World Indoor Championships - Day 2, Part 2

0:00:51 > 0:00:58A powerful run. It's her personal best.All smiles from Katarina

0:00:58 > 0:01:06Johnson-Thompson. That's more like it. What a performance from Katarina

0:01:06 > 0:01:14Johnson-Thompson!

0:01:14 > 0:01:20Johnson-Thompson!The heat is on.It should be her time now.

0:01:20 > 0:01:25In the next few hours, we shall see if it is. It's a big night for

0:01:25 > 0:01:28Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson, going for gold in the pentathlon. If

0:01:28 > 0:01:31you have not been able to go out today because of the snow and

0:01:31 > 0:01:34freezing conditions, stay right where you are. We have some great

0:01:34 > 0:01:39action for you over the next four hours with the likes of Katarina

0:01:39 > 0:01:42Johnson-Thompson and last month's medal winner for Great Britain,

0:01:42 > 0:01:46Laura Muir, all in action. A lot of people have braved conditions to be

0:01:46 > 0:01:50here this evening. It was supposed to be a sell-out, but not quite

0:01:50 > 0:01:54everyone is in their place. But I am delighted that these three. Greg

0:01:54 > 0:01:58Rutherford had no choice, he can't get out of Birmingham! But you

0:01:58 > 0:02:02always intended to be here because it is the men's long jump this

0:02:02 > 0:02:07evening. Denise Lewis and Michael Dobson are here for what could be a

0:02:07 > 0:02:09great evening for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. She has got

0:02:09 > 0:02:16herself into a great position.Yeah. The talk before these championships

0:02:16 > 0:02:20was, could she deliver on her potential? Could she mentally hold

0:02:20 > 0:02:23the pentathlon together and deliver a performance that justifies her

0:02:23 > 0:02:29potential? And so far, it's looking really good.And the long jump

0:02:29 > 0:02:36final, Greg, you say it's not just all about one person.No, I think

0:02:36 > 0:02:44Lawson has jumped well. He is a fast athlete and could be one to watch.

0:02:44 > 0:02:51And we have the women's 60m. It is wide open, Michael.It is. There are

0:02:51 > 0:02:56a lot of races that these ladies today. It's going to be exciting.

0:02:56 > 0:03:02Once we get into the semifinals, we will start to see who emerges as a

0:03:02 > 0:03:05potential medallist because that race is wide open.Well, let's just

0:03:05 > 0:03:13mark your card as to how your evening is going to pan out.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25As Denise said, Katarina Johnson-Thompson has left herself in

0:04:25 > 0:04:31a great position. Here is how her day unfolded. First up on the track,

0:04:31 > 0:04:35we have the 60m hurdles for the pentathlon. It is all done in one

0:04:35 > 0:04:43day.

0:04:44 > 0:04:49day.Is this an opportunity for Katarina Johnson-Thompson?

0:04:56 > 0:05:06Dadic. The medal contender is out.

0:05:06 > 0:05:19Rodriguez, last try.That was much better! That's more like it. She's

0:05:19 > 0:05:35in the lead overall. Shot put next. She moves to the back of the circle.

0:05:35 > 0:05:41That is a really big shot put from Katarina Johnson-Thompson. That is

0:05:41 > 0:05:50huge. That is going to make such a difference to her.

0:05:50 > 0:05:55difference to her. Rodriguez, her final put. That put her into first

0:05:55 > 0:06:04place. She looks relieved and this morning

0:06:04 > 0:06:09the word was that if she gets something with a 12, she will put

0:06:09 > 0:06:11herself in a good position.

0:06:23 > 0:06:30According to our stats expert, who knows a thing or two, he has

0:06:30 > 0:06:34crunched the numbers and if they both hit their PBs, that is what the

0:06:34 > 0:06:39outcome would be. She would have called by some way from Rodriguez.

0:06:39 > 0:06:44There is some room for comfort that. But obviously, hitting your PB in a

0:06:44 > 0:06:48major championship is perhaps easier said than done. But for her, you

0:06:48 > 0:06:53would think it would be the event she would want next, the long jump.

0:06:53 > 0:07:00Yeah. She's jumping well again. 6.71 at the trials. She's looking good on

0:07:00 > 0:07:04the runway. Does she need to hit that personal best? I don't think

0:07:04 > 0:07:08so. She just needs to feel confident and do what she does best in the

0:07:08 > 0:07:12long jump. When she is confident, it's all good.She has had wobbles

0:07:12 > 0:07:17in the long jump in a major championship in Beijing. But it's

0:07:17 > 0:07:22about here, I know what I have got to do. She has made her first jump,

0:07:22 > 0:07:28which must be a comfort for a long jumper.Absolutely. We saw that a

0:07:28 > 0:07:32lot of people are struggling with the runway. It is a quick runway,

0:07:32 > 0:07:41which soon suit Kat. If you tax it, she could jump big today -- if she

0:07:41 > 0:07:49attacks it.As they introduce... I was about to say the contestants,

0:07:49 > 0:07:53but the athletes! As they are introduced, these women have already

0:07:53 > 0:07:56been introduced and have to go through it again. It just ramps up

0:07:56 > 0:08:00the nerves, doesn't it?But it adds a bit of razzmatazz to the event,

0:08:00 > 0:08:07which is nice. We need that. I think the athletes don't really mind, as

0:08:07 > 0:08:11long as they can get through it quickly and keep their minds in a

0:08:11 > 0:08:19safe place, this is fine.There was a big smile on her face just there.

0:08:19 > 0:08:23Michael, she must know this is an event she loves and an event she

0:08:23 > 0:08:31knows she can do in front of a home crowd.I'm not sure if you can judge

0:08:31 > 0:08:39how Kat is feeling based on what you see. It goes up and down. She's

0:08:39 > 0:08:46pretty cagey when it comes to showing exactly what she is feeling.

0:08:46 > 0:08:52I think you wait and see. Also, her mood and her emotional state are

0:08:52 > 0:08:56somewhat dictated by how she performs and how the competition is

0:08:56 > 0:09:01going for her.What we did see which we don't normally see is the

0:09:01 > 0:09:07expression of joyous emotion in the shot put. I talked earlier about how

0:09:07 > 0:09:11she could respond to coming into an event that she hasn't been good at,

0:09:11 > 0:09:17and that is what she is capable of. She has the ability. That body

0:09:17 > 0:09:21language, the buoyancy you see is fantastic. That will bode well

0:09:21 > 0:09:24moving into the long jump.It feels a long time ago that it all started

0:09:24 > 0:09:28in the hurdles. They were first out on the track this morning, those

0:09:28 > 0:09:33women. Five events in one day is more than they used to. It is an

0:09:33 > 0:09:35arduous day but she did the hurdles this morning. She equalled her

0:09:35 > 0:09:41season's best. It wasn't as explosive, perhaps, as you were

0:09:41 > 0:09:47hoping, but it was a steady start. It was steady. She got through it

0:09:47 > 0:09:51safely to put herself in contention. We know she struggles getting out of

0:09:51 > 0:09:58the blocks with those long levers, but moving through to the high jump,

0:09:58 > 0:10:04we know her capabilities and this was a great jump, 1.91. She made it

0:10:04 > 0:10:11look easy.

0:10:11 > 0:10:14look easy.Shame she couldn't get a few more points, but to do what she

0:10:14 > 0:10:21did in the shot put, she will have forgotten that by now.First put, a

0:10:21 > 0:10:25new personal best. Look at that place. I thought it was great. There

0:10:25 > 0:10:33was a sense of relief, as there is one athlete has been working and

0:10:33 > 0:10:38they the benefits.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41they the benefits.Again, I am hesitant to try to read into that

0:10:41 > 0:10:46what it means, because I believe that based on what we have seen

0:10:46 > 0:10:50before, it can change in a heartbeat. So in terms of what she

0:10:50 > 0:10:56needs to do, she doesn't need a PB. She doesn't need to be thinking

0:10:56 > 0:11:02about what happened before in the long jump, just focus, as Greg said,

0:11:02 > 0:11:10getting a safe jump. That then build the confidence.We can also see that

0:11:10 > 0:11:12she is not dwelling on the fact that the high jump didn't go as well as

0:11:12 > 0:11:22she was hoping. It was below par. But she reacted well in getting a PB

0:11:22 > 0:11:25in an event that she is known for not being that great at. It should

0:11:25 > 0:11:28give her the confidence to go out and enjoy an event that she loves

0:11:28 > 0:11:37doing.6.93 is her PB indoors for long jump. There is clear water

0:11:37 > 0:11:41between her and Rodriguez.And Rodriguez has never jumped indoors.

0:11:41 > 0:11:49Kat has a lot of experience.What is the difference for Rodriguez if she

0:11:49 > 0:11:52hasn't jumped indoors?The biggest thing in an indoor arena is that

0:11:52 > 0:11:58there is no wind. With the long jump, it is good to have a bit of a

0:11:58 > 0:12:01following wind to give you an impetus to jump at the end. She will

0:12:01 > 0:12:05not have that. You are on a raised board here, so you are not on the

0:12:05 > 0:12:09solid track that you would be outdoors. There are real

0:12:09 > 0:12:15differences. Generally, it suits the lighter jumpers. But we will see how

0:12:15 > 0:12:17she responds. The Cubans are incredible jumpers, so I expect her

0:12:17 > 0:12:27to do well.She will be getting ready to jump shortly in that long

0:12:27 > 0:12:30jump competition which is just about to get under way. Steve Backley will

0:12:30 > 0:12:39be all over it.I am indeed, Gabby. It has been a compelling morning for

0:12:39 > 0:12:43Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Hopefully, she is refreshed and

0:12:43 > 0:12:53rested after three events in that first morning session.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57first morning session. The long jump is the penultimate event. And it is

0:12:57 > 0:13:02Erica Bougard of the United States.

0:13:02 > 0:13:14She is carrying a hip injury. No, that was an infringement. It sounded

0:13:14 > 0:13:22OK. Must have been a small foul. She is saying it was just beyond the

0:13:22 > 0:13:29legal limit. Crikey, that is about as close as you get without a foul.

0:13:29 > 0:13:35Greg Rutherford was talking about this. Katarina Johnson-Thompson will

0:13:35 > 0:13:44want to get a good jump in. That was not valid for Erica Bougard.

0:13:45 > 0:13:53There is the line-up for the first of the five heats.

0:13:54 > 0:14:01of the five heats. There has been a slight redraw in this one. Silence

0:14:01 > 0:14:06inside the arena.

0:14:10 > 0:14:15inside the arena. This should be a good race.

0:14:24 > 0:14:32Boons has set a new personal best this season. Andrea Vargas of Costa

0:14:32 > 0:14:37Rica in three.

0:14:53 > 0:15:01Watch for Neziri, the Finnish athlete. She is alongside Nelvis,

0:15:01 > 0:15:06who heads this very strong American contingent in the women's hurdles.

0:15:06 > 0:15:14They have the three quickest times. So the United States could form a

0:15:14 > 0:15:23clean sweep here.

0:15:30 > 0:15:36Eefje Boons, Andrea Vargas, Sharika Nelvis, Nooralotta Neziri, Elizabeth

0:15:36 > 0:15:46El Torito, Stephanie Bendrat. Four to go to automatically. A good start

0:15:46 > 0:15:52by Veronica Borsi. Through comes Sharika Nelvis. Looking very

0:15:52 > 0:16:03comfortable. 7.97 for Sharika Nelvis. And in fact it is a Elisavet

0:16:03 > 0:16:06Pesiridou of Greece who is down, the last barrier her undoing. A

0:16:06 > 0:16:11demonstration of what can go wrong in the hurdles. And Elisavet

0:16:11 > 0:16:16Pesiridou might have been expected to come through, but Sharika Nelvis

0:16:16 > 0:16:21avoiding such pitfalls, and she is through to the semifinals. Take us

0:16:21 > 0:16:28through this.Eefje Boons can be difficult for some athletes,

0:16:28 > 0:16:35especially burglars, because you get a trampoline effect and, if you are

0:16:35 > 0:16:38not used to that, running consistently on these boards, it can

0:16:38 > 0:16:41be tricky, and that is what happened to the Greek lady. But Sharika

0:16:41 > 0:16:49Nelvis is quality. I think she will be looking forward to encountering

0:16:49 > 0:16:56her fellow countryman later. 7.90 seven. It looks great.A great start

0:16:56 > 0:17:01by Stephanie Bendrat, who has been going so well this season. She just

0:17:01 > 0:17:08clipped the barrier, but Sharika Nelvis was going so well. Contrast

0:17:08 > 0:17:12macro --a contrast to Glasgow, but totally in control here, cruising

0:17:12 > 0:17:16through dress up eight second performance, looking comfortable. --

0:17:16 > 0:17:22through to a below eight second. Katarina Johnson-Thompson looking

0:17:22 > 0:17:27forward to her first long jump, penultimate event in the Pentax

0:17:27 > 0:17:33long. At the moment, she is in second place, 13 points behind

0:17:33 > 0:17:37Rodriguez, the Cuban. But this is an event where she can dominate, she

0:17:37 > 0:17:40can definitely get back into the lead, and she would expect to. And

0:17:40 > 0:17:48possibly she'd expect to get some daylight between her and the rest of

0:17:48 > 0:17:54the world season's best personal best, something in excess of 6.50

0:17:54 > 0:18:00would be great. It's a good jump. Waiting to see the white flag. It

0:18:00 > 0:18:08is. Look at that, a really good start. In and around 6.5 metres. Was

0:18:08 > 0:18:13that a shake of the head? Good effort.She should be pleased,

0:18:13 > 0:18:15controlled the runway really well, didn't lengthen like sometimes,

0:18:15 > 0:18:25plenty of room. Rate start. -- great start.Her coach looking on, 6.50

0:18:25 > 0:18:32exactly, a really good start. With Rodriguez to go next, and Ivona

0:18:32 > 0:18:37Dadic a couple points behind, she needs to marker out and put pressure

0:18:37 > 0:18:44on the other girls.That's what she done, because Rodriguez's PB is just

0:18:44 > 0:18:496.29 from this year. Can she respond? It's around the six-metre

0:18:49 > 0:19:01mark, way down on Johnson Thompson, and it's a foul. So Rodriguez, the

0:19:01 > 0:19:04leader, a foul in the first round, under the pressure. She wouldn't

0:19:04 > 0:19:13have wanted that.The tiniest of margins, just drifting. But now

0:19:13 > 0:19:17Katarina is settled, she's got 6.50 in the bank, it's up to the other

0:19:17 > 0:19:23girls to put the marker down. Kat can now build on that. She is in the

0:19:23 > 0:19:27driving seat, exactly what you want in the first round. Ivona Dadic of

0:19:27 > 0:19:33Russia, in third place coming into this long jump. Season best of 6.35,

0:19:33 > 0:19:40so down on Johnson Thompson also in her best effort. Somewhere just over

0:19:40 > 0:19:45six metres for Ivona Dadic, as we come towards the end of this first

0:19:45 > 0:19:50round of jumping. Only three jumps for each competitor, and then just

0:19:50 > 0:19:58the 800 metres to come.Just the celebrating -- decelerating into the

0:19:58 > 0:20:03board. She got an indoor best of 6.21 and she has jumped 6.22 this

0:20:03 > 0:20:09year.

0:20:09 > 0:20:12year. 6.29 for Ivona Dadic, that's good, that's solid, it keeps her

0:20:12 > 0:20:22pursuit of a medal on course.

0:20:23 > 0:20:25Katarina Johnson-Thompson will feel, I imagine, pretty good about that

0:20:25 > 0:20:30opening jump. What's it like, when you see the white flag and you know

0:20:30 > 0:20:37you've nailed a solid jump which has given you a good amount of points?

0:20:37 > 0:20:40Gilles Villeneuve couldn't. Absolutely, and looking at Kat's

0:20:40 > 0:20:47jump, technically very sound. If she has more pressure, she will propel

0:20:47 > 0:20:50herself to a bigger one. She has a lovely upright position through the

0:20:50 > 0:20:55air, no rotation. If she really put some mustard on that, she will go

0:20:55 > 0:21:01far today, I think.

0:21:01 > 0:21:05far today, I think.What are you seeing from the other girls,

0:21:05 > 0:21:11Rodriguez and Dadic? Rodriguez getting a red flag, so she will feel

0:21:11 > 0:21:15a bit on edge, knowing she's got to pull one out of the bag. And you

0:21:15 > 0:21:22said Dadic was a bit on her toes. She's coming in in a plant or flex

0:21:22 > 0:21:26position, breaking before she has a chance to take off, so she's

0:21:26 > 0:21:30elongate in her foot and not getting underneath herself, not striking

0:21:30 > 0:21:34underneath her hips to give herself a catalyst to really push off the

0:21:34 > 0:21:38board and jump far, and it is because they are forcing it more,

0:21:38 > 0:21:42desperate to get a distance out there to get close to Kat, and

0:21:42 > 0:21:44because of that they are making mistakes they shouldn't make. The

0:21:44 > 0:21:50other risk, with your foot out, is there is a chance of injury.Let's

0:21:50 > 0:21:53get back out there but for the second heat of the women's 60

0:21:53 > 0:21:59hurdles. This second heat, fairly

0:21:59 > 0:22:04straightforward qualification, but what a moment for Megan Marrs, a

0:22:04 > 0:22:06city of Lisbon athlete, Loughborough student at the moment, and a long

0:22:06 > 0:22:12time since somebody from Northern Ireland represented the British team

0:22:12 > 0:22:17in the championships. In fact, her mum competed in the European indoors

0:22:17 > 0:22:20in 1988 she will be up against Christina Manning, one of the

0:22:20 > 0:22:25favourites in this event. We've just seen Sharika Nelvis looking calm and

0:22:25 > 0:22:33straightforward qualifications, 7.90 seven. An experienced Austrian,

0:22:33 > 0:22:37Beate Schrott. There she is, she has set six personal best in my

0:22:37 > 0:22:41reckoning this season, huge improvement, she didn't like the

0:22:41 > 0:22:45qualifying time set by British athletics, which I'll explain in a

0:22:45 > 0:22:51minute. Andrea Grant Jovic, Isabelle Pedersen Norway. A former junior

0:22:51 > 0:22:59champion. Yes Megan Marrs, the IAAF, once countries have put their

0:22:59 > 0:23:03entries in, have a chance to draw further down the entries list, and

0:23:03 > 0:23:12they sent individual invites. She is a pay against one of the best in the

0:23:12 > 0:23:17world, Christina Manning. -- she is up against. She missed out on a

0:23:17 > 0:23:22medal last year at the World Championships. Not by much. And

0:23:22 > 0:23:27Kendra Harrison is yet to go, from the USA, with three great 60-metre

0:23:27 > 0:23:42hurdlers. Four to go through.

0:23:44 > 0:23:48Christina Manning got out well. It is Christina Manning and Isabelle

0:23:48 > 0:23:53Pedersen.

0:23:55 > 0:23:56Pedersen. Andrea Ivancevic taking third. I reckon Megan Marrs might

0:23:56 > 0:24:03have got this fifth or sixth. Colin is screwing his face up, going, you

0:24:03 > 0:24:11got that wrong, Steve. We'll sort it out. We are heading for a USA one,

0:24:11 > 0:24:16two, three, we?Possibly, but I'm sure that others will have something

0:24:16 > 0:24:23to say about that. It seems to be a good place for her. But Pedersen

0:24:23 > 0:24:28from Denmark, we know her quality. We've seen her many times on the

0:24:28 > 0:24:34circuit, but now another opportunity. Christina Manning from

0:24:34 > 0:24:39the United States, she got the invite here because she won the

0:24:39 > 0:24:44indoor tour, she just missed out on automatic selection for the US

0:24:44 > 0:24:47championships, but she finished third in that, incredibly fast time.

0:24:47 > 0:24:52For me, she is a person you need to watch out for, because she is more

0:24:52 > 0:24:59than capable of producing a red-hot performance.Eline Berings got the

0:24:59 > 0:25:03fourth spot. Looking at Megan Marrs, a huge moment for her, she couldn't

0:25:03 > 0:25:07have begun the season thinking she'd compete at the world indoor

0:25:07 > 0:25:10championships.And massive moment, up against people she's watched on

0:25:10 > 0:25:15the screen for many years, and she can't believe she is warming up

0:25:15 > 0:25:17alongside them. A good opportunity to experience what it's like. She

0:25:17 > 0:25:27ended up in six, in 8.28. She will go home and be happy with it.

0:25:27 > 0:25:32Christina Manning, watching her back, you seemed to slow down at the

0:25:32 > 0:25:40end so comfortably through.Yeah, I just want to get everything going on

0:25:40 > 0:25:43and that's what I did.You had a massive performance in last weekend

0:25:43 > 0:25:48to secure your place through a wild card. What's it's been like

0:25:48 > 0:25:54preparing at the last minute and getting ready for this?We've been

0:25:54 > 0:25:56preparing for this all year, you know. It doesn't really feel

0:25:56 > 0:26:02last-minute. When I didn't make the US team, I was like, I'm going to

0:26:02 > 0:26:05win Glasgow and make that team, so I've been preparing since the

0:26:05 > 0:26:11beginning of the season.The US team is so incredible, you came third in

0:26:11 > 0:26:14the trials with an incredible trial and still didn't make the team. How

0:26:14 > 0:26:19much is that helped to push your performances, knowing that your

0:26:19 > 0:26:23compatriots are so good?It pushes me every time because you want to be

0:26:23 > 0:26:29the best, and I am competing against the best. I go out there I go after

0:26:29 > 0:26:33it every time.Fantastic. Thank you for speaking to us. Of luck later.

0:26:33 > 0:26:41Thank you. -- best of luck. A nice performance, and what a way

0:26:41 > 0:26:45to keep the draft of your neck, earrings with pom-poms on pigs

0:26:45 > 0:26:52Christina Manning looking good, and it personal best from Pedersen. --

0:26:52 > 0:26:58earrings with pom-poms on them. Christina Manning looking good.

0:27:03 > 0:27:06The US champion, Erica Bougard, has been pushed out of the medals, the

0:27:06 > 0:27:12US champion, but there is a foul in the first round of the long jump. We

0:27:12 > 0:27:14are into the second round, Erica Bougard looking to make amends. Big

0:27:14 > 0:27:21acceleration. It's around the six-metre mark. It's a good job.

0:27:21 > 0:27:27Valid jump, at least.She accelerated into the board, like you

0:27:27 > 0:27:32should, but she didn't really get across it. Her hips went back early,

0:27:32 > 0:27:37the head comes down, and she comes in for an early landing. More like a

0:27:37 > 0:27:40forward somersault. You need to keep your body upright and fly deeper

0:27:40 > 0:27:48into the pit.A bit forced, still in fourth place.

0:27:49 > 0:27:52Somewhere in Texas or California, there is a conveyor belt, and

0:27:52 > 0:27:58American women hurdlers just come off it. You are such good hurdlers.

0:27:58 > 0:28:03There is always somebody else coming to bolster it. You've got a world

0:28:03 > 0:28:09record-holder, and it's not enough, it could be two, three.Bidgood, and

0:28:09 > 0:28:12you are right, there are so many hurdlers, and it's not it's an event

0:28:12 > 0:28:19everybody does. Not everybody does it. It's a difficult event. There is

0:28:19 > 0:28:25just a tradition over the years. You think back, Gail Devers, amazing

0:28:25 > 0:28:30hurdler, and it's always been that way but it's very competitive at the

0:28:30 > 0:28:36NCAA level, and I think they push one another, and it breeds a

0:28:36 > 0:28:38fantastic group of athletes. Christina Manning the latest one of

0:28:38 > 0:28:45those. Let's get back out to the long jump with Steve Backley.

0:28:45 > 0:28:50Katarina Johnson-Thompson really solid in the first round, 6.50, and

0:28:50 > 0:28:56the good news for her is that the competitors are faltering.I think

0:28:56 > 0:28:59you are right. She has cemented herself in that position. I'm not

0:28:59 > 0:29:04sure the opposition can respond. Rodriguez's best indoors is 6.29.

0:29:04 > 0:29:11It's up to Kat to express herself and get the biggest other she can

0:29:11 > 0:29:17going into the 800 metres so she doesn't have to run too fast.A new

0:29:17 > 0:29:24role this year, 30 seconds for the horizontal jumps and throws, and her

0:29:24 > 0:29:29clock has begun. She has to start the run up before it gets to zero.

0:29:29 > 0:29:34Johnson Thompson, round two, to back up that 6.50 first round ever.

0:29:34 > 0:29:40Cheering from the crowd. Thumbs up, Tony.I think it's exactly the same.

0:29:40 > 0:29:45She might have a few more centimetres. Drifted off. She puts

0:29:45 > 0:29:49her foot across herself, but she is controlling the runway. It isn't

0:29:49 > 0:30:00overextending. Drifting a bit, but that's fine.

0:30:00 > 0:30:04that's fine. 6.43 for Kat, backing it up. No improvement, but she

0:30:04 > 0:30:08stayed out in front. The only athlete who can really threaten is

0:30:08 > 0:30:18Rodriguez. But has that foul...? She looks a bit anxious, knowing that

0:30:18 > 0:30:25she really needs to get one in here to take the pressure off.

0:30:28 > 0:30:36That is not enough. It is a legal jump, which maintains her movement

0:30:36 > 0:30:41towards the podium. However, she overrotates and doesn't get across

0:30:41 > 0:30:46the board.

0:30:47 > 0:30:55the board.She has a lifetime best of 6.29m. This is 6.15, pushes her

0:30:55 > 0:31:03into third place. Going well for Johnson-Thompson.Onto the third

0:31:03 > 0:31:11heat in the 60m hurdles, which includes another athlete from Great

0:31:11 > 0:31:23Britain, who goes in lane one.

0:31:43 > 0:31:48Marilyn Nwawulor got the qualifying time in Belgium last month. She is a

0:31:48 > 0:31:53multi-eventer. We have been talking about the crossover from heptathlon

0:31:53 > 0:32:00and pentathlon to hurdling. Alongside her, the Romanian. Talking

0:32:00 > 0:32:05about who might challenge the Americans, the German athlete is in

0:32:05 > 0:32:11lane three. This is the third of five heats in the women's 60m

0:32:11 > 0:32:22hurdles. Cleanly away.

0:32:22 > 0:32:30hurdles. Cleanly away. Charlton of the Bahamas goes swiftly.

0:32:30 > 0:32:34the Bahamas goes swiftly. She was flying in lane eight. A good run by

0:32:34 > 0:32:40Visser as well, but it was Charlton who sneaked it on the line. We will

0:32:40 > 0:32:47keep an eye on the time of Marilyn Nwawulor in lane one. I think

0:32:47 > 0:32:57Charlton has taken that. A good race and a season's best time for

0:32:57 > 0:33:03Charlton. Someone is very excited in the crowd. But a good run from

0:33:03 > 0:33:11Charlton.Yeah, you're right. In the middle, you can sneak away without

0:33:11 > 0:33:18anyone noticing you, and that is what she did. When you are as

0:33:18 > 0:33:22competent a hurdle as that, there is no need to panic. Just do your

0:33:22 > 0:33:28stuff. And that is exactly what she did McCain through comfortably to

0:33:28 > 0:33:34take the second position.Looking at Marilyn Nwawulor, she was given a

0:33:34 > 0:33:39time of 8.22, so the two who are not the automatic qualifiers here are

0:33:39 > 0:33:45the two fastest losers at the moment. So it is not a bad run.

0:33:45 > 0:33:52Yeah, it's clean and aggressive.

0:33:52 > 0:33:58Yeah, it's clean and aggressive. It was a good, solid run.

0:34:18 > 0:34:21We are getting towards the end of the second round in this long jump

0:34:21 > 0:34:33pentathlon. Ivona Dadic, 6.29 in the first round.Ran much better than

0:34:33 > 0:34:38her first round. She gets a white flag, but she is bending on the

0:34:38 > 0:34:44board. As she puts her foot in, the need buckle is a bit. She turns her

0:34:44 > 0:34:48head back in take-off, so you are not carrying the speed across the

0:34:48 > 0:34:52board, which is what you need to do. Ivona Dadic at the moment is the one

0:34:52 > 0:34:59who can really challenge.

0:34:59 > 0:35:05who can really challenge. But she is not a better 800m runner.

0:35:13 > 0:35:24A clumsy effort for Nana Djimou.Not really getting the speed.

0:35:24 > 0:35:25really getting the speed. She doesn't really complete the

0:35:25 > 0:35:30take-off.

0:35:46 > 0:35:50Harrison is going in the next heat in the 60m hurdles, another

0:35:50 > 0:35:53phenomenal pergola. Michael, the world-record holder has had a mixed

0:35:53 > 0:35:57bag. She didn't qualify for Rio and didn't make it to the top three in

0:35:57 > 0:36:02US trials. She finished outside the medals in London as well. She to

0:36:02 > 0:36:08feel that her time, she is one of those people who you would not

0:36:08 > 0:36:13begrudge being on the top of the heap here.Right, but just because

0:36:13 > 0:36:16you are the world record-holder, doesn't mean that you are an amazing

0:36:16 > 0:36:20competitor. That is what she had to work on. She had to work on her

0:36:20 > 0:36:23competitiveness and the ability to deliver those impressive

0:36:23 > 0:36:27performances that she is capable of when it counts, knowing that she is

0:36:27 > 0:36:31the favourite. That seems to have been a problem for her over the last

0:36:31 > 0:36:36few years. It will be interesting to see what she does here. This is an

0:36:36 > 0:36:40opportunity for her to get a global medal. Interesting to say that,

0:36:40 > 0:36:43given that she is the world record-holder, with no global

0:36:43 > 0:36:47metals. It is not only in the UK that there is that problem. We have

0:36:47 > 0:36:53that problem in the US as well.

0:36:59 > 0:37:02It is interesting that you say that, because there is room for so many

0:37:02 > 0:37:05things to go wrong with the hurdles that if you can't make it through

0:37:05 > 0:37:12the rounds, you will be punished at some point.You will be, but that is

0:37:12 > 0:37:16not something you would expect from Harrison here. She is such a

0:37:16 > 0:37:20beautiful hurdler to watch, very aggressive and dynamic. It is just

0:37:20 > 0:37:25that mental chink in her armour which will be the difference at the

0:37:25 > 0:37:30final, should be get there with her. That will be the front and whether

0:37:30 > 0:37:37she gets that global title or not. Let's see how the journey goes Cram.

0:37:37 > 0:37:41So, Harrison is in the middle in lane four. They are not losing lane

0:37:41 > 0:37:45one indeed heats. It is fairly straightforward for the better

0:37:45 > 0:37:59athletes. They want to make sure nothing untoward happens.

0:38:15 > 0:38:19This is Kozak of Hungary. The 21-year-old is having a good season.

0:38:19 > 0:38:30Then Harrison.

0:38:34 > 0:38:39Ziketh from Ivory Coast. Plotitsyna is another veteran, fourth in the

0:38:39 > 0:38:47European indoor Championships last year.

0:38:47 > 0:38:56year. Lindsey Lindley from Nigeria and there is Angela Whyte.

0:38:56 > 0:38:58and there is Angela Whyte. Megan Marrs only just missed out as the

0:38:58 > 0:39:03fastest loser.

0:39:13 > 0:39:27This and one more heat to come. Sally Pearson is in the next one.

0:39:28 > 0:39:34We have already had five women under eight seconds. My start from

0:39:34 > 0:39:49Harrison. Look at the speed, this is going to be super quick. Whoa, 7.78!

0:39:49 > 0:39:55An absolute field between her and the rest. We have had the others

0:39:55 > 0:39:59easing back and taking it easy going through. Kendra Harrison, showing

0:39:59 > 0:40:03what she is capable of. That was very quick indeed. She just didn't

0:40:03 > 0:40:11slow down, did she? Like she had a bus to catch or something. Maybe

0:40:11 > 0:40:17want to get back to the hotel.There was certainly an exceptional

0:40:17 > 0:40:21performance. Let's have a look again. Steve, you will remember that

0:40:21 > 0:40:24there is not alone in the race for these women today, so she can

0:40:24 > 0:40:28happily blast her way through, have a feel of the track, see if she's

0:40:28 > 0:40:34feeling comfortable. Just practise everything, there is nothing wrong

0:40:34 > 0:40:38with that. Really strong and aggressive out of the blocks. If you

0:40:38 > 0:40:41remember London last year, she smashed into the first barrier and

0:40:41 > 0:40:46that caused her a problem early on. So she's brushing off all the

0:40:46 > 0:40:49cobwebs, getting the journey out of the way, making sure her technique

0:40:49 > 0:40:54is solid as she prepares for the following rounds. They will be the

0:40:54 > 0:41:00crucial ones.Kendra, that was a massive performance, particularly

0:41:00 > 0:41:05for a semifinal.Yeah, the goal was to come out and run each run as if

0:41:05 > 0:41:10it's the final.You have massive competition from your own

0:41:10 > 0:41:14compatriots in the USA alone. What sort of signal do you think that

0:41:14 > 0:41:18lays down?I am sure they are not worried about me. But we are going

0:41:18 > 0:41:25to put on a great show and there will be faster times to come.Do you

0:41:25 > 0:41:34think we are going to see a 1-2-3? With us Americans, I think so.Well,

0:41:34 > 0:41:44two things to talk about in the result. One is that 7.77. And the

0:41:44 > 0:41:49fastest losers will go through at the moment. It means that Nwawulor

0:41:49 > 0:41:55is still hanging on by her fingertips. But there is one more

0:41:55 > 0:42:02heat to come. Katarina Johnson-Thompson has a really

0:42:02 > 0:42:05healthy buffer at the end of this long jump going into the last event

0:42:05 > 0:42:10of the pentathlon, get hundred metres. We have been doing the maths

0:42:10 > 0:42:15with Tony Minnich yellow. We think she has a lead of around what would

0:42:15 > 0:42:19equate to six metres, four seconds over Dadic in the 800m. But she does

0:42:19 > 0:42:27have one more jump.

0:42:27 > 0:42:32have one more jump. So that is a four second buffer we are talking

0:42:32 > 0:42:38about in the 800m. But she can extend that

0:42:38 > 0:42:39about in the 800m. But she can extend that. There is good

0:42:39 > 0:42:45camaraderie between the multi-eventer 's. Johnson-Thompson

0:42:45 > 0:42:54is capable of putting it out of reach here. Last jump.

0:42:55 > 0:42:59reach here. Last jump.That looks much better. Seemed to carry the

0:42:59 > 0:43:03speed across the board there. Fingers crossed. She's not happy

0:43:03 > 0:43:11with it, but I figured more points, and that is what you want.

0:43:25 > 0:43:30So no change. However, this athlete can make a huge difference here,

0:43:30 > 0:43:37because Dadic is currently in second place, with Rodriguez in the bronze

0:43:37 > 0:43:42medal position. But she can close it down. At the moment, she is 100

0:43:42 > 0:43:51points behind Kat Johnson-Thompson. And that is worth about six seconds

0:43:51 > 0:44:01over 800m. So if you can visualise that, what is that?About 40 metres.

0:44:06 > 0:44:12Now, the official has stopped her so that we can do the presentations for

0:44:12 > 0:44:17the 60m hurdles. She was ready to go, and now she has to wait. That is

0:44:17 > 0:44:23not fair. It is not fair if you are composed and ready to go.That is

0:44:23 > 0:44:28major champs. That is what you have got to put up with. So Rodriguez had

0:44:28 > 0:44:34to compose herself here, stay focused. Until that code is removed,

0:44:34 > 0:44:40the clock will not start.

0:44:42 > 0:44:44the clock will not start.Ah, the cone has been removed and the

0:44:44 > 0:44:50sweeping is complete.The runway is clear. Rodriguez of Cuba, currently

0:44:50 > 0:44:56in bronze medal position.

0:44:59 > 0:45:02in bronze medal position. She is looking to improve on 6.15... There

0:45:02 > 0:45:10is a red flag. We shouldn't celebrate, but she did slow down

0:45:10 > 0:45:15into the board and went straight up into the air, trying really hard. I

0:45:15 > 0:45:20think she knows.

0:45:21 > 0:45:26She put her foot into the plasticine. One more athlete to go,

0:45:26 > 0:45:34Dadic. Johnson Thompson has really controlled this competition. Maybe

0:45:34 > 0:45:38not jumped as far as she would have hoped, but she has performed

0:45:38 > 0:45:42superbly and put the pressure on, and the pressure has shown.

0:45:42 > 0:45:48Rodriguez faltering slightly. So it's only really Dadic who can close

0:45:48 > 0:45:54that gap of four seconds or so, the equivalent in the 800 metres. Last

0:45:54 > 0:46:01chance for Dadic to move closer to Katarina Johnson-Thompson.She

0:46:01 > 0:46:06throws her head back again. Is it a bit further, looking at that? White

0:46:06 > 0:46:14flag.Identical jobs in the first two rounds, both 6.29. It is not

0:46:14 > 0:46:23same again, is it?Looking at her face, it might be a bit better.

0:46:23 > 0:46:276.40. She's closed the gap. We will update you with the equivalent

0:46:27 > 0:46:32points, but it's a season best for Dadic.It makes the difference about

0:46:32 > 0:46:38two seconds. However, Katarina Johnson-Thompson is a better

0:46:38 > 0:46:46800-metre runner by about two to three seconds. Ladies and gentlemen,

0:46:46 > 0:46:52stay in your seats!It's going to be good. The athletes for the next heat

0:46:52 > 0:46:56in the women's 60 metres hurdles have had their introduction. Sally

0:46:56 > 0:47:01Pearson, a big roar from the crowd a moment ago. World champion, former

0:47:01 > 0:47:07Olympic champion, she has won this title before. It's all about the

0:47:07 > 0:47:10Gold Coast, the Commonwealth Games for her this year. She could

0:47:10 > 0:47:17challenge the Americans this year. So to record low of Germany. --

0:47:17 > 0:47:21Ricarda Lobe.

0:47:27 > 0:47:34You'd expect as well, with a quality

0:47:35 > 0:47:43line-up, that one of the fastest losers' lead might be under threat.

0:47:43 > 0:47:51A good start by Pearson. Already a long way clear of the rest. Amusan

0:47:51 > 0:47:56going strongly, and she speaks it at the line. She takes it from Sally

0:47:56 > 0:48:02Pearson, 7.95. A good run by the Nigerian, just 20, but she has run

0:48:02 > 0:48:07so well on the American college scene. A student at the University

0:48:07 > 0:48:11of Texas, and Amusan, not an American, but she runs and she has

0:48:11 > 0:48:15that fierce competition in the United States, and a very good run

0:48:15 > 0:48:20to take it just ahead Sally Pearson. It was an interesting race all

0:48:20 > 0:48:27around. Sally blasted out of the blocks, as we normally see her do,

0:48:27 > 0:48:31and I expected her to ease away from the rest of the field, but Amusan

0:48:31 > 0:48:36came through strong, a lovely, nice and rangy athlete. Have a look at

0:48:36 > 0:48:40Sally Pearson, right in the centre. Amusan to the right, our left. Sally

0:48:40 > 0:48:47working hard. Look how mice and controlled Amusan is. She rolled off

0:48:47 > 0:48:52these barriers well. She hits the ground and charges the line. Does

0:48:52 > 0:48:57enough to take victory.No sign of any easing off from Sally Pearson,

0:48:57 > 0:49:03so take an fair square by Amusan. The focus for Sally Pearson is very

0:49:03 > 0:49:06much on the Gold Coast, and it's all about the Commonwealth Games for

0:49:06 > 0:49:11her, she lives and trains there, but slightly concerning signs for her

0:49:11 > 0:49:16chances it, overhauled by Amusan in that way will stopinteresting how

0:49:16 > 0:49:19that happened. Tomorrow will be be telling day for them. They have to

0:49:19 > 0:49:30step up.Looking of the others, a talented Belarussian athlete, Alina

0:49:30 > 0:49:35Talay, she came through well.I think she had a problem with the

0:49:35 > 0:49:39second barrier, going a bit higher than necessarily, and then she

0:49:39 > 0:49:42snapped herself in, got back into the focus. How much running she has

0:49:42 > 0:49:50left, tomorrow will be key.Yes, the semifinals around about this time

0:49:50 > 0:49:54tomorrow, they kick off the evening session, and those four will be

0:49:54 > 0:50:08through, Amusan, Pearson, Alina Talay and Karolina Koleczek.

0:50:09 > 0:50:13So, Katarina Johnson-Thompson did exactly what she needed to do in

0:50:13 > 0:50:17that long jump competition, and the way she approached her first job was

0:50:17 > 0:50:23so crucial to get herself a clean jump, to get herself a good

0:50:23 > 0:50:25distance, Denise, but then to compose herself throughout and set

0:50:25 > 0:50:30that standard to the rest of the field. You felt there was a

0:50:30 > 0:50:31nervousness, especially with Rodriguez.She needed to establish

0:50:31 > 0:50:36herself and say, listen, you all know this is my best event, but I'm

0:50:36 > 0:50:42here to do business, and she did it. 6.50, hoping for a bit more, and she

0:50:42 > 0:50:45seemed to want to push it a bit, but we talked about how consistent she

0:50:45 > 0:50:52has been for those three jumps. It's really good. And should put pressure

0:50:52 > 0:50:56on the other athletes. But Dadic, who Tony tipped as one of his

0:50:56 > 0:51:01favourites, you can see why she is there and fighting for a medal. She

0:51:01 > 0:51:05is so consistent and able to pull things out of the bag when you least

0:51:05 > 0:51:09expect her to.A season 's best is what you want in those moments, and

0:51:09 > 0:51:13she is one of Tony's stars of the future across the championships, and

0:51:13 > 0:51:18it looks like she has a great competitive head. We knew it

0:51:18 > 0:51:22wouldn't be a strong bed for Rodriguez, not the strongest.No,

0:51:22 > 0:51:26but strange because the Cubans are usually very good long jumpers, so

0:51:26 > 0:51:30interesting that she struggles with it, but I think they could all look

0:51:30 > 0:51:36at Kat and see how to structure a runway in order to make those jobs

0:51:36 > 0:51:39consistent, because Kat was building through the run, getting up to speed

0:51:39 > 0:51:43when she needed to, taking the ball towards the end in order to get the

0:51:43 > 0:51:47same point on the board. The others worry that all over the place, quite

0:51:47 > 0:51:51a lot of fouls, people struggling with the boards, as people do here,

0:51:51 > 0:51:56and I think a lot of good work on that runway.Bizarrely, they had two

0:51:56 > 0:52:05identical jumps, both of them. This was her third jump. Look at this.

0:52:05 > 0:52:07was her third jump. Look at this.At this point, Kat is in a scenario

0:52:07 > 0:52:11where she can let it go a bit, and Tony noticed it, pushing a bit

0:52:11 > 0:52:16harder on the runway. Look at the way she's landed in the sand. You

0:52:16 > 0:52:20can read an awful lot from landing in the sand, it's like reading tea

0:52:20 > 0:52:25leaves in cups. You can see where people are going wrong. Her slight,

0:52:25 > 0:52:29what you want to do is your heels come together, and your bum goes

0:52:29 > 0:52:34past and it's quite similar, but quite a difference with Kat. Her

0:52:34 > 0:52:37right leg seems to be sweeping earlier, and she is losing a bit on

0:52:37 > 0:52:41that. She needs to look at that and, if she can get them all nailed and

0:52:41 > 0:52:46even, it's a big amount of distance she can gain.And these are

0:52:46 > 0:52:52heptathlete. You are talking about finite details as a jumper. But

0:52:52 > 0:52:56juggling all five events, and generally if seven, it's about

0:52:56 > 0:53:02division of your time. You want to spend more time working on your

0:53:02 > 0:53:05runway, because that delivers consistency, but the menu shy, you

0:53:05 > 0:53:09don't have time to do it.I was thinking about that, within the

0:53:09 > 0:53:13pentathlon, that would seem to be the most difficult event, the long

0:53:13 > 0:53:17jump, because there is so much you can get wrong with the run-up, and

0:53:17 > 0:53:20we saw that today, and in the heptathlon Kat has got it wrong

0:53:20 > 0:53:27before. Maybe there is a case for doing work there, not so much so you

0:53:27 > 0:53:32can get more distant but so you can be more consistent, because it seems

0:53:32 > 0:53:37like it pushes people out of the medals.You are talking about when

0:53:37 > 0:53:42Kat has got it wrong, and we are talking about a centimetre, you

0:53:42 > 0:53:45know? For consistency, what she normally has on the runway, she has

0:53:45 > 0:53:48been a world civil medallist, so she knows to long jump. It might have

0:53:48 > 0:53:54been that little bit of detail. -- she has been a world

0:53:54 > 0:53:59silver-medallist.She is a good long jumper, so unwell with -- on one

0:53:59 > 0:54:02level you can break it down more than with some of the other events,

0:54:02 > 0:54:06because she is naturally good. I said earlier, with some of the right

0:54:06 > 0:54:10things, she could be a seven-metre jumper, but she would need to put

0:54:10 > 0:54:15more time into it.Talking about the age-old dilemma with Kat, do you

0:54:15 > 0:54:21work more on the pros, where you are weaker, or do you push elsewhere?

0:54:21 > 0:54:24Today, she's done a really good throw for her in the shot put, which

0:54:24 > 0:54:30has given her a platform to go into the long jump.It's a fine balancing

0:54:30 > 0:54:35act, and the detail, you could dissect it all day, but what matters

0:54:35 > 0:54:38is, can you come to major championships and be competitive and

0:54:38 > 0:54:41minimise the mistakes, and she is proving that it's coming together.

0:54:41 > 0:54:46Let's have a look at the standings. Heading into that 800 metres, coming

0:54:46 > 0:54:52up at about 8:15pm. She is in the lead. This isn't reading we've had

0:54:52 > 0:54:55before in the final event of a global event for Katarina

0:54:55 > 0:55:04Johnson-Thompson. There she is, 33 points ahead of Dadic, and she is a

0:55:04 > 0:55:07quicker 800-metre runner and Dadic, in front of a home crowd... What

0:55:07 > 0:55:14could possibly go wrong?She is fit enough. She has got good endurance.

0:55:14 > 0:55:18This crowd will be roaring her home. The only thing that could go wrong

0:55:18 > 0:55:22is that she goes too hard, but I doubt she will do that. She's got a

0:55:22 > 0:55:27good head on her in terms of pace judgment, and I expect her to be

0:55:27 > 0:55:32running through this.She has to enjoy it, doesn't she?I'd like to

0:55:32 > 0:55:37enjoy the celebrating after she's one it. She has been very focused,

0:55:37 > 0:55:40poised, and that has worked for her, so I'd like to see her continue to

0:55:40 > 0:55:45do that, and not enjoyed this too soon. Just finish it up and then

0:55:45 > 0:55:52enjoy celebrating a medal.And it is for her, let's not forget, five

0:55:52 > 0:55:57events in Monday, it's not what these women are used to.They are

0:55:57 > 0:56:00not used to it but in some ways I think they find it easier, but what

0:56:00 > 0:56:06is tiring is the warming up again, the sore legs, moving into the next

0:56:06 > 0:56:10day and having to warm up, so getting it done, there is some

0:56:10 > 0:56:14beauty in that.I don't think you give the body long enough to realise

0:56:14 > 0:56:18how hard it is working. It's like heavy training in the winter, it's

0:56:18 > 0:56:21the next day when you feel awful. During it, you think I'll get

0:56:21 > 0:56:26another job. By the time they wake up tomorrow, they will be stiff and

0:56:26 > 0:56:29struggling to walk around, I imagine. My body could never put up

0:56:29 > 0:56:36with that, because it's so much pressure for so many events, and

0:56:36 > 0:56:40it's very impressive.Let's head to our number cruncher in the

0:56:40 > 0:56:43commentary box. You have been working out what she's got to do in

0:56:43 > 0:56:48the 800 metres.It's interesting, because there are a couple of

0:56:48 > 0:56:54dynamics. Katarina Johnson-Thompson as, looking at my piece of paper, I

0:56:54 > 0:57:00apologise, a two second lead over Dadic, 33 points. Stay with me on

0:57:00 > 0:57:11this, Dadic has a 65 point lead over Rodriguez. However, that relates to

0:57:11 > 0:57:16four seconds. The difference between Dadic and Rodriguez's PBs in the 800

0:57:16 > 0:57:21is about three and a half, so if I am Rodriguez, I think, I can still

0:57:21 > 0:57:24get a silver medal, so I will run hard, and that changes the dynamic

0:57:24 > 0:57:29of the race. It will not be a cruise around, Rodriguez will probably be

0:57:29 > 0:57:33pushing for a silver, and that will push it on. The scoreboard is up,

0:57:33 > 0:57:39and you can see the point margins between them.Thank you, Tony, we

0:57:39 > 0:57:43can always rely on you for the numbers. I think you are going to

0:57:43 > 0:57:46give Rachel Riley a run for her money! Next up on the track, the

0:57:46 > 0:57:52semifinals of the women's 60 metres and Asha Philip is in the one, which

0:57:52 > 0:57:58is loaded with talent.Loaded with talent, but the objective is clear.

0:57:58 > 0:58:02She said she's come to these championships for a medal, anything

0:58:02 > 0:58:05less is a disappointment for her. She will have the support of the

0:58:05 > 0:58:12home crowd. Birmingham is like home for her. Game open.Looking at the

0:58:12 > 0:58:16names in this, people would think, Olympic champions, world champions,

0:58:16 > 0:58:24but Asha is a fantastic start.She's built for this event. She has Dafne

0:58:24 > 0:58:29Schippers on the outside, Murielle Ahoure on the inside. But she has to

0:58:29 > 0:58:34be careful and patient run her best race in order to get into the next

0:58:34 > 0:58:42round and that final.Steve Cram has this semi for you.

0:58:43 > 0:58:48Yes, we've got a world leader, and Olympic champion 100 metres, a world

0:58:48 > 0:58:52champion, Dafne Schippers, 200 meteors, and the European indoor

0:58:52 > 0:58:58champion in Asha Philip, not to mention the fact that Ahoure is a

0:58:58 > 0:59:03two-time world silver-medallist. Not your average semifinal! This is

0:59:03 > 0:59:07tough for Asha Philip. I saw her earlier and she said, if I've got to

0:59:07 > 0:59:13beat some people, I've got to run fast, and she's right. There two

0:59:13 > 0:59:19fastest loser spots available if you don't make it into the best top two,

0:59:19 > 0:59:26and he was Kelly-Ann Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobago. The big names,

0:59:26 > 0:59:28Murielle Ahoure in lane three, and in superb form this year, unbeaten

0:59:28 > 0:59:35on the circuit. Asha Philip, British champion and European champion from

0:59:35 > 0:59:44last year. Can she hang on to the big names around her? Dafne

0:59:44 > 0:59:48Schippers, how good is she going to be here? Maybe Asha Philip can get

0:59:48 > 0:59:55ahead of Dafne Schippers. Looked pretty good to me in qualification.

0:59:55 > 0:59:59Elaine Thompson was taking it easy as well, the Olympic champion. Not

0:59:59 > 1:00:03such a good 2017 for her, disappointment in London, she wasn't

1:00:03 > 1:00:11well. This young lady can start very quickly, Xiaojing Liang, just 20.

1:00:11 > 1:00:16And what are we going to see from Javianne Oliver? The world lead, got

1:00:16 > 1:00:20left in the box this. If she runs like that, she will have no chance

1:00:20 > 1:00:30of getting through. It's not just those four, and there is a big

1:00:30 > 1:00:34danger if she decides to wake up after this morning. That is why she

1:00:34 > 1:00:39is in lane eight. Although all of the attention in the middle lanes

1:00:39 > 1:00:47here, watch out for Oliver.

1:00:49 > 1:00:52Let's put it this way, if you don't finish in the top four, you don't

1:00:52 > 1:00:57have any chance of getting through, because there are only two fastest

1:00:57 > 1:01:01loser spots. The first of three semifinals. Asha Philip in lane

1:01:01 > 1:01:08four.

1:01:10 > 1:01:15Thompson Murielle Ahoure gets a cracking start. Ahoure wins it from

1:01:15 > 1:01:22Thompson. Then Oliver and then Dafne Schippers. Really good performance

1:01:22 > 1:01:27from Ahoure. I think Asha Philip will have to accept that she got a

1:01:27 > 1:01:29terrible draw in terms of qualification. We will see what time

1:01:29 > 1:01:38she ran. It's been taken down to 7.01, a world lead for the IED.

1:01:38 > 1:01:43Superb start as ever from Ahoure. She desperately wants to win gold

1:01:43 > 1:01:49this time. Elaine Thompson and Schippers were not too far behind.

1:01:49 > 1:01:54But Ahoure was excellent.She so was. I was watching how she was

1:01:54 > 1:01:59going to be in the blocks. What they're going to be any anxiety?

1:01:59 > 1:02:05This was such a loaded semifinal. But they waited and there was a lot

1:02:05 > 1:02:10of discipline. The gun goes an Ahoure explodes out of the blocks,

1:02:10 > 1:02:14drives really hard in those yellow shorts. Asha Philip did well to hang

1:02:14 > 1:02:22on in there originally. But when the really strong players come in, Dafne

1:02:22 > 1:02:25Schippers pulls Elaine Thompson through. Elaine then steps up

1:02:25 > 1:02:33another gear. What a semifinal. And we still have a final to go at the

1:02:33 > 1:02:38end of the evening. Asha Philip 's will be disappointed that she was

1:02:38 > 1:02:43drawn in this one, but that is the nature of the beast. Her time is not

1:02:43 > 1:02:48bad.

1:02:48 > 1:02:51bad. That would not be far off winning some of the other

1:02:51 > 1:02:56semifinals.

1:03:05 > 1:03:10Asha drives hard, works well. But now she will already feel Dafne

1:03:10 > 1:03:16Schippers alongside her. Ahoure has already gone. Now she has two stay

1:03:16 > 1:03:27relaxed and work hard. Tough semifinal, but she did her best.

1:03:27 > 1:03:31Knowing how competitive Asha is, she will think, I run OK, but if I could

1:03:31 > 1:03:39have run a 7.10, she would have run her season's best. She could have

1:03:39 > 1:03:42just gone a bit quicker and I have been enough. But that was a stacked

1:03:42 > 1:03:52semifinal.

1:04:00 > 1:04:04First of all, we have to look at this from a British perspective

1:04:04 > 1:04:07because as European indoor champion, Asha Philip would have expected to

1:04:07 > 1:04:11get herself into that final.

1:04:11 > 1:04:16When you look at the athletes who have run seasons bests and they are

1:04:16 > 1:04:20in the top three, she had to be putting herself amongst her season's

1:04:20 > 1:04:24best and putting herself up there to get through.Edge was only 100th of

1:04:24 > 1:04:28a second off her season's best, so you can't ask for much more. I think

1:04:28 > 1:04:32she got a bit high out of the blocks, like a bound. But that is

1:04:32 > 1:04:42fractional. We knew Ahoure would be out there. Look up Schippers.

1:04:45 > 1:04:46out there. Look up Schippers. I don't think Asha was going to be

1:04:46 > 1:04:59able to do much more than this. She was in the worst heat you could get.

1:05:00 > 1:05:07Oliver, who is incredible, came fourth in this race. I don't think

1:05:07 > 1:05:12she could have done much more.I think she didn't run her best rate.

1:05:12 > 1:05:16She has been consistent all season. Where are talking about fractions of

1:05:16 > 1:05:23a second here, but she will be disappointed with that.

1:05:23 > 1:05:27disappointed with that.But if it's not her best race by hundreds of a

1:05:27 > 1:05:30second. Majka I am looking at the execution here and it is almost

1:05:30 > 1:05:35identical to this morning, which is what you want. I don't think there

1:05:35 > 1:05:38is much more she was going to be able to do. If you could fault

1:05:38 > 1:05:42anything with that race, it is not the execution. Maybe there was a bit

1:05:42 > 1:05:47more speed she could have got in the lead up, maybe a bit more speed

1:05:47 > 1:05:50endurance from her training. But I don't think you can fault much

1:05:50 > 1:05:55there. It was a bad draw for her. She is obviously disappointed,

1:05:55 > 1:05:59because she has just walked through the interview area and hasn't

1:05:59 > 1:06:02stopped. We will hopefully get a word with her later. But if you were

1:06:02 > 1:06:06listening this morning, she had her interview where she said she expects

1:06:06 > 1:06:09to be among the medals and she would be very disappointed if she isn't,

1:06:09 > 1:06:13so I am sure she will be. Let's get back down for the next of these

1:06:13 > 1:06:22semifinals. Andrew Cotter is all over this one.

1:06:22 > 1:06:29Look at some of the names here in comparison.

1:06:43 > 1:06:48What a run that was from Ahoure. What can another one from Cote

1:06:48 > 1:06:57d'Ivoire do?

1:06:57 > 1:07:04d'Ivoire do? There is destiny Carter. Didn't look too impressive

1:07:04 > 1:07:09in the first round.

1:07:11 > 1:07:17in the first round. Swoboda is an amazing talent. I would be very

1:07:17 > 1:07:23surprised if over the next two semifinals, anyone beats those

1:07:23 > 1:07:30fastest losers' times of Dafne Schippers and JVM Oliver. I would

1:07:30 > 1:07:35really expect us to go through as the two fastest losers. That was an

1:07:35 > 1:07:42incredibly quick first semifinal. What can they do in the second? Ta

1:07:42 > 1:07:49Lou has been unbeaten this year since the meeting in Berlin.

1:08:02 > 1:08:10Just two to go through automatically.

1:08:10 > 1:08:16automatically. Second semifinal in the women's 60m.

1:08:19 > 1:08:28the women's 60m. A good start by Pinto. Ta Lou leaving the rest. It

1:08:28 > 1:08:36is close for second place, but Ta Lou takes it 7.09. She wins in the

1:08:36 > 1:08:42same time as Dafne Schippers, in third place in the first semifinal

1:08:42 > 1:08:53by comparison. That was a hard run by Ta Lou. She has been rounded down

1:08:53 > 1:08:58to 7.08, the winning time. She will have to step it up because Ahoure in

1:08:58 > 1:09:01the first semifinal looked very quick indeed. But it is another

1:09:01 > 1:09:11victory.Very strong run from Ta Lou. And we expect that from her.

1:09:11 > 1:09:18She's really good out of the blocks. Worked hard, drove all the way. When

1:09:18 > 1:09:23it comes to the semifinal stage, there is no messing about. There is

1:09:23 > 1:09:31so much talent alongside you that you have to work. A strong time. I

1:09:31 > 1:09:37will be interested to see what the other times are.It was tight

1:09:37 > 1:09:46between Ahye and Pinto. I think Ahye might have sneaked it on the line.

1:09:46 > 1:09:54Burchell ran strongly, but she has been given it. She takes second with

1:09:54 > 1:09:597.15, a slower time than Asha Philip in the first heat. It is just the

1:09:59 > 1:10:11luck of the draw for Asha Philip.

1:10:11 > 1:10:16Well, that endorses everything we were saying about that first

1:10:16 > 1:10:19semifinal with those times. If you look at the difference between first

1:10:19 > 1:10:25and second place, it is going to be tough for Asha to take.It really

1:10:25 > 1:10:29years. It was unbelievable how stacked that field was. That is just

1:10:29 > 1:10:33the luck of the draw. We can't go on about it, it is what it is and she

1:10:33 > 1:10:42will be very disappointed. We felt this was an opportunity for her.She

1:10:42 > 1:10:45came into these championships with the right attitude, saying exactly

1:10:45 > 1:10:48what you would want someone who has been around for a long time to say,

1:10:48 > 1:10:54wanting to deliver on the big stage. It is tough, but she has to bounce

1:10:54 > 1:10:59back. She has the Commonwealth Games, so she needs to move on.She

1:10:59 > 1:11:03will find it difficult as well because if you get yourself into the

1:11:03 > 1:11:06final, anything can happen. That is what will hurt her looking at what

1:11:06 > 1:11:12happened.

1:11:12 > 1:11:15happened.That time for Ta Lou puts her right amongst the Schippers and

1:11:15 > 1:11:20Elaine Thompson. She is going to be in the mix in the final.It will be

1:11:20 > 1:11:25a great final. Ta Lou has been running well for the last couple of

1:11:25 > 1:11:31years. She has been very consistent. She has a cracking start every time.

1:11:31 > 1:11:35And she is a championship performer. Every championship, she gives the

1:11:35 > 1:11:49best performance of the year. She built into it and get a great race.

1:11:49 > 1:11:53Not as relaxed in the face as I would like to see, but it is

1:11:53 > 1:11:58obviously working well for her. Let's just get back outside because

1:11:58 > 1:12:01the athletes in that race have been looking up at the big screen,

1:12:01 > 1:12:04waiting for the results, which still hadn't come in a few seconds ago.

1:12:04 > 1:12:10Andrew Cotter, what is going on? They are still having a look at it.

1:12:10 > 1:12:14We have got confirmation of the result, but it has gone down to

1:12:14 > 1:12:18thousandths of a second. We said it was close between Burchell and Ahye

1:12:18 > 1:12:24and they have been given exactly the same time. Steve Cram, there seemed

1:12:24 > 1:12:30to be a lack of lanes as well?We haven't got nine lanes, so either

1:12:30 > 1:12:34they don't take an extra fastest loser, which is probably what they

1:12:34 > 1:12:39will have to do. That reminds me of this morning. Ahye was thinking,

1:12:39 > 1:12:43brilliant, I'm in Kombucha to she didn't see her name, in the results

1:12:43 > 1:12:54for a long time. -- she would have been thinking she was in. Here,

1:12:54 > 1:12:58there should be one less fastest loser. I think that is how they will

1:12:58 > 1:13:03do it.So we have one more won to come. Sadly, we can't have nine

1:13:03 > 1:13:15lanes in the final, so these two are dead heating for the top two.

1:13:16 > 1:13:19dead heating for the top two. Just Steve, going back to Barcelona in

1:13:19 > 1:13:241995, looking at the final, there was a British representative who

1:13:24 > 1:13:28lost a place in the final on the toss of a coin. He and his rival had

1:13:28 > 1:13:33the exact same time but there was only room for one of them in the

1:13:33 > 1:13:37final, so it might come down to the toss of a coin.Except that they

1:13:37 > 1:13:41would have had the same time as fastest losers. Here, they could

1:13:41 > 1:13:44just take the ninth fastest person out. Let's find out in a bit,

1:13:44 > 1:13:49anyway. Bianca Williams made it through as fastest loser to the

1:13:49 > 1:13:59semifinals.

1:14:03 > 1:14:08Koh-i-Noor Horne, the South African record-holder at this distance. She

1:14:08 > 1:14:18looked a little ragged this morning.

1:14:22 > 1:14:28The revelation was this young lady, Zahi from France, who looked very

1:14:28 > 1:14:36quick indeed.

1:14:36 > 1:14:39quick indeed. Did we miss somebody? Lane seven is not there. That should

1:14:39 > 1:14:49have been Evans.

1:14:54 > 1:15:02We have seen Asha Philip not going to.

1:15:13 > 1:15:22Mujinga Kambundji got into a rut, into the same routine. Zahi in six.

1:15:29 > 1:15:37Zahi didn't get quite a good start as previously. Carina Horn came

1:15:37 > 1:15:40through late for a third but it would be good enough to qualify

1:15:40 > 1:15:45unless she's very quick switch with that winning time of 7.10, I don't

1:15:45 > 1:15:52think she will be. The question for me will tidy this up is Dafne

1:15:52 > 1:15:57Schippers is the slowest of the two fastest losers. Are they going to

1:15:57 > 1:16:02take Dafne Schippers out of the final? Because we've got

1:16:02 > 1:16:05theoretically nine qualifiers. Colin Jackson, and so.No! That's what I'm

1:16:05 > 1:16:13saying. It's an interesting dilemma. Solution?They don't have long to

1:16:13 > 1:16:18work it out!They've got blue paint. They could quickly put another

1:16:18 > 1:16:24laying down.

1:16:24 > 1:16:30laying down.Kambundji change in her coach, going back to the old

1:16:30 > 1:16:33environment, she's certainly improved. I think she ran former

1:16:33 > 1:16:39controlled and she did in the heat this morning. -- far more control.

1:16:39 > 1:16:44Good times, 7.10, very controlled. I don't thing was panic that any

1:16:44 > 1:16:47point. Didn't get the best of starts but everything she did she did well.

1:16:47 > 1:16:52The hall itself do the rest of the field and she's switching off and

1:16:52 > 1:16:56cruising through. I don't see she pressurised herself at all. Bianca

1:16:56 > 1:17:00is on the right of our screen. Not smooth out of the blocks. I've seen

1:17:00 > 1:17:06him more aggressive and focused than that. She said it was a surprise for

1:17:06 > 1:17:09her to be as you can understand that's the reason why.She's been

1:17:09 > 1:17:12rewarded with a personal best so I think should be pretty pleased with

1:17:12 > 1:17:17that. She did well to make it through as fastest loser. It bodes

1:17:17 > 1:17:24well for outdoor.Always. To get in our female team in the four by one,

1:17:24 > 1:17:29you have to prove you are in great shape and running personal bests.

1:17:29 > 1:17:31Lets the tidy this up, this heat.

1:17:37 > 1:17:41Carolle Zahi was slower than Asha Philip so that go through.

1:17:41 > 1:17:49Technically we have nine qualifiers for the final. Tuned!Anyone got a

1:17:49 > 1:17:54coin? I think if you are the slowest of the fastest losers, even if your

1:17:54 > 1:17:59Dafne Schippers, you're going to feel a bit nervous right now.Yeah,

1:17:59 > 1:18:04and it doesn't matter who you are. If you are slowest of the fastest

1:18:04 > 1:18:09losers and there isn't a lane for you you have to watch it.I think

1:18:09 > 1:18:12you're combing through the real bottle now trying to find out

1:18:12 > 1:18:16exactly how this works to find out what your fate is. If you are the

1:18:16 > 1:18:19slowest they will eliminate one, which would seem to be the fair

1:18:19 > 1:18:25thing to do if you're going to how only have eight lanes. It is what it

1:18:25 > 1:18:28is.They lose Dafne Schippers from the final and it tells you what

1:18:28 > 1:18:32we've been saying all day that this is really wide open and this is very

1:18:32 > 1:18:36much a kind of even spread amongst these women. The times were very

1:18:36 > 1:18:41close.Not only does it tell you it's very open, it's also very fast.

1:18:41 > 1:18:49It's fast athletes that...Sorry to interrupt you. Which is hearing a

1:18:49 > 1:18:56bit of white smoke has come through! We have confirmation that actually

1:18:56 > 1:19:01Schippers was the fastest losers so she is through. And Oliver is the

1:19:01 > 1:19:10one in danger. She is the fastest woman out of the United States team.

1:19:10 > 1:19:13And came into the Championship as the fastest in the world but didn't

1:19:13 > 1:19:17perform well this morning, she was horrible out of the blocks and then

1:19:17 > 1:19:22she ran better in the semifinal but still not enough for an automatic

1:19:22 > 1:19:26qualifier, which she should have been having run 7.02 earlier this

1:19:26 > 1:19:32year. That would be on her if she is out. Maybe they will paint another

1:19:32 > 1:19:35laying!Do you think, if you're being really brutal, but the slowest

1:19:35 > 1:19:44person goes?It's not in the rules. Exactly.

1:19:47 > 1:19:50Exactly. It's given to finishing one, two in your heat.Would you do

1:19:50 > 1:19:58that, though?No, I... I think it's fair the way we think that it's

1:19:58 > 1:20:02going to work out. I think the person who was one of the fastest

1:20:02 > 1:20:07losers doesn't go. The slowest fastest loser doesn't get in.We

1:20:07 > 1:20:12said earlier the US is so good at producing hurdlers. There generally

1:20:12 > 1:20:16always have someone close to dominating or dominating so to have

1:20:16 > 1:20:21a winning 60-metre final without anyone from the US would be a shock.

1:20:21 > 1:20:24You would expect with the strength and depth about there would always

1:20:24 > 1:20:28be at least one who would make the final.Not so wish for the indoor 60

1:20:28 > 1:20:36metres. A lot of sprinters for the 100 metres that will contest the 100

1:20:36 > 1:20:42metres.Fastest in the world this year, you'd think she'd be in the

1:20:42 > 1:20:46final.You think that she would be in the final but what you're saying

1:20:46 > 1:20:51is she's the only one that even... Even in contention to be in the

1:20:51 > 1:20:55final. The others didn't even make it to the final. But think about who

1:20:55 > 1:21:00we have at home who are 100 metre sprinters, if this was the outdoor

1:21:00 > 1:21:06World Championships and the women's 100 metres, and no US

1:21:06 > 1:21:10representation, that would have been shocking.The queue has been taken

1:21:10 > 1:21:13from her name so she has no longer qualify for the final. Nine became

1:21:13 > 1:21:17eight, as the Spice Girls once signed and that is the line-up for

1:21:17 > 1:21:22the final which will take place this evening just after 9:30pm. It'll be

1:21:22 > 1:21:27the last event on the track. Pick your winner from that slots, then!

1:21:27 > 1:21:38At this point, array array. The only thing she would have to look for is

1:21:38 > 1:21:42if she gets the start and runs like she did in the prelims because she

1:21:42 > 1:21:45did get to the semifinals. Not looking quite as good as in the

1:21:45 > 1:21:49preliminaries but she looked amazing.I'm glad we cleared that up

1:21:49 > 1:21:55eventually. Let's get out onto the track because Elliot Giles is out

1:21:55 > 1:21:59which means its 800 metre time. This is an event where you got to get

1:21:59 > 1:22:05your tactics right. Content Aird you certainly have to do. It adds to

1:22:05 > 1:22:09that one it's four lapse for 800 metres because it becomes a bit more

1:22:09 > 1:22:15furious and chaotic. Alvaro De Arriba, bronze in Belgrade last

1:22:15 > 1:22:21year. Drew Windle finished second at the US indoors behind Donavan

1:22:21 > 1:22:26Brazier. A strong finish there, came storming through to take second.

1:22:26 > 1:22:31Andreas Kramer likes to run outdoors, so I'm sure he'll adopt

1:22:31 > 1:22:37that if he can hear. European under 23 champion last year, still 20.

1:22:37 > 1:22:40Elliot Giles, a hometown boy with a hometown welcome.

1:22:40 > 1:22:44CHEERING Indoor champion. Recently added that

1:22:44 > 1:22:53if his outdoor title. On the inside in lane two, Mohammed Hamada

1:22:53 > 1:23:00Mohamed. Elliot Giles carrying British hopes here. Kyle Langford

1:23:00 > 1:23:07deciding not to run the world indoors and Giles with the

1:23:07 > 1:23:14supporting goodwill of most of the crowd but with that comes pressure.

1:23:14 > 1:23:17The first of effectively two semifinals in the men's 800. Limited

1:23:17 > 1:23:26field with very top qualifying standards set by the IAAF.

1:23:28 > 1:23:34standards set by the IAAF. Perhaps a better chance for Elliott Giles.

1:23:34 > 1:23:39Andreas Kramer likes to different run. Only two go through

1:23:39 > 1:23:42automatically.Two go through automatically and then the two

1:23:42 > 1:23:48fastest losers. You have to think that is what Mohamed is doing. It is

1:23:48 > 1:23:53shocking in a world indoor Championships we only have ten men

1:23:53 > 1:23:57in the 800 metres.It's amazing. Giles is being stretched at the

1:23:57 > 1:24:01moment, the whole field is stretching out with Mohamed. They

1:24:01 > 1:24:06will start to come back towards Giles and Drew Windle will certainly

1:24:06 > 1:24:11finish strongly. Don't rule him out and don't rule out Alvaro De Arriba

1:24:11 > 1:24:17who is running an experienced race here.

1:24:20 > 1:24:23here. Two go through automatically. Don't rule out Drew Windle. You

1:24:23 > 1:24:28close very fast in Albuquerque to grab the qualifying spot and he is

1:24:28 > 1:24:33capable of doing it again today. Elliot Giles has played well so far

1:24:33 > 1:24:41and he's got something left.Elliot Giles eases his way past.

1:24:45 > 1:24:49Elliot Giles is looking up at the big screen and being carried on by

1:24:49 > 1:24:53the support of the home crowd.

1:25:00 > 1:25:11Giles just hangs on for second. De Arriba wins. A quick time indoors

1:25:11 > 1:25:14and Elliot Giles goes through as an automatic qualifier and Drew Windle

1:25:14 > 1:25:18will have to wait and see but it was a quick race.It was. You have to

1:25:18 > 1:25:23think that Drew Windle probably will go through anyway. I'd like to think

1:25:23 > 1:25:26that Elliot Giles was easing down. He was checking the screen down the

1:25:26 > 1:25:30back straight and looked very comfortable at that stage. To ease

1:25:30 > 1:25:32down when you know people are breathing down job back and the

1:25:32 > 1:25:37final is something you should be in. He's done well, managed to get the

1:25:37 > 1:25:43qualifying spot. .You can see how happy Elliot Giles is. He knows he's

1:25:43 > 1:25:50an automatic qualifier but we can see his time and he knows it's good.

1:25:50 > 1:25:571:45.46. That puts him third on the UK all-time list behind Sebastian

1:25:57 > 1:26:01Coe. Very quick indeed from Elliot Giles. That's the way to move

1:26:01 > 1:26:06through to the final tomorrow night. This is effectively a straight

1:26:06 > 1:26:11semifinal. Not many athletes running here in the men's 800 metres. Tough

1:26:11 > 1:26:14qualifying standard. The great race but Elliot Giles.And he'll be

1:26:14 > 1:26:18pleased with that. A big boost. He probably want to say thank you to

1:26:18 > 1:26:24the pacemaker.Mohamed was effectively the pacemaker. Look at

1:26:24 > 1:26:31De Arriba in the Spanish vest. He eventually won and that's the beauty

1:26:31 > 1:26:35of the 800 metres. They were all coming back, all starting to fade

1:26:35 > 1:26:39back towards him and it looks like he's picking up the pace. He's not

1:26:39 > 1:26:42the rest are fading. Giles able to look at the screen and see where he

1:26:42 > 1:26:46was.At this stage, Elliot Giles is doing everything right. He's looking

1:26:46 > 1:26:50at the screen, looking he was coming behind him so he knows where the

1:26:50 > 1:26:56danger is coming from. He knew that De Arriba was coming through. You

1:26:56 > 1:26:59can see his shoulder starting to go up but he is maintaining his form,

1:26:59 > 1:27:03keeping running hard through to the line. The only fault he made was

1:27:03 > 1:27:07moving slightly wide and believing that space for Drew Windle to make a

1:27:07 > 1:27:14last ditch for the line.800 metres and Elliot Giles was able to hold

1:27:14 > 1:27:20on. Drew Windle may well go through as one of the two fastest losers

1:27:20 > 1:27:26over these two effective semifinals but that was a very good run from De

1:27:26 > 1:27:30Arriba, the Spaniard. So too from Elliot Giles. That time, third on

1:27:30 > 1:27:39the UK all-time list.

1:27:39 > 1:27:45the UK all-time list. 1:45.46 to automatically qualify for the final.

1:27:45 > 1:27:50Giles, personal-best there, through to the final. Happy with your

1:27:50 > 1:27:54performance?Yeah, I'd just seen the playback. I shouldn't have eased up

1:27:54 > 1:28:00because they could have got me. I think next time, just run over the

1:28:00 > 1:28:05line because I could have easily not been in the final then.Two seconds

1:28:05 > 1:28:11off your personal-best.I think my PB doesn't really affect me but

1:28:11 > 1:28:16again it's a PB soap not bad.What if I told you that is the third

1:28:16 > 1:28:24fastest time for British runner in history indoors?Well, we better get

1:28:24 > 1:28:30a bit quicker, haven't we? To more places to take.You've heard the

1:28:30 > 1:28:35crowd tonight, which was that pushing you?Just hearing the

1:28:35 > 1:28:39accident was great. I'm based down south so it's great to be around

1:28:39 > 1:28:46home.What do you make of your chances for the final?We get a game

1:28:46 > 1:28:51plan. The first job was the heats and then I got second.Best of luck,

1:28:51 > 1:29:01rest up.Easing down, he said. 1:45.46. Great run from the Spaniard

1:29:01 > 1:29:04to take automatic qualifying along with Elliot Giles. Drew Windle may

1:29:04 > 1:29:12well be good enough to see him through. All of his answers, Elliot

1:29:12 > 1:29:15Giles, would seem to indicate he's a man who is very confident of his

1:29:15 > 1:29:20form. He expects a lot more from himself. When he said, I should have

1:29:20 > 1:29:23them through the line, not eased up, tells you what kind of shape using.

1:29:23 > 1:29:29Tells you his his mentality and about his trajectory. He's really

1:29:29 > 1:29:33come into his own the last couple of years. We've been on the team with

1:29:33 > 1:29:37him. He's a great person to be around and really applying himself

1:29:37 > 1:29:41to his training and that the benefit.It's really interesting. He

1:29:41 > 1:29:45was in my apartment block in the Olympics in 2016 and you could see

1:29:45 > 1:29:48the determination of everything he was doing. He knows and he knew even

1:29:48 > 1:29:51then that he had something special in him. This could be that

1:29:51 > 1:29:56opportunity. The world stage, to go out and show that elevates himself

1:29:56 > 1:30:03going into the outdoors which is the most important thing. To go out and

1:30:03 > 1:30:07really push it. I spent time with him, in certain athletes you see

1:30:07 > 1:30:11this in a focus. It's not be, it's just an inner knowing that they have

1:30:11 > 1:30:17the ability to do it and I think we've been talking about for a long

1:30:17 > 1:30:20time, British athletes not just being happy with making up the

1:30:20 > 1:30:23numbers, going out and waving to the crowd and going home. With Elliot

1:30:23 > 1:30:27numbers, going out and waving to the crowd and going home. With Elliot,

1:30:27 > 1:30:33if you go out there and do the third fastest time of all time, and you

1:30:33 > 1:30:36say, I'll have to read it quickly. That's a good approach.You like

1:30:36 > 1:30:42that?I like it but it works. That's why I like it. It works and I wonder

1:30:42 > 1:30:46if he's one of those athletes, given what Greg has just enlightened us

1:30:46 > 1:30:49about, if he was one of those athletes to sit back and watch some

1:30:49 > 1:30:53of the other British athletes and say, that doesn't work. It doesn't

1:30:53 > 1:30:56work to just be out there and say, I'm going to have fun with this and

1:30:56 > 1:31:02enjoy being here. The content to come and be on the team. I need to

1:31:02 > 1:31:07expect more from myself and knowing that if you prepare your -- compay

1:31:07 > 1:31:10yourself to the great athletes around the world, athletes that are

1:31:10 > 1:31:13making the finals, those athletes that are consistent, those last

1:31:13 > 1:31:19night who in the high jump, the fact that they were opposing, there were

1:31:19 > 1:31:22lines on the track because now it's a different configuration, they

1:31:22 > 1:31:25still perform. That's what you want to aspire to. It seems like he is

1:31:25 > 1:31:28one of those.

1:31:28 > 1:31:35He's working out about training, new training environments, going to

1:31:35 > 1:31:37different countries, acclimatising, making sure he's ready and I think

1:31:37 > 1:31:41he's applying himself and that's what you want to see from young

1:31:41 > 1:31:43athletes coming through.Steve Cram will be impressed by that

1:31:43 > 1:31:49performance and in the next semi-, Steve Cram, you've got a man in Adam

1:31:49 > 1:31:53Kszczot that's going to be one of those pushing for the medals,

1:31:53 > 1:31:57something Elliot Giles is going to have his eye on.Absolutely, I think

1:31:57 > 1:32:01Elliott hasn't got a better chance, I will reiterate having seen him in

1:32:01 > 1:32:05training camps over the last couple of years, he's very focused but he's

1:32:05 > 1:32:09a massive talent, one of the most exciting athletes we've got and I

1:32:09 > 1:32:14don't think you've even tapped into some of that talent yet. You just

1:32:14 > 1:32:19saw the confidence he has. This man has plenty as well, Brazier of

1:32:19 > 1:32:22United States, a front running man. He'll be pleased in some respects

1:32:22 > 1:32:34his team-mate Emmanuel Korir didn't make it because Crusat is good,

1:32:34 > 1:32:38Giles is good, he can cope with the pace and it will depend on the

1:32:38 > 1:32:43final. We'll find out who will join him of course here. What sort of

1:32:43 > 1:32:47race is run. If Brazier frontrunners this, he's only 20, and he's not

1:32:47 > 1:32:57frightened, this man here, you might remember in Portland how he shocked

1:32:58 > 1:33:01us all, nobody would have picked him out beforehand. He hasn't been

1:33:01 > 1:33:04running anything like that this year. We'll see how he goes. This

1:33:04 > 1:33:12should be about Kszczot and Brazier, Smaili on the outside as well,

1:33:12 > 1:33:18there's a lot of new young talent. Such a shame Korir isn't here but it

1:33:18 > 1:33:26opens the door for others. Suso will do nothing but watch and wait.

1:33:26 > 1:33:30Brazier likes to get out there in front but he might think that's what

1:33:30 > 1:33:34they're expecting me to do and he just manages not to step on the

1:33:34 > 1:33:40line. Smaili takes advantage. Brazier is happy to sit towards the

1:33:40 > 1:33:47back, with Kszczot.Brazier has taken a risk with the decisions

1:33:47 > 1:33:52judges have been taking so far today, Adam Kszczot is where we

1:33:52 > 1:33:56expect to see him, in his element racing indoors. He makes the move is

1:33:56 > 1:34:00only when he needs to unzip uses as little energy as possible until he

1:34:00 > 1:34:05needs to and he is unbeaten so far this year.I really like this

1:34:05 > 1:34:09Brazier kid. We were talking about Elliott and Kyle Langford as young

1:34:09 > 1:34:13talents, but this kid is only 20 and he's a lovely looking manner. He's

1:34:13 > 1:34:19got a great action. He's got pace. He's not frightened either. It is

1:34:19 > 1:34:223.26 not fast at all, we are heading for something slower than the first

1:34:22 > 1:34:26one so you don't want to be a fastest loser here. Kszczot will

1:34:26 > 1:34:31have to wake up bit and Brazier will have to be aware of the kickers.You

1:34:31 > 1:34:35can see Adam Kszczot focusing on where he needs to be an starting to

1:34:35 > 1:34:38gather himself ready to react. Brazier is poised in the perfect

1:34:38 > 1:34:45position. Now here comes Kszczot. It's the one thing Brazier doesn't

1:34:45 > 1:34:49have an awful lot of experience as, this fast change of pace here and

1:34:49 > 1:34:54he's having to hold off the Spaniard, who has moved into second

1:34:54 > 1:34:57place and Brazier is struggling for pace at the moment. Smaili coming

1:34:57 > 1:35:00back into this, the American struggling. Scissor where he likes

1:35:00 > 1:35:06to be Konko, Chuck -- controlling it off the bend. Scissor still has work

1:35:06 > 1:35:12to do here and on the line, Smaili just sit on the inside. Well, if

1:35:12 > 1:35:19you'd said to the United States team that led to top Mac men would not be

1:35:19 > 1:35:24in the final, Korir because he didn't get his Visa in New York and

1:35:24 > 1:35:29Brazier because he let others dictate, why do you go to world

1:35:29 > 1:35:32champs and not run your own race? You should have gone out there, made

1:35:32 > 1:35:36it quick, run at the front, scissor would have kicked but it might have

1:35:36 > 1:35:39taken the others out of the equation. Another one of the medal

1:35:39 > 1:35:46prospects has gone, Kszczot wins it and Smaili joins them.Smaili judged

1:35:46 > 1:35:54that very well in the closing stages. Brazier, maybe he thought

1:35:54 > 1:35:57the work was done for him but he wasn't going fast enough and it

1:35:57 > 1:36:01wasn't doing enough damage to everybody else. Scissor, when he

1:36:01 > 1:36:05goes, he has that change of pace that does so much more damage than

1:36:05 > 1:36:09he is able to do outdoors. People are able to react outdoors but

1:36:09 > 1:36:12indoors he gets the jump on the rest of the field and he's playing with

1:36:12 > 1:36:15them here, down the back straight he's looking up but he's got another

1:36:15 > 1:36:18gear and all the way down the home straight he's still looking around

1:36:18 > 1:36:25because he's got that gear ready to go. He tucks backing behind Adam

1:36:25 > 1:36:33Kszczot and Smaili moves through, senses the gap opened up.

1:36:33 > 1:36:35senses the gap opened up. He's so experienced, Adam, and knows they

1:36:35 > 1:36:38are both sides and he's toying with the man still has that bit extra to

1:36:38 > 1:36:43stay ahead will stopyeah, I will correct myself, Korea, who lives and

1:36:43 > 1:36:52trains in America is of course Kenyan. -- Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir.

1:36:52 > 1:36:56Windle goes to as a fastest loser and Brazier will be disqualified, I

1:36:56 > 1:37:00thought he was running on the line away from the start. There is his

1:37:00 > 1:37:05foot on the line. I thought he did it round the bend anyway. Anyway,

1:37:05 > 1:37:09he's probably going to say thank you for disqualifying me, because it

1:37:09 > 1:37:13won't come that I was fifth in the semi or the heat.They might have

1:37:13 > 1:37:16another look at Smaili down the home straight because he looked very

1:37:16 > 1:37:20close to the line, certainly as he was trying to duck through on the

1:37:20 > 1:37:29inside.OK, keep an eye out for that, so Adam Kszczot through OK,

1:37:29 > 1:37:37Smaili joining him as a qualifier but the others were too slow.

1:37:39 > 1:37:45A great performers, are you happy, they chased you to the line?I am

1:37:45 > 1:37:51happy. Only the first 200 was really quick. I attacked 250 to go, as

1:37:51 > 1:37:57usual in this season, so I'm really, really happy. It seems like the

1:37:57 > 1:38:02fastest guys, although they are in the final right now, so it's easier

1:38:02 > 1:38:08for tomorrow.Of course you've got bronze and silver. You are really

1:38:08 > 1:38:12looking for the gold.Hopefully, hopefully tomorrow I will run for

1:38:12 > 1:38:16gold.Your performance there, when that bell went, you absolutely

1:38:16 > 1:38:20rocketed. You knew you had that well within your sights.I knew I am able

1:38:20 > 1:38:28to accelerate and pass everyone on this short straight, and I did it.

1:38:28 > 1:38:36Especially I was especially happy because I was in the right timing. I

1:38:36 > 1:38:41made a big surprise for the fastest guys. I saw how they looked behind

1:38:41 > 1:38:48their backs and immediately after that I hit, so it was great.Thank

1:38:48 > 1:38:55you very much for speaking tours. Thank you.We've had a great night

1:38:55 > 1:38:59so far, but there's low more -- loads more to come. Katarina

1:38:59 > 1:39:02Johnson-Thompson running for gold in the final event of the pentathlon

1:39:02 > 1:39:07and after her bronze last night, Laura Muir is back in action in the

1:39:07 > 1:39:13heats of the 1500 metres. The men's long jump finalist sure to

1:39:13 > 1:39:19entertain. Luvo Manyonga hoping to add to his outdoor world title from

1:39:19 > 1:39:26London. And some of the fastest woman in the world will contest the

1:39:26 > 1:39:33final of a loaded with men's 60 metres. -- women's 60 metres. Let's

1:39:33 > 1:39:37talk more about the men's long jump final, a man who knows what it's

1:39:37 > 1:39:43like to be in the final of the world long jump final, a global long jump

1:39:43 > 1:39:47final, Greg Rutherford. We were rather you were out there obviously,

1:39:47 > 1:39:51you didn't feel after Glasgow you are quite in the shape you wanted to

1:39:51 > 1:39:55be to push it amongst the medals, so who do you expect to be up there on

1:39:55 > 1:39:59the rest room at the end of the night?I've been casting Mike Beady

1:39:59 > 1:40:03Eye and watching them go through their runway practices and both Luvo

1:40:03 > 1:40:06Manyonga and Jarrion Lawson have been smack bang on the board

1:40:06 > 1:40:08perfectly, so they've given themselves a great opportunity to

1:40:08 > 1:40:14get on the board and maximise chances. Luvo popped off the board

1:40:14 > 1:40:22and I thought he looks on today. We could see an 8.5 plus me to jump,

1:40:22 > 1:40:25but if you look how close the borders here we'll see him slide

1:40:25 > 1:40:28through and he'll hit the back edge of the pit which is always quite

1:40:28 > 1:40:32scary for the jumpers when you are in the air as well but it makes

1:40:32 > 1:40:36quite an interesting competition.It is going to be an interesting

1:40:36 > 1:40:39competition and indoors you explain the difference as well for athletes,

1:40:39 > 1:40:42it's not just a transference of skill, you've got a lot of other

1:40:42 > 1:40:46things to consider, the speed of the runway, the fact there's no wind.

1:40:46 > 1:40:49You were talking about the women and the pentathlon earlier on, so remind

1:40:49 > 1:40:55us again why it's so different in a long jump?First of all you don't

1:40:55 > 1:41:00have wind, it's zero zero no matter what, so you don't get the bonus

1:41:00 > 1:41:04behind you which is a plus wind, or a negative wind which is not good

1:41:04 > 1:41:07for you. Jumping on board can really suit some people and be awful for

1:41:07 > 1:41:11others. Heavier jumpers and I gestured towards myself, you can

1:41:11 > 1:41:16struggle at times because you can misjudge the take-off. You feel the

1:41:16 > 1:41:21ground beneath you give way. Someone like Luvo Manyonga, Jarrion Lawson,

1:41:21 > 1:41:25quite soft off the board, this could suit them. It's a fast runway and

1:41:25 > 1:41:29it's perfect for jumping big.The light show has started because this

1:41:29 > 1:41:33is the way we introduce our finalists here, the pyrotechnics

1:41:33 > 1:41:38will get going in just a moment as the men are presented to the arena,

1:41:38 > 1:41:42which there are a few empty seats but I'm impressed, with the amount

1:41:42 > 1:41:44of snow that's been falling in Birmingham today that the crowds

1:41:44 > 1:41:47have come out tonight to see these finals, these great athletics so far

1:41:47 > 1:41:53and this meant's final could be something very special indeed --

1:41:53 > 1:41:58this men's final.They've just trusted as the men's high jump,

1:41:58 > 1:42:01which is quite interesting! They can go relatively high, but the idea is

1:42:01 > 1:42:09to go longer in the long jump.They have got long jump, they are not

1:42:09 > 1:42:13doubling up!We are going to see something special from warlord two

1:42:13 > 1:42:19of these guys. Here's the European champion as well, so it will be

1:42:19 > 1:42:23exciting.Tell us about Jarrion Lawson.In the end the AA in the US

1:42:23 > 1:42:28he set the world alight, exceptionally fast and good long

1:42:28 > 1:42:33jump and he's a speed based long jump, similar to myself. He has the

1:42:33 > 1:42:37ability to run superfast times. If he was to focus on the sprints,

1:42:37 > 1:42:45which maybe he should do, he could run regular - tens, for sure. There

1:42:45 > 1:42:49are so many good athletes, you have to get busted up for different

1:42:49 > 1:42:53events. Remember being in Florida one time seeing a load of guys at

1:42:53 > 1:42:59the Florida State who

1:42:59 > 1:43:00the Florida State who would-be British champions, they were not

1:43:00 > 1:43:05quick enough even for their collegiate team. Jarrion Lawson has

1:43:05 > 1:43:09everything, he could be one of the greatest, I think.In the last few

1:43:09 > 1:43:13major championships we've seen some real quality US long jump is. Just

1:43:13 > 1:43:18not quite potentially pushing themselves through, we saw the

1:43:18 > 1:43:21brilliant competition in Beijing at the World Championships, which Greg

1:43:21 > 1:43:25reigns supreme at, but they haven't quite mixed it. Then you get the

1:43:25 > 1:43:30likes of Luvo Manyonga coming along and taking another crown away from

1:43:30 > 1:43:35the great long jump is.They are always in there for the medals and

1:43:35 > 1:43:41Jarrion Lawson, silver last year, I think he wants to upgrade that, but

1:43:41 > 1:43:44Luvo Manyonga has been very consistent and has made for really

1:43:44 > 1:43:51good long jump viewing over the last few years. Manyonga, in terms of his

1:43:51 > 1:43:59story, he's got an amazing story and he -- we hear so much about there

1:43:59 > 1:44:04rather than personalities. We have to work on that and work with these

1:44:04 > 1:44:06athletes.Sorry to interrupt you, I think these long jump is doing the

1:44:06 > 1:44:10best entrance so far of any of the finals we've seen in terms of

1:44:10 > 1:44:15putting the show on!They are known for their style, right, Greg?I

1:44:15 > 1:44:19think they are happy to be on the TV for a little while, it's a new

1:44:19 > 1:44:23experience for them! LAUGHTER

1:44:23 > 1:44:26They are having fun. I mix it up with these guys all the time,

1:44:26 > 1:44:29there's a lot of big personalities down there. Some of us get on very

1:44:29 > 1:44:33well and we have a good laugh, others are bit insular and within

1:44:33 > 1:44:36themselves, but generally the young jumpers, like the pole vault is and

1:44:36 > 1:44:39high jumpers, they are not out there enough for people to know it I

1:44:39 > 1:44:45think.Manyonga has been public about serving a suspension for a

1:44:45 > 1:44:48recreational drug that he admitted to using and he's using his platform

1:44:48 > 1:44:52as a champion to speak to people about recreational drugs and the

1:44:52 > 1:44:56dangers. It's a fantastic story and he's an amazing athlete. That's a

1:44:56 > 1:45:01personality.

1:45:01 > 1:45:05personality. He's a great guy. Incredibly difficult background in

1:45:05 > 1:45:08South Africa, not many of us could relate to.He was a drug addict. To

1:45:08 > 1:45:11come through that and do what he's doing now is testament to his

1:45:11 > 1:45:18character, wonderful. Next up, the women's 1500 metres,

1:45:18 > 1:45:24featuring Laura Muir.Muir is using this to get to

1:45:24 > 1:45:27featuring Laura Muir.Muir is using this to get to them -- Dibaba. She's

1:45:27 > 1:45:30definitely got medal, what colour will it be? Dibaba trying to make it

1:45:30 > 1:45:36three world titles in a row kicks again. One last effort, Dibaba,

1:45:36 > 1:45:41looking for the line. She's just about going to make it. Dibaba gets

1:45:41 > 1:45:49the gold, Hassan gets the Silver, Laura Muir the bronze. 2.37 for the

1:45:49 > 1:45:55last kilometre, that is very, very quick indeed.

1:45:55 > 1:45:59I don't think I need to say much more than your first global medal.

1:45:59 > 1:46:05Yes, so happy! I can't believe I've got one now. It feels like it's been

1:46:05 > 1:46:09coming for so long and I'm so glad to get on the podium.There's been

1:46:09 > 1:46:14so much talk about just how strong that field is, how special is its

1:46:14 > 1:46:18knowing you've got your mettle against that field?Yeah, getting a

1:46:18 > 1:46:22world medal is really tough but everyone was in that race, it could

1:46:22 > 1:46:26have been anyone, or the fastest times in the world weather. To come

1:46:26 > 1:46:30away with a medal in that field and being so close to the front, as

1:46:30 > 1:46:36well. I'm just so happy.When we saw that break of three, we knew a medal

1:46:36 > 1:46:39was coming. Did you think you could have got the silver on that home

1:46:39 > 1:46:46straight?My legs were tired! At last ten metres I think I was happy

1:46:46 > 1:46:49to stay on my feet and my legs were really tired. There's so many

1:46:49 > 1:46:54different ways the race that have panned out but I could have been

1:46:54 > 1:46:58fourth or fifth costs, so to come away with a medal, there is no

1:46:58 > 1:46:59disappointment is their

1:46:59 > 1:47:00away with a medal, there is no disappointment is their toll.Lets

1:47:00 > 1:47:07have a word with Paula Radcliffe who is in the commentary box. Eilish

1:47:07 > 1:47:13McColgan also going in these heats. I saw Laura in reception at the

1:47:13 > 1:47:17hotel today. She looked incredibly relaxed, looked like she'd recovered

1:47:17 > 1:47:24well from last night. What will the tactics be in these semis?I think

1:47:24 > 1:47:27tactics will be to expend as little energy as possible and stay out of

1:47:27 > 1:47:33trouble and qualify safely. She said after the race yesterday, her

1:47:33 > 1:47:33trouble and qualify safely. She said after the race yesterday, her

1:47:33 > 1:47:37preparation has actually been easier even though she had a hard race last

1:47:37 > 1:47:39night for this race this evening that it was for last night with the

1:47:39 > 1:47:43fight to get here because of the weather conditions. It's poor Eilish

1:47:43 > 1:47:48in the second heat who has a much more difficult qualifying act ahead

1:47:48 > 1:47:53of her.In terms of confidence, we talked last night about breaking

1:47:53 > 1:47:57through finally, upgrading from fourth to a podium finish in a

1:47:57 > 1:48:01global championship. Will she have woken up this morning with a

1:48:01 > 1:48:05different feeling about herself? Will that be the first thought on

1:48:05 > 1:48:10her mind? That they when it happened to you, what's it like?It's like a

1:48:10 > 1:48:14weight is lifted off your shoulders. She is known that she's been capable

1:48:14 > 1:48:18of getting the world medal. We've known it. But actually going out

1:48:18 > 1:48:21there and delivering is something different. She did that last night

1:48:21 > 1:48:26so she now has the confidence that that gives her and just the control

1:48:26 > 1:48:29over the other girls that it gives you, as well. She's no longer the

1:48:29 > 1:48:32person who runs fast and can't quite get there to the medal. She is the

1:48:32 > 1:48:36person who runs fast and can get there and get a medal. She is bigger

1:48:36 > 1:48:41danger for the other athletes in being confident herself.Thank you

1:48:41 > 1:48:44very much. We'll join you shortly for the first of those 1500 metre

1:48:44 > 1:48:48semis. Let's the Steve Backley. What's been happening in the early

1:48:48 > 1:48:55exchanges in the long jump? COMMENTATOR: very early stages in

1:48:55 > 1:49:07this long jump final. Radek Juska, third man to jump.

1:49:09 > 1:49:18third man to jump. Sarah 's Leeds in this round.

1:49:19 > 1:49:29Know one over the eight-metre mark yet. Good on the board, good height.

1:49:29 > 1:49:33Good tension, good atmosphere in the stadium this evening. The world's

1:49:33 > 1:49:38best long jumpers.

1:49:38 > 1:49:49best long jumpers. 7.99, Juska goes into the lead. Shi China chasing

1:49:49 > 1:49:587.99. -- Shi of China. Wasn't good on the board. Shi making some

1:49:58 > 1:50:04adjustments or needing to. Top eight, three further jumps. After

1:50:04 > 1:50:11three jumps there will be that cut. 15 start. There is a cult of seven

1:50:11 > 1:50:22after that three jumps -- there is a cull of seven. We turn our attention

1:50:22 > 1:50:29to Tyrone Smith, the oldest man in the field at 33. Best this season of

1:50:29 > 1:50:407.7 seven. He's going to need all of that and some to make that cut mark.

1:50:40 > 1:50:43Ruswahl Samaai is keen to get involved, standing behind him. One

1:50:43 > 1:50:47of the really talented South African jumpers all involved here this

1:50:47 > 1:50:55evening. One on the right of your screen, as well. Fairly deliberate

1:50:55 > 1:51:04on the approach, good acceleration. Just lengthens before the board,

1:51:04 > 1:51:15Smith. That causes him to slow down a little bit.7.75 for Smith.

1:51:16 > 1:51:18a little bit.7.75 for Smith. Two Laura Muir, then. The

1:51:18 > 1:51:23bronze-medallist in the world indoor Championships, setting out on a

1:51:23 > 1:51:27quest to win another one hopeful in the 1500 metres. Qualification here

1:51:27 > 1:51:34I don't think we'll be too much of a stretch. The first two in each heat.

1:51:34 > 1:51:40Some good athletes in here. Louise Gregor. Aisha Praught, Jamaican,

1:51:40 > 1:51:47having a good year.

1:51:47 > 1:51:52having a good year. Games everyday of

1:51:53 > 1:51:54of other -- gens Nvidia

1:51:58 > 1:52:02I think the point about the 3,000-metre race, why you are more

1:52:02 > 1:52:07tired is the really hard last thousand metres. An even pace race

1:52:07 > 1:52:13and a bit of a kick.

1:52:17 > 1:52:25and a bit of a kick. They might not run as quick in the final. This is a

1:52:25 > 1:52:28hard 1500 metres, the 2000 metres last night. Coming straight into a

1:52:28 > 1:52:341500 metre heat. The quality of those two, Laura Muir and Dibaba

1:52:34 > 1:52:40should see them through here. We have lain disqualifications in the

1:52:40 > 1:52:473000. I was going to say at least no one will get disqualified for

1:52:47 > 1:52:52running out of their lain! Just talk a bit quickly about running two

1:52:52 > 1:52:59events in Championships when you have that hesitancy of your bike, a

1:52:59 > 1:53:04medal. It opens up the freedom to go and run as you want and as you wish.

1:53:04 > 1:53:08This is more familiar territory for Laura, the 1500.It is, it's back to

1:53:08 > 1:53:13her home event. To some extent she had practice at this which is why

1:53:13 > 1:53:17she did the double in Belgrade last time. It certainly makes it easier

1:53:17 > 1:53:21that it was a straight final in the 3000 metres. That's a completely

1:53:21 > 1:53:24different kettle of fish when you're trying to do it and have to run

1:53:24 > 1:53:29heats in the 3000. Laura actually ran the fastest 1500 of the year so

1:53:29 > 1:53:34far in the second half of that race last night. Faster than she had to

1:53:34 > 1:53:39run to win the Scottish universities indoors. She ran hard at that point.

1:53:39 > 1:53:43She shouldn't hopefully have to run that fast tonight to qualify, but

1:53:43 > 1:53:45she has to be prepared and capable of doing that, should someone else

1:53:45 > 1:53:49decides to go out and make this hard because she has to qualify

1:53:49 > 1:53:52comfortable and with ease to stay on track for the target she's set

1:53:52 > 1:53:57herself.You can sort of see what Aisha Praught is doing. She's run

1:53:57 > 1:54:01fast this year but doesn't really want to lead this all the way but

1:54:01 > 1:54:05she was trying to entice someone else to pick it up and so you end up

1:54:05 > 1:54:09winning 33s and 34s which isn't quick enough. It's not going to be

1:54:09 > 1:54:12adorable but it's certainly not going to mean that the other two

1:54:12 > 1:54:17heats are going to think, crikey, the first was quick! They are all

1:54:17 > 1:54:20lining up there. Dibaba kicks going to the front and moving back. Laura

1:54:20 > 1:54:29Muir keeping out of trouble.

1:54:29 > 1:54:31Muir keeping out of trouble. Luiza Gega moves to the front. She has

1:54:31 > 1:54:35good pace but it's not too quick which I think Laura Muir will be

1:54:35 > 1:54:44happy about.Nobody was keen to come past Aisha Praught. Peres moved

1:54:44 > 1:54:48round of the outside and put a bit of pressure on her. And also by the

1:54:48 > 1:54:51fact they all Northern is just sitting there, waiting to kick at

1:54:51 > 1:54:55some point is going to be Dibaba and Laura Muir will follow her at that

1:54:55 > 1:54:58point. They need to be in the first two to guarantee themselves going

1:54:58 > 1:55:02through to the final.Dibaba doing what she likes to do. Get things

1:55:02 > 1:55:09moving along. She'll wind this pays up. Laura can decide to go with her

1:55:09 > 1:55:14or sit and kick for second which I'm sure she'll be able to do. A 32 is

1:55:14 > 1:55:17picked up and Dibaba will keep doing this, it'll stretch them out. Laura

1:55:17 > 1:55:22Muir trying to make sure she's in the controlling spot, which she is.

1:55:22 > 1:55:26She is now deciding, I might as well move past. Laura keeping an eye on

1:55:26 > 1:55:34what's happening behind her. Praught coming back again.

1:55:36 > 1:55:38coming back again.Praught is primarily a steeple chase and she

1:55:38 > 1:55:43can finish first. She can finish as fast as Laura Muir on best legs but

1:55:43 > 1:55:51I'm tired legs -- tired legs she has to make your she has a book that.

1:55:51 > 1:55:58Keeping Dibaba inside.

1:55:58 > 1:56:02Keeping Dibaba inside. She's got three, four-metre and expends Seu

1:56:02 > 1:56:07extends a bit but Praught is still there. Laura just needs to be aware.

1:56:07 > 1:56:12She looks comfortable, she's looking at the screen. Dibaba will keep

1:56:12 > 1:56:14going away and I'm sure Laura will keep some distance between herself

1:56:14 > 1:56:20and Aisha Praught who is well clear of the rest. As expected, gens every

1:56:20 > 1:56:26De Vanna and Laura qualify with ease and it's ended up being reasonably

1:56:26 > 1:56:31quick.

1:56:31 > 1:56:34quick. Praught takes third. Not a cancer there but also you didn't

1:56:34 > 1:56:38have to turn on the burners. Didn't have to really dig deep and kick

1:56:38 > 1:56:44hard over the last 200, which is good. It's those sort of heats that

1:56:44 > 1:56:48sometimes make you a bit nervous. No dramas for Laura and she'll feel

1:56:48 > 1:56:52tired. You do. You can't not feel tired. She would be delighted that's

1:56:52 > 1:56:57over with and relieved.She will and it's a funny thing, sometimes you

1:56:57 > 1:57:00feel more tired in heat than in the final just because you're not

1:57:00 > 1:57:05prepared to completely go to the wall in the heats unless it comes

1:57:05 > 1:57:08down to a last-ditch attempt to get yourself into the final. She was

1:57:08 > 1:57:12trying to conserve as much energy as possible. She ran it very sensibly,

1:57:12 > 1:57:17chatting about the screen, checking to the sides, sensing there's any

1:57:17 > 1:57:20danger coming from either side of her and just doing what she needed

1:57:20 > 1:57:26to do down that home straight. She has took the very fast. There were a

1:57:26 > 1:57:34couple of quick laps by Dibaba. Kept running through the line. There are

1:57:34 > 1:57:38two more heats to go. The three fastest loser spots, she must be in

1:57:38 > 1:57:49with a chance and sets the bar for others to aim at.

1:57:49 > 1:57:51with a chance and sets the bar for others to aim at.That was a

1:57:51 > 1:57:54relatively slow race. The top two spots me you had to get it.

1:57:54 > 1:58:00Comfortable?Yeah. It was quite a quick race for a heat. A bit scrappy

1:58:00 > 1:58:05at the start. I tried to stay out of trouble and followed Dibaba but

1:58:05 > 1:58:11didn't go that hard. I kept an eye on the screen for weather girls were

1:58:11 > 1:58:15me and wanted to secure the second spot.There was quite a lot of

1:58:15 > 1:58:18shunting in the early part of the race. What was it like trying to

1:58:18 > 1:58:25find your rhythm?It was OK. I got used to it. The start was scrappy

1:58:25 > 1:58:29and a few people came out of nowhere, stepping to the side of

1:58:29 > 1:58:33things. It was mine and I got the job done unscathed. All set for the

1:58:33 > 1:58:36final tomorrow.The job is done and you're through to the final

1:58:36 > 1:58:39tomorrow. Let's think about yesterday. What of the last -- what

1:58:39 > 1:58:47have the last 24 hours be my?I've not really had chance to celebrate.

1:58:47 > 1:58:53Had to prepare for today and 1500 tomorrow. I'm so happy to have the

1:58:53 > 1:58:59medal.Banks were speaking to us.

1:59:04 > 1:59:12All happening in the last 500 metres. Aisha Praught dragged down

1:59:12 > 1:59:15to a 4.07, which looks good for qualifying spot, but those two

1:59:15 > 1:59:22definitely true. Onto the second heat in the women's 1500 metres.

1:59:22 > 1:59:32Meraf Bahta, only 12 in the 3000 metres here.

1:59:33 > 1:59:37metres here. Hanna Klein made the final of the 1500 metres in the

1:59:37 > 1:59:41Championships last year. Kate Van Buskirk of Canada alongside her.

1:59:41 > 1:59:48Dominique Scott, one of her four of the nine who run in the 3000 metres.

1:59:48 > 1:59:54Beatrice Chepkoech, infamous for missing the job in the final of the

1:59:54 > 1:59:583000 metres steeplechase at the championships. Eilish McColgan Randa

1:59:58 > 2:00:05metres, as well. Her mother lives in the 1989 world indoors, silver in

2:00:05 > 2:00:09the 3000. Sixth in the 1300 which I'm told was 13 minutes later.

2:00:09 > 2:00:15That's a quick turnaround.

2:00:15 > 2:00:28Stand back from the line, please, ladies.Somebody with a tow line.

2:00:30 > 2:00:35Chepkoech stars as the favourite here. A bit of barging in the early

2:00:35 > 2:00:41stages. Chepkoech wants none of that. Slight advantage for these

2:00:41 > 2:00:45runners that they know the first he'd started slowly but built up to

2:00:45 > 2:00:55a good pace. Times you are looking for, fastest losers, 4.07, 90 four

2:00:55 > 2:01:02Marta Perez of Spain. The two fastest losers, if you don't make it

2:01:02 > 2:01:05through as the automatic qualifiers. Eilish McColgan sitting near the

2:01:05 > 2:01:08back of the field as Beatrice Chepkoech takes it out.There are

2:01:08 > 2:01:12much easier ways to run 4.09 than the girls who did in the first heat.

2:01:12 > 2:01:16The girls in here looking up half the night on the fastest loser spots

2:01:16 > 2:01:20need to get moving earlier in the race to give themselves a better

2:01:20 > 2:01:24shot. This looks like a better pace so far.Won at least we didn't

2:01:24 > 2:01:28mention is Colleen Quigley. In fourth place at the moment. Second

2:01:28 > 2:01:36in the US Championships between Shelley Hoolahan. Chepkoech takes a

2:01:36 > 2:01:42glance at the screens. Won the overall IAAF indoor tour title. Run

2:01:42 > 2:01:51very quickly in Glasgow. 4.02. Shows what form she's

2:01:51 > 2:01:58what form she's in. Colleen Quigley mixer move round the outside.I

2:01:58 > 2:02:01think Bahta might have said something in the qualifying stages

2:02:01 > 2:02:03for this race today when she realised she wasn't really in the

2:02:03 > 2:02:14hunt. I'm not sure that Claudia Michaela Bobbitt that. Chepkoech, if

2:02:14 > 2:02:19she's in the form she was in last week in Glasgow and she has been so

2:02:19 > 2:02:22far in the 15 hundred metres, over 1500, then she's just running with

2:02:22 > 2:02:26ease. I think that is a change from the steeplechase to the 1500 metres

2:02:26 > 2:02:32that may well stick further than the Commonwealth.

2:02:32 > 2:02:37I wonder how much was taken out of the legs of Dibaba in the 3000

2:02:37 > 2:02:42metres, because Chepkoech will hope it took out a great deal. She looks

2:02:42 > 2:02:47so comfortable out in front, as Bahta, and a Liz McColgan has made a

2:02:47 > 2:02:50bit of a move to get into sixth place, creeping around the outside

2:02:50 > 2:02:56with that very, very long stride alongside the South African

2:02:56 > 2:02:59Dominique Scott and Colleen Quigley and perhaps the pace has dropped a

2:02:59 > 2:03:01little from Chepkoech. It's beginning to bunch up a little more

2:03:01 > 2:03:05at the moment.Starting to bunch up and that gets dangerous when you've

2:03:05 > 2:03:10got this many girls in there and especially with legs as long as a

2:03:10 > 2:03:13Eilish McColgan. She looked like she would move wide, then realised there

2:03:13 > 2:03:17were too many girls in front of her Rand has lost the momentum she

2:03:17 > 2:03:23started, and she has to start all over again.We have seven or eight

2:03:23 > 2:03:26athletes out front, Chepkoech leading, they've closed behind her.

2:03:26 > 2:03:30Colleen Quigley, the American in fourth place, Dominique Scott of

2:03:30 > 2:03:36South Africa, a leash McColgan, a fall, Bahta is down and she will not

2:03:36 > 2:03:40recover from there, I'm sure, was just a couple of laps to go, a long

2:03:40 > 2:03:45way back and the pain etched on her face. What caused it, we'll find out

2:03:45 > 2:03:51afterwards because there may be something to say on that, but Bahta

2:03:51 > 2:03:56could be given a run in finally she was impeded because she was in a

2:03:56 > 2:03:59very good position but she will not get back into things in this race.

2:03:59 > 2:04:03It might have been Colleen Quigley who brought her down and she was

2:04:03 > 2:04:10most disadvantaged by that. A Liz did well to swerve wide. I'm not

2:04:10 > 2:04:16sure she's got much left for this final lap.Two go through

2:04:16 > 2:04:19automatically three fastest losers. Chepkoech is controlling things.

2:04:19 > 2:04:26Dominique Scott running well, Quigley of the United States running

2:04:26 > 2:04:29around the outside and Dominique Scott may be paying for the 3000

2:04:29 > 2:04:33metres there but she is hanging in, the South African. Chepkoech of

2:04:33 > 2:04:36Kenya out in front, then Van Buskirk, Colleen Quigley trying to

2:04:36 > 2:04:40find a way through and here comes quickly around the Canadian to take

2:04:40 > 2:04:45second, ahead of Van Scott and McColgan crossing the line now, so

2:04:45 > 2:04:49she will not go through but Chepkoech certainly well and Bahta

2:04:49 > 2:04:55may still go through because we will wait to see what caused that fall

2:04:55 > 2:05:00and if she was impeded. You can see what it means to her to have fallen

2:05:00 > 2:05:07there. McColgan perhaps the running of the 3000 metres still in her legs

2:05:07 > 2:05:11but apace she couldn't live with this evening. No, she couldn't, she

2:05:11 > 2:05:14said she hasn't felt herself in the last couple of weeks and she didn't

2:05:14 > 2:05:19look herself out there but that's sad to see from Bahta. She may be

2:05:19 > 2:05:22advanced to the final but is she capable of running and running well

2:05:22 > 2:05:26in the final now, because she has to be her. She was basically run over

2:05:26 > 2:05:31the top of. This is Bahta, in behind Klein, and

2:05:31 > 2:05:37quickly behind her clipped her Quigley, who goes through, Quigley

2:05:37 > 2:05:42did well to avoid her Rand did well to go on and finish in second place,

2:05:42 > 2:05:49but another look.

2:05:49 > 2:05:52but another look.Yeah, there was definitely a bit of argy-bargy going

2:05:52 > 2:05:56on before that, a bit of armed tangling around the bend and

2:05:56 > 2:06:01probably in that Bahta is as much to blame as Quigley is but it does look

2:06:01 > 2:06:06as though... May be her knee caught. I don't think it was intentional

2:06:06 > 2:06:10from Colleen Quigley but it was certainly caused by Colleen Quigley.

2:06:10 > 2:06:13It's a good job she's a steeplechaser because she did well

2:06:13 > 2:06:20to keep going over her.If you were a judge what would your decision be?

2:06:20 > 2:06:24Bahta in great distress, obviously, but...I don't know, can they

2:06:24 > 2:06:28advance Bahta without disqualifying Quigley? I don't think it was

2:06:28 > 2:06:35intentional. But certainly...As it stands at the moment Chepkoech and

2:06:35 > 2:06:39Quigley going through as the automatic qualifiers and Van Buskirk

2:06:39 > 2:06:43just sneaks into the second of the fastest losers at the moment ahead

2:06:43 > 2:06:53of Perez of Spain. McColgan down in sixth place.

2:06:53 > 2:06:59Coming towards the end of the first round of the long jump final,

2:06:59 > 2:07:03Echevarria of Cuba, 19 years of age, still know one beyond eight metres

2:07:03 > 2:07:14yet. That is a long effort, he has a season's best, a lifetime best, of

2:07:14 > 2:07:208.34 metres and the 19-year-old looks as though he's come to play.

2:07:20 > 2:07:24He shortens his stride, accelerates in. Perfect board, absolutely

2:07:24 > 2:07:34perfect board.A great tradition in Cuba, of course, 8.19, Echevarria

2:07:34 > 2:07:41takes the lead. Jarrion Lawson, hugely talented US champion. First

2:07:41 > 2:07:46round.

2:07:46 > 2:07:54It's around the eight-metre mark. It's a valid jump for Lawson. Maybe

2:07:54 > 2:07:58just a bit of tension there, not quite into his running yet, looking

2:07:58 > 2:08:05to force it. Manyonga, the only man who hasn't jumped to conclude this

2:08:05 > 2:08:10first round.

2:08:10 > 2:08:17first round. 7.92 Lawson in force, expect more. -- in fourth place.

2:08:17 > 2:08:23Here's Luvo Manyonga, the world champion last year. Silver-medallist

2:08:23 > 2:08:28in Rio by just one centimetre. His opening job. It's huge! But it's a

2:08:28 > 2:08:36foul. That's a massive effort. A big smile from him. It shows what he's

2:08:36 > 2:08:44capable of. But it is a foul. It won't be measured. Five jumps

2:08:44 > 2:08:47remaining. Manyonga looking in great shape.

2:08:55 > 2:09:00Still no news yet on that little collision involving Bahta. I have a

2:09:00 > 2:09:03feeling she may get advanced. I don't think they'll disqualify

2:09:03 > 2:09:11Quigley, but we'll see. Hassan in this one who held up Laura Muir in

2:09:11 > 2:09:18the 3000 beta final, Chebet, not necessarily the best of the Kenyans.

2:09:18 > 2:09:25Houlihan is back, Shelby Houlihan, who didn't run a great race in the

2:09:25 > 2:09:33final. She finished fifth, Henrik started moving up to the 1500

2:09:33 > 2:09:38metres, it will be interesting to see if she can build a career at

2:09:38 > 2:09:47this event -- Anita Hinriksdottir. Nilsson, the Swede, and Hassan.

2:09:47 > 2:09:53Hassan doesn't always get the 1500 metres right. She missed out on a

2:09:53 > 2:09:59medal in the 1500 metres, yet won medal in the 5000, which she hates,

2:09:59 > 2:10:03but she still getting to grips with the longer distance. The one person

2:10:03 > 2:10:17we didn't see there was a bit of a threat here, say on -- Seyaum.

2:10:17 > 2:10:23Hinriksdottir, who has one of the most distinctive, lets calling that,

2:10:23 > 2:10:26running actions, which we've got used to seeing over the years and

2:10:26 > 2:10:31she's always front run 800 metres. Surely she doesn't think she can

2:10:31 > 2:10:37then run 1500 metres in the same way.If I'd ask you to bet who would

2:10:37 > 2:10:41be at the front, you would put your money on Hinriksdottir. She only

2:10:41 > 2:10:46knows one way is to feel comfortable racing and it's a step out of her

2:10:46 > 2:10:51comfort zone to raise 1500 metres indoors. Straightaway she goes to

2:10:51 > 2:10:56the front. She does have that very long loping stride and for that

2:10:56 > 2:10:59reason she's probably more comfortable running out on her Rome,

2:10:59 > 2:11:03but I think she just relaxes more that way. She's looked at those

2:11:03 > 2:11:07times. What she needs to do to put this raise up there for the

2:11:07 > 2:11:10qualifying times to come from this final race, and she's getting on

2:11:10 > 2:11:16with it and getting it done and Hassan, a stumble there already.I'm

2:11:16 > 2:11:22surprised Hassan is quite so far up early run but she's got involved.

2:11:22 > 2:11:30Hinriksdottir setting a good pace and they are certainly heading for

2:11:30 > 2:11:34under 4.10. She's slowing a little bit, the other is starting to bunch.

2:11:34 > 2:11:40Seyaum is a talented young is the opium, isn't always the best

2:11:40 > 2:11:43tactically. You always have to watch Arafi, the dangerous Moroccan. When

2:11:43 > 2:11:50it comes to championship racing, she has been found wanting over the

2:11:50 > 2:11:53years. Shelby Houlihan will be relying on her quick last 200 metres

2:11:53 > 2:11:58but she can't give the Steele much of a start.No, she's probably one

2:11:58 > 2:12:01who is not happy to see Hinriksdottir setting off at this

2:12:01 > 2:12:08pace. It's only just outside four minute pace. Even at 33 As she's

2:12:08 > 2:12:13comfortably ahead of a 4.09 pace that is needed to progress as a

2:12:13 > 2:12:16fastest loser, so it's asking questions of people in the field

2:12:16 > 2:12:22already in the gaps are starting to open up further back.She's got

2:12:22 > 2:12:26through two seconds through 800 metres, 2.12, but she's slowing down

2:12:26 > 2:12:30and Hinriksdottir, if you are trying to run 1500 metres that's not really

2:12:30 > 2:12:35the rate do it. You have to keep building the pace, or you start a

2:12:35 > 2:12:43bit slow and get quicker. Dawit Seyaum thinking she doesn't want to

2:12:43 > 2:12:48use this energy so she goes back. Chebet and Seyaum and all of a

2:12:48 > 2:12:55sudden there's a big bunch, being controlled from the front.It's

2:12:55 > 2:12:58sensible from Hassan, when you are coming in on tired legs and when the

2:12:58 > 2:13:03race has been set up for you, as it has by Hinriksdottir so far, she

2:13:03 > 2:13:08needs to make it a long run from home. She can't rely on that change

2:13:08 > 2:13:14of face she usually has when she's up against Seo and Chebet, and Arafi

2:13:14 > 2:13:19who has squeezed their way through. A push at the back from Hendrix from

2:13:19 > 2:13:28Iceland. -- from Bendix Dottie. The change of pace, Hassan having to

2:13:28 > 2:13:34find her elbows to try and hold up Chebet. She will save it for the

2:13:34 > 2:13:39last lap but keeps Chebet running wide. Chebet wanted to cutting.

2:13:39 > 2:13:45Houlihan, dangerous, lurking, the American. They take the bell. What

2:13:45 > 2:13:48about Hassan? Only top two by rights here. All of these could go through,

2:13:48 > 2:13:57they are quick enough. They could run a big last lap. He closed Hassan

2:13:57 > 2:14:02and Seyaum, tactically sometimes badly conducting herself. -- here

2:14:02 > 2:14:09goes Hassan. Chebet is holding the second place, then Arafi. Houlihan

2:14:09 > 2:14:13will come again but Hassan kicks away. Chebet comes through in

2:14:13 > 2:14:18second. They all go through there and if Seyaum hadn't given up, as

2:14:18 > 2:14:21she obviously did, she might have got through but I don't think she

2:14:21 > 2:14:27will. So it

2:14:27 > 2:14:31will. So it will be Praught who goes through as the fastest loser from

2:14:31 > 2:14:34Laura's heat. Quicker than any of those would have wanted partly

2:14:34 > 2:14:40because Hinriksdottir took off. It was nice to see her at the front for

2:14:40 > 2:14:43a while. Hassan, Chebet, fast finishing Houlihan doing well. The

2:14:43 > 2:14:47big names are through.The big names are all through apart from Seyaum,

2:14:47 > 2:14:53who made a big tactical error. I think she just went to hard when she

2:14:53 > 2:14:56went and then she wasn't able to maintain that. She tightened up and

2:14:56 > 2:15:00you are right, she's doing that how all a bit down the last straight and

2:15:00 > 2:15:11threw away the chances of advancing in that final fastest loser.

2:15:11 > 2:15:22Second round of the long jump. Season's best for Samaai but he's

2:15:22 > 2:15:30capable of much more. Second jump. Similar kind of distance.I think

2:15:30 > 2:15:34you may have snapped over eight metres, sunk a bit and lifted off

2:15:34 > 2:15:38the board. He's sunk a little bit into the board. Didn't carry speed.

2:15:38 > 2:15:48Just prepared... That's close. Good board, little bit to spare there.

2:15:48 > 2:15:55Only one man so far over eight metres. That's Juan Miguel

2:15:55 > 2:16:00Echevarria of Cuba.

2:16:01 > 2:16:04Echevarria of Cuba. Marquis Dendy, hugely talented American. The

2:16:04 > 2:16:10defending champion, wide eyes. Somewhat 35 metres back. His legs

2:16:10 > 2:16:15heavily strapped. In this the second round... That looks over eight

2:16:15 > 2:16:25metres, possibly. Not happy, shake off the head there.For me, again,

2:16:25 > 2:16:29just that preparation step. But again, there are two techniques. The

2:16:29 > 2:16:33straight leg run off the board or that sink and leg. Either way, you

2:16:33 > 2:16:36have to lower the hips and raise them and carry speed across the

2:16:36 > 2:16:41border to the distance.Here's the man who can produce something big.

2:16:41 > 2:16:498.02 in third place. Right, John Miguel active area of Cuba is in the

2:16:49 > 2:16:54lead. 8.1

2:16:55 > 2:17:03lead. 8.1 nine. Second round jump. A big effort. Is it valid? It is.

2:17:03 > 2:17:09That's 19 years of age, Echevarria has taken on some much more

2:17:09 > 2:17:20experienced jumpers like the South Africans. Team-mate even Prideaux

2:17:20 > 2:17:28set, five times world indoor champion. Echevarria extends his

2:17:28 > 2:17:38lead. 8.28. Brilliant jump. Fantastic from the youngster there.

2:17:38 > 2:17:47Just to tidy up the 1500 metres third heat.

2:17:47 > 2:17:56As expected, the two fastest loser spots going to Arafi and Houlihan.

2:17:56 > 2:18:03Seyaum not going through. Let's look at the full qualifiers. I still

2:18:03 > 2:18:08think the big names are the ones that will win the medals in the

2:18:08 > 2:18:12three thousands could well be the medallist in the 1500 metre final

2:18:12 > 2:18:19when it happens tomorrow night.

2:18:21 > 2:18:26The three big names through.

2:18:27 > 2:18:31The light show behind us is because the men are entering the arena for

2:18:31 > 2:18:35the shot put final. You'll see them shortly. Sorry, the women's shot put

2:18:35 > 2:18:39final. I haven't seen the athletes coming and I just knew there was a

2:18:39 > 2:18:43shot put final tonight. Let's look at the long jump which is definitely

2:18:43 > 2:18:49men! You can tell us about Echevarria who's put himself out

2:18:49 > 2:18:55there with a fantastic jump.He's someone I'd forgotten about. He's a

2:18:55 > 2:18:59Cuban who is very good at jumping. They've had a history of fantastic

2:18:59 > 2:19:03jump. Pedrosa, my favourite jumper of all time, is the most famous of

2:19:03 > 2:19:07all. They have this conveyor Belt of jumpers coming through and you can

2:19:07 > 2:19:12see technically they love trying to mimic the way Pedrosa would jump

2:19:12 > 2:19:16with a 2.5 hitch which is movement you year. Interesting that most long

2:19:16 > 2:19:20jumpers struggle with 2.5. Even Carl Lewis struggled to get all those

2:19:20 > 2:19:30rotations out. Perfect on the board and a good structure runway. This is

2:19:30 > 2:19:34what we were talking about earlier. The girls were doing it in the

2:19:34 > 2:19:36heptathlon. It's about pushing through to the right positions,

2:19:36 > 2:19:39getting up right, attacking the board, which is exactly what he did.

2:19:39 > 2:19:44Came through for a lovely jump. 8.28, he is not messing around.

2:19:44 > 2:19:49Gilbert is a bit of pressure on. Luvo Manyonga will go out there and

2:19:49 > 2:19:53do something very special. -- he went out there and it's in special.

2:19:53 > 2:19:57It was a foul but he's putting out a marker for the left. He laughed it

2:19:57 > 2:20:02off. This was the foul. He laughed it off and waved to the crowd.This

2:20:02 > 2:20:10is the foul.You can see he's supremely confident. He has a nice

2:20:10 > 2:20:16dry face, gets himself upright and soaring through the air there.It

2:20:16 > 2:20:22looks very dangerous. Is it shorter, the pitch?The interesting thing in

2:20:22 > 2:20:26the UK, we have a lot of one metre this is the distance from the pit

2:20:26 > 2:20:34and people aren't a huge fan of that.Where you live now with

2:20:34 > 2:20:34Jarrion

2:20:34 > 2:20:39that.Where you live now with Jarrion.

2:20:39 > 2:20:42COMMENTATOR: Lawson getting ready for his second attempt. He's in

2:20:42 > 2:20:47fifth place.

2:20:49 > 2:20:52fifth place. Well, stretching, trying to reach further into the pit

2:20:52 > 2:20:57but he's got no distance on that. What's going on there?He's

2:20:57 > 2:21:02accelerating in but then he is for me a little bit low in the hips and

2:21:02 > 2:21:07doesn't quite get through. Swells the arms forward and comes in a bit

2:21:07 > 2:21:12too premature into the pit. Maybe reaching onto the board little bit

2:21:12 > 2:21:25there.Lawson, stays in fifth place. At the moment, it's the young man,

2:21:25 > 2:21:32Echevarria of Cuba, 8.28, who is in the lead. We have one athlete to

2:21:32 > 2:21:42complete rounds two and it's the main man, Luvo Manyonga. The man who

2:21:42 > 2:21:46is highly fancied to take the title here. But he did carry that foul in

2:21:46 > 2:21:51the first round. It was a big foul. A big jump but a long way over the

2:21:51 > 2:21:56board, as well.

2:21:56 > 2:22:00board, as well. Manyonga, round two. Off a foul in the first round. It's

2:22:00 > 2:22:05a big effort, it's a huge jump, but it's another foul. He's not smiling

2:22:05 > 2:22:10this time! Or maybe years. He knows it's a big effort but he's put

2:22:10 > 2:22:15himself under some pressure.I think so, I think so. Great speed on the

2:22:15 > 2:22:19runway but lengthening and putting it over. Why we going to get to see

2:22:19 > 2:22:26how much of a foul it is? It's a big foul, it's a big foul. It's

2:22:26 > 2:22:30inaccurate in terms of runway but you can see and that plasticine

2:22:30 > 2:22:33board, because it's raised gives you a little more left. You often see

2:22:33 > 2:22:38big jumps because it's like jumping off a box so you get the lift and

2:22:38 > 2:22:43that raises your centre of gravity faster and harder than normal.Eight

2:22:43 > 2:22:49athletes to complete and go forward after three jumps. Manyonga is not

2:22:49 > 2:22:53among them as we stand. One more job to get among the cut.

2:22:53 > 2:22:58If you can nail one of those could be summing special coming out of the

2:22:58 > 2:23:00world champion Luvo Manyonga tonight. We are all looking for

2:23:00 > 2:23:04something really special to come from Katarina Johnson-Thompson in

2:23:04 > 2:23:11about five minutes' time. She's in pole position in the pentathlon.

2:23:11 > 2:23:14We've expected so much from this brilliant young athlete over the

2:23:14 > 2:23:17years and she's always come up against something troubling her in

2:23:17 > 2:23:21her events at major championships but she seems to have got things

2:23:21 > 2:23:31right.

2:23:31 > 2:23:37A powerful run and it's a personal best. All smiles from Katarina

2:23:37 > 2:23:42Johnson-Thompson.It's much better, that's more like it. What a

2:23:42 > 2:23:50performance from Katarina Johnson-Thompson!

2:23:50 > 2:23:52Johnson-Thompson!Johnson-Thompson there to be shot at. The heat is on.

2:23:52 > 2:24:00It should be her time now.She's in a great position. She's in the lead

2:24:00 > 2:24:04by 33 points. She has a better 800-metre time than her nearest

2:24:04 > 2:24:07rival. It's about getting out there, running from the front and just

2:24:07 > 2:24:12doing what she can do. Not worrying about the others around are jostling

2:24:12 > 2:24:18for position., no, it's her medal to lose. She's in a great position

2:24:18 > 2:24:20and she would hopefully have visualised that this would be the

2:24:20 > 2:24:28case. She has mature. I think this is the time when she can step up,

2:24:28 > 2:24:31run her own race. She can afford to track if she wants to but I think

2:24:31 > 2:24:36she'll go out and try to impress the crowd, do herself justice and take a

2:24:36 > 2:24:41box that has been missing for a little while.The story of her day

2:24:41 > 2:24:45started early this morning when the women came out for the hurdles and

2:24:45 > 2:24:51it's an event... It's not her best but it's one that she usually start

2:24:51 > 2:24:55with a good confident time and performance and she did that today.

2:24:55 > 2:25:01She looked slightly tense but trying to get that event out of the way

2:25:01 > 2:25:04with a half decent time is what she did in order to go into the high

2:25:04 > 2:25:08jump, something she is an excellent athlete at. She's been approaching

2:25:08 > 2:25:12it the right way today, nothing has been getting on top of her.It's

2:25:12 > 2:25:17that right balance from her. The high jump is great but this for me

2:25:17 > 2:25:24was the event were I thought, yes, Kat, you got to grips with who you

2:25:24 > 2:25:26are, what you are about, and you delivered a performance that is

2:25:26 > 2:25:32respectable for your standard of shot putting. You can't ask for

2:25:32 > 2:25:39more.Definitely not. It is one of her weaker events so to get a PB is

2:25:39 > 2:25:42a big thing. This long jump, we could have expected more from it and

2:25:42 > 2:25:49she was peppering around 6.5 metres. She is a better jumper than that.

2:25:49 > 2:25:53She had such a commanding lead and took control.That's how it looks as

2:25:53 > 2:26:00she heads into four lapse of this track in front of a home crowd. A