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to take the lead. Richard Colman is the one they seem to want at the

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front. He is a dangerous athlete. He does have a devastating pick-up and

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sprint finish. I think they are trying to tire him out and make it

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more difficult for him to think about qualifying. I think Joss

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Cassidy has decided to step it up a bit.

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disks and Josh is probably watching to make sure he stays in control of

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the race and Richard Colman has come to the front. David Weir can win

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from anywhere. He won the Paris Diamond League, where he sat a at

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the back and stormed through. He was trying to find what pace he has. But

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he is in third at the moment behind Cassidy. A lot of chat was going on

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in that first lap about people wondering if others would take it

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on, or what the pace might be. Richard Colman is in front. He is

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the only T53 in the race, which involves s. David Weir is going out

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wide around the bend and Colman and Cassidy and David Weir looking to

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hit the front. He dips his head and gets those shoulders pumping and

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opens up a gap. Again perhaps sending out a message to the rest,

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saying, this is what I have and you will do well to catch me in the

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final. It is a good battle for the three automatic qualifying places.

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Nicholson is almost on the wheel of Richard Colman. David Weir will

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coast across the line in a quick time. It is very close between the

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Australians for the two automatic places. David Weir, well, he will be

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a very hard man to beat on Thursday. There was little doubt about that

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beforehand. But that has been confirmed. What a turn of speed? Yes

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a fantastic pick up. The time was quicker than I expected considering

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the first two laps were sedate. Josh Cassidy and Richard Colman had

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nothing to offer when Dave picked it up. You see his hand speed. To come

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into lane 3, he is having to push probably ten or 11 metres further,

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because the chair takes up almost the whole lane. You can see how high

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his elbows lift and he starts to relax a bit more. He is still work

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hard, but there is plenty more to come from David. I imagine he

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probably has a quick look at the screens as he comes off the bend

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into the straight and knows he is so far clear he can take it easy. I'm

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not sure I would have the confidence to not push through line like that.

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A brave man. But they were nowhere near him. Now actually Bryant

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slightly under par for the first couple of throws. Can he improve? He

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needs to. It might be a bit better. I was hoping he might do what he did

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in the long jump and come really good in the third round. He has had

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such a scruffy decathlon so far. His left foot comes away and he can't

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such a scruffy decathlon so far. His get the force into the discus. But

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saying that, it is scruffy, but it is his best throw and he is still in

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fifth with a strong javelin to come. We were talking about the rivalry

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with the Swiss athlete, David Weir bgs and of course the Swiss athlete

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is not here. I wonder who will challenge him on Thursday. David

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Weir is talking to Phil. How was that for an experience? You wapted a

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long time to wear the England vest. It was good. A bit of a long time

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waiting about for an athlete had a puncture or something. But it was a

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good atmosphere, a lot of English support, which was great to hear. We

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had heard one had to change chairs, is that something you have heard of?

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I'm not sure, but it was a bit long waiting. But things happen and we

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want all the racers to line up. So they asked us if we would wait and

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we said yes. That was an impressive performance and that turn of speed

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at the end? Yes it wasn't too bad. I would have liked to go quicker. But

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it was a good race. This is the one missing from your collection? Yes it

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is going to be tough. You never know. It will be an interesting

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final on Thursday. Well done. Thank you. Shades of Tour de France, where

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they change the race if somebody has a mechanical. Does it happen often?

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No, but the athletes can demand the race goes on and leave the one with

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the puncture on the side looivens. It -- sidelines. It has happened to

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me once and it is very hard to change a tyre and you're not allowed

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help. But that is a decent thing to do. The athlete that was left

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competes nationally and doesn't compete internationally and to

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travel all the way and not compete would be a shame. We talked about

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the cost of wheelchairs, you said ?5,000. As terms of barriers to

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entry, how difficult is it for the smaller nations? There are more

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standardised chairs that about ?500, but they're not custom made, the

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tyres aren't as good. The biggest barrier is the cost of the tyres,

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your looking at ?150 for some of the back tyres, they're thin and they

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don't last. So you have to train in good conditions and the back wheels

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are ?1,000 each. So it is not a cheap sport to get into at this

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level. For this next heat you have got Fearnely, who may be the guy who

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could push Dave Weir? Yes, they have been rivals for years. He is in the

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past sort of sat back and watched and waited and let Dave take

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control. I think maybe in the last year or so he hasn't done that so

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much. I think the gold will between them. But we have Will Smith a young

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athlete, 18, his first international games. He needs to get up there and

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get in with the pack and I am keeping my fingers crossed. It is a

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big deal for Will. Crammy, it is all yours. STEVE CRAM: There he is, just

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18 years of age, Wilf Smith, from the City of Norwich club. What a

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great moment for him. Multiple world junior champion. Here at the

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Commonwealth Games, trying to follow his hero, he say, David Weir is the

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man he wants to emulate in his career. And if he could do half of

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what he has done, he will have done well. DuPont sets off in the lead.

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Fearnely behind him and then Smith. Just three to go through and we have

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got the two Ghanaian athletes who competed in the Commonwealth Games

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T54 in Delhi. That race was won by Fearnely on that occasion. The Delhi

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games were held in October and it was a wee bit warmer than it is this

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morning in Hampden Park. But for the athletes, I don't think it is too

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bad. It is about 18 degrees and a bit of a breeze. A much quicker race

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and DuPont started off fast and hard and didn't want to get caught in

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trouble. They're starting the guys on the bend, that is difficult. A

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lot of races they move everyone across a few lanes and start opt

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straight. -- on the straight. Once you have had a few pushes, it can

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cause a problem and in other Championships it has caused crashes.

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The pace has slowed. One thing you can do, because it is very smooth f

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you have screens at either end, you can take a quick look to see where

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other people are in the pack. Will Smith is at the front, 18 years old,

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this is a great race for Will. He has to almost perform a personal

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best to make it to the final and he is not afraid to take it on. His

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stint at the front, Will Smith, lets DuPont, Fearnely move through and

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Obeng is a danger. Only the first three will go through. Given the

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times of the fastest losers from the first heat, I'm sure these four are

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going quickly enough to ensure their qualify xags. DuPont at the bell in

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the lead. Will Smith, has he been able to develop much speed and

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strength? It has been hard for Will. He has a fast PB from this season of

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303. But he hasn't had a chance to conSol Tait that -- consolidate

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that. It was in a pace race. Having to come out and work at the front

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will change it for him. Oh! Oh my goodness. That was Obeng going. He

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caught DuPont or Fearnely's wheel. We saw that in Beijing in the

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women's 5,000 metres. But Fearnely comes through to take the win.

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Fearnely, DuPont and then Smith who had to negotiate round Obeng. Well,

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the Ghanaian has got back into his chair and he is getting a rowing

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reception to -- rousing reception to come through the line. That time

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will still be enough for him to go through, despite that crash. Sorry

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that was his team mate, Frimpong. And that time will not be quick

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enough. A shake of the head. He was going well. I don't know if we can

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see what happened. This happens, Tanni. What is the process? Because

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going back to that crash in Beijing, they re-ran the whole race? Yes

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Beijing was tough on Shelley Woods, she went from silver to bronze. It

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looked like he clipped the kerb with the back wheat. Maybe -- wheel.

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Maybe his come pet say iter -- compensator was not set. It is about

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experience in racing. Knowing how close you can get to the back wheel

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of an athlete and in training we spent a lot of time with my husband

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drafting an inch off his back wheel at 25mph. But you have to do that

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repeatedly to safely do nit a race. But Fearnely is looking very strong

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and it will be a good final between him and David Weir. 18-year-old Will

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Smith. That was an anxious moment for him. He had to negotiate his way

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past Obeng. But he did that and waved too the crowd and we will see

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him in the final on Thursday night. JONATHAN EDWARDS: Tanni, you have

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got just over 24 hours to get ready for Jade in the women's final. If

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you were nervous, and you were, for Galfi casing -- qualification, you

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will be a night mare in the final? Yes, it probably good I don't come

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near here. I would say to her sprint fast. Did we learn anything from

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those heats? I don't think so. I think we learned that Dave still has

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got a turn of speed think we learned that Dave still has

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got a turn and he is looking strong. I don't think we have seen the best

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from Fearnely. The same in the women's race. It was very gentle and

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it will be a very different final. Will Smith was in that last heat and

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he is with Phil. It is tremendous that you got through to the final.

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You rose to the occasion. That was my main target. I am young, still

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getting experience. To qualify for the final is fantastic. You saw the

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crash, nobody likes to see that. I am really pleased. He had to

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negotiate the crash, but you did well. Yes, I had to get around.

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Nobody likes to see that. I have to keep up my head, stay out of

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trouble, and, fortunately, I did that. We know you look up to David

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Weir. How much inspiration does he give you? It is brilliant. We shared

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this shame -- shared the same coach, Jenny Archer. She is a fantastic

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lady. To train with him gives me invaluable experience. To be

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alongside someone like him in my first Commonwealth final is

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fantastic. Well done. Thank you very much.

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Well done, indeed. You can see there that Patrick Obeng, despite getting

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back in his chair, he will not be quick enough to go through as a

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fastest loser. So, William Smith will join David Weir in the final.

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We are going to say goodbye to Tanni Grey-Thompson. Thank you for your

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insights. Next up on track is the poster girl of these games, Eilidh

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Child. Let's go and quickly catch up with Michelle.

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It has been looking fantastic at Hampden Park, absolutely packed.

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First an update on the men's hockey. That match took place earlier. A

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late goal by Simon child give New Zealand fit tree over England. --

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the win over England. England are likely to meet Australia in the

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semifinals. On BBC Three, the return of mountain biking to the

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Commonwealth Games. The women's cross country event is underway. The

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men will be going for gold later this afternoon. On the red button,

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gymnastics. Two golds are on offer today in the team event. Men are

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going first. Online, plenty more options, including the Badminton and

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more lawn bowls. Back now to Jonathan in Hampden Park.

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Yesterday it was called for a Libby Clegg for Scotland and the gold. All

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the pressure in the world on her shoulders now for Eilidh Child.

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I have two sisters and one brother. We were all brought up to do

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different sports. My brother played that role, my mum slammed for

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Scotland, my dad did everything, football, athletics. We were all

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really into sport. I joined the cross country team at

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school. My sister did the same. She won the primary school

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cross-country. I went along and did that and is one it as well. I tried

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the hurdles. What is the secret to running good hurdles? It is all your

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stride pattern. You always want to attack it. If you have one blip it

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can affect the whole race. It is about having a very smooth the

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race. You got your first British title. How does it feel to be the

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favourite? Although I have always wanted to go in and win the race I

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have never had that kind of expectation. I knew if I ran a good

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race I should win it. Especially in the hurdles, things can happen. I

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wanted to put on a good solid performance. London was very

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overwhelming. I didn't feel like I could enjoy it. Rather than step

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away and look at it from a distance, I didn't really see it as

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mail home Olympics. I want to go to Glasgow and just enjoy the whole

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experience. I hope I will get good support. It will be my home crowd.

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They will cheer me on. You will feel special in comparison to the other

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athletes. I hope I will be more relaxed, knowing that I have good

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support. 2009 was when I made my first senior championship. I was a

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youngster, my first experience. In Delhi, I went there with my hopes of

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a medal. I was there to content and be somebody who should win a medal.

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Eilidh Childs is coming on strong! Eilidh Child is closing down. Eilidh

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Child in second. To be able to do the lap of honour with the Scottish

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flag, it was an amazing feeling. That kick-started things for me. Can

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you imagine doing that lap of honour in Glasgow? Have you allowed

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yourself to think? I have tried not to, to be honest. It would be the

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best moment in my life to be able to do that. Rather than think about

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that, I have been trying to focus on what I need to do to hopefully get

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to that stage. If that happens, it happens.

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Ellie Childs has already run at the stadium in the diamond lead. She ran

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really well. She would have felt the pressure there, even though it was

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only the diamond lead. Absolutely. She raised her game then. It was a

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flawless hurdles race. We saw as scrappy trials from her in

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Birmingham, where it just wasn't flowing. She had some difficulties

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at the top end of the hurdles. To come here in Glasgow and run really

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well, it elevated her and she got used to the atmosphere that she will

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expect here. It is a packed house. They want to see their girl going

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out and contending. There is this poster of her standing mocked up on

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top of Hampden Park, Scottish flag proud. That is a completely new

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thing for her. It is. It is also a huge boost. That pressure that is on

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you when you are the home favourites and there are so many hopes resting

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on you, when you are in shape it is a good thing. It can give you a huge

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boost. She will know that most of the stadium is behind her today. It

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will push on to a great performance. If you come in with a niggle, that

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pressure feels like a huge weight. Michael Jamieson was in shape. Yes,

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that is a good point. You are right. Eilidh Child is a different

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character. You just never know. He was the absolute favourite coming

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into the championships, feel a bit silver-medallist, and we saw the

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other affect. The pressure. It happens and you just can't call it.

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Kylie Spencer, the Jamaican, he is the favourite, is almost the second

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fastest this year. She went into Moscow in form and then got

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disqualified! Her leg came around the hurdle and got disqualified.

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Things can happen. On paper, Spencer is the faster athlete. Eilidh Child

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is out on the track. She has dreams about this moment, I would imagine.

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It has been at the forefront of her mind. She will have visualising,

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kept working on this. To then come out and race as well as she did in

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the diamond out and race as well as she did in

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lead would have been a huge boost. Coming in is not the outright

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favourite, but the peoples favourite behind Spencer, that can work on her

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advantage. She knows she is in shape. Royalty there, and I am not

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talking about Sebastian Coates! Prince William is alongside the

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chief executive of Glasgow 2014. There is Prince Harry, as well. I

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guess for Eilidh Child, the thing to focus on, Steve, is just a focus on

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her race. Absolutely, Jonathan. She ran such a

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brilliant raised here in the diamond lead a couple of weeks ago. On her

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behalf, she said I did go on top of the stadium for that victory you

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were talking about. He says, people don't believe me! She is getting a

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great reception. Images everywhere around the city of her. Huge she

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should be OK. Only the first for some of the athletes it is it is a

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pretty brittle qualification. Tracy was third in the Jamaican

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Championships. Ese Okoro, her best this year by 6.67. -- 50 6.67.

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So, the Commonwealth silver-medallist, can she go one

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better? She will be up against Kaliese Spencer in the final. She

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just needs to get through without any problems. The top two and the

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two fastest losers from these three heats.

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I am afraid that constitutes a false start. Lucas holds her head and

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knows what she has done. Remember in the do yesterday we saw the young

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Australian do such blatant false starts. Yes. She will be very upset.

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She is on her way home. Shona Richards won a silver medal in a

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brilliant performance in the world Junior Championships and beat the

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British record. Eilidh Child might have somebody

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else then to content within the British ranks. For now, she is

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representing Scotland, looking to get to the final.

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So, one athlete less for Eilidh Child to worry about. She has been

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working on her stride pattern all year. She started her season so

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well, then had won two bits of inconsistency. Today she is showing

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the of form that she showed at the Diamond league a couple of weeks

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ago. Eilidh Child is being roared on by this huge crowd. Ese Okoro will

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be trying to get involved. Eilidh Child, as expected, well clear.

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That is a solid run for Eilidh Child. It is always difficult, I

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think, 400 metres hurdles, there is not a lot you can do to take it

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easy, until the home straight. You don't want to risk not attacking the

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hurdles properly. It is not the sort of events where you can cruise in

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from 280 metres. I was watching her stride pattern the whole way. I was

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impressed. I think she stuttered into this final hurdle because she

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was relaxing. There was no stress at this stage. She could easily afford

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to just chopped down. -- chopped down. Hard out of the blocks. Even

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at the beginning of the race, you just want to get into the rhythm.

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She had a strategy of going to 15 for hurdle six and seven. Once you

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can achieve that, it did see a huge sense of confidence because you are

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saving your energy for the real deal, the back-end of race. She just

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made sure she had the 15 stride pattern. She changes down to 16

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here. She will go back to her left leg here. She will come into the

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home straight more comfortable on her left leg. There it is, giving us

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the sign she is hitting their stride pattern accurately. She is just

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going to do a little bit of a stutter into that barrier and cruise

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into the finish. I think she will be very pleased. It made pleasing

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viewing to you that, Eilidh, this crowd as well, they make pleasing

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listening. How much of a relief was that after the build up and the

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poster girl and all that went with it? I have been watching it and I

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have have been dying to get out and get that first round out of the way

:31:24.:31:29.

and get a feel for the atmosphere. It was a bit nerve racking. All the

:31:30.:31:40.

Scottish stoem teams have done well. Yes, everybody is in a good mood.

:31:41.:31:46.

That made pleasing viewing to you, because you can't take your foot off

:31:47.:31:50.

the gas in your event? No, you have got to get your stride pattern. I

:31:51.:31:58.

took my foot off the gas in the home straight and I worked harder doing

:31:59.:32:02.

that. You have to go for it and get the strides in and you can op ease

:32:03.:32:06.

off after the last hurdle. It is good I have a day off tomorrow. As

:32:07.:32:12.

for the xroud, how much more can they boost your performance? Yeah,

:32:13.:32:17.

definitely, the louder they are the better. More for that home straight

:32:18.:32:22.

when the helpings are going, it is great to have that boost. You have

:32:23.:32:29.

done them well, we wsh you well for the final. STEVE CRAM: I think the

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main emotion is relief. She is safely through. She is safely

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through. Lucas as we said disqualified for that false start.

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JONATHAN EDWARDS: The anthem for the games has been 500 Miles and Eilidh

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was speaking at 500mph! She has been in the athletes village and she is

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sounding more Scottish than normal. But really buzzing. Yes, and rightly

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so. She has worked so hard and it is coming together nicely. That was a

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great opening race. She looked easy and she is in the right mental

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state. What we have looked at with Eilidh in the recent times is her

:33:27.:33:32.

ability to start attacking these hurdles. Sometimes she is hesitant,

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but the Glasgow Diamond League we saw a new Eilidh. Everything seemed

:33:41.:33:48.

to be perfect and she looked good. Paula, she seemed to be embracing

:33:49.:33:56.

this? Yes, she has asked Laura about the atmosphere, but you want to get

:33:57.:34:01.

a feel for it yourself. Andrew Cotter, this one is yours.

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COMMENTATOR: We are ready for the second of three heats. Hayley McLean

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is 19 and the European junior champion last year. And this is the

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third quickest in the Commonwealth. Abubakar of Ghana, she is 17 years

:34:38.:34:47.

old. Montcalm won her second Canadian title this year. And

:34:48.:35:04.

Kwarula from Papua New Guinea. The athletes we didn't see. There is

:35:05.:35:18.

Christine McMann in lane 8. Just inside her is the other athlete who

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you would expect to go through. She is the South African champion. Two

:35:30.:35:45.

to go through automatically. Only the two fastest losers. Expect

:35:46.:36:02.

Russell in lane 4, the Jamaican and Theron, the South African, to come

:36:03.:36:08.

clear from the rest. A strong run also on the inside from Montcalm. At

:36:09.:36:14.

the moment, the Canadian champion. But she may be chasing a quickest

:36:15.:36:24.

loser time. But hanging on to Russell. McMann is -- McMahon is

:36:25.:36:29.

going well. But these three are Coombing away and Russell looking

:36:30.:36:37.

comfortable outside Theron. Those two go through automatically.

:36:38.:36:44.

Russell and Theron and Montcalm relying on their times. For Russell

:36:45.:36:53.

it is 56. 19. Not as quick as the run of Eilidh Child. The winner here

:36:54.:37:03.

is rul set. She is a multi-talented athlete. She has had a couple of

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heptathlons and Jessica Ennis-Hill is listening and you know, I would

:37:10.:37:14.

love to see you doing this event. But there is our winner of the

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second semi final. She is not as smooth as Eilidh. Eilidh's

:37:22.:37:25.

experience is telling. Especially when the pressure is on at the time

:37:26.:37:36.

final barriers. Landing over these barriers, you can be very heavy and

:37:37.:37:40.

you want to keep as smooth as you can all the way. You want to save

:37:41.:37:56.

energy. That is always key. The heptathlon with Theisen-Eaton. A

:37:57.:38:01.

huge favourite to take the title. This is our helping attempt. A bit

:38:02.:38:08.

of a stutter, but a good clearance. She has had to wait a full hour. She

:38:09.:38:20.

sat patiently. Maybe just used that attempt to warm herself in. Is in is

:38:21.:38:27.

Zelinka, the lead in the heptathlon overall.

:38:28.:38:34.

Oh, that is not so good. Zelinka, yeah, not quite sure what she is

:38:35.:38:45.

saying to herself there. But that is disappointing. She has got a best of

:38:46.:38:58.

1.79. So 1.68 way shy. Men's decathlon is coming to its climax.

:38:59.:39:03.

We are about two thirds of the way through after seven events of ten.

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Damian Warner way out in front. The two English are third and fourth.

:39:16.:39:23.

Ashley Bryant is strong in the javelin. And John Lane is strong in

:39:24.:39:30.

the pole vault. It may all come down to the final 1,500 metres. JONATHAN

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EDWARDS: No fun to run in, they hate that 15 hundred metres. No and pole

:39:43.:39:47.

vault is such a tricky event. Conditions are not warm. You request

:39:48.:39:55.

see the rain is starting to come down. That will play a big part and

:39:56.:40:01.

affects the better pole vaulters. All to go for. It is coming down

:40:02.:40:07.

heavily. It is miserable. It wouldn't have been a Glasgow

:40:08.:40:10.

Commonwealth Games without a wee bit of the wet stuff. Listen, it has

:40:11.:40:17.

been great so far in all the arenas. A bit of rain doesn't hurt. Paula,

:40:18.:40:24.

you are worried, in case I ask you about the decathlon. We have David

:40:25.:40:28.

Warner clear, but you have a opportunity for two English athletes

:40:29.:40:33.

that you wouldn't normally see to get among the medals. Yes and both

:40:34.:40:39.

will be aware of that going into the last vent and into the 1,500. If you

:40:40.:40:45.

look at that as a straight race, it is different to the way they have to

:40:46.:40:49.

look at it coming in, every half a second counts for points and that is

:40:50.:40:54.

important and something they will be aware of and it affects how they

:40:55.:41:00.

will race. But great to have two young guys fighting for medals in an

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vent which we have been so dominant over the years. We have had Dean

:41:05.:41:11.

Macey at the Olympics and World Championship, but it has been quiet

:41:12.:41:16.

for a few years. We would like to see a resurgence in that event. It

:41:17.:41:21.

is interesting are, because you say you have Dean and Daley and there

:41:22.:41:25.

hasn't been the legacy as there has been from the likes of you going

:41:26.:41:32.

back to others and that kind of heritage has continued? Yes I don't

:41:33.:41:38.

know why that is. We have got great coaches in Mike Holmes, and Tony who

:41:39.:41:48.

guided Jessica. But in the decathlon, I wonder if there is a

:41:49.:41:57.

sense of them being hesitant. And the other event is the javelin with

:41:58.:42:04.

Steve Blackley and Mick Hill and it has not continued. There is Kylie

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Spencer, the favourite for the gold medal, you would say s Steve Cram?

:42:10.:42:22.

STEVE CRAM: Yes she could become the most unpopular athlete in Glasgow,

:42:23.:42:28.

she is the one who stands between Eilidh Child and a gold. That is

:42:29.:42:36.

Bellille, who is having a great season. Lauren Wells. Just missed a

:42:37.:42:48.

medal four years ago in Delhi. The two time Nigerian champion,

:42:49.:42:56.

Ogoegbunam. And Spencer is in lane 1, with a draw that is not easy. She

:42:57.:43:02.

has had trail leg issues and you're in lane 1 as well. It shouldn't be a

:43:03.:43:07.

problem. These hurdles are not an issue in terms of height. So she

:43:08.:43:16.

needs to conSen trachlt Laura Wake is -- concentrate. Laura Wake is in

:43:17.:43:19.

lane 5 and the top two will go through. The third of the three

:43:20.:43:34.

heats here. At the moment, I'm just checking on fastest loser spots,

:43:35.:43:41.

around 56 and a half seconds would get you. Spencer unbeaten since the

:43:42.:43:50.

Doha Diamond League back in the start of May. Sips then she has been

:43:51.:43:56.

-- since then she has been dominant in the 400 m hurdles. Laura Wake

:43:57.:44:06.

going well. Bellille also started quickly. Spencer on the inside, the

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favourite to go through here. Just checking into that one. Looked as

:44:12.:44:17.

though she is not really attacking the hurdles. She might think she

:44:18.:44:21.

doesn't have to. But with Lauren Wells and she is going well and

:44:22.:44:25.

Spencer with some room to make up. She should be able to do that in the

:44:26.:44:31.

home straight. This looks more like her. She checks into that one. Looks

:44:32.:44:36.

as though she is trying to take this very comfortably and easily. Now,

:44:37.:44:41.

Spencer and Wells can just relax as they cross the line first and second

:44:42.:44:52.

and a 5. 46 run. I was thinking that first 200 and around the bend, what

:44:53.:44:56.

did you make of that? She is the world No 1. A good performance. But

:44:57.:45:00.

that is about the same time as Eilidh Child. But a very different

:45:01.:45:08.

performance. COLIN JACKSON: I think she was thinking about

:45:09.:45:13.

disqualification and just taking this race careful. Because her

:45:14.:45:22.

stride patterns were nowhere near normal. Her aggression was not the

:45:23.:45:25.

same as we have seen. I believe she was taking her time to make sure

:45:26.:45:31.

that she made it through to the final. These athletes, they are all

:45:32.:45:50.

experienced. Kaliese Spencer is three, even though she took her

:45:51.:45:55.

time! I think that we will find her running about two seconds faster

:45:56.:46:02.

than that in the final. I think there is a lot left in the locker

:46:03.:46:08.

for Kaliese Spencer. She wins it. Lauren Wells takes a good second

:46:09.:46:22.

spot. Ogoegbunam will get into the final as a fastest loser.

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I think the final is well set up for the big head-to-head between Jamaica

:46:30.:46:36.

and Scotland! A nice easy qualification for Kaliese Spencer.

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We will be back shortly for the men's 800 metres and David Rhodesia

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-- David Rudisha. At Cathkin Braes Country Park, just

:46:57.:47:00.

south of Glasgow, it is the mountain biking. Over on the red button you

:47:01.:47:08.

can see the gymnastics. Two golds on offer today in the team event.

:47:09.:47:16.

Online you can see table tennis and all the other live sport, including

:47:17.:47:17.

long balls and badminton. -- long that is it for me for today. Back to

:47:18.:47:37.

Hampden Park. If you are with us earlier on you

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would've seen Sebastian Coates in the crowd. I think he is probably

:47:42.:47:57.

here to see this man! David Rudisha, already the world

:47:58.:48:02.

champion, striding away to become the Olympic champion! Unbelievable!

:48:03.:48:10.

The greatest ever 800-metre race anyone has ever run. What a

:48:11.:48:21.

privilege to be here. That was my greatest moment in my

:48:22.:48:26.

career. I prepared for that were so many years. Usain Bolt was good,

:48:27.:48:41.

David Rudisha was majestic. You might dare to dream about getting

:48:42.:48:47.

over the line first, the sky was so sure he was going to win, let's go

:48:48.:48:53.

and win in a world record and be the first man under 1.41. It doesn't get

:48:54.:48:59.

any better than that. The only Championships... It'll be

:49:00.:49:26.

in Glasgow. This is quick! David Rudisha is back on top form. I have

:49:27.:49:36.

dedicated myself for all these years. It has been my main

:49:37.:49:43.

priority, work. I am looking forward to a good race I hope in the next

:49:44.:49:52.

few weeks I hope to be at that top level again.

:49:53.:49:59.

Thinking back to that, it gives you goose bumps. It was incredible. I

:50:00.:50:03.

have never seen anything quite like it. We talk about Usain Bolt and he

:50:04.:50:09.

is great, but to see someone run from gun to tape, an electrifying

:50:10.:50:14.

first lap, it had everyone on their feet. It was such a stunning race.

:50:15.:50:26.

You know how much the medal meant to him, his country, after all the

:50:27.:50:31.

disappointments. Everyone who had been watching him for years, he had

:50:32.:50:41.

not quite delivered. Fantastic. People do not break world records

:50:42.:50:44.

like that in those kind of events. That is the point. When something

:50:45.:50:51.

like the 800 metres, it is different for Usain Bolt, you are racing in

:50:52.:50:58.

your only come in the 800 metres you are just thinking about winning and

:50:59.:51:03.

what you need to do tactically. To go out with a plan to attack with no

:51:04.:51:08.

pacemaker from the gun, that is a very brave, competent team to do. It

:51:09.:51:14.

came off for him. I think that is what was so amazing. For him it has

:51:15.:51:20.

been difficult since then with his injury. He has missed a lot of time.

:51:21.:51:28.

In February he was not sure if he was going to be here, even though he

:51:29.:51:35.

really wanted to be here. He has missed a lot of training. Nigel Amos

:51:36.:51:49.

was second behind him in London. Yes, and beat him quite convincingly

:51:50.:51:58.

recently. It is looking to be a great match today. Let's handover to

:51:59.:52:04.

the man who holds the Commonwealth Games record, back in 1986. World

:52:05.:52:12.

records survive, Steve Cram? I don't think it has got a lot of

:52:13.:52:20.

chants of this guy fancies it! Qualification here is

:52:21.:52:24.

straightforward. Only 27 athletes. There are three rounds. I think

:52:25.:52:28.

David Rudisha will be happy about that. I was chatting to his camp the

:52:29.:52:34.

other night, and they were saying the more he races the better he will

:52:35.:52:35.

get this year. David Rudisha will probably be

:52:36.:53:07.

concentrating on Nigel Amos. It is a great chance for Learmonth from

:53:08.:53:12.

Scotland to qualify, though he probably won't enjoy running beside

:53:13.:53:16.

David Rudisha! Bagina from Rwanda. I think the

:53:17.:53:41.

danger in this heat is Brandon M Rider. He can run under 47 seconds

:53:42.:53:53.

in the 400 metres. He is the Canadian champion. I think he will

:53:54.:53:58.

give the two British athletes something to think about. So, the

:53:59.:54:06.

first three to go through. As I said, just 27 athletes in this

:54:07.:54:09.

round. More people will go through them all not out. -- knocked out.

:54:10.:54:19.

David Rudisha talks about the fact that he loves to run from the front.

:54:20.:54:31.

As always, he will choose where he runs. In 2009 he didn't qualify for

:54:32.:54:37.

the championships running from behind. He realised then that he

:54:38.:54:53.

performs better from the lead. He is cruising today, looking majestic. He

:54:54.:54:58.

looks much better when he is going quicker. That is pretty quick for

:54:59.:55:05.

the first round. When you get athletes of this calibre, you don't

:55:06.:55:13.

often see them running in Glasgow, but when they do come here, they

:55:14.:55:18.

really get a response. A great crowd appreciating this man, David

:55:19.:55:28.

Rudisha. David Rudisha has slowed it down. He is looking comfortable on

:55:29.:55:29.

the curve. The Canadian not able to go with

:55:30.:55:48.

it. David Rudisha will be very comfortable. Learmonth finishing

:55:49.:55:57.

quickly. Cunningham and Rimmer will join David Rudisha. A solid run by

:55:58.:56:14.

Learmonth, he should be OK. Bagina went hard and he pushed the first

:56:15.:56:21.

lap quite quickly. David Rudisha has so much in the tank. David Rudisha

:56:22.:56:35.

is so comfortable running at the front. When you establish that that

:56:36.:56:38.

is the way you're going to run, you front. When you establish that that

:56:39.:56:42.

is the way can do take everything. He wants to run from the front. He

:56:43.:56:50.

was cruising down the back straight. You just switched off. 28 seconds

:56:51.:57:00.

for the last 200 metres. But, there he goes! David Rudisha in full flow.

:57:01.:57:09.

Looking strong, powerful. Another acceleration just on the bend.

:57:10.:57:15.

Rimmer running well in second place. Learmonth getting a great cheer from

:57:16.:57:28.

the crowd. Michael Rimmer will be happy in second place. David

:57:29.:57:39.

Rudisha, looking at the television! We will see him again in the

:57:40.:57:46.

semifinal. It will be a good final, great final. It could be the final

:57:47.:57:47.

of the games. So, so comfortable for David

:57:48.:58:02.

Rudisha. We need to talk about Bagina of Rwanda. I think he wanted

:58:03.:58:09.

to get himself on television excavation and think he wanted the

:58:10.:58:12.

chance just to run alongside David Rudisha. He was running way too

:58:13.:58:20.

fast, ruined his own race, but he got the chance to do that. He went

:58:21.:58:27.

backwards and everybody had to go round him. You expect that. David

:58:28.:58:33.

Rudisha almost did a double-take! You didn't expect them to be up

:58:34.:58:38.

there! You are thinking ahead that you will end up having to go round

:58:39.:58:44.

him. Learmonth had a check as he went into the home straight. A good

:58:45.:58:50.

performance by Michael Rimmer, making it through to the semifinals.

:58:51.:58:58.

Greg Rutherford qualified in the long jump. Now, the news.

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