BBC Three: Day 8: 14:00-19:00 Commonwealth Games

who is the flag bearer for the Cayman Islands. It seems a long time

ago now, the opening ceremony, but very impressive it was, too.

Better conditions, certainly drier. Still blustery, though.

Every time the rain stops, the wind pushes up. I am not sure what they

prefer. The crowds are getting bigger all

the time, the next rider, Christine Spence from Jersey.

I am looking at the rider from Malaysia now, Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad

Lutfi, 28 years old. He was involved in a nasty car accident only last

month when returning from a cycling event with his wife. A lorry in a

road had gone over and he was in a collision with it. The lorry driver

unfortunately died and just like injuries for the cyclist and his

wife. That delayed his departure for the Commonwealth Games, his

preparation, obviously, greatly disrupted, physically and

emotionally, by what happened. But he has made it to the start line

here and Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi of Malaysia on his way turning right

into Gallowgate on the salt market. A lot of riders choosing to use

sunglasses, very optimistic. There is Christine Spence, who we

did not see at the start, the 45-year-old former triathlete, 23rd

in Delhi in this race. Now, for Northern Ireland, first

competitor, Marcus Christie, 23rd in the under 23 World Championship time

trial last year in Florence on the iPod chain reaction team. -- he

smashed the Irish 50 mile time trial record and he is underway here in

the Commonwealth Games. Then as the Malaysia rider. It is steadily

uphill for most of this race here, just going uphill all the time.

It drags instead solely up to the first time check before they turn

left into this deeper part of the course.

Gerhard Mans of Namibia, very powerful rider.

He is certainly not lacking in muscle power of there. Another rider

sporting sunglasses. I think it is just to keep particles of dust out

of their eyes so they can rely on their eyelids.

It will keep the rain out their eyelids.

eyes a little later on. Thankfully, the rain seems to be holding off for

the moment as we dip back to Christine Spence of Jersey. 45 now,

started riding at the age of 21. Now, Luke Rowe from Team Sky, riding

for Wales. Stage winner in the Tour of Britain, fourth International

Road race Championship a few weeks ago.

Luke Rowe. Fourth in the time trial, of course, as well, so he has been

in good company. It will be interesting to see what he can do.

No racing since the national championships but the pedigree is

there. He has a good, strong rider, as

well. We will be interested to see how

Luke Rowe fares coming years more than cable pull of a ride here. --

capable. Open to the tour of California, of

course, in support of Bradley Wiggins. Today he is his own man

riding for Wales. I think now we have riders like Luke

Rowe out on the course it will be a very different race to the one we

happen watching this afternoon. Things starting to get much more

interesting in terms of the overall scenario. Matthew Osborn out there

for Guernsey, the 25-year-old. He is in good company with those around

him out on the road. Quickly into his stride immediately having made

that right turn into salt market. Very unusual at this level of

competition to have single minute time gaps. Normally we have ten

minutes, the gap, so the riders do not interfere with each other, but

it is one minute to the end. You have that in the tour, smaller

gaps in the top 20. It is not just the riders come it is the traffic

around, the following cars and motorbikes all giving assistance to

the rider. It is good for us, it keeps the

action coming thick and fast. Talking of fast, Luke Rowe making,

what looks like visibly at least a very strong start.

He has that sat now of pack in his suit, that means you will get

constant time checks. Difficult for him, most of his opposition is yet

to start. Here is one of them now, Svein Tuft.

Svein Tuft, who has been around the block a few times, 37 now, vastly

experienced. He is a man who definitely dances to the beat of his

own drum and has done throughout his life.

Another rider coming out of the Tour de France, of course, so there is a

question over whether he has had enough time to recover. Only three

clear days between these events, which is quite incredible, really.

Svein Tuft, actually, is not due off just yet, he is rider number 13. We

go in ascending order, here's a few minutes away. Just having his bike

checked, there. All bikes have to be ratified by the

commissaire. You mentioned he was in the time

trial in the Tour de France this year, he was 15th in that time trial

just before the Paris.

He is something of a Paris.

though not all of the riders ride flat out in those time trials on the

tour, so it is not always indicate if of form.

We watch Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi of Malaysia. Good Malaysia and

representation, we have become used to it on the track with the likes of

as is allowed one -- as is all has meowing.

What about that riding position for liberal? The clock counts down once

more. Number 19 Drobisch of Namibia. It is an unfamiliar Jersey, the

Namibian team. A big test for him on the roads of Scotland today. A

reminder if you have just tuned in, the leader at the moment, we had a

batch of 30 at the start and this is the second batch with the big names

and the man who leads the way overall, Janvier Hadi from Rwanda.

I think that Mark will soon be toppled and publicly, certainly by

this man, Luke Rowe. As you say, stock still on the bars at the

moment. You would not be able to tell he's actually climbing at the

moment. These suits are carefully designed, you can see the different

textures of the materials, different parts of the body, different

cylinders shapes, all for aerodynamics. Scott Davies leaving

the starter's gate, the Welshman, 18 years old.

British under 20 Three Rd years old.

road time trial champion this year. Seventh in the World Championship

Junior Katharine Merry last year, as well.

A problem already here! He has barely got started and

already there is a problem for Scott Davies of Wales.

It looks like he has pulled his wheel over. That is a real error,

totally unnecessary there. He has decided the break is rubbing. They

will try to give him his road bike, which keeps him riding. He has

decided it is OK. Well, pulling in the wheel over is not good at all.

That has to be bad psychologically, you get all worked up and ready to

go and suddenly that happens. It is one of those things that is

not necessary, it is part of checking the bike at the start,

whoever sets up the bike. Really unfortunate for him there. He

was not ruffled, though, just crack on with the job.

This is Aaron Bailey from Guernsey, one of the older riders in the field

here. No problems for Bailey.

Straight into his rhythm there. The sun, for the moment at least,

continues to shine. Let us hope that continues.

It certainly looks to be breaking up, the weather now. The clouds are

getting higher and further apart. It looks as though the wind has come

and that has to stay consistent if we see a third competition.

That is one of the things they have to deal with. Equipment choice is

very important, as well, with the change in these wind conditions.

Here is Christie going through as the fastest so far, as you can see,

21 seconds faster than anyone else. The leaders constantly changing as

they go through the time checks and all of the time checks that were

said earlier on basically going to be pushed further and further down.

It is effectively at seeded event here so the better riders go last.

Hopefully the event builds to a crescendo and gives us a spectacular

and thrilling finish. That is the general idea, anyway. Hadi from

Rwanda leads the way and it was a good ride for him, where ever he

ends up over a later today. It seems as if a few more people have turned

up. There is giving to Thomas, I was going to see fresh from the Tour de

France, maybe not so fresh! -- Geraint Thomas full stop despite all

of the problem Team Sky had this year, and that he was not able to

write for himself, as is always the case for him, it seems, 22nd overall

in the Tour. Very, very talented writer. I think it will be

psychological, more than anything else, for Geraint Thomas.

He has had, figuratively, a crash course in riding in those conditions

for the last few weeks. There goes Mark Christian, we have

been watching him perform with style on the track. He has a Commonwealth

bronze medal already from Delhi four years ago. He won the bronze in the

points race, 23 golds, -- 23-year-old.

The riders at the top end of the field getting ready to set sail.

Final adjustments being made now as Steve Cummings takes to the start

ramp. Steve Cummings, former Commonwealth

Games gold medallist in the team pursuit back in 2006. He got bronze

in the individual pursuit, as well. Winner of the tour of the

Mediterranean this year, first in the time trial, as well, strong

later on his day, Steve. He has had a good day, hasn't he

crash marquee used to ride with Sky, then went to BMC, he was a

useful rider for Cadel Evans when Evans did the Tour de France. You

mentioned the tour of the Mediterranean, and there was also a

stage on one of the Grand Tour is for him back in 2012. Certainly I

Grand Tour stage winner. Steve Cummings, then, on the road for

England. It is Svein Tuft from Canada. Multiple champion. He

actually had the pink jersey in stage one of the Giro. We are really

getting towards the business end now. He is something of an unknown

for me. Partially because he is coming out of the Tour de France

depending on what conditions he is in. He also managed to finish the

Giro. Three days rest after going 3000 kilometres around France. He

would not find that sort of competition mode in any other sport.

There is Geraint Thomas for Wales. He has perfected the act of being

able to switch on and off duty. Free, one, and he is a whole

different mindset. Gold medallist in Delhi. Won the

bronze in the individual event. He has Tour de France time trial

victories including the victory in the Giro. He certainly has a smooth

style. It is the last section that really decides the event. Two times

an Olympic gold medallist on the track. 22nd in the Tour de France.

Underway here in Glasgow. It will be interesting to see what sort of legs

he has brought back with him from France. He could be on course for

the victory. It depends on how he came out of the tour. He had

the victory. It depends on how he stage wins. It did not happen for

him. It was a tough three weaker stage wins. It did not happen for

race for him but the form is there It is just psychologically kindly

bring it round. He looked motivated on the line. In Dennis is the

favourite for many today. James McLaughlin about to leave the

starters ramp from Kinsey. 23-year-old who began competing

three years ago after watching the Tour de France on television. Luke

Rowe has went through the first chess point -- first checkpoint. He

has the fastest time by 12 seconds. A good rider gives us a good

indication. We can expect some fast times today. It is getting exciting.

Just nine riders to go out on the road. Then the race will be on.

Final adjustments made ahead of the ride for the late starters. Yannick

Lincoln from Mauritius. 16th in Delhi. Second best African after

Robert Thomson. He won the tour of Mauritius this year. He has won a

lot of races over the years but all of them have been at home. There are

a lot of cables on the front of that bike, that is for sure.

Luke Rowe setting the fastest time at the first checkpoint. The Team

Sky rider racing for Wales today. Making a very good start. 12 seconds

faster than the next quickest. Jesse Sergent from New Zealand in the

starters gate. Bronze medallist from paging and also from London. -- from

China. You can continue enjoying this race is on BBC1. There is still

plenty more sport for you on BBC Three.

The sun has came out. What about that for timing. It is quite windy.

You will not be wearing a hat and here. What have you got planned? I

am heading through to Edinburgh to the Commonwealth pool to watch the

diving. Enjoy that. Afternoon everybody, great to have you with

us. What's coming up from Glasgow 2014 in the afternoon and early

evening. It is getting tense in the men's singles of the lawn bowls.

Action shortly. Plenty of home nation interest in the badminton.

The platform awaits the biggest men in terms of weightlifting. We will

find out who will be crowned the Lord of the rings in the gymnastics.

Got to be exactly right to get this one. What a fabulous baton that was.

We'll be heading off to the Kelvingrove Park in the west end of

the city for the semifinals of the singles. Before we get to the

action, let us to -- let us take a look at the sport that has grown in

popularity. Long bowls for me is like watching

the men's 100 metres final. This is the sport that gets me going more

than anything else. Very good shot. Bowls had a reputation as being a

fuddy-duddy sport, something for all people. It is nothing like that.

Lots of young people play and lots of youngsters in the crowd. Why are

you laughing? Are you a big bowls fan? If I am honest, no. It is not

all about rolling the bowl down and getting close to the jack, there's a

lot of skill and tactics involved. The guys that are doing it are

brilliant. What do you think of the best things about the sport? I

actually do not know. It is fast. It is furious. It has got soul. It is

skilful. No questions, skilful. It is fun, with a capital F.

I guess the main reason why I like bowls is because I have tried it, I

know how hard it is. I promise you, if you are sitting at home, you try

it, you'll love it. What you see two people who accuse bowls of being an

old person sport? Come and try it out, give it a go.

A place in the final awaits the winners. It is 13-13. It is the

first to 21 who wins. The way it is going at the moment,

Darren has got a slight edge. He is starting to develop the

opportunities and taking the jacks back, coming bowls. -- turning

bowls. He is also trying to get that first bowl really close. It has

dropped a little bit this occasion. It is hard to tell, there's so

little between two players. Trying again here. That is a

brilliant bowl. Three down, Aron Sherriff. Again, down on his

backhand. It does sweep back but he put too much weight on it. He. Oh.

It is a lot worse. Dan wants to draw another one but he doesn't want to

leave a catch. Aim for the back bowl. Good line again. He is running

after that. He likes it. That just did not have the weight.

He has given this a go. It's dropped away. Fund two. -- found two. That

is the third 44 Darren Burnett. me, that was a very nice pick-up.

I think he'll most hit that on the way past! -- he almost.

He has dropped that one, after picking up the Jack and carrying it

five or six feet. That is a strange one, that one.

Amazing two bowls. I am shocked at that one because I

thought, he is bound to be reaching it again, punch his own bowl, miss

it and carrying the Jack - all sorts of chances.

He is certainly trying to reach this time. A bit of work to do for this

bowl. Stay on. I think he has dropped in the ditch.

Now, I wonder, will Darren just try and draw this or take a risk and

bowl for the Jack? Well, you need is an angle. If he

gets it solid, it will go on the ditch and he will still be one down.

It is about four feet to the ditch, probably, I don't think he has

enough space behind him to make that angle to make it work. Anyway, with

following down, to try and get inside for the Jack as we see David

Goodwillie watching on. -- Gourlay. A bit girly -- David Gourlay the

Scottish court has managed to bring in a lot of support staff to help

them. Extremely well funded for these Commonwealth Games.

In the area. He would get a solid connection if

the bowl stopped affair, on the Jack.

Wasn't far away. Never get back, though.

This really should be a spare opportunity for the Aussie.

It looks like two if Darren has lifted the Jack. Two it is. Levels

the scores let -- yet again. Nothing to choose between the two

players. It is not just fat, John, just the

way they are playing the game is very, very similar, as well. -- it

is not just that. It is an entertaining game full of all sorts

of shot playing and good draws. The other semifinal, Ryan Best are

closing in on victory. Well, Canada could do with some

success in this event. There has been not much coming out of the

bowls for them. Yes, it is fair to say Ryan Bester

would be the best hope. He resides in Australia and plays his bowls in

Austria. He has done since he was 17.

This is close, it needs to stop. That is in for two. Again, very

close to the run for home. 15-15. The thing his own bowl.

-- lifting. That has made the shot. He had a couple of goals already for

the Commonwealth Games that have not worked out for him, Darren Burnett.

In Delhi he lost to Robert Weale. Darren reinstated again. He has had

a couple of chances here, he could try and lift bowl away.

Well, that is no harm back there, but I think he was expecting that

bowl to kick in a bit better. The fact it has gone back, it is a

deep back bowl, he might consider playing a bit more weight on the

next one. Well, you might consider just trying

to chip this bowl away. He has two seconds, he must have a

go at this. Certainly down on a narrower line.

It is all down to the weight now, has he got in up weight to carry it?

Shot come perfect. Absolutely Arendt we?

Well done by Darren, he took the opportunity to try and draw the

short. He played it really well. He had a few options there. He could

play a role, he could play a draw, lots of chances in that area. -- he

could play a roller. Nice easy action, Aron.

Yes, an awful lot of the Australian players have got a bit of a set

routine before they deliver the bowl. Quite slow when they approach

the match, after that they get things away pretty easy and gentle.

Both these players are very fast. That is OK, that is a good bowl.

Needed to get something their first before he could play the short bowl.

Darren has to be just a little bit careful.

Single bowl target, just needs a little tap on it. He is in the area,

gently, gently... Did not get enough. I thought he had that solid

as a rock. Yes, just didn't get enough of it.

The other side of it would have been good.

I am pretty positive with that bowl that he would not have wanted to

catch the shot. Certainly determined to get past the Jack.

More than he probably thought. David Gourlay, it is a big hope,

this, for him. Interesting choice of shot here. He

must have two seconds if he played that.

Well, looking for a measure. I don't think he had two seconds, he

gambled, really. That is a big gamble at this stage,

John, isn't it? 16-15? I suppose he thought he could not take the both

of them out, but he certainly would not want to give another shot away.

I will give Aron the benefit of the doubt fair, pretty certain he knew

it was just the one shot with two seconds.

But come at 17-15, once you get to 17 you know you can take it in one

end, and so does your opponent. You have to be very careful about the

play -- what they play. APPLAUSE

That is a good opener. Cranking up the pressure on Aron Sherriff.

Rarely has there been a loose end. This is the reply.

Absolutely slaughtering down his backhand. He is getting good bowls

on it. Finding centre rink. Good marker. Making things very cool

-- very clear. Very confident in this match as well. He is making

good calls. The most important thing about a good marker is you do not

even know that he is there. I am not sure if he has made the double. Good

end of bowls. Seems sort of bowl. Needs to hurry.

Needs to run. Did not have the weight. You are saying what I'm

saying. If you get any touch that jack. It is not going to be easy to

get out of it. They are all in a row. There's no real target. Not

exactly very appetising. It is tough but it is available. He knows the

line. How is he looking? Needs to hurry. Great line. Just short of

weight. Dear me. I thought he would have given it a chance. I think he

died. He is playing with nice weight and just underplayed it. -- I think

he did. Alan Burnett will do well to get around that. -- Aron Sherriff.

He is on to the forehand. That last bowl of Darren Burnett just killed

off the backhand. Good effort. He has made a second for sure. That was

a good bowl by Aron Sherriff. I keep adding more ends to my scorecard. It

doesn't matter about ends in terms of singles. It is the first to 21.

We have not even been playing for two hours. They are on the 24th end.

We can confirm that the mannish -- the winner of this match will play

Ryan West for gold in the final. He was a young player who featured

on the Canadian team but then decided to play his bowls in

Australia. He became a very strong player playing down there he still

plays under the Canadian flag. It gets down to the nitty-gritty and

the game should slow down. The players are coming up after the

second bowl. That is very understandable. You could play the

wrong shot if you do not take a good look at it.

It is a very good effort. Probably a bit short. Good protector in many

ways. It was a good bowl. The backhand is very difficult on this

length. Difficult for Aron Sherriff. That wasn't a bad attempt. It is in

a good place. Needs to pass it, doesn't want to

touch the bowl under the jack. That is opened the door. Not a

particularly easy door to walk through. It has exposed the jack.

Two shots to Scotland. What would you do? There it is the shot on the

backhand to draw the jack through. He could play for more on the

forehand and play two bowls. The backhand that Steve Wright shot and

that is what he is playing. He has not played it very often, not an

easy shot. -- looks like the right shot. It is such a hard hand to

play. Players stay away from it. Darren Burnett is inching ever

closer to the final of the singles. 20-15. He is one way. He had a few

hiccups on the way, Darren Burnett, in some of the matches he has

played. He has dug deep. Very experienced and he knows how to win

matches. That is a secret at the moment.

If you look at Darren and he has the big tournament successes on his CD.

The big titles. That could be the difference here. -- CV. Both of

these players came back from a deficit to win the quarterfinals.

The superbike, he did not want to be anywhere near the Scotland bowl. --

nice reply. That will not make an awful lot of

difference. Need something close to win this end. Better line with this

one. He does not want the gap. You cannot blame him. Can say he went

chasing it, John, but what he did do, was give it a chance. It has

gone to a good place at the back. When you get to this stage in the

game, it is amazing what can win you the match. He does not want the

jack, he wants an edge. APPLAUSE

That makes a difference. APPLAUSE

That makes He is playing that hard shot on the forehand. I cannot

believe he played that. That was a poor bowl. He was quick off the mat.

Far too fast off of the mat. That was a nightmare hands to play a shot

like that. He could have driven the bowl to be better. He is in trouble.

Almost everything that Alan has played has been traditional in his

shot plate. That was just too quick. -- Aron Sherriff. Betty gets the

gap, it is good. He is not up. He has blocked the backhand. If I was

Aron Sherriff, I would attack this. He has to get the short bowl away.

Although the key has blocked the draw, it is a more reliable hand

even for weight. His wife Lindsey waiting. The tension. Darren Burnett

really wants the play-off match, to play for gold and silver. Going for

it. It is our way. This place will rot. Kelvingrove have seen hero in

singles get through, Darren Burnett. He wins the match against the

Australian, one of the main competitors for the gold medal. 21 -

15. Fruit of the final with a wonderful exhibition. The family are

absolutely delighted. What a year for Darren Burnett. He wins the

indoor singles and now he's in the final of the Commonwealth Games. He

would not have predicted that? It does not get better than that. Aron

Sherriff played well. Once Darren got into the game he started to

control it. That was the last bowl. Over the game, he was the worthy

winner. Well done, my man. Great stuff. That is where the bowls

is taking place across the River Clyde from us. That is the

university tower that overlooks Kelvingrove Park. That is another

guaranteed medal as far as Scotland are concerned in what has become a

record-breaking Commonwealth Games for them. The total previous best

was set in Melbourne. The final will be hosted to model in the bowls. He

will be taking on the Canadian who came through his semifinal against

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Commonwealth Games. Badminton is one of only four sports that will

feature during every of these games. A place in the quarterfinals

beckons for those in the men's singles. Let's find out how the game

works for the money negotiated. -- for the uninitiated. Badminton is a

fast-moving racket sport that involves dexterity, agility and

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another sports. There are six gold medals for grabs. England's number

one Rajiv Youseff has been making headlines since he was young. This

is his story. I have got very fond memories of playing in the last

games. It was announcing myself on the world stage. It has been

alongside since England had a top-class men's singles player but

he is through to the final. It is happy and sad for me. Playing in the

Common Wealth games is something that I aspired to. But I was in two

minds about how I played. Getting a silver was a highlight of my career.

A first Englishman for 24 years to reach a Commonwealth final in men's

singles. If I can do the same as last time I will be very happy. I

will look to try and go one better. It will be very tough but I do not

see why I cannot produce some wins. If I can be consistent I am

confident of bringing back a medal again. In the team, we got a bronze

last time, I do not see why we cannot do better this time. In the

team event we did not perform how we wanted in the Olympics. To bring

back credibility to Badminton I getting a medal in these games,

maybe it will get the interest back up in Badminton. It is a semi-home

game. There is going to be a lot of interest from the media. We need to

use the pressure in a positive way. I will try to deal with that. We do

not normally play team and individual Badminton back-to-back,

hopefully it is something we can all do well and bring back a medal. Can

he book a semifinal spot? COMMENTATOR: A little shake of the

head. He cannot believe that he missed it. Can you imagine if he was

able to combine that but he is becoming too easy to read and

anticipate so he is getting into trouble. He has to work on the

overall game and not just this fantastic smash that he has got.

Just long on the drift. Nice smash into the body. We haven't seen his

favourite smash yet. Down the line. Not yet. Going back to the

favourite smash yet. Down the line. what I mentioned, he has to work on

his overall game. It might be a clear sign of Ouseph doing that. He

is not just relying on that but is building on the facilities into his

game, which is good. Isn't it amazing? I think in this rally what

it set of was an attacking clear by Huang straight down the line to

Ouseph. From there, he went into that precision and killed it from

the net. Just a small example of what I am trying to explain. To play

more variety with your shots. Another one of those missed smashes.

A couple of times he has lifted over Huang but pushed it long. He has to

remember that he is playing with the drift. 5-5. Again, this set is very

closely contested. The pace is not picking up but more pressure on the

shots. I fear that this is what we can see for the rest of the game. A

21-19 situation. Whoever will win it will be the best to adapt. First

time there has been a 2-point advantage to either man in this

game. Ouseph coming out of a tight net exchange with the benefit of the

net cord. Just have to put some authority into it as what he did

here. Getting very nicely out of that one. He was in deep problems

all the way. And then missing the chance. That was a good shot, wasn't

it? A camera shot. Huang reading it there. Getting

there very early on his forehand. That is very nicely played.

It is probably because we are guilty of stereotyping, but we tend to

think of the Chinese as fairly expressionless. Giving nothing away.

But this man really shows his emotions. I know he has been in

Singapore for a little while, but his upbringing was in China.

The first time Ouseph has had a 2-point advantage in this game.

Oh, what a chance! Perhaps just took too long a swing. Yes, he was lucky

to get away with this, and I think he knows it. It was not well

constructive. -- constructed. This once again, I feel that Ouseph

is really edging away. Gliding away! What ever you say, I feel that he is

slowly but surely just adding on to the margins, just one point at a

time. It always worries me when you guess

what is going to happen! Because nauseatingly, you are normally

right. I get many right, but sometimes, I am also painfully

wrong. You see? You said it was going to be

17-12. It was close! You only asked him to win two. Well,

50% efficient! -- well, 50% right! It is so nice to see how he is

taking the pace of the shot, playing that reverse drop shot rather than

going for the big smashes. And look how effective that was. Beautiful.

Ouseph is nowhere near it. We could have a highlights reel of

all of the expressions of Huang. He is having some delightful ones!

Well intercepted, well read. Good anticipation here.

Another one goes long, and these now are five match points for Rajiv

Ouseph. Interesting way of changing his mind

at the last moment. Rajiv Ouseph is through to the quarterfinals, and it

will be a battle between England and Scotland, because Merrilees is

waiting for him in the last eight. You looked fairly comfortable in

that match? Yes, dare I say, it was quite a comfortable victory for me,

and I am just happy to get through to the quarterfinals. You won a

silver medal in the team competition, so how important would

it be for you to pick up the gold medal as a singles player? It is a

dream of mine. I think the competition is fairly wide open now

that the number one seed pulled out a couple of weeks ago. I think I

showed in the team event that I have got the level, it is just about

producing it, and I think I did that today. You feel comfortable in this

arena, obviously we are in Scotland, but lots of English flags around?

Definitely. It is the first tournament I have played here, and I

instantly felt at home. I hope it continues tomorrow. Kieran

Merrilees, you're very good friend, is the opponent in the next round.

Really there will be a lot of support for him, as a Scottish

player, so how hard is it to go head to head with a good mate? It is

difficult to play against someone. We trained together every day. And

obviously, we are good friends. We have just got to put it to one side

and concentrate when we are on court. I know he will get the home

support, but like you said, there are a lot of English fans here

today. So hopefully it will be 50-50ish! He has had a fairly

comfortable passage to the quarterfinals as well - what would

you say his strengths are? He is a very quick player, good speed around

the court. I have got to be wary of that. I have seen him play at a very

high level in training, and in tournaments as well. Hopefully I can

show my experience and try and get through. We yes, well done to Rajiv

Ouseph. England's number one will be facing

that intriguing battle against Kieran Merrilees, of Scotland, and

hopefully we can follow that progress on this channel, or indeed

on BBC One. Over at the Armadillo, the biggest men on show at these

Games will be faxing their muscles, and we will be going to see that

shortly, as the superheavyweight category in weightlifting take to

the platform. Before we get into all of that, and also speaking to my

very special guest appear on the platform, let's tell you all you

need to know about weightlifting. Weightlifting takes place in a

competition area of four metres square. There are 15 categories,

based on body weight, eight for men, and seven for women. Each competitor

has one minutes to attempt their lift. Three referees the Judith a

each lift. Once the competitor is motionless, the buzzer will indicate

that it has been deemed complete. Competitors have three attempts for

each lift. The snatch is a lift in one uninterrupted movement, and the

clean and jerk consists of two distinct phases.

So, the superheavy category to come as far as the men are concerned. I

have been joined by someone who has done her bit, and given herself a

fitting finale to her Commonwealth Games career. It was her fourth

Games here in Glasgow, and she picked up bronze. Michaele Breeze, a

great name, considering the blustery weather we're having. Well done on

picking up bronze - how does it feel now? It feels great to be retired,

to be able to sit back and watch and enjoy the rest of the competition. I

am looking forward to going down in supporting our superheavyweights.

For me, fourth Games, enough is enough. Time to give somebody else a

chance. But you have said that before, so is this really it now? No

way. I am 100% retired, let's get that on camera. I am not doing this

again. I have been training for about nine months properly to try to

get back to this, and it has been nine months of sacrifice and intense

training and pain, and I do not want to put myself through that, or any

of my supporters. I have had a fantastic support team. I would not

want to put them through this again. Talk us through your final left,

from what you can rumba. -- lift. Yes, we had a small issue. The

snatch for me is my strongest part of the competition. I came here

thinking I would be out there on my own. I did not expect Zoe Smith or

the Nigerian to be that close to me. Fair play to them, they lifted

extremely well. This is my strongest part this was my second attempt at a

Commonwealth Games record. Confident at this point? Shaky, I would say.

The noise in the auditorium was phenomenal. In 22 years of

competing, I have never had the support that I had the other day. It

was phenomenal, for so many people to get behind us and support us. For

me, it was a fitting way to end my career, and I am really grateful for

that. You set a Games record? Yes. Both in the 58 kilograms and the 63

kilograms categories. We will have to wait and see if somebody can

break those the next time around. What about the clean and jerk

section? To be honest, it was disappointing. I came here

anticipating 115 plus. My plan was to come in at I failed my last lift

in the warm up room, at 105, the weights slid off the bar. I thought,

let's get safe, at 108. The coaches got it very wrong, and it cost me

the chance. You have mentioned there, there is a bit of mind games

going on with you and Zoe Smith. What was going on? Well, you could

see my face on that replay. I was disappointed. I said sorry to the

crowd, was that was it, game over, as far as I was concerned. I only

have one lift left, Zoe had not even started. My coaches had put me under

pressure to try and bring it out on my last attempt, and it just did not

give me enough to come out and progress in the competition, which

is a shame. But there is a lot of toing and froing in the warm up

room. Of course there was hype between myself and Zoe. I have not

been beaten since I was a teenager. She lifted superbly well, to win

gold. I am glad that she put the Nigerian in second place. And what

about Rebekah Tiler, 15-year-old from Yorkshire, just falling short

by five kilograms from a bronze medal, what future do you think she

has got? It is not what happens as a youngster that is important. She is

smashing records. The question is, can she progress as she moves

through to the senior ranks. If she can leave her head screwed on and do

the hard work then I think we have got a good future in women's

weightlifting. We have just seen some of the protagonists in the

men's heavy category. What can we expect? A lot of fun out there

today. These are the big boys. A lot of people think it is the event to

watch. It is the weights that you left compared to your body weight. I

prefer the lighter categories. But we have the big boys coming out to

perform. It is going to be very interesting and that is where I am

going to be shooting after this interview. Very well done on your

bronze medal. Let's get to the men's event. And your commentators over in

bronze medal. Let's get to the men's the Clyde Auditorium. COMMENTATOR:

bronze medal. Let's get to the men's Runner-up this year in the OC

Alnwick Championships. Silver medal in the Oceania Championships.

Laverty T So, as you can see every one of

these 12 are the achievers. They have ten minutes in which to warm up

and then jarring that ten minutes you will meet the technical

officials and we will try to guide you to who might win this. You have

still got a couple of minutes to go out and put a view bob on them. What

is great is that we have got these three men from Melbourne who

competed together. You have got Christopher Ray who took the gold

medal. Damon Kelly who took the silver. That is unusual and it makes

this an extra special Commonwealth championship, particularly for those

three guys. This is the equivalent of the hundred metre sprint in

athletics. It is where you are going to see the biggest weights lifted.

And these are your three referees for this afternoon. What they will

be looking for is perfect lifts. They will be lucky to see if there

are any press out on the Alamo, if the feet are in line and stable.

They will be lucky to see if the athlete pushes the bar onto the

platform before enabling the buzzer. They will be looking for the Alamo

touching the knee. Just a taste of the infringements that you can incur

to take away a good lift. -- for the elbow. Great camaraderie amongst the

officials. If you are in trouble, no better man to have on your side.

Likewise, Owain stole that from one of the volunteers. It is the last

session so people are bringing out some crazy moves. We have had a

pretty good week in respect of injuries, just a few bits and bobs

but nothing serious. No dislocated elbows or shoulders. The lifters

have done well, the warm up area has been good. The right temperature.

That is an important factor in making sure that these men and women

have not picked up injuries. As much as we would love to stick with the

warm up. Let's get some real action. This is in the mixed doubles of the

Badminton in the round of 16. Over to our commentators for the next

five or six minutes. Great shot says image in the bank

here to her partner. That looked like a dinosaur I think

it was waved to specifically for me. This one she is not getting away

with. Very good play by Fumt. The player looks up and says where

did that come from? It made a mark in the ceiling. He has too adjusted.

That is way in. Good return of serve. Just removing some of the

precautionary tape and she is ready to play again. A very nice big serve

there. Look at the intensity. They're reactive on their feet. Yes,

it was wide. That is brilliant. It is. It is a classic shot,

beautifully played. Pressure here. Look at the way Fu was over

committing to the side and not really being able to come

crosscourt. Well, a very different situation at

the second game interval. The Scots who were 7-11 down in the first game

are now up. Just to let you know, we are going to stay with the Badminton

on BBC Three because they are still on the warm up in the weightlifting.

Enjoy the Badminton until towards the end of this game.

Good play by Blair here. A lovely drop shot. The threat of the smash

was enough. In the middle, just between the two players. Nobody

knows who is going to take it. A good start for the Scots here. That

is a good shot from bank here. Very good play by Fu, saving that on the

backhand side very well. Kept them in the rally. This follow-up play is

desperately unlucky. the net on her forehand, Fu. But

that was one of them. She got very upset because she knows that is her

strong side. Look at the reaction. She is not happy with it.

Well saved. Very well saved. The backhand smash by Imogen Bankier was

not really the best, as you can see. Well placed. Nice and easy.

Good shot. Not full power, but just directing the smash very nicely,

straight down the line. This time he gets his judgment

absolutely right. They are loving this, they are

loving the chanting, and they are loving the score at the moment. Even

I might be tempted to say, Morten Frost, this could be a decisive

lead. MORTEN FROST: Yes, 16-7 is a very

decisive lead, when the matches like this. -- when the match is like

this. DAVID MERCER: They started slowly,

but there is nothing slow about their game right now.

They are racing to victory. 11 match points. I beg your pardon, 13 match

points. That was a very good shot by. Fu But

as you say, David, it is a little bit too late. They still have to

save another 11 match points. But so far, they have saved three.

Make that four! No, it can't happen. Surely it can't happen. No, it will

not happen. Just relax. The Scots will win it.

And once again, we see the great support in the arena here in Glasgow

for the Scots. Yes, the little clench of the fist. Robert Blair and

Imogen Bankier, through to the quarterfinals, where they will play

either the Canadians or the South Africans and they would be very firm

favourites to win that one, whoever they play. And that would take them

to the semifinals, and a possible showdown with the top-seeded English

pair. Well done to them. As promised,

next, to the Armadillo, to find out how the big men are getting on in

the superheavyweight category. It is the snatch first of all.

Well, he looks like he is well on his way with that lift. That was

very book. We were trying to check about his personal best, but as can

be the case with Nigerian athletes, we cannot quite be sure what they

have been up to. That may well be his personal best. In terms of

competitions, this is his first Commonwealth Games, so it probably

is. So, Daniel Nemani. Another of the

competitors who is in his 30s. The runner-up this season in the

championships in Oceania inmate, in new Caledonia, where he picked up

141 kilograms in this first half of the competition. -- Oceana in May.

And we know that he can go to 150 as well. So, 135 is a pretty

straightforward start for him. That will give him no worries at all.

Here's a man who has had a catalogue of injuries, particularly between

1999 and 2009, but he seems to have got through all of those. He said

what he wanted to do was to come here and compete. Yes, he is very

new to this sport. Quite a quick rise to the top.

His sister is also a lifter, and she was runner-up in the Oceania

Championships this year. She also finished sixth here the other day.

And our first bit of red on the board. But I think we can be

reassured that that would not have heard very much. So, he throws it

from the hips, it is so in eight not to let go of the bar, even when you

know it cannot be saved. But he was able to slow the momentum down, so

that when it touched his head, it would not have been moving very

fast. The highest opening weight, 170 kilos.

Scott Wong out for his second attempt at 135. One of the lighter

men in this class, weighing in at just around 120 kilos.

That was very stealthy. Usually we hear the feet stomp on

the ground, but he was very quiet, but very efficient. This is the man

who is studying medicine, and also weightlifting. And that is a really

difficult competition to manage. It really is, which is why he is

working so hard to be efficient with he is a member of the team

Manchester weightlifting club. The Samoan is now out to try and repair

the damage. And he is shaking his head, because

he feels like he wasted that first attempt. Well, he is right. Yes, but

the point is, he got that one. You can only control what you are doing

at that moment. He needs to forget about the first one and just go from

here. Very solid catch position. That was easy. Shaking his head.

So, the bar has gone up the odd K, just waiting for the countries to

start playing a little bit of poker. A personal best, by one kilogram.

That is what he is after here. Oh, so close. He definitely has the

power. Just a little question of timing. He is saying to his coach, I

did not get far enough behind it, did not get my head through in front

of the elbows. So, where that leaves Lewis Chua at

the halfway stage, we will see. So, Daniel Nemani on stage. A five

kilograms increase. Oh, that momentum was taking him backwards.

But you could see the height was there. This lift is just so

unforgiving. You have to be so explosive, and yet precise. It is

very hard to do both at the same time. Daniel has been here as a

coach all week, not easy to do that, either. But you know that he can

refocus and get that lift. So, it is going to be Scott Wong for

Singapore coming out for his third attempt, and looking to make it

three out of three. This is really good progress. In terms of

competition, he is delivering 15 kilograms better than ever before on

a competition platform. Hats off if he can do this. That is huge

progress! not an issue. It looks like he is

saying to his coach that he lost his grip. That is when your thumb is

under bar. 135 kilograms is still a personal best for him. He is

Lauititi Lui from Samoa. He is going for 140 kilograms, in his third

attempt. Again, this would be ten kilograms up on the best he has ever

produced in competition. That is up from last year's Pacific mini games.

What a lift! That is a great way to make up from that first left. It is

amazing that he is able to do this kind of lifting after just a year

and a half of training. Very patient in the catch position. Very happy

with that lift, Lauititi Lui. Dung Williams to come in next, taking the

bar up to 142 kilograms. That is a seven kilograms increase for him.

This is a blight man, at 107.34 kg. -- a light man. He is giving away

some 56 kilograms to one of the other competitors!

The timing was not as smooth on that. It looked to me like he might

have hit lower than that last left. You really want to be consistent

about where you are throwing the weight from. He just kicked it a

little bit too far forward to be able to hold onto it. He might be in

a position where he might have to come in and try this again. I think

you will have two. He has two minutes at his disposal. There is

another lifter coming in at 145 kilograms. If that had been a little

bit closer he might take the risk to go up to 145 kilograms just so he

had a little bit more time. And another lifter would go between his

second and third lift. That would be a ten kilograms increased. This man

is still a novice. That's right. You can see the hesitation he had on his

lap lift. You can see the power is definitely there. Really focusing,

visualising. The coaches giving him all the queues he needs to hear to

get this left. -- this left. -- lift.

He did not give himself a lot of time in the setup. One other thing

is, when you go to the entry, sorry, to put in the entries for the

competitors, it is actually blind. The competitors are not named. Once

again, he did not go right into that catch position. Yes, blind in terms

of the final entries, but not blind in terms of the competitors in each

category, because that is published on the website. They know from which

country, which athlete is going to go. That's right, but I mean you

might be moving away from competition, and it turns out your

competition has done the same thing, so other people might not have done

what you were counting on. The first of two Canadians. This is Parminder

Phangura, 34 years of age. A man who did not get their total at Delhi. We

need him to start well. He needs to get his monkey off his back.

Very good start! Parminder Phangura is another athlete who trains in his

garage. Once in awhile when he is lacking would be edition he makes a

long trip -- when he is lacking motivation, he makes the long trip

to a public gym to train with other athletes.

No disrespect to Parminder Phangura, it is more likely that George

Kobaladze is the man who will get a medal. It will be Daniel Nemani

people come on now to make his third attempt. You can see what has

happened here. He lost the 140 kilograms weight, but he has put it

up to 145. He feels obviously then that strength is not a problem, it

was the technique. Look at that! Standing on one foot!

When somebody does that, I think you can say, cheeky, but absolutely

under control. You try standing on one leg, then close your eyes. It is

easy to stand on one leg, but not so easy with your hand over your head,

then put the weights into the equation, it becomes very

interesting. So, the champion in Melbourne in 2006.

Christopher Rae. He was the champion at the age of Fort team. He missed

out on the Athens Olympics. He was so destroyed by that his life went

awry, alcohol, cannabis, he was banned from the sport twice. He has

come back from what was a horrible place. All credit to him for that.

He find his way back through coaching.

That is a good start. It is good to see him here. He had a nightmare

journey in his life since Melbourne. It is not only what to

do, but what you can overcome, so I have a lot of respect for

Christopher Rae. He has spoken publicly about the challenges he

faced in the dark times. He was a silver-medallist in Kuala Lumpur in

1998. He went to the Olympic games in Sydney, total 360 kilograms. That

was in the year 2,000. Today, conservative entry total of 340

kilograms. Here is Parminder Phangura. He has gone up to 150

kilograms. Still short of his personal best at 156 kilograms. He

weighs 140 kilograms. That is still 23 kilograms short of Itte

Detenamo. Another solid lift. One red light

because of shoulder movement, but I am confident it was not a big press

alt. Press out. Maybe the left arm? It only takes two white lights to

get a good lift, so he is safe. So, Christopher Rae has gone up to

156 kilograms. It looks like Parminder Phangura will have to come

in at 155 kilograms. To whet your appetite, Darius Jokarzadeh,

representing Wales, 165 kilograms is his opening total. Gordon Shaw at

160 kilograms. 20 if macro, 160 kilograms, George Kobaladze, 167

kilograms. -- Damon Kelly will come in at a kg. -- 160 kilograms.

Now, the response changes yet again. Will there be a response from

the other countries? He has bought himself a little time.

Look at the size of the coach compare to this boy!

The coach ways actually less than him, actually less than half as

much! Great lift! He is on fire today.

That is the best snatch we have seen today is so far. It is so good to

see him smiling. It is great that he has found his passion again with

this board. Wouldn't it be great that he could get on the podium?

Lifting like this, that is how he is going to do it. Here is Parminder

Phangura. It is his daughter's sixth birthday today, but he says she will

not be up watching, she likes her sleep too much!

He was a basketball player, got into weightlifting at 16 years of age.

That was to just gain strength. A six kilograms increase. 156

kilograms. Good little series if he can do this.

Almost managed it. Just out front. Let's look at the replay. He was

good with a height, just the direction was a little challenged.

He pitted out in front. Didn't get it into the perfect position. The

He pitted out in front. Didn't get perfect position is only a couple of

millimetres margin. Now, a man who is massive. He is liking this. He is

still a junior, only 20. Junior African champion of the season.

So explosive, but when you have that much power, it is hard to control

it. It just threw him back. Exactly. You can see he can get a lot more

weight overhead. Just a question of stabilising it.

much to repair. But it comes down to that first attempt on the platform,

it is the scariest one. You do not know what to expect. This is a crazy

crowd. You have got adrenaline, pressure, and you have got to

control all of those things and make a precise lift. He leaves white by

the Indian Ocean. I actually googled the resort where he comes from, and

you have got to have a bit of money to go there! It honestly looks

gorgeous. There is his team-mate helping out. KwaZulu-Natal, if you

are looking for a different holiday destination. Now, this is not about

a holiday, this is his day at the office. So, second attempt, still on

160. He needs this to progress. APPLAUSE

That momentum is definitely not on his side in that catch position, but

boy did he fight for it?! And boy, did he need it?! George

Kobaladze entered a total of 397, and I had him as one of the

standouts for gold and silver, but this man is amongst three who I

picked out as having a chance of fighting for the bronze medal. So,

making this second is extremely important. Great height, just again,

a little bit of momentum. He really fought against it. You can see he is

shaking. Well done. I have got this guy, Damon Kelly, the defending

champion, and the young Welshman, Jokarzadeh, as the three men

fighting for the bronze. That is just on looking at the achievements.

It could all change. But there are two fights, one for the gold and

silver, and one for the bronze medal. Chris Rae coming out now.

Really going for 162. This is an increase of six kilos. Just

visualising, really thinking what that full extension... Well, he got

that extension, but the positioning was not perfect in the catch. And he

is limping off the stage. Hopefully it is nothing serious.

It is the knee rather than anything else, but... Yes, that right leg.

Here we go again. So, he gets that extension, it is just in the catch

position, something goes wrong. For Chris Rae, that was his third

attempt, so it leaves him on 156th. And the man who said to you, I have

got a beard... And he is coming out to AC/DC. He is probably feeling

really good right now. Oh, so close to the back of the platform. Yes,

David, that was a bit scary. Do not do that again! We have not seen that

yet in this competition, and I really do not care to see somebody

falling off the back of the platform. But that is a great way to

start with such a heavy lift, coming into this competition.

Former rugby player for Souths in Australia. He started his

weightlifting career at school, aged 14, at the Lawrence College. Is

idols include the big Soviet heavyweight who won a couple of

World Championships, and the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in

Sydney. Now, well, he still could be a basketball player. Look at the

size of this man! 6ft 7, size 16 feet. As I said earlier, watch the

grip, he could definitely use a bigger bar. Amazing technique. You

know, most people are able to grab it from the hips but because he has

got such long arms, so much height, he cannot get his arms out wide

enough to do that. He is actually throwing from high fives, which is

not as efficient, as if he could actually get a bar which is his

size. But he does have a beautiful technique, just the same. He was

spotted by the rowers in this country, in their ID talent

programme. And you can see, the height of him, with the leveraged

that he would have ingrowing -- in rowing, I could see him in an eight.

And instead, he has chosen American football! Yes! Gordon, with his last

attempt in this first half of the competition. Still two men to start,

one for Canada, one for Niru as well. Just could not quite get that

lock out in time. George Kobaladze, well, this is a

moment of truth. Here is the man who lived in Georgia before he found his

way to Canada. Home for him is Quebec, with his son Luke. He began

weightlifting back in 1989. As he gets ready for competitions, he

reduces the number of repetitions and increases the wait. That is his

methodology for getting ready for this moment. He does not have a

lock-out which looks like everyone else, he has a bit of a limited

range of motion. If you watch closely... Look at the legs.

APPLAUSE No, two to one against, majority

against. Yes, he does not have a very big

range of motion in the elbows, as I said. So he looks a bit different

when he does his lock-out. And then, if there is any shoulder movement...

You saw it there are, the right arm press out, it was very clear,

actually. And you will see it again here. Watch that right arm.

More difficult to see it from that angle. Which is a bubbly why he

would have got one white light. So, the bar has gone to 174 the Welsh

competitor, Jokarzadeh. And Detenamo is still waiting in the wings, yet

to start. So, Damon Kelly, a modest increase of four kilograms. But his

power really comes in the clean and jerk. He just wants to make sure

here, the defending champion, he does not make a mistake in the first

half of the competition. Just wants to play it safe, to give himself

that launching pad. He lost quite a bit of the season last year, he had

a kind of twinge in the elbow. No twinge today! Well, that went up no

problem at all. His wife and son are here in the audience. They flew all

the way from Brisbane to be here for this competition. Just got here

the way from Brisbane to be here for other day. A lot of excitement for

the young boy. We talk about a lift being accomplished in the

the young boy. We talk about a lift an eye. This guy was on and off the

stage in the blink of an eye! And you can see the loaders this time to

the liberty of moving the bar quite a bit further forward on the

platform! There is his coach on the right.

Representing Nauru, and he has already got a Commonwealth bronze

from 2006, and a silver from 2010. So, if the sequence continues, he

should be the champion today! If only it were that simple! So, the

flag bearer from the opening ceremony. This is his opening lift,

straight in at 174 the outright lead.

No challenge therefore Itte Detenamo. He has done well at the

Commonwealths, but his Olympic appearances have been a bit

disappointing. 10th in Beijing, and then in London he had a shoulder

injury which compromised his challenge. You can see there is

nothing going on with those shoulders, they are solid. Oceania

champion this season, totalled 400 kilos.

shoulders, they are solid. Oceania champion this season, totalled And

that is recent form. The Canadians are definitely taking some risks

here. George got that red light on the elbow, but they are still going

for 171, a jump of 40 lows, despite that missed left. -- a jump of four

kilograms. George is one of the athletes I have

seen that is the best at maintaining composure. He never changes his

motion. I am sure here is a great poker player. Very useful in this

sport. He is showing the elbows. He wants to stay on track, wants to

stay close with the man from Nauru in particular.

Let's see how the referees react to his elbows, now that he has pointed

out his issue. Let's see how the referees react to

his elbows, now that he That looked much better to me. It was all so

much better. Always better to give them no reason to question your

left. Just a bit curious that he did not point that out the first time.

left. Just a bit curious that he did not Well, I have said its time and

again, that first lift is like the first pancake! Yes, absolutely no

question there, good lift. He has got a personal best of 174,

George. So he is not that far away. Now, Damon Kelly attempting 171. His

personal best is 176. Look at this. I tell you what, he is so powerful.

He probably could light up a small village! What a perfect day for

Damon Kelly. If you could turn that power into electricity... Yes, my

parents always said that. here, training some weights. I used

to train in a place of no electricity, and my parents always

said if there was only some way to harness the energy of these lifts

into something more useful! Itte Detenamo. 174 kilograms.

Interestingly, the man from Wales, 175 kilograms, he is playing poker.

Obviously, very confident at the moment.

No hesitation. There is room for so much more. Well, we have arrived at

175 kilograms, so is Darius Jokarzadeh going to come in here?

The Welshman? This could be quite interesting. George Kobaladze has

one more. At the moment, Itte Detenamo, their heaviest upper

class. If the Welshman comes in and lifts this, courtesy of his lighter

body weight, Darius Jokarzadeh is giving away almost 40 kilograms to

Itte Detenamo. Well, the crowd have really got into

this because they suddenly realise that a home country lifter might be

in the medal mix already. So, this for the lead by virtue of a lighter

body weight. He has one more attempt. A ten kilograms jump in the

snatch is very difficult. It is difficult to wait for that amount of

time. The height is there, he just needed a little bit more catch,

getting their head in front of the arms. Maybe he needed a little bit

more heights. Andrew Davies of Wales won this title back in 1990 when the

weight category at that time was over 110 kilograms. So, Darius

Jokarzadeh to come out again. Again, it would put him into the lead.

Remember, Itte Detenamo still has another attempt to come, and

likewise, George Kobaladze of Canada.

Not just his height, but his demeanour, he really commands the

platform. What an effort. He held onto it for

as long as possible. Such a good effort. That could have been quite

nasty. He got his base of support as wide as possible so he could get as

low as possible. He gets onto his toes. He did everything possible to

get back that lift. He was trying to stay under the bar. The reality

check now is a few moments ago he was looking good to mix it with

those fighting for gold. Because he has had to failure is, bronze

becomes that much more realistic. He has 200 kilograms posted. I'm

curious to see what he will do now. This is the chance for George

Kobaladze, representing Canada. So close. He was almost able to hold

on. He is back to 171 kilograms. We now know that Itte Detenamo, with a

second successful attempt at 174 kilograms will lead. He was just not

able to hold on. So, Itte Detenamo. This is a really important lift.

Damon Kelly, the defending champion, he is on 171 kilograms. So

is George Kobaladze, but he is later. He is currently the leader if

you take this man out of the equation. Those are the men who are

ugly second and third. This man to give himself a bigger cushion of

advantage. Well, that is what we say, take nothing for granted. Just

a fraction of a centimetre out of the race, that is how you miss a

snatch. The only man who got three out of three, if I am correct, was

Damon Kelly, the defending champion. He is right up there on 171

kilograms. He is right up there on 171

from our point of view, this is pretty exciting because of that

failure. The competition, the first three, are separated by only three

kilograms. It is a very close competition. So, Itte Detenamo

looking for Commonwealth gold, three kilograms ahead of George Kobaladze,

he is ahead of Damon Kelly, because of his body weight. Gordon Shaw,

from South Africa, to failure is limiting his aspirations. The

Melbourne champion, he is in sixth place, Christopher Rae.

It is great to watch the weightlifting. We will be back for

the clean and jerk. Incidentally, if you are at home and amazed that some

of the weights that these guys are lifting up, for your information,

the world record for clean and jerk is an incredible 260 kilograms. That

is the equivalent of 40 stone! It is eye watering! If that is a sport

that might have taken your fancy, and there are 17 sports showcased

here at the games, if you fancy taking one of them up, go to our

website, get inspired, and you can find all sorts of information.

Details of any local clubs for the various sports. We always love to

hear from you, to find out where you are watching the Commonwealth Games,

even if you are at home or around the venues that are hosting

respective events. Cala Manning has sent this in. That is Emma Pooley in

the background! That was this morning at the cycling. Impressive

timing on the photography! Look at this one, over at Kelvingrove. That

is where the long balls is taking place. This was at the badminton,

probably our youngest dire so far! Sarah Todd got hers with our very

own Beth Tweddle. So, use that hash tag, and you might well be

mentioned. While the biggest athletes on view at these games

prepared to lift some heavy metal in the clean and jerk, we are going to

take in some hockey. Earlier today, the Scottish men went out of the

competition against Australia. Australia have dominated this event

at the Commonwealth Games for the last five for the Scottish men, it

was the chance to pit their wits against the very best. You could see

the excitement in some of the tweets. One player said, so excited

for today's match against the world champions, huge opportunity. Ian

Schofield, his team-mate, said it will be hard, but enjoyable. Let's

see how they got on. Go! Great execution. A sudden change

of positions. Australia is menacing once again,

there is number two. Oedipal finish. Great goal by Matt Gohdes. Something

different here potentially from Australia. Saved! Scored, at the

second time of asking. Australia. Saved! Scored, at the

by Matt Gohdes. Australia three, Scotland zero. This was an

unbelievable finish. Great opportunity. An easy finish in

the end I Kieran Govers. -- by Kieran Govers.

It is all Australia. Another one. Call number five. It is being

referred. So, was this dangerous? Usually the guideline is in the,

which it heads on the way in. Usually the guideline is in the,

is not a shot at goal. So, here is the decision from the video referee.

I see no reason to change the decision. The goal will stand. So,

Australia put five past the host nation. An entertaining match were

Scotland were tested all the way by the world champions and the

defending Commonwealth champions. So, Australia five, Scotland zero.

As expected, a tough afternoon for the men's hockey team from Scotland.

We will see you very shortly, but now a quick break for the 62nd news

update. We've got factory boys and butchers'

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If you go back you'll die! Hi, I'm Chi.

Back to Glasgow after a quick update on Three.

Premier League footballer Ravel Morrison has appeared in court

charged with punching and slapping his ex-girlfriend and her mother.

The Premier League star was refused bail.

Gatwick Airport?s bringing in more staff to deal with baggage.

It?s dismissed reports passengers could end up flying without

their bags, following big problems last weekend.

There?s been a major fire at a coal fired power station

in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire. 60 firefighters have been

tackling the blaze. No injuries have been reported.

England's cricketers are celebrating after beating India by 266 runs to

win the third Text in Southampton. The series is level at 1-1.

Do you fancy owning a giant tea cake from the Commonwealth

Games opening ceremony? Well, you can ? the props,

costumes and souvenirs from Glasgow 2014 are being auctioned off.

Now back to Manish and more live action.

I leave the ashram, travel halfway across the world to find my father,

Oh, well. As Vashrati says, gotta keep smiling!

We don't tend to use the bathroom together here.

All right, well, I'll catch you later.

This ashram of yours, it might be a cult.

I take it back, he's definitely Cuckoo's son.

eight of the Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow. We have been watching

ships, and there is a tall ship, and the bridge was going up just before

the news. It has been a hive of activity. We have got a little

dredger over there, and HMS Duncan as well. Apparently, according to

the electronic cabling inside, if you had to unravel it, it would go

around the M253 times. It is some size. And actually, on the River

Clyde, those are just some reminders of the industry on which this great

city was built. But Glasgow, it is fair to say, has a rich cultural

heritage as well. Kirsty Wark explains.

Glasgow made its name as an industrial city. Its wealth was

built on global trade and great ships, and its reputation was built

on grit. But from the vast industry came great art, which put Glasgow on

a world stage. Bricks, mortar, people and river created a cultural

history to be proud of. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Glasgow's

fortunes were made on the River Clyde. Perfectly positioned on the

west coast, Glasgow faced the Atlantic and the British colonies

which lay beyond. This river connected Glasgow to the world.

First, tobacco, cotton and two brought wealth, building a positive

legacy in fine architecture, but with negative ties to slavery. Then

came the shipbuilding which would make Glasgow the second city of

Empire. In the late 19th century, Glasgow was one of the richest

cities in Europe, and full with self-confidence. It was determined

to prove that it was not just an industrial city, it was a cultural

one, too. The centuries-old Glasgow University had dreaming spires

designed by Gilbert Scott. The Mitchell library opened, later

becoming the biggest public reference library in Europe. And

shipping barons like William Burrell travelled the world, collecting art.

But while he was bringing an international flavour to Glasgow,

Glaswegian artist were making their own impact on the world. In 1896,

Charles when he mackintosh revealed his designs for the city's art

school, sadly recently damaged by fire. His style was celebrated from

Vienna to Moscow, and his place was cemented as one of the leading

figures of the art nouveau movement. Glasgow was flexing its industrial

and artistic muscle, and wanted to show the world. Here in Kelvingrove

Park, where Commonwealth teams are competing, 11th million people have

had for the exhibition in 1901. Visitors marvelled at the city's

engineering prowess, alongside its home-grown cultural talent. At its

centre was the opening of a great art gallery and museum. Kelvingrove

is still a much loved Glasgow institution, and a legacy of time of

great pride the city, a time when, as now, Glasgow was on the

international artistic map and keen to welcome in the world to

celebrate. Kirsty Wark there with her take on

Glasgow, a city which has really shone during these Commonwealth

Games. Let's go back now for the clean and jerk in the weightlifting.

There is a possibility of a medal for Wales. Let's see how they all

get on, as we hand you back. Definitely want to go out of this

competition with a total on the board, so that you can actually have

a ranking, rather than across it did not finish. Scott trying to get his

breath back. They really where the belts to give them something to

press against, so that you can bear down and hold your form.

APPLAUSE 165 for the third time of asking for

the medical sued and, based in Manchester. The man who switched

from discus throwing to weightlifting, the man who slipped

his desk last February. Has to be really strong and certain

with conviction! No, I am sorry. There was a press-out on the right

arm. It is hard when the audience is going crazy like that. His coach was

trying to get them to be quiet. But it is just so innate to want to

cheer someone on. Jeanne Larson he is only 23, I hope

he comes back in four years' time, wiser and stronger. Now, here we go.

We do not really know what to expect from this man in the clean and jerk.

Williams, 170 kilograms. Only one good attempt in the snatch. 305, for

the lead. Uncertainty, hesitation. That jerk is the best of all of the

lifts I have seen him do. Rate timing and great driver overhead.

The clean, however, when we see it again, I would like to see how high

he started his hips. He is definitely a lot more back dominant

than most lift as you see here. -- lifters. Here is the man from Nauru.

Actually at this moment in time, home is Auckland in New Zealand.

Very close association between the two countries. He can go further!

Oh, yes. Daniel has been coaching all week and I wonder how, as a

coach, you feel that energy, when the athlete is out on the stage, it

must really get you excited to have your turn, soaking it up. It is a

noticeable move by the Oceania lifters, that they have already

taken on a coaching responsibility. It is interesting that they do that.

I wonder whether that will become infectious in other parts of the

world as well. Yes, I would really like to see that. It is really great

to have someone who understands it. So, the athlete from Singapore,

Lewis Chua. He got 133 kilograms successfully in the first half. So

he is coming successfully in the first half. So

four second-place. -- for second-place. More importantly, he

will have a total. So, Lewis Chua, only 22 years of age.

Excellent. That is so light for him. I would like to see a ten kilograms

jump. No problems at all. Louise has a sister who competed,

came sixth earlier in the week. His father is a manager. There are two

families here. There is no one else on the team, nobody who is part of

team Samoa who has not brought a relative. It is pretty awesome. So,

we are in the skirmishing stage at the moment. This is Lauititi Lui.

315. Challenging the man from Niue for the lead. Which he will get by

virtue of his lighter body weight, if... That was a rough first

attempt, but again, it is so hard to control the nerves and fear involved

in that first lift. I think we can expect a more solid attempt second

time around. So, Samoa leads Niue at the moment. His feet are very wide,

it is hard to generate force, when your feet are that wide. The next

one will be cleaner, and I am sure a lot easier. So, Williams, for

Nigeria, is on. Second attempt, he has put the bar up five kilograms.

Working to his own plan, this would take him to 310, and would put him

up from fourth to third, for the moment. Left the bar in front, hips

went behind, and actually he was a long way from getting that. Yes, he

did not set up for his jerk in a way which would have given him a good

chance of being successful. His coach is giving him some technical

feedback. The clean is not too bad at all. Then the feet do not really

bring him into the best edition. He does not really are just and give

himself that patient wait before driving hard overhead. Question here

for the Nigerians - should they put a kilo on and buy him a bit more

time for this third attempt? He is on 176, Nemani has posted 176 for

his third attempt. So he might gain a little time. But it does not look

like it, the way they are setting up. There is one more coach in this

team, and I think they may be at the table. Well, 175, still there. Look

at the Niue coaches! They look after Daniel Nemani, and he is on 176th.

They were right there, ready to strike with a new weight increase,

had the Nigerians decided to push it up. It is tough being a coach,

because you do not want to alert the athletes to the fact that they may

be next. a 50% success rate. That was his

hardness clean, he really had to set himself up. It is better than his

last setup. It looks like he hurt his knee in

the dip. I wonder if it was also cramp but it looks like it was his

knee. Both doctors in very quickly. They are covering up the stage to

give the athlete some privacy here. This is the first time we have seen

anything really traumatic in these games. You can see the clean was not

easy, he was getting into a good addition to set up. -- a good

position. He feels quite a bit of pain in that dip phase. The worst

injury you can have with your need is a cruciate ligament but when that

happens, with no disrespect to anybody, you usually hear a big

screen because it is one of the most painful injuries. -- a big scream.

No matter what it is, it is not a good way to end your Commonwealth

Games experience. Hopefully he will be able to enjoy Glasgow just the

same, travelling is one of his favourite things so I hope he can

enjoy the rest of his experience in the city.

Sadly, he finishes his challenge. But he does have a total. That's

right and that is something to be proud of. He is very close to a 105

so maybe we will see him in the future in that class. He finishes on

305. We cannot really tell what that was in terms of his previous

performances but on we move with a six kilograms increase here for the

man from Niue. This would take him to 321 which would put him back in

the lead on this, his second attempt. Daniel Nemani.

He does have this awkward stance. He is being patient but does it ever

work! He is harnessing the power of this crowd today. APPLAUSE

And it is really important he is enjoying himself. He has gone to

321. He has got a much bigger personal best but what is important

is that he is lifting to his plan. That is the fourth success out of

five. It is really fun to come out knowing you have only one left left

and you can make it an awesome one. Look at that celebration from his

coaches! That is awesome. 181 kilograms announces the appearance

of the man in your picture, the champion from 2006, Chris Rae. You

could see when that announcement came, he looked back, a little

confused because he had in fact asked for 180. The athletes are

aware of what they are asking for but the coaches make the decisions.

The athletes are very much aware of what numbers they are coming out to

hit. This is for 336. His entry total as a guide was posted at 314.

This is his first attempt so there will be two more after than this. He

can go much much further. Maybe he might put himself into the fight for

the bronze medal. What a high catch. Such a solid jerk. Wondering if that

high catch had something to do with that leg pain we saw earlier after

the snatch. Whatever happens, if he does want to

get into the mix for a medal, he will have to take some big risks. I

think he needs to basically get as close as he can to 360 to have a

real chance of a medal and if he does, and one or two fail like we

saw last night, suddenly Mr Evans of England ends up with a bronze medal.

Lauititi Lui, 181 kilograms, first attempt.

Such strength out of that deep position but very wide feet again

but no problems. That takes him to 321. Body weight of 130, he has been

challenging the man from Luiz who is heavier so he goes into second --

the man from Niue. Chris Rae continues to have the advantage.

Some big opening clean and jerks posted here.

It will not be long before we see Parminder Phangura from Canada.

Itte Detenamo owns all of the Commonwealth Games records. And also

be Commonwealth records, and those can be broken in a multitude of

championships. He owns all of the records. Mind you, he did do them

back in 2011 in hot and steamy Darwin. I think we can expect to see

a pretty spectacular left here. A little note for himself there. It

says hard work. Or maybe work hard? The other one says fast, or faith.

Five kilograms on, it would take him to 326. So close! He has really got

into the crowd and they have got into him. They like his personality

but he is stuck on 321. He has enjoyed himself and the audience

here in the Clyde Auditorium have certainly enjoyed him. What a

spectacular attempt. But nothing feels as amazing as having the crowd

behind you. As he went forward, you could see the bar go forward and he

could not stay under it. It is very hard, you can keep up the pace but

you cannot keep your arms straight when it is like that and you are

running around the platform. Five men yet to start and the next man up

will be Lewis Chua with the bar going to 182 kilos. This would

represent a seven kilograms increase, it would take him to 315

and into third place. No, he would stay in fourth place because we have

two men on 321. He would stay in fourth place but enhance his

position with his second attempt and with one more to come. It has been a

while since he has been out here, I hope you is not cooled off so he can

use that spectacular technique of his. He already has a personal best

total by a kilo so this is to go that much further. Seven kilos, to

be respected. It is so difficult standing up in

that dead stop position. But he has no problems when he goes overhead.

No problems at all. That converts to 315 but he stays in fourth place. We

haven't quite got into the real big fight here for the medals, we are

simmering under the surface. That's right, it will come down to the last

lifts for all of these so there is a battle coming for sure.

The bar goes up to 185 kilos for one of the men who is yet to start and

in this case it is Parminder Phangura of Canada. 185, to go with

the 150 kilos he collected in the first half of the competition.

Effectively 335. Worth remembering that Chris Rae of Australia is on

336 so this would take him into second place with his first attempt.

But most importantly it would give him a total, something he did not

leave Delhi with so he will be buried keen to get this first lift

-- very keen. No problem with the clean, very

smooth. Excellent timing on that jerk. Yes,

a sigh of relief. We are probably going to see more red lights as

these weights go up because of the oscillation of the bar, it ends so

much. As the athletes locked out, they will get kickback and there

will be movement in their shoulders as well so you can anticipate more

difficulty getting solid lock-outs from here on in. The bar is still on

185 kilos for the appearance of Gordon Shaw of South Africa. He had

160 from the snatch phase, only got one out of three but this would put

him into the outright lead. He touched his knee with the elbow.

We have seen a lot of that. He gets really low, that is one of the

problems with getting low, it is hard to stay upright and keep your

elbows high. The weight just slid down his shoulders, just needs to

keep his elbows higher and that would not have happened.

Nigeria who had that unfortunate knee injury, they have strapped him

up and taken him to the medical centre in the village and he will be

thoroughly checked out there but we just hope it is nothing too serious.

Of course they will be cautious. Gordon Shaw has to come out again.

My worry for him, he only got one out of three, this would take him up

to 345 and would put him in the lead but these misses are becoming

expensive. only 20, and he is the junior

African champion. So, his competition experience is limited.

He went to the junior world's this year as well. He gets it onto the

shoulders there. And then quite strong overhead. The junior worlds

were not that long ago, so maybe he is feeling a bit fatigued after all

of the international travel, coming all the way from South Africa. Now,

Lauititi Lui you for Samoa. So gutsy. That bar was not moving

very fast at all. He managed to get it to his hips, although it was

slow, and throw himself under the bar just the same. What a fight.

Well, he is 18. Is previous best was 298. That is 33 kilos better. Such a

fighter. Those bars you have got to let go of, does that is a high risk

for injury, when it isn't spinning like that. He was so brave to throw

himself under that clean. Lewis Chua to come out now. Again, a limited

increase, just three kilograms. Just a reminder that Kelly of Australia,

and three of the others, none of them have yet started. So, Lewis

Chua. Looks as if he is having a bit of fun out here. He never will have

heard a noise like this before in a competition. Very few people have

had the pleasure of lifting in front the crowd like this. That was the

three extra kilos which really just put him over the edge. Nonetheless,

he has done his stuff on the day. He finishes on 315. And 315 still

represents an improvement by eight kilos over anything that he has done

in a competition before. So there are some positives for sometimes it

is difficult to reproduce everything in the third lift. Poor old

Williams, that we understand that he has got a rupture of the tendon in

the quadricep. It sounds quite nasty and it is rather nasty. They are

taking him off to accident and emergency, and he will get the best

treatment there. But that is a long-term repair. It is. Back to the

present now, and Chris Rae, now coming in for a six kilo increase.

This is where he gets serious, to see whether he can grab a

Commonwealth Games medal. The member, he got one in: Umpire in

1998. He got one in 2006. -- in koala bear

he was definitely cleaning differently on that first lift.

I think he is saying, that is it. I think he realises, along with his

coach, that taking a third attempt at this stage would be foolish. All

we can say is, live to fight another day. That's right. You have to think

long-term as well as chasing that medal. Because these are big guys,