which brings together the quick 1500

0:10:57 > 0:11:02metres runners, the distance specialist as well and with Laura

0:11:02 > 0:11:08Muir having run a 1.59 800 metres, you would say the likes of Genzebe

0:11:08 > 0:11:12Dibaba will not hang around. Others can finish last, as Paul rightly

0:11:12 > 0:11:17said. Paul, as ever, these races tend to start a bit slowly and at

0:11:17 > 0:11:22some point, it is going to get going.They do but the price. Being

0:11:22 > 0:11:27the slowness went to Genzebe Dibaba, there. She was so keen she was going

0:11:27 > 0:11:30to get behind Sifan Hassan that she gave the other is a good second also

0:11:30 > 0:11:34head start and she's got what she wanted, now she is able to track

0:11:34 > 0:11:38Sifan Hassan and keep arise on the rest of the field and it is Laura

0:11:38 > 0:11:42Muir who has found herself at the front is probably what the rest of

0:11:42 > 0:11:47the field would have expected.I think Laura is an athlete who excels

0:11:47 > 0:11:52indoors. Some people... She's a great outdoor runner but she's even

0:11:52 > 0:11:56better indoors, idling. That is partly her stature, which helps. She

0:11:56 > 0:11:59was saying the bad weather in Glasgow, she has been training

0:11:59 > 0:12:02indoors, obviously, it is an indoor Championships, already not too happy

0:12:02 > 0:12:11with her slow pace, Obiri right there as well. Only one Kenyan in

0:12:11 > 0:12:14there but Klosterhalfen also likes to front run, and Klosterhalfen, a

0:12:14 > 0:12:18slightly longer stride, might feel a bit more comfortable out front. I

0:12:18 > 0:12:22don't think we will get so much pushing and shoving in the 3000.

0:12:22 > 0:12:26Laura Muir set off at a reasonable pace. Not too slow. It is certainly

0:12:26 > 0:12:31not the race pace these women are capable of.And you can see Eilish

0:12:31 > 0:12:35McColgan as well having to chop her stride. Like Klosterhalfen, she has

0:12:35 > 0:12:40a very long stride. She's kind of trapped on the kerb behind Laura

0:12:40 > 0:12:44Muir and she is dropping her stride, getting clipped a bit by Dominique

0:12:44 > 0:12:49Scott behind her and you can tell that she's not happy that. If a gap

0:12:49 > 0:12:52opens up, don't be surprised if you see Eilish McColgan grab it as

0:12:52 > 0:12:57Klosterhalfen seems to have decided to wait her time of it.Six of the

0:12:57 > 0:13:00last seven champions in this distance have come from Ethiopia.

0:13:00 > 0:13:06The one that didn't was Hellen Obiri from Kenya. Were it not to be one of

0:13:06 > 0:13:13the two nations winning, we would be breaking a long... It goes all the

0:13:13 > 0:13:16way back, the championship have not always been held every two years, in

0:13:16 > 0:13:202003 it was in Birmingham, and the year after they were held

0:13:20 > 0:13:29immediately, so that was

0:13:29 > 0:13:31immediately, so that was when Defar won the first four titles and Dibaba

0:13:31 > 0:13:35would love to make it three. Sifan Hassan won the world 1500 metres

0:13:35 > 0:13:41indoor title in Poland. She is no slouch in the latter stages, and she

0:13:41 > 0:13:46has won a 5000 metres outdoor medal. Sifan Hassan, there. Only run one

0:13:46 > 0:13:50race, will that count against a little bit, only one 3000 metres

0:13:50 > 0:13:57this year?It counts against us in terms of knowing what kind of shape

0:13:57 > 0:14:00she then. It took her some time to settle into the training group with

0:14:00 > 0:14:04Alberto Salazar important. She was not really has of last year. Genzebe

0:14:04 > 0:14:08Dibaba, now, quickly making a move around the outside. Sifan Hassan has

0:14:08 > 0:14:12not responded although she has moved wide and started to close up now. I

0:14:12 > 0:14:15don't think it is the decisive move from Genzebe Dibaba but she's

0:14:15 > 0:14:19getting herself in closer order and recognising the fact that

0:14:19 > 0:14:24Klosterhalfen had gone hard to the front and made her bid to stretch

0:14:24 > 0:14:27this out of it.3.14, the first kilometre is very slow indeed so

0:14:27 > 0:14:31this has almost become a 2000 metres race and it was almost at this

0:14:31 > 0:14:35point, in fact, the lap before, just about now, that Dibaba last time in

0:14:35 > 0:14:40Portland, put in a 63 400-metre stretch would brew the field apart.

0:14:40 > 0:14:44I don't think she's going to do that here, Klosterhalfen is willing to

0:14:44 > 0:14:47front runner and she will be delighted about that, her young

0:14:47 > 0:14:53team-mate has just gone past Laura Muir. All the big names, just

0:14:53 > 0:14:56starting to gather behind Klosterhalfen, who will now have to

0:14:56 > 0:14:59make this a long one for home. She is capable of it. She is very

0:14:59 > 0:15:04strong. This will be wearing people down gradually. It is a case of if

0:15:04 > 0:15:08you cant hang on, particularly for the likes of Eilish McColgan. -- of

0:15:08 > 0:15:15can you hang on. Lots of the others now know the next 1000 metres is

0:15:15 > 0:15:18going to determine whether or not they can hang on to be there when

0:15:18 > 0:15:20the medals are handed out.

0:15:24 > 0:15:26I think this will be along

0:15:26 > 0:15:28I think this will be along the turning of the screw from

0:15:28 > 0:15:32Klosterhalfen.The big names are noticeably reacting quickly to that

0:15:32 > 0:15:36and she is comfortable. She is very fearless and not afraid to run from

0:15:36 > 0:15:43the front. She has run 8.36 on her own indoors, so she knows her place.

0:15:43 > 0:15:48She can almost run better when she is free of the field. She will be

0:15:48 > 0:15:51glancing up at the screens and will have seen the effect that the surge

0:15:51 > 0:16:00has had on the rest of the field.A very slow first 1500 metres, and

0:16:00 > 0:16:07harping back to 2016, died Barber Dashti

0:16:07 > 0:16:10Dashti Barber ran on that occasion. Klosterhalfen will want to do

0:16:10 > 0:16:15something similar. She doesn't have the 1500 metre pace, but she has run

0:16:15 > 0:16:19four minutes in the outdoors. But you get the feeling that for her she

0:16:19 > 0:16:24will be hoping she can whittle this town, gradually get rid of a phew.

0:16:24 > 0:16:32-- with all this down. She has a look over her shoulder, and going

0:16:32 > 0:16:38down the back straight she will have a good view of who is exactly there.

0:16:38 > 0:16:41But it is Dibaba, Obiri, Dominique Scott, Worku, Hoolahan, then hellish

0:16:41 > 0:16:48McColgan. -- Eilish McColgan.She was the front but she wasn't doing

0:16:48 > 0:16:52anything with it and I don't think she wants be there. Her one 3000

0:16:52 > 0:16:56metres this year, she went out too fast and she paid for it in the

0:16:56 > 0:17:02closing stages. I think within her planets not to go too fast in the

0:17:02 > 0:17:08closing stages, set it up so she can react to it.2.53 for the second

0:17:08 > 0:17:13thousand metres and we are in a real race. Dibaba has decided, I will

0:17:13 > 0:17:18take this on from here. Obiri is quick to cover and Laura Muir is

0:17:18 > 0:17:24trying to cover the gap. Klosterhalfen having to check.

0:17:24 > 0:17:30Eilish McColgan has tailed off at this point. They are coming up to

0:17:30 > 0:17:34four laps, 800 metres and Dibaba making a run for home. Laura Muir

0:17:34 > 0:17:42has a great chance and is very much involved. There are now nine, sorry,

0:17:42 > 0:17:46eight clear of the rest then a big gap, and Dibaba is having to work

0:17:46 > 0:17:51hard and not having as much affected she would have wished.Sifan Hassan

0:17:51 > 0:17:55moves around Laura Muir and onto the shoulder of Klosterhalfen and she

0:17:55 > 0:18:00has nerves of steel. She did not panic at all. A little bit of a clip

0:18:00 > 0:18:04as she went too close to Klosterhalfen and Laura Muir goes

0:18:04 > 0:18:09around but we have to watch as Klosterhalfen moved away.Dibaba is

0:18:09 > 0:18:14turning the screw. Even Obiri is struggling. Laura Muir wanted to get

0:18:14 > 0:18:18ahead but didn't have the pace. Having to work hard to find position

0:18:18 > 0:18:25but she still has a chance. Obiri is fading. The effort from Dibaba might

0:18:25 > 0:18:30have put paid to Obiri's chances. They come round, 400 metres, two

0:18:30 > 0:18:38laps left.She still has a chance because Dibaba is not moving more

0:18:38 > 0:18:43quickly away and she is in the slipstream of Sifan Hassan. Don't go

0:18:43 > 0:18:47too soon and beware of the lapped runners as they go round.They

0:18:47 > 0:18:52haven't got rid of Obiri but she is trying to hang on to Laura Muir. And

0:18:52 > 0:18:57now Hassan is bringing Laura Muir back and Dibaba threw in a 31 after

0:18:57 > 0:19:03a 33 and a 32. Dibaba trying to kick again and it looks like there could

0:19:03 > 0:19:08be a medal for Laura Muir, but Dibaba has to try and pick it up.

0:19:08 > 0:19:15Hassan and Laura Muir are coming. Just getting closer. Step-by-step.

0:19:15 > 0:19:19Hassan is closing and Laura Muir is using it to get to Dibaba. She has

0:19:19 > 0:19:24definitely got a medal. What colour will it be? Dibaba trying to make it

0:19:24 > 0:19:30three world titles in a row and kicks again. Here comes Laura Muir.

0:19:30 > 0:19:34One last effort. Dibaba looking for the line and she will just about

0:19:34 > 0:19:39make it. Dibaba gets the goal and Hassan gets the silver and Laura

0:19:39 > 0:19:44Muir gets the bronze -- gets the gold. 2.37 for the last kilometre

0:19:44 > 0:19:49and that is very, very quick indeed. Eilish McColgan just watching her,

0:19:49 > 0:19:56stepping on the curb as she comes into the last 20 metres. Well, I

0:19:56 > 0:19:59thought Laura would have to run extremely well to get a medal in

0:19:59 > 0:20:03this field. You had to beat somebody very good and that was Helan Obiri.

0:20:03 > 0:20:10Hats off to Dibaba, she went hard and knew what she had to do. Hassan

0:20:10 > 0:20:16almost brought Laura back to her. I thought Dibaba was struggling with

0:20:16 > 0:20:21400 to go, but she found something else. 31.4 before she went to the

0:20:21 > 0:20:29last 400 metres and she last -- ran the

0:20:29 > 0:20:34the last in 61.4.That is very fast of the quicker second thousand

0:20:34 > 0:20:38metres that is what has done the damage. Laura Muir has run really

0:20:38 > 0:20:43well. A fleeting second I thought Dibaba had got lapped wrong and she

0:20:43 > 0:20:48had overcooked it. I thought she was tiring with 200 metres to go but she

0:20:48 > 0:20:51found enough to pick it up again for the last lap and stay clear of the

0:20:51 > 0:20:55two who were chasing who sensed she was fading and they had the bit

0:20:55 > 0:20:58between their teeth. Laura Muir did nothing wrong and got herself in

0:20:58 > 0:21:03position to almost get past Hassan. And in the last few strides she just

0:21:03 > 0:21:07didn't have enough left in the legs. But I am pleased for Sifan Hassan.

0:21:07 > 0:21:11After the Lear -- her year last year, she needed a boost. She came

0:21:11 > 0:21:17out and she got it tonight.She has had a great rivalry with Dibaba. The

0:21:17 > 0:21:22Laura Muir should be delighted, and she is. It is something she excels

0:21:22 > 0:21:26at indoors, and to come here and win a medal is something she's

0:21:26 > 0:21:31thoroughly deserves. She has a tough year ahead in terms of her studies

0:21:31 > 0:21:35and we've heard about that, and she will be around at the European

0:21:35 > 0:21:37Championships in the summer and heading to the worlds next year.

0:21:37 > 0:21:42Genzebe Dibaba.

0:21:43 > 0:21:47Laura, I don't need to say much more than your first global medal.Yes,

0:21:47 > 0:21:54I'm so happy. I can't believe I got one now. It feels like it's been

0:21:54 > 0:21:59coming for so long and I'm so glad I got it today.There's been so much

0:21:59 > 0:22:04talk about how strong Matfield is and how special is in knowing that

0:22:04 > 0:22:08you got sure medal against that field?Getting a world medal is

0:22:08 > 0:22:13really tough but everyone in that race, all the fastest times in the

0:22:13 > 0:22:18world are there, so to come away with a medal in that field and being

0:22:18 > 0:22:22close to the front when the three of us broke away, I'm so happy.When we

0:22:22 > 0:22:27saw the break of three, we knew a medal was coming. Did you think you

0:22:27 > 0:22:33could have got the silver on the home straight?The legs were tired.

0:22:33 > 0:22:37That last ten metres, I was happy to stay on my two feet and my legs were

0:22:37 > 0:22:41really tired. There are so many different ways the race could have

0:22:41 > 0:22:44panned out, but I could have been fourth or fifth, so to come away

0:22:44 > 0:22:49with a medal, no disappointment at all.We saw you going to the front

0:22:49 > 0:22:55at the very beginning. How did that race go to plan?Yes, I came away

0:22:55 > 0:23:00with the goods so it went to plan. At the start with there being lots

0:23:00 > 0:23:03of people in the race I just wanted to be out of trouble and not out

0:23:03 > 0:23:08wide so I could conserve energy and then go into the slipstream when the

0:23:08 > 0:23:11pace picked up. I did that and tried to make the move is the best I could

0:23:11 > 0:23:15so I was with the pace but not going too hard and strong at the end. It

0:23:15 > 0:23:20worked and I came away with a medal. You seem to love indoor running. You

0:23:20 > 0:23:25are almost built for it.I train most of the years indoors. It

0:23:25 > 0:23:31doesn't wreck great weather in Scotland -- get great weather. I

0:23:31 > 0:23:37like the atmosphere in here and it's a bit shorter, so it helps me round

0:23:37 > 0:23:40the bends.What will it do for your confidence and development moving

0:23:40 > 0:23:45forward?The huge amount. I won my first medal at the European indoors,

0:23:45 > 0:23:53so to get my first world medal, I can't explain what it does to my

0:23:53 > 0:23:56confidence, not just the European stage, but the world stage as well.

0:23:56 > 0:24:02You are back tomorrow night for the 1500. How do the legs feel?Feeling

0:24:02 > 0:24:07OK. I just need to get the recovery, and I've got the sheik already, and

0:24:07 > 0:24:11I will see my therapist and get a good nights sleep. Probably better

0:24:11 > 0:24:13preparation than last night.

0:24:17 > 0:24:24JJ charm is asking the questions, and those 1500 metres heats go on to

0:24:24 > 0:24:30night. Most of the field she would have been delighted to have beaten

0:24:30 > 0:24:33will be in those feats, so I imagine they will take a well earned rest

0:24:33 > 0:24:42this morning. -- in those heats. Dibaba is one of the only women's

0:24:42 > 0:24:48athletes to win three consecutive indoor goals -- goals. It was a

0:24:48 > 0:24:54great moment for Laura Muir to get herself amongst the medals at a

0:24:54 > 0:24:58Europe -- Championships and she was agonisingly close in London, and at

0:24:58 > 0:25:05the time we sat in London, and I know it was not a warm summer,

0:25:05 > 0:25:08Michael, and we said, these athletes have to take that next step up and

0:25:08 > 0:25:13have do believe they can get amongst the medals. Well, first time of

0:25:13 > 0:25:17asking.Absolutely, and I think she has always believed it. The problem

0:25:17 > 0:25:21has been the quality of field she has been up against and maybe she

0:25:21 > 0:25:25slightly went a bit too early in London but the only you learn that

0:25:25 > 0:25:30is to get it wrong a few times. Then you pace it better. She talked about

0:25:30 > 0:25:35the way her plan was to keep some think and react and not go too soon

0:25:35 > 0:25:37last night and I think she definitely learned those lessons

0:25:37 > 0:25:41from the races she had been in before and put those into place last

0:25:41 > 0:25:45night and it's going to be a big boost for her moving forward. We

0:25:45 > 0:25:51will see a more confident Laura Muir racing tomorrow.We talked about

0:25:51 > 0:25:55getting tactics right in that environment and it is so important.

0:25:55 > 0:26:02She wants to be a front runner and we see her in the Grand Prix is, as

0:26:02 > 0:26:06a pacemaker, brilliant at that, but Championships are different and it's

0:26:06 > 0:26:09not until you've been in that environment a few times that you

0:26:09 > 0:26:13work out the intelligence.It is more complex when you are indoors

0:26:13 > 0:26:17because of the conditioning and having to make sure the positioning

0:26:17 > 0:26:23is right and you are not blocked in. It is more difficult. But this was a

0:26:23 > 0:26:27great confidence boost for her. It's interesting that we talked a lot

0:26:27 > 0:26:30last night about her studies and how she is taking a different approach

0:26:30 > 0:26:35this year because of the studies. With this behind her and this sort

0:26:35 > 0:26:41of championship performance, getting on the medal podium, she has the

0:26:41 > 0:26:46opportunity to do that outdoors and she will have to be full-time

0:26:46 > 0:26:51focused on athletics to get on the rostrum. The world championships,

0:26:51 > 0:26:54then the Olympics after that, it will take everything she has. It's

0:26:54 > 0:26:59great she is able to do that this year with her studies, but next year

0:26:59 > 0:27:02it has to be full-time.Small pets have to move to a side. Let's look

0:27:02 > 0:27:06at the last 600 metres.

0:27:06 > 0:27:11This is where the tactics came into play and she raced smart.She did,

0:27:11 > 0:27:16she raced smartly. What she had to basically do is override the

0:27:16 > 0:27:21competitive instinct is all of us that says, go. In the past she has

0:27:21 > 0:27:26gone hard and tried to match the surges. Where is here she is more

0:27:26 > 0:27:32clever in the way she runs, building away from fifth up to third. She has

0:27:32 > 0:27:37her eyes on the back of Sifan Hassan's head and is waiting and

0:27:37 > 0:27:40keeping everything left for the final straight, whereas previous

0:27:40 > 0:27:44times she has gone a bit too soon because the natural instinct is to

0:27:44 > 0:27:48go when you can and you feel you have the energy. I think both her

0:27:48 > 0:27:55and Sifan Hassan at this stage, has Dibaba gone too soon? She looks as

0:27:55 > 0:28:01though she is tightening up in the shoulders and leaning back. I don't

0:28:01 > 0:28:05know where Sifan Hassan looks when she is racing, and it is almost

0:28:05 > 0:28:11inside the curve, but in that way she can and throw her arms wide and

0:28:11 > 0:28:17Laura is aware of it. She knows to try and go around the bends passed

0:28:17 > 0:28:22Sifan Hassan. She has raised enough against her to know that. She is

0:28:22 > 0:28:27waiting, and pair are closing on Dibaba. That gives them a boost. She

0:28:27 > 0:28:32possibly could see them down the back straight on the screen.You

0:28:32 > 0:28:36thought Laura might just have Sifan Hassan on the line.Both of them

0:28:36 > 0:28:40were drifting. Dibaba was drifting out, and that happens at the end of

0:28:40 > 0:28:45races. There was a lapped athlete in the way as well. Maybe that played a

0:28:45 > 0:28:49role in the fact that they were drifting on the outside.We have had

0:28:49 > 0:28:51a few comments about this on social media.

0:28:54 > 0:29:00David Tolbert said if that was short track speed skating, because we are

0:29:00 > 0:29:03all obsessed about this, Sifan Hassan would have been given a

0:29:03 > 0:29:07penalty. She impeded Laura Muir massively.It is short track but

0:29:07 > 0:29:13it's not speed skating. It's not speed skating, this is athletics.

0:29:13 > 0:29:18The lapped athlete did make a difference, at this point Hassan is

0:29:18 > 0:29:22coming out because she is thinking, iMac catch the lapped athlete and

0:29:22 > 0:29:28she does not want to be caught -- I might catch. It's also smart running

0:29:28 > 0:29:33for the indoors. You have to aware of that. We have seen it so many

0:29:33 > 0:29:37times that athletes come down the home stretch and start to drift to

0:29:37 > 0:29:42the outside because it's what the athletes naturally do.That is track

0:29:42 > 0:29:44etiquette.They will see someone come on the inside and pass them

0:29:44 > 0:29:48which is the most ridiculous thing, so it's smart running.We saw the

0:29:48 > 0:29:53quite a bit in London. If there was a problem, Laura would have raised

0:29:53 > 0:29:58it.If there is a problem Laura would have raised it. There is the

0:29:58 > 0:30:03lapped athlete and Dibaba is drifting wide, more noticing a

0:30:03 > 0:30:06lapped athlete, but it is track etiquette because our athletes

0:30:06 > 0:30:11finishing fast behind you. If you cross the line a new collapse in the

0:30:11 > 0:30:15lane, you will impede the athletes finishing, so you drift to the

0:30:15 > 0:30:20outside as you cross the line and I think they are doing it early. Sifan

0:30:20 > 0:30:24Hassan, her eyes are fixed on the back of Dibaba, so that causes her

0:30:24 > 0:30:29to drift.

0:30:29 > 0:30:35Laura Woods had said something if you. You would -- if she had

0:30:35 > 0:30:38virtuous definitely impeded, if it was five metres further, she might

0:30:38 > 0:30:41have caught Sifan Hassan but whether Hassan moved out or not, she would

0:30:41 > 0:30:44not get there in the time they reach the line and she was happy with the

0:30:44 > 0:30:49bronze medal and she can build on that.Last night, we had the men's

0:30:49 > 0:30:53and women's high jump competitions and the men's ended up being a real

0:30:53 > 0:31:01ding-dong but Danil Lysenko came out on top.

0:31:03 > 0:31:12COMMENTATOR: Massive jump from Danil Lysenko. That is a gold-medal jump.

0:31:12 > 0:31:18He looks as good as Barshim, he matched him and in the NT bettered

0:31:18 > 0:31:23him.I tell you what, he turned it into a library. I've seen that and

0:31:23 > 0:31:27the crowd, bless them, were incredibly, immaculately quiet, you

0:31:27 > 0:31:30could hear his feet scraping and he just composed himself. That is

0:31:30 > 0:31:37class. Look at that.Very competent jump and you know what, a bit of

0:31:37 > 0:31:42needle because that is the man who was deprived of a gold-medal last

0:31:42 > 0:31:45summer to Mutaz Essa Barshim. They have swapped places, gold becomes

0:31:45 > 0:31:54silver and vice versa, and Danil Lysenko has risen to the top.

0:31:54 > 0:31:57STUDIO: Maria Lasitskene, who is jumping and authorise neutral

0:31:57 > 0:32:01athlete because she is Russian has been dominate in high jump for a

0:32:01 > 0:32:04while now and this was her 38th consecutive victory, she made it

0:32:04 > 0:32:09look very easy, clearing 1.96, the only athlete to do so and she did

0:32:09 > 0:32:13have an adept at 2.06 bit later but Morgan Lake of Great Britain

0:32:13 > 0:32:18finished fourth in the end. This is her clearing 1.93, a seasoned's best

0:32:18 > 0:32:23but because of earlier failures, she did not get a share of medals. She

0:32:23 > 0:32:26could have potentially shared bronze or even silver if she had cleared

0:32:26 > 0:32:31the earlier heights but that was not to be. Afterwards, JJ Chalmers posed

0:32:31 > 0:32:33the questions.

0:32:33 > 0:32:34to be. Afterwards, JJ Chalmers posed the questions.

0:32:34 > 0:32:40I hate to go in with a cliche early but fourth-place is pretty bitter.

0:32:40 > 0:32:44Yes, it's not a fun place to be especially being able to jump the

0:32:44 > 0:32:50same as silver and bronze, 1.93 and count back, yes, it is a bittersweet

0:32:50 > 0:32:54moment.How frustrating was it that ultimately came to the count back

0:32:54 > 0:33:00and really came down to the first two no jumps?I was quite nervous at

0:33:00 > 0:33:04the start, it's quite a big occasion, my home championships, I

0:33:04 > 0:33:10let it get the best of me. I jumped 85 in warm-ups so I knew it was

0:33:10 > 0:33:13there, lucky to get my third attempt on that at the beginning but in the

0:33:13 > 0:33:18end it counted against me.Having said all that, after the two verse

0:33:18 > 0:33:22to no jumps, the thoughts in the stadium were clearly ominous but he

0:33:22 > 0:33:27managed to compose yourself and you got it. How did you feel then?I

0:33:27 > 0:33:30actually thought I had knocked it because I hit it and I saw it

0:33:30 > 0:33:34rattling and I thought, "Please, I just need a bit of luck". The jobs

0:33:34 > 0:33:38following that were much better. Definitely a part of my condition I

0:33:38 > 0:33:45need to work on. -- the jumps following that.By the time you

0:33:45 > 0:33:49played 1.93, una ritual, talking to yourself, what were you saying?I

0:33:49 > 0:33:54was just going through my run-up and what I needed to do and making sure

0:33:54 > 0:33:58I was in the moment and taking in the crowd.It is an improvement on

0:33:58 > 0:34:03your global successes so far. Definitely some positives to take

0:34:03 > 0:34:06forward to the Commonwealth Games? Definitely, season 's best and

0:34:06 > 0:34:11fourth in the world so I can't complain going into the Gold Coast

0:34:11 > 0:34:16in a few weeks.Fantastic, it was great to watch and well done,

0:34:16 > 0:34:22unfortunately forth.Well done.It is good morning and welcome to the

0:34:22 > 0:34:24field team, Steve Backley, good morning and Toni Minichiello. And

0:34:24 > 0:34:30that hide jump competition last night from Morgan Lake, starting

0:34:30 > 0:34:34with her, just frustrating because to fail on the earlier heights as

0:34:34 > 0:34:38she did, that is the whole thing about getting your clearances early,

0:34:38 > 0:34:41when you come to the count back, you are going to miss out on a global

0:34:41 > 0:34:46medal.It cost her a medal without a shadow of the doubt, the first

0:34:46 > 0:34:49tight, 1.84, third time clearance was a good show of character because

0:34:49 > 0:34:52it was not going to plan and that is what any coach will tell you,

0:34:52 > 0:34:57execute the plan and it was going to plan so it was an instinctive jump

0:34:57 > 0:35:02to get clear but

0:35:07 > 0:35:09to get clear but come so close, to clear a height but not quite beat

0:35:09 > 0:35:11it.There were a few athletes, we were quite surprised to see, failing

0:35:11 > 0:35:14at earlier heights, one of the tweets which has coming already from

0:35:14 > 0:35:17avid spectator why where there's so many failures, did the markings

0:35:17 > 0:35:19confuse the jumpers, and we had this thing where they were jumping

0:35:19 > 0:35:22towards each other in the new configurations, anything to do with

0:35:22 > 0:35:26that?I was chatting with the coaches last night and the athletes

0:35:26 > 0:35:29found the surface very quick, a factor, the orientation, the

0:35:29 > 0:35:33orientation, the geography was unique but the biggest factor is it

0:35:33 > 0:35:36is the world indoor Championships, lots of the guys are in heavy

0:35:36 > 0:35:42trading, they come out for a few weeks to get ready, the adrenaline

0:35:42 > 0:35:45is flowing and they are running quickly and it is hard to handle. I

0:35:45 > 0:35:48think it is as simple as that. First night of the athletic is a bit of a

0:35:48 > 0:35:51shock to the system, there were a few rabbits in headlights. It seemed

0:35:51 > 0:35:56like nobody settled in other than Maria Lasitskene, who dominated on

0:35:56 > 0:36:01the women's said. Everyone was a bit bamboozled. I could not quite make

0:36:01 > 0:36:04it out, the surface, orientation, not sure, it could be all of the

0:36:04 > 0:36:09above.She has a demeanour, Maria Lasitskene, like every day is an

0:36:09 > 0:36:13Olympic final, she's unbelievably focused. Let's have a look at the

0:36:13 > 0:36:19earlier jumps from Morgan Lake, Tony.

0:36:19 > 0:36:20earlier jumps from Morgan Lake, Tony.

0:36:20 > 0:36:26What was going wrong for her in her demeanour and approach?I'm not sure

0:36:26 > 0:36:30it's going wrong but these are early heights, site is, as it were. She

0:36:30 > 0:36:34just got it wrong and because she has gone through, you can see the

0:36:34 > 0:36:37white line on the floor, if you break the plane of the bar, it is a

0:36:37 > 0:36:42foul, if you can't stop before the turn and job again. That really,

0:36:42 > 0:36:46they had come out earlier, warmed up, they should have felt the track.

0:36:46 > 0:36:50There's a little thing about 60-metre tracks, they are laid in a

0:36:50 > 0:36:54direction to suit the sprinters so as she runs in, she runs in the same

0:36:54 > 0:36:58direction as a sprinter and then she has to run across the grain, really,

0:36:58 > 0:37:03which is the difficult thing. Again, she did not settle. There was an

0:37:03 > 0:37:06opportunity yesterday. You seldom stand on the opportunity of

0:37:06 > 0:37:11greatness here. And the door opened, the Ukrainian girl did not perform

0:37:11 > 0:37:14well, there was an opportunity of a medal, but Alessia Trost of Italy

0:37:14 > 0:37:20stepped up and Morgan didn't, so opportunity missed.But fourth in

0:37:20 > 0:37:22the world indoor Championships, the best finish by a British athlete

0:37:22 > 0:37:26ever in the high jump, there's lots of positives to take from Morgan

0:37:26 > 0:37:32Lake, she's only 20 and she has a big future.She cleared 1.93 which

0:37:32 > 0:37:38was a season's best and she had a shot at 1.90 six. The first two

0:37:38 > 0:37:44attempts, the first was the best of the three, and the third failure at

0:37:44 > 0:37:491.96, shall we have a talk about it? She did to her jumping so what has

0:37:49 > 0:37:53gone wrong?She had settled by this stage and found something of her

0:37:53 > 0:38:01rhythm. This will be a new lifetime best so she is at full stretch. OK,

0:38:01 > 0:38:04it was not particularly close but a season's best, I'm tempted to

0:38:04 > 0:38:08concentrate more on the positives, the work is done, she came forth and

0:38:08 > 0:38:11she has got to take it on the chin and learn from it and take it

0:38:11 > 0:38:16forward. Go into the Commonwealth Games, built on it, 96, she looked

0:38:16 > 0:38:22capable of it but it was a big ask in the circumstances. Technically, I

0:38:22 > 0:38:30know her coach, files can't -- her coach was frustrated because he felt

0:38:30 > 0:38:34the surface was so quick and the athletes only get 30 seconds here so

0:38:34 > 0:38:39they feel a little bit rushed. I was chatting with the jumpers last night

0:38:39 > 0:38:42and they felt as though they were rushed into jumping, the cones were

0:38:42 > 0:38:46withdrawn they had the mirror image of the men jumping from the other

0:38:46 > 0:38:50side.Steve Cram said about that as well and the timing with the 3000 as

0:38:50 > 0:38:55well, do you think it was not a good idea to do it that way?

0:38:55 > 0:38:56well, do you think it was not a good idea to do it that way?The great

0:38:56 > 0:39:02thing is, as a sport, we are trying different things and it was a new

0:39:02 > 0:39:05approach, two high jump mats back to back, it was unusual. The athletes

0:39:05 > 0:39:10were a bit confused by it, shall we say, possibly we won't see it again,

0:39:10 > 0:39:15I don't know.For Morgan herself and we will talk about KJT in the

0:39:15 > 0:39:19pentathlon in a moment, we knew her originally as a heptathlete, the

0:39:19 > 0:39:23high jump was always her strongest discipline. It would seem now that

0:39:23 > 0:39:28her full focus is going to be on the high jump. Is it a good position?I

0:39:28 > 0:39:32genuinely think it should be, heptathlon has moved on a lot. We

0:39:32 > 0:39:37saw in the same high jump, the Cuban, Rodriguez, she beat her at

0:39:37 > 0:39:42the world Juniors in Oregon a few years ago but now she has stepped

0:39:42 > 0:39:47forwards and got 6500. She is having great success in the high jump and

0:39:47 > 0:39:51let's be honest, this configurations and the rest of it, it worked for

0:39:51 > 0:39:55the best jumpers. You have three jumpers, one in the women, two in

0:39:55 > 0:39:58the men, who are the outstanding, better athlete than they were not

0:39:58 > 0:40:03fazed by it and they won the medals he would have expected. I don't

0:40:03 > 0:40:06think there was anything wrong with the Confederation in that. It

0:40:06 > 0:40:09affected may be the lesser experienced athletes aspire to

0:40:09 > 0:40:15anything else. -- the configuration in that. I think it worked fine.Now

0:40:15 > 0:40:21we are going to focus on the pentathlon. And the challenge for

0:40:21 > 0:40:23Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Great Britain have won gold in this event

0:40:23 > 0:40:35before in 2010 in Doha, just the two names, Jessica Ennis.

0:41:17 > 0:41:22I think Andy might be pleased with that, Tony.

0:41:22 > 0:41:23I think Andy might be pleased with that, Tony.

0:41:24 > 0:41:29In fact, I'm going to call her that from now on.Tell us about at that

0:41:29 > 0:41:33time what I did for her and what it did for her season. Did she enjoy

0:41:33 > 0:41:39competing indoors?This was kind of coming off the back, she missed 2008

0:41:39 > 0:41:42with three stress fractures in her foot, she won the World

0:41:42 > 0:41:45Championships in 2009 and is maintained the momentum, winning

0:41:45 > 0:41:49again, because winning habit and I think really that is the same kind

0:41:49 > 0:41:54of momentum that needs to start for KJT here to, today, start the

0:41:54 > 0:41:56momentum, winning is a habit in then you feel you can step up and compete

0:41:56 > 0:42:00every time.She has missed out on medals in the last three major

0:42:00 > 0:42:05outdoor championships. She did take gold in the 2015 European indoors,

0:42:05 > 0:42:08narrowly missing out on a world record, there as well and that is

0:42:08 > 0:42:11the kind of expectation that comes from when you win those medals,

0:42:11 > 0:42:15people expect you to transfer that to the outdoors. She knows that, she

0:42:15 > 0:42:19knows the expectation and JJ Chalmers spoke to her yesterday.

0:42:19 > 0:42:23Birmingham is the home of indoor athletics. It is a place that you

0:42:23 > 0:42:26have been competing at since you were 15 or something. Bregerie yeah,

0:42:26 > 0:42:34yeah. --yeah, yeah. I was talking to my mum about it last week, under

0:42:34 > 0:42:4015, under 17 AAA Championships, we used to come under coach and stay

0:42:40 > 0:42:44not too far away and walked to the Stadium on one answer she remember

0:42:44 > 0:42:48is the first time I competed here in the high jump. I think I might have

0:42:48 > 0:42:54been underage, or I was the bottom age of the under 15 championships

0:42:54 > 0:42:56and I came sixth unanswered I would not speak to her the entire way

0:42:56 > 0:43:00home! Then I came back the year after and won, and the after that I

0:43:00 > 0:43:04won the high jump and the long jump so it has got fond memories of me

0:43:04 > 0:43:10just being young and wanting to win things and being competitive. I want

0:43:10 > 0:43:14to try to bring that into the competition. I feel like the

0:43:14 > 0:43:19pentathlon is an event that I am very secure in. It has got two jumps

0:43:19 > 0:43:23and one throw so it is suited to my abilities. Funnily enough in my

0:43:23 > 0:43:26career, I've only ever done a couple of pentathlon is. I've not done that

0:43:26 > 0:43:30many. I did a lot when I was a junior but in my senior career I've

0:43:30 > 0:43:34only really done one which was in Prague, two years ago, in 2015,

0:43:34 > 0:43:39which went very well. I'm excited to do another one.You say in Prague

0:43:39 > 0:43:45you did well, you did very well! It is the second-best pentathlon that a

0:43:45 > 0:43:48woman has performed, 5000 points, how much confidence has that given

0:43:48 > 0:43:52you since that time and particularly coming into this?It's given me huge

0:43:52 > 0:43:56confidence to know that I have had that big score under my belt and the

0:43:56 > 0:44:00possibilities are quite big for me doing the pentathlon but I have got

0:44:00 > 0:44:04to calm everybody down and take it slowly and take it one event at a

0:44:04 > 0:44:08time. What I want to do now is start collecting medals and winning

0:44:08 > 0:44:12medals. That is my priority.There's a big expectation for you to just

0:44:12 > 0:44:19come in and feel Jess's shoes?I have not felt pressure at any point,

0:44:19 > 0:44:23especially now with me being in France, I'm sort of away from

0:44:23 > 0:44:28everything. London 2012 was not any pressure for me at all. I was only

0:44:28 > 0:44:3319. It was scary more than anything but I was sort of oblivious to it

0:44:33 > 0:44:38all.Still only 19 years old and we know what problems Jessica Ennis

0:44:38 > 0:44:42once had with the javelin.You are back here at a home games, how much

0:44:42 > 0:44:46does it bring your performance?It is just knowing that it does not

0:44:46 > 0:44:49give me any pressure, it just gives me extra support, the fact that they

0:44:49 > 0:44:53call your name and you hear the crowd, you realise all these people

0:44:53 > 0:44:56want you to do well and they are there to see you do well. It is not

0:44:56 > 0:45:01pressure for me. It is just one of those things where it is like, "OK,

0:45:01 > 0:45:06here I am". I've only got a couple more chances of home games now so

0:45:06 > 0:45:10I'm going to make the most of it. Looking at the field, naff DTM not

0:45:10 > 0:45:16here but it is still, it is still an impressive field you have to do

0:45:16 > 0:45:20compete against.I love her to let and I love competing against her

0:45:20 > 0:45:25hijab as well so it is a shame but the deal is, they have got a lot of

0:45:25 > 0:45:30different strengths in different events that it is one of those

0:45:30 > 0:45:34things, that I needed to concentrate on my own events anyway. So it does

0:45:34 > 0:45:41not change anything for me.

0:45:55 > 0:46:01It's just enjoying the event and the occasion.And you just feel that one

0:46:01 > 0:46:06day it's going to come together on the global stage. This is a

0:46:06 > 0:46:09phenomenally talented athlete and we have agonised watching her

0:46:09 > 0:46:12performances over the last few years on the bigger stages where something

0:46:12 > 0:46:20has not gone right. Denise Lewis, welcome to this trio. It is a

0:46:20 > 0:46:25movable feast going on here. It has been frustrating at times,

0:46:25 > 0:46:32heart-warming at times. You have those moments and that high jump in

0:46:32 > 0:46:37London was fantastic. Incredibly, she is back for more and she gets

0:46:37 > 0:46:41back up and thinks she will do it this time. Do you believe those

0:46:41 > 0:46:47lessons, learning the mental strategy is coming good? Will she do

0:46:47 > 0:46:52this?I think it is coming good. I think last year at the world

0:46:52 > 0:46:58Championships there was there were things that were disappointing. But

0:46:58 > 0:47:03overall there was a feeling that her ability to cope with disappointment

0:47:03 > 0:47:06and bounceback was better and that is essential if you're going to be a

0:47:06 > 0:47:11really good heptathlete at this level. I think we have reason to be

0:47:11 > 0:47:15optimistic about these Championships in particular. She has been jumping

0:47:15 > 0:47:25really well indoors, 1.93 this year, back to her best in the long jump,

0:47:25 > 0:47:306.71 at the trials, and that is her field. She needs to rely on her

0:47:30 > 0:47:33jumps so much, but generally the maturity is kicking in and she is

0:47:33 > 0:47:41more realistic and had to be more patient. And she has had to pick

0:47:41 > 0:47:45herself up on the environment she is training in has a lot to do with

0:47:45 > 0:47:50that. She's in a good.She is into a second year of the new setup. Last

0:47:50 > 0:47:54year was the first time she was competing on the back of her first

0:47:54 > 0:47:59winter in France and that is working well for her.It's working well. It

0:47:59 > 0:48:05takes a while for a new coach and athlete to bond and have that

0:48:05 > 0:48:10chemistry and understand not only the physical part of the French and

0:48:10 > 0:48:14English language, but what makes you tick, and they are slowly working

0:48:14 > 0:48:19that out and the trust that she has with her coaches is really good. I

0:48:19 > 0:48:24am expecting that this is another year where we need to see her kick

0:48:24 > 0:48:29on. There is an expectation amongst the multi-event coaches and anyone

0:48:29 > 0:48:33who watches athletics that it should be her time now. We have watched

0:48:33 > 0:48:36Nafi Thiam move ahead of her phenomenally in the last couple of

0:48:36 > 0:48:45years.Rio was the moment where Nafi Thiam broke through.Very much so.

0:48:45 > 0:48:53If you think back to Prague when she did that in 2015 where she did the

0:48:53 > 0:48:57phenomenal pentathlon, Nafi Thiam was a hundred points behind her, and

0:48:57 > 0:48:59look what she has done in that short

0:48:59 > 0:48:59look what she has done in that short space

0:48:59 > 0:48:59was a hundred points behind her, and look what she has done in that short

0:48:59 > 0:49:05space of time.This is the moment you speak of where she was 13 points

0:49:05 > 0:49:10from the world record and at this point, expectation was rightly,

0:49:10 > 0:49:15looking at this woman, phenomenal athlete, the air to Jessica Ennis

0:49:15 > 0:49:20Hill's throne. And she was put on a header stall in terms of

0:49:20 > 0:49:25expectations.I think sometimes athletes are put on a pedestal and

0:49:25 > 0:49:31too much is expected of them too early. I don't think this was the

0:49:31 > 0:49:36situation in this case. Right here this shows the potential she has.

0:49:36 > 0:49:41Huge potential she displayed, 13 points off a world record. The

0:49:41 > 0:49:49expectation has not been unrealistic. I wonder, did knees --

0:49:49 > 0:49:54Denise, lots of athletes will have the problem of not changing their

0:49:54 > 0:49:56potential from the physical standpoint.

0:49:58 > 0:50:02Her biggest problem is to be mentally prepared to produce the big

0:50:02 > 0:50:04performances when it counts. I wonder if going to France and

0:50:04 > 0:50:09working with coaches where the horror these different challenges

0:50:09 > 0:50:15with language and culture and understanding -- where there are

0:50:15 > 0:50:19different challenges. Maybe she needs to go where she can mentally

0:50:19 > 0:50:25be able to perform.It's something she has to learn. From her

0:50:25 > 0:50:29perspective, she was not in a good place, mentally, and for any

0:50:29 > 0:50:33athlete, if you don't have that balance, it's not a good place for

0:50:33 > 0:50:37you whether the outside world thinks you cannot see what is wrong, but

0:50:37 > 0:50:42the her it was imperative to make the change. She needed to grow and

0:50:42 > 0:50:46take ownership of her performances and have a bit more control over her

0:50:46 > 0:50:50athletics and the direction it was going in. I'm pleased with what I

0:50:50 > 0:50:55have seen but now I think that self belief has two come from her. The

0:50:55 > 0:50:59coaching setup can give you so much, but you have do feel it as an

0:50:59 > 0:51:03athlete yourself.Each relationship you have with an athlete, by

0:51:03 > 0:51:07definition, is unique. That chemistry, each one will be

0:51:07 > 0:51:13different.I think so. It's all about relationships. Everybody knows

0:51:13 > 0:51:17you have to get on well and whether somebody motivates or demotivate

0:51:17 > 0:51:22you. Invariably the performance comes from within. The coaches a

0:51:22 > 0:51:26support mechanism that gives you technical support and create an

0:51:26 > 0:51:30environment, but the performance belongs to you. We have not seen

0:51:30 > 0:51:35that from Kat yet. It is still Kat. You cannot run away from Kat. She is

0:51:35 > 0:51:41still there. That is something she has to overcome. We have not seen

0:51:41 > 0:51:46the progress, indoors or outdoors, really. If you look at her she is

0:51:46 > 0:51:51about one tenth slower in the 60-metre hurdles. She has thrown 13

0:51:51 > 0:51:58in the shops before when she was with Mike Holmes -- the shot. She is

0:51:58 > 0:52:02a hundred points back from where she was but she's the only athlete

0:52:02 > 0:52:07capable in this field of scoring 4800 points comfortably and that

0:52:07 > 0:52:11gives a margin, the gap between her and the opposition which makes her

0:52:11 > 0:52:15nailed on favourite for the event. Sorry to Butcher on the spot, and

0:52:15 > 0:52:19you are a coach and you focused one of the most focused athletes ever,

0:52:19 > 0:52:25if you are coaching her, well, and athlete who was having a problem

0:52:25 > 0:52:29mentally producing, how would you approach it? You talk about setting

0:52:29 > 0:52:34up the environment, the training environment and the pre-preparation,

0:52:34 > 0:52:38and it affects the athletes mentally, so what sort of

0:52:38 > 0:52:42adjustments do you make?That's an incredibly interesting question. The

0:52:42 > 0:52:49coach has to be a unit of a yang. You have to flex your style to suit

0:52:49 > 0:52:53the athlete. If you have an athlete who is a great think all very

0:52:53 > 0:52:56emotional, you have to be the opposite to balance that and that is

0:52:56 > 0:53:02the kind of thing. With Kat, athletes -- athletics is a simple

0:53:02 > 0:53:06event. No one is going to tackle UN is not a huge amount of

0:53:06 > 0:53:10decision-making. Just repeat movement pattern and deliver -- no

0:53:10 > 0:53:16one is going to tackle you. I would focus on the process and then focus

0:53:16 > 0:53:21on what is happening away from the track. A sports psychologist. You

0:53:21 > 0:53:26are not trying to turn a lamb into a lion. You look at the strengths of

0:53:26 > 0:53:29the individual and enhance them and find out where the gaps are, and as

0:53:29 > 0:53:32a coach, you fill the gaps for them and that brings you an all-round

0:53:32 > 0:53:37athlete.Let's remind ourselves of what we are talking about in terms

0:53:37 > 0:53:42of those moments within her two-day event where things have not clicked.

0:53:45 > 0:53:50Going back to Beijing and the long jump here.We know what she is

0:53:50 > 0:54:01capable of in the long jump, we really do. But if we see where Kat

0:54:01 > 0:54:06tends to have trouble, it is the no jump.It was the finest of margins.

0:54:06 > 0:54:10It was the difference between her getting a medal and her subsequent

0:54:10 > 0:54:14disappointment. The two events she relies on most are the high jump and

0:54:14 > 0:54:23long jump. This, for me, was the most shocking. She can hide jump

0:54:23 > 0:54:261.95 in her sleep, mostly. Lack of focus, lack of controlling the

0:54:26 > 0:54:32emotional environment and the emotional state resulted in two very

0:54:32 > 0:54:33costly medals for that athlete.

0:54:36 > 0:54:40If you look at the long jump, they haven't cured that issue and they

0:54:40 > 0:54:45might have exacerbated it with a rolling start. It's about accuracy

0:54:45 > 0:54:48and rhythm. They have come to a shorter approach and a rolling

0:54:48 > 0:54:55start, which can give you error on the board and she is an athlete that

0:54:55 > 0:54:58tends to lengthen and that is what happened in Beijing. If you watch

0:54:58 > 0:55:05the three jumps, she lengthens indifferent places. The high jump,

0:55:05 > 0:55:11should be the banker. She lost the rhythm in London there. And a week

0:55:11 > 0:55:17later she jumps 1.95 like it's so easy.It is trial and error. When

0:55:17 > 0:55:21you are going to an environment where you come with your own

0:55:21 > 0:55:25philosophy and principle about how you approach an event, they will not

0:55:25 > 0:55:30have studied Kat prior to taking her on board. So they are tweaking

0:55:30 > 0:55:39things that they think, we know this athlete is someone you need to

0:55:39 > 0:55:41utilise her speed before she gets down to the board and get the legs

0:55:41 > 0:55:47engaged.Speed is the asset. You are presented with somebody who is a

0:55:47 > 0:55:52podium level athlete and you can tinker and experiment, but you

0:55:52 > 0:55:56should get down and do your homework and work out what makes a

0:55:56 > 0:56:02difference. Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan. As a

0:56:02 > 0:56:05coach, the athlete loses on the track and it's very personal as a

0:56:05 > 0:56:10coach. It's very personal and a very lonely place when you lose, so you

0:56:10 > 0:56:17have to be as support mechanism. When I moved to Holland initially, I

0:56:17 > 0:56:22was an Olympic bronze-medallist.I was silver world medallist and I had

0:56:22 > 0:56:27to strip things back to build again. It was maybe two or three years

0:56:27 > 0:56:30before I was making personal best overall in the heptathlon because I

0:56:30 > 0:56:36had a lot to learn. She has been an emotionally immature athlete and

0:56:36 > 0:56:40they are trying to bolster that to understand what is required from her

0:56:40 > 0:56:44to go on and become the champion we believe she can be.Can I ask

0:56:44 > 0:56:48briefly, we've talked a lot in the past about whether the focus should

0:56:48 > 0:56:54be, do you work on the weaknesses and get some points there, or do you

0:56:54 > 0:56:56exacerbate the strengths question

0:56:58 > 0:57:02it is spinning plates.You have to keep the plates spinning. You have

0:57:02 > 0:57:07to keep your strength is strong and push on the weakness.I hear what

0:57:07 > 0:57:14you are both saying. When you talk about the athlete being emotional,

0:57:14 > 0:57:20and we know that's an issue for her, simplify it. I would absolutely

0:57:20 > 0:57:23simplify where possible and try to minimise the margin of error and try

0:57:23 > 0:57:29to minimise the opportunity for mistakes. Once you can get that

0:57:29 > 0:57:35accomplished, the athlete is able to produce at a decent level with

0:57:35 > 0:57:38minimised mistakes, then start to add on and try to improve and reach

0:57:38 > 0:57:42the full potential.I should say the light show is because we are about

0:57:42 > 0:57:47to start the live action. We are starting with the men's heptathlon

0:57:47 > 0:57:5660-metre heats and the men have for events today,, sorry, three events

0:57:56 > 0:58:01today, for events tomorrow. Actually I was right the first time. Then the

0:58:01 > 0:58:06women get it all done today. There will be lots of multi-events for you

0:58:06 > 0:58:11on the track and in the field today. And Damian Warner there, who of

0:58:11 > 0:58:17course, is always somebody pushing towards the top of the rostrum. The

0:58:17 > 0:58:22new World order was seen in London with the men. Do you expect him to

0:58:22 > 0:58:27be dominant?It's an interesting one. Damian Warner is one of the

0:58:27 > 0:58:36major athletes to put Kevin under pressure. He is did not finish on a

0:58:36 > 0:58:42lot of things in the pentathlon, so he can be a little bit loose. But in

0:58:42 > 0:58:48London he had norovirus Amat took about -- and that took around 200

0:58:48 > 0:58:52points off him and he should have got a medal in London if he had not

0:58:52 > 0:58:56been ill. I think we are looking at a two horse race. The Americans have

0:58:56 > 0:59:01won in this and we've only heard the American national anthem the last

0:59:01 > 0:59:10five times. The American athlete, very quick athlete. Whether they can

0:59:10 > 0:59:14put Kevin under pressure, and if he lets them in, but he is 300 points

0:59:14 > 0:59:18better than the opposition, so you have do pressure him.Let's head out

0:59:18 > 0:59:23and say good morning to our commentary team led by Steve Cram. I

0:59:23 > 0:59:26am impressed so many people have made it for the morning session

0:59:26 > 0:59:27through the snow already.

0:59:30 > 0:59:34They are a hearty bunch in and around Birmingham. Conditions not as

0:59:34 > 0:59:38bad as yesterday evening and we are expecting big crowds later this

0:59:38 > 0:59:43evening and hopefully most people can make it as the conditions do

0:59:43 > 0:59:46seem to improve a little. A lot of snow expected in Birmingham later

0:59:46 > 0:59:54today. The first of the two races, we have seen Damian Warner,

0:59:54 > 1:00:01Kazmirek, Felix, Don Ozil and Gado. Damian Warner, the Commonwealth

1:00:01 > 1:00:07Games, just over a month away. Kazmirek who might have a good

1:00:07 > 1:00:12opportunity of picking up a medal, for that the Olympics, third in the

1:00:12 > 1:00:15worlds and Felix very experienced competitor.

1:00:20 > 1:00:25At his best dummy you would expect Warner to be the quickest, here. --

1:00:25 > 1:00:29at his best, you would expect. A little twitch from Warner in the

1:00:29 > 1:00:32blocks but he gets away nice and strong, dollars are going well on

1:00:32 > 1:00:40the near side, Warner, 6.75, that is very quick. If that is confirmed, it

1:00:40 > 1:00:43equalled his best ever. He's only done a 60 hurdles and a long jump

1:00:43 > 1:00:48this year, he's not done full heptathlon. He certainly has not

1:00:48 > 1:00:52done flat-out 60 metres and that will give him huge encouragement,

1:00:52 > 1:00:57Damian Warner with a cracking start, Colin. I thought he twitched a bit

1:00:57 > 1:01:03just before the gun. But after that he was superb.He was brilliant,

1:01:03 > 1:01:07Steve, yes, his back leg slightly quivered before the gun went, but

1:01:07 > 1:01:09made no real difference, out of the blocks strong and powerful and look

1:01:09 > 1:01:14at that, driving towards the line. I think it must be quite difficult for

1:01:14 > 1:01:17the heptathlon in this circumstance because remember, they are competing

1:01:17 > 1:01:21against themselves, they need to gather as many points as possible.

1:01:21 > 1:01:28This is their one and only opportunity to get going. I can

1:01:28 > 1:01:31imagine when he crossed the line and he saw the winning time, Steve,

1:01:31 > 1:01:34which actually has been rounded down by another 100th of a second so

1:01:34 > 1:01:426.74, he must be very excited. -- excited indeed at his prospects.

1:01:42 > 1:01:45Warner with a personal best and the rest of the times will be confirmed

1:01:45 > 1:01:47but a great start.

1:01:53 > 1:01:58I'm delighted to say we have another guest in the studio! Toni

1:01:58 > 1:02:02Minichiello has been replaced by Greg Rutherford, good morning.Thank

1:02:02 > 1:02:04you for having me.We would like to see you

1:02:04 > 1:02:05you for having me.We would like to see you out there doing your thing

1:02:05 > 1:02:08but he made the decision after Glasgow that you were not quite

1:02:08 > 1:02:13where you wanted to be?

1:02:13 > 1:02:16Exactly, I wanted use the two conditions, the nationals, to see

1:02:16 > 1:02:20what condition my body is in and it's not where I need it to be, for

1:02:20 > 1:02:24me, I said last week, I need to be jumping and doing well and winning

1:02:24 > 1:02:29medals. I'm not about making up the numbers. I'm not quite ready.When

1:02:29 > 1:02:34did you come to that decision?As soon as the com petition finished

1:02:34 > 1:02:38last week, probably. It was not what I wanted. I wanted to go over eight

1:02:38 > 1:02:41metres and I knew if I was in eight-metre shape I would have a

1:02:41 > 1:02:46Child and I was not quite there. It meant I could get out and get ready

1:02:46 > 1:02:52for the summer. -- I would have a chance.Still heavy strapping on

1:02:52 > 1:02:56your ankle, only a few weeks if you have been training properly.It's

1:02:56 > 1:03:00been about a month now in spikes and training and doing what I need to do

1:03:00 > 1:03:04and I can see from watching that, I'm a bit slow at the moment and for

1:03:04 > 1:03:07me, I am a speed -based jumper so if I don't have the runway

1:03:07 > 1:03:07me, I am a speed -based jumper so if I don't have the runway speed, I

1:03:07 > 1:03:11will not be jumping the kind of distances I need to be doing to mix

1:03:11 > 1:03:17it up for the medals. That is a case now of going back to training,

1:03:17 > 1:03:19working hard, getting some speed back in my legs and hopefully the

1:03:19 > 1:03:25distances we are seeing on the cusp of eight metres now will be on the

1:03:25 > 1:03:33-- in the eight-metre 30s and above. Added new plan? You have to go on a

1:03:33 > 1:03:35week by week basis, especially the Commonwealth Games coming up which

1:03:35 > 1:03:39you have decided not to go to, is all the focus of Europeans? Cridge

1:03:39 > 1:03:42macro for me, I did not realise I would have do have the surgery and

1:03:42 > 1:03:47how severe the ankle issue was after I had the groin reconstructed, we

1:03:47 > 1:03:52found my ankle was not healing.From that point of view, I could plan

1:03:52 > 1:03:54properly. It was all about the Commonwealth Games originally and

1:03:54 > 1:03:58then I knew without the training that I have had, I need to make sure

1:03:58 > 1:04:01I'm doing something so I have two pull out of that and then the world

1:04:01 > 1:04:04indoors suddenly becomes a chance and then it is one of those things

1:04:04 > 1:04:08that I'm still not quite ready, I have two plan for the summer in that

1:04:08 > 1:04:09way.I

1:04:09 > 1:04:11have two plan for the summer in that way.I think it is sensible and it

1:04:11 > 1:04:15could be a blessing in disguise. The last thing you want at this stage it

1:04:15 > 1:04:20in jewels of again. Giving yourself more preparation...Completely, this

1:04:20 > 1:04:23is the world indoor Championships, this is not the Europeans or

1:04:23 > 1:04:27something that is easier, if you like. I can't go out there and say I

1:04:27 > 1:04:31have a chance of winning against the best in the world from a month's

1:04:31 > 1:04:35training, it's not right for myself and a bit embarrassing and a bit of

1:04:35 > 1:04:39an anti-climax for going out and performing badly which could happen

1:04:39 > 1:04:43and I don't want to go out that way. Do you understand that in terms of

1:04:43 > 1:04:47not wanting to go out when you been Olympic and world champion, you

1:04:47 > 1:04:50don't want to make up the numbers, you expect to be on the rostrum?You

1:04:50 > 1:04:53have a level of expectation of yourself as well in terms of

1:04:53 > 1:04:56competition and what you are expecting of yourself but also, you

1:04:56 > 1:05:02know your competitors are used to seeing you out there at a certain

1:05:02 > 1:05:04level and you don't want to have that little chink in the armour,

1:05:04 > 1:05:07right, where they start to think, "I just beat Greg Rutherford", some

1:05:07 > 1:05:12young kid, you don't want it to happen.Exactly, and I've been quite

1:05:12 > 1:05:18fortunate since 2012 when things changed form is likely that there is

1:05:18 > 1:05:21an that were like a big, people expect me to be jumping well and

1:05:21 > 1:05:24wishing to enter you are right, I don't want to be beaten by some

1:05:24 > 1:05:27young upstart coming through because I'm not fit and then they get it in

1:05:27 > 1:05:30their head that I am beatable. I want to go out there with what I've

1:05:30 > 1:05:34had in last few years which is the ability to win.What do you see in

1:05:34 > 1:05:38terms of the remainder of your career? What is the objective for

1:05:38 > 1:05:43you now? You now? You have won everything so what do you want to

1:05:43 > 1:05:46win again? What is left?First off, this summer, there's never been a

1:05:46 > 1:05:49long jumper that has won three European Championships back-to-back

1:05:49 > 1:05:52and we are fortunate in Europe and in Britain that we have the

1:05:52 > 1:05:55Commonwealth Games, we have a major every year so if I could do that,

1:05:55 > 1:05:59I'm in a situation where I have made a bit of history if you like in that

1:05:59 > 1:06:03way, something I am keen to try to do. And then I think I'm going to

1:06:03 > 1:06:08reassess. I am taking it summer by summer rather than saying, I want to

1:06:08 > 1:06:12win in 2020, for me, it is about taking each year as it comes. I'm

1:06:12 > 1:06:16about winning. I've always said that and I've never been shy about saying

1:06:16 > 1:06:20that, I go into competition to try to win and I will assess each year,

1:06:20 > 1:06:23seeing where I am as long as I have the ability to win, I will keep

1:06:23 > 1:06:29going.We were just stop you right there because we do the next heat of

1:06:29 > 1:06:36the heptathlon, the men's 60 metres. This one of course involves Kevin

1:06:36 > 1:06:40Mayer, the world champion from London. Good morning to Andrew

1:06:40 > 1:06:46Cotter. COMMENTATOR: Good morning, there is Lindon Victor, twice US

1:06:46 > 1:06:50collegiate champion, the half brother of Kurt Felix we went in the

1:06:50 > 1:06:58first heat, Elko Saint Nicholas, the Dutch champion, competing in 2000

1:06:58 > 1:07:04and 2013. Alexi Kasyanova of the first athlete out from the Ukraine.

1:07:04 > 1:07:06Dominik Distelberger, the Austrian chap in indoors over 60 metres

1:07:06 > 1:07:11hurdles and the pole vault individual events. Zachary Simak,

1:07:11 > 1:07:14the US representative here. He should be the quickest in this heat.

1:07:14 > 1:07:22-- Zachary Simak. A personal best of 6.75, Warner quicker than that but

1:07:22 > 1:07:27this is the man who start as the favourite, the world champion, won

1:07:27 > 1:07:33the last indoor title as well in Europe, the new star of this event,

1:07:33 > 1:07:39or multi-eventing in men's terms after Ashton Eaton retired.

1:07:39 > 1:07:42Interesting, looking at the time for Damian Warner in the first heat,

1:07:42 > 1:07:486.70 four.

1:07:48 > 1:07:52The reason he was not in the second heat bills because he did not have a

1:07:52 > 1:07:55season's best but there is the result of the first heat, Damian

1:07:55 > 1:07:58Warner a long way clear. He might have done a bit better if he were

1:07:58 > 1:08:02able to run in the second heat, with a bit more competition but a great

1:08:02 > 1:08:06run from him nonetheless. That 6.74, quicker than anyone in this second

1:08:06 > 1:08:17heat has managed. This is the start list for the second heat.

1:08:18 > 1:08:23Mayer may finish last in this heat gun he is the slowness on paper but

1:08:23 > 1:08:32strongest -- slowest on paper but stronger events to come.

1:08:32 > 1:08:35Kasyanova, again, we have to explain that did not eventing, it is

1:08:35 > 1:08:38slightly different, if this were an individual event in the 60 metres,

1:08:38 > 1:08:42Kasyanova would be gone but you get a bit of grace, a bit of leeway in

1:08:42 > 1:08:47multi-eventing. So he will not be discovered five, Kasyanov, despite

1:08:47 > 1:08:55the fairly obvious. . Now everyone is on borrowed time, very clear,

1:08:55 > 1:09:00Colin? -- he will not be disqualified.A bit of nerves, a

1:09:00 > 1:09:05major championships, you have this one shot at getting your start, of

1:09:05 > 1:09:08your whole condition, going well. He can shake it off and gather his

1:09:08 > 1:09:15thoughts again and prepare to go into the box and get ready.A very

1:09:15 > 1:09:20experienced athlete, Kasyanov, silver at the world indoors in 2012

1:09:20 > 1:09:27and 2016, both times behind Ashton Eaton. I wonder if sometimes you

1:09:27 > 1:09:33know you have that one. Allowed that you might try and push a little bit

1:09:33 > 1:09:42more, but anyway, nobody is allowed one now. So Kasyanov in lane two,

1:09:42 > 1:09:47Lindon Victor, ill go sit Nicholas, Distelberger of Austria, Ziemak of

1:09:47 > 1:09:55the United States and Mayer of France, the world champion, in lane

1:09:55 > 1:09:59seven. Again, he is not the quickest sprinter but stronger events to

1:09:59 > 1:10:03come, long jump, shot put, high jump today and then 60 metres hurdles,

1:10:03 > 1:10:10pole vault and 1000 metres tomorrow in the men's heptathlon.

1:10:10 > 1:10:17Clean away this time, good start by eager sit Nicholas, and Kevin Mayer

1:10:17 > 1:10:21running well, well, we thought he would be down the field but 6.86,

1:10:21 > 1:10:26that is a big personal best. If you thought he might have to come from

1:10:26 > 1:10:32behind in events that will follow this one, not so, he has run 6.86

1:10:32 > 1:10:35which might be rounded down as well as it was for Damian Warner in

1:10:35 > 1:10:40averted but what a run for Kevin Mayer, 6.80 five. If he was the

1:10:40 > 1:10:44favourite before this event, he is a stronger favourites now, what a run.

1:10:44 > 1:10:49Very strong indeed. What a way to start. Not just here. You think

1:10:49 > 1:10:53about your whole season in front of you, you must be very excited about

1:10:53 > 1:10:57the potential. Obviously, he's wintered very well indeed, on the

1:10:57 > 1:11:01outside, watch him, did not react so well but look at the first couple of

1:11:01 > 1:11:04strides, even though he is long and rangy, there's lots of power so he

1:11:04 > 1:11:08gets into the upright running, very good knee lift, pumping his arms

1:11:08 > 1:11:15well, going all the way towards the line. I bet he was probably thinking

1:11:15 > 1:11:18to himself, "I've done a couple of good runs in training, I wonder if I

1:11:18 > 1:11:22can do it in competition?" He's nailed it.Interesting watching the

1:11:22 > 1:11:26multi-event is compared to individual sprinters, they seem to

1:11:26 > 1:11:32have a longer stride, not that pitter patter, quick cadence of the

1:11:32 > 1:11:35dedicated sprinters.Because they are relatively heavy and they have

1:11:35 > 1:11:39to be prepared for so many different events. This is an excellent start

1:11:39 > 1:11:43by him for me. I'm thinking to myself, I wonder what he thinks his

1:11:43 > 1:11:47overall score could possibly be today? Another personal best?Four

1:11:47 > 1:11:52Reds today, the long jump, shot put and I dubbed to come and you can see

1:11:52 > 1:11:57what it means to Mayer, he came in with a season's best of 6.99 and a

1:11:57 > 1:12:01personal best of 6.95 and he's taken a tenth of a second off it. Mayer

1:12:01 > 1:12:07has strong events to come as well so what a start. Damian Warner the

1:12:07 > 1:12:12quickest overall, 6.74 in the first heat but that is a wonderful run by

1:12:12 > 1:12:19the French athlete and a strong favourite for the men's heptathlon.

1:12:19 > 1:12:23We will talk about Kevin Mayer's performance and what it did me do

1:12:23 > 1:12:26his overall score in a moment but we have some news to bring you and

1:12:26 > 1:12:30Steve Cram is the person who should bring us this news because you may

1:12:30 > 1:12:35remember last night if you are watching, we showed you a caption of

1:12:35 > 1:12:38who our pundits, experts and commentators all felt where people

1:12:38 > 1:12:44to watch throughout the championships and Steve

1:12:45 > 1:12:51championships and Steve chose somebody and there's which may

1:12:51 > 1:12:53affect your pick.I'm having a

1:12:53 > 1:12:54somebody and there's which may affect your pick.I'm having a bad

1:12:54 > 1:12:59week. Emanuel Greer is setting the middle distance world alight at the

1:12:59 > 1:13:01moment, we've been looking for the next David Rudisha and a lot of

1:13:01 > 1:13:03people think it could be but sadly when he went to

1:13:03 > 1:13:05people think it could be but sadly when he went to New York for a few

1:13:05 > 1:13:08days, his grandfather had passed away, I think, and he whipped up

1:13:08 > 1:13:12there to meet with the family and then fly over here. The IT system

1:13:12 > 1:13:15went down which was trying to sort out his leader and he could not get

1:13:15 > 1:13:21out. They were trying to get in here until late last night forced -- out

1:13:21 > 1:13:24his Visa. He can't get to Birmingham because he stranded in New York and

1:13:24 > 1:13:30can't compete. Disappointing for me because I'd been to begin to develop

1:13:30 > 1:13:33he's the fastest in the world this year and he will be a great name but

1:13:33 > 1:13:38good news for Elliott Giles in the 800 metres, who was in Emanuel's

1:13:38 > 1:13:41heat, only 11 entries, and now there's only ten in the 800 metres

1:13:41 > 1:13:45and a gold medal favourite is not here.Have you had a chance to think

1:13:45 > 1:13:50about your next big?No, let me sit down and squeeze my head a bit to

1:13:50 > 1:13:54come up with someone else, I'm so disappointed, can't get over it.You

1:13:54 > 1:13:57are only back from Pyeongchang for a couple of days, if it was anyone

1:13:57 > 1:14:00else I would put you on the spot now but I will give you 20 minutes

1:14:00 > 1:14:05grace. Then I will ask for another big. At that ever happened to you?

1:14:05 > 1:14:10Not the Visa situation but have any of you ever been sober when you

1:14:10 > 1:14:14really needed to be somewhere else? I was going to Tokyo for an indoor

1:14:14 > 1:14:21meet once and they had the worst snowstorm ever. I arrived at Tokyo

1:14:21 > 1:14:24airport and needed to take a train, there were no trains, no cars, I had

1:14:24 > 1:14:28to get in a car and it took me about six hours to get into town and

1:14:28 > 1:14:35literally got there, about two hours before my meat and before the race.

1:14:35 > 1:14:42But it worked out in the end.You won?I did!LAUGHTER

1:14:42 > 1:14:46Any travel disasters?No recollection of travel disaster,

1:14:46 > 1:14:50even though I'm usually running to the flight invariably.I can vouch

1:14:50 > 1:14:55for that! It must really unsettle you, though, with those kind of

1:14:55 > 1:14:59things happen as an athlete, you can plan, be meticulous, train for weeks

1:14:59 > 1:15:02ahead of something and then something out of your hands happens.

1:15:02 > 1:15:06Mark O'Brien absolutely, when I was a young athlete, and a bit

1:15:06 > 1:15:11inexperienced, I ended up turning up, I think it was the malady

1:15:11 > 1:15:15RoboCop in 2006.I turned up without my passport, I only did it once and

1:15:15 > 1:15:18athletes do it every so often and then there was a mad dash back to

1:15:18 > 1:15:20Milton Keynes to pick up my passport, then on the train to get

1:15:20 > 1:15:24rid a different airport to make a flight. Funnily enough, the

1:15:24 > 1:15:27following day I jumped awful because I was so stressed and drained from

1:15:27 > 1:15:35it and it can throw everything because you a plan, when you get to

1:15:35 > 1:15:38the meat, when you are going to warm up and everything else and when it

1:15:38 > 1:15:41is thrown out, it can damage or performances.You held your hand up,

1:15:41 > 1:15:45passport story?I got stuck in your, and I had to get my coaches to get

1:15:45 > 1:15:48the passport from my apartment, FedEx it to be overnight so I

1:15:48 > 1:15:52arrived at the day of my meat so I've got a couple of those. But I

1:15:52 > 1:15:58won there also!

1:15:58 > 1:16:00Kevin has got here on time and

1:16:00 > 1:16:02Kevin has got here on time and it looks like he has had a very good

1:16:02 > 1:16:07winter.He has been training well, and that is evident. He was

1:16:07 > 1:16:13phenomenal last year in Dell grade at the European indoor championship.

1:16:13 > 1:16:18I don't think we made much of the performance with his personal bests

1:16:18 > 1:16:24en route and then taking the world title in London last year. He is

1:16:24 > 1:16:27such a relaxed character, but intends in what he is about and what

1:16:27 > 1:16:32he plans to do. He is saying he's not looking at the scores

1:16:32 > 1:16:40particularly, just to win. I don't doubt he will do that.After that

1:16:40 > 1:16:43performance you think the score might be massive. The thing I'm

1:16:43 > 1:16:50excited about seeing with him is the pole vault.

1:16:50 > 1:16:52pole vault. Getting 5.60, as an individual he looks like he could be

1:16:52 > 1:16:58good. He is a real talent. I'm really excited to watch him.Very

1:16:58 > 1:17:02exciting for French athletics as well. They have the Olympic Games to

1:17:02 > 1:17:06look forward to in the next couple of cycles, so to have somebody who

1:17:06 > 1:17:14could be the poster boy for the sport in France is good.Absolutely.

1:17:14 > 1:17:17You heard the commentators, and he's obviously a competitor because that

1:17:17 > 1:17:2160 was blazing. He has an amazing future in front of him.Let's

1:17:21 > 1:17:26address one of the tweets that has come in, specifically for you,

1:17:26 > 1:17:30Michael. If you have any questions you want to ask Greg about his long

1:17:30 > 1:17:36jumping or something about his chances. But for Michael, do you

1:17:36 > 1:17:43think he can come close to the success he had in the 60 and get

1:17:43 > 1:17:50close to Usain Bolt's world record in the hundred?He was

1:17:50 > 1:17:56silver-medallist in the 100, so can he get close, indoors, he's already

1:17:56 > 1:17:59done that? A silver medal outdoors was an amazing accomplishment for

1:17:59 > 1:18:06him. I think over the next couple of years he certainly should be

1:18:06 > 1:18:10competing for medals, and he could be world champion, Olympic champion,

1:18:10 > 1:18:16he has shown it with 9.82, his personal best, I believe. Close to

1:18:16 > 1:18:23the world record? I don't see it. He's an amazing talent, no doubt,

1:18:23 > 1:18:30but a of things start to happen by mechanically from 60 metres up to

1:18:30 > 1:18:34100 metres. We saw last year he got a great start but he started to

1:18:34 > 1:18:38falter at the end and Justin Gatlin got past him at the end of the

1:18:38 > 1:18:46rates. His height might be a problem in terms of getting below 9.5. You

1:18:46 > 1:18:51have to have the height that can produce that sort of force all the

1:18:51 > 1:18:56way through the event as opposed to just the first 50. That would be my

1:18:56 > 1:19:00concern about him getting to the world record.Now it is the turn of

1:19:00 > 1:19:05the women and we will see their heat in the 60 metres, but first on the

1:19:05 > 1:19:10track we have the 60 metres hurdles for the pentathlon. It is all done

1:19:10 > 1:19:12in the one-day, and Andrew Cotter will start us off.

1:19:16 > 1:19:19Rodriguez of Cuba was one place outside the medals in London last

1:19:19 > 1:19:25year. Ivona Dadic was a bronze-medallist in 2016, the

1:19:25 > 1:19:38Austrian. Quaresma of Portugal, 1839 personal best. The season best is

1:19:38 > 1:19:48how they separate them. Here is Caroline Agnou, the Swiss gaslight

1:19:48 > 1:19:57-- athlete. European under 20 champion last year. Could she never

1:19:57 > 1:20:06-- could sheen over, the Czech record-holder. Alina Shukh

1:20:06 > 1:20:14introduced as the European junior champion, a 19-year-old, big talent.

1:20:14 > 1:20:18Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be going in the second heat. As we saw

1:20:18 > 1:20:26in the men's 60 flat where Warner ran well, that was because he did

1:20:26 > 1:20:33not have a season 's best time, so who to look out for here? Dadic,

1:20:33 > 1:20:35Quaresma, Caroline Agnou.

1:20:39 > 1:20:42Just a reminder again of how they line up in the 60 hurdles.

1:20:49 > 1:20:59All done in the one-day the women's heptathlon.

1:20:59 > 1:21:06Again, we start with the hurdles. The nervous about what could

1:21:06 > 1:21:11possibly go wrong. -- the nerves. The first of the two heats to start

1:21:11 > 1:21:17the women's pentathlon. Cleanly away and a decent start by Quaresma.

1:21:17 > 1:21:25Dadic moving strongly. And Dadic takes it with 8.3 four. That is a

1:21:25 > 1:21:29good time and a new personal best. Some quick times already on this

1:21:29 > 1:21:36track. It is nice and warm inside the arena. Ivona Dadic with a smile

1:21:36 > 1:21:41of someone who has not only safely negotiated an event with lots of

1:21:41 > 1:21:47pitfalls, but a good run, and that has been rounded down to 8.32, so an

1:21:47 > 1:21:51impressive run by the Austrian athlete.She looked nice and strong

1:21:51 > 1:22:01at the back end of the race, which is what you want to do.

1:22:01 > 1:22:05is what you want to do. She got out the blocks, and further and she

1:22:05 > 1:22:12really climbed out the blocks. We might see a bit more drive like that

1:22:12 > 1:22:17in the next heat, but she kept her eyes on what she needs to do.

1:22:17 > 1:22:25Negotiating the barriers. Not really doing anything explosive, and

1:22:25 > 1:22:30rewarded with a personal best.It's interested when the multi-eventers,

1:22:30 > 1:22:35they translate well from hurdles, with individual hurdling, especially

1:22:35 > 1:22:44in the women's discipline. You see hurdlers in the happen --

1:22:44 > 1:22:47heptathlon.It's a really explosive event in that sense that marries

1:22:47 > 1:22:52well with many of the heptathlon event, long jumping, high jumping,

1:22:52 > 1:22:57all of that is what you see. Quaresma destroying the final

1:22:57 > 1:23:06barrier as she went through and that took a little bit of her time.

1:23:12 > 1:23:18Good personal batch from Dadic and it's a good opportunity to speak to

1:23:18 > 1:23:22Tony again. -- personal best.

1:23:22 > 1:23:30The ones to wants captain -- caption and the pics, Dadic was yours. I

1:23:30 > 1:23:34should stress the terms. These are not people who are nailed on four

1:23:34 > 1:23:41gold medals, we just wanted an indication of who we might see in

1:23:41 > 1:23:44seasons to come who could be emerging stars, because it looks

1:23:44 > 1:23:47like we are going through a natural generation in terms of the big

1:23:47 > 1:23:58names. And you went for Dadic.I did. She has run a personal best and

1:23:58 > 1:24:03won the first heat, so can I have the prize now? She has done three

1:24:03 > 1:24:06personal bests this year already and that is an improvement on her 60

1:24:06 > 1:24:13metres hurdles and scored over 3400.

1:24:15 > 1:24:21She is capable with the improvement of scoring the magic 6600 points

1:24:21 > 1:24:25which would put you on a podium, the Olympic Games. That is why I chose

1:24:25 > 1:24:30her.It would seem to be a good choice on that performance, and she

1:24:30 > 1:24:39got out well and looks like she had great intent over the hurdles. It is

1:24:39 > 1:24:45a nerdy want to start with. It's a nerve-racking event that you need to

1:24:45 > 1:24:48use the emotional energy and power to get you over the hurdles.I think

1:24:48 > 1:24:53she looked really good and Tony is right, what I like about her as an

1:24:53 > 1:24:57athlete is that she does not have any apparent weakness. She is

1:24:57 > 1:25:03steady, and in heptathlon, if you have no weaknesses, you can be in

1:25:03 > 1:25:09the game and that will get you on the podium.Do you think Dadic could

1:25:09 > 1:25:11be the one that Katarina Johnson-Thompson has to look at in

1:25:11 > 1:25:18terms of the medals?I think she is there, as well as the America, Erica

1:25:18 > 1:25:23Bougard. Those are the three. If she underperforms slightly she will let

1:25:23 > 1:25:28the other to win, so I think those are the two, for me. Then Rodriguez,

1:25:28 > 1:25:31who we have never seen do pentathlon, that will be

1:25:31 > 1:25:35interesting, because this is the first time she's ever done an indoor

1:25:35 > 1:25:40pentathlon. Those would be the four picks to watch.Thank you, Tony and

1:25:40 > 1:25:45we will hear your commentary on the next heat in a moment. And I'm

1:25:45 > 1:25:49usually we saw a false start in the hurdles, the women's hurdles in

1:25:49 > 1:25:54glass go. And we were talking about -- Glasgow. We were talking about

1:25:54 > 1:25:58the difference of indoor track hurdles and and adjusting your

1:25:58 > 1:26:03style, would that be the same with the multi-eventers?Not at all.

1:26:03 > 1:26:06These people are well drilled and they practice, week in, week out and

1:26:06 > 1:26:12it's an attitude and it is focus. But what you do get with the indoors

1:26:12 > 1:26:17is this close proximity to the crowd and we have already heard the

1:26:17 > 1:26:20intensity of the sound, the acoustics in here which is really

1:26:20 > 1:26:25something. It can be very difficult. Trying to find that focus and have

1:26:25 > 1:26:30that moment if things aren't going well can be intense. It is a nice

1:26:30 > 1:26:35environment. I was not a great indoor athlete. I couldn't shake my

1:26:35 > 1:26:42winter coat of quick enough so I never did much indoors.You like the

1:26:42 > 1:26:48indoors, Greg?I hardly ever do it. I am similar. I need a long break

1:26:48 > 1:26:51after the summer and then I have to get ready again. I've never really

1:26:51 > 1:26:55put a large amount of focus on the indoors, but it's a wonderful

1:26:55 > 1:27:01spectacle and the wonderful thing to see close-up.There is always

1:27:01 > 1:27:07something to see they are putting a show on. For every finalist you will

1:27:07 > 1:27:11see the fireworks and the formal introductions, and Katarina

1:27:11 > 1:27:13Johnson-Thompson will get a great reception.

1:27:16 > 1:27:20Their shears. A good crowd in here now and she is full of -- there she

1:27:20 > 1:27:28is. Her first heptathlon since that great performance in Prague. There

1:27:28 > 1:27:32are two very good Americans ear, Kendell Williams and Erica Bougard.

1:27:32 > 1:27:38That was Kendell Williams. Williams was six that the world indoor

1:27:38 > 1:27:44Championships in Portland.

1:27:46 > 1:27:52Championships in Portland. Nana Djimou, fourth that the Olympic

1:27:52 > 1:27:57Games in London which seems such a long time ago, 2012.

1:27:57 > 1:28:04One thing I am not sure the other guys have talked about, we've had

1:28:04 > 1:28:08some very fast times this morning so I'm looking forward to the 60 metres

1:28:08 > 1:28:13coming up. Is this an opportunity for Katarina Johnson-Thompson? 8.36

1:28:13 > 1:28:19is her season 's best. She has done a couple of competitions outside of

1:28:19 > 1:28:24the full pentathlon, so how quick can she go? Not the quickest in the

1:28:24 > 1:28:27field. Erica Bougard is a very good hurdler.

1:28:30 > 1:28:37She actually has the record, the US record, for the heptathlon. Sorry,

1:28:37 > 1:28:37pentathlon.

1:28:43 > 1:28:477.90 eight. Bougard in lane three, and Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in

1:28:47 > 1:28:54for. --

1:28:54 > 1:28:59not the best of starts, Bougard quickly away and so was Williams.

1:28:59 > 1:29:06The Americans are clear. Maybe Bougard just hanging on. 8.0 seven.

1:29:09 > 1:29:13More like 8.30. It is the time that is important. Hamidi points they

1:29:13 > 1:29:21get. -- how many points they get. Look at all of these personal bests

1:29:21 > 1:29:26we have had, Kevin Mayer, Damian Warner in the previous and Dadic as

1:29:26 > 1:29:29well, and then Bougard runs a little slower than we might have expected.

1:29:29 > 1:29:39Just ahead of Williams, and Katarina Johnson-Thompson a little slower.

1:29:42 > 1:29:478.36, that equals the season 's best.Equals her best, but she was

1:29:47 > 1:29:52sandwiched between two very good starters and competent hurdlers. Has

1:29:52 > 1:29:54to be quite distracting, but the Americans are out there battling

1:29:54 > 1:30:00hard. Both of them very good and explosive. Like you said, Steve, you

1:30:00 > 1:30:06have put the commentator's occurs. -- curse. All of the fast times, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:10then a bit slower than what they can do ultimately. They are here to

1:30:10 > 1:30:14score as many points as they can early on and establish a lead and

1:30:14 > 1:30:20hang onto it as long as they possibly can.

1:30:21 > 1:30:22A little slow

1:30:22 > 1:30:24A little slow out of the box, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, I

1:30:24 > 1:30:27thought, she's not as big as these explosive women in this event but

1:30:27 > 1:30:31after that she did not lose her nerve, that was the point, Denise

1:30:31 > 1:30:35was on about steady performance and we would put that in this category,

1:30:35 > 1:30:41not 8.18, which is our best but 8.36 is reasonable.I would like to see

1:30:41 > 1:30:44her a bit sharper over the barriers, she did seven strides into the first

1:30:44 > 1:30:50hurdle which to me, I'm not that comfortable with, I still think you

1:30:50 > 1:30:53should get a bit more cadence going if you can possibly manage it. But

1:30:53 > 1:30:56she is thereof thereabouts, she's around the season's best so no

1:30:56 > 1:31:03arguments from me. -- there or thereabouts.She needs not to have a

1:31:03 > 1:31:07bad event, as long as she is steady, this is an event which is not one of

1:31:07 > 1:31:13their best, necessarily, 8.30 1048 points and the Americans making a

1:31:13 > 1:31:17good start, not under eight seconds, though, she has done that before but

1:31:17 > 1:31:25she gets 1113 for the 100th of a second win over Kendell Williams.

1:31:25 > 1:31:26she gets 1113 for the 100th of a second win over Kendell Williams.

1:31:26 > 1:31:30Colin said that he would rather see a good start with a bit more

1:31:30 > 1:31:35cadence. She looked a bit loping almost going into the first hurdle.

1:31:35 > 1:31:39Yes, but that is her, she is close to six foot, I'm not making excuses

1:31:39 > 1:31:44but to get her feet down, it is a challenge for her. I know she is

1:31:44 > 1:31:49working at it in training. They recognise that. It is a loping style

1:31:49 > 1:31:51that she naturally has and it is

1:31:51 > 1:31:51recognise that. It is a loping style that she naturally has and it is a

1:31:51 > 1:31:55problem and it will get exposed indoors over this distance. Yes, she

1:31:55 > 1:31:58just climbs over the hurdles, when she needs to be really attacking and

1:31:58 > 1:32:04driving at them. But it was not a bad run. It was a steady run for

1:32:04 > 1:32:10her.Denise, did it look to you like it is just her side and the way that

1:32:10 > 1:32:14she attacked the hurdles or did it look a little tentative because it

1:32:14 > 1:32:17looked like she, and I'm wondering if her perspective was, "I don't

1:32:17 > 1:32:22want to make a mistake", because it looked like she ran defensively as

1:32:22 > 1:32:25opposed to attacking and offensively, attacking the hurdles.

1:32:25 > 1:32:29I personally think that she is an athlete that needs to do more

1:32:29 > 1:32:36hurdle. I don't see her doing enough generally in the last few years,

1:32:36 > 1:32:39where she gets used to getting the style and getting the impetus she

1:32:39 > 1:32:42needs in the hurdles. She looked tentative, she was a bit cautious

1:32:42 > 1:32:45into the first hurdle. You can't afford to be like that if you are

1:32:45 > 1:32:46going to produce quick times.

1:32:46 > 1:32:49afford to be like that if you are going to produce quick times.For

1:32:49 > 1:32:52her as well, she's incredibly strong in the jumps and I think there's a

1:32:52 > 1:32:56level of she wants to get it right early and get out there to make sure

1:32:56 > 1:33:00she has got some numbers on the board. I think she will go into the

1:33:00 > 1:33:03other events quite comfortable and thinking, OK, the hurdles are out of

1:33:03 > 1:33:07the way, not in as good a shape as she would like to be, she needs to

1:33:07 > 1:33:10do more races over hurdles but she is so strong at the other events, I

1:33:10 > 1:33:15guess she can have a bit of a run within herself to get through it.Do

1:33:15 > 1:33:20you think that is the approach that she should take, given past trials?

1:33:20 > 1:33:24The problem is, what she has had, we know she's supremely talented and an

1:33:24 > 1:33:28incredible athlete but she has had problems in some of the majors.

1:33:28 > 1:33:35Probably for her, she is thinking if she can get in the mix early on and

1:33:35 > 1:33:38then really annihilate everyone in the good events, she has a good

1:33:38 > 1:33:40chance of giving herself the confidence going into the later

1:33:40 > 1:33:43events.We will chat further about the hurdles but it is time for the

1:33:43 > 1:33:4660 metres heats for the women and Bianca Williams is going in the

1:33:46 > 1:33:50first one, Steve?

1:33:50 > 1:33:51COMMENTATOR:

1:33:51 > 1:33:55COMMENTATOR: She is, looks like she is starting 2018 in a good way, all

1:33:55 > 1:33:59kinds of problems in the last couple of years, having won medal in 2014

1:33:59 > 1:34:02which was our best year for a while, and since then she has struggled to

1:34:02 > 1:34:06hit those heights but she has good competitors. There she is. Third in

1:34:06 > 1:34:14the UK Championships, but Darryl Neita has had to pull out so Bianca

1:34:14 > 1:34:18gets the slot. Javianne Oliver is a great story, a broken toe last year

1:34:18 > 1:34:21after a good start to the season, missed a lot of time but has come

1:34:21 > 1:34:26back with a bang and a big personal best, 7.02, heading the world

1:34:26 > 1:34:29rankings, the American, a new name to get used to, Yongli Wei of China

1:34:29 > 1:34:35in four, then a more the million name, Michelle-Lee Ahye eight of

1:34:35 > 1:34:39Trinidad & Tobago, still only 25 but it seems like she has been around

1:34:39 > 1:34:46quite a while. 7.16, her best this season, Tsimanouskaya from Belarus,

1:34:46 > 1:34:5021 years old, and Ciara Neville of Ireland, only 18, great experience

1:34:50 > 1:34:58for her. The English junior champion. And then Okparaebo of

1:34:58 > 1:35:01Norway, the Norwegian record-holder, has not been far-off her best so far

1:35:01 > 1:35:06this indoor season, a good start for her. So Williams, it is not

1:35:06 > 1:35:09difficult qualify, really, except this is quite a tough heat, the

1:35:09 > 1:35:14first three go through and then the next six fastest losers to the

1:35:14 > 1:35:23semifinals but with Ahye, Okparaebo and Oliver, getting in the top three

1:35:23 > 1:35:26looks a tall order for Williams. She's going to have to concentrate

1:35:26 > 1:35:30on running a good, strong race, as quick as you can and see if that is

1:35:30 > 1:35:38good enough to advance. -- as she can. Oliver is now six on the US

1:35:38 > 1:35:41all-time list at this event which gives you an indication of how good

1:35:41 > 1:35:47the 7.02 is.

1:35:47 > 1:35:50Oliver got completely left, Williams got a cracking Oliver getting there

1:35:50 > 1:35:55now and so is Ahye decide, and Okparaebo WinZip, Ahye and Oliver

1:35:55 > 1:36:02just ahead of Williams. -- Okparaebo wins it. Terrible start but Oliver

1:36:02 > 1:36:06has no experience at this level and I wonder whether the nerves got the

1:36:06 > 1:36:10better of her? Okparaebo very experienced as is theth, Bianca

1:36:10 > 1:36:14Williams got out brilliantly, or maybe it looked better because of

1:36:14 > 1:36:19the terrible start by the American. But Bianca Williams finishing

1:36:19 > 1:36:24fourth. She will have to wait and see if it is quick enough.I big all

1:36:24 > 1:36:27eyes were on Oliver, expecting a strong performance by her, to

1:36:27 > 1:36:31announce herself in Europe but she slept in the blocks. Nothing really

1:36:31 > 1:36:35happened and then she had to work so hard to put herself back into the

1:36:35 > 1:36:38brain. It took for a long time to get onto the shoulder of Williams.

1:36:38 > 1:36:44When she eased through to get to the qualifying position. Look at that

1:36:44 > 1:36:48from head on, terrible start! But the Maurice Blair its athletes to

1:36:48 > 1:36:56her right, centre field of course, always, taking that really well. But

1:36:56 > 1:37:00boy, oh, boy, a rude awakening for the American, the US champion, we

1:37:00 > 1:37:05know she has got skills, 7.02 tells us that and let's just think about

1:37:05 > 1:37:11it, she has got that under her belt, now she has realised, "OK, I'm at

1:37:11 > 1:37:15the World Championships, it is done and I've got to refocus for the

1:37:15 > 1:37:20semifinal". There is Williams, nice head on for her. I wonder how she is

1:37:20 > 1:37:27feeling?We will talk to her in a second but 0.288, the American's

1:37:27 > 1:37:37reaction time, and Bianca and 7.31 and cheese with JJ.Fourth, two

1:37:37 > 1:37:39hundreds away from her third, a smile on

1:37:39 > 1:37:41hundreds away from her third, a smile on your face, how do you feel

1:37:41 > 1:37:45about it?I don't know! No, it was all right, I only found out I was

1:37:45 > 1:37:49coming on Monday so everything has been a bit fast forward and

1:37:49 > 1:37:53unprepared. I just wanted to come out and enjoy it which I have. Just

1:37:53 > 1:37:58embrace the atmosphere, I've never done one of these before. Yeah.You

1:37:58 > 1:38:01stepped in because Darryl Neita pulled out at the last minute so

1:38:01 > 1:38:05what's it been like trying to focus yourself for such a big occasion?

1:38:05 > 1:38:10Again, really fast forward. I left some kit at home. I did not know

1:38:10 > 1:38:15what was happening. Luckily, I brought my race kit! But, yeah,

1:38:15 > 1:38:20everything has been so crazy but I think it's a good thing. So, yeah...

1:38:20 > 1:38:23Not automatic qualifying, you will have to wait to see what happens but

1:38:23 > 1:38:27feeling confident with your time?I don't know! There are some quick

1:38:27 > 1:38:31girls coming next but fingers crossed. It is what it is at the end

1:38:31 > 1:38:36of the day, I'm here and having fun, I've enjoyed it, I would love to run

1:38:36 > 1:38:39again tonight but if I don't come it's not the end of the world, the

1:38:39 > 1:38:44Commonwealth Games is in a few months so yeah, I'm just having fun!

1:38:44 > 1:38:49As you say, hopefully back for the semifinal later. What is the process

1:38:49 > 1:38:53between now and then?I'm going to go home and sleep, if that is what

1:38:53 > 1:38:58you meant! Yeah, go home and sleep, and some lunch and recharge for

1:38:58 > 1:39:02later.Well, we hope to Steve Backley double Sturridge Mika Mutti.

1:39:02 > 1:39:07Thank you.

1:39:07 > 1:39:117.31, after we were talking about quickness, that was not that fast

1:39:11 > 1:39:16but Bianca will have to wait and see, the winning time, 7.22, and I

1:39:16 > 1:39:19think Oliver is definitely not going to be my pick for the star of the

1:39:19 > 1:39:24future yet! STUDIO: You can't go through event eliminating people.

1:39:24 > 1:39:28You have to be positive.I have picked one and I will let you know

1:39:28 > 1:39:32in a minute.We will clear up a little bit from those 60 metres

1:39:32 > 1:39:38hurdles heats in the heptathlon, sorry, pentathlon! It is an

1:39:38 > 1:39:43occupational hazard. Let's go down to Toni Minichiello who's been

1:39:43 > 1:39:48crunching the numbers.Great start for Katerina, 8.36, equalling Azizan

1:39:48 > 1:39:52Bob Lambert, she was struggling with her left hip at the National is so

1:39:52 > 1:39:55withdrew and you may see that a bit if you watch it again, her foot

1:39:55 > 1:39:59turns out a bit which may be affecting her speed and also, the

1:39:59 > 1:40:03Americans are suffering because they only came in on Wednesday so to

1:40:03 > 1:40:10them, it is 6am, sprinting fast at 6am is difficult for them to do. She

1:40:10 > 1:40:16is about level par, superb start, season's best, she is on for 4800,

1:40:16 > 1:40:21the American has lost 20 points or more on her sprint hurdles. A great

1:40:21 > 1:40:26start.Thanks, and it won't be long before we see them back out again,

1:40:26 > 1:40:30the pentathlete but let's go out for the second of the 60 metres heats

1:40:30 > 1:40:34and this one features Elaine Thompson, of course, the double

1:40:34 > 1:40:39Olympic champion and the double silver-medallist from London as

1:40:39 > 1:40:43well, Marie-Josee Ta Lou. Andrew Cotter with this one. COMMENTATOR:

1:40:43 > 1:40:46There is Elaine Thompson, and there is the line-up for this second heat,

1:40:46 > 1:40:49the second of six.

1:41:00 > 1:41:04So six heats and Bianca Williams running 7.31, is the fastest loser

1:41:04 > 1:41:08in the first heat, it is going to be close, Amy Foster with a lot to

1:41:08 > 1:41:13prove at the moment, lots of point to prove, from ours, just the

1:41:13 > 1:41:17Belfast, beat the Irish record a couple of weeks ago but not selected

1:41:17 > 1:41:19by Northern Ireland are the Commonwealth Games even though she

1:41:19 > 1:41:22met all the qualifying standards. Elaine Thompson, well received, not

1:41:22 > 1:41:31quite showing her best in Glasgow last weekend. Jimenez of

1:41:34 > 1:41:40last weekend. Jimenez of Chile price-macro. Ta Lou, seven wins from

1:41:40 > 1:41:44eight races indoors this year, not quite at her best at Berlin right at

1:41:44 > 1:41:48the start of the but apart from that, pretty near-perfect. Santos

1:41:48 > 1:41:55Rand Paul Ian Glover go last weekend but a decent win in northern France.

1:41:55 > 1:42:00-- Santos ran poorly in Glasgow last weekend. Jacobs in seven and on the

1:42:00 > 1:42:05outside, the 20 rod from Oman, who is there, I promise, Madugalle

1:42:05 > 1:42:12Alawi.

1:42:13 > 1:42:17-- two. There she is. Amy Foster interesting in lane one, she is

1:42:17 > 1:42:20really running with points to prove, she said she was devastated not to

1:42:20 > 1:42:26be selected by Northern Ireland and the Kombarov games. Heartbroken --

1:42:26 > 1:42:29Commonwealth Games. Heartbroken, having run so well at the Irish

1:42:29 > 1:42:31indoors to beat the Irish record. She is alongside Elaine Thompson,

1:42:31 > 1:42:39though. The Olympic champion over 100 and 200 in Rio. But Ta Lou is

1:42:39 > 1:42:48flying this season already. She goes in lane five. Three go through

1:42:48 > 1:42:50automatically, to tonight's semifinals. Six fastest losers over

1:42:50 > 1:42:51the six heats.

1:43:01 > 1:43:05It is a good start by Elaine Thompson who is running strongly,

1:43:05 > 1:43:10and Ta Lou coming through, and it is Thompson and Ta Lou together with

1:43:10 > 1:43:14Kielbasinska in the middle and they go through, and when Ta Lou got into

1:43:14 > 1:43:18her running, I think she was quite keen to keep her near-perfect

1:43:18 > 1:43:22record, winning is a good habit to have and Ta Lou running well but

1:43:22 > 1:43:25good to see Elaine Thompson running a bit better than she did last

1:43:25 > 1:43:30weekend, such a talent but indoors, sometimes, she is necessarily -- not

1:43:30 > 1:43:34necessarily at her best but Ta Lou very impressive.Yes, Andrew, when

1:43:34 > 1:43:39it comes to major championships now, you've got to be in all the previous

1:43:39 > 1:43:42performances, lots of different nerves come into play, stresses and

1:43:42 > 1:43:45strains and the pressure of the event and of course we have seen

1:43:45 > 1:43:53Elaine Thompson do it on the biggest stage, two Olympic titles but Ta Lou

1:43:53 > 1:43:56has run well all season and I think she wanted to keep doing that.The

1:43:56 > 1:44:01three who go through automatically, sandals and forth and the time is

1:44:01 > 1:44:05one hundredth slower than Bianca Williams so good news for her but Ta

1:44:05 > 1:44:08Lou with determination to get in from the drive and be start and the

1:44:08 > 1:44:13pick-up is very impressive.Nice, small, compact runner, well-suited

1:44:13 > 1:44:16for indoors, gets out of the blocks will and works hard, always nice and

1:44:16 > 1:44:20focused which I like to see, working hard to the line. She will wake up

1:44:20 > 1:44:23during the rounds and be a bit quicker in the semifinal and of

1:44:23 > 1:44:28course she is one of the big favourites for the final. A personal

1:44:28 > 1:44:31best from Kielbasinska, good run by the Polish athlete to go through as

1:44:31 > 1:44:37one of the three automatic lullabies.Santos just 100th slower

1:44:37 > 1:44:39than Bianca Williams so she is still in pole position as one of the

1:44:39 > 1:44:47fastest losers. STUDIO: Coming up in heat three we will see Dafne

1:44:47 > 1:44:50Schippers, twice a world champion and 200 metres and she has got

1:44:50 > 1:44:54medals across three World Championships in total. You would

1:44:54 > 1:44:58think perhaps as a 200 metres specialist, that the 60 metres might

1:44:58 > 1:45:01not be the strongest event for her but she's been competing indoors

1:45:01 > 1:45:06this winter winter and she will have high hopes, here. She spoke to

1:45:06 > 1:45:06this winter winter and she will have high hopes, here. She spoke to JJ

1:45:06 > 1:45:06this winter winter and she will have high hopes, here. She spoke to JJ

1:45:06 > 1:45:09Chalmers.I love competing in the UK, I love the atmosphere and the

1:45:09 > 1:45:15people are great. The crowd is really cool.What about your

1:45:15 > 1:45:20competition, a very loaded field? Lots of people could win it.Yes,

1:45:20 > 1:45:24mostly in 60 metres, everyone is so close which is why I like it. It is

1:45:24 > 1:45:29cool. You need to focus to go to the final in the world, and then in the

1:45:29 > 1:45:34final, everything is possible and you can go for place one or six. I

1:45:34 > 1:45:38think it is really close.Looking back at some of your interviews from

1:45:38 > 1:45:422015, you are clearly surprised and sort of new to it all in many ways.

1:45:42 > 1:45:48How are you now?

1:45:48 > 1:45:50The last few years were not

1:45:50 > 1:45:53The last few years were not that easy, and it is a different world

1:45:53 > 1:45:57from 2015 but now I am relaxed and feeling good and I try to have fun

1:45:57 > 1:46:02on the track which is the most important thing.What do you hope to

1:46:02 > 1:46:06achieve from the indoors? What will you take forward?I have to make a

1:46:06 > 1:46:11good start in every competition, at least a decent start and I can take

1:46:11 > 1:46:15that to the 100 metres. It might start is better, it's helpful for

1:46:15 > 1:46:20the 100 and 200 metres. Then I can make the next steps in those

1:46:20 > 1:46:26distances.She is a huge star at home in Holland and there is a

1:46:26 > 1:46:32bridge named after her in Amsterdam, sports personality of the year, but

1:46:32 > 1:46:39you were saying this really suits the smaller athletes. It's the speed

1:46:39 > 1:46:43insurance side. Explosive and powerful as well.Absolutely and

1:46:43 > 1:46:47that's her advantage and why she can perform well indoors because she is

1:46:47 > 1:46:53extremely powerful. She can not lose ground on the shorter sprinters

1:46:53 > 1:46:58coming out of the blocks. She will be held to maintain power all the

1:46:58 > 1:47:05way, even if they get a bit of again on her at the beginning. Over 60 she

1:47:05 > 1:47:09couldn't maybe catch up and pull them back.We talk about the

1:47:09 > 1:47:16heptathlete is moving between events and she started out on her focus for

1:47:16 > 1:47:21the last two seasons.

1:47:21 > 1:47:24the last two seasons.She looks like she's always been a sprinter to me,

1:47:24 > 1:47:32but she is happy here. Why not? She's proving she's one of the best

1:47:32 > 1:47:38over 100 I would like to see her comeback. She joked that the

1:47:38 > 1:47:44training is a lot easier.Let's get out there and see how this one goes.

1:47:44 > 1:47:44Steve Cram.

1:47:48 > 1:47:54She goes in lane three and her main opposition will be Porn, the South

1:47:54 > 1:48:00African record holder then much of a modulus for the others. -- much of a

1:48:00 > 1:48:01muchness.

1:48:03 > 1:48:11Liang of China.

1:48:13 > 1:48:25Bazolo has run a personal best. The race in Glasgow last week from

1:48:25 > 1:48:28Schippers, not one of her best, but going in the right direction. This

1:48:28 > 1:48:37is Emmanuelle. She has run 7.28 this year.

1:48:38 > 1:48:42year. Good new developing youngster, just 20, Liang. Equalling a personal

1:48:42 > 1:48:59best this winter. Loi from Macau. And the Czech indoor champion. And

1:48:59 > 1:49:02then Carina Horn, a semifinalist at the Olympic Games in Rio. Some good

1:49:02 > 1:49:12times to her name, including that 7.09, a personal best set this year

1:49:12 > 1:49:17which equals Schippers. One of the more comfortable heat. We are

1:49:17 > 1:49:21obviously keeping an eye on the fastest losers. Bianca Williams is

1:49:21 > 1:49:26still the quickest after the first two. There are six heats. Asher

1:49:26 > 1:49:31Phillips going for Great Britain.

1:49:31 > 1:49:35I'm sure all of the contenders will have a little eye on each other in

1:49:35 > 1:49:41the heats. Not to scintillating in terms of the times yet.

1:49:48 > 1:49:52Schippers gets a reasonable start and Liang is away and running well.

1:49:52 > 1:49:56Carina Horn getting back into this might have got third. Schippers

1:49:56 > 1:50:01coming through with the victory. Liang, at a very good start, she is

1:50:01 > 1:50:05rewarded with a qualifying spot. And Carina Horn had to really get moving

1:50:05 > 1:50:12in the last few metres. That was to ensure her third spot. In fact, she

1:50:12 > 1:50:20got second in the end. 7.19, and a quick start from the young Chinese

1:50:20 > 1:50:25athlete.Very quick indeed. I was wondering whether Schippers might

1:50:25 > 1:50:29have run a bit quicker and sharper, but she looked relaxed at the end.

1:50:29 > 1:50:35Not the best of starts from her. The athletes around are not ones who can

1:50:35 > 1:50:39run 7.0. You want to be showing your dominance on people running a

1:50:39 > 1:50:44personal best. But she switches down very early indeed, so to be rewarded

1:50:44 > 1:50:49with that time means she is in decent shape and certainly has a

1:50:49 > 1:50:53metre of running left in her which will take into 7.0 which means she

1:50:53 > 1:51:00will be competitive later on.I thought she looked relaxed in the

1:51:00 > 1:51:04last 15 or 20 metres. Not the best start but then powers up and then

1:51:04 > 1:51:09wants her huge frame gets moving she can generate the speed. She runs

1:51:09 > 1:51:13down Liang and then she can relax in the last 20 metres. I thought it was

1:51:13 > 1:51:18pretty good. Carina Horn by contrast was rocking and rolling and having

1:51:18 > 1:51:25to fight heart. Very relaxed in the latter stages. So, Schippers with a

1:51:25 > 1:51:29nice start to the campaign. Three more heats to come and we will tidy

1:51:29 > 1:51:35up the result of this one.

1:51:35 > 1:51:41Crystal Emmanuelle putting Bianca Williams down to the third fastest

1:51:41 > 1:51:48loser. Three more heats to come.

1:51:55 > 1:52:00First event of the heptathlon, and these are the standings. Damian

1:52:00 > 1:52:04Warner with a personal best in front of Kevin Mayer. As expected. But now

1:52:04 > 1:52:10the long jump, two days, seven events, culminating in the 1000

1:52:10 > 1:52:18metres tomorrow. Kevin Mayer, the preevent favourite. And here is the

1:52:18 > 1:52:22Canadian with a chance of a medal, Damian Warner. His season 's best is

1:52:22 > 1:52:30his lifetime best. The 28-year-old, making a PB in the 60. Can he

1:52:30 > 1:52:36converted speed into the long jump? Over the seven-metre mark.

1:52:44 > 1:52:47Damien is an eight-metre jumper outdoors. He accelerates into the

1:52:47 > 1:52:53board, so it's an early start.

1:52:53 > 1:52:57board, so it's an early start. 7.11, a good 20 centimetres away from the

1:52:57 > 1:53:01board, so about 7.5, take-off to landing.

1:53:04 > 1:53:18The next heat features Kabundji, and that is Denise's want to watch.She

1:53:18 > 1:53:25has taken a leap forward running that stunning 7.03. She has been a

1:53:25 > 1:53:29semifinalist so many times in the worlds, the Olympic Games and if she

1:53:29 > 1:53:33can come into her own in these championships on the big stage it

1:53:33 > 1:53:38will be fantastic for her. She just has to keep compote and do what she

1:53:38 > 1:53:45does. She's in great shape.A lot of effort and energy in the Swiss team

1:53:45 > 1:53:50in 2014 for a country that doesn't have a rich heritage of track and

1:53:50 > 1:53:55field and is very focused on winter sports, so to keep pushing from a

1:53:55 > 1:54:01nation like that, it is a challenge. It absolutely is and she is leading

1:54:01 > 1:54:07the charge. She is one of those athletes where the World Indoor

1:54:07 > 1:54:10Athletics Championships could be a fantastic opportunity to gain

1:54:10 > 1:54:14confidence. She is always on the outdoor scene as well.What I find

1:54:14 > 1:54:18interesting from Kambundji, every time it goes wrong, she's devastated

1:54:18 > 1:54:21because she believes she should be winning and she has a fantastic

1:54:21 > 1:54:27opportunity to do it today.Nobody wants her to do well here more than

1:54:27 > 1:54:33Denise Lewis. And maybe her mum. Let's get out to the start of the

1:54:33 > 1:54:37fourth heat, with Andrew Cotter. Incidentally I didn't realise it was

1:54:37 > 1:54:43ones to watch for the future and I am changing mine. Donovan braise in

1:54:43 > 1:54:53the men's 800. So the 20-year-old. Steve is shaking to head. There is

1:54:53 > 1:55:00the line-up for the 60 metres.

1:55:07 > 1:55:12Some great indoor specialists here. Some great starters. Kwadwo only

1:55:12 > 1:55:20four that the German indoors. She goes shortly. Runners are Les goes

1:55:20 > 1:55:26in lane two.

1:55:26 > 1:55:31in lane two. Stuy one in Istanbul recently. Kambundji, second quickest

1:55:31 > 1:55:36in the world this year. Only Oliver, who we have seen already, run

1:55:36 > 1:55:51quicker. Zahi competing for France, although from the Ivory Coast.

1:55:51 > 1:55:57Evans, only 7.25 indoors, but only a couple of races. Harrigan, world

1:55:57 > 1:56:04indoor bronze in 2008, and Samuel, a great starter from the Netherlands.

1:56:09 > 1:56:15Harrigan is 36 now. She took the bronze in 2008. Angela Williams won

1:56:15 > 1:56:25the gold. She has been around a long time, Harrigan.

1:56:41 > 1:56:49The fourth of six heats in the women's 60 metres.

1:56:49 > 1:56:54A good start by Kambundji, but so too macro three. Zahi running

1:56:54 > 1:57:01strongly and Kambundji trying to get back -- but so is Zahi. A quick time

1:57:01 > 1:57:08by Zahi. 7.10. That is a personal best for her. That was a pretty

1:57:08 > 1:57:13fluid run. She looked strong and comfortable.She looked very good

1:57:13 > 1:57:17indeed, help the blocks strongly kept form and a cool, calm head.

1:57:17 > 1:57:23When you work hard over the 60 metres for the first 20 and 30 it

1:57:23 > 1:57:28sets you up well. Rewarded with a personal best and that might have

1:57:28 > 1:57:34shocked many people.Rounded up by a fraction but a great run. A great

1:57:34 > 1:57:39start alongside Kambundji but they both got out well.She nailed it and

1:57:39 > 1:57:44worked hard and drove for the first 20 metres and put herself with a

1:57:44 > 1:57:50really nice easy action. One to watch the semifinals. All of a

1:57:50 > 1:57:55sudden the 60 metres women's is going to hot up.Just keeping an eye

1:57:55 > 1:58:00on the times. With the distance between the first two and the rest,

1:58:00 > 1:58:04I think Bianca Williams won't drop any further down the ranks. There is

1:58:04 > 1:58:08Zahi taking victory ahead of Kambundji. A look at the official

1:58:08 > 1:58:09result.

1:58:20 > 1:58:23Looking a bit better for Bianca Williams going through as a fastest

1:58:23 > 1:58:36loser.Back to the heptathlon long jump. Kevin Mayer. He replaced --

1:58:36 > 1:58:39his second event, a personal best over 60 metres. Over seven in the

1:58:39 > 1:58:46long jump. Around seven and a half metres, and he looks pleased with

1:58:46 > 1:58:56it. His lifetime best is 7.54. It might threaten it.That is a solid

1:58:56 > 1:58:59jump, good speed and he's happy with it. That is the kind of marquee

1:58:59 > 1:59:06needs. Perfect board -- the kind of Mark he needs.Good on the board for

1:59:06 > 1:59:13Kevin Mayer. Waiting for his distance. 7.43, just shy of his

1:59:13 > 1:59:17lifetime best but he will go into the overall lead and it might turn

1:59:17 > 1:59:20into a bit of a present -- procession. He is in great form.

1:59:23 > 1:59:27Kevin Mayer going very well in the opening rounds of the men's

1:59:27 > 1:59:30heptathlon, over the two days. The women are going all the way through

1:59:30 > 1:59:33in the pentathlon today and we will catch up with their next event

1:59:33 > 1:59:40shortly, but with the next heat of the 60 metres featuring Asha Philip.

1:59:40 > 1:59:47She has high hopes of success here. I've had a lot of rest, and not

1:59:47 > 1:59:54trying to overwork myself. The work is what happens on Friday, and I'm

1:59:54 > 1:59:57all -- I've done all of this stub overwinter and preparing my races

1:59:57 > 2:00:03for these day and that is all going to come out. I haven't got much of a

2:00:03 > 2:00:09plan but that is to get to the final, and then perform. This is my

2:00:09 > 2:00:12fourth time, so if I leave without a medal, there will be tweaked --

2:00:12 > 2:00:19between me and my coach there will be war. It will be tense, but I have

2:00:19 > 2:00:24worked really hard for this. And I know I have it in me. I've got

2:00:24 > 2:00:29better over the years and I now feel like I'm starting to hit my stride

2:00:29 > 2:00:32in the sport. As much as I've been in a prolonged time, but after my

2:00:32 > 2:00:37injuries, I feel this is my moment.

2:00:37 > 2:00:49Unusually kind of subdued there, because, as you know she is usually

2:00:49 > 2:00:53very flamboyant, lively, seems like she would be good fun to be around.

2:00:53 > 2:00:57Yes, really infectious personality as well. I really fortunate I get to

2:00:57 > 2:01:01train with her. You always know when she is in the building, really loud,

2:01:01 > 2:01:05but really good fun, incredibly focused when she wants to switch it

2:01:05 > 2:01:05on.

2:01:05 > 2:01:08focused when she wants to switch it on. That beautiful balance of having

2:01:08 > 2:01:13a lot of fun but then when she wants to do it she can.It was interesting

2:01:13 > 2:01:17to hear her say what she expects there from the championships. And as

2:01:17 > 2:01:24she said they are, often it just happens. But it doesn't. You have to

2:01:24 > 2:01:30be very focused for that success. Absolutely. I have known Asha for

2:01:30 > 2:01:34years and she has always had that focus when it is time to race, she

2:01:34 > 2:01:39knows how to turn it on and when she needs to be focused. I think she has

2:01:39 > 2:01:42taken the right approach, just get to the final, be patient, then

2:01:42 > 2:01:48produce your best performance there. Like she has done in the past. It

2:01:48 > 2:01:53does always seem there is a bit of fear to her, she likes the stage.

2:01:53 > 2:02:07She does. She has done drama.Lots of different aspects to her.She is

2:02:07 > 2:02:13a as she intimated in her interview there, I do feel she has grown in

2:02:13 > 2:02:15maturity, she understands this environment and she once more, she

2:02:15 > 2:02:24has developed really well.All the world as a stage and it is time for

2:02:24 > 2:02:29her, Steve.

2:02:29 > 2:02:33her, Steve.Yes, we saw destiny Carter there, a good friend of

2:02:33 > 2:02:46Oliver. Asha Philip, a European indoor champion at 60 metres. Of

2:02:46 > 2:02:51course, as the guys were saying, happy habit of producing her best

2:02:51 > 2:02:56when it really matters.

2:02:57 > 2:03:05when it really matters. Rosa from Brazil, who is up against Ahoure. We

2:03:05 > 2:03:15didn't see the Greek, and the Danish runner in this. Bianca Williams is

2:03:15 > 2:03:22in third place at the moment with just two more seats to come. Ahoure,

2:03:22 > 2:03:31two-time world silver-medallist in the 60 metres.

2:03:31 > 2:03:34the 60 metres. World Championships, just missed out on a medal.

2:03:44 > 2:03:49Carter get away well in lane one, Ahoure doing well, Asha Philip right

2:03:49 > 2:03:59in the middle. It will be Ahoure, Philip Andy Carter. Nicely done, no

2:03:59 > 2:04:11dramas -- it will be Ahoure, Philip and Carter.

2:04:11 > 2:04:16and Carter. Ahoure, along with these two, and along with Asha Philip. No

2:04:16 > 2:04:21dramas there.

2:04:21 > 2:04:24dramas there.No dramas, and, yes, that was probably the top three we

2:04:24 > 2:04:32would put down of this heat. I was watching Asha all the way out the

2:04:32 > 2:04:35blocks to see what she would do, got herself into that lovely fluid

2:04:35 > 2:04:41running. The British record-holder indoors, and I think that was a very

2:04:41 > 2:04:49controlled race indeed. Drove out the blocks. Good little bit of focus

2:04:49 > 2:04:54in there, then she will just focus on trying to give a nice fluid, nice

2:04:54 > 2:05:00read them all the way through to the finishing line. You know, Steve, the

2:05:00 > 2:05:0360 metres will be a very hotly contested event I think, I don't

2:05:03 > 2:05:09think there will be much between them.Yes, I agree. The semifinals

2:05:09 > 2:05:12on the finals to come, of course, but the thing is not to make any

2:05:12 > 2:05:17mistake in the heats, and Asha Philip said it did not do that at

2:05:17 > 2:05:24all, and she is with JJ now.You can do that comfortably?

2:05:24 > 2:05:28LAUGHTER I love Steve Cram! Didn't want to

2:05:28 > 2:05:33over exert myself, three rounds in one day. Yes, a good first round.

2:05:33 > 2:05:34over exert myself, three rounds in one day. Yes, a good first round.

2:05:34 > 2:05:39You seemed to get a solid start them to get into a bit of a red.

2:05:39 > 2:05:42Eye-watering here on Thursday to see what the Arena looked like, and I

2:05:42 > 2:05:47tell you, it was not like the trials, it felt so different, more

2:05:47 > 2:05:49like a championship. I thought I just had to relax, remember what I

2:05:49 > 2:05:58had been doing -- I walked in here on Thursday. The home crowd is

2:05:58 > 2:06:02making me feel good so hopefully I will have a good semi-and then make

2:06:02 > 2:06:06it to the finals.You must be feeling fairly comfortable in this

2:06:06 > 2:06:13setting?No, I am used to Sheffield for trials, so I was scared to come

2:06:13 > 2:06:16to Birmingham. But my family are from Birmingham and it is like my

2:06:16 > 2:06:25second home.Gradualism is once again and best of luck this

2:06:25 > 2:06:32afternoon -- congratulations once again.Thank you!A nice strong

2:06:32 > 2:06:41performance from Asha Philip there, 7.1 eight. We will have to work out

2:06:41 > 2:06:44the 1000ths to see if Bianca is lying fourth or third but I think

2:06:44 > 2:06:48she's looking good with one heat to come. We are in the second round of

2:06:48 > 2:06:57the long jump. The second event in the heptathlete and, Damian Warner

2:06:57 > 2:06:58of Canada, looking

2:06:58 > 2:07:01the heptathlete and, Damian Warner of Canada, looking to extend... That

2:07:01 > 2:07:13is better. Better for Warner. The leading effort so, but it is all

2:07:13 > 2:07:20about points accumulated

2:07:20 > 2:07:23about points accumulated across. Warner did get off to a very good

2:07:23 > 2:07:27start. Monsters beyond the board, Tony.Yes, I was just speaking to

2:07:27 > 2:07:35his courtship -- space left on the board. Seven metres 39 gives him an

2:07:35 > 2:07:41extra 60 points.

2:07:47 > 2:07:53Kazmirek, that is better as well.It was such an ungainly run. But he