:00:00. > :00:00.was annoyed about that. And also Alex Dowsett of England who was also
:00:00. > :00:07.left out of the Tour de France. And Geraint Thomas of Wales did win the
:00:08. > :00:14.Tour de France. He wrote last year with a broken pelvis. The one they
:00:15. > :00:18.are all calling is from Australia. It promises to be a fascinating
:00:19. > :00:22.comeback. Geraint Thomas saying before this
:00:23. > :00:24.time trial today that he is absolutely exhausted from the Tour
:00:25. > :00:30.de France. Back to Jonathan later in the programme. On BBC Three, if you
:00:31. > :00:34.want to go to the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, there will be
:00:35. > :00:48.diving very soon. Meanwhile, on the red button, men's doubles squash is
:00:49. > :00:55.taking place right now. The Hydro is the place to be for world-class
:00:56. > :01:02.gymnastics this afternoon. You can follow all the action on our
:01:03. > :01:06.website. And there is also the brilliant BBC sport app to follow
:01:07. > :01:11.the action. All the sports for you live.
:01:12. > :01:15.The sport has been top-class here in Glasgow and this city has proved
:01:16. > :01:19.once and for all that it is the perfect host for the 20th
:01:20. > :01:23.Commonwealth Games. How has this city gone from tough working-class
:01:24. > :01:33.industrial city, to one of culture and sport? Let's hear from Kirsty
:01:34. > :01:37.Wark. The postwar decades were difficult for cars go. The city had
:01:38. > :01:51.built its name and wealth on the great ships on the River Clyde.
:01:52. > :01:56.shipyards had become fewer than 20. To the outside world, Glasgow was
:01:57. > :02:04.known for gangs, football violence and murder. The city was down on its
:02:05. > :02:11.luck, and in 1981, Alistair Gray published a novel about a cultural
:02:12. > :02:17.call to action. He described an unimagined city, culturally desolate
:02:18. > :02:23.like the shipyards. That was about to change, Glasgow would be
:02:24. > :02:27.reimagined. Glasgow launched a series of campaigns to make way for
:02:28. > :02:35.a rebirth with arts and culture at the heart. In empty shipyards, a
:02:36. > :02:38.transformation was taking place. The need old cranes of industry,
:02:39. > :02:47.entertainment venues were built and a wasteland became a festival site.
:02:48. > :02:52.-- beneath. The 1988 Garden Festival was a celebration of the city,
:02:53. > :02:57.bringing a boost to finances and a sense of pride. This event must
:02:58. > :03:03.represent yet another milestone in the renaissance of this great city.
:03:04. > :03:09.Glasgow was propelled forward on a cultural high and it was an exciting
:03:10. > :03:17.time as new theatres opened and in 1990, Glasgow was named European
:03:18. > :03:22.City of Culture. Glasgow had re-established itself on the
:03:23. > :03:26.cultural map. The city was fast becoming a global leader renowned
:03:27. > :03:34.city for contemporary art and its art school was thriving. From the
:03:35. > :03:39.classes came four future Turner Prize winners. The success continues
:03:40. > :03:45.today with three nominees for the prize this year having also trained
:03:46. > :03:53.in Glasgow. In the halls and buyers here, another artistic revival was
:03:54. > :03:57.taking place. Members of Travis and Franz Ferdinand began their music
:03:58. > :04:06.careers here and the city's music scene is still thriving. In 2008,
:04:07. > :04:11.Glasgow was designated as city of music by UNESCO, making it one of
:04:12. > :04:16.five international city celebrated for its musical prowess. Today,
:04:17. > :04:20.Glasgow presents a wealth of art, music and literature, glorious
:04:21. > :04:24.museums designed by award-winning architects and comedy that keeps
:04:25. > :04:27.millions laughing. As the city welcomes the world to the
:04:28. > :04:40.Commonwealth Games, Glasgow is back on an artistic high. Are poured on
:04:41. > :04:47.how Glasgow went from a tough industrial city to a culture --
:04:48. > :04:54.centre of culture. Let me speak to my guess. How does it feel when you
:04:55. > :04:56.watch that? On that closing shop there,
:04:57. > :05:06.watch that? On that closing shop when I go there, it does not feel
:05:07. > :05:10.like Glasgow. -- shot. A lot of the old tenements are not there. What
:05:11. > :05:14.was always there was the people and the culture. The culture of
:05:15. > :05:21.storytelling and music was always here. I think we have arrived at a
:05:22. > :05:29.point where one equates to the other. Have the Games given Glasgow
:05:30. > :05:36.a chance to show what it is all about? People tend to think of the
:05:37. > :05:43.football and the rivalry and the working class city and what you get
:05:44. > :05:50.here is a modern, confident city. He worked on the Garden Festival in
:05:51. > :05:55.1988. He used to come home with an acrylic jumper, having to keep it
:05:56. > :05:56.away from the heater! What started with that Festival and the City of
:05:57. > :06:05.away from the heater! What started with that Festival Culture, the
:06:06. > :06:12.success has been engaged in with people and nothing could be more
:06:13. > :06:18.fitting tribute. I have never seen so many cyclist and runners since I
:06:19. > :06:23.have come home. -- cyclists. We talked about the slums and what
:06:24. > :06:28.could have happened to the city, is that you threw the baby out with the
:06:29. > :06:34.bath water, but because of this amazing river, this river continued
:06:35. > :06:40.throughout that change and the people have been a constant. I have
:06:41. > :06:47.been close to tears because I am so proud of my hometown. You can take
:06:48. > :06:51.all these buildings away, and knowing Glasgow City Council they
:06:52. > :06:56.probably will, but the people will remain and that is what the incomers
:06:57. > :07:05.have felt the influence of. It is my first trip here, I usually am in
:07:06. > :07:10.Edinburgh, but the one thing that have -- that has struck me, it is a
:07:11. > :07:16.funny city, there is a light-hearted side. I thought the opening
:07:17. > :07:21.ceremony, which was criticised, but I thought the humour came across. I
:07:22. > :07:29.ceremony, which was criticised, but liked the traffic cone on the head
:07:30. > :07:37.of the Duke of Wellington. That is implying that you are welcome in our
:07:38. > :07:43.city, but if you get up yourself or arrogant, then we will cut you down.
:07:44. > :08:00.That is very Glaswegian. It can be limiting, it is all very well,
:08:01. > :08:10.Gerard Butler, but I know your dad! Sometimes it is healthy, sometimes
:08:11. > :08:16.it can be limiting, like criticising Billy Connolly for a leaving
:08:17. > :08:21.Scotland. He works elsewhere! It is part of the Glasgow character. The
:08:22. > :08:27.difference is the politics and socialism of this city, you cannot
:08:28. > :08:33.be on the River Clyde and not mention Jimmy Reid who kept
:08:34. > :08:38.shipyards open. He said to the workers and the unions, we are not
:08:39. > :08:42.working out, we are working in anti-threw down the conduct of the
:08:43. > :08:47.government and said we will continue working, if you want to close us
:08:48. > :08:53.down, close us down. That attitude, the world came to Glasgow. There is
:08:54. > :08:59.so much poetry and narrative in the Commonwealth Games being here, for
:09:00. > :09:06.decades, we built the ships, we were the lungs of the Empire and the
:09:07. > :09:19.world has come back here. They have been called, they think the weather
:09:20. > :09:24.is good! -- conned. I said last week, things you would never say, it
:09:25. > :09:36.was as hot out there as it was at the World Cup final! We are playing
:09:37. > :09:41.football as well as the Brazilians! I saw a woman in Glasgow use an
:09:42. > :09:49.umbrella for shade! What is going on! Not only is there a great
:09:50. > :09:52.welcome in Glasgow, the food scene is wonderful. Restaurants are doing
:09:53. > :10:02.good business, if you have never eaten here, you're missing out on
:10:03. > :10:12.the hottest dish in town. We love our curry. It is the best. You
:10:13. > :10:30.cannot beat a Glasgow curry. And Glasgow is a curry loving city. We
:10:31. > :10:34.come for a curry twice a week. There is no questioning that Glasgow is
:10:35. > :10:47.infused with the spies and flavour of curry, all thanks to the diverse
:10:48. > :10:53.community. At ago Spike it was the partition of India that sparked
:10:54. > :10:57.immigration. Confronted with political upheaval and rising
:10:58. > :11:02.unemployment, many Indians and Pakistanis looked for security
:11:03. > :11:05.elsewhere in the Commonwealth. By 1970, there were around 16,000
:11:06. > :11:16.Asians in Scotland and the majority were living in Glasgow. What was it
:11:17. > :11:25.like when you came here in the 1960s? In 1962, it was completely
:11:26. > :11:33.different, I came from a village. Here, there was a tall building. It
:11:34. > :11:39.was dark. It was very cold. In winter, there was a lot of snow. Me
:11:40. > :11:45.and my father opened a small restaurant. My mother and my father,
:11:46. > :11:52.they were in the kitchen, so it was more like home cooking. Who wear
:11:53. > :11:57.your clients? Bust of them came from the University, mostly Indian and
:11:58. > :12:00.Pakistani students -- most. They started bringing Scottish dude and
:12:01. > :12:11.is. They came and acquired the taste. -- students. Over the
:12:12. > :12:19.decades, Glasgow's Asian community have helped to change the pallet of
:12:20. > :12:27.the city. They were used to a milder curry and now people have slightly
:12:28. > :12:34.hotter tastes -- change the tastes of the city. Now the Glaswegians
:12:35. > :12:39.have great taste! Today be authentic flavours of India and Pakistan are
:12:40. > :12:41.second nature to Glaswegians -- be authentic flavours of India and
:12:42. > :12:45.Pakistan are second nature to Glaswegians -- the Atlantic favours.
:12:46. > :12:53.Kerry is synonymous with the city. -- curry. It is a taste of Glasgow,
:12:54. > :12:59.a taste of home. The culture goes to the heart of the city, fuses
:13:00. > :13:05.communities and cuisines and now Scotland is serving it back to the
:13:06. > :13:10.world. So many people here in Glasgow enjoying the curry and do
:13:11. > :13:18.you know something, before coming here, I had never heard the phrase
:13:19. > :13:27.curry shops. My taxi driver said it referred to -- it is unique to hear.
:13:28. > :13:32.They started very small. Four or five tables. What is lovely about
:13:33. > :13:35.Glasgow is that chicken tikka masala was invented here and could be
:13:36. > :13:41.nothing more Commonwealth than that. There is a little street near
:13:42. > :13:49.the University and I was there a one night and there was a drunk couple,
:13:50. > :13:54.because we like a drink here! The couple were there and had enough
:13:55. > :13:59.money for a pizza or a chicken tikka masala. The guy wanted to close the
:14:00. > :14:04.shop. He came back with a pizza with chicken tikka masala on it. If there
:14:05. > :14:09.is anything that speaks to the multiculturalism, that is it.
:14:10. > :14:16.Fifth-generation Indian Scottish people, we are very proud of that
:14:17. > :14:22.connection. You would assume that that would be discussing, and it
:14:23. > :14:29.really was! When you deep fry it, it becomes another thing. Like many
:14:30. > :14:35.other cities, it is easy to keep talking about food and the curry,
:14:36. > :14:39.but what is interesting about that film is that there is something
:14:40. > :14:43.about the physical make-up of the city. We are talking about curry and
:14:44. > :14:48.Indian food, but you are thinking about the generations who have been
:14:49. > :14:54.here and it is an opportunity for those people to change their lives.
:14:55. > :15:01.It is similar to Cardiff. Are great parallels between Glasgow and
:15:02. > :15:06.Cardiff. -- there are a great parallels. Glasgow has always been a
:15:07. > :15:13.city where dreams came here and left here. People would leave Glasgow to
:15:14. > :15:16.go to America or Australia, there was always that movement. That is
:15:17. > :15:22.why issues of immigration have been different here. It is like
:15:23. > :15:28.Liverpool, you would always find something off the back of a lorry,
:15:29. > :15:31.just like here. Crates would come in. We had a painter and decorator
:15:32. > :15:37.who had a pet monkey. His in. We had a painter and decorator
:15:38. > :15:43.who had a pet monkey. dad had worked on the boats and brought a monkey
:15:44. > :15:53.back. -- his dad had worked on the boats. If you look to see how the
:15:54. > :16:00.people of Glasgow have embraced the immigrants who have come here, the
:16:01. > :16:07.Italians, the Indians, Pakistanis they are the part -- they are part
:16:08. > :16:15.of life here. The architecture is stunning, this is a very vibrant
:16:16. > :16:19.city, plenty of architecture for this site the list to try out. --
:16:20. > :16:35.cyclist. I love Glasgow for the sort of
:16:36. > :16:42.character of it. I am looking at the place as a sort of giant playground.
:16:43. > :16:53.This is a very individual thing, it is also something that is very good
:16:54. > :16:58.to do with friends as a group. I am always looking for some sort of
:16:59. > :17:02.perfection in riding. It is important to me to feel that I have
:17:03. > :17:08.done my very best and I make it look as easy as possible. I am not
:17:09. > :17:15.competitive with other people but I feel competitive with myself. I
:17:16. > :17:19.think I have got a pretty good grasp in my head off what it is possible
:17:20. > :17:28.to do on a bike. For some reason, I'll way seem to know what my 100%
:17:29. > :17:32.is. -- I always seem to know. I am in control of my own body. It does
:17:33. > :17:52.not matter if it is 15 feet or 200 feet.
:17:53. > :18:02.You want to live in a city that allows you to be creative. When I
:18:03. > :18:06.feel I have landed a trick perfectly, it is a feeling of
:18:07. > :18:08.relief. It is something I have been thinking about for so long
:18:09. > :18:27.beforehand. I wish I had brought my BMX now! I
:18:28. > :18:37.fancy doing that. We managed to get a Ford Mondeo up there. We had to
:18:38. > :18:44.take the wing mirrors. Where you not up there recently? I was filming a
:18:45. > :18:51.show. We filmed the opening shot up there. It is a bit of a problem to
:18:52. > :18:55.get up there. I do not know how many health and safety forms were filled
:18:56. > :19:00.in for that. We had none. I got to the top, it may be took 45 minutes
:19:01. > :19:10.up various ladders. The first thing I saw was an empty bottle of
:19:11. > :19:15.Buckfast. I tweeted a picture of it. It was as in well done, Glasgow.
:19:16. > :19:19.There Word 2000 read tweets. I think people loved the fact that someone
:19:20. > :19:30.had the wherewithal to climb up that and enjoy some fortified tonic
:19:31. > :19:37.water. In a macro that in a sense, that story, that reality sums up
:19:38. > :19:42.Glasgow in a way. The majesty with the comedy. You will never get too
:19:43. > :19:49.big for your boots in this city. You will always get undercut but usually
:19:50. > :19:55.in a funny way. There are whole host of up-and-coming comedians, people
:19:56. > :20:00.who will take the Mickey out of themselves, get their retaliation in
:20:01. > :20:04.first before you have a chance. In a way, we are very self-deprecating.
:20:05. > :20:09.It shows the vulnerability. I think people have seen the vulnerability
:20:10. > :20:15.of Glasgow folk. Say you love Glasgow. Where do you live? I live
:20:16. > :20:20.in Edinburgh! I was away for 20 years. There are too many ghosts,
:20:21. > :20:24.too many memories. It is a bit like living in the photocopy of the city
:20:25. > :20:30.I left. But I am breaking my fall in Edinburgh, the most beautiful city
:20:31. > :20:36.in the world. Will you stop crying now? I will never stop crying! We do
:20:37. > :20:45.need to appeal to the folk of Glasgow. We need to get the water
:20:46. > :20:50.levels up again. If you do not cry, we will see the discarded shopping
:20:51. > :20:55.trolleys and a Ford Mondeo at the bottom of the Clyde. Thank you for
:20:56. > :21:00.coming in. We are now going to go back to the sport. We are focusing
:21:01. > :21:06.on the men's time trial. We can go to Jonathan Edwards.
:21:07. > :21:11.Thanks, Jason. First, we will look back at the dramatic win in's time
:21:12. > :21:17.trial. There was Linda Villumsen of New Zealand and Emma Pooley of
:21:18. > :21:20.England. At the end, Linda Villumsen cycled a perfectly judged race.
:21:21. > :21:24.England. At the end, Linda Villumsen is what it was about. There was an
:21:25. > :21:29.awful lot of experience today. The course could be split into three
:21:30. > :21:33.sections, the climbing section, the technical undulating section and
:21:34. > :21:37.then the run into the park here. We knew if Emma Pooley would have any
:21:38. > :21:41.problems at all, it would be in the last section because it is about
:21:42. > :21:46.power going downhill. She built herself an eight second buffer but
:21:47. > :21:58.it was not enough. Coming back into the park, it was touch and go. And
:21:59. > :22:02.upgraded from a silver four years ago? Naoya Tsukahara Emma said even
:22:03. > :22:10.if she finished in last place that was all she had -- Emma said that.
:22:11. > :22:18.Was there anything she could have done differently? I do anything so.
:22:19. > :22:23.She was perhaps a bit cautious around the corners. She had a decent
:22:24. > :22:28.buffer and I do not think anything would have changed the results?
:22:29. > :22:35.Afterwards, she spoke to Jill Douglas. Your last major
:22:36. > :22:41.competition, silver medal, you pushed hard all the way round there
:22:42. > :22:44.and it was so close. Yes, it was so close but I am really happy to be on
:22:45. > :22:48.the podium. When you have the quickest time and the one person
:22:49. > :22:57.behind you goes quicker, it is a bit disappointing but I do not think I
:22:58. > :23:00.could have done any better. It was a great course. In the wet it was
:23:01. > :23:06.challenging on the corners. I slipped a couple of times. You lose
:23:07. > :23:10.a few seconds here and there and it adds up but that is the way it is.
:23:11. > :23:14.We have seen you win some big time trials. You took the silver medal in
:23:15. > :23:20.the Olympics. What are the emotions now knowing you have put in your
:23:21. > :23:25.last major competitive time trial? I am really happy. I'm grateful to
:23:26. > :23:29.have had the opportunity. I am grateful to my best friend back home
:23:30. > :23:33.who built my bike for me and the British cycling mechanics have been
:23:34. > :23:37.fantastic. I am mostly grateful to the people who supported me because
:23:38. > :23:41.I guess I have been racing properly for seven or eight years. There have
:23:42. > :23:46.been a lot of people over that time who have helped me, not necessarily
:23:47. > :23:50.paid staff, but volunteers. It is the kind of opportunity not everyone
:23:51. > :23:56.gets. Looking back, I am really grateful. To get a medal today is a
:23:57. > :24:00.nice way to top that. Yes, well done to Emma Pooley. She will ride the
:24:01. > :24:05.road race on Sunday but backing Lizzie Armer Stead, we think. The
:24:06. > :24:09.men's time trial is coming up but the most compelling one is David
:24:10. > :24:23.Millar. He is Scottish and he has been speaking to Jill Douglas.
:24:24. > :24:29.You look at your back story and the time you have had out and you have
:24:30. > :24:35.come back, there is something away that Scotland approached you and
:24:36. > :24:40.welcome you back into the sport after having that time out. They say
:24:41. > :24:44.in adversity you find your two friends. Scotland really supported
:24:45. > :24:49.me in everything. During my ban I spent a lot of time in Scotland, in
:24:50. > :24:55.Edinburgh, with friends. I really felt I was coming home. It was the
:24:56. > :24:59.one place I felt at home. People were so kind to me. It is my
:25:00. > :25:10.homeland and I feel very proud to be part of this team. David Meyler is
:25:11. > :25:13.the Commonwealth Games time trial champion and gold-medal winner! --
:25:14. > :25:27.David Meyler. That victory in Delhi, what did it
:25:28. > :25:38.mean to you. I had not expected it to be so important. I got to the
:25:39. > :25:43.Commonwealth Games in Delhi and it felt a lot different, a lot more
:25:44. > :25:48.honest and real. It felt more sincere. It was also the first time
:25:49. > :25:52.I had raced in a Scotland jersey. I had not expected the effect that
:25:53. > :26:01.would have on me. And then to win, it was all very, there is something
:26:02. > :26:04.very and expected. The time trial is very different to the daily time
:26:05. > :26:12.trial. What do you make of the course and the challenge coming from
:26:13. > :26:17.the Australians and English? Delhi was the hardest one I had done.
:26:18. > :26:23.Here, I do not think we have got a straight line. It is quite varying.
:26:24. > :26:27.You cannot just put your head down and look at the numbers on your
:26:28. > :26:32.machine and follow your heart race and power output because it will be
:26:33. > :26:39.so explosive and diverse. I think it will make for a good race. You are
:26:40. > :26:45.retiring at the end of this year, that brings different emotions to
:26:46. > :26:48.the game as well, doesn't it? I do not know how much difference it
:26:49. > :26:54.makes. I am very performance driven. I'm trying to disengage from
:26:55. > :26:57.everything else that is going on, especially what happened at the Tour
:26:58. > :27:01.de France. When I found out I was not doing the Tour de France, that
:27:02. > :27:08.has made me more focused, that I am doing this for the right reasons, to
:27:09. > :27:13.do my best. What will it be like riding round the roads of Glasgow? I
:27:14. > :27:18.saw it last at the championships. I never had such support on the roads.
:27:19. > :27:25.My whole family will be here. It will be one of my final races in
:27:26. > :27:34.front of a Glaswegian crowd. It is quite a poetic full circle.
:27:35. > :27:40.David Millar probably the most thoughtful man in the palette in and
:27:41. > :27:46.it is a potent mix of emotions for him today. -- Palatine.
:27:47. > :27:53.He has been at a training camp for this. There are questions about what
:27:54. > :27:58.his form is compare to everyone else. The motivation is certainly
:27:59. > :28:08.there. It is very technical road man's course. I think Roland Denis
:28:09. > :28:18.will be up against him. Yes, Roland Denis but also Alex Dowsett of
:28:19. > :28:23.England. -- Rohan Dennis. He will be in the hunt for medals, almost
:28:24. > :28:30.certainly. And Geraint Thomas of Wales has been to the Tour de
:28:31. > :28:33.France, unlike Alex Dowsett and David Millar. He could come out of
:28:34. > :28:38.that race in the form of his life. We do not know. For him,
:28:39. > :28:42.that race in the form of his life. great course, he likes a technical
:28:43. > :28:46.course, we know he can climb fantastically. He has had all the
:28:47. > :28:54.training he could possibly have. Hopefully, he will be up there as
:28:55. > :28:57.well. It is drying out but windy. We have dressed for all contingencies.
:28:58. > :29:02.We have had everything but I expect we will get it all again. You are
:29:03. > :29:09.going to the commentary box with Simon Brotherton but we will head to
:29:10. > :29:21.Jill Douglas who has Craig Byrne. We are just beside the hot seat, the
:29:22. > :29:23.plays the cyclists will wait. They sit on
:29:24. > :29:31.plays the cyclists will wait. They inspired seats. David has special
:29:32. > :29:40.shoes. I just wonder what he brings to this Scottish team. He is a very
:29:41. > :29:45.article engendered on. A massively experienced bike rider. He knows his
:29:46. > :29:50.body very well -- he is a very articulate gentleman. He helps build
:29:51. > :29:56.confidence behind the scenes as well. He has some very tough
:29:57. > :29:59.opposition as well. Looking at cycling overall at the Commonwealth
:30:00. > :30:05.Games, how happy are you with the performance? We are delighted. It is
:30:06. > :30:09.a stepping stone. It is part of a bigger plan. The legacy for us is
:30:10. > :30:14.the Sir Chris or a velodrome. If you look at what has happened in
:30:15. > :30:21.Manchester, we know the foundations are there. We have our youth system
:30:22. > :30:27.and ultimately having Scots competing and being successful at
:30:28. > :30:31.world level. You mentioned the velodrome and also the mountain bike
:30:32. > :30:37.trails as well. It is right on the edge of the city. I think it is the
:30:38. > :30:42.only mountain bike course in Europe and that is a huge legacy for the
:30:43. > :30:46.people of Scotland. We have secured the British Championships next year.
:30:47. > :30:51.Cycling is booming and our strategy is about being successful at an
:30:52. > :30:55.elite level, to inspire and grow participation below that. That has
:30:56. > :31:05.been very successful. We are delighted. We will see the road race
:31:06. > :31:11.on Sunday. This time trial course, Scottish cycling and Alex MacLennan
:31:12. > :31:18.in particular, has had a big input into what the course will look like.
:31:19. > :31:24.Is there an element of being able to put together a course which might
:31:25. > :31:28.favour the likes of David Millar? We have the world's best athletes out
:31:29. > :31:33.there. David knows the course. The bills who competed this morning know
:31:34. > :31:37.the course. It was about showing Glasgow off, taking it out into the
:31:38. > :31:43.country, some great roads, some great scenery and back into the
:31:44. > :31:47.heart of the city. Yes, there are not many major climbs in it, it has
:31:48. > :32:05.been designed to bring a good course for a great event in Glasgow. This
:32:06. > :32:07.scene is set. This is the final run in for the riders. Alex Dowsett has
:32:08. > :32:27.just gone past me. Good afternoon. Kangangi is the
:32:28. > :32:36.first rider out. Kangangi who is from the border of Ken yet and
:32:37. > :32:45.Uganda. -- Kenya. Kenya is where Chris Froome was raised. Kangangi is
:32:46. > :33:15.the first rider out. A member of the Kenya and Riders team. -- Kenya in.
:33:16. > :33:19.-- Kenyans. Bellido is next. Conditions are rather more
:33:20. > :33:29.favourable for now than they were at the start of the women's race.
:33:30. > :33:35.Clouds are swirling around stop the cause is very different. It is
:33:36. > :33:46.technical. -- Clara Reeds are swirling around. -- clouds. A course
:33:47. > :33:54.of three chunks. We have got the climate in the first section and a
:33:55. > :34:09.fast run back to town -- climb. Good crowds this afternoon. Simons is
:34:10. > :34:22.next from Ghana. He took part in the triathlon. He finished 31st in the
:34:23. > :34:31.triathlon. Ghana had their first cyclist on the track last week. He
:34:32. > :34:41.is the third rider off. 38.4 colour metres for the men. Pretty much the
:34:42. > :34:44.same course -- kilometres. One thing that the male competitors will
:34:45. > :34:53.same course -- kilometres. One thing to deal with is a stiff breeze. It
:34:54. > :35:03.is across tailwind. -- a cross tailwind. The first rider from
:35:04. > :35:21.Antigua prepares to go, it is Marvin Spencer. A lot of these riders going
:35:22. > :35:28.out on the road earlier finished between 40th and 50th on the time
:35:29. > :35:58.trial previously. Spencer is on his way.
:35:59. > :36:05.The sun is shining at the moment. The first corner was quite
:36:06. > :36:16.treacherous this morning. The sun is shining at the moment.
:36:17. > :36:42.The first corner was quite Here it is Pradell. It looks like his
:36:43. > :36:53.handlebars have slipped. He has chosen not to take the wheels,
:36:54. > :37:34.perhaps that was based on the wind. The next rider is Njau. A shining
:37:35. > :37:40.light in Kenyans cycling. -- Kenyan. He helped people to get into the
:37:41. > :37:44.community, working as bike mechanics and tour guides and use cycling in a
:37:45. > :38:12.positive way in the communities around Nairobi. Here is Kangangi. He
:38:13. > :38:32.is turning away here. Here is Borland. One of 12 athletes to
:38:33. > :38:36.represent Belize here. This time trial sees riders going off in
:38:37. > :38:40.ascending order. The battle for the medals will come later this
:38:41. > :38:47.afternoon. I would imagine that some of these riders will take around one
:38:48. > :38:57.hour or just under it. The top riders, you would expect to be
:38:58. > :39:02.around the 48 minute mark. The course is the same as the one used
:39:03. > :39:05.by the women but it has an additional loop at the Easter and
:39:06. > :39:38.most point. additional loop at the Easter and
:39:39. > :39:43.Armagh. -- Guyana -- Eastern. He has been taking it seriously this year
:39:44. > :39:49.and already a problem for Kangangi who was the first rider out on the
:39:50. > :39:57.track. It looks as though something has come loose. His pedal might have
:39:58. > :40:19.come off. Some running repairs that he could do without. He is lucky he
:40:20. > :40:38.noticed that. Here is Hadi from Rwanda. This is turning into a
:40:39. > :40:54.lengthy problem for Kangangi. I hope he remembers to tighten the
:40:55. > :40:59.left-hand panel. -- pedal. His hopes of posting a decent time appeared to
:41:00. > :41:06.be out of the window even before it the first time check. Technical
:41:07. > :41:16.issues affecting the squad from Kenya. Chris Froome competed for
:41:17. > :41:47.tenure in the Commonwealth Games a few years ago. -- Kenya. This is Lee
:41:48. > :41:54.called a run from Gibraltar. -- Calderon. Pedal problems appear to
:41:55. > :42:04.be lasting. This could spell the end of his race now. They are really
:42:05. > :42:14.struggling. They did not have a mechanic with them to help. We will
:42:15. > :42:32.be going back to the time trial shortly.
:42:33. > :42:49.We are going to head to the campus where the table tennis star is for
:42:50. > :42:55.England are dominating. -- starters. -- stars.
:42:56. > :43:03.Bats are made of wood covered by rubber. Each rally begins with a
:43:04. > :43:08.serve which must be hit from behind the end line and from above the
:43:09. > :43:13.table. The ball has to bounce on the side of the server. In singles, the
:43:14. > :43:17.serve can be directed anywhere, but in doubles, it must go from one
:43:18. > :43:22.right-hand corner to the other. The players must strike the ball in
:43:23. > :43:28.return. This sequence continues and those who hit out of turn and lose
:43:29. > :43:32.the point. After every two points, service is changed. Matches are the
:43:33. > :43:39.best of five sets with the first player to 11 points taking the set.
:43:40. > :43:53.There are singles and doubles, four men, women and next. All four of
:43:54. > :44:08.England's pairs are in action. Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho won their
:44:09. > :44:50.match earlier. Her brother is called Paying. -- Ping. She got Tin-Tin Ho
:44:51. > :44:59.with the first serve. Yes! It was not the worst return in the world,
:45:00. > :45:26.but this was a bullet. He has been firing rubber bullets all morning.
:45:27. > :45:32.That is a good riposte. Two all. Serving into no man's land. Easily
:45:33. > :45:38.put away with that backhand flick from Liam Pitchford. Just caught the
:45:39. > :46:25.top of the net and went long. Just as slight edge here for a Liam
:46:26. > :46:34.Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho. -- a slight edge. -- for Liam Pitchford.
:46:35. > :47:21.Both the New Zealanders are pretty highly ranked. Tin-Tin Ho has had
:47:22. > :47:52.that serve a couple of times. She has a brother called Ping. Really
:47:53. > :48:05.good teamwork from the English pair. And at a critical point in this
:48:06. > :48:32.game. So work is so important. -- footwork.
:48:33. > :48:57.A hint of a recovery here from the kiwis.
:48:58. > :49:07.That was the shot. There was space to play it but she put it right.
:49:08. > :49:11.Just ageing in front in this second game. There was a big gap to land
:49:12. > :49:33.that backhand. What a time to get an edge like
:49:34. > :50:17.that. It was brilliant They have got that second game. It
:50:18. > :50:19.is a 2-0 lead for Liam Pitchford and Linton home. A place in the
:50:20. > :51:06.quarterfinal beckons. -- Tin-Tin Ho. The cross
:51:07. > :51:10.proudly here with this English pair. Tin-Tin Ho says her ambition is to
:51:11. > :51:22.win a medal at these Commonwealth Games and she still has a chance of
:51:23. > :51:27.doing that. Still in the women's doubles as well, playing with Karina
:51:28. > :51:32.Le Fevre this afternoon in that. She was knocked out of the singles
:51:33. > :51:36.yesterday. But no disgrace in that, her opponent was ranked 10th in the
:51:37. > :51:39.world and Tin-Tin got a game off her. The third game, Pitchford to
:51:40. > :52:44.serve. What a great start for the English
:52:45. > :52:51.power. New Zealand have taken a time-out. There is no real
:52:52. > :53:34.understanding between the two New Zealanders, is there?
:53:35. > :53:39.hit the ball back from whence it came because the other player has
:53:40. > :53:45.got to get across. England with a 4-1 lead here. He hasn't missed too
:53:46. > :54:07.many this morning. They mentioned his backhand but his
:54:08. > :54:13.forehand is pretty good as well. This is now a chance for Liu
:54:14. > :54:21.Tengteng to get across. That was well dangled by Liu Tengteng. He saw
:54:22. > :54:23.the dummy that Pitchford set. He gambled and made it. They have to
:54:24. > :55:19.gamble now. I think some observers expected the
:55:20. > :55:23.New Zealand pair to give the England pair are real work out here and
:55:24. > :55:32.possibly beat them. It has not turned out that way so far.
:55:33. > :55:35.You cannot play it short to Pitchford's backhand and expect to
:55:36. > :56:11.get away with it. these services. -- serves. So, five
:56:12. > :56:13.match points for Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho, after barely 20 minutes
:56:14. > :56:31.play here in Glasgow. Four match points left. The next two
:56:32. > :56:54.on the Pitchford serve. Sometimes getting over the line is
:56:55. > :57:02.the hardest part. So, three saved by the Kiwis. I think Alan Cooke may
:57:03. > :57:07.well take a time-out here. He has indeed. He did not like that one of
:57:08. > :57:09.three successive points won by New Zealand. He decides to have a little
:57:10. > :57:35.chat with Liam and Tin-Tin. It was a good return from Liu
:57:36. > :57:44.Tengteng. You can see the time-out signal from the English coach. That
:57:45. > :57:51.was interesting, don't expect them to give you the point, he said. They
:57:52. > :57:56.have to earn it. Still two match points, but this time, the service
:57:57. > :58:02.back with New Zealand. Liu Tengteng to Tin-Tin Ho.
:58:03. > :58:12.That was a great performance! In straight games, Liam Pitchford and
:58:13. > :58:18.Tin-Tin Ho are through to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles.
:58:19. > :58:21.They have beaten Liu Tengteng and Karen Li pretty comprehensively.
:58:22. > :58:28.Just a bit of a stumble in that last game but they have got home safely
:58:29. > :58:35.enough. A smile from the 15-year-old tells you the story.
:58:36. > :58:40.Well, Liam Pitchford has been in great form. Well done to them. Let's
:58:41. > :58:46.bring you the latest from the men's time trial. Let's go to Jill
:58:47. > :58:51.Douglas. The sun has come out here at Glasgow Green. For the women's
:58:52. > :58:56.event it was wet and difficult conditions. Hopefully, for the
:58:57. > :59:01.men's event we will have better conditions. The early riders are out
:59:02. > :59:08.on course. Then we will see the real favourites towards the tail end,
:59:09. > :59:10.Geraint Thomas from Wales, Jesse Sergent and David Millar, the
:59:11. > :59:16.defending champion, he goes off at 2:30pm.
:59:17. > :59:23.Just do run you through the big names as Jill says, the David Millar
:59:24. > :59:28.of Scotland, the defending champion. He is desperate to retain
:59:29. > :59:34.his title on home soil. Other stars to look out for our England's Alex
:59:35. > :59:40.Dowsett, he starts at 2:27pm. He missed out on the Tour de France
:59:41. > :59:44.this year. Geraint Thomas starts at 2:18pm. He comes into this event
:59:45. > :59:51.just days after finishing 22nd in the Tour de France. He says he is
:59:52. > :59:56.exhausted. That is it from us here on BBC One. If you switch over to
:59:57. > :59:59.BBC Two right now, we will bring you live coverage of the women's singles
:00:00. > :00:00.badminton. We live coverage of the women's singles
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:00:04. > :00:06.apprentices and office clerks Don't stop moving!
:00:07. > :00:12.If you go back you'll die! This is the trickiest ultrasound
:00:13. > :00:27.I've ever seen. When wild animals get sick,
:00:28. > :00:31.it takes radical thinking,