BBC One: Day 7: 13:45-15:00 Commonwealth Games

to Glasgow and the 20th Commonwealth Games. Terrific men's individual

to Glasgow and the 20th Commonwealth Games. Terrific men's all-around

final happening across the River Clyde at the Hydro, live to that in

just a moment, but let me take you around Glasgow to show you what is

happening right now, around Glasgow to show you what is

available on BBC Three we are reaching the climax of the boxing,

some terrific fights today over at the SECC. Also on the red button,

you can enjoy coverage of Scotland taking on South Africa in the lawn

bowls, that is happening at Kelvingrove. All the action on our

website, and a big night air that Hampden Park, the final of the men's

400m, the women set that long, Greg Rutherford in the long jump final,

that is around 6:45. You can watch live on the website, that works on

all devices via the BBC Sport app, and if you have missed anything you

can catch up on the iPlayer. The headlines: Sarah Barrow and

Tonia Couch send the fans into raptures, winning silver for England

in the first diving final of the Commonwealth Games. Scotland's

Lynsey Sharp and Jenny Meadows coast clear of the rest of the field in

the 800 metres heat. He was the defending champion, but after a

terrible season Dai Greene's 400m hurdles dreams turned into dust,

finishing fifth in his heat with Rick Yates in third, edging into the

final. And England's women made it through to the hockey semifinal,

knocking Scotland out 2-1 in the process. The hosts threw everything

at the auld enemy but will rue a series of missed opportunities.

After the drama of the men's team final yesterday at the Hydro in

gymnastics, it is all eyes on England's Max Whitlock in the men's

individual all-around. We have been following the action live on BBC

Two, Better Together bring you up to date.

Another gymnast with his sights set on battle, Nile Wilson. He was key

to the team performance yesterday, but this is all about the individual

gymnasts today. Lovely, clean, confident start.

The is working with such maturity. -- he is. We used to call the pommel

horse a great leveller, but for him it is just another piece of

apparatus. Double Russian, good, disciplined travel, good placement

of the hands. Forwards and backwards. Keeping the swing, well,

I will tell you what, such a mature performance. Nile Wilson proving

there is no room for error in this all-around final! Really cool

customer, Nile Wilson. He is lapping it up, isn't he? It feels like his

stage. Well, could it be his year? His first year as a senior! 13

scored for Sean O'Hara. We saw Iwan Mepham on pommel horse a

little bit earlier on, ninth highest qualifier. He is on rings now. And

Iwan just 17 years of age, the youngest competitor in the final,

and rings are notoriously difficult until you are a little more mature.

Good, strong gymnast, you can see him using every ounce of this

strength there. He needs to control the top of the swing, so essential

to have a really strong handstand shape, lovely in the swing elements,

and that is very good, very good strength old. -- hold. He needs to

be disciplined here. Really giving it everything, big

swing into the double twisting double back, that was a really good

effort on the reins. Iwan Mepham on his way back! -- rings. He had a

little stall on his dismount from pommel horse, but things going well

for him now. Nile Wilson, 13.833, a little wry smile, he knows he is on

target. A lot of difficulty still to come from Nile, and a lot of

difficulty from this young man. He feels so vastly experienced on the

world stage, but still just 21 years old. The highest qualifier in the

pommel horse, here he goes in the all-around final. Handstand, onto

one handle, staying there a long time, through the Russians. Again,

on the one handle, such a good performer. Very nicely done, picks

it up well, he had problems with that in qualifying. That is risky,

that spindle in that situation, he did it so well. Hands catching

nicely. No-nonsense into the triple Russian. Swinging with such, such

confidence, Max Whitlock! Just a reminder, these lads are from the

home nations! These days, we have some of the best gymnasts in the

world! What a performance! What a hugely difficult routine as well,

and his style, he looks so light when he is on the pommel horse. It

looks almost effortless, and of course it isn't. Well,

looks almost effortless, and of to strength. Iwan Mepham, 13.4

sixes, he'll take that. -- 13 .466. Aristotelous of Cyprus, the next

gymnast up onto rings. Three more to come from this group.

And Cyprus have had some very good ring workers over the years. He just

needs to lift the feed a fraction higher, but that was an impressive

list straight into a strength element.

Very good start. Front somersault. Good piece for him, this.

A bit low on the scissor. But he is away now. And now the rings are

swinging... Just scraped the top with the Russian. Aristotelous

having a better outing on rings. Serious mistake, a pause on the

handstand! But he is through, Mitch, he is through. Max Whitlock still

well ahead. Enormous pommel horse score, just stretching ahead now of

the rest of the field. Multiplied by three and you have got 93 points,

which is up with the very best. The very best of Kohei Uchimura. Clinton

Purnell, good, solid start for him on floor, looking for consistency

here, peace number two. -- peace. Built for rings, not formals, but he

will be anxious to go through. Good, steady start. Now he is into the

forward travel. Nice, good construction to this

routine, keeping the swing, keeping the form, and he kept the rhythm on

the dismount. He will be delighted with that. Having a very good

Commonwealth Games! He has really made the apparatus that he is not

quite so suited to be good, and if you want to be an all-around

gymnast, that is what you have got to do - excel at your good pieces

but be reasonable at your not so. 13.566, Aristotelous on rings.

Gabriel can now from Singapore. -- Gan. Both parents are gymnasts. It

makes you wonder how old he was when he first started, no doubt he can't

amend his first day in the Jim if his parents were gymnasts! He

probably started running around in the Jim as soon as he could walk. --

gym. He is a very nicely prepared gymnast, strong in that handstand

shape. Oh, but legs apart, and elbows a little bit bent. And a

very, very short routine with a fall on the dismount! I hope his right

foot is all right, he seemed to take that quite solid on the dismount. A

little jaded after that. Yeah, problems there, very soft in

the back, he needed to get over the top to guarantee the dismount a

little bit more. Clinton Purnell, 13.133. Clinton

Purnell was second of the Australians in that top group.

Tsukahara, very controlled and experienced gymnast, he will do what

he has to do to get through here, no heroics, but no doubt a lot of

beauty and a lot of grace. Eat kept the difficulty down on the floor

with an eye on six consistent performances. -- he kept. Scissor

into handstand. Two circles, gone again, decent,

that makes it an E, oh! He has fallen off, what a shame! What

happened there?! Just a loss of grip? Watch where he puts his hands

here. The actually missed, the left hand should have gone under his

hips. He almost got his thumb caught. Sometimes at the end, it

does take you by surprise. We just couldn't get his hand underneath and

a is dumb. -- he. But look, back into the rhythm. -- under his thumb.

He has got such a personality, really difficult there. Absolute

frustration, but he can see the funny side of it! He made pommel

horse locales of this! Rakesh Patra, 14.266. -- look hazardous. This is

obviously his big piece, rings. As usual, 13th highest qualifier in

this top 24. -- Ashish Kumar. They are all working six pieces of

apparatus, this is the second for Kumar.

He lifts his legs out behind. Oh, now you can see the shoulders and

quite level with the hands, so he'll get the skill, but there will be

some deductions. And again, knees should go a little bit further down.

It shows that he is not quite strong enough to be able to hold those

positions, a bit of a bend of the elbows. Finding the good handstand

position. He just needs to lock the shoulders

out and really show that good line at the top. Happy in the swinging,

and a relatively easy dismount, straight back somersault with full

twist, but landed it well. Well, the next gymnast on pommel

horse will be Dan Purvis, but first Tsukahara's score, 12.833, a costly

fall for him, he's out of the running.

After the last piece of apparatus he was in second place, a mark ahead of

Keatings. Keatings has big difficulty to come. He has had

problem, you can see on the first handstand he didn't get his legs

together. He found it very difficult to pick up and I am afraid this is

the story of Dan, he needs to get consistent on the support apparatus.

But, he will be away, he will be determined. Very quick on the one

hand. Travelling with confidence now. He

is experienced enough to put that problem behind him and safely

through the dismount sequence. Well, two of the big players have had a

fall now. The others have to watch out, because they will be more

relaxed now, having got that out of the way and obviously Keatings,

Wilson will be feeling the pressure that they cannot mess up.

Absolutely, he tried to increase his difficulty there, really. He knows,

like we said on some of the support work we said he try needs to

increase his difficulty. I think Dan Purvis is a great gymnast when he is

happy. When he has something niggling at him it will end up like

that. But now, having got that fall out of the way it is what you are

waiting for, let us be honest. As soon as it is gone you are a

different gymnast. Aditya Rana for India.

First look at the vault. Big vault. Very big vault. A bit piked down on

the landing, but lovely straight body. One-two and a half twists. Big

score. It is out 5.2. -- it is out of 5.2.

That is good execution. That got him to a 14.033. Indian gymnast is in

tenth. Ashish Kumar. The 21st position at the moment. Dan Purvis,

12.833. You can see, he is doing the sums in his head. That is going to

be a beg score to come back from. ? The other two fall he still has a

lot of difficulty in that pommel horse routine. So Mikhail Koudinov

from New Zealand. He will go on vault now.

Just one chance out of 14.8. The round off, the flip on, the

one-and-a-half twist. Very nicely performed. Good direction. Step

back. Makes the round off in front of board, so he can flip on and get

plenty of of board, so he can flip on and get

plenty height and flight off. The quicker you can get your hands back,

the straighter the elbows, the more time you will get in the air on the

flight off. The score, 13.966 for Mikhail Koudinov. Good steady

consistent scoring. Two scores in, look at that for Max

Whitlock. That translated into super world class if he can keep it up.

Daniel Keatings in second. Wilson doing very well, in third place,

Daniel Purvis after the pommel problem is in fourth at the moment.

But look at Clinton Purnell in fifth place. What was my prediction in

There is only two pieces in, we still have time. That was impressive

stuff from half of the Home Nations, with Nile Wilson, Max Whitlock, just

superb, using all of that twisting and turning you saw on floor. He

will have gone on knowing that the pressure is on him, he is the one

that everybody is watching, he has got that leeway if he makes a

mistake he can still win it, but he is a perfectionist, he will want to

do his best. Keatings is looking good. He can be a bit hit-and-miss

at times. I was so pleased for him on the pommel. That is his

specialist apparatus, it is not long since he has been back in that six

piece competition, he did Fiat year ago but he has been away from it for

a while. It is amazing how costly that fall will be for Purvis and

Baines. They will be more relaxed now, there is more of a fight and

fire in there. I doesn't half put pressure on the likes of Purvis and

Keatings. Some will say I have had a fall, I have nothing to lose, let us

give it my all, whereas max and that will be looking at that and

thinking, some will go, I can relax a bit, because they have had their

fall, but some won't have to tipsed what is going on with the rest of

their competitors. Purr service, British champion on rings, so the

next piece of apparatus is good for him, but the for the younger

gymnasts, this is where they could struggle. It is a strong man's

event. British gymnasts Tically aren't know for being that strong.

Nile could bring a few points back in and max has upgraded his rings.

It is still all the play for. That order is not your order just yet.

This is why there is such kudos, isn't there, for the all round

competition. Not only is it one after the other, but when you lock

at the difference in apparatus, to be able to command it from a

physical point of view When you are working round this all round, you

will see the individual rankings but each gymnast has their own

speciality. It is a story of what could have been or Sam Oldham. You

get the thought it was his year, he was looking sharp and he wanted to

be in this final so far I had seen him in training and he stepped up to

form, he was looking in great shape. It is devastating for him. You can

see him in the stands, he is cheering on his team-mates but he is

fed up. As is Louis Smith who will be in the pommel horse final which

is to come tomorrow, I think. So he is having a day off. This is hard.

It is gruelling. Saw Lewis, as soon as max and Daniel were on pommel he

was looking closer, I wonder what he would have made of max's pommel

horse performance? Who knows. They get back out, they get to see the

atmosphere, we will see what happens tomorrow. Daniel Keatings is going

to be the first gymnast up on ring, there they are still warming up

behind us, how important is this phase of the competition, to feel

the apparatus from a gymnast's performance -- perspective You gain

experience every time you get up. As the competition moves on, the nerves

disappear, unless you have a mistake, that is when you start to

think more. The thing is it is 90% mental. If do you go in with

confidence... When you have really the British team down there, in that

group, and how much will they be enjoying each other's company? That

is great for them. Even though they are competing for England and

Scotland they are out there for themselves, they will have the bars

set up, they have the coaches round them. That keep them settled and you

can see max is very close, to Scott, and they don't really talk that

much. I have been watching them as they go round, just having them near

each other they settle each other. Max is looking nervous, but when he

gets on the at ray us the he is so calm and cool and collected. If you

watch him on the side, he sits off by himself, he doesn't have much

conversation, he takes himself into his own world and Scot is a few

centimetres away. That is how he has learned that max copes with

competitions. He doesn't need to be performing the difficult routines

with it. He doesn't. But he is going it. He is doing it as a build up for

the World Champions and leadings up to 2016. Here we go then with the

third rotation, this David Bishop from New Zealand.

On to the vault. Nice twisting, one-and-a-half twists in the

straight some a subject, the New Zealand gymnasts are classy, when

they show a straight shape, they show a real straight shape.

Precision here, on to 2 platform, block, lovely straight body. Feet

locked together right down the middle. Not the most difficult vault

but one of the most precise. So with his third piece of apparatus

Dan Keatings is round round competition so far has been going

very well. Let us keep calm and hope for the best.

That is nice, he swung straight into that shape. No adjustment of the

hip, which is what the judges will look for. Double tuck, double pike,

no hint of support. Nice swing all the way through and another nice

cross. Again, that lovely flat body line

and just a hint of a soft back there on the circle to handstand. A

one-and-a-half twist into double jack, that gives him his D dismount.

He has had a steady run. All the style of a medallist at world level.

Daniel Keatings is very much back in the game. He is such a talented

gymnast. Made for the sport. Light frame, strong, supple. Bishop, very

happy with 14.125. Here we go. We talked earlier on about the fire

inside of Sean O'Hara, and the bull is back. Here he is, snorting at the

end of the runway. It is like a long jumpers "Psyche myself up" He will

be doing the boxing tomorrow! He gheetz going. Once you have

presented you only have 30 seconds. Here he go, one two, and that was

very good. He got it round. He did. Huge improvement in what we saw in

qualification. The key is, you have to get feet first, there is not a

lot of room to get two somersaults in -- somersaults in. You can

understand why he got fired up. He needed every ounce of power. He did.

He drove the heels up and over, squeezed so tight. Pulled the legs

apart. That means you can make the tuck tighter.

Really powerfully in with the hands. Can see how he is really pulled into

that tuck and he got the feet down and held it well. Maximum score

15.66. Keatings. 14.1. Half way round. Looking good.

Wilson. A message top himself of come on. We will second that Nile.

When you come straight from the junior rank as he has, as you said

Matt, strength is the challenge, so look for good swings, and that is

not a bad Maltese, but you see the feet down at the back. Nice

conversion into cross. But he will be relying on his technique the

swing. Keep the swing going. Well done. And a God straddle top

planche. See how the rings are turned out. Can he do that all the

way through the lift. Yes, he can. -- good. Lovely basic technique. And

again. See how the rings pinkie in? Just a little bit hesitation, but

that was a very very good dismount. He can swing, this young man, the

strength will come. He is looking unaffected by everything that is

going on round him. Just can land so well. They spend hours off the

trampoline to land. Every time he puts his feet on the floor he is

emphatic with it. Leaves a great impression. Sean O'Hara 13.833. He

is into third, still has the leaders to come.

Iwan Mepham for Wales. Very young promising gymnast, we

have seen him looking impressive on two pieces, what about the vault?

Straight style. The straight somersault off, adds in a twist and

he made it look quite easy, he looked like he has air time for more

than one twist. There we are, flips back, lifts

high, drops the arms to wrap the twist in. Will lose a bit for the

step on landing, but in the air body nice and tight. Good technique.

Wilson 14.633! So, a bigger score than Keatings. Well, they are going

to swap positions. Wilson was in third. Into this

rotation. The leader so far, Max Whitlock. This the weaker of his

pieces but he hasn't half been working on difficulty, using the

code. And necessary too, when you have one weak apparatus it can bring

your average down. Deep in the chest to make sure of the position.

Giant handstand. Double back, and make sure of the handstand, nicely

too. Two doubles without a hint of support, pure swing.

Double twisting double tuck, just a tiny adjustment and landing, but if

that is a weakness, it shouldn't be too bad. He has done enough, he's

going to stay ahead of Keatings and Wilson. Nile Wilson getting used to

seeing himself on telly, on the world stage! When you talk about Max

having a weakness, it is not really a week apparatus, but everyone is to

be the best in the world, he has to pick up. 13.5, Iwan Mepham. So with

Clark will lead from Keatings. -- Whitlock. Such a good routine, we're

pretty confident. Aristotelous of Cyprus making sure that the board is

absolutely in the right position here, two different boards, hard and

soft. Aristotelous going for the Tuffers springboard.

Building power, lovely double twisting vault, he will lose a

little bit because he was off the red line. A tiny bit of Ben Sneesby,

but it was flighty, really driving the feet and hands in. -- bent

knees. Not a bad effort at all. Blocks up through the shoulders,

snaps off the top, feet and legs are bit and tidy, the judges will deduct

for that sort of thing. Max Whitlock, yes, still in the

lead, 14.733, so a weaker piece but a very, very good score. So yes, Max

Whitlock leads for England, Keatings of Scotland and second, Nile Wilson

for England in third. But Clinton Purnell is on his way back. Would

you say this was a good piece? He has got the build for it. He is

looking for broad at the shoulder and narrow in the hip, he is

certainly brought at the shoulder. That is a nice confident start,

shrug into cross then into Maltese, secure in the opening strength

elements. He turns the double tuck into a

second Maltese. I will tell you what, he is going very well indeed.

Just lift those heels a bit, was he a bit quick out of position. Back

into giant, here is the wind-up. And just a C dismount, probably a good

decision. Well, he was in fifth at the end of the last rotation, and he

is clawing his way back, Clinton Purnell. He has qualified for rings

finals, so it is one of his specialist pieces. He is looking

very focused, absolutely loving being part of this group. And how

world-class is that first group! Aristotelous scores 13.858. I think

Clinton Purnell is going to be ahead of that.

Gabriel Gan on vault for Singapore. He is quietly doing well, this lad.

He is, he looks like he has got a sore foot, but this looks OK, hours

on, style, very nice style with live off the top. The judges deduct for

that, but he had plenty of fight off just one twist. So not the greatest

difficulty score. -- plenty of height. He pushes lovely and high,

one twist. Going for the Tsukahara approach in more ways than one. Very

much so! We have seen Tsukahara competing in an extremely measured

manner. We have seen his dad's way of getting up to the vault. Yes,

Tsukahara's father invented that vault, the Tsukahara with full

twist. When we first saw it, it was simply the turn onto the horse,

snap, one and a half somersault off. Wow, it has been developed since

then! Gabriel Gan, 13.366. Vault will be

the next piece of apparatus for this top group we are looking at here.

Clinton Purnell, 14.233, he is up into fifth. Max Whitlock, then,

currently leading this men's all-around competition, and that is

an example of how gymnasts have to an example of how gymnasts have

switch focus from one piece of apparatus to another. Mentally, it

is a very difficult discipline, this all-around competition. Wadsworth

for Australia. Very nice, chin well out, proudly presents, this guy.

Nice, clean, straight body shape. Good discipline on the rings, you

can see they are turned in. They want to go out, but you try to

keep those fingers in, very important, clear of the straps, full

twist and double tuck. Another gymnast opting for the C

difficulty, just making sure of the execution. It is a good point,

because with the all-around, you can win it by somebody losing it. If you

keep consistent when somebody else is going all out and making

mistakes, you will come through. Absolutely, and all of these

gymnasts will have their target, top six, top ten. Rakesh Patra, strong

rings performance put him up the rankings, and he will be hoping for

much the same here. Real power down there, double twist. Now, he powered

into the platform and really hit it well. If you hit it like that, it

will propel you into the air. From the angle we saw it, that looked

very high. Block here, lift, two twists in, little ungainly at the

finish, but a good vault. The effective use of the arms,

wrapping in tightly, coming out for landing.

Gymnasts immediately off the apparatus, getting themselves ready

for the next piece. Luke Wadsworth, he scores 13.733.

Tsukahara, the next gymnast for Australia onto rings. Two gymnasts

still to go on this piece of apparatus after Tsukahara. Daniel

Purvis Anne Frank Baines of Scotland still to come here. -- and.

Tsukahara is in the rings final as well.

The Japanese not known for hugely powerful rings, but a good start,

back into Maltese, strong enough. Very smooth in the swing, holding

the head back, shoulders a smidgen high.

Straight body in the planche, winding up. Double twisting double

tuck, he is having a good time out there. Delightful dismount!

Rakesh Patra powered to a 14 on vault. Interesting, with Tsukahara,

that, because we haven't seen sign of any difficult skills like

double-double, but he is obviously capable of them if he can dismount

off rings like that. See the chalk there, vital for grip. You see

gymnasts chalking their legs as well, Ashish Kumar grabbing hold of

his shins to pull himself around, increase the difficulty, and that is

the key. He can see the scoreboard, a six difficulty here, Chris. We are

going to see something special, look at that running technique, fabulous!

It is a double Tsukahara, but not quite enough airtime to get it right

around. Gosh, that was close, close to dangerous, that one! He got the

feet down first, but he hung in the air, he really had to wrap that last

bit in. So the turn on, the snap, one, two, the first one was piped.

No wonder he didn't get around! He went for double pike, I suppose, but

he had to tuck the second one in. Tsukahara, 14.733 for his rings,

yes, that is more like it. Back in the day, I used to be able to do 15!

The 37-year-old, good to see him here. So Scotland's Dan Purvis, he

had a little fall on pommel horse behind him. The British rings

champion needs everything here. Go he really has addressed one of his

early problems in rings. He has addressed it with determination, a

good string sequence to open. You cannot do more than three in a row.

-- strength sequence. Swing into planche, very determined,

making the handstand into giant. Just a tiny hint of a bent arm to

make sure of that forward giant. Well through the rings, plenty of

rotation, double double, so he is on his way back, on the comeback trail.

Backing in a difficulty there, Dan. -- packing. Good to see, that is the

only way to come back from disappointment on one piece. And in

the nicest possible way, I hope that someone else falls! Not very

British, Matt! It is the only chancy has got, Mitch! -- chance he has

got. That is the reality of it, I suppose. Ashish Kumar, 13.333. Quite

a generous score for what was really have a volt! Chris! I think they

were points for effort, all the 3s for effort. I do think that kind of

school encourages dangerous work. -- score. A measured approach, just the

full twist, the exact opposite, going for style and execution and

not so much difficulty. Upsetting the people at home wanting the

difficulty, Chris! That is the excitement, I suppose.

There we go, the turn on lovely style. Really stylish landing. Arms

out. Text book. Dan Purvis, he needs a big score

here it is. 14.4. Cheers have cheers of "Come on Frank". He is the

19-year-old competing for Scotland Frank Baines, he will be the last

one on the rings in rotation. If you look at the pre-Budget reportion of

shoulders to hips he is ideally built for this.

-- proportion of shoulders to hips. Lovely swing to straddle. Very

clean, look at the rings. Kept out. Good clean start from him.

Lovely technique in the forward giant. Same in the backward, tiny

bit soft, but that is OK. Secure enough. Look at that. Straight to

the support position into double pike. That was a lovely sequence to

finish. Three doubles in a row. He is so stylish, when it is going

right he makes it look easy, he has a natural style about him, Frank

Baines. 13.633 for Kristofer Done.

The half way point, now, Chris. We are, we are going to have a look at

parallel bars for the first time. Mikhail Koudinov from New Zealand.

Very nice, front somersault at the start. Very popular, that was

difficult work, done well. Very good handstand line. Good

rhythm about this routine. Lots of K oh, as I say, he takes an extra

step. Very nice front somersault. Classy work.

Easily up to handstand. Swinging turn, oh, come on, tighten the back,

hold it. Up. Double pike. Nicely done there.

Mikhail Koudinov showing a touch of class.

So same order then, as it stands. It is only half way. That is a good

point. Let us talk about the being half way, what it means to the

gymnast, because you come in here and now we are at the business end.

They have got over their initial nerve, getting the atmosphere of the

gym, now it is a case of they have to keep the focus going. For the men

it is so difficult. Six pieces of an -- apparatus, it is so long to keep

that concentration, with eight people in a group, you can be

waiting 20 minutes before you do your routine. We were haar saying

this was a weak piece for Max, when you look at the whole of his six

pieces and put it in perspective, it's the weaker, but he didn't half

perform it well. That is the thing, his weakest piece and he is still

scoring a 14 pone 7. We can hardly call it weak. If you want to be in

the top spot in the all round you have to have a great score on every

piece. You look at his style, and it is incredibly strenuous this piece

of apparatus, how it makes it look so effortless. That is the one thing

about him, there is nothing for the judges to deduct from, so his

execution is Ruth Kelly high and that is great for him, he can keep

building that difficulty, and just hopefully keep the execution as

well. -- really high. hopefully keep the execution as

well. -- One thing we are not seeing is the difficulty and the execution,

so give everybody an idea of how the scoring works. You get one score,

one is difficulty, how many element, how difficult is each element, then

the execution, which comes from ten and will work its way down, if you

fall yoifr lose a whole mark and the two scores are put together. In the

construction of a routine, these are not set pieces, everybody is not

doing the same thing, it is up to you, what you want to include.

Mainly the coaches will come up with the routines but the gymnast will

have an input, they will say "I like this" or "I like that". Max is such

a great twister they have tried to play the code with that. Some have

their own move, don't they. The Tweddle. Some of us might! We can

see obviously, Max, well, he is well ahead half way round, almost two

marks clear of Keatings and Wilson in third. A world on Nile Wilson,

how he is managing to keep his... He looked unaffected by what is going

on round him. Those routines are unbelievable. We saw him at the

junior European, that was a different atmosphere, he was top dog

going into it. Now he is the underdog, but he is holding his own

completely. Clinton Purnell, he is worth a mention, he was key to Wales

in the team performance, but for him he is doing a brilliant individual.

He has had a fabulous competition, it would be great for him to be up

there in the same group as Daniel Keatings and Max. He is holding his

own. He has just done a great ring routine, so... We will see him again

in the final. It is great for Welsh gymnastics to be seen at this

competition. I think even, when we look at the World Championships and

the European Championship, you only ever get two gymnasts in a final

from the whole of the Home Nations, from Team GB, but like you say, to

come here and have three gymnasts that are allowed percountry, we are

looking at three English, three Scots and three lads from Wale es.

That is great. With the World Championships being here next year,

it is a great test event for them all. The system will see how they

are going. We can senile Will is only will be first up. That -- we

can see Wilson. We are not doing bad. Tsukahara. We have been

surprised by his performance, Dan purr service, he will use everything

he can to get back. Daniel Keatings, but from a rings perspective, to

Great Britain it has been weak piece, but looking at Frayn, looking

at Nile Wilson we have real hope. -- train Frayn -- Frank Baines, British

gymnastics have targeted rings and thought "How can we improve it?" You

can see that with the juniors coming through. What can we expect from

vault? Max we know has been working on a new move. Not many people do it

in the world. You can see how pleased he was to day bow it

yesterday. But they are all going to be coming out of the two-and-a-half

twists, Keatings has got a slightly lower difficulty on vault.

twists, Keatings has got a slightly lower He is only doing a double

twist or he did in qualification, it is clean and solid so there is

nothing for the judges to take. Will that be enough, do you think, for

Keatings to stay ahead of Nile Wilson? He still has that advantage

of about a full mark, so it will be a battle between those two for

second. How will Keatings be feeling half way round? . I think he will be

pleased. He know he has that experience and not let himself get

too giddy. He has to hold himself back and say I still have three

apparatus. I think he had a reality check in the team final on parallel

bars when he did his dismount and went too much The routine was

superb, and then he literately did the dismount, maybe a slight lack of

concentration and fell over. We have to brace ourself, because the slow

motion wave is coming round and we don't want to let it down That has

been one of the highlights. I never seen a slow motion Mexican wave.

Looks fab, they do it in fast motion and then slow motion. I saw Max

warming up there, this is the key with vault. It is all over in the

blink of an eye, how do you prepare for something like that? For the

gymnastics it is a favourite piece because it is over so quickly, you

know it, there doesn't tend to be the problems with vault you may have

with the other apparatus. Nile Wilson is at the end of the runway.

He is just making sure that is right. The board being put in place.

He is set. We are set for the fourth piece of apparatus from six, you can

see that score board to his right hand side, 5.6, so that ist

difficulty for England, Nile Wilson, currently in third position in this

men's all round final. Can he keep the consistency.

Two-and-a-half twist, a bit deep on the landing. Just to make sure he

collected his feet. Very good vault from Nile. Yes, he looked at it

tired. He had to dig deep, get those heels over fast, wrap it in. But he

is so aware of where he is. Knew it was a bit short. Knew he had to get

the legs ready for landing. He is a gymnast that meets the floor, the

floor doesn't hit him. Nice and high. Two-and-a-half twists

is a very long way round, that is why it is worth 5.-- 5.6 and he will

squeeze every tenth out after that. He will need it if he is to catch

Dan Keatings. 14.7, that is a very very big score indeed, and will put

the pressure on Keatings in silver. There they are. Third and second

position at the moment. Keatings just taking a drink. That is God,

his says. -- that is good, he say, not sure if he is saying that to

himself or Nile. Over on high bar our first chance to

see a real crowd pleaser. Mikhail Koudinov. But we will see Max first.

Here he is, with a six difficulty. This is one of hardest vaults that

you will see Hoare at the Commonwealth Games and he is risking

everything. Says a lot about him. Not holding back, a big vault here.

-- you will see here. And he skipped forward but he got his feet down, he

will get the difficulty, that was very very courageous and it says a

lot about him. Even very controlled with his deductions on landing. He

wasn't frenetic. He is just a very controlled gymnast, and he knew he

was a bit short, he was going to give way as little at possible. He

could have done the two-and-a-half, to be sure of a comfortable score.

They retired. Third day of competition, I wondered whether they

might think "Is it wise to go for the big skill?" They are doing it to

try their routines before the worlds? Yes and to tell the rest of

world they are well capable. It postings a message to everyone else.

Is -- it posts a message to even else. Mikhail Koudinov. Is --

everyone else. Mikhail Koudinov having a steady competition.

This though, one of my favourite pieces to watch. High releases, big

dismount, twists and turns. And a real potential for pinging off.

It is. It ist real blue ribbon event. That was very nice.

The extra half turn. Here we go without. He flights that very well

indeed. Fabulous height on the Tkatchev, the straddle over the bar.

And oh, his guard has come undone. Wow, now, as a coach you are very

very unhappy if they haven't stuck tape round that guard to make sure

that doesn't happen. As you can see, the strap is velcro, and they do

often come loose, but so dangerous for it to come loose on high bar It

a ritual, you say coaches wandering round with tape stuck to their

tracksuit top, they take the guards as a precaution and he will yet

that. The minute that comes loose and wraps round the bar itself. Big

problem. So he had no option, but to jump-off, but that is a shame,

because it was a good looking routine.

One-and-a-half turn. The full turn after the endo. All these moves

named after people who first did them. They are the close elements,

here we go. Another straddle and coming close to the bar. Have to

show those as well as the big long swings and that is the fantastic

triple back somersault. We saw it in qualification, but what a shame.

What a shame and what a silly preparation error, that was

absolutely avoidable. Max Whitlock with a huge 14.5 for vault. Next

gymnast up Clinton Purnell. He is posting a 5.2. As we said with Beth

earlier on, that score made up of execution and difficulty, so his

execution will only be marked out of is a.-- 15 pine 2. Exhalation of

breath, into his run, twisting slightly deep, having a great

competition. Number four, and he has hit or four. Parallel bars and high

bar to come for Clinton Purnell. Yeah, for some at this stage, they

can really enjoy it. For others, it is pressure on. That was a very

clean double twist. As long as he gets right around, they will take

away tents from the execution score, and he did not have many to be taken

away. -- tenths. He needs a tiny bit of work on ankle

extension. And that is lovely, but we want to see it extend right

through to the toes, performing very nicely, good control. He is a

gymnast that has impressed much at these championships. Very well

controlled double pike dismount. Not much for the judges to get hold of

as far as execution is concerned, he did well. His competition is getting

better. He looks quite relaxed, quite confident. Not overwrought for

17 years of age. Clinton Purnell, 14.333, it is good for the Welshman.

was with. He has had his ups and downs in this competition. Let's

bogey as plenty of up here! -- let's hope he has. Plenty of aggression,

tuck in the first, just to make sure of the rotation, just a question of

how strictly the judges deduct. It almost changes the vault, because if

you were doing it in the tucked shape, it would be one thing, but he

does a mixture of the two. I guess the deduction will be for

does a mixture of the two. I guess on, but very good off. He did a

being Crosby, didn't he? # Straight

Style good in the air. Neat, together until they just get ready

for that landing. High bar and floor to come, Iwan

Mepham scores 13.6 execs for parallel bars. -- 13 .666.

Aristotelous, the next gymnast to chalk up, from Cyprus. A score of

11.833 on this piece of apparatus. Long levers, which hopefully will

work well for him. He will be hoping for a better performance.

He controlled that start very well. Just a shade off the handstand, just

not quite locking the shoulders out. See that again. Nice full turn, just

a little bit loose with the legs. But it is smooth.

Oh, a big step to the side! That is really a bit of a shame, because the

work on the apparatus was good. The floor took him by surprise, he

thought he had another few inches, I think. A flat dismount, he didn't

really elevate. That bargain of how far out the side door you go!

Tsukahara just waiting for his compatriot's score, and it is 14.3,

good for vault. Tsukahara going for a 5.2, no doubt he will complete his

namesake, the vault given his name by his father.

It is like a handspring on and a somersault off, but no doubt a few

bits in between before he lands. Great tribute to his dad, he has

added a double twist, and I think he thought he was going to move, but he

didn't, glue on his feet! That is absolutely how you do it. Watch

that, my son, because his lad is a gymnast, and it is Tsukahara's dream

that three from the family are international gymnasts. He did not

quite bring his arms out to stabilise the landing, and I think

he was almost, his shoulders were starting to make an extra twist. He

did very well to keep his feet still. Aristotelous scores 12.933,

so an improvement on his qualification score. Koudinov,

12.666. He is annoyed with himself. Gabriel Gan, the next gymnast on

parallel bars, and we're expecting good stuff from him here, beautiful

lines on parallel bars, and we're expecting

good stuff from pommel horse. Yeah, I would expect this to be a very

strong piece for him, shows the handstand shape beautifully,

swinging turn to start the exercise. Smooth in the pirouetting. You can

see the gymnast change the speed of the swing dependent on what move

they are going to do. Lift deal handstand, shoulders back. -- lift

to handstand. But a very simple dismount will hurt him, because the

gymnasts take their simple moves, but you have to include the

dismount. Why would he have gone for Jason bold dismount? He could have

done a little bit more spectacular. -- for such a simple dismount?

Tsukahara, 14.466 for his Tsukahara. The crowd roar as Dan Purvis for

Scotland is introduced. Just a reminder, just the one vault, all or

nothing on here for Dan Purvis. Two and a half twists, a big step to the

side, but that will do and a half twists, a big step to the

side, but that will him no harm at all. 5.6 difficulty, so 15.6 before

the judges can steal anything from him. Safely through! You can

definitely see these guys are on their third day of competition,

though, like this was easy for him on day one, but a big step backwards

by today. They still can perform them just great, but they haven't

got such boundless energy that they are stepping forwards at the end of

it. Lovely vault, though, such good direction.

12.866, that is a very good score considering he did such a simple

dismount. Yes, it looks like he had a bit of a sore foot on one piece,

but then he vaulted fairly reasonably. Max Whitlock, the

current leader, Dan Purvis waiting for his vault score. He scores

14.666, big score for Dan! Rakesh Patra, a big vault score from

him. Good line there. At the last Commonwealth Games, we were really

excited by the Indian gymnasts in terms of difficulty, but they were a

bit short on good shapes, but this is lovely work. Really good shapes,

good flight. Excellent, look how high above the rails he was, no

problem at all linking the skills together. Good height, good landing!

A really much, much improved routine, he is delighted. Rakesh

Patra moving up the ranks. Baines. Now, he did two Bolton

qualification, aiming for the final, which he got into with the third

highest score. -- two vaults in qualification. 5.6, two and a half

twists, and he sat it down, what a pity. Chris May the point, third

day, pressure. -- Chris made the point. And a slip-up on pommel

horse, he couldn't afford another slip on vault, what a shame. But he

just needs to build and gain the experience, no doubt he will be

back. It was a massive vault, actually, lots of height and flight,

super two and a half twists. That is a lack of experience, you could see

Dan Purvis was the same, a little bit short, but he was ready for the

step back. Frank not quite so experienced. Also not so experienced

with three days of competition. Rakesh Patra, 14.333, very good

score indeed. What a shame about his pommel horse at the beginning. I

know! 13.9, a big score considering he sat it out. Probably the highest

vault we have seen so far today. Dan Keatings makes his way up the stairs

to the end of the vault runway. How important is this vault for

Scotland's Daniel Keatings? Silver medal position at the moment. He

focuses in, he is off! Blade safe with a double twist, and

it was a good decision, 5.2 difficulty, that shows his maturity

and experience. It is good enough for Dan! The medal could well be

within reach. He needs to not get too excited, he did this in the team

competition as well, the double twist, and it is a nice, clean, well

flighted double twist. Although only out of 5.2, he can probably squeeze

into the height eight or nines for execution. -- high eights. Daniel

Keatings has learnt a lot about this arena over the last few days,

Keatings has learnt a lot about this arena over the last few and now,

when it matters, in the finals, he is putting it all into play. 14.333

with a very strong parallel bars routine to come, and he will round

off the competition on high bar. Ashish Kumar.

Another gymnast with a beautiful straight line through the back, but

that swing was meant to be two-way handstand, and it was well off. The

next element was very nice, and the somersault was ambitious, but when

you have to swing backwards and forwards at the end of it, you lose

all you have gained in doing it. Some flights there, a little and

gamely, legs high on the catch. But he swings well. -- a