World Indoor Championships - Day 2, Part 2 Athletics

A powerful run. It's her personal

best.

All smiles from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. That's more like

it. What a performance from Katarina

Johnson-Thompson!

Johnson-Thompson!

The heat is on.

It

should be her time now.

In the next few hours, we shall see

if it is. It's a big night for

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson,

going for gold in the pentathlon. If

you have not been able to go out

today because of the snow and

freezing conditions, stay right

where you are. We have some great

action for you over the next four

hours with the likes of Katarina

Johnson-Thompson and last month's

medal winner for Great Britain,

Laura Muir, all in action. A lot of

people have braved conditions to be

here this evening. It was supposed

to be a sell-out, but not quite

everyone is in their place. But I am

delighted that these three. Greg

Rutherford had no choice, he can't

get out of Birmingham! But you

always intended to be here because

it is the men's long jump this

evening. Denise Lewis and Michael

Dobson are here for what could be a

great evening for Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. She has got

herself into a great position.

Yeah.

The talk before these championships

was, could she deliver on her

potential? Could she mentally hold

the pentathlon together and deliver

a performance that justifies her

potential? And so far, it's looking

really good.

And the long jump

final, Greg, you say it's not just

all about one person.

No, I think

Lawson has jumped well. He is a fast

athlete and could be one to watch.

And we have the women's 60m. It is

wide open, Michael.

It is. There are

a lot of races that these ladies

today. It's going to be exciting.

Once we get into the semifinals, we

will start to see who emerges as a

potential medallist because that

race is wide open.

Well, let's just

mark your card as to how your

evening is going to pan out.

As Denise said, Katarina

Johnson-Thompson has left herself in

a great position. Here is how her

day unfolded. First up on the track,

we have the 60m hurdles for the

pentathlon. It is all done in one

day.

day.

Is this an opportunity for

Katarina Johnson-Thompson?

Dadic. The medal contender is out.

Rodriguez, last try.

That was much

better! That's more like it. She's

in the lead overall. Shot put next.

She moves to the back of the circle.

That is a really big shot put from

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. That is

huge. That is going to make such a

difference to her.

difference to her. Rodriguez, her

final put. That put her into first

place.

She looks relieved and this morning

the word was that if she gets

something with a 12, she will put

herself in a good position.

According to our stats expert, who

knows a thing or two, he has

crunched the numbers and if they

both hit their PBs, that is what the

outcome would be. She would have

called by some way from Rodriguez.

There is some room for comfort that.

But obviously, hitting your PB in a

major championship is perhaps easier

said than done. But for her, you

would think it would be the event

she would want next, the long jump.

Yeah. She's jumping well again. 6.71

at the trials. She's looking good on

the runway. Does she need to hit

that personal best? I don't think

so. She just needs to feel confident

and do what she does best in the

long jump. When she is confident,

it's all good.

She has had wobbles

in the long jump in a major

championship in Beijing. But it's

about here, I know what I have got

to do. She has made her first jump,

which must be a comfort for a long

jumper.

Absolutely. We saw that a

lot of people are struggling with

the runway. It is a quick runway,

which soon suit Kat. If you tax it,

she could jump big today -- if she

attacks it.

As they introduce... I

was about to say the contestants,

but the athletes! As they are

introduced, these women have already

been introduced and have to go

through it again. It just ramps up

the nerves, doesn't it?

But it adds

a bit of razzmatazz to the event,

which is nice. We need that. I think

the athletes don't really mind, as

long as they can get through it

quickly and keep their minds in a

safe place, this is fine.

There was

a big smile on her face just there.

Michael, she must know this is an

event she loves and an event she

knows she can do in front of a home

crowd.

I'm not sure if you can judge

how Kat is feeling based on what you

see. It goes up and down. She's

pretty cagey when it comes to

showing exactly what she is feeling.

I think you wait and see. Also, her

mood and her emotional state are

somewhat dictated by how she

performs and how the competition is

going for her.

What we did see which

we don't normally see is the

expression of joyous emotion in the

shot put. I talked earlier about how

she could respond to coming into an

event that she hasn't been good at,

and that is what she is capable of.

She has the ability. That body

language, the buoyancy you see is

fantastic. That will bode well

moving into the long jump.

It feels

a long time ago that it all started

in the hurdles. They were first out

on the track this morning, those

women. Five events in one day is

more than they used to. It is an

arduous day but she did the hurdles

this morning. She equalled her

season's best. It wasn't as

explosive, perhaps, as you were

hoping, but it was a steady start.

It was steady. She got through it

safely to put herself in contention.

We know she struggles getting out of

the blocks with those long levers,

but moving through to the high jump,

we know her capabilities and this

was a great jump, 1.91. She made it

look easy.

look easy.

Shame she couldn't get a

few more points, but to do what she

did in the shot put, she will have

forgotten that by now.

First put, a

new personal best. Look at that

place. I thought it was great. There

was a sense of relief, as there is

one athlete has been working and

they the benefits.

they the benefits.

Again, I am

hesitant to try to read into that

what it means, because I believe

that based on what we have seen

before, it can change in a

heartbeat. So in terms of what she

needs to do, she doesn't need a PB.

She doesn't need to be thinking

about what happened before in the

long jump, just focus, as Greg said,

getting a safe jump. That then build

the confidence.

We can also see that

she is not dwelling on the fact that

the high jump didn't go as well as

she was hoping. It was below par.

But she reacted well in getting a PB

in an event that she is known for

not being that great at. It should

give her the confidence to go out

and enjoy an event that she loves

doing.

6.93 is her PB indoors for

long jump. There is clear water

between her and Rodriguez.

And

Rodriguez has never jumped indoors.

Kat has a lot of experience.

What is

the difference for Rodriguez if she

hasn't jumped indoors?

The biggest

thing in an indoor arena is that

there is no wind. With the long

jump, it is good to have a bit of a

following wind to give you an

impetus to jump at the end. She will

not have that. You are on a raised

board here, so you are not on the

solid track that you would be

outdoors. There are real

differences. Generally, it suits the

lighter jumpers. But we will see how

she responds. The Cubans are

incredible jumpers, so I expect her

to do well.

She will be getting

ready to jump shortly in that long

jump competition which is just about

to get under way. Steve Backley will

be all over it.

I am indeed, Gabby.

It has been a compelling morning for

Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Hopefully, she is refreshed and

rested after three events in that

first morning session.

first morning session. The long jump

is the penultimate event. And it is

Erica Bougard of the United States.

She is carrying a hip injury. No,

that was an infringement. It sounded

OK. Must have been a small foul. She

is saying it was just beyond the

legal limit. Crikey, that is about

as close as you get without a foul.

Greg Rutherford was talking about

this. Katarina Johnson-Thompson will

want to get a good jump in. That was

not valid for Erica Bougard.

There is the line-up for the first

of the five heats.

of the five heats. There has been a

slight redraw in this one. Silence

inside the arena.

inside the arena. This should be a

good race.

Boons has set a new personal best

this season. Andrea Vargas of Costa

Rica in three.

Watch for Neziri, the Finnish

athlete. She is alongside Nelvis,

who heads this very strong American

contingent in the women's hurdles.

They have the three quickest times.

So the United States could form a

clean sweep here.

Eefje Boons, Andrea Vargas, Sharika

Nelvis, Nooralotta Neziri, Elizabeth

El Torito, Stephanie Bendrat. Four

to go to automatically. A good start

by Veronica Borsi. Through comes

Sharika Nelvis. Looking very

comfortable. 7.97 for Sharika

Nelvis. And in fact it is a Elisavet

Pesiridou of Greece who is down, the

last barrier her undoing. A

demonstration of what can go wrong

in the hurdles. And Elisavet

Pesiridou might have been expected

to come through, but Sharika Nelvis

avoiding such pitfalls, and she is

through to the semifinals. Take us

through this.

Eefje Boons can be

difficult for some athletes,

especially burglars, because you get

a trampoline effect and, if you are

not used to that, running

consistently on these boards, it can

be tricky, and that is what happened

to the Greek lady. But Sharika

Nelvis is quality. I think she will

be looking forward to encountering

her fellow countryman later. 7.90

seven. It looks great.

A great start

by Stephanie Bendrat, who has been

going so well this season. She just

clipped the barrier, but Sharika

Nelvis was going so well. Contrast

macro --

a contrast to Glasgow, but

totally in control here, cruising

through dress up eight second

performance, looking comfortable. --

through to a below eight second.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson looking

forward to her first long jump,

penultimate event in the Pentax

long. At the moment, she is in

second place, 13 points behind

Rodriguez, the Cuban. But this is an

event where she can dominate, she

can definitely get back into the

lead, and she would expect to. And

possibly she'd expect to get some

daylight between her and the rest of

the world season's best personal

best, something in excess of 6.50

would be great. It's a good jump.

Waiting to see the white flag. It

is. Look at that, a really good

start. In and around 6.5 metres. Was

that a shake of the head? Good

effort.

She should be pleased,

controlled the runway really well,

didn't lengthen like sometimes,

plenty of room. Rate start. -- great

start.

Her coach looking on, 6.50

exactly, a really good start. With

Rodriguez to go next, and Ivona

Dadic a couple points behind, she

needs to marker out and put pressure

on the other girls.

That's what she

done, because Rodriguez's PB is just

6.29 from this year. Can she

respond? It's around the six-metre

mark, way down on Johnson Thompson,

and it's a foul. So Rodriguez, the

leader, a foul in the first round,

under the pressure. She wouldn't

have wanted that.

The tiniest of

margins, just drifting. But now

Katarina is settled, she's got 6.50

in the bank, it's up to the other

girls to put the marker down. Kat

can now build on that. She is in the

driving seat, exactly what you want

in the first round. Ivona Dadic of

Russia, in third place coming into

this long jump. Season best of 6.35,

so down on Johnson Thompson also in

her best effort. Somewhere just over

six metres for Ivona Dadic, as we

come towards the end of this first

round of jumping. Only three jumps

for each competitor, and then just

the 800 metres to come.

Just the

celebrating -- decelerating into the

board. She got an indoor best of

6.21 and she has jumped 6.22 this

year.

year. 6.29 for Ivona Dadic, that's

good, that's solid, it keeps her

pursuit of a medal on course.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson will feel,

I imagine, pretty good about that

opening jump. What's it like, when

you see the white flag and you know

you've nailed a solid jump which has

given you a good amount of points?

Gilles Villeneuve couldn't.

Absolutely, and looking at Kat's

jump, technically very sound. If she

has more pressure, she will propel

herself to a bigger one. She has a

lovely upright position through the

air, no rotation. If she really put

some mustard on that, she will go

far today, I think.

far today, I think.

What are you

seeing from the other girls,

Rodriguez and Dadic? Rodriguez

getting a red flag, so she will feel

a bit on edge, knowing she's got to

pull one out of the bag. And you

said Dadic was a bit on her toes.

She's coming in in a plant or flex

position, breaking before she has a

chance to take off, so she's

elongate in her foot and not getting

underneath herself, not striking

underneath her hips to give herself

a catalyst to really push off the

board and jump far, and it is

because they are forcing it more,

desperate to get a distance out

there to get close to Kat, and

because of that they are making

mistakes they shouldn't make. The

other risk, with your foot out, is

there is a chance of injury.

Let's

get back out there but for the

second heat of the women's 60

hurdles.

This second heat, fairly

straightforward qualification, but

what a moment for Megan Marrs, a

city of Lisbon athlete, Loughborough

student at the moment, and a long

time since somebody from Northern

Ireland represented the British team

in the championships. In fact, her

mum competed in the European indoors

in 1988 she will be up against

Christina Manning, one of the

favourites in this event. We've just

seen Sharika Nelvis looking calm and

straightforward qualifications, 7.90

seven. An experienced Austrian,

Beate Schrott. There she is, she has

set six personal best in my

reckoning this season, huge

improvement, she didn't like the

qualifying time set by British

athletics, which I'll explain in a

minute. Andrea Grant Jovic, Isabelle

Pedersen Norway. A former junior

champion. Yes Megan Marrs, the IAAF,

once countries have put their

entries in, have a chance to draw

further down the entries list, and

they sent individual invites. She is

a pay against one of the best in the

world, Christina Manning. -- she is

up against. She missed out on a

medal last year at the World

Championships. Not by much. And

Kendra Harrison is yet to go, from

the USA, with three great 60-metre

hurdlers. Four to go through.

Christina Manning got out well. It

is Christina Manning and Isabelle

Pedersen.

Pedersen. Andrea Ivancevic taking

third. I reckon Megan Marrs might

have got this fifth or sixth. Colin

is screwing his face up, going, you

got that wrong, Steve. We'll sort it

out. We are heading for a USA one,

two, three, we?

Possibly, but I'm

sure that others will have something

to say about that. It seems to be a

good place for her. But Pedersen

from Denmark, we know her quality.

We've seen her many times on the

circuit, but now another

opportunity. Christina Manning from

the United States, she got the

invite here because she won the

indoor tour, she just missed out on

automatic selection for the US

championships, but she finished

third in that, incredibly fast time.

For me, she is a person you need to

watch out for, because she is more

than capable of producing a red-hot

performance.

Eline Berings got the

fourth spot. Looking at Megan Marrs,

a huge moment for her, she couldn't

have begun the season thinking she'd

compete at the world indoor

championships.

And massive moment,

up against people she's watched on

the screen for many years, and she

can't believe she is warming up

alongside them. A good opportunity

to experience what it's like. She

ended up in six, in 8.28. She will

go home and be happy with it.

Christina Manning, watching her

back, you seemed to slow down at the

end so comfortably through.

Yeah, I

just want to get everything going on

and that's what I did.

You had a

massive performance in last weekend

to secure your place through a wild

card. What's it's been like

preparing at the last minute and

getting ready for this?

We've been

preparing for this all year, you

know. It doesn't really feel

last-minute. When I didn't make the

US team, I was like, I'm going to

win Glasgow and make that team, so

I've been preparing since the

beginning of the season.

The US team

is so incredible, you came third in

the trials with an incredible trial

and still didn't make the team. How

much is that helped to push your

performances, knowing that your

compatriots are so good?

It pushes

me every time because you want to be

the best, and I am competing against

the best. I go out there I go after

it every time.

Fantastic. Thank you

for speaking to us. Of luck later.

Thank you. -- best of luck.

A nice performance, and what a way

to keep the draft of your neck,

earrings with pom-poms on pigs

Christina Manning looking good, and

it personal best from Pedersen. --

earrings with pom-poms on them.

Christina Manning looking good.

The US champion, Erica Bougard, has

been pushed out of the medals, the

US champion, but there is a foul in

the first round of the long jump. We

are into the second round, Erica

Bougard looking to make amends. Big

acceleration. It's around the

six-metre mark. It's a good job.

Valid jump, at least.

She

accelerated into the board, like you

should, but she didn't really get

across it. Her hips went back early,

the head comes down, and she comes

in for an early landing. More like a

forward somersault. You need to keep

your body upright and fly deeper

into the pit.

A bit forced, still in

fourth place.

Somewhere in Texas or California,

there is a conveyor belt, and

American women hurdlers just come

off it. You are such good hurdlers.

There is always somebody else coming

to bolster it. You've got a world

record-holder, and it's not enough,

it could be two, three.

Bidgood, and

you are right, there are so many

hurdlers, and it's not it's an event

everybody does. Not everybody does

it. It's a difficult event. There is

just a tradition over the years. You

think back, Gail Devers, amazing

hurdler, and it's always been that

way but it's very competitive at the

NCAA level, and I think they push

one another, and it breeds a

fantastic group of athletes.

Christina Manning the latest one of

those. Let's get back out to the

long jump with Steve Backley.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson really

solid in the first round, 6.50, and

the good news for her is that the

competitors are faltering.

I think

you are right. She has cemented

herself in that position. I'm not

sure the opposition can respond.

Rodriguez's best indoors is 6.29.

It's up to Kat to express herself

and get the biggest other she can

going into the 800 metres so she

doesn't have to run too fast.

A new

role this year, 30 seconds for the

horizontal jumps and throws, and her

clock has begun. She has to start

the run up before it gets to zero.

Johnson Thompson, round two, to back

up that 6.50 first round ever.

Cheering from the crowd. Thumbs up,

Tony.

I think it's exactly the same.

She might have a few more

centimetres. Drifted off. She puts

her foot across herself, but she is

controlling the runway. It isn't

overextending. Drifting a bit, but

that's fine.

that's fine. 6.43 for Kat, backing

it up. No improvement, but she

stayed out in front. The only

athlete who can really threaten is

Rodriguez. But has that foul...? She

looks a bit anxious, knowing that

she really needs to get one in here

to take the pressure off.

That is not enough. It is a legal

jump, which maintains her movement

towards the podium. However, she

overrotates and doesn't get across

the board.

the board.

She has a lifetime best

of 6.29m. This is 6.15, pushes her

into third place. Going well for

Johnson-Thompson.

Onto the third

heat in the 60m hurdles, which

includes another athlete from Great

Britain, who goes in lane one.

Marilyn Nwawulor got the qualifying

time in Belgium last month. She is a

multi-eventer. We have been talking

about the crossover from heptathlon

and pentathlon to hurdling.

Alongside her, the Romanian. Talking

about who might challenge the

Americans, the German athlete is in

lane three. This is the third of

five heats in the women's 60m

hurdles. Cleanly away.

hurdles. Cleanly away. Charlton of

the Bahamas goes swiftly.

the Bahamas goes swiftly. She was

flying in lane eight. A good run by

Visser as well, but it was Charlton

who sneaked it on the line. We will

keep an eye on the time of Marilyn

Nwawulor in lane one. I think

Charlton has taken that. A good race

and a season's best time for

Charlton. Someone is very excited in

the crowd. But a good run from

Charlton.

Yeah, you're right. In the

middle, you can sneak away without

anyone noticing you, and that is

what she did. When you are as

competent a hurdle as that, there is

no need to panic. Just do your

stuff. And that is exactly what she

did McCain through comfortably to

take the second position.

Looking at

Marilyn Nwawulor, she was given a

time of 8.22, so the two who are not

the automatic qualifiers here are

the two fastest losers at the

moment. So it is not a bad run.

Yeah, it's clean and aggressive.

Yeah, it's clean and aggressive. It

was a good, solid run.

We are getting towards the end of

the second round in this long jump

pentathlon. Ivona Dadic, 6.29 in the

first round.

Ran much better than

her first round. She gets a white

flag, but she is bending on the

board. As she puts her foot in, the

need buckle is a bit. She turns her

head back in take-off, so you are

not carrying the speed across the

board, which is what you need to do.

Ivona Dadic at the moment is the one

who can really challenge.

who can really challenge. But she is

not a better 800m runner.

A clumsy effort for Nana Djimou.

Not

really getting the speed.

really getting the speed. She

doesn't really complete the

take-off.

Harrison is going in the next heat

in the 60m hurdles, another

phenomenal pergola. Michael, the

world-record holder has had a mixed

bag. She didn't qualify for Rio and

didn't make it to the top three in

US trials. She finished outside the

medals in London as well. She to

feel that her time, she is one of

those people who you would not

begrudge being on the top of the

heap here.

Right, but just because

you are the world record-holder,

doesn't mean that you are an amazing

competitor. That is what she had to

work on. She had to work on her

competitiveness and the ability to

deliver those impressive

performances that she is capable of

when it counts, knowing that she is

the favourite. That seems to have

been a problem for her over the last

few years. It will be interesting to

see what she does here. This is an

opportunity for her to get a global

medal. Interesting to say that,

given that she is the world

record-holder, with no global

metals. It is not only in the UK

that there is that problem. We have

that problem in the US as well.

It is interesting that you say that,

because there is room for so many

things to go wrong with the hurdles

that if you can't make it through

the rounds, you will be punished at

some point.

You will be, but that is

not something you would expect from

Harrison here. She is such a

beautiful hurdler to watch, very

aggressive and dynamic. It is just

that mental chink in her armour

which will be the difference at the

final, should be get there with her.

That will be the front and whether

she gets that global title or not.

Let's see how the journey goes Cram.

So, Harrison is in the middle in

lane four. They are not losing lane

one indeed heats. It is fairly

straightforward for the better

athletes. They want to make sure

nothing untoward happens.

This is Kozak of Hungary. The

21-year-old is having a good season.

Then Harrison.

Ziketh from Ivory Coast. Plotitsyna

is another veteran, fourth in the

European indoor Championships last

year.

year. Lindsey Lindley from Nigeria

and there is Angela Whyte.

and there is Angela Whyte. Megan

Marrs only just missed out as the

fastest loser.

This and one more heat to come.

Sally Pearson is in the next one.

We have already had five women under

eight seconds. My start from

Harrison. Look at the speed, this is

going to be super quick. Whoa, 7.78!

An absolute field between her and

the rest. We have had the others

easing back and taking it easy going

through. Kendra Harrison, showing

what she is capable of. That was

very quick indeed. She just didn't

slow down, did she? Like she had a

bus to catch or something. Maybe

want to get back to the hotel.

There

was certainly an exceptional

performance. Let's have a look

again. Steve, you will remember that

there is not alone in the race for

these women today, so she can

happily blast her way through, have

a feel of the track, see if she's

feeling comfortable. Just practise

everything, there is nothing wrong

with that. Really strong and

aggressive out of the blocks. If you

remember London last year, she

smashed into the first barrier and

that caused her a problem early on.

So she's brushing off all the

cobwebs, getting the journey out of

the way, making sure her technique

is solid as she prepares for the

following rounds. They will be the

crucial ones.

Kendra, that was a

massive performance, particularly

for a semifinal.

Yeah, the goal was

to come out and run each run as if

it's the final.

You have massive

competition from your own

compatriots in the USA alone. What

sort of signal do you think that

lays down?

I am sure they are not

worried about me. But we are going

to put on a great show and there

will be faster times to come.

Do you

think we are going to see a 1-2-3?

With us Americans, I think so.

Well,

two things to talk about in the

result. One is that 7.77. And the

fastest losers will go through at

the moment. It means that Nwawulor

is still hanging on by her

fingertips. But there is one more

heat to come. Katarina

Johnson-Thompson has a really

healthy buffer at the end of this

long jump going into the last event

of the pentathlon, get hundred

metres. We have been doing the maths

with Tony Minnich yellow. We think

she has a lead of around what would

equate to six metres, four seconds

over Dadic in the 800m. But she does

have one more jump.

have one more jump. So that is a

four second buffer we are talking

about in the 800m. But she can

extend that

about in the 800m. But she can

extend that. There is good

camaraderie between the

multi-eventer 's. Johnson-Thompson

is capable of putting it out of

reach here. Last jump.

reach here. Last jump.

That looks

much better. Seemed to carry the

speed across the board there.

Fingers crossed. She's not happy

with it, but I figured more points,

and that is what you want.

So no change. However, this athlete

can make a huge difference here,

because Dadic is currently in second

place, with Rodriguez in the bronze

medal position. But she can close it

down. At the moment, she is 100

points behind Kat Johnson-Thompson.

And that is worth about six seconds

over 800m. So if you can visualise

that, what is that?

About 40 metres.

Now, the official has stopped her so

that we can do the presentations for

the 60m hurdles. She was ready to

go, and now she has to wait. That is

not fair. It is not fair if you are

composed and ready to go.

That is

major champs. That is what you have

got to put up with. So Rodriguez had

to compose herself here, stay

focused. Until that code is removed,

the clock will not start.

the clock will not start.

Ah, the

cone has been removed and the

sweeping is complete.

The runway is

clear. Rodriguez of Cuba, currently

in bronze medal position.

in bronze medal position. She is

looking to improve on 6.15... There

is a red flag. We shouldn't

celebrate, but she did slow down

into the board and went straight up

into the air, trying really hard. I

think she knows.

She put her foot into the

plasticine. One more athlete to go,

Dadic. Johnson Thompson has really

controlled this competition. Maybe

not jumped as far as she would have

hoped, but she has performed

superbly and put the pressure on,

and the pressure has shown.

Rodriguez faltering slightly. So

it's only really Dadic who can close

that gap of four seconds or so, the

equivalent in the 800 metres. Last

chance for Dadic to move closer to

Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

She

throws her head back again. Is it a

bit further, looking at that? White

flag.

Identical jobs in the first

two rounds, both 6.29. It is not

same again, is it?

Looking at her

face, it might be a bit better.

6.40. She's closed the gap. We will

update you with the equivalent

points, but it's a season best for

Dadic.

It makes the difference about

two seconds. However, Katarina

Johnson-Thompson is a better

800-metre runner by about two to

three seconds. Ladies and gentlemen,

stay in your seats!

It's going to be

good. The athletes for the next heat

in the women's 60 metres hurdles

have had their introduction. Sally

Pearson, a big roar from the crowd a

moment ago. World champion, former

Olympic champion, she has won this

title before. It's all about the

Gold Coast, the Commonwealth Games

for her this year. She could

challenge the Americans this year.

So to record low of Germany. --

Ricarda Lobe.

You'd expect as well, with a quality

line-up, that one of the fastest

losers' lead might be under threat.

A good start by Pearson. Already a

long way clear of the rest. Amusan

going strongly, and she speaks it at

the line. She takes it from Sally

Pearson, 7.95. A good run by the

Nigerian, just 20, but she has run

so well on the American college

scene. A student at the University

of Texas, and Amusan, not an

American, but she runs and she has

that fierce competition in the

United States, and a very good run

to take it just ahead Sally Pearson.

It was an interesting race all

around. Sally blasted out of the

blocks, as we normally see her do,

and I expected her to ease away from

the rest of the field, but Amusan

came through strong, a lovely, nice

and rangy athlete. Have a look at

Sally Pearson, right in the centre.

Amusan to the right, our left. Sally

working hard. Look how mice and

controlled Amusan is. She rolled off

these barriers well. She hits the

ground and charges the line. Does

enough to take victory.

No sign of

any easing off from Sally Pearson,

so take an fair square by Amusan.

The focus for Sally Pearson is very

much on the Gold Coast, and it's all

about the Commonwealth Games for

her, she lives and trains there, but

slightly concerning signs for her

chances it, overhauled by Amusan in

that way will stop

interesting how

that happened. Tomorrow will be be

telling day for them. They have to

step up.

Looking of the others, a

talented Belarussian athlete, Alina

Talay, she came through well.

I

think she had a problem with the

second barrier, going a bit higher

than necessarily, and then she

snapped herself in, got back into

the focus. How much running she has

left, tomorrow will be key.

Yes, the

semifinals around about this time

tomorrow, they kick off the evening

session, and those four will be

through, Amusan, Pearson, Alina

Talay and Karolina Koleczek.

So, Katarina Johnson-Thompson did

exactly what she needed to do in

that long jump competition, and the

way she approached her first job was

so crucial to get herself a clean

jump, to get herself a good

distance, Denise, but then to

compose herself throughout and set

that standard to the rest of the

field. You felt there was a

nervousness, especially with

Rodriguez.

She needed to establish

herself and say, listen, you all

know this is my best event, but I'm

here to do business, and she did it.

6.50, hoping for a bit more, and she

seemed to want to push it a bit, but

we talked about how consistent she

has been for those three jumps. It's

really good. And should put pressure

on the other athletes. But Dadic,

who Tony tipped as one of his

favourites, you can see why she is

there and fighting for a medal. She

is so consistent and able to pull

things out of the bag when you least

expect her to.

A season 's best is

what you want in those moments, and

she is one of Tony's stars of the

future across the championships, and

it looks like she has a great

competitive head. We knew it

wouldn't be a strong bed for

Rodriguez, not the strongest.

No,

but strange because the Cubans are

usually very good long jumpers, so

interesting that she struggles with

it, but I think they could all look

at Kat and see how to structure a

runway in order to make those jobs

consistent, because Kat was building

through the run, getting up to speed

when she needed to, taking the ball

towards the end in order to get the

same point on the board. The others

worry that all over the place, quite

a lot of fouls, people struggling

with the boards, as people do here,

and I think a lot of good work on

that runway.

Bizarrely, they had two

identical jumps, both of them. This

was her third jump. Look at this.

was her third jump. Look at this.

At

this point, Kat is in a scenario

where she can let it go a bit, and

Tony noticed it, pushing a bit

harder on the runway. Look at the

way she's landed in the sand. You

can read an awful lot from landing

in the sand, it's like reading tea

leaves in cups. You can see where

people are going wrong. Her slight,

what you want to do is your heels

come together, and your bum goes

past and it's quite similar, but

quite a difference with Kat. Her

right leg seems to be sweeping

earlier, and she is losing a bit on

that. She needs to look at that and,

if she can get them all nailed and

even, it's a big amount of distance

she can gain.

And these are

heptathlete. You are talking about

finite details as a jumper. But

juggling all five events, and

generally if seven, it's about

division of your time. You want to

spend more time working on your

runway, because that delivers

consistency, but the menu shy, you

don't have time to do it.

I was

thinking about that, within the

pentathlon, that would seem to be

the most difficult event, the long

jump, because there is so much you

can get wrong with the run-up, and

we saw that today, and in the

heptathlon Kat has got it wrong

before. Maybe there is a case for

doing work there, not so much so you

can get more distant but so you can

be more consistent, because it seems

like it pushes people out of the

medals.

You are talking about when

Kat has got it wrong, and we are

talking about a centimetre, you

know? For consistency, what she

normally has on the runway, she has

been a world civil medallist, so she

knows to long jump. It might have

been that little bit of detail. --

she has been a world

silver-medallist.

She is a good long

jumper, so unwell with -- on one

level you can break it down more

than with some of the other events,

because she is naturally good. I

said earlier, with some of the right

things, she could be a seven-metre

jumper, but she would need to put

more time into it.

Talking about the

age-old dilemma with Kat, do you

work more on the pros, where you are

weaker, or do you push elsewhere?

Today, she's done a really good

throw for her in the shot put, which

has given her a platform to go into

the long jump.

It's a fine balancing

act, and the detail, you could

dissect it all day, but what matters

is, can you come to major

championships and be competitive and

minimise the mistakes, and she is

proving that it's coming together.

Let's have a look at the standings.

Heading into that 800 metres, coming

up at about 8:15pm. She is in the

lead. This isn't reading we've had

before in the final event of a

global event for Katarina

Johnson-Thompson. There she is, 33

points ahead of Dadic, and she is a

quicker 800-metre runner and Dadic,

in front of a home crowd... What

could possibly go wrong?

She is fit

enough. She has got good endurance.

This crowd will be roaring her home.

The only thing that could go wrong

is that she goes too hard, but I

doubt she will do that. She's got a

good head on her in terms of pace

judgment, and I expect her to be

running through this.

She has to

enjoy it, doesn't she?

I'd like to

enjoy the celebrating after she's

one it. She has been very focused,

poised, and that has worked for her,

so I'd like to see her continue to

do that, and not enjoyed this too

soon. Just finish it up and then

enjoy celebrating a medal.

And it is

for her, let's not forget, five

events in Monday, it's not what

these women are used to.

They are

not used to it but in some ways I

think they find it easier, but what

is tiring is the warming up again,

the sore legs, moving into the next

day and having to warm up, so

getting it done, there is some

beauty in that.

I don't think you

give the body long enough to realise

how hard it is working. It's like

heavy training in the winter, it's

the next day when you feel awful.

During it, you think I'll get

another job. By the time they wake

up tomorrow, they will be stiff and

struggling to walk around, I

imagine. My body could never put up

with that, because it's so much

pressure for so many events, and

it's very impressive.

Let's head to

our number cruncher in the

commentary box. You have been

working out what she's got to do in

the 800 metres.

It's interesting,

because there are a couple of

dynamics. Katarina Johnson-Thompson

as, looking at my piece of paper, I

apologise, a two second lead over

Dadic, 33 points. Stay with me on

this, Dadic has a 65 point lead over

Rodriguez. However, that relates to

four seconds. The difference between

Dadic and Rodriguez's PBs in the 800

is about three and a half, so if I

am Rodriguez, I think, I can still

get a silver medal, so I will run

hard, and that changes the dynamic

of the race. It will not be a cruise

around, Rodriguez will probably be

pushing for a silver, and that will

push it on. The scoreboard is up,

and you can see the point margins

between them.

Thank you, Tony, we

can always rely on you for the

numbers. I think you are going to

give Rachel Riley a run for her

money! Next up on the track, the

semifinals of the women's 60 metres

and Asha Philip is in the one, which

is loaded with talent.

Loaded with

talent, but the objective is clear.

She said she's come to these

championships for a medal, anything

less is a disappointment for her.

She will have the support of the

home crowd. Birmingham is like home

for her. Game open.

Looking at the

names in this, people would think,

Olympic champions, world champions,

but Asha is a fantastic start.

She's

built for this event. She has Dafne

Schippers on the outside, Murielle

Ahoure on the inside. But she has to

be careful and patient run her best

race in order to get into the next

round and that final.

Steve Cram has

this semi for you.

Yes, we've got a world leader, and

Olympic champion 100 metres, a world

champion, Dafne Schippers, 200

meteors, and the European indoor

champion in Asha Philip, not to

mention the fact that Ahoure is a

two-time world silver-medallist. Not

your average semifinal! This is

tough for Asha Philip. I saw her

earlier and she said, if I've got to

beat some people, I've got to run

fast, and she's right. There two

fastest loser spots available if you

don't make it into the best top two,

and he was Kelly-Ann Baptiste of

Trinidad and Tobago. The big names,

Murielle Ahoure in lane three, and

in superb form this year, unbeaten

on the circuit. Asha Philip, British

champion and European champion from

last year. Can she hang on to the

big names around her? Dafne

Schippers, how good is she going to

be here? Maybe Asha Philip can get

ahead of Dafne Schippers. Looked

pretty good to me in qualification.

Elaine Thompson was taking it easy

as well, the Olympic champion. Not

such a good 2017 for her,

disappointment in London, she wasn't

well. This young lady can start very

quickly, Xiaojing Liang, just 20.

And what are we going to see from

Javianne Oliver? The world lead, got

left in the box this. If she runs

like that, she will have no chance

of getting through. It's not just

those four, and there is a big

danger if she decides to wake up

after this morning. That is why she

is in lane eight. Although all of

the attention in the middle lanes

here, watch out for Oliver.

Let's put it this way, if you don't

finish in the top four, you don't

have any chance of getting through,

because there are only two fastest

loser spots. The first of three

semifinals. Asha Philip in lane

four.

Thompson Murielle Ahoure gets a

cracking start. Ahoure wins it from

Thompson. Then Oliver and then Dafne

Schippers. Really good performance

from Ahoure. I think Asha Philip

will have to accept that she got a

terrible draw in terms of

qualification. We will see what time

she ran. It's been taken down to

7.01, a world lead for the IED.

Superb start as ever from Ahoure.

She desperately wants to win gold

this time. Elaine Thompson and

Schippers were not too far behind.

But Ahoure was excellent.

She so

was. I was watching how she was

going to be in the blocks. What

they're going to be any anxiety?

This was such a loaded semifinal.

But they waited and there was a lot

of discipline. The gun goes an

Ahoure explodes out of the blocks,

drives really hard in those yellow

shorts. Asha Philip did well to hang

on in there originally. But when the

really strong players come in, Dafne

Schippers pulls Elaine Thompson

through. Elaine then steps up

another gear. What a semifinal. And

we still have a final to go at the

end of the evening. Asha Philip 's

will be disappointed that she was

drawn in this one, but that is the

nature of the beast. Her time is not

bad.

bad. That would not be far off

winning some of the other

semifinals.

Asha drives hard, works well. But

now she will already feel Dafne

Schippers alongside her. Ahoure has

already gone. Now she has two stay

relaxed and work hard. Tough

semifinal, but she did her best.

Knowing how competitive Asha is, she

will think, I run OK, but if I could

have run a 7.10, she would have run

her season's best. She could have

just gone a bit quicker and I have

been enough. But that was a stacked

semifinal.

First of all, we have to look at

this from a British perspective

because as European indoor champion,

Asha Philip would have expected to

get herself into that final.

When you look at the athletes who

have run seasons bests and they are

in the top three, she had to be

putting herself amongst her season's

best and putting herself up there to

get through.

Edge was only 100th of

a second off her season's best, so

you can't ask for much more. I think

she got a bit high out of the

blocks, like a bound. But that is

fractional. We knew Ahoure would be

out there. Look up Schippers.

out there. Look up Schippers. I

don't think Asha was going to be

able to do much more than this. She

was in the worst heat you could get.

Oliver, who is incredible, came

fourth in this race. I don't think

she could have done much more.

I

think she didn't run her best rate.

She has been consistent all season.

Where are talking about fractions of

a second here, but she will be

disappointed with that.

disappointed with that.

But if it's

not her best race by hundreds of a

second. Majka I am looking at the

execution here and it is almost

identical to this morning, which is

what you want. I don't think there

is much more she was going to be

able to do. If you could fault

anything with that race, it is not

the execution. Maybe there was a bit

more speed she could have got in the

lead up, maybe a bit more speed

endurance from her training. But I

don't think you can fault much

there. It was a bad draw for her.

She is obviously disappointed,

because she has just walked through

the interview area and hasn't

stopped. We will hopefully get a

word with her later. But if you were

listening this morning, she had her

interview where she said she expects

to be among the medals and she would

be very disappointed if she isn't,

so I am sure she will be. Let's get

back down for the next of these

semifinals. Andrew Cotter is all

over this one.

Look at some of the names here in

comparison.

What a run that was from Ahoure.

What can another one from Cote

d'Ivoire do?

d'Ivoire do? There is destiny

Carter. Didn't look too impressive

in the first round.

in the first round. Swoboda is an

amazing talent. I would be very

surprised if over the next two

semifinals, anyone beats those

fastest losers' times of Dafne

Schippers and JVM Oliver. I would

really expect us to go through as

the two fastest losers. That was an

incredibly quick first semifinal.

What can they do in the second? Ta

Lou has been unbeaten this year

since the meeting in Berlin.

Just two to go through

automatically.

automatically. Second semifinal in

the women's 60m.

the women's 60m. A good start by

Pinto. Ta Lou leaving the rest. It

is close for second place, but Ta

Lou takes it 7.09. She wins in the

same time as Dafne Schippers, in

third place in the first semifinal

by comparison. That was a hard run

by Ta Lou. She has been rounded down

to 7.08, the winning time. She will

have to step it up because Ahoure in

the first semifinal looked very

quick indeed. But it is another

victory.

Very strong run from Ta

Lou. And we expect that from her.

She's really good out of the blocks.

Worked hard, drove all the way. When

it comes to the semifinal stage,

there is no messing about. There is

so much talent alongside you that

you have to work. A strong time. I

will be interested to see what the

other times are.

It was tight

between Ahye and Pinto. I think Ahye

might have sneaked it on the line.

Burchell ran strongly, but she has

been given it. She takes second with

7.15, a slower time than Asha Philip

in the first heat. It is just the

luck of the draw for Asha Philip.

Well, that endorses everything we

were saying about that first

semifinal with those times. If you

look at the difference between first

and second place, it is going to be

tough for Asha to take.

It really

years. It was unbelievable how

stacked that field was. That is just

the luck of the draw. We can't go on

about it, it is what it is and she

will be very disappointed. We felt

this was an opportunity for her.

She

came into these championships with

the right attitude, saying exactly

what you would want someone who has

been around for a long time to say,

wanting to deliver on the big stage.

It is tough, but she has to bounce

back. She has the Commonwealth

Games, so she needs to move on.

She

will find it difficult as well

because if you get yourself into the

final, anything can happen. That is

what will hurt her looking at what

happened.

happened.

That time for Ta Lou puts

her right amongst the Schippers and

Elaine Thompson. She is going to be

in the mix in the final.

It will be

a great final. Ta Lou has been

running well for the last couple of

years. She has been very consistent.

She has a cracking start every time.

And she is a championship performer.

Every championship, she gives the

best performance of the year. She

built into it and get a great race.

Not as relaxed in the face as I

would like to see, but it is

obviously working well for her.

Let's just get back outside because

the athletes in that race have been

looking up at the big screen,

waiting for the results, which still

hadn't come in a few seconds ago.

Andrew Cotter, what is going on?

They are still having a look at it.

We have got confirmation of the

result, but it has gone down to

thousandths of a second. We said it

was close between Burchell and Ahye

and they have been given exactly the

same time. Steve Cram, there seemed

to be a lack of lanes as well?

We

haven't got nine lanes, so either

they don't take an extra fastest

loser, which is probably what they

will have to do. That reminds me of

this morning. Ahye was thinking,

brilliant, I'm in Kombucha to she

didn't see her name, in the results

for a long time. -- she would have

been thinking she was in. Here,

there should be one less fastest

loser. I think that is how they will

do it.

So we have one more won to

come. Sadly, we can't have nine

lanes in the final, so these two are

dead heating for the top two.

dead heating for the top two. Just

Steve, going back to Barcelona in

1995, looking at the final, there

was a British representative who

lost a place in the final on the

toss of a coin. He and his rival had

the exact same time but there was

only room for one of them in the

final, so it might come down to the

toss of a coin.

Except that they

would have had the same time as

fastest losers. Here, they could

just take the ninth fastest person

out. Let's find out in a bit,

anyway. Bianca Williams made it

through as fastest loser to the

semifinals.

Koh-i-Noor Horne, the South African

record-holder at this distance. She

looked a little ragged this morning.

The revelation was this young lady,

Zahi from France, who looked very

quick indeed.

quick indeed. Did we miss somebody?

Lane seven is not there. That should

have been Evans.

We have seen Asha Philip not going

to.

Mujinga Kambundji got into a rut,

into the same routine. Zahi in six.

Zahi didn't get quite a good start

as previously. Carina Horn came

through late for a third but it

would be good enough to qualify

unless she's very quick switch with

that winning time of 7.10, I don't

think she will be. The question for

me will tidy this up is Dafne

Schippers is the slowest of the two

fastest losers. Are they going to

take Dafne Schippers out of the

final? Because we've got

theoretically nine qualifiers. Colin

Jackson, and so.

No! That's what I'm

saying. It's an interesting dilemma.

Solution?

They don't have long to

work it out!

They've got blue paint.

They could quickly put another

laying down.

laying down.

Kambundji change in her

coach, going back to the old

environment, she's certainly

improved. I think she ran former

controlled and she did in the heat

this morning. -- far more control.

Good times, 7.10, very controlled. I

don't thing was panic that any

point. Didn't get the best of starts

but everything she did she did well.

The hall itself do the rest of the

field and she's switching off and

cruising through. I don't see she

pressurised herself at all. Bianca

is on the right of our screen. Not

smooth out of the blocks. I've seen

him more aggressive and focused than

that. She said it was a surprise for

her to be as you can understand

that's the reason why.

She's been

rewarded with a personal best so I

think should be pretty pleased with

that. She did well to make it

through as fastest loser. It bodes

well for outdoor.

Always. To get in

our female team in the four by one,

you have to prove you are in great

shape and running personal bests.

Lets the tidy this up, this heat.

Carolle Zahi was slower than Asha

Philip so that go through.

Technically we have nine qualifiers

for the final. Tuned!

Anyone got a

coin? I think if you are the slowest

of the fastest losers, even if your

Dafne Schippers, you're going to

feel a bit nervous right now.

Yeah,

and it doesn't matter who you are.

If you are slowest of the fastest

losers and there isn't a lane for

you you have to watch it.

I think

you're combing through the real

bottle now trying to find out

exactly how this works to find out

what your fate is. If you are the

slowest they will eliminate one,

which would seem to be the fair

thing to do if you're going to how

only have eight lanes. It is what it

is.

They lose Dafne Schippers from

the final and it tells you what

we've been saying all day that this

is really wide open and this is very

much a kind of even spread amongst

these women. The times were very

close.

Not only does it tell you

it's very open, it's also very fast.

It's fast athletes that...

Sorry to

interrupt you. Which is hearing a

bit of white smoke has come through!

We have confirmation that actually

Schippers was the fastest losers so

she is through. And Oliver is the

one in danger. She is the fastest

woman out of the United States team.

And came into the Championship as

the fastest in the world but didn't

perform well this morning, she was

horrible out of the blocks and then

she ran better in the semifinal but

still not enough for an automatic

qualifier, which she should have

been having run 7.02 earlier this

year. That would be on her if she is

out. Maybe they will paint another

laying!

Do you think, if you're

being really brutal, but the slowest

person goes?

It's not in the rules.

Exactly.

Exactly. It's given to finishing

one, two in your heat.

Would you do

that, though?

No, I... I think it's

fair the way we think that it's

going to work out. I think the

person who was one of the fastest

losers doesn't go. The slowest

fastest loser doesn't get in.

We

said earlier the US is so good at

producing hurdlers. There generally

always have someone close to

dominating or dominating so to have

a winning 60-metre final without

anyone from the US would be a shock.

You would expect with the strength

and depth about there would always

be at least one who would make the

final.

Not so wish for the indoor 60

metres. A lot of sprinters for the

100 metres that will contest the 100

metres.

Fastest in the world this

year, you'd think she'd be in the

final.

You think that she would be

in the final but what you're saying

is she's the only one that even...

Even in contention to be in the

final. The others didn't even make

it to the final. But think about who

we have at home who are 100 metre

sprinters, if this was the outdoor

World Championships and the women's

100 metres, and no US

representation, that would have been

shocking.

The queue has been taken

from her name so she has no longer

qualify for the final. Nine became

eight, as the Spice Girls once

signed and that is the line-up for

the final which will take place this

evening just after 9:30pm. It'll be

the last event on the track. Pick

your winner from that slots, then!

At this point, array array. The only

thing she would have to look for is

if she gets the start and runs like

she did in the prelims because she

did get to the semifinals. Not

looking quite as good as in the

preliminaries but she looked

amazing.

I'm glad we cleared that up

eventually. Let's get out onto the

track because Elliot Giles is out

which means its 800 metre time. This

is an event where you got to get

your tactics right. Content Aird you

certainly have to do. It adds to

that one it's four lapse for 800

metres because it becomes a bit more

furious and chaotic. Alvaro De

Arriba, bronze in Belgrade last

year. Drew Windle finished second at

the US indoors behind Donavan

Brazier. A strong finish there, came

storming through to take second.

Andreas Kramer likes to run

outdoors, so I'm sure he'll adopt

that if he can hear. European under

23 champion last year, still 20.

Elliot Giles, a hometown boy with a

hometown welcome.

CHEERING

Indoor champion. Recently added that

if his outdoor title. On the inside

in lane two, Mohammed Hamada

Mohamed. Elliot Giles carrying

British hopes here. Kyle Langford

deciding not to run the world

indoors and Giles with the

supporting goodwill of most of the

crowd but with that comes pressure.

The first of effectively two

semifinals in the men's 800. Limited

field with very top qualifying

standards set by the IAAF.

standards set by the IAAF. Perhaps a

better chance for Elliott Giles.

Andreas Kramer likes to different

run. Only two go through

automatically.

Two go through

automatically and then the two

fastest losers. You have to think

that is what Mohamed is doing. It is

shocking in a world indoor

Championships we only have ten men

in the 800 metres.

It's amazing.

Giles is being stretched at the

moment, the whole field is

stretching out with Mohamed. They

will start to come back towards

Giles and Drew Windle will certainly

finish strongly. Don't rule him out

and don't rule out Alvaro De Arriba

who is running an experienced race

here.

here. Two go through automatically.

Don't rule out Drew Windle. You

close very fast in Albuquerque to

grab the qualifying spot and he is

capable of doing it again today.

Elliot Giles has played well so far

and he's got something left.

Elliot

Giles eases his way past.

Elliot Giles is looking up at the

big screen and being carried on by

the support of the home crowd.

Giles just hangs on for second. De

Arriba wins. A quick time indoors

and Elliot Giles goes through as an

automatic qualifier and Drew Windle

will have to wait and see but it was

a quick race.

It was. You have to

think that Drew Windle probably will

go through anyway. I'd like to think

that Elliot Giles was easing down.

He was checking the screen down the

back straight and looked very

comfortable at that stage. To ease

down when you know people are

breathing down job back and the

final is something you should be in.

He's done well, managed to get the

qualifying spot. .

You can see how

happy Elliot Giles is. He knows he's

an automatic qualifier but we can

see his time and he knows it's good.

1:45.46. That puts him third on the

UK all-time list behind Sebastian

Coe. Very quick indeed from Elliot

Giles. That's the way to move

through to the final tomorrow night.

This is effectively a straight

semifinal. Not many athletes running

here in the men's 800 metres. Tough

qualifying standard. The great race

but Elliot Giles.

And he'll be

pleased with that. A big boost. He

probably want to say thank you to

the pacemaker.

Mohamed was

effectively the pacemaker. Look at

De Arriba in the Spanish vest. He

eventually won and that's the beauty

of the 800 metres. They were all

coming back, all starting to fade

back towards him and it looks like

he's picking up the pace. He's not

the rest are fading. Giles able to

look at the screen and see where he

was.

At this stage, Elliot Giles is

doing everything right. He's looking

at the screen, looking he was coming

behind him so he knows where the

danger is coming from. He knew that

De Arriba was coming through. You

can see his shoulder starting to go

up but he is maintaining his form,

keeping running hard through to the

line. The only fault he made was

moving slightly wide and believing

that space for Drew Windle to make a

last ditch for the line.

800 metres

and Elliot Giles was able to hold

on. Drew Windle may well go through

as one of the two fastest losers

over these two effective semifinals

but that was a very good run from De

Arriba, the Spaniard. So too from

Elliot Giles. That time, third on

the UK all-time list.

the UK all-time list. 1:45.46 to

automatically qualify for the final.

Giles, personal-best there, through

to the final. Happy with your

performance?

Yeah, I'd just seen the

playback. I shouldn't have eased up

because they could have got me. I

think next time, just run over the

line because I could have easily not

been in the final then.

Two seconds

off your personal-best.

I think my

PB doesn't really affect me but

again it's a PB soap not bad.

What

if I told you that is the third

fastest time for British runner in

history indoors?

Well, we better get

a bit quicker, haven't we? To more

places to take.

You've heard the

crowd tonight, which was that

pushing you?

Just hearing the

accident was great. I'm based down

south so it's great to be around

home.

What do you make of your

chances for the final?

We get a game

plan. The first job was the heats

and then I got second.

Best of luck,

rest up.

Easing down, he said.

1:45.46. Great run from the Spaniard

to take automatic qualifying along

with Elliot Giles. Drew Windle may

well be good enough to see him

through. All of his answers, Elliot

Giles, would seem to indicate he's a

man who is very confident of his

form. He expects a lot more from

himself. When he said, I should have

them through the line, not eased up,

tells you what kind of shape using.

Tells you his his mentality and

about his trajectory. He's really

come into his own the last couple of

years. We've been on the team with

him. He's a great person to be

around and really applying himself

to his training and that the

benefit.

It's really interesting. He

was in my apartment block in the

Olympics in 2016 and you could see

the determination of everything he

was doing. He knows and he knew even

then that he had something special

in him. This could be that

opportunity. The world stage, to go

out and show that elevates himself

going into the outdoors which is the

most important thing. To go out and

really push it. I spent time with

him, in certain athletes you see

this in a focus. It's not be, it's

just an inner knowing that they have

the ability to do it and I think

we've been talking about for a long

time, British athletes not just

being happy with making up the

numbers, going out and waving to the

crowd and going home. With Elliot

numbers, going out and waving to the

crowd and going home. With Elliot,

if you go out there and do the third

fastest time of all time, and you

say, I'll have to read it quickly.

That's a good approach.

You like

that?

I like it but it works. That's

why I like it. It works and I wonder

if he's one of those athletes, given

what Greg has just enlightened us

about, if he was one of those

athletes to sit back and watch some

of the other British athletes and

say, that doesn't work. It doesn't

work to just be out there and say,

I'm going to have fun with this and

enjoy being here. The content to

come and be on the team. I need to

expect more from myself and knowing

that if you prepare your -- compay

yourself to the great athletes

around the world, athletes that are

making the finals, those athletes

that are consistent, those last

night who in the high jump, the fact

that they were opposing, there were

lines on the track because now it's

a different configuration, they

still perform. That's what you want

to aspire to. It seems like he is

one of those.

He's working out about training, new

training environments, going to

different countries, acclimatising,

making sure he's ready and I think

he's applying himself and that's

what you want to see from young

athletes coming through.

Steve Cram

will be impressed by that

performance and in the next semi-,

Steve Cram, you've got a man in Adam

Kszczot that's going to be one of

those pushing for the medals,

something Elliot Giles is going to

have his eye on.

Absolutely, I think

Elliott hasn't got a better chance,

I will reiterate having seen him in

training camps over the last couple

of years, he's very focused but he's

a massive talent, one of the most

exciting athletes we've got and I

don't think you've even tapped into

some of that talent yet. You just

saw the confidence he has. This man

has plenty as well, Brazier of

United States, a front running man.

He'll be pleased in some respects

his team-mate Emmanuel Korir didn't

make it because Crusat is good,

Giles is good, he can cope with the

pace and it will depend on the

final. We'll find out who will join

him of course here. What sort of

race is run. If Brazier frontrunners

this, he's only 20, and he's not

frightened, this man here, you might

remember in Portland how he shocked

us all, nobody would have picked him

out beforehand. He hasn't been

running anything like that this

year. We'll see how he goes. This

should be about Kszczot and Brazier,

Smaili on the outside as well,

there's a lot of new young talent.

Such a shame Korir isn't here but it

opens the door for others. Suso will

do nothing but watch and wait.

Brazier likes to get out there in

front but he might think that's what

they're expecting me to do and he

just manages not to step on the

line. Smaili takes advantage.

Brazier is happy to sit towards the

back, with Kszczot.

Brazier has

taken a risk with the decisions

judges have been taking so far

today, Adam Kszczot is where we

expect to see him, in his element

racing indoors. He makes the move is

only when he needs to unzip uses as

little energy as possible until he

needs to and he is unbeaten so far

this year.

I really like this

Brazier kid. We were talking about

Elliott and Kyle Langford as young

talents, but this kid is only 20 and

he's a lovely looking manner. He's

got a great action. He's got pace.

He's not frightened either. It is

3.26 not fast at all, we are heading

for something slower than the first

one so you don't want to be a

fastest loser here. Kszczot will

have to wake up bit and Brazier will

have to be aware of the kickers.

You

can see Adam Kszczot focusing on

where he needs to be an starting to

gather himself ready to react.

Brazier is poised in the perfect

position. Now here comes Kszczot.

It's the one thing Brazier doesn't

have an awful lot of experience as,

this fast change of pace here and

he's having to hold off the

Spaniard, who has moved into second

place and Brazier is struggling for

pace at the moment. Smaili coming