World Indoor Championships - Day 3, Part 2 Athletics

Coin Jackson is the champion of the

world.

Supporters are looking on in

awe.

He is the world champion.

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.

It

look as if he is going tb world

champion.

Another victory.

Kiltie

might just about get there. Did he

win it?

And it's over.

And we will

see the world's fastest ever man

indoors, Christian Coleman in the

men's 60 metres. That is one of nine

events that are going to be decided

tonight. Laura Muir goes in the

final of women's 1,500 metres. The

women's 60 hurdles final promises to

be a final. The America women are

looking good, led by Kendra

Harrison.

Harrison. And the heptathlon with

the French athlete in the lead.

This is thousand evening pans out.

-- this is how the evening pans out.

We welcome this Saturday teatime,

Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Fantastic

to have you here.

I think I was

still doing the long jump yesterday.

Very fresh information to me when

people call me the world champion.

Did you get any sleep? I saw you

posting at an un-Godly hour you

should get some sleep.

Yes, I left

my alarm on from the day before and

it was a 7am wake up call and the

memories started flooding in. I

slept from 3 to 7.

I'm sure a lot

was going on h your mind. You had

family here. They must have been

Thripped to see you achieve that --

thrilled to see you achieve that?

Yes it was amazing, they came to the

hotel and spoke about the whole day

and it was a thing I will cherish

forever.

Can we have a look at your

medal.

I have just picked it up.

It's got...

It is lovely.

It's got...

It is lovely.

Spaghetti

junction there.

We have the library

there.

We want to talk about your

day and what going through your

head. Let's look back at how you won

that gold.

Is this an opportunity

for Katarina Johnson-Thompson? Not

the best of starts. Williams may win

this. 8.07. It is the time that is

important.

important.

Johnson-Thompson jumped

1.97 in Rio. That is more like it.

She is in the lead over all. Shot

put next. Moves to the back of the

circle. Legs involved. That is a

good effort.

That is huge. That will

make such a difference to her.

Johnson-Thompson very capable of

putting it out of reach here. Last

jump.

That looks much better.

She

should know if she runs to her

potential this will be not a lap,

but four laps of honour. In the gold

medal position. She says this is my

race, this is my time, this is my

title. She has the gold medal. She

is the world indoor champion.

You

said your alarm went off at 7. What

is going through your mind on the

morning with five events ahead of

you and you know you have a real

opportunity to get on top?

It is

something I have been overwhelmed

with in the past. Five events in one

day is a lot. But I was chilled and

I thought, I have just got hurdles

and high jump and I have some time

to do the shot put and I'm in the

mind set of taking things in

sections. I wasn't too worried. I

was just focussed

Was ate conscious

thing that in the past you were

looking ahead too much?

Yes,

especially even in the lead up, in

the the build up, I used to get

overwhelmed trying to think about

every technical event. I wouldn't

able to sleep maybe two nights

before. The Thursday night I slept

like a baby and woke up fully rested

and ready to go.

Is it too pre

presumptuous to say you looked like

you were enjoying yourself in the

shot put?

No, I had a very bad warm

up. People would have seen I wasn't

throwing very far. Two of aaunties

came on dance cam and one gave it a

go and it relaxed me. I I was like,

they're here and enjoying

themselves. I took my advice. Jonny

was there, my coach, to hell me do

the shot put. It built and built up

and my first throw was decent.

What

has been the difference out side of

aunties, you can't take them to

every competition. What has been the

difference in the competition and

previous ones, where you said this

one you didn't get so nervous and

were able to be more relaxed?

Exactly that, in the shot put

especially when I used to not do a

good warm up or a good first throw,

I would fall apart and think, I'm

never going to throw it. I feel like

I was able to understand where I was

on each of the event and be like, OK

I need to do this and build it and

just take it in my stride and not

panic. Because I know I'm capable of

doing it.

The high jump, you were

short of your best, still the best

in the field. Were you able to say,

I have lot a few points, and I'm

going to have to now pull something

out of bag in the shot put?

Yes, it

always feels like the case in the

shot put, my shot put cancels out my

high jump and I'm lucky because

nothing cancels out the long jump. I

found the high jump competition

difficult. My adrenaline went after

I knew I was the last one in. I'm

just happy I was able to, yeah... I

think that was the jump. I was

aiming for 1.94. So I didn't want to

celebrate. But it didn't come off. I

was happy with the way I bounced

back from the high jump.

We have

spoken about the ability of

heptathletes to leave baggage

behind, you seemed to manage it and

just park whatever happened in the

event before and move forward?

Yes

you have to, good or bad f you have

an amazing vent, you can't, I have

done that in the past, had an

amazing high jump and think

everything is going great. So I

tried take each event as they come

good or bad.

You have had some

difficult times in big global events

and big events for you haven't come

off, whether Beijing or in London

and it felt like yesterday was a

real redemption, you were righting

wrongs and proving to yourself you

can get to the top. Did you feel

yesterday was a break through

moment?

Yes, I felt break through,

the start of something hopefully. I

know I can compete at this level and

I have a gold medal. To me it is a

huge confidence boost to know I have

a global title and I'm working

towards something special in the

next couple of years and trying to

build.

I know she won't say, that,

making that transition and moving to

France, a lot of people, athletes

move, they do, but they tend to go

to countries, where they speak

English. That whole independence...

If they speak English.

Or this

moving to France, big adjustment,

upheaval and having to settle

yourself into a new regime shouldn't

be underestimated. I think you're

bearing the fruits of second winter

being in a positive environment with

a good training group. I think that

showed.

For sure, last year I think

it was too soon. I remember people

saying, don't be scared but I was

so, I wanted London 2017 so much.

This year's the first year I have

had the full winter training and

learned techniques and the direction

I want to go in and I think it is

coming together and I was happy I

was able to rectify it at home.

I'm

proud of you, the critics that

didn't believe you had the ability

to move forward. I think you have

demonstrated that you're ready.

I'm

stubborn. People wanted me to go to

single events, but I'm stubborn and

I believe in myself and I believe

I'm a heptathlete and I want to show

I can do this.

You talked of

sacrifice in your interview

yesterday, you take yourself to a

different country, settle in

somewhere away from the home

comforts and there must have been

times where you questioned whether

that was the right move or not.

Yes

for sure. It is inevitable that I

questioned it, especially after last

year where it didn't come together

in London. Now I know I'm on the

right path and it will be worth it.

What are you excited about for the

future? You have got Commonwealth

Games coming up and now you I think

you probably feel got that off your

back, what excites you about the

future?

I just want to do more of

what I did yesterday. I want to be

comfortable in my surroundings and I

want my body, I want to be confident

with my body, no injuries, training

and be here winning medals. I know

in the past I have concentrated so

much on points or scores or heights

and I just want to get into that

mentality where I want to win and

come here and be competitive. Like

you used when you were a kid.

Your

dogs and your mum are getting a bit

chubby?

I spoke to my mum yesterday

and, my Nan was with the nothings

watching that interview, she said,

they're my dogs.

You have lost your

dogs! The Commonwealth Games is a

few weeks away, you must take so

much confidence from that

performance into the heptathlon

there. Do you feel you have this new

mind set and putting it over two

days will be the next challenge. You

have got to bed and get up the next

day with the same mind set.

Yes it

will be interesting, it is only a

month and instead of breaking down

the training after the indoor

season, I'm trying to build on the

pentathlon and I am going to have a

week off and go back into training

and build it up. And then I have got

16 weeks until the Europeans and

this song will be on my play list!

This puts you in your happy place.

Three times yesterday.

Athletes

talked of plan about attempting this

year and we have three major

Championships, you want to go for

all three?

I'm just focusing on trying to build

my craft and working on building it

altogether.

We have discussed

various events over the last few

years the best way forward, I have

asked Denise is it to strengthen the

events you are weaker on, to go for

the events you are great at and not

worry about that. Have you had a

rethink at all?

I always try and

work on my throwing, it is an

ongoing process and I don't think I

will ever be finished, but for me my

strengths are so strong, I need to

make sure that those events, my high

jump and long jump that I didn't do

yesterday where they need to be. I

try not to get too down with myself,

and I know I'm competing with my

training partner, she did an amazing

throw yesterday, she got 15.50, and

it just shows that certain people

have certain strengths, and certain

people have certain weaknesses, and

she can throw that in training and I

can't even do that. She's just got

it, and she would ask me the same

for the high jump, so it is trying

to get to a place where I am happy

with.

And while there isn't another

global event this year, in the

European Championships hopefully you

will come up against W Thiem, which

is a wonderful opportunity, and if

things go right next month, more

good training under your belt, that

is a great opportunity for you.

Definitely, that is what I'm working

towards, and it will be a great

opportunity, especially with

Karolina Schaeffer from Germany as

well, so I definitely am going to do

the Commonwealth Games and have a

long time to build on both of those

competitions.

It is about taking one

step at a time, and she is right,

you have to get to that happy place

where there is an acceptance, at

this point she is not going to throw

15 metres in the shot, but she will

improve and be solid. But what has

let her down has been her strengths,

so that cannot happen. Every

heptathlete is walking that fine

line between giving, taking and

keeping the balance.

You can hear

the music behind us, which means

there is a medal ceremony about a

happen. It was the men's competition

this morning, won by Tomas Walsh of

New Zealand, so Steve Backley will

talk us through this.

COMMENTATOR: It was a very

entertaining competition, this. So,

in reverse order, Tomas Stanek, one

of the most consistent performers

before the championships, 21 metres

and 44 centimetres, made to look

rather ordinary by the standards set

by Tom Walsh. But a good performance

for Stanek. And David Storl, another

medal for his enormous collection,

twice world champion, three times

European champion, same distance,

silver and bronze, but went to a

carrot back to the next best throw,

and even that was just a few

centimetres. But the main man, Tom

Walsh.

CHEERING

A superb performance, Championship

record, the fourth best ever,

dominated all three throwers would

have taken the gold medal. He was a

talented rugby player growing up,

his mum wanted him to play for the

all Blacks. He says now he has made

the right decision, and you can't

argue with that. Jebet chip record,

22.31. And we will enjoy the New

Zealand national anthem. All smiles

from Tom Walsh.

APPLAUSE

Brilliant stuff for Tom Walsh,

another global title. Boy is he

going to be a handful in the

Commonwealth Games next month in

Australia.

STUDIO: Congratulations to Tomas

Walsh, and we will be having another

medal ceremony in a couple of

minutes, we have another couple of

minutes here with Kat. Has it been a

crazy

crazy 24-hour is?

Not really.

She is

laid-back.

She is, she is just happy

in her own space, right? It is just

the way she is.

Lets give a robbery

at home another look at that gold,

as you don't know, it could be the

only one Great Britain have, we hope

that there are more to come, but

look, the wonderful design of all

the famous buildings of Birmingham

there, and of course you got one

Commonwealth Games to go down to the

goalposts for, and in four years'

time you will be back in Birmingham

hopefully for the Commonwealth Games

again.

Yes, it will be my second

Commonwealth Games, this was my

first.

Are you going to do some more

in doors?

No, that is me done now.

But generally?

Yes, it definitely,

it is my second pentathlon of my

senior career, so this is my

favourite sort of arena to do it.

Clearly she likes in doors at!

Glasgow next year.

Thank you for

coming to chat to us, and best of

luck. It seems to be going the right

way, so best of luck, keep doing

what you are doing. Of course, it is

as I say the 60 metres medal

ceremony. For that fantastic final

last night. It was a one-two for the

Ivory Coast, and they are top of the

medal table after that magnificent

final. It all came right last night

after a tough few years the Murielle

Ahoure, she has won medals on the

first stage, the world stage, and

Steve Cram will talk us through the

medal ceremony.

If you look in the middle tables and

performances, she had the total

number of medals won back by her

country. And then they win another

two.

two. And joining them, Mujinga

Kambundji. Switzerland have never

won a medal in this event before.

When was Switzerland's last medal at

these Championship is? It was 2001.

Swiss 800 metres runner.

Swiss 800 metres runner.

Bucher.

Well done. And if Switzerland have

had to wait a long time for a medal

at these championships, then

suddenly for Ivory Coast, two come

along at once. And it is a new

personal best, Murielle Ahoure was

just a fraction away from her world

record. But the champion, winning

her country's first ever global gold

medal, from the Ivory Coast,

Murielle Ahoure, with a superb

performance, 6.97. You have to go

all the way back to the olden days

of the 1990s for a time given that,

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won four

years ago 64.90 eight. So if that is

any measure, then Murielle Ahoure is

right up there with a top-class

performance.

What a moment for her, and what a

moment for the Ivory Coast, gold and

silver in the women's 60 metres.

Murielle Ahoure and Marie-Josee Ta

Lou, her team-mate, and Mujinga

Kambundji for Switzerland taking the

bronze.

STUDIO: So far for Great Britain it

has all been about the women, hasn't

it? It has very much been ladies

night. We've just had a chat with

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and we

saw Laura Muriel take a medal

earlier on, can she add to her

growing

growing collection of world and

European medals?

COMMENTATOR: Laura Muir stretches

away and comes to win the gold

COMMENTATOR: Laura Muir stretches

away and comes to win the gold medal

for Britain. Look how fast she is

going. She has now got two gold

medals. She is the champion again.

Laura Muir! Laura Muir has one last

effort. She has definitely got a

medal, but what colour will it be?

Indoors is something she excels at.

Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe are

up in the commentary box. Good

evening.

Good evening.

Good to see

you both up there and enjoying the

light show going on behind you. This

is obviously a great opportunity for

Laura, because the tactics as you

pointed out, Steve, with the men and

the heats of the women the other

day, they are so important indoors,

and Laura navigated her semifinal

very well the other day. It was

always going to be tough, so how do

you see at playing out for her

tonight? How do you see her

approaching this one?

I think she is

probably going to have to be a

little bit patient again almost like

she was in the 3000. I don't think

she will want to make the first

move. She has got Dibaba again, and

she

she has got Chepkoech as well. I

think Laura just needs to be as

close as she can when the real move

comes on and see what she has got

left in her legs. She will fight for

a medal like she did in the 3000.

Have you spoken to her or her coach,

Paula? Do you know how she's

feeling, has she got it left in her

legs after the tough 3000 and in the

1500 coming less than 24 hours

later?

I haven't spoken to her, I

spoke to her after the race and she

was happy then, but I think they

feel it is a little bit less

pressure heading into the 1500

metres, just go in and enjoy

themselves. I did speak to Hassane

earlier, and she said she felt

better in the heats of the 1500 and

she had in the 3000, so I think it

will come down to who is the less

fatigued, and Chepkoech is obviously

the

fatigued, and Chepkoech is obviously

the one coming in with fresh legs.

The way that the three of them ran

that final half of the 3000 is will

undoubtedly have taken something out

of them, and if I'm honest, I think

the person who is more likely to

show the cracks is actually Dibaba.

I think Sam and Laura will be tired,

but they will fight through it.

Dibaba if she feels tired tends to

have that tendency to give up a

little bit or make the wrong

tactical decision.

That is where we

disagree, I think Dibaba will still

be strong. When it is not going

well, Dibaba just cracks, I do agree

with that, but I think she is the

one who will force this. Chepkoech

is capable, but if she will just

take this on, they will make it a

race that the 3000 women will feel

the 3000 in ie make it a 1500 metres

that is hard rather than to burn up

over the last few laps. If it is not

moving after five or 600 metres, I

think Dibaba will want to get

through. It is an intriguing race,

three or four great athletes in

there, so let's hope Laura can do

it.

A busy evening tonight, nine

finals, I have no doubt we will

speak to as the evening progresses.

The light show was for the pole

vaulters who are coming in and being

introduced. Stefanidi just has one

piece missing and it is this. You

would put money on her.

If you're a

gambling person for sure. She has

been fantastic last season. And that

hunger, that desire to add to her

collection is so important. She is

consistent.

They're just warming up

for that and we can just go back and

relive a bit of 60-metre... Let's

look at those... Heats. Which

happened this morning of course.

Christian Coleman had a stumble.

Yes, but he looked so in control,

even with the stumble. It gives an

indication of the calibre he has,

just the class of the field, the

world record holder. He will want to

get that right. The world champion

calibre athlete after making a

mistake. They want to show

themselves and prove to themselves

that I know what I'm doing here and

I won't make a mistake like that

again. It will be interesting, he

may lay down something to send a

message to anyone who may have

thought after this morning that he

is vulnerable.

The Chinese athlete

has this incredible start.

He has a

great start. If Coleman was to

faulter, he would be the one to get

in there. He has a good chance for a

medal, because of the way he starts

and his ability to drive out of the

blocks aggressively. I expect he and

Coleman will be just about even for

the first 20 metres are so. He is so

efficient and he has power. Pretty

quick. Good leg speed. Also just the

ability to create angles out of

blocks to give him that force to go

forward. That is good core strength

that allows him to do that.

They're

going off at 10 past 7 the

semi-finals. In Su's semi is Ujah,

what did you make of his

performance?

He looked good. He gets

faster. You will notice, unlike the

others, he gets faster as the race

gets going. He starts to pull away

later. What is impressive and it

wasn't what I saw in that race, but

speaking with him before I came here

in the lobby, he just seemed like he

is in a mind set that he knows this

is an opportunity for him. He said

he felt good this morning and felt

good about this afternoon. But he

knows he has work to do. And his

mind set seems like he understands

what is ahead of him and he feels

confident of what he needs to do and

that he can do it. But he knows it

is tough.

It is a great place to be.

Glasgow last week, he wasn't at his

best and I was concerned, because he

started to talk about winning. I

want to see the old CJ where he is

focussed on being himself and just

running his own race.

That is to

come. Now the turn of the hurdlers.

First the women's semi-finals.

Andrew Cotter.

COMMENTATOR: The great hope rests

with Pearson.

with Pearson. Plotitsyna there.

Charlton has had a good season.

Amusan can threaten the medals. If

she makes the final. Manning one of

three very strong Americans. Fifth

in London at the World

Championships. Won the Tour title

after her victory in Glasgow. Herman

of Belarus, a world junior champion

a couple of years ago and Kozak of

Hungary.

Hungary. On the inside we saw

Loncarek of Croatia.

Christina Manning goes in lane 6.

Look out for Amusan and Charlton

alongside her.

And well only two go through. It is

tight for second. But Christina

Manning ran a good race and a

determined race to take her through.

Amusan with a smile as well.

Manning, we talk about the

imponderables, the things that can

go wrong in hurdles and negotiating

the barriers and the pit falls,

Christina Manning and Charlton has

second place with a national indoor

record.

We have got to look at that

third place time as well. Very swift

running by the Nigerian. Wasn't

Manning great? Very good out of the

blocks. She is aggressive, the gun

goes, crack, head down, she focuses

on the hurdle. She runs off hard,

powerfully and strong. Keeping it

nice and calm. Not rushing anything.

Just relying on the times and times

she has done hurdle clearances. She

has done this well. Comes off the

final barrier and cruises into a

lovely 7.83.

And 7.91 for Amusan the

Nigerian. You would suspect that

might be good enough with the two

fastest losers going through. A good

run by Charlton. She goes through

with Christina Manning.

STUDIO: We are lucky we have seen

one gold medal in the studio, I'm

delighted the women's 60-metre cold

medal winner is with us, Murielle

Ahoure. We loved your victory last

night.

Thank you.

You ran so well.

Your progress through the whole day

was fantastic. You must have felt

like you had so much energy, because

you hit the board at the end and ran

straight back again. I think you ran

200 metres.

I was so excited, I

couldn't believe it. I have trained

so hard for this from the beginning

of the season. My coach Alan Powell,

I train in Texas, he told me I could

do this and we tried two times

already and I came out with two

silvers. We were just excited. Our

goal was to definitely to get gold

this year. So third time, I'm so

happy.

It proves that patience is a

virtue. When you talk about age, but

you have been in the game a while.

Those celebrations.

The cameraman

almost pulled his hamstring, trying

to catch you!

Oh, my goodness.

That

patience to keep coming back was so

fantastic.

Thank you so much. It has

been amazing. It has been a tough

last couple of years for me from

injury and last year my father

passed away from cancer after

battling for two years. So I went

through depression and different

things. But God put people in my

life. My mentor. She also died from

breast cancer. It was good to have

uplifting people with her and my

coach.

coach.

When your dad died you sad

you could hardly get out of bed.

I

know I don't know how I got the

first place in the world charp ships

last year. I was not there at all.

Just a total fog. So the leader was

there with me and talked me through

and she gave me her energy and you

know my coach again, we talked

through face time, 24/7. Probably

too much. But it is good.

Stay with

-- stay us with. Now back to the

60-metre hurdle and Steve Cram. And

we have two potential medal winners.

STEVE CRAM:

You have the reigning

European champion and Sally Pearson

and Harrison, the world record

holder. Harrison looked superb in

qualifying yesterday. Didn't even

win the US champs. This is the

question against Harrison, it is

when the chips are down, can she

perform? This is how they line up.

Lindley

Lindley of Nigeria ya, Kerekes,

Talay. Lindley of Nigeria, a new

personal best this year. She won in

Ireland. Kerekes of Hungary. The

Hungarian indoor champion. Talay,

not almost back to her best. She won

a bronze medal indoors in 2012 and

outdoors in 2015. So Harrison, is

this her chance to win the global

title? Looks a little nervous. Sally

Pearson looks like she means

business as ever. Mixing an outdoor

and indoor season. Heading back to

the Commonwealth Games in our home

patch.

patch. Roleder of jarmy. And Boons

of the Netherlands. She was second

in Ireland to Lindley. And Neziri of

Finland. Just the top two. So the

fastest loser time for Amusan was

7.91. So if either of these, well

there is three, Roleder, Pearson and

Harrison, who ever finishes third

needs to be quick.

A Championship record, Jones, goes

back to Doha in 2010. That could be

under threat today.

It is going to be Harrison. Roleder

comes through. 7.77. The third will

probably be quick enough. One more

semi-final to come of course.

Harrison was not as quick as Pearson

out of the blocks. By the time she

got the first hurdle she was on her

way. That is taken up to 7.79.

Pearson at the moment is a hundredth

slower.

That 7.92 could be vital.

She is hanging on. Kendra Harrison

is a brilliant all-round athlete.

She handled Pearson well. Sally's

always great, drives hard. Nearly

perfect over this barrier. But

Kendra has that leg speed. Look how

aggressive she is. When her trail

leg hits the floor, she pushes on.

That shows she is confident in her

technique and can marry the leg

speed with good solid technique and

that gets her to the line most of

the time first.

How do you compare

to that the run in the heats? That

looked more of an effort. Let's do

the result first.

And what an exciting final that will

be at 8:55pm. There is a story doing

the rounds that last night when you

win to get your flag to do the lap

of honour, there was no Ivory Coast

Flag around, so you took an Irish

flag?

Yes, and I just flipped it

upside down, so it is just the

opposite.

We can work with this! I

love the idea, you can't tell the

difference.

We have to do is a thing

about that, there should be some

Ivory Coast flags out here, because

you are on the rise.

The Irish are

very happy!

very happy!

There is a resurgence of

sprinters that you guys have, with

Murray and Ta Lou.

We have three,

but one couldn't make it here.

Before when I started in the Olympic

is, I was totally alone and scared

out of my mind, but every year,

people keep coming, so we are so

excited, the team is growing, we

have heard Liz and shot put is. --

hurdlers and shot puts.

And you top

the medal table at the moment, and

you are the first African sprinter,

male or female, to win the 60 metres

title, so a real pioneer.

It is

crazy. In 2013, I was the first

African woman to medal, so to be

able to do this boar years later

after every I have been through is

unbelievable.

So what is next?

My

coach wants me to focus on the 200

metres this year. I don't like it

too much, but it makes my 100 metres

better, so I will go back and do

some heavy training.

I'm sure you

will carry forward wonderful

experiences here.

Thank you so much

for having me, I appreciate it.

St

Patrick's Day is coming up soon, so

if you fancy it a visit to Dublin!

Thank you. Let's get back out there

for the third and final semifinal of

these women's 60 metres hurdles.

COMMENTATOR: United States have two

from two so far, Christina Manning

and Kendra Harrison winning so far

can Shinnie canal -- Sherrock

can Shinnie canal -- Sherrock Nelvis

do it as well? Overall this is a

very strong event, the 60 hurdles,

and there is the line-up for this

one.

Sharika Nelvis certainly the athlete

to watch in lane three, two go

through automatically, and I would

stick minor character and say that

the fastest losers might be OK with

7.91 and 7.92. Eline Berings, still

running close to eight seconds. I

think you will have to go below

eight seconds. Mrs Rita Hurske of

Finland. And the fastest in the

world this year, 7.70 she has run,

two hundreds outside the world

record. Isabelle Pedersen equalled

her personal best in the first

round. Stephanie Bendrat at, the

Austrian champion, usually a quick

starter. And Nadine Visser, won the

European under 21 title last year.

Another one who is a good

multi-event, Karolina Koleczek of

Poland, silver in the European under

23s.

23s. And Andrea Ivancevic in the

outside lane. So, two to go through,

and we have had two very clean races

so far. The fastest losers at the

moment, and only two will go

through, they are Amusan of Nigeria.

Sharika Nelvis has watched her

team-mates Manning and Harrison go

through. She will try and take her

place in the final. That is just

before nine o'clock this evening.

The last semifinal in the women's 60

metres hurdles.

A good start by Isabelle Pedersen,

and also by that rat. And under

pressure here, that was close, and

Sharika Nelvis almost eased back on

the line. 7.83 for the winner, so

all three will go through, but what

a run for Nadine Visser. She has

been running well, but 7.83, that is

a big personal best for the Dutch

athlete. And Stephanie Bendrat and

Sharika Nelvis as well. I think

Nelvis knew that she was going to go

through, but down into second place

there. What a run from Nadine

Visser, Nelvis has more to spare,

but that was a good race.

It was,

can you imagine when read the others

into that? Nelvis look like she

clattered that first hurdle. No, she

clears that one well. It was in lane

two, that caused that upset for her.

She never got into the groove, I

thought she had made a mistake early

on. To accelerate through, chilled

at the end that is a risk to take

when people are right your.

Pedersen

and Visser have run good personal

races. They really pushed Nelvis all

the way.

This is what we like to

see, people arriving at these

championships coming into great

form, making competitive races right

the way through. This is going to be

a red-hot final.

And that run by

Isabelle Pedersen in third place is

going to knock out Sally Pearson,

because she will go through,

Isabelle Pedersen, with Amusan as

the fastest loser.

the fastest loser. It was a good run

by Visser to make sure things, and

she goes through with Sharika

Nelvis.

Let's have a look at Nelvis from

here. She is the fastest woman in

the world, remember. Works fast into

that first hurdle. Takes it well,

and I think she didn't look as

aggressive as the other two Arican

-- Americans coming off the

barriers. I think she has a lot more

in the tank, if I'm honest, and I

think this is just a little sign

that she is going to say, I can

still run 7.8 and I will cruise

through.

And I'm glad I stuck my

neck out and said I thought that

Sally Pearson would be fine, she is

not, she is gone, because Isabelle

Pedersen ran a great personal best

to go through. This, Nelvis and

Pedersen are all qualified, but

Sally Pearson is not true. She is

focused on the Commonwealth Games,

but she would have loved to have

been in the final here. Not quite an

form to challenge here, but once you

are into the finals, you never know,

and those are the women who will

contest the final later on this

evening.

Thank you, Andrew. Let's pick the

bones out of that lot, and we talk

about the differences with 60

metres, 100 metres, but would you

say the 60 metres indoors is a more

true reflection of the long event in

terms of their is not as much

advantage?

I think the 60 metres

hurdles on the 100 metres hurdles

are very similar, I do think there

is much of a difference at all.

Do

we see more of the usual names?

Exactly. I don't think that a better

start in the hurdles will have an

advantage over someone who is not as

good a start in the hurdles. I think

the hurdlers who are more mistake

prone will have an advantage at 60

because it is fewer hurdles, you

don't have as much opportunity...

And I think taking into account the

speed and endurance

And I think taking into account the

speed and endurance element at the

end of hurdles eight, nine and ten.

I am thinking of Tiffany Porter at

this moment in time, fantastic

indoors, clean and strong up to the

eighth hurdle, but sometimes you see

her tiring, I think fatigue kicks

in. But you have got to start

indoors, you have got to be strong

and get that first hurdle cleanly.

Let's go through the heats in order,

then. Christina Manning in the first

heat, Michael.

then. Christina Manning in the first

heat, Michael.

Think she feels there

is something to prove that this

championships.

championships. She was able to get

in here by her performance on the

circuit. And she ran very, very

clean here, she did well through the

rounds and is really determined,

very clean through this race and

seem to control it from the very

beginning all the way through to the

end. So she certainly will figure

into the medals. Third fastest time

this year of all the 60 metres

hurdles women, and it's not about

times, though. It is about place.

And I think she feels that she has a

real opportunity. With her time she

will be in the middle of the track,

and the other Americans will be

there along with a Visser in the

middle.

She is making up for lost

time, she had a couple of years of

injury, but since last

year, and definitely indoors, she

has look formidable.

And how great

to have her here because she did so

well in the circuit, she got a bonus

play, see you don't want any of the

American athletes to miss out on

this stage. The second heat, and the

greatest of all in terms of world

records, that is Kenny Harrison.

A

little jump in the blocks, but she's

always smooth, came under a little

bit of pressure on that first hurdle

from Sally Pearson, but acquitted

herself well. She is so quick

between the hurdles, just

unbelievable, she was able to

overcome that slight deficit to the

first hurdle, just a little bit

quicker, but then Kenny Harrison

just able to make up ground in

between the hurdles, because she is

just so quick and so fast. But she

has had problems in the past, not

able to make the Olympic team in

2016 when she was overwhelming

favourite last year out of the

medals at the World Championships,

coming into that championship. So I

think similar to a KJT situation,

you want that global medal, and this

is an opportunity for her.

Coming

through the rounds.

To acquit

herself of some of those demons.

And

backing up that time, superfast.

Sally Pearson and Kenny, you see

they are both two technically

proficient hurdlers, and Sally was

able to raise her game, so it was a

little bit much like a revenge race

for those two, and Kenny came out on

top. She is looking dangerous for

me.

She is looking great, and I

think this may be a good situation

for her, because she doesn't come

into this with the fastest time, so

maybe Sharika Nelvis who we saw in

the next heat came in with a fastest

time, 7.70 four the year, that might

have taken the pressure off Kenny.

I

think so, because it is that final

when there's fast girls are lined

up, can she keep her composure.

Let's have a look and complete the

triptych. Nadine Visser looks like

the one perhaps who could be

breaking up the American dominance.

I think not only this but also

leader from Germany. If you

leader from Germany. If you look at

this, she looks like she is running

with the handbrake, and I know Colin

Jackson suggested she was holding

something back, but she doesn't look

as confident as she has so far this

season, so I am just wondering how

she is going to get her mind in the

right place to deliver yet another

devastating performance.

I will ask

you to pick your one, two, three for

me later on. The final is five to

nine, but we are now entering into

the men's heats, and plenty of

Easter come. -- plenty of these to

come. The first has a Brit involved,

Jonathan King.

I think Dave King will think he has

a good chance of going through here,

we have one nonstarter, the athlete

from Iraq not in this. King is in

four.

four. This is Milan Trajkovic from

Cyprus, won earlier this year, has

been very good on the circuit.

Nicholas Hough just missed out on a

medal in Glasgow.

medal in Glasgow. Zebroski from

Poland, and then David King. UK

outdoor champion last year, second

in the indoor Championships.

And then Vladimir Vukicevic from nor

me, and Aurel Manga, had a chance in

what could be an open event. Smit

from the Netherlands, the Dutch

champion. So, top four to go through

here. If you look on times, they are

certainly in the mix, but it is

going to be close. It depends on who

delivers the performance here. Hough

has not run indoors, the Australian.

King may well qualify. 7.57. He

continues what has been a good

season. He got a reasonable start.

King got a good start in the middle.

There was one or two hitting

hurdles. Hough didn't perform well.

Well done David King, into the

semi-final. The winning time 7.56.

He will be pleased, he was on the

edge on paper for qualification.

Yes

I was talking to a journalist about

his potential and I said he has been

good. And being in that outside

lane, you can concentrate and get

away from the mess happening. There

is a lot of hurdles being clattered

and David King managed to do that.

But it was a fast race. For me, I

think David maybe a bit disappointed

he didn't get closer to the top end,

get closer to that 7.60 mark. But I

think that may be enough. I'm going

to keep scanning down and see

exactly where he is for

qualification.

He makes it through

in the top four, Collin,. He is not

quite at the top. Was he hampered.

Zebrowski was clattering hurdles.

When people clatter hurdles, they

come into you and you naturally

extend your stride and then you

literally have to jump to it clear

it. David could have suffered from

that.

But he is through. 7.69 his

time. He is with JJ.

You're through,

how do you feel?

It was good.

Executed pretty well. I just needed

more urgency over the first. But I

did what I needed to do. So I'm

happy.

Coming into this you said

consistency was key, did you feel

consistent?

Yes definitely.

Something I struggled with last

year. I dropped a time last year.

But this year I'm consistently in

the 7.6s and looking for that drop

now and if I time it right hopefully

it will come.

It your first World

Championships, how is it living up

to your expectations?

It's great. I

have always loved coming to

Birmingham. Now with a big home

crowd it is incredible.

Thank you

for talking to us. Best of luck

tomorrow.

One or two won't be happy.

Hough did get a personal best and

I'm told he is in the Australian

team for the Commonwealth Games in

April.

Some pole vault action getting under

way and Sandi Morris about to jump.

We have Stefanidi, the Greek

athlete. We enjoyed watching her

jump in Glasgow. And Nageotte is

there. These events have been

competitive and this looks as though

it is going to go that way. Sandi

Morris. 4.50.

Morris. 4.50. That is a brilliant

clearance. A succession of silver

medals for Morris at world and

Olympic level. A good start for her.

Eliza McCartney has had Achilles

problems. But that is a good start.

Also the Olympic bronze medal fris

Rio. Big -- bronze-medallist from

Rio. Here is a previous world

champion. Silva, world champion in

2015. So these early heights just to

sort out your run up, get rid of the

nerves maybe. But Silva under

pressure. Has that stayed on? It

does. It is a successful clearance.

But needs a bit of a tidy up.

They're the main protagonists. We

haven't seen Stefanidi yesterday.

The Greek athlete is the favourite.

Now to the men's 60 metres hurdles.

Here is how they line up.

Baji ran a clean race to win bronze

at the World Championships last

year. Thomas of Trinidad & Tobago.

He has been around a long time. 30

now. But a new personal best this

season.

season. Czykier. And there is Ben

Reynolds from Ireland. He goes in

lane 5 alongside, well, I was going

to say the fastest in the world.

Jarrett Eaton starts favourite.

Parokhonka of Belarus and Iribarne

of Cuba has been running well this

season. I said Jarrett Eaton is the

favourite, but he was going so well

and then hit a barrier and didn't

finish in Glasgow last weekend.

Shortly after taking the US title.

He will want a clean run to feel his

way back in. You see some great

names down there.

names down there. Robles and

Holloway, who can forget them?

LAUGHTER.

Four to go through

automatically.

Cleanly away and Eaton out strongly.

Thomas is all over the shop. Coming

through is Iribarne. Eaton takes

from it Iribarne. That is what Eaton

wanted after that run in Glasgow,

because he had been going so well,

took the US title and hit that

barrier and it can play with your

mind a bit. To have a decent run,

all that he was wanting.

He probably

had a good warm up preparing for

this after the mishap of Glasgow. I

will say. When he smashed the hurdle

and hit the deck. You need that bit

of a confidence-run. Even when you

have been running well all year. You

need to remind yourself about the

barriers and sometimes how they can

give you a bit of a bite if you

don't do them well.

Watch Thomas

second from the right, he tries to

bound to the first barrier and boom,

your race is gone.

Of all the

hurdlers he is the shortest I know,

but he is powerful. When you get it

wrong, you end up in problems like

that.

We saw the name of Robles and

Iribarne maybe another great Cuban

talent coming through. Reynolds

couldn't get quite there. We have

been looking at the strength of

women's hurdling from the United

States and Eaton laying down a

marker here. So the

This athlete has made a big break

through. Katie Nageotte. Carries a

foul here though. Tidies that up

nicely at 4.50. A bit of a wobbly

start. Under a bit of pressure. Big

smiles from her. World leader.

smiles from her. World leader. The

youngest competitor in the field,

Nina Kennedy, just 20 years of age.

Getting close to her lifetime best

now. 4.60. Oh, yes. A shriek from

her! She is pleased with that. The

Australian goes into the lead with

that.

that. Some athletes with bigger

potential to come. Nina Kennedy,

great vaulting there. Clean plant.

Rocked back. Good drive upwards. All

in line. Good balance.

in line. Good balance. Eliza

McCartney. No-heighted at her last

competition. Bronze-medallist in

Rio. Surprise bronze-medallist. A

big break through that was for her.

What a good clearance that was. Came

down on it and gave it a wobble. But

only because the bar was not quite

in the right place. Seemed to have

plenty of height.

plenty of height. McCartney joins

Kennedy, the Kiwi and the Australian

both going very nicely indeed. But

we still wait for Stefanidi. The

Olympic and world champion. To join

the competition.

the competition. McCartney only came

in on Monday. Shook off a bit of jet

lag. So as we turn our attention to

a previous world champion. Silva,

now 30 years of age.

This is her first competition this

winter. A clean plant and oh, yes.

Kind of stretching everything out of

that.

She is gripping down on the

top of the pole. What I mean is her

top hand, there is a lot of pole

behind it. In doing that, gripping

lower on that pole, it makes it

stiffer. So again checking where her

left foot it. Previously they were

concerned where her takeoff position

was.

Now the next heat of 60-metre

hurdles.

hurdles. Ronald Levy ran 7. 49

winning in Glasgow. That put him in

contention. As a possible medallist,

if not the gold-medallist. Who

knows? A long way to do for all of

that. First four will do through.

Contreras of Spain.

Contreras moved from Cuba to

represent Spain a couple of years

ago.

ago. The Spanish champion. Dahl

Molin. Close to going sub 13 seconds

last year outdoors. Maholtra of

Indonesia.

Indonesia. Contan stantino of

Brazil. Javier McFarlane hopes

He hopes to usurp his brother in

this event. Thingalaya has a good

chance here. A couple of

performances in the United States.

Given himself a season's best of

7.83. Its more experience as well

which counts for a lot. This man,

although he has only had one indoor

race this year, it was good enough

to impress a lot of people.

Constantino of Brazil and McFarlane

of Peru, the South American

representatives will have something

to say about qualification here.

They get away safely, it is a good

start.

7.62, Al-Molad wins it. And Leavy,

sometimes I think when it looks so

easy to qualify, you should be

winning your heat. If he wants to be

a medal contender, he should, even

though Al-Molad ran well, you should

be winning your heat, getting into

the winning habit.

You do want to

win your heat, because it makes

things a little more complicated

later on, when they do the new draw,

you could end up in a loaded

semifinal. But Levy did make a

mistake going into that barrier, and

that could have cost of a little.

When you get dragged back for

hurdle, it is really off-putting

because it takes you out of your

rhythm. He is going well, but he

catches that barrier with the top of

his hamstring and his trail leg, and

it just pulls him back and causes

him a little bit of grief. He is

tall and rangy, seven strides going

into this barrier, takes it well, he

is lovely and fluid when he gets it

right, and I know there has been a

real buzz about him in training, but

you see how he caught that with the

back of his hamstring, it causes his

hips to drop. You lose so much speed

when you do that. A little rusty,

but he will get that out of the way.

I have a question for you. Let's

concentrate on the guy who wins

this, Al-Molad. He is hurdling so

close to the others, is he hurdling

the wrong hurdler?

He is swinging

his lead leg a little bit around his

barrier, but where he will come into

trouble later on when are people

next to him running at the same

pace. He is quite slight and may get

beat up.

We will watch for that. He

is through, there are the top men,

Levy and Contreras join him.

So, Sandi Morris, perfect job so

far, just that one attempt at 24.50,

just one attempt needed. Super job,

possibly the best we have seen so

far, good clearance from Sandi

Morris, still kind of jockeying for

position. We expect the medals to go

for 80 plus. Sandi Morris is

certainly a contender. Certainly by

the margin of this clearance, it

would suggest that. She is way over

that. So, Sandi Morris going strong.

Sadly, Great Britain's Holly

Bradshaw who we would have loved to

see competing here, injured at the

moment. We hope she will be back for

the Commonwealth Games. Next up, a

man who has had his fair share of

injuries, didn't quite carry his

early speed through when he won his

European title, but this is another

big opportunity for him. He is drawn

in lane eight, and I wonder if in

the hurdles that is a good thing to

be away from any potential trouble

in the middle?

I like to think he is

focusing on his lane and getting

out. As long as he runs a smooth

race, whatever lane you are in

shouldn't really make a difference.

It is nice to be in the middle, but

this allows him to focus on his

lane, he has got what should be a

comfortable qualification.

And merit

is there, the world record-holder

outdoors.

Hopefully his mental state

is in a good place.

When he got back

to the hotel after the morning

session, he went out for a relaxing

walk, he looked very relaxed.

This

is a very open event right now, so I

think his opportunity is right there

in front of him for him to grab, and

he will have Merritt in his heat,

but I don't think there is anyone

else who will give him a real

problem. He just has to get clean

through this round and get to the

next one, and that is where it will

crank up a little bit and you will

have to be more competitive.

Andrew

Cotter has this one.

ANDREW COTTER: Thank you. Andy

Pozzi, a lot of spectators have come

to see how he fares this evening, a

big talent, and also a very popular

man is a Aries Merritt, very popular

American in lane four.

Here is chill one -- Cheung from

China, Aries Merritt, what a

wonderful hurdler he is, few have

had as good a season as he has,

world record outdoors. Getting back

to that sort of form as well. Al

Mandeel alongside him has

Mandeel alongside him has just won

the Asian championship.

the Asian championship. Xie took

over the mantle of Chinese champion.

And Pozzi takes the roar of the

crowd. He has been close to medals

in 2012 and 2014, a lot of injury

problems since then. Last year,

European indoor champion, but didn't

quite get it right at the World

Championships in London. So, highs

and lows last year, looking to start

his season well. Great performance

at the world indoors. But Aries

Merritt after his great year in

2012, ran 7.43 indoors then, 7.46

this season, so not too far away

after all his health issues.

So, Cheung on the inside, then

Douvalidis. Pozzi is in lane eight,

four to go through automatically,

one more seat after this.

Cleanly away again, and Aries

Merritt very strong, Pozzi going

well, they are clean at the moment.

Douvalidis going well, and it is

7.54, a very smooth run from Andrew

Pozzi, no troubles at all and he

looks sharp. He ran a cleanly, and a

smile from Aries Merritt, who will

also go through. He will have more

to spare, didn't quite get it right

on that occasion. Balnuweit was

going well as well. He has seasons

best time indoors, Pozzi, and that

is the way to do it, Colin.

Yes, no

messing about from Andrew Pozzi. He

is out on his own, lane eight, can

just concentrate on the barrier in

front of him. He knows he is in

great shape. He has really not done

as much racing as he would like to

have done, but it really doesn't

show here. He has come with a

season's best, exactly what you want

from your British athletes. There he

is on the left of the screen, drives

hard, seven strides to that first

hurdle. A little bit of rock and

roll as he comes off hurdle four,

but no worries, he is safely

through.

Let's have another look at it out of

the blocks, and

the blocks, and again, Xie on his

left, but he has freed around him.

That is a luxury on these first

rounds where you can concentrate on

your own race. He has done a good

warm up and this is a one-off race,

but he clattered that barrier just

with his ankle, and that tugs you

back a little bit. So on reflection,

season's best, 7.53, with those

little mistakes, that is a very good

run.

Andrew, not mucking about?

No, I

have said it every time we have

spoken, I am in good nick and I'm

coming into these championships in

good shape, and I just had a great

time out there, really enjoyable.

What about your drawer, lane eight,

didn't affect you?

No, it's fine, it

is just such an amazing atmosphere

in this The Hive Stadium. I have

raced out of lane nine before.

Actually with this arena, no, it is

no problem.

You have raced in every

lane here, because you have grown up

here.

At least a decade, and a lot

of big milestones in my career have

been here, so I'm just delighted to

be here, and that was a good first

run. I maybe got too close to four,

and just tipped it, but it was nice

to be relaxed.

Quick word about your

team, you had your best man's speech

at the beginning of this, how do you

feel it is going?

I am loving it. I

have been watching mainly from the

hotel, but they are just incredible.

So many performances, and everyone

in that team has conducted

themselves amazingly, so it has

really been good to watch.

Thank you

for speaking to me, best of luck

tomorrow.

That is a good run for Pozzi, he

goes through with Aries Merritt and

Douvalidis and Balmy

-- Balnuweit.

He led like a captain, and that was

a very good heat indeed. Denise,

that is what you want at a major

championship, a seasons best, to

raise your game, he can rest up

tonight, semis and finals tomorrow,

you were impressed?

I was, he looked

good. Rattled a few hurdles, but

confidence, exude in confidence and

really drawing from the crowd. He

talks about important this stadium

is in his life and his career.

It

was a good start and he was very

clear and handled this the way we

expected. He wasn't going to get a

lot of pressure from anyone, you can

see Xie hit that hurdle, but he was

still able to get himself through to

the next round. Andrew really

getting through this with no

mistakes, taking his time, being

patient, doing what he needs to do.

I'm sure he understands and knows

that that next round will crank up

and he will need to be ready, but

that should give him some

confidence, finishing ahead of Aries

Merritt and running a really clean

race through this first round.

And

let's go to the next heat, shall we?

Steve Cram, and Pascal

Martinot-Lagarde in this one, the

Frenchman is still only 26, and I

feel like he has been here for a

long time.

Yes, he is walking around like he

was 86, at first I thought he was

hurt, gingerly walking around, busy

just getting himself prepared

mentally. He is a big unit, and he

is very good at this event indoors

as well as outdoors, of course.

Fourth at the Olympic Games and in

the World Championships back in

2015. He has these injury problems,

probably hasn't been able to fulfil

all of his potential, but he is

lining up here against a think maybe

one of the toughest of the heats,

and he should be a cake, but you

have Masuno, love it, Joseph,

Svoboda.

Svoboda. Masuno hasn't run indoors

yet this year, semifinalist

outdoors. This man, as I said, had a

silver medal at these world indoor

Championships on the last two

occasions, would love to go one

better here. Eddie Lovett from the

US Virgin Islands. And the man from

Switzerland, Jason Joseph, European

junior champion last year, he is

only 19. Svoboda, the European

indoor champion a few years back,

came back and picked up a bronze

medal, a surprise bronze medal, with

good performances. Fofana of Italy,

and then Jonathan Cabral, knew from

the USA, hurdling for Canada. Tough

to make the US team.

to make the US team. Tevenino in

lane eight. So, just to remind you,

top four to go

top four to go through, 7.77, that

is the so far fastest losers.

So, Martinot-Lagarde will spring

into action here. 7.54 is his

season's best. He hasn't run under

7.50 in his career, but he is

perfectly capable of getting in

amongst things.

Martinot-Lagarde gets a cracking

start, Svoboda going well in the

middle. Cabral of Canada coming

through, but it is Martinot-Lagarde

of Canada who will win it from tech

Maxwell and Svoboda -- from Cabral

and Svoboda. When he is going well,

Martinot-Lagarde, he is going to be

a handful. I'm not sure there are

any outright favourites in this, but

we saw Andrew run very well in the

previous heat. A lot of familiar

names, Colin.

The most important

thing here is to be able to handle

the pressure. If you can do that and

run a clean, smooth race, sometimes

it may be the sensible thing just

come off the pedal a little bit to

make sure you have a clean run,

because when it comes down to it,

right at the end, it will be the

person who is the smoothest,

cleanest run who will take this

title. Let's have a look at Pascal.

He is one of the few Europeans who

has gone under 13 seconds outdoors.

No real pressure on this, he is not

coming in as French champion, he was

runner-up in their trials, so the

him to come here now, he can ease

his way through it uses reputation

and the fact that he is good, he has

a bit of class about him, to see him

through these early rounds.

Does his height hinder him. He is

very hunched when he runs. He can't

use his full height.

Every hurdler

has his own style and you take the

barriers the way you can do it. The

way your body is designed. His

technique is not trained. That is

the way he does it.

OK, we'll take

that! He is not trained! Let's just,

we are waiting for the result and

now to the pole vault.

This is

Sidorova, the Russian cleared to

compete as a neutral athlete. It is

her opening height.

That is good. Very good indeed.

She has jumped 4.87 this year. In

really good shape. Throws her hat in

the ring as another contender. It

will go down to a real battle

between four or five athletes.

Including Katie Nageotte. She has

shown she can compete.

Very nicely indeed. First time

clearance that. Looking comfortable.

The next height 4.70.

The result of that fifth heat we saw

7.6 #2shgs Martinot-Lagarde's

winning time.

Fairly straight forward in term of

qualification, nice to see Pozzi is

heading up the qualifying. He is

heading the qualifiers.

heading the qualifiers. So many

familiar names. David King making

it. He was in the first heat. He is

through to the semi-finals. That is

when it will get tough.

STUDIO: The semis and the final are

in the final session which is

tomorrow, we are on air from 2.45.

Colin Jackson will be in the

commentary box. He can have a quick

word with us now about the heats and

it is lovely to see Andy Pozzi

running so well. Who do you think is

going to be challenging him?

This

will be a close race. We saw what

Jarrett did. He had a clumsy run in

Glasgow but he has returned well.

Never write off merit. Levy will be

strong in the semi-final tomorrow.

So you know at the moment for me it

will be the person with the cleanest

race, keeps their head.

Assess Pozzi

run, it looked like he got

everything right?

Yeah, I don't

think Andrew needs to step up much

more. The little mistakes he made,

he got close to a couple of

barriers, he can resolve that by

doing a slightly drill session in

his warm up. Although he made the

mistakes they will cost him perhaps

five or six hundredth and when it

comes down to the final, those five

or six hundredths could be crucial.

Thank you Colin. We are going to

head back to the pole vault

competition. Because Steve Backley,

the New Zealander, Eliza McCartney

is going very well? COMMENTATOR: Yes

a good day for New Zealand. But she

has her work cut out at 4.70 now.

There was a big bend on that and she

has come down on the bar. Too much

of this new height. I think we will

see some casualties at this height.

McCartney, mum was a gymnast. Her

dad was a high jumper. That is the

first big recipe to make a pole

vaulter.

She drifted off side ways. Needs to

tidy that up a bit. First time fail

as with all of the vertical jumps it

is three consecutive fouls and

you're out.

you're out. Sfud

STUDIO: On the track Ujah is getting

ready for his semi-final.

ready for his semi-final. He will

want to get in the top two.

He would

want to be in the top two. If he is

not, that will actually dent his

confidence going into the final.

Because that would be below par for

him. He should be top two.

him. He should be top two.

Su will

be out on him quickly.

You don't

worry about lanes at this point. It

is getting through the rounds,

running your best race. He will want

to send a message that I'm here for

medals.

In terms of Su's season,

because he is such a good indoor

athlete, he will be wanting to get

to the top of the rostrum. This will

be the biggest thing he could

achieve this year.

I think he feels

this is a real opportunity to win a

gold medal at a Championship, at a

World Championship. He is so

consistent and goes into this and if

he gets to the final with a lot of

confidence. Because he can rely on

his consistency. He knows that he is

in that position where he just has

to execute his best race and let the

chips fall where they may. He

doesn't make mistakes. He wouldn't

have to be concerned about

overcoming any confidence issues or

thinking I have to improve. He just

has to run his best race.

Here is

his heat. Focus on his start.

You

will notice diagonal angle is much

better than anyone else. He is very

focussed and efficient and very

clean with his technique. Upper body

and lower body. No wasted motion.

You don't see any rocking from side

to side. You see just power and

efficiency. That is a great

combination for him and it works

really well.

really well. From 60 to 100 outdoors

he can't dupe duplicate the same

power. Ujah, he is an outdoor

athlete.

He won the Diamond League

and that was a big step up to get

known among the top athletes.

It was

so consistent last season, that he

got better and better. That is

confidence that he would have gained

from being the Diamond League winner

set him in good stead. Now he wants

to take that step forward. He had

that fantastic relay run as well.

But he will be looking to be

success.

They said that moment in

London where they won the gold in

the 4x100 has given them a taste of

it.

That is refreshing to hear.

Unlike in America, you could live

off a relay medal in this country

and these athletes I have heard them

I want more than that. This is not,

they don't get in the sport to win

the relay. It is an individual

sport. It is refreshing to hear them

say, yeah, I want more. That gave me

confidence. Now it also made me more

hungry.

There is more on the table

for them here and Steve Cram will

see if Ujah can get through to the

final. COMMENTATOR: Thankfully it is

a straight line in terms of

navigating. He just has to do it as

fast as he can. Given the

performance in qualifying, he has

every chance. He looked good and

strong. So did Su, they are the two

we expect to come through. Others

will hope they will go through. De

Grace is the record holder. This is

Rodriguez, a very experienced

Spaniard. His best is a few years

back. Cisse looks sharp. He won't be

too far away. Ujah, a nice clean

start and perform the way he did

earlier would be fine. Good

reception for him. Olszewski from

Poland.

Poland. Su, this pocket rocket, just

explodes out of the blocks. Nobody

really gets through that first 20

metres than him. Clarke of Jamaica

will be a danger. Didn't look so

good, it took him a while to get

going in the heats this morning.

Safo-Antwi, a former British

competitor. He is in lane 8.

Only the first two will definitely

make it through to the final. Our

last event tonight is at 10 past 9.

CJ will so be hoping he will be

there. Expecting to be there. Su in

6. Watch ought for Cisse. Oh, no.

Well, that is about as clean a false

start you're ever going to see. Can

you believe that, Colin?

I'm so

disappointed for that young man. He

has worked hard to be here. But look

at that.

I mean, you know, CJ's got

plenty of experience. I know he is

neven nervous. He only had to have a

decent start.

Please disqualify lane

4.

How can he think that is a

surprise? Sorry CJ. But unless you

think something set you off, that

was as clear a false start as you

can see.

Very disappointed for him.

But part of 60-metre race and all

sprinting is the discipline of the

start. You have got to be prepared

to sit in your blocks and just wait

for the starter's gun.

Yet another

global final goes begging for CJ

Ujah. This time a false start. And

really. I bet he is thinking can I

please rewind the clock? So now

somebody else will step into these

shoes. Because that was a spot in

the final just waiting for him

really. Just quickly look at this.

He is away. There was a little move

from Olszewski next to him. But

you're just got to wait. Su not one

of his best starts. Su

of his best starts. Su makes it

through and Safo-Antwi has taken

advantage of CJ's major mistake.

So Su.

Su, yes, I always watch him

in the early rounds and he doesn't

do anything sensational. He prepares

himself for the big final race. He

tends to run around 6.5 mark and