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:00:00. > :00:00.She's looking for all sorts of bowls to hit, anything to increase her

:00:00. > :00:38.percentages. Everything looks like a single-bowl target to me.

:00:39. > :00:59.Just got an edge. They were calling it.

:01:00. > :01:10.Is that four? It is indeed. Where on earth did the extra one come from?

:01:11. > :01:23.That was the problem. That's an unfortunate result. It winged off

:01:24. > :01:24.that ball and pushed onto another Scottish ball, eased it out and it's

:01:25. > :01:35.cost them four. That was a big end for New Zealand.

:01:36. > :01:52.It came out of nothing. Suddenly, it's a different

:01:53. > :02:40.situation. Five shots down. Great adjustment. She's played well.

:02:41. > :02:42.Yes, she has. A few kiwi supporters there happy

:02:43. > :03:26.with that. That needs a little edge. Certainly

:03:27. > :03:40.did. You can just see it happening, from that viewpoint.

:03:41. > :03:47.Attacking, though, but not the same edge. You don't want to lose your

:03:48. > :04:41.bowl. But that was heavier than I thought.

:04:42. > :04:50.It took a little bit of weight off. It just didn't get there in time.

:04:51. > :05:12.It's disappointing because they realise now that the third will have

:05:13. > :05:19.to come up and try to do it. New Zealand are piling more in.

:05:20. > :05:29.The one benefit of that it's just gone past the jack. It's not down

:05:30. > :05:36.off a length. Can't see them getting back into the jack. You can see that

:05:37. > :05:39.just over the length, another shot. You can see the disappointment in

:05:40. > :05:53.Val's face. She knows it's not quite right.

:05:54. > :05:59.Oh, she's missed that. Controlled weight of three bowles at the back

:06:00. > :06:04.now. They have to decide if they're going to play this kind of weight,

:06:05. > :06:10.go right at it. Get it back on the respot. Exactly. The kiwis would do

:06:11. > :06:35.well to get one back there. I agree, that's the shot now.

:06:36. > :06:41.Waving at this one to try to get back.

:06:42. > :06:48.It's not bad, but it's not as deep as she really needs it.

:06:49. > :06:58.Margaret up to have a little chat. I don't think it will be about what

:06:59. > :07:03.shot to play, it will be more about the weight to play. She can play the

:07:04. > :07:19.heavy bowl. This is a good time to bring it out

:07:20. > :07:24.She's very close. Oh, she's unlucky. Took one away.

:07:25. > :07:36.Good strike. Age this afternoon match will

:07:37. > :07:41.continue on the red button. We'll show you the conclusion, on the

:07:42. > :07:45.website sorry. We'll bring you the conclusion this afternoon match on

:07:46. > :07:51.BBC 3 later. But first of all, we have a medal shootout at near

:07:52. > :07:55.Carnoustie. Yesterday it was the turn of the skeet shooters. Today

:07:56. > :08:03.it's all about the trap. Let's learn a little bit more.

:08:04. > :08:10.Shot gun requires competitors to fire at moving targets, discs called

:08:11. > :08:13.clays, which are paid of pitch and chalk. They are launched into the

:08:14. > :08:18.air in different directions from a device called a trap. Targets are

:08:19. > :08:22.released on or after a command from the shooter. A hit is declared when

:08:23. > :08:27.at least one visible piece of clay is seen to fall from the target.

:08:28. > :08:32.Targets are 11 centimetres in diameter and travel at a speed of

:08:33. > :08:36.60mph. In all shot gun events, the shooter has to be standing with both

:08:37. > :08:41.hands supporting the gun. In Glasgow, there are three separate

:08:42. > :08:46.shot gun events, skeet, trap and double trap. In skeet, one or two

:08:47. > :08:49.clays are launched out of different traps at different heights. One just

:08:50. > :08:55.over three metres and a second just over a metre. In the trap event,

:08:56. > :08:59.shooters fire at single clays launched 15 metres in fronts of

:09:00. > :09:02.them. They get two shots per target in qualification but only one in the

:09:03. > :09:07.final. In double trap, shooters stand 15 metres away from the trap

:09:08. > :09:11.pit, while two clays are launched simultaneously. The shooters have

:09:12. > :09:15.one shot at each clay. In all events, the top six shoot frerz

:09:16. > :09:22.qualification advance to the semifinals.

:09:23. > :09:29.We're all experts now. I'm delighted to say that David Curry is there in

:09:30. > :09:36.Carnoustie. What are conditions like, is it conducive for shooting?

:09:37. > :09:40.I do hope so. I do think so. Gone are the azure blue skies from the

:09:41. > :09:45.first day of the event, but also gone is the torrential rain we had

:09:46. > :09:49.yesterday afternoon. It's a wee bit overcast with - let me sniff the

:09:50. > :09:54.breeze - yeah that's a light south-westerly coming in. Conditions

:09:55. > :09:58.should be almost perfect. The clay targets are luminous pink. There's

:09:59. > :10:02.no problem with visibility there. No problem with spectators seeing if

:10:03. > :10:09.they've hit or missed them. They usually dissolve in a puff of bright

:10:10. > :10:18.smoke. I understand that the traps are a lot quieter these days and why

:10:19. > :10:21.there have been complaints and perhaps the lower scores, do you

:10:22. > :10:25.know anything about that?. The shooters can't hear the traps being

:10:26. > :10:29.released. That may be one reason why some of the scores are low. But the

:10:30. > :10:36.scores weren't particularly low in qualifying for this final. The

:10:37. > :10:40.athlete who qualified in first scored 135 out of 150 in qualifying

:10:41. > :10:44.for the final. There is another change that the athletes are finding

:10:45. > :10:48.it difficult to adjust to in many cases that's a change to the format

:10:49. > :10:53.of the competition. After qualifying, the scores are zeroed.

:10:54. > :10:56.So no matter how well you did in qualifying you start again on a

:10:57. > :11:03.level playing field at the semifinal stage. At that stage, then the

:11:04. > :11:08.athletes have two groups of, 15 groups of two shots, 30 in total,

:11:09. > :11:12.they have to get into the top six to continue, top four to continue in

:11:13. > :11:16.the competition and top two to make it to the Gold Medal match. Shooting

:11:17. > :11:18.is about to get under way. I'll hand you over to our commentator Alex

:11:19. > :11:30.Smith. He won gold in Delhi in the double

:11:31. > :11:35.trap pairs competition, finishing sixth in this event four years ago,

:11:36. > :11:48.from England, Stephen Scott. He's one of those to watch, it really is

:11:49. > :11:51.an open field. You heard earlier he has Scottish grandparents, he wants

:11:52. > :11:57.your support, he's from Australia, Tom Turner. Tom Turner, 16th at the

:11:58. > :12:08.World Cup in Kazakhstan earlier this year. He finished 12th at the World

:12:09. > :12:15.Championships in 2013 in this event, from India. Eighth in the World Cup

:12:16. > :12:19.in Tucson as well. The sun breaking through now.

:12:20. > :12:27.Alongside him first of all the jury member in charge this afternoon from

:12:28. > :12:45.Malta. The officials are all volunteers.

:12:46. > :12:52.Now the battle about to get under way. The athletes move to their

:12:53. > :12:57.stations. There are five stations and they will shoot a total of 15

:12:58. > :13:03.pairs for a total possible score out of 30. That determines the placings

:13:04. > :13:07.to go into the medal matches. The top two battle it out for gold and

:13:08. > :13:13.silver, the next two for bronze and fourth.

:13:14. > :13:17.It will be Matthew French of England to commence the field on station

:13:18. > :13:35.number one. We're using flash targets, unlike in

:13:36. > :13:38.the qualification, where ordinary targets are used. Flash targets make

:13:39. > :15:04.it much easier to see. Just the one down for the last two

:15:05. > :15:30.in the squad. We return to the beginning now.

:15:31. > :15:31.Stephen Scott the only one not to have dropped a target so far.

:15:32. > :16:01.There's a possibility of one of three combinations.

:16:02. > :16:05.There's a possibility of one of settled target and the second target

:16:06. > :16:08.five degrees to the left. Another combination is a central target with

:16:09. > :16:22.a second target five degrees to the right. The other two five degree

:16:23. > :16:43.targets. So a possibility of three different

:16:44. > :16:51.was a bit of dust, but not enough to score a hit.

:16:52. > :17:04.Stephen Scott is the only one to be through the competition thus far

:17:05. > :17:19.without misses. Five pairs down, this is a third of

:17:20. > :18:47.the way through the semifinal. Coming back to Scott now. He's yet

:18:48. > :20:13.to drop a target. They are moving very quickly in this

:20:14. > :20:40.semifinal. French now to round out the tenth

:20:41. > :22:18.pair for him. This is the leader, from England.

:22:19. > :22:32.Two targets clear. Now, one target clear, as he has dropped one. Tom

:22:33. > :22:56.Turner drops another one back. So, Mohd of India is three down.

:22:57. > :23:19.Xuereb, from Malta, is in contention to challenge Scott. Tom Turner now,

:23:20. > :23:27.from Australia. Mohd. Three down. And now French, also three down. It

:23:28. > :23:33.is looking like a shoot off for the places in the middle matches.

:23:34. > :23:38.Getting down to the closing stages of this semifinal now.

:23:39. > :23:54.Mittall also drops one. So, this is the leader.

:23:55. > :23:59.claiming a hit on that target which was given as a loss. It is his right

:24:00. > :24:12.to appeal, but the referees' ruling will be final. He is conferring with

:24:13. > :24:14.the good evening referees, to see if any of them saw anything. They are

:24:15. > :24:27.giving it as a lost target. We will see what that will do to

:24:28. > :24:31.Stephen Scott's concentration now. The whole squad is now potentially

:24:32. > :24:41.unsettled, having lost that appeal. Tom Turner, on station two.

:24:42. > :24:54.So, Turner resumes without having his concentration broken. Now, Mohd,

:24:55. > :25:05.also three down. Back to French, the number one in this squad.

:25:06. > :25:16.Xuereb has just the two targets down, as Mittall drops one. So,

:25:17. > :25:23.coming up towards the last two targets of this semifinal. French

:25:24. > :25:33.will lead them out for the last two. As Tom Turner drops another, placing

:25:34. > :25:36.him now out of contention. Mohd, just the three down. Now, for the

:25:37. > :25:54.final pair. French finishing with a 27. Xuereb

:25:55. > :26:02.cropping one target to finish on 26. 25 for Mittall. Now, this is the

:26:03. > :26:28.man. He finishes with a 27. So we have two Englands on 27.

:26:29. > :26:32.will go into the gold and silver medal match. The loser of the

:26:33. > :26:45.shoot-off will go into the bronze medal match to take on Xuereb of

:26:46. > :26:53.Malta. So, we have got French and Scott from England and Mohd on

:26:54. > :26:55.India, all of them on 27 apiece. So, we are coming up with the official

:26:56. > :27:21.standings. There you have it. So, finishing out of the placings

:27:22. > :27:26.were Turner and Mittall. French now preparing himself for that

:27:27. > :27:39.shoot-off. It will be a sudden death, miss and out affair. They

:27:40. > :27:45.will shoot in bib order. It will get under way almost immediately. It

:27:46. > :27:55.will be French who will be the first to shoot, followed by Scott, then

:27:56. > :28:06.Mohd of India. So, there should be no delay now. The situation is -

:28:07. > :28:11.they face an identical pair each, and they continue to shoot until

:28:12. > :28:15.somebody is eliminated on the score after each pair. They do not need to

:28:16. > :28:22.determine a winner, they need to determine one dropout from the

:28:23. > :28:26.three. So, this is just an escalation of the pressure, as if

:28:27. > :28:30.there wasn't enough, with a semifinal in front of a crowd of

:28:31. > :28:31.this size, the pressure which comes with that. Now, turning it up

:28:32. > :28:38.another notch to go out and battle with that. Now, turning it up

:28:39. > :28:45.for who will be in the gold and silver medal match. The medal match

:28:46. > :28:51.consists of a further 15 pairs of targets for each match, a total of

:28:52. > :28:54.30. So, the crowd treated to a thrilling spectacle in that

:28:55. > :28:58.semifinal, and much more to come now, with the shoot-off, followed by

:28:59. > :29:05.the middle matches. Quite dull conditions again, as the cloud lots

:29:06. > :29:13.out the sun. So, the changing light making conditions testing. So, the

:29:14. > :29:21.referees are now talking to the athletes, as we prepare to get under

:29:22. > :29:26.way. These rules are relatively new. They came into place at the

:29:27. > :29:32.beginning of January last year, this semifinal and medal match system.

:29:33. > :29:39.This is the first Commonwealth Games in which it has been tried. And so

:29:40. > :29:51.French now will be shown the first pair. And he will now step onto the

:29:52. > :29:55.station and shoot. Two targets each. We are looking to eliminate one. If

:29:56. > :29:58.the scores are still tied, they move on to the next station. Big pressure

:29:59. > :30:14.now. Mathew French, 32-year-old

:30:15. > :30:24.engineer. And he is still alive. Two from two. He moves away, no doubt

:30:25. > :30:33.hoping that it will not be continuing. If one of these misses

:30:34. > :30:41.one target... And so now, Scott is clear. The pressure is on Mohd. If

:30:42. > :30:42.he misses one of these, he will drop out to contest the bronze medal

:30:43. > :30:58.match. And he misses one. So, Mohd drops

:30:59. > :31:04.out, to take part in the bronze medal match, with England one and

:31:05. > :31:18.two. Now,, the gold medal match will determine which one it is who will

:31:19. > :31:21.get the gold medal. So, what a thrill for these two team-mates, to

:31:22. > :31:28.be shooting off against each other to determine who gets the gold. So,

:31:29. > :31:56.now for the bronze medal match, needs to get under way first.

:31:57. > :32:04.So, a great day for England, but they have to wait for their contest,

:32:05. > :32:10.while we have the bronze medal match. We will be going in one

:32:11. > :32:24.minute. It is Mohd from India, against Xuereb from Malta, just 17

:32:25. > :32:28.years of age. Asab Mohd is 26. So, the medal matches are slightly

:32:29. > :32:37.different, there are still 15 pairs, but they are shot off stations to,

:32:38. > :32:47.three and four only. So, a total of five visits to those three stations.

:32:48. > :32:56.Standing by now to get under way with the bronze medal match. So,

:32:57. > :33:24.Xuereb from Malta will lead. And he misses the first of his

:33:25. > :33:39.double. So, Mohd immediately takes a one target lead.

:33:40. > :33:52.So, there are three possibilities in the arrangements of the target. A

:33:53. > :34:09.slightly left pair, a slightly). And Mohd misses one.

:34:10. > :34:21.And Xuereb drops one. So, Mohd now potentially in the lead.

:34:22. > :34:33.APPLAUSE So, Mohd has a one target advantage.

:34:34. > :34:48.Now, for the next wave of the three stations. Six targets down from a

:34:49. > :35:02.total of 30. Xuereb drops one. And exasperation from the 17-year-old.

:35:03. > :35:03.Mohd, and he drops one. So, the pressure cooker of the medal match

:35:04. > :35:12.takes its toll. And Xuereb drops another. He cannot

:35:13. > :35:25.believe it. Mohd makes no mistake. So, a

:35:26. > :35:51.significant advantage opening up. Xuereb makes no mistake that time.

:35:52. > :36:08.He has dropped for targets so far, so sitting on eight from 12.

:36:09. > :36:17.ANNOUNCER: The gap remains just one, Asab Mohd still one shot ahead.

:36:18. > :36:27.Three sets of six remaining. So, Xuereb settling down after the

:36:28. > :36:36.disappointment of those earlier losses. He maintains his one target

:36:37. > :36:54.lead. Another clean double.

:36:55. > :36:59.APPLAUSE Picking up his pace slightly, not

:37:00. > :37:04.trying to be quite so careful, being more instinctive.

:37:05. > :37:13.And Mohd drops one. So, it is back to even. So, effectively, the battle

:37:14. > :37:29.commences again. 12 from 16, both of them. Seven targets remaining. Seven

:37:30. > :37:33.pairs of targets, that is. There are the gold and silver medallists, who

:37:34. > :38:21.have yet to determine which one of them will get the gold, watching on.

:38:22. > :38:36.Xuereb now, one station three. He drops one. There it goes, falling

:38:37. > :38:44.away. So, he now potentially surrenders the lead, if Mohd takes

:38:45. > :38:54.this pair - as he does. Mohd now in front by one. A total of eight

:38:55. > :39:13.targets remaining, for pairs. This is the battle for bronze. Steady

:39:14. > :39:24.breath, picture of concentration. So now, Mohd has a chance to go ahead,

:39:25. > :39:48.and he does. 20 now leads 18, with six targets remaining, three pairs.

:39:49. > :40:06.Shooting faster and more confidently as he senses victory.

:40:07. > :40:21.Now he is relying on Mohd now to miss at least one of these.

:40:22. > :40:27.Mohd cannot be defeated at least. The worst he can do is face a

:40:28. > :40:51.shoot-off, if he misses his entire double.

:40:52. > :41:06.Mohd of India takes the bronze medal. A thrilling bronze medal

:41:07. > :41:10.match. A sensational pressure that these matches produce under the new

:41:11. > :41:13.format proving yet again here in front of this large crowd, the

:41:14. > :41:18.tension is quite extraordinary to feel here at the ground. The crowd

:41:19. > :41:23.really appreciating the tension this afternoon match.

:41:24. > :41:32.Now we prepare for the battle of England. England versus England for

:41:33. > :41:35.gold and silver Matthew French and Stephen Scott of

:41:36. > :41:47.England are set to battle it out for gold and silver.

:41:48. > :41:54.This should get under way very quickly. Matthew French beckons to

:41:55. > :41:59.the crowd to give a cheer. It will be fascinating to see how

:42:00. > :42:07.the relaxedance fear of the build up to this -- relaxed atmosphere of the

:42:08. > :42:12.build up to this event changes. No doubt there will be rivalry out

:42:13. > :42:18.there despite being team England for the two medals.

:42:19. > :42:22.Standing by now. About to get under way.

:42:23. > :42:31.It's Matthew French and Stephen Scott. French to commence.

:42:32. > :43:13.Quite dull conditions here now as the cloud comes across.

:43:14. > :43:20.With the pressure of the other nations now out of this showdown for

:43:21. > :43:44.gold, maybe that it will be a little more relaxed out there.

:43:45. > :44:01.Shot in batches of three pairs. Quite a colourful scene here, with

:44:02. > :44:02.the crowd now absorbed by this contestment

:44:03. > :44:34.-- contest. The light has been testing. They've

:44:35. > :44:36.selected different glasses colours. French with the pink and purple on

:44:37. > :46:30.Scott. French recovering from that earlier

:46:31. > :47:15.miss to get back into rhythm. Scott not giving anything away.

:47:16. > :47:28.noise that came after the bronze medal match.

:47:29. > :47:47.This is brilliant double trap shooting so far.

:47:48. > :49:17.French on ape roll now. -- a roll now.

:49:18. > :49:44.So, just the six targets now remaining. The lead still one.

:49:45. > :49:55.French not letting himself be rattled by having lost one. He's

:49:56. > :49:57.relying on Scott to faulter. Scott is sensing the end and victory is in

:49:58. > :50:19.his grasp. It's down to the last pair. Scott

:50:20. > :50:52.ahead by one. He's relying on Stephen Scott to

:50:53. > :51:02.miss one. Stephen Scott claims the Gold Medal

:51:03. > :51:06.by one target, just one target for Stephen Scott to give him the Gold

:51:07. > :51:10.Medal over his team-mate, Matthew French. What a remarkable,

:51:11. > :51:15.remarkable Gold Medal match, just the one target missed in the match.

:51:16. > :51:18.15 from 15 for Stephen Scott of England. An extraordinary

:51:19. > :51:25.performance. A world-class performance. Just one target lost by

:51:26. > :51:29.Matthew French to relegate him to the Silver Medal. What a result for

:51:30. > :51:36.England and for the crowd, who has absolutely absorbed by this contest.

:51:37. > :51:45.Quite a remarkable performance. That really has been world standard. The

:51:46. > :51:53.Gold Medal match was world standard by any measure. So what a thrill for

:51:54. > :52:03.these two to be out there, battling each other, team-mates for gold and

:52:04. > :52:12.silver. Quite extraordinary. A brilliant performance, just the one

:52:13. > :52:16.target missed. The two can now relax, after watching the bronze

:52:17. > :52:22.medal performance, they were trying to relax and stay focussed. They

:52:23. > :52:32.went out there and maintained an incredible amount of composure.

:52:33. > :52:42.Took 15 from 15 in a medal match is extraordinary result. Just 14, just

:52:43. > :52:52.one target down for French with 14 from 15. Equally brilliant result.

:52:53. > :53:15.There are the official standings now, after the medal matches.

:53:16. > :53:23.After an incredible shootout there, I have the Silver Medallist, Matthew

:53:24. > :53:30.French, 29 out of 30 in that Gold Medal match, one shot in it, that is

:53:31. > :53:38.remarkable. In shootoffs 99 times out of 100, you shoot 29 and you're

:53:39. > :53:42.going to win. He shot aamazing. 29, I'm pleased with that. Are you

:53:43. > :53:46.think, go on, miss one, make it more interesting. Come on, miss. Every

:53:47. > :53:51.pair. It's strange being in this situation, we've shot off against

:53:52. > :53:55.each other countless times. Yeah, to do it on the big stage, you know,

:53:56. > :53:59.it's nice that we both put on a good show. A good show also in the

:54:00. > :54:04.shootout to get into that Gold Medal match. A three-way shootout with two

:54:05. > :54:08.places up for grabs. That must have been incredibly nervewracking. It

:54:09. > :54:12.was. Especially myself, I got off it a bad start in the semifinal. I

:54:13. > :54:16.missed three on the trot. I couldn't afford to miss anything else. To put

:54:17. > :54:22.myself in that position was great. Yeah, over the Here he moon. Is.

:54:23. > :54:25.Over here Steve. Come and join us. We've had French and Saunders, now

:54:26. > :54:30.it's French and Scott. The new double act. Steve, 30 out of 30 that

:54:31. > :54:34.shootout. Due think that is what it would take to win gold? To be

:54:35. > :54:38.honest, that's what you need to win gold, but no, I didn't think it

:54:39. > :54:42.would take that. I was hoping for 27 or something like that. This man

:54:43. > :54:47.kept the pressure on till the end, awesome shooting. A lot of shooters

:54:48. > :54:52.struggling cope with the knockout format. You guys seemed to take to

:54:53. > :54:57.it like ducks to water, no bother for you. We've done a lot of

:54:58. > :55:00.training together. We've done high pressure situations. Have you ever

:55:01. > :55:06.been in a more high pressure situation than that? Not with a

:55:07. > :55:10.team-mate. No, not for me. We talked about this quite a lot in the build

:55:11. > :55:15.up, wouldn't it be amazing if we both made the gold/silver medal

:55:16. > :55:18.match. Dream come true. I said to Muslim before, I don't care who

:55:19. > :55:21.wins, if I was going to lose to anyone, it would be Matt. I feel

:55:22. > :55:25.exactly the That's touching same. . But in that three-way shootoff,

:55:26. > :55:30.after that was the pressure in some ways off? You knew you had a medal

:55:31. > :55:35.whether it be gold or silver. You knew it would go to a team-mate? Not

:55:36. > :55:38.really. We said we both wanted to be in the Gold Medal match. That's what

:55:39. > :55:42.we've been training for. Let's both get in there and get the job done.

:55:43. > :55:47.Once you're there, you want to win. I wanted to beat him, no doubt. I

:55:48. > :55:51.wanted to beat him too! Gentlemen, many congratulations to both of you.

:55:52. > :55:55.Enjoy the rest of the day and the evening and Lee, it's back to you in

:55:56. > :55:59.the studio from the field of play here at Carnoustie after probably

:56:00. > :56:04.one of the most dramatic finals I've ever witnessed. ? It certainly was,

:56:05. > :56:08.great stuff. An almost flawless performance by both shots. But Steve

:56:09. > :56:11.Scott takes the gold. Matthew French settling for second by just one

:56:12. > :56:15.point. It's been a great day for England. Don't forget in the women's

:56:16. > :56:19.double trap, they got the gold and bronze too.

:56:20. > :56:21.Plenty of news still to come from Glasgow 2014. First we're going to

:56:22. > :56:29.bring you the headlines. We've got factory boys and butchers'

:56:30. > :56:32.apprentices and office clerks Don't stop moving!

:56:33. > :56:37.If you go back you'll die! Back to Glasgow

:56:38. > :56:57.after a quick update. Strip Russia of the right to

:56:58. > :56:59.host the 2018 World Cup. That's what Deputy PM Nick Clegg's

:57:00. > :57:02.calling for. He wants it as part of sanctions

:57:03. > :57:05.for Russia's support of rebels Relatives of one victim

:57:06. > :57:08.of the plane crash Dutch and Australian experts

:57:09. > :57:12.have scrapped a trip there. Would you like to grill the PM

:57:13. > :57:17.in Parliament? Well, Labour leader Ed Miliband

:57:18. > :57:20.wants a public version of There was a very big bang in Didcot

:57:21. > :57:25.this morning. Three massive cooling towers at an

:57:26. > :57:29.old power station were demolished. And this is what you call

:57:30. > :57:34.a lucky escape. This quick-thinking mum managed to

:57:35. > :57:37.pull her baby's pushchair to safety when two cars collided in

:57:38. > :57:39.San Francisco. Right now, back to Lee

:57:40. > :57:53.and more live action from Glasgow. Yeah, I am looking for

:57:54. > :57:55.a Prince Charming. I don't think I'm ugly, but I don't

:57:56. > :57:59.think I'm, like, really pretty. I say, "You've got something

:58:00. > :59:42.on your bum." "Really?" And I say, one. And he is! What a fabulous

:59:43. > :59:46.return that was. Today is a busy day for medals when it comes to lawn

:59:47. > :59:49.bowls. Earlier we dropped into Kelvingrove, onto the bronze medal

:59:50. > :59:53.match between Scotland and New Zealand, and we will head back in a

:59:54. > :59:55.moment but first we should learn more about one of Scotland's

:59:56. > :00:07.national sports. There will be ten gold medal events

:00:08. > :00:14.in Glasgow, men's and women's singles, doubles, triples and fours

:00:15. > :00:19.contests, and two para-sport events. The basic equipment to play lawn

:00:20. > :00:25.bowls is a level outdoor playing surface of grass, foot mats and a

:00:26. > :00:28.target bowl called the jack. The first bowler places the mat and

:00:29. > :00:33.rolls the jack to the other end of the green as a target. When it comes

:00:34. > :00:39.to rest, it is moved across to the centre. The player or team scores a

:00:40. > :00:44.point known as a shock for each ball closer to the jack and any ball

:00:45. > :00:49.belonging to the opposition. The winner of the singles game is the

:00:50. > :00:53.first person to 21 shots. In the team format, though when it is the

:00:54. > :01:04.team with the most shots after a set number of ends. -- the winner is the

:01:05. > :01:21.team. Now let's rejoin the match. Going to be a lot of cheering here

:01:22. > :01:33.for every Scottish bowler that is close. What a super start. Great

:01:34. > :01:36.ball from Claire Johnston. The first ball last time was very short. It

:01:37. > :01:45.caused some problems on the backhand. This needs to be up. They

:01:46. > :01:51.are calling it to reach. Good effort, good bowl. Really good

:01:52. > :02:03.answer from that first one. Yes, very good. Allowing himself a little

:02:04. > :02:12.smile. 20 years of age but what experience. The last end. You must

:02:13. > :02:30.know what the nerves are like out there! Determination.

:02:31. > :02:35.She can afford a couple of feet on her own bowl, and get inside

:02:36. > :02:46.contact, that would be the best results. Waving at it, trying to get

:02:47. > :02:55.it back down again. That was a good effort and a good bowl at the back.

:02:56. > :03:07.Not touching it. It has narrowed the target.

:03:08. > :03:15.Margaret is cheering this one in, the Scottish skipper. It is half

:03:16. > :03:32.in. Just dropping a little bit short.

:03:33. > :03:41.Still on the backhand. Carrying a bit of extra weight.

:03:42. > :04:16.That is a great effort and it stayed on.

:04:17. > :04:28.16-15 for New Zealand in the last end but the Kiwis have second and

:04:29. > :04:30.third shot belongs to Scotland. Very nervous out there for the next five

:04:31. > :04:49.minutes or so. Outside the line. Yes, just about room for Scotland to

:04:50. > :04:53.make another. Not close enough. If the kiwi bowl had been locked in

:04:54. > :04:56.against the blue one, it might have been slightly different. The trouble

:04:57. > :05:23.is they are not guaranteed to make full contact with it.

:05:24. > :05:32.It got caught but look what she has done, blocking the other one! That

:05:33. > :05:40.will cause problems for New Zealand. Two difficult bowls on both sides.

:05:41. > :05:49.Little puff of the cheeks. The pressure is on. Heartrate is coming

:05:50. > :05:53.up a little bit. Smith just trotting down. Plenty of time, girls, you

:05:54. > :06:02.have rattled through this match very well. New Zealand cannot afford too

:06:03. > :06:09.much weight. At the moment they have an extra end but they don't want to

:06:10. > :06:14.remove the bowl. It is possible to remove it. We think it is half

:06:15. > :06:18.locked in but you could punch it straight and come off the edge of

:06:19. > :06:24.the blue one by a fraction and end up two down. You certainly wouldn't

:06:25. > :06:33.get the Scottish bowl to the left, the black one, onto it, would you?

:06:34. > :06:39.So what do you do? Play with a view to protection and going to the last

:06:40. > :06:44.end as a tight end or attack with the possibility of winning the match

:06:45. > :06:53.or losing it? If you are going to gamble, now is the time, but I think

:06:54. > :06:56.they will probably draw this. That danger of attacking it and losing

:06:57. > :07:03.the match, that is the fear and the problem. A gamble if you play a lot

:07:04. > :07:13.of weight on this. On the forehand, going heavy. They are gambling! Oh,

:07:14. > :07:18.that was bad connection. That is what we were talking about. We were

:07:19. > :07:26.talking about the possibility of those two going out. They horrible

:07:27. > :07:32.result -- a horrible result. We said if you got on that one, you would

:07:33. > :07:36.take it as well. Needed full contact and they only had the one bowl on

:07:37. > :07:42.there. That was the risk and they paid the penalty. You can't fault

:07:43. > :07:48.the choice of shot. You can see what they were trying to do that at this

:07:49. > :07:59.state that was maybe a little rash. It was a hard choice. I cannot fault

:08:00. > :08:17.going early at it. Three bowls left. Should have three bowls to recover.

:08:18. > :08:28.Scotland at the moment are lying two for a third, I think.

:08:29. > :08:45.Lauren going for the back position. She has lost that one.

:08:46. > :08:54.Val has one more boldly play and then two skips will play. Do you

:08:55. > :09:02.attack again? -- one more bowl to play. Do they attack again? Maybe

:09:03. > :09:05.yes. It is a gamble. It is that they have the match alive against them.

:09:06. > :09:13.There is nothing easy to draw there. There is nothing easy to draw there.

:09:14. > :09:18.has already driven ones. If she plays the same bowl again, she will

:09:19. > :09:24.be bang plays the same bowl again, she will

:09:25. > :09:48.everywhere. Going for it. They have not by any means been

:09:49. > :09:52.throwing this away. They were playing to win the match this end.

:09:53. > :09:58.They decided to go to win the match rather than just trying to hold onto

:09:59. > :10:10.losing one and going into the next end. Looking at the contact on the

:10:11. > :10:12.blue, Margaret will go deep again. I wouldn't go anywhere near that with

:10:13. > :10:25.the holes and gaps in front of the jack.

:10:26. > :10:35.A good bowl. She got a little fortunate, to be honest it. She got

:10:36. > :10:41.away with that. I am not convinced that was what she was playing, to be

:10:42. > :10:47.truthful. A hardball would have made the target twice the size. I am not

:10:48. > :10:53.convinced she was playing that. That wry smile. I have no Margaret a long

:10:54. > :10:55.time! It is good the way it worked out, in line with the shot ball and

:10:56. > :11:16.the jack. The which Which?s are ecstatic. So

:11:17. > :11:21.it must be in their favour -- the Kiwis. Great drive by Mandy Boyd.

:11:22. > :11:26.There's the jack in the ditch. Where is the nearest bowl? There it is.

:11:27. > :11:34.That's her bowl it struck. Followed all the way to the ditch I think.

:11:35. > :11:41.It's running, it's running. Yes, she knew it too. Now, is it one or two?

:11:42. > :11:48.If it's two, that's going to be really difficult for Margaret. As

:11:49. > :12:00.Margaret can't drive off the single bowl, she's going to have to try and

:12:01. > :12:13.draw this. This would be a miracle bowl to draw, in. Tell you what, if

:12:14. > :12:18.she draws this, goodness me. She's certainly given it a chance. Is she

:12:19. > :12:22.up? I don't think so. It's caught on the short. The Kiwis are going to

:12:23. > :12:27.take the bronze. Looks like it's two shots to them. Doesn't really

:12:28. > :12:32.matter, they don't care if it's one or two.

:12:33. > :12:37.Just awaiting confirmation, as the players shake hands. And that's good

:12:38. > :12:39.to see. They are shaking hands before they celebrate and

:12:40. > :12:49.congratulate each other. Really, really good to see that.

:12:50. > :12:59.Great to see the players recognise the opposition first and then

:13:00. > :13:04.celebrate. Oh, my goodness, it was five shots at the end. Doesn't

:13:05. > :13:11.matter though. Great shot by Mandy Boyd. Bowl of the match. Courageous,

:13:12. > :13:16.played it well. Got the perfect result and left the Scots with

:13:17. > :13:22.absolutely nothing to play really with the last bowl. Trying to go to

:13:23. > :13:29.the edge of the ditch. It was an almost impossible shot. Do not worry

:13:30. > :13:32.about the score too much, it doesn't really matter. They were only

:13:33. > :13:45.looking for one shot. As it turned out, they got a handful. The cards

:13:46. > :13:51.will be checked. Margaret Letham. The officials are happy. It's the

:13:52. > :13:55.Kiwi formula that won the bronze. It was an exciting match, wasn't it?

:13:56. > :13:59.Yes. A great finish. Scotland did everything they could at the end.

:14:00. > :14:05.This girl, Mandy Boyd, skipper of New Zealand, brilliant shot to win

:14:06. > :14:12.the match. Absolutely. 22 years of age. Goddard 20, McIlroy 23.

:14:13. > :14:16.Goodness me, they have won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games, in a

:14:17. > :14:20.short generally seen to be for older people, but not at this level, at

:14:21. > :14:25.the very top level bowls is for the young.

:14:26. > :14:37.So confirmation of the score: New Zealand are absolutely delighted.

:14:38. > :14:41.They take bronze.s it's been worthwhile coming the 12,000 miles!

:14:42. > :14:43.Certainly has been worthwhile. Delight for New Zealand.

:14:44. > :14:48.Disappointment for Scotland. We have had a lot of bowls on for you today

:14:49. > :14:52.and when you think of bowls, you often think of David Bryant. He was

:14:53. > :14:55.a real character, but also an incredible talent. A three-time

:14:56. > :14:56.world champion, but it was at the Commonwealth Games where he really

:14:57. > :15:15.shone. This is BBC News the day belonged to

:15:16. > :15:19.David Bryant. David Bryant ah teacher from Clevedon on the lower

:15:20. > :15:24.reaches of the Severn estuary not far from Bristol. Bowls is the time

:15:25. > :15:30.of game played in quiet Clevedon and Bryant, a pipe-smoking bowls sort of

:15:31. > :15:38.man. In bowls terms, he's going along quite nicely now. But this was

:15:39. > :15:44.bowls. Nothing shady at all, a ruthlessness and consistenty set him

:15:45. > :15:49.apart for 20 years. The most famous bowler in the world, David Bryant of

:15:50. > :15:56.England. In World Championships, outdoors, indoors. In singles and in

:15:57. > :16:00.pairs and in triples. In particular, at the Commonwealth Games. David

:16:01. > :16:07.Bryant, the master in every sense of the word. At his first games in

:16:08. > :16:13.Perth, 1962, he won two golds, in the singles and fours. He won

:16:14. > :16:20.singles gold in Edinburgh in 1970, Christchurch in 1974 and at Edmonton

:16:21. > :16:24.in 1978. That must be the gold medal for David Bryant, his fourth in

:16:25. > :16:30.singles play, the first in 1962 and nobody's ever done that before. I

:16:31. > :16:41.particularly wanted to win this one. I believe it is a record, four

:16:42. > :16:46.golds. A weightlifter got his fourth, he just beat me to it. In

:16:47. > :16:53.Kingston, Jamaica, bowls didn't feature. Did this gap drive David

:16:54. > :17:05.Bryant to rage or despair? Of course it didn't. He simply bowled on. That

:17:06. > :17:09.is Bryant's secret weapon. Rarely is he seen at a bowling green without

:17:10. > :17:14.his pipe. As we said before, it's been a

:17:15. > :17:19.fantastic day for England over at the shooting centre near Carnoustie.

:17:20. > :17:22.England securing four medals. We can head over there now and take a look

:17:23. > :17:34.at the ceremonies. Charlotte Kirk's fourth Commonwealth gold medal. The

:17:35. > :17:46.27-year-old from Sussex won her first at Manchester in 202 at the

:17:47. > :17:46.age of just 15. Rachel Paris took the bronze.

:17:47. > :18:14.Ladies and gentlemen, the National Anthem of England.

:18:15. > :19:40.Let's celebrate our Commonwealth Games medallists.

:19:41. > :19:49.Look back into the past, almost two centuries and you'll find that here

:19:50. > :19:57.in Scotland, a man was creating the first pedal bicycle.

:19:58. > :20:04.It is an invention this nation grew to love. One which has opened doors

:20:05. > :20:09.to lives shaped by sport. Chris Hoy, a new Commonwealth Games event

:20:10. > :20:18.record for the likeable Scot! On the streets and roads and on the track.

:20:19. > :20:27.Here no single journey but an overlap of hard graft and a show

:20:28. > :20:33.ground for the best in the world. World record... So this nation gives

:20:34. > :20:39.thanks to the man who invented this machine for travel and sport and for

:20:40. > :20:47.him, we can say, that this summer, cycling is coming home.

:20:48. > :20:54.We've not got the best of weather here at Pacific quay, but no weather

:20:55. > :20:58.worries for those of you in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Let's head over

:20:59. > :21:05.there now. We can join Jonathan Edwards and a band of ill lust truss

:21:06. > :21:14.and titled guests Dame Sarah storey and Chris Hoy himself --

:21:15. > :21:19.illustrious. 17 medals between Chris and Sarah. Hello. At the last

:21:20. > :21:24.afternoon in the track, it's been amazing, hasn't it, Sarah? It's been

:21:25. > :21:33.an incredible few days. This time tomorrow, we will be deciding. A

:21:34. > :21:37.super proud moment for you, Chris, the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, you are

:21:38. > :21:43.Scottish, you have been looking forward to this for a long time?

:21:44. > :21:47.Yes, and it's exceeded expectations. The Scottish success we've had in

:21:48. > :21:51.the tandem so far, it's been really, really good. Five golds on offer

:21:52. > :21:57.this afternoon. Let's take a hook at the timetable to show you what is

:21:58. > :22:04.coming up -- look at the timetable. We've also got the men's kierin.

:22:05. > :22:30.25 kilometre point race. Eleanor Barker is in that. She got a medal

:22:31. > :22:35.in the bronze yesterday. Peter Kenyon going for the Isle of

:22:36. > :22:40.Man in his race, he got a silver last night. Also Ed Clancy. Chris,

:22:41. > :22:45.lots for you to look forward to, not least the kierin, your last action

:22:46. > :22:48.in the Olympic arena? Yes, the kierin here will be a fantastic

:22:49. > :22:58.event. There are so many guys in there. I can't pick a favourite.

:22:59. > :23:06.You've got Simon, Jason Kenny, world champion in 2013, multiple world

:23:07. > :23:11.medallists in there. There are others in the mix, the English, the

:23:12. > :23:16.Aussies, there are so many. Jason Kenny comes into this with

:23:17. > :23:20.real momentum. He's had an up and down time. He won in Minsk but

:23:21. > :23:25.hasn't had the bit between his teeth, it seems, but here, it has

:23:26. > :23:32.maybe been turned around? Yes, you can see the spark of the old Jason

:23:33. > :23:39.coming back. Qualified poorly in 11th place, fought his way back in

:23:40. > :23:44.and almost won it. It was a great battle guest Sam Webster. He'd love

:23:45. > :23:50.to get the gold I'm sure but I think he's responding to the crowd and is

:23:51. > :23:57.enjoying himselfment The woman's tandem I missed off that list.

:23:58. > :24:03.Aileen McGlynn already got a silver, Sophie Thornhill got the gold. Maybe

:24:04. > :24:07.inspiration there? It will be interesting to see how that pans

:24:08. > :24:15.out, the tussle between Sophie and aLen. -- Aileen. Sophie is 18 years

:24:16. > :24:19.old, double world champion in April of this year, very much just

:24:20. > :24:24.starting, so can't wait to see them up against each other. Anna Mears,

:24:25. > :24:30.her name is legend in track cycling isn't it? It is. In many ways, the

:24:31. > :24:34.pressure is on her because everyone expecting her to win the gold as if

:24:35. > :24:43.it's dead easy, but I think she's going to have a fight on her hands.

:24:44. > :24:49.Steph Martin qualified with 10. 98, exceptionally fast, she's qualified

:24:50. > :24:56.relatively easily so far. Jess Varnish is having a cracker. Jess up

:24:57. > :25:04.against the Malaysian, I mean she should beat her, but Mustafa is a

:25:05. > :25:10.cracking cyclist. For the moment, back to you, Leigh.

:25:11. > :25:15.Thank you very much. We can head back towards Carnoustie to the

:25:16. > :25:18.shooting centre where we just watched the fascinating match

:25:19. > :25:24.between Steve Scott and Matthew French and we can take a look at the

:25:25. > :25:30.medal ceremony from that. There we can see Steve Scott who hit all his

:25:31. > :25:38.targets. Matthew just missed one. It was so close. They're friends and

:25:39. > :25:43.rivals. We watched the bronze medal match that Mohd from India won. They

:25:44. > :26:37.watched it together to try to keep calm and keep their nerves.

:26:38. > :28:07.Let's celebrate our Commonwealth Games medallists.

:28:08. > :28:14.A great day for England at Carnoustie. We are at the Sir Chris

:28:15. > :28:18.Hoy Velodrome. One man who is very talented on a bike in a very

:28:19. > :28:23.different way is Danny MacAskill from the Isle of Skye. You won't

:28:24. > :28:24.believe it when you see it, but one thing is for sure. Don't try this at

:28:25. > :28:43.home. I love Glasgow for the character of

:28:44. > :28:50.it. I look at it as a giant playground. Street trials for me is

:28:51. > :28:52.a very individual thing. It is also something really good to do with

:28:53. > :29:08.friends, as a group. I am always looking for something.

:29:09. > :29:13.It is important for me to feel like I have done my very best and I make

:29:14. > :29:20.it look as easy as possible. I am not competitive with other people

:29:21. > :29:24.but I feel competitive with myself. I think I have got a pretty good

:29:25. > :29:29.grasp in my head of what it is possible for me to do on a bike. For

:29:30. > :29:41.some reason I always seem to know what by 100% is. -- my 100%. I am in

:29:42. > :29:56.control of my own body. It doesn't matter if it is 15 feet or 200 feet.

:29:57. > :30:09.You want to live in a city that allows you to be creative. When I

:30:10. > :30:13.feel I have landed a trick perfectly, it is relief because it

:30:14. > :30:25.is something I have been thinking about for so long beforehand.

:30:26. > :30:33.When I think of it, the first thing that springs to mind for me is music

:30:34. > :30:37.and football. It is a city known for its footballing rivalry. Glasgow is

:30:38. > :30:44.dominated by its two big football teams. There are more than two great

:30:45. > :30:52.clubs. What is that one with the garage? On a good night, the floor

:30:53. > :31:03.bouncers. People love their music and they dance to it. Really rowdy

:31:04. > :31:13.crowds. This is the place to be. Name any band. Bell and Sebastien.

:31:14. > :31:27.Rod Stewart. Did I tell you that? Live music every night. Simple

:31:28. > :31:34.Minds. Primal Scream. Great night out.

:31:35. > :31:40.Luis Bence at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow! I have no more words. We

:31:41. > :31:46.should head back to the velodrome and the safety of Jonathan Edwards.

:31:47. > :31:47.The safety of Jonathan Edwards? I hope it is.

:31:48. > :31:50.The safety of Jonathan Edwards? I hope Chris and Sarah are alongside

:31:51. > :32:11.me and the Kiran is coming up shortly. We have to go back to

:32:12. > :32:18.London 2012. The kierin must be very fresh for you. Yes. Once it has been

:32:19. > :32:22.successful and it has gone well, you almost take it for granted but it

:32:23. > :32:26.was a tough race and it could have gone the other way. You are more of

:32:27. > :32:33.an endurance athlete but have you ever tried the kierin? We have

:32:34. > :32:37.outdoor track racing and before Beijing I was doing a lot of

:32:38. > :32:42.different cycling events to catch up on what I had missed as a junior. I

:32:43. > :32:48.have done a kierin on an outdoor track. You don't realise the speeds

:32:49. > :32:51.people will get up to today. The kierin is slightly unusual. The

:32:52. > :33:03.others are pretty obvious, the spread, the time trial, they do what

:33:04. > :33:12.they say on the tin. -- the Sprint. Here is a guide to the kierin.

:33:13. > :33:16.The kierin can involve eight riders with clashes and collisions a

:33:17. > :33:22.regular occurrence. For the first 1400 metres, riders follow a

:33:23. > :33:28.motorbike. It starts at 60 mph, gradually increasing the speed lap

:33:29. > :33:35.by lap with riders battling for position. -- 16 two and a half laps

:33:36. > :33:42.to go, the motorbike leaves and the race begins. The first cyclist

:33:43. > :33:54.across the line is the winner. I thought it was called a gurney! And

:33:55. > :33:58.where does the kierin fit for you? In the early part of my career I was

:33:59. > :34:04.in the time trial and the team sprint and the kierin only came in

:34:05. > :34:07.after Athens and I had to learn it relatively quickly. Because I did

:34:08. > :34:15.not have the experience as tactics initially, I just used my strength

:34:16. > :34:20.and the distance that I had. I just used to try to bring them out behind

:34:21. > :34:25.me but my opponents got used to that pretty quickly and tried to stop me.

:34:26. > :34:30.I used to find it so exciting to watch when I was not writing, it was

:34:31. > :34:34.the culmination of the World Championships and any other event.

:34:35. > :34:42.The Japanese gamble on it because it is such an unpredictable event. I

:34:43. > :34:45.think it came in after the Second World War as a means to generate

:34:46. > :34:50.money for the Japanese economy. There are always crashes, it is fast

:34:51. > :34:54.and furious, and as I said, it is one of those events where you will

:34:55. > :35:01.struggle to pick up a strong favourite because it is so

:35:02. > :35:06.unpredictable. In terms of the spectrum between Sprint and

:35:07. > :35:09.endurance, where does it fit? It is pure sprint, but in real time, you

:35:10. > :35:18.go quicker than when you are sprinting, and the guys can use

:35:19. > :35:25.bigger gears and they will hit speeds of up to 79 kilometres per

:35:26. > :35:29.hour. We were very excited to see Jason and we hope he will have a

:35:30. > :35:32.new-found confidence from how well he cycled here. He seems to have

:35:33. > :35:40.ridden himself into the championships. After the spring

:35:41. > :35:43.competition, he should go home on a high and hopefully rest up yesterday

:35:44. > :35:49.and fire on all cylinders this afternoon. Qualification, the first

:35:50. > :35:58.two. Not an easy one in heat one. No. There are three very strong

:35:59. > :36:02.riders. Peter Lewis, the last four of the Sprint, Jason Kenny

:36:03. > :36:06.obviously, and Simon Van Velthooven, bronze medallist, joint

:36:07. > :36:10.bronze medallist in London. I have never seen that in my career. They

:36:11. > :36:17.could not separate them in the photo finish. They ended up giving away

:36:18. > :36:26.two bronze medals which is nearly unheard of in track cycling. We also

:36:27. > :36:32.have Matthew Crampton going. Fancy his chances? Matt is very

:36:33. > :36:38.experienced and he has won the Japanese kierin before. He has had

:36:39. > :36:41.some problems with his back injury. This is one where things really

:36:42. > :36:46.count. If you make the right decisions, he could be up there.

:36:47. > :36:51.Callum Skinner for Scotland? The team sprint did not go so well and

:36:52. > :36:55.he was disappointed. He prefers the longer sprint as well. It is one of

:36:56. > :36:59.the events where you will get big favourites in the final but also

:37:00. > :37:03.some underdogs that will make it and Callum Skinner could surprise if you

:37:04. > :37:06.people. The New Zealanders and Australians are very good sprinters.

:37:07. > :37:11.I can see over Chris's Australians are very good sprinters.

:37:12. > :37:16.Jason Kenny is about to go on the track. Good afternoon to Rob Hales

:37:17. > :37:20.and Simon Brotherton. Thanks. We are nearly ready to go with the first

:37:21. > :37:24.heat in the men's kierin in the first round. As you are just

:37:25. > :37:32.hearing, they have strong riders here with Jason Kenny, the World

:37:33. > :37:34.Champion in this event. He has two medals in his pocket from the

:37:35. > :37:40.Commonwealth Games already, both silver, from the team sprint and

:37:41. > :37:47.individual sprint. Simon Van Velthooven got a silver medal

:37:48. > :37:50.yesterday in the kilo. He won bronze in the Commonwealth Games four years

:37:51. > :37:53.ago in this event as well. And Peter Lewis from Australia is going really

:37:54. > :38:06.well in his first Commonwealth Games. Joseph a loss from Canada is

:38:07. > :38:14.also in this heat. -- Joseph the Veloce. And also Bernard

:38:15. > :38:22.Esterhuizen. Busy week for Jason Kenny. Six riders in this heat and

:38:23. > :38:31.then seven on the start list in the next three, which adds a certain

:38:32. > :38:36.something. More wheels to fall over. Certainly more action. I don't know

:38:37. > :38:42.how they will fit seven riders on the start line. We already have six

:38:43. > :38:52.squeezed on here. Eight laps of the track. Once the motorbike

:38:53. > :38:59.disappears, having increased its base, two and a half laps to go, a

:39:00. > :39:05.free for all for the line. -- increased its case. If you have

:39:06. > :39:11.never seen kierin racing before, don't switch off now. Just checking

:39:12. > :39:17.everyone is ready. Various Jason Kenny in the centre in the bright

:39:18. > :39:26.red helmet. Here comes the motorbike.

:39:27. > :39:38.The Australian is near the camera. In black is Simon Van Velthooven.

:39:39. > :39:45.The rider from India on the outside. I think he will find it hard to

:39:46. > :39:51.feature in the sprint and final lap. All the riders cleanly on the

:39:52. > :40:01.back of the Michael -- motorbike here. It will roll round and

:40:02. > :40:07.gradually increase its speed lap by lap. With two and a half to go, once

:40:08. > :40:20.it is up to speed, it will swing off the track. And then it is a free

:40:21. > :40:30.fraud a massive fight. -- a free for all, a massive fight. And then the

:40:31. > :40:36.remaining riders go to the repechage and get a second bite of the cherry.

:40:37. > :40:41.But that means an extra ride at least and it is the hard way

:40:42. > :40:48.But that means an extra ride at to the finals. The first two go into

:40:49. > :41:00.the all-important last ride. Veloce on the front for Canada. Simon Van

:41:01. > :41:04.Velthooven second in line. Peter Lewis is the rider from South

:41:05. > :41:07.Africa. Then Jason Kenny and at the back of the field Amarjit Nagi from

:41:08. > :41:20.India. Slowly the pace increases. Slowly

:41:21. > :41:24.the riders get ready for the effort they know lies ahead when the bike

:41:25. > :41:31.comes off the inside of the track. It will do so one lap from now.

:41:32. > :41:37.Starting to open up as riders allow a little bit of room to manoeuvre.

:41:38. > :41:52.The Australian rider giving himself some space to see when they start

:41:53. > :41:57.coming over the top. Lewis biding his time. Kenny in fifth. The South

:41:58. > :42:02.African going around the outside. Kenny finding hist boxed in a bit

:42:03. > :42:07.here at the bell. Not too much room for manoeuvre for him. Canada on the

:42:08. > :42:11.front. Lewis on the outside. It's a long, long way round for Jason Kenny

:42:12. > :42:20.in the red and white of England here as they come up towards the line.

:42:21. > :42:25.Lewis takes it. Jason Kenny back in fifth place in that field. Not in a

:42:26. > :42:29.good position to be fifth place in that field. Not in a

:42:30. > :42:35.contest that sprint finish at the end. The first two go through and

:42:36. > :42:42.everybody else is through to the other heat.

:42:43. > :42:48.At this point, Chris, you just said, no, no, no, don't go up the inside,

:42:49. > :42:55.to Jason? So yes, the only chance he had was to go inside and he then got

:42:56. > :43:02.stuck, there was no way through for him. We expect that if he could get

:43:03. > :43:08.to the front and keep the pace high. It's a long way around the outside,

:43:09. > :43:14.they are still travelling 74k an hour. Jason sitting up there knew he

:43:15. > :43:21.had no Hans to conserve energy? No point in wasting energy. When he

:43:22. > :43:25.world the worlds in Minsk in 2013, he got there the same way. It's a

:43:26. > :43:29.tactical race. He'll go away, look at that, realise the mistakes. He

:43:30. > :43:36.didn't get to the front soon enough, he'll be kicking himself but he's

:43:37. > :43:49.not out of it yet. Explain the other heat to us. 12 riders in total

:43:50. > :43:53.needed. It's not about time, it's about position. Four heats, the

:43:54. > :43:59.winners from the four will make up the last 12. The next rounds, two of

:44:00. > :44:05.six, the second three are eliminated, the first three go

:44:06. > :44:19.through. Drawing lots for heat two. The Aussie going in. . Yes, the

:44:20. > :44:28.players are going to want to get to the front. You have a couple of wild

:44:29. > :44:32.cards in there. Philips from Trinidad is one. They'll be looking

:44:33. > :45:01.to follow on that. The first round of head two, seven

:45:02. > :45:06.riders. Emadi fifth yesterday, riding for England here. Awang from

:45:07. > :45:12.Malaysia in yellow and black. He was the first over the line in Delhi in

:45:13. > :45:18.the final, thought he'd won but was disqualified. Yes. It was decided

:45:19. > :45:41.that he made an illegal manoeuvre riding a bit too aggressively.

:45:42. > :45:52.Unfortunately, he was disallowed that victory, Awang. There's Lewis

:45:53. > :46:00.Oliver, riding for Wales. A couple of World Cup bronze medals in Mexico

:46:01. > :46:04.last year, India represented, Alan Baby and Callum Skinner who's come

:46:05. > :46:09.through British cycling programme. Spent a lot of time at the

:46:10. > :46:18.Manchester velodrome training with the GB squad and training with this

:46:19. > :46:26.guy, Emadi. There's Awang. And this really is his forte, kierin racing.

:46:27. > :46:41.Five years ago in the sprint, he got a silver.

:46:42. > :46:43.Just waiting for the bike to come past, then we'll be under way. Heat

:46:44. > :47:00.two of the men's kierin. The gun didn't go off. A false

:47:01. > :47:06.start. Rolling around the bottom of the track very slowly. Slight

:47:07. > :47:09.technical fault. Somebody needs a new gun!

:47:10. > :47:17.And then hopefully we will be able to get this second heat under way.

:47:18. > :47:26.I think that's what technically is known as a damp squib, that one!

:47:27. > :47:32.After firing the blank, no noise, nobody knew what was happening and

:47:33. > :47:37.the riders caught out as the bike went past. Should be under way soon

:47:38. > :47:41.enough. It's not as if they have to get the bikes in. No, they are going

:47:42. > :47:45.to have to go around again a second time. There's obviously a problem

:47:46. > :47:59.with the starting gun here. No spare. Ian Dire, the sprint coach

:48:00. > :48:09.for England on the left hand side. Jason Kenny already forced to go

:48:10. > :48:18.into the lower heat. I don't think he'll have a spare gun with him. May

:48:19. > :48:23.have the odd sheep knife! Phillip coming off the track, coming

:48:24. > :48:31.back. A mechanical problem there for Philip. A few running repairs on the

:48:32. > :48:35.bike. A popular figure when he rode it in 2012. Certainly a

:48:36. > :48:39.crowd-pleaser, and a crowd favourite. He's a real showman isn't

:48:40. > :48:43.he. That's what the crowd like to see. There was an injury scare for

:48:44. > :48:50.him. He had a kidney problem earlier this year which saw him hospitalised

:48:51. > :48:56.in January. But he's back on form now and, very shortly, he'll be back

:48:57. > :49:18.on his bike and hopefully we can get back under way.

:49:19. > :49:29.Phillips will be the last one to be ready.

:49:30. > :49:42.Still there struggling to get his feet in the pedals properly.

:49:43. > :49:52.A few last-minute adjustments. Hardly ideal preparation. The bottom

:49:53. > :49:55.of his shoe's just moved. It's not an ideal situation going into the

:49:56. > :50:02.race to move it because that's going to affect the position of his foot

:50:03. > :50:08.on the pedal. They have a spring-loaded pedal, a bit like ski

:50:09. > :50:12.bindings. They were the first people, the French company, to come

:50:13. > :50:19.up with these, back in the late '80s. So you clip your foot in and,

:50:20. > :50:26.for the endurance riders, that's sufficient, but for sprinters, they

:50:27. > :50:32.always have a backup with the old style strap, a leather strap. It

:50:33. > :50:42.goes over the foot. And then it straps your foot on, so that makes

:50:43. > :50:46.sure your foot stays on. Well, I I don't know what they are going to do

:50:47. > :50:50.with this. How frustrating is that. All that train and doesn't look as

:50:51. > :50:59.though he'll be able to take part in the first round here, Philip. Fill

:51:00. > :51:03.Phillip. Penny for his thoughts now for something as daft as that, not

:51:04. > :51:08.being able to get his feet in the pedals. With any luck, he'll be in

:51:09. > :51:13.the last heat, in which case we'll see eight riders, but I don't think

:51:14. > :51:18.that'll happen. That would be worth staying around for! Finally let's

:51:19. > :51:23.see if we can get under way, albeit we are down to six now. Great shame

:51:24. > :51:28.that Phillip is not involved in this. For a really daft reason, I

:51:29. > :51:32.have to say. Yes, the problem is the amount of force applied on, not only

:51:33. > :51:37.pushing down on the pedals but also on the upstroke, with the foot

:51:38. > :51:42.coming up across this side of the back wheel. You pull hard,

:51:43. > :51:46.coming up across this side of the they are at full gas, so if you have

:51:47. > :51:50.a problem with the pedal, you really can't be nursing yourself

:51:51. > :51:52.with a problem like that. Real shame. Oliva on the front there

:51:53. > :51:57.as they settle down Real shame. Oliva on the front there

:51:58. > :52:05.bike. Awang in the yellow and black is right behind the Welshman there.

:52:06. > :52:11.Second in line. In the middle in the red and white, Emadi from England.

:52:12. > :52:16.Glaetzer behind Emadi, fourth, from Australia. Then Callum Skinner,

:52:17. > :52:21.fifth of the six riders and bringing up the rear is baby from India. --

:52:22. > :52:30.baby from India. The rider in the middle from

:52:31. > :52:44.Australia. Third from the back. Certainly got the speed, the fasters

:52:45. > :52:50.individual qualifier. Speed-wise, he's got it all.

:52:51. > :52:53.Does he have the tactics? Will the luck go his way? There is a certain

:52:54. > :53:01.amount of luck involved in kierin racing as well with positioning. You

:53:02. > :53:05.make your own luck as well. Emadi there leave ago little gap and

:53:06. > :53:11.keeping an eye on those behind him because he knows that Glaetzer and

:53:12. > :53:21.Skinner are the next two behind him. The riders now start to think about

:53:22. > :53:29.what is to come. Emadi leaves a gap in front of him.

:53:30. > :53:35.Glaetzer around the outside. Emadi leaves a gap in front of him.

:53:36. > :53:39.not hanging around. Glaetzer. Oliva in third. Emadi trying to go around

:53:40. > :53:44.the outside. Third at the moment now. Towards the line. Time for him

:53:45. > :53:48.to ease up momentarily and have a good look around and see who is

:53:49. > :53:52.there. Awang is behind him. No surprise there, and here comes

:53:53. > :53:57.Skinner, around the outside for Scotland. Not sure if she's got the

:53:58. > :54:04.legs to get back into it, no, he hasn't. Glaetzer. Awang. In third,

:54:05. > :54:10.Oliva for Wales with Skinner in fourth and Emadi for England in

:54:11. > :54:13.fifth. Alan Baby, the rider from India, sixth. Philip not able to

:54:14. > :54:18.take his place in the starting line-up. There, leading from

:54:19. > :54:23.start-to-finish once the racing was on, the Australian, Matthew

:54:24. > :54:28.Glaetzer. Nice showmanship from Awang as he crossed the line. Loved

:54:29. > :54:31.that. Glaetzer from Australia had the speed coming out of

:54:32. > :54:37.qualification from the individual sprint. While he got himself

:54:38. > :54:44.upfront, it was a long lead out. He had to do an awful lot of work. Saw

:54:45. > :54:49.the wheelie there from Awang. But Glaetzer got himself out front, out

:54:50. > :54:56.of trouble, meanwhile Emadi got himself into bother and had to do a

:54:57. > :55:02.lot of work and just got ran out. So Glaetzer and Awang safely through

:55:03. > :55:09.to the next round. Confirmation of the result there, and Sarah and I in

:55:10. > :55:13.the studio are in awe of Mr Hoy and his race-calling abilities, because

:55:14. > :55:18.exactly what you said happened. I think both Glaetzer and Awang rode

:55:19. > :55:22.to their strengths there, clearly Glaetzer has the length to go from

:55:23. > :55:30.two-and-a-half laps out essentially, he did that, he committed. Awang was

:55:31. > :55:34.always going to look to get the graft. Then he swings about, left

:55:35. > :55:41.and right, and it was a graft. Then he swings about, left

:55:42. > :55:45.race, they looked like team-mates. What would you do to battle the

:55:46. > :55:48.strengths? I would have tried to go earlier than Glaetzer, get to the

:55:49. > :55:52.front when he's at the back and string them out, it's a long way to

:55:53. > :55:56.come from fifth or sixth. If you are stuck at the back, you can get

:55:57. > :56:06.yourself in trouble. The individual sprint. Riders are on the line and

:56:07. > :56:12.ready to go. Keirin is very much his forte. In the youth Commonwealth

:56:13. > :56:16.Games a decade ago in Australia. And a European keirin champion three

:56:17. > :56:22.years ago as well. John Paul is riding for Scotland. He was the

:56:23. > :56:23.world junior sprint champion. His career has gone of course a little

:56:24. > :56:25.bit, losing his career has gone of course a little

:56:26. > :56:32.bit, losing place in the British programme last year. Yes, he has

:56:33. > :56:39.been on hand of a little bit. Just losing out by a couple of places

:56:40. > :56:46.with a 10-3. He is back on fairly decent form. I think he will like

:56:47. > :56:50.this race. A small rider. He is a little bit like Awang. If he can get

:56:51. > :56:50.in a good position and open up gaps for himself,

:56:51. > :56:54.little bit like Awang. If he can get in a good position and open up it is

:56:55. > :57:02.tough. All of these feeds are of really high quality. -- heats. The

:57:03. > :57:11.rider with the yellow glasses, from Ghana, the first from the country in

:57:12. > :57:16.the Commonwealth Games. But he is actually living in Glasgow and has

:57:17. > :57:19.done for the past 13 years. He is keen to promote cycling in Ghana.

:57:20. > :57:24.There are various projects and initiatives. He spent last year

:57:25. > :57:30.preparing. He trained himself for a few months and Daniel, part of the

:57:31. > :57:34.England team four years ago, he gave him a training programme, supported

:57:35. > :57:47.by local business in Glasgow. And he takes his place in the field. He is

:57:48. > :57:53.a good lad. Good on him. Right in behind for New Zealand. Sam Webster,

:57:54. > :57:58.the sprint champion. And a team sprint gold medallist. The

:57:59. > :58:04.23-year-old has had an excellent week. Second in line with Scotland,

:58:05. > :58:12.John Paul. Then it is Matthew Crampton. Then it is the Malaysian,

:58:13. > :58:16.in predominantly yellow, right behind Matthew Crampton. The Asian

:58:17. > :58:24.kilometre champion. India is represented right Amrit Singh. The

:58:25. > :58:35.Canadian rider came 13th in the world Championships this year. He

:58:36. > :58:41.was on the act line-out position and he moved up. One of seven riders in

:58:42. > :58:46.this heat. You are a very long way back from the rider upfront. The

:58:47. > :58:54.position will really play a part. Even more so in this heat after

:58:55. > :59:02.having an extra rider. It is a long rate round. -- long way around. I

:59:03. > :59:06.get the impression that they will be battling it out up alongside each

:59:07. > :59:11.other when they are going round that final lap. Stringing out a little

:59:12. > :59:17.bit more. When we get that journey pulled off, we will start to see the

:59:18. > :59:23.pace of somebody like that rider here, Matthew Crampton. If he

:59:24. > :59:26.decides to go from the front, injecting pace, I think you could

:59:27. > :59:31.see the possibility of the riders starting to get distanced. The

:59:32. > :59:37.Indian going around the outside tried to get involved. Leaving the

:59:38. > :59:41.track now. Webster had the front. John Paul in second place. The

:59:42. > :59:46.Canadian going round the outside, the national Canadian champion.

:59:47. > :59:50.Easing himself into first place. Got himself into a good position.

:59:51. > :59:55.Injecting some pace at the top and really giving it now. Really

:59:56. > :59:59.stringing out. The Canadian leading the way. Webster. John Paul from

:00:00. > :00:07.Scotland in third. Try to come around on the outside. He is trying

:00:08. > :00:10.to find his way around the outside. Webster is easing up. And John Paul

:00:11. > :00:15.in their full Scotland is pulling back. Matthew Crampton will have to

:00:16. > :00:23.go into the... Webster and Paul going through. That was a great ride

:00:24. > :00:29.by John Paul. As expected he got himself into a nice position. He has

:00:30. > :00:35.got a low centre of gravity. Just riding his way through and following

:00:36. > :00:40.Webster across the line. An awful long way out. Just did not have the

:00:41. > :00:45.legs in the end. What about the experience from Matthew Crampton?

:00:46. > :00:50.How do you feel he performed? In this field he is one of the more

:00:51. > :00:55.experienced at this type of race. Yes, he is. Tactically he was going

:00:56. > :01:00.well. A good position and a clear track. I think ultimately he ran out

:01:01. > :01:05.of legs. John Paul from Scotland certainly gave himself the easiest

:01:06. > :01:11.rise I think. -- ride. Excellent victory. Sam Webster is through.

:01:12. > :01:19.John Paul from Scotland as well. Everybody else is into the next one.

:01:20. > :01:24.Sam Webster is through as you would expect but a very composed ride by

:01:25. > :01:29.John Paul. Very composed. He was patient. He knew Webster was the man

:01:30. > :01:34.to watch and follow. He followed the right wheel and he got through. It

:01:35. > :01:39.is about qualifying at this stage. Matt Crampton will be disappointed.

:01:40. > :01:43.I expected him to get through but he was hesitant. He got boxed in and

:01:44. > :01:52.stop will stop he needed to make a move and waited too long. -- he got

:01:53. > :01:58.boxed in. He needed to make a move. It is going to be really tough to

:01:59. > :02:04.get through the next one. The winner goes through. It'll be a fairly

:02:05. > :02:10.stacked heat. Potentially it is not great. That was probably one of the

:02:11. > :02:22.weaker ones on paper but it was a great race. Davies on the bike at

:02:23. > :02:26.the front. When I first went down, in 1991, he was there and he has

:02:27. > :02:33.been involved in muscle breath for many years. He has been around for

:02:34. > :02:37.years and years. -- in Scotland. The only stage race I have ever been

:02:38. > :02:44.riding on the road, 1994, he was there as well. He has got an array

:02:45. > :02:52.of different talents. It is great to see him on the bike. Simon and Rob,

:02:53. > :02:58.all yours. A good field as well for heat number four in the first round.

:02:59. > :03:09.And it is one that includes Shane Perkins, the 2011 keirin champion.

:03:10. > :03:17.Here is Eddie Dawkins from New Zealand. A world champion and

:03:18. > :03:23.Commonwealth champion. The first Malaysian rider to reach an Olympic

:03:24. > :03:26.final, back in 2004, coming fit in the keirin and still going strong.

:03:27. > :03:36.Quincy Alexander from Trinidad and Tobago. And we have mentioned the

:03:37. > :03:43.Canadian this week. He took part in the Sochi Winter Games. And the

:03:44. > :03:48.rider from Barbados. In yellow and blue. And straightaway, Eddie

:03:49. > :03:56.Dawkins. Going to the front in the all Black of New Zealand. Chris

:03:57. > :04:00.Prichard for Scotland. It is good to see him in action. A former

:04:01. > :04:08.motorcyclist. Taking it up at 25. He got knocked off course and quit the

:04:09. > :04:15.sport and sold his bikes. And here he is now in the Commonwealth Games.

:04:16. > :04:18.He will hope to do what John Paul did in the previous round and give

:04:19. > :04:26.the crowd something to really shout about. Get straight through

:04:27. > :04:35.qualification. It really is tough. It is a tough call here for most of

:04:36. > :04:40.these riders. The rider in the middle, Shane Perkins, normally on

:04:41. > :04:46.paper you would say that he is the man to watch. But how is that

:04:47. > :04:51.injury? He has been struggling. Received that if he needed an

:04:52. > :05:00.epidural. -- pretty bad if he needed. Perkins competing in his

:05:01. > :05:01.third Commonwealth Games. He was actually the match sprint

:05:02. > :05:06.third Commonwealth Games. He was actually the champion in Delhi 18

:05:07. > :05:14.years ago. A team sprint. And here he is now. Eddie Dawkins is on the

:05:15. > :05:24.front. Chris Prichard, second in line. And then it is the rider from

:05:25. > :05:32.Barbados. The Australian. The tall rider with white sleeves. Starting

:05:33. > :05:37.to move around now. The bike is preparing to disappear from the

:05:38. > :05:44.track. Perkins wanted to keep himself out of trouble. The rider on

:05:45. > :05:52.the inside, the kiwi, Dawkins, we know that he has got the sheer

:05:53. > :05:55.straight line speed. A good tussle between Dawkins and the ride in the

:05:56. > :05:59.blue on the outside of him. One lap to go. They are going for a long

:06:00. > :06:06.one. Still leading the way. Dawkins is second. Pushing through. Try to

:06:07. > :06:10.find a way through. On the outside for Scotland, Prichard. They are

:06:11. > :06:16.coming towards the line and Prichard is going to get there! He has

:06:17. > :06:26.qualified alongside Eddie Dawkins. Prichard with Dawkins and then Shane

:06:27. > :06:33.Perkins, Alexander and bringing up the rear... Chris Bridg aren't...

:06:34. > :06:43.Goodlad. -- Chris Prichard... Good lad. He got himself on the wheel of

:06:44. > :06:49.Dawkins early on. He got himself in a very good position from the bell.

:06:50. > :06:53.Moving up the track a little bit. And he pushed himself underneath.

:06:54. > :06:58.The rider in the yellow and black. And Prichard had a lot of work to do

:06:59. > :07:02.but he had a wheel to follow. He had to come the long way round. And on

:07:03. > :07:09.this long straight, well, he gave it everything. He took the victory. And

:07:10. > :07:16.it was a nice and clean ride into the next round. Perkins, the

:07:17. > :07:21.Australian, just ran out of legs. The first round, the first four

:07:22. > :07:37.heats and the Scottish riders in the first two in their and avoiding the

:07:38. > :07:42.repeat. -- in their heats. Shane Perkins, very experienced, a former

:07:43. > :07:47.champion. A medal at every level. He got to the front early on like he

:07:48. > :07:51.was in control. With half a lap left, he started to get tied up.

:07:52. > :07:56.Chris Prichard, what a great ride. I spoke to him after the team sprint.

:07:57. > :07:59.He said he was not happy with his performance and was thinking about

:08:00. > :08:07.pulling out all stops he did not know what was wrong with him. --

:08:08. > :08:10.pulling out. It is great to see him bouncing back. When you lose your

:08:11. > :08:14.confidence and you have a poor performance it can hit you. He has

:08:15. > :08:19.shown the best way to come back. That was like an Olympic final. You

:08:20. > :08:24.defeat that level of opponent out there. Shane Perkins. Fantastic.

:08:25. > :08:33.John Paul going through as well. The repeat coming later. The women's

:08:34. > :08:39.sprint is coming up very shortly. On the start line, Jess Varnish. We

:08:40. > :08:43.look forward to seeing her. You do not want to speak to me about

:08:44. > :08:49.keirin! Rob and Simon. Straight under way. This is the best of the

:08:50. > :08:55.three bronze medal ride off in the women's sprint. Jess varnish, aged

:08:56. > :09:00.23, from Worcestershire. Already taking bronze here at the

:09:01. > :09:08.Commonwealth Games. In the 500 metre time trial. And her opponent from

:09:09. > :09:14.Malaysia. Fifth fastest qualifier at the start of the contest. Riding in

:09:15. > :09:28.the London Olympic Games and she is the designated rider in this opening

:09:29. > :09:33.lap. Varnish with a slight advantage from qualification. Slightly quicker

:09:34. > :09:38.than Mustapha. But fairly evenly matched. It comes down to a match

:09:39. > :09:43.sprint and it is all about tactics. Less than one tenth of a second

:09:44. > :09:51.between them in qualification. In terms of speed it should be a good

:09:52. > :09:54.race. Straight line speed. A great English rider here, Varnish. But

:09:55. > :10:25.shoulder to shoulder, it all changes.

:10:26. > :10:30.halfway up the track. -- the rider. She crossed the line in first place,

:10:31. > :10:35.but I imagine she will get relegated for that. Once you're inside the

:10:36. > :10:40.last 200 metres, if you drop below the red line, you cannot come

:10:41. > :10:46.outside it. If you the red line, you cannot come

:10:47. > :10:50.outside it. come out several inches or so, that is one thing, but I am

:10:51. > :10:58.sure we will see here in a minute, there you go. She did not just come

:10:59. > :11:04.out of it, she actually put her hands out, as if to say, I am sorry.

:11:05. > :11:15.Sometimes you just lose control of the bike. Jess Varnish did a good

:11:16. > :11:20.job to stay out of the way. She rolled in behind. That certainly

:11:21. > :11:24.changed the outcome of the race. It looked like Jess Varnish had got

:11:25. > :11:29.herself into a good position. She would have had the height advantage

:11:30. > :11:36.coming up the home straight. There we are, we wait for the official

:11:37. > :11:47.verdict from the commissaire is. -- commissaires. The riders and

:11:48. > :11:57.exchanging brief words. There is still no confirmation as of yet.

:11:58. > :11:59.exchanging brief words. There is That was a little bit of an

:12:00. > :12:03.explanation from Fatehah Mustapa to the team coach. We can tell clearly

:12:04. > :12:11.what Jess Varnish the team coach. We can tell clearly

:12:12. > :12:18.happened there. It has come up as Fatehah Mustapa as the winner. I do

:12:19. > :12:31.not know. It is quite busy down in the centre with the commissaires.

:12:32. > :12:34.There you go. In the meantime, with no change given to that result,

:12:35. > :12:41.Fatehah Mustapa being credited with the first victory. We are now going

:12:42. > :12:46.to the first race in the final, the race for the gold-medal between

:12:47. > :12:53.Stephanie Morton, the gold medallist in the Paralympic games in London in

:12:54. > :13:04.2012 as a tandem pilot, a rising star of this trillions cycling. --

:13:05. > :13:12.Australian. She is up against Anna Meares. She is already assured of an

:13:13. > :13:25.eighth Commonwealth Games gold medal. -- medal. I think this will

:13:26. > :13:33.be a really good final. It does. 0.2 seconds advantage for the rider at

:13:34. > :13:40.the back. But we know that Anna Meares is the best in the business.

:13:41. > :13:48.Madge sprinting, this is what she does, the Olympic champion.

:13:49. > :13:53.Roommates. I bet that was interesting last night,

:13:54. > :13:57.Roommates. I bet that was qualification. They are good friends

:13:58. > :14:05.of the bike, but here, not so much, I guess. The rider on the front is

:14:06. > :14:13.Stephanie Morton. Anna Meares, a picture of concentration, stalking

:14:14. > :14:18.behind her. She is keeping her guessing. Meanwhile, confirmation

:14:19. > :14:35.that Fatehah Mustapa has been disqualified.

:14:36. > :14:44.Stephanie Morton gets it on the line. It was very close. Stephanie

:14:45. > :14:47.Morton beat Anna Meares to the National keirin title in Australia

:14:48. > :15:03.might earlier this year. She draws first blood. -- Australia. Anna

:15:04. > :15:08.Meares waited to make her run. She did it directly off the wheel.

:15:09. > :15:12.Rather than leaving a bike length of distance, to be able to

:15:13. > :15:14.Rather than leaving a bike length of distance, to be able accelerate in

:15:15. > :15:23.the slipstream, she was basically coming off of the wheel. This is

:15:24. > :15:28.where she really started to drive. She had the distance on the track,

:15:29. > :15:33.but she was not able to utilise the slipstream to fill benefit. Even

:15:34. > :15:41.with the long home straight, she was not able to make up the ground.

:15:42. > :15:42.Stephanie Morton has the early lead in the women's sprint. And

:15:43. > :15:49.confirmation in the women's sprint. And

:15:50. > :15:59.has been relegated. Jessica Varnish is 1-0 up. Jess Varnish is leading,

:16:00. > :16:05.1-0. We will start with Jess Varnish. The hand went up from

:16:06. > :16:12.Fatehah Mustapa immediately, recognising her mistake. I think

:16:13. > :16:17.Jess Varnish was upset. It was quite an aggressive move. As soon as you

:16:18. > :16:24.come out of the red line, in the final corner, Fatehah Mustapa knows

:16:25. > :16:27.exactly where she is. Jess Varnish dealt with it well, but that could

:16:28. > :16:32.easily have been a crash and potentially disastrous. Fatehah

:16:33. > :16:38.Mustapa apologises, which is fit enough, but Jess Varnish will be

:16:39. > :16:46.seeing, why did you do it? How easy is it to lose control of the bike?

:16:47. > :16:52.She sort of apologised. You can lose control, but these are skilful

:16:53. > :16:56.riders. If you get pulled over at the end by the commissaires and say,

:16:57. > :17:02.I had the speed wobble, they will not believe that. We were discussing

:17:03. > :17:08.what the speech was to the commissaires when that happens. In

:17:09. > :17:12.the old days, there used to be written appeals. It took so long to

:17:13. > :17:16.make the decision. Now the commissaire will look at the video

:17:17. > :17:21.and that will be the decision when they make it straight away. They

:17:22. > :17:29.realise that Jess Varnish was passing. It affected the result. It

:17:30. > :17:35.was a hook to the right, it was not millimetres. A quick word on the

:17:36. > :17:41.final. Anna Meares looked like she was in the right position. She was

:17:42. > :17:49.pushing on. Stephanie Morton, she was stalking her. It looked like it

:17:50. > :17:53.was playing into Anna Meares' hands. She is normally confident and leaves

:17:54. > :17:58.a gap. I think she may be knows that Stephanie Morton has the gas in the

:17:59. > :18:03.tank. Stephanie Morton Road very well. Lots of people will be

:18:04. > :18:08.surprise, but they should not be, because Stephanie Morton is flying.

:18:09. > :18:16.Next on the track, it will be the tandem. That has provided some of

:18:17. > :18:23.the most exciting moment so far. It is great, it is the first time we

:18:24. > :18:28.have had the Paralympic tandems on the track as a medal event. Fingers

:18:29. > :18:34.crossed we can see another medal for Scotland, and maybe one of the other

:18:35. > :18:39.home nations. Welcome back. Every chance of another medal for

:18:40. > :18:45.Scotland, with Aileen McGlynn. She is a three-time Paralympic gold

:18:46. > :18:52.medallist. Two of those gold medals came in this event. First, we are

:18:53. > :19:08.watching Wales, Rhiannon Henry, piloted by Rachel James, the sister

:19:09. > :19:30.of Becky James. Four collapse of the track. -- four laps. I am joined by

:19:31. > :19:34.Dame Sarah Storey. Rachel James is piloting Rhiannon Henry. Rhiannon

:19:35. > :19:39.Henry is better known for her injuries. It will be brilliant to

:19:40. > :19:49.see how they get on bring together the sprint and injuries. As I was

:19:50. > :19:55.doing research for this, I noticed that Rhiannon Henry has one medals

:19:56. > :20:01.in the swimming pool before turning her attention to cycling. This is

:20:02. > :20:07.where it really starts to hurt. Look at the pain etched on the face of

:20:08. > :20:19.Rachel James. She did everything on those first few laps. -- she gave.

:20:20. > :20:32.They might be a little disappointed with that. Just over a one minute of

:20:33. > :20:40.pure hell on a bike. 1.12 is the time for the tandem from Wales. They

:20:41. > :20:46.were out of the starting gate very quickly. One of Rachel's strengths

:20:47. > :21:02.is the speed of her start. Rhiannon Henry is more used to riding the

:21:03. > :21:07.pursuiter events. -- pursuit. The final lap was very difficult. The

:21:08. > :21:26.head some of the sponges. It is difficult to keep control. -- they

:21:27. > :21:32.hit some. Aileen McGlynn, born in Paisley. She won the silver medal

:21:33. > :21:37.the other day. First of all, we will watch Laura Cluxton for Scotland.

:21:38. > :21:42.She has less than one year's experience of cycling at elite

:21:43. > :21:50.level. She is being piloted by Fiona Duncan. She is very experienced.

:21:51. > :21:59.Fiona Duncan piloted Laura Turner, the fiancee of Neil Fachie. She

:22:00. > :22:03.piloted her in London. They were unlucky. They had the Mechanic or

:22:04. > :22:18.problem in the time trial at brands Hatch. Yes. And they were fourth in

:22:19. > :22:26.the individual pursuit. They were in a good position on the road. There

:22:27. > :22:30.was a sharp right turn, uphill, and the chain got jammed. They spent

:22:31. > :22:37.some time with the coach before the kid finish their right. Fiona Duncan

:22:38. > :22:45.on the front of the tandem. She is from Glasgow, originally. She was

:22:46. > :22:51.introduced to tandem piloting in 2010 after meeting Neil Fachie.

:22:52. > :22:59.Laura Cluxton is from Aberdeen. 2010 after meeting Neil Fachie.

:23:00. > :23:22.is a strong start. Fiona Duncan is more of an injury and is based

:23:23. > :23:25.pilot. -- an endurance based. This has been a big

:23:26. > :23:34.pilot. -- an endurance based. This Laura Cluxton. They are at the

:23:35. > :23:42.halfway mark. The are just over 2.5 seconds outside the time set by the

:23:43. > :23:47.Welsh. It just goes to show how fast the Welsh were. Of course, we saw

:23:48. > :23:52.the Welsh slowdown over the last lap. Will the crowd make a

:23:53. > :23:58.difference? They are getting behind lap. Will the crowd make a

:23:59. > :24:04.the first of two Scottish tandems. It is the new fastest time, by just

:24:05. > :24:15.over .5 seconds. That was hugely impressive. They took 1.1 seconds

:24:16. > :24:24.out of the Welsh tandem in the final half lap. That goes to show how

:24:25. > :24:32.difficult it was for the Welsh pair. But these athletes both have the

:24:33. > :24:43.fantastic and Germans from the road. -- endurance. Real staying power,

:24:44. > :24:49.helping to drive them home. The crowd at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

:24:50. > :24:52.are delighted. There has not been a spare seat in the velodrome

:24:53. > :25:00.throughout the four days of competition. We have seen racing of

:25:01. > :25:06.the highest quality. Some of the best racing has come on the tandems.

:25:07. > :25:16.It is a new addition to the competition schedule. It was an

:25:17. > :25:20.impressive performance by Fiona and Laura. Very coordinated together.

:25:21. > :25:26.They worked well synchronising in the past few months. They are not

:25:27. > :25:33.down into second place, Henry and James by the time of Cluxton. The

:25:34. > :25:46.first of the Australian tandems prepare to go. Felicity Johnson with

:25:47. > :25:48.holly tack cars. She is piloting. We have seen Stephanie Morton this

:25:49. > :25:57.afternoon in the final of the match sprinting. Very impressively getting

:25:58. > :26:00.one up in that best of three final. Stephanie Morton, she was incredible

:26:01. > :26:05.with Felicity Johnson back in London in 2012, getting the world record

:26:06. > :26:10.until Sophie Thornhill and Rachel James took it from them. And in the

:26:11. > :26:15.world Championships in Mexico this year, Felicity, very experienced, a

:26:16. > :26:21.silver medal in Beijing has well with her previous pilot and now

:26:22. > :26:27.working with the young Australian sprinter, Takos. Almost ready to go.

:26:28. > :26:33.On the line, Felicity Johnson, a three-time para- cycling world

:26:34. > :26:43.champion. Very, very experienced competitor. Aged 43 now. Almost

:26:44. > :26:49.ready to go. The first of the Australian tandems are underway.

:26:50. > :26:59.Takos leading the way on the front. Piloting, Felicity Johnson. The time

:27:00. > :27:08.to beat... Set by Laura Cluxton of Scotland. Almost pushing her pilot

:27:09. > :27:15.out of the gate. They are now 1.5 ahead of the Scottish pairing. A

:27:16. > :27:18.good start made by Felicity Johnson. Can they keep it going over the

:27:19. > :27:26.second half of the race as they come up to the halfway mark? 1.5 quicker.

:27:27. > :27:32.Fiona and Laura, very much in the second half of the race, more

:27:33. > :27:38.injuries based. -- injuries faced. They are just starting to feel the

:27:39. > :27:53.pace. -- injuries is. -- injuring based. -- endurance. The lead is

:27:54. > :27:57.being eaten into all the time. Not much into it at all. Just fast

:27:58. > :28:05.enough to get into the lead by just over not when three. -- 0.3. When

:28:06. > :28:11.you are watching the riders and they are slightly mismatched, they are

:28:12. > :28:14.meeting more endurance based riders, you can see the Sprint riders

:28:15. > :28:18.clinging on to the final few hundred metres to try and make sure that

:28:19. > :28:24.they do not waste too much time and lose too much time. She was almost

:28:25. > :28:32.pushing them out, Felicity. Almost bumping into holly, in front of her,

:28:33. > :28:36.piloting that tandem. -- Holly. It is a six tandem field and they are

:28:37. > :28:42.the leaders. We have seen the first three. From Wales, from Scotland and

:28:43. > :28:49.from Australia. And each time has got slightly quicker. It was a very

:28:50. > :28:55.accomplished performance by the Australian pair. Slightly in the

:28:56. > :28:58.shadow of the new kids on the block. The Australian tandem that we will

:28:59. > :29:04.see in a couple of weeks, Felicity using her experience. Making sure

:29:05. > :29:10.they wrote it home safely for the new fastest time. -- bring it home

:29:11. > :29:13.safely. The crowd will cheer in a moment because I think Aileen

:29:14. > :29:19.McGlynn will be next on the track. In her home city. Coming towards the

:29:20. > :29:23.latter stages of her career. A very distinguished career in Paralympic

:29:24. > :29:31.sport. You can see the effort for Felicity Johnson and for Takos.

:29:32. > :29:36.Aileen McGlynn will be piloted by Louise Houston. Here they are.

:29:37. > :29:44.Placed on the track onto the starting gate. By the starter in the

:29:45. > :29:51.kilt. Just getting onto the bike. A silver medallist the other day in a

:29:52. > :29:56.great final involving Scotland. The youngster, Sophie Thornhill,

:29:57. > :30:01.emerging victorious. I wonder if Aileen McGlynn can go one better? It

:30:02. > :30:08.is a tall order. She has got such history in the tandem. Just listen

:30:09. > :30:14.to the roaring from the crowd. This is the third gold medal that she

:30:15. > :30:18.ever won, in Athens, in 2004. First female Paralympic gold medallist in

:30:19. > :30:22.para- cycling. Really leading the way with para- cycling over those

:30:23. > :30:27.years. And as you say she might be coming to the end of her career. It

:30:28. > :30:32.would be a great swansong if she could finish with a gold medal has

:30:33. > :30:49.she started. A four-time world champion, Aileen McGlynn. Louise has

:30:50. > :30:56.to, -- Louise Haston was asked what she thought about it and she said it

:30:57. > :31:00.was pretty terrifying. And away goes Aileen McGlynn with Haston on the

:31:01. > :31:12.front of the tandem. The time to defeat... It looked like a clean

:31:13. > :31:17.start. It is one of the most practised things that they will do.

:31:18. > :31:21.It is so difficult to get that synchronicity. Do not fight against

:31:22. > :31:25.each other. Quickest so far but a long way to go. Formats does not

:31:26. > :31:43.sound like much but it is further than that, when you are out there on

:31:44. > :31:49.the track. -- for lamps. -- -- four. She will be looking to... It is the

:31:50. > :31:56.bell for Scotland and the roar is going up around this arena. 1.5

:31:57. > :32:00.quicker than the best time so far. Everybody is up on their feet for

:32:01. > :32:05.Aileen McGlynn. Sticking to the bottom of the track. Commitment

:32:06. > :32:12.between the pair of them. Up towards the line now. A superb ride their

:32:13. > :32:20.with Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston. What is it about the

:32:21. > :32:24.Scottish tandems? I have got goose bumps. Unbelievable. Such a well

:32:25. > :32:29.paced ride by the Scottish pair. Very composed at the gate. Taking

:32:30. > :32:33.some time out of the Australian tandem. They saved the best until

:32:34. > :32:37.the end. And they have powered through to the line. A couple of

:32:38. > :32:42.seconds quicker than the previous best tandem. Very impressive.

:32:43. > :32:46.Looking good all the way through. They were smooth and cleanly out of

:32:47. > :32:54.the gate and quickly into their stride. Hocking the bottom of the

:32:55. > :33:02.charcoal all the way around. Knocking the kneepads. It was superb

:33:03. > :33:08.riding from the pair of them. Aileen McGlynn, she is very steady on the

:33:09. > :33:11.back. A very smooth peddler. And Louise Hazel worked incredibly hard

:33:12. > :33:18.on making sure the bike is staying at the bottom of the track. Doing a

:33:19. > :33:22.great job of making sure here. Piloting tandems on the road and the

:33:23. > :33:28.track and she used that experience today. A superb time. We have got a

:33:29. > :33:32.couple more tandems left to come. But there is a real threat to the

:33:33. > :33:38.first place. Brandy O'Connor from Australia with Hargraves and Sophie

:33:39. > :33:41.Thornhill from England, piloted by Helen Scott, still to come out on

:33:42. > :33:47.the track. They will be puffing and blowing for some time as they

:33:48. > :33:52.recover, the Scottish pair. Interesting what times were set in

:33:53. > :33:59.April and 1800 metres. In Mexico. And although the record stands at

:34:00. > :34:06.105.912, that altitude meant that the records were much quicker.

:34:07. > :34:07.109.7, the Scottish pair, they are delighted because that is a superb

:34:08. > :34:15.time at sea level. Anything delighted because that is a superb

:34:16. > :34:18.underneath 1.10, in the past years and world championships and that

:34:19. > :34:23.time, it could be good enough to win. Louise is absolutely in debts.

:34:24. > :34:25.She can hardly raise her arms acknowledging the crowd, she is so

:34:26. > :34:30.tired. -- in bits and pieces. acknowledging the crowd, she is so

:34:31. > :34:40.tired. -- in bits There has been a loss to applaud in the last couple

:34:41. > :34:45.of days. -- a lot. Right at the start of the contest, going into the

:34:46. > :34:51.Sprint, and now, Brandy from Australia and Rhianna is a pilot.

:34:52. > :34:56.She started competing four years ago. A former national team rower

:34:57. > :34:57.for the Australians. A silver medallist in the world Championships

:34:58. > :35:12.this year. And away they go. The new best time

:35:13. > :35:20.is 1.977. Set by the Scottish pair. They have got four laps. Getting

:35:21. > :35:26.themselves onto the pace. Settling down. Into the back of the track.

:35:27. > :35:34.And the pilot will get onto the skis as they complete one. A couple of

:35:35. > :35:38.tenths of one second slower. A slight wobble going around the back

:35:39. > :35:44.and they have lost a couple of ten as a result. They do not look as

:35:45. > :35:48.composed as the pair before them. The pilot is rocking and rolling

:35:49. > :35:54.already a little bit at the front of the bike and only half distance.

:35:55. > :35:58.Gaining three quarters of a second. Almost three quarters of a second

:35:59. > :36:03.down. Let's have a look at the distance. 0.8. Going further round.

:36:04. > :36:07.Unless it is distance. 0.8. Going further round.

:36:08. > :36:12.final lap, it looks like Aileen McGlynn will remain in the lead with

:36:13. > :36:15.just one tandem left. We will see what happens here has this

:36:16. > :36:26.Australian tandem comes up to the line. They gave it everything. Good

:36:27. > :36:31.enough for second place. Slower than the Scottish tandem with Aileen

:36:32. > :36:37.McGlynn. They are still recovering from that right. You can see the

:36:38. > :36:41.difference in the composure of the Australians compared to the

:36:42. > :36:46.composure of the Scottish pairing. They were losing their form. Losing

:36:47. > :36:49.their aerodynamic position on the front of the bike with the more

:36:50. > :36:59.fatigued they felt as the laps continued. That cold in the final

:37:00. > :37:04.time. 1.75. -- that told. It will guarantee them bronze, definitely.

:37:05. > :37:08.You can see, never mind pure speed, I suppose that was a result, but

:37:09. > :37:17.technically not as good as the Scottish pair that was just going a

:37:18. > :37:20.couple of minutes before. The Australians were much closer to the

:37:21. > :37:25.red line. Travelling much further up. That meant that they would have

:37:26. > :37:33.done much more than one kilometre. One tandem left. Amy McGlynn --

:37:34. > :37:39.Aileen McGlynn leading the way. Helen Scott will be the pilot. Do

:37:40. > :37:47.you think they are the favourites? Just as she was in the Sprint

:37:48. > :37:52.final? It is a nervous wait in the velodrome. They are on form. They

:37:53. > :37:58.qualified very well in the sprint contest on Thursday. They are

:37:59. > :38:01.probably edging as favourites. But this crowd are absolutely impatient

:38:02. > :38:07.to see another gold medal. You can she she is being congratulated by

:38:08. > :38:11.her team-mates. -- you can see. She is warming down. Helen Scott is

:38:12. > :38:17.waiting to get up to the front of the bike. Impressive in the sprint

:38:18. > :38:22.contest on the front of that tandem. She was clearly very focused. She

:38:23. > :38:27.was very decisive in what she did out on the track. She is a superb

:38:28. > :38:33.tandem sprint pilot. Very experienced. Very decisive. She has

:38:34. > :38:39.got some cheeky moves. Nipping inside in the final. Sophie and her

:38:40. > :38:45.heart a very good partnership together. Sophie Thornhill, looking

:38:46. > :38:51.ahead, to Rio de Janeiro in a couple of years time. She is already had 18

:38:52. > :38:56.hey double world champion and a time trial world record-holder. -- double

:38:57. > :39:01.world champion. She would normally partner Rachel James and that was

:39:02. > :39:07.the case earlier this year. Some trials back in January this year.

:39:08. > :39:13.Going head-to-head with Helen Scott. Rachel James chosen ahead of Scott

:39:14. > :39:16.on that occasion. But Helen and Sophie since the championship have

:39:17. > :39:22.worked as a partnership and we will see what the fruits of that Labour

:39:23. > :39:35.are. The final ride of the tandem time trial for the women... 1.09771

:39:36. > :39:40.is the time to beat. The time is underway. Helen Scott in the front

:39:41. > :39:41.of the tandem, out of the saddle as they get on the top of the gears and

:39:42. > :39:47.start powering around the they get on the top of the gears and

:39:48. > :39:54.the track. Helen Anne Sophie will know that set by the Scottish pair

:39:55. > :40:00.is incredibly good. No foregone conclusion they will go quicker.

:40:01. > :40:08.This is flying at the moment. 375 metres, well over one seconds up. At

:40:09. > :40:14.the halfway mark, 1.45 quicker. Reaching top speed in the second

:40:15. > :40:18.lap. This is where they have got to try and cling onto that speed and

:40:19. > :40:24.take it home in the final lap. They have got the speed but can they hang

:40:25. > :40:28.on in the final 250 metres? It should be a last lap for glory. A

:40:29. > :40:33.second gold medal of these games for the English tandem. Up towards the

:40:34. > :40:38.line they come. Around the back will stop one final time. It really

:40:39. > :40:53.hurts. But the time is really good...

:40:54. > :41:01.the Sophie Thornhill, piloted by Helen Scott. That was a superb ride

:41:02. > :41:07.by the English pair. Helen Scott shaking her head. I do not think

:41:08. > :41:14.they can believe how fast they went. 1.08 is an incredible time at

:41:15. > :41:19.sea level. It was a stunning ride. They were well up on the Times said

:41:20. > :41:26.by the Scottish tandem, right from the first time check. There was

:41:27. > :41:32.never any doubt about it. Sophie Thornhill is a star of para-

:41:33. > :41:35.cycling. Superbly executed start by the English pair. Those first few

:41:36. > :41:41.rounds, trying to get the heavy tandem up to speed, really take it

:41:42. > :41:45.out of the legs. They have worked hard on that aspect of their

:41:46. > :41:51.training. With the intervals they have done, they were able to bring

:41:52. > :42:02.it home strongly. Focusing on the finish line as they came up to

:42:03. > :42:14.complete the colonic. -- the kilometre. It was a great battle.

:42:15. > :42:18.The English track coach celebrating. Soon the riders will be extricated

:42:19. > :42:25.from the tandem and they can begin there are celebrations. Sophie

:42:26. > :42:30.Thornhill, with the gold medal for England. Aileen McGlynn with the

:42:31. > :42:39.silver medal. And Brandy O'Connor for Australia.

:42:40. > :42:43.When someone lays down a fast time, it is a horrible position to be in?

:42:44. > :42:53.It is. In many ways, it adds more pressure. Particularly with the time

:42:54. > :42:56.that the Scottish tandem set. They clearly focused on their

:42:57. > :43:06.performance. That was a really great ride. There are two traps you can

:43:07. > :43:10.fall into. You can either attack too hard, you are concerned you can

:43:11. > :43:13.either attack too hard, you're concerned so you go out like a

:43:14. > :43:19.scalded cat and UK love towards the end. Or you think, I do not want to

:43:20. > :43:23.kill off at the end, so your Conservative vote of the day trying

:43:24. > :43:33.to conserve energy. You never reach top speed and you lose lots of time.

:43:34. > :43:35.Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott, that strength of mind, they were

:43:36. > :43:41.able to stay in the zone. that strength of mind, they were

:43:42. > :43:46.not worry about what Aileen McGlynn had done. That was impressive for a

:43:47. > :43:51.young athlete. Yes, the early world record holders, but that was set at

:43:52. > :43:58.high altitude. But this was at sea level. They held a good line around

:43:59. > :44:03.the bottom of the track. They did not hit the sponges. It was a

:44:04. > :44:08.faultless performance. Aileen McGlynn, getting towards the end of

:44:09. > :44:11.her career, she can hold her head high from that performance. Yes,

:44:12. > :44:16.they committed, they left nothing. high from that performance. Yes,

:44:17. > :44:19.they committed, they They left nothing behind. They give it

:44:20. > :44:24.everything they could. I think they will be pleased with the silver

:44:25. > :44:29.medal. Let's go and speak to them. I think

:44:30. > :44:36.you can see how much effort went into winning that gold medal. We

:44:37. > :44:40.have worked so hard for that one. It all came together today. I knew it

:44:41. > :44:45.from the very first revolution. But I had no idea we would go that fast.

:44:46. > :44:49.It was a fantastic effort, I great time. What did you think when you

:44:50. > :44:55.heard the time the Scottish girls had bid. I had no idea. We knew they

:44:56. > :45:01.were going to be quick from the sprint the other day. The just get

:45:02. > :45:06.on the bike and go through the process, we have worked so hard for

:45:07. > :45:11.this, long hours on the track, heavy sessions in the gymnasium. Double

:45:12. > :45:19.Commonwealth Games champion. That sounds pretty special?

:45:20. > :45:19.Commonwealth Games champion. That awesome. And the think this might

:45:20. > :45:28.not be in the Commonwealth Games again. Hopefully it will. It means

:45:29. > :45:34.so much. I know you're in pain at the moment, but it does not hurt so

:45:35. > :45:39.much when you win gold medal? Yes, like you say, we did a few victory

:45:40. > :45:46.laps, and it was a help to know that we had won it. I am going to lie

:45:47. > :45:57.down for a while. To make gold medals for Helen and

:45:58. > :46:10.Sophie. Now we have the repechage for the keirin.

:46:11. > :46:28.We will have 12 riders through for the second round. Simon Van

:46:29. > :46:31.Velthooven is in this repechage. He is the Olympic bronze medallist,

:46:32. > :46:38.that race won by Sir Chris Hoy in London. Shane Perkins from Australia

:46:39. > :46:47.is on the outside. Alan Baby from India is in the field as well. Four

:46:48. > :46:52.riders in the field. Van Velthooven, the New Zealand rider,

:46:53. > :47:00.he is certainly smarting about that he is trying to come back through

:47:01. > :47:05.the repechage. He will be the rider to watch, billing in mind the way

:47:06. > :47:12.that Perkins looked in the opening qualification. -- bearing in mind. I

:47:13. > :47:21.think he is struggling with his back injury. Shane Perkins, not at his

:47:22. > :47:25.think he is struggling with his back best. But he is still in with a

:47:26. > :47:30.chance. If you were watching earlier, you would have seen just

:47:31. > :47:51.since Philip not been able to take his place in the first round. He had

:47:52. > :48:01.a problem with his pedal. -- Njisane Phillip. He has been allowed to take

:48:02. > :48:06.part in the repechage. I think that is a good decision by the

:48:07. > :48:21.commissaires. He is back in the repechage, with fresh legs. It is

:48:22. > :48:29.good for the competition. Muhammad Yunos is in second place. Bringing

:48:30. > :48:34.up the rear, Alan Baby from India. We are not expecting him to feature

:48:35. > :48:43.at the end of the race. The derny is slowly increasing its pace. This is

:48:44. > :48:50.the smallest repechage. There are only four riders here. The next will

:48:51. > :48:57.have five. Position is not quite so critical, but it is the first cross,

:48:58. > :49:03.back into the competition proper. Van Velthooven is on the front.

:49:04. > :49:08.Muhammad Yunos in behind. The rider from India in the blue. He is trying

:49:09. > :49:11.to get into the action at the front of the race. The sprint begins the

:49:12. > :49:40.wind-up. Shane Perkins, coasting over the

:49:41. > :49:47.line in first place. Van Velthooven was third. Muhammad Yunos was in

:49:48. > :49:52.second place. Real disappointment for Van Velthooven. He has had an

:49:53. > :49:57.excellent campaign on the track in Glasgow, but Shane Perkins goes

:49:58. > :50:06.through. The Kiwi rider had nothing whatsoever when he had taken up his

:50:07. > :50:11.full sprint. It was Shane Perkins. The injury did not seem to affect

:50:12. > :50:16.him there. He positioned himself well, but physically he was very

:50:17. > :50:22.good. He was coasting as he came over the line. Shane Perkins,

:50:23. > :50:30.joining those already through in the first round of the keirin. He is

:50:31. > :50:34.through to the second round. There is confirmation of the official

:50:35. > :50:43.result. Shane Perkins ahead of Muhammad Yunos. Van Velthooven was

:50:44. > :50:46.well beaten in third place. There is Shane Perkins. Perhaps not troubled

:50:47. > :50:51.so much by the back injury which has required so many injections over the

:50:52. > :51:01.last month. Things are starting to improve for him at the right time.

:51:02. > :51:11.We are getting ready for the second Tour shared in the first-round

:51:12. > :51:30.repechage the keirin. -- the second heat. Five riders in this heat,

:51:31. > :51:38.unlike the first one. Javed Mounter from Barbados is there. There is

:51:39. > :52:06.Kian Emadi. India are represented once more. Allergy 90. Dealers Lewis

:52:07. > :52:12.Oliva. -- Amarjit Nagi. Kian Emadi was the third man in the team

:52:13. > :52:24.sprint. He had all the work to do. What has he got left in his legs? He

:52:25. > :52:30.does have endurance, for a sprinter. Siena Maddy goes to the front. He

:52:31. > :52:35.wants to keep himself out of trouble. It is the first rider

:52:36. > :52:36.across the line. You cannot afford to coast behind the rider in front

:52:37. > :53:22.of you. The speed is slowly increasing. Only

:53:23. > :53:31.one rider goes through. Everyone else is out. This is the last chance

:53:32. > :53:36.saloon. Five laps to go. All the riders are still nice and tight. I

:53:37. > :53:47.think we will see riders start to open up gaps. Kian Emadi, just

:53:48. > :53:50.dropping away from the derny. He is trying to give himself breathing

:53:51. > :53:55.space so he does not have riders coming over the top of him. One of

:53:56. > :54:07.the riders from the back is trying to come over. Amarjit Nagi is coming

:54:08. > :54:18.up into second place. to come over. Amarjit Nagi is coming

:54:19. > :54:49.up Amarjit Nagi alongside Kian Emadi.

:54:50. > :54:59.Hugo Barrette, bursting for work, timed it to perfection. Hugo

:55:00. > :55:08.Barrette, of Canada, wins the repechage. I have to say, with 1.5

:55:09. > :55:17.laps to go, I thought it would go to the Welsh rider, Lewis Oliva. But

:55:18. > :55:29.the Canadians seem to come from nowhere. Hugo Barrette joins Shane

:55:30. > :55:37.Perkins firm -- from the repechage. The next race will be a good one.

:55:38. > :55:43.Disappointment there for the British riders. You pointed out that when

:55:44. > :55:49.Lewis Oliva came over the top, he should have kept going. Yes, he had

:55:50. > :55:55.all the momentum, and he needed to carry it through. He decided to back

:55:56. > :56:01.off a little bit and follow Kian Emadi's wheel. But the Canadian was

:56:02. > :56:07.sitting on the real the whole time. He capitalised on that and came

:56:08. > :56:16.round all three of them. Lewis Oliva's big chance was to go all or

:56:17. > :56:24.nothing. Amarjit Nagi did not have the legs to hold on. How do you

:56:25. > :56:30.think Kian Emadi is doing, he has stepped in as man's three in the

:56:31. > :56:39.sprint? I think he is a massive talent. You can see is right for the

:56:40. > :56:46.longer springs. He has a great future ahead of him, but sadly not

:56:47. > :56:52.today. Jason Kenny did it in the repechage in the individual sprint.

:56:53. > :56:59.Can he do it in the keirin? He always likes to make things

:57:00. > :57:03.difficult, Jason Kenny. He got all the way to the final of the men's

:57:04. > :57:15.sprint before losing to Sam Webster of New Zealand. Anthony is a former

:57:16. > :57:19.world champion. -- Matt Crampton is a former world champion. Quincy

:57:20. > :57:27.Alexander from Trinidad and Tobago in the centre of the picture. We're

:57:28. > :57:30.almost ready to go. Hugo Barrette is through for those who are qualified

:57:31. > :57:33.for what is effectively the semifinals of the keirin, and heat

:57:34. > :57:38.three in the repechage is a few seconds away. We can see the little

:57:39. > :57:46.bike winding array round the bank. -- its way. With two English riders

:57:47. > :57:46.in the heat, have they got a game plan? What

:57:47. > :57:58.in the heat, have they got a game possible they could have, and quite

:57:59. > :58:18.possible that they might have left it too late. May the best man win.

:58:19. > :58:25.Kenny picking up the silver in the team sprint. He in the team sprint.

:58:26. > :58:34.Qian. Posted a good time -- Qian and Maddie was part of that and posted a

:58:35. > :58:40.good time. -- Kian Emadi. Callum Skinner, then number 32, Matt

:58:41. > :58:47.Crampton, and Jason Kenny with the union flag on the top. Then Quincy

:58:48. > :58:53.Alexander and the rider from Ghana at the back. I don't know what

:58:54. > :58:59.happened, he seemed to flick up the track and look at his bike. Not

:59:00. > :59:07.quite in full control, but the man in control at the moment is Skinner

:59:08. > :59:42.and has put himself in the hot seat. The two English riders lining up.

:59:43. > :59:51.It is cramped and who has taken up the lead. They are watching Jason

:59:52. > :59:54.Kenny on the track. Skinner decides it's time to make a move as Kenny

:59:55. > :00:00.goes around the outside. They did not want to get boxed in. Round

:00:01. > :00:03.they, and they will take the bed -- Ben. The English pair with a nice

:00:04. > :00:09.clear line, leading the way with a gap ahead of Matt Crampton. Skinner

:00:10. > :00:12.trying to get on to level terms, Quincy Alexander hanging on to the

:00:13. > :00:17.coat-tails. Jason Kenny all the way, and no it's not, pipped on the

:00:18. > :00:19.line by Matt Crampton. Kenny was leading all the way and looking so

:00:20. > :00:24.comfortable, but a great ride from Matt Crampton who found a little

:00:25. > :00:31.burst of speed as he came down the finishing straight. You could tell

:00:32. > :00:37.the momentum was with Matt Crampton and he won it by one wheel. The long

:00:38. > :00:45.home straight is giving the second rider. That man there, Kenny, he did

:00:46. > :00:46.all the work, and did a massive turn, but ultimately ran out of

:00:47. > :00:58.legs. Well, not this time the Jason Kenny.

:00:59. > :01:02.No, he committed and put his foot to the floor. Matt was very patient and

:01:03. > :01:07.allow the slight gap to appear and then he used the slipstream. Jason

:01:08. > :01:21.was just starting to tire. He sees Matt coming up and he did not launch

:01:22. > :01:26.properly. He just ran out of steam. She has a lot of experience in the

:01:27. > :01:30.keirin, and hopefully we will see him in the final -- he has a lot of

:01:31. > :01:35.experience. Jason going early and running out of legs. He had to go

:01:36. > :01:40.then. If you're at the back, you won't get through. They had to make

:01:41. > :01:45.the move and committed but did not leave enough time in the last 500

:01:46. > :01:53.metres. Great performance from Matthew Crampton, and confirmation

:01:54. > :01:56.of the repechage, he number three, and he will progress to the

:01:57. > :02:01.semifinals. There is one more heat to go. Back to Simon and Rob.

:02:02. > :02:10.Fourth and final repechage in the keirin. Njisane Phillip could not

:02:11. > :02:14.take part in the first round because he had a problem with getting his

:02:15. > :02:22.feet into the pedals is now able to ride in the repechage. The defending

:02:23. > :02:27.champion who won in Delhi looks quite happy even though he is stuck

:02:28. > :02:36.in the repechage. There is Joe blotchy -- Celozzi -- Joe Biloxi.

:02:37. > :02:41.Our and also the Canadian champion over a thousand metres on two

:02:42. > :02:50.wheels. There is Njisane Phillip nearest the camera. The journey is

:02:51. > :02:57.on its way. Last place in the next round up for grabs. All or nothing

:02:58. > :03:10.for these riders. Certainly the rider at the top, he is revved up to

:03:11. > :03:15.go, Josiah Ng. Always a really physical rider in these keirin

:03:16. > :03:27.contests, not just in the forward line. He has bags of experience,

:03:28. > :03:31.Josiah Ng. Got to the Olympic final in 2004, the first Malaysians to

:03:32. > :03:37.reach Olympic final on two wheels, and there is the Indian, Amrit Singh

:03:38. > :03:43.with the back wheel. The Canadian second in the line with Njisane

:03:44. > :03:56.Phillip in third. Just sign and is loitering at the back. -- Josiah

:03:57. > :04:02.Ng. Joe Veloce wearing the white crash helmet a bit further back.

:04:03. > :04:07.More of an aerodynamic helmet with a built-in buys all. A lot of the

:04:08. > :04:14.riders going to that -- with a built-in visor. Josiah Ng also going

:04:15. > :04:24.for the aerodynamic option. Speed increasing all the while, and

:04:25. > :04:30.the sprint for the line is not too far away. The Indian riders have

:04:31. > :04:36.done everything they can to get to the front and be involved in the

:04:37. > :04:51.sprint as long as possible, but they've not had the staying power.

:04:52. > :05:03.Certainly not holding back. Amrit Singh has the hot seat with two and

:05:04. > :05:06.a half laps to go. Veloce is there, and Josiah Ng still at the back.

:05:07. > :05:15.Njisane Phillip going round the outside. Philip in second place for

:05:16. > :05:21.Trinidad and Tobago. Keeping an eye on Veloce. Around the outside comes

:05:22. > :05:25.Josiah Ng, in defence of his title. Philip just momentarily lost his way

:05:26. > :05:30.and he is boxed in and he can't compete in the sprint finish. Just

:05:31. > :05:38.sigh and comes up towards the line. Josiah Ng takes the win and goes

:05:39. > :05:42.through, second place Veloce, Philip in fourth, and the final place in

:05:43. > :05:45.the second round of the men's keirin goes to the defending champion,

:05:46. > :05:53.Josiah Ng from Malaysia. That is the repechage done and

:05:54. > :05:57.dusted with Matt Crampton going through, but unfortunately at the

:05:58. > :06:01.expense of Jason Kenny and the semifinals coming later. We will

:06:02. > :06:05.build up now to the women's sprint second races. Earlier we saw Jess

:06:06. > :06:10.Varnish go up against Mustapa but through a relegation. I think Jess

:06:11. > :06:16.was going to win the match. She was coming past with more momentum, and

:06:17. > :06:19.then Mustapa came outside of the ride, as we see. At the back

:06:20. > :06:25.straight, just on the Red Line, which is fine, but right here, turns

:06:26. > :06:29.right, takes Jess up the track and it's clearly impeding her progress,

:06:30. > :06:35.and she acknowledged it. She takes her hand of the bars to apologise,

:06:36. > :06:39.and that is good sporting behaviour, but she should not really have done

:06:40. > :06:43.it in the first place. We have watched Mustapa through the heats

:06:44. > :06:51.and she is a canny rider. She reminds me a lot of her compatriot,

:06:52. > :06:56.she races at a level beyond her speed. Sometimes you can win with

:06:57. > :06:59.the tactics and the crafty riding, but sometimes the pure speed will

:07:00. > :07:03.win and she has got to the last ball which is a massive achievement, one

:07:04. > :07:07.of the best results she has ever had. I think she has been a little

:07:08. > :07:13.bit outclassed by Jess varnish for pace. -- Jess Varnish. I think a

:07:14. > :07:18.bronze medal would be a good performance for Jess and help are

:07:19. > :07:23.billed to Rio after her disappointments in 2012 -- help are

:07:24. > :07:26.billed. It would be good to see her after the injuries she has had. She

:07:27. > :07:29.would be delighted, so fingers crossed that the second race goes

:07:30. > :07:33.well and she crosses the finish line to win rather than the relegation.

:07:34. > :07:37.They are on the track. Back to you, Simon and Rob.

:07:38. > :07:45.Here we go, second ride in the best-of-3 race for the bronze. The,

:07:46. > :07:51.says making the correct decision in real estate -- relegating Mustapa

:07:52. > :07:57.from the first right -- ride. And Jess Varnish with the chance to win

:07:58. > :08:03.what would be her second bronze medal of the Commonwealth Games

:08:04. > :08:12.having taken bronze in the 500 metres time trial, the race won by

:08:13. > :08:19.Anna Meares. Adriano as Chris said, Mustapa knew what she had done wrong

:08:20. > :08:23.-- as Chris said. She just let her conversation -- concentration go and

:08:24. > :08:29.she came right up outside of the Red Line and did not mean to do it

:08:30. > :08:32.intentionally. Then she put her hands out and looked over her

:08:33. > :08:39.shoulders of if to say, sorry, it was not intentional. But quite

:08:40. > :08:51.rightly the officials having no option. It did, I feel, change the

:08:52. > :08:57.outcome of the race. Mustapa slowly following Varnish on the track on

:08:58. > :09:02.this first lap. The Asian champion in the sprint and keirin. She rode

:09:03. > :09:09.at London 2012 and was 15th in the keirin. Jess Varnish with less than

:09:10. > :09:15.that -- happy memories in the London games with Victoria Pendleton

:09:16. > :09:20.disqualified in the team sprint. That was her game is done and

:09:21. > :09:29.dusted. Victoria Pendleton had other opportunities and claimed a gold and

:09:30. > :09:31.silver medal. Mustapa has the height advantage but Jess Varnish has

:09:32. > :09:35.distanced coming through to the bell. She is in a good position and

:09:36. > :09:39.having a look around and the sprint is on between them. Mustapa will

:09:40. > :09:45.have to go around the outside. Varnish getting a bit more speed.

:09:46. > :09:50.Holding off the opponent. Into the finishing straight. Too fast, too

:09:51. > :09:53.good, bronze for England and Jess Varnish, the 23-year-old from

:09:54. > :09:59.Worcestershire. Her second medal of the game. She takes bronze in the

:10:00. > :10:06.women's sprint. Very competent ride. She took the control from the

:10:07. > :10:10.front. Did not allow her to get level, kept her in behind, and then

:10:11. > :10:40.she had the strength and speed all the way of the finish. This is where

:10:41. > :10:46.Jess Varnish opens up. A Not bad afternoon with the English camp with

:10:47. > :10:49.the medal so far. Now the sprint bronze medal in the bag for Jess

:10:50. > :10:57.Varnish. The first of the medals sorted out. And the next race on the

:10:58. > :11:03.track will be the final itself, the second race. It is the all

:11:04. > :11:06.Australian matchup between Stephanie Morton, the rising star, and Anna

:11:07. > :11:11.Meares, the golden girl of Australian cycling, she was the flag

:11:12. > :11:18.bearer for Australia at Celtic Park in the opening ceremony, but she has

:11:19. > :11:27.to win the race otherwise Stephanie Morton will be the new Commonwealth

:11:28. > :11:31.champion. This will be an upset if the riders knew differently. They

:11:32. > :11:40.have been training together in the months leading up to the

:11:41. > :11:41.competition. Anna Meares is a five-time Commonwealth champion and

:11:42. > :11:48.the defending champion in this event. Twice a gold medallist in the

:11:49. > :11:54.Olympic Games. But she is in a corner here. Against Stephanie

:11:55. > :12:06.Morton, can she take it to a third ride, or will Stephanie Morton seal

:12:07. > :12:15.the deal? The pressure is all on Anna Meares. They are just tracking

:12:16. > :12:22.each other. Anna Meares is up by the fans. Steph Morton is not taking her

:12:23. > :12:24.eyes off her opponent. Just a little dive down the track from Anna Meares

:12:25. > :12:49.to increase the speed. Anna Meares does not have an off the

:12:50. > :13:00.challenge. The Commonwealth title changes hands. Steph Morton, she can

:13:01. > :13:05.hardly believe it. She is never sprint champion at the Commonwealth

:13:06. > :13:10.Games. She has beating the great Anna Meares ends straight rides in

:13:11. > :13:16.the final. The most surprising thing about that final ride was that it

:13:17. > :13:21.was completely no match at all. Anna Meares did not even get close to

:13:22. > :13:28.Steph Morton. In the previous ride, she was too tight on the wheel of

:13:29. > :13:34.Morton. Here, she just allowed a bit too much. A compromise between the

:13:35. > :13:42.two would be better. In straight rides, boast of -- both of the

:13:43. > :13:48.medals are sorted out. Stephanie Morton is the new Commonwealth Games

:13:49. > :13:53.sprint champion. Congratulations on the medal, but I

:13:54. > :13:59.am going to ask you about the final. That was a very impressive ride from

:14:00. > :14:05.Steph Morton. It was fantastic. I am surprised by how well she is going.

:14:06. > :14:10.To put someone like Anna Meares away like that and make it look easy, it

:14:11. > :14:17.is very impressive. Award down your medal. You have had a good Games? I

:14:18. > :14:21.am really happy, to come away with the bronze medal in the sprint

:14:22. > :14:26.competition is probably my best achievement. I was beaten by Anna

:14:27. > :14:33.Meares in the semifinals yesterday, but to be victorious today, it is

:14:34. > :14:37.related. It is good for the head. I did bit of bike handling in the

:14:38. > :14:47.first ride. The Malaysian rider came right out. Yes, she elbowed me out

:14:48. > :14:52.of the way. You're supposed to stay below the red line. If you come out

:14:53. > :15:08.by a couple of centimetres, you will get relegated. She came out by more

:15:09. > :15:22.like 50 centimetres well done. -- 50 centimetres. Well done. You can

:15:23. > :15:28.never underestimate Anna Meares. Clearly Steph Morton had the pace,

:15:29. > :15:31.but she still had to execute it. She rode really well to stop Anna Meares

:15:32. > :15:40.from executing any of her little tricks. Steph Morton Road run race

:15:41. > :15:47.and to control. Get prepared for fast and frantic. It is the points

:15:48. > :15:59.race. This is over 25 kilometres, 100 laps. This is not easy to

:16:00. > :16:07.follow. It is not, but it is slightly easier to follow than the

:16:08. > :16:12.madison version of this race. It will be really interesting to see

:16:13. > :16:19.how this pans out. Will teams work for one rider, or will it be every

:16:20. > :16:26.woman for herself. Annette Edmondson and Amy Cure both in this race. The

:16:27. > :16:30.ride by Amy Cure in the scratch race was phenomenal. She sat on the

:16:31. > :16:34.front, driving the race so that Annette Edmondson could win the gold

:16:35. > :16:42.medal. She still hung on to the gold-medal -- the silver medal.

:16:43. > :16:49.Looking down at the Scots, they are desperate for a medal from this.

:16:50. > :16:54.Katie Archibald. Katie Archibald has ridden very aggressively, without

:16:55. > :17:03.the rewards so far. She is an incredible rider. She has had a

:17:04. > :17:09.great season on the road. All-round, she is a very good rider. The points

:17:10. > :17:20.race really suits her. She has been in France, riding and on the event

:17:21. > :17:29.against Laura Trott. -- an omnium event against. Let's go back to the

:17:30. > :17:42.commentary team. We are underway. We have a very

:17:43. > :17:57.strong field. Annette Edmondson and Amy Cure from Australia. The 1-2 in

:17:58. > :18:03.the scratch race yesterday. Lydia Boylan is going for Northern

:18:04. > :18:07.Ireland. Katie Archibald, Charline Joiner and Eileen Roe, the newly

:18:08. > :18:14.crowned British circuit race champion, racing for Scotland.

:18:15. > :18:29.Hayley Jones, Elinor Barker and Amy Roberts for Wales. 100 laps of the

:18:30. > :18:35.track. Points are five, three, two and won on the line. Or it is 20

:18:36. > :18:40.points for one lap game. Do you to wait the sprints, or did you guide

:18:41. > :18:52.your time and wait for attacks to go? Do you try and take Akers --

:18:53. > :18:59.take a lap. The riders that do not have a big sprint generally want to

:19:00. > :19:04.go for laps. You need to have a good nose for the race. No matter how

:19:05. > :19:10.good you are, you only have so much energy in the tank. You cannot

:19:11. > :19:16.possibly follow every single move. You need to pick your moments. There

:19:17. > :19:22.is a certain amount of luck. But you make your own luck as well. You have

:19:23. > :19:27.to be careful. Often a rider will come into a race like this with a

:19:28. > :19:32.game plan. Jo Rowsell, the English rider, takes it up at the front.

:19:33. > :19:38.During the race, things will happen that you do not necessarily like.

:19:39. > :19:46.You do have to think on your feet. You have to be flexible. Riders

:19:47. > :19:53.coming through. Five laps into the race. Amy Cure is the world points

:19:54. > :20:02.race champion. She won that in Colombia in the back end of

:20:03. > :20:07.February. We are just four laps away from the first sprint. Katie

:20:08. > :20:12.Archibald is coming to the front for the first time. This is her first

:20:13. > :20:22.Commonwealth Games. She has been fourth in the individual pursuit,

:20:23. > :20:29.and she was fifth in the scratch race yesterday. Eileen Roe on the

:20:30. > :20:36.front, she swings up as Jo Rowsell from England takes it up. A

:20:37. > :20:54.noticeable increase in the pace from Jo Rowsell. She won the individual

:20:55. > :20:58.pursuit title. She has led for over. You get the feeling that she could

:20:59. > :21:01.sit there all day. Jo Rowsell certainly will not want to get

:21:02. > :21:20.involved in the sprint, but she is doing the lead out.

:21:21. > :21:29.Annette Edmondson takes five. Melissa Hoskins takes second place.

:21:30. > :21:40.Then it is a photo finish between Rushlee Buchanan and Laura Trott. I

:21:41. > :21:45.think we are expecting the Australians to work as a team, yet

:21:46. > :21:55.again. They did it in the scratch race. Laura Trott scoring one point,

:21:56. > :22:00.but it was a fairly easy one point. She was able to follow in the

:22:01. > :22:04.slipstream. It is all about chipping away. If you make one big effort,

:22:05. > :22:21.you really throw yourself upside down. Laura Brown from Canada on the

:22:22. > :22:22.front. She took the points in the World Cup event that was held in the

:22:23. > :22:47.UK earlier this year. Melissa Hoskins on the front

:22:48. > :22:53.forestry area. She is handing over to Laura Brown. She has her

:22:54. > :23:01.team-mates around her. The pace is not too high at the moment. It is

:23:02. > :23:06.still very early in this race. Charline Joiner on the front for

:23:07. > :23:10.Scotland. She is a Commonwealth Games silver medallist from four

:23:11. > :23:16.years ago. Katie Archibald once more. She is the Scottish rider with

:23:17. > :23:22.the white helmet and the black line down the middle. Katie Archibald is

:23:23. > :23:28.licking the line made this race. It is the only way that she knows how

:23:29. > :23:37.to race. She does not like to follow the wheels. I am looking forward to

:23:38. > :23:40.seeing her ripping it up later. Annette Edmondson of Australia

:23:41. > :23:46.leading the way, having won the first sprint. At the front at the

:23:47. > :24:03.moment, Georgia Williams from New Zealand. 20 years of age. Never

:24:04. > :24:10.first look at Elinor Barker. -- now our first look. New Zealand are

:24:11. > :24:32.doing a good job. Elinor Barker is going to take the

:24:33. > :24:41.five points ahead of Lauren Ellis from New Zealand. Then Rushlee

:24:42. > :24:46.Buchanan and Melissa Hoskins. Melissa Hoskins made a late charge

:24:47. > :24:50.down the back straight. She looked like she was getting ridden out of

:24:51. > :25:02.it, and then it opened up underneath her. It was a nice easy point for

:25:03. > :25:14.the Australian rider. These are the current standings.

:25:15. > :25:31.78 laps still to go. The first rider losing contact is the rider from

:25:32. > :25:41.India, Sunita Yanglem. She is off the back of the peloton. Canada are

:25:42. > :25:49.now on the front, just one short turn. Here goes Scotland,

:25:50. > :25:51.now on the front, just one short to inject some pace, to open it up.

:25:52. > :25:54.Charline Joiner once again. We to inject some pace, to open it up.

:25:55. > :26:09.seen her on the front more than once. We have a little move of the

:26:10. > :26:20.front. It has been made by Laura Brown from Canada. It is very

:26:21. > :26:24.swiftly clawed down. -- closed down. Annette Edmondson is leading the

:26:25. > :26:36.charge. Dani King is currently in third place. No Stephanie Roorda is

:26:37. > :26:42.making an attack for Canada. The Canadian team are trying to liven

:26:43. > :26:50.things up. Stephanie Roorda leads the way. On her realise Amy Cure. We

:26:51. > :26:55.have seven riders going clear. Two English riders, Dani King and Laura

:26:56. > :27:05.Trott. They are the two strongest riders in the points race for

:27:06. > :27:11.England. They look the strongest as they go through. Also appear, racing

:27:12. > :27:18.for Ireland, is Lydia Boylan, in the white sleeves. Laura Trott in the

:27:19. > :27:23.league, and we are one lap away. The sprint laps starts. The next sprint

:27:24. > :27:29.250 metres away, and Katie Archibald goes round the outside from

:27:30. > :27:32.Scotland. Dani King in third. Katie Archibald is really stringing the

:27:33. > :27:37.field out now with a blistering turn of pace. The crowd are loving this.

:27:38. > :27:44.Katie Archibald, right on the line, picked by Laura Trott. Laura Trott,

:27:45. > :27:46.Katie Archibald, Dani King and picked by Laura Trott. Laura Trott,

:27:47. > :27:52.Katie Archibald, Stephanie Roorda are the scorer of points. You can

:27:53. > :27:59.see Laura Trott just taking it on the lunge from Archibald. After

:28:00. > :28:07.three sprints from ten, Laura Trott is in the gold medal position. Laura

:28:08. > :28:15.Trott, needing to recover, quite a big effort. Shannon -- unfortunately

:28:16. > :28:23.the pellet are not going too hard, no counterattack just yet. -- the

:28:24. > :28:34.pellet on. They are glad that the pace has dropped a bit. No sooner

:28:35. > :28:39.than she gets back onto the pellet and -- the peloton, it thins out and

:28:40. > :28:43.she is drop again. Laura Brown on the attack and Edmondson of

:28:44. > :28:48.Australia is straight onto her wheel. And Georgia Williams from New

:28:49. > :28:54.Zealand is up there. Quite a dangerous move when you have one of

:28:55. > :28:58.the home nations riders trying to go across. Amy Roberts trying to close

:28:59. > :29:06.the gap in the red and white of Wales. And I think that is Charline

:29:07. > :29:11.Joiner in the second group of three. No reaction whatsoever from the

:29:12. > :29:19.peloton behind. As I say that, to the English riders, Dani King and Jo

:29:20. > :29:23.Rowsell going over the top. Eileen Roe is trying to catch the first

:29:24. > :29:28.three. There has been a reaction, and Dani King and Jo Rowsell are

:29:29. > :29:36.leading the charge. They momentarily sat up and suddenly there were

:29:37. > :29:40.dangerous riders escaping. Jo Rowsell goes up the track, as does

:29:41. > :29:51.Melissa Hoskins, and Dani King comes through.

:29:52. > :30:01.63 laps to go. Annette Edmondson on the front. Three laps out from the

:30:02. > :30:03.next sprint, and if any in the second group want to score, they

:30:04. > :30:07.have to put the hammer down now. There are two laps to go for the

:30:08. > :30:11.front group. Looks like all other points will be taken by the splinter

:30:12. > :30:19.group the front. It is Annette Edmondson, Rushlee Buchanan, Georgia

:30:20. > :30:24.Williams, and on the back of the front group is Eileen Roe, the newly

:30:25. > :30:29.crowned British circuit race champion. She is hanging onto the

:30:30. > :30:33.lead group of five, Eileen Roe. They have taken the bell and they will

:30:34. > :30:38.contest the points. As Eileen Roe got the legs to score points or will

:30:39. > :30:43.she miss out? Edmondson is leading out the sprint, and I think

:30:44. > :30:49.Edmondson will claim the points. And maybe second place for Laura Brown

:30:50. > :30:55.on the line. Buchanan and Williams collecting one point 60 laps to go

:30:56. > :31:00.in 25 kilometre Points race final, and at the moment Annette Edmondson

:31:01. > :31:04.is in the gold medal position ahead of Laura Trott and Rushlee Buchanan.

:31:05. > :31:13.Still a while to go in the race, but you have been continuing to send in

:31:14. > :31:17.your Commonwealth pictures through social media, and we can take a look

:31:18. > :31:21.at them. This is people enjoying the Commonwealth Games in various

:31:22. > :31:27.locations. First of all, Frazar dirndl is in Glasgow city centre.

:31:28. > :31:37.Looks nice and dry. Howard Wilkinson is at the athletics. Sarah Isard

:31:38. > :31:42.having her photo taken at the swimming. Steve Hollioake, he is at

:31:43. > :31:49.the velodrome, where we have just been. And that Hampden Park, Tracy

:31:50. > :31:53.Keats and her family. Keep sending your pictures to us. You can send

:31:54. > :32:01.them through social media. You can also send us your comments through

:32:02. > :32:08.the Facebook page, or you can tweet us. Don't forget to use the hash tag

:32:09. > :32:12.Glasgow 2014, or the one we were talking about. And we will endeavour

:32:13. > :32:17.to show as many as possible and all of your comments will go into the

:32:18. > :32:20.BBC live feed. Before we head back to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome we

:32:21. > :32:27.can take a look at some boxing and just over my shoulder we have the

:32:28. > :32:39.men's light heavyweight 81 kilograms round. Nathan Thorley taking on

:32:40. > :32:51.Tuali. This is between boxers from Wales

:32:52. > :32:57.and Tonga, the man wearing blue on the back foot is Nathan Thorley, 21

:32:58. > :33:01.years of age, trying to get in a couple of good uppercuts against the

:33:02. > :33:08.man on the front foot. Charging in aggressively, and that is Benjamin

:33:09. > :33:11.Tuali, 21 years old, from Tonga. This is the first bout of the

:33:12. > :33:19.tournament for both of them having received a bye in the opening round

:33:20. > :33:24.of the draw. I like the look of Thorley, tall, rangy, can box well

:33:25. > :33:29.behind the jab which is important against the shorter opponent. Not

:33:30. > :33:36.too bad. It will keep him going. Again, if his opponent closes down

:33:37. > :33:41.the gap, maybe a nice right and left hook combination, but that is nice,

:33:42. > :33:46.the left hook to the body. Catching a big shot over the top, so that

:33:47. > :33:50.will get the left back to the on guard position quickly after the

:33:51. > :34:01.jab. Left-hand success twice therefore Tuali, approaching the

:34:02. > :34:03.halfway stage of the opening round. Both of these boxes are reigning

:34:04. > :34:10.champions in their respective nations. Thorley secured the title

:34:11. > :34:26.earlier this year with his first Welsh title. Just beyond the halfway

:34:27. > :34:36.stage. And has -- as has been the passion from the opening bell, Tuali

:34:37. > :34:51.taking the contest to Thorley. A good left jab. A couple of good body

:34:52. > :35:04.shots and the Tongan boxer is in trouble. Half a minute to negotiate

:35:05. > :35:11.for Taualli. His body buckled like an accordion. And the second

:35:12. > :35:16.standing count administered. Taualli with bad body language here. Just

:35:17. > :35:21.under half a minute ago. Thorley... And it has been stopped. Terrific

:35:22. > :35:27.performance from Nathan Thorley. A first-round stoppage win over his

:35:28. > :35:32.aggressive opponent from Tonga, Benjamin Taualli. The man in red was

:35:33. > :35:36.the aggressor from the opening bell, continually taking it to Nathan

:35:37. > :35:39.Thorley, but Thorley was composed and established a beautiful left

:35:40. > :35:44.jab, and when he started to go to work to the body, principally behind

:35:45. > :35:49.a lethal left hook, it doubled up the man and brought about a standing

:35:50. > :35:52.count. He had not recovered at the conclusion of account, and Thorley

:35:53. > :35:58.moved in to target the body and head. It was the body shots that did

:35:59. > :36:02.the damage. There it was, that was a super shot, and a straight left hand

:36:03. > :36:09.to the head. That finished his opponent. Definitely the body shots,

:36:10. > :36:15.on the ropes, one going in there, hurting his opponent as well. Good

:36:16. > :36:22.performance. Ladies and gentlemen, the referees stops this contest in

:36:23. > :36:26.round number one, and the winner by technical knockout and through to

:36:27. > :36:36.the quarterfinals, representing Wales, Nathan Thorley.

:36:37. > :36:48.Ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation for the man from

:36:49. > :36:48.Tonga, Benjamin Taualli. So, Nathan Taualli gets

:36:49. > :36:55.Tonga, Benjamin Taualli. So, Nathan Iran. A TKO win against Taualli,

:36:56. > :36:58.through to the fourth -- quarterfinals with a minimum of

:36:59. > :36:59.through to the fourth -- -- inside a round. He is through to

:37:00. > :37:10.the last eight. Still plenty more sport across the

:37:11. > :37:12.BBC, and you can take a look at athletics on BBC Two,

:37:13. > :37:18.BBC, and you can take a look at of the athletics at Hampden Park.

:37:19. > :37:25.If you go onto the red button, you can see gold medal competition,

:37:26. > :37:36.England against New Zealand in the women's singles final. And they are

:37:37. > :37:40.in the interval in the netball. That is on the website if you want to

:37:41. > :37:44.watch England playing in the netball, but the moment, we will

:37:45. > :37:45.head back to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and rejoin the race we

:37:46. > :38:01.were on a few moments ago. 37 laps to go, and Elinor Barker is

:38:02. > :38:06.scoring points and she is on 30 and leads the race by one single point

:38:07. > :38:10.ahead of Laura Trott, with Rushlee Buchanan third on 27. And Katie

:38:11. > :38:16.Archibald, the 20-year-old from Scotland, is fourth. She is a single

:38:17. > :38:20.point out of the medals, but we have an attack from one of the Australian

:38:21. > :38:25.riders, and it is Amy Cure, the points race champion. She is

:38:26. > :38:32.currently in fifth on 25 points, so a dangerous move, and guess who is

:38:33. > :38:35.the rider on the front of the group? It is Katie Archibald, just putting

:38:36. > :38:39.half a lap in there. She cannot afford to let this Australian rider

:38:40. > :38:44.take the lap. If she does, she will take the lead. Now Dani King for

:38:45. > :38:48.England on the front. Meanwhile, Australia doing some good blocking

:38:49. > :39:00.work at the front to allow Amy Cure to gain the lead. Amy Cure won the

:39:01. > :39:04.single -- silver in the scratch race, and Dani King, an Olympic gold

:39:05. > :39:10.medallist in the team pursuit, chasing her. She closed down a gap

:39:11. > :39:14.early on to bring a breakaway group to reel them in, and Dani King is

:39:15. > :39:20.chasing after Amy Cure, but an almighty effort for the second time

:39:21. > :39:24.in the race, Dani King. She is, but Amy Cure, this is in the balance at

:39:25. > :39:28.the moment. This is a gamble that might not pay. Dani King, starting

:39:29. > :39:33.to ride up to the wheel of the Australian, meanwhile the peloton,

:39:34. > :39:37.big injection of pace by Canada, but yet again, the Australians on the

:39:38. > :39:42.front and they will not chase. She will put the handbrake on the front

:39:43. > :39:45.of the peloton and it is up to the other riders to go over the front.

:39:46. > :39:51.They can see the riders in front. Hardly any distance whatsoever. All

:39:52. > :39:56.bunching up between Hoskins and Edmondson, not keeping it strung out

:39:57. > :40:02.is the latest sprint lap bell rings, and Jasmin Glaesser will go past the

:40:03. > :40:06.two leaders. Jasmin Glaesser from Canada going ahead of Amy Cure, just

:40:07. > :40:13.about hanging on second at the moment. The five points will go to

:40:14. > :40:17.Canada, and they go to Jasmin Glaesser and Amy Cure takes three,

:40:18. > :40:22.and Dani King and Amy Roberts in a photo finish for third place. Let's

:40:23. > :40:29.have a look here. Did Dani King take the points? Yes, she did. Amy

:40:30. > :40:34.Roberts, good ride from her, coming from a long way back. Not quite able

:40:35. > :40:39.to get across the front wheel of Dani King, but picking up a point.

:40:40. > :40:43.Amy Roberts from Carmarthenshire there, showing towards the front of

:40:44. > :40:48.the race with 28 laps to go. The leader overall, Elinor Barker from

:40:49. > :40:57.Wales, by a single point from Laura Trott. Amy Cure in joint third with

:40:58. > :41:00.Jasmin Glaesser from Canada. Jams Linklater -- Jasmin Glaesser has put

:41:01. > :41:04.herself in equal third with Amy Cure, but what has it taken out of

:41:05. > :41:08.her? She is starting to die on the bike. A really good points race

:41:09. > :41:11.rider, with a silver and bronze medal in the world Championships in

:41:12. > :41:15.this event in the last couple of years. Confirmation of the standings

:41:16. > :41:20.overall at the moment. We are inside the last 30 laps of the race. Here

:41:21. > :41:28.the rider from Canada, Jasmin Glaesser, she needs to try. It looks

:41:29. > :41:32.like the peloton are chasing, and yet again it is New Zealand, but we

:41:33. > :41:35.have Katie Archibald in second at the moment and she will be looking

:41:36. > :41:39.forward to getting to the front and piling the pressure on a bit. She

:41:40. > :41:45.does not need to, because the Canadian rider has swung up the

:41:46. > :41:50.track. Just two points outside the medal. There is the leader, Elinor

:41:51. > :41:54.Barker from Cardiff. Already a two-time world champion in team

:41:55. > :41:58.pursuit. The leaderboard chopping and changing all the time, both

:41:59. > :42:11.Elinor Barker and Laura Trott battling the first, but the bronze

:42:12. > :42:15.medallist between so many riders. There are only five points back down

:42:16. > :42:22.to eighth place and Dani King. It is going to be very exciting. We are

:42:23. > :42:28.down to the last 23 laps. Amy Cure is on the front. Melissa Hoskins is

:42:29. > :42:37.up there as well. That is Elinor Barker, number 42. Vydra is going to

:42:38. > :42:51.be a long lead out from Australia. They are trying to get Amy Cure

:42:52. > :43:01.maximum points. -- there is going. Laura Trott from England is in the

:43:02. > :43:06.middle of the group. She is keeping herself out of trouble. She is in

:43:07. > :43:33.the bright red crash helmet. Laura Trott takes five points. Laura

:43:34. > :43:37.Brown takes three for Canada. Amy Cure has only managed to take one

:43:38. > :43:44.point. Laura Trott is the new leader overall. She now has a lead of four

:43:45. > :43:50.points from Elinor Barker. That was a good move, the confidence print.

:43:51. > :43:58.She made the most of it as well. She put lots of effort into that when

:43:59. > :44:02.she needed to. A British champion, and Olympic champion. Is she going

:44:03. > :44:10.to become a Commonwealth Games champion? There is confirmation of

:44:11. > :44:19.the result. Elinor Barker, alongside Hayley Jones. There is lots of

:44:20. > :44:24.looking around among the riders. They are tightly bunched on the

:44:25. > :44:29.track. With ten points left on offer, anybody in the top seven can

:44:30. > :44:36.still win this race. It is very open, this final. Georgia Williams,

:44:37. > :44:45.from New Zealand, on the front at the moment. She does not seem keen

:44:46. > :44:51.on trying to extend her lead. She swings up and waits for the peloton

:44:52. > :44:58.to catch her up. The riders are catching their breath. Stephanie

:44:59. > :45:04.Roorda is moving up. Now we have Dani King, with Laura Trott on her

:45:05. > :45:17.wheel, and Wales and Scotland near the front as well. Laura Trott knows

:45:18. > :45:25.the Dani King is the wheel to have. A little turn from Amy Roberts on

:45:26. > :45:31.the front. The English coaches getting anxious. Laura Trott is

:45:32. > :45:36.going to fire back for his liking. She is potentially boxed in. For my

:45:37. > :45:45.liking, I would like to see are further up. The danger grew by the

:45:46. > :45:49.three Australians. They are in a good position, riding together.

:45:50. > :45:56.Laura Trott is on the wheel of Katie Archibald. Eileen Roe is at the

:45:57. > :46:05.front of the race. The other Scottish rider is Charline Joiner.

:46:06. > :46:10.You are right, Laura Trott will have to go along way around the outside.

:46:11. > :46:15.I do not think she is going to contest this sprint. She is going to

:46:16. > :46:19.save it for the final one, which is a gamble. Dani King is there, but it

:46:20. > :46:49.is the wrong English rider. Elinor Barker, Amy Cure, Katie

:46:50. > :46:53.Archibald, followed by Dani King. That means that Elinor Barker is in

:46:54. > :47:03.the gold medal position by one single point I had of Laura Trott.

:47:04. > :47:07.-- ahead of Laura Trott. This is so open. It will all come down to the

:47:08. > :47:14.final sprint. Elinor Barker, 35 points. That rider there, she has

:47:15. > :47:18.taken the lead by a single point from Laura Trott. She has been so

:47:19. > :47:24.consistent throughout this race, Elinor Barker. As I remember, she

:47:25. > :47:31.has won three of the sprints we have had so far. This is an attack by

:47:32. > :47:39.Lauren Ellis of New Zealand. She was a silver medallist four years ago.

:47:40. > :47:45.Meanwhile, there is confirmation of the overall standings in the race

:47:46. > :47:49.with just one sprint to come. Lauren Ellis, if she wins the final sprint,

:47:50. > :47:55.it will make no difference to the medals. But if they

:47:56. > :47:59.it will make no difference to the lap, she will get an extra 20

:48:00. > :48:06.points. I do not think the peloton will let this rider go much further.

:48:07. > :48:10.They are winding it up. It is Eileen Roe, the British

:48:11. > :48:13.They are winding it up. It is Eileen champion on the front. Lauren Ellis

:48:14. > :48:16.is on the front by the best part of the length of the straight.

:48:17. > :48:22.is on the front by the best part of think she will be a factor in this

:48:23. > :48:29.race. The chase is very much on. All eyes are run the leading riders in

:48:30. > :48:32.the field. Eileen Roe, followed by Lydia Boylan for Northern Ireland.

:48:33. > :48:39.Rushlee Buchanan is up there as well. The catch is made and it is

:48:40. > :48:46.back together. This will be a big lead out. One of the riders tries to

:48:47. > :48:52.go clear. Lydia Boylan of Northern Ireland. She is making a move off

:48:53. > :49:02.the front. We are into the last four laps of the race. Laura Trott is

:49:03. > :49:09.moving up in the peloton. Laura Brown, Katie Archibald, followed by

:49:10. > :49:14.Elinor Barker. Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell, this is the first time we

:49:15. > :49:19.have seen Jo Rowsell. She is making the connection from the second half

:49:20. > :49:24.of the peloton. Is she going to try and get involved in some kind of

:49:25. > :49:30.lead out. She desperately needs to. I think she has run out of gas.

:49:31. > :49:50.Laura Trott is making her move. It is the last lap.

:49:51. > :50:01.Katie Archibald takes the five points. Then it is Laura Trott,

:50:02. > :50:07.Elinor Barker and Rushlee Buchanan. What a race. What a finish. Laura

:50:08. > :50:11.Trott delivered again. It was an exciting finish for the home crowd,

:50:12. > :50:26.with Katie Archibald taking the final sprint. Another crowd-pleaser.

:50:27. > :50:30.A photo finish between Katie Archibald and Laura Trott. But by my

:50:31. > :50:41.reckoning, Laura Trott has won that race. Laura Trott and Elinor Barker

:50:42. > :50:48.both finishing on 37 points. Laura Trott and Elinor Barker on 37. And

:50:49. > :50:52.Katie Archibald up into third place on 33, with the finish at the end.

:50:53. > :51:02.Laura Trott takes the Commonwealth title. That victory coming on

:51:03. > :51:09.handbag for the final sprint. What a race for the home nations. But what

:51:10. > :51:17.disappointment for the Welsh rider, Elinor Barker. She rode so well. If

:51:18. > :51:22.you are going to get beaten by a rider, it is going to be that one, I

:51:23. > :51:27.guess. It was an extraordinary finish. We just had to make sure

:51:28. > :51:33.that the figures had been added up correctly. Laura Trott, multiple

:51:34. > :51:37.world champion, double Olympic champion. The British road race

:51:38. > :51:44.champion is now the women's points race champion as well. It could not

:51:45. > :51:52.have been closer. You have to feel sorry for Elinor Barker. She put in

:51:53. > :51:57.a tremendous effort. Yet again, the computer took a couple of minutes to

:51:58. > :52:04.update. Originally it had Elinor Barker as the winner on 37. Laura

:52:05. > :52:12.Trott was on 36 points. I did not want to say, because I was fairly

:52:13. > :52:17.sure it was wrong. What a ride by the Scots. The home crowd is

:52:18. > :52:21.celebrating as well. Katie Archibald has finished fifth, fourth, and in

:52:22. > :52:28.her third event, she has finally got a medal. It is a bronze medal for

:52:29. > :52:35.Scotland. You really have to love the drama of

:52:36. > :52:39.the points race. Unbelievable. The Australians lit the fire on the race

:52:40. > :52:44.halfway through. The home nations girls were always in the hand. It

:52:45. > :52:50.was right down to the last sprint and the placings. For Katie

:52:51. > :52:55.Archibald, finally a reward for all her endeavour this week. Yes, she

:52:56. > :53:01.has been unlucky, she has been fully committed. She has raised with

:53:02. > :53:06.aggression, she has done everything right, but what a way to finish. To

:53:07. > :53:12.win the final sprint and get the bronze medal. So often we see

:53:13. > :53:18.athletes in silver and bronze medal positions that are unhappy. But you

:53:19. > :53:27.should see her face. It is great for the Scottish team. Speed a thought

:53:28. > :53:36.for Elinor Barker. She just missed out on the gold medal in the points

:53:37. > :53:43.race. The Australians are not in the medals. That will be hard for them.

:53:44. > :53:45.You can see in the final sprint, there was no way that Katie

:53:46. > :53:50.Archibald was letting anyone come around her. Laura Trott knew that

:53:51. > :53:56.she had to get ahead of Elinor Barker. Here, you just thought that

:53:57. > :54:03.no one was coming past Katie Archibald. Laura Trott still had the

:54:04. > :54:07.legs. Elbows out, from her old sprint days. She just got past

:54:08. > :54:15.Elinor Barker, but not quite as follows Katie Archibald. Laura Trott

:54:16. > :54:27.is a grade by Gregor? She has all the attributes required, good

:54:28. > :54:33.endurance, and she can read the race will -- read the race well.

:54:34. > :54:39.Elinor Barker, you rest such a brilliant points race. Laura Trott

:54:40. > :54:42.is very strong in the spring? She is unbelievably strong. I was

:54:43. > :54:47.disappointed to see her come around me in the finish. But she has so

:54:48. > :54:56.much speed. I had nothing more to give. You really attacked this race.

:54:57. > :55:01.Yes, I really did. I was pretty pleased to get a lap. It was a big

:55:02. > :55:05.group and I managed not to do too much work. I was pleased with that.

:55:06. > :55:13.To see your team-mates on the podium is very special. It is unreal. Laura

:55:14. > :55:15.Trott and Katie Archibald as well. I will try and have a word with Katie

:55:16. > :55:22.Archibald as well. Here she comes. will try and have a word with Katie

:55:23. > :55:25.It will be fantastic to see the three of you get onto the podium. I

:55:26. > :55:32.think the Australians will be gutted. Congratulations. There you

:55:33. > :55:38.are with the special blue and white here. How much does the medal mean?

:55:39. > :55:43.When I looked up and saw the 1-2-3 for the whole race and is, we need

:55:44. > :55:49.to have a British flag up there. It was a fantastic race. It was a

:55:50. > :55:55.really good race, both of you attacking and trying to nullify

:55:56. > :56:00.Laura Trott. Yes, we were trying to kill each other. We are competitive

:56:01. > :56:05.at home, training. With the home crowd, it just amplifies things, and

:56:06. > :56:12.the elbows, it. You have received a great reception? It was fantastic. I

:56:13. > :56:16.could not see my mum and dad, because everyone was so supportive.

:56:17. > :56:24.I will let you get ready for the podium. I will wait for Laura Trott

:56:25. > :56:29.to come and have a word as well. Thank you very much.

:56:30. > :56:36.It will be a cool podium. It was a very cool race. Now it is back to

:56:37. > :56:40.Lee Mackenzie. The cycling continues on the red

:56:41. > :56:46.button, but for now, we are going to head back to Ibrox for the rugby

:56:47. > :56:54.sevens. We have some fantastic game tonight. Let's join John Inverdale.

:56:55. > :57:00.The losing quarterfinalists playing their plate semifinalists, which

:57:01. > :57:06.will be England against Scotland, but then it is Kenny against Wales.

:57:07. > :57:11.Ten seconds, gives your thoughts on Wales. -- Kenya against Wales. I

:57:12. > :57:13.don't think they want to be here. Disappointment with the

:57:14. > :57:13.don't think they want to be here. lost against Australia. Very

:57:14. > :57:21.difficult to pick themselves up. lost against Australia. Very

:57:22. > :57:27.Blacks, but they failed to. Who will come out top here? Let's join the

:57:28. > :57:36.The Kenyan is full of running. It commentators.

:57:37. > :57:45.The Kenyan is full of running. It was a flat pass. Lee Williams asking

:57:46. > :57:52.if it went forward. That is James Davies, hands on the ground. Not

:57:53. > :58:04.able to support his own body weight. Looked like a little blind break,

:58:05. > :58:08.there. The Welsh defence working well, well synchronised with the

:58:09. > :58:13.inside runner picking out the side channel, picking up the defender

:58:14. > :58:22.with a quick reorganisation. Not too much space, but they are giving up

:58:23. > :58:27.space on the field. Plenty of talking from the Welsh players in

:58:28. > :58:31.defence, keeping the line intact. As one player comes in, another comes

:58:32. > :58:36.to finish the position, and advantages blade as Lee Williams

:58:37. > :58:48.pinches the ball. Davies. He won't need him. Can he pop it up? There is

:58:49. > :58:55.Groves. He off-loads to Davies. His namesake, James Davies, Govers in.

:58:56. > :59:01.Harries. Williams. An opportunity that the captain. Groves, who

:59:02. > :59:09.started the move, great support play. Groves will open the scoring

:59:10. > :59:17.in this Plate semifinal. And didn't he work hard? Worked extremely hard.

:59:18. > :59:20.A well taken try. Kenya held their position for one minute and 30

:59:21. > :59:26.seconds but were unable to break them down. And then it was the

:59:27. > :59:33.turnover. They won the turnover and it was excellent play, firstly from

:59:34. > :59:48.James Davies and then on the final bank, as we wait for the conversion.

:59:49. > :59:55.Jevon Groves with a good finish. We love the way Harries held his feet

:59:56. > :00:00.and made the pass, and then the captain, Thomas through. The support

:00:01. > :00:06.player from Groves, and that was a well taken try. -- support play.

:00:07. > :00:14.Davies, having converted the try from Groves, gets the way under way

:00:15. > :00:28.again. Groves happy to take it and put it on the floor and accept the

:00:29. > :00:34.kick. Kenya in no apparent rush to get on with this. The field is

:00:35. > :00:47.split. Three and three. Off-loaded, and still going.

:00:48. > :00:50.Eventually brought down by the Welsh captain.

:00:51. > :00:52.Off-loaded, and still going. Eventually brought down by the A

:00:53. > :01:00.dummy run but nobody knew who it was. He knows only

:01:01. > :01:09.dummy run but nobody knew who it was. He knows one way. Wales have

:01:10. > :01:13.gone quickly. The referee saying there was enough line to be formed,

:01:14. > :01:19.and still the Welsh ball, but the line-out will be properly formed.

:01:20. > :01:24.It's as simple as that. Davies to Williams, and Wales begin another

:01:25. > :01:31.attack. Harries. Dancing feet. Tries to fend him off. Williams, as ever,

:01:32. > :01:40.he is there but under immediate pressure.

:01:41. > :01:50.Harries. Looking down the blindside. Good flow. That is Morgan. The steps

:01:51. > :01:58.-- good off-loaded. Immediately engulfed by Injera. Good

:01:59. > :02:03.opportunities stacking up here. Still James Davies outside. The pass

:02:04. > :02:11.was slightly delayed. Davies taking it back infield, finding support.

:02:12. > :02:17.Harries, has he got the legs. A battle of the number nines. Goes to

:02:18. > :02:28.ground. Missed it completely there, didn't he? There is a head injury.

:02:29. > :02:40.So, immediately the medical staff called by the referee. Both players

:02:41. > :02:53.are down. Looked like he hit the Welsh player on the ground. I think

:02:54. > :02:58.it is his leg. I think it is the head of the Welsh player with the

:02:59. > :03:05.connection, that is Davies. Right there. And that really hurts. Right

:03:06. > :03:10.on the hip. We have got one sore hip and one extremely sore head. This

:03:11. > :03:16.was something we saw when we had a run through on Friday, the medical

:03:17. > :03:26.teams are well versed in what to do. Very, very professional,

:03:27. > :03:31.immediately out into the middle. Upon his feet, and that is good

:03:32. > :03:41.news. Just hope that nobody needs to tell him he is the Ibrox Stadium and

:03:42. > :03:44.is OK. James Davies. If you remember your name is James Davies, and you

:03:45. > :03:51.have answered all the questions, you can trot back to your position. He

:03:52. > :03:56.will take the field for the Llanelli Scarlet 's next year, reverting back

:03:57. > :04:00.to the 15 games. Possibly feel it -- filling the role that his older

:04:01. > :04:07.brother Jonathan filled in for many years. A great run there. Such a

:04:08. > :04:20.shame. Took a nice angle, looking for the off-loaded. Not on the same

:04:21. > :04:28.page, the Kenyans side. Harries has gone to the far right hand side, on

:04:29. > :04:31.the blindside. Luke Morgan filling a similar role on the left. Williams

:04:32. > :04:40.at nine. Three against two. Williams does

:04:41. > :04:57.well. Breaks through the tackle. Fairly innocuous effort. And that

:04:58. > :05:01.man Williams Williams did well to get to the outside, because the work

:05:02. > :05:04.coming out of the scrum, you see the number eight, he has to get out from

:05:05. > :05:11.the tight head prop position and make the tackle on the number nine.

:05:12. > :05:14.He got out well but took himself upfield which allowed Williams with

:05:15. > :05:21.the two players outside of him, too easy for him to pick the whole, and

:05:22. > :05:25.he was in for the try. Good strike for the conversion from Gareth

:05:26. > :05:35.Davies, so with ten seconds left in this first half, Wales with two

:05:36. > :05:40.tries from Lee Williams and Jevon Groves respectively, and a couple of

:05:41. > :05:47.conversions, they have opened up a 14 point gap. Last play of the half.

:05:48. > :05:51.All is called. Gareth Davies working hard.

:05:52. > :06:12.Does enough. And that leads us into the break.

:06:13. > :06:16.Matches are not quite the intensity we enjoyed in the quarterfinals at

:06:17. > :06:23.lunch time when we had a spectacular hour and a half or so of four long,

:06:24. > :06:26.magnificent competition, but the reason the matches are taking place

:06:27. > :06:30.is that Kenya and Wales were second best in their respective

:06:31. > :06:31.quarterfinals and it feels a bit like that, but nonetheless, Wales

:06:32. > :06:36.playing well. like that, but nonetheless, Wales

:06:37. > :06:42.don't want to be here, and I think it showed in performances. In the

:06:43. > :06:45.World Series they would still be playing for points in the overall

:06:46. > :06:50.standings through the series normally, so it has meaning to it,

:06:51. > :06:57.but here they have lost a lot of focus. You have to go out there,

:06:58. > :07:05.there are 45 or 50,000 singing Delilah as we stand, so they have

:07:06. > :07:10.got to put the show on. I don't know any Kenyans songs, so I think that

:07:11. > :07:14.is the one they have to pick. You can see a couple of the players the

:07:15. > :07:21.intensity level dropped. Immensely from the seniors -- serious medals

:07:22. > :07:27.competition. And it's difficult to lift yourself. This is what happens

:07:28. > :07:33.in the world sevens. You play for the plate and the bowl and you find

:07:34. > :07:39.your level and rather than getting battered by the better side, teams

:07:40. > :07:42.have an entertaining end to their competitive games. Some really good

:07:43. > :07:46.games during the course of the latter stages with Canada against

:07:47. > :07:51.Uganda, and the crowd have got into it in a big way and the whole point

:07:52. > :07:56.is, it's not like school games where everybody gets a prize that taking

:07:57. > :07:59.part, but it is that there are four competitions within the competition

:08:00. > :08:03.and at the end of it everybody finds their level within the competitions.

:08:04. > :08:11.Ultimately this is all about medals. You come for the three medals. If

:08:12. > :08:15.you are not in it, you know, and England and Scotland coming up, and

:08:16. > :08:19.that should be a tasty match. England and Scotland with nothing at

:08:20. > :08:24.stake, except when England play Scotland there is always something

:08:25. > :08:26.at stake. After Tom Jones has finished, here we go with the second

:08:27. > :08:33.half. Could have been

:08:34. > :08:37.Zealand, and up against the same coloured shirts, but not the same

:08:38. > :08:45.players in them. A little juggle from Lee Williams. He managed to

:08:46. > :08:50.hold on. That is great strength on the far side. Great strength indeed.

:08:51. > :08:55.And that the base, Williams feeding babies. The ball comes across the

:08:56. > :09:03.line. -- at the base. Williams feeding Davies. Groves with not the

:09:04. > :09:12.place to go on the outside, so he comes back and looks for support.

:09:13. > :09:16.Good work from Kenya. I know we mentioned it earlier about the

:09:17. > :09:20.influence of the coaching in that department of the game for South

:09:21. > :09:26.Africa under his years of coaching that, but the Kenyans have

:09:27. > :09:33.identified well. There is going to be a try. Fantastic way -- play from

:09:34. > :09:37.that man there. We talk about it all the time, if you are on the floor,

:09:38. > :09:43.you are out of the game. Lovely break, inside, past Davies, he was

:09:44. > :09:49.held up by the tacklers, who has got up off the floor, Lee Williams? It's

:09:50. > :09:53.the ability to reload, and we talked about just that, getting back on

:09:54. > :09:58.your feet and into a position that is usable either as a defender or as

:09:59. > :10:07.an attacker. In this situation, Williams, a quick reload, as Andy

:10:08. > :10:11.pointed out, came from depth and they are able to wander over for the

:10:12. > :10:17.easiest of tries. Great work by James Davies. Good support player

:10:18. > :10:25.coming through, Lee Williams under the post. And yes, we have seen that

:10:26. > :10:28.bracelet. It is a band for the injured player, Owen Williams, the

:10:29. > :10:30.Cardiff Blues layers, who was seriously injured in the ten A-side

:10:31. > :10:59.tournament. the smallest player on the pitch,

:11:00. > :11:06.Lee Williams trying to get it down, but the strength came through. It is

:11:07. > :11:14.therefore that way to play. Taken down by Jevon Groves. Williams again

:11:15. > :11:19.on the floor, scrabbling. Working in tandem with James Davies. Groves

:11:20. > :11:27.looks to come through. Can use the foot.

:11:28. > :11:42.Harry is doing his best to hold him up. -- Harries doing his best.

:11:43. > :11:47.The ball over the top. Little scissors, works well. Coming back

:11:48. > :12:00.inside. James Davies makes the tackle.

:12:01. > :12:38.Better play from the Kenyans. Oscar Kumar opens the account for

:12:39. > :12:44.Kenya. -- Oscar Ouma. The big man, striding in, that was an impressive

:12:45. > :12:51.sight. The covering tackle from Lee Williams, a despairing dive. That

:12:52. > :12:56.was all too easy. It is so difficult to defend around the breakdown

:12:57. > :13:01.areas. When you are on the ground, you are dead in this game. We need

:13:02. > :13:10.players on their feet. They constantly need to make themselves

:13:11. > :13:14.useful. That was a well taken try. Again, the crowd are ecstatic to see

:13:15. > :13:23.the underdog coming through and scoring. It has certainly lifted

:13:24. > :13:24.their spirits. Love the Welsh confidence, you have already

:13:25. > :13:50.labelled Kenya as underdogs! Two knock-ons. It is such a threat,

:13:51. > :13:57.when you have someone that can create something. It almost makes

:13:58. > :14:01.you stand-off them. So much ability to keep the ball in hands, and to

:14:02. > :14:28.have the options around you, you need patience.

:14:29. > :14:33.lovely sweeping action, and the perfect example of what you were

:14:34. > :14:41.talking about. Jason Harries is a very competent player. Very much so.

:14:42. > :14:43.As we have mentioned before, he is not attached to any club at the

:14:44. > :15:16.moment. Click through from the scrum. You

:15:17. > :15:30.cannot take it out. -- kicked through. Andrew Amonde, looking for

:15:31. > :15:41.support. This will be the final play.

:15:42. > :16:01.The Welsh are going to finish in style, underneath the posts. Wales

:16:02. > :16:08.will go through to the plate final. That was a very well taken try. It

:16:09. > :16:11.was a simple run-in. Aggressive defence kept the Kenyans under

:16:12. > :16:19.pressure for the whole game. Wales will be delighted with that victory.

:16:20. > :16:25.Some consolation for Wales. England against Scotland to come up in the

:16:26. > :16:30.other of the plate semifinals. It is the semifinals for real after that.

:16:31. > :16:39.Here is a man who I think will be smiling. You must be enormously

:16:40. > :16:46.pleased and proud with the way it has gone. It has been a terrific

:16:47. > :16:54.event. We have had to fill stadiums for two days. It is a world record

:16:55. > :16:58.for rugby sevens. Probably 160,000. It has been a great quality of crowd

:16:59. > :17:06.as well. They really understand sport. How much do you see this as a

:17:07. > :17:14.springboard for building rugby into the Olympic ethos. I think it proves

:17:15. > :17:18.the potential of rugby to draw a big crowd and provide a special

:17:19. > :17:24.atmosphere. That is why the Olympics chose us. Hopefully we will deliver

:17:25. > :17:28.that in Brazil. Is the biggest problem you're going to have in

:17:29. > :17:33.Brazil getting the Brazilians to engage in it in the way that the

:17:34. > :17:36.crowd in Glasgow have done? I think the Brazilians will be pretty good

:17:37. > :17:43.at engaging in a festive environment. Do Brasil automatically

:17:44. > :17:49.get a team in the tournament? We have decided to give them what it --

:17:50. > :17:55.automatic qualification to help them get involved in the tournament.

:17:56. > :18:04.Yes, we gave them that right straight away. One final point,

:18:05. > :18:08.cricket and T20 are having a battle for power at the moment. Listen for

:18:09. > :18:13.the applause for a match that does not really matter. Apart from the

:18:14. > :18:19.fact it is England against Scotland, so it does. Is there a danger that

:18:20. > :18:24.rugby will find itself down the road trying to decide with its future

:18:25. > :18:30.lies, with the success of the seven aside game? We will manage that. We

:18:31. > :18:35.think that both brands of rugby are good for each other. If it is ever a

:18:36. > :18:41.problem, it is a nice problem to have. The last two days have been a

:18:42. > :18:48.great advertising board for rugby union. Lovely to speak to you. Enjoy

:18:49. > :18:54.this. There will be no love lost, even though there is nothing really

:18:55. > :20:03.to play for. England against Scotland.

:20:04. > :20:17.James Eddie just coming in on the angle to make the clearance. This is

:20:18. > :20:41.Phil Burgess. He is one of the newest faces in the England squad.

:20:42. > :20:52.Christian Lewis-Pratt, speed, determination, scoring. Has he

:20:53. > :20:58.grounded the ball? Is it a try? The referee has given the try. Christian

:20:59. > :21:05.Lewis-Pratt, you do not often see him go around the outside. What

:21:06. > :21:10.about that for a bruising encounter. He certainly has carried the ball

:21:11. > :21:27.well for England. He is a bit of a wrecking ball.

:21:28. > :21:39.The fly half tries to get the conversion. When you're running onto

:21:40. > :21:47.the quick ball like that, you spot the gap. He gets away from Mark

:21:48. > :21:53.Bennett. Christian Lewis-Pratt, his first try of the weekend. Four

:21:54. > :22:24.conversions to his name. Lee Jones, one of the specialists in

:22:25. > :22:29.this line-up, as is the skipper, Colin Gregor. England have

:22:30. > :22:49.possession. He is one of the biggest lumps in

:22:50. > :22:56.the England squad. He bursts over two double England's ad vantage. The

:22:57. > :23:02.tallest player in the England squad found the gap on the outside. He was

:23:03. > :23:10.up against the smallest player in the Scotland squad, Colin Gregor.

:23:11. > :23:16.Tom Powell, he is leaving for New Zealand. He is going to work in

:23:17. > :23:21.industry after this. He has been a great servant for this England team.

:23:22. > :23:32.He has played 14 tournaments and scored 41 tries.

:23:33. > :23:41.The one saving grace for Scotland, potentially, is that the two tries

:23:42. > :23:46.have not been converted. Tom Mitchell is frustrated that he has

:23:47. > :23:47.not been able to play today. He is down on the touchline, chatting with

:23:48. > :24:43.his team-mate. Scotland could do with more

:24:44. > :24:59.possession for the up the field. That would suit the coach perfectly.

:25:00. > :25:04.Scotland could yet become Scotland's most successful rugby

:25:05. > :25:11.sevens team at these Games. They could finish in fifth place. There

:25:12. > :25:17.is still plenty to play for, as if beating England and Wales is not

:25:18. > :25:24.enough in itself. That ball has gone between the legs of Lee Jones.

:25:25. > :25:33.The referee saw the knock-on. We will have a scrum. Scotland have

:25:34. > :25:41.been guilty of not liking the precision. As a result, Dan Norton

:25:42. > :25:45.was there like a cannonball. Colin Gregor, well, what can Scotland do

:25:46. > :26:21.in the last play of the game in the first half? Hold your space.

:26:22. > :26:32.We have another significant score. This time it is for England. That

:26:33. > :26:38.might be a big one? Yes, absolutely. It is Dan Norton and Marcus Watson.

:26:39. > :26:44.They are playing centre and winger. As a result, Lee Jones gets no room

:26:45. > :26:49.on the outside. Those players are squeezing Scotland in the outside

:26:50. > :26:56.channels. As a result, the game plan of Scotland will have to change. He

:26:57. > :27:08.has scored so many tries for England, Dan Norton. Only one player

:27:09. > :27:11.has more. Really tough games were both teams, not the matches they

:27:12. > :27:13.wanted to play, they wanted to be playing in the cup semifinals, but

:27:14. > :27:16.wanted to play, they wanted to be playing in the both had to raise

:27:17. > :27:19.themselves for it. England have raised themselves better, they are

:27:20. > :27:24.in control, three tries, 15-0 in the raised themselves better, they are

:27:25. > :27:27.in control, three tries, 15-0 lead. Satisfactory for England,

:27:28. > :27:31.disappointing Scotland. They have run out of ideas. They have the game

:27:32. > :27:36.plan of work -- throwing it wide to Lee Jones and then taking it down to

:27:37. > :27:41.Dan Norton, and in the full race, Norton will win that. Scotland have

:27:42. > :27:46.to try something else and maybe go more physical, take it more direct

:27:47. > :27:49.to allow them the space out wide. You can't always rely on the

:27:50. > :27:55.Proclaimers. As much as we're trying to. They have lacked width

:27:56. > :27:59.throughout the tournament, and if you haven't got wit it's easier for

:28:00. > :28:05.the defending side to defend, and if you give them which they get the

:28:06. > :28:11.spaces. It's the lack of skills getting the ball out there. They

:28:12. > :28:14.play a narrow game, which is not causing anybody any problems, and

:28:15. > :28:23.it's very difficult for Lee Jones to get on the outside of a sevens

:28:24. > :28:26.specialist. The teams we will see in the semifinals, every one of them

:28:27. > :28:32.has one or two players that can produce a rabbit out of a hat now

:28:33. > :28:37.and again. And if England have got Norton and Watson here, securely --

:28:38. > :28:42.surely Stuart Hogg is that player, but he's not on the field. I thought

:28:43. > :28:45.they would make the change him, but they haven't. These Scotland guys

:28:46. > :28:52.will not want this to be the last seven minutes. What a great

:28:53. > :28:57.atmosphere. The best atmosphere and stage that some of these guys will

:28:58. > :29:02.ever play on. These guys don't want to go away. They want another 14

:29:03. > :29:06.minutes. On that positive note from the Scottish perspective, worth

:29:07. > :29:12.saying, if you have been enjoying what we have had at Ibrox over the

:29:13. > :29:16.last 48 hours, nonstop karaoke and rugby, look on our website and join

:29:17. > :29:28.a rugby club. Get involved in the game.

:29:29. > :29:39.Scott Riddell did well. He is contracted to the sevens team here.

:29:40. > :29:44.Got a great engine. What will the riposte be from Scotland to the

:29:45. > :29:50.England lead? Glasgow has been good to this team in recent months, had

:29:51. > :29:57.the home leg of the IRB series of, and a likely air in this part. --

:29:58. > :30:00.they like the air in this part of the country. Trying to suck it in,

:30:01. > :30:06.because they are three tries to nil down. Scott Riddell. Mark Bright has

:30:07. > :30:12.done brilliantly. He has been a thorn in the flesh of the Scottish

:30:13. > :30:17.performance. Bright's intervention, ultimately releasing Daniel Bibby.

:30:18. > :30:20.He has a couple of men to meet. The priority for England will be to

:30:21. > :30:24.recycle, and Tom Powell drove in over the top to make sure it was

:30:25. > :30:28.possible and that Watson could do something with it. BB. Norton. Now

:30:29. > :30:32.that big man, something with it. BB. Norton. Now

:30:33. > :30:41.punch some holes in the Scottish defence. The ball is free. Burgess.

:30:42. > :30:50.Almost through. You have to do feel a fourth England try will conclude

:30:51. > :30:57.negotiations. Marcus Watson not quite on the same wavelength there.

:30:58. > :31:01.Scotland can launch something on their own from inside their own 22.

:31:02. > :31:07.James Eddie bringing it forward a couple of metres. Jones. Misses

:31:08. > :31:15.Vernon. The long pass from Scott Wight. What can Scotland do here?

:31:16. > :31:19.They are looking strong and quick with Bennett streaking towards the

:31:20. > :31:24.line, chased down by Norton, and Norton wins the race and those were

:31:25. > :31:28.really well to not just win the race but to hold onto the ball -- not

:31:29. > :31:34.just win the race. He's conceded the penalty. That is a yellow card.

:31:35. > :31:41.Scotland have scored. He has gone for his pocket. Is that the turning

:31:42. > :31:44.point in them game? -- the game? A potentially very significant

:31:45. > :31:50.moment. We thought Dan Norton had got away with that but he absolutely

:31:51. > :31:53.had not. Slowing the ball down deliberately and he has been yellow

:31:54. > :31:59.carded. What's more, Scotland have got their first try. Mark Bennett

:32:00. > :32:11.has contributed handsomely to the performance.

:32:12. > :32:17.Here is Norton. He has to do allow the players to come off his feet but

:32:18. > :32:24.he starts into feeling with the ball on the ground. -- interfering.

:32:25. > :32:31.Interfering with the play and he was sharp enough to pick and go. One of

:32:32. > :32:38.the promising Scotland crop coming through. Twice a winner. Here is

:32:39. > :32:42.Watson for England. Scotland have won the ball back and this might be

:32:43. > :32:46.a good couple of minutes. Here is Lee Jones, under the post. The hosts

:32:47. > :32:54.are right back in the middle of their own party. Well, the delight

:32:55. > :33:03.around the ground, what the good weather has done, and that from

:33:04. > :33:10.Scott Wight, great pressure and McGregor with the additional

:33:11. > :33:16.conversion. Watch this work by Scott Wight. He stole the ball, Lee Jones

:33:17. > :33:19.was off his left foot and he just aimed for the posts will stop super

:33:20. > :33:27.work for Scotland, back in the game, as you said. And they have retained

:33:28. > :33:34.possession from the kick-off as well. England have just not got

:33:35. > :33:37.started in the second half, and a bit of respite here however. Scott

:33:38. > :33:43.Wight who has done so many good things just could not stretch out.

:33:44. > :33:49.Maybe if he had started yesterday, but it's been a long couple of days

:33:50. > :33:54.for him. The pass was down at boot laces and not delivered with, and

:33:55. > :33:58.Christian Lewis-Pratt decides he will turn slowly and take the

:33:59. > :34:08.momentum out of the Scotland sales. The kicks for touch. -- he kicks.

:34:09. > :34:11.Everybody inside Ibrox is part of the world record crowd for a second

:34:12. > :34:20.stash sevens tournament. A second stash sevens tournament days in

:34:21. > :34:29.Melbourne, but here in Glasgow, 180,000 watching sevens in Glasgow,

:34:30. > :34:37.and a decent slice of them watching for the home crowd. Dan Norton is

:34:38. > :34:41.back on as well. Daniel Bibby finding Lewis-Pratt, who goes

:34:42. > :34:45.backwards, via Norton. Norton, finding Burgess well, but a handy

:34:46. > :35:06.intervention. The penalty has been conceded,

:35:07. > :35:12.Scotland's second most capped player has more appearances. Christian

:35:13. > :35:20.Lewis-Pratt again. England have got three strapping forwards in Burgess

:35:21. > :35:23.and Rodwell and Mark Bright, and they are pushing Scotland on the

:35:24. > :35:35.territorial journey and are pressing them down into their own half. 89

:35:36. > :35:42.seconds to go. Who is to face Wales in the Plate final? The consolation

:35:43. > :35:46.prize are those knocked out in the quarterfinals. He rose high, but it

:35:47. > :35:52.was scrappy, and Scotland will have possession of the scrum. Isn't it

:35:53. > :35:56.great, because the stadium clock is just counting down towards that

:35:57. > :36:00.minute. Scotland will have to go the length and retain possession if they

:36:01. > :36:05.are going to win this time. Great theatre. Brilliant atmosphere. Such

:36:06. > :36:15.excitement. Hope you are enjoying this one at home? That was a little

:36:16. > :36:21.bit loose. Causing one or two problems which they are working hard

:36:22. > :36:24.to sort out. Less than three quarters of a minute ago, but if

:36:25. > :36:27.you've been watching with a small much of the weekend you will know

:36:28. > :36:30.that tries can be scored in the blink of an eye, even from this

:36:31. > :36:42.position and that will be the hope Scotland. It is still there, and

:36:43. > :36:46.while it is, hope remains. Multiple Commonwealth Games for him.

:36:47. > :36:53.Likewise, Colin Gregor. They are making progress. Into the final ten

:36:54. > :36:58.seconds, however. No room for a mistake now otherwise it will be

:36:59. > :37:04.England. Sean Lamont. Falls to the floor by James Rodwell. Penalty for

:37:05. > :37:08.Scotland. Lamont really should have moved the ball. They have got away

:37:09. > :37:15.with that. And on this last attacking play, can Scotland make

:37:16. > :37:21.the tide from England? -- Nick the tide? Lee Jones. Gregor. The

:37:22. > :37:26.Glaswegians looking to get the finish that there support might well

:37:27. > :37:31.have earned over the weekend. There will be neutral to say that the

:37:32. > :37:36.50,000 to have packed this place for each of the sessions finish with a

:37:37. > :37:41.smile. Who says they won't? Stuart Hogg, the British Lion, this poorer

:37:42. > :37:47.place in the final of the Plate but hunted down by Norton by Norton and

:37:48. > :37:51.Norton Hammonds it into touch. -- hammers it. Confirmation from the

:37:52. > :37:57.referee that the sands have slipped away, and that moment from Stuart

:37:58. > :38:03.Hogg was Scotland's last moment, and it will be England to go forward to

:38:04. > :38:07.the Plate and it is Stephen Gammell's Scotland who leave the

:38:08. > :38:09.stage now. One more match for Simon a more's England, and that will be

:38:10. > :38:18.against Wales. It is almost getting tiresome saying

:38:19. > :38:24.this, but another fabulous game of seven a side rugby. That last part,

:38:25. > :38:30.Stuart Hogg, going all out, and Dan Norton pulling him back in. So

:38:31. > :38:33.exciting. Scotland made it really competitive in the second half, and

:38:34. > :38:38.you could feel the atmosphere. It was fantastic. It was almost like it

:38:39. > :38:42.was scripted, that Stuart Hogg, the talisman of Scotland would run all

:38:43. > :38:47.of the way, but Dan Norton is a handy player. It is always handy to

:38:48. > :38:51.have a guy that is lightning quick, and he is the one that when they

:38:52. > :38:57.need to score, they go to him. When they need to defend. It is

:38:58. > :39:01.significant that there were two England players there and only one

:39:02. > :39:05.Scotsman, no Scotsman able to support him and keep the ball alive.

:39:06. > :39:11.Again, you go back to the comparisons between Northallerton --

:39:12. > :39:15.North and South Hammer Speers. The support has always been there. Now,

:39:16. > :39:19.the next game you will see there is the intensity and physicality which

:39:20. > :39:24.will be ramped up -- North and South hemispheres. There was a fair amount

:39:25. > :39:26.of physicality and again, not least because of the nationality, and

:39:27. > :39:30.England against Wales, you cannot dismiss that, and you can hear the

:39:31. > :39:34.reception the Scottish players get as they parade around the pitch. But

:39:35. > :39:44.here we go with Australia against New Zealand. I cannot look beyond

:39:45. > :39:48.New Zealand. When they go direct they go in and create an offside

:39:49. > :39:52.line, and then they spin it. They have not played well today, but I

:39:53. > :39:55.still think they will have too much for Australia.

:39:56. > :39:59.still think they will have too much for The camera on D J Forbes, the

:40:00. > :40:03.man with a beard, and if you are an occasional rugby fan, you will know

:40:04. > :40:07.Richie McCaw and Dan Carter as the two great rugby footballers of the

:40:08. > :40:11.world, almost, as members of the All Blacks team, but the influence D J

:40:12. > :40:17.Forbes has had on the dominance in sevens is almost comparable. I would

:40:18. > :40:20.say it is even beyond that. What he has done for sevens rugby in New

:40:21. > :40:26.Zealand is incredible, the stats he produces are incredible. He is in

:40:27. > :40:30.everything they do. But they have six very good other players. They

:40:31. > :40:33.have the strongest bench and squad and I think we will see that,. I

:40:34. > :40:38.think Australia will really push them but I think New Zealand will be

:40:39. > :40:44.too strong. He is one of the players who have stayed in the sevens world.

:40:45. > :40:49.Two of the greatest players coming out of New Zealand started in sevens

:40:50. > :40:53.and went on to greater things. Forbes has stayed there and won

:40:54. > :40:59.countless awards. Jonah Low moo and Christian Cullen were members of the

:41:00. > :41:04.New Zealand seven a side team that won in 1998, and New Zealand one

:41:05. > :41:22.match away another final. -- from another final.

:41:23. > :41:23.shirts on the far right side, and Tim Mikkelson finds his skipper,

:41:24. > :41:49.Forbes. Lam. Cacau with a little step. That

:41:50. > :41:52.was a seriously important tackle -- Kaka. Mickleson threatening, and it

:41:53. > :41:57.has taken less than 60 seconds to puncture the golden defence. The

:41:58. > :42:02.defence was at sixes and sevens from the start, they stretched left and

:42:03. > :42:05.right. Quality play at the breakdown allowed them to hold the whip. Very

:42:06. > :42:19.accurate play by New Zealand. They will be delighted. All the quality

:42:20. > :42:22.of this New Zealand team on show. The passing, the food work, and the

:42:23. > :42:35.ability to control the breakdown area. -- footwork. From that range,

:42:36. > :42:45.Mikkleson was never going to be stopped. Australia, a slow start yet

:42:46. > :42:47.again. They will not be panicking yet. They managed to come back this

:42:48. > :43:13.morning. Scott Currie, tackled on the ten

:43:14. > :43:25.metre line. The ruck has been formed, no hands. That is the

:43:26. > :43:49.Australian under 20s captain. We have seen Ben Lam twice through

:43:50. > :44:09.the middle, drawing players around them. He has been wide in the other

:44:10. > :44:13.game. You need the ability to shift into space, particularly against

:44:14. > :44:18.this sort of control team. I wondered if that is why we are going

:44:19. > :44:24.to see Ben Lam more in the midfield, to try and win the contact area.

:44:25. > :44:30.This is possibly a tactic that New Zealand are trying to adopt. For the

:44:31. > :44:38.time being, Ben Lam is closest to us on the left-hand side. He is trying

:44:39. > :44:42.to stretch the page to its full 70 metre width. It is as wide as it can

:44:43. > :45:41.be. Pama Fou is struggling. Physically,

:45:42. > :45:57.he is hurting. Two and a half minutes until half-time. Stannard

:45:58. > :46:06.clears the touch. That was a lovely kick. He needs to get his hands on

:46:07. > :46:11.the ball to make something happen. Australia need to control the game.

:46:12. > :46:12.They are currently being hassled by this New Zealand team. There are

:46:13. > :46:24.still only seven points in it. Australia are doing their best to

:46:25. > :46:40.keep the ball off the floor. If they can, they will win possession at the

:46:41. > :46:47.scrum. We will see if Pama Fou has recovered. I wonder about him

:46:48. > :46:53.physically. He has the ability to have a massive impact. We will see

:46:54. > :46:58.and they use him. Ben Lam is following him out to that position.

:46:59. > :47:25.He quite fancies having a run at him, I think.

:47:26. > :47:37.Jesse Parahi make something out of nothing. Sean McMahon will trundle

:47:38. > :47:43.under the posts. Australia, with pretty much their first attack of

:47:44. > :47:48.this semifinal, they have a 7-point. It was something out of nothing. The

:47:49. > :47:54.defence tracked back very well. They were in a strong position. Sean

:47:55. > :48:01.McMahon, just looping around, he took the space. How often do we talk

:48:02. > :48:09.about the try just before half-time? Once again, Australia, as

:48:10. > :48:16.they did yesterday, and he did this morning, they get that try. That the

:48:17. > :48:20.be crucial. I was looking at the clock, and it was interesting how

:48:21. > :48:26.long Australia took over the conversion. It was fully 35 seconds

:48:27. > :48:34.because they did not want the game to be restarted. They wanted it to

:48:35. > :48:38.be all square at half-time. I think the Australians have really defended

:48:39. > :48:46.well. New Zealand have dominated. They have kept Ben Lam quiet. Ellis

:48:47. > :48:51.Cacau has caused some problems. But some good defending has prevented

:48:52. > :48:59.the second try. We have seen great play from Jesse Parahi. New Zealand

:49:00. > :49:11.still looked very dangerous. But it is 7-7. When New Zealand got the

:49:12. > :49:17.early try, Australia did pretty well. They will be having a very

:49:18. > :49:37.different team talk to what they would have been if they had not got

:49:38. > :49:40.that try. New Zealand are one man down in the squad system. That could

:49:41. > :49:46.be key in the later stages of the game. We saw against Scotland that

:49:47. > :49:52.New Zealand can be vulnerable in the late stages of the game. I think

:49:53. > :49:57.Australia have to get right in amongst them, get the ball and

:49:58. > :50:03.dictate the play. So many sides try to contain New Zealand. You cannot.

:50:04. > :50:11.You have got to try and play. When you get to this stage of rugby

:50:12. > :50:16.sevens competitions, you do not see free-flowing game, with lots of

:50:17. > :50:23.tries. You see attritional game, really tight. That is why we have

:50:24. > :50:51.7-7 at half-time. It could go either way.

:50:52. > :51:04.Jesse Parahi has lasted. Mikkleson is after it.

:51:05. > :51:12.Jesse Parahi has lasted. Mikkleson Mikkleson. Jesse Parahi has made a

:51:13. > :51:17.mess of that. He could hear the food stamps. He knew that someone was

:51:18. > :51:58.coming. Unfortunately, it just went out of the goal area.

:51:59. > :52:09.Stannard. This game has not been dominated by the taking. -- kicking.

:52:10. > :52:26.That was a gain of 75 metres. Pappas who was held up on this

:52:27. > :52:30.occasion. It was the Irish, a couple of years ago, that really perfected

:52:31. > :52:42.the art of holding the player off his feet. We have seen Ben Lam in

:52:43. > :52:47.the midfield, on the wing, and that is the last piece of play for Pama

:52:48. > :52:53.Fou. That does not surprise me. I think that is good coaching. His

:52:54. > :52:59.impact has been minimal. Physically, he did not look right. Whenever Greg

:53:00. > :54:02.Jeloudev has been on, he has made an impact.

:54:03. > :54:10.Mikkleson with the move inside. He was aware of where Scott Currie was.

:54:11. > :54:16.Scott Currie with the second try, to put the champions ahead. Where is

:54:17. > :54:22.the structure in the New Zealand attack? It came from DJ Forbes in

:54:23. > :54:28.the breakdown. Three Australians committed to that period. It was

:54:29. > :54:33.beautifully executed play. We see here, Mikkleson saw the space. He

:54:34. > :54:40.had support from Joe Webber on the outside. He runs in for the try.

:54:41. > :54:46.That is a very well taken try by Scott Currie. You talk about the

:54:47. > :54:51.fitness of these players. Tim Mikkleson barely seems to miss the

:54:52. > :55:03.second of these matches, and he is always where the bollards. The

:55:04. > :55:14.workrate is phenomenal. -- where the ball is. Without a doubt, the

:55:15. > :55:18.fitness levels are phenomenal. It is also about intelligence,

:55:19. > :55:20.conservation of energy, by having good player distribution. Both these

:55:21. > :55:38.teams have that. That latest kick from Stannard hit

:55:39. > :55:55.the neatly arranged flags. I think it was the Malaysian flag that he

:55:56. > :56:07.had. -- that he hit. We have one minute and 40 seconds to go.

:56:08. > :56:10.I think the New Zealand coach knows that nothing is ever over in this

:56:11. > :56:12.game. I think the New Zealand coach knows

:56:13. > :56:16.that nothing is ever over How many games this weekend have we seen a

:56:17. > :56:20.score after the final siren has sounded. Australia have another

:56:21. > :57:05.ability to get this over the line. absolutely the right moment to

:57:06. > :57:14.counter ruck. Gillies Kaka off in search of the try that would finish

:57:15. > :57:23.it. What a finish. That might be the final. I think we are going to have

:57:24. > :57:26.to use the video review system. I thought he did it perfectly. I

:57:27. > :57:37.thought it was an outstanding finish. It is too big a try not to

:57:38. > :57:44.be absolutely certain. Absolutely agree. I thought he had great

:57:45. > :57:57.control of his body. Simultaneous with the right foot. He is happy

:57:58. > :58:07.with it. No messing around. It is a try. It is the try that secures the

:58:08. > :58:12.final. Scott Curry knows it. Once again, New Zealand are going to have

:58:13. > :58:16.the familiar couple of hours where they have to think about a

:58:17. > :58:25.Commonwealth Games final. They have been here before. Once or twice.

:58:26. > :58:34.Great determination from the guys with a moment to go. Turnover forced

:58:35. > :58:39.it. Very good. A solid performance. The current version on its way, it

:58:40. > :58:50.slices across the posts but it doesn't matter. -- the conversion.

:58:51. > :58:56.New Zealand, perhaps, unbeatable? We can say it for the umpteenth time,

:58:57. > :59:00.New Zealand have still not lost a match in the Commonwealth Games

:59:01. > :59:04.ever. DJ Forbes absolutely instrumental as we said he would be.

:59:05. > :59:08.There is something impenetrable about them. It was not flash but it

:59:09. > :59:09.did not