World Indoor Championships - Day 3, Part 1 Athletics

Colin Jackson has won his first gold

medal. He is the champion of the

world.

Looking on not just an

aberration but in all. --

admiration.

He is the world champion.

One, two, three.

Four, five, six.

And it's over. It is the fast show

today in Birmingham. Christian

Coleman the new world record holder

competing in the men's 60 metres.

And the big British headline last

night Katarina Johnson-Thompson, she

took gold in the pentathlon. But

fantastic sport everywhere we

looked. Actually thrilling long jump

taken by Echevarria of Cuba. While

Murielle Ahoure took the 60 metres

and the first ever gold for the

Ivory Coast in a major

championships. A wonderful evening.

But we are back for more. Good

morning to you on this lovely

Saturday. I do not know what it's

like where you are but we made it

into date without too much trouble.

Hopefully we will have a sell-out

crowd as we expect today further

second full day, the third day of

the world indoor athletics

Championships. I'm joined by Denise

Lewis and Michael Johnson who have

coordinated beautifully on the

wardrobe front! Never failed to

impress. A wonderful evening last

night. And we often, actually I

think we are honest in athletics

when a competition does not meet the

standards we expect. And the tenth

of, a great British moment for

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. -- the

pentathlon. And specifically for her

because of what she has been through

in major championships to date.

Great to see her finally just

getting it all together. For me not

so much about the medals but the

conduct and the manner in which she

performed consistently well. There

was no real highlight as such. Maybe

the shot put for me but generally no

highlight but just steady

performances and taking the

opportunity to win when actually she

should. I thought it was a great

performance and I hope that she just

kicks on from here mentally that she

can put it together.

You can only be

two is in front of you, the field

that there, and she took that

opportunity and that is what I

imagine she will take away from

that.

I do not think matters about

the field, I do not think that this

was less of a field. Without Usain

Bolt. This was about her coming into

the competition is favoured. And

being able to live up to the

expectations she had for herself and

the fans have for her and being able

to put in a solid performance

without any disruption or let downs

without any mistakes. And also I do

not think it was about that score

either even though she was just shy

of the world record. It was not

about the record or about the points

but just proving to herself she

could get through the competition.

Unlike Laura Muir say who needed to

get on the podium and may be to

herself she could compete with the

rest, this was about proving to

herself that she could get through a

competition mistakes free.

Without

letting myself down in any event. In

her interview afterwards she said

said something interesting, you know

that she is a very reflective

athlete, she has been through a lot

in terms of where do I go, just

focus on the jumps, keep focusing.

Of course those go through your head

but she said she was pleased to be

able to rectify the home crowd

situation. Because in her eyes she

failed in London in front of the

home crowd. And for her it was

important to write those wrongs.

There is an assumption I think when

you have a home games no matter

where you rise to the occasion and

it does not always happen for

athletes. It is an advantage but not

always and sometimes you can feel

overwhelmed and maybe Katarina has

sometimes underperformed or made

mistakes. But this was the chance to

deliver and there was a maturity

about her performance that I liked.

We saw some of that in the World

Championships even though she

finished fifth. She just came in

thinking stay in the moment. That

was key for her, to stay in the

moment. Because personally I think

that she thinks too much about the

outcome instead of staying with the

events.

Maybe she needs all of her

events on one day!

I think it is

well known amongst athletes and

coaches around the world that when

you have that great opportunity to

participate in a home Championships

that it adds a tremendous amount of

pressure and stress. And it takes

you out of your typical competition

preparation mode where you go to a

foreign country, going to the

situation will you do not know, it

keeps you on your guard and keeps

all your defences up. You know you

have to plan specifically for that

but at home you tend to let the

guard down and most athletes know

that and much coaches know it. Here

in Great Britain since London, with

Mo Farah, all those successes, there

was so much focus on that. Jessica

Ennis. They all said yes I was

buoyed up by the crowd and it can be

that way for certain athletes. I had

that in Atlanta. But for most

athletes it is not the case. It is a

pressure packed situation and the

expectation is high. Then you start

to question whether you can rise to

the occasion and if you fail the

failure is bigger.

Well Chris

O'Hare, we will hear from him later

on about the pressure he felt in

London and it was discombobulatedly

to walk out of the hotel and for

people to know who he was and asked

for his autograph. All those things

that suddenly you have to deal with

that you do not in Istanbul or Doha.

And Katarina in one month will not

be in front of a home crowd so maybe

this was a great win for her but at

home also and now maybe she can

relax a little bit. Take some

confidence and take a little bit of

pressure off in a few different

ways.

Sometimes an athlete needs to

be able to draw on the experiences

and she has had a few fantastic

highlights here. That 198 in the

World Championships last year that

she jumped, fantastic. But to be

able to draw on those experiences of

composure and conduct and mental

strength, you need that and I'm glad

she managed to deliver it here.

I

think that is a plus. Can we talk a

bit about Echevarria put up --

Echevarria. That was a wonderful

competition.

Fantastic competition

and we've seen this in the long

jump, it has become one of the

premier events in athletics. This

19-year-old, that huge jump and he

knows it. He is a very confident

competitor, you onto the scene. Not

at all intimidated by the veterans.

He came out ready to compete. Great

coming off the board, fantastic

technique, and education for us last

night. Not many people can execute

that and he did it perfectly. It was

a great competition, I think the

long jump does not get the attention

it deserves. And the competition is

what makes the event so great to

watch. And that is what is great

about the sport. And I'm really

tired of people talking about

personalities. We had Usain Bolt, we

will not get his like again but that

is not what the sport was about.

Fantastic we had him for ten years

but you will not get another. But

you have amazing competition between

athletes. And I think this sport

does not highlight that enough.

It

is not about a group of individuals

trying to jump against themselves.

They were competing against each

other. Two centimetre increments.

And the crowd really enjoying it.

Responding to one another, yes.

I

will jump further than you. It is

having that strength and depth in an

event particularly like the long

jump. It is actually getting better

and better. I like the spread of the

countries vying for the medals. I

would like to see that a bit more.

We will see the triple jump later

on, not such strength and depth as

we had in the past.

Well certain

events are getting very competitive.

And we will highlight those

competitions and look at the medal

table. Great Britain are up there in

joint second with Cuba and those two

medals of course Cuba getting their

medal as well as Echevarria from the

pentathlon. And the Ivory Coast are

topping the table, the first time

they've taken gold at the world

indoors thanks to Murielle Ahoure in

the 60 metres and the silver of

course. So night for them. Let's

take a look at where the medals

might come today, which events up

for grabs. Well past morning in the

triple jump final but dominated this

morning by the heats of the men's

60s. The fast guys on show at 1015

and many men want to become fastest

in the world. Then at five past 11

the heptathlon continues with the

pole vault, which I love. Almost

touching the roof. Ten past 11 the

1500 metres heats. Chris O'Hare and

Jake Wightman looking to progress

from those.

Then Oskan-Clarke hoping to progress

in the 800 metres. Let's talk a bit

about the fast guys. You have an

interest in Su Bingtian.

We take

data on all kinds of athletes in all

sports and he is just rating off the

charts in his ability to produce in

the horizontal direction which is

what you want coming off the blocks.

He is able to keep very close to the

ground and just put forced back the

way no one else can. He has run

under ten seconds for the 100

metres, the Chinese record-holder.

But his issue, he's not able to

produce the same forced into the

ground which then translates into

speed. But that suits him well for

the 60 metres. So I expect he could

really figure in the medal positions

and challenge for top but of course

Christian Coleman and Ronnie Baker

from the US have been amazing this

year. Christian Coleman breaking the

indoor 60 world record and silver

last year.

Could be a force for the

future. Well let's have a look at Su

Bingtian. Illustrating what you just

said that great run in Glasgow.

He

is lower than anyone else if you

look at his chest and torso and how

much lower he is to the ground. Not

just because of height but because

he is able to keep that angle and

they had no much longer than most

other athletes. That is because of

his core strength and just that

freakish ability to do some that

many other athletes cannot do. That

is just a natural ability. But he is

strong and powerful. And very

confident in the start. He knows he

has a great start and if he gets out

quickly and gets great reaction that

he will have a naturally great

drive. The only issue for him is how

long he can hold the lead on folks

like Christian Coleman.

We have

spoken about mental ability and he

is not that person that will be

phased by someone like Chris

Coleman.

More about him later but the

heptathlete are out. Steve Cram is

the first of the 60-metre hurdles.

Let's look at how they stand coming

into this, Kevin Mayer and Damian

Warner will go in the next heat, but

Maicel Uibo and Kai Kazmirek against

each other here, Kazmirek is the

better hurdler, he has a chance of

moving up into third position even

after this first event. Linden

Victor not taking part, he was in

11th position overnight. He decided

not to bother today. So Uibo, Gado

of France, Kazmirek in-form, and

Ziemek of the USA, in sixth position

overnight. The 60 hurdles is graded

on their season's and personal

bests. Uibo gets away well, Carnegie

close to Kazmirek? Kazmirek showing

his class, 7.95, a personal best,

get in! Well done! He knows that he

has got the chance to win a medal at

these World Indoor Championships,

and he needed a good start today to

keep the pressure on Uibo, don't

think he has got a chance of keeping

the bronze. So Kazmirek with a

personal best, 7.95. The

multi-eventers doing well, Colin,

the same yesterday. Not so much in

the sprints, although

the sprints, although Ahoure was

brilliant last night.

Brilliant

start by the German athletes, drove

hard, made very few mistakes, and

when you are a little bit fatigued,

a little bit tired, they can creep

in, especially when it is not really

your event. So today came a massive

chunk of macro his season's best, is

previous season's best was 8.09, so

a brand-new personal best, you can

understand why his reaction was so

positive. Good job, happy for him.

Well, a personal best, 7.95, but

Uibo has also been given a personal

best, 8.19, so advantage to

Kazmirek, not much between them

before the race, just 14 points, but

he goes into third place overall.

STUDIO: Let's have a little luck at

the standings for the men's

heptathlon, Kevin Mayer, who is in

the same training group as KJT in

France, the new king of the

decathlon after last season in

London with Ashton Eaton retiring,

coming here, obviously intent on

taking another global Crown. Before

that, he was 45 points in the lead

from his nearest rival, a healthy

rivalry with Damian Warner of

Canada.

Yes, but a fantastic

heptathlon in prospect over this

next day or so. I just think Kevin

is one of those athletes that,

again, has not really been getting

the attention that he thoroughly

deserves. The set the European

record a couple of years ago,

stunning in Belgrade at the European

indoor championships last year,

setting five personal bests, and

again yesterday, really dominant

from the get go, and other PB in the

60m. He still has his best events to

come, which is pole-vault, just a

stunning athlete, super focused, and

he is looking good.

And he is at

there at the moment, ready for his

second day. He is looking in great

shape, a real kind of confidence

competitor, isn't he? Not afraid to

show that he is enjoying himself,

having a good time. Yesterday we saw

a lot of glare from him.

Yeah, he...

This is the personal best run of the

60m I was talking about, really

relaxed, doesn't seem to be best out

of the blocks, but once he gets into

his stride, just really lovely to

watch. Remember, these athletes are

always having to compromise how much

they attributed to each event, but

that 60m was really good. This is

probably his weakest event, the long

jump, he always struggles there for

some reason, but got it right

yesterday, and watch the reaction

when he gets the result.

His

sprinting looks good, good

technique, but is long jump, maybe

he could get a little bit more.

Where he is lacking is that he

doesn't have a lot of speed, he is

technically very good and efficient,

and that is why runs a good 60, but

there is no speed on the runway.

For

his height, he is not the biggest

decathlete at there of recent times,

but that shot put was just

phenomenal for what he can produce,

15.67.

And of course in the high

jump yesterday as well, like you

say, reminds me a bit of Jess, not

the tallest, but gets over some

pretty good heights and clearances.

It is just, again, the consistency

of performance, being able to trust

in your technique, just delivering

when it counts. Solid high jump, he

will be disappointed, because he is

capable of jumping close to 2.1

zero.

But in good form today, and

Warner is the man pushing him, the

Canadian who may well have fancied

himself as being the air apparent to

Ashton Eaton.

I think he did, and I

don't think he expected that Kevin

Mayer would come along the way he

did, and it should create a very

good opportunity between those two

over the next three years, but at

this point it seems that Warner is

in a class by himself. Dunnock Kevin

Mayer? Sorry, yes.

Has made some

changes to his training structure,

moved back to the gentleman I knew

as the technical and head coach of

the Canadian team and that has given

in...

I can hear everybody at home

saying, why aren't there any British

men in this? I am going to come back

to that which you two, have a think

about that, as to why that is. We

can answer the question from

yesterday, decathlete or have moved

into individual events, Michael came

up with a brilliant one. Andrew

Cotter might be scratching his head

about that.

Constantly scratching my head! The

second heat in the 60 hurdles, Kevin

Mayer goes here, Damian Warner as

well, so we have the first and

second at the moment in the overall

standings, just waiting for the big

introductions of the athletes to the

arena. An arena which is slowly and

steadily filling up, difficult to

get here as much as anything. Jan

Dolezal, seventh overall, the Czech

athlete. These are the quicker

hurdlers. Damian Warner, in-form

events yesterday, three personal

bests, and you can ask for no more

than that. -- in four events.

than that. -- in four events.

The

event leader, from France, Kevin

Mayer!

01 second, Mayer in front. --

Warner second. Dominik Distelberger,

the Austrian, down the rankings in

ninth place, a very good hurdler.

Twice silver-medallist at these

championships, but fifth at the

moment.

And finally, for the

Netherlands, Eelco Sintnicolaas!

A

regular in multi eventing for many

years now, able to somehow get close

to as personal best in the second

day, he could make a big move up

from tenth place close to the top

five, but he has been a little bit

away from his very finest form.

Just, again, to look at the overall

standings and where Mayer is,

certainly the favourite for gold,

but lots of variables in the pole

vault. The chances of getting close

to Ashton Eaton's world record

slipped with a moderate high jump

that Denise was talking about, he

has done 2.10. Damian Warner had an

outstanding first day, Mayer is 35

points behind the schedule of his

European record, 45 points

European record, 45 points ahead of

Warner, but Mayer is very strong on

the second day. So Mayer goes in

lane four here, a season's best of

7.79, also a personal best. Damian

Warner is the fastest hurdler here,

7.63 is his personal best,

outstanding time. Mayer will just

try to keep pace with Warner. Still

fast enough, 7.67, not the cleanest

race from Warner, but he knows how

good that is, because he has the

pace between the barriers. Mayer run

pretty well, but he was left by

Damian Warner.

Good strong run from

the Canadian, got out the blocks

really well, clad at the first and

second hurdles, but did pull it

back. If he didn't make those

crucial mistakes, I think he would

have been very close to his personal

best.

Not far off, we are looking at

Mayer, a little bit frustrated with

his run, but Warner not far off

being a quality hurdler on his own,

he could compete in this event.

A

time of 7.67, you will see where

that would feature among the best

hurdlers in the world, very

competent as a hurdler, technically,

and when you grace that with his

speed, you get a decent performance

indoors. S look at this head on,

Andrew, look at one, seven strides,

smashing into the first hurdle,

which is crucial, the acceleration

part of the race, and you don't want

to make any mistakes, but he is good

enough to still pull himself

through.

He is a 10.15 man over

100m, fastest ever decathlete, so he

has got that pace, and that was a

little bit untidy.

You don't want to

make those mistakes, they can be

crucial, especially when we are

talking about vital points. Each

inch that he pulls away from Mayer

makes it more difficult for the

young Frenchman to hang onto his

title.

The other story in that race

was Oleksiy Kasyanov, fifth place

coming into this, almost had a

refusal at a couple of barriers,

17.75 is just a shade outside his

personal best(!) He will score very

little indeed, Kasyanov will not

feature in the overall standings.

But a great run from Damian Warner

again, 7.83 for Kevin Mayer, just

outside his personal best, not a bad

run.

So we are getting ready now for the

60m heats, and going in the first of

those is the current world record

holder, recent new world record for

Christian Coleman, the man who was

part of one of the big dramas in

London, one of the huge stories, the

dethroning of Usain Bolt by Justin

Gatlin, and this was the man wedged

in the middle of the controversial

sandwich, almost like his story was

lost a little bit in that whole

thing, that pantomime.

It was - and

it shouldn't have been, because he

is just a fantastic athlete, and he

could have a very impressive future

ahead of him. Silver-medallist last

year, and you watching get some

amazing stats, this is probably what

we will see today in the 60, but not

able to hold it, this is what he

will have been working on in the off

season, the whole field coming back

on him between 70 and 100m. But he

still held on to the 100m silver

medal last year in London. A great

athlete, short in stature, only five

so you don't see a lot of 100m

runners that

runners that are 5'8", that is

tough, he loses the force and the

power at the end of the race because

he's just not that big. But he has

got a great start, as we saw there,

and I think most people are coming

into this indoor season, the 60m

world record will be in his sights,

if we can see the 60 from the 100 in

London at the World Championships.

Could he go lower here?

The code,

his world record is at altitude, but

he ran under the world record early

in the season but it didn't count,

because it was not at a major meet.

That did not count, but that was at

sea level. I think he can go faster,

that wasn't his best race.

But his

height may preclude him lowering

Usain Bolt's record, well, not just

the height, the fact it is such an

amazing record.

Look, that world

record of Usain Bolt, you never say

that records will not be broken in

your lifetime, but that may not be

broken in our lifetime! Look, 9.58,

that is 0.2 almost better than

anybody else has run in history, you

don't just come out because you are

now the next person out to run a

world record, it doesn't work like

that. So we should not be talking

about world records any time soon

with Christian Coleman.

But he is

dominant in this field, and his

journey begins right now with Steve

Cram for the first of the men's 60m

heats.

Kemar Hyman in

Kemar Hyman in lane two, then

Stromsik, then Kim Collins, still

going well at the age of 41, the

only athlete who was here at the

last Birmingham World Indoor

Championships.

Championships. El Aida, the youngest

competitor. Christian Coleman, he

was seen running at his primary

schools, the Our Lady Of Lizzie

school, I do not think he will show

much Mersey to the other athletes

here! Harris from Nauru on the

outside. So the first chance for

this Birmingham crowd to get to see

Christian Coleman, so much hype

around his achievements so far this

winter and indeed last year.

Interesting pimping of small

stature, at one stage he wanted a

football career but did not get any

offers from the major schools just

because he is too small, that is

what he was told. And that is to the

benefit of athletics.

benefit of athletics. We think this

track is pretty quick in Birmingham.

The three fastest losers also going

into the semifinals tonight.

into the semifinals tonight. That

was Kemar Hyman. He has made some

false starts in the past. So what we

were discussing before we came on

air about the 60 metres, exactly

this. So many disqualifications. A

lot of inexperienced people. We have

116-year-old.

But Kemar Hyman is

experienced enough. I wondered how

long, they have been buried in the

set position to the gun. So they get

a little bit twitchy especially

early on in the morning but they are

experienced and they should know you

need to hold that position. When

they say set you have got to stay

there. And please do not mention how

fast the track can be!

The other

reaction time is irrelevant because

once someone jumps out of the

blocks, once you have gone, you have

gone.

gone. Christian Coleman then. Just

trying to stay nice and calm and

relaxed.

A good crowd in this morning.

He stumbled a little bit, Christian

Coleman got out well and then just a

little bit, I bet that his heart was

in his mouth. He explodes out of the

blocks but then just stumbles,

recovered himself. I wonder if he

could have fallen and still got up

to qualify! Just a little scared for

him.

It might have been the blocks

that slipped or just him and

stumbled. It is just him. Missed his

step. But he is so good. He can

easily recover even when he stumbled

he was still moving away from the

field, that is how talented he is.

Really cruising. He loses his

footing just there but even though

he is still coming out of the

driving says he is moving away, that

is how talented he is. Literally

just walking down there, looks so

relaxed. Very easy. Imagine that for

16-year-old this item, must be so

frustrated. To see that in front of

you, a man just cruising away.

Well

you cannot hang a gold medal round

anyone's neck and there is enough

good competition that if he gets

anything slightly wrong, you are

talking hundreds of the second

between him and maybe

between him and maybe Ronnie Baker,

Su Bingtian, that will keep him on

his toes.

So of course the top three

go through. A comfortable race for

you?

Pretty decent. I just want to

make the next round. The start was

pretty decent. Trip to little bit,

made it through.

It was a quick

start and then that stumble but

before that a false start. Was it

difficult to compose yourself.

I

have been in races where we have a

false start and you just need to

stay composed and refocus.

I'm

excited for later. You have come

into this having just claimed the

world record this year. There is a

target really on your back.

I think

so. But I do not focus on that. I

just do what I've got to do and try

to win.

Thank you for speaking to

us.

He will cheer up! A new national

record for Jonah Harris, the

youngster running seven 03.

What about that stumble? Well the

time to do that is in the

preliminary and he does have the

ability to recover from that. Coming

out of the blocks with that quick

speed and power, you have to

overcome gravity, at diagonal, you

need to over exaggerate the motion

of the arms. This is just a

coordination thing. It is early in

the morning and if you're not right

on it that can happen and often at a

crucial moment. But not a big deal

for him in this rhyme. But there are

some guys if that sort of thing

happened to them in the final, they

would be right there. I'm sure that

will wake him up and he looked

fantastic. Just so much better than

everyone else.

Every time I hear him

being interviewed he's just so

compose.

Well it is the second heat,

let's get out there.

Su Bingtian you

would feel on a collision course

with Christian Coleman. Rodriguez as

well. And running for Germany for a

couple of years now Peter Emelieze.

Roche you may remember in the

Commonwealth Games, he saw Jamaica

through and Usain Bolt and company

took that goal. So unbeaten this

year, Su Bingtian.

year, Su Bingtian. And Christian

Coleman.

Coleman. Su Bingtian near enough the

ideal indoor sprint at 60 metres. He

gets out so quickly. Still good over

100 but the 60 is his forte. Three

to go through automatically.

A clean

start and look at Su Bingtian go.

Jogging over the line. Another thing

about him, he is so consistent, he

does not make many mistakes. He will

hammer out those times in the 60

metres. Fairly

metres. Fairly comfortable there,

658. An easy enough qualification

for Su Bingtian.

This is what we

normally see from him in the

qualifications, he does not put his

foot down hard until it really

matters. Qualified well, defeating

the field comfortably. But there is

a lot left in the tank for this man.

Those are the three to go through. A

technique to study, Su Bingtian.

He

does everything perfectly out of the

blocks, not wasting any energy. He

gets out of the blocks well, goes

through the phases, then into that

upright running and cruising all the

way through. He will step up another

gear as we go through the day.

Now

the semifinals tonight just after

seven o'clock and Su Bingtian

rounded up to 6.5 nine.

rounded up to 6.5 nine. Those are

the three to go through. Ryan Fraser

and Su Bingtian. Roche as well. So

the men's heptathlon standings after

the hurdles. David Warner just

closing in on Kevin Maher. To within

four points. Kevin Maher with a

strong event to come. Especially in

the pole-vault. He is still

favourite for the gold ahead of

Damian Warner and Kazmirek. Anything

wrong with that execution from Su

Bingtian?

Nothing wrong with that at

all. His unique ability is that he

has incredible power and he has the

ability to create those angles. He

is quite stocky and when you have

that kind of wit and girth a lot of

times you get a lot of side to side

lateral motion. You do not see that

with him, he's very efficient and

symmetrical. So he just came out of

that start position at a drive and

that is his advantage. We talked

about that yesterday. But you know,

just a fantastic athlete with that

power and combination of efficiency.

He is very efficient, not a lot of

wasted motion. Comes out right in

front and that gives him much more

distance out of each of those steps

coming out of the blocks. Most

athletes cannot do that. Just

perfect execution. He is very

consistent. Both feet coming pretty

much underneath his hips. He does

not get a lot of bad side to side as

you see with Christian Coleman. So

he is quick and also more powerful.

Just to ASCII briefly, he is working

with your performance unit in China,

will there be a wave of Chinese

sprinters coming because they have

not been dominant in the spring.

They have not been dominant but they

are using the same kind of model now

is the US, they have invested in the

sport, they have some fantastic long

jumpers as we saw last year in

London. They brought in a lot of

coaches from around the world and I

think we will continue to see them

climb up the medals table. And

across various different events.

Steve Cram, the third heat.

Hassan Taftian of Iran. Competing

well on the circuit this year.

well on the circuit this year. Often

Hamilton of Sweden, the Swedish

indoor champion.

indoor champion. And some quick

times from the athlete from Zambia.

From the Czech Republic, Jan Volko.

So interest here with the Iranian

record-holder in lane three. We will

see how quickly he can go here,

Hassan Taftian.

A little twitch and stumble from

Hamilton and he has gone.

Hamilton and he has gone. Jan Volko

takes it but it was a messy race.

Where was Hassan Taftian? Callender

did not set off. Mechanism. I do not

know if that affected Hassan

Taftian. It may have affected

Hamilton because he almost fell over

coming out of the blocks.

A little

bit of twitching going on. I just

think Hamilton again struggled out

of the blocks. He pushed hard,

really went for it and when you lose

your footing in the middle of the

field you are out of it. It is 60

metres and everything needs to be

virtually perfect. That is where he

fell down. But the winner, Jan

Volko, a great run. Only 21,

remember. You see that twitch left

of the screen, that could have

caused some problems for some people

but the winner comes out from the

far right of the screen. That makes

it illegal bit difficult.

-- a

little bit difficult. Coming up in

the next heat, our first look at a

British athlete, Andrew Robinson. We

saw him last year in Belgrade and he

was disqualified in the finals of

the European indoor Championships.

But very much up for these

championships.

It has always been a

speciality for me, the 60 metres. I

also like the 100 and 200. But with

the Commonwealth Games coming up,

plans changed and for me it was a

chance to step up in the 60 metres.

I always wanted to compete in a home

nation World Championship. I did the

Commonwealth Games in 2014. I got

quite a good ovation and that was

inspirational. Watching the World

Championships last year was

motivational, I was not there but as

an athlete you feel you should be

there. You know you can perform at

that level. So world indoors in

Birmingham, home nations, I thought

I would work towards that. I was

over the moon to be selected. And

that motivated me to go even better.

What is realistic for you what would

you be satisfied with?

The final and

then push on from there. In the

championship anything can happen. If

IPV and do not make the final it is

what it is. If I make the final and

perform, see what happens from

there. It can change quickly. As

long as I come back thinking I've

done the best I can, that is all

that matters.

We have talked a lot about Attlee to

do not always translate to indoors,

but because of his build, he is

suited to indoors, and people may

not know that. He juggles his

athletics with teaching autistic

children, so not a full-time

athlete, is the final a big ask?

Look, you have got to go for it, I

like his attitude, I am sure in that

interview, you know, it is about,

ideally I get to the final, but

right now he is focused on finishing

as high as he possibly can in this

round to advance to the next.

Yes,

navigate this eat first, Andrew

Cotter?

Yes, he is of the previous first.

Yes, as an Tian

Yes, as an Tian -- Hassan Taftian is

through, those are your qualifiers.

So there is genuine is

So there is genuine is -- Xie, part

of a very impressive squad.

Francesco Molinari, familiar name!

From San Marino. Former Jamaican,

Winston Barnes, as one, representing

Turkey for 18 months or so now.

Lester Ryan from Montserrat fills

lane five, and there will be a

decent bit of noise for Andrew

Robertson. Such disappointment, as

we talked about, in Belgrade at the

European indoors, a great starter,

can you possibly make the final?

Michael Pohl, second at the German

championships, we just missed out

Christophe Boulos of Lebanon in lane

one. I think he is running in

tracksuit trousers! No, leggings,

fine, all good! Robertson goes in

six. Paul Ma'unikeni in seven,

Michael Pohl of Germany in lane

eight, three go through

automatically.

Oh, Andrew Robertson, well, just

looking at Francesco Molinari as

well. But those two

well. But those two left out.

Remember, Andrew, they can

disqualify more than one person. We

will look closely.

Looking at the

reaction times, Andrew Robertson is

given 0.2

given 0.2, there are the reaction

times.

He was quite considerably

ahead, unfortunately.

This might be

the end for Andrew Robertson.

the end for Andrew Robertson. Well,

it was a false art in the final of

the European indoors, and it might

be at the very first stage the end

of his World Indoors.

They all just

gathering by the machine, just to

the right of the athletes, they are

looking very closely at the

printout. They will make a decision

soon enough, but nobody is heading

over yet. We will find out shortly.

Well, a yellow card.

Thank goodness

for that! A lot of people will be

breathing.

Well... We need to have

another look at that replay, because

on the reaction times, you would say

Andrew Robertson would have been

disqualified. Just a warning.

I was

wondering whether he was not steady,

if you look right in the middle.

Barnes in lane four.

Look how he

moves, his shoulders, he moves off

and then sits back. Of course, that

seems to have said off all the other

runners, so I think the starters

have used their discretion well this

time.

Andrew Robertson gets to go

again, but is that a huge slice of

fortune? Barnes certainly twitched,

but you have seen athletes

disqualified, irrespective of

whether somebody gives a twitch, but

Robertson gets to go again.

Clearly outweigh this time,

Robertson into it very swiftly, and

he has to none, Michael Pohl

challenging for the third automatic

qualifying place, and he was under

real pressure. Barnes, an impressive

run for the Turkish athlete. A

nervous wait now for Andrew

Robertson,

Robertson, three going through, I am

not sure he will go through as a

fastest loser, Michael Pohl has got

third, so Robertson misses out.

That

third best time, Andrew, is 6.73, so

Robertson ran 6.7 four, behind, so

we will keep a close eye on fastest

losers.

Goes into the fastest losers

the moment, Pohl just getting it on

the dip from Robertson. He is one of

the three fastest losers, but three

heats still to come. Not his finest

start, left a little bit by Barnes,

but in a decent position here.

Barnes got out very well for Turkey,

rewarded with a very swift time of

6.58, but Andrew, you can imagine he

might be frustrated, perhaps nerves

got the better of him, knows that he

has an opportunity to get through by

right, not as fastest loser, and he

is more than capable of running

around 6.65, which would have seen

him through very comfortably indeed.

Hopefully, he will be able to have a

couple of words with us. He just

gets pipped at the end. So he has to

wait.

Andrew, a dramatic start to your

championship.

Yeah, a little bit,

disappointed, to be fair. I had a

really shaky indoor season, I don't

know what has been going on this

year, really, really disappointed,

to be honest.

As you stood waiting

for what was a yellow card for your

fellow athlete, were the euro is

coming back to you, what were you

thinking?

Not really, I tried my

best to shut it out, I could hear

movement in the blocks, we were held

for a long time, so I knew something

wasn't right, to be fair. It didn't

faze me, to be fair, I am very

experienced in this, just

concentrate on myself.

You are

through as a fastest loser at the

moment. Obviously, a long wait now.

You had a good run there, almost

threw in third, did you know the

German was sneaking up on the right?

I could see him coming up, but I

lost focus at the end, no excuse, I

used to run 6.5s last year, I don't

and astound why I have gone

backwards. It is something I have to

dress with my coach and my team.

The

long wait begins, I hope it comes

cure way.

Vellios, as he admitted,

just not good enough. -- fairly

honest. As we speak, he is in the

fastest loser positions.

So CJ Ujah will be hoping for a less

dramatic he'd here. I have a feeling

that Andy Robertson, looking at the

three remaining heats, including

this one, and I think there is not

too many capable of running that

quick, they will not finish in the

top three. Anyway, we shall see.

Safo-Antwi of Ghana, formerly of

Great Britain

Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

Maibuca, Riffayn, Rodriguez. And

then CJ Ujah, who will get a huge

cheer from the crowd, I am sure.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, he knows that if you can find

his best form here, gets to the

final first of all, you never know,

anything can happen, there are

quicker men, we have seen a couple

of them already, but he is a good

competitor at his best, CJ, fairly

comfortable he'd here, we saw Joseph

from St Lucia, another 19-year-old.

Arthur Cisse from Ivory Coast. Cisse

has run 6.57 in Paris, a good win

from him at one of the meets this

year. A quick glance of the fastest

losers, Robertson will be keeping an

eye on these last three heats. So

Safo-Antwi in lane one, Cisse in

lane eight, CJ Ujah in the middle,

in lane five. Rodriguez next to him.

Safo-Antwi got a great start over in

lane one, CJ did pretty well, it

will be CJ, 6.59, nice run, quickest

starter was Safo-Antwi, Cisse is the

other qualifier along with CJ, they

know each other pretty well, so we

have got one safely through, Andy

Robertson will be looking at the

result, but given that the three of

them were reasonably well clear,

Rodriguez not far behind, we will

wait for the result with Colin.

Job

well done, perfect words, CJ did

nothing wrong whatsoever, steady in

the blocks, a bit of movement going

on around him, but he kept his

focus, which was the most important

thing. Stamped out of the blocks

well, worked hard for the first

30-40 metres, allowing him to be

able to switch off, he took control

of the race really well, which is

what he wants to see. Now he has

established himself, Steven, as one

of the best sprinters in the world,

people are really showing him

respect. What he did in the Diamond

League last year really elevated

him, so, CJ, you are here for sure.

That is a good point, the fact that

he is getting a lot more competition

against the top guys, just missed

out in the Olympics and again last

year, but that experience on the

circuit is standing him in great

stead. Anyway, through nicely, let's

see what he thinks about that.

CJ,

through in first, a statement of

intent for what is going to come?

Not really! You have got to go

through the rounds, I just wanted to

come out and run a bit faster than

in trials, I know I have got to get

the legs moving quickly, now I am

going to recover and get ready for

the next round.

Busy couple of

weeks, British champ income Glasgow

last weekend, how fresh are you

feeling?

All part of the training,

it has come to the moment, now is

the time to be ready.

What is the

process now? Are you already

focusing on the next round, or will

you come down for a minute?

The

processes to go back and relax and

we go from there, comeback this

evening, tackle the next round.

Thanks for talking to us.

No

worries.

Good that he won his heat,

looked cool, calm and comfortable,

and we will be seeing him just after

seven o'clock in the semifinal. One

thing to note, Rodriguez is now the

quickest of the fastest losers, so

Andy Robertson is now second on that

list, only three fastest losers will

join the first three in each heat.

Yes, it is going to be very close

for Andrew Robertson, as we look at

the line-up for the next heat, the

sixth of seven, names to look out

for here, Ben Youssef Meite of the

Ivory Coast goes in lane seven.

Three to go through automatically,

and the fastest losers, three

overall, Robertson is still second

of the fastest losers at the moment.

Four here could certainly better his

time.

In lane one we have Hameed of

Pakistan. Marai.

Evra Tim Clark going well this

season. -- Everton clerk.

season. -- Everton clerk. From the

Seychelles, the youngest man in the

line-up, Sicobo. And the Polish

champion there.

champion there. Meite made the final

in the Rio Olympics in the 100

mitres. -- 100 metres.

Three go through automatically. The

penultimate round in the men's 60

metres heats. Clearly the way, good

start from Tosin Ogunode. Meite

coming through, it was close. That

is going to be tight for Robertson.

Not quite for a breast but very

close. Meite coming through

eventually. Difficult in the 60 when

you hit that ramp and clatter into

the padding, sometimes that is where

the injuries can occur. Hopefully

not too serious. Just a bit of a

knock. But he got into his running

eventually, Meite.

They think at the

end his foot got wedged down by the

photographers are. But we expected

Clarke to do much better, he

stumbled and missed his stride. Not

going to the accelerating phase as

well as he might do so it was

comfortable for Meite.

comfortable for Meite. Tosin Ogunode

sinking a little bit, not able to

get into that vital phase.

get into that vital phase. So

expected to be one of the people to

look out for in the semifinals but

he has made it through.

He will have

to improve things to challenge

Christian Coleman of course but

safely through and that time six

.724 Tosin Ogunode. So Robertson in

the last of the fastest losers

places with one heat to go. Andrew

Robertson waiting nervously to find

out if he has made it through later

today. And in this event Great

Britain has a very impressive list

of winners.

of winners.

Gardner away! A very

good victory. Dwain Chambers,

they're down in the blocks, he has

got the advantage, all the way to

the line! It is gold for Dwain

Chambers of Great Britain!

Chambers alongside.

Three gold medals in the 60 metres

for Great Britain over the years.

Not sure at this year if we will be

able to say that by this evening

because we have some very fast men

and very good athletes out there but

CJ Ujah has put himself in with a

chance. What would now be like for

Andrew Robertson, almost willing the

next race is not to go well for some

people.

It is agonising but it is

out of his hands, he cannot do

anything, it cannot respond so it is

just the waiting game but mentally

be prepared for both scenarios. If

he is back on then give it his all

because he did not execute that race

as well as he should have.

It was

quite a messy start.

You never had

to wait! I was always waiting! But

going back to CJ Ujah, those three

gold medals from yesteryear, the

Brits were always the underdogs and

managed to keep composed and come

through and surprise people.

CJ Ujah

has a chance. You heard it here!

Let's head outside for the final

heat.

A couple of points today,

quickly. Andrey Robertson, his case

helped by the two nonstarters in the

race. He will definitely I think be

OK. He was looking a bit perilous

and then Ronnie Baker. Let's just

have a look at the starting this.

Mohammed from Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed from Saudi Arabia. Cray of

the Philippines.

the Philippines. World number one

last year, Ronnie Baker. In any

other year he would be the gold

medal favourite but he has his

team-mate Christian Coleman to think

about. There is the confirmation of

Robertson, his place. Puddy much OK.

-- pretty much. Mohammed has run

6.60 this year.

6.60 this year. But this should be

Ronnie Baker all the way. Mohammed

gets a decent start alongside him.

Baker just cantering through. I

think third spot was De Grace of

Mauritius. Mohammed ran very well

against Baker. Got out well. Baker

may be thought he would just have to

use his way through and after about

30, 40 metres, had to start running.

Mohammed running well. Exactly my

same thoughts. He must've looked at

it and thought, a little bit of a

cruise. Then realised Hang on, I've

got company, I need to step up a bit

more. So he pushes on and then

switches down again. So really

showed his class. 6.50 seven. Still

I would think a very comfortable

qualifying for this man. I think we

will see so much more in the

semifinals. Everyone will be

stepping up another gear for the

even Mohammed glancing at the clock,

seeing how well he is doing. A good

performance by him. Let's take a

look, he comes very upright quickly

through the blocks. Not the same

drive bays as Su Bingtian. Now

thinking, I have got company, I need

to step up a bit. Then he loses

sight of his peripheral and switches

down. 6.50 seven.

Comfortable. I

think CJ can be happy with his

position in the first round in terms

of who look good. Baker looked good

of course, Christian Coleman, Su

Bingtian. Let's take a look at all

the qualifiers and confirm Andy

Robertson has made it through. Baker

ending up with the quickest time. No

great surprises. Then all went down

to fastest losers. All through to

the semifinals at ten past seven

tonight.

Safely done, almost. Andrew

Robertson is through. Obviously some

nervous moments for him but he is in

the mix for the semifinals later

today and then who knows what could

happen. As we've seen even the world

record holder can have a little

stumble in the early stages. Let's

take a look at Robertson, at his

race again. Of course it came after

that falls start.

It did come after

the false start. Caused by the

athlete in the name number four. He

was actually allowed back into the

race, able to pull it back and get

back in. So Andrew gets out pretty

well but then once he transitions

into ultimate speed and just maximum

velocity, that is where it starts to

fall apart. He said he was not happy

with the way he executed the race

and that is because he lost form.

Look at him, nice and compact,

everything pretty symmetrical and

then the arms coming way out of the

side of his body. You can do that

and get away with it, it will give

you some power in the drive phase.

But into your full speed running you

need to pull in your arms and be

much more efficient and symmetrical.

As we talked about earlier with

soothing Can.

And the contrast in

styles, just at the end he seemed to

be rotating a little bit.

Really got

tight in the legs. Exactly right. If

your arms start to come out of the

side, you're not getting that

compact power that is producing

force into the ground. You're

reaching a little bit. The wider

your arms, beside your body the

longer the strike. And that will

increase the next right as well.

Things that he could tweak this

evening. He quit because he is aware

of that, he talked about it in the

interview and that is what bodes

well for him. It is still going to

be tough because it comes down to

him running his 6.5 in the end. He

needs to run that. In order to have

a chance to get into the final.

Amazing when you analyse the 100

metres I always find it incredible

how many things to break down but

even with the 60 metres with things

falling apart at the end. So much

has the capacity to go wrong in

those short moment. CJ, not a lot

going wrong for him, a very good

start and a good run, fluid.

He was

fluid and efficient coming out of

the blocks. Unlike some of the other

athletes quick out of the blocks, he

seems to get faster during the race.

That could be a problem for him, if

they are all ahead of him, he is

right there with the field coming

out of the blocks. Now starts to

pull away at 30 metres, from the

rest of the field. So that means if

you compare and contrast that to the

other athletes, Ronnie Baker, Su

Bingtian, Christian Coleman, he will

have to go and get them because they

are already out there. I do not see

how he can get a faster start

because already he is very efficient

out of the blocks and doing pretty

much anything that he can in the

start. This is the first round,

maybe he is a bit rusty and can get

quicker. But there's nothing wrong,

I cannot tell you anything that is

wrong with this, it looks very good,

very powerful. Nice and relaxed.

Doing everything he needs to do.

But it just has to be quicker. What

we cannot tell is how much effort he

is putting in. He has done the work

of the first ten metres but does he

know he has got another gear?

Then

if he does we will see that in the

semis. I do not think he would come

out in the first round of the World

Championships and hold back but the

speed could come from the fact that

you have got another round in today

and you get quicker throughout the

day. We saw that yesterday with the

women. That is what could work in

his favour. Betty will do the same

thing but get more speed because the

body is now used to it and ready to

fire on all cylinders.

And as we saw

last night with the women you can

get quicker as the day goes on.

Let's head over to the commentary

box. Colin Jackson had his eyes all

over those seven heats.

Overall

thoughts? I stink -- I still think

Christian Coleman is looking strong.

That mistake he made was crucial but

he was still comfortable to use away

from the field. So we know he has

that magical 6.30 in his legs but

competition is not going to be easy.

You only need to make a tiny mistake

in the 60 metres and that will put

you under pressure and set you back

early in them race. It is a quality

field and when the semifinals start

this evening we will see who can

step up to the mark.

Let's take

another look at Christian Coleman,

the world record holder and that

little stumble at the beginning of

the race.

It is just a matter of you

need to exaggerate the arms coming

out at that angle. He just missed

placed the foot, it is coordination.

And it is early in the morning,

first round, he is able to overcome

it, not a big deal for him. When you

heard him in the interview he is

always that way, very focused. Just

watched the left foot, started

actually with the right leg, just

went a bit outside of his body, just

a misplacement that caused counter

reaction on the left of his body.

But he is able to overcome that. It

shows the class of the athlete. How

good he really is. As you said he's

always focused, very sound mind, he

does not let things rattle him at

all. Obviously coming into this with

extreme confidence being the world

record-holder at 60 metres and able

to overcome and still win that race

easily. I do not think that is any

big deal that we should make too

much.

Thank you very much, moving to a

slightly longer raise now, the 1500m

semifinals, the men's competition,

and the noise you are hearing just

there was to introduce the women's

triple jump, who are now warming up,

we will catch up to them shortly.

But let's focus on Chris O'Hare for

a moment, great season last year

heading into those home World

Championships in London, a lot of

expected of him, you may be final

but was quite disappointed to be

finishing down the field in 11th

place. JJ Chalmers caught up with

him ahead of today.

At the start of

the season, we said there was no

point doing the indoors unless we

were in with a shout of a medal, and

then, again, before the trials, we

have to make a decision on whether

we don't run the trials and

potentially risk not being picked

for the team. It has all been

structured around, am I or am I not

going to be able to medal? And we

believe I can.

How much have you

wanted this opportunity,

particularly the home crowd? How

long has this World Championship

idea been in your mind?

Anybody who

knows me, from a young age, I am

easy to anger, and it has been kind

of a challenge for me to manage that

anger in day to day life. But then

always being able to use it as fuel

when it came to racing. I never had

any issue with, basically, making up

stories in my head about people I'm

competing against, about how they

are holding me back, how they are

making it harder for me to survive,

harder for me to provide for my

family, and that gets me angry! And

that is good for me. But I have had

to manage it as well, so in London,

it was just an internal dialogue

with myself about these guys on the

track, holding me back from getting

my medal, in my country, and I was

just getting way too fired up.

Paula Radcliffe is in the commentary

box for us, very intense in that

interview there, is that normal? Is

that is normal demeanour, as far as

you are aware?

No, that is not

really the Chris that I know from

the training track, but certainly he

was very frustrated, disappointed is

putting it very mildly at the London

last year, and I know that it took

him a while to pick up the pieces,

get back racing, and he came into

this season really fired up, racing

very well in the beginning, then he

has had a bit of a foot niggly, I am

hoping that has settled down and he

is ready to race at his best.

And

Jake Wightman coming up as well, he

made rate strides last year, had a

very good season, how as his winter

gone?

It has gone well, he is the

first to say he is learning about

racing indoors, he said that he

cannot make the right decisions fast

enough indoors and he is still

learning with that. Having said

that, big questions over whether

Sulieman will even line-up in his

heat.

It is O'Hare first, he is

clearly looking for a medal from

these championships, it seems like

it would write some wrong is for

him, he is more than capable if his

tactics go well.

Usually makes very

good tactical decisions, he races

very well indoors. Part of that

maybe comes from the amount of time

he spent racing on the circuits in

America, but he tends to make

decisions quickly and put himself in

the right place.

That is coming up

shortly on the track, but let's see

how the triple jump has got itself

under way, or has it, Steve Backley?

Yeah, just getting under way now,

your athletes, all 17 of them in

total. Yulimar Rojas is the

defending champion, decided to

defend here, despite having not

competed yet this year. No British

interests, Asha Hansen, 15 years

since she won here at the World

Indoors in Birmingham. No Brits

involved. And here is the Venezuelan

first up in this triple jump final,

she is tall, six foot three. Won

with 14.51, shortest ever distance,

she will want to do something about

that distance. Over 14 metres in

this first round. And Rojas, gold

last summer, silver-medallist from

Rio. The first Venezuelan to ever

make a final, which is a big deal

back home in Venezuela. Comes here

trying to defend our title, really

good on the board.

good on the board. 14.24, her first

jump this year is a season's best.

Right, someone who can challenge,

second on the world list,

Papachristou of Greece, second

jumper. Strikes the ground much more

aggressive through the phases from

Papachristou.

Really extending

through the step, speed on the

floor, really pulling the active

board. The stages here, 17 athletes

in this competition, they are going

to have to stand around, it is quite

crowded down there, they will

probably have to wait 12 or 15

minutes between jumps. So again,

early stages, trying to put a market

in early, because you will spend a

lot of time waiting, I think.

She

goes into second place. Tori

Franklin of the USA is next up.

Twice US indoor champion, a best

this year of 14.15, so she will need

all of that.

A little bit rocky on

the runway, you could see her

shoulders oscillating, then hits the

floor really hard, doesn't skip

across the floor, keep the speed

going, slams the brakes on and then

in. If she were more active over the

top of her foot, she could go much

further.

So Tori Franklin, 14.03,

goes into third place.

goes into third place. Prokopenko,

authorised neutral

authorised neutral athlete, season's

14.44, but down below 30 metres.

Collapsed on the step phase, didn't

get out into the jump as she would

have liked. A little collapse,

doesn't come off, into the sandpit.

This is a international debut, so

maybe a little bit of nerves is

understandable, Prokopenko in fourth

place.

place. So Chris O'Hare is ready to

go in this 1500m heat, a bit of a

stinker, to be honest, he would have

looked at the draw and thought,

really?! He has got Iguider, the

former world champion in 2012,

Olympic medallist from 2012, very

good indoor runner, Wote, former

medallist at the World Indoors of

Ethiopia, Ben Blankenship, who he

knows well, Blankenship finished

behind Chris O'Hare recently in the

States. He has also got Lewandowski,

very dangerous 800m specialist, who

is really dangerous at 1500 indoors,

from Poland. Only two guaranteed to

go through, so look

go through, so look at that, you

know, Chris is going to really have

to be at his best. And also, be

smart, which he often is in terms of

his tactics here, cos with two more

heats to come, you wouldn't want to

be in a fastest loser spot, it gives

the advantage to the others, they

can see what happens in this one.

And there are not any natural

frontrunners here either, you know,

Iguider likes to kick, as does

Lewandowski and Chris himself, so I

am not sure we will see anyone take

it out, possibly Blankenship might

decide to get things moving. Tough

one, Paula.

Very much a tough one,

very and balanced for these

athletes, and for the women's 800

later on, the seeding has not been

great throughout the championships,

and he will have to race this as a

final.

I think Mohamed was saying

that, look at this heat, it is

tough! Lewandowski, then forget the

times, the personal-best, the same

as Lewandowski, because indoor 1500m

running is an art, the 800m pace

helps a lot, possibly where Chris is

a little bit lacking with some of

the other guys. But he can finish

very quickly, Blankenship will maybe

suffer with the pace a little bit

here, but Chris has got enough on

the last 400m to contend with these

guys, and the thinking, I guess, is

that Iguider is, I would say, past

his best, but he is still, you can

see, this season's best, still very

capable. And a wily competitor, Dey

from Saddam. -- Sudan. So just the

top two, Jake Wightman is in heat

three.

On your marks.

So let's see

how this pans out, Iguider getting

himself out of trouble, Wote

following him, then Blankenship,

Chris O'Hare moving up nicely into

two, getting a clip from behind

already, Dey pushing through on the

inside. Settle down, lads, settle

down! Some pushing and shoving at

the back, Lewandowski involved, he

gets himself on the inside now. I

would like to see Chris doing

exactly what he's doing, Paula, just

keeping that inside lane, just

keeping an eye on what is but this

is a job.

It is, and there is no

natural frontrunner, as you said. A

lot of the trouble on the first lap

was Dey, I do not know if he has

raced indoors before, he is much

taller than the other guys, and he

is having trouble finding space to

run. If the pace were quicker, that

would be better, but they are all

look around, waiting for some blue's

nerve to snap, to take up a quicker

pace.

Yeah, sometimes when it goes

to slow, you don't feel comfortable,

so although Wote has picked it up,

they ran a 33 for the second 200, so

he has got things moving a bit more

without putting his foot down. It

shows his lack of confidence in his

kicking, probably looking at Trump

and Iguider and Lewandowski and

thought, I need to get this moving.

-- O'Hare. Just about 30 seconds

there, a comfortable pace for these

guys.

He is picked it up in

contrast, but still not fast at all,

and you can see that everybody is

still there, given the quality of

others in this race, you would have

expected some of them to drop off

already. That is not happening, but

a gap is starting to open now, and

Chris is in a really good position

to react.

I think this will help

them, it's just spreads everybody

out, 28, just what Wote is doing,

winding it up. Slow first 800m, the

first lap was slow, the top guys are

pulled away from everybody else,

Wote, Blankenship, Lewandowski,

O'Hare, but Lewandowski will be

wishing it had gone slower! Pushing

into the 3:35 territory, he is going

to be uncomfortable with that. Wote

doing a good job at the front.

Years, and look at Chris O'Hare, he

has just placed himself differently,

so far any race he was positioned

perfectly, wide enough to step out

if something should happen on the

heels of Iguider, but not getting

Blankenship on his shoulder, in

danger of boxing him in, but here

comes Lewandowski.

Lewandowski

making an early move, 300m left for

these guys, they will take the bell,

Wote still leading, Iguider looks

comfortable, Chris gritting his

teeth, Lewandowski shut him out.

Good move by the Pole, Chris O'Hare

with some work to do, he will have

to find something on this last lap,

still five men in contention with

just two spots. Chris is struggling.

Blankenship down the outside, Chris

O'Hare will not get into the top

two. Lewandowski on the inside, that

is dangerous, he will try to find a

way through but he has run out of

gas. Iguider looking very

comfortable, Blankenship, oh! I

think Wote was rewarded for his

frontrunning with second spot, very

tight on the line. Iguider looked

completely in control whole way.

Chris had nothing, I am not sure if

he has missed is training with that

injury that he has had, and

therefore when the pace went harder,

he was always going to be able to

kick, but he has lacked a bit of

training to stay with a good pace.

Sadly for Chris, very much a

confidence runner, and he has not

been able to get that from his

training coming into this, to really

believe he could commit. Much as he

tries to talk himself into it, when

the chips are down and he has got to

react, he was really tightening up,

he didn't have it in his legs, he

didn't look as though he was pushing

fully, and he is quick to take his

shoe off, I am hoping that the

injury is not too serious.

But really Iguider run it perfectly

and in fact it was Lewandowski who

make mistakes. When he made his move

Chris O'Hare tried to react but just

did not have it in his legs to be

able to follow Lewandowski.

Lewandowski may be showing his

inexperience a little bit over 1500

metres, just pushing on too soon and

it was Blankenship was slightly

misjudged, not getting into the top

two position but judged his race

well to give himself every chance of

the home straight of overhauling

Wote. But the youth with which

Iguider just floated past Wote. --

the ease.

the ease.

I'm trying to work this

out. I think Chris must be suffering

injury wise because 56, 42, 43, that

is easy within their normal grasp.

So Wote rewarded with the front

running, Chris looks to be in a bit

of pain, pretty sure his foot has

caused problems. That is the only

explanation for the obviously he

missed a fair bit of training so a

sad sight to see Chris there. He

sounded confident in the interview

beforehand but obviously that foot

causing problems. So just to confirm

the results,

the results, Souleiman -- Iguider

and Wote in the lead. Let's just

find out what went wrong.

We saw

those pictures there Chris, the

heartbreak and also the pain.

How

are you feeling? Not great. Seven,

800 metres to go, just took a couple

of steps right on the outside of my

foot. And just started grabbing.

Tried to get it out of my mind but

when I tried to force through that

stride I could feel it just a bit.

Kind of week. Unfortunately you need

to be on your a game and it is just

unfortunate. That season that

started so well has finished like

this. Huge thanks to everyone that

has come out to support me.

Thank

you very much for talking to us.

Painful for Chris O'Hare, mentally

and physically, that injury causing

ongoing problems. And this is the

line-up for the second of the heats.

Chris O'Hare is hanging on with the

three fastest losers.

There are high calibre athletes in

here as well and there will also

know about the pace from the first

tee. Berglund came onto the scene as

a youngster, the Swedish champion.

Vincent Kibet in there as well.

This is a quick heat as well and are

loaded heat, a lot of guys in here

will fancy their chances in a fast

finish. Looking at the likes of

maybe Berglund to take it on. It is

silly when they have a very strong

heat not to take up the chances

offered to them by knowing the times

of the past -- of the fastest losers

in the previous heat. Just looking

at the back there Vincent Kibet,

running pretty well. And there is

the Olympic finalist in the Rio

Games, Ryan Kay Wrexham there. --

Ryan Gregson.

And there we have the

18-year-old Tefera. Ryan Gregson not

racing as well as he has done in

previous years. The young Ethiopian

came a bit too close there, Tefera.