World Indoor Championships - Day 4 Athletics

Colin Jackson has won his first gold

medal. He is the champion of the

world.

Athletic supporters are looking or

not just with admiration but in all.

Shakes Drayton for Britain!

He is the world champion!

Welcome to our coverage of the final

day of the world indoor athletics

Championships here in Birmingham. It

is a very sad day for the world of

athletics and, indeed, British and

world sport. Sir Roger Bannister,

the first man to run a four-minute

mile, has died at 88.

Here is Patrick Geary.

A windy, rainy day in Oxford. May

six, 1954.

The crowds were braving the

conditions. They had heard a British

medical student was set to challenge

a seemingly unbreakable record, the

four minute mile.

So when the weather brightened up at

the track, Bannister set off with

two friends acting as pacemakers.

When Chris chat away began to tire,

it was over to Bannister.

Makes joy

and anguish. My mind took over. --

makes to joy and anguish. I felt

that the moment of a lifetime had

come.

The Everest of athletics was

about to be conquered. Bannister

broke the tape in three minutes 59.4

seconds.

Am absolutely overwhelmed.

It is a great surprise to me to be

able to do it today, I think Ibis

very lucky.

He would never topped

what happens on the track that day,

but he became a major figure in

British sport. He shared the sports

Council and introduced the first

test for anabolic steroids. By the

time he appeared at the 2012 Sports

Personality Of The Year awards, he

knew he was suffering from

Parkinson's, a disease he spent most

of his life treating as a

neurologist. He was knighted for

services to medicine and sport.

Bannister regarded his medical

career as the greater achievements

but had strong memories of his day

in history.

I collapsed as I crossed

the tape but recovered sufficiently

to hear him announcing in a time

which, subject to ratification, will

be a new world record, three... And

after that the noise of the crowds

are obliterated the remainder of his

announcement.

Lord Sebastian: Steve Cram have

joined me to talk more about the

significance of that moment. -- Lord

Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram. And

also put into context how that day

perhaps transcends athletics and

sport. It was in an age of

pioneering. If you could put into

context for us exactly where he came

from in his athletics career and

what it was like for him?

He was

part of that Corinthian age where,

as you have heard in that film, for

him, athletics might not have been

the be all and end all but, as you

said rightly, there was a pioneering

spirit in the 50s.

spirit in the 50s. Roger was a great

athlete, he would tease said and I

about had he been around in our day

with better tracks, shoes and

training methods. He was a great

athlete. It was destined to happen.

We heard John Landy was going to try

to break the four-minute mile.

Everything came together on that

day. It was filmed. For the first

time the news of what happened very

quickly got out to not only the

British public but around the world.

It was one of the first sporting

events for that to happen. The

resonance of his achievement was

much greater than it might have been

if he had done its two or three

years earlier. He was always very

self-effacing about it but, for me,

and I am sure for Seb, the first

book my coach gave me was The Four

Minute Mile. The first film he made

me watch was those grainy pictures.

Scientist says people would die if

they ran a four-minute mile. Records

are there to be broken, but that

particular barrier was seen as

something that was medically almost

impossible?

It was. You are right,

people were writing learned treaties

and medical magazine saying if you

try to do that, it is

life-threatening. He was one of the

cleverest people I think I have ever

met. He was, in equal measure,

modest as well. He never really got

what he did. It was not a front. He

just said, he used the line there, I

am quite lucky. I don't think the

enormity of what he did came to life

for me until I actually had the

great privilege, and we both knew

him well, sitting in his sitting

room and we were comparing training

diaries. And I think it is fair to

say we were probably doing in a day

and a half, two days, but these guys

were to begin a week and a half,

maybe two weeks. Then you look at

the times he achieved off the back

of what was really quite thin

training, he and his colleagues were

beginning to use the science of the

sport and exploring it and he had a

medical background, but when you

look at the time... And people

dismissed the four minute barrier.

More people have individually

climbed Everest than run a four

minute mile. It is an extraordinary

achievement. Interestingly, in your

lovely little montage, somebody, I

think the voice-over, said he did

not achieve again on the track.

Actually, in pure racing terms,

winning the Commonwealth title

months later in Vancouver when he

again Peter John Landy, was one of

the greater mile races of all time

-- when he again Peter John Landy.

He turned down the chance to go to

the Olympics in 1948 because he was

studying, that tells you a lot about

what athletics was like.

He became a

volunteer in 48.

So at the sport was

important to him, no doubt, but not

the same sport we have now, clearly.

He was at university to study to

become a doctor, he always said, not

to become an athlete. Pursuing an

athletics career while he was there,

it could have been rowing or

something else, it was always going

to come to an end at a point when he

wanted to get on with his career. He

left this massive, massive legacy.

What did it do for you?

For all

young milers, I was born in 1960, it

happened a few years before I was

born, he was a bit older than me,

the first person that you are taught

to look up to was Roger Bannister.

Then after that you are looking at

times, all athletes do. When I was

15, 16, I was already thinking I

wonder if I could run a four minute

mile one day. That is still true and

that is where all athletes around

the world, one of the athletes at

the beginning of these World

Championships who was shown in the

titles, he came to the 50th

anniversary Championships, we had

Peter Snell, John Landy, Jim Wright,

all the greats. But that athlete was

bowing down to Sir Roger Bannister

in a way which I found really

touching. If a guy from Morocco in

the midnight is understood what

Roger Bannister meant to other

sports, to me that was really

heart-warming. And it still does too

many youngsters around the world.

There is no athlete of our vintage,

particularly in middle distance

running, that did not look at him as

the senior partner. The mile high

Dane Piedt history before Roger did

what he did, we had Walter George,

Sidney Goodison in the 30s, but that

race to the four minute secured the

mile as a British athletics

institution and we have a massive

debt of gratitude.

And a rich

heritage.

It is a rich heritage.

Steve is right. When I joined my

athletics club and dads to say I

wanted to run the mile, people

referred to him.

We should put into

context the work of his pacemakers

and how it was at team effort.

They

were great friends for the whole

life. Chris and Chris, he always

said I just took the credit for a

great piece of teamwork. They always

said they could not have taken that

are run and run the 3.50 nine. I

love that they became such good

friends and they were intrinsically

linked.

It feels to me like

conquering Everest going to the

South Pole, it is one of those

iconic things that man does.

In

large proper preparation was spent

in Scotland, walking and climbing

are just becoming great, great

friends. -- in large part of their

preparation. When we sadly lost

Chris chat away, it deeply affected

Roger. They were close friends.

He

said he did not hear anything beyond

three when the time was announced.

He talks about that moment, and Seb

will say this. I have met, he has

met, and I am sure thousands of

people around the country will say I

was there or knew somebody who was

there, that would probably add up to

100 or 150,000.

I think there were

around 15,000 people die. So many

people have a story. Roger is the

one in the middle of it all. I met

so many people over the years that

say the announcement was drowned out

by the cheering of the crowd. I

think it was voted one of the most

iconic moments of the 20th century,

rightly so.

It has been an

inspiration to athletics in sport,

the people have talked about the

four-minute mile in the context of

science or the arts, if you if you

think you can or you think you

aren't, you are probably right.

It

is one of our biggest national

moments. It is such a great sadness,

a national sadness. We have lost a

friend on the sport has lost a

senior partner.

He will continue --

it will continue to be an

inspirational moment for people

beyond the sport. Looking at the

list of times you guys run the mile

and held world records in, those

small increments, it is still in the

40s, within 40 seconds. He took his

own time down over the couple of

years beforehand and what must have

gone on in his mind.

He was a great

student even in the later years. I

was always amazed about how Internet

she still was with who was doing

what, particularly in the mile. He

was a scientist at heart, I guess.

Was it middle distance running in

particular?

I invited him to sit

next to me at the 1500 metre final

in London. He was reading the race

in exactly the way you were. He was

in touch, he had very feisty views.

He was a very challenging person,

but in a very good way. He wanted to

know about training methods,

altitude, why were people running

quicker and why are they not running

even quicker.

A cup of tea with

Roger was a trip to the osteopath,

you were really challenge.

You are

lucky I am privileged to have spent

the time with someone who has meant

so much to this country and the

world of sport. -- you are lucky and

privileged.

Thank you for sharing.

privileged.

Thank you for sharing. We have a

packed agenda, as always, on this

final day of the World Indoor

Championships. The men's pole vault

is coming into the arena, the

competition starts shortly. The

hurdles semifinals on the track

first up, featuring Andy policy of

Great Britain and Aries Merritt. The

women's long jump, I think we'll be

one of the events of these

championships. Ivana Spanovic, we

saw her in the indoors in Belgrade,

just supreme. How will Brittney

Reese respond? The 3,000-metre men's

final is at 3:35pm. Shelayna

Oskan-Clarke is going in a wide-open

eight injured metre final. --

800-metre final.

In between,

In between, hopefully Andy Pozzi

will have made it safely through to

the men's hurdles. We will also be

showing highlights of the London

Half. Mo Farah was first across the

line, we will see how that happened.

Let's go to the commentary box with

my lovely colleague Colin Jackson.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

We're looking forward to

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

We're looking forward to seeing the

men's hurdles Andy Pozzi featuring

in the same heat as a Aries Merritt,

who you feel is perhaps the main

challenger?

It is interesting.

Jeopardy is involved courtesy of the

five barriers they had to take. And

he was very good yesterday. He got

out of the blocks really sharply.

And think about a Aries Merritt as a

main rival. Out the blocks very

quickly. Remember, he is just

getting over his kidney transplant.

I am seeing a really good,

competitive opportunity for areas to

get back on the global stage as a

winner. He has the capability, for

sure. -- a really good, competitive

opportunity for Aries

sure. -- a really good, competitive

opportunity for Aries.

But Andy has

looked very relaxed, really enjoying

these championships? Agazzi feels he

is in great shape, which is most

important. He worked really hard

out

of the blocks to get himself set up,

worked hard from every single

barrier. But sometimes causes you to

get a bit close. That is what

happened here. He literally had to

jump a bit higher than he would

necessarily like, but that will be

fixed by doing skill work in the

warm up. I think he should have a

flawless entrance into that final.

Let's hope so, and joining me in the

studio is Denise Lewis and Michael

Johnson. If I can take you away from

the hurdles for a second, and a word

about Sir Roger Bannister. As a

former world record-holder yourself,

you have been in that elite group

but the four minute mile in the

context of almost sporting history

and in terms of what mankind can

achieve, it was such a pioneering

moment, wasn't it?

It really was and

it goes beyond what he accomplished

with the 4-minute mile goes beyond

athletics. This was man on the moon

level stuff, it was amazing. Every

athlete owes a debt of gratitude to

Sir Roger Bannister for what he

meant to the sport and bringing the

sport outside of athletics and into

the world consciousness. And what

human performance is all about and

pushing boundaries. From that point,

you started to have Bob Beamon and

those sort of moment and Roger

Bannister is right at the top.

And

at the vanguard of that in so many

ways. Steve Cram made a great point

and said two years before we

wouldn't have seen it because we

wouldn't have had that footage. The

confluence of events that happened

that day, the weather, the

pacemakers, everything came together

and now in our age of being able to

see anything, whatever, it's almost

impossible to imagine what that was

like.

Completely, but you said it,

pioneering, ground-breaking, and as

a developing athlete he was one of

the leaders for us coming in as a

14-year-old really understanding

what he has done for British sport

and international sport. I never had

the honour of meeting him directly

but he was in that consciousness. He

represented endeavour and grit and

determination. That is what you hold

dear as a British athlete.

I have

read about it so many times over the

years, the idea that suddenly he got

wind of the Australian Lundy was

about to do it. It is such a magical

moment in history, isn't it?

Absolutely and that is that

competitiveness, you want to be the

first. It really did set up for

subsequent athletes the idea of

doing something special and

continuing to push boundaries of

human achievement. Like I mentioned

Bob Beamon, that was special for me

as well. Nobody had ever done the

200m and 400m at that level before

and that was special for me, pushing

the boundaries. It was inspired over

the decades by Sir Roger Bannister

and the 4-minute mile.

Let's get out

onto the track because it is the 60m

men's hurdles semifinals time and

Andrew Cotter is in the commentary

box.

COMMENTATOR: Stephen King going in

the first of these semifinals. A

very

the first of these semifinals. A

very tough line-up for him to try to

overcome.

overcome. Eaton is one of the

favourites.

favourites. Hough has just won the

Australian title for the fourth

time.

time. Manga of France, the French

champion. There is Eaton, ran 7.43

to win the US title. Baji, the

bronze-medallist in London. Look out

for this guy, 30 now but making his

mark on the world stage.

mark on the world stage. David King

gets his welcome. 7.63 in France

last month, needs to find a time

close to that or perhaps even

quicker, and Smet of the Netherlands

on the outside. Al-Malod drifted

into the lane on his left in

qualifying. He was clear in the

first round because the man on his

left was way behind but there could

be a little bit of sharing of

airspace in this heat so look out

for that.

for that. Two to go through

automatically over the three heats,

two fastest losers.

At the moment Eaton going strongly.

Well, just about on the line, Manga

takes it from Eaton. Great run from

the French champion.

the French champion. We were all

looking to Eaton. Manga came through

very well indeed to take the

victory. A good run from Manga,

David King further down the field,

but Manga and Eaton are the two who

will go through.

Yes, if they didn't

make any mistakes it was going to be

nearly clear for them. They were the

quality of this field.

quality of this field. Eaton started

making mistakes, and Manga came

through meaning he will get a better

laying in the final.

We want to look

at David King as well. Look how

close they are coming.

And if you

clash, arms will be tying up between

each other and that's the reason

that I say when you share the

airspace it is a problem for

athletes because you feel like you

are physically assaulted. It might

sound dramatic but it is the way you

field -- the way you feel.

The

French have Lagarde so the challenge

might be strong in the final. Manga

and Eaton going through is the

automatic qualifiers.

and Eaton going through is the

automatic qualifiers.

David, sixth place, are you happy

with your performance?

Not really, I

sat on the second or third hurdle.

It is disappointing because I wanted

to come out in the semis and run

better than in the heat. Sometimes

it doesn't come together but it is

motivation to keep fighting.

As you

say, next time it could be the

Commonwealth Games, what have you

learned from this process is that

you can take forward?

It has all

been a really amazing experience.

For me running on two different days

I've never really done before in

heats and semis so I've learned to

handle that a little bit or at least

what to work on. Any international

experience is really good so it will

do me some good.

Thanks for speaking

to us.

Andy Pozzi going in the next of the

semifinals and it's so important,

there will be a final in two hours

and 20 minutes and he cannot leave

anything behind because you have to

get in the top two.

Yes, you have to

treat this as a final. Knowing

what's to come, he will have trained

for this understanding that you have

a quick recovery, you have to come

back and warm up again so he will

absolutely attack this as a final

knowing he cannot leave anything on

the table.

He has been here before,

he knows what he has got to do apart

from studying his mind and not

overthinking it. He is competitive,

his good. He just has to do his

thing.

He's in great shape, the

joint captain of the British team

and his fellow captain of course is

also in action today. It could be a

good day for the captains, Steve

Cram.

COMMENTATOR: Absolutely, and I know

everyone

COMMENTATOR: Absolutely, and I know

everyone talks about leading by

example but captains do have that

little bit of extra responsibility

to perform well. Andy is just going

to make sure here that he gets into

the final later with a solid

performance. I think as long as he

runs something like he ran in the

qualification he will be fine here.

Merritt, the Olympic champion in

2012, world indoor champion and

record holder in that year as well,

Merritt is showing signs of getting

back to his very best totally in

terms of times this year. Didn't

look quite so sharp in qualification

but he's a great competitor,

Merritt. So he goes in lane six,

Pozzi is in four. Only the first two

guaranteed, the fastest loser time,

to keep an eye on that.

Here is Constantino, the

23-year-old. A season's best of

7.60. If he is anywhere near that he

might have a chance of fastest loser

spot. Another one who improved his

personal best in qualification,

22-year-old from Cuba, Iribane.

22-year-old from Cuba, Iribane. This

is his moment, the European indoor

champion on two occasions has been

out of the

out of the medals. Very experienced

Greek athlete next to him.

Greek athlete next to him. Alongside

him, Merritt, as I was just

mentioning.

One or two false starts, of course

most pointedly CJ Ujah and it is not

commentator's curse here, I just

want to get that out of the way so

there's going to be no false start

here. Just nice, solid, clean

performance from Pozzi. He and

Merritt are the two expected to go

through here, and keep an eye on

Iribane in lane three.

Merritt just taking a little longer

to settle in.

A good start next to Pozzi. That is

a storming run! 7.45, just outside

his personal best. Well, I said he

only needed to be as good as he was

in qualification, he was better. Not

sure his start was quite as good but

once he got into his running, the

start from the guy next to him, the

big tall Cuban Iribane, he did get

the second place ahead of Merritt

but what about Andy Pozzi here,

Colin Jackson, very good indeed.

Yes, he was under pressure in his

mind to make sure he qualified well.

He has been desperate to get a fast

run, and to prove to everybody what

great shape he is in. He popped out

of the blocks, he didn't really

drive out but he prepared himself

well. He came off the first hurdle

nice and strong and dynamic and kept

a cool head. He didn't press, he

just knew -- just did what he knew

he was capable of doing. He also ran

himself a season's best and get

under the 7.50 mark. Just a nice,

controlled race. He knew he was

pulling himself away and if you look

at his face he is very relaxed, very

chilled. Have a look head-on, at the

right of our screen. Works hard into

the first hurdle but knows that he

needs to clear it well with no

mistakes whatsoever. In a nice

straight line so he can work

straight off it. Look at his face

after he comes off this barrier,

very easy.

He knew it, he knew he

had run well and very quick. That

has put him in prime pole position.

We have one more semi to come. Eaton

has run a tad quicker this year but

didn't look anywhere near as good in

the previous semi.

No, Andy is

looking very good. Of course the

final is to come and the person I

would say it would be his real

danger comes up next.

STUDIO: A very impressive run from

Andy Pozzi.

He seemed to pull the

way between hurdles two and three

and increase incrementally between

each hurdle. Did not have a bad

start.

Not at all. Looking at him

versus the other athletes other than

Aries Merritt, he was there, Merritt

versus the other athletes other than

Aries Merritt, he was there, Merritt

got a very good start. And you did

what he needed to do, solid all the

way through. I don't think he

touched any hurdles committee was

not at risk. A very clean race and

he picked up speed in between the

hurdles. Denise, you would know a

bit more than I do but it looked

fantastic to me.

It was a pleasure

to watch. Sprint hurdling is about

frequency. The rhythm into those

barriers and off, it is all about

driving that trail leg of each

hurdle. Like Mike says, a great

start from him. Really silky smooth.

We know this is what he can deliver.

Will Sutton .46 be enough? Will he

had to push harder in the final? --

will 7.46 be enough?

Do you do not

need to push harder. You want other

people to make mistakes. He feels

good, keep in mind fresh.

Look at

the confidence as he addresses the

camera. He is

the confidence as he addresses the

camera. He is in a good place.

He is

running with great confidence. I ran

into his brother last night outside

the hotel, who introduced in cells,

he said he is in a really good

place, and join being captain and is

really confident.

really confident. He has won the

prelim, won the semifinal and he

should be confident going into the

final.

Andrew Cotter, we saw him

petting a leader L's dog, Ben. He

was very relaxed.

petting a leader L's dog, Ben. He

was very relaxed.

Ben was relaxed up

meeting Andrew Cotter. Lagarde

looked pretty useful yesterday, so

many injuries, blighted by a foot

injury. Hurdlers run the gamut of

injuries. This is how they line up

for the third of the semifinals. As

Colin highlighted, look over Ronald

Levy of Jamaica. He had his injury

problems last year but he might be a

threat to Pozzi.

threat to Pozzi. That is the Polish

champion.

champion. The 27-year-old from

Shanghai is one of the fastest

losers from the first round. Petr

Svoboda, form made European indoor

champion.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, a big

figure. A cruel fourth place at the

World Championships in Beijing. And

the Olympics in Rio. Milan

Trajkovic, made the final at the

Olympics in Rio.

We did not really get a chance to

see what Ronald Levy could do in

London. 7.49 in his indoor debut in

Canada last weekend. The Canadian

used to run for the States, he has

dual citizenship. Erik Balnuweit has

just won the German title for a

sixth time. Two going through

automatically, the two fastest

losers at the moment are Aries

Merritt, 7.60, and Gabriel

Constantino of Brazil, 7.60 one.

Merritt hopes he can get through the

big names, mustering for the final

later. That is that 5pm.

later. That is that 5pm. -- at 5pm.

Clearly away. A little twitch from

Martinot-Lagarde. He has a lot to

do. Martinot-Lagarde leg... Worked

so well to take second between Milan

Trajkovic. A simple sit down address

job. Impassive. That was quick, 7.50

one.

-- birther. Martinot-Lagarde saves

it, it was a poor start and that is

a whole heap of ooh la la from

Martinot-Lagarde.

Those are exactly

the words I was thinking, ooh la la.

He must have been thinking, what

have I done?! All eyes were on levy

to see what he was capable of doing.

The two go through on the right-hand

side, middle now,

side, middle now, Martinot-Lagarde

and Trajkovic.

Even though you have

the reputation of running fast, it

is important to deliver the

performances when it really matters.

Goodness gracious, Pascal had to

fight to get bread. Different than

in the sprint. When you are

sprinting, you stay low, at least

you have the time to get up. When

you are faced with a 3.5 foot

barrier you have to rush. He was

good at keeping a good, clean head.

Working his way to the field, no

panicking, rewarded with a season's

best.

best.

Trajkovic, Serbian born but

settled in Cyprus, running for

Cyprus. He won the Greek indoor

title. Martinot-Lagarde, this is

certainly throwing everything into

this just to make the final.

I am

smiling because I know there will be

huge panic, what's Abhay Dunn, try

to work it through! He is very

skilful.

Or confirmation of

to work it through! He is very

skilful.

Or confirmation of that

with the new indoor Cypriot record.

-- I know there will be huge panic,

what have I done?!

Lots of finals to come, that is at

5pm. Only the 4x400 relay after.

There will be a pause in proceedings

in the arena as they pay respects.

We expect Seb Coe to say a few words

about the sad passing of Roger

Bannister, which we spoke about at

the beginning of the programme.

the beginning of the programme. Just

to reiterate the finals that we had

to look forward to, Pozzi into that

60 metres final.

to look forward to, Pozzi into that

60 metres final.

The men's pole vault competition is

under way. Seven athletes have a

global title past or present. The

first of those that we will see is

Barber of Canada. Five metres 45, a

very early hate. Good clearance. A

good start for him.

There are world champions, Olympic

champions, world record holders. A

really strong field. Probably the

best collection of vaulters we have

seen in the history of the events in

this pursuit of a world title here

this afternoon. Barber has a chance.

He is in the mix.

This man recently broke the world

junior record. A very solid

clearance. 18 years of age. A

Swedish Baltic, you might remember

his dad, the American, he was

jumping in the 80s, the early 90s.

There is your world champion from

last summer. Very high-class, hard

stepper, another world champion

walking away out of shot. This man

took the title last year, really

enjoys competing. He stamped his

authority last summer. Unbeaten last

year, Sam Kendricks. Looking to get

his competition to a clean start.

Five 45, Kendricks goes clear. The

huge margin.

Too easy, I think, for

him at these early heights. Just

carrying a bit of tape around his

knee, probably has a bit of problem

with his patella tendon, his

take-off leg. It is probably just a

precaution.

Kendricks and really

good shape. Raphael

good shape. Raphael Holzdeppe,

another champion from the past. A

great championship performer, got

sideways Ahmad but tidied it up

nicely. Solid clearance, no

casualties at these early heights.

Getting the measure of the run-up

speed, feeling their way through

heights toward six metres, 5.90 as

you can see at the right of your

screen. Look at that clearance from

the German, that is enormous.

He

works off the top of the pole so

well.

well.

At the world-record holder is

yet to start. Here are your

athletes.

I mentioned the French world

champion. Lisek is a double world

medallist. It will be a great

spectacle, this pole vault

competition. He is not the tallest,

he is not the strongest but he is

slick and capable when he gets it

right. His world record is six

metres and 16 centimetres,

Lavillenie. Konstantinos Filippidis

of Greece, the world Indoor

Championships when 4014. He has won

this title before, and goes well. --

the world indoor champion in 2014.

Shawn Barber, world champion in

2015. Fast on the approach. He takes

a long run-up. He just decelerated.

I think you are right. Slowed down

into the box, did not quite get into

the position he wants for the

take-off. That is the pole back in

the can, checks where his left foot

take office. Realises where he is

under board the jump.

Six-metre

Voltaire when he gets it right, is

Barber. -- six-metre vaulter. There

will be a pause in all competitions

to pay respects to Sir Roger

Bannister, who sadly passed away

yesterday. As you can see, the clip

of that incredible achievement in

1954 at the track in Oxford where he

broke the four minute smile, the

first man to do it, running 359.4. I

am sure many people in the arena

today for the matters and

inspirational moment. I do not just

mean the athletes, I mean

spectators. Any athletics fans would

know who Rogers -- Sir Roger

Bannister was and what he meant.

Sir Roger was a European and

Commonwealth world medallist, but he

will be best remembered for his

achievement on the 6th of May, 1954.

Seb Coe is on the track with other

dignitaries from the IAAF. Jeff

Wightman is explaining everything

that happens on that great stay. --

happened on that great stay.

It was as much a psychological

barrier as physical. His

achievements and legendary kindness

transcended sport and inspired

future generations of British

distance runners.

On this day, in Britain and

especially in the world of

athletics, ladies and gentlemen, we

remember the great Sir Roger

Bannister.

APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE

Thank you, everybody.

A nice

response from this capacity crowd in

the Birmingham indoor arena, and

seven of the IAAF council members

you saw there. Sadly missed, Sir

Roger Bannister.

you saw there. Sadly missed, Sir

Roger Bannister.

Another great field event

Another great field event under way,

Nettey the first athlete to set a

mark, the Commonwealth indoor

record-holder. The chance to set

that marker. Somewhere in excess of

6.50, 6.60 to give the rest of the

field something to think about. Her

personal best is 6.62. Trying to get

that run up right. A reasonable

start for the Canadian.

Bekh of the Ukraine. Fast on the

approach, good on the board. It is

over six metres. A foul on that

particular job.

The next event on the track is the

final of the men's 3000 metres.

There may be a chance of a clean

sweep by one nation, three

Ethiopians going here and certainly

three who are incredibly strong

contenders.

contenders. Barega, the very

talented youngster. And the

defending champion, Kejelcha, in the

line-up. They will get their

introductions to the crowd. This

could be a very interesting race.

Missing the US champion, a myriad of

athletes who was disqualified.

Bronze in the 5,000m in Rio, and

medallist at World Championships as

well. Oakley of New Zealand, 7.47

this season and run pretty well in

his first round to get into the top

four. Barega only turned 18 in

January and ran in northern France

recently and that was his first run

indoors.

indoors. Birgen with victory in

Glasgow, preferred to go for the

3000.

3000. Bouhin of Italy. Kiplangat.

Both he and Barega are huge talents.

The USA does have one representative

here, another Kenyan who now runs

for the US Army and for the United

States. He was advanced after being

a fastest loser.

a fastest loser. Essalhi. Kejelcha

warming up with a smile, still just

20 but such a familiar figure, the

defending champion.

defending champion. Bleistein came

through as one of the fastest

losers. And another Ethiopian,

Balew, checking the one-way system

and a leisurely jog. So Paula

Radcliffe alongside for this one.

It's fascinating. We always have so

many young talents involved often

from Ethiopia and Kenya but Barega

looks the real deal.

Yes, he does.

Many times we see these 18-year-olds

come out of Ethiopia and race

astonishingly well but the

difference is Barega seems like he's

learning and progressing with every

race and he seems to be putting that

into action and really showing the

same promise we saw back with Haile

Gebrselassie.

Gebrselassie.

Best wishes to Andrew

Butchart, who continues his

convalescence with a broken foot.

The final of the men's 3000 metres

under way, a reminder that US came

with high hopes for Paul Chelimo but

just one port on the infield in

qualifying and he was disqualified.

Some people consider a lot of the

qualification is harsh but the rules

have been strictly adhered to at

these championships and some big

names have suffered.

It's definitely

had an impact on the quality of the

field in the final and maybe it is

something that needs to be looked

at, the nature of indoor racing

needs to be respected more and maybe

a different set of rules for indoor

racing as opposed to outdoors. But

we will see if the team tactics come

into play.

Not raising much at the

moment, sort of trotting around

slowly so we often wonder who might

change the pace.

We know that

Bleistein did it in the heat. It is

a different prospect in the final

and the main protagonists are all at

the back, the three Ethiopians. They

are the ones... Kiplangat now moves

to the front.

It's interesting when

people look at national vests and

say they must be working as a team.

Some of them are part of different

training setups.

There is an a

different coach here as far as I'm

concerned. The Kenyans often

struggle to get their act together

to work as a team but the Ethiopians

tend to come into it with a plan.

Having said that it is rare to have

a plan that involves doing any work

in the early stages. It is usually

reacting to something the others

throw down. We have seen they are

not prepared to so it is looking for

somebody's nerve to snap and

somebody to decide to do something

about it and put some work in.

Mechal could challenge with a decent

finish. It is still very pedestrian,

you can always tell when it is close

together and congested, and this is

when people get nervous as well.

That's why we see three Ethiopians

at the back staying out of any

potential trouble. Stay away from

all of that and bide your time.

It's

almost like they are a little bit

lost. They need to start reacting

because they are just turning it

straight into a 1,500m race. Birgen

have the choice coming into these

championships if he wanted to race

in the 1,500m or the 3000 metres.

There are lots who can do that but

there are also lots who can't so why

don't they give that they go here

because they might as well have

continued their warm up inside.

continued their warm up inside.

Now

it just starts to lift a bit,

everyone is on guard, everyone is

watching. Kejelcha having to go very

wide round the outside as Mechal

lifts it. The place has suddenly

quickened.

Yes, we were talking

about Barega learning with every

race, I think he made another

discovery there that you have got to

be alert. If you are going to jog

round at that pays you have got to

be ready to react because when

somebody does, they will put the

hammer down hard and start to break

up the field.

And here comes Barega

moving round the outside.

moving round the outside. As the

pace picked up, it now seems to have

slowed a little again but Barega

comes into third place. A little bit

of barging. It was Oakley just

clearing away for himself on the

inside, I think that was fair

enough. The pace has now studied so

everybody has come back together

again.

Yes, I think Mechal wanted to

react and raise the pace. To pick it

up a little bit and aim for somebody

else to come by and take that on and

that hasn't happened so we are

almost back to stage one. Somebody

else will try another surge, then

they will react again, then they

will start to get mixed up over

which will be the real surge when

somebody means business but this

could be it now.

In 1,500m race, the

pace and jostling is dangerous. Look

at Kejelcha on the outside. The

three Ethiopians hit the front. The

United States athlete coming

through.

Yes, holding his hand down, saying

don't push me.

So Kejelcha now

leading, that all familiar figure we

have seen for the last couple of

years often shadowing Mo Farah on

his way to victory.

his way to victory. Kenya now

running for the United States and

two Kenyans beside him. Mechal has

muscled his way in. The Ethiopian

drifting back to fourth from the

back but everyone still very much

involved in this race.

Yes, but

there's a lot of pushing and

shoving. Barega is badly boxed, but

boxed by his own countrymen so they

might do him a favour and let him

out. You can see him sitting behind

Bouhin. Kejelcha is controlling it

from the front and we are almost

starting to see a relay. Is the next

Ethiopians going to take a turn?

700

metres remaining and only now the

strain beginning to be felt by

Bleistein at the back. Barega

Bleistein at the back. Barega passed

Kejelcha who responds and keeps him

at bay. Only now the strain

beginning to show.

beginning to show. Kiplangat coming

round the outside, who had that fast

finish in the qualifying, and now a

real race.

I think Mechal is badly

boxed, he might be able to work his

way out of it but he might find it

tough. The Ethiopians might have had

a plan coming into it but very much

they want to come through.

400m

remaining and Kejelcha turns the

screw and lift the pace even

further. And Kipchirchir, who only

scraped into the final, starts to

feel the heat. The two Kenyans

shadowing just behind Birgen but is

the Ethiopians looking for a clean

sweep. Birgen starts to make his

move now.

He looks good. Mechal

looks desperate.

The bell sounds and

the noise from the crowd lifting.

Can Barega get back in fourth place,

can company macro start to kick?

Mechal trying to keep pace. Birgen

running hard. Kejelcha, winner two

years ago, looking for world indoor

title again and he will have it by a

distance. It is Barega who comes

through, just, and Birgen is close

for bronze. No doubt about the

winner, once again it is a dance of

celebration from Kejelcha, world

indoor champion over 3000 metres. A

slow time but a very good race.

In

the end he managed to squeak inside

a personal best. It was fierce and

fast and furious in the closing

stages and the man who reacted the

best super surges and put himself in

the best place was Kejelcha and he

wasn't willing yet to step aside and

allow Barega to come through, and

Barega have to fight hard to get

into second place.

It was very close

for bronze. Is any Ethiopian 1-2-3?

Kejelcha a long way clear, but have

a look at this, Paula.

Yes, it's

like he realised in the closing few

strides he had the chance of making

it any Ethiopian clean sweep at the

medals, I don't think we've have

that yet in the championships. He

didn't quite manage it, Birgen

managed to keep running enough but

it was the disappointment of seeing

the silver medal snatched from him

and he backed off a little bit too

much and you cannot do that when you

have people finishing as desperately

as Mechal.

We were asked to pick our athletes

for the future. Cachopa has a bright

future ahead of him. Once again

defending his title. -- Yomif

Kejelcha has a bright future ahead

of him.

Back to this women's long jump

final, we saw Christabel Nettey of

Canada, six metres 49. Nobody has

really woken up yet. Quanesha Burks,

the runner-up in the US trials. That

is a bigger effort. The white flag

is raised as a valid jump. Chasing

bad lead of six metres 49. If her

left hand lands outside the pits...

I am not happy with that.

You have

raised a very interesting point. It

is a pity we can get a sideways

view. If that hand lands to further

back... She has opened up with a

personal best, but if that hand is

landing further back than her feet,

the jump ought to be measured from

birth.

6.81 was followed, taking the

lead. Her team-mate wreath, a little

stutter. -- her team-mate, Reese.

She crowded the board a little bit.

If you watch Brittney Reese, she

shortens her strides to increase

frequency speed. She really attacks

over the last six metres. Six

strides in, she really attacks.

6.76, just shy of the lead-off

Burks. The last jumper of the first

round is the Ivana Spanovic. The

European indoor champion was

incredible last year. She was third

in Glasgow last weekend. Spanovic,

first round.

That looks really flat

as a take-off, but she leans back.

It is a legal jump. She is

efficient, runs across the board.

Does not get a lot of lift.

Did not

get the hide, but it is a long way

into the pits.

into the pits. This takes into first

place, 6.89, at the end of round

one.

What a night it was last night. It

was a night of drama on and off the

track. Disqualifications and

medallists waiting for their

opportunity to get onto the rostrum.

Earlier Giles thought he might get a

medal in the 800, and he did not. We

did not have time to present the

medals for the 60 metres, and what a

race that was.

Everybody was talking about what

Christian Coleman could do when he

came to these championships, and the

world-record holder did not let

anybody down. The world number one

from last year has had to play

second fiddle to Christian Coleman

this year, and he was pipped for the

silver

silver medal by Chan of China. -- by

Bingtian Su of China.

Bingtian Su of China. You could

argue this is the fastest official

sea-level time. The world-record to

set a couple of weeks ago was in

Albuquerque, at altitude. -- the

world record he set a couple of

weeks ago. 6.30 seven. An incredible

performance from Christian Coleman,

winning his first global title. A

silver medal outdoors last year

behind Justin Gatlin. This time he

is the champion.

NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE USA PLAYS.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

OF THE USA CONTINUES.

Five gold medals for the USA

yesterday. They will hope for more

today. For the time being, Christian

Coleman can concentrate on the

summer season ahead. The World

Championships and the Olympics to

come. Can he turn an indoor title

into an outdoor one over the next

couple of years? STUDIO: Michael

Johnson, in answer to Steve, is he

the forerunner, the man they will be

chasing?

I am not ready to say that.

If you remember back two years, the

Olympic Games, Andree Degrassi was

the heir apparent to Usain Bolt,

before that was Andre Joubert 's C

and Trey von who were tied. They

have both

and Trey von who were tied. They

have both suffered injuries under

coming back. What we are in store

for is a real treat over the 100

metres as opposed to can Usain Bolt

win it and will he break the world

record again, we will see some great

young sprinters who I think have the

ability to battle it out in those

championships and go back and forth

over the next couple of years. I

like Christian Coleman, I think he

is a fantastic talent and I think

you can win some championships

outdoors and take this world record

and this World Championship and

parlay that into success outdoors,

but it will not be easy and just

because he is the one we are talking

about does not leave he is

automatically the error apparent.

automatically the error apparent.

No

more global championships for the US

athletes, he will focus on the

Diamond League and we will see him

back in a couple of weeks?

We might

see him dabble in the 200 metres,

here's a great 200-metre winner.

here's a great 200-metre winner. --

here's a great 200-metre runner. I

think the other guys will all be

there, we might get some sense the

summer of what is to come.

A New

Year.

summer of what is to come.

A New

Year. There are two very exciting

field competition is under way.

Steve? COMMENTATOR: The pole voters

have been beavering away. Sam

Kendricks is a brilliant competitor,

he seems to have developed a way of

seducing his opponents into

believing they cannot win.

believing they cannot win. 5.60,

massive clearance. Perfect so far,

two jumps, two clearances. Five

metres 60. I suppose when you have

jumped 5.93, as he has this year

already, you expect that kind of

clearance. His campaign to take the

world indoor title is going very

nicely indeed. Off to a great start

for the American.

STUDIO: The Women's 800-metre final

is coming up shortly on the track.

Paula Radcliffe in the commentary

box will talk to us about Shelayna

Oskan-Clarke Great Britain. Looked

very good in qualifying. There is

quality there, when you look at the

defending indoor champion,

potentially the one she will have to

get close to to get into the medals,

it is more than achievable for her

to be on the rostrum?

It is within

her compass, she can take a shot. I

think the defending champion,

Niyonsaba, is the favourite.

Niyonsaba, is the favourite. I think

if Shelayna gets it right, which she

has proven time and time again that

she can do and get into the right

places in the final, if she makes

those decisions right she will have

a chance.

In qualifying she proved

it, she said it was not how she had

planned it but she responded so

well. Her experience of these big

championships, it is crucial in the

middle distances, your tactics?

You

had to be learning on your feet all

the time

the time and put it into place and

make those decisions quickly. That

is what she did in qualifying, she

did not expect it to go so fast. She

got herself in trouble a couple of

times but got out of it.

We saw

earlier Giles come forth in the 800

metres, there was an appeal which

was overturned. They will hope their

camp can bear some fruit. Shelayna

Oskan-Clarke is the joint captain,

with Andy Pozzi. She has enjoyed

back?

Yes, and she has enjoyed

seeing the team perform well. Now

she wants to play her part in it.

Thank you, Paula. We will catch up

with the long jump, Steve?

COMMENTATOR: The women's long jump

is starting to hot up. Brittney

Reese, her first leap was 6.70 six.

She is in fourth place. Spanovic of

Serbia, 6.89, is the target.

Serbia, 6.89, is the target. She

likes it.

It is a good jump. She

likes it. Just sinks and lifts, that

is how she jumps. There are

differences between style and

technique, you either have a

straight leg where you run off the

board or you bend, either way you

had to lower your hips and raise

them. You can do that by lengthening

your stride or sinking at the knee.

We have seen various styles.

No

improvement, 6.61, Reese still in

fourth. Here is your event leader.

Medals at five global championships,

a bronze and a silver at these

championships, but never the gold.

Can Spanovic extend her lead?

Tips

forward a little, the body leans

into the box. She lost a bit of

momentum as she accelerated and

dropped off. Not as good. Needs to

stand up tall on the board.

As you

said earlier, Tony, just not getting

up off the board, maybe did not get

that Upward propulsion and the

height we have seen from her in the

past. She is in the lead. 6.89, no

improvement.

That long jump continuing, but back

on the track the 800-metre women's

final. Here is the start list.

Francine Niyonsaba is probably the

favourite. Raevyn Rogers has been

very busy at these championships.

Here come the introductions.

Lights

go down.

First of all, twice

European indoor champion for

Switzerland, Selina Buchel.

Has won

the European indoor Championships

anti occasions. Me and sat there is

definitely in that sort of shape. --

frenzy Niyonsaba is in that sort of

shape. Ajee Wilson of the United

States, US record-holder, won silver

in Portland and a bronze outdoors

last year in London. Shelayna

Oskan-Clarke...

A great reception

for Shelayna.

for Shelayna. A lame as Ethiopia, a

great young talent.

great young talent. -- Alemu of

Ethiopia, a great young talent.

Rogers was never slated to run the

final in the four by 400, she helped

her team qualifier and will win a

medal if they, as he expects, win.

Anyway, she has the 800-metre final.

She is in the same training group as

a Wilson, I think. She has left

university. -- the same training

group as Ajee Wilson. Niyonsaba is

the defending champion.

The women's 800-metre final, four

lapse indoors. -- laps.

I was looking for lane infringement,

I did not see any. Shelayna is in a

decent position, Alemu catching the

heels of Wilson. Shelayna is tucked

on the curb.

The girls were very

careful for lane infringements.

Rogers took a long time to come off

the curb and come back in. She is

settled at the back and watching

Wilson dictate this race and control

this race.

this race. Ajee Wilson has grown in

composure and stature. When

Niyonsaba tries to take back

control, she is not having any of

it.

Rogers is tired from the four by

four yesterday. Ajee Wilson making

sure she kept control. Did not want

Niyonsaba, who really wanted to get

to the front. It has been

controlled. 59 to 400 metres.

Oskan-Clarke is still in with a

great chance. Five women are

contesting, Shelayna has to come

into contact.

She had a little bit

of a barge with Michelle, Shelayna

was letting her know that would not

happen. She looks tired and needs to

fight. Ajee Wilson is responding to

everything Niyonsaba tries.

It is

between Niyonsaba and Ajee Wilson.

Niyonsaba try to get back the

defending champion again. Really

wants to get in front. Wilson doing

a cracking job of holding her.

Niyonsaba tries again. Alemu is in

the sight of Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

stop Shelayna is moving into third.

The crowd are going crazy. Niyonsaba

is going to defend her title

superbly well. Niyonsaba wins a

great 800 final. It is a bronze the

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, who stuck to

her task well. Could see that the

surge with which Niyonsaba and

Wilson had dragged first of all

Alemu and Selina Buchel, Buchel went

first and then Shelayna had a

different target as Alemu tired.

Hats off to Niyonsaba, a very good

performance from her. Ajee Wilson

did her best to hold her wrath, it

was a great scrap. 1:58.31, negative

spreads, a really good performance

but shall Aina Oskan-Clarke joins a

list of Jane Finch in the first

indoor Championships and Joe

Fanning, Jenny Meadows who got moved

on to a silver medal in 2010. Good

pedigree in the women's 800.

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke delivering a

bronze medal.

Huge congratulations to wall free

women. Congratulations to Ajee

Wilson, she held off Niyonsaba and

made it as difficult as possible for

her to retain her title. They were

both working hard down the back

straight and at this point Ajee

Wilson is just trying to focus and

hold on. But Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

judged this perfectly. She was only

starting around the bend and I'm

sure the noise of the crowd must

have given her a boost. We felt she

was closing in on Alemu before we

saw it on our screens. Once you

start reeling someone in and you can

see they are tired, it is a huge

confidence boost, even though

Shelayna must have been tired as

well, running negative splits, and

that is a hard way to run the race

but she deserved that and it will

give her a boost moving into the

rest of the season.

So Shelayna goes

under two minutes, a personal best

and she becomes the six British

woman to go under two minutes

indoors for the 800m and she is

rewarded with a bronze medal. Ajee

Wilson will be disappointed, a

personal best but she will be

disappointed she couldn't hold off

Niyonsaba. That was a cracking race,

.

Back to the pole vault, Holzdeppe

has a foul at this height. He has to

go clear here. 5.60, second attempt.

Much better. Made a mess of the

first one but showed real character

coming back with a solid clearance,

and the German's campaign continues.

Nice jump that for the German. Next

height, 5.70.

height, 5.70. This is the only

athlete not to have jumped yet, the

Frenchman world record-holder, as we

turn our attention to the world

junior record-holder, Duplantis.

5.60, also goes clear at the second

time of asking. Showing some

competitive metal there, the young

Swede. His mum is Swedish, his

father is American. As I mentioned

earlier, a vaulting family.

earlier, a vaulting family. Barber

of Canada in trouble. Two

consecutive fouls and you are out so

he has to go clear. Last chance

saloon. He's out. A bit of a

surprise, three fouls at a pretty

low height for Shawn Barber.

You

have got to get the pole up and out.

A shame for the young lad.

Not his

afternoon.

Shelayna is quite rightly lapping up

the moment, the crowd loving her

performance there. Really bullied

her round the home straight. Paula

Radcliffe, she played it so well

because she didn't panic at all, did

she?

No, she didn't panic,

she?

No, she didn't panic, at one

point it looked like she was more

towards the back of the field but

she kept her composure. She used her

nous to keep her space and stop

people cutting her up and then

judged it well. Down the back

straight was when she really made

the surge and started to make a big

impact on Alemu and was reeling her

in. The crowd must have given her a

boost and knowing she had a medal

down the back straight, and got a

personal best to boot.

And a

fantastic PB because the sixth woman

from these shores to go under two

minutes indoors which really puts

her amongst some of the great and

will give her confidence going to

the Commonwealth Games. A season

that she can get some medals,

Oskan-Clarke.

Yes, and she's proving

that with every season, her

confidence is getting stronger but

also her strength is getting better.

As she gets stronger, she will take

a break and build back towards the

Commonwealth Games, then back for

the European Championships.

And one

day we will hear her when she's not

having a massive lactic deficit in

her interview where she was bent

over! Obviously speaking to

Katharine Merry in the infield, we

will hear her in a moment speaking

and I'm sure she will be more

composed by then. We will see her in

the papers tomorrow no doubt but

let's speak about the men's 1,500m

coming up next on the track because

we saw Chris O Hare after his heat

in a terrible state with his foot.

He said he was feeling the effects

of an injury and obviously went off

disappointed not

disappointed not knowing about the

disqualification, then being

reinstated. He is down to race, do

you have any news on that?

Yes, I

had a message from him yesterday.

Had an MRI on his foot showing

inflammation but nothing that would

be damaged further by racing on it

today so as far as I'm aware he's

planning on coming out and giving it

his best go today.

We are looking

forward to this one. Steve Cram is

your commentator, and it is quite an

impressive field.

COMMENTATOR: Yes, and over the years

we've had some great winning this.

You can go back to the great old

days, I remember Marcus O'Sullivan,

a great Irish runner who won this on

three occasions, and wonder whether

we can get some British success

here. Kibet of Kenya made the final

two years ago. Oskan-Clarke, one of

the US' best 1,500m runners.

Lewandowski dangerous in a slow

race, others might want to make sure

he's not able to use his pace. The

man who I think will be a big

danger, looked very comfortable in

qualification, almost back to the

sort of form he was showing two or

three years ago. He has a happy

knack of winning medals in

Championships. Wote, another who

knows what it's like to get on the

rostrum in this event. Craig Engels

played a canny game yesterday. He

still has that moustache though. And

Chris O'Hare, as you heard Paula

laying, has decided to come and

compete and run.

Tefera broke the world indoor record

in France in January. But in

Wightman Britain have an excellent

contender along with Chris O'Hare,

looked superb in qualification

winning his heat. A very well

controlled race. In the form of his

life heading towards the

Commonwealth Games where you

represent Scotland. Chris O'Hare

also heading in that direction,

hopefully. So, two Brits here with a

very good Ethiopian, Niyonsaba of

Morocco with a lot of experience.

The youthful exuberance of Tefera to

contend with. When he broke the

record it was his first indoor race,

no indoor tracks of course in

Ethiopia. And Lewandowski, well both

Chris and Jake know him well. Jake

ran a personal best in preparation

for this, which is a great way to

set yourself up.

set yourself up. This foot injury

has set Chris O'Hare back a little

bit, hopefully he can put that to

one side.

On your marks...

So the

men's 1,500m final. Seven and a half

laps of the track indoors, again we

don't have any natural front runners

here. Wote might be the one who gets

uncomfortable when it is too slow,

that all Ethiopian at the back.

Tefera, the youngster, we are

waiting to see how he conducts

himself here. Wightman has a good

tactical brain. Niyonsaba just

jogging through this first couple of

hundred metres very slowly indeed.

Yes, when Niyonsaba goes to the

front we don't know if it's anything

but to control it or slow it down.

He will be a front runner in the

race, so too will be Lewandowski.

They might as well walk now!

I think

I could keep up with this, just

about. You have got to go back all

the way to another Scot, David

Strang who won a medal in the 1990s.

Jake is looking anxious. This is

where you have got to keep your

nerves. They are just about jogging

and this is not what you are used

to. It makes you feel uncomfortable,

you are worried about getting

tripped. You don't want to be the

one to change the pace, you try to

coax someone else into doing it,

that is what Chris is doing there.

But nobody wants to. Tefera, even

though he's 18, he doesn't want to

be the one either. Nobody wants to

commit first.

Oskan-Clarke doesn't

want to be there. Even if Engels

wanted to do it he cannot get out

from where he is. When someone's

nerve snaps, they will go hard and

there will be a quick scramble, and

that is when it is dangerous because

people tried to extricate themselves

from the boxes they are in.

The key

also is not to panic when the pace

comes on. We saw Shelayna, sometimes

you have to build your effort. We

saw Laura Muir do that and come away

with two medals. Jake is in in good

place around the outside. He's in a

very good position. For the first

time Tefera get things moving.

Yes,

Jake moved out wide to allow himself

to get a better view of where people

were in the field. Having said that,

the work he did to get himself in a

better position was just undone.

And

he has to stay there and get to this

position and not give this up. Chris

O'Hare at the back now so it is

Tefera in the lead. Wightman in a

good sport. Chris O'Hare at the back

at the moment and they are just

picking it up.

This is where it

shows if you get yourself a good

position at the start. If Tefera

keeps running wide...

Would have

liked to have seen Jake hold off

Wote, now he will have to check out

and come back. This is good from

Jake Wightman, an excellent move.

Wightman. The three heat

Wightman. The three heat winners,

1-2-3 at the moment. Wightman has

told the inside, Lewandowski

challenging. This is his territory.

It is Niyonsaba, and Tefera the

youngster, Lewandowski of Poland.

Wightman has got to hang in. Tefera

going to try and strike, but has

Niyonsaba got enough strength to see

it through? Tefera gets the gold,

Lewandowski with silver, Niyonsaba

gets a bronze medal.

The youngster who broke the world

and 20 record on doors in January in

his first-ever indoor race is the

champion. Lewandowski must be

absolutely delighted that turned

into a 800-metre race. The two

British man, that meant that the big

sprint that came, there was a big

change in position. If you were not

in the perfect place that made it

difficult, but it was about pace at

the end and we did not have enough.

Words just missing out, coming

forth, Iguider hanging on for the

bronze. -- Wote just missing out.

Mahtre Lewandowski made the decision

he was going to commit to the 1500

metres, might have regretted that

when he saw the 800-metre line-up,

but it turned into less than an

800-metre race. It was about being

in the right place and what you had

in the home straight. He was evenly

placed with Jake Wightman on the

inside, who was maybe in a better

position to track through the Heinz

Tefera, but Lewandowski managed to

stay patient, to wait around the

bend where it is still wide open for

the three battling for the bronze

medal, probably gold and silver were

gone at this point in their mind.

Looking at the pictures afterwards,

Iguider was happy. But Samuel

Tefera, let's see what he can do

outdoors and build on this.

A very exciting prospect. Ethiopia

have a feud. We have seen arrogant,

Cajal Kerr, now Tefera. Great

athletes coming through. -- we have

seen Salamon Braegger, Yomif

Kejelcha.

There was a 55 seconds 400 before

that. They ran out of legs little

bit.

The two Brits finished

bit.

The two Brits finished sixth and

eighth and join us.

That was a serious race. You please

with your performance?

Not really. I

was hoping to be going for a medal.

I did not get my positioning right.

I was struggling in the last 50

metres.

You are having to fight for

position in a few times. It looked

like you would get the break and

slipped back.

I did a bit too much

work at points, something I was

hoping not to have to do. To make

the final was a tick for me, but I

wanted more, I am gutted.

I will not

lie, after our conversation

yesterday, your foot injury, I did

not think I would see you. It was

bowled coming out.

I had an MRI last

night, went pretty much from the

track to the hospital. Do you know

what, I am happy to be here. I don't

like to say that, but with what

happened yesterday and by last

couple of weeks I am happy I was

able to run. Just could not get my

knees up. I thought it is OK, more

jogging. I thought I was all right

added. When we kicked off, I was all

out the back, could not get my knees

in front of me. The power was not

there. That is a shame. But it is

good to have two Brits in the final,

we will get there.

Great to see you

both in action, thank you for

speaking to us. STUDIO: A cracking

race but still no medal from a

British man in these championships.

It has all been down to the women.

We have had another one from

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke method took

bronze in the aid had metres

earlier.

JJ caught up with her. A personal

best, bronze medal and you have

broken the two minutes barrier,

which only six women in Britain have

ever done. A day of accomplishments.

I would not say it was the best

race, I was a bit out of control for

the first part, but I had to dig

deep and know I could catch the

girls at the end. I am happy to

girls at the end. I am happy to get

a medal.

You said yesterday the race

did not go to plan, what did you

make today?

It is quite hard when

all the girls are quite close, they

went out fast. You will possibly get

boxed in, you had to be aware. Which

kind of happened to me, and I was

stopping and starting but I managed

to hold my own and be confident in

being able to catch the girls back.

When you enter the chase round the

back bends, you were riding on a

wave of sound from the crowd. How

incredible was that?

Normally I face

everything out, but it is and

encouraging that you can did not

hear it. -- normally I phase

everything out.

You have been the

captain this week in a team that has

done so well, what is it like

balancing your roles and

responsibilities? Nerve-racking? Has

it build you up?

It was definitely

nerve-racking up the start because I

had to do my speech and I really